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__label__wiki	0.903474	0.903474	The Tramp Hits the Road as Bio Musical Chaplin Plans National Tour November 27th, 2012 \| By Lindsay Champion Chaplin will tightrope its way across America as the new Broadway musical is scheduled to launch a nation tour in the fall of 2014. Plans are also in the works for an international tour of the musical, which depicts the life of beloved film icon Charlie Chaplin. No casting, cities or exact dates have been announced at this time. From the streets of London to the heights of Hollywood, Chaplin tells the story of the star of legendary films including The Gold Rush, The Kid, The Great Dictator and City Lights. Headlined by Rob McClure in the current Broadway production, Chaplin focuses on the iconic actor, writer and director’s rise to fame and the people who shaped his life, including his mother (Christiane Noll) and beloved wife (Erin Mackey). Featuring music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and a book by Curtis and Thomas Meehan, Chaplin is directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. The Chaplin creative team includes set designer Beowulf Boritt, costume designer Amy Clark and Martin Pakledinaz, lighting designer Ken Billington and sound designers Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy. The musical continues to run at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre. Check out McClure discuss his nightly transformation into Charlie Chaplin below!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line850
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__label__cc	0.654235	0.345765	← Sunday’s Wisdom #235: Let the Light Shine 5 Anime Enemies/Rivalries → Anime Review: The Vision of Escaflowne Posted on May 21, 2019 by Merlin It’s part isekai, part fantasy adventure, part medieval mecha, part love story, and it is not entirely appropriate for little children, no matter how valiantly the censors try. 😉 My first experience with The Vision of EscaFlowne, which shall hereafter just be called Escaflowne, was as a kid in… junior high, I think. Several episodes aired on Saturday mornings on Fox Kids. I knew from the start that I was missing something, because the supposed first episode began with a summary of the real first episode. Still, it was interesting, had action and tragedy and mystery and such, and the mechanical armor of the knights was a nice touch. I could still tell some censoring was going on, even if I didn’t entirely understand what censoring was at the time. After a few weeks, though, it stopped airing, and my interest in the ending was in vain. Then, a number of years later, I happened to get my hands on a DVD with the last few episodes of the series, and it was great! Awhile after that, I eventually got my hands on the entire series, and finally got to see the entire show, unedited, from beginning to end! My first observation there is that whoever decided to put this in front of little kids was obviously suffering from the misunderstanding that all cartoons were meant and made for kids. So, not that aware of anime, then. It’s not like there was any single huge thing, but that might be what the people at Fox Kids thought it was, just one huge thing that can be censored out. Rather, it’s a number of things, large and small, which Western audiences would look askance at the idea of exposing their children to at a young age. Slaying a dragon and carving out its crystalline heart; a young man convulsing as he’s strangled to death by a creature who sucks souls, and who is smothered and crushed in turn; a vision of a rain of blood; a mentally disturbed youth nearly eating a snail; the… ah, intimate nature of a girl teasing her sister about their shared crush; the massive destruction of an army beneath the heel of this fantasy world’s version of a nuke; the violent, bloody deaths of some pivotal figures; the part where a girl was forcibly turned into a boy and reverted back and forth between them before finally staying as a girl. No, Escaflowne is not what parents would call child-friendly. That, however, is not a bad thing. It simply… is. It’s part of the story, and it treats these things with a weight and seriousness that is due to them, rather than making it gratuitous. My second observation, when I saw the entire show from start to finish, is that they never really explain the destruction of Atlantis or why people still hate the winged, angel-like Draconians. There’s a scene at the climax of the show which made more sense before I saw the entire show. It has the villain exulting in how he has just made it so everyone’s dreams and wishes will come true and they’ll all be happy. Hitomi, the heroine, tells him, “That’s what destroyed Atlantis!” And it made perfect sense to me at the time, and, on its own, it still does, a’la how everyone was suddenly consumed by what they wanted and were fighting everyone around them for it. But they never really explained that previously, so how did she know? Seriously, I spent the entire series waiting for the big moment where she learned about this, and it never happened. Slightly frustrating, that was. Then there’s Hitomi’s origin. She is originally just a high school girl, and somehow she gets swept into the fantasy world of Gaea, where the Earth and the moon both hang in the sky above. She has adventures, she falls in love, and then she goes back home. …like, really, that’s basically it. For the role she serves, I didn’t see any purpose to her being from Earth. For all that she comes to love Gaea and the people in it, and they come to love her, the show ends on the bittersweet note of her departure from it. … but why? She could have been happy there, and if she’d been from there, there would be no reason to leave it forever, so why? It was just another complication, an annoyance, and something to make things a little more dramatic. I personally would not have at all minded if she’d never been from Earth in the first place. Then she could just live happily ever after among these people, and that would be that. Of course, as you may have guessed, I only care about it at all because, like all good stories, Escaflowne makes us care about the characters and what happens to them. Though Hitomi’s little crush at first is misplaced, I do generally like her, and Van, and Allen, and Merle, and all the rest. I like how they treated the villains as well, giving a form of humanity to the actions of Falken, his servants, even the insane Dilandau, and the emperor who tried to control the power of fate. Though I didn’t much appreciate all the romantic relationships, especially when seen against the backdrop of the entire story, I still liked how these people behaved in response to their feelings. They made mistakes, but they tackled those mistakes with a certain level-headed maturity. Things never magically worked out the way anyone wanted, but they did still conclude in a mostly satisfying way. In every technical aspect, Escaflowne is quite well-crafted. The fights are usually well-done and the action is smooth. The animation is appealing and the backgrounds are pleasant to look at. The technology is interesting and unique to look at, as there aren’t that many medieval mechs even in anime. The story is well-paced, the narrative driven by the characters, and the overriding theme of man’s struggle against predetermined fate is delivered in compelling ways. The dubbing is great, and the music is absolutely beautiful! The Vision of EscaFlowne is simply a very well-told story, albeit not a flawless one, with interesting characters, a riveting plot, and exciting adventures. I love it. (all except that ending theme, that was just weird) Rating: 9 stars out of 10. Grade: A-minus. This entry was posted in Anime and Cartoons, Tuesday Review and tagged Escaflowne. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Responses to Anime Review: The Vision of Escaflowne 7mononoke says: Interesting perspective! While I wouldn’t give it nearly a 9/10, I did like Escaflowne and its characters. (Merle is frickin adorable! I don’t care if others say she’s annoying!) And I like almost any character voiced by Maaya Sakamoto. (Hitomi’s voice.) I think she sang the intro song as well. I didn’t like the conclusion of the show, though. Much like you sid, important things were never explained and it was kind of absurd that Hitomi went back to earth at the end. Merlin says: “I love it here, and I love you, but I’m leaving forever now.” Sheesh! Oh, that is a beautiful intro song! You ever hear the slower version of it? And yes, Merle is annoying, but adorable enough to get away with it. 😉 Oh now I’ll have to look up that other slower version of it. I’m sure it’s beautiful.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line853
__label__wiki	0.584834	0.584834	BABY BUTCHERIES OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD THREATEN SENATORS WHO VOTE TO CONFIRM JUDGE KAVANAUGH ABORTION KILLS…. the innocent! PLANNED PARENTHOOD: America’s baby murdering factories…. Your tax dollars at work “I Cut the Vocal Cord So The Baby Can't Scream.” http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/03/baby-butcher-dr-leah-torres-in-salt.html Dr. Leah Torres, an OB/GYN in Salt Lake City, Utah, said that when she performs certain abortions she cuts the vocal cord of the baby so "there's really no opportunity" for the child to scream. She also described herself as a "uterus ripper outer" because she performs hysterectomies. CALIFORNIA HANDS BILLIONS IN WELFARE TO INVADE AND BREED ANCHOR BABIES… LA RAZA WILL DOUBLE U.S. POPULATION…. and yet….. Planned Parenthood executives and supporters were on Capitol Hill this week lobbying lawmakers to protect the millions of dollars the nation’s largest abortion provider gets from taxpayers every year and to announce nationwide “speak-outs” during the upcoming congressional recesses. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/04/rep-barbara-lee-la-raza-dem-ca-says.html Planned Parenthood Threatens Senators Who Vote to Confirm Kavanaugh: ‘We’re Coming for You’ By Craig Bannister \| October 4, 2018 \| 2:15 PM EDT Rep. Steve Scalise returns to Congress after being shot in an attack on Republicans. (Screenshot) “Vote NO on #Kavanaugh Or else we’re coming for you,” Planned Parenthood warned senators on Thursday. In a tweet, Planned Parenthood Action issued the threat regarding the upcoming Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Vote NO on #Kavanaugh Or else we’re coming for you National Rifle Association (NRA) spokeswoman and conservative commentator Dana Loesch did not take Planned Parenthood’s threat lightly. In her Twitter response, Loesch recalled past violent attacks against Republican politicians – such as last year’s shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) at a baseball field last year – and called on the nation’s largest abortion provider to clarify its threat: “Like doxxing republican senators? Or like how Paul was attacked in his yard? Or Cruz ambushed in a restaurant? Or McConnell at the airport? I’ll omit the baseball field. You should clarify this. The left interprets everything to mean violence except when they say it.” AMERICA'S MOST EVIL CORPORATIONS - Their plunder has no bounds THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS WAGES WAR ON AMERICA! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/09/bill-gates-zuckerberg-jeff-bezos.html "GOP estb. is using the $5 billion border-wall fight to hide up to four blue/white- collar cheap-labor programs in lame-duck DHS budget. Donors are worried that salaries are too damn high, & estb. media does not want to know." TOP EVIL CORPORATIONS LOOTING AMERICA Goldman Sachs TRUMP CRONIES JPMorgan Chase OBAMA CRONIES British American Tobacco Forbes 400 List Wealth of 400 richest Americans hits record $2.9 trillion By Alec Andersen On Wednesday, the US finance magazine Forbes released its annual “Forbes 400” list of wealthiest Americans, revealing an immense increase in wealth among the top social stratum in the United States. The total net worth of the 400 people included on the list hit a record $2.9 trillion this year, up from $2.7 trillion last year. The most heavily represented sector was finance, from which 88 people on the list, including bank executives, hedge fund managers and investors, drew their wealth. The next highest proportion comes from technology giants such as Google and Facebook. The CEO of Twitter and payments firm Square, Jack Dorsey, registered the greatest percentage growth in wealth from the previous year, an increase of 186 percent to $6.3 billion. This was due in large part to a jump in Square’s stock price. The threshold necessary for inclusion on the list rose to $2.2 billion in 2018, up $100 billion from last year’s threshold. Fully one-third of billionaires in the United States, a record 204 individuals, failed to make this year’s Forbes 400 list. The average net worth of billionaires on the list rose to $7.2 billion, an increase of a half-billion over last year’s average of $6.7 billion. As Forbes notes, the vast increase in wealth among the very richest Americans is largely thanks to a continuing surge in US stock indexes. They have reached new record highs in part due to unprecedented levels of stock buybacks and dividend increases, which are parasitic diversions of wealth away from productive investment in areas that produce decent-paying jobs and to the detriment of pursuits such as research and development. The billionaires on the Forbes 400 list have also benefited immensely from the Trump tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy signed into law in December 2017. Topping the list is Amazon CEO and world’s richest person Jeff Bezos, whose $160 billion is $63 billion more than the second-wealthiest person on the list, Bill Gates, and a full $78.5 billion more than last year. Bezos has made his fortune through the super-exploitation of warehouse workers around the world, enabling Amazon to move its products faster and at cheaper prices than its retail competitors. The staggering increase in Bezos’s wealth over the past year has been due to the more than 100 percent increase in Amazon’s stock price. The $2,950 Jeff Bezos has earned per second in 2018 is more than the $2,796 a fulfillment center worker in India makes in an entire year. Ironically, the Forbes report was published the same day that the press was full of praise for Bezos’s supposed generosity and humanitarian concern for his workers, occasioned by the announcement that he was raising the minimum wage of his US-based employees to the poverty-level wage of $15 an hour. If the $160 billion fortune Bezos holds were divided among Amazon’s global workforce of 500,000, each worker would receive $320,000. Coming in second on the list with a net worth of $97 billion is Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates, who had topped the Forbes list since 1994. The top 10 wealthiest people on the list alone have a total net worth of $730 billion, up from $610 billion in 2018. However, just the top 45 individuals out of the 400 on the list accounted for fully half of the total wealth, or $1.45 trillion. That amounts to an average fortune of more than $32 billion each, which is more than the estimated $30 billion required to end world hunger, according to a United Nations estimate. The Forbes report illustrates that the barrier to resolving societal ills, such as poverty, hunger and disease, is the siphoning off and hoarding of a growing proportion of society’s resources by the wealthiest segment of society. The $2.9 trillion in the hands of these 400 richest people in the United States is roughly three-quarters of the total federal budget. It represents nearly three times the 2018 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, which was slashed from over $1.126 trillion in 2017 to $1.112 trillion this year, and 176 times the $16.4 billion budget for the Department of Education in Rather than addressing these issues, the Democratic Party’s midterm election campaign has instead been centered on a right-wing effort to channel opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump behind a #MeToo-style hysteria over alleged sexual abuse. The timing of the release of the Forbes list is significant, coming as it does on the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)—the $700 billion bank bailout that set the stage for the trillions that were essentially stolen from the working class to rescue the financial oligarchy and make it richer than ever. The result of the decade-long plundering of society since the crash, carried out by both Republican and Democratic administrations, is the ever- increasing concentration of wealth at the very top reflected in the new Forbes 400 list. As CEO compensation soars and banksters' plunder to new heights "Another Fed study, “The Demographics of Wealth,” found that people born in the 1980s, part of the millennial generation, were at the greatest risk of becoming a “lost generation” in terms of wealth accumulation. This age group is one of the most likely to be saddled with student debt." While workers are told by politicians of both big business parties that there is “no money” to pay for decent wages, education, health care or retirement, companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index are sitting on the largest cash stockpile in history, with estimates varying between $1.8 and $2.2 trillion as of the end of 2017. Fifty-one million US households cannot afford “survival budget” By Kate Randall Newly released data cast a revealing light on the state of income inequality in America a decade after the Great Recession. While CEO pay soars to unheard of heights, nearly 51 million US households cannot afford basic necessities like housing, food and health care. The figures show that a tiny oligarchy of the super-rich continues to tighten its grip over society, as more and more families struggle to get by. The New York Times on Friday published the Equilar 200 Highest-Paid CEO Rankings for 2017. The survey, conducted annually by the executive compensation consulting firm Equilar, lists the pay packages awarded to CEOs at US public companies with more than $1 billion in revenue. Entries regarding the 10 highest-paid CEOs in 2017 show not only massive compensation packages, but huge percentage increases over 2016. · No. 1: Hock E. Tan of Broadcom, total compensation of $103,211,163—a 318 percent increase over 2016 · No. 2: Frank J. Bisignano of First Data, total compensation of $102,210,396—a 646 percent increase over 2016 · No. 10: Stephen Kaufer of TripAdvisor, total compensation of $43,160,584—a 3,400 percent increase over 2016 This year for the first time, as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking law, publicly traded US corporations must begin publishing comparisons between the pay of their chief executive and the median compensation of other employees. (Figures are not yet available for all of the highest-earning CEOs.) The following are just a few of the pay ratios for 2017: · Mindy Grossman, Weight Watchers International, with $33,371,856 in total compensation, received 5,908 times the median employee pay ($6,013). · Margaret H. Georgiadis, Mattel, with $31,275,289 in total compensation, received 4 , 987 times the median employee pay ($6,271). · Michael Rapino, Live Nation Entertainment, whose total compensation rose by 577 percent to $70,615,760, received 2,893 times the median employee pay ($24,416). Put another way, a Walmart worker earning the company’s median salary of $19,177 would have to work for more than 1,000 years to earn the $22.2 million that company CEO Doug McMillon was awarded in 2017. Among the companies that disclosed CEO pay ratios, the median was 275 to 1, i.e., the typical employee would have to work 275 years to earn the annual compensation of his or her company’s CEO. While CEO compensation continues to climb—with the top 200 CEOs receiving an average raise of 14 percent in 2017, compared to 9 percent in 2016 and 5 percent in 2015—there are 50.8 million US households that cannot afford a basic monthly budget, including housing, food, child care, health care, transportation and a smart phone. The new data was made available Tuesday by the United Way ALICE Project. Those struggling to meet a basic monthly budget include 16.1 million households living below the official federal poverty level, an abysmally low $24,300 for a family of four in 2016. Also included, however, were another 34.7 million families called ALICE, which stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. In other words, these households include working members and are not “officially” poor, but cannot afford basic necessities. As the ALICE Project press release on the data notes, “ALICE is the nation’s child care workers, home health aides and store clerks—those men and women who work at low-paying jobs, having little or no savings and are one emergency from poverty.” Workers at companies whose CEOs rank in the top 200 in pay fall into this category, including McDonald’s, Walgreens, Office Depot and food service companies Aramark and Sysco. Data highlighted by the research includes the following: · Two-thirds of all US jobs in the country are low-paying—less than $20 an hour, or $40,000 a year if full-time. · More than 30 percent of households in each state cannot afford a basic “survival budget.” The percentage of these families ranges from 32 percent in North Dakota to 49 percent in California, New Mexico and Hawaii. · Those families earning over the poverty level but struggling to afford basic necessities outnumber similarly struggling households living in poverty in all 50 states. · California, Texas and Florida—the first, second and fourth most populous states, respectively--have the largest number of ALICE households in the country. Also published Tuesday was a study by the Federal Reserve Board that exposes the precarious financial situation facing millions of American workers and their families. The “Report on the Economic Well-Being of US Households in 2017” found that 4 in 10 adults, if faced with an unexpected expense of $400, would either be unable to cover it or would pay for it by selling a possession or borrowing money. For working class families, such unexpected expenses could include a medical bill, a car repair, home repairs, appliance replacement, unexpected taxes or fines—the list goes on. While the CEOs in the top 200 have assets stashed away in rainy day funds in the millions, an unexpected emergency can mean going without food, being forced deeper into credit card debt, debt collection or eviction. The study found that 3 percent of renters were evicted or moved because of the threat of eviction in the last two years. The report noted that one-fifth of non-retired adults are pessimistic about their future employment opportunities. A substantial number of workers are in precarious employment, with one-sixth having irregular work schedules imposed by their employer, and one-tenth receiving their work schedules less than a week in advance. The study reported that over half of college attendees under age 30 have taken on debt to pay for their education. Those who failed to complete a degree, and those who attended for-profit institutions, were more likely to have fallen behind on their payments. Among those making payments on their student loans, the typical monthly payment was between $200 and $300, or 6 to 9 percent of total income for someone working full-time at $20 an hour. Another Fed study, “The Demographics of Wealth,” found that people born in the 1980s, part of the millennial generation, were at the greatest risk of becoming a “lost generation” in terms of wealth accumulation. This age group is one of the most likely to be saddled with student debt. While all families headed by someone born in 1960 or later have failed to recover economically since the Great Recession, those born in the 1980s are the least likely to have recovered to their pre-1980 financial level. Not surprisingly, the “Economic Well-Being” report found that less than two-thirds of non-retired adults thought their retirement savings are on track. One-fourth had no retirement savings or pension whatsoever. The obscene levels of compensation doled out to the CEOs and the corresponding struggle of working class families to pay basic monthly bills provoke no serious response from the Democratic Party, which is fixated on the claims of Russian “meddling” in the 2016 elections. The Democrats have provided the votes to fund the Pentagon’s record $700 billion budget and secure the confirmation of black-site torture administrator Gina Haspel to head the CIA. They put up no serious opposition to Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for corporations and the rich. Meanwhile, work requirements are being imposed on Medicaid and food stamps, with virtually no opposition from the Democratic Party. The working class must break from both parties of the capitalist class and build a mass socialist movement to seize the wealth of the financial elite and put an end to the profit system. This is the only basis for meeting essential social needs. THE OBAMA MARXIST-MUSLIM BANKSTER-FUNDED THIRD TERM for life: http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/03/obamas-marxism-still-hankering-for.html "Cold War historian Paul Kengor goes deeply into Obama's communist background in an article in American Spectator, "Our First Red Diaper Baby President," and in an excellent Mark Levin interview. Another Kengor article describes the Chicago communists whose younger generation include David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, and Barack Hussein Obama. Add the openly Marxist, pro-communist Ayers, and you have many of the key players who put Obama into power." Karin McQuillan Obama is not stupid. He knows this. It's his road map. “The Democrats would be clamoring for a suspension of the 22nd Amendment and calling for Barack Obama, to "restore calm and order", to step back into his role for the "good of the country". They will still call for Obama if the Democrats manage to Impeach and convict Trump.” “Obama would declare himself president for life with Soros really running the show, as he did for the entire Obama presidency.” “The bottom line 2 is this: Barack Obama is a Communist. This was all an Obama operation. Why is anyone surprised that a communist (Obama) tried to subvert an election. That is what Communists do. It is Barack Obama and his people like Brennan and Clapper behaving to type. That's what Maduro does in Venezuela. That's what the Castro brothers did. That's what every communist and socialist nation does. THEY FIX ELECTIONS!” Right back to the White House. That was the plan all along What no one will say, but I will, is that the ObamaGate/MuellerGate/SpyGate scandal is an ongoing plot to restore Barack Obama to the Presidency. Before heads explode let me explain. To believe any part of my theory you have to get to certain assumptions. 1) Obama never intended to leave office. Indeed he has a house a few blocks from the White House. 2) Hillary and Obama despise each other and, had Hillary been elected, he would have undermined her as he is trying to undermine Trump. 3) To make way for the Obama restoration The Constitution would have been shredded for the good of the country, and it would have been seen to have been done legally. As Mark Levin says, we are in the middle of a slow motion soft coup Joseph diGenova, former federal prosecutor and Trump loyalist, says the truth is starting to seep out about the Obama Administration’s “brazen plot to exonerate Hillary Clinton” and “frame an incoming president with a false Russian conspiracy,” according to an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller https://www.youtube.com/wat... Dan Bongino, on Tucker Carlson's show, has called the operation a sting. EARLY STAGES of the COUP Mar 26, 2012 - SEOUL President Barack Obama was caught on camera on assuring outgoing Russian President and Putin Poodle Dmitry Medvedev that he will have "more flexibility" to deal with contentious issues like missile Mar 26, 2012 - SEOUL President Barack Obama was caught on camera on assuring outgoing Russian President and Putin Poodle Dmitry Medvedev that he will have "more flexibility" to deal with contentious issues like missile defense after the U.S. presidential election. I just happen to have it on film: Sept 11, 2012 -- Benghazi: In the run up to Obama’s re-election Obama was running around claiming he had decimated Al Qaeda. One can only imagine the panic in the WH when the Al Qaeda attack occurred on our annex. So Hillary and Obama concocted the Muslim film cover up, jailed the filmmaker, and sent Susan Rice out to lie on all of the Sunday chat shows that the attack was all about the film. Oct 22, 2012 -- During one of the Romney/Obama debates one of the moderators asked Romney who our greatest threat was. He said the Russians, Obama smugly “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”. The annexation of Crimea by Putin’s Russia Federation occurred in March 2014. On 17 July 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17), a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that, was shot down while flying over eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board. The DNC SERVER HACK The first indications of the Russian Hacking occurred in late 2015 and early 2016. Considering Wikileaks published the hack in July 2016 confirms the hack occurred at least 6 months before, long before Trump's campaign was really up and running. Afterwards the DNC didn't let the FBI anywhere near the server. They let Crowdstrike go through it. And curiously, Obama and Comey's FBI seemed just fine being shut out of the loop and they couldn’t have anything about the hack leaking out. And when you are formulating a plan to get Hillary “elected” via exoneration, as Comey and Strzok were doing, you don’t want the pot stirred. I wonder what Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz and Donna Brazile were trying to hide. Probably their own incompetence and the fact that Hillary and the DNC was playing Bernie Sanders by rigging the primaries. And the Awan brothers, two Pakistanis that had been hired by Schultz, had access to everybody in Congress's emails because they were the IT guys...which means they also had access to the DNC server. Then Obama began the essence of the coup. He said that our elections couldn't be hacked and that Trump should quit whining Then Obama got serious and really got tough. He told Putin to "Cut it out!" https://www.politico.com/st... The Russian hack damage was done on Obama's watch. Susan Rice (of the 5 Sunday Show Benghazi lies) ordered Michael Daniel, chief of cyber security investigating the hack, to stand down per Obama, according to a new book by Michael Isikoff and David Korn, “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump.” http://dailycaller.com/2018... THE PRE- ELECTION and POST ELECTION COUP So here’s what we know from the Nunes memo (https://www.scribd.com/docu...and the Grassly memo (http://www.powerlineblog.co.... Hillary kept a secret server overflowing with national security info which, more than likely, was hacked. June 28, 2016, on a Phoenix tarmac, Bill Clinton met with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to seal a deal insuring Hillary would not be prosecuted. On July 5, 2016 James Comey exonerated Hillary when he said he would not prosecute, after Barack Obama said there is no evidence that Hillary did anything wrong. Lynch also instructed Comey to call the Hillary scandal a “matter”. Disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok and Comey made sure the earlier draft language describing Hillary's actions as "grossly negligent" was changed to "extremely careless." That small change in wording has significant legal implications. "Gross negligence" in handling classified information carries criminal penalties. The Hillary campaign also paid Fusion GPS to gather dirt on Trump which became the dossier, compiled by Brit agent Christopher Steele, relying on Russian sources. Steele and Fusion GPS gave the Dossier to the FBI and DOJ with the help of FBI employee Bruce Ohr's wife Nellie, who worked at Fusion GPS. We also now that, per Strzok's recent testimony on July 12, 2018, that fourth highest ranking Justice Department official Bruce Ohr gave parts of the Russia dossier to the FBI and DOJ. FBI guys James Comey and Andrew McCabe didn't bother to tell the FISA Judges under what circumstances the dossier was obtained and that it was unverified. In other words they lied to the FISA judge at least three times to get the warrants renewed, because the people who worked for them didn't want to see Trump elected. Thus, the Department of Justice used the unverified dossier to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant against Carter Page, an alleged “foreign policy adviser” to Donald Trump and the last frayed thread of the Russian collusion story. The FISA court was not told who had paid Steele to create the “salacious and unverified” dossier — in the words of the showboating former FBI Director James Comey — much less about Steele’s personal hatred of Trump. And McCabe has testified that the Dossier was the basis of getting the FISA warrants. Two days later McCabe was fired. And this now leads back to the Oval office. Texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page reveal Obama wanted to be briefed on EVERYTHING happening in the "Russia" investigation – after he 'guaranteed' he wouldn't get involved. Lisa Page wrote her lover Peter Strzok about the Clinton probe: Obama 'wants to know everything we're doing'. Obama had said he could 'guarantee' he wouldn't interfere and there would be 'no political influence' in the FBI investigation. This was after he ordered Rice to tell Michael Daniel chief of cyber security to stand down on the DNC server. The September 2, 2016 text message was among more than 50,000 texts the pair sent during a two-year extramarital affair. Page was an FBI lawyer, and Strzok was a leading investigator on both the Clinton probe and the more recent Trump-Russia investigation. Strzok, though expected to be nonpartisan, also called Trump 'a *****g idiot' and texted Page about a cryptic 'insurance policy' against a Trump presidency. In the spring of 2017, after James Comey was fired, deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein was planning on wearing a wire to secretly record Trump to gather damaging information in an effort to have him removed by recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment. Rosenstein, ironically, played a key role in the president’s dismissal of Mr. Comey by writing a memo critical of his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. It sounds like Rosenstein was trying to set up Trump from the day he was hired by the President. Rosenstein made the remarks in meetings with Department of Justice and FBI officials shortly after the May 9, 2017 firing of James Comey as FBI director. And now, as Russia Collusion falls apart, Herr Reichsmarshall Mueller and his Kapo Rod Rosenstien engaged in a Gestapo like raid of Trump's lawyer to secure Trump's private papers. THE HELSINKI SETUP Folks, the coup attempt is ongoing. Prior to Trump's Euro trip a dozen Russian GRU military intelligence officers were indicted by the Mueller investigation on charges they hacked Democrats’ computers, stole their data and published those files to disrupt the 2016 election. Promptly following Asst AG Rosenstein announced no votes were changed and no Americans were involved. You could hear the air go out of Democrat balloons especially when Rosenstein announced that Mueller was sending this case to the counterintelligence investigative department in the DOJ. No trial, no evidence, No nothing. Rosenstein: "There’s no allegation in this indictment that any American citizen committed a crime. There’s no allegation that the conspiracy changed the vote count or affected any election result." https://www.vox.com/2018/7/... Obama and Brennan were weaponizing the CIA for years. Basically Trump called Brennan and his corrupt agency out. No wonder Brennan is pissed. A lot of Obama's people are still at CIA, FBI, NSA, DOJ. Of course Trump doesn't believe any of the intel he gets from these still compromised agencies The presser was a setup and Trump didn't take the bait. If Trump had acknowledged Russian meddling the press would have turned into Trump collusion and that would have been the narrative instead of all the over the top faux outrage.. THE OBAMA RESTORATION We are in the middle of what Mark Levin calls a soft coup, involving Obama, Clapper, Brennan, Comey, Rhodes, Rice, Lynch, Power, McCabe, Mueller and rogue FBI/DOJ officials. The “resistance” to duly elected president Donald Trump, writes Michael Walsh, “was an intelligence operation from the start, engineered by Barack Obama, the FBI/DOJ nexus, James Clapper, John Brennan, Loretta Lynch, leading Democrats, rogue Republicans, and using a deeply partisan and thus compromised media as its vengeful Greek chorus.” "Operation Crossfire Hurricane" was that small cabal of five rogue senior FBI and DOJ officials, and Obama officials who started this coup 100 days before the election was even decided. They set about to exonerate Hillary, illegally, and frame Donald Trump and the people in his campaign should he have won. The FBI went so far as to plant a mole inside the campaign to start asking questions on foreign policy, to later entrap Trump people. https://legalinsurrection.c.... Former Director of National Intelligence and serial lier James Clapper told CNN's Don Lemon that the president's claim that the Obama administration spied on his campaign is "hyperbole" but if it is true, it is a "good thing." https://www.nytimes.com/201... In the now released FBI IG report there is detailed several texts by Strozk and Page saying the following: Lisa Page text to Peter Strzok: “(Trump’s) not ever going to become president, right? Right?!” Strzok: “No. No he’s not. We’ll stop it.” Was this Strozk's cryptic insurance policy? What could that be? Strozk's and Page's 'insurance policy' might well have been one of two things. If the faux legal mechanisms (the Mueller investigation and impeachment) failed the 'insurance policy' may just be an on-call hit squad to take Trump out. Pence would have been denied his right to take office as he would have been falsely implicated as well. Hillary was always small potatoes, a placeholder as it were. Her health was always suspect. And do you think the plotters would have let a doofus like Tim Kaine take office in the event that Hillary became disabled? The Democrats would be clamoring for a suspension of the 22nd Amendment and calling for Barack Obama, to "restore calm and order", to step back into his role for the "good of the country". They will still call for Obama if the Democrats manage to Impeach and convict Trump And then the door would slam shut. The FBI would basically become the State Police, so to speak, the DOJ a collection of corrupt prosecutors and the intelligence community the new KGB In his heart Obama is a small time, garden variety leftist Communist. During his eight years Obama just ran out of time and he was just too incompetent. Fortunately, he was also constrained (barely) by the Constitution. He didn't have the guts to follow through. But he has the totalitarian impulse. After all, he went around saying he didn't have Constitutional authority to legalize the illegals, and then he tried anyway. The courts stopped him. The bottom line 1 is this: The Mueller investigation is simply a coverup for the three original crimes of this coup 1) the original illegal exoneration of Hillary by Comey to insure she won. 2) the penetration of the Trump campaign by an FBI mole during the late summer and early fall 3) the ongoing penetration by that mole of the Trump transition after the election and finally 4) the Special Council effort to destroy the Trump presidency in it's infancy. The bottom line 2 is this: Barack Obama is a Communist. This was all an Obama operation. Why is anyone surprised that a communist (Obama) tried to subvert an election. That is what Communists do. It is Barack Obama and his people like Brennan and Clapper behaving to type. That's what Maduro does in Venezuela. That's what the Castro brothers did. That's what every communist and socialist nation does. THEY FIX ELECTIONS!! The bottom line 3 is this: If Operation Crossfire Hurricane wasn’t a plot to restore Barack Obama to the Presidency, why wasn’t the op shutdown after the election was over? It wasn’t. Instead it ramped up with the appointment of a special prosecutor whose only raison d’etre is to cover up the original crimes during the primary season and in the run up to the election. At this point the game is up. Even Clintonista Mark Penn writing at the Hill knows it's over. http://thehill.com/opinion/... Everything about this coup is rapidly coming to light, except for my theory of the Barack Obama restoration end game. We shall see. One thing is for certain, had Hillary been elected nothing about this coup would have come to light. Obama Quietly Erasing Borders (Article) Article Link:http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=240045 Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses BY TIMOTHY P CARNEY Obama Is Making You Poorer—But Who’s Getting Rich? Goldman Sachs, GE, Pfizer, the United Auto Workers—the same “special interests” Barack Obama was supposed to chase from the temple—are profiting handsomely from Obama’s Big Government policies that crush taxpayers, small businesses, and consumers. In Obamanomics, investigative reporter Timothy P. Carney digs up the dirt the mainstream media ignores and the White House wishes you wouldn’t see. Rather than Hope and Change, Obama is delivering corporate socialism to America, all while claiming he’s battling corporate America. It’s corporate welfare and regulatory robbery—it’s Obamanomics. Goldman Sachs, GE, Pfizer, the United Auto Workers—the same “special interests” Barack Obama was supposed to chase from the temple—are profiting handsomely from Obama’s Big Government policies that crush taxpayers, small businesses, and consumers. OBOMB for BRIBES: BARACK OBAMA AGAIN TALKS THIRD TERM. http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/obomb-for-bribes-barack-obama-again.html President Barack Obama: During his presidential campaign, President Obama promised to run an ethical and transparent administration. However, in his first year in office, the President has delivered corruption and secrecy, bringing Chicago-style political corruption to the White House. JUDICIAL WATCH “They knew Obama was an unqualified crook; yet they promoted him. They knew Obama was a train wreck waiting to happen; yet they made him president, to the great injury of America and the world. They understood he was only a figurehead, an egomaniac, and a liar; yet they made him king, doing great harm to our republic (perhaps irreparable.)” ALLAN ERICKSON "We know that Obama and his inner circle have set up a war room in his D.C. home to plan and execute resistance to the Trump administration and his legislative agenda. None of these people care about the American people, or the fact thatTrump won the election because millions of people voted for him." Patricia McCarthy / AMERICAN THINKER.com BARACK OBAMA’S NOT SO SECRET PRO- MU$LIM, ANTI-SEMITIC MOVE FOR A THIRD TERM FOR LIFE. "When former president Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton and Eric Holder, a top DOJ official in both administrations, have been caught hanging around with Farrakhan, there’s a racism problem." DANIEL GREENFIELD http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/barack-obama-and-jew-hating-la-raza.html "Then we suffered the rattling election of Barack Obama, whose active membership in a white-, Jewish-, and America-hating church was well known to the electorate. His close personal relationship with the likes of his adored Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan was no secret. Obama was open about his goals. He told us he was out to "fundamentally transform America" and the world." ALAN BERGSTEIN Attorney General Eric Holder: Tim Geithner can be sure he won't be hounded about his tax-dodging by his colleague Eric Holder, US Attorney General. Judicial Watch strongly opposed Holder because of his terrible ethics record, which includes: obstructing an FBI investigation of the theft of nuclear secrets from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory; rejecting multiple requests for an independent counsel to investigate alleged fundraising abuses by then-Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House; undermining the criminal investigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Starr in the midst of the Lewinsky investigation; and planning the violent raid to seize then-six-year-old Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint in order to return him to Castro's Cuba. JUDICIAL WATCH BARCK HUSSEIN OBAMA’S MUSLIM HERITAGE http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/barack-hussein-obamas-muslim-heritage.html Earlier this month, jihadists of the Al-Shabaab terror group hijacked a bus heading to Garissa and ordered all the passengers to exit the vehicle. The assailants asked for identification cards, then proceeded to separate the Muslims from the Christians. When two Christians refused to recite the Islamic statement of faith, or Shahada, they were executed. THE RISE of BARACK OBAMA, sociopath huckster from Chicago, and the FALL of AMERICA http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/sociopath-barack-obama-gets-award-for.html “My guess is that the students and employees at the U of I who listened to Obama's self-righteous speech believe that Obama is ethical because most of the media intentionally hid the mass corruption, or if they reported on it, they downplayed it. The corruption and unethical behavior started as soon as Obama took office.” JACK HELLNER / AMERICAN THINKER.com JUDICIAL WATCH TEN MOST CORRUPT BARACK OBAMA POSITIONS MARK ZUCKERBERG of FAKEBOOK to be his global controller of propaganda for the Obama bankster-funded third term for life. http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/fakebooks-mark-zuckerberg-will-be.html TRAITOR BARACK OBAMA and the MEX FASCIST MOVEMENT of LA RAZA “The Race” http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/james-walsh-barack-obamas.html Reconquistas Muñoz, Solis present at Obama sovereignty sellout session ...Obama was joined at the meeting [about a push to amnesty millions of border-hopping job thieves] by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro, and White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs [and former 'Tan Klan' minion] Cecilia Muñoz... "Of course none of this comes as any surprise considering that Obama's point person on illegal immigration, Cecilia Munoz, once worked for the ultra-radical National Council of La Raza [aka the Tan Klan], a racist group that is committed to staging a takeover of the American Southwest and returning it to Mexico...." GLOBALIST FOR BANKSTERS, THE SUPER RICH and OPEN BORDERS ADVOCATES TO FINISH OFF THE AMERICAN MIDDLE-CLASS. There’s a reason why Soros, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Bloomberg, Gates and the Koch Brothers love the Obomb! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/09/barack-obama-and-his-muslim-style.html “Democrats Move Towards ‘Oligarchical Socialism,’ Says Forecaster Joel Kotkin.” JUDICIAL WATCH’S TEN MOST CORRUPT LIST MULTI-CULTURALISM and the creation of a one-party globalist country to serve the rich in America’s open borders. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/12/em-cadwaladr-impending-death-of.html GEORGE SOROS PARTNERS WITH BARACK OBAMA and ERIC HOLDER TO CREATE A GLOBALIST REGIME FOR THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS and CRONY BANKSTERS…. Open borders and endless hordes of illegals will make it happen! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/04/monica-showalter-soros-banksters-and.html YOU WONDERED WHY OBAMA-HOLDER WORKED SO HARD TO SABOTAGE AMERICAN VOTING FOR MORE ILLEGALS??? Those are the sub-literate, low-skill, non-English-speaking indigents whose own societies are unable or unwilling to usefully educate and employ them. Bring these people here and they not only need a lot of services, they are putty in the hands of leftist demogogues as Hugo Chavez demonstrated - and they are very useful as leftist voters who will support the Soros agenda. Banksters’ rent boy Eric Holder declares that Obama is ready to roll for a third term! BARACK OBAMA and ERIC HOLDER: BUILDING OBAMA’S MUSLIM-STYLE DICTATORSHIP requires destroying white middle class first. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/12/eric-holder-says-hes-ready-to-roll-for.html NO POL IN HISTORY SUCKED IN MORE BRIBES FROM BANKSTERS THAN BARACK OBAMA, AND HE DID IT BEFORE HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE. What did the Wall Street banksters know that took us so long to find out??? http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/obama-and-his-criminal-banksters-still.html "One of the premier institutions of big business, JP Morgan Chase, issued an internal report on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 2008 crash, which warned that another “great liquidity crisis” was possible, and that a government bailout on the scale of that effected by Bush and Obama will produce social unrest, “in light of the potential impact of central bank actions in driving inequality between asset owners and labor." Obama, of course, covered up his own role, depicting his presidency as eight years of heroic efforts to repair the damage caused by the 2008 financial crash. At the end of those eight years, however, Wall Street and the financial oligarchy were fully recovered, enjoying record wealth, while working people were poorer than before, a widening social chasm that made possible the election of the billionaire con man and Demagogue in November 2016. “The response of the administration was to rush to the defense of the banks. Even before coming to power, Obama expressed his unconditional support for the bailouts, which he subsequently expanded. He assembled an administration dominated by the interests of finance capital, symbolized by economic adviser Lawrence Summers and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.” Trump criticized Dimon in 2013 for supposedly contributing to the country’s economic downturn. “I’m not Jamie Dimon, who pays $13 billion to settle a case and then pays $11 billion to settle a case and who I think is the worst banker in the United States,” he told reporters. OBAMAnomics for the rich: Crony Capitalism, Economic plunder by Wall Street, Bottomless Bailouts and Wider Open Borders to Keep Wages Depressed and Profits up. http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/obamanomics-globalist-economic-policies.html The stupendous run-up on the global stock exchanges and vast increase in the personal fortunes of the financial oligarchy have depended on the relentless downward pressure on workers’ wages and conditions. This is a class-conscious decision by the central bank executives, who understand that investors tend to make far more money when the sword of mass unemployment and poverty is kept swinging over the heads of workers. JUDICIAL WATCH GOES AFTER CLINTON AND OBOMB… will they see prison time? THE OBAMA-CLINTON SWAMP…. How close they came to destroying American democracy…. It’ what happens when two psychopath lawyers are permitted to run for office! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/03/monty-pelerin-drain-swamp-becomes.html “If the Constitution did not forbid cruel and unusual punishment, the sentence I would like to see imposed would place both Bill and Hillary Clinton in the same 8-by-12 cell.” ROBERT ARVAY – AMERICAN THINKER com BARACK OBAMA, LA RAZA FASCISM and the CULTURE of DEM CORRUPTION They Destroyed Our Country “They knew Obama was an unqualified crook; yet they promoted him. They knew Obama was a train wreck waiting to happen; yet they made him president, to the great injury of America and the world. They understood he was only a figurehead, an egomaniac, and a liar; yet they made him king, doing great harm to our republic (perhaps irreparable.)” http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-democrat-party-party-for-illegals.html CHICAGO HUCKSTER or simply a PSYCHOPATH? THE RISE TO POWER OF BANKSTER-OWNED BARACK OBAMA 'Incompetent' and 'liar' among most frequently used words to describe the president: Pew Research Center http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/06/pew-american-people-legals-see-obama-as.html The larger fear is that Obama might be just another corporatist, punking voters much as the Republicans do when they claim to be all for the common guy. CRONY CAPITALISM ...the rise of Barack Obama and the fall of America! OBAMA'S ASSAULT ON AMERICA -WHY WALL STREET, ILLEGALS, CRIMINAL BANKSTERS and the 1% LOVE HIM, AND THE MIDDLE CLASS GETS THE SHAFT TO PAY FOR HIS CRONY CAPITALISM http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/07/obamas-looting-of-america-crony.html CEO pay is higher than ever, as is the chasm separating the rich and super-rich from everyone else. The incomes of the top 1 percent grew more than 11 percent between 2009 and 2011—the first two years of the Obama “recovery”—while the incomes of the bottom 99 percent actually shrank. Meanwhile, Obama is pressing forward with his proposal, outlined in his budget for the next fiscal year, to slash $400 billion from Medicare and $130 billion from Social Security… AS WELL AS WIDER OPEN BORDERS, NO E-VERIFY, NO LEGAL NEED APPLY TO KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED INCOME PLUMMETS UNDER OBAMA AND HIS WALL STREET CRONIES http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2014/09/soaring-poverty-in-america-good-time-to.html WELFARE CHEAT BARACK OBAMA FUNDS HIS EGO TOWER off tax payers backs! http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/obama-shakes-down-city-of-chicago-pays.html I am sure that Obama and his friend and former chief of staff Rahm would not like to see pols running for mayor on a platform of halting the giveaway." But that halt to lawlessness hasn't stopped the Windy City's politicians rushing to hand over almost 20 acres of precious lakefront park land to the private foundation controlled by Barack and Michelle Obama. The Obama Foundation (Obama.org) promises to build a monument to his presidency, called the Obama Presidential Center (OPC). It has to be called the OPC because it will not be an actual presidential library, under the control of the National Archives, but rather a privately controlled entity, free to focus on whatever pleases the 44th president.” BANKSTERS’ RENT BOY FORMER ATTORNEY GEN ERIC HOLDER POSES WITH HITLER PRAISING LEADER OF RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, ANTI-SEMITIC HATE MONGER LOUIS Farrakhan. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/08/walking-shitbag-louis-farrakhan-is.html “Attorney General Eric Holder's tenure was a low point even within the disgraceful scandal-ridden Obama years.” DANIEL GREENFIELD / FRONTPAGE MAG NO PRESIDENT IN HISTORY SUCKED IN MORE BRIBES FROM CRIMINAL BANKSTERS THAN BARACK OBAMA! This was not because of difficulties in securing indictments or convictions. On the contrary, Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate committee in March of 2013 that the Obama administration chose not to prosecute the big banks or their CEOs because to do so might “have a negative impact on the national economy.” http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-bankster-owned-president-citigroup.html BARACK OBAMA and the RISE OF THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA ‘The Race’, now calling itself UNIDOSus. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/03/traitor-barack-obama-and-rise-of.html “The watchdogs at Judicial Watch discovered documents that reveal how the Obama administration's close coordination with the Mexican government entices Mexicans to hop over the fence and on to the American dole.” Washington Times Obama Funds the Mexican Fascist Party of LA RAZA “The Race”… now calling itself UNIDOSus. http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/11/23/omalley-obama-devastated-democratic-party-like-bad-forest-fire/ "This is country belongs to Mexico" is said by the Mexican Militant. This is a common teaching that the U.S. is really AZTLAN, belonging to Mexicans, which is taught to Mexican kids in Arizona and California through a LA Raza educational program funded by American Tax Payers via President Obama, when he gave LA RAZA $800,000.00 in March of 2009! OBAMA’S CRONY BANKSTERISM destroyed a 11 TRILLION DOLLARS in home equity… and they’re still plundering us! Barack Obama created more debt for the middle class than any president in US history, and also had the only huge QE programs: $4.2 Trillion. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/09/michael-bargo-jr-tragic-legacy-of.html OXFAM reported that during Obama’s terms, 95% of the wealth created went to the top 1% of the world’s wealthy. PATHOLOGICAL LIAR BARACK OBAMA MOCKS TRUMP Obama orchestrated the greatest transfer of wealth to the rich in U.S. history! http://globalistbarackobama.blogspot.com/2018/09/pathological-liar-barack-obama-mocks.html THE WALL STREET BOUGHT AND OWNED DEMOCRAT PARTY http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/09/democrats-and-bankster-billionaire.html SERVING BANKSTERS, BILLIONAIRES and INVADING ILLEGALS THE CRONY CLASS: Income inequality grows FOUR TIMES FASTER under Obama than Bush. http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2014/12/obamanomics-at-work-depressed-wages-and.html “By the time of Bill Clinton’s election in 1992, the Democratic Party had completely repudiated its association with the reforms of the New Deal and Great Society periods. Clinton gutted welfare programs to provide an ample supply of cheap labor for the rich (WHICH NOW MEANS OPEN BORDERS AND NO E-VERIFY!), including a growing layer of black capitalists, and passed the 1994 Federal Crime Bill, with its notorious “three strikes” provision that has helped create the largest prison population in the world.” "We know that Obama and his inner circle have set up a war room in his D.C. home to plan and execute resistance to the Trump administration and his legislative agenda. None of these people care about the American people, or the fact that Trump won the election because millions of people voted for him." Patricia McCarthy / AMERICAN THINKER.com Obama's America on Display at Kavanaugh Hearings https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/obamas_america_on_display_at_kavanaugh_hearings.html By Frank Hawkins President Trump has been in an uphill battle to reverse Obama's efforts to "fundamentally transform" America. Trump's successes in the past 20 months in erasing the damage of the Obama's eight years are well documented. But he has a long way to go based on what we saw in the Kavanaugh hearings. Trump's biggest challenge is to push back Obama's primary legacy of identity politics, which is destroying the fabric of our nation. Neighbors, family members and old friends have been split apart, by design. Obama polarized America according to race, ethnic background, sex, sexual orientation, and politics. Like a deadly cancer, the Obama legacy has metastasized into widespread hatred among Americans that was on display at the Kavanaugh hearings. Obama's primary legacy is dangerously malignant and more toxic than ever, fueled by cynical and destructive politicians, the Alinsky Rules for Radicals, and billions of dollars from the evil George Soros. Statements from the hearings and the left-wing mobs and commentators attempting to disrupt the proceedings tell the story. "Call your senators and tell them to vote no for Kavanaugh – the future of our country deserves more than a privileged white boy." Were you able to catch the code words? "Privileged." "White boy." Hawaii Democrat Mazie Hirono made headlines when she told all men to "shut up and step up and do the right thing for a change." In other words, men rarely do the right thing. Men, did you get it? Democrat Senator Cory Booker used his "Spartacus moment" to suggest that Kavanaugh was guilty of "racial profiling." Racial profiling, presumably against minorities. Get it? "Women deserve to be angry all of the time," said talk show host Andy Richter. "This country's government is an abuser. We live in the most shameful of times." Yes, of course, the Trump government is an abuser of women. Now armed leftists, some with funding from George Soros, are calling for mass violence if Kavanaugh is confirmed. Here's one certain to win over a lot of Americans: "The Antifa Website Calls for 'Slaughter' of 'Fascistic Border Patrol Dogs and Their Bosses." In short, the Kavanaugh nomination reveals the obvious: we no longer have a viable two-party system in which both parties embrace our current Constitution-based system, share the same set of core values and fairness, and agree on certain standards of ethical conduct regardless of who wins an election. This all sums up the primary legacy of one Barack Hussein Obama. You'll remember he's the one who appointed to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, who famously suggested that a "wise Latina" on the bench would come to more just decisions than a white male. Did you get the code words there? Some Republicans in a show of good faith actually voted for her. Go back to July 2009, when Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested outside his home in what was clearly a misunderstanding between him and the police. Obama, just a few months in office, immediately politicized it. I don't know ... what role race played in that. But I think it's fair to say ... the Cambridge police acted stupidly[.] ... We know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. Did you get all of that? Police acted stupidly. A long history of black Americans and Latinos stopped by police acting "disproportionately." After Trayvon Martin was killed after attacking a partially black Latino who happened to have a "white" name, George Zimmerman, Obama quickly jumped in, noting that if he had a son, he would look like Martin, a black hoodie-wearing 17-year-old. Get it? I'm black. The kid is black. He must be innocent. The support Trayvon movement led to the formation of "Black Lives Matter," an incendiary project funded by George Soros that brags that it is now global network with more than 40 chapters. When Michael Brown was shot dead after assaulting a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, a large fuss was made over the racial composition of the police department. Obama wasn't going to let this crisis go to waste. The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time. As Attorney General Holder has indicated, the Department of Justice is investigating the situation along with local officials. The Department of Justice subsequently found no civil rights violations in the case. But the damage was done. Obama had already identified with Michael Brown, showing "compassion" for his – as it turned out – so-called family. And who can forget Freddie Gray, Jr., a 25-year-old black man who was arrested by Baltimore police for possessing an illegal knife? While in a police van, Gray fell into a coma and died. Obama wasted no time getting involved. "This has been going on for a long time. This is not new, and we shouldn't pretend that it's new." Get it? Black people getting killed by police has been going on for a long time. Riots followed. Homicides with a preponderance of black victims spiked. Ultimately, the six Baltimore police officers involved (three of them black men and one black woman) were all found not guilty or charges were dropped. But again, the damage had been done. Obama's DOJ reluctantly announced it would not bring federal charges against the officers. It isn't just race that Obama has used to divide us. The Obama legacy is also about sexual politics. Remember when Obama ordered all U.S. public schools to allow students to access opposite-sex restrooms in a move that escalates the national fight over LGBT rights? That escalated battles at the statewide level. Michelle Obama has also been part of the effort. After leaving the White House, she said, "Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton, voted against their [sic] own voice." Over 60 million Americans saw through this. Trump was elected president. But the Obama damage was obvious. At the end of Obama's presidency, just 27 percent saw the U.S. as more united, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted after the 2016 election. Far more – 44 percent – said it was more divided. USA Today has just reported that a third of American voters think a civil war is coming. The Kavanaugh hearings were a major opportunity for the left. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich blasted the Democrats for behaving: ... in an evil way unworthy of the United States. This has been the most despicable behavior by a major party in modern history. This is a deliberate, vicious, character assassination – hurt the guy's daughters, hurt his mother, hurt his wife, hurt his reputation – they didn't care[.] Writer Patricia McCarthy called the Kavanaugh hearings: ... [t]he historical low point in American politics – and make no mistake: this was all about politics, not Kavanaugh. If there was any doubt before, there is no longer: the American left today is malevolent. The Democratic Party has demonstrated for all to see just how soulless it has become. The Democrats on the committee disgraced themselves. The two youngsters, Harris and Booker, are callow, shallow, rude, and power-mad. We have seen what they are made of: pure narcissism. But for Obama, they are the future of his America. New York University professor Jonathan Haidt notes that "diversity, immigration and multiculturalism are right at the heart of the problem in Western democracies[.] ... Identity politics is like throwing sand in the gears ... a world in which factions are based on race and ethnicity, rather than economic interests, that's the worst possible world." The Obama legacy of hatred among identity groups is a viral cancer in our society. It pits race, ethnic, and religious groups against each other. It pits women against men. It is pitting gays and others who claim LGBTQ victimhood against heterosexuals. As this disease further metastasizes, our country faces an even more seriously divided future. It is pushing us toward tribalism, balkanization, and potentially, dissolution. The hatred of Trump by the left is deep. He is a forceful barrier to their destructive aims. We can't afford to lose him. But the question is whether even Trump can put the Obama legacy into remission and prevent the left from ripping our country further apart. Frank Hawkins is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, Associated Press foreign correspondent, international businessman, senior newspaper company executive, founder and owner of several marketing companies, and published novelist. He currently lives in retirement in North Carolina. Image credit: Adapted from official White House photo by Pete Souza. "We know that Obama and his inner circle have set up a war room in his D.C. home to plan and execute resistance to the Trump administration and his legislative agenda. None of these people care about the American people, or the fact thatTrump won the election because millions of people voted for him." Patricia McCarthy / AMERICAN THINKER.com Barack Obama in Norway Slams President Trump on Global Warming Policy https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/26/barack-obama-in-norway-slams-president-trump-on-global-warming-policy/ AP Photo/Matt Rourke 26 Sep 2018 3,579 Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday laid out his vision before the Oslo Business Forum in Norway for tackling climate change if he were once again in the White House, while criticizing the Trump administration’s environmental policy. A partial transcript is as follows: INTERVIEWER: First of all, what everyone is curious about, if you were president once more for a day, what would you have done and why? OBAMA: You know, the truth is if I would president for a day I would do much because the nature of the U.S. presidency, although it is obviously is an extraordinarily powerful position, you stand atop a big ocean line. Steering that ship takes a lot of people and a long time, even if there is a move of a few degrees. So, in one day, I would say hello to all the staff at the White House that I miss. But, obviously, if I had a longer stretch of time, there was a lot of unfinished business when I left. That’s the nature of democracy, you take the baton from the person behind you and you run your race, then you have pass it on and you haven’t done everything you would like to do. The single highest priority that I see globally is the issue of environmental sustainability and climate change. Obviously, Paris Accords were an important step in the right direction, but it was only a first step and so much more work needs to be done. The good news is technology is accelerating faster than we might have expected, and I’m confident that if we’re able to create an effective ridge over, let’s say over the course of 25-30 years with more efficiency and deployment of existing technology, that we could get to a point were new technologies take us where we need to go. But, that requires a level of political and social commitment on the part of all of us: businesses, the non-profit sector, each of us individuals, that right now is not forthcoming. Unfortunately, we have a U.S administration that deals differently around these issues. THE WORST EX-PRESIDENT DERBY https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271291/worst-ex-president-derby-bruce-thornton Will Obama overtake Carter? Bruce Thornton Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Jimmy Carter must be pleased. He got to surrender his “worst postwar president crown” to Barack Obama, and now with Obama’s recent return to public appearances, Jimmy is hopeful that his award for “worst postwar ex-president” will soon be gone as well. The real question for the rest of us is whether Obama will help or hurt the Dems in November. Carter and Obama are competing in the same category: reactive presidents. In 1976 Carter seemed the antidote to the scandal-plagued Nixon years. The church-going peanut farmer from Georgia appeared to be the principled outsider who could cleanse the stains of Vietnam and Watergate. No matter that Vietnam’s escalation had been a Democrat show, or that Nixon had drawn down U.S. troops in Vietnam from nearly half a million in 1969 to 27,000 in 1972. Or that Watergate, as Conrad Black described the Europeans’ bemused reaction, was “a pious exercise in Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy covering the crucifixion of a capable and successful president,” one confected and peddled by the Nixon-hating media. As democracies are wont to do, the electorate swung from a good president perceived to be bad, to a bad president perceived (at first) to be good. Carter didn’t take long to show Americans that their reactive votes were a mistake. Carter was a knee-jerk moralizing internationalist who accepted the lie that America’s “recent mistakes,” as he said in his inaugural address, were the font of all the global disorder. Hence “principled” behavior by mere force of example would defuse conflicts and end human rights abuses. Disarmament, arms control agreements, the “disintegration” of the CIA, as Henry Kissinger put it, and the promotion of human rights would convert our inveterate rivals and enemies into friends and liberal democrats. As Carter said in his memoirs, “Demonstrations of American idealism” and “moral principles” should be the “foundations” of American power. The consequences, of course, was the amoral Soviet Union’s global rampage, and Carter’s befuddled and timid response to the Iranian hostage crisis, which jump-started today’s neo-jihadist terrorism. His arrogant, misplaced piety, and his sermons about a “crisis of confidence” and an “inordinate fear of communism” disgusted many Americans. They knew that American confidence depended on vigorous action and patriotic pride, not homilies about our sins. Ronald Reagan was their answer, and a revived economy and a dismantled Soviet Union was the result. Obama similarly was the response to George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” and wars mismanaged by naïve democracy promotion. Obama’s failures are still fresh in our memory: more debt, more tax-and-spend domestic policy, a historically sluggish recovery, an unleashing of federal agencies against political enemies, a subordination of American sovereignty to the globalist technocratic cartel, a worsening of racial divisiveness, and a Carter-like foreign policy idealism of “engagement,” “leading from behind,” and “strategic patience” that culminated in the appeasement and bribery of Iran, and the furthering of the mullah’s nuclear ambitions and genocidal anti-Semitism. Obama’s lectures about America’s “mistakes” and dismissal of its “exceptionalism” disgusted voters. They knew that weakness invited aggression, and strength deterred it. Donald Trump was their answer, and a revived economy and greater respect––which is not a synonym for “affection” ––abroad, was the result. In the worst president bout, Obama takes the gold because Jimmy Carter at least recognized his mistakes with Iran and at the end of his term increased defense spending, and showed some muscle with the Carter Doctrine, which put the world on alert that the U.S. would use military force to defend its interests in the Persian Gulf. Obama, without the nuclear-armed Soviet Union still fighting the Cold War, ended his second term with the disastrous Iran nuke agreement, and with Russia and Iran rampaging through Syria in support of a psychopathic autocrat. As an ex-president, Carter had scant respect for that alleged “tradition” of ex-presidents keeping quiet about their successors. (A tradition, by the way, that George W. Bush should have considered more honored in the breach than in the observance during Obama’s eight years of “transforming” the U.S. from a constitutional Republic to a progressive technocratic oligarchy. Worse yet, when Bush did speak out, it was to trash Donald Trump not based on actions but on rhetoric and decorum and bad manners.) Carter had no compunctions about staying in the public eye. His 1994 freelance diplomacy with North Korea miffed the Clinton administration. Carter negotiated a “parchment barrier,” one as thin as Hitler’s Munich agreement, for stopping the Kim clan’s development of nuclear weapons. Years later, in the run-up to the second Gulf war, his outspoken and politically opportunistic public attacks on what the Dems called Bush’s “unilateralism” and “failed diplomacy” in seeking authorization for a war against Saddam Hussein, won him a Nobel Peace Prize and publicly expressed gratitude from the Nobel Committee for opposing a war the Europeans opposed. So much for foreign policy debates stopping at the ocean’s edge. His later noisy participation in the dishonest and politically opportunistic antiwar movement culminated in his sitting next to Michael Moore, creator of the fictive anti-American “documentary” Fahrenheit 9-11, at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. These are just the highlights of Carter’s politically biased intrusions into American politics. Barack Obama has now decided to compete with Carter in the worst ex-president category. His speech last week at the University of Illinois went after Trump with more sustained criticisms than his prior occasional snarky sniping. His comments were a tired reprise of the usual whining from two years of NeverTrump complaints and media distortions. There was this chestnut: “It should not be Democratic or Republican, it should not be partisan to say that we don’t pressure the Department of Justice or the FBI to use the criminal justice system as a cudgel to punish our political opponents.” Talk about hutzpah. Who was it that used the power of federal agencies to go after the Associated Press, Fox News’ James Rosen, and conservative Christian groups? Or how about this howler: “Or to explicitly call for the attorney general to protect members of his own party from prosecution because elections happen to be coming up. I am not making that up. That is not hypothetical.” Indeed, it’s not “hypothetical,” since Obama unleashed his flunkeys in the FBI and DOJ to “protect” Hillary Clinton from the wages of her corruption and willful law-breaking “because” the 2016 presidential election “happen[ed] to be coming up.” But Obama played offense as well, siccing those same flunkeys on the Trump campaign, using questionable FISA warrants to surveil American citizens, and then “unmasking” their names. How’s that for “cudgeling” political opponents? That’s just a few of the 30 different scandals Matt Margolis documents in his book on Obama’s scandal-ridden administration. Then there’s this decrepit argument that goes all the way back to Nixon’s “Silent Majority,” and then was freshened up by Clinton’s “angry white men” campaign tactic. “You happen to be coming of age” during a backlash, Obama told the Illinois U snowflakes. “It did not start with Donald Trump, he is a symptom, not the cause. He is just capitalizing on resentment that politicians have been fanning for years. A fear, an anger that is rooted in our past.” I’ll decode this tripe for you: white men who used to be the masters of the universe are angry, fearful, and resentful about their lost “white privilege,” and so lash out irrationally at women and “people of color.” They have been especially enraged by Barack Obama, and so voted for white supremacist enabler Donald Trump in order to get some payback. That’s the simplistic psycho-babble those “bright” progressives have long been famous for. Finally, we are treated to this howler: [W]hen you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let’s just remember when this recovery started. I am glad it has continued but when you hear about his economic miracle that has been going on, when the job number comes out, monthly job numbers and suddenly Republicans say it is a miracle, I have to kind of remind them, actually those job numbers were the same they were in 2015, in 2016. It’s true that all presidents take too much credit and too much blame for the economic cycles. But let’s remember, the Great Recession ended in June of 2009. No one can credit Obama, since he had been in office a scant five months. Moreover, the recovery under his guidance was historically slow, including jobs recovery. So while Obama is right about the numbers of jobs created compared to Trump, he is silent on all the other Trump actions that have spurred growth: tax reductions for corporations and individuals, and pruning back growth-strangling regulations have lifted the market’s “animal spirits,” long depressed by Obama’s dirigiste policies and anti-business rhetoric. As a result, we had a second quarter GDP growth of 4.1%, with the fourth quarter estimated to be at least that high. Throw in the booming stock market up 35% just in 2017, and record low unemployment rates, and Trump’s policies have to be given credit for this dramatic swing, rather than claiming that they are predictable results of policies Obama enacted. Remember how many Obama-supporting economists like Larry Summers were predicting GDP growth rates would remain about 2.0%, the “new normal”? How does that gloomy forecast from economists square with the claim that Obama’s actions started the trajectory of improvement that culminated under Trump? I don’t recall these experts predicting the current economic boom. Perhaps their “new normal” was just cover for Obama’s dismal record. Based on his first foray into rallying the base for November, Obama is on track to best Jimmy Carter in the worst ex-president derby. Stale talking points, rank hypocrisy, and revisionist history will persuade only the most die-hard Obama fans. Voters who value concrete accomplishments over subjective standards of style and decorum will not be impressed. In fact, Obama’s further appearances will only remind voters why they voted for Trump in the first place. ABOUT BRUCE THORNTON Bruce Thornton is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, a Research Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, and a Professor of Classics and Humanities at the California State University. He is the author of nine books and numerous essays on classical culture and its influence on Western Civilization. His most recent book, Democracy's Dangers and Discontents (Hoover Institution Press), is now available for purchase. The Fiscal Lunacy of Electing Democrats to Congress https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/09/the_fiscal_lunacy_of_electing_democrats_to_congress.html By Jon N. Hall On Sep. 7, Barack Obama waded into the midterm elections fray with a speech at the University of Illinois, proclaiming that the good economy we're currently enjoying actually started under him. According to Obama, Trump inherited it all. Be that as it may, what did Obama inherit? Some will make Obama's economic inheritance out to have been the worst situation ever. But actually, the crisis that we faced in Sep.-Oct. of 2008 had already been dealt with by the Bush administration. Recall that the financial markets were seizing up; we were looking into the abyss, the collapse of capitalism. Treasury secretary "Hank" Paulson even reportedly knelt before Speaker Pelosi, begging her to usher the $700B TARP through Congress. Bush, Paulson, and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke stepped into the breach and stopped the hemorrhaging. By the time of Obama's inauguration, the markets had reopened, money was flowing again, and disaster had been averted. So the worst of the crisis had been dealt with before Obama became president. But don't tell that to Barry, as he likes to think not only that he is responsible for all the good stuff that came after him, but also that nothing that preceded him was important. What Obama's recovery was really about was propping up prices in the stock market and real estate, and in funneling money to his base – e.g., union members. What Obama's recovery was not about is government reform. Because Congress didn't deal with the underlying causes of the crisis, we're still vulnerable. Obama's recovery, the most anemic since the 1940s, came at one helluva price. What's more, America has not yet paid that price and settled accounts. The Federal Reserve created trillions of dollars through multiple rounds of quantitative easing – i.e., Q.E. The "unwinding" of the Q.E. asset purchases continues. More sobering than the Fed's Q.E. are the unprecedented deficits that Congress ran during the Obama administration. Even so, in his speech, Obama claims to have cut the deficit "by more than half." But in FY2008, the last full fiscal year before Obama became president, the deficit was $458B, which at the time was the largest deficit in history. Only one of the deficits during Obama's tenure got below the 2008 figure, and that by only $20B. So when Obama claims to have cut the deficit by half, he's talking about cutting it from his own high point, and the high and low deficits under Obama were $1,412B in 2009 and $438B in 2015. From the high to the low, the deficit was cut by almost 69 percent; that's nearly $1T. So the cut in the budget deficit was not just more than one half, but more than two thirds. However, this improvement did not happen under Speaker Pelosi. The improvement happened only after the 2010 midterm elections, when Republicans took back the House and replaced her. Pelosi and the Democrats were never able to get the deficit below a trillion dollars. (One can verify these numbers by looking at Table 1.1 on page 25 of the OMB's historical tables.) Over the last two years, Republicans have disappointed on the deficit. But giving control of the budget back to Democrats at this time would be quite stupid. That's because the bill for the Democrats' deficits under Obama will start coming due on October 1, which is the start of fiscal 2019 and will mark the ten-year anniversary of Pelosi's first trillion-dollar deficit. Any ten-year securities sold in 2009 will mature in 2019. And here's the thing: most of the public debt is Treasury notes, not bonds, and T-notes have a max term of ten years. Democrats actually expect voters to put them back in charge of the budget at the exact moment that we start paying back the bulk of the trillion-dollar deficits that they, the Democrats, ran up under Obama. The federal government will soon be rolling over an unprecedented amount of debt, which will cause the interest rates on those U.S. securities to rise. Now is long past time for Congress to cut spending, but all you hear from Democrat candidates for Congress is more spending: "free" college, single-payer government health care, and other "free" stuff. When Nancy Pelosi was campaigning to take control of Congress back in 2006, she touted PAYGO, pay-as-you-go financing meant to keep the deficit from rising. But her first budget, FY2008, had the largest deficit up to that point; her second deficit was nearly a trillion higher; and trillion-dollar deficits followed. In the midst of running her $1.4T deficit in 2009, Pelosi shamelessly flogged her fraudulent PAYGO at a House news conference. Talk about chutzpah. On June 6 this year at The Hill, we read: "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and other top Democrats are vowing to abide by fiscally hawkish pay-as-you-go rules if they seize the majority next year, rejecting calls from liberals who feel they'd be an impediment to big legislative gains." Also on June 6 at The Nation, we read: "Bold progressivism and 'pay-go' fiscal conservatism are mutually exclusive." On June 7 at the Washington Post, we read: "If they're successful in winning back Congress this year and winning the White House next year, it [PAYGO] could seriously hamper their ability to pass progressive legislation." On September 4 at The Intercept, we read: "Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has made the public a big promise, vowing to handcuff her party's progressive ambitions, including in the event that a Democratic president succeeds Donald Trump, by resurrecting the 'pay-go' rule that mandates all new spending is offset with budget cuts or tax increases." Fret not, my progressive friends: Pelosi's promise to abide by PAYGO was a lie in 2006, and it's a lie today. Voters should remember that in the middle of the Great Recession and a trillion-dollar deficit, Democrats passed a huge new entitlement: Obamacare. If Democrats really cared about fiscal responsibility, then rather than the easily ignored PAYGO, they'd be urging a balanced budget amendment. On Sep. 10, former speaker Pelosi told CNN that she feels comfortable with the support she has in the Democrat caucus and that after the midterms, she will again be speaker. Decency would dictate that the person who ushered through the nation's first trillion-dollar deficit might demur from commenting on smaller deficits run by others, but not Nancy. If it becomes ever larger in comparison to the economy, the debt will someday become unmanageable and America will have a "debt crisis." Leading up to that dreadful day, there'll be interest rate hikes, which are already underway. These rate hikes are coming at the very time when we'll be rolling over more government securities than ever. Politicians of both parties are responsible for this scary situation, but Democrats are worse. Democrats belong to the only party that has run trillion-dollar deficits while controlling both the Congress and the presidency. Rather than a "blue wave," Democrats need to be spanked in November. When Democrats told us in 2006 that they would not make the deficit worse and would abide by the constraints of PAYGO, we gave them power, and they made the deficit far worse than it'd ever been. Now, twelve years later, Democrats again tell us they'll abide by PAYGO and expect us to put them back in power. And this, at the very moment the bill for their extravagant borrowing and spending under Obama is starting to come due. Holders of U.S. securities aren't like Obama's General Motors bondholders – they must be paid. If there's even a remote possibility that Democrats might retake Congress and again control the budget and spending, real Americans should run to the polls on Election Day and vote Republican. Jon N. Hall of ULTRACON OPINION is a programmer from Kansas City. The Alinsky-ization of Brett Kavanaugh https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/09/the_alinskyization_of_brett_kavanaugh.html By Rich Logis Republicans and conservatives are fond of referencing Chicago community organizer Saul Alinsky, but how many have read his body of work? I've always referred to Alinsky's secular agitator bible, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals, as the sequel to The Communist Manifesto. Published in 1972, shortly before Alinsky's death, Rules was a significant part of President Obama's and Hillary Clinton's political upbringings – although he more influenced Obama, who followed in Alinsky's community organizing footsteps in Chicago in the '80s. Alinsky's thirteen rules are effective. The first step to challenging them is actually recognizing them. Here's how Democrats and the DMIC (Democrat Media Industrial Complex) Alinsky-ized Brett Kavanaugh, in the lead up to, during, and after his U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings. 1: "Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have." Outnumbered 51-49, Senate Democrats know that the arithmetic isn't on their side. If the Democrats and Republicans each hold court along party lines, Kavanaugh is our next justice, thanks to the nuclear option employed by Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell last year to get Justice Neil Gorsuch confirmed. But a two-senator lead means the tie-breaking voter, Vice President Mike Pence, had better be on call when the roll call vote to confirm Kavanaugh is held. Democrats undoubtedly consider Republican senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, of Maine and Alaska, respectively, to be free agents, particularly over Roe v. Wade. Kavanaugh was relentlessly questioned by Democrats over abortion; the goal was to create doubt that Collins and Murkowski would vote to confirm him. If uncertainty exists, it's unlikely that Democrats from states President Trump won in 2016 will cross the aisle. If Democrats somehow secure 51 nays, we'll have the modern-day version of Borked: Kavanaughed. 2. "Never go outside the expertise of your people." Alinsky wrote in Rules that "the issue is never the issue." The reason the Democrats were obsessed with the documents withheld by the president has nothing to do with the documents; it has to do with the fact that the Democrats on the Committee on the Judiciary were unwilling to have substantive legal discussions. Why? Simple: because Kavanaugh would have made the Democrats – several of whom are trained attorneys – look like first-day law school students. Having authored 307 opinions, from 2,700 cases, during his 12 years as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, along with dozens of speeches to law schools and legal groups, Kavanaugh's jurisprudence bona fides are not only rock solid, but also very public. There is zero we don't know about Kavanaugh's interpretive approach and acumen. 3. "Whenever possible go outside the expertise of the enemy." I suspect that this rule guided The New York Times' and Associated Press's show-me-the-woman-and-I'll-show-you-the-crime expedition two months ago for the work emails of Kavanaugh's wife, Ashley, who was hired earlier this year as town manager of Chevy Chase, Md. The Times requested any emails that contained the words "gun," "abortion," "federalist" or "gay." Perhaps the Times believed that Mrs. Kavanaugh was fond of attending The Federalist Society lectures about concealed carrying lesbians who believe that abortion is creepy. The Times' request was a big dud; 85 pages of emails later, and, I'm sure, much to the newspaper's chagrin, nothing incriminating, and nothing about guns, abortion, gays, or federalists was discovered. The AP requested all of her work emails but hasn't yet reported on its findings. 4. "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules." Though there weren't explicit questions about Kavanaugh's Catholic faith, he noted his work with Catholic Charities. This rule was the basis for California senator Cuckoo Kamala Harris's lie that Kavanaugh called birth control abortion-inducing drugs (have you noticed how often I've already written about abortion?). And here's the ACLU's predictable fear-mongering that Kavanaugh would usher in a theocratic oligarchy. In fairness, I'm not angry at the ACLU, because voting is a lot like any decision or purchase: it's done based on fear or greed. 5. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." Kavanaugh has been in Washington for decades; he's what many of us would call an "establishment" figure. This has provided an opportunity for the DMIC toattack his establishment "elitism," which President Trump swore to reject by draining the swamp. The median household income of Kavanugh's ZIP code is $12,000 a month, his house cost $1.2 million to purchase, and Kavanaugh racked up tens of thousands of dollars in credit debt to buy Washington Nationals season tickets. As coach of one of his daughters' basketball teams, his moniker is "Coach K." If the nickname Coach K doesn't smack of elitism, I don't know what does. The DMIC showed no qualms in portraying Kavanaugh as an out-of-touch Beltway insider. Oh, yeah, and people will die if he's confirmed. 6. "A good tactic is one your people enjoy." Democrats know that most of their voters are out for blood, and a "good tactic" was to inextricably link Kavanaugh to President Trump, an "unindicted co-conspirator," according to Harris and Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal, due to the plea deal of Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen. In the old days, Democrats weren't quite as politically loony as they currently are and were definitely more likable. Unlikability is a good tactic for the Democrats; the temperament of a justice is important, and the more unlikeable Democrats were in their questioning, the better the chances Kavanaugh would lose his cool. But alas, he kept his cool, especially during Harris's entrapping questionsabout possible conversations he had with Trump's lawyer's firm regarding the Mueller investigation. The Democrats tried to force Kavanaugh into the role of de facto spokesman for the president, but he was ready for them. 7. "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag." I didn't watch every second of the hearings, but I watched more than 75 percent, and Democrats said Trump's name dozens of times. New Jersey senator Cory Booker handled Trump fatigue by putting on a theatrical production worthy of Broadway: Booker, whose claim to fame was interrogating Mike Pompeo about sodomy during his secretary of state confirmation hearings, dared his Republican colleagues to expel him from the Senate. As was expected, President George W. Bush's name popped up. Kavanaugh worked for Bush, and the implication is that Kavanaugh has always been associated with illegitimate presidents. 8. "Keep the pressure on." This is one of the easier rules to follow, because specifics aren't necessary. Attorneys who litigate before the Supreme Court know to expect random barrages of questions, and the Democrats kept up the pressure by interrupting Kavanaugh dozens of times, not including the interruptions from protesters. The interruptions failed in knocking Kavanaugh off his game – same for the objections to the hearings, coordinated by Democrats. 9. "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself." If I had to pick one rule sold the hardest by Democrats, it's this one. The "threats" posed by Kavanaugh sound a lot like the threats posed by Robert Bork, nominated by President Reagan in 1982. Said Massachusetts senator Edward Kennedy: Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution[.] Of course, had Bork been confirmed, none of those things would have occurred. But that wasn't important; it was the "what if?" threat of those things. In Kavanaugh's case, workers will have zero rights, felons will own machine guns, and women will be forced into back-alley abortions and die. 10. "The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition." If Kavanaugh is confirmed, the Democrats will have lost the battle, but they will consider the larger war still winnable – especially considering that he's expected to be confirmed a month before the midterm elections. It was quite apparent which Democrats were thinking about running for president in 2020 (Harris and Booker) and which weren't (Partrick Leahy of Vermont). Those positioning themselves for a White House run will incorporate their self-aggrandizing "resistance" to Kavanaugh into their campaigns. 11. "If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside." In the case of Kavanaugh, this is a slight overlap of Rule 1. Trump has gotten 60 federal judges confirmed, is reforming the Supreme Court to how the Founders envisioned it, and has 100 pending federal judicial appointments. These realities are red-meat selling points to Democrat voters: "Look at the havoc Trump has wrought! We must prevent him from further destruction!" Just how deep it will break into the counterside remains to be seen, but desperation is all Democrats have left (although projected demographics, if not engaged, don't bode well for America First). 12. "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative." To have a chance of winning long-term political battles, there must be self-immolation and sacrificial lambs within the Democratic Party ranks. Adaptation is key. This is already underway, as evidenced by the rise of "democratic socialist" primary winners nationwide. In America, Leninism has always been implemented in creeping doses, until one day, it's mainstream. The constructive alternative will continue to be the message that overt, out-in-the-open socialism is necessary to prevent future Brett Kavanaughs. 13. "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." In Clintonian fashion, the Democrats will persist. Remember: Kavanaugh can't prove he's not racist, or that he won't vote to send abortion battles back to the states, where they belonged in the first place. The Democrats will continue to color Kavanaugh identically to how we describe Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor: as an untrustworthy judge who legislates from the bench. My prediction: Kavanaugh will receive 54 votes to confirm, with Collins and Murkowski unlikely to defect. Rich Logis is host of The Rich Logis Show at TheRichLogisShow.com and author of the upcoming book 10 Warning Signs Your Child Is Becoming a Democrat. He can be found on Twitter at @RichLogis. The lawlessness of the Obama administration: A never-ending story by Michael Barone https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-lawlessness-of-the-obama-administration-a-never-ending-story/article/2575636#.VjpT1gtg92w.blogger THE LAWLESS REGIME OF BARACK OBAMA and his ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS AND U.S BORDERS http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2015/12/amnesty-hoax-to-keep-wages-depressed.html “The Lawlessness of the Obama Administration: A never-ending story.” http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2015/11/michael-barone-lawlessness-of-obama.html THE PSYCHOPATH WHO WOULD BE DICTATOR FUNDED BY HIS CRIMINAL CRONY BANKSTERS AND REELECTED FOR A THIRD TERM BY \| November 04, 2015 12:31 PM Lawless conduct by the Obama administration is a subject that provides never-ending grist for a journalist's mill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Susan Walsh David Bernstein, professor at George Mason Law School, has a new book out titled Lawless: The Obama Administration's Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law. For a preview, check out his Volokh Conspiracy blogpost on the top six (not five, as in the headline) examples of lawless conduct by the Obama administration. Many of these items might be familiar to people who have read my Washington Examinercolumns appearing in February 2013, July 2014 and February 2015, and blogposts appearing in August 2014 and March 2015. Or you might want to go back to my May 2009 column which coined the term "gangster government"—the title of my Examiner colleague David Freddoso's 2011 book Gangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy. It's a subject that provides never-ending grist for a journalist's mill. The Obama Administration’s Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law The Heritage Foundation, Lehrman Auditorium http://www.heritage.org/events/2015/11/lawlessOverview: In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein offers a scholarly and unsettling account of how the Obama Administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law. He documents how the President has presided over one constitutional debacle after another – from Obamacare to unauthorized wars in the Middle East to attempts to strip property owners, college students, religious groups, and conservative political activists of their rights, and more.Respect for the Constitution’s separation of powers has been violated time and again. Whether in amending Obamacare on the fly or signing a memorandum legalizing millions of illegal immigrants, the current Administration ignores not only Congress, but also the Constitution’s critical checks and balances. In Lawless, Professor Bernstein shows how the Constitution as well as the President’s own stated principles have been betrayed. In doing so, serious and potentially permanent damage has been done to our constitutional system and repairs must be addressed by the next President of the United States. A Pattern of Executive Overreach David Berstein / @ProfDBernstein David Bernstein is the George Mason University Foundation Professor at the George Mason University School of Law, and the author of the new book, Lawless: The Obama Administration's Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law . Recently, the Justice Department announced it would not be indicting anyone for his or her role in the most serious domestic political scandal since the Nixon years. Starting in 2010, the IRS, under pressure from congressional Democrats and the White House, engaged in blatant ideologically motivated discrimination against conservative organizations applying for non-profit status. That the most feared bureaucracy in Washington was making decisions based on illegal political criteria should send a chill down the spine of any American who cares about the First Amendment and the rule of law. Yet the Department of Justice has refused to indict even IRS official Lois Lerner, who invoked her Fifth Amendment right to silence to avoid incriminating herself in testimony before Congress. Unfortunately, the failure to prosecute anyone responsible for abusing the IRS’s authority reflects the Obama administration’s broader contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law. Consider just a few examples: 1. Going to war in Libya in blatant violation of the War Powers Resolution, and in defiance of the legal advice of the president’s own lawyers, based on the ridiculous theory that bombing the heck out of Libya did not constitute “hostilities” under the law 2. Appointing so-called policy czars to high-level positions to avoid constitutionally-required confirmation hearings 3. Modifying, delaying, and ignoring various provisions of Obamacare in violation of the law itself 4. Attacking private citizens for engaging in constitutionally protected speech 5. Issuing draconian regulations regarding sexual assault on campus not through formal, lawful regulation but through an informal, and unreviewable, “dear colleague” letter 6. Ignoring 100 years of legal rulings and the plain text of the Constitution and trying to get a vote in Congress for the D.C. delegate 7. Trying to enact massive immigration reform via an executive order demanding that the Department of Homeland Security both refuse to enforce existing immigration law, and provide work permits to millions of people residing in the U.S. illegally 8. Imposing common core standards on the states via administrative fiat 9. Ignoring bankruptcy law and arranging Chrysler’s bankruptcy to benefit labor unions at the expense of bondholders 10. Trying to strip churches and other religious bodies of their constitutional right to choose their clergy free from government involvement. More generally, the president has abandoned any pretense of trying to work with Congress, as the Constitution’s separation of powers requires. He prefers instead to govern by unilateral executive fiat, even when there is little or no legal authority supporting his power to do so. Presidents trying stretch their power as far as they can is hardly news. What is news, however, is that top Obama administration officials, including the president himself, see this not as something to be ashamed of, but as a desirable way of governing, something to brag about rather than do surreptitiously. Obama behaves as if there is some inherent virtue in a president governing by decree and whim, as if promoting progressive political ends at the expense of the rule of law is proper not simply as a desperate last resort but as a matter of principle. After all, Obama says, democracy is unduly “messy” and “complicated.” “We can’t wait,” the president intones, as he ignores the separation of powers again and again, ruling instead through executive order. “Law is politics,” and only politics, according to a mantra popular on the legal left, and therefore the law should not be an independent constraint to doing the right thing politically. Obama seems to agree. As Obama’s lawlessness has received increased attention from Congress, the (conservative) media, and the general public, the president has been defiant, even petulant. When confronted by allegations of lawlessness, Obama takes no responsibility, and doesn’t even bother to defend the legality of his actions. Harry S. Truman famously said “the buck stops here.” Obama responds to serious concerns about his administration’s lawlessness with a derisive “so sue me.” As George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley writes, Obama “acts as if anything a court has not expressly forbidden is permissible.” And in many situations, no one has legal standing to challenge the president’s actions in court—which means that no judge can stop the administration’s lawbreaking. So sue me? If only we could. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, David Bernstein will be at The Heritage Foundation at noon for an event about his book, “Lawless: The Obama Administration’s Unprecedented Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law.” More details here. Gangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy Publisher: Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition (April 4, 2011) From the Inside Flap "The Nobel Committee should read Gangster Government before it gives our president another peace prize."--Ann Coulter, bestselling author and Legal Affairs Correspondent for Human Events "Somehow Barack Obama has gotten away with pretending to be a good-government guy and a scourge of the special interests. David Freddoso's Gangster Governmentis the potent antidote to this spin. With lively detail and devastating analysis, Freddoso reveals how the president and his administration use the brute force of government to squelch criticism, punish enemies, and even steal from those who stand in their way. Fawning journalists have likened Obama to Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Reagan--this book shows that Obama is more akin to Nixon." --Tim Carney, author of Obamanomics and Senior Political Columnist, The Washington Examiner "David Freddoso, one of America's finest reporters, has written a masterpiece exposé on Barack Obama's first two years in the Oval Office. Gangster Government gives readers the detailed inside scoop on an administration populated by officials who ignore the constitutional limits on government while abusing the power of the state to reward their friends and punish their enemies." --Terence P. Jeffrey, author of Control Freaks and Editor in Chief of CNS News "Gangster government is always a danger, whoever is in power. It is a greater danger the more government is deeply enmeshed with the private sector and when its leaders believe that rules should be bent or ignored in order to benefit favored constituencies. So thanks to David Freddoso for providing a report that enables citizens to decide just how far gangster government has gone in this administration." --Michael Barone, from the Foreword ?The Nobel Committee should read Gangster Government before it gives our president another peace prize.Ann Coulter, bestselling author and Legal Affairs Correspondent for Human Events ?Somehow Barack Obama has gotten away with pretending to be a good-government guy and a scourge of the special interests. David Freddosos Gangster Governmentis the potent antidote to this spin. With lively detail and devastating analysis, Freddoso reveals how the president and his administration use the brute force of government to squelch criticism, punish enemies, and even steal from those who stand in their way. Fawning journalists have likened Obama to Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and Reaganthis book shows that Obama is more akin to BABY BUTCHERIES OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD THREATEN SEN... 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__label__wiki	0.72604	0.72604	Maya News Latest Mayan News from Local Correspondents – Noticias Mayas Recientes de Corresponsales Locales Court Upholds Mayan Indigenous Land Rights In Belize By: Ligia María The Caribbean Court of Justice has ruled that indigenous land rights in Belize must be honored by the government. The ruling upheld an earlier decision of an appeals court that gave the Maya people rights to land they have used and occupied for generations in the southern Belizean district of Toledo. The ruling requires that the land be demarcated, protected, and officially registered by the government of Belize. It also dictates that the government of Belize abstain from interfering with the Maya’s land rights unless consent is given by the Maya people. In effect, the government of Belize is barred from issuing leases, grants, permits, concessions, or contracts authorizing logging, petroleum, mineral extraction, or any activity that would affect the Maya land rights. The victory for the Maya people confirms a 2004 report from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an agency of the Organization of American States. That report’s findings were similar to the terms stipulated in the recent Caribbean Court of Justice ruling. The success of the three-decade campaign to obtain indigenous land rights in Belize has been hailed as a worldwide victory, creating legal jurisprudence for indigenous peoples’ rights to lands and resources. Despite the celebration from the international indigenous rights movement, Belize’s Prime Minister Dean Barrow was hesitant in his interpretation of the ruling. Barrow claimed that the Caribbean Court of Justice ruling “does not find or establish that the Maya have indigenous title.” He clarified that the government conceded land rights to the Maya people, but that those rights were for individual property rights rather than communal rights. He also told reporters that his government would resist the US$750,000 in damages claimed by the Maya people. The Maya people are believed to have lived in the area now known as Belize since 2000 B.C. The area was seized by the Spanish in the 17th century before coming under British rule in 1862. In 1964, Belize gained independence from the British. Source: http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2015/06/court-upholds-mayan-indigenous-land-rights-in-belize/ from → Recognition, Rights ← Guatemala’s Indigenous People Continue Fight for Justice as Rios Montt’s Trial for Genocide Resumes El enigmático mapa cuadricular de una nueva ciudad maya en Guatemala → Traditions and Culture	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line856
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__label__wiki	0.76064	0.76064	Impacts of 40 Years of the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory on Beef Cattle and Range Systems Jennifer Dush Author 5 Plays [00:00:02.270]Probably everybody knows our speaker, [00:00:04.200]Jack Whittier. [00:00:05.780]He's working and director [00:00:08.208]at Panhandle Research and Extension Center for four years, [00:00:12.960]plus or minus now. [00:00:17.320]He, before that, [00:00:18.210]was an extension research specialist at Colorado State. [00:00:28.139]20 years or something. [00:00:29.980]Just short of. 19, yeah. [00:00:32.050]Close enough. [00:00:33.630]For Mick Donell, that's important. [00:00:35.460]For me 19 or 20 is the same-- [00:00:36.930](laughter) [00:00:43.323]Involved in that range beef Cal symposium? [00:00:47.110]Yeah. [00:00:47.943]Were you at the start, or not? [00:00:48.830]Not quite at the start. [00:00:53.740]While I was a student, I accidentally [00:00:54.910]went to one of the early ones as a student. [00:00:56.890]Is that right? [00:01:01.580]I was trying to make you older than what you are. [00:01:04.560]Before that, he spent some time at an extension [00:01:07.490]at Missouri. [00:01:08.780]Was Patterson there, when-- [00:01:11.690]John Patterson was one of our students. [00:01:17.800]The question is, what does he know [00:01:20.360]about the Gudmundsen Ranch, [00:01:21.860]which is the title, right? [00:01:24.040]If he's been at Colorado State and Missouri. [00:01:28.900]Well, it's because that's 40 years. [00:01:34.320]That goes back to '78. [00:01:36.878]A couple years after that, [00:01:38.617]you came to work on a PhD. [00:01:41.078]Maybe two. [00:01:41.911]Maybe two, [00:01:44.670]with Don Clanton and Gene Deutscher. [00:01:52.328]I won't get into the story of my connection with plant, [00:01:55.490]which is good. [00:01:56.560]I didn't pay them to sound bad. [00:02:03.205]And so this was during the startup, [00:02:06.221]probably didn't do the first research at Gudmundsen, [00:02:08.570]but one of the early projects [00:02:12.770]and worked in this area, [00:02:14.231]kind of between nutrition and physiology. [00:02:18.090]And that's pretty much been your career, right? [00:02:19.870]It's working with the cow, [00:02:21.122]there's not a, [00:02:23.202]I know that nutrition is a lot more important, [00:02:25.133]but that's actually a real question. [00:02:28.751]But obviously, [00:02:29.642]that intersection's kind of been helping with the cow. [00:02:33.338]That time at Gudmundsen, [00:02:34.390]right when it was starting up, [00:02:36.370]my recollection in the early years was to, [00:02:39.295]because I kind of liked horses, [00:02:40.865]was the Rat Horse Barn with a lot of, [00:02:45.221]didn't do much for the research [00:02:47.253]and didn't get a lot, did it? [00:02:48.994]Bright years of horses at that time. [00:02:52.130]Okay, Jack. We're glad to have you here [00:02:53.700]to talk to us about the history, thanks. [00:02:55.645]Thanks, Terry. [00:02:57.370]It is good, it's an honor, [00:02:59.274]and it's fun to come back. [00:03:02.830]Been a little, kind of, not that it's starting to repeat, [00:03:06.547]but a little more background. [00:03:10.820]Now, as time goes, you get more reflective perhaps, [00:03:16.150]but it's an honor to be part of this Nebraska machine, [00:03:21.694]as I call it. [00:03:23.070]It's really, in the sense of [00:03:27.574]the impacts that happened, [00:03:30.380]and happened in least in that [00:03:32.750]primarily in the beef area. [00:03:34.010]A big focus now, Jim, is you found knowledge [00:03:37.073]that integrated Nebraska Integrated Beef Systems Initiative. [00:03:46.140]I just, I want to pull that in here. [00:03:50.740]Gotta get my clicker. [00:03:54.910]I've kind of broken into two or three different parts. [00:04:00.670]You know me, and I'd rather at lot of time. [00:04:02.890]Terry accepted it kind of sets the stage [00:04:05.050]for some of the other things. [00:04:07.140]I'll tell you a little bit about the district [00:04:08.540]and you know that too, but some of you may not. [00:04:11.963]Thee and four are four-hour, [00:04:14.440]focus a little more at the time. [00:04:19.000]When the, [00:04:21.074]let me go back there, [00:04:23.630]I don't remember if it was Kelly Brunger [00:04:25.862]made the discovery that 1978 was four years from 2018. [00:04:32.975]He did that this week. You can do the math, now. [00:04:35.413]That's a bit, it was interesting, [00:04:38.530]we kind of started looking at what had changed [00:04:42.800]and what had been developed, [00:04:45.010]what impacts that happened in that 40 years. [00:04:48.780]The one assumption, that were are the director, [00:04:51.090]I think, when the gift came, [00:04:54.335]and he was also the director [00:04:55.380]when I was working at North Platte. [00:04:58.422]Good to see you here. [00:05:03.430]As Terry mentioned, I ran up the Scotts Bluff, [00:05:06.067]the Extension Center, Research and Extension Center. [00:05:09.870]I grew up in northern Utah, [00:05:11.990]and that's only important because, kind of, [00:05:15.450]some of this system's saying, [00:05:18.543]that they try and thread through this a little bit. [00:05:21.940]There's the homestead. [00:05:22.870]Growing up, that's marked as 1967. [00:05:27.064]Remember that old pickup. [00:05:28.781]There's four Whittier boys, [00:05:30.920]and Ron, you would know one of these. [00:05:33.821]Went on to spend his career at Virginia Tech [00:05:38.530]in the med school and I think I had a, [00:05:41.250]over last interaction with you, Ron. [00:05:44.229]The other one there, [00:05:45.341]it was a vocational meat program at Utah State. [00:05:50.420]That's the younger one, [00:05:52.280]owns a sale barn in southern Utah, [00:05:54.940]and then me. [00:05:55.857]But we won the livestock touching contest [00:06:00.110]at the Golden Spike National Livestock Show [00:06:03.611]and that's the picture to verify it. [00:06:05.930]It kind of got, [00:06:07.303]then we started there. [00:06:09.320]We showed Steve yesterday, [00:06:10.720]this one here was purchased by [00:06:12.633]what was then the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. [00:06:16.760]And again, to show you how things change a little bit, [00:06:19.120]they invited us down after they purchased a steer. [00:06:22.830]To put him on display on the corner of Main Street [00:06:25.839]down in Salt Lake City [00:06:27.530]and for the afternoon you could come by [00:06:29.760]and there was a sign there that said: [00:06:32.237]"Come back to the Hotel Utah in two weeks. [00:06:37.297]"Then you can have a steak from this steer." [00:06:43.060]During that day in Salt Lake City or any other city, [00:06:46.360]even Lincoln, Nebraska would have been kind of a stretch [00:06:50.089]to have half of, [00:06:53.195]okay, let's see, I'll just keep going here. [00:06:57.260]Terry mentioned I had manhood [00:06:58.613]because I grew up in Utah, [00:07:00.160]that the land grant of Utah State University, [00:07:03.402]that's where I went. [00:07:04.397]Had a chance, and I'll tell you a little bit more [00:07:06.270]about the connection here to the Huskers. [00:07:09.450]Terry mentioned, I got my PhD here. [00:07:14.772]Then I went to Missouri, then I had had a chance [00:07:17.040]to go to Colorado State [00:07:19.030]and then make the circle back to, [00:07:22.133]back to the Huskers state. [00:07:26.240]That's Erin, when you say who's Jack, [00:07:28.292]that's really part of what I feel like I am today. [00:07:32.350]This is the family, we got four grandkids. [00:07:35.680]This one here was born in North Platte [00:07:42.850]while I was in Gudmundsen and make a quick trip, [00:07:45.950]missed it, but my wife had that son while we were, [00:07:49.510]I think I hold the record for the quickest trip from-- [00:07:53.563]Gudmundsen to Lincoln, or to North Platte. [00:07:58.620]The extension district center here, [00:08:00.838]and you're familiar with how that's laid out in the state. [00:08:04.628]We were associated with the administrative line [00:08:08.040]of both the ARD and Nebraska Extension. [00:08:12.820]16 counties in the extension district. [00:08:17.370]You know there's three centers: [00:08:18.880]Scotts Bluff, North Platte, and now the indirect, [00:08:23.570]or Eastern Nebraska. [00:08:27.330]Five extension districts, including the Panhandle, [00:08:30.740]West Central, and then three subdistricts, [00:08:33.020]I guess in a ways, what they're referred to now. [00:08:38.610]We have 13 specialists, [00:08:40.690]11 of which have joined the research appointments. [00:08:44.160]Academically tied in back to an academic club on campus. [00:08:51.100]21 research technologists or technicians, [00:08:55.250]some operational staff. [00:08:57.040]17 educators in the district, [00:08:59.300]with some extensions and assistants. [00:09:02.120]That's who is there, across the scope of our assignments. [00:09:08.920]The blue, the one through nine, [00:09:11.590]would be those who are primarily crops. [00:09:14.750]The middle part there, [00:09:15.810]cow calf feed lot and ranch nutrition. [00:09:19.500]Working then with ranch and cattle. [00:09:22.640]Sheryl Burkhart Kriesel community development. [00:09:25.280]Steve Sibray is a groundwater geologist. [00:09:28.660]From the faculty standpoint then, [00:09:32.350]at the center, [00:09:33.920]I really, I admire and always have [00:09:36.450]that what Nebraska sees as the importance [00:09:39.340]of having these research and extension specialists [00:09:42.150]out where they're most needed and most close to. [00:09:46.550]For instance, Scotts Bluff had sugar beets [00:09:51.350]and dry apple beets, and you know, okay? [00:09:55.600]Why have those type of research things located in Lincoln [00:10:00.420]as compared to putting them on site out there. [00:10:04.180]And to have enough specialists together [00:10:08.320]that that academic collegiality occurs. [00:10:12.420]Folsom, Missouri and at Colorado there were, [00:10:16.840]kind of, one person shows that were located off-campus [00:10:21.470]and it's, it's just not as healthy, I think, academically. [00:10:27.570]When you're only one or two deep. [00:10:29.700]Even though we're across a lot of disciplines, [00:10:32.630]it does help to have that collegiality to share ideas [00:10:36.420]and solve statistical problems or whatever might happen [00:10:40.120]as that works along. [00:10:46.055]And as I mentioned, almost all of them have the 50 50 [00:10:50.030]research and extension component [00:10:52.080]that ties that applied aspect together closely, [00:10:56.530]both in the education and the research side. [00:11:02.400]We have several places-- [00:11:04.186](papers ripping) [00:11:06.416]Acreage right around the center, [00:11:07.960]gone 150 acres that we call Scotts Bluff Ag Lab. [00:11:12.400]Mitchell Ag Lab, which is where the feedlot is. [00:11:15.690]The additional acreage is up there, cropping wise. [00:11:19.826]The pens at the feedlot also are designed on an [00:11:27.480]expanded water intake, [00:11:30.090]not a pen base system. [00:11:31.120]Water intake, can and is measured. [00:11:35.120]Kind of an important component [00:11:37.190]in the water deficit area of the state. [00:11:41.380]Also, the High Plains Ag Lab, [00:11:44.990]north of Sidney, [00:11:47.040]former munitions depot, much like Mark is, [00:11:51.040]the same kind of property that came to the university. [00:11:54.690]I guess the case that Mark became federal, [00:11:57.769]but that would be where [00:12:00.070]Carla Jenkins is doing some of her yearly work, [00:12:02.960]is on this crest of wheat grass in a base now. [00:12:08.090]Sioux Experimental Rage, [00:12:09.730]Mitch Stevenson works primarily there and does the, [00:12:16.124]what's going on there. [00:12:17.303]And then Gudmundsen is actually in our district, [00:12:21.580]but it's administrated out of North Platte. [00:12:23.880]Historically, that's where the business center was [00:12:25.807]and it just made sense to continue to do that. [00:12:32.520]Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. [00:12:36.043]The thing, a lot of you haven't been there, [00:12:38.620]you're welcome anytime. [00:12:40.670]Rebuilt in June of what year, [00:12:43.390]I don't even know, [00:12:44.310]probably 10 years ago that it was made more than that. [00:12:48.490]It was updated and, [00:12:50.220]I think it was asking 105 pens, 1500 heads of, [00:12:56.290]and that allows multiple projects to go simultaneously. [00:13:04.840]One of the additions that we've made [00:13:06.660]just in the last year or two is the, [00:13:09.580]is some housing. [00:13:10.621]Temporary housing for students. [00:13:14.100]When I got there, one of the things that the faculty said [00:13:16.610]is it's really tough to attract students [00:13:19.560]when they have to be to class here, [00:13:22.430]and then some often pay double rent [00:13:25.180]if they come out to Scotts Bluff. [00:13:27.723]We've been able to construct that. [00:13:30.250]They're available for overnight stays, too. [00:13:32.900]If you're out that way and need a place, [00:13:36.050]you can always stay in a bed. [00:13:38.512]Hampton Inn, but these are also available. [00:13:41.280]Our objective, along with the students [00:13:44.050]would be to, while you're here, maybe, [00:13:49.681]assisting scholars to grow. [00:13:51.573]We've got one from India right now there, [00:13:53.643]we're they're getting this complex [00:13:55.413]and that would be one of the things to come [00:13:57.390]and associate a little more closely. [00:13:59.941]Talked about, Stu Hill [00:14:03.230]Marcel from Brazil. [00:14:04.730]And we began that open discussion. [00:14:10.660]I was going through pictures [00:14:12.190]and I'd thought I'd better throw this one in. [00:14:14.663]This is your vice-chancellor [00:14:17.540]and the branding out west. [00:14:19.730]It's certainly not Gudmundsen, but at another ranch here, [00:14:25.490]Olive Palms Ranch, [00:14:26.850]and we're training him to implant [00:14:29.374]and it was a tough deal to get a plant. [00:14:33.000]It was a pathologist to understand implanting, [00:14:34.984]how to do it. [00:14:35.837]But then you also see the father, [00:14:37.200]this is not associated in any way necessarily, [00:14:39.960]but the dad helping the son hold the calf [00:14:44.420]and kind of get started on the ranching career. [00:14:51.160]Now, I want to just kind of set this stage. [00:14:54.740]As I mentioned, I went to Utah State University. [00:14:57.690]This a publication from back in '68, [00:15:00.384]and Lorin Harris was kind of the father [00:15:04.950]of ranch livestock nutrition in a lot of ways, [00:15:07.220]at least in the western view. [00:15:11.990]Lorin, I kindly remember him, [00:15:15.610]but he had pretty well retired and was not around as much, [00:15:22.330]but one of his students for PhD a guy named Don Clanton. [00:15:28.110]And I had the opportunity to work with Don in my PhD, [00:15:32.790]as I mentioned in North Platte. [00:15:35.490]Just to get a little background about how this idea [00:15:39.910]of ranch livestock nutrition, to get started. [00:15:45.060]The Atomic Energy Commission did some nuclear testing [00:15:48.780]in the Nevada test site back in the '40's and '50's. [00:15:53.210]And this was a region that historically and currently [00:15:57.594]had been a winter range for cattle and sheep. [00:16:02.690]Not surprising, when they began that testing, [00:16:07.100]there were some negative impacts on livestock. [00:16:13.144]The thought was that it was nutritional. [00:16:17.380]And it was. There were definitely some impacts, [00:16:20.663]or some benefits, but, [00:16:23.170]Atomic Energy Commission, they issued [00:16:25.210]a request for proposals to study range nutrition. [00:16:30.850]University of Nevada got the cattle grant [00:16:33.950]and Utah State got the sheep grant. [00:16:36.960]And so, they began to explore [00:16:40.104]some of the nutritional aspects. [00:16:42.980]Some of those early ways of supplementation. [00:16:47.070]Early ways of fecal analysis and fecal effects. [00:16:54.526]It advanced since then, [00:16:56.447]but there was, [00:16:57.548]and this would be then when Clanton was a student, [00:17:01.220]that's when this work was going forward. [00:17:04.050]There was another faculty there at the time, [00:17:06.110]which excuse me, this was a grad student, John Butcher, [00:17:09.970]not a name you probably know well. [00:17:12.850]John Butcher was my advisor of undergraduate at Utah State. [00:17:18.199]And I remember, [00:17:19.032]as I started looking for PhD ideas and PhD programs, [00:17:24.250]he called and actually talked for couple times previously, [00:17:27.117]and he said "Jack, are you serious about this PhD stuff?" [00:17:31.910]And I said that I was. [00:17:33.285]And he said "Well, you need to know [00:17:35.047]"if I recommend you to Don Clanton, you will get an offer. [00:17:39.727]"And that I'm not gonna recommend you [00:17:41.307]"unless you're serious about it." [00:17:43.140]And in fact he did, then I did, and here I am. [00:17:48.350]But it, I've told students that, [00:17:50.790]all the way through my career, [00:17:52.868]these references and trust in one another among academicians [00:17:57.879]is pretty important and that's kind of why that... [00:18:04.079]Anyway, Clanton and Lorin Harris [00:18:07.710]did several things on ranch livestock and, [00:18:11.420]we'll take time to go through those, [00:18:12.850]but began to set the stage for some of the systems work. [00:18:20.870]Just a few clips from that bulletin. [00:18:24.000]Sheep equipped with range meters [00:18:26.030]to measure distance traveled. [00:18:28.230]The sheep also have a rumen cannula inserted into a fistula. [00:18:33.340]These sheep were fed supplements through the rumen cannula, [00:18:37.680]and as you can see we've come a long way. [00:18:40.360]Mitch Stevenson now, along with several others, [00:18:44.060]measured ranged distance and cattle distance. [00:18:49.660]With GPS collars, we don't pull wheels behind them. [00:18:55.850]Initially it was done. [00:19:01.655]As I have said, to kind of lead up to this systems work, [00:19:04.540]so Clanton had been involved in mapping [00:19:06.943]and the ranch livestock component as a student. [00:19:11.250]Came to Nebraska, [00:19:13.740]and began to understand a little bit more about [00:19:19.290]those systems-type things. [00:19:23.457]I think Don started on campus here, [00:19:25.467]and then moved out to the North Platte. [00:19:29.011]And then in '78, Pete and Abbie Gudmundsen [00:19:33.390]gifted the former Rafter C Ranch [00:19:35.657]to the University of Nebraska Foundation. [00:19:38.780]And so 40 years from '78 would be 2018. [00:19:46.640]The title slide was actually was actually the title slide [00:19:50.910]for an abstract of animal science meetings [00:19:53.350]this summer in Vancouver. [00:19:56.150]And as I mentioned, [00:19:57.940]Kelly and I thought it would be beneficial [00:20:00.960]to pull together some of that [00:20:03.229]and tell that a story a little bit more, [00:20:06.150]which we did with that particular abstract. [00:20:09.203]It's a beautiful ranch, [00:20:11.340]most of you probably have all been there. [00:20:13.730]A very nice setting. [00:20:15.430]Very integral to the Sandhills area itself. [00:20:23.700]Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. [00:20:27.070]Let me go back here. [00:20:34.153]I was talking with Dr. Sumchen about this first one. [00:20:38.980]Having spent time in Colorado State, [00:20:41.170]when they were also gifted a ranch. [00:20:44.090]Nice to give it to Colorado State [00:20:46.060]and University of Wyoming simultaneously, [00:20:48.360]which in and of itself is a challenge. [00:20:52.400]But, not to throw stones, [00:20:56.430]but the administrators couldn't stay out of the pudding, [00:21:01.060]so to speak. [00:21:02.420]And it didn't work. [00:21:05.580]Partly because two universities involved. [00:21:07.900]I think also because they didn't see [00:21:10.904]the advantage that Nebraska administrators did, [00:21:14.500]back several years previous. [00:21:17.180]That research team didn't do the work [00:21:19.940]of putting it together. [00:21:22.030]Building the fences, the replications, the things [00:21:25.904]that allowed GSL to put out the kind of research they had. [00:21:33.000]And to the credit of this administration, [00:21:36.630]I think that's an important part. [00:21:38.080]They delegated it, [00:21:39.610]and lot of them may not have been total hands-off, [00:21:42.730]but it was to let this team of researchers take the lead. [00:21:48.250]That committee was chaired by Don Clanton [00:21:50.590]and why I gave you that background on him. [00:21:55.540]And the team of five, [00:21:57.800]we've discussed a little bit, Terry, [00:21:59.580]remember if we got, we got the rep team there, [00:22:02.960]it might be missing, but, [00:22:04.090]Jim Nichols, range scientist at the time. [00:22:07.090]Dick Clark, an economist. [00:22:09.150]Gene Deutscher, a physiologist. [00:22:11.410]And Ivan Rush, the beef extension specialist. [00:22:14.040]Ivan's still in the Scotts Bluff. [00:22:17.220]But I would say this was the first, [00:22:19.840]one of the early IRM teams, okay? [00:22:22.280]Integrated Resource Management. [00:22:23.910]Different disciplines working together, [00:22:26.910]a common interest to put this ranch, [00:22:30.080]and undertake the research that was put forward. [00:22:35.690]Investigative production management questions [00:22:37.880]pertinent to the region. [00:22:41.060]Today, Kelly's the director, Kelly Browns. [00:22:46.948]A couple of generations from Don Clanton, [00:22:49.180]but Travis Molinic's now been in the slot, [00:22:52.090]that to be the nutrition and range livestock nutrition. [00:22:56.940]Rick Clenston has had a good career, [00:22:59.540]he followed Gene Deutscher, kind of, in that role. [00:23:04.228]And Gerry Goleski would have been the one that followed [00:23:08.160]to Nick, so that turnover and that generation to generation [00:23:12.910]that's continued. [00:23:15.810]Don Adams, I think he's played a key role [00:23:19.770]in most of his research career after he left Lyle city. [00:23:24.590]It was spent at Gudmundsen, [00:23:26.520]taking it to the steps that have intervened from them. [00:23:31.040]A lot of his perspective and that, again, [00:23:33.380]that systems mentality that resulted [00:23:37.415]from Donald's touching this as well. [00:23:43.500]You know whether it's here or research ranch or otherwise, [00:23:47.400]that it takes a lot to, [00:23:49.819]of technician and operational kind of things to conduct, [00:23:54.340]so Andy, Jacki, and John are a big help [00:23:58.510]and a big part of what goes on. [00:24:02.029]The donors, the people that have seen [00:24:05.416]the guy who died in the Sandhills area [00:24:08.530]and supported that financially. [00:24:10.500]It allowed the additional facilities to be built. [00:24:15.757]If you know where it is, there, [00:24:17.190]not too far out of Whitman. [00:24:20.720]Central to the Sandhills, [00:24:23.680]very important to where it's located [00:24:28.340]and the impact then in those production systems. [00:24:36.440]Well, sometimes it goes and sometimes it doesn't. [00:24:40.221]The Sandhills, a great resource. [00:24:43.930]And these wet meadows, [00:24:45.200]the high water table Ogallala aquifer. [00:24:49.218]The high water table, and then the uplands, [00:24:51.790]the Sandhills themselves [00:24:54.640]have provided quite a unique environment. [00:24:57.620]There's a ranch in '81 a few years after it was gifted. [00:25:01.420]Berry Woods still had those, and you can see the, [00:25:04.550]the horse barn and then some of the other things [00:25:07.233]that were there at the time. [00:25:10.530]And it's a little blurry, [00:25:13.030]but it kind of shows some of the expansion, [00:25:15.500]Wagner Hamburg center over here [00:25:17.383]and the student housing as well. [00:25:21.600]Laid out like that, [00:25:24.693]it carries about 500 cows as well as the yearling operation. [00:25:32.410]About 18 to 20 acres for cow capacity [00:25:35.730]was pretty typical of that Sandhills region. [00:25:42.940]When, wait that's not tenable. [00:25:47.188]There we go. [00:25:49.988]'83 and '85 next to '82 to '85 [00:25:53.809]was when I had the opportunity to work with my PhD program, [00:25:57.687]and in those research pastures that run along the side hill, [00:26:04.770]and then there was a heifer project that was right, [00:26:09.580]kind of during the 1984 NRC B revision, okay? [00:26:16.290]Don was on that committee, [00:26:19.070]and so we undertook to kind of fine tune [00:26:22.130]some of those recommendations related to [00:26:24.810]replacement heifers and young cows. [00:26:31.106]Now, the research and the systems, [00:26:35.710]systems research that's currently in place, [00:26:39.040]and has continued to hallmark, I think, a good sum. [00:26:44.930]Significant accomplishments over the time you have as-- [00:26:47.998](coughing) [00:26:49.068]The systems approach-- [00:26:51.710]The research that's been undertaken. [00:26:54.170]Early work, and this is a quote from Don Adams. [00:26:58.720]For example, early work was primarily conducted [00:27:02.540]on components of production. [00:27:04.150]I think he means by that early work, [00:27:06.320]not just at Gudmundsen, [00:27:07.620]but kind of in our history of academics. [00:27:13.240]The component research-- [00:27:15.457]As time progressed, it became clear, [00:27:18.820]to build a systems approach from pre-breeding [00:27:21.860]to harvest better identifies and describes [00:27:24.910]the overall impact on a ranch. [00:27:29.078]This idea, and the importance of recognizing that [00:27:33.820]the components need to fit together into a system [00:27:36.415]where they do fit together in a system, [00:27:38.108]and so researching and recognizing those interactions [00:27:44.330]within an important part of what's going on up there. [00:27:50.090]A systems approach often changes [00:27:51.790]the interpretation of results obtained from research, [00:27:55.757]the research that deals only with segments, [00:27:59.020]and this next slide will show one of the examples of that. [00:28:03.530]To tell you your conclusions you research your change [00:28:05.740]as economics and deeper understanding [00:28:08.410]of biological principles have evolved [00:28:12.222]with further investigation. [00:28:14.540]Things build. Research kind of builds line upon line [00:28:19.210]and brings out the market value of Sandhills pasture. [00:28:24.910]Who would have expected that Sandhills summer range [00:28:29.213]would be $80 in cow-capped units a month, but, [00:28:35.680]relative to the price of other things. [00:28:40.840]And so, when this early work all lists several aspects, [00:28:45.480]10 actually, that we put together. [00:28:47.755]And one of which relates to this, [00:28:49.550]but this relation, economically changes, [00:28:54.140]therefore the systems plays into that. [00:28:57.900]Therefore, this changed the relationship [00:29:00.310]between grazing and hay feeding in some situations. [00:29:04.230]Not all, but, [00:29:06.760]well, I guess I divert for just a minute [00:29:09.323]the confined cattle work that has taken place [00:29:12.870]here and at Scotts Bluff. [00:29:17.700]It's driven to an extent by the cost of that $80 at summer, [00:29:24.000]or $80 lent to its summer cattle in Sandhills. [00:29:28.243]And so a lot of these interactions [00:29:29.820]that need to be considered and [00:29:32.710]kind of change how we do it. [00:29:36.220]The hallmark though, [00:29:37.570]has been this extended grazing strategy. [00:29:41.000]Less hay feeding, historically, [00:29:45.050]and that led to kind of where Rick is right now [00:29:48.930]as this fetal programming might, [00:29:52.850]gestation supplementation [00:29:54.540]and the effects that come from that. [00:29:57.770]Fetal programming is one of [00:29:58.710]the most significant findings at GSL. [00:30:03.610]Fetal programming work of several graduate student theses. [00:30:07.130]Journal articles showing the impact of weaning on [00:30:09.707]leaning weight, carcass weight, [00:30:12.550]the heifer and cow reproduction, and carcass traits. [00:30:15.910]That system, what's happening during gestation [00:30:20.410]and having that enlargement impact on these other, [00:30:24.730]being the typic [00:30:25.630]and production traits way down the line. [00:30:31.440]First research site, one of the first to demonstrate [00:30:34.040]in at least in a practical way [00:30:36.627]how these fetal programming things, [00:30:38.500]and did the cattle come together. [00:30:47.030]I mentioned that Kelly Browns and I set out [00:30:50.190]to identify 10 things that we felt, [00:30:54.830]and you may come up with other ideas and so on, [00:30:58.480]but added chronologically as well as building system, [00:31:03.826]or point on point, [00:31:07.010]that have taken place in that 40 year period of time. [00:31:12.620]There was an early study which, ear corn, okay? [00:31:19.080]Those of you who are kinda in that era, [00:31:22.550]there was a change in the Sandhills [00:31:25.560]when Senator Pitts came out to raise corn. [00:31:29.410]No low water table, or high water table. [00:31:32.306]Meadows, some areas at least that, [00:31:37.200]and when cows looked like they were thin, [00:31:41.170]naturally it was a good thing to feed them ear corn, right? [00:31:45.580]Terry, am I kinda getting the logic right? [00:31:49.950]Well, they certainly were deficient in energy, [00:31:53.670]but it was a protein-induced energy deficiency. [00:31:57.660]By feeding more energy, basically what you did, [00:32:00.450]common knowledge now of that negative associative effect [00:32:07.493]that by feeding the protein, [00:32:08.900]they increased the digestibility of the grass, the hay, [00:32:14.660]took care of the energy deficiency [00:32:16.430]by adding protein along with it, [00:32:19.880]or to it. [00:32:21.860]That's a great study that I used to use [00:32:24.020]extensively at Colorado State, [00:32:25.910]to teach those principles and the interaction [00:32:28.810]between starch and fiber and deficient protein, [00:32:35.110]and the impacts of it. [00:32:40.180]Not most always the preferred winner supplement, [00:32:43.340]the protein rather than the starch. [00:32:47.870]Self-harvesting, [00:32:51.350]another great study that came out of Gudmundsen. [00:32:54.660]That was was that systems approach of hay versus graze, [00:33:01.330]winter grazing. [00:33:02.480]Maximizing self-harvesting, minimizing machine parts. [00:33:08.100]Self-harvesting by grazing, generally the most economical. [00:33:14.180]Systems approach, we're kind of already talking about that, [00:33:16.800]and training students. [00:33:19.010]Terry, [00:33:19.843]I remember when we were putting the abstract together, [00:33:20.810]that was one of the points that you brought out clearly, [00:33:24.310]is that this systems thinking and transitive systems, [00:33:28.000]training students rather, [00:33:31.607]has been a hallmark. [00:33:36.600]Don Adams, I think, [00:33:39.500]took this concept of matching the production [00:33:44.130]of that forage along with the production of the cow, [00:33:46.820]and moved the historic March and even February calving [00:33:51.680]back to a time when they're more suited for the growth of, [00:33:59.190]the quality, the quality and quantity of the forage, [00:34:02.560]and that kind of spread through the, not just in Nebraska, [00:34:06.390]but throughout the whole US [00:34:08.530]and maybe a bit in some parts of the world. [00:34:12.430]Better matching this grass growth along with [00:34:17.800]the gestation period and lactation period of the cow. [00:34:25.370]NRC models, also the one I mentioned, [00:34:27.700]the '84 and again in '96, Terry, and I think this is, [00:34:32.157]and you can throw it beside the specific publications [00:34:36.120]that have come from GSL [00:34:39.680]that showed a major impact from what this, [00:34:45.280]the science that's been going on there has had [00:34:47.930]throughout the academic and the profession. [00:34:53.210]Distiller's grains. [00:34:56.960]What year did ethanol and distiller's grains [00:35:03.720]kind of enter the scene? [00:35:08.110]James? [00:35:09.490]'97, '98, somewhere around there. [00:35:11.002]'97, '98, good. [00:35:13.120]And so naturally, as that was happening, [00:35:19.284]I think several were involved in using [00:35:23.740]that distiller's grain and supplements [00:35:27.094]in these protein-deficient areas. [00:35:31.796]At least during the winter grazing period. [00:35:34.446]And gestating cows, [00:35:35.550]beneficial nutrient profile for gestating cows. [00:35:39.610]Grazing cool season, meadows and upland range. [00:35:51.460]Mentioned the fetal programming [00:35:53.720]and the type of supplementation. [00:35:56.888]With respect on the components I mentioned previously. [00:36:00.155]The condition of the cow, weight of the calf, [00:36:02.350]carcass traits, cow productivity [00:36:04.910]though these now better understood, there's a science of, [00:36:09.084]kind of epigenetic, [00:36:11.650]responses have been identified. [00:36:20.730]Number nine, well number eight. [00:36:23.200]The range practicum. [00:36:25.080]I'll tell a little bit more about that in just a second. [00:36:28.560]Big opportunity to just train in systems approach [00:36:32.580]and year-round the changes. [00:36:35.460]Heifer development. [00:36:36.293]Greg's done a lot of work on that and continues to do. [00:36:40.169]And then the balance between the sub-irrigated [00:36:44.580]meadow management and forage management systems, [00:36:49.030]whether they be, now historically in the Sandhills, [00:36:52.847]and those of you have worked in that area, [00:36:56.580]hay all summer, so you can feed the hay all winter. [00:37:00.477]But grazing those meadows, I think, [00:37:04.230]maybe not solely dependent on what was done in GSL, [00:37:07.747]but kind of went hand in hand with that recognition [00:37:11.520]and changes that have taken place in productive systems. [00:37:20.910]Just a word about some of the other educational things [00:37:25.113]that take place at Gudmundsen. [00:37:27.227]The Cattleman's Day, Youth Field Day, [00:37:28.930]an Open House of course, and then the practicum. [00:37:34.039]Brilliant idea, I don't know who all [00:37:35.990]was involved in putting that idea together, [00:37:38.950]but they actually get the ranchers involved, [00:37:42.410]and seeing these-- [00:37:44.324](clearing throat) [00:37:47.080]of cattle grazing, [00:37:48.030]and look at that the extrusa and do the analysis there, [00:37:52.240]so that it became very much a hands-on, [00:37:55.370]clear demonstration of how that works. [00:38:00.290]Three season hands-on educational program, [00:38:02.830]good participant skills, rather complex ranching industry, [00:38:07.960]and then a systems approach to livestock and, [00:38:10.293]including bringing the economic considerations into it. [00:38:14.990]This is a slide that Rick Flenston shared with me, [00:38:17.840]as he's been involved closely with the ranch practicum, [00:38:21.670]managing the grass and cattle cycles [00:38:24.740]and putting those together in a very systems approach [00:38:29.344]kind of endeavor. [00:38:32.720]Been successful since it was started, [00:38:37.470]I guess this is the 20th year, [00:38:39.970]over 500 participants, [00:38:43.530]influence, about over 4,620 people. [00:38:51.245]And good evaluation, [00:38:53.280]and good feedback from those who participated. [00:38:56.917]One currently is going on in 2018 version. [00:39:01.664]In fact, I just see November 1st to about 5th [00:39:03.900]GSL again for another part of that. [00:39:10.840]With that, I'll close. [00:39:14.780]When I say so, you may have redefined those 10, [00:39:18.477]but those were kind of the 10 we thought [00:39:21.069]were highlights and just happened to do stuff. [00:39:25.677]Questions for Jack? [00:39:28.000]How are we doing on time, [00:39:29.189]and is there a class in here at one? [00:39:31.740]Does anybody know? [00:39:33.630]Phil? [00:39:34.463]I don't know if there is, but you're good on time. [00:39:36.938]Aren't you the acting department head? [00:39:39.991]I thought the administrators knew all of these-- [00:39:41.698]No, I'm not. [00:39:44.600]Jennifer says it was good till two, [00:39:46.629]I'm no planning to go that far. [00:39:47.789]Oh, okay. There is a class. [00:39:49.298]Jennifer would know, okay? Exactly. [00:39:53.150]Another hour, I'm surprised that you have-- [00:39:57.248]Good time for discussion, [00:39:58.303]questions, or comments. [00:40:01.488]What exactly is fetal programming? [00:40:05.480]Yeah, good question. [00:40:07.180]It's a term that's been used to, kind of, [00:40:10.850]classify that the maternal nutrition, okay, [00:40:14.060]so in the case of cows, [00:40:17.269]I guess there's a study that initiated with Don Adams, [00:40:20.620]where protein supplementation [00:40:25.060]was minimized or maybe excluded, [00:40:28.210]no supplementation for protein on protein-deficient diets. [00:40:32.930]Cows that were laid to a station. [00:40:35.430]And then that has a uterine effect, [00:40:39.780]I guess actually a fetal effect as well, [00:40:42.540]on some of the programming, genetic programming or, [00:40:48.400]what's the word I'm looking for-- [00:40:49.346]Developmental, probably. [00:40:50.549]Pardon? [00:40:51.555]Developmental. [00:40:52.420]Yeah, developmental I'm thinking more about [00:40:55.270]epigenetic, probably. [00:41:01.733]Is that mostly nutritional? [00:41:04.670]Yeah, it's nutrition affecting, [00:41:06.850]kind of the expression of the genes, basically. [00:41:11.940]Later in life, [00:41:14.404]some of you may know more, [00:41:16.750]I mean, the basic science of it, [00:41:19.567]but that's the principle, [00:41:20.930]is that nutritional interfacing then [00:41:26.220]with the maternal period that the fetus is growing. [00:41:31.913]That'd probably work [00:41:32.980]with especially the June mechanic, right? [00:41:35.996]To not feed any hay unless it was total snow-covered, right? [00:41:41.630]It was a few hundred pounds a year of hay, [00:41:43.970]as I recall, right? [00:41:46.490]Those cows, during ovovid to late gestation [00:41:51.690]were on range and then not supplemented, right? [00:42:00.610]Or supplemented, you know? Did it work? [00:42:03.660]And the ones that weren't supplemented, [00:42:05.010]re-bred themselves, right? [00:42:06.644]Physiology's important, cow breeding is important, [00:42:09.040]so therefore, it was a good thing, okay? [00:42:11.530]Systems work following that, [00:42:15.295]but the calves were affected, right? [00:42:18.500]That's, the cow, not really-- [00:42:22.375]As I remember the data, [00:42:24.310]some cows that would get down into body condition three, [00:42:28.150]and they'd be pregnant, okay? [00:42:30.960]Three at the end of the rough period, [00:42:34.430]but by the time they were ready to breed, [00:42:36.960]there'd been enough regrowth and spring growth to breed-- [00:42:41.740]Like a flushing effect. [00:42:43.716]Flushing effect. [00:42:46.095]But the fetus that was being gestated [00:42:49.400]during that deficiency time, [00:42:54.830]well there were repercussions. [00:42:59.476]In fact, even it'd been the heifers from that, [00:43:01.980]then had reproductive problems as I recall, okay? [00:43:05.055]It carries over. [00:43:07.120]This was before it became cool [00:43:08.970]to talk about fetal programming, right? [00:43:12.070]It's a cop, now things in the environment, [00:43:15.840]plastics, can affect all that stuff. [00:43:20.720]Plastics, I'd have to visit with you. [00:43:21.817]I don't know about that side of it. [00:43:23.930]Certain baby bottles. [00:43:26.600]Other questions? [00:43:28.170]Comments? [00:43:29.975]What's the makeup of the herd now? [00:43:33.670]The genetic makeup? [00:43:37.380]Somebody else will have to answer that, [00:43:38.850]because I'm not that posted, [00:43:40.260]I know there are, they went to, [00:43:44.920]they were using mark threes, [00:43:47.820]but I think that's converted to-- [00:43:49.850]I think that's bulls from the university herd. [00:43:56.330]So husker reds-- [00:43:58.000]Red angus, simmental, and something else. [00:44:01.772]A composite, yeah, okay. [00:44:06.092]Composite bulls. [00:44:07.277]At the time we were starting, [00:44:09.600]there was certainly no money to spare, [00:44:13.010]so I made an arrangement with Keith Gregory [00:44:15.960]and we got to use those mark three bulls, [00:44:18.450]they are herd bulls. [00:44:19.780]After they were finished with them. [00:44:21.410]And then we would certainly market those bulls [00:44:25.170]in the name and the mark. [00:44:27.250]If we lost one, it cost us $500 I think it was. [00:44:30.907]But later there was more freedom. [00:44:35.180]Did we have to populate [00:44:36.810]all the cows when we started, too? [00:44:41.143]When the ranch started, it was all the cows. [00:44:43.270]The thing is, there was a research project, [00:44:47.630]it was rented land. [00:44:50.130]Just east of Tryon, the Sandhills egg lab. [00:44:53.290]There was a 200-head herd there. [00:44:55.510]And those black bull there, [00:44:57.840]angus Hereford cows were moved to Gudmundsen. [00:45:02.030]And then we bought, it was about 500 heifers, [00:45:09.280]and we AI'd those in a feed lab near North Platte [00:45:13.090]and then those were moved to the ranch [00:45:14.860]to make up the rest of the herd. [00:45:17.500]And then we started using mark three bulls after that. [00:45:23.700]Levon? [00:45:30.610]The deed, [00:45:32.160]State money wasn't put into that, is that correct? [00:45:38.550]Basically, you had to finance this-- [00:45:42.928]I mentioned to Jack, [00:45:45.120]when I came in as director at North Platte, [00:45:48.820]in January of '81, we're taking over the ranch in May, [00:45:56.649]so I met immediately with the administrators on campus, [00:46:01.660]and I said "What budget are you gonna set aside?" [00:46:04.320]That's your job. [00:46:06.580]We had 200 cows to transfer, [00:46:08.620]but there was no operating money. [00:46:10.710]And so we took 20,000 out of [00:46:13.830]the North Platte budget for starters, [00:46:17.010]and I asked for in kind the support from the campus, [00:46:21.870]but I never did get a message back, [00:46:24.730]but there was a, when Fort Robinson was started, [00:46:30.157]it was a federal station, and there was no, [00:46:35.010]any money that was generated there would go [00:46:36.870]back into the wonderful US Treasury. [00:46:39.940]The arrangement was made [00:46:40.810]to use the revolving fund of the university. [00:46:44.110]And there was a loan, actually, [00:46:46.080]from the athletics department, [00:46:47.870]which was tiny compared to now, [00:46:50.350]but that provided an operating budget for starters. [00:46:55.020]One of my first jobs for this [00:46:56.100]was to visit with the director Mark. [00:46:58.630]Do you know of the history? [00:47:00.928]And he says "I'm aware of it." [00:47:01.761]But I said "What are you good for?" [00:47:03.210]And a loan, say up to five, six years. [00:47:08.800]And he said "Well, see what others will do." [00:47:10.380]And I said "Ellen Muller isn't gonna accept that as a"-- [00:47:14.326]He would never say "So, I'm driving to Lincoln." [00:47:17.700]Saying "What am I gonna say? What am I gonna say?" [00:47:20.147]When it, three minutes after we sat down, [00:47:23.200]he said "What will Mark do?" [00:47:25.870]I said "Put him down for 150,000." [00:47:28.006]I thought, well, [00:47:28.839]I was looking for a job when I got to this one, [00:47:30.920]and if it doesn't work-- [00:47:35.870]Bob Olson was the director then. [00:47:37.550]He set up an account of 150,000 for us. [00:47:40.997]And we agreed to pay it back in five years. [00:47:45.240]And we did it in four. [00:47:47.147]And so that got us, [00:47:48.800]that helped a great deal to get us a start. [00:47:51.250]Then there was a, the chancellor, Madsongale, [00:47:55.417]called a little while later and said [00:47:57.570]that there was a $20,000 grant from the Lew Foundation. [00:48:02.400]And they said "Can you use that at Gudmundsen?" [00:48:07.040]I said "Well, you need a cow handling facility." [00:48:10.210]And we used that for that. [00:48:11.500]Clanton fussed when, [00:48:13.435]he said "You spent $600 on a plaque for that?" [00:48:19.530]I said "Listen. Any time somebody will give us $20,000 [00:48:23.053]"all of my plaques all belong, for $600." [00:48:27.190]But anyway, there was some stress and strain at that time, [00:48:30.160]but it came together. [00:48:31.970]And part of it was the absolute logic [00:48:34.500]of having an arranged facility, [00:48:36.960]with the amount of resources [00:48:38.300]devoted to cattle production in this state. [00:48:42.720]My recollection is that [00:48:45.810]you pay tax on that land, is that right? [00:48:49.705]It was for a time. [00:48:52.570]Oh, okay. [00:48:53.470]But then, let's say the foundation owned it, [00:48:56.120]they didn't have to, but we paid some in-kind taxes, [00:48:59.470]or taxes in-kind. [00:49:02.740]Just for local PR. [00:49:07.222]That was a question I had, [00:49:08.230]is there any problem with the neighbors on property tax now? [00:49:14.340]I'm not in touch. [00:49:16.200]The neighbor thing we got early, they owe us, [00:49:19.600]why didn't the Gudmundsens give us a chance [00:49:21.830]to buy that ranch? [00:49:24.290]That's one reason we had this gathering of ranchers [00:49:27.490]in the first fall, was to have them understand [00:49:30.780]what we could do there. [00:49:31.850]And that's gradually, that's filling gradually quite a way. [00:49:37.240]Yeah, I think as well, [00:49:38.963]I think it's been accepted very well [00:49:41.620]because of the spillover effect, [00:49:43.710]the science and the production things [00:49:45.650]that's been discovered there, right? [00:49:47.450]I think that the relationship and the respect [00:49:50.930]for the university is quite high because of that. [00:49:55.380]I think Andy Applegarth has helped that a lot. [00:49:59.420]He grew up on the neighboring ranch. [00:50:02.134]And when he took over as manager, [00:50:04.070]it was a local guy. [00:50:05.980]That's kind of the cultural incentive, right. [00:50:08.187]People are important, right? [00:50:10.950]And they linked, Mick Nodell as the first manager [00:50:14.080]and he had the same approach. [00:50:16.881]They partnered on fighting fires, and branding, [00:50:23.540]and those kinds of things. [00:50:24.700]Wherever there was a community effort needed one. [00:50:27.481]They did that, and they, [00:50:29.073]became a solid citizen of the community. [00:50:36.380]Early '80's weren't really [00:50:37.500]a great economical time to start a new venture. [00:50:42.230]It was a long time, and in '81, [00:50:46.970]when we went in in July [00:50:48.820]we got a slight little increase in bucket. [00:50:52.120]We filled our positions and so on. [00:50:54.200]Then in Black Friday, in November I believe it was, [00:51:01.230]the budget was cut 3%. [00:51:04.470]State income wasn't high enough. [00:51:06.961]Because we had all the positions filled, [00:51:09.690]all of that had to come out of operating, [00:51:11.290]so 3% became 14% (laughs) [00:51:14.612]so I was going around in North Platte saying [00:51:16.427]"Well, I'm sorry, [00:51:17.260]"you got a slight reduction in your budget." [00:51:19.400]That wasn't fun, but anyway, [00:51:21.003]then I got a call from the late Howard Odgson, [00:51:24.570]who was associate vice-chancellor then, [00:51:27.940]and he says "Levon, we need to make a deal." [00:51:31.510]What are we, are we gonna now close Gudmundsen, or what? [00:51:33.972]Well he said "University can't borrow money. [00:51:37.727]"But since the foundation owns your ranch, [00:51:40.097]"we could sell your cattle to the foundation [00:51:44.427]"and then pay them back over time." [00:51:46.120]We sold them 600 cows at $500 apiece, or whatever it was. [00:51:51.311]And they agreed to pay it back in seven. [00:51:54.010]And things were favorable for us, then, [00:51:55.867]and we paid it back in five. [00:51:58.350]But that really saved our bacon in the budget cut. [00:52:04.240]Anyway. [00:52:05.073]Done with the history. [00:52:07.620]My experience at the ranch [00:52:10.810]is that it's really set up to do research. [00:52:16.810]I'm not aware of all other facilities, [00:52:19.160]but it is a unique facility, it's very practical, [00:52:22.880]and yet the facilities are there to do research. [00:52:28.092]It's outstanding. [00:52:29.970]Well that goes back to that. [00:52:31.590]That team that put it together, [00:52:33.200]with the idea that it was gonna be a research, [00:52:36.132]a very applied research thing, [00:52:39.582]and it is, I agree. [00:52:41.780]Jack, you mentioned this thing, [00:52:43.644]administrators staying out of the rig. [00:52:45.490]Now, basically we said to that team and some of the other [00:52:48.600]cooperators from that agronomy and so on, [00:52:52.147]"You design the work, we'll try to supply the money. [00:52:55.697]"Hopefully to meet what you're doing." [00:53:00.150]One of the things that, Gudmundsen, [00:53:07.514]rambled about when we had somebody call on them [00:53:10.220]when they lived in subsidy every year until, [00:53:12.960]as long as they were living. [00:53:14.720]And the very first year, when Don Clanton went down, [00:53:18.350]he described what they're doing, [00:53:19.390]he says "What the hell are you doing to that ranch? [00:53:21.477]"I turned over a good working ranch to you!" [00:53:26.490]Don had a hard time explaining that this is now [00:53:28.860]a research operation and those pastures that you worked in, [00:53:32.120]you probably know that he walked every foot of those [00:53:35.540]to measure them to be equal capacity pastures for research. [00:53:44.040]Some of them differ in size to fit the terrain. [00:53:49.177]My question is, [00:53:50.310]I just would like to know, [00:53:52.460]when we compare for example [00:53:54.708]the soybean and corn producers in Nebraska, [00:53:59.265]how well they use the technological package available, [00:54:02.730]I think the information's gonna be, [00:54:05.080]you've professed that. [00:54:07.120]It's happened in Brazil, that's my experience. [00:54:10.080]How about cow calf branchers and stalkers. [00:54:13.770]With all of the information you generate here, [00:54:17.275]and how fast is it used by those producers? [00:54:22.000]Not at the speed of crops people, [00:54:24.150]I'd agree with that. [00:54:25.080]And having spent a career in adult extension, [00:54:30.700]adoption is very much, [00:54:34.580]show me first and make sure it's financially sound. [00:54:40.970]And it takes awhile for that adaptation to, [00:54:43.900]adoption rather to take place. [00:54:48.110]In fact Jim last, [00:54:49.350]was it last week that John probably brought that point out, [00:54:53.680]as far as what one of the components [00:54:57.860]of this integrated beef system [00:55:00.210]is to foster adoption in the cattle industry. [00:55:07.430]No horses due, there's some space between them. [00:55:14.300]It's about anytime that risk's associated with big changes [00:55:17.730]are probably greater in cattle than they might be in crops, [00:55:22.410]because they're slower to come, okay? [00:55:26.170]If you don't but a herbicide on your crop, [00:55:31.290]or a pesticide or whatever, [00:55:32.970]you see it that summer. [00:55:35.260]But with cattle operations, [00:55:37.170]it's two or three years before you may see the-- [00:55:43.653]One of the helpful things on earlier adoption, [00:55:48.513]is that we've been lucky enough to have ranchers [00:55:51.040]in various places around the state [00:55:53.911]that were early adopters. [00:55:56.000]Very research-oriented. [00:55:57.450]And then that would spin off within that community. [00:55:59.583]Well, what are you doing? [00:56:00.416]You seem to be doing something different now. [00:56:02.617]And the talk at the coffee shop and various places [00:56:08.960]is more of an influence over time than coming to the, [00:56:14.130]necessarily to the research ranch. [00:56:16.920]If the neighbors are making it work, then maybe I can too. [00:56:21.140]And to add do that, [00:56:22.710]I think the practicum makes people, [00:56:26.283]has just been tremendous, right? [00:56:29.234]To be able to spread that. [00:56:30.880]The 4,600 people that you have there, [00:56:32.117]and think of their effect in the broader area [00:56:36.537]of where they came from. [00:56:40.670]You gotta be patient though, don't you? [00:56:44.377]Gonna add a, did you have a question? [00:56:46.329]I was a curious about, I guess, [00:56:48.330]about hampered development in the Sandhills [00:56:51.160]and where do those heifers go after it evolve? [00:56:55.030]They don't stay in the Sandhills, they go to other systems. [00:56:58.150]How much data has been collected [00:56:59.640]on how well those efforts perform, reproductively, [00:57:04.110]or the progeny, performance wise, [00:57:07.280]plus those hampered leaving the Sandhills [00:57:09.680]and going to other, and I don't know, [00:57:11.867]but maybe most of the heifers stay at Sandhills, [00:57:13.540]I don't know. [00:57:15.022]That's a good question. [00:57:16.790]Typically, ranchers would develop for their own replacement, [00:57:21.500]maybe a few others, but there's a fair amount of, [00:57:28.600]those heifers only go into feed lots [00:57:30.380]and not go reproductive. [00:57:32.700]I remember, too, this kind of reflection on time, but, [00:57:37.780]there was a stage, when I first got to Colorado [00:57:40.564]that heifers had to be developed in feed lots, [00:57:43.960]that was the mentality, [00:57:45.490]that in order to get them to breed and so on, [00:57:47.480]you had to put them in feed lots and develop them [00:57:54.131]and that, yeah, there's still a lot of heifers [00:57:56.610]developed in feed lots, but fewer and fewer [00:57:59.240]and this idea of, imprinting or whatever [00:58:05.420]as they learn to graze, or spend more time grazing, [00:58:09.700]that actually carries over [00:58:11.330]into the later part of their production. [00:58:15.230]And that June calving system, [00:58:18.840]it's almost a case study in what are the other consequences? [00:58:26.040]Because that was a tremendous change, [00:58:28.010]but there are some challenges [00:58:30.330]getting those young females to re-breed [00:58:32.950]because now you're on the other end, [00:58:35.790]downslope for quality and so, [00:58:40.610]I'm not critical at all of the research, [00:58:42.347]but there's other, there's always other consequences [00:58:44.960]of changing the system and as Don pointed out, [00:58:48.360]you would never know that [00:58:50.010]if you just looked at the components, [00:58:52.200]because that thing is run as a system, [00:58:54.630]now I think that Busten, Travis, and others [00:58:58.080]are looking at that re-breeding of that [00:59:01.270]three-year old female after she's had her first calf. [00:59:05.380]Good point, that. [00:59:07.100]It seems like the more you discover, [00:59:08.740]the more you need to discover, [00:59:10.540]and that's what's happening. [00:59:12.120]That's what Rick and Travis are doing right now, [00:59:14.270]is looking at that bottleneck. [00:59:17.610]Seems like there's, [00:59:18.620]seems like there'd probably be some benefits [00:59:20.160]from developing those heifers a little more slowly [00:59:22.908]rather than, I don't know. [00:59:26.007]One of those possibilities, see, [00:59:29.080]that June calving, or May, [00:59:32.818]and Don made the decision to go to June. [00:59:35.390]I think, you can't, I suppose you could, [00:59:40.260]but it'd be really difficult to do [00:59:42.370]March, April, May, June, July calving to compare it, [00:59:45.980]whatever's the outcome, a month? [00:59:48.270]They do that in Missouri, you know? [00:59:55.840]We have 30-day calving seasons, [00:59:57.930]there are 12 of them every year. [01:00:02.650]See, now you've ruined [01:00:03.483]the whole train of thought. [01:00:06.953]But, the opportunity to bring March calving heifers [01:00:13.210]into the June herd, [01:00:14.930]and give them that extra three months to develop, [01:00:17.810]you see what I mean, because developing for two years [01:00:20.890]to calve in two years can be a challenge. [01:00:24.010]Another thought on that is, [01:00:26.840]we use a lot of corn residue in Nebraska, [01:00:29.550]and kind of imprinting that on heifers [01:00:32.709]is a great opportunity as well, [01:00:36.460]so that they're set with that and when they're a cow. [01:00:44.069]I want to say thanks [01:00:45.299]for pulling this information together [01:00:47.536]and putting it in presentation, [01:00:49.643]I wasn't aware that it'd go into the meeting, [01:00:51.810]that's great. [01:00:53.950]Have you ever thought about [01:00:54.820]doing a university publication of some type? [01:00:58.170]Maybe not this time. [01:00:59.900]Maybe in 50 years or something to where you do, [01:01:03.360]kind of a big picture look at everything. [01:01:07.360]Actually I wanted to, [01:01:09.510]and Kelly's not here to defend himself, [01:01:11.187]but we did talk about, well, [01:01:14.357]this abstract is going to be [01:01:17.840]in the beef report next year, okay? [01:01:22.619]When he says next year, that's about a month. [01:01:24.690]Yeah, that's right. [01:01:27.490]It's in the one coming out. [01:01:29.730]Then with the idea of maybe it can go [01:01:31.130]in a general science article, [01:01:34.679]but we haven't had a lot of inertia on that part yet. [01:01:39.498]And just think about in the past [01:01:41.200]there were publications like that that I could pull out [01:01:43.860]and read some things about animal science, [01:01:45.610]or other programs that it'd be great [01:01:50.130]to keep that kind of stuff going. [01:01:52.978]I agree with you, this is a great facility, [01:01:56.090]it's a great story, starting back with Gudmundsen's. [01:02:01.580]Building that to the university and just how that happened, [01:02:05.403]it's just a tremendous story. [01:02:08.830]I got another futuristic question, man. [01:02:11.750]What happens to this ranch in the future [01:02:17.353]and would there be thoughts to change the, [01:02:20.833]what does GM stand for, [01:02:24.010]of including all that in those different-- [01:02:29.402]Disciplines. [01:02:30.972]Of management by social. [01:02:32.513]Yeah, all those different disciplines [01:02:34.380]into work at Gudmundsen. [01:02:39.832]Jim, that's what's happening [01:02:42.160]with this big initiative right now is, [01:02:45.660]Gudmundsen would be an integral part of that [01:02:47.870]to continue that-- [01:02:51.479]Maybe not so much CS. [01:02:56.870]Of course, I'd still say that's important, too. [01:03:00.120]It is, depending how you do that. [01:03:02.320]It's yet to be kind of, they're still working on that S. [01:03:07.152]I don't think you'd abandon the S, it's just that the, [01:03:09.861]if you don't include people in that discussion, [01:03:12.160]how are you gonna get there, right? [01:03:15.720]Yeah, I think that's common, [01:03:17.040]and you think about critical linkages in our history, okay, [01:03:22.360]the linkage between Don Adams and Terry Profenstein, [01:03:25.940]what inertia has been developed because of that linkage? [01:03:31.838]That's, we need that linkage [01:03:35.110]with somebody on the social side, [01:03:36.830]or we need to bring them in. [01:03:38.630]We don't have that right now. [01:03:44.210]Unless there's work that I'm not aware of. [01:03:46.020]Well, damn it, let's get it done! [01:03:50.264]Come to the meeting in January. [01:03:54.680]From my kind of outside perspective, [01:03:56.680]I think that your picture of the vice-chancellor, [01:03:59.407]out at branding, I'm impressed that he's bought in to [01:04:04.610]beef being important in Nebraska, [01:04:08.377]and that's a real plus. [01:04:10.770]For a plant pathologist, because that's what he was. [01:04:14.344]To buy into that is-- [01:04:16.320]You never know how things start. [01:04:19.487]The Gudmundsens, years before that 1978 point, [01:04:23.670]had started a small program of scholarship funding [01:04:28.780]for Sandhills students. [01:04:31.495]And it went on and on and they had [01:04:33.160]a certain goal or the other, [01:04:34.807]or I think that the university secretary helped them [01:04:38.170]set a goal for how much money and that, [01:04:40.210]so they could support a number of students. [01:04:43.810]What was a reasonable down payment on tuition, [01:04:47.590]which isn't now, but that's another story. [01:04:50.285]Anyway, finally they were reaching [01:04:52.670]the endpoint of this in '77 or '78. [01:04:58.527]And so they came to campus to complete the last of that. [01:05:03.800]And they sat down with [01:05:05.215]the secretary of the foundation at that time [01:05:10.090]and in the process, no children, and then they said, [01:05:13.946]kind of absent-mindedly to the secretary, [01:05:17.137]"Well, you know, we need to do something about that ranch." [01:05:22.330]And so he excused himself [01:05:24.370]and went to go talk to Witty Varner, [01:05:27.070]who chancellor and now president of the foundation, [01:05:31.860]and he tipped them off on that. [01:05:33.850]And so Witty came in and his style was [01:05:36.300]a little windy and quick, [01:05:38.015]and he thanked him very sincerely. [01:05:41.850]But kind of quickly, and he left, and he said, [01:05:46.007]"Who is that guy?" [01:05:47.520]Well, he's the head of the foundation. [01:05:48.800]He says "I don't like him. I want to deal with you." [01:05:51.320]That's on a Friday. On Monday morning, [01:05:53.020]the staff at his meeting, [01:05:54.367]and it finally came around to him, and he said [01:05:56.607]"I knew what I was gonna have to say, tell the story." [01:05:59.220]And he said, and Varner said [01:06:01.357]"That's okay, none of us can deal with everybody." [01:06:04.940]You stay with him, but by God, don't you lose that ranch! [01:06:09.690]And he didn't. [01:06:11.695]But he, in all fairness, [01:06:14.800]that man stayed close to the Gudmundsens all along the way, [01:06:18.850]wasn't pushy at all, [01:06:20.380]he catered to them and so on, [01:06:23.650]because he understood of the magnitude of the, yeah, [01:06:28.396]so there you are, you never know. [01:06:30.110]Like with the Wolfs, [01:06:33.040]Jim Wolf attended when we had a recognition [01:06:36.070]for some of the early donors [01:06:38.500]to build the building on the ranch, [01:06:42.565]which is now used as a dormitory. [01:06:45.810]And leaving Jim's, [01:06:48.196]we worked with Jim for a number of years before that. [01:06:52.316]He came to Gudmundsen's, Fort Robinson and so on. [01:06:58.040]As he was leaving, kind of absent-minded, [01:06:59.910]he said "Well you know, [01:07:01.310]"I want to make a testimentary gift to this ranch." [01:07:05.840]And he did. [01:07:07.680]So did his son. [01:07:12.760]Well, I've enjoyed, [01:07:14.130]I hope it wasn't too much history, [01:07:16.730]but thanks for the opportunity to come and do the seminar [01:07:20.330]and visit about what's happened [01:07:22.917]and what can happen in the future. [01:07:26.180]Thanks. [01:07:27.177](applause) Jack Whittier talks about the Impacts of 40 Years of the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory on Beef Cattle and Range Systems at a seminar, Oct. 18, 2018, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Animal Science. beef cattle and range systems gudmundsen sandhills laboratory jack whittier range systems unl animal science unl animal science department seminars Department of Animal Science Seminars <div class="wdn-responsive-embed wdn-aspect16x9"> <iframe src="https://mediahub.unl.edu/media/10171?format=iframe&autoplay=0" title="Video Player: Impacts of 40 Years of the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory on Beef Cattle and Range Systems" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div>	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line858
__label__cc	0.704175	0.295825	News tagged with rheumatic fever Strep A bacteria kill a half-million people a year. Why don't we have a vaccine? Looking back, Otto remembers struggling to breathe when he was as young as four. Exertion would make him cough, and the coughing fits would go on and on. Growing up in a family of eight children in a village in northern Uganda, ... True burden of rheumatic fever in NZ currently underestimated, new research reveals The true burden of rheumatic fever in New Zealand may be underestimated because serology cut-off guidelines are too high resulting in undercounting about 16 cases annually, new collaborative research has found. Women with heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa face challenges, but stigma may be worst of all Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, claiming a female life every minute. Yet it is often seen as a "man's disease." This disparity is magnified in sub-Saharan Africa, where we have recently conducted an investigation ... Growing drug resistance will lead to long-term harm Drugs that fight many common infectious diseases are becoming less effective because of increased antibiotic resistance, a direct consequence of persistent high levels of community antibiotic use in New Zealand. Racism and rough handling of patients uncovered in report A report behind studying increases in rheumatic fever in Māori and Pacific people has uncovered claims of racism and 'rough handling' of patients suffering from the disease. Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-or the rheumatic fever that causes it-as more than a historical footnote. Why simple school sores often lead to heart and kidney disease in Indigenous children Impetigo, also known as school sores, is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection that occurs in children far more frequently than adults. It is one of the most common bacterial infections in children aged two to five ... Death rates from rheumatic heart disease falling since 1990 The risk of dying from rheumatic heart disease, a condition of damaged heart valves caused by bacterial infection that leads to rheumatic fever, has dropped around the world over the last 25 years, according to a new scientific ... Internet health information can reduce parents' trust in doctors' diagnoses New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggests online health information can influence whether parents trust a diagnosis made by their child's doctor, potentially leading to delayed ... Global first for rheumatic fever research The first robust evidence that supports community initiatives to prevent acute rheumatic fever has come from researchers at the University of Auckland.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line859
__label__cc	0.530983	0.469017	Where & What? Make Your Donations Principal objectives Dig More > Where and What? Where and What? Mirador Basin It is in Guatemala, Central America. It is located in the northern department of Petén Mirador Basin represents the last remaining tropical rainforest. The Mirador Basin is a geological depression found in the rainforest of Petén. Where is the Mirador Basin? The Mirador-Calakmul Basin is in Guatemala, north of Petén, and southern Campeche, Mexico, with the border of Mexico running through the mid-section of the system. It is part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, and the Calakmul World Heritage Biosphere, and together form the last remaining tropical rainforest in the region. What is the Mirador Basin? The Mirador-Calakmul Basin is a geological depression found in the rainforests of northern Petén, Guatemala, and southern Campeche, Mexico. The entire system spreads across 1.6 million acres of pristine tropical forest (2500 square miles), and includes a variety of flora and fauna, contributing greatly to the biodiversity of the region because of the six types of tropical forest found within the system. It consists of several shallow drainages which drain gradually into the San Pedro and Candelaria Rivers. The Mirador-Calakmul Basin is known for its historical significance, being the birthplace of Maya Civilization and containing more than 51 pre-Hispanic Maya cities that have now been mapped and archaeologically tested on the Guatemalan side of the border. Many of these cities were founded nearly 3000 years ago, and there are many more cities yet to be explored. These cities were interconnected by the first superhighway system in the world. The Mirador-Calakmul Basin is also home to the pyramid of La Danta, which is possibly the world’s largest ancient structure by volume. Over the past two decades, archaeologists such as Dr. Richard Hansen of the Mirador Basin Project, Dr. William Folan and Dr. Ramon Carrasco of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, and Dr. Kathryn Reese-Taylor of the Yaxnohcah project in Campeche have taken great interest in the area due to its abundance of ancient sites and evidences of Pre-classic Maya occupation which tell a story of humanity that has never been revealed before. What and Where is the Mirador Basin? Fares Foundation © Copyright 2018 by mirador All Rights Reserved. Powered by XumaK	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line862
__label__wiki	0.786116	0.786116	Posted by Admin \| Apr 1, 2017 \| Articles and reports By Yasser Faiz At some point during my quest to find references on Sudan’s modern history, I ended up on a street in East Khartoum, near the Etihad and Kambouni schools, where bookman Omar Daf’ Allah had his books spread out over the sidewalk in a surreal display. Sat on a nylon-cord woven chair beneath a tree, he was surrounded by a noisy group of researchers, students, academics and authors, who went on enthusiastically about books on Sudanese modern history, enlightened by his most useful and unique tips on the subject. Omar gave me an original 80-year-old book in its first edition. It was fragile, making it extremely difficult to turn its pages without damaging the tips, no matter how delicate I was. My obsession about protecting the book manifested in severe anxiety, because I did not know anyone other than myself who was touching it! Omar is one of the few bookmen who own invaluable, old and rare books, which he has added to his collection over numerous years, guided by his vast knowledge and experience. He got them from home libraries, bought some from their owner’s heirs who wanted to replace old books with new ones, and so on. Omar considers his old books prized possessions – cherishing the value of each book not just by the quality of its content, but by its age, its changed physical form, the printing press it was produced by, etc. Omar has turned collecting old books into a hobby irrespective of whether sometimes he is unable to understand the content fully or have a clear idea about what he is purchasing. The man is smitten by the prestige and status old printing houses like ‘Macro Cordelle’ – the first British printing house in Sudan, or ‘Al Tamaddon’ printing house enjoyed for their role chronicling and disseminating knowledge. He also takes advantage of his vast social network and strong friendship with a host of academics, researchers and authors, with whom he strategised this plan to buy old, valuable books at reasonable prices, and in exchange lend them the vast pool of materials he had acquired from other sources for their research and study. “I do what I do not only because I am a bookman, but because I have a message to spread. A bookseller has a bigger responsibility to deliver intellectual and cultural services; not just make a financial profit,” says Omar Daf’ Allah. Often struck by the classical inner dilemma of whether to sell his books or keep them, he chooses to stick to his trusted lending policy, giving books away to researchers and students who he knows personally to use and return as per their requirements. Rare books on the decline Omar has some old Arabic and English books, which he keeps hidden from the world. He was kind to show me some of them: The Armed Clash for Uniting Sudan by Mohammed Abdul Rahim (1936); The Establishment of Khartoum and Al Mahdiyah by Soleiman Kasha (published in the 1930s); The Fung Kingdom by O.G.S. Grawford (1951); The Nile by Eliot Elisofon (1964), among others. Sometimes, Omar restores and repairs some of the books without harming the original materials. There are times when he receives books so damaged by heat, dust and sunlight that they are irreparable. “Books published in Sudan in the past 30 years and can be found after some searching. Most of them are published by governmental entities like Khartoum University Press, and the Ministry of Education, but the number of those books is decreasing rapidly. In a few years to come, it will be extremely difficult to find them other than at the Sudan National Archives, which are treated as national documents neither to be lent or sold,” Omar said. Over Omar’s long book lending and bartering years, he saw some important rare books vanish and perish, especially those written by Sudanese authors dealing with the history of Sudan in general, and some on the modern history of Sudan before it gained independence in 1956 in particular. “It is essential that the government adopts projects to revive these books and republish them, or at least provide them to academic and research entities, which go through an awful lot of trouble looking for old references and resources on Sudan, only to be disappointed in the end,” Omar added. Researcher Al Tayeb Ahmed shared an opinion on the matter, saying: “The limited attempts to revive some books are sometimes thwarted by the refusal of the author’s heirs to grant permission for reprinting them. Intellectual rights laws allow the government to reprint without permission. That hasn’t materialised in Sudan yet, over and above a considerable number of titles that are lost due to the authors’ heir’s refusal to grant permission. There are books whose authors have passed for 50+ years, and intellectual rights laws permits the republication of such books. The government doesn’t have a strategy to revive these titles, since it lacks interest in heritage and history.” A limited readership and poor access to books Sudan is yet to open a national library, and collage libraries suffer from a terrible shortage of historical references and old books. Some of these books are available, but confined to post graduates, researchers and academics. That doesn’t cover the entire population of Sudan, depriving a large number of prospective readers from even the knowledge that such books exist. Under British colonial rule and in the years that followed, Sudan saw the publication of a big number of books written by British and other European authors who were present during the occupation. Given the archaeological researches and findings, as well as the British archives and documents, a number of books on Sudan were published, but unfortunately most of them vanished rapidly. A notable number of books by Sudanese historians, and biographies, testimonials, poetry collections and other literary books are lost forever. An enormous amount of invaluable cumulative knowledge has been lost in the haze of time. It is crucial that we try to find it and revive whatever we still can. Previous33rd Tunis International Book fair Hosts 748 Publishers NextStorytel Launches Expansion Operations in Four New Markets H.H. 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__label__cc	0.734591	0.265409	Climate Science Students Bill of Rights We at the Science League of America and our host institution, the National Center for Science Education, are proud to be among the founders of the Climate Science Students Bill of Rights, which states that: ALL STUDENTS, IN EVERY STATE, HAVE THE RIGHT TO: 1. Receive the highest quality science education as determined by educators, free from ideological or political interference. 2. Explore the causes and consequences of climate change. 3. Learn that meaningful solutions to slowing climate change exist. 4. Examine the data and evidence that leads to the established scientific consensus on climate change in a learning environment that encourages inquiry, questioning and understanding. 5. Understand how climate science informs social, political, and personal decision-making. Why do we and our collaborating organizations—Climate Parents, the Alliance for Climate Education, and the Union of Concerned Scientists—feel there is a need for such a declaration of rights for students to learn about climate change? Simply put, because vested interests are overtly and covertly conspiring to deny young people their right to know the basics about climate science. Despite the efforts of many great teachers and schools to teach climate and related energy issues and infuse them into the curriculum, far too often climate change is skipped, skimmed over, or framed as a scientific controversy when, in reality, the controversies surrounding climate change are not scientific, but ideological and political. Bills of rights have a long and noble history dating back to the Magna Carta in 1215. They enjoyed a burst of popularity in the Age of Enlightenment, with the United States Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the Constitution) perhaps being the most widely known. Today there are dozens, including bills of rights for such groups as patients, teachers, and consumers, as well as numerous human rights declarations, all designed to articulate the rights of people in the face of the wrongs they are enduring. In this history, there’s precedent for bills of rights for students—as early as 1765, Sir William Blackstone called on parents as part of their duty to their children to provide for their maintenance, protection, and education. And there’s precedent for bills of rights for those seeking scientific knowledge—article 27 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to access knowledge and science, and as Americans, we have through deligent efforts spanning the past century acquired legal rights to know about hazards in our food, water, air, and in our communities and workplaces. The Climate Science Students Bill of Rights brings both of these precedents together, in recognition of the fact that when it comes to climate change, we—especially young people who will bear the brunt of climate change—need both the conceptual and the practical knowledge to understand and address the causes, impacts, risks, and possible responses to the massive challenge of climate change. Today, due to neglect, avoidance, and deliberately manufactured doubt by special interests, this vital need to recognize the problem of climate change and learn about potential responses to it has not been met. Even where overt opposition to teaching climate change is absent, many teachers who want to teach about climate and energy topics lack the background or high-quality resources to teach it effectively. A survey in 2011 by Yale University found that fewer than one in five teens say they are “very well informed” about climate and energy issues, and more than two-thirds of students indicate they haven't learned a great deal about climate change in school. Too many students graduate from high school and even college without ever learning the basics of climate and energy, and how—through our energy choices—we can minimize climate impacts and prepare for changes that are already occurring. All students should learn about the essentials of climate and energy, but today, because climate change is rarely taught in a complete, integrated way, most of them have had to rely on bits of sometimes-contradictory information for their understanding of climate change. While the scientific consensus on the magnitude and urgency on climate change has emerged since most adults left high school, so most of us have received no formal instruction on climate. Article 6 of the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed twenty years ago by most nations in the world including the United States, called for climate change education and ways to engage the public in developing solutions should be offered. But there have been many—too many—missed opportunities to do so over the past two decades. We can’t afford to let another generation remain ignorant. The good news is there is an emerging panoply of high-quality curricular resources, cutting-edge science standards, and opportunities for teacher professional development that can help revolutionize the teaching of climate and energy topics. The Next Generation Science Standards, which do include current climate science and are meant for all students, are a step in the right direction. But more can and should be done to infuse climate and energy education throughout the curriculum. The bad news is some students are being denied their inherent right to learn the essentials that will allow them to make informed decisions and pursue relevant career paths in the future. Yes, we need to educate ourselves—our colleagues, parents, friends, and classmates—and tell them what’s at stake. We need to push back on misinformation and denial, to speak up at school board and PTA meetings for climate change science and solutions to be an integral part of what the 56 million American students currently in grades K through 12 learn. And all 20 million students currently enrolled in post-secondary education should also master climate knowledge and know-how—both the science behind climate change and the ability to make informed climate and energy decisions in their lives and careers. Support our efforts to empower educators and learners so they can master the essential principles and fundamental concepts of climate and energy. Sign the Climate Science Students Bill of Rights to help us counter doubt and denial, and ensure that climate change is taught—and taught well. Listening to the Grand Canyon's Story July 2015 Apply July 2015 filter (-) Remove NCSE filter NCSE (-) Remove Young-earth creationism filter Young-earth creationism Evolution Apply Evolution filter Grand Canyon Apply Grand Canyon filter	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line869
__label__cc	0.5547	0.4453	Macron: je suis un gilet jaune FRANCE’S gilets jaunes (yellow jackets) movement held its 12th successive weekly protest on Saturday as thousands took to the streets in defiance of threats that rubber balls could be fired at them by police. Anger continues to grow, with demands for unpopular President Emmanuel Macron to resign and call fresh elections and widespread rejection of his neoliberal austerity programme. Authorities have responded harshly to the protests. A French court ruled on Friday that police could continue to launch rubber projectiles the size of golf balls at demonstrators, despite concerns that they can cause injuries including lost eyes and broken limbs. The judge in France’s top administrative court authorised the use of the “defence ball launchers,” claiming it was “necessary to allow police to use these weapons” because the protests were “frequently the occasion for acts of violence and destruction.” Mr Macron has been forced into offering concessions, including an increase in the minimum wage and a U-turn on the fuel tax that sparked the protests in November. Despite branding the protesters thugs and comparing them to football hooligans, Mr Macron claimed last week that he was, in fact, himself a “gilet jaune … if it meant being in favour of better salaries and having a more effective parliament.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line870
__label__wiki	0.603995	0.603995	Investigating the Role of Contract Enforcement and Financial Costs on the Payment Choice: Industry-Level Evidence from Turkey Türkcan, Kemal and Avşar, Veysel (2015): Investigating the Role of Contract Enforcement and Financial Costs on the Payment Choice: Industry-Level Evidence from Turkey. There is a more recent version of this item available. This paper examines the effect of legal and financial conditions on the payment contract choice by empirically testing the predictions of Schmidt-Eisenlohr’s (2013) model with actual bilateral industry level trade finance data (at 2-digit level) from Turkey. Our results show that an improvement in contract enforcement and an increase in the financing cost in the importing country (exporting country) increases (decreases) the share of post-shipment sales. For the share of pre-payment sales, the opposite effects are estimated. Finally we find that share of post-shipment sales (pre-payment sales) increases (decreases) in the number of products traded between partners in the past. Method of Payments, Trade Finance, Contract Enforcement, Financial Costs, Post-Shipment, Pre-Payment, Turkey. F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F30 - General Assoc Prof Kemal Türkcan Amiti, M. and D. E. Weinstein (2011), “Exports and Financial Shocks”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126(4), 1841-1877. Ahn, J. (2011), “A Theory of Domestic and International Trade Finance” IMF Working Papers No. 11/262. Aldan, A. and O. Y. Çulha (2013), “The Role of Extensive Margin in Exports of Turkey: A Comparative Analysis”, Central Bank of Turkey Working Paper No.13/32. Antras, P. and C. F. Foley (2013), “Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices”, Harward University, mimeo. Auboin, M. 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__label__wiki	0.897174	0.897174	Date Of Birth: 1960 Years Active: 60’s, 70’s, 90’s Genre(s): Pop, Modern Classical, Art Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Beat Music, Merseybeat, Pop Rock, Pop/Rock, Blues Rock Website: http://www.beatles.com/ The Beatles are one the most influential rock bands in the history of music. The glorious story of this ensemble started in 1956 when John Lennon and Paul McCartney began their joint concert activity in Liverpool. Later, they were joined by George Harrison. The forth member of the band they formed was Peter Best. However, in 1962 he was replaced by Ringo Starr. In the beginning, they were not different from scores of other Liverpool bands performing at pubs and small venues. The music they played first was a blend of rock-n-roll and simplified jazz. The Beatles tasted popularity first in Germany. They moved in Hamburg in 1960 and became the main performers at one of the local clubs. In 1961, the band found a new manager. It was Brian Epstein, a music store owner, who worked with them up to his dying day in 1967. He changed their image substituting leather coats with expensive strict suits. Their debut album, Please Please Me (1963) featured three smashing hits and immediately made the musicians new national heroes. After their participation in a row of American TV shows along with the film A Hard Day’s Night with their own soundtrack, The Beatles turned into international superstars. Paul and John were the leading creative power of the band. These two worked hard enough to produce two or three monumental albums per year, apart from multitudes of worthy records left unreleased. In 1967, The Beatles released Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, their first conceptual rock album. Its idea was description of a person’s life and troubles in the urbanized society. The Beatles utilized a number of novelties, including electronic noises and exotic instruments along with proficient arrangements and brilliant melodies. This work became a foundation for the development of art-, hard- and psychedelic rock. They managed to create a prevailing feel of rhythm on each song making it emotional and powerful. This album consolidated the band’s unique approach and leading position in the music world. As their music became more complicated in terms of execution, instruments and lyrics, the audience grew bigger and more diverse. The most notable songs of that period were Michelle, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Help!, Nowhere Man, A Day in the Life, Norwegian Wood, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Yellow Submarine, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, The Fool on the Hill, Hey Jude. Two of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, also had their own projects. Lennon wrote the books In His Own Write, (1964), and A Spaniard In the Works, (1965), collections of poems and prose with sophisticated images and ideas. McCartney wrote the soundtrack to The Family Way (1967). The Beatles released their last album, Let It Be, in 1970. The same year the band collapsed mostly due to the disputes between John and Paul. Each of the musicians continued music career working on solo projects. Lennon produced several albums in cooperation with his wife Yoko Ono. John was shot in the back by one of his own fans in New York. The other three Beatles reunited in 1995 to recordThe Beatles Anthology, a double disc compilation of unreleased songs and live versions of hits. The most notable song was the new composition Free as a Bird. It was made on the basis of Lennon’s old record with the later addition of some instruments and vocals performed by the other members. In a year, they released another double disc collection of hits with one more new song Real Love, also restored from Lennon’s archive. In 2001, one more member of the legendary quartet, George Harrison, passed away. In 2009, fans of the celebrated band were happy to get the opportunity to buy The Beatles’ classic albums in a shape of remastered editions. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Super Deluxe Edition) The White Album (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) Merseybeat Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Deluxe Edition) Baroque Pop Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles (The White Album) (Remastered) Let It Be... Naked The Alternate Rubber Soul Beat Music The Alternate Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band White Album CD 1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles VI Beatles for Sale Introducing... 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__label__wiki	0.647612	0.647612	You Are Here: Home → Yamiko Kawale: Founder of Girls Empowerment and Mentorship (GEM) Yamiko Kawale: Founder of Girls Empowerment and Mentorship (GEM) Brenda Twea April 29, 2018 1 Comment As a secondary school teacher, 33-year-old Yamiko Kawale has witnessed social injustices and challenges girls go through following sexual assaults perpetrated by their teachers or fellow students. “I have seen girls being victims of sexual abuse and harassment at the hands of some male teachers, boys and peers. They mostly do not know what to do or who to report to. Sometimes, even when they report the cases, justice is delayed or denied. “It is also disheartening when male teachers who are involved in these evil practices, with all the evidence pointing at them, are just transferred to another school which I feel is not solving a problem, but transferring it from one school to another,” the mother of two explains. While teaching at a certain secondary school, Yamiko recalls an incident where a girl reported sexual harassment, but no action was taken. She took up the issue together with her colleagues. They asked around if there were other girls at the school who had also experienced sexual assault and a number of them came forward. They then reported the matter to the education division. “Unfortunately, whether by coincidence or not, my colleague and I were transferred to another school and the matter died a natural death. This made me angry and I asked myself if this was how we are going to handle such issues involving our girls in schools. How many other girls have fallen victims to such acts and their cases never got to see the light of day?” she wonders. At that point, Yamiko was driven to start a programme empowering girls with personal development skills on how to handle the social injustices they face at home and at school. They called the initiative Girls Empowerment and Mentorship (GEM). Girls now have better chances of seeking redres and protecting themselves She sought guidance from a number of people; including Siku Nkhoma-founder of Professional Women’s Network, an initiative that mentors young women professionals, after she offered to help women in terms of career and business. “When I approached her, she advised me to use my experience as a teacher and what I have witnessed to come up with such an initiative,” she says. GEM was established in 2016 to empower, educate, equip and motivate young girls between the ages of 11 and 19, by developing their communication, critical thinking, decision making and problem solving skills. The initiative focuses on three groups. Firstly, they focus on primary school leavers- preparing both girls and boys for life in secondary school as a way of eliminating fear or worry as they transition. The second area is skills development workshops for girls who are in secondary school, as a way of strengthening their skills in interpersonal relationship, critical thinking, sexual and reproductive health. Lastly, they organise workshops for those who have just completed secondary school to equip them with skills in transitioning to life after secondary school. Yamiko explains that the initiative incorporates boys because she believes they are change agents. “We believe that the fight against abuse and girls rights also needs male involvement and understanding of the issues that these girls go through so they [boys] can begin to respect the girls. “We’ve also learned that during their adolescent stages, boys are discovering their bodies and want to experiment. They, in turn, engage in sexual relationships which can lead to abuse or harassment of girls. This can be if form of getting girls pregnant or initiating unsafe abortions,” she points out. GEM would like boys to use their masculinity to respect girls. Yamiko notes that most parents are happy with how their children have made positive behavioural changes and how they are excelling in school as a result of GEM interventions. The organisation has reached over 1 000 girls through paid workshops and outreaches to the less privileged. “GEM runs as a business ministry and with the profits realised from the paid workshops, we reach out to other girls who can’t afford. We invite different personalities to speak as role models. “We also invite organisations specialising in particular fields to address the participants. Among the organisations that have been so supportive is Eye of the Child which shares about the evils of child trafficking and abuse.” she explains. The requirement to pay, however, poses a challenge to the organisation’s interventions according to the founder, as some people find hard to understand while others find the fees to be expensive. The other challenge GEM faces, she says, regards to the topics they tackle. For instance, some people do not understand the essence of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) as a topic of discussion with girls. “Many think that talks of SRHR encourage girls to engage in sexual activities knowing that there are contraceptives available to prevent pregnancy. But it goes beyond that. We want to provide the girls with all the information they can get about sexual and reproductive health,” says the activist. Yamiko was born on November 19 1984. She comes from Panje Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chikowi in Zomba. She is one of three children in her family and she is the second born. She is married to John Kawale who she says has been very supportive in her initiative financially and taking part in some sessions. The youthful goal getter went to Our Lady of Wisdom Secondary School and proceeded to African Bible College (ABC) where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies with a minor in Education. She is currently teaching at Chimwankhunda Community Day Secondary School. She believes girls empowerment should start from the homes and it should be everyone’s responsibility. Quoting former United States first lady Michelle Obama she says: “Tell her every day she is smart and capable and lift her up. For so many people, the role models they follow are right in their backyard. It’s their mothers, teachers, siblings, their fathers and the men around them who, every day can lift them up. Don’t underestimate the power of day -to -day motivation in a girl’s life.” My life in danger, says FDH’s Mpinganjira Pingback: Yamiko Kawale: Founder of Girls Empowerment and Mentorship (GEM) \| malawiana.net	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line879
__label__wiki	0.760807	0.760807	THE VERDERERS of the New Forest, though derived from an archaic institution, have powers and functions adapted to modern circumstances. They have statutory functions to regulate all matters relating to common rights, and they protect the Forest through a requirement that their consent is required for any development on the unenclosed Crown lands. Their court provides a forum for the expression of local views. We are aware that limited financial resources have sometimes been reflected in the ability of the Verderers adequately to fulfil their functions. THE FORESTRY COMMISSION has managed the Crown lands of the New Forest since 1923. In the past it converted much of the Inclosures from broadleaved to conifer plantations, caused extensive damage to the unenclosed woodlands, bogs and other open forest habitats, and with the consent of the Verderers planted up large areas of unenclosed Forest with more conifers. Following the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), which required the Commission to accommodate nature conservation, the damage diminished in scale. In more recent times the Forestry Commission has been involved in a new approach to landscape through Forest Design Plans; and is engaged in habitat restoration projects. These initiatives are welcome, but we believe that the Forestry Commission continues to show a reluctance to grasp the difficult nettles of intensified recreational demand and there remain some serious questions about the Commission’s sensitivity towards the management of the Crown lands and its fragile and rare natural habitats. We contend that the management of the Crown land of the New Forest for the conservation and enhancement of its special qualities is a matter of national and international importance. THE NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK was designated in 2005, and in April 2006 the NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY assumed its full powers and responsibilities, including as the sole local planning authority for the New Forest National Park. We believe that the designation of the New Forest as a National Park could bring with it great potential for the future of the Forest. The continuing role of the Verderers as a regulating authority for the pastoral use of the Forest and protector of its landscape and natural habitats. Provision of public funds to the Verderers through appropriate mechanisms that acknowledge the Verderers’ independence. Ownership and management responsibility for the Crown lands of the New Forest remaining in the public domain. The adequate resourcing of the managing authority for the Crown lands with estate workers, supervisors, keepers, recreational wardens and ecologists, to support it in its principle function of protecting and conserving the unique character of the New Forest. We will work with each of the principal New Forest Administrative bodies and act as a critical friend. Where we are able we will join them in partnership projects intended to further the protection and enhancement of the Forest. We will seek to influence their members and officers so as to ensure their commitment to the long-term conservation and enhancement of the New Forest. We will be ready to approve and actively support constructive ideas, but also to oppose and campaign against those that are not in the best interests of the Forest. In addition we will work to encourage Natural England to act in a strong and consistent fashion to protect the Forest in carrying out its statutory duties in relation to those areas of the New Forest National Park covered by legislation that falls within its remit.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line884
__label__cc	0.734428	0.265572	Value Alignment: "Acculturating" Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). re-edited 061019 Before AGI arrives, we need to figure out how to make AI understand, adopt, and retain our goals. -- Max Tegmark (2019) in Brockman (ed.) [1] Value alignment is not a problem new or unique to the pursuits of artificial intelligence researchers. Value alignment has long been seen as a general and ancient problem: for governance, for education, for all forms of social control. It is often generally referred to as values- or moral- or citizenship education, or even indoctrination or brainwashing or group-think. Value Alignment? What are values? A profusion of ideas. Writings on AI behavior often tend to loosely use interchangeably the words, behavior, goals, wants, and values. In this essay I will use examples, described in English, of commonly easily observable human actions focusing on values. Part of the problem in dealing with values is that the term "value" in used in many different contexts, not necessarily compatible among themselves, and often based on a consensus more hoped for than actual. For example, 1. Promotional (as in marketing): presuming a high degree of consensus on certain values, e.g., "Our new cars have arrived! Don't miss out on the many values we offer." 2. Explanatory (promise of effectiveness): assuming consensus on certain cause-effect relationships, e.g. "Their training will inculcate values of obedience and alacrity." 3. Focus of contention (judgement of desirability): "The contract is so vague as to be of little value in confronting problems." 4. Discursive modification (turn of phrase): creating an abstraction believed to provide a needed de-personalization for general (scientific) investigation, e.g. “A term indicating an item which someone values, valued or will (might) value we will call a “value.” 5. Theoretical: demarcating limits for analysis, e.g. “A value is a hidden variable, of which behavioral instances are indicators.” (Below, we will use a variation of examples 4 and 5.) 6. The manifestation of value pursuit or maintenance may be impeded by lack by the valuer of any of the following: rationality, knowledge, ability, circumstantial impediment, and priority.[2] Whose value is it? What kind of value? Forty or some years ago, I was taking a graduate course in mathematics in an evening class during a winter semester. There were eight students in the course: seven who had degrees in mathematics and I, a philosophy graduate. They were there clearly enjoying themselves but for the late hours. I, interested but not enraptured, was there to accumulate credits for state certification as a mathematics teacher. After copying three chalkboards of a proof, the instructor stopped and, looking at the boards, muttered, “No, that step won’t work. Something’s missing.” After another short pause, he almost jumped into the board and wrote a formula, (I forget the formula.) and continued on with another board of proof. I was lost. I had never seen that formula before which was clearly an identity. It equated the number “1” with some log of a function containing an imaginary argument. Up until that point, I thought I had been following the proof very closely. I looked around to my classmates to see whom I might ask later for explanation. They seemed as perplexed as I was. One of them actually spoke up and said, “Is that a step in the proof?” The professor asked, “How many of you have taken Math 636 (or something like that). No one raised his hands. The prof continued, “Well, when you do, you will understand it completely! There are four methods to prove something: deduction, induction, seduction and intimidation. So, for now, you will have to take it on faith! By the way, which method of proof I am using here?” And he resumed filling the boards. The discussion, among the students at the end of class after the professor had gone, was somewhat heated. The math majors, for whom the proof was valued intrinsically, I thought, were close to revolt. One said, “I didn’t major in math to take things on faith!” I, for whom the proof was mostly of extrinsic value, found it to be minorly disappointing. But, what is a Value? What is Value Alignment? To put it most succinctly, 7. A value, V, is a constellation (a set of prioritizations) of defense and pursuit contingencies relating to V. (The apparent circularity here is intentional. See Concept as Abstraction. A hindrance in developing intelligence?) It is not "free-floating", i.e. "V is a value" implies "Someone values (valued or might value) V." 8. A value is not a feeling nor an episode of behavior, but a disposition to behave in certain ways under certain conditions, unless stifled by certain standard conditions of impediment. For example, valuing a cup of coffee does not mean one is now imbibing nor ever again will imbibe a cup of coffee. (One might, despite valuing coffee for the taste and for the caffeine, need to give it up for the sake of one's blood pressure.) Similarly, sleeping people have not lost their values; just their ability to manifest those values while unconscious. (See Trait vs. Behavior: the sometimes non-science of learning.) 9. A given behavior-type may under different conditions manifest itself in the pursuit, maintenance or defense of different values. 10. Values Alignment is achieved when a consensus among different parties on values and their conditions of manifestation is achieved.[3] The Intrinsic-Extrinsic Dimensions of Value seem to mark an important boundary between humans and robotic AGI. (Perhaps not with cyborgs built from some animal nervous tissue.) Extrinsic values indicate dispositions which can be chained into a sequence, the final link of which is designated as the "intrinsic" value. This is called by some theorists a "sacred" or "fundamental" value.[4] Humans have intrinsic values to pursue because they have basic needs. They have basic needs because they are organisms that have to find and use sources of air, water, food, shelter, etc. These basic needs have a more or less "natural" priority. Maslow offers an interesting model that he calls a "Hierarchy of Needs." Acquiring items at the bottom level of the pyramid requires little more than one's animal abilities. But the second level up, with companionship and affiliation, already requires some value alignment, normally inculcated through random encounter or with applications or withdrawals of pain and pleasure. These encounters are often strengthened by verbal communication and evolutionarily built-in dispositions of acquisition, affiliation and their naturally accompanying emotions. But what can substitute to establish needs, and consequently values, for AGI, lacking the capability of pain or pleasure? Needs, alone, won't do it. There is an ambiguity in the use of the word, need, which often produces a confusion between need as merely technical cause, and need as approved or promoted cause. For example, a robber may need a gun to terrorize his otherwise blasé victims; but, we, disapprovingly deny the robber's need for gun because, more fundamentally, we disapprove of robbery. Another example is when Sam says to friend Harry, "You really ought to buy a new jacket." Harry replies, "What do I need a new jacket for? This one is just fine for when it's cold." Sam insists, "But it looks kind of worn. Shabby is not stylish anymore." Harry argues he needs the jacket for its function, an extrinsic value. Stylish clothes do not seem to be much, if at all, valued (intrinsically) by him. [5] Of course, Maslow's model is one among many. It is likely that depending which groups you investigate you would come up with substantially different priorities. For example, Gert Hofstede identifies nationality groups according to such dimensions as Power Distance, Individualism, Assertiveness, Avoidance of Uncertainty, and Long-Short Term Orientation. It is very likely that the priorities built into Maslow's model would be substantially reorganized depending how a population is selected choosing among variants of these five of Hofstede's dimensions. [5b] Whose Values Should AGI Be Aligned With? Who will wait for answers? Even if we give robots the ability to learn what we want, an important question remains that AI alone won’t be able to answer. We can try to align with a person’s internal values, but there’s more than one person involved here. … How to combine people’s values when they might be in conflict is an important problem we need to solve. — Anca Dragan (2019) [6] I have not heard nor read that the general consensus is that The Trolley Problem [7] has been solved. Nor have I seen, heard nor read that auto-makers have stopped rushing to put "self-driving" vehicles on the market, despite collateral damages involving them. Despite the profusion of glad tidings of burgeoning crowds of marketeers, there seems to be little consensus among professional researchers and users of AI as to the safety of its present state of development.[8] Consequently, I am even less sanguine that anyone with the capability to do so, is holding back from constructing AI, albeit it is still quite primitive or indiscriminate, for military purposes. I suspect that the fear of being caught at a military disadvantage offsets any worries about lack of value alignment with their AI adjuncts or about the collateral casualties among their targets. [1] Tegmark, M “Let’s Aspire to More than Making Ourselves Obsolete” p. 85 in John Brockman (ed.), Possible Minds. 25 Ways of Looking at AI. Penguin. New York. 2019. [2] See The Conditions for Active Valuing. [3] See Short Articles on "Sacred" Values [4] See “Sacred Values” in US Public Schools: pretending there is no conflict. [5] See NEEDS ASSESSMENT: A Fraud? [5b] Hofstede G, Hofstede GJ & Mindov, M (2010) Cultures and Organizations. Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival. New York. McGraw-Hill. [6] Dragan, A , “Putting the Human in the AI Equation.” p.136 in Brockman. See, also, Clabaugh,GK & Rozycki,EG (2007) The Nature of Consensus. [7] See Self-Driving Cars, Run-Away Trams, & “Unavoidable” Accidents [8] See John Brockman (ed.), (2019) Possible Minds. 25 Ways of Looking at AI. throughout. Also, there is a natural tendency for consensus on criteria to evaporate as research becomes more intense, precise and specialized; especially when choice of criteria bears on economic or political interests. See Rozycki,EG (2010) The Indeterminacy of Consensus: masking ambiguity and vagueness in decision. Labels: AI, conflict, consensus, disposition, intrinsic, priorities, robot, values Value Alignment: "Acculturating" Artificial Genera...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line885
__label__wiki	0.663092	0.663092	European Athletics Championships 2018at the Olympiastadion Berlin European Athletics Championships 2018 at the Olympiastadion Berlin 1400 athletes from 50 different countries are expected to participate in the European championships. During the six days of international competitions, the Olympiastadion Berlin will take the center stage. The decision to grant Berlin with being the host of the games had caused great joy in the city and raised positive comments without exception. “What a gift for Berlin and its Olympiastadion, we are very happy” was the first reaction of Joachim E. Thomas, CEO of the Olympiastadion Berlin. Furthermore, Frank Henkel, sport senator and chairman of the supervisory board of the operating company, was also happy about the decision made by the European Athletic Association: “The people of Berlin will create an intoxicating atmosphere along the running track. We shall be a dignified host.” The general director of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, Michael Vesper, brings the „fantastic World Athletics Championship in 2009 with athletes and fans”, which was also held in the Olympiastadion Berlin, back to mind. Vesper is convinced that the people of Berlin will celebrate another big sporting event in 2018. Clemens Prokop, president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation guarantees for 2018 „European championships on the highest technical level with excellent framework conditions for the athletes”. White-bluewins Four minutes additional time did not help Hertha to equalize the game against Schalke 04. On the contrary: Literally within the last minute the white-blue Berliner conceded the second goal which lead to the 0:2 final result. Olympiastadion Berlin Mario Barthaccomplishes first record stage Assembling 100.000 fans within 24 hours at the Olympiastadion Berlin is not an easy challenge. But Mario Barth is on the best way to be successful since the infield tickets for the first day are already sold out.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line888
__label__wiki	0.537559	0.537559	Becnel, Way in Human Environmental Sciences Participate in Opioid Leadership Summit Photos Submitted Jen Becnel (left) and Kelly Way from Bumpers College's School of Human Environmental Sciences are both involved in opioid research and education. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jen Becnel and Kelly Way, faculty members in U of A's School of Human Environmental Sciences, recently attended the National Opioid Leadership Summit in Sacramento, California. Becnel is assistant professor of human development and family sciences in HESC, which is housed in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. Way is assistant director of the school and associate professor of hospitality management. Both are involved in opioid research and education. Becnel and Way participated in roundtable exercises on potential solutions to the opioid crisis in various populations. The summit featured presentations by U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams along with Grant Baldwin from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mallory O'Brien with the U.S. Department of Justice and more. "The absolute highlight was hearing the surgeon general of the United States speak on the topic," said Becnel. "He highlighted that to move both science and communities forward, we need to start pairing health with economic initiatives because the economy is what people care about and vote on. He made a powerful statement about this with 'we are a less safe country because we are an unhealthy country.'" The summit focused on learning, sharing and collaborating on solutions to the opioid crisis that crosses the criminal justice, health care and public health sectors, including what works on local levels, successful models and policies that can be tailored to fit specific communities, and barriers to bringing proven interventions to scale. Becnel and Way also met several federal, state and local leaders, along with representatives from the Centers for Disease Control, the Public Health Institute, academic institutions such as the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and various local health agencies. "It was an excellent opportunity to hear what everyone is contributing to help those burdened," said Becnel. Becnel is a member of the external evaluation team for a Rural Health and Safety Education competitive grants program through the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. The grant program is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Way will be teaching a U of A Honors Forum on Opioids, which looks at the development and impact of the opioid crisis that has devastated communities across the country. In 2017, more than 72,000 people died from overdoses involving opioids and 40 percent of all opioid overdose deaths involved a prescription opioid. On average, 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. The course challenges preconceptions about addiction and who can become addicted to opioids. It reviews the pharmacology of opioids, includes discussion on alternatives to opioids for pain management, considers how the epidemic affects the community and workplace, and reviews recent legislative updates. About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege. About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2.7 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring. Human Environmental Sciences Robby Edwards, Director of Communications Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences 479-575-4625, robbye@uark.edu Bumpers College School of Human Environmental Sciences	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line894
__label__wiki	0.626323	0.626323	November 2, 2018 Petrus Antiochenus The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Statements on Primacy over Time 1970: Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras “This same stamp of validity by an Ecumenical Synod is needed also, for their definitive and continuing autocephalous existence, by the newer autocephalous Churches because of the unfavorable circumstances in which they may at times find themselves. These include the Churches to which the Holy Apostolic and Patriarchal Ecumenical Throne gave the stamp of autocephaly with the approval of the other Orthodox Churches. “The Ecumenical Patriarchate could do this because of its attribute as the Mother Church and its status as the ‘First Among Equals’ in reference to the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, and because it is at the center of the internal unity of the entire Orthodox Church, helping the other Churches in their needs — a duty that derives from its presiding and excelling position within the family of the Orthodox Churches.” 1976: Metropolitan Maxmios of Sardis “The Patriarch of Constantinople rejects any plenitudo potestatis ecclesiae and holds his supreme ecclesiastical power not as episcopus ecclesiae universalis, but as Oecumenical Patriarch, the senior and most important bishop in the East. He does not wield unrestricted administrative power. He is not an infallible judge of matters of faith. Always the presupposition of his power is that in using it he will hold to two principles: conciliarity and collegiality in the responsibilities of the Church and non-intervention in the internal affairs of the other churches…” (Source: Metropolitan Maximos of Sardis, The Oecumenical Patriarchate in the Orthodox Church: A Study in the History and Canons of the Church, page 326.) Pre-1993: Official Position of the Ecumenical Patriarchate “The organization of every local autocephalous Church requires the recognition of the ecumenical Church so that its autocephalous existence may be definitive and indissoluble. Thus, for example, the Ecumenical Patriarchate granted autocephaly to the Church of Romania on the condition that this conferment be definitively endorsed by all the Orthodox Churches gathered in an Ecumenical Council or Great Council, as was otherwise done, with the agreement of the other Orthodox Churches, for the Churches which, on account of circumstances, it proclaimed autocephalous since the mid-19th century and thereafter: this was the case by virtue of its quality as first of the Orthodox Churches, at the same time as the center of their internal unity and the protector of the local Churches in their needs.” 2008: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew “The Ecumenical Patriarchate is regarded as the highest See and holiest center of the Orthodox Christian Church throughout the world. It is an institution with a history spanning seventeen centuries, during which it retained its administrative offices in Constantinople. It constitutes the spiritual center of all local or independent Orthodox churches, exercising its leadership among these not by administration but rather by virtue of its primacy in the ministry of Pan-Orthodox unity and the coordination of the activities within Orthodoxy as a whole. Raised in this atmosphere of openness and dialogue, particularly during the tenure of Patriarch Athenagoras, I learned from a tender age to breathe the air of oikoumene, to recognize the breadth of theological discourse, and to embrace the universe of ecclesiastical reconciliation.” (Source: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Encountering the Mystery, page 14.) 2009: Archbishop Job of Telmessos “As for the privileges of the Ecumenical Patriarch on the all-Orthodox level, they are also interpreted from the viewpoint of the Ecumenical Patriarch in the spirit of Apostolic Rule 34. That is the patriarchs and heads of autocephalous Orthodox Churches should know who is first among them, recognize him as their head, and should not do anything special without his consent nor should the head do anything without their consent. The ecumenical patriarch has a right to accept letters of appeal and care for the unity of the church by convening all-Orthodox meetings attended by heads of each patriarchate and autocephalous church (or their representatives) but he cannot decide anything himself, without them, unilaterally. We see this practice was used in the latest meeting of heads in Fanara in October of last year. And one cannot see here any ‘eastern papism.'” “It is on the teaching about the Holy Trinity, and not on any worldly concept of authority and power, that the entire conciliar and hierarchical structure of the Orthodox Church rests. For the Orthodox Church does not have a centralized authority or leadership, instead comprising a constellation of independent and equal sister churches, among which the Ecumenical Patriarchate possesses historically and traditionally the first rank. “In this regard, the Ecumenical Patriarchate bears a primacy of honor and service within Orthodox Christianity throughout the world. Its authority does not lie in administration, but rather in coordination. This is not a sign of weakness, but precisely of conciliarity. For the Church of Constantinople serves as primary focal point of unity, fostering consensus among the various Orthodox Churches.” 2016: Archdeacon John Chryssavgis “The role of the ecumenical patriarch is highly significant and sensitive, and by no means merely symbolical or ceremonial, yet the ecumenical patriarch neither compels nor commands. The notion of interdependence or conciliarity is vital in Orthodox ecclesiology. The aim of Bartholomew is constantly to walk a tightrope, achieving what Leo the Great in a fifth-century letter called ‘a confirmation by the incontestable agreement of the entire college of brothers.’ Yet there is no doubt that, while the Orthodox Church is allergic to any sense of universal primacy as this has developed in the West, it recognizes the need for a universal leadership, coordination, and spokesmanship by its ‘first among equals,’ without which conciliarity is impossible.” Previous Can Orthodoxy exist without the Ecumenical Patriarchate? Next The Trump Administration, Ukrainian Autocephaly, and Secular Governments	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line895
__label__wiki	0.792871	0.792871	Home » Celebrities » Harry Potter Star ‘Alan Rickman’ Dead at 69 Harry Potter Star ‘Alan Rickman’ Dead at 69 The 69 year-old British actor Alan Rickman, best known for playing Professor Snape in the ‘Harry Potter’ has died in London. His death was confirmed by his family who said that he died “surrounded by family and friends”. Rickman had been suffering from cancer and was surrounded by family, they said. The actor’s first major role was playing Hans Gruber opposite Bruce Willis in “Die Hard.” Rickman never won an Oscar but he did receive a Golden Globe, an Emmy, a Bafta and many more. “Parts win prizes, not actors,” he said in 2008. “Actors are agents of change,” he said. “A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line897
__label__cc	0.579381	0.420619	Filed under A&E This year’s show was truly memorable. From Taylor Swift to BTS to the Jonas Brothers, the 2019 BBMAs did not disappoint. Eleanor Davis, Human Resources Editor\|May 2, 2019 This 2019 Billboard Awards, hosted by Kelly Clarkson, had many highlights. This included the impactful opener by the host herself where she sang a whole melody of today’s best hits including “Boo’d Up,” “Girls Like You,” and “I Like It.” It was an excellent mash-up and the viewers at home got to see the celebrities in the audience dance as Clarkson sang their songs. Taylor Swift also had a show-stopping performance with Brendon Urie from Panic! At The Disco. This included a bright rainbow of colors, fireworks, and many dancers, as well as Urie flying in mid-song with an umbrella in his hand. After the show, attendees took to Twitter and told the world that Urie had to hang from the ceiling for a large portion of the song until his verse started. After they come back together, the Jonas Brothers had their first performance at the BBMA’s. Their mashup of songs, including their new hit “Sucker,” was truly electric, but their wives were the ones who stole the show. With Sophie Turner, Priyanka Chopra, and Danielle Jonas at the event, (and hanging out together nonetheless) viewers couldn’t help but be jealous of not only their impeccable style but also the close friendship. Another highlight of the night was when notorious Game of Thrones fan, Drake, gave a shout out to one of the show’s characters in his acceptance speech. After winning twelve different awards, the rap artist made sure to shout out Arya Stark, the main character on GOT. Drake has been known for acceptance speeches on the wackier side, but this one definitely took the cake. These were only a few of the highlights from the night, but there were many more exciting things that happened at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. With many great performances, big winners, and lots of shocking moments, the only question that viewers have left is how will the BBMA’s top itself in 2020? Eleanor Davis, Human Resource Editor I'm Eleanor Davis and I am a junior at Dunbar. This year marks my second year on staff and I am fortunate enough to be the Human Resources Editor for Lamplighter.... Other stories filed under A&E DIY Popsicles Top Five Ice Cream Shops in Lexington Savanna’s Summer Playlist Must Read Summer Books Evolution of Hip Hop	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line901
__label__wiki	0.598067	0.598067	Spotlight on the Dark Web: business and individual identity In this week's PICNIC episode, we welcome Kevin Lancaster, CEO, ID Agent. Kevin has served as Chief Executive Officer of ID Agent since its founding in 2015. Kevin also serves as CEO of the Winvale Group, a leading provider of advisory, research and strategic consulting services to government contractors across various industries and disciplines, since co-founding the company in 2003. In early 2017, he founded GovernmentContract.com, which provides education and training for businesses to successfully sell to the federal government. Kevin is an Executive Committee and Board of Directors member of the Maryland Tech Council and serves on the board of directors for the Navy Youth Hockey Association. Kevin and his companies have earned several industry awards and accolades, including twice winning SmartCEO’s Future 50 Award and four times appearing on the Inc. 5000, the annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. He has been interviewed by the Washington Post, Government Executive, MSPmentor, CBS and many other news outlets. Kevin frequently speaks to domestic and international audiences on privacy, identity monitoring, cyber security and the Dark Web, government contracting strategy and relations, and technology trends impacting the private and public sectors. In today’s episode, we spend a bit of time studying and answering a few points: What is the dark web and why should I care? Why do personal identity breaches matter to businesses? (i.e. Is a company is at risk when its employees suffer personal identity theft? YES!) What part does dark web monitoring play in a business continuity plan? Cyber Monday starts the seasonal spike for digital identity theft. What are the top 3 things businesses should be doing to protect themselves? What’s the Dark Web really, and why should businesses worry about it? Why do personal identity breaches matter to businesses? (i.e. Is a company is at risk when its employees suffer personal identity theft?) What part does DW monitoring play in a business continuity plan? Cyber Monday starts the seasonal spike for digital identity theft. What are the Top 3 things individuals should be doing to protect themselves? What are Top 3 recommendations for businesses to do If I change my passwords, isn’t that enough?	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line906
__label__wiki	0.74104	0.74104	$204,480 Awarded to Advance Black Arts in the Region Pittsburgh, June 30, 2016 The Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grants program, a partnership between The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments, has awarded $204,480 in grants to support artist projects and organizations presenting and producing in the fields of dance, film, music and other disciplines. Since its inception in 2010, the program has invested $3.7 million to advance the rich history and the current presence of art rooted in the black experience. It is the only grant-making program in the region explicitly dedicated to supporting the elimination of racial disparities within the larger arts sector. The program, which awards grants twice per year, supports artistic risk-taking, community outreach programming, career opportunities for artists and strategies to promote organizational growth. Grants to individual artists totaling $58,480 were made to: Gabriel Colombo, $15,000, to support the creation of a film that includes original poetry, music, and dance performed by individuals from the black community in the North Side. Jasmine Hearn, $14,080, to support the development of new performance art titled “Blue and Sable and Burning.” Liana Maneese, $14,400, to support the creation of a film as part of the multimedia project, “Adopting Identity.” Marcel Walker, $7,500, to support the production of a third installment of an independently-produced comic book titled “HERO CORP., INTERNATIONAL (HCI).” Sarah Huny Young, $7,500, to support the development of a new body of work titled, “AMERICAN WOMAN,” a series of mixed-media portraits. Grants for artist residences totaling $45,000 were made to: Homewood Artist Residency, $15,000, to support the creation of new multimedia works by residency artists Alisha Wormsley and Naeem Martinez White. Legacy Arts Project, $15,000, to support the creation of a new work for “DanceAfrica: Pittsburgh 2016” by residency artist choreographer Dieufel Lamisere of Haiti. Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, $15,000, to support the creation of a new opera with residency artists Tameka Cage Conley, Dwayne Fulton and Mark Clayton Southers. Unrestricted and operating grants totaling $100,000 were made to: Afrika YETU, $30,000, for FY 2017 operating support. Harambee Ujima Arts & Cultural Association, $15,000, for FY 2017 unrestricted support of the Harambee Ujima Black Arts Festival. Kente Arts Alliance, $25,000, for FY 2017 operating support. MLK Community Mural Project, $15,000, for FY 2017 operating support. Staycee Pearl Dance Project, $15,000, for FY 2017 operating support. Funding is highly competitive: Twice a year, a panel of arts experts and community representatives reviews submissions and makes funding recommendations to foundation staff. Just 13 of 58 submissions could be funded this cycle. Panelists for the 2016 spring grant-making cycle included: Imani D. Owens, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh; Joy KMT, a multidisciplinary artist, activist, healer and cultural commentator; and Sean Beauford, an independent curator. Applications for the fall 2016 cycle are due Aug. 1. Guidelines and application information are available online at http://pittsburghfoundation.org/advancing_black_arts.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line907
__label__cc	0.619707	0.380293	PIA Only Had 5 Profitable Months in 4 Years of PML-N Govt Since the government of PML-N started in 2013, PIA has reported accumulated losses of Rs 157 million. The airline has only been profitable in five months out of four years from 2013 to 2017 in PML-N’s reign. MNA Sajida Begum asked for the lists and details of the heavy losses made by the Pakistan International Airline Corporation Limited (PIACL) since June 2013 and a written reply reported losses of Rs 157 million and profits in only five months from 2013 to 2017. According to the report by the Minister-In-Charge of Aviation Division, the losses in 2013-2014 were due to the fuel prices being very high – the price being $100 or more per barrel. Due to this, the expenses incurred were higher in value than the profit made by the airline. Another reason according to the Minister-In-Charge was the shortage of aircrafts. The leased aircrafts also demand monthly installments, the installment per month added into the expensive and had to be deducted from the profits. The profitable months were October 2013, January, February and March 2015, and March in 2016. PIA made a loss of Rs 2.337 million in June 2013, Rs 7.262 million in December and a staggering loss of Rs 7.379 million in December 2016. But this isn’t the month with the highest loss – the worst month for PIA during PML-N’s government was June 2016 when the airline posted Rs 8.523 million in losses. This isn’t surprising as PIA has been famous lately for their stream of irregularities in finances. Recently, one of PIA’s aircrafts ‘vanished’ from their airports, which was later found in a museum in Germany – after being cast in a British movie. via Tribune Which Means (Sare LOSE Ki Zimadaar PMLN(N)) Hai :D Please compare it with the profits of Air Blue owned by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Hassan Hasan says: he main issue is with over employee should do redemination of employee if they dont fit find other way and fix there if not then move to other government dept. so the over load is decrease and losses become profit	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line913
__label__wiki	0.928589	0.928589	Mr. Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many written parliamentary questions were tabled to her Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April; and how many did not receive substantive answers citing disproportionate cost as the reason. [131200] 18 Jul 2000 : Column: 123W Clare Short: 574 written parliamentary questions were tabled to my Department between 19 October 1999 and 20 April 2000. Of these, five were not answered substantively because of disproportionate cost. Mr. Bill O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans her Department has to assist the development of the economy of Nepal; and if she will make a statement. [129553] Mr. Foulkes: The objectives of the UK's development programme to Nepal are set out in the Country Strategy Paper, published in November 1998 (a copy of which I am placing in the House of Commons Library). More recently we have been working with other Donors to help the Government implement its Reform Programme which was announced at the Development Forum meeting at Paris in April. This focuses on key areas such as macro- economic stability and fiscal administration, creating an enabling environment for private sector development, financial sector reform, and better governance (including decentralisation, anti-corruption measures, and civil service reform). Mr. Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the UK's progress towards meeting the G7 commitment on debt relief. [131188] Clare Short: So far, eight countries have qualified for debt relief under the enhanced HIPC Initiative, which is fewer than we had hoped. Some countries who could benefit from HIPC debt relief are involved in conflict, or have failed to demonstrate their commitment to tackling poverty. At the Spring Meetings of the World bank and IMF in April, the Government's proposal to establish a joint World bank/IMF committee to oversee the implementation process was agreed. The committee has begun its work and should provide a focus for efforts to meet the target set by the G7 at the Cologne meeting, that three quarters of eligible countries start to receive debt relief before the end of 2000. We have committed over $315 million to the Trust Fund established under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt Initiative to help the multilateral financial institutions fund their shares of HIPC costs. This is the largest contribution from any country. The figure includes our share of the substantial EC contribution for which we pressed; our contribution to the costs of the IMF delivering its HIPC debt relief is additional. We expect the whole of our commitment to be disbursed over the next three years. Ministerial Visits Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the overseas visits (a) she and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary will make during August and September. [131319] Clare Short: I shall be going to Prague for 24 and 25 September for the World bank meetings. I have no other overseas visits planned for August and September though I do intend to visit the west of Ireland for my holiday. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary has no overseas visits planned for August and September. Diplock Court System Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made on the review into the future operation of the Diplock court system; and when he expects a report to be published. [130422] Mr. Ingram: On 14 December 1999, during the Second Reading of the Terrorism Bill in the House of Commons, the Home Secretary announced that in parallel with the passage of the Bill the Government would conduct a review of the Diplock court arrangements. The Review Group has now completed its work and presented its report to the Secretary of State. The report was placed in the libraries at Westminster on 4 July and I enclose a copy for information. While the Government's overall objective remains a return to jury trial for all offences in Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State agrees with the Review Group's recommendation that the time is not yet right for such a move. The Review Group's report also addresses a number of detailed points in relation to the operation of the Diplock court and will be considered further by the Secretary of State. Director of Public Prosecutions Maria Eagle: To ask the Solicitor-General when the Director of Public Prosecutions will publish his Annual Report. [131511] The Solicitor-General: I can confirm that I have today placed copies of the Annual Report in the Libraries of the House. Roisin McAliskey Mr. Goggins: To ask the Solicitor-General if he will make a statement concerning the possible prosecution of Roisin McAliskey. [131514] The Solicitor-General: Further to the statement of the Home Secretary on 10 March 1998, Official Report, column 133W, that he would not order the extradition of Roisin McAliskey to Germany, the Crown Prosecution Service, in accordance with this country's obligations under Article 7 of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, has considered whether to prosecute Roisin McAliskey in this country for the offences allegedly committed in Germany in relation to the Osnabruk bombing of 28 June 1996. The test applied by the Crown Prosecution Service is the test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors that applies to all prosecution will be commenced or proceeded with only if there is sufficient evidence to afford a realistic prospect of conviction and that prosecution is in the public interest. The Crown Prosecution Service, having taken the advice of Senior Treasury Counsel, has concluded that there is not a realistic prospect of convicting Miss McAliskey for any offence arising out of the Osnabruk bombing. It has reached that conclusion having taken into account the available evidence and the likely result of any argument that may be put forward by Miss McAliskey that to prosecute her now would be an abuse of process. The Law Officers have been consulted and we agree with the conclusion reached by the Crown Prosecution Service. It is not usual for the Law Officers to make announcements concerning consideration of individual cases. In this instance, the Home Secretary, in a written reply, 20 March 1998, Official Report, column 742W, said that this matter would be considered for prosecution in the United Kingdom. It is right that the House should be informed of the outcome of those considerations. Further Education Colleges Mr. Barry Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the First Secretary concerning facilitating access to further education colleges in Wales by (a) single parents, (b) the long-term unemployed and (c) others; and if he will make a statement. [125561] Mr. Hanson: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets the First Secretary on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues including education and training. I also have regular discussions with the Assembly Secretary for Post-16 Education and Training. The new arrangements for post-16 education and training in Wales will enable a coherent system between all providers of post-16 education and training, thereby increasing choice for all our people whatever their personal circumstances. It is envisaged that the new National Council for Education and Training for Wales (CETW) will fund a wide range of learner support measures that will enable more people to participate in training. The National Assembly provides Access Funds for students who experience financial difficulties while studying or who are prevented from entering further education because of financial reasons. Further Education Access Funds have been substantially increased from £0.5 million in 1998-99 to a total of £13.3 million over the period 1999-2000 to 2001-02. Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many police there were in Wales in (a) May 1997 and (b) July 2000. [130981] Mr. Paul Murphy [holding answer 17 July 2000]: Figures are not held centrally for the months specified. At 31 March 1997, there were 6,593 police officers in Wales, and at 30 September 1999 there were 6,692 police officers. Assembly (Information Exchange) Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on information exchange between the United Kingdom and the Welsh Assembly. [131064] Mr. Paul Murphy [holding answer 17 July 2000]: The Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom Government and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales published in October 1999 says in paragraph 9 that: the administrations will aim to provide each other with as full and open as possible access to scientific, technical and policy information including statistics and research and, where appropriate, representations from third parties.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line914
__label__wiki	0.86151	0.86151	You are here: Parliament home page > Parliamentary business > Publications and Records > Committee Publications > All Select Committee Publications > Commons Select Committees > European Scrutiny > European Scrutiny Documents considered by the Committee on 27 June 2018 Contents 7Preventing document fraud and identity theft Committee’s assessment Politically important Committee’s decision Not cleared from scrutiny; further information requested; drawn to the attention of the Home Affairs Committee Proposal for a Regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens and of residence documents issued to EU citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement Legal base Article 21(2) TFEU, ordinary legislative procedure, QMV (39646), 8175/18 + ADDs 1–2, COM(18) 212 Summary and Committee’s conclusions 7.1Twenty-six EU Member States issue identity cards to their nationals. These can be used instead of a passport to travel within the EU as well as to enter the EU from a third (non-EU) country. EU citizens who are not nationals of the Member State in which they live (“mobile EU citizens”) are entitled to obtain a permanent residence document after five years of continuous lawful residence. Family members of mobile EU citizens who are not themselves EU citizens must obtain a residence card to prove that they have a right to live in the host Member State. These residence documents cannot be used as travel documents, but a residence card used with a passport gives a third country family member the right to enter the EU without a visa when accompanying or joining an EU citizen. Given this connection with rights conferred on EU citizens and their families under the EU Free Movement Directive,65 the Commission considers that identity cards and residence documents “have an intrinsic European dimension” and are also “a key element in the fight against terrorism and organised crime”—many of the EU’s security measures, such as enhanced checks at the EU’s external border, depend on secure travel and identity documents.66 7.2The proposed Regulation is intended to make national identity cards and residence documents issued by Member States less susceptible to falsification and identity fraud, close security gaps within the EU and create the trust needed to underpin free movement. It would apply to all Member States but the Commission makes clear that the proposal would not require them to introduce identity cards where they are not already provided for in national law, nor would it introduce a uniform EU identity card.67 Identity cards and residence cards issued to the family members of mobile EU citizens that do not meet the new standards would be phased out over a five-year period (two years for the least secure documents). The Commission envisages that the proposed Regulation would apply in Member States 12 months after the date on which it enters into force.68 7.3In her Explanatory Memorandum of 10 May, the Immigration Minister (Caroline Nokes) accepted that better document security would yield “direct savings and a reduced administrative burden for citizens and their family members, public administrations and public and private service operators”, as well as contributing to a reduction in document fraud and identity theft and improved security within the EU and at its external borders. She confirmed that the proposed new requirements for national identity cards would not apply to the UK as the UK does not issue identity cards, but said they would apply to Gibraltar’s identity card system. The Government was “exploring what this might entail for Gibraltar” as Gibraltar’s identity cards do not comply with the new standards proposed by the Commission. These are based on standards developed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on machine-readable travel documents and biometric identifiers. The Minister indicated that “the soonest the Regulation as drafted could be operational is late 2019, with non-compliant documents phased out by late 2024”. 7.4In our Report agreed on 23 May, we noted that the UK had a clear interest in ensuring that national identity cards were as secure as possible, even after Brexit, as EU citizens whose rights are protected under the Withdrawal Agreement would retain the right to use their national identity cards to enter and leave the UK long after the UK had ceased to be a member of the EU. We asked the Minister: whether the changes proposed to national identity cards would make them as secure as passports; how border control authorities would be able to differentiate between EU citizens who are entitled, under the Withdrawal Agreement, to use their national identity cards to travel to and from the UK and those who are not and would need to travel with a passport; and whether the proposed Regulation would necessitate changes to the UK’s Biometric Residence Permit when issued to third country family members of EU citizens. 7.5We also requested further information on the Government of Gibraltar’s position on the proposed Regulation, including its assessment of the impact that issuing non-compliant identity cards after 2025 would have on movement across the Spain/Gibraltar border. 7.6In her letter of 15 June, the Minister says that “modern biometric national identity cards which meet, or exceed, minimum ICAO recommendations can be as secure as a biometric passport”. However, not all national identity cards meet ICAO standards. Whilst the counterfeiting of a passport may involve “a higher volume of work” than for an identity card, she considers that identity cards can contain “numerous security features within a small area making them difficult to counterfeit effectively”. 7.7The Minister notes that the draft EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement envisages a post-exit transition/implementation period lasting until 31 December 2020. During this period, there would be no change to the current requirements concerning the use of travel documents by EU citizens, UK nationals and their family members and so no need to differentiate between EU citizens entitled to travel to and from the UK with a national identity card and those required to produce a passport. The right to travel to and from the UK with a national identity card would continue for a further five years (post-transition) for EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights and are covered by Part Two of the Withdrawal Agreement on Citizens’ Rights.69 Once the further five-year period has ended (in December 2025), the UK and the EU27 can refuse to accept as travel documents identity cards which do not include a chip complying with ICAO standards on biometric identification. As a consequence: “In terms of travel documents used for entry and exit, there will be no impact on the UK and Gibraltar during the implementation period and for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement for at least five years afterwards.” 7.8The Minister adds that “a decision on identity cards in relation to those not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement is yet to be made”. She says that the impact on Gibraltar is still under consideration and undertakes to provide further information “when available”. 7.9The Minister is unable, at this stage, to tell us whether the proposed Regulation would necessitate changes to the UK’s Biometric Residence Permit when issued to third country family members of EU citizens—this will depend on the outcome of discussions with the EU on the UK’s continued participation in EU measures establishing a uniform format for residence permits. She adds, however, that “any replacement will have comparative (sic) levels of security to prevent fraudulent abuse”. 7.10Finally, the Minister confirms that the Regulation (if adopted) would cease to apply at the end of the transition/implementation period envisaged in the draft EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement and would not continue during a further six-month “grace period” referred to in her Explanatory Memorandum. Our Conclusions 7.11It is disappointing that the Minister is unable to provide any information on the Government of Gibraltar’s position on the proposed Regulation, or an assessment of the likely impact of the proposal on movement across the Spain/Gibraltar border when the new requirements are expected to take effect—likely to be late 2019, with a maximum five-year phasing-in period for ICAO-compliant biometric identity cards. We expect her to provide this information before the proposed Regulation is brought to the Council for a political agreement, general approach or approval of a negotiating mandate. 7.12The Minister tells us that, for border control purposes, there will be no need to differentiate between EU citizens who are entitled to use their national identity cards to travel to and from the UK under the terms of the draft EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement and those who are not (and will need to produce a passport) “until at least 31 December 2020”. We ask her when she expects the Government to reach a decision on the use of identity cards as travel documents by EU citizens who are not covered by Part Two of the Withdrawal Agreement after 2020. 7.13The proposed Regulation would make the collection of biometric information—a facial image and two fingerprints—mandatory for Member States that issue identity cards. Analysis by Statewatch estimates that this would affect almost 85% of the EU’s citizens (excluding the UK and Denmark who do not issue identity cards): “[…] 175 million of whom would be subject to a new obligation to provide fingerprints for ID cards. The remaining 195 million, who are already under such an obligation according to existing national law, would also be affected by the new measures—once introduced at EU level there would be no way to reverse requirements for fingerprints in ID cards through national measures alone.”70 7.14In her progress reports on negotiations, we ask the Minister to include information on Member States’ reactions to the proposed Regulation, particularly those in which there is currently no obligation to include biometric information in national identity cards. 7.15Pending further information, the proposed Regulation remains under scrutiny. We draw this chapter to the attention of the Home Affairs Committee. Full details of the documents Proposal for a Regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards of EU citizens and of residence documents issued to EU citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement: (39646), 8175/18 + ADDs 1–2, COM(18) 212. 7.16Our earlier Report listed at the end of this chapter provides a more detailed overview of the proposed Regulation and the Government’s position. In summary, the proposal would: introduce minimum security features for national identity cards based on the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s standards for machine-readable travel documents (ICAO Document 9303); make the inclusion of biometric identifiers—a facial image and two fingerprints—mandatory for Member States that issue identity cards;71 specify the information that Member States must, as a minimum, include in residence documents issued to mobile EU citizens; and require Member States to issue residence cards for third country family members of mobile EU citizens in a uniform format. 7.17Under Article 13 of the draft EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement, qualifying EU citizens who are lawfully resident in the UK before the end of the post-exit transition/implementation period (31 December 2020) will be entitled to use their national identity cards to travel to and from the UK until at least the end of 2025. After 2025, the UK may stipulate that it will only accept the use of identity cards as travel documents if they comply with ICAO standards on biometric identification. 7.18The right to use an identity card as a travel document after the end of the transition/implementation period does not extend to EU citizens travelling to and from the UK post-2020 who are not covered by Part Two of the draft EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement on Citizens’ Rights. Previous Committee Reports Twenty-ninth Report HC 301–xxviii (2017–19), chapter 7 (23 May 2018). 65 See Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. 66 See pp 1 and 5 of the Commission’s explanatory memorandum accompanying the proposed Regulation. 67 See recital (6) of the proposed Regulation. 68 The Regulation will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the EU Official Journal. 69 See Article 13 of the draft EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement. 70 See Statewatch Analysis, Fingerprints in identity cards: unnecessary and unjustified. 71 Children under the age of 12 would not be required to give fingerprints. Published: 3 July 2018	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line915
__label__wiki	0.514388	0.514388	Each Board Director is appointed by the Governor of South Carolina. The Board is comprised of the following members in each of the categories. Two medical doctors from MUSC M. Noreen Herring, M.D. - First term (3/8/2014 to 3/7/2018) *recommendation submitted to Governor for Second full term (3/8/2018 to 3/7/2022) Mt. Pleasant, SC Dr. Noreen Herring is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and an Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Department of Neurosciences. Abhay K. Varma, M.D. – First term (3/8/2015 to 3/7/2019) Mount Pleasant, SCDr. Varma is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of South Carolina with special interest in management of brain and spine tumors, spine surgery, neurotrauma, and peripheral nerve disorders. Dr. Varma has been involved in clinical and laboratory research on spinal cord injury in close collaboration with basic neuroscientists. He is a member of North American Spine Society, a premier professional society of spine specialists. Two medical doctors at large specializing or significantly engaged in the treatment of people with a spinal cord injury Heather W. Walker, M.D. – First term (5/7/2018 to 5/6/2022) Dr. Heather Walker is the Program Director of Neuroscience Services at the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Charleston, SC. Additionally, she serves as voluntary faculty in the Division of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of South and is the medical student clerkship director for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation elective rotation. She was previously a member of the PM&R faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007 to 2014, and during her appointment at UNC she served as the Medical Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program as well as the PM&R Residency Program Director. She is board certified in the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as the subspecialties Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and Brain Injury Medicine. She was named to the “Best Doctors in America” list in 2013 to 2016. She has been involved in research and publications focusing on spasticity management, and enjoys incorporating spasticity management into her outpatient clinic practice. Kevin W. Kopera, M.D., MPH – First term (3/8/2013 to 3/7/2017) – CHAIR Medical Director of Roger C Peace Rehabilitation Hospital of the Greenville Health System, overseeing a CARF accredited Spinal Cord Injury Program. He is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation completing his residency training at University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kopera earned a Masters Degree in Public Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He serves as Medical Director for Employee Health and Wellness for the Greenville Health System's greater than twelve thousand employees. Additional interests include ongoing research projects in Driving Rehabilitation in collaboration with Clemson University. Dr. Kopera is the Ombudsman for University of South Carolina Greenville School of Medicine and is an International Medical Classifier for Paralympic Cycling. Two SC citizens who have a spinal cord injury or a family member with a spinal cord injury Victoria L. Turgeon, Ph.D. - First term (3/8/2018 to 3/7/2022) After receiving her Ph.D. in 1998 in Neurobiology and Anatomy from Wake Forest University, Dr. Victoria Turgeon secured a position on the faculty at Furman University in the Biology Department and as a member of the interdisciplinary Neuroscience Major. Since that time, she has advanced to the position of Full Professor and has served two terms as the Director of the Neuroscience Major. Most recently, she was appointed Director of the Master of Science in Community Engaged Medicine. Prior to entering graduate school, her boyfriend and now husband sustained a C6/C7 spinal cord injury in a car accident. Learning more about his condition and available treatments propelled her into this research area which she continues to pursue with her undergraduate students. Continuing to work with undergraduates provides unique opportunities to expand knowledge to treat primary and secondary conditions associated with spinal cord injuries, increase public awareness of the barriers faced by those with mobility challenges, and inspire the next generation of researchers. Sherron M. Jackson, M.D. - First term (3/8/2015 to 3/7/2019) Dr. Sherron McQueen Jackson is a native of Augusta, Georgia. She developed an interest in medicine at an early age. She graduated from Mercer University with a B.S. degree in Biology and Chemistry and received her M.D. degree from Medical College of Georgia in 1981. Dr. Jackson completed her internship and residency in Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. For more than 25 years her professional career has focused on diagnosis and treatment of Sickle Cell disease in children and her practice has grown to include more than five hundred children in the Charleston area. As an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Dr. Jackson participates in clinical research studies along with other medical centers around the country. Dr. Jackson’s additional roles as a physician include being the director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic and teaching medical students as the co-director of the Pediatric Clerkship at MUSC. Her professional medical memberships include American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Charleston Medical Society. She is also a member of the national honor fraternity, Alpha Omega Alpha.Dr. Jackson’s son, Alex Jackson, sustained a C5 to 6 SCI at the age of 9 months in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. One at large medical doctor who is a member of the SC Medical Association Stephen E. Rawe, M.D. – First term (3/8/2016 to 3/7/2020) Dr. Stephen Rawe graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his residency at Yale – New Haven Medical Center, and earned a Ph.D. in neuroanatomy from MUSC, where he served as an associate professor. Dr. Rawe is board certified in neurosurgery and was the first neurosurgeon in the Charleston area to perform pedicle screw instrumentation, kyphoplasty and artificial cervical disc surgery. He continues to be involved in innovative spinal fusion techniques and has extensive experience with the interspinous process distraction for spinal stenosis. Dr. Rawe is a founding member of the South Carolina Spine Society and served as its first president. The Board of Directors holds in-person meetings, usually 2 to 3 per year, to address the organization of the SCIRF as well as directional goals. Meeting dates and locations are listed below. The Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing and voting on all grants awarded as well as budgets for Administrative and Research Core functions. April 26, 2019 - Furman in Greenville November 2, 2018 - USC in Columbia March 30, 2018 - MUSC in Charleston November 3, 2017 - Patewood in Greenville April 21, 2017 - MUSC in Charleston December 9, 2016 - MUSC in Charleston April 8, 2016 - Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital in Greenville November 13, 2015 - USC School of Medicine in Columbia April 17, 2015 - Roper St. Francis Hospital in North Charleston October 17, 2014 - Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital in Greenville May 2, 2014 – Healthsouth Rehabilitation in Columbia See previous Annual Reports for earlier Board meeting dates and photos.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line927
__label__cc	0.665344	0.334656	List of publications » 5 artworks by Kensuke Shimizu were exhibited at the group exhibition entitled 43rd AJAC Exhibition from September 27th to October 5th, 2017, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. F1 Published independent work of art 5 artworks by Kensuke Shimizu were exhibited at the group exhibition entitled 43rd AJAC Exhibition from September 27th to October 5th, 2017, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. List of Authors: Kensuke Shimizu Shimizu, Kensuke Downloadable publication This is an electronic reprint of the original article. This reprint may differ from the original in pagination and typographic detail. Please cite the original version. 2017.9.Tokyo. Kensuke Shimizu.pdf	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line929
__label__cc	0.717224	0.282776	029 OUT OF BALANCE Competition submission for the Out of Balance Graphic Design Competition REALITY AND PROPAGANDA Information Overload vs. Information Manipulation in the Korean Peninsula North and South Korea represent the last vestiges of the cold war era; two diametrically opposed utopias each proclaiming to embody the “right” ideology, united by one fundamental reason d’être, the control and propagation of information. This project seeks to investigate how this dichotomy is proliferated and kept alive through the use and manipulation of data. South Korea’s Free-Market economy has generated today’s most internet “connected” country in the world, a data overloaded society, where information is seen more as a commodity than a source of understanding. In contrast the North’s Self-reliance ideology suppresses and stage-manages information to a point where it is virtually impossible to know what is reality anymore. In compiling these graphics we have been confronted with a fundamental paradox: how to interpret the South’s excess compared to the North’s lack of data? Our conclusion was to stick equal parameters, from Physical and Geographical to Military and Economic, we have assembled a narrative of Korea’s present unique circumstance. Few countries have experienced such rapid modernization as South Korea witnessed between 1953-2000. Today ROK, The Republic of Korea, is the 25th most populated country in the world and lies 15th in terms of GDP output. Extraordinarily 99% of its inhabitants belong to the same ethnic back ground, making it one of the most ethnically homogenous countries in the world, an interesting statistic considering that its economy is heavily dependent on exports. It posses the 6th largest active army in the world and is the country with the 2nd largest number of active soldiers per capita. Geographically it is effectively an island being cut off from the continent by the DMZ, De-Militarized Zone – the most fortified border in the world, which divides the Korean peninsula into two. Demographically ROK also enters the record books, having in 2009 the world’s lowest birthrate, with predictions implying that its total population will decrease by 13% by 2050. Korean traditional Confucianism culture has today fused with a new Technological culture with an estimated 90% of the population possessing mobile and smart phones. South Korea also has the fastest internet download speeds in the world and social media is an integral (fundamental) part of everyday life. Finally, there is education- the de-facto religion in Korea which suffers from both harsh competiveness and outstanding results. Yet South Korea remains an enigma, a conundrum that statics can barely begging to unravel. The Samsung phenomena the rest of the world looks at it both in awe and trepidation is only the tip of the ice-berg, the reality lies somewhere between Psy’s “Gangnam Style” viral you-tube video and the traditional Hanook Korean house. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is one of the most isolated states in the world, lead by a totalitarian regime, the Korean’s Worker’s Party, who profess a strict adherence to the “Juche” self-reliance ideology. North Korea has the lowest Democracy Index of any country in the world, and is also one of the most militarized countries, having the 4th largest active duty army in the world, after China, US and India. All information concerning North Korea is heavily filtered and controlled by the state, and aims to perpetuate the cult of the personality of Kim Il-Sung, hence any portrayal is here depicted subjected to interpretation. However most outside countries agree that North Korea has the worst Human Rights record of any nation. There are allegedly some 200,000 people detained in prison camps and it is reported that if a citizen listens to Korean Radio he may be subjected to the death penalty. What is the meaning of facts and statistics that can’t be testified? Propaganda is the manipulation of information to influence the community by presenting only one side of the argument. North Korea represents the most jingoistic version of this manipulation in our contemporary culture and stands as a bench mark and reminder of the power of information. Competition Entry Out of Balance Competition Peter W Ferretto, Lucia Espinosa 028 RESORT 000 BOUTIQUE 002 LERIDA 041 HKAC STAND 036 INGREDIENTS 027 ARTHOUSE 009 HOUSE 4 LIFE 001 PIROPO MEXICO 011 KIM HOUSE 003 TEHRAN	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line930
__label__wiki	0.803448	0.803448	HomeIndiana Shows Off Its Depth In Blowout Win Over The Panthers Indiana Shows Off Its Depth In Blowout Win Over The Panthers November 14, 2015 November 14, 2015 qsaturda Hoosiers In The NCAAEastern Illinois, game recap, Hoosiers, Indiana Hoosiers, iubb, James Blackmon Jr., Kevin Yogi Ferrell, Max Bielfeldt, Rob Johnson, Thomas Bryant, Troy Williams Indiana’s offensive versatility was on full display as the Hoosiers beat the Eastern Illinois Panthers 88-49 to start off the school’s 116th basketball season with a win. Six different Hoosiers, including two bench players, scored double-digit points as both the inside game and the outside game were clicking. “We had a lot of guys play well,” said Indiana Head Coach Tom Crean after the game. “I saw very little let-up and we played a lot of different lineups, especially in the second half, and I was proud of our effort and really proud of their energy, proud of the way they have responded this week to getting better.” James Blackmon Jr. led the Hoosiers with 17 points as he started the game hot hitting five of his seven first half shots. Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell, the team’s leading scorer the past two seasons, only scored 13 points on 12 shots but made up for it by grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out six assists. Troy Williams also added 12 points, eight rebounds, and two steals. Freshman center Thomas Bryant showed that he was as good as advertised, falling one rebound short of a double-double (he had 11 points and nine rebounds). Bryant also made all four of his field goal attempts. However, maybe the most impressive performance came from the Hoosiers’ second unit. The Indiana bench accounted for 35 points, including 12 from Robert Johnson and 11 from Max Bielfeldt. In addition to the points, Johnson added three assists while Bielfeldt added eight rebounds. “I’m just pretty much keeping the same mind-set as I had when I was starting,” said Johnson, who started all but one game last year. “Just trying to come in the game and do whatever needs to be done to impact the game.” Indiana (1-0) dominated in the post, outscoring the Panthers 42-20 in the paint as well as outrebounding them 51-17. Of those 51 rebounds, 21 of them came on the offensive end and led to 26 second chance points. “It’s very disheartening for your team when you have guys trying to block out and get guys off the boards and you don’t get it done,” said Eastern Illinois Head Coach Jay Spoonhour. “It seemed like they scored on every second-chance opportunity.” Eastern Illinois (0-1) was led in scoring by A.J. Riley, who had 13 points along with a team-high five rebounds. Trae Anderson also added 12 points for the Panthers. The Hoosiers will get to relax the rest of the weekend as they will face their next test on Monday when the Austin Peay Governers come to Assembly Hall. Stats From The Boxscore: Ferrell extended his streak of consecutive games with a made three-pointer to 66 games. It is the longest such streak currently in the NCAA. The five starters for the Hoosiers had exactly twice as many rebounds as the entire Panthers team (34-17). The Hoosiers’ two big men (Bryant and Bielfeldt) made all seven of their field goal attempts and went 8 of 10 from the free throw line. Bielfeldt tied a career-high with two steals. Indiana actually had one more turnover than the Panthers (16-15), but the Hoosiers still scored more points off turnovers, scoring 25 to Eastern Illinois’ 18. The Panthers hit four three-pointers over the course of the game, while the Hoosiers hit at least four three-pointers in each half. O.G. Anunoby also had a great first game, scoring six points. He also led the Hoosiers in blocks (2) and tied for the most steals (2). Nick Zeisloft didn’t score but he did have a perfect assist-to-turnover ratio. Ziesloft had three assists and zero turnovers in 18 minutes of play. He was one of three Hoosiers without a turnover in the the game and the only one who played more than five minutes. Indiana held Eastern Illinois to 49 points, which marks the fewest points the Hoosiers have allowed in a season opener since 1988. That year Indiana held Illinois State to just 48 points. ← Hoosiers In The NCAA: Ferrell’s Evolution at IU and Season Award Predictions All In The Cards: The Seattle Problem (Week 10) →	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line931
__label__cc	0.502805	0.497195	Good News–Pay Increases at the Bottom of the Ladder August 24, 2016 / thequakeractivist In an article in today’s Wall Street Journal by Erich Morath and Julie Jargon, raises for lowest-paid workers are not only seen as good business but possibly hint at a corporate shift toward more profit-sharing. . . . For Americans in the bottom quarter of the income scale, who were left behind for much of the expansion, pay is rising at the fastest rate since the recession. The gains appear to be driven by more competition for workers, minimum-wage increases and initiatives by companies from McDonald’s Corp. to Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., who have proudly declared that they would give their lowest-paid workers a boost. . . . . . The raises aren’t being quietly slipped into paychecks. Instead, large employers are setting a public example, putting pressure on competitors to follow suit and reaping ancillary benefits in the form of good will from employees, customers and investors. J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon used an op-ed piece in the New York Times last month to announce that his company would increase minimum pay for 18,000 workers to at least $12 an hour. Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz used a recent letter to employees—published on the company’s public website—to tell workers about a minimum 5% raise this year. McDonald’s, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Gap Inc. have made similar moves in recent years. Nationwide said last September that it was increasing the minimum wage for its lowest-paid workers to $15 an hour from $10.50. About 900 workers at call centers in Des Moines, Iowa, and San Antonio got raises. Competitive pressures and low unemployment in those cities was a factor, said Gale King, Nationwide’s chief administrative officer. . . . . . The companies say increasing pay at the bottom of the scale can be a smart financial decision, leading to a more a stable employment base and lower hiring and training costs. It can also be a wise public-relations move. “Baristas, bank tellers, these are people customers see as the face of the brand,” said Kirsten Davidson, head of employer brand at job-rating website Glassdoor. “If a company is not talking about pay raises for those employees, that’s a huge lost opportunity.” Such pay increases also hint at a corporate shift toward more profit-sharing, said Princeton economist Alan Krueger, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama. “It shows company wage policy is not fully dictated by the market,” said Mr. Krueger. “That’s one of those myths that the labor market is purely set by supply and demand.” A solely market-driven company would set different wages in every city, not announce nationwide raises, he said. . . . . . Raises for lower-paid workers can make customers, and even investors, feel better about a company. That can be especially important for businesses targeted by protesters demanding a $15-an-hour national minimum wage. Weekly wages in the leisure and hospitality industries, including restaurants, are advancing at nearly the same rate as for information workers, who earn three times as much, Labor Department statistics show. . . End of article ← Black Support for Charter Schools A Venture Capitalist Speaks Up →	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line932
__label__wiki	0.80527	0.80527	Anti-Slavery: Pioneering Aspects of Modern Campaign Methodology April 11, 2016 April 11, 2016 / thequakeractivist / Leave a comment The historic anti-slavery campaigners pioneered some of the key features of modern approaches to reducing income disparity and abolishing extreme poverty. Organising committees: In Britain, in 1787, The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was formed as the national committee. It met frequently and ran a nationwide campaign. Its members had complementary backgrounds. The 9 Quakers brought resources, business skills and networks. Granville Clark (the chair) and Thomas Clarkson (the secretary), both Anglicans, brought their Parliamentary and legal connections and expertise. Research and evidence gathering: Thomas Clarkson rode 35,000 miles on horseback to collect the evidence that was used in publications, speeches and in Parliament. The powerful pro-slave trade community disputed that anything was wrong and asserted the all-round benefits to all including the slaves. Research and witnesses, such as sailors and ships’ doctors, were essential to prove this was false. Historic legal test cases: James Somerset was a slave who was brought to Britain and escaped. He appealed to the law when he was recaptured and about to be forced to return to Jamaica. Here the right to “property” (a slave) and the right to liberty clashed. Granville Sharp took up the case and won it – although the judge tried not to make it a precedent. In 1783 Sharp was brought into a “property insurance” case in which the captain of the Zong slave ship jettisoned 133 living slaves in order to claim £30 each for them as lost property. Sharp failed to prove that this was murder, but the case made its moral impact nevertheless. Logo and posters: the logo was an enchained slave with “Am I not a man and a Brother?” as its strapline. The famous poster was of The Brookes, a slave ship, with a diagram showing the appallingly cramped “accommodation” of slaves. Merchandise: cameos, seals, snuffboxes, cuff links, medallions and Wedgewood chinaware were all embossed with the logo. Publications: James Philips, the Quaker printer, organised mass production of the case against the slave trade. Petitioning and lobbying Parliament: By 1788, just a year after beginning, there were 103 petitions by 60-100,000 people. The movement’s spokesman, William Wilberforce, made many contributions in debates and used his influence to organise votes. Fundraising: four of the committee were Quaker businessmen and bankers – Joseph Woods, James Philips, George Harrison and Samuel Hoare. They grasped the need for resources and knew where to obtain them. When needed, fundraising letters were circulated successfully. Boycotting slave-produced goods: in Britain many people (the Anti-Saccharites) refused to buy West Indies plantation sugar. In the USA the Free Produce Committees refused to deal in any slave-produced items. Civil disobedience: in the 19th century, many Quakers in North America joined with others to help slaves escape, (via the Underground Railroad), although it was against the Fugitive Slave laws of 1793 and 1850. It was a courageous and conscience-driven response based on higher values than the demands of the state. Public debates: there were many public debates (in which women took part), which aroused great interest. Political realism and strategy: they made their first political compromise at the beginning. They sought to end the transatlantic slave trade not slavery itself as a first attainable goal, in the light of the political situation. There was competition by colonial powers to control the slave trade, and nervousness abounded from the 1789 French Revolution, which enabled any campaigning to be characterised as “sedition”. For the times, women played a remarkable role: Women did not have the vote but they were the backbone of the movement in its popular appeal. Leaders like Elizabeth Heyrick, Anne Knight, Mary Prince and Lucretia Mott were outstanding. They led in implementing produce boycotts, and spoke in many public debates. The female anti-slavery societies developed a much more powerful and consistent moral imperative than the male leadership, which equivocated when faced with political resistance and rejection. “Burn out” and revival: The 1787-1807 campaign hit a low point in 1794-97 when the committee only met six times. 11 bills were lost in Parliament from 1792 onwards. The war with France diverted attention, and Clarkson temporarily dropped out of public life and went to the Lake District. It was the Quaker committee member George Harrison who reignited the movement in 1803.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line933
__label__cc	0.614638	0.385362	April 29, 2019 by Jason DeBord “This next song is the first song that we put out… that anybody really cared about. Ironically, I was making a joke on MySpace earlier, but this is the song that we put onto MySpace back when it was a thing [laughs/cheers]. Yeah. Just put the Millennial tag on us right now. We did break on social media, it is true. But it can be used for good regardless.” Ryan Tedder, in preface to the hit OneRepublic song, “Apologize”. A highlight of the 10th Anniversary of the annual Notes & Words: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland event that took place at Fox Theater Oakland on Saturday, April 27th. As per tradition, it featured both writers and musicians on stage, this year with Ryan Tedder & Drew Brown of OneRepublic, Jazz Mafia, Katy Stephan, and the Oakland School for the Arts handling the “notes” side of the show and Oscar winner, Helen Hunt, and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Andrew Sean Greer, joining the stage with one of the key creative forces behind the event, Kelly Corrigan, taking care of the “words” side of the programming. Notes & Words is an annual benefit concert created to support the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, which provides the highest quality medical care to children throughout California. They announced that in the last 9 years, they’ve raised $12,150,000 with this event! I have heard that this year’s event on Saturday raised more than $3 million dollars. Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Fox Theater, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Notes & Words, Oakland California, OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic), UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Tagged With: #NotesAndWords, 2019, after party, andrew sean greer, author, charity, children's hospital oakland, children's hospital oakland research institute, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, dj, Fox Theater, fox theater oakland, fundraiser, helen hunt, kelly corrigan, notes & words, notes and words, Oakland, oakland children's hospital, oakland school for the arts, one republic, onerepublic, photography, photos, Ryan Tedder, set list, setlist, tickets, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, vip, writer April 2, 2019 by Jason DeBord The 10th Anniversary of the annual Notes & Words: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland event will be held at Fox Theater Oakland on Saturday, April 27th. As per tradition, it will feature both writers and musicians on stage, this year featuring Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) and the Oakland School for the Arts as well as Oscar winner Helen Hunt (actor/writer/producer) and Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Andrew Sean Greer as well as the creative force behind the event, Kelly Corrigan. Notes & Words is an annual benefit concert created to support the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland; the Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland provides the highest quality medical care to children throughout California. [Read more…] Filed Under: "On Tour" Dates & Announcements, Notes & Words, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic), UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Tagged With: #NotesAndWords, 2019, after party, author, charity, children's hospital oakland, children's hospital oakland research institute, concert photos, Concert Review, dj, Fox Theater, fox theater oakland, fundraiser, kelly corrigan, mc hammer, notes & words, notes and words, Oakland, oakland children's hospital, oakland school for the arts, photography, photos, set list, setlist, tickets, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, vip, vocal rush, writer Garbage (20 Years Paranoid Tour) at Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort & Casino \| Reno, Nevada \| 10/2/2018 (Concert Review + Photos) October 5, 2018 by Jason DeBord “We’re now going to play another song you’ve probably never heard before. You forgive me though, right?” Shirley Manson of Garbage underlining one of the themes of the night for their “20 Years Paranoid” tour, which made a stop at the Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno on Tuesday. The band is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their second album, Version 2.0, by touring a set list that features them playing the album in its entirety as well as very rare B-sides and just a handful of songs beyond the scope of that period of their career. I’ve seen the band on most of their tours since they reunited and began recording and performing again after a long hiatus, and really it seems like they do something really different each time they come around. Even I was unfamiliar with some of the songs played (many were rarities originally limited to B-side releases in the late ’90s), but I am catching up now with their newly released 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition / Remastered version of their album. Shirley was pretty chatty and candid with the crowd in-between songs and it felt like quite a special show. I really enjoyed it and it reminded me of what a stellar band they are live, and it provided some additional insights into what makes the band tick and what motivates them as artists. It’s really worth catching up with them on this tour, even for casual fans. One of the most unique bands of my generation, always staying true to themselves and keeping things interesting. Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Garbage, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Reno Nevada, The Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort Tagged With: 1990s, 1998, 20 year anniversary, 20 years paranoid, 20 years paranoid tour, 2018, 2018 tour, 20th anniversary edition, 90s, album, Butch Vig, Concert, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, event, Garbage, gig, grand sierra, grand sierra resort and casino, grand theatre, live, meet and greet, merchandise, performance, photography, photos, reno, set list, setlist, Shirley Manson, sound check, tickets, tour, u.s. tour, vip, vip packages Notes & Words 2018: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland at Fox Theater (feat. Dave Grohl) \| Oakland, California \| 5/12/2018 (Concert Review + Photos) May 14, 2018 by Jason DeBord Early in his rare solo acoustic headlining performance at Notes & Words 2018, Dave Grohl at once revealed his laid back humor and his insightful personal pondering on life and how it intersected with the feelings of the evening in his stream of consciousness commentary leading into one of his famous Foo Fighters songs: “As I was thinking about the setlist earlier… 15 minutes ago… [laughs] I thought that maybe that I would begin the set with this song, but then decided not to… But I think that this song is one of the ones that makes most sense tonight. I wrote this song in a period of my life where I was down… and I finally stopped and took at look at everything I had and all the things that I’d taken for granted. A wonderful home and appreciation of life, and love, and my friends. And the good things, and the good people, and the big picture and how we’re all connected in some way. I wrote this song and it’s called “Times Like These”. Every year, there is magic all around at the Notes & Words: Benefit For UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital event, and it was off the charts again Saturday night, as per tradition. The format remained the same – entertainment including both writers and musicians on stage – and this year featured musicians Dave Grohl with Emmett Reeed and Oakland School for the Arts, as well as writer George Saunders and, as always, writer and event host Kelly Corrigan. The highlight of the evening for sure was watching Dave perform on stage with his two very talented daughters, Violet and Harper Grohl. Not just the music, but the opportunity to see a loving family share with the crowd in such an amazing, candid and joyful way. And all this good will went toward making new happy beginnings as seen with some of the real life stories shared by families who have been helped by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Dave Grohl, Emmett Reed, Fox Theater, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Notes & Words, Oakland California, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Tagged With: #NotesAndWords, 2018, after party, author, charity, children's hospital oakland, children's hospital oakland research institute, concert photos, Concert Review, dave grohl, dj, emmett reed, foo fighters, Fox Theater, fox theater oakland, fundraiser, george saunders, harper grohl, hush concerts, kelly corrigan, mc hammer, Nirvana, notes & words, Oakland, oakland children's hospital, oakland school for the arts, photography, photos, set list, setlist, tickets, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, violet grohl, vip, vocal rush, writer K.Flay Kicking Off World Tour This Month With “Every Where Is Some Where Tour” K.Flay will be starting her massive Every Where Is Some Where Tour in Santa Ana next week, which will cover much of North America, though she will tour Europe and England with Imagine Dragons the last two weeks of February and into the start of March before returning to her own headlining shows back in the U.S. and Canada. [Read more…] Filed Under: "On Tour" Dates & Announcements, K.Flay Tagged With: cities, Concert, dates, imagine dragons, k.flay, list, live, meet and greet, preview, show, tickets, tour, vip, world tour Garbage at The Masonic \| San Francisco, California \| 9/24/2016 (Concert Review + Photos) September 28, 2016 by Jason DeBord Leave a Comment “It’s a very special evening for us, because this is the culmination of a lot of hard work… we’re about to take a month’s vacation, so tonight’s party night!” Shirley Manson of Garbage, playing before thousands at The Masonic in San Francisco, the band’s last U.S. show on their current tour (sort of, with a special one off show in Los Angeles next month). With this tour, they are supporting 2016’s new studio album, Strange Little Birds. As a follow-up tour to last year’s “20 Years Queer Tour”, we now see the band looking to the future more than reflecting on the past, though there is still some of that too, with stories about the birth of their music in the 90s and of course they are still playing those fan favorite songs and hits. Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Garbage, Live Nation, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, San Francisco California, The Masonic (formerly Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium) Tagged With: 2016, 2016 tour, adventures in wonderland, Cigarettes After Sex, Concert, concert photos, Concert Review, Garbage, gig, live, live nation, masonic, meet and greet, merchandise, performance, photography, photos, San Francisco, set list, setlist, Shirley Manson, sound check, strange little birds, tickets, torres, tour, u.s. tour, vip, vip packages	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line942
__label__wiki	0.592076	0.592076	Tag Archives: MMORPG V is for Vindictus April 25, 2018 by rolandclarke The aim of my Blogging From A to Z Challenge is to find the origins of online games, some relatively modern and some with ancient roots. Gaming might well be a modern take on an art that is almost timeless – storytelling. A perfect excuse for a writer to delve a little deeper. [Visit here for links to other A to Z participants.] Game: Vindictus is an action-dungeon-crawling hack & slash MMORPG, and a prequel to the popular MMORPG Mabinogi, so the game is known as Mabinogi: Heroes in Asia. Release Date: KOR: 2010-01-21; NA: 2010-10-13; EU: 2011-10-05; JP: 2011-11-30; TW: 2011-12-23; AU: 2012-11-15; THA: 2015-12-02. Developer: devCAT; Publisher: Nexon Genre/gameplay mechanics: FTP with shop/paywall; fast-paced combat, cloth physics, and the ability to weaponize objects in the environment; players choose one of twelve gender-locked characters, each of which has different combat skills and abilities; crafting; customizable & enchantable gear; dungeon quests. Setting: Vindictus takes place in the same Celtic-themed setting used in Mabinogi, but is placed chronologically several hundred years prior to the first game during a period of war and strife. Semi-anime fantasy world with a few historical references. Storytelling: Straightforward. “A malevolent force shrouds the land and monsters terrorize the last bastions of humanity. All seems lost and yet one hope remains: you.” Loosely based on Celtic Mythology, the goddess Morrighan has promised that all who aid in the killing of the Formor (the enemies of the land) will go to the promised land, Erinn, the land of Paradise. The story uses a mix of traditional dialogue accompanied by still images of character portraits, along with fully animated cutscenes during certain quests and missions. Some of the quests, characters and the chapters/updates are influenced by other genres, like steampunk. NOTE: Formoroi appear in several video games, including my K game, King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame, where the Formorians appear as antagonists. Formats: Microsoft Windows Origins (Chronological): 2004 – Nexon released the fantasy-anime MMORPG Mabinogi. Although the name of the game is taken from the Mabinogion, a Welsh anthology of legend and some names are Welsh, the settings for the game are loosely based on Irish mythology. 12-13th centuries – The Mabinogion, compiled in Middle Welsh, covers a collection of eleven prose stories of widely different types. There is a classic hero quest, “Culhwch and Olwen“; the historic legend in “Lludd and Llefelys” glimpses a far-off age, and other tales portray a very different King Arthur from the later popular versions. The highly sophisticated complexity of the Four Branches of the Mabinogidefies categorisation. 11th century – Lebor Gabála Érenn(The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is a collection of poems and prose narratives that purports to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages. It tells of a series of invasions or “takings” of Ireland by a succession of peoples, the fifth of whom was the people known as the Tuatha Dé Danann (“Peoples of the Goddess Danu”), who were believed to have inhabited the island before the arrival of the Gaels, or Milesians. They faced opposition from their enemies, the Fomorians, led by Balor of the Evil Eye. Balor was eventually slain by Lug Lámfada (Lug of the Long Arm) at the second battle of Magh Tuireadh. With the arrival of the Gaels, the Tuatha Dé Danann retired underground to become the fairy people of later myth and legend. 11th century – The Fomorians are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings who come from the sea or underground. Later, they were portrayed as giants and sea raiders. However, their relationship with the Tuatha Dé Danann is complex and some of their members intermarry and have children. It has also been suggested that the Fomorians derive from an older group of gods who were displaced by a newer group. The Fomorians have thus been likened to the jötnar of Norse mythology. 7th – 8th centuries – The Morrígan‘s earliest narrative appearances, in which she is depicted as an individual, are in stories of the Ulster Cycle, where she has an ambiguous relationship with the hero Cú Chulainn. The Morrígan was a tripartite battle goddess of the Celts of Ancient Ireland. She was known as the Morrígan, but the different sections she was divided into were also referred to as Nemain, Macha, and Badb, with each representing different aspects of combat. Recommendation: Vindictus was nominated for best MMO at E3 2010 that was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 14 to 17. IGN awarded Vindictus Best Free-to-Play MMO Game of 2010. Metacritic gave a score of 76 averaged from 6 critics. In their 2010 review, MMORPG.com gave it 8/10, while users gave it 7.8. 3.5 Stars: Vindictus is one of those games that failed to pull me in, although the combat with the ability to pick up and use ‘the environment’ was cool. However, the game felt repetitive and the storyline felt shallow compared with other games. The game controls were not intuitive, or clear, and the basic functional NPC interaction was dull. The game feels dated and, for me, lacks a reason to reach the end. Setting: 3.25* Storyline: 3.5* Gameplay: 3* Entertainment: 3* Genesis: 4.75* Alternative ‘V’ thoughts: V is also for Vikings as in the TV show and in the 1958 Richard Fleischer movie – and in other media. Yes, there is even a game, Viking: Battle for Asgard that I haven’t had the urge to play. Instead, I gave you a post on Hellblade that tangled with Norse Mythology, and another on LOTRO with its Northern European and Anglo-Saxon roots. Enter this portal to reach other Worlds in my A2ZMMORPG Hela da Posted in A to Z Challenge, Gaming, Ideas, Myths & Legends, Wales, Writing. Tagged #atozchallenge, A to Z Challenge, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, celtic culture, Celtic Mythology, Formor, Formorians, Gaming, King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame, Mabinogi, Mabinogion, Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, MMORPG, Morrighan, Norse mythology, Tuatha Dé Danann, Vikings, Vindictus U is for Ultima Game: Ultima Online (UO) is an MMORPG set in the Ultima universe. A spin-off of the main series, it has become an unexpected hit, making it one of the earliest and longest-running successful MMORPGs of all time. Ultima Online is the product of Richard Garriott‘s idea for a fantasy game involving several thousand people who can all play in a shared fantasy world. Prior games allowed hundreds of people to play at the same time, including Habitat (beta-tested in 1986), The Realm Online, Neverwinter Nights (the AOL version) and Meridian 59; however, Ultima Online significantly outdid these games, both graphically and in-game mechanics. Developer: Origin Systems Genre/gameplay mechanics: continued the tradition of previous Ultima games in many ways, but due to advancing technology and the simple fact that it was Origin’s first persistent online game, many new game mechanics appeared. Partially designed as a social and economic experiment, the game had to account for widespread player interaction as well as deal with the tradition of players feeling as if they were the centre of attention, as had been the case in single-player games. It is also known for its extensive PvP combat system. Setting: Ultima Online began with a single world, with specific expansion packs adding additional territory and new worlds. Felucca, the original world, evolved to include dead trees and tombstones to distinguish. It has a harsher rule set where player killing is more common. The third world of Trammel did not allow player killing and was geared towards fighting monsters. Felucca adopted a darker, more foreboding look and kept its player vs player roots. The worlds were called Felucca and Trammel, after the two moons in Ultima’s Britannia world. Storytelling: Its lore retconned the ending of Ultima I, stating that when the Stranger shattered the Gem of Immortality, he discovered that it was tied to the world itself, therefore its shards each contained a miniature version of Britannia. The player characters in Ultima Online exist on these “shards”. From that moment of shattering, their histories diverged and each ‘shard’ became home to their own unique people, places, and traditions. There are different guilds and different player organizations on each. Releases + Expansions: Since its release, Ultima Online has added eight expansion packs, a booster pack and dozens of free content updates. The release of Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn in 2007 brought a new game engine with upgraded visuals. Formats: Microsoft Windows, Linux June 1981 – the release of Ultima, later known as Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness or simply Ultima I, was created by Richard Garriott and first published in the United States by California Pacific Computer Company Since its release, the game has been completely re-coded and ported to many different platforms. The 1986 re-code of Ultima is the most commonly known and available version of the game. 1979 – Akalabeth is considered the first published Computer Role Playing Game. In the fall, Garriott entered the University of Texas at Austin, and later joined the Society for Creative Anachronism. He created Ultima I while at the university. It was published by California Pacific Computers and sold in Ziploc plastic bags, as was common in those days. While not explicitly stated, Akalabethis seen as the first game of the Ultima series, and was, therefore, included as part of the 1998 Ultima Collection where it officially picked up the nickname Ultima 0. In creating Akalabeth, Garriott was primarily inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, for which he held weekly sessions in his parents’ house while in high school; and the works of J R. R. Tolkien, which he received from an in-law of his brother. The name derives from Tolkien’s Akallabêth, part of The Silmarillion; though the game is not based on Tolkien’s story. In the original game, the last monster on the need-to-kill list is called “Balrog”, like the demonic monsters from The Lord of the Rings, and unlike the later name for the monster in the Ultima games, Balron. Adaptations set in the ‘Ultima’ universe – beyond the extensive video game series: NOVELS – Several novels were released under the Ultima name, including: The Forge of Virtue (1991) by Lynn Abbey; The Temper of Wisdom (1992); Ultima: The Technocrat War by Austen Andrews; Machinations (2001); Masquerade (2002); Maelstrom (2002) JAPAN – Three manga comics, an Ultimasoundtrack CD, two kinds of wrist watches, a tape dispenser, a pencil holder, a board game, a jacket, and a beach towel were released. There was also an Ultima anime cartoon. Recommendation: According to an Origin employee, Electronic Arts initially expected a maximum of 15,000 subscribers for Ultima Online. Between Ultima Online‘s launch on September 25 and November 13, the game sold 65,000 units. In Japan, its initial shipment of 5,000 units had sold out within 15 minutes. Origin announced that it was the company’s fastest-selling title ever, and the fastest-selling online-only computer game of all time. Ultima Online reached 150,000 simultaneously subscribers by February 2000. Alternative ‘U’ thoughts: U is also for the 1995 movie Usual Suspects Posted in A to Z Challenge, Gaming, Ideas, Writing. Tagged #atozchallenge, A to Z Challenge, Akalabeth, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Gaming, J R R Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, MMORPG, Origin Systems, Richard Garriot, Ultima, Ultima Online O is for Onigiri Game: Onigiri is an action MMORPG set in a fantasy land reminiscent of ancient Japan in which humans and non-humans such as Oni and other Yōkai coexist. The game has a unique progression system – rather than picking classes, players swap between weapons which each have different skills available. This is the second of the oriental games that I am looking at – here originating with Japanese mythology. Release Date: JP: February 6, 2014; NA: July 1, 2014 Developer/Publisher: CyberStep Genre/gameplay mechanics: players choose one of five traits that will determine which weapons they can use; each player unlocks eight NPC partners that each have distinct personalities and abilities; real-time combat and multiple difficulty modes for each dungeon; stylish anime graphics and Japanese voice acting. Setting: The game is set in a fantasy version of ancient Japan that is filled with creatures of myth. Landscape and inhabitants have a firm basis in myths, even though anime graphics reduce realism. Storytelling: Ages ago the terrible Kamikui wreaked a trail of death and destruction across the land before being stopped by the goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu Oomikami. The goddess places three great Seals that forced the Kamikui to retreat. Now one of the Seals has shattered. The player character is an Oni whose peaceful life in the Western island of Onigashima is disturbed by the revival of the Kamikui All the NPCs have backgrounds and stories. Formats: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One 1st century – Japanese myths were originally transmitted orally, as in most cultures. An early source of Japanese mythology is the Nihongi, or Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan). Completed in 720, this work includes various myths and legends, and it helps establish the genealogy of the imperial family. The Nihongi was greatly influenced by Chinese and Korean history and mythology. The first written version of the mythology was in A.D. 712 when the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) was compiled for the Japanese imperial The tales tell of the creation of the world, the origin of the gods, and the ancestry of the Japanese emperors, who claimed descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu. Both the Kojiki and the Nihongi contain elements of Taoism, a Chinese religious movement that was introduced to Japan by the 600s. Adaptations set in the ‘Onigiri’ universe: TV Anime – An anime television adaptation of the game was aired from April 7, 2016, on Tokyo MX and BS Fuji until June 30, 2016. Recommendation: Onigiri has garnered a number of favourable reviews, from Bradly Storm of Hardcore Gamer saying it was “a fairly competent and enjoyable hack-and-slash experience” even though the launch suffered from server-side latency issues to Crunchyroll calling it “a very solid title.” However, the game has remained low-key with a moderate anime fanbase. Many players have criticized the game for its monotony after reaching a certain level. MMOs.com gave the following summary: Pros: +Unique weapon system. +Great NPC Companion feature. +Stylish visuals. Cons: -Repetitive dungeon designs. -Appeal limited to anime fans. -Collision and imprecise control issues. Alternative ‘O’ thoughts: O is also for Oz, as in the L Frank Baum’s wonderful book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz or the subsequent films, including the strange prequel in 2013, Oz the Great and Powerful. There were numerous adaptations, including games, but none that sparked my research brain – despite Baum’s origins. Plus, I needed to look much further East to make my gaming POV representative’ of the breadth of gaming origins. So, tomorrow we are in China. Posted in A to Z Challenge, Gaming, Ideas, Myths & Legends, Writing. Tagged #atozchallenge, A to Z Challenge, Amaterasu, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, fantasy, Gaming, Japanese mythology, Kojiki, MMORPG, Nihongi, Onigiri, Oz, The Wizard of Oz E is for Elder Scrolls April 5, 2018 by rolandclarke The aim of my Blogging From A to Z Challenge is to find the origins of online games, some relatively modern and some with ancient roots. Gaming might well be a modern take on an art that is almost timeless – storytelling. A perfect excuse for a writer to delve a little deeper. [Visit here for links to other A to Z participants.] Game: The Elder Scrolls is a series of action fantasy RPGs known for its elaborate and richly detailed open worlds and its focus on free-form gameplay. Developer/Publisher: Bethesda Genre/gameplay mechanics: RPG; open world; fantasy; action-adventure; 3rd person; multi-player; “a game designed to encourage exploration and reward curiosity”; choices are crucial. Setting: The Elder Scrolls games primarily take place on the fictional continent of Tamriel, located on the world of Nirn, but there are a few exceptions, although these exist in the same fictional universe. The high-fantasy setting is realistic with detailed, immersive graphics as series evolved. Storytelling: Rich and extensive with a developed history, or as Wikipedia says, “In accordance with many literary high fantasy works, the world of The Elder Scrolls is known for its attention to detail, including well-developed lore and backstory. This includes a vast amount of information such as names, dates, and places that constitute its history and the interconnected structure of its various societies, cultures, and religions.” Releases + Expansions: The Elder Scrolls has evolved through seven releases and ten expansions. Current release: The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMORPG set in Tamriel, released in April 2014 to mixed reviews. The response improved significantly with the re-release in January 2015. It was renamed as The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, with critics praising the changes. Formats: MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, N-Gage, J2ME, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, macOS, Nintendo Switch 1890s – This depends on whether The Elder Scrolls is ‘high fantasy. As Wikipedia says, “The term “high fantasy” was coined by Lloyd Alexanderin a 1971 essay, “High Fantasy and Heroic Romance” (originally given at the New England Round Table of Children’s Librarians in October 1969).” And from there, “The romances of William Morris, such as The Well at the World’s End, set in an imaginary medieval world, are sometimes regarded as the first examples of high fantasy. The works of R. R. Tolkien—especially The Lord of the Rings—are regarded as archetypal works of high fantasy.” Therefore, the logical thought is that all games that follow in role-playing campaign settings have their origins much further back. What then? Do I look to those writers’ roots? Adaptations set in the ‘Elder Scrolls’ universe: Novels: In 2009, science-fiction author Gregory Keyes released The Elder Scrolls: The Infernal City. In 2011, Lord of Souls was released as Keyes’ second novel in his The Elder Scrolls book series. Recommendation: Highly successful, the series has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and spawned a staunch community. The reviews have generally been very good. In 2012, Complex ranked The Elder Scrolls at number 20 on the list of the best video game franchises. In 2013, The Elder Scrolls was voted as the Greatest Game Series of the Decade on GameSpot, beating out 64 other competitors. 4 Stars: Although aware of the series, I have only played The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, and only recently. However, this MMORPG compares well to similar games that I’ve played extensively. The setting was amazing and the game enthralling, even if I took some time to adapt to the mechanic and the divergent storylines. A game that a player must devote time to appreciate. Setting: 4.5* Storyline: 4* Genesis: 3.5* Alternative ‘E’ thoughts: E is also for Excalibur but that’s a sword that has yet to slide from a stone. And a 1981 epic fantasy movie that I enjoyed for its unusual re-telling of the Arthur legend. There was even a game that I never played – Excalibur: Morgana’s Revenge. Posted in A to Z Challenge, Gaming, Ideas, Writing. Tagged A to Z Challenge, Bethesda, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Excalibur, fantasy, Massively multiplayer online role-playing game, MMORPG, RPG, Tamriel, The Elder Scrolls A to Z Challenge 2018 posts March 28, 2018 by rolandclarke My March 19, 2018, post for the A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal day set me on a quest to find the origins of online games, some of these relatively modern and some with ancient roots. Gaming might well be a modern take on an art that is almost timeless – storytelling. A perfect excuse for a writer to delve a little deeper. As my research continues, I realise that some games have more recent roots, but there are ones that go centuries back. Soon after finding dragons living in the diverse dungeons, I discovered that many games have elements and more with roots in the mythology that enriched the lives of our early ancestors. Therefore, I could have just used a repetitive answer throughout, but I chose a more scenic path. So scenic that I got diverted by the urge to start with at least one source material as that was a better opening. A case of DEA – devious experiment ahead. Any ideas on which will be the diversion? There was a point where this challenge was going to be called ‘Arthur to Zelda’. But Arthur must wait – like Charles – to be King…King Kong? Wait and read what happens when the sword emerges – and learn which sword rules. As I write this, my A-Z list below is incomplete, so suggestions are welcome. I have forgotten games that I played a decade ago – like a few strategy titles. In a couple of cases, there are games beginning with that letter, but no interesting ‘roots’. Some of my choices might seem strange, but there is ‘method in my madness’ – like I’ve tried to choose (a) games with roots, and (b) games that I have sampled for hours or months. For those games that I have played, I have attempted to give my personal assessment- stars based on the following aspects: Setting; Storyline; Gameplay; Entertainment; and Genesis. My supportive partner, Juanita has added her input as a fellow gamer – in fact, her experience is far greater than mine. P is the key to our relationship. Here are the 26 letters that will develop into my posts for the April 2018 Blogging from A to Z Challenge, aka A2ZMMORPG – A to Z Musings Muster Original Roots Per Game: A is for Assassin’s Creed B is for Baldur’s Gate C is for Conan Exiles D is for Defiance F is for Frankenstein G is for Guns or Butter H is for …… I is for Indiana Jones J is for Jumanji K is for King Charles? L is for LOTRO M is for Might & Magic N is for ….. O is for ….. P is for Perfect World Q is for …. S is for SWTOR T is for Tomb Raider U is for ….. W is for WOW X is for X-Men Z is for Zelda Posted in A to Z Challenge, Gaming, Ideas, Writing. Tagged A to Z Challenge, Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Gaming, LOTRO, MMORPG, mythology, storytelling, SWTOR #IWSG – Surprising Myself September 6, 2017 by rolandclarke I’m tackling my monthly post for Insecure Writer’s Support Group Day in two parts, not because I have two answers but because I have two different thoughts churning through my scrambled head. On then to this month’s optional question and Part I: September 6th Question: Have you ever surprised yourself with your writing? (For example, by trying a new genre you didn’t think you’d be comfortable in?) If I look at my teens and early tweens, SF was the genre I escaped into in my creative life while all things ‘country/rural’ were my journalistic fare. An equestrian mystery when I retired seemed a natural progression, although a few decades late. So, no surprise there then, nor when a small press published it after my writing group was positive about the drafts of Spiral of Hooves. However, I was surprised when the horse world ignored the novel despite my career as an equestrian journalist and event organiser. Better luck the second time around? On the genre side, I surprised myself by attempting children’s stories – that came to nothing, so far. Plus, I just found some old poems and those surprised me. I’m still reverting to mysteries for now. Purpose of IWSG: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds! Posting: The first Wednesday of every month is officially Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. Post your thoughts on your own blog. Talk about your doubts and the fears you have conquered. Discuss your struggles and triumphs. Offer a word of encouragement for others who are struggling. Visit others in the group and connect with your fellow writer – aim for a dozen new people each time – and return comments. This group is all about connecting! Be sure to link to this page and display the badge in your post. Let’s rock the neurotic writing world! Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. The awesome co-hosts for the August 2 posting of the IWSG are Tyrean Martinson, Tara Tyler, Raimey Gallant, and Beverly Stowe McClure. Joker quote written in blood by meho41 on DeviantArt meho41.deviantart.com Part II – Written in Blood Having multiple sclerosis creates challenges every day and I have been pushed to create new daily regimes, adapting to my initial surprise when diagnosed in 2000. I was learning to live with my MS symptoms, and although they can be excruciating plus debilitating, I knew other suffer worse illnesses. MS is not a death sentence. Life expectancy is normal or close to normal for most people with MS, although it is a chronic illness. Then, on 23rd August, my doctor told me that I had some sort of blood cancer. I’m remaining positive – except when my computer glitches – as the series of blood tests since the Spring indicate its slow-growing and the oncologist will tell me more on September 18th. However, I decided it was time for a bucket list – as long as nobody suggests skydiving; the wheelchair can do that solo. Among the list of things I must do, like going to Canada, exploring all of Idaho, arranging a Steve Hackett concert in Boise, and maxing three MMORPG avatars, is the crucial Writing Legacy. In short, I need to get my 9+ WIPs in order, of course aiming to publish them all = another 13 years, if not 117 by the rate releasing ‘Spiral of Hooves’. Posted in Health, Ideas, Life, Writing. Tagged Blood, bucket list, cancer, diagnosis, Genre, Idaho, Insecure Writer, Insecure Writers Support Group, IWSG, MMORPG, Multiple sclerosis, mystery, Spiral of Hooves, Steve Hackett, surprise	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line943
__label__cc	0.711135	0.288865	What Are The Pre-Trial Services In A Felony Drug Case? Home/Drug Charges/What Are The Pre-Trial Services In A Felony Drug Case? What Are The Pre-Trial Services In A Felony Drug Case?Robert Gruler2017-08-09T15:23:54+00:00 Once your case gets started, as a condition of release, a judge could order you to do pre-trial services; then you have to go in and do some drug testing. They usually don’t have any drug counseling that happens ahead of time. There are some instances, though, in which a county attorney will review a case and suggest a diversion program called TASK. We’ve helped many clients, after the initial police contact, by getting the police reports and understanding where they’re at. We reach out to the county attorney’s office and present a case as to why our clients should be allowed to have a pre-charging diversion program. If that happens, then yes, they are going to be doing some diversion classes, which include urine screens, but ultimately, you get your case dismissed before it even gets brought up. That is different than drug court. Drug court can be a condition of probation. Normally, drug court comes in for somebody who’s maybe been through it a couple of times, somebody who needs that extra supervision, including extra urine tests and the extra motivation to make sure that they complete what they need to complete. When people take drug courts seriously, they generally get a very good outcome, and then you have a graduation; when you finish drug court, you get a certificate, everybody claps for you, and it’s a very rewarding feeling for clients. Many times, that’s what it takes for them to finally kick that addiction and really get the help they need. What Are The Potential Penalties For Felony Possession, Sale And Distribution of Drugs? For simple possession, if it’s not methamphetamine, on a first time offense, it’s going to be a probation type of deal; it just comes down to whether it’s supervised, unsupervised and what the terms are. Or you could potentially get a diversion program as well. With our clients that face a first time drug offense, we’re really pushing for them to be able to get in that diversion program. When it’s drugs for sale cases, you’re outside of the protections of Proposition 200. Generally, on a first offense, it usually involves an undercover detective who doesn’t just stop at one sale. What they’ll do is they’ll buy from you once then twice; and when they buy from you the third time, that’s when you get arrested. There are really two reasons why they do it: one is so that they can try and get away from you being able to claim entrapment. For entrapment, it requires that there be a governmental actor, the undercover officer, who basically made you do something you normally wouldn’t do. The argument for an entrapment defense goes away because you’ve done this on three separate occasions. Now you’ve proven that you are willing to do this. The other reason for it then is because once they can show possession of drugs for sale on multiple dates, your penalties at trial become much harsher. The county attorney looks at it and says, “We have an upper hand, and we are going to offer you this plea offer; and if you don’t want to take it, then you potentially face prison, when you go to trial ,even though you’ve maybe never had prior felonies before,” and that’s often a very scary time for clients. Are There Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Felony Drug Charges In Arizona? Not really. There is possession of meth for sale that carries a five-, 10- or 15-year sentence. But outside of that, if they are just simple possession cases, the only mandatory minimum that comes into play with that is a $750 fine or three times the value of the drug. For sale cases, those go up; if there are different drugs involved, those mandatory minimums on the fines go up, but there is nothing as far as jail time. It’s not like a DUI where if you get a DUI, the mandatory minimum is one day in jail. There is nothing like that for simple drug cases. Do Penalties Get Aggravated If A Minor Is Somehow Involved In The Drug-Related Offense? Yes, absolutely. There are increased penalties if that comes into play, and there are additional charges that can be added as well. So they get you on both ends. They can use it as an aggravating factor because there were minors involved, but then they could also potentially charge you with additional crimes, like endangerment, because if you have drugs around and there are kids around, you’re placing those kids at risk of imminent physical injury, which can be in and of itself a separate endangerment charge. So yes, anytime there are minors involved, it definitely goes up. For more information on Pre-Trial Services For Drug Cases, a free initial consultation is your next best step. Get the information and legal answers you are seeking by calling (480) 400-1355 today.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line948
__label__wiki	0.654461	0.654461	Celebrate High Holy Days with Music from the RSA! Looking for music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family. Included in this collection is a mixture of cantors, and other musicians such as Leibele Waldman, Gershon Sirota , Moishe Oysher, Shimon and Ilana Gewirtz, Ramon Tasat and Cindy Paley. Click here to view this collection. Click here to view past blog posts on the High Holy Days. The post Celebrate High Holy Days with Music from the RSA! appeared first on Recorded Sound Archives. 3 Interesting Facts about Rachmaninov While digitizing recordings by Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Recorded Sound Archives, we found some interesting facts about Rachmaninoff that you may not of known. Such as did you know…. 1. Rachmaninoff was twice offered the position of conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He refused both times. 2. Aside from being a magnificent composer, Rachmaninoff was also a man of strong moral character. In 1912, Rachmaninoff resigned from his position as vice-president of the Russian Musical Society in protest to a musician being dismissed from his duties because he was Jewish. 3. Rachmaninoff’s last piano recital included Chopin’s Sonata no. 2, which includes a famous funeral march. Rachmaninoff died 40 days after performing the funeral march. Rachmaninoff’s composition All Night Vigil was sung at his funeral. Want to learn more about Sergey Rachmaninoff and his music? Click here to listen to over 40 recordings that have been digitized and learn more about the life of Sergey Rachmaninov. Translations of Russian Music Titles Allowed FAU Graduate to Give Back, Cherish Homeland BOCA RATON, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2016) ─ A year before Ekaterina Pervova graduated from Florida Atlantic University, she went to the Wimberly Library’s Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) and inquired about a volunteer assignment. One of the 19-year-old’s first assignments was translating the titles of classical music recordings from Russian into English. Pervova, who was later hired as a student worker at the RSA, can’t imagine a more rewarding use of her free time. “I think that Florida Atlantic University has given me so much that it was important to find a way to give something back,” said Pervova, who in May earned a B.S. degree in psychology from FAU. “It was an amazing opportunity. I am very grateful.” Volunteers have always been an integral part of FAU Libraries, but a couple of years ago, the Wimberly Library’s staff noticed more students were inquiring about volunteer assignments. Carol Hixson, Dean of University Libraries, supports such involvement, and in fact, has organized a program to recruit and involve students in meaningful volunteer roles throughout the library. “Some of our students have free time throughout the day and many of them spend a great deal of that time in the library,” said Hixson. “We encourage students to take advantage of volunteer and internship opportunities within the Libraries as a way of learning more about our collections and services and gaining some practical experience to help them after graduation. We consider such opportunities to be another way we can contribute to our students’ success and keep them engaged with the University as alumni.” The RSA, a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings that have been gifted to FAU, was a perfect match for Pervova. She credits her grandmothers, one a nuclear physicist and the other an economist, with introducing her to art at an early age. Both grandmothers love music, enjoy opera and the ballet, and always had the TV on an entertainment show when Pervova visited. “They encouraged me to participate in singing, painting, dancing, sculpting and other arts,” said Pervova. “They would always take me to theaters and museums and they continue to find tickets when I visit them in Moscow.” Many of the recordings that Pervova translates for the RSA are folk songs from 1910, while others are from the early 1950s and 1960s. She remembers hearing many of the recordings during childhood and at family celebrations in Russia. “When I see something I know, I start humming it and I think back to a time when I heard that song,” said Pervova. The biggest challenge Pervova faces while translating the music titles is trying to find a word-for-word translation. Many of the songs she is translating are about the culture of the Russian people and do not make sense outside of the Russian culture. She knows where to go for help, though. “I often Skype my grandma while I’m translating to show her a particular record and when she sees it, she is delighted and she says ‘Oh! I know that one,’” said Pervova. The RSA will add the titles of the approximately 100 rare recordings that Pervova is translating to its database once the work is completed. Pervova will also translate the RSA’s Finnish labels into English. The recordings will be digitalized and made available on the RSA’s research station for professors and students. Pervova said it’s her small way of giving back to the FAU campus, where she has studied since she enrolled in the Alexander D. Henderson University School in fourth grade. When it was time for ninth-grade, she was accepted into the academically-rigorous FAU High School, which offers students a chance to earn three years of college credit on FAU’s main campus. She plans to graduate from FAU in the spring of 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Tammy Ferguson, director of the A.D. Henderson University School/FAU High School, said she is very proud to say that “giving back” is part of the culture that has been created at the Henderson University School and FAU High. “Ekaterina Pervova is an exceptional young lady who has impressed me from the first time I met her,” said Ferguson. “She has always given back to make sure other students have the best experience possible on the university campus.” After graduation from FAU, Pervova would like to continue here for graduate school at FAU and work as a researcher on the FAU campus. Eventually, she would like to work for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Pervova would like to focus her research on Brain Syndrome and dementia” and her ultimate goal is to find a way to help people with organic brain syndrome. “Everything about the brain fascinates me, including its adaptability, its plasticity, its ability to modify and regulate itself through interactions with the environment,” said Pervova. “I used dementia as an example because it is a very hot topic in the field. There are many different types of dementia, but the most common types are Alzheimer’s and vascular. “It is imperative that a treatment for dementia is found soon because the major brain change involved in the disease is nerve cell damage and plaque deposits. If we can find a way to stop or reduce nerve cell damage, then we can find similar applications of this with other diseases.” For more information on student volunteer opportunities at FAU Libraries, call 561-297-6911. Call 561-297- 0080 for student volunteer assignments in the Recorded Sound Archives. FAU Summer Event – South Pacific Concert Looking for something to do this summer? As part of the eleventh annual Spirit of America Concert to showcase FAU Libraries’ Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of American Collection, come and see FAU Libraries’ Klezmer Company Orchestra, Aaron Kula and a cast of 10 actors along with 30-members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida on June 26th as they present a concert version of the beloved musical “South Pacific”. Click here for event details and ticket information. Celebrate Passover with music from the Recorded Sound Archives Passover marks the liberation of the Israelites from 400 years of slavery in ancient Egypt. Moses tried to convince Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go free with words and demonstrations of God’s AWESOME power. When Pharaoh wouldn’t concede, Moses proceeded to bring about the 10 plagues. You can read more about the plagues, here. The 10th plague, the death of every Egyptian first born including Pharaoh’s young son, was too much for Pharaoh and he finally let the Hebrews go. God instructed the Israelites to mark their doorposts with the blood of a slaughtered lamb so that he would know to pass over those homes. This is where the name Passover comes from (Exodus 12:11-13). There are actually three other names for the holiday: Holiday of Matzot, Holiday of Freedom, and Holiday of Spring. But on this holiday, we celebrate the gift of freedom, remember Jewish history through special Seder foods and teach the lessons of the Haggadah (The Telling) to the next generation. And this year, the Recorded Sound Archives invites you to add music and song to your family’s Passover traditions and has put together a collection of over 40 recordings for you to enjoy with family and friends this Passover. Celebrate Purim with music from the Recorded Sound Archives! PURIM, which, in English, means [drawing] LOTS, is about the book of Esther which is also known in Hebrew as Megillah (the Scroll). It is a book in the third section of Ketuvim (Writings) of the Jewish Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). It relates to the story of a Hebrew girl in Persia, born as Hadassah but known as Esther (niece of Mordechai), who becomes Queen of Persia and thwarts the genocide of her people by the wicked Haman, a high official in the court of King Achashverosh. Haman sought to annihilate all the Jews, Mordechai’s people, throughout King Achashverosh’s’ entire kingdom. For Haman plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and he cast a “pur”, which is a LOT, to shatter and destroy them. For this reason, they call these days “Purim,” after the pur. The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice: once in the evening and again the following morning. A Purim party often takes place during this time where children dress up in costumes usually relevant to the story of Purim. It’s a fun time for everyone including adults! Here at the Recorded Sound Archives, we have put together a collection of over 20 recordings for you to enjoy with family and friends this Purim. Recently Added to Research Station (February 2016) Did you know the Recorded Sound Archives at FAU Libraries has over 49,000 albums along with over 150,000 songs in its databases, which is growing everyday with the help of volunteers? With so many recordings to choose from, we have given Research Station users the ability to request items be digitized. Below you’ll find a list of recordings that were recently added in February from requests made by Research Station Users. Timeless Treasures by Ben Zion Shenker Prayer and Song by Morris Levinson The Hush of Midnight – Slikhos A Midnight Synagogue Service by Zamir Chorale and Cantor Ray Edgar Masterpieces of the American Synagogue by Eric Freudigman and Harold Orbach Songs Children Sing: Israel by Tom Glazer and Friends Journey Through Song – A Selection…by Yom Tov Ehrlich Stam Yom Shel Chol by Shimon Israeli Journey Through Song – No. 2 – A Selection…by Yom Tov Ehrlich Yaleh Veyuvo and Ruchel Mevakeh Al Boneho by David Roitman Habeit Mishomaim and Kol Dodi by Moshe Koussevitzky Shir Hacheirut and Yerushalayim by Moshe Koussevitzky Ver Vill A Kale and Ich Toig Ze Gor Nit by Bessie Weissman Jewish Voices in the New World – Chants and Prayers from the American Colonial Era by Ira Rohde and New London Children’s Choir The British Are Coming by Yisroel Lamm and the Neginah Orchestra; Gershon Fordsham and the Gateshead Boys Choir Nagila Halleluya by Arie Ovadia A Tribute of Moshe Koussevitzky by Cantor Benjamin Siller The Y’Did Singers by The Y’did Singers Aris by Aris San Rozhinkes mit Mandlin – A Montage / Documentary by Rita Jacobs Willens Hits in Hebrew by Aris San Living Prayers by Cantor Aaron Caplow 19 / “Chai-Life” + 1 Gala Concert by Various Artists The Messengers: The “IN” Jewish Sound by The Messengers Cantor David Werdyger sings Chassidic Nigunim by David Werdyger Songs of Breslov by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov We’ll Bring Moshiach Now by Eli Lipsker and His Little Soldiers The Time Is Now by Avraham Fried and Zimriah Symphony Orchestra Veseorev and Tal by Israel Barski Hebrew Melodies by Joseph Midwin Hebrew Sephardic Melodies by Nissan Melamed and Coro Del Colegio Hebreo Sefaradi De Mexico See a recording that hasn’t been digitized? As a research station user you can request it using the Music on Demand forms on the website. Please note, due to copyright some of these recordings may only play for 45 second snippet to give the user a taste of what this music sounded like back in the day, if you are interested in full access considering applying for Research Station Access. Access to Research Station is limited to educators, students and serious researchers. Happy 169th Birthday Thomas Edison! This past week marks Thomas Edison’s 169th birthday! Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the very first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. Early machines were sold to entrepreneurs who made a living out of traveling around the country giving “phonograph concerts” and demonstrating the device for a fee at fairs. Here at the Recorded Sound Archives, we have a collection of over 70 Edison Records which can be listened to online. To listen or learn more about Edison Records click here. March 5 – March 12, 2016 8th Annual Kultur Celebration Festival Highlights Saturday Night at the Movies: Arranged FAU – Wimberly Library 5th floor, Boca Raton, FL Saturday, Mar 5, 2016 07:30 PM Click here to purchase tickets. Klezmer Company Orchestra Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony + KlezmerJAZZ FAU – Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium, Boca Raton, FL Sunday, Mar 6, 2016 03:00 PM Jewish Roots & Turkish Blues with Shtreiml & Ismail Fencioglu Monday, Mar 7, 2016 07:30 PM Laugh Your Tuchas Off with Avi Liberman Tuesday, Mar 8, 2016 07:30 PM Yiddish, Blues, Blacks & Jews with Aaron Kula Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016 02:00 PM Yiddish Opera & Chazzanut with Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell Thursday, Mar 10, 2016 07:30 PM Joe Papp Yiddish Awakening: Tales of Hoffman with Miriam Hoffman Friday, Mar 11, 2016 02:00 PM Jewish Melodies in Jazztime with Brian Potts Vibraphone Quartet Saturday, Mar 12, 2016 07:30 PM Timeless Love Songs of the 1920s If there’s one type of song that we will never grow tired of, it is the ever popular love song. Mellow or upbeat, mushy or filled with angst; whatever the tempo or the lyrical content… Enjoy these nine timeless love songs from the 1920s found in the Recorded Sound Archives Vintage, Judaic and Jazz Collections. Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Fats Waller written in 1929 by Thomas “Fats” Waller himself, Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf. All Alone by Al Jolson, written by Irving Berlin and published in 1924. April Showers by Al Jolson, written by B.G. DeSylva music composed by Louis Silvers originally published in 1921. Blue Skies by The Hour of Charm Girl Orchestra and Choir, written and composed by Irving Berlin in 1926. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me by Artie Shaw, written by Jimmy McHugh and Clarence Gaskill in 1926. With a Song in My Heart by Dennis Day, originally written for the musical Spring is Here by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers in 1929. What’ll I Do? by Henry Burr and Marcia Freer, written by Irving Berlin in 1923. Who’s Sorry Now? by Ernest Stevens, written by Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby composed by Ted Snyder this song was published in 1923 and featured in the 1950 film, Three Little Words. Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody but Me) by Aileen Stanley, composed by Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams in 1924. Some songs may only be available as snippets due to US Copyright laws. These items are noted in the player with the words (Research Station) and only allow for 45 seconds snippets to be played to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. Full access is available through the RSA’s Research Station access is limited to educators, students and serious researchers. The Voice of Cantor Shloimele Rothstein The Recorded Sound Archives would like to highlight the voice and recordings of Cantor Shloimele Rothstein , one of over 260 Cantorial voices to choose from in the RSA’s Cantorial Collection. Born in Bessarabia on May 1, 1891 in the town of Falesty. He was the first Cantor to sing on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh in 1926 and was contracted by Columbia Grafonola to produce phonograph recordings along with being Cantor at Synagogue B’nai Israel in Brooklyn, NY. Shloimele’s only teacher was Jerome Hayes of whom he learned several operas with. As a result, he was offered the leading tenor role in “La Juive” by an Opera Co., but refused the offer to give his attention to the Synagogue, Phonograph and Concert work. He passed away on October 19, 1966, at the age of 75. He is also known as Shlomo Rothstein, Sol Rothstein & Solomon Rothstein. To listen the voice and recordings of Shloimele Rothstein, click here. To discover other cantorial voices, please visit the Recorded Sound Archives Cantorial Voices collection. Chanukah Music for the Family This year the Recorded Sound Archives has put together a wonderful collection called Songs of Chanukah that will entertain and delight the entire family with over 50 albums to choose from such as the Children’s Village Choir singing Hanukkah is Here to Kenny Ellis with Hanukkah Swings. The songs in this collection express the essence of the holiday with children’s songs that teach about the holiday, traditional songs and a new twist on old favorites. Please accept this gift of music for you and your family from the Recorded Sound Archives along with our best wishes for a Happy Chanukah! Click here to view past blog posts on Chanukah. Music Events on Campus in October 2015 Looking for something to do on campus? Check out these music events taking place at FAU’s University Theatre in October. For other FAU Events, click here. FAU Faculty & Friends Saturday, Oct. 17, 7pm, University Theatre Enjoy the romantic spirit of chamber music, including the Dvořák Piano Quintet (“Dumky”) and the Vaughn Williams Piano Quintet. Don’t miss the all-time favorite Lehar “God and Silver” waltz arranged for piano quintet, performed by Irena Kofman, Benjamin Joella and the Delray String Quartet. Tickets are $15. To purchase your tickets, click here. Rattette Jazz “Old Wine in New Bottles” Directed by Tim Walters, Rattette features South Florida’s best jazz musicians in concert. FAU Classical Guitar Society Saturday, Oct. 24th, 7pm, University Theatre FAU Classical Guitar Society. Directed by Ken Keaton. Enjoy beautiful and exciting works for classical guitar, solos and ensembles, featuring Mauro Giuliani’s Rossiniane no. 1, Op. 119. FAU Jazz Band Sunday, Oct. 25th, 3pm, University Theatre The FAU Jazz Band continues its long tradition of performing popular selections from the wonderful tradition of the American Big Band, as well as contemporary works for the modern jazz ensemble. Recently Added Music in September Did you know the Recorded Sound Archives has over 49,000 albums along with over 150,000 songs in it’s databases which is growing everyday with the help of volunteers? With so many recordings to choose from at FAU Libraries Recorded Sound Archives, we’ve given Research Station users the ability to request items be digitized. See a recording that hasn’t been digitized as a research station user you can request it using the Music on Demand forms on the RSA website. Please note, due to copyright some of these recordings may only play for 45 second snippet to give the user a taste of what this music sounded like back in the day. Below you’ll find a list of recordings that were recently added in September by Collection. Prayers from Jerusalem by Naftali Herstik Zemirot – Turkish-Sephardic Synagogue Hymns by Los Pasharos Sefaradis Oriental Song Festival 1973 by Various Artists A Song of the Heights by Andrew Edison & Norman Summers Tanchumim by Various Artists A World of Jewish Music by Allan Michelson Blue Star Camp – 1984 by Ted Grey 30 Golden Moments of Music by The Epstein Brothers Lamenatseach Shir Mizmor – Oriental Song Festival 1974 – Volume 2 by Various Artists Tsur Mi’Shelo Achalnu – Famous Traditional Sephardic Hymns by Renanim Choir Achva by Various Artists Ismach Moshe by Sawel Kwartin Al Taschlicheinu by Sawel Kwartin Erev Shel Shoshanim by Various Artists Gems of the Synagogue by Josef Rosenblatt My Mother’s Sabbath Candles (Sung in Yiddish) by The Malavsky Family The Bells of St. Mary’s by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra Hit of the Week Collection High Holy Days Collection If you are an FAU student, faculty or staff member, all you need is your FAU ID to login and listen. Not a part of the FAU? If you are a student, professor or researcher from an outside institution needing unrestricted access to the recordings please consider applying for research station usage by clicking here. In years past, the Recorded Sound Archives Judaic collection or the Judaica Sound Archives as most know it has highlighted the music of Leibele Waldman, Gershon Sirota and Moishe Oysher for the High Holy Days along with some of today’s finest cantors. This year the Recorded Sound Archives has created a High Holy Days collection for you to share and enjoy with your family. Included in this collection is a mixture of cantors, and other musicians such as Shimon and Ilana Gewirtz, Ramon Tasat and Cindy Paley. Theodore Bikel, A Versatile Man Theodore Bikel on stage as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. With his grey beard, clear voice, and room filling performance, Theodore Bikel had so much in common with Tevye the Milkman. He was the fiddler on the roof, a versatile man. Theodore Bikel, actor, activist and folk singer, passed away at the age of 91 last month on July 21, 2015 in Los Angeles. He played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof onstage in thousands of performances, created the role of Baron von Trapp in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, recorded as a singer and guitarist for many albums in different languages, and was involved in civil rights causes. Bikel was born into a Jewish family in Vienna, and named after Zionist Theodore Herzl. They fled to Palestine in 1938. and according to his mother in his autobiography, he sang before he could talk. Theodore started acting at a young age and performed in the Habimah Theatre in Tel Aviv in 1943. Bikel moved to London in 1945 and next to the United States in 1954, where he started his acting career on Broadway. Bikel released thirteen albums between 1955 to 1965. The most popular recordings were: Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs (1958), Songs of a Russian Gypsy (1958), Theodore Bikel Sings More Jewish Folk Songs (1959), A Harvest of Israel Folk Songs (1961), and Theodore Bikel Sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs (1965). With this repertoire, he paved the way for a renewed interest in Yiddish folk songs, and ultimately for the klezmer revival in the late seventies. Along with folk singer Pete Seeger, Bikel became one of the founders of the Newport Folk Festival in 1959. This festival is known for the performances of Joan Baez and Bob Dylan in 1963 and played a crucial role in the American folk music revival of the sixties. Just recently, a documentary film was released about the intertwining of Theodore Bikel’s life with writer Sholom Aleichem, the great storyteller of Jewish life in Eastern Europe: Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem. In March this year, Record Sound Archives’ Alethea Perez wrote a blog about this portrait. click here to read more. Listed below are some of his popular tunes. Dona Dona Di Mame Iz Gegangen Az Der Rebbe Zingt Dodi Li Click here for more Theodore Bikel recordings. Due to copyright concerns only snippets can be heard on the RSA public website. Full versions are available to users of the RSA Research Station. If you enjoyed this guest blog post you may enjoy Gone but not forgotten – the Barry Sisters. Maxine Schackman wins the Gabor Exemplary Employee Award FAU President Dr.John Kelly presented Maxine Schackman with this prestigious award on April 22, 2015. Maxine was nominated for the prestigious Jeffrey Gabor Exemplary Employee Award by Rita Pellen, Interim Dean of FAU Libraries. In her nomination letter Pellen praised Schackman for her hard work building up the Judaica Sound Archives since the early 2000’s. In 2009, when she stepped in as director, Schackman expanded the scope of the online archives by including rare historic vintage and jazz recordings. In 2013 the Recorded Sound Archives made the news when, with the help of Peter Muldavin, the “Kiddie Rekord King,” they rescued over 800 vintage children’s recordings from a flooded storage facility after SuperStorm Sandy hit Long Island. Schackman and her crew worked tirelessly for a year to digitize the sound and images that had been damaged. Now this wonderful collection of recordings are available online. For more about this story see video here. Pellen also praised Schackman for being a leader in the development and expansion of the Judaica Sound Archives, making it the largest online collection of Jewish recordings in the world. “Under her leadership the RSA at FAU Libraries has become known as the ‘go to’ place for rare and difficult to find recordings of Jewish and other vintage music.” According to Schackman, “When I became director in 2009 my first goal was to totally revamp our very popular website. It was a great website and had an amazing number of digitized sound tracks but it was old technology and I knew we just couldn’t survive in the 21st century without going mobile. Now the JSA and other RSA recordings are available on mobile devices using streaming audio technology. Now people can take the music with them wherever they go.” “This award means a lot to me. I have dedicated the past 13 years of my life to the Judaica Sound Archives and more recently, the Recorded Sound Archives. I worked very hard but I loved every minute of it. I loved talking to groups and introducing them to the wonderful music we have rescued and preserved. I am very proud of the contribution that I have made to FAU Libraries. I am very grateful to my dedicated staff and to the many students who have worked for us over the years. I am especially grateful to the volunteers without whom none of this would have been possible. This award is a wonderful capstone for my career since I will be retiring on June 30, 2015.” Lincoln Exhibition at FAU Libraries ‘Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War’ Exhibition Friday, March 20 – Thursday, April 30 Florida Atlantic University will host “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a traveling exhibition from the National Constitution Center, from Friday, March 20 through Thursday, April 30 at the Wimberly Library, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. The exhibition features photographic reproductions of original documents, including a draft of President Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural speech, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment. “ American Civil War Highlights from Special Collections (March 20 – April 30) Abraham Lincoln and the Crisis of Federalism Discussion (March 20 @ 3pm) Florida Atlantic University professor Stephen Engle, Ph.D., and Kate Dahlstrand, an FAU alumna and U.S. Army veteran, will host a discussion titled “Abraham Lincoln and the Crisis of Federalism,” on Friday, March 20 at 3 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Wimberly Library. The lecture is free and open to the public. Metered parking is available at the Wimberly Library. For more information, contact Jackie Simpson at 561-297-3921 or visit http://www.library.fau.edu/news/flyers/lincoln_ala2015.pdf. Prisoners of War and the Loyalty Oath Lecture (March 23 @ 10am Kate Dahlstrand, a Florida Atlantic University alumna and U.S. Army veteran, will present “Prisoners of War and the Loyalty Oath: The Rhetoric of Unionism and Reflections on Reconciliation,” on Monday, March 23 at 10 a.m. on the fifth floor of the Wimberly Library. The lecture focuses on unionism, reconciliation and citizenship. The lecture is free and open to the public. While recording devices were not in existence during the Civil War, this didn’t stop people from re-enacting famous speeches by President Lincoln at the beginning of 20th century. Here at the Recorded Sound Archives we’ve digitized a collection of speeches by President Lincoln along with some military related recordings in conjunction with a traveling exhibit about Lincoln: The Constitution and Civil War highlights from Special Collections. Passover is all about retelling the story. And what better way to celebrate than to enjoy this modern day interpretation of an old story. Our Passover gift to you! This Passover-themed parody of Uptown Funk by Six13. It is so catchy, it just might get stuck in your head all through Passover, which begins the evening of April 3 and ends the evening of April 11. The Recorded Sound Archives has compiled a mix of Passover songs that the whole family can enjoy. From Cantorial splendor to children’s play-songs, music expresses the heart of the Jewish people. Give Jewish music a special place in your home for the holidays. In the past we’ve highlighted each album, individually, this year we’ve created a special collection featuring all of our passover music: https://rsa.fau.edu/passover-collection All the songs in this compilation can be heard all year long on the RSA website. Hit of the Week (1930 – 1932) Introduced in 1930 and discontinued in 1932, these records were made from a flexible synthetic resin (Durium) coated on brown paper. What are sound recordings made of? Initially sound was recorded on wax cylinders. By the end of the 1920s, however, recordings were made of a heavy, fragile shellac compound. Producers began looking for better options and started experimenting with materials that were lighter, flexible and less fragile. One of these experiments, Hit of the Week records, were actually made of resin coated brown paper! This lightweight, flexible, “unbreakable” composition was unique and provided a 78 rpm recording with sound equal to or better than ordinary shellac. Beginning in February 1930 a new recording featuring a current “hit” song was released each week. They were sold at newsstands, likemagazines, with past issues being available by mail order. They were recorded on one side only and sold for 15 to 20 cents per recording. The unrecorded side was often printed with advertising or the performer’s portrait. They had a tendency to curl up over time and came in flimsy rice paper sleeves. These recordings were a big hit with the public in the early days of the Great Depression and provided easy, cheap entertainment to the masses. However, as the depression wore on sales slumped. the last Hit of the Week issue was released in June 1932. The Recorded Sound Archives at FAU Libraries is pleased to share 39 of these original recordings with our website users. Due to US Copyright laws only 45-second snippets are available on our public website. Full recordings are available to RSA Research Station users. Click here to see and hear the Hit of the Week collection. The unrecorded paper side of Hit of the Week recordings were sometimes printed with advertising a performer’s portrait, in this case Morton Downey.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line949
__label__wiki	0.995646	0.995646	Marquette Law Review Home > JOURNALS > MULR > Vol. 16 > Iss. 3 (1932) Attorney and Client - Constitutional Law Eugene Paul Lecher Eugene Paul Lecher, Attorney and Client - Constitutional Law, 16 Marq. L. Rev. 213 (1932). 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__label__wiki	0.987189	0.987189	Home > Law > Law School Journals > Law Review > Vol. 25 > Iss. 3 (1991) Prefatory Matter University of Richmond Law Review Understanding "Rights" and Bills of Rights Albert P. Blaustein and Carol Tenney Virginia and the Ratification of the Bill of Rights, 1789-1791 J. Gordon Hylton Free Speech and the Mandated Disclosure of Information R. George Wright The Second Amendment: A Study of Recent Trends Michael T. O'Donnell The Threat of a Second Constitutional Convention: Patrick Henry's Lasting Legacy Jeffery K. Mitchell Reasonable Articulable Suspicion - The Demise of Terry v. Ohio and Individualized Suspicion Esther Jeanette Windmueller Allen Chair Symposium University of Richmond Law Review (Main Site) All Issues Vol. 46, Iss. 3 Vol. 46, Iss. 2 Vol. 46, Iss. 1 Vol. 45, Iss. 4 Vol. 45, Iss. 3 Vol. 45, Iss. 2 Vol. 45, Iss. 1 Vol. 44, Iss. 4 Vol. 44, Iss. 3 Vol. 44, Iss. 2 Vol. 44, Iss. 1 Vol. 43, Iss. 4 Vol. 43, Iss. 3 Vol. 43, Iss. 2 Vol. 43, Iss. 1 Vol. 42, Iss. 5 Vol. 42, Iss. 4 Vol. 42, Iss. 3 Vol. 42, Iss. 2 Vol. 42, Iss. 1 Vol. 41, Iss. 4 Vol. 41, Iss. 3 Vol. 41, Iss. 2 Vol. 41, Iss. 1 Vol. 40, Iss. 4 Vol. 40, Iss. 3 Vol. 40, Iss. 2 Vol. 40, Iss. 1 Vol. 39, Iss. 4 Vol. 39, Iss. 3 Vol. 39, Iss. 2 Vol. 39, Iss. 1 Vol. 38, Iss. 4 Vol. 38, Iss. 3 Vol. 38, Iss. 2 Vol. 38, Iss. 1 Vol. 37, Iss. 4 Vol. 37, Iss. 3 Vol. 37, Iss. 2 Vol. 37, Iss. 1 Vol. 36, Iss. 2 Vol. 36, Iss. 1 Vol. 35, Iss. 4 Vol. 35, Iss. 3 Vol. 35, Iss. 2 Vol. 35, Iss. 1 Vol. 34, Iss. 4 Vol. 34, Iss. 3 Vol. 34, Iss. 2 Vol. 34, Iss. 1 Vol. 33, Iss. 4 Vol. 33, Iss. 3 Vol. 33, Iss. 2 Vol. 33, Iss. 1 Vol. 32, Iss. 5 Vol. 32, Iss. 4 Vol. 32, Iss. 3 Vol. 32, Iss. 2 Vol. 32, Iss. 1 Vol. 31, Iss. 5 Vol. 31, Iss. 4 Vol. 31, Iss. 3 Vol. 31, Iss. 2 Vol. 31, Iss. 1 Vol. 30, Iss. 5 Vol. 30, Iss. 4 Vol. 30, Iss. 3 Vol. 30, Iss. 2 Vol. 30, Iss. 1 Vol. 29, Iss. 5 Vol. 29, Iss. 4 Vol. 29, Iss. 3 Vol. 29, Iss. 2 Vol. 29, Iss. 1 Vol. 28, Iss. 5 Vol. 28, Iss. 4 Vol. 28, Iss. 3 Vol. 28, Iss. 2 Vol. 28, Iss. 1 Vol. 27, Iss. 5 Vol. 27, Iss. 4 Vol. 27, Iss. 3 Vol. 27, Iss. 2 Vol. 27, Iss. 1 Vol. 26, Iss. 4 Vol. 26, Iss. 3 Vol. 26, Iss. 2 Vol. 26, Iss. 1 Vol. 25, Iss. 4 Vol. 25, Iss. 3 Vol. 25, Iss. 2 Vol. 25, Iss. 1 Vol. 24, Iss. 4 Vol. 24, Iss. 3 Vol. 24, Iss. 2 Vol. 24, Iss. 1 Vol. 23, Iss. 4 Vol. 23, Iss. 3 Vol. 23, Iss. 2 Vol. 23, Iss. 1 Vol. 22, Iss. 4 Vol. 22, Iss. 3 Vol. 22, Iss. 2 Vol. 22, Iss. 1 Vol. 21, Iss. 4 Vol. 21, Iss. 3 Vol. 21, Iss. 2 Vol. 21, Iss. 1 Vol. 20, Iss. 4 Vol. 20, Iss. 3 Vol. 20, Iss. 2 Vol. 20, Iss. 1 Vol. 19, Iss. 4 Vol. 19, Iss. 3 Vol. 19, Iss. 2 Vol. 19, Iss. 1 Vol. 18, Iss. 4 Vol. 18, Iss. 3 Vol. 18, Iss. 2 Vol. 18, Iss. 1 Vol. 17, Iss. 4 Vol. 17, Iss. 3 Vol. 17, Iss. 2 Vol. 17, Iss. 1 Vol. 16, Iss. 4 Vol. 16, Iss. 3 Vol. 16, Iss. 2 Vol. 16, Iss. 1 Vol. 15, Iss. 4 Vol. 15, Iss. 3 Vol. 15, Iss. 2 Vol. 15, Iss. 1 Vol. 14, Iss. 4 Vol. 14, Iss. 3 Vol. 14, Iss. 2 Vol. 14, Iss. 1 Vol. 13, Iss. 4 Vol. 13, Iss. 3 Vol. 13, Iss. 2 Vol. 13, Iss. 1 Vol. 12, Iss. 4 Vol. 12, Iss. 3 Vol. 12, Iss. 2 Vol. 12, Iss. 1 Vol. 11, Iss. 4 Vol. 11, Iss. 3 Vol. 11, Iss. 2 Vol. 11, Iss. 1 Vol. 10, Iss. 3 Vol. 10, Iss. 2 Vol. 10, Iss. 1 Vol. 9, Iss. 3 Vol. 9, Iss. 2 Vol. 9, Iss. 1 Vol. 8, Iss. 3 Vol. 8, Iss. 2 Vol. 8, Iss. 1 Vol. 7, Iss. 3 Vol. 7, Iss. 2 Vol. 7, Iss. 1 Vol. 6, Iss. 2 Vol. 6, Iss. 1 Vol. 5, Iss. 2 Vol. 5, Iss. 1 Vol. 4, Iss. 2 Vol. 4, Iss. 1 Vol. 3, Iss. 2 Vol. 3, Iss. 1 Vol. 2, Iss. 5 Vol. 2, Iss. 4 Vol. 2, Iss. 3 Vol. 2, Iss. 2 Vol. 2, Iss. 1 Vol. 1, Iss. 5 Vol. 1, Iss. 4 Vol. 1, Iss. 3 Vol. 1, Iss. 2 Vol. 1, Iss. 1 Tweets by URLawSchool	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line951
__label__wiki	0.797751	0.797751	Why the sense of touch is like a concert Posted on September 24, 2014 by Matt Wood Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, assistant professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago (seated left on keyboard) with his band, FuzZz (Photo: FuzZz/Guilhem Ibos) For decades, neuroscientists who study the sense of touch have believed that different types of skin receptors and nerves are responsible for distinct components of touch, like texture or shape. Each group would transmit this information to the brain, which would combine these signals to produce what we feel when we run our fingers along a surface or grab an object. In a review article published this week in the journal Trends in Neurosciences, two UChicago neuroscientists argue for a different way of thinking about touch. Instead of working separately to provide information that the brain processes later, they say that all of the nerves and receptors work together at the same time to produce the complete sense of touch. They hope to change the way somatosensory neuroscience is taught and how the science of touch is studied. Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, assistant professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago, and Hannes Saal, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in Bensmaia’s lab, reviewed more than 100 research studies on the physiological basis of touch published over the past 57 years. They argue that evidence once thought to show that different groups of receptors and nerves, or afferents, were responsible for conveying information about separate components of touch to the brain actually demonstrates that these afferents work together to produce the complex sensation. “Any time you touch an object, all of these afferents are active together,” Bensmaia said. “They each convey information about all aspects of an object, whether it’s the shape, the texture, or its motion across the skin.” Sliman Bensmaia, PhD Instead of thinking of individual groups of afferents working separately to process different components of the sense of touch, Bensmaia said we should think of all of them working in concert, much like individual musicians in a band to create its overall sound (side note: Bensmaia happens to be in a band himself). Each musician contributes in his or her own way. Emphasizing one instrument or removing another can change the character of a song, but no single sound is responsible for the entire performance. Three different types of afferents convey information about touch to the brain: slowly adapting type 1 (SA1), rapidly adapting (RA) and Pacinian (PC). According to the traditional view, SA1 afferents are responsible for communicating information about shape and texture of objects, RA afferents help sense motion and grip control, and PC afferents detect vibrations. In the past, Bensmaia said, this classification system has been supported by experiments using mechanical devices to elicit one or more of these specific components of touch. For example, responses to texture are often generated using a rotating, cylindrical drum covered with a Braille-like pattern of raised dots. Study subjects would place a finger on the drum as it rotated, and scientists recorded the neural responses. Such experiments showed that SA1 afferents responded very strongly to this artificial stimulus, and RA and PC afferents did not, thus the association of SA1s with texture. However, in experiments in which subjects moved a finger across sandpaper—the quintessential example of the type of textures we encounter in the real world—SA1 afferents did not respond at all. Bensmaia also pointed out discrepancies in the predominant thinking about how we discern shape. Perception of shapes has generally been tested using devices with raised or embossed letters to test a subject’s ability to interpret text by touch. These experiments also showed that such inputs produced a strong SA1 response, so they were implicated in perception of shape as well. In the 1980s, however, researchers developed a device meant to help blind people read by generating vibrating patterns in the shape of letters on an array of pins. While the device was not a commercial success, people were able to use it to detect letter shapes and read, although experiments showed that it activated RA and PC afferents, not the supposedly shape-detecting SA1s. Bensmaia said such experiments show how devices created to generate artificial stimuli focusing on individual components of the sense of touch can result in misleading findings. Some types of afferents are better than others at detecting texture or shape, for example, but all of them respond in their own way and contribute to the overall sensation. “To get a good picture of how stimulus information is being conveyed in these afferent populations, you have to look at a diverse set of stimuli that spans the range of what you might feel in everyday tactile experience,” he said. Adopting this new way of thinking will have far-reaching implications for both the study of the sense of touch and the design of future research, Bensmaia said. “I think it’s going to change neuroscience textbooks, and by extension it’s going to change the way somatosensory neuroscience is taught. It’s really the starting point for everything.” Sliman Bensmaia somatosensory About Matt Wood (531 Articles) Matt Wood is a senior science writer and manager of communications at the University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences Division.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line952
__label__cc	0.601101	0.398899	Honingham Road, Barnham Broom, Norwich, NR9 4DB Guide price £1,650,000 Honingham RoadBarnham Broom, Norwich, NR9 4DB 11.26 Ac (4.56 Ha) Architecturally and historically significant Peaceful rural setting Accessible to Norwich and Wymondham About 11.26 acres River frontage A magnificent Grade I Tudor country house set in about 11.26 acres with River frontage A magnificent Grade I Tudor manor house set in extensive grounds with frontage to the River Yare. The house has a fascinating history and was built in 1514 by Sir Edward Chamberlayne, who accompanied Henry VIII to The Field of the Cloth of Gold. The house was remodelled in 1614 by Edward Chamberlayne and it was at this time that the magnificent plasterwork ceiling in the Great Chamber, currently the drawing room, was installed. In 1663 the house was sold to Sir Philip Woodhouse of Kimberley and remained part of the Kimberley Estate until 1923, consequently the architectural integrity of the house has remained remarkably preserved over the centuries with Tudor wall paintings and oak carvings remaining. The house is constructed of mellow diapered brick and lies at the bottom of the shallow valley of the River Yare with meadowland extending beyond the gardens with extensive frontage to the river. There is a spring fed moat which creates a delightful feature in the gardens around the house. A significant restoration was carried out in the 1960s and the property was featured in an article in Country Life at the time. The current owners acquired the house in 1977 and have acquired more land to preserve the setting of the house together with the acquisition of land down to the river and the creation of an arboretum. Various improvements have been made over the years including some rewiring, upgrading of plumbing and also the restoration of the large arched 16th century window in the dining room. The house has been a much loved family home over the last 41 years but could now benefit from some updating. From the first half of the 20th century, one of the Lincoln family lived here, the Lincoln family came from nearby Hingham and are believed to be related to the United States President Abraham Lincoln. The house is approached from the east by a long gravel drive leading off the drive to Old Hall Farm, over which there is a right of access. The drive to The Old Hall is lined by an avenue of trees including pink flowering horse chestnut and oak. The drive finishes with a large gravel sweep at the east front of the house. The drive continues to the north of the house where there is a further large gravelled turning and parking area and where the outbuildings are situated. The gardens and grounds are a delightful feature of the house and are arranged as follows. To the east and south of the house there is an area of formal lawned garden with well stocked mixed shrub and herbaceous beds and a variety of fine mature trees including copper beech. This is bordered by an area of woodland. To the rear and west of the house there is a large paved terrace with steps leading down to a spring fed moat. To the west of the house there is a meadow, bordered by a strip of woodland and with ample frontage to the River Yare. There are fine views from a circular summer house over the river to meadows and fields beyond. Situated to the southeast there is a further large area put down to grass bordering farmland and an orchard. Continuing to the east an arboretum has been planted by the current owners in memory of John Evelyn, who in 1663 published his Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees. The arboretum contains a mixture of broadleaf trees, in particular oak, walnut, acacia and hornbeam amongst others. The land in all extends to about 11.26 acres. Mains water, drainage to septic tank, oil fired four oven Aga, some electric storage heaters South Norfolk District Council Tax Band - H View payable Stamp Duty for this property A remarkably unspoilt architectural gem of a house. Louis de Soissons Property agent The Old Hall stands in a peaceful, rural position surrounded by farm land yet only 10 miles to the southwest of Norwich, the Cathedral City and regional centre of East Anglia. Norwich has excellent shopping and facilities together with cultural and leisure activities for most tastes. There is a mainline railway station with regular trains to London Liverpool Street and an approximate journey time of 1 hour 50 minutes. The airport to the north of the city has regular flights to the UK, Europe and beyond with most destinations available via Schiphol. The town of Wymondham, famous for its abbey, is five miles. There is a golf course nearby at Barnham Broom and there are excellent schools in Norwich itself as well as Wymondham College 4 miles. Holt in North Norfolk, is renowned as the home of Gresham's Public School and Beeston Hall Preparatory School is situated near Sheringham on the North Norfolk Coast. Langley Preparatory School is situated just to the west of Norwich at Taverham and Langley Park School nearby at Loddon. The village of Barnham Broom retains an active village shop and post office, a well regarded village school, pub and other amenities. AGENT'S NOTES 1. Detailed planning permission has been applied for the construction of a two storey gate lodge to designs by the renowned architect Quinlan Terry. This will provide two bedrooms, two reception rooms and allow for a new access drive creating a vista to show the house from the lodge entrance. This has not yet been granted at the time of going to print. 2. A local farmer has an access for agricultural purposes around the perimeter of the field to the west. 3. There is a beneficial covenant in favour of The Old Hall restricting development over about 100 acres between the house and the village. Directions: Leave Norwich on the A47 travelling west and at the roundabout turn left sign posted Mattishall and Honingham. Turn left onto Barnham Broom Road sign posted Barnham Broom 3 miles. Pass Barnham Broom Golf Club on the left hand side and after a short distance the drive to The Old Hall will be found on the right hand side, lined by an avenue of Lime Trees. Fork left onto the drive towards The Old Hall. The postcode is NR9 4DB, but do not rely on sat nav to get you all the way to the entrance of the drive. EPC Exempt Louis de Soissons Whether you're selling or looking to attract new tenants, we're here to help	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line953
__label__cc	0.511969	0.488031	LA Confidential – Noirvember By Dave Bond 19 November 2018 20 November 2018 Leave a Comment on LA Confidential – Noirvember Join us for 'Noirvember' - a month long exploration of film noir, both classic and modern. LA Confidential arrived in 1997 almost entirely without fanfare. A film from a man (Curtis Hanson) probably best known, at that point, for taut melodrama The Hand that Rocks the Cradle – with most of his pre-1997 output easily characterised as forgettable; from a novel by James Ellroy (The Black Dahlia), and starring that guy from Se7en and The Usual Suspects, and released into UK cinemas on Halloween night – not the usual domain of the period crime thriller. The film was made on a far-from-lavish $35 million budget, and the twin leads – Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce – were relatively unknown in North America. It is also one of the finest films of the 1990s. The film is set in 1950s LA, following Desk Sergeant Ed Exley (Guy Pearce), and the fallout from his willingness to testify against his fellow officers, in exchange for promotion to Detective. Officer Wendell “Bud” White (Russell Crowe), is a cop obsessed with violently punishing woman-beaters. The film’s centrepiece Nite Owl case, a coffee shop massacre, takes the life of his partner – a man fired due to the testimony of Exley. As the unlikely pairing investigate the incident, the level of corruption in the LAPD becomes ever clearer. The first thought that occurred on this viewing of LA Confidential is its bravery in characterising two leads for whom it is almost impossible to root. Ed Exley is a by-the-book, rule-following LAPD Desk Sergeant, who has made virtually no friends in his seven years with the force, and is quick to turn informant on those breaking the LAPD rule book – a key plot point being his promotion on the strength of this willingness, when those around him will not testify. White is somewhat sympathetic, as he is presented immediately as a protector of vulnerable young women – beating men who employ violence against them. White is, however, both an extremely aggressive man, and his loyalties often misplaced: his antipathy to Exley born out of the willingness of the latter to testify against White’s partner – a man charged, entirely correctly, with the severe beating of an unarmed prisoner. Bud acts at all times before he thinks; thus leaving us with a leading man refusing to engage brain, acting off another leading man refusing to employ heart. READ MORE: Keep up with all of our film noir features this Noirvember Peripheral characters are equally clouded by ambiguity. Kevin Spacey’s Detective Jack Vincennes displays an easy warmth lacking in the two leads, but his character is both open to bribes and extremely narcissistic, as he embraces celebrity through his role as consultant to TV show Badge of Honor. The character of Lynn Bracken (an Academy Award winning performance from Kim Basinger) is a high class prostitute complicit in the mistreatment of scores of naive young women, but she has warmth, intelligence, and exceptional empathy towards both leads. Exley and White’s boss, Captain Dudley Smith (James Cromwell) makes strong arguments that the detective bureau can only be effective when it is willing to stretch the law to get a necessary result. Early in the film he asks Exley – who is keen to become a detective – whether he will beat a confession out of a person he knows to be guilty, and whether he would plant corroborating evidence on someone – and this is key – he knows to be guilty. Not since, perhaps, Reservoir Dogs had a mainstream Hollywood release so successfully found redemption in the irredeemable and snatched redemption from the outwardly decent. All the while the film is narrated by Danny Devito’s Sid Hudgens, a writer of prurient gossip (“Off the record, on the QT, and very hush–hush”). This is a masterstroke, as the character never speaks with any pretence of sincerity; when he is telling us all about the glorious Los Angeles, the ability for every working man to own a fabulous home – not to mention the city being protected by the “greatest police force in the World” – it is clear that reality is an open secret. LA Confidential is a world inhibited – with the possible exception of Exley – by characters that know that the city they inhabit is not that of the image sold to the rest of the country and wider-world. That image exists only in lantern-jawed heroes of shows such as Badge of Honor. In that regard, the film is almost heartbreaking, as all of the main players know they are, essentially, inhabiting a fiction, and their job isn’t to make anything better; but rather to massage the image of the city, to manage and to soften the decline. Exley manages that knowledge by living in denial – following the rules and working as though corruption can be ignored or, at a push, rooted out: White manages by violently railing against the injustices of the world, as measured against his own moral code. That the two find common ground and a degree of friendship, is one of the film’s finest achievements. Hanson continued to work until his untimely death at the age of 71, in 2016, making a range of work, perhaps the most interesting of which being the 2000 Michael Douglas-starring Wonder Boys, but is fair to say that he never rose to these heights again. In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected LA Confidential for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”: not bad at all for a small Halloween night noir. Tags: Curtis Hanson Danny DeVito Guy Pearce James Cromwell Kevin Spacey Kim Basinger LA Confidential Noirvember Russell Crowe Previous Entry Suspiria – 5 other recent ‘weird’ horrors Next Entry Star Wars: In Concert – Event Review	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line956
__label__wiki	0.700719	0.700719	Home Lifestyle Entertainment Dunkirk Movie Review Dunkirk Movie Review Monica Solano From The Dark Knight Trilogy to Interstellar comes Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Dunkirk based on the heroic true story of 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers rescued from Dunkirk. Set in May 1940 during World War II after the invasion of France by Nazi Germany, thousands of Allied soldiers are found trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk as they await evacuation, though all seems hopeless. Throughout the film, the narrative follows three major plot points which are interwoven in a nonlinear narrative: “The Mole,” which covers one week on Dunkirk, “The Sea” covering one day, and “The Air” covering one hour. It’s survival of the fittest for the soldiers while also maintaining their sanity as they are slowly evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. The best way to describe Dunkirk is simplistic but highly realistic. The movie does not shy away from depicting the horrors of war as well as the psychological impact the soldiers face, which makes it all the more realistic and frightening. Just about any narrative revolving around war is horrific and terrifying. Dunkirk, however, does it in a way that makes the audience feel they have been dropped in the middle of the action, facing doom and gloom everywhere one looks. The film opens with despair in an abandoned town in France as Allied troops are attempting to get safely to the beach. From there, it is non-stop nail-biting suspense and action not knowing if these men will survive. What is also interesting about Dunkirk is the lack of dialogue spoken throughout the entire film.The score and visuals are what is telling the story and helping move the three plot points along. Hans Zimmer, of course, once again composed the music for Nolan’s new film and he does a great job taking full advantage of giving the score an eerie and intense sound that perfectly captures the struggles each character is facing. The best part about the film has to be the dog fights in the air as Tom Hardy’s character Farrier, a Royal Air Force pilot, provides air support to the troops waiting in Dunkirk. Anytime Hardy is on the screen taking down a German plane, the suspense, top-notch and authentic visuals keep the viewer sitting on the edge of their seat. One complaint about the film would be due to the fact there is little to no dialogue, the audience may not get emotionally invested in the characters as the plot is constantly shifting from one moment to the next. Nevertheless, Dunkirk is not about solely focusing on one group of particular characters or getting from point A to point B. It is a film that is 100 percent about being in the moment of war from beginning to end. Final Score 9/10 http://monicainessolano.wordpress.com Monica graduated from California Baptist University earning her Bachelors of Arts degree in English and Journalism with experience in newspaper, magazine, and online writing. She is passionate about writing and hopes to inspire and encourage others through her words while applying her faith into every aspect of her work. Whether writing or talking to a stranger, she wants to allow the Holy Spirit to move her in every way possible. Get to know more about Monica on her blog at monicainessolano.wordpress.com. SoCal Team Hopes to Advance to Little League Worlds Series Big Daddy Weave Kicks Off Alive Tour in February CARS 3 Movie Review	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line961
__label__cc	0.692722	0.307278	A Los Angeles Gem – The Griffith Park Observatory by Jill Weinlein - Travel and Restaurant Reviewer in Griffith Park, Griffith Park Observatory, Hollywood, Things to See and Do The magnificent doors Standing in front of the Griffith Park Observatory gives locals and tourists an awe moment. Architects, astronomers, and public leaders helped Griffith J. Griffith’s achieve his dream to build the best public observatory in the world. From Griffith’s bequest in 1919 to the Observatory’s dedication on May 14, 1935, the Observatory has welcomed 70 million visitors and is the world’s leader in public astronomy. There is no admission fee to enter the Observatory and you don’t need a reservation. Check out the gorgeous metal and glass front doors. The building and grounds are visually beautiful everywhere you look. On a clear day one can see the snow-capped mountains, the sky scrapers of downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Century City and Santa Monica. Catalina Island and Palos Verdes rest next to the Pacific Ocean. Here are five things you must see and do while at the Observatory: 1. The Central Rotunda is exquisite with its painted ceiling and walls celebrating the intersection of science and mythology, earth and sky. The gently swaying of the 240-pound brass ball, suspended by a 40 foot long cable – Foucault pendulum is hypnotizing. It’s one of the largest scientific instruments designed to demonstrate the Earth’s rotation. As the day passes, the pendulum knocks over pegs set up in the pendulum pit and indicates the progress of rotation. 2. Purchase tickets for one of the shows inside the Samuel Oschin Planetarium to see a state of the art laser digital show from a Zeiss star projector. The dome ceiling offers movie magic up on the walls and ceiling. The newest show – Time’s Up – examines the fundamental nature of time. Some of the shows have a live narrator. Children under 5 are admitted ONLY to the first show each day (12:45 p.m. on weekdays, 10:45 a.m. on weekends). Ticket prices range from $3 to $7. When outside before entering the theatre, take a peek at the multi-million dollar views. 3. See the Tesla Coil in the Hall of the Eye throw lighting-like arcs with sparks, while emitting a loud roar. It’s one of the most memorable and iconic exhibits. The Tesla coil converts low-voltage alternating current electricity to very high voltage and increases the frequency. It is named after its inventor, eccentric genius Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), who displayed his first model in 1891. The main aim of the Tesla coil was transmission of electricity through the air, without using wires. Expensive to build, Tesla and others worked on wireless electrical transmission networks. Though not wireless, the power grid that we use to bring electricity to our homes today is based on Tesla’s work. He would be so pleased to know a fully electric luxury car is now named after him. 4. Wear walking shoes. If you arrive on the weekend, the parking lot may be full. You may have to park on adjacent roads. After a visit, there are some interesting hiking trails surrounding the Observatory. Picnic tables are available too. 5. Walk through all the exhibits to learn more about our Universe. The Gunther Depths of Space is filled with interactive displays of the planets, our Earth, solar system, milky way galaxy and more. It’s fascinating. Multi-million dollar views The Observatory is closed on Mondays. To approach the Observatory take the Vermont or Fern Dell entrances into Griffith Park. Fern Dell is closed each evening at sunset. Handicapped parking is available near the building. For more information, go to http://www.griffithobs.org/ Previous National Taco Day in LA Next Disneyland’s Decorated Jack o’lanterns	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line962
__label__wiki	0.891958	0.891958	Chennai, the city where drought is visible from space At Tour de France, Caleb Ewan Posts First Stage Win and Julian Alaphilippe Keeps Lead White Sox Rout Yankees Behind Lucas Giolito and Eloy Jimenez in: Other Sports, Sports CHICAGO — Lucas Giolito pitched into the seventh for his ninth straight win and Eloy Jimenez hit a pair of three-run homers as the Chicago White Sox routed the Yankees, 10-2, on Friday night. Giolito (10-1) gave up a home run to Luke Voit in the first, and then shut down the Yankees for his eighth consecutive winning start. He gave up one run and four hits in his 11th straight outing without a loss since Seattle beat him on April 6. Jimenez has five home runs in his past six games. He connected against C. C. Sabathia (3-4) in a four-run first and drove a shot deep to center against Luis Cessa in the sixth, giving him three multihomer games this season and two against the Yankees. He hit two in a win at Yankee Stadium on April 12. Jimenez finished with six R.B.I. — one shy of Joe Crede’s club rookie record in 2002 — and three hits. Jose Abreu had three hits, scored two runs and drove in one. Yolmer Sanchez added two run-scoring singles as Chicago won for the fifth time in six games. The White Sox are 34-34, the first time they have been at or above .500 through 68 games since 2012. Sabathia remained stuck on 249 career victories and had his third straight losing start. He lasted four and two-thirds innings, allowing six runs (five earned) and 10 hits. It was the Yankees’ eighth loss in 11 games. Giolito is trying to become the first major leaguer to make the All-Star team after finishing with the worst earned run average in baseball the previous season, according to STATS LLC. He went 22 innings without allowing a run before Voit drove the first pitch he saw to the batter’s eye in center field for his 17th home run of the season. But the White Sox scored four in the bottom half of the first, sending nine batters to the plate, and pulled away after that. Inside pitch The Yankees’ Aaron Judge (strained left oblique) joined Giancarlo Stanton (biceps, shoulder, calf) on a rehabilitation assignment with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Judge, making his first rehab appearance, was 0 for 4 as the designated hitter at Durham. Stanton, whom the Yankees transferred from Class A Tampa, started in right field and hit a three-run homer. Judge has been sidelined since April 20, and Stanton has not played for the Yankees since March 31. “We feel like they’re at a point where they’re doing well and obviously they’ve got to get through these final steps and hurdles and rack up some time here,” Yankees Manager Aaron Boone said. “But we’re starting to plan and get excited for them, hopefully joining us at some point” during a 10-game homestand that begins Monday against Tampa Bay. Tags:behindgiolitojimenezlucaswhiteyankees Previous : Trump wins court victory in quest for transgender military ban \| USA News Next : Huckabee Says Sarah Sanders Running for Governor 'Could Happen'	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line967
__label__wiki	0.850939	0.850939	Dublin: The Fascinating Capital of Ireland Where History Comes to Life Photo by www.istockphoto.com The capital city of the Republic of Ireland, Dublin is situated on the east coast. With an urban area population of more than one million it's also the largest city and major hub for the country. Known for a vibrant nightlife scene along with a number of historical buildings and fascinating museums, Dublin is a beautifully picturesque city that makes for the perfect stepping stone into Ireland. In this article we've compiled the top attractions you have to visit when visiting the city. Dublin: The Fascinating Capital of Ireland Where History Comes to Life:table of contents 1. Kilmainham Gaol 2. The Little Museum of Dublin 3. Glasnevin Cemetery Museum 4. Irish Whiskey Museum 5. St. Stephen's Green 6. National Botanic Gardens 7. National Gallery of Ireland 8. James Joyce Centre 9. Phoenix Park 10. St. Patrick's Cathedral Kilmainham Gaol played a significant role in the history of Dublin. It was here where the rebel leaders from the 1916 Easter Rising were executed and visitors can witness the excruciating conditions the people endured during these difficult times. For those brave enough to visit, Kilmainham Gaol can easily be reached by a local bus. Name：Kilmainham Gaol Address： Inchicore Rd, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, D08 RK28, Ireland Related Site：http://kilmainhamgaolmuseum.ie/ The Little Museum of Dublin is one of the best museums to visit and features the fascinating history of the city during the 20th century. The displays exhibit the history of Dublin in terms of culture and politics. Moreover, the artifacts related to popular visitors including Muhammad Ali and President John F Kennedy could be seen. Interested tourists may go sightseeing on the museum any day of the week for a small fee. On the other hand, entrance is free on Wednesdays at noon. Name：The Little Museum of Dublin Address：15 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland Related Site：https://www.littlemuseum.ie/ The Glasnevin Cemetery Museum is one of the top sightseeing destinations in Dublin. It takes place in the graves of the people who have shaped the history of Dublin and the rest of Ireland. You could see the resting place of notable personalities including Countess Markievicz and Michael Collins. Tourists may also visit the crypt of Daniel O'Connell and listen as the history of Ireland unfolds right in front of them through well-versed guides. The duration of the tour around the museum takes about 90 minutes. Name：Glasnevin Cemetery Museum Address：Glasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland Related Site：https://www.glasnevinmuseum.ie/ A must-see for those who enjoy the occasional tipple (or more we won't judge!), the Irish Whiskey Museum offers an interactive tour which gives visitors an insight into the origins of Irish whiskey. The museum also features fascinating artifacts relating to Irish whiskey that date back to the 1800s. For a VIP ticket, tourists can try some beautifully-matured aged whiskey and receive a distinct souvenir which can only be found at the museum. Name：Irish Whiskey Museum Address：119 Grafton Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Related Site：www.irishwhiskeymuseum.ie/ St. Stephen's Green is a public park and a welcome respite of greenery found at the heart of Dublin. Locally known as the Green, this patch of nature was created in 1664, but it was not until 1880 when it officially opened to the public. The Green is surrounded by buildings designed in a particular Georgian architectural style. It's a great way to escape to a spot of Irish nature without leaving the boundaries of the city. Name：St. Stephen's Green Address：St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland Related Site：http://ststephensgreenpark.ie/ For those willing to venture a bit further, the National Botanic Gardens boasts of beauty and calmness through its vast array of flora species and several distinct iron glasshouses. Located just three kilometers from the center of Dublin, the National Botanic Gardens includes several collections of plants, a library, and the National Herbarium. Name：National Botanic Gardens Address：Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland Related Site：www.botanicgardens.ie/ The National Gallery of Ireland is home to an exceptional collection of Irish art you won't find anywhere else in the world. There's also an area housing a range of grand European art. Be sure to check their website before visiting as they often arrange special exhibitions that are well worth checking out. The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday every week. Best of all it's free to visit. Name：National Gallery of Ireland Address：Merrion Square W, Dublin 2, Ireland Related Site：https://www.nationalgallery.ie/ The James Joyce Centre is an attraction in Dublin which was founded by David Norris, an Irish senator, and a well-known Joycean scholar. Established in 1996, the gallery consists of various artifacts and articles about James Joyce, although he never lived in the property. When sightseeing around the museum, tourists could learn about the life and works of the famed author. The James Joyce Centre is open every day, and tourists who wish to go sightseeing on the attraction could be admitted for a small fee. Name：James Joyce Centre Address：35 N Great George's St, Rotunda, Dublin, Ireland Related Site：http://jamesjoyce.ie/ The Phoenix Park one of the largest urban parks in Europe, while you could spend days exploring its grounds, highlights to check out include the polo field and the Dublin Zoo. Within the 1,750-acre expanse of the park, hundreds of deer freely roam around the park and the park is a perfect escape for wildlife enthusiasts. It's also home to the official residence of the president of Ireland, although it isn't open to the public. Name：Phoenix Park Address：Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Ireland Related Site：http://phoenixpark.ie/ One of the most iconic structures in the city of Dublin, St. Patrick's Cathedral was founded in 1191. This towering historic building is also tallest church in Ireland and according to tradition, it was on this place where St. Patrick was baptized into Christianity. Name：St. Patrick's Cathedral Address：St Patrick's Close, Wood Quay, Dublin 8, DZ08 H6X3, Ireland Related Site：https://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/ Wandering around the picturesque city of Dublin you'll find a wealth of historic architecture and attractions perfect for exploring. 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__label__wiki	0.682828	0.682828	Prague : Marvel At Czech Architecture In the City of a Hundred Spires Photo by PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek/shutterstock.com The city of Prague is often ranked as one of the most beautiful cities in the world and is a hub of tourism for visitors to the Czech Republic. It's unique Gothic architecture is unrivaled within Europe and makes for the perfect weekend getaway. Prague has been crowned with a number of titles, including the Golden City and the City of Towers, which is characterized by the abundance of unique towers and historical buildings, which brings flocks of travelers every day. Prague : Marvel At Czech Architecture In the City of a Hundred Spires:table of contents 1. Wenceslas Square 2. Charles Bridge 3. Prague Castle 4. Petrin Hill & Observation Tower 5. Prague Zoo 6. Old Town Square 7. Lennon Wall 8. Dancing House 9. Prague Astronomical Clock 10. St. Vitus Cathedral ◎ Closing Wenceslas Square is located in the heart of the new city of Prague, a lively area with hotels, restaurants, and shops. The main tourist attraction in the Czech Republic is the center of entertainment and nightlife, and the main public squares of Prague located a short distance from the old city square. The square has many of the city's historical sights and is a short walk from many of Prague's other sights and attractions. Wenceslas Square was first famous for being a horse market that has a history of 650 years and occupies a vast area of 45,000 square meters. Located at the top of the square is the National Historical Memorial Museum, to the left of which is the Opera House Hall, which offers 300 performances annually. The site is also used each year as one of Prague's Chirstmas markets, a must-see for anyone visiting over the festive period. Name：Wenceslas Square Address：New Town, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Charles Bridge, crossing the Vltava River is an unmissable spot when visiting the Czech capital. It was built in the mid-14th century and opened at the beginning of the 15th century and was the only way to cross the Vltava river until 1841. The bridge is 621 meters long and 10 meters wide. It is located above 16 arcades and includes 3 towers and many sculptures. The bridge is a tourist attraction in Czech Prague and is currently connected between Prague's two banks, with the Old Town on the right and Lyser Brago on the left. Name：Charles Bridge Address：Karlův most, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Photo by gnoparus/shutterstock.com Prague Castle was founded in the late 9th century and is the largest castle complex in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records. The castle, which is currently the official residence of the President of the Czech Republic, was once the seat of power for the Bohemian kings, the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Presidents of Czechoslovakia. The complex as a whole has been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites and consists of a wide variety of palaces and churches of various architectural styles in the area. Name：Prague Castle Address：119 08 Prague 1, Czech Related Site：https://www.hrad.cz/en Photo by romanboed/flickr The Petrin Hill & Observation Tower was built in 1891 as a miniature model of Paris' Eiffel Tower. The tower is located in the park of Petrin Hill, built of steel iron, to be used as a monitoring and transmission tower, and is now a lookout point over the city. The park includes many landscaped gardens, which include a large rose garden, making it a suitable place for year-round picnics. Name：Petrin Hill & Observation Tower Address：Petřínské sady ６３３, 118 00 Praha 1-Malá Strana, Czech Photo by trabantos/shutterstock.com Prague Zoo has been opened in the Troja region of Prague since 1931 to host animals, protect wildlife and educate the public. The park occupies an area of 58 hectares, mostly used for animal shows and has about 650 species, one of the best zoos worldwide. The park has greatly contributed to the rescue of Brezwalsky horses and, for many years, has been the world's leading breeder. The Prague Zoo has 4,200 animals, 20% of which are on the list of endangered animals, and includes many unique and popular activities. Name：Prague Zoo Address：U Trojského zámku 3/120, Prague, Czech Related Site：https://www.zoopraha.cz/en Old Town Square is a historic square in Prague's Old Town, located between Wenceslas Square and Charles Bridge. The square includes many different styles of architecture, mainly Gothic, Baroque, and Amran Renaissance style, along with including a number of churches and monuments. The square is used for festivals and official events to establish markets that resemble medieval markets, decorated in beautiful colors, and a platform for musical performances. In the center of the square is the statue of Jean Hoss, who was burned to death because of his religious beliefs in the city of Constance, whose execution led to the Bohemian War. The square includes the Gothic Church of the Virgin, the Astronomical Clock, the Baroque Nicholas Church, the Kinski Palace, which became an art museum, as well as cafes and shops. Name：Old Town Square Address：Staroměstské nám., Prague, Czech Photo by pavel068/shutterstock.com Lennon Wall in Prague has been turned into a painting inspired by Beatles' famous songs three decades ago. The wall is located in Mala Strana and belongs to the Order of Malta, who allowed the writing. It became a symbol of love and peace in the city, with many fans of the popular band visiting the city to pay their respects. Name：Lennon Wall Address： Velkopřevorské náměstí, Prague, Czech Photo by rafaelzenato/shutterstock.com Dancing House, or Fred and Ginger, is the common name of the Nederlanden National Building, located opposite the Rachinovo dam in Prague. It was opened in 1996 and is considered a tourist attraction in Czech Prague. The most striking feature of the building is its unconventional and controversial design, which is located amidst a mixture of Baroque and Gothic buildings and new art. It was named Fred and Ginger, after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, but later the idea was abandoned, as it was thought that the name would sound tacky. The building is currently used for offices and restaurants and includes a hotel. It's also printed on the year 2000 Czech coins in a series featuring ten centuries of architecture. Name：Dancing House Address：Rašínovo nábřeží 80, Prague, Czech Photo by Ilyshev Dmitry/shutterstock.com The Prague Astronomical Clock is one of the most famous and most visited Czech tourist attractions in the heart of historical Prague. The date of the astronomical clock was founded on the southern wall of Prague's Old Town Hall in the Middle Ages. It is now the third oldest clock of its kind in the world, and the oldest astronomical hour is still operating to this day. The work of the astronomical clock, its indicators, its rings, its bells, and the movements of its statues and sculptures are controlled by the original ironwork inside. Name：Prague Astronomical Clock Address：Staroměstské nám. 1, Prague, Czech St. Vitus Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic capital of Prague, the most famous Baroque church in Prague and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. 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__label__cc	0.515973	0.484027	Vietnamese Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was a speech read by Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945, in Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, Vietnam, which proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from France and Japan Empire after the Second World War. During the August Revolution, Ho Chi Minh wrote the speech at 48 Hang Ngang Street, Hanoi, at the home of a bourgeoisie family that donated 5,147 taels of gold to the Revolutionary Government headed by Ho Chi Minh. The Declaration was written with the advise of OSS Detachment 101 Maj. Archimedes Patti. It is based on the American Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." This immortal statement was made in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. In a broader sense, this means: All the peoples on the earth are equal from birth, all the peoples have a right to live, to be happy and free. The Declaration of the French Revolution made in 1791 on the Rights of Man and the Citizen also states: "All men are born free and with equal rights, and must always remain free and have equal rights." Those are undeniable truths. Nevertheless, for more than eighty years, the French imperialists, abusing the standard of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, have violated our Fatherland and oppressed our fellowcitizens. They have acted contrary to the ideals of humanity and justice. In the field of politics, they have deprived our people of every democratic liberty. They have enforced inhuman laws; they have set up three distinct political regimes in the North, the Center, and the South of Vietnam in order to wreck our national unity and prevent our people from being united. They have built more prisons than schools. They have mercilessly slain our patriots; they have drowned our uprisings in rivers of blood. They have fettered public opinion; they have practised obscurantism against our people. To weaken our race they have forced us to use opium and alcohol. In the field of economics, they have fleeced us to the backbone, impoverished our people, and devastated our land. They have robbed us of our rice fields, our mines, our forests, and our raw materials. They have monopolized the issuing of banknotes and the export trade. They have invented numerous unjustifiable taxes and reduced our people, especially our peasantry, to a state of extreme poverty. They have hampered the prospering of our national bourgeoisie; they have mercilessly exploited our workers. In the autumn of 1940, when the Japanese Fascists violated Indochina's territory to establish new bases in their fight against the Allies, the French imperialists went down on their bended knees and handed over our country to them. Thus, from that date, our people were subjected to the double yoke of the French and the Japanese. Their sufferings and miseries increased. The result was that from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, from Quang Tri province to the North of Vietnam, more than two million of our fellow citizens died from starvation. On March 9, the French troops were disarmed by the Japanese. The French colonialists either fled or surrendered showing that not only were they incapable of "protecting" us, but that, in the span of five years, they had twice sold our country to the Japanese. On several occasions before March 9, the Vietminh League urged the French to ally themselves with it against the Japanese. Instead of agreeing to this proposal, the French colonialists so intensified their terrorist activities against the Vietminh members that before fleeing they massacred a great number of our political prisoners detained at Yen Bay and Caobang. Notwithstanding all this, our fellowcitizens have always manifested toward the French a tolerant and humane attitude. Even after the Japanese putsch of March 1945, the Vietminh League helped many Frenchmen to cross the frontier, rescued some of them from Japanese jails, and protected French lives and property. From the autumn of 1940, our country had in fact ceased to be a French colony and had become a Japanese possession. After the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies, our whole people rose to regain our national sovereignty and to found the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The truth is that we have wrested our independence from the Japanese and not from the French. The French have fled, the Japanese have capitulated, Emperor Bao Dai has abdicated. Our people have broken the chains which for nearly a century have fettered them and have won independence for the Fatherland. Our people at the same time have overthrown the monarchic regime that has reigned supreme for dozens of centuries. In its place has been established the present Democratic Republic. For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government, representing the whole Vietnamese people, declare that from now on we break off all relations of a colonial character with France; we repeal all the international obligation that France has so far subscribed to on behalf of Vietnam and we abolish all the special rights the French have unlawfully acquired in our Fatherland. The whole Vietnamese people, animated by a common purpose, are determined to fight to the bitter end against any attempt by the French colonialists to reconquer their country. We are convinced that the Allied nations, which at Tehran and San Francisco have acknowledged the principles of self-determination and equality of nations, will not refuse to acknowledge the independence of Vietnam. A people who have courageously opposed French domination for more than eight years, a people who have fought side by side with the Allies against the Fascists during these last years, such a people must be free and independent. For these reasons, we, members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, solemnly declare to the world that Vietnam has the right to be a free and independent country-and in fact is so already. The entire Vietnamese people are determined to mobilize all their physical and mental strength, to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty. [1] ↑ Ho Chi Minh, "Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Viemam, " Selected Writings (Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1977), pp. 53 This short article about Asia can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it. Wikisource has original writing related to this article: Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vietnamese_Declaration_of_Independence&oldid=6468074" 1945 in Vietnam Asia stubs This page was last changed on 9 March 2019, at 09:03.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line972
__label__wiki	0.5586	0.5586	German data storage laws 'threaten free trade' Germany's data storage laws are comparable to those of Russia and China, according to a top US tech think tank. Forcing companies to store data locally hinders the global digital economy, the ITIF argues. Germany is up there with Russia, China, Turkey, and Indonesia on a list of countries that pursue protectionist policies that damage global technological innovation, according to a leading US think tank. The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report this week arguing that Germany’s data storage law, which was updated in 2015 to tighten cybersecurity, was a potentially damaging hindrance to free trade. The 2015 law change forced telecom companies to store metadata locally in Germany, rather than anywhere else – even in the European Union. This amendment “potentially violates rules that protect the freedom of services… and the free flow of personal data” protected by EU laws, the ITIF said in its report entitled “The Worst Innovation Mercantilist Policies of 2016.” But some German economists were skeptical. Barbara Engels, digitization specialist at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IWK), seemed surprised by the ITIF’s accusation. “I don’t see a problem the way this institute does,” she told DW. “I don’t really see exactly how it should hinder innovation.” German telecom companies must store metadata in Germany for 10 weeks The importance of moving data Dirk Dohse, of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), was also a little nonplussed. “I can see what they mean, but I still think it’s a little outlandish,” he told DW. “The argument of this think tank seems to be that foreign companies are being denied access to the German market, and that is a form of mercantilism. I think they’ve made it a little sensationalized.” Nevertheless, the ITIF insisted that companies needs to be able to move data. “The ability to move data across borders is a critical component of value creation for companies in the United States, Europe, and other nations around the world,” the report’s author Nigel Cory told DW in an email. “Fully half of all global trade in services now depends on access to cross-border data flows.” “Inhibiting the flow of this data, for both modern and traditional businesses which increasingly rely on data,” he added, “undermines their ability to leverage economies of scale in global markets to use to invest in further research and development.” The ITIF report pointed out that other countries, like Australia and the UK, have similar data retention rules, but do not stipulate where that data has to be kept. Similarly, most EU member states have resisted local storage requirements, and half of them even signed a letter calling on the European Commission to remove all barriers to data flows. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has also called the free flow of data a “vital condition for the globally distributed data ecosystem as it enables access to global value chains and markets.” Meanwhile, more authoritarian countries – the ITIF named Russia, Turkey and China in its report – all have localized data storage regulations like Germany’s, though the report admits that these countries’ rules have much bigger privacy implications: in Russia, for instance, telecom companies are required to retain the actual content of users’ communications for six months. Under German law, companies must store metadata (but not content) of their customers’ communications for 10 weeks and location data for four weeks. But Germany is certainly not the only European country with similar local data storage rules, and Dohse wondered why France, for example, had not made it onto the ITIF’s list. Russian data retention laws are much stricter than Germany’s Stricter doesn’t mean more secure Cory dismissed the notion that data localization helps maintain security, since access is more important to security forces than location. “The geography of where the data is stored should not matter as telecommunication companies that store data outside of Germany are still required by law to provide access to it,” he said. “These arguments here aren’t totally valid,” countered Dohse. “Of course, free trade is a very important principle. But on the other hand I think it’s legitimate for a country to protect its data and the data of its citizens. If a company is based in China, for example, and stores data there, then it will only be subject to law there. Also, if you make a firm locate in Germany, you have better possibilities for sanctioning it.” The German Economy Ministry dismissed the accusation that the law amounted to protectionism, arguing that localizing data storage was essential to protecting personal data from abuse and unauthorized access. “Only inside Germany can high demands be comprehensively guaranteed and regularly checked,” the ministry said in a statement to DW. “By storing data abroad it can’t be ruled out that the foreign state will gain access to the data by dint of its interior law.” Dohse also found it odd that the US wasn’t on a list of countries with protectionist policies. “The US is the country that earns the most from protecting intellectual property rights – the so-called TRIPS agreement, which all countries have to abide by that join the World Trade Organization. This TRIPS agreement was brought about essentially by the US, because they have the most intellectual property to protect. Maybe [the ITIF] is being a bit one-sided.” For Engels, meanwhile, Germany’s strict data protection actually presents more of a problem for businesses than data storage. “I completely agree that we have very tough data protection laws, and that they could partially obstruct innovation,” she said. “It’s a problem that in Germany it’s different from in the EU, where the regulations are generally laxer. When companies want to upscale, they find themselves subject to different data protection laws.” « CALENDRIER du 16 janvier au 22 janvier 2017 Trump cards: how will next US president play his hand against China? »	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line973
__label__wiki	0.899556	0.899556	Home / West Sussex / Barlavington – St Mary Barlavington – St Mary A small church under the Downs of c1200, it had provision for two aisles, though probably only the south one was built. It was reconstructed in 1874. The work, the authorship of which is in doubt, was thorough but sensitive. The area west of Bignor under the Downs has changed little since the Middle Ages, with sunken roads linking the scattered villages. Barlavington church stands down a turning by a farm, which is its only close neighbour. Though close to the Downs, it is built of rough sandstone. Nothing appears older than c1200, the presumed date of nave and chancel, though Adelaide Tracy (1849) (II p21) shows a round-headed chancel arch with plain abaci. According to her note it was then cemented. This could be C12 in origin and thus rather earlier than the rest of the structure appears to be. However, it is consistent with the date of first building of other churches in the area. Until the C19, it had two flanking, pointed niches, of which the south one contained a squint. The presence of a squint suggests that this arrangement was mediaeval and that the cement was the result of later repairs. The date of the chancel is confirmed by two round-headed east lancets with rere-arches which lack scoinsons, though the pointed side-lancets do have them. The difference is hard to expain unless the side-ones have been altered, though their appearance is old. Between the east ones is a shallow square-topped recess as at Greatham. Unusually, the piscina is under the south west lancet, so its sill is higher (see below). The south arcade as built was of similar date to the chancel, with a single round pier and square abacus and chamfered arches. From Debary’s (1 p53) description, it was little changed when it was unblocked in 1874 and is probably at least partly original. The south aisle was probably still standing in 1530, the date of a bequest to the altar of Our Lady (2 p1), for such altars generally stood in the south aisle. It is doubtful if the north aisle was ever built, for though there is the outline of an arcade, it has no pier or responds – the present pairs of lancets in the blocking are C19. Drawings, such as Quartermain’s ((W) p299) and the Sharpe Collection (1804), show obviously post-Reformation pointed, mullioned windows in this position and a large square timbered bell-turret like others in the area. A comparison of the church before the restoration of 1873-74 with the present shows the extent of the work. The cost of this is said to have been £530 (PP125), but this must be an underestimate. The report in The Builder of the re-opening (32 p58) gives no architect. Basil Clarke in his papers attributed Barlavington to ‘GES’ (i e G E Street), but gave no source; some later authorities have followed this attribution (eg Beevers, Marks and Roles p78). It probably derives from A E Street’s memoir of his father, which lists an undated restoration of ‘Woollavington, Sussex’, an alternative name for East Lavington, which was beyond doubt restored by J P Harrison. The attribution of Barlavington to Street would be plausible, for he worked nearby at Graffham and Bignor and was associated with Samuel Wilberforce (‘Soapy Sam’), Bishop of Oxford, whose family estate covered East Lavington and Graffham, but no supporting evidence has emerged and though the estate as a whole was often called Woollavington (a later C19 owner took the title of Lord Woollavington), it never included Barlavington. Street rebuilt Graffham church as a memorial to Wilberforce and it is most likely that A E Street had this in mind. This seems surprising as he himself worked on Graffham after his father’s death, but he was sometimes inaccurate despite access to his father’s records. Confusion with Woolavington (sic) (Somerset) can be ruled out. Whoever the architect was, it is hard to believe that much of his work is not mediaeval, largely because he used local stone, hand-hewn like mediaeval work; that is an argument in favour of Street, since this is also a feature of his work at Graffham, but it is nevertheless likely that there would be some other record if he were responsible. The south aisle was reconstructed in an appropriate early C13 lancet style, the arcade was repaired and the chancel arch was replaced, though the side-openings were destroyed. A stone belfry and west window were added and the roofs were replaced, though the nave one re-uses the original corbels. The only obvious C19 note is the shiny Minton tiles (B ibid). Probably because of its remoteness, the church was later neglected. In 1954 the west wall was said to be ‘in a tragic state’ (3 p65), but its condition now appears satisfactory. Carving: (Recess at east end) Annunciation in oak by A Ayres, 1967 (2 p2). Font: Plain octagonal C19. Piscina: (Under south east lancet) Small early C13 triangular-headed. 1. T Debary: The Lavingtons, SAC 29 (1879) pp46-71 2. F W Steer: Guide to the Church of St Mary, Barlavington (Sussex Churches No 43), 1970 3. Sussex Archaeological Society Meeting – Report, SNQ 14 (Nov 1954) p65	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line976
__label__wiki	0.663463	0.663463	Banking Union: MEPs lay out final offer on bank single resolution mechanism The lead MEPs in charge for the second pillar of banking union, the single resolution mechanism, have begun preparing texts for Parliament’s April plenary vote. These texts will take on board concerns of some member states in a spirit of compromise, while at the same time maintaining a credible and fair system, able to reach the fundamental goals. The MEPs restate that they will not sign up to a system with serious and evident flaws. Below is a statement from the Chair of the economic and monetary affairs committee and the rapporteurs. “We regret that the last Ecofin meeting, contrary to general hopes and expectations, was unable to improve its position on the single resolution mechanism and fund. This was critical for negotiations to make headway on some of the most central issues. Without real openings there cannot be a deal. We continue working constructively with the Greek Presidency and foresee that we are close to finding compromises on many technical aspects of the regulation. On the essential issues however, namely the decision-making processes and the single resolution fund, we remain far apart. The Presidency has been deprived of sufficient room to make more than cosmetic changes and, although we are ready to factor in some concerns raised by member states, we cannot sign off on a deal which establishes a mechanism which is unfit for purpose. The ECB, the Commission and many economists have raised these concerns too. A potentially unworkable resolution system will jeopardise banking union and leave taxpayers exposed. Parliament will in any case take a plenary vote in April to close its first reading, whether there is an agreement with member states or not. In a constructive spirit we have taken it on ourselves to draft texts on the crucial issues which respect our ‘red lines’ but also take on board some of Council’s concerns. These texts are intended to be used as a last attempt for the negotiations to succeed and will be the basis for April’s plenary vote in the event that there is no agreement with member states. The principles underpinning these texts have been conveyed to the Greek Presidency of the Council, the Eurogroup President and the Commission.” Some of the principles contained in the circulated document are: The ECB must be the only authority to decide whether a bank is “failing or likely to fail”. A mechanism could however be envisaged to ensure that others can effectively voice their concerns; Resolution actions concerning a specific bank should be decided only at the executive board level to avoid political power-games and ensure that banks receive equal treatment, irrespective of their country of origin. A role for the Council in decisions on a bank’s resolution must be avoided; The need for an intergovernmental chapter remains dubious and legal justifications have yet to be provided by member states. The Council must prove that any intergovernmental dimension will not encroach upon the competences of the EU; Breaking the fund into “national compartments”, even if temporarily, is not necessary to address issues such as legacy debt. This can be addressed through the ECB asset quality review exercise for example. If from the very beginning a credit line is in place to ensure adequate fire-power for the fund from the start, temporary compartments could be considered. The rate at which the compartments are transformed into a single fund (mutualisation) would however need to be sped up considerably – 50% of mutualisation in the first year and the rest over the subsequent two years; A rock-solid guarantee of the bail-in system, as enshrined in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, will have to be included in the single resolution mechanism regulation. Signed: Sharon Bowles (Committee Chair), Elisa Ferraira (S&D, PT), Corien Wortmann Kool (EPP, NL), Sylvie Goulard (ALDE, FR), Sven Giegold (Greens/EFA, DE), Vicky Ford (ECR, UK), Thomas Händel (GUE/NGL, DE) The circulated non-paper can be found here: https://sven-giegold.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140304-EP-position-SRM.doc Rubrik: English	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line977
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__label__wiki	0.767956	0.767956	« The LaBute New Theater Festival cont. “Ragtime” Cuts A Wide Swath Across American Ideals On The Stray Dog Stage » Old Dog, New Tricks As “A Chorus Line” Gets A Fresh Look At The Muny A fresh look at photos and resumes with the current production of “A Chorus Line” at the Muny. I’ve never been a big fan of the children’s and teen chorus at the Muny through the years as they often distract from a musical that doesn’t need “fixing.” But this new look of “A Chorus Line” benefits from the younger kids as they serve as visual reminders of how these fledgling dancer/singers got the urge that got them this far. Thanks to director/choreographer Denis Jones, this somehow breathes new life into a show that never really got old or stagnant. It’s still the same, sparkling look at the heartbreak of auditioning, but this makes it so much more real. Bianca Marroquin powers through the dynamic “Music and the Mirror” number in “A Chorus Line” at the Muny. A brilliant cast including an outstanding chorus bring this Broadway love story to life. Bianca Marroquin leads the way as Cassie who has had a few star turns but is now trying to turn her life around again by auditioning for the chorus of a new show. The show’s director, Zach- a strong performance by Ivan Hernandez- is a former director and lover of Cassie and he keeps pushing her to tone it down- don’t pop the head, don’t flick the kicks, etc.- so she blends in the way a chorus member should. Her “Music and the Mirror” dance is breathtaking. Hannah Florence delights with her description of improv in the Muny production of “A Chorus Line.” Hannah Florence makes a delightful Diana who relates the story of how she couldn’t deal with acting class- especially the improv sessions where she had to “melt like an ice cream cone” and other ridiculous exercises. She then stops the show with the iconic “What I Did For Love.” Sean Harrison Jones also dazzles as Mike who envied his sister taking dance classes and insisting “I Can Do That.” Sean Harrison Jones and his younger self and his sister’s younger self help explain how he got interested in dance during “A Chorus Line” at the Muny. Paul’s touching story of dealing with coming out is handled with aplomb by Ian Paget. It’s a tale that really resonated with audiences back in the 70’s and, although not a musical number, has a cadence and delivery that truly soars like one of the marvelous songs by Marvin Hamlisch. Sharrod Williams delivers the edgy send off to “Hello Thirteen” with an in-your-face performance and Mackenzie Bell as Val titilates with the “Dance Ten, Looks Three” showstopper. Ivan Hernandez as Zach sits in the Muny audience to instruct dancers on stage during “A Chorus Line.” The entire cast simply radiates with this loving look at the gypsies that inhabit the background of most musicals. It has been the musical most endeared to everyone show has ever done theatre in any capacity. Musical director Ben Whiteley lovingly accompanies the dedicated actors who bring every ounce of love to the score. Andrea Lauer’s costumes hit the right notes as well. The Paige Hathaway set design is effective but the use of the mirrors- particularly at the dramatic finale leave a little to be desired. Rob Denton’s lights are perfect and the visual look to Nathan W. Scheuer’s video designs enhance the proceedings as well. The classic finale of “A Chorus Line” dazzles the Muny audience. “A Chorus Line” is the definitive backstage musical and it never fails to disappoint. What the Muny has done is tweak it just enough to make it, for the most part, even more entertaining than is has been over the past 40-plus years. It makes it fresh without destroying the original intent and just makes us even happier to see it again. See “A Chorus Line” at the Muny through this Friday. This entry was posted on July 31, 2017 at 9:43 pm07 and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. One Response to “Old Dog, New Tricks As “A Chorus Line” Gets A Fresh Look At The Muny” Ronald Rand Says: September 24, 2017 at 9:43 pm09 \| Reply A pleasure reading all your posts. It’s a great pleasure to get in touch and invite you to take a look at my new book! I’ve just returned from a tour in my 16th year with my solo play, “LET IT BE ART!” as Harold Clurman – and I’d like to invite you to learn about my inspiring new book, “CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live” featuring over 100 rare interviews — actors, artists, dancers, directors, musicians, composers, mime artists and clowns, playwrights, and writers — sharing their insights on the process of creativity and the importance of the arts for humankind. “You’re putting down an important legacy.” “CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live” includes Carol Burnett, Ellen Burstyn, Phylicia Rashad, Patch Adams, Christopher Plummer, Carol Channing, Edward Albee, Marian Seldes, Julie Harris, Dick Cavett, Bill Pullman, Chita Rivera, Eugenia Zukerman, Katherine Dunham, Luise Rainer, Ming Cho Lee, Sir Derek Walcott, Carol Channing, Chaka Khan, Phylicia Rashad, Paul Tazewell, Kelsey Grammer, and many others, plus 150 paintings, artworks and illustrations including Everett Raymond Kinstler, Al Hirschfeld, Tommy Tune, Stephen Lang, Robert Wilson, Joel Grey, and many others. Andre Bishop, Producing Artistic Director, Lincoln Center Theatre: “An enriching book for everyone, CREATE! captures the passion of creativity in the theater, music, dance, in fact, all the arts. An invaluable guide to the inner workings of the artist’s vision.” I invite you to visit http://www.CreatetheBook.com I’m grateful for your consideration and please let others know. If you would like to read a Reviewers copy – please let me know and I’d be glad to get you a copy. with warmest wishes for much good health, success and peace, RONALD RAND http://www.CreatetheBook.com International Goodwill Cultural Ambassador/Performing Artist Fulbright Specialist http://www.LetItBeArt.com Founder/Publisher, THE SOUL OF THE AMERICAN ACTOR http://www.SoulAmericanActor.com How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live by best-selling author, Ronald Rand Published by Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing VISIT: CreateTheBook.com 304 pages — over 150 color illustrations, art work and photos Softcover Edition: $42 — ISBN:978-1-942545-42-2, Special Hardcover Edition: $72 — ISBN:978-1-942545-86-6 plus kindle edition available “CREATE! How Extraordinary People Live To Create and Create To Live” features over 100 rare interviews — actors, artists, dancers, directors, musicians, composers, mime artists, playwrights, and writers — sharing their insights on the process of creativity and the importance of the arts for humankind. CREATE! features throughout its 304 pages – over 150 rare paintings, artwork and iconic photographs including Al Hirschfeld, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Martha Carpenter, Tim Stevenson, Jim Warren, Michael Shane Neal, Tommy Tune, Stephen Lang, Joel Grey, Carolyn D Palmer, Ming Cho Lee, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Parish Kohanim, Andre Gregory, Lucie Arnaz, Allan Warren, Jacques d’Amboise, Alvin Colt, Sir Derek Walcott and Ronald Rand CREATE! Rare Interviews include: ACTORS & ACTRESSES F. Murray Abraham, Mary Alice, Selma Alispahic, Nicole Ansari, Lucie Arnaz, Elizabeth Ashley, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, Phoebe Brand, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Carol Channing, Tina Chen, Brian Cox, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Andre De Shields, Olympia Dukakis, Randall Duk Kim, Ben Gazzara, Kelsey Grammer, Lee Grant, Joel Grey, Spalding Gray, Julie Harris, Stephen Henderson, Kim Hunter, Dragan Jovicic, Jack Klugman, Shirley Knight, Stephen Lang, Laurence Luckinbill, Judith Malina, Jan Maxwell, Rue McClanahan, Patricia Neal, Jerry Orbach, Angelica Page, Christopher Plummer, Bill Pullman, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Randall, Luise Rainer, Chita Rivera, Roy Scheider, Marian Seldes, Sabera Shaik, Sylvia Sidney, Kate Valk, Ben Vereen, Eli Wallach, Fritz Weaver Martha Carpenter, Alvin Colt, Al Hirschfeld, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Parish Kohanim, Ming Cho Lee, Carolyn Palmer, Tara Sabharwal, Tim Stevenson, Paul Tazewell CHOREOGRAPHERS & DANCERS Lori Belilove, Jacques d’Amboise, Graciela Daniele, Katherine Dunham, Anna Halprin, Alonzo King, Pearl Lang, Pilar Rioja, Tommy Tune CLOWNS, MIME ARTISTS, & PUPPETEERS Gregg Goldston, Barry Lubin, Craig Marin, Rob Mermin, David Shiner COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS Gretchen Cryer, Erwin Drake, Marvin Hamlisch, Sheldon Harnick, Charles Strouse, Melvin van Peebles, Jeanine Tesori Eugenio Barba, Anne Bogart, Joseph Chaikin, Tisa Chang, Ping Chong, Jack Garfein, Andre Gregory, Sabra Jones, Michael Kahn, Woodie King, Jr., Robert Lepage, Emily Mann, Diljana Milosevic, Diane Paulus, Michael Pressman, Harold Prince, Nancy Rhodes, Lloyd Richards, Mark Rydell, Andrei Serban, Ellen Stewart, Tadashi Suzuki, Robert Wilson Patch Adams, Robert Brustein, Dick Cavett, Victor Masayesva, Jr., Henry Muttoo, Tina Ramirez, Charlie Soap, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer MUSICIANS & SINGERS Leon Bates, Julie Budd, Stephanie Chase, Karen Drucker, Chaka Khan, Meredith Monk, Vinicio Quezada, Steve Ross, Jim Seales, Travis Wammack, Melvin Van Peebles, Eve Wolf, Eugenia Zukerman PLAYWRIGHTS, POETS & WRITERS Edward Albee, Harold Bloom, Ed Bullins, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Eve Ensler, Horton Foote, Maria Irene Fornes, Larry Gelbart, John Guare, Tina Howe, David Henry Hwang, Odile Gakire Katese, Arthur Kopit, Arthur Laurents, Budd Schulberg, John Patrick Shanley, Peter Stone, Apriana Taylor, Vijay Tendulkar, Elise Thoron, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Sir Derek Walcott, Elie Wiesel, William Yellow Robe, Jr. “A fabulous book!” It’s been a rare treat reading it!” EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER we only recommend books that we love “This interview collection is an effective time capsule of some of the best years of the American stage. Ronald Rand’s CREATE! compiles interviews with many of the most important theater artists of the past few decades: actors, composers, directors, writers—and even clowns. A longtime stage and screen actor, and the publisher of “The Soul of the American Actor,” Rand has an impressive Rolodex, and he makes good use of it for this enjoyable volume. The interviews are all short—about a page or two in length—with photos or illustrations of the artists and brief introductions to their work. Rand asked these artists questions specific to their work. So it happens that Kelsey Grammar and Alec Baldwin discuss what keeps them doing live theater, long after they established personas in other media, while Eve Ensler discusses her transition from writing her work to performing it. Elsewhere, Al Hirschfeld argues for the importance of arts education and reminisces about the biggest personalities he caricatured. Rand’s interviews took place as far back as the 1990s, so the work also includes a large number of deceased legends, including writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, monologue master Spalding Gray, actor Ossie Davis, and jack-of-all-trades Marvin Hamlisch. Particularly for such long-departed subjects, it’s nice to see one more interviews about their work. This also helps the book serve as an effective time capsule of some of the best years of the American stage and the artists who made that time possible. With so many interviews packed into one volume, one can’t help but feel like individual attention could be longer, and quite a lot of the anecdotes and answers almost beg for follow-up questions. Still, it’s clear how many years of effort went into CREATE! The oversized layout is beautifully designed, the mix of interviewees is outstanding, and the book is packed with plenty of good stories from major artists “Ronald Rand’s CREATE! brings the majesty and mystery of the theatre to life in a series of unforgettable interviews with remarkable artists. A must-read!” David Bridel, Dean, School of Dramatic Arts, University of Southern California “For some 20 years, Ronald Rand’s invaluable publication, “The Soul of the American Actor,” has featured in-depth interviews with a wide range of acting talent, from the inevitable to the unexpected. It is a wonderful treat to have several of them in CREATE!, to be re-read and savored.” Wendy Smith, author, Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940 “A Fabulous Book!” Barbara Mackenzie-Wood, Professor of Drama, Head of Acting/Music Theatre Program, Carnegie-Mellon University “Ronald Rand’s new book is bound to open eyes and minds….” Alyque Padamsee Film star/Director-played Jinnah in ”Gandhi” “CREATE!” is a great asset to the understanding of the varieties of creative forces which inhabit people.” Louise Kerz Hirschfeld, Cultural Historian “I praise you for this incredible book you ‘created.’ It’s a brilliant legacy.” Tina Chen	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line981
__label__cc	0.645257	0.354743	Art in Moscow Speaking about art galleries of Moscow we should mention themost famous galleries. The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the best-known picturegalleries in Russia. It takes its name from its founder PavelTretyakov, a Moscow merchant. In the 19th century Tretyakov beganto collect Russian paintings. He visited all the exhibitions andart studios and bought the best pictures. Little by littleTretyakov extended his interests and began to collect earlierRussian paintings. In 1881 Tretyakov opened his collection in St. Peterburg tothe public, 11 years later he donated it to the city of Moscow. Since then the gallery has received hundreds of paintings from othermuseums and private collections. The Tretyakov Gallery reflectsthe whole history of Russian paintings from the 11th century to thepresent day. Also I’d like to tell you about the State Pushkin Museum of FineArts. The building was built in Greek style by Roman Klein in 1898- 1912 to house the Museum of Fine Art, founded by the initiative ofprofessor Ivan Tsvetaev. Since 1937 it has been known as the PuskinMuseum of Fine Art. It has one of the world’s largest ancientcollections of European art. At present the picture gallerey has over 2thousand works of various schools of painting which helps usto understand and appreciate the variaty of painting styles from over thecenturies. The Pushkin Museum pereodically holds exhibitions of the artof various countries and of individual outstanding artists of the pastand present. Характеристика теркина по всем главам. The Life of a Great Mathematician. (Nina Karlovna Bari) Nina Karlovna Bari is a great example of a woman who contributed to mathematics. Nina Bari provided the advancement of the theory of trigonometry. She dedicated her life to solving... 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Neptune The eighth planet from the Sun – well, some of the time it’s eighth, but more on that later – has a rocky core surrounded by ice, hydrogen, helium and... Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest 20th-century American writers. The legend which developed around his impressive personality was that of a man of action, a devil-may-care adventurer, a brave... Radio And TV In My Life I think it is impossible to imagine our life without radio and TV. Radioand TV are widely used in today’s world. It is the quickest means ofspreading news and information.... St Valentine’S Day – День Св. Валентина St valentine’s Day comes on February 14. It is not a legal or a national holiday. Banks and offices are not closed, but it is a happy little festival for... The Republic of Belarus (2) The republic of Belarus is a small beautiful country with heroic past and difficult present. It is situated in Central Europe. The republic of Belarus borders on Russia, the Ukraine,... 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He wanted to become a doctor. But he was interested in plants and animals. A friend who knew about Darwin’s interest in... Thomas Alva Edison Most people know that Thomas Edison invented the first working light bulb, but they don’t know anything else about him. Edison had almost no formal schooling, yet he invented over... Libraries The Word library comes from the Latin word ‘liber’, meaning ‘book’. This is a place where information in print (book, manuscripts, periodicals and musical scores) and in other forms is... Kazakhstan (2) I want to tell you about my homeland. My homeland is Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is an independent Republic. It is situated in the Central Asia. Its population, is 16 million. All... Television – Телевидение (1) Television, also called TV, is one of our most important means of communication. It brings moving pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. The name “Television”... About My Mother – Про мою маму My mother’s name is Valentyna Ivanivna Petrenko. She is forty years old. But to my mind she looks much younger. My father and I think that she is a very... Сейчас вы читаете: Art in Moscow « А. И. Куприн – Поединок Размышление о чести и совести (1) » функции современного педагога. структура компонентов процесса обучения. педагогическая технология определение.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line988
__label__cc	0.640954	0.359046	Listen: A$AP Ferg & A$AP Rocky – Pups \| Stream The A$AP Mob representatives, A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg are back. Today the fellas invade the interwebs with something new for our listening pleasures, unleashing a brand new single called “Pups.” The track is A$AP Ferg’s first single since 2017, and both artists pay homage to DMX on the track. The single is driven by a sample of “Get at Me Dog” from his 1998 debut It’s Dark, and Hell Is Hot,” while produced by Frankie P. The duo showcase their respective talents and their love for the dog in the process. Ferg recently spoke about the track and being a fan of DMX. He stated: “Me being a DMX fan since day one, all the way back to Trap Lord, my first album cover was inspired by DMX.” He added “And we did that song actually before X got out of jail. I didn’t even know he was getting out, a week after we did that song. So it was like paying homage to him. My boy Frankie P worked on the beat, he reworked it. Added some 808s and we just brought it up to date.” The track arrives as Ferg is prepping his new EP Concrete Chandeliers, his first project since 2017’s Still Striving. Check out the new single, “Pups” in the stream below and give us your thoughts in the comments. Keep it locked for more new music and much more from A$AP Ferg coming soon. Related Topics:A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky \| Music, Video, News, Gossip & More, music, new music, Pups Listen: Leven Kali – ‘Low Tide’ \| Album Stream Listen: Ciara – Beauty Marks \| Album Stream	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line989
__label__cc	0.545641	0.454359	About Tech.co At Tech.Co we report on the latest technology news and conduct in-depth product research to offer impartial buying advice. Our aim is to translate our own passion for tech into helpful buyers’ guides and practical resources for our readers. We also want to inspire by uncovering and reporting on the latest innovations. From a simple community-building Tech Cocktail event, Tech.Co has transformed into a full-fledged media company with millions of readers around the world. The company was co-founded in 2006 by former Tribune and AOL product strategist, long-time tech blogger, and new media pioneer Frank Gruber and early Feedburner employee Eric Olson as a way to better amplify the local Chicago tech startup scene. Over the years, TechCo has hosted hundreds of community events, created programs designed to help elevate and educate startups, and worked with dozens of Fortune 500 clients, guiding them with strategies, events, content, and programs to connect them with tech savvy audiences and startups. In December 2017, Tech.co was acquired by MVF, a global business that owns a number of leading digital publications and resource guides. On some of our Reviews and Advice Guide pages, you’ll find links that let you click to compare quotes from various suppliers, relevant to the topic you’re reading about. By clicking, you’ll receive quotes that are tailored to your needs. If you enter into a contract with a provider, we may receive a payment for the introduction. This helps Tech.co to provide free advice and reviews. It carries no additional cost to you, and doesn’t affect our editorial independence. The links in our tables will take you directly to a provider’s website, where you will find deals and discounts. If you make a purchase at this stage, we may receive a payment. This has no additional cost to you, and never affects the editorial independence of our reviews.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line991
__label__wiki	0.763072	0.763072	Urban News on Facebook The Urban News Gateway to the Multicultural Community Black Asheville Writer’s Project Michelle Webb, Chief Operating Officer and chief nursing officer with Four Seasons. Photo: Urban News Lifestyles Our Town By Staff Reports / March 10, 2016 Where are the Minorities in WNC Nursing Professions? By Sherri L. McLendon – During serious illness or at end of life, patients feel more comfortable with healthcare professionals who mirror their identities in particular ways, according to Michelle Webb, Chief Operating Officer and chief nursing officer with Four Seasons Compassion for Life. For Webb, nursing is a “calling,” but she understands that a lack of diversity in the profession is a problem which must be addressed if nurses are to provide competent, relevant, and sensitive care to their patients. “Human nature is that people aren’t drawn to places where others don’t look like them,” she says. “The delivery of culturally competent care makes a difference in terms of health care outcomes.” Four Seasons Compassion for Life is a nationally recognized hospice and palliative care industry leader serving western North Carolina for more than 35 years. The care provider treats illness according to each individual’s cultural, personal, and religious beliefs, but Webb believes an increasingly diverse workforce is needed in the future. Access and outcomes for patients are limited when care providers have little resemblance to the populations they serve, according to the landmark report of the 2004 Sullivan Commission. In health care, the demographics of nurses and those of the patients they serve ideally mirror one another, but in western North Carolina, that is currently not the case, Webb says. “We’re not going very far, very fast,” she says. “We have opportunities in western North Carolina to close disparity gaps in care and treatment for individuals with different racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.” At Four Seasons, for example, while there are a number of clinical staff members employed by the organization that represent diverse cultural or ethnic backgrounds, she is the only African American registered nurse employed by the organization, and the only person of color in a senior leadership position. Major healthcare providers locally and the national hospice community have demonstrated a commitment to promoting increased inclusion, access, and advancing diversity within the workforce. In 2012, individuals from ethnic and racial minorities made up more than one-third of the U.S. population, or 37%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, in 2013, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing found that nurses from minority backgrounds represented only 19% of all registered nurses. Nationally, only 6% of registered nurses are African American; 83% are white. Three percent are Hispanic, and only 1% are Native American. “Those numbers are inadequate to delivering care to the rapidly changing demographic of the U.S.,” Webb says. With an aging work force and nursing shortages predicted, she agrees with reports which point to minority recruitment as a necessary step to address these needs in the broader health care field. In hospice, Four Seasons has already begun to develop innovations, like a new graduate internship program, to meet shortfalls. In the future, the goal is to be more inclusive and attract a diverse work force. For patients, closing the disparity gap also means resolving trust issues, improving equal treatment, and removing historical and institutional barriers of access to health care for patients. A diverse nursing work force would begin to address these barriers, Webb notes. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, a strong connection exists between a culturally diverse nursing workforce and the ability of organizations to provide quality, culturally competent, patient care across settings. “Cultural sensitivity improves communication, personalizes treatment, improves care, and reduces costs,” she says. “We’re aware of what lies ahead, and Four Seasons is on the journey to where we want to be.” The organization, she says, has already made progress in terms of gender diversity. The need for cultural competency is addressed through training to address end-of-life care disparities. Hope gives way to change. Currently, the hospice provider community nationally has demonstrated a commitment to promoting increased inclusion, access, and advancing diversity within the hospice industry workforce. To improve local diversity initiatives, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has developed an “Inclusion and Access Toolbox” that provides practical guidance on how to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, provide culturally relevant care to diverse communities, and implement quality assurance and improvement activities. Webb calls this work “promising,” for nurses within her chosen specialty of hospice and palliative care, and reflects on what this means at Four Seasons Compassion for Life. “We work to advance the capability of staff to better care for our clients with unique cultural considerations,” she says. “Developing and policing our own abilities to deliver culturally competent care is a high priority for the organization, and for the nursing profession as a whole.” The ICEmen Cometh By Staff Reports / July 12, 2019 The Achievers Summer Reading Program YMCA News: July 2019 Dr. Edith Irby Jones Julia Nooe: Living Her Truth LGBT Facts David Gborie at LaZoom Room Arts & Entertainment/Events/Latest News Celebrating African Americans Through Public Art Events/Spirituality Uplifting Events & Services – July 2019 Communities/Events Dr. George Washington Carver Edible Park Workday Arts & Entertainment/Events Soul of the City Streets By Staff Reports / June 14, 2019 ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Communities Farming While Black Gateway to the Multicultural Community Site Log-in E-mail Login Copyright © The Urban News. 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__label__wiki	0.775551	0.775551	Tag Archives: Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Discovery Review 10 years, cbs, cbs all access, jj abrams, PG-13, prequel, show, Star Trek, star trek discovery, Star Trek: Enterprise, streaming app, tv-ma First hearing about this show I was excited that it was taking place 10 years before the Original Series. Then I heard of all behind the scenes news that went on and delays. Also that they said they would be taking a page from ”Game of Thrones” where the main characters would be killed off. They were even going to get Michael Dorn for a cameo but he was given a small paycheck. And to top it all off they were going to break one of Gene Roddenberry’s rules about Star Trek, that it shouldn’t get political, even though Deep Space Nine did that. The show was also rated TV-MA but they said “just hardcore PG-13″ but one episode didn’t look like it. The first episode of this show was on tv but it felt dark and unpleasant. The creators said that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel but it felt like it was trying to be something it clearly wasn’t. I binged the rest of the first season since I didn’t want to pay for CBS All Access every month is all. The last half started to feel more like the Star Trek we knew growing up and at the end of the last episode in the first season made me smile. Also, I hope if some of the characters die in style and dignity and don’t end up getting their heads cut off like in Game of Thrones. Heard also it will be renewed for a few more seasons and people are going back to watching Star Trek: Enterprise since THAT was trying to be a prequel to the original series at times. It’s a good show so far and I heard the next seasons will be more Star Trek, all I had to say when I heard that is, THANK GOD! Since Star Trek Discovery felt like the J.J. Abrams reboot movies and those get attacked for being more Star Wars than Star Trek. Star Trek Beyond Review 5 year mission, Chris Pine, Edris Elba, movie, reboot, sci-fi, Star Trek, Star Trek: Enterprise First watching this movie I had mixed feelings since it seemed like these Star Trek 2009 reboot movies at times didn’t feel like Star Trek movies. More like action movies and that’s not what Star Trek is about, it’s about diplomacy. There ARE a lot of homages to the original Star Trek in this movie though. The movie starts off 3 years into the 5 year mission with Kirk thinking about leaving the Enterprise. Spock is also thinking of leaving as well as something happens to someone close to him. Then a damaged ship seeks help from the Enterprise and we later see our enemy Thrall, played by Idris Elba. Who want’s to destroy this space station in the frontier. I won’t spoil his origin but it woke me up and made me want to watch the ending. The middle and ending of this movie also feels a bit like an homage to Star Trek: Enterprise and you don’t get many mentions about that show in Star Trek. In the end the movie was trying to make it feel like a Star Trek movie and it kinda did that at least for the ending. If your still a fan of Star Trek and their movies then give this a watch.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line996
__label__wiki	0.687161	0.687161	The Life of Woodrow Wilson http://modern-us-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_life_of_woodrow_wilson Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States The 28th President of the United States Like Theodore Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson saw the President as the personal representative of the American people. “No one but the President seems to be expected to look out for the general interests of the country.” While President, Wilson developed a program that asserted American leadership in the emerging new world order. Woodrow Wilson’s Early Years Born in 1856 to a Virginia minister, Wilson saw the horrors of war first-hand during the American Civil War, as well as afterward during the Reconstruction. Following his graduation from Princeton, and then from the University of Virginia Law School, Wilson received his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University. Following this, Wilson embarked on an academic career. In 1885, Wilson married Ellen Louise Axson. As a conservative political science professor, Wilson advanced quickly, eventually becoming President of Princeton in 1902. Woodrow Wilson Enters Politics Wilson’s rapid rise to prominence led some conservative Democrats to consider him presidential material. In 1910, Wilson ran for the Governorship of New Jersey. During the campaign, Wilson asserted his independence from the political machine that nominated him, endorsing and implementing a platform of progressive reform during his term as governor. In 1912, Wilson became the Democratic Presidential candidate. He campaigned based on a program called The New Freedom, which placed emphasis on states’ rights and individual liberty. Even though he only won 42% of the popular vote, the bitter fighting between Roosevelt and Taft ensured that Wilson captured a significant percentage of the electoral vote. Following his election, Wilson submitted three major pieces of legislation. The first was the Underwood Act, which called for lower tariffs. Attached to this was a bill for a graduated Federal income tax. The third bill called for the creation of a Federal Reserve in order to provide the United States with a more flexible supply of money. In 1914 antitrust legislation established the Federal Trade Commission, which was mean to prohibit unfair and illegal business practices. At the same time, World War I broke out in Europe, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. More legislation followed in 1916. One bill prohibited child labour, while another limited railway workers to an eight hour work day. Due to this legislation and the fact that Wilson had kept the United States out of World War I up until that point, he narrowly won re-election. After the election, however, Wilson went before Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany. The entrance of the United States into the war slowly tipped the balance in the favour of Britain and France. In January, 1918, Wilson went before Congress to outline the war aims of the United States, which were called The Fourteen Points. The last of these called for the creation of, “A general association of nations…affording mutual guarantees of political independence to great and small states alike.” Following the signing of the Armistice, in November, 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to build a lasting peace based on The Fourteen Points. When he returned, he presented the Treaty of Versailles, which contained the Covenant of the League of Nations to the Senate, asking, “Do we dare break the heart of the world?” However, the election had shifted the balance of power in the favour of the Republicans and the treaty was defeated in the Senate by seven votes. Despite the warnings of his doctors, Wilson toured the country trying to drum up public support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Unfortunately, the stress of the tour brought on a stroke and Wilson nearly died as a result. He was eventually nursed back to health by his second wife, Edith Bolling Galt. The Death of Woodrow Wilson Following the election of Warren G Harding, Wilson left politics, moving to a home on Washington’s Embassy Row. He enjoyed going for drives and vaudeville theatre on Saturday nights. This idyllic retirement did not last long, however. Woodrow Wilson died in 1924. Woodrow Wilson. The White House,US Government, Oct.8/09 You’re currently reading “The Life of Woodrow Wilson,” an entry on Wordsmith	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1002
__label__wiki	0.926783	0.926783	View source for EUK Consulting From TobaccoTactics ← EUK Consulting EUK Consulting is a European public affairs consultancy that was founded in 2000 and has a long history of working with tobacco companies. It has offices in London and Brussels. ==Background== ===Staff: Past & Present=== * John Roberts – Founder, based in the London office, has 30 years’ experience as a public affairs adviser.<ref name=london>EUK Consulting, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190227165916/https://eukconsulting.com/about-us/euk-london/ The EUK London Team], undated, accessed February 2019</ref> In 1993 he joined Philip Morris UK & Ireland, and four years later he was appointed Vice President responsible for EU Government Relations and the EU Institutions in Brussels.<ref name=london/> * [[David Bertram]] – Director, based in the London office, has 20 years’ experience in public affairs. He joined Philip Morris UK & Ireland as Corporate Affairs Manager in 1996, then worked in the EU Region Headquarters of [[Philip Morris International]] (PMI), and was later appointed its Director of Public Affairs for Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa.<ref name=london/> Bertram joined EUK in 2001.<ref name=london/> * [[Sean Murray]] - Director, based in the Brussels office, has over 20 years’ experience in public affairs, including over a decade with [[PMI]]. He joined the tobacco company in 1991 handling media relations, internal communications and lobbying, and was appointed PMI’s Director EU Government Relations in 1999.<ref name=brussels>EUK Consulting, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190227165508/https://eukconsulting.com/about-us/euk-brussels/ The EUK Brussels Team], undated, accessed February 2019</ref> He joined EUK in 2003 to set up its Brussels office.<ref name=brussels/> == Long-Standing Relationship with BAT == [[British American Tobacco]] (BAT) has been an EUK Consulting client since the consultancy was set up in 2000.<ref>EUK Consulting, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190227164310/https://eukconsulting.com/our-clients/ Our Current Clients], undated, accessed February 2019</ref><ref>APPC, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190227122648/https://register.prca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/APPC-REGISTER-Feb-2018-FINAL.pdf Register for 1st December 2017 – 28th February 2018], PRCA website, accessed February 2019</ref><ref>APPC, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190227125223/https://register.prca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/APPC-Register-Nov-2017-FINAL.pdf Register for 1st September 2017 – 30th November 2017], PRCA website, accessed February 2019</ref><ref>Public Affairs Board, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190227122020/https://register.prca.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/PAB-Register-31.8.18-1.pdf Register for 1st June 2018 – 31st August 2018], PRCA website, accessed February 2019</ref> According to EUK Consulting’s entry on the EU Transparency Register, BAT is one of its biggest clients with the contract being worth between €200,000 and €299,999 in 2018.<ref>EU Transparency Register, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190228101908/http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=29815741326-06 EUK Consulting], last updated 24 December 2018, accessed February 2019</ref> Previously, EUK Consulting also worked for BAT subsidiary [[Nicoventures]].<ref>EUK Consulting, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130318235506/http://www.eukconsulting.com/our-clients/ Our Clients], 2013, archived 18 March 2013, accessed February 2019</ref> == BAT's European CSR Initiative == EUK Consulting has worked with other lobbying firms such as [[BXL Consulting]], along with communications agency Morris And Chapman and auditing firm Bureau Veritas to work on BAT's EU corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme and its [http://web.archive.org/web/20121023054809/http://www.batresponsibility.eu/ BATresponsibility.eu website].<ref>British American Tobacco, [http://web.archive.org/web/20121023054809/http://www.batresponsibility.eu/ BATresponsibility.eu], website, last accessible date 23 October 2012, via the web archive</ref><ref> Corporate Europe Observatory, [http://www.corporateeurope.org/lobbycracy/content/2009/06/obscured-smoke Obscured by the Smoke], 2 June 2009, accessed February 2019</ref> See also: [[CSR Strategy]] == Cash to British Political Parties == Records of the British Electoral Commission show that EUK Consulting regularly donated to British political parties up to 2010, mainly to those in power at the time.<ref name=ec> Electoral Commission, [https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/political-parties-campaigning-and-donations Online database of political parties’ and other campaigners’ income and spending], accessed February 2019 </ref> A search for 'EUK Consulting’ in the Electoral Commission’s database on political parties’ income, conducted on 29 February 2019, revealed 25 EUK Consulting donations between 2003 and 2010:<ref name=ec/> * Between 2003 and 2009, EUK Consulting gave £82,675 in 20 different donations to the British Labour party, whilst they were in Government. * In 2009, ahead of the May 2010 General Election, EUK Consulting gave three donations totalling £10,850 to the Conservatives. This was followed by another donation of £10,000 two months after the Conservatives won the Election. * In 2009 EUK also gave a £3000 donation to the Liberal Democrats. == Cash and Gifts to British Members of Parliament == EUK Consulting, also up to 2010, gave donations to individual Members of Parliament (MPs): In February 2010, a £750 donation / hospitality to Conservative MP [[Christopher Chope]], for himself and his wife at a Conservative Party function in Battersea Park.<ref> House of Commons, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190228111118/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/100927/chope_christopher.htm The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1 As at 6th September 2010, Chope, Christopher], 3 February 2010, accessed February 2019</ref> In August 2009, a donation of £3000 to Liberal Democrat MP Nick Clegg.<ref> House of Commons, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190228111643/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/091125/091125.pdf The Register of Members' Financial Interests Part 1], 10 December 2009 accessed February 2019</ref> * In 2000, provided hospitality to Labour MP George Foulkes and his wife to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.<ref>House of Commons, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190228112031/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmregmem/memi10.htm The Register of Members' Financial Interests 2000], accessed February 2019 </ref> Also see: [[Tobacco Industry Hospitality for UK Politicians]]. == Networking with the London Mayor's Office == In June 2010, the late Sir Simon Milton, the Deputy Mayor and Boris Johnson's chief of staff, attended a 10th anniversary reception at EUK Consulting.<ref>Greater London Authority, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190228112848/https://www.london.gov.uk/moderngov/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=1712 Gifts and Hospitality Mayoral Staff Appointments 28.05.2010 - 18.11.2010], accessed February 2019 </ref> The year before, John Roberts from EUK Consulting had bought Milton lunch.<ref> Greater London Authority, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101126065634/http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor/mayoral-team/sir-simon-milton/gifts-and-hospitality-register-2008-9 Gifts and hospitality register - Sir Simon Milton - 2008-9], archived 26 November 2010, accessed February 2019</ref> ==TobaccoTactics Resources== [[Philip Morris International]] [[British American Tobacco]] [[David Bertram]] [[Sean Murray]] [[Tobacco Industry Hospitality for UK Politicians]] [[Christopher Chope]] ==Relevant Link== [http://www.eukconsulting.com EUK Consulting website] ==References== <references/> [[Category: PR Companies]] [[Category:Lobbying Decision Makers]] Return to EUK Consulting. 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__label__cc	0.682573	0.317427	« Highway Robbery Jedi versus Quentin Richardson at the Garden » Rangers left for dead in shoot-out Claude Giroux beats Lundqvist with game-winning goal The New York Rangers lost in a shootout to the Flyers Sunday afternoon, eliminating themselves from the playoffs and ending their 2010 season. It was a tough way to go out for a team that played very well down the stretch and would have had a wave of momentum heading into the Stanley Cup Tournament. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 46 of 47 shots through regulation and overtime, and turned aside one of three shootout attempts, to finish the season with a record of 35-27-10, including an 18-11-4 mark on the road. He posted a 7-1-2 record in the last 10 games, registering a 2.18 goals against average with a .930 save percentage and two shutouts over the span. Lundqvist’s 46 saves marked his fourth game this season with 40-or-more saves, which is a career-high. Jody Shelley notched the game’s opening goal at 3:27 of the first period, and finished the contest with four hits and a team-high four shots on goal in a season-high 13:58 of ice time. The Flyers tied it when Briere’s shot from the circle bounced off Lundqvist and Jeff Carter poked the rebound to Carle for his sixth goal of the season and a 1-1 score. Philadelphia clinched the last playoff spot by defeating the Rangers in a shoot-out 2-1. The Rangers boarded a train home after a strong run to end the season. They will miss the postseason for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Posted in Rangers Hockey \| Tagged Flyers clinch playoff berth, Henrik Lundqvist, Jody Shelley, New York Rangers elminated, NHL Playoffs, Philadelphia Flyers, Rangers lose to Flyers, Stanley Cup Playoffs \|	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1004
__label__wiki	0.919087	0.919087	Abdul Hamid Bador Is Malaysia New IGP – Najib Removed Abdul Hamid From The 1MDB Case & Transferred Out of The Special Branch Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has confirmed the appointment of Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador as the new Inspector-General of Police (IGP). “The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has signed the appointment letter,” he told reporters at the Labour Day celebrations at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) on Wednesday (May 1). On Monday (April 29) Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun paid a farewell visit to Dr Mahathir before his upcoming retirement on Saturday (May 4). Mohamad Fuzi – who turns 60 on May 4 – was appointed IGP on Sept 4 2017, taking over from Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar. Meanwhile, when asked about the appointment of the new chief of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam), the Prime Minister said the government had yet to find a suitable candidate. Suhakam is currently without commissioners, as their terms expired on April 25. Commissioners’ terms typically run for three years, and the last round of appointments were made in July 2016 and backdated to April that year. MUST READ Peninsula Remains Stumbling Block to Achieving National Unity - East Malaysians Sit Together; Some Eat Pork The choice of the no-nonsense Datuk Abdul Hamid would underline the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government’s commitment to reform the scandalised police force. However, sources told The Straits Times that there has been a months-long wrangling over the next IGP as both the Home Ministry and Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) have their own candidate in mind. According to the sources, the ministry’s pick is National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) director-general Zulkifli Abdullah while the police force wants Internal Security and Public Order Department director Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani for the top job. “RMP and AADK are under the purview of the Home Ministry. Putting aside that it (IGP) is a political post, the ministry prefers to have someone who is easy to ‘control’… sort of a ‘yes man’. It’ll make working together in the long run easy for both sides (RMP and Home Ministry),” said an official source. “In this case, Zulkifli fits the bill. He’s also one of the most senior policemen in the force.” MUST READ Video : Mukhriz Tak Salam Sultan Johor & TMJ ? Prior to joining AADK, Datuk Seri Zulkifli was RMP’s Internal Security and Public Order Department director. In August last year, he was transferred to the anti-drugs agency with immediate effect following a directive from Dr Mahathir. This also came two months after The Straits Times reported that there would be a massive shake-up in the RMP. Said the source: “Hamid, on the other hand, is different. He’s dedicated, but not the type to kowtow, close one eye or blindly agree when he needs to for work. If things do not sit well with him, he will voice it out and fight for what he believes in. That’s the quality that Mahathir wants in a leader.” However, Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is said to prefer someone whom he and his ministry can get along and work well with, the source added. As for Datuk Seri Acryl, the source noted that he is known among the men in blue for his strong work ethic and good character. MUST READ Breaking News : Najib’s Stepson Riza Aziz Nabbed - To Face Money Laundering Charges In July 2015, Mr Abdul Hamid, Special Branch deputy chief at the time, was among several top officers, including then Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail, who were removed from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case as the scandal implicating then Prime Minister Najib Razak was unravelling. He was transferred out of the Special Branch to the Prime Minister’s Department and later alleged a cover-up in the 1MDB investigations. Following PH’s election victory in May last year, Mr Abdul Hamid returned to head the Special Branch. He was put in charge of recovering the superyacht Equanimity, once owned by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, and did so within three months. Who eventually becomes IGP will have a major bearing on one of the key reforms that the PH coalition promised in its election manifesto. The police force has long been perceived as corruption-ridden and a political tool, and accused of human rights abuses. 80% of Honey In The Malaysian Market Are FAKE – Here Are The List of Artificial Dairy , Cosmetic , Cash Note & Engine Oil Products ! Tun Mahathir : “This TMJ Is A Little Boy & He Is Stupid” – TMJ Shouldn’t Talk When He Doesn’t Know Anything	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1006
__label__wiki	0.836983	0.836983	Revenge of the lunch lady How an unassuming bureaucrat outsmarted Jamie Oliver and pulled off an honest-to-god miracle in one of America's unhealthiest cities By Jane Black , February 9, 2017 Images by Sam Kaplan In the fall of 2009, the British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver arrived in Huntington, West Virginia, which had recently been named the unhealthiest city in America. Huntingtonians were suffering in record numbers from diabetes and heart disease. They were being destroyed by the mountains of burgers and fries and nuggets that filled their restaurants, schools, refrigerators and arteries. They were fulfilling the prophecy that this generation of children would be the first to live shorter lives than their parents. Oliver had come to save them—and to film a season of his new reality show, “Food Revolution.” Read more of our reporting on nutrition and food access Read this Q&A with Jane Black and Huffington Post Listen to an interview with Jane Black on Missouri Public Radio Listen to an interview with Jane Black on Wisconsin Public Radio Listen to an interview with Jane Black on Gastropod The first thing he saw when he walked into the kitchen of Central City Elementary School was the breakfast pizza. It looked like you remember school pizza: a rectangle of bleached dough spackled with red sauce and melted cheese. What made it breakfast, presumably, was that each slice also had crumbles of sausage scattered across it. That, and it was 7:40 a.m. Oliver was disgusted by the school’s freezers (an “Aladdin’s cave of processed crap”), by the “luminous” strawberry milk that kids poured on their cereal and by the instant potato pearls that tasted like “starchy fluff with off nuts in it.” To his astonishment, all of these foods were considered part of a healthy diet by the standards of the U.S. government. “This is where it’s at, guys,” he said as he strode through the cafeteria. “This is the future of America sitting here, having pizza for breakfast.” The locals were even less enthusiastic about Oliver than he was about the breakfast pizza. Being tarred as the least healthy place in America by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had unsettled Huntington, a former railroad town at the intersection of the Rust Belt and Appalachia. The city, like so many others, had been ravaged by America’s manufacturing collapse, and it seemed as if the only time anyone paid attention to it was when something bad happened. In media coverage of the CDC report, out-of-town journalists gleefully reported that half of Huntingtonians over the age of 65 had no teeth. Now, some fancy chef — a foreign one, no less — was scrutinizing how unhealthy they were on national television. To Huntingtonians, it seemed like the latest insult in a lifetime of ridicule and humiliation. When Oliver went on a local radio show, the DJ, Rod Willis, lit into him. “We don’t want to sit around and eat lettuce all day,” Willis said. “I just don’t think you should come in here and tell us what to do. I mean, who made you the king?” Oliver had expected this reaction. He had seen it before, when he filmed a similar show in an industrial area of England. (“Same shit, different country,” he told me.) But Oliver genuinely wanted to help, and Huntington’s rejection seemed shortsighted. Oliver had made his name in the late 1990s on a television show called “The Naked Chef”—not because he cooked in the nude, but because of his stripped-down approach, which emphasized fun rather than precise measurements or techniques. By the time he turned 25, he had cooked for the prime minister and established a mini-media empire that included a contract that reportedly paid him over $1 million a year to serve as the face of British retail giant Sainsbury’s. He could have continued on this path, making insane money flacking pots, pans and other products, as celebrity chefs do. Instead, he decided to use his power to champion a series of culinary crusades, including revamping school meals to showcase fresh food rather than, say, Britain’s beloved Turkey Twizzlers. That kids were the focus was essential; study after study had shown that lifelong eating habits are formed at a young age. And when kids eat well, they also perform better academically. In the U.K., Oliver had won the argument. The 2005 reality TV series, “Jamie’s School Dinners,” resulted in a government investment of over $1 billion to overhaul Britain’s disgraceful school meals. Despite the locals’ resistance, it looked as if Oliver was replicating that success in Huntington. He built a gleaming cooking center in a long-empty building downtown. He introduced a range of made-from-scratch school dishes—beefy nachos, tuna pasta bake with seven vegetables, rainbow salad with creamy dressing. And he did righteous battle with the unimaginative bureaucrats who seemed to want kids to keep eating the same sludge. In scene after scene, Rhonda McCoy, Cabell County’s uptight and slightly menacing schools food-service director, reminded the chef that his revolution had to conform to the government’s endless standards and regulations. “I just wanted to cook some food,” a baffled Oliver protested. “This is like a math test.” When the show aired, McCoy’s inbox filled with hate mail from around the country. At home, there was grumbling that she should resign. But there was a problem with this made-for-TV narrative—several, actually. Shortly after Oliver left, a study by the West Virginia University Health Research Center reported that 77 percent of students were “very unhappy” with his food. Students who relied on school meals for nearly half of their daily calories routinely dumped their trays in the trash. Some did it because they hated the taste; others because it became the cool thing to do. And while Oliver’s meals used fresh, high-quality ingredients, many turned out to be too high in fat to meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s standards. Within a year, McCoy said, the number of students eating school lunch fell 10 percent, forcing her to cut her budget and lay off several cooks. In almost every respect, it would have been easier for McCoy to drop this grand experiment in school-lunch reform that had been foisted on her. Her employees were overworked, and the fresh food was more expensive, even after McCoy abandoned the free-range chicken and organic vegetables that Oliver had insisted on (and that school officials say ABC Productions had paid for). There’s only so much you can do when you have $1.50 to spend on ingredients for each meal. But over the next few years, McCoy accomplished exactly what Oliver had set out to do himself: She saved school lunch in Huntington and proved that cafeteria food isn’t destined to be a national joke. In the bizarro world of school lunch, pizza is a vegetable and flavored milk is ‘healthy.’ To those unfamiliar with the absurdist theater of school lunch, it is puzzling, even maddening, that feeding kids nutritious food should be so hard. You buy good food. You cook it. You serve it to hungry kids. Yet the National School Lunch Program, an $11.7-billion behemoth that feeds more than 31 million children each day, is a mess, and has been for years. Conflicts of interest were built into the program. It was pushed through Congress after World War II with the support of military leaders who wanted to ensure that there would be enough healthy young men to fight the next war, and of farmers who were looking for a place to unload their surplus corn, milk and meat. The result was that schools became the dumping ground for the cheap calories our modern agricultural system was designed to overproduce. This tension has played out over and over again, with children usually ending up the losers. A case in point: In 1981, America was awash in surplus dairy. The government’s Inland Storage and Distribution Center—a network of tunnels beneath Kansas City, Missouri—was filled with 200 million pounds of cheese and butter, stacked “like frozen pillars and stretching over acres of gray stone floor,” according to The Associated Press. In an effort to ease the glut, the USDA purchased millions of pounds of dairy for schools. But, according to Janet Poppendieck, a professor at Hunter College who specializes in poverty and hunger, this encouraged dairy farmers to keep on milking. So in 1986 the government had to create a new program, the Whole Herd Buyout, which paid farmers to slaughter the dairy cows. The government then bought the beef, which was turned into hamburger, taco meat and so on for school lunch. That flood of meat and dairy hiked the fat content of school meals just as the country was descending into an anti-fat frenzy. In 1990, the federal government issued new dietary guidelines, declaring that a healthy diet should contain no more than 30 percent fat, with a 10 percent cap on saturated fat. But cafeterias simply had too much of the wrong food to comply. In a USDA study of 544 schools conducted several years later, only 1 percent met the requirement for overall fat and just a single school had managed to keep saturated fat to a healthy level. The deeply conflicted nature of the program was showing itself once again. Since the 1990s, the USDA has made many improvements—it now requires that canned vegetables have less salt and insists that ground beef be 95 percent lean. But school lunch is still a disgrace, and the timidity of Congress is largely to blame. In 2011, the USDA proposed limiting the amount of potatoes and other starchy vegetables permitted in school lunches so that cafeterias could make room for healthier options. But the Senate, led by members from two top potato producers, Maine and Colorado, killed the idea in a unanimous vote. Then there’s the pizza lobby. When the 2010 revision of nutrition standards increased the minimum amount of tomato paste required for pizza to count as a vegetable from two tablespoons—the typical amount found on a slice—to half a cup, the National Frozen Pizza Institute and other groups howled, and Congress opted for the status quo. The idea that pizza might not be considered a vegetable was, apparently, un-American. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SCHOOL LUNCH The National School Lunch Act is enacted, with the support of the military (which was worried, post-World War II, about having enough healthy recruits to defend the nation) and of the farming industry (which stood to make a lot of money). Participating schools agree to feed needy children and meet minimum nutrition standards. A report reveals that only one third of the country’s six million school-age children who live in poverty are receiving school lunch. The following year, President Richard Nixon says that “the honor of American democracy is at issue.” Congress responds by introducing income guidelines to ensure that everyone who needs lunch gets lunch. The Reagan administration slashes the school-lunch budget by 25 percent, or $1.46 billion. With fewer federal dollars, schools buy cheaper, more processed food and allow “competitive foods” (like cookies and candy) to be sold outside the official lunch line. Michelle Obama lends her support to an ambitious school-lunch bill that provides an additional $4.5 billion in spending, but imposes new standards on all food sold in public schools. The legislation also includes the Community Eligibility Program (CEP), which helps low-income schools feed all their students for free. It passes with bipartisan support. In its efforts to erase Obama-era regulations, the new Republican congress suggests that it will roll back school-nutrition standards and kill CEP. What makes school lunch so contentious, though, isn’t just the question of what kids eat, but of which kids are doing the eating. As Poppendieck recounts in her book, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America, the original program provided schools with food and, later, cash to subsidize the cost of meals. But by the early 1960s, schools weren’t receiving enough to feed all their students, and many pulled out of the program. As a result, middle-class students, whose parents could cover the difference between the government subsidy and the actual cost of a meal, ended up benefiting the most from school lunch, while the truly needy went hungry. This moral failing became clear in 1968, when a landmark report called “Their Daily Bread” revealed that only one-third of the 6 million children living in poverty were receiving free or subsidized lunch. Schools’ ability to pay for food was so limited that one in Mississippi rotated 100 lunches among more than 400 students, while another in Alabama had just 15 meals for 1,000 needy kids. School lunch had its first official scandal. In response, Congress, which had preferred to let schools decide who got to eat and who did not, established a three-tiered system. Students from families with incomes up to 25 percent above the federal poverty line—about $3,300 for a family of four, or around $24,000 in today’s dollars—were entitled to free meals. Those from families with incomes between 25 and 95 percent above the poverty line paid a reduced price, while everyone else paid the full price. (Just to make things extra confusing, schools also received a small subsidy for those meals as well). This system had the virtue of guaranteeing that the poorest children would be fed. But it also transformed school lunch from a program designed to feed all students into one for the poor. Once school lunch was perceived as welfare, it became a target. President Ronald Reagan, elected in 1980 on a promise to slash domestic spending, attacked the program. It was one thing to help the genuinely needy, Reagan’s budget director David Stockman declared, but it was “wasteful” to support middle- and upper-class families who could afford to buy lunch. What he didn’t mention was that the cutoff for a free meal was nowhere near a middle-class income and excluded many kids who needed the help. Still, Congress agreed to cut the small subsidy for full-price lunches by more than a third. The effect was quick and severe. Lunch prices rose, and in the space of just three years, more than a quarter of the kids in the full-price tier stopped buying school lunch. With fewer students participating and smaller reimbursements for each meal served, schools lost their (already limited) economies of scale. The ensuing budget crisis forced schools to seek out even cheaper food—the highly processed stuff, such as chicken nuggets and corn dogs, that they are now condemned for serving. And on it goes. Not that any of these cautionary tales have diminished the Republicans’ desire to gut the program. In 2014, now-House Speaker Paul Ryan said that public assistance, including school lunch, offered a “full stomach and an empty soul” because it made kids reliant on government handouts. With the party now in control of Congress and the White House—and with Michelle Obama, the program’s greatest defender, gone—school lunch is as vulnerable as it’s ever been. One Republican strategy to hobble school lunch involves changing an innocuous-sounding proposal called the Community Eligibility Provision. The formula for CEP is complex, but it essentially allows schools in high-poverty areas to provide free meals to all students. This alleviates the administrative burden of keeping track of who qualifies for which tier, and allows money that would normally be spent on administration to go instead toward paying cooks or buying better food. Judging by its popularity among food service directors, CEP has been one of the most successful innovations in school-lunch policy in decades. Studies show the program reduces the long-standing stigma for kids getting free lunch and enables those who don’t qualify for subsidized meals, but who actually need them, to eat if they’re hungry. This prevents situations like the one that took place last fall, when a school cafeteria worker in Pennsylvania resigned after having to take away the lunch of a first-grader whose parents failed to pay their bill. Not surprisingly, CEP has been embraced in impoverished areas like North Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, where food-service directors have been forced to hire collection agencies to chase down parents who haven’t paid for their kids’ meals. Conservatives insist that it’s not the taxpayers’ job to cover for negligent parents. Todd Rokita, an Indiana Republican who chairs the House subcommittee that oversees school food, called CEP “perverse,” alleging that it incentivizes schools to give free meals to students who either already pay or are capable of paying for school lunch. This despite the fact that schools, like most places in America, have become increasingly segregated by socioeconomics over the last two decades. So the throngs of coddled middle-class kids Rokita thinks are eating for free don’t actually exist. Rhonda McCoy is emphatic that kids shouldn’t be punished for their families’ financial situations. “It’s not their fault that the parents didn’t pay the bill,” she said. Before CEP, she remembers getting calls, which she said “broke my heart,” about students who chose to go hungry rather than have an embarrassing conversation about money. But if Rokita wins this battle, more than 7,000 schools, feeding nearly 3.4 million kids, will once again have to start charging for some meals. In West Virginia, the new formula would exclude 327 schools, including all 26 in Cabell County. “This would all be over,” McCoy told me. “It would kill us.” Rhonda McCoy (left) was portrayed as Jamie Oliver’s nemesis on the reality show “Food Revolution” (Cabell County Schools; Getty) There are people who are comfortable with silence, and then there is Rhonda McCoy. Even the most innocuous question can bring conversation to a halt. When I asked her once what she likes to cook for dinner, she looked startled, then tucked her hands beneath her thighs and swung nervously back and forth in her swivel chair. She never answered. And it wasn’t as if I were a stranger; we’d known each other for six years. I have learned not to take this personally. Jedd Flowers, Cabell County Schools’ voluble, upbeat director of communications, has worked with McCoy for 11 years. But when I wondered aloud to him whether McCoy had any grandchildren, he shrugged and said he really didn’t know. Maybe one or two. “She’s CIA,” James Colegrove, another longtime colleague, told me. “I call her Secret Squirrel.” This does not make McCoy a lousy co-worker. Nearly everyone I spoke to—from a school dishwasher to the county superintendent—mentioned that she has a way of making people feel part of something. She’s fastidious and never misses a deadline, they added. She doesn’t pick favorites, and the cooks who make far less than she does notice that she works as hard, if not harder, than they do. Frances Hickman, the cafeteria manager at Cabell-Midland High School, has served under four different food-service directors in her 33-year career. But she told me (after McCoy left the room, since she couldn’t bear hearing a compliment) that she’d never met a person so skilled at her job and can’t imagine working for anybody else now. “When she goes, I go,” Hickman said. A crucial part of McCoy’s appeal is that she is a West Virginian—an insider, one of them. She grew up in Lincoln County, a rural area at the edge of the southern coalfields, the poorest region in a very poor state. Her family, like many others, had a garden where they grew much of what ended up on the kitchen table. And the tastes of those homegrown meals left a mark. She told me that it took years before she could bring herself to eat a canned green bean from the supermarket. She wanted the students in her district to have a real relationship with food. Long before Oliver had ever heard of Huntington, McCoy had begun to improve the meals in Cabell County. Notwithstanding what “Food Revolution” viewers saw on TV, McCoy’s cafeterias were downright enlightened by the dismal standards of America’s school-lunch program. In 2008, the West Virginia Board of Education had imposed tough new rules that required meals to include fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, whole grains, low-fat milk and water. McCoy, a registered dietician with 25 years of experience, pushed her district even further. One of the first things she did was remove the saltshakers from cafeteria tables—a move that prompted students to steal salt packets from fast-food restaurants and create a black market for them at lunch. At a time when 94 percent of U.S. schools were failing to meet federal guidelines, Cabell County hit, and often exceeded, every one. This was a surprise to Oliver’s advance production team, which assumed that the schools in America’s most unhealthy city would serve junk. “That,” Jedd Flowers said, “is when the show became about ‘fresh.’” McCoy was a proponent of fresh food. But she recognized that kids had to like what they were eating—and that she had to be able to pay for it. She started by assembling a group of cooks to rework Oliver’s recipes so they reflected local tastes. A friendly competition developed over who could come up with the best adaptation. The snap peas with mint, a quintessentially English combination, lost the mint; the garlicky greens became a lot less garlicky; the cinnamon in the chili was eighty-sixed. That McCoy let the cooks decide what tasted good made them feel important and helped win them over to the new, more labor-intensive way of doing things. At every level, practicality took precedence over idealism: Where Oliver had been skeptical of government handouts on principle, McCoy happily accepted 2,000 cases of raw chicken from the USDA, because it left her more money to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables. Where Oliver had insisted the cooks peel and slice 50 pounds of carrots, she ordered pre-sliced frozen coins that were ready to cook. McCoy also holed up in her office writing federal and state grants for money to buy equipment. It is an arduous, unsexy process, exactly the sort of thing she’s great at. In the first year after Oliver left, she was able to secure an extra $50,000 for her district. McCoy has been smart about spending the money, using a lot of it to pay for new equipment that’s expected to save the district thousands in the long term. Take the tilt skillet, a hulking, $15,000 vat about the size of a six-burner stove that can cook up to 60 gallons of food. Before the cooks had one, making enormous quantities of chili, taco meat or spaghetti sauce was backbreaking work. For each batch, cooks had to use several big stock pots. The process took hours, the pots were heavy to lift and it was awkward to transfer the finished sauce into containers. A slosh or two inevitably ended up on the floor. But kids really like chili and tacos and spaghetti, which meant that cooks spent too much time making red sauce. Now, with the tilt skillet, the whole thing takes a few hours, doesn’t make a mess and yields enough sauce for more than a month. The National School Lunch Program has always been a dumping ground for surplus commodity crops. It’s weirdly beautiful watching one of McCoy’s kitchens at work. At many U.S. schools, the food arrives ready to be reheated. Mixing a jar of commercial sauce into boil-in-the-bag pasta is considered “cooking.” But at Cabell Midland High School, the 18 cooks—all women, all dressed in medical scrubs, all engaged in constant small talk with one another—start arriving at 6 a.m.; it’s the only way to make sure that lunch is ready for the first wave of students who eat at 10:49. Over the course of one morning, I watched two cooks quarter red potatoes and toss them in olive oil with a shake of garlic powder and paprika, then move on to rubbing chicken breasts with a 17-spice seasoning. I saw cooks top rounds of pizza dough with homemade tomato sauce and cheese and mix olive oil and vinegar for salad dressing. (Commercial dressings, packed with sodium and calories, undermine the health benefits of most salads.) One cook’s full-time job consisted of making homemade desserts and fresh bread—fluffy, delicious parkerhouse rolls whose yeasty scent wafted down the school’s hallways. The only items not regularly made from scratch are the ones for breakfast. Some, like the heat-and-eat whole-wheat sausage biscuits, looked fine. Others, including the sausage-stuffed pancake on a stick, could have made a school lunch Most Wanted list. When McCoy saw me inspect one, she blushed and opened her mouth to explain, but ultimately said nothing. To make breakfast from scratch, a cook told me apologetically, “we’d have to get here in the middle of the night.” I didn’t taste the pancake on a stick. But the chicken and roasted potatoes at lunch were pretty good. I might have used a little more salt, but then I don’t have the USDA looking over my shoulder when I cook. Were it not for the red plastic tray, I would not have even known this was school lunch, so tight are my associations with metallic-tasting green beans, bland pizza and desiccated crinkle fries. I was impressed. The kids? Not so much. The first few times I visited Cabell Midland, in 2013 and 2014, most students didn’t have much to say about the improved quality of the food. They didn’t hate it; it just didn’t register as anything special. Tori Evans, a junior who ate school lunch every day, declared the chicken and potatoes “OK,” but rated the salad as “boring.” Asked what the cooks might do to make it better, she answered: “Put ham in it.” But the students have apparently gotten used to it. The younger ones don’t know any different, and with the older kids it helps that fast-food restaurants have adopted the lingo of “fresh.” McDonald’s now boasts of using “freshly cracked” eggs and is even trying out non-frozen beef for its hamburgers. McCoy has also gotten kids to accept better food by buying seasonal produce from enterprising student farmers. She didn’t do this to mimic what was happening in Berkeley or Brooklyn—nor does it make her job any easier. The first crop of local peppers she purchased from a student arrived covered with dirt, not clean and shiny like the ones from a mega-distributor. But she understood that kids are more likely to try something if a friend had a hand in growing it. It was just another way for her to build a healthier food culture in a place that had been colonized by the drive-thru. McCoy has since helped several students win grants to buy seeds and equipment. One of McCoy’s first student farmers, Zachary Call, was so successful that after graduation he continued to farm full-time—no small feat on the industrial western edge of West Virginia. All told, McCoy now buys more than $85,000 a year in local produce. It’s an article of faith that processed food is cheaper than the good stuff. But each one of the made-from-scratch meals that McCoy dishes out costs only $1.50 in ingredients—about 2 cents less than when Jamie Oliver arrived. Counterintuitively, it is the huge number of students served (about 10,000 a day) that makes the numbers work. The more kids who eat, the easier it is to achieve economies of scale. And McCoy couldn’t have done that without the Community Eligibility Provision. CEP lets schools feed everyone for free. But the trick is that schools are only reimbursed for the number of meals actually served. So if the kids don’t eat all of the meals that are prepared, the county has to bank the losses. McCoy needed her conservative, cash-strapped board to accept that risk. Her pitch to the board was a meticulous demonstration of how CEP could work. Each year, beginning in 2012, she added a few schools and watched what happened. At Huntington High School, where McCoy worried that teenagers would shun hot lunches—even free ones—she conducted a pilot before officially signing up. The school went from serving 700 or so meals a day to nearly 1,300. Because of successes like this, she earned the board’s trust and was the first food-service director ever to be invited to join the superintendent’s cabinet and the weekly meetings where big decisions were made. “She knows her figures,” said William Smith, Cabell County Schools’ superintendent. “By the time it came to make the decision [to implement CEP at all schools], we knew it was working.” When I returned to Huntington last fall, the number of students eating school lunch had jumped 15 percent. Oliver, for his part, has moved on from school lunch. He had little success delivering change in the second and final season of “Food Revolution” in Los Angeles, and in 2015 he admitted to a British magazine that his campaign to improve school meals had failed because he hadn’t applied himself single-mindedly to the issue and because eating well was a “very posh and middle-class” concern. Oliver has since focused his attention (and his television time) on railing against the ubiquity of sugar and raising awareness of so-called Blue Zones, areas of the globe where healthy diets help a surprising number of residents live to 100 or more. Still, he told me that he is proud of all that he accomplished in Huntington. In an email interview, he called McCoy’s efforts “amazing” and suggested that this is exactly how he hoped things would go. “My part involved putting a spotlight on the town,” he said. “Ultimately, when it comes to making a real change only local people can help local people.” Rhonda McCoy, Cabell County Schools’ food-service director, wanted to serve fresh food, but she understood that the students had to like the food if her plan was to work. The success that McCoy has achieved in Cabell County is rare, and was due to a propitious confluence of factors. Not every district has such a supportive superintendent, for instance, or such an overwhelming determination to prove a reality TV star wrong. But what McCoy did isn’t magic. Much of what made the Huntington experiment work is transferable to other places—so long as they have someone like McCoy. Schools need an ambitious leader at the helm, one who understands both nutrition and how to manage complex operations. In the mid-2000s, I visited two schools in the Boston suburbs that were minutes away from each other, but belonged to different districts. In the one run by a motivated dietician, the food was colorful, fresh and reasonably tasty. In the other, administered by a disinterested box-ticker, the food was appalling: stuff like chicken nuggets packed with fillers, gray hamburger patties, bagel dogs. “You have to have someone who goes against the flow at every turn,” says Toni Liquori, executive director of School Food Focus, a nonprofit that pushes for better school meals. “How can this be more whole? How can I get fresher? You have to be driven to do that or you will coast along and hit all the targets that are in the standards, because they are pretty low.” The problem is that it’s hard to find people like McCoy. There’s been a historical lack of respect for her job that is reflected both in the pay and in the hiring standards. Forty-one states have no requirements at all for food-service personnel, according to the National Association of State Boards of Education’s most recent assessment. And in states that do, like Mississippi, they often are as minimal as a high school diploma or its equivalent. West Virginia has the most stringent standard by far, though that isn’t saying much: It mandates competency tests for all staff and specifically requires food-service directors to have a college degree and a minimum of six hours of nutrition training. In 2015, the USDA issued its first professional standards for school nutrition directors, and it required continuing education, too. But these standards only apply to new candidates, so real change could take a generation. The best school food-service directors are the ones who are able to tap into, or build, a culture around healthy eating. In Burlington, Vermont—where even the airport has a local-foods café—Doug Davis spends about a quarter of his $1.1-million budget on goods from local farmers. In Detroit, Betti Wiggins, a leader in urban farming, opened up her own 2-acre farm to help feed the system’s 46,000 students. And in the university town of Oxford, Mississippi, Eleanor Green created a comprehensive gardening and education program that offers, among other things, a weeklong “Carrot Camp” for elementary school students. What connects these seemingly disparate efforts (and McCoy’s in West Virginia) is that each one makes school lunch more enticing without resorting to the cheap trick of always serving pizza. This helps to boost the number of children eating lunch, which, in turn, gives districts more money to spend on further improvements to their programs. It’s a virtuous cycle. Obvious as it sounds, one effective way to spend that extra money is on kitchens you can actually cook in. As the School Lunch Program turns 70, many school kitchens are almost as old, and the ones in new schools are often no more than a warming oven in a glorified closet. The shift to processed food has helped to hasten this neglect. But it is important to note that it was the decision to wipe out federal funding for kitchen equipment under Ronald Reagan that started the problem. For 27 years, Congress provided zero dollars to upgrade or improve kitchen equipment. It took until 2009—and a near-collapse of the economy—for Congress to appropriate $100 million to it as part of a sweeping federal stimulus. (Due to pent-up demand, the USDA received requests for more than $600 million.) THE TRIUMPH OF FOOD LOBBYISTS Lawmakers have long tried to boot soda out of school. In 1978, several proposed that the USDA restrict foods of “minimal nutritional value.” The National Soft Drink Association sued the USDA, and won. In 1994, Senator Patrick Leahy argued that “kids have no money, no political clout. … If Coke wins, children lose.” It took until 2010 for Congress to restrict “full-calorie” sodas in schools. And that happened largely because Coke and Pepsi were making more from other types of drinks by then. Since 1989, the USDA has counted pizza not as a cheese- and fat-delivery device, but as a half-serving of vegetables, thanks to the smear of tomato paste. But in response to new nutrition standards set in 2010, the USDA attempted to double the amount of tomato paste each slice needed to remain the in the veggie category. The National Frozen Pizza Institute raised hell, the American Frozen Food Institute nearly doubled its campaign contributions to members of Congress and the old rule still stands. In 2011, in an effort to “encourage students to try new vegetables in place of the familiar starchy ones,” the USDA proposed a limit on potatoes at lunch. But senators from two leading potato-producing states denounced the proposal. Susan Collins of Maine went so far as to say that potatoes are a “nutritional bargain” with no cholesterol and more potassium than bananas. The rest of the Senate voted along with her, and the primacy of French fries on cafeteria trays continues. The ability to cook doesn’t just produce better food. It allows schools to adapt to America’s regularly shifting nutrition standards; we live, after all, in a country where the “right” diet can swing from low-fat to low-carb seemingly overnight. Cooking also gives a school the ability to tweak what it serves and accommodate changing tastes. By contrast, if a school depends on a food conglomerate to change its menu, it might wait years for new products to make their way through research and development and food-safety testing. Schools that have received USDA funds for equipment prove that it doesn’t take much money to make a big difference. Garnet J. Robertson, an intermediate school in Daly City, California, for example, didn’t have a full-service kitchen, and its aging oven broke so often that staff frequently had to use the microwave in the teachers’ lounge to warm up food. In 2015, the administration spent about $12,000 on a three-door refrigerator and a new warming oven, which allowed the school to sign a better contract for meals and to store fresh fruits and vegetables. At Perry County Central High School in Hazard, Kentucky, staff struggled to serve students fresh vegetables because the cafeteria line equipment couldn’t hold both hot and cold items; the only space for a salad bar was a far-off corner of the cafeteria. With $25,000 from the USDA, the school purchased new lines, each with an integrated salad bar and stations with variable temperature settings, which made it easier to get fresh produce on the students’ trays. Even Congress recognizes the importance of these contributions. Since 2010, it has allocated another $115 million to kitchen equipment. Still, no one in McCoy’s position can ever assume that the government will make serving kids healthy meals at school any easier. Menus and budgets and staff need to be shuffled around constantly to keep up with the whims of a superior or the politics of the moment. The day after Donald Trump was elected, I sat with McCoy in a dimly lit conference room in the school board’s offices. We were both in a daze, short on sleep after watching the returns late into the night, and trying to grasp what his unexpected presidency might mean for her program. CEP could be eviscerated. So could state budgets, which subsidize the salaries of her cooks. And, at the local level, William Smith, Cabell County’s thoughtful, supportive superintendent, had announced he would retire in June. Who knew? Maybe the new boss would decide that sports or music was more essential than homemade food. What McCoy had done in Huntington was exactly the kind of thing Republicans claim to celebrate. She wasn’t a Washington bureaucrat telling people to do it her way, or no way at all; she was a well-intentioned local who had figured out what made sense for her community and acted on it. Now, as it began to grow dark outside, she confronted the fact that her last six years of work might be undone. “Any part of it could change overnight,” McCoy told me. She was incredulous in a way I’d never seen her. “A child can come to school all day and not eat,” she continued. “Little ones. First-graders.” She lowered her voice to a whisper. “How do you tell a child they can’t eat?” A few moments later, she shook my hand and said goodbye. Then, she returned to her office and got back to work. This story was originally produced in partnership with Huffington Post’s Highline. All rights reserved. This article may not be reproduced without express permission from FERN. If you are interested in republishing or reposting this article, please contact info@thefern.org. 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__label__wiki	0.813039	0.813039	_VOICES I Was Sexually Harassed on Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Campaign. I Will Not Be Weaponized or Dismissed. Giulianna Di Lauro Velez January 10 2019, 8:58 p.m. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addresses an audience during a campaign rally on Feb. 22, 2016, in Amherst, Mass. Photo: Steven Senne/AP Last week, my experience, and that of some of my female co-workers, became the focus of a New York Times story on the sexual harassment and sexism that took place in the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign. I told my story to bring attention to the sexist environment that is unfortunately endemic to most workspaces, including political campaigns. However, I was disheartened to discover that the takeaway by many pundits was not that sexism and harassment is pervasive, but that Sanders was somehow uniquely culpable. I was also struck by some of the messages and tweets calling into question the character of the women who spoke out. As was the case throughout the 2016 campaign season, my personal experiences as a woman of color were sublimated to serve an establishment media narrative that pretends the progressive movement is all white, all male, and runs counter to the interests of women and people of color. But my story should not be taken to confirm the “Bernie bro” mythology. It should be taken to confirm the pervasiveness of sexism in professional life and distill the hard truths that all campaigns should learn from. It’s not as if the Sanders campaign alone is nursing the last vestiges of sexism and sexual harassment in the political sphere. Both were reportedly features of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. During her first run at the White House, Clinton’s campaign chose to retain a senior adviser who reportedly harassed a young woman repeatedly rather than fire him. And just last month, an aide for Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., resigned after it was reported that he settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for $400,000. Politics reflect society’s general problem with sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. Politics reflect society’s general problem with sexism, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. As a whole, our country does not believe, respect, or even like women as much as men. Our president has bragged about sexually assaulting women and made countless demeaning comments about their physical appearances. Two out of 9 Supreme Court justices have been accused of sexual misconduct. One in 3 women have experienced some form sexual violence. A nonprofit administered an online survey last January and found that 81 percent of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment. The numbers and stakes are even higher for women of color and transgender women. It’s not surprising, then, that these systemic problems infect political campaigns — especially since those calling the shots are mostly male, white, and disconnected from the working class. In my experience, women hired as strategists or managers are frequently treated like assistants and translators. Men often pass off our ideas as their own and “put us in our place” if we are too assertive. It’s the classic double-bind: We are not smart enough or too smart; not attractive enough or too attractive; not dressed appropriately or dressed too nicely; not poor enough or too poor; not confident enough or too arrogant; not likable or too female. To be a woman in politics is to be held to an unattainable standard of perfection. To be a woman of color is even harder. When we see women like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez overcome the odds against her, set these expectations on fire, and score impressive accomplishments like getting the media and Democratic leadership to take a Green New Deal seriously, we should rejoice. But even she’s not immune. After the New York Times story, I was hoping to see a more productive discussion about the insidiousness of sexual harassment and sexism in politics. In sharing my experiences, I was hoping to highlight this issue for all future campaigns and celebrate the power of women organizers who worked together and successfully got the attention of Sanders and his team. But that’s not what happened. For one, the corporate media unfairly focused on Sanders — casting the harassment that happened within his campaign much differently than similar cases with other campaigns — implicating his personal ethics in a way that they’ve declined to do with other politicians. Sanders recently apologized and acknowledged that his 2016 campaign could have handled sexual harassment and sexism claims better, and in his 2018 re-election campaign, he reportedly instituted sharper protocols like better hiring, training, and designating an independent firm that staff could utilize to report sexism and harassment. But new allegations of sexual harassment in his 2016 campaign have since surfaced, indicating the depth of the problem was likely deeper than most knew. Now, Sanders should take the rare step of setting up an independent investigation into the 2016 allegations. Original reporting. Fearless journalism. Delivered to you. At the same time, I was deeply disappointed by the feedback I received from some on the left. Both myself and other women who spoke on the record about our experiences on Sanders’s campaign received messages and tweets from Sanders supporters accusing us of lying and wanting to purposefully attack the Vermont senator. I was told to “enjoy my 15 minutes of fame” and was mocked while the sexual harassment I endured was normalized. Neoliberals and corporate media are unfair to Sanders and his supporters because our movement threatens their supremacy. But to dismiss our claims as mere bias is at best disingenuous and at worst cruel. By blindly attacking anyone who raises valid concerns about sexism because it’s “not a good look” for the senator, they are actually making him look worse. Ironically, in their defense of Sanders’s campaign, these individuals are behaving as if acknowledging the presence of sexism and sexual harassment in his campaign is akin to calling Sanders a sexist — the implication that the establishment media seems keen to draw. Accusations of sexual misconduct during a political campaign should not be weaponized to serve a political agenda. Nor should claims be ignored to protect a beloved candidate — doing so only adds to the cycle of shame and punishment that makes sexism so hard to tackle. Sexism will persist if women are discouraged from openly talking about our experiences. I sincerely hope that neither fear of political exploitation nor personal attacks discourage other women from speaking out against sexism or any abuse they’ve suffered.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1012
__label__cc	0.586489	0.413511	Category Archives: Krypton Trailer Adam Strange Appears in New “Krypton” Trailer January 25, 2018 Adam Strange, Krypton Traileradmin The first full trailer has dropped for the SyFy series Krypton, which will focus on the titular planet about 200 years before one of its few survivors becomes the hero known as Superman. The show focuses on Superman’s grandfather, Seg-El (played by Cameron Cuffe), who is from the once great, now disgraced House of El. In the trailer, his voice-over explains that their family is famous for overthrowing tyrants, and indeed, the plot of the show will focus on him attempting to bring change to the social status of Krypton, with apparently a lot of focus on the planet’s religious caste. The trailer, however, focuses more on a different aspect of the show: a man (unidentified here, but apparently Adam Strange from other materials) has come back in time to warn Seg-El about a different time traveler, who wants to ruin Krypton and prevent Seg-El’s heroic descendant from ever arriving on Earth. The official synopsis adds that Seg-El may have to choose whether to save his planet or allow young Kal-El to go to Earth to be a hero. Other arcs from the show will apparently include Seg-El’s secret romance with a woman from the rival House of Zod (as in the famous general), and Brainiac showing up as one of the main villains. (Perhaps the one that Adam has come to warn him about?) It is unclear if this show is supposed to be set in the DC Extended Universe, especially since one of its creators, David S. Goyer, worked on Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He is also currently working on writing the Green Lantern Corps movie, tentatively set for release in 2020. If so, it will the franchise’s first TV series.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1015
__label__wiki	0.510275	0.510275	Tag: robert downey jr Avengers: Endgame (2019) – Anthony Russo and Joe Russo *SPOILER FREE ZONE* The super-sized issue twenty-two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe hits theaters Thursday, and superhero fans around the planet have no idea what to expect. So take a breath and enjoy that moment. No doubt by the end of opening weekend, tons of people will be spoiling the film for others (intentionally or… Natural Born Killers (1994) – Oliver Stone When you combine a story by Quentin Tarantino and the directorial style of Oliver Stone, you know you are going to get something unique to filmmaking, and Natural Born Killers is very much that. It is also the title on the What Else to Watch list from DK Books’ The Movie Book following their recommendation… Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – Blu-Ray Review After ten years, and eighteen previous films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe came together in a way that no other film series has done. Since 2008, with the introduction of Iron Man, Marvel has built upon each film, creating an interwoven reality, and hinting at a terrible threat to come. That threat has arrived. Avengers: Infinity… Chaplin (1992) Richard Attenborough As I return to DK Canada’s The Movie Book, the next film they highlight is the Chaplin classic, City Lights. That is a title I’d previously reviewed, and so I dove write into What Else to Watch, as I had already reviewed his key movies, and the first one on the list I hadn’t previously… A Scanner Darkly (2006) – Richard Linklater Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly is the last recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book in the Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror genre. Based on the story by Philip K. Dick, the story is fascinating from a couple of perspectives – it’s a digitally rotoscoped animated film, and it features some top… Captain America: Civil War (2016) – Anthony & Jo Russo Marvel does what DC tried and failed to do just a month ago. Building on the universe they’ve already established, lending the stakes a heavier weight, the film brings a number of threads from the previous films, and tying it all together. In fact, they are dealing with the fallout from their actions in… Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – Joss Whedon Marvel Studios (under the Disney umbrella) continues their run of successful superhero movies with this actioner written and directed by fan favorite, Joss Whedon. It’s loud, fun, and you need to be caught up on the Marvel cinematic universe to truly enjoy it all, as Age of Ultron is the culmination of Marvel’s Phase… Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) – Anthony & Joe Russo Marvel titles just keep coming! And this entry into the Marvel-evrse shows that the world and its characters are continuing to grow, and that, as of yet, the studios aren’t sacrificing story for spectacle. Chris Evans returns as super-soldier Steve Rogers in his first solo mission (that we’ve seen) since the events in New York depicted… Iron Man (2008) – Jon Favreau Robert Downey Jr. is perhaps the best superhero casting since Christopher Reeve in Superman: The Movie. Yes there have been good actors as famous comic characters since then, but none have seemed to so personify the role they take on as Reeve and Downey Jr. Revisiting Iron Man for the 101 Action Movies (which is… Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S01E01 – Pilot Joss Whedon returns to the small screen while expanding the universe he got to join and play in with The Avengers. As a pilot, the episode is well-crafted, introducing all the characters, both primary and secondary, giving us broad strokes of who they are, and the dynamic and role they’ll fill on the show. Set… Iron Man 3 (2013) – Shane Black Robert Downey Jr returns to the big screen as Tony Stark, a man haunted and troubled by the events that befell the Avengers… Taking over directing duties from Jon Favreau, Shane Black, who seems to have a fascination for setting movies during the Christmas season (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) also wrote the script alongside… The True Adventures of the World’s Greatest Stuntman by Vic Armstrong I first heard the name Vic Armstrong in a television special called Great Movie Stunts & The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark back in 1981. I was 10 or 11 when the special first aired, and I remember watching it in our house while we were living in Kingston. Even at that age,…	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1016
__label__wiki	0.824937	0.824937	Historical Landmarks in Rome, Italy Ocean Malandra, Leaf Group Updated January 26, 2018 Rome has played a central role in western history. (Photo: rome image by jedphoto from Fotolia.com ) The Pantheon of Rome Leaning Tower of Pisa Activities Basilicas In Pompeii A Travel Guide to Rome, Italy Once the center of the largest and most powerful empire that ever existed on the European continent, Rome is a living museum of historical landmarks. For the hordes of tourists who come to this ancient city every year, Rome offers a chance to walk through more than 2,000 years of history. Although there are landmarks around just about every corner in Rome, some sights are so important that they are must-see destinations for travelers to the eternal city. The Colosseum Built in the 1st century A.D., the ancient amphitheater once seated up to 45,000 spectators who came to watch gladiators fight for their lives and exotic animals devour their prey. Now the Colosseum is one of the most iconic symbols of the ancient Roman empire and one of the city's primary historical landmarks. Visitors can take three-hour guided walking tours of the ruins or explore the four-story travertine monument on their own. The floor of the Colosseum has been eaten away by time, and the complex maze that lies underneath it is viewable from a walkway that has built over it. The Pantheon Located in the heart of Rome's historic core, the Pantheon is one of the most famous churches in the world and features a perfect spherical dome roof. The Pantheon was built in 80 A.D. by emperor Hadrian, who had traveled extensively and wanted to build a temple dedicated to all the gods of all people. Witness the strength of the ancient pozzolana cement that was used for the construction. In 609 A.D., the temple was consecrated as a Catholic church by Pope Boniface IV, who dedicated it to the Virgin Mary and all the saints. Services are still held at the Pantheon, but it also opens daily for visitation and remains one of the most visited sites in Rome, Italy. St. Peter's Basilica Built on the site where the apostle Peter is believed to have been martyred by emperor Nero, St. Peter's Basilica is the mother church of the Catholic faith and is located in Vatican City. The massive church was built in 1615, and the great dome was designed by the Renaissance artist Michaelangelo. St. Peter's houses statues by Michaelangelo and the famous bronze altar that was built by Bernini. The basilica still hosts the Pope's weekly audience on Wednesdays and has a full schedule of masses and services throughout the week but is open daily and guided tours are available. Sacred-destinations: Colosseum Monolithic: The Pantheon Sacred Destinations: St Peters Basilica Based in San Francisco, Ocean Malandra is a travel writer, author and documentary filmmaker. 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__label__cc	0.748726	0.251274	Franchise Tips and Articles Franchise Consulting Services Services for Franchisors Franchise Development Services Franchises by Industry Franchises A to Z Franchise Power Search Senior Helpers Strengthens Resources, Appoints Renowned Physician to Board of Directors - Leading In-Home Senior Care Company Elevates its Advisory Board by Adding Dr. Alan Abrams - Today, Senior Helpers®, the nation's premier provider of in-home senior care, announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Abrams, a well-known, highly respected physician specializing in geriatric medicine, to its Board of Directors. A seasoned veteran with decades of experience helping leading organizations provide high-quality care to the elderly, Dr. Abrams will play a pivotal role in helping propel Senior Helpers' success in the in-home senior care industry. His consultation has helped Senior Helpers refine and enhance programming and identify tangential opportunities. "As an engaged clinician, leader and educator, Dr. Abrams has wide-ranging experience and an outstanding reputation in providing patients with the highest quality treatment and care," said Peter Ross, CEO and co-founder of Senior Helpers. "We are dedicated to helping transform senior care nationwide, and as such, we're constantly looking to improve the service we offer our elderly clients as well as their families. Tapping into Dr. Abrams' industry knowledge will give us some critical tools and insights that will help keep Senior Helpers at the forefront of improving the health and wellbeing of our clients, and ultimately driving high-quality care for our seniors." Dr. Abrams comes to Senior Helpers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a world-class hospital of Harvard Medical School, where he served as the Chief Medical Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and his master's in public health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Abrams has served as a physician executive and clinical leader on both the payer side and provider side in programs geared to care for the elderly across Massachusetts. He has been an educational leader in the care of the elderly and trained providers from a variety of disciplines during his role as program director of the Harvard Multi-Campus Geriatric Fellowship Program. "Senior Helpers has built a tremendous network focused on constant improvements in the quality of care being offered to the elderly. I'm looking forward to assisting Senior Helpers by sharing my expertise, as well as advanced clinical methods, to help make a difference in delivering a better quality of life to its clients," said Dr. Abrams. Senior Helpers was founded in 2001 with a vision to help seniors who wish to remain in their homes – despite age-related illnesses and mobility challenges, and now serves elderly individuals and their families around the world. Senior Helpers differentiates itself with its proprietary, specialized programs that have been developed in collaboration with leading medical experts. The company was the first provider in the industry to offer specialized, nationally-consistent care services for individuals with Alzheimer's, dementia and Parkinson's disease. For more information about the company, visit http://www.seniorhelpers.com. About Senior Helpers® Senior Helpers® is the premier provider of care for seniors, and offers services ranging from specialized care for those with diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, to personal care to help individuals looking for a little assistance with daily activities. Founded in 2001 with a vision to help seniors who wish to remain in their homes despite age-related illnesses and mobility challenges, Senior Helpers® has hundreds of franchised and owned businesses that have cared for tens of thousands of seniors. Senior Helpers®  is the first and only national in-home senior care company to be certified as a Great Place to Work™, is one of a select few in-home care providers to be approved by the U.S. Government for the Military Spouse Employment Partnership and has been ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine as a Top 500 Franchise. Senior Helpers is also an active member of the Healthcare Leadership Council. Learn more by visiting http://www.seniorhelpers.com. SOURCE Senior Helpers Request your Free Franchise Consultation now! Franchise Industries We provide a free consultation service to help you identify the best franchises to meet your business ownership dreams. © 2014 - 2019 True North Franchise Consulting Site hosted and managed by FranServe Inc.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1022
__label__wiki	0.986119	0.986119	AHL Quick Hits — Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2007 February 28, 2007 theahl LOOKING BACK: On Tuesday, Matt Moulson scored twice as Manchester beat Norfolk, 4-3, in a battle of division leaders… Chris Conner and Junior Lessard each recorded a goal and an assist in Iowa’s 4-1 win in San Antonio. MANCHESTER 4, Norfolk 3… Iowa 4, SAN ANTONIO 1 LOOKING AHEAD: Just five points out of the final playoff spot in the East Division, Albany plays host to Hershey on Wednesday night… The River Rats have won six of their last eight home games and five of their last seven overall, including a 3-1 victory on Feb. 17 that snapped a 19-game winless skid to the Bears… Captain Keith Aucoin has registered 34 points (7g, 27a) in 21 games for Albany since returning from an NHL stint in Carolina on Dec. 31… Bears forward Dave Steckel has recorded six goals, five assists and a plus-10 rating in six games against the River Rats this season… Maxime Daigneault was 3-0-0 with a 1.13 goals-against average and a .962 save percentage in four appearances for Hershey last week. Hartford has won six in a row by a combined score of 26-6 heading into Wednesday’s game with Lowell, a make-up of the contest that was postponed by snow on Feb. 14… Al Montoya has won 14 of his last 16 decisions for the Wolf Pack, and now ranks fourth in the AHL with a 2.18 GAA… Lauri Korpikoski has registered one goal and seven assists in his last four games for Hartford… The Devils have won five of their last six overall, and is 2-0-0-0 at the Hartford Civic Center this season… Lowell comes in tied with Worcester for fourth place in the Atlantic Division… Former Wolf Pack defenseman Mike Mottau has 14 assists in his last 19 games for the Devils… Tuomas Pihlman, who had two goals in his previous 30 games, scored twice in the third period of Lowell’s 3-2 overtime win at Portland on Sunday. Hamilton, two points out of first place in the North Division, visits Omaha, three points off the lead in the West Division, in the third stop on a nine-game road trip… Rookie Matt D’Agostini has 13 points (4g, 9a) in his last 11 games for the Bulldogs, including the winning goal in Sunday’s 3-2 victory at Grand Rapids… Yann Danis is 6-1-1 in his last eight decisions for Hamilton… Omaha played four road games in five nights last week and won them all… Curtis McElhinney enters the week not having allowed a goal in his last 125:20 of work… Dustin Boyd has tallied 12 points (8g, 4a) in his last 10 outings for the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights… Omaha’s 35 wins this season already match the team’s total from all of 2005-06. (all times Eastern) Hershey at Albany, 7:00… Lowell at Hartford, 7:00… Springfield at Worcester, 7:00… Grand Rapids at Rochester, 7:05… Binghamton at W-B/Scranton, 7:05… Hamilton at Omaha, 8:00 Thu 3/1 Peoria at Iowa, 8:05 Fri 3/2 Providence at Worcester, 7:00… Norfolk at Lowell, 7:05… Binghamton at Philadelphia, 7:05… Bridgeport at W-B/Scranton, 7:05… Albany at Syracuse, 7:30… Hamilton at Milwaukee, 8:00… Houston at Omaha, 8:00… Toronto at Manitoba, 8:30 ALUMNI WATCH: On Tuesday night, 2005 AHL MVP Jason Spezza recorded a goal and two assists as Ottawa beat Carolina, 4-2… 2007 AHL All-Star Clarke MacArthur had a goal and two assists in Buffalo’s 6-1 win in Toronto… Marcel Hossa scored two goals and added an assist in the N.Y. Rangers’ 4-0 win over Montreal… On Monday night, 2006 Second Team AHL All-Star Dustin Penner scored twice in Anaheim’s 3-2 win at San Jose… Jeremy Williams scored his second NHL goal in his second career NHL game, but Toronto fell to Montreal, 5-4. AHL CLEAR DAY: AHL teams must submit their Clear Day lists to the league office by 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday… The lists will be published on theahl.com no earlier than 10:00 a.m. ET on Friday. AHL ON B2 NETWORKS: B2 Networks brings AHL action to your computer, web-enabled cell phone or PDA all season long with live video webcasts of nearly every AHL game… Visit theahl.com for details. Previous PostAHL unveils Top Prospects trading card setNext PostWeekly Notebook: Eastern Conference	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1028
__label__wiki	0.993239	0.993239	Brown re-signs with Capitals July 17, 2015 theahl The Washington Capitals have signed right wing Chris Brown to a two-year, two-way contract, senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan announced Thursday. Brown, 24, has earned three points (two goals, one assist) in 22 career NHL games with Washington and Arizona. The 6’2”, 215-pound right wing appeared in five games with the Capitals last season and scored a goal on Oct. 16 against New Jersey. Brown scored his first NHL goal on March 22, 2014, at San Jose and earned his first NHL assist on March 25, 2014, at Los Angeles. Washington acquired Brown with Rostislav Klesla and a fourth-round draft pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft from Phoenix for Martin Erat and John Mitchell on March 4, 2014. Brown made his Capitals debut on March 6, 2014, at Boston. Brown registered 28 points (17 goals, 11 assists) and 70 penalty minutes in 64 games with the Hershey Bears last season. He recorded six multi-point games in 2014-15 and earned three points (one goal, two assists) on Dec. 13 against Binghamton. In 195 career AHL games with Hershey and Portland, Brown has recorded 115 points (62 goals, 53 assists) and 238 penalty minutes. During the 2011-12 season, Brown recorded 29 points (12 goals, 17 assists) and 66 penalty minutes in 38 games with University of Michigan (CCHA), setting career highs in assists, points and penalty minutes. Brown led all Michigan rookies in 2009-10 with 28 points (13 goals, 15 assists), and led the team with seven power-play goals in 45 games. He was also named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team. Brown registered 80 points (34 goals, 46 assists) and 183 penalty minutes in 125 regular season games during his three-year career with the Wolverines. The Flower Mound, Texas native was the first ever Michigan recruit from the state of Texas. Prior to his career at Michigan, Brown played for the United States National Under-18 Team at USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program (NTDP). As an 18-year-old, he recorded 38 points (20 goals, 18 assists) and a team-leading 120 penalty minutes in 62 games in 2008-09 and also ranked second on the team with 10 power play goals. He helped lead Team USA to the gold medal in the 2009 IIHF Under-18 World Championship in North Dakota, collecting seven points (four goals, three assists) in seven games. In addition, Brown also won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York, registering three points (two goals, one assist) in six games. Brown was selected by the Coyotes in the second round (36th overall) in the 2009 Entry Draft. Previous PostWashington adds SillNext PostColorado signs Grigorenko	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1029
__label__wiki	0.578855	0.578855	Vineet Kumar Expressing myself to the World Wide Web, one thought at a time Important Links & Stuffs 7 Commendmends Google Sphere The Ubuntu Guide Digit Forum My Gaming PC Configuration Chat with me on IRC Check HTML5 Conformity Tag Archives: amazon prime Amazon Prime Video: Update after 9 months of subscription September 24, 2017 Pop Cultureamazon prime, Movie List, showsVineet I subscribed to Amazon Prime on December 2016 with the free trial. Paid Rs 500 for an year from Feb 2017, and ever since enjoying it. Prime has been my goto almost every night for a dose of entertainment. I have watched so much content in the last 9 months that I think I can now separate the wheat from the chaff and suggest shows better. I will start with a small review of the shows that I completed and then will add the shows which I intend to watch next. I will go alphabetically: Brothers Conflict is an anime series about a girl who moves in with his 13 step brothers, each having a unique personality. The story then progresses where every one is trying to get a piece of her affection. This was a weird show and I am glad it doesn’t have a second season. I have seen good animes, and this was not one of them. I wouldn’t recommend. Censorship In The Future is a 5 min short and is a great mock of how censorship would look like in future if it’s going to continue at the current pace. And it’s hilarious at best. Must watch! Extant (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller): a mystery thriller about a female astronaut trying to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. I admit this show isn’t that bad. I enjoyed the show with it’s alien abduction and sci fi elements. An AI robot reminded of David from the Steven Spielberg’s movie AI. It isn’t the best show on planets, but it’s worth for it’s story arc and thematic elements. Kommune presents The Storytellers: (Drama: Plays/Performance, World Cinema: Indian): Remember the good old days of sitting around a campfire sharing stories? The Storytellers is a modern day take on that. At a time when interactions primarily take place across screens, The Storytellers encourages people to look up and connect with one another by sharing their personal life experiences face to face, without inhibitions and with honesty. I watched all stories featured on the show. I liked every bit of it. These were under 10 min six stories that were nice to hear. Must watch! Le Mans: If it hadn’t for Prime, I probably would have not discovered that a race happens in France that stretches for 24 hours straight and is a true test for endurance and efficiency. This show was a breath of fresh air for sports and absolutely loves every minute of it. Watching how the drivers and there crew battle to finish the race (and not just coming in top 3), was an enchanting experience. If you are thrill seeker and love speed, this documentary is a Must Watch! Mr. Robot (Crime, Drama, Thriller): Follows Elliot, a young programmer working as a cyber-security engineer by day, and a vigilante hacker by night. I have watched the show before it came on Prime. But haven’t got a rerun of it on Prime. The 1st episode I watched didn’t have any censorship on it. This show is ab absolutely must watch if you haven’t already. People of Earth (Comedy): Damn, this show was good. There aren’t much shows that blend comedy with Sci Fi with such finesse. The main character of the show is mundane yet so likable. This is also a much watch on this list. Person of Interest: Jim Caviezel (The Thin Red Line), Michael Emerson (Lost) and Taraji P. Henson (Hustle & Flow) team up in this thought-provoking crime action drama from The Dark Knight’s Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions (Fringe, Lost, Alias). Set in New York City, this procedural centers on an ex-CIA agent, presumed dead, who partners with a mysterious billionaire to prevent violent crimes. This show was not originally on my list. But then I started watching it trusting the IMDb rating of 8.5. I was glad I did that, cause right now I have just finished season 3 and god damn, it just goes on keeping interesting. A super computer (maybe sentient, we don’t know) helps a group of people saving lives, the show takes you on a ride. It keeps you on the edge and never makes a moment dull. The show moves too fast for it’s own advantage, cause we get to see so many angles to the premise. Just when you think you had enough, it punches your gut and makes you realize, the story have just started! The mid of season seems like season finale and you can’t stop binge watching the next season after one ends. I could write so much about the show. Despite this show being too much violent for my taste I still love it. This show is an emotional coaster of emotions and views. Absolutely must watch. Scorpion: Scorpion is based on the true story of Walter O’Brien, an eccentric genius with the world’s fourth-highest I.Q. and the creator of a company of brilliant misfits who use their mental muscle to defend the planet against complex high-tech threats of the modern age. Another show that was added after I made the initial list, I had already watched the first season of this earlier last year. So I knew what I was getting into. This show about a few people with high IQ, is inspired from a self proclaimed genius Walter O’Brien. I can’t say anything about the real Walter, but this show is an ingenious attempt to entertain, as well as inspiring students to take up science. This show also have a side that attempts to show how difficult is for people with high IQ (Intelligent Quotient) to maintain their EQ (Emotional Quotient) levels. I loved the show to the very end of season 3. Must watch for sure. The Last Ship: Navy Captain Tom Chandler (Eric Dane) and his crew must find a cure after a pandemic wipes out billions of people worldwide. Scientist Rachel Scott is assigned to the U.S.S. Nathan James to investigate the cause of the rapidly spreading virus. Chandler and his crew may be humanity’s last hope in the wake of a worldwide catastrophe. Again a show that was not in my original list but which have become a must watch. This show isn’t science fiction (although does deal with an apocalyptic world). The show seems a propaganda for endorsing Navy for US, but grows on to be much more than that. The story is good. The action scenes on par, and the execution just phenomenal. The navy captain Tom Chandler is like a super hero in the series and for good reasons. This series is quite a different kind of action show, since it’s basically about war on ocean, something new from all the hoards of crime series out there. The Man in the High Castle (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller): A glimpse into an alternate history of North America. What life after WWII may have been like if the Nazis had won the war. This show is phenomenal. It’s like an alternate reality where Germany have won the war and along with Japan rule US. The attention to detail is breathtaking, story just epic and execution worthy of Oscar. The show have a bit of sci fi element that I wouldn’t want to spoil. The show deserves every bit of appreciation. It’s the series like this which makes me believe that Hollywood creates entire world! The Tick: In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with mental health issues and zero powers comes to suspect his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. This new show as Amazon original is a comedy superhero that doesn’t take itself seriously. The show was good to watch, but didn’t leave any lasting impressions. It’s not on my must watch list. To watch list: I have these shows yet to watch. Some are from the original post and some are new: Dexter: (Crime, Drama, Mystery): When blood spatter analyst Dexter Morgan is not out solving murders, he spends his time as a serial killer who eliminates those who do bad things. I initially watched a couple of episodes and thought the show might be censored. So stopped watching. But it seems the show isn’t censored after all. I might resume watching it soon. Dexter’s Laboratory: This cartoon show was a riot in my childhood days. It was a perfect example of how cool the cartoon shows of late 90’s were! There are tons of episodes of Dexter’s Laboratory and alas the Prime contains only a handful of it. The season 1 of Dexter’s Laboratory on Prime starts from someone mid of actual season 2 and ends with somewhat mid of season 3. I would love to see all episodes of Dexter’s Laboratory but I am not hopeful of it. Elementary (Crime, Drama, Mystery): A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City. I just never got around to start watching this. Fringe (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi): An FBI agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena. I started watching this series, but it couldn’t hold my interest. The story seemed too convenient. It has a rating of 8.4 on IMDb. I may pick this up later. Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime): On one fateful night, Edward loses an arm and a leg, and Alphonse losing his entire body in an alchemy experiment gone awry. From this point, Edward’s only concern is finding a way to return his brother to his body. He soon finds himself in the service of the government as a State Alchemist. It is here the amazing story of the youngest State Alchemist in history begins. Haven’t got around to start watching this. Maybe soon. Startup (Crime, Thriller): Nick Capelli emerges from prison into a world where his once strong mafia family has eroded, leaving him with no direction, but an uncontrollable need to try to recreate his past criminal life. In the modern world where the mafia doesn’t command respect like it used to, this series takes a look at what it would take for a modern crime organization to rise today. Haven’t picked up the show. The New Archie’s: An updated version of the animated version of the classic comic book series. I have read a comic of Archie. That’s what I know it from. I would like to watch this one season animated Archie. The World’s War (Documentary, History): British historian David Olusoga, along with other historians, narrates the story of millions of Indian, African and Asian troops who fought and died alongside French and British troops to help win the war against Germany, Austro-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. V (Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller): Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) stars in this reimagining of the hit miniseries from Scott Peters, creator of The 4400. “Visitors” appear in every major city in the world, promoting a message of peace … but could they be a threat to our existence? I would probably start watching this soon. Wolverine and the X-Men (Animation, Action, Adventure ): The story picks up one year after the attack on Xavier Institute that caused the disbanding of X-Men and the mysterious disappearance of Professor X and Jean Grey. Wolverine must reunite his team to find out what happened that fateful night. Their position as mutants doesn’t make things any easier as the MRD (Mutant Response Division) is hunting down and exterminating them. As for Movies, I have watched only quite a few movies on Amazon in the last 9 months. Some of them are: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Found the movie absolutely slow and boring. But a few must have liked it. Or it was a very dark movie that I was not prepared for. Befikre: I wasn’t prepared for this mindless garbage too. The film that I was better not watching. Hindi Medium: Absolutely gem of a film. Irfan does a great job again with this really great film that is a must watch. The song by those children on stage absolutely blew me away. I had watched this film on theater and I will watch it again anytime! SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out Of Water: Well, I wanted to watch the film since I love SpongeBob the original animated series. I must say movie was a roller coaster ride too. There are a lot movies in my backlog now, then when I started with Prime. Almost all of below movies have been added in the last 9 months: Plus following are the movies that is on my watchlist since long: Mr. X in Bombay (1964): Shobha’s dad who is a scientist gets into a difficult situation after an experiment he was conducting goes wrong and kills his employee Manohar. Indian Sci Fi movie from way back. I can’t miss to watch this. Saving Private Ryan (Action, Drama, War): Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. Sarbjit (Biography, Drama, History): Biopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced to capital punishment. I had no idea, this list would grow so big, but Amazon Prime have been really great till now! 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__label__wiki	0.647833	0.647833	Well \| Can Romance Be Reduced to Pronouns? Can Romance Be Reduced to Pronouns? By Tara Parker-Pope October 27, 2011 12:02 am October 27, 2011 12:02 am Behavioral scientists have long known that humans, whether in the schoolyard or in a dimly lighted bar, have a tendency to subconsciously mimic the sounds, style and movement of others. Recent research, however, shows that this mimicry also extends to how we speak and write. Even the least important words we choose can say a lot about us. In one unusual experiment, 187 men and women gathered on the Northwestern University campus to take part in several four-minute speed dates. The couples talked about their respective majors and where they grew up, but none of that interested the University of Texas at Austin psychologist James W. Pennebaker. Instead, his focus was on the barely noticed personal pronouns (I, you, me), articles (the, a), prepositions (for, of, on), conjunctions (but, and) and other small words. These commonly used so-called function words, about 180 in all, Pennebaker says, are processed rapidly and subconsciously. And our use of them can reveal, among other things, whether a romance will work out or how well two people work together. In the speed-dating study, Pennebaker and his colleague Molly Ireland found that couples who used similar levels of personal pronouns, prepositions and even articles were three times as likely to want to date each other compared with those whose language styles didn’t match.( ) The metric, called language style matching (L.S.M.), was also better at predicting who didn’t make a love connection than the individuals themselves, several of whom showed interest in a partner who did not reciprocate.( ) “It does better than humans themselves who are in the interaction,” said Pennebaker, author of the new book “The Secret Life of Pronouns.” “Some of the most revealing words we use are the shortest and most forgettable.” The metric has other applications. An analysis of instant-message exchanges between dating couples used L.S.M. to correctly predict who would be together after three months and who wouldn’t.( ) More recently, researchers also found that groups with the highest levels of language mimicry performed the best on various tasks. Pennebaker’s team even analyzed the letters and writing of famous couples, including the poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. In the final, tumultuous years of their marriage, their already-different writing styles became even less synchronized. Synchrony, however, does not always mean that two people like each other. Analyses of arguments, like the volatile exchange several years ago between the talk-show hosts Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, showed that the women used astonishingly similar speech patterns when they were arguing.( ) To let people see for themselves, Pennebaker offers an online diagnostic in which individuals can copy and paste their own I.M. conversations. I did this with an argument I was having with a friend, and we had 88 percent L.S.M. — daytime talk show territory.( ) But given the volume of e-mail, texts and Facebook posts we write, synchrony opens a new frontier into our most personal thoughts. Even the 140 character variety. Part of a conversation between a high-matching pair (L.S.M. = 77 percent). They wanted to see each other afterward. WOMAN: Let’s get the basics over with. What are you studying? MAN: Uh, I’m studying econ and poli-sci. How about you? WOMAN: I’m journalism and English literature. MAN: O.K., cool. WOMAN: Yeah. MAN: All right, um, where are you from? WOMAN: I’m from Iowa, a town of 700. MAN: I’m from New Jersey. Uh — WOMAN: Probably not 700. MAN: All right, well, I mean, actually, believe it or not, where I’m from in New Jersey has a lot in common with, like, Iowa and stuff. Neither of these students was interested in seeing the other again. (They scored 54 percent.) WOMAN: Where are you from? MAN: Connecticut. . . . How about you? WOMAN: Um, I’m from Austin, Tex. MAN: Texas? Nice, O.K. WOMAN: When you say football, I understand football. MAN: Oh, O.K. WOMAN: That’s kind of like one of those things. MAN: That’s — you a U.T. fan or a — WOMAN: Um, “fan” would be the wrong word. MAN: An understatement? Or an o — WOMAN: No, the wrong word. MAN: Ah, O.K. Half of low-L.S.M. couples broke up within three months. O’Donnell vs. Hasselbeck Hasselbeck: I asked you a question. O’Donnell: And you wouldn’t even answer it. Hasselbeck: You wouldn’t even answer your own question. O’Donnell: Oh, Elisabeth. I don’t want. . . . You know what? You really don’t understand what I’m saying? Hasselbeck: I understand what you’re saying. Try it yourself: secretlifeofpronouns.com/exercise/synch Teaching Doctors to Be Mindful New Rules for Childproofing a Home	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1034
__label__wiki	0.749458	0.749458	Pop-Up Choir on Heir Island July 22, 2018 @ 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm Katy Salvidge Creativity Heir Island Music Summer on the Islands Festival What's On Melody and Harmony intertwine for the Heir Island Pop-Up Choir this July! Come along and sing for fun on beautiful Heir Island, in Roaringwater Bay. Take this opportunity to dust off your instrument and enjoy a lesson in the relaxed atmosphere of Island Cottage Gallery. Songs by The Isley Brothers, George Harrison and Dionne Warwick will be part of an absorbing and fun event that will culminate in a final group performance at 5pm! Choir Director Katy Salvidge Since moving to Los Angeles in 1997 to pursue a career in film music, Katy has recorded with such artists as Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard and Warren Zevon. She was featured as soloist on the Academy Award nominated score for “Good Will Hunting” and also “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut”. More recently she recorded with John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls on a song for “Treasure Planet”. She was offered the position of fiddler in the award-winning show “Lord of the Dance”. She also holds a BA in music from Oxford University. Please make sure to book ahead as this event is known to sell out. You can purchase your ticket (€25) by contacting choir director Katy Salvidge directly on +353 (86) 325-6172 or ksoundage@yahoo.com A ferry will leave from Cunnamore at 12pm and return at 5:55pm. €6 return Interested in private lessons with Katy? Contact her via her Facebook Page by click here.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1035
__label__cc	0.596671	0.403329	Aerosmith To Consider Creating Broadway Show Next Year posted by Andrew Magnotta @AndrewMagnotta - Jul 10, 2019 Once Aerosmith has completed its 50th anniversary 'Deuces Are Wild' Las Vegas residency later this year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band will seriously consider creating a Broadway show around its music. Guitarist Joe Perry confirmed in a recent interview that the Broadway opportunity for the iconic band is real. "We have been approached at the level of, 'Would you want to do it?'" Perry told Forbes. "We haven't even gotten to the level of how it would come out, the creative part. ... We have been so involved with ['Deuces Are Wild']. We started almost a year ago with the design and then, as it progressed, it got more and more intense." Despite focusing on the task at hand, Perry confirmed that Broadway is "certainly something we'd like to entertain when we get a little time." 'Deuces Are Wild' is leaving Vegas this month for a a handful of shows elsewhere in the U.S., but it will return in September and run at the Park Theater at Park MGM until December 4. Get all Aerosmith's 2019 concert dates here.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1040
__label__wiki	0.511634	0.511634	Homepage»War News»House demands Pentagon disclose details about domestic drones House demands Pentagon disclose details about domestic drones The United States House of Representatives is demanding that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel explain to Congress details pertaining to any domestic spying missions conducted by Pentagon-operated surveillance drones. The House voted this week on a lengthy appropriations bill that, tucked deep within, contained a provision ordering the Department of Defense to disclose information about a little-known drone program that could be collecting images of unknowing Americans. Citing heightened concerns over the aircraft, the House approved a measure that said in part that the secretary of defense must report on the policies and procedures in place within the military regarding the collection and usage of data picked up by Pentagon surveillance drones. If passed by the Senate and signed into law by the president, Sec. Hagel will have 90 days to submit a report to Congress explaining what policies and procedures are in place across the military to ensure that the constitutional rights of Americans are not violated by any Pentagon drones flown in America. “The conferees understand that the Air Force has policies and procedures in place governing the disposition of UAV collections that may inadvertently capture matters of concern to law enforcement agencies. These policies and procedures are designed to ensure constitutional protections and proper separation between the military and law enforcement,” begins the measure. “However, it is unclear if other Services and Defense agencies have similar policies and procedures in place, or if these policies and procedures need to be revised or standardized. Therefore, the conferees direct the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees on the policies and procedures in place across the Services and Defense agencies governing the use of such collections and to identify any additional steps that need to be taken to ensure that such policies and procedures are adequate and consistent across the Department of Defense.” In all, the appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2013 was approved by a vote of 267-151, with the majority of support coming from members of the Republican Party. Also included in the bill is congressional approval for $982 billion to fund the government during the fiscal year, with separate appropriations concerning the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The vote comes amid heated discussion in Washington over the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, and what rules the Obama administration has adopted to ensure that the safety and security of Americans are not put at risk while more UAVs enter the sky. Little to any information is publically known about drones operated by the Air Force, let alone the rest of the Armed Services. As RT reported earlier in the week, however, the US Department of Homeland Security has a fleet of unmanned aircraft for patrolling purposes that are deployed to America’s borders. Those aircraft, though unequipped with missiles like the drones used overseas, are outfitted with technology that could be engaged to intercept communication signals within the United States. Earlier this week, Attorney General Eric Holder told Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) that an “extraordinary circumstance” could exist in which the president of the United States would be prompted to use missile-equipped drones to execute an American citizen on US soil. Sen. Paul responded by launching a filibuster during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for President Barack Obama’s pick for CIA director, John Brennan, demanding for the White House to respond in greater detail about the alleged justification for an extrajudicial execution. On Thursday, Mr. Holder and the president’s spokesperson issued statements saying, no, American citizens cannot and will not be killed within the homeland using military force. Source: RT News Post tagged: Demands Domestic Drone Drones House Pentagon White House presses for strike against Syria despite possible surrender of chemical weapons Hizbullah Will Defend Syrian Regime Even at Price of Sparking War with Israel Analysts: Expect Attack From Chinese Military France, Britain threaten intervention,UK’s Hague Says Russia siding is futile Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel The Sunburn Missile: The Weapon That Could Defeat The US In The Gulf	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1043
__label__wiki	0.952612	0.952612	Italy: Highway bridge collapsed, Killing 11 Home / Travel Alerts / Italy: Highway bridge collapsed, Killing 11 by Critical Incident Team At least 11 people have died after a section of a highway bridge in northern Italy partially collapsed Tuesday, according to Italian media including RAI and La Republicca. Italian news agency ANSA reported that several crushed vehicles are under the rubble with dead people inside, citing unnamed sources, who did not provide a specific number of casualties. The news agency reports that around 10 vehicles were affected after a section of the Morandi Bridge, which lies to the west of the port city of Genoa, collapsed. Some trucks ended up in the Polcevera river, Carabinieri police sources told ANSA. In a separate report, citing fire brigade and rescue sources, ANSA said that “tens of people” were among the victims and that two people had been pulled out of vehicles alive. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/14/europe/italy-genoa-bridge-collapse-intl/index.html	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1047
__label__wiki	0.703308	0.703308	A woman walks through the Orange County Civic Center. By Thy Vo \| March 10, 2015 UPDATED 03/10/15 6:00 PM A discussion at the Orange County Board of Supervisors of plans for the county’s first year-round homeless shelter is postponed for Mar. 24. Read the original version of this post below. ORIGINAL POST 03/10/15 6:00 AM Orange County Supervisors could opt to privatize operations of the county’s long awaited, year-round homeless shelter, as plans for the facility finally move forward after years of political football and delays. A menu of development and funding options for the proposed shelter, in the form of a 50-page report, will come before the board at Tuesday’s meeting, the amended version of a report originally presented to supervisors in 2013. Tuesday will be the first time the shelter issue comes before the board’s three new supervisors, after a previous board voted last November to reject a Santa Ana project site that was heavily opposed by neighborhood residents, in favor of pushing for a shuttered bus terminal site adjacent to the Hall of Administration. The proposals call for a 200-bed shelter with a multi-service center, as well as on- or off-site affordable and supportive housing units, according to the report. Excluding the additional housing units, operating a 200-bed shelter and multi-service center would cost $2.6 million a year, or $32 per shelter resident a day. That estimate doesn’t include rent or leasing costs, and includes security services, 2 meals a day for shelter residents only, on-site laundry, case management and limited access to transportation. Orange County is among one of the most populous counties in America with no year-round shelter, according to advocates, who have been pushing for a shelter to be built for several years. Several hundred homeless live at a makeshift encampment outside the county’s Civic Center, a population which some advocates believe is growing due in part to the transfer of state prisoners to local control as part of Gov. Jerry Brown’s prison realignment program. Supervisors will also need to decide whether the shelter and service center should be operated by the county or a private, non-profit vendor. A totally government-initiated development, in which the county would find, purchase and develop a site, was the approach taken with previous attempts to secure shelter sites in Fullerton and Santa Ana. A second approach, which has been recommended by the county’s Commission to End Homelessness, is a public-private partnership, where the county would select a private developer through a public bidding process, and allow that developer to select a property and take the lead on development and construction. A third approach would also select a private developer through a public bidding process, but allow the shelter operator to purchase and own the entire property. The county does have 400 shelter beds that are available on a seasonal basis, part of a program that operates out of two National Guard Armories in Fullerton and Santa Ana, although the facility is only open from December through April for the limited hours of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The non-profit group Mercy House that currently operates the Armory programs is also up for a contract renewal Tuesday, this time with the understanding that a year-round shelter will be complete by the time the contract is up, according to a staff report. Mercy House is also working with the city of Santa Ana in the development of a check-in center, where homeless individuals can store their belongings, charge electronics and receive other basic services. The full report — which includes more details on cost and potential funding sources for the proposed shelter — is available on the county website. Santa Ana Civic Center The City Council voted to declare a shelter crisis in Fullerton so the city can cut through the red tape of building laws to build homeless shelters faster.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1050
__label__wiki	0.631307	0.631307	Texas Attorneys Representing Injured Victims Of Dallas Bus Accident View All Resources Topics Firm News Archive Firm News Articles After Tour Bus Crash In Dallas Killed Two And Injured More Than Forty Passengers, The Texas Injury Law Firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz Offers Answers (HOUSTON, TX) What was intended to be a fun trip to the Choctaw Casino Resort in Oklahoma ended in tragedy when the tour bus transporting approximately 50 Texans rolled over on State Highway 161 - the George Bush Turnpike. Authorities have confirmed that two women were killed in the commercial bus crash and as many as 40 more were taken to local hospitals for treatment. The Houston law firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz understands that this may be a difficult time for those involved in the crash or for those with loved ones who were passengers on the tour bus. The personal injury attorneys of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz have dedicated their careers to offering legal answers to families when tragedy suddenly and permanently affects the lives of people throughout Texas. The firm offers a free consultation to anyone who was injured or has a family member who was injured or killed in the recent Dallas tour bus tragedy. The Texas injury law firm of Abraham Watkins has experience handling complex bus accident cases. Abraham Watkins has successfully obtained multi-million dollar settlements for those injured in commercial bus accidents throughout Texas and their families, including: An $88 million settlement related to a bus fired that claimed the lives of 23 people during a Hurricane Rita evacuation. Forty-four nursing home residents and nursing staff from Bellaire, Texas had been traveling by motorcoach for 15 hours when a passing motorist alerted the driver to the appearance of a fire in the wheel well. Heat generated in the right rear tag axle caused the tire to catch on fire, filling the cabin of the bus with smoke and hindering rescue efforts. A $10.8 million settlement related to a bus crash in Victoria, Texas. The driver of the tour bus lost control, sending the bus into a skid across the roadway. Several of the 46 passengers, who were returning to Houston from Monterrey, Mexico, were seriously injured in the wreck. There is no way to predict the outcome of the Cardinal Coach Line crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is onsite, conducting an investigation on behalf of the federal agency. For those who were injured or who have a loved one that was injured, Abraham Watkins believes that you have the right to have someone investigating the crash on your behalf as well. The personal injury lawyers of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz have been protecting injured people and their families for more than 65 years. Contact the Houston law office today to schedule a free, confidential appointment with an experienced bus accident attorney today. The firm can be reached online or at 713-587-9668 (toll free 800-580-9121).	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1056
__label__cc	0.524347	0.475653	Working with Adachi Financial Individual Tax Preparation Business Formation Services Small Tax Preparation About Form W4 Wheres My Refund Customer Support+1 (908) 315-9574 Tax cuts and Jobs Act Summary HomeAll Posts...Tax cuts and Jobs Act Summary by developer December 29, 2017 Know what’s in it for you? The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R.1) was signed by President Trump on December 22, 2017. The most sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code in decades impact virtually every taxpayer. This historic bill calls for lowering the individual and corporate tax rates, repealing the individual shared responsibility requirement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as countless tax credits and deductions, enhancing the child tax credit, boosting business expensing, and more. Generally, most provisions of the Act take effect in 2018. Here are the details of the sweeping tax reform updates undertaken by Congress in more than 30 years. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes for Individuals: Tax Brackets: The number of tax brackets remains at seven; however, the tax rates and income covered have changed. For individuals, the following tax rates apply: 10% up to $9,525 12% up to $38,700 24% up to $157,500 37% over $500,000 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes for married couples filing jointly , the following rates apply: Standard Deduction: The standard deduction increases to from $6,350 (2017) to $12,000 for individuals, from $9,300 (2017) to $18,000 for heads of household and from $12,700 (2017) to $24,000 for married couples. Personal Exemption: The deduction for personal exemptions is repealed through 2025. Child Tax Credit: The Child Tax Credit increases to $2,000 from the current $1,000. An additional $500 credit is provided for each non-child dependent. Also, Social Security numbers for children are required before claiming the enhanced credit. Alternative Minimum Tax: The AMT remains but exemption amount increase to $70,300 for individuals and $109,400 for married filing jointly, affecting fewer taxpayers. Capital Gains and Dividends: The maximum tax rate remains at 23.8% (20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax for taxpayers with income above $200,000 or $250,000 married filing jointly). The 20% capital gains income threshold increases to $425,800 for other individuals ($479,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly). Estate Tax: The exemption (currently $5.5 million) immediately doubles to $11.2 million in 2018 and remains at this level for the next six years, after which time the estate tax is eliminated completely (the tax year 2026 and beyond). Education-Related Tax Credits and Deductions: 529 Savings Plans are expanded to allow some funds (up to $10,000 for certain expenses) to be used for K-12 education. Rollovers to Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Sec. 529A accounts will be allowed as well. The student loan interest deduction remains. Mortgage Interest Deduction: Remains but with a few changes such as allowing interest deduction for up to $750,000 (currently $1 million) in mortgage principal on new homes. Existing mortgages are grandfathered in. Homes entered into a contract before December 15, 2017, and closed on by April 1, 2018, are able to use the prior limit of $1 million. Home-equity loans: The home-equity loan interest deduction is repealed through 2025. State and Local Income Tax Deduction: Preserved, however, the deduction is allowed for up to $10,000 a year in state and local income or property taxes. Note: Taxpayers who prepay 2018 state income taxes, a common tax planning strategy, cannot take the prepaid 2018 amount as a deduction on their 2017 tax returns. Charitable Contributions: Deductions for charitable donations remain; however, for charitable contributions of cash to public charities the percentage of income limit increases to 60%. Medical Expense Deductions: The Medical expense deduction (currently 10% of AGI) is temporarily lowered to 7.5% of income for tax years 2017 and 2018. Miscellaneous Deductions: Many are repealed through 2025 including those relating to tax preparation, alimony payments (after December 31, 2018), and moving expenses with the exception of the moving expense reimbursement for members of the Armed Forces on active duty who move because of a military order. Adoption Tax Credit. Remains. Electric Vehicles: The $7,500 tax credit (Sec. 30D) for the purchase of electric vehicles remains. Individual Healthcare Mandate: Penalty is eliminated for tax years starting in 2018. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act For Businesses: Corporate Tax Rate: Starting January 1, 2018, the corporate tax rate is reduced to a flat rate of 21% (down from 35%). The corporate AMT is repealed. Territorial Taxation: Companies with offshore earnings, currently taxed at a 35% rate, would transition to a territorial tax system. Under the tax reform bill income derived from offshore earnings, if repatriated, would be subject to an effective tax rate of 15.5% for earnings held in liquid assets (i.e. cash) and 8% for illiquid (other) assets. Interest for Business: Small businesses (under $25 million) retain the ability to write off interest on loans subject to limitations. Expenses for Business: Businesses would be allowed to immediately write off the full cost of new equipment at 100% through the tax year 2022, after which it would be phased down over a four-year period. Business Entertainment Expenses Deduction: The deduction for business entertainment expenses is eliminated. Pass-through Entities: The tax rate on pass-through business entities is reduced to a maximum of 20% for tax years starting January 1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2025. Low-income Housing Tax Credit. Remains. Research & Development Tax Credit. Remains. Work Opportunity Tax Credit. Remains. Endowment Assets: A 1.4% excise tax is imposed on investment income derived from endowment funds at private colleges and universities. An exclusion is provided for an institution with less than 500 full-time equivalent students whose endowment (fair market value) is less than $500,000 per student. code in the blood How to Manage your Business Expenses and Taxes by SuperUser March 25, 2016 The Benefits of Estimated Tax Payments Copyright © 2019 Adachi Financial Services \| Tax Preparation PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861. All Rights Reserved \| Adachi Computech Solutions. Adachi Financial Services - The Ultimate Ways to Smart Solutions! facebooktwitterGoogleLInkedinPinterest Adachi Financial Service	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1060
__label__cc	0.730839	0.269161	Call to Knees – to all Wildmen! On June 20, 1676, by unanimous vote the Pilgrims of Charlestown, Massachusetts proclaimed June 29, 1676 a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God. On June 1st 1774 Congress called for a day of prayer and fasting. George Washington, as President, issued an official proclamation designating October 3, 1789 as a day of prayer and thanksgiving. In May of 1863 Abrham Lincoln reaffirmed October 3rd of that year as a day of prayer and thanksgiving. In April of 1952 Congress oficially established a National Day of Prayer. And on May 8th, 1988 congress officially declared that the first Thursday in May shall be a national day of prayer. That tradition which started with the very first beachead onto these blessed shores, while honored on different days, has continued unabated to this day. Our current president has reaffirmed our nation’s need for prayer, and has issued the traditional proclamation designating this Thursday, May 6th, 2010 as a national day of prayer. In George Washington’s closing paragraph in a letter to the governors of the 13 states on the occasion of his retirement from command of the Continental Army he wrote the following. “I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.” I encourage you to pray the same prayer. Join with your Wildmen brothers all over the United States, Thursday May 6th, 2010 at 11:00am for 5 minutes of prayer for our nation and each other. And lastly, don’t stop praying. If you’d like to keep current on how you can pray for our nation, visit the presidentialprayerteam.com. If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. – 2 Chronicles 7:14 Jan Broucinek p.s. Just because we are calling Wildmen to prayer specifically at 11am does not mean you can’t pray at other times too. « Wildmen Wild at Heart Weekend results WWAHW – Satan’s Meeting » Date : May 5, 2010	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1061
__label__wiki	0.75716	0.75716	← Stew: Thank God I’m off Broadway Fleet Foxes, Cave Singers wow the crowd at United Palace Theater → It’s harvest time for Speed the Plough — and The Trypes, too Speed the Plough: John Baumgartner, Dan Francia, Ian Francia, Michael Baumgartner, Marc Francia and Toni Baumgartner. There are some big doings at Speed the Plough HQ. The latest incarnation of the band, a part of network of bands linked to The Feelies, has announced a deal for their new CD. They’ve signed with Great Meadows, N.J, -based Dromedary Records, which will issue the band’s new disc, Shine, in August. The lineup for the new album will feature the great guitar and vocal work of new Plough-man Ed Seifert (of Ed Seifert and the Stimulus Package, though you may also recognize Ed as The Feelies’ tech) and guest appearances by two former STPers and current members of Wild Carnation, Brenda Sauter (who’s also in The Feelies) and Rich Barnes. What’s more, a compilation of tunes from The Trypes, another part of The Feelies’ family, is also nearing completion. Click through to the jump for the full announcement. And be sure to check out the Speed the Plough website for updates. It gives us great pleasure to announce that we’ve signed with New Jersey’s own Dromedary Records for the release of our next album, Shine, later this summer. The label was started in 1992 by our new pal and label head Al Crisafulli and includes an eclectic and expanding roster of bands. We’re real happy to be joining them. While Al often refers to Dromedary as a micro indie label, we think his enthusiasm and commitment to music are nothing short of macro. It’s nice to find a proper home after all these years. “Shine will feature 11 songs, including new recordings of the Sunburst-era tracks “Madeleine” and “(Love is) The Best Revenge,” two from the Summer Sessions (”Honey Be” and “Lucky You”), a cover of Lee Hazelwood’s “Pour Man,” and six newly-minted tunes. In addition to new Plough member Ed Seifert on guitar and vocals, other contributors include Plough alumni Brenda Sauter and Rich Barnes on vocals and guitar, respectively, Eric Xu on violin and Will Coppola on trumpet. Final mixes are being completed at the Engine Room as this is being written and we’re planning to make a few songs available in the coming weeks. Watch for more news soon. “As if that’s not enough, we’ve put the final touches on the tracks for the Trypes compilation, which will see the light of day on vinyl and digitally this summer. In addition to all the songs from The Explorer’s Hold, we dug deep into the archives for a collection of songs that span the band’s history, beginning with the original quartet and right up through the final seven-piece combo. Much more to come on this project in the coming weeks. This entry was posted in Music, News, Pop and Rock, Recordings and tagged Brenda Sauter, Dan Francia, Dromedary Records, Ed Seifert, Ed Seifert and the Stimulus Package, Ian Francia, John Baumgartner, Marc Francia, Michael Baumgartner, Rich Barnes, Shine, Speed the Plough, The Feelies, The Trypes, Toni Baumgartner, Wild Carnation. Bookmark the permalink. One response to “It’s harvest time for Speed the Plough — and The Trypes, too” Pingback: Jersey Fresh: Speed the Plough, Wild Carnation and The Thousand Pities \| Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1063
__label__cc	0.704175	0.295825	Summary measures of inequality differ from one another and give different pictures of the evolution of economic inequality over time Ija Trapeznikova, July 2019 Economists use various metrics for measuring income inequality. Here, the most commonly used measures—the Lorenz curve, the Gini coefficient, decile ratios, the Palma ratio, and the Theil index—are discussed in relation to their benefits and limitations. Equally important is the choice of what to measure: pre-tax and after-tax income, consumption, and wealth are useful indicators; and different sources of income such as wages, capital gains, taxes, and benefits can be examined. Understanding the dimensions of economic inequality is a key first step toward choosing the right policies to address it. Sexual orientation and labor market outcomes Updated Sexual orientation seems to affect job access and satisfaction, earning prospects, and interaction with colleagues Nick Drydakis, July 2019 Studies from countries with laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation suggest that gay and lesbian employees report more incidents of harassment and are more likely to report experiencing unfair treatment in the labor market than are heterosexual employees. Both gay men and lesbians tend to be less satisfied with their jobs than their heterosexual counterparts. Gay men are found to earn less than comparably skilled and experienced heterosexual men. For lesbians, the patterns are ambiguous: in some countries they have been found to earn less than their heterosexual counterparts, while in others they earn the same or more. The importance and challenges of measuring work hours Updated Measuring work hours correctly is important, but different surveys can tell different stories Jay Stewart Harley Frazis, July 2019 Work hours are key components in estimating productivity growth and hourly wages as well as being a useful cyclical indicator in their own right, so measuring them correctly is important. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects data on work hours in several surveys and publishes four widely used series that measure average weekly hours. The series tell different stories about average weekly hours and trends in those hours but qualitatively similar stories about the cyclical behavior of work hours. The research summarized here explains the differences in levels, but only some of the differences in trends. Impact of privatization on employment and earnings Updated Workers and policymakers may fear that privatization leads to job losses and wage cuts, but what’s the empirical evidence? John S. Earle Solomiya Shpak, June 2019 Conventional wisdom and prevailing economic theory hold that the new owners of a privatized firm will cut jobs and wages. But this ignores the possibility that new owners will expand the firm’s scale, with potentially positive effects on employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has positive effects, and the effects of domestic privatization tend to be larger in countries with a more competitive business environment. Incentivized measures are considered to be the gold standard in measuring individuals’ risk preferences, but is that correct? Catherine C. Eckel, June 2019 Risk aversion is an important factor in many settings, including individual decisions about investment or occupational choice, and government choices about policies affecting environmental, industrial, or health risks. Risk preferences are measured using surveys or incentivized games with real consequences. Reviewing the different approaches to measuring individual risk aversion shows that the best approach will depend on the question being asked and the study's target population. In particular, economists’ gold standard of incentivized games may not be superior to surveys in all settings. Immigrants and entrepreneurship Updated Business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for the less skilled Magnus Lofstrom Chunbei Wang, June 2019 Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial, contributing to economic growth and innovation, and self-employment is often viewed as a means of enhancing labor market integration and success among immigrants. Accordingly, many countries have established special visas and entry requirements to attract immigrant entrepreneurs. Research supports some of these stances, but expectations may be too high. There is no strong evidence that self-employment is an effective tool of upward economic mobility among low-skilled immigrants. More broadly prioritizing high-skilled immigrants may prove to be more successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. Compliance with labor laws in developing countries Updated Non-compliance with labor legislation is widespread and this has critical implications for understanding labor markets in developing countries Haroon Bhorat Ravi Kanbur Benjamin Stanwix, June 2019 Compliance with minimum wage laws and non-wage conditions of employment often depends on labor market specific factors. In developing countries, many workers still earn less than the legal minimum and lack access to mandated non-wage benefits. Enforcement has not kept up with regulation growth and compliance has not been measured from a multidimensional perspective. Such an approach would help to understand the impact of institutional variables and country-specific approaches on the level of labor law violation. The difference between de facto and de jure regulation remains particularly pertinent in countries where compliance is low. University study abroad and graduates’ employability Updated There is a positive association between study abroad and graduates’ job prospects, though it is unclear if the link is causal Giorgio Di Pietro, May 2019 In recent decades, the number of university students worldwide who have received some part of their education abroad has been rising rapidly. Despite the popularity of international student exchange programs, however, debate continues over what students actually gain from this experience. A major advantage claimed for study abroad programs is that they can enhance employability by providing graduates with the skills and experience employers look for. These programs are also expected to increase the probability that graduates will work abroad, and so may especially benefit students willing to pursue an international career. However, most of the evidence is qualitative and based on small samples. The labor market in the US, 2000–2018 Updated Recovery from the Great Recession is complete, but there are difficult unemployment and wage problems Daniel S. Hamermesh, May 2019 As the largest economy in the world, the US labor market is crucial to the economic well-being of citizens worldwide as well, of course, that of its own citizens. Since 2000 the US labor market has undergone substantial changes, both reflecting the Great Recession, but also resulting from some striking trends. Most interesting have been a remarkable drop in the labor force participation rate, reversing a nearly 50-year trend; the full recovery of unemployment from the depths of the Great Recession; and the little-known continuing growth in post-inflation average earnings. Gender diversity in teams Updated Greater representation of women may better represent women’s preferences but may not help economic performance Ghazala Azmat, May 2019 Women's representation on corporate boards, political committees, and other decision-making teams is increasing, this is in part because of legal mandates. Evidence on team dynamics and gender differences in preferences (for example, risk-taking behavior, taste for competition, prosocial behavior) shows how gender composition influences group decision-making and subsequent performance. This works through channels such as investment decisions, internal management, corporate governance, and social responsibility.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1067
__label__cc	0.595857	0.404143	SUNY Oswego: Transitioning to a new season and league Kristen Brzyski Everyone is always nervous for the start of a new season, but this year my teammates and I have a new reason to be nervous. We joined the ACHA (American Collegiate Hockey Association) division II league. While most of us have been hoping to get into a more competitive league for the last couple of years, we are extremely nervous seeing as we lost four seniors at the end of last season. The loss of those four players means that our team took a hit on the number of bodies on the bench, as well as talent our team. Last year, we played two of the teams who were in the league and were able to come away with two wins, but everyone knows each season is different. Also, everyone knows that finding good female players can be tough at the collegiate level, seeing as many players don’t believe they have the time for committing to a team or that most players sign up to play on NCAA teams. We are extremely hopeful that this year’s incoming freshman class will provide us with enough talent to make up for what was lost. Since our team lost so many bodies, every single one of us knows that it’s our turn to step up to the plate. We all know that it’s time to hit the gym and those long skates at the end of each practice are going to be necessary. Personally, I have been at the gym every day just to try to make sure that I stay in shape and can use the next month before our first game to build the strength and endurance that will be needed between October and March. While we are all nervous, we are definitely super excited to be back on the ice and to be challenged even further this year. We all know that we are proudly wearing those Laker colors, and are excited to show this new league that we are still more than capable of competing. SUNY Oswego's transition to the ACHA Suny Oswego: Hitting the ice after break EVENT: Women's College Hockey Playoffs More about Kristen Brzyski More articles from Kristen Brzyski »	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1068
__label__wiki	0.565704	0.565704	Posts Tagged ‘libraries’ Posted in Inspiration, Music, Uncategorized, tagged American history, black history, culture, folk music, Inspiration, libraries, music, sacred music on February 2, 2017\| 1 Comment » One thing people might not know about me is that as an adult I learned how to play the harmonica. I’d never played an instrument before. The class was in part an opportunity to do something different and also an homage to my father who played the harmonica when I was a child. I have a very nice harmonica tucked away somewhere. I haven’t played or thought about playing for years until I came across a 1975 recording of Babylon is Falling Down sung by Deacon Dan Smith with Nick Hallman & the Georgia Sea Island Singers. The music is on the disc, Shall We Gather at the River, highlighting Florida’s African American religious music. This song and 14 additional tracks can be accessed online via the following link: https://www.floridamemory.com/audio/cd3.php Well worth a visit to that page and the larger Florida Memory site to learn about the diverse history of the peoples that have shaped a place that is an important part of the American puzzle. revisiting edmands park Posted in Inspiration, Publication Updates, tagged beauty, books, edmands park, Inspiration, libraries, nature, photobooks, Photography, self-publishing, urban landscape on November 17, 2016\| Leave a Comment » scenes from edmands park Walking into Edmands Park was an escape for me. I was working at a small nonprofit located at Boston College’s Newton Campus researching and writing grants. On occasion I needed to rise from the computer and walk around to collect my thoughts, free my brain from jargon, and so on. I’m not the most adventurous person – really! – but when I start walking I sometimes get lost in the motion. Luckily my job was free form enough, so long as I met deliverables and deadlines, that it was okay if my legs kept me going past the stone walls of the campus and into the neighboring woods. It became ritual and coincided with my deepening exploration of photography. At times it seemed a magical place, strangely isolated, though it was adjacent to an active college campus. I’m not sure how many of the students knew what beauty lay around them. Over time, I would collect photos from across the seasons. I couldn’t wait to make my way into the woods after a heavy rain or snowfall to see how the landscape had been transformed. Eventually I compiled those images and paired them with a few words about my experiences in Edmands Park into a book and published it independently. I shared the book with friends but I didn’t really know what else to do at the time. Anulfo Baez of The Evolving Critic suggested I check out the Indie Photobook Library (iPL) founded by Larissa LeClair. Her library featured the work of emerging and established photographers who were self-publishing their work. I did reach out to Ms. LeClair and she did indeed accept my submission of In Edmands Park for her library. Five years later her library collection has been placed at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. In a recent press release she stated that while the iPL is now closed to submissions, she “will continue to advocate on behalf of self-publishers from around the world by directly consulting with libraries and museums on their acquisitions.” I am thankful for that early support and recognition of my work and honored to now have one of my books figuratively if not literally sitting on a library shelf at Yale University. Sources & Additional Reading iPL collection adds to Beinecke’s strengths in photobooks and modern trends in self-publishing – http://news.yale.edu/2016/11/16/ipl-collection-adds-beinecke-s-strengths-photobooks-and-modern-trends-self-publishing In Edmands Park See more images here: http://www.newtonconservators.org/art_staples.htm interlude: amerika haus, mccarthy and murrow Posted in Inspiration, tagged Amerika Haus, books, communism, culture, Edward R. Murrow, Eric Carle, government, history, Inspiration, Joseph Anthony Horne, Joseph McCarthy, libraries, memoir, Photography, politics, propaganda, red scare, storytelling on October 15, 2015\| 2 Comments » Previous Interludes photo by Joseph A. Horne, Mt. Olivet Cemetery In 1949, when Joseph A. Horne received an award from the Netherlands for his part in the restitution of books to that country, he was Chief of the American Information Center in Frankfurt, better known as Amerika Haus. In a 2013 blog post, illustrator Eric Carle described his experiences at Amerika Haus as a young man: “The Amerika Haus countered the negative view of the United States and the free world. It housed a library with books and magazines mostly in English, arranged discussion groups, performed plays, concerts, movies and exhibitions, for instance, a show on architecture from the United States. From time to time, the Amerika Haus arranged joint ventures with German cultural institutes … The concept of the Amerika Haus was ingenious, successful and resonated with the German population eager for more contact with the outside world from which it had been isolated for many years.” A 20-year old art student, Carle would be hired to design posters for Amerika Haus events. Libraries as places of cultural exchange was not a new idea. Since 1938, the U. S. State Department had operated a global Cultural Relations Program, working with private citizens and organizations like the American Library Association, establishing libraries, orchestrating and/or collaborating with others to produce a wide range of activities from teacher/student exchanges to fine art exhibitions. In post-war Germany the first Amerika Haus was established in Frankfurt by October 1947. Others quickly followed. These centers, soon located across Germany, drew peoples of all ages and backgrounds curious about the U.S. and seeking education and cultural opportunities that had been denied under Hitler, and then again under Stalin for those people living in Soviet-occupied areas. By 1953, the libraries were being operated under the auspices of the United States Information Agency (USIA), known abroad as the United States Information Service (USIS). Established under President Eisenhower, USIA focused on public diplomacy, and consolidated a number of foreign information activities into one agency, including the existing network of libraries. The USIA would focus on delivering programming overseas with the Department of State providing foreign policy guidance. Titles changed and field operations shifted, but people like Joseph Horne continued what they had been doing since the end of the war, serving as liaison and ambassadors of U.S. culture and democratic ideals. The libraries were a focal point. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Hal Boyle, reported from Berlin in 1954: The centers were viewed by many as a strategic investment against the rise of the Soviet Union and communism, not by using force, but by using arts, literature, music and commercial publications. As Joseph Horne would later tell his son, “One of the most powerful pieces of U.S. propaganda ever was the Sears Roebuck catalog.” As the Cold War intensified, libraries, and especially Amerika Haus libraries in Germany, would become unexpected targets as the anti-Communist fervor intensified across the U.S. Concerns had escalated to the point that government employees had to swear they were not Communist. Television networks made their employees sign loyalty oaths. Public media encouraged people to report anyone suspected of being “red.”” Excerpt from The_Pittsburgh_Courier_Sat__May_31__1952_ Lists were compiled by private groups as well as government agencies. Celebrities were especially put under a spotlight. People were blacklisted. They lost their jobs. People were threatened with jail and expulsion from the country. None more so than Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy fanned the nation’s fears, with his fervent accusations of subversive activities at home and abroad. In David Caute’s book, The Dancer Defects: The Struggle for Cultural Supremacy during the Cold War, he describes McCarthy’s interest in the State Department libraries, places where he believed Soviet and communist-leaning propaganda was being distributed. McCarthy’s two aides, Roy Cohn and David Schine, would embark on a highly publicized tour of numerous European cities “striking at the cultural centers known as America House. … A major purge occurred in Berlin and throughout West Germany where the [United States Information Agency] had 40 branch libraries visited by an estimated 15 million people in the course of 1952.” He goes on to quote a 1953 Herald Tribune reporter as writing, “The burning of books is now progressing merrily in all American diplomatic missions abroad for all to see.” Russian American Vera Micheles Dean was head researcher for the New York-based, and anti-Communist, organization Foreign Policy Association. In 1953, when her books were ordered pulled from the Amerika Haus libraries by the State Department, she put two questions to Secretary of State Dulles: Who was responsible for drawing up the list of proscribed books? On what grounds were her writings forbidden? In a 1953 article in opposition to McCarthy’s attacks against the libraries, correspondent Raymond Wilcove writes: “More than 35 million people in 67 countries continue to throng America’s overseas libraries as Congress debates their value. Those who have seen them in operation say they provide America’s best show-window to the world.” Horne would later share that he remembered his phone calls from Cohn. While he did not share the detail of the conversations, he was not complimentary about the interaction. Despite the purge, in the end, the Amerika Haus libraries would survive McCarthy. McCarthy would not survive Edward R. Murrow. In the 1950s, on his CBS program See It Now, developed with colleague Fred Friendly, Murrow produced a series of reports about McCarthy’s activities. His March 9, 1954 broadcast is widely hailed as one of television’s great moments. Murrow began the report with these words, “Because a report on Senator McCarthy is by definition controversial, we want to say exactly what we mean to say, and I request your permission to read from the script whatever remarks Murrow and Friendly may make. If the Senator feels that we have done violence to his words or pictures and so desires to speak, to answer himself, an opportunity will be afforded him on this program. Our working thesis tonight is this question: If this fight against Communism is made a fight between America’s two great political parties, the American people know that one of these parties will be destroyed, and the Republic cannot endure very long as a one party system.” Having been diligent at collecting film and audio clips of the Senator speaking in public, Murrow proceeded to air clips of the Senator, in his own words, making statements in one setting that he makes very differently in another. Murrow remarked, “On one thing the Senator has been consistent. Often operating as a one-man committee, he has traveled far, interviewed many, terrorized some, accused civilian and military leaders of the past administration of a great conspiracy to turn over the country to Communism, investigated and substantially demoralized the present State Department …” Murrow was dogged in his examination of the Senator, finally concluding, “No one familiar with the history of this country can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating, but the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one and the junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. His primary achievement has been in confusing the public mind, as between the internal and the external threats of Communism. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men — not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular. Pete Seeger Before McCarthy Hearing This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy’s methods to keep silent, or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities. As a nation we have come into our full inheritance at a tender age. We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Langston Hughes Before McCarthy Hearing The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad, and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn’t create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it — and rather successfully. Cassius was right. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” Good night, and good luck.” McCarthy’s influence waned. By the end of the year he would be censured by Senate. In 1957 he died at the age of 48. The libraries that he had so maligned were still going strong. In 1959, journalist Tom A. Cullen would write: “I have just visited the American “spy factory” in West Berlin. That’s what the Communists call Amerika Haus, the new $250,000 United States Information Center. But in an afternoon there I could find nothing more sinister than a few gray-haired grannies reading newspapers. Or maybe it’s American jazz that’s sinister – there was a whole group of eager German youths listening to the latest long-playing jazz discs from the States.” Throughout this period, Joseph Horne’s foreign service activities would take him from Frankfurt, Germany to Genoa, Italy where he served as Public Affairs Officer. Intermittent time would be spent in the U.S. as his family grew. In approximately 1957 or 1958 he would be assigned as Cultural Affairs Officer in Bangalore, India. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy would appoint Edward R. Murrow as director of the United States Information Agency. “Edward R. Murrow was my boss,” Horne would tell his son. India during this time, like much of the world, was going through great change. More to follow in the next Interlude. Sources & Additional Readings Amerika Haus: The First Fifty Years History of the Amerika Haus http://ericcarleblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/amerika-haus.html DAI Heidelberg Library & USA Information Information Bulletin April 1949 The Dancer Defects: The Struggle for Cultural Supremacy during the Cold War … by David Caute, page 26 Cohn & Schine Time Cover 1954 Vera Micheles Dean Speaking of pictures, C. Bannister’s photograps at Amerika haus in Vienna Vienna Review: Reading America, Amerika Haus libraries were soft power at its best Edward R. Murrow addresses Joseph McCarthy full video Transcript of Murrow addressing McCarthy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Control_Act_of_1954 Interlude: Offenbach Archival Depot Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, tagged books, cataloging, culture, ex libris, history, holocaust, Inspiration, Isaac Bencowitz, Joseph A. Horne, libraries, Lucy Schildkret, Monuments Men, Offenbach, Offenbach Archival Depot, Photography, restitution, Seymour Pomrenze, storytelling on April 19, 2015\| 8 Comments » Here is a link to previous Interludes in our walk though history with Mr. Horne. Walter Farmer, Director, Wiesbaden Collecting Point In his book, The Safekeepers: Memoir of the Arts at the End of World War II (2000), Walter Ings Farmer writes that “The story of the Offenbach Archival Depot has never received the attention given to restoration of monuments … Nevertheless an account of MFA&A activities in the Frankfurt area would be incomplete without a description of the rescue of the literary and scriptural treasures that the Nazis had looted with the same nefarious purposes they applied to art collections. … Looting of libraries became as integral to the Nazis plan for cultural domination as the looting of art collections.” 1933 Berlin Book Burning He describes how Nazi actions escalated from the 1930s public burnings of the authors they wanted to discredit to “a program of search and seizure among the libraries and archives of the nations that they sought to conquer. … These activities established a pattern which resulted in the eventual accumulation in Germany of storehouses full of other nation’s libraries.” Millions of books would be accumulated, along with a stunning amount of other cultural and religious items collected from across Europe. Farmer writes of being introduced to Offenbach by “his boss” Captain James Rorimer in the fall of 1945. James Rorimer “He took me with him to inspect an abandoned warehouse within the I.G. Farben plant at Offenbach,” remembers Farmer. “This building was under consideration to become to repository primarily for Jewish libraries, archives and the Torahs.” Prior to the warehouse in Offenbach being established as a collecting point, library collections were being stored at the Rothschild Library in Frankfurt. Over time it was clear that infrastructure at the Rothschild Library was inadequate. Based on his and others assessment of the situation, librarian and MFA&A officer Lt. Leslie Poste suggested that detailed cataloging of the items be stopped at Rothschild and that operations be relocated across the river to the I.G. Farben plant, the site of a five-story, reinforced concrete loft building. Seymour Pomrenze (center) Pomrenze put into place necessary administrative, transportation, cataloging and storage systems enabling the depot to operate much more effectively. Professional conservation and preservation labs, a photographic studio and other needed infrastructure was created. His successor, Captain Isaac Bencowitz, refined a system for photographing ex-libris and library markings found in books. Isaac Bencowitz The resulting cataloging system would significantly increase staff ability to identify and sort items, identifying country of origin and other markers of ownership . In the end Bencowitz and his team would complete “two volumes with reproductions of library markings belonging to 4,105 libraries of individuals and institutions in Western and Eastern Europe … … and two volumes with more than 1,300 bookplates or ex-libris, including 1,200 German-Jewish, German-Masonic and probably German non-Jewish plates as well as over 100 mostly Dutch-Jewish bookplates.” (F. J. Hoogewoud) As requests were submitted by individuals, families and nation states seeking missing items, MFA&A staff were able to use the catalogs to help them search through the millions of books and cultural items that would eventually be stored at Offenbach. Bencowitz, during his tenure as director, used photography to document the operations of the depot and its staff and volunteers. Staffing the depot was a mix of U.S. military, Allied and civilian personnel, as well as German civilians, and scholars from around the world. In October 1946, Bencowitz received orders for redeployment. The imminent nature of his departure and shifting priorities in the region for policy and decision-making made selecting a new director difficult. As an “emergency measure,” archivist Major Lester K. Born and his assistant, Joseph A. Horne, were sent to Offenbach for temporary duty. Born was to develop an interim plan for continued operation of the depot, a plan that Mr. Horne was to implement. In short, a plan was finally developed and by January 1947, Horne became the third director of the Offenbach Archival Depot. Exactly what Horne was doing prior to assuming his new role remains opaque without futher research. Archival records show him often assisting MFA&A colleagues like Gordon Gilkey, Leslie Post, Lester Born and Paul Vanderbilt with the acquisition of information about available artwork and cultural items. His fluency in German, facility with “dead languages,” appreciation and knowledge of the arts, and photographic skills would have made him invaluable in the field. He produced numerous reports about his trips across Germany about what he was seeing and hearing from locals. People were often very open with him. Following is an excerpt from a field report after visiting libraries in over a dozen landkreise or rural districts: By 1947, relations with the Russians had deteriorated significantly, adversely affecting the restitution of items to individuals and institutions in Russian-controlled territories, and the exchange of items between the Russian Zone and other Allied Zones. With plans well underway to revitalize German economy and culture (including denazification), military and intelligence priorities shifted to stopping the Russians. And so Horne like many within the MFA&A unit followed orders as high level officials made clear that those in the U.S. intelligence sector had full access to depot materials and freedom to act as they deemed necessary. In February 1947, one month after Horne became director of Offenbach, Lucy Schildkret arrived. She would later write, “his friends called him Tony. Before the war, he’d been on the staff of the Library of Congress’s photographic division. Transferred from the MFA&A in Berlin, he was then new to the Depot, having taken over his duties barely two weeks before my visit. About thirty, very tall, thin, lanky, and blond, he was the only American there. He was in charge of a staff of some forty Germans.” In her memoir, From That Place and Time, Lucy Schildkret describes her encounter with Horne as she works to sort, identify and return the YIVO library of Vilna, Poland. The Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) was founded in 1925 for the scientific study of Jewish life. Headquartered in Vilna, the institute had branches around the world including the United States. At the start of the war its headquarters were transferred to New York City. In late 1945, when the YIVO library was identified as being in Frankfurt, visiting Jewish scholar, Prof. Koppel S. Pinson sought permission from the YIVO leadership in New York to distribute, like a lending library, some of the unidentifiable books to Jews living in the Displacement Camps. It would take time but he would be granted such authority. A year later, Lucy Schildkret would also be granted authority to work with the books. The complexities of sorting, identifying and returning books at the scale demanded of the Offenbach Archival Depot become clearer when reading through the declassified documents relating to what happened with just the YIVO library. For instance, YIVO like many libraries of its size and mission had been the repository of family libraries. Books at Offenbach were being identified by ex-libris and other markings as belonging to individuals and/or their families but they had in fact been donated to YIVO (or other institutions) by family members. There are numerous letters between YIVO administrators with U.S. military officials trying to prove the ownership of items. Though correspondence about the YIVO library begins in 1945, by early 1947 the vast library had yet to be shipped to YIVO in New York. The reasons include continual reduction in manpower, both skilled and unskilled, at the depot and complex, bureaucratic chains of command within the U.S. military, between the Allied zones and even within the YIVO organization. In a March 1947 document, Horne reports to his superiors that Miss Schildkret has been unable to examine several hundred thousand unidentified books because she had yet to receive authorization. Vilna Library During German Occupation, in the files of the Offenbach Archival Depot In 1938, Lucy Schildkret had studied in Vilna and worked at the YIVO. Prior to the war, she would return to the U.S. and work as assistant to the research director at the YIVO headquarters in New York. In 1946 she journeyed to Europe as an educational worker with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), the largest Jewish relief organization in America. Through this organization she was able to work with displaced persons in the camps. With her skills in Yiddish and time at YIVO, she was able to discern that books that had been labeled as unidentifiable were indeed identifiable. But even as she acquired the authority to help identify the YIVO library, she maintained her focus of serving the people housed in the displacement camps, and she would do so with a tenacity that would characterize her career for decades to come. Schildkret responds two weeks later with a letter that concludes: Her memoir presents a powerful account of the emotions stirred by working with the contents of the library from a place that she had called home and knowing what had happened to the people she’d called friends as the Nazis destroyed the city. Eventually, with the combined effort of many individuals in several countries, over 90,000 items would be returned to the YIVO. Seymour Pomrenze who had been pivotal in streamlining systems at the depot would be brought back to help shepherd the return of these items. In 1998, Pomrenze shared his personal reminiscences of his experience with the Offenbach Archival Depot and the depot’s considerable achievements restituting and distributing millions of Nazi-looted materials including the YIVO library. Mr. Horne, the person with whom we are taking this walk through history, would wrap up his tenure at Offenbach in 1948 though files show that he continued to support depot activities until its closure. In the Cold War world, he would, strangely enough, continue to work with books and even return to his earlier interests in music and photography as he embarked upon a new journey. One world war had ended. A new type of world war had begun. A new weapon in that war was the exchange of culture and what better place to share all that made up culture — from art to music to literature — than in a library. More to follow … Sources and Additional Readings Cultural Plunder by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) What Became of the Jewish Books? (New Yorker, February 2014) U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — Offenbach Archival Depot Pomrenze Personal Reminiscence about Offenbach Mapping the Offenbach Archival Depot Returning Looted European Library Collections YIVO Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland YIVO Institute From That Place and Time: A Memoir, 1938-1947 by Lucy S. Davidowicz and Professor Nancy Sinkoff Article – Dutch Jewish Ex-Libris Found among Looted Books in the Offenbach Archival Depot (1946) by F. J. Hoogewoud 1939 Photo of Lucy Schildkret in Vilna works in progress … Posted in Inspiration, tagged books, history, Inspiration, Joseph Anthony Horne, libraries, Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz, memoir, Monuments Men, Offenbach Archival Depot, Vilna, Yiddish Scientific Institute, YIVO on April 30, 2014\| Leave a Comment » Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz As part of my research with the Interlude series, I’ve been reading the memoir, From That Place and Time, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz. The narrative focuses on the period 1938-1947, and the author’s time spent pre-war in Vilna, Poland, studying at the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) and then her later post-war work to identify the remains of the YIVO library. The Interlude series is my attempt to share some of what I’ve learned in my walk through history via the life of Joseph Anthony Horne. The paths of Ms. Dawidowicz and Mr. Horne cross in 1947 in the German city of Offenbach at the Offenbach Archival Depot. More details to follow in the next Interlude, coming soon. glass + books Posted in Inspiration, On the Road, tagged architecture, art, beauty, dublin, Inspiration, ireland, libraries, National Library of Ireland, Photography, public libraries, stained glass windows, travel on November 8, 2013\| 3 Comments » In my travels I have not forgotten stained glass or public libraries. Here is but a small section of a window found in the National Library of Ireland in Dublin. Via this link you can actually see a 360 degree view of the front hall where this and several other windows can be found along with beautiful mosaics and fine carvings. A lovely place to visit.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1069
__label__cc	0.651865	0.348135	Home » The Airshow » Visiting the Show » Latest News » News: Former RAF Aircraft Confirm! Former RAF Aircraft Confirm! Aircraft spanning thirty years of Royal Air Force history have confirmed for the static display at this year's Air Tattoo, which will celebrate 100 years of the RAF. The Miles Magister (1930s), Auster Mk.5 (1940s) and two Jet Provosts (1950s) are all now in civilian hands but once flew in active RAF service before, during, and in the decade after the Second World War. The aircraft will help tell the story of the RAF as it transitioned through the War and into the Jet Age, paving the way for today's frontline aircraft. All four aircraft are provided by their civilian owners and still wear appropriate RAF colour schemes, showing visitors exactly what the aircraft would have looked like in service.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1071
__label__wiki	0.555283	0.555283	Canada's Drunk and Impaired Driving Laws The Canadian Criminal Code includes measures to prohibit and punish impaired driving. The Criminal Code also prescribes the procedures to be followed to obtain the evidence necessary for prosecution of these offences. In addition to the measures taken by the federal government, the provinces and territories use their authority to impose provincial licence suspensions. Some provinces impound the vehicles of repeat impaired drivers and they impound cars being driven by persons who are prohibited from driving pursuant to the Criminal Code or have had their licence suspended by the province. The provinces are also responsible for prosecuting and implementing many provisions of the Criminal Code, as part of their jurisdiction over the administration of justice. The Criminal Code prohibits driving while one's ability to operate a vehicle is impaired by alcohol or drugs. It is illegal for anyone to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in excess of 0.08 (80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood). There are mandatory minimum penalties upon conviction for these offences with escalating penalties for repeat offenders. In addition, impaired driving associated with (not necessarily causing) bodily harm or death carries a significantly greater penalty. The Criminal Code enables police to demand a breath or blood sample when they have reasonable grounds (probable cause) to believe that a driver is impaired. Failure or refusal to provide a sample is an offence carrying the same penalty as driving with a BAC over the legal limit. Although the terms "driving while intoxicated" and "driving under the influence" as well as the abbreviations "DWI" and "DUI" are used in the United States, they are not in the Criminal Code of Canada and are not used. Instead, common terms are "impaired driving," "impaired operation," and "impaired care and control." The provinces and territories have legislated administrative penalties or controls that allow immediate action to be taken against suspected impaired drivers. One example of such measures is an automatic licence suspension that takes effect following failure or refusal of a breath test. This suspension is not dependent on there being a Criminal Code conviction. All jurisdictions except Québec have also implemented temporary preventive suspensions for drivers with a BAC that is considered elevated but still below the criminal limit set out in the Criminal Code. All provinces have adopted zero BAC limits for young or novice drivers as part of graduated driver licensing schemes. Thus, Canada has in place a three tier system of sanctions, depending upon the level of BAC: 0.00 BAC level for young and novice drivers; 0.05 BAC, where administrative sanctions apply, such as licence suspensions (0.04 BAC in Saskatchewan); and 0.08 BAC, above which level Criminal Code sanctions apply. Another enforcement tool is the seizure and impoundment of vehicles operated by a prohibited or unlicensed driver. Provincial and territorial laws permit a more swift and certain administrative action as a means of reinforcing the criminal penalties available under the Criminal Code, which take time to proceed with and which may or may not be implemented even where charges are laid. There are nine distinct offences related to impaired driving in the Criminal Code. These offences are: Method of Proceeding Indictable Offence Summary Conviction Operating a motor vehicle while the ability to do so is impaired by alcohol or a drug [1] $1,000 fine (1st offence) 30 days' imprisonment (2nd offence) 120 days' imprisonment (subsequent offence) 5 years' imprisonment 18 months' imprisonment Operating a motor vehicle having consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the concentration of alcohol in the blood exceeds 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood[2] Failing to comply with a demand for a sample[3] Driving while impaired by alcohol or a drug causing bodily harm[4] 10 years' imprisonment Operating a motor vehicle having consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the concentration of alcohol in the blood exceeds 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood causing bodily harm[5] Failing to comply with a demand for a sample causing bodily harm[6] Operating a motor vehicle while the ability to do so is impaired by alcohol or a drug causing death[7] Operating a motor vehicle having consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the concentration of alcohol in the blood exceeds 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood causing death[8] Failing to comply with a demand for a sample causing death[9] After carefully studying the issue of lowering the legal BAC limit from 0.8 to .05, Parliament's Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights concluded that "the potentially negative consequences associated with ‘net widening' and bringing more impaired drivers into criminal court would likely outweigh any potential traffic safety benefit that may result from a lower Criminal Code BAC limit." Disclaimer: This website does not provide legal or other professional advice or opinion and none should be inferred. Information provided based on a source believed to be reliable source but may be in error or have changed. Adapted from Fast, Ed. Ending Alcohol-Impaired Driving: A Common Approach. Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Ottawa: House of Commons, June, 2009. Asbridge, M., et al. The criminalization of impaired driving in Canada: Assessing the deterrent impact of Canadas first per se law. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 2004, 65(4), 450-459. Berglin, Paul. Driving into Canada with a DUI Conviction? Read This First. burglin.com/defense.php Canada DWI or DUI - Driving Convictions. Trip Advisor website. Desapriya, E., et al. Severity of alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in British Columbia: A case-control study. International Journal of injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2006, 13(2), 89-94. Fulbright, Leslie. Canada can bar door for DWI. Seattle Times, August 19, 2002. Impaired Driving: Still a Problem. Transport Canada website. Jonah, Brian, et al. Front-line police officers' practices, perceptions and attitudes about the enforcement of impaired driving laws in Canada. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 1999, 31(5). Jonah, Brian, et al. Police officer's perceptions and attitudes about impaired driving law enforcement. In: Mercier-Guyon, C. (ed.) Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety. Annecy, France: Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches en Medicine du Trafic, 1997. Pp. 79-85. Kenkel, Joseph F. Impaired Driving in Canada. Markham, Ontario, Canada: LexisNexis Canada, 2006. National Steering Committee on Impaired Driving (Canada). The Road to Curb Impaired Driving. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: The working Group, 1990. Palmentier, J.P., et al. Alcohol and drugs in suspected impaired drivers in Ontario from 2001 to 2005. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2009, 16(8), 444-448. Purssell, R.A., et al. Proportion of injured alcohol-impaired drivers subsequently convicted of an impaired driving Criminal Code offence in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medical Care/Journal Canadien de Soins Medicaux d'Emergence, 2004, 6(2), 80-88. Robertson, R., et al. Results from a national survey of Crown prosecutors and defense counsel on impaired driving in Canada. Journal of Safety Research, 2009, 40(1), 25-31. Sen, A. Do stricter penalties deter drinking and driving? An empirical investigation of Canadian Impaired Driving Laws. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne d'Ecomomie, 2001, 34(1), 149-164. Solomon, R., et al. Rating the Provinces and Territories: A National Study of Highway Traffic, Victims, and Insurance Legislation Relating to Impaired Driving. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Mothers Against Driving Canada, 2000. Smith, B. Wayne. Impaired Driving Programs -- A Review of the Canadian Experience: What Makes for an Effective Intervention? Thesis. St. Johns,. Newfoundland, Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1993. Whiting, James M. The Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Law Enforcement: A Case Study on Impaired Driving and the Winnipeg Police Service. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: National Library of Canada/Bibliotheque Nationale du Canada, 1998. Wilson, R.J. and Jonah, B.A. Drinkiing-Driving in Canada - Results of a National Household Survey and Implications for Countermeasures. London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference III. Proceedings. Pp. 269-287. Wilson, J. and Chen, G.G. New Impaired Driving Legislation in British Columbia: The Program and Its Evaluation Plan. In: Mercier-Guyon, C. (ed.) Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety. Annecy, France: Centre d'Etudes dt de Recherches en Medicine du Trafic, 1997. Pp. 963-967 Quebec Rejects Maximum Legal BAC of .05 for Most Drivers Texting while Driving Even More Dangerous than Driving while Drunk or High on Marijuana Filed Under: Drinking and Driving	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1075
__label__wiki	0.553583	0.553583	You are at:Home»News»Space»Satellite microlauncher to use 3D-printed combustion chamber Satellite microlauncher to use 3D-printed combustion chamber By Ben Sampson on 26th March 2018 Space Artist’s impression of the Bloostar microlauncher The development of a microlauncher system for small satellites is progressing as a Spanish research center announced it had successfully 3D printed the first combustion chamber for its booster engine. The Advanced Center for Aerospace Technology (FADA-CATEC) in Seville, Spain, is supporting the development of Zero 2 Infinity’s (Z2I) Bloostar microlauncher by making parts of its rocket engine using 3D printing techniques. The parts will optimize the cooling of the thrust chamber by printing structures that cannot be manufactured by other means. Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales, CEO of Zero 2 Infinity, said, “Traditional rockets have had straight cooling channels because that’s all that could be manufactured. When you put a flashlight in your ear, you see a wonderful tree-like structure of blood vessels. We don’t have straight rows of blood vessels in our ears. 3D printing and AI now allow rockets to evolve, like nature.” Spanish company Zero 2 Infinity’s (Z2I) Bloostar is a microlauncher that will be carried by a near-space balloon to an altitude of more than 20km, where it will separate from the balloon and blast off to orbital speeds. The three-stage vehicle uses liquid methane and oxygen in pressure-fed engines. Microlaunchers typically carry small satellites for Earth observation, technology demonstrations, education and telecoms into low orbits and are launched from the ground or from an aerial platform. A microlauncher is used above the main mass of the Earth’s atmosphere to give the launch several advantages compared to ground- or aircraft-based launchers. The almost complete lack of aerodynamic resistance means there is lower drag and fewer gravity losses; the nozzles of the rocket used perform better in the near vacuum; and vibrations can be reduced by up to a factor of 10, meaning significant reductions in mass can be achieved. Bloostar’s engine has been named Teide after Spain’s highest mountain. In February the European Space Agency (ESA) contracted German space technology company MT Aerospace to conduct a feasibility study of the Bloostar microlauncher. Jerome Breteau, manager of ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, under which the study has been awarded, said, “A European commercial microlauncher can meet the growing need for dedicated launch services to companies with small satellites.” Z2I has also recently announced a partnership with engineering consultancy Indra to develop technologies for space transportation systems. The company is also partnering with French firm Dassault Systèmes to apply the company’s 3DExperience simulation software in Bloostar’s development. Z2I is based in Barcelona and has subsidiaries in Germany and the USA. The company is also working on a pod, called Bloon, which will carry people to Near Space for scientific activities and tourism. Starliner capsule completes parachute testing New satellite fuel to be tested in-orbit	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1077
__label__cc	0.677016	0.322984	Tom Ward Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Thomas (Tom) P. Ward focuses his practice on the structuring and implementation of transactions involving partnerships and limited liability companies, including private equity fund formation, portfolio company investments and representation of pension fund investors in private equity funds. He also advises clients with respect to the use of profits interests as compensation and legislative efforts to change the tax treatment of carried interests. Tom works closely with family offices on partnership issues, including structuring and tax allocation matters. He also addresses federal income tax issues related to aircraft acquisition and operational issues arising from personal versus business use. In addition, he advises clients on tax issues with respect to domestic and international joint ventures. Tom has spoken on tax considerations regarding the formation, operation and disposition of international joint ventures for various groups, including the Tax Executives Institute, Chicago-Kent College of Law and Atlas Information Group. While in law school, he was an editor of the Michigan International Law Journal. COMMUNITY American Bar Association, Tax Committee on Partnerships & LLCs Journal of Passthrough Entities, advisory board CREDENTIALS Education University of Michigan Law School, JD, 1996 University of Notre Dame, BBA, summa cum laude, 1992 Admissions Illinois Courts / Agencies US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit US Tax Court TAX1927. Family Investment Partnerships	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1081
__label__cc	0.719619	0.280381	Will the US Get Serious Now About Eliminating Its Own Nukes? Jacqueline Cabasso, Joseph Gerson, and Kevin Martin Posted on April 18, 2015 A few years ago, a plucky contestant on Dancing with the Stars popularized a terrific phrase when asked about her daring routine late in the contest. It was time, she quipped, for her to “go big or go home.” We’d like to see that can-do attitude manifested at the upcoming UN review conference on the Non-Proliferation Treaty the so-called NPT RevCon. What would going big mean? A serious commitment by the nuclear powers to get busy negotiating the global elimination of nuclear weapons, as required by the treaty’s Article VI. The conference will convene April 27 and run through May 22. Nearly all the world’s countries will be in attendance, and there is sure to be a buzz over the historic breakthrough agreement on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. Presumably the United States and its allies will seek to bask in their diplomatic achievement with Iran though not too brazenly, as the deal is not yet finally sealed, and some in the U.S. Congress seem hell-bent to torpedo it. But with the US and Russia brandishing their nuclear swords over Ukraine, it’s no time for anyone to rest on their laurels. There’s still so much unfinished business regarding the NPT, which became binding international law in 1970. The treaty’s review conferences, held every five years, usually issue a final statement and plan of action adopted by consensus. The 2010 conference’s agreement included a promise to convene, by 2012, a conference to establish a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone. That would mean some awkward discussions about disarming Israel, the Middle East’s only actual nuclear power. The United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and the UN as were officially on the hook to make the conference happen. Despite diligent work by the Foreign Ministry of Finland, the facilitator for the Middle East confab, it has yet to occur. Much of the world holds Washington accountable for this failing, but a credible commitment to convene the meeting as soon as possible would go a long way toward restoring trust, and it would reinforce the framework agreement with Iran. With the Middle East in terrible turmoil, ridding the region of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons needs to be an urgent priority. Perhaps the momentum of the Iran agreement, a rare bright spot in the region’s politics, can be sustained for this broader purpose. Moreover, the assembled governments must commence negotiations on abolishing the scourge of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth. The NPT calls on the nuclear states to do just that, as their part of the bargain with the vast majority of the world that’s forsworn nuclear arms. This provision is unfortunately often glossed over, but the NPT is not some “nuclear apartheid forever” treaty granting the nuclear powers the right to retain their hierarchy of nuclear terror in perpetuity while others wisely base their security on more peaceful, stable, and sustainable means. Failure to get serious about nuclear abolition severely undercuts the nuclear haves’ credibility to selectively demand non-proliferation for the have-nots. It’s like preaching temperance from a bar stool. Unfortunately, the United States has embarked on a fiscally and politically disastrous “modernization” program for its arsenal a 30-year, $1-trillion campaign to upgrade all aspects of the US nuclear weapons complex, from research and development to missiles and warheads. Not surprisingly, every other nuclear state has followed suit and announced their own nuclear modernization plans. So, contrary to President Obama’s 2009 pledge to pursue a nuclear-free world, we’ll see an escalation of the arms race unless peaceful pressure and smarter priorities prevail such as food security, education, just development to alleviate global poverty, green energy investment, and arresting global climate change. Thankfully, NPT RevCon isn’t just a bureaucratic gabfest. The voice of international civil society will be present inside the UN, in the form of accredited non-governmental representatives who will interact not just with each other, but also with governmental delegates. Just prior to the review conference, thousands of concerned peace advocates from around the globe will gather for a forum called “Peace and Planet: Mobilization for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World” from April 24 to 26. Peace and Planet will include an educational conference at Manhattan’s historic Cooper Union featuring speakers from at least a dozen countries and over 40 workshops bringing together peace, disarmament, and climate, along with racial, economic, and social justice. The conference will be followed by a rally, a march to the United Nations, and a peace festival where petitions with tens of millions of signatures calling for nuclear abolition will be delivered to UN and NPT RevCon officials. In Prague six years ago, President Obama declared his commitment to “seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” That’s the only true peace and security for our planet, and it must be connected to commitments and actions for just, sustainable, and humane priorities. Conventional wisdom is that the president is bogged down politically in Washington and globally. And that may be. But on the nuclear disarmament issue, this president is the most personally committed we’ve seen since John Kennedy. He needs to act on that commitment and show leadership in a much more concrete fashion, starting at the NPT RevCon. Jacqueline Cabasso is Executive Director of Western States Legal Foundation, based in Oakland, California. Joseph Gerson is Director of the Peace and Economic Security Program for the American Friends Service Committee and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kevin Martin is Executive Director of Peace Action, based in Silver Spring, Maryland. They serve as coordinators of Peace and Planet. Reprinted with permission from Foreign Policy In Focus. 3 thoughts on “Will the US Get Serious Now About Eliminating Its Own Nukes?” Tuyzentfloot says: Okay, Betteridge's law of headlines. I think, act on the assumption that Obama is not going to take any initiatives. If he does anyway that's a bonus. If people are getting more casual about the nuclear weapons arsenal, it means the system is getting more dangerous. ikester8 says: "Peace and Planet will include an educational conference…bringing together peace, disarmament, and climate, along with racial, economic, and social justice." This is the kind of thing that drives me crazy about the Left's so-called peace movement. They can't resist making it about everything-all-at-once. Focus, people. Go after the biggest threats first. friv 2015 says: I am very happy to be here because this is a very good site that provides lots of information about the topics covered in depth. Previous Previous post: The Boston Marathon Two Years Later – A Policeman’s Delight Next Next post: Official Leaks: ‘These Senior People Do Whatever They Want’	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1084
__label__wiki	0.89035	0.89035	Press Report : Loans ‘failure’ blamed for JLR research axe 11 June 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0 Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 11th June, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover is set to axe vital research and development projects because the Government’s heavily-hyped scheme to help car makers get loans has failed to provide a penny to any manufacturer, six months after it was launched. Union leaders told the a Commons inquiry that JLR was planning to cut back on research because it didn’t have the money while, when asked how many loans or loan guarantees had been issued, the civil servant overseeing the programme told a Commons inquiry: “It’s a round number – it’s none.” Business Secretary Lord Mandelson announced plans for a £2.3 billion support scheme, called the Automotive Assistance Programme, in January. However, speaking to the Commons Business and Enterprise Committee, the civil servant in charge of the scheme, Ian Gregory, said he was “disappointed” that no money had been allocated. He said: “Nobody is more frustrated than me that we haven’t actually made any guarantees or loans under the schemes. That’s what I’m here to do.” With the lack of progress on this, JLR are now in a position where some of their investments, because of the lack of cash, are in serious jeopardy.” Dave Osborne, Unite Dave Osborne, Unite union’s national officer for the automotive sector, said: “With the lack of progress on this, JLR are now in a position where some of their investments, because of the lack of cash, are in serious jeopardy.” The Committee’s Chairman, Peter Luff MP (Con, Mid Worcestershire), asked why it had taken so long to come to an agreement with JLR. Business Minister Ian Lucas, who was also giving evidence to the inquiry, said: “It is hugely important, and clearly it is of great concern to everyone who works there. I am saddened that there are issues that are commercially confidential relating to that individual company that are being discussed at the moment.” Speaking to The Birmingham Post after the hearing, Jaguar spokesman Don Hume said: “I think these are potential actions that would have to be taken if things didn’t go well. But as of now, we are managing to keep on track because research and development progress is important.” I think these are potential actions that would have to be taken if things didn’t go well. But, as of now, we are managing to keep on track because research and development progress is important.” Don Hume, Jaguar Land Rover Under the Automotive Assistance Programme, vehicle manufacturers were invited to apply for loans of up to £1.3 billion from the European Investment Bank, guaranteed by the Treasury. The Government would also lend up to £1 billion itself, Lord Mandelson said. The pledge followed warnings from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which represents the vehicle industry, that firms such as Jaguar were in dire trouble because the banking crisis had cut off their supply of credit. In April, there appeared to be a breakthrough when the Government announced it had agreed guarantees allowing JLR to borrow £340 million from the European bank but it emerged that Ministers had imposed conditions that Jaguar’s Indian owners Tata could not accept, such as the right to choose JLR’s chairman and have a seat on the board. [Source: Birmingham Post] Clive Goldthorp Clive claims that his interest in the BMC>MG story dates back to his childhood in the 1960s when the family’s garage premises were leased to a tenant with an Austin agency. However, back in the 1920s and 1930s, his grandmother was one of the country’s first female Garage Proprietors so cars probably run in his genes! Admits to affairs with Alfa Romeos, but has more recently owned an 06/06 MG TF 135 and then a 15/64 MG3 Style… Clive, who was AROnline’s News Editor for nearly four years, stood down from that role in order to devote more time to various Motor Racing projects but still contributes articles on as regular basis as his other commitments permit. Latest posts by Clive Goldthorp (see all) Concepts and prototypes : MG ZT-T 4WD – what might have been… - 6 December 2017 History : Brand ownership - 21 November 2016 Blog : Will MG’s slow boat to Europe hit Hinkley Point or the Brexit rock? - 29 August 2016 Land Rover : UK launch for MY10 models at Motorexpo 2009 Press Report : LDV help for its workers facing redundancy News : Jaguar Land Rover profits up 11% by Keith Adams in Jaguar Land Rover 24 The Jaguar Land Rover success story shows no sign of abating, as the company reports another significant rise in sales and profits during the past 12 months. The company has reported revenues of £15.8bn for [...]	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1085
__label__wiki	0.829352	0.829352	Other AJBlogs Books, Ideas, and Cultural Politics George Breitman, review of Richard Wright, “American Hunger” June 6, 2017 by Scott McLemee Leave a Comment The following review by George Breitman — who among other things wrote and edited a number of books about Malcolm X — appeared in August 1977 issue of the Socialist Workers Party journal International Socialist Review, which is now defunct. I post it here, under fair use, as a service to other scholars sharing my interest in Wright and the history of the American left. (The neglect of Breitman in the Malcolm X scholarship is a question to which I will return at some point.) American Hunger by Richard Wright Harper & Row, New York 1977, 147 pp., $8.95. Prospective buyers of American Hunger should be warned that the Harper and Row book jacket makes a false and highly misleading claim about its contents. (I leave aside errors of fact such as the assertion, made twice, that Richard Wright moved from the South to Chicago in 1934; as Wright wrote in the first paragraph of the first page in this book, “The year was 1927.”) Wright was one of the best American writers of his time (1908- 60). Nobody wrote novels, stories, or essays so vividly depicting the reality of racism in the United States and its effects on Blacks and whites. He was also a severe critic of the inhumanity, brutality, and spiritual barrenness of capitalism. His Black Boy remains one of the great American autobiographies. American Hunger is published seventeen years after his death as an expatriate in Paris. It was written originally as the last six chapters of Black Boy. Wright agreed before its publication in 1945 to omit these six chapters and to restrict Black Boy to the story of his life in the South, which he left at the age of nineteen when he moved to Chicago. The omitted chapters were about Wright’s life in Chicago from 1927 to 1936. Of these six chapters, the book jacket says that “the bulk of it has, until now, remained unpublished. . . . Any find relating to Richard Wright is exciting. The reappearance of this absorbing work is more than that; it is very much an event.” Responding to such cues, Gwendolyn Brooks, the poet, agrees: “It is an event, this discovery.” Irving Howe, the literary critic who has written much about Wright, including a famous controversy with Ralph Ellison, cannot understand how a “personal history by one of our most important writers” could have been “‘lost’ or ‘forgotten,'” and notes peevishly that the publisher does not explain “why we have had to wait so long”· (New York Times Book Review, June 26); but he accepts the publisher’s contention that we have had to wait. Darryl Pinckney, another critic, not only accepts it but takes it a notch further by quoting a speculation that Wright may have considered it too “sensitive to publish during his lifetime” (Village Voice, July 14). But the facts are that “the bulk” of American Hunger was published quite a while ago, and while Wright was alive. The last three of the six chapters, dealing with Wright’s experiences in the Communist Party, were published in 1950 in a book edited by Richard Crossman, The God That Failed, with only a few minor and insignificant changes. These three chapters make up 76 of the 135 pages by Wright in American Hunger, or 56 percent of the total. Before that, in 1944, this material had been published in the Atlantic Monthly. The Crossman book, by the way, was published by Harper. That is not all. Virtually all of the material in the first three chapters has also been published before: first as an essay in a book edited by Edwin Seaver, Cross Section, 1945, and then as an essay in Wright’s Eight Men, published in 1961 after his death. Adding this to the material from The God That Failed enables us to say that well over 90 percent of American Hunger was published before. (So long ago that Howe, who. read The God That Failed and Eight Men, has forgotten that he read it before; so long ago that the younger Pinckney may never have heard of these other books.) The publisher, however, is well aware of the facts; he has to be, to avoid suits for infringement of copyright. His awareness is shown in a publisher’s note inside the book, stating that “portions . . . saw scattered publication in the 1940s.” This note discreetly avoids mention of the number and size of the “portions.” How else are you going to gull critics, poets, and more credulous people? How else are you going to make “an event” out of the prosaic publication for the third time of articles that were first published in the 1940s and then published a second time in the 1950s and 1960s? As for the book itself, it adds little to Wright’s stature, and it is not hard to see why he chose not to publish it as a separate work. It has some excellent episodes, especially about his jobs as dishwasher in a cafe, agent for a Black insurance company, and orderly at a medical research institute in a large hospital, and about his alienation from his fellow workers as well as his employers. But I don’t think that the force of these passages about Wright’s lonely life in the urban North can be fully appreciated unless you have first read about his preceding years in the South. Standing by itself, American Hunger is insubstantial. The major part of the book is about Wright’s experiences as a member of the Communist Party in Chicago. This will be of interest to people who are concerned with U.S. radical history, the relation be- tween politics and art, the role of intellectuals in workers parties, and similar topics. But a word of caution is needed here too: the author does not display much political insight, and he is not completely candid. In a later book, Black Power, published in 1954, Wright says that he was a member of the CP from 1932 until 1944. For reasons that he does not explain, at the end of American Hunger he deliberately makes it appear that he left the CP in 1936. He did have a rift with the CP that year, but it was temporary and must have been healed by 1937 when he was in New York and was writing for the Daily Worker as its Harlem correspondent. The real break did not take place until 1944, when he was completing his autobiography. Meanwhile, he served on the board of New Masses and numerous CP front organizations and faithfully supported its political line, whatever that might be – for the “People’s Front” and support of Roosevelt until 1939, then against the war and against Roosevelt until Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, then for the war and for Roosevelt, and so forth. This means he was for a separate state in the “Black Belt” of the South when the CP advocated it in the early 1930s and against it when the CP shelved it during the “People’s Front” period; for Black militancy during the Stalin-Hitler pact and against it during the Stalin-Roosevelt alliance. Although the book is very short, it suffers from many anachronisms. Wright says that during a writers’ conference in Chicago in the summer of 1934 there was discussion about the CP’s “new People’s Front policy,” but this policy was not introduced into the United States until 1935 and had not yet been christened with that name when it first appeared in France in mid-1934. He says that at a CP inquisition trial where a Black CP member confessed his “deviations” some time before May 1936, “I knew, as I sat there, that there were many people . . . who had been skeptical of the Moscow trials.” However, he couldn’t have known or thought that because the first of the Moscow trials was not staged until August 1936. Such anachronisms are bound to ‘happen when people rely on their memory rather than more objective evidence. Wright’s deliberate obfuscation about when he left the CP is a different and more serious defect because it tends to undermine the credibility. of his narrative for anyone who reads the facts elsewhere. Wright’s conversion to communism as he understood it was a very important stage in his development. It broadened his horizons immensely and led him to the themes of his best writing. But most of his story is about the unsatisfactory side of his relations with his comrades in Chicago, especially his Black comrades on the. South Side. He is very critical, sometimes even contemptuous, about their mannerisms, pronunciation, modes of speech, dress; about their suspiciousness, intolerance, anti-intellectualism, and “militant ignorance.” What Wright is describing here is a style that pervaded the whole CP at that time, and not only the American CP but all the other affiliates of the Stalinized Communist International. It was the style of the “third period,” which lasted from 1928 to 1934. Third-period politics were ultraleft, sectarian, adventurist, often seemingly in- sane, and based on the delusion that revolution was around the corner, or nearer; the bizarre style of the period (when Wright first approached the CP) merely reflected the bizarre politics. At first it seems strange that Wright castigates the style of the third-period Black members but has nothing to say about the same style of the white members. It seems less strange when you realize that he has nothing whatever to say about third-period politics, even after they were abandoned and replaced by the new “People’s Front” politics, which led to a new and “more respectable” style. Wright did not have much understanding of, or real interest in, politics. Wright had a prickly personality, and the frictions between him and the CP could not have come all from one side. Relations became bitter at some points-for example when two CP leaders physically assaulted and ejected him from the May Day parade in 1936. But, as he says, he never had any political differences with the CP leadership, whatever policy it was pursuing. The CP leaders knew this was true, despite their occasional slanders against him. That was why they never expelled him, despite his long stretches of inactivity. Wright did not know the difference between revolutionary Leninism and counterrevolutionary Stalinism when he joined the CP, he never grasped the difference while he was in the CP, and he continued to equate these opposites after he left the CP. That is why there is not much to be learned politically from this book. Scott McLemee writes the weekly column Intellectual Affairs for Inside Higher Ed and is part of the editorial staff for Jacobin magazine. From 1995 until 2001, he was contributing editor for Lingua Franca. Between 2001 and 2005, he covered scholarship in the humanities as senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has served on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle and in 2004 received the NBCC's award for excellence in reviewing. He is willing to write about himself in the third person, if necessary, but tries not to make a habit of it Archives Select Month July 2017 (1) June 2017 (2) March 2017 (1) November 2016 (1) October 2016 (1) March 2016 (1) February 2016 (4) January 2016 (3) December 2015 (1) Quick Study is a scrapbook of clippings and notes on cultural, political, and ludic matters. It is written, assembled, curated, and otherwise promulgated by Scott McLemee with the generous support of ArtsJournal. … [Read More...] McLemee Elsewhere Jason Schulman on Graphic nonfiction novels: “Thanks for the exposure (of NP), Scott!” Mar 7, 15:31 Jerome Weeks on The Quick and the (No Longer) Dead: “Yay. It IS a Happy New Year.” Jan 4, 14:49 Riddell’s Tower Interview with Ceri Dingle, director of “Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact and Works of C.L.R. James” Selfie Abuse No longer/Not yet: Jameson on the need for “big ideas”	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1088
__label__cc	0.555089	0.444911	Patents and Protection of Design ASSA ABLOY in brief Identity and Brand 1940–1959 ASSA first in the world to introduce 7-pin cylinders In 1946, the first lock system based on 5-pin cylinders was delivered. Since then, more than 150,000 functional security systems have been delivered, comprising over nine million cylinders. The next year, 1947, ASSA was first in the world to begin manufacturing 7-pin cylinders. They were included in August Stenman AB’s security systems with the motto: “Locks are to be manufactured with precision in large series with small tolerances and demand for 100% security.” In 1951, ASSA began licensing out the manufacture of ASSA keys. Nearly 80% of ASSA’s manufacturing was exported in the 1950s – the reverse of today. One reason for the high export rate is that ASSA’s products were in high demand in Europe after the war. At the same time, ASSA was also expanding, for example with the 1952 acquisition of A/S Ruko in Denmark, which is still a fellow group company. In 1951, progressive ASSA was the first company in Sweden to introduce a five-day work week. It also opened a staff restaurant that year, and had finished plans for a well-functioning company daycare center, although those plans were never put into action.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1091
__label__cc	0.687696	0.312304	Eckerson Named NE10 Field Rookie of the Week WORCESTER, Mass. – Freshman Katherine Eckerson (Simsbury, Conn. / Westminster School) of the Assumption women's track & field team has been named NE10 Field Rookie of the Week for her performance at the Sorlien Memorial Invitation. Eckerson recorded a pair of top-10 finishes at URI over the weekend, leaping 15 feet, 9 inches in the long jump to finish 10th, before placing ninth in the triple jump with a distance of 33 feet, 11.25 inches. The Simsbury, Connecticut native will look to continue her strong performances when the Hounds travel to Boston to compete in the John Thomas Terrier Classic Invitational. For the latest on Assumption College Athletics, follow the Hounds via social media on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1092
__label__wiki	0.710359	0.710359	High-risk Horizons: Coconino's Children of the Imprisoned. Glad to see that Coconino County is working creatively with the children of incarcerated parents, and trying to help them keep their family units connected. Here's a good New York Times article giving some background on why it's so important to attend to these kids' needs - and why we must decarcerate our nation as rapidly as possible... The STARS Mentoring Program in AZ has some excellent resources for caregivers here. There's also a manual for caregivers of children with incarcerated parents: Arizona Family Members Behind Bars "Mother's prison" ASPC-Perryville; Goodyear, AZ Keeping Kids Connected With Their Jailed Parents North Country Public Radio by Gillian Ferris Kohl Jul 18, 2012 (Morning Edition / Arizona Public Radio) — With one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, Arizona also has one of the highest percentages of children with a parent in prison. In rural Coconino County, 1 of every 28 minors has an incarcerated parent, and that county is helping families stay in touch without bringing kids inside prison walls. Arizona has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, and that means it also has one of the highest percentages of children with one or both parents in jail. One rural county there is trying to help families stay connected. On a recent day, 45-year-old Liz Minor sits in the shade outside a coffeehouse in Flagstaff, enjoying icy drinks with her two sons. She relishes this ordinary moment, considering that just a few years ago, their time together was limited to a prison visiting room, separated by shatterproof glass. "I wore lipstick because it leaves marks," Minor says. "So when your kids are there and they're telling you it's over ... you see windows just marked up with lips because you want to kiss your babies goodbye and you can't." Minor's youngest son, A.J., was only 7 years old when his mom began serving a sentence for manslaughter. Now 18, A.J. recalls a very different memory of visits with his mom. "They always used to make us ... take off our shoes and open up shirts and stuff," A.J. says. "They would pat us down, and our pockets had to be turned out." During his mom's absence, A.J. was raised by several family members because his father was also in prison, serving a life sentence. It was tough for A.J. "I did have a lot of suicidal tendencies," he says. "It really sucked to have to go through that when you're 8, 9, 10 years old, and you're thinking about going into your room and killing yourself. It's not a cool deal at all." Instead of taking his life, however, A.J. took action. At 15, he joined a fledgling task force in Coconino County, Ariz. The group's goal was to keep kids connected with their parents in prison. That's where he met Beth Tucker, one of the group's organizers. "Our population of children and families is different than the state as a whole in that we have such great distances for our rural areas," Tucker says. "They're traveling hundreds and hundreds of miles to visit a parent." Tucker says 1 of every 28 children in Coconino County has a parent in prison. Some kids, like A.J., experience the trauma of being present during their parent's arrest. Others, Tucker says, can end up on the street, fearful they'll land in foster care or in the custody of Child Protective Services. "We know that oftentimes when a parent is arrested, they will not reveal that they have children," she says. "They're afraid they're going to lose that child." That's why law enforcement officers are now being trained to look for signs of children at the time of a person's arrest: toys, car seats and backpacks, for instance. Another major step is that the county is installing a Skype-like video visitation system. Lt. Matt Figueroa with the Coconino County Sheriff's Office is helping set it up. "They can do it from a coffeehouse, they can do it from their iPhone or iPad," Figueroa says. "People throw out the word Skype, but it's basically a secure video connection to conduct that visit." Figueroa says it will also cut down on the trauma that many children experience having to go inside prison to visit a parent. That's heartening to kids like A.J. Minor, who says he would've liked something like this when his mom was in prison. "A visit like that would actually keep a kid from running away, because they know that they can have a visit with their parent every couple of days. It's so much more nourishing," he says. "So for someone who's going through it right now, just hang on. You will be able to see them." A.J. himself is trying to hang on, when it comes to seeing his own father. They haven't met face to face in 16 years. Copyright 2012 Arizona Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.knau.org/. 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__label__wiki	0.867193	0.867193	2FL Recommends TV/Web Series Thank you for visiting 2nd First Look! Check out our latest post on our Home page. You can also read dozens of more articles on film, television, music, literature, gaming, and the arts by clicking on the designated buttons. We'd love to hear your opinions so make sure to leave comments! One-Hit Wonders by Dave Gourdoux The ultimate one-hit wonder? "In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes." -Andy Warhol For years now, one of the enduring iconic stories of the rock and pop universe has been the rise and fall of one-hit wonders. We’re all familiar with the story arc – the stars of time and fate and luck and talent all suddenly align in such a way as to propel previously unknown acts into fleeting and temporary superstardom, and then they crash and fade just as quickly as they emerged. As long as there is a pop music scene, there have always been and there always will be one hit wonders, either waiting on the fringe of the culture to rise to the top or spiraling uncontrollably out of the public consciousness. Who are these fireflies that so quickly burn out, and what is their story? Well, as we’ll learn in this brief look at eleven of my favorite one hit wonders, with stories of rapid rises and fantastic falls, "the possibilities are endless." About this list: as old as I am, the list is heavy with songs from my youth, the sixties and seventies. I’m old and grumpy enough to offer no apologies for that. Obscure and cheesy as some of these selections may seem to younger generations, they all occupy permanent residence in my memory. Hear then, in chronological order, eleven of my favorite one-hit wonders: 1. “96 Tears,” by ? and the Mysterians, 1966 With its infectious organ riff and low-budget production, "96 Tears" ranks right up there with the best of the '60s garage band songs. At the time the song was recorded, the band was exactly that: a completely unknown garage band, consisting of the sons of migrant workers who’d settled in the Saginaw, Michigan area. Somehow they recorded "96 Tears," and drove around promoting it to local radio stations around Michigan. It first became a regional hit until they caught their break and signed a deal with a big record company, and the rest is history. A couple of follow-up singles were moderately successful, reaching as high as 22 on the U.S. charts. The band has survived many breakups and lineup changes to persist to this day. The only constant has been the lead singer, Question Mark, or ?, who claims to be from Mars and to have walked with dinosaurs. 2. "I Fought the Law," by the Bobby Fuller Four, 1966 One of the most covered songs in rock history (most notably by the Clash, and in a politically charged 1978 re-write by the Dead Kennedys), the song also inspired John Mellencamp to write (or rip-off?) his 1983 single, “Authority Song." The song features the familiar, almost percussive guitar styling of the late, great, Buddy Holly. The reason it sounds so much like Buddy Holly is that it was written by Sonny Curtis, who was a friend and high school classmate of Holly. After Holly’s death, Curtis replaced him as singer and lead guitarist in Holly’s band, The Crickets. He later penned the theme song to the Mary Tyler Moore Show, "Love is All Around." The reason Fuller never had another hit was that a few months after releasing “I Fought the Law,” his dead body was found in an automobile parked outside of his Los Angeles apartment. There were no signs of physical trauma, and though an autopsy was performed, the cause of death remains murky, with both “accident” and “suicide” boxes checked with question marks after them on the death report. Speculation abounds that he was actually murdered. Theories have persisted that the culprits were either the Manson clan, the LAPD, or the mafia. Whatever the cause was, Fuller’s death remains one of the great unsolved mysteries in rock and roll history. 3. "Israelites," by Desmond Dekker, 1968 Though Dekker had a long and distinguished career in Jamaica as a Reggae master, "Israelites" was his only entry on the U.S. charts. Aside from being a wonderful little piece of music, "Israelites" is noteworthy in that it is probably the first reggae song to hit the U.S. top forty, ahead of Paul Simon’s “Mother and Child Reunion” (1970), Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now” (1972) and Eric Clapton’s cover of Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” (1973). Whether the song is technically reggae or its predecessor, ska, it is indisputably unique when compared to anything else we’d heard on American air waves before. The guitar work is subtle and accents the off beat, while the vocals are sung with a heavy Jamaican accent, making the lyrics difficult to understand. Dekker said he wrote the song after hearing a young couple arguing about money, and how the work the young man was doing wasn't paying enough. This explains the opening lyrics, "get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir / so that every mouth can be fed." From there the song becomes something of a Rastafarian anthem, a lament for the impoverished and the destitute. Dekker passed away in 2006. Although he didn't make the U.S. charts again, he remained musically active, and was held in high esteem in the reggae community. 4. "Pictures of Matchstick Men," Status Quo, 1968 The opening guitar lick to this weirdly infectious little gem is so ridiculously easy that even I could play it. But then the rhythm guitar, bass and drums kick in, and the effect is pretty cool. The lyrics are vague and psychedelic, and the chord progression and that silly little four note guitar lick are just catchy enough to stick in your head long after you’d ever want it to. The song has been covered a few times, most notably by Ozzy Osborne in the late '70s. As for the band, Status Quo, it appears that they put out a few albums and vanished, and I couldn’t find much of anything of any interest about them. "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is so weirdly bizarre that it speaks for itself. 5. "Spirit in the Sky," Norman Greenbaum, 1968 One of the great guitar-driven gospel tinged songs ever recorded. The guitar riffs create a groove that evoke Jimmy Page, while the lead guitar fills in the spaces with just enough cosmic-ness to evoke the great beyond. Lyrics like “I’ve got a friend in Jesus” bely the fact that Greenbaum was, and is, Jewish. He wrote "Spirit in the Sky" after watching Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner sing a gospel song on television. The song has since appeared in numerous Hollywood sound tracks, perhaps most famously in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13. Greenbaum continues performing to this day, and has recorded a few albums over the years, but never had any level of commercial success that approached the magnitude of “Spirit in the Sky.” 6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,” Steam, 1969 This was just solid, mainstream pop music, performed by a band that never existed (similar to another great one–hit wonder, the fictitious “The Archies” and the big hit single, “Sugar, Sugar.”). The song was written and recorded by a couple of studio musicians who supposedly thought it was so bad they didn’t want their names associated with it. So the fictitious band “Steam” was assigned to the song, and when it surprisingly went to number one in the charts, a real band was hastily put together. This manufactured band lacked anything remotely resembling a stage presence (as the video shows). Despite all that, I still love the song and the innocence it conjures up in me. It reminds me that I grew up in a time where not only such sweet and innocent music could chart, but also that times were so innocent that record companies would throw together a bunch of guys who had nothing to do with the recording of the song and send them out on tour to support it. For some reason I can’t adequately explain, now, almost fifty years later, it all feels more sweet than cynical. 7. "I Can See Clearly Now," Johnny Nash, 1972 Probably the biggest selling reggae song of all time, although the off-beat is buried a bit beneath a poppy arrangement, meaning you have to listen a little bit closer for the reggae rhythms than on “Israelites.” But the song, with Nash’s soaring falsetto and its hypnotic hooks, was a huge hit, dominating the top-forties airwaves for what seemed like months. Nash had a long career, recording from 1958 thru 1985, and it’s a little bit unfair to call him a one-hit wonder, as he had several other songs hit the U.S. charts, with the follow-up single to “I Can See Clearly Now”, a song called “Stir it Up” that I have no memory of now, briefly reaching number twelve on the U.S. charts. He makes the list because “I Can See Clearly Now” was so huge that one is left wondering why in such a long career he never approached the top ten again. 8. "Last Song," Edward Bear, 1972 Some songs bring back memories that are so vivid they overpower any attempt to hear them objectively. “Last Song” is, for me, such a song. I know it’s terrible, schmaltzy pop, but it was on the radio at a time when I was susceptible to its gooey sentimentality, and hearing it now takes me back to the time when I’d just turned fourteen, at the height of my pubescent, shy and lonely misfit period, and the endless list of cute girls I had hopeless crushes on. As for Edward Bear, it was neither man nor beast, but rather an unexceptional Canadian pop-rock band that was around for a couple more unexceptional years, years that included lineup changes and members dabbling in Scientology. The highlights of their career appear to be limited to achieving fame for “Last Song” and for once opening for Led Zeppelin. The name Edward Bear was taken from the “proper” name of Winnie the Pooh. 9. “In a Big Country,” Big Country, 1983 For a brief time in the early '80s, Big Country was Scotland’s answer to Ireland’s U2, gathering critical acclaim for their unique sound, making electric guitars sound like bagpipes. They made it all the way to a guest shot on "Saturday Night Live" and a world tour, but were never able to follow the anthemic “In a Big Country” with a second hit single. After playing on the Band Aid project “Do They Know It’s Christmas” and backing Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend in separate solo projects, they fell out of fashion, and found themselves dropped from their record company in 1991. They hung around for the rest of the nineties and finally broke up in 1999, with alcoholism playing a role in their dissolution. 10. "Take On Me," Ah-Ha, 1985 The song is unexceptional but catchy '80s new wave, notable for its keyboard-driven riff and the singer’s Roy Orbison-like, octave-crushing falsetto. What makes it stand out is the song's video, one of the great videos of the MTV era. A rare combination of art, charm and humor, the video transcends the song even while remaining faithful to its catchy rhythm. It's impossible to watch the video and not smile. Although "Take On Me" has been the band's only U.S. hit, they are still together and have remained very popular in their native Norway, winning 10 "Norwegian Grammy" awards over the years. 11. “A Girl Like You,” Edwyn Collins, 1994 No, this song wasn’t, as is often assumed, recorded by Iggy Pop or David Bowie, although it’s an easy mistake to make, given Collins baritone vocals,the disco-punk rhythms, the infectious groove, and the hypnotic guitar licks. Collins has never charted again in the U.S., but he still performs in his native U.K. This might not seem like a big deal until one considers that in 2005, Collins suffered and survived two cerebral hemorrhages that resulted in aphasia, an inability to comprehend and formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. He was left able to speak only four phases (“yes”, “no”, “Grace Maxwell” (his wife’s name), and “the possibilities are endless”). Amazingly, he recovered and within two years was able to resume playing music and performing. From the tragic mystery of Bobby Fuller to the rise and fall of Big Country to the steady perseverance of Desmond Dekker and Ah-Ha to the inspirational triumph of Edwyn Collins that renders any position on any top 40 chart as the meaningless distraction it really is, stories of one-hit wonders prove that the possibilities are indeed endless, that fate really is fickle, and that in the grand scheme of things, our fifteen minutes of fame aren't really that important. So there you have it, my latest little list. I know there are dozens of more one -hit wonders in the annals of popular music history ("99 Red Balloons" and "Chevy Van" immediately come to mind, although in the case of "Chevy Van," it won't leave soon enough), but these eleven have, to me, at least, some value, whether artistic (like "Israelites") or sentimental ("Last Song"), to me personally. I'd be interested in what one-hit wonders that you find any value or interesting stories in. Posted by DJ Gourdoux at 10:00 AM Labels: Dave Gourdoux, music About 2FL 2nd First Look is an article-based website highlighting film, music, literature, and the arts - from obscure projects to forgotten classics. To inspire an exploration of the arts. Translate Our Articles Logo & Site Design by JCR © 2nd First Look. Powered by Blogger.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1095
__label__wiki	0.629048	0.629048	Combining Art and Science to Explore the Ultimate Frontier by McKenzie Prillaman Living on ships to film what lurks in the depths of the ocean is normal for AAAS Member Caitlin Bailey. In fact, it’s her job. But for much of her time growing up, she was unaware she could combine her two passions: art and science. “There were all these little signs pointing me toward filmmaking that I didn’t pay attention to,” Bailey says. “When I discovered the Science and Natural History Filmmaking program in Montana, it just clicked: my art and creativity could mesh with my science.” This program at Montana State University (MSU) taught her she could communicate about science through film. However, Bailey admits it’s funny she became a science communicator because speaking was never her strong point, considering she has a speech impediment. So, she learned to “speak” through her camera lens. Spotted dolphins. Credit: Caitlin Bailey. “Because I don’t speak as eloquently as others, I’ve been able to develop video skills,” she says. “Each video that I make has a little part of myself in it, and I’m trying to speak to the audience through the music, stories and visuals.” In addition to the Science and Natural History Filmmaking program at MSU, Bailey considers AAAS’s Entry Point! program to be a critical experience that helped her develop into a young science filmmaker. The program works to diversify the scientific workforce by recruiting students with disabilities and placing them in summer internships. After completing her first year of graduate school, Bailey was placed by the Entry Point! program to work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s space weather department. There, she filmed interviews with specialists and used footage from the NASA Image and Video Library to create informative videos. Although space weather was a foreign concept to her, as someone with a bachelor’s degree in animal biology, she considers her time at NASA to have been a valuable learning experience. “It was a science I didn’t know anything about,” she says, “[but], my experience at NASA gave me the confidence to say ‘okay, I can make films about any area of science.’” And make films in any area of science, she did. She went on to make films about various scientific topics like materials science, microbiology and, her personal favorite, oceanography. “[The ocean] is the ultimate frontier,” Bailey fondly remarks. “There are so many wonderful treasures down there and so many things we haven’t discovered yet.” Formerly, Bailey wanted to be a marine life researcher. And because the sea called her name, she spent part of her third year of graduate school interning aboard the E/V Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico, where she “fell in love with being at sea and ocean exploration itself.” After obtaining her graduate degree from MSU, a former classmate who worked with the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration, a non-profit aiming to “help society understand, interpret and protect this critical ocean environment,” connected Bailey with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She ultimately ended up participating in recent expeditions aboard the Okeanos Explorer, her 10th of which will be complete in July 2019. While traveling on the Okeanos Explorer, a typical day for Bailey consists of sending down the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) called Deep Discoverer right after breakfast. This machine can dive 3.7 miles (6,000 kilometers) beneath the ocean's surface and captures high-definition video even in the darkest corners of the ocean floor, thanks to its 20 LED lights. After the Deep Discoverer descends to the bottom of the sea, scientists both onboard the Okeanos Explorer and calling in from the shore narrate in real time the video that the Deep Discoverer records. It is during this time that Bailey and other videographers aboard the ship control the focus, zoom and exposure of the ROV’s camera, clip highlights from the video and oversee the public livestream connection between the ship and the shore. After capturing eight to 10 hours of video, Bailey and the other videographers create stills from the video to help with cataloguing, make a highlight video from the day’s dive and cut out video clips of particularly interesting footage for the NOAA website. Firecracker jellyfish. Credit: Caitlin Bailey. From her experiences out in the ocean, Bailey gained greater appreciation of all sea life, and she wishes to instill that in others as well. She wants everyone to know that people, no matter if they’re living on the coast or in a landlocked area, are connected to the ocean. “People forget the things we do up on land upset the ocean floor,” Bailey says. She remembers the amount of trash she has seen on the ocean floor. While exploring the Mariana Trench, the deepest natural trench in the world, located in the western Pacific Ocean, she vividly recalls seeing a Spam container and soda cans trapped within the trench. On another occasion, she saw blinds wrapped around coral that was hundreds of years old and was saddened to see this beautiful organism live through the rest of its days constricted by evidence of human pollution. “I think that as humans, we tend to think of ourselves as separate from nature. But being at sea, and in nature, and as someone who has always loved animal biology, you become aware of how connected we are to everything on this planet,” she explained. “You don’t have to be at sea to be an ocean explorer. Just discovering a video or animal you’ve never heard of is part of ocean exploration.” To those interested in merging art and science and especially those who never thought this combination was possible, Bailey says you don’t need to think about these fields as being mutually exclusive — there’s room for both. “The world isn’t about having one interest or job; there’s so much overlap between fields,” she explains. Furthermore, Bailey has learned that the saying ‘practice makes perfect’ has truth to it. “Your first film is going to be bad, and I still make films and think I could’ve done better. No one is perfect, and no film or photo is perfect,” she stated. Even though it’s hard to accept imperfection and frightening to pursue a novel path, Bailey believes that venturing into uncharted waters is all about taking risks and being unafraid to fail, because in failure, we learn. Blog Name McKenzie Prillaman Related Focus Areas Physical sciences/Earth sciences/Oceanography Tweets by AAASmember	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1097
__label__wiki	0.722064	0.722064	King James I - THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 1. TURBULENT TIMES 2. THE YOUNG KING 3. NORTH BERWICK WITCH TRIALS 4. THE GUNPOWDER PLOT 5. THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING 6. CHARLES I LOSES HIS HEAD 7. THE LEGACY OF KING JAMES I/VI Plotters discussing their plan to blow-up the Houses of Parliament when the King and his family gathered in the chambers on the 5th of November, 1605. Image online, courtesy U.K. Parliament. After Elizabeth I died of cancer in 1603, James VI of Scotland also became James I of England. In one of his greatest political achievements, James was the first to refer to the now United Kingdom as "Great Britain." Used to the Scottish form of government, however, James was soon at odds with the English Parliament. He was also at odds with English Catholics against whom strict laws had been passed. A group of those Catholics decided to strike against both the King and Parliament. Using the mercenary Guy Fawkes as their "trigger man," Robert Catesby and his like-minded friends concocted a plan to kill King James and members of Parliament. The conspiracy - known as "The Gunpowder Plot" - was aimed at the King because of the oppressive anti-Catholic laws he was introducing. The plot was engineered for maximum effect: Blow up the Houses of Parliament on opening day, November 5, 1605. (At that time, Westminster did not yet have "Big Ben," its famous clock. That ticking landmark became a London feature in 1859.) Renting a vault under the House of Lords, the conspirators stored thirty-six barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was hired to set it off when His Majesty, King James I, was opening Parliament. Since the Queen and the heir to the throne would also be present, the entire male line to the throne would be killed. The conspirators would then “install” one of the king’s daughters, Princess Elizabeth, as the new sovereign. The opposition, of course, would heavily influence her. The plot went awry when one of the conspirators (likely Francis Tresham) warned a relative (William Parker, also known as Lord Monteagle and brother-in-law of Tresham) not to attend opening day ceremonies. With such a tip in hand, security was tightened and Guy Fawkes was caught with incriminating evidence on his person. The king was saved, but the conspirators were in for quick retribution. After investigators found all the gunpowder hidden near Fawkes, the trigger man would face serious and tortuous questioning. Before that happened, though, the Privy Council (as the story goes) met in the King’s bedchamber. (Remember ... Guy was arrested during the very early morning of November 5th while the King was home in bed). Hauled before His Majesty, Fawkes was asked why he wanted to blow-up Parliament, thereby killing the King (who was from Scotland), with so many barrels of gunpowder. He reportedly said: To blow you Scotch beggars back to your own native mountains! Fawkes, who claimed to be Jhon Jhonson, confessed the details of his plan after he was tortured. (Follow this link to a page of the confession, signed by "Jhon Jhonson.") He also gave up the names of his conspirators. King James issued proclamations urging all citizens to track down the offending plotters. He offered a reward of 1,000 pounds (a huge sum of money in those days) to anyone who turned-in a member of the group. The King even offered to pardon - and pay - any member of the conspiracy who turned-in a colleague. While some of the ringleaders were killed before trial, others were brought to swift justice. By January, 1606, all remaining plotters had been tried and condemned. The local London newspaper described the gruesome verdicts and public executions. Guy Fawkes himself, however, escaped the horrific execution plans (which included gross mutilation of the defendants’ bodies). Instead - just before he was to be executed on January 31, 1606 - Fawkes jumped from the hanging scaffold. Although he still died from a broken neck, he avoided the agony of the government’s plan to mutilate him (while he was still alive). Greatly relieved the Gunpowder Plot went awry, thereby saving the King and the heir, authorities encouraged Londoners to celebrate with bonfires. That tradition continues every November 5th on "Guy Fawkes Day." Sometimes festivities even take place at the Monarch's residence (as depicted in this 1776 etching of Windsor Castle). Now that you know something about this famous event in British history, do you think you could foil the plot? The BBC has launched a game to test your skills ... check it out! Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D. 5183stories and lessons created Original Release: Jun 01, 2002 Updated Last Revision: May 04, 2019 Media Credits In-text images include the following: A Guy Fawkes effigy, made of wax, burns in a 2010 bonfire at the Billericay Fireworks Spectacular in Lake Meadows Park, Billericay, Essex, UK. Photo by William Warby, online via Wikimedia Commons with Creative Commons License CC BY 2.0. In September of 1776, Paul Sandby (1730 or 1731-1809) published his image of a Guy-Fawkes bonfire. Measuring 36 x 50 cm, the original (maintained at the British Library) is an aquatint with etching of the festivities in Windsor Castle during a “Guy Fawkes Night.” Image online via Wikimedia Commons. Bos, Carole "THE GUNPOWDER PLOT" AwesomeStories.com. Jun 01, 2002. Jul 17, 2019. <http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/THE-GUNPOWDER-PLOT-King-James-I>. Academic Alignments Learning Tasks Questions to Ponder ? 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__label__wiki	0.944826	0.944826	F1: Grosjean helps Haas to close the gap on rivals Romain Grosjean leads the way in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix NNL-180710-101532002 Published: 10:18 Sunday 07 October 2018 Haas F1 Team gained three more points on fourth-place Renault Sport F1 Team as driver Romain Grosjean delivered an eighth-place result in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. Team-mate Kevin Magnussen was classed 20th after a flat left-rear tyre at the start of the race at Suzuka Circuit damaged his car too much to continue. The Banbury squad remains fifth in the FIA F1 Constructors’ Championship but cut the gap to Renault to eight points after Grosjean secured his fifth points-paying drive this year. Haas F1 Team also extended its advantage over sixth-place McLaren to 26 points. Lewis Hamilton won the race from the pole to earn his 71st career Formula One victory, his series-leading ninth this season and his fourth in a row. Hamilton beat his Mercedes AMG Petronas team-mate and second-place starter Valtteri Bottas by 12.919 seconds. That was his fourth victory at Suzuka and maintains the Brackley teams’ recent dominance at the track, as no other team has won the Japanese Grand Prix since 2013. Hamilton’s win, combined with Sebastian Vettel’s sixth-place finish, saw him extend his lead in the FIA F1 Drivers’ Championship standings to 67 points over the Scuderia Ferrari driver. Carlos Sainz picked up more points for Renault with tenth place while Enstone team-mate Nico Hülkenberg was classed as 19th after his retirement.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1099
__label__cc	0.652639	0.347361	Chloe Adlington Business, Tax Manage cashflow with superior tax planning Jono Wilson of accountancy firm Barnett & Turner in Mansfield shows how tax and cashflow are closely inter-related and points out some opportunities you just might have missed. With a downturn in the economy and some uncertainty surrounding the UK’s position after Brexit, many companies are turning their attention to tax planning – especially if cashflow is becoming an issue. Here are seven different areas that are worth thinking about and, of course, discussing with your professional advisers. Companies involved in qualifying R&D activity, may qualify for tax relief on certain costs incurred as part of the process. If you’re a small or medium-sized enterprise, this result in additional relief of up 130% on costs incurred. Where a company has made a loss in the year the benefit of this relief allows Small and Medium enterprises to surrender tax losses generated by R&D tax relief for a cash repayment. Patent Box Relief Innovating in your market place with new, patented technologies or inventions? Patent Box Relief allows you to access a lower rate of Corporation Tax on the profits derived from the exploitation of patented technologies and products. While the qualifying criteria are complex, the benefits to companies can see their Corporation Tax liabilities significantly reduced to as low as 10% on these profits where this relief is available. Don’t overlook this advantageous relief, Capital Allowances are often a valuable relief assisting in reducing a company’s taxable profits, generating deductions of up to 100% of the qualifying capital expenditure incurred. If you have incurred significant expenditure on property renovations in the previous 2 years, a review of the expenditure should be undertaken to maximise any Capital Allowances available which could result in significant tax savings for companies. With a downturn in the economy and some uncertainty surrounding the UK’s position after Brexit some companies are facing the prospect of making a current year tax losses. If a company has previously been profitable and paid Corporation Tax in the prior period there is the potential to utilise current year losses against prior year’s profits and generate a tax repayment. Foreign Tax Credits If you are undertaking work overseas, you may find that you suffer a withholding tax on payments received. What you may not realise is that you can claim relief against UK Corporation Tax on a pound-for-pound basis for any withholding taxes which have been suffered potentially generating a repayment. This claim can be made for a period of up to four years, in some cases allowing companies to access significant tax savings. Tax-efficient remuneration and benefits We always encourage our clients to think about what savings can be made in other areas of their business. Staff costs will typically be a significant cost to most company’s therefore any savings that can be access in this area are usually welcome. Simply changes like moving to an alternative provider for your Corporation Benefits package can result in significant cost savings for a company as well as great some tax efficiencies for your employees as well, for example moving to a salary sacrifice pension scheme. If you would like to discuss anything related to this article please do not hesitate to call Barnett & Turner on 01623 659659 or email Jonathan at jwilson@barnettandturner.co.uk 2019: the year VAT goes digital April onwards sees a major change in the way that businesses have to file VAT. It’s time to get prepared, says Jono Wilson of accountancy firm Barnett & Turner. April 2019 is looming fast and that means a big change in the way in which we account for VAT. From that date, any VAT-registered individual or business above the threshold will have to comply with the new Making Tax Digital regime. There may be some leeway for people who have registered for VAT voluntarily, but anyone else will have to file quarterly returns online. It’s important you’re fully compliant and up and running by the deadline, so now’s the time to talk to your professional adviser. They’ll be able to help you select the most appropriate software, such as QuickBooks or Xero unless bridging software can do the job for you. If you’re currently using Excel spreadsheets or keeping paper-based book-keeping records though, there’s no doubt the new system may come as a big change and you have some decisions to make. So the sooner you can make the transition, the better. HMRC proposals signals cross-border tax change Taxation has long been based around the physicalpresence of a business in a particular country. The huge expansion of the digital sector has, however, challenged our preconceptions. Many people would argue that if a global tech firm, for example, makes profits in a particular country, they should be taxed there – regardless of whether they have offices, plants or facilities in the jurisdiction. Governments and global tax authorities are currently working together on a more uniform and coherent approach to the digital economy. And as part of this process, HMRC are proposing a significant change. Right now, if a UK company pays royalties for the exploitation of intellectual property and similar rights to overseas entities, they are subject to the deduction of UK tax at 20%. The only exception is if there’s an international agreement to reduce this amount. The UK now proposes to include payments made by a non-UK entity to a fellow non-UK connected party in a jurisdiction (often with low or zero tax), with which the UK does not hold a suitable double tax treaty. In the example below, Company A derives UK income, but has no UK taxable presence and pays no UK tax. It may obtain a tax deduction in its location of residence for the royalty it pays to B. If B is in a location which has low or zero tax, the structure is very efficient. Under the proposed reform, a 20% UK tax could apply on the royalty paid from A to B. It closes a loophole, but may have a wider scope than imagined, as it signals a radical shift away from current principles on the taxation of cross-border payments. Could changing your accounting date help reduce your tax bill? If you’re an unincorporated business (a sole trader or partnership), you have free choice when it comes to your accounting date says Barnett & Turner’s Jono Wilson. Some choose a date for commercial reasons – for example to fit in with a cyclical trading pattern or to fall in a slack period – and for others the logical choice may be 5 April (or 31 March) to align with the tax year. Choosing the right year end will not only make life administratively easier for a business, but choosing a year end other than 5 April (or 31 March) can also give you a cash-flow advantage and create outright tax savings, if the circumstances are right. Depending on the choice of accounting date, new businesses and individuals joining existing partnerships may see some of their profits taxed twice because of special rules which dictate when – and to what extent – business profits are assessed. Profits taxed twice are known as “overlap profits”. Businesses trading when self-assessment was introduced in 1996/97 may be carrying overlap profits and changing a business’ accounting date can also cause profits to be doubly assessed. The value of any doubly assessed or overlap profits is subsequently carried forward and given as a tax-reducer when a business ceases, when an individual leaves a partnership and on certain changes of accounting date. The thought of profits being taxed twice naturally gives rise to a common misconception that overlap profits are bad. In reality, a change of accounting date can be used to your advantage, which is illustrated in the very simple case study below. A partnership with a 30 April year end went from being highly profitable to being loss making, almost overnight. A 30 April year end is great, as it allows a lengthy period between making profits and paying tax on them, but, where a business falters as above, tax becomes payable when the business has no cash (unless it has a very prudent and very disciplined tax provision policy). In this case, changing the year end to 31 March enabled the partners to use their significant overlap profits and it also enabled earlier access to trading losses; this not only created significant cash-flow benefits for the business, but it also got rid of the overlap profits. A few years later, the business returned to significant profitability, almost as spectacularly as it became loss making, resulting in significant tax bills made worse by the catch-up effect of a large self-assessment balancing payment plus payments on account. In the light of this, the partnership year end was returned to 30 April, which created some new overlap profits, but it also had two additional and significant benefits: o It deferred payment of significant amounts of tax by 12 months, creating positive cash flow and allowing the business to get its tax provisioning in check; and o It pushed profits into a later tax year, giving the opportunity to undertake some income tax planning and reduce the deferred tax liabilities. So if you’re unincorporated and interested in finding out more about this specific issue of your accounting date, it’s certainly worth starting a conversation with your accountant. Tax, Employment How to handle termination payments correctly Tracy Henson of Barnett & Turner tackles some frequently asked questions on the payments made when you terminate an employee’s contract. With careful planning, you can save tax and national insurance when you make termination payments, but it’s important to bear a number of different factors in mind. Remember that the first £30,000 of any such payment can, in theory, be made tax free, but there are a number of conditions attached. What are the current conditions which for the exemption to apply? Currently, if you have a contractual right to make a payment in lieu of notice (‘PILON’), that payment is subject to income tax and national insurance contributions (‘NICs’). If there is no PILON clause and the employer grants a termination payment to the employee at the end of the employment, the first £30,000 can be paid tax-free. Any amount above this threshold is taxable, however no NICs are due. What are the conditions which must be met after 5 April 2018? From 6 April 2018 all payments in lieu will be taxable. The intention of these reforms is to ensure that the basic pay an employee would have earned had the employee worked his or her notice in full will be subject to tax (any amount above this may benefit from the £30,000 exemption). The reforms will therefore require employers to identify the amount of basic pay that the employee would have received if they had worked their notice period and to split a termination payment between (1) amounts treated as earnings and (2) amounts which are being paid in true compensation for loss of employment and which may benefit from the £30,000 threshold for tax exemption. And from April 2019? Currently, where the exemption is available no National Insurance (NI) will be due on the payment made. However, from April 2019, this rule will change with employer’s NI being payable on the balance over £30,000. Can some payments qualify for a higher limit? Yes. Some can even be paid tax free, where the payment relates to injury, disability or death. However, HMRC interpret the exemption for termination on injury or disability very narrowly. What are the rules about non-cash benefits? There is a requirement to include the cash equivalent of any non-cash benefits made, for example the provision of a company car. Any non-cash benefits are treated as income in the year in which the benefits are enjoyed. Does the timing of the payment make a difference? Where a qualifying termination payment is made to the employee before they leave, the excess over £30,000 is subject to deduction of tax under PAYE under the normal rules. If payments are made to an employee after they leave, and after a P45 has been issued, then the employer must deduct tax under PAYE at the basic rate. The employee is then liable for any additional tax charge on the termination payment received under the self-assessment system. What planning opportunities do you have? There are a few possibilities where the termination is to exceed the £30,000, such as: making a contribution towards the employee’s legal fees, which may include, for example, the fees for their solicitor to review a compromise agreement; deferring the tax point – there may be a saving to the employee by spreading the payment over two tax years, where the entitlement to deferred consideration should be specified in the settlement agreement; making a contribution into the employee’s pension fund; and considering whether any element of the payment made could be identified as compensation for discrimination, or injury/disability, which may be tax free. Given the complex nature of the legislation, it’s always good to seek advice before a termination payment is made, to avoid any potential bear traps. Failure to take reasonable care in analysing the nature of the payment and describing it in the settlement agreement may result in the parties facing unnecessary or unexpected tax liabilities. Tax, General Your shares are worthless? Things may not be as bad as you thought... It’s a nightmare scenario. You’ve invested in a company and then discover that it has collapsed and that its shares have become worthless. Imagine, for example, owning a slice of Carillion – which went from being one of the UK’s largest construction businesses to a company revealed to have £1.5bn in debt and whose shares were suspended. If HMRC declares shares to have ‘negligible value’ (as they have in the Carillion case), you’re entitled to capital gains relief, which will help you to reduce your tax liability. Here are some commonly asked questions: How does it work in practice? In effect, you can set the original cost of the asset against other capital gains in the current tax year or even carry it forward against gains in future years. Can I backdate a claim? Yes. You can treat it as a loss arising in either of the two preceding tax years. Can I claim loss from unlisted, negligible-value shares against income? In theory, yes, but you’ll need to consult your accountant as you’ll need to meet a significant number of conditions. A grand idea for would-be business people writes Tracy Henson of Barnett & Turner Are you a budding entrepreneur who’s selling products over the web from your back bedroom? Or perhaps you’re renting out one of your rooms via Airbnb? From the start of the 2017/18 tax year, it’s been possible to claim annual tax-free allowances – one related to trading and the other to property. These provide an exemption from income tax and an excellent opportunity to test the water with a business idea without having to worry about tax compliance issues. There’s no need to register with HMRC if you are generating income of a thousand pounds per annum or less. Property Allowance This applies to both commercial and residential lettings and gives you full relief from tax if your annual income before tax is less than £1,000. If the property is jointly owned, each individual can claim the allowance against their share of the gross rental income. If you’re earning more than £1,000, partial relief is available. Trading Allowance This is designed for people who are trading in small amounts or receiving miscellaneous income from goods, services or assets. You might, for instance, be selling items on a website such as eBay. Again, with some exceptions, you can claim the allowance where total income is less than £1,000 and partial relief is available for sums under this amount. Employment, General, Tax HOW TO AVOID A POST-PARTY HANGOVER Jono Wilson of Barnett & Turner looks at the tax implications of the Summer or Christmas bash you hold at your workplace. If you’re looking to the summer and planning a party for your employees, it’s worth bearing in mind the potential tax implications. The good news is that, unlike entertaining customers, the costs of entertaining employees are generally allowable against the profits of the business. But what about the consequences for the employees themselves? Will they have to pay tax on the benefit? The general rule is that as long as the total costs of all employee annual functions in a tax year are less than £150 per head (VAT inclusive), there will be no tax implications for the employees themselves. In considering this limit, it is necessary to include all the costs of an event including any food, drinks, entertainment, transport and accommodation that you provide. If the total costs are above the limit of £150, the employee will have to pay tax on the full cost of the benefit. In that scenario, it should be reported on each employee’s P11D or, alternatively, you may choose to enter into a PAYE Settlement Agreement with HMRC to cover the tax. It is also worth noting that a new exemption in relation to employee entertainment was introduced on 6th April 2016. From this date, a benefit provided by an employer to an employee was made exempt from tax and need not be reported to HMRC on a P11D if all of the following conditions are satisfied: The cost of providing the benefit does not exceed £50; The benefit is not cash or cash vouchers; The employee is not entitled to the benefit as part of any contractual obligation; and Where the employer is a close company and the benefit is provided to an individual who is a director or other office holder of the company (or a member of their family), the exemption is capped at a total of £300 in the tax year. A company holds two annual functions open to all its employees in the tax year – a summer party and a Christmas party. The total costs of the summer party, including transport and accommodation, are £10,000 including VAT. The total number of attendees was 100, so the cost per head was therefore £100. The Christmas party cost £8,000 including VAT, and 100 people attended this. The cost per head is therefore £80. The total cost per head for both functions is £180, so they cannot both qualify for an exemption. As the cost per head of each party is not more than £150, either event can qualify on its own, however it is more beneficial overall for the costlier summer party to be exempted. If an employee attends both events, they will be taxed only on the benefit of £80 for the Christmas party. If they only attend the summer party, there will be no taxable benefit because that event is exempt. If they only attend the Christmas party, they will be taxed on the benefit of £80. Both functions would be taxable if the average cost per head of each of the events exceeded £150. This limit is not an allowance to be set against an amount that exceeds that figure. It’s worth talking to your accountant if you have any concerns about the tax implications of the summer party season ahead. That way, everyone can enjoy the event without a financial hangover. Financial Planning, General, Tax Build up your funds for future generations Barnett & Turner partner Jonathan Wilson considers how life insurance can become an investment. For a number of years, we have had the option of using what are called “Whole of Life” insurance policies to help to fund potential inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities. Put simply, these policies are a form of insurance where annual premiums are paid in return for a guaranteed payment on death. They are structured in such a way that the proceeds do not form part of the deceased’s estate and therefore escape IHT. In reality, this means the IHT liability is potentially reduced to the total cost of the premiums. Traditionally, clients have taken out life insurance for peace of mind, so they know their beneficiaries’ inheritance tax bill will be met. They haven’t necessarily considered whether the policy proceeds represent a good return on the premiums paid. With interest rates falling to record lows, it is now more appropriate than ever to view life policies as investments. At the time of writing, the post-tax return for a 45% taxpayer, on a very long-dated UK government gilt (49 years to redemption), is only 0.8% per annum. A couple aged 60 can obtain £1m of second-death, last-survivor, whole-of-life cover for an annual premium of £11,700, assuming standard health terms apply. If we were to assume that one of the policyholders lives to age 109 (a very cautious assumption to match a 49 year old gilt), the return on the total annual premiums of £573,300 is just under 2.2% per annum net of tax. To continue with this example, we could assume, more realistically, that the life expectancy of the last survivor is 95. In our scenario above, the effective return on the total annual premiums is £409,500 – a relatively attractive 4.73% per annum net. However, these figures also ignore the fact that the proceeds will generally fall outside of the estate, due to the policies being held in trust. The actual return on the policy payer is effectively enhanced further by 40% (representing the IHT that would have had to be paid had the proceeds remained within the estate) in most cases. Therefore, life policies not only provide a lump sum for your beneficiaries, but they also provide a comparatively excellent return over the period until the beneficiaries receive the money. Life policies can be a good-value option for building up funds for the next generation. You may benefit from advice from your IFA or Accountant tailored around your own personal circumstances. Business, General, Tax Could your generosity end up costing you? - Make sure you don’t lose out writes Jono Wilson of Barnett & Turner. If you’ve given some money or household items to a charity recently, the chances are you’ve been asked whether you’d like to ‘Gift Aid’ your donation. The representative of the charity will have told you that this claim increases your gift by 25%. So, for every £80 donated, the charity receives £100 – made up of your own donation of £80 and £20 of tax reclaimed from HMRC. On the face of it, the Gift Aid option may seem like an obvious choice, but there is a potential downside. If you have not paid sufficient income tax or capital gains tax during the year to cover the reclaimed tax, HMRC will require you to make up the difference, which may result in an unexpected tax bill due to your generosity! It’s an issue which is likely to take on a greater prominence, as recent changes to the way in which investment income is taxed will result in many individuals ceasing to be taxpayers: Prior to 6 April 2016, dividends were received with a notional credit which was included when calculating tax paid for Gift Aid purposes, but the notional credit has now been abolished and the first £5,000 of dividend income (decreasing to the first £2,000 from 6 April 2018) is taxed at a rate of 0%; and The savings rate of income tax offers another 0% tax band available to individuals with interest income falling within the first £5,000 in excess of their personal allowance. These changes will disproportionately affect pensioners with modest incomes and owners of companies who remunerate themselves in the most tax-efficient way. Many of the individuals that will be impacted by this change are not required prepare tax returns each year. It does seem likely, however, that because of HMRC’s digital and information gathering powers, they will soon be able to identify non-taxpayers who have made Gift Aid donations and pass on an unexpected bill to the donor. It’s therefore worth considering your own position, as well as that of those close to you. You may have some options to ensure that neither you nor the charity lose out. If you feel that you might be caught out, but your spouse would not, it’s worth considering getting them to make the donation instead. If you are the owner of a small company, it may be possible to make the charitable donations through the business, rather than on an individual level. Although a company cannot make donations through the Gift Aid scheme, it should receive corporation tax relief on the donations and there may be scope to increase the amount you give to reflect this. If you believe that you may be adversely affected by these changes, it’s worth having a chat with your accountant. *These articles are provided free of charge and are intended as discussion pieces based upon the position as indicated at the date of being initially published. They are not intended to be, nor are they any substitute for comprehensive professional advice. For detailed advice, specific to your own circumstances please call the office on 01623 659659 to arrange an appointment. Need business advice? Let's talk! → Barnett & Turner, 68 Westgate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 1RR01623 659659enquiries@barnettandturner.co.uk Barnett & Turner is the trading name of Barnett & Turner Accountants Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with registered number 09259232. ©Copyright 2019 Barnett & Turner. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer and Privacy Policy	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1101
__label__cc	0.532041	0.467959	Commencement May 26, 2003 Weather & FAQs #batesgrad The Procession Past Honorands Past Commencements Degree citation DEAN JILL REICH: President Hansen, I am honored to present Carol Bellamy. Our humanity is grounded in the ways we treat our fellow humans, especially those most dependent upon us. Our future will be defined by the ways we care for, nurture, and encourage our children, for they will carry our society forward. Today we honor a woman whose eloquent advocacy of the rights of children around the world has helped advance the human prospect. Carol Bellamy exemplifies the very best in what we expect from a person educated in the liberal arts tradition: an inventive thinker, an ethically grounded public servant, a persuasive leader devoted to improving society. After having served as a Peace Corps volunteer, lawyer, financier, director of the Peace Corps, New York state senator, and New York City Council president, Ms. Bellamy brought her considerable talents, experience, and commitment to social justice to the United Nations Children’s Fund. As executive director of UNICEF since 1995, Ms. Bellamy has advanced a set of ambitious goals aimed at improving the lives of children across the globe, focusing on health, from nutrition programs to the management of infectious diseases that claim the lives of so many children; on providing access to education, particularly for girls, recognizing that only through education can girls and women fully participate in society; on efforts to reduce violence against children, whether in the home or through acts of war; and in reducing child labor and alleviating poverty. To meet these enormous challenges, Ms. Bellamy has skillfully harnessed the collective energy and resources of the world’s governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals by articulating the moral imperative of all nations to protect and nurture children. For her boundless optimism, for her conviction that every individual deserves to reach his or her fullest potential, and for her diplomatic but relentless call to action, I present Carol Bellamy for the degree Doctor of Humane Letters. PRESIDENT ELAINE HANSEN: Carol Bellamy, we honor you as one who champions the highest ideals of public health for those who are most vulnerable in our world. As executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund, you make the case that poverty can be reduced and the world can be made more secure only if children are allowed to grow in health, peace, and dignity. You use your respected voice in the international community to promote key UNICEF priorities: immunizing every child, ensuring that all girls and boys receive a quality basic education, reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS and its impact on youth, protecting children from violence and exploitation, and introducing universal early childhood development programs. Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the Board of Trustees, I hereby confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities which here and everywhere pertain to this degree. Watch Bates’ 153rd Commencement live on Sunday, May 26 at 10 a.m. Picture story: Baccalaureate 2019 Photographs from Baccalaureate 2019: an afternoon of reflection and celebration, of song and dance — a time to remember, rejoice, and give thanks. Video: ‘It’s OK to struggle,’ says senior s… A lesser-known aspect of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus resonated with the senior speaker. Video: 2019 Commencement in 14 convenient segments From processional to recessional, watch video clips of the entire 153rd Bates Commencement, held May 26, 2019. Christine Schwartz Dining, Conferences and Campus Events cschwart@bates.edu	cc/2019-30/en_head_0041.json.gz/line1103