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SEPTEMBER, 2011 ELUL 5771TISHRI 5772 Vol. 163, No 1
SHABBAT SERVICES FOR SEPTEMBER
SHABBAT SHOFITIM
2 Friday Evening 6:30 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat
3 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM
Shabbat Morning Service
Torah: Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12-52:12
SHABBAT KI TEITZEI
10 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM
Torah: Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-10
SHABBAT KI TAVO
16 Friday Evening
6:30 PM: Kabbalat Shabbat
Amanda Grad will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah
Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Haftarah: Isaiah 60:1-22
SHABBAT NITZAVIM / VAYELEICH
Fourth Friday Late Shabbat
7:00 PM: Dinner
8:00 PM: Shabbat Evening Service
Service of Conversion: Anne Levy
Kiddush to follow
Saturday Evening 8:00 PM
Selichot: Dessert Reception, Film, Havdalah & Selichot Service
Please see page 5 for details
Torah: Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10-6 3:9
SHABBAT SHUVA / HAAZINU
Oct. 1 Saturday Morning 10:30 AM
Torah: Leviticus 19:1-20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15
HIGH HOLY DAY
Wednesday, September 28th
6:00 PM - Service for Rosh Hashanah
9:00 AM - Family Service: One for Tots,
another for Grades 1-7
10:00 AM - Morning Service
4:00 PM - Tashlich, with Josh Adland
at the stream in Prospect Park
Friday, October 7th
8:00 PM - Kol Nidre
1:00 PM - Early Afternoon Prayers
1:30 PM - Social Action Forum
3:00 PM - Afternoon Service
5:00 PM - Yizkor & Nelah
A light break-the-fast will follow
Child care is available during all
call the Temple office
at 718 638 7600
Rabbis Message
Rabbinic Mission To Russia
Rabbinic Mission to Russia.... This July I spent one of the most extraordinary
weeks of my life, as I was privileged to travel to Russia on a UJA-Federation
Rabbinic Mission, led and hosted by John Ruskay, CEO of UJA-Federation
New York. There were 16 rabbis: 4 Reform, 2 Modern Orthodox, 1 Recon-
structionist, and 7 Conservative. Assisting with the mission was Dru Green-
wood, Director of Synergy, the UJA-Federation program of strengthening Jew-
ish identity through the synagogue.
Summer Camp.... For most of our trip we stayed in Moscow, but we also spent
one day in St. Petersburg. The trip to St. Petersburg was primarily to visit a
Jewish summer camp run by the Jewish Agency. Most of the kids are high-
school age, and the counselors, in their early 20's. Except for the fact that eve-
ryone was speaking Russian, it could have been Camp Eisner, or any of the URJ camps around the US - with
was one conspicuous difference. One, after the other, after the other, they told us their stories, and typically
the story went like this. . . Ive been coming to camp for several years now. The first time I came, two weeks
before the summer my grandfather told me that he had heard about a nice summer camp, and he wanted me to
go. And by the way, he said, youre a Jew. ....
Totalitarianism.... For some 70 years, the Soviet regime had deliberately and thoroughly stamped out, destroyed,
prohibited, and effectively erased, all traces of Jewish life and identity in the Former Soviet Union. There were
no functioning synagogues, no Hebrew schools, no Jewish community centers, bar/bat mitzvahs, Jewish wed-
dings, camps, rabbinical academies or family heirlooms in peoples homes. Nothing.
Sharansky.... Nevertheless, somehow there was a spark. For any of us who lived through the 1970's and 80's,
the Refusenik Movement will be indelibly impressed upon our hearts and minds. In the aftermath of the Six-Day
War in Israel, small groups of Jews in the FSU arose, determined to assert their Jewish identity. They got to-
gether underground. They read journals, studied Hebrew, and established connections with the outside world.
Eventually they applied for exit visas so that they could emigrate to Israel. The Kremlin refused their applica-
tions. All through the 70's and 80's, hundreds of thousands of us took to the streets in the US, Israel, and
around the world, to let our Jewish brothers and sisters know that they were not alone, and to let the Kremlin
know it as well. Many of the Refuseniks were arrested and imprisoned. Of course the poster child, as it were,
for the Refusenik Movement, was Anatoly Sharansky. In 1977, Sharansky was arrested on charges of treason
and spying for the United States, and sentenced to 13 years of forced labor in a Siberian labor camp. After years
of international pressure, finally he was released in 1986. On Mothers Day of that year, at our annual Solidarity
Day March, we were gathered as usual for a rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the United Nations, when sud-
denly Sharansky appeared on the podium. The swirl of emotion in that crowd could not be contained. He lifted
his arms as if to embrace the crowd, and said, as I remember it: All of this is possible - all of it - only because of
you - because you never forgot me.... It was a seminal moment in my life, and in the lives of all of us there, and
around the world. During our day in St. Petersburg this July, my colleagues and I were privileged to be joined
by the man now known as Natan Sharansky, and his wife Avital. They came from Jerusalem to be with us that
day at the summer camp. Natan, of course, now serves as the Chairman of the Jewish Agency For Israel, under
whose auspices the camp, and others like it, operates. In presenting Natan to us for the first of what would be a
number of discussions during that remarkable day and evening, John Ruskay observed that some may think of
Natan as having changed the Jewish world. This is true, but not complete. Natan Sharansky changed the world.
(Continued on page 3)
Officers Column
Its Going to be a Great Year!
Not often do we have the opportunity to be in the presence of someone who has changed the world.
Being a Jew.... I will be telling you more about this extraordinary trip, and the work of the UJA-Federation in
the FSU. But the underlying message for all of us is the mandate to cherish our Jewish lives and to take per-
sonal responsibility for perpetuating them. While we are certainly secure in the United States, thank God, we
run the risk of allowing our security to lull us into taking our Jewishness so much for granted that we end up
squandering the privilege of being Jewish. Though it is still mid-summer as I write this, September and the
Holidays are fast approaching. As we enter our High Holy Day season, I implore you to consider this privi-
lege, as we continue the discussion in days to come.
From Stephen, Philip and myself, Lshanah Tovah Tikateivu Vteichateimu A happy and healthy New
Year to you and those you love. May you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for blessing, life, and
-Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman
(Continued from page 2)
September kicks off a new season at Union Temple, with the High Holy Days starting at the end of September,
the Temple Open House on September 18th and a slew of brand new programs for families and young people.
Were delighted to welcome as our new Religious School Principal Daniel Kirzane, a very accomplished
young man who is pursuing both rabbinic and educational studies at Hebrew Union College. Daniel will also
be putting together a young adults program, for 20- and 30-somethings. And were bringing back our youth
group for post- Bar/Bat Mitzvah kids. Youll be hearing more about all these activities as we go along.
For preschoolers and their families, we will have "Fridays at Four," every Friday now (except for holidays), to
provide a consistent routine for coming to Temple. The very kid-friendly Shabbat programs will start at 4:00,
led by Yoshie Fruchter from the Preschool, who, Im told, is a rock star among the younger set.
Dont forget the monthly First Friday Family Shabbats, the first Friday of most months. Come to service with
your kids at 6:30 or come early for a snack followed by potluck dinner. Because the High Holy Days are
late this year our First Friday services start November 4th.
And, we are especially excited to be participating in the PJ Library program, in which we send free Jewish-
themed books to families of children ages 6 months to 8 years. Actually, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation
chooses and mails the books (and picks up most of the cost of the program), but everything is branded as com-
ing from Union Temple. In addition to mailing the books, we will plan events centered around the books, such
as a reading circle for kids and parents at our September 18th Open House.
The benefits are many and fit right into our goal of bringing young people into the life of the Temple. We aim
to sign up 200 subscribers: current members; families whove shown an interest in our preschool or Hebrew
school; and Jewish families in the neighborhood who may hear about us from our publicity or by word of
mouth. The books, a gift from the Temple, will give parents an easy, comfortable way to reinforce Jewish
themes and values in the home. The events allow us to interact directly with the parents and kids in the best
possible environment.
-Beatrice Hanks, President
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Welcome back from your summer activities. I hope
they were all enjoyable.
Brotherhood has an active fall season planned, begin-
ning on September 18th with participation in the Un-
ion Temple Membership Open House.
Every year, Brotherhood members volunteer to serve
as ushers for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ser-
vices (September 28-29 and October 7-8). Ill be con-
tacting you soon about participating in that.
On Sunday, October 9th, we will be building a suk-
kah, a traditional favorite fall activity for Brotherhood.
And if thats not enough physical activity, were plan-
ning a bike ride in Prospect Park on October 23rd.
And on Sunday, November 20th, I will be leading a
book discussion about the novel 36 Arguments for the
Existence of God, by Rebecca Goldstein. The central
character, Cass Seltzer, is a professor of the psychol-
ogy of religion, and became unexpectedly rich and
famous by writing a book in which he refuted dozens
of arguments for the existence of God. We read hilari-
ous accounts of his academic life and loves (the fun
really begins when an ex-girlfriend, Roz Margolis,
breezes in) and a visit to the Hasidic community that
his mother had fled from. (She was related to the
rebbe, but said it was no big deal since everyone was
related there.) The book also takes a few serious turns
as Seltzer becomes involved in the rebbes sons
struggles over his future, and as Seltzer approaches a
big debate at Harvard on the existence of God. And if
you really were looking for 36 arguments, theyre in
an appendix at the end of the book, along with Ms.
Goldsteins analysis refuting each of them. Ms. Gold-
stein, by the way, is also the author of Betraying
Spinoza, which was the subject of a Brotherhood book
discussion a few years ago.
On Saturday evening, December 3, Brotherhood and
Sisterhood will have a Havdalah service at the Tem-
ple, followed by a visit to the Brooklyn museum for its
First Saturday event of art and music.
And we will begin 2012 with a book discussion led by
Andy Mirer on January 22nd, about The Blood of
Lorraine by Barbara Corrado Pope. It is a tale about
the investigation of a murder in 19th Century France.
Make that two murders: First an infant is killed and
mutilated, and the parents claim that a Jew was the
murderer, and then a prominent member of the local
Jewish community is murdered.
Please join us at all of our Brotherhood activities this year.
-Steve Segall, Brotherhood President
Mark Your Calendars
The Soferet: A woman in a mans world
The scribal art, particularly when it comes to writing Torahs, generally has been closed to women. There
are a few who have broken through. Aviel Barclay is one of them...
My fascination with the art of calligraphy stems mainly from my love of the He-
brew alefbet and my desire to use it as a way to serve G@d and the world. As a
Jewish artist, I work with an awareness and respect for Torah, poetry, visual art,
and the discipline of lettering.
We will hear her compelling story in a short film as we prepare for
Selichot. Join us.
Saturday Evening, September 24th
8:00Dessert Reception
9:45Havdalah, and the Changing of the Torah Mantles
10:00Selichot, ending with a Blast of the Shofar
Welcome Daniel Kirzane
Shalom! My name is Daniel Kirzane,
and Im delighted to be starting as
Union Temples new educator for
2011-2012. Im a fourth-year rab-
binical and education student at the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion, where I serve as the
coordinator of the HUC-JIR Soup Kitchen. Im look-
ing forward to the start of a great new school year and
a bright season ahead.
The Religious School this year will be operating much
as it has in the past. Students in grades 1-7 will be
meeting on Sunday mornings from 9:30-12:30, and I
invite parents to join us for welcoming and concluding
activities 9:30-9:45 and 12:15-12:30. As last year,
kindergarten students will be meeting from 10:00-
11:30. These weekly hours of instruction will be en-
riching and fun for students, teachers, and parents!
Im proud to announce as well that this year, Union
Temple will be starting a new youth group, drawing
-grade students. You will soon be hear-
ing from David Marx, Religious School teacher and
youth group coordinator, in the coming weeks and
months with more information.
The author of Proverbs teaches us, Educate a youth in
the path he ought to go; Even as he grows old, he will
not swerve from it (22:6). These short lines emphasize
the lasting importance of a foundational education.
Also, taken another way, the first line
could read, Educate a youth in his
own way. This turn of phrase re-
minds us that every child has his or her
own way of understanding the world,
and our task as parents and teachers is
to connect with them on their level.
Thus, this year, I intend to learn about
the way of each child at Union
Temple and to reach out to these stu-
dents in order to help provide a foun-
dation for their Jewish future. As a
community, we will study, pray, and
sing together, and I certainly hope
you will join us along the way!
Please send any questions, comments,
or feedback to me at uniontempleedu-
cator@gmail.com.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 ~
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
FOURTH FRIDAY SHABBAT
Dinner and Shabbat Evening Service
THE RABBI A. STANLEY DREYFUS
MEMORIAL LECTURE
DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKER:
RABBI DR. MARTIN A COHEN
Rabbi Dr. Martin A. Cohen is Pro-
fessor of Jewish History at He-
brew Union College - Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion in New York. His
areas of scholarly concentration
are the History of Early Rabbinic
Judaism and Christianity, and the
History of the Jews in the Modern
World, with special emphasis on
Sephardic Jewry. He earned un-
dergraduate and graduate degrees at the University
of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. at HUC-JIR. He is an
engaging speaker, and beloved and respected by all
his colleagues and students alike. A loyal mentor and
cherished friend and teacher to our Rabbi, we are
blessed to welcome him to Union Temple.
Friday at Four
Shabbat for Kids
Pre-K and K
Every Friday at 4 PM
With YOSHIE
At Union Temple
17 Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza
Begins September 16, 4:00 PM
Come and celebrate Shabbat.
Suddenly it's September, and the long, hot summer is be-
hind us. We hope that, despite temperatures that threat-
ened to melt the thermometers (and us!), you had a pleas-
ant and eventful summer and are now rested and ready to
join us as we embark on an exciting new season.
As always, we have many stimulating programs planned,
and we'll be launching this season with one of our popular
Rosh Chodesh Seders. Mark your calendar for Sunday,
October 30th at 10 a.m. We'll be welcoming you back
with a Rosh Chodesh Seder that celebrates the beginning
of the month of Cheshvan. It is a quiet month, without
holidays, a time to reflect on the hopes and dreams we
surrounded ourselves with during the Holy Days of our
new year. Together, we'll explore those hopes and dreams
and the ways we can use them to enhance and broaden
our lives. It will be an enlightening morning of sharing
and caring, filled with warmth, friendship, and funand,
of course, lots of good things to eat!
Watch this space and your mail for more information
about all our programs. Every one of them is guaran-
teed to delight and inspire you. We hope you'll be with
us for them alland as a member. If you have not yet
renewed your membership, please do so promptly, and
if you are not yet a Sisterhood member, we hope you
will join us now. It's as simple as writing a check for
$36 to Sisterhood of Union Temple. Think about it
for only double chai you can perform the mitzvah of
bringing hope and help where they are needed by add-
ing your voice, your heart, and your hands to ours, as
together we reach out to perform tikkun olam.
Sisterhood wishes everyone a happy, healthy, success-
ful New Year. May 5772 be a year of peace in our
hearts, our homes, and our world. L'Shanah Tova!
-Barbara Brett, Secretary
An Exciting New Season Ahead
Got musical talent? Bring it to the temple!
Wed love for you to play at a service sometime,
or any other time!
Please call Rabbi Goodman: 718-638-7600 x2 or
E-mail her: rabbigoodman@uniontemple.org
John and Nancy Beranbaum
Hy and Barbara Brett
Eleanor Forman, zl
Leon and Rose Freilich
Dennies Gajadhar
Dr. Peter Gomori and Jannette Katz
Rabbis Stephen and Linda Goodman
Arlene Greendlinger
Lawrence and Judy Gutman
Jean Pierre and Judith Halioua
Stephen and Beatrice Hanks
George Hausman and Anna Budd
Doris Klueger
Arnold and Ellen Kolikoff
Dr. Jonathan and Beth Kurfirst
Kenneth Meister and Laurie Shahon
Jason S. Meyer
Robert Newhouser
Tom and Heidi Oleszczuk
Cherly Paradis and
Dr. Gene P. McCollough
Dorothy Z. Peters
Steven and Devorah Rifkind
Zeva Greendale Roschko
Daniel Schachter and Stephanie
Marc Schwabish and Lisa Huang
Michael Schwartz and Sheila Solow
Steven Segall and Mark Silverstein
Jean Shaffer
Beverly Silverman
Howard and Linda Simka
Henry and Susanne Singer
Dr. Lewis and Sheila Soloff
Larry Steckman and Annette Schulz
Jeffrey Stein and Denise Waxman
Marc Sweet
Jake and Lis Tamarkin
David and Louise Trubek
Elmer Twente and Andrea Polans
Julie Zellat
We acknowledge with great appreciation all those
who contributed to our Annual Passover Appeal.
@Mazal Tov to our Bat Mitzvah@
Amanda Grad
Daughter of Kimberly and Douglas Grad
Amanda is in the 8th
grade at William Alex-
ander Middle School
51, where she special-
izes in drama. Her fa-
vorite activities include
reading, listening to
music, photography,
jewelry making and
spending time with her friends. She also
loves training Winston the Grad family pug
puppy with her brother Harry. We are so
proud of her accomplishments. Our love,
pride and joy will be with Amanda as she
becomes a Bat Mitzvah on September 17,
Onbehalfoftheentirecongregation,Rabbi
Goodmanthanksandcommendsour
congregantswhoconductedShabbat
servicesthissummer:
AbeBarnett
Dr.RobertFried
JannetteKatz
CarolynKubitschek
DavidLansner
NicoleLebenson
Dr.GailLevine
Dr.LeonoreMax
MarvinPolonsky
JeanShaffer
HenrySinger
HowardSimka
LindaSimka
JeffreyStein
DeniseWaxman
We express our heartfelt sympathy to
ANNE MALTZ
on the death of her mother
SUZANNE MALTZ
on August 12th.
We extend our condolences as well to Anne's father
Richard, her son Michael Potecha, her sister and
brother-in-law, Sara and Helmut Foell, and their
children, Daniel, Julia, and Alexandra Foell.
and to:
ALYSSA WEINSTEIN and AL MILLER
on the death of Alyssas mother
ROSE WEINSTEIN
on June 11th.
We extend our condolences as well to grandchildren Maggie
and Zachary Miller, and Alyssas brother Robert Weinstein.
MARK AND SHERRI GRASHOW
on the death of their daughter-in-law
YASUKO TAMAKI
on May 10th.
We express our heartfelt condolences as well to Yasuko's
husband, Alex Grashow; their children, Sakura, Shogo, and
Hiroto Grashow and Yasuko's parents,
Sachiko and Kenkichi Tamaki.
BARBARA and JEFFREY KURLAND, AND THEIR
SON ALEX
on the death of Barbara's mother
MARY LUBITZ KUSHNER
on June 4th.
We express our condolences as well to
Barbara's brother and sisters,
Kenneth, Persephone and Beth, their spouses and children,
and the entire extended family.
ROSEMARIE, DAVID and RAFE SHAFFER
on the death of their mother-in-law and grandmother
PEARL SHAFFER
mother of Martin Shaffer, z"l,
nbz? d:\bt
May their memories be for a blessing
UNION TEMPLE MEMORIAL FUND
Donated by ....................................................................................... in memory of
Doris and Ronald Nydell ........................................................................................ Eleanor Forman
Joyce M. Charles .................................................................................................... Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
David and Beatrice Segal ....................................................................................... Nathan Segal
Dorothy Selcov ....................................................................................................... Eleanor Forman
Sherry Rosenberg ................................................................................................... Eva Goldstone
Neil and Paula Schaeffer ........................................................................................ Eleanor Forman
Anna Budd and George Hausman .......................................................................... Lena Hausman
Esther Fleisch ......................................................................................................... Eleanor Forman
Rae Schiff ............................................................................................................... Sadie Frank
Doris Klueger ......................................................................................................... Pearl Shaffer
Dr. Gail Levine-Fried ............................................................................................. Myrna Levine
Herb and Julie Karlitz ............................................................................................ Irwin Karlitz
Marilyn Goodman .................................................................................................. Arnold Goodman
Norman Silverman ................................................................................................. Beverly Silverman
Anna Budd and George Hausman .......................................................................... Gilbert Hausman
Steven Segall .......................................................................................................... Norma Segall
Sherry Rosenberg ................................................................................................... Harry Goldstone
Bert Ludwig ........................................................................................................... Sadye R. Altman
Rabbis Stephen W. and Linda Henry Goodman..................................................... Rabbi Alfred L. Goodman
Henry and Susanne Singer ..................................................................................... Irma Cohen
Henry and Susanne Singer ..................................................................................... Solomon J. Singer
RABBIS DISCRETIONARY FUND
Edward and Roberta Gothelf .................................................................................. in honor of Howard Simka's retirement.
Barbara and Jeffrey Kurland .................................................................................. in memory of Barbara's mother,
Anna Budd and George Hausman .......................................................................... with best wishes
Alyssa Weinstein and Alfred Miller ....................................................................... in memory of Alyssa's mother,
Ira and Audrey Forman .......................................................................................... in memory of Ira's mother, Eleanor Forman
Dr. Michael and Helen Forman .............................................................................. in memory of Michael's cousin,
Eleanor Forman
Rosemarie Shaffer .................................................................................................. in memory of Pearl Shaffer, mother of
Martin Shaffer
Rita Sherman .......................................................................................................... in honor of the marriage of Elissa J. Schpero
and David Garlick
DR. A. STANLEY DREYFUS LECTURE FUND
Barbara and Hyman Brett ....................................................................................... in honor of Drs. Gail Levine and Robert Fried
Marianne Dreyfus ................................................................................................... in memory of Rabbi A Stanley Dreyfus
Hortense Hurwitz ................................................................................................... in memory of William Feinstein
Roberta and Ed Gothelf .......................................................................................... in memory of William Feinstein
SISTERHOOD MEMORIAL FUND
Susanne and Henry Singer ..................................................................................... Eleanor Forman
Hy and Barbara Brett.............................................................................................. Joseph Zink
Hy and Barbara Brett.............................................................................................. Eleanor Forman
SISTERHOOD ROSE KEIT FLOWER FUND
Helen H. Goodman ................................................................................................. Eleanor Forman
Union Temple suggests that its members
contact our Funeral Director
Martin D. Kasdan of
Boulevard-Riverside Chapels
Proudly maintaining more
than 50 years of Temple involvement
A memorial plaque is a lasting tribute to a loved one.
If you wish more information regarding obtaining
a plaque in memory of a
loved one please e-mail the temple at
uniontemple@uniontemple.org
or leave a message with the temple office.
17 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11238
E-mail uniontemple@uniontemple.org
Website Uniontemple.org
Dr. Linda Henry Goodman
Student Cantor
Shinae Kim
Temple Musician
Daniel Kirzane
Educator/Rabbinic Intern
Susan Sporer
Beatrice Hanks
Ellen Kolikoff
Henry Singer
Steven Segall
Jeffrey Stein
Hortense R. Hurwitz
David Rapheal
John Golomb
Temple Administrator
Martin Kasdan
Zelda Elly ............................................................ September 1, 1945
Sara Kirsch .......................................................... September 2, 1939
Albert M. Kasdan ................................................ September 2, 1968
Kate K. Kauffman ............................................... September 3, 1970
Joseph D. Novich ................................................ September 4, 1948
Stella D. Kahn ..................................................... September 4, 1969
Jacob Lorence ...................................................... September 5, 1929
Bashe Kremer ...................................................... September 5, 1958
Marion Frieman ................................................... September 5, 1974
Harris Obstfeld .................................................... September 6, 1931
Alyce Nicole Fogel .............................................. September 6, 1958
Cecilia Masur ...................................................... September 6, 1962
Louis Lorence ...................................................... September 6, 1966
William Bergman ................................................ September 8, 1926
Michael Goldsmith .............................................. September 8, 1934
Hattie Mayer ........................................................ September 8, 1963
Sidney Berman .................................................. September 10, 1956
Florence Beacon ................................................ September 11, 1992
Julius Wechsler ................................................. September 14, 1943
Lazarus Muscat ................................................. September 14, 1944
Louis Kahn ........................................................ September 15, 1918
Rosa Newman ................................................... September 15, 1926
Helen Himmelreich ........................................... September 15, 1947
Harry Rutenberg ................................................ September 15, 1967
Jeanette Abromowitz ......................................... September 15, 1977
Max Kamen ....................................................... September 15, 1981
Rabbi Simon R. Cohen ...................................... September 16, 1942
Dr. Benjamin E. Wolfort ................................... September 17, 1950
Irving S. Millman .............................................. September 17, 1977
Vera Kamen ...................................................... September 17, 1989
Charlotte Berko ................................................. September 18, 1976
Samuel Schwartz ............................................... September 19, 1928
Machen Rice ...................................................... September 23, 1910
Max Dreyfuss .................................................... September 25, 1942
David Kaufman ................................................. September 26, 1958
Minnie Cowin .................................................... September 28, 1924
Henrietta Van Raalte ......................................... September 28, 1927
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Fridays at Four
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Orientation and
Seminar with the
Union Temple
Bat Mitzvah:
9;30 AM1 PM
22 234:00 PM
7:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Service
24 9:00 AM
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Critics’ Choice Awards Likely A Tribune-Charter Casualty If You Live In LA Or NY
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As the Tribune Broadcasting-Charter blackout enters its second week, NFL playoff games, college basketball and WGN America have gone unseen by millions of Spectrum subscribers. But as awards season gears up, one more indignity from the carriage fight lies ahead.
Sunday’s 24th Critics’ Choice Awards telecast, which will air from 7-10 PM ET/PT, is likely to be blacked out for Spectrum subscribers in the awards haven of Los Angeles who try to tune into the CW broadcast on KTLA Channel 5. Ditto for big cities like New York, Houston and Denver. The CW started airing the annual film-and-TV awards show last January and previously aired a film-only predecessor.
On January 2, after extending an original December 31 contract deadline, 33 Tribune stations in 24 markets went dark on Spectrum, affecting some 6 million customers of the No. 2 U.S. cable provider. Most of the stations are Fox and CW affiliates, meaning the primary programming hanging in the balance is football and CW’s primetime lineup. New episodes of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend return Friday, and shows like The Flash will resume original episodes, and next week brings the premiere of new series Roswell, New Mexico.
The Critics’ Choice Awards, which are presented by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, referred Deadline’s questions about the telecast to a CW rep, who declined to comment. Because the CW is a broadcast network, of course, awards-obsessed viewers do have other options, including antennas and streaming service Locast in certain markets. Also, the free, ad-supported CW app offers shows (including the Critics’ Choice) the day after they air and is available across a range of connected TV and mobile devices. Unlike other network apps, it does not require a pay-TV subscription.
Neither Tribune nor Charter would offer a comment when contacted by Deadline, but a person familiar with the negotiations said the expectation is that a last-minute reprieve is not in the immediate offing. That means Fox’s two NFL divisional playoff games — big-ticket clashes between the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys on Saturday night, and the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon — are also threatened.
The Critics’ Choice Awards is far from the level of the Golden Globes or the Academy Awards in terms of viewership. But especially since the previously separate film and TV categories were combined in 2016, it has drawn an A-list crowd to Barker Hanger in Santa Monica. The show offers an important slot in the runup to the Oscar nominations for a wider array of contenders to get air and red carpet time.
As Deadline’s Pete Hammond has noted, there is another reason the show remains of interest in Hollywood: its uncanny presaging of the Academy Awards. Last year, the organization honored The Shape of Water with four wins, including Best Picture, and predicted all other major categories, with 100% accuracy.
Patrick Hipes contributed to this report.
This article was printed from https://deadline.com/2019/01/critics-choice-awards-charter-spectrum-tribune-blackout-1202532015/
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Donovan McNabb Sounds Like He's Taking A Little Joy From The Eagles' Struggles
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Donovan McNabb is the best quarterback in Eagles history—this isn't even up for discussion. Deep down, with the benefit of a little distance, people in Philadelphia realize this. And while they may not regret hounding an over-the-hill McNabb out of town, they might wish they had been a little more appreciative of the guy who led them to five conference championship games and a Super Bowl apperance.
McNabb sat down with CSN Philly to discuss the end of an era in Philadelphia, and offered up a little "don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." As transcribed by Pro Football Talk:
"Making it to the NFC Championship is not easy, and I think they're starting to see that right now, that getting to the playoffs and going to the NFC Championship consistently, it's just not that easy. There are teams right now who have winning records, like the Atlanta Falcons, they've done it for so many years, and they get to the playoffs and all of a sudden they're one-and-done."
He's talking about Andy Reid, ostensibly. But McNabb isn't above the schadenfreude that comes with seeing fans spend years calling for you to go, and finally, when you're gone, not coming close to replicating your success.
Maybe trying to favorably compare the Eagles of the last decade to the Falcons isn't the best idea, though. There are four levels of the playoffs, but for fans there are only two tiers of satisfaction. For crappy teams, it's just making the postseason. For good teams like the Eagles or Falcons, it's winning the Super Bowl. Anything short, whether you're one-and-done or wait until late January to break your fans' hearts, is equally disappointing. The Falcons (before this season, perhaps) and the Eagles have their own ceilings that they just couldn't seem to keep from bumping up against every year. It's not a knock on McNabb specifically—he brings up Dan Marino—but for Philly fans, coming close and failing doesn't mean he wasn't a great quarterback, it just means he didn't win a Super Bowl. If both sides can leave it at that, maybe they'll be ready to kiss and make up.
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Facebook copies social networking concept from 600 years ago
The Facebook concept was anticipated some 600 years ago.
A collaborative research project is ongoing between Royal Holloway, University of London, the British Library and Reading University, in which a team of academics are cataloguing and investigating the works of the Italian Academies, dating from 1525 to 1700.One of the major outcomes of the project is a comprehensive database of information on Academies from across the Italian peninsula, detailing their membership and publications. This is publicly accessible through the British Library on-line catalogue
Learned Academies represent a vital and characteristic dimension of early modern culture. There were ca. 600 Academies in Italy in the period 1525-1700. In the 16th and 17th centuries the Italian Academies were responsible for promoting debate and discussion in many different disciplines from language and literature, through the visual and performing arts to science, technology, medicine and astronomy.
And the researchers have also found that scholars at the Italian Academies were networking socially with satirical nicknames while sharing comments on topical events and exchanging poems and plays and music.
The project provides information about the academies, their members, publications, activities and emblems. Researchers were surprised to realise just how similar the activities of these sixteenth and seventeenth century scholars were with society today.
Professor Jane Everson, Principal-investigator, said: “Just as we create user names for our profiles on Facebook and Twitter and create circles of friends on Google plus, these scholars created nicknames, shared – and commented on – topical ideas, the news of the day, and exchanged poems, plays and music. It may have taken a little longer for this to be shared without the internet, but through the creation of yearbooks and volumes of letters and speeches, they shared the information of the day.”
The scholars created satirical names for their academies such as Gelati and Intronati. Professor Everson explains: “They are jokey names, which really mean the opposite of what they say. Intronati has nothing to do with thrones; it means dazed, stunned, knocked out and so not able to think straight – but really the Intronati were engaged in serious study, debates, dramatic performances and the like from the moment they were founded in the 1520s – and they are still as active as ever in their home city of Siena. The Gelati were not going around singing just one cornetto. Gelati means the frozen ones – so a pun on the fact that these academicians far from being totally inactive through being frozen cold, were busy debating, exploring ideas, challenging received opinions and changing the cultural world of their home city of Bologna, and indeed of Italy and far beyond.”
Just as the names of the academies and the nicknames of the individual members were fun, so are the emblems and mottos which illustrate the name of the academy. The scholars took great delight in creating puzzling emblems with hidden meanings. Professor Everson adds: “They do sometimes take some working out, but it is great fun when you can see the hidden meanings in the images.”
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Meeting with the Elders in Afghanistan
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on June 29, 2012 - 9:49am
Dr. Bob Fuselier of Los Alamos, foreground, with Dr. Mohammad Kharoti, center, during meeting with elders from Helmand Province village in Afghanistan recently. Courtesy photo
By Dr. Bob Fuselier
Report from Afghanistan
Not knowing the language of the people you are visiting obviously slows the process of getting to know one another.
At the GVS-AEC, however, the language barrier didn’t keep the staff and students from making us feel at home.
Any meeting was accompanied by smiles and tea served by someone who worked in some capacity in the compound that housed the AEC: the cook, the watchman, one of the student-workers.
Sit down to talk and tea appeared, often with roasted chick peas and dried grapes, Afghan raisins. Tea, chai, is a critical component of getting to know one another in Afghanistan.
In between meetings and ceremonies, the students who had remained at the AEC practiced their English with us; Blake and I tried out our Pashto. The usual taboos of male/female interaction are relaxed when a guest is welcomed into a family setting. Although this was the case with some of the female students who were related to Ayub and Dr. Kharoti, they still were shy when talking to us. Things changed, however, when I connected them to my wife, daughter, and granddaughter through Skype. On two different occasions, they made the cross-globe Internet visit for at least an hour each. After that, their conversations with me were more relaxed, due at least in part to their being welcomed into my family by the female members of my family.
Tradition is extremely important in setting the tone for meetings and conversations. Getting to know one another takes time and is critical if Afghan relations are to find success. Such was the case with our meetings with the elders from the village in Helmand Province. Our first meeting with one elder was successful enough that he and four others returned the following day for further talks (names will be left out to minimize any potential harm to the elders from ‘those who create problems’. An acquaintance of mine who is in Afghanistan told me later that we were lucky to be available for multiple days of talks. Too many Western officials and businessmen schedule only one day for meetings and, thus, never make the personal connections required for successful negotiations.
The meeting with the five elders began with handshakes followed by placing the right hand over the heart, a sign of respect. Unknown and unnoticed to me at the time, Ayub had planned a nontraditional icebreaker for one of the elders, who he knew. As the elder entered the room, Ayub tossed him a rubber snake that I had brought as my own icebreaker gag. Afghans enjoy a good sense humor. I’m sure Ayub is still enjoying my snake.
My introduction at the meeting included where I was from, my profession, and more importantly, why I had come to Afghanistan: to support the work of Dr. Mohammad Kharoti, whom I had come to trust and respect. I explained that a tradition taught to me by my father and fostered by my faith was to help others, that by serving others I served God. Serving God by serving others is a major principle of Islam; the elders understood what I was saying. I recounted our meeting from the day before, reiterating that I was willing to take their story back to the people of my community, many of who would be interested in helping them. I then asked them for their story.
One elder spoke for all. I’m not sure of his level of education, but he appeared will informed and knowledgeable. He began by saying that he and his people have nothing against Americans, they are tired of war and being bombed, and they believe a better future for them and their children will come through education. He reminded me that long ago Afghanistan and the surrounding region was an intellectual center of the world. In many cities of Afghanistan, he continued, exist important texts that date back centuries.
He related that, in his village, the boys learn religious education in their mosques. Recently, some girls had been attending. He then, using an interesting analogy, spoke of the need for ‘science’ education. He described the status of education as two boats, one of religious education and one of science education, floating beside one another. The problem, he explained, is that too often one is overloaded and at risk of sinking and the other is empty. He went on to say that they should be equally weighted, coming together to work towards the same goal. His village had no ‘science’ boat.
I then asked him his thoughts on the education of girls. He didn’t hesitate with his reply: the Koran mandates education for both. I explained that I had read about this. The daughter of a friend of mine had married a man from Morocco and had converted to Islam. Since I would be working with Muslim students, I contacted her for recommendations of resources to explain Islam. She referred me to CAIR, which was giving away English translations of the Koran. I told the elder I ordered a set and had begun reading the translation; it was through this translation that I knew that the Koran mandated education of both sexes.
The elder listened to the translation of my story form Dr. Kharoti. When he had finished, the elder turned to me and said, “I wish I knew English so that I could explain Islam to you.” He didn’t want to recite the Koran to me, which can only be done in ancient Arabic. He wanted me to understand his faith.
Elders gathered at a meeting in Afghanistan with Los Alamos resident Dr. Bob Fuselier, are shown Dr. Mohammad Kharoti’s house in Portland, Ore., via Google Earth. Courtesy photo
Our discussion of education developed into future possibilities for the people of his village. I told him about the internet, that through this technology their families could one day sell from their homes the embroidery and other handiwork they create. As Dr. Kharoti was translating, Blake pulled up images of Afghan clothing on a computer. The elders’ interest was obvious.
I explained that the internet is a tool, one that’s often frustrating for me but is easily used by those of Blake’s generation. I told them that, like all tools, it is neither good nor bad. Some people use it for bad intentions, others like Blake use is to do good work. Dr. Kharoti then asked Blake to show the elders his home. Blake pulled up Google Earth. As he zoomed in on Dr. Kharoti’s house in Portland, Oregon, the elders drew closer to the screen. When the houses came into focus, Dr. Kharoti pointed to his house and said, “There’s my front door.” Blake then pulled up my house in New Mexico. The elders began talking amongst each other and to Dr. Kharoti. No translation was needed, they were impressed.
The meeting was coming to a close. The elders asked if I would return. I told them that I would when I could visit their village, hopefully to see a new school, and after I had saved up enough to pay for the trip back. I told them again I would take their story back home to others. They said we should stay in touch.
After we had returned to Kabul, we learned that they had wanted to see us again. When they were told we had left, they asked if they had said anything to offend us. They were assured that they hadn’t, that we were simply heading back home.
I hope to continue to stay in touch with one or more of the elders through the internet. This is possible if Green Village School’s Advanced Education Center can obtain the funding to remain open. The GVS-AEC is more than just an educational center for young students learning English and computer/internet technology. It is also a vital community resource that allows elders from a remote Afghan village the opportunity to stay in touch with residents in Los Alamos, NM.
If you are interested in helping to fund the school for the elders’ village, please go to: http://www.peacepal.org/
Click on the orange “Donate” stamp in the upper right corner. On their donation page, indicate that your donation is for “Elders’ Village School.”
Feel free to contact me about more information, including the name of the village where the school will be built, at info@asvproject.org.
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Ex-sailor admits to 'cyber-stalking' onetime girlfriend, could face five years in prison
June 9, 2011 | 6:22 am
A 29-year-old El Cajon man pleaded guilty Wednesday to "cyber-stalking" an ex-girlfriend, a federal charge that could bring a five-year prison sentence.
Michael Lutz admitted in a San Diego federal court that he had telephoned the woman several hundred times, attached global positioning system technology to her cellular telephone to monitor her movements, and put a "keylogger" on her computer so he could track her Internet usage.
He also admitted that he created a Facebook page under a phony name so he could continue to contact the victim.
Despite a restraining order against him, Lutz confronted the woman at a shopping mall and chased after her when she fled, according to court documents. When she went into the woman's bathroom, he followed her and slipped underneath a locked stall to talk to her. He was arrested.
He is set to be sentenced Sept. 19. During the alleged offenses, Lutz was in the Navy. He has since been discharged.
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$500,000.00 – Personal Injury Verdict: Lead Poisoning
Posted by: James Fitzgerald on September 24th, 2012 in Recent Case Results
Settlement: $100,000
Injuries: Lead Poisoning
In 1987, infant plaintiff’s family moved into the first subject premises in the Bronx. Less than a year later, on January 20, 1988, infant plaintiff was born at Lincoln Medical Center.
About four years later, in May of 1991, infant plaintiff’s family moved to the second subject premises in Manhattan. Plaintiff mother recalls noticing that “repairs were needed” because there was peeling paint on the walls in the kitchen. Plaintiff mother also recalls telling the building superintendent about the peeling paint.
On October 4, 1991, plaintiff mother took infant plaintiff to a routine checkup at Boriken Neighborhood Health Center. Infant plaintiff was diagnosed with an elevated blood-lead level (“PbB”) of 26 ug/dL. Subsequent PbBs were recorded as 24 ug/dL on October 21, 1991; and 28 ug/dL on December 6, 1991.
On October 17, 1991, the New York State Department of Health came to inspect the subject premises. X-ray fluorescence sampling revealed 22 lead-positive surfaces from 22 samples taken from the second subject premises.
On April 1, 1992, infant plaintiff’s family moved to the third subject premises in the Bronx.
Plaintiff mother took infant plaintiff to a checkup at Union Community Health Center, and infant plaintiff was diagnosed with a blood-lead lead level of 6 ug/dL.
On September 9, 1993, X-ray fluorescence sampling revealed 17 lead-positive surfaces from 26 samples taken from the third subject premises.
Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald filed suit in Bronx County Supreme Court, arguing that defendant owners of the first, second, and third subject premises, respectively, were careless, negligent, and reckless in the ownership, operation, management, maintenance, repair, care, and control of subject premises in allowing and permitting a dangerous and hazardous condition to be, remain, and exist; and in failing to make a timely repair and abatement of the lead-based paint hazard in the subject premises upon learning that children under the age of six were living in the subject premises; and that these failures resulted in serious and permanent injuries to infant plaintiff. Ultimately, Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald settled with the first and third defendants for a total of $500,000.00. Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald continues to pursue the claim against the second defendant.
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US Departure from the UN Human Rights Council
Posted on June 28, 2018 June 27, 2018 by asanchezgraells
By Prof Steven Greer, Professor of Human Rights (University of Bristol Law School).
On 20 June 2018 the US announced that it was leaving the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) because it was ‘a cesspool of political bias’ particularly against Israel. Although this decision has been condemned by human rights activists and NGOs around the world, and/or ‘regretted’ by other western states, sadly, the claims upon which it is ostensibly based are not without foundation.
The protection of human rights is one of the UN’s key objectives and a formal element in all its activities. But, since 2006, the UNHRC has been particularly entrusted with this task. The final nail in the coffin of its discredited predecessor, the UN Commission on Human Rights, was the election of Libya as chair in 2003. Composed of officials from 47 UN member states, the UNHRC is elected on a secret ballot by simple majority of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Thirteen seats are set aside for African states, thirteen for Asian, eight for Latin American and Caribbean countries, six for Eastern Europe, and seven for Western Europe and the rest. Any member state of the UN, irrespective of its own human rights record, is eligible to stand. The UN requires states, when casting their votes, to take the contribution of candidates to the promotion and protection of human rights into account, and the vast majority of those seeking election make written pledges and commitments to this effect. But it is widely believed that diplomats horse trade with each other about who to vote for, with the usual back room deals and political partisanship this entails.
Since membership of the UNHRC is open to any UN state, if a country such as Saudi Arabia, the Democratic Republic of Congo or China (each of which has served on the UNHRC), can garner enough support from its allies and others, it can be elected no matter how poor its own human rights record. Nor is there any formal mechanism to hold UNHRC members to account once they have joined. Technically, a member found guilty of gross and systematic human rights violations may be suspended by a two-thirds majority of the UNGA. But this procedure has only been used once. In March 2011, acting on a recommendation from the UNHRC, the UNGA agreed by consensus to suspend the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. However, on the UNHRC’s further recommendation, it reversed this decision only a few months later.
Problems with the Council’s membership and its political bias are compounded by another difficulty: its grindingly bureaucratic activities are very ineffective. The UNHRC considers the human rights records of all the UN’s 193 member states every four and a half years (‘universal periodic review’). It can also receive complaints from anyone about patterns of human rights abuse, about 13,000 of which are annually pre-screened by the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights and two UNHRC working groups. Special sessions may be convened to consider developing human rights crises such as those in Syria, North Korea, Burundi and South Sudan. Reports on all these dimensions are prepared, presented to, and exchanged between various bodies. Legally non-binding resolutions, said to carry ‘moral authority’, are also adopted. In March 2011, for example, the UNHRC dropped ‘defamation of religions’, typically employed by Muslim states to punish criticism of Islam, from its declaration on freedom of religion or belief. But typically the net result does not amount to much more. In the final analysis, neither the UNHRC or the UN have any power to sanction miscreants beyond denunciation. And any impact this might have is itself invariably affected by political considerations.
Although it is widely accepted that the US’s ostensible reasons for pulling out of the UNHRC reflect genuine defects, since its own human rights record has become increasingly compromised as a result of the Trump Presidency, this is unlikely to be anything more than a convenient excuse. However, by so resoundingly compromising itself, the UNHRC has sadly contributed to this result. The effects upon human rights remain to be seen. But they are much more likely to be negative than positive.
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Home / News / Law & Government / Pioneering legal pot states aim to ease rules on industry
In this photo taken Thursday, March 28, 2019, store employee Adam Peckels retrieves products for customers at a marijuana shop in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Pioneering legal pot states aim to ease rules on industry
By: The Associated Press April 2, 2019 Comments Off on Pioneering legal pot states aim to ease rules on industry
When Washington and Colorado launched their pioneering marijuana industries in the face of U.S. government prohibition, they imposed strict rules in hopes of keeping the U.S. Justice Department at bay.
Businesses would need to track plants and products with bar codes. Regulators would have to approve money invested to ensure it was not tied to criminals. Owners of pot operations would have to live in-state and pass background checks.
Five years later, federal authorities have stayed away, but the industry says it has been stifled by over-regulation. Lawmakers in both states have heard the complaints and are moving to ease the rules.
“There’s a saying in the business world: ‘Pioneers get slaughtered, and settlers get fat,'” said Greg James, publisher of industry magazine Marijuana Ventures, based near Seattle. “These rules have made the entire industry very inefficient. We’re going to get left in the dust unless we change some things pretty quickly.”
Since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, eight others have joined them. California, Nevada, Oregon and Michigan are among the legal states that have taken a more permissive approach to out-of-state ownership and investment.
New York, which has one of the most tightly-regulated medical marijuana programs in the country, recently abandoned plans to legalize cannabis for adult use after pushback from some residents and disagreements over how to regulate it. But the state could look west for some guidance.
In Colorado, which already loosened its rules to allow licensed businesses to have up to 15 out-of-state owners, lawmakers from both parties want to further open the industry to include ownership by publicly traded companies and to limit background-check requirements. A similar measure was vetoed by former Gov. John Hickenlooper last year, but his replacement, Gov. Jared Polis, has indicated support.
Washington lawmakers are considering a dual approach: easing financial restrictions while taking a more lenient view of rules violations, making it less likely businesses will lose their licenses for things like sloppy record-keeping. Three dozen have had their licenses canceled since 2015, while 32 more face revocation notices, according to the state Liquor and Cannabis Board.
One measure pending in the Democratic-led Legislature would open the industry to out-of-state ownership and allow businesses to become bigger, with a caveat: Any licensees hoping to take advantage would have to agree to let their workforce unionize. Those that do could have up to 40% of their ownership held outside of Washington. They would also be able to obtain two additional marijuana licenses, allowing them to have up to seven retail shops or up to five growing and processing licenses, said the main sponsor, Sen. Rebecca Saldana.
Investors could hold up to 10% of the business without needing to undergo background checks, though their names would still need to be disclosed.
“Banks don’t give lines of credit in our space, so we’re limited to private investors in the state of Washington,” said Ryan Kunkel, chief executive of Have A Heart, a chain of marijuana stores that has agreed to let its workers unionize. “It’s a tiny pool of investors, and it’s stifling our ability to expand. Meanwhile, there’s a massive industry expansion taking place in every other state.”
Another proposal, a wide-ranging overhaul of Washington’s regulatory enforcement, is a compromise between industry groups, including the Washington CannaBusiness Association, and the Liquor and Cannabis Board.
The association has lobbied hard for the changes, arguing that the board’s enforcement has been aggressive and uneven. Its director, Vicki Christophersen, went as far as helping organize an unsuccessful effort by lawmakers to have Russ Hauge, a former prosecutor, removed as one of the board’s three members because he was seen as unfriendly to the industry.
“The industry overall has made long strides in being a safe and fully regulated marketplace,” Christophersen said. “The legislation stems out of several years of frustration, of folks feeling like they want to be regulated, they want to be taxed, they want to do the right thing, but they feel they’re still being treated as criminal enterprises.”
The legislation would create a program where businesses could seek the board’s advice on compliance issues without risking penalties, and it would require inspectors to give licensees time to fix a problem before issuing a citation, unless the violations concern public safety, sale to a minor or repeat offenses.
Businesses could face cancellation if they accumulate multiple violations for certain offenses, such as failing to properly tag plants, over two years, rather than the current window of three years — giving them a clean slate sooner.
And the measure would make another crucial change: “True party of interest” rules, which require transparency in who owns, controls and profits from licensed marijuana businesses, would no longer come with automatic license cancellation. The rules have been a backbone of Washington’s marijuana regulations and a key way for officials to ensure criminal organizations don’t have a hand in the legal market, but even the board has acknowledged they’re overly strict.
In some cases, marijuana business owners struggling to make payroll infused personal money or investment from others into their business without having it vetted by the board, said Rick Garza, the board’s director. That can lead to automatic cancellation, even if the money came from a clean source, Garza said.
When the board asked the businesses why they did it without notifying regulators, they said they didn’t have time to wait months for the board to approve the money, he said.
“We want to make sure the enforcement structure is fair,” Garza said. “We started off really conservative, and you can see that over time that’s made it difficult for some.”
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Uganda: New Law Criminalizes HIV/AIDS Transmission, Requires Pregnant Women to Undergo HIV Testing
(Sept. 17, 2014) In August 2014, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law the HIV and AIDS prevention and control bill, which, among other measures, criminalizes intentional transmission of HIV and requires pregnant women to undergo mandatory HIV testing. (Press Release, Center for Reproductive Rights, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Signs Callous Law Criminalizing HIV and AIDS Transmission (Aug. 21, 2014).)
Key Provisions
The most notable provisions in the legislation criminalize intentional transmission of HIV or the attempt to do so. The “willful and intentional” transmission of HIV to another person is an offense that is punishable on conviction with up to a ten-year prison term and a fine of up to UGX4.8 million (about US$1,846). (HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, 2010, CIII (24) BILL SUPPLEMENT TO THE UGANDA GAZETTE (Apr. 30, 2010).) However, a person will not have committed a crime if his/her partner was aware of his/her HIV status and voluntarily accepted the risk and/or the transmission occurred despite the person’s use of protective measures; the legislation is unclear as to whether these are two exceptions or two elements of one exception. (Id. § 41.) Attempt to commit the offense is punishable on conviction with up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to UGX200,000 (about US$92). (Id. § 39.) The legislation does not define what constitutes an attempt.
Another notable provision requires that victims of sexual offenses, pregnant women, and partners of pregnant women undergo mandatory HIV testing “for the purpose of prevention of HIV transmission.” (Id. § 14.) Failure to do so may be considered an offense of similar proportion as intentional transmission of HIV and subject to similar penalties. (Id. § 45.)
The legislation requires that the results of an HIV test be kept confidential and that they be released only to the person tested. (Id. § 19.) A breach of confidentiality or unlawful disclosure of information on the HIV status of a person by a health practitioner is an offense for which penalties similar to that of the crime of intentional transmission of HIV apply. (Id. § 40.)
However, there are a number of exceptions to the confidentiality rule. For instance, an HIV test result may be disclosed without consent to any person “with whom an HIV infected person is in close or continuous contact including but not limited to a sexual partner, if the nature of contact, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, poses a clear and present danger of HIV transmission to that person.” (Id. § 21.)
Also notable are provisions outlawing discrimination on the basis of HIV status. The legislation prohibits workplace discrimination, including denial of access to employment or promotion and transfer or termination of employment, merely on the basis of actual or suspected HIV status. (Id. § 32.) The legislation imposes similar bans on discrimination against a person on the basis of actual or perceived HIV status with regard to access to education, travel and habitation; access to public services; access to credit and insurance services; and access to health care. (Id. §§ 32-36.) Anyone who violates these bans may be subject to a civil wrong. (Id. § 38.)
Reactions to the New Law
A number of rights groups have criticized the legislation. Human Rights Watch, HEALTH Global Advocacy Project, and the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics & HIV/AIDS (UGANET) called the legislation, especially its provisions on mandatory HIV testing and confidentiality, contrary to international best practices; a violation of fundamental human rights; and a step backward in the fight against AIDS. (Uganda: Deeply Flawed HIV Bill Approved, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (May 14, 2014).) The criticism stems, in part, from the fact that Uganda’s Parliament by and large excluded the input of advocacy groups and experts from the legislative process. Dorah Kinconco Musinguzi, UGANET’s executive director, stated:
Despite years of engagement and labouring to explain the dangers on an HIV-specific criminal law, parliament has refused to be advised. When experts on HIV research and management attempted to speak, [lawmakers] still failed to heed to the key concerns … . (Alarm as Uganda Moves to Criminalize HIV Transmission, IRIN NEWS (May 9, 2014).)
Rights groups have expressed concern that the legislation will make an already rising HIV infection rate worse because it will make people less inclined to get tested for HIV for fear of the implications. (Amy Fallon, Uganda Passes Another Repressive Law — This Time Criminalising HIV Transmission, INTERPRESS AGENCY (May 15, 2014).) Musinguzi noted that an effective strategy to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda must be one that treats people living with HIV as partners in the fight and not as criminals that must be excluded from the process. (Mercy Nalugo, Rights Bodies Protest HIV/AIDS Bill, DAILY MONITOR (May 15, 2014).)
Uganda’s Ministry of Health found in a 2011 study that the country’s general HIV prevalence had risen to 6.7% of the population compared to 6.4% in 2005. (John Masaba, Uganda’s HIV Infection Rate Rises to 6.7%, NEW VISION (Mar. 18, 2012); MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SITUATION ANALYSIS OF NEW BORN HEALTH IN UGANDA: CURRENT STATUS ANDOPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE CARE AND SURVIVAL 14 (2008).) A further breakdown of the numbers showed a gender gap in the rate of HIV prevalence in which the infection rate among women was 7.7%, while the rate for men was only 5.6%. (Masaba, supra.) Other sources indicate that the general prevalence rate is over 7%. (Alarm as Uganda Moves to Criminalize HIV Transmission, supra; Fallon, supra; Uganda: Statistics, UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) (last visited Sept. 16, 2014).)
Author: Hanibal Goitom
Topic: Crime and law enforcement, Discrimination, H.I.V./A.I.D.S., Women's rights
Jurisdiction: Uganda
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MGM - 1937
Story by Robert Pirosh and George Seaton. Screenplay by Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, and George Oppenheimer. Directed by Sam Wood. Produced by Irving Thalberg. Supporting Cast: Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Leonard Ceeley, Douglas Dumbrille, Esther Muir, Sig Rumann, and Robert Middlemass.
Sadly, this was the last picture the Marxes would make with Irving Thalberg. Thalberg died suddenly, at the age of 37, before the movie was complete. Although screen credit for the production of this film was given to director Sam Wood, Thalberg actually produced both this film and "A Night At The Opera." Groucho once asked Thalberg why he didn't give himself a screen credit. Thalberg's reply was that, "Credit is for others. If you are in a position to give yourself credit, then you don't need it." Also, "If the movie is good, they'll know who produced it. If it's bad, no one will care."
Thalberg employed an interesting method of test marketing in the making of both the movies he produced for the Marx Brothers. He sent the boys on the road with several scenes from the picture. Gauging the audience reaction, the writers and the Marxes were able to decide which bits were good and which needed to be changed or removed. This also helped the director, in that he knew how long the actors would have to pause to allow time for audience laughter.
At the beginning of the film, we see Tony (Chico) trying to drum up business for the Standish Sanitarium, with little luck. The Sanitarium, owned by Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), is in financial trouble. A local hotel owner by the name of Morgan (Douglas Dumbrille) is trying by various means to gain control of the sanitarium to turn it into a casino.
One of the sanitarium's residents, Mrs. Upjohn (Margaret Dumont), is willing to help out financially if Judy will hire Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho) as her chief of staff. Does this sound familiar, "Duck Soup" fans? Neither of them realize that Hackenbush is, in reality, a horse doctor.
Morgan and his sidekick, Whitmore (Leonard Ceeley), try desperately to uncover Hackenbush's shakey credentials. Meanwhile, Judy's fiance Gil (Allan Jones), is trying to help Judy out as well. To this end he purchases a horse with the intention of turning him into a winner at the track, with the help of Tony and jockey Stuffy (Harpo).
This picture contains yet another inspired bit of banter between Groucho and Chico, in the "Tutsi-Fruitsi" scene.
The Marx Brothers continued to make movies after Thalberg's death, but their hearts (especially Groucho's) just weren't in it anymore. From now on they would be at the mercy of MGM, which was never terribly fond of them in the first place.
Note: The photograph at the top of this page is not from the movie; it is a publicity shot taken of the Marxes and Irving Thalberg around the time of the film's production.
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Wikipedia: everybody is an expert
By: Steff van Dorp
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In her article ‘Giving It Away: Sharing and the Future of Scholarly Communication’ Kathleen Fitzpatrick talks about the financial downsides as well as the values of open-access scholarly publishing. Due through the growth of the Internet since the early 90’s it is possible to publish scholarly articles online, so that the information and research are not only available through books but also can be published for less money. The books are more expensive because scholarly publications don’t reach a wide audience[1] . The readers are the scholars in the same circle as the scholars who wrote the book most of the time, and cannot be treated as commercial publications[2]. Therefore they are not as profitable.
Fitzpatrick explains the open access philosophy not as a free (of charge) form of publication, but more as a liberal way of publishing. The purpose of open access is to start a dialogue between the academy and the rest the world. Once there is dialogue and people feel they can be a part of this world, there’s room for understanding how important research is and this could influence the funding for the academy as well[3]. Fitzpatrick is pro- open access, although she admits that there could be problems in the financial corner if the scholarly works are available for everyone instead of being published the traditional way. She believes that by giving your knowledge away and don’t expect something in return, the (academic) world would be a much nicer place. She even compares it by the 12 step program of the Alcoholics Anonymous, which requires the recovering alcoholics to warn other people what alcohol can do to you – in other words, spread their knowledge.
Apart from the money-issue, I think there is more at stake once the academic world start to publish their articles and research so that everyone can read, respond or maybe even contribute to them. An example of what could go wrong is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows: Wikipedia. This online website exists for eleven years now, and is used for resource by millions of users worldwide. The articles on Wikipedia are provided and edited by unpaid people, and everybody can contribute, academic or not. If you look something up online, the Wikipedia page of this topic almost immediately pops up. Because lots of people know that it could be anyone who wrote the article, and even tiny details like numbers could be changed, it makes sense that scholars do not base their research on ‘Wikipedia facts’. But maybe that also has to do with that these people grew up with the new format that everybody can contribute to this webpage. If it becomes more common that articles can be edited by everyone that reads them, people could come to think of Wikipedia as a reliable source.
What this shows is that the quality of the research could be at stake when everybody has free access to it. Andrew Murpie states in is article ‘Ghosted publics’ that once this is the case, everybody is suddenly an expert[4]. And eventually readers follow what they consider experts, I think. Wikipedia is an example of this problem and while ‘our’ generation might not take it completely seriously, maybe the next one will.
Browsing for Wikipedia facts (I almost only founds Wikipedia pages about Wikipedia) I came across a couple of websites that had noticed that Wikipedia articles aren’t as factually accurate as they appear. Research by the Nortwestern University showed that Wikipedia pages aren’t so neutral when it comes to politics, for example. Especially older Wikipedia pages show a more Democratic oriented view on topics. This could be because a group Democrats liked to share their opinions and were the first to contribute to Wikipedia, because they were more interested in an open system, researcher Shane Greenstein thinks. Another cause for this could be that students (with faster internet connections and, of course, lots of opinions) felt the need to spread their knowledge through a open system as Wikipedia, which has led to a not so neutral online encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is an obvious example of what could be at stake in the production of open knowledge: readers relying on facts brought to us by everyone. Although this is something to think about, obviously, the open access philosophy allows everyone to think about topics they might not think about when they are unable to read about it, which can lead to more diversity in the academic world.
Shane Greenstein, ‘Is Wikipedia biased?’. Internet: viewed on 09.03.2013. http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/is_wikipedia_biased .
Mark Herman, ‘Wikipedia’s Political Slant Lessens’. Internet: viewed on 09.03.2013. http://www.psmag.com/blogs/the-101/wikipedias-political-slant-is-getting-less-pronounced-probably-5144.
Andrew Murphie, ‘Ghosted Publics: The “Unacknowledged Collective” in the Contemporary Transformation of the Circulation of Ideas’, in Alessandro Ludovico and Nate Muller (eds) The Mag.Net Reader 3: Processual Publishing, Actual Gestures, OpenMute, 2008, pp. 98-110.
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, ‘Giving It Away: Sharing and the Future of Scholarly Communication’, Journal of Scholarly Publishing 43.4 (2012): 347-362.
[1] Kathleen Fitzpatrick, ‘Giving It Away: Sharing and the Future of Scholarly Communication’, Journal of Scholarly Publishing 43.4 (2012): p. 349.
[2] Fitzpatrick, 2012, p. 350.
[3] Fitzpatrick 2012, p.353.
[4] Andrew Murphie, ‘Ghosted Publics: The “Unacknowledged Collective” in the Contemporary Transformation of the Circulation of Ideas’, in Alessandro Ludovico and Nate Muller (eds) The Mag.Net Reader 3: Processual Publishing, Actual Gestures, OpenMute, 2008, p.110.
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17-Acre Catholic Cathedral to be Built in Saudi Arabia
Hah, yeah right. You silly infidels. Don’t you know that no Muslim nation allows any non-Muslim religions to exist equally, especially Saudi Arabia, in which it is illegal to possess a Bible?
Here is the real story, via Charles Johnson at LGF: Mega Mosque London 2012
Here’s a good video report on the enormous 17-acre “Mega Mosque“ project planned to open during the 2012 Olympics in London, acting as a forward base for the Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group Tablighi Jamaat.
Oh and guess who is supporting this Mega Mosque? Muslims’ favorite dhimmi mayor of London, “Red Ken” Livingstone.
And if that were not enough, the Muslims are already seething and whining and bitching and moaning about the Olympics happening during their so-called holy month of Ramadan: 10/15/06 08:41 AM: Muslims Seething About Olympics
UK, Britain, London? You have a BIG problem. And it has only been growing while you ignore it with your heads in the sand.
It is only a matter of time before the UK, Britain and London are Islamic. No one there is standing up to the radical Muslim groups who are hell-bent on making Europe Islamic. They do not call it “Londonistan” for nothing.
Here is the description from the YouTube posting:
London Mega Mosque at the 2012 Olympic Site.
A massive mosque that will hold 40,000 worshippers is being proposed beside the Olympic complex in London to be opened in time for the 2012 Games.
The project’s backers hope the mosque and its surrounding buildings would hold a total of 70,000 people, only 10,000 fewer than the Olympic stadium.
Its futuristic design features wind turbines instead of the traditional minarets, while a translucent latticed roof would replace the domes seen on most mosques. The complex is designed to become the “Muslim quarter” for the Games, acting as a hub for Islamic competitors and spectators.
“It will be something never seen before in this country. It is a mosque for the future as part of the British landscape,” said Abdul Khalique, a senior member of Tablighi Jamaat, a worldwide Islamic missionary group that is proposing the mosque as its new UK headquarters.
Tablighi Jamaat has come under scrutiny from western security agencies since 9/11. Two years ago, according to The New York Times, a senior FBI anti-terrorism official claimed it was a recruiting ground for Al-Qaeda. British police investigated a report that Mohammad Sidique Khan, leader of the July 7 London bombers, had attended its present headquarters in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. In August, Bavaria expelled three members of the organisation on the grounds that it promoted Islamic extremism.
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Deaths Of Woman, 5-Year-Old Boy Being Investigated As Murder-Suicide
By Kate Raddatz September 5, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Filed Under:Death Investigation, Orono
ORONO, Minn. (WCCO) — Police made a heartbreaking discovery Monday night during a welfare check in Orono.
A woman and young boy were inside the home on Bayview Place, dead from an apparent murder-suicide.
A family member asked police to go to the home on a welfare check around 8 p.m. When officers entered the basement, they found the bodies of 47-year-old Gina Sommers and her 5-year-old son, Jude.
Police say they were also called to the home earlier in the evening when a father said he couldn’t reach the mother of the child he was supposed to pick up as part of a scheduled custody arrangement.
The tragedy has shaken the quiet west metro neighborhood.
“A lot of us are parents. It’s difficult dealing with…any tragedy is difficult in these circumstances,” said Orono Police Chief Correy Farniok.
Court records show Sommers shared custody of her son with a man named Jeffry Sandberg. Records also show that Sommers had filed a civil case against him.
The two were in relationship at one time but never married.
Sommers was suing Sandberg to fulfil an alleged agreement to cover 50 percent of their fertility treatments she underwent before having their son.
In one document, she claims Sandberg refused to pay child support for 9 months, and that she and her son were living in poverty.
Now the investigation will look into the motive of what police believe is a murder-suicide.
Sommers was a realtor for Fazendin Realty. She had been with them for three years.
The firm released a statement saying Sommers would be remembered as a happy person and loving mother.
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kenny rogers (@cezartovar) says:
no logical explanation here at all. the boy’s father is a successful highly educated professional. perhaps the boy is a special needs child? whatever the case, it is called a “murder” suicide, that tells us something.
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David Lynch’s NYC Festival of Disruption Cancelled
Matt Matasci May 13th, 2019 - 10:20 PM
Pitchfork reports that David Lynch’s New York City edition of Festival of Disruption has been cancelled due to what festival representatives and Bowery Presents call “circumstances beyond our control.” the festival was scheduled to take place on May 17 and 18 at Brooklyn Steel. Garbage, Wye Oak and Mercury Rev were among the performers that were scheduled for the two day festival.
Tickholders will receive a refund. According to the statement, “If you purchased a 3-event pass, you will receive a refund for the price of the two performances plus fees on your credit card statement in 7-10 business days. Your original ticket to the screening will still be valid at Music Hall of Williamsburg.” A screening of Mulholland Drive, which is sold out, will go on as planned at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
The festival originated in Los Angeles in 2016 with St. Vincent, Sky Ferreira and Xiu Xiu performing. Bon Iver, The Kills, TV On The Radio, Mike Patton, RZA and Mercury Rev are other performers who have appeared at the Los Angeles version of the festival.
In 2018 the NYC edition was announced. That year it took place at Brooklyn Steel and featured performers like Angel Olsen, Jim James and Au Revoir Simone.
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Geneva Conference Calls for Investigation into 1988 Massacre
Written by Admin on September 15, 2018 . Posted in NEWS
Human rights experts and activists call for justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners (mainly MEK) in Iran
On Friday, September 14th, a group of human rights activists, politicians, and dignitaries held a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva. The conference was in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the execution of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran, most of whom were MEK members, over the course of a single summer in 1988.
Conference participants sought to increase public awareness of the 1988 massacre and to persuade the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to include a discussion of the massacre in the upcoming summit of the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Ultimately, the conference’s goal is to see that the perpetrators of the massacre are brought to justice. To date, none of those responsible for the mass executions have been held accountable for their actions, and many of the perpetrators continue to hold positions of power within the Iranian regime.
The 1988 massacre occurred as a result of a fatwa issued by then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, who ordered the executions of all political prisoners associated with the MEK who did not renounce the MEK. Prisoners were sentenced to death after 15-minute trials and executed in groups. At the end of the summer, 30,000 prisoners had been executed.
The 1988 massacre has been described as one of the biggest crimes of humanity since World War II. There have been a number of calls for an independent investigation and international criminal prosecution of those responsible for the acts.
A conference discussing the #1988Massacre when over 30,000 political prisoners, mostly members & supporters of the #Iran opposition PMOI/MEK, were mass executed by the mullahs' regime.https://t.co/BcY3Gb3Ivk
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 14, 2018
Conference participants spoke of the massacre and the need for an independent investigation into the crime against humanity. Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt describes the history of the mass executions, noting that the prisoners had already been sentenced and that “[some of them were about to be released.”
She also spoke about the regime’s efforts to cover up its crime. “The regime is covering the mass graves and prohibiting the families from speaking about it,” Betancourt said.
30 Years After The #1988Massacre Of Prisoners In #Iran
Ingrid Betancourt: Since executions carried out in secrecy,prisoners weren’t shot, that would make noise,most were hanged, & prolonged deaths, suffering for 15min or so in most cruel & inhumane methodshttps://t.co/wGTRgcDR8d pic.twitter.com/5vXnYld90h
— Iran Freedom-En (@4freedominiran2) September 15, 2018
Betancourt stressed that the regime still poses a dire threat to the Iranian opposition, particularly the MEK, citing a foiled terror attack against an Iranian Resistance gathering in Paris in June of this year.
“The only chance we have to confront terrorism today is to help democracy get back to Iran,” she concluded.
Tahar Boumedra, distinguished jurist, former U.N. representative in Iraq, and the current head of Justice for the Victims of the 1988 (JVMI) emphasized the need for an independent investigation into the 1988 mass executions.
30 Years After The Massacre Of Political Prisoners In Iran
Mr. Taher Boumedra: The Iran regime will never form an investigation into #1988Massacre and they will destroy the evidence.#Iran #IranRegimeChange #MEK#HumanRightshttps://t.co/wGTRgcDR8d pic.twitter.com/Mkgs4J1oOD
“As far as the United Nations is concerned, they’re still asking the government of Iran to investigate the event. They know they will never investigate,” said Boumedra.
Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, a member of the Swiss Federal Parliament, echoed the call for an investigation, calling the 1988 executions “one of the most atrocious crimes that haven’t been investigated by the international community.”
Juan Garcés, Spanish lawyer and former advisor of Chilean President Salvador Allende, spoke about the religious element to the mullahs’ crime.
“This massacre had a religious element because the victims were killed under the pretext of enmity with God. What can we do in this regard? 30 years have passed. These crimes that have a genocidal nature are usually committed by the state, and naturally, we can’t expect the state to serve justice… We must gather all possible evidence, including those of the victims and the perpetrators. One day, this can all be brought to the attention of an international court of law. Establishing a universal jurisdiction can pursue these cases,” Garcés emphasized.
Gilbert Mitterrand, President of Danielle Mitterand Foundation and one of the organizers of the conference, urged the international community to put politics aside and prioritize human rights in decisions about the 1988 massacre.
“How many more such sessions do we need to hold?… We would like to go further, not only the 1988 massacres but also the current situation in Iran, where human rights continue to be trampled. The international community shows that it has other priorities above human rights,” he said.
Mitterand continued: “Former UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir, requested an independent inquiry into the 1988 massacre… The international community has condemned the Iranian regime for trying to erase the traces of this crime… The international community is the ally of the Iranian people. We shouldn’t play the game of the mullahs.”
Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former Vice-President of European Parliament (1999-2014) and the President of the international committee In Search of Justice (ISJ) called the 1988 executions “probably the worst crime in Iran’s modern history.”
#Geneva–@isjcommittee Pres @VidalQuadras in #UN Conference
"We in #Europe should side with people of #Iran. The current policy of #EU & @FedericaMog in closing their eyes to #HumanRights violations & just focusing on business is a disgrace"#1988Massacre https://t.co/JhtMKQVqc2 pic.twitter.com/Rb1ufQDm8s
— ISJ Committee (@isjcommittee) September 15, 2018
Vidal-Quadras described the lack of accountability for the massacre, saying, “Many of the perpetrators who have admitted to their role in this crime, have not been brought to justice.” Instead, the criminals have been given ministerial positions within the regime, he said.
Vidal-Quadras said that the violation of human rights is still a problem under the current regime.
“During the presidency of Hassan Rouhani,” he said, “more than 3,500 people have been executed. His predecessor was not ‘moderate’ but he killed fewer people. The concept of moderation in the Iranian regime is quite original.”.
After reminding the audience that the current regime has killed more than 50 people in the streets since the beginning of the popular protests last December, Vidal-Quadras concluded by saying:
“It’s not an exaggeration if we call this regime a killing machine,” Vidal-Quadras said, criticizing European politicians and state for disregarding the Iranian regime’s abysmal human rights record.
“We must remind our European governments that Iran is not a normal government to do business with. It’s a totalitarian theocracy that survives by instigating civil conflict and terror outside their borders,” he went on. “This is a very unstable and weak regime, and it has no future. We should not count on the mullahs and have illusions about Rouhani and the so-called moderates. The future belongs to democracy.”
Finally, Sanobargh Zahedi, attorney, and Chair of the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) Justice Commission reiterated the call for an independent investigation, describing the regime’s past and current crimes against humanity and the need for accountability.
“The families of the victims still do not how & why their loved ones die, or where they were buried. This is an ongoing form of psychological torture designed to put fear into people. If anyone asks what happened in 1988 or speaks to U.N. mandate holders, they are persecuted, detained and tortured themselves… The people who have committed these murderous crimes have never been held accountable. They have been promoted by the regime for their actions… Iran still executes the most people per capita in the world. Then NCRI calls on the UN Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, the Special Representative, and all special mandate holders to cooperate. Together we can ensure there is accountability and an end to impunity in Iran. We need an international inquiry because the Iranian regime is never going to investigate itself.”
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SLANG Worldwide Brings Leading Portfolio of Cannabis Products to Oklahoma
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TORONTO, June 26, 2019 /CNW/ – SLANG Worldwide Inc. (CNSX: SLNG), (Frankfurt: 84S), (“SLANG” or the “Company“), a leading global cannabis consumer packaged goods (“CPG“) company with a robust portfolio of renowned brands, has announced a new strategic partnership with licensed processor Elite Cultivation LLC (“Elite“) to offer its branded cannabis products to patients throughout the State of Oklahoma.
Pursuant to the partnership, Elite has been granted a license in Oklahoma to produce and distribute the SLANG product suite in Oklahoma, including its category-leading products O.penVAPE, Pressies, District Edibles, Bakked, and Magic Buzz. SLANG will receive royalty payments for each branded product sold in the state.
Oklahoma legalized cannabis for medical use in 2018 and has seen rapid growth in licensing activity. More than 138,000 registered patients and 1,500 licensed dispensaries have been approved by the State as of June 17, 2019. Historical Oklahoma medical cannabis sales topped $23 million in May 2019, based on recent reports from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
“We are pleased to be able to offer our products to medical cannabis patients in Oklahoma,” said SLANG CEO Peter Miller. “We have demonstrated that we can be flexible in structuring our relationships with partners as we enter a new state, depending on the circumstances of the local market. Our expansion continues to be executed in a very capital efficient manner, with the goal of growing our branded unit sales.”
SLANG’s products will be manufactured by Elite and distributed and sold broadly in medical cannabis dispensaries throughout Oklahoma. Sales are expected to commence in the third quarter of 2019, starting with selected vaporizers, concentrates and edibles, with all SLANG products eventually available for sale.
“We are excited to partner with such a strong organization to bring the best products possible to the Oklahoma market,” said Richard Freeman of Elite Cultivation. “With their proven brands and leadership across multiple markets and our relationships in the state of Oklahoma, we feel that we have put together a solid team and a recipe for success.”
Oklahoma is the fourth new U.S. market SLANG has announced entry into in 2019. The Company has previously established operations through licensing agreements in Florida and Puerto Rico, and also anticipates entering the State of Washington pending the completion of a proposed acquisition, which would extend the Company’s U.S. footprint to 13 states. SLANG’s goal is to grow its brand share and demonstrate brand leadership in Oklahoma, as measured by branded unit sales and servings, similar to its performance in several other markets.
About SLANG Worldwide Inc.
SLANG Worldwide Inc. is a leading global cannabis consumer packaged goods company with a robust portfolio of renowned brands distributed across 2,600 stores in 12 US states. The Company is focused on acquiring and developing market-proven regional brands as well as creating new brands to meet the needs of cannabis consumers worldwide. SLANG is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol SLNG and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the trading symbol 84S. For more information, please visit www.slangww.com.
About Elite Cultivation
Elite Cultivation, LLC is an Oklahoma limited liability corporation owned by Richard Freeman, his brother Royce Lee Freeman, D7 Holdings, LLC and other close friends and business associates of the Freeman family. Richard Freeman also owns and operates Elite Motorsports, LLC, which operates a world class drag racing program having won back-to-back world championships in NHRA’s Pro Stock class in 2014 and 2015. Erik Danielson, the owner of D7 Holdings, LLC, also holds a medical marijuana dispensary license in Arkansas. The Denver-based law firm, Vicente Sederberg LLP and the Arkansas-based Danielson Law Firm, PLLC both advised Elite on the SLANG transaction.
This news release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects,” “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Forward-looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated benefits of the relationship between SLANG and Elite, the introduction and distribution of SLANG branded products in Oklahoma, SLANG’s proposed acquisition and entry in Washington and the anticipated growth of the Oklahoma medical cannabis market generally
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management of SLANG at this time, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive risks, uncertainties and contingencies that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Applicable risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to regulatory risks, changes in laws, resolutions and guidelines, market risks, concentration risks, operating history, competition, the risks associated with international and foreign operations and the other risks identified under the headings “Risk Factors” in SLANG’s final long form prospectus dated January 17, 2019 and “Risks and Uncertainties” in the management discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2018,
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The Middle Kingdom convulses with change
China: the sky darkens
The Chinese government made it clear at the UN climate change conference in Montreal last December that it was aware of the extreme dangers that China faces from both immediate and long-term climate change.
by Agnès Sinaï
Every spring, fierce winds, sweeping across the arid landscape of Inner Mongolia, blow walls of sand hundreds of kilometres eastwards, periodically enveloping Beijing and turning day to night. The authorities have planted thousands of hedges in the path of these dry whirlwinds, but the long green line is powerless against the force of the wind and the advance of the dunes. Sandstorms could well disrupt the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The rise in temperatures is more pronounced in the great loess plains of the north than in the south of the country. According to predictions for the 21st century drawn up by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, rainfall will continue to increase in the south and decline in the north, where drought, which is already reducing yields, will directly threaten agriculture and undermine economic development. China’s glaciers retreated by 21% during the 20th century. A doubling in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would affect the distribution of major crops. China’s food-producing potential will be reduced by 10% as a result of climate change and extreme climatic events (1).
A national assessment of climate change indicates that “there is an increasing trend of sea level rise along China’s coast since the 1950s and this trend has become significantly more obvious in the past few years. The sea level currently has a rate of rise of 1.4-2.6mm per year” (2). Chinese scientists predict a rise of 31-65cm in sea levels along China’s coasts between now and 2100, increasing erosion and the contamination of ground water by salt, and threatening the megalopolis of Shanghai.
As temperatures rise in the western mountains, the sources of China’s great rivers, the Huang He (Yellow River) and the Yangtze, are drying up at an alarming rate. The inhabitants of the Qumolai district, near the sources of the Yangtze, anticipate to have to buy water to survive. Since 2000, 128 out of 136 wells there have run dry, leaving 80% of the population dependent on water tankers. In this region, 18 rivers that once fed the Yangtze are now identifiable only by their dried-up beds. The drying up of the Huang He is more extreme. A recent study reports that of 4,077 lakes in the Maduo district, through which the river initially flows, 3,000 have disappeared: as a result 600 homes, 3,000 people and 119,000 cattle are without immediate access to water (3).
The region where the Huang He and the Yangtze rise, the Qinghai province of Tibet, in western China, is called Sanjiangyuan, the source of three rivers. The third river is the Mekong, which irrigates southeast Asia. Almost a quarter of the water in the Yangtze and half that in the Huang He comes from this region, also known as China’s water-tower.
Scientists attribute the recent unprecedented rise of temperatures in the Sanjiangyuan region to global climate change. According to Greenpeace (4), the average temperature in this area has increased by 0.88C over the last 50 years, causing the glaciers to retreat, melting the permafrost (5), affecting rain regimes and increasing evaporation rates. Human activity has accelerated the degradation of this increasingly fragile environment. The population of the region more than quadrupled from 130,000 in 1949 to 610,000 in 2003. Overgrazing, the inevitable consequence of the need to feed so many, is damaging grasslands and reducing the ecosystem’s capacity to retain water. Mining and the intensive cultivation of the herbs used in Chinese medicine are aggravating the situation.
In 2000, in an attempt to prevent the water-tower from drying up, the government established the Sanjiangyuan nature reserve, with an area of 363,000sq km, one of the largest on the planet. It stands on the roof of the world, in the centre of Qinghai-Tibet, at an average altitude of 4,000 metres. Between 2004 and 2010 national and local authorities committed $930m to the reserve’s construction. They have reforested 84,709 hectares, turned 2.73m hectares of pasture back to grass and attempted to reduce erosion by excluding herds from an area of 1.39m hectares.
Wanted: a global policy
But all this is just a drop in that rising ocean unless the rise in temperatures across the region can be countered by a global policy to combat climate change. According to Anja Köhne, project manager at the World Wildlife Fund’s European policy office, “the Chinese government realises that climate change is a serious problem threatening food supplies and national stability. China has 200 million poor whose living conditions could be made even worse by rising temperatures. This is a potential cause of political destabilisation.”
This awareness has concentrated the minds of the authorities and led to the emergence of ecological movements. “There are more and more environmental NGOs,” said Yu Jie, Greenpeace’s representative in Beijing, “a hundred now. The government tolerates them, indeed it sees them as a sort of social safety valve since China is a society in transition. Five years ago Greenpeace didn’t even exist here.” But tolerance has its limits. Last December, in the village of Dongzhou in Guangdong province, riot police killed 20 small farmers protesting against the confiscation of their land to build a wind farm.
Necessity is forcing attitudes to change. In February 2005 China passed a law requiring 10% of electricity generation to be from renewable sources by 2020 (6). There is a plan to install 100,000 solar panels across the country. The government has developed energy efficiency standards for motor vehicles, although, according to Köhne, “it’s all back-to-front: European manufacturers are lobbying for China to lower its environmental standards”.
In 2004 the Chinese government announced the introduction of a new indicator of economic production: unlike traditional gross domestic product, “green GDP” will incorporate the environmental impact of economic development by including the costs resulting from pollution and the destruction of natural resources. According to a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, if this indicator had been employed earlier it would have shown a slowing of GDP growth from an average of 8.7% for 1985 to 6.5% for 2000. The study shows that China is now consuming three times the global average of minerals and energy resources per unit of production (7).
Thanks to high energy consumption, Chinese greenhouse gas emissions are increasing at the highest rate of any country, rising by 16% during the year 2002-03 to reach 512m tonnes of CO2, compared with a US total of 64m tonnes (8). Although China has become the world’s second largest greenhouse gas producer behind the US, it does not accept that it must make reductions. Emissions per head of population are relatively low at only one-seventh of the US figure. Like other developing countries at climate talks as the Group of 77, China is using this statistic to call for the application of “common but differentiated responsibilities” as the keystone to the fair management of the climate problem. Although acknowledging the “differentiated responsibilities” of states and allowing developing countries to continue to increase greenhouse gas emissions in pursuit of their own development, the Kyoto Protocol accords the industrialised countries the status of “grandfathers” (9) when it comes to responsibility for global warming.
China is trying to guarantee secure energy supplies without worsening the climate warming whose effects it is already experiencing. Hence the government’s interest in the Kyoto Protocol and its clean development mechanism (CDM) which encourages industrialised countries to invest in “depollution” in developing countries in exchange for greenhouse gas emission quotas that can be traded on the future international carbon market. China is currently the main target of CDM projects. It was one of the first countries to establish a designated national authority, a selection committee charged with attracting foreign investment in projects relating to the energy sector. Of eight CDM projects approved by the Chinese government, three concern the recovery of methane from coal mines, three are wind farms and two hydroelectric dams (10). A further 100 projects await approval.
According to the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, a thinktank of researchers from seven Asian countries (11), investors need reassurance about the long-term value of carbon credits that they will obtain by investing in clean development projects. Although the market is still young, it should benefit from the extension of the Kyoto mechanisms agreed at December’s Montreal climate change conference. But the market can only eliminate China’s carbon emissions in conjunction with agreed rules and effective international sectoral programmes supported by international financial institutions. According to consultant Pierre Radanne: “A commitment by developing countries is particularly urgent because they have yet to build the major part of their heavy infrastructure. The decisions they make regarding electricity production and construction will commit them for the next 50 years.”
China is at the forefront of calls for more extensive transfers of technology. But for the common good of humanity this necessitates the waiving of intellectual property rights over climate-friendly technologies. Yu Jie said: “Clean technologies such as wind energy belong to manufacturers in the developed world, so we have to pay a high price for them in Europe. We have been promised technology transfers for years, but nothing ever comes of it.” The message seems to have got through. In September 2005 the EU and China launched a partnership on climate change with an initial budget of $6.1m, to assess the viability of technologies to sequester carbon in proximity to coal-fired power stations (12).
According to Lester Brown of the US research organisation the Earth Policy Institute, over the next 25 years the planet will suffer an ecological catastrophe if China’s population adopts current US lifestyles. If, by 2031, each Chinese were to use as much oil as an American does today, the country would get through 99m barrels of crude oil a day. Worldwide daily production is currently some 79m barrels. If, over the same period, per capita coal consumption were to reach US levels, China would burn 2.8m tonnes of coal per year, more than the current annual global production of 2.5m tonnes. “Climate change,” Brown warned, “could spiral out of control” (13).
See the map: “China’s thirsty north”
Agnès Sinaï
Translated by Donald Hounam
Agnès Sinaï is a journalist, co-author of ‘Sauver la Terre’ (Fayard, Paris, 2003) and co-writer of a television documentary series ‘Terriens amers, paradis perdus’ to be broadcast by Arte later this year
(1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2001.
(2) The People’s Republic of China Initial National Communication on Climate Change, Beijing, October 2004.
(3) Greenpeace, Yellow River at Risk, Environmental Impact Assessment on the Yellow River Source Region by Climate Change, October 2005.
(5) Rock and soil whose temperature remains at or below freezing point for long periods.
(6) Including hydroelectricity, which leaves unresolved the controversy surrounding mega-dams such as the Three Gorges project on the Yangtze.
(7) Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security, Washington, 2005.
(8) 67% of China’s energy comes from coal.
(9) Under the Kyoto Protocol, “grandfathering” allocates pollution permits to firms on the basis of their past emissions.
(10) According to the National Climate Change Coordination Committee, 25 October 2005.
(11) Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Asian Perspectives on Climate Regime Beyond 2012, Japan, 2005.
(12) The idea is to extract the carbon from smoke emissions then pipe it underground to strata from which oil and gas are extracted, or to deep aquifers. So far this costly technology has not been perfected and has no guaranteed environmental benefit. On the Sino-European project see http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/envir...
(13) Lester R Brown, “Learning from China: Why the Western Economic Model Will Not Work for the World”, Eco-Economy Update, 9 March 2005.
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26 at 26: O for Oregon Trail
A Cross-Country Story
Zoe Landon
Apr 9, 2014 · 11 min read
Late last year, I turned 26. So, in the tradition of the great panel show QI, for the first half of 2014 I will be running through an alphabetical view on 26 things in my world so far.
On Sept. 26, 2012, I posted a thread on NeoGAF. It was my first public confession of a steadily-growing desire: I, a girl who had never left the Eastern time zone, wanted to go west.
Six months later, March 6, I landed at PDX. In heavy rainfall.
I still applaud the city for being so honest, right from the get-go.
I didn’t move to Portland that day. I’d like to think I’m a pragmatic girl, or at least one not so crazy as to cross the nation on a whim and a prayer. My visit actually included a job interview and a few looks at apartments that I managed to coordinate remotely. I wasn’t a tourist; I was a scout.
And I was in love. A frightened, nervous love, but by the time the Red Line dropped me back at the airport I knew my mind was made up. I had considered Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, the lot. Portland won.
About two months later, I hesitantly accepted a job offer and gave my two weeks. And since you only get one youth, I was going to become an Oregon girl by way of The Great American Road Trip.
Woefully unprepared for what I was doing, I packed up my New York life. I spent far too much money sorting out logistics. Friends visited to help pack crates and say goodbyes. Family, for various reasons, refused to.
The last visitor was my old friend, Sydney. I had proposed that she join me on my cross-country drive, and she agreed. We spent my last night in New York at a quaint hotel right off I-90, and on May 20th, we drove off.
Sydney and I knew each other for years. But, we hadn’t spent much time so near each other. Not so much in each other’s company, but in a Ford Fiesta. It’s a small car. I fully expected we’d snap by Mountain Time.
But the trip was young, and we had our energy. We made it through New York and the Erie chimney of Pennsylvania without any fuss. The weather was kind, the company was good, the roads were clear.
Spirits were, therefore, high. We laughed at what we were doing and had inane little conversations about random girl-geek things. We were happy to be on the road.
I had planned this trip meticulously. I knew that we’d arrive in Cleveland for lunch, and sure enough we managed to just beat the rush at a downtown sandwich shop. It nicely fit one of the Road Trip Rules: never eat what you could eat at home.
Downtown Cleveland felt like a real, proper downtown. I wasn’t exactly used to it, having mostly lived in suburbs, but it was nice. Nothing exceptional, but nice.
To maintain the timing, and to give us a break from sitting in a car for hours on end, I took Sydney to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I’ve been to the Hall once before, many years ago (maybe a decade or so). It’s about how I remember it, but it was good to see it all again. And good to see a bit more hip-hop representation.
We talked about how the future history will look in the Hall; exhibits on MySpace and Soundcloud and the whole digital landscape. I was left wondering, in a world where the Internet offers every and any kind of music to anyone, would there even be rock stars like what the Hall immortalizes. It feels like there’s less of a reason to care these days, and less cohesive and emergent movements.
I also had my gusto for performance reignited. It’s hard not to wanna rock out after you’ve immersed yourself.
We rested outside South Bend, Indiana. Because of our I-90 approach, what we saw of the area was mostly Wal-Marts and strip malls, the sort of neighborhoods I sought to avoid. We passed up dipping into Michigan and instead, after dinner at Culver’s, got to resting. Driving a car all day, it turns out, is pretty exhausting. And there were five more days of it.
My grand planning meant that Day 2 needed to get rolling nice and early. The reason: Chicago. We’d be crossing into Central time on the way, but even so, rush hour was to be avoided.
Sunrise over Mishawaka, IN
In avoiding both high traffic and toll roads, we snaked through South Bend and neighboring Mishawaka. Beautiful towns, much more visually interesting than what we encountered the night before. I felt bad for writing the area off entirely.
The snaking through Chicago was less endearing. Something about driving rather slowly through neglected ghettos with all your life’s possessions in the back of a hatchback is, it turns out, unsettling.
Ultimately, the detours weren’t actually saving time, and so they were abandoned.
First bit of planning gone awry.
Next bit was in visiting a friend near Sheboygan, the second-most amusing town name in our trip. We had planned on a lunch spot, only to find it closed. We wound up chatting music in a pizza buffet place. Turns out, the three of us share almost no tastes in music.
Third bit to go awry: what to do with our padded afternoon. The weather wouldn’t allow for mini-golf, and the midwest is slightly lacking in other distractions. So after several awkward fits of shrugging, we played Rock Band for a little while (I know the friend through the Rock Band Network) and called it a send-off to a series that had ended the month before.
Amid the day’s confusion and my slowly-worsening shoulder, the in-car chats got a little more serious. Somewhere in Wisconsin (the state seems to drag on for ages), Sydney confessed that she didn’t want to go back to New York.
I couldn’t blame her. We had gone 900 miles, put three Great Lakes between us and our hometowns. Neighborhoods rural, urban, and suburban were all still familiar, but with more and more new names showing up. We were going through change, exploring physically and metaphorically. It’s confusing and disappointing at times, but that doesn’t make it a bad experience.
Next destination was Minneapolis/St. Paul. Getting there from Wausau, WI meant hours of country highways, the most rural of our drive yet. The sort of roads that only bend for the curvature of the Earth.
We were so bored, Sydney and I let our minds wander into absurd associations and topics just to provide some matter of stimuli. Red Bull proved ineffective. I don’t know how truckers do it.
We eventually made it to the Mall of America. Sure, it’s a blatant tourist destination, but the trip is all about doing things big and that’s what Mall of America is about.
But it wasn’t actually that interesting. It’s huge, but it’s all stacked on itself, so it doesn’t really feel that big. King of Prussia felt bigger. Plus, we didn’t go into the whole theme park in the middle (although, I admit, it was a bit of a sight). The Mall is huge, but only in the context of malls, which themselves are relatively small. We had broken the 1,000 mile mark by that point; a single building was never going to feel huge in comparison.
Lunch was food-court food, because it’s a mall. That’s what you do. Sure, there were approximately a thousand sit-down restaurants there, but it’s a mall so you eat mall food.
We left in drizzle. More gray, more straight roads, more lack of stimulation. By the time we stopped in Mitchell, South Dakota, I was virtually asleep.
Our dinner that night was the first time I felt really out of place. Sydney and I make a slightly odd pair; we obviously belong more in the city. And there we were, in a truck stop restaurant. The kind that serves chicken-fried steak that tastes like KFC and pours drinks in mason jars with no sense of ironic kitsch.
It was the halfway point — 1,550 miles. Middle of America. I had never been so far from my comfort zone. I was scared, tired, sore, and enjoying it.
I thought Wisconsin was boring until I drove South Dakota. The state is so flat, it feels like the horizon is missing. There’s just nothing there.
Until the Missoula River. Writers should have to drive that stretch so they can experience a proper buildup and tension release. It’s just a river, but the dip towards it after hours upon hours of perfect flatness feels glorious.
If you’re crossing South Dakota, you pretty much have to hit Mount Rushmore. So we did. The buildup there is also pretty nice. Not only are there some surprisingly nice tourist towns at its base, it’s more than just faces in a mountain and that’s it. There’s a whole monument behind it, with an aisle of state flags leading up to the display. We stopped and smiled at the Oregon state flag, tangled up on its pole. It would be mine soon, we noted.
But for now, we had to snake back down the Black Hills (in a driving experience that felt out of Top Gear) and make our way to Wyoming. Where, no word of lie, tumbleweeds kept crossing our path.
Sheridan, Wyoming
Eventually, our path crossed Sheridan, WY. The winds were intense, so we rushed into the rest stop to gather ourselves.
Four days of driving were starting to really take their toll on my shoulder. At 625 miles, it was the longest single day of the entire trip. It was painful and tiring.
I did the math, based on past conversations. Sydney had never been further from home than that moment. I had been, but flying doesn’t have the same impact, the same intense sense of scale.
The reality of the whole thing hit us, and hard. We lived our lives near the Appalachian Mountains; now we were looking out at the Rocky Mountains. We had gone so far that the Fiesta’s trip meter, which maxes at 2,000 miles, rolled over. Neither of us had ever done anything even vaguely resembling this. The sheer scale was overwhelming.
We stood in that rest stop, alone save for an elderly couple in the other wing, and cried on each other’s shoulders, smiling.
Montana and Idaho are actually interesting to drive through. Lots of mountains and winding roads. I was powering through the shoulder pain and foggy downpours like a woman on a mission. Maybe a part of me wanted to “butch up” after yesterday’s show of emotion or something.
Butte surprised me. Not because it was small — we had spent the night in a town with seemingly no traffic lights — but because, for whatever reason, it felt almost endearingly small. As in, the whole city was one tight-knit community that just knew each other so well. They worked together, they went to church together, they ate together. The pizza place we hit for lunch was packed, stuffed with residents socializing with each other and the owners. I could never live in Butte, but it had a positive character.
Even though folks were generally friendly all the way along, that was the first time I really noticed that small-town kindness. I never had to ask for directions (GPS and aggressive planning saved the day), but I had the feeling that everyone there would’ve been happy to point us the right way to Spokane.
The road to Spokane reminded me of my time living in northeast Pennsylvania. That was when I was really living among mountains, and the route was reminiscent of those highways. Roads were probably better than in PA, but after thousands of miles, we were starting to get somewhere that actually felt kind of familiar. Even the occasional industrial neighborhood sliced by the highway felt like areas in Hazleton.
View from Hotel Ruby, Spokane WA
Speaking of Pennsylvania — Spokane felt like Scranton. Bobby Roberts, a podcaster that Sydney’s a big fan of, calls the place “Spo-Compton”. It’s a city, worth putting on a map, but it gave the impression that its best years were and may always be behind it.
But damned if it’s not trying, at least. We stayed in a cheap yet trendy hotel that I could probably claim was somewhere in Portland or Austin. We went to dinner at a mall that seemed to be recovered from some past industrial life. There were recognizable chains with urban-styled locations. I don’t know that Spokane will be successful, but at least it’s not wallowing.
When you’re afforded the chance to go to Walla Walla, Washington, you go. Not because it’s a great city — there’s a nice small-town-feel main street but not much else. No, you go because that name will never stop being funny. That’s why we went.
Eastern Washington (and Oregon) is mostly farms, but it’s also mostly hilly and swerving. A lot of spots that look like Bliss. A good place to talk about how much we appreciated each other; in my case, for the company on such a massive undertaking; in Sydney’s case, for showing her an experience she never expected to have.
We cried a little on Route 730, as we passed the sign: “Welcome to Oregon”. We were home.
The following day was filled with spats of tourism, visiting the Tardis Room and the Japanese Gardens and the like. Sydney flew back to New York the day after, after a great deal of begging to stay. The moment she returned, her job hunt became aggressive; it’d be a few more months before she could make the return flight and become a fellow Portlander.
I know we were both interested in moving here long before the whole drive happened. We had different reasons, different things we wanted out of the city, but we both had the desire. Yet I can’t help but feel like extending that invitation made her want to move.
Perhaps it’s just the manifestation of knowing that, between the long miles and spotty restaurants and Foo Fighters sing-alongs and rest stops and tourist traps and unfamiliar hotels… it changed her life.
It changed both of our lives.
And now, a moment of zen:
Yet another collection of self-important millennial introspection
Author, drummer, programmer. This is what happens when you teach a rabbit to type.
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New board to further the association’s mission and implement recently approved Long-Range Strategic Plan to serve as the basis of action by NEII®
Promotion of safety in building transportation for new and existing technologies is a chief objective
SALEM, N.Y. (April 24, 2013) – The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) announced today the election of its new Board of Directors, including officers and Trust Committee members. These elections became effective April 23, 2013, and were made in conjunction with NEII’s 79th annual meeting held in Newport Beach, CA. The newly elected Board of Directors and officers include:
Richard T. Hussey, Vice President – Hussey serves as chief executive officer of ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company, where he is responsible for all business operations in North and South America.
Michael Corbo, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. – Corbo is general manager/senior vice president of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA’s elevator and escalator division. Corbo has more than 25 years of industry experience and has been involved with NEII for ten years; including serving as NEII’s board president from 2005 to 2007.
Randy Wilcox, Otis Elevator Company – Wilcox currently holds the position of president, North and South America Area (NSAA) for Otis Elevator Company, where he is responsible for all business operations in these regions. He has more than 30 years of industry experience and previously served three terms as the NEII President.
Jakob Züger, Schindler Elevator Corporation – Züger serves as chief executive officer, Schindler Americas, with responsibility for North, Central and South America. He previously served as chief executive officer of Schindler Elevator Ltd., Ebikon/Switzerland.
The NEII Board of Directors is responsible for managing and directing the affairs of the association as it pertains to its mission statement, promoting safety in new and existing building transportation; promoting laws and regulations that permit the introduction of safe, innovative technology; endorsing adoption of current model codes by local government agencies; and advocating responsible laws and regulations at all levels of government.
Gregory Garger, Chairman, Otis Elevator Company – Garger is vice president of human resources, North and South America Area (NSAA), Otis Elevator Company.
Bruce Brenizer, Vice Chairman, Mitsubishi Elevator – Brenizer serves as senior vice president of human resources, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
Timothy Grace, Schindler Elevator Corporation – Grace is a member of the Schindler Management Committee and is responsible for human resources initiatives across North and South America, the United States and Canada.
“I am honored and excited to work with this Board of talented individuals and proven leaders in the building transportation industry,” said Richard T. Hussey, president of NEII. “The success of this organization is a direct result of the hard work and deep commitment they have shown to expanding NEII‘s leadership position as an authority in the areas of codes and safety, ushering the adoption of the latest innovations in the industry and ensuring the safety of both the riding public and elevator technicians.”
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Emotional eulogies highlight funeral of SC's Fritz Hollings
Friends and loved ones pay their respects during a visitation for former U.S. senator and South Carolina Gov. Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings at James A. McAlister Funerals and Cremation, Sunday, April 14, 2019, in the West Ashley area of Charleston, S.C. Hollins died on April 6 at the age of 97.Andrew Whitaker / AP
Meg Kinnard
CHARLESTON, S.C. — As a college student fighting for racial equality in the early 1960s, Jim Clyburn was invited to the office of then-Gov. Fritz Hollings in an attempt to assuage racial tensions bubbling on the campus of South Carolina State University.
Clyburn, now the majority whip and third ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, said he wasn’t sure how the governor would receive him and the other protesters. After all, Hollings had campaigned previously against school desegregation.
But during their meeting, Clyburn said that he could sense a change in Hollings.
Clyburn told a crowd of hundreds at Hollings’ funeral Tuesday that even though the Southern Democrat asked the activists not to tell reporters he had been sympathetic to their cause, “He opened up to us, and we opened up to him.
“I knew that we had just heard and felt what was in him.”
Hollings died April 6 at his home on Isle of Palms at age 97.
The funeral at Summerall Chapel at The Citadel, Hollings’ alma mater, capped three days of mourning for the former governor and longtime U.S. senator. Hundreds of former staffers, lawmakers, friends and relatives attended.
Earlier, hundreds of mourners filed past Hollings’ body as it lay in repose at the state capitol.
The long arc of Hollings’ career, from his days at The Citadel to service in World War II and more than five decades in public service, were recalled by Clyburn and others, including former Vice-President Joe Biden , Hollings’ desk mate and friend in the Senate for more than 30 years.
Biden said Hollings, then chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, helped him not only to win his seat in 1972 but also to summon the strength to occupy it following the deaths of his first wife and daughter in a car crash.
“He was also there for me when I was at the bottom,” Biden said, calling Hollings and wife Peatsy “the first people to bring me back from the black hole that I was in.”
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who challenged Hollings in 1986, recalled Hollings as “the magnificent lion of South Carolina.” McMaster brought a moment of levity after a mostly sombre Biden eulogy as he recalled his campaign staff suggesting that Hollings should take a drug test, to which Hollings responded “that he would take a drug test if (McMaster) would take an IQ test.”
Southern racial dynamics were a running theme throughout Hollings’ career, which began with three terms in the state House, followed by his election as governor in 1958. Although he had campaigned against desegregation, Hollings later built a national reputation as a moderate. In his farewell address as governor, he pleaded for legislators to peacefully accept integration of public schools and the admission of the first black student to Clemson University.
“This General Assembly must make clear South Carolina’s choice, a government of laws rather than a government of men,” he told lawmakers. Shortly afterward, Clemson was peacefully integrated.
In his 2008 autobiography, “Making Government Work,” Hollings wrote that in the 1950s “no issue dominated South Carolina more than race” and that he worked for a balanced approach.
“I was ‘Mister-In-Between. The governor had to appear to be in charge; yet the realities were not on his side,” he wrote. “I returned to my basic precept … the safety of the people is the supreme law. I was determined to keep the peace and avoid bloodshed.”
Hollings had served 38 years and two months when he retired from the Senate in 2005, making him the eighth longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
The sharp-tongued orator whose rhetorical flourishes in the deep accent of his home state enlivened many a Washington debate never reached the levels of influence he hoped. His bid for the Democratic presidential nomination was unsuccessful.
He sometimes blamed that failure on his background, rising to power as he did in the South in the 1950s as the region simmered with anger over segregation.
On Tuesday, Clyburn also recalled a more recent poignant moment with Hollings, who several years ago had asked his old friend to sponsor legislation removing Hollings’ name from a federal courthouse in South Carolina. “That’s unheard of,” Clyburn said, although he said it ultimately didn’t surprise him at all.
Hollings, he said, wanted his name removed to make room for U.S. District Judge Waties Waring, whose dissent in a case paved the way for the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that public-school segregation was unconstitutional. That kind of selflessness, Clyburn said, marked Hollings’ ultimate transformation from desegregation opponent to champion of equality and understanding.
“I was moved to tears because I know South Carolina well, and I thought I knew Fritz Hollings well,” Clyburn said, his voice cracking with emotion. “There was much more to him. … Thank God a man can grow. Fritz grew, and I grew along with him.”
Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP
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Variations: Critics, composers,
and performers
By Allan Kozinn
Photograph: Paula Kozinn
When people talk about the musical world, or part of it, as a “community,” the presumption is that they are speaking mainly of composers, performers and listeners – the producers and consumers of music, with perhaps a second, similarly constituted tier devoted to record companies (or, these days, streaming services) and those who listen, buy, or subscribe.
Wandering around in there, somewhere, are people like me, who write about music and musicians, sometime as a critic and sometimes as an interviewer. How we fit into this community has long been a fraught question from just about every point of view. That is likely always to be the case to some degree, but it strikes me that things are changing, and probably for the better, because of changes in journalism, changes in the character and chemistry of the music world (particularly the new-music world), and the advent of social media, which has created an interesting and useful transparency.
Everyone has opinions about critics, of course, but those opinions have always been oddly fluid. The same musicians who publicly decry critics’ baleful influence, privately solicit coverage. Readers have their own frustrations (“he likes everything” / “he never likes anything”) but they keep reading.
From a critic’s perspective, the problematic duality is that we see ourselves as both part of, and apart from, the musical community. At The New York Times in particular, there has always been a self-conscious apartness, fostered most firmly in the days when Harold C. Schonberg was the chief critic. From the time you first log into a computer in the Times newsroom (actually, for me it was switching on an IBM Selectric typewriter), you have it drilled into you that you must retain an appropriate distance from the world you are covering.
Where other papers, like the New York Herald Tribune, seemingly had no problem allowing critics to also compose (as Virgil Thomson did), at the Times, you had to choose. When Eric Salzman was told to decide, after Schonberg heard that one of his works was to be performed, he left the paper to compose. More recently, Will Crutchfield left the Times to become a conductor.
One reason it can be so hard to walk the observer/participant line is that most of us who write about music do so because music is what we love most in the world. We tend not to be former sports writers who were simply assigned a new beat. Virtually every critic I know plays an instrument (or several). Some compose, or did in their younger years.
Many of us earned music degrees, but decided that we were happier listening to copious amounts of music, and writing about it for readers who love it as much as we do, but who might not have the same analytical tools or insights into what makes great works great (and flawed works flawed) than we would be performing, touring, seeking commissions and grants, and dealing with the other, more quotidian challenges of a musical life.
Most of us, at some point, stopped to take an honest, critical look at our potential contributions to the music world, and decided that we had more to offer as chroniclers and interpreters of it – writing “the first draft of history,” as The New York Times likes to say – than as performers or composers.
But there’s something else. Most critics, by the time we began writing, had amassed large collections of recordings – multiple performances of great works, everything we can find by contemporary composers who interest us, full discographies of performers we admire, live recordings from radio broadcasts – as well as shelves packed with scores, reference books, biographies, and memoirs.
Look at our collections and you can see what’s going on: We’re fans, at heart. Opinionated fans (as fans usually are), with an ability to persuade people to at least consider our point of view. Making our arguments for publication is the next logical step, and the logical step beyond that, once we have a forum, is to interview musicians whose work we’ve always admired (and some we’ve never seen the point of), in order to hear firsthand what makes them tick, how they forged their compositional or interpretive styles, and what they had in mind when they created particular works or decided to take on certain repertory.
Often these discussions are illuminating. Sometimes they are disappointing. I’ll never forget interviewing a singer who was regarded as one of the great sopranos of our time, and asking her what went through her mind when she sang a set of songs, by Mahler and others, about the deaths of children. “Well,” she said, “I want everyone to like me.” Or the time another star soprano who had been singing since the 1930s, told me that she never knew that Marcello, in La Bohème, was painting the Red Sea until she saw the opera with supertitles, in the 1970s – this despite the fact that the very first sung words of the opera are “questo mar rosso” – “this Red Sea.”
Sometimes you find that you and your interviewee share a particular view about music, style, or perhaps even life in general. And that’s when you’re supposed to see the red flag, because the rule in journalism is that while you can get to know musicians by interviewing them, you can’t become their pal. It’s easy enough to see why. Let’s say you interview a composer whose works you’ve admired since your student years, and after a few interviews, you feel you have a sympathetic connection that under other circumstances you would call friendship. You may feel that this sympathy gives you a perspective that makes you the ideal writer to explain this composer’s work to readers. And maybe you are.
But as sure as God made little green apples and allowed snakes to offer them around, the day will come when the limits of this friendship are tested, and it won’t be fun. A new work might disappoint you in any number of ways, and you will realize that you have to say so – and that when you do, your composer friend will feel betrayed. You might entertain the fantasy that your composer friend noticed the same flaws you did, and let them slide because of deadline pressure, and that by mentioning them, you are merely confirming what your friend already knows – that the piece needs to be fixed. In a way, you may reason, you did your friend a favor.
In the fullness of time they may come to see it that way. But mostly, they won’t, and the moment you realize that the work you’re covering is not their best, you also know that you’re in a tough spot. If you do not express your reservations, fully and directly, you are not being honest with yourself, your readers, the musical world at large, and not least all the other composers with whom you do not have a personal relationship, and about whose music you would unhesitatingly express objections if their works had similar problems.
Looking at it that way, in fact, you aren’t really doing your friend a favor by withholding, because if you consider a work flawed, you are probably not alone, and if you don’t say it, someone else will. If you can’t call it as you hear it, you should give up criticism, and if your composer friend cannot respect your opinion as an honest response, or for some reason counted on your protection rather than your honesty, well, that’s why you’re supposed to keep a professional distance in the first place.
And yet, we want to believe that musicians will trust that reviews are the fair, honest responses of experienced listeners who came to a performance hoping, like everyone else in the hall, to hear something great, illuminating or moving.
That’s asking a lot. But it happens.
In the early 1990s, I reviewed an opera that I generally liked, but found flawed in ways that I detailed in my review. I didn’t know the composer, and had not run into much of his music before or since. But about a decade after the performance, I received what amounted to a thank you note. This composer had taken my comments to heart and had revised the opera, which he now regarded as greatly improved. It was not scheduled for another performance, so he was not soliciting a second review. He just felt compelled to let me know that my review, critical though it was, had a positive effect.
I’d say that critics live for such moments, but we don’t. When it happens, it’s interesting, but we have no reason to expect it, and it’s not why we do what we do. We listen and we respond – ideally with some empathy, because having composed and performed, we know the effort that goes into it. When it works, we’re delighted. When it doesn’t, we have to say so.
Still, I can’t help but feel that the possibility of this kind of response is increasing as both the musical and journalistic worlds reinvent themselves.
One change for the better has been the way reviews are assigned. When I began covering concerts for The New York Times in 1988, after 12 years of record reviewing and feature writing, John Rockwell would come into the office every Wednesday night and unilaterally chart out every critic’s week. You would pick up your schedule on Thursday morning, and go where you were sent.
By the time I left the music department, in 2012, the procedure had changed radically. We each submitted lists with three or four concerts for each day of the coming week, in order of preference, and would then meet to work out the details of who was reviewing what. In most cases, we were assigned the concerts we most wanted to hear.
The significance of the change was that the Times’ music staff mainly would be covering concerts that the individual critics thought were likely to be interesting, worthy events. That didn’t mean they were slam-dunks, of course. Sometimes our preferences might be for musicians we knew only from recordings, and live performance is a different matter. Sometimes they were musicians we had heard or read about, but hadn’t heard personally, and were curious. It could be that we chose and concert on the basis of the repertory, but didn’t know whether the performers were up to it. And when your main interest is new music, as mine was (is), you are always taking a chance, even if you know the composer’s work.
Still, since we each knew the field well enough to make informed choices, we often enjoyed the concerts we heard. This became a problem for some readers, who complained about the preponderance of positive reviews. I understood their disappointment. Negative reviews can be far more entertaining than positive ones. They’re more fun to write, too, to be honest. When we write them, it is because we believe they are deserved, and sometimes we think of well-turned barbs as our just compensation for a wasted evening.
But when it comes down to it, if I have a choice between spending an evening with a work I love (let’s say, Satyagraha) and one I’m handed, on assignment (for example, La Forza del Destino, which, when I last reviewed it, I described as “four soul-numbing hours of ludicrous plot twists and stultifying interludes” peopled with characters that “you could [not] possibly care about, beyond wishing they’d shut up long enough to kill one another, as at last they do”), I’m going to choose Satyagraha, the potential entertainment value of my review be damned. Ars longa, as they say, vita brevis.
There is a hankering at newspapers now to cover the arts differently. Sometimes editors’ ideas are decidedly half-baked (or less): Look at the National Post debacle in Toronto, where an editor suppressed his critic’s review, and told a publicist that he found performance reviews old hat and was considering, instead, running photo spreads supplied by arts organizations – turning his paper, in effect, into an adjunct of those organizations’ publicity departments.
More thoughtful editors, and editors who actually care about the arts, but who are also antsy about the traditional review format, are looking into other ways to move beyond it, or at least, to supplement it. The short video productions that Anthony Tommasini made for The New York Times website – including an explanation of 12-tone composition works, in which he played a passage from a Schoenberg work, and then looked at the camera and shrugged, as if to say, “see, it’s not so difficult” – were superb.
The podcasts by the jazz and pop critic Ben Ratliff were terrific as well, for taking Ratliff’s ideas, and those of other Times pop writers, farther than they could be explored in short print reviews. For a while, the Times’ classical music critics did online record reviews, in which we took readers where print reviews could not – into the grooves (or, I guess, ones and zeros) of the recordings, to hear samples that brought to life the points we were making.
Ratliff’s podcast ended when he left the paper this summer, and the Times pulled the plug on the other projects long ago, in an early sign of the attention deficit disorder that plagues its editorial staff these days. That’s fine – those projects showed what could be done, and they may rise again, if not at the Times, then somewhere else.
What they have in common is that they chip away at the wall between critics and the rest of the music world, by letting us make the cases we want to make in different, more direct ways. So does the journalistic world’s engagement with social media – something a lot of us looked at with some suspicion at first, but which has proved a vital adjunct to what we do.
At the Times, the social-media experiment began in the 1990s, when the paper’s online efforts were but a glint in its internet division’s figurative eye. In partnership with AOL, the paper gave some of its writers chat boards. I had one called “Ask Allan Kozinn” (hey, I didn’t come up with the title), which quickly became a place for lively discussions about music, reviews and other topics (history, religion and food, among them). Many of the daily participants were just regular Times readers, but there was also an increasing number of musicians – orchestra and chamber players, soloists, singers, composers, many of them using Köchel numbers as screen names.
Was that transgressing the “you can’t be their pals” imperative? I don’t think so. The chat board created an interesting and useful network – a community, of sorts. It brought readers and musicians together, with a critic moderating (and, at times, refereeing), and yielded a valuable exchange of ideas. The Times eventually dropped the chat rooms as well, but moved on to other social media sites, like Facebook, which allows more real-time, real-world exchanges. The paper encouraged us to participate in that too – to post our reviews and articles, and to be available to discuss them, and whatever else came up.
For some readers, critics’ involvement in Facebook discussions was an overt violation of critical propriety. Indeed, one reader who complained about the tilt toward positive reviews ascribed this to critics and musicians being “friends” on Facebook and, as she was outraged to see, clicking “Like” on each other’s comments – something she interpreted as a form of back-slapping chumminess.
It probably hadn’t dawned on her that discussions between musicians and critics have always taken place – in interviews, when we need to call or write in search of information. Participating in a Facebook discussion is not fundamentally different than conducting an interview (which, after all, is an exchange of ideas, or literally, views), or appearing on a panel. You would think, in fact, that someone so conspiratorially inclined might reason that when critics participate in discussions on a service like Facebook, the very public aspect of the venue makes the conversations entirely above board.
Public discussions in which composers and performers comment about the projects they are working on, and what’s on their minds generally, with comments by readers and responses from the musicians, offer critics and reporters a valuable window into their world. And clicking “Like” on a comment, apart from being a fairly innocuous shorthand for “yeah, I agree,” is also a way of being something more than an eavesdropper, if less than a participant: It alerts those in the discussion to the fact that you’re reading the thread. It seems only fair.
In purely practical terms, I have found stories worth pursuing in social media. The first New Music Gathering, in San Francisco, was something I might not have covered, or known about, if I hadn’t stumbled into a discussion of plans for it among the composers who put it together. (The Gathering itself, in fact, was an outgrowth of a Facebook discussion.) Would it have been more “pure” to wait for the press release? Maybe. But that’s so last decade.
However you interpret and evaluate the slowly evolving changes in journalistic approach, and the interactions inherent in social media, they are fundamentally altering the relationship between critics and the musicians they cover. Mostly, they are making each side more three-dimensional. And though it may seem counterintuitive, given that astonishing level of beastliness you often see in online discussions, the transparency afforded by social media has yielded a level of civility and understanding between critics and musicians that is new, refreshing and enlightening for all sides.
Yes, it still makes sense for critics and musicians to maintain some distance. We don’t want to be shills for anyone, even musicians whose work we admire, and we have no intention of surrendering the freedom to say what doesn’t work, as well as what does. But we’re discovering that having free-spirited dialogues is more useful than simply talking at each other. And it’s proving to be better for listeners and readers as well – at least, for those who are more interested in understanding what’s happening in the creative world than in chuckling over our most dyspeptic quips. Understanding is the glue that holds a community together, isn’t it?
Allan Kozinn writes about music far and wide, in newspapers, in magazines, in books, and on the web. He can be reached at allankozinn@gmail.com.
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Where in the world will Josh Howard play next?
By Kurt HelinSep 17, 2012, 9:42 AM EDT
Matt Barnes got inked but we still have a long list of veteran players out there waiting to sign a deal — Kenyon Martin, Mickael Pietrus, Louis Amundson, Leandro Barbosa, Anthony Tolliver, Darko Milicic.
Josh Howard can be added to that list, also. Once a 19.9 points per game scorer for the Mavericks, last season for the Jazz he averaged 8.7 points a game and he hasn’t shot over 40 percent in two years. Still, he’s the kind of guy who ends up with a roster spot.
Where? Good question.
On Monday he will be in San Antonio to visit with the Spurs, reports Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports.
However, a tweet from Jazz beat writer Brian Smith says he still could re-sign in Utah.
Before that he worked out in Charlotte.
Honestly, who knows. He should be looking for fit, not money now.
Like all the veterans on the list up there, he thinks he deserves more than the veteran minimum but is finding the market cold and harsh. Teams are scared of the new luxury tax (which doesn’t kick in for a year) and while they have to spend on their stars they are saving money on role players, shrinking the NBA’s middle class.
For Howard, that means trying to find a good fit where he can get back to his old self and minutes. Everything else flows out of that.
Tags: Anthony Tolliver, Boston Celtics, Darko Milicic, Indiana Pacers, Josh Howard, Kenyon Martin, Leandro Barbosa, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Louis Amundson, Matt Barnes, Mickael Pietrus, Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz
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2018 Project to Increase Productivity
Posted on 23rd November 2018
The owners of NEJ Stevenson were not convinced there would be help available to them when they set out their plans for growth but after getting support from Business Ready, the company has been able to accelerate its expansion.
NEJ Stevenson had plans to grow which would require ongoing significant investment in people, machinery and also in its premises.
It wanted to move but struggled to find the right space and then planned to expand its current headquarters, only to hit the buffers due to a railway line running at the back of the property.
They were issues that were becoming a distraction from what the business did best and managing director Neil Stevenson didn’t think he’d be able to get assistance until Business Ready got in touch.
Business Ready supported the firm with grant applications through the Warwickshire Small Capital Grant and also from the Rural Development Fund in order to purchase a new sanding machine, a CNC machine and spindle turner, as well as offering general advice and support.
That was on the back of help the company had been given to overcome its planning issues in order to allow it to expand its premises.
Neil added: “Business Ready has been absolutely invaluable and we have been able to grow quicker than we would have done without the help and that’s good for the local economy.
“Janette has helped identify funding opportunities, helped us to make sure we apply in the right way and we have been successful.
“As well as the grant-funding and the general advice, it is reassuring for us as a business for someone to show confidence in us in this way and believe in our growth strategy. On the softer side, it’s nice to be a manufacturer that’s not in the automotive sector and still feel some love.”
The company has invested £750,000 in its growth and is accelerating its expansion thanks to the support. It has grown to employ more than 30 staff and is on the hunt for more.
It also had a positive result when it came to the expansion of its property.
“We’ve bought neighbouring properties in order to expand and we are currently fitting out and creating the most efficient work-spaces possible,” said Neil.
The company is also keen to give back to the local area and is working with schools and colleges to provide opportunities for young people to learn more about manufacturing.
Janette Pallas, of Business Ready, said: “NEJ Stevenson is a fantastic success story for our region and proves that we remain at the cutting edge of manufacturing in this area. They are an example of a business that still use traditional skills, but also use advanced technology in design and manufacturing.
“Their support for schools in helping young people to understand differing roles in manufacturing businesses is to be commended and we would urge other companies to do similar.
“Following earlier support provided by Coventry & Warwickshire Growth Hub on planning issues, it’s been great to be able to help the company grow and to see that result in new jobs, new investment and more opportunities for the business.”
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Jones/Hungryland - History
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Native Americans utilized this site dating back to the time when mastodons and bison roamed the prairies of central and southern Florida. Like visitors in the present, they hunted and fished the plentiful game species. Once European explorers arrived, these original cultures were doomed from introduced diseases and outright killing. Later, in the mid-1800s, Seminoles seeking to escape the U.S. Army hid out in these wetlands. The Army destroyed and cut off their food supplies, leading local ranchers to refer to the region as “Hungryland.” The slough that still runs through the area was called the Hungryland Slough and was primarily used for grazing cattle.
Virgin timber was harvested and sawmills were established to process the lumber along the newly cut Jupiter-Indiantown Road. Known as the Central-Dixie Highway and designated S.R. 29, the Jupiter-Indiantown Road was heavily used by area residents until paved roads were constructed from Indiantown to Jupiter in the late 1950s.
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In the late 1960s the area currently known as Pal Mar, of which the Jones/Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area is a part, was the focus of a real estate scheme. Developers sold several thousand residential lots, mainly to out-of-state buyers. Deep canals were cut in an attempt to drain the property for development. Because the developers had failed to file the proper plans, Martin County filed a lawsuit that put an end to drainage. Prior to state acquisition, the citizens of Martin and Palm Beach counties regarded the land as a conservation area, and the Martin County Conservation Alliance and other conservation groups conducted interpretive tours across the property. The land was purchased in 1994 and 1997 under the Save Our Rivers program and in 1999 under the Conservation and Recreation Lands Program.
The WEA honors the conservation legacy of Johnny and Marianna Jones, passionate advocates for the protection of fish and wildlife resources throughout Florida. During their 61-year marriage, the couple lobbied for environmental issues, were leaders of the Florida Wildlife Federation and were instrumental in the establishment of over 3 million acres of public lands, including the John C. and Mariana Jones/Hungryland WEA.
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Europe’s Depressing Prospects: Two Reasons Why Spain Will Leave the Euro
byEconomonitor
Normally I don’t like to write about European prospects in the midst of a very rough patch in the market because in that case there isn’t much I can say that isn’t already being said.
I find it more useful to wait for those recurring periods in which the markets recover and optimism rises. Still, given the conjunction of political uncertainty in Beijing, low Chinese growth numbers, and another round of deteriorating circumstances in Europe, I will spend most of this issue of the newsletter trying to outline the possible paths countries like Spain must face.
For several years I have been saying that Spain would leave the euro and restructure its external debt. I should say that I specify Spain because it is the country in which I was born and grew up, and so it is also the country I know best. When I say Spain, however, I really mean all the peripheral European countries that, like Spain, are uncompetitive, have high debt levels, and suffer from low savings rates that had been forced down in the past decade to dangerous levels.
Spain had a stronger fiscal position and healthier bank balance sheets than many of its peers when the crisis began, so any argument that applies to Spain is likely to apply more forcefully to its peers. As an aside I will add that France is for me the dividing line between countries that will be forced into devaluation and restructuring and those that won’t – in my opinion France could go either way and we will get a much better sense of this in the first year of Hollande’s presidency.
There are two reasons why I was and am fairly sure that Spain cannot stay in the euro (or, which amounts to the same thing, that Germany will leave the euro instead of Spain). The first has to do with the logic of Spain’s balance of payments position, and the second has to do with the internal dynamics that drive the process of financial crisis.
To address the first, I would start by noting that thanks to excessively loose monetary policies driven primarily by German needs over the past decade, Spain has made itself wholly uncompetitive in the global markets and in so doing has run large current account deficits for nearly the entire past decade. Its fundamental problem, in other words, has been the process by which its savings rate has collapsed, its cost structure forced up, its debt levels soared, and a great deal of investment directed into projects, mostly real estate, that were not economically viable. As I have discussed often enough in previous issues of this newsletter, I think all of these problems are related and are the automatic consequences of the same set of policy distortions implemented in Spain and in Germany.
Until Spain reverses its savings and consumption balance and drives down its current account deficit into surplus, which is what a reversal of these distortions would imply, it should be pretty clear that Spain will continue struggling with growth and will continue to see debt levels rise unsustainably. But the balance of payments mechanism imposes pretty clear constraints on the process of adjustment. In that sense there are really only three ways Spain can regain competitiveness sufficiently to raise savings and reverse the current account:
Germany and the other core countries can take steps to reverse the policies that led to the European crisis. They can cut consumption and income taxes sharply in order to reduce domestic savings and increase domestic consumption. These would lead to a reversal of the German trade surpluses and higher inflation in Germany, the combination of which would allow Spain to reverse its trade deficit and regain competitiveness via lower inflation relative to that of Germany and a weaker euro.
Spain can force austerity and tolerate high unemployment for many more years as wages are slowly pushed down and pricing excesses are ground away. It can also take measures to reduce costs by making it easier to start businesses, reducing business taxes, and by improving infrastructure, but these latter provide too little relief except over a very long period, especially given the difficulty Spain will face in financing infrastructure and reducing taxes.
Spain can leave the euro and devalue. This would leave it with a problem of euro-denominated debt, whose value would soar relative to GDP denominated in a weakening currency. In that case Spain would almost certainly be forced to halt debt payments and restructure its debt.
I want to stress that these are, practically speaking, the only three ways for Spain to regain competitiveness. There are other ways that could in theory also work, but they are too unlikely to consider. One could assume for example that the rest of the non-European world – most importantly the US, China and Japan – take steps to stimulate their domestic economies sufficiently to force up consumption and run in the aggregate large and growing trade deficits. These deficits, whose counterpart would be a very large European trade surplus, would then bail out the whole eurozone by generating GDP growth rates that exceed the debt refinancing rates.
I think most of my readers will however agree that this is pretty unlikely. The rest of the world is also struggling with growth and in no hurry to run large trade deficits. Another possibility is that we suddenly see a rapid and dramatic move towards full fiscal union in Europe, in which sovereignty, for all practical purposes, is fully transferred to Brussels (or Berlin). But that probably won’t happen either – the rise of nationalism throughout Europe has made this always-unlikely prospect even less likely.
So we are left largely with these three ways of allowing Spain to regain a cost structure that makes it competitive and allows it to amortize its debt while growing. Anyone who rules out two of the three ways listed above must automatically imply that Spain will follow the third way. So which will it be?
Humpty Dumpty economics
The first way is for Germany to reverse its surplus and begin running large deficits. This is by far the best way, but I think it is very unlikely. Berlin has made no indication that it is prepared to do what would be necessary for it to run large deficits and, on the contrary, it is even talking about the need for more austerity.
In part this is because Germany has a potentially huge debt problem on its balance sheet. As a consequence of its consumption-repressing policies during the decade before the crisis, Germany’s domestic savings rate was forced up to much higher than it otherwise would have been and Germany has had to export the excess capital. Not surprisingly, given European monetary dynamics, this capital has been exported largely to the rest of Europe in order to fund the current account deficits of peripheral Europe that corresponded to the surpluses Germany so badly needed to grow.
It did this not by accumulating euro reserves, which it could not do anyway, but rather by accumulating loans to peripheral Europe through the banking system. As a result of all of these loans, Germany is rightly terrified that a wave of defaults in Europe will cause its own banking system to require a state bailout if it is not to collapse, and so it does not want to cut taxes and reduce savings because it believes (wrongly) that austerity will make it easier to protect its creditworthiness.
But German’s anti-consumption policies are leading it towards a debt problem in the same way that similar US policies in the late 1920s created an American debt crisis during the next decade. In that light I thought this very illuminating quote from then-presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt might be apposite:
A puzzled, somewhat skeptical Alice asked the Republican leadership some simple questions:
“Will not the printing and selling of more stocks and bonds the building of new plants and the increase of efficiency produce more goods than we can buy?”
“No,” shouted Humpty Dumpty, “the more we produce the more we can buy.”
“What if we produce a surplus?”
“Oh, we can sell it to foreign consumers.”
“How can the foreigners pay for it?”
“Why, we will lend them the money.”
“I see,” said little Alice, “they will buy our surplus with our money. Of course these foreigners will pay us back by selling us their goods.”
“Oh not at all, “said Humpty Dumpty. “We set up a high wall called the tariff.”
“And,” said Alice at last, “how will the foreigners pay off these loans?”
“That is easy, said Humpty Dumpty. “Did you ever hear of a moratorium?”
And so alas, my friends, we have reached the heart of the magic formula of 1928.
Humpty Dumpty’s grasp of the balance of payments, it turns out, is no more naïve than that of many European policymakers, and I suppose Germany will follow the historical precedent set by the US – and so many other countries that confuse trade surpluses with moral vigor. By refusing to take steps that seem on the surface to undermine its creditworthiness, Berlin will only ensure the debt moratorium that will probably demolish its creditworthiness anyway.
And of course without a major reversal of German’s current account position the balance of payments constraint absolutely prevents net repayments from peripheral Europe. This game will go on as long as the core countries continue financing the periphery, but once they finally stop, the peripheral countries will almost certainly default or restructure their debt.
To take a brief detour before returning to discussing the three paths Spain can take, I think Berlin is betting that if they can prolong the crisis long enough, while pretending that the problem is one of liquidity, not solvency, they can recapitalize the German (and other European) banks to the point where they eventually are able to recognize the obvious and take the losses. This was, after all, the strategy followed by the US during the LDC Crisis of the 1980s, when it waited until 1989, seven or eight years after the crisis began, to arrange the first formal debt forgiveness (the Mexican Brady Bond). During that time a steep yield curve engineered by the Fed allowed the US banks to earn sufficient profits to recapitalize themselves to the point where they could finally formally recognize what had long been obvious.
There are at least two reasons however why this strategy won’t work for the European banks. First, the hole in the European banks’ balance sheets dwarves the equivalent hole in the balance sheets of the American banks during the LDC crisis. It would take them much longer then seven or eight years to fix the problem.
Second, postponing resolution of the debt crisis is extremely painful for the debtor countries, who have to bear the full brunt of the adjustment that both debtor and creditor countries really need to make together. This reduces maneuvering space for Europe because the political system in Europe is less able than that of Latin America during the 1980s to accommodate this very painful process. Well-functioning democracies, after all, make it harder for bankers and elites to force the cost of the adjustment onto the middle and working classes.
Can Spain adjust by itself?
This is also the reason why Spain cannot follow the second of the three paths described above. The second path requires that Spain bear the full brunt of the economic adjustment, which in reality Spain and Germany should bear together. Spanish voters, however, will not permit (and rightly so) that Madrid force such economic pain on its citizens in the name of an ideal of “responsible behavior” (i.e. remaining within the euro) that is both mistaken and extremely painful.
The adjustment will require that Spanish wages and prices are forced down substantially until Spain can reverse the higher price differential relative to Germany from which it suffers. Figuring out how to do this is not very hard – we have plenty of historical precedents upon which to draw. To simplify substantially, there are basically two things that have to happen in order to force a relative decline in prices. First, unemployment must remain very high for many years so that wages either decline, or rise by less than inflation and relative productivity growth. This is pretty straightforward.
Second, there must be some way to deal with the real increase in the domestic debt burden. Why? Because there are two ways relative prices can be forced down, and both of these result in a real increase in the debt burden. First, high inflation in Germany can exceed lower Spanish inflation, and second, Spain can deflate. In both cases the real cost of debt must increase substantially – in the former case because high German inflation will force up euro interest rates so that Spain’s refinancing cost will exceed its domestic growth rate, and in the latter case because deflation automatically increases the real debt burden.
How will we deal with the rising debt burden? Typically we do so by confiscating the wealth of small and medium enterprises or by confiscating the savings of the middle classes, and usually we do both.
So for Spain to adjust we need both very high unemployment for many years and we need to undermine the middle classes. Any policy that requires an enormous and unfair burden on both the workers and the middle classes is unlikely to be rewarded at the polling booths.
The huge unpopularity of the newly elected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in that context, should not be a surprise. I wrote last year just after the election that this would happen, although I thought it would take a year or two before the population really turned on him and made it impossible for him to govern. But Spaniards, from business leaders down to workers, are furious at the Rajoy government and this anger will continue until either the two major parties eject those of their leaders who continue to demand that Spain behave in a “responsible” way, or harder line extremist parties replace the two parties themselves.
I place the word “responsible” in quotation marks not because I am opposed to responsible behavior but rather because the attempt to tighten the budget and impose austerity in the name of remaining on the euro is being presented as the “responsible” thing to do. It is, however, no more responsible than the policies France used in the 1920s to revalue the franc to pre-War parity, which were also sold to the French public as the “responsible” thing to do.
In both cases (and in many other deluded attempts to protect hopelessly overvalued currencies underpinned by rising eternal debt), policymakers did not understand that their policies were guaranteed to fail and were based on a misunderstanding of the causes of the underlying crisis. The responsible thing to do is to acknowledge that the euro is indefensible and that Germany’s refusal to share the adjustment burden, after it absorbed most of the benefits of the mismanaged monetary position it imposed on the rest of Europe, means that Spain will be forced to take on far more than its share of the cost.
But whether or not everyone agrees with my analysis of what really is “responsible” behavior, I think it most people will agree that, rightly or wrongly, Spanish voters are unlikely to accept high unemployment and an assault of middle class savings for many years without rebelling at the polls. Spain simply cannot accept the full burden of adjustment.
This means that the first two of the three paths I listed above cannot be followed. If I am right, we are automatically left with the third. Spain (and by extension many other countries) must leave the euro. It will be very painful and chaotic for them to abandon the euro, but the sooner they do it the less painful it will be.
The death spiral
I said at the beginning of this newsletter that there were two reasons why I was certain Spain would leave the euro, the first of which has to do with the logic of Spain’s balance of payments position and the second with the internal dynamics that drive the process of financial crisis why I was certain that Spain would leave the euro. To address the second, I think Spain will leave the euro because it seems to me that the country has already started on the self-reinforcing downward spiral that leads to a crisis, and there is no one big enough to reverse the spiral.
How does this process work? It turns out that it is pretty straightforward, and occurs during every one of the sovereign financial crises we have seen in modern history. When a sufficient level of doubt arises about sovereign credibility, all the major economic stakeholders in that country begin to change their behavior in ways that exacerbate the problem of credibility.
Of course as credibility is eroded, this further exacerbates the behavior of these stakeholders. In that case bankruptcy comes, as Hemingway is reported to have said, at first slowly, and then all of a sudden, as the country moves slowly at first and then rapidly towards a breakdown in its debt capacity.
What is key to understanding the process is to see that stakeholders will behave for perfectly rational reasons in ways that politicians and moralists will decry as wholly irrational. Rather however than respond to appeals that they stop behaving irrationally, stakeholders will continue making conditions worse by their behavior as they respond the distorted incentives created by the erosion of sovereign credibility. To do otherwise would almost surely expose them to disaster.
To summarize what the self-destructive and automatic behavior of the stakeholders is likely to be, it is worth identifying some of the major stakeholders and to suggest how they typically react to a rise in the sovereign’s default risk:
Private creditors. As Spain’s credibility deteriorates, private creditors will demand higher yields on their loans to Spain even as they change the form of their lending to reduce their own risk, for example by shortening maturities. This has a double impact on making conditions worse. First, higher interest rates mean that debt rises more quickly than it otherwise would. Second, shorter maturities and other changes in the loan structure mean greater balance sheet fragility and a rising probability of default.
Official lenders. As they are forced into providing liquidity facilities, official creditors typically demand and receive seniority. This of course increases the riskiness for other lenders and creditors by pushing risk downwards, and so worsens balance sheet fragility and increases private sector reluctance to lend.
Depositors. As the probability rises that Spain will leave the euro, and that bank deposits will be frozen and redenominated in the weaker currency before any abandonment of the euro is announced, depositors respond rationally by taking money out of the banking system. As they do, banks are forced to contract lending, to increase balance sheet liquidity, and to reduce risk, all of which act as a drag on economic growth.
Workers. Rising unemployment and the prospects for an unequal sharing of the burden of adjustment cause unions to become increasingly militant and to engage more often in various forms of industrial action, which, by raising uncertainty and costs for businesses, force them to cut output and employment.
Small and medium businesses. One of the sectors most likely to be penalized in a debt crisis is the small and medium enterprise sector. Owners of small and medium businesses know that they are vulnerable during a crisis to an expropriation of their wealth through taxes, price and wage controls, and other forms of indirect expropriation. They try to forestall this by disinvesting, cutting back on expenses, and taking money out of the country.
Political leaders. As time horizons shorten and politics becomes increasingly radicalized, policymakers shift their behavior in ways that reduce credibility further, increase business uncertainty, and raise national antagonisms.
It is important to recognize the almost wholly mechanical nature of credit deterioration once a country is caught in this kind of spiral. Deteriorating creditworthiness forces stakeholders to adjust. Their adjustment causes debt to rise and/or growth to slow, thus eroding creditworthiness further.
The combination of these and other actions by stakeholders, in other words, can’t help but reduce GDP growth, increase debt, and increase the fragility of the balance sheet, all of which of course undermines credibility further, so reinforcing the suboptimal behavior of stakeholders. All of the exhortations by politicians, the church, public intellectuals, bankers, etc. – and there will be many – that stakeholders put personal self-interest aside and act in the best interests of the nation will be useless. Slowing this behavior is not enough. It must be reversed.
But how can it be reversed? No one is big enough credibly to guarantee the creditworthiness of all the afflicted countries, and without a credible guarantee the downward spiral will occur, more or less quickly, until it is clearly unstoppable.
It is pretty clear that all of this is already happening in Spain and it is also pretty clear that every few months when the government announces the latest batch of economic and debt data, these numbers always turn out to be worse than expected and much worse than originally projected, which is, ironically, exactly what we should expect under the circumstances. Here is an article from Saturday’s Financial Times that shows just how bad it is:
Nearly one Spaniard in four is unemployed, according to data released on Friday, as the country’s economic and financial predicament prompted a government minister to talk of a “crisis of enormous proportions”. The data from the National Statistics Institute showed 367,000 people lost their jobs in the first three months of the year. That means more than 5.6m Spaniards or 24.4 per cent of the workforce are unemployed, close to a record high set in 1994.
The data, which follow a sovereign credit rating downgrade, prompted José Manuel García-Margallo, foreign minister, to say that they were “terrible for everyone and terrible for the government”. He compared the European Union to the doomed liner Titanic, saying that passengers would be saved only if all worked together to find a solution.
It is interesting that Garcia-Magallo is openly discussing the possibility of the “passengers” not being saved. Usually in the beginning of a sovereign debt crisis we spend an unfortunately long time in which policymakers insist that the market is overreacting to bad news and that the problem – inevitably a short-term problem driven largely by illiquidity – can be resolved with patience and hard work. There is no discussion of contingency plans because the contingency is unimaginable.
At some point however it becomes possible at least to acknowledge formally that policymakers might be forced into the contingency. Once this happens, the debate becomes much more intelligent and the resolution of the crisis is speeded up. I have no idea if we have reached that stage in Spain, but in that light I found an article last month, by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the Telegraph, both very worrying and, at the same time, comforting. In the article he says:
Articles calling for Spain to withdraw from EMU – or at least exploring the idea – are no longer rare. They are appearing every day.
…What is striking is the response on the comment threads of such pieces. My impression over the last month is that a large bloc of informed Spanish opinion has reached the conclusion that EMU is dysfunctional, and increasingly destructive for Spain. Many posters seem extremely well-informed, using terminology such as “debt-traps”, “internal devaluations”, and “relative unit labour costs”.
Many point the finger directly at Germany, correctly stating that Berlin seems to think it can lock in a current account surplus with Club Med in perpetuity. Clearly, such as an arrangement is mathematically impossible within a currency union – unless Germany is willing to offset the surplus with flows of money for ever, either through fiscal transfers or loans or investment. These flows have been cut off.
Opinion is divided, of course. The pro-euro camp is still a majority. But the smothering conformity of past years has been obliterated.
As recently as six months ago one didn’t discuss in polite company in Madrid the possibility that Spain would leave the euro and restructure its debt. The prospect was unthinkable and like many unthinkable things it could not be discussed.
This made it very unlikely that anyone except the radical parties of the left or right would be able to control the discussion and of course this was likely to lead to a more disorderly resolution. But now perhaps things have changed. If responsible policymakers, advisors, the press, and public intellectuals are indeed discussing and debating the future of the euro now, I am pretty sure that a real and open debate about Spain’s prospects will quickly move the consensus towards abandoning the euro.
And that is why the article is comforting. The historical precedents suggest that typically policymakers postpone the decision to reverse the monetary straightjacket for as long as they can, and in the process they erect barriers towards such a reversal in the name of shoring up credibility. These barriers work by increasing the cost of a policy reversal, and the point of this is to improve credibility in investors’ eyes by increasing the cost of “misbehavior” by policymakers.
Mexico did this for example in 1994 when, in order to convince an increasingly skeptical investor base that the central bank would not devalue the peso against the dollar, the Ministry of Finance shifted its domestic borrowing from peso-denominated funding to dollar-denominated funding, which of course would increase the debt-servicing cost of a devaluation for the government. Unfortunately, when policy is reversed anyway, as was the case in Mexico in 1994, the cost indeed ends up being much higher, and it takes longer for the economy to recover. In that sense the sooner Spain prepares for an abandonment of the euro the less painful it will be.
But of course it won’t be painless. Whenever an analyst predicts that Spain will soon leave the euro he is almost always countered by someone who earnestly explains that Spain cannot leave the euro because the process will be too painful. In 1993-94 of curse we were told that this was why Mexico could not possibly devalue, and in 2000 and 2001 this was why Argentina could not possibly break the currency board. It would have been too painful to devalue.
But of course Mexico and Argentina both did devalue and, yes, it was a very painful experience but they did it because the alternative was worse. And likewise while it is true that Spain cannot leave the euro without experiencing a very painful process, the point is not that anyone is arguing that Spain should willingly and irrationally choose to endure pain. Spain will leave the euro because the alternative is worse.
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Are active fund managers doomed?
Big index managers such as BlackRock are making noises about sustainability and responsibility
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It’s a miserable life being an active fund manager these days.
The problem is that people are starting to notice that they don’t provide value for money. Customers are flocking to cheap index funds.
Now, even politicians are getting in on the act. They’ve realised that one reason fund managers don’t hold overpaid chief executives to account is because they collect pretty chunky pay packets themselves.
So do active managers have a future? And if so, what does it look like?
Jeff Fairburn – the man who convinced us all that enough was enough
Jeff Fairburn, former head of housebuilder Persimmon, may have marked “peak CEO” pay. He acquired multi-generational wealth by managing to stand in the right place at the right time when his sector was flooded with taxpayers’ money.
Whatever Fairburn got paid for, it wasn’t his talent and it wasn’t the result of competition for good executives (which are the usual nonsense excuses trotted out by people trying to pretend that this is something like a free market).
It’s because he was lucky and the people in charge of setting his pay didn’t do their job properly, because they weren’t incentivised to care all that much themselves. They at least had the good sense to step down when they realised how badly they’d messed up.
Anyway, Fairburn’s life-changing package may have had one benefit. Its extraordinarily egregious nature – and his utterly unapologetic “I’m all right Jack” attitude – has made it impossible to ignore.
Which is a good thing. Because while his pay packet stood out due to its scale, he was hardly unique in being an overpaid CEO. Most FTSE 100 CEOs are overpaid.
And last week, in between voting on exactly what kind of Brexit they want to reject next, Britain’s MPs last week managed to put out a report out condemning this level of overpayment. It contained the usual stuff you’d expect – a lot of angry bluster, some over-simplification and threats of heavy-handed government intervention.
But the core points are absolutely correct: the reason that executives get so much money is not down to a shortage of people for the job or a surfeit of talent, it’s because remuneration committees are soft touches. And it’s because the other people who are meant to hold them to account – the owners of the companies, the shareholders – are all on rather large pay packets too.
This is something that we’ve often argued in MoneyWeek: that one big reason for the executive pay problem is that fund managers don’t want to be the people to lob stones from the precarious comfort of their glass houses.
The FT quotes from the report: “We do not have confidence in… institutional investors in exercising their stewardship functions, in a way that consistently bears down on executive pay.”
This isn’t the only headache for active fund managers right now. The industry is already under pressure from the rise of index investment (I try to avoid using the word “passive” these days, as I feel it’s a misnomer).
Investors are increasingly resistant to the idea of paying a lot of money to a human fund manager who can’t consistently do a better job than a fund that simply tracks the market.
Again, it boils down to the same thing that MPs are complaining about: “What exactly are we paying you people for?”
And that’s a question that active fund managers will have to answer if they want to stay in business.
If active managers want to stay in business, they have to act like owners
So what is the answer? To get more active.
“Activist” funds are, effectively, professional troublemakers. They target struggling or complacent companies, and try to change the management or break up the company or change specific policies in order to create value for shareholders.
Managements hate them, because they are inevitably trying to force through changes that managers don’t want. And historically, “ordinary” fund managers have either sided with management, or have strategically used activists to do their dirty work.
But increasingly, that’s no longer seen as being the best route.
According to data from Lazard, quoted in the FT, activism among “normal” fund managers (as opposed to dedicated activist funds) is rising fast. “Last year smashed records for the volume of activist activity, from the number of campaigns to the amount of money deployed”, notes the FT.
As Kai Liekefett of US law firm Sidley Austin tells the paper: “There’s an enormous shift from actively-managed funds to passive funds or index funds. For active funds to remain relevant, they need to do something.”
It all boils down to this: if you can’t easily beat the market, then what can you do that a computer and an administrative team can’t? What is your sustainable competitive advantage? The only answer can be to wield the power that should go with ownership far more aggressively.
There’s a perception, for example, that “young folk” are more interested in investing ethically than ever before. (I personally think this is drivel – ethical investing has been around for decades, and pretty much everyone whose only involvement with investment has been to tick boxes on a pension scheme expresses at least an interest in “ethical investing”. I think it might be more accurate to say that today’s yoof have a strong sense of their own moral self-righteousness. In other words, they are exactly the same as every other generation before them. But I digress.)
The big index managers such as BlackRock and Vanguard are increasingly making noises about sustainability and responsibility and the rest of it. But given the sheer number of companies they own stakes in – and the diverse base of their own investors – that’s going to be a difficult thing to roll out in a meaningful way.
Active investors are in a much better position to set out “mission statements” and policies for acting as highly-engaged owners who hold managements to account. The thing is, that will mean they have to do a lot of things differently.
They’ll have to communicate exactly what they stand for, and they’ll probably have to take fewer and bigger stakes. And in the end, it might be too difficult. But it’s a choice between offering ordinary shareholders who actually care about this stuff more clout – or slowly being whittled away by regulation and by competition from index providers.
I’m going to start taking a look at the sector in more detail – the share prices of most fund managers have fallen hard and you have to wonder if there are attractive opportunities there. But the challenges facing them are formidable.
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Russell Recchion
Russell is an award-winning portrait painter with paintings in collections in Europe and across the United States. Russell has painted professionally for over 25 years, painting portraits for executives, physicians, university presidents, deans, judges, philanthropists, as well as private families.
Russell was born and raised just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in Moon Twp. As a young boy in the fourth grade, his love for art was recognized by his grade school art teacher Betty Phillips, and he was selected to attend the Tam O’ Shanter art classes for gifted artists at the Carnegie Museum. Russell is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia where he was the co-recipient of the Cadwalader Landscape Prize. It was during the two years at the Art Institute that he spent a semester abroad studying art and painting in Florence, Italy. That experience in Italy convinced Russell to make painting his life’s work.
Pursuing his passion for painting, Russell enrolled at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. While there he immersed himself in the Academy’s tradition of American Painting and was influenced by the great early painters such as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Cecilia Beaux, Thomas Eakins, and Charles Wilson Peale, the founder of the school.
During Russell’s training he traveled to museums copying the portraits of old masters helping him to learn and understand the lost techniques of these great painters. Russell is not only a portrait painter; he also enjoys painting landscapes and still lifes. Influences of the Bucks County Impressionists known as the New Hope School, and in particular the works of Daniel Garber and Edward Redfield can be seen in Russell’s work. He spent much of his time while in Philadelphia traveling to Bucks County and painting the same fields, quarries and river scenes that these inspirational painters captured on canvas. Another very important influence on Russell’s work is the world-renowned portrait painter Nelson Shanks. Russell would visit his studio during the early days at the Academy and take work out to be critiqued by Mr. Shanks. Later Russell would attend several workshops with Mr. Shanks at the Pennsylvania Academy and at Incamminati, the school founded by Shanks.
Since moving to Tucson with his family in 2000, Russell has enjoyed painting the American Southwest. Russell works in his warehouse studio in the Arts District where he conducts painting classes two mornings a week for the experienced artist. He also holds an open studio session one evening a week where artists can come and work from a model. Because of the demand for his portraits, he still continues to travel for commissions for institutions and families across the country. Although corporate and institutional portraits make up the majority of his commissioned work, the family portrait, especially children’s portraits are becoming increasingly popular. In addition, Russell is incorporating his skill as a portrait painter to include Western Art, depicting ranching life of Southern Arizona and Native Americans and their culture.
Russell is a member of the Portrait Artists of Arizona, Tucson Plein Air Painter’s Society, The Brown County Art Guild, and the Hoosier Salon of Indianapolis, where he was the winner three years in a row for Outstanding Work in Any Medium, Outstanding work in Portrait, and Outstanding work in Landscape.
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Film Noir File: Classic so-good sleepers ‘The Narrow Margin,’ ‘The Locket’ and ‘Angel Face’
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The Film Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific Standard). All films without a new review have been covered previously in Mr E Man and can be searched in the FNB archives (at right).
Pick of the Week: TCM’s Summer of Darkness continues to delight
The next-to-last chapter of TCM’s deluxe film-noir binge-a-thon Summer of Darkness commences today. It’s another feast for film noir buffs. As we know by now, Turner Classic Movies has been sharing its great shadowy treasure trove of classic film noir on Friday nights.
This week’s dark list includes Richard Fleischer’s terrific low-budget death-rides-the-train sleeper, “The Narrow Margin,“ starring Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor — one of director Billy Friedkin’s faves. You’ll also see Hollywood expressionist John Brahm’s stylish triple-flashback thriller, “The Locket” with Robert Mitchum. And don’t even think about missing Otto Preminger’s French critical favorite “Angel Face“ (one of Jean-Luc Godard’s picks for his all-time Best American Talkies list). This time Mitchum is smitten with Jean Simmons. Bitch-slap trivia: “Angel Face” is the movie where Mitchum punched Preminger for being mean to Jean.
Also on Friday’s all-day bill of noir: highlights with ace actors like Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Mitchum, Barbara Stanwyck, Mickey Rooney, Evelyn Keyes, Jane Russell, Jeanne Moreau, Vincent Price, John Payne and Raymond Burr, and directors like Nick Ray, Josef von Sternberg (on the same show), Louis Malle, Phil Karlson and Fritz Lang.
Curated and hosted in the evening by the Czar of Noir himself, Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation and the Noir City film festivals, TCM’s Summer of Darkness is a standout fest of classic killings, broken dreams and movie nightmares. All that and Marilyn Monroe (in “Clash by Night”) too.
We don’t want this summer to end!
6:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m.): “Roadblock” (1950, Harold Daniels). Charles McGraw and Joan Dixon in a poor man‘s “Double Indemnity.”
8 a.m. (5 a.m.): “The Strip” (1951, Leslie Kardos). Mickey Rooney is a luckless jazz drummer who gets in a bad fix trying to help Hollywood hopeful Sally Forrest. The great guest musical stars here include Louis Armstrong, and Satchmo’s longtime friends and sidemen Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines.
9:30 a.m. (6:30 a.m.): “Beware, My Lovely” (1952, Harry Horner). Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan strike sparks in an icy domestic suspenser.
Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe are bored with small-town life in “Clash by Night.”
11:15 a.m. (8:15 a.m.): “Clash by Night” (1953, Fritz Lang). Barbara Stanwyck is an independent woman in 1950s America. Trouble, here we come! She can’t keep a man, but then who’d want to when edgy Robert Ryan is around to get in trouble with? Marilyn Monroe is splendid as a small-town factory girl.
1:15 p.m. (10:15 a.m.): “Kansas City Confidential” (1952, Phi Karlson). A good crisp Karlson heist, pulled off by a mob that includes Preston Foster and Colleen Gray.
3 p.m. (12 p.m.): “Macao” (1952, Josef von Sternberg & Nicholas Ray).
4:45 p.m. (1:45 p.m.): “Talk About a Stranger” (1952, David Bradley). Gossipers wreak havoc in a talky small town. A look at U. S. Senator George Murphy and First Lady Nancy Davis (Reagan) in their movie days.
6:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m.): “Split Second” (1953, Dick Powell). In this nerve-racking thriller, outlaw Stephen McNally and hostages Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling and others are trapped together in a desert nuclear bomb testing site.
8 p.m. (5 p.m.): “The Narrow Margin” (1952, Richard Fleischer).
9:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.): “His Kind of Woman” (1951, John Farrow).
11:45 p.m. (8:45 p.m.): “The Locket” (1946, John Brahm).
1:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m.): “Angel Face” (1953, Otto Preminger).
3:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m.): “Elevator to the Gallows” (1958, Louis Malle).
Film Noir File: Sit back and enjoy a night with Bogie & Bacall
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The Film Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classi c Movies (TCM). The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific Standard). All films without a new review have been covered previously in Mr E Man and can be searched in the FNB archives (at right).
Pick of the Week: Bogie and Bacall night is Tuesday, April 7
“To Have and Have Not” was the couple’s first film together.
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall – the King and Queen of film noir – make for a royally cool evening. First: A documentary-memoir by Bacall, followed by two of the nonpareil pair’s top shows, adapted from books by Ernest Hemingway and David Goodis. Sit back, pour yourself a cold one, and enjoy. And remember: Another vintage Bogart, “Casablanca,” plays (again Sam), Tuesday morning on TCM. (See below.)
2 a.m. (11 p.m.): “Bacall on Bogart” (David Heeley, 1988). A bio-pic gem. Baby on Bogie – and who knew him better?
3:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m.): “To Have and Have Not” (Howard Hawks, 1944).
5:15 a.m. (2:15 a.m.): “Dark Passage” (Delmer Daves, 1947).
8 p.m. (5 p.m.): “Witness for the Prosecution” (Billy Wilder, 1957). “Witness for the Prosecution” (1957, Billy Wilder) From the famous Agatha Christie short story, Billy Wilder expertly fashions one of the screen’s trickiest trial-drama/murder mysteries – with Charles Laughton as the wily, wheelchair-bound barrister, his real-life wife Elsa Lanchester as his long-suffering nurse, and Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich as the incendiary couple caught up in a legendary triple-reverse surprise ending.
10:15 p.m. (7:15 p.m.): “Laura” (Otto Preminger, 1944).
12 a.m. (9 p.m.): “Klute” (Alan Pakula, 1971). Jane Fonda as a brainy hooker (her first Oscar-winning performance) being pursued by a psycho killer. Donald Sutherland plays Klute, the cop who tries to help and save her. A classy, first-class neo-noir.
“His Kind of Woman” is a tongue-in-cheek noir, down Mexico way.
1:45 a.m. (10:45 p.m.): “Macao” (Josef von Sternberg, 1952). Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell strike sultry sparks in this exotic thriller from Howard Hughes’ RKO.
Directed by Josef Von Sternberg, with uncredited reshooting by Nick Ray. Co-starring Gloria Grahame, William Bendix and Thomas Gomez.
3:15 a.m. (12:15 a.m.): “His Kind of Woman” (John Farrow, 1951). Down Mexico way, in a Hollywood-style resort, Jane Russell is his kind of woman. And Robert Mitchum is her kind of man.
Gangster Raymond Burr and overripe actor Vincent Price are our kind of heavies in this breezy, funny tongue-in-cheek noir.
11:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m.): “Casablanca” (Michael Curtiz, 1942).
4 p.m. (1 p.m.): “Passage to Marseille” (Michael Curtiz, 1944).
6 p.m. (3 p.m.): “Mildred Pierce” (Michael Curtiz, 1945).
The classic trio of “Casablanca.”
See Pick of the Week above.
Wed., April 8
2 p.m. (11 a.m.): “Bunny Lake Is Missing” (Otto Preminger, 1965). Bunny Lake is an American child kidnapped in London, Carol Lynley her terrified mother, Keir Dullea her concerned uncle, Anna Massey her harassed teacher, Noel Coward her sleazy landlord, and Laurence Olivier the shrewd police detective trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. The most important of those pieces: Was Bunny ever really there at all? A neglected gem; based on Evelyn Piper’s novel.
8 p.m. (5 p.m.): “La Strada” (Federico Fellini, 1954).
2 a.m. (11 p.m.): “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (Ralph Nelson, 1962).
Eva Marie Saint will appear at the Laemmle Royal tonight
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Academy Award winner Eva Marie Saint will appear at the Laemmle Royal tonight for a Q&A and screening of “Exodus” (1960), directed by noir great Otto Preminger.
The Film Noir File: Paying tribute to Otto Preminger
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The Film Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). All movies below are from the schedule of TCM, which broadcasts them uncut and uninterrupted. The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific Standard).
Happy Birthday, Otto Preminger (1905-1986)
Friday, Dec. 5
During the filming of “Angel Face,” Robert Mitchum bonded with Jean Simmons when he came to her defense against Preminger’s mistreatment.
His nickname was “Otto the Ogre.” He was one of the most colorful and feisty of all the star Golden Age Hollywood directors. His verbal abuse of actors, including beautiful actresses and children, was legendary.
But Otto Preminger – known for his hot temper, thick German accent, bald bullet head, defiance of taboos and long camera takes – was also one of the czars of film noir in the 1940s and early ’50s, when he directed classics like “Laura,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and “Angel Face.” Later on, he made one of the best of all trial dramas, 1959’s “Anatomy of a Murder,” and directed the neglected 1965 British thriller “Bunny Lake is Missing.”
Gene Tierney and Vincent Price size each other up in Otto Preminger’s “Laura.”
6:15 a.m. (3:15 a.m.): “The Human Factor” (1970). Preminger’s last film – a faithful adaptation of Graham Greene’s dark, knowing novel about a British defector/putative spy (Nicol Williamson) – has a good, smart script, inspired by the Kim Philby case, written by playwright Tom Stoppard. The top cast includes Derek Jacobi, Richard Attenborough, Iman, John Gielgud and Robert Morley. But it suffers from a parsimonious budget and Otto’s declining film fortunes.
8:15 a.m. (5:15 a.m.) “Advise and Consent” (1962). With Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Burgess Meredith and Franchot Tone. Reviewed in FNB on Dec. 4, 2013.
12:45 p.m.: (9:45 a.m.): “The Man with the Golden Arm” (1955) As a man struggling to give up his heroin habit, Frank Sinatra leads a superb cast in this riveting adaptation of Nelson Algren’s novel. Kim Novak plays his ex-girlfriend. Sinatra earned a Best Actor Oscar nom; the film’s music (by Elmer Bernstein) and art direction-set decoration also were considered for Oscars. With Eleanor Parker and Darren McGavin.
4:45 p.m. (1:45 p.m.): “Angel Face” (1953). With Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons and Herbert Marshall.
6:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m.): “Laura” (1944). With Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Judith Anderson and Vincent Price.
Other non-noir Premingers shown on his birthday are his two well-made stage adaptations: George Bernard Shaw’s historical drama “Saint Joan” (1957), scripted by Greene, with Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark and Anton Walbrook at 10:45 a.m. (7:45 a.m.) and F. Hugh Herbert’s controversial sex comedy “The Moon is Blue” (1953), with William Holden, Maggie McNamara and David Niven, at 3 p.m. (12 p.m.). Both are worth a look.
Sunday, Dec. 7
8 a.m. (5 a.m.): “The Lady Vanishes” (1938, Alfred Hitchcock). With Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Dame May Whitty and Paul Lukas.
Light & Noir at the Skirball Cultural Center tells a spellbinding story of immigration and innovation, set in Hollywood
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Joan Bennett entraps Edward G. Robinson in 1944’s “The Woman in the Window,” directed by Fritz Lang. The film will screen at the Skirball Cultural Center as part of Exiles and Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933–1950.
“Making movies is a little like walking into a dark room,” said legendary director Billy Wilder, who made more than 50 films and won six Academy Awards. “Some people stumble across furniture, others break their legs but some of us see better in the dark than others.”
“Sunset Blvd.” won three Oscars: writing, music and art direction. Shown: Gloria Swanson and Billy Wilder.
By the time the Austrian-born journalist, screenwriter and director came to America in 1934, he’d seen more than his share of darkness, on screen and off. Wilder left Europe to escape the Nazis; his mother died in Auschwitz.
He joined many other prominent Jewish artists (such as directors Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger and Fred Zinnemann, composer Franz Waxman, and writers Salka Viertel and Franz Werfel) as they left their homes and careers in German-speaking countries to build new lives and find work in Hollywood.
Starting on Thursday, Oct. 23, a new exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center in West Los Angeles Light & Noir: Exiles and Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933–1950 highlights the experiences of these émigré actors, directors, writers and composers.
They came to California at a pivotal time in the world’s history and in the evolution of the movie-making capital, greatly contributing to Hollywood’s Golden Age and raising the artistic bar for its productions.
In particular, film noir was born when the talents of these European émigrés merged with the hard-boiled stories of American pulp crime fiction and the subtle sensibilities of French Poetic Realism.
Lizabeth Scott and Dick Powell star in “Pitfall.”
Films, concept drawings, costumes, posters, photographs and memorabilia will help tell the story of Hollywood's formative era through the émigré lens. Accompanying the show is a plethora of events: film screenings, readings, talks, tours, courses (photography and cooking with a Café Vienne installation), comedy, family programs, a holiday pop-up shop and more.
Organized by the Skirball Cultural Center and co-presented with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the exhibition will run through March 1, 2015.
Running in conjunction with the show is The Noir Effect, which explores how the film noir genre gave rise to major contemporary trends in American popular culture, art and media. (More on that in an upcoming post.)
Of course, I’m especially looking forward to the impressive lineup of films. On Oct. 30, Jan-Christopher Horak, a German-exile cinema historian and director of the UCLA Film and Television Archives, will describe how Hollywood became the prime employer of European émigré filmmakers as Nazi persecution grew. The lecture will be followed by a screening of Austrian émigré Fritz Lang’s “Hangmen Also Die!”
The movie will play in January. " src="https://mreman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Criss-Cross-4.jpg" width="450" height="300" /> Yvonne De Carlo and Burt Lancaster play doomed lovers in “Criss Cross,” (1949, Robert Siodmak). The movie will play in January.
(Additionally, continuing through April 26, 2015, at the Los Angeles County Museum is Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s. The series explores approximately 25 masterworks of German Expressionist cinema, a national style that had international impact.)
At the Skirball Cultural Center, on Dec. 7, fashion expert Kimberly Truhler will discuss the effect of World War II on film costume design and American fashion in the 1940s. Gabriela Hernandez, founder of Bésame Cosmetics, will share the history of make-up and tips on achieving the film noir look.
And in January, the Skirball Cultural Center will host the film series “The Intriguante: Women of Intrigue in Film Noir,” which will feature: “The Woman in the Window,” “Pitfall,” “Criss Cross,” “The File on Thelma Jordon” and the 2008 documentary “Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood.”
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Mass. College Hoops: WACBA Weekly Report (Jan. 28 – Feb. 3)
Posted on February 5, 2013 by Noontime Sports Leave a comment
By NoontimeSports.com
Another week of Worcester college basketball is in the books and below is this week’s WACBA Rookies of the Week, Players of the Week and Honor Roll.
Quick Note: player summaries are courtesy of the college’s sports information department.
Men’s Rookie of the Week: Zach Karalis (WPI) Fr., Guard, North Andover, MA: Karalis continues to be a spark off the bench for the nationally ranked Engineers. Against Coast Guard, the freshman guard tallied 14 points, including 4-of-5 attempts from the 3-points as WPI defeated remained unbeaten with a victory over the Bears.
Women’s Rookie of the Week: Molly Hourigan (Holy Cross) Fr., Center, Memphis, NY: Against Army and Colgate, the freshman started in both games this week with six points in 22 minutes in each contest. Hourigan was the team’s second leading rebounder versus Colgate, as well as tied a season-high with a game-best three blocks. She currently leads the team with 17 blocks.
Men’s Player of the Week: Ronson Quick (Assumption College) Sr., Forward, Marlton, NJ: Quick averaged a double-double in a 2-0 week as he posted 11 points, 14.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per contests as Assumption improved to 15-4 overall and remained in first place in the Northeast-10. He began the week with 11 points and 15 rebounds and six assists in a 57-41 win at Saint Michaels. Quick wrapped up the week with an 11-point, 14 rebounds, three-assist effort in a 70-50 home win over Merrimack. Quick was also named this week’s co-conference player of the week.
Women’s Player of the Week: Alex Smith (Holy Cross) Jr., Guard, Delran, NJ: Smith had her best week of the season offensively as she paced the Crusaders with 21 points against Army (game and season-high) and 17 points (team-high) against Colgate. She connected on 13 of 29 shots from the field and 8 of 17 from beyond the arc. Besides ending the week with a total of 38 points, she also amassed six rebounds, seven assists and one steal.
Honor Roll:
Gabrielle Gibson (Assumption College) Sr., Guard, Amityville, NY: In a 2-0 week for Assumption, Gibson averaged 17.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals while shooting 54.5 percent from the field. She began the week with a 14-point, eight-rebound, two-assist, two-steal showing in a win at Saint Michael’s. Gibson followed that with a 21-point, six-rebound, two-assist, two-steal performance in an 86-62 home win over Merrimack.
Robert Hunter (Worcester State) Jr., Forward, St. Louis, MO: Averaged 16 points and nine rebounds in an 0-3 week for Worcester State including 22 points and nine boards in an 86-70 setback against Westfield State and 13 points and 13 caroms in a 78-75 loss versus MCLA.
Ryan Kolb (WPI) Jr., Forward, Southington, CT: Kolb averaged 17 points and 7.5 rebounds to help fourth-ranked WPI remained undefeated by winning a pair of conference contests last week. The sophomore posted a game-best 17 points in victories over Babson and Coast Guard as WPI is now the only Division III team without a loss on the season and sports a 23-game winning streak dating back to last season. Kolb shot an impressive 61.9% (13-of-21) from the field in the wins.
Theresa Logan (WPI) Sr., Forward, Southborough, MA: Logan collected her third double-double of the season and eighth of her career to lift WPI to a 57-42 victory over Springfield. The senior co-captain ended with 12 points and a season-best 14 rebounds in the win. Earlier in the week the forward hauled in a game-high nine rebounds, tossed in six points and swatted three blocks in a 34-32 road lost at Wheaton. For the week Logan averaged 9 points and 11.5 rebounds for the Engineers.
Meaghan O’Keefe (Worcester State) Sr., Center, Warren, MA: Averaged 15 points, 14.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in a 1-1 week for Worcester State including 23 points, a career-best 23 boards and three blocks in a 54-51 triumph over MLCA. Connected for .375 for the week.
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Sugar is a source of calories, not nutrients. Consuming too much sugar can lead to weight gain and tooth decay. Contrary to what many people think, there is no evidence linking high-sugar diets to hyperactivity or diabetes. However, high-fructose corn syrup, found in most processed foods, is linked with obesity, and obesity increases your risk for developing diabetes and other conditions.
Instinct may tell you to slow down when running in wintery conditions, but the secret to not slipping is actually to speed up and shorten your stride. Aim to have each foot strike the ground 90 times per minute, says Terry Chiplin, owner of Active at Altitude, a Colorado-based facility for endurance athletes. This high cadence helps ensure that each foot lands beneath the center of your weight rather than ahead of it, which can throw off your balance on slick terrain.
Income-generation interventions largely target adult women (women of reproductive age, women with young children, and older women). Many microfinance and loan programs are targeted to women because of their likelihood to pay back the loans, although women with lower education levels and smaller businesses do not benefit to the same degree as women who are educated or who have bigger businesses (165). There was limited evidence of such interventions targeting adolescent girls (169). In order to understand the potential impact of income-generating activities on adolescents, more information is needed about the pathways by which adolescents contribute to their own food security, the degree to which they rely on their caregivers to meet their nutritional needs, and how those dynamics change with the age of adolescents (169). Training, workshops, and extension activities were often delivered through community centers, community groups, and financial institutions (165). Other affiliated interventions, such as agricultural extension and nutrition education, were provided at the community level and at home visits (160, 173). These delivery platforms were effective at reaching women, including low-income women, particularly when they engaged with existing community groups (e.g., self-help, farmers’, and women's groups) (160, 161, 167, 169, 172, 173).
Young adults. Teen girls and young women usually need more calories than when they were younger, to support their growing and developing bodies. After about age 25, a woman’s resting metabolism (the number of calories her body needs to sustain itself at rest) goes down. To maintain a healthy weight after age 25, women need to gradually reduce their calories and increase their physical activity.
Fiber is an important part of an overall healthy eating plan. Good sources of fiber include fortified cereal, many whole-grain breads, beans, fruits (especially berries), dark green leafy vegetables, all types of squash, and nuts. Look on the Nutrition Facts label for fiber content in processed foods like cereals and breads. Use the search tool on this USDA page to find the amount of fiber in whole foods like fruits and vegetables.
Focus on the long term. Diets fail when people fall back into poor eating habits; maintaining weight loss over the long term is exceedingly difficult. Most people regain the weight they've lost. In fact, some studies indicate that 90 to 95 percent of all dieters regain some or all of the weight originally lost within five years. Your program should include plans for ongoing weight maintenance, involving diet, exercise and a behavioral component. While there are some physical reasons for obesity, there are also behavioral reasons for excessive eating. For example, many women use food as a source of comfort (perhaps to deal with stress). For these women, a weight loss program with a behavioral component will offer alternatives to replace food in this role.
Vickers, M. R; MacLennan, A. H; Lawton, B.; Ford, D.; Martin, J.; Meredith, S. K; DeStavola, B. L; Rose, S.; Dowell, A.; Wilkes, H. C; Darbyshire, J. H; Meade, T. W (4 August 2007). "Main morbidities recorded in the women's international study of long duration oestrogen after menopause (WISDOM): a randomised controlled trial of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women". BMJ. 335 (7613): 239. doi:10.1136/bmj.39266.425069.AD. PMC 1939792. PMID 17626056.
Not getting enough fiber can lead to constipation and can raise your risk for other health problems. Part of healthy eating is choosing fiber-rich foods, including beans, berries, and dark green leafy vegetables, every day. Fiber helps lower your risk for diseases that affect many women, such as heart disease, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and colon cancer. Fiber also helps you feel full, so it can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight.
Grains, vegetables and fruits are essential to getting the vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates (starch and dietary fiber) and other nutrients you need to sustain good health. Some of these nutrients may even reduce your risk of certain kinds of cancer. But experts say we rarely eat enough of these foods. To make matters worse, we also eat too much of unhealthy types of food, including fat (and cholesterol), sugar and salt.
Systematically report and evaluate women's nutrition outcomes in research and program evaluation documents in low- and middle-income countries, including outcomes for adolescents, older women, and mothers (as opposed to reporting on women's nutrition as child nutrition outcomes alone). When possible, report and evaluate differences by setting (e.g., rural compared with urban) and socioeconomic status.
It has affected more than 200 million women and girls who are alive today. The practice is concentrated in some 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.[77] FGC affects many religious faiths, nationalities, and socioeconomic classes and is highly controversial. The main arguments advanced to justify FGC are hygiene, fertility, the preservation of chastity, an important rite of passage, marriageability and enhanced sexual pleasure of male partners.[11] The amount of tissue removed varies considerably, leading the WHO and other bodies to classify FGC into four types. These range from the partial or total removal of the clitoris with or without the prepuce (clitoridectomy) in Type I, to the additional removal of the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora (Type II) to narrowing of the vaginal orifice (introitus) with the creation of a covering seal by suturing the remaining labial tissue over the urethra and introitus, with or without excision of the clitoris (infibulation). In this type a small opening is created to allow urine and menstrual blood to be discharged. Type 4 involves all other procedures, usually relatively minor alterations such as piercing.[78]
Micronutrient supplementation Health clinics ↓ anemia and Fe-deficiency anemia, ↑ Hgb, ↓ soil-transmitted helminth infection, ↑ cognitive function ↓ anemia and Fe-deficiency anemia, ↑ Hgb, ↑ serum ferritin, ↓ soil-transmitted helminth infection ↓/NC anemia, ↑/NC MN status (Hgb, folate, zinc, retinol), ↑ MN status [ferritin, B-12, 25(OH)D], ↓/NC gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia, NC gestational diabetes, ↓/NC hyperthyroidism, ↓/NC night blindness, ↓ bone mineral content, ↑ weight gain (among underweight women), ↓ maternal mortality, ↓/NC placental malaria, NC parasitemia, NC maternal infection, ↓/NC depression and perceived stress
Actually, more people suffer from food intolerances, which don't involve the immune system. However, food intolerance symptoms—such as intestinal distress—may mimic those of a food allergy. If you have a food intolerance, talk to a nutritionist about diagnosis and treatment; if you have food allergies, you need to see an allergist. Whether you have food allergies or intolerance, you will need to develop a diet that fits your needs and avoids foods that trigger a reaction.
Omega-3 fatty acids — essential to health and happiness, reviewed by Dr. Mary James, MD. From conception to old age, every cell in our bodies needs omega-3’s. Learn how omega-3 fatty acids benefit every body system — from the brain to the heart, breast, bones, colon, skin and more, this is one nutrient that can make all the difference to our health, our happiness, and — perhaps best of all — our longevity.
Educational interventions most often targeted school-age children and adolescent girls, and there were few examples of programs targeting women of reproductive age (174). The majority of education interventions were delivered in formal school-based settings (174). However, this is a “selective” delivery platform given that not all adolescents attend schools (193). School fees and distance to school are major barriers to school enrollment (174, 194). Educational interventions need to be sensitive to the reasons why girls are not in school, e.g., work, and to the hours and locations that might make education interventions more accessible (193). Nonformal education, alternative education, mobile schools, and literacy programs can target women and girls not in school, although these approaches were less common and not as well evaluated (174). Interventions that target girls who are no longer in school provide valuable examples about how such interventions could be delivered to hard-to-reach groups (182).
Low-fat dairy products are excellent sources of calcium. Other good sources of calcium include salmon, tofu (soybean curd), certain vegetables (broccoli), legumes (peas and beans), calcium-enriched grain products, lime-processed tortillas, seeds and nuts. If you do not regularly consume adequate food sources of calcium, a calcium supplement can be considered to reach the recommended amount. The current recommendations for women for calcium are for a minimum of 1,200 mg per day.
CCTs have been more thoroughly evaluated for nutrition outcomes, particularly in Latin American countries. They were associated with improvements in women's knowledge of health and nutrition, as well as their self-esteem, participation in social networks, control over resources, and decision-making power (5, 202). Although intrahousehold allocation for women is not clear, CCTs increased household food expenditure and were associated with improved household dietary diversity, including increased household consumption of animal protein, fruits, and vegetables, and reduced consumption of staples and grains (14, 192, 202). There was also some evidence that household expenditure on fats and sweets also increased significantly (202). However, these findings were not consistent and some evaluations showed no significant increase (14, 202, 203). Despite this, in Mexico, there was evidence that in-kind and cash transfer programs resulted in excess weight gain in women who were not underweight (5, 93). This warrants future research given the burden of overweight and obesity among women.
Women's health refers to the health of women, which differs from that of men in many unique ways. Women's health is an example of population health, where health is defined by the World Health Organization as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". Often treated as simply women's reproductive health, many groups argue for a broader definition pertaining to the overall health of women, better expressed as "The health of women". These differences are further exacerbated in developing countries where women, whose health includes both their risks and experiences, are further disadvantaged.
Despite these differences, the leading causes of death in the United States are remarkably similar for men and women, headed by heart disease, which accounts for a quarter of all deaths, followed by cancer, lung disease and stroke. While women have a lower incidence of death from unintentional injury (see below) and suicide, they have a higher incidence of dementia (Gronowski and Schindler, Table I).[6][19]
What you eat is even more important as you enter your 40s. Women need protein (meat, fish, dairy, beans, and nuts), carbohydrates (whole grains), fats (healthy oils), vitamins, minerals, and water. These foods have been linked to some disease prevention, such as osteoporosis, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the development of healthy food supply chains in supplemental nutrition programs so as to broaden the availability of healthy food.
Potdar RD, Sahariah SA, Gandhi M, Kehoe SH, Brown N, Sane H, Dayama M, Jha S, Lawande A, Coakley PJ et al. Improving women's diet quality preconceptionally and during gestation: effects on birth weight and prevalence of low birth weight—a randomized controlled efficacy trial in India (Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project). Am J Clin Nutr 2014;100(5):1257–68.
Loss of taste. Some medicines alter your sense of taste making you lose your appetite. Ask your health care professional if there are alternatives to the medicine you're taking. You might also experiment with spices to make foods tastier. Also, rotating tastes of each food on your plate, rather than eating one food at once, can help you taste various flavors better. Foods with strong scents also taste better, since taste and smell are linked.
Anaemia is a major global health problem for women.[132] Women are affected more than men, in which up to 30% of women being found to be anaemic and 42% of pregnant women. Anaemia is linked to a number of adverse health outcomes including a poor pregnancy outcome and impaired cognitive function (decreased concentration and attention).[133] The main cause of anaemia is iron deficiency. In United States women iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) affects 37% of pregnant women, but globally the prevalence is as high as 80%. IDA starts in adolescence, from excess menstrual blood loss, compounded by the increased demand for iron in growth and suboptimal dietary intake. In the adult woman, pregnancy leads to further iron depletion.[6]
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Professor Milica Radisic named a YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction
ByCarolyn Farrell
Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) who holds the Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering, has been named a YWCA Woman of Distinction for 2018. (Photo: NSERC)
Professor Milica Radisic (IBBME, ChemE) has been named a YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction for 2018. This prestigious recognition honours the outstanding achievements of those who work to improve the lives of women and girls in their community.
Professor Radisic is the Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Associate Chair, Research for the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. She has made transformational advances in tissue engineering which have resulted in new methods for growing human tissue in the lab. Radisic was the first in the world to use electrical impulses and specially designed bioreactors to guide isolated heart cells to assemble into a beating structure. She has also created an injectable tissue patch that could help repair hearts, livers or other organs damaged by disease or injury, as well as the AngioChip, an artificial 3D beating heart tissue. Radisic’s technologies are the basis for two startup companies, both led by women CEOs.
Milica Radisic is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She has won several major national and international awards, including the Women in Science and Engineering Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award for her contributions as a mentor and a role model. She serves on the board of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, the main advocacy body for Ontario engineers, and has leveraged leadership roles in the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society to advance and support women in her field. Radisic has participated in several outreach programs to promote science and engineering to girls, has mentored dozens of women engineering students, and has spoken extensively in multiple forums about the challenges of balancing a family and a demanding career and the need for further support for work-life balance.
“Professor Milica Radisic has revolutionized the field of cardiovascular tissue engineering and is an inspiring role model and exceptional mentor for women engineers and entrepreneurs,” said Dean Cristina Amon. “On behalf of the Faculty, I extend my warmest congratulations to her on this richly deserved recognition.”
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Home INDIA & BEYOND Stranded nurses, workers in Iraq safe, assures Indian envoy
Stranded nurses, workers in Iraq safe, assures Indian envoy
Baghdad, June 16 :
The Indian nurses stranded in Tikrit, the town seized by the fighters from Al Qaeda-influenced Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) last week, are completely safe, the Indian embassy in Iraq Monday said.
“The International Red Crescent Society volunteers visited the 46 Indian nurses that were stranded in a hospital they were working in since last week,” India’s Ambassador A. Ajay Kumar told IANS from Baghdad Monday.
Iraq Jihadi ( file photo )
In all, there are 46 Indian nurses stranded in Tikrit – most of them from Kerala – and 41 construction workers are in Mosul, the embassy said.
“Till now, they are completely safe,” Kumar assured.
The nurses sought assistance from the Indian embassy Friday as they were caught in the conflict zone after armed militants seized Tikrit city, 140 km northwest of Baghdad, and took control of the abandoned posts of Iraqi security forces.
The nurses were sending SOS to their friends and families over the last week.
They could not be moved to any other places as all the areas around the town were highly unsafe, an official said.
“The volunteers found them completely safe and working in the hospital,” Ambassador Kumar added.
Tikrit is the hometown of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, who was executed eight years ago.
Meanwhile, the Indian mission in Iraq has been considering a slew of measures to ensure safety of an estimated 18,000 Indian citizens as the week-long strife intensified in the restive northern parts of the country.
“We are monitoring the situation closely and keeping all options ready. So far, everything is under control and there is nothing to worry,” Kumar told IANS by phone from Baghdad Sunday.
Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have seized the cities of Mosul and Tikrit in the northern region of the oil-rich Arab nation and were moving closer to Baghdad.
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani exhorted all able-bodied Iraqis to take up arms as the advancing Sunni militants captured more towns and started moving towards Baghdad.
Depending on how the security situation unfolds in the volatile northern parts of the country, the Indian embassy plans to evacuate Indians from Mosul, the conflict-ridden second largest Iraqi city, Tikrit, and other nearby towns and villages, the ambassador said.
According to him, the Indian citizens in Baghdad are completely safe, though Indian workers in the restive northern region have raised concerns over their safety with the embassy.
However, the exact number of Indians stranded in Iraqi provinces was not officially available as most of the expatriate are not registered with the embassy.
“We are keeping all options open, as an ‘element of uncertainty’ prevails in such areas,” Kumar added.
The ambassador said the mission has been mulling possible measures that can be carried out in an emergency.
“We are planning to transport the citizens from various cities in the Iraq’s north to the Irbil, capital of autonomous Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq, and then flying them out to India, in a day or two,” Kumar said. Irbil lies 88 km east of Mosul.
“We are also considering airlifting our citizens with helicopters,” the ambassador said, adding that a few Indians have already been airlifted from Iraqi city of Samarra, 125 km north of Baghdad, along with other foreign citizens.
After the Indian government revoked the advisory against travel to Iraq, which was in operation from 2004 till May 2010, the number of Indian workers has been steadily increasing in the more developed and peaceful Kurdistan region (KRG) comprising Irbil, Sulaimaniya and Dohuk governorates, with better salaries and working conditions in steel mills, oil companies and construction projects, an embassy statement said.
The number of Indians in KRG is estimated to be around 15,000.
Indians, with or without travel documents, have been advised to seek assistance from the Indian Embassy in Baghdad and a 24-hour help-line has also been set up to assist the stranded citizens.
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Palaeolithic in the Pindus Mountains of Western Macedonia (Greece); Neanderthals exploited raw materials at altitudes as high as 2,200m
This post is a summary of official announcements on the very interesting discovery of Neanderthal populations moving at very high altitudes (more than 2,000m) in the Pindus Mountains of Western Macedonia, Greece, and exploiting various raw materials during the Middle Palaeolithic era.
Abstract Surveys and excavations carried out since 2000 in the Pindus Mountains of Western Macedonia (Greece) have led to the discovery of more than 500 Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian sites. They are mainly distributed along the watersheds that surround the high altitude Vlach town of Samarina. The Middle Palaeolithic sites are not the only ones discovered in the area, although they are the most numerous, numbering hundreds of settlements, lithic workshops, chert exploitation and decortication areas as well as isolated chipped stone tools. This paper focuses on the good quality chert outcrops exploited by groups of late Neanderthals during the Middle Palaeolithic period. The region has been inhabited over recent centuries by Vlach transhumant shepherds, representing an ideal case study of highland zone Middle Palaeolithic exploitation in Europe. This is due to its unique characteristics following centuries of transhumance and pastoralism, systematic deforestation, landscape exploitation and the almost total absence of modern settlements.
Discussion The discovery of high altitude Mousterian Levallois sites has radically changed our view of the territories, and hunting strategies exploited by the Middle Palaeolithic hunters of Greece. Regarding Epirus, up until a few years ago these hunters were known mainly from the coastal region and its interior, up to an altitude of ca. 1000 m (Papagianni 2008). Fifteen seasons of systematic and intensive survey and recording in the Pindus mountains have shown that traces of their activity can be recovered also from much higher altitudes, whenever environmental conditions have favoured their preservation, confirming the evidence that mountains never acted as a barrier to movement for the communities of any period of prehistory (see Biagi and Nandris 1994, Stirn 2014).
The spectacular finds from the study region have shown that Middle Palaeolithic hunters undoubtedly moved across wide territories, irrespective of their elevation. Consequently, their economic subsistence strategy was clearly much more integrated than previously suggested (Papagianni 1999), demonstrating the exploitation of different landscapes, and a precise knowledge of their potential resources and territorial characteristics that varied from season to season (Pathou-Matis 2006).
(Source: “The Chert Outcrops of the Pindus Range of Western Macedonia (Greece) and their Middle Palaeolithic Exploitation”, by Paolo Biagi, Renato Nisbet, Ryszard Michniak, Nikos Efstratiou)
Introduction Fifteen years of surveys and excavations carried out in the highland zone of the Pindus range have greatly improved our knowledge of the exploitation of the high altitudes of north-western Greece. Although greater attention has often been paid to the Middle Palaeolithic Levallois sites, workshops and chert outcrops discovered around the Vlah centre of Samarina (Efstratiou et al. 2006, 2011, 2014), the systematic investigations conducted along the watersheds that surround the aforementioned town, and the slopes of the Gurguliu and Bogdhanis Mountains, have led to the discovery of many sites and isolated finds of Late Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Final Neolithic, Bronze and different historical ages.
This paper aims to illustrate the discovery of a few Late Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic tools that, given the location of discovery, represent a unique case in the prehistory of this territory of western Macedonia.
Although Late Palaeolithic sites are well attested in neighbouring Epirus (Higgs & Vita-Finzi 1966; Adam 1989; Bailey 1997), nothing was known of their presence at high altitudes in the Pindus range until a few years ago. The Pindus discoveries help interpret the routes followed by Late Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic hunters. They moved along the Samarina watersheds and across their saddles, midway between the lowlands of western Macedonia, east of the Pindos mountains, and Epirus, in the west, during different periods of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene, when the alpine pastures of the Pindus were already deglaciated (Boenzi et al. 1992; Hughes et al. 2006a, 2006b).
Discussion The discovery of Late Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic tools along watersheds that surround Samarina, and the slope of Mount Vasilitsa, improves our knowledge on the seasonal peopling of the high altitudes of the Pindus Mountains. They show that at the end of the Pleistocene, and the very beginning of the Holocene, groups of late hunter-gatherers moved across the favourable hunting landscapes of the alpine pastures above 1500m.
In contrast with the late Neanderthal bands that systematically exploited the abundant Samarina chert resources (Efstratiou et al. 2011), these hunter-gatherers carried with them good-quality flint nodules to produce their weapons. The presence of end scrapers and other tools, mainly bladelets, might indicate that they also performed other activities connected with hunting. Although the location of the allochthonous flint sources used for making the chipped stone tools recovered around Samarina is at present unknown, good-quality flint outcrops are known in the lowlands surrounding Lakes Ioannina and Kastorià. Future research will explore the exploitation of the above resources between the end of the Pleistocene and the Early Holocene in order to explain the provenance, and the movements of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene hunting communities of the Pindus Mountains.
(Source: “Late Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic finds from the Pindus Mountains of western Macedonia (Greece)”, by Paolo Biagi, Renato Nisbet & Nikos Efstratiou)
Abstract The surveys carried out since 2002 in the Northern Pindus of Western Macedonia (Greece), have led to the discovery of an impressive number of sites, lithic scatters, findspots and isolated artefacts, techno-typologically attributed to the Levallois Mousterian Middle Palaeolithic. The chipped stone artefacts are mainly distributed along the watersheds that surround the high-altitude Vlah town of Samarina up to ca. 2100 m, on the ridges of the Boghdani and Gurguliu mountains in the Smolikas massif. Apart from the aforementioned finds, outcrops rich in good quality chert have also been discovered. They are often associated with decortication areas located close to the extractive points. Important sites were found also along the southern terraces of the Samariniotikos River at some 1500 m of altitude. This paper describes the results so far achieved from the study of the landscape on which late Neanderthal groups moved, obtained knappable raw material for making tools from local sources, settled in base camps close to the river course, and practised hunting activities along the mountain open landscapes. According to the typological characteristics of the chipped stone artefacts, and the location at the top of morainic circles, the assemblages have been attributed to a recent period in the development of the Levallois Mousterian Middle Palaeolithic. The Samarina finds show that Neanderthal groups seasonally exploited the natural resources of the Pindus highland zones most probably after 70,000 BP, during a period of climatic amelioration of the OIS-3. The unique finds from the Northern Pindus chain help us understand some modes of behaviour of the Middle Palaeolithic groups within an activity radius of ca. 20 km between some 1350 and 2100 m of altitude.
Conclusion The impressive discoveries made by the Grevena Project confirm some of the insufficiently known models of behaviour of the Neanderthals, who appear used to ascend mountains and able to extract proper raw material from sources available at high altitude, not far from the areas selected for settling. In addition to local siliceous limestone and non-calcareous chert, the Neanderthals exploited other non-local raw materials, as indicated by the recovered finished artefacts. The actual sources of those raw materials (red radiolarite, quartzite and different varieties of chert), whether regional or exotic, are at present unknown. Their location deserves further research investment.
The ability by Neanderthal populations to plan specific, coordinated activities like hunting has been sometimes questioned, and alternative hypotheses (scavenging versus
hunting) were set out (Binford, 1981; 1984; 1985). At present it is widely accepted that Neanderthals were quite sophisticated in their resource exploitation strategies (Marean, Kim, 1998; Kuhn, Stiner, 2006; Ready, 2010), and consequently in their patterns of land-use, contra previous assumptions (Farizy, David, 1992; Burke, 2000). Case studies on the mobility of Neanderthals, based on raw material economy, have shown their capability to circulate through different physical environments, between the coasts and the mountains (Porraz, 2009). In the Samarina area, we are facing an impressive network of long-distance hunting pathways, with its observation points, its localised springs and small intermorainic ponds, and its well-known spots for chert procurement. Evident differences are clearly observable between the compositional and lithotechnical features of the chipped stone assemblages found along the ridges, and the two main sites (SMR-1 and SMR-2) located in the Samariniotikos Valley floor terraces that we perceive as residential camps.
(Source: “Where mountains and Neanderthals meet: The Middle Palaeolithic settlement of Samarina in the Northern Pindus (Western Macedonia, Greece)”, by Paolo Biagi, Renato Nisbet, Elisabetta Starnini, Nikos Efstratiou, Ryszard Michniak)
Prehistoric archaeological evidence in the area although at the heart of Palaeolithic Greece (Epirus and Thessaly), was until recently scanty and comprised mainly of surface finds except of material found in the few excavated sites which, however, do not exceed the altitude of 800m (Wilkie and Savina, 1997, 201, Toufexis, 1994, 17; Tourloukis 2010). The aim of the survey undertaken by our team was therefore to go beyond this elevation barrier and concentrate on the ‘archaeology’ of high-altitude and alpine areas which in many places reached the elevation of 2300 m. The main research question put in test was whether high-altitude areas of Greece were systematically exploited during the early prehistory by human groups but their archaeology remained outside the mainstream of modern archaeological research because of its extreme landscape and environmental features. The predictive site-location model employed in the case of Pindus was the one that has been successfully used in similar situations in countries like Italy (Biagi, 1998, 117, 2001, 71) and based on the hypothesis that human groups moving through high-altitude watersheds for hunting-gathering purposes stopped at spots near water sources, seasonal lakes and flint sources for short or longer periods of time. Therefore, the archaeological survey in Grevena region was aimed at producing evidence of hunter-gatherer survival strategies in high-altitude environments and reconstructing local logistical systems. The result of many years (2003-2011) of field walking (collection of surface finds), small scale digs and gathering of palaeoenvironmental data in Pindus was rewarding from many aspects. A total of more than 200 sites – the majority of them belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic – were recorded in the vicinity of the village of Samarina (1600 m) as well as along its watershed to the north (Gorgul’u piedmont, 2200m) but mostly along the Pleistocene terraces of the Smariniotikos river. The richest sites consist of tens of lithics, whereas an average concentration would not exceed a dozen of artefacts in density.
The numerous artefacts collected are made mostly of local white chert but also from radiolarite and quartz. Rich sources of the typical white chert outcrops (quaries) have been located in the area and they are the focus of detailed geological study (Efstratiou et al 2011, 328). The lithic assemblages from the area although without the support of any strati-graphic evidence they seem to support the presence of at least three different complexes. The Middle Palaeolithic tools, mainly cores side scrapers and flakes, belong to Mousterian and Levalloisian assemblages similar with industries from the rest of Greece (Epirus, Thessaly), dated sometime between 50.000 and 40.000 before present (Dakaris 1964 et al, 199, Tourloukis 2010).
Typical Upper Palaeolithic tools such as prismatic bladelet cores and end scrapers while not absent are rather rare and are always made from exogenous chert pebbles. It is also noticeable that Upper Palaeolithic tools were collected from the same Middle Palaeolithic spots indicating that the same watershed was also used by groups of hunters during the last stages of the last Glacial.
Conclusions Our fieldwork in western Pindus has put high-altitude or alpine archaeology back on the archaeological map of Greece. The discovery of a series of open-air Middle Palaeolithic sites in the highlands of central Greece, used by Neanderthal hunter gatherers and associated with Levallois-Mousterian assemblages, explores the idea that these groups exploited environmentally extreme landscape niches, indicating most probably a more complex logistical system than that already suggested for the period (Papagianni 2000). Unless the Samarina high-altitude watersheds where our work has been concentrated, is of unique geographic importance for trans-regional mobility and contacts in this part of Greece, a new model of Middle Palaeolithic (at least) settlement patterns which for the first time opens up new geographical locations for archaeological consideration, should be serious considered.
Moreover, our work in the Pindus has come to emphasize the complexity of the settlement patterns during the Middle Palaeolithic period in Greece as well as the ‘‘large scale’’ and broad reconstructions suggested so far. We came quickly to realize that for understanding the complex logistical systems of exploitation of hunter-gatherer groups, a ‘‘small scale’’ of study which shall incorporate geomorphological information, climatic characteristics, vegetational histories, raw material sources and possible different types of sites (depending on their lithic assemblages), is required. The case of Palaeolithic Pindus is a step forward to that direction.
(Source: “High Altitude Archaeology in Greece. The case of the Palaeolithic Pindus in the Grevena Region”, by Nikos Efstratiou, Paolo Biagi)
The highland zone of the Pindus range considered in this paper plays an important role in the study of the Levallois Middle Paleolithic of southern Europe mainly because of the characteristics of the mountain territory exploited by Neanderthal groups across which they moved, most probably slightly after 70 kyr, as the stratigraphic dislocation of their material remains would suggest. In effect, both the almost treeless landscapes of the Samarina alpine pastures, degraded by centuries of Vlach intensive deforestation, pastoralism,and transhumance (Chang and Tourtellotte 1993), and the scarce human density of the region have undoubtedly favored the discovery of lithic tools along the mountain slopes, making the region of unique importance for the archaeology of the Paleolithic period.
High altitude Levallois Mousterian sites are uncommon in Europe, even in the Alps, for instance, where except for a few cases, the advance and retreat of glaciers have destroyed most traces of Middle Paleolithic activity. This is not the casefor the Pindus uplands where, due to their geographic location and the limited extension of the Pleistocene moraines (Boenzi et al. 1992), the Middle Paleolithic sites were not affected by glacial action. Moving to the east, high altitudeMousterian sites have been discovered in the uplands of Iran, in the Zagros, for instance, although in very different environmental conditions.
To conclude, the two Levallois sites described above lie some 2 kms, as the crow flies, to the northwest of a very rich outcrop of good quality light gray chert that was discovered at the top of the watershed facing the sites and that was utilized as a primary raw material source. This observation is reinforced by the presence of fractured chert nodules, very large corticated primary flakes, and tested raw material blocks that are scattered over a surface of more than 10,000 m² around the source. These discoveries demonstrated the intense exploitation of the outcrop in Middle Paleolithic times and that the first decortication of the raw material nodules took place on the spot. Large nodules, up to several tens of kilograms, were noticed not only in the above outcrop, but also at shorter distance (ca. 700m) in the alluvial deposits of a narrow seasonal stream that joins the Samariniòtikos just south of the terrace where SMR-1 is located.
The complex pattern described above makes the uplands around Samarina of unique interest for Middle Paleolithic archaeology of Greece and southeastern Europe in general, for which we had very little evidence at high altitudes until a few years ago. Furthermore, it contributes to the study of Neanderthal behavior, landscape exploitation, raw material procurement, and technological choices.
(Source: “Highland Zone Exploitation on Northwestern Greece: The Middle Palaeolithic Levallois Sites of the Pindus Range of Western Macedonia”, by Nikos Efstratiou, Paolo Biagi, Diego E. Angelucci, and Renato Nisbet)
Archaeological surveys and excavations carried out in the Samarina region since 2002, promoted by Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, have led to the discovery of hundreds of high-altitude sites, most of which can be attributed to the Middle Palaeolithic, Mousterian Levalloisian culture. They are mainly distributed along the watersheds that surround Samarina, and the ridges of the Gurgulu, up to an altitude of around 2100m asl (Efstratiou et al. 2004 & 2006). Although their precise chronology is yet to be defined, the location of several assemblages on the top of the most recent moraines, radiometrically dated to some 70 kyr (Hughes et al. 2006 & 2007), and their typological and technological characteristics would assign them to a late period in the development of the Middle Palaeolithic. The assemblages are characterised by artefacts among which are Levalloisian cores, flakes and blades, retouched and unretouched Levalloisian points with facetted platforms and different types of side-scrapers.
High-altitude Mousterian sites are not well known in south-eastern Europe. A few have been discovered at slightly lower altitudes (around 1500m asl) in the western Bulgarian Rhodopes (Ivanova 2006). This makes the discovery of the numerous high-altitude stations and substantial raw material outcrops along the fringes of the Pindus Mountains all the more important; it opens new perspectives for the study of the chronology, resource exploitation and behaviour of the most recent Levalloisian Mousterian bands of the Balkan peninsula.
(Source: “Middle Palaeolithic chert exploitation in the Pindus Mountains of western Macedonia, Greece”, by N. Efstratiou, P. Biagi, D. E. Angelucci & R. Nisbet)
Abstract The surveys and excavations carried out in the highland zone of the Grevena Pindus Mountains have revealed that the watershed that separates western Macedonia from Epirus was (seasonally) inhabited in different prehistoric times, from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age. The highest concentration of ‘sites’ is known from the surroundings of the modern village of Samarina, which is rich in good-quality chert raw material outcrops. This territory is still nowadays heavily exploited by Vlach shepherds who seasonally carry out pastoral activities, moving their flocks from the eastern lowlands up to the high-altitude pastures. The excavations carried out at three different sites, all lying on a flysch substratum, revealed the presence of a redeposited lower sediment, characterized by a polygonal soil caused by ground freezing that was later effected by erosion canals produced by human interference in the landscape. The results so far obtained from a few charcoal radiocarbon dates indicate that this fact took place in at least three different periods from the middle Bronze Age to the seventh century ad.
(Source: “Prehistoric exploitation of Grevena highland zones: hunters and herders along the Pindus chain of western Macedonia (Greece)”, by Nikos Efstratiou, Paolo Biagi, Paraskevi Elefanti, Panagiotis Karkanas & Maria Ntinou)
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Defeated plan to import foreign high-level nuclear waste to South Australia
This webpage is about the plan for an international high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia. This dump plan was promoted by the SA government as a money-making venture but abandoned in 2016/17.
For information on the planned national nuclear waste dump in Australia, driven by the federal government, please visit www.nuclear.foe.org.au/waste. As of Feb. 2018, two sites in SA are being targeted – near Hawker in the Flinders Ranges, and farming land near Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula.
IN THIS WEBPAGE:
Introduction / Summary
The arguments against turning SA into the world’s nuclear waste dump.
A list of sources of information (submissions, reports, etc.).
Two articles ‒ one on the successful campaign to stop the international nuclear dump plan, and another written just before the Citizens’ Jury ‘no’ verdict that effectively killed the plan.
Above: Around 3,000 people attended a no-dump protest in Adelaide on 15 October 2016.
Above: Aboriginal people speaking to the Citizens’ Jury, October 2016. The Jury’s report said: “There is a lack of Aboriginal consent. We believe that the government should accept that the Elders have said NO and stop ignoring their opinions.”
Above: No-dumps protest, Adelaide, 15 October 2016
In the late 1990s, an international consortium called Pangea Resources secretly schemed to establish a high-level nuclear waste dump in Australia. Pangea’s corporate video was leaked to Friends of the Earth. The dump plan was overwhelmingly opposed by the Australian public and it attracted very little if any political support. Pangea gave up in the early 2000s. You can read more about Pangea here.
In 2015, the South Australian government established a Royal Commission to investigate business opportunities across the nuclear fuel cycle. The Royal Commission was deeply biased. Royal Commissioner Kevin Scarce – himself ignorant, gullible and biased – said he would run a ‘balanced’ Royal Commission but an overwhelming majority of his staff appointments and appointments to the advisory panel were pro-nuclear. Either he was lying when he said his Royal Commission would be balanced, or he can’t count. Either way it was an unedifying experience.
Despite its multiple levels of pro-nuclear bias, the Royal Commission rejected almost all of the proposals it considered on economic grounds (uranium enrichment, nuclear power, etc.) But it did promote the idea of importing vast amounts of intermediate- and high-level nuclear waste to South Australia as a money-making venture.
Then in 2016 the SA government initiated a ‘Know Nuclear’ statewide promotional campaign under the guise of ‘consultation’, promoting the Royal Commission’s proposal to import 138,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear waste (spent nuclear fuel from power reactors) and 390,000 cubic metres of intermediate-level waste. As with the Royal Commission, the ‘Know Nuclear’ process was deeply biased.
The SA government established a Citizens’ Jury in late 2016, comprising 350 SA people. As with the Royal Commission and the ‘Know Nuclear’ process, the Citizens’ Jury process was biased and tried to push participants towards voting ‘yes’ to the proposal to import nuclear waste.
But in November 2016, two-thirds of the Citizens’ Jury voted ‘no’. The nuclear dump plan quickly collapsed. The SA Liberal Party Opposition said they would actively oppose the nuclear waste import plan. The head of the Business SA lobby group said the proposal was ‘dead’. The influential Nick Xenophon Team said they would actively oppose the plan.
In November 2016, after the Citizens’ Jury emphatically rejected the dump plan, SA Premier Jay Weatherill proposed a statewide referendum. But that plan did not progress and in June 2017 the Premier said the plan was ‘dead’.
In October 2017, a cross-party SA Parliament Joint Committee on the Findings of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission released its report with just one recommendation: ‘That the South Australian Government should not commit any further public funds to pursuing the proposal to establish a repository for the storage of nuclear waste in South Australia.’
The SA Parliament’s Joint Committee released a report by the Nuclear Economics Consulting Group (NECG) which noted that the Royal Commission’s economic analysis failed to consider important issues which “have significant serious potential to adversely impact the project and its commercial outcomes”; that assumptions about price were “overly optimistic” in which case “project profitability is seriously at risk”; that the 25% cost contingency for delays and blowouts was likely to be a significant underestimate; and that the assumption the project would capture 50% of the available market had “little support or justification”.
A book (and e-book) was released in February 2018 celebrating the successful campaign against the nuclear waste plan ‒ to read it online click here.
The most sickening aspect of the debate was the role of paid pro-nuclear propagandists masquerading as environmentalists – classic ‘greenwashing’. The worst culprit was Ben Heard, whose ‘progressive environment group’ (i.e. corporate front group) ‘Bright New World’ accepts secret corporate donations and continued lobbying for a nuclear dump even as it became clear there was no Aboriginal consent.
THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST TURNING SOUTH AUSTRALIA INTO THE WORLD’S NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP
For an online summary of the arguments click here and see also the articles below in this webpage and the ‘sources of information’ section immediately below.
To read a detailed 2016 submission by Friends of the Earth and other groups click here.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP PLAN
ROYAL COMMISSION AND PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
Final report of the SA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission (May 2016). See also the submissions, hearing transcripts etc.
SA Parliament Joint Committee on the Findings of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission ‒ final report, commissioned economic analysis, submissions.
December 2015: A Critique of the South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission.
Environment groups’ response to the Royal Commission’s Tentative Findings report.
‘Bias of SA Nuclear Royal Commission finally exposed’, 4 November 2016, RenewEconomy
ECONOMICS:
Taiwanese energy firm rejects Martin Hamilton-Smith’s claim it would help set up SA nuclear waste dump
Nuclear Economics Consulting Group (NECG) critique of the Jacobs MCM / Royal Commission claims about the potential profitability of importing nuclear waste. The NECG report was commissioned by a Joint Committee of the SA Parliament.
Prof. Richard Blandy’s economic critique of the proposed high level nuclear waste dump.
Prof. Richard Blandy: How a high-level nuclear waste dump could lose money
Australia Institute, March 2016, ‘Digging for Answers’, report on economics of plan to import thousands of tonnes of spent fuel / high-level nuclear waste.
Australia Institute, February 2016, ‘The Impossible Dream’, report on the plan, rejected by the Royal Commission, for SA to build Generation IV reactors.
Dr Richard Denniss ‒ chief economist at The Australia Institute: An expanded nuclear industry in South Australia makes no economic sense
ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE NUCLEAR DUMP PLAN
July 2016 – 60-page submission to SA Parliament’s Joint Select Committee, by Friends of the Earth, SA Conservation Council and Australian Conservation Foundation. The intro/summary of the submission is online here.
August 2015: Detailed submission to the Royal Commission by the Conservation Council of SA, the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of the Earth, Australia … with a detailed section on the plan to turn SA into the world’s nuclear waste dump.
Citizens’ Jury report, Nov. 2016
Statements from many Aboriginal Traditional Owners opposed to the proposed high level nuclear waste dump.
Article about the racism of the nuclear dumpsters: ‘Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia’s Aboriginal people’
Briefing papers written by David Noonan in 2016, responding to the Royal Commission’s final report: 1. SA is targeted for five nuclear dumps and high-level waste processing. 2. Nuclear Port. 3. No Profit in Nuclear Waste. 4. Nuclear Waste Security. 5. Nuclear Waste ‒ storage without a disposal capacity.
Nuclear transport risks – July 2016 – 17 pages
Detailed July 2015 submission written by Jean McSorley, submitted to the SA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission. Important information on nuclear waste management / mismanagement overseas.
J.J. Veevers, Disposal of British RADwaste at home and in antipodean Australia, Australian Geologist.
Standing Strong 2015-17: How South Australians won the campaign against an international high-level nuclear waste dump. Book produced by Friends of the Earth and other groups. Web-link to the e-book here or to direct download click here.
Nuclear Monitor #833, 8 Nov 2016, ‘South Australian Citizens’ Jury rejects nuclear waste dump plan’
GLOBAL PROBLEMS WITH NUCLEAR WASTE
2010 Friends of the Earth briefing paper
HOW SOUTH AUSTRALIANS DUMPED A NUCLEAR DUMP
Jim Green, RenewEconomy, 15 June 2017, http://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australians-dumped-nuclear-dump-70197/
Last November, two-thirds of the 350 members of a South Australian-government initiated Citizens’ Jury rejected “under any circumstances” the plan to import vast amounts of high-level nuclear waste from around the world as a money-making venture.
The following week, South Australian (SA) Liberal Party Opposition leader Steven Marshall said that “[Premier] Jay Weatherill’s dream of turning South Australia into a nuclear waste dump is now dead.” Business SA chief Nigel McBride said: “Between the Liberals and the citizens’ jury, the thing is dead.”
And after months of uncertainty, Premier Weatherill has said in the past fortnight that the plan is “dead”, there is “no foreseeable opportunity for this”, and it is “not something that will be progressed by the Labor Party in Government”.
So is the dump dead? The Premier left himself some wriggle room, but the plan is as dead as it possibly can be. If there was some life in the plan, it would be loudly proclaimed by SA’s Murdoch tabloid, The Advertiser. But The Advertiser responded to the Premier’s recent comments ‒ to the death of the dump ‒ with a deafening, deathly silence.
It has been quite a ride to get to this point. The debate began in February 2015, when the Premier announced that a Royal Commission would be established to investigate commercial options across the nuclear fuel cycle. He appointed a nuclear advocate, former Navy man Kevin Scarce, as Royal Commissioner. Scarce said he would run a “balanced” Royal Commission and appointed four nuclear advocates to his advisory panel, balanced by one critic. Scarce appointed a small army of nuclear advocates to his staff, balanced by no critics.
The final report of the Royal Commission, released in May 2016, was surprisingly downbeat given the multiple levels of pro-nuclear bias. It rejected ‒ on economic grounds ‒ almost all of the proposals it considered: uranium conversion and enrichment, nuclear fuel fabrication, conventional and Generation IV nuclear power reactors, and spent fuel reprocessing.
The only thing left standing (apart from the small and shrinking uranium mining industry) was the plan to import nuclear waste as a commercial venture. Based on commissioned research, the Royal Commission proposed importing 138,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear waste (spent nuclear fuel from power reactors) and 390,000 cubic metres of intermediate-level waste.
The SA Labor government then established a ‘Know Nuclear’ statewide promotional campaign under the guide of ‘consultation’. The government also initiated the Citizens’ Jury.
The first sign that things weren’t going to plan for the government was on 15 October 2016, when 3,000 people participated in a protest against the nuclear dump at Parliament House in Adelaide.
A few weeks later, on November 6, the Citizens’ Jury rejected the nuclear dump plan. Journalist Daniel Wills wrote: “Brutally, jurors cited a lack of trust even in what they had been asked to do and their concerns that consent was being manufactured. Others skewered the Government’s basic competency to get things done, doubting that it could pursue the industry safely and deliver the dump on-budget.”
In the immediate aftermath of the Citizens’ Jury, the SA Liberal Party and the Nick Xenophon Team announced that they would actively campaign against the dump in the lead-up to the March 2018 state election. The SA Greens were opposed from the start.
Premier Weatherill previously said that he established the Citizens’ Jury because he could sense that there is a “massive issue of trust in government”. It was expected that when he called a press conference on November 14, the Premier would accept the Jury’s verdict and dump the dump. But he announced that he wanted to hold a referendum on the issue, as well as giving affected Aboriginal communities a right of veto. Nuclear dumpsters went on an aggressive campaign to demonise the Citizens’ Jury though they surely knew that the bias in the Jury process was all in the pro-nuclear direction.
For the state government to initiate a referendum, enabling legislation would be required and non-government parties said they would block such legislation. The government didn’t push the matter ‒ perhaps because of the near-certainty that a referendum would be defeated. The statewide consultation process led by the government randomly surveyed over 6,000 South Australians and found 53% opposition to the proposal compared to 31% support. Likewise, a November 2016 poll commissioned by the Sunday Mail found 35% support for the nuclear dump plan among 1,298 respondents.
Then the Labor government announced on 15 November 2016 that it would not seek to repeal or amend the SA Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) Act 2000, legislation which imposes major constraints on the ability of the government to move forward with the nuclear waste import proposal.
Economic claims exposed
Implausible claims about the potential economic benefits of importing nuclear waste had been discredited by this stage. The claims presented in the Royal Commission’s report were scrutinised by experts from the US-based Nuclear Economics Consulting Group (NECG), commissioned by a Joint Select Committee of the SA Parliament.
The NECG report said the waste import project could be profitable under certain assumptions ‒ but the report then raised serious questions about most of those assumptions. The report noted that the Royal Commission’s economic analysis failed to consider important issues which “have significant serious potential to adversely impact the project and its commercial outcomes”; that assumptions about price were “overly optimistic” in which case “project profitability is seriously at risk”; that the 25% cost contingency for delays and blowouts was likely to be a significant underestimate; and that the assumption the project would capture 50% of the available market had “little support or justification”.
The farcical and dishonest engineering of a positive economic case to proceed with the nuclear waste plan was ridiculed by ABC journalist Stephen Long on 8 November 2016: “Would you believe me if I told you the report that the commission has solely relied on was co-authored by the president and vice president of an advocacy group for the development of international nuclear waste facilities?”
The economics report was an inside job, with no second opinion and no peer review ‒ no wonder the Citizens’ Jury was unconvinced and unimpressed.
Prof. Barbara Pocock, an economist at the University of South Australia, said: “All the economists who have replied to the analysis in that report have been critical of the fact that it is a ‘one quote’ situation. We haven’t got a critical analysis, we haven’t got a peer review of the analysis”.
Another South Australian economist, Prof. Richard Blandy from Adelaide University, said: “The forecast profitability of the proposed nuclear dump rests on highly optimistic assumptions. Such a dump could easily lose money instead of being a bonanza.”
The dump is finally dumped
To make its economic case, the Royal Commission assumed that tens of thousands of tonnes of high-level nuclear waste would be imported before work had even begun building a deep underground repository. The state government hosed down concerns about potential economic losses by raising the prospect of customer countries paying for the construction of waste storage and disposal infrastructure in SA.
But late last year, nuclear and energy utilities in Taiwan ‒ seen as one of the most promising potential customer countries ‒ made it clear that they would not pay one cent towards the establishment of storage and disposal infrastructure in SA and they would not consider sending nuclear waste overseas unless and until a repository was built and operational.
By the end of 2016, the nuclear dump plan was very nearly dead, and the Premier’s recent statement that it is “not something that will be progressed by the Labor Party in Government” was the final nail in the coffin. The dump has been dumped.
“Today’s news has come as a relief and is very much welcomed,” said Yankunytjatjara Native Title Aboriginal Corporation Chair and No Dump Alliance spokesperson Karina Lester. “We are glad that Jay has opened his ears and listened to the community of South Australia who have worked hard to be heard on this matter. We know nuclear is not the answer for our lands and people – we have always said NO.”
Narungga man and human rights activist Tauto Sansbury said: “We absolutely welcome Jay Weatherill’s courageous decision for looking after South Australia. It’s a great outcome for all involved.”
The idea of Citizens’ Juries would seem, superficially, attractive. But bias is inevitable if the government establishing and funding the Jury process is strongly promoting (or opposing) the issue under question. In the case of the Jury investigating the nuclear waste plan, it backfired quite spectacularly on the government. Citizen Juries will be few and far between for the foreseeable future in Australia. A key lesson for political and corporate elites is that they shouldn’t let any semblance of democracy intrude on their plans.
The role of the Murdoch press needs comment, particularly in regions where the only mass-circulation newspaper is a Murdoch tabloid. No-one would dispute that the NT News has a dumbing-down effect on political and intellectual life in the Northern Territory. Few would doubt that the Courier Mail does the same in Queensland. South Australians need to grapple with the sad truth that its Murdoch tabloids ‒ The Advertiser and the Sunday Mail ‒ are a blight on the state. Their grossly imbalanced and wildly inaccurate coverage of the nuclear dump debate was ‒ with some honourable exceptions ‒ disgraceful. And that disgraceful history goes back decades; for example, a significant plume of radiation dusted Adelaide after one of the British bombs tests in the 1950s but The Advertiser chose not to report it.
The main lesson from the dump debate is a positive one: people power can upset the dopey, dangerous ideas driven by political and corporate elites and the Murdoch press. Sometimes. It was particularly heartening that the voices of Aboriginal Traditional Owners were loud and clear and were given great respect by the Citizens’ Jury and by many other South Australians. The Jury’s report said: “There is a lack of Aboriginal consent. We believe that the government should accept that the Elders have said NO and stop ignoring their opinions.”
Conversely, the most sickening aspect of the debate was the willingness of the Murdoch press and pro-nuclear lobbyists to ignore or trash Aboriginal people opposed to the dump.
Another dump debate
Traditional Owners, environmentalists, church groups, trade unionists and everyone else who contributed to dumping the dump can rest up and celebrate for a moment. But only for a moment. Another dump proposal is very much alive: the federal government’s plan to establish a national nuclear waste dump in SA, either in the Flinders Ranges or on farming land near Kimba, west of Port Augusta.
In May 2016, Adnyamathanha Traditional Owner Regina McKenzie, who lives near the Flinders Ranges site, wrote:
“Last year I was awarded the SA Premier’s Natural Resource Management Award in the category of ‘Aboriginal Leadership − Female’ for working to protect land that is now being threatened with a nuclear waste dump. But Premier Jay Weatherill has been silent since the announcement of six short-listed dump sites last year, three of them in SA.
“Now the Flinders Ranges has been chosen as the preferred site and Mr Weatherill must speak up. The Premier can either support us ‒ just as the SA government supported the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta when their land was targeted for a national nuclear waste dump from 1998-2004 ‒ or he can support the federal government’s attack on us by maintaining his silence.”
Perhaps the Premier will find his voice on the federal government’s contentious proposal for a national nuclear waste dump in SA, now that his position on that debate is no longer complicated by the parallel debate about establishing a dump for foreign high-level nuclear waste. He might argue, for example, that affected Traditional Owners should have a right of veto over the establishment of a national nuclear waste dump ‒ precisely the position he adopted in relation to the international high-level waste dump.
Dr Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Australia and editor of the Nuclear Monitor newsletter.
SA NUCLEAR ROYAL COMMISSION IS A SNOW JOB
Jim Green, 29 April 2016, RenewEconomy, http://reneweconomy.com.au/sa-nuclear-royal-commission-is-a-snow-job-18368/
The South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission (RC) will release its final report on May 6. It was established to investigate opportunities for SA to expand its role in the nuclear industry beyond uranium mining.
Before his appointment as the Royal Commissioner, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce said little about nuclear issues but what he did say should have excluded him from consideration. Speaking in November 2014 at a Flinders University guest lecture, Scarce acknowledgedbeing an “an advocate for a nuclear industry”. Just four months later, after his appointment as the Royal Commissioner, he said the exact opposite: “I have not been an advocate and never have been an advocate of the nuclear industry.”
Other than generalisations, and his acknowledgement that he is a nuclear advocate, Scarce’s only comment of substance on nuclear issues in his 2014 lecture was to claim that work is “well underway” on a compact fusion reactor “small enough to fit in a truck”, that it “may be less than a decade away” and could produce power “without the risk of Fukushima-style meltdowns.” Had he done just a little research, Scarce would have learnt that Lockheed Martin’s claims about its proposed compact fusion reactor were met with universal scepticism and ridicule by scientists and even by nuclear industry bodies.
So the SA government appointed Scarce as Royal Commissioner despite knowing that he is a nuclear advocate who has uncritically promoted discredited claims by the nuclear industry. Scarce appointed an Expert Advisory Committee. Despite claiming that he was conducting a “balanced” RC, he appointed three nuclear advocates to the Committee and just one critic. The bias is all too apparent and Scarce’s claim to be conducting a balanced inquiry is demonstrably false.
Given the make-up of the RC, it came as no surprise that numerous questionable claims by the nuclear industry were repeated in the RC’s interim report released in February. A detailed critique of the interim report is available online, as is a critique of the RC process.
The RC’s interim report was actually quite downbeat about the economic prospects for a nuclear industry in SA. It notes that the market for uranium conversion and enrichment services is oversupplied and that a spent fuel reprocessing plant would not be commercially viable. The interim report also states that “it would not be commercially viable to generate electricity from a nuclear power plant in South Australia in the foreseeable future.”
In a nutshell, the RC rejected proposals for SA to play any role in the nuclear fuel cycle beyond uranium mining. But that still leaves the option of SA offering to store and dispose of foreign high-level nuclear waste (HLW) and the RC strongly promotes a plan to import 138,000 tonnes of HLW for storage and deep underground disposal.
SA as the world’s nuclear waste dump
The RC insists that a nuclear waste storage and dumping business could be carried out safely. But would it be carried out safely? The RC ought to have considered evidence that can be drawn upon to help answer the question, especially since Kevin Scarce has repeatedly insisted that he is running an evidence-based inquiry.
So what sort of evidence might be considered? The experience of the world’s one and only deep underground nuclear waste dump ‒ the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan (WIPP) in the U.S. ‒ is clearly relevant. And Australia’s past experience with nuclear waste management is clearly relevant, with the clean-up of nuclear waste at the Maralinga nuclear test site in SA being an important case study.
But the RC completely ignores all this evidence in its interim report. We can only assume that the evidence is ignored because it raises serious doubts about the environmental and public health risks associated with the proposal to import, store and dispose of HLW.
WIPP is a case study of a sharp decline in safety and regulatory standards over a short space of time. A chemical explosion in a nuclear waste barrel in February 2014 was followed by a failure of the filtration system, resulting in 22 workers receiving small doses of radiation and widespread contamination in the underground caverns. WIPP has been shut down for the two years since the accident. Costs associated with the accident are likely to exceed US$500 million. A U.S. government report details the many failings of the operator and the regulator.
At a public meeting in Adelaide Town Hall in February 2016, Scarce said that WIPP was ignored in the RC interim report because it involved different waste forms (long-lived intermediate-level waste) of military origin. In fact, the waste that the RC recommends that SA import is vastly more hazardous than the waste managed at WIPP, so Scarce’s argument is hard to fathom.
Moreover the RC has overlooked the fundamental lesson from the WIPP fiasco – initially high safety and regulatory standards gave way to complacency, cost-cutting and corner-cutting in the space of just 10–15 years. The RC notes that HLW “requires isolation from the environment for many hundreds of thousands of years”. How can Scarce be confident that high safety and regulatory standards would be maintained over centuries and millennia when WIPP shows that the half-life of human complacency, cost-cutting and corner-cutting is measured in years or at most decades?
There is no logical reason to believe that the SA government would perform any better than the U.S. government. On the contrary, there are good reasons to believe that nuclear waste management would be more difficult here given that the U.S. has vastly more nuclear waste management expertise and experience than Australia.
While completely ignoring the world’s one and only existing deep underground nuclear waste dump, the RC talks at length about deep underground repositories under construction in Finland and Sweden. According to the RC’s interim report, those two countries “have successfully developed long-term domestic solutions” for nuclear waste. But in fact, neither country has completed construction of a repository let alone demonstrated safe operation over any length of time.
Mismanagement of radioactive waste in SA
The RC has also ignored the mismanagement of radioactive waste in SA. A radioactive waste repository at Radium Hill, for example, “is not engineered to a standard consistent with current internationally accepted practice” according to a 2003 SA government audit. And the ‘clean-up’ of nuclear waste at the Maralinga nuclear test site in the late 1990s was a fiasco:
Nuclear engineer Alan Parkinson said of the ‘clean-up’: “What was done at Maralinga was a cheap and nasty solution that wouldn’t be adopted on white-fellas land.” (See Parkinson’s videos here and here.)
Scientist Dale Timmons said the government’s technical report was littered with “gross misinformation”.
Dr Geoff Williams, an officer with the Commonwealth nuclear regulator ARPANSA, said that the ‘clean-up’ was beset by a “host of indiscretions, short-cuts and cover-ups”.
Nuclear physicist Prof. Peter Johnston (now with ARPANSA) noted that there were “very large expenditures and significant hazards resulting from the deficient management of the project”.
The RC’s interim report claims that “South Australia has a unique combination of attributes which offer a safe, long-term capability for the disposal of used fuel”. But SA has a track record of mismanaging radioactive waste (Radium Hill, Maralinga, etc.) and no experience managing HLW. The RC’s claim that SA has “a mature and stable political, social and economic structure” needs to be considered in the context of the longevity of nuclear waste. Australia has had one profound political revolution in the past 250 years (European invasion) and is on track for 1,200 political revolutions over the 300,000-year lifespan of nuclear waste.
The RC’s interim report presents speculative and implausible figures regarding potential profits from a nuclear waste storage and dumping industry. The Australia Institute crunched the numbers presented in the interim report and wrote a detailed factual rebuttal. Scarce responded on ABC radio on 31 March 2016 by saying that the RC will “take apart” the Australia Institute’s report “piece by piece”. When asked if such an aggressive attitude was appropriate, Scarce said: “I’m a military officer, what would you expect?”
And that says all that anyone needs to know about Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce and his Royal Commission. Critics are taken apart piece by piece, or ignored altogether. On the other hand, Scarce uncritically repeats Lockheed Martin’s discredited claims about its ‘compact fusion reactor’ and the RC’s interim report repeats many other nuclear industry falsehoods. Scarce ignores the mismanagement of radioactive waste in SA (Radium Hill, Maralinga etc.) and he ignores the failure of the world’s only deep underground nuclear waste dump while claiming that Sweden and Finland “have successfully developed long-term domestic solutions” by partially building deep underground dumps.
A year ago the Adelaide Advertiser published a Friends of the Earth letter likening the RC to a circus and Kevin Scarce to a clown. Events over the past year have only confirmed the illegitimacy of the RC. The RC’s bias would be comical if the stakes weren’t so high, particularly for Aboriginal people in the firing line for a HLW dump.
The Aboriginal Congress of South Australia endorsed the following resolution at an August 2015 meeting:
“We, as native title representatives of lands and waters of South Australia, stand firmly in opposition to nuclear developments on our country, including all plans to expand uranium mining, and implement nuclear reactors and nuclear waste dumps on our land. We view any further expansion of industry as an imposition on our country, our people, our environment, our culture and our history. We also view it as a blatant disregard for our rights under various legislative instruments, including the founding principles of this state.”
The Aboriginal-led Australian Nuclear Free Alliance is asking organisations in Australia and around the world to endorse a statement opposing the plan to turn SA into the world’s nuclear waste dump. Organisations can endorse the statement online at www.anfa.org.au/sign-the-declaration
Dr Jim Green is the national nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth, Australia.
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By Kirsten Holmberg|2019-05-30T22:57:39+00:00May 31st, 2019|
On the outskirts of Paris, as in other cities around the globe, people are coming to the aid of the homeless in their communities. Clothing, covered in waterproof bags, is hung on designated fences for those living on the streets to take according to their needs. The bags are labeled, “I’m not lost; I’m for you if you’re cold...”
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Archaeologist Dr. Warwick Rodwell was preparing to retire when he made an extraordinary discovery at Lichfield Cathedral in England. As builders carefully excavated part of the floor of the church to make way for a retractable base, they discovered a sculpture of the archangel Gabriel, thought to be 1,200 years old. Dr. Rodwell’s retirement plans were put on hold as his find launched him into an exciting and busy new season...
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On the streets of Los Angeles, a homeless man struggling with addictions stepped into The Midnight Mission and asked for help. Thus began Brian’s long road to recovery. In the process Brian rediscovered his love for music. Eventually he joined Street Symphony—a group of music professionals with a heart for the homeless. They asked Brian to perform a solo from Handel’s Messiah known as “The People That Walked in Darkness...”
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‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and ‘Five Little Ducks’ — Good Books for 1- to 3-Year-Olds
Filed under: Children's literature — 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom @ 10:47 pm
Tags: Bears, British Artists, Children, Classics, Ducks, Helen Oxebury, Kids, Michael Rosen, Picture Books
Fine artists from England reinvigorate a classic tale and nursery rhyme
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Retold by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. McElderry, 32 pp., price $12.21. Ages: 1–6.
Five Little Ducks. Illustrated by Ivan Bates. Orchard, 24 pp., $12.99. Ages 1–6.
Do you know a child who is ready to move beyond Goodnight Moon but too young for the symbolism and shifting perspectives of Chris Van Allsburg? Two worthy picture books brim with elements that 1- to 3-year-olds love – animal motifs, repeated words, and easy-to-imitate sounds.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt has been delighting young listeners for nearly a generation with its retelling of a classic tale about a father and four children who go on a bear hunt. Michael Rosen’s story teems with adventures that children love to act out, such as crossing a river (“Splash splosh!”) and trudging through a blizzard (“Hoooo woooo!”). And it has dynamic illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, who has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal, England’s equivalent of the Caldecott. One of the few potential drawbacks to giving this book as a gift is that it is so popular that families may have a copy.
Children are less likely to own Five Little Ducks, illustrated by another gifted artist who lives in England. This is a new version of the nursery rhyme that begins: “Five little ducks/Went out one day/Over the hills and far away./Mother duck said, ‘Quack, quack, quack.’/But only four little ducks/came waddling back.”
Ivan Bates uses sunny pencil-and-watercolor illustrations to depict the five ducklings that wander away from their mother one by one, then rush back all at once. And he invests his animals with tender emotion without over-anthropomorphizing them or dressing them, Peter Rabbit-like, in human clothes. His mother duck is clearly heartbroken when her young disappear and overjoyed when they return. Many books browbeat children with warnings about what could happen if they don’t stay near adults. Bates takes a more subtle and perhaps more effective approach to the subject: He shows children how sad their mothers would be if they didn’t return.
Best Lines: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt: “We’re going on a bear hunt … We’re not scared.” Five Little Ducks: Verses are traditional. A nice touch is that this book includes an easy-to-play musical score for the song with the same title.
Worst lines: None.
Published: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, 1989. Five Little Ducks, February 2006. This review refers to the hardcover edition of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, also available in Aladdin paperback, Little Simon board-book, pop-up, and book-and-CD editions. Board book editions may or may not contain the full text of the original.
This a re-post of a review that appeared in November 2006. Reviews of books for children and teenagers appear on Saturdays on One-Minute Book Reviews. All are are written by Janice Harayda, former book editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland.
Should Writers Be Loyal to Their Publishers? Is ‘Loyalty’ a Virtue? (Quote of the Day / Diana Athill)
Tags: Authors, Books, Diana Athill, Editors, Publishers, Publishing, Scott Turow, Writers, Writing
Scott Turow recently jilted Farrar, Straus & Giroux, his longtime publisher, for Grand Central Publishing, for the sequel to Presumed Innocent due out in 2010. Turow is one of many authors who have cut editorial ties in a grim economy, and some people say writers are becoming “less loyal” to their publishers. Is that a bad thing? Is loyalty a virtue?
Diana Athill, the English writer and former editor for the firm of André Deutsch, says in her elegant new memoir, Somewhere Towards the End:
“Loyalty is not a favorite virtue of mine, perhaps because André Deutsch used so often to abuse the word, angrily accusing any writer who wanted to leave our list of ‘disloyalty.’ There is, of course, no reason why a writer should be loyal to a firm which has supposed that it will be able to make money by publishing his work. Gratitude and affection can certainly develop when a firm makes a good job of it, but no bond of loyalty is established. In cases where such a bond exists – loyalty to family, for example, or to a political party – it can be foolishness if betrayed by its objects. If your brother turns out to be a murderer or your party changes its policies, standing by him or it through thick or thin seems to me mindless. Loyalty unearned is simply the husk of a notion developed to benefit the bosses in a feudal system.”
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4 things we just learned about Super Nintendo World
June 8, 2017 Marc N. Kleinhenz0
June 8, 2017 Marc N. Kleinhenz
Late last night (Orlando time, that is), a special ground-breaking ceremony was being held over at Universal Studios Japan. There, Mark Woodbury, the president of Universal Creative, and Shigeru Miyamoto, the representative director of Nintendo (as well as the creator of Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and many other timeless videogame properties), took to a small-but-special stage to give us some of our very first concrete information regarding Super Nintendo World, the new themed land that will arrive in Osaka in 2020 and will then make its way to Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood sometime thereafter.
Since then, we’ve received some official translations of the event, as well as having some time to catch our breath (and, y’know, get some sleep) and let everything soak in. We’ve already broken down much of the late-night revelations, including a careful analysis of a Nintendo World concept video that was issued yesterday, but there’s still so much more to unpack – especially now that we have the benefit of being able to do so in English.
Upon this closer reflection, here are four more revelations that we’ve managed to uncover.
1. Some basic info
Entrance to Universal’s Super Nintendo World
Lost in all the glitter and flash of the event – it’s hard to not be distracted by grown men dressed in Mario hats and white gloves pretending to hit a question-mark block, after all – are some of the more-basic-but-nonetheless-vital tidbits that help flesh out Super Nintendo World all the more.
So, here we go – official confirmations of info that we had previously suspected about the project. The new land will cost some $544 million to build, and it’ll open before July 24, 2020, when the XXXII Olympic Summer Games will be held in Tokyo. Just to put this in some perspective, common consensus holds that Universal spent $260 million developing The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade back in 2010, with its follow-up, Diagon Alley, costing roughly $450 million four years later. (Disney, meanwhile, which is [in]famous for having its Imagineering department go well over budget and schedule, is said to have spent upwards of $800 million on the recently-opened Pandora: The World of Avatar.) Considering that the Universal Orlando version is most likely going to be even larger than its Osaka counterpart, we can easily expect to see that figure shoot upwards.
Now, let’s tackle that opening date. Obviously, Universal likes to open its attractions as early in the summer travel season as possible, in order to attract as many visitors as it can during one of the most lucrative periods of the entire year – the latest trend in Florida even has its rides debut in April, like we’ve seen with Race through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon this year and we’re more than likely going to see with Fast & Furious: Supercharged next year. But theme park lands can be a different story, as they’re just a tad more involved than a single ride; Universal Studios Japan’s version of Hogsmeade officially welcomed its first guests on July 15, while Diagon Alley opened on July 8 (both in 2014, in case you’re curious). Although not preferable, especially given the close proximity to the Olympics, we wouldn’t be surprised to see Super Nintendo World ultimately bow in the same time frame (especially considering all the technical difficulties Volcano Bay has been having with its earlier-than-usual May opening).
2. Mario Kart Experience
Don’t mess with Mario when he’s racing his kart
It’s been suspected for quite some time, thanks to some vague pronouncements from Universal as well as some trademark filings that have popped up, that the venerable, 25-year-old Mario Kart series would be the star attraction in the new land. Universal and Nintendo made that official last night, of course, but the added English translations have shed a bit more light on this particular part of the announcement.
For starters, it seems as if the official name that the two companies have given the ride is Mario Kart Experience – at least, for right now. Such words as “unique,” “complete,” and “immersive” were repeatedly bandied about, as well as the promise that the attraction would be “unlike any the world has ever seen.” Oh, yeah – we should expect to see it use “cutting-edge technology,” to boot.
While this essentially boils down to the standard marketing hyperbole that Universal and Disney like to employ when hyping up their brand-new offerings – remember how Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts is a “multi-dimensional, multi-sensory thrill ride”? – it nonetheless should get us all excited for the final product; Gringotts is a wonderfully immersive experience, after all, and there’s absolutely no reason to think that Mario Kart won’t also live up to that pedigree.
3. A multi-leveled land
An overview shot of Universal’s Super Nintendo World
The teaser video released yesterday reveals this, and the top executives’ words highlighted it: Super Nintendo World will have a tremendous scale of verticality built into it, most likely to a degree that has never before been seen in a theme park land. And while the tall castles (both Princess Peach’s and Bowser’s) and the towering mountain would seem to sell this feature all by themselves, the biggest manifestation of it is actually the fact that guests will move between at least two different levels while walking about the area.
What seems to be the ground floor – where the entrance’s green warp pipe lets out – is completely surrounded by steps, platforms, and ledges, where much of the land’s atmospherics (rotating coins, menacing Piranha Plants, moving cloud platforms) will be situated. On a second story will be the two castles, along with what looks to be a whole bevy of shops and restaurants that helps to connect them.
It’s no surprise that both companies want to emphasize this vertical fact, as it should go a long way to making Nintendo World feel unique in all the various theme parks spread across the entire globe. It also serves to best emulate the Super Mario Bros. series’s penchant of having levels or worlds that climb skyward – as well as hiding the attractions’ show buildings and other behind-the-scenes infrastructure. That’s not a shabby three-fer at all.
4. A bigger clue as to the layout
Universal’s Super Nintendo World concept artwork
Let’s stick with that last, pulled-out shot of Universal’s Mushroom Kingdom as depicted in yesterday’s teaser and dwell some more on its details, shall we? A close examination reveals that there is some type of ice area off to the right, next to King Koopa’s fortress; if the castle is, indeed, the façade of the Mario Kart ride (not an unreasonable guess, given that it seems to be lifted directly from the Mario Kart games), then maybe this icy building next-door could be its gift shop and exit, much like how Wiseacres Wizarding Equipment functions for Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts. Or, alternatively, it could house an eatery, since Universal was very keen yesterday to remind us that retail and dining will be important parts of this new expansion (much as they have been for the Wizarding World and Springfield, USA).
There are, of course, many more doors located all along this second floor, and since nearly every single one of them is unmarked (and some lead into pretty nondescript structures, such as the one in the background immediately to the right of Mario’s hand in the picture up above), it’s essentially impossible to distinguish what they might lead into. But there’s been plenty of establishments that Mario and his merry gang have frequented over the decades, whether they be the traditional stores of the Paper Mario RPG franchise or the Toad houses in the classic NES Super Mario games (which also look to be included, if the concept art and video are anything to go by), and it’s easy to see Universal and Nintendo drawing from any or all of them to flesh out the moneymaking opportunities of their new area.
One last note: many readers have been asking about the rumored Donkey Kong ride that is also said to be part of Super Nintendo World. If it is, indeed, coming, there are two possibilities for its placement, starting with the scenario that Universal will keep it within the thematic purview of the Mushroom Kingdom – not a stretch at all, given that Mario got his start in the original Kong title, and that the two have consistently co-existed in various series since, such as Mario Party, Super Smash Bros., and Mario Kart. If this is the case, then any of those mysterious black doorways could lead to the possible mine cart roller coaster.
Secondly, however, Nintendo could mandate that it be kept in its own, separately-themed sub-section; if so, then the mysterious area beyond the arches in the concept artwork that has been conveniently whited out would be the most likely candidate (a view which, incidentally, is completely cut out of the teaser).
With construction now officially underway in Japan, it’s only a matter of time before we find out for sure.
Universal Studios Florida’s Super Nintendo World is expected to replace Woody Woodpecker’s KidZone. Learn even more about the expansion in our complete guide.
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Province to fund on- and off-reserve housing
by admin|Published June 18, 2018
Premier John Horgan announces a 10-year, $550 million program for indigenous housing in B.C. Bill Phillips photo
BY BILL PHILLIPS
bill@pgdailynews.ca
Even though housing on reserves is a federal responsibility, the province is pushing ahead with a new program to build 1,750 social housing units in B.C., on and off reserve, over the next 10 years.
Premier John Horgan was in Prince George Monday morning to announce the new Building BC: Indigenous Housing Fund, which will see Victoria contribute $550 million, over the next 10 years, to build and operate 1,750 new units of social housing for projects, both on- and off-reserve.
“Housing is fundamental to who we are as a people,” Horgan said. “If you don’t have a roof over your head and walls around, you live in fear, you live in anxiety, you are not realizing your full potential. Sadly, for too many indigenous people a lack of adequate housing has been a way of being for far too long.”
British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to invest provincial housing funds into on-reserve housing. It’s a move, Horgan said, that cabinet was willing to take.
“If we are going to meet the challenges of people, we had to starting doing some extraordinary things,” he said. “… We will be working with however wants to work with use, but particularly with our partners in indigenous communities.”
He said the funding is just a beginning.
Lheidli T’enneh Chief Dominic Frederick said the program is certainly welcome as funds for housing on reserve hasn’t exactly been flowing. The band has funds for a couple of houses this year.
Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
“Twenty years ago we got a subsidy of about $20,500,” he said. “I think we got a raise and got $20,700. You can’t borrow for a house with 20,000 bucks.”
BC Housing will send out a request for proposals to identify prospective partners, including Indigenous non-profit housing providers, First Nations, Métis Nation British Columbia, and non-profit and for-profit developers, wanting to partner with Indigenous housing providers and First Nations.
The projects will each be examined on their own merit, as they are received, across the province. There is no specific allotment for the North.
“The housing situation that’s facing the indigenous people in British Columbia is absolutely unacceptable,” said Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “Indigenous people are overwhelming over-represented in the homeless populations and it makes no difference if the housing need is on, or off, reserve. It is incumbent upon us that we, as a government that cares about people, that we are there to help British Columbians when they need it, regardless of who has jurisdiction.”
She added that she hopes the federal government will become a partner in the program.
The announcement was also praised by Terry Teegee, regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
“The funding is really going to assist our communities in accessing affordable housing,” he said. “Coupled with federal funding this is going to be a positive change in our communities.”
In addition to funding under the new Indigenous Housing Fund, Indigenous organizations and First Nations will be able to access provincial support, under the new housing funds announced as part of the 2018 budget.
Those programs include:
Building BC: Community Housing Fund – close to $1.9 billion over 10 years to build and operate 14,350 affordable new rental homes, through partnerships with municipalities, non-profit housing providers, housing co-ops and Indigenous organizations.
Building BC: Women’s Transition Housing Fund – $734 million over 10 years to build and operate 1,500 new units of housing including transition houses, safe homes, second-stage and long-term housing.
Building BC: Supportive Housing Fund – $1.2 billion over 10 years to build and operate 2,500 units of supportive housing for those that are homeless, or at risk of homelessness.
Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee. Bill Phillips photo
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CAIR Enraged by ROTC Exercise Featuring Jihadis as Enemies
By Robert Spencer 2018-05-16T16:02:10
A ridiculous article last Thursday in UCLA’s student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, reveals the mindset of those who believe that “Islamophobia” is a bigger threat than jihad terror, and reveals yet again the insidious agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
“It takes a lot of work to marginalize 3.5 million Americans at once,” writes the article’s author, Omar Said, “but the ROTC did just that when it stereotyped Muslims to portray enemy combatants.”
Who are American troops facing in Afghanistan? Methodists?
Said complained:
During a training held by UCLA’s and California State University, Fresno’s Army ROTCs in early April, students acting as enemy soldiers in combat simulations wore clothing commonly worn by civilians in Arab countries. The clothing included kufiyyas and iqals, which are better known as the flowing scarves Arab men traditionally wear on their heads.
It might seem incongruous and wrong for the enemy combatants in the exercise to be dressed as civilians, until one recalls that the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the rest don’t usually march out in full uniform. Also, they often base their activity in civilian areas in order to claim that U.S. strikes hit non-combatants so that they might win points in the ongoing propaganda war.
In any case, the civilian dress was not the only aspect of this exercise that enraged Said. He noted:
At one point in the training, Maj. Tyrone Vargas, the executive officer of the battalion and a UCLA assistant adjunct professor of military science, held a rocket-propelled grenade above his head and said “Allahu akbar” in the presence of cadets. Vargas later told The Bruin that this had been a way to teach cadets how they would need to decide whether people approach them as combatants or in celebration.
Said then goes on to point out that the phrase “Allahu akbar” is “a large part of daily Muslim worship and life,” which has nevertheless “become a common element in Islamophobic jokes and stereotypes about terrorists.”
Now, why would that be?
“Training future military combatants is one thing; perpetuating discriminatory stereotypes is another,” Said fumed. He quoted Marwa Rifahie of CAIR’s Los Angeles chapter: “This training negligently promotes an image of Muslims as dangerous.”
The idea that this is a gratuitous affront is a telling indication of how far the public discourse today has strayed from reality. Some Muslims are dangerous; some aren’t. CAIR’s objective is apparently to attach such a stigma to preparations to counter those who are dangerous that such preparations will be dropped altogether.
But back in the real world, everyone should recognize that CAIR’s statement is as absurd as it is subversive. Does the U.S. face a jihad threat today? Obviously it does. Do many of these jihadis wear traditional Islamic garb and scream “Allahu akbar” when attacking? Once again, that is patently obvious. But a ROTC exercise that features the enemies of U.S. soldiers wearing Islamic garb and screaming “Allahu akbar” is “Islamophobic” and somehow endeavors to “marginalize 3.5 million Americans.”
Said even claimed that “the university cannot expect these students on campus to feel safe or comfortable knowing that all it takes for them to be labeled an enemy combatant is to say an often used phrase or wear an outfit common in their country.”
Really? And when exactly did ROTC or anyone else claim that everyone who wears traditional Islamic garb or says “Allahu akbar” is an “enemy combatant”? Never, of course, but reality seldom intrudes upon those who wax indignant about “Islamophobia.”
Said’s article is of a piece with successful efforts by CAIR and other Islamic advocacy groups in the U.S. to get all mention of Islam and jihad removed from counter-terror training, an effort that came to fruition in 2011, when Barack Obama mandated that there be no mention of Islam in the U.S. government’s anti-terror strategy, which he dubbed “Countering Violent Extremism.” The subtext was and is that because not all Muslims are jihad terrorists, it is somehow wrong for the U.S. military to prepare to counter those who are.
The end result will be that the U.S. is ignorant and unprepared in the face of the advancing jihad. Is that what Omar Said and CAIR want?
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/cair-enraged-by-rotc-exercise-featuring-jihadis-as-enemies/
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Stereotyping and the marginalisation of African Americans in Hollywood
This paper presents the experiences gained during the research carried out on the dissertation project ‘Stereotyping and the Marginalisation of African Americans in Hollywood’. The project aimed to examine the representation of the African Americans in the contemporary media, specifically looking into how African Americans are being placed into redeveloped stereotypical roles, how these images influence the viewers’ perceptions of the race, and what effects these perceptions have on African Americans’ achievements. This contextual paper is threefold: first, it explains why and how the theme for the research was chosen, and then moves on to a supporting secondary literature search whose overall purpose is to show why it was necessary to carry out this research. Secondly, a method will be presented to discuss my personal experiences in applying my chosen methodology. The paper goes on to present an analysis of, and derives insights from, a discussion of the primary experiences undergone during the project, such as the analysis of contemporary films and television programmes. Finally, it concludes by putting together what the research has tried to achieve. Throughout the contextual paper, the challenges encountered while carrying out the project are mentioned.
Carrying out the research for a special project involves several functions and requires a range of planning and researching skills. One of the first challenges encountered during this project was that of looking at different ideas, and deciding on an area and topic theme for the dissertation. My first idea for the project was to look into the issues surrounding the representation of women in reality television. The reason for this first idea was that I was already quite familiar with the topics pertaining to reality television, due to other previous work done in this area. However, what clinched the issue was the current social climate in the wake of the Ferguson riots and the Black Lives Matter movement which mirrored previous social tensions, such as the LA riots and the era of the Black Panthers, whereby there was a major distrust between the African American community and a predominantly white police force (or, authority in general). This drove my thinking towards the representation of African Americans in films and TV, as these have a significant impact on the popular perceptions. A preliminary look revealed that African Americans were being represented differently in films and TV – they were not given as much importance as their white American counterparts, and were treated as an inferior race. Has the role of African Americans in the society at large, at present and in the past, been accurately reflected in TV and films (Hollywood)? Or, has it been reduced to certain stereotypes, thus negatively affecting the popular perception of the African American community? These were the questions and ideas that sparked my interest in the topic of the representation of African Americans in the contemporary media. This interest was further sharpened by a look at the theories, such as that of Ellen (1986), who says:
‘The mass media are populated with stereotypes that are readily recognised largely on television and films, primarily functioning by inverting cause and effect. They contain an evaluation that justifies social differences. For example, stereotypes about blacks often describe the differences between blacks and whites. The complex, deeply entrenched factors that keep blacks from succeeding in a white-dominated system – an effect of their subordinate position in society – is represented in the stereotype as a single, racial characteristic: blacks are less gifted than whites.’
With this, I became increasingly impatient to explore the possible use of negative stereotypes in relation to the representation of African Americans in contemporary Hollywood. Furthermore, the recent Oscar nominations and the lack of diversity in the nominations only increased my desire to examine the marginalisation of African Americans in Hollywood, both in the past and in more recent times.
Secondary Literature Search:
With this aim in mind, a fairly wide reading was carried out as a literature search, which can be looked at in two stages. The phase one was more to define the basic concepts within the issue, confirming and supporting with my own previous knowledge to then allowing me to look for further more extended research, dealing more directly with the key thinkers on the topic. The second phase then mostly referred to the historical context of African Americans, before leading to the present-day context. This was to get a more comprehensive perspective and deeper understanding of the depiction of the African Americans in Hollywood films and TV.
The searched literature in the field of representation and stereotyping from scholars such as Schneider (2005), Valdivia (2003), Leavitt et al. (2015) and Branston et al. (2010) etc. defines and highlights the effects of negative stereotyping, and discusses how the constant use of these repetitive negative stereotypes can allow racial groups to be viewed in a predominantly negative light. This supported and confirmed my concern with an examination and evaluation of whether the reason for African Americans still being seen as a threat, and not being fully accepted in Hollywood and in areas of US society, had something to do with the long-term effects of the repetitive negative stereotyping of African Americans in the previous history of Hollywood. Works of Smith (1997) and Harry et al. (2009) are a further study into representation and stereotypes, also examining the impact these repetitive negative stereotypes have on racial groups, like African Americans. These works brought forward that the representation of the African American in films, like D.W Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), simply mirrored many of the negative stereotypical social views which white Americans had of African Americans at the time, and which stemmed from their historical background of slavery. This again supported my earlier concern and thoughts which I carried into the project, as to whether the views and stereotypes of African Americans in Hollywood today could be reflecting or relating to social issues, for example the recent Ferguson riots.
A further study in the field of representation and stereotyping by Donald Bogle (1973), titled Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, also informed my research on the exact type of stereotypes that were being used to represent African Americans. Highlighting how these were negative stereotypes played by the white Americans, depicting how the thought of the African Americans race.
These works of the scholars; Bogle (1973) Smith (1997), Harry et al. (2009), Schneider (2005), Valdivia, (2003), Leavitt et al. (2015) and Branston et al. (2010) were brought in to overall provide a basic understanding on the concept of stereotypes and representation. With this being said the literature then drew on some historical context.
Key findings from researching on the historical context of African American in Hollywood, were from scholars such as Dawson (2012) and (Jayness, 2005) who brought forward, that for the African American it was hard to be considered into Hollywood, whether be it for on screen or working behind the scene. His works also informed that there were only allowed entrance when taking on stereotypical roles. This then lead for the literature to draw upon a Social Problem journal by Hughey (2009). Which informed on some of the new representations and acceptance for African American, suggesting how their depiction on screen was much more positive and moving away from the old negative display. Another study on the acceptance of African American in Hollywood was that of Green (1999), which was drawn on to give a useful context and a different perspective to the new positive depiction and acceptance of African Americans in Hollywood. It discussed and brought forward that African American in fact now displayed by new negative stereotypical roles which also echo trades from the older stereotypes. This led for the literature to search further into the hidden stereotypical roles of the African American. Works of Kretsedemas (2010), which discussed how these common new stereotypes of the African American would appear to mix in with other older racial stereotypes, with not one but many of the older racial women stereotypes, like:
3.Method:
To allow for some degree of accuracy in proving the hypothesis that the African Americans of the 21st century are in fact, now being represented by contemporary stereotypes, which echo qualities from the past. I decided, carrying out a film analysis by using the method textual analysis on a range of contemporary films and television programmers seemed to be the most reasonable method to do so. Using the method of analysing a range of films and TV programmers generally was a very much sufficient method, as it has allowed me to show that the negative portrayal and stereotypical representation of African Americans in contemporary Hollywood films and television shows today are still apparent. If I had used questionnaires, which would have required me to wait for floks responses before being able to carry out the analysis. This method has allowed to me to work in more free time frame were I didn’t have to wait or depend on people. However, the method was very much time consuming as it required to watch the films and television programmers in detail more then once. But also having to find a more silent reserved place to work.
Analysis and Insights:
(Explain how the insights, the challenges of the secondary research and wider context informed the project)-
Conclusion: –
In conclusion, you bring your ideas to a point whereby pull all your ideas together. Again, you literally say ‘In this essay I have tried to give a reflective account of my contribution to the project etc. Try to have at least conclusive analytical thought here- why I felt it was important to carry out a research dissertation for this topic…
The Purpose of Apologetics
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Film Review: ‘Captive State’
Variety — Joe Leydon
Given the allusions to literal and thematic Trojan Horses that pepper its third act, one probably shouldn’t be surprised that “Captive State” — which opened cold on March 14 after Focus mysteriously canceled screenings for critics — actually is something of a purposefully camouflaged interloper. Although the TV ads and other promotional material appear to promise a megaplex-ready thrill ride about space invaders and rebellious Earthlings, this rigorously intelligent, cunningly inventive, and impressively suspenseful drama plays more like a classic tale about a disparate group of resistance fighters united in a guerrilla campaign against an occupying force.
The big difference here, of course, is that the occupiers are extraterrestrials, not German troops or British colonialists. But, truth to tell, director Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) and scriptwriter Erica Beeney (“The Battle of Shaker Heights”) don’t seem terribly interested in those intergalactic beasties, which appear only fleetingly on scattered occasions, and resemble some weird DNA commingling of Bigfoot, Elmo of “Sesame Street,” and a cactus. They’re scary enough to serve their purpose, but they’re certainly not the main attraction. Which is one of several reasons why “Captive State” is liable to make its mark as an esteemed cult favorite rather than as a box-office blockbuster.
There’s an appropriate and effective lo-fi look and feel to the way Wyatt and his ace production team depict everyday life under occupation in Chicago nine years after the extraterrestrials arrived, demanded unconditional surrender, and forced all nations on Earth to disarm and disband armies. While the new “legislators” (as the invaders are known) remain primarily in underground lairs, obedient quislings in government and law enforcement maintain tyrannical control over the populace.
Mind you, the majority of folks in Chicago — and presumably, elsewhere in the U.S. and across the globe — have drunk the Kool-Aid and accepted the many apparent benefits (strong economy, diminished unemployment, etc.) of extraterrestrial rule. A lavish pep rally, complete with a new and invader-stroking version of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” tells us all we need to know about how easily the sheep have been corralled.
But a few diehard freedom-fighters remain at large in the community, thereby necessitating the constant vigilance of lawmen like William Mulligan (John Goodman), commander of an inner-city neighborhood where insurgents reportedly congregate.
Under the new regime, digital technology is for the most part illegal — even the cops must rely on Polaroid cameras and tape recorders for surveillance and evidence gathering — leading to gainful employment for Gabriel (Ashton Sanders of “Moonlight”), one of many factory workers tasked with wiping data from cellphones and other devices that have been outlawed. Obviously, there isn’t much in the way of a background check where Gabriel works: He is the brother of Rafe, a resistance fighter who has morphed into an inspirational legend after being listed among the casualties after a police raid. Just as obviously, the cops didn’t do due diligence: Rafe (Jonathan Majors) is alive and reasonably well, and eager to help Gabriel get out of town before the resistance’s next major blow against the oppressors.
To say much more about plot specifics would not be fair, because “Captive State” is one of those relatively rare movies that are all the more gripping if you don’t fully understand what is happening on a minute-to-minute basis, and you’re forced to focus your attention to suss out just who is deserving of a rooting interest, and why they’re doing what they do. The plot has something to do with an assassination conspiracy, which generates as much sweaty-palmed tension as anything in the “Bourne Identity” franchise, and something else to do with contriving to make someone seem as safe and trustworthy as — yes, you guessed it! — a Trojan Horse. Rob Simonsen’s pulsating score propels the movie through the moodily hued urban landscape that DP Alex Disenhof aptly depicts as a place where the sun seldom shines, and nights are fraught with threats.
If you’re a movie buff, you’re more likely to be thinking of Roberto Rossellini’s “Open City,” Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Army of Shadows,” or even Gillo Pontecorvo’s “The Battle for Algiers” than any version of “The War of the Worlds” as “Captive State” methodically envelops you. But if you have never seen — or even heard of — most of the aforementioned films, don’t let that keep you away. Wyatt and Beeney have pulled off something truly audacious and ingenious here, even if they don’t always make it easy to keep up with them.
In fact, they invite, if not demand, repeated viewings of their handiwork, if only to better appreciate the contributions made by, in addition to those already mentioned, Kevin Dunn as a sleazily self-serving collaborator, Alan Ruck as a newspaper reporter in league with the resistance — and Vera Farmiga as a shady lady who knows how to affect a friend, and her audience, with her shrewd use of Nat King Cole’s recording of “Stardust.” If you were on the fence about a movie that’s being hidden from press and positioned to audiences, go ahead, see “Captive State” now. Don’t wait for the cult to coalesce.
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Western Theological Seminary
Reformed Review
Vol 50 No 1 (1996): Christian Citizenship
Faith and Politics : A View From City Hall
George K. Heartwell
"Should the Commission of the City of Grand Rapids adopt ordinance amendments to protect citizens from discrimination in housing, employment and access to public accommodation that result from the gender orientation of those citizens?"
The Reformed Review has offered me the opportunity to explore the ways in which my faith impacts my political decision-making around a particular, difficult issue. It is the issue of civil rights for gay and lesbian people that I have chosen to explore. My purpose is not to advocate a position on that issue so much as to investigate the process of arriving at a conclusion on which to base a decision requiring a vote. I have organized the piece as follows: (1) background; (2) an exploration of the issues of faith that were raised; (3) a consideration of the faith and religious practice which informed my decision making; and, (4) a look at some larger issues which this decision raises that have implications for political decision-making.
Christianity and politics; Politics in the Bible; Christian life -- Biblical teaching; Social justice; Homosexuality -- Biblical teaching; Gay rights
This periodical is indexed in the ATLA Religion Database®, published by the American Theological Library Association, 300 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60606, E-mail: atla@atla.com, https://www.atla.com.
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Oregon's volunteers puts state in national top 10
Kevin Harden
Annual Volunteering in America report says state and region tops for people who give their time to all sorts of groups.
Are you volunteering somewhere right now? According to a new national report, that's probably what lots of you are doing.
Oregon ranks No. 3 in the nation for people who volunteer their time at all sorts of organizations, according to the 2018 Volunteering in America report by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
According to the report, about 43.2 percent Oregonians volunteered last year. About 1.4 million volunteers gave 177.7 million hours of service, worth an estimated $4.2 billion. In addition, 61.9 percent of percent of residents participated in "informal volunteering," which includes activities like helping neighbors or watching each other's children, according to the report.
Oregon also ranks second for volunteer service by baby boomers and third for volunteering by parents.
"Each and every day, ordinary Americans are stepping up to support their fellow citizens to help with needs both great and small. This is especially true in Oregon, where residents have much to be proud of," said Barbara Stewart, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
The top 10 states by volunteer rate are:
1 Utah 51%
2 Minnesota 45.1%
3 Oregon 43.2%
4 Iowa 41.5%
5 Alaska 40.6%
6 Nebraska 40.2%
7 District of Columbia 39.8%
8 Montana 38.8%
9 Maine 38.7%
10 Idaho 37.9%
The report also ranked the Portland region (including Vancouver, Wash.) No. 5 for volunteering, with 44.3 percent of residents volunteering more than 863,000 hours of service, worth an estimated $2.2 billion. About 62.2 percent donate to charity and a third report doing something positive for their neighborhood, according to the report.
Overall, the 2018 Volunteering in America report found that 77.4 million adults (30.3 percent) volunteered through an organization last year. Americans volunteered nearly 6.9 billion hours, worth an estimated $167 billion in economic value, based on the Independent Sector's estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour for 2017.
The federal Corporation for National and Community Service oversees the AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs. Information for the annual volunteering report was collected through a supplement to the monthly Current Population Survey sent to about 60,000 households (approximately 100,000 adults), by the U.S. Census Bureau on behalf of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Oregon by the numbers
1,448,752 volunteers contribute 177.7 million hours of service
43.2% of residents volunteer, ranking them third among states
Volunteer service worth an estimated $4.2 billion
98.9% of residents regularly talk or spend time with friends and family
61.9% of residents do favors for neighbors
32.7% of residents do something positive for the neighborhood
43.1% of residents participate in local groups or organizations
62.2% of residents donate $25 or more to charity
Portland region by the numbers
863,670 volunteers contribute 93.8 million hours of service
44.3% of residents volunteer, ranking them fifth among cities
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La Salle Prep girls basketball sets out to contend for a 5A state title
Jim Beseda
The Falcons lost five seniors from last season's 5A state runner-up team, but have retooled with the help of three key transfers
The cyclical nature of high school girls' basketball would suggest that the La Salle Prep Falcons are bound to have a down season sooner or later.
This is not that season.
Despite the loss of five seniors to graduation from last year's state runner-up team, La Salle has assembled another star-studded team that almost everyone expects to make a serious run at the 2018-19 OSAA Class 5A state title.
There is no shortage of optimism heading into Tuesday's season opener at Cresecent Valley, but that's nothing new for the Kelli Wedin-coached Falcons.
In six seasons since Wedin took over the program, the Falcons have compiled an impressive 147-20 record with six league titles (two in the 4A Tri-Valley League and four in the 5A Northwest Oregon Conference), four state final appearances, and two Class 5A state championships in 2015 and 2017.
What is new this season is the addition of three key transfer players -- junior forward Lyndsay Drango from Lake Oswego, senior guard Alyson Muira from Clackamas, and senior forward Lauren Vreeken from Prairie in Vancouver -- who along with incoming freshman Mia Skoro have meshed well with returning players Grace Felder, Jessica Loboy, Emily Niebergall, Amanda Sisul, and Addison Wedin (the coach's daughter).
"I like how quickly the girls have connected," Kelli Wedin said during a break in Wednesday's season-opening jamboree with Franklin, Ridgeview and St. Helens at La Salle Prep's Brick Oven. "It's a group of nine completely different girls and most of them haven't played with each other before this season.
"Everybody just makes everybody feel comfortable and confident, and everyone believes in each other. I think that's going to be a big piece moving forward. When I look back at my two state championship teams, that's when it was special -- when the kids truly cared about each other and were willing to sacrifice their own personal goals for the good of the team."
Moving parts
Although some of the names have changed, the Falcons are playing the same up-tempo, fast-breaking, shoot-it-if-you're-open offense, and the same high-pressure, ball-hawking, turnover-hungry defense that has been their bread and butter in recent years.
There isn't a true post player on the roster, but the Falcons have found ways to make their "five-guard lineup" as good as, if not better than, the traditional point-guard, shooting-guard, small-forward, power-power, center starting five.
Drango and Loboy are still working their way back from injuries, but even with only seven players for Wednesday's jamboree, the Falcons dominated their two 12-minute scrimmages against Ridgeview and Franklin.
Final scores: La Salle Prep 28, Ridgeview 9, and La Salle Prep 41, Franklin 15.
"We played really well for this being the first time that we've really played together since fall," said Niebergall, the junior guard who started both scrimmages alongside Miura, Sisul, Vreeken, and Addison Wedin. "There's always stuff to work on and we saw some of that tonight, but what we did also showed the people watching that La Salle is here to play.
"We're going to be here, we're going to show up, and if other teams want to play with us, they've got to match that. It's hard to find teams that can do that, because we're really one of a kind."
In the first five minutes against Ridgeview, the Falcons had 15 possessions and raced out to a 16-0 lead after going 7 for 14 from the field with two 3-pointers, one offensive rebound, and two turnovers.
In Ridgeview's first 15 possessions, the Ravens went 0 for 6 from the floor with one offensive rebound and 10 turnovers.
"That's some good defensive energy right there," Kelli Wedin said. "That's what we're striving for, for sure. I thought we were a little bit frantic when we didn't get a transition bucket, but I think that was just nerves, and then we settled in a little bit.
"I want them to be able to play in the half court and still have the same kind of energy that we have when we press. That will be a work in progress, but for the most part, they did a lot of really good things, had good energy, and had some fun out there."
Fun for the Falcons, perhaps, and if that means they end up making some of their opponents look silly, so be it.
"No matter who we're playing, we can't put on the brakes just because we're more talented," Kelli Wedin said. "My thing has always been about developing good habits. If you are soft one game, you're likely going to be soft the next game, and then you're playing a really good team, and then you're in trouble
"I don't want to go out and just crush teams. That's not ever our thing. It's not about running up the score. But it's about really helping my kids develop good habits and then laying that way constantly. We've got to stay sharp."
The Falcons landed in the top spot in the OSAA's Class 5A girls' baseball preseason coaches poll after drawing nine of 11 first-place votes and earning 107 points. League-rival Wilsonville is ranked second with 81 points, while Central (78), Crescent Valley (74), and Springfield (50) round out the top five.
"I think there are four or five other teams out there that could have got that top spot," Kelli Wedin said. "We have a lot of new kids. We lost five seniors, three four-year varsity players, and what we're trying to do is not easy.
"I think the target is on our back now and we've got everything to prove and we'll see what we can do with that. I don't know. I don't really care about the rankings. If we're No. 1 on March 9, I'll be happy."
Some of the Falcons' stiffest challenges comes in the first two weeks of the season, starting with Tuesday's opener at Crescent Valley, Saturday's home opener against Springfield, and a Dec. 11 road game against two-time defending 6A state champion Southridge.
Southridge's only loss to an Oregon team in the last two seasons was a 54-53 loss to La Salle in the semifinals of the 2016 Nike Interstate Shootout at Lake Oswego High School.
"I'm excited for the opportunity," Kelli Wedin said. "For me, it's like, 'Hey girls, we're playing the No. 13 team in the nation.' Nobody expects us to win again. My biggest kid is 5-foot-11 and she's really a guard, but I love our kids and I know we'll fight, I know we'll compete, and I know we'll give ourselves the best opportunity to win that game.
"Can we get a couple little, lucky breaks and can we get the ball to bounce our way a couple times? It's going to take a couple of those things to beat a team like Southridge. We'd have to play our best game and they'd have to have a few hiccups."
After that, the Falcons head off to Phoenix for the Dec.19-22 Nike Tournament of Champions, and then they'll travel to Bend for the Dec. 27-29 Summit Holiday Tournament.
"This is just the beginning," Niebergall said. "We still have three months to do what we've set out to do and I'm excited. Every single day, we talk about our goals and how it starts at practice and we remind one another what's waiting in March.
"I'm excited about March. It's in the distance, but it's so close. We've got a lot of work to do, but we're in a really good place right now and I'm very excited to see where this team goes."
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The belle époque of the film’s title is, for Fernando (Jorge Sanz), the idyllic respite between the end of the Spanish monarchy and the beginning of the Civil War. The young army deserter finds refuge, first in the home of a freethinker (Fernando Fernán Gómez), then in the arms of his four very different daughters (Penelope Cruz, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil and Miriam Díaz Aroca). The film, a masterpiece of ensemble acting, is replete with stunning set pieces. The masked ball, for instance, is a triumph of sexual ambiguity. But when the girls’ mother makes her entrance, the film literally bursts into song. With Belle Epoque, Fernando Trueba made one for the ages, hands down, one of the greatest Spanish films of all time. In its day, it won 9 Spanish Academy Awards (Goyas) and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Who Owns a Domain Name?
by Pamela Chestek • March 14, 2012 • domain name
If you say the person listed as the “registrant” in the domain name record owns the domain name, the court in Fraserside IP L.L.C. v. Kovalchukmight disagree with you. The question before the court was personal jurisdiction over Igor Kovalchuk, the person listed as the registrant of the website www-dot-DrTuber-dot-com (web site definitely not safe for work). Kovalchuk is a citizen and resident of Russia and has never visited or conducted business in Iowa, the state where the lawsuit was brought. He says that the website is owned by ERA Technologies, Ltd. and he just manages the technology for ERA. For purposes of personal jurisdiction, the court agreed that the plaintiff had not met its burden of proving Kovalchuk’s ownership:
Because domain names may be sold, leased, or licensed, it does not necessarily follow that being the registrant of a domain name equates with operational control over the website using that domain name. Here, Kovalchuk specifically disputes his ownership and operation of www.DrTuber.com and has explained that ERA is the website’s actual owner while he merely manages ERA’s technology. Fraserside has not countered Kovalchuk’s sworn affidavit with affidavits or other evidence. Thus, after looking at the facts in the light most favorable to Fraserside, and resolving all factual conflicts in favor of it, Fraserside has not established that Kovalchuk owns and operates www.DrTuber.com. Thus, ownership and operation of the website www.DrTuber.com cannot constitute a basis for personal jurisdiction over Kovalchuk.
The court did not have general or specific jurisdiction over Kovalchuk and the motion to dismiss was granted.
Fraserside IP L.L.C. v. Kovalchuk, No. C11-3040-MWB(N.D. Iowa March 5, 2012).
The text of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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René Descartes—apparently not a drunken fart, despite what Monty Python may have claimed to the contrary.
Thinking hard
or hardly thinking?
Major trains of thought
The good, the bad
and the brain fart
Apollonian and Dionysian
Erasmus Darwin
Prioritarianism
Teetotalism
Come to think of it
“”CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum — whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum — "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am"; as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
René Descartes (1596–1650) was a drunken fart[1] an influential seventeenth century French Rationalist philosopher and mathematician. He is frequently hailed as one of the most influential thinkers since Socrates, nicknamed the "father of modern philosophy", and was personally responsible for the discovery of analytic geometry and other mathematical concepts like the Cartesian coordinate system (which is, of course, named for him). Cartesian coordinates are extremely useful in classical physics, and a four-dimensional Cartesian system called Minkowski space is extremely valuable in understanding relativity and spacetime.
1 In philosophy
1.1 Meditations
1.2 Discourse on Methods
1.3 Cogito ergo sum
2 In mathematics
In philosophy[edit]
Descartes' philosophical treatises created a complete revolution in philosophical thinking by attempting to use pure logical deduction to create a new way of understanding the world. This rationalism (later followed by the likes of mathematicians Spinoza and Leibniz) stood in direct opposition to the Empirical school followed by Kant, Hume and Rousseau which formed in response.
Meditations[edit]
Meditations on First Philosophy is easily Descartes' most famous work, bringing to the philosophical world a new rational way of looking at everything, methodological skepticism; through this technique he is the first to establish the idea that by deconstructing what you think you know, you can figure out what you can actually know. In effect, he asks himself, "I know I am sitting here, but can I really be sure of that? Could it be an illusion? And if it is an illusion, what is it that I do actually know?" His conclusion to the first part of Meditations is that the only thing he can truly know is that something he identifies as "himself" is having thoughts. Descartes exists, if only in his mind, as a thinking thing. (Descartes later goes on to show to himself the partial validity of his senses, the existence of other people; however this resolution to his solipsist box is tenuous at best.)
Part three of Meditations is his attempt to prove that God exists, saying God is self-evident the way his own thoughts are self-evident. In fairness, Meditation III was an ad hoc argument he cooked up because he realized he was halfway to actually proving you can't prove God any more than anything else.
Throughout Meditations, Descartes sets the framework for a philosophical distinction between mind and body that would later be called Cartesian dualism.
Discourse on Methods[edit]
Descartes' Discourse on Methods would also prove to be an extremely influential text to the contemporary rationalist movement and the later philosophy of empiricism. It established ways in which one could be certain of knowledge gained, and how that knowledge could be tested. Many of Descartes' ideas would be central to the later development of the scientific method. In combination with his other works, Discourse on Methods would lead to a school of thought called Cartesianism (currently defunct) that emphasized the unreliability of sensory data.
Cogito ergo sum[edit]
In his Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes began with the only thing he felt he knew for sure: that there existed in some way a being that was currently thinking. Now he continued to second guess and doubt himself, but eventually came to the conclusion there must have been a doubter, and that doubter was him. While not stated so initially, he would later phrase this in the Latin as "cogito ergo sum", or "I think, therefore I am", which would be better represented by dubito ergo sum, "I doubt, therefore I am". But it just isn't as catchy, now is it?
In mathematics[edit]
Descartes discovered the principles of analytic geometry, a contribution that would lead others to the discovery of calculus and even more abstract mathematics. Part of analytic geometry, his Cartesian coordinate system, helped provide a way to describe geometric concepts in algebraic language.[2]
Descartes introduced the concept of the power notations, such as to represent or the area of square with the sides of length . He is also introduced the root symbol, . This had the effect of freeing mathematics from the geometric restrictions placed on it by the Greeks.[3]
↑ "I drink, therefore, I am." See Monty Python's Philosophers' Song
↑ http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Descartes.html
↑ Hawking, Stephen. 2005. God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History.
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Qld’s Labour Hire Licensing Scheme: the “incorporated worker exception” – pass or fail?
May 5, 2018 May 5, 2018 Andrew C Wood Employment Services, On-Hire, Regulation 1 Comment
This is the second in a series of posts in which I examine the detail of the worker exceptions created by reg. 4 of Queensland’s Labour Hire Licensing Regulation 2018. In this post, I look at the “incorporated worker” exemption in reg. 4(1)(b) and invite you to consider whether it should be given a “pass” or “fail”.
Some background
In October last year, and in commentary about the coverage of the Act, I drew attention to the difficulties posed for micro-business, incorporated independent contractors. The specific difficulty that I foresaw was that, if the incorporated entity supplied its worker to another person to do work, then it would need a licence.
The issue was taken up in submissions to government about the content of the regulations; and specifically about whether an exemption from the need to hold a licence could be carved out, using the power granted under s. 8(2) of the Act to exclude classes of individuals from the definition of worker.
Such an exemption was possible on the basis that, if the provider supplied persons, who were not workers within the meaning of the Act, it followed that the provider did not provide labour hire services and therefore did not need a licence.
An exemption would have relieved hundreds, perhaps thousands, of small “incorporated workers”, who operate through their own corporate entities, from the need to hold a labour hire licence.
To its credit, the Government does seem to have accepted those submissions in part.
However, in my opinion, the incorporated worker exception created by regulation 4(1)(b) of Queensland’s Labour Hire Licensing Regulation 2018 is so narrow that it will not provide the relief most were hoping for; and may end up disadvantaging many incorporated workers and adding to an already excessive red tape burden.
The incorporated worker exception
Regulation 4(1) sets out four classes of individuals, who are excluded from the definition of worker under s.8. Paragraph (b) of that regulation establishes the “incorporated worker” exception in terms:
(b) for a provider who is a corporation—an individual who is an executive officer of the corporation and the only individual the provider supplies, in the course of carrying on a business, to another person to do work;
Three key points
Three key points need to be noted about this provision.
Firstly, the exception, applies to a corporation that is (or, but for the exception, would be) a provider – i.e. the corporation that, in the course of carrying on a business, supplies, to another person, a worker to do work.
Secondly, for the individual to qualify for the exception, and for the provider to rely on the exception as a means of avoiding the need to hold a licence, the provider must supply only that individual and no other individual. If the corporation supplies another person, it will need a licence.
Note that the expression used is individual and not worker. That will mean that the exception cannot rely on the other reg.4 exceptions to reduce the number of supplied persons to one.
For example: You could not get around the one person requirement by saying, “Well, I do supply another person; but that person is not a “worker”, because I pay them annual wages above the high-income threshold”.
Thirdly, the individual, who is supplied, must be an executive officer of the corporation.
Who is an “executive officer”
An executive officer is defined in the Act to mean any person, by whatever name called and whether or not the person is a director of the corporation, who is concerned, or takes part, in the management of the corporation.
One-person corporations
So, we are really talking about a one-person corporation – or an “incorporated worker”.
These are the workers that are sometimes called “On-hired Contractors (Incorporated)” or “Pty Ltd Contractors”.
The exception does not apply to partnerships or to other unincorporated businesses; and it is not targeted at labour hire providers, who may be supplying more than one individual to perform work.
Is there a problem?
One of the key indicators of a genuine independent contracting relationship is the ability for the contractor to delegate the work.
The one-person requirement means that the incorporated provider no longer has the power to delegate, because delegation would involve supplying a second individual to do the work.
Neither could the provider merely substitute another individual to do the work, because that also would involve supplying a second person.
Two problems flow from that.
The inability to delegate, or substitute, may greatly impede the capacity to perform the work – especially if the work involves roster or “on duty” cover arrangements, where professional and skilled trade workers may “stand in” for each other from time to time.
Removal of the power to delegate or substitute may result in the so-called “corporate veil” wearing so thin that incorporation may cease to offer much protection from liability and allegations of sham contracting.
Pass or fail?
Whilst the exception might assist some small incorporated contractors, it may prove to be too restrictive, and to be attended by too much risk, to be attractive as an escape route from the need to hold a licence.
At the same time, the exception will create a headache for non-exempt labour hire providers, because there may be a cohort of individuals, within their on-hire workforces, who are not workers and are therefore not to be included in the provider’s reports under s.31 of the Act. For those providers, the exception will only add to their already excessive red tape burden.
At the moment, and in its present form, I’d have to give it a fail.
Independent contractors & incorporated workers: Hair-splitting, fact sensitive inquiries needed under new labour hire licensing laws
March 1, 2018 March 1, 2018 Andrew C Wood Contracting, Employment Services, On-Hire, Regulation Leave a comment
The position of independent contractors and incorporated workers under Queensland’s and South Australia’s new labour hire licensing laws is complex and warrants closer attention than it has received to date. Detailed, fact sensitive inquiries into supply arrangements are required; and there will be a lot of “hair-splitting” between now and the time, when these laws are eventually interpreted by the courts.
In this post, I’ll try to explain why; and highlight some of the issues that staffing agencies will need to consider if they are on-hiring independent contractors in either State and need to get on top of the new laws.
First off, there is a difference in approach between Queensland and South Australia – at the moment, at least. That may change, when Queensland finally gets round to making its regulations.
The difference in approach arises not so much from the definition of “worker”, which is essentially the same in both States, as from the way in which the two States have captured the type of supply that is considered to be a supply of labour hire services.
In Queensland, a person provides labour hire services if the person supplies a worker to do work for another person. That casts a very wide net. Queensland has not yet tried to explain what “supplies” means, or to qualify it in any way. It may do so in its regulations, which are yet to be published.
In South Australia, a person provides labour hire services if the person supplies a worker to do work for another person in and as part of that other person’s business or commercial undertaking.
The addition of those words is what makes the difference.
South Australia has been trying, with limited success, to explain what that means and has produced what has been described as quite possibly the longest explanatory note in any Act of Parliament – albeit a note that has virtually no legal effect!
South Australia’s use of the “integration test”
The integration test is most often used as a test to distinguish employees from independent contractors. An employee, and the work that an employee performs, is understood as being integrated into the employer’s business. It is performed in and as part of the employer’s business.
However, South Australia seems to be trying to use a form of the integration test (work is performed in and as part of the client’s business) to distinguish its concept of labour hire from a general contracting situation, where a worker performs the work in and as part of a different business (e.g, the plumbing business of a plumbing worker’s employer), or the worker’s own business (e.g. an I.T contractor’s own I.T. business).
The “plumber” example given in s.7 of the South Australian Act was its first attempt to explain what it has been trying to do.
The “plumber” example
Guy runs a plumbing business and has an employment contract with Tracey under which Tracey is paid to come to work each day at the plumbing business and be assigned work. Corey runs a grape growing business at which there is a problem with the plumbing. Corey enters into a contract with Guy to diagnose and fix the problem at the business and so Guy sends Tracey to Corey’s grape growing business to do the work. Guy does not provide labour hire services in sending Tracey to do work at Corey’s business.
The reason why Guy does not provide labour hire services is that Tracey performs the plumbing work in and as part of Guy’s plumbing business; not in or as part of Corey’s grape growing business.
The additional examples given on the South Australian website also go some way towards explaining what that State is trying to do. The I.T. examples may be helpful.
South Australia’s I.T. examples
A large retailer contacts an IT recruitment agency, requesting fulltime IT support for a big project. An IT consultant is provided to the retailer for 6 months. The consultant is paid by the recruitment agency and the retailer pays the recruitment agency directly. These IT consultants are part of the retailer’s work force for the 6 month contract and therefore the recruitment agency would need to be licensed.
Compare that with the example of where a licence is NOT needed in South Australia:
A law firm contacts an IT company about setting up their IT systems. After several discussions, the IT company is contracted to set up the law firms systems. The IT company uses its own IT consultants for 2 weeks. The IT company invoices the law firm at the conclusion of the work. These IT consultants are providing a specific service to the law firm under the direction of the IT company, as IT company employees.
Challenges posed
There are several difficulties with the South Australian examples of situations where a labour hire licence is not needed, in my view.
Supply through a staffing agency
The South Australian examples do not deal with a situation, where the worker is engaged or supplied through a staffing agency.
Tracey is simply the direct employee of a plumbing company.
The IT consultants are simply the direct employees (or independent contractors) of an I.T. company.
No example is given of a case, where Tracey is engaged as an independent contractor through a firm that is not a plumbing company, but is a staffing agency of some description.
No example is given of a case, where an I.T. consultant is engaged as an independent contractor and supplied through a staffing agency.
Those are serious omissions, because the examples given fail to address, directly, the very question that is most likely to be of concern to staffing agencies and to the workers and clients, who deal with them.
Can an independent contractor ever be supplied in the sense required by the S.A. Act?
On one view, a genuine independent contractor can never be “supplied” in the sense required by s.7 of the South Australian LHL Act, because a genuine independent contractor, acting as such, performs the work in and as part of his/her own business.
That presents South Australia with a problem, because it sets up an apparent inconsistency with LHLA(SA) ss. 7(3), which says that a person provides labour hire services “regardless of whether the worker is an employee”.
If that is supposed to indicate that independent contractors are included, you’ll immediately see how the problem arises. How can an independent contractor, who performs work in and as part of the worker’s own business, simultaneously perform the same work in and as part of someone else’s business?
South Australia appears to be trying to get around that inconsistency by saying (in its I.T. consultant example) that integration into the customer’s work force, as distinct from integration into its business or commercial undertaking, might be enough.
To that extent, it could be trying to equate a work force to a business or commercial undertaking. Though that would be tricky because it may look, to some, like an attempt to stretch the meaning of the Act.
No example of supply of an incorporated worker
Neither do the examples deal with a case, where the worker is what in the UK is called, an incorporated worker.
RCSA calls these workers, On-hired Contractors (Incorporated). APSCo_AU calls them Pty Ltd Contractors.
What they’re called doesn’t matter so much as what they do; and how they structure themselves to do it.
In this instance, one has to look closely at the relationship between the worker, the worker’s incorporated entity and the staffing firm.
These relationships are set out in Fig. 1. below.
The arrangements between
labour hire agency, incorporated entity & principal (worker); and
incorporated entity, worker (principal) and labour hire client –
exhibit the triangular relationship, which the LHLA(SA) & explanatory materials identify as a “labour-hire” relationship.
This is so, regardless of any contractual relationship between the incorporated entity, the worker, and the labour hire client; and regardless of the intermediation of the labour hire agency – see ss.7(3)(b) and (c) of the LHLA(SA).
It therefore seems possible that, in some cases, both the staffing firm and worker’s incorporated entity may be involved in supplying the worker to the client to perform the work; and both may require a licence if, as a matter of fact, the work is performed in and as part of the client’s business or commercial undertaking.
Although a late starter in addressing the shortcomings of its ambitious coverage, Queensland is starting to address the issue and has conducted a consultation about the exceptions that might be provided by its regulations. That consultation has now closed and we await the outcome with interest.
However, it’s worth noting that Queensland is actively considering a limited exemption for those cases where the worker is a director or owner of their own business. That might not let the staffing agencies off the hook, if they’re on-hiring these owner/operator workers (incorporated workers); but it may provide some respite for the worker’s incorporated entities. And that would be welcome.
Of course, it begs the questions: “If Queensland is now thinking about the need for such an exemption, why has South Australia not dealt with it”; and “Are we yet to see more elements of the South Australian scheme unfold?”
So, it’s a case of wait and see. Hopefully, we’ll know the outcome well in advance of Queensland’s 16 April 2018 kick off, because the transition period is only 60 days.
What staffing agencies might now have to consider
The type of issues that staffing agencies might now have to consider in each case include:
How the worker is engaged and paid by his/her own incorporated entity
Is the worker engaged as an employee or as an independent contractor of his/her incorporated entity?
Is the worker paid for the work; or does the money reach the worker by some other means?
Does the worker work as a director and get paid a director’s fee?
Does the worker receive dividends as a shareholder, or distributions under a trust, instead?
Who the staffing agency contracts to provide the services (e.g. I.T services)
Is it the staffing agency itself?
That is to say is the “staffing agency” really a services (e.g. IT services, engineering services, nursing services, cleaning services, fruit harvesting services…etc) contracting company?
If so, does the “staffing agency” need a licence at all?
Even it it does not need a licence, does any sub-contractor, who supplies a worker to it need a licence?
If it has positioned itself as a services contractor, rather than as labour hire provider, is the attempted positioning borne out by the reality of the situation?
Is it the worker’s company; or the individual worker? The staffing agency needs to look closely at its method of engagement for this.
Some methods engage only the worker’s entity and leave it to the worker’s company to secure the attendance and performance of the worker. These methods are probably more consistent with the notion that the worker is performing the work in and as part of the workers own business.
Some methods engage both the worker’s entity and the worker. These may be more likely to tend towards a labour hire supply of the worker by the staffing agency. That is because the staffing agency will have an arrangement with the individual, who performs the work that may make the individual a worker of the staffing agency.
Some methods have only the worker as the services provider. The worker’s entity may act as a type of service entity or contract manager for the worker – handling payroll, the worker’s engagements and expenses, and co-ordinating arrangements between the staffing agency and the worker. These are more likely to involve both the staffing agency and the worker’s entity in a labour hire supply – in which case both may need a licence.
How the worker operates when at work
This is going to require staffing firms to have a good grasp of the composition and structure of their clients’ work forces.
Do you know the boundaries of your clients’ work forces; or even how they are established?
Think about it. How many separate work forces might work at a hospital or community health service? Are they all business or commercial undertakings? Might some of them be operating under non-business or non-commercial government or NFP programs? Would that exclude them from the South Australian coverage?
Fact sensitive investigations likely to be needed
Unless South Australia creates a regulatory or administrative exemption for incorporated workers, staffing agencies are going to have to conduct fact sensitive investigations into the arrangements, which they have with their incorporated workers and into the arrangements; which those workers have with their own companies.
Essentially, that involves a hair-splitting, case-by-case investigation in which the staffing agency would examine its own documentation and also examine the documentation of the arrangements that exist between the worker and his/her own company.
My guess is that, in many cases, that documentation will be scanty or ambiguous.
They are also going to have to undertake fact sensitive investigations into the structure and composition of their client’s businesses, commercial undertakings (and work forces) to work out if the individual workers are integrated into any of them – i.e. whether they are supplied in the sense that they perform their work in and as part of those businesses, commercial undertakings, or work forces.
And they are going to have to make judgements about whether the work forces that their workers augment have the necessary business or commercial character.
All of that might not be as easy as it sounds. (Did it sound easy?)
In the JP Property Services Case, it required a Supreme Court decision to determine whether after hours cleaners were integrated into the workforce of the supermarket, where they worked. The Court held that they were not, because they worked after hours. The result would have been different if they had worked to augment the supermarket’s cleaning workforce during business hours – cleaning up spillages etc!
That’s what I mean by “fact sensitive inquiries”. That’s the level of “hair-splitting” that will be required to make sense and apply these laws.
As a lawyer, I can look forward, with professional interest, to the type of arguments that will be had; but I don’t envy the businesses or the workers, who are going to have them and will now have to carry the burden of a legislative scheme that shows the signs of having been rushed and poorly thought through in the detail of its application.
Qld Treasury Consultation Papers on Regulations to Support Labour Hire Licensing Act: Quick Observations
January 15, 2018 January 15, 2018 Andrew C Wood Chat Employment Agents, Employment Law, Regulation Leave a comment
Queensland Treasury has just released two consultation papers on the regulations to support that State’s Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017.
One paper deals with operational issues (including the fit and proper person test and reporting); the other is about coverage and exclusions.
Looks like there needs to be some work done; and that an attempt will be made to resolve with policy what can’t be resolved by regulations.
Coverage problems are now surfacing; and the consultation papers are still strangely silent on anything much to do with licence conditions.
Licence fees range between $1,000 and $5,000.
Reporting requirements may be expanded – but, it would be a good idea to start with a clear statement of why the government needs additional (including confidential) information; how it proposes to handle it; and what it proposes to do with it.
Some regulatory solutions to the challenges posed by a hastily assembled Act seem possible; but they will not be easy to achieve. Internal labour hire within corporate groups is proving to be “particularly problematic”, as the government tries to work itself out of a tight corner.
Submissions are due by 2 February 2018.
You can read about the release and find the consultation papers here.
https://www.treasury.qld.gov.au/fair-and-safe-work/industrial-relations/regulation-labour-hire-industry/consultation-labour-hire-licensing-act/
Will your outsourced payroll arrangements alter your requirements to have a labour hire license? Probably not.
December 18, 2017 Andrew C Wood Consumer Protection, Contractor Management, Employment Agents, Employment Law, Employment Services, Employment Services Agreements, On-Hire, Placement, Procurement, Regulation Leave a comment
As attempts by Australia’s labor states to create a multi-jurisdiction, labour hire licensing scheme gain critical mass, it is becoming more important, and perhaps a little easier, to make comparisons and ask questions at a practical level rather than merely at a policy or ideological level.
One such question, which seems to be causing concern amongst industry participants, relates to the involvement of payroll providers in labour hire arrangements. Kudos, therefore, to the industry participants, who have appreciated the detail and complexity of the legislation well enough to formulate the following question:
Will our outsourced payroll arrangements alter our requirements to have a labour hire license?
The answer is, “Probably not”.
Let’s say you provide labour hire services – i.e. you engage a worker and supply that worker to another person (a host) to do work.
Your engagement of that worker creates an obligation – and it’s your obligation – to pay your worker for her or his work. You can’t escape that obligation by entering into a pay-when-paid-by-client arrangement. And, importantly, you can’t escape it by outsourcing your payroll function to a third-party payroll provider. It’s still your source obligation; and it is sourced in the work/wage or work/remuneration bargain that you made with your worker.
Neither, in most cases, can you transfer your worker to the payroll company. As the High Court has reminded us:
No worker is an asset in the employer’s balance sheet to be bought or sold.
So, whilst ever you continue to engage the worker, you have a payment obligation – even if a payroll company is going to perform it for you.
Now, I’ve heard it suggested from time to time, that terms and conditions of appointment of a payroll provider often attempt to shift responsibility for engaging the worker onto the payroll provider. They might say something like:
You, the payroll provider, agree that you employ the worker and are responsible for all employer obligations.
In my opinion, you will have to be especially careful if your terms of business say anything like that – and that’s so regardless of whether you are the payroll provider or the labour hire provider.
The work/wage or work/remuneration bargain is made between the engager and the worker. It’s not something that you can transfer on paper – even if you have a paper consent from the worker and payroll provider – because the paper transfer and consent might not reflect the reality of the situation if it’s actually you, who continue to supply the worker to your client and are getting paid for it.
Even though there may be some very limited circumstances in which you could successfully transfer a worker’s engagement to a payroll company, it may still be important for you to ensure that you have a licence.
Remember, you can’t transfer a worker whom you haven’t first engaged. How did the worker become engaged with you in the first place? Did you advertise, or hold out that you were willing to provide labour hire services? Under all three state schemes, you must not advertise or hold yourself out as willing to provide labour hire services unless you have a licence that is in force.
If your attempt to appoint a payroll provider is designed to circumvent or avoid an obligation imposed upon you by the labour hire licensing legislation, you may also have committed an avoidance offence. Your client, and indeed your payroll provider, may be obligated to report the attempt as an avoidance arrangement under the reporting provisions of the legislation.
If you DO successfully transfer the worker to the payroll company, remember:
It’s probably not just the payroll function that you have transferred – it’s likely to be pretty much the whole show; and it might be difficult to know what your client will be paying you for.
Ask yourself: Are you still providing what you agreed with your client you would provide? If you’re no longer providing what you agreed with your client to provide, you might find that your agreement with your client (including its terms and conditions) will be swept aside by a court, as happened in Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth Holdings Pty Ltd.[i]
Perhaps you’re being paid a type of pay-as-you-go placement fee and you’re really acting in the role of a private employment agent (PEA) providing placement services.
Ask yourself: Do your terms of business support that characterization of your arrangement; and do they accurately reflect the arrangement?
Even if that is the case, you may still require a labour hire license if, as a PEA, you are doing anything more than merely providing a recruitment or placement service.
For example: If you are arranging safety inductions, PPE, accommodation, transport, message handling to coordinate worker attendance at the worksite etc, you will not have the benefit of the private employment agent exception under the Queensland and South Australian legislation; and you may be caught by the extended coverage provisions in the Victorian legislation that relate to PEA’s, who arrange accommodation; or Contractor Management Companies, who recruit and place independent contractors.
You may also require a PEA licence in those states and territories that still have them.
Ask yourself: Do you need and do you have a PEA licence?
Your arrangement is likely to convert the payroll provider into a labour hire provider if the payroll provider now has to supply the worker to the user or “host”.
Ask yourself: Does your payroll provider have a labour hire licence? If not, you may need to consider whether you have an ancillary liability arising from placing workers with unlicensed labour hire providers. The ancillary liability penalties can be as severe as those imposed upon the principal offender.
You may have made a type of split placement – i.e. you have placed the worker operationally with the host, but administratively with the payroll provider. In doing so, you may have implicated your client in the offence of dealing with an unlicensed labour hire provider if either you or your payroll providers are unlicensed.
If your attempt to transfer the worker to the payroll company was NOT effective, – and there may be a number of reasons why it will not be effective – then you would clearly remain the labour hire provider. You will need a licence – even though the payroll provider is paying the worker.
The interactions between payroll arrangements and the coverage and avoidance provisions of the labour hire licensing legislation are complex and are affected by nuances in definitions, exclusions and extensions. That will mean that payroll providers (and labour hire providers) will need to exercise special care to understand the effects of a transfer of payroll responsibility from a labour hire provider. They will need to be thoroughly familiar with the legislation and will need to scrutinize the terms and conditions upon which the transfer of payroll responsibility takes place.
But wait! There’s more…
So far, we’ve only been discussing the situation where a labour hire provider appoints a payroll provider. There’s also the possibility that the payroll provider might be appointed by the client (host) or even by the worker. There’s the additional possibility that the payroll provider is, in fact, the worker’s own incorporated entity. That’s a whole other story!
[i] [2015] FCAFC 37 per North and Bromberg JJ at [paras 215 to 218].
This is an opinion piece intended to promote public discussion. It is not, and should not be relied on as legal advice. If you do want legal advice, please seek it from a lawyer, who is familiar your industry and with the laws that apply in the jurisdictions where you carry on business. Your industry associations or local Law Societies may be able to help you to find professional legal advisors, who can assist you.
Victoria Introduces its Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017…and cracks are starting to show.
December 16, 2017 December 16, 2017 Andrew C Wood Consumer Protection, Contractor Management, Employment Agents, Employment Services, On-Hire, Regulation Leave a comment
Victoria’s Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017, introduced into State Parliament on 13 December, is the third labour hire licensing scheme introduced this year as part of a labor State push to establish a common pattern of labour hire licensing regulation.
South Australia’s Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 is set to commence on 1 March 2018.
Queensland’s Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 is set to commence on 16 April 2018.
Victoria’s Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017, if it is passed, has a proposed commencement date of no later than 1 November 2019, but may be proclaimed earlier.
Despite hopes of establishing a common scheme, cracks are starting to show.
Some of the cracks may be smoothed over by regulations that have yet to be released for comment in South Australia and Queensland. Others may be smoothed over by administrative fiat in those States that are intending to create an administrative power to grant various exemptions (S.A. and Vic).
Some cracks may be smoothed over by accommodating mutual recognition arrangements; and some might only be smoothed over by legislative amendment.
Furthermore, detailed analysis of the legislative schemes reveals some glaring gaps – e.g. the failure to regulate substitutable workforce contracting services; and some apparent inconsistencies – e.g. the inconsistency created by regulating only the supply of a worker where the work is done in and as part of the host/client’s business whilst simultaneously extending the definition of worker to include independent contractors. The issue, here, is that genuine independent contractors perform their work in and as part of their own businesses.
Many of these issues will only come to light when the legislation is tested in the course of prosecutions and licence decision reviews and appeals. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to to take note of them – especially for businesses that operate across state borders or may be relying on interstate advice – and bring them into the field of public and industry dialogue.
A good place to start might be a side-by-side comparison of the main coverage provisions of the three state schemes – as far as we know them at this stage, without the benefit of regulations and with the Victorian Bill still awaiting its second reading debate.
So, I’ve had a go at representing some similarities and differences in table format. To do it, I’ve had to standardise some of the terminology. I’ve opted for:
Provider = the person who needs the licence;
Worker = the person who performs the work;
User = a person who takes the benefit of the supply of a worker for the performance of work.
The “user” terminology was the most difficult to arrive at. In the Queensland and South Australian Acts, this party is usually referred to as “another person”. Victoria uses the expression “host”. Both of those terms are problematic in their application to labour contracting chains, where several layers or tiers of supply are involved; and the nature of the services being supplied up the chain may switch between labour hire services and sub-contracting services before reaching the point where the work is actually performed.
I’ve therefore opted for the “user” terminology because it applies to labour contracting chains operating through intermediate users to an end user. However, to my mind, the term remains problematic because of the possibility of confusion with user models of gang-mastery that are regulated under the UK Gangmasters Licensing Act but have so far escaped attention in Australia.
Using my standardised terminology, one could say that common to all Australian schemes is the proposition that:
A person is a labour hire provider (provider) if, in the course of conducting a business, the person supplies a worker to another person (user) to do work…
At that point, the schemes begin to diverge around details of:
situational application – e.g.whether in and as part of the user’s business;
additional coverage;
exclusions; and
worker definition.
The table represents my attempt to illustrate these points of departure. To read it click here or on the link below.
https://recruiterscasebook.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/qld_sa_vic-comp_cov.pdf
The expression, “c.f.”, where it is used in the table, indicates that a comparable outcome is achieved by slightly different means.
I’d love to learn of your thoughts and comments.
Victoria’s Labour Hire Licensing Proposal: Any hope of an even playing field? Not much.
November 26, 2017 December 29, 2017 Andrew C Wood Bigger Pictures, Employment Agents, Employment Services, On-Hire, Regulation 1 Comment
Victoria is the next cab off the rank with labour hire licensing. And there’s not much time to get submissions in before 6 December. Much of what is described in the consultation paper follows the now familiar pattern in Queensland and South Australia.
It is clear that Victoria is giving a bit more thought to what the exceptions might be and is seeking submissions about them. That’s an encouraging sign. But, it might be difficult to say much about the exceptions until the government reveals a working draft of its primary coverage provision.
It will be worth watching closely to see if Victoria can develop a definition of “labour hire provider” that comes to grips with the question asked in Queensland and still not answered:
“What is there to stop an unscrupulous labour hire supplier from simply re-inventing itself as an unscrupulous labour contractor?”
Judging from the consultation paper, it looks like Victoria is aiming to regulate supply forms of gangmastering/ labour hire and may ignore the substitutable use forms of gangmastering, which are common in cleaning, horticulture, trolley collection and other sectors at risk of the type of exploitation that licensing schemes are intended to prevent.
The labour hire licensing schemes proposed for Queensland and South Australia prevent (for example) a farmer from dealing with a labour hire provider that employs a worker, whom it sends to the farm to work on the farm in the farm business, unless the labour hire provider has a licence.
To make this clearer, South Australia has recently introduced the following example as an amendment to the coverage provision in its Bill in order to explain what it has in mind:
We can all see that. But you can also see that that approach would exclude:
Guy runs a grape harvesting business and has an employment contract with Tracey under which Tracey is paid to come to work each day to pick grapes at farms where Guy is providing harvest services. Corey runs a grape growing business at which there are grapes ready for harvesting. Corey enters into a contract with Guy to harvest the grapes and so Guy sends Tracey to Corey’s grape growing business to do the work. Guy does not provide labour hire services in sending Tracey to do work at Corey’s business.
That exclusion is significant if we are talking about a licensing scheme that is designed to prevent exploitation and even up the playing field.
It’s significant because licensing schemes that are imposed solely on supply models don’t prevent labour providers from assembling gangs of workers, housing them in squalid conditions, charging them outrageously for food, transport and accommodation, working them without breaks under a contracted overseer, outsourcing payroll to an associated entity and taking deductions from their pay – if, instead of supplying the worker to the farmer to work in the farm business, the provider merely undertakes to harvest the farmer’s crop using the workers in its own business, whilst buffering the whole arrangement through a chain of sub-contracts and outsourcing arrangements that reduce transparency and accountability.
That’s because the labour provider hasn’t supplied a worker; it has simply used a worker. And it seems that this may not amount to an avoidance measure, because the use form of gangmastering is not covered by the labour hire provider definitions that have been put up so far.
Again, to help illustrate the gaps, let’s see if we can highlight some of the essential pieces of the UK Gangmasters scheme that are missing from the Queensland and South Australian proposals (as we’ve been doing for some months) and now seem likely to be missing from this new Victorian proposal.
GLA s. 4(4) – A person acts as a gangmaster if he uses a worker to do work to which this Act applies in connection with services provided by him to another person.
GLA s.4(5) – A person (“A”) acts as a gangmaster if he uses a worker to do any of the following work to which this Act applies for the purposes of a business carried on by him—
(a) harvesting or otherwise gathering agricultural produce following—
(i) a sale, assignment or lease of produce to A, or
(ii) the making of any other agreement with A,
where the sale, assignment, lease or other agreement was entered into for the purpose of enabling the harvesting or gathering to take place;
(b) gathering shellfish;
(c) processing or packaging agricultural produce harvested or gathered as mentioned in paragraph (a).
As you can see, they’re not talking here about supply (there’s another sub-section for that). And there’s a very good reason for it. It’s because the gangmasters, who assemble and run harvest gangs do not supply workers to farmers. They use them themselves and their use of those workers is just as prone to exploit workers’ vulnerability as any other labour provider model.
In Australia, the three attempts at labour hire licensing that we’ve seen to date have become caught up in the rhetoric about “labour hire” and appear to have been limited by text book understandings of labour hire that have not kept pace with developments in the workforce services market.
They continue to talk about the tripartite supply model of labour provision as though it were the only model worth talking about. Whilst they imagine that there may be other models, they seem unable to clearly distinguish between them; or find markers that might give meaning to those distinctions.
They seem to have lost sight of the type exploitation that they are trying to prevent and the distribution of that exploitation across different and largely substitutable service models. There seems to have been a critical failure to come to terms with the composition and structure of the workforce services market in this country.
The schemes have been blinkered by attempts to create a model that covers all industry sectors – including those in which there has been no evidence of egregious exploitation that would warrant the imposition of a restrictive licensing scheme.
In doing so, they have lost the ability to create clear markers between labour contracting that needs to be regulated to even up the playing field and other forms of contracting that do not.
To cover the defect created by their lack of sophistication, they simply double down on the tripartite supply model.
So, they end up being too wide and untargeted, whilst simultaneously leaving huge gaps, or blind spots, where the risk of exploitation remains uncontrolled or ignored.
It needs to be stated plainly. You don’t create an even playing field for labour hire providers in the workforce services market by imposing on them a restrictive licensing scheme that fails to regulate the supply of substitutable workforce services operating in the same market.
That’s why the UK gangmaster licensing scheme covers both supply and use forms of gangmastering. It’s also why an industry sector specific scheme makes a lot more sense… that is if you’re really trying to target sectors at the greatest risk of exploitation.
Queensland rushed its legislation through parliament ahead of the election and missed the opportunity to address its shortcomings. In South Australia, the penny is starting to drop, but still has a long way to fall. Victoria has a chance to get it right, but hasn’t given itself much time to do so, with submissions on exceptions due by 6 December and no sight of the draft legislation yet.
Let’s see how this one goes from here. We shouldn’t have to wait too long!
“No Refund” terms & conditions result in $750,000 fine, injunctions and costs orders.
November 24, 2017 November 25, 2017 Andrew C Wood Consumer Protection, Contract, Employment Services Agreements Leave a comment
If your terms and conditions expressly or impliedly exclude refund remedies under the Australian Consumer Law, you might be in for a nasty shock.
In a recent case, the Australian Federal Court imposed, by consent, fines of $750,000, injunctions and costs orders (totaling a further $50,000) on MSY Group Pty Ltd, MSY Technology Pty Ltd and M.S.Y. Technology (NSW) Pty Ltd for publishing, including on the companies’ website, business terms and conditions that impliedly excluded remedies available under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
As a result, the Court declared that the respondents:
“engaged in conduct that was misleading or deceptive, or likely to mislead or deceive, in contravention of s 18 of the ACL;
“made false or misleading representations in relation to the existence, exclusion or effect of any condition, warranty, guarantee, right or remedy in contravention of s. 29(1)(m) of the ACL; and
” made false or misleading representations in relation to a requirement to pay for a contractual right that is wholly or partly equivalent to any condition, warranty, guarantee, right or remedy in contravention of s 29(1)(n) of the ACL.
What is especially important about this case is that the Court held that a contravention of these ACL provisions could occur, where MSY’s terms of business and representations:
… impliedly represented to consumers that their rights were limited when that was not the case.
…were silent in response to the consumer’s reference to their specific ACL rights and impliedly represented that MSY … was not required to provide an ACL remedy to consumers.
(My underlining).
The decision creates a risk for businesses that insert additional or alternative “remedies” – such as candidate replacement “guarantees” or indemnities – into their terms of business (or who answer questions raised by consumers about their remedies for defective services) and say nothing about the availability of the ACL remedies in circumstances where the ACL remedies apply.
The ACCC has been active, recently, in challenging unfair terms and conduct that may be in breach of the ACL. If it’s been a while since you last had your terms of business reviewed, you might do well to have your lawyers review them for you against the background of recent developments in this area.
And if your customer-facing staff are not familiar with the ACL remedies, it might be worth investing in some training.
It could be a lot less expensive than the $800,000 in fines and costs ordered in this case!
Uber drivers confirmed as “employees” by UK Employment Appeal Tribunal.
November 16, 2017 Andrew C Wood Contract, Employment Agents, Employment Law, Employment Services, Employment Services Agreements, Gig economy, Regulation Leave a comment
On 10th November 2017, the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal delivered its judgment in Uber & Ors v Aslam & Ors [PDF]. The decision will be of interest to agencies and workers operating in the “Gig economy. Here is a brief summary.
Members of the Uber Group had appealed from an earlier decision of the Employment Tribunal, which found that Uber drivers in London were “workers” within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the Working Time Regulations 1998 and the National Minimum Wage Act 1998; and that any Uber driver who had the Uber app switched on, was within the territory in which they were authorised to work (London) and was able and willing to accept assignments was working for Uber London Ltd.
A key ground in Uber’s appeal was that the Employment Tribunal had mischaracterised the true relationship between Uber and its drivers – that rather than being one of employment, it was one of agency in accordance with which Uber provided booking services as agent for its drivers.
Uber pointed to provisions in its suite of contracts and terms of businesss, which it contended supported its view.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal disagreed and dismissed Uber’s appeal. At the time of writing it is understood that Uber intends to take a further appeal to the UK Supreme Court.
Take-away points
In the meantime, there are a few quick points that can be made about the EAT decision.
It is the reality of the situation that matters. The Appeal Tribunal said:
[The Employment Tribunal] was entitled to disregard the terms in the written agreements and the labels used therein.
…the true agreement between the parties was not one in which [Uber London Ltd] acted as the drivers’ agent.
Control still matters. The Appeal Tribunal said:
The [Employment Tribunal]…was entitled to look at all factors to determine whether this was a case in which the … Uber drivers were entering into contracts with passengers as part of their own business undertakings. Seeing that they were subjected to control on the part of [Uber London Ltd] was an indication that they were not.
These matters will continue to be decided on a case by case basis. The Appeal Tribunal said:
Inevitably the assessment [the ET] had carried out was fact-and context-specific.
It will be interesting to see what the Supreme Court makes of this.
Whilst, it would seem possible, in theory, to construct an agency relationship of the type which Uber contended for in this case, one might wonder whether Uber would have done better to construct the agency and booking service between it and the riders, rather than between Uber and the drivers.
It could also be important to recognise that this might not really be a case, where the Employment Appeal Tribunal said that the written documentation doesn’t matter … it’s perhaps more a case of making sure that the written documentation gets it right – i.e. that it reflects the true relationship between the parties.
Consensus framework for medical locum workforce gets first viewing at AMRANZ meeting.
November 15, 2017 November 15, 2017 Andrew C Wood Aside Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Leonardo da Vinci Painting: Mona Lisa, The Renaissance Personified
If you are looking for a copy of a specific Leonardo da Vinci painting, you're in luck! Reproductions of all of the great master's paintings can be found at many sites on the Internet.
Leonardo da Vinci Painting
by Brian Honeycutt
The Leonardo da Vinci painting Mona Lisa is perhaps the best known of all Renaissance works. This painting has been reproduced on T-shirts, stamps, lithographs, and virtually all forms of modern day media. The painting is also a part of a remarkable history that extends beyond the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa has had extensive books written about it, has been subject to parody from the experimental Dadaists and Surrealists, and was even stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
The Last Supper, another Leonardo da Vinci painting, typifies the humanist nature of The Renaissance and the Christian atmosphere in which it was created. Unfortunately, this painting was almost lost completely due to da Vinci's inadequate fresco preparations, a technique that was then necessary for the preservation of paintings.
Despite its frayed nature, the painting is generally met with looks of awe and inspiration for its highly skilled portrayal of an important moment in Christianity's history.
Yet, these paintings alone do not make Leonardo da Vinci the ideal candidate to represent the Renaissance. Rather it is his skills in virtually all areas of 15th century society that bestows this heavy title upon him. Skilled work with machines, draftsmanship, sculpting, and architecture, a beautiful voice, proficient knowledge in mathematics and the other sciences were all things people thought of when they heard the name Leonardo Da Vinci.
Painting, rather remarkably, was actually something that the Florentine took lightly from time to time because of his interests in other areas.
If you are looking for a copy of a specific Leonardo da Vinci painting, you are in luck! Reproductions of all of the great master's paintings can be found at many sites on the Internet. Posters, shirts, mugs, and postcards are also available at many art museums, particularly those that currently hold original Leonardo da Vinci paintings.
If you would like more specific information about a certain Leonardo da Vinci painting, books are definitely recommended. Books have been written that include everything from reproductions and basic information of every Leonardo da Vinci painting to books that analyze da Vinci's place in art history are readily available at most book stores.
Leonardo was not the only great artist to come out of the Renaissance. Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian were some of the other well known artists to come out of this period. Many of their artworks were influenced by the same things as any Leonardo da Vinci painting. As with most Renaissance artists, Michelangelo was also highly proficient in a number of skills. Michelangelo was a sculptor, architect, and poet as well as a painter. Raphael, however, is known mostly for his paintings, particularly his many Madonnas. Raphael and Titian are also different from the Florentines Leonardo and Michelangelo because of their birthplace in Rome and Venice respectively.
Leonardo’s rise to fame and glory during one of humanity’s most prolific periods is even more amazing considering his modest beginnings. Born as the illegitimate son of a local lawyer in the small town of Vinci in the Tuscany region, personal ambition and talent were almost entirely responsible for the ascendance of Leonardo da Vinci. Painting was not even considered as a possible career when he was born. Certainly he was not expected to become one of the most renowned artists in human history. Yet, Leonardo went on to study with the then master Andrea del Verrochio, far surpass his tutor’s talents, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Home Premier League Aubameyang says he was close to quitting football
Aubameyang says he was close to quitting football
Manuel R. Medina
The Arsenal striker says his story would have been different, but he’s glad he chose the right path to become one of football’s stars.
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is one of the best footballers in England.
But before he could be a key piece for the Gunners and the Gabon national team, he was thinking about quitting football altogether.
“Back then [when he was a child growing up], we were moving around quite a lot, and I played youth football for Nice, Laval, and Rouen,” he was quoted by Goal.
“Sure, it was difficult to move around a lot, but now I can see that it’s been a massive benefit as it’s helped me settle into new environments very quickly.”
“I’d had some problems with my knees and I couldn’t run as fast as I had been able to, so I fell out of love with football for a bit,” he added.
“I didn’t have a club, I wasn’t at school, I was just at home trying to think positively.”
The footballer explained: “I don’t know why, but I thought that I had to train hard because you never know in life, something can happen.”
“Then after six months of hard work, my father called me and said, ‘Are you ready to go training with a team?’ and I said, ‘Yes of course!’ because I had worked for six months for that opportunity.”
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“That was when I started to train with Bastia and from there, that was the start of my professional career,” he said.
“I’d always admired Arsenal because of the big history and players like Thierry Henry.”
He concluded: “He was always an example for strikers and because I am also fast and score goals, I always looked up to him.”
💬 "Lemme tell you a little story about why I became a footballer…"
A journey built on family, setbacks and a record-breaking rise to the top 📖
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Phoenix Futures
RSFF welcomes actor, Jason Flemyng
Actor Jason Flemyng
The Recovery Street Film Festival is pleased to announce that Hollywood actor Jason Flemyng has signed up to support the 2018 festival.
Jason is an actor known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Clash of the Titans and X-Men: First Class. He can currently be seen in the SKY TV series, Save Me.
Jason has also been very open about his own experience of growing up with a father who was an alcoholic, “alcohol has played a massive part in my family, including my old man. I loved my old man and had a lot in common with him. When he passed away I took an interest in recovery as it allowed me to feel closer to him”.
Through his experience as an actor in film and on TV, Jason brings a new perspective to the festival and will be offering his insights as a member of our judging panel. When asked about his thoughts on the film festival, Jason said “it’s inspired. That’s my world, that’s what I do. For two things that are so important to me to collide, it’s fantastic. I can’t wait to be a part of it”.
When asked what he would be looking for when judging the competition, Jason commented “we're making a film about recovery. Storytelling and filmmaking is an incredible platform to tell these stories. It’s not about the technical quality of the film, it’s how unique and powerful it is, how the story comes alive”.
Newer PostRecovery Recruitment are the latest supporters of the Festival
Older PostAlcohol Concern/Alcohol Research UK support the RSFF
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The Gracious Toughness of My Old Boss, George H.W. Bush
By Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson, former Reagan speechwriter, wrote the historic Berlin Wall address in which President Reagan urged Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" Peter Robinson is now a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and hosts the interview program "Uncommon Knowledge." Peter is a co-founder of Ricochet.
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An excerpt from my remembrance in the New York Post:
Graciousness and toughness. Contradictory attributes though these may seem, in George Herbert Walker Bush they existed in equal, remarkably abundant measure.
Start with the toughness. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the future president could have stayed in school. Instead, he enlisted in the US Navy at age 18 and became a pilot a year later. By the time he was 20, he had flown 58 combat missions, including one in which he was shot down and found himself floating in the ocean for hours before a submarine rescued him.
Postwar, Bush could have stayed on the East Coast and followed his father to Wall Street. Instead, he became an oil wildcatter, moving his bride, Barbara, to a Quonset hut in Midland, Texas.
When he entered politics, Bush could have made his rise a lot easier if he had become a Democrat. Instead, he remained a Republican, adamant that Texas needed to become a two-party state. It did — but not before Democrats walloped him both times he ran for the Senate.
The graciousness? That appears most vividly in small incidents, when there could have been no doubt that he was simply being himself, not appealing to reporters or posing for the cameras.
Tags: George H.W. Bush
Concretevol
Peter, thank you for sharing stories and insights like these. I have to admit it’s one of the reasons I joined Ricochet in the first place……..I could have conversations with people WHO WERE THERE! Very exciting stuff for a guy that wears a hardhat every day let me tell you. So don’t ever be hesitant to share things like this. A behind the scenes look at who men like George HW Bush actually were (or women like Barbara) are invaluable and interesting to the rest of us.
On the subject of the former President. I gained an amazing amount of respect for him from reading the book Flyboys. Not only was Bush’s bravery in battle recounted in detail but also his humanity as the author told of how HW stared out of the window of his office and said not a day goes by that he doesn’t wonder if he could have done more to enable his crewman to bail out of his aircraft. It struck me then that I never remembered Bush touting his war record when running against Clinton’s less than stellar history during Vietnam. I think Bush would have thought that to be unseemly…….
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December 3, 2018, at 6:14 PM PDT
Neil Hansen (Klaatu)
Peter, I am sorry for your loss. I’m sure you know this, but you were incredibly fortunate to work for such a man.
Brian Watt
I’m not sure who took this photo but the sky in D.C. couldn’t have been more beautiful as President Bush’s casket is carried up the Capitol’s steps. How fitting for such a wonderful and graceful man:
Nanda "Chaps" Panjan…
Condolences and thank you for sharing your memories with us, Peter!
Jules PA
Your piece makes me cry for this loss of a the treasure that was George Herbert Walker Bush.
We were blessed to have him, for as long as we did. I hope stories like yours inspire young people to pursue a life that embraces similar qualities, and serve the same way.
December 4, 2018, at 12:36 AM PDT
RufusRJones
Concretevol (View Comment):
Peter, thank you for sharing stories and insights like these. I have to admit it’s one of the reasons I joined Ricochet in the first place……..I could have conversations with people WHO WERE THERE!
I agree with this completely, plus they don’t have any constraints like they have on talk radio.
December 4, 2018, at 3:58 AM PDT
Allan Rutter
The entire piece is lovely. When the link showed up in my Twitter timeline, I brightened to see its author, exclaiming to myself, “Hey, I know that guy! He talks to me each week on the Flagship podcast!”
Douglas Pratt
I like to think that we still have men like this who are willing to serve the country that they love, but who would be able to endure the sort of abuse they would get for trying?
Douglas Pratt (View Comment):
The amount of centralized power that is at stake makes it inherently unmanageable in this sense.
@peterrobinson, thank you for this. President Bush 41 was a very decent man. No President gets all of their policies right — for lots of different reasons. Regardless, GHWB was an example of what a human being should be. “Role model” is thrown about too freely. We should all be role models to each other. But presidents cannot escape that moniker. As a role model he was pitch perfect.
RufusRJones (View Comment):
I fear that you are correct. If thoroughly admirable men such as Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh are put through the torture test, what of we who are lesser, but still willing to serve?
I think about this all of the time. I’m not an expert, but I think the left has a bunch of backup systems to take care of the people that get chewed up by it, the right not so much.
The left uses it to make sure that only their people get into office. One of their many techniques.
Rodin (View Comment):
Regardless, GHWB was an example of what a human being should be.
Indeed. :-)
Aaron Miller
Brian Watt (View Comment):
I saw this today.
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Radio Deplorable is a right of center podcast that shines a spotlight on the people and places that those in the NYC-DC-LA vortex neither understand nor like very much. Whether it is a chat with an author or commentator, a mechanic, a pastor, an interesting stranger at a truck stop, or just random thoughts from the host, the animating persypectives of this podcast are those that resonate in the heart of "flyover country."
Radio Deplorable #46
A Little Lagniappe With Rob Long
Hosted by Dave Carter
With guest Rob Long
Dave sat down with Ricochet Co-Founder Rob Long, an event which he described as, “…one of the precious few times I’ve ever sat down for a conversation with my boss and actually enjoyed the experience. In fact, this was insanely fun.” In this episode of Radio Deplorable, Rob and Dave enjoy a wide-ranging conversation that explores southern cuisine, Cajun culture (there’s actually no contradiction in that term), the latest trends in the entertainment industry and in comedy specifically, blues music, the state of Ricochet, punditry, Donald Trump and the field of Democratic presidential contenders, and more. We get the impression that both parties to this conversation had a very good time, and we think you’ll enjoy their rapid-paced, funny and intriguing exchange as well!
An Evening With Dave Sussman
With guest Dave Sussman
Buckle in for a cross-country tour of the conservative landscape as our own Dave Carter takes entrepreneur, writer, broadcaster and podcaster Dave Sussman on a wide-ranging tour of topics. The purveyor of Whiskey Politics talks at length about the ugly menace of rising anti-semitism from progressive precincts, why “God is dead in Europe,” 2020 Presidential election prognostications, and gets righteously throttled up about the throttling down of conservative voices across social media platforms and the generally poor quality of financial support for conservatives in the general media. Oh yes, then there’s the time when Dave Sussman saved a certain Ricochet member’s favorite car from the California wildfire. If you’re looking for passionate conversation, compelling topics, and a generous slice of rather unique humor, this episode of Radio Deplorable is the place to be.
Mic Up with Sidney J. Michaels
It was 22 years ago that Dave and his radio co-host, Sydney J. Michaels, sat down on The Dave Carter Show in North Carolina and shared some laughs with Dave’s radio audience. Now, Dave brings Sydney our direction, and we think you’ll be glad he did. For the first time since 1997, Dave and Sydney “mic up,” and the laughs flow as easily as an uncorked bottle full of mischief. Along the way, they even manage to unearth a few keys to a good life and happy memories. But mainly,…they laugh, we laugh, and we’re pretty sure you’ll laugh too.
The Dead American Dream
“This is the most difficult, and yet the most important, podcast that I’ve done.” With those words, Dave Carter told us of the conversation he had with author and military mom, Phyllis Hardin, whose son lost his life while in the care of a military medical system rife with mismanagement and unaccountable malpractice. The conversation takes us from the circumstances surrounding Master Sergeant William Cornett’s death, to a comprehensive discussion on needed reforms and current initiatives to enact those reforms. For a small glimmer into the people whose lives were forever altered by military medical malpractice, you can watch the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the topic just a few days ago:
https://armedservices.house.gov/2019/4/feres-doctrine-a-policy-in-need-of-reform. Read Hardin’s book, “The Dead American Dream: The Hidden Face of Military Non-Combat Healthcare 1981-2013, Master Sergeant William Cornett,” here: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-American-Dream-Non-Combat-Healthcare/dp/1644245299/.
Making ‘Em Laugh With David Deeble
With guest David Deeble
Radio Deplorable is back and Dave Carter is having fun with it. This week, comedian David Deeble joins in as the two Daves enjoy a trans-Atlantic chat, one Dave in Memphis and the other in Germany. The twists and turns in their conversation take them from cruise ships to college campuses (a comedy circuit which David Deeble traveled in the past) and comparisons between the comedy of the past and the mine field of sensitivities through which humor must tread ever so lightly today. As Dave said, “For a couple of clowns, we had a really good time on this one.” We think you will too.
Military Medical Malpractice – A Veteran Speaks Out
So this is a tough one,…not because it isn’t compelling. On the contrary, it’s compelling beyond description. But the subject matter is difficult to hear, though hear it we must. In 1995, 18 year-old Yadyra Fiol enlisted in the Air Force and became a Security Forces member because she wanted to be part of the Air Force’s combat force. What then followed was a succession of medical incidents that left her traumatized and with severe physical ailments that persist to this day. A former Security Forces member himself, Dave give his fellow Veteran a chance to tell her story. As Dave wrote us, “The eloquence with which Yadyra speaks of these horrific events is testament not only to the lady’s endurance, but her dedication to make sure that no one ever goes through this kind of thing again.” Dave noted that toward the end of the interview, it was obvious that his fellow Veteran was starting to feel poorly as yet another migraine was kicking in. The conversation methodically tracks many incidents, and among the questions asked was whether Yadyra would be willing to put on the uniform again, after all she had been through. We think you’ll find the answer to this and other questions well worth listening to.
A Rollicking Good Time With Troy Senik
Hosted by Dave Carter, Troy Senik
The story goes as follows: So this guy walks into an episode of Radio Deplorable, and the next thing you know he’s laughing at the antics of the host, having fun and getting into the spirit of the place. Sound familiar? It is, except this time the guest is Ricochet’s former Editor in Chief, and the host of the Law Talk podcast, Troy Senik who serves up a happy hour’s worth of laughs as well. The conversation is a sort of sight-seeing expedition as we go from Mr. and Mrs. Carter’s wedding reception to New York City traffic before taking a private tour of the Manhattan Institute where Troy now serves as the Vice President for Policy and Programs. Before it’s over, we’re touring New Orleans and Las Vegas, wondering if one of Troy’s jokes will catch Dave mid-sip and cause him to spew his drink on the equipment, all before we decide on the best career route for the aspiring pundit. It’s a face-paced romp over interesting terrain and one you’ll probably want to hear more than once (the boys are already talking about doing this again).
Keeping Time With Lenny Plotitsa
This week Dave sits down with a gentleman whose family came to America on a tourist visa from Kiev, Ukraine in 1987 when he was a young boy. A Jewish family, they promptly applied for political asylum. Thirty-one years later, that young boy owns four Fast Fix Jewelry and Watch Repair businesses. Dave describes Lenny as “scary smart,” and confessed to providing Lenny with some scotch at the outset of the interview, “hoping that he might slow down a bit so I could keep up — not a chance.” Oh yes, and Lenny is Dave’s new employer and the first one he’s bragged on in quite some time. The conversation goes all the way from Ukraine’s history with respect to its Jewish population to the value of education, and includes a healthy dose of watch repair and business talk as well. It’s a fascinating exchange.
GPS Declassified: A Conversation With Richard Easton
Dave has been looking forward to this interview for a while now, as it gave him a chance to, as he put it, “do something on the order of the kind of interviews I did back just after the earth cooled, as an active duty historian.” So he sat down with Ricochet Member @RichardEaston who, along with co-author Eric F. Frazier, wrote, GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones. The resulting conversation traces the development of GPS from its genesis at the time of the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite, to its current capabilities and ubiquitous presence in so many facets of our lives. Dave describes the book as, “a highly readable, first-rate analysis — and I burned through two highlighters marking up memorable sections for the interview.” This interview leaves no stone unturned, as the gentlemen discuss everything from America’s response to the Sputnik launch to the Soviet downing of Korean Airlines Flight KE007, and the first use of GPS-guided munitions in actual combat. This is a veritable feast of information, and one that we think you’ll find immensely satisfying.
Laughs and Conversation with Bob Lee
With guest Bob Lee
Last week, Dave and his friend Bob Lee were in the middle of a very interesting discussion on the trajectory of the country when the Skype connection went “kerplunk,” to use Dave’s word. So this week they resume their discussion, along with a merry bit of madness and humor as they reminisce about zany episodes in the military and other humorous stories. Oh yes, and Dave lets us in on a suggested opening for Ricochet’s flagship podcast (believe us when we say that he didn’t clear this with us). So grab a suitable beverage and enjoy the show!
Picking Up the Pace
With guests Alphonse Fontenot & Bob Lee
There’s a new wrinkle at Radio Deplorable — and we’re not talking about Father Time taking a tire iron to the host either. As Dave writes, “With the extra time I now have on my hands thanks to taking on a new line of work, I can be more productive both with podcasts and with my writing and still have time left over to get in trouble. Whether this episode constitutes quality podcasting or simply getting into trouble is as yet unclear.” Either way, we think you’ll enjoy this one as Dave sits down with fellow veteran Bob Lee, and Alphonse Fontenot, and lets the good times roll.
Solving Everything With Max Ledoux
With guest Max Ledoux
Our own Max Ledoux sits down with Dave Carter in this edition of Radio Deplorable. These two hit almost every topic imaginable, from the linguistic and cultural idiosyncrasies of the French language (French Canadian and Cajun), Max’s residence (built by a Revolutionary War veteran) in New Hampshire, the ideological consequences of life in New York City, civility and backbone in the age of bare-knuckled politics, and a sneak peak at coming enhancements to the Ricochet. It’s a wide ranging discussion and one that we think you’ll find both entertaining and intriguing.
A Conversation With EJ Hill
Dave sat down with Ricochet’s very own EJ Hill this week to talk about EJ’s work in television sports production as well as his phenomenal artwork here on Ricochet (which includes Radio Deplorable’s logo). The conversation progressed from the many changes in live television production to the National Anthem protests and the NFL’s subsequent response, to a look at what goes into the artwork and logos that EJ does for Ricochet and much more. It’s a fascination discussion that we believe you’ll find enjoyable as well.
A Chat With Jon Gabriel
With guest Jon Gabriel
Ricochet’s Editor in Chief makes a visit to Radio Deplorable today, taking time to talk with Dave about everything from coffee cups to future ideas for Ricochet and an assessment of how things are going currently at our favorite website. Along the way, Jon and Dave touch on the Never Trump phenomenon, the fissure between various segments of the right, and some preliminary thoughts on Jonah Goldberg’s new book (which Jon and Dave are probably reading even now). As Dave writes us, ‘what a relaxing and fun conversation!’ We think you’ll agree.
Talking The Tennessee Waltz and Country Music with Larry Stewart
Ever heard of The Tennessee Waltz? It was written by Redd Stewart, along with Pee Wee King, and this week Dave sits down with Redd Stewart’s nephew, Larry Stewart, who is an accomplished musician himself, to talk about the story of that iconic American standard and Larry’s own career as one of the finest steel guitarists in the country. “I guess I’ve led a charmed life in some respects,” Dave writes, “because I’ve been able to get to know some remarkable people, Larry Stewart being smack at the top of the list.”
Taking a needed reprieve from political theater, Larry and Dave instead talk about “Uncle Redd,” and the type of guy he was off-stage. After reminiscing about playing “dueling records” as kids, Larry traces his own career in country music before talking about the direction that country music is currently taking. You won’t want to miss this.
The Interviewer Gets Interviewed
Dave writes to us, “I asked folks over on the member side to throw some questions at me for the podcast, and boy did they ever respond! I got questions on everything from private detective work to trucking, from work as a military historian and Security Forces member, and all the way to politics and Catholicism.” It’s pretty evident to us that Dave enjoyed answering your questions, and we’re pretty sure you’ll enjoy his answers too.
Carter, Deeble, and Sussman Ride Again!
With guests Dave Sussman & David Deeble
Complaining that his computer took the better part of the afternoon to process and save the podcast, Dave speculated that, “Perhaps we overloaded the system since we had such a good time on this one.” In episode 30, Dave Sussman, David Deeble, and Dave Carter spend the morning steering clear of the political weeds and, instead, focus on simply enjoying each other’s company and making pleasant use of a rare opportunity to have a Sunday Morning chat. Topics include international travel, the life of a CPAC attendee, comedy in other countries, and Dave Carter’s strategic vision for the future of the Law Firm of Carter, Deeble, and Sussman (note: don’t try and drink anything when you hear this one).
DC McAllister and the Writer’s Art
With guest DC McAllister
What do you get when you have two people who practically live to write talking about their craft, their passion for writing, the process of writing and what resources they draw upon to infuse the written word with the sort life and meaning that compel the reader to pay attention? Well, you get a conversation between DC McAllister and our own Dave Carter — one that we think you’ll find enjoyable.
Melissa Praemonitus and the Power of Individual Action
Dave Carter was lucky enough to spend the morning talking with Ricochet’s Melissa Praemonitus, (also known as @6foot2inhighheels).
Melissa described her first Ricochet Meet Up, which was in Las Vegas and included such luminaries as Doc Jay, DC McAllister, Troy Senik, Fred Cole, Whiskey Sam, and much more. She describes in detail how that experience prompted her to become more active in conservative causes and cemented her belief in the power of individual action.
An Evening With Andrew Klavan
With guest Andrew Klavan
In an extraordinary conversation Andrew Klavan talks about his book, The Great Good Thing, taking us on his life’s journey. Raised in a secular Jewish family, Andrew recounts the path that took him from despair to discovery and, ultimately, to his baptism in the Christian faith. One need not be an adherent of the faith to appreciate Andrew’s honest account of a remarkable story. Along the way, Andrew and Dave talk writing, the arts, and Andrew’s optimism that the Great Conversation will ultimately lead to great things. Speaking of great things, we’re pretty sure you’ll enjoy this podcast.
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Spytime
| June 12, 2019
That’s the title of one of William F. Buckley Jr.’s novels: “Spytime.” Its subtitle is “The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton.” Jay asks his guest, H. Keith Melton, about Angleton – and about much else. Melton is one of the world’s foremost experts on espionage. He has amassed the greatest espionage collection. He is the author of many books, and is a founding director of the new International Spy Museum in Washington. He knows a lot of secrets – and shares some of them with us. Among the items in his collection, incidentally, is the ice pick used to kill Trotsky.
This Week’s Book Review – Code Name: Lise
By Seawriter
Seawriter
Seawriter is a former Shuttle software engineer who successfully made the transition to the oil and gas industry as a technical writer after the end of the Shuttle program. It is not the first career
I write a weekly book review for the Daily News of Galveston County. (It is not the biggest daily newspaper in Texas, but it is the oldest.) My review normally appears Wednesdays. When it appears, I post the review here on the following Sunday.
“Code Name: Lise” reads like a thriller and a romance, yet is solid history
By MARK LARDAS
I write a weekly book review for the Daily News of Galveston County. (It is not the biggest daily newspaper in Texas, but it is the oldest.) My review normally appears Wednesdays. When it appears, I post the review here on the following Sunday. More
How To Catch a Spy and Enter the Navy for Dummies
By Front Seat Cat
Front Seat Cat
So if you are trying to boost your resume to realize a lifelong dream of becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer, what would you do? Naveed Jamali did what any bright, bold, and determined American Millennial would do. He became a double-agent for the United States. Wait a minute … back up.
Naveed grew up like any other kid on the block. He loved G.I Joe, his Navy model airplane kits, his toy tanks, and guns. His parents were first-generation Americans, his mother from France and his father from Pakistan. They met at Columbia University, fell in love and married, and opened a book and research center in New York City. Working in his parent’s increasingly successful book business, they grew accustomed to a specific type of regular visitor, Russians under diplomatic cover at the UN.
Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America shake their heads in disgust as a straight Obamacare repeal appears doomed in the Senate, due to opposition from multiple Republican senators who voted for the very same bill two years ago – when they knew it would be vetoed. They also react to […]
Obama to Free Chelsea Manning
By Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel (a.k.a., @ExJon on Twitter) is the Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet. He is a political writer and marketing consultant, contributing articles to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and USA Today among others. Until 2012, he served as Director of Marketing for the free-market Goldwater Institute, where he converted policy initiatives into compelling stories. In the private sector, Jon led marketing efforts for Cold Stone Creamery, Honeywell, and several technology companies. In his… [more]
For the past month, Democrats have screamed about the danger of WikiLeaks and Russian hackers. But when it comes to a guy who damaged US military and intelligence assets instead of the DNC, Obama has decided even massive leaks are unimportant. From the New York Times:
President Obama on Tuesday largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration, and made WikiLeaks, the recipient of those disclosures, famous.
I write a weekly book review for the Daily News of Galveston County. (It is not the biggest daily newspaper in Texas, but it is the oldest.) My review normally appears Sunday. When it appears, I post the previous week’s review on Ricochet. Seawriter More
Powell Aide: Snowden “Pure as a Driven Snow”
By Ontheleftcoast
Ontheleftcoast
Snowden “more helpful than dangerous” says ex-Colin Powell Chief of Staff:
The leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about US worldwide surveillance have helped rather than harmed America, and the leaks haven’t endangered lives.
Fun With Files
By John Yoo
John Yoo is professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. From 2001 to 2003, he served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department of President George W. Bush. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court, and as general counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary… [more]
China has scored an intelligence coup by breaking into the Office of Personnel Management database and making off with the files on millions of current and former government officials. Estimates of the number of officials whose information was taken range from a low of 4 million to 14 million. Of course, the Chinese are not going to be interested in every clerk in the bowels of the Department of Agriculture. But they will have gained access, according to reports, to the background information on all those who held sensitive national security positions in the government.
For those curious what the information contained in these files might be, here is the form for national security clearances. It basically asks for every place you have ever lived, everywhere you have gone to school and worked, any groups you have joined, the names of anyone who has known you in any of these stages of your life, extended family members, contacts with foreigners, medical information, legal affairs, and so on. The form is 120 pages.
By Ray Kujawa
Ray Kujawa
Born and raised in beautiful South Jersey, work in the Aerospace industry. I play accordion now, but I was house trained on clarinet and saxophone and I can play both well. I can swing a squash racquet.
I am. It’s enjoyable seeing depictions of events happening during our war for independence, based on real life characters, including George Washington. The characters and situations are pretty real, even the characters from the mother country. The series is about how we learned the importance of developing spy networks at a crucial time in our […]
By RushBabe49
RushBabe49
Born & raised in WA, work in aerospace industry. I play violin. I'm Business Survey Chair of ISM-Western WA.
This is a Fox News story about something the White House communicated this morning. As a part of the shame-on-us Obama administration foreign (non)policy. Do they really mean to do this? It serves us right if we get hit again 9/11 style. More
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Business, History, Leadership
Back to the Future: Leveraging the Past to Change the Future
Proving once again, I am not above using a shameless pop culture reference with “Back to the Future” to drive traffic! What I really want to talk about is not the great movie trilogy (well, at least the first one was great) but rather, leveraging the past to change the future.
About 100 years ago, George Santayana penned his oft repeated line, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This phrase has been quoted (and misquoted) over the last century. Using three vignettes from history, let’s explore the past for some lessons we can use as leaders to shape our future.
Benjamin Harrison & Theodore Roosevelt: The Center and Edge
In 1888 Benjamin Harrison was running for President of the United States. A young up-and-comer, Theodore Roosevelt, was canvassing the midwest, feverishly campaigning for Harrison. After Harrison won the election and became our 23rd President, he appointed Roosevelt to serve on the Civil Service Commission.
A rather ironic appointment, wouldn’t you say? Why ironic, you ask? Well, the mission of the Civil Service Commission was to stamp our cronyism and ensure government employees were hired based on their merits rather than by quid pro quo appointments.
Wanting to prove to the country he was his own man, Roosevelt started his work to clean up the federal government in, of all places, Indianapolis, Indiana, Benjamin Harrison’s own backyard!
Roosevelt continued living on the edge throughout his entire career. Always challenging the status quo, always pushing the envelope. While this did not win many fans with the party bosses, who oft times were targets, it did make him one of the most popular presidents in history.
When you think of living life on the edge, what images come to mind? Bleeding edge? Cutting edge? Edge of the earth? Each of these conjure up the dangers associated with the “edge”.
I’d like to give you a new image to consider for living on the edge. Many of you who know me, know I am a river rat. I would rather be canoeing a river than doing just about anything else on the planet. A technique for making your way downstream in turbulent waters is to use the eddies, those calm areas of water that form behind an obstruction. A canoeist or kayaker can enter the eddy, rest, regather, regroup, and scout the river ahead.
Using the eddies is not without its dangers, however. Entering and exiting the eddy can be challenging. The line (eddy line) or edge that forms between the fast flowing water of the main channel and the calm, still waters of the eddy can be difficult to navigate. One has to attack the edge at just the right angle to enter the eddy. When ready to proceed, one again has to attack the edge with confidence to re-enter the river.
Roosevelt knew when he need to recharge and regroup, but he also knew to make progress and to make change, as a leader, you have to attack the edge!
George Marshall & Dwight D. Eisenhower: Train for the Future
It was early in the 1940’s and history was about to repeat itself. Europe was already engulfed in war and it was only a matter of time before the U.S. would get involved. Over the last several months, the U.S. built its fighting force. From a peacetime corp, the military ranks swelled to 1.4 million soldiers.
The few remaining veterans were comfortable re-fighting World War I. However, Nazi Germany had done in four months with it’s predecessor had not done in four years…seize all of Europe. Marshall knew these new soldiers would need to be trained before the U.S. entered the fray. To accomplish this training he ordered war games to take place in Louisiana, known to history has the Louisiana Maneuvers.
With that order, more than 500,000 soldiers descended upon Louisiana and some other southern states. But Marshall was doing more than just training the troops. He was looking for leaders. He was looking for leaders that could demonstrate a new approach, not just use the same tired techniques because they “worked in the past”. In short, he was looking for Colonels who could be Generals.
31 of the 42 Division Commanders were replaced during or after the Louisiana Maneuvers. Among those new leaders? Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Business has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. What worked in the past will not work today. Business is changing at an ever increasing pace. What works today will not work in the future. We need new skills, we need new processes. Will the next generation of leaders be ready? Can we help them see the future? Can we help them see the new skills? Can we help them be ready to lead their teams?
Like Marshall, we have to train for the future!
Lewis and Clark & Thomas Jefferson
(You knew they’d be in here somewhere, didn’t you?)
It was 1806. The Lewis and Clark Expedition had departed from St. Louis almost three years prior. They had traveled about five or six thousand miles by boat, by foot, by canoe. They had narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Teton Sioux, nearly froze to death in the harsh winters, survived temperatures in excess of 100 degrees, and had to eat their horses to survive starvation in the Rocky Mountains. Now, finally on their way back home to “those United States” they were stuck. The snow on the mountains was too deep to cross. They returned to the Nez Perce villages and waited….almost two months.
During this time they developed a new plan for their return trip. Over the course of the journey the Captains had learned some facts that Jefferson could not have known. Armed with this new information they had a choice. They could wait…return to civilization…provide the information to Jefferson…ask him what to do, then carry out his instructions. Or, they could take a risk! Based on their knowledge of Jefferson, their knowledge of the new facts, and an understanding of the goals of the mission…they decided to split into four groups.
Pretty significant risk, wouldn’t you say? Dividing what was already a small Corps into four smaller teams and heading out into the still very much unknown? Call it taking risks, call it taking initiative. To be a leader, we have to know when to take these types of educated risks. History does not tell us about Jefferson’s reaction to this risk, nor do we know the “what ifs”. The decision could have lead to untold catastrophes. How would Jefferson have reacted if their journals had been destroyed, or if they had lost some of the precious discoveries, or if some of them had been killed? As leaders, not only do we have to be willing to take risks, but we have to provide an environment and a culture for our employees, leaders and future leaders, to be able to take risks, to be able to fail, and to be able to succeed.
Progress and Change
The worlds of business and technology are changing at an ever accelerating pace. We as leaders need to understand where we have been, as well as, see where we are going. We must become comfortable living on the edge, or risk being sucked into the whirlpool of the status quo. We must train our teams and our leaders for the future. What worked in the past will not work in the days ahead. We must also know when to take educated risks and provide an environment that empowers our teams to take risks, lest we leave significant “discoveries” on the table.
History can and does repeat itself, regardless of the lessons learned. Armed with your knowledge of the past, how will you make progress by changing the future? Let’s revisit Mr. Santayana and his quote…in context:
“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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Patrick Spencer says:
Great post and could not agree more. One thing I would like to think all these leaders had in common is that they wanted to be remarkable in whatever they did. And, they had to have the confidence and courage to get the people around them to believe they could make a difference as well and then lead by example.
Jim Grey says:
What intrigued me most was your description of eddies. I like the idea of edging in for a moment to catch breath and survey the immediate path ahead, but then edging back out and navigating in realtime.
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Capt. Wells Scallops
For four generations, the Wells name has been synonymous with freshness and quality.
The family-owned business, Wells Ice and Cold Storage, enjoys an excellent reputation in the scallop industry. Capt. Wells Brand Scallops are tender with a sweet, nut-like flavor and are available year round, being abundant in the deep waters of the Atlantic off the coast of Virginia and the northern and mid-Atlantic states. Consistent supply means that you can offer scallops on your menu with confidence.
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Captain Wells' father started in the seafood business in the 1920’s, and the Wells family has been involved in the fishing industry for four generations. Bills Wells, Jr., founded Wells Scallop Company in 1979 with his flaghip vessel, the F/V Carolina Queen. Later in the same year, Wells and his partner, V.J. O'Neal, moved to Seaford, Virginia, and formed the Seaford Scallop Company. The company grew quickly and by 1982, operated eighteen vessels and was known as one of the largest scallop fleet operators on the East Coast.
In 1988, Mr. Wells and his son, Bill Wells III, formed Wells Ice and Cold Storage and began processing scallops themselves at a new facility in Seaford. Mr. Wells also bought out his partner and sold a portion of his fleet to eight independent contractors who continue to sell their catch to Capt. Wells. There are currently four vessels producing frozen-at-sea scallops and nine "wet" (fresh scallop) boats offloading at the Wells' facility.
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SEB welcomes initiatives to support Latvia's financial system
Annika Falkengren, President and CEO of the SEB Group says:
"Our ties to Latvia are close and strong. In SEB, we consider the Northern European region as our home market and as such, we have been present in and have had a strong commitment to Latvia for ten years.
SEB has always ensured that our local subsidiary bank, SEB banka, Latvia, has had the financial resources to play a constructive role in the development of the Latvian economy through the provision of credit to companies and households. Today, the SEB Group continues to see long-term growth opportunities in Latvia and views Latvia as a core market of the Group and will, through SEB banka, Latvia, continue to meet the credit needs of its clients in Lats and, where appropriate, in Euro."
SEB is a North European financial group serving some 400,000 corporate customers and institutions and five million private individuals. SEB offers universal banking services in Sweden, Germany and the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It also has local presence in the other Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine and Russia and a global presence through its international network in another ten countries. On 30 September 2008, the Group's total assets amounted to SEK 2,416bn (~EUR 237bn) while its assets under management totalled SEK 1,244bn (~EUR 122bn).The Group has about 22,000 employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
Ulf Grunnesjö, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 763 8501, + 46 70 763 8501
Odd Eiken, Head of Group Communications, +46 8 763 87 30, +46 70 763 8730
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This article does not have any sources. You can help Wikipedia by finding good sources, and adding them. (March 2012)
The Apprentice is a reality television show that first aired in 2004 in the United States. The person who came up with the show was Mark Burnett, who earlier successfully brought the British series Survivor to the US. Until 2016, it was hosted by then-businessman Donald Trump, but in 2005, there was a spin-off hosted by Martha Stewart.
In the program, a group of 15 to 18 people hope to get a job worth US$250,000 to run one of Trump's companies. In each episode, the contestants are split into two teams who each have to do a task. The task could be selling something, making an advertisement, or running a stall at an event. In the end, one team will win (usually because they have made the most money) and they will get a prize of some sort. The people on the team that loses have to explain to Trump what went wrong, and at the end of every episode, Trump will say "You're fired!" to one or more people from this team, who then no longer appears in the show for the rest of the season. However, in the very last episode, Trump says "You're hired!" to the person who wins the grand prize instead.
The American version of the show had fifteen seasons. In the first six seasons and the 10th season, the people who appeared on the show were ordinary people. In seasons 7 to 9 and from season 11 onwards, these people were celebrities, who try to win money for charities instead of running one of Trump's companies. This version of the show is called The Celebrity Apprentice.
Trump hosted the show until he became President of the United States in 2016. The most recent season, which aired in 2017, had Arnold Schwarzenegger in charge, but Trump continued to be the executive producer. However, Schwarzenegger left the show at the end of the season after he was criticized by Trump for low ratings.
Many countries have their own version of The Apprentice, each having a different person in charge. For example, the version from the United Kingdom has Alan Sugar.
1 Seasons (in the US)
1.1 The Apprentice
1.2 The Celebrity Apprentice
Seasons (in the US)[change | change source]
The Apprentice[change | change source]
Season 1 ran from January to April 2004. It was watched by 20.7 million people and the winner was Bill Rancic.
Season 2 ran from September to December 2004. It was watched by 16.1 million people and the winner was Kelly Perdew.
Season 3 ran from January to May 2005. It was watched by 14.0 million people and the winner was Kendra Todd.
Season 4 ran from September to December 2005. It was watched by 11.0 million people and the winner was Randal Pinkett.
Season 5 ran from February to June 2006. It was watched by 9.7 million people and the winner was Sean Yazbeck.
Season 6 ran from January to April 2007. It was watched by 7.5 million people and the winner was Stefanie Schaeffer.
Season 10 ran from September to December 2010. It was watched by 4.7 million people and the winner was Brandy Kuentzel.
The Celebrity Apprentice[change | change source]
Season 7 ran from January to March 2008. It was watched by 11.0 million people and the winner was Piers Morgan.
Season 8 ran from March to May 2009. It was watched by 9.0 million people and the winner was Joan Rivers.
Season 9 ran from March to May 2010. It was watched by 7.4 million people and the winner was Bret Michaels.
Season 11 ran from March to May 2011. It was watched by 8.8 million people and the winner was John Rich.
Season 12 ran from February to May 2012. It was watched by 7.1 million people and the winner was Arsenio Hall.
Season 13 ran from March to May 2013. It was watched by 5.6 million people and the winner was Trace Adkins.
Season 14 ran from January to February 2015. It was watched by 7.6 million people and the winner was Leeza Gibbons.
Season 15 ran from January to February 2017. It was watched by 4.9 million people and the winner was Matt Iseman.
The Apprentice on IMDb
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Team USA Set to Open FINA World Championships on Tuesday
| Monday, December 5, 2016
With 10 members of the 2016 United States Olympic Swimming Team leading the way, Team USA is set to open the FINA World Championships (25m) on Tuesday at Windsor, Canada’s WFCU Centre.
Among the 10 Olympians slated to compete at the six-day, short-course meters meet are four individual medalists from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games:
• Lilly King (Evansville, Ind./Indiana University) – Gold, 100m Breast
• Cody Miller (Las Vegas, Nev./Badger Swim Club) – Bronze, 100m Breast
• Josh Prenot (Santa Maria, Calif./California Aquatics) – Silver, 200m Breast
• Leah Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa./Cavalier Swimming) – Bronze, 400m Free
The complete 35-member roster for the United States is available at usaswimming.org.
Miller was one of five co-captains selected by the team. He is joined by fellow 2016 Olympian Tom Shields (Huntington Beach, Calif./California Aquatics) on the men’s side, while Madison Kennedy (Avon, Conn./SwimMAC Carolina) and 2016 Olympians Amanda Weir (Lawrenceville, Ga./Swim Atlanta) and Kelsi Worrell (Westhampton, N.J./University of Louisville) were named women’s co-captains.
Shields and Weir are fresh off victories at last weekend’s USA Swimming AT&T Winter National Championships in Atlanta, where Shields set an American record of 43.84 in the 100-yard butterfly.
In the United States, NBC Sports will have nightly television coverage throughout the FINA World Championships (25m) (all times Eastern):
Day Time Network Delay or Live
Tuesday 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. Universal HD Same Day Delay
Wednesday 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. Universal HD Same Day Delay
Thursday 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. NBCSN LIVE
Friday 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. NBCSN LIVE
Saturday 9:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. NBCSN Same Day Delay
Sunday 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. NBCSN LIVE
In addition, NBC Sports will offer live streaming of daily prelims (9:30 a.m. ET) and finals (6:30 p.m.).
A complete schedule of events and results are available online.
Team USA Fast Facts:
Average Age: Men: 21.3; Women: 21.7; Combined: 21.5
Youngest Swimmers: Men: Michael Andrew, 17; Women: Marta Ciesla, 18
Oldest Swimmers: Men: Tom Shields, 25; Women: Amanda Weir, 30
Olympians: 10 (Amanda Weir is the only swimmer with multiple Olympic appearances – 2004, 2012, 2016)
Olympic Medalists: 8 (with 14 combined medals, including 7 gold)
Most FINA World Championships (25m) Appearances: 4 – Tom Shields, Amanda Weir
Competed at 2014 FINA World Championships (25m): 6 – Madisyn Cox, Katie Drabot, Madison Kennedy, Cody Miller, Tom Shields, Amanda Weir
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Manoj Mate
Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies
Harvard Law School, Austin 301
Publications are available on SSRN and Bepress.
THE RISE OF JUDICIAL POWER IN INDIA (book project).
Global Solar Trade Wars and the WTO (work in progress).
Constitutional Erosion and the Challenge to Secular Democracy in India, in Mark Graber, Sanford Levinson, and Mark Tushnet, eds., CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES IN CRISIS? (forthcoming, Oxford. Univ. Press, 2018).
Judicial Supremacy in Comparative Constitutional Law, 92 TULANE LAW REVIEW (2017) (forthcoming).
Globalization, Rights and Judicial Review in the Supreme Court of India, 25 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 643 (2016) (invited article, Symposium on Asian Courts and Constitutional Politics in the 21st Century, University of Washington School of Law).
India's Participatory Model: The Right to Information in Election Law, 48 GEORGE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 377 (2016).
The Rise of Judicial Governance in the Supreme Court of India, 33 BOSTON UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 169 (2015).
Elite Institutionalism and Judicial Assertiveness in the Supreme Court of India, 28 TEMPLE INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW JOURNAL 361 (2014) (invited article, AALS Symposium: Constitutional Conflict and Development: Perspectives from South Asia and Africa).
State Constitutions and the Basic Structure Doctrine, 45 COLUMBIA HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW 441 (2014)
High Courts and Election Law Reform in the US and India, 32 BOSTON UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 267 (2014)
Public Interest Litigation and the Transformation of the Supreme Court of India, in Kapiszewski, Silverstein, Kagan, eds., CONSEQUENTIAL COURTS: NEW JUDICIAL ROLES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
Priests in the Temple of Justice: The Indian Legal Complex and the Basic Structure Doctrine, in Halliday, Karpik, Feeley, eds., FATES OF POLITICAL LIBERALISM IN THE BRITISH POST-COLONY: THE POLITICS OF THE LEGAL COMPLEX (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
The Origins of Due Process in India: The Role of Borrowing in Personal Liberty and Preventive Detention Cases, 28 BERKELEY JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. 216 (2010).
Two Paths to Judicial Power: The Basic Structure Doctrine and Public Interest Litigation in Comparative Perspective, 12 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 175 (2010).
State Security and Elite Capture: The Implementation of Anti-Terrorist Legislation in India (with A. Naseemullah), 9 JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS 262 (2010).
The 2000 Presidential Election Controversy, in Persily, Citrin, Egan, eds., PUBLIC OPINION AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY (Oxford University Press, 2008) (with Matthew Wright).
Selected Academic and Media Commentary:
Challenging Voter ID Laws: The Need for Reform, Orange County Lawyer Magazine (Special Feature, Elections and the Law), October 2016.
A Challenge to Judicial Independence in India: The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), JURIST (University of Pittsburgh School of Law) – Academic Commentary, July 23, 2015.
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Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition
GIS-based Three-dimensional Geologic and Hydrogeologic Modeling of the Milan, Ohio 1:24,000 Quadrangle
Pavey, Richard R.; Olyphant, Greg A.; Letsinger, Sally L.
Keywords: glacial geology; three-dimensional mapping; hydrogeology; ground-water modeling; Milan Quadrangle; Ohio; aquifer; ArcGIS; digital elevation model; saturated zone; recharge area; discharge area; Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition; state geological surveys; pre-Wisconsinan buried valley; Ohio Geological Survey
Citation: [For Abstract]: Pavey, R. R., Olyphant, G. A., Letsinger, S. L., GIS-based Three-dimensional Geologic and Hydrogeologic Modeling of the Milan, Ohio 1:24,000 Quadrangle, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 5, p. 72.
Rights: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
Rights URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
Type: Presentation
The Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition (CGLGMC) is a partnership among the state geological surveys of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, and the U.S. Geological Survey. The mission of the CGLGMC is to produce detailed three-dimensional geologic maps and information, along with related digital databases, that support informed decision-making involving ground water, mineral-resource availability and distribution, geological hazards, and environmental management. The initial Ohio project for the CGLGMC was the geologic and ground-water modeling of the Milan Quadrangle in north-central Ohio. This area was modeled as ten lithologic units, including alluvium, beach ridges, lacustrine sand and clayey silt units, Wisconsinan till, and a significant pre-Wisconsinan buried valley aquifer. Tools in ESRI ArcGIS, including the Spatial Analyst extension, were used to analyze borehole and outcrop data, construct the bounding surfaces of each lithologic unit, and to produce raster data layers representing the three-dimensional framework of these units. We used the detailed three-dimensional geologic model and merged it with an equally detailed groundwater-flow model to produce a more realistic understanding of the controls that glacial geology and geomorphology exert on shallow ground-water flow systems. The top of the geologic model was the surface topography (digital elevation model), which was also used to derive the drainage network that is an important boundary condition in the ground-water flow model. The bottom of the geologic model was the top surface of the Devonian Ohio Shale. Flow in the shallow saturated zone reflected strong control by surface topography and assumed hydraulic properties of the mapped sedimentary units. In contrast, the flow at depth was not strongly influenced by the topography of the Ohio Shale but did show some tendency for regional flow toward Lake Erie. The resultant three-dimensional geologic model and companion ground-water modeling results can be used to produce a range of derivative products such as maps of recharge and discharge areas. Such products can be used to address the wide variety of water management, land use, environmental, and resource issues that are crucial to local, state, and federal agencies, private industry, and the general public.
This poster was presented at the North-Central Geological Society of America meeting in Evansville, IN, April 23-25, 2008.
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Title: Fifteenth Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural History Author: Thompson, Maurice (Editor) Date: 1886
Title: Developing a Web Site to Provide Geologic Data and Map Products for Allen County, Indiana Author: Rupp, Robin F.; Olejnik, Jennifer; Hasenmueller, Nancy R.; Walls, A. Chris; Radhakrishnan, Premkrishna; Karaffa, Marni D.; Eaton, Nathan K. Date: 2008
Title: 115th Annual Report of the State Geologist Author: Hester, Norman C. (Editor) Date: 1991
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Home Brain & Behavior Stimulant-addicted patients can quit smoking without hindering treatment
Stimulant-addicted patients can quit smoking without hindering treatment
Smokers who are addicted to cocaine or methamphetamine can quit smoking while being treated for their stimulant addiction, without interfering with stimulant addiction treatment. This is according to new research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
, in 2008, 63 percent of people who had a substance use disorder in the past year also reported current tobacco use, compared to 28 percent of the general population. In fact, smoking tobacco causes more deaths among patients in substance abuse treatment than the substance that brought them to treatment. Despite this, most substance abuse treatment programs do not address smoking cessation.
“Substance abuse treatment programs have historically been hesitant to incorporate concurrent smoking cessation therapies with standard drug addiction treatment because of the concern that patients would drop out of treatment entirely,” said NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow. “However, treating their tobacco addiction may not only reduce the negative health consequences associated with smoking, but could also potentially improve substance use disorder treatment outcomes.”
In this study, published today in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, some cocaine and/or methamphetamine-dependent patients in substance abuse treatment were randomly assigned to also receive smoking cessation treatment. Treatment included weekly counseling sessions and extended-release bupropion during weeks one through 10; and a nicotine inhaler and contingency management, which awards prizes to encourage smoking cessation, during weeks four through 10. Outcomes were measured by drug and carbon monoxide testing, and by self-report during the 10-week trial and at a three- and six-month follow-up. Results showed that smoking cessation therapy significantly increased smoking quit rates — both during treatment and at follow-up — without negatively affecting participation in stimulant addiction treatment.
“These findings, coupled with past research, should reassure clinicians that providing smoking-cessation treatment in conjunction with treatment for other substance use disorders will be beneficial to their patients,” said Dr. Theresa Winhusen, from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and first author on the study.
For a copy of the article by Winhusen et al., go towww.psychiatrist.com/privatepdf/article_wrapper.asp?art=oap/13m08449/13m08449.htm
For a related article by the first author, exploring the role of mentholated cigarettes in cocaine and methamphetamine dependence, go to: www.drugandalcoholdependence.com/article/S0376-8716%2813%2900362-1/abstract
. For more information on nicotine and cocaine, go towww.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/nicotine.html and www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/cocaine.html.
This study was funded by NIH, NIDA under grants DA013045, DA013720, DA013727, DA013732, DA015815, DA020024, and DA020036. The ClinicalTrials.gov identifier is NCT01077024.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports most of the world’s research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to inform policy and improve practice. Fact sheets on the health effects of drugs of abuse and information on NIDA research and other activities can be found on the NIDA home page atwww.drugabuse.gov, which is now compatible with your smartphone, iPad or tablet. To order publications in English or Spanish, call NIDA’s DrugPubs research dissemination center at 1-877-NIDA-NIH or 240-645-0228 (TDD) or fax or email requests to 240-645-0227 or[email protected]. Online ordering is available at http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov. NIDA’s media guide can be found at http://drugabuse.gov/mediaguide/, and its new easy-to-read website can be found at http://www.easyread.drugabuse.gov.
Ultrasound-assisted optical imaging could replace endoscopy in breakthrough discovery
What to call someone who uses heroin?
Sean Ben December 11, 2013 at 1:36 am
That is very true and agreed that it might help them in quiting smoking habit easily without any harm or bad effects in it.
lin December 10, 2013 at 4:14 pm
I am interesyed in the inhaler… how much an where do I get it?
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Inter-Bank Forex Market gets $210 Million boost from CBN
ABUJA – In continuation of its mediation in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, intervened with the sum of $210 million to sustain liquidity in that segment of the market.
According to the figures released by the CBN on Wednesday, authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, as in previous deals, were offered the sum of $100million, while those in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment got a boost of $55 million.
Customers purchasing foreign exchange for invisibles such as tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others, were also allotted a total of $55 million.
The Bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor confirmed the transactions, reiterating that the CBN will continue to ensure the availability of foreign exchange in order to ensure continued stability in the markets.
In its last intervention on Thursday, April 18, 2019, the Bank injected the sum of $254.8million and CNY34.8 million into the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) segment.
Meanwhile, the Naira on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, exchanged at an average of N360/$1 in the BDC segment of the market.
The post Inter-Bank Forex Market gets $210 Million boost from CBN appeared first on Breaking Times.
Court Set To Commit Guaranty Trust Bank’s MD Segun Agbaje and Its Chairman Mrs Osaretin Demuren To Prison Over Contempt Charge.
Appeal court reverses court marshal’s conviction of army general
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Cryptocurrency Fraud – The Initial Coin Offering and How the SEC is Getting Involved
Megan Kelly, CPA, CFE, Sobel & Co.
In September 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission launched a Cyber Unit, which was created in order to target cyber-related misconduct, including:
Market manipulation schemes involving false information spread through electronic and social media.
Hacking to obtain material nonpublic information.
Violations involving distributed ledger technology and initial coin offerings.
Misconduct perpetrated using the dark web.
Intrusions into retail brokerage accounts.
Cyber-related threats to trading platforms and other critical market infrastructure.
Per Stephanie Avakian, the Co-Director of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, the Cyber Unit will enhance the SEC’s ability to, “detect and investigate cyber threats through increasing expertise in an area of critical national importance.”
What is an initial coin offering?
An initial coin offering (“ICO”) is a method utilized by blockchain-based projects to raise capital, allowing investors to own part of the project through a digital token or coin. Investors can purchase these tokens with either a traditional fiat currency or a digital currency. In simpler terms, think of an ICO as the blockchain version of crowdfunding. The idea is that when the product or service being offered is completed, investors can use their tokens to access the service.
Millions of dollars are raised in literally seconds as investors race to get in early on the next big tech startups. In 2017, there were 235 ICOs totaling $3,700,682,293.
Can the SEC regulate ICOs?
Per the SEC, some initial token sellers may lead buyers of the virtual coins to anticipate a return on their investment. As such, some virtual coins being offered through ICOs may meet the definition of a security, and thus would be subject to federal securities law. The Howey Test is a test created by the United States Supreme Court for determining whether certain transactions qualify as investment contracts. Under the Howey Test, a transaction is an investment contract if:
It is an investment of money.
There is an expectation of profits from the investment.
The investment of money is in a common enterprise.
Any profit comes from efforts of a promoter or third party.
Based on the above, it appears that many ICOs may meet the definition of a security, because investors are purchasing the tokens with the expectation that they will increase in value, much in the way that an investor would purchase a traditional stock. According to analysis performed by database operator Token Report, of the 65 biggest ICOs as measured by market value, nearly 75% of those were found to have a medium to high probability of being regulated as a security by the SEC. Many investors are participating in ICOs not for the possibility of gaining access to a product or service, but to hold as a speculative investment.
In December 2017, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton stated that in regard to cryptocurrencies and ICO markets, “[T]here is substantially less investor protection than in our traditional securities markets, with correspondingly greater opportunities for fraud and manipulation.” China and South Korea have banned ICOs until they can establish better policies for regulation.
ICO frauds – why the SEC is concerned
The ICO market is largely unregulated. Because of this, fraudsters can create an ICO as a way to defraud unsophisticated investors, and because the ICO market is unregulated, it can be difficult for a fraud victim to recoup their investments.
In July 2017, CoinDash, which describes itself as a social-trading platform, was hacked during the company’s ICO, and more than $7 million in investor funds were sent to a fraudulent address provided by the hacker. CoinDash indicated that it would still provide tokens to people who sent funds to the fraudulent address prior to the CoinDash site being closed down, however, any transactions subsequent to site shutdown would not be compensated.
In November 2017, a cryptocurrency start-up called Confido, which billed itself as a smart contract start-up, raised $375,000 through an ICO and then disappeared. The social media profiles of both the company and its founders were all deleted.
Also in November 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed against the organizers of cybercurrency technology project Tezos, which raised $232 million to issue a cryptocurrency that, according to the lawsuit, did not yet exist in order to fund the development of a transaction system that had no clear date of completion. The lawsuit alleges that material facts surrounding the development of the project were withheld from investors.
SEC Intervention
Once the SEC established its Cyber Unit in September 2017, it began intervening in ICOs.
In October 2017, the SEC filed fraud charges against the creator of two “stock-like” ICOs called REcoin and DRC because neither had any actual operations and the SEC determined that the digital tokens that were being sold did not really exist.
In December 2017, the SEC obtained an emergency order to halt the PlexCorps ICO, which had already raised $15 million. The ICO claimed that the investments would yield a 1,354 percent profit in less than 29 days. The SEC’s complaint, the first filed by the Cyber Unit, charges PlexCorps founders with violating the anti-fraud provisions of the United States federal securities laws.
In December 2017, the SEC forced Munchee Inc. to halt its ICO and refund investor proceeds because the company enticed investors by stating that the tokens would increase in value – because of this, the SEC determined that the token was a security, and that Munchee had not properly registered with the SEC.
The SEC has issued several investor alerts surrounding cryptocurrencies and ICOs. In a July 2017 Investor Alert, the SEC highlighted the following warning signs when considering an ICO investment:
Guaranteed high investment returns;
Unsolicited offers;
Sounds too good to be true;
Pressure to buy right now;
Unlicensed sellers; and
No net worth or income requirements.
Because the popularity of cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects have skyrocketed in the last few months, less savvy investors are looking to get involved in order to get in on the profits, but because the average investor may not understand the nature of this field, they are thus more susceptible to fraud. The SEC advises any potential ICO investors to carefully read any materials provided about the offering in order to understand the true nature of the investment.
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Love Generation Spin Mix (60 minutes)
I subbed a 6:30a.m. class this week and decided to make a new mix for it. This mix shares about half its songs in common with the Sandstorm Spin Mix. Both are hour long classes designed for advanced riders. What’s different is in this class, the drills are grouped together. After the warmup, there are 6 minutes of lifts, then a long, 14 minute climb. We move to 11 minutes of sprints, then climb again for 11 minutes before doing some single leg training and cooling down.
Why not make an entirely new mix with no overlap? I could, but songs the two mixes share are some of my favourite go-to songs right now. This mix is sort of like Halifax weather – if you get something you don’t like, no worries – it’ll change in about 5 minutes. You’ll hear everything from rock, pop, alternative, dance, trance, hip hop and even a couple of songs with a reggae feel to them. Time to ride!
Saltwater – Chicane (3:30): Start with an easy warm up with light tension. As the song builds, add in some dynamic stretching and deep breaths.
Love Generation (Bob Sinclar Radio Edit feat. Gary Pine) – Bob Sinclar (3:34): Take the tension to 3/10. Every 30 seconds, increase your cadence by about 10% for 30 seconds, then fall back to the previous cadence for 30 seconds. This isn’t a sprint, we’re still warming up the legs. This is a good time to work on your pedal stroke – feet flat, making big circles, pushing down, scraping along the bottom of the pedal stroke, and pulling up. Knees point straight, be aware of your inner thighs brushing the saddle with each pedal stroke.
Bouce with Me – Kreesha Turner (3:08): Turner’s first album debuted a week ago and it’s eminently listenable. We’re going to take the tension to 4/10 and move into some lifts. Use nice, controlled movements to move up slightly out of the saddle and back down. Keep the palms of your hands on the handlebars, but make sure you’re not using your arms to pull yourself up. If you find yourself falling into the saddle, take a break. We’ll do 4x 8 counts, 4×4 counts, then 4x 2 counts. Repeat.
Sandstorm – Tunnel Alliance (3:33): More lifts, but random counts at random intervals. Explain the drill and call out each interval change: 4! 8! 2! 8! 2! 4!
Disturbia – Rihanna (3:59): This song starts one mother of a hill: 14 straight minutes of climbing. Start the tension at 5/10 and increase it every 60 seconds. There’s 20 seconds for recovery at the end of the song.
Viva la Vida – Coldplay (4:04): Keep climbing with the beat, with a slight lean towards the downstroking pedal. The last 30 seconds are for recovery.
Keep Hope Alive – The Crystal Method (5:43): We’re getting near the top and the hill’s getting steeper. Our cadence is slowing, but we’re staying with the beat. Use the last 35 seconds for recovery.
The Boys of Summer – The Ataris (4:18): Three 20 second standing sprints, one at each chorus. After the second sprint, increase your cadence during the bridge, before heading into the last sprint. Riders who feel like it can extend the third sprint from 20 seconds to 40 seconds. There are 40 or 20 seconds for recovery at the end, depending on whether riders did the longer sprint.
Stoned in Love – Chicane (feat. Tom Jones) (3:41): Three more standing sprints 30/30/30 at each chorus.
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? – Jet (3:37): We’re going to do these sprints seated – start when you hear “go!” in the song (around :22) and give me 30 seconds sprinting with 15 seconds recovery. We want to hit the lactate threshold here.
U+Ur Hand – Pink (3:34): Back to climbing, but we’re not quite done with the sprints yet – standing sprints at each chorus 30/30/60 but keep to that beat. They’re fast but not all out. There’s one “f” bomb in this song, but I love the song, so I’ve been crossing my fingers that no one complains. The only clean version I’ve found is a different arrangement that I don’t like as much as this one (at least for cycling.)
Billy Jean – Groove Jet (3:43): We haven’t done a seated climb yet, so get back into the saddle and crank up the tension to 6/10. 30 seconds in, take it to 7/10, then 8/10, then 9/10, then maximum effort. Make sure your cadence doesn’t fall below 60 rpms – if it does, cut back on the tension until you’re at your maximum effort for that cadence. Once you’ve hit 10/10 for 30 seconds, start dialling back the tension: 9/10 for 30, then 8/10, and so on.
Lit Up – Buckcherry (3:37): This is a freestyle climb. It’s the last one for the ride, so get all that leftover energy out!
Apologize (Workout Remix) – Power Music (4:21): Finish off with some single-leg training. We’ll do 2 sets of 60 seconds per leg. Keep the other leg on the pedal, but let your lead leg do all the work. You should have enough tension to be clock-watching by 40 seconds in, and very happy to switch. As ever, don’t let the cadence go below 60 rpm.
Angel – Flipsyde (4:27): Found this song on a new iTunes exercise mix – it’s hip hop with a reggae feel and it feels so good to cool down! Take the tension down to 3/10 and do some nice easy spinning. Take some deep breaths and stretch your arms and upper body.
Free Fallin’ – John Mayer (4:24): He broke up with Jennifer Aniston, but he’s been a gentleman about it. A longer ride deserves a longer cool down. Get off the bike to stretch your quads, glutes, hamstrings and calves. Ahhh…
One of my favourite magazines is Women’s Health. They do a kick-ass job of covering fitness and nutrition news in every issue, and they’re geared to the average female recreational athlete. Here’s a recent tidbit from the Women’s Health website:
A Brunel University study by sports psychologist Costas Karageoghis concluded that riders work 7% harder without feeling more fatigued when they synch their pedal stroke to music. I always felt intuitively that this was true, but it’s good to see some scientific proof of it. According to the study, the greatest pedal power comes from music in the 120 -140 beat per minute (bpm) range. Bring on the tunes!
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Rainy Monday Spin Mix (32.5 minutes)
This is another eclectic mix that veers from dance to alternative to pop and beyond. Thanks to J.R. Atwood over at www.spinningmixes.wordpress.com for Rainy Monday and Ocean Avenue, both from his latest Spin mix.
Going Wrong (with DJ Shah featuring Chris Jones) – Armin van Buuren (5:36): van Buuren is a Dutch DJ with a law degree. He was voted the #1 DJ in a 2007 DJ Magazine poll. Warmup with an easy cadence, and some light stretching – take a few deep breaths, do some shoulder rolls. Around 4:00, increase the tension to 3/10 or 4/10 and quicken the pace a bit.
Rainy Monday – Shiny Toy Guns (4:00): Leave that tension where it is! This song is a seated climb with a difference – we’re going to increase the tension every 30 (or 60) seconds and quicken the pace by 10-20% at each chorus.
Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard (3:18): Everyone’s warmed up, so it’s time to sprint down the hill we just climbed. Use the first 50 seconds of this song for recovery and easy spinning with tension around 4/10. The first sprint comes at 0:50 – 1:05 and it’s 15 seconds of explosive, out of the seat effort. Take 30 seconds for recovery, then we’ll do a slightly different sprint from 1:35 – 3:18 (the end of the song). Because it’s long, at 1:45, it’s a sustained effort at 80% of their maximum pace – tell the riders we’re trying to overtake the lead rider, who’s well ahead. Remind them to take a break midway if they need it.
Cry for You (UK Radio Edit) – September (2:48): Break it up with some lifts. We’re going to do 4x 8 counts, 4x 4 counts, and 4x 2 counts, then repeat. This song isn’t a cover, but it borrows heavily from Smalltown Boy, the Bronski Beat’s 1984 hit.
Thunderstruck – Birmingham 6 (5:17): People have mixed feelings about dance covers of songs that were never meant to be club tunes – I recently came across a dance version of Kansas’s Dust in the Wind, which is wrong on so many levels. This controversial Danish band’s AC/DC cover is climbing the charts on iTunes, which is convenient, because we’re going to use it to climb, too. Increasing the tension after each chorus. Use the last 30 seconds for recovery.
Tonight – Jonas Brothers (3:29): More sprints, standard all-out-effort this time: 35/45/50 seconds at 0:38 – 1:14, 1:39 – 2:04, and 2:28 – 3:18.
Athena – The Who (3:48): Single-leg training 45 seconds per side, 2 sets. Make sure riders keep both feel on the pedals for this drill. This was always one of my favourite Who songs, with Roger Daltry at his blustering best.
Free Fallin’ (Live) – John Mayer (4:24): Cool down and stretch to Mayer’s gorgeous version of Tom Petty’s hit. I see why Jennifer Aniston is so taken with him.
One of my regulars approached me last week to ask my advice about nutrition and weight-loss. It’s an area of significant interest for me. As near as I can figure, here are seven fundamental truths I’ve learned about weight loss:
1. A calorie may be a calorie, but metabolism and genetics are very individual – just as some people are better looking, smarter, or more athletic than others, some people are gifted in the metabolic department. Gina Kolata explores this concept in her latest book, Rethinking Thin.
2. Exercise is great for you, and feels wonderful, but if you’re not watching your diet, you’re not going to lose weight. Sorry.
3. How you look matters more than what you weigh. I wear the same clothing size now that I wore when I was 23, but I weigh 20lbs more than I did then. How is this possible? I weight train now; I didn’t then. Muscle weighs more than fat. Weight gain from muscle development and toning is a good thing.
4. Portion creep and calorie creep have proven the undoing of many dieters. It’s the daily handful-of-this, few-extra-bites-of-that, I’ll-just-have-one-they’re-small that sabotages most people’s results, not the blowout during their week of vacation. I recommend recording what you eat in a food journal. Occasionally enter a day (or better, a week) of meals into a program like FitDay – it will tell you exactly how many calories you’re consuming, and whether you’re meeting recommended requirements for vitamins and minerals. Plus, it’s free.
5. For short-term weight loss, nothing beats a low carbohydrate diet, like Atkins or South Beach. Many people think of low carb diets as all bacon, eggs and bunless cheeseburgers, since this is what is portrayed in the media. Really, the diet is about eating ordinary portions of protein, tons of vegetables, and not worrying about fat content. It is also about avoiding sugar, refined carbohydrates, and highly processed convenience foods – all good lessons that are just now coming into the public consciousness. I think one of the reason low carb diets work so well is they forbid most of the foods that people are tempted to overeat.
6. For long term health, I think the best diet is what bodybuilders call “clean eating” – tons of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, lower fat dairy, whole grains, lots of water, minimal saturated fats, added sugars, alcohol, or processed foods, and no trans fats. Each of 5-6 daily mini-meals should contain complex carbs and lean protein. (I confess, mini-meals have never worked for me. I prefer to eat three meals at regular times and avoid snacking unless my meal will be significantly delayed, or I’m working out in the mid-afternoon. If I do snack before a workout, it’s typically a banana or plain yogurt.)
7. Eat at regular intervals and don’t skip meals. Ravenously hungry people make bad food choices. Remember the acronym HALT: if you’re hungry, angry, lonely, or tired, you’re at risk for making bad food choices. Sometimes, realizing this is all it takes to steer you away from the drive-through and towards the grocery store.
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EURO 2020 format to be a 'one off', confirms Ceferin
The amended structure - set to see the tournament spread across the continent rather than taking place in one or two nations - was put in place by Ceferin's predecessor Michel Platini, with 13 cities across Europe due to stage games throughout the 60th anniversary edition of the championship.
Patric Ridge
22 September, 2016 02:29 IST
"Yes, it's just the 60th anniversary," Ceferin said. "It's good for football to show diversity in Europe, to show friendship, to show that east, west, north and south can come together."
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has declared the experimental format of the next European Championship will not continue beyond EURO 2020.
But, speaking at the official launch of the event at London City Hall – with the semi-finals and final to take place at Wembley Stadium – Ceferin, who was elected as the new head of UEFA earlier this month, confirmed the revamped format would not carry on past EURO 2020.
"Yes, it's just the 60th anniversary," Ceferin said. "It's good for football to show diversity in Europe, to show friendship, to show that east, west, north and south can come together.
"We don't know what to expect from the revenue point of view. But let's see. It will be an interesting event, a great anniversary and I'm looking forward."
Ceferin also commented on the recent restructuring of the Champions League, with proposed new qualification terms aimed at ensuring Europe's top four leagues will each have four representatives in the group stages from the 2018-19 season.
However, Ceferin was quick to stress the decision was still being reviewed, adding "anything could change".
"Of course it's not good for the small and mid-size associations. But, as I told you, it was my first day yesterday and I'll have to check what were pluses and minuses about that decision, and I will look on it and act."
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Performance against Kolkata giants will decide our position, says Real Kashmir coach Robertson
Real Kashmir FC coach David Robertson said the upcoming matches against East Bengal and Mohun Bagan will decide his team's journey in the I-League.
Kolkata 27 December, 2018 19:26 IST
Real Kashmir FC coach felt that the telecast cutdown will be big blow for I-League fans all over the country. - Nissar Ahmad
The upset win over table-topper Chennai City has further embellished Real Kashmir FC's dream run on I-League debut but Real Kashmir coach David Robertson says the two clashes against Kolkata giants will determine where they stand.
Real Kashmir is gearing up for its biggest challenge so far with Friday’s clash against Kolkata heavyweight East Bengal followed by Mohun Bagan on January 6.
Robertson said if his team could win against the Kolkata giants it will be a “shock“.
“The pressure is on them to get results. If we don’t get result, who cares. But if we managed to get something, then it’s a big shock,” said Robertson.
“We did well against Chennai. It might be a one-off game but who knows. East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are the biggest clubs in India.”
Robertson said he himself was surprised to see his team's second place in the league standings.
“It may be a false position but the games against East Bengal, Mohun Bagan will dictate where we end up in the season. After our game against Mohun Bagan, we will know exactly where we’re heading in the season,” he said on a realistic note.
The club from the valley began its away journey with a draw against Gokulam Kerala and followed it up with a memorable win over league leader Chennai City and to reduce the points difference to one.
“It’s been a good story for the club. To be where we are at the moment is really fantastic. There’s a lot of enthusiasm in the team. We are enjoying every bit of it.”
Robertson said that he heard about Mohun Bagan and East Bengal as a boy in Scotland. - NISSAR AHMAD
“Playing in I-League puts Kashmir in the footballing map in India. Till now people only knew about Mehrajuddin Wadoo and Ishfaq Ahmed from Kashmir. Last year we won the second division with five Kashmiri players in our starting lineup. That shows how talented the local players are,” he said.
He lamented that the football fans in India would be deprived of high intensity football with the revised I-League telecast schedule.
It was recently announced that the broadcasters would cut down on the TV coverage to just 30 matches of the remaining 61 in the rest of the season.
While Mohun Bagan is the only side which will has all its matches shown on TV, defending champion Minerva was the worst-hit with only one match for the remainder of the season to be telecast on TV.
The decision has received widespread criticism and the Scottish coach of Kashmir said, “The football fans in India will be deprived of games. I am here for two years now and I think that is a special and an exciting league.”
Read: A lot has changed in Indian football, stresses Prasanta Banerjee
The Scot also said even as a 12-year-old boy in Scotland he knew about Mohun Bagan and East Bengal as he termed himself lucky to face the two clubs in the I-League.
“East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are the two biggest clubs of India. As a 12-year-old boy in Scotland, I had heard about these two teams,” he said.
“They have the biggest budgets. I’ve been with big clubs in Scotland too, and playing with big clubs brings a lot of pressure.”
“At the start of the season, my aim was to get enough points to make sure we are safe in the league. I know how difficult it was for us to get into the league and how much it means for the people of Kashmir and the team. But as I said after these two games we will see where we finish.
“We got to be realistic in where we are. We will be playing against two of the biggest football clubs in India. They have fame, history behind them.”
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Frederick Norman Garside
Edward V. Sullivan Funeral Home
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Obituary of Frederick Norman Garside
Frederick Norman Garside, a retired Electronics Engineer, passed away after a long illness on Monday morning, November 26, 2018. He was 83 years old. Fred was born in Arlington. He was the son of English immigrants, Frank and Amy Garside who arrived on a steamship from England. He grew up in Arlington and was a graduate of Arlington Vocational High School. It was in high school, that he took a big interest in electronics. He had a long and distinguished career as an engineer/manager specializing in electronic test engineering. Over the years, he worked for M.I.T, Lincoln Labs, DRC, Wolf Research and Development, and GenRad where he retired. While working for M.I.T, he had the opportunity to work on the Whirlwind computer which was eventually used by the Air Force as a computerized air defense system. Over the years, Fred experienced and helped to create and test some of the newest technology innovations in the evolvement of modern computers. Simple tasks like developing a computer to play Tic Tac Toe or draw a witch, which seems simple to today’s programmers, but was a breakthrough to Fred’s generation of scientists, Engineers and Programmers.
Fred was an amateur radio operator with the call sign “W1WYC” for almost 60 years. Over the years he has contacted fellow operators in almost every country in the world. He even taught a young Medford man, Michael Bloomberg, (now billionaire businessman, politician, author and philanthropist) Morse code and how to be an amateur radio operator. Fred had an unassuming and welcoming demeanor that gave him the ability to connect with almost anyone. He talked to the astronauts on the space station as they passed over. He used his radio skills as a member of Burlington and Stoneham’s Civil Defense throughout the 60’s and 70’s. He also helped with the radio communications during Burlington’s July 4th Parades. He also volunteered for many years as part of the volunteer “Pumpkin Patrol” during Halloween patrolling the streets and notifying police of any issues or mischief.
Fred was a person deeply involved in his community and neighborhood. He volunteered as an assistant Scout leader for the Boy Scouts Troop 555 in Burlington. His favorite activities with the Scouts were the hiking trips on the Presidential Range of Mount Washington and the Polar Bear winter camping events. He loved sharing his knowledge and introducing the boys to challenges and experiences that were well out of the normal realm. He had the keen ability to fix almost anything in his home from carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, flooring, wallpaper, furnace repair, and any other project around his home, especially electronics. He built his own system that would start his generator in the event of a power failure all from stray and spare parts that he was able to round up. His friends and neighbors knew that Fred was just a phone call away whenever they needed a helping hand or had a household emergency. It wasn’t all work with Fred. He had a wonderful and fun group of friends and neighbors. Sunday afternoons were often spent with family and friends around his pool, in his screen porch, or down in his basement family room. He truly loved the company of his many friends, neighbors and family. His ability to raise the spirits of anyone and make them laugh was well known. There were many memorable holidays, celebrations, and parties at his home as well filled with laughter, comradery, and fun.
Fred was a person devoted to his family. He and his wife Shirley have shared 61 years together as man and wife. They moved into their home in Burlington in 1963 and never left. Their many neighbors were just like any family member and he took great care of all. They raised their children together, enjoyed the same friends and each other’s family, and cared for one another to the very end. They loved to travel and went on 13 cruises together with family and friends to destinations like the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and Alaska. He was deeply involved in his children’s life’s. He taught them how to work with their hands, problem solve, respect others, and how to be a responsible adult and parent. He also engrained the concept of helping his friends and neighbors whenever he was needed in his children. He would often be seen walking up the street, with toolbox in hand on his way to help anyone who needed him. He loved the time spent with his grandchildren, showing them his garden, taking day trips to Rockport and Salem Willows, and cheering them on in their dance recitals and sporting events. He was simply an unpretentious man who was filled with wisdom, kindness, warmth, and love who would do anything for anyone.
Fred was the beloved husband of Shirley (Bamberg) Garside. He was the loving father of Donald & his wife Michelle of Derry, NH, Lynn Larsen & her husband Paul of Chelmsford, and the late Timothy Garside. He was the father-in-law of Kathy Garside of Billerica. He was the proud grandfather of Elaine Santana & her husband Sal, Alicia Garside, David Garside & his wife Samantha, and Amber Garside & her fiancé Ryan Towle, and great grandfather of Natalia & Charlotte Santana. Brother of the late Thomas and John Garside. Fred was also survived by many in-laws, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Visiting hours will be held at the Edward V Sullivan Funeral Home, 43 Winn St., Burlington (Exit 34 off Rt. 128/95 Woburn side) on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 4-8 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at the United Church of Christ Congregational, 6 Lexington St., Burlington on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. Burial to follow in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Burlington. In lieu of flowers memorials in Fred’s name may be made to the Burlington Council on Aging, 61 Center St., Burlington, MA 01803 or United Church of Christ Congregational, General Fund, 6 Lexington St., Burlington, MA 01803 For directions, obituary & online guestbook see www.sullivanfuneralhome.net & www.uccburlington.org
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12th July 2019 | Sunshine Tour
Solid Scottish start for Aiken as The Open looms
Thomas Aiken shrugged off ‘months of rust’ following four months of zero competitive golf to produce a seven-under-par 64 opening round of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open as he tries to punch his way into the 149th Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
Teeing off the 10th, Aiken’s back-to-back pars seemed to be nothing but preparation for what was to come. Five birdies in the next six holes made it onto his card as he turned with a bogey-free 31. He went on to make three more birdies and a single drop on the way to his 64.
“I’ve been away from the game a little bit this year,” said the eight-time Sunshine Tour winner, “and the last few weeks have been a bit rusty. I’ve actually been away for four months, so it really has been quite a long time, and getting back into tournament golf after not playing for four months is tough because you kind of lose your competitive edge. I think it’s just kind of getting that rust off, and today felt a lot better.”
Aiken entered this Rolex Series event which is part of The Open qualifier series at the back of consecutive missed cuts – the Dubai Duty-Free Irish Open and the Andalucia Masters – but is happy with the way things are going for him at the moment.
“I think the last two weeks, Valderrama, I played pretty well,” he said of those events in Spain and Ireland, “but just wasn’t quite there. And last week, again, I played fairly well for the first, I’d say, 20 holes, and then kind of fell apart at the end. I think playing your way back into things is definitely the way it goes, and it takes a bit of time. Luckily for me, it’s only taken two weeks.”
He is not exempt for next week’s Open Championship and while he has not said it, he knows a top-three finish will earn him a spot in the field for the oldest golf open championship in the world. Be that as it may, however, Aiken will not put any pressure on himself as there are three more rounds to play in Scotland.
“I think I stayed pretty patient out there,” he said. “Kind of didn’t let any emotions get the best of me. Just really focused on where I needed to position the ball, and I think that’s definitely key around here and I’m going to take that into the next three rounds. If I can keep hitting it the way I am, then I think we’re in for a good shout.”
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Brian Bock
Brian Patrick Bock August 24, 1981 - April 22, 2019 Brian Patrick Bock was born on August 24, 1981 in Bakersfield to James and Brenda (Palla) Bock. Brian passed away unexpectedly on April 22, 2019. Brian graduated from Garces Memorial High School in 1999. He attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa on a baseball scholarship. He graduated from California State University, Bakersfield, with a degree in Business Administration. Brian excelled and had a passion for baseball starting at a young age. He was the catcher on the Bakersfield Babe Ruth National Championship teams in 1997 and 1998. He went on to play baseball in college and was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 2003. He played in the Orioles organization for five years. Of the many accomplishments he had, one of the highlights was being the Orioles' catcher in the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame game against the Toronto Blue Jays. He was named the game's Most Valuable Player and his name is inscribed in Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame. After ending his baseball career, Brian joined W.A. Thompson Distributing in 2008. He truly enjoyed the many customer relationships he developed and the friendships made with the people he worked with. At Garces, Brian met Megan Bell, the love of his life. They were married on October 21, 2006 and have two sons, Jameson (9) and Benjamin (7). Brian was a devoted husband and father with Megan and the boys being the most important part of his life. Brian's love for baseball continued with his sons, teaching them the game and coaching in the Northwest Bakersfield Baseball league. In Coach Brian's words to the boys, "Pay Attention and Try Hard". He enjoyed golf, spending time with his family and friends and loved to make people laugh. Brian has been an exceptional Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Uncle and a Friend to All and will be deeply missed by all who knew him. Brian has joined his grandparents, Ralph and Dorothy Palla, Frances Rogers and Jack Bock, Uncle Michael Palla and nephew and godchild Declan Bell in Heaven. He is survived by his loving wife, Megan, and sons, Jameson and Benjamin. Parents, James and Brenda Bock, brothers Joel (Pam) Bock, Matt (Tonya) Bock and sister Kelly (Mike) Brazio, uncles Steve Palla, Doug Palla (Susan), Greg Palla (Frankita) Kevin Palla (Janet) and aunt Pam (Mike) Monsell. Parents-in-law, Thomas and Glenda Bell, brothers-in-law, Gavin (Elizabeth) Bell, Michael (Jennifer) Bell, Brian Bell and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation will be on May 2nd at Greenlawn Mortuary, 3700 River Blvd, Bakersfield from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 124 Columbus St, Bakersfield on Friday, May 3rd at 10:45am followed by interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to The Bakersfield Catholic Education Foundation, 2800 Loma Linda Dr. Bakersfield, CA 93305, formerly Garces Memorial High School Foundation.
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Business Day: a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England, when banks in London are open for business.
Charges: the sums payable for the Services.
Customer’s Equipment: computer hardware, internet connection, applicable current and up-to-date software and operative systems, and any other equipment, including tools, systems, cabling or facilities, provided by the Customer, its agents, subcontractors or consultants which is used directly or indirectly in the supply of the Services.
Customer Materials: receipt images, and all related documents, information, items and materials in any form, whether owned by the Customer or a third party, which are provided by the Customer to Tabscanner in connection with the Services, including the items provided pursuant to clause 4.1(d).
Data Protection Legislation: (i) unless and until the GDPR is no longer directly applicable in the UK, the GDPR and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK and then (ii) any successor legislation to the GDPR or the Data Protection Act 1998.
Deliverables: receipts’ data
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679).
Intellectual Property Rights: patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, moral rights, trade marks, service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill, the right to sue for passing off, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets) and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.
Order: the agreement of the Customer to purchase the provision of the Services by Tabscanner on the terms set out in this Contract, as submitted by the Customer via the Portal.
Monthly Subscription Period: The date of the first day of the subscription order to the previous days date of the following month.
Portal: Tabscanner’s website at www.tabscanner.com and the portal at admin.tabscanner.com.
Services: receipt reading technology and data extraction, together with the delivery of that data and related services.
Supplier’s Equipment: cloud computing and software code, together with any hardware, software or coding, provided by Tabscanner to the Customer and used directly or indirectly in the supply of the Services.
VAT: value added tax or any equivalent tax chargeable from time to time in Dubai.
1.2.The Schedules form part of the Contract and shall have effect as if set out in full in the body of the Contract. Any reference to the Contract includes the Schedules.
1.3.A reference to a company shall include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established.
1.4.A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time, and such a reference shall include all subordinate legislation made from time to time under that statute or statutory provision.
1.5.A reference to writing or written includes email but not fax.
1.6.Any obligation on a party not to do something includes an obligation not to allow that thing to be done.
2. Commencement and duration
2.1.The Contract shall commence on the date when the Customer has completed its Order online, via the Portal, and Tabscanner has provided written confirmation of acceptance of the Order by email to the Customer. The Contract shall continue until the termination of the Contract pursuant to clause 11 (Termination).
2.2.Tabscanner shall provide the Services to the C ustomer in accordance with the Contract.
3. Tabscanner’s responsibilities
3.1.Tabscanner shall use reasonable endeavours to manage and supply the Services in accordance with the Contract in all material respects.
3.2 In supplying the Services, the Supplier shall:
(a) perform the Services with reasonable care and skill;
(b) use reasonable endeavours to perform the Services in accordance with the service description set out in the Schedule;
(c) ensure that the Deliverables, and all goods, materials, standards and techniques used in providing the Services are of satisfactory quality and are fit for purpose;
(d) comply with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations from time to time in force, provided that the Supplier shall not be liable under the Contract if, as a result of such compliance, it is in breach of any of its obligations under the Contract;
(e) observe all security requirements that apply and/or are appropriate in relation to the Services, the Deliverables, and the provision of the same, and the Customer’s Materials, provided that the Supplier shall not be liable under the Contract if, as a result of such observation, it is in breach of any of its obligations under the Contract; and
(f) take reasonable care of all Customer Materials in its possession.
4. Customer’s obligations
4.1 The Customer shall:
(a) co-operate with Tabscanner in all matters relating to the Services and follow Tabscanner’s instructions;
(b) provide, for Tabscanner, its employees, agents and representatives access to the Customer’s data and other facilities as reasonably required by Tabscanner including any such access as is specified in Schedule 1;
(c) provide to Tabscanner in a timely manner all documents, information, items and materials in any form (whether owned by the Customer or third party) required under Schedule 1 or otherwise reasonably required by Tabscanner in connection with the provision of the Services and ensure that they are accurate and complete in all material respects;
(d) ensure that all the Customer’s Equipment is in good working order and suitable for the purposes for which it is used in relation to the Services and conforms to all relevant and applicable standards and requirements;
(e) obtain and maintain all necessary licences and consents and comply with all relevant legislation as required to enable Tabscanner to provide the Services, including in relation to the installation of Tabscanner’s Equipment, the use of all Customer Materials and the use of the Customer’s Equipment, in all cases before the date on which the Services are to start; and
(f) keep and maintain Tabscanner’s Equipment and the Deliverables in accordance with Tabscanner’s instructions from time to time and shall not dispose of or use Tabscanner’s Equipment other than in accordance with Tabscanner’s written instructions or authorisation.
4.2.If Tabscanner’s performance of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission of the Customer, its agents, subcontractors, consultants or employees, then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy it may have, Tabscanner shall be allowed an extension of time to perform its obligations equal to the delay caused by the Customer.
5. Non-solicitation
The Customer shall not, without the prior written consent of Tabscanner, at any time from the date of the Contract to the expiry of 5 years after the termination or expiry of the Contract, solicit or entice away from Tabscanner or employ or attempt to employ any person who is, or has been, engaged as an employee, consultant or subcontractor of Tabscanner in the provision of the Services.
6. Charges and payment
6.1.In consideration of the provision of the Services by Tabscanner, the Customer shall pay the Charges. The Charges shall be dependent on the Services selected by the Customer as identified in the Order.
6.2.The Customer can upgrade, downgrade, suspend or terminate (as per clause 11) the Services at any time.
6.3.Tabscanner may increase the Charges from time to time on 1 months’ written notice.
6.4.Tabscanner shall charge the Customer for, and the Customer shall pay Tabscanner, the Charges on a monthly or annual basis pursuant to, and as stipulated in, the Order.
6.5 Tabscanner will invoice the customer for credits purchased, once the customer has placed an order on the Portal. In the event that the Customer has selected a subscription, Tabscanner will invoice the Customer at the start of each Monthly Subscription Period in respect of the services to be performed within that period. Tabscanner will invoice the customer for any additional credits used within the Monthly Subscription Period at the end of each period.
6.6.Payment of the invoice raised pursuant to clause 6.5 shall be taken by Tabscanner automatically from the account nominated by the Customer on the Order, or otherwise as revised from time-to-time by way of prior written agreement between the parties.
6.7.Without prejudice to any other right or remedy that it may have, if the Customer fails to pay Tabscanner any sum due under the Contract on the due date:
(a) the Customer shall pay interest on the overdue sum from the due date until payment of the overdue sum, whether before or after judgment. Interest under this clause 6.7(a) will accrue each day at 4% a year above the Bank of England’s base rate from time to time;
(b) Tabscanner may suspend the Services until payment has been made in full.
6.8.All sums payable to Tabscanner under the Contract:
(a) are exclusive of VAT, and the Customer shall in addition pay an amount equal to any VAT chargeable on those sums on delivery of a VAT invoice; and
(b) shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law).
6.9.In the event that the Customer does not use the Services in any particular month, then there shall be no charge levied by Tabscanner.
7.1.In relation to the Deliverables:
(a)Tabscanner and its licensors shall retain ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights in the Deliverables, excluding the Customer Materials;
(b) Tabscanner grants the Customer, or shall procure the direct grant to the Customer of, a fully paid-up, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence during the term of the Contract to copy and use the Deliverables (excluding the Customer Materials) for the purpose of receiving and using the Services and the Deliverables in its business; and
(c) the Customer shall not sub-license, assign or otherwise transfer the rights granted in clause 7.1(b) to any third party.
7.2.In relation to the Customer Materials, the Customer:
(a) shall retain ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights in the Customer Materials; and
(b) grants Tabscanner a fully paid-up, non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-transferable licence to copy, use and modify the Customer Materials for the term of the Contract for the purpose of providing the Services to the Customer.
7.3.Tabscanner:
(a) warrants that the receipt and use of the Services and the Deliverables by the Customer shall not infringe the rights, including any Intellectual Property Rights, of any third party;
(b) shall, subject to clause 10.3, indemnify the Customer against all damages and losses awarded against or incurred or paid by the Customer as a result of any claim brought against the Customer for actual infringement of a third party’s Intellectual Property Rights, arising out of, or in connection with, the receipt, use or supply of the Services and the Deliverables to the extent that the infringement results from copying and use by the Customer; and
(c) shall not be in breach of the warranty at clause 7.3(a), and the Customer shall have no claim under the indemnity at clause 7.3(b), to the extent the infringement arises from:
(i) the use of the Customer Materials in the development of, or the inclusion of the Customer Materials in any Deliverable;
(ii) any modification of the Deliverables or Services, other than as provided for or permitted by Tabscanner in the provision of the Services and the Deliverables; and
(iii) compliance with the Customer’s specifications or instructions or any act or omission by the Customer other than as provided for and permitted by Tabscanner.
7.4.The Customer:
(a) warrants that the receipt and use of the Customer Materials in the performance of the Contract by Tabscanner, its agents, subcontractors or consultants shall not infringe the rights, including any Intellectual Property Rights, of any third party; and
(b) shall indemnify Tabscanner in full against all costs, expenses, damages and losses, including any interest, fines, legal and other professional fees and expenses awarded against or incurred or paid by Tabscanner as a result of or in connection with any claim brought against Tabscanner, its agents, subcontractors or consultants for actual or alleged infringement of a third party’s Intellectual Property Rights arising out of, or in connection with, the receipt or use in the performance of the Contract of the Customer Materials.
8. Compliance with laws and policies
In performing its obligations under the Contract, Tabscanner shall comply with the Applicable Laws, and changes to the Services required as a result of changes to the Applicable Laws shall be deemed agreed by the parties.
9. Data protection and data processing
9.1.Both parties will comply with all applicable requirements of the Data Protection Legislation. This clause 9 is in addition to, and does not relieve, remove or replace, a party’s obligations under the Data Protection Legislation.
9.2.The parties acknowledge that for the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, the Customer is the data controller and Tabscanner is the data processor (where Data Controller and Data Processor have the meanings as defined in the Data Protection Legislation.
9.3.Without prejudice to the generality of clause 9.1, the Customer will ensure that it has all necessary appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the Personal Data to Tabscanner for the duration and purposes of the Contract.
9.4.Without prejudice to the generality of clause 9.1, Tabscanner shall, in relation to any Personal Data processed in connection with the performance by Tabscanner of its obligations under the Contract:
(a) process that Personal Data only on the written instructions of the Customer unless Tabscanner is required by the Applicable Laws to process Personal Data (Applicable Data Processing Laws). Tabscanner shall promptly notify the Customer of this before performing the processing required by the Applicable Data Processing Laws unless those Applicable Data Processing Laws prohibit Tabscanner from so notifying the Customer;
(b) ensure that it has in place appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Personal Data, appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the data to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures (those measures may include, where appropriate, pseudonymising and encrypting Personal Data, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of its systems and services, ensuring that availability of and access to Personal Data can be restored in a timely manner after an incident, and regularly assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the technical and organisational measures adopted by it);
(c) ensure that all personnel who have access to and/or process Personal Data are obliged to keep the Personal Data confidential;
(d) notify the Customer without undue delay on becoming aware of a Personal Data breach;
(e) at the written direction of the Customer, delete or return Personal Data and copies thereof to the Customer on termination of the agreement unless required by Applicable Data Processing Law to store the Personal Data; and
(f) maintain complete and accurate records and information to demonstrate its compliance with this clause 9.
9.5.The Customer consents to Tabscanner appointing a third-party processor of Personal Data under the Contract. Tabscanner confirms that it has entered or (as the case may be) will enter with the third-party processor into a written agreement incorporating terms which are substantially similar to those set out in this clause 9. As between the Customer and Tabscanner, Tabscanner shall remain fully liable for all acts or omissions of any thirdparty processor appointed by it pursuant to this clause 9.
9.6.Either party may, at any time on not less than 30 days’ notice, revise this clause 9 by replacing it with any applicable controller to processor standard clauses or similar terms forming party of an applicable certification scheme (which shall apply when replaced by attachment to the Contract).
10.1.Nothing in the Contract shall limit or exclude Tabscanner’s liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence;
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(c) any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law.
10.2.Subject to clause 10.1, Tabscanner shall not be liable to the Customer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Contract for:
(a) loss of profits;
(b) loss of sales or business;
(c) loss of agreements or contracts;
(d) loss of anticipated savings;
(e) loss of or damage to goodwill;
(f) loss of use or corruption of software, data or information; or (g) any indirect or consequential loss.
10.3.Subject to clause 10.1, Tabscanner’s total liability to the Customer arising in connection with the Contract shall be limited to the average annual Charges paid by the Customer under the Contract.
11.1.The Customer may terminate the Contract at any time on giving 1 month’s notice, such notice to expire at the end of the next calendar month. In the event that the customer has selected a subscription, the Customer may terminate the Contract at any time on giving 1 month’s notice, such notice to expire at the end of the following month’s Monthly Subscription Period.
11.2.Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, either party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
(a) the other party commits a material breach of any term of the Contract which breach is irremediable or (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within a period of 10 days after being notified in writing to do so;
(b) the other party repeatedly breaches any of the terms of the Contract in such a manner as to reasonably justify the opinion that its conduct is inconsistent with it having the intention or ability to give effect to the terms of the C ontract;
(c) the other party takes any step or action in connection with its entering administration, provisional liquidation or any composition or arrangement with its creditors (other than in relation to a solvent restructuring), being wound up (whether voluntarily or by order of the court), having a receiver appointed to any of its assets or ceasing to carry on business or, if the step or action is taken in another jurisdiction, in connection with any analogous procedure in the relevant jurisdiction;
(d) the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or a substantial part of its business; or
(e) the other party’s financial position deteriorates to such an extent that in the terminating party’s opinion the other party’s capability to adequately fulfil its obligations under the Contract has been placed in jeopardy.
11.3.Without affecting any other right or remedy available to it, Tabscanner may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment and remains in default not less than 5 days after being notified in writing to make such payment.
11.4. On termination or expiry of the Contract:
(a) the Customer shall immediately pay to Tabscanner all outstanding Charges and interest;
(b) the Customer shall, within 3 days, confirm that it has destroyed, deleted or returned all of Tabscanner’s Equipment and/or the Deliverables as and where applicable;
(c) Tabscanner shall on request destroy, delete or return any of the Customer Materials as and where applicable; and
(d) any provision of the Contract that expressly or by implication is intended to come into or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of the Contract shall remain in full force and effect.
11.5.Termination or expiry of the Contract shall not affect any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination or expiry, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the agreement which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry.
12. General:
12.1.Force majeure: Neither party shall be in breach of the Contract nor liable for delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under the Contract if such delay or failure result from events, circumstances or causes beyond its reasonable control.
12.2.Severance: If any provision or part-provision of the Contract is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the Contract.
12.3.Confidentiality:
(a) Each party undertakes that it shall not at any time during the Contract, and for a period of five years after termination of the Contract, disclose to any person any confidential information concerning the business, affairs, customers, clients or suppliers of the other party, except as permitted by clause 12.3(b).
(i) Each party may disclose the other party’s confidential information:
(ii) to its employees, officers, representatives or advisers who need to know such information for the purposes of exercising the party’s rights or carrying out its obligations under or in connection with the Contract. Each party shall ensure that its employees, officers, representatives or advisers to whom it discloses the other party’s confidential information comply with this clause 12.3; and
(iii) as may be required by law, a court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental or regulatory authority.
(b) No party shall use any other party’s confidential information for any purpose other than to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under or in connection with the Contract.
12.4.Assignment and other dealings:
(a) The Contract is personal to the Customer and the Customer shall not assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations under the Contract.
(b) Tabscanner may at any time assign, charge, subcontract, transfer or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights under the Contract, provided that Tabscanner gives prior written notice of such dealing to the Customer.
12.5.Variation: No variation of the Contract shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties.
12.6.Waiver:
(a) A waiver of any right or remedy under the Contract or by law is only effective if given in writing and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default.
(b) A failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under the Contract or by law shall not constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict any further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy provided under the Contract or by law shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
12.7.Third party rights: The Contract does not give rise to any third party rights (or any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999) to enforce any term of the Contract, and the rights of the parties to rescind or vary the Contract are not subject to the consent of any other person.
12.8.Entire agreement: The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. Each party agrees that it does not rely on and shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in the Contract.
12.9.Notices: Any notice or other communication:
(a) given under or in connection with the Contract shall be in writing and shall be sent to the address or email address provided pursuant to the Order (or otherwise as may be amended and advised by each party to the other party for time to time); and
(b) shall be deemed to have been received (i) if sent by next Business Day delivery service, at 9.00am on the second Business Day after posting (or otherwise at the time recorded by the delivery service; and (ii) if sent by email, at 9.00 am on the next Business Day after transmission.
12.10.Governing law & Jurisdiction : The Contract and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Each party irrevocably agrees that the Courts of England and Wales shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Contract.
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You are here: Home / Arts / Homepage Notes / Maryland Humanities Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Living History Program
Maryland Humanities Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Living History Program
Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, and “Pirate Queen” Grace O’Malley come to life with Maryland Humanities’ Chautauqua living history performance series. Actor-scholars portraying these trailblazers will travel to eight counties throughout the state, from July 5 until July 20. Maryland Humanities celebrates the 25th anniversary of the program in Maryland, which launched in 1995 in Garrett County, with the theme Making Waves. In 2019, Chautauqua is part of Maryland Humanities’ Maryland H2O. A two-year initiative, Maryland H2O explores our many and varied relationships with water—which is part of our history, our culture, our future—through multiple programs. Maryland H2O also includes the Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, Water/Ways; the Smithsonian exhibition H2O Today; One Maryland One Book 2019’s selection, What the Eyes Don’t See by Mona Hanna-Attisha; and engaging programs to spark a statewide discussion about water.
Living history performances by actor-scholars are followed by question-and-answer sessions, which spark spirited conversation and provide educational family fun. Every Chautauqua performance is free and open to the public and begins with live musical and theatrical acts.
Chautauqua performances will take place at: the corner of H & Spruce Streets in Mountain Lake Park; Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels; Montgomery College in Germantown; Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville; Elkton Central Library; Harford Community College in Bel Air; Cecil College in Elkton; and Crofton Community Library.Learn more about Chautauqua at www.mdhumanities.org/chautauqua.
Chautauqua is supported in part by Old Line Bank, the Citizens of Baltimore County via the Baltimore County Commission on the Arts and Sciences, Karen and Langley Shook, and Talbot County Arts Council with funds from the Maryland State Arts Council.
2019 Chautauqua Characters and Performers
Jacques Cousteau (1910–1997) is most famous for his work in oceanography and for his decades-long television series that unlocked the undersea world around us. He was also a French naval officer and resistance spy during WWII, an explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, and best-selling author. Cousteau also co-developed the Aqua-Lung.
Cousteau will be performed by Doug Mishler, an independent scholar who has taught at the University of Nevada and Western Washington University. He is the author of a history of the Ringling Brothers Circus and has consulted on several public television and Chautauqua programs. Since 1995, Mishler has appeared in Maryland Humanities’ Chautauquas as P. T. Barnum, Theodore Roosevelt, William Lloyd Garrison, Henry Ford, Jefferson Davis, George Wallace, Upton Sinclair, Major General Robert Ross, and General Joseph Pershing. He also portrays Ernie Pyle, Billy Sunday, William Clark, Andrew Carnegie, Edward R. Murrow, Thomas Hart Benton, and Nikita Khrushchev. Mishler has a PhD in American cultural history from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Matthew Henson (1866–1955), an American explorer born in Maryland, accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic. He is best known for having reached the North Pole, and is said to be the first African-American there. In 1944, Henson was awarded the Peary Polar Expedition Medal and received it at the White House by Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. The native Marylander was the son of sharecropper parents who were free people of color before the Civil War
Henson will be portrayed by Keith Henley. He graduated from South Carolina State College with a major in chemistry and minors in mathematics and biology. Later, he went on to study Theatre Education at Camden County College in Blackwood, New Jersey. He currently owns and operates J.O.Y. Productions, Queenie’s Homemade Sweets and Catering, and Alpha Designs. In addition, he is the Artistic Director and Choreographer for Folkloric Heritage Culture Arts Company of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Henley began his historic interpretation career with Historic Philadelphia and has since worked for American Historical Theatre and History First Hand and has performed for the Smithsonian Associates Teaching American History program, Historic Germantown, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, as well as local libraries.
Grace O’Malley(1530–1603), was a 16th-century Irish “Pirate Queen,” who commanded ships, men, and the respect of Queen Elizabeth. Called “The Pirate Queen of Ireland,” she commanded the west coast of Ireland and an entire fleet of ships in the 1500s. Although it was rare for a woman to command, Grace was accepted as the undisputed leader of hundreds of Irish and Scottish fighting men. In 1593, O’Malley risked her life to save the lives of her son and half-brother who’d been captured and were scheduled to be executed by the English.
O’Malley will be portrayed by Mary Ann Jung, an award-winning actress who has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, and the Today show and has performed for the Smithsonian as well as for the National Theatre, the National Museum of Medicine, and the Folger Shakespeare Library. She has been a lead actress and Director of Renaissance History and Shakespearean Language at the Maryland Renaissance Festival for over 25 years. Jung has portrayed Clara Barton, Rosalie Stier Calvert, Julia Child, and Amelia Earhartt past Maryland Humanities’ Chautauquas, and also performs as Mistress Margaret Brent, Sally Ride, Rosie the Riveter, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Virginia Hall, Juliette Gordon Low, and Good Queen Bess. She has a BA in British History from the University of Maryland.
Tour Dates (Alphabetical by County):
Crofton Community Library
1681 Reidel Road, Crofton, MD 21114
Saturday, July 20, 2:00 p.m.: Grace O’Malley
Center for the Arts Theatre at Community College of Baltimore County
800 South Rolling Road, Catonsville, MD 21228
Friday, July 12, 7:00 p.m.: Matthew Henson
Saturday, July 13, 7:00 p.m.: Jacques Cousteau
Sunday, July 14, 7:00 p.m.: Grace O’Malley
Elkton Central Library
301 Newark Avenue, Elkton, MD 21921
Saturday, July 13, 6:00 p.m.: Matthew Henson
Elkton Station Performing Arts Hall at Cecil College, Elkton
107 Railroad Avenue, Elkton, MD 21921
Tuesday, July 16, 7:00 p.m.: Grace O’Malley
Brad and Linda Gottfried Theater, Fine Arts Center, College of Southern Maryland
8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata, MD 20646
Tuesday, July 9, 6:45 p.m.: Matthew Henson
Wednesday, July 10, 6:45 p.m.: Jacques Cousteau
Thursday, July 11, 6:45 p.m.: Grace O’Malley
”The Big Tent” Corner of H & Spruce Streets, Mountain Lake Park, MD 21550
Thursday, July 5, 7:00 p.m.: Matthew Henson
Friday, July 6, 7:00 p.m.: Jacques Cousteau
Saturday, July 7, 7:00 p.m.: Grace O’Malley
Chesapeake Theater at Harford Community College, in partnership with Harford County Public Library
401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air, MD 21015
Monday, July 15, 7:00 p.m.: Jacques Cousteau
Globe Hall in the High Technology Building at Montgomery College
20200 Observation Drive, Germantown MD 20876
Wednesday, July 10, 7:00 p.m.: Matthew Henson
Thursday, July 11, 7:00 p.m.: Jacques Cousteau
Friday, July 12, 7:00 p.m.: Grace O’Malley
VISIT Talbot County
*Outdoors by the Steamboat Building at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
213 North Talbot Street, St. Michaels, MD 21663
Wednesday, July 8, 7:00 p.m.: Matthew Henson
Thursday, July 9, 7:00 p.m.: Jacques Cousteau
Friday, July 10, 7:00 p.m.: Grace O’Malle
*All Talbot County performances will be held outdoors. Please bring folding chair. In case of severe weather, program will be held in the Small Boat Shed.
About Maryland Humanities
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ALMA reveals ghostly shape of ‘coldest place in the universe’
At a cosmologically crisp one degree Kelvin (minus 458 degrees Fahrenheit), the Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the Universe – colder, in fact, than the faint afterglow of the Big Bang, which is the natural background temperature of space.
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have taken a new look at this intriguing object to learn more about its frigid properties and to determine its true shape, which has an eerily ghost-like appearance.
As originally observed with ground-based telescopes, this nebula appeared lopsided, which is how it got its name.
Later observations with the Hubble Space Telescope revealed a bow-tie-like structure. The new ALMA data, however, reveal that the Hubble image tells only part of the story, and the twin lobes seen in that image may actually be a trick of the light as seen at visible wavelengths.
“This ultra-cold object is extremely intriguing and we’re learning much more about its true nature with ALMA,” said Raghvendra Sahai, a researcher and principal scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and lead author of a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal. “What seemed like a double lobe, or ‘boomerang’ shape, from Earth-based optical telescopes, is actually a much broader structure that is expanding rapidly into space.”
The Boomerang Nebula, located about 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, is a relatively young example of an object known as a planetary nebula. Planetary nebulae, contrary to their name, are actually the end-of-life phases of stars like our Sun that have sloughed off their outer layers. What remains at their centers are white dwarf stars, which emit intense ultraviolet radiation that causes the gas in the nebulae to glow and emit light in brilliant colors.
The Boomerang is a pre-planetary nebula, representing the stage in a star’s life immediately preceding the planetary nebula phase, when the central star is not yet hot enough to emit enough ultraviolet radiation to produce the characteristic glow. At this stage, the nebula is seen by starlight reflecting off its dust grains.
The outflow of gas from this particular star is expanding rapidly and cooling itself in the process. This is similar in principle to the way refrigerators use expanding gas to produce cold temperatures. The researchers were able to take the temperature of the gas in the nebula by seeing how it absorbed the cosmic microwave background radiation, which has a very uniform temperature of 2.8 degrees Kelvin (minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit).
“When astronomers looked at this object in 2003 with Hubble, they saw a very classic ‘hourglass’ shape,” commented Sahai. “Many planetary nebulae have this same double-lobe appearance, which is the result of streams of high-speed gas being jettisoned from the star. The jets then excavate holes in a surrounding cloud of gas that was ejected by the star even earlier in its lifetime as a red giant.”
Observations with single-dish millimeter wavelength telescopes, however, did not detect the narrow waist seen by Hubble. Instead, they found a more uniform and nearly spherical outflow of material.
ALMA’s unprecedented resolution allowed the researchers to reconcile this discrepancy. By observing the distribution of carbon monoxide molecules, which glow brightly at millimeter wavelengths, the astronomers were able to detect the double-lobe structure that is seen in the Hubble image, but only in the inner regions of the nebula. Further out, they actually observed a more elongated cloud of cold gas that is roughly round.
The researchers also discovered a dense lane of millimeter-sized dust grains surrounding the star, which explains why this outer cloud has an hourglass shape in visible light. The dust grains have created a mask that shades a portion of the central star and allows its light to leak out only in narrow but opposite directions into the cloud, giving it an hourglass appearance.
“This is important for the understanding of how stars die and become planetary nebulae,” said Sahai. “Using ALMA, we were quite literally and figuratively able to shed new light on the death throes of a Sun-like star.”
The new research also indicated that the outer fringes of the nebula are beginning to warm, even though they are still slightly colder than the cosmic microwave background. This warming may be due to the photoelectric effect — an effect first proposed by Einstein in which light is absorbed by solid material, which then re-emits electrons.
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2018 Senate District 11
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WINNERBo Watson
Randall “Randy” Price
Would you support or oppose legislation that would prohibit abortion except when necessary to prevent the death of the mother? FAILED TO
ANSWER FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose legislation that would make either sexual orientation or gender identity/expression a new protected class under Tennessee’s civil rights laws? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose a bill to amend Tennessee’s marriage statute to expressly authorize the issuance of marriage licenses to two people of the same sex? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose legislation that would establish a $15 per hour minimum wage in Tennessee? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose legislation to allow the state to defend public K-12 schools that are sued because they designate the use of locker rooms and bathrooms on the basis of biological sex instead of the gender by which a student identifies? FAILED TO
Do you support or oppose the proposition, advanced by a certain business coalition, that the bill described in question 5 is “discriminatory” and “would harm our economy and damage our state’s reputation”? FAILED TO
Currently, a majority of the Justices on the Tennessee Supreme Court select the state’s Attorney General and Reporter. Would you support or oppose an amendment to the state Constitution that allows the Legislature to elect the Attorney General and Reporter in the same manner that it elects the Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose an amendment to the state Constitution that allows the Governor to appoint the state’s Attorney General and Reporter subject to confirmation by the Legislature, as now happens with the appointment of the state’s Supreme Court Justices? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose legislation, like Insure Tennessee proposed by Governor Haslam in 2015, that would expand Medicaid coverage in Tennessee beyond the Medicaid-eligible population? FAILED TO
Do you support or oppose the decision by the state’s Department of Health to disregard the state’s current adoption laws and allow a child’s original birth certificate to show that the child has two mothers simply because one of the women is married to the child’s biological mother? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose a bill that would prohibit the state or local governmental entities from either giving preference to or discriminating against a business entity in awarding of grants or contracts based on whether the business has made sexual orientation or gender identity a protected status under its personnel policies, assuming that either of such statuses is not otherwise required by federal law? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose legislation to award all of Tennessee’s Electors in a presidential election to the Party of the candidate who wins the national popular vote? FAILED TO
Do you support or oppose legalizing horse racing tracks in Tennessee at which bets can be placed on races? FAILED TO
There is a school of thought that the Constitution is a “living” document, meaning its various provisions are evolving and should be interpreted in the context of contemporary societal mores. Would you support or oppose a nominee to the Tennessee Supreme Court if there is credible evidence that the nominee believes the state or federal Constitution should be viewed or interpreted as a “living” document? FAILED TO
Would you support or oppose legislation to ensure that an adoption agency with a sincerely held belief that marriage is only one man and one woman would not lose its state license to make adoption placements if it only placed children in homes into which the marriage was of one man and one woman? FAILED TO
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Reading Reflection: A Walk in the Woods
October 20, 2016 Gracie Fields7 Comments
One of the better known books from a hiker who tackled the roughly 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail is A Walk in the Woods, written by Bill Bryson. I finished it in just over a week, and the content should be easily understandable even for readers completely unfamiliar with hiking or the region. Overall, my enjoyment was limited by not sharing the same sense of humor as the author, but I found the middle section appealing for its blend of facts and description of the actual Appalachian Trail hiking experience. Published in 1998, the technological aspects of the trail have doubtless changed, but there are a few insights I’d like to pull out and examine.
I won’t belabor the point, but I was disappointed by how often the author added “humor” by mocking or demeaning other people. Some of the jokes are outright microaggressions against minorities (or, really, anyone with less privilege than the author). Although I didn’t grow up near Virginia Tech, I know the school is involved in many studies and projects to help rural Appalachian people, so the fact that the author frequently speaks ill of this demographic is a big sticking point for me. Wholeheartedly agreeing with the premise of Deliverance and often mentioning a fear of being murdered by “hill people” isn’t humorous.
So rather than summarize and respond to main plot points (which would amount to more of the above paragraph), I’m going to be pulling out relevant themes and then responding to some specific interesting points or statements that caught my attention while reading.
While technology was hardly the focus of the book, there was plenty to examine about the tension between humans (both our technology and our presence) and nature. Consider the passage in chapter 7 describing the Smoky Mountain balds. These patches of grassy mountainside inexplicably without tree cover are a sight to behold, and they house an impressive diversity of species which live nowhere else in the park. However, it’s unclear whether these features are natural or manmade. When the book was written, as a result of no grazing or other maintenance of the balds, forest species were encroaching on the area. Should humans intervene and keep the balds in a semi natural state that preserves its unique species, or should the “wilderness” be left completely to its own devices?
This dynamic between “true” wilderness and human-touched nature remains an undertone to the discussion of hiking and trails. Bryson captured the extremes well at the end of chapter 15 while contrasting the Appalachian Trail’s “protected corridor” of “wilderness” with a trail he hiked in Luxembourg which included not only scenic woodland but also historic castles, villages, and river valleys. He goes on to say
“In America, alas, beauty has become something you drive to, and nature an either/or proposition – either you ruthlessly subjugate it, as at Tocks Dam and a million other places, or you deify it, treat is as holy and remote, a thing apart, as along the Appalachian Trail.”
Particularly, he mentions several places where American architecture more or less plops concrete and asphalt down as needed and considers the area aesthetically ruined rather than making any attempt to have architecture complement natural beauty. I would like to think architecture and design have embraced more hybrid human and nature constructs over the last two decades, but we still have a way to go in breaking down that black and white either/or dynamic. Seeing a single car drive down a dirt road doesn’t completely destroy the beauty of the forest around it. Neither does seeing a human holding a cell phone while hiking.
Seeing other people on the trail is an issue in and of itself. Bryson remarks in many places that some of the parks and managing organizations of the trail seem to want to reduce the visitor count to the trails. The article on Baxter State Park linked once above explicitly mentions park policy wanting to cap the growth of visitor counts to the park. I read a paper a little while ago about an asocial hiking app meant to help you avoid seeing other people on the trail. Indeed, many people go hiking to escape society. I personally dislike crowds and busy public places. But why exactly are we trying to limit how many people get to experience the beauty of a state park? Who exactly should be prevented from entering? In the middle of chapter 16, Bryson remarks
“In 1996 the Wall Street Journal ran a splendid article on the nuisance of satellite navigation devices, cell phones, and other such appliances in the wilderness. All this high-tech equipment, it appears, is drawing up into the mountains people who perhaps shouldn’t be there.”
There’s a lot of subtle elitism and gatekeeping to unpack from that viewpoint, which is certainly not unique to Bryson, and I don’t doubt it will be relevant to many areas of technology on the trail research.
Other Interesting Points
First, at a few points, the “rules” of the Appalachian Trail are brought up. In chapter 7, Bryson writes
“The Park Service (why does this seem so inevitable?) imposes a host of petty, inflexible, exasperating rules on AT hikers, among them that you must move smartly forward at all times, never stray from the trail, and camp each night at a shelter. It means effectively not only that you must walk a prescribed distance each day but then spend the night penned up with strangers.”
The rules may have changed in the two decades since his hike, but a bit of searching turns up no lack of rules these days. USA Today describes some broad policies across the trail, but a long distance hiker will have to worry about how the rules vary from state to state and park to park. For example, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy details what permits you might have to worry about along the entire trail. Baxter State Park, known for its strict rules, drew media attention when fining and publicly reprimanding a recent thru-hiker for breaking several rules upon his arrival on Mount Katahdin, the very end of the Appalachian Trial.
Obviously, some rules are necessary. Particularly when protecting nature from humans (like forest fires) and vice versa (like getting lost in miles of wilderness). However, there’s a balance to be had between overly limiting responsible hikers, especially thru-hikers who will face a variety of regulations in different states, and preventing irresponsible visitors from doing damage.
Of note, I also enjoyed Bryson’s brief account in chapter 10 in which some of the shelters in a stretch of Virginia had brooms.
“Several [shelters] were even provisioned with a broom – a cozy, domestic touch. Moreover, the brooms were used (we used them, and whistled while we did it), proving that if you give an AT hiker an appliance of comfort he will use it responsibly.”
Especially with officials worried about increased park attendance and decreased park funding, allowing hikers and visitors to pitch in some general maintenance could go a long way.
Speaking of trail maintenance, Bryson mentions the quality of the maps he uses at various points, and upon entering the New York and northward parks which provided extremely detailed maps, he remarks in chapter 15 upon how much that improved his experience.
“I can’t tell you what a satisfaction it is to be able to say, ‘Ah! Dunnfield Creek, I see,’ and, ‘So that must be Shawnee Island down there.’… It occurred to me now that a great part of my mindless indifference to my surroundings earlier on was simply that I didn’t know where I was.”
The experience must be vastly different now with electronic maps and GPS smartphones, but I wonder how the aspect of being able to name one’s surroundings affects one’s general experience of being in the “wilderness.” That alone could be a rich research area.
Accounts of hiking would hardly be complete without nature. The first animal description that tickled me enough to look up was the hellbender salamander mentioned in chapter 7, which is also known as the snot otter. Unfortunately, he never encountered one. Also among the things he mentions but never encounters are dozens of extinct species, such as the American chestnut tree which was wiped out by an alien fungus in the early twentieth century. He described a historical photograph of how mighty the trees were, perhaps one of the photos on this site. I appreciated the various descriptions of extinct birds, plants, and other wildlife that Bryson offered throughout the book. In the last twenty years, we’ve no doubt lost dozens more; we’re in the midst of a mass extinction, after all. On the other end of the spectrum, chapter 10 begins with a vivid description of how discovering American species created such a craze in western European countries – and some of these cuttings and saplings retrieved by explorers and botanists have been preserved in captivity despite dying out in the wild.
In chapter 11, Bryson describes the trouble he faced when attempting to walk a few miles across Waynesboro rather than catching a cab. Between a lack of sidewalk, bridges with no room for pedestrians, and private property with tall fences, being a pedestrian in a city or suburb becomes nearly impossible. Even hikers or marathon runners comfortable with going long distances on foot find themselves unable to get by in our current society without cars (besides the impracticality of spending so much time commuting). Many cities are installing more pedestrian- and biker-friendly terrain, and it’s a good opportunity to reflect on the relationship between the personal car and the setup of our cities.
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Author: Stuart French
The Growth of Internet TV (Part 1): The Problem with Internet TV
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You know what the cable/satellite and TV/movie industries are afraid of? They’re afraid of how the next generation consumes media. The cable industry (which I’ll use to refer to both cable and satellite) has gotten very used to having people getting their big cable packages with a huge variety of channels, where the consumers only want a few of them. Several TV channels are usually owned by the same company; Disney, for example, owns the various Disney Channels, but also ABC, ABC Family, and the ESPN channels, among others. These gets you to see ads and make money off of selling those ads (and the cable companies don’t hurt either) and force the cable providers to bundle and sell all their channels in various packages or get none at all. The movie industry makes some good cash on selling movies in the theaters (assuming the people watch it) and lots more on the post sales, such as Blu-Ray discs and digital stores like iTunes.
And the consumers eat this up. Even in the down economy, movie and TV consumption is still going pretty strong, and cable TV programs like “The Walking Dead”, “Breaking Bad”, “Duck Dynasty”, etc. are still the talk of the town. Just about every student I talk to at my university campus loves to talk about any number of these shows. Many of these students wouldn’t know what to do without these cable shows. It’s the same way with movies. You just have to look at some of the buzz these trailers create.
So what’s the problem? That would be the Internet. Kids, teens, and university students look less and less to watching actual TV and instead are turning to the online media to purchase and consume their favorite shows and movies. They don’t want to get cable packages, they plan to just get the Internet. And it makes a lot of sense. With a decent Internet connection, they can do their business, play games online, socialize, and watch shows and movies from any number of outlets. Some services will stream or rent video to them, like Netflix and Hulu, while other services will let them directly buy digital media, like iTunes and Google Play. Either way, they get more bang for fewer bucks with an Internet connection than a cable TV package.
The consumption habits of the Internet viewer has also changed. Sure they’ll watch their favorite shows when they air, but most know they can always turn to Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, and other online media outlets. They’re less inclined to be angry at missing a show, because they know they can catch most of them later online on their own time. I ended up getting so far behind in Walking Dead season 3, but I wasn’t too upset because I could always watch it on Netflix when it came out later.
This is key; the modern viewer wants to watch these shows and movies on their own time, wherever, whenever, and however they want. And they watch these things in bulk. Many viewers, myself included, will tend to watch multiple episodes of a show in a binge if they have the time. During lulls in work period or during a lunch break, it’s not uncommon to see workers and students watching their shows one after another. It’s part of the reason Netflix has released all the episodes of their original series, like House of Cards and Hemlock Grove, all at once.
Well wait, if Internet TV is so great, why isn’t it more popular? Why isn’t it more prevalent? Ignoring the fact that we’re in an medium transfer period (meaning that the primary form of media consumption is changing, like going from radio to TV), there are a few reasons why this is the case.
First, media is scattered. Take the 2011 movie Thor; it’s available for streaming on Epix, Netflix, and Amazon Instant. However, The Avengers, from the same company, is only available for streaming on Netflix and on rental or purchase from companies like iTunes, and Amazon. Looking at the TV realm, Doctor Who was only available on Netflix and Hulu for streaming or BBC, but not Amazon. Then a few short months ago it switched. This is due to licensing agreements between the streaming services and big media. Now channels having certain exclusives certainly isn’t new, they own the content and on the TV side air it only on their channels. However, this is annoying if you’re trying to find your favorite show and it’s on a service that you don’t subscribe to (I have run into this several times). Mainstream media wants to keep control on their content, which they do have a right too. But why limit its access when they can offer it on numerous services and potentially gain more viewership and profits? Don’t give it spotty access, let it go out and multiply. This also helps the streaming services themselves because it means I’m less likely to switch from the service I’m on to another service that has more of the same shows. Original content, like House of Cards on Netflix is one thing, and business will also give some exclusive deals toward some services more than others. I’m ok with this, video games and books do this all the time, but when the majority of content is spotty in access, it just upsets customers and makes others more likely to pirate.
Secondly, there’s bandwidth. Bandwidth over the last few years has increased to a respectable level around the world, in some places more than others. While cities like Chattanooga in Tennessee, Kansas City in Kansas, and Austin in Texas have begun using gigabit connections for businesses and individual households to provide incredible Internet speeds. But this isn’t true everywhere, as Akamai reports that the average Internet speed is about 7.4 megabits down. Compare this to the gigabit connection of the previously mentioned cities, that’s just over 0.007% the speed these gigabit cities have. Business and households are both quickly using more bandwidth and want faster speeds with which to do what they want or need. Whether it’s for communication or for fun, the need for a reliable and fast connection is needed now more than ever. Yet ISP’s seem less willing to push bandwidth and speed, instead opting for price raises and bandwidth caps, both of which people revolt. Few people get anywhere near the levels of most current caps, and the ISP’s claim that it helps free up space for the majority of people who use their services. But note that almost all the companies imposing data caps for home and business connections are cable or satellite television providers. Also, caps do little to impact the traffic because most of the data being used, and when the most slowdowns occur, is when everyone gets home from work and school and starts Skype, watching Netflix, etc. test it some time, if you live in a neighborhood with lots of people online, your speeds will likely go up when others are away from home, like late at night or during the midday.
Lastly, is compatibility, which is a problem both on the side of the media companies and the side of the dealers that sell them. Granted this deals more with purchasing and downloading files rather than streaming, their are exceptions to this (I’m looking at you YouTube and Hulu). Let’s go back a little in time, back to the days of the iPod. When the iTunes Store started selling music, the music you bought was copy protected and limited to only Apple devices (and Windows if you had iTunes). No other media player could play those without stripping the copy protection, which had its own legal problems. All this was done in the name of stopping piracy. However, a better solution was reached, which now expands to music you legally purchase through iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc. Any music you purchase through a service has your account information tied to that track or album. So unless you know how to strip that data, uploading that track to a pirating site makes it easier to track you down. But it provided another effect, namely that if people could play their music files that they purchased wherever they wanted on whatever device they wanted, regardless of who sold them the song and the player, they had less need to pirate the media.
Sadly the TV and movie industry has not learned the same lesson. Granted, there may be other technical difficulties to it the process, but there was not been a nice solution to purchasing movie files from a vendor and laying them on any device. Case in point, you can’t purchase a movie on iTunes and watch it on your Android, or purchase a movie from Amazon to watch on your generic media player. Copy protection is still in effect. Streaming unfortunately has some of these problems, but more limiting what devices you can watch stuff on. YouTube still allows users to limit watching of their videos to computers and not mobile devices. This used to be a problem with technology when smartphones were young, but now it seems mostly down to user choice. Hulu Plus is an even worse offender: while paying for the service, shows and movie can be restricted from playing on tablets and phones. Services like Netflix seem to have overcome this problem, and as a content creator I want my media to be legally accessible from whatever device I can so more people can keep up with my stuff. Why is that so difficult?
Internet TV has a number of flaws to overcome, but it is the future, as I will talk about in part 2 of this article series.
By Stuart Frenchin TV, Web April 7, 2016 1,636 WordsLeave a comment
I Use Chromium but Support Firefox
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I never seem to be content with a web browser for long. Perhaps it is part of the techie nature to try new things; even when we have products and services we love to use, we’re always looking out to the next great thing. But nevertheless since I started trying different web browsers many moons ago, I’ve always tried going for underdogs or different experiences. However, I have found myself settling upon Chromium as my browser of choice because of its speed, support for numerous web standards, its availability on almost every platform, having some good built-in developer tools, and the best cross-platform syncing built into any browser (especially tabs).
Note, however, that I said Chromium and not Chrome. This seems like a minor issue of linguistics. They’re both the same browser right? Not quite. Chrome is based off Chromium, so they both run the same engine, and Google technically controls the direction of both browsers. Google essentially releases Chromium as the open source product, then takes it and adds Flash Player, a PDF viewer, the auto updater, and RLZ tracking (see Wikipedia).
It’s that last item that gets me. I like the other features, but the tracking and privacy stuff gets me. I’m not so ignorant to think no one is tracking me. I’m on the web, I know that I’m essentially in a public domain. Even if I do everything to turn off tracking in a browser, there’s somebody who’s still getting some information about me. My issue is why Google needs more of my info. Why does my browser have to send information about what I’m doing all the time to the maker?
So the initial reaction by many is to use a different browser, like Firefox for example. And I like what Firefox stands for. The freedom of the web for everyone, both for users and developers. Firefox helped kick off the browser revolution (mainly alternative browsers) as well as other ideas like extensions and tabs to make the browser more of a platform than just another program (and yes, Firefox wasn’t the only one doing this or always the first, just the most mainstream). Firefox also has the largest extension repository and is the most open of the major browsers. So why do I hesitate to use it?
The sad truth of the matter is that Firefox itself has feature problems for me. Yeah it’s open and has gotten a lot faster, but it is still pretty sluggish. Both it and Chrome are resource hogs, but I feel it with Firefox after a few tabs, while Chrome takes a lot more tabs before I notice the sluggishness. Firefox has syncing too and with it more security features that I like, but I don’t like always having to enter a recovery key or code (besides the account password) to set up Firefox on a new device. And as for mobile, I can’t really say I like using Firefox on Android (though the design is slick) and Firefox is not existent on iOS, save one or two third-party apps that don’t really get the job done.
But I cheer for Firefox because what they stand for has never changed and they’re always pushing for the betterment of the entire web and universal standards, rather than one company’s agenda or standard (ok, may that is their agenda, but the point remains). Furthermore, I like the idea of having another browser engine to work with and use. As a developer, that may make my job just a little more difficult, and I think WebKit is a fine engine, but competition is good to keep progress moving forward. I was even a touch sad when Opera announced it was switching over to Chrome’s engine and abandoning its own Presto engine. It could get kind of boring only having WebKit browsers like Safari, Chrome, and Opera on the scene, and further lead to these companies implementing standards that they have direct control over and can wield over developers, users, and other browsers.
Chrome has the features sets, but the privacy concerns bother me. Furthermore, it has done little to improve its memory hogging performance and still seems mainly there to push Google’s agenda. Google has every right to make a browser (competition again), and they’ve made a dang good one, so I use it. But I keep looking at Firefox and watching the improvements. One day, if they improve their mobile offerings, and make a better syncing tool, I may just go back to it. I’ll stand with one foot on the features, and the other on the principles.
By Stuart Frenchin Web January 2, 2014 January 1, 2014 789 WordsLeave a comment
Hiroshima Flame
I am a man of many (metaphorical) hats (I don’t own many actual hats). One of these hats is English tutor. History and language, especially Asian cultures and languages, seem to fascinate me the most, and within this Japanese has taken one of the top seats in my interests. And it is partially due to this (and other series of events that I will not go into) that I am now an English tutor to several Japanese students.
Now, when I say tutor, my job is a little different than what some might expect. Rather than help them with things like homework, my job is to get them to practice correct pronunciation and grammar with a native English speaker, better their fluency with proper and common English, and get them to actually start thinking in English, rather than having to take the time to build a sentence in their head and then speak it, as any student of a foreign language is well aware of doing. The native Japanese teacher gives the actual teaching, and my job is more as a native language assistant. Some days it works better than others, but the progression from shy and meager attempts to trying new words and phrases, to starting conversations with me on their own has been very clear.
The setup is fairly simple; a Blue Yeti microphone plugged into my Mac, with headphones to get the best sound and not disturb my roommates, Skype for the most effective voice, video, and text chat (for when writing is necessary or more efficient), and then an app called join.Me for screen sharing.
On this particular day, the lesson the teacher was working on happened to talk about traveling. It talked about Nara and Kyoto, two former capitals of Japan until Tokyo became the current capital in 1868. We discussed whether the 2 boys (I teach several students in periods over a 2 hour increment) in
A picture of a bell from Hiroshima that I took.
this period had been there, some of the locations there, and then other places in Japan they had visited. One other boys mentioned that his class had recently taken a school trip to Nagasaki.
In case your history is a little rusty, Nagasaki was the second city where America dropped an atomic bomb during World War II. Nagasaki’s destruction is interesting on several levels. First, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was actually more powerful than it’s more famous cousin in Hiroshima. However, the environment and conditions around Nagasaki caused the devastation from the explosion to be reduced and less spread out. A second interesting note is that Nagasaki actually contained a small Christian community. When Europe came to Japan, so did Christianity, but the faith did not take widely in Japan. Nagasaki was one of the few areas where it did take hold.
Off the historical reminder, it was pretty clear my students were there about a very significant historical event. So when my Japanese student brought up the atomic bomb to his American tutor, it could have made for a very awkward conversation. Talking about one of the most significant points in WWII history, or the history of war, or just history in general, I could have gone the easy way and avoided the conversation. But why go the easy way when you can go the interesting way?
So I asked the boys in that period, what did they think of the atom bomb. To describe how one feels about a tragic moment in your nation’s history in a foreign language to a person whose country implemented the tragedy itself, probably not an easy thing to do (and the understatement of the year goes to…). After thinking about it for a moment, the boy who had brought it up said, “It was very sad,” (another contender for the understatement of the year). He said how he knew it caused a lot of people harm and death, and that he didn’t wish that on anybody.
I decided to then to show the students some pictures. In my senior year of high school, I had gone to Japan (my first trip out of the country), and I had visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. I showed them the pictures I had taken in the museum, which none of the boys had actually visited before. They were silent but respectful as I showed them the pictures, until one of the boys asked me how I felt about walking through the museum. After thinking about it for a moment, I told them that I felt humbled (the word I used was つつましい , pronounced tsutsumashii) by what I had seen. Learning from the history books is one thing. To stand so close to it, to see the relics in the condition they were in front of me, realize that what is now an ally was then an enemy in my grandparents’ time, and stand at the crossroads of history, that is a totally different matter. I told them I was humbled by it, that it was something not to be forgotten, and that I, like them, hoped that they would never have to be used again. I told them that I looked forward to the day when they could be gone forever.
I am thankful for the experiences I have like this, for the technology like Skype, digital cameras, and personal computers that allow me to do this. For the teachers who allow me to do this, and the students for letting me teach them. And to God for the blessings of this whole continuing experiment. People can debate how history might have been if the bombs had never been dropped, or if Japan hadn’t advanced into the cultural and technological powerhouse today. It makes for fascinating thought to be sure. In the meantime, I’ll keep plugging in that Yeti microphone, opening Skype, and putting on my headphones. I’ll keep doing my lesson, focusing on pronunciation, grammar, and letting the boys talk about the anime and video games they like to play. I’ll let my technology help expand both the students’ and my own horizons. I’ll take the interesting way.
By Stuart Frenchin PersonalImage June 23, 2013 October 22, 2013 2 Comments
Could Apple Upend Streaming Media by Competing with Spotify and Netflix?
For awhile now, there has been talk of Apple creating a Pandora or Spotify competitor. Pandora is the online radio service that allows users to create automated music stations based on particular artists, songs, or styles of music. Spotify is another similar service that not only allows you to make automatically generated stations, but also create custom playlists of particular songs you like. Google recently announced at their developers’ conference, Google I/O, that they were bringing such a service called “Google Play Music All Access“. For $9.99 a month users will be able to stream music from the entire Google Music library, as well as their own songs, in genre specific station formats, as well as adding specific songs they like to their own stations.
Speculation has been rampant that Apple will do something similar with iTunes. Not long ago they introduced iTunes Match as a competitor to Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player. Both Amazon’s and Google’s solutions allow you to upload your audio library to their servers with your account and listen to it anywhere you want through the web for free, before hitting the song limit that is. Apple solution, however, costs $25 a year, and will instead scan your iTunes library and add high quality versions of the songs in your library from their servers, and only upload those files which it does not recognize or which iTunes does not have in its store. However, these are not the same as they use music you have already purchased, rather than the entire library of the iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play Music stores.
If Apple is planning on offering a streaming subscription service, they are most likely negotiating royalty fees and licensing rights with the record companies. And if they do announce this at their upcoming WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference), then some might call this a “me-too” move, even if speculation has gone on longer with Apple than Google on this move.
Admittedly this move makes sense, as Apple has probably the largest digital media library of all the online stores. And we know that people are more than happy to stream music and pay for it, as indicated by Spotify’s 6 million paying subscribers out of the 24 million active users (in other words, 1 out of every 4 Spotify users pay for the service). But what if Apple decided to do something more? What if they not only offered a streaming music service, but also a Netflix competitor.
As mentioned before, Apple’s media library is by far the largest and most valued of the digital media stores, generating $4.1 billion in revenue for the company. If Apple were to offer customers a streaming music and video service for $9.99 or so, then Apple could potentially 1-up Google and now compete more directly with Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu. Not only would they have the brand recognition of iTunes, but they would already have a potentially large user base and network already in place. Anyone who has a copy of iTunes, which already runs on every Mac and iOS device, as well as on Windows, could already have access to the iTunes Streaming network, which one could call iTunes Now or iTunes Streaming.
Big media, meaning the TV, movie, and music industries, could also benefit from this. Apple proved that if you give people access to buy digital media at a fair price, piracy could be reduced. Netflix has also shown this to be true as places with Netflix have decreased rates of online piracy. Furthermore, they would be more likely to already have licensing deals ready with the movie and TV industry, as well as the music industry, and potentially be more friendly than competing services like Netflix. Finally, there is the potential for continued consumption of the same series. Apple could immediately offer the viewer not only the option to stream another episode or view content of similar type, as other online streaming services do, but could also to offer the user the ability to directly buy the content or a season of content straight from iTunes. This means the content companies would not only get a royalty fee from viewing, but from direct purchasing of the content as well.
Realistically, Apple would not likely be able to stream all of it the content because some companies would want to maintain control of certain programs. Case in point, HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which is only streamable through HBO’s own HBO Go, but on no other competing services. People can only purchase and download episodes from iTunes. Certainly HBO would not be the only service limiting this kind of access. This brings up the point that Apple already has its renting service, but has been limited to movies since 2011, usually about $4.99 for an HD movie and $3.99 for a standard definition movie. Apple stated previously that people preffered purchasing shows through iTunes rather than rent individual episodes for 99 cents. This only helps the point though that it will be successful by offering a flat monthly or yearly rate for streaming movies, shows, and music from the iTunes Store directly.
So far, there has not been much indication to this idea, besides the streaming music option. But it does not mean that it cannot happen. Apple has pulled surprises before; this could just be another one.
(Posted on my other site easyosx.net)
By Stuart Frenchin Apple, Google, TV, Web May 17, 2013 May 17, 2013 889 Words2 Comments
My New Blog and Why I Made It
Those who know me know I love technology. I’m particularly a fan of Apple products, which is why I started EasyOSX.net. I love writing for the site and the experience of it, but I found over time that I had a lot of other topics in technology that I wanted to talk about. Some of it about Apple, some about Google, Microsoft, gaming, Internet TV, and a variety of topics in the tech world. Some of these things just didn’t accomodate EasyOSX, and I wanted another outlet to share these ideas and musings.
So that brings us to the present day. I want to start writing about a variety of tech topics. Some of my posts will be either come or be posted to EasyOSX, but for the most part this is just my general thoughts and musings about anything I want to talk about in the world of technology.
As a budding developer, I may use this as a platform to talk about that, get ideas, or just rant. Some of it is school related (ok, a lot of it is school related), but some of it involves personal projects that I’m excited about getting into. There’s quite a bit I want to share and want an outlet to share it with. I’m happy to have a conversation about any of the things I talk about, whether you agree with me, disagree with me, or just want to add your two sense. If I was expecting or wanting other people’s feedback, I wouldn’t be posting this online.
Let’s see where the wind takes me.
By Stuart Frenchin Personal February 13, 2013 February 14, 2013 266 Words2 Comments
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CannTrust and Breakthru Beverage Enter Exclusive Partnership in Recreational Cannabis Market in Canada
2018-09-10 PR Newswire
CannTrust Holdings Inc. ("CannTrust", TSX: TRST), one of Canada's leading licensed producers and most trusted brands for medical cannabis, and Breakthru Beverage Group, the largest Canadian beverage alcohol broker of premium spirits, wine and beer brands, have announced the execution of a letter of intent for an exclusive partnership to represent CannTrust's specialty products to Canadian adult consumers for recreational use. Breakthru will invest in the establishment of a cannabis-focused sales brokerage company and develop a route-to-market platform for CannTrust in Canada, effective when the adult-use recreational market opens October 17, 2018. In addition, Breakthru is aligning as a strategic partner with CannTrust through a company investment, as it sees the organization as a long-term market share leader. The transaction remains subject to typical closing conditions, including the signing of a definitive agreement, completion of due diligence and TSX's approval of the private placement.
"Breakthru was the first nationally established beverage alcohol broker in Canada and is the country's leader in representing top beverage alcohol brands in the marketplace." said Brad Rogers, President of CannTrust. "Their progressive model, sales technology, infrastructure and extensive relationships across Canada make them an ideal fit for our business strategy."
CannTrust brings more than 40 years of pharmaceutical and healthcare experience to the cannabis industry and is one of Canada's most trusted producers of medical cannabis. The Company is well positioned to grow nationally with coast to coast distribution agreements and recently announced a deal with the Ontario Cannabis Store to supply a broad range of adult-use products from all three of the Company's new recreational cannabis brands – liiv, Xscape and Synr.g.
"We're excited to work with the most respected producer in Canada and leverage our well-established business model, which will put us at the forefront of shaping a high performing organization and socially responsible industry," explained Danny Wirtz, Vice-Chairman of Breakthru Beverage Group. "This is a logical extension of our expertise and provides a new growth opportunity into this emerging market."
The respective regulatory regimes for recreational cannabis are in many ways similar to those currently in place for beverage alcohol across Canada. Like Breakthru's leading role representing many of the top suppliers in the beverage alcohol industry, the sales brokerage operation will work, where permitted by law, directly with provincial control boards and designated retail outlets supporting the sales efforts for the CannTrust portfolio of products.
The cannabis sales brokerage operation will reside in a newly-formed subsidiary of Breakthru Beverage Group and will be entirely separate from its beverage alcohol brokerage, Breakthru Beverage Canada. It will however leverage the company's North American business insights, strategies, technology and analytic tools to be a differentiator in the marketplace.
"CannTrust has made significant investments in both capacity and innovation with the next generation of products such as edibles and cannabis-infused beverages expected to launch in 2019. We have a nano-technology that enables us to produce cannabis infused beverages neutral in taste, and clear as water. This technology will position us to be a leader in Canada, and in future markets globally." Rogers added.
An affiliate of Breakthru Beverage Group will be purchasing 902,405 common shares of CannTrust at a purchase price of $10.23 per share for gross proceeds of $9,231,600. In addition, the affiliate of Breakthru Beverage Group will have options to purchase from CannTrust up to an additional 2,000,000 common shares in the aggregate at a price per share equal to a 15% discount of the 5-day volume-weighted average price on the TSX immediately prior to the date the applicable option is exercised, if CannTrust exceeds certain sale thresholds.
About CannTrust
Since its inception in 2014, CannTrust has led the Canadian market in producing pharmaceutically standardized product.
As a federally regulated licensed producer, CannTrust brings more than 40 years of pharmacy and healthcare experience to the medical cannabis industry. CannTrust currently operates the recently completed 250,000 sq. ft. Phase One redevelopment of its 450,000 sq. ft. Niagara Perpetual Harvest Facility. The 200,000 sq. ft. Phase Two redevelopment is expected to be operational in the third quarter and the projected 600,000 sq. ft. greenhouse expansion has begun and is fully funded. The industry's broadest product portfolio is prepared and packaged at the 60,000 sq. ft. manufacturing centre of excellence in Vaughan, Ontario.
CannTrust is committed to research and innovation, as well as contributing to the growing body of evidence-based research regarding the use and efficacy of cannabis. Our product development teams along with our exclusive global pharma partner, Apotex Inc., are diligently innovating and developing products that will make it easier for patients to use medical cannabis. We support ongoing patient education about medical cannabis and have a compassionate use program to support patients with financial needs. For more information, please visit: www.canntrust.ca.
About Breakthru Beverage Group
Breakthru Beverage Group is one of the leading alcohol wholesalers in the United States and the largest broker in Canada representing a full total beverage alcohol portfolio of spirits, wine and beer. Across its North American footprint, Breakthru employs more than 7,000 associates who align a nimble and insightful approach to sales, marketing and operations. Family ownership is active in the business and committed to being stewards of heritage and champions of innovation. For more information, visit www.BreakthruBev.com.
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Yankees Rule the City
March 26, 2009 in A-Rod, New York Mets, Players, The Captain, The Cathedral | Tags: A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, Citi Field, David Wright, Derek Jeter, Jose Reyes, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Qunnipiac University, Yankee Stadium | by chriskaftan | Comments closed
Quinnipiac University conducted a poll of NYC residents. The results? New Yorkers still love the Yankees more than the Mets. From Oren Yaniv:
Among the New Yorkers who expressed interest in big-league baseball, more than half – 56% – pledged alliance to the Bronx Bombers and only a third said they root for the Mets, a Quinnipiac poll found.
In a theoretical Subway Series, the Yanks are fan favorites, 55% to 42%, holding an edge in every borough but Queens, where the Amazin’s play.
“Except for Queens, New York City still is the home of the Bronx Bombers,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
The poll showed that the most popular Yankee is Derek Jeter (like, duh) with 48%. A-Rod is second with 9%, down from 15% last year. Well, he deserved his slide. All I know is that when Jeter’s contract is up, it’ll be a PR nightmare for the Yankees.
David Wright was the most popular Met at 27%, followed by Jose Reyes at 17%. Just about an equal amount of fans (~30%) said they would visit the New Yankee Stadium as they would CitiField.
Also, I’m disappointed at my sister. She lives in Queens and she didn’t vote.
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The Three Secret Cities (Jack West Jr #5)
Author(s): Matthew Reilly
The thrilling new novel featuring Jack West Jr. from international bestselling author Matthew Reilly
A shadow world behind the real world. When Jack West Jr. won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil.
A world with its own history, rules and prisons. Now these dark forces are coming after Jack-in ruthless fashion.
That is reaching into our world-explosively. With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend.
It's an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it-while he is being hunted by the greatest hunters in history.
Matthew Reilly is the internationally bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels: Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves and the novella Hell Island; the Jack West novels: Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and The Four Legendary Kingdoms; and the standalone novels Contest, Temple, Hover Car Racer, The Tournament, Troll Mountain and The Great Zoo of China. His books are published in over 20 languages, with worldwide sales of over 7 million copies.
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
Imprint : Macmillan
Author : Matthew Reilly
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Scott Stephens
George Jelinek
Craig Duncan
Ann Salerno
The Connection features six true stories of people who have added mind body medicine to their approach to healing a chronic illness.
Whether it’s recovering after a heart attack, coming back from incurable cancer, healing severe back pain, becoming pregnant after an infertile diagnosis, or recovering multiple sclerosis, the stories are real and remarkable in their simplicity.
Each person takes a different approach to his or her recovery. Their stories show the power of stress reduction, relaxation, group support, meditation, faith, belief and finding emotional balance through things like professional therapy.
While each of the people featured in the film is committed to their mind body practice, they also believe their approach should be used in conjunction with best modern medical practice.
“It’s not the hand you’re dealt, but how you play the cards.”
Professor George Jelinek was the head of an Emergency Department in a major Australian hospital when one day, while doing his rounds he felt a strange sensation in his feet. In a matter of days he was numb from the waist down. When a scan revealed lesions on his brain he learned he had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the same disease that made his mother take her own life in 1981. At the time of his diagnosis George was at the height of his career, working countless hours as the first appointed Professor of Emergency Medicine in Australasia.
“I think I got sick in hindsight because everything in my life was really out of whack. It was really out of balance and I was grossly over-committed to my work. And that was just the beginning of it. I mean, that was the thing that drove all the other things that ended up out of balance.”
“You see all these other people who are sick and you never expect that it can happen to you”
MS is an autoimmune disease that can be extremely debilitating and thought to be genetically inheritable. When she took her own life, George’s mother had been wheelchair bound and unable to feed or wash herself. George was 23 at the time and had just finished his medical degree. He was about to travel the world, and it was at his going away party that he’d learned of her death.
“To be diagnosed with MS was just an enormous, an enormous blow. I mean, it’s impossible to really to adequately convey how life changing that is to someone who hasn’t had the diagnosis”
Months later, fatigued and unable to stand for long periods, George found himself on medication that did little to resolve his symptoms. He decided to put his skills as a doctor and researcher to work by searching the medical literature for answers. Before long he had thousands of peer reviewed academic research papers from which he could formulate his own treatment program.
“From what I’ve seen in my own personal experience now, I think it’s perfectly reasonable to start a conversation about recovery from MS. Why not? It’s just another chronic illness like many of the others we see in the West. Why couldn’t you recover from that?”
Buried in the literature were recommendations for a number of lifestyle adjustments that included a plant based diet, exercise, vitamin D and daily meditation. George also sees a counselor in order to process his emotions, and writes in a diary regularly. He believes the diet and exercise component to his new way of life to be the easy part, but by following this regime he has managed to fully overcome MS.
He’s written two books about his journey; Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis, Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis, and Recovering from Multiple Sclerosis and has a dedicated website that details the scientific evidence behind his approach. He also established retreats for people with MS at the Gawler Foundation.
Having overcome a supposedly incurable disease, George considers himself living proof that the ability to adapt to change is imperative to good health.
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How To Combat Our Culture’s Rampant Self-Supremacy Problem
The terms self-supremacy and self-supremacist capture the intent and the ultimate agenda of power elites. Self-supremacists are, quite simply, control freaks.
By Stella Morabito
“Self-supremacy” is a term that aptly describes an out-of-control craving for personal power. It’s the main source of pollution in today’s political landscape. One example is New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who recently lit the World Trade Center in pink to celebrate the signing of his infanticide bill. After all, how better to show off your personal supremacy than to play God by exercising your power to snuff out the innocent lives of full-term babies?
Another stubborn case of self supremacy is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who literally orchestrated cues to her Mean Girl Caucus of Democrat women clad in white at the 2019 State of the Union address. As Pelosi reminded us during the 2018 midterm elections, her whole raison d’etre is personal power, best served raw and directly to her. Here’s how she explained to Rolling Stone why she was excited at regaining the speaker’s gavel: “Awesome power. The speaker has awesome power.”
There’s also the example of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his FBI clan. He appears to be living the self-supremacist’s dream of being accountable to no one. He can even use Stalinist tactics with impunity, such as that pre-dawn raid with guns drawn at Roger Stone’s house with CNN in tow.
Also, how about those scandals recently exposed among Virginia’s top leaders? They show how easily we can become subjects of people who think of themselves as superior to us mere mortals. They see themselves as both above the law and the rules of simple decency.
But whatever the level of power-mongering, whether power-drunk globalists on the world stage or on a more local stage, politics isn’t the only area where you’ll find self-supremacists on display. I’m sure you can think of a million other examples—in academia, in Hollywood, in the media, definitely in Silicon Valley. But they’re in daily life, too: the toxic boss, the high school mean girl, the playground bully, the meddling neighbor.
Profile of a Self-Supremacist
The terms self-supremacy and self-supremacist capture the intent and the ultimate agenda of power elites. Self supremacists are, quite simply, control freaks. They have an insatiable appetite for power, and act on it. If they could, they’d gobble up the entire public square for themselves, and make sure nobody else is heard without their permission.
They view independent thought as problematic and the First Amendment as nothing but an impediment to their power. They are in the business of silencing others, usually through smears. And here’s the kicker: they’ll accuse you of doing exactly what they intend to do to you. As a mental condition, self-supremacy is like a classic case of psychological projection.
Everything the self-supremacist pursues, including political power, social status, excessive wealth, a dominant voice in the media, and “progressive” social policy agendas, is dedicated to advancing one goal: personal control over others’ lives. That’s why they invariably support the growth of big government and the Mass State. How else to control others? While their agendas grow their personal power, they diminish others’ happiness and self-reliance. It’s a sick game, but it’s been going on from time immemorial.
Just as socialists fear that a happy person might exist somewhere, self-supremacists also fear the existence of a person who doesn’t validate their vision of the world in which the self-supremacist reigns supreme.
Political Correctness Is the Self-Supremacist’s Vehicle
Self-supremacists employ two pet operations to try to divide and conquer people: political correctness and identity politics. Political correctness is the machine, and identity politics is the fuel that runs it.
Political correctness gets people to self-censor so they stop having spontaneous conversations with one another. This is fueled by identity politics, which forces people to stop seeing one another as individuals to engage or befriend, and only as parts of identity groups that either have grievances or undue privileges.
Political correctness heightens our fear of the smear in order to induce us into self-censorship. After witnessing the tarring-and-feathering of those with views deemed politically incorrect, people hesitate to express their thoughts to others. It’s especially harsh on college campuses, but it affects all other spheres of life as well: the workplace, the neighborhood, even some churches.
As a spiral of silence sets in, more and more views fall out of circulation. Before you know it, people stop sharing their ideas with one another, just to be safe. This affects perceptions of public opinion, and leads to public policy changes. So, when we succumb to political correctness out of the fear of being socially isolated, it’s actually a trap. By succumbing, we put ourselves and others into a state of mental isolation.
Self-Supremacists Control Language to Control Thought
Self-supremacists know that in order to control what you think and how you think and even if you have the capacity to think, they must first control what you can say. That’s best done by loading the language with emotionally charged terminology. George Orwell examined the phenomenon in his essay “Politics and the English Language,” and his description of Newspeak in the novel “1984.”
Let’s take a look at just a very few of the more general terms that today’s self-supremacists have incessantly injected into our language. We should explore what those terms really mean and how they lure you into using them when a safer strategy would be to question and even replace them.
“Progressive.” Personally, I don’t think pro-thought people should ever succumb to using the political term “progressive.” It’s mostly an invention of self-supremacists who see the Mass State as their path to personal power. The term is also used to inject a feeling of purpose into their followers. Once they’re baited with “progressive” promises, self-supremacists can use their followers to help build their personal infrastructure, the Mass State.
But the Mass State is simply the default position in human history. Progressivism is a fully deceptive term that means its opposite: turning back the clock on human progress. The term is actually a temporary stand-in for socialism.
“Socialism.” Here’s where self-supremacists are getting closer to achieving their personal purpose. Socialism is another deceptive term that’s gaining currency in an increasingly ignorant population. I’ve heard that a lot of millennials connect the term with the idea of being sociable, kind of like in the spirit of partying. And I suppose the lure of free stuff feels like a party.
But, as Vladimir Lenin made clear: socialism is simply the prelude to communism. And what else is communism but the ultimate dream of self-supremacists? It’s about a mass state ruled from the top down by a little power clique. One strongman eventually emerges to dictate everybody else’s lives.
It’s about controlling everybody—what they can do, what they can eat, where they can go, where they can live, how they should or shouldn’t move, what they can say.
One can see that dream in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unveiling of her “Green New Deal.” It’s about controlling everybody—what they can do, what they can eat, where they can go, where they can live, how they should or shouldn’t move, what they can say. The deal unabashedly calls for basically tearing down everybody’s houses and remaking them in her personal image.
Like any utopian bait-and-switch scheme, if left to its own devices socialism devolves into scarcity, misery, and terror. It’s a one-party system enforced by a massive network of bureaucratic busybodies. In short, socialism is synonymous with slavery.
“Hate Speech.” This concept was devised basically to get people to shut up, and to abolish the First Amendment. How else to explain the insanity of college students who think they’re “woke” when parroting the line that “free speech is hate speech”? Political correctness has a tight grip on them because they know that to say otherwise is to risk social rejection. The whole playbook of political correctness is to make such cowards of us all.
Isn’t white supremacy really just a subset of self-supremacy?
“White supremacy” takes the prize in the context of self supremacy. How many “white supremacists” does anybody today really know? Likely, it’s an average very close to zero (Democrat politicians in Virginia notwithstanding.) Yet the Southern Poverty Law Center, a massively powerful and wealthy pressure group, seems to have a heavy investment in perpetuating or even inventing the threat of such groups of influence. The blatant staging of the Charlottesville riots two years ago demonstrated just how exaggerated the influence of such groups is.
The SPLC “hate map” provides a sprinkling of white supremacy “groups,” about 100 across the whole USA. They’re not organized, and can include cases as pathetic as a single dysfunctional kid at a computer somewhere who starts up a “group” on the internet. The SPLC brandishes terms with big emotional payloads like “white supremacy” because they produce a lot of bang for the fundraising buck. Associated terms like “white privilege” and “whiteness” are meant to get you to focus on people as potential enemies rather than as potential friends.
Isn’t white supremacy really just a subset of self-supremacy? One can only wonder if today’s self-supremacists use the term “white supremacy” primarily to deflect attention from their own attitude of supremacy, and from their own agenda of power-mongering? After all, Jim Crow laws were enforced by self-supremacists—i.e., individuals who want to erase the individuality of others by pigeonholing them into sub-groups, de-humanizing, and humiliating them.
Identity Politics Is the Fuel
Identity politics is basically a form of psychological projection because self-supremacists have to deflect and project their own intentions onto others. Today’s self-supremacists have devised a system called “intersectionality,” which basically means that your status of personhood is based on how many victim points you can claim. For example, if you’re white and male you lose points. But if you’re transgender or a non-English speaker, you gain points. It’s just another divide-and-conquer scheme.
But the effect of this identity rating system is to de-humanize people by erasing their uniqueness as individuals, along with the development of personalities. This prevents people from getting to know one another through real conversation and friendship. Instead, we are expected to pre-judge people based on their race, ethnicity, sex, or other politically correct and politically incorrect characteristics. (Gee, that sounds an awful lot like bigotry.)
So when fed into the engine of political correctness, identity politics is the fuel of self supremacy. It inevitably brings about social distrust. This distrust creates misery and alienation in a society, while empowering self supremacists to direct our lives.
Self-Supremacy Aims to Break Up Relationships
There are a host of other words related to self-supremacy: conceit, narcissism, egotism, self-centeredness, vanity, arrogance, smugness, and snobbery, just for starters.
But its most distinct feature of is its disdain for others’ strong personal relationships. It’s an attitude that’s very anti-friendship, anti-thought, and anti-conversation. Self-supremacists constantly engage in relational aggression and meddling. This involves a lot of rumor-mongering, smearing, and back-stabbing for the express purpose of destroying relationships. Ostracism is always the prime goal, and such bullying dynamics happen to be a common thread in socialist systems.
Self-supremacists constantly engage in relational aggression and meddling.
The urge to separate people as a means of gaining power over others’ lives is also why self-supremacists are intent on destroying a culture that nourishes relationships. If they succeed in their war on the family, they will be able to control all other personal relationships. They push for policies that erode the most intimate of human bonds.
For example, self-supremacists are big fans of no-limits abortion. This erodes the mother-child bond both for the individual and society as a whole. The next step in this erosion is infanticide, which is gaining wider acceptance today. Another policy they push is no-fault divorce, which erodes the husband-wife bond.
Another big feature of self supremacy’s social policies is promoting the hook-up culture. It not only erodes real intimacy between men and women, but also bonds of trust and friendship. Such people also support education policies that undermine parental authority and erode family bonds. Self-supremacists’ constant attacks on church doctrine corrode the awareness of the first and last refuge of a human being: a personal relationship with God.
The urge to separate people as a means of gaining power over others’ lives is also why self-supremacists are intent on destroying a culture that nourishes relationships.
In the end, obedience to the dictates of political correctness and identity politics is the path to virtual solitary confinement for each and every one of us. As we cut off our speech, we cut off our capacity for full conversations with others. We diminish our capacity for strong personal relationships. Hence, today’s epidemic of loneliness.
At the same time, we should realize that each one of us has the potential to be a self-supremacist. No one is immune. As soon as we think we’re immune, we’re on the path to losing our freedom.
If we succumb to that mindset, we cut ourselves off from strong relationships. If you look at the end products of self-supremacy through the lens of human history, where do people end up? Tyrants such as Nero, Napoleon, Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevara could never satisfy their insatiable appetite for power. If left to its own devices, this appetite leads to just one man standing, alone and isolated, just like all of his victims.
That’s the trap of self-supremacy. That’s the insanity of it. It’s like a disease that has infected the body politic. Americans desperately need to understand these dynamics of tyranny. In a very real sense, the First Amendment was devised as a check against that destructive impulse.
The only cure is a diet of free speech and plenty of exercise of it. We need lots of real conversations about these dynamics. We need to expose them until we regain our senses. We need to understand how and why anyone would try to undermine the human right to think one’s own thoughts and express those thoughts freely to others. Otherwise we may well end up on the side of history where self-supremacists are taking us: the ash heap side of history.
Stella Morabito is a senior contributor to The Federalist. Follow Stella on Twitter.
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Bombshell Study: This Pesticide Could Fuel Alzheimer’s Disease
By Leah Zerbe
Scientists have been feverishly studying genetics to find a break in Alzheimer’s research—a clue that could help eradicate this monster of a disease. But genes are just part of the equation. Rutgers scientists just led a team that turned up evidence suggesting pesticides and Alzheimer’s disease could be intricately linked, according to a new study published in JAMA Neurology.
Researchers specifically found that higher levels of the breakdown product of the nasty insecticide DDT (DDE) in the blood of people seemed to fuel the disease. People with higher levels in their bodies were more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s compared to older people with lower levels.
This research by no means uncovered a definitive cause of Alzheimer’s, but it’s a groundbreaking study that could inspire more research into the possible environmental factors—specifically chemical pesticides—that trigger Alzheimer’s, a brain disease that currently affects about 5 million people in the United States.
If the findings pan out through further research, it could mean that testing for DDE levels in the body could lead to earlier diagnosis, which has been shown to help ease symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
“I think these results demonstrate that more attention should be focused on potential environmental contributors and their interaction with genetic susceptibility,” says Jason R. Richardson, PhD, associate professor in the department of environmental and occupational medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a member of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI). “Our data may help identify those that are at risk for Alzheimer’s disease and could potentially lead to earlier diagnosis and an improved outcome.”
The latest study also takes epidemiological studies that show an association between pesticide exposure and disease one step further, showing actual evidence that DDT/DDE effect pathways associated with the development of amyloid plaques, an important hallmark symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, Richardson says.
In the Rutgers study, conducted in coordination with Emory University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School’s Alzheimer’s Disease Center, 74 out of the 86 Alzheimer’s patients involved had DDE blood levels almost four times higher than those of the 79 people in the control group who did not have Alzheimer’s disease.
Patients with a version of ApoE gene (ApoE4), which greatly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, along with high blood levels of DDE exhibited even more severe cognitive impairment than the patients without the risk gene.
DDT has been banned in the U.S. since 1972, although other countries still use it. In the U.S., it was initially proclaimed to be safe and was sprayed on crops and inside of barns to deter pests. That “safe” chemical went on to cause massive environmental and wildlife damage.
Should we be surprised that it’s probably attacking our brains, too? Not really. Because of its chemical structure, the pesky substance remains inside of us for a long time—Richardson says the time it takes to excrete half of a given amount of DDT/DDE can more than 10 years. “DDT was designed as an insecticide to kill insects,” he explains. “Unfortunately, insects and humans share the target of DDT. This target is the voltage-gated sodium channel.”
In other words, it attacks our brains.
Younger people still have measurable amounts of DDE in their blood, but not at levels as high as scientists see in older adults. Mexican Americans have much higher levels, which could be because Mexico permitted the use of DDT until the 1990s, Richardson says.
There’s no tried-and-true method for getting DDT out of the human body, either. But that point may be moot—the damage could occur early on. Scientists aren’t sure if its presence, built up over time, puts us at a greater risk of disease later in life, or if it threatens future health soon after exposure.
What they do know is this: About 14 percent of the population carries the APOE4 gene variant, a genetic factor that increases a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Add pesticides to the mix, and you may have an even greater risk.
“I think the take-home message is that chemical exposure is only one potential contributor to a complex disease like Alzheimer’s,” says Richardson. “Similarly, genes that have received the most attention and study are also only one component. I believe our study clearly suggests that researchers should broaden their thinking about contributors to complex disease and put more focus on gene-environment interactions.”
This study was a unique team effort between toxicologists, epidemiologists, analytical chemists, neurologists, and Alzheimer’s experts. “Collaborative teams such as this offer the best chance for making significant strides in studying the causes and treatment of complex diseases, such as Alzheimer’s,” Richardson adds.
While scientists continue to figure out the disease, you can take precautionary measures to lower your risk of many different diseases:
• Eat organic, whole foods as much as possible
• Exercise regularly—it’s been proven to improve brain function.
• Don’t use insecticides and weedkillers in or around your home.
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• Avoid processed foods.
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20 Best Best Colorado Springs Parks
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Spacious open spaces and natural parks around Colorado Springs preserve some of the Colorado Front Range's most unique attractions, including the impressive red rock formations of the Garden of the Gods, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.Acacia Park
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Acacia Park is a charming 3.7-acre community green space in Colorado Springs, originally donated to the city in 1871 by city founder General William Jackson Palmer, becoming the city's first public park. The delightful park offers family-friendly amenities such as day-use picnic sites, a children's playground, and a seasonal summer fountain and splash pad area. Throughout the summer months, the park's Play in the Park program lets visitors check out giant games for play, including giant Connect Four and Jenga, cornhole, bowling, bocce, and shuffleboard. Shaded areas offer a respite from the heat, providing spectacular views of the city's downtown skyline. Throughout the winter months, the park is home to a seasonal ice skating rink. The park's HUB Visitors Center is open to the public between May and September, while its reservable bandshell presents periodic public concerts and performances.
115 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, Phone: 719-385-5940
2.Antlers Park
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Antlers Park is a 3.4-acre neighborhood park in Colorado Springs that dates back to the turn of the 20th century, located at the intersection of W Pikes Peak Avenue and Sierra Madre Street. The park, which is named in honor of an historic resort that stands against the park's backdrop, is best known for its location adjacent to the old Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Terminal, which now features historical locomotive exhibits and activities for families. ADA-accessible amenities include a sidewalk strolling path, a reservable picnic shelter, and a number of interpretive panels and historic markers detailing the park's cultural significance. Public parking is offered behind the hotel adjacent to the downtown campus of Pikes Peak Community College. Church services are held at the park each Sunday, followed by a community dinner event.
31 W Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, Phone: 719-385-5940
3.Austin Bluffs Open Space
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Austin Bluffs Open Space has been classified as a unique space within the United States Forest Service's National Feature Inventory, spanning 584 acres throughout the Colorado Springs area. The park is one of the first open spaces preserved as part of Colorado Springs' TOPS Program, located on land once belonging to the Houck Estate. Rock formations throughout the woodland area include distinctive formations that have been dated back to the Eocene Period, including the Denver and Arapahoe Formations and the Dawson Arkose. The formations were created approximately 65 to 70 million years ago as the result of the most recent geologic period of regional uplift in Colorado. A wide variety of visitor trails are offered throughout the park, including a 10-mile hiking and biking trail that offers family-friendly hiking experiences for visitors of all ages, including four-legged friends.
Colorado Springs, CO 80918, Phone: 719-385-5940
4.Bancroft Park
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Bancroft Park is a charming park that is conveniently located near Old Colorado City, home to the preserved 1859 Old Pioneer County Bank building, which has been used as the county's first office building, a Chinese laundry, and an antique store. Visitors can make use of the park's ADA-accessible features, including its strolling sidewalk path, its day-use picnic shelter, and its public restrooms. A reservable bandshell hosts public and private concerts and special events throughout the year, while a preserved historic log cabin home showcases the region's pioneer history. Throughout the summer months, the park hosts a weekly farmers' market series. Each Memorial Day weekend, the park is host to the Territory Days special event.
2408 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
5.Bear Creek Canon Park
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Bear Creek Cañon Park is a lovely high-country park in Colorado Springs, located adjacent to the Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center facility. The park was established as a result of land donations by Colorado Springs founder General William Jackson Palmer, as part of a donation of 1,270 acres of land that also established nearby parks such as Monument Valley Park, Palmer Park, and Pioneer Square Park. Visitors can explore the park's trail system on foot, on mountain bikes, or on horseback, though trailgoers should note that due to the park's elevation, trails can be steep and difficult to climb. Next door at Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center, visitors can explore natural exhibits, play on soccer, tennis, and basketball courts, or bring their four-legged friends to a designated dog park area.
6.Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center
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Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center is a lively regional park in Colorado Springs that is located on the site of a former pioneer-era residential poor farm, which cultivated gardens to provide food for area residents. Today, the park is home to a public nature center facility that offers interpretive programming, multimedia presentations, and public special events throughout the year for visitors of all ages. Guided and self-guided hikes are offered at the park throughout the year, with interpretive signs along the park's paths offering information about native flora and fauna. At the park's Bear Creek Terrace and Bear Creek East areas, visitors can make use of day-use picnic sites, sporting courts, children's playgrounds, and an archery range. A 24-acre dog park area is also offered, which includes a three-quarter-mile loop trail for hiking with four-legged friends.
245 Bear Creek Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, Phone: 719-520-6387
7.Blodgett Peak Open Space
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Blodgett Peak Open Space is a scenic open space area in northwestern Colorado Springs, named in honor of the towering Blodgett Peak, which overlooks the park from nearby Peak National Forest. The 167-acre park is densely forested with Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and scrub oak trees, gradually sloping upward in elevation from its eastern to its western areas. Its lands were formerly part of the pioneer-era Blodgett Ranch and have now become populated by a wide variety of native flora and fauna, including formerly-endangered peregrine falcons. Unique geological features in the region include the Rampart Range, the Fountain Formation, and areas of Pierre shale and Manitou limestone. A network of trails throughout the open space ranges in difficulty from easy to moderate, offering excellent panoramic views.
3786 W Woodmen Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, Phone: 719-385-5940
8.Cheyenne Mountain State Park
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Cheyenne Mountain State Park is the only Colorado state park in El Paso County, acquired by the State of Colorado in June of 2000 and opened to the public in October of 2006. The lovely 2,701-acre park is located within the shadow of its namesake Cheyenne Mountain, located on property that once belonged to the JL Ranch near Colorado Springs. It protects one of the final significant open spaces along the Colorado Front Range's southern section, home to abundant native wildlife, including black bears, elk, coyotes, cougars, golden eagles, and red-tailed hawks. More than 20 miles of hiking trails are open to walkers and cyclists, though visitors should note that dogs and horses are not permitted on the trail to preserve the park's sensitive ecological conditions. Educational exhibits are offered at the park's Trail's End Visitor Center, while challenging shooting targets are available at the park's archery range. Other amenities include a full-service seasonal campground, day-use picnic facilities, and a children's playground.
410 JL Ranch Heights Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80926
9.Ford Frick Park
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Ford Frick Park is a 12.5-acre Briargate public park located adjacent to Rampart High School, named in honor of area resident Ford Frick, the Major League Baseball Commissioner between 1951 and 1965 and a co-founder of the National Baseball Hall of Fame with Stephen Clark and Alexander Cleland. The park was named in Frick's honor by the Colorado Springs City Council in 1997. Visitors can enjoy a wide variety of sporting courts, including a baseball diamond and a soccer and football field. A children's play area with a full playground and swings is also offered, along with a day-use picnic shelter, seasonal restrooms, and a surrounding path that is open to dog walkers.
8025 N Union Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80920, Phone: 719-385-5940
10.Fountain Creek Regional Park and Nature Center
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Fountain Creek Regional Park and Nature Center is a lovely 460-acre public park near the cities of Colorado Springs and Fountain, located along the banks of beautiful Fountain Creek. The linear park facility is home to a public nature center facility that is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, offering educational exhibits and interpretive programming for visitors of all ages. A creekside trail provides access to fishing areas at Willow Springs Ponds, which are stocked regularly with a variety of species. Its pond and spring areas are home to native wildlife, including red-winged blackbirds. At the 12-acre Duckwood active play area, visitors can make use of multipurpose sporting and play fields, day-use picnic shelters, and a children's playground.
2010 Duckwood Rd, Fountain, CO 80817, Phone: 719-520-7529
11.Garden of the Gods
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Garden of the Gods has been designated as a National Natural Landmark since 1971, originally known as Red Rock Corral by early European explorers and settlers. It is believed to have been inhabited by humans since at least 1330 BC, serving as an indigenous campsite for area groups such as the Apache, Ute, Shoshone, Cheyenne, and Comanche. The park acquired its current name in 1859 from surveyors M.S. Beach and Rufus Cable, who deemed it "fit for the Gods to assemble." In 1909, the park's lands were donated to the City of Colorado Springs for the development of a public park area preserving its unique red rock formations, which were created during geologic upheaval millions of years ago. Today, the park is a popular hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, and horseback riding site, attracting over two million annual visitors. Visitors can observe more than 130 native and migratory bird species or access over 15 miles of multipurpose trails, including a 1.5-mile ADA-accessible paved trail. Natural history exhibits and a periodic documentary showing are offered at the park's visitor center.
1805 N 30th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
12.Memorial Park
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Memorial Park, also known as Memorial Community Park, is a 196-acre public park in Colorado Springs, accessible via South Union Boulevard. The park has been the site of the Rocky Mountains' largest balloon festival since 1977, held each year over Labor Day weekend. The YMCA-operated Memorial Park Recreation Center is open to the public, offering and indoor aquatic center, exercise equipment, and fitness and healthy living courses for visitors of all ages. An outdoor swimming pool is also open throughout the summer, with boating, swimming, and fishing opportunities also available at the park's Prospect Lake. Other amenities include sporting courts, an outdoor exercise courts, a 1.25-mile fitness trail, and an ADA-accessible playground. During the winter months, public ice skating is offered at the Mark "Pa" Sertich Ice Center.
1605 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80910, Phone: 719-385-5940
13.Monument Valley Park
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Monument Valley Park is a National Register of Historic Places-listed recreational park in Colorado Springs, anchored along the banks of the picturesque Monument Creek, a tributary of nearby Fountain Creek. The two-mile-long park, which is also listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties, defines Colorado Springs' western downtown border, located near Interstate 25 and the city's Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. Its lands were originally donated by city founder General William Jackson Parker and were developed for public use between 1904 and 1907. A wide variety of beautiful public amenities are offered, including landscaped gardens, hiking and biking trails, sporting courts, children's playgrounds, and an arboretum that showcases native Colorado trees and shrubs. In the park's western recreation area, visitors can also make use of the city's first public swimming pool, open throughout the summer months. Each year, the park hosts the annual General Palmer Day in July and the mid-May Lilac Day event.
170 W Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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14.Mountain Shadows Park
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Mountain Shadows Park is a 9,000-acre public park area located at the base of majestic Pikes Peak, home to attractions such as the world-renowned Garden of the Gods red rock formation area. The park features more than 500 acres of public-access multipurpose trails, open to walkers and cyclists, including the famed Manitou Incline Trail. A children's playground offers different safe play areas for older and younger children, providing spectacular views of the Colorado Springs skyline and the surrounding mountain region. A lovely walking area is also offered, along with an open field space that lets visitors frolic with their four-legged friends. A public pavilion area offers electric hookups, including charging space for cell phones. Other amenities include horseshoe pits, volleyball courts, multipurpose sporting fields, and sledding areas during the winter months.
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15.Nancy Lewis Park
Nancy Lewis Park is a serene 8.9-acre public park located within the heart of Colorado Springs' downtown district, in the city's central northern region. Since 1997, the park has been named in honor of former city parks department director Nancy Lewis, a renowned community leader and author. The beautifully-landscaped park is home to a number of crisscrossing strolling paths, including a circular path that surrounds the park's pond. Visitors can feed the park's duck and geese populations or relax by its manmade waterfall throughout the year. Other amenities include a croquet and putting green, sand volleyball courts, a children's playground, fitness equipment areas, and a hospice tree dedication legacy wall.
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16.North Cheyenne Canon Park
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North Cheyenne Cañon Park, also known as North Cheyenne Canyon Park or Colorado College Park, is a National Register of Historic Places-listed regional park that attracts more than 450,000 annual visitors, originally donated to the city by city founder General William Jackson Palmer. The park has been referred to as "by far the grandest and most popular" cañon park in the Colorado Springs region, located approximately 4.5 miles southwest of the city's downtown district at the split point between North and South Cheyenne Cañon. Gorgeous Pierre shale and Sawatch sandstone formations line the canyon's mouth, providing beautiful overlook vista panoramas. More than 56 miles of hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding trails are offered throughout the park, along with a scenic vehicle drive route. Other amenities include the Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center, which offers hands-on exhibits and interpretive programming.
2120 S Cheyenne Canyon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, Phone: 719-385-6086
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17.Paint Mines Interpretive Park
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Paint Mines Interpretive Park is one of the most unique open spaces within El Paso County, named in honor of the colorful bands of clay that are showcased throughout the park, created from oxidized iron compounds and frequently used by the region's indigenous groups to create paint colors. The park, which is located near the city of Calhan, spans 750 acres and is believed to have been inhabited by humans for at least 9,000 years. Spectacular geologic formations include unique hoodoos and spires that were created through erosion, forming exposed layers of jasper and selenite clay throughout the park. Its lands remain primitive, only offering amenities such as restrooms and interpretive signs. Visitors should note that pets, horses, and bicycles are prohibited within the park to preserve its sensitive natural formations and that temperatures can climb 15 degrees higher than surrounding areas throughout the summer months due to lack of shade.
29950 Paint Mine Rd, Calhan, CO 80808, Phone: 719-520-7529
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18.Palmer Park
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Palmer Park has been named as the best urban park in the Rocky Mountains area by Elevation Outdoors Magazine, located several miles northeast of Colorado Springs' downtown district along Maizeland Road. The park's lands originally belonged to area pioneer Matt France and were known as Austin Bluffs after their purchase by sheepherder Henry Austin. In 1902, the park's lands were donated to the city by city founder General William Jackson Palmer. Today, they have become the largest park inside the city's metropolitan region, clocking in at 730 acres in size. Unique geological formations such as hoodoos and spires are showcased, along with scenic overlook views of nearby Pikes Peak. More than 25 miles of hiking, biking, and horseback riding trails are offered, along with sporting fields, children's playgrounds, horse stables, and a dog park area. Other attractions include a botanical reserve for the cultivation of yucca plants.
3344-3376 Paseo Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
19.Red Rock Canyon Open Space
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Red Rock Canyon Open Space stretches 1,474 acres throughout Colorado Springs' western region, located adjacent to Manitou Springs and accessible via United States Route 24. The park's lands were originally acquired by the City of Colorado Springs in 2003 for development as a public recreational site, preserving a unique series of hogback ridges and eroded canyons that are formed from the same sandstone rock formation area as the nearby Garden of the Gods park. Reclaimed industrial sites, including quarries and a gold refining mill, have been transformed into a wide variety of public hiking, biking, and jogging trails, which range in difficulty from easy to moderately strenuous and provide spectacular views of the park's geologic formations. Rock climbing is permitted within the park, which connects to the nearby Intemann Trail and the Section 16 Conservation Area. Other amenities include a day-use picnic pavilion, an off-leash dog area, and dirt trails for horseback riding and dog walking.
3550 W High St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, Phone: 719-385-5940
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20.Ute Valley Park
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Ute Valley Park is a lovely open space park in northern Colorado Springs, showcasing spectacular native wildlife and unique rocky-forested hogback geological formations. It serves as a fantastic destination in the Colorado Springs area for hiking, mountain biking, and dog walking, offering a trail system of accessible destination-level trails that range in difficulty from easy to moderately strenuous. Visitors can park at the park's trailhead at its Vindicator Drive parking lot and access a number of main and connector trail routes, including a route offering spectacular views of nearby Pikes Peak. Natural scenery includes a wetland areas and a scrub-oak-lined sandstone canyon formation. Amenities such as public restrooms are offered, though visitors should note that many of the park's trails are not clearly marked.
1705 Vindicator Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919, Phone: 719-385-5940
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TC50: Affective Interfaces detects whether your ad makes people happy
Anthony Ha September 15, 2009 10:19 AM
Affective Interfaces demonstrated some cool new technology today that uses emotion sensing software with webcam footage. The company launched today at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco.
Affective’s software detects how people are feeling. But Affective Interfaces isn’t about checking in on how Mom’s doing. The startup is launching its software as a tool for ad companies to test the effectiveness of ads and other content. It sounds like there’s big potential here for even more widespread use.
Chief executive Jai Hassman says that when it comes to advertising or other content, it can be hard to predict how people will react emotionally. Focus groups are a common way to test that, but that’s just a small group of people. Getting quantitative data about the emotions of larger groups is still “in the stone age,” Hassman says.
Affective Interfaces can take content from its clients, play it for hundreds or thousands of people (currently, recruited either via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing system or through the company’s market research partners), then deliver numerical data about how those people felt throughout the video. Affective can create webcam montages of many users’ faces at once, giving advertisers and publishers an overall picture of how people are reacting to each part of the content.
Beyond ad research, Affective Interfaces says it could become a social tool, as well as a way to detect drowsiness when people are driving.
Click here for more startup news coming out of the TechCrunch50 conference.
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Posted 1/24/2019 by Linda Kesselring
February Clinics Issue (ENT Emergencies) Edited by Dr. Bontempo
Laura J. Bontempo, MD, MEd, is a co-editor of the February issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, along with Jan Shoenberger, MD, from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. The topic of the issue is ear, nose, and throat emergencies. She and Sara Manning, MD, co-authored the article titled “Tracheostomy Emergencies.” Amal Mattu, MD, continues as the consulting editor for this journal and, in that capacity, wrote the foreword for this issue.
Trauma-Informed Care for Violently Injured Patients
Kyle R. Fischer, MD, MPH, Director of UMMC's Public Policy Fellowship, is the lead author of the review article titled “Trauma-Informed Care for Violently Injured Patients in the Emergency Department,” which has been accepted for publication by Annals of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Fischer and his co-authors from the University of Colorado, Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, Einstein Medical Center, Boston University, and the Medical College of Wisconsin are members of the National Network of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs.
Dr. Dezman Quoted in AP Story on Second Chance App
Zachary Dezman, MD, MS, MS, was contacted by the Associated Press to comment on Second Chance, an app developed at the University of Washington and now being tested for its ability to detect the shallow breathing that suggests opioid overdose. Installed on a smartphone, the software uses the microphone and speaker to send out inaudible sound waves and then record how they bounce back. Analysis of the signals indicates the slowing or cessation of breathing. In its current stage of development, the app requires a bystander to interpret the alarm and summon help for an opioid user in trouble. The developers are working on technology that would call for help independently when signs of overdose are detected.
The article, including Dr. Dezman's perspective, can be read here:
https://www.apnews.com/0ddb7da1c98b4281b7e939ad7911671f
The app and its preliminary test results are described in the January issue of Science Translational Medicine.
Posted 12/21/2018 by Linda Kesselring
UMMC's Opioid Task Forces Recognized by Mayor
At a press conference held at Baltimore’s City Hall on December 19, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced that the University of Maryland Medical Center’s midtown and downtown campuses have been awarded “Level 1” status, the highest certification in the city’s efforts toward addressing the opioid epidemic. The city’s Levels of Care initiative assesses hospitals’ ability to provide treatment to patients who screen positive for a substance use disorder, distribute naloxone to patients, and ensure physicians are prescribing opioids judiciously. Of the 11 hospitals assessed, UMMC and Midtown were the only two in the top tier of readiness and resources to offer comprehensive and timely treatment to ED patients struggling with opioid addiction."
Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, chair of Midtown’s Opioid Task Force, noted that “a staggering 70% of patients who come to our EDs for care are struggling with addiction, behavioral health problems, or both. About one in every 50 patients treated at Midtown's ED is suffering from an overdose of some kind. We offer patients resources to put them on a path toward healing, including dispensing naloxone to those at high risk for overdose and providing peer recovery support services. Those peers can link patients with substance abuse problems to inpatient treatment programs within hours.”
UMMC’s Opioid Task Force is co-chaired by Christopher Welsh, MD, and R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD. Attendees at the Wednesday morning press conference included Reginald Brown, MD, ED Director, Bon Secours; Michael Jablonover, MD, MBA, CMO and Senior Vice President of UMMC; Mary Beth Haller, interim Baltimore Health Commissioner; and Alison Brown, MPH, President of UMMC’s Midtown Campus.
ED Physicians Present Lectures at Paramedic Refresher Course
Jenny Guyther, MD, and Danya Khoujah, MBBS, were faculty members for the National Continued Competency Program Paramedic Refresher course, held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, during the week of October 30. Dr. Guyther’s lectures were titled “What a Pain! A Closer Look at Head and Neck Trauma” and “Challenging the Status Quo: Where the EMS Literature is Taking Us.” Dr. Khoujah presented three lectures: “Stroke: Beyond the Basics,” “Seizures,” and “Pearls and Pitfalls of Managing Psychiatric Emergency.” The course was sponsored by UMBC’s Department of Emergency Health Services.
Does POC US Improve Outcomes in Shock Patients?
Laura Diegelmann, MD, RDMS, was a site coordinator for an international study on the use of ultrasound in the assessment of nontrauma patients with hypotension without an obvious cause. The study involved patients from three medical centers in North America and three in South Africa. Point-of-care ultrasound conveyed no demonstrable outcome benefit to patients with undifferentiated shock. The results of this study were published as the article titled “Does Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Improve Clinical Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension? An International Randomized Controlled Trial from the Shoc-ED Investigators” in the October issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Predicting Secondary Decline after TBI
Wendy Chang, MD, collaborated with investigators from the Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology, and Surgery in an analysis of clinical information from patients enrolled in the Oximetry and Noninvasive Predictors of Intervention Need after Trauma (ONPOINT) study. They concluded that continuous vital sign variability and waveform analysis of the electrocardiogram or photoplethysmogram within the first hour after resuscitation constitutes a noninvasive marker of neurologic decline after traumatic brain injury.
Their work was published as the following article:
Melinosky C, Yang S, Hu P, Li H, Miller CHT, Khan I, Mackenzie C, Chang WT, Parikh G, Stein D, Badjatia N. Continuous vital sign analysis to predict secondary neurological decline after traumatic brain injury. Frontiers in Neurology 2018 Sep 25;9:761.
Posted 11/8/2018 by Linda Kesselring
Senator Van Hollen Meets with ED Physicians
US Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) visited UMMC's emergency department on November 1 to discuss the effects of the opioid crisis on ED operations, the use fentanyl among ED patients, and the administration of buprenorphine to patients seeking treatment or in withdrawal. Joining in that conversation were (left to right) Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, University of Maryland Medical Center, Michael E. Winters, MD, MBA, Senator Van Hollen, Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD, Zachary D.W. Dezman, MD, MS, MS, and Eric Weintraub, MD, Department of Psychiatry.
Dr. Mattu Presents Cardiology Course in Florida
Amal Mattu, MD, conducted a 21-hour course on emergency cardiology in Sarasota, Florida, from October 22 to 26. The CME course, titled "Emergency Cardiology: Beyond A-B-C and ACLS," was sponsored by American Medical Seminars. Content included electrocardiographic workshops covering cardiac ischemia and its mimics, advanced dysrhythmia recognition and management, and critical ECG findings in patients with syncope. In addition, Dr. Mattu presented lectures on cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes, low-risk chest pain, and legal pitfalls in emergency cardiology. The course was attended by over 100 health care providers in emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and critical care from the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
Lactate Level Predicts Survival of Trauma Patients Better Than Clearance
Zachary Dezman, MD, MS, MS, and Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, PhD, MHS, co-authored the article titled "Repeat Lactate Level Predicts Mortality Better Than Rate of Clearance," pubilshed in the November issue of American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Their collaborators in this project were three investigators who have been studying the fine points of trauma epidemiology and resuscitation for decades: Peter Hu, MS, PhD, and Colin Mackenzie, MD,ChB, from the Department of Anesthesiology, and Gordon Smith, MB,ChB, MPH, from the Department of Epidemiology and Pubic Health, as well as Thomas Scalea, MD, The Honorable Francis X. Kelly Distinguished Professor in Trauma Surgery. The statistician for this work was Angela Comer, MS, formerly affliated with the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems.
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World Bank assists African Researchers
The World Bank has launched a fellowship scheme for PhD researchers of African descent. The paid fellowships last a minimum of six months, with the programme focusing on development research and particularly encourages female candidates to apply, as women in Sub-Saharan Africa are heavily under-represented in third-level education.
World Bank Vice President for Human Resources, Sean McGrath, stated that the programme represents an opportunity for African scholars to conduct research and build their careers. The program aims to build a pipeline of researchers and professionals working in development from the African diaspora.
The World Bank hopes to train students who are interested in pursuing careers in development, at home and abroad, alongside students who want to pursue careers at the World Bank. Those selected for the programme will work at their Headquarters in Washington DC.
They will conduct work in the generation and dissemination of knowledge; the design of both global and national policies and the building of institutions to foster economic growth in developing countries. The programme will also give special focus to development initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected countries.
Reprieve for Iranian Student Activists
The Iranian Ministry for Science has offered a reprieve for students expelled from university due to political activism. The announcement, however, only benefits students who faced restrictions since 2011. All students barred before this will be required to retake national university examinations.
This includes students who were punished for their involvement in the Green revolution of 2009, a series of mass protests against the theocratic government. Head of the Iranian Ministry for Science, Jafar Tofghi, is behind the measures and has promised that students will no longer be targeted by the Ministry for Science because of their political or personal beliefs.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reports that hundreds of students have been barred from university since 2005. Many professors have also been removed from their positions because of their reformist ideology.
President Hassan Rouhani, a candidate with reformist leanings whose victory this June surprised many observers, appears to be embarking on a path of policy reform.
Australian cabinet composition under criticism
Newly-elected Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbot, has dispensed with the Ministries for Science and Climate Change. It is the first time since 1931 that a cabinet portfolio responsible for Science has not existed in Australia.
Abbot’s decision not to announce a minister for Climate Change has not surprised Australians due to his on the record claims that Climate Change is “crap.”
He has, however, come under heavy criticism for the lack of female presence in his cabinet. One woman holds a minor cabinet position among the 19 available. This marks a change from the previous government, which was led by Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Opposition leader, Chris Bowen, has pointed out that more women in socially conservative Afghanistan hold a ministerial portfolio than in Australia. Government Senator, Sue Boyce, has described the cabinet composition as “embarrassing internationally.”
Reactions from third-level lobby groups have been muted. They are waiting to see if election promises to not cut university funding will be maintained. Abbot has also dispensed with the ministries for Early Childhood, Energy, Disability, Mental Health, Youth and Status of Women.
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"The Last Hundred Days" (World War 1, 8 August 1918 to 11 November 1918)
The "Hundred Days" is a term applied to the final major period of hostilities involving the Allies, and among them the Australian Corps, on the Western Front. It was during this period that the AIF along with the Canadians, were assigned as the shock troops of a major offensive that began with the Battle of Amiens on 8th August in what was termed by General Ludendorf, the German Commander, as "der schwarze tag" or the " Black Day" of the German Army.
The Somme front was selected as the focal point for the offensive because the southern edge along the Amiens - Roye road marked the boundary with the French Army, enabling close cooperation, and the terrain lent itself to the use of tanks, particularly the light and fast British "Whippet" tanks.
Indeed the operation became the scene of the first tank vs tank battle in history. One of the ponderous German A7 tanks was captured and eventually repatriated to Australia. Named “Mephisto’ by its crew, it resides to this day in the Queensland Museum
For the troops involved it marked a sea change in tactics, and the Australians appeared to be particularly suited to it. The offensive became one of speed, manoeuvre and decision rather than the grinding attrition of trench warfare. While the Australians captured a disproportionately high percentage of enemy troops, guns and ground, the cost was enormous. The Australian Corps was literally bled white and the average size of battalions shrank as casualties could not be replaced. Without conscription and relying on volunteers, the flow of which had slowed to a trickle, some Battalions were taking to the field with as few as 250-300 men, many of whom had been wounded one or more times in previous battles. A great many Gallipoli veterans were lost in this period as well.
The advance along the Somme front was rapid and spectacular. By the end of August the Australian Corps was converging on the great elbow in the Somme behind which stood the town of Peronne and the heights of Mont St Quentin, forming the key point of the Hindenburg Line defensive position.
In a spectacularly successful attack from the line of march involving two major river crossings, the Second and Fifth Divisions completely dislocated the German Hindenburg Line defences in that area, capturing the town and the heights while the Third Division swept around to the north to cover the flanks of the assaulting troops.
They then provided the launching point for major attacks across the Cambrai St Quentin Canal in collaboration with the US Army. Indeed many Australians served as advisers, attached to the inexperienced US forces. Numbers distinguished themselves in this capacity and were awarded a range of US decorations.
The Hundred Days for the Australians culminated in the attack on Montbrehain on the 5th October, after which the Australian Corps was withdrawn and rested pending further offensive tasking in November.
On the 11th November the guns fell silent with the declaration of the Armistice, and the Great War was effectively over, with finalisation coming with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919.
CORMACK, Alexander Gair
Service number Officer
3rd Infantry Battalion
Born 4 Aug 1879
BEATHAM, Robert Matthew
Born 16 Jun 1894
IHMS, Henry Arthur
HOUGHTON, Sydney Robert
SAINT, William Edgar
2nd (Northern Adelaide) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps
Volunteer Defence Corps (WW2)
Born 18 Sep 1889
RINGIN, Andrew
4th Machine Gun Battalion
MCCANN, William Francis James
WRIGHT, John William
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Loopshare Ltd.
LOOPShare Acquires Loop Scooter Zone Operator to Support Global Launch
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 18, 2019) - LOOPShare Ltd. (TSXV: LOOP) (OTC Pink: LPPPF), the world's first fully-integrated electric scooter sharing platform, has acquired virtually all of the outstanding shares of Loop SAL, the company's first regional LoopZone™ operator.
Loop SAL has independently operated the e-scooter service in Beirut, Lebanon since May 2017, and led the successful launch of the company's first international pilot program. Loop SAL has also played a key role in the technology and business model development of LOOPShare's cloud-based, end-to-end micro-mobility fleet management platform, including the introduction of unique functionality, safety features, and fleet management techniques.
Loop SAL has proven out a station-to-station micro-mobility model that has attracted thousands of Loop subscribers or "Loopers." This has generated extensive field data that validates LOOPShare's high-margin business model, technological advantages, strong brand, and superior ease-of-use as compared to other micro-mobility offerings.
"As we begin the global launch of our ridesharing service with the deployment of more than 400 e-scooters in key markets around the world, we believe the unique knowledge and entrepreneurial talent of the Loop SAL operational team will contribute significantly to our success," said LOOPShare's president and CEO, Anwar Sukkarie, who had also been serving as CEO of Loop SAL. "Bringing in this experienced team to assist at the corporate level will help us launch other Loop Zone operations around the world."
Earlier this year, LOOPShare announced plans to deploy the 400 e-scooters across at least eight cities internationally, including four in the U.S., beginning in the second quarter of 2019. It recently initiated a new partnership with GreenMo, a European market leader in electric vehicle rentals, with plans to launch a pilot deployment of 55 Loop e-scooters in the Netherlands. The team from Loop SAL is expected to assist in the development of the GreenMo partnership given its proximity to Europe.
Loop SAL has become a subsidiary of LOOPShare in an all-equity transaction. The acquisition includes 153 Loop scooters (110 on order and fully-paid), five highly-trained employees, and support equipment. It plans to expand its regional fleet with an additional 500 scooters over the next 12-18 months to meet current demand targets.
"This strategic acquisition also immediately expands our revenue stream from these operations from 30% to 100% and was completed at an opportune time," continued Sukkarie. "Given Loop SAL's anticipated near-term deployment of 110 additional scooters to meet growing demand, we see the scaleup turning Loop SAL profitable within 12 months of operation."
"Combined with the other scooters we plan to deploy from the 400-scooter order we announced in February, we've set the stage for a significant ramp up in revenues from multiple cities over the next several months," added Sukkarie, "and this is just the start."
LOOPShare looks to take advantage of the phenomenal growth of the global ride sharing market. According to MarketsandMarkets, the market is growing at a compounded annual growth rate of nearly 20% and will reach US$218 billion by 2025. Key market drivers include the growing need for personal mobility in the wake of rising urbanization, falling car ownership, growing smartphone usage, and stringent CO2 reduction targets.
To learn more about Loop scooters or how to become a LoopZone operator, call (604) 568-1598, email mparlato@loopshareltd.com or visit www.loopscooters.com.
Transaction Terms
In return for an effective 100% ownership and control of Loop SAL, LOOPShare issued 8,424,943 Class A common shares as a result of the cashless exercise of pre-existing warrants by a 40% independent shareholder and investor in Loop SAL. These shares are subject to an escrow agreement, with incremental releases over a 36-month period. Anwar Sukkarie transferred his 59.995% ownership interest in Loop SAL to LOOPShare for a nominal amount (US$1.00) as previously stipulated in the warrant terms. The remaining 0.005% of Loop SAL continues to be owned by an independent director of Loop SAL, as required by Lebanese law for companies domiciled in the country. Further details about the warrants are available in the management discussion and analysis for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 and filed with SEDAR on November 26, 2018.
About Loop SAL
Loop Sal was the first to introduce a shared fleet of electric scooters in the Middle East & Africa region, starting with Lebanon. Through scooter sharing, members of the community can share scooters to commute within the city during the day without the need to use cars, taxis or other modes of transportation. For more information, go to www.loopsal.com.
About LOOPShare
LOOPShare Ltd. is an emerging global leader in ridesharing, micro-mobility and sustainable transportation. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Saturna Green Systems Inc., it has commercialized a first generation, wireless ruggedized 7-inch touchscreen dashboard with telematics functionality for electric inner-city vehicles. LOOPShare's highly specialized display enables a broad range of services for consumer, tourism or commercial use.
LOOPShare offers connected end-to-end solutions for inner-city transportation vehicles specifically geared toward Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS). Through Zone Operators worldwide, LOOPShare is implementing TaaS solutions that offer commuter convenience and tourist applications to subscribers based on LOOPShare's state-of-the-art, wireless electric two-wheel vehicle sharing technology. To learn more, visit www.loopscooters.com.
info@loopshareltd.com
Ron Both
LOOP@cma.team
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains "forward-looking information" concerning anticipated developments and events related to LOOPShare Ltd. (or the "Company") that may occur in the future. Forward looking information contained in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to (i) the Company's expansion plans for the Loop SAL operations, (ii) future revenue and user growth of the Loop SAL operations, (iii) the Company's competitive advantages; (iv) the functionality of the Company's technology; (v) the Company or Zone Operators' future profitability; and (vi) the Company's growth plans.
In certain cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "scheduled", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", or "be achieved" suggesting future outcomes, or other expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, intentions or statements about future events or performance. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the accuracy, reliability and applicability of the Company's business model; the timely receipt of governmental approvals; the timely receipt of e-scooters by the Company; the success of existing and future operations; the ability of the Company to implement its business plan as intended; the Company's ability to access financing necessary to implement its business plan; the regulatory environments of the jurisdictions where the Company will carry on business or have operations; the impact of competition; and the availability of e-scooters. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect.
Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such factors include risks related to acts of God, the impact of general economic conditions, changing domestic and international transportation industry conditions, increases in operating costs, terrorism, currency fluctuations, interest rates, risks specific to the transportation industry, the ability of management to implement the Company's operational strategy, the ability to attract qualified management and staff, labour disputes, regulatory risks, including risks relating to the acquisition of the necessary licenses and permits, financing, capitalization and liquidity risks, including the risk that the financing necessary to fund operations may not be obtained and the additional risks identified in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's reports and filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information is made as of the date of this news release. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking information.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) has reviewed or accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Loop is a trademark of LOOPShare Ltd.
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Exclusive Interview with Kim Klein, fundraising author, editor, consultant and thought leader
by Mazarine | Oct 18, 2010 | Book, Celebrities, Finding a job, Fundraising 101, Grants, Leadership, Leadership, Nonprofit Downturn, women | 1 comment
Kim Klein
OMG I am so excited! Kim Klein, my first fundraising heroine, has answered my interview questions!
For those of you not in the know, Kim Klein is Capital I INCREDIBLE. I first heard her speak in winter of 2007, and was completely blown away by her ease, the way she clearly communicated her information, and how easy she made fundraising sound! Since then I’ve read books she’s written and edited, and I can wholeheartedly recommend them all, especially “GIFT, the Best of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal”. I also comment on her blog, because I love how it makes me think.
Who is Kim Klein?: Kim Klein is the founder and former publisher of the bimonthly Grassroots Fundraising Journal, which celebrated its 25th birthday in 2006. She is the Chardon Press Series Editor at Jossey-Bass Publishers, which publishes and distributes materials that help to build a stronger nonprofit sector. She is also the author of Fundraising for Social Change, Fundraising for the Long Haul, Fundraising in Times of Crisis, Ask and You Shall Receive: A Fundraising Training Program for Religious Organizations or Projects, and Raise More Money, which she edited with her partner, Stephanie Roth. She is the featured writer for the e-newsletter of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, with her column of answers to questions posed by readers called “Dear Kim.” Widely in demand as a speaker, Kim Klein has provided training and consultation in all 50 of the United States and in 21 countries. She has just returned from Montreal, where she was an adjunct faculty member at Concordia University, working at the Institute in Management and Community Development. Contact Ms. Klein at kim@kleinandroth.com
You should hire her to speak for you, fundraise for you, write for you, and read her blog and buy her many books. All are so good! She has the tools and expertise you need. And she’s an inspiring speaker.
How did you get started writing and editing fundraising books?
I saw that there was a dearth of information for organizations with budgets under $1 million and for organizations working for social justice. There was plenty of stuff for universities, hospitals and larger institutions. Yet, there was a large oral tradition about fundraising, so I just started writing things down that I saw and trying to make a coherent frame out of all the experience people had.
What kind of people should read your new book, “Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times”?
People who are familiar with some fundraising principles and are wondering what else they can do; organizations who are experiencing some kind of crisis right now and want to get through it, and people who want to build a broad base of individual donors and have already have some infrastructure in place but want to go to the next level.
What’s one idea from the book that you think nonprofit leaders should take action from in particular?
We have to work together, across all our different sectors of education, health care, environment, and so on. We must develop an identify as a “Sector” and advocate for ourselves, which should mean advocating for the common good. Further all organizations need to see that pressuring government to create revenue solutions to budget problems is imperative: in other words all nonprofits need to work on fair and just tax policy.
Tell me about your book in process. Why is it so important for nonprofits to get involved in tax policy?
Nonprofits are the institutions most affected by budget cuts, and the people we serve suffer from cuts in federal, state and local programs. Yet most nonprofits simply try to do more and more with less and less, instead of saying, “Some things must be funded publicly, by taxes.” Adam Smith said, “The purpose of taxes is to remedy inequality as much as possible,” and certainly that should be a purpose of the nonprofit sector as well. When we don’t advocate for fair taxes, we say to the right wing, “You were right, we could do this with less money” but we can’t and working harder and harder is not going to solve our problems.
What books do you wish you could see out there on the bookshelves?
I’d love to see more reflection on what all nonprofits should do to address racism, sexism and militarism.
Amen to that. What sort of response have you been seeing to your blog?
People seem to like it and a lot of people read it, tweet about it, and mention it to me. I think we just need way more readers.
OK readers of this blog, add them to your RSS feed! Do you blog for a purpose?
I hope so. I blog to promote the ideas of the commons: the notion that our most valuable assets are what we don’t own, such as water, air, rights, etc. We must protect, enhance and in some cases, repair, our commons and pass them on undiminished to the next generation.
What do you think makes a successful fundraising career?
Understanding that money is simply a tool and it is a tool we all need to do our work. Time is actually our most precious non-renewable resource, and money helps us use our time more effectively. Successful fundraisers are also people of great commitment to the nonprofit sector and people willing to take a long view of what works and doesn’t.
Who do you admire? Who is a hero or heroine of yours?
I suppose all the usual suspects: Mary McLeod Bethune, Sojourner Truth, Peter Maurin, Mahatma Gandhi. I also admire ordinary people who have flaws and overcome them to do great things.
What causes do you wish that more foundations would make a priority?
Foundations have so little money that I don’t think about them very much.
What major gift asks were most difficult for you, and why?
The requests that are hard are when the donor has an agenda also. I remember a donor asking me if her son could sit on the board, and another donor asking if our organization would agree to not oppose a problematic housing development. I had to learn to be clear that no amount of money was worth the organization’s integrity. The other kinds of solicitations that are hard are the ones where the donor is equivocal, won’t say yes and wont say no, tells you to get back to them a hundred times. People have to learn to be direct.
Thank you so much Ms. Klein. You’ve really opened my eyes about foundations. I am so grateful to you for taking the time to do this interview.
Ken Martin on January 31, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Good information Mazarine. We met in 2010 not long after I started The Austin Bulldog, a nonprofit for investigative reporting. I wish I had been able to take advantage of the services you offered.
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Hot Topic: Blackboard Sale to Private Equity Firm
by Leah Hinds | Jul 19, 2011 | 0 comments
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From Tech Crunch, July 5, 2011 http://tcrn.ch/on4STz
Blackboard, the maker of learning and education software for enterprises and schools, announced Friday that it is being acquired by a group of investors led by Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in media, entertainment, communications and information investments. Providence has also invested in several for-profit educational companies, like Education Management Corporation and Archipelago Learning. The acquisition is an all-cash deal valued at $1.64 billion, with Providence assuming approximately $130 million in Blackboard debt.
The educational software giant, which went public on NASDAQ back in 2004, will be dishing out $45.00 in cash for each share of common stock owned by its shareholders as a result of the acquisition. According to Blackboard’s press release, the company has been “evaluating strategic alternatives” to its current trajectory in an effort to provide its stockholders with better value (than presumably what they’ve been getting up to this point).
Since rumors over a potential acquisition began percolating back in March, and the company more broadly announced that it was seeking prospective buyers on April 18 of this year, Blackboard’s stock has largely hovered above $40.00 per share. (Compared to its being priced at $37.16 a share on April 18, and averaging over $35 the last few years, $45.00 a share at acquisition does indeed seem to be relatively positive return on investment for its sharedholders.)
According to Blackboard’s press release, the transaction must be approved by a majority of stockholders, and is subject to other closing conditions and regulatory approvals, but the deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2011. Once the transaction is finalized, Blackboard will return to being a privately held company. Blackboard said that it will remain headquartered in Washington and will continue to be led by its senior management team; however, when a company is purchased by a private equity group, and goes back to being a private company, changes are presumably ahead.
Although the announcement made no specific mention of cost or personnel cuts, these tend to be an inherent part of this kind of acquisition, so Blackboard may be on its way to a bit of a shakeup — or at least some streamlining and trimming — in the coming year.
While Blackboard’s products are certainly widely-used, with over 5,000 education institutions using the company’s software, Blackboard has not always had the best reputation among students, especially in terms of user experience. In fact, my college opted for its own customizable educational software for this very reason.
Yet, both because Blackboard got a head start on the market and has become fully entrenched in universities and across secondary education systems and because its user experience has left room for improvement, many education startups have popped up with their own models aimed at snatching up some of Blackboard’s market share, like CourseKit, Instructure, Nixty, to name a few.
Blackboard acquired Presidium for $53 million back in January of this year, and Saf-T-Net for $33 million in March of 2010.
Leah Hinds
Leah was appointed Executive Director of the Charleston Conference in 2017, and has served in various roles with the Charleston Information Group, LLC, since 2004. Prior to working for the conference, she was Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions for the College of Charleston for four years. She lives in a small town near Columbia, SC, with her husband and two kids where they raise a menagerie of farm animals.
Rumors: July ATG Broadcast Edition
ATG Article of the Week: Libraries Abandon "Big Deal" Subscription Packages to Multiple Journals
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Todd H. Leo
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Market update: Mid-year outlook
By Anthony Saglimbene, Ameriprise Global Market Strategist
Global stock prices climbed a wall of worry during the first half of 2019.
The S&P 500 Index rose 18.5 percent on a total return basis through the first two quarters.
The MSCI World ex-USA Index (a broad benchmark of international stock performance) rose 14.6 percent
Up ahead
Slowing economic data, a slowdown in the rate of corporate profit growth, and rising trade frictions are the largest risks to asset prices during the second half.
Expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts may be too high given current growth trends.
Investors should maintain current allocations as the third quarter gets underway.
Data Source: FactSet
Seasonality patterns suggest further stock gains…but
In our view, U.S. stocks currently sit in the driver's seat, as strong performance in the first half sets up what historically is a solid “seasonality pattern” of continued leadership through the rest of the year. Although numerous uncertainties line the macro landscape, near all-time highs in the S&P 500 Index illustrate the optimism that carried global stock markets to their best first half performance since 1997.
Yet bonds have actually outperformed stocks over the last 12 months. The short-end of the Treasury yield curve remains inverted (shorter-term securities yielding more than longer-term securities), indicating investors are cautious about what lies ahead for the economy. Various economic trends show a softening, most notably a meaningful slowdown in global manufacturing activity in 2019. To us, this suggests a weaker demand environment. This seems to be partly the consequence of rising tensions between important trading partners.
History on our side
Despite these uncertainties, we should note that over the last 10 years, stock performance in July has been very strong. The S&P 500 Index has finished the month in positive territory 80 percent of the time, while the NASDAQ 100 Index has risen in each of the past ten Julys.
Interestingly, the strong performance in July is followed by the weakest performance of the year, on average, during August. Over the last 10 years, U.S. stocks have shed nearly one percent in the last full month of summer. After the dog days of summer finally come to a close, the rest of the year tends to see much better performance for risk assets.
Since World War II, the S&P 500 Index has, historically, gained 5 percent on average during the second half of the year on the heels of a positive first half, per the Bespoke Investment Group. When the Index is higher by 10 percent or more in the first half (like it was this year), stock prices gain another 7.5 percent on average over the second half. Importantly, seasonality trends tend to be solid over the last six months of the year, regardless of how equities performed in the first six months of the year.
If history were simply a prologue to the future, investors could pack up for the year and revisit their portfolios in January. However, we all know past performance is no guarantee of future returns. We believe slowing growth trends, and an uncertain path forward for trade negotiations, create risks investors will likely need to carefully navigate over the coming quarters.
Opportunities and risks appear balanced
As highlighted in the following table, risks and opportunities for equity markets are fairly balanced today with a solid argument for both higher and lower stock prices ahead.
However, we believe much has to go right for risk assets to keep pressing higher in the second half, and we question the magnitude of potential gains given the softening economic backdrop. Conversely, we believe equity prices have a lot of downside risk if expectations reverse (i.e., the Fed does not cut rates more than once, growth doesn’t pick up in the second half, and the U.S. and China do not strike a trade deal).
Apart from the positive seasonality setup, investors appear comfortable looking past slowing profit and economic growth, trade frictions that remain unresolved, and a Federal Reserve that is unlikely to ease interest rates to the magnitude futures are pricing in absent a recession.
In our view, investors should position portfolios with a slightly defensive bias at the start of the third quarter and lean toward higher-quality investments with more visible/predictable outlooks and earnings.
Today’s realities may challenge historical precedent
Although we recognize markets may continue to climb a wall of worry if a large disruption to growth expectations can be avoided, markets appear priced to perfection and susceptible to downside pressures if negative developments emerge.
For now, investors should consider avoiding dramatic changes to their portfolios while we await further clarity on important market drivers. Meet with your advisor to revisit the ways in which your portfolio is designed to weather uncertainty in the markets.
Data source: Morningstar Direct
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MSCI United Kingdom
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MSCI Emerging Markets Index
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David Talby: Bringing Advances in Artificial Intelligence with Real-World AI Systems
Artificial intelligence is developing faster and speeding up exponentially. The next generation of AI-powered technologies are accelerating the innovation process and forming the heart of cutting-edge solutions developed globally.
Pacific AI, a company led by an experienced technology leader David Talby helps enterprise build AI-powered products, services, and teams. It gets them to market faster, applies for the latest state-of-the-art scientific advances, delivers enterprise-grade software that scales reliably in production, and train their team on best practices as it goes.
The company specializes in building enterprise-grade systems for high-compliance industries like healthcare, pharma, and finance. It AI enables companies to put artificial intelligence to work.
David feels there’s an avalanche of new solutions that have just become feasible thanks to recent advances in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and natural language processing. But there are very few teams who can actually turn this new research into production-grade products & services – that actually work, scale, and are safe and secure. Pacific AI has mastery in building AI platforms that enable not only building and deploying models in production – but also ensure that these models retain and improve their accuracy and bias over time and as the number of models & user’s scales.
A Resilient Background
David Talby, Chief Technology Officer of Pacific AI, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, an MBA, and about 20 years of industry experience. He has built distributed teams and web-scale products at Amazon; got into machine learning and information retrieval at Microsoft a decade ago; and spent five years as a VP Engineering & Chief Technology Officer at an early big data analytics startup, before venturing out on his own. He started Pacific AI and has been running it as the team which organically grew to serve a growing customer base.
Making AI Effective
Other than delivering what it promises to, big value adds the company aims to provide is education. David said people know that “AI is a priority” but want to separate the fairy dust from the actual technology. If you can help someone see through the noise – explain where they don’t need fancy techniques, versus where reinforcement learning is actually the fastest & cheapest way to reach a business goal (and then deliver on it) – you help them grow. If you go a step further and explain how to operate, monitor, scale, and secure models in production – which is different in big ways from the best practices for traditional software – you help them grow. “Most importantly, people want to build their own capability and their team’s capability in the technology – so getting people hands-on experience and knowledge so they continue on their own is important to Pacific AI. The more people know AI as engineering instead of science fiction, the faster this industry and nation move ahead,” he added.
Challenging Evolution Over Time
Pacific AI is at the very initial phase of the journey. It is so early on in the evolution of AI that most of the applications, tools, and best practices have not been invented yet. A good comparison would be the Internet in 1995 or the internal combustion engine in 1890. David expects that the “best”, most popular and fastest growing technologies and tools will keep changing over the next two decades as quickly as they have over the last decade.
Hallmark of Achievers
David opines that innovative leaders need a delicate balance between the childish curiosity of getting to play with all the cool new toys and the adult pragmatism of delivering great consistent results for your customers.
Bracing Customer Needs to Drive Innovation
David describes his approach towards innovation by quoting, “It’s not hard. You listen to your customers, who in reality tend to be vocal about what they don’t like, don’t trust, or wish would happen. You also read lots of academic papers and track open source project that unlocks new capabilities. When there’s a match between what enough people want and what you know just became possible – you build it”.
Advice to Budding Leaders
When asked on the advice to emerging leaders David said, “it’s never about the technology and it’s always about your customers. In that sense, AI isn’t different than any other new technology. So, start with understanding your customers, build them a better mousetrap, make sure they know about it, and keep at it.”
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Mark A. Noll
Alexander, Joseph Addison (24 April 1809–28 January 1860), Presbyterian scholar and minister, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Janetta Waddel and Archibald Alexander, a Presbyterian minister. Alexander, who was always called Addison, grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, where in 1812 his father was called to be the first professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. At an early age, Alexander displayed the ability in languages that would make him a marvel throughout his life. By the time he began formal instruction with local tutors, his father had taught him the rudiments of Latin and Greek and also introduced him to Semitic languages. By the time he graduated from the College of New Jersey as a seventeen-year old in 1826, he had read the Koran in Arabic, made considerable progress in Persian and Syriac, and begun the wide-ranging study of contemporary European languages that he never stopped. It was his habit, begun before entering college and continuing to the week of his death, to read the Bible daily in at least six languages. Alexander’s nephew and biographer, Henry Carrington Alexander, concluded that he read, wrote, and spoke Latin, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; that he read without helps and wrote Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Greek, Romaic, and Chaldean; that he could read Ethiopic, Dutch, Sanskrit, Syriac, Coptic, Danish, Flemish, and Norwegian; and that he knew enough Polish, Swedish, Malay, Hindustani, and Chinese to peruse works in these languages. The linguistic marvel was also a social recluse who never married and who, despite great interest in travel and world affairs, lived contentedly in Princeton as a student and professor his whole life. ...
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Campbell, Lucie E. (1885–03 January 1963), gospel composer and teacher, was born in Duck Hill, Mississippi, the daughter of Burrell Campbell, a railroad worker, and Isabella Wilkerson. Her mother was widowed several months after Lucie’s birth, and the family soon moved from Carroll County to Memphis, the nearest major city. Lucie and her many siblings struggled to survive on their mother’s meager wages, which she earned by washing and ironing clothing. Given the family’s insubstantial income, it could afford a musical education for only one child: Lucie’s older sister Lora. Lucie eventually learned to play piano, however, through her own persistence, a gifted ear for music, and a little help from Lora....
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Deutsch, Gotthard (1859-1921), Jewish scholar and college professor
C. E. Lindgren
Deutsch, Gotthard (31 January 1859–14 October 1921), Jewish scholar and college professor, was born Eliezer Deutsch in Kanitz (Province of Moravia), Austria, the son of Bernhard L. Deutsch, a merchant, and Elise Wiener. He always called himself Gotthard, an attempted translation into German of his Jewish given name. Deutsch entered Breslau Jewish Theological Seminary in October 1876. While attending seminary classes, he also enrolled in afternoon classes at the University of Breslau. At the seminary, he was influenced by the noted Jewish historian Heinrich Graetz. Matriculating in 1879 at the University of Vienna, two years later he received his Ph.D. in history. While attending the university, he enrolled in a Talmudic course taught by Isaac Hirsch Weiss at Beth Hammidrash. During his studies in Vienna, Deutsch drew inspiration and guidance from both Weiss and Adolf Jellinek, an authority in midrashic research. Shortly after his graduation, Deutsch received Semichah (ordination) from Rabbi Weiss....
DuBose, William Porcher (1836-1918), theologian
Jon Alexander
DuBose, William Porcher (11 April 1836–18 August 1918), theologian, was born near Winnsboro, South Carolina, the son of Theodore Marion DuBose and Jane Porcher, planters. DuBose grew up in the aristocracy of the antebellum South. After attending Mount Sion Institute in Winnsboro, he went to the Citadel (the Military College of South Carolina), from which he was graduated as the ranking cadet officer in 1855. DuBose next attended the University of Virginia, where he received an M.A. in 1859. Then he entered the Episcopal diocesan seminary, established a year earlier, in Camden, South Carolina, to prepare for ordination. With the outbreak of the Civil War in the spring of 1861, DuBose left the seminary for service in the Confederate Army. In April 1863 he married Anne Barnwell Peronneau, and in December of that year was ordained to the diaconate of the Episcopal church. During the remainder of the war DuBose served as a military chaplain....
Foster, Frank Hugh (1851-1935), theologian and educator
William H. Brackney
Foster, Frank Hugh (18 June 1851–20 October 1935), theologian and educator, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of William F. Foster and Mary Flagg Miller. He received a B.A. from Harvard in 1873 and graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1877, when he was ordained a Congregationalist minister. In 1881–1882 he was a Parker Fellow at Harvard; the fellowship allowed him to study in Germany, and he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig in 1882. He was married twice, first to Eliza Grout in 1877, who died in 1912; they had three children. In 1913 he married Margaret Tracy Algoe, who died in 1920; they had no children....
Foster, George Burman (1857-1918), theologian and educator
Foster, George Burman (02 April 1857–22 December 1918), theologian and educator, was born in Alderson, West Virginia, the son of Oliver Harrison Foster and Helen Louise Skaggs. Foster entered Shelton College in 1876 and graduated from West Virginia University in 1883. He served as pastor of the Baptist church in Morgantown, West Virginia, from 1883 to 1884. While there he married Mary Lyon in 1884; they had three children, none of whom survived Foster. Also in 1884 Foster enrolled in the ministerial course at Rochester Theological Seminary, graduating in 1887. He then served at the Baptist church in Saratoga Springs, New York, until 1891....
Gerhart, Emanuel Vogel (1817-1904), theologian and educator
Charles Yrigoyen Jr.
Gerhart, Emanuel Vogel (13 June 1817–06 May 1904), theologian and educator, was born at Freeburg, Pennsylvania, the son of the Reverend Isaac Gerhart and Sarah Vogel. In 1833 he was enrolled in the Classical School of the German Reformed Church at York, Pennsylvania. In 1835, while Gerhart was a student, the school was moved to Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, and became Marshall College. Gerhart graduated from Marshall in 1838 and enrolled in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church, also located in Mercersburg. He completed his theological studies in 1841. During his student years in these institutions he was especially influenced by three of his professors: ...
Harris, Samuel (1814-1899), theologian and educator
James B. Bennett
Harris, Samuel (14 June 1814–25 June 1899), theologian and educator, was born in East Machias, Maine, the son of Josiah Harris, a merchant and clerk of the court, and Lucy Talbot. At age fifteen Harris entered Bowdoin College, where he acquired a lifelong love of language and literature under the tutelage of ...
King, Henry Churchill (1858-1934), theologian and educator
Thomas E. Frank
King, Henry Churchill (18 September 1858–27 February 1934), theologian and educator, was born in Hillsdale, Michigan, the son of Henry Jarvis King, a college administrator, and Sarah Lee. He grew up in Hillsdale and attended Hillsdale College for over a year.
In 1877 King transferred to Oberlin College, from which he graduated in June 1879. He then began his theological studies at Oberlin Theological Seminary. While he was a seminary student King became a Latin and mathematics tutor in Oberlin’s preparatory department and served as summer school administrator. He received his bachelor of divinity degree in June 1882 and the following month married Julia Marana Coates in a ceremony performed by ...
Krauth, Charles Porterfield (1823-1883), theologian and educator
James D. Bratt
Krauth, Charles Porterfield (17 March 1823–02 January 1883), theologian and educator, was born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now W.Va.), the son of Charles Philip Krauth, a Lutheran minister, and Catherine Susan Heiskell. Between his mother’s death before his first birthday and his father’s peripatetic career, Krauth was raised at several sites in his first ten years before being settled in 1833 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where his father was president of Pennsylvania College, a Lutheran institution. Krauth matriculated at that college in 1834, graduated in 1839, then attended the affiliated Gettysburg Seminary from 1839 to 1841 to earn his credentials for the Lutheran ministry. He pastored churches in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1841 to 1847; in the upper Shenandoah Valley, principally Winchester, Virginia, from 1847 to 1855; and in Pittsburgh (1855–1859) and Philadelphia (1859–1861), Pennsylvania. Krauth was married twice: in 1844 to Susan Reynolds of Baltimore (she died in 1853) and in 1855 to Virginia Baker of Winchester, Virginia. He had five children, of whom two survived him....
Machen, J. Gresham (1881-1937), educator and theologian
Machen, J. Gresham (28 July 1881–01 January 1937), educator and theologian, was born John Gresham Machen in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Arthur Webster Machen, a lawyer, and Mary Gresham. Machen grew up in a prominent and affluent family that was part of a circle of southern gentry who had moved to Baltimore after the Civil War. In this setting Machen developed a deep affection for classical literature, rare books, and the heritage of the Old South. The Machen home also fostered a strong allegiance to the faith and practice of southern Presbyterianism even though the piety of Baltimore’s wealthy Presbyterians was a good deal more genteel than the spirituality of previous generations....
Malter, Henry (23 March 1864?–04 April 1925), scholar, author, and teacher
Lawrence J. Mykytiuk
Malter, Henry (23 March 1864?–04 April 1925), scholar, author, and teacher, whose given name is rendered in Hebrew as Tsvi, was born in Banse, near Zabno, Galicia, then part of Austria, the son of Solomon Malter, a scholarly man of modest means, and Rosa, whose maiden name, according to some American sources, was also the rather common name of Malter. Under his father’s tutelage, Malter became thoroughly grounded in Talmudic studies by early adolescence. The Hebrew weekly ...
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