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Rolos and Cachacos: what is the main difference between these words?
, Bogotá, History, literature, art, Learn Spanish, Lifestyle, customs, traditions
Did you know that the people that were born in Bogotá are usually called “Rolos” or “Cachacos”? However, the word “Rolo” and “Cachaco” have different meanings, although most Colombians think that these words are the same. So, if you want to know the meaning and the difference between these words, continue reading…
“Cachaco” and “Rolo” are expressions that refer to a generation of Bogotá that was born during the first half of the 20th century and influenced by the culture and fashion of the city, but those terms have been fading from the capital scene over time. Some people say that a “Rolo” is a person that was born in Bogotá, but their parents are from other parts of the country, and a “Cachaco” is someone who was born in Bogotá as well as their parents and grandparents. So, first of all, let’s see what the actual meaning of each word is, then take a look at some of the most common words used by the people that were born in Bogotá so that you get familiarized with them and can use them.
“Rolo/a” History:
It’s believed that in the second half of the nineteenth century, the Creoles (descendants of Spaniards) that were born in the savanna of Bogotá began to receive the name of “Rolos” in the form of mockery, because of the fluctuation in speaking and pronouncing the “r.” Nowadays, “Rolo/a” is the most common word when you want to talk about people from Bogotá.
In the picture above, the man with glasses is a famous comedian named Alejandro Riaño. A few years ago, he gave life to a character called “Juanpis González,” a guy that represents the “typical rolo.” With this character, he aims to criticize and make fun of how rich people from Bogotá talk and do things through his videos, interviews, photos, Instagram stories, and so on . If you want to watch his videos, this is his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC49w7S0pbX6HMJeiWibcvsg/videos.
© Photograph by www.soho.co
“Cachaco/a” History:
There are a lot of theories about the origin of this word. Some people say that the original word was French, “Cachet,” which means your own style and personality, and superior quality. Then, it ended up getting combined with the word “Coat,” creating the expression “Cachet Coat” (brand coat), and later it evolved to the word “Cachaco,” which means an elegant and well-dressed person. Other people think that this word came from the first letters of the classic clothes that the people from Bogotá wore “CAmisa” (T-Shirt), “CHAleco” (vest), and “COrbata” (tie).
According to the research of Alexander Pereira, from the Universidad del Rosario, (if you are interested in reading more) “Cachaco” was also used for social exclusion. For example, in the first centenary of the Colombian Independence, the word “Cachaco” represented the elite in the society, this noble class thought that they were above the popular classes of Bogotá, the “Guaches”. The word “Guache” comes from the Chibcha language that was spoken in the Cundiboyacense highlands before the arrival of the Spaniards.
This word in the Chibcha language translates to “sir” and the feminine word is “guaricha,” which means “madam”. However, around 1910, “guache” was used to refer to the common people in general. To sum up, there are a lot of other theories about the origin of the word “Cachaco” but the only thing that they all agree on is that a “Cachaco” is a charming person, well-dressed, friendly, cordial, gentle, polite, and chivalrous.
In my case, I would describe myself as a “Rola” because I was born in Bogotá and my parents were as well. However, my grandparents were not born in Bogotá. My mom’s mom is from Chinchiná, Caldas and my dad’s parents were born in Santander, a department in Colombia. So, my parents were brought up with the traditions of their parents and that means that I also have some of my grandparents’ customs. I even have a “Rola” accent and I use almost all the typical words, which is why I consider myself a “Rola.”
Typical Words of the “Rolos” and of the new generations
Some of the words below have an original meaning thatI put in brackets so that you know the actual meaning.
Quiubo:like “hi” or “hey”
Marica (Gay): like “dude,” “pal,” “friend” (but be careful because it could be taken offensively as well since it literally means “gay”)
Rumba: party
Tinto: a small cup of Colombian coffee
Arrunchis: snuggling/cuddling and spooning
Cagada: mistake, error, fails
Mamera: annoyance or laziness
Cuadrarse: to formalize a relationship (boyfriend and girlfriend)
Chévere: like “cool” or “good”
Chino/a (Chinese): Child or young person
Emputado: angry, mad, furious
Plata (Silver): money
Guayabo: to be hungover
Gadejo: when someone is being so annoying and irritable, you say that he or she has “gadejo”
Güeva: dumb/clumsy person
Hágale: approving voice to perform an action
Vaca (cow): to collect a certain amount of money between people in order to acquire a common good
Tusa: spite and sadness due to a breakup with your boyfriend/girlfriend
Ñapa: what most people ask as an additional thing/gift with a purchase
Picado: a person that is conceited and pretentious
O sea: it could be “that is” or “probably”
Filo: hungry (“I’m hungry”=“Tengo un filo”)
If you want to know more about typical Colombian words, there is an incredible Instagram account called “@Wheeculture.” It’s a Spanish institute that posts a common word with its translation weekly. Also, if you are in Bogotá and you want to learn Spanish, this school is perfect for you because you’ll learn in an engaging and interactive way (see: “Study Spanish in Bogotá: 5 Reasons to Choose Whee Institute”) You can follow them on facebook at “Whee Institute.” In the meantime, you can learn some more Spanish by checking out this interesting and useful article, “Basics in Spanish that will help you get around Bogotá.”
Another suggestion that I have for you is that if you want to learn more about Bogotá (“Seven Cool Facts you Should Know About the History of Bogotá”), you should visit the Bogotá Museum (Museo de Bogotá). It has more than 25,000 photographs, 425 historical maps, and 220 objects that show the social and economic development of the city (http://idpc.gov.co/museo-de-bogota/)
House of the Seven Balconies (Casa de los 7 balcones), under renovation until 2019: Calle 10 # 3 – 61, La Candelaria, Bogotá.
Casa Sámano, temporary exhibitions: Carrera 4 # 10 – 18, La Candelaria
Tuesday to Friday: 9 a. m. – 6 p. m. Last entry: 5.30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays: 10 a. m. – 5 p. m. Last entry: 4:30 p. m.
Every Monday (including holidays) the museum is close.
Thank you for reading and remember to comment below if you think of more common words that we use in Bogotá or if you know other stories and theories about the words “Rolo” & “Cachaco.” Continue exploring our amazing city and follow us on Facebook & Instagram and subscribe to our newsletter.
Have a literal blast with Colombia’s national sport, tejo!
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Chi Modu: "I first shot Snoop for a Rap Pages cover about a year or so earlier. [Editor-In-Chief] Sheena Lester called me and said, “Hey do you want to shoot Snoop? I can’t pay you anything, but if you can get out here you can do it.” So I was like, all right—I got a buddy pass.
"I had like 60 or 80 bucks in my pocket, a friend of mine had a room at the Mondrian. And he actually had a clothing line. I was like, all right, I’m gonna stay on your couch. I have to do this magazine cover shoot and you can come with me, and we’ll put something from your line on him.
As you know from his song “Deep Cover,” 187 is police code for homicide. So Snoop and them knew about this sign and wanted to find it and take a photo. They told me about it and I was like “Let’s go!”
"So basically we went out there, hung out with Snoop, shot that cover. And Snoop said, when it’s time to do my album I want you to come out. So when Doggystyle is being cracked up, I get a call like “Yo Snoop wants you to do his album. So you need to fly out—let us know the details."
"So he kept his word. I’m a New York/New Jersey guy but I got a lot of love from Death Row camp. I shot Dogg Pound, Snoop, Nate. I actually got along with them for some reason.
"As you know from his song “Deep Cover,” 187 is police code for homicide. So Snoop and them knew about this sign and wanted to find it and take a photo. They told me about it and I was like “Let’s go!” And we caught that late afternoon California sun on his face.
"During that shoot we had a little gang member off to the side, fully armed and loaded, just standing guard. Because back then everywhere you went there were guns. Snoop always had two .380s everywhere he went. When I see him today, it’s remarkable. I knew he had it in him, so I’m not surprised by it. But that was the life and the world he was in.
"All the guns never fazed me as a photographer—but I think maybe I’m just kind of stupid that way. Because it probably should have. Like, there’s a picture of Snoop pointing his gun at my camera. Whenever there’s a gun on my set I’ll take it, open it, clear it, look down the barrel, and then hand it back. You know? So it’s like I know enough about weapons to do that.
"And it’s funny, whenever I do that, they’ll be like, “Okay you know what you’re doing.” And I’m like, Yeah—I’m not gonna have you pointing a gun in my direction not knowing it’s cleared. So that kind of breaks the ice."
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Swede success… but which is best?
15th September 2017 Pauline Hawkins News
Editor Ben Klemenzson offers a personal view on the two major Swedish American car shows – the Power Big Meet and the Västerås Summer Meet…
There can be little doubt that the Power Big Meet has been one of the most amazing American car events on the calendar for the best part of three or four decades now. I first went in 1999 and have been intermittently going ever since. For me it’s such a treat, that I deliberately ration myself, going every two, three or four years, so that I don’t become jaded with it. However, in that time, it’s become a bit more of a challenge to visit, as ferries to Sweden were discontinued (and latterly to Denmark too) meaning that a ferry to Amsterdam, then driving through Holland, Germany and Denmark on to Sweden was the only option.
I had planned on driving this year with a friend/colleague; however a knee injury prevented him from joining me, so I cancelled the ferry to Amsterdam and booked flights instead. There was no way I felt it was safe to drive 3000 miles on my own in a week, but in many ways it turns out that this was probably for the best, as this year the Power Big Meet had relocated about 250km south from Västerås to Lidköping, a pretty little town about two hours north of Gothenburg.
To complicate matters further, a show/event called the Västerås Summer Meet had been organised over the same period at the original location in Västerås (Thursday, July 6 to Saturday, July 8). What to do? Well, since I was flying into Gothenburg and picking up a rental car, I decided the best course of action was to visit both, which meant plenty of haring up and down the E20 highway between the two events.
The million dollar question of course is – which show was better? I’m afraid I can’t really answer that; certainly it sounded like the evening cruising in Västerås was better than that in Lidköping, which was snarled up and congested, although it went right through the city centre. This could always just be down to the fact it was the first year they had hosted the event, and the city certainly seemed to have tried to capitalise on it, with live music downtown and a carnival atmosphere. Both shows had obviously diminished numbers in terms of traders and participants and while the Västerås Summer Meet had tried to mix things up with live music, a beauty pageant and an area selling beer, the atmosphere felt a bit flat.
I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to suggest that a lot of punters felt confused and many, like me, spent their time shuttling backwards and forwards between the two events, as was evidenced by the number of American vehicles driving back and forth on the E20 highway. The verdict? I believe in the coming years one or the other of these shows will become ‘the one’ everyone goes to and rather than having two ‘so-so’ shows, there will be one big successful one, as has been the case for the past 40 or so years…
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Colonist Car
A colonist car (or emigrant car) was a type of railway passenger coach designed to provide inexpensive long-distance transportation for immigrants, mainly in North America. They were noted for very spartan accommodation.
Colonist cars were a solution to the challenge of North America settlement in the mid and late 19th century which saw the growth of settlement areas in the western interior of the continent, thousands of miles from the seaports where most immigrants arrived. Colonist cars began in the 1840s as the cheapest form of transport for immigrants who could only afford basic fares. At first they provided only benches around the side of what were often boxcars which could be converted to grain cars for return trips to the east coast.
However by the 1880s, railways competing for immigrant traffic to western North America such as the Great Northern Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway developed large fleets of more advanced colonist cars providing spartan sleeping accommodation to western immigrants. These cars provided simple pull-down sleeping births and kitchens where immigrant families could cook their own meals. Fares were very inexpensive. A family could cross Canada from Montreal for seven dollars but immigrants had to provide their own food and bedding. Blankets, pillows and food all were at extra cost. The Canadian Pacific eventually built a fleet of over a thousand colonist cars which played a major role in settling the Canadian west.
Rival Canadian Railways such as the Intercolonial Railway and later the Canadian Northern also built fleets of colonists cars in the peak years of immigration before World War I. However in the wake of immigration restrictions in the 1920s and a near-halt to immigration during the Great Depression, many colonist cars were converted to Combine cars or work cars by the Canadian National Railway which inherited these fleets. They saw renewed use in World War II as troop cars and surviving colonist cars were heavily used in the post World War II boom in immigration. By the 1960s most colonist cars were worn out and were replaced by standard passenger cars as demand for immigrant trains from sea ports fell in the wake of increased travel by air.
Today, two Canadian Pacific Railway colonist cars are preserved in Canada at the Calgary Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta, and at the West Coast Railway Association's museum in Squamish, British Columbia. Canadian National colonist cars are preserved at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, the Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario in Smiths Falls, Ontario and the New Brunswick Railway Museum in Hillsborough, New Brunswick. The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 built a replica of a 1920s era colonist car complete with immigrant luggage and cooking stove as part of its 2015 expansion.
Combine Car
Interior view of a Canadian National Railways colonist car. Note the two open berths at far end of the car, circa 1926.
By Canadian National Railway - Library and Archives Canada, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43420019
Canadian Pacific Railway colonist car No. 2809 at the Angus Shops in Montreal in June of 1924. The steel car contains sleeping berths and a kitchen, with passengers supplying their own bed covers and food. By Canadian Government, Dept of Interior - Library and Archives Canada, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43420020
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MLR: Play - A Christmas Carol
A CHRISTMAS CAROL COMES TO CAPTIVATE THE EASTERN SIERRA
Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre presents a one-man show at the Elks Lodge in Bishop for One Weekend Only
Mammoth Lakes, CA. - Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre’s (MLRT) Artistic Director Shira Dubrovner announced that she is importing a one-man adaptation of the holiday classic to kick off the Christmas season at the Elks Lodge in Bishop for one weekend only – Thursday, November 29 to Saturday, December 1 at 7:00 pm and Sunday December 2 at 4:00 pm. The play is adapted and performed by Los Angeles actor, writer, director Gus Krieger (MLRT’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery) and is directed by Drina Durazo– a frequent contributor to MLRT productions (Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some), All the Great Books Abridged, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and more).
In Krieger’s adaptation one actor plays all the roles of this holiday classic, providing fun for the entire family. “I’m very excited to bring this show to the local communities,” stated Dubrovner. “Gus and Drina are a powerful combination of talent and there’s no story better to set the stage for the holiday season than Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.”
KRIEGER is a Los Angeles-based writer/director/actor/producer of stage and screen. He is the Associate Artistic Director of LA's Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company, and with them has played such roles as Shakespeare's Richard III, Shylock, and King John. His original stage plays include Deity Clutch, Sherlock Through the Looking-Glass, Breaking Bard, and The Armadillo Necktie, produced by the Porters, GDProductions, and The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre. Awards include the Spirit of the Fringe Award for Best Writing, Stage Scene LA's Scenie Awards for Best World Premiere Play and for Outstanding Production, and the Valley Theatre Award for Best Play.
“Like so many throughout the years, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol captured my imagination at an early age,” stated Krieger. “A tale about one's capacity for change (and, incidentally, the first use of time travel in popular fiction!), it's a heartening, evergreen example of Goodness with a capital G, regardless of one's own circumstance.
“As the powers working upon Scrooge do so largely from within,” Krieger continued, “it seemed a perfect story for a one-person adaptation. The inner and outer forces influencing this man could be dramatized in such a way that we see his fractured self, conflicted, at war, pulled about the stage quite literally.”
Director Durazo has been visiting the Eastern Sierra to direct plays since 2013. Past credits at the Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theater include: as director- Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some), All the Great Books Abridged, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, and most recently The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged); as Sound Designer- 39 Steps (directed by Shira Dubrovner). In Los Angeles, Drina’s theatrical credits include: As director: Moon Over Buffalo, Hotel Paradiso, Don’t Dress For Dinner, Breaking Bard(adapted by Gus Krieger; winner of Best Play, Valley Theater Awards), and the World Premiere production of Gus Krieger’s The Armadillo Necktie (winner of 7 Scenie Awards); and as producer- Sherlock’s Last Case, Awake and Sing!, Lombardi (winner of 4 Scenie Awards), and Calendar Girls.
Please join Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre at the Elks Lodge in Bishop November 29th to December 2nd for a charming and lively one-man adaptation of the Dickens holiday classic, fun for the entire family, A CHRISTMAS CAROL – THE ONE MAN SHOW. For more information and/or tickets visit MammothLakesRepertoryTheatre.org.
WHO: Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre
WHAT: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE ONE-MAN SHOW
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 29 – Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:00 PM; Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4:00 PM
WHERE: ELKS Lodge, 151 E. Line Street, Bishop, CA 93514
COST: Tickets online: $20/$18/$10; Tickets at the door $22 No discounts
RESERVE TICKETS: www.MammothLakesRepertoryTheatre.org
Now Showing: Starting Wed., Nov. 21
OPEN STUDIO AND HOLIDAY ART SALE
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Government National Politics
Asylum Seekers Sue Trump Over New Border Policy
November 21, 2018 November 26, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN
Asylum, borders, Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (CN) – A group of Honduran and Mexican nationals is challenging a proclamation by President Donald Trump that anyone who crosses the southern border between official ports of entry into the United States from Mexico would be ineligible for asylum.
In a federal lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia on Tuesday, Williams and Connolly attorney Thomas Hentoff contends a Nov. 9 White House proclamation stating that asylum seekers have “no lawful basis for admission into our country,” violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Under the Act, non-citizens who arrive at U.S. borders are granted the statutory right to seek asylum, regardless of how they entered the country, Hentoff argues.
Additionally, the plaintiffs argue the proclamation is illegal because it “mandates a denial of credible fear determination,” even in situations where a noncitizen is on a fast track for removal but shows a “significant possibility” that he or she could establish asylum.
According to Hentoff, Trump and co-defendants Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Immigration Services director Lee Cissna and U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services asylum director John Lafferty, also violated the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act with the move.
“The rule… render ineligible for asylum any noncitizen who enters the U.S. without inspection from the across the U.S.-Mexico border. This dramatic change to the nation’s asylum laws shutters access to the asylum system for thousands of men, women and children that … are likely to have meritorious asylum claims,” the filing states.
A notice and comment period for such a rule may have addressed some of these concerns, but that period was never allotted once Trump issued the proclamation, Hentoff wrote.
As a secondary issue, the lawsuit also challenges the controversial appointment of acting attorney general Matt Whitaker.
In his current capacity, Whitaker functions as the chief arbiter of all immigration courts and proceedings.
The plaintiffs claim Whitaker is ineligible to serve because Trump violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution when selecting him to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The filing comes one day after U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, of the Northern District of California, issued a restraining order Monday barring the Trump administration for enforcing the proclamation.
Trump on Tuesday criticized the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which would likely receive any appeal of Tigar’s order and has already ruled against the administration in several immigration cases. Trump called the circuit a “disgrace” and its judges “very unfair.
“Every case that gets filed in the 9th Circuit, we get beaten. And then we end up having to go to the Supreme Court, like the travel ban, and we won,” Trump said.
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Georgia Tech & USG Criminal History Discrimination
On February 7, 2019, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Outten & Golden LLP, and Atlanta-based Buckley Beal LLP recently filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and the University System of Georgia (USG), alleging that the University’s criminal background check policies and practices used to screen job applicants result in unlawful discrimination against African Americans in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The charge was filed on behalf of Mr. Benjamin Paul and similarly situated individuals.
Mr. Paul, a 30-year-old single father, quit his job at Miami Dade College and moved from Florida to Atlanta after Georgia Tech offered him a job as a career advisor. According to the EEOC charge, Georgia Tech rescinded the job offer based on Mr. Paul’s criminal history record which stems from incidents that occurred over twelve years ago, when he was 17 or 18 years old. According to his charge, Mr. Paul has worked hard to better himself, and in the twelve years since his convictions has earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree and acquired years of relevant work experience. He has also demonstrated his commitment to public service in numerous ways. Most notably, Mr. Paul served with AmeriCorps VISTA and was the recipient of the Corporation for National and Community Service President’s Volunteer Service Award.
“For a university system with such a large workforce, it’s imperative that fair and lawful background check policies are in place. Mr. Paul turned his life around yet he still suffers the collateral consequences for crimes he committed as a teenager,” said Dariely Rodriguez, Director of the Economic Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “Qualified individuals like Mr. Paul, who happen to have a criminal record, deserve a meaningful opportunity for employment.”
According to 2016 data from The Sentencing Project, Georgia’s incarceration rate per 100,000 inmates was 235 Hispanic, 329 white, and 1,066 black. This makes Georgia one of twelve states where more than half of the prison population is black. And the percentage of black adults with felony convictions has risen much faster among blacks than among whites. In Georgia, the percentage of blacks with a felony conviction grew from an estimated 7 percent in 1980 to 26 percent in 2010.
“I was excited to start the job at Georgia Tech. I have experience doing exactly the kind of work they were hiring me for,” Mr. Paul stated. “I have worked diligently over the past decade to provide for myself and my family while finding ways to give back to my community. I was devastated when Georgia Tech revoked the job offer notwithstanding all of the concrete steps I have taken to demonstrate that my criminal history does not define me.”
“When employers use criminal history to make hiring decisions, they must comply with the law and ensure that the rights of job applicants are protected,” said Ossai Miazad, a partner in Outten & Golden’s New York office.
The USG is composed of twenty-six higher education institutions. According to its website, the USG employs 157,967 individuals representing about 3.6% of all jobs in the state of Georgia.
“Our firm is deeply committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone regardless of race, and we are pleased to partner with Outten & Golden and the Lawyers’ Committee in the important fight for that fundamental principle,” said Brian J. Sutherland, a partner at Atlanta-based Buckley Beal.
The attorney primarily responsible for this matter at the Lawyers’ Committee is: Dariely Rodriguez, Director, Economic Justice Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1500 K Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005, Direct Telephone: (202) 662-8330, Email: drodriguez@lawyerscommittee.org.
The attorneys primarily responsible for this matter at Outten & Golden are: Ossai Miazad, Partner, Outten & Golden LLP, Email: om@outtengolden.com, and Michael C. Danna, Associate, Outten & Golden, LLP, Email: mdanna@outtengolden.com, 685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Telephone: (212) 245-1000.
The Georgia licensed attorney primarily responsible for this matter at Buckley Beal is: Brian J. Sutherland, Partner, Buckley Beal LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3900, Atlanta, GA 30308, Direct Telephone: (404) 920-0318, Email: bsutherland@buckleybeal.com.
If you have had a similar experience or would like to learn more about this case, please contact any of the responsible attorneys listed above. A written retainer agreement signed by an authorized agent of the Lawyer’s Committee, Outten & Golden, and Buckley Beal will be required in the event that any legal services will be provided to you.
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Five-Year-Old Boy Hit By Car In Adelaide's South
A five-year-old boy has been hit by a car crossing Adelaide’s Marion Rd and the horrifying moment has been captured on camera.
Incredibly the boy has escaped with minor injuries.
He had become lost from his family after taking off ahead of them as they walked down Marion Rd on Sunday. The rest of the family then went into a shop and the boy panicked when he became unsure where they were.
EXCLUSIVE: The incredible CCTV of the heart-stopping moment a 5-year-old boy is hit by a car while running across Marion Road. He escaped with minor injuries. The latest in 7NEWS at 4pm and 6pm. #MarionRoad #7NEWS
A post shared by 7NEWS Adelaide (@7newsadelaide) on May 12, 2019 at 11:04pm PDT
Channel 7 News are broadcasting the footage that shows him waiting on the at a pedestrian crossing on the side of the road to cross on his own.
The boy watches a few cars speed past before taking off, running out into the busy four-lane road.
One SUV narrowly avoids hitting him before he reaches the median strip but he carries on running and is hit by a car that would have had no chance to see him and stop.
The car immediately stops and the driver gets straight out of the vehicle running over to the boy.
The driver told Channel 7 News she saw a “head appear in front of the bonnet” and was overcome with emotion when she jumped out of her car, fearing the worst.
Other passers-by are seen helping the boy off the road before the vision stops.
What a scary moment for everyone involved. Our hearts go out to all who witnessed it, and hope the driver and the boy are both recovering well.
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P&O Australia Brings Back Comedy Festival at Sea for 2020
P&O Cruises Australia's The Big Laugh will be back by popular demand in June 2020 delivering more comedians, performances and jokes than ever before, according to a press release.
The three-night comedy festival is returning to the high seas for a third consecutive year signalling P&O’s biggest season of comedy with 76 dedicated themed cruises in 2019 and 2020.
The news follows the success of this year’s cruise which sailed over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend and featured a stellar line-up of world class entertainers including Tom Gleeson, Dave Hughes and Mel Buttle.
Thirteen big-name comedians performed 32 shows and a combined 1,500 minutes of jokes to 2,000 comedy lovers onboard the Pacific Explorer.
P&O Cruises Head of Entertainment Brett Annable said The Big Laugh had proven to be extremely popular and was now a stand-out event in the comedy calendar.
“P&O’s comedy cruises are unique in that they offer a wide variety of acts under one ‘roof’. There’s a choice of larger than life performances in The Marquee to more intimate gigs in the ship’s many stylish bars and lounges with something for every type of comedy fan,” Annable said.
“Since the inaugural Big Laugh cruise in 2018 we’ve pulled in the biggest and best names in the business from here and overseas. It’s three nights of jam-packed comedy action delivered day and night by the funniest people in the business.”
The Big Laugh on Pacific Explorer departs Sydney on June 5, 2020.
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In a dangerous and growing trend, individuals and organizations misuse federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), or state open records equivalents, to attack scientists.
Open records laws are meant to promote government transparency by allowing citizens to request copies of administrative records, but they’re also used as a tool to harass scientists.
Politically and ideologically motivated groups, which are often funded by the fossil fuel industry, will request reams of documents, including private emails, from researchers who receive public funding.
These scientists must then potentially review and produce thousands of documents — sometimes in a matter of days — or mount a legal response explaining why the requests are invalid.
What’s at Stake
Individuals and groups who use invasive FOIA requests to make scientists disclose private information claim they do so to further transparency in science.
In reality, the scientific peer review process serves this function. Researchers engage in true scientific transparency through the sharing of their completed study results, methodologies, and datasets.
People who misuse open records law are looking for information that can be taken out of context and used to attack researchers or mislead and confuse the public.
Other times, people make open records requests to hinder scientific progress by diverting time, energy, and resources away from research by forcing scientists to comply with the time-intensive demands of legal review and litigation.
How We’re Taking Action
We defend climate scientists and their research by filing legal briefs in support of scientists who are subjected to unnecessary FOIA requests.
We also publish resources, such as our report, Research Protections in State Open Records Laws: An Analysis and Ranking, the first in-depth analysis of the existing protections for scientific records, and their applications, in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to help scientists and attorneys understand the application state and federal open records laws to scientific research.
If you’re a scientist, learn how to protect yourself from these attacks.
Essential Reading & Resources
Research Protections in State Open Records Laws: An Analysis and Ranking
This report is the first in-depth analysis of the existing protections for scientific records, and their applications, in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
It explains each state’s treatment of scientific records and assigns the state a letter grade from A to F accordingly. The report includes statutes, cases, decisions, and other pertinent legal information and examples of how groups have tried to use open records laws to antagonize scientists.
The report is intended to help scientists and attorneys understand the best way to manage and respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, and encourage policymakers to consider the special issues of scientific transparency and enact policies that protect these important materials.
Read the introduction.
View the 50 state report card and at a glance.
Download the full report.
What documents scientists should keep and disclose?
Here’s what we advise on professional correspondence and record keeping:
Conduct professional correspondence in a professional manner. It is important to remember that scientists’ emails may be FOIAed, otherwise disclosed due to legal actions or even hacked.
Do not use professional email accounts for personal emails and vice versa due to the risk of FOIA requests and similar inquiries. FOIA only applies to government records, so separating personal and professional emails reduces the likelihood that your personal correspondence will be affected by a FOIA request or other investigation.
Scientists should ensure they are complying with document and data retention requirements. The applicable legal requirements depend on: the scientist’s employer, the scientist’s funding sources, and whether litigation is likely. Employees and consultants of public institutions, including government scientists and public university researchers, should retain all public records (the precise determination will vary by state, but generally, documents relating to public business).
Similarly, public funding may require certain recordkeeping: for example, National Science Foundation grants stipulate that research data, including databases, must be shared.
Finally, documents must be retained if litigation is “reasonably anticipated,” meaning there is credible information that a lawsuit may be brought at some point (more on this below). Even if there are no strict retention requirements, it is advisable to keep documents for at least a few years. Anyone can be made to look bad when files are missing.
If you find yourself under legal attack:
Scientists under attack should first remember that other scientists have been through this before and come out the other side.
Scientists under legal attack, or who believe an attack is likely, should promptly contact their institutional counsel or groups such as the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, or both. In addition to providing legal resources, we also provide emotional support by connecting scientists under attack to others who have successfully navigated such situations. We can also assist in situations where the scientist’s legal interests differ from the institution’s own legal interests.
Once litigation is reasonably anticipated, there is a legal requirement to make a good-faith effort to preserve all documents relevant to the dispute, which can include even Facebook or Twitter messages, or documents stored on a personal computer. Generally, an organization’s attorney will issue a “document hold notice” when necessary, which provides details on what and how to preserve.
If scientists must produce documents because of a FOIA request or other legal obligations, they should work with their counsel to ensure that only necessary information is released. Personal information is very likely protected and, depending on the applicable state and federal laws, it should be possible to also protect aspects of scientists’ academic work and other intellectual property.
Note: The above pertains only to U.S. laws and does not constitute legal advice.
If you are a scientist who needs legal advice, please contact us.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) a $20 million grant. The grant will help the DGHI educate a new generation of leaders and experts, and build research capacity from Durham to Delhi to address critical global health challenges.
The grant provides $10 million in endowment support to sustain the growth of DGHI. The other $10 million will support a challenge that will match one dollar for every dollar given - making the total impact of the grant $30 million - and will allow other donors to partner with the foundation to:
Build on Duke's recognized leadership in global health education, particularly its hands-on learning opportunities, to meet the growing demand of students interested in global health;
Recruit and support faculty at Duke working across disciplines and schools to address global health challenges. Examples include HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (medicine and public policy), mental health (psychiatry and psychology) and strengthening health systems (economics and management);
Bolster financial aid for students, including graduate fellowships and support for international students; and
Strengthen DGHI's partnerships with institutions and organizations in priority locations such as Haiti, Kenya, Tanzania, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
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Dallas Comedy House, Performers, Sketch
Emily Gee
Scoop On Sketch: Walker Dog
It was a Dark and Stormy Cocktail of an evening when Blitsy Kittenz dusted off the Taco Bell shell crumbs from her jumpsuit while she skipped down Main Street. She was running late to interview at the Dallas Comedy House. She was to interview Walker Dog, you see. Walker Dog is a wonderful group filled with sweet cream cornies, a bunch of crunchy granola guys and gals like, Elizabeth Burkhead, Brent Crable, Jay Jacoby, Jeff Garlish, Molly Jakkamsetti and their lion leader, David Allison. Blitsy ran into the green room and bellowed, “Tea for two and how about I interview you?!” They all stared at her and said, “Interview, yes. Tea, no.”
That’s when the REAL talk began:
Blitsy Kittenz: How has everyone’s Walker experience been so far?
Jay: It goes by a lot more quickly. I was talking to Brent before this and with Sketch 2 and three we had the opportunity to submit a sketch and it wouldn’t be that great but people would give you notes and then you’d edit it and there would be three rounds of editing. Here you need to have a strong idea up top.
Brent: Definitely more challenging. In a good way. You can’t write some BS sketch. It has to be vetted out and you have to bring it. You have to write good stuff, pitch good stuff and have your performance stuff down as well. You have to be on top of your game.
Jeff: A lot of times you want to try and work out the ideas you have but with this, if you don’t have it fleshed out already you have to kick it to the curb and go with what you know is going to be strong.
Elizabeth: We’re going counterclockwise? For me, there’s two main differences. The big differences would be that I’ve felt much more inspired doing this than I did in sketch classes. Two sketches a week versus one that was improvised. The other thing is, David’s approach is a bit different than I’d had before. One, he has more of a collaborative decision making process and I’m not sure if that’s more his personality or whether he has accepted that we are competent enough.
Blitsy Kittenz: Is it just your personality, David?
David: I haven’t taught a sketch 3 in a while. It’s something that I’ve learned lately, I’d like to think it’s something I’d do in sketch 3. I think a lot of it is trust and this is a good group. For me it’s very important, as a director, to make sure that everyone in the cast is excited about the show they put up. If they’re barely in it or if in every scene they have one line, they’re not going to be that excited and it’s going to be more of a chore. If they have one or two characters they’re excited to play though, they’re going to put the work in across the board. It’s also important to balance input sketch wise. If the show is five sketches from one person then that’s just one voice. We have five fantastic voices!
Jeff: Stop!
David: No, we do! We need to show that everybodies input was apart of it.
Elizabeth: The other thing is David focuses more on emotions. When we first did a rehearsal he asked this question that I had never been asked before. He asked, “How is your character feeling? What is their emotion?” and then we play that emotion. Even if the emotion is like, “She ate beans for breakfast”.
Molly: It is a quicker process and a more challenging one. We are writing it independently and then when you bring it to the table everybody gives feedback, which is good. It’s been a lot of fun!
Brent: Can I add one more thing? About the emotion, I think that’s the most underutilized portion of sketch. The acting part is important because, we can all write sketches, but if we don’t present it well enough it might not get picked or it might not do well in front of a crowd. That’s what David made us look at like, “What’s your character's motivation?”. That’s stuff I would do back in a Meisner class. It’s a big deal of bringing a sketch to life.
David: Yea! There’s this concept they teach early on in sketch classes which is, “Pitch with confidence”. So that your idea, no matter what you personally think of it, is pitched with gusto so that everyone else in the group can enjoy it and be inspired by it and they might make a connection with it that they wouldn’t have made if you walked in with a defeated attitude. That’s something I tried to emphasize across the board, If you’re reading your lines at a table read, give it your all. Don’t lack confidence just because it’s not your big part or maybe you didn’t write the sketch or maybe you don’t think it’s funny. We all need to support each other by giving everything we got.
Elizabeth: To add to that, I think that’s maybe why I’ve been so inspired. There's been less emphasis on, “Find the game, hit the game, game, game, game”. I freeze up with that sort of thinking whereas focusing on the emotion is easier and helps me crank it out.
Jeff: I think it’s been pretty incredible how fast we’ve meshed. We never really knew each other personally before this and still gelled from day one. We’ve actually done our work is amazing.
Jay: It’s a fun group. Brent and I have been through the sketch program together but this whole group, from the start, respected each other and respected each other’s ideas. The trust was there from day one which is so necessary and important for a quick show.
Blitsy Kittenz: So your second show is ready to go?
Molly: Not ready to go! Not ready to go!
David: All the sketches are done, though!
Walker Dog performs an entirely new show on Wednesday, August 30th at 9:30pm. Walker Sky performs their last August show on August 23rd at 9:30pm. Every Wednesday is Walker Night filled with fresh, original sketch comedy.
Blitsy Kittenz is a fake character that interviews lovely people created by Emily Gee. Emily writes for the DCH blog and performs improv at Dallas Comedy House. She loves peanut butter, blooming lilies, her pup Gutter and the owner of the XBOX name: IceColdHofsicle. You can see Emily perform with Photobomb, Out of the Blue, Rapid Weight Gain and the Family Friendly show.
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Want exciting investments or results? Dallas-based AT&T a 'boring,' excelling stock
Filed under Business at Jul 2016
Will Deener, Special Contributor
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If asked to name the best-performing sectors in the stock market this year, many investors would probably start with the rebounding energy sector and then perhaps technology or financials.
Good guesses all, but they are wrong, wrong and wrong. It is true that energy stocks recovered this year — up a robust 16 percent — as crude oil prices climbed higher. But energy still lags the best performers.
And the always popular technology sector — the largest sector in the S&P 500 — has been crushed by this year's sell-off in Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. (Google) and has gained only 3 percent year to date. As for the financial sector, it continues to reside in a perpetual purgatory of low interest rates and increased regulations, making it by far the worst-performing sector in the market with a decline this year of 1.3 percent.
Surprisingly, the two best-performing sectors in the S&P 500 are the always boring utilities and telecommunications — both up about 20 percent so far this year. That's right. The overall S&P 500 Index has gained about 6 percent this year, but these so-called defensive sectors took flight.
Utilities, telecom and one other defensive sector — consumer staples — have been safe havens from both market mayhem and record low interest rates. The utilities sector comprises 29 companies, including electric utility giant Exelon Corp.
Telecom is a much smaller sector, with only five companies, including Dallas-based AT&T Inc., which is up 25 percent year to date. Consumer staples include companies like Procter & Gamble Co. and Kimberly-Clark Corp., which make products consumers demand no matter what the economy is doing.
It is true that the market is currently only slightly higher than it was more than 15 months ago, but massive updrafts and downdrafts occurred along the way. For example, an early February market selloff lopped 14 percent from the S&P 500.
And then on June 24, Britain's surprising referendum to leave the European Union, known as Brexit, carved away 610 points from the Dow Jones Industrial average. These losses were emotionally wrenching for investors, so they sought shelter from the storm.
"Brexit and low interest rates are causing fear that something terrible is going on," said James Paulsen, chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management. "Some investors have pulled out of stocks, but those who remain in the market have gone to the most conservative stocks — utilities and telecom."
Just recently, the yield of the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note dipped to 1.37 percent — its lowest level ever — from 2.27 percent at the start of the year. It now sits at 1.5 percent. By comparison, the current dividend yield on utility stocks is 3.2 percent. And in the telecom sector, AT&T sports a hefty dividend yield of 4.5 percent.
"The lower Treasury yields increase the value of dividend-paying stocks," Paulsen said. "That eye catching, all-time record low yield on Treasuries has pushed up demand for these stocks [utilities and telecom]."
In addition to fear and low interest rates driving investors into these stocks, utilities in particular have benefited from amped up merger and acquisition activity. In the first quarter, mergers totaling $41.4 billion were announced compared with just $11.5 billion in the previous quarter.
One of these mega-mergers closed last March when Chicago-based Exelon Corp. bought Washington-based Pepco Holdings Inc. in a $6.8 billion deal, creating America's largest electric utility. Shares of Exelon have spiked 30 percent this year.
While the sparkling performance of utility stocks this year is enticing, one issue should give potential investors pause: valuation. After such a great run, these stocks are not cheap.
The trailing stock price-to-earnings ratio, the most common measure of valuation, is a hefty 21, which is close to a record for this sector, according to Dow Theory Forecasts, an investing newsletter. In other words, buying such a pricey sector doesn't leave much margin for error if things turn sour, meaning if interest rates rise, the economy heats up and some of the investor fear begins to dissipate.
In that case, investors will probably jettison these conservative, defensive stocks and return to some of the faster-growing sectors such as technology. The recent rally in the stock market — across all sectors — might be indicative of that.
"I would lighten up on utilities, telecom and staples and take those proceeds and buy financials, materials, industrials and energy," Paulsen said. "If you sell utilities and buy financials, you get about the same dividend, but you have a completely different horse in the game."
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The Greater Bay Area Initiative
Posted On May 2019
Valeria Manunza, assistant manager for Dezan Shira & Associates' Guangzhou, China office, discusses the Greater Bay Area Initiative and its significance to China's economy.
What is the Greater Bay Area?
The Greater Bay Area (GBA) is a project aimed at putting together Hong Kong, Macau and 9 cities of Guangdong’s Pearl River Delta, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Huizhou, and Zhaoqin in a new economic region comparable to other city clusters such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater New York and the Greater Tokyo Area.
This project, which was first officially brought up in China’s 13th five-year plan (2016-2020), is an updated version of the Pearl River Delta Initiative, which did not include the two Special Administered Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
The goal of the initiative is to strengthen cooperation among the cities designated in the plan and, by focusing on each city’s competitive advantage, create a system in which they all complement one another.
The blueprint for this Greater Bay Area plan was finally released by policymakers in the beginning of 2019. Supporting it are three key infrastructure projects.
The first is the recently inaugurated Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, which opened in 2018 and significantly reduces travel times from Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macau.
The second is the Express Rail Link, which also opened in 2018 and connects Hong Kong to Shenzhen and Guangdong, and subsequently to China’s vast high-speed rail network.
The third project, the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor, is planned to be completed in 2024. It will be an eight-lane highway and will reduce the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan/Jiangmen by approx. 30 minutes.
Once physically integrated, the region will be in a stronger position to achieve the two other important parts of the initiative: increasing the Chinese economy’s value adding capabilities and boosting internationalization, both of which are important for China’s next stage of economic development.
As part of this initiative, the following industries will play an important role in the area: advanced manufacturing, financial services, transport & logistics, trade, tourism and leisure.
Why should we pay attention to the Greater Bay Area?
The region is already China’s most internationally inclined region (and largest foreign trader), with Guangdong providing 23.5% of the nation’s total imports and exports. A business already established in the Pearl River Delta region will be able to expand its range and use the region as a springboard to shift towards a more international strategy.
The recent shift towards a service-based economy that China is experiencing, is mostly due to the cities belonging to this zone. Shenzhen for example is one of the world’s leading innovation centers. Since 2013, Shenzhen devoted more than 4% of its GDP to R&D projects, providing incentives on tax, housing and funding, with an aspirational aim of becoming the world’s innovation center. This push has resulted in the city becoming famous for its high-tech manufacturing opportunities, telecommunications, financial and logistics industries.
The Guangdong province is known to have a reliable and developed manufacturing base with established supply chains with the rest of the world. Guangdong has remained China’s biggest economy, with a GDP of over 7.9 trillion Yuan (US$ 1.17 Trillion), representing around 10% of China’s total GDP in the last few years.
International supply chains have bloomed in the region with its proximity to Hong Kong and as a destination for returning overseas Chinese, both helping to create an English language environment MNCs can feel comfortable in.
The agreement provides the chance of bringing Hong Kong and the Guangdong province closer together. Hong Kong has served for many years now as an intermediary between Mainland China and the rest of the world. However, with closer integration, Hong Kong’s high-quality infrastructure, financial and professional services combined with Guangdong’s lower cost of labor and availability of land could prove even more beneficial to businesses in the region.
Where are the business opportunities right now?
There are good opportunities for small local enterprises who consider the Belt & Road Initiative too daunting.
When looking at the region right now, we can already see that Hong Kong is known as a world financial center; Shenzhen is China’s “Silicon Valley” because of its innovation and startup culture; Guangzhou and Dongguan is known for manufacturing and as a logistics hub; while Macau and Zhuhai are known for leisure and tourism. The GBA allows for the further development of these industries through regional integration and government initiatives. For example, the completion of the above-mentioned key infrastructure projects makes it easier for middle-class consumers to escape to Macau and Zhuhai for the weekend.
The GBA is also emerging as the manufacturing destination of choice in automotive innovation and driverless vehicles. Shenzhen already hosts the world’s biggest automotive technology trade shows and exhibitions, and China is a strong leader in artificial intelligence (AI).
Business can expect to see opportunities in electronics, robotics, manufacturing, automotive, software, leisure entertainment, and petrochemicals continue or develop in this region as it becomes more integrated.
Additionally, businesses will also see advantages in moving to new development hotspots such as Zhongshan, Zhaoqing and Huizhou where rents and labor costs are lower than Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
What about future prospects for businesses operating in the Greater Bay Area?
At its current GDP, the Greater Bay Area would rank 12th in the world if it was a country. Even with the recent mainland slowdown, the GBA is still growing at twice the OECD average. There will be a threefold increase in GDP by 2030 – to reach about US$4.6 trillion. That would make it the highest earning Bay Area in the world, outstripping Tokyo and San Francisco.
Business incentives will increase as the national and regional governments try to create a fully integrated GBA and foster further growth in the region. With the recent Trade War-spurred discussions to open further industries up to foreign investment, combined with the Guangdong Free trade Zone, there will be more foreign businesses can take advantage of, including in targeted industries.
A huge advantage of this plan will be the closer integration of the mainland and Hong Kong. Thanks to its global environment, the ‘one country, two systems’, and developed infrastructure, Hong Kong serves as a gateway between the mainland and the world. There is potential for Hong Kong’s developed legal and financial system influencing the Pearl River Delta region in addition to encouraging quality standards that are aligned with those in the West. For example, the Hong Kong stock market offers a blueprint as well as a convenient source for both fundraising and talent. At the same time, Hong Kong can also utilize its international trading network to promote local products.
If governmental bodies can get in sync, the uniformity of laws and policies will be a boon to all those businesses that want to capitalize on the flexibility of the integrated region.
What are the challenges of eastablishing a business in the GBA?
Integration beyond physical infrastructure will be the main challenge as governments will have to work closely and sync together on a number of policies and initiatives, including immigration, currency and corporate tax rates. This might be particularly challenging for the ‘one party, two systems’, special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Each city must refocus their energies to what has been deemed their competitive advantage, moving away from duplication and other low-value manufacturing. A successful project will only result from each city in the region prioritizing the Bay Area’s benefits over individual ones.
For more information on doing business in the Greater Bay Area
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Breakdown of parent-child communication
This content item relates to “A broken childhood,” which appeared in the March 12 issue of the El Estoque print magazine. Co-written with Sara Yang.
FUHSD Board of Trustees President Hung Wei, a parent of MVHS alumni and Verdadera adviser, believes that lack of communication is a prevalent problem within many families. She strongly emphasizes the importance of family time. When her three children attended MVHS, they were constantly busy; the family was rarely able to sit down for dinner together. Instead, Wei left the meal on the table so her children could microwave the food at their convenience. Photo illustration by Sara Yang
Her mother knew how frustrated she was — with the academic stress, the busy schedule, the disjointed communication with her father.
“Please don’t go do something stupid,” her mother had said. “We’ll get through it, I promise.”
Her friends were the ones who told her that she needed a break. They suggested that she spend a few days away from home, to just get away from it all.
So one day immediately before Winter Break of 2011, when her mother was working and her father was running errands, she grabbed a duffel bag of clothes and drove to a friend’s house. But her time there was anything but relaxing.
According to this female junior, who spoke to El Estoque on the condition that her name be withheld, she felt even more anxious once she had left; she spent a day and a half worrying and pacing her friend’s room, before heading home.
“I was afraid that the second I got home, there would be police officers at my house with search warrants, searching [houses] door to door,” the female junior said. “I was afraid that Cupertino would be like, being torn down because my parents wanted to find me that badly.”
To her relief, such a dramatic scene had not unfolded. As she pulled into the driveway around 2 p.m., her mother — who had been constantly glancing out the front window — ran and hugged her. But once her father came home, what ensued was, according to her, “the classic parent interrogation,” full of yelling and crying.
The female junior spent the rest of the day talking with her parents. She had initially left due to an extreme build-up of stress, and her final decision to leave the house stemmed from her father’s non-negotiable addition to her schedule: a two-week SAT class during break, five hours per weekday. Following her return home, they came to a compromise on the class, and the female junior says her parents now pressure her less in school.
“There’s still that kind of awkward space between us now, because they’re afraid to push me too hard,” she said. “I feel like I kind of made them feel like they did the wrong thing in trying to get me to do my best. In hindsight, I understand they were trying to help me do my best on the SATs, do my best in [sports] and school. But after a while, it was just taking away all the free time I had to just relax and breathe. ‘Cause as much as someone needs to be pushed, someone needs time to just relax and sit down and get a chance to be what they want to be.”
This female junior believes that her problems with her parents are not unique; she has heard several friends express the desire to run away from home — a course of action that she, from experience, does not recommend.
A busy lifestyle
The female junior noted that being a parent is a job. According to FUHSD Board of Trustees President Hung Wei, a Verdadera adviser and parent of MVHS alumni, that job can be a difficult one.
“Parents right now, they’re … in a hard spot. There are always so many wrongs they can do that they feel they can never do anything right,” Wei said. “I want the kids to know, the teenagers to know, their parents are just human beings. They’re not parents until they give birth to them. They don’t know how to be parents, they kind of learn on the way. So it’s not like they’re perfect.”
Although parents may err at times, Marcia Stein, a parent of an MVHS alumnus and author of “Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens” says they do love their children and are well-intentioned.
Stein commented that parents, especially those who choose to place their children in high-performing high schools and reside in the expensive accompanying neighborhoods, often work long hours to support their households. By the time they return home and see their children, parents are exhausted and sometimes need to just zone out.
“There are lots of distractions, we’re all very distracted. But sometimes you need to just sit with your kid and have a quiet time. And turn off the phone, turn off the gadgets, turn off everything — just be with your kid,” Stein said.
Stein added that parents must be prepared to speak with their children at any moment, because kids may not return to discuss an issue with their parents for a second time if they are not spoken to during the first.
Wei, speaking from personal experience, believes such a busy modern lifestyle limits the capacity for parents and children to interact with each other.
“From three o’clock when school’s out to eight o’clock, I was in the car shuffling [the kids], dropping this off, picking up, dropping off, picking up. And dinner was always on the table, whenever you’re ready to eat you could eat,” Wei said. “I was at PTA, I was very active in everything … I went to their games and you know, did all what the parent could do. But my kids still felt that I wasn’t communicating with them, which is true. I was there but wasn’t, you see the difference?”
According to Wei, families should prioritize spending time together. She said in particular that families ought to find the time to eat dinner together; the routine of doing so provides children with a safety net.
“Parents should step down and say, ‘We need family time because I care about you,’” Wei said.
Consequences of broken communication
Although the female junior’s parents no longer academically push her to the extent that they once did, she finds that the pressure to perform still lingers.
“The stress that [my parents] put on me has tattooed itself into my mind,” she said. “If one thing doesn’t go correctly, I feel like this huge tidal wave is going to knock everything else out along with it … Even if my parents tell me if it’s okay, I sit there and [think], ‘But it’s not.’”
Her difficulty in resolving her stress-related issues arises in part due to what she describes as her family’s “broken” communication; few words are exchanged between her and her father — the two have spent entire road trips to Los Angeles without uttering a single word. Her mother, with whom she has a better relationship, serves as an intermediary, conveying messages between the two. And, fearing what she calls his defensive reactions, the female junior refrains from voicing any issues she may have to her father, opting instead to let them “settle in the dust.”
“[It’s] kind of like the Charlie Brown parent-child relationship, where the children just hear the parents mumbling. I feel like that’s what the parents hear from us sometimes, it’s just like the ‘wah wah’ type noise.”
– anonymous female junior
Although she recognizes the benefits of communicating with parents, the female junior believes that parents often fail to comprehend when their children do choose to speak with them.
“[Parents] hear you, but they don’t actually listen to what you’re saying,” she said. “[It’s] kind of like the Charlie Brown parent-child relationship, where the children just hear the parents mumbling. I feel like that’s what the parents hear from us sometimes, it’s just like the ‘wah wah’ type noise.”
Mending communication
According to student advocate Richard Prinz, restoring or establishing healthy communication within families requires effort on both the parent and child’s parts. As he emphasizes in his parenting classes, Prinz suggests that parents should attempt to understand their children, and when insults are exchanged, should avoid reacting out of hurt. In turn, the child should converse with his parents instead of staying isolated in his bedroom, and treat them with consideration — perhaps put the Xbox down and help his mother with the groceries, Prinz suggested.
The female junior, too, recognizes the importance of communication but believes it difficult to achieve open discourse between a child and parent, especially when the two parties have not established a healthy relationship early on. An absence of trust, she thinks, underlies the breakdown of communication.
“There’s a huge wall between parents and children nowadays,” the female junior said. “Once it’s gone up, it just can’t be brought down … The parent feels it too.”
Nonetheless, the female junior still wants the ability to converse openly with her father.
“I’ve made it a personal goal this year to be able to stand up to him and say, ’You’re making me frustrated and stressed out … I know you’re trying to protect me … but I need someone to lean on sometimes, and sometimes that needs to be you — but I can’t do that when we have this issue between us,’” she said.
The female junior did at one point consider consulting a family therapist but decided against it; she felt that seeking professional help would hurt her parents, due to the implication that she was discontent with their familial situation. Even if she were to bring up the topic with her father, she believes that he would respond with anger and deny the need to see a therapist.
Stein believes reconciliation with parents becomes possible once the child has matured with the passage of time. She added that children in their twenties often repair relationships with their parents, citing a particular woman who only came to terms with her mother’s personality at the age of 40, and did not speak with her mother until then. According to Stein, restoring communication hinges upon the parent and child’s mutual acceptance of each other — “It’s not TV,” she said.
“You take some TV show about family … [like] the old TV shows and you see them on Nickelodeon … These old shows portrayed family life as it never ever was,” Stein said. “But people grow up looking at them and thinking, ‘Oh, that’s the way families are.’ Then they get disappointed when their family falls flat. They have unrealistic expectations of what families truly are.”
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5 Facts about 1970's Planet of the Apes sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes starring James Franciscus and David Watson
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970)
Directed by Ted Post.
In the second installment of the Planet of the Apes series an astronaut (James Franciscus) searching for George Taylor (Charlton Heston) and the rest of the crew that crashed on the planet in the first film has to contend not only with a world of civilized, talking apes, but a subterranean society of mutants harboring a potentially apocalyptic secret. Co-starring David Watson and Kim Hunter, take the plunge below to unearth 5 fast film facts on Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
5 FAST FILM FACTS
5. In French speaking countries the film was titled ‘The Secret of the Planet of the Apes’, while in Finland it was called ‘Return to the Planet of the Apes’.
4. This is the only film of the original 5 which doesn’t feature Roddy McDowall in some capacity, the part of Cornelius instead being played by David Watson. He does however appear briefly as the character in a pre-title re-cap.
3. Due to budget constraints, it is quite clear that some of the background actors are wearing ape masks rather than the Academy Award winning make-up of the main players.
2. Although only making about half the money of the first film, having cost only $2.5 million (according to director Ted Post) to produce and grossing almost $17.5 million means the movie was even more successful than its predecessor in terms of returning well beyond its budget (7 times, as opposed to 5.5 times). However it should be noted that other estimates of the budget place it at various amounts between $2.5 and $4.5 million.
1. Charlton Heston only agreed to do the movie if his character George Taylor died at the beginning. He came to a compromise with the producers and was willing to make another appearance at the end, but only because it was his character that was responsible for the destruction of the world. He gave his fee to charity.
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2011 Construction Week Power 100: 1-10
CW's list of the most influential people working in GCC construction
Ayman Hariri
Bakr bin Laden
Riad Kamal
Mohammed Alabbar
Zuhair Fayez
Nasser Ali Al Mawlawi
Hassan Al Thawadi
Fatima Obaid Al Jaber
by CW Staff
2011 CONSTRUCTION WEEK POWER 100
1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 91-100
> The Power 100 - Full List
1. AYMAN HARIRI
DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER
SAUDI OGER
Ayman Hariri is the deputy general manager and a board director at Saudi Oger, one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest construction firms, integral to the transformation of the country’s economy.
He is well-known as one of the rare executives that combine a deep, hands-on knowledge of complex technology concepts with an impressive history of entrepreneurial success. Today, 33-year-old Saudi Oger has successfully diversified into FM, telecoms and utilities as part of its overall business activities.
Hariri oversees the building of the company’s contribution to some of the Kingdom’s mega projects, such as the development of the iconic King Abdul Aziz Centre for World Culture in the Eastern Province, as well as King Abdullah Road in Riyadh and a number of towers at King Abdullah Financial District. Earlier this year the company also negotiated another $61.3m worth of work on the King Abdullah Economic City project, which will see it eventually construct four towers.
Among the company’s current projects is the first phase of the now-globally-reknowned Princess Noura Bint Abdularahman University for Women in Riyadh. This facility has been designed to accommodate more than 40,000 female students. Saudi Oger will build a series of colleges, schools, administrative buildings, housing facilities, a medical research centre and a hospital, in addition to multiple support facilities over an approximate built-up area of 100ha. The company is also delivering Le Meridien Towers in Makkah, among other projects.
Hariri’s direct involvement and dedication also helped in the execution and handing over of the state-of-the art Academic & Administration Buildings of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal in record time.
In 2009 and 2010, the Dubai-based Arabian Business magazine selected Hariri as one of the 100 most influential Arabs in its annual Power 100 list. He was also ranked sixth in CEO Middle East’s list of the Arab world’s most influential leaders in property.
Also under Hariri’s leadership, the firm is working with the Saudi Oger Training Institute in Riyadh to train and develop young Saudis to become highly-technical specialists. A second training institute for girls is under development. He is also a board member at 3C, a South African mobile telecoms operator.
Next: BAKR BIN LADEN
2. BAKR BIN LADEN
SAUDI BINLADIN GROUP
As head of the board at Saudi Binladin Group (SBG), Bakr bin Laden heads one of the world’s largest construction dynasties, with subsidiaries across the region.
The second son of founder Mohammed bin Laden, Bakr has controlled the family firm after the death of Salem, Mohammed’s eldest son, in 1988. He is one of 13 of Mohammed’s sons who sit on the board of the company.
SBG started its growth when it was entrusted by the Royal Court with the task of expanding Islamic Holy Sites in Makkah and Madinah. It has also built several palaces in Riyadh and Jeddah for the Royal Family, and carried out restoration work following an arson attack on Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque in 1969. The firm acts as a developer on a number of projects.
It is involved with some of Saudi Arabia’s major infrastructure and real-estate projects, including the North-South railway project, the King Abdullah Economic City, Abraj Al Bait residential scheme in Makkah and the Jabal Omar scheme in Makkah.
It is also overseeing construction of 30 towers at the King Abdullah Financial District, a mandate that requires the company to sub-contract to Saudi companies to boost local industry. It is also aiming for a LEED rating on the upcoming buildings.
In recent years, Bakr bin Laden has overseen the company’s expansion plans beyond the MENA region, with China a particular target. The company has sought to establish ties with key Chinese companies and government initiatives -- moves that are likely to boost the group’s bottom line in the medium- and long-term.
In 2005, SBG received two IRF Global Road Achievement awards for its involvement with the Al Qassim-Al Madinah-Yanbu-Rabigh Expressway project, in the categories of Construction Methodology and Innovative Finance.
Next: RIAD KAMAL
3. RIAD KAMAL
CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDER OF ARABTEC CONSTRUCTION LLC
CEO OF ARABTEC HOLDING
Palestinian-born Riad Kamal is one of the UAE’s most recognisable executives as founder and chairman of Arabtec Construction, the main building arm of publicly-listed Arabtec Holding, of which he is CEO. The company remains the biggest builder in the country with a staff of around 60,000, with projects from Dubai to Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia.
He began his civil engineering and construction career following a BSc in civil engineering and an MSc from the same college in structural engineering from the Imperial College, London. Soon after, he went on to work on construction projects in Jordan, the UK and Spain, for companies including Tarmac and Sir Robert McAlpine.
It was only a year after his arrival in the Middle East in the 1970s that Kamal set up his own construction firm in Dubai, Arabtec Construction LLC. Under Kamal’s authority, the company has been responsible for building some of the most architecturally-significant buildings in the region, including the co-construction of the world’s tallest tower, Burj Khalifa.
Having endured a hard-hitting recession and a number of late-payment problems, the company is now looking forward to winning new contracts across a range of developing, geographical markets, including Jordan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Syria and Palestine, in addition to places such as Azerbaijan, Angola, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon and Turkmenistan.
Next: MOHAMMED ALABBAR
4. MOHAMMED AL ABBAR
CHAIRMAN, EMAAR PROPERTIES
Though no project under development in the last year rivals the global landmark that is the Burj Khalifa, Emaar Properties has continued its diversification across many countries and building sectors through a growing network of subsidiary companies. Mohammed Alabbar, last year’s most powerful construction executive, remains central – and crucial – to this growth.
He has been a key driving force for Emaar’s expansion into new markets, with key development contracts for Emaar’s integrated community developments secured in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Several of these projects are expected to be handed over this year, including homes in Egypt and commercial offices in Syria at The Eighth Gate development.
Much of the company’s regional success is down to its array of regional companies overseen by Alabbar. Emaar Dubai, Emaar Education, Emaar Healthcare Group, Emaar Hospitality Group, Emaar Hotels & Resorts, Emaar International and Emaar Malls Group are just a few of the entities competing across sector and region.
Perhaps most impressively, Alabbar ensured early that the developer looked beyond the pay-off from big projects and focused on the steady, consistent returns from built assets befitting of a still-cool UAE market. Hospitality and mall projects, in particular, have produced decent earnings for the company, helping it to achieve net profits of $667m in 2010, up 45% against the previous year.
Committed, enthusiastic and hard-working, Alabbar began his career with an undergraduate degree in Finance and Business Administration from The Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University in 1981. He later received an honorary doctoral degree in humanities from his alma mater in 2007, and spoke at a number of international forums, representing the UAE several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Alabbar is closely associated with Dubai business more widely, having been vice chairman of Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL) for 11 years up to 2003, and chairman of Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) for ten years from 1992 until 2002. A confident executive, and one of the few stars to emerge from the property duress of 2009, he believes the emirate will “never stop taking risks”.
Next: ZUHAIR HAMED FAYEZ
5. ZUHAIR HAMED FAYEZ
PRINCIPAL, FOUNDER
ZFP CONSULTANTS
After 36 years, ZFP Consultants, a company founded by Zuhair Hamed Fayez in Jeddah, is one of the biggest and best known consultancies in Saudi Arabia.
It has eight branches throughout the Middle East, more than 300 architects and 3,000 staff, and is now the number one partner for foreign firms working in the Kingdom.
As principal of ZFP, Fayez has been in a position to hire rather than fire staff during the financial crisis, diversify into MEP, engineering, IT and construction management and position the firm as one of the first Saudi Arabian companies to employ and train female architects. Landscaping, bridge construction, interior design and master-planning all fall within the company’s remit.
Not content with a slew of projects within his home country, Fayez has driven the company to explore opportunities across the Middle East and Far East. Today, it has offices in Dubai, Cairo, Hyderabad and Manila.
ZFP Consultants also has specialist skills for medical and educational projects. One of the firm’s key medical projects is the Emergency Medical Institute in Riyadh, a development with a total built up area of 8.3ha, and a site area of five hectares.
Next: MOHAMED ALI M.K. AL KUBAISI
6. MOHAMED ALI M.K. AL KUBAISI
BOARD MANAGER, MIDMAC
MIDMAC has defined the rise of Qatar. As it becomes a global centre for construction at the start of its World Cup build-up, it is worth remembering his leadership in the construction industry of the country among all the other areas in which he has significant influence.
The development and diversification of Doha, the capital, along with the mega-industrial projects, are all part of his vision to create something different to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, or any other surrounding state.
At the centre is MIDMAC, one of the country’s largest contractors that its management has overseen to grow into a 6,000-strong institution competing equally on building projects, hotels, hospitals, sports grounds, palaces and infrastructure.
It also offers services in areas that few contractors know well, such as marine work and piling, as well as a well-defined offering in civil engineering and electromechanical work.
As the country becomes a magnet for business – particularly for consultants and contractors – the companies like MIDMAC leading its development are beyond doubt.
Next: NASSER ALI AL-MAWLAWI
7. NASSER ALI AL-MAWLAWI
PRESIDENT, ASHGHAL
With Qatar one of the fastest-growing economies, according to the International Monetary Fund, and a country moving swiftly towards its development goals, it is inevitable that the head of the government’s infrastructure and utilities department would see his star rise up CW’s list of powerful figures. The Public Works Authority holds the key to a treasure trove of building, development and maintenance work, representing billions of riyals of work for an increasingly globalised list of consultants and contractors.
An electrical engineering graduate from Boston University, Al-Mawlawi served the Qatar armed forces for 25 years before being promoted to the Organisation Committee for the 2006 Asian Games, held in Doha, overseeing the facilities and project management. By 2007 he was CEO of the Barwa City project before being appointed acting managing director of Ashghal. Now president, he has played a strong part in the body’s organisation and execution of projects, and at the same time forging strong diplomatic ties with nations across the world.
Next: HASSAN AL THAWADI
8. HASSAN AL THAWADI
CEO, QATAR WORLD CUP BID
Hassan Al Thawadi made the impossible possible last December when Qatar was awarded the right to host the biggest football tournament in the world in 2022. He has been unwavering in his belief in his home country’s ability to confound the naysayers and develop the buildings and infrastructure necessary to host the show since being appointed head of the bid team in March 2009.
He and his team’s success in convincing the decisionmakers at FIFA to take seriously the idea of air-conditioned stadia is not only a remarkable feat in itself, but he has set off a construction boom in the country that will transform it in just over a decade. This will eventually give the country its first nationwide railway system, innumerable hotels and other leisure facilities.
Furthermore, his success has also boosted the commercial and tourist potential of the entire Gulf, as global football fans venture beyond the gas-rich state into Oman and the UAE. An Anglophile graduate of Sheffield University, he is also director of the legal department of the Qatar Investment Authority.
Next: FATIMA OBAID AL JABER
9. FATIMA OBAID AL JABER
AL JABER GROUP
Fatima Obaid Al Jaber oversees operations at one of the biggest and most influential construction companies, the Al Jaber Group, and is an inspiration for young women.
She was the first Emirati woman to be elected to the board of directors of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, in addition to her position as an executive director at Al Jaber Group.
After graduating from the UAE University in Al Ain in 1987 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Engineering, she worked for the Abu Dhabi government in various technical and managerial positions until 2005. In 2009, she lectured budding female engineers at the Al Hosn University in Abu Dhabi, providing inspiration to the next generation of Emirati women.
As a result of her hard work and dedication last year, Al Jaber won the Arabian World Construction Summit’s Industry Personality of the Year award and an Arabian Business nomination for Businesswoman of the Year. Recognised and admired in the region for executing some of the industry’s most iconic projects, she was also voted as the seventh most influential woman in the region by Forbes Arabia in 2007 and one of the most influential businesswomen in the Arab world by MEED in 2008.
Next: ALI AL-KHODARI
10. ALI AL-KHODARI
CHAIRMAN, ABDULLAH A. M.
AL-KHODARI & SONS
Last year, as the building phenomenon in Saudi Arabia gained momentum, Ali Al-Khodari successfully oversaw the successful transition of a successful, but secretive, contracting firm into a publicly-listed company. An unusual move, perhaps, for a close-knit family company, the listing and equity raising is all part of the growth and diversification strategy embodied by chairman Ali Al-Khodari.
So far this year, the company has been a magnet for contracts, winning deals across its core businesses of civil construction, building contracting and utilities. In fact, Al-Khodari’s inclusion in the Power 100 is chiefly down to the success in securing projects from Tabuk to Dammam, and the company’s ability to compete on so many fronts, as well as exploit opportunities to work with fellow contractors, such as the decision to form a MoU with Saudi Kier to jointly prequalify for energy and utilities projects in the company’s home province in the Eastern Region.
2010 saw the company post profits of $58m, up 0.4% on the previous year, with first quarter 2011 gains reaching $10.45m.
Al-Khodari’s success in driving the firm’s recent renaissance is such that regional expansion is well within the company’s sights. Having established an office in Abu Dhabi at the end of last year, it is also strongly considering an office in Doha. In both states the company is looking to be involved in big infrastructure projects, including, sources say, the UAE’s upcoming Etihad Rail network. The company is an undoubted strong contender.
Next: OSAMA HADID
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Digital bank platforms rise as co-operation with FinTechs grows
16 October 2018 Consultancy.uk
Banks are continuing to team up with FinTechs in order to head off new, digitally capable competitors. As digital offerings become ever more important for retaining customers, 88% of banks attached importance to working with FinTechs in the future in a recent survey.
Across the banking landscape, new challenger banks and FinTechs are attacking the business models of banks, making inroads into their market share by offering agile, digitalised alternatives. In retail banking, the trend is visible across the value chain, from customer contact and lending to mortgages, payments and alternative financing. The process of digitalisation is not always so obvious, however, and a number of factors are influencing the digitalisation process for banks – including the use of third-party platforms or whether they develop their own in-house propositions.
As competition in various segments of the market heats up, staying ahead of the game is a key priority for banks. Yet different institutions are at different levels of maturity in their digital development, with key questions about the relative position of banks in the segment remaining. To better understand the current trends, Roland Berger surveyed 60 retail banks across 10 countries about their current development in the digital space.
One area in which digitalisation is able to improve customer experience is the pace at which banks can process banking products. New technologies tend to have lower barriers to use, which results in faster services. According to the survey, the speed at which banks are able to process products has increased significantly. For instance, opening a new account can happen immediately at 50% of respondents in 2017, up from 33% in 2015; same-day account opening capability increased from 27% to 35% in the same period.
Consumer loan applications have seen a significant improvement in application processing time, too, with 26% able to acquire immediately and 20% the same day, compared to 9% and 12% respectively in 2015. Even mortgages are now much more accessible, with 2% able to acquire one immediately, 4% the same day and 30% within 1-2 working days.
A number of factors are driving banks to become innovative in the digital banking space. Consumers remain the most prominent, mentioned by 66% of respondents as a driver. Technology giants took the number two spot, cited by 47% of respondents as driving their focus on innovation, while FinTechs grabbed the number three spot, as cited by 42% of respondents. Focus on protecting large scale asset holders from crisis-level events, money laundering and other crimes, took the number four spot – as cited by 36% of respondents. Other banks, meanwhile, tend not to be seen as drivers of innovation in the space.
One area in which banks appear to be investing is digital platforms, in terms of both comparison sites but also digital marketplaces. However, the exact shape of such a service has not been developed, as banks are split on how they expect the environment to develop. The current survey showed that around 12% expect to create a platform for only their own banking products, while around 30% say that such a platform will support both their own and others’ products. A small number, 10%, expect there to be a wider third-party non-banking related offering on a platform. 22% don’t expect to develop a platform business model, while 17% had no answer to the question.
Retail banks are also expecting to shift into additional services that are more personal, such as relationship expertise (66%), while 17% say that they will remain a traditional retail bank but with complementary digital offerings.
So-called FinTech hype is rapidly cooling, and as it does, both banks and FinTechs are coming to see better long-term prospects in working together, than via one-sided disruption. Various factors have contributed to the shift, including the relative complexity of financial services regulation, the daunting task of scaling and access to wide customer bases that remain difficult to tap in some types of financial service product segments.
The study found that 86% of respondents are keen to cooperate with FinTechs, while 73% see FinTechs as a solutions provider. Some banks (47%) are investing in stakes in companies, while 39% said that they want to invest in accelerators and 31% in incubators. No respondent was keen on no cooperation with FinTechs.
Key drivers for cooperation included improved time-to-market, with 47% noting this was very important and 47% saying it was important. Access to disruptive mind-set and skills was noted by 42% of respondents as very important and 45% as important. Meanwhile 66% said that working with FinTechs was important to improve their competitive positioning in the market, and a further 22% said this was very important.
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Unlike Johannesburg architect, Thorsten Deckler, who feels that you can pretty much build anything with facebrick, many people over the decades have felt differently about utilitarian brick and concrete. Including English poet, writer and broadcaster, Sir John Betjeman who wrote a 10-stanza poem, entitled Slough which called for the destruction of the English town by the German Luftwaffe.
In the inter-war years, the English town of Slough was used as a dumping ground for redundant war materials and quite abruptly, just before World War 11, became the home of hundreds of ugly new concrete and brick factories. Betjeman was so struck by the desecration caused by industrialisation and what he perceived as the “menace of things to come” that he was prompted to write the poem but later regretted its harshness.
The ‘new’ trading estate appearance of Slough, however, was a foretaste of the Brutalist brick movement, which flourished from the 1950s to 1970s, and which has some severe critics, amongst them Charles, Prince of Wales. His writings and speeches have often been condemning of the movement and in 1987 at a Corporation of London Planning and Communication Committee annual dinner he said: “When they (Luftwaffe) knocked down our buildings, it didn’t replace with anything more offensive than rubble”.
Luckily, not everyone shares these Brutalist sentiments! Deckler who, together with his wife Anne Graupner, runs a practice named 26’10 South Architects after the latitude of Johannesburg - this is in part a commitment to this rather fraught but exciting city - is a fan of brick.
And, whilst many of us who grew up in the 70’s still have mixed feelings about suburban facebrick housing, Deckler has less qualms professing to a “somewhat warm and fuzzy feeling for knotty pine and facebrick”.
“I guess I associate these materials with both the happy homes I spent time in as well as a period in which honesty of materials was valued,” he explains. However, he admits that the opposite can also be true: exposed brick deployed in an oppressive environment can lead to a strong aversion for the material.
Asked to name local and international architects that have worked with exposed brick who he admires, Deckler admits to being a fan of the Swedish Brutalist architect, Sigurd Lewerentz (1885 – 1975) and local architect, Jack Clinton. However, he wonders if, “Lewerentz fits the Brutalism bill 100 percent”? In photographs his work might seem forbidding but Deckler, who recently returned from a trip to Sweden where he visited a number of Lewerentz projects, comments that when you “visit his works, they feel humane, even friendly.”
According to Deckler, Lewerentz used brick in a gripping manner which is witnessed in many of his projects from the Eneborg housing project which called for construction in the local dark clay brick to two world renowned Swedish churches, St Peter’s in Klippan and St Mark’s in Bjorkhagen, Sweden. Both churches show his investment in brick as a material and his mastery of the medium. And, both churches are a showcase of his ability to transform the use of clay brick from what many believe to be the mundane into tactile spaces which resonate with atmosphere.
In the St Peter’s structure, Deckler was particularly admiring of Lewerentz’s ability to allude to and evoke the atmosphere of the Roman catacombs where early Christians hid to escape capture.
Here the entire structure is made from brick including the walls, floors and ceilings. He also forbade the workmen to cut any of the bricks or grind off welding burs on the steel work to ensure an unpretentious directness. “One can argue that this is what most builders in South Africa achieve without even trying….but in the case of Lewerentz it’s a premeditated move over which he presided with utmost control and intent,” explains Deckler.
The Brutalist movement was a big fan of brick - utilitarian, stark and rugged, Brutalist brick buildings are typically massive in character if not in size and are renowned for their functionality. Favoured for educational buildings, government projects and public housing, Brutalism can be seen as an expression of moral seriousness amongst architects after the lightness and frivolity of some 1930s and 1940 architecture. “I have some feelings for Brutalism where it was handled less dogmatically and where proportions, human scale and the integration of nature are well considered,” says Deckler recalling many of Lewerentz’s works.
Facebrick, however, was favoured long before the Brutalist movement as is witnessed in the Monadnock Building in Chicago, USA. Built in 1891 and completed in 1893 the Monadnock was the tallest load bearing building ever constructed and is identified by its unornamented vertical mass of purple-brown brick. Deckler, who recently returned from a trip to Chicago was impressed by this 16-story high-rise. “The facebrick material made an incredible impression on me and the building’s deep window reveals and rounded corners gave it a tactile feel that was almost African in nature, reminding me of the earth architecture of Mali,” he commented.
From churches to corporate buildings and suburban homes, around the world facebrick has featured prominently in the last century, the choice of architects looking for honesty, practicality and integrity.
Deckler leaves us with this thought: “This all goes back to the argument that decent architecture, no matter what material and style it is, can be enabling, comforting, inspiring and memorable if it is in control of proportion and scale, and offers intimacy and generosity.”
Corobrik, the brickmaking giant has been supplying the Southern African market for the past 115 years.
“Our bricks are as relevant today as they were a century back, “said Musa Shangase, Corobrik Commercial Director.
Caption. 0705. Brick vaults illuminated by single window in St. Mark’s church. Image. T Deckler.
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Grappling With the Racism of the DSA’s Founders
Posted By Andrew Stewart On August 31, 2018 @ 1:50 am In articles 2015 | Comments Disabled
A Necessary Exercise in Political Education
‘Sectarian’ Shall be the Cry!’Sectarian’ Shall be the Cry!
‘You’ve never been a member of DSA, what do you know about our racial politics?,’ they will plead.
OK, with a serious dose of honest humility and respect, I will admit readily that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) membership is doing some great stuff at the grassroots level and it would be a load of bullshit to paint the influx of new members, radicalized by Occupy, Black Lives Matter, and the Bernie Sanders campaign, with a broad brush. There are thousands of newcomers to DSA who have turned it into a mass-membership organization and are earnest about a serious liberation politics. We’re talking about a situation where the influx is creating a genuine identity crisis for an organization originally formulated as a liberal booster club for the Democrats (and little more). With caucuses for Communists, Anarchists, Trotskyists, and everything in between, this is a moment of anything but the internal homogeneity that is now being proffered by outlets like In These Timesand similar progressive-left publications (you can read my recent dismantling of the mythic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez candidacy over at Washington Babylon). Old guard membership, meaning those that pre-date the Sanders campaign, have been overwhelmed and offended by insurgent newcomers looking to rattle the Democrats seriously.
As a prefatory note, I would propose the readers consider this following mass media critique:
In venues like the aforementioned In These Times, Jacobin, Mother Jones, et. al. we are currently seeing a meta-narrative promoted. It can be roughly approximated with the following terms: After the Bernie Sanders campaign and more recently the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez election, DSA has seen the membership rolls explode. After decades of Greens, Socialist Workers Party (namely Peter Camejo’s 1976 presidential run), the Communist Party USA (in particular the Gus Hall/Angela Davis presidential campaigns of 1980 and 1984), the Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition, and various other tendencies trying to develop a viable socialist current within American electoral politics, DSA, on their first run out of the gate, has finally broken this barrier and brought socialism into the mainstream electoral realm. Not only that, they have done something truly spectacular and actually gone farther up the ladder of elected office than all the others! They have one Senator in office (Sanders), a Congresswoman (Ocasio-Cortez), and, should Sanders try to run in the primaries again, they might even bring us a Democratic Socialist president before the end of this decade. By contrast, the Debs-era Socialist Party never ascended higher than state legislatures and the CPUSA never went further than New York City Council.
And with that, dear comrades, we shall now proceed to construct the Socialist order!
I am compelled to recall the great quote of Amilcar Cabral, “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.” (One of the major African populations in Providence is the historic Cape Verdean community, based in Fox Point until Brown University gentrified them out of their neighborhood.) Unfortunately, we are not on the verge of a great socialist electoral upsurge. A large membership does not equal a sweeping victory, particularly when the organization in question is beset by such identity debates.
If we comprehend that critique and that such a narrative in the media is false, which is the case, we can therefore begin undertaking an honest and thorough analysis of DSA’s organizational history as voters. This is not targeted towards the membership, who very well may be cognizant of all these issues. This is about voter education, which is a different kind of project.
So this polemic will be relegated entirely to the founding generation of Democratic Socialists of America and its early leaders/thinkers, Irving Howe, Michael Harrington (1), Bayard Rustin (2), Albert Shanker (3), and Max Shachtman (4), whose transition from follower of Trotsky to backer of the conservative George Meany faction in the postwar AFL-CIO would define generations of socialist Third Camp politics in America.
We need to be absolutely clear at the outset, this is not a sectarian pissing contestthat stems from Left-ish posturing. Instead, the simple fact is that the legacy of these men (and they all are cis men and, except for Rustin, white heterosexuals) continues to impact American politics to this very day. As just one example, Shanker’s white collar business unionism informs the composition and administration of our public school teacher unions despite the onslaught of neoliberalism. Only by acknowledging and working through these matters can their legacy be jettisoned.
This story starts in the 1960s and the early days of the New Left. When Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered at Port Huron, Michigan in June 1962 to compose their historic manifesto at a United Auto Workers retreat, lapsed Catholic Worker Michael Harrington, as a representative of the AFL-CIO-backed League for Industrial Democracy (LID), made a complete ass of himself, berating a bunch of barely-legal Baby Boomer radicals for writing a document that was not anti-Communist enough.
Never mind that many of the kids (and they were kids, let’s not mince words) were ‘red diaper babies’, children of Communists who had seen their parents dragged through the mud in the McCarthy period over the previous 18 years.
Never mind that President Kennedy (whose father had gotten brother Bobby into McCarty’s left-hand seat) had tried to invade Communist Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, was getting filleted by Khrushchev at Vienna and in the United Nations, and was mere months away from nearly turning the entire world into a cinder with the Cuban missile crisis.
Never mind that Kennedy was in the midst of the genocidal effort to turn Vietnam into a parking lot.
And totally forget the fact that the civil rights movement was libeled and slandered as a ‘Communist plot’ by its racist opponents because, whoops, many of its activists and organizers had cut their teeth in the ’30s and ’40s with the old CPUSA (problematic as that organization was, borne out six years prior when Khrushchev’s Secret Speech had rocked its membership).
For Harrington, Shachtman’s particularly virulent anti-Communism was the major praxis of the day and those who failed to live up to that metric should be seriously held up to scrutiny about Soviet espionage. By 1970, Harrington’s position on the Vietnam war put him to the right of Noam Chomsky and Walter Cronkite!
As the years progressed, Irving Howe, another former Trotskyist with a high opinion of himself, spent his days being equally unbearable. Alexander Cockburn’s contrarian obituary offers a quite useful set of insights:
Howe’s prime function, politically speaking, in the last thirty years of his life was that of policing the Left on behalf of the powers that be… “He vigorously scolded the student Left for its intellectual laziness, authoritarian arrogance, and occasional barbarism” (Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune). Get the picture? In other words, Howe was an assiduous foot soldier in the ideological Cointelpro campaign to discredit vibrant political currents electrifying America and supporting liberation movements in the Third World, the only significant general mobilization of a Left in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century… In 1984 Howe successfully organized the denial of endorsement of Jesse Jackson’s candidacy in the primaries by the Democratic Socialists of America. In 1988 he tried again but failed.
(Notably Harrington did support the Jackson ’88 effort, certainly an admirable moment.)
With a particular bravado, Howe’s contemporary Jack Newfield, a political reporter at the Village Voice, hounded Cockburn out of that publication over solidarity with Palestinians. The major modus operandi for Howe and other Zionists in DSA was to exclaim “I have seen the future and it works” while pointing to Israel as a shining beacon of their ideals, the Big Rock Candy Mountain with a kibbutz at the summit. (Of course the fact that the largest expansion of illegal Israeli settlements during that period happened under governments run by the Israeli Labor Party, the fraternal party of DSA, proved to shine brighter as an example of the Socialist International’s shaky imperial and colonial politics.) Cockburn’s retort to Newfield was pleading for him to “Have a sense of humor once in a while, just as I have a sense of humor when I read that you are a democratic socialist.” Even Harrington would join in the game. In a 1976 interview with Mitchell Cohen (5), he said the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 that declared Zionism a form of racism “drain[ed] the concept of racism of any serious meaning.”
In 1984, Jesse Jackson’s campaign for the presidency was publicly shamed over a series of comments made by the Reverend that quickly became a vehicle for a much larger, and quite often racist, discussion about Black-Jewish relations. Yes, Jackson’s use of the words ‘Hymie’ and ‘Hymie-town’ were clearly problematic. But very quickly, as the episode became an excuse for American Jews to repudiate viable criticisms of predatory landlord practices within the urban cores of Black America and pillorying Jackson’s outreach to Palestinian statesman Yasser Arafat, the conversation became a smokescreen for white supremacy. Suddenly, invocation of a prejudice that at one point in recent American history had structurally hindered Jewish social and political ascendancy (but which had been effectively and practically swept aside in terms of structural ascent and inhibition of Jewish socio-political aspirations with the advent of the Cold War and the foundation of Israel in 1948) was being used by right wing forces within the Democratic and Republican parties in order to stymie a progressive-left campaign for the presidency. Howe, whose major works of scholarship included the popular history of American Jewry World of Our Fathers, quite obviously has fingerprints on that one. In his classic polemic The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering, Dr. Norman Finkelstein wrote:
The Reverend Jesse Jackson’s earlier outburst in 1979 that he was “sick and tired of hearing about the Holocaust” was not so quickly forgiven or forgotten, however. Indeed, the attacks by American Jewish elites on Jackson never let up, although not for his “anti-Semitic remarks” but rather for his “espousal of the Palestinian position” (Seymour Martin Lipset and Earl Raab). In Jackson’s case, an additional factor was at work: he represented domestic constituencies with which organized American Jewry had been at loggerheads since the late 1960s. In these conflicts, too, The Holocaust proved to be a potent ideological weapon.
In his 1986 volume Socialism and America, Howe laid out the practical program that first Bernie Sanders and now DSA’s wider membership are embracing, run socialist candidates as Democrats to push that party towards Scandinavian Labor Party politics. In a chapter written as an ode to Earl Browder, head of the CPUSA during the Popular Front years, Howe emphasized that DSA should use the CPUSA’s Popular Front aesthetics, which embraced Washington and Lincoln while proclaiming “Communism is Americanism of the 20thcentury.”
Howe’s proposal about the Popular Front aesthetic admittedly does ring true, though one should understand that this proposal was not unique or even novel. Two years before Howe published his book, another former Trotskyist, Peter Camejo, pointed out in A Comment on the North American Revolution very similar notions:
Symbols and terms borrowed from other revolutionary experiences are often completely misunderstood by the people, and socialists have often used them in ways that are counterproductive. An obvious example is the famous Russian symbol of the hammer and sickle. In 1917 they symbolized workers and peasants and their need to unite to fight for their common interests. However, to wave a flag emblazoned with a hammer and sickle in the United States does not bring to mind thoughts of workers and peasants. To most it evokes the Soviet Union and is equated, as a byproduct of anticommunist propaganda, with dictatorship and governmental abuse. Yet some of our truly infantile ultralefts love to bring the hammer and sickle to demonstrations. Such “radical” acts usually serve the ruling class by confusing the issues and undermining the actual struggles that the ultralefts allegedly want to support.
The key difference between Howe and Camejo (among other things) was their view on electoral politics and the complimentary mass membership movement. Howe clearly was trying to rekindle the final sparks of the old New Deal/Great Society Keynesian liberals and the AFL-CIO coalition, presenting in his writings a notion called “democratic socialism” which would be at home in Hyde Park on Hudson. By contrast, Camejo was looking to the real working class as opposed to the middle class and saw them as agents of genuine revolution. Howe wanted to build vanguard that would maintain the Constitutional order of American government while Camejo wanted to do away with the Constitution. Howe dove head-first into the machinations of the Democratic Party and focused on the praxis of Manhattan cocktail parties. By contrast, Camejo became active in the Green movement and ran for multiple elected seats on its ticket, including as Ralph Nader’s vice president in the hotly-contested and ultimately divisive 2004 race where David Cobb and other “Demo-Greens” (quoth Louis Proyect) effectively and practically deflated all the gains made four years prior by the Nader campaign against Bush and Gore.
Aesthetics themselves oftentimes can and do have a political neutrality, hence why the folks at Reason magazine and Jacobin both have very similar styles of presentation. Howe’s inability to grasp this, contra Camejo, directly impacts our contemporary political landscape. For instance, Socialist Worker is currently hosting a series of columns about this tactic and a so-called “dirty break” from the party of Wall Street and war.
Furthermore, the sad fact was that Harrington and Howe were actually the left-leaning members of the group!
Albert Shanker, the longtime leader of the national UFT and AFT teacher unions as well as the New York City local, was a hardcore anti-Communist. In the days following World War II, the early stirrings of what became known as the Civil Rights movement included the support and activism of many Communist school teachers who began to agitate against racist textbooks, segregated facilities, and poor behavior on the part of their fellow workers. Through a series of bureaucratic moves, Shanker collaborated with the McCarthyite witch hunters and hounded them out of the profession. In 1968, with malice and egomania that took on world historic proportions, he led the New York teachers out on strike, the episode seen by many as the moment that broke Gotham’s historic coalition of Jews and Blacks. Michael Meeropol (who would know a few things about metropolitan anti-Communism and the systemic rot it fosters) wrote recently on Louis Proyect’s Marxism email list:
[I] watched the 1968 Ocean-Hill-Brownsville fight in real time in NYC… The behavior of Shanker was outrageous- and Harrington’s effort to “gently support” Shanker fooled no one- It’s the SAME ATTITUDE that led the so called “socialists” of LID to attempt to “control” SDS in the early 1960s…
So to leave no confusion, let’s take a quote from Stanley Aronowitz’s The Death and Life of American Labor that explains what happened:
One of Shanker’s major actions as local president had been to call teachers out on strike in 1968 to oppose three community-controlled school boards, in Harlem, Bedford Stuyvesant, and the Lower East Side, that had attempted to exercise jurisdiction over the assignment of teachers. Shanker and his colleagues preferred to deal with the central Board of Education rather than with the black and Latino leaders of these newly created local boards. The union succeeded in crippling community control over education for the next forty-five years.
“And so Shankerism, hammered out against a background of both middle class yearnings and ghetto rage,” writes Paul Buhle, “became the oddest possible American-style parody of ‘democratic socialism.’ The debates raged from New Politics and Dissent to the New York Times, with curious undertones which formal politics alone cannot fully encompass.”
In a 1984 essay by Howe titled “Reaganism: This Too Shall Pass” (could he have been more tone deaf?), we read “During the early 1960s, the country experienced a moment of good feeling. Sentiments of racial fraternity were in the air. By the late 1960s, blacks felt outraged. Searing conflicts broke out between black groups (a few committed to an extremism of imagery) and some of their allies of yesterday. The idea of ‘going it alone’ took hold among black youth and intellectuals. Meanwhile, an ugly sentiment spread through white America.” Obviously playing in the background when those lines were composed were his memories of 1968.
Indeed, this is illustrative of the truly scandalous nature of DSA at its start. Rather than being beneficial as a counterforce to Reaganism and the Democratic embrace of neoliberal political economy, its founding leaders instead broke apart old community alliances that favored the Keynesian paradigm, such as between Blacks and Jews, which in turn created the opening for neoliberalism to go full-throttle with its pillage of the American welfare state. By holding steadfast to anticommunist doggerels in the name of a delusion of grandeur about their (then nonexistent) political power, they alienated potential allies, most notably Howe’s hijinks with Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition, and provided coverage for the reactionary elements in both the Democratic Party, such as Henry ‘Scoop’ Jackson, and labor, namely the pro-war George Meany.
While Howe was schilling hasbara to his set, Bayard Rustin, the Black gay former Young Communist-turned-Musteite who had been the major organizer of the March on Washington in 1963, was performing a similar task as the Civil Rights period of Freedom Riders and sit-ins transformed into the era of Black Power and groups like the Black Panthers Party and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. With a trajectory that alternated at different times between tragic and bizarre, he red-baited the opponents of the Vietnam war and denigrated the artistic renaissance of the period. “Black power means so many things to so many different people, that rather than defining it, I would like to define from what it springs. In a situation where in housing, schools and jobs you cannot get victories, the more extreme elements in the Negro community turn in on themselves to find victories in Negritude, in cursing whites, in saying that they don’t need them, in talking about setting up Black states,” he said. “Now the problem with Black Power is that it is purely a psychological purgative.”
Amiri Baraka, disgusted with this performance, denounced Rustin by writing in an open letter “Bayard, when you denounce us nationalists for teaching hate, based on your white folks’ analysis, you are actually functioning as the big gun of white oppression. We are trying to teach ourselves our identity as African people, and to liberate ourselves, by any means necessary. Bayard, you are a slaveship profiteer, a paid pervert for the racist unions, and I feel it necessary to expose you.” The ugliness of this episode must be understood as something that Rustin instigated. At the sunset of his life, he found himself being praised by Ronald Reagan and opposing the Soviet-backed guerrilla forces fighting in the Southern African Border War and the Rhodesian Bush War. He was more interested in solidarity with Soviet Jews than Palestinians and would author a New York Times article in 1970 urging a shipment of military aircraft to Golda Meir’s government. However, this was not a new development. Four years earlier in 1966, he, Allard Lowenstein, and perpetual Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas had worked alongside the CIA-backed Committee on Free Elections in the Dominican Republic, which had rigged the vote that kept Juan Bosch from being re-elected to the presidency (the ironic fact that Bosch and his party were also democratic socialists bears mentioning).
There are two queries which arise now from this discussion:
a) What does this mean for DSA?
b) Why does this matter?
Sources who are more savvy to DSA’s internal mechanics inform me that the organization was split in 2016 between a vote for the Green Party and Clinton. This bespeaks a wider generational gap and ideological spectrum the width of a Grand Canyon. Everyone is creating a caucus inside the organization (where the boutique hipsters from Jacobin magazine fit in is not hard to guess).
Simultaneously, along with the debate over praxis, the question of race and racism resurfaces every once in a while. Most often it presents itself in the terms of protest from intersectional feminists who voice concern that certain members of DSA try to subsume white supremacy or prioritize class over identity politics. (In the latter case, there is some merit in that “neoliberal identity politics,” personified by Hillary Clinton, has effectively and completely co-opted the language, vocabulary, and grammar of liberation politics, but that does not mean that racism and white supremacy should be ignored.)
Ultimately, this sort of discussion concludes with the inquiry about what alternative one suggests. Having gone through enough sectarian dog-and-pony shows with political cults to steer clear of these productions, I will be the first to admit that I have very little interest in proposing an alternative political tendency that is demarcated and headlined by the praxis of northern European cis men and women (sorry Emma Goldman!)
Slavoj Zizek, in his own analysis of our current political times, has emphasized that Left politics and activists need to be premised upon the following three admissions:
1) European social democratic parties, from the British Labour to Scandinavian Socialists, have run their course and their embrace of neoliberalism is ultimately unable to be broken.
2) The worldwide Marxist-Leninist Communist ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ model is only an augury of what awaits the parliamentary democratic world, a time when democracy and capitalism are completely divorced from each other.
3) In the face of trans-national phenomena (climate change, biogenetics, globalized capitalist firms, etc.), ‘direct democracy’ and other left communist/anarcho-syndicalist formulations premised on local assemblies are woefully unprepared to accommodate the political and social questions on the horizon. Instead, the task at hand requires forces of international and multi-state dimensions, particularly in terms of relocating whole populations from one country to another (for example, the migration of refugees from Fukushima or Syria) or coordinating participation in and adherence to global project (for example, treaties and laws regarding greenhouse gas emissions).
No, what I instead would argue is that all radicals of all political tendencies, Socialists to Communists to Greens, would be well-served by studying and embracing the Black Radical Tradition, a kind of praxis first defined by Cedric J. Robinson in his classic Black Marxism. Robinson used the Hegelian triad of W.E.B. Du Bois, C.L.R. James, and Richard Wright to develop an analysis and critique of racial capitalism’s political economy. This is the framework that one can work from to develop a really democratic socialism, one that scrapes away the onerous legacy of DSA’s problematic founders. This is a praxis that is centered on the everyday struggles and triumphs of working people, a framework that jettisons the typical notions of vanguard and revolutionary party while avoiding the more utopian over-emphases on spontaneity.
Michael Meeropol writes “Right now – it is absolutely essential that the insurgents, whether within or outside of the Democratic Party, force the ‘old guard’ to at least make room for the energy of the people who are at the front lines of resistance against Trump’s fascism.”
Without speaking ill of the dead nor being too presumptuous, I can imagine his parents would agree with that sentiment.
Sources.
1) https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/07/the-left-wing-of-the-permissible-the-politics-of-michael-harrington/
2) https://portside.org/2016-03-17/rebel-who-came-cold-tainted-career-bayard-rustin
3) http://nova.wpunj.edu/newpolitics/issue23/buhle23.htm
4) https://www.marxists.org/archive/shachtma/intro.htm
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Business is blooming for Marshall’s Yard florist
The Florist at Marshall’s Yard – run by local husband and wife team Byron and Kelly Waller - has extended the company’s lease, committing to the Gainsborough shopping centre for a further five years.
The local firm is one of a host of company’s at The Yard which have extended their leases at the award winning shopping centre which celebrated it’s tenth birthday last year.
Other stores to renew include Timpsons, Holland and Barrett, Specsavers and Carphone Warehouse who have all been part of the Marshall’s Yard line up since the centre first opened in 2007.
Kelly has owned and run the popular Florists for the last five years and built up a great business in the town from the 570 sq. ft. unit which can be found in the fountain area at Marshall’s Yard.
She said: “We are delighted to be renewing our lease and continuing to grow our business here at Marshall’s Yard.
“The centre has made such a huge difference to the economy of the town in the last decade and we are really proud as a local business to be part of that success and to have that opportunity here in Gainsborough.”
Centre Manager Alison Shipperbottom said: “Kelly and her team are a real Marshall’s Yard success story. Kelly has built up a fantastic local business here in the town and we are delighted that she has renewed the company’s lease and will continue to be part of our wonderful independent line up at the centre.
"We're also really pleased to see companies like Specsavers who were here at the beginning when Marshall's Yard opened growing their businesses and continuing to commit to the centre."
Prezzo, which recently underwent a re-fit at Marshall's Yard has also confirmed that the company is keeping its busy restaurant in the town, and the centre's newest store FatFace opened over Easter Weekend, the latest brand to join the centre’s retail line up.
To keep up to date with news and events at Marshall’s Yard visit www.marshallsyard.co.uk
Picture shows Alison Shipperbottom (left) and Kelly Waller at The Florist at Marshall's Yard.
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Nazi-era churches helped classify Jews, say historians
For years, a tight lid has been kept on the activities of Germany's Catholic and Protestant churches during the Holocaust. But now, historians have shown that many clergy actively contributed to the persecution of Jews.
Church records were used to classify those with Jewish ancestors
The history behind the brutal murder of millions of Jews during the Holocaust is well known. But as the world remembers victims of Nazi tyranny this week, the role of some German churches in the era's racist selection politics has only recently come to light.
Research published late last year shows that some members of the German clergy made church books, indicating which parishioners had Jewish roots, available to the Nazis.
"The so-called non-Aryans were initially restricted in the occupation sphere and then, starting in 1935, were stigmatized as second class citizens: Whoever did not want that needed to have an Aryan certificate and grandparents who'd been baptized in the Christian church," said archivist Hans Otte, who investigated church aid to the persecution of the Jews in the country church of Hannover.
Ancestry carefully examined
In 1933, the Nazis passed a law that restored professional civil service and quickly demanded that officials, but also physicians, lawyers, authors or journalists provide the so-called Aryan certificate. Priests sifted through the records where personal data such as date of birth, date of baptism, and details about parents and grandparents was noted. If three or four of the grandparents were Jewish, the ministers and church archivists were not allowed to issue the certificate.
"This was something that only the church could certify, since the country had no other sources like the old church books. Civil registry records were first introduced in 1874-75 and all information before could only be obtained from the church books," Otte said.
In fact, even though ministers and church archivists could not yet imagine that the anti-Semitism of the Nazis would end in the Holocaust, church representatives were still uncritically and overzealously involved in the exclusion of the Jews, said the Berliner historian Manfred Gailus.
One minister was deported by the Nazis after praying in public during the Night of Broken Glass
"Many churches were entirely delighted about the fact that through this task they again gained meaning and importance," he said. "Certainly the churches did not have an easy position during the Nazi time, but many country churches held the belief that if we offer this important service to National Socialism, then we may also get some credit."
Church archivists in Mecklenburg and Berlin were particularly proactive. There, the community church books were stored centrally and were systematically evaluated for Jewish ancestors. In Berlin, the minister responsible for this was Karl Themel, a proud National-Socialist who collaborated with public and party officials and delivered the names of those Christians that had Jewish roots.
"Here, millions of index cards were written, up to as far back as the 18th century, in order to assess, when and where in Berlin the steps from Judaism to Christianity had taken place," Gailus said.
But not only Nazi faithful German Christians helped the exclusion of the Jews. Within the more Nazi critical - Confessing Church, Gailus found few ministers who would have tried to protect Christians with Jewish roots against the Nazi pursuit.
"But I also indirectly know of confession ministers who were asked by persons in danger to be protected, but did not do this because their official position stood in the foreground. They said, 'I am a faithful church official and I can only write down what I find in the church books,'" he said.
An exceptional protest
According to research at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, there were German Catholic and Protestant churches that did protect the lives of Jews who converted to Christianity or were married to Christian church members. In this way, they saved many lives.
Some religious figures even made the ultimate sacrifice to protest Nazi policies. The Catholic priest Bernhard Lichtenberg in Berlin, for example, prayed publically for Jews after the Night of Broken Glass, a mass anti-Jewish pogrom in 1938, and was therefore sent to the Dachau concentration camp. He died on the way.
Still, few Catholic or Protestant leaders officially protested the Jewish persecution or the Nazis' "Final Solution." After 1945, the clergy's actions during the Holocaust were rarely brought up, said Otte.
"The discussion was very quickly silenced, and then it ceased being a subject altogether. Instead, everyone was embarrassed by these Aryan certificates," he said.
And Karl Themel, the pro-Nazi minister, quickly returned to his parish after the Holocaust, with the cynical reasoning that he had caused the Church no damage.
Author: Michael Hollenbach (ad)
Editor: Kate Bowen
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Hard times for democracy, says historian Timothy Snyder
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Cosmic sound - Brian Eno
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A festival of stars
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Teachers and parents might not have noticed, but students don't only use YouTube for fun. According to a new study, about half of them watch videos to learn things as well. How does this affect the educational program?
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Four detainees in Dénia for illegal possession of weapons and crime against public health
Agents of the National Police have dismantled a black point of sale of drugs in the town of Dénia and have arrested their four alleged perpetrators. In the home search the investigators seized 1 kilogram of marijuana, 40 grams of hashish, a pistol and another detonator, among other effects.
The operation had its beginning in early March when the researchers were aware of the existence of an establishment in Dénia, where some type of narcotic substance could be sold.
After carrying out various investigative procedures, the agents identified four people, who could be involved in the possession and sale of drugs inside it.
Continuing with the investigation, the police discovered that the drug could be being guarded by one of the members of the network at a Pedreguer home, with another person allegedly moving it to the establishment for later sale at retail.
Once located the domicile and the establishment where allegedly the narcotic substances were sold, as well as identified all the presumed involved, the agents established a police device that culminated with the arrest of all of them.
Next, the agents proceeded to register both places, seizing a pistol, a detonating gun, ammunition of different calibers, two defenses, one of them extendable and a tear spray.
The drug intervened between both sites were 40 grams of hashish and 1 kilogram of marijuana.
The detainees, two women and two men, all of them of Spanish nationality, between 20 and 47 years, have been brought to court today, with the exception of one of those arrested who has been released on charges, after giving testimony in police dependencies.
The operation has been carried out by agents of the Judicial Police Brigade of the National Police Station of Dénia.
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EdX Commits to Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 2, 2015 -- On April 2, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced an agreement with edX related to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). EdX has agreed to conform its website, platform and mobile applications to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 AA ("WCAG 2.0 AA"), published by the World Wide Web Consortium ("W3C")'s Web Accessibility Initiative.
"At edX, we seek to understand and respect the unique needs and perspectives of our global community of learners," stated Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX. "Our vision—quality education for everyone, everywhere—can only be achieved when our site is accessible to all users, including people with disabilities."
EdX has been committed to providing educational access to learners with disabilities since its inception, incorporating synchronized transcripts, keyboard accessible controls and support for screen reader users. In addition edX has retained an outside website accessibility consultant to further improve the accessibility of the edX website and platform. Our commitments under the agreement with the DOJ will build upon edX's existing best practices and procedures.
In the coming weeks, edX will release the first accessible text annotation tool, Student Notes. This feature includes custom keyboard controls developed to improve the learning experience for visually impaired and other keyboard-only users.
While edX's agreement with the DOJ does not address course content, edX will continue to offer tools and support to its university and institutional members to enable the creation of accessible content across their courses.
About edX
EdX is a nonprofit, open-source enterprise offering online courses from more than 60 member institutions, composed of both leading global universities and colleges and a diverse group of prominent organizations from around the world. Founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, edX is focused on transforming online and on-campus learning through groundbreaking methodologies, game-like experiences and cutting-edge research on an open-source platform. Based in Cambridge, MA, USA, edX is focused on people, not profit.
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No, According To A Couples’ Therapist, ‘The One’ Doesn’t Exist
For all the singles out there… don’t hold your breath.
If there’s one thing we can learn from our favorite romantic films and TV series, it’s that there’s someone special waiting for each of us little ways down the road. Ted Mosby found his perfect wife at the end of How I Met Your Mother, every single Jude Apatow film follows the basic premise of a perfect match, and basically all Matthew McConaughey film before he landed True Detective revolved around the idea of finding “the one.”
It all boils down to the same idea. Admittedly, it always works because truth to be told, we all aspire the same thing. However, is the idea of “the one” really applicable to the real life?
Apparently, a couples therapist claims that ‘the one’ doesn’t exist.
Source: Pexels
According to Esther Perel, a couples’ therapist and author of “Mating in Captivity” and “The State of Affairs,” the idea of “the one” came from the cognitive dissonance – a psychological state that drives us into having inconsistent thoughts particularly those that involve behavioral decisions and attitude change.
Cognitive dissonance makes many people believe they’ve already found the right one.
Regarding the subject, Perel explained:
We come up with all the arguments to justify why that was the right person. But this is the way that we like to have coherence; we can’t agree with the idea that I chose this person, but it’s not the right one. So we make it fit.
While a person can be compatible to you, it does not mean that you are automatically a matchmade in heaven.
Research also explains that believing in “destiny” or other similar superficial beliefs can even be downright hazardous to your relationship. Furthermore, Perel stated:
There is never ‘The One.’ There is a one that you choose and with whom you decide that you want to build something. But in my opinion, there could also have been others — you just chose this one. And when you choose one, you renounce others. … Then you decide that because you’ve chosen that person, you turn that person into The One.
Well, for what it’s worth, despite her being right, most of her pointers actually lean more on the technical side. Regardless, if you love someone, scientific labels do not matter. The important thing is that you’re comfortable with each other.
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Artist Creatively Illustrates Everyday Life With Wife in Adorable Comics
Without a doubt, they’re as cute as they’re relatable.
Alvin Albaciete
Marriage can be a burden sometimes, and this is especially true to couples who nearly divorced. But, if handled correctly, things can go accordingly. In the long run, perhaps the most important things in marriage is understanding, responsibility, and – more importantly – love.
Yehuda Adi Devir, a Tel-Aviv-based illustrator, truly understands the concept of marriage. He also acknowledges the fact that it can go awful sometimes. In any case, he has wonderfully illustrated his adventures with his wife named Maya.
In his ongoing series called “One of Those Days,” Yehuda masterfully created an adorable comic adventure featuring his life together with his significant other. From family gatherings to birthday celebrations to binge-watching TV shows, his comics are relatable to any married couples out there. And yes, they’re also cute....
UPS Drivers Achieve Viral Fame Because of Their Heartwarming Facebook Group About Dogs
This is truly heartwarming!
Dogs are nicknamed “man’s bestfriend” for very valid reasons. They’re loyal, loving, and extremely adorable. They’re awesome that way!
Recently, we’ve learned about a group of men who love dogs as much as the rest of us – it’s our friendly UPS drivers! A report even tells us that apparently, these guys even have a dedicated Facebook group focused on featuring the dogs they meet whenever they deliver packages to the customers.
Needless to say, each photo has a heartwarming story and we couldn’t help but feel good about it....
18th Century Gambling-Obsessed Earl Was The Inspiration Behind The Sandwich
The sandwich was reportedly named after John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich.
Jean Jacobs
John Montagu, born on November 13, 1718, was a British diplomat who got his education at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1729, when he was just 10 years old, he succeeded his grandfather, Edward Montagu, as the Earl of Sandwich.
The title was created in 1660 in recognition of the achievements of Admiral Sir Edward Montagu. His great-grandson John served as First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for the Northern Department throughout his life. He also became known as a supporter of Captain James Cook’s exploration voyages. In exchange for Montagu's help, the Sandwich Islands in Hawaii was named after him. Apparently, the man is also the inspiration for the famous food item of the same name.
Since 18th century Europe, the "sandwich" has been known as meat (or anything one prefers) placed between slices of bread.
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Advertising-News
MobiKwik assigns media duties to Xposure, to spend Rs 100 crore on new brand campaign
The campaign will include exposure across television, out of home, radio and digital mediums, with the first leg kicking off in May 2015
by exchange4media Staff
Published - 13-May-2015
Mobile wallet company, MobiKwik, has awarded its media duties to Xposure. The brand has also announced that it plans to spend Rs 100 crore this year on its 360-degree multi-media brand campaign. The campaign will include exposure across television, out of home, radio and digital mediums, with the first leg kicking off in May 2015.
With the advertising campaign, the company aims to further catalyze the booming market for wallet services that currently stands at around 35 million users, and gain a larger share of the pie.
“We are delighted and excited to be partnering a visionary brand such as Mobikwik. We are confident that in the coming future, MobiKwik is going to be a dominant and defining player in the e- commerce and financial services which is expected to grow by around 20 per cent CAGR (according to the BCG and IAMAI report) in the next 5 years,” said Rajul Kulshreshtha, co-founder, Xposure.
Saurabh Srivastava, CMO, MobiKwik said, “Access to digital payments and the quality of payment experience are the two big consumer problems that we at MobiKwik are addressing through our mobile wallet. The age of standing in queues is over. With the massive penetration of mobile internet and smartphones in the country, we aim to make MobiKwik wallet a ubiquitous way to transact on the go, cutting across geographies and consumer cross sections.”
“With our brand campaign, we aim to make MobiKwik a household name across the country and ensure many more consumer interactions with the brand. The campaign also aims to fuel the adoption of mobile wallet as the preferred mode of payment amongst a host of new customers who are as yet unaware of its benefits. With this campaign, we are confident of increasing our user base from 17 Million to 30 Million in the next 3 months and achieve a user base of 100 Million users by the end of the year”, Srivastava added.
Havas will be leading the OOH campaign for the brand. The company has put up almost 1000 OOH and ambient media units across the top 6 cities in India, which include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. The first campaign will run for duration of 3 months, followed by another campaign that will be launched during the festive season. For the first campaign, the brand’s TV campaign will follow close on the heels of its radio and OOH campaigns.
MobiKwik has recently raised close to $25 million in a Series B round from Tree Line Asia, Cisco Investments, American Express and existing investor, Sequoia Capital. The company plans to raise another $100 million in the latter half of 2015.
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TAM AdEx Jan-Mar: Print ad volume in Hospital/Clinics sector up 3% from last year
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Cultivating life in value chains
Why Earthworm exists
Earthworm Foundation (formerly known as The Forest Trust) has 20 years of experience in finding solutions to the major social and environmental problems that our world is facing today. That was just the start.
Our vision is for future generations to not simply survive, but to thrive. We want to build a world where the balance between people and the environment, value and profit, people’s beliefs and actions is maintained and where human, natural and capital resources become a force for good. For that, we must change and heal the nature of our relationships, ensuring we respect each other and the very elements that allow us to live.
Where we focus our efforts
We work where value chains impact people and nature the most but also where we can most impact value chains. It is in changing sourcing and production practices that we see the potential to positively affect our world’s climate, habitats and people.
Forests, Oceans, Soils
We work to preserve these ecosystems because our future depends on their life-sustaining functions.
Communities, Workers, Farmers
While we work with individuals all along value chains, we focus on empowering those that are most affected by industry’s negative trends – The people that care for our lands and produce our everyday needs
Ultimately all of our work is aimed at preserving the climate that allows life on Earth to thrive.
The earthworm is an agent of life, of cycles. It works between layers of the biosphere to take dead matter and turn it into rich living soils full of opportunities.
We are a non-profit organisation driven by the desire to positively impact the relationship between people and nature.
We work between corporates and civil society, between forests, farms and boardrooms, between buyers and suppliers to identify challenges, process them and create impactful solutions.
Above all, we work with people. It is people that drive supply chains and hold the power for change where all can thrive.
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Review: Instead of funny and fresh,…
Review: Instead of funny and fresh, ‘Being Frank’ feels forced, awkward
Cheap laughs overwhelm what could have been a serious story
From left, Samantha Mathis, Jim Gaffigan and Isabelle Phillips in “Being Frank.” MUST CREDIT: Handout from The Film Arcade
By The Washington Post |
By Pat Padua | Washington Post
You can’t choose your family. Or can you?
That’s the question raised by “Being Frank,” a domestic comedy by Miranda Bailey, whose directing credits include the documentary “The Pathological Optimist” and whose résumé as a producer boasts such quirky indie hits as “Swiss Army Man” and “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.” Unfortunately, in the filmmaker’s narrative-feature debut, she takes the theme of betrayal and turns it into fodder for a sitcom, and not a particularly funny one at that.
Philip (Logan Miller of “Love Simon”) is a high school senior who’s just been accepted by New York University, and who is eager to escape his small town. But his father, Frank (comedian Jim Gaffigan), wants him to stay closer to home and attend an in-state school. On top of that, Frank doesn’t want his son to attend the lakeside festival where high schoolers gather for spring break.
Frank is an emotionally – and literally – distant father, taking frequent work trips in the course of his job as an executive at a ketchup plant (as the film gets underway, he tells his family that he’s off to Japan for three weeks). Frustrated, Philip defies his father’s wishes and goes to the lake anyway, accompanied by his best friend Lewis (Daniel Rashid). But after hitting on a cute girl named Kelly (Isabelle Phillips), Philip spots Frank nearby. To his horror, he learns that Dad has a second home, a second wife and a second family, and that his crush is his half sister.
What to do after such betrayal? In the absurd world of “Being Frank,” the natural response is extortion: Philip promises to keep his father’s secret, but only if Dad will send him to NYU.
The game of deception that ensues is one that has fueled comedy for centuries: Frank tries to pass Philip off as the son of his best friend. And Kelly, feeling a connection to Philip, starts to pursue him romantically.
Such entanglements could have been the basis for an awkward black comedy, or maybe even an effective family drama. But the film – much like its ambivalent protagonist – never really picks a side, at least not convincingly. In what passes for irony, Frank and Philip actually grow closer as they become co-conspirators, developing a relationship that becomes the film’s core strength (much more so than its elements of gross-out comedy, which include the character of Lewis’ half-naked, bong-hitting uncle). Gaffigan and Miller have a nice rapport as their bond develops, but their individual performances aren’t strong enough to overcome the film’s overall uneven tone.
Originally titled “You Can Choose Your Family,” an earlier version of the screenplay (by Glen Lakin, a story consultant on the TV series “Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu”) had been set in the present day. But Bailey moved the action to the early 1990s: a time when her own father left her family, as the director explains in the film’s press notes. That personal connection to the material comes through only intermittently, in the film’s more serious – and successful – moments.
The fact that Frank runs a ketchup company turns out to be oddly apt. “Being Frank” feels more like a condiment than a main dish. There might be a decent movie somewhere under all this nonsense, but the cheap laughs overwhelm this “Frank’s” more subtle flavors.
‘Being Frank’
Rating: R (Contains strong language, some sexual references and drug use)
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rural electrification and smart metering in Morocco
EBRD contributes to funding rural electrification and smart metering in Morocco
By Nibal Zgheib
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the Kingdom of Morocco’s drive to provide electricity access to all its citizens through a €60 million sovereign loan to the Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Potable (ONEE).
The loan will finance part of the final phase of the Programme d’Electrification Rurale Global (PERG) and the implementation of a smart metering pilot study.
From its launch in 1996 to the end of 2012, the PERG brought electricity to almost 2 million rural households, increasing the Moroccan rural electrification rate to 98.06 per cent.
The EBRD’s investment will provide electricity access to 1,234 remote villages and is very important for the final phase of the national rural electrification programme. The EBRD loan will also finance a pilot smart grid programme to prepare for the deployment of smart metering and decentralised renewable energy generation.
“Morocco is a front runner in establishing best practices for rural electrification and the EBRD is very pleased to support these efforts. This project marks the EBRD’s first investment in the power and energy sector in Morocco. We hope this is the beginning of a long collaboration with ONEE and the Moroccan Ministry of Energy,” said Hildegard Gacek, the EBRD’s Managing Director for the southern and eastern Mediterranean.
Ali Fassi Fihri, Director General of the ONEE, said: “Today's signing reflects the EBRD’s support to accompany us in pursuing the implementation of rural electrification projects. ONEE is happy to have the confidence of international donors for the development of structural and strategic projects with strong economic, social and sustainable development.”
Through funding from the EBRD’s SEMED Multi-Donor Account, a technical cooperation project has given a thorough assessment of the technical, economic, social and environmental challenges of electrifying rural villages, identifying areas where the impact of these works could be reduced.
Electrification provides rural communities with opportunities for employment creation and for increased efficiency and profitability for small businesses, farmers and artisans. It also improves the quality of life in these remote areas through improved safety, hygiene, medical services and educational opportunities.
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Preserving Biodiversity in Jordan
By Nura A. Abboud | September 29, 2016 - 2:00 am | September 29, 2016 Climate Change, Environment, Sustainable Development
Jordan is situated at the center of unique biota, representing the biodiversity of dry lands. The natural ecosystems in Jordan support human activities in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, tourism, traditional and pharmaceutical health products, traditional medicine and many others. These ecosystems are also important for their intrinsic value, and for protection of overall environmental quality.
The Levant states in general, and Jordan in particular, went through changes during the past two centuries from various anthropogenic activities. These changes are threatening the natural ecosystems, which have been destroyed to make way for agricultural, industrial, or housing developments. Species biodiversity have been severely affected, with many facing extinction. Rare and endemic plant and animals are endangered.
Biodiversity in Jordan
Despite its relatively small size, Jordan is highly rich in biodiversity. The country is divided into four different bio-geographical zones – the Mediterranean, Irano -Turanian, saharo-Arabian and Sudania. These zones are key elements in supporting biodiversity, containing three major ecosystems – terrestrial, marine, and wetland.
Biodiversity in Jordan has been seriously threatened in recent years. Natural areas and wildlife has been severely affected due to rapid urban growth resulting from population growth, large-scale migration and rapid industrial expansion has led to depletion of natural ecosystems. Agriculture, animal-grazing, construction and other human activities has led to soil erosion, desertification and fragmentation of the land and reduction or extinction of wildlife. Furthermore, the increasing stress on limited water supplies has led to overexploitation of water resources and a decline in its quality and general decline in biological systems.
The agricultural expansion has led to ecological changes in two ways: decrease in population of some species due to alteration of their natural habitat, and over-exploitation of water resources. For some species, the lack of water has forced the animals to move or die, although for others it has increased their population. Rampant use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers has contaminated soil and water resources while reckless use of heavy agricultural machinery on marginal arid lands has encouraged soil erosion.
Overgrazing is widely recognized as harmful to ecosystems as it may lead to desertification, which increases atmospheric dust; such dust creates a health problem for both humans and wildlife. Furthermore, overgrazing is harmful for soil microorganisms on which the health of the entire ecosystem depends upon. Desertification and deforestation causes the land to deteriorate rapidly. Although Jordan is committed to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), illegal hunting and trapping is still common which is threatening a host of wildlife species. Traffic and vehicular movement is increasing rapidly in Jordan which is also reading to soil erosion and death of animals.
Roadmap for Biodiversity Conservation
Jordan is working toward more profound strategic policies and actions to meet the requirements of the Convention on Biological Diversity. At the national level, the goal is to raise public awareness about nature as related to the conservation of biodiversity, and to direct national concern in different sectors about the conservation and management of Jordan’s natural habitat in a sustainable way. Decision makers in Jordan should be more aware of the threats facing biological diversity and the degree of its deterioration.
An important development is a multidisciplinary approach that uses geographic information system (GIS) analysis. The plan should involve many stakeholders, including the government, specialized nongovernmental organizations, local communities, and representatives research initiations and universities. As a response to the urgent need for conservation of biodiversity in Jordan, I suggest the following solutions:
Rehabilitation of damaged ecosystems in order to promote biodiversity and solving causes of poverty and unemployment – Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of biodiversity degradation: poor people are forced to put urgent needs before the long-term quality of the biodiversity.
Designing water supply models and monitoring water quantity and quality for plant and animal biodiversity. To reduce pressure from the growing urban demand, a long-term water solution will require fundamental changes in national water policy and adoption of a large-scale management by the Jordanian government.
Coordinating implementation of the plan between the local communities, government agencies and the private sector. It is important to involve local communities in decision making regarding hunting, water use and grazing.
Implementation of comprehensive plan, guidelines and national and international policies for sustainable development of arid areas, preservation of biodiversity, and adoption of strategies to prevent harmful practices such as overgrazing or over extraction of water.
Establishment of separated areas for biodiversity conservation, off-limits to grazing and other activities, and the monitoring of biodiversity in those areas.
Addressing the problems faced by farmers, such as crop selection. There is currently a lack of information on alternative crops that are tolerant to water stress and water-saving irrigation techniques. Livestock owners need services such as grazing reserves and infrastructure for marketing milk and other products.
Land use plans are essential for conservation of biodiversity of Jordan, there is an urgent need to encourage shifting the rural pressure to none fertile land, also new trends should be adopted to minimize reduction in forested land and reforest cleared areas.
Establishment of more natural reserves to give Jordanians beautiful places to visit and preserve Jordan’s beauty for future generations. A network of protected areas for ecosystems species and genetic resources preservation must also be established.
Introduction of sustainable systems for farming, include disease control and crops that help to regenerate soils. Appropriate support and encouragement to farmers to adopt new policies and new practices, such as water-saving irrigation techniques and plantings of sustainable crops such as date palms or honey production.
Jordan is committed to study its biodiversity to conserve its natural resources and ensure the sustainable use of its resources. It is also hoped that Jordan Biodiversity study will be the basis for cross-cultural cooperation and exchange, resulting in scientific integration between Jordan and the rest of the World. The result of applying there principle across several areas will be a visible recovery and improvement of Jordan’s ecosystem. Additionally, new jobs will be created as part of the conservation efforts.
A biological survey is necessary to monitor changes in the Jordanian ecosystems. National guidance is required, as well as national and international funding for these activities. Appropriate development organizations should encourage research in ethno-biology to identify plant and animal species used by local people, which will prevent species from being irretrievably lost.
As human induced environmental change continues, society is facing an increasing array of pressing environmental challenges. Answers to these complex challenges must be informed by coordinated, long-term interdisciplinary research. The LTER sites (Long term ecological research sites) are poised to address a set of new initiatives to be pursued in response to these environmental challenges.
Considering that one third of the land mass surface of the earth is classified as arid land, knowledge of the composition of their bio-communities and of how these communities are affected by landscape sustainability measures will find wider application in landscape sustainability programs and contribute to future global policies. Government and specialized environmental NGO involvement is essential for the success of these measures.
About Nura A. Abboud
Nura A. Abboud is an environmental activist and Founder of the Jordanian Society for Microbial Biodiversity (JMB), the only NGO in the Middle East concerning the microbial biodiversity. Nura specializes in molecular biology, biological sciences, microbial biodiversity, genetic fingerprinting and medical technologies. Her vision is to establish an eco-research center in the astonishing desert south of Jordan. She has received several scholarships and awards including honorary doctorate in Environmental leadership.
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3 Responses to Preserving Biodiversity in Jordan
Hanin says:
Thank you for this article, I find it enlightening. If we all could only live in harmony with nature, the very reason we actually exist. Thank you.
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Desertification is a worldwide phenomenon afflicting countries all over the world. The desert is making a comeback in the Middle East, with fertile lands turning into barren wastes. According to United Nation’s Development Program’s 2009 Arab Human Development Report, desertification is threatening around one-fifth of the MENA region. China is experiencing desertification at an alarming rate – as much as 1,300 square miles each year. Sub-Saharan Africa is drying up, as are regions of Turkey that were once rich agricultural lands. During the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the world’s leaders adopted the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and agreed on the desertification definition … Continue reading →
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T 1755/10 (Software structure/TRILOGY) of 6.11.2014
European Case Law Identifier:
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T175510.20141106
Date of decision:
T 1755/10
IPC class:
Language of proceedings:
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 356.617K)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
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Title of application:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING COMMISSION
Applicant name:
TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Opponent name:
Headnote:
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(c)
European Patent Convention Art 113(1)
European Patent Convention R 111(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Inventive step - no (no further technical effect implied in modified software)
Software implementation fallacy (reasons, points 6 and 11)
Cited decisions:
Citing decisions:
Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. This appeal is against the decision of the examining division to refuse European patent application No. 99916241.5, entitled "Method and apparatus for determining commission", published as
A1: WO-A1-99/60486.
II. The examining division refused the application on the basis of a main request received on 3 November 2009. The division saw only an obvious automation and implementation of a business model on a notorious general-purpose computer (Article 56 EPC 1973).
Two auxiliary requests filed during oral proceedings before the examining division were not admitted into the procedure (Rule 137(3) EPC) as the amendments (relating to object-oriented programming) were said not to overcome the obviousness objection raised to the main request.
III. A notice of appeal was filed maintaining claims 1 to 47 of the refused main request. The appellant requested that the impugned decision be set aside and a patent be granted on the basis of those claims.
The statement setting out the grounds of appeal included two further sets of claims designated Auxiliary Request 1 and Auxiliary Request 2, respectively, essentially corresponding to the first and second auxiliary requests that had not been admitted by the examining division.
Initially, a further request relating to a refund of the appeal fee was filed; that request was dropped during oral proceedings before the Board.
(a) Claim 1 according to the main request reads:
"1. A method for determining commissions to be paid to a plurality of recipients, wherein the method is implemented using one or more data processing systems that include (A) a data model, wherein said data model includes (i) quotas, (ii) allocation rules, and (iii) promotions and (B) a commission engine to receive transactions, to access the model and to process each transaction in accordance with the model, said method being executed by a computer and comprising:
- obtaining one or more transactions;
- obtaining from the data model one or more quotas that apply to the one or more transactions, and which represent levels of commissions available to one or more recipients;
- determining a quota state for each recipient using the commission engine, wherein each quota state includes recipient identification data and current performance data of the identified recipient;
- obtaining from the data model one or more promotions that specify a reward for one or more of said levels;
- calculating performances of the recipients based on said transactions and using the commission engine, wherein calculating performances comprises:
obtaining one or more of the allocation rules of the model corresponding to the transactions wherein for each of the transactions, said allocation rules apportion credit to one or more recipients; and
applying the allocation rules to the transactions,
using the quotas and quota states to calculate the performances;
- using the commission engine, determining a compensation for those recipients, the performance of which qualifies for a promotion."
(b) According to Auxiliary Request 1, the opening paragraph of claim 1 reads:
"1. A method for determining commissions to be paid to a plurality of recipients, wherein the method is implemented using one or more data processing systems that include (A) a data model, wherein said data model includes (i) a quota object in the sense of object-oriented programming, (ii) allocation rules, and (iii) a promotion object in the sense of object-oriented programming and (B) a commission engine to receive transactions, to access the model and to process each transaction in accordance with the model, said method being executed by a computer and comprising:"
(c) According to Auxiliary Request 2, the opening paragraph of claim 1 reads:
"1. A method for determining commissions to be paid to a plurality of recipients, wherein the method is implemented using one or more data processing systems that include (A) a data model, wherein said data model includes (i) a quota object in the sense of object-oriented programming, wherein the instance of the quota object comprises a collection of objects that maintain the current performance of each individual recipient, (ii) allocation rules, and (iii) a promotion object in the sense of object-oriented programming and (B) a commission engine to receive transactions, to access the model and to process each transaction in accordance with the model, said method being executed by a computer and comprising:"
IV. Argumentation in the statement setting out the grounds of appeal
Main Request
Technical character was not limited to hardware features such as computers and data processing systems. The implementation of a business method might have technical character if it was based on technical considerations (T 258/03?Auction method/HITACHI, Reasons 3.6 and 5.8). Likewise, data structures used independently of any cognitive content had technical character (T 1194/97?Data structure product/IBM; T 424/03?Clipboard Formats/MICROSOFT). Decision T 688/05?Ticket auctioning system/TICKETMASTER cautioned that disregarding seemingly non-technical features might lead to inappropriate results. The examining division erred in its approach considering only individual features rather than the entirety of features as required by opinion G 3/08 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal.
The present application concerned a specific program structure, namely an "engine" and a separate "data model" comprising rules which the engine accessed to process transactions. This program structure represented a technical implementation because it related to the internal operation of a computer and was independent of the specific content processed or the business method implemented. The term "engine" was commonly used as an independent, task-specific part of a computer program. The term "data model" implied a certain data structure used by the engine and comprised "rules", i.e. conditions and logic functions, which were different from mere parameters or values.
Said program structure, separating the rules from the data processing, was more flexible compared to a "rigid program" implementing the conditions of the business scheme by "if" statements, cf. Figure 4 of
D2: US-A-5 483 444.
An update to the incentive scheme did not require the entire computer implementation to be reprogrammed but only the commission model needed to be amended. This also facilitated program maintenance. Furthermore, by separating the rules of the incentive program from the data processing proper, it was possible to implement an incentive program of essentially any level of complexity. The separation also allowed certain steps or stages of the data processing to be performed in parallel on different computers. These were technical effects supporting the presence of an inventive step.
Technical features were features independent of the business model to be implemented and, more generally, of the content of the data processed. If one replaced the business-related terms in claim 1 by neutral technical terms, e.g. replacing quotas, allocation rules and promotions by first, second and third data-processing rules, the method of claim 1 would still be workable and make sense. In fact, one could use the process flow of claim 1 for any other business method, unrelated to commissions, or even for technical applications.
The problem underlying the invention was to find a specific implementation rather than any implementation. The objective technical problem was how to provide a specific computer implementation of an incentive scheme, which implementation was more flexible, allowed for the processing of a large number of transactions and allowed the recipient and the system to check the amount of commission due.
The closest prior art was represented by D2 which related to a computer-implemented commission scheme for hotel reservations corresponding to the prior art mentioned in the present application (A1, page 3, from line 21). D2 did not disclose or suggest using a data model interacting with an engine to process the transactions. Nor could such a suggestion be derived from
D3: US-A-4 825 360, or
D1: Hansen, H.R.: "Wirtschaftsinformatik", 7th edition, revised reprint 1998, pages 7...21, 122...131, 469...477.
D3 related to a low-level processor architecture which allowed parallel processing. A person skilled in the art of application software typically used a high-level programming language and would not look into prior art related to the operation of processors. D1 was only a background document explaining the use of computers in business applications. It did not disclose or suggest a program architecture as proposed by the present application.
First Auxiliary Request
The first auxiliary request clarified that the term "object" was to be understood in the sense of object-oriented programming. Support for the clarifying features could be found in A1, e.g. on page 16 (lines 25/26), page 25 (lines 10 to 12), page 27 (from line 26) and original claim 10.
The specific use of an object-oriented approach was also considered non-obvious. At the priority date, the use of object-oriented programming was not so common that a person skilled in the art would have considered it for solving the problem of the application without receiving any suggestion or hint.
Second Auxiliary Request
The allegation in the decision under appeal (point 5.3) that the additional features of the second auxiliary request merely added cognitive content was considered to be wrong. Auxiliary request 2 specified the implementation of the commission scheme in greater detail without any change to cognitive content.
V. The Board appointed oral proceedings, as requested by the appellant, and communicated its preliminary opinion with the summons.
Claim 1 (main request) seemed to relate to a business goal (determining a commission) while relying on a software concept (separating a data model from an engine) which did not appear to enter into the examination for an inventive step. Even if the software concept were to be considered as technical, modular programming would appear notorious. Thus, the claimed method did not appear to include any non-obvious technical contribution.
The Board tended to admit the auxiliary requests into the procedure but doubted that a specific programming structure (object-oriented programming) would enter into the examination for an inventive step. Moreover, object-oriented programming was known before the priority date of the present application, as acknowledged by the application.
VI. In a written response to the summons and at the ensuing oral proceedings before the Board, the appellant argued that claim 1 did not claim an abstract concept or software as such but a method of processing data according to software embodying said data model and engine. The operation of a computer and especially data processing on a computer was a technical process to be distinguished from software as such. While the non-technical aim of determining a commission might be given to a software architect by a business man, any new way of processing a data input changed the operation of the computer and, thus, produced a "further" technical effect beyond the elementary interaction of computer software and hardware (i.e. beyond the transformation of physical states in a computer under the control of software). A desired commission scheme did not pre-empt a specific technical implementation from among a variety of conceivable implementations. Therefore, all aspects of the specific implementation claimed should be considered for inventive step. Like in other fields of technology, a distinction had to be made between the mental activity of inventing and the patentable result of that activity. No discrimination should be made against inventions in the field of computer technology.
Business-related aspects of a claim must not detract from its technical functions. Business aspects in claim 1 might affect its conciseness but did not negate the technical functions specified. A proven and recommendable test for the technical character of a feature was whether a machine kept working if the feature was taken away; if the machine stopped working, the feature was clearly a technical one.
The data model according to the application was not a subroutine or program module comprising executable code but it defined rules at a more abstract level. By providing an engine and a separate data model which told the computer how to work, the claimed computer-implemented method could be changed or updated easily whereas a conventional rigid program required deep reprogramming to accomplish the change. Like in Gutenberg's technical invention of flexible printing, the flexibility achieved was a technical advantage of the method even though the advantage did not show when running the method but only when changing it.
The examining division had failed to provide proper reasons for considering most of the claimed features as non-technical. By ignoring those features, the division reduced the claimed subject-matter to some hypothetical "core" - an obsolete national approach never endorsed by the Boards of Appeal. As a matter of transparency and fairness, the division should have considered the appellant's central counterarguments in greater detail, both in its substantive decision regarding the main request and its procedural decision regarding the auxiliary requests.
As to the merits of the auxiliary requests, the appellant argued that object-oriented programming was tied to the internal operation of the computer and, thus, technically relevant. It had an impact on how to process data by means of embedded (as opposed to sequential or linear) programming. Therefore, the question to be asked was whether an object-oriented approach was obvious to the programmer. It had been known only at an academic level but not for the specific purpose of the present application. Hence, object-oriented programming with a view to further enhancing flexibility was not rendered obvious by the available prior art (could/would issue).
Reasons for the Decision
1. The application addresses a need for a system that quickly communicates an incentive plan to sales representatives, accurately and effectively calculates compensation to be paid to sales representatives, and allows flexibility to adjust an incentive plan as needed in a rapidly changing environment (A1, page 4, paragraph 3).
In its most general aspect (original claim 1), the application proposes a computerised method for determining a performance-related commission for a recipient (sales representative). The description discusses a commission engine and a data model (218) (A1, from page 17 onwards), in particular using object-oriented programming (from page 10 onwards).
Article 56 EPC 1973 ? Inventive step
2. In the light of Article 52(1)(2)(3) EPC, Article 56 EPC 1973 requires a non-obvious technical contribution (see e.g. T 641/00-Two identities/COMVIK, Headnote 1, OJ EPO 2003, 352; T 1784/06-Classification method/COMPTEL).
Non-technical aspects cannot meet that requirement. The overall goal of claim 1 is a method for determining performance-related commissions to be paid to sales representatives. This is a commercial goal; sales and marketing considerations ("commissions", "promotions", "reward", "credit", "compensation") cannot enter into the examination for an inventive step.
3. The claimed method seeks to support managers in a rapidly changing business environment (A1, page 3, paragraphs 2 and 3; page 4, paragraph 3). Automation is a general technical answer to that need: the method makes use of data processing systems. However, the general technical idea of computer-implemented automation is notorious, and its use is obvious also in the present context.
4. It is true that claim 1 comprises not only said general idea. The claimed implementation lends itself to rapid changes by combining a "commission engine" (a piece of software for a specific data processing task) with a "data model". Whenever rules have to be adapted to a changing situation, only the data model needs to be updated whereas the commission engine and its way of accessing the data model can be invariable.
5. In view of the broad wording of claim 1, the combination of a "data model" and an "engine" constitutes a general software concept. A priori, programs for computers are not regarded as inventions (Article 52(2)(c) EPC). If the application disclosed a "further" technical effect of the software concept, beyond the elementary interaction of any computer software and hardware (T 1173/97-Computer program product/IBM, OJ EPO 1999, 609), then the software concept would not relate to computer programming as such (Article 52(3) EPC).
6. As the overall goal of the claimed method (determining commissions) is not technical, the software concept cannot derive any (further) technical character from that goal. In fact, the Board judges that no "further" technical effect is present at all.
On the one hand, a "further" technical effect does not have to be external to the computer. For example, a specific way of programming might result in a more stable operation of the computer itself.
On the other hand, the Board does not follow the appellant's central and fundamental argument: Any different way of programming is said to change the internal operation of the computer and should be considered as a technical implementation already for that reason.
Such an approach would result in any software being considered as a technical means of its own. It would effectively remove computer programs from the list of non-inventions according to Article 52(2)(c) EPC -- by which the Board is bound (Article 23(3) EPC) even if the appellant regards this as a discrimination against computer-implemented inventions.
Therefore, the Board judges that in the absence of any other potential "further" technical effect, the mere use of a specific software solution does not amount to a technical implementation (which would have to be considered in the inventive step examination).
In other words, the frequent general argument that modified software causes a modified behaviour of the computer and should for that very reason (eo ipso) be considered as a technical implementation means is insufficient. Hence, a "software implementation fallacy" might be added to a pertinent gallery established recently by the Board (T 1670/07-Shopping with mobile device/NOKIA).
7. As the software concept is not considered to contribute to the technical character of the method, it does not enter into the examination for an inventive step.
Hence, it can be left open what kind of code is intended to form a "data model" according to claim 1, i.e. whether the wording of the claim rules out conventional program modules (subroutines), which are well-known to increase the flexibility of programming and facilitate the maintenance of programs.
8. The data items processed according to the claimed method are defined by their commercial content and intent rather than by any non-obvious functional or structural aspect. Hence, they do not provide any non-obvious contribution, either.
9. Therefore, the Board judges that the method of claim 1 does not involve any inventive step.
Auxiliary Request 1
10. While formally not admitting the auxiliary request into the first-instance procedure under Rule 137(3) EPC, the examining division provided an extensive substantive analysis and assessment of the amended claim 1.
As the Board is in a position to comment on that analysis, it admits the auxiliary request into the appeal procedure.
11. The amendment according to auxiliary request 1 specifies the use of object-oriented programming in the form of two objects in the data model: the data model contains a "quota object" and a "promotion object".
An object-oriented program can be created at a higher (more abstract) level and, thus, may be designed and changed more easily, without considering details of the computer platform. However, even a more specific program structure within the data model does not constitute a technical implementation by itself as the alleged technical effect is limited to the general observation that modified software results in a modified operation of the computer. This is just another way of saying that software interacts with hardware and, thus, is not sufficient to establish a "further" technical effect.
Consequently, even the more specific programming structure does not enter into the examination for an inventive step.
12. It may be added that object-oriented programming was known before the priority date of the present application, as acknowledged by the application (see the pre-published article by Lieberman mentioned in the paragraph bridging pages 11 and 12 of A1).
13. The above comments on the first auxiliary request apply mutatis mutandis to the second auxiliary request.
Claim 1 is more specific in that the quota object comprises a collection of objects that maintain the current performance of each individual recipient. However, the concept of an object comprising a collection of objects is still a programming concept without any "further" technical effect. Therefore, even the more specific concept does not enter into the examination for an inventive step.
14. It may be added that the concept of nested objects is disclosed in Lieberman (page 216, left-hand column, chapter 4, end of 2nd paragraph: "composite objects extensions"). Moreover, as the description of the present application does not provide any detail regarding objects within an object, "a collection of objects" according to claim 1 encompasses conventional pointers to those objects (Lieberman, page 216, right-hand column, "Tools for Sharing Knowledge", "Extensions").
Procedural remark on the decision under appeal
15. In response to the examining division's summons and preliminary opinion, the appellant filed extensive counter-arguments (letter of 3 November 2009). Nevertheless, the reasons in the decision under appeal are almost identical to the reasons in the examining division's preliminary opinion, as far as the issue of (non-)technical subject-matter is concerned. The appellant's conclusion is that the examining division had grounds to consider the submissions not to be pertinent without communicating those grounds to the appellant, contrary to the requirements of Article 113(1) EPC (right to be heard).
16. The Board does not consider that the appellant's right to be heard has been infringed. In a case like the present one in which oral proceedings took place, the assumption is that the examining division and the party discussed the additional arguments orally.
However, for the same reason, a helpful summary of that discussion could have been, and preferably should have been, included in the appealable decision to complete its reasoning (Rule 111(2) EPC).
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.
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Public Release: 9-Jul-2014
New recreational travel model to help states stop firewood assisted insect travel
Forest Service Southern & Northern Research Stations
USDA Forest Service ‑ Southern Research Station
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, July 9, 2014 - The spread of damaging invasive forest pests is only partially powered by the insects' own wings. People moving firewood for camping can hasten and widen the insects' spread and resulting forest destruction. A new U.S. Forest Service study gives state planners a tool for anticipating the most likely route of human-assisted spread they can use to enhance survey and public education efforts.
The study, "Using a Network Model to Assess Risk of Forest Pest Spread via Recreational Travel," was published July 9 in the journal PLOS ONE and is designed to help agencies enforcing or considering firewood bans determine how to deploy resources for surveillance, firewood inspections, or other activities. The study is available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0102105.
The role of humans in the spread of invasive insects such as the emerald ash borer and Asian longhorned beetle is well established, according to the study's lead author, Frank Koch, a research ecologist with the Forest Service's Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, a part of the Southern Research Station (SRS). "Although more than 65 percent of campers carry firewood from home, and that wood often comes from dead or dying trees that may be infested, the dispersal of invasive insects via recreational travel has not been well studied."
Research has demonstrated that firewood harbors many bark- and wood-boring insects. In 2008, co-author Robert Haack of the Forest Service's Northern Research Station found that nearly 25 percent of firewood intercepted at the Mackinac Bridge between Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas carried live bark- and wood-boring insects, and an additional 41 percent displayed evidence of prior borer infestation.
Scientists constructed the model covered in the new study from U.S. National Recreation Reservation Service data documenting more than seven million visitor reservations (including visitors from Canada) at federal campgrounds nationwide. The model can be used to identify likely origin and destination locations for a camper-transported pest. Summary maps for the 48 contiguous U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces showed the most likely origins of campers traveling from outside the target state or province.
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"Damaging non-native forest insects are a serious issue for public and private land managers," said SRS Director Rob Doudrick. "Forest Service research is providing tools and information that strengthen policies aimed at controlling and slowing the spread of invasive insects."
In addition to Haack, co-authors of the study include Denys Yemshanov of the Canadian Forest Service and Roger D. Magarey of North Carolina State University.
The mission of the U.S. Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80 percent of our nation's forests, amounting to 850 million acres including 100 million acres of urban forests gracing the nation's cities, where 80 percent of Americans live. The research and development arm of the Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest Service mission since the agency's inception in 1905. Seven research stations throughout the nation are leading programs in all 50 States, U.S. territories, and commonwealths.
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Certain Wax and Wax/Resin Thermal Transfer Ribbons From France, Japan, and Korea
A Notice by the International Trade Commission on 06/10/2003
International Trade Commission
May 30, 2003.
Investigations Nos. 731-TA-1039-1041 (Preliminary)
EFFECTIVE DATES:
International Trade Commission.
Institution of antidumping investigations and scheduling of preliminary phase investigations.
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigations No. 731-TA-1039-1041 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports from France, Japan, and Korea of certain wax and wax/resin thermal transfer ribbons,[1] that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value. Unless the Department of Commerce extends the time for initiation pursuant to section 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must reach a preliminary determination in antidumping investigations in 45 days, or in this case by July 14, 2003. The Commission's views are due at Commerce within five business days thereafter, or by July 21, 2003.
For further information concerning the conduct of these investigations and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207).
Christopher Cassise (202-708-5408), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.
Background.—These investigations are being instituted in response to a petition filed on May 30, 2003, by IIMAK International Imaging Materials, Inc., Amherst, NY.
Participation in the investigations and public service list.—Persons (other than petitioners) wishing to participate in the investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the Commission's rules, not later than seven days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Industrial users and (if the merchandise under investigation is sold at the retail level) representative consumer organizations have the right to appear as parties in Commission antidumping investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to these investigations upon the expiration of the period for filing entries of appearance.
Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list.— Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary will make BPI gathered in these investigations available to authorized applicants representing interested parties (as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the investigations under the APO issued in the investigations, provided that the application is made not later than seven days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
Conference.— The Commission's Director of Operations has scheduled a conference in connection with these investigations for 9:30 a.m. on June 20, 2003, at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to participate in the conference should contact Christopher Cassise ((202) 708-5408) not later than June 18, 2003, to arrange for their appearance. Parties in support of the imposition of antidumping duties in these investigations and parties in opposition to the imposition of such duties will each be collectively allocated one hour within which to make an oral presentation at the conference. A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at the conference.
Written submissions.— As provided in sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the Commission's rules, any person may submit to the Commission on or before June 25, 2003, a written brief containing information and arguments pertinent to the subject matter of the investigations. Parties may file written testimony in connection with their presentation at the conference no later than three days before the conference. If briefs or written testimony contain BPI, they must conform with the requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules. The Commission's rules do not authorize filing of submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means, except to the extent permitted by section 201.8 of the Commission's rules, as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8, 2002).
In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each document Start Printed Page 34643filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.
Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to section 207.12 of the Commission's rules.
End Authority Start Signature
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 3, 2003.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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What’s Current: UK set to criminalize ‘upskirting’
What’s Current is Feminist Current’s daily news roundup.
January 16, 2019 by Natasha Chart
Image: LiveLeak.com
Pending Royal Assent, “upskirting” will be a sexual offence in the UK. Men found guilty of taking and sharing photographs up women’s skirts in public places will face a potential penalty of two years jail time.
K Dhanya Sanal, 38, has made history as the first Indian woman to climb to the top of the second highest mountain in Kerala, after a court order overturned a ban on women between 10 and 50 years of age climbing to visit the Hindu pilgrimage site.
Beatrix Campbell covers the UK Green Party’s inquiry into the Challenor sex crime scandal, concluding that its main achievement seems to have been to “let the leadership off the hook.”
Police have arrested 55 men in West Yorkshire over allegations relating to the sexual abuse and exploitation of children between 2002 and 2009.
Experts on human trafficking say that President Trump’s descriptions of alleged abduction scenarios — aimed at supporting his efforts to build a border wall — are highly misleading, and that victims of sex trafficking typically arrive at legal points of entry on visas.
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Natasha Chart
Natasha Chart is an online organizer and feminist living in the United States. She does not recant her heresy.
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What’s Current: Robert Trigg jailed for life after killing two former girlfriends
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Inspired By An MBA Project, This Woman Created India's Largest Pre-School And Daycare Chain
Ambika Behal Contributor
I cover female entrepreneurs and startups in India.
KLAY Founder and CEO Priya Krishnan. Photo courtesy of KLAY.
When she was a mid-career MBA student at the London Business School in 2005, Priya Krishnan was asked to write her own obituary, an unusual assignment by most means. But the assignment inspired her and provided a sturdy foundation for her future business, now India’s largest pre-school and daycare chain, KLAY.
“Most people think of their dream jobs as being the king or queen of the world, heading a big company,” says KLAY Founder and CEO Krishnan. “But eulogies were always about what sort of a person we were, and what mark we made in the world.”
She wanted her mark to be something that was close to home.
A working mother herself, who ran IT Outsourcing firm Mphasis’ European Business prior to launching KLAY, Krishnan says she experienced the challenges of working full-time and taking care of her young children.
“I was like any working mum who goes through the struggle,” she says.
Based on her own experience, Krishnan knew having a child in daycare in London was relatively simple. It was not the case in India. “In India, the options are grandparents or maids,” she says.
However, grandparents are generally unwilling to relocate to where their children live and work – and maids form part of India’s transient informal hired help segment. This means these are difficult options for parents.
And Krishnan saw some other differences in attitude towards daycare, too, between parents in India and in the UK.
“One of the key things - which is especially nuanced here - is that parents see education as a route to emancipation,” she says. “It’s an investment, people will spend as much as 30% of their paycheck on education.”
For her business plan, Krishnan ensured that education, social and learning development were integral parts at her schools, which cater to children from the age of six months to 10 years.
Since launching in India in 2011, under parent company Founding Years, KLAY has 49 schools across India, with centers launching in Dubai shortly, followed by Singapore.
KLAY students in class in India. Photo courtesy of KLAY.
“Parenting is a lonely journey, there’s no handbook on how it should be done,” says Krishnan. “For migrants, there is no supporting family structure, so we create a sense of community.”
This means her schools need to offer things that western schools wouldn’t. They invite experts to help parents understand parenting and nutrition. Parents get advice on when to potty train a child and how to get through the ‘terrible twos’.
“The Indian mom faces the biggest set of expectations. She’s expected to be a ‘Super-Everything’,” says Krishnan, referring to the common Indian expectation that mothers cook three meals a day, handle all household matters, kids and in-laws, and work. “We focus on getting the mothers to ask for help - as a culture we don’t ask.”
She also gets fathers involved through workshops, teaching them the basics, helping them to support their wives and taking care of the children – right down to being able to whip up a simple puree for babies.
KLAY started in Bangalore, one of the early IT business process outsourcing capitals of India, offering toddler, pre-school, and after-care programs. The location is a smart choice because there are plenty of corporate employees that work odd shifts. To accommodate workers' schedules, the schools open at 7:30am and close by 9pm.
Twenty-three of these centers are located on corporate premises, among them, Unilever, and Proctor and Gamble.
This falls in line with an increasing number of India-based companies seeking ways of bringing women back into the workforce. Perhaps all nuanced by a McKinsey Report stating that bringing 68 million women back into India’s workforce will increase the country’s GDP by $700 billion by 2025.
The KLAY team in Bangalore. Photo courtesy of KLAY.
“Each woman who says ‘you helped me get back to work’ validates our concept,” says Krishnan.
On track to expand to 100 schools in the next two years, KLAY is also looking beyond India. In addition to Dubai and Singapore, Krishnan also has her eyes on other parts of Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
What's more, the schools are always going to be multilingual. In India, students learn English and Hindi. In Singapore, there's additional demand for Tamil, and for Dubai, Hindi will be replaced by Arabic.
“I think one of the reasons we will be immensely successful is that there isn’t an Asian brand focusing on this,” she says, “Asian brands do well from a service perspective. Education is paramount, and because of the ethos we come from there’s a huge opportunity for us.”
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Bumble Launched A New Initiative To Support A Cause Whenever A Woman Makes The First Move
Elana Lyn Gross Contributor
I cover wealth for Forbes.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of the popular dating and networking app Bumble announced the company's new "Moves Making Impact" initiative on CBS This Morning today. Now women on Bumble Date, Bumble Bizz and Bumble BFF can choose a cause to support — human rights, public policy or economic development — and the company will make a donation to a woman working towards the cause every time a user sends a message to a new match. (Bumble requires women to make the first move.) Bumble is working with the female-focused non-profit organization Vital Voices to identify and partner with female leaders.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, the CEO and founder of Bumble.
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"We are so excited about this because we've given women the opportunity to make the first move," Wolfe Herd told CBS This Morning, "Love, friendship, business. But now their first moves can go beyond themselves and impact a woman in the world, and that woman that we're impacting is impacting a woman in their community, so it has this catalytic effect."
Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 and the company says it has since grown to more than 55 million users in 150 countries and that almost 1 billion women have made the first move by messaging other users. Forbes estimates that the company is valued at $1 billion. The valuation would make Bumble part of an elite group of “unicorn” companies — privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more. Wolfe Herd would be part of an even smaller subset of female founders running billion-dollar businesses. Of the 134 U.S. venture capital-backed "unicorn" companies as of May 2018, there were just 14 with a female founder, according to Pitchbook.
The new initiative aims to continue Bumble's goal to empower women. "It is about paying it forward and giving women the opportunity to be change-makers through their daily lives," Wolfe Herd said of the initiative. "And if we're asking you to make the first move, why would we stop at empowering you?"
It has been a busy time for Bumble. It recently launched Bumble Fund to invest in other female-founded startups, a print magazine called Bumble Mag, pop-ups called The Hive and Bumble-verified meeting places called BumbleSpots. Bumble just announced that it will be releasing Private Detector, an artificial intelligence-based tool that detects lewd images and warns users so they can decide if they want to view it, report it or block the individual. Wolfe Herd is also backing Bill 2789, a proposed Texas law that would criminalize sending lewd photos to someone without consent.
Wolfe Herd is reportedly considering taking Bumble public. “Our revenue is remarkable, and it is only going to get better,” Wolfe Herd previously told Forbes, “There is a need for a new IPO in this space, and we offer something that nobody else offers. This would allow us to really spread our wings at a new level.”
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Google Helps Map Illegal Fishing
Heather Clancy Subscriber
I write about technology for conservation, efficiency and reuse.
Google is lending its big data analytics technology to another environmental research project, this time it's one meant to support the push for more sustainable commercial fishing initiatives.
The project, called Global Fishing Watch, is a collaboration between Google Earth, non-profit digital mapping organization SkyTruth and marine life advocacy group Oceana. The platform uses data from the automatic identification system (AIS) on ships to broadcast the location of fishing boats on a map like the one shown below.
You can think of AIS as the global positioning system for maritime traffic. Mostly, this data is used for preventing collisions and for other safety-related purposes.
Information about cargo and passenger vessels was filtered out of the images. The idea is to help the general public and governments keep tab on fishing activity, so poaching in protect fisheries is put on notice.
"So much of what happens out on the high seas is invisible, and that has been a huge barrier to understanding and showing the world what's at stake for the ocean," said SkyTruth founder and president John Amos, in a statement. "But now satellite data is allowing us to make human interaction with the ocean more transparent than ever before."
Right now, a prototype of the site is available. The public version is months away from a release, which gives the group time to address concerns that the data could be manipulated to generate false readings.
Google's mapping and visualization technologies are already behind several other ocean-related conservation projects, including one that uses Street View to create 360-degree panoramas of some of the most endangered reefs in the world.
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The Cities Creating The Most White-Collar Jobs, 2018
Joel Kotkin Contributor
Reinventing America
I cover demographic, social and economic trends around the world.
By Joel Kotkin and Michael Shires
Professional and business services have long been identified with the downtowns of cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco, where lawyers, accountants and architects are thick on the ground. However, in recent years there's been a clear shift in the geography of this vital sector, with some of the strongest job generation emerging far from the high-rise canyons. This shift is of profound importance given that professional and business services is by far the largest high-wage job sector in the U.S. and one of the main ladders to the middle class, with an annual average salary of $60,446, compared to $48,115 a year for the average nonfarm job.
The sector encompasses a wide range of professions that underpin advanced economies, including advertising, engineering, scientific research and development, administrative services and management, and computer systems design. To generate our rankings of the best places for business services jobs, as part of annual survey of the Best Cities For Jobs, we looked at employment growth in the 366 metropolitan statistical areas for which BLS has complete data going back to 2006, weighting growth over the short-, medium- and long-term in that span, and factoring in momentum — whether growth is slowing or accelerating. (For a detailed description of our methodology, click here.)
Gallery: The Cities Creating The Most Business Services Jobs 2018
The Sun Belt Surge
Among the 71 largest metro areas, the biggest winners are primarily in fast-growing regions of the Sun Belt. Texas is home to three of the 10 metro areas that have generated the strongest job growth over the past decade, led by No. 1 Austin where the business services job count has expanded 37.1% since 2012 and 7.2% last year. Other strong Texas performers include No. 6 San Antonio-New Braunfels, where the business services job count is up 21.3% since 2012, and stalwart Dallas-Plano-Irving, which ranks seventh on our list.
Elsewhere in the Sun Belt, Florida has also seen a surge of these white-collar jobs, led by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford. Like Austin, Orlando is blessed with a growing tech sector, which is increasingly congruent with business service growth. The area’s job count in the sector has grown 31.3% since 2012 and 5.1% last year, placing it second on our 2018 list. Also racking up these jobs are No. 11 Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, No. 18 Ft. Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Clearwater and No. 19 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall.
Three other Sun Belt players in the top 10 are No. 4 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin Tenn., No. 8 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia N.C.-S.C., and No. 9 Raleigh, N.C. Like Orlando and Austin, all three have fast growing tech sectors and strong domestic in-migration. They’re all among the metro areas with the fastest growing populations of millennials, who are the primary source of new workers for these industries.
Workers in professional and business services earn enough to care about income taxes and also are prime candidates to buy homes, so key economic factors fueling growth in these places are lower home prices, less regulation and, in most cases, the lack of an income tax. This could become a bigger factor given the new limits on deductions for local taxes. For the new generation of workers in these industries, Sun Belt cities offer unique opportunities, not to mention a break from chilly weather.
Superstars And Also-Rans
Sun Belt cities aren’t the only winners here. A handful of the top performers are in comparatively expensive, highly taxed areas. No. 5 San Francisco-Redwood City-south San Francisco, No. 10 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett and No. 13 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., all experienced considerable growth, suggesting that high costs alone do not prevent higher-wage industries from flourishing in a particular locale.
One key factor, as we see also in the Sun Belt, is the presence of growing tech businesses. The emergence of companies such as Amazon, Uber, Lyft, and Salesforce.com suggests that these functions are merging. Even prototypical tech firms such as Google, Apple and Microsoft are increasingly focused on what were once seen as services: movies, television and, above all, advertising. Cloud services, Apple Pay, and the App Store now drive Apple’s growth; services rather than products. Even basic office functions like spreadsheets, memos and simple communications are increasingly cloud-based and device-driven.
How about the traditional centers for business services? With over 750,000 jobs, the New York metro area remains the leader in this sector. And despite its high costs, Gotham is doing very well, ranking 14th this year. Employment has jumped 18.6% since 2012 and a respectable 2.5% last year. Boston, another longstanding power in business services, ranks 17th, with growth since 2012 of 16.3% and 2.6% last year.
The results, however, are not as sanguine for three other large business services hubs: Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, which boasts the fourth-largest number of business services jobs in the nation, was a star performer in the period after the Great Recession, but managed only a 43rd place ranking this year, with mediocre 5.5% job growth since 2012 and 1.5% increase last year. Los Angeles places 49th, but that’s at least better than No. 54 Chicago -- the traditional hub for these industries in the Midwest -- which dropped 14 places from last year’s survey. Despite some notable relocations of large company headquarters to the area, The Windy City’s employment in the sector dropped 0.5% last year.
Full List: The Cities Creating The Most Business Services Jobs
Midwestern Surprises
Some Midwestern cities are doing much better. Perhaps the biggest surprise on our list is No. 3 Kansas City, which has seen 25.3% growth since 2012 and a healthy 4.6% last year. The Missouri city (whose Amazon proposal was worked on by Joel Kotkin and Richard Florida) has been attracting a lot of corporate expansions, with employment in corporate and enterprise management growing by 57% since 2010, according to analyst Mark Schill. Among the companies adding jobs in the area have been stalwarts in tech (Garmin and Cerner), logistics (CVS, Amazon, Jet.com), manufacturing (GM, Ford, Honeywell, Kubota); headquarters expansions include firms such as Auto Alert, Littler Mendelson, and In Touch Solutions.
Kansas City’s appeal somewhat mirrors that of Sun Belt metropolises in that it offers inexpensive housing and office space. Kansas City has a low cost of living (93.7, where 100.0 is average), according to the latest (2015) Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities. It’s the 11th least expensive out of the 53 major U.S. metropolitan areas. It also has some things most Sun Belt cities lack -- for one, a large, historic downtown -- and is among the easiest American cities to get around. Kansas City tied with Indianapolis for the least all-day traffic congestion among the approximately 175 metropolitan areas in the world with populations over 1 million that are rated by the Tom Tom Traffic Index.
Similar strengths can be seen in some other Midwestern cities such as No. 15 Indianapolis and No. 24 Louisville. Indianapolis’ business and professional services has grown 20.7% since 2012 while Louisville’s expanded 16.4%. All three of these cities enjoyed above average population growth and net in-migration last year.
But sadly, it’s not all good news among the big Heartland metro areas. Despite talk about its downtown comeback, Detroit ranks only 58th on our list, while Cleveland places 68th and Cincinnati 70th. All three experienced lower than average population growth, and either stagnant or negative rates of in-migration. To date, the Midwest resurgence remains a promising, but limited, phenomenon.
Looking Ahead: Greater Dispersion?
The patterns of dispersion in business and professional services could be just beginning, perhaps an inevitability in industries where internet access may be supplanting the benefits of clustering. If we look over the entire list of 366 metro areas that we examined, small and medium-size places accounted for nine of the top 10 with strongest job growth, and 16 of the top 20. The smaller city stars come in a dazzling array, from Midwestern locales like No. 1 Kankakee, Ill., which has logged 54% growth since 2010, albeit from a small base, to Washington State’s Olympia-Tumwater (sixth) and Yakima (seventh).
The smaller areas that are posting the strongest job growth in this sector are concentrated in growth hubs of the south, such as No. 2 College Station-Bryan Texas, No. 3 Augusta- Richmond Ga.-S.C., No. 4 Athens-Clarke County, Ga., and No. 9 Ft. Meyers-Cape Coral, Fla. But the movement is national, and extends to the Intermountain West, and even parts of the Northeast. The locus of American business is changing, but increasingly in ways that contradict some of the deepest held assumption of our urban punditry and the big city media.
See also: The Best Cities For Jobs 2018
Joel Kotkin
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Manchester City's Ownership Partnering With Wix.com An Assist In Goal Of Middle East Peace
Lee Igel Contributor
United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro sitting next to each other at a baseball game in Havana last week amplified attention to the role sports can play in international diplomacy. The game, played between the MLB Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team, was an example of what Obama said is the “power of sports” to “change attitudes sometimes in ways that a politician can never change, that a speech can’t change.” While it deserves a rightful place in the history books for its part in the realm of foreign policy breakthrough, the ballgame pales in comparison to the impact of a recent sports event in the Middle East.
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and Cuban President Raul Castro visit during an exposition game between the Cuban national team and the Major League Baseball team Tampa Bay Rays at the Estado Latinoamericano on March 22, 2016, in Havana, Cuba. This is the first time a sitting president has visited Cuba in 88 years. (Photo by: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A little more than one month ago, City Football Group and Wix.com announced the launch of a global partnership. What amounted to a sponsorship deal designating an “official website design and hosting partner” registered little more than a press release and some mention in business news sections. But it deserved more attention than was received.
City Football Group is the parent company of Manchester City FC in the English Premier League, New York City FC in Major League Soccer, Melbourne City FC in the Australian A-League, and a new, yet-to-be-named franchise in the Chinese Super League. The partnership with Wix.com will help those clubs to new ways of engaging with supporters and fans across web and social media platforms. And, through those channels and a major advertising presence at Etihad Stadium, the partnership will help Wix.com reach even more customers than its two years of successful Super Bowl commercials have already done.
Unless you are someone with some sort of stake in the game, it may be tough to give much more than a moment of passing interest to what appears to be yet another sports sponsorship deal. That goes even when it is a coming together of one of the most recognized brands in the sports world and one of the leading companies in the web industry.
So, what makes the deal between City Football Group and Wix.com something worth many more people's time and attention?
It is not the official kickoff video, in which Manchester City footballers Pablo Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Nicolas Otamendi, and Raheem Sterling can be seen building a website as commentator Chris Kamara does play-by-play on each click. It is not fan promotions that will include chances to win special tickets to fixtures and access to unique club experiences. Rather, it is the implications that the partnership deal has on the international relations front, in particular, ones that have to do with peace in the Middle East.
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It is important to consider here that the overwhelming majority ownership stake in City Football Group is held by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Limited. The voting rights of the Emirati enterprise are ultimately controlled by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is well-known to Manchester City supporters as the person whose takeover of the club in 2008 helped quickly lead to FA Cup, Capital One Cup, and two Premier League titles. He is also well-known in the football business world, thanks in part to deals such at the one to sell a 13% stake in City Football Group to a Chinese consortium for £265 million, or about the same amount he spent to purchase the club.
In Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mansour's connection to world-class football is a popular addition to his service as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, and status as a member of the royal family. A similar type of regard is held for City Football Group chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak. He also serves as chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, which is the agency that provides strategy and policy advice to the administrative body charged with assisting the emirate's ruler in carrying out his tasks and responsibilities.
Manchester city owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C) looks on during the English Premier League football match against Liverpool at The City of Manchester stadium, Manchester, north-west England on August 23, 2010. (Photo credit: ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images)
That top decision-makers at City Football are also top decision-makers in the United Arab Emirates matters in this context. The reason why is because it is tough to reconcile that any agreement on the level of a “global partnership” for City Football would be signed-off by anyone below the highest rungs of the enterprise. Consider that in the case of Wix.com being the partner company, seeing as it was founded and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
This isn't the place for a primer on the historic tensions among neighbors—not only major Arab states and Israel—in the Middle East. But it is worth pointing out that Egypt and Jordan have maintained peaceful relations with Israel for decades now. It is also worth pointing out that Abu Dhabi permitted the opening of an Israeli diplomatic mission there late last year.
Politically, while Israel and the United Arab Emirates do not have formal diplomatic ties, they are among the nations in the region that oppose Iran's expanding influence and the growth of fundamentalist groups in the Arab world. They also have some economic interests in common. The vision of Abu Dhabi is to “continue to create a confident, secure society and to build a sustainable, open and globally competitive economy.” Its leadership evidently realizes that could be difficult to achieve without the involvement of a neighbor that, after Silicon Valley, has the highest concentration of hi-tech and start-up companies in the world.
As much as sports holds the power to create change, a sports business deal may not resolve the challenges to peace in the Middle East. But the willingness of City Football Group executives to partner with Wix.com should count as an assist in that goal.
Lee Igel
Lee Igel brings insights from organizational behavior to work on business challenges in sport and society.
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01. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Mit Zebras rennen
02. ASMUS TIETCHENS - In die Nacht
03. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Höhepunkt kleiner Mann
04. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Kopfüber in den Gulli
05. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Spanische Fliege
06. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Unter fliegenden Tassen
07. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Regenwald
08. ASMUS TIETCHENS - Park und guter Morgen
TIETCHENS, ASMUS
In die Nacht
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LP version, on 180 gram vinyl. Bureau B reissues Asmus Tietchens' third solo album on Sky Records, originally released in 1982. It stands to reason that any musical journey undertaken by a skeptic like Asmus Tietchens is destined to head into the night (In die Nacht) rather than into the day. In die Nacht, the third album in the so-called time signal ("Zeitzeichen") phase, continuing in the same vein as Biotop (BB 141CD/LP) and Spät-Europa (BB 142CD/LP), while laying down its own stylistic markers, no doubt attributable to the sizeable challenges facing the composer. Time, or the lack thereof, was the most pressing concern. With only a few weeks available in which to produce the record, he had to rein in his ambition. In the past, Tietchens had seldom allowed tracks to exceed three minutes in length, avoiding the effect of "musical drift"; hence, the ideas came thick and fast on his previous two albums. This time around, in creative terms -- and with all due meticulousness -- he needed to be more economical. Four of the tracks turned out far wider-ranging than they might have done under different circumstances. Ironically, these are the very pieces which lend the album its enduring character. The exuberantly stumbling rhythm of "Höhepunkt kleiner Mann" is as typical as the dark mood of the title-track, although jaunty and highly-charged tones creep into the latter. "Regenwald," on the other hand, carries the listener off to a magical sonic setting, a hypnotic allure underneath pulsating rhythms. Such a display of color is akin to the atmosphere of Max Ernst's jungle paintings. In technical terms, In die Nacht differed notably from its predecessors as Tietchens now had access to a Polymoog, enabling him to play chords. The Minimoog and rhythm machine he had used until then were deliberately pushed into the background; the drum machine in particular was drastically taken out of the mix. The creative versatility of this relatively modest equipment still appears remarkable today.
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Jean Ross, Former Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
By now, the consequences of the disastrous decision to shift the source of the city of Flint, MI’s water supply are well known. The public outcry generated by almost daily headline coverage of the crisis has led to some urgent and essential actions—such as distributing bottled water and monitoring children exposed to high levels of lead—as well as conversations about the need for a permanent solution. But for that solution to be a meaningful and lasting one, we need to look back to the roots of the problem.
Where the crisis came from
In the spring of 2013, the city of Detroit and other Michigan communities—including Flint—faced serious budget shortfalls and struggling economies. The governor appointed an emergency manager to guide Detroit through bankruptcy, using powers provided by a law that replaced a measure voters had recently repealed. Anger, distrust, and tensions ran high, for good reason: Critical decisions that would shape the city’s future for decades to come would be made largely behind closed doors, by an appointed official who answered to the governor, not local voters. And the fiscal crises facing Detroit and nearby communities continued to escalate.
Due to ongoing budget problems, nearby Flint was also under the control of an emergency manager. In April 2014, as a cost-saving measure, the emergency manager terminated a contract that had provided the city with clean water from Lake Huron, in favor of sourcing water from the Flint River. Immediately, residents complained about the color, taste, and smell of the water from the new source—and, when the shift led to a hike in water rates, about its cost. State and local officials rebuffed their critics and denied that any problem existed.
Uncovering the truth
Lacking traditional ways of ensuring transparency and accountability—like residents testifying at a public meeting, or local officials taking a public vote—advocates faced a serious challenge: How could they bring attention to the crisis? As part of a watchdog effort focused on state-appointed emergency managers, a grant from Ford funded the work of journalist Curt Guyette, hired by the ACLU of Michigan to investigate how the decisions of emergency managers were impacting financially strapped Michigan communities. That assignment brought Guyette to Flint, where through dogged reporting he was able to draw awareness not only to the water crisis, but also to the lack of transparent and accountable government in Michigan.
Working with researchers and activists, Guyette ferreted out critical documents that validated residents’ complaints and showed a callous indifference to public health and safety. His work drew sorely needed attention to the crisis, and has helped start a national conversation about accountability, transparency, and what citizens deserve from their governments. It also provided fuel for a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and allies against the City of Flint and the state for violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. As a result of his groundbreaking coverage, last week the Michigan Press Association named Guyette Michigan Journalist of the Year.
In the short term, we know what to do about the water crisis: Distribute bottled water, and change the water source. But once those most immediate problems are addressed, we’re left with the same system that helped create the problem, and it continues to reinforce inequalities that shape the lives of people in Flint. The use of emergency managers has been largely reserved for cities with majority-black populations, where residents find their lives presided over by officials who are more concerned with financial health than public wellbeing. That’s what led to the water crisis. Emergency manager control has also limited residents’ ability to participate in decisions about how to fix public schools in Detroit and other communities that are close to financial collapse.
Today, the city of Detroit has returned to local control and the city of Flint is on the road to securing a safe water supply. But there is a long way to go in restoring the public’s confidence in government. Not least of all, the law that allowed the disastrous decision about water supply to be made without public scrutiny remains on the books. Efforts to strengthen the voices and influence of local residents persist. Without governance that is truly responsive, representative, and accountable, journalists like Curt Guyette will continue to have lots to report on. So what can we do to rebuild the kind of diverse, engaged civic fabric that is so important to a healthy community, and so necessary to hold elected leaders to account?
Justice, clean water, and good governance
Against the stark background, there is reason for optimism. A new generation of civic activism and engagement is building collaboration among diverse Detroit communities, united by a fierce commitment to securing a better future for this once great American city. Already, we’ve seen activists working together on a plan to return Detroit Public Schools to local control and foster academic excellence, and to educate voters about the city’s new system of district election. And we see emerging efforts to develop leaders and organizations that can achieve change at home and build the networks that are needed to start a new statewide policy debate. All of these efforts can serve as a blueprint for the residents of Flint as they pursue justice, clean water, and the governance they deserve.
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Geelong Orphan Asylum (c. 1854 - 1862)
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The Geelong Orphan Asylum was established in 1854. In 1862, the name of the orphanage changed to Geelong Protestant Orphanage, to clarify the asylum's religious connections, although there was no formal connection between the Orphanage and the church.
The Geelong Orphan Asylum came into being as a result of a public meeting in 1854, called by William Hingston Baylie, Mayor of Geelong, 'to promote the establishment of an Orphan Asylum in the town of Geelong.' As a result of the meeting, a committee was formed and work commenced immediately.
Community concerns about orphaned, abandoned and neglected children in Geelong led to the campaign for the town to have its own orphan asylum. The supporters of the Geelong Orphan Asylum largely came from Geelong's Protestant community, however it had no formal affiliations with the church or other religious groups.
Just as had occurred in Melbourne and other large provincial towns, the gold rushes had caused major social upheaval, leading to concern about the number of destitute, 'neglected', abandoned or orphaned children and the lack of public facilities for them.
The community of Geelong regarded the establishment of its own orphanage as fulfilling a social and moral responsibility to children and their families. A Geelong businessman, James Austin contributed to the Orphan Asylum as a co-founder and patron alongside William Baylie, and many other local residents made contributions to local fundraising efforts.
The Geelong Orphan Asylum was established in a bluestone building at Herne Hill, recently used as a museum for the Geelong Cement Works. The foundation stone for the Geelong Orphan Asylum was laid in March 1855 after the Committee received notification that the Government had allocated funds for the project. The building was completed in June 1885 and was ready to accept children from October 1855.
In 1862, the name of the orphanage changed to Geelong Protestant Orphanage, to clarify the asylum's religious connections and support base (distinguishing it from the Catholic orphanage in Geelong, St Augustine's, established in the mid 1850s). However there was no formal connection between the orphanage and the church.
Glastonbury Child and Family Services is the custodian of records from Geelong Orphan Asylum.
Location - The Geelong Orphan Asylum was located at McCurdy Road, Herne Hill, Geelong. Location: Geelong
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Barnard, Jill; Twigg, Karen, Holding on to Hope: a history of the founding agencies of MacKillop Family Services 1854-1997, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2004. Details
Jaggs, Donella, Advancing This Good Work: a history of Glastonbury Child & Family Services, Jaggs, Catherine, Glastonbury Child and Family Services, Belmont, Victoria, 1988, 80 pp. Details
'Geelong Orphan Asylum', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/GeelongOrphanAsylum. See the 'List of records held by the department' section for information about records relating to Geelong Orphan Asylum. Details
'History of Glastonbury Community Services', in Barwon Child, Youth and Family website, Glastonbury Community Services, https://www.bcyf.org.au/about-us/history#glastonbury-community-services. Details
Barnard, Jill, '"A Secure Safeguard of the Children's Morals": Catholic Child Welfare in Nineteenth-Century Victoria', in Provenance, September 2005, https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2005/secure-safeguard-childrens-morals. Details
James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services 1940-2000 - Volume One: Agency Descriptions, Department of Human Services, Unpublished, November 2001, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/DHS.3004.011.0367.pdf. Details
O'Neill, Cate, 'Reflecting on the past through memorials', in Find & Connect web resource blog, eScholarship Research Centre, the University of Melbourne, 23 July 2015, http://www.findandconnectwrblog.info/2015/07/reflecting-on-the-past-through-memorials/. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Barnard, Jill; Twigg, Karen, Holding on to Hope: a history of the founding agencies of MacKillop Family Services 1854-1997, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2004.
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The 2013 Honda Accord Has Won the Cars.com/USA Today/MotorWeek Midsize Sedan Shootout
January 9th, 2013 by Scott Deines
The latest Accord beat out six other competitors to take the top spot, awarded by industry experts.
The Cars.com/USA Today/MotorWeek competition measures and ranks cars according to a number of important aspects, such as fuel economy, practicality, drivability, comfort, and availability of features. The new Accord took the top spot in the midsize sedan category under $26,000 due to its long list of features and great value. In addition to being the winner of this competition the 2013 Accord has also been named a “Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and was awarded a place on Car and Driver’s “10 Best Cars” list. Colorado drivers looking for the new Accord or any of the other latest award-winning Honda models can visit Fisher Honda in Boulder six days a week for a test drive.
The Honda Accord has been completely redesigned for the 2013 model year, and its changes have impressed the industry. The new model is now smaller and lighter than the previous version, which helps it to achieve segment leading fuel economy. It also offers superior handling and a high quality, well-equipped cabin.
Buyers have a choice of a mid-size sedan and a coupe body style, and trim options include the LX, Sport , EX, EX-L, and the EX-L with Navi. The base model comes with power accessories, cruise control, dual zone automatic climate control, and an iPod/USB interface with Pandora functionality.
The front-wheel drive Accord comes standard with a 2.4L inline four-cylinder engine that is paired with a six speed manual transmission. Honda’s new CVT is available as an option, and comes standard on upper trims. An upgraded 3.5L V6 engine is also available, which produces 278 hp and 252 lb-ft of torque. The V6 is paired with a six-speed automatic transmission.
Colorado drivers can find the new Accord at Fisher Honda, located at 6025 Arapahoe Road in Boulder. The dealership has an extensive inventory that includes all of the latest award-winning 2013 models from Honda, and is open Monday through Saturday to serve their customers. They can be contacted online via their website or by phone at (866) 648-2477 with any questions about the new Accord.
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End Of Election No Panacea For Cameroon's Instability
Fitch Solutions / Country Risk & Sovereigns / Cameroon / Fri 28 Dec, 2018
Instability will remain rife in Cameroon in 2019 despite the clear results of the presidential election on October 7 2018.
Unrest and separatist violence in the Anglophone region and bordering areas will likely continue in the coming quarters.
While not our core view, we at Fitch Solutions continue to believe that the risk of fully blown civil war in Cameroon's Northwest and Southwest regions has risen.
We note, however, that President Paul Biya's lack of succession planning will pose a longer-term risk, affecting the wider country.
As a result of the election period having ended, we have upgraded Cameroon's Short Term Political Risk Index score to 54.2 out of 100 from 50.2 previously. However, while unrest remains less widespread going forward, we believe that it will remain concentrated in the restive Anglophone regions.
Cameroon's political situation will remain tense in the coming months despite the presidential election period ending in October, with unrest and violence as a result of the Anglophone crisis likely to remain elevated. While instability in the wider country has died down, it is likely to remain more concentrated in Cameroon's Northwest and Southwest regions and bordering areas going forward, with clashes between government security services and armed separatists likely to continue. Cameroon lost its hosting rights for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in November on the grounds of political instability, highlighting these concerns. This instability will likely affect investor confidence and consumer sentiment in large cities in the affected regions, notably Buea and Bamenda, which are English-speaking centres of economic activity.
Risks Elevated Both In Long And Short Term
Cameroon - Long Term & Short Term Political Risk Indices, Scores Out Of 100
Note: higher score = lower risk. Source: Fitch Solutions
As such, we at Fitch Solutions retain our view that risks of a civil war in Cameroon have risen. While Biya has vowed to step up the decentralisation process ,in order to facilitate more autonomy for the Anglophone region, this is likely to be gradual and is unlikely to satisfy the demands of rebels. Indeed, unrest in the Anglophone region began to ramp up in November 2016, beginning with strikes by teachers and lawyers expressing dissatisfaction about the dominant use of the French language in education, the labour market and the law. Government security services responded with heavy-handed tactics, and since then action by armed separatists aiming to declare a separate 'Kingdom of Ambazonia' from the country's Northwest and Southwest regions has increased. During the election, separatists blocked off roads and torched a number of buildings in those regions and over 200,000 people there have been displaced, suggesting that the government's control over these areas is weakening.
The country's political challenges will not be limited to the Anglophone region in the long term, however, given that Biya continues to lack a succession plan for when he leaves office. The 85-year-old has held the office of the presidency for 36 years and there is no clear figure for who could next hold it. With no one having been groomed or having the appropriate amount of recognition among the wider population, this would likely create a power vacuum and risks major instability across the wider country once he leaves office. If this were to occur in a more acute fashion, for example by resulting from his illness or death, higher-up figures in government may struggle to choose an appropriate successor, creating the risk of party infighting and undermining public trust in the government. In the worst case scenario, a poorly managed succession could leave the country vulnerable to an unconstitutional change and a violent power struggle, but we currently view this as unlikely. Overall, we believe that risks to the wider country's stability will rise the longer he delays preparations to leave office.
This article from Fitch Solutions Macro Research is a product of Fitch Solutions Group Ltd, UK Company registration number 08789939 ('FSG'). FSG is an affiliate of Fitch Ratings Inc. ('Fitch Ratings'). FSG is solely responsible for the content of this report, without any input from Fitch Ratings. Copyright © 2019 Fitch Solutions Group Limited.
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MLB veteran Thome throws out laughably bad first pitch
foxsports Apr 12, 2014 at 12:13p ET
Jim Thome hit 612 homers and 1,699 RBI in his 22-year career.
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Jim Thome confirmed why he was a first baseman and designated hitter for the majority of his major-league career when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Triple-A Charlotte Knights on Friday.
Thome played for six teams, was a five-time All Star, collected 2,328 hits and hit 612 home runs during his illustrious 22-year career, but there’s a reason he didn’t pitch.
The 43-year-old just missed the outside corner — by a few feet — as he airmailed his first pitch on Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox’s Triple-A affiliate.
Check out Thome’s poor toss in the video below:
Drafted in the 13th round of the 1989 draft by Cleveland, Thome played a majority of his career with the Indians, 1991 to ’02 plus a short 22-game stint in 2011. He is Cleveland’s all-time leader in homers (337) and walks (1,008), and is second in RBI (937).
He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2003-’05 and for 30 games in 2012; was with the Chicago White Sox from 2006-’09 before a late-season trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers; was with the Minnesota Twins in 2010 and most of 2011; and concluded his career with the Baltimore Orioles for 28 games.
Thome ranks seventh on MLB’s all-time homer list and is also seventh in base-on-balls (1,747). Plus (before the 2014 season started), he is 24th in RBI (1,699), 24th in slugging percentage (.554), 37th in total bases (4,667) and 50th in runs (1,583).
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April 9, 2019 April 9, 2019 by Bill Nussey
Podcast #009 – Bill Nussey: The clean energy renaissance and what it means for all of us
The Times they are a changin. Remember that Dylan song?
Well, we are at the beginning of a massive change in one of the biggest industries on earth: the business of electricity. Freeing Energy Project founder Bill Nussey takes us through this change, what lessons history teaches us, the opportunities ahead and how this change will affect us all.
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Bill Nussey: The clean energy renaissance and what it means for all of us.
The Times they are a changin. Remember that Dylan song? Well, we are at the beginning of a massive change in one of the biggest industries on earth: the business of electricity. Freeing Energy Project founder Bill Nussey takes us through this change, what lessons history teaches us, the opportunities ahead and how this change will affect us all.
This podcast is a deep dive on the key themes of the upcoming Freeing Energy book
The times, they are a-changing. Remember that Dylan song? We are at the beginning of a massive change in one of the biggest industries on Earth, the business of electricity. I’m your host, Sam Easterby. Freeing Energy project founder, Bill Nussey, takes us through this change, what lessons history teaches us, the opportunities ahead, and how this change will affect us all. This is the Freeing Energy podcast, and these are the personal stories from local energy champions and leaders in the world of renewable energy that are shaping our future.
Today, I’m talking to Bill Nussey who is the founder of The Freeing Energy Project. Bill, this has been a journey that has been over two years in the making so far, and over that time, you have learned a tremendous amount about some of the elements that are shaping the future of how we get electricity in our homes. Today, we’re going to talk a little more about some of the topics that you see shaping where energy is going in the future.
Bill:
Thank you, Sam. I’ve been looking forward to this recording with you today because we’ve gone really deep on a couple of topics, but they’re all on one broad category, which is how do we get to clean energy faster. Today, I think we’ll have a chance to talk about that broad topic in the terms that are really driving it at the industry level and the societal level, and so, looking forward to diving in on that today.
Bill, the central motivation behind The Freeing Energy Project as a whole really has been to find ways to get to clean energy faster. That has resulted in tons of research that you’ve done, hundreds and hundreds of interview, and more and more, this is starting to crystallize in your mind. I’d like to use today, if we can, to catch up with you on where you are with regard to that vision and where you see things going in the next, oh, year, five years, 10 years.
This is what I wake up in the morning thinking about and go to sleep thinking about, and it’s the magnitude of the opportunity, the magnitude of the challenge has no precedent, and really, has almost no precedent in human history. At the very beginning, one of the things that surprised me the most about this whole journey of getting into this industry was just how fundamental, how gigantic, how essential the grid is to our lives, and I’ve seen it by visiting these rural, low-income, subsistent farmers in Africa, people that have never had electricity and get it for the first time. I’ve seen it visiting some of the largest power plants in the world. I’ve seen it in every dimension, and wherever you go, you have this constant theme of when there’s electricity, when it’s affordable, when it’s reliable, it fundamentally changes the lives of people. It changes the society that’s benefiting from it, and the scale of it was surprising to me. Electricity is one of maybe the largest industry in the world at two trillion dollars a year, and most people don’t stop long enough to realize how central electricity is to what we do. Obviously, it runs our computers. It runs our lights, our microwaves. Every bit of medicine, whether it’s a computer that has your medical records to the X-ray machine to electronic thermometer, electricity is the center of all of this.
The grid is a big complex thing to a lot of people. So, by the grid, we mean that system through which we get electricity into our homes. It’s not the generation side. It’s not the creation of the electricity, but it’s the means through which it arrives into our homes. Is that how you’d put it for folks?
I think you can look at it both ways, and it’s used pretty interchangeably. So, I think, in the broadest sense, that the fact that I can flip on a switch, and instantaneously, the lights go on, and I know that 99.999% of the time, that light will turn on, that miraculous system, one of the biggest, most sophisticated machines ever built, is broadly defined, for me, as the grid.
So, we’ve got the grid, and that includes the generation side, and on that generation side where the electricity is made, it covers a whole broad spectrum of things, including coal and nuclear and hydro and, well, batteries now and solar and wind and kinetic energy, lots of new ways to generate electricity. The power generation capabilities of solar and wind now have actually gotten less expensive than other means of generating electricity. Is that important?
The big story is that in the last 10 years, we’ve seen a pretty significant shift in how we generate electricity. When I flip my light switch on, the light still comes on, but how those electrons are being created has changed in some big ways. The biggest change is the shift from coal to natural gas, driven largely by the fracking revolution and the lowering cost of natural gas. So, it’s kind of flipped where coal is about 40%. Now, it’s about 30%, and natural gas is the largest source of electricity in the United States, but happening much faster is clean energy, what I call clean energy, from solar and wind, solar power, those panels that you see on the rooftops of houses and on the top of buildings and across hundred-acre fields as you drive down the highway, and of course, the wind turbines that you see in certain parts of the country, where you see hundreds of these beautiful, gigantic, slowly-spinning wind turbines, and those are generating increasing amounts of electricity in the United States. But they’re still, together, probably around five percent or even less of the US electricity generation. So, there’s a lot of room to bring more of that to bear.
And the economics have changed quite a bit in their favor, it sounds like.
That’s probably the biggest story and one of the reasons I got excited about this space. When I started researching it, we were on the precipice of solar becoming less expensive, and in the last couple of years, it has become one of the least expensive ways to generate electricity. It is substantially less expensive than coal, substantially less expensive than nuclear, and it’s on par, and sometimes cheaper, than even natural gas.
So, okay, we’re in Atlanta, and it’s been cloudy out here for days and days and days. Those solar panels don’t generate quite all that I might need at home. What do I do about that?
This is the Achilles heel. This is the amazing irony of clean energy. One of the great thinkers in clean energy is a guy named Michael Liebreich, who started Bloomberg New Energy Finance. He says it best. He says, “Even two cents a kilowatt-hour is not enough to motivate the sun to come out at night.” And it’s a great way of saying that solar is really cheap, and wind is really cheap when the sun’s shining and the wind’s blowing, but it doesn’t always blow, and nighttime aside, it’s pretty unpredictable about when you’re going to have clouds and when you’re going to have wind. So, that intermittency is the Achilles heel of clean energy, and to a certain degree, it’s one of the reasons that when you put more and more clean energy on the grid, it gets more and more complicated to manage the grid. When the sun isn’t shining, most of us still want our lights to turn on. We still want to be able to keep our refrigerators running.
Well, I would imagine so.
And so, the grid operators have no choice but to fall back to fossil fuel generation, and that’s the irony because the success of solar and wind actually makes it more dependent upon fossil fuels rather than less.
Thinking about reliability and resilience of the grid and making sure that electricity is always there, and while solar and wind seem to be growing, it’s still missing that facet.
Getting past that challenge of intermittency is the single largest stepping stone, single largest bridge we have to cross in order to get to clean energy being two, three, four, five, six percent to being 50, 60, 70, even 100 percent of the grid. That’s the challenge, is intermittency.
Sun’s not shining. I’m not going to have any solar power. So, how do you get past that?
The way that it’s worked, if you’re a resident or a homeowner or a commercial building to date has been that you stay connected to the grid, and you use the electricity generated from your solar panels when they work, and if you’re generating more than you need, you sell it back to the grid. That’s called net metering. In many cases, getting paid back by the utility for your excess solar is necessary to make at least the older and more expensive solar panels work economically, but you still had to be connected to the grid. That has been the case for the last 5, 10 years. What’s happened really recently, in the last year, is that the cost of batteries, which is dropping just as precipitously as the cost of solar and wind, the cost of batteries is not low enough that it starts to make economic sense to use all of the solar, and when you don’t need it that moment, to store it in a battery, and then, you can use it later. So, for example, store the solar during a bright day and then use it at night. So, your air conditioner and your stove, your electric stove, and your lights and your televisions continue to work whether the sun’s shining or not.
Batteries are finally becoming economic. We can store solar energy during the day and use it at night. This is a breakthrough. This allows solar to go from being an intermittent, hour-to-hour energy source to something that can power our homes and businesses throughout a day, and this is the beginning where you started to see the acceleration of clean energy. When we can solve the problem of solar energy throughout a day, we’re off to the races.
But just one day. Now, you got to kick it into gear and say, “It’s been cloudy for a week.” How do you get past the week?
So, there’s three kinds of intermittency in my research. There’s the daily intermittency, which is clouds, and then nighttime. Night’s pretty predictable, fortunately, but clouds are not, and batteries are becoming economic, particularly if your electricity’s very expensive, like say, in California or Hawaii where the cost of electricity is several times what it is, say, here in Georgia. And so, buying a battery is now cheaper than paying the full rack rate from the grid. Every bit of solar you generate you can use them or store and use later, and it’s still cheaper than buying from the grid. This is a breakthrough, and as batteries and solar continue to go down in price, it’s not just going to be expensive areas, like Hawaii and California, but areas like Georgia and Wisconsin and Texas, it’s going to be cheaper, too. We’ve still only cracked the code on solar for a day. So, what happens if you have four or five days of rainy, cloudy weather. Currently, you’ve got to fall back to the grid, which is largely fossil fuel based. Now, there’s a couple of suggestions on what to do by the experts. One is that we can build even more transmission towers across the United States.
So, inevitably, there’s sun shining somewhere, and so, if we can just get the power from the southwest and bring it up to New York, then even though it may be cloudy in New York for a week, we can have plenty of power up from the southwest. That’s one answer. It’s expensive, but still, as solar continues to drop in price, it could be less expensive than even fossil fuel grids in New York. There’s a lot of other suggestions, just getting more batteries. So, instead of a day’s worth of batteries, you have three or four days worth of batteries, and there’s new battery technology that allows you to think differently about storing it. Today, if I need to store it for a day, I need X number of batteries. If I need to store it for two days, I need two times X. Well, there’s new battery technologies that allow you to store electricity differently. So, the cost of additional days isn’t nearly as expensive as simply buying that many times more batteries.
You are very, very optimistic about this transition and about the ability to get to that long-term sustainability and reliability using clean, renewable resources. It seems awfully expensive to put all of that into place and to let go of that thing, which assures us that when we turn on the switch, the lights are there.
Well, first of all, I don’t think anyone has an appetite to let go of that comfort. Even the vast majority of clean energy advocates, climate advocates, are probably going to think twice before they want to live in a world where electricity is unreliable. The great news is I don’t think we have to make that choice. I think we’re going to be able to sail through the transition to clean energy. We’re going to be able to do it more quickly than most experts think, and at no time will there be a risk any higher than there is today of your light not turning on. In fact, one of the most important transitions happening is this shift to what I call local energy. Rather than generating energy in the way that it grew up in the last hundred years, which is gigantic, remote, typically fossil fuel power plants, massive economies of scale, and then, bringing it over transmission lines and then distribution lines, the power poles you see in your neighborhood, in your city. We’re going to be able to generate more and more of our electricity locally. That has a couple of major benefits, like farm to table.
A lot of people just want to see it. They want to know that it’s made in their community with their jobs. They can see it. So, they can put up their own solar panels. They can put up batteries, and they can power their local communities. It has a benefit of reducing the need for all that expensive wiring to connect you to the remote power plants, but the other thing is that nearly all outages that occur aren’t because the coal plant or the nuclear plant goes offline. It’s because somewhere along the hundreds of miles between you and the nuclear plant, the power lines go down, anywhere, a tree, a squirrel, a lightning strike, but somewhere along that distant run, the power lines get cut, and you lose power. If you generate it locally, you cut by hundreds or thousands of fold the risk that a power line goes down because it’s right there next to you. Your generating plant, your solar plant, is right there in the same community, maybe on your own house. So, the move to local energy not only allows us to lower our costs, but in many ways, it increased the reliability of the grid. So, it’s a wonder twofer benefit.
Talking about the size of some of these plants. They’re very big. They’re very expensive. Are we making a transition away from that?
We’re already past that transition. This is a really big story that just doesn’t get any attention. For almost a hundred years since Edison and Insull and Westinghouse and Tesla created the basic technology and business model of the modern grid, we have been building larger and larger power plants, and the idea is really simple, which is the bigger you make a thing, the bigger you make any kind of factory, the cheaper each widget that comes out of the factory becomes. And in this case, the bigger you make the coal plant or the nuclear plant … The nuclear plants are, by the way, the biggest of all power plants, the cheaper each kilowatt-hour coming out of it tends to cost. We rode that larger and larger scale for the last hundred years. I think of it like the mainframes. For the first 20 or 30 years of computing, the way we got computing less expensive was to build larger and larger, more sophisticate and more expensive mainframes, but then, something happened. Something happened that changed computing, and I think it’s also changing the way we generate electricity. We shifted from a model of scale, which ultimately peters out. It just gets too complicated to build a giant plant any larger, too complicated to build a giant computer any larger.
And so, it forces the industry to think in a different way. What we saw in computers was a shift to microcomputers, to laptops and desktops, and ultimately, even smartphones. In that transition, the cost of computing plummeted because it was no longer trapped in the ivory towers of the giant computing companies that had lots of existing customers and lots of commitments, but it went into the garages of startups and entrepreneurs, and in that transition, people, they took wild, stupid risks, and hundreds, thousands of companies inventing the next kind of small, cheap computer went out of business. But collectively, all that innovation results in a few breakthroughs. It changed companies. And so, if you look at the cost of computing versus the days of the mainframe 40 years ago to do a certain set of calculations about 100 million times cheaper, no way are we going to see that kind of drop in electricity, but as we start to move towards local energy, we’re going to allow entrepreneurs and innovators and people in the garages, in their tops of their office buildings and venture capitalists and people that don’t have the scale to build a nuclear plant, but they can work with small scale solar and small scale batteries that are now affordable for the first time, and they can try different things.
They can take risks, and a lot of them are going to go under, but they’re small, and it doesn’t have any economic effect, but in their failures will become some of the most exciting innovation that will, then, come back to the grid, and the most important shift of all is we’re going to move from a world of economies of scale to what I call economies of volume. Economies of volume are an idea we’re all familiar with, but we don’t hear the name as often, and that is the more we make of a certain widget, the cheaper it gets, and it turns out, if you make a lot of coal plants, they don’t get any cheaper because each one’s different. You make a lot of nuclear plants, and there’s only 99 in the US. It’s hard to sort of crank them out. So, the cost, they’re all one off projects, super expensive, decade to make one, but I can make a solar cell cheaper and cheaper and cheaper with each new one I make. Here’s an interesting fact. Last year, 2018, 20 billion solar cells were made. 20 billion solar cells were made in the world. So, we have gotten really good at making each one of these six-by-six inch pieces of silicon super cheap, and it’s just going to continue to get cheaper as we get better at it.
The other technology that benefits from economies of volume is batteries. If you go and look at an electric care or you go look at a giant battery storage implementation, like the kind that Tesla’s power packs are put in place in California and Australia, if you open them up, you’ll be shocked to find that they’re nothing but lots of little, tiny batteries that look a lot like the AA batteries you put in your flashlight. It’s like making microchips. And so, economies of volume are the new trend pushing cost down, and really, only solar and batteries benefit from economies of volume. So, that’s why we’re seeing so much traction in lowering costs and adoption rates, and there’s so much reason to believe that we’ll see incredible cost declines in both of those technologies in the coming decade. So, what we’re witnessing, really, starting in the last year or two is a shift from economies of scale to economies of volume. I believe that shift will continue for decades, and it means that the cheapest way to generate electricity is no longer building a giant coal plant or nuclear plant.
The cheapest way is to take these hundreds of millions of batteries and solar cells and just put them together into whatever size you want, the size that fits your house, the size that fits your building or your campus, or the size that fits your city. You can put them together any way you like, but in every case, we’re using more and more, driving up the volumes highers, and driving the cost down. This is the essential transition that is going to make clean energy happen much faster than most people think.
As we go through this transition, right now, we’re dealing with the giant utilities, the big centralizing generation facilities located far from urban centers, out of sight, out of mind somewhat, but the cost associated with getting that power to the homes, are we going to see a change around that? If you started implementing lots and lots of little locally generated power plants, if you will, how do they all connect up? How important is it to connect up New Mexico with New York?
That’s a great question. I think there’s a lot of aspiration, even a little fantasy around how people think of this, and I had to tell you personally, when I started this quest to understand clean energy and local energy, I had this idea that we may not need the grid as much as we used to, and I’ve got to tell you that I think we still need the grid. But as you were asking earlier, there’s a big difference in the grid between the giant power plants and the wires that connect them, and I think when I say we need the grid, I mean in this particular case, we need the wires that connect them. Here’s the metaphor I’ve used to think about the grid, both power plants and wires. I think of it as a hotel. It’s a service that people want. You build a hotel, and your goal as hotel builder/owner is to build something everybody wants, and then, keep it as full as possible all the time, but imagine there was a law, which in the case of electricity, there is, that you have to always have enough room for as much as anybody ever wants.
You have to build probably a larger hotel than you really would otherwise do because it’s got to have enough room for everyone who ever wants to stay, even if they all come to town for one big event. You have to have a hotel large enough to support them all. So, the economics of building a grid are all about peak capacity. Not how much we use in a day, but the peak capacity, that one day in the middle of the summer where it’s 110 degrees in the South or the worse long winter where it’s zero degrees in the northeast, and you need all these electric heaters running, and the grid is just maxed. You have to make sure the grid’s ready for that degree of peak, and so, the utilities are tasked with making sure that their grids are always able to handle the peak. Now, what happens as we move towards local energy is that we still need enough wires to get within the communities to tie in the local community solar or even the natural gas plant, but we may rely less on the giant, really expensive transmission towers that tie power between cities.
That’s the most expensive part of the power system, and as we generate more and more locally at the community level, the city, state, county level, we’ll reduce our reliance on some of the transmission. That’s a possibility, and that should change the economics because that is one of the most expensive parts of the grid.
To coordinate all that electricity flowing around, it’s cloudy in New York, sunny in New Mexico, but I’ve got to get power to New York, and New Mexico’s still using power. All of that sounds like it requires a massive amounts of, what, data. The grid is going to become more digitized?
What you described is what everyone calls a smart grid. It surprised people to learn that the grid as it exists today is literally one giant circuit. There’s actually several sub-grids within the United States that are electrically separated from each other, but within each one of those sub-grids, half a dozen or two dozen states, you have one single circuit, and what’s amazing, technically, is that because it’s AC power, which means that power’s going on it backwards and forwards at 60 times a second, every single power plant on that grid has to be in perfect synchronicity with every other power plant. It’s a miracle of engineering. What’s even more a miracle is that it’s all an analog system. For the most part, these grids are based on technology that was invented in Edison’s and Tesla’s day, similar to the way they did 130 years ago. What’s happening that’s driving that old model nuts is this intermittency of solar and wind, the fact that instead of having a couple hundred power plants in a region, you now have people with solar on the roofs and buildings with solar on the roof.
So, you go from a couple hundred power plants to be managed to thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and if you’re a utility, you’re trying to make sense of this and make sure that every person’s getting electricity when they need it. And going from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of sources of electricity, this is a headache, and this is why the smart grid is so important, and this is why there’s a rush to digitize and overlay this intelligence and computing capabilities so that utilities can actually manage this explosion in complexity, and that’s a huge business opportunity. And it’s also a necessary step for us to make the grid cleaner and to embrace solar, wind, and other clean energy sources more rapidly.
By digitizing the grid, does that improve reliability and resilience?
There’s two schools of thought on that. The people that have been managing it for 100 years, they’ve got their spreadsheets, and they’ve got their approaches, and boy, have they got them tuned, and the grid is amazingly reliable. They are hesitant to make any substantial changes, but for many other parts of the world, many other industries where computing has transformed the industry in a way that, perhaps, didn’t seem possible, but it did. Financial trading, it used to be that people on Wall Street would shout tickets to each other, and now, it’s all computerized, right? That transition, probably, was pretty scary, but it worked. Air traffic control, healthcare decisions, machines that keep us alive in hospital, right, they are more and more moving from analog systems to digital, and for the most part, almost every system in our life is digitized, and people have accepted that handing over control to a computer, to some degree, makes it better. I would argue that the electricity industry is probably one of the, if not the largest, holdout there is, and it works pretty well. So, there’s an argument, why mess with it? But we need to, and it’s happening regardless of whether people want it to happen, and so, I think that, as an optimist, as a person who’s pretty familiar with computer technology as well, I think it will be positively better when it’s done, but I would say that not everyone agrees with me.
Bill, the model has been, for over 100 years, that giant utilities and governments have highly regulated the production of and the use and the transmission of electricity. That’s changing. What’s happening there, and how is it likely to affect businesses and individuals as we go forward over the next decade?
The most exciting part of all of this for me isn’t just the transition to clean energy, which I think has a lot of tremendous benefits, not the least of which is cheaper, it’s the fact that we’ll no longer be entirely dependent upon large, centralized organizations for all of our electricity, and in fact, it’s not just electricity. We’re dependent upon large, multinational, government-run, whatever form and flavor it takes for all of our energy, whether it’s oil production and gasoline production. Virtually every kind of energy that we consume that makes modern society possible is brought to us by large, gigantic, colossal entities, governments and mega-corporations that span countries. This coming transition is the first one where people can create their own energy. What I mean is they can put up their own solar panels, whether you’re a household with rooftop solar, or you’re a company, a strip mall that you’re putting rooftop solar on top of your buildings or over your parking lots, factories, communities, towns. You have the choice of making your own electricity for the first time, your own energy for the very first time.
And because of this critical transition I described earlier, economies of volume, we’re going to see what I call the consumerization of energy. This is, I think, the biggest deal of all the transitions coming. The term consumerization has been used many times in history, but it’s often referred to the consumerization of IT where, once upon a time, computers were this rarefied, super expensive thing only available to the elite corporations, controlled by giant corporations who sold it and managed it. And it turned into something we can put in our pockets, and it became something you can go to a store. You can buy a thing of flower. You can buy some strawberries, and you can buy a company, and the fact is that it went from this elite, super expensive, tightly controlled thing to something everyone can have access to affordably and on their own terms. And when people purchase a computer today, they are as concerned about the color of the case as they are about how many [inaudible 00:26:11] and megabytes it has because it’s so prevalent that even innocuous things like color and size matter. That’s consumerization, and that’s what’s going to happen to energy.
And as we make more and more of these solar panels and batteries, they get cheaper and cheaper. There’s millions of ways they’re going to be put together. They’re going to create all kinds of products. Some people think that the largest competitor to the utilities in 20 years is going to be Lowe’s and Home Depot.
I mean, it makes sense, right? You’re changing the way the power is both created and distributed.
The cost of a solar battery system will be probably cheaper than a car, and it’ll be installed right next to, in the same electrician, in the same wiring panels as putting a new air conditioning and heating system for your house. Something that’s accessible to everybody, just like putting in a new roof or a new air conditioner, you can choose to put in your own larger battery or put up more solar panels, and as a result, the market’s going to flourish. It’s going to embrace innovation. You’re going to have competition. You’re going to have crazy entrepreneurs doing crazy things, many of which will fail, a few of which will succeed wildly, and when we look back in 20 years, electricity is no longer going to be solely the province of giant corporations and monopolies and government-controlled. Electricity’s going to become something that’s accessible to anyone on any terms they want. A lot of people will still choose to just get the grid and pay their utility because it works, but a very large number of people, and I think an even larger number of businesses for purely economic sake, are going to choose to embrace it.
They’re going to create it on their own, and they’re going to have, instead of one option, here’s who my utility provider is or a monopoly. I can’t choose anybody else. They’re going to be able to go to any number of providers and get all kinds of options. That’ll create competition, and you’re going to see innovation emerge. New kinds of technologies will come out of that, and essentially, the opportunity to create markets in choice is going to lead to a revolution in the kind of products and cost benefits and new ways to create electricity that’s going to change the entire way we think about electricity today. Electricity has been distilled down to its most essential form, which is the kilowatt-hour, and we pay for that. Here in Georgia, we pay 11, 12 cents as homeowners, and six, seven, eight, nine cents as businesses, but there’s a myriad of really important things we don’t have a lot of control over, like how much of it is generated from clean energy sources. We have very few options to control that. We have very few options to purchase what we want.
On a previous podcast, we interviewed Greg Robinson whose company is really one of the first in the country to give us that kind of choice, and it’s a wildly new model that the world is just barely beginning to understand, but it’s working. It’s exciting. I think that’s going to be commonplace. Maybe I care more about very resilient electricity because I don’t want it to ever go out because my kids are afraid of the dark or because my factory can’t afford to be shut down or whatever the reason is. I can pay a little more or a little less, but I have choices. I might be okay to use some fossil fuels if I can have more resiliency. These are choices people will have, and choice creates markets. Markets create innovation, and that innovation leads to an entirely different grid in the future.
Does that mean that the SEC fans are going to be able to get their electrons in team colors?
I wouldn’t put it past them.
Bill, this sounds like an awful lot of change that’s taking place. How do we get through this, and what are some of the dynamics from a historical perspective that are influencing how we’re going to move through this transition?
For people like us in our lifetime, there really is little precedent for this scale of a change from something that’s so fundamental to us, but a quick review of history shows that this is, by no means, the only large energy transition that human beings and societies have gone through. A pretty famous historian, author, expert is a guy named Vaclav Smil, who also happens to be Bill Gates’ favorite author, and he’s written many books, including one called Energy and Civilization, and this man is the expert on what he calls energy transitions. And if you’re really interested in this topic, boy, you should read the book. It’s a long, tough book, but it’s brilliant in the way that it explains how human beings have gone from burning wood for flames to building early windmills for grinding corn, all the way to modern energy systems, like oil and coal and nuclear, but in summary, what he says is that these energy transitions have happened over and over again, and some of the really big ones are the creation of whale oil as an industry that sort of pushed back on candles and wood flames. They would make lamps from the whale oil, and this was a cleaner flame. It didn’t put out as much waste. It didn’t smell as bad in a gigantic industry.
In the late 1800s, they discovered oil in the United States in Pennsylvania, and this man named Rockefeller, who everyone knows his name, John D. Rockefeller. He capitalized on this and took control of the world’s oil resources and made this thing called kerosene, and we don’t think a lot about kerosene today, but at the time, it was cheaper, and it became the source for lighting. So, that was going great, and he was living large. Then, along came a couple of entrepreneurs, a couple of crazy inventors, one named Thomas Edison, another one named Nikola Tesla, and some of the people that helped support them, JP Morgan and Westinghouse, and they said, “There’s this thing called electricity.” Electricity became an even cheaper way to basically create lighting because it’s very unlikely to catch on fire, super bright, super reliable, and so, electricity, basically, completely overtook kerosene lighting. Lo and behold, today, six billion of us have electricity, and about five billion of us have it with a reliability you and I take for granted. It’s an amazing story, but each one of those transitions from whale oil to coal, from kerosene lighting to electric lighting, you saw the same massive energy transition happen that we’re seeing today with clean energy.
You saw the incumbents fight it, not because they thought anything was bad, but they had a lot to protect, and it worked. They didn’t want to mess with it. They didn’t want to break it. They had customers to serve, but you saw innovators whose technology and business models were so compelling that it was unstoppable, and a few visionary investors, like JP Morgan, they got behind it, and Westinghouse, they got behind it and created massive fortunes because they were on the other end of the transition. So, the whale oil people and the kerosene people went on and sort of faded away, and the electricity people became the next giant industrialists, and they rode that. So, we’re going to see the same thing as we shift to clean energy. We’re already seeing people who own and operate coal plants and coal mines are struggling financially, and we’re doing a lot to … The government is recognizing this and trying to help with that transition from a jobs and society point of view, but from a technology point of view, coal’s just too expensive. It doesn’t make sense anymore, and you see the rise of people making solar and wind and the companies managing and building it into technologies, and those companies are flourishing, and we’re just at the bare beginning of that transition.
So, as we look back in 10 and 20 years, and instead of three or four or five percent of solar and wind, we’re going to have 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 percent, hopefully, bigger number, faster. That’s what I want to see happen, but you’ll see incredible companies being built. You’ll see innovations and inventions and inventors and policy makers who are going to be famous. I think the first one is the most famous so far, is Elon Musk. The first sort of clean energy billionaire, and he’s done it with automobiles, but he’s probably going to be remembered, if not even more so, for his batteries and the ability he’s bringing to redeploy the grid, remake the grid. So, we’re at the beginning of what I think is the greatest energy transition in history, one that’s going to create more turmoil, more opportunity, more improvement, more great battles, both legal and technical battles, but it’s going to be an epic story that historians will tell 50 years from now, and I’m incredibly thrilled to be a tiny, tiny part, maybe a small voice pointing out a few things along in this transition, but it’s incredibly exciting. And I think, as it grows, more and more people will join that movement to watch and help make this greatest energy transition in history.
So, Bill, you’ve written about this clean energy renaissance on freeingenergy.com. Tell people how they can get to that article.
Just go to the website and look for the article entitled, How Solar and Batteries Will Unlock the Electric Monopolies and Create a Clean Energy Renaissance. Arguably a long title, but it captures all the core thoughts that we’ve just been discussing, and it was published in February.
Bill, this is a fascinating journey that you’re on, and for people to really, really get a little bit closer to this, they ought to go over and take a look at freeingenergy.com and look at some of the articles. There’s a lot more there than we’re able to share in this brief little time. What you have shared with us today is a description of a change that’s coming like we’ve never seen before. I really appreciate your time today and talking to us about this. I’m hoping that we can do this again. I know the book will be coming out sometime soon, and we hope to be able to share more of that with our listeners and followers on The Freeing Energy Project.
Thank you, Sam.
Thank you for joining us today. You have been listening to The Freeing Energy podcast, personal stories from the clean energy movement. To learn more about The Freeing Energy Project, visit our website, freeingenergy.com.
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Accused of theft by a facial recognition software, he claims $ 1 billion to Apple
Haberkip last November, an american student by the name of Ousmane Bah has been stopped wrongly at his home to flight in several Apple Store (New Jersey, Delaware, Manha
last November, an american student by the name of Ousmane Bah has been stopped wrongly at his home to flight in several Apple Store (New Jersey, Delaware, Manha
last November, an american student by the name of Ousmane Bah has been stopped wrongly at his home to flight in several Apple Store (New Jersey, Delaware, Manhattan and Boston). The origin of this arrest: the facial recognition technology that team stores, which had identified him as the thief. On Monday, the student has filed a complaint against the giant, claiming $ 1 billion. He believes that the facial recognition software is wrong because their personal information have been associated, by mistake, in the face of the thief. According to him, this information would have been obtained by means of his driving licence, provisional that he had lost and that would have been found by the real thief. On it was his name, his address, and other personal information, but it did not have a photo. Ousmane Bah think that the real thief has been used as an id in the Apple Store.
The student new yorker has also stated in his complaint that the photo in the arrest warrant does not look like and that the theft in the Apple Store in Boston took place on the day when he was at his prom in a school in New York. The products stolen that day represent a value of $ 1200 dollars. In addition, an inspector in charge of the case concluded that the suspect "was nothing like" Ousmane Bah after watching a sequence of surveillance of the store in Manhattan. The charges against him have been dropped in all States, except New Jersey, where the case is still pending.
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facial recognition is used by Apple to find the people suspected of theft, but consumers are not necessarily aware. The complaint alleged that "Apple's use of facial recognition software in its stores in order to find individuals suspected of theft is the type of surveillance Orwellian [in reference to George Orwell, author of the novel 1984 ]that consumers are worried about, especially since we can safely assume that the majority of consumers are not aware that their faces are being analyzed in secret". The flights in the Apple Store are common. The tapes of video surveillance may help to identify the thieves. A young 18-year-old has been sentenced to four months in prison last December for stealing an iPad during the looting of the Apple Store in Bordeaux on the 8th of December, in the margins of the mobilization of the "yellow vests". Regarding the present case, Apple has not made any declaration. It is the same for the security firm Security Industry Specialists, which is cited as a defender. It deals with security in some stores of the giant. It is unclear, however, who has developed the facial recognition software, which has contributed to the arrest of Ousmane Bah.
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TOI Tech | Feb 17, 2014, 06.54 PM IST
15 hot gadgets launched in 2014
The first few days of the year 2014 have seen several hot launches, bringing in a plethora of new gadgets across various categories to the market. Whether you want a smartphone, phablet, camera, tablet or laptop, there are brand new options in all to choose from.
Check out our list of the 15 hot gadgets launched in 2014 to find the best device for you...
Motorola re-entered the Indian market after a gap of two years with the launch of Moto G smartphone. The dual-sim phone comes in two variants – 8GB at Rs 12,499 and 16GB at Rs 13,999. It has a 4.5-inch 720p screen and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), the latest version of the software.
On the back, Moto G sports a 5MP camera, while a 1.3MP camera is in front. The device runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, backed by 1GB RAM. Powered by a 2,070mAh battery, this smartphone has connectivity options like 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0.
LG has launched its first curved screen smartphone, G Flex, in India. With a price tag of Rs 69,999, it is the most expensive Android smartphone in the Indian market.
When sufficient force is applied, the smartphone’s screen bends a little as well. The G Flex is also the first handset in the world to feature a self-healing back panel, which repairs minor scratches and cuts on the back automatically.
The new LG G Flex has a 6-inch 720p display that curves across the vertical line and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Other key specifications of LG G Flex include 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB RAM, 13MP rear camera and 3,500mAh battery.
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Grand 2 phablet in India at Rs 22,999. This handset is the successor of Galaxy Grand that was launched early last year; the new model has a larger screen, more RAM and bigger battery than its predecessor.
Samsung's latest phablet Galaxy Grand 2 has a 5.25-inch HD screen and 1.2GHz quad-core processor. It comes with 8GB internal storage, up to 64GB microSD card support and 1.5GB RAM. On the back, it has an 8MP camera with LED flash and sports a 1.9MP camera in front.
Connectivity suite of Galaxy Grand 2 includes 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0. It is powered by a 2,600mAh battery and the company claims that it can provide talk time of 17 hours. The phone will be available in white, black and pink colours in the market.
Nokia updated the Lumia 520, the highest selling Windows Phone handset in the world, with the launch of Lumia 525. The new smartphone was launched in India at Rs 10,399 and has twice the amount of RAM and glossier back compared to its predecessor.
Lumia 525 features a 4-inch screen with 800x480p resolution and 235ppi pixel density, same as that of the Lumia 520. Powered by a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and 1GB RAM, the phone runs Windows Phone 8.
The Lumia 525 sports a 5MP autofocus rear camera; however, there is no flash at the back or a front camera. The phone can access the internet via 2G, 3G and Wi-Fi networks and transfer data via Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0. The phone packs a 1,430mAh battery and has been launched in four colour options -- white, black, yellow and orange.
Nokia has launched its mid-range phablet Lumia 1320 in India at Rs 23,999. The handset’s highlights are its 6-inch ClearBlack (720p) display and 3,400mAh battery.
Lumia 1320 runs on Windows Phone 8 operating system and is powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, backed by 1GB RAM. It features a 5MP rear camera and VGA front camera.
The phablet’s internal storage is 8GB and it supports microSD card up to 64GB. Connectivity suite of the phablet includes 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0.
Chinese manufacturer Oppo has forayed into the Indian market with N1, the smartphone with a rotating camera. The 13MP rear camera of the device can swivel to the front when you want to take a selfie or make video calls.
Oppo N1 sports a large 5.9-inch full-HD IPS display. Powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and 2GB RAM, the smartphone runs a highly customised version of Android 4.2 (Color ROM). The smartphone is backed by a 3610mAh battery and comes in 16 and 32GB storage variants. Connectivity options include WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and DLNA.
Micromax Canvas Power, Turbo Mini
Micromax has launched the Canvas Power smartphone with a 4,000mAh battery in India at Rs 9,900. This device sports a 5-inch TFT display with resolution of 480 x 854p and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor with 512MB RAM. The phone sports a 5MP rear camera and 0.3MP front-facing camera.
Canvas Power runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and supports 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS. The dual-sim phone comes with 4GB internal storage and supports storage expansion up to 32GB via microSD card.
The company has also launched the Canvas Turbo Mini at Rs 14,490. The device’s price was recently reduced to Rs 12,990. A compact version of Canvas Turbo, this device sports a 4.7-inch 720p display and is also powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM.
Canvas Turbo Mini sports an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera. Internal storage in the device is 4GB, and users can add a microSD card with capacity up to 32GB; it also has 1,800mAh battery.
Sony Vaio Flip 13
Sony has launched the Vaio Flip 13 hybrid laptop in the country at Rs 99,990. The convertible laptop has a hinge mechanism that allows the touchscreen to be flipped over such that the model can be used as a tablet.
This mechanism also enables the device to be used as a kickstand (which Sony calls Viewer mode). Sony Vaio Flip 13 has a 13-inch Triluminous Display with 1080p resolution and runs on Windows 8.1 operating system.
The model has a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB flash drive and Intel HD Graphics 4400 GPU under the hood. The model weighs 1.31kg, has an 8MP camera and offers battery life of 7.5hours. The company also launched a 14-inch and two 15-inch laptop-cum-tablets in the same series.
Intex Aqua Octa, Aqua Curve
Intex launched two new smartphones in India – one with an eight-core processor and one with a curved screen. While the eight-core processor handset is available at Rs 19,999, the curved-screen smartphone is priced at Rs 12,490.
The all-new Aqua Curve is a dual-sim smartphone with 5-inch curved screen having resolution of 960x540p and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and has 4GB internal storage and offers 32GB microSD support. Powered by a 2000mAh battery, Intex Aqua Curve has an 8MP rear camera and 2MP front camera.
Aqua Octa holds the distinction of being the first smartphone in the world to have ‘true octa-core processor’, since all eight processing cores in the chip can work simultaneously. Other key specifications of the handset include 6-inch screen, 13MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, 16GB internal storage, Android 4.2 operating system and 2,300mAh battery.
HP Slate 6, 7 VoiceTab
HP has unveiled two Android voice-calling tablets in India – Slate 6 VoiceTab and Slate 7 VoiceTab. The Slate6 has been launched at a price point of Rs 22,990, while the Slate7 has been priced at Rs 16,990.
Both tablets are powered by Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and have 5MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera.
The Slate 6 sports a 6-inch IPS LCD display with 720p resolution. The device is powered by a 1.2GHz Marvell PXA1088 chip and 1GB RAM. The dual-sim tablet comes with 16GB built-in storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. Powered by a 3,000mAh battery, it supports 3G, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi and GPS connectivity options.
HP Slate 7 sports a 7-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 800x1280 pixels. This device is also powered by a 1.2GHz Marvell PXA1088 chip and 1GB RAM. The dual-sim tablet comes with 16GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. It is powered by a 4,100mAh battery and has connectivity options like 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and microUSB 2.0.
Dell Venue 7, Venue 8
Dell has launched a pair of Android tablets in India – the Venue 7 costs Rs 10,999 and Venue 8 is priced at Rs 17,499. Venue 7 sports a 7-inch display with a 1280x800 pixel resolution, while the Venue 8 sports an 8-inch display with the same resolution.
Both the models are powered by Android 4.2 and run on 2GHz dual-core Intel Atom processors with 2GB RAM. Venue 7 sports a 3MP rear camera and a VGA front camera, while the Venue 8 features a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP camera in front.
Venue 7 comes with 16GB internal storage while Venue 8 comes with the option of 16 or 32GB storage. Both tablets come with a microSD card slot. The company has launched Wi-Fi version of the tablet.
Amazon has launched its Kindle PaperWhite e-reader in India. The WiFi-only version of the device is available at a price of Rs 10,999, while the 3G+WiFi version is priced at Rs 13,999.
Kindle Paperwhite features new display technology with improved built-in light; a 25% faster processor and new touch technology with 19% tighter touch grid for better sensitivity.
The e-reader also boasts of some new features such as Kindle Page Flip in-line footnotes, Freetime and Vocabulary Builder. The ereader now also offers Facebook and Twitter integration for sharing recommendations, highlighted sections and quotes. As per the company, the new e-reader offers higher contrast and better reflectivity for whiter whites and blacker blacks. The new Paperwhite weighs 206gm and offers battery backup of 8 weeks on a single charge.
Canon India has launched PowerShot G16, the company's latest compact camera, at Rs 34,995. The compact camera features a DIGIC 6 processor for relatively lower shutter lag, and a new 12.1MP High Sensitivity CMOS sensor.
It can shoot Full-HD(1080p) video at 60p. Canon claims that the high speed AF improves focus speed by shooting 12.2fps continuous shooting in full resolution and 5.7fps with AF.
The PowerShot G16 features a zoom range of 5x, with a focal range of 28mm-140mm and this is expandable to 10x using Canon's new ZoomPlus feature. The company claims that the camera's f/1.8 (W) - f/2.8/ (T) lens performs well in low light, for creating soft backgrounds with shallow depth-of-field.
Xolo has launched the Q3000 phablet in India at Rs 20,999. The phablet has a 5.7-inch full HD screen and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).
One of the highlights of the phablet is its 4,000mAh battery, which delivers battery life of approximately 2 days. The new Xolo Q3000 is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Mediatek processor, with 2GB RAM and comes with 16GB internal storage and supports 32GB microSD card. It sports a 13MP camera on the back and 5MP camera in front. Connectivity suite of Xolo Q3000 includes 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0.
Metis Eddy
Metis, an Indian education startup, has launched a tablet for kids at Rs 9,999. The new tablet, named Eddy, runs on Android 4.2 and is aimed at educational content for 2-8 year olds.
The 7-inch screen tablet sports a 1.6GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM and internal memory of 8 GB, which can be expanded to 32GB with a microSD card. A 3200mAh battery ensures more than 4 hours of continuous usage time on full charge.
Children can read books, learn to play the piano, explore the world and the universe as well as practice math through games on Eddy. All the games preloaded on the tablet are violence-free.
Eddy also comes with an exclusive recommendation engine for parents, the Kids Radar, which recommends the most suitable learning apps for their kids on the Play store.
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BioShock Infinite is a first person shooter where players assume the role of former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt who is sent to the flying city of Columbia on a rescue mission to save Elizabeth, who has been imprisoned since childhood.
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Gay Lives by Robert Aldrich
Created: March 30, 2012
Robert Aldrich, a professor of European history at the University of Sydney, has compiled eighty biographical sketches of LGBT people from ancient to modern times in his new book, Gay Lives, released stateside this week by Thames & Hudson. He told a local paper:
“It’s hard to talk about gay and lesbian history without covering the Christopher Isherwoods and the Harvey Milks and all of that, but once you move past that, it’s interesting to learn how there were people involved in same-sex activities in all walks of life – the book has a lesbian nun, a criminal, painters, explorers… I wanted to take a lot of less well-known figures from across continents and around the world to show diversity, because in many ways diversity is the theme of the book.”
The handsome, heavy book includes 56 color illustrations and 72 in black and white.
Aldrich’s previous book is Gay Life & Culture: A World History.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron sneak peek shows the silly side of the film
By Russell Holly 10.29.2014 :: 9:30AM EDT 10.29.2014
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If there’s one thing that can be universally agreed on, it’s how dark the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was. This has been widely accepted as a very good thing, but if you’ve been watching these films so far you know full well there are going to be softer moments for comedic relief. It’s one of the things Joss Whedon has made a name doing very well, and even though the Ultron story is going to be very dark and serious with loads of action, you can bet we’ll all have plenty of chances to laugh.
Last week during the closing scene of Agents of SHIELD, it was made clear that if everyone tuned in next week we’d all get an exclusive look at Avengers: Age of Ultron. Hours later a trailer for the movie leaked online, causing Marvel Studios to publish the leaked trailer in an official capacity. It was widely assumed that the trailer was what we were going to get during Agents, but we now see that wasn’t the case at all.
Aside from the obvious hilarity that follows anyone trying to pick up Mjolnir, and the look on Thor’s face when Captain America almost does so, there’s a lot going on in this scene. This is the first we’ve see of the Avengers inside of Avengers Tower, which is what becomes of the big Stark building at the end of the first Avengers movie. Avengers Tower has living quarters for everyone currently involved in The Avengers, as well as training facilities and the huge communal area we see in the trailer. There’s a good chance we’ll see a lot of this space until Ultron really starts messing things up for everyone.
We’re still way too far away from the launch of this movie for the amount of hype that is being generated already, but with everything that is coming in Phase Three it looks like Marvel is going to drum up as much support as possible to ensure that Avengers: Age of Ultron brings Phase Two to an explosive close.
Now read: Civil War is coming in Captain America 3, complete with Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man
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Vanguard Group Founder John Bogle Talks Public Investing at GFOA Annual Conference Keynote Address, Monday, June 1
John C. Bogle, the founder and former CEO of The Vanguard Group, Inc., participated in an interview with Joe Mysak, editor of the daily Bloomberg Brief. Taking questions from the delegates in attendance, Bogle covered a variety of public investing topics.
On municipal bankruptcies. Bogle believes in the strength of the municipal market and thinks that, as a whole, local governments are good investments for bond buyers. Local governments are well managed and have cut costs and become more efficient when times were tight, he noted.
On the outlook for public pension funds. Bogle feels that the assumed rate of return used by many pension funds – around 7.5% to 8% – is a little too high, and that a percentage point or two less would be more realistic. He emphasized that in pension fund investments, as in mutual funds, past performance is not necessarily an indicator of future performance, and noted that GFOA best practices advise against POBs.
On how to beat an average rate of return in pension investing. A single pension fund might be able to beat what Bogle believes is a realistic rate of return by investing in hedge funds or other higher risk opportunities, but pension funds as a whole cannot beat the market, he said. Bogle applies his mutual fund philosophy again, advising that the best way for pension funds to meet their financial objectives is to keep costs down.
On public pension bonds. Bogle classifies pension bonds as pure speculation, saying he doesn’t think “hope” is a tenable investment strategy.
On superstar managers and too-good-to-be-true investments. Chasing the hot fund manager or going in on the latest financial innovation usually turns out better for the consultants and financiers than for the government investors. Most “innovations” in the financial market are designed to benefit the seller, not the buyer. Bogle’s caution extends to any strategy that involves a great deal of leverage.
On active versus passive investing. Bogle firmly believes that passive investing is the right strategy for public investors as a whole, as anyone familiar with Vanguard’s strategy is aware. Passive investors get the average rate of return from the market without incurring the costs associated with an active investment strategy. On average, active investors also get the average rate of return from the market, but they incur higher costs to do so, he said.
On the impact of corporate stock buy-backs on retail investors. The record of corporate stock buy-backs is spotty. Corporations tend to buy their stock back at high points in the stock price, and they often buy stock back to counteract the dissolution of shares that comes from issuing stock options to corporate executives.
On the value of index funds for individual retirement accounts. Index funds are an excellent investment option for individual retirees, but not all funds are created the same. Some funds charge excessive fees or take excessive risks, but few individual investors are sufficiently knowledgeable to make fully informed choices.
On exchange-traded funds (ETFs) versus mutual funds. ETFs have become the new means of speculation, according to Bogle, who believes that greater activity in the portfolio is usually disadvantageous to the investor – and therefore the ability to trade an ETF is not necessarily an advantage to the investor. But buying and holding ETFs is similar to having mutual fund in their effect on the investor’s portfolio. All things considered, however, Bogle prefers traditional mutual funds.
On the impact of high-speed trading on the retail investor. The impact on the retail investor should be nothing, because retail investors should not be involved in speculation, Bogle said.
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Home»How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (Hardcover)
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (Hardcover)
By Julie Lythcott-Haims
"Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children." -Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well
"For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time." -Daniel H. Pink, author of the New York Times bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind
A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood
In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success.
Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of twentysomethings-and of special value to parents of teens-this book is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence.
Julie Lythcott-Haims is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult. She holds a BA from Stanford, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts. She is a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, and resides in the Bay Area with her husband, their two teenagers, and her mother.
“This is the stuff of the best parenting advice . . . . A worthwhile read for every parent . . . . Our children are engaged in the serious work of becoming an adult. With this book, Lythcott-Haims provides the missing user manual.” —The Chicago Tribune
“This book is the antidote to helicopter parenting. Lythcott-Haims’ research, combined with a decade of experience as a Stanford dean, makes for some important insights into the state of parenting in America today.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“[How to Raise an Adult] may just be the Black Hawk Down of helicopter parenting. Lythcott-Haims, who brings some authority to the subject as Stanford’s former dean of freshmen and undergraduate advising, has seen varieties of extreme parental interference suggesting not just a lack of common sense, but a lack of wisdom and healthy boundaries . . . .When parents laugh and enjoy the moment but also teach the satisfaction of hard work, when they listen closely but also give their children space to become who they are, they wind up with kids who know how to work hard, solve problems and savor the moment, too. In other words, get a life, and your child just might do the same someday.”—The New York Times Book Review
“[How to Raise an Adult] is refreshing in many ways, and as parents ourselves, we highly recommend it.”—The News & Observer
“This is such a terrific book. So incredibly timely. Parents will love it and devour it because it’s such a concern . . . instead of thinking about raising children, we need to be thinking about raising adults.”—CBS “This Morning”
“Lythcott-Haims breaks down the source of helicopter parenting habits, and uses studies and stories to illustrate the developmental, emotional, and psychological toll that overparenting can take on children. She also gives parents some constructive tips for stepping back and allowing the next generation of leaders to become fully formed adults.”—MSNBC “Melissa Harris-Perry”
“Julie Lythcott-Haims, I hope my child has a dean, teacher, others like you out there . . . Thank you for spreading this really important and powerful message.”—FOX “Fox & Friends”
“Reveals some terrifying truths.”—Telegraph (UK)
“At last, a parenting book I can get behind.”—The Independent (UK)
“Run, don’t walk to your nearest bookstore and get this book! It’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Paul Tough meets Madeline Levine in a fresh, timely take on raising excellent adults from former Stanford freshmen admissions dean and parent Julie Lythcott-Haims.Never preachy, and oh-so-relatable Lythcott-Haims is spot-on with her approach to parenting, over-parenting, and preparing your children for the adult world.”—Speaking of Apraxia
“How to Raise an Adult is a total no brainer to read if you have a kid in college, about to go to college, has ever gone to college, or will ever go to college. Seriously, if you are a parent with college in your future, current, or past - stop reading this blog post and go and find this book. . . . How to Raise an Adult is a gift to all of us who are educators, and to all of us who are parents.”—Inside Higher Ed
“In her easy-to-read prose . . . . the author does a superb job of laying out the facts . . . . Her advice is sound and obviously much needed . . . if parents want to raise productive adults.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Lythcott-Haims presents a convincing vision of overprotected, overparented, overscheduled kids . . . . After presenting the problem in detail (through interviews with college admissions officers, educators, parents, and others), she offers a number of viable solutions . . . . This vigorous text will give parents the backup needed to make essential changes.” —Publishers Weekly
“Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. She is a psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist rolled into one, recording the attitudes and rituals of 21st-century smart kids who can't tie their shoelaces--and of their anxious, hovering parents. Reminding us that we are charged with transforming children into adults capable of meeting the challenges of life head-on, Lythcott-Haims dispenses compassion and a good kick in the pants in equal and appropriate measure. Witty, wise, and dead-on, Lythcott-Haims is a tonic for what ails this generation of kids and parents. A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children.” —MADELINE LEVINE, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well
“Have the good intentions of American parents gone awry? In this timely and bracing work, Julie Lythcott-Haims chronicles the many dangers of overparenting--from thwarting children's growth to hurting their job prospects to damaging parents' own well-being. Then she charts a smart, compassionate alternative approach that treats kids as wildflowers to be nourished rather than bonsai trees to be cultivated. For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time.” —DANIEL H. PINK, author of the New York Times bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind
“I've loved this book from the moment I saw the title. Julie Lythcott-Haims understands that the goal of parenting should be to raise autonomous adults, not have name-brand college admissions to brag about. Her double perspective--as a mother of teenagers and a former longtime freshman dean at Stanford--makes her uniquely equipped to show parents how to do exactly that. Wise, honest, compassionate, and deeply informed, How to Raise an Adult ought to be at the top of everybody's stack of parenting books.” —WILLIAM DERESIEWICZ, author of the New York Times bestseller Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
“While the book aims to show us how to better raise adults, Lythcott-Haims also shows how this will make us better adults. . . .The timing of Lythcott-Haims wonderful book could not be better. The pendulum has swung away from helicopter parenting (just this week new research on the damage it does) and parents are looking for the guidance and insight in finding a better way. Lythcott-Haims offers readers just that.” —Grown and Flown
“Lythcott-Haims ... makes compelling arguments for why we need to break our current habits. Unlike so many other college parenting books, however, How to Raise an Adult contains practical suggestions for an alternative way of parenting and then encourages us that it is possible to function differently.” —College Parent Central
“This book will constantly be a guide . . . . Now that I have read [it], I will be aware of the fact that as a parent I am going to raise a responsible well-adjusted adult who will be able to thrive in the real world; not a child who will need support all her life.—Diva Likes
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication Date: June 9th, 2015
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Paperback (August 2nd, 2016): $17.99
CD-Audio (September 22nd, 2015): $50.99
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October 14th - A Memorable Day in Detroit Tigers History
October 14, 2010 Andrew Norton
Today, October 14th, is a date which lives in Detroit Tigers infamy. Three significant events occurred on this date for the Detroit Tigers. October 14, 1908
The Detroit Tigers lost to the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in the deciding game five of the 1908 World Series. This would be the last time that the Cubs would win the World Series (as of 2010, anyway). The game attendance of 6,210 at Bennett Park ranks as the lowest ever for a World Series game. With the Cubs' 1907-08 World Series championships, they became baseball's first dynasty.
The Tigers were leading the 1984 World Series 3 games to 1 over the San Diego Padres. Interestingly enough, the Cubs could have had a World Series rematch against the Tigers, but they collapsed after a 2-0 NLCS lead over the Padres.
The Tigers held a 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the 8th in Game Five of the World Series. Kirk Gibson came to the plate with runners on second and third and Goose Gossage on the mound - an intentional walk would have been in order. After all, Gibson had already belted a home run in the first inning to give the Tigers the early 3-0 lead.
However, Gibson was 1 for 10 against Gossage during his career up to that point and Gossage told his manager, Dick Williams, that he could strike out Gibson. The count was 1-0 and Tigers manager, Sparky Anderson, yelled from the dugout, "He don't want to walk you!" and gave the motion for swing away. Gibson ripped a 1-0 fastball into the upper deck in right field for a three run home run and pretty much assured the Tigers faithful that the Detroit Tigers would be the 1984 World Series Champions.
The Detroit Tigers were one win away from sweeping the Oakland A's and going on to the World Series. Game four of the 2006 ALCS was a back and forth affair and the Tigers had to claw their way back from a 3-0 deficit. In the bottom of the 9th the score was tied 3-3.
With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Craig Monroe and Placido Polanco each hit singles. Magglio Ordonez came up to the plate with two on and two outs. On a 1-0 count Magglio absolutely crushed Huston Street's fastball into the left field stands for a three run walk off home run to send the Tigers to the 2006 World Series.
I just about cried watching Magglio circle the bases with his fist in the air, the pure joy of Craig Monroe waving both arms over his head, and Placido Polanco happily skipping all the way to home plate. Man, what a moment. Even today I get goosebumps just watching the replay.
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Roomba 880 Review: All Hail The Most Powerful Robot Vacuum Yet
Nov 13, 2013, 9:00am
You want a clean home? Sure, who doesn't. Too lazy to clean it yourself? Absolutely. iRobot's Roomba 880 — the latest in its series of robot vacuum cleaners — was made for you. It's the Rolls-Royce of highly motivated cleaning appliances, and it can take care of some serious dinge. Although it'll cost you some serious cash.
A robot vacuum cleaner (available now) that uses a pair of rotating extractors — rather than brushes like most lame non-automated vacuums — to rid your floor of all manner of debris. Why is that notable? Because brushes get tangled, and you'll eventually have to use your precious hands to clean hair and detritus out of them. And that is gross. The Roomba 880 is not gross.
Because Roombas are awesome, effective, and iRobot keeps making them better. The 880 series is supposedly five times more powerful and suck-ier (in a good way) than its predecessor, and it has a better battery.
It's a sleek black and chrome disc that resembles a stylish Bose speaker. And that's no accident; apparently quite a few of the members iRobot's design team came from Bose. It has a big ol' power button on the top, as well as a couple of buttons that will let you schedule cleanings, and adjust the date and time. On the bottom, there's a discreet compartment where the Roomba collects dust and dirt. You'll have to empty it when it fills up, but it easily pops out and clicks back in.
If you've owned or used a Roomba before, the basic setup will be familiar. It's just that this guy does it with a little more style.
Using It
I live in a house with a total of four girls and two dogs. Read: we are never not sweeping up hair. But Roomba goes to town on the furry ground of our apartment. You literally just press a button and it will take some time to use its magic sensors to learn and adapt to your room. Then it methodically zooms all over your place, picking up all kinds of debris.
This is probably not great for the Roomba, but the thing was even slurping up bottle caps from under the couches. I was shocked — shocked! — at its ability to clean along corners, abnormal edges, under beds, around table legs, and all kinds of nooks and crannies I probably wouldn't be able to reach with a broom or a regular vac. Roomba will also navigate from your carpet to hardwood floors like a champ. The only time it ever got stuck was when it tripped up over a rat king of cable cords — which was totally my fault.
You can also schedule the Roomba to clean at a specific time. Say you want it to vacuum every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3pm? It's as easy as pressing a couple of buttons.
Also, no one likes emptying bags on vacuums. The Roomba doesn't have any bags. Its dust bin — which is 50 per cent larger than that of its forebear — can be easily tapped out when it fills up, which is generally once a cleaning session. There's no guess work either. A little red light will let you know when you need to do this.
It's pretty much ready to suck right out of the box. Program the date and time, press clean, and Roomba starts doing its thing. This is luxury vacuum that any idiot can operate. Any terminally lazy idiot, at that. Because it uses a brushless system, you pretty much never have to do any maintenance on it.
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It's a bit loud. Which isn't so much of a complaint as it is a nitpicky thing. I would love to see the next-gen Roomba that's a little quieter.
Yes. The Roomba is like a maid, but it's a better investment. Don't like to clean? Buy this Roomba. Are you busy? Buy this Roomba. Have pets? Buy this Roomba. The only downside is the price. This Roomba is $US700, however, it is the top-of-the-line, newest and best Roomba on the block. If you don't want to spend that much, you can definitely get an older model. The 600 series costs around $US300, and is still a very good robot vacuum. But if you want a Rolls-Royce, you've got to be prepared to drop Rolls-Royce dinero.
Here Are The Bad Things NASA Thought Might Happen To The First Astronauts On The Moon
Ed Cara 19 Jul 2019 7:00 AM
Fifty years ago this week, humankind landed on the Moon for the first time. It was one of the most impressive technological feats ever pulled off, filled with peril and uncertainty. Given that, it’s fair to wonder just what exactly NASA scientists were worried could have happened to the astronauts during and after their lunar trip. And yes, aliens (specifically, alien microbes) were on the short list.
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Two aircraft carriers were ordered under the FY1933 program which would take into account the lessons learned with the operation of Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3); both modified battlecruisers, and in the construction of Ranger (CV-4) -- the first purpose-built carrier. The Yorktown (CV-5) class carriers were designed for fleet operation rather than independent operation. Yorktown commissioned in September 1937 and Enterprise (CV-6) followed in May 1938. Both were completed without AA armament, though this was added later. In FY1939, a third unit, Hornet (CV-8) was ordered to this specification to speed her completion as part of the pre-war buildup.
The Yorktown class carriers were designed to the maximum size allowable under London Treaty restrictions -- this left them with inadequate underwater protection which was later fixed with the introduction of the Essex (CV-9) class. Hornet (CV-8) had minor improvements over her two sister ships, including improved anti-aircraft battery.
The General Board had become convinced - even before the Ranger was launched - that the minimum effective size of aircraft carriers was 20,000 tons. A request for two of these heavier ships was made in the Building Program for 1934, which was issued in September 1932. In May the following year, the Board again submitted this recommendation. As a result, the Secretary of the Navy asked the President for Public Works Administration funds to build two carriers of this tonnage, in addition to other ships. USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) were authorized.
Files of the Bureau of Aeronautics housed in the National Archives reveal a memorandum dated May 15, 1931, which was to affect the two new carriers: "The Department has approved a new building program with two aircraft carriers similar to the Ranger, but before embarking on this new construction, it is suggested that a careful examination may show many design changes are desirable. "The particular improvements in the Ranger design that should be considered are: speed increase to 32.5 knots; addition of underwater subdivision to resist torpedo and bomb explosions; horizontal protective deck over machinery magazines, and aircraft fuel tanks; improvement in operational facility (this includes hangar deck devoted exclusively to plane stowage, four fast elevators, complete bomb handling facilities, possible use of two flying-off decks, and improved machine gun anti-aircraft defense)."
The Yorktown was launched April 4, 1936, sponsored by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. When the carrier was commissioned September 30, 1937, her over-all length was 827 feet, four inches; extreme beam was 95 feet, four inches; and standard displacement, 19,800 tons. Her trial speed was 33.6 knots.
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the seventh Navy ship to bear this name. Her keel was laid July 16, 1934 and she was launched October 3, 1936, sponsored by Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. She was placed in commission at Norfolk on May 12, 1938. Her specifications were similar to Yorktown's. She had accommodations for 82 ship's company officers and 1447 enlisted men.
Tightening of world tensions in 1938 caused the Navy Department to reconsider its carrier-building program, and USS Hornet (CV-8) was authorized on May 17 that year. She was launched December 14, 1940 and commissioned October 21, 1941, with Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, her first commanding officer.
Yorktown was lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, Hornet four months later in the Battle of Santa Cruz. Enterprise received an updated AA battery of 20/40mm guns at Puget Sound, most likely July-Nov 1943, amongst other improvements. She was the sole survivor of the class; decommissioning in February 1947 and scrapped by 1960. Enterprise (CV-6) escaped disaster in the Pacific time and time again, earning her the nickname "Lucky E".
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Bosch cuts fuel consumption and emissions
The search is on in the world of commercial vehicles for new ways not only to reduce the strain on the environment but also to lower costs in operating budgets.
Fuel optimization for commercial vehicles is the goal of a new type of assistance system made by Bosch: Eco.Logic motion. Its focus is to use extended navigation data, such as information about gradients and bend curvatures, to optimize the engine and transmission control systems. Sophisticated algorithms ensure a reduction in both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Development engineers at Bosch’s Car Multimedia division have devised special hardware that is capable of taking into account manufacturer-specific algorithms for cutting fuel consumption and emissions. Eco.Logic motion thus acts as a predictive sensor for optimizing the driving strategy and making it more cost efficient.
“Under its imperative “Invented for Life”, Bosch will always be committed to innovation and improvement in the area of road safety and environmental sustainability” said Guido Gring, Vice President of Automotive Aftermarket, Sales Independent Aftermarket for Middle East and Africa.
“Conserving the environment, its resources and making the roads safer has long since been on the global agenda. The “globalization” of environmental sustainability and road safety prompts Bosch leadership in technological innovation for the automotive sector. Such leadership looks at this region as one of the main markets,” he continued.
Bosch has been able to accomplish the first series production project with this new system together with Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The jointly developed “Predictive Powertrain Control” system is being introduced to the new Actros in the late summer of 2012. Bosch is supplying the hardware, software platform and electronic horizon for this, and Mercedes-Benz has developed the corresponding application software.
The system creates a three-dimensional image of the surroundings based on a digital map that also includes information on gradients and bends. This image combined with precise data about the vehicle’s location obtained via GPS (Global Positioning System) is used to calculate a preview of the vehicle’s surroundings – referred to as the “electronic horizon” – that goes far beyond such near-field sensor technology as radar or video sensors.
Based on the information gleaned from the dynamic electronic horizon and from the comparison with current vehicle parameters, the application software simulates an environmentally friendly driving strategy. For this purpose, it calculates a suitable speed and an appropriate gear selection for the route section ahead. This information is then compared with current parameters and is transmitted to the vehicle’s powertrain as instructions that are followed by the engine and transmission control units, thus enabling the vehicle, for instance, to accelerate when most appropriate or avoid unnecessary gear changes shortly before the crest of a hill.
Eco.Logic motion offers fundamental benefits through lower fuel costs and reduced pollutant emissions. It quickly pays for itself both in individual vehicles and in entire vehicle fleets and contributes to resource conservation. Furthermore, the hardware platform and system software provide Bosch engineers with other areas of application, such as in the field of hybrid, battery and thermal management. With such intelligent systems designed to meet specific needs, commercial vehicles will in future become even cleaner and more economical.
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Earl Glen Cromwell
February 27, 1919 ~ May 2, 2019 (age 100)
Earl Glen Cromwell, 100, of Terre Haute, IN went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 2, 2019. He was born February 27, 1919 on the family farm near Maddensville, PA (Huntingdon County), the eldest son of Emory Irvin Cromwell and Grace Mort Cromwell. Earl was predeceased by his loving wife, Freda Hahn Cromwell, of Progress, PA whom he married July 17, 1942. He graduated valedictorian from Hustontown High School in May, 1936. At 17, Earl began supporting his mother and siblings due to the untimely death of his father earlier that spring. He worked in area coal mines, helped farmers harvest hay and wheat, moved to Harrisburg, PA to work at the Bethlehem Steel Mills, in Steelton, and was a passenger brakeman for the Pennsylvania Railroad before enlisting in the United States Navy in 1943. One year later, he departed from Brooklyn Navy Yard for Falmouth, England aboard LST #392 (Landing Ship Tank). The Atlantic crossing was made in convoy with other ships due to the threat of German submarines. Earl, a Pharmacist’s Mate, landed with his shipmates on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). After his participation in the Atlantic Theatre of World War II, Earl was sent to serve in the Pacific at Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines. Honorably discharged from the Navy in 1945 as a Petty Officer 2nd Class, Earl returned to civilian life in Harrisburg and to his beloved wife, Freda. Always the optimist, with a strong work ethic, and admired by family and friends for his “can do” attitude, Earl decided that he could build a house, though he had no construction experience. After researching the options available at that time, he ordered a “pre-cut” home from a company in Bay City, Michigan…to be delivered to Pennsylvania by railcar. Literally, everything was included: windows, doors, wiring, roofing, floor joists, etc. This benchmark signaled the start of a 30-year career in home building in central Pennsylvania. Earl was recognized by his peers for quality homes at affordable prices. Earl was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed deer and small game hunting, saltwater fishing, boating, and spending summers with his family at their cottage in Ocean City, NJ. For many years, he was a member of the Lower Paxton Lions Club and the Central PA Builders Association. Earl was a life-long member of the Progress Church of God, where he and Freda first met. He attended Faith Wesleyan Church during his years in Terre Haute. Earl is survived by his 3 children: Dennis Cromwell and wife, Judy, Frederick, MD; Sharon Seidenberg and husband, Harvey, Terre Haute, IN; and Marcia Frazee, Mesa, AZ. Grandchildren: CDR Derek Cromwell and wife, Moneiva, Centreville, VA; Diedre Moltere and husband, Teague, Frederick, MD; Rachel Salapka and husband, Darren, Carmel, IN; and Joseph Seidenberg and wife Jenny, Flagstaff, AZ; eleven great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Earl was predeceased by his sister, Geraldine Lerch, Bloomfield, NM; his brothers Wayne Cromwell, Hummelstown, PA; Donald Cromwell, Sebring, FL; and Clarence Moffet, Lewistown, PA. Earl outlived his siblings and was the eldest. Services will be held Saturday May 11, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Greiner Funeral Home, 2005 North 13th Street, Terre Haute, IN., 47804. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the Funeral Home. Pastor Bob McHenry will be officiating. Arrangements in Pennsylvania will be conducted by Hetrick-Bitner Funeral Home, 3125 Walnut St., Harrisburg, PA A Celebration of Life will be held in the funeral home chapel at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday May 15, 2019 with visitation from 11:00 a.m. until service time. Pastor Barbara Maurice will be officiating. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers that contributions be made to VNA Hospice of the Wabash Valley, 400 Eighth Ave., Terre Haute, IN. 47804. Burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, PA.
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What Is Hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is one of five known viruses that cause inflammation of the liver (the others are B, C, D and E). The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 150,000 people in the U.S. are infected each year by Hepatitis A, a low rate compared to the rate in underdeveloped countries. The vast majority of people recover from the infection within six months without any serious health problems
How Is Hepatitis A Transmitted?
Transmission is usually by drinking water or eating food that has been contaminated with fecal matter containing the virus. Unlike the Hepatitis B and C viruses, the Hepatitis A virus remains stable when liver cells secrete it into bile, which then enters the digestive tract. Fecal matter from an infected person has a high concentration of the virus during a certain period of infection, whereas saliva and other bodily fluids have a low concentration. The virus can survive in this contaminated fecal matter on a persons hand, for example, or on a surface for three to four hours at normal room temperatures. Thus, an eating utensil contaminated with the virus could be a way to transmit the infection to a person. Contaminated shellfish are a frequent source of infection. Direct contact with an infected person is another confirmed transmission route, as are kissing on the mouth and anal sex. Contamination of needles used for intravenous administration of drugs is a suspected route of transmission. In over 40% of the reported cases it is not known how these people were infected.
Who Is At Risk For Hepatitis A?
The risk of being infected with the Hepatitis A virus generally depends on the hygienic and sanitary conditions in an area. High risk geographic areas are the Middle East, South America, Eastern Europe, Central America, Africa and Southeast Asia. There are also areas in the United States where poor sanitary conditions or hygiene have resulted in outbreaks of Hepatitis A. It is also after symptoms appear or two to three weeks before that patients will shed the virus in high concentration in feces and thus they are most infectious to others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists household or sexual contact, daycare attendance or employment and recent international travel as the major known risk factors for the transmission of Hepatitis A. The CDC estimates that a third of the U.S. population has been infected. Children at daycare centers spread the virus because of fecal-oral contamination through diaper changing. Outbreaks have been reported in the military, at institutions for the disabled and because of infected restaurant workers. Those using injectable drugs with contaminated needles have also been infected with the virus.
What Are The Symptoms For Hepatitis A Infection?
As with the other hepatitis viruses a person infected with Hepatitis A may not have any symptoms. However, in those who do have symptoms, they resemble the flu. These symptoms include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, pain in the liver area, dark urine or light colored stools and fever. Liver function tests are elevated, with many adults developing jaundice. Children under two rarely have symptoms. Most people recover within six months.
Can Hepatitis A Result In Serious Complications?
A very small percentage of people infected with Hepatitis A risk serious complications. These include people with alcoholic hepatitis, chronic hepatitis with cirrhosis or the elderly over 60 years old. These patients may suffer liver failure after becoming infected with Hepatitis A. Federal mortality statistics for 1992 list Hepatitis A as the primary cause of death for 82 people. In 1993 an estimated 121 people were hospitalized for Hepatitis A. Patients with Hepatitis A may show improvement in their symptoms and liver function tests only to suffer a relapse, usually after four weeks. A relapse can occur more than once and there is no way to predict who will suffer a recurrence of acute symptoms. In rare cases, jaundice lasts for two or more months. It is rare for pregnant women who are infected with Hepatitis A to suffer serious complications to themselves or their newborn children.
How Is Hepatitis A Diagnosed ?
Hepatitis A is diagnosed by a blood test that is positive for the antibody to the virus, which appears about four weeks after the infection. There are no false positives or negatives with this test. Liver function tests (serum alanine aminotransferase [ALT] and asparate aminotransferase [AST]) are elevated above normal, often to very high levels. Symptoms will normally appear during the first four weeks of infection. How Is Hepatitis A Treated? There is no specific treatment for Hepatitis A. Most patients are told to rest for one to four weeks after a diagnosis is made, to avoid intimate contact and to consume foods high in protein. People who have come into contact with the patient should be given temporary immunization with immune serum globulin (ISE), within two weeks of exposure.
What Is The Hepatitis A Vaccine?
The current vaccine for Hepatitis A in the U.S. is manufactured by SmithKline Beecham, Inc. The vaccine is made from an inactive Hepatitis A virus that has been suspended in a sterile solution. It is not made from infected blood. The body reacts with the inactive virus to produce an antibody that protects against infection of the liver by the Hepatitis A virus. Clinical trials have shown that the vaccine is effective in preventing infection in over 90% of people who were exposed. There are generally no known side effects, except for soreness at the site of the injection. Less than 10% of those vaccinated become tired and nauseous. Children between one and 18 should receive two initial doses of the vaccine and a booster between six and 12 months. Adults should receive an initial dose and then a booster six to 12 months later. It takes at least two weeks before protection is achieved. It is not certain how long protection will last.
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Rita Noel seeks JP spot in Precinct 4
Rita G Noel, a certified peace officer, is running for the position of justice of the peace for Precinct 4. Noel currently works for the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office in collections, which is part of the Civil Division. Noel has worked with the different justices of the peace in Grayson County for the past eight years.
As a certified peace officer, Noel received formal training regarding the civil and criminal procedures and law that a justice of the peace is required to deal with on a daily basis. Noel, who is bilingual, has assisted each of the Grayson County justices of the peace as an interpreter in their work at the jail and in court throughout the eight years in which she has worked as a deputy sheriff and collections clerk. She has extensive experience working with the law enforcement agencies in issuing warrants. She is already familiar with the justice system and has dedicated her life to making the justice system work better for the residents of Grayson County, she said in a prepared statement.
Noel said her associate’s degree in business administration has been beneficial toward meeting the challenge of collecting over $700,000 in the last fiscal year.
Noel decided to run for the position of JP primarily because of its truancy obligations, she said. As an interpreter she has sat in on many truancy cases and it became clear to her that a justice of the peace was in a unique position to positively impact families at a time when it is most needed. She said she will dedicate herself to becoming familiar with each family that is brought to truancy court so that she can best address the unique problems they face.
Noel said her goal is to empower the parents in their children’s quest for an education. The problems facing families are not the same. Noel said she intends to involve people from the community in assisting with at risk children by developing a list of mentors and resources available to assist with the various needs of these families. Noel said she will be a familiar presence in each of the schools in her precinct. "The best way to reduce crime is to meet the challenge of educating all of our children and reduce the dropout rate," she said.
Noel and her husband David have been married for 27 years. They have two adult sons, Nicholas and Sean. Noel attends St Mary’s Catholic Church and is a member of Grayson County Republican Women PAC, the Hispanic Heritage Counsel of Texoma, the Texas Municipal Police Association and Grayson County Law Enforcement Association. She has lived in the community with her family for more than 30 years.
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Obituary - RICHARD C. "DICK" WOLFF
Richard C. Wolff, age 82, of Longwood, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Florida Hospital—Altamonte. Mr. Wolff, a Boston native, was born on July 17, 1933, to the late Simon and Jennie Friedman Wolff. After serving in the U.S. Army, he attended Boston University. He was a CLU for many years, consulting for the insurance industry and pensions. Mr. Wolff was a member and past president of the former Temple Israel of Swampscott, Mass. On May 24, 1991, in Boston, he married the former Ruth Silberman, his wife of nearly 25 years, who survives him. Ruth, who lived in Orlando, and Dick became part-time residents, dividing their time between Orlando and Boston until he retired and moved to Orlando permanently in 2004. They are members of Congregation Ohev Shalom. In addition to his wife, Mr. Wolff is survived by his sons, Steven (Leslie) Wolff of Rhode Island, Eric (Lisa) Wolff of Massachusetts and Paul (Cori) Wolff of New Jersey. He is also survived by his step-children, Glenn Ente of Oregon and Kayla Ente of Bristol, United Kingdom; and six grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother, Alvin Wolff, and sister, Evelyn Rosen.
Funeral services and burial were held in Massachusetts. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando.
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Exact Discrete Analogs of Derivatives of Integer Orders: Differences as Infinite Series
Vasily E. Tarasov
Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Received 30 July 2015; Accepted 8 October 2015
Academic Editor: Mario Ohlberger
Copyright © 2015 Vasily E. Tarasov. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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UGC panel for exam reform rules out ability test for graduates
The UGC committee on exam reform suggested that 75% of internal assessment should be used in conjunction with 25% of external assessment, as it would counter negligence and carelessness by external examiners.
education Updated: Sep 21, 2018 00:04 IST
Neelam Pandey
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
The UGC held a consultative meeting on September 6 with the expert committee and representatives from over 60 universities/institutes,. (File Photo)
An expert committee on exam reform, constituted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), has suggested that 75% of internal assessment should be used in conjunction with 25% of external assessment, as it would counter negligence and carelessness by external examiners while evaluating answer sheets and avoid delays in the exam system.
The committee has ruled out an ability test for graduates, saying it would lead to disinterest among students preparing for the proposed test. It says such a trend is visible among students preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Common Admission Test (CAT) and aspiring for admission into premium institutions. However, it has suggested “clustering of streams” for post-graduation based on commonality of various courses.
The UGC held a consultative meeting on September 6 with the expert committee and representatives from over 60 universities/institutes, including Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, University of Kashmir and IGNOU, among others, to take their views on the recommendations. “It is a good idea to have overarching guidelines in place in terms of exam reform. But universities should be allowed to use that and devise their own mechanism as every institute is different,” said SS Mantha, former chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and academician.
The UGC had formed a committee in June to recommend measures for exam reform for universities. After several meetings, it released a discussion paper for further consultation and also asked stakeholders, including teachers, students and universities, to send feedback.
“Alternatively, clustering of streams for post-graduation is proposed. This may require identification of commonality amongst various PG courses followed by homogeneous categorisation of streams. A few representative streams can be Arts, Commerce, Social Sciences, Science and Engineering,” the report said.
The panel suggested that candidates wishing to take admission in the Arts stream will take the all-India level test and be allotted a college based on merit. “All the universities having Arts stream will recognise this test and will be instrumental only in conducting counselling and registering of candidates. Further, in such a system, a framework can be devised where all institutions can be grouped together and act as a body responsible for conducting exams and admitting candidates of that stream. This will enhance transparency and the candidates will be saved from giving diverse examinations all over India in the hunt for a good college. Also, the complexities arising out of diversity in marks and plethora of entrance examinations and their marking pattern can be minimised.”
Emphasising continuous and comprehensive evaluation, the committee said various models had been used by universities in this regard. “However, we propose that 75% of internal assessment should be used in conjunction with 25% of external assessment,” said the paper on exam reform, a copy of which is with HT. It has suggested following a grading system in which a student obtaining Grade F would be considered failed. For non-credit courses, ‘Satisfactory’ or “Unsatisfactory’ has been proposed.
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Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue Stars in the Latest Episode of Ernie Ball Music Man’s ‘Inspired By’ Series
By Guitar World Staff 2018-02-06T16:14:40Z Artist
Today, we’re thrilled to bring you the premiere of the latest episode of Ernie Ball Music Man’s new series, Inspired By.
In this episode—which stars Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue—the guitarist/vocalist delves into his musical inspirations and motivations, Thrice’s origins, his relationship with the guitar, and more.
“It’s doing a ton of different things,” Kensrue says of his Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay. “It’s a way to express myself, it’s something that brings comfort, it’s something that is calming but also giving energy—it’s doing a ton of different things. It’s my Swiss army knife.”
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"Saturday Night Live" Star Colin Jost Coming To Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center For A Night Of Laughs
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Weekend Update correspondent Colin Jost will be at WHBPAC. (Photo: Paul Bruinooge/PatrickMcMullan.com)
Fans of Saturday Night Live are in for a special treat this summer when Weekend Update correspondent Colin Jost comes to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. For one night only, fans will be able to see Jost as he samples his comedic skills on Saturday, July 30th.
Jost, a Harvard graduate, has been a writer for SNL since 2005, and was promoted to head writer in 2014, before taking over Weekend Update. His resume also includes a stint as the Editor and President of the Harvard Lampoon, which boasts comedic greats such as Conan O'Brien and producer of The Office, B.J. Novak, as alums.
His impressive career and comedic chops have not gone unnoticed. Jost has won a total of three Writer's Guild of America Awards in addition to his Peabody Award, and has written articles for The New Yorker, Huffington Post and The New York Times. Additionally, he wrote and starred in his own semi-autobiographical movie, Staten Island Summer.
Jost's appearance at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will be just one of many stops on his tour around the country, as he hones in on his stand-up comedy skills while on break from filming Saturday Night Live.
So, if you're an SNL devotee, don't miss the chance to see one of the hottest young comedians touring today. The one-night-only event will take place at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, starting at 8 p.m. sharp.
Tickets start at $50.
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is located at 76 Main Street in Westhampton Beach. To purchase tickets, visit whbpac.org.
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Claims Handling
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Federal Courts Sketch Roadmap for Chapter 542A Removals
October 22nd, 2018 By Eric S. Peabody
As many commentators have noted, the addition of Texas Insurance Code Chapter 542A—the so-called “Hailstorm Bill”—has substantially reduced the volume of weather-related lawsuits against insurance companies since September 2017. In addition to imposing strict timelines for pre-suit notice and inspections and curbing potential penalties and attorneys’ fees awards, Chapter 542A affects the parties to, and potential venue of, a lawsuit by allowing the carrier to assume any liability an “agent” might have to the claimant (with certain exceptions) for the agent’s acts or omissions related to the claim. If the carrier assumes this liability in writing, no cause of action exists against the agent and the court is required to dismiss the action against the agent with prejudice. Two recent federal cases, Massey v. Allstate Veh. & Prop. Ins. Co., No. H-18-1144, 2018 WL 3017431 (S.D. Tex. May 16, 2018), and Electro Grafix, Corp. v. Acadia Ins. Co., No. SA-18-CA-589-XR, 2018 WL 3865416 (W.D. Tex. Aug. 14, 2018), have examined how the procedure for obtaining this dismissal can have a significant impact on the removability of these suits to federal court.
In Massey, the carrier removed the case only after obtaining dismissal of the adjuster in state court. 2018 WL 3017431, at *1. The carrier filed its election of legal responsibility two months after filing its state-court answer, but also admitted that the adjuster had not been improperly or fraudulently joined initially. Id. at *1-2. Despite this admission, the carrier argued that the state court’s subsequent dismissal was tantamount to a ruling of improper or fraudulent joinder—an exception to the general rule that a non-removable action becomes removable only by the voluntary act of the plaintiff rather than an involuntary act by the court. Id. at *2-3. Finding that the dismissal was not equivalent to a dismissal for improper joinder (and noting that the removal would have been untimely if the adjuster had been improperly joined), the court granted the motion for remand. Id.at *3-4.
In contrast, in Electro Grafix, the carrier accepted its adjuster’s liability after suit was filed, but before the adjuster had been served with suit. Id. at *1, 3. The carrier timely removed the suit to federal court after it was served, alleging the adjuster was improperly joined because its acceptance of the adjuster’s liability under Chapter 542A eliminated all claims against the adjuster. Id. at *3. In seeking remand, the plaintiff argued that the carrier’s letter accepting its agent’s liability was inadmissible because it was outside the four corners of the pleadings. Although a court is ordinarily limited in a removal/remand analysis to the face of the pleadings, the court noted that, in certain cases, it may pierce the pleadings and conduct a summary inquiry if a plaintiff has misstated or omitted discrete facts relevant to joinder. Id. Because Chapter 542A provides that all claims against the adjuster “shall” be dismissed following the carrier’s acceptance of liability, the court held that there was no reasonable basis of recovery against the adjuster under state law and he was improperly joined. Id. at *4. The court denied the motion to remand.
Takeaways: Accepting agents’ legal responsibility early—before they appear or have been served—strengthens the argument that they have been improperly joined to defeat diversity. Carriers should file removals timely and should not bank on subsequent dismissal of the agent under Chapter 542A to serve as a springboard to federal court.
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Shopping, dining and an ice show: Check out these events this weekend
Check out these events, including the Westland Ice Show and Girls' Night Out in Northville.
Shopping, dining and an ice show: Check out these events this weekend Check out these events, including the Westland Ice Show and Girls' Night Out in Northville. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/entertainment/events/2018/04/26/shopping-dining-and-ice-show-check-out-these-events-weekend/542854002/
David Veselenak, hometownlife.com Published 11:32 a.m. ET April 26, 2018
Northville Girls' Night Out takes place this Friday night.(Photo: File photo)
While plenty of people will most likely head to theaters this weekend to check out a certain giant superhero movie, plenty more will be heading out to spend their weekend with other activities.
Here are a few worth checking if you're looking for something to do besides see "Avengers: Infinity War."
Northville Girls Night Out
Looking for an opportunity to hit the town Friday night in Northville? Check out the Girls Night Event happening this weekend.
The event kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday in downtown Northville, with drawings and other special events happening at several businesses. From there, attendees can attend one of more than 20 restaurants for special deals and events for participants. The events run through 9 p.m.
For more information and a list of businesses participating, go to enjoynorthville.com.
Ice show in Westland
If you still feel empty without Olympic ice skating several months after the Winter Games, head to Westland this weekend.
The annual ice show, titled "Under the City Lights," returns to Mike Modano Ice Arena. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday, 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets — $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (free for ages 3 and under) — will be available at the door, 6210 Wildwood.
Half-marathon in Novi
Those looking to wake up and run 13.1 miles in an organized fashion can do so this weekend in Novi.
The Spring Robin Races (formerly the Novi Half Marathon) will take place starting at 7:45 a.m. Sunday at Novi Middle School, 49000 11 Mile. There, a half-marathon, a 10K race and a 5K race will begin, with check-in at 6:30 a.m. Runners will traverse near and around Island Lake in Novi, and a DJ will also be on-site playing music for those in attendance.
Age group awards will be given out in all three events and finishers will receive a medal. Proceeds go to the Novi Parks Foundation and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.
Online registration remains open through Friday at springrobinraces.com. Those who do not register by Friday can do so the day of the race at Novi Middle School. Registration before Friday is $50 for the half-marathon, $41 for the 10K and $39 for the 5K. Registration that day is $55 for the half-marathon, $46 for the 10K and $44 for the 5K.
Contact David Veselenak at dveselenak@hometownlife.com or 734-678-6728. Follow him on Twitter @davidveselenak.
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Harborough district’s Harrison lights up our Christmas in Sainsbury’s festive advert
Harrison Wilmot stars in the new Sainsbury's Christmas advert
Every year, there’s a multi-million battle for our cash at Christmas, via the blockbusting TV advert.
Last year, John Lewis spent £7m on their Christmas ad campaign. Money well spent, when you know that every £1 spent on a successful TV advert brings in £24 in profit.
This year, most of the “biggies” have had a go – Aldi have Kevin the Carrot, Boots have a sweet version of a Robbie Wiliams song, Marks and Spencer’s have Holly Willoughby, John Lewis have Elton John.
But many people would agree that this year’s Christmas ad “winner” is Sainsbury’s, featuring Harrison Willmott – a 10-year-old lad from Broughton Astley.
If you’ve seen the ad – and 2.6 million have, on youtube alone – you’ll have noticed Harrison. He’s the human plug who turns on the Christmas lights with a running jump into a socket at a lavish school nativity play.
“I was like ‘this is confusing, I’m a plug’,” said Harrison, recalling the moment he first saw his costume at a London studio. “So I’ve got to get into a socket and it’s like really hard because you have to like put your face on the socket, kind of, you’re like mmmmff.”
The Sainsbury’s ad depicts a school Christmas show, set to the classic 90s song, ‘You Get What You Give’.
There’s a human ‘star’, and a supporting cast of children playing a host of weird and wonderful Christmas characters, from a Nativity camel to baubles. But Harrison almost steals the show as the diving plug.
Sainsbury’s started work on the Christmas ad back in January.
The company’s marketing team worked with their advertising agency, Wiedenand Kennedy, to “create and develop the concept”.
Then they put out casting calls to after-school drama, dance and singing groups as well as children’s agents.
The advert features almost 60 children from across the country – some as young as six years old.
Harrison has been attending acting classes since he was seven, and within his first year, he won his age category at the Nuneaton Festival of Arts.
Work continuing at the Airfield Business Park near Market Harborough
He travelled down to London to get to the auditions for the advert.
“When my parents see the performance they’re gonna be really excited” said Harrison. “They’re gonna be like ‘oh that’s our son, that’s our son!”
And mum and dad didn’t have to wait to see it on TV.
When the Christmas advert was filmed – in London in September – many of the cast had their real parents in the audience.
Other media and Sainsbury’s themselves have been saying Harrison comes from Rugby - but it turns out this was due to a misunderstanding at the auditions.
The family were asked where they had travelled on, and they said ‘Rugby’ having gone down to London on the train. This was then recorded as their home town, and passed on to the media when the advert launched.
Despite that, Harrison was invited along to the Christmas light switch-on in Rugby last weekend!
Laura Boothby, Head of Broadcast Marketing at Sainsbury’s, said: “The school show is a flagship Christmas moment for many.
“This made it the perfect setting to bring our Christmas message to life – watching little ones give all they’ve got, for their loved ones, watching on.”
The advert was directed by Michael Gracey – who also directed the big 2017 musical, The Greatest Showman.
“We set out to craft an ad that embodies the joy and imagination of the festive season” he said. “We hope it’s a message that resonates with people from all walks of life.”
The ad premiered on TV in a prime time slot during Coronation Street.
Harrison said it was “really cool” to see himself on television for the first time, and that his friends at school all liked the advert
But the successful ad for Sainsbury’s was only a quick taste of acting for Harrison.
His dream now is to be a singer and actor, preferably in a West End musical.
Here's what £120,000 can buy you in the Harborough area
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Outdoor Notes May 16
By Ed Wall, GateHouse Media Correspondent
Swansboro Bluewater Fishing Tournament coming up
The Swansboro Rotary Club will host its 39th annual Bluewater Fishing Tournament on May 23-26.
Registration for the event is open and will end at 11:59 p.m. on May 22. The Captains’ Party, scheduled for May 23 at 6 p.m. at Jack’s Waterfront Bar in downtown Morehead City, will be followed by a mandatory Captains’ Meeting at 7 p.m.
Fishing will commence on Friday, May 24 and continue through May 26.
Anglers may fish two of the three days, with lines in the water from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weigh scales at the Big Rock Landing will open at 4 p.m. For additional information, go to www.swansborobluewater.com/ or phone 252-241-0669.
Kayak for Warriors registration open
Runners, kayakers and supporters are invited to register for the 12th annual Kayak For The Warriors celebration.
The three-day event will include a 5K and 10K beach run, Warrior reception with live and silent auctions, 3.2-mile kayak and paddle board races, and a barbecue lunch benefiting Hope For The Warriors.
Activities will kick off at 8 a.m. May 25 with the beach runs beginning at the Inn at Pine Knoll Shores (formerly The Clam Digger). Registration for the 5K is $25 and $35 for the 10K, with T-shirts included.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores will host the 30th annual Warrior Reception on May 30, with silent and live auctions beginning at 6 p.m.
Tickets - $10 in advance and $15 at the door - include heavy appetizers and access to the Aquarium’s exhibits.
The kayak and paddle board race is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 1, beginning at Garner Park and moving through Bogue Sound and the Pine Knoll Shores canals.
Registration is $50 for a single kayak and $100 for a tandem. Both include a T-shirt and lunch. The Warrior Trophy is given to the paddler who brings in the most donations for his or her team.
Pre-registration is encouraged for all events at k4tw.org. Onsite registration will also be available. More information is available online at hopeforthewarriors.org, Facebook or Twitter.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Hunter Education course, required for all newly-licensed hunters, will be offered on May 21 plus two additional days at Neuse Sport Shop in Cedar Point from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
There is no charge but preregistration is required. For more information or to sign up, go to the Wildlife Commission’s web site - www.ncwildlife.org- and click the scrolling Hunter Education banner at the bottom of the home page.
Conservation and recreation grants awarded to states
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has awarded more than $20 million to 22 projects in 11 coastal states to protect, restore or enhance more than 7,000 acres of coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats under the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.
State and local governments, private landowners, conservation groups and other partners will contribute more than $26.7 million in additional funds to these projects. These grants will have wide-reaching benefits for local economies, people
and wildlife – boosting coastal resilience, reducing flood risk, stabilizing shorelines and protecting natural ecosystems.
The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management was awarded $913,000 to acquire 35.6 acres of barrier island maritime evergreen forest and wetland habitats on Little Colington Island in Dare County. Protection of the tract will enhance the
ecological integrity of the Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve and other cultural sites in the area. It will be accessible to the public by boat.
2018-19 deer harvest down
Results from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC’s) annual deer harvest summary indicate hunters across the state reported harvesting 143,529 deer during the 2018-19 hunting season – a 9 percent decrease compared to the average harvest the last three seasons.
Deer harvests changed little in the Central and Northwestern zones; increased in the Western Zone and declined in the Southeastern and Northeastern zones. The largest declines occurred in the antlered buck harvest in the Southeastern and
Northeastern zones. Of the deer harvested, 51.5 percent were antlered bucks, 4.6 percent were button bucks and 43.9 percent were does.
The variation in harvest from year to year and from zone to zone is something biologists expect to see and is due to a number of factors that include weather, mast, disease, hunter effort, harvest selectivity and reporting compliance. This
year, significant rule changes, including a statewide antlered bag limit of two, along with weather events such as Hurricane Florence likely impacted the numbers.
Hatteras Island area closed
The tip of Cape Point on Hatteras Island National Seashore has closed due to a large colony of least terns that are beginning to nest there.
Off-road vehicle ramp 44, which leads to the Point, is open for 0.64 miles, with the last quarter mile of the shoreline bordering Cape Point currently closed.
“The primary factor that caused the change is the presence of a fairly large colony of least terns that are setting up,” said David Hallac with the National Park Service. “This morning, there were 50-100 least terns that are beginning to nest at
that site, and we also have oystercatchers in the area as well.”
Due to the large tern colony, there is not an estimate of how long the seasonal closure will last, however, the National Park Service will continually monitor the area and install drive-through corridors and reinstate access as soon as possible. As
of last Monday, there were about 27 out of 29 total miles of beach open for ORV vehicles.
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IHG plans first onsen resort in Japan
by Jena Tesse Fox |
Jun 23, 2017 12:03pm
Beppu is famous for its onsen spas.
Image: ©iStock / SeanPavonePhoto.
On the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, the city of Beppu is poised to get a new upscale hotel after IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan and GHS K.K. signed a management agreement for the ANA InterContinental Beppu Resort & Spa.
When it opens in 2019, the resort will be InterContinental Hotels & Resorts' first onsen resort. An onsen is a Japanese hot spring, and the term frequently refers to the bathing facilities and inns that surround the springs.
The property will also be the first international luxury branded hotel in Ōita Prefecture and is expected to be a key attraction for both Japanese and overseas visitors, catering to the burgeoning luxury traveler segment. The resort will be developed by Tokyo Century Corporation, with the support of Ōita prefecture and Beppu City.
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The resort will include a public onsen bath, spa and pool. Each of the 89 guestrooms will include both common and private onsen, supplied with water from a local hot spring.
“With its natural beauty and more than 2,400 natural springs, Beppu has built a reputation throughout Asia as one of Japan’s most renowned onsen destinations,” Satoru Kondo, president of GHS K.K., said in a statement. GHS has leased the property from Tokyo Century Corporation and engaged IHG ANA to manage the hotel. “We are very focused on further developing the city’s potential as a destination for travelers who seek a world-class luxury resort experiences.”
Ōita Prefecture has become increasingly popular as a tourist destination in recent years, especially for visitors from South Korea, Taiwan and South East Asia, and that is expected to grow as Oita City prepares to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
There are currently 69 InterContinental Hotels and Resorts across Asia, Middle East and Africa, representing over one third of a total 187 of the brand’s properties globally, with 27 in the development pipeline set to open in the coming three to five years.
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Data, Insight & Analysis
Twenty–one Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in the Houston region. Houston ranks fourth among metro areas in Fortune 500 headquarters
Published on 6/19/18
Fortune 500 Companies in Houston
Twenty-one companies on the 2018 Fortune 500 list are headquartered in the Houston metro area, ranking Houston fourth in the country behind New York (74), Chicago (35) and Dallas-Ft. Worth (22). The Houston region is home to 44 companies on the Fortune 1000 list.
The biggest movers from 2017 to 2018 are Anadarko Petroleum which moved up from #344 ($7.8 billion) to #257 ($11.9 billion), EOG Resources up from #356 ($7.7 billion) to #270 ($11.2 billion), and Targa Resources up from #402 ($6.7 billion) to #334 ($8.8 billion).
Houston lost one contender from the list, Baker Hughes, GE company, due to insufficient data.
Houston added two companies to its Fortune 500 roster this year: Westlake Chemical and Cheniere Energy. Westlake Chemical moved from #507 ($5.1 billion) in ’17 to #352 ($8.0 billion) in ’18. Cheniere Energy entered the list for the first time at #489 ($5.6 billion).
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New paper on the continuing relevance of general principles of EU public procurement after the Concessions Directive
I have just uploded on the University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper SSRN series a new article on "The Continuing Relevance of the General Principles of EU Public Procurement Law after the Adoption of the 2014 Concessions Directive", which follows up on my criticism of the adoption of this regulatory instrument when it was first proposed [see A Sanchez-Graells, "What Need and Logic for a New Directive on Concessions, Particularly Regarding the Issue of their Economic Balance?" (2012) 2 European Public Private Partnership Law Review 94-104].
This new paper aims to offer some further reflections on the legal relevance of general principles of EU public procurement law after the adoption of the 2014 package of substantive Directives on public procurement. It focusses on the field of concession contracts because one of the explicit justifications for the adoption of Directive 2014/23 was to achieve a "uniform application of the principles of the TFEU across all Member States and the elimination of discrepancies in the understanding of those principles … at Union level in order to eliminate persisting distortions of the internal market".
The paper claims that Directive 2014/23 has failed on three grounds. Firstly, because it has not created any relevant substantive harmonisation of tender requirements for concessions that fall within its scope of application. Secondly, because it cannot limit the CJEU’s extension of obligations derived from general principles beyond its scope of application. And, thirdly, because it fails to acknowledge all general principles of EU public procurement law and, in particular, the principle of competition—creating a risk of inconsistency with the rest of the 2014 Procurement Package.
The full citation for the paper is A Sanchez-Graells, "The Continuing Relevance of the General Principles of EU Public Procurement Law after the Adoption of the 2014 Concessions Directive" (March 20, 2015). University of Leicester School of Law Research Paper No. 15-12. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2581683. I will be preseting it at the Public Procurement: Global Revolution VII conference in June 2015 at the University of Nottingham.
Tags Ancona, Concessions Directive, failure, general principles, legal certainty
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Budget compromise will make U.S. government less of a ‘drag’ on economy
Budget deal has economy poised to grow at fastest rate since 2008 recession
By Josh Boak/The Associated Press
12/18/2013|hrreporter.com|Last Updated: 12/18/2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is on the verge of doing something it hasn't done during three years of partisan warfare: Passing a budget deal that won't likely hurt the economy.
The two-year spending plan the Senate is expected to approve Wednesday all but removes the threat of another government shutdown like the one that slowed the economy in October. Among other things, the agreement will roll back some of the automatic federal spending cuts that kicked in this year.
The result? Economists say the U.S. economy has a good chance to accelerate at its fastest pace since before the Great Recession struck six years ago.
Growth has plodded along at a 2.4 per cent annual rate so far this year. Bolstered in part by the budget deal, the economy is poised to expand 2.9 per cent next year, its healthiest pace since 2005, according to an Associated Press survey of economists.
“There was a lot of austerity in 2013,” said Michael Hanson, senior U.S. economist at Bank of America. “We should have a lot less in 2014.”
President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bipartisan compromise. The measure overwhelmingly cleared the House last week. On Tuesday, the Senate advanced the bill in a procedural vote, setting the stage for final passage.
The deal marks a sharp change from recent years in which partisan hostilities led to governance by crisis. Deals were struck between Democrats and Republicans only as the government neared an emergency. A last-minute deal in October, for example, removed the threat of a default on the national debt that could have triggered another recession.
The earlier budget deals helped shrink the deficit. But they've also squeezed workers and businesses by hindering growth. Higher tax rates, along with spending cuts, subtracted 1.5 percentage points from annual growth this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That's the difference between an economy limping along at 2.4 per cent annual growth and one accelerating at close to a 4 per cent rate.
With the new deal in place, economists estimate that the government will exert less of a drag on the economy. The drag on growth from federal policies should decline from 1.5 percentage points this year to 0.5 percentage point at the most, economists estimate.
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The bill approves spending in 2014 at slightly more than $1 trillion, compared with the $967 billion mandated by the automatic spending cuts. It boosts spending by $63 billion over two years.
It replaces the spending cuts with longer-term savings, many of which don't accumulate for nearly another decade. Airline passengers will pay higher ticket fees, but the additional revenue won't come from tax increases. Deficits would rise slightly in 2014 and 2015.
The compromise could also spur businesses to hire and expand because they're no longer operating under the threat of another government shutdown. It also suggests that a compromise will be reached when Congress must again raise the debt limit in February to prevent a possible default. Just the appearance of two nearly implacable political parties agreeing on the first bipartisan budget pact since 1986 has increased hope.
“More significant is that there is a deal at all, as that should eliminate the risk of another shutdown,” said Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics, who forecasts that the economy will grow 3.3 per cent next year largely as a result of less drag from the government.
The agreement could also make it easier for the Federal Reserve to scale back its purchases of $85 billion in bonds each month. The Fed program has been intended to lower loan rates to boost borrowing, spending and investing. But even as hiring has picked up, Chairman Ben Bernanke has been reluctant to slow the purchases until Congress settled its differences on the budget.
Economists said the additional spending from repealing some of the spending cuts should help growth. But some of the gains could be offset by the end of emergency unemployment benefits on Dec. 28. The federal program has extended benefits to 1.3 million people who've been out of work longer than six months. The program's expiration could hurt because the beneficiaries will have less money to spend on food, housing, clothes and transportation.
But on the whole, the budget deal is viewed as a net positive for the economy.
“For the first time in recent years in Washington, D.C., lunacy has given way to a baby step back towards sanity,” said David Kotok, chairman of Cumberland Advisors, in a client note.
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addvantage USA helps fleets reduce diesel consumption by 15 percent
In April, Los Angeles-based serial entrepreneur Daniel Mitchell successfully raised $650,000 in crowdfunding investment for his startup addvantage USA, a company that helps reduce vehicle emissions by increasing the efficiency of diesel engines. addvantage used crowdfunding rather than opting for venture capital, as the startup believes it could be a way of putting the word out in the market and in creating attention to their proposition.
“This a product that was invented in the U.K., and has been used across Europe for over a decade. I came into the project about three years ago; it was brought to me since I’m a successful businessman with a history of founding and selling three companies. I was presented with the opportunity to acquire the license for North America which now happens to be my area of responsibility,” said Mitchell.
Mitchell explained that the U.S. transportation industry produces 16 million metric tonnes of nitrous oxide (NOx), and that addvantage can help reduce emissions as it has done in Europe. The technology involves injecting liquid petroleum gas (LPG) in small precise amounts into the intake air of the truck engine, enhancing combustion and improving the efficiency of the fuel burn.
Emissions Analytics, a leading independent global testing agency for real-world emissions and fuel consumption analytics, worked with addvantage to verify through a series of independent tests, if the technology actually did improve the efficiency of fuel consumption and reduce emissions as described. The results showed that the company could reduce diesel consumption by 15 percent and decrease NOx emissions by 15 percent.
The startup has now partnered with T.T. Electronics, an electronics component manufacturer for the automotive industry, to commercially manufacture the product at its facility at Perry, Ohio. addvantage is now providing free demonstrations for interested fleets, and the device can be installed in four hours. Addvantage claims that the return on investment for such a device only takes about a week.
addvantage’s unique selling proposition lies in the way it optimizes the quantity of LPG that is mixed with the intake air. The system draws telematics data coming from a truck’s electronic controls to estimate the exact amount of LPG needed for every engine fuel cycle – a number that is calibrated autonomously by the technology based on the condition of the truck’s engine.
addvantage has put together an experienced team, including Paul Will, former CEO of Celedon, as the startup’s executive vice president of business development. “Paul is intimately familiar with how large fleets operate and the challenges they have with driving efficiency. We now have fleets that own over 60,000 trucks in total, that are interested in testing our technology,” said Mitchell.
That said, Mitchell spoke about the company’s push towards getting in touch with fleets that were keen to be early adopters of the new technology. “For us, it was about finding fleets that were interested in partnering with us, rather than about their geographic presence across the U.S.,” said Mitchell. “We now have a number of fleets that are committed to, at the very least, trialing with a view to acquiring the product if it is successful.”
Mitchell concluded by stating that addvantage could help the transport industry with improved fuel efficiency and thus the profit margins of fleets, which he observed to be stretched thin at the moment. “There are four million Class 8 trucks on the road in the U.S., and there’s the constant pressure to reduce emissions. The combination of increasing margins and reducing NOx emissions is what makes addvantage an attractive solution for the industry,” he said.
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The Social Organization of Schools and the Emotional Well-Being of Schoolchildren
Priority areas of development: sociology
Head: Alexandrov, Daniil A.
Department: Research Laboratory of Sociology in Education and Science
The project has been carried out as part of the HSE Program of Fundamental Studies.
Research Object: The relationship between the social organization of schools and the emotional well-being of schoolchildren and their long-term educational outcomes (academic achievements, college plans, and future professional and career plans).
1. Research Purpose:
The project focuses on the emotional well-being of adolescents in the social context of school. School is an important context for the social-emotional development of children and teenagers; and socio-emotional development, together with cognitive skills, forms the basis for success and achievement later in life.
2. Empirical Base of the Research:
· Data collected by the Laboratory in a 2012 survey of 50 schools in the Moscow region (3,500 schoolchildren, 850 teachers);
· The first two waves of a longitudinal survey of vocational colleges in St. Petersburg (4 vocational colleges, 945 students).
· A new research instrument we developed to analyze the determinants of parental school choice, and improved survey questionnaires for vocational school students.
3. Research Results:
School Inequality and Segregation: Our study of a small city's local education system demonstrated that a new policy on distributing students among schools in an attempt to diminish inter-school segregation leads to increasing differentiation (tracking) within a school. Tracking may be based on a student’s abilities and/or their family's socio-economic status (their parents’ educations and job positions).
The local system of organizations offering extra-curricular activities also reflects and reproduces social inequality: families with different socio-economic resources tend to choose different organizations and different types of extra-curricular activities for their children.
Academic Resilience: Ethnic minority students are less likely to achieve good academic grades primarily due to their families' insufficient economic and cultural capital. However, we found a number of protective factors that counteract the negative influence of their disadvantaged status, the main one being learning motivation. Other factors include having friends who excel academically, being highly engaged in school, and having a strong sense of belonging to school.
Friendship Formation: Our studies of vocational schools revealed that practices involving shared risk are important in facilitating the emergence of new friendships. Smoking was an important factor for both boys and girls, while drinking was a factor for boys, but not for girls. We also found that considerable homophily exists with regard to depression and social anxiety, but not to aggression. For friends in vocational schools, having the same attitudes about a future profession is more important than having the same views about school and learning.
Advances in Methodology: Methods of geo information systems (GIS) were adapted and applied for mapping schools in St.Petersburg; original computer programs (crawlers, scrapers, parsers, etc) were developed to collect and analyse data from the social network VKontakte.
4. Implementation of the Research Results:
All the schools and vocational colleges that participated in our surveys received detailed reports describing their profiles and positions in the overall rankings for all the educational institutions, along with comments on their efficiency and improvement.
In our work, we describe the practical consequences of the recent changes in educational policy, namely changes made to the rules pertaining to school admission and school catchment areas. The research results may be of interest to those engaged in educational policy and social policy.
The results were presented at a number of international conferences: INSNA XXXIII (Hamburg, Germany), the European Sociological Association (Turin, Italy), and EERA ECER (Istanbul, Turkey).
5. International Partners:
· Christian Steiglich, Associate Professor, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Groningen University
· Victor Lushin, Researcher, School of Social Work, New York University
· Mark Tranmer, Senior Lecturer in Social Statistics, The University of Manchester, Great Britain
Ivaniushina V. A., Alexandrov D. A. Disentangling Peer Influence On Multiple Levels / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series SOC "Sociology". 2014. No. 43.
Иванюшина В. А., Александров Д. А. Социализация через неформальное образование : внеклассная деятельность российских школьников // Вопросы образования. 2014. № 3. С. 174-196.
Valeria A.Ivaniushina, Zapletina O. O. Participation in Extracurricular Activities and Development of Personal and Interpersonal Skills in Adolescents // Journal of Siberian Federal University. Series: Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015. Vol. 8. No. 11. P. 2408-2420.
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Kansas Mega Millions Winner Comes Forward To Claim Share Of $656 Million Jackpot
ByTara Kelly
04/06/2012 05:59pm EDT | Updated April 7, 2012
Kansas state officials have confirmed that a ticket holder came forward to claim a share of the historic Mega Millions $656 million jackpot Friday, according to the Associated Press.
State officials said the winner would remain anonymous.
According to MSNBC, the winner chose to take the one lump-sum payment of about $157 million before taxes and now plans to retire.
"It'll take a few days for us to transfer the money to their account. It was a single ticket holder--one person claimed the ticket," Dennis Wilson, Kansas Lottery executive director, said at a press conference in Topeka.
The Kansas winner was one of three tickets to be sold with the correct combination of numbers necessary to claim a share of the $656 million jackpot.
The Illinois and Maryland Mega Millions winng ticket holders have yet to come forward with their tickets. A Maryland McDonald's worker claimed she bought the winning ticket earlier in the week, but later said she lost it.
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Fed Cup: Romania captain Ilie Nastase refuses to apologise for insulting officials, British players
Romania captain Ilie Nastase was seen insulting officials, Great Britain captain Anne Keothavong and player Johanna Konta during a Fed Cup match.
By : Bryan Rodrigues
Apr 24, 2017 14:52 IST
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The recent Fed Cup match between Great Britain and Romania ended in a victory for Romania. However, things turned ugly when Romania captain Ilie Nastase started swearing at match officials, GB captain Anne Keothavong and world no. 7 Johanna Konta. The incident left Konta in tears.
Nastase was heard calling Keothavong and Konta "f******* b******" after the British team complained about calls from the crowd during points. The former world no. 1 was expelled from the World Group II play-off against Great Britain and refused to apologise for his insults.
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"I was just trying to promote the interest of my girl. The English player just stormed off without even asking permission to leave the court and I admit that's when I called her a b****. She kept trying to keep the crowd quiet -- but it's not an opera it's a game," ESPN quoted Nastase as saying.
"I don't need this bull****. I'm 70 years old. I don't even get paid for being team captain. I don't give a s*** if they fine me or don't let me sit in the captain's chair. Remember I was world No. 1. If you throw someone out who was a world No. 1, it's not good for tennis."
Checkout the whole incident involving Ilie Nastase and his insults right here
Tennis great Ilie Nastase has been dumped as Romania's Fed Cup captain after a foul-mouthed rant directed at Britain's Johanna Konta. #7News pic.twitter.com/AqsFutirhn
— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) 23 April 2017
Following the incident, Nastase was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) pending further investigation. But according to reports he is set to face a heavy punishment and also a fine. Nastase is already being investigated for making racist comments about Serena Williams' unborn baby. He said: "Let's see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk?"
The Romanian did not apologise for that too saying: "I don't know what all the fuss is about."
The Romanian players were angered by the fact that Konta was allowed to stop her match against Sorana Cirstea mid way after Nastase's insults but Konta defended herself.
"With all due respect to Sorana, she was not in my shoes on that end of the court being verbally threatened. Any abuse is not all right - whether it's on social media - but when it's a couple of metres away from you, screaming at you, I think that's a different ball game," Konta said.
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Alia Bhatt expresses concern for public as heavy rains hit Mumbai
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor had recently returned to the country after spending time with Rishi Kapoor and family in the U.S.
Soheib Ahsan July 02 2019, 10.37 pm
With the monsoon season stepping into the streets of Mumbai, concern has been growing among the public. One would think that the celebrities would be oblivious to these problems relaxing in the safety of their big and comfortable homes but that is not entirely the case. They too worry about what the season’s greetings will bring for the city. One of these concerned citizens is none other than Alia Bhatt. The Brahmastra tweeted to the public giving them her best wishes and reminding them to follow the instructions of the authorities for their safety.
Mumbai! Stay dry, stay safe. Follow the official advisories and take care. #MumbaiRain
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) July 2, 2019
Depending on her schedule, Alia Bhatt herself might not be completely safe from Mumbai’s monsoon as she recently returned to the country with Ranbir Kapoor. The two will be sharing the screen for their upcoming Brahmastra. The film’s shooting in Varanasi had been interrupted due to Alia Bhatt getting sick. Following this she flew to New York with Ranbir Kapoor to meet Rishi Kapoor and the rest of the family. The two lovebirds were spotted at the airport on Sunday night as they returned to the country. They are expected to return to Varanasi to finish their shooting for Brahmastra and there is no room for slowing down after that as the two have multiple projects lined up.
After Brahmastra, Ranbir Kapoor will also be appearing in action-thriller Shamshera, where he will be playing a double role as the protagonist and his own father. He will be starring alongside Sanjay Dutt, Vaani Kapoor and Ronit Roy. Alia Bhatt will next be appearing in Mahesh Bhatt’s drama film Sadak 2. A sequel to the first the film will see Sanjay Dutt reprise his role. This will be Alia Bhatt’s first film working with Mahesh Bhatt. Apart from this Alia Bhatt will also be appearing alongside Ajay Devgn in a Telugu-film titled RRR.
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Lumberjanes To The Max Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
By Shannon Watters, Noelle Stevenson, Brooke Allen (Illustrator), Grace Ellis
BOOM! Box, 9781608868896, 272pp.
The Hardcore Lady-Types Return in another deluxe hardcover collection!
Together, Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley take on everything that goes bump in the night. From scary stories to magical portals that lead to a land untouched by time, it's definitely not your average summer! Later, camp counselor Jen just wants to have a normal lesson with her cabin, teaching the girls the basic survival skills needed without any supernatural intervention when a blizzard hits camp. Written by National Book Award-nominee Noelle Stevenson (Nimona, Adventure Time) with co-creators Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters, and illustrated by the tremendously talented Brooke Allen (A Home for Mr. Easter) and Carolyn Nowak, Lumberjanes is a treat for all ages! This hardcover edition collects Volumes 3 and 4 of the New York Times bestselling series along with a wealth of behind-the-scenes content.
Shannon Watters is a senior editor at BOOM! Studios and head of its critically-acclaimed YA imprint BOOM! Box. She is also the co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning comic book series LUMBERJANES. She lives in Los Angeles.
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UPDATE: Childcare Network closes after state suspends license
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include information on the state's action.
SNEADS FERRY – An area day care center has closed following a June incident during which an 11-month-old boy was injured by a teacher in an infant care room.
Childcare Network’s Sneads Ferry location closed effective July 1, the company confirmed.
The action was taken following a Notice of Administrative Action issued the same day by the N.C. Division of Child Development and Early Education that “summarily suspends” the Five Star License issued to Childcare Network to operate the facility.
“We understand the State of North Carolina’s decision and have closed our Sneads Ferry location effective (July 1). The safety and well-being of the children we serve is, and always will be, Childcare Network’s foremost priority,” the company said in a statement on the closure. “We continue to cooperate fully with the ongoing state and local investigations into an injury to a child in an infant care room on June 10.”
Childcare Network contacted the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office after the company’s internal investigation and the sheriff’s office initiated its own investigation. One arrest has been made in connection with the child’s injury to date.
Bethan Pringle, 23, of Maple Hill was arrested by the sheriff’s office June 19 and charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. The child sustained head trauma after Pringle allegedly intentionally dropped him, The Daily News reported.
OCSO Col. Chris Thomas confirmed additional arrests are possible pending the outcome of their ongoing investigation.
According to the state’s Notice of Administrative Action, the summary suspension was taken based on the agency’s findings that the public health, safety or welfare required emergency action.
Based on a review of video footage and other information obtained the division confirmed “multiple incidents of inappropriate treatment of children by two staff members.”
According to the document, the facility management willfully provided falsified information regarding the training and orientation of facility staff members, a violation of state statute. The summary suspension remains in effect during further proceedings to revoke or suspend the license. Childcare Network has the opportunity to appeal the action.
According to the company statement, both teachers responsible for the infant care room on June 10 were fired after an internal investigation. The employment of the school’s director has also been terminated.
“We expect all of our employees to follow the law and all licensing requirements fully, and we expect them to always act in the best interests of the children in our care,” the statement said.
Childcare Network said it closed the infant care rooms at the Sneads Ferry location on June 21 and was no longer accepting infants at the site while the company was “thoroughly reviewing the incident and developing a comprehensive training program for all the teachers there.”
The company indicated it hopes to reopen the location.
“We will do everything we can to restore the state’s, the parents’, and the community’s trust and confidence that our Snead’s Ferry location can again provide the very best child care and early education,” the statement read. “Until then, we are sorry for the inconvenience this sudden closure will have on the parents who have relied on us to care for and teach their children. We will miss seeing them every day, and we wish them the best. We are here to help, and we will do what we can to minimize the impact on area families.”
Childcare Network was ordered to inform all parents of enrolled children that the facility was closing. Subsidized child care payments to the facility also ended when the center closed.
Reporter Jannette Pippin can be reached at 910-382-2557 or Jannette.Pippin@JDNews.com. For digital subscription information, click here.
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Home News National News Lay trustee body to oversee schools
Lay trustee body to oversee schools
A total of 112 Catholic secondary schools have come under the control of a new lay trusteeship set up by five religious congregations, in an effort to maintain the value of faith-based education amidst the declining number of religious vocations.
The move is said to be one of the most significant changes in the trusteeship of Catholic schools in Ireland since the foundation of the state.
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Catholic Education – an Irish Schools Trust (CEIST), a limited charitable company, has taken responsibility for trusteeship of the Catholic voluntary secondary schools, which make up 31 per cent of the faith-based secondary schools in the Republic.
Although a decline in vocations is a significant factor, the move is also being made to allow the religious orders to devote a greater amount of time to other ministries such as work with the poor and involvement in the healthcare sector.
The congregations involved are the Daughters of Charity; the Presentation Sisters; the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
The orders have appointed 18 lay and religious members to oversee the trust and a board of directors to manage its affairs.
Day-to-day management will be the responsibility of each school’s management, in accord with the Education Act 1998. The schools will be supported by the trustees from a central office based on Maynooth’s business campus.
Speaking on behalf of the congregations, Sr Elizabeth Maxwell of the Presentations Sisters said:
We have spent 10 years preparing for this day. Our founders, both lay and religious, were driven by their faith and the needs of their time to provide education, based on gospel values. Today we live in different times and education is available to all. Our faith-based education mission will continue through CEIST with the growing support of our lay colleagues.
Bishop Leo O’Reilly of the Irish Bishops’ Conference said the bishops supported the move and looked forward to working closely with CEIST in promoting a vibrant Catholic sector in Irish education.
Speaking as the new CEO of CEIST, Anne Kelleher said: “This is a great challenge and a great opportunity. I am delighted to be a part of this exciting new venture. I look forward to building on this extraordinary tradition, knowing that working with our school communities, we can together build a better future for our young people.”
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Nintendo's new console will release on March 3
Jan. 12, 2017, 11:03 PM
Nintendo on Thursday finally announced the official release date for its new console, the Nintendo Switch, in North America. Nintendo Switch will release on March 3. It starts at $299.
The Nintendo Switch is a home console (left) and a portable console (right), all in one.
What is the Nintendo Switch?
The Nintendo Switch is the successor to Nintendo's Wii U, a console that failed to catch on with people. The Wii U is the worst-selling game console Nintendo's ever made (with the exception of the Virtual Boy), and the long-time Japanese game company is hoping to turn around its fortunes with the Switch.
The gimmick of the Switch is simple: It's a home game console and a portable game console. The same games are played on both, and it seamlessly transitions between being used at home (in a dock, seen below) and being used as a handheld.
The dock plugs in to your television for home console use. If you want to take the system out, simply lift it out of the dock and attach controllers to each side.
When you're playing it at home, you can use a standard gamepad. When you're playing it on-the-go, you attach a pair of controllers — dubbed "Joy-Con" by Nintendo — and play it using those. Think of it like an iPad Mini held sideways with gaming controllers attached.
The Joy-Con gamepads slide on and off. They also can be used wirelessly with the console, detached.
The portable version of Switch even has a kickstand so you can play games on it without having to hold the handheld:
In this setup, the Joy-Con controllers are detached and being used wirelessly with the Switch.
Rather than using Blu-ray discs, like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the Nintendo Switch uses cartridges. These aren't the type of cartridges from the '80s that Nintendo used in the original NES — instead, they're more like the carts that were used on Nintendo's DS and 3DS handheld consoles.
Here's what they look like in action:
The Switch will also work with digital games — those downloaded from an online storefront, similar to how Apple's App Store or Google Play work.
What about games?
Glad you asked! There are a handful of games announced as coming to the Switch.
Standouts include "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," and a new, 3D game starring Super Mario.
The Hero of Time, Link, has never looked sharper than in the latest game.
During the debut trailer for the Switch from 2016, a few games from the Wii U made a cameo — "Mario Kart 8" and "Splatoon," seemingly with new content, both showed up.
Beyond Nintendo itself, EA is promising one of its "bigger games" will head to the Switch. While game fans are no doubt hoping that EA is talking about its upcoming "Mass Effect: Andromeda," we'd bet the next "FIFA" game is heading to Switch.
Interested in checking out the system in person ahead of its March launch? Nintendo is taking it on tour — check out the full list of locations right here.
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Home Latest News Sports Ministry’s wait-and-watch approach on plan to privatise stadiums
Neither averse to the idea nor party to it right now. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sought a detailed proposal from the Central Government about its plans to privatise premium sports infrastructure like the iconic Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium here.
As part of its plan to monetise land and assets for meeting the highest-ever divestment target of ₹1.05 trillion, the Government has plans to throw open Indian Railways’ heritage routes and stadia, including the JLN, for private sector investments.
“Yes, one of the members of Niti Aayog has mooted the idea during a recent meeting but our stand remains clear, we want the stadiums to be utilised only for the country’s elite sportspersons,” a top Sports Ministry official said.
Besides JLN, the Government has suggested that two more stadia – the Sports Authority of India’s Indira Gandhi Sports Complex (Delhi) and Railsways’ Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi – be put under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
The JLN is a multi-purpose facility which has hosted the athletics events of the 2010 Commonwealth Games besides matches of the 2017 Under-17 football World Cup.
The IGI is an indoor facility which has hosted international and national events for boxing and wrestling. The Karnail Singh stadium is a venue for Ranji Trophy cricket matches and a multi-purpose stadium. It is the home ground of the Railways team.
The official said that the Sports Ministry wants to have a clear idea about the Government’s plans on how the stadiums will be utilised once private players enter the scene. “We have sought a detailed proposal from the Niti Aayog on how the infrastructure will be utilised under the PPP model. We are neither against the idea nor agreeing to it for now as we want the stadiums to be utilised only for elite sports,” he added.
The official further said the Sports Ministry is not going to compromise the interest of the athletes in this regard. “The IGI stadium has the only world-class cycling velodrome in the country where elite sportspersons can train. The interest of our athletes comes first,” he said.
The official said a final decision on this matter will only be taken after examining the proposal.
“Let them (Niti Ayog) give us the proposal first, we will elaborately study it and see what is in the best interest of our athletes. We won’t take any decision which is against the country’s sportspersons,” he said.
He revealed that two rounds of meeting in this regard are already over but no new dates for further discussions have been set aside as of now.
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Certificate of Deposits (CDs)
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What is a Combined Statement
A combined statement includes information on a customer's various retail banking accounts onto a single periodic statement. Banks and financial institutions offer combined statements for the convenience of the customer and cost efficiency of the bank. Businesses and individuals may request to receive combined statements.
BREAKING DOWN Combined Statement
The combined accounting statement includes all deposits, withdrawals and other transactions, as well as beginning and ending balances. Instead of the bank having to print and mail or email separate statements for each account, the customer receives one record of all pertinent information. This economy of work effort makes customer recordkeeping easier and lowers bank distribution costs.
For example, if the customer has a mortgage, a home equity line of credit (HELOC), retail account, an individual retirement account (IRA), and trust account, then the bank would forward one statement which shows details of all the accounts activity.
Combined vs. Consolidated Company Financial Statements
Businesses with subsidiary arms may use combined statements. The combined financial statement collectively lists the activities of a group of related companies into one document. While combined, the financial statements of each entity remain separate. Each subsidiary or related business appears as a stand-alone company.
The benefit of a combined financial statement is that it allows an investor to analyze the results of the corporation on the whole, and then gauge the performance of the individual companies separately.
In contrast, a consolidated financial statement aggregates the financial position of both the parent company and its subsidiaries into one report. This combination allows an investor to check the overall health of the whole company rather than viewing the financial statements of each segment of the business separately. The results of the subsidiary businesses activities become part of the parent company's income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
Neither a combined or a consolidated financial statements includes intercompany transactions. Intercompany transactions are those interactions happening between the parent and the subsidiary, or the companies when they act as a group. If they remain on the books, they may be accounted for twice, once for the parent and again for the subsidiary.
In both consolidated and combined statements, a non-controlling interest account, also known as a minority interest account, is created. This account tracks interest in a subsidiary that the parent does not own or control.
In consolidated statements, there are no increases in items for such things as stock value and retained earnings. However, in a combined statement, this stockholders' equity is added across the accounts.
When consolidating statements, income and expenses from the subsidiary add to the parent company's income statement. Similarly, when combining financial statements, income and expenses are added across the companies for a group total. This addition causes an increase in the group's income as compared to if the companies had reported individually.
Non-Controlling Interest Definition
Non-controlling interest is an ownership position in which a shareholder owns less than 50% of a company's outstanding shares and has no control over decisions.
Subsidiary Rights: Why Your Favorite Movie Is Really a Little Company
A subsidiary is an independent company that is more than 50% owned by another firm. The owner is usually referred to as the parent company or holding company.
What Bank Statements Tell Us
A bank statement is a record, typically sent to the account holder every month, summarizing all transactions in an account during a set time period.
How Minority Interest Works
A minority interest is ownership of less than 50% of a subsidiary's equity by an investor or a company other than the parent company.
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated financial statements show aggregated financial results for multiple entities or subsidiaries associated with a single parent company.
Aggregation is a principal involving the combination of all future positions owned or controlled by a single trader or group of traders.
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UNESCO External Evaluation - Call for Quotations - RFQ KMI/2019/4392
Seeking external evaluator/evaluation team to undertake an evaluation of the UNESCO project ‘Digitizing UNESCO’s Institutional Memory’.
UNESCO and the Government of Japan concluded a Funds-in-Trust agreement for 567GLO0001 Digitizing UNESCO’s Institutional Memory (also referred to as ‘Digitizing Our Shared UNESCO History’) on 8 November 2017 for a duration of 2 years. The Funds-in-Trust was set up in the amount of USD 1 549 969. The scheduled end-date of the project is 31 October 2019.
The rationale for the conclusion of the agreement was the joint wish of both UNESCO and the donor to make UNESCO’s institutional memory more accessible to stakeholders around the world by digitizing content and making it available online with state-of-the-art-technologies.
UNESCO’s archives and historical audiovisual collections are a record of the Organization’s mission to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information. The collections tell the story of the ideas and actions, the programs and projects, and the efforts undertaken to fulfil that mission.
The archives and historical audiovisual collections also document more than UNESCO itself. They provide evidence of a history of international cooperation; of individual countries and newly independent states participating in and developing activities relating to education, communication, culture and sciences. With the ability to readily search and discover records within digital catalogues, users can increase and extend the use of UNESCO’s invaluable documentary heritage.
UNESCO’s oldest archives are some of the most frequently consulted materials in the Reading Room at the Organization’s Paris Headquarters. After decades of physical handling, records have started to show signs of wear and tear. Also, the multiplicity of analogue formats in the audiovisual collections, which include films, videos, audio recordings and photos dating as far back as the 1940s, have made use and consultation of these materials a major challenge for years, and in some cases impossible. Digital surrogates contribute to the continuity of and access to the content, as well as to the preservation of the original materials by reducing the risk of damage incurred through handling, extending their longevity and historical value.
The outcomes of the project contribute to meet objectives and expected results in the UNESCO 39 C/5 Programme and Budget – Preserve and provide access to institutional memory.
The main stakeholders are:
Member States, since the archives of UNESCO capture the history of all Member States’ relations to the Organization
Global scholarly community who wish to critically examine the Organization’s activities and impact through a study of archival records
UNESCO itself since this digitization project with state-of-the-art technologies feeds into and inspires the Organization’s ongoing work by providing long-term analyses of its programmes and activities over time
The general public with an interest in UNESCO’s past work
In accordance with the UNESCO Administrative Manual 5.4, and IOS Guidance Note IOS/EVS/PI/126, all projects over USD 1,500,000 are subject to an external evaluation.
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Your electronic offer comprising of a technical proposal and a financial proposal, attached in two (2) separate files, shall be sent to the following email address no later than Monday, 13 May 2019, 23:59 CET:
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Who are the 2020 US Democratic presidential candidates?
Less than two years out from the 2020 US presidential election, the pool of Democratic candidates vying for their party's nomination is among the largest and most diverse in United States history.
With 25 candidates already in the race and a number of individuals yet to announce their campaign, the list is likely to grow as the US primary season gets closer.
Here is a look at who has thrown their name in the race so far:
Michael Bennet, 54
Michael Bennet has served as a US senator from Colorado since 2009. Bennet, a former head of the Denver school district, carved out a profile as a wonky, policy-oriented senator.
He gained internet fame this year for a harsh scolding of Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas over the government shutdown.
Bennet was close to launching a presidential campaign after that but had to pause it when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Bennet's office said last month that the senator was successfully treated. That cleared the way for his May 2 launch.
Joe Biden, 76
Joe Biden served as vice president under former President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017 after nearly four decades serving as a senator from Delaware.
Biden is the most experienced politician in the race, and the second oldest, after 77-year-old Bernie Sanders. This will be his third presidential run. His first White House bid in 1987 ended after a plagiarism scandal.
In a video announcement of his candidacy posted on April 25, Biden focused on the 2017 deadly clash between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Biden noted US President Donald Trump's comments that there were some "very fine people" on both sides of the violent encounter, which left one woman dead.
"We are in the battle for the soul of this nation," Biden said. "If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation - who we are. And I cannot stand by and watch that happen."
Last month, Biden struggled to respond to comments from Lucy Flores, a 2014 lieutenant governor nominee in Nevada, who said he made her uncomfortable by touching her shoulders and kissing the back of her head before a campaign event. Several other women have made similar claims.
In a video, Biden pledged to be "more mindful" of respecting "personal space", but Flores told Fox News this week that the former senator's jokes on the matter have been "so incredibly disrespectful".
The incident is just a glimpse of the harsh vetting from both Democrats and Republicans expected for Biden, who has run for president twice before but never from such a strong political starting position.
In recent weeks, he was repeatedly forced to explain his 1991 decision, as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, to allow Anita Hill to face questions about her allegations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas, then a nominee for the Supreme Court.
Biden has since apologised for his role in the hearing. But in the #MeToo era, it is another example of why critics believe he may struggle to catch on with the Democratic primary voters of 2020.
Bill de Blasio, 58
The New York City mayor emerged as a progressive standard-bearer in 2013, when he won the first of two four-year terms at the helm of the country's biggest city on a platform of addressing income inequality. But he has struggled amid middling approval ratings and some political setbacks to build a national profile.
De Blasio, 58, can point to a number of policy wins in New York, including universal prekindergarten, a higher minimum wage and paid sick leave.
De Blasio has called Trump a "bully" and a "con artist" and criticised his administration's positions on immigration, climate change and social welfare.
Cory Booker, 49
Cory Booker has served as a US senator from New Jersey - the first African American in the state's history to hold the office - since 2013. He was the mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013.
His entry into the Democratic primary was steeped in history and symbolism, befitting his status as the second black candidate in an historically diverse field. Invoking the legacy of the national movements for civil rights and for women's suffrage, the New Jersey senator during his candidacy announcement urged a return to a "common sense of purpose".
Booker could face difficulty winning the hearts of the progressive Democratic base due to his past financial ties to banking and pharmaceutical interests. He said he would stop taking contributions from pharmaceutical companies in 2017.
He announced his presidential bid on February 1.
The Democratic governor of Montana, re-elected in 2016 in a conservative state that Trump carried by 20 percentage points, has touted his electability and ability to work across party lines.
Bullock, 53, has made campaign finance reform a cornerstone of his agenda, and emphasises his success in forging compromises with the Republican-led state legislature on bills to expand Medicaid, increase campaign finance disclosures, bolster pay equity for women and protect public lands.
Pete Buttigieg, 37
Pete Buttigieg has served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, since 2012.
Before that, Buttigieg was a consultant for McKinsey and company.
He is the first openly gay Democratic candidate to run for president. He announced his presidential bid on January 23, 2019.
There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high-school friend with no experience in presidential politics.
Despite this, he has suddenly become one of the hottest names in the Democrats' presidential primary season. On the campaign trail, he has frequently spoken about the struggle to legalise same-sex marriage.
He has also repeatedly criticised Vice President Mike Pence for his view that discredits LGBTQ rights.
"I'm not critical of his faith; I'm critical of bad policies. I don't have a problem with religion. I'm religious, too. I have a problem with religion being used as a justification to harm people and especially in the LGBTQ community," the Indiana Democrat said in an interview with NBC's The Ellen DeGeneres Show this month.
Buttigieg's moment may pass if he does not take swift action to build a national organisation capable of harnessing the energy, he will need to sustain his surge in the nine months or so before the first votes are cast.
Julian Castro, 44
Julian Castro was elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas in 2009 and served until 2014.
He served as the 16th US secretary of housing and urban development (HUD) under US President Barack Obama from 2014 until 2017.
Castro, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, was raised by a local Latina activist, and after a brief career in law, he was elected mayor of the nation's seventh-largest city at the age of 34.
It was not long after that election that Democrats nationally embraced him as a star in the making, particularly one from Texas, where a booming Hispanic population is rapidly changing the state's demographics and improving the party's fortunes.
He announced his presidential run on January 12, 2019.
John Delaney, 56
John Delaney served as a US congressman for Maryland's sixth district from 2013 to 2019.
Delaney, a former banking entrepreneur, is known as politically moderate with a willingness to reach across the aisle.
He has supported a measure to raise money to build infrastructure by allowing US corporations to avoid taxes when they repatriate profits overseas if they buy bonds that would be used to build infrastructure.
He announced his presidential run in a Washington Post op-ed published on July 28, 2017.
Delaney, one of the wealthiest members of Congress, was the first to announce he will seek his party's nomination in 2020.
He said he was entering the presidential race early because he knows he will need time to build name recognition.
Tulsi Gabbard, 38
Tusi Gabbard has served as a US congresswoman from Hawaii's second district since 2013.
Gabbard is the first Hindu member of Congress. At the age of 21, she became the youngest to be elected to a US state legislature serving on the Hawaii House of Representatives.
She has also served in the Hawaii Army National Guard in a combat zone in Iraq and was deployed to Kuwait.
She was a fierce opponent of same-sex marriage when she served in the state legislature in her 20s. But she has since disavowed those views and professes her support for LGBTQ rights.
Critics have pounced on her efforts to block the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Hawaii and a meeting she held with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier this year, she penned an op-ed responding to media reports about her alleged ties to Hindu nationalists.
"While the headlines covering my announcement could have celebrated this landmark first, and maybe even informed Americans about the world's third largest religion, some have instead fomented suspicion, fear and religious bigotry about not only me but also my supporters," she wrote.
Gabbard officially launched her presidential campaign on February 2, 2019.
Kirsten Gillibrand, 52
Kirsten Gillibrand has served as a US senator from New York since 2009. Before that, Gillibrand served in the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.
Gillibrand has also worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She worked on Hillary Clinton's 2000 US Senate campaign.
She has been a vocal advocate for electing more women to office and a forceful critic of the Trump administration.
Gillibrand, who has been a forceful public advocate for victims of sexual misconduct, came under fire for how her deputy chief of staff, Anne Bradley, handled a sexual harassment claim made by a female staffer against one of Gillibrand's male aides.
She announced her presidential run on January 15, 2019.
The 89-year-old former senator made a little-known run for the Democratic nomination in 2008 and is taking another stab at the White House.
One of his top issues is advocating for direct democracy, which would remove power from Congress and have voters decide policy changes.
Gravel represented Alaska in the US Senate from 1969 to 1981.
He lost re-election in the 1980 race. Since leaving the Senate, Gravel worked in real estate and finance. In 2008, after failing to gain any traction in the Democratic contest, he also made an unsuccessful bid to be the Libertarian nominee for president.
Kamala Harris, 54
Kamala Harris has served as a US senator from California since 2017.
Before joining the Senate, Harris was the attorney general of California. She has also served as San Francisco district attorney.
Her track record as San Francisco's district attorney and California's attorney general has drawn scrutiny in a Democratic Party that has shifted in recent years on criminal justice issues.
Harris is the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India.
She supports a middle-class tax credit, Medicare for All healthcare funding reform, the Green New Deal and the legalisation of cannabis.
She launched her presidential run on January 21, 2019.
John Hickenlooper, 67
John Hickenlooper served as the governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019.
Before that, Hickenlooper served as the mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011.
Hickenlooper, cofounder of the Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, has positioned himself as a centrist and an experienced officeholder with business experience.
He is the only Democratic presidential candidate so far to oppose the Green New Deal plan to tackle climate change, saying it would give the government too much power in investment decisions.
He announced his presidential run on March 4, 2019.
Jay Inslee, 68
Jay Inslee has served as the governor of the state of Washington since 2013.
He has also served in both the state legislator and US House of Representatives. He was the regional director for the US Department of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton.
Inslee, who announced his presidential run on March 1, 2019, has made fighting climate change the central issue of his campaign.
As governor, Inslee has moved to put a moratorium on capital punishment and fully implement the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, accompanying the expansion of Medicaid health coverage for the poor.
Amy Klobuchar, 58
Amy Klobuchar served as a US senator from Minnesota since 2007, becoming her state's first elected female senator.
Before joining the Senate, she was the Hennepin County lawyer.
Klobuchar gained national attention in 2018 when she sparred with Brett Kavanaugh during Senate hearings for his Supreme Court nomination.
She announced her presidential run on February 10, 2019.
On the campaign trail, the former prosecutor and corporate lawyer supports an alternative to traditional Medicare healthcare funding and is taking a hard stance against rising prescription drug prices.
Wayne Messam has served as mayor of Miramar, Florida, since 2015.
Messam grew up in South Bay, an agricultural town of 3,500 people, adjoining Lake Okeechobee. His parents emigrated from Jamaica.
Messam believes Miramar has much that the rest of the US would like to have: environmentally friendly development, high-end manufacturing and major corporate operations.
Pundits have said he is unlikely to win due to low name recognition and funding. No sitting mayor has ever won the presidency and he has a lack of political experience.
On March 28, 2019, he announced he was running for president.
Seth Moulton, 40
Seth Moulton has served as the US representative for Massachusetts's sixth congressional district since 2015.
Moulton first came to prominence in 2014 when he unseated long-term incumbent Representative John Tierney in a Democratic primary to represent the sixth congressional district.
Moulton announced his presidential bid on April 22, 2019.
In a YouTube video announcing his presidential candidacy, he said: "Decades of division and corruption have broken our democracy and robbed Americans of their voice."
In the video, Moulton said he wants to tackle climate change and grow the US economy by promoting green jobs as well as hi-tech and advanced manufacturing.
Moulton served in the Marines from 2001 to 2008. During his 2014 congressional bid, he became a vocal critic of the war in Iraq in which he served, saying no more troops should be deployed to the country.
He has advocated stricter gun laws, saying military-style weapons should not be owned by civilians.
Beto O'Rourke served Texas's 16th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
O'Rourke gained fame last year for his record fundraising and ability to draw crowds before of his unexpectedly narrow loss in the US Senate race against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.
His Senate bid generated a torrent of media attention and excited voters in a party desperate for fresh political faces. He lost the race by fewer than three percentage points, the tightest senate contest in the state in four decades.
O'Rourke announced a $6.1m fundraising haul for the first 24 hours of his campaign, bettering his Democratic opponents.
Since his Senate bid ended, O'Rourke has worked to keep himself in the public eye, regularly staying in touch with his supporters and sitting for an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
But with progressive policies and diversity at the forefront of the party's nominating battle, O'Rourke will face a challenge as a wealthy white man who is more moderate on several key issues than many of his competitors.
He announced his presidential bid on March 14, 2019.
Tim Ryan, 45
Ryan has served as a US House representative from Ohio's 13th district since 2003.
He represents a northeastern Ohio area that has reportedly lost manufacturing jobs in the past few years and shifted to Republican Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Ryan has said Trump has turned his back on those blue-collar voters who fled to him in 2016 and failed to live up his promise to revitalise the manufacturing industry.
Ryan pledged to create jobs in new technologies and to focus on public education and access to affordable healthcare.
He first gained national attention when he unsuccessfully tried to unseat Nancy Pelosi as the House Democratic leader in 2016, arguing it was time for new leadership.
Ryan announced his presidential run on April 4, 2019.
Bernie Sanders, 77
Bernie Sanders served as a US representative for 16 years before being elected to the Senate in 2006 where he currently represents the state of Vermont.
A progressive and cofounder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, he is the longest-serving Independent in the history of Congress.
Sanders announced his presidential run on February 19, 2019. Sanders ran an unsuccessful bid for president in 2016 after losing to Hillary Clinton.
In the 2020 race, Sanders will have to fight to stand out in a packed field of progressives touting issues he brought into the Democratic Party mainstream four years ago.
His proposals include free tuition at public colleges, a $15 minimum hourly wage and universal healthcare.
He benefits from strong name recognition and a robust network of small-dollar donors, helping him to raise $5.9m during his first day in the contest.
Tom Steyer, a billionaire doner and liberal activist, announced on July 9 he was joining the Democratic presidential field after initially saying he would not run to focus his attention on impeaching Trump and getting fellow Democrats elected to Congress.
"There's a breakdown in Washington DC, and I don't mean just Donald Trump," Steyer tweeted in a thread announcing his candidacy. "I'm talking about corporate money and our broken political system."
The 62-year-old is one of the most visible and deep-pocketed liberals advocating for Trump's impeachment. But he has previously said he has grown frustrated at the pace at which the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is approaching Trump.
Tom Steyer, founder of NextGen Climate, speaks during the California Democratic Convention in San Francisco, California [File: Stephen Lam/Reuters]
His announcement made no mention of impeachment issue, instead focusing on why he believes there is a need to reduce the influence of corporations in politics. He also said he plans to target climate change, which is the focus of the Steyer-backed advocacy group NextGen America.
Citing issues including climate change and the opioid crisis, Steyer said that in nearly every "major intractable problem, at the back of it, you see a big money interest for whom stopping progress, stopping justice is really important to their bottom line."
Eric Swalwell, an Iowa native, has served as a House representative from California's 15th congressional district since 2013.
Since joining congress, Swalwell has advocated for raising the cap on the portion of salary that is subject to the Social Security payroll tax.
He has also proposed a "mobile congress" that would allow politicians to cast votes remotely from their districts.
Swalwell announced his presidential bid on April 8, 2019.
He said tackling student debt and gun violence were among the reasons he jumped into the Democratic primary race.
Elizabeth Warren, 69
Elizabeth Warren has served as a US senator from Massachusetts since 2013.
Warren, known as a progressive, taught law in a number of universities and was a Harvard professor.
Warren is a leader of the party's liberals and a fierce Wall Street critic who was instrumental in creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Earlier this year, she apologised to the Cherokee Nation for taking a DNA test to prove her claims to Native American ancestry, an assertion that has prompted Trump to mockingly refer to her as "Pocahontas".
She announced her presidential run on February 9, 2019. She has promised to fight what she calls a rigged economic system that favours the wealthy.
She recently unveiled a student loan forgiveness proposal that would cancel up to $50,000 of debt for millions of Americans. She also supports free college tuition for students at two and four-year institutions.
Marianne Williamson, 66
Marianne Williamson is an author, entrepreneur and activist. Williamson is the founder of Project Angel Food, a volunteer food delivery programme serving home-bound people with life-changing illnesses.
She is also cofounder of the Peace Alliance, an education and advocacy organisation.
The Texas native believes her spirituality-focused campaign can heal the US.
A 1992 interview on Oprah Winfrey's show propelled her to make a name for herself as a "spiritual guide" for Hollywood and a self-help expert.
She is calling for $100bn in reparations for slavery over 10 years, gun control, education reform and equal rights for lesbian and gay communities. In 2014, she made an unsuccessful bid for a House seat in California as an independent.
Andrew Yang, 44
Andrew Yang is the founder of Venture for America. In 2012, the Obama administration selected him as a Champion of Change.
In 2015, he was selected as Presidential Ambassador of Global Entrepreneurship.
He filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2020 on November 6, 2017.
The entrepreneur and former tech executive is focusing his campaign on an ambitious universal income plan.
Yang wants to guarantee all American citizens between the ages of 18 and 64 a $1,000 cheque every month.
The son of immigrants from Taiwan, Yang also is pushing for Medicare for All and proposing a new form of capitalism that is "human-centred".
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Irish public overestimate extent of child abuse by priests
CATHAL DERVAN
The final chapter of the Cloyne Report bring more horror stories of the Catholic Church's cover upAP
A new survey claims that almost half of all Irish people believe that a fifth of Catholic priests are child abusers.
The survey was commissioned by the pro-religious Iona Institute and carried out by the Amarach Research group.
The Iona survey found that 42 per cent of Irish people put the number of abusive priests above 20 per cent of the clergy.
The Iona Institute says that the poll suggests that a clear majority of the public in Ireland overestimate the number of paedophile priests in the Irish Catholic Church.
Professor Patricia Casey, a consultant psychiatrist and Iona patron, analysed the survey which was carried out amongst a sample audience of one thousand adults in September.
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“There has been very deep and completely justified public anger over the scandal of child sex abuse by clergy,” said Professor Casey.
“However, only a small minority of priests are guilty of this terrible crime and in the interests of justice, and in fairness to the vast majority of priests, it is essential that this fact becomes universally known among the public at large.”
A senior psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital in Dublin and a lecturer at UCD, Professor Casey claimed that the extent of the overestimation was ‘worrying’.
She added: “It might be understandable if the public were overestimating the number of guilty priests by a factor of two or so.
“But the fact that so many members of the public are grossly overestimating the number of guilty priests should be a matter of deep concern to all fair-minded people.”
The Iona Institute has also said that almost a third of those who participated in their survey were closer to the figure of 4 per cent of clerics reported in a study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the US.
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PM apologizes for sexual violence by troops in 1980 crackdown on Gwangju uprising
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon apologized Tuesday for the sexual violence committed by soldiers during their brutal crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju.
A fact-finding committee comprised of officials from the defense ministry and other government agencies announced last week that its investigation found that troops enforcing martial law committed sexual violence against women during the crackdown, including 17 cases of rape.
"Unjustly mobilized state power trampled on women's lives," Lee said during a parliamentary meeting. "I feel inexplicably terrible and am apologetic. I offer a word of apology to victims and Gwangju citizens."
Lee said the government will do whatever it can to help victims, and the defense ministry will announce such measures on Wednesday.
In the 1980 uprising, thousands of Gwangju citizens rose up against the military junta in power at the time, led by Gen. Chun Doo-hwan, who seized power in an internal coup, following the assassination of his mentor, President Park Chung-hee, eight months earlier.
The junta sent tank-led paratroopers to ruthlessly crack down on the nine-day revolt. More than 200 people were killed and 1,800 others wounded.
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Health charities make urgent call for £1 billion a year to reverse cuts to public health funding
The government must make a clear and urgent commitment to restoring £1 billion of real-terms per head cuts to the public health grant which enables local authorities to deliver vital preventive services that protect and improve health.
More people asking for social care support but fewer getting it as demand leaves social care system at crisis point
Rising disability among working-age adults and a growth in the number of people over 65 is putting rising pressure on the adult social care system in England, new analysis from The King's Fund finds.
Life expectancy in England ‘ground to a halt’ – The King's Fund responds to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures
‘Today’s figures show that in 2018 life expectancy gains in England ground to a halt,' says Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund.
Offer £5,200 grants to nursing students and ramp up overseas recruitment to stop NHS workforce crisis
Urgent measures are needed to prevent the health and care workforce crisis from worsening, says a new joint report from The King’s Fund, the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation.
The King's Fund welcomes the new contract for general practice
The King's Fund welcomes the new contract for general practice as a promising early sign that the government and NHS England are making good on the commitments in the NHS long-term plan.
The King’s Fund responds to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on NHS sustainability
'The NAO has laid bare just how difficult it will be to achieve the ambitions of the NHS long-term plan given where the NHS is starting from.' Richard Murray responds to the NAO report on NHS sustainability.
The King's Fund response to the NHS long-term plan
This is an ambitious plan that includes a number of commitments which – if delivered – will improve the lives of many people. NHS leaders should be applauded for focusing on improving services outside hospitals and moving towards more joined-up, preventative and personalised care for patients. But some significant pieces of the jigsaw are still missing, and there should be no illusions about the scale of the challenge ahead.
The King’s Fund response to Public Health England's review of life expectancy
Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, comments on Public Health England’s review of recent trends in mortality in England.
The King's Fund responds to ONS winter mortality statistics
'These figures are particularly worrying for the UK which, after decades of progress, is seeing life expectancy improvements grind to a halt', says Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund.
Radical changes needed to tackle stalling health improvements
Without radical change, progress in improving the population’s health is at risk of grinding to a halt, warns The King's Fund in a new report.
The King's Fund responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's vision for prevention
Commenting on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s vision for prevention, David Buck, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, said his emphasis on preventing ill health and the promise of a green paper are welcome.
The King's Fund responds to 'disturbing drop-off' in UK life expectancy
Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, responds to the latest ONS data on UK life expectancy.
Government should do more to improve the public’s health
The government should look beyond the NHS and focus on a range of policies to improve the public’s health, including making effective use of tax and regulation, according to a new briefing from four leading research organisations.
The King's Fund responds to new government measures to tackle childhood obesity
The UK is the most obese nation in western Europe so we welcome the target to halve childhood obesity by 2030. The proposals to restrict the advertising of junk food and ban the sale of energy drinks to children signal a bolder and more active approach from the government.
Devolved powers could help make cities healthier
Metro Mayors and other city leaders should be empowered to take greater responsibility for improving the health of the nation’s cities, a new report by The King’s Fund argues.
Devolved powers could help tackle London's health inequalities
London’s leaders should be empowered to take stronger action to boost public health in the capital and reduce the city’s stark health inequalities, a new report by The King’s Fund argues.
The King's Fund responds to the CQC 2017 NHS adult inpatient survey
'These latest findings, from one of the largest national patient surveys, show patient experience in hospitals is holding up remarkably well and has even seen some improvements since last year particularly around communication between staff and patients.'
Big cuts planned to public health budgets
Central government cuts have forced councils to reduce planned spending on vital public health services such as sexual health clinics by £85 million, according to new analysis by The King’s Fund.
The King's Fund responds to Sir Bruce Keogh's announced departure from NHS England
Chris Ham said: 'Sir Bruce is a respected leader who has ensured a clinical voice has been at the heart of policy-making...'
Welcoming NHS England’s Next steps on the Five Year Forward View
Responding to NHS England’s Next steps on the five year forward view, Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, said: ‘We welcome the fact that this plan sets a clear course for the NHS over the next couple of years. We should, though, be under no illusions about how tough the going will be.
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Chase Receives $70 Million in New Markets Tax Credit Awards
NEW YORK, April 25, 2013 - Chase announced today that it received $70 million in the latest round of New Markets Tax Credits to further expand its investment to support jobs and service in low-income communities across the U.S.
The $70 million award is part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, which allocated $3.5 billion to 85 organizations this year to help increase economic opportunity in the nation's most distressed areas.
"We have a successful track record of using New Markets financing to support projects that create quality jobs and services in the communities we serve," said Matt Reilein, senior vice president of Chase Community Development Banking. "This award is recognition of that success and it will allow us to expand our investment in programs that are significantly changing neighborhoods."
Chase has been an active leader in the New Markets industry since the beginning of the program, making nearly $1 billion in investments last year alone. For example, with the help of a Chase New Markets Tax Credit investment, the Los Angeles Dream Center was able to transform a former hospital facility near the Echo Park neighborhood into additional housing for impoverished families, at-risk youth and victimized women, increasing its number of residents from 650 to nearly 1,000.
The latest allocation brings the firm's total awards since the program began to $480 million. Chase will use the additional funds to invest in projects that support job creation, healthcare and social services, access to affordable healthy food, and educational programs.
The New Markets program is administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is designed to stimulate economic growth and job creation in low-income communities by providing much-needed investment capital, financial counseling and other services. Awardees are selected after a highly competitive and rigorous government review process.
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.4 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. Chase serves more than 50 million consumers and small businesses through more than 5,600 bank branches, 18,700 ATMs, credit cards, mortgage offices, and online and mobile banking as well as through relationships with auto dealerships. More information about Chase is available at www.chase.com.
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Billionaire Adelson donates $25m. to birthright
Same foundation donated $5 million to birthright just two months ago.
By HAVIV RETTIG GUR
February 7, 2007 00:28
adelsons 298.88. (photo credit: Courtesy)
Birthright Israel-Taglit will double the number of free trips it offers to college-age Diaspora Jews this summer to at least 20,000, thanks to a $25 million donation by the Adelson Family Charitable Foundation, it was announced on Tuesday. Just two months ago, the foundation, started by Las Vegas-based tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Dr. Miriam Adelson, donated $5m. to birthright. "The birthright israel program is one of the best ideas our time has seen because it has the greatest potential to maintain Jewish continuity in the face of growing assimilation," Sheldon Adelson said. Miriam Adelson, who is Israeli, said, "The program's success has convinced us that our donation would be well utilized." Birthright israel, which together with the Jewish Agency provides free trips to Israel for Jews aged 18 to 26 who have never visited on an organized program, has brought approximately 120,000 young people to the country since 2000. According to Gidi Mark, birthright's director of marketing, the new donation will help cut into the waiting list for birthright trips, which currently stands at about 40,000.
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Gilad Shalit released from the military
By Marcy Oster April 18, 2012 10:44 am
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released from the Israel Defense Forces.
Shalit was officially released, at the rank of sergeant-major, on Wednesday, six months after he was freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
He signed his release forms at his northern Israel home in Mitzpe Hila in lieu of going to an IDF induction center as part of an expedited administrative procedure, according to reports.
Shalit was held in Gaza for more than five years after being captured by Hamas in a cross-border raid in June 2006. He was released last October as part of a swap between Israel and Hamas in which nearly 500 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails were released at the time of his release, and another 550 in December.
Following his release from Hamas captivity, Shalit was classified as a disabled veteran. He received medical and psychological treatment from the military, and will continue to do so through the Ministry of Defense’s Disabled Rehabilitation Division, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Shin Bet security service highlighted two Palestinian terrorists released in the Shalit swap who have resumed terrorist activity. One who was deported to Gaza wrote guidelines for future abductions, including "The captive should not be hidden in remote locations, caves, or woodland unless it’s a dead body or the captive’s head." He also tried to recruit young Palestinian residents of the West Bank to kidnap Israelis.
The other was sentenced to 44 months in prison last month for arms trafficking. He also must serve his prison term for his original offense.
Eight Palestinian prisoners released as part of the swap for Shalit have been arrested again for participating in terrorist activity, Haaretz reported.
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In Madagascar, ‘world’s newest Jewish community’ seeks to establish itself
By Josefin Dolsten November 25, 2016 11:53 am
Malagasy women getting ready to immerse in the river before converting to Judaism, near Antananarivo, Madagascar, May 2016. (Deborah Josefson)
Elysha Netsarh visiting the U.S. from Madagascar to speak about the Jewish community there. (Josefin Dolsten)
(JTA) — Though there is no synagogue, mikvah or Jewish school in Madagascar, visitors to the African island nation can enjoy a strictly kosher meal, Shabbat services and weekly learning programs.
The Jewish community of 121 people — all of whom converted to Judaism earlier this year — can’t afford to build a synagogue. So now, one member is touring the U.S. to raise awareness and funds to bolster a Jewish presence there.
“If people were rich enough, maybe each family would save money and we’d gather this to raise a synagogue — [but] that’s [the] kind of thing we can’t afford to do,” said Elysha Netsarh, a university lecturer in plant chemistry and a prominent member of the Jewish community, which is based in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo.
Over three-quarters of Madagascar’s population live below the international poverty line ($1.90 per day), according to 2012 World Bank data. The Jewish community is mostly middle class, said Netsarh — most members earn enough to make ends meet but not to put aside any savings.
Some members of Madagascar’s fledgling community started practicing Judaism around 2010, but they became officially Jewish in May, when three Orthodox rabbis traveled to the island off the coast of southeast Africa to conduct the conversions. The conversions make Madagascar home to the world’s newest Jewish community, according to the nonprofit group Kulanu, which supports the community as well as other isolated groups around the world looking to learn about Judaism.
In what Netsarh termed an “extraordinary event,” 121 Malagasies, as the locals are called, answered questions in front of a rabbinical court and immersed in a river, which served as a ritual bath. Men underwent symbolic circumcisions, and 12 couples wed according to Jewish tradition.
Netsarh, like most Malagasy Jews, arrived at Judaism through Christianity. Although she was raised Catholic, she found herself unsatisfied with her faith and tried exploring other Christian denominations. None of them clicked.
“I had this deep thirst inside of me, it was a feeling of something lacking,” she told JTA last month at the Upper West Side apartment of Kulanu’s president, Harriet Bograd, which also doubles as the organization’s office.
Judaism had always lingered in the background for Netsarh. Her grandfather had told her as a young girl that he had Jewish ancestry. Though it wasn’t until years later that she explored Judaism, when she did, it felt right.
“I wanted to seek for something to fulfill me, and I didn’t get it until I had Jewish life,” she said.
Netsarh, 40, isn’t alone in believing she has Jewish roots — a vast majority of Malagasies believe they are descended from Jews, and some community members were hesitant to convert in May because they believed they were already Jewish.
Genetic research hasn’t been able to corroborate their stories, instead showing that the first people to settle on the island were of Malayo-Indonesian origin, explained Nathan Devir, an associate professor of Jewish studies at the University of Utah, who has studied the group since 2012. Later, African Bantu migrants also settled on the island.
But Devir doesn’t completely dismiss the possibility of Jewish heritage. “I don’t really have a definitive opinion on whether or not they are actually racially descended from people that belonged to one of the 10 lost tribes … Given the genetic research that’s been done, it’s unlikely but possible,” he said.
Bograd considers the authenticity of the “Malagasy secret” — as the belief in Jewish heritage is referred to — irrelevant to her work with the group.
“Kulanu’s position, and my position as president, is that when people want to practice Judaism, we welcome them, and if they have sacred stories we honor those … but it is not our job to prove or disprove what actually happened,” she said.
Through December, Netsarh will be speaking at synagogues and Jewish organizations around the United States in order to raise money for Kulanu’s efforts in her community and around the world. Kulanu is in touch with two potential donors to build a synagogue and mikvah in Madagascar — but plans have yet to be finalized, said the group’s vice president, Bonita Nathan Sussman.
Kulanu leaders are hoping Netsarh can shed light on the organization’s work in Madagascar and around the world. In the last five years, the organization has seen an increase in groups reaching out to them to learn more about Judaism, Sussman said.
“We’re getting emails every week from individuals and new communities … People [are] clamoring at the door for Jewish attention,” Sussman said, citing contact with interested individuals and communities in Rwanda, Malaysia, Afghanistan, India and Côte d’Ivoire.
Sussman’s motivation stems from Jewish history — she sees her work as a way to “rebuild the Jewish people” following the Holocaust and the persecution of Jews in Arab countries.
Meanwhile, the newly “rebuilt” community in Madagascar continues to balance daily struggles and responsibilities with a serious commitment to learning more about their new religion.
In Netsarh’s case, that means finding time to study Torah in between two jobs and family duties— she works both as a lecturer at the University of Antananarivo and as a consultant for a homeopathic medical company and helps to take care of her sister’s children — waking up around 4:30am to do so.
“Each morning when I have my Torah reading it’s like I am drinking energy,” she said.
Malagasy women getting married after converting to Judaism, May 2016. (Deborah Josefson)
Most of Madagascar’s Jews cannot study Jewish texts with such ease. Only one other person in the community speaks English, and while most people understand some French, reading complex texts in the language is a struggle.
To that end, Netsarh is working on producing the first-ever Malagasy translation of the the Five Books of Moses and the Jewish prayer book. So far, she has completed the book of Genesis, but she says her work schedule keeps her from progressing as quickly as she would like.
Despite her responsibilities, she hesitates to call herself a leader, saying that in her Orthodox community, even though men and women are considered equal, “men should lead.”
Netsarh cites tzniut, the Hebrew term for modesty, in explaining her ensemble, a brown coat that covers most of her body and a head covering that she custom ordered from a tailor. She isn’t the only community member who follows a strict interpretation of Jewish law, or halacha.
The community, which has three spiritual leaders but no rabbi, errs on the side of caution, rather than potentially transgress Jewish law. For years, when there was no access to kosher meat, members ate a strictly pescatarian diet.
“All the people in the community want to progress in a spiritual level so getting a higher spiritual level is much more important [than eating meat],” she said.
While on tour in the U.S., in addition to raising funds for her community, Netsarh hopes that the unique Malagasy Jewish experience can inspire American Jews. She has heard that “religion sometimes here is superficial because of the social environment.”
Jews here can “learn from our life and mainly from our way to be Jewish,” she said.
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Amy C. Bates
Montgomery County, TN Divorce Attorney with 9 years experience
(931) 919-5060 412 Franklin St
Free ConsultationDivorce, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Family
Mississippi College School of Law
Jason Matthew Miller
Montgomery County, TN Divorce Attorney with 20 years experience
(931) 647-1501 121 S 3rd St
Divorce, Family, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Attorney Miller is a practicing trial lawyer with 20 years of trial experience. He is well versed in all aspects of civil trials and is known within the legal community as as a top attorney. Matt's client's range from individuals like you and your family to large national insurance companies. As insurance companies pick Mr. Miller as the attorney they want to represent them, you can rest assured that if you are in an accident and hire Matt you are going to receive the best representation by an attorney that knows what it takes to...
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Montgomery County, TN Divorce Lawyer with 21 years experience
(931) 326-0997 2985 Patsy's Lane
Palmyra, TN 37142
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(931) 245-2131 215 S 2nd St
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The Nashville School of Law
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(931) 648-1234 502 Madison St
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(334) 269-2343 234 Commerce St
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Davidson County, TN Divorce Attorney
(615) 576-0071 102 Woodmont Blvd., Suite 230
Free ConsultationDivorce, Business, Construction and Family
Nashville School of Law
Nashville based Attorney in general practice with focus on divorce, family law, consumer protection, construction and contract disputes.
Unfortunately, sometimes bad things happen to good people. Divorce, contract disputes and a multitude of other things can create a bump in the road that may require the expertise of an attorney to navigate. This is where I can personally assist you by representing your interests zealously and advocating for your rights. My life experiences and knowledge of the law will be put to work for you to assist in a successful resolution. I believe in personally serving you by keeping in...
Jonathan Turner
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Jonathan Turner is a former Virginia prosecutor and an experienced trial, criminal defense, DUI, and family law attorney. He has successfully handled a wide range of cases from DUI, drug offenses, probation violations, serious felonies like murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, thefts, misdemeanors, child support, child neglect, and child custody cases. As a criminal prosecutor, he tried thousands of criminal cases and was known as an aggressive trial attorney. In Tennessee, he has successfully defended clients from being convicted ranging from serious felonies like especially aggravated kidnapping to drug dealing, to all types of misdemeanors, to...
Lisa B. Forberg
Davidson County, TN Divorce Attorney with 37 years experience
(615) 386-7047 40 Burton Hills Blvd Suite #200
Divorce, Arbitration & Mediation and Family
Lisa B. Forberg, a Nashville TN area lawyer, is skilled and focused on using the best out-of-court alternatives to the traditional litigated divorce process. She helps her clients achieve their goals without the "unholy nightmare" of litigation, for divorce and post-divorce cases, and for clients with or without children. Specific areas of expertise and services include: Alimony and Spousal Support; Division of Complex Assets; Post-Divorce Modifications; High Asset Cases; Residential Parenting Time; Child Support; Parental Decision-Making Responsibility; Unmarried Parenting Agreements; Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements; IRS Debt and Divorce; Special Needs Trusts and Alimony or Child Support; Autistic...
Rebecca Elizabeth Byrd
Williamson County, TN Divorce Lawyer with 26 years experience
Divorce, Family and Juvenile
I have been practicing law for 20+ years, primarily in the area of family law. Nothing is more devastating or emotionally trying than going through a divorce or custody battle. My staff and I are here to answer your questions and help you through the process.
Audrey Lee Anderson
Davidson County, TN Divorce Lawyer with 20 years experience
(615) 244-3000 214 Second Avenue North
Audrey Lee Anderson has been practicing Family Law since 1998. Originally from Missouri, Audrey attended Washington University where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in 1994. She then went on to Chicago-Kent College of Law in Illinois and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1998. Audrey passed the Bar Admissions in both Illinois and Tennessee in 1998. In 2000, Audrey became a member of the Nashville Bar Association. Later in 2008, she became a member with the Williamson County Bar Association as well in Tennessee. Audrey's field of knowledge is with Family Law. She has helped many...
Matt Maniatis
Davidson County, TN Divorce Attorney with 7 years experience
(615) 366-1211 2874 Elm Hill Pike
Divorce, Domestic Violence, Family and Immigration
Matt Maniatis is a partner at Saenz & Maniatis, PLLC, a Nashville, Tennessee law firm assisting the community in the areas of immigration and naturalization, criminal defense, divorce, family law, probate, and civil litigation. Matt attended the International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, receiving his diploma in 2004. Matt graduated in 2008 from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Criminology. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree in 2011 from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, with a certificate in international legal studies. Matt is licensed and admitted to practice...
Crystal M. Etue
Williamson County, TN Divorce Lawyer with 1 year experience
(615) 721-7983 202 4th Ave. S., Suite 202
Free ConsultationDivorce, Entertainment & Sports, Estate Planning and Family
Southern University Law Center
Crystal Etue focuses her practice in matters related to family law, Probate and Entertainment. These areas allow her to incorporate two of her biggest passions; Arts & Entertainment and helping families in distress. Her services in the area of family law and probate include divorce, child custody, post-judgment modifications, wills and estate administration. With her experience as a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and TN Air National Guard as well as time spent working as a high school teacher, Crystal is uniquely prepared to handle family law cases with empathy, objectivity, common sense, discipline, patience, and a proclivity...
Jesse Morris
(615) 750-2939 202 S 11th St
Free ConsultationDivorce, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
University of California - Berkeley
We strive to treat our clients like family, to make you feel at home and to know how greatly we respect and appreciate you putting your trust in us during one of the most difficult times of your life.
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James Lee Widrig Esq.
Free ConsultationDivorce, Family, Juvenile and Personal Injury
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Attorney James L. Widrig, or more commonly known as “Jim Widrig”, was born in Upstate NY. in a small town called Yorkshire, NY. He went to college in east Tennessee at Carson-Newman College. After college Jim attended law school at Thomas M. Cooley in Lansing, Michigan.
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(877) 529-8101 7618 Hwy 70 South, Suite 106
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Building Two #202
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Todd Cole, founder of Cole Law Group, has a diverse educational, business, and legal background that affords him a unique insight into the issues confronting our clients. He is recognized in the Nashville/Brentwood area for his outstanding academic background, keen mind, skillful representation, and dogged determination to serve his clients well. He is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Florida, Minnesota, and the United States Middle District for the State of Tennessee. Todd received his Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University, where he was recipient of the Dean's Recognition Scholarship, granted the Book Award for Torts, acted as...
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(615) 861-2304 751 Cool Springs Blvd
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John M. Milazo
(615) 599-7719 Milazo Law, P.C.
109 Cleburne Street
John M. Milazo has been practicing primarily in the area of Divorce, Family Law and Criminal Defense since July of 1999. If you are going through a Divorce, Child Custody or Post Divorce modification; or if you have been charged with a crime John Milazo and his staff can help you through the legal process. Both Contested and Uncontested Divorces are handled professionally and with personal care and attention to detail. Aggressive and Passionate legal representation can be expected from this firm.
(615) 997-3741 116 29th Ave S
Belmont University College of Law
Establishing and maintaining trusting relationships with my clients is what I value the most in practicing family law. I believe I can make a difference in the lives of my clients, providing support and guidance during their time of need. Practicing family law allows me the opportunity to not only advocate for those in typically difficult situations but to also listen to their needs and protect their best interests.
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Morgan E Smith
(615) 852-5028 1222 16th Ave S Ste 23
Free ConsultationDivorce, Employment, Family and Personal Injury
I am a Vanderbilt educated lawyer living in Nashville, Tennessee, and primarily practicing in the areas of Family and Employment Law (Plaintiff's side). I have been involved in litigation since 2007, with experience in complex litigation in federal courts. When I am not working, you can find me at a Preds game or watching the University of Louisville and Vanderbilt on tv.
Sarah L. Digby
Davidson County, TN Divorce Lawyer
After I graduated from Vanderbilt Law School, I chose to practice family law due to my genuine concern for those needing representation during what can often be the most stressful and emotional periods of their lives. I now focus my practice on a range of family law matters including: child support, custody, grandparent visitation, alimony, guardianships, adoption, divorce, and father's rights. My undergraduate degree in Psychology, past work in a domestic violence legal clinic, and my internship for the Sex Crimes and Child Abuse division of the Indianapolis Prosecutor's Office have given me a unique insight into some of the...
Tarsila Crawford Esq.
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
Mrs. Tarsila Crawford was born in Sao Paula, Brazil and grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese and enjoys working with a diverse clientele in Tennessee.
Mrs. Tarsila Crawford attended college and law school in Florida. Mrs. Crawford attended the University of Florida where she was active in student groups serving as President of the Brazilian’ Student Association and earning the Presidential Award for Excellence in the study of Portuguese. In law school Mrs. Crawford competed with her school’s trial team winning a regional tournament in Las Vegas and securing a position in the Elite Eight in...
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Michael Stuart Saylor
Williamson County, TN Divorce Attorney with 8 years experience
(615) 550-2800 509 New Highway 96 West, Suite 201
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Stuart Saylor provides effective representation in divorce, post-divorce, custody, child support, alimony, and all other types of family law cases. Aggressive when needed, and compassionate always, Mr. Saylor is there for his clients. Additionally, Mr. Saylor has extensive experience defending individuals accused of crimes. As a former prosecutor, Mr. Saylor knows how to use the law to your advantage.
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Byron L. Pugh
(615) 255-9595 214 2nd Ave N
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Byron Pugh is a criminal defense and family law attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. Byron represents individuals who are charged with a crime, the subject of a criminal investigation, seeking a divorce or engaged in a child custody dispute. He serves clients throughout Middle Tennessee including Williamson, Davidson, Rutherford and Sumner counties.
Byron began his legal career in the courtroom as an Assistant District Attorney in Davidson County. He was first assigned to the domestic violence team where he prosecuted domestic assault, stalking and harassment cases. There he earned a reputation as a dedicated and effective advocate for domestic violence victims. Byron...
Thomas Boyers V
Sumner County, TN Divorce Lawyer with 19 years experience
Citizens Bank Building, Suite 301
Free ConsultationDivorce, Criminal, Personal Injury and Probate
Thomas Boyers continues a long tradition of legal and social advocacy, not only in Gallatin and Sumner County but throughout Tennessee in counties such as Wilson, Trousdale, Robertson and Macon. Thomas' Father and Grandfather were lawyers and Circuit Judges who practiced for decades in Gallatin as well as these other counties. Thomas Boyers V's namesake, Colonel Thomas Boyers established the local Newspaper and was the founding president of the Tennessee Press Association. Boyers concentrates on Criminal Defense, Divorce, Personal Injury and Probate cases. Additionally, Thomas Boyers is listed by The Tennessee Supreme Court as a Rule 31 Civil Mediator.
T. Leigh Hearn-Rushton
Free ConsultationDivorce, Consumer, Family and Probate
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Described as caring but “tenacious” by clients, T. Leigh is a driven legal professional with an ability to educate her clients about their case along with the dedication required to deliver results. T. Leigh enjoys being part of the process of "making it right" and helping her clients have their opportunity to be heard and stand up for themselves.
T. Leigh's practice is focused on Fraud, Contracts and Family Law.
T. Leigh is a graduate of Auburn University and earned her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Cumberland School of Law in 1996. She is licensed to practice law in Alabama (1996)...
William J. Bell
(615) 538-0746 407 Church Street
Ross Matuszak
Williamson County, TN Divorce Attorney
(615) 926-5805 PO Box 682948
If you have a legal issue concerning family law, criminal law, or juvenile law, contact me immediately for a 100% free, no obligation consultation. I fight hard for my client's rights, and will thoroughly explain the situation and prepare my clients in all legal matters.
I take pride in my communication and responsiveness to my clients and prospective clients. I always answer inquiries within one business day. Call (615) 926-5805 or email ross@matuszaklaw.com today for your free consultation.
Roland T. Hairston II
(615) 428-7345 615 Main St, #104-A
Divorce, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Every day, Roland T. Hairston, II helps individuals and families find resolution to their legal issues so that they can focus on their everyday lives. Literally, hundreds of individuals and families have benefited from Mr. Hairston’s services. Mr. Hairston graduated from the Nashville School of Law, where he finished in the top 1/3 of his class and passed the bar exam on the first attempt. Mr. Hairston graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a 3.75 GPA and a double-major in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. What sets Mr. Hairston apart as a lawyer is his personal attentiveness to each...
Sarah Reist
Davidson County, TN Divorce Lawyer with 6 years experience
Sarah has represented clients in a variety of areas including divorce, alimony, child support, child custody, termination of parental rights, dependency and neglect actions, orders of protection, adoption, LBGT family law issues, mediation, paternity fraud, prenuptial agreements, grandparent visitation, guardianships, pet custody agreements, and basic will packages.
Sarah’s undergraduate degree in Psychology, past work in a domestic violence legal clinic, and work as an intern to the Sex Crimes and Child Abuse division of the Indianapolis Prosecutor’s Office have given her a unique insight into some of the more delicate issues related to family law matters. Because of this background, Sarah...
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Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran is retiring. Here’s why we won’t miss him.
He earned the nickname "Gentleman Thad" for his Southern ways, but he was less than honorable to the LGBT community.
By Jeff Taylor Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Sen. Thad Cochran has announced he will step down due to health concernsPhoto: U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi
Sen. Thad Cochran, of Mississippi, has announced he will step down, effective April 1, citing health concerns.
“I regret my health has become an ongoing challenge. I intend to fulfill my responsibilities and commitments to the people of Mississippi and the Senate through the completion of the 2018 appropriations cycle, after which I will formally retire from the U.S. Senate,” the 80-year-old said in a statement on Monday.
Cochran has been praised for his “quiet stately demeanor,” as USA Today put it, earning him the nickname “Gentleman Thad” by his peers in Congress.
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant will appoint Cochran’s temporary replacement within 10 days of his departure, with an election in November to determine who will serve the remaining two years of his term.
While we wish him the best with his health, we are not sad to see him leave the Senate.
Cochran has a great record when it comes to driving funds to his state, earning him another nickname, “King of Pork,” but a much less stellar one when it comes to LGBTQ rights.
Cochran has been an enemy to equality throughout his storied career, earning himself a 16% rating by the Human Rights Campaign. Here are some of the reasons we aren’t sad to see him leave.
Voted Against Marriage Equality
Cochran voted against marriage equality in 1996, and again in 2006, voting in favor of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. He also made clear he felt state law should trump federal law when it comes to marriage.
Voted Against Same-Sex Adoptions
Cochran also voted against same-sex adoptions, with his “No” vote on the Every Child Deserves a Family Act. It would prohibit public child welfare agency that receive federal financial assistance from discriminating against potential foster or adoptive parents on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status.
Voted Against Hate Crime Protections
He also voted against adding sexual orientation to the definition of hate crimes, both in 2000 and 2002. In 2009, then-President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, adding actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability to the categories protected under existing federal hate crime law.
Voted to Allow Broad Discrimination Across Various Areas of Life
Cochran didn’t see a piece of anti-LGBTQ discrimination legislation he couldn’t get behind.
He voted against the Equality Act, which would prohibit anti-LGBTQ discrimination in employment, housing, credit, education, public accommodations and services, federally funded programs, and jury service.
He also voted against other bills that offered those protections, including the Fair and Equal Housing Act, Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act, and the Jury ACCESS Act.
Additionally, he voted against prohibiting police from profiling, with the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act, which would prohibit law enforcement from targeting persons based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation without evidence linking them to a crime.
Voted Against Keeping LGBTQ Human Rights Violators Out of the Country
Cochran voted against the Global Respect Act of 2017, which would impose sanctions on LGBTQ human rights violators and bar them from entering the United States.
Voted Against Ending the Criminalization of People Living With HIV/AIDS
A number of laws passed during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when fears and lack of understanding were still ruling the decision making in government, have criminalized harmless behavior from those living with HIV/AIDS, like spitting. The REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act would require a review of federal and state laws that impose these criminal liabilities on individuals with HIV.
Cochran voted…you guessed it, against.
Voted Against LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Ed
He also voted against LGBTQ-inclusive sex education in schools, casting his “No” vote on the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act, to fund training of teachers in appropriate and comprehensive sex ed.
Voted Against Banning Conversion Therapy
Cochran struck yet another blow against young people’s health when he voted against banning conversion therapy. The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, which failed to gain his support, would classify the provision and advertising of conversion therapy (aka “pray the gay away”) in exchange for monetary compensation as a fraudulent practices.
Voted Against A Measure to End Harassment on College Campuses
Finally, Cochran also voted “No” on The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act, named after a gay student at Rutgers University who committed suicide following an invasion of his privacy and bullying. It would require colleges and universities that receive federal student aid funding to prohibit harassment, and to establish a grant program to support campus anti-harassment programs.
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Sandi Biewald
Distributor: Sandi Biewald
Company Leadership - LifeWave, Inc.
David Schmidt
David is the inventor of the LifeWave Technology and founder of LifeWave.
David’s experience in business and product development spans over 30 years and includes a formal education in Management Information Systems and Biology at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY. David then went on to pursue several entrepreneurial endeavors and as a result owned successful companies involved in manufacturing and product development. One of these companies, Advanced Applications Group, is a Research and Development center that specializes in energy production technologies for both military and commercial applications. During his time with AAG David developed new methods for producing Hydrogen and Oxygen, designed and prototyped multi-fueled bladeless turbine power generation systems, and constructed metal-combustion rocket engines.
As a result of his innovations David was presented with an honorary doctorate by Dr. Alexander Marinaccio of the International Hall of Fame. In addition, as a result of work performed in the design of emergency Oxygen systems for General Dynamics and the U.S. Navy, David was invited to participate in the Navy’s next generation mini-sub program.
The LifeWave Technology was born out of 3 years of intense research by David into the concept of being able to naturally increase energy and stamina through elevation of fat burning utilizing wireless communication to the human body via phototherapy. The LifeWave Technology is now available to the public and David has committed the past 15 years into making this opportunity a reality. David is the holder of more than 100 patents and patent applications globally, with more than 70 patents being in the field of regenerative science and technology. One of his inventions, the Double Helix Conductor, received a research grant from Scientific Foundation Ireland and was evaluated with multiple research studies at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) and the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI). It was uncovered in this research program that the use of this device, which produces a novel blend of electromagnetic and non-electromagnetic fields, could produce improvements in the speed of wound healing that rivalled that of injections of stem cells. It was this experience that led David to realize that phototherapy could be a means by which a person’s own stem cells could be activated into a more youthful state as opposed to requiring an injection of expensive and potentially dangerous stem cells. Hence, after 10 years of study, the X39 patch was born.
As the CEO of LifeWave since 2002, David has overseen global operations of the company as expansion has taken place into more than 100 countries, with offices in The United States, Ireland and Taiwan and distribution facilities throughout the world. As a result, LifeWave has been a multiple recipient of Inc. magazines’ list of fastest growing companies.
Jim Caldwell
Vice President, Marketing
Jim has over 30 years of entrepreneurial business development, creative marketing, television production and project management experience at the executive level in the direct response and network marketing industries. He was a consultant to Pre-Paid Legal’s (now Legal Shield) CEO on several marketing projects ... and for LifeWave, after meeting David Schmidt almost 15 years ago, went on to consult and periodically work with him on key projects including LifeWave’s first Ice Wave video. He was thrilled that introducing David to Suzanne Somers led to her becoming a powerful ambassador for LifeWave for almost 10 years.
For over 20 years Jim owned, operated and was executive producer for performance-driven Future Thunder Productions, Inc., which was consistently recognized as a marketing leader in the Direct Response Television (DRTV) industry. Jim has won dozens of awards associated with over 100 critically and commercially successful advertising campaigns that drove $1.5 Billion in sales through all distribution platforms worldwide in as many as 15 languages. He was inducted into the DRTV Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.
His advanced presentational and writing skills come from working in front of and behind the camera for thousands of hours of television programming from live broadcasts in New York to syndicated programs seen across the US. He has travelled extensively throughout the world and his formal education includes studies at the US Air Force Academy and Arizona State.
Joseph A. DePanfilis
A leader in Finance and Operations management for more than 25 years, Joseph DePanfilis comes to LifeWave after serving as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operation Officer and Director of Finance for privately held, publicly traded, and private equity-held companies.
He has experience in diverse areas of industry finance, including high-tech auto manufacturing, aerospace, medical device, telecommunications and consumer products. Joseph has also directed financial management of foreign operations, served in accounting capacities, as well as played a key role in business start-ups and turnarounds. In his career he has garnered a strong reputation for improving operations and impacting business growth through such measures as strong and resourceful finance management, and productivity/efficiency improvements.
Joseph holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting from Johnson and Wales University, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Jules Rudick
Jules Rudick has an extensive, 30-year international business career having lived and worked in Hong Kong and Taiwan for more than 25 years. From 1982 – 2005 he owned and operated Rudick International Ltd. in Hong Kong. Additionally, Jules has set up and operated numerous joint ventures in Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom, acting as director for many of these private companies.
Over the course of his career, Jules has developed extensive business relationships and contacts throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. From 2005 until joining LifeWave as the Vice President of Planning & Strategy in January of 2009, Jules worked as a business consultant for small and medium-sized businesses in need of business expertise and private equity funding.
Jules holds a master's degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. He speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese and is an Associate of the Institute for Independent Business.
Dr. Steven Haltiwanger
Dir. Health & Science
Steven Haltiwanger MD, CCN
Health & Science Director
Dr. Steven Haltiwanger is a licensed medical doctor and certified clinical nutritionist with over 25 years of practice. Prior to joining LifeWave as the Health and Science Director in 2004, Dr. Haltiwanger served as the Medical Director for the International Nutrition Corporation where some of his responsibilities included product development, overseeing quality control and the development of medical seminars. Over the course of his career Dr. Haltiwanger has also served in other medical and science leadership capacities including directing several health programs.
In January 2005 Dr. Haltiwanger was appointed as a part-time lecturer for the Occupational Therapy Program at the University of Texas, El Paso and has spent time over the past several years educating physicians all over the world. Dr. Halitwanger is routinely invited to participate in speaking and lecture engagements at conferences and forums across the globe. When presented with the opportunity to investigate LifeWave technology, Dr. Haltiwanger concluded after careful and thorough research that LifeWave was "the most exciting technology that he had seen."
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