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Financing for company growth and innovations
Financing innovation
Article - Funding of SMEs
Without cash, many an idea doesn’t get off the ground. Companies need a sound financial basis for innovative business ideas. In addition to the comprehensive range of financial services offered by banks and private-sector investors, start-ups and SMEs can use a wide variety of federal funding programmes for their projects.
If the “German Mittelstand”, Germany’s SME sector, is to continue to drive a dynamic economic development, we will need more young companies alongside the established firms. Their innovations and investments will tap new markets and create forward looking jobs. Access to suitable financing is a key requirement for this.
The Federal Government therefore offers a wide range of financial services to support SMEs and members of the professions, potential entrpreneurs and innovative start-ups so that they can implement new projects, products, processes and services. In particular, a number of promotional instruments for to fund start-ups and growing companies (PDF: 90 KB) have been set up.
These programmes offer low-interest loans, venture capital and grants for start-ups and investment in growth. The aim is to support all the phases of starting out in business – from spin-offs from higher education and research establishments through to support for expansion and growth in young companies already on the market.
A key factor behind the success of start-ups and young technology firms in particular is having adequate access to venture capital. Germany needs to be internationally competitive as a location for venture capital investment. Tailor-made instruments are to implement a double strategy for funding. The instruments used for this pursue a two-fold promotional strategy: urgently needed capital is provided in the form of public funds, thus leveraging private capital.
Advice on available support from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
The Economic Affairs Ministry’s finance experts answer questions about the funding available for new start-ups and members of the professions,
provide tips about what promotional programmes are available to help your project,
offer advice and support to help you prepare for the meeting with your bank,
help with financing difficulties, and
provide background expertise on the types of finance available (obtaining equity and outside capital, credit-worthiness issues and collateral, help with liquidity, exemptions from liability, etc.).
The Economic Affairs Ministry’s experts on financial assistance can be reached:
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays to Thursdays
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Fridays
by phone at +49 30 18 615 8000
or by email: foerderberatung@bmwi.bund.de.
Details are available online about the wide range of support available from the Economic Affairs Ministry’s database (www.foerderdatenbank.de (in German)).
27/03/2019 - PDF - Funding of SMEs
Publication: Financing start-ups and growth: Overview of existing instruments
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Facts and figures on financing for start-ups and SMEs
million of venture capital
has been leveraged via the INVEST programme since May 2013
% more start-up projects
have been approved under the EXIST programme since the new promotional guidelines were introduced in 2014
have already been assisted under the High-Tech Start-Up Fund
>2,000
equity stakes of the micro-mezzanine fund
have created new financial options for small and new companies
From the idea to the successful business
If good, promising business ideas are to turn into successful companies, start-ups need sufficient ways to finance them. The Federal Government offers a wide range of assistance:
Assistance from the ERP Special Fund
The ERP Start-up Loans and ERP Capital for Start-ups programmes offer a tailored set of instruments to provide outside capital, offering start-ups and young companies the capital they need to launch, start growing, and transfer to a next generation.
The Economic Affairs Ministry’s ERP Start-up Loan programme offers low-interest loans to fund commercial and professional start-ups and young companies for up to 3 or 5 years after the launch. The ERP Start-up Loans programme consists of two parts: The “ERP Start-Up Loan Startgeld” (Start-Up Money) provides a maximum of €100,000 in loans to help small-scale start-ups. The ERP Start-Up Loan Universell (Universal) offers a maximum of €25 million in loans to larger start-ups. Find out more (in German).
The Economic Affairs Ministry’s ERP Capital for Start-ups programme offers low-interest equity-like capital in the form of subordinate loans to fund start-ups and young companies for up to 3 years after the launch. Find out more (in German).
KfW Capital
Since October 2018, KfW Capital has been investing in German and European venture capital and venture debt funds. The aim is to give young, innovative, fast-growing technology companies in the start-up and growth phase in Germany better access to venture capital from highly-capitalised funds. With assistance from the ERP Special Fund, the KfW’s existing volume of investment is to be boosted by an average of €200 million a year up to 2020. KfW Capital is an investment subsidiary of KfW Bankengruppe and a joint initiative of the Economic Affairs Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the KfW. Find out more at www.kfw-capital.de.
Small and medium-sized enterprises generally rely on bank loans for their finance. In return, the banks require collateral, something which many SMEs lack. Here, guarantees from the Federal Government, the Länder and the guarantee banks supported by the Federal Government and the Länder offer an effective remedy for an otherwise viable project which lacks collateral. Find out more (in German).
“Business Start-ups in Science” programme (EXIST):
Higher education and research establishments are some of the most important sources of new technologies, innovative products and services. The EXIST programme cooperates with such institutions to offer a range of assistance for start-ups.
Since 1998, the Federal Government has used its “EXIST” programme to promote measures to instil a culture of self-employment and to boost the spirit of entrepreneurship at higher education and non-university research establishments. The aim is to raise awareness, motivate and qualify students, graduates and academics to start up companies and to provide them with initial funding for the seed or start-up phase.
The grants available from the EXIST programme form part of the Economic Affairs Ministry’s “High-tech Strategy” and consist of three pillars: “EXIST Start-Up Culture”, “EXIST Research Transfer” and “EXIST Start-up Grant”. The launch of the “EXIST Start-up Germany” model project has also opened up the programme to people from other countries. Find out more at www.exist.de.
INVEST – Grant for Venture Capital
The “INVEST – Grant for Venture Capital” programme helps young, innovative companies to find someone to provide capital. Business angels get 20% of their investment reimbursed tax-free if they invest at least €10,000 in start-ups. This reduces their risk when they invest in bold ideas. INVEST improves the prospects for innovative firms to find a private investor. In this way, everyone benefits from the government support. INVEST is tailored to the target group and can therefore take even better account of the distinct features of the private venture capital market in Germany. Find out more (in German).
High-tech Start-up Fund
The Economic Affairs Ministry’s High-tech Start-up Fund supports capital-intensive technology-based start-ups. Innovative and technology-based start-ups tend to be highly complex and capital-intensive. Also, they entail particularly high market, management and technical risks. Many young technology-based companies and start-ups therefore find it difficult to obtain finance. For this reason, the High-tech Start-up Fund was set up in 2005 to invest venture capital in new German technology-oriented companies and thus to help close the financing gap in this early-phase segment. Find out more.
Further to this, there are other instruments for the financing of innovation, growth and venture capital, such as the ERP/EIF Fund of Funds, the European Angels Fund, the new coparion fund, the ERP/EIF Mezzanine Fund of Funds for Germany, the ERP/EIF Growth Facility and the ERP-VC Fund Investments. These instruments are explained in the “Financing innovation” chapter.
Micro-Mezzanine Fund Germany
The Micro-Mezzanine Fund Germany aims to strengthen the equity base and thus creates new financing possibilities for small and new companies.
Many very small companies and start-ups find that a lack of equity capital prevents them from accessing loans. In order to open up better possibilities for such companies to access finance and to increase their risk-bearing capability, the Economic Affairs Ministry set up the Micro-Mezzanine Fund Germany in 2013, which reached a total of €75 million at the end of 2015 (Fund I). A further €153 million is available for the 2014-2020 period (Fund II). The instrument, which is co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), provides companies with venture capital of up to €50,000 for a ten-year period, or up to €150,000 for special target groups. Find out more (in German).
German Micro-loan Fund
The Micro-loan Fund Germany is a well-established instrument for the allocation of micro-loans in response to the financing needs of small companies which would otherwise have no access to borrowing. The fund is aimed at small and young start-ups and companies, and at persons who are self-employed and pursuing a creative venture. The total loan amount must not exceed €20,000. Find out more (in German).
01/12/2016 - Brochure - Funding of SMEs
Publication: INVEST - Venture capital grant (Flyer)
Fast forward to the finish line.
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01/12/2016 - Brochure -
Publication: EXIST Business Start-up Grant
EXIST - University-Based Business Start-Ups
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Start-ups: a driving force for growth and competition
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Tailored support for SMEs
If SMEs are to remain successful in future, they need a sound financial basis. Tailor-made programmes are supporting SMEs in their projects.
KfW Entrepreneur Loan: support for investments and working capital
In the KfW Entrepreneur Loan programme, the KfW banking group funds medium-term and long-term financing of projects in Germany and abroad on behalf of the Economic Affairs Ministry. The programme is targeted at established commercial SMEs and at professionals who have been active on the market for at least five years.
ERP Regional Aid Programme: support for investments in structurally weak areas
The ERP Regional Programme supports projects in structurally weak regions. It is operated by the KfW banking group on behalf of the Economic Affairs Ministry. Structurally weak regions are defined as the German regional aid areas identified on the regional aid map of the European Commission as specially eligible areas (“c” areas). These are the eastern German Länder including Berlin and certain selected western German assisted areas.
ERP Venture Capital Programme
The ERP Venture Capital Programme is operated by the KfW banking group on behalf of the ERP Special Fund. It assists SMEs and venture capital companies. The programme is targeted at commercial companies in Germany with a group turnover of up to €50 million (in exceptional circumstances up to €75 million) a year. A venture capital provider offers these companies fresh venture capital. The maximum investment is usually €1.25 million (up to €2.5 million in exceptional cases) and can be fully refinanced.
SME investment companies: supporting SMEs
The SME investment companies (Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaften), which are supported with state guarantees from the Federal Government and the Länder, work in and on behalf of SMEs. Venture capital from these companies boosts the equity base of SMEs. As neutral capital providers, these companies operate on a cross-sectoral, long-term basis. This venture capital is a flexible, SME-friendly instrument suitable for all most all reasons to seek finance. It gives competitive companies financial scope so that they can grow. Generally, the investment takes the form of dormant equity. In suitable cases, open investments are possible, but only as a minority shareholding.
Established SMEs can use guarantees from the Federal Government, the Länder and the guarantee banks supported by the Federal Government and the Länder in the same way as start-ups. Reference is made to the comments in the “Start-ups” chapter.
Investing in energy efficiency and sustainability
The Economic Affairs Ministry helps companies to invest in energy efficiency, e.g. by providing funding to develop energy-efficient products, to invest in commercial buildings, or to undertake efficient energy management. The machts-effizient.de website gives companies an overview of the support and advice available. Find out more (in German).
Other funding programmes which can also be used by existing SMEs:
INVEST – Grant for Venture Capital (in German)
Micro-Mezzanine Fund Germany (in German)
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More money for innovative start-ups and companies
In order to manage sophisticated research and development projects and to quickly turn ideas into reality, young, innovative companies and start-ups need special support. The Economic Affairs Ministry, and the ERP Special Fund administered by it, have therefore set up various instruments and programmes.
Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has set up the Central Innovation Programme to foster market-driven technology-based R&D work within German SMEs. The programme is designed to enhance companies’ capacity to innovate and to strengthen their long-term competitiveness.
Under ZIM, companies and the research institutes they work with can be awarded grants for ambitious R&D projects. Funding is not restricted to any particular field of technology, nor to specific fields of application. In addition, applications for cooperation networks with foreign partners can be submitted from 2018 onwards. Whether or not an application for a grant is approved depends on how innovative the project is and how marketable the results are likely to be. Find out more.
ERP/EIF Fund of Funds and European Angels Fund
The fund of funds, which is financed jointly by the European Investment Fund and the ERP Special Fund, invests €2.7 billion in venture capital funds which largely invest in Germany. Some of the funding from the ERP/EIF Fund of Funds totalling €270 million is used for the European Angels Fund, which was relaunched in 2012. The latter co-finances investment by selected, experienced business angels and other non-institutional investors investing in innovative companies.
ERP/EIF Mezzanine Fund of Funds for Germany
In order to strengthen the market for mezzanine capital in Germany, the European Investment Fund, the ERP Special Fund, LfA Förderbank Bayern and NRW.BANK have set up a joint fund: the Mezzanine Fund of Funds for Germany, which has since been supplemented by a second fund. The total volume of the fund of funds’ mandate is thus €600 million (funding from the ERP Special Fund, EIF, LfA, NRW.Bank) and it invests in private professional mezzanine funds which mainly invest in German SMEs.
ERP/EIF growth facility
The ERP/EIF Growth Facility is a cooperative project between the ERP Special Fund and the European Investment Fund, covering the field of venture capital and mezzanine finance; it provides an efficient way for fast-growing companies to access urgently needed capital for their growth. The ERP Special Fund and the EIF will cooperate with other successful venture capital fund investors in the ERP/EIF portfolio in order to set up co-investment funds that take stakes in fast-growing innovative companies. These portfolio companies must have their permanent establishment or the main focus of their business activities in Germany. There is no sectoral restriction. The investment made by the fund will be subject to the same terms as the investment made by the private-sector co-investor (pari passu). The instrument thus has a significant leverage effect.
coparion
The coinvestment fund “coparion” was set up by the ERP Special Fund and the KfW banking group, and provides funding for young and innovative companies in the same amount and on the same economic terms as private-sector lead investors. This makes it possible to double the amount of capital provided. Technology-oriented SMEs in trade and industry whose principle undertaking is in Germany are eligible to apply. The company must fulfil the criteria of the EU’s SME definition.
ERP-VC Fund Investments
In the context of the ERP Venture Capital Fund Investments, the KfW acts on behalf of the ERP Special Fund (which bears the risk), participating with a €400 million budget in selected venture capital funds in Germany and Europe. The focus is on assistance for technology-oriented start-ups and young, innovative companies. The instrument is particularly intended to target the supply-side gap in follow-up funding for young technology-based companies in the growth phase.
ERP Innovation Programme
Our ERP innovation programme is aimed at small and medium-sized companies and self-employed people working in the personal-services sector. The focus is on cooperation with research institutes. The idea here is to promote innovation and to quickly bring new practical applications to market. The ERP Innovation Programme is managed by the KfW banking group on behalf of the ERP Special Fund and serves to provide long-term financing for the close-to-market research and development of new products, production processes and services, and their further significant development.
In addition, the instruments EXIST, High-tech Start-up Fund and INVEST exist to fund innovation. Cf. the comments in the “Start-ups” chapter.
Publication: Central Innovation Programme for SMEs
Boosting innovation
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On 15 March, Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel will be joined by Dr Ingrid Hengster, member of the board of KfW and Pier Luigi Gilibert, Chief Executive of the European Investment Fund, to launch the ERP-EIF Growth Facility and the new coparion fund, two innovative financial instruments to encourage more venture capital in Germany.
15/03/2016 - Video - Fostering Innovation
Video: Press conference on innovation and growth financing
Start-up Financing
Handover of Businesses to the Next Generation
Funding of SMEs
Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Cutting Red Tape
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Holyfield-Ibragimov: Does Evander Have Any Magic Left?
October 10th, 2007 - 1 Comment »
As four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (42-8-2, 27 KOs) approaches this Saturday’s heavyweight championship bout with WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov 21-0, 17 KOs) at the Khodynka Ice Palace, in Moscow, Russia, a big questions looms about how much Holyfield has left in the tank after twenty three years as a professional boxer. Holyfield, 44, though he’s not fought as many bouts as many younger fighters, such as Wladimir Klitschko, his bouts have been much tougher, the type in which he’s stood in front of his opponents and traded shots for round after round. Along with his many wars, you have to factor in his advanced age which makes him one of the oldest heavyweights to challenge for a title since George Foreman accomplished the feat in the 90s.
While much has been made about Holyfield’s recent success over journeyman fighters Jeremy Bates, Fres Oquendo, Vinny Maddalone, and Lou Savarese, the fact remains that these fighters are hardly world class, and certainly not the type of competition to get a good gauge about how much Holyfield has left in the tank.
In truth, Holyfield has been given a shot at the heavyweight title not because he’s earned it, but rather because of his status as a former great fighter. It also helps his case that he’s a mere shadow of his former self and not considered much of a threat to the 32-year old Ibragimov. However, the Russian champion is far from invincible, thought of by many to be the weakest link among the four heavyweight champions.
Still, though, Holyfield will have his work cut out for him mainly because Ibragimov tends to move a lot, and is difficult to pin down for very long. Holyfield, at one time was brilliant at cutting off the ring on his opponents, had become more of a slow, shuffling plodder-type fighter who is mostly comfortable when his opponents stand directly in front of him in line of sight. For Holyfield to win, he’s going to have to play possum, and pretend that he’s more limited than he really is in hopes of luring Ibragimov close enough for him to unload some of his still formidable artillery.
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Treat her right
by BPW New Zealand | May 24, 2017 | Equal Pay, Gender debate | 0 comments
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We need your voice, and as many voices as possible, so we can turn up the volume on this issue. Politicians need to hear from all New Zealanders that it’s no longer 1972. It’s 2017 and it’s time for New Zealand to be a fair place, a place where the sisters are treated the same as the misters.
THE CURRENT GENDER PAY IMBALANCE IS 13%. IN 2016 WOMEN’S AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS ($432 A WEEK) WERE 61.1% OF MEN’S EARNINGS ($707 A WEEK)
GENDER PAY IMBALANCE
The average difference between what men and women are paid (this is sometimes called the gender pay gap).
Paying men and women the same pay for the same work. After the Bartlett v Terranova case, this is also thought to include pay equity.
Equal pay for work of equal value.
Equal pay for work of equal value means that, as well as women getting the same pay as men for the same job, women should get the same pay as men for doing a different but comparable job—a job involving comparable skills, years of training, responsibility, effort and working conditions.
This is a policy principle in international conventions ratified by New Zealand, which require government action. This principle is addressed by two New Zealand Acts: the Government Services Equal Pay Act 1960 and the Equal Pay Act 1972, both still in force. Despite this, equal pay for work of equal value is not being delivered. The terms of the Equal Pay 1972 are not being implemented fully by the government.
It’s time to pay the sisters the same as the misters.
It’s time to Treat Her Right
The current gender pay imbalance is 13%. In 2016, women’s average weekly earnings ($432 a week) were 61.1% of men’s earnings ($707 a week).
Based on current figures, it’s going to take 45 years for women before women will be paid equally. And that’s not on.
Equal pay affects everyone: the recent uni grad just starting her first job, the mum who is taking a couple of years out of paid work to raise her children, or the home care worker who gets paid less than a male doing a comparable job. Treat Her Right is about all of us.
The Equal Pay Act 1972 prohibited discrimination of employees’ pay rates based on their sex. It also stipulated men and women in the same job must be paid equally; as well as equal pay for work of equal value for jobs that mainly employ women. However, these terms have not been fully implemented since 1972—shown in our current 13% gender pay imbalance.
“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be a part of your revolution”
— Emma Goldman
It’s taken a long time, and a lot of people, to get to this point.
There are many women like Prue Hyman, feminist economist; Martha Coleman, lawyer; and Elizabeth Tennet, former Labour Party MP. There’s Kristine Bartlett, the rest home worker who brought a pay equity case to the Supreme Court in 2012 and won. They’ve paved the way for us. But there is so much more to be done!
There’s Donna Summer, the 1980s songstress who sings the soundtrack (and the title) for the campaign. She works hard for the money/ so you better treat her right. Summer wrote the song after an encounter she had with an exhausted Los Angeles restroom attendant, Onetta Johnson.
There’s the 200 wahine who turned up in December 2016 to help us film our campaign video. Nurses, undertakers, home care workers, women danced to Summer’s She Works Hard for the Money in a synchronised dance sequence. When the camera rolled, each one lived in their own Beyoncé moment.
Photo: Jinki Cambronero
There are women like Director Loren Taylor and Cinematographer Ginny Loane, who brought Treat Her Right to life on film in the campaign video. Double Denim’s Directors, Angela Meyer and Anna Dean, who devised the Treat Her Right campaign. There’s the crew at Shut Up and Dance, who choreographed the video.
And finally, there’s the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, who commissioned this campaign. Unions are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand. They bring together 320,000 New Zealand union members in 31 affiliated unions, and promote unionisation and collectivism through active campaigns. They’re all about equal rights, inclusivity and equal opportunity.
The Treat Her Right campaign exists to inform and educate the public about equal pay, to make sure that the issue of equal pay is high on the government agenda.
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Netanyahu to Stand Trial for Bribery, Fraud and Breach of Trust
AP /Dan Balilty
Deborah Danan
TEL AVIV – Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted for bribery in a decision that will rock the country a mere six weeks prior to general elections.
Mandelblit will charge the prime minister pending a hearing for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the so-called Case 4000, a corruption case involving the national phone company Bezeq. Netanyahu will also be indicted for breach of trust in Case 1000 for receiving illicit gifts, and with fraud and breach of trust in Case 2000, in which Netanyahu is suspected of striking a deal with media mogul Arnon (Noni) Mozes.
The decision marks the first time in Israel’s history that a sitting prime minister has been informed that he is to face criminal charges. Former prime minister Ehud Olmert, who served time in prison, stepped down during a 2008 investigation into him before an indictment was announced.
“This is hugely significant — for the prime minister and for all of us,” the Times of Israel quoted Suzie Navot, a professor of constitutional and parliamentary law, as saying. “This was an investigation conducted with caution, with restraint — some would say too much restraint, over too long. The evidence was checked and re-checked.” Despite the attorney-general knowing what turmoil this would cause prior to the elections, “the decision was taken to indict, in all three cases,” she said.
The move could turn the tables for Netanyahu’s Likud party, which is currently running neck and neck with political newcomer and ex-IDF chief Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party, according to polls.
Netanyahu’s Likud party responded that “there is nothing” to the cases against the premier and continued with the party line that “the media and the left” pressured the attorney general into the decision.
“No one is surprised by the announcement,” Likud said, adding that “the witch hunt against the prime minister began with an attempt to hit him with four bribery cases. Even before the hearing, three of those have collapsed.”
Netanyahu is slated to give a media briefing later on Thursday.
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Mohammad Saleem Latif – January 2018
BPF caught up with Mohammad Saleem Latif as our Outstanding British Pakistani this month, who won the Commonwealth Export Champion title in November 2017 as a leading Commonwealth SME. To learn more about the Commonwealth First programme and to apply please visit: http://www.commonwealthfirst.org/
How did your interest in business develop?
I originally graduated as a Medical Engineer but my passion for computers led me to work for IBM. It was a 9-5 job, a typical shift for many. However, very soon I began to realise that my childhood dreams of doing large and wonderful things in life started to fade into the distance. There simply wasn’t enough time or money to pursue any of my dreams so I decided to start working for myself.
What is it that you do now?
I am the Managing Director of a company called ePortfolios which specialises in online solutions for the monitoring and evaluation of teachers’ professional growth and lifelong learning. It basically assists with the tracking and assessment of teachers’ knowledge and skills along the Professional Teacher Standards.
You have quite a list of outstanding achievements, but what do you take most pride in?
As of November 2017, becoming a CommonwealthFirst Export Champion is at the top of the list. I’m so proud to have won. The fact I am a British Pakistani and Muslim makes me even more proud as I get to positively represent both my faith & community and challenge the stereotype of people with my background.
Tell us a bit about the Commonwealth First Mission and how you came across it?
The CommonwealthFirst Mission was established to encourage and enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to trade with and invest in countries across the Commonwealth.
I was looking to expand the business by incorporating teaching standards from countries apart from the UK. During my research I came across the Commonwealth Standards Framework for Teachers & School Leaders. This led me to the CWIEC website which, in turn, took me to the Commonwealth First programme.
What are Commonwealth export champions and how did your company qualify as one?
Export Champions are 100 of the best small and medium sized enterprises across the UK who demonstrate an innovative approach to their work, have ambitious plans to grow internationally and who contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals whilst at the same time have a high level of impact on the countries they export their products to.
ePortfolios qualified as an Export Champion because we met all the above criteria. We have an innovative solution, which can help all 52 Commonwealth countries measure, track and assess the knowledge, skills and personal attributes of all 20 million teachers along the new Commonwealth Standards Framework for Teachers and School Leaders.
What is the best thing about being a champion?
Wherever I go, the recognition of being a champion, the respect I get and the honour it imparts is unparalleled.
As a champion, I’m taken on tailored trade missions and given access to high level networks. I get assistance from the UK government, trade associations, Chambers of Commerce and unrivalled profiling and branding opportunities.
In April I will get the opportunity to be part of the Commonwealth Business Forum where, for the first time since 1997, the UK will host Commonwealth leaders at Buckingham Palace for the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
By far the best thing for me, however, is being a role model by those I love as well as those in the wider community.
How promising is the future of export businesses across the Commonwealth?
The Commonwealth is made up of 52 English speaking countries with a combined population of 2.2 billion, of who, over 60% are under the age of 30. With technology making the world an ever-smaller place, the potential for businesses to expand into these countries and access the younger population is huge.
Moreover, with a combined GDP estimated to top US$13 trillion by 2020 and a framework of shared values, regulatory systems and language, trade between Commonwealth countries is cheaper and costs, on average, 19% less than trade between nations outside of the Commonwealth.
Where do you see yourself and your firm 5 years from now?
Within the next few years we hope to involve British, Canadian and Australian Universities and Institutions in the distance monitoring, assessment and accreditation of teachers working within developing Commonwealth nations.
We hope our efforts and success in training teachers to a high professional standard will spur the development and implementation of Commonwealth competency frameworks for doctors, engineers, scientists etc as well.
Our ultimate goal will be to work with the Commonwealth governments to allow professionals from all different backgrounds and ethnicities to move and work freely within the Commonwealth.
What was the most crucial decision you have ever made that led to where you are now?
That must be applying to train as a teacher back in 2008.
It was only during teacher training that I discovered the importance of the ePortfolio and observed how it was used by our School Mentor to assess our teaching performance and our University Tutor to judge whether to grant a teaching qualification.
If you could change one thing about your journey, what would you do differently?
I worked completely independently throughout the design and development stages of the ePortfolio. On reflection, if I was to start the journey again, I would probably align myself with recognised institutions and have started to network much earlier. If I had done this, I think I would have found the route to market much less frustrating.
Do you have any regrets?
I’m not big on regrets. I very much believe that everything I have experienced in life has ultimately brought me to this moment.
I have learnt, however, to enjoy the journey more. I remember often looking outside on a sunny day, longing to go outdoors only to continue working in my office. It’s important to remember there’s life outside work, however much you enjoy what you do.
How do you cope with failure?
When it comes to failures, disappointments or rejections I try to understand the reasons behind them and then work around them as best I can.
If, after exhausting all options, it still doesn’t work out, I believe that it’s because its either not the right time or it’s something that’s not destined to be for me.
A wise man once said: “What is destined will reach you, even if it be underneath two mountains. What is not destined, will not reach you, even if it be between your two lips!”
What are some traits every businessman needs to be successful in his or her job?
My top 5 would be:
1. Trustworthy – Who wants to do business with a fraudster?
2. Ambitious – Has a vision & passion to get exactly where they want to go
3. Intelligent – Can weigh up decisions logically without basing judgements on emotions
4. Courageous – Willing to take calculated risks and face the consequences
5. Sociable but with a thick skin – Needs to be able to network whilst accepting genuine criticism and rejecting unfounded negative attitudes.
What or who is your greatest inspiration?
For business inspiration, I look to James Caan, the famous Dragon’s Den tycoon. He gives me the courage to strive to achieve a really high level of success, although I aim to do that whilst preserving and taking pride in my Pakistani identity and Islamic faith.
Other than business, what are your hobbies?
I own & run several websites, YouTube channels and Facebook pages that attract millions of visitors/viewers each year. I also run a charity that works with local partner organisations to build wells that provide fresh clean water to entire villages. Apart from that, I also enjoy going out with my family, running an online meditation class and playing chess.
What advice do you have to offer to young British-Pakistanis who want to follow in your footsteps?
If you want to be successful, hang around with successful people. As Jim Rohn so eloquently put it, “you are the average of the 5 people you hang around with the most.”
If it means making new friends, then make some new friends. Take action. Join the right groups and keep your eyes and ears open. There are plenty of people out there doing well. Your task is to introduce yourself to those you would like to emulate and get a relationship off the ground. The rest will happen naturally.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry just welcomed their first child — here's how much the British royal family is worth
Áine Cain
Feb 28, 2018, 1:08 AM
Chris Jackson / GettyThe British royal family is worth millions.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcomed their first child at 5:26 a.m. on Monday morning.
The British royal family is worth millions of dollars collectively, though Queen Elizabeth II has the highest personal net worth.
Most of the British monarchy’s wealth is derived from inherited lands and investments. British taxpayers also support the royal family through a “sovereign grant” issued by the treasury.
The royal family has come under fire for money management in the past – along with certain investments that appeared in the Paradise Papers.
You might say the royal family is old money. Centuries-old money, to be exact. And as of Monday, the family has grown by one new member: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry welcome their first child, a son, at 5:26 a.m. on Monday morning.
According to Forbes, Queen Elizabeth II had an estimated net worth of $US530 million as of 2016. Forbes also reports the British monarchy “contributes nearly £1.8 billion to the UK economy” annually, including £550 million in tourism.
British taxpayers support the family through a “sovereign grant” issued by the treasury. This year’s grant will come out to $US104.8 million. That’s about 65 pence per year per taxpayer, according to The Boston Globe.
Meghan Markle – who married Prince Harry in May 2018 – brought her own substantial wealth to the marriage. She has a net worth of $US5 million, the Daily Mail reported.
Here’s how much the British royal family is worth now – and how they acquired their millions.
The treasury doles out a lump sum — known as the sovereign grant — to the queen.
The sovereign grant is meant to cover the expenses Queen Elizabeth II racks up in her official duties as monarch, including travel, entertaining, and property maintenance,according to The Mirror.
The sovereign grant comes out to 15% of the annual profit of the Crown Estates. The amount granted to the monarch cannot decrease from the previous year, even if the Crown Estate fares poorly. The National Audit Office has free reign to audit the grant.
The arrangement hasn’t always been without snarls. The grant came under review in 2015, essentially because the queen was making too much money, Business Insider reported.
What’s more, the Guardian reported the grant jumped from 15% to 25% of Crown Estate profits, in order to pay for Buckingham Palace renovations.
Queen Elizabeth II also has her own personal income — and paid income tax for the first time after a fire devastated her favourite castle in 1992.
Andrew Redington/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II.
Forbes reports Queen Elizabeth has an estimated private wealth of $US530 million.
And, according to the law of the land, she doesn’t have to pay any taxes on her wealth.
“The sovereign is not legally liable for income, capital-gains or inheritance tax,” according to the Economist.
That expectation changed after one of her favourite residences, Windsor Castle, was devastated in a 1992, according to the Daily Mail.
The fire sparked controversy over who would foot the bill for the damages. Ultimately, Queen Elizabeth began paying taxes on her income. According to the BBC, she was the first monarch to pay taxes since the 1930s.
Business Insider reported that the queen also makes “voluntary payments to the UK tax authority HM Revenue and Customs” in lieu of capital gains tax and inheritance tax.
The sovereign grant itself is tax-exempt.
The Crown — not Queen Elizabeth, herself — holds many luxurious residences and priceless objects in trust.
Pool / Getty ImagesThe Imperial State Crown.
The Queen herself doesn’t personally own national treasures like the Crown Jewels or the Tower of London.
Such national treasures are part of the royal collection, which the monarch holds in trust for the nation. The collection is made up of thousands of paintings, tapestries, pieces of furniture, photographs, and other objects, spread out between numerous royal residences. Certain palaces, like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, are also held in trust.
She does personally own certain items in the collection, including an immense royal stamp collection her father King George V passed down to her. She also privately owns the $US65 million country house, Sandringham House, and the $US140 million Scottish estate Balmoral Castle, according to Fortune.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles derive income from two duchies with medieval roots — which were both caught up in the Paradise Papers leak.
WPA Pool / Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth and her son and heir Prince Charles were caught up in a financial firestorm when their names appeared in the Paradise Papers.
The Duchy of Lancaster – a private estate initially established for John of Gaunt, the younger son of King Edward III – has been handed down from monarch to monarch since 1399. Funds from the duchy pour into the Crown’s Privy Purse – or private income.
The Washington Post reported $US12 million of the queen’s private money from this duchy was invested offshore, in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
According to the BBC, some of that money also went to, “the company behind BrightHouse, a chain accused of irresponsible lending, and Threshers, which went bust owing £17.5m in UK tax.”
Prince Charles of Wales also came under fire, as a result of the news.
The 680-year-old Duchy of Cornwall is inherited by the eldest son of the reigning monarch. Back in 2007, the duchy bought $US113,500 of shares in Sustainable Forestry Management Ltd. The Bermuda-based company stood to benefit from a change in climate change policy.
The BBC reported Prince Charles advocated for the change “… and his estate, the Duchy of Cornwall, tripled its investment in Sustainable Forestry in the space of a year.”
Spokespeople from both duchies denied wrongdoing and pointed to the fact both royals voluntarily pay taxes on their incomes.
But the revelations still stirred controversy. Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Telegraph, “Anyone that is putting money into tax havens in order to avoid taxation in Britain, and obviously investigations have to take place, should do two things – not just apologise for it but also recognise what it does to our society.”
The Crown hasn’t always been under such scrutiny in regards to its finances, amassing enormous wealth over the centuries, largely through land acquisitions and conquest.
Wikimedia CommonsKing George III.
The Crown’s wealth has historically flowed from inherited properties acquired through centuries of conquest, forfeiture, and purchases.
The practice of establishing Crown lands – or land belonging to the monarch – dates all the way back to the Norman conquest. Different rulers have gained and lost land over the years, as the cost of governance grew overtime.
When King George III took the throne in 1760, the way in which royal finances were managed underwent a major change. According to the royal family’s official website, Parliament began to pay for the entirety of the “Civil List” – government expenditures and royal household costs traditionally handled by the monarch. In exchange, Parliament would receive the “hereditary revenues” of the king’s Crown Estate.
While the Crown Estate is “owned by the monarch for the duration of their reign,” it is not their private property and “cannot be sold by the monarch, nor do revenues from it belong to the monarch,” according to the Crown Estate’s website.
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Heartbreak as Tom Petty dies
'We are devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty'
03 October 2017 - 08:00 Piya Sinha-Roy
Veteran rocker Tom Petty, best known for hits such as “Free Fallin’” and “American Girl,” died on Monday after he was found unconscious and in cardiac arrest, his manager said. He was 66. Petty suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu early on Monday morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived, his long-time manager Tony Dimitriades said in a statement.
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4 'SNL' Donald Trump Skits That Are Alarmingly Accurate & Absolutely Hilarious
By Melanie Schmitz
Donald Trump was back in late-night television Tuesday, and this time, he squared off with comedic titan Stephen Colbert of The Late Show. The billionaire business mogul missed a few punches, namely when Colbert asked whether Trump believed President Obama had been born in the United States ("I don't talk about that anymore," Trump said). But for all his minor gaffes, Trump was relatively well-received, playing along with the late-night host, and acted cordial and friendly throughout the remainder of the interview. He's likely had a lot of practice: Over the years, Trump has been hammered in Saturday Night Live skits, many of which didn't have to stray far from the source to provide raucous entertainment.
Several SNL alum have portrayed the orange-tinged businessman over the years, including Phil Hartman, Jason Sudeikis, and Darrell Hammond, and although their interpretations all varied in the minutiae, each one made sure to play up Trump's signature braggadocio. In an early "Church Chat" sketch from February 1990, for example, Hartman was tasked with impersonating the then-scandal-embroiled Trump, whose real-life counterpart had just been caught having an affair with ingenue actress Marla Maples, whom he later married. When asked by Dana Carvey's "Church Lady" to clear the air regarding the scandal Trump (Hartman) replied that he could simply buy out her cable television program and shut her down.
"Let me clear up a couple gray areas for you, Church Lady. First, nobody puts me on the spot," fake-Trump angrily said. "Second, I could buy and sell you and your little freak show, dog and pony act, whatever this is... You keep your nose outta my business or you'll find yourself on the street — wait a minute, I own the street, I don't know where you're gonna find yourself." Ouch.
Although the dialogue was punctuated with a few over-the-top remarks meant to elicit more laughs, Hartman's impersonation wasn't really that far off the mark, especially considering his most recent run-ins with the press in the 2016 election cycle (racist immigration comments and sexist Twitter feuds, anyone?). The brief "Church Chat" skit wasn't the only SNL sketch over the years to perfectly embody the brash businessman's trademark arrogance either — the comedy show has been giving it to The Donald for the past 25 years.
Donald Trump & The Apprentice
In a skit from January 2004, Darrell Hammond played up Trump's penchant for boasting about his own wealth.
"Most of you know who I am already, because I'm rich and I'm handsome," Hammond's Trump quipped. "I'd like to talk about my new show [...] The Apprentice — like everything I do, it's gonna be big, and bold, and sexy, and full of class, OK?" He added that he would be looking for a winner who appreciated the "classier things in life," like "solid gold telescopes and 40-foot televisions."
If that sounds familiar, it's probably because Trump unapologetically reminded everyone of his wealth in his campaign kickoff speech this past June, boasting neatly, "I'm really rich."
Donald Trump & His Replacement
Trump himself hosted the Saturday evening comedy show in April 2004, opening the night by joking, "It's great to be here at Saturday Night Live, but I'll be completely honest, it's even better for Saturday Night Live that I'm here." After winking at the audience (go ahead and shudder a little bit with me), Trump added, due to his busy schedule, he'd be replacing himself that evening with SNL actor Darrell Hammond, who as evidenced by the previous clip, made for a pretty decent carbon copy of the billionaire.
"Nobody's bigger than me, nobody's better than me, I'm a ratings machine [...] but in case I get called — I'm always on business — I got a replacement," Trump explained, bringing Hammond onto the stage. You know what they say: If you can't beat 'em... make them pretend to be you so at least you can act like you own the narrative. Right?
Ross Perot Interviews Donald Trump
In 1999, Ross Perot was making waves on the presidential election scene with his moderate, populist Reform Party. Former President George H.W. Bush publicly chided the Texas businessman for trying to sway more Republican members to his centrist movement in order to push a new candidate for the upcoming election. Eager to get in on the political melee, SNL recruited then-cast member Cheri Oteri to play the eager Perot as a leader in search of a new star — and one of Perot's willing volunteers? Hammond's Donald Trump.
"Apparently ... I wasn't insane enough for the American people," Oteri as Perot said, asking both Trump and Pat Buchanan (played by Chris Parnell) for their respective stances on controversial issues. When fake-Buchanan replied that "foreigners in general [were] repulsive," fake-Trump then remarked,
Whoa, whoa, whoa — hold the boat. The Donald employs an army of illegal aliens in his many fine Atlantic City hotels and casinos. Sure they steal and talk funny, but [...] they'll work for 15-cents a week.
"The Donald" also took the time to reveal his own revamp of the White House, a casino-like monstrosity he had dubbed, "The Trump House." Fake-Trump may have been shocking, but let's be honest — the entire sketch was alarmingly accurate.
Donald Trump Vs. The Pizza
Playing off of Trump's self-deprecating Domino's ad earlier in 2005, SNL writers managed to throw together their own commercial, complete with Hammond as an unmanageable Trump in a pizza costume (if that's not comedy gold, I'm not sure what is). In the clip, Hammond's Trump seemed to have difficulty remembering the name of the pizza company, continually calling it "Dominio's," rather than Domino's.
"Keep rolling, 'cause I'm gonna wing one now right off the cuff, Robin Williams-style," said fake-Trump. "And... action: Cheese-Louise, I'm hungry — hey wait, I'm a slice of cheeseburger pizza from Dominio's, like the game... eat me."
Try controlling your laughter during this brilliant Hammond sketch — I dare you.
Although Hammond has long since gone from the SNL stage, fans of the long-running comedy sketch still have reason to rejoice: On Monday, the NBC late-night comedy show announced that it had selected cast member Taran Killam to play the ever-angry and slightly xenophobic Trump, a decision which Killam's colleague Kate McKinnon, who often impersonates Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, called "amazing."
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CalMac report looks Argyll’s marine economy
A CalMac ferry on crystal clear seas at the slipway on the Isle of Gigha. (Photo by Nick Adamson)
An independent report, commissioned by Caledonian MacBrayne, has been compiled to help grow the marine economy of Argyll and the Clyde over the next 25 years.
The report, which was co-authored and compiled by MacArthur Green environmental consultants and academic specialists at University of the West of Scotland, is intended to stimulate inter-industry and agency discussion within the scope of the National Marine Plan Focusing on three major sectors – aquaculture, transport and tourism – and covers the Clyde and Argyll Regional Marine areas.
Caledonian MacBrayne’s report sets out the opportunities and threats which could prevail within different marine sectors, as well as seeking to inspire a collaborative and positive approach, which has been welcomed by Scottish Natural Heritage. The Scottish Association for Marine Science, the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, SNH and Marine Harvest Scotland also made useful comment and additions and have been acknowledged and thanked for their input.
The National Marine Plan launched in March 2015 and is a living document, which will develop and grow. It seeks to bring together all those with an interest in Scotland’s maritime areas to create a comprehensive strategy for the long term industry and health of the seas which surround the country.
CalMac Managing Director Martin Dorchester said: “The National Marine Plan has the overall aim of optimising the long-term economic, social and environmental benefits from Scotland’s seas to local communities, and Scotland as a whole.
“As the main operator of ferry services on the west coast of Scotland with an interest and passion for the area we serve, and with resources onshore and at sea which could potentially be deployed in new and different ways – aiding with monitoring of the environment, for example - we saw an opportunity to aid the evolution of the NMP by commissioning a study that we hope will contribute to the national plan and the relevant regional plans.”
- In the aquaculture sector researchers highlighted the industry’s reliance on only two major products (salmon and blue mussels) and planning constraints in getting new developments approved. The study suggests raising awareness of the cleanliness of Scottish marine environment, while diversification into new products such as sea snails, sea urchins or sea weeds would make the industry more secure. Research and development into aquafeeds could help too, by reducing costs and improving nutritional value, while enhanced monitoring would provide early warning of dangerous algal and jellyfish blooms. Cultivating seaweeds has the potential to increase marine biodiversity, mitigate coastal erosion and to provide energy self-sufficiency for island communities through biogas production.
- The study found that tourism and recreation offers many opportunities for future growth, particularly in relation to sailing tourism, wildlife tourism, cruise ship tourism and adventure tourism.
However, this is likely to result in greater competition for resources, such as access to shore front or to fish stocks. More damage to the environment is also likely and growth will be hampered by a lack of provision of services, such as access to the internet, and a lack of affordable housing for local residents.
- Marine traffic is likely to increase in the Clyde and Argyll region over the next 25 years with much of the growth expected to be through the development of the cruise ship and sailing tourism sectors.
The report also suggests that in the longer term new international shipping routes may open up if the arctic ice mass reduces much further – and Clyde and Argyll are ideally placed to exploit them.
However this growth will inevitably cause problems; congestion and an increase in marine noise pollution and emissions, not to mention the need for substantial infrastructural port development to meet growing demand all seem likely.
Mr Dorchester added: “What is most striking in this report is the interdependency of the different sectors on each other and the need to work together to find solutions which take into account each other’s interests. The starting point for this is to know and understand the different challenges each group faces and I would hope that this report will start people thinking about what they can do for each other.
“From our perspective, the study reinforces our view that our geographical spread and role as the operator that moves people and goods about on the west coast for a wide variety of activities, means that while we cannot drive many of the required changes, we potentially have a key role in helping others deliver the change we all seek. Sharing these findings is the next step and I would hope that it will feed into the discussions that many are now having about the NMP and their own regional plans.”
Subject to securing the next CHFS contract and with the support of relevant stakeholders, CalMac would like to organise and chair a conference which brings all parties together to discuss the study’s findings and agree a way forward.
David MacArthur, Director of MacArthur Green said: “CalMac’s interest in the marine environment is to be welcomed and I am sure that this report will be closely studied by everyone who is passionate about the future Scottish marine environment and economy. The many competing demands for use
of the seas around the west coast are going to increase and, as an independent third party, CalMac is ideally placed to act as a facilitator going forward.”
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Religion In Video Games
True Religion Vs Levi’s True Religion. The True Religion spring summer 2016 collection of men’s designer clothes includes designer Jeans, stylish shirts, graphical T Shirts and bold Jumpers and zip tops. The following stores are already open at Empire Outlets: Levi Strauss & Co., Banana Republic Factory Store, U.S. Polo Assn, There’s room for improvement, especially in e-commerce. Over
Shaman, paragon, God-mode: modern video games are heavily coded with religious undertones. From the Shinto-inspired Japanese video game Okami to the.
Feb 27, 2012. Many video games have begun incorporating religion as a key aspect to plot points and story lines. Greg Perreault, a doctoral student in the.
Video games and anime are powerful platforms for exploring death and religion, but they are used here to greatest effect to show that social contracts between players do not end when their virtual lives begin
Religion is one of the few topics that people generally don’t want to talk about. It discusses the very nature of being, why we are here, and informs people of their worldviews. To make a game that has religion either as a central narrative component or as game mechanic seems like a fool’s errand, but there have been a multitude of games that done just that.
May 3, 2010. Religion and Video Games: The Great Debate The second is actually another writer from DualShockers. Who, when he isn't writing reviews,
“Patrols will be held around religious sites,” Castaner said on his official. mirroring the carnage played out in video games, after publishing a “manifesto” in which he denounced immigrants.
Nov 28, 2017 · Game studies has been an understudied area within the emerging field of digital media and religion. Video games can reflect, reject, or reconfigure traditionally held religious ideas and often serve as sources for the production of religious practices and ideas.
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you get to catch saints and other religious figures. Developed by Fundación Ramón Pané, a Catholic organization with headquarters in Miami and Honduras, Follow JC Go! is an augmented reality video.
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Religion in video games The best critique of organised religion in games, to my mind, comes in Final Fantasy X (which I controversially maintain is one of the best in the series) where the religious establishment maintains its social control and the status quo through the process of sacrificing a summoner to the destructive entity known as Sin.
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Jun 21, 2013. Pick any cult in video games and you'll find a lot of the same things in. Using the Marker as the foundation of Unitology, the religion went on to.
Jun 2, 2017. Kill Fundamentalists in Video Games And Other Musings On Religion. Specifically because for the first time, the focal point of the game is.
existing online communities that surround cryptocurrencies and video games are among the most fertile places to watch. In Brekke’s 2016 book, Faithonomics—Religion and the Free Market, he argued that.
Download Religion Simulator – God Games [Download] and play today. Religion Simulator is a unique strategy game. It gives you an opportunity to build your own religion and decide about its structure and philosophy. The game consists of two elements: 1. THE GLOBE – You develop your religion on the globe, where you need to take over tiles by adding expansions, temples and other buildings.
Aug 25, 2012. Over the years, video game developers have tried to emulate some of the religions of the real world, some more successfully than others.
I also played video games, and often they were violent. platform and responsibility to bring people together across the boundaries of race, religion and culture. Unlike New Zealand Prime Minister.
Apr 18, 2013 · Well the most recent (and rather absurd) version of religion in video games was the worship of the Founding Fathers in Bioshock Infinite. Some might see it as deep or profound, but I.
The Opposable Thumbs blog recently took a look at how religious themes are handled in video games. Most makers of mainstream games are hesitant, given the strong feelings of most consumers on the subject, but other companies are trying desperately to bring religion into the spotlight. Quoting: "Part.
Sep 14, 2017 · The Washington Post logo. It isn’t politics, video games or religion. A student and her mother embrace one another in San Bernardino, Calif., where a school shooting took place April 10.
Mar 03, 2019 · “Most men, indeed, play at religion as they play at games. Religion itself being of all games the one most universally played.” – A. W. Tozer. If the game is filled with cursing, lasciviousness, etc. we should not play it. The most popular games are so sinful and filled with all types of evil.
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Where Was Priest Filmed Jesus Christ And Buddha All the story of Jesus is mythological like Indian mythology. Hence, there is solid proof that Jesus Christ came to India and has made a deep study of Hindu religion. We know a lot more about Jesus than about Buddha, but we do know a fairly significant amount about Buddha, including
Oct 19, 2017 · Traditionally, the American video game industry has been very skittish about producing games with overtly religious content. It may have something to.
Dec 24, 2009 · When religion and games intersect—and how it often goes badly Religious themes almost never appear in video games, which is strange. Michael Thompson -.
Oct 16, 2013. It may come as a surprise to those opposed to "soul-destroying" violent video games to find that some of the most violent ones are far from.
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"This reaffirms what we have always maintained: that terrorism does not have a religion. referring to the video, said "innocent lives reduced to a political statement, shot like a video game and.
Freedom Fries, Religion and Video Games A blog for the Rels 32 class at Santa Rosa Junior College. Friday, November 27, 2015. Tomb Raider and Japanese Religion.
“Patrols will be held around religious sites.” A gunman broadcast live footage on Facebook of the attack on one mosque in the city of Christchurch, mirroring the carnage played out in video games,
Apr 26, 2017. As I said earlier, this use of religious imagery is not unusual in gaming. However, what never ceases to amaze me is how talented teams full of.
Courtesy photo (RNS) — Midway through a recent video announcing his diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek asked fans of the show for their prayers. They were needed, he.
The parallels between sports and religion are significant. People adapt their lives around both. Fans and followers are driven by belief and superstition. And both can defy cold, hard logic. Midway.
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Apr 28, 2014. Shaman, paragon, God-mode: modern video games are heavily coded with religious undertones. From the Shinto-inspired Japanese video.
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Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
Jun 19, 2018. capacity of video games to engage meaningfully with topics such as religion, Often the treatment of religion in video games is quite negative.
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Oct 6, 2015. One of the first people you meet in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is a rare figure in video games: a clergyman. His name is Jeremy.
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Feb 29, 2012. Many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence, finds a new study from the University of Missouri. Greg Perreault, a doctoral.
Underlying the faceoff between the two are tensions over religion, the military and the distribution of. While many set out to protest peacefully, photographs and video show others arrived in.
Now my question to everyone is what instances have you witnessed religion in video games. I'm looking for good and bad examples of how to.
Or, in no religious texts at all. Having said that. Star Wars, and a plethora of video games that I could not even name. If they can learn, understand, and appreciate Greek literature for its.
Feb 27, 2012. Many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence in the game narratives, new research shows.
Dec 30, 2018 · Culture & Religion > The 5 most intelligent video games and why you should play them. Video games are often dismissed as fun distractions, but some of them dive into deep issues.
“Playing video games mimics the kinds of sensory assaults humans are programmed. The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily represent those of Religion News Service.).
Four decades removed from the golden age of arcade games, video games have changed a lot. Video games have been able to tell more engaging stories than ever before with advancing technology. With this, religion has found its way to be represented in games.
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Angel Of The Lord Prayer The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God's holy people, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, "What is it, Lord? This is also evident in passages such as Matthew
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This Is Not A Drill, Ed Sheeran And Beyoncé Are Releasing A New Song Today
Hold on to your wigs, they're about to be snatched.
Today was just like any other and then, as Beyoncé has got into the habit of doing, my wig got well and truly snatched from my head.
Because if you didn't already see the news, Beyoncé is collaborating with Ed Sheeran and releasing the song TODAY.
These surprise drops have got to stop, give me a chance to breathe goddammit.
Considering that Ed already has a song on his album called "Perfect", we can probably assume that it will be a remix of this.
The video for the song, featuring actress Zoey Deutch, was released a couple of weeks back.
It won't be the first time the two have collaborated. In the past they've done a duet on Beyoncé's "Drunk in Love" and also performed a Stevie Wonder tribute.
Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images
Obviously people are excited to hear what the song will sound like with Beyoncé on it.
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Ahhhhhhh can't believe we are all gonna get to hear a Beyoncé and Ed Sheehan duet of Perfect! It's going to be PERF… https://t.co/jhyqvGJrXs
And most of us are just losing our damn minds waiting for it.
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ED SHEERAN FT BEYONCE
But just in case that wasn't enough, we were given this prediction, which has me shaking.
Clardi B @claraamfo
Always remember that Beyonce features are soft launches for the MAIN EVENT in 2018. It’s all gonna be okay.
I don't know about you, but I'll be counting down the hours for this collab!
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"James Bond" Actor Daniel Craig To Star In TV Adaptation Of Jonathan Franzen's "Purity"
The 20-episode Showtime series will air over two years and production will begin in 2017.
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Showtime announced today it will produce a 20-episode limited series called Purity, based on the Jonathan Franzen novel of the same name, that will run in two installments over two years.
SHOWTIME announced the pick-up of the new limited series PURITY, based on the novel of the same name from best-selling author Jonathan Franzen, and starring and executive produced by internationally-acclaimed actor Daniel Craig. PURITY will be a 20-episode limited series set to air over the course of two years on SHOWTIME. Production will begin in 2017.
Franzen will serve as one of the writers and executive producers on the series, which will star James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
Sean Gallup / Getty Images / Via Showtime
Other executive producers include Todd Field, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and David Hare. Field will direct every episode and Hare will also serve as a writer on the series.
Craig will play the role of Andreas Wolf, a mysterious, charismatic East German man who runs The Sunlight Project, an organization in South America that traffics in world secrets (think Julian Assange or Edward Snowden).
PURITY is a morally complex story of youthful idealism, extreme loyalty and cold-blooded murder. Jonathan Franzen's intricately plotted novel is populated by characters both hungry for the truth and desperate to hide it. From STASI offspring to Oakland anarchists, Franzen tracks his characters' landscapes as varied as East Berlin, the Bolivian jungle, East Harlem walk-ups, and the California Redwoods. PURITY is at once supremely ambitious in scope and intensely intimate in its treatment of character – a decades-spanning tragicomedy that builds to a contemporary climax.
Who will play Pip Tyler? Or her mother? We can't wait to see how Franzen's novel will translate onto the screen.
You can get a copy of the original book here.
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Graduate entrepreneurs lack support from universities
UK graduates interested in freelancing or self-employment feel their university should have done more to support them, according to a new study by business insurance broker PolicyBee.
The study, which surveyed just over 1,000 recent graduates, found that 62% of graduates said freelancing or self-employment was not discussed at all by their university’s career department.
A further 19% said it was discussed but that not enough information was given.
“Universities could do more to support potential freelancers…”
Nearly half (48%) of graduates felt disappointed by the support they received directly from their careers department in terms of preparing them for the world of work. Similarly, a third (32%) said they felt their faculty or academic department could have done more.
Kerri-Ann Hockley, who commissioned the study for PolicyBee, said: “Universities could do more to encourage and support potential freelancers.
“More and more people are turning to self-employment to overcome the difficulties of our current economic situation. The study clearly shows that many graduates have an appetite for self-employment and need to make an informed decision about whether this is the right career choice for them.”
Self-employment on the rise
Self-employment in the UK is rising, and is currently at its highest level for more than 40 years. Fewer people are also leaving self-employment than in the past.
According to Kerri-Ann: “In the past, self-employment or freelancing were only considered options by more experienced professionals. The latest generation don’t see this as a barrier. Thanks to the changing job market and developments in technology, graduates can enjoy greater independence. They no longer need to follow conventional routes into employment if it doesn’t suit them.”
Over half (56%) of the graduates surveyed in the study said they had undertaken some freelancing during their studies. Of that portion, 44% were considering freelancing or self-employment as a career.
Almost half (45%) said gaining experience was the main reason for pursuing a freelance career, compared with the 22% who became self-employed to help pay the bills.
Unique skill set
The study highlights that freelance and self-employed graduates have a wealth of skills that can give them the edge over their more mature counterparts.
When asked what they thought the main advantages of hiring a graduate freelancer were, respondents answered:
Up to date subject knowledge (55%)
Flexibility (50%)
Not limited by inherited processes or systems (49%)
Being able to think outside the box (47%)
Graduates also acknowledge that the biggest barrier to entering the world of freelancing is the cost of establishing their company and being unfamiliar with business processes (such as accounting software). Only 16% said parents’ expectations were a barrier.
Kerri-Ann concluded: “The costs of setting up are not as high as some graduates might expect, but this is certainly not the easy option and it won’t suit everyone. However, the rewards of financial independence and flexibility are there for those who have the determination, work ethic and a solid idea.”
Graduate voices
PolicyBee have also interviewed several graduate entrepreneurs as part of their ‘Next Generation of Freelancers’ campaign, which launched earlier this month.
Will Calderbank, founder of Distorted Logic, a software engineering company, said: “The university careers support available to me was basic, and mainly focussed on getting an internship in my third year. I decided not to do that, fell through the gaps a little bit, and ended up with no support.”
Mr Calderbank added: “In my opinion, university careers departments need to think a little less about the one-size-fits-all approach, and help students and graduates consider all the options out there.”
Self-employment help and support on ByteStart
ByteStart provides help and tips for anybody interested in starting and running their own business. So whether you are a graduate, or someone looking to ditch the 9-5 and launch your own venture, you will find plenty to help you. Start with some of our most popular business start-up guides, which include;
Top 10 business planning tips for start-ups
How to choose the best online accounting software for your new business
Making your business an online success – A Digital marketing guide for startups and small business owners
The start-up survival guide – 6 practical tips to help you get through the early years
And these will help you to fund your new business;
A Guide to ‘Alternative Finance’ – the new funding options for startups and small businesses
How peer-to-peer lending offers startups and businesses a new funding option
10 Top tips to ensure your crowdfunding efforts are rewarded
The secrets of getting a business bank loan
5 things you should know if you want to attract business angels
How to deliver a successful business pitch
Don’t waste time trying to raise money! Here’s how to get your customers to fund your business start-up
Posted on 30th October Tagged as: become self employed, business start-up, business support, entrepreneur, freelance, freelancer, graduate, own boss, self employed, self employment, start a business, start-up
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Home Made Stories
Home, for many of us, is not only where the heart is, but also where we share the best moments with our friends and families, creating stories that we remember for a lifetime. For family photographer, Caroline Holt, she wants to make sure these memories and these stories are never forgotten. We chatted to to the German born, Swedish resident, Caroline about her own journey into the world of family photography. We were keen to know how she manages to capture beauty in the everyday and why engaging with a family is the essential to capturing their stories.
We like to think that every photo tells a story. As a photographer, you seem to resonate with this and refer to yourself as a storyteller, what does that mean to you?
When I take photos, I want to feel something and be reminded of things I’ve seen or done. Every photo takes me back to a memory, a feeling or a situation. They’re also a great way to bring out the personality in a subject.
Were you always interested in photography? How did get into it on a more professional level?
I was always interested in it, but I guess I got a lot more involved with it after my first child. My own kids were the inspiration really.
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Was this part of the reason your photography began focusing on the home?
Absolutely. My kids were always the reason I got into photography. They’re my inspiration. I started to think about what I wanted my kids to remember about their childhoods and how I wanted to represent that.
When it came to documenting other families, it was really a personal connection that made me want to do it. When I was younger, the photos of myself and my brother weren’t always that good, or they were missing my mum and dad. So I wanted to give families a chance to get in the photos themselves, to get some great photos they can look back on when they’re older and treasure as a family. I was also looking for those small everyday moments that we sometimes forget.
Your pictures are fantastic snapshots of family life. You capture the little stories that happen every day in every home, why do you think it’s important to preserve these moments?
That relates to my own story. My dad passed away when I was quite young, and I didn’t have a lot of pictures with him. So now I think it’s important to have these moments we can look back on. We never know what will happen.
We’re focusing on stories that are made at home this month, what tips do you have for people who want to bring their own homes to life?
I think it’s important to engage with your family. Find focal points and follow the moments. The stories will present themselves. Don’t try to change what your home is. When I take photos of the families, I try to get them to do something they usually do – play games, go for walks, etc. These are the real moments I’m looking for.
The Danish trend Hygge is said to represent a moment or feeling, and is all about recognising the present. Your photos bring that nostalgia back. What do you think it is about our homes that make them such special places?
We spend a lot of time in our homes. It’s a place of reflection. It’s great to look back on these moments. I think it’s always meaningful to take pictures of people in their own homes. Homes are special places. They get “worse” over time – worn in. Even when we move cities or houses, it’s nice to look back on those times as they were. Preserving the now for later is one of my main motivators.
When you go into a family’s home, you have no control over things like lighting or backdrops, etc.. How does this influence your work?
I like that challenge actually. Every home is different, so every setting is different. It’s liberating. Especially in places like Sweden, which have huge stretches of darkness, it’s interesting to make that work. People who naturally don’t take photos might not have a lot of light in their house, so having no control over this is the challenge.
You would also have no control over the actions of the families, either? A lot of people wouldn’t be used to having their photo taken. Do they ever try to be something they’re not? How hard is it for people to relax and not look staged?
Usually in the beginning people are trying to be something they’re not, but in the end they just forget I’m there. I offer no direction at all. That’s why I try to spend as much time as I can with the family, so by the end of it I’m just part of the furniture.
Is that so people forget that you’re there?
Just the opposite I think. If I were a fly on the wall, it would be more difficult. The trick is to engage with people. I go in there and play with the kids. I make connections. They relax and get comfortable with me and then they forget I’m there to take photographs. That’s why it’s important I spend a large amount of time with them. The natural connections between family members help to show off their personalities.
You say on your website, “The pictures will show your life as it is, and you might be surprised by how much fun and love they will show”, what are some of the best reactions you’ve had from families?
Some of the best reactions come from the parents. A lot of times they’re surprised that I’ve captured something they knew was there. One family said, “It’s so good you captured that because he does that all the time.” I capture so many tender moments. So many positive things that they’ll look back on. But I also capture the beauty in the everyday struggles.
What’s in Caroline’s Bag:
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Interview credit: Written by Martin Fleming
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MC Ren Net Worth 2019
MC Ren is a popular American rapper and songwriter who have released four albums in his profession. He is a record producer and is the owner of the label Villain. He was previously a member of the group N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitudes). MC Ren has also appeared in movies and has come up with many hit singles. He has sold over 2 million albums in the United States alone. Here is a quick summary of MC Ren’s net worth in 2019, career and earnings.
MC Ren’s real name is Lorenzo Jerald Patterson and he was born in California’s Compton on 14 June 1969. He spent his childhood in Pannes Ave along with his parents and siblings.
He went to Dominguez High School and was a part of the Compton Crips gang. While attending his school, MC Ren met DJ Train. He adopted the name MC Ren from his first name’s middles letters. He developed an interest in hip hop style of music when he was still in school.
MC Ren has been married to Yaasamen Alaa since 1993. The couple is the parents of five children. His eldest son is also an aspiring rapper. He started attending a mosque in 1993 and has converted to Sunni Islam. He was also a member of Nation of Islam.
He was influenced to music by Big Daddy Kane, Run-DMC, KRS-One, Rakim, and Chuck D. He is popular for Gangsta rap and is known for his proficient lyrics.
MC Ren started his career by becoming a member of N.W.A. With them he first released the album ‘Straight Outta Compton’ in 1988. This was a major commercial success. The group then released ‘Niggaz4Life’ in 1991. This too was a commercially successful album.
Individually, he first released the album ‘Shock of the Hour’ in 1993. This was released on Ruthless Records and Relativity Records. Three years later, MC Ren came up with ‘The Villain in Black’. In 1998, he released his third studio album ‘Ruthless for Life’. His album ‘Renincarnated’ was available from October 2009.
He has also released the EPs ‘Kizz My Black Azz’ and ‘100 Miles and Runnin’’. With N.W.A., he released ‘N.W.A. and the Posse’. He has released several singles like “Keep It Real”, “Ruthless for Life”, “Who In The Fuck”, “Comin’ After You”, “Burn Radio Burn”, “Same Ol’ Shit”, “Final Frontier”, and “Mayday On The Frontline”.
Ren is the founder of the recording label ‘Villain Entertainment’. His first album from the label was ‘Renincarnated’. He is all set to release ‘Rebel Music’ in the near future.
In 1993, MC Ren appeared in the documentary ‘Niggaz4Life: The Only Home Video’. He has also appeared in the concert film ‘Up In Smoke Tour’. In 2005, he was seen as “The Vil” in the movie ‘Lost in the Game’.
MC Ren is very active in his career and we can expect to see him win an award some day. He has successfully launched the recording label Villain and produced songs for many other artists.
Net Worth of MC Ren
The estimated net worth of MC Ren is more than $1.4 million. Thanks to his career as a rapper, that he was able to make good money. He has released albums as a solo performer and also with Niggaz Wit Attitudes. The rapper is also involved in business and has founded Villain Entertainment’. He has sold millions of albums across the world and has also appeared in movies. He has appeared as a featured performer for CPO, Ice Cube, The Chill, and Eazy-E.
MC Ren is one of the most renowned rappers in the United States. He has guest appeared many top artists like Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill. He is a talented individual and has also made his son follow his footsteps.
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Baghdad attacks on steady decline
By Gerry Gilmore , American Forces Press Service
Oct. 8, 2009 —
Staff Sgt. Paul Cruz checks a driver’s identification at a checkpoint outside Baghdad. Since U.S. troops pulled out if Iraqi cities, attacks in the Iraqi capital have been on the decline.
WASHINGTON (Oct. 8, 2009) – Attacks committed by al-Qaida and other insurgents operating in Baghdad and its environs continue to drop three months after U.S. combat troops moved out of Iraqi cities, a U.S. brigade commander posted there said Thursday.
“Security is still the first order of business for the units in this brigade, as well as our Iraqi partners in uniform. Overall, I think we’ve been making steady progress in this area,” Army Col. Tobin L. Green, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference.
Green’s Fort Hood, Texas,-based brigade falls under Multinational Division Baghdad and supports and trains Iraqi security forces operating in and around Baghdad. The brigade has slightly less than 4,000 troops, Green said, noting his soldiers also participate in combined counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi forces.
On June 30, Iraqi soldiers and police assumed security duties in Iraq’s cities, to include Baghdad, as U.S. combat forces moved to outlying areas, Green said. Since July, he said, enemy attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces have declined.
Today, overall enemy attacks in the Baghdad region – including improvised explosive devices and explosively formed projectiles – “remain pretty low,” Green said.
Concurrently, he said, casualties among U.S. forces in the Baghdad area have experienced “a significant downturn.”
Iraqi security force casualties ticked upward in July, Green said, but they since have declined. Iraqi civilian casualties did rise in August, he said, due to the terrorist bombings of the Iraqi foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad on Aug. 19. One hundred Iraqis were killed and 600 were injured by the blasts.
During his Oct. 6 remarks at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference here, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, described the Aug. 19 Baghdad bombings as “a particularly difficult day.”
However, Petraeus added, the overall number of enemy attacks in Iraq have declined about 85 percent since the spring of 2007.
And, Iraqi civilian casualties in Baghdad have “steadily declined” since the Baghdad Aug. 19 bombings, Green pointed out.
Yet, Green remains “mindful of still lethal and capable enemy cells and networks that seek to inflict harm on security forces and innocent Iraqis every day.” Most of the attacks in the Baghdad area, he said, are attributed to “al-Qaida or associated types” of insurgent groups.
Meanwhile, Iraqi soldiers and police “continue to stand up to extremists and insurgent groups like al-Qaida,” Green said, while “Iraqi citizens continue to reject attempts by these groups to incite sectarian violence.”
Al-Qaida and other insurgent groups’ ability to sow destruction in and around Baghdad, Green said, has been “significantly degraded over time.” However, he said, the threat has not been eliminated.
That’s why members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team will continue to assist and support Iraqi security forces “as they target sources of instability and secure their people,” he said.
Green’s brigade trains Iraqi security forces, and provides aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, intelligence, working dogs and other types of support.
“We also conduct combined operations with our [Iraqi] partners upon their request,” he said. Such anti-insurgent operations are conducted outside of Baghdad, and can involve the targeting of enemy safe havens, interdiction of lines of communication and disrupting the flow of ordnance and weaponry, he said.
Relocation of U.S. combat troops out of Baghdad “has enabled operational successes against the enemy in their support zones, while strengthening relationships with Iraqi units in these more rural areas as well,” Green said.
Meanwhile, the pace of reconstruction has picked up, Green said, noting his brigade has helped to complete 101 projects valued at about $25 million. Another 63 projects valued at $8.6 million are ongoing, he said, while another 58 projects are under development.
“I believe we’ve been able to generate and sustain our momentum in helping the Iraqis build civil capacity because of how we have organized ourselves for this challenge,” Green said, noting his brigade works closely with local provincial reconstruction teams.
“And, we’re pretty enthused by the results today,” he said.
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Isaac W. Yohannan
Posted: Dec. 8, 2004, 9 p.m.
A funeral was held Monday at the Assyrian Church of the East, St. Zaia Parish, for Isaac William Yohannan, 70, of Modesto. He died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004 at Doctors Medical Center.
Allen Mortuary was in charge of burial at Turlock Memorial Park.
Born May 16, 1934, Mr. Yohannan was a native of San Francisco and was raised in Turlock. He lived in Modesto since 1964. Mr. Yohannan was a deputy sheriff with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department from 1976-91. He also owned Michael's Liquor Store and Ike's Auto Sales. He was a founding member of the Throttlers Car Club. Mr. Yohannan was a member of the Assyrian Church of the East, St. Zaia Parish; the Assyrian-American Civic Club; and the National Rifle Association. He enjoyed antique cars. He was a lieutenant in the Air Force, serving from 1955-61 in the Korean War and in Japan.
Mr. Yohannan leaves behind his wife, Diane Yohannan of Modesto; two children, Leah Yohannan-Burke and Lori Verissimo, both of Modesto; her father, Jesse Yohannan of Turlock; three brothers, David Yohannan of Ceres, and Jesse Yohannan Jr. and Donald Yohannan, both of Turlock; his sister, Delores Yohannan of San Francisco; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother.
Remembrances may be sent to the National Kidney Foundation of Northern California, 611 Mission St., Third Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105; or to the Church of the East, St. Zaia Parish, 1457 Mable Ave., Modesto, CA 95355.
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Anticipating Israel’s Election, With Martin Indyk
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Shannon K. O'Neil, vice president, deputy director of studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, discusses the recent uprisings in Venezuela with James …
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Unison™ Partners with Homeowners and Homebuyers to Increase Their Purchasing Power and Long-Term Financial Flexibility
By: Adam West
In a Nutshell: For an increasing number of Americans, buying a home and maintaining a desirable quality of life is becoming financially impractical. But in a growing number of markets, Unison offers a solution. In return for a portion of a home’s appreciation when it’s sold, Unison invests alongside homebuyers and homeowners. This can lower mortgage payments and eliminate private mortgage insurance for buyers and advance owners up to 20% of their home’s equity value. And because they are investments, not loans, Unison products carry no interest charges or monthly payments.
Home prices are reaching new heights in many of the most high-demand markets. Home inventory across the country is tight, mortgage rates and construction costs are rising, and wages are failing to keep pace. The best homes are often out of reach for most buyers. At the same time, current homeowners find themselves sitting on equity with no good way to convert it into usable cash.
These bottlenecks in the housing market prevent families from living the lives they want. Unison breaks those bottlenecks by providing both homebuyers and homeowners with the financial flexibility they need to realize their dreams.
“With inflation outpacing earnings, homeownership is one of the hardest milestones to achieve,” said Ayesha Dillon, Unison Director, Head of Partner Channel. “So many people are having a tough time getting into a home or accessing the equity from their home.”
The challenge takes many forms, which is why Unison offers a variety of solutions. The company provides money for both homeowners and homebuyers, who repay the money — along with a percentage of the property’s appreciation — to Unison after the home is sold. That means homeowners and homebuyers need not worry about monthly payments, late fees, or costly interest charges.
The results can be dramatic. One family in the San Diego area worked with Unison to upgrade from a small starter home into a more spacious property in a family-friendly neighborhood. Unison enabled the family to retain cash to make needed improvements to the house and pursue long-term financial goals on behalf of their three children.
A couple moving from Kansas City to Chicago wanted a property close to transportation in a mixed commercial-residential area. Despite having excellent credit, they were stymied by high prices in the Chicago market until Unison enabled them to comfortably put down 20% on a home that fit their lifestyle.
And a California retiree living on a fixed income in his family home partnered with Unison on an equity investment that put enough cash in his pocket to repair the home’s roof, install new windows, paint inside and out — and even put in a jacuzzi. After all that, he still had money left over to enjoy his retirement.
“Before Unison arrived, there was a gap in the real estate industry,” Dillon said. “Now, buyers and owners have the opportunity to form a new kind of partnership and do the right thing for themselves and their families.”
Helping Consumers Buy Homes with Less Debt and Risk
Aspiring homebuyers contemplating a traditional mortgage in today’s market often have to consider compromising on the property or location they want or taking on a higher down payment and more debt than they can comfortably afford. With its HomeBuyer product, Unison helps by entering the purchasing transaction as a third-party investor, alleviating the burden for the buyer in return for a stake in the home’s appreciation.
In the ideal purchasing scenario, the buyer puts at least a 20% down payment. Putting down less than 20% means either paying more per month or downgrading the purchase.
For example, on a $500,000 home, if Unison invests 10% — or half — of the 20% down payment, the buyer saves $50,000 upfront along with more than $500 in monthly payments.
Homebuyers can lower mortgage payments and still maintain financial flexibility through Unison.
If that sounds too good to be true, it isn’t — because Unison is rewarded for its investment later, when the home is sold. Most of Unison’s deals in which it doubles the homebuyer’s portion of the down payment result in it receiving 35% of the home’s appreciation in addition to its entire original investment. If after 10 years the home sells for $600,000, Unison receives $35,000 in appreciation along with its original $50,000. The owner takes the remainder.
Unison is also there to mitigate the owner’s loss in case of a market downturn. If the home sells for $400,000 after 10 years, Unison absorbs $35,000 in depreciation, losing money on the deal, while the owner absorbs only 65% of the loss.
That’s why Unison is highly interested in its investments. Unison applicants agree to work within a network of approved lenders, purchase a Unison-approved property, and maintain and improve their home in a reasonable fashion. Unison also won’t assume a loss on any decrease in value if the buyer sells within three years of the investment.
Typical Unison customers have high credit scores and exhibit a certain set of core preferences. “We don’t rule anyone out, but we work with a lot of savvy millennial up-and-comers,” Dillon said. “Maybe you’re looking to leverage what you made from your first home and get into the right home for you and your family. Or, you want to get closer to the city center. We’re here to partner with all of those folks.”
Homeowners Can Leverage Existing Equity with No Interest or Payments
Traditionally, homeowners looking to access the equity they’ve built up in their home have had to turn to second mortgages and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). These instruments give the homeowner access to funds, but they all carry interest and payment obligations that put the owner’s home — and future — on the line.
Unison HomeOwner, a practical alternative for accessing home equity, is similar to the arrangement Unison makes with homebuyers. After providing all necessary documentation and completing a full application, homeowners receive a formal offer that can amount to 20% of the home’s value. “It’s an ideal arrangement for people who are looking for flexibility in their day-to-day financing,” Dillon said. “Maybe they’re sending a kid or two to college; maybe they’re looking to do a remodel. Or maybe both.”
Homeowners can partner with Unison to tap into their equity without costly interest or monthly payments.
As with its homebuyer product, Unison earns its compensation only after the home is sold, benefiting when the property appreciates but sharing in any losses when it declines. During the application process, the homeowner chooses how much money to receive within an approved range, thereby raising or lowering the percentage due back to Unison at the sale. “The choice ultimately depends on what you need financially and where your comfort level is,” Dillon said.
Unison HomeOwner gives homebuyers an alternative to a mortgage loan — and the credit risks that entails — and can make a huge difference in people’s lives.
“Imagine a scenario where a member of a credit-strapped family is diagnosed with a catastrophic illness,” Dillon said. “We’ve had folks like that come to us, up to their ears in debt, trying to take care of small children. And we’ve helped them stay in the home their children have grown up in, pay the medical bills, and live life as they were before. Stories like that keep us in our seats every day.”
Unison: Pioneering New Ways to View Home Finance
In return for a new kind of financial empowerment that helps people live the kind of lives they want to live today, Unison asks for a small stake in their tomorrow. And Unison investment services mean they don’t have to keep up with monthly payments for years to come.
“We’ve hit upon what we think is a smarter, better way to buy a home or leverage equity in one,” Dillon said. “We’re now in 22 states with openings in another seven or eight right around the corner, so people in most major metropolitan areas can now access our services. That speaks to the level of excitement we’re seeing among people who are open to gaining the flexibility that comes from a new kind of ownership model.”
Because thinking about homeownership in terms of a shared partnership is such a new concept, Unison goes to great lengths to ensure that its clients fully understand the advantages and obligations inherent in the relationship.
Unison’s Ayesha Dillon spoke with us about helping those who need financial flexibility in the housing market.
The company prides itself on transparency and connects every customer with a program specialist who explains the entire process.
The customer completes a top-to-bottom educational experience on how to buy a home: what to do, what to look for, and the financial implications of the partnership,” Dillon said. “We make sure everyone we work with understands how our products work and how they’re benefiting when they co-invest with us.”
As a partner over the life of a home, Unison is uniquely invested in the homeowner’s success. For those just embarking on family life, interested in enjoying the fruits of their labor, or looking for a way to preserve their traditions, Unison provides an appealing alternative to credit-based borrowing.
Adam West is the Managing Editor for CardRates.com, where he routinely corresponds with financial experts to produce the latest news and advice on topics related to helping consumers achieve greater financial literacy and improved credit. He has more than 12 years of storytelling, editing, and design experience in print and online journalism and is most knowledgeable in the areas of credit scores, financial products and services, and the banking industry.
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Laker Lines, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Clayton State News October 19, 2012
Volume 7, #121
Rosalynn Gresham Continues to Overcome Adversity – Maybe You Can Help It’s a story that proves the strength of the human spirit. Rosalynn Gresham, a 33-year-old Clayton State University student from Hampton, Ga., is continuing her studies, despite a medical condition that put her in the hospital last week, and will imperil her life if she cannot find a matching donor for a kidney transplant. Gresham’s on-going struggle with lupus and, more recently, kidney failure, was profiled last month by WXIA-TV, in part because her Clayton State Criminal Justice professor, Dr. Sarah Stein, has volunteered to be tested as a match to donate the kidney Gresham needs to discontinue her three-times-a-week, for three hours and 15 minutes at a time, dialysis treatments. However, life doesn’t stop during the testing process, either medically or scholastically, and Gresham had surgery last week for colitis. Nevertheless, undaunted, she’s back in class, making up the work she missed, and taking steps on her own. She has recently set up a website (http://www.giveforward.com/newlifenewbeginnings) for the purpose of fundraising and to raise awareness for people to get tested to see if they are a match. "This is an extreme case of trying to help a student, but if you can, you should," says Stein. Diagnosed with lupus at the young age of 17, Gresham has battled the disease and its effects for almost half her life. She has been on dialysis since last January, alternating her time between the classroom and the hospital. "She's extremely bright, she's extremely driven to do what she wants to do, and she has a zest for life that is unbelievable,” says Stein, who at age 29 is actually younger than her student. "I at least wanted to give her that hope that someone out there is trying, and I hope other people will try as well." If there is any justice, in addition to that found in Stein’s classroom, they will.
Soccer This Weekend, Oct. 20, Oct. 21 The men’s and women’s soccer teams will play a doubleheader against USC Aiken on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Laker Field. The women’s game will start at 5 p.m., and the men at 7:30 p.m. Then, the women will come right back on Sunday, Oct. 21, with a first-ever game against Georgia Gwinnett, a 4 p.m. start at Laker Field.
Monthly Payroll Reminder Due to the centralization of payroll services, approvals of all monthly time must be approved by 5 p.m., Monday Oct. 22, for the payroll ending on Oct. 31, 2012. Any monthly time taken after approval on Oct. 22 will need to be reported on the monthly record of leave form located on the payroll web site listed below. http://www.clayton.edu/payroll/forms If you have any questions, including password resets, while attempting to approve or update a time card, please contact our SSC Customer Support Team. Tell Us Comment Drawing Winners Congratulations to Lauren Holman (student) and Pam Barnes (Continuing Education)! They are the winners of the $25 Loch Shop Gift Card and the $25 LakerBucks deposit from the Tell Us card promotion in September. Tell Us comment card boxes are available across campus, and you can submit feedback about your service experience at any office in any box. Comment cards are collected monthly and feedback is provided to the respective department. Another Tell Us promotion will run during the month of November. Submit a Tell Us card and include your name and LakerID number to be eligible for a $25 Loch Shop gift card or a $25 LakerBucks deposit. Winners will be announced in early December. Office of Community Standards Awarded Grant from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety The Office of Community Standards (formerly the Office of Student Conduct) has been awarded a grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The purpose of the GOHS grant is to provide alcohol and other drug education and prevention programs at Clayton State University. The specific events have not yet been planned, but they will include programming for National Colligate Alcohol Awareness week and unplanned seat belt checks. For more information, contact Ash Howard at ahoward24@student.clayton.edu, or Alicia Myrick at aliciamyrick@mail.clayton.edu, (678) 466-5444. Staff Council Coca-Cola Fundraiser Staff Council is sponsoring a Coca-Cola Fundraiser from now until Tuesday, Oct. 30. If you are interested in placing an order and additional information, then please contact Heidi Benford – Chair, x4328 heidibenford@clayton.edu for an order form. The delivery of the orders will be Wednesday, Nov. 7, from noon until 2 p.m. in the L parking lot of the campus. Volunteers are needed to assist with the distribution of orders. All are welcome to participate. Funds generated will be used to assist with Staff Appreciation Day 2013. Halloween Fall Festival at Laker Hall – Volunteers Needed The Office of Orientation & New Student Programs in collaboration with Residence Life and AmeriCorps are looking for volunteers for the annual Halloween Fall Festival at Laker Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Volunteers will serve as tour guides, man activities, and/or serve as greeters. There are four (4) shifts available: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. If interested in volunteering please contact Darius Thomas at DariusThomas@clayton.edu with your name and the shift you would like. The Halloween Fall Festival at Laker Hall is an event open to the Clayton State community that provides a safe alternative for trick-or-treating. This event features a haunted suite, games, and trick-or-treating. Bring your boys, girls, infants, and toddlers. All children must be accompanied by adults. And kid friendly costumes are welcomed! RSVP to attend the event at http://www.clayton.edu/orientation/events/festival by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22. Employee Benefits – Sam's Club Membership Program We are pleased to announce our partnership with Sam's Club. Sam's Club is the nation's largest members-only warehouse that provides members exceptional value on name-brand merchandise for both business and personal. By purchasing a Partner Membership, we are offering you, our valued employees, a way to save on personal items for yourselves and your families. If you are already a Sam's Club Member, our Partner Membership enables us to renew your current membership for 12 additional months. Along with the $40 group rate, each participating employee will also receive a $10 gift card after enrolling in the program! Human Resource Department has a form to register by Oct. 24. If you have any questions, please contact HR, (678) 466-4230. 2013 Open Enrollment Starts, Oct. 15 The 2013 Annual Benefits Open Enrollment is Oct. 15 to Nov. 9, 2012. During the Open Enrollment period, you may be eligible to change, enroll, cancel, or remove dependents from your health, dental, and vision insurance. If you are adding dependents to your coverage in 2013, please submit the required dependent documentation to Human Resources prior to Nov. 9, 2012. TAP Applications for Spring 2013 The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) application acceptance status is now open for spring 2013 semester. The application submission deadline is Nov. 15. Please forward your completed System Wide TAP Applications to Department of Human Resources. For more information on TAP eligibility, policy, and procedures please go to: http://www.clayton.edu/human-resources/tap. Get up to Speed on Handling Plagiarism and Concerning Student Behavior The Student Behavior Consultation Team (SBCT) is offering two different workshops within the next month for faculty and staff related to responding to academic misconduct matters and concerning student behavior. You can read the workshop descriptions and sign up for the workshops by going to the Center for Instructional Development (CID) website or by using the link below: http://www.clayton.edu/cid/workshops/fall2012. Sexual Harassment Training Beginning Oct. 1, 2012, all faculty, staff and student employees will be required to complete the “Sexual Harassment: A Common Sense Approach” training. The training video, workbook and assessment are all designed to ensure that employees understand and adhere to the University’s policy and procedures. To access and complete the training:
Log into the CSU Training University using your current Clayton State user name and password.
Select “Required Training” under Course Categories
Sexual Harassment: A Common Sense Approach
Clayton State Holding Recycled Athletic Shoe Drive Do you have worn-out athletic shoes lying around? If so, you can donate them for recycling so they can have new life as a tennis court, a playground, or a basketball court. The GoGreen Team at Clayton State University has placed a collection bin outside the LakerCard Center on the first floor of the James M. Baker University Center for used athletic shoe donations between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31. GoGreen will accept any athletic shoes and any brand, but only athletics shoes – nothing with metal, no sandals or flip-flops, no cleats or dress shoes, and no wet or damp shoes. Music Preparatory School Registration Continues The Clayton State University Music Preparatory School would like to remind staff and students that registrations for non-credit music lessons and classes continues for Fall Session Two. Registrations will be accepted after Oct. 20, but will incur a late fee. Call (678) 466-5600 to register.
Low Element Challenge Course Ribbon Cutting, Oct. 23 Are you looking for a team-building-type opportunity for your class, student group, or department? Do you find that you are in need of greater communication, trust, and cooperation within the group dynamic? If so, Clayton State University’s Department of Recreation & Wellness has an opportunity for you. The Department of Recreation & Wellness is pleased to announce the unveiling of a Low Element Challenge Course. This outdoor facility will avail itself to the campus community as well as outside groups and corporations. Trust, communication, teambuilding and leadership are just a few of the skills that will be challenged and developed at the Low Element Course. Outdoor teamwork-enrichment programs have increased in popularity and Clayton State’s Outdoor Adventure Program is thrilled to offer this exciting opportunity to the University community. Nicholas Kilburg, assistant director of Recreation & Wellness, was instrumental in the design of this facility which currently includes seven elements but will expand to 10 by the end of October. “Our programs are uniquely created to give each participant and team an invaluable set of tools not only for personal growth, but also for professional development,” he says. “The addition of the Low Element Challenge Course will enable our department to provide the opportunity to expand programming and experiential learning opportunities to students, classes, campus organizations, university staff, and faculty,” adds Cindy Lauer, director of Recreation & Wellness. A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 11 a.m. to noon and the campus community is invited to attend. Attendees should assemble at the back entrance of the SAC no later than 10:50 a.m., in order to be escorted to the challenge course location. For further information, please contact Kilburg at (678) 466-4972 or email NicholasKilburg@clayton.edu. Information can also be found at http://adminservices.clayton.edu/recwell/outdooradventure/. October Service Learning Series – Animal Rights, Oct. 24 The October Service Learning Series sponsored by the Clayton State University Department of Campus Life will focus on animal rights. Do you believe zoos and aquariums are educational and promote conservation? Or do you believe they are cruel and unnecessary animal prisons? Dr. Joshua Parker, assistant professor of Biology (and Clayton State’s resident snake expert), will facilitate a discussion that will present both sides of the issue. The session will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at noon in room 268 of the James M. Baker University Center. The discussion is open to all students, faculty, staff and the public who are interested expressing their views and opinions or would just like to listen. Then, on Saturday, Oct. 27, Clayton State students will be volunteering at Zoo Atlanta’s annual Boo at the Zoo Halloween Festival. Participants will help create a merry but not very scary environment for children and their families to trick or treat. Participation for this event is limited to 35 and transportation will be available if requested. To register to participate on Saturday, please visit www.clayton.edu/campus-life/servicelearning/series. For additional information, contact LaShanda Hardin at (678) 466-5433 or lashandahardin@clayton.edu. “Do Our Rights Come From God?” The Next Talk in the Clayton State Philosophy Department’s Occasional Papers Series, Oct. 24 The Clayton State University Philosophy faculty invites Clayton State students, faculty, staff and the public to the next installment of the Occasional Papers series, featuring Clayton State Lecturer in Philosophy Dr. Aaron Dopf’s “Do Our Rights Come From God?” Dopf’s talk will be held in room UC262 of the James M. Baker University Center, from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The talk is free and open to the public. As evidenced by the recent Republican convention and political debate, the notion that our rights come from God is a popular sentiment in modern American culture. But, what exactly does this slogan mean? This talk will address this question along with related ones regarding the philosophical and moral nature of rights. “Education Under Fire,” Oct. 24 On Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in the main building of Clayton State – East, the Fall 2012 Teacher Education Film Series will present, “Education Under Fire,” a film produced by Single Arrow Productions and co-sponsored by Amnesty International. The 30-minute documentary profiles the growth, struggle, and inspiring spirit of the Baha´i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE). Baha´is in Iran have been subjected to systematic persecution, including arrests, torture, and execution simply for refusing to recant their beliefs. Since the 1979 revolution, young Bahá’ís have not been allowed to attend any of Iran’s universities. Bahá’í academics that have themselves been barred from teaching professionally as a result of their religious beliefs started the BIHE in their homes and began educating Baha’i youth in living rooms and kitchens across Iran. The BIHE represents the only chance that Bahá’í youth have for higher education. In May 2011, the government launched a coordinated attack against the BIHE–raiding dozens of homes, confiscating materials and detaining 18 professors and administrators. Seven of those arrested received four or five-year prison terms – their only crime: educating the youth in their community. Visiting Writer’s Reading Series to Feature Poet Amy Riddell, Oct. 25 Poet Amy Riddell will be the next reader in the Clayton State University Visiting Writer’s Reading Series (VWRS). She will be reading on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m., in the Atrium of the Harry S. Downs Center. In her first full-length volume of poetry, “Bullets in the Jewelry Box,” (FutureCycle Press, 2012) Riddell gives a true crime story, that of her Bluebeard-like father who went to prison for trying to murder his wife. From her attempts to understand her father’s odd brutalities (and love), to her own hard-won transcendence later in life, these poems offer tacit touchstones to healing. Riddell's poems have appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, Blue Fifth Review, Prick of the Spindle, Birmingham Poetry Review, and ChickenPiñata. Her chapbook “Narcissistic Injury” was published in 2009 by Pudding House. She lives with her husband and daughter in northwest Florida, where she teaches English at Northwest Florida State College. Riddell’s appearance at Clayton State is free and open to the public. Clayton State University Health Services to Hold Awareness Fair, Oct. 25 Clayton State University’s University Health Services will have a fun-filled Awareness Fair for Clayton States students, faculty and staff on Thursday Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Main Street in the James M. Baker University Center, outside both main entrances to the Baker Center, and at Laker Hall. According to Dr. Julia Spinolo, UHS director, the theme for this year is, “Life’s A Roller Coaster… Have a Safe Ride.” The Awareness Fair will be filled with lots of fun, games, activities, give-a-ways, and life-long knowledge opportunities. Reggie Smith, holistic health practitioner, radio/TV personality, and author from Queens, N.Y., will be the keynote speaker. Smith, who has been HIV+ for more than 25 years, has initiated a national campaign, Wellness Awareness and Recovery, to diminish the stigma surrounding HIV and increase awareness about the unmet needs of U.S. families in this regard. Smith will be speaking from noon to 1 p.m., in room UC327 of the James M. Baker University Center. Employee Benefits Fair, Oct. 26 The annual Clayton State Employee Benefits Fair will be held on Friday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Harry S. Downs Center. Loch Shop Halloween Costume Contest, Oct. 31 The Loch Shop invites all you Guys and Ghouls to come and scare the pants off of our judges for a chance to win a $50 Gift Card from The Loch Shop. The competition, to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., is open to all faculty, staff and students. Registration is from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Loch Shop. First, second and third place prizes are available in Faculty/Staff and Student categories. As always, there will be light refreshments available. Zumba Party, Nov. 1 Get ready to dance those calories away! On Thursday, Nov. 1, the Department of Recreation & Wellness will host a Zumba® Party from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on SAC Fitness Center Gym, Court Two. Zumba® focuses on Latin dance moves to get your heart pumping and burn calories more effectively. Our instructor will teach you basic Latin dance moves to great music and you won’t even know you’re working out! The event is free to all currently enrolled Clayton State University students and SAC Fitness Center Members and is $7 for guests and non-members. Community/family members are also invited to attend. Bring your friends and join the party. For more information contact Lisa Williamson, assistant director of Fitness & Wellness at (678) 466 4975 or lisawilliamson@clayton.edu. “Murderball,” Nov. 1 As part of the Disability Resource Center’s celebration of Disability Awareness Month, the movie “Murderball” will be shown at 6:30 p.m., in room 272 of the James M. Baker University Center, on Thursday, Nov. 1. The “Murderball” showing is co-sponsored by AmeriCorps. This amazing documentary chronicles the lives of rough and tumble rugby players, who also happen to be wheelchair users, on their quest for Olympic gold. The movie follows the hard-hitting action on the court where players smash each other with reinforced wheelchairs on and off the court. These amazing men will make you think differently about the word “disability.” Also in attendance at the screening will be Clayton State’s own Zac Bradley, and his "Murderball" coach, who will be answering questions about the sport. “`Murderball,’ the documentary, seems to engender a great response from viewers. It is an unflinching look at disability, sexuality and Olympic competition,” says the Disability Resource Center’s Tameeka Hunter. Walk with the City of Morrow, Nov. 3 Walk the Jester’s Creek Pedestrian Walkway from Morrow City Hall, Milton Daniel Park, 1500 Morrow Rd., on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call Sylvia at (678) 90-20889. Veterans Resource Center Plans Remembrance Day National Roll Call for Veterans Day, Nov. 12 Preparation for the upcoming Veterans Day celebration at Clayton State University is in progress. The official celebration will be on Monday, Nov. 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will feature the Clayton State Veterans Resource Center’s Second Annual Remembrance Day National Roll Call. This year’s Roll Call will feature a change from 2011 in that the names of those currently serving as well as the names of the fallen will be read. Last year only the names of the fallen were read. The Roll Call will be read in the Eugene Lawson Amphitheater on the Clayton State campus. There will also be opening ceremony comments and “minute of silence” comments. The Remembrance Day National Roll Call is free and open to the public. Clayton State Middle Level Education & Music Education Information Session, Nov. 13 Students seeking information about Clayton State University’s Middle Level Education or Music Education degree programs are invited to attend an Information Session on Nov. 13. Faculty will host a one-hour dialogue on the nature of the programs, admission criteria, course scheduling, and other items of interest to prospective students. Discover what it takes to earn a degree in teacher education. Tuesday, Nov. 13, Arts & Science Building, room G-227, from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Women’s Forum Annual Auction, Chili Cook-Off, Quilt Raffle, Nov. 15 The Clayton State Women’s Forum announces the annual Auction, Chili Cook-Off, and Quilt Raffle scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15. The organization’s mission is to sustain a Women’s Forum Scholarship Fund in support of assisting students with general and emergency resources to aid in their successful completion of academic studies. Proceeds from all events go to the Scholarship Fund. There are several ways that faculty and staff members can be involved: Contribute to the Women’s Forum Scholarship Fund through the Faculty/Staff Fund Drive Visit the Women’s Forum table at the HR Benefits Fair on Oct. 26 for info on upcoming events Donate items for the Auction Shop the Auction – perfect for the holiday season and year-round gift-giving Prepare a pot of chili for the Chili Cook-Off Join us at the Chili Cook-Off and enjoy some delicious chili Purchase Quilt Raffle tickets Become a member of Women’s Forum – the basic membership fee is only $5 Online auction bidding will commence on Nov. 12. Donated items will be displayed in the University Center on Nov. 15. Faculty, staff, students, retirees, and community members collaborate for this event which has become an annual campus tradition
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Samba de Amigo Review
Dev: Gearbox Software 1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid 4.0 - 4.4 = Great
Pub: SEGA 2.0 - 2.4 = Poor 4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
Release: Sept. 23, 2008 2.5 - 2.9 = Average 5.0 = The Best
Samba de Amigo was originally released almost eight years ago on the Dreamcast and achieved cult status as one of the most unique and memorable games on the system. As one of the first rhythm games to ship with a peripheral, Samba de Amigo was also one of the first games to explore the then-dormant music genre. It has certainly been a while since we have seen Amigo the monkey, and Samba de Amigo for the Wii was poised to bring this franchise back from the brink of obscurity, and do it in style. However, Samba e Amigo for the Wii has several issues that hinder it from being as good as it could have been.
The biggest difference between the original Samba de Amigo on the Dreamcast and the new version on the Wii is the absence of maraca peripherals. The Wii version has replaced the maracas with the Wii-mote and Nunchuk (or double Wii-mote). When you start playing, this maraca combination works well. Each maraca has three different directions, low medium, and high, and these different directional shakes will be represented by corresponding targets that you will have to hit. The gameplay is very easy to pick up, and casual gamers will have no problem learning to samba with this title in no time.
However, the trouble with this title begins after you graduate from the easy and normal modes. Once you attempt the harder modes, the control scheme looses a lot of its precision. Those who crave a challenge may end up with more than they bargained for with this title because the controls just stop working. This becomes a problem first for the Nunchuk attachment, which loses some functionality, even in the normal mode. But even when you use two Wii-motes, the precision level drops pretty quickly in the harder modes, and this makes the game very frustrating to play. Sometimes the Wii-mote won't register some of your shakes, and eventually it will disagree with you completely and tell you that you shook upwards when you clearly shook down. This has to be my chief complaint of this title, and the control issues hinder any replay value this game might have had beyond the initial play through.
Another one of the most disappointing facets of Samba de Amigo has to be its lack of online modes. You are able to play online, however, it can only be with people on your friends list. Since this game already has online functionality in the form of songs available for download online, I would have figured that online play would have been a cinch. However, the only online functionality beyond that is a friend-based leaderboard. This game would have been a perfect title for online play, and it is a mystery to me as to why the online components were limited so severely.
There are several different modes in Samba de Amigo. The predominant mode is career mode, which will take you through progressively more difficult set lists. Completing this mode will give you access to locked songs as well as new characters. This mode is fairly short, and it should only take you about 30-40 minutes to complete on the lower difficulty levels, and only about an hour or two on the higher difficulty settings. That is, provided you have the will to play them at all after weathering the aforementioned control issues.
In addition to the game's main mode, your choices for gameplay become a little more restricted. There is a quick play mode, a battle mode, a survival mode, and a mini-game mode. The quick play mode is self-explanatory, and the battle mode puts you against a friend to see who the maraca master is. The survival mode is probably the most fun here and challenges you to maraca as long as you can. However, as fun as these other modes may be, I have to say that the mini-game mode is actually a little off-putting. You have several mini-game choices, each of which lasts about thirty-sixty seconds. There is a whack a mole game, a whack a piñata mode, and a whack a volleyball mode. There is also a "love tester" mode, which you can play with a friend to see what your dual maraca playing says about your compatibility. These mini-game modes are all rather forgettable and feel tacked on. After going through them all once, I can safely say I really don't have any desire to go back through them.
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Scott Wald
Scott Wald wanted to be an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember. In high school, he used to swipe his father's Wall Street Journal to peruse the financial pages.
In 1984, ready to strike out after a sales position at Hewlett-Packard Co., he started a software distribution firm in a 400-square-foot office above an Evanston barber shop.
Now, ASAP Software Express has grown to 140 employees and sales of $150 million. It's been profitable since its third month. And it has a new corporate headquarters building in Buffalo Grove.
ASAP Software is one of a handful of direct distributors for software publishers, including Microsoft Corp., Lotus Development Corp. and WordPerfect Corp.
Such companies sell directly to ASAP Software, which in turn sells and services software for end-users such as corporations and municipalities.
"We do all the boring stuff that nobody else wants to do but that customers demand at a very high service level," says the 39-year-old Lincolnwood native.
What customers demand is a huge inventory of product, quick service and bargain-basement costs. In a mere 10 years, Mr. Wald has made ASAP Software into one of the best of a very competitive supplier group.
"He does a great job," says James Manzi, chairman and chief executive of Cambridge, Mass.-based Lotus.
Mr. Wald also has shown a make-do touch in his management style. Just starting out, he couldn't afford to attract high-priced help-so, he hired Northwestern University students for sales, collections and other significant jobs. "We got all that brain power," he says, "for not all that much money."
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Double-Decker Buses Jigsaw Puzzle Game
Double-Decker Buses Puzzle Details:
About: Double-decker buses are used for mass transport in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia. Double-deckers are primarily for commuter transport but open-top models are used as sight-seeing buses for tourists. In the Republic of Ireland, nearly all of buses operated in and around Greater Dublin by Dublin Bus are double-deckers. You can see some of them in today's new jigsaw puzzle.
Puzzle Of The Day On: 12/Aug/2017
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Lime Yellow Fire Truck
As we you know red is the traditional color of fire engines, but recent research has found that lime-yellow fire trucks and emergency response vehicles are easier for people to see and react, and are also less likely to be involved in accidents. Research has concluded that fluorescent colors, including yellow-green and orange, are easiest to spot in daylight. In today's puzzle we feature such a lime-yellow fire truck waiting to go on a new fire or rescue mission. What do you think? Is red or yellow the best color for these kind of vehicles?
Vintage Studebaker Taxi
In today's new puzzle we feature a yellow vintage Studebaker taxi. Studebaker was an American automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company.
Classic Red Convertible VW Beetle
Jump aboard the red classic Volkswagen Beetle convertible featured in this fun car themed puzzle and let's go for a ride. Put all the pieces together and rebuild the classic VW bug (officially the Volkswagen Type 1, informally in German the Käfer (meaning "beetle"), in parts of the English-speaking world the Bug) as fast as you can and get your time on our daily leader boards. Have fun!
If you didn't know, every year in the United States and Canada, school buses provide an estimated 10 billion student trips from home and school. Each school day in 2015, nearly 484,000 school buses transported 26.9 million children to and from school and school-related activities; over half of the United States K–12 students are transported by school bus. Outside North America, purpose-built vehicles for student transport are not as common.
Old Cars And Towing Truck
These old cars have seen better days but even after decades of sitting in the sun and rain they still look kind of cool. Let's hope the towing truck can get them safely to a classic car enthusiast and after some restoration work they will be back on the road again.
Driving a Mercedes-Benz
Today we're going for a ride in a beautiful Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, financed by Bertha Benz. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's companies into the Daimler-Benz company. Today the brand is used for luxury cars (like the one in today's new puzzle), buses, coaches, and trucks.
2CV Charleston
Today's new game features and old but very interesting looking car - the Citroën 2CV Charleston. The Citroën 2CV (French: "deux chevaux" i.e. "deux chevaux-vapeur" (lit. "two steam horses"), "two tax horsepower") is a front-engine, front wheel drive, air-cooled economy car introduced at the 1948 and manufactured under different models until 1990. The 1980 Charleston, like the on in this puzzle, is inspired by Art-Deco two colour styles 1920s Citroën model color schemes. This one is yellow and black.
Today's new puzzle features and old tractor parked by a farmers house.
Old Orange Tractor
In this new puzzle we feature an old orange tractor. This classic farm tractor is a simple open vehicle, with two very large driving wheels on an axle below and slightly behind a single seat (the seat and steering wheel consequently are in the center), and the engine in front of the driver, with two steerable wheels below the engine compartment.
Complete this fun and challenging jigsaw puzzle of a red Ferrari California.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is a luxury grand tourer automobile. The car is the first Mercedes automobile designed in-house by AMG and is described by Mercedes-Benz as a spiritual successor to the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing.
Old Dodge Pickup Truck
This old and rusty Dodge pickup truck has seen better days. It might not be road worthy anymore but it is still interesting enough to be featured in today's auto themed puzzle. If you didn't know, a pickup truck is a light-duty truck having an enclosed cab and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate. The cargo bed can vary in size according to whether the vehicle is optimized for cargo utility or passenger comfort. Most have fixed side walls and a hinged tailgate. In the United States and Canada, pickups are used primarily for passenger transport.
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Katrina Kaif admits it's 'difficult' working with her rumoured boyfriend Ranbir
By Press Trust Of India
Published: 18:18 EDT, 4 October 2015 | Updated: 18:18 EDT, 4 October 2015
They might be loved for their on and off-screen chemistry, but actress Katrina Kaif does not find it easy working with rumoured boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor, as she feels acting with people she knows seems forced.
The 32-year-old actress is paired opposite Ranbir in Anurag Basu’s upcoming film Jagga Jasoos.
The duo have worked in two earlier movies - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Rajneeti.
“I feel it is difficult to work with people you know very well. I think it is easier to act in front of strangers. When someone knows you really well and you are acting in front of them... you feel a bit forced, you feel you are acting... as he knows you are lying,” Katrina said when asked about sharing screen space with Ranbir.
Katrina (right) and Ranbir (left) have worked together in two previous movies - Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Rajneeti
The Phantom star has teamed up with director Anurag Basu for the first time, and they are working on Jagga Jasoos.
“I feel fortunate that I got to work with Dada (Anurag). Everyone wants to work with him. His process is little tedious and painstaking because he works at his own pace,” she said.
The release of Jagga Jasoos has been delayed - but Katrina remains unfazed.
“He is a mad genius, who nobody can control, but there is a method to his madness. He comes out with beautiful films that you don't know where it came from. We respect his process and vision,” she added.
There were reports that all was not well between Katrina and Anurag. The New York actress called the rumour baseless.
“This is a stupid rumour. People are assuming problems because the film is not following our desired schedule. Ranbir, who had worked with dada, knows the way he works and so do I,” Katrina said.
“He works in his beautiful chaos. I have great hopes for the film as it is going to be unique and special,” she said.
The Ek Tha Tiger actress does not find the delayed Jagga Jasoos release frustrating.
“I am used to it now (film being pushed). Dhoom 3, Bang Bang got pushed - so it happens sometimes,” she added.
The film is a comedy-drama that narrates the story of a teenage detective searching for his missing father. It is scheduled for release in June 2016.
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Tamil asylum seekers can stay in Britain after threatening to commit suicide if deported
By Matthew Hickley
Updated: 20:36 EDT, 3 May 2009
Lord Justice Moses: The senior Appeal Court judge was one of three to make the decision
Two Tamil asylum seekers have won the right to stay in Britain after they threatened to commit suicide if deported.
Three Appeal Court judges ruled that sending the brother and sister back to Sri Lanka to kill themselves would breach their human rights.
But Home Office ministers are furious at the ruling, which they fear will become a precedent offering an easy way for any would-be refugee or illegal immigrant to stay in the UK.
Until now, the courts have considered the likelihood of torture or mistreatment when ruling on deportation cases - rather than a deportee's own fears and state of mind.
Immigration minister Phil Woolas claimed the judgment 'defied common sense' and said he would appeal to the House of Lords.
The Tamils, who have not been named, arrived in Britain in 2003 claiming they had been raped and tortured in prison in Sri Lanka as a result of the decades-long civil war between the government and Tamil separatists.
Their claim for refugee status was rejected but they have battled deportation ever since and won a ground-breaking victory in the Appeal Court last week.
Lord Justice Sedley, Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Moses ruled that sending them home would breach their right to life in the European Convention on Human Rights.
The news comes as thousands are expected to attend a rally in Trafalgar Square today calling for an amnesty for illegal foreign workers.
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The Home Office maintains that the siblings could safely travel back to Sri Lanka, and that their threat of suicide is based on a 'subjective fear' of mistreatment.
But three Appeal Court judges accepted that if the man and woman were deported then their 'only perceived means of escape' from their situation would be to take their own lives - meaning that sending them home would breach their right to life under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Lord Justice Sedley, sitting with Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Moses, said: 'Hope can alleviate intolerable stress. Take away hope and stress may become unbearable.
Phil Woolas: The immigration minister said the decision 'defied common sense'
'Lifting the threat of removal would remove one of the principal sources of depression.'
Britain's courts have until now considered similar deportation legal battles on the facts relating to conditions in the country in question, and the likelihood of torture or mistreatment - rather than a deportee's own fears and state of mind.
By taking the threat of suicide into account the Appeal Court has apparently torn up that principle, attaching far greater legal weight to the deportee's belief about the danger they might face in their homeland.
Phil Woolas said: 'We will appeal and consider our legal options.
'The judgement goes well beyond the intention of Parliament and defies common sense.'
Britain already struggles to enforce deportations in many cases due to human rights laws, with removals often delayed for years by challenges grinding through the courts.
Abu Qatada, the man described as Osama bin Laden's ambassador to Europe, is fighting against his deportation to Jordan by claiming that he faces torture or death.
Details of the latest case emerged as the Government came under further pressure to allow an amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants living in Britain.
Thousands of people are expected to attend a rally in Trafalgar Square today supporting the 'Strangers into Citizens' campaign, calling for an 'earned amnesty' for illegal foreign workers in the UK - whose number are estimated at between 500,000 and 950,000.
They claim 'regularising' the status of illegal immigrants would increase tax revenues by £1billion a year and prevent exploitation.
Buy opponents claim similar amnesties in other countries have simply attracted even greater numbers of illegal immigrants who arrive in expectation of another amnesty in future.
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It’s the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938
From Nazis to hippies: End of the road for Volkswagen Beetle It’s the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938 Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2019/07/09/last-volkswagen-beetle-produced/39667653/
David Mchugh, Associated Press Published 12:35 p.m. ET July 9, 2019 | Updated 12:36 p.m. ET July 9, 2019
Frankfurt, Germany – Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. It’s the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938.
In this June 22, 2014, file photo a Filipino girl plays with a toy Volkswagen Beetle as she joins activities to celebrate World Volkswagen Day at Camp Aguinaldo in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. (Photo: Aaron Favila, AP)
It has been: a part of Germany’s darkest hours as a never-realized Nazi prestige project. A symbol of Germany’s postwar economic renaissance and rising middle-class prosperity. An example of globalization, sold and recognized all over the world. An emblem of the 1960s counterculture in the United States. Above all, the car remains a landmark in design, as recognizable as the Coca-Cola bottle.
The car’s original design – a rounded silhouette with seating for four or five, nearly vertical windshield and the air-cooled engine in the rear – can be traced back to Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche, who was hired to fulfill Adolf Hitler’s project for a “people’s car” that would spread auto ownership the way the Ford Model T had in the U.S.
Aspects of the car bore similarities to the Tatra T97, made in Czechoslovakia in 1937, and to sketches by Hungarian engineer Bela Barenyi published in 1934. Mass production of what was called the KdF-Wagen, based on the acronym of the Nazi labor organization under whose auspices it was to be sold, was cancelled due to World War II. Instead, the massive new plant in what was then countryside east of Hanover turned out military vehicles, using forced laborers from all over Europe under miserable conditions.
In this May 26, 1938 file photo, German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler speaks lays cornerstone to the Volkswagen car factory in Fallersleben, Lower Saxony, Germany. (Photo: AP)
Re-launched as a civilian carmaker under supervision of the British occupation authorities, the Volkswagen factory was transferred in 1949 to the Germany government and the state of Lower Saxony, which still owns part of the company. By 1955, the millionth Beetle – officially called the Type 1 – had rolled off the assembly line in what was now the town of Wolfsburg.
The United States became Volkswagen’s most important foreign market, peaking at 563,522 cars in 1968, or 40% of production. Unconventional, sometimes humorous advertising from agency Doyle Dane Bernbach urged car buyers to “Think small.”
“Unlike in West Germany, where its low price, quality and durability stood for a new postwar normality, in the United States the Beetle’s characteristics lent it a profoundly unconventional air in a car culture dominated by size and showmanship,” wrote Bernhard Rieger in his 2013 history, “The People’s Car.”
Production at Wolfsburg ended in 1978 as newer front drive models like the Golf took over. But the Beetle wasn’t dead yet. Production went on in Mexico from 1967 until 2003 – longer than the car had been made in Germany. Nicknamed the “vochito,” the car made itself at home as a rugged, Mexican-made “carro del pueblo.”
In this March 12, 2012, file photo a Volkswagen New Beetle car is lifted inside a delivery tower after the company's annual press conference in Wolfsburg, Germany. (Photo: Michael Sohn, AP)
The New Beetle – a completely retro version build on a modified Golf platform – resurrected some of the old Beetle’s cute, unconventional aura in 1998 under CEO Ferdinand Piech, Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson. In 2012, the Beetle’s design was made a bit sleeker.
The end of the Beetle comes at a turning point for Volkswagen as it rebounds from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests. The company is gearing up for mass production of the battery-driven compact ID.3, a car that the company predicts will have an impact like that of the Beetle and the Golf by bringing electric mobility to a mass market.
The last of 5,961 Final Edition versions of the Beetle is headed for a museum after ceremonies in Puebla on July 10 to mark the end of production.
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ESPY Awards: Alex Morgan, U.S. women's soccer team keep winning
Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her U.S. women’s national soccer teammates.
ESPY Awards: Alex Morgan, U.S. women's soccer team keep winning Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her U.S. women’s national soccer teammates. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/2019/07/10/espy-awards-alex-morgan-u-s-womens-soccer-team-keep-winning/1700890001/
Beth Harris, Associated Press Published 11:38 p.m. ET July 10, 2019 | Updated 11:48 p.m. ET July 10, 2019
Alex Morgan accepts the award for best female athlete at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday. (Photo: Chris Pizzello, Associated Press)
Los Angeles — The U.S. women’s national soccer team celebrated its Women’s World Cup victory on both coasts Wednesday, honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City before jetting to the West Coast and collecting trophies at The ESPYS in the evening.
Alex Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her soccer mates.
“Sorry, but this is probably the second-best trophy we won this week,” Morgan said jokingly, hoisting her individual trophy.
As she got up from the front row, Megan Rapinoe’s black tuxedo jacket opened and exposed her left breast, which was caught by cameras showing the in-show feed of the show. It wasn’t immediately known whether it went out over the national telecast.
“I’ve dropped the F-bomb on every stage the last four days, so we’ll just spare you that,” Rapinoe told the audience.
Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks won male athlete of the year at the show honoring the past year’s top athletes and moments in sports.
“This is all about hard work. When you believe in your dreams this can happen,” Antetokounmpo said. “Hopefully, if I keep working hard there’s more to come.”
Comedian Tracy Morgan presided over the show at Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
Alex Morgan thanked ESPN for its recent deal to carry NWSL games.
“When the World Cup is behind us, it is the professional league that we need to continually lift up and grow,” she said. “Investment in women and girls should not only occur on the playing fields but in more storytelling of badass, amazing women who continue to show that we are more than just athletes.”
Sandra Bullock announced the best team award, saying, “All those in favor of equal pay say aye.”
The U.S. women’s team is suing to receive pay equal to their male counterparts.
“Keep fighting for equality,” Billie Jean King told the team from the stage earlier in the show.
Carli Lloyd informed the crowd the team had its hair and makeup done during the flight from New York.
“We look pretty fabulous, I think,” she said.
Lloyd added, “It’s been an incredible journey. Here’s to the next World Cup.”
U.S. Women's World Cup champions honored in NYC parade
Members of the U.S. women's soccer team, including Megan Rapinoe, rear left, and Alex Morgan, right foreground, stand on a float before being honored with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes in New York, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Craig Ruttle, AP
Fans celebrates as members of the the U.S. women's soccer team pass by during a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Craig Ruttle, AP
A general view of a float on Broadway during a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes honoring the U.S. national women's soccer team, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Steve Luciano, AP
Construction workers watch as members of the U.S. women's soccer team is celebrated with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Craig Ruttle, AP
From left, U.S. Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. women's soccer players Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan joins teammates and others as the U.S. women's soccer team is celebrated with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Player at right is unidentified. Craig Ruttle, AP
A fan on a float poses during a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes honoring the U.S. national women's soccer team, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Steve Luciano, AP
Fans celebrates as members of the the U.S. women's soccer team approach during a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Craig Ruttle, AP
U.S. Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro poses with members of the women's World Cup team before the start of ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. Megan Rapinoe is at left wearing red glasses. Carli Lloyd is at right with mirrored glasses. Others are unidentified. Richard Drew, AP
U.S. Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro, left, U.S. women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe, center, and teammates celebrate the U.S. women's soccer team World Cup victory during a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes. Craig Ruttle, AP
U.S. women's soccer team player Megan Rapinoe pours champagne for an unidentified teammate as Alex Morgan, rear left, watches during a ticker tape parade. Craig Ruttle, AP
United States forward Mallory Pugh, left, waves while United States midfielder Lindsey Horan looks at her phone on a float while being honored with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday. Steve Luciano, AP
Megan Rapinoe, center, and members of the U.S. women's soccer team celebrate. Richard Drew, AP
The U.S. women's soccer team, including Megan Rapinoe, far left on float, is celebrated with a parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday in Manhattan. Richard Drew, AP
Megan Rapinoe holds the Women's World Cup trophy as the U.S. women's soccer team is celebrated with a victory parade. Richard Drew, AP
United States defender Ali Krieger waves to fans. Steve Luciano, AP
United States forward Carli Lloyd, center, and United States defender Ali Krieger wave to fans. Steve Luciano, AP
Fans celebrates as members of the the U.S. women's soccer team pass by during a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes. Craig Ruttle, AP
United States defender Crystal Dunn, center, and United States forward Tobin Heath, right, acknowledge the crowd on a float while being honored with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in New York. The U.S. national team beat the Netherlands 2-0 to capture a record fourth Women's World Cup title. Steve Luciano, AP
United States forward Christen Press, center, and United States defender Abby Dahlkemper look out to the crowd on a float while being honored with a ticker tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes, Wednesday. Steve Luciano, AP
Other athletes acknowledged the Women’s World Cup victory from the stage, including Drew Brees, winner for best record-breaking performance.
Zion Williamson, the No. 1 pick in last month’s NBA Draft, earned best college athlete honors for his one-and-done season at Duke.
“Wish I could have stayed a second year, but I had other things to do,” a smiling Williamson said.
The best moment award was shared by a trio of recent retirees: Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn, NFL player Rob Gronkowski and NBA player Dwyane Wade.
UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi collected two trophies: best play and best viral sports moment for her floor exercise routine that earned a perfect score of 10.
Ohashi accepted her best play trophy by giving her remarks in rhyme.
Antetokounmpo was a double winner, too, adding best NBA player honors.
The St. Louis Blues earned best comeback for going from worst team in the NHL early in the season to the Stanley Cup championship. Center Ryan O’Reilly removed his tooth to thank the crowd.
Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes won best NFL player; Milwaukee Brewers slugger Christian Yelich earned best MLB player; and Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals won best NHL player.
Special honorees were:
►Bill Russell, Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. The 85-year-old NBA Hall of Famer was saluted for his dedication to fighting for social justice and ensuring opportunity for all young people. Introduced by Kobe Bryant, Russell acknowledged a standing ovation from an upper level box but didn’t speak.
►Former Marine Sgt. Kirstie Ennis, Pat Tillman Award for Service. While on duty in Afghanistan, Ennis was in a crash that resulted in traumatic injuries and ultimately led to an above-knee amputation of her left leg. She is trying to become the first woman above-the-knee amputee to summit all seven of the world’s highest peaks.
►Rob Mendez, Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. The high school football coach was born without arms or legs due to a rare disorder. Mendez taught himself football fundamentals using video games. He is head coach of the junior varsity team at Prospect High in Saratoga, California. They went 8-2 in his first season and reached the league title game.
“I also want to thank the game of football for all that it’s given me, for allowing me to be part of a team,” Mendez said from motorized chair. “Look at me and see how much passion I put into coaching and how far it’s gotten me. I made it this far and who says I can’t go further?”
►Jim Calhoun, best coach. The three-time national champion coach at UConn now guides Division III University of St. Joseph.
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Care Direct & Support Solutions Ltd
Care Direct & Support Solutions (Luton) Office
Care Direct & Support Solutions (Luton) Office Good
Inspection carried out on 22 June 2017
During a routine inspection
Care Direct & Support Solutions (Luton) Office is a domiciliary care service for adults of all ages who may have a range of care needs including, physical disabilities, mental health, dementia, sensory impairments, and learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders. There were four people using the service at the time of this inspection.
The inspection took place on 22, 27 and 28 June 2017 and was announced. It was the first inspection of this service, since it registered with the Care Quality Commission on 29 April 2016.
A registered manager was in post. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.
People were protected from abuse and avoidable harm. Staff had been trained to recognise signs of potential abuse and were confident about reporting any concerns they might have, and risks associated with people’s care were managed positively.
There were sufficient numbers of staff to meet people’s needs, and people received their care when they needed it. Robust checks were carried out for new staff, to make sure they were suitable to work at the service.
Systems were in place to ensure medicines were managed in a safe way and that people received their medicines as prescribed.
Staff had the right skills and knowledge to meet people’s needs. They had received training to carry out their roles, including support to meet the individual needs of people using the service.
Staff sought peoples’ consent before offering care and support, and involved them in making decisions about their mental capacity.
Where responsible, staff supported people to have enough to eat and drink.
Staff were clear about the importance of monitoring people’s health needs and seeking additional support and advice as required.
Staff provided care and support in a caring and meaningful way. They treated people with kindness and compassion, and respected their privacy and dignity at all times.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible. They were given opportunities to express their views on the service they received, and to be actively involved in making decisions about their care and support.
A complaints procedure had been developed to let people know how to raise concerns about the service if they needed to. People were confident in raising concerns if they needed to do so.
The registered manager provided effective leadership at the service, and promoted a positive culture that was open and transparent. Everyone felt the registered manager was approachable and helpful.
Systems were in place to monitor the quality of the service provided, and to drive continuous improvement.
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Joelma Limited
In Luton, LU2 7SP
Comfort Zone Care Services Ltd
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Mobile: Already Eying More Ships
After its first month of service out of Mobile, port officials are optimistic that Carnival Cruise Line will extend its one-year contract, based on what they called exceptional demand for the first cruises.
They are so optimistic that they are already aiming for a second ship and said that Carnival has the first right of refusal.
The current agreement with Carnival, runs through November 2017, but the cruise line is already taking bookings out to April 2019, according to George Talbot, a spokesperson for the port.
Carnival Cruise Line launched four- and five-day service from Mobile, Alabama, aboard the Fantasy, starting Nov. 5, returning after a five year absence. Carnival took the city by surprise when it left in 2011 citing rising fuel costs and inability to raise ticket prices. Mobile was left with no direct revenue source to pay for its seven-year old terminal.
To accommodate Carnival, which started sailing the Holiday from Mobile in 2004, the port built a $24 million, 66,000- square-foot terminal, which then sat unused, except for special events and private functions, before recently being upgraded to current security standards to the tune of $4 million, said Talbot.
As an encouragement to Carnival, Mobile is now contributing $200,000 on a quarterly basis, or $800,000 a year, to help market the cruises.
Mobile’s attraction, he said, is its easy access, with the terminal being adjacent to Interstate 10. “People like the easy access and the small-town feel of Mobile,” he added.
The facility has a 450-space parking lot, charging $18 a day.
Talbot said the port is pushing to have people stay before or after their cruise and has created a “tourism trail,” a marked pedestrian path into town with its restaurants, hotels, museum and nightlife. “When people are there, we want to see the town.”
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Three Wilson Portraits (2016)
Piccolo, Flutes 1-2, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinets 1-2, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxes 1-2, Tenor Sax, Bari Sax, Trumpets 1-3, Horns 1-2, Trombones 1-2, Euphonium, Tuba, Timpani, 6 Percussionists, Piano
Percussion Equipment: Bells, Vibraphone, Chimes, Snare Drum, 3 Tom-Toms, Bass Drum, Windchimes, Crash Cymbal, Suspended Cymbal, Large Tam-Tam
Grade 2.5
Program Note
Three Wilson Portraits is a set of vignettes for young band celebrating the life of Jeremiah Jones Colbath, better known as Henry Wilson. Wilson is recognized primarily as the 18th Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant. He also served as a Massachusetts Senator, a member of the House of Representatives, and as a Colonel in the Union Army. Among his many civil services and accolades, Wilson was a founder of the Free Soil Party – a short lived political party consisting of Democratic and Whig party leadership who opposed slavery and its expansion. The Free Soil platform declared: "...we inscribe on our banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor and Free Men,' and under it we will fight on and fight ever, until a triumphant victory shall reward our exertions." The titles of each movement within the work are derived from this creed. The first movement, Free Speech, is a majestic fanfare – a full-voiced declamation of belief, both personal and political. Free Soil follows the mysterious ending of the first movement, opening with a brief chorale that features complex harmonies. The body of the movement consists of textural variations on the tune “Tenting on the Old Campground,” a favorite of the Union Army when Wilson was a member. This movement conjures images of soldiers resting in a field under the stars and concludes with hints of morning: birds chirping and beams of sunlight appearing over the horizon. Despite a stable harmonic resolution, the mood is still ominous and tinged with angst – morning is arriving, and with it, war. Free Men is the final movement of the piece depicting a triumphant Civil War battle. The introduction features variations on the Free Speech theme heard in the first movement leading directly into a rousing setting of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” another favorite war song of the time. The “Johnny” melody eventually becomes overwhelmed with dissonant figures and collapses, in a chromatic cascade, into “Hail, Columbia.” (Originally titled “The Presidential March,” it was made into the Vice Presidential Anthem when “Hail to the Chief” was written and instated.) Set in a harmonic center utilizing both tonal and modal harmonies, this rendition of “Hail, Columbia” is significantly more bold and stoic than its traditional form in major. The work concludes with a final, sonorous fanfare – a final victory.
Three Wilson Portraits is written for The Wilson Winds at Wilson Middle School in Natick, Massachusetts, whose namesake is the subject of the work.
Scott Morrill, Conductor
The Wilson Winds
Wilson Middle School; Natick, MA
for the Wilson Winds
under the baton of Scott Morrill, a dear friend and mentor
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Heidelberg Caspi Cement
Translated version of this PSD: Russian
The EBRD is considering financing to support Heidelberg Cement’s regional expansion by financing a green-field cement plant in South Western Kazakhstan, south of Atyrau and close to the oil producing region. This will be HC’s second cement plant in the country (first one is located in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Eastern Kazakhstan) in addition to its ready-mixed concrete and aggregates plants. The Project will produce up to 800,000 tonnes of cement annually.
The Project is expected to have a strong transition impact stemming primarily from the following.
Demonstration effect
The proposed Project will support Foreign Direct Investments in Kazakhstan’s economy outside of the oil and gas sector. Western Kazakhstan is an oil-rich region with much of the foreign investment coming to extractive industries, and very little to other sectors. The Bank's support of the Project will encourage other potential investors outside of the oil and gas sector to implement projects in Kazakhstan, and demonstrate viability of such investments.
Setting standards in the area of energy efficiency and environment
The future plant will achieve compliance of its environmental performance with IFC EHS Standards and EU BAT for Cement Manufacturing, including specific air emissions standards for dust, NOx, SOx and other pollutants.
In the current business environment in Kazakhstan the Bank’s financial support to a foreign investor has strong additionality. The Bank’s ability to provide debt financing in the proposed tenors, as well as strong track record in the region and in the construction materials sector is valued by the Group. The terms of the Bank’s financing are much more in line with the client’s needs than what can be currently obtained from commercial banks in the country.
Caspi Cement LLP and Caspinerud LLP both companies, indirectly owned by Heidelberg Cement AG.
EBRD is considering a combination of equity and debt not exceeding EUR70 million. The Project will be financed jointly with IFC and DEG.
EUR198 million
Categorised A in accordance with EBRD’s 2008 Environmental and Social Policy (ESP).
A detailed project design is being currently revised due to the change of production capacity from 2mln to 800,000 tonnes per year. The initial design passed the local EIA (OVOS) and state expertise in 2009. However, due to the changes a new EIA will be carried out after the design is finalised. Construction and commissioning of the plant is planned to take approximately two years. By 2014 it is expected to operate at full capacity. HC has already invested in the site preparation and connection of the power and water supply, construction of the office building and levelling access roads to the plant site.
The project area is a flat, rural, semi-arid with limited biodiversity. The closest community of Shetpe village is 6 kilometres away from the plant. The respective chalk quarry is located directly next to the plant site, whereas the respective clay quarry is located approximately 15 km northeast of the plant site.
The plant will apply dry-process production technology that has less environmental impact and energy consumption compared to wet-process. No wastewater will be generated from the cement production process. Water supply for technical and drinking purposes will be met from desalinated ground water abstracted on site from five wells.
Key environmental impacts are related to air emissions, namely dust and NOx. To address these issues respective technological solutions (low NOx burners, filters, dust suppressing methods, etc) are envisaged for the future plant, as well as regular ambient air monitoring in line with local regulations. An Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) has been prepared together with IFC and includes provisions for achieving specific concentrations for dust, NOx, SOx, CO2, CO etc in line with IFC EHS Standards and EU BAT for Cement Manufacturing.
Key social issues can be associated with the presence of Chinese construction workers on site as the plant will be built under turn-key contract by a Chinese supplier. The workers will live in a construction camp on site. Joint IFC/EBRD workers accommodation guidelines will be implemented. Additionally, the project will have significant socio-economic benefits for the local area by increasing employment and small business opportunities, taxation revenues, and infrastructure upgrades.
Stakeholder Engagement Plan has been prepared and disclosed at EBRD, IFC and Company’s websites together with NTS, ESAP and full versions of the EIA in Russian and its translation into English.
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Does Michael Adams Have an Immortal Game?
Joshua Gibbs
Post by Joshua Gibbs » Sun Mar 05, 2017 3:18 pm
Hi does Michael Adams have an immortal game?
I like many of his but this is my favourite because he broke Kramnik's unbreaken streak:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1292637
But I know it isn't called immortal.
Has anyone ever chose one for him?
Chess, translation, dealing with the police, programming and almost getting killed or arrested: http://honyakujoshua.blogspot.co.uk/
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Location: Millom, Cumbria
Re: Does Michael Adams Have an Immortal Game?
Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:19 pm
Think I remember an early game of his when he crushed Ivanchuk on the Black side of a Marshall Attack in the Ruy?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
Nick Burrows
Post by Nick Burrows » Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:38 pm
Matt Mackenzie wrote: Think I remember an early game of his when he crushed Ivanchuk on the Black side of a Marshall Attack in the Ruy?
I seem to remember him saying that he thought this was his best game.
[Event "Terrassa 52/346"] [Site "Terrassa ESP"] [Date "1991.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Vassily Ivanchuk"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Nf1 Re6 19.Bd1 f5 20.Bxg4 Qxg4 21.Bd2 Rg6 22.Kg2 f4 23.f3 Qh5 24.g4 Qh4 25.Re2 Rxg4+ 26.fxg4 f3 27.Kh1 fxe2 28.Qxe2 Kh8 29.Kg1 h6 30.Qg2 Bf4 31.Be1 Qg5 32.h3 Qg6 33.Rd1 Bb8 34.Rd2 Qb1 35.Bf2 Kg8 36.b3 Bf4 37.Re2 Nxc3 38.Re6 Qxa2 39.Rxc6 Qxb3 40.Rxa6 Ne2+ 41.Kh1 Bb8 42.Be1 Qd1 0-1
Another great Marshall game:
[Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"] [Date "1999.04.13"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Judit Polgar"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2716"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Bd1 f4 20. g4 h5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Re6 Qh5 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Rxd6 Rae8 27. Ne4 Ne5 28. f3 Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 Nh4 30. Qh1 g5 31. b4 g4 32. Bb2 g3+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nh2 35. c4+ Kg8 36. Qd1 f3+ 37. Kxg3 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Ke3 Qf4+ 40. Kd4 Qe5+ 41. Ke3 Ng4+ 42. Kd2 Qxb2+ 43. Qc2 Qxa1 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Rxg4 f2 0-1
Roger de Coverly
Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Mar 05, 2017 4:52 pm
Nick Burrows wrote: I seem to remember him saying that he thought this was his best game.
After White's move 17
[FEN "4rrk1/5ppp/p1pb4/1p1n4/3P2b1/1BPQB1Pq/PP1N1P1P/R3R1K1 b - - 6 17"]
Famously in the position above, he forgot that the established theory of the time said you left the Queen on h3 until it was chased away with Qf1 and retreated anyway. This opened up an alternative main line.
Post by Joshua Gibbs » Mon Mar 06, 2017 2:44 am
Nick Burrows wrote:
thanks for replying... he says it was his most memorable game here http://www.kingpinchess.net/2015/12/mickey-adams/
Joshua Gibbs wrote:
thanks for replying... he says it was his most memorable game here http://www.kingpinchess.net/2015/12/mickey-adams/ and it shows the Zugzwang. Thanks for the replies everyone
Andrew Bak
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Post by Andrew Bak » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:12 am
iirc Adams had an amazing game on the Black side of a Berlin, I think it was against Caruana?
http://www.yorkshirechess.org
Post by Roger de Coverly » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:18 am
Andrew Bak wrote: iirc Adams had an amazing game on the Black side of a Berlin, I think it was against Caruana?
This one from Dortmund 2013 I expect
LawrenceCooper
Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Mar 06, 2017 10:11 am
I remember this last round game that confirmed he won a medal at the 2011 European Team with a lot of pleasure: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1646992 Typically modest, his comment after the game was "I suppose that means I'll have to attend the prize giving" His overall performance can be viewed here: http://chess-results.com/tnr57856.aspx? ... 984&snr=33
Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:14 pm
Joshua Gibbs wrote: thanks for replying... he says it was his most memorable game here http://www.kingpinchess.net/2015/12/mickey-adams/
Though that interview was actually from 1998 - it might be interesting to get a more recent take from Mickey?
Post by Joshua Gibbs » Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:56 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm7EEpMsM6A
Daniel King seems to misquote him as saying it was his best game as opposed to most memorable.
Post by Joshua Gibbs » Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:26 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote:
A nice video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOwnn2Zl0s8
Joey Stewart
Location: All Of Them
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Post by Joey Stewart » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:38 am
He had a pretty good game against Topalov recently, but I think his style of play tends not to lead to the sort of weird hack attacks that make 'immortal' games - I imagine most of the very sharp positions he does play into have been calculated to get an advantage (or his opponent inflicts them on him).
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
Geoff Chandler
Location: Under Cover
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Post by Geoff Chandler » Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:58 pm
Does it not depend on how we view the term 'Immortal'.
DId Anderssen consider his game v Kieseritzky in 1851 as his best game?
If it's 'Immortal' as in Sacrifices then I'd search the young Mickey Adams as it often
takes two to tango and one of them has to slip in a few slack moves.
This is Mickey when he was 17? A game I can understand.
These days 99% of the time I do not have a clue what he is up to.
Adams - Fabrego, Adelaide 1988
White to play/
r3kb1r/1b1n1pp1/p3p2p/4q3/1p1N1NP1/3BQP2/PPP4P/1K1R3R w kq - 1 17
White played 17.Qc1 letting the Knight on d4 go. 17...Qxd4 Nxe6. and the fun began.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. ed5 Nd5 14. Nf4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Ne3 16. Qe3 Qe5 17. Qc1 Qd4 18. Ne6 Qb6 19. Bg6 fg6 20. Rhe1 Nf6 21. Qf4 Be7 22. Ng7 Kf8 23. Rd7 Rh7 24. Rde7 Rg7 25. Qh6 Ne8 26. Qh8 Rg8 27. Qe5 Ng7 28. Rf7
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Rugby teams gear up for weekend Varsity clash
Rugby teams from the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews will clash at the home of Scottish rugby this Saturday, 22 September.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will face off against each other at the BT Murrayfield stadium.
Edinburgh Women’s Rugby President Lucy Winter and St Andrews captain Roland Walker took some time to preview the games.
Tickets priced at £5 for students/under 18s and £10 for adults.
Tickets available here.
Principal Peter Mathieson met with players from the University’s rugby clubs ahead of the Royal Bank of Scotland Scottish Varsity Matches
The rivalry between Scotland’s two oldest university rugby clubs saw more than 10,000 fans flock to the BT Murrayfield stadium last year.
Edinburgh’s men will be looking to retain the title they won last year following a four-year hiatus.
St Andrews’ Ladies will be keen to challenge Edinburgh Ladies, who have won all their previous varsity encounters.
Big stage
The Royal Bank of Scotland Scottish Varsity Matches were revived in 2011 after a hiatus of over 50 years.
The matches, which switched to the national rugby stadium in 2015, have attracted more than 10,000 spectators every year since the switch.
The Scottish Varsity is one of the highlights of our year. As women’s rugby continues to grow from strength to strength, both here at the University and across the country, it is fantastic to showcase the talents of both teams on the international pitch at BT Murrayfield. The whole team are looking forward to what is sure to be another exciting and action packed occasion.
Claire CruikshankUniversity of Edinburgh Head of Performance Sport and Edinburgh University Ladies’ Head of Performance
I am sure all of the players are relishing the opportunity to represent their university in what is, in my opinion, the best sporting venue in the country. I am sure all attendees, whether they be students or members of the public, will be treated to an entertaining brand of rugby played in the true spirit of this ancient university rivalry.
Scott LawsonDirector of Rugby at the University of St Andrews
The event is supported by Royal Bank of Scotland and run in partnership with Campus Living Villages, Macron and PlayerLayer.
The Scottish Varsity Match
The Scottish Varsity Match tickets
Facebook - @scottishvarsity
Twitter - @ScottishVarsity
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Preparing students for the workplace of the future
By Shalina Chatlani
The workplace of the future will be marked by unprecedentedly advanced technologies, as well as a focus on incorporating artificial intelligence to drive higher levels of production with fewer resources. Employers and education stakeholders, noting the reality of this trend, are turning a reflective eye toward current students and questioning whether they will be workforce ready in the years to come.
This has become a significant concern for higher education executives, who find their business models could be disrupted as they fail to meet workforce demands. A 2018 Gallup-Northeastern University survey shows that of 3,297 U.S. citizens interviewed, only 22% with a bachelor’s degree said their education left them “well” or “very well prepared” to use AI in their jobs.
Still, there are those who say automation is not as drastic as many predict. Researchers Melanie Arntzi, Terry Gregoryi and Ulrich Zierahn reported in their study of 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries that only about 9% of jobs are automatable.
The evolving job market
When it comes to the future of the workforce there are largely two stances on what will happen: On one side, many predict that vast swaths of jobs will be obsolete as automation replaces the need for manned labor Others, however, claim this stance is a bit over-hyped, as the effects of automation will manifest slowly and realistically the number of jobs that will be affected will be much smaller than predicted.
At a 2018 Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board panel briefing on the Higher Education Act, Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University, said the model of how universities operates needs to be turned on its head.
“We’re now in an information age powered by the Internet, and we are going to need to make that change a lot quicker than we did before. said Pulsipher. “The credit hour that emerged in that past is not the only measure of learning anymore that’s going to be needed for the workforce.”
However, another panel participant, Chris Gabrielli, the board chair of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and a former employee of an AI tech company, explained the effects of automation are overhyped.
“I don’t believe the numbers on the pace at which jobs are going to change. In fact, I think McKinsey [research firm] had to recently revise its numbers downward, Gabrielli said.
"But, he said, while things will change more slowly, that is “not to say we don’t need to make skills and credentials and opportunities available throughout life.”
What Gabrielli finds is that ultimately the skills debate — whether there's a focus on only hard technical ones or soft communication skills — is a bit of a wash. For instance, a 2016 survey by ACT, which interviewed 371 workforce supervisors and 2,252 college teachers and administrators found that respondents did not think career readiness is linked to academic achievement. The characteristics most valued in employees, according to their responses, are qualities like “sustaining effort,” “acting honestly” and “keeping an open mind,” along with skills like oral communication and critical thinking.
Meanwhile, college instructors are focusing on being able to use complicated technological tools; this is evident with resurgence in emphasis over STEM. In an article, research firm McKinsey & Co. focuses on the argument that students need technical skills and must go to bootcamps that focus on technology-based solutions, such as online applications, or they will find themselves “at risk of being disconnected from the workforce because of background or education.”
The middle ground — stackable degrees and partnerships
A deeper dive into the automation debate shows what some experts advocate for is a middle approach that focuses on preparing students for life-long employability, rather than predicting what types of jobs are going to be available — or whether certain majors need to be eradicated. Taking a steady approach is smarter, Justin Reich, executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, told Education Dive.
In his book "Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun argued that for higher education to adapt advanced technologies, it has to focus on life-long learning, which he said says prepares students for the future by fostering purposeful integration of technical literacies, such as coding and data literacy, with human literacies, such as creativity, ethics, cultural agility and entrepreneurship.
“When students combine these literacies with experiential components, they integrate their knowledge with real life settings, leading to deep learning," Aoun told Forbes.
The best pathway to a the middle approach, said Pulsipher, is to implement strategies like stackable degrees, rather than disrupting the importance of a bachelor's degree. “The whole notion of the stackable credential is going to become real” because there will no longer be a “four-year grad rate,” he said. As students gain credentials and certificates over time, he added, “scaffolding” one’s credentials could take anywhere from 10 to 20 years. So, if an adult gets a certificate in a new type of technology that’s introduced in the workplace, that credential should be “stacked” upon his or her traditional degree.
Another obvious step to take, many experts contend, is to forge industry partnerships, so institutions know what types of jobs are in demand. This allows colleges to become more responsive and additive.
For instance, Mike Cartney, the president of Lake Area Technical Institute, said during the U.S. News & World STEM Solutions conference in Washington, D.C., this year that his institution has seen success in placing 99% of its graduates into a high-income jobs by focusing on “hire education,” to make sure that education actually resonates with students as a tangible goal and not just a piece of paper.
Part of this success, he said, comes from his active approach of making 400 industry partnerships to “make sure our product is what our graduates need in the workplace,” and position the institution to be the “community’s first responders,” providing students with the foundational and soft skills they need to do their jobs.
Richard Lester, dealership service technician development manager at Toyota USA who was on the same panel discussion with Cartney, agreed that “true collaboration between education and business is critical” because “standards drive program content, resources and occupational alignment,” and “drive continuous improvement.”
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Valparaiso's Raman: Study abroad opportunities for engineering students critical
An assistant provost details the challenges and importance of providing such opportunities
Yoshi Canopus [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
The increasing globalization of business over the last few decades has highlighted a need for cross-cultural education opportunities. This is easier said than done for some fields, particularly engineering. It's an interesting conundrum, really: The nation faces a dearth of workers qualified for the field's high-demand jobs, with companies in many cases having to fill them with qualified workers from other countries, and American engineering students often don't have the opportunity to pursue study abroad opportunities.
That problem isn't lost on Valparaiso University Assistant Provost for International Affairs Jaishankar Raman, either. The Indiana university recently launched a cross-cultural engineering program with China's Dalian Jiaotong University, which has traditionally focused on locomotive and transportation research. For Raman, however, it's also not just about the social and cultural experience American students get.
"It’s equally important that the Chinese students are also getting this unique opportunity," he told Education Dive. "Not all Chinese students can afford to come to the United States. Through that program now, they have students from that parent university, the foreign university, spending maybe a semester with them. These are tremendous experiences that you don’t typically get."
We recently caught up with Raman to learn more about higher ed's importance in promoting cross-cultural collaboration, the challenges of launching such a program, and why engineering students have so few opportunities to study abroad.
EDUCATION DIVE: Tell me about the new civil and mechanical engineering program. Why Dalian Jiaotong, and what goes into creating a cross-cultural program like that?
JAISHANKAR RAMAN: The engineering program that we have is essentially a Ministry of Education-approved program in China. About three or four years ago, the government started encouraging more of these kinds of partnerships in the engineering field. In the business side, they’ve had this for quite a while, where the essential agreement is that this is a program that is jointly run by the foreign partner and the Chinese university. In varying cases, what they’d do is a certain component of the program in China is taught by the foreign university by sending their faculty. That component would be all in English, and you have a foreign instructor bringing foreign pedagogy into a Chinese degree program.
Typically, these programs offer the Chinese degree. This is not a joint degree program where we’re offering our degree in China. This is sort of the broad understanding of the program the way it is set up. The number of courses to be taught there varies. In some programs, it’s about a third of the courses. But the philosophy is that this is one way to introduce foreign pedagogy and foreign language instructors, and to essentially partner with a foreign university that can bring other benefits to the Chinese university.
With establishing a new program or partnership like that in a country like China, are there any particularly notable difficulties or concerns you had to deal with?
RAMAN: I think if an American university didn’t have any Chinese contacts or presence before and they were going into this new, there is a big learning curve in terms of knowing what the rules and regulations are, and also understanding culturally what kind of processes you need to follow. In our case, we’ve been in China for about 25 years now. We have a study center that we run in a city that is about three hours from Shanghai. Every fall semester, we send a group of our students with one of our own faculty to spend a semester in China, taking language classes in that university plus a couple of other classes by our professor. So we sort of know the Chinese terrain. We’re quite familiar with it.
I think the challenges are in terms of now trying to understand, if you get into a program like this, what are the legal ramifications? What are the tax ramifications? We had to do some consultation with a tax expert in China, but thankfully for us, what has happened is the Chinese government approved business programs for many years. We knew many other universities that had done business programs, so it was not that difficult to maneuver that part of it.
With the increasingly global nature of business, cross-cultural collaboration is becoming more important. Do you think this is perhaps sometimes overlooked by a lot of programs, particularly in engineering?
RAMAN: You’re absolutely right. Engineering typically has been a very challenging field to do cross-cultural stuff, partly because in the United States, what you find is that a student who commits to going into an engineering program in the freshman year essentially knows exactly what they’re going to do for the next four years. All the coursework is mapped out. Everything is mapped out. It’s very rigid. It’s very, very packed and dense.
These students don’t typically get an opportunity to say, "OK, sophomore year, spring semester, I’m going to spend in someplace." There’s coursework that needs to be fulfilled, and, typically, whenever you go do study abroad, you have to be very flexible in terms of what coursework you’re going to finish and bring back. Engineers would find that to be very difficult, and we’ve always found that engineers would not be able to study abroad as much.
That’s one aspect of it. The other is that we’re now creating a program where our engineering students can plug into some of the courses that our faculty are going to teach in Dalian. They get the semester abroad experience, they get the academic credit, and they’re now interacting with engineers from China, which is something that you find a lot of business students get to do quite often, but the engineering students do not get to do this. So this has been a sort of a huge upswing in terms of enthusiasm about the program, with students saying, "Can we go to this program in the summer time when we have classes there?" I think that this is going to open up a lot of different opportunities for our engineers.
How important is higher ed when it comes to instilling the importance of such collaboration early on?
RAMAN: I think it’s so essential. Personally, I come from India, so I came to this country as a graduate student. I’m sort of living the experience of cross-cultural stuff. The point that we try to tell our students—and sometimes they sort of gloss over it—is the fact that, in your lifetime, you’re going to be interacting with more people from other countries. It is absolutely critical that you know how to interact culturally with all of these people.
Higher ed institutions need to pay a lot of attention, need to put a lot of resources into creating more opportunities for students to go study abroad and make those very meaningful experiences. I would be a very strong advocate. In fact, in my university, we have signed on to a pledge that, by 2020, we’ll have 50% of our students going and doing some study abroad experience.
What advice would you give administrators at other institutions who might be interested in establishing similar programs?
RAMAN: I think making sure that you understand that the institution is behind it. That’s very critical. We have very good leadership here in our president, Mark Heckler, in understanding that internationalizing the campus is very important. People who are interested in doing this need to know that their institution is ready to do these kinds of things.
I think, for a larger part, this is happening in China quite more, and frankly the Chinese provinces have more resources at this point to set up these kinds of things. I would suggest that you go travel, seek out your partner, find out who they are and what they want to do, and then proceed into it. You have to have not just your upper administration buying into it. You have to make sure that your college — the engineering college, if we’re just talking about engineering — buys into it.
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Born in Glasgow, James trained at the Arts Educational school in London. His theatre work include the title roles in Peter Pan, Pippin, James and the Giant Peach as well as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Colin in The Secret Garden and John Hinkley in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins.
In London, James played Rusty in Starlight Express, Marilyn in Taboo and originated the role of Boq in the London production of Wicked (a role he played for two years),
He was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance in the West End production of Tommy. Other productions include Anthony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar (at Shakespeare’s Globe), Godspell, Fame, Golum, When Harry Met Barry, Christmas in New York and John Hinkley in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins.
James can be heard on numerous recordings including Stiles & Drewe’s Peter Pan and his self titled solo album.
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===Passive Flux Trap===
After a release into the environment, petroleum hydrocarbon constituents in LNAPL undergo various different degradation processes including dissolution, volatilization, and biodegradation[6][7][8][9]. NSZD is a term used to describe these collective processes that result in mass losses of LNAPL petroleum hydrocarbon constituents from the subsurface. NSZD processes occur naturally within LNAPL-impacted zones in the subsurface. These processes physically degrade the LNAPL by mass transfer of chemical components to the aqueous and gaseous phases where they are biologically broken down via anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation.
Understanding of the gaseous expression of NSZD processes has recently improved via emerging research[12][9][13][2]. A large advance occurred with respect to the measurement of the significant amount of gases that can be produced because of anaerobic petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation processes, predominantly methanogenesis[12]. Within the highly reduced saturated zone and overlying capillary fringe, methanogenesis occurs and generates CH4 and CO2. Because of the relatively low solubility of CH4, it is subsequently transported up to the vadose zone along with smaller amounts of CO2 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Within the vadose zone, LNAPL, CH4, and volatile hydrocarbons are anaerobically and aerobically biodegraded removing CH4 and oxygen (O2) from the soil gas and adding CO2. We can conceptualize these vapor transport-related NSZD processes that are occurring at petroleum release sites (Fig. 1). In response to this improved understanding of NSZD, new monitoring methods have evolved to use stoichiometric conversion of the gaseous signatures left by NSZD.
In summary, NSZD processes occurring within the subsurface manifest themselves as changes to both the aqueous and gaseous phases. The NSZD rate can be best quantified by incorporating their petroleum hydrocarbon stoichiometric mass loss equivalents[5]. The methods and procedures to do this are described below.
NSZD is quantified by asumming the petroleum hydrocarbon stoichiometric equivalent of biodegradation that expresses itself by changes in both the aqueous (soluble) and gaseous (vapor) phases[5]. This section covers the aqueous component. Within the saturated zone, aerobic respiration, denitrification, sulfate reduction, iron and manganese reduction, and methanogenesis each support hydrocarbon degradation and LNAPL mass loss.
For example, nitrate, iron, sulfate, and manganese reduction are some of the representative reactions for each process (Table 1). These processes manifest themselves as decreases in dissolved electron acceptor concentrations and production of soluble byproducts such as ferrous iron and dissolved CH4 and CO2. The soluble or aqueous contribution to NSZD can be estimated through stoichiometric conversion of the mass of electron acceptor loss and byproduct formation[10][8]. Because these estimates can be made using conventional groundwater sampling and analytical methods, the saturated zone component of NSZD is relatively well understood and well-established procedures have been in place for over 20 years to monitor the NSZD process.
New NSZD monitoring methods continue to emerge, including an approach that uses thermal gradients[17][18]. Due to their limited applications, however, these emerging methods are not discussed herein.
Figure 2. Schematic of a typical gradient method monitoring setup (excerpt from Johnson et al. (2006)[9]).
After elimination of gaseous effects due to non-petroleum processes, the corrected flux results can then be used to estimate a NSZD rate. A NSZD rate is typically expressed as a hydrocarbon degradation rate per unit area in a unit such as grams per square meter per day (g/m2/d). Using O2 or CO2 flux input, the NSZD rate is calculated by multiplying the background corrected gas flux, typically expressed as micromoles per square meter per second (mmol/m2/s), by the molar ratio of hydrocarbon degraded in a representative mineralization reaction as shown for octane:
^ American Petroleum Institute (API). Quantification of Vapor Phase-Related NSZD Processes, draft. Pending publication in 2016/17
^ Crystal Ng, G.H., Bekins, B.A., Cozzarelli, I.M., Baedecker, M.J., Bennett, P.C., Amos, R.T., Herkelrath, W.N., 2015. Reactive transport modeling of geochemical controls on secondary water quality impacts at a crude oil spill site near Bemidji, MN. Water Resources Research, 51, 4156–4183. doi:10.1002/2015WR016964
^ Sweeney, R.E., Ririe, G.T., 2014. Temperature as a tool to evaluate aerobic biodegradation in hydrocarbon contaminated soil. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation, 34(3), 41-50. doi:10.1111/gwmr.12064
^ Warren, E., Bekins, B.A., 2015. Relating subsurface temperature changes to microbial activity at a crude oil-contaminated site. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 182, 183-193. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.09.007
^ Ng, G.-H. C., B. A. Bekins, I. M. Cozzarelli, M. J. Baedecker, P. C. Bennett, R. T. Amos, Herkelrath, W. N., 2015. Reactive transport modeling of geochemical controls on secondary water quality impacts at a crude oil spill site near Bemidji, MN, Water Resoures Research., 51, 4156–4183. doi: 10.1002/2015WR016964
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Vaccine against cervical cancer
HPV_1
© DKFZ/Prof. Dr. H. Zentgraf
Over 150 million vaccinations worldwide prove the safety and efficacy of the first vaccines ever developed to prevent cancer. They provide almost 100% protection against infection with the human papilloma viruses (HPV) 16 and 18; these are the viruses responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in women. The development of the HPV vaccines grew out of the research work of Prof. Harald zur Hausen, for many years Scientific Chairman of the DKFZ, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2008 for his pioneering discovery that the viruses can cause cancer. Two vaccines are being sold: Gardasil® by Merck Inc. and Cervarix® by GSK.
It was a breakthrough in women's health: In 2006 the first vaccine became available for protecting women against cervical cancer, the dangerous long-term consequence of infection with certain papillomaviruses. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) made a crucial contribution towards developing this first vaccine targeted against cancer. With his pioneering work, Harald zur Hausen, virologist and for many years Scientific Director of the DKFZ, clarified the link between an infection with papillomaviruses (HPV, human papillomaviruses) and the development of cancer. Moreover, experiments conducted by Lutz Gissmann, also from the DKFZ, together with Matthias Dürst at Jena University Hospital, provided important results showing that certain proteins of the viral capsid can be processed into a non-infectious, and therefore extremely safe, vaccine. Research institutions in the USA and Australia have also been working on HPV vaccination. Longstanding disputes about priority claims were finally settled in 2004, when the US Patent Office recognized the crucial contribution of the DKFZ as the co-owner, with the National Institutes of Health, of the HPV vaccine patents. So when the vaccines reached the market in 2006 and 2007, the DKFZ and the participating scientists were finally able to share in the income from sales.
The innovative vaccine against cervical cancer marks a milestone in the prevention of what is the second commonest cancer in the world and the third-ranking cause of death in women. More than 4,500 women a year in Germany still contract cervical cancer and around 1,500 die from the disease. If all girls were to be vaccinated in time, these figures could be drastically reduced. In 2014, the Standing Vaccination Committee at the Robert Koch Institute recommended lowering the age for HPV vaccination to between 9 and 14, so that more girls than ever can be protected from the infection before they become sexually active. Moreover, at this younger age only two vaccinations are required to afford lifelong protection. The vaccine costs are reimbursed by the health insurers.
Two vaccine products have now received market approval in over 50 countries: Gardasil® from Merck & Co and Cervarix® from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Together they produce annual sales in the billions. Both vaccines provide almost complete cover against HPV types 16 and 18, which are responsible for around 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer. Since Gardasil is also targeted against HPV 6 and HPV 11, which cause other genital disorders such as genital warts (condylomata), approximately 90 percent of these cases can be prevented by vaccination. A successor product, Gardasil 9, has now been approved by the US and European regulatory authorities and has now been available on the German market since 2016. In addition to HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18, Gardasil 9 is also targeted against five other types (31, 33, 45, 52 and 58), which account for around 20 percent of all cases of cervical cancer.
https://www.krebsinformationsdienst.de/vorbeugung/risiken/hpv-impfung.php
https://www.krebsgesellschaft.de/onko-internetportal/basis-informationen-krebs/basis-informationen-krebs-allgemeine-informationen/hpv-impfung-gebaermutterhalskre.html
High-precision radiosurgery of tumors
CyberKnife® / iris collimator
© DKFZ/Marco Müller
Teaming up with Accuray, a leading player in radiooncology and radiotherapy, DKFZ researchers have developed a beam-shaping device with continual image guidance in three dimensions known as an Iris Variable Aperture Collimator. The device permits precision radiosurgery of tumors, with treatment tailored to individual needs using the CyberKnife® system from Accuray. Accuray has concluded a license and cooperation agreement with the DKFZ in order to expand cooperation in the field of radiooncology.
On 23. 05. 2012, the DKFZ signed a multi-year research and collaboration agreement with Accuray Inc. from Sunnyvale, California, a world-leading company in the fields of radiation oncology and radiotherapy. This agreement continues the important radiotherapy research project that has been under way for nearly a decade, stressed Euan S. Thomson, PhD, President and CEO of Accuray. The results of these project-specific cooperations with Accuray have included the development of the Iris collimator (Iris Variable Aperture Collimator) by Professor Wolfgang Schlegel and the Division of "Medical Physics in Radiotherapy", which he has led since 1993. The Iris collimator is a beam-shaping device developed for Accuray's CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System, which enables circular radiation fields to be adjusted to differing diameters. When adapted to a robotic linear accelerator such as the Cyberknife®, treatment times can be shortened by a factor of 2-3 compared to conventional apertures, while maintaining consistency of dose distributions (Echner GG, Kilby W, Lee M, Earnst E, Sayeh S, Schlaefer A, Rhein B, Dooley JR, Lang C, Blanck O, Lessard E, Maurer Jr CR, Schlegel W: The design, physical properties and clinical utility of an iris collimator for robotic radiosurgery. 2009. Phys Med Biol, 54, 5359-80). The Iris collimator represented a further development of the multi-leaf collimator developed by Wolfgang Schlegel in the 1990s, which facilitated three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy of brain tumors with precise, individually-tailored dose distribution, thereby sparing the healthy nerve tissue.
"Accuray was a logical choice for us in selecting a research partner given our longstanding collaboration on the CyberKnife® System and the company's leadership in imaging systems and motion management", said Professor Wolfgang Schlegel on the conclusion of the collaboration agreement with the American company. The joint projects also include, in close cooperation with Heidelberg University Hospital, researching and expanding intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and the treatment options for Tomotherapy® - an Accuray technology for reducing the exposure to side effects during the radiotherapy of tumor patients.
http://www.dkfz.de/de/medphys/
http://www.presseportal.de/pm/61356/2257975
Breaking the diffraction barrier
© DKFZ/Abt. Optische Nanoskopie
In 2014 Stefan Hell received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of nanoscopy – high-resolution light microscopy beyond the diffraction limit of light as defined by Abbe's Law. Patent-protected inventions by Hell and his team from the Laboratory for Optical Nanoscopy at the DKFZ were licensed out to Abberior Instruments, which is a spin-off of the Max Planck Society. They are used to manufacture microscopes that achieve hitherto unprecedented spatio-temporal resolution for the observation of dynamic processes in cells.
Because of the wave-like nature of light, the resolution limit for a light microscope of half the wavelength of the light in use was considered to be insurmountable. With the arrival of the STED fluorescence microscope, Stefan Hell, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for this radical discovery, was able to increase the resolution beyond this limit many times over. Light microscopy resolutions down to around 20 nanometers, i.e. the size of individual macromolecules, are now possible as a result. Hell thereby laid the foundations for nanoscopy and nanobiophotonics. The diffraction limit is overcome on the basis of the process of stimulated emission depletion: a molecule that is "stimulated" to fluoresce can be "depleted" by a second light beam. When Hell superimposed a ring-shaped "depleting" beam of light, in whose area the fluorescence was turned off, over the center of a laser beam adjusted to a wavelength with fluorescence "stimulation", he was able to cause fluorescence to be emitted only from a spot in the central area that was narrower than the spot of the stimulation light. As the depletion light is intensified, this central area is narrowed down to an ever smaller size. In principle, STED microscopy can achieve resolutions down to the size of molecules by scanning point for point and calculating the image with the computer. The STED microscope developed on the basis of Hell's discoveries by the company Abberior has repeatedly provided convincing evidence of its superior resolving power, providing nanometer-accurate glimpses into the processes of living cells and new insights into how drugs work. When combined with 4Pi microscopy, which had also previously been developed by Hell, STED microscopy can also achieve better resolution of the spatial distribution of nanostructures in individual cells.
In the "Optical Nanoscopy" Laboratory at the DKFZ – and in combination with an ultrafast electro-optical scanner developed by the engineer Dr. Jale Schneider at RWTH Aachen University - an STED nanoscope has been developed, under the direction of Stefan Hell and Johann Engelhardt, that enables images to be recorded in intervals of milliseconds. This is several thousand times faster than has previously been possible with laser scanning microscopes. As a result, dynamic processes within the cell that had not been accessible to optical analysis to date can now be examined in detail.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/hell-lecture.html
http://www.abberior-instruments.com/home/
https://www.dkfz.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2015/dkfz-pm-15-36-Das-schnellste-Nanoskop-der-Welt.php
Tetravalent bifunctional antibodies
TandAb® model
© Affimed 2014
The key technology of Affimed Therapeutics, a spin-off from the DKFZ, are novel recombinant antibodies for anticancer immunotherapy – in particular tetravalent, bifunctional antibody proteins (so-called TandAbs®) that bind both to cancer cells and to cells of the immune defense system that attack the cancer cells. Affimed has been listed on NASDAQ, the New York technology stock exchange, since its successful IPO in 2014.
Based in the Heidelberg Technology Park, the company Affimed (now Affimed Therapeutics BV) was originally a DKFZ spin-off formed in 2000 by the immunobiologist Professor Melvyn Little. He has worked with his team to develop various innovative recombinant immune molecules that have been patented by the DKFZ, including a completely new class of bifunctional tetravalent immune molecules known as TandAbs®. This involves an antibody format that possesses two binding sites for each antigen and consists exclusively of variable immunoglobulin domains that are connected to each other by linkers. Unlike other bispecific antibody fragments, TandAbs® are large enough to prevent rapid elimination by the kidneys. For each target they also possess the same binding properties and affinities as IgG antibodies. Moreover, since TandAbs® do not possess constant domains, there is no risk of nonspecific cross-linking of Fc regions with immunoeffector cells or molecules capable of triggering a "cytokine storm". Consequently, serious side effects are not expected.
Affimed had in-licensed the TandAb® technology platform from the DKFZ. Two of the antibody-like anticancer substances are in clinical development: AFM13 for treating Hodgkin lymphoma in clinical phase 2 and AFM11 for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in phase 1; other immune molecules are still at the preclinical testing stage. Affimed has entered into collaboration with Merck/MSD to test combination therapies for Hodgkin lymphomas with AFM 13.
Following a successful IPO in September 2014, Affimed Therapeutics BV (AFMD for short) is now listed on NASDAQ, the American technology stock exchange. Analysts report that Affimed has good prospects for further share price rises. For the DKFZ this represents the second successful exit of a spin-off. The DKFZ profits both from the growth in the value of the shares, which can be sold at a later date, and from licenses through product sales. Affimed invests its income from the IPO primarily in the future development of its innovative antibody programs.
http://www.affimed.com/
http://www.affimed.com/pdf/160125_afmd_merck_release_final.pdf
Active substance against the most malignant brain tumor
A glioblastoma in the MRT
© DKFZ/Med. Physik in der Radiologie, Foto: Michael Bock
Apogenix AG, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in immuno-oncology, was hived off from the DKFZ in 2005. It develops proteins that act directly on central signaling pathways to regulate the growth, migration, and apoptosis of malfunctioning cells. These proteins represent innovative treatment options for life-threatening diseases. The company's lead immuno-oncology candidate APG101 (ApoceptTM) has already proven effective in a controlled, phase II clinical trial for second-line treatment of glioblastoma, the most malignant of the brain tumors. It is also being tested in a phase I trial for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes. In the Division of Immunogenetics at the DKFZ, Professor Peter Krammer and his co-workers had developed inhibitors for the ligand of CD95, the death receptor of programmed cell death, or apoptosis. The patented technology was out-licensed to Apogenix GmbH, the company formed in 2005, which then used the technology as the basis to develop drug candidates for the treatment of life-threatening diseases. Apogenix has built up a highly promising portfolio of recombinant proteins that target central signaling pathways to regulate the growth, migration and apoptosis of cells, thereby offering innovative treatments for indications in oncology and hematology.
The company's most advanced drug candidate to date, by far, is APG101 (ApoceptTM), a soluble fusion protein that consists of the extracellular domain of CD95 and the Fc fragment of the immunoglobulin G1. It binds to the CD95 ligand that is needed to activate CD95, thereby blocking the signaling chains mediated by the receptor. The efficacy, safety and tolerability of APG101 have already been demonstrated in a controlled, randomized phase 2 study for the second-line treatment of glioblastomas. Those patients whose tumors showed a newly identified epigenetic biomarker associated with the CD95 ligand were particularly likely to profit from the treatment. Apogenix is currently collaborating with the diagnostics company R-Biopharm AG on the development of an accompanying diagnostic test for identifying those glioblastoma patients who would be expected to show the best response to the APG101 treatment in a personalized treatment strategy.
In preclinical tests, Apogenix was able to show that APG101 restores the formation of blood cells (erythropoiesis) in patients suffering from myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). MDS is an anemic bone marrow disorder associated with the risk of developing into an acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood. Apogenix then conducted a phase I clinical trial with APG101 in the treatment of transfusion-dependent MDS patients with severely impaired erythropoiesis in order to test the safety, efficacy and tolerability of the drug. The results of the study are expected in the summer of 2016.
APG101 possesses Orphan Drug Status for the treatment of gliomas in the EU and for the treatment of glioblastomas and MDS in the USA. The company CANbridge Life Sciences (Beijing, China) is responsible for the licensing and marketing of APG101 in China, Macao, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Thanks to this partnership, Apogenix can earn revenues that can then be used, in turn, for its own development in the other countries.
http://apogenix.com/files/pdfs/DE/140113_Apogenix_APG101_zeigt_signifikante_Verlaengerung_des_Gesamtueberlebens_final_DE.pdf
http://apogenix.com/files/pdfs/DE/20160615_Apogenix_MDS_Topline_Data_DE.pdf
Software for improved diagnosis and therapy planning
© Mint Medical GmbH
Mint Medical GmbH, a spin-off from the DKFZ in 2010, has worked on developing radiology imaging in order to improve both the diagnosis and therapeutic strategies and procedures in cancer. Its methods for the automated analysis of image data increase the quality, diagnostic reliability, and efficiency of the entire radiological process from diagnosis to therapy planning, therapy, and therapy follow-up.
Researchers in the Division of Medical and Biological Informatics at the DKFZ, headed by Professor Hans-Peter Meinzer, formed Mint Medical GmbH in March 2010. The DKFZ is co-owner of the company, which aims to develop innovative software solutions for use in clinical practice in order to improve the diagnosis, therapeutic strategies and procedures in cancer. There is strong demand for such software solutions, since the high-resolution imaging methods used in modern medical technology provide such a wealth of data from images of the inside of the body that their interpretation becomes almost impossible to manage in everyday radiological practice. To give doctors a detailed insight into the anatomy and functioning of the human body, and thereby allow them to make an accurate diagnosis and provide the ideal treatment, Mint Medical has developed software products for the automated analysis of image data. These products increase the efficiency, quality and reliability of the findings across the whole radiological process – from the diagnosis, via therapy planning and treatment through to the follow-up investigations.
The company has introduced a certified quality management system and applies this to its products, which are both compliant with medical devices legislation and CE-tested. "Mint Liver" was developed as a tool specifically for the computer-aided diagnosis and therapy planning of liver diseases. It can provide a 3D reconstruction of a patient's liver, simulate various surgical procedures and help determine the optimal strategy for the surgical procedure even before the operation and, if necessary, enable the strategy to be quickly adapted to new findings during the operation.
The software development mint LesionTM facilitates the efficient monitoring and follow-up of cancer treatments. As well as providing quantitative and qualitative statements on the development of tumors during the course of treatment, Lesion™ can also be used to produce assessments according to the established standards in radiology simply, quickly and flexibly. Mint Medical products are now used worldwide in routine clinical practice for cancer screening, cancer staging and for assessing the response to cancer treatments. During clinical trials, LesionTM supports the reporting process in accordance with the criteria. It can be individually configured for case-specific, multicenter clinical trials. As a Clinical Trial Management System that has been approved by the FDA, mint LesionTM can support project management, study-compliant read procedures and data management in the implementation of clinical trials for imaging CROs and pharmaceutical companies. For imaging biomarker analysis, mint LesionTM can cover the whole workflow, including all the associated tasks of imaging biomarker research.
The CEO of Mint Medical GmbH, Dr. Matthias Baumhauer describes the company's vision as follows: "Mint Medical products assign a central role to the patient as an individual in our healthcare system. We therefore believe that our solutions will be an important component of any advanced hospital in the medium term."
https://mint-medical.com/de/
http://www.dkfz.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2010/dkfz_pm_10_36_DKFZ-Firmenausgruendung-Mint-Medical-erhaelt-Hightech-Preis.php
Oncolytic viruses to treat brain tumors
Computer simulation of a parovirus
© DKFZ / Antonio Marchini
Jean Rommelaere and his team at the DKFZ are studying the oncolytic potential of parvoviruses in order to develop a viral therapy against previously incurable brain tumors. Parvoviruses multiply only in dividing cells and can attack and kill cancer cells, yet they are not pathogenic for healthy human cells. Following successful animal experiments, researchers teamed up with ORYX GmbH & Co. KG, an alliance partner that has coordinated the large-scale production of oncolytic H1 parvoviruses and conducted the preclinical and early clinical trials. The phase I/IIa study, completed in 2015, on treatment of advanced or recurrent glioblastomas demonstrated that such viral treatment of human brain tumors is both safe and effective. ORYX will now pursue this line of treatment with a strong partner from the pharmaceutical industry.
Parvovirus can enter and kill cancer cells, but they do not cause disease in humans. Since 1992, Professor Jean Rommelaere and his team at the DKFZ have been studying the oncolytic properties of these viruses with the aim of developing a viral therapy against dangerous brain tumors that are almost impossible to treat. Measuring just 20 nanometers in diameter, parvoviruses are among the tiniest of all known viruses. They replicate exclusively in dividing cells but do not cause any serious symptoms in humans. Moreover, they do not insert their DNA into the genome of infected cells so that there is no risk of activating growth-promoting genes. Using the parvovirus strain H1, which normally infects rodents but is also infectious for human cells, the researchers investigated the cellular biology of its oncolytic effect. Working with Dr. Karsten Geletneky of Heidelberg University Neurosurgery Hospital, Rommelaere and his team showed that advanced glioblastomas in experimental animals regressed completely after treatment with parvoviruses and that these animals survived significantly longer than untreated fellow animals. "We were therefore able to demonstrate that cancer treatment with parvoviruses can work. At this stage we just had to continue our work, because we saw a great opportunity to also use our viral therapy to help humans affected by glioblastoma, an extremely malignant type of brain tumor," said Jean Rommelaere.
Since the preclinical studies needed to progress the project through to clinical use are very time-consuming, a partner was sought and eventually found in the company Oryx GmbH & Co KG. Oryx is specialized in taking research projects in cancer medicine through the preclinical and early clinical development stages and selling them to the pharmaceutical industry. In January 2008, the Munich-based company signed a cooperation agreement with the DKFZ and Heidelberg University Hospital, which is also involved in the development of viral therapy. Working together with industrial partners, Oryx coordinated the large-scale technical production and subsequent pharmacology and toxicology testing of the therapeutic viruses as well as the approval procedure with the Paul Ehrlich Institute. Clinical phase I/IIa trials began in the Fall of 2011 –the first time that brain tumors were treated with viruses in Europe. On 12 June 2015, Oryx announced the successful completion of the clinical phase I/IIa trial on the treatment of patients with progressive primary and recurrent glioblastoma with H1 parvoviruses, in which the vaccine was found to be safe. The oncolytic parvoviruses will now be tested on other malignant tumors, including pancreatic cancers.
https://www.dkfz.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2011/dkfz-pm-11-56-Mit-Viren-gegen-Hirntumoren.php
http://www.oryx-medicine.com/
Early detection of cervical cancer
CINtec® p16 histology of a zervix carcinoma
© mtm-laboratories
mtm laboratories AG, a Heidelberg company spun off from the DKFZ in 1999, developed in vitro diagnostics (IVD) for the early detection and diagnosis of cervical cancer that provide outstanding sensitivity and specificity compared with conventional tests. The technology is based on the immunocytochemical detection of the overexpression of the human p16 protein in cells undergoing HPV-mediated transformation, which may lead to cervical cancer. Having developed, produced, clinically validated, and marketed IVD tests for cervical histology and cytology worldwide on the basis of the p16 biomarker, mtm laboratories was sold to Roche for up to 190 million EUR (130 million EUR upfront plus 60 million EUR milestone) in 2011.
Scientists from the DKFZ and Heidelberg University Hospital, under the leadership of Professor Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz, a former colleague of Harald zur Hausen, formed mtm laboratories AG (originally: Molecular Tools in Medicine Laboratories), a company that used to develop, produce and distribute biomarker-based diagnostic products for reliably detecting precursors of cervical cancer. The basis for the patent-protected test kits was the company's own antibody clone E6H4TM, which had been developed specifically for immunochemical applications. The antibody is used to detect the overexpression in cervical cells of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16INK4a, a biomarker for the oncogenic activity of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV), which can then trigger cervical cancer. The detection of this biomarker served as the basis for in-vitro diagnostic products developed by mtm laboratories, including the CINtec® Histology Kit for use on slides with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections from cervical biopsies, and the CINtec® Cytology Kit for use on smears and cell samples in a liquid medium. mtm laboratories also perfected this cytology test and marketed the resulting product, the CINtec®PLUS Test, which represents a combination of the biomarker p16 and the proliferation marker Ki-67. This test offers a high level of sensitivity and specificity in the detection of high-grade cervical disease. The clinical benefit of these test kits has been demonstrated and validated in many large-scale studies. They proved to be far more precise in diagnosing cervical cancer and its precursor stages than traditional tests, including the classical cancer test with smear specimens that has been used in millions of patients, the Pap test developed by Georgios N. Papanicolaou.
In 2011, the company mtm laboratories was sold, for a total of 190 million euros, to Ventana Inc., a subsidiary of Roche, the global pharmaceutical and diagnostics group. Following the takeover, Ventana developed another product based on this technology platform, the CINtec® p16 Histology Test. As part of a fully automated immunohistochemistry assay, this enables the doctor not only to detect transformed cells, but also to precisely assign them to risk categories, an extremely important factor in the therapeutic decision.
http://www.ventana.com/cervical
https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/de/fachbeitrag/aktuell/diagnostik-zur-frueherkennung-des-gebaermutterhalskrebses/
Cell type diagnosis of metastases using antibodies to cytoskeletal proteins
The cytokeratin skeleton of breast cancer cells
© DKFZ / Lutz Langbein
Cell biologist Werner Franke and his co-workers at the DKFZ demonstrated that cell type-specific variants of components of the cytoskeleton retain their specificity in cancer cells too. By employing antibodies to these variants, therefore, it is possible to make a cell type diagnosis of cancer metastases, even if the original tumor is unknown. In order to produce and use such antibodies as diagnostic tools in cancer, Franke and colleagues in Heidelberg founded Progen Biotechnik GmbH, one of Germany's earliest biotech companies. The cell type-specific antibodies to intermediate filaments and to the desmosomal proteins of cell-cell adherens junctions that were developed at the DKFZ are now in use worldwide; they are among the most frequently published antibodies in the entire biomedical and cell biological literature.
Towards the end of the 1970s, Professor Werner Franke and his co-workers at the DKFZ carried out comprehensive investigations on certain cytoskeletal proteins known as intermediate filaments and established that, although morphologically similar, they occur in various cell type-specific variants that can be differentiated from antibodies. This specificity is also largely preserved in cancer cells derived from the respective cell types. Thus, for example, the cytokeratins (of which numerous specific subtypes exist) are characteristic of epithelial cells and cancers derived from these cells. Since epithelial cells differ in their cytokeratin subtype patterns, the resulting tumors can also be distinguished from each other. By contrast, vimentin, the protein discovered by Franke in 1978, occurs in mesenchymal cells and derived sarcomas, fibromas, lymphomas, etc. The glial cells in the brain, like the astrocytomas derived from them, contain a specific glial filament protein, whereas neuronal cells and corresponding neuroblastomas in turn contain other cytoskeletal proteins known as neurofilaments. As a result, for the first time reliable cell type diagnosis became possible, which was particularly important for cancers with unknown original tumors. In some types of cancer the cytoskeletal proteins can even be detected in the blood. For example, an elevated level of CYFRA21-1 is an important biomarker for lung cancer. Franke and his team also investigated the desmosomes, specific structures that enable adjacent cells to be held together in the surrounding tissue. They identified various contact molecules that also occur in cardiac muscle cells and give the heart its strength. Mutations in the genes of these desmosomal proteins can lead to serious heart disease and life-threatening ventricular fibrillation because the damaged cardiac muscle cells are no longer able to transmit the electrical signals in a coordinated manner.
In order to meet the worldwide demand for antibodies to cell type-specific forms of intermediate filaments for use in diagnosis and biomedical research, in 1983 Franke, together with the DKFZ immunologist Professor Günter Hämmerling and two other colleagues from Heidelberg University, formed the company Progen Biotechnik GmbH, one of the very first biotech companies in Germany. The specific antibodies were further developed by Progen to produce test kits for the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, for example rheumatoid arthritis. Immunodiagnosis with antibodies to cytoskeletal and desmosomal proteins has now become an integral part of every molecular pathology laboratory. Progen Biotechnik GmbH was wholly taken over in October 2012 by R-Biopharm AG, under whose umbrella PROGEN continued to supply the existing market and break into new markets.
https://www.progen.de/
http://www.dkfz.de/de/helmholtz-zellbiologie/Franke-in-Cancer_Research_DKFZ_2014_web.pdf
A radionuclide-coupled substance for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer
PSMA-617 mark of a prostate cancer patient
© DKFZ / Matthias Eder
DKFZ scientists developed the agent PSMA-617, which attaches specifically to the prostate-specific membrane antigen; this antigen is greatly overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. When PSMA-617 is bound to the weakly radioactive diagnostic radionuclide Ga-68, it can be used in positron emission tomography to visualize even tiny accumulations of prostate cancer cells. If labeled with the strongly radioactive radionuclide Lu-177, PSMA-617 can specifically destroy cancer cells. The initial clinical trials were very promising. The technology was licensed out to the biotech firm ABX GmbH, which will market the agent worldwide once it has been approved.
PSMA, the prostate-specific membrane antigen, is expressed up to 1,000 times more on prostate cancer cells than on healthy prostate cells. It is barely found in the rest of the body. As explained by biotechnologist Dr. Matthias Eder of the Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry at the DKFZ, "PSMA is therefore an ideal target for diagnostic purposes as well as for targeted therapies against prostate cancer." His group developed PSMA-617, a small molecule that is capable of specifically attaching to PSMA and that can be labeled with various radionuclides. When chemically bound to gallium-68, a weakly radioactive diagnostic radionuclide, PSMA-617 can be used to visualize even the smallest clusters of prostate cancer cells in PET (positron emission tomography) scans. "In this way, physicians are able to detect small secondary tumors in other organs or very closely monitor the response to therapy. Diagnostic approaches that have been used in clinical practice to date have not come close to this sensitivity," explained Matthias Eder.
Alternatively, PSMA-617 can also be bound to highly radioactive radionuclides such as lutetium-177 or actinium-225. The radiopharmaceutical is selectively taken up by the tumor cells that carry the PSMA and then destroys these cells from the inside. This could be a very promising treatment option, particularly for patients with hormone-resistant prostate cancers, which are very difficult to treat. At Heidelberg University Hospital, the team led by nuclear medicine specialist Professor Uwe Haberkorn has already used lutetium-177-labeled PSMA-617 to treat individual patients with advanced prostate cancer. After treatment with the lutetium-labeled radiopharmaceutical, levels of the prostate cancer marker PSA fell sharply in around 70 percent of the patients. PET/CT images also confirmed that metastases had shrunk or were no longer detectable. "The results were so promising that we plan to go ahead with a clinical trial as soon as possible to examine whether PSMA-617 is superior to other therapy methods," explained Haberkorn. Although other agents that target the protein PSMA and can be coupled with strong or weak radionuclides are already being developed, they have not proved to be ideal. "They are too unstable, accumulate insufficiently in cancer cells and wash out too slowly from healthy organs," explained the chemist Professor Klaus Kopka, Head of the Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry at the DKFZ. "By contrast, PSMA-617 accumulates in large quantities in tumors and metastases and is stored well in cancer cells."
In June 2015, Matthias Eder, radiochemists Martina Benešová, Klaus Kopka, Uwe Haberkorn and their co-workers received the "Image of the Year Award" and the Berson-Yalow Award at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in Baltimore, USA, for their development of PSMA-617.
www.dkfz.de/de/radiochemie/Projekte/PSMA.html
http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/6/914.abstract
Antibody microarrays for screening of biomarkers in cancer
© Sciomics GmbH
The biotech company Sciomics GmbH, a spin-off from the DKFZ in 2013, produces protein-based affinity microarrays for proteome analyses in research and clinical medicine. With the complex, high-density microarrays from cancer-relevant antibodies developed at the DKFZ, various biomarker signatures have been developed, filed for patenting, and published. The microarrays may be important for the diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction of cancer.
Professor Jörg Hoheisel, Head of the Division of Functional Genome Analysis at the DKFZ, has played a crucial role for over twenty years in the development of microarray technology and is now one of the world's leading experts in the field of antibody microarrays. It is only in recent years that such protein-based affinity microarrays have been used on a large scale, particularly for proteome analyses, since the technical challenges are considerable compared to those applicable to nucleic acid arrays: Not only do proteins have to be detected in all their diversity and with all their modifications, the structures of the protein molecules and their biophysical and biochemical properties also differ hugely. The concentrations of individual proteins differ by orders of magnitude and are constantly changing, just as the whole proteome of cells is continuously undergoing dynamic changes. Nevertheless, antibody microarrays have been increasingly better adapted to these challenges over the years and optimized in terms of their handling and reliability, so that they have now become an efficient, high-throughput instrument for proteome analyses and their applications - such as the search for clinically relevant biomarkers for cancer.
In 2013, Hoheisel and his colleague Dr. Christoph Schröder, formed the biotech company Sciomics GmbH in Heidelberg, which uses its protein microarrays to offer services for medical research, diagnosis and industry including, in particular, biomarker screening, the verification of biomarker candidates, the analysis and localization of drug targets and their signaling pathways and the characterization of antibodies. Schröder is the CEO of Sciomics GmbH, while Hoheisel still acts as a consultant for the company.
The research team at the DKFZ headed by Hoheisel and Schröder has used microarrays from cancer-relevant antibodies to identify, file for patenting and publish a series of biomarker signatures. These microarrays may be important for the diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of cancer. Predictive biomarkers provide information about the possible effect of the therapeutic intervention, whereas prognostic biomarkers deliver information about the patient's illness and its course independently of the treatment. Among other aspects, they are investigating the altered plasma protein composition in patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia and other B-cell lymphomas, as well as cancer-associated proteins in pancreatic carcinoma, a type of cancer which, to date, has proved difficult to treat and usually diagnosable too late. In another study, the scientists have used an antibody microarray to predict recurrences of bladder cancer, which reappears within five years of surgical removal of the tumor in around 60 percent of patients. In their comparison of patients with and without recurrence, they have identified 255 proteins that are present in the tumor in small or large quantities. Twenty of these proteins produced a pattern which, with 100 percent specificity and 80 percent sensitivity, represents a highly promising candidate as a predictive biomarker signature for relapses of bladder cancer.
www.sciomics.de
http://www.dkfz.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2014/dkfz-pm-14-31-Protein-Test-statt-Blasenspiegelung.php
Strategic partnership with Bayer Pharma to develop innovative cancer drugs
Tumor sample, imbedded in paraffin
© Bayer HealthCare AG
The aim of the strategic research alliance between the DKFZ and Bayer Pharma, which kicked off in 2009, is to discover molecules, mechanisms, and models as starting points for developing innovative anticancer therapeutics. In 2013, it was agreed to expand the successful cooperation to include the field of immuno-oncology in a Joint Immunotherapeutics Lab and to extend it for a further five years until 2018. The two partners have decided to invest a total of EUR 30 million in joint oncological research projects over this period.
The alliance between the DKFZ and Bayer HealthCare (BHC) is an outstanding example of a collaboration between a major public research facility and an international company in which the partners combine their strengths to pursue common goals that they would find difficult to achieve on their own, explained the former Scientific Director of the DKFZ, Professor Wiestler, who initiated the strategic partnership in 2009. The focus of the collaboration, which has been extended to 2018, is on joint research projects financed in equal parts by the two parties. The projects are aimed at finding molecules, mechanisms and model systems that can provide starting points for the development of innovative anticancer treatments. The partners are also working to develop novel methods of diagnosis to monitor the individual course of disease and therapeutic progress, and help predict the treatment success. The sharing of scientific and technical expertise is ensured through joint decision-making and steering committees for the research projects, regular meetings of the project groups, mutual visits by delegations of scientists and joint symposia. For the DKFZ researchers, depending on the respective work packages the projects also involve research secondments at BHC in Berlin or Wuppertal. In order to translate the results of basic research into medical applications more quickly, the translational research will be further expanded by obtaining input from the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg as a modern oncology center with a multidisciplinary approach.
In 2013, the alliance was expanded to include the field of immuno-oncology, and the corresponding researchers at BHC and the DKFZ are working together on more advanced projects in a Joint Immunotherapeutics Lab in Heidelberg. Up to 2.5 million euros a year is being invested in these projects. In total, the two partners will be investing up to six million euros a year in the collaborative oncology research projects for the period 2014 to 2018. If any projects prove successful, the DKFZ will receive a share of the revenues. Of the more than 30 projects initiated to date, many have already reached important milestones and progressed to the next phase of drug development, namely compound screening to identify new potential drug candidates.
www.dkfz.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/2014/dkfz-pm-14-06-Bayer-and-German-Cancer-Research-Center-DKFZ-in-Strategic-Alliance-Against-Cancer.php
http://www.gbxsummits.com/uploads/3/2/2/7/32275517/___bayer_13.30_2013-03-07_partnering_along_the_value_chain.pdf
Competency cluster in imaging and radiotherapy: the alliance with Siemens Healthcare
7 Tesla magnetic resonance tomograph
© DKFZ / Tobias Schwerdt
The long-standing cooperation between the DKFZ and Siemens Healthcare was officially sealed in 2006 with a strategic alliance to which Siemens contributes the latest-model devices, systems and development know-how, while the DKFZ furnishes its far-reaching scientific expertise in radiooncology, radiopharmaceuticals, radiotherapy, and medical physics for the development and application of new procedures in cancer diagnostics and therapy. The 7-Tesla high field scanner, housed in a dedicated building, is the first in the world of its kind for oncology and the clearest expression of this cooperation.
In 2006, the DKFZ entered into a strategic alliance with Siemens Healthcare that further strengthens their longstanding cooperation over several decades. The new form of this collaboration involves numerous interdisciplinary teams consisting of doctors, physicists, chemists and computer scientists in the DKFZ "Imaging and Radiooncology" research program, who are working with the "Division Imaging & IT" at Siemens Healthcare on the further development of various imaging diagnostic methods to bring them into line with the requirements of radiotherapists and improve the quality of the medical management of cancer. Also included in the alliance are the University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg. In this alliance the latest methods will be explored and integrated in new therapeutic strategies. For example, the diagnosis of prostate cancer can be improved by combining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultrasound, while the combination of MRI with positron emission tomography (PET) can provide quantifiable information on the metabolic activity of the tumor and its malignancy. More precise, faster and better imaging in cancer diagnosis is achieved with the 7 Tesla high field scanner supplied by Siemens and housed in a dedicated steel building specially constructed by the DKFZ in order to protect patients from the strong magnetic field. The high magnetic field strength not only produces stronger signals, but can also be used to create innovative image contrasts to provide information about the oxygen consumption and individual metabolic products in the tumor tissue. This allows conclusions to be drawn about the malignancy of the cancer. Brain tumors, for example, can be diagnosed with hitherto unachievable precision. For treatment with protons and heavy ions, the scientists in the alliance are developing mathematical techniques for optimizing and accelerating the radiotherapy. In October 2012, the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center, together with the Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, commissioned a gantry - the world's only such facility - a gigantic radiation unit that can irradiate tumors with millimeter precision from any angle with heavy ions and protons. The scientists in the DKFZ-Siemens Healthcare alliance are also involved in the software developments, treatment plans and clinical trials for testing the effectiveness of the heavy ion and proton irradiation in various tumors.
http://www.healthcare.siemens.de/news-and-events/prostata-krebs
http://static.healthcare.siemens.com/siemens_hwem-hwem_ssxa_websites-context-root/wcm/idc/groups/public/@de/documents/download/mdax/mzm3/~edisp/news-and-events_kundenmagazine_inside-health_ausgabe-02_s3639-00677593.pdf
Detecting and combating cancer stem cells
Tumor stem cells of pancreas cancer
© DKFZ / A. Trumpp
HI-STEM. The main cause of cancer-related deaths are metastases and relapses that develop from a few tumor stem cells, which may persist for long periods of time in their stem cell niche and are resistant to chemotherapy. Andreas Trumpp and his team at the DKFZ have demonstrated the presence of such tumor stem cells for various types of cancer and characterized them. At the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM GmbH), a non-profit public-private partnership between the DKFZ and the Dietmar Hopp Foundation, the findings of stem cell research are being used to develop innovative approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of cancers.
Established in 2008 by the DKFZ and the Dietmar Hopp Foundation, the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH) is based on the model of a non-profit public-private partnership, a special type of cooperation between academic science and the private sector. HI-STEM aims to promote the use of results obtained in stem cell research for cancer medicine and develop innovative strategies for diagnosis and treatment. The Managing Director is Andreas Trumpp, who also heads the Division of Stem Cells and Cancer at the DKFZ. Together with his team he is researching all aspects of the biology of tumor stem cells: What markers do they feature? How are they activated? What is their stem cell niche micro-environment like? How do they contribute to the formation of metastases, the primary cause of cancer mortality?
The scientists discovered how the loss of a tumor suppressor gene in healthy blood stem cells leads to leukemia-forming tumor stem cells. Unlike most cancer cells, tumor cells reside in protected niches and only rarely divide. As a result, they are often resistant to conventional cancer treatment. Trumpp and his team showed how dormant stem cells can be activated by chemical messengers, making them susceptible to subsequent chemotherapy. They also provided experimental evidence indicating that the tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream of breast cancer patients are accompanied by metastasis-inducing stem cells (MICs) characterized by the combination of three surface molecules: CD44, which helps cells settle in the bone marrow; CD47, which protects cells from attacks by the immune system, and MET, which enhances the cells' invasive capability. Patients with a large number of such triple-positive cells have particularly high numbers of metastases and a very poor prognosis. The characterization of the MICs leads to improved diagnosis. In cooperation with the pharmaceutical industry, substances that selectively attack the MICs, potentially improving the patient's chances of survival, are already being tested.
http://www.hi-stem.de/
http://www.dkfz.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2014/dkfz-pm-14-13-Fuenf-Jahre-erfolgreiche-Krebsstammzellforschung-bei-HI-STEM.php
High-precision analyses for human gene therapy and immunotherapy
T-cell-receptor
© GeneWerk
GeneWerk GmbH, a spin-off des DKFZ and the National Center for Tumor Diseases in Heidelberg, offers molecular genetic and bioinformatic analyses tailored to the customer's individual requirements for new projects and applications in gene therapy and immunotherapy. By perfecting complex PCR technologies, GeneWerk can, for example, analyze the DNA sequences at the insertion sites of viral vectors in the human genome with maximum precision in order to check the safety of the gene transfer.
GeneWerk GmbH was founded in July 2014 by Christof von Kalle, director of the Department of Translational Oncology at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and the DKFZ, and his colleagues Manfred Schmidt and Annette Deichmann. Schmidt and Deichmann are the joint owners and managing directors of the start-up company, in which the DKFZ also has a direct involvement. GeneWerk's highly qualified team possesses unique expertise in gene therapy methods, bioinformatic analyses and regulatory requirements, and is able to use a broad repertoire of highly sensitive molecular genetic analytical methods to address the individual needs of new gene therapy and immunotherapy studies on cancer and other serious diseases and investigate efficacy and safety in the patient in clinical trials. By way of example, the company's own technological developments such as "non-restrictive linear amplification-mediated PCR" [(nr)LAM-PCR] enable scientists to precisely analyze the insertion sites of viruses that are integrated as vectors in human cells, and thereby counteract the risk of tumorigenesis induced by the vector systems.
The analysis platforms offered by GeneWerk include the following: investigation of vector safety in gene therapy through integration site analysis with (nr)LAM-PCR and target enrichment sequencing; qPCR for the simultaneous amplification and quantification of DNA or RNA fragments; immune-repertoire analyses involving the sequencing of the hypervariable region of T-cell receptors to determine the clonal and functional status of a T-cell population; (off)-target analyses for genome editing, i.e. the analysis of nonspecific genome sequence modifications outside the target site using designer nucleases (e.g. zinc finger nuclease, TALEN and CRISP/Cas 9); specific bioinformatics and data management programs for next-generation sequencing projects, whole-genome analyses, modeling and computer simulations.
Gene therapy and immunotherapy are considered to be the great beacons of hope for the treatment of hitherto incurable diseases. Major international biopharmaceutical companies are also becoming increasingly involved in these areas. With its wide range of validated analyses in its pipeline, GeneWerk is targeting this growth market. To satisfy the corresponding requirements, and barely two years after its formation, GeneWerk is pressing ahead with company certification and reorganizing the IT infrastructure so that it is able to efficiently analyze the huge amounts of generated data.
http://genewerk.com/de/
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/hum.2014.2525
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Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
In 1893, Mao Zedong was born into a prosperous peasant family in Hunan Province, After an elementary school education, Mao began working the fields at age 13. At age 17, he enrolled in a secondary school in Changsha, the capital of Hunan. At age 18 he joined Sun Yat-sen‘s Nationalist Kuomintang Party which overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of China in 1912.
In 1918 Mao graduated from the Hunan First Normal School and became a certified teacher. In 1918 he took a job as a library assistant at Beijing University. In 1921, still supporting the Kuomintang, he was one of the founding members of the Chinese Communist Party. However, when Sun Yat-sen died in 1925, his successor Chiang Kai-shek broke the Kuomintang alliance with Communist Party and pursued a traditional conservative path for China.
In 1927, many Communists in the Kuomintang were imprisoned or executed. Shortly, Mao led an abortive coup attempt and was forced to flee with his forces to Jiangxi Province where he established the Soviet Republic of China. With a small army of toughened guerillas, Mao proceeded to suppress dissidence with torture and execution. He soon gained control over ten regions in Jiangxi Province.
In 1934, surrounded by Chiang’s million-man army, Mao retreated with ~100,000 Communists and their dependents on a 8,000 mile trek across northern China that became known as the long march. Inspired by Mao’s heroic escape and his inspiring Communist oration, many young Chinese volunteers joined him in Shaanxi Province.
In 1937, the Japanese invaded China, initiating the Second Sino-Japanese War. Chiang Kai-shek abandoned the capital city Nanking and soon lost control of China’s coastal regions and most major cities. Mao agreed to a truce with the Kuomintang and joined the fight against the invading Japanese. Maintaining a shaky truce, the Communists and Kuomintang battled the Japanese together until Japan’s defeat in 1945.
After WWII, Allied efforts to form a coalition between the Communists and the Kuomintang were to no avail and civil war erupted. In 1949 Chiang Kai-shek’s forces re-established the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan and Mao established the People’s Republic of China on the mainland.
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Premier Oil unveils return to profit
Premier Oil says it returned to profitability last year as the group’s costs fell and its production reached record levels, with 80,500 barrels of oil per day (bpd) pumped last year, compared with 75,000 in 2017.
The increase was driven by the output from Catcher in the central North Sea, which reached increased plateau rates of 66,000 bpd in the final quarter of 2018.
The London-based explorer and producer reported pre-tax profits of US$158 million, compared with a loss of US$366 million in 2017.
Catcher started production at the end of 2017 and yielded about 66,000 barrels a day, the maximum the infrastructure could handle, the firm said.
Other successes from 2018 included approval of the Tolmount gas development in the southern North Sea.
The Ensco 123 rig has been scheduled to drill an appraisal well for the Tolmount “east” extension in July, ahead of drilling the Tolmount “main” development wells in 2020.
Premier intends to drill a third production well on the Solan field, which came online west of Shetland in 2016 after prolonged weather-related delays and budgetary strife.
The firm still hopes to use Solan for handling oil from nearby fields.
“Looking to the year ahead, we have a highly cash generative production base, which is supported by a substantial hedging programme, an improved portfolio mix [underpinned by high-profit Catcher barrels] and a tightly controlled cost base,” Premier said.
“This positions us well to deliver further debt reduction in 2019 while progressing our future growth projects to create material value to all of our stakeholders over the longer term.”
Premier’s CEO Tony Durrant, 60, said a reserves upgrade was expected.
The firm’s focus is concentrated in the UK North Sea and Asean. It also has operations in the Falkland Islands (pictured) and Mexico. The producer suffered during the oil price crash and has been trying to reduce its debts after completing a painful refinancing in 2017. It rejoined the FTSE 250 index last year and announced that net debt fell to US$2.3 billion by the end of 2018.
The Sea Lion project to develop the south Atlantic Falklands’ first oil was expected to start in 2017 but has made slow progress. Premier downgraded its reserves last week after a change of industry rules meant it could no longer count the Falklands reserves as “proven and probable” pending approval of the US$1.5-billion project near the disputed islands.
Premier is seeking export credit finance for around US$900 million it needs in senior debt and said it intended to submit a formal loan application in the second quarter of 2019. Durrant said a decision could take six months but once the debt was lined up, Premier hoped to bring in another equity partner.
The Falklands’ potential fossil-fuel reserves were seen as a major factor behind the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK. Picture credit: Wikimedia
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Updated: Shell ‘delivering on promises’ as earnings soar 36%
31/01/2019, 8:20 am Updated: 31/01/2019, 4:50 pm
Shell news
Shell’s boss said today that the energy giant had “delivered on its promises” for 2018 after completing its divestment programme and keeping a lid on capital investment.
Chief executive Ben van Beurden added that the Anglo-Dutch firm’s strategy to build a “world-class investment case” was working.
The oil major recorded CCS earnings attributable to shareholders excluding identified items of £16.3 billion in 2018, up 36% year-on-year.
And it chalked up income attributable to shareholders of £17.7 billion, 80% more than in 2017.
Revenues jumped 27% to £295bn, while pre-tax profits came to £27bn, nearly double 2017’s total.
Shell said it had benefited from higher oil, gas and LNG prices over the course of 2018.
David Barclay, head of office at Brewin Dolphin Aberdeen, described the outcome as a “strong set of results in volatile times”.
To balance the books following its acquisition of BG Group, Shell set itself a target of divesting £23bn ($30bn) worth of assets from 2016-18.
That process, which included the sale of £3bn worth of North Sea fields to Chrysaor, has been completed.
The company is also in the process of buying back at least £19bn of its shares by the end of 2020.
When crude prices were low, Shell paid dividends in the form of additional shares, rather than cash.
But with market conditions improving, Shell said in November 2017 that it would cancel its scrip dividend programme and start repurchasing shares.
The company has completed the first and second tranches of its share buyback programme, which resulted in the acquisition of shares worth £3.4bn.
Shell today announced the launch of the third tranche.
Capital expenditure totalled £17bn in 2018, compared to £15.8bn a year earlier.
In the upstream segment, production dropped 2% to 2.7 million barrels of oil per day, mainly due to asset sales and natural field decline. New start-ups and improved field performances prevented the figure from slipping any further.
Shell made a number of final investment decisions (FIDs) as operator in the UK continental shelf last year.
It committed to redeveloping the Penguins field in the northern North Sea last January, followed by FIDs on the Fram project in June, and Arran in October.
The company also has a 50% stake in the BP-operated Alligin project, which got the all-clear in April.
Mr van Beurden said: “Shell delivered a very strong financial performance in 2018, with cash flow from operations of £37.7bn, excluding working capital movements.
“We delivered on our promises for the year, including the completion of the £23bn divestment programme and starting up key growth projects while maintaining discipline on capital investment.
“We paid our entire dividend in cash, further reduced our debt and launched our share buyback programme, with £3.4bn in shares repurchased so far.
“We will continue with a strong delivery focus in 2019, with a disciplined approach to capital investment and growing both our cash flow and returns.”
Mr Barclay said: “Shell nearly doubled its income in 2018 – up 80% on the previous year.
“However, to date, the company has underperformed on a rolling 12-month view: marginally against the oil price and FTSE100, and more than 10% against BP.
“Part of that can be put down to gearing sitting above its 20% target, which investors will be pleased to see has reduced from 25% in 2017 to 20.3%.
“They will also welcome the launch of the next tranche of its share buy-back programme, about which many investors were on tenterhooks for updates.
“While Shell’s stock fell by 17.5% in Q4 of 2018 against a backdrop of global macro uncertainty and an unpredictable oil price, this is a strong set of results for the company in volatile times.”
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What can the renewables market learn from the oil and gas industry, and why does it matter?
by Richard Pattison, technical manager at FES International
Opinion by Richard PattisonTechnical manager at FES International
The UK’s offshore wind power capacity is set to nearly double over the next decade, as a result of a new government initiative, according to the industry.
It is said that by 2030, between a fifth and a third of the UK’s electricity could come from offshore wind power. Thanks to plummeting costs, offshore wind and floating turbines have become an increasingly affordable source of clean energy.
But in many ways, the technology experts are starting from scratch, even though it doesn’t have to be this way. Learnings from the oil and gas industry could speed up the development of floating wind turbines offshore, using existing technology that has already been tried and tested in a number of challenging environments.
Richard Pattison, technical manager at FES International, talks us through some of the learnings, the challenges and the potential expertise-sharing that could speed up the energy transition process.
There are a number of vital elements that are tried and tested in the oil and gas industry including the use of computer software for dynamic analysis. This crucial part of monitoring is well-established, has numerous highly skilled and ready-trained staff who could move across from the oil and gas industry immediately, and there are several suppliers already in existence who can provide the necessary accuracy explicit in this technology.
When offshore facilities are installed for oil and gas operators, there are also a number of codes and standards that have been developed over the years that can be easily transferred to floating wind turbine installations, speeding up the design process.
There are also numerous products, and manufacturers who have been working in challenging subsea environments for many years who produce items such as Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSC). These products are field-proven to be structurally sound in various water depths and load scenarios. DBSCs offer the floating wind turbine operators a fully subsea autonomous connector system that is used to both connect and disconnect the electrical cable from the floating facility. This product saves both time and money as there is no need for a diver or a Remote Operating Vehicle to perform the operation.
FES is already working closely with some early adopters of floating wind turbines to ensure that products support the new technologies. For example the engineers at FES are adapting their DBSC to be more slimline, because the loads are lighter than in the oil and gas industry. This in turn reduces the manufacturing cost but without losing any of the technical specification, giving the burgeoning market a cost-effective, fully-designed solution to one of their engineering challenges.
Collaboration between the oil and gas, and floating wind turbine and renewables industries, is in its infancy although there are signs that the two are not mutually incompatible. In the North Sea, Norwegian Energy Company Equinor has revealed that it’s looking into the possibility of building a floating offshore wind farm to power two of its oilfields. With the two technologies now geographically closer than ever to each other, might we soon see engineers, products and skills being equally at home on both?
It’s likely that there are far more products that could easily support the floating wind turbine market that are in production but that the newly emerging operators might simply not know the language for and therefore engineers might be trying to reinvent the wheel! It’s up to those of us who work in the oil and gas industry, particularly subsea, to support with education, experience and signposting where we can.
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These 20 Kids Just Got $100,000 to Drop Out of School. And They Want to Change Your Life.
Catherine Clifford
Senior Entrepreneurship Writer at CNBC
June 5, 2014 5 min read
For most people, school accelerates us towards our goals. For some prodigal, break-out brilliant thinkers, school is a speedbump.
At least that’s the philosophy behind the Thiel Foundation’s 20 Under 20 Fellowship program, which announced its latest class of participants today. Peter Thiel, who established and funds the foundation, became something of a startup legend for co-founding PayPal and Palantir Technologies. He was also the first outside investor in Facebook and has since co-founded and manages the elite Silicon Valley venture capital firm Founders Fund.
The 20 teens chosen as Thiel Fellows are each awarded $100,000 over two years to launch their business ideas, but must drop out of college. While they are expected to be largely self-guided in their pursuits, they are given top-tier mentorship and guidance from former Fellows and other entrepreneurs and investors. They are also encouraged, but not required, to move to the San Francisco area.
Related: Peter Thiel's Newest Obsession: Nanotechnology.
The thinking behind the program is that entrepreneurs and innovators don’t all need the structure and time that a traditional four-year university requires. With student debt topping $1 trillion, Thiel says there’s a need for “more thoughtful and personalized approaches to finding success.” He hopes that Fellows “inspire people of all ages as they demonstrate that intellectual curiosity, grit, and determination are more important than credentials for improving civilization.”
Fellows have done more than inspire their fellow millennials to think beyond the books; they have also contributed to the economy. In the three years since the program was established, Thiel Fellows have generated over $87 million in economic activity and created 182 jobs, according to Jonathan Cain, president of the Thiel Foundation.
The Fellowship has become competitive throughout the years, drawing applicants from all 50 states and 44 countries. Once the applicant pool is narrowed to 40 people, the finalists are invited to be part of an innovative and, at times, oddball selection process. For example, finalists this year were divided into teams and asked to build a bridge out of Legos. Check out the video of the bridge-building session embedded below.
Related: 9 Successful Entrepreneurs Moonlighting as Professors
Here’s a brief rundown of the class of 2014 Thiel Fellows.
Shantanu Bala (19, Phoenix, Ariz.): Using real-time video and audio information to communicate facial expressions digitally.
Vitalik Buterin (20, Toronto, Canada): Working on Ethereum, a technology that will allow people to build advanced decentralized technology that will connect computers peer-to-peer as seamlessly as a web browser.
Benjamin Englard (18, Miami, Fla.): Combining computer science with psychology to make technology ever more personalized.
Adithya Ganesh (17, Plano, Texas): Has already co-founded IntentSense, a bionic glove that helps hand amputees regain mobility and is now working with predictive data analysis to make health-care more personalized.
Grace Gee (19, Port Lavaca, Texas): Has already co-founded a company, CortexML, and is working to make data analysis more simple.
Ishaan Gulrajani (19, Philadelphia, Pa.): Has founded a startup that won an Apple Design Award and is working to make it more simple for people to create software.
Lucy Guo (19, Pleasanton, Calif.): Has been making websites that are profitable since she was in 6th grade and will be working to make learning fun with a multiplayer game that allows students to do their work while playing a game.
Thomas Hunt (17, Saratoga, Calif.): Is working to cure cancer by developing drug screening technology.
Rebecca Jolitz (19, Los Gatos, Calif.): She already holds degrees in both physics and mathematics from UC Berkeley and wants to change the development cycle of satellites.
Alex Koren (19, Bergen County, N.J.): He has already co-founded a company called Hyv and will be working to develop the next generation of crowd-sourced supercomputing to promote social good.
Conrad Kramer (17, Philadelphia, Pa.) A self-taught computer programmer, he is working with another Thiel Fellow to create a software that would make it seamless to move websites, documents and photos from your desk to your mobile device and back again.
Eliana Lorch (17, San Francisco, Calif): Is obsessed with neural nets, math, and recent developments in computer vision and voice recognition.
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Fouad Matin (18, McLean, Virg.): Building software to make it faster for use to learn.
M. C. McGrath (20, Boston, Mass.): Developing an open-source software called Transparency Toolkit which allows investigative journalists to research documents very quickly without uncovering anything illegal, like corruption, civil liberties violations or human rights abuses.
Adam Munich (20, Buffalo, N.Y.): Hopes to mobilize X-rays.
Catherine Ray (17, Alexandria, Virg.): Finds mathematics beautiful and is using it to improve closed-loop detector adaptation in neuroprosthetics, computationally and mathematically modeling quasicrystaline patterns, and automating the behavioral classifications of lab-animal vocalizations.
Jarred Sumner (18, Lafayette, Calif.): Has already built Selfstarter, a crowdfunding platform that has helped entrepreneurs raise as much as $10 million and will be working to make it easier for anyone to start a business.
Martin Stoyanov (17, Novi Pazar, Bulgaria): Writing software to make it more efficient to read and manage email on the go.
Kaushik Tiwari (19 New Delhi, India): Wants to generate a technology that makes the hospital-patient relationship more efficient and transparent.
Ari Weinstein (19, Philadelphia, Pa.): Working with another Thiel Fellow, Conrad Kramer, to make software that would make it seamless to move websites, documents and photos from your desk to your mobile device and back again.
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Huddersfield Town’s play-off foes MK Dons “ready for the Championship”
KARL ROBINSON has told MK Dons to treat the play-offs like a “mini season”.
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The manager will whisk his players away in the wake of tomorrow’s home game against Walsall to put “closure” on the regular 46-game campaign.
Then it’s down to preparing for the two-legged clash with Town as MK aim to learn from the misery of last season, when they lost out to Peterborough in the semis.
Robinson says that experience still hurts, but believes MK are in much better shape to win promotion this time around.
“Last year we were dealt the worst possible fate in losing our local derby, and that’s as low as it gets,” said the boss.
“After tomorrow’s match, we’re going away for a night. Then when we get home, we will start on the mini season.
“We’ll play the first game, then we’ll go away again, and everyone will be under lock and key.
“We’ll treat it like a World Cup. We have to enjoy it together for the good of the team. I know the wives won’t be too happy with me, but I’m asking for two or three days of their lives which could affect many more lives, and the city’s reputation.
“These people could make the difference in making the city a real dominant football force.”
Work on the impressive stadium:mk is ongoing, and Robinson continued: “I believe that we’re ready for it now.
“We weren’t ready for the Championship last year, as much as I harped on about it last season.
“We weren’t ready as a club, we couldn’t cater for bigger players, and our players have looked at their careers and decided whether or not to move on.
“All you have to do now is look around behind the scenes to see the money invested. The stadium will be finished in the summer. We are ready.
“This club started in the Championship, but we have had tremendous ups and downs over the last eight years, and the players want to provide the chance to watch Championship football again.”
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Is Austin Mahone the Next Justin Bieber?
By Antoinette Bueno 10:27 AM PDT, September 10, 2012
Sixteen-year-old Austin Mahone's star is set to explode with his new single Say Somethin, and only ET has the exclusive behind the scenes footage of his brand-new music video!
Mahone first got discovered when his videos on YouTube went viral, but that's not the only thing in common he has with pop superstar Justin Bieber -- as you can see from the exclusive footage, he already has a massive, highly dedicated fan base who already know all of the words to his songs.
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Austin, who just signed to Chase Records/Universal Republic, will be making his TV performance debut on Live! with Kelly & Michael on September 20th.
Check out the video to see the next big thing in pop music!
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Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to ensure justice for victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations
December 10, 2010 marks the second anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol. This date offers a good opportunity to reiterate the call for ratification of this mechanism to countries around the world. On this occasion, FIDH encourages citizens to contact their government and make a call for ratification/accession. So far 3 countries only have ratified the Protocol, so 7 more ratifications are needed for it to enter into force and many more to ensure it lives up to its potential.
CALLS FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to ensure justice for victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations.
The time has come to ensure that people denied in their economic, social and cultural rights, in particular those living in poverty, are able to access justice. The NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reiterates its call on States to become party to this Protocol.
On September 2010 we called on States to utilize the opportunity offered by the first anniversary of the Protocol’s opening for signature, ratification and accession and the MDG-10 year review, and to become party to this treaty, to ensure at least 10 ratifications or accessions by December 10, 2010. We reiterate our call, and ask States to ensure that the second anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol, by the UN General Assembly in December 10, 2008, is marked with a historic moment for human rights in the world: the entry into force of a mechanism that will reunify the vision of human rights as including economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, all in an equal status.
Governments are required by international law to ensure economic, social and cultural rights for all. Countries worldwide have consistently stated their commitment to reducing poverty, inequality and meeting the Millennium Development Goals. This commitment can be demonstrated through action by becoming party to this crucial mechanism which would hold governments accountable for failures to uphold their human rights obligations established by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
We commend Ecuador, Mongolia and Spain for ratifying the Protocol. We also commend the 32 other countries who signed the Protocol and urge them and other countries of the world to ratify it, ensuring that at least 10 countries become party to the Protocol by December 10, 2010. This will bring this treaty into force.
States that become party to the Protocol will send a signal to other countries that we can no longer be complacent about marginalization and neglect of those living in poverty. Governments must seize this opportunity to ensure access to justice and effective accountability for all human rights.
We therefore urge all Governments to:
Become party to the Protocol by December 10, 2010
Issue a Declaration recognizing the Competence of the Committee to conduct inquiry and Inter-State procedures
Encourage other countries to become party to the Protocol
10 Human Rights are Protected by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
1.freedom from discrimination
2.work
3.just working conditions
4.adequate housing
5.food
6.water
7.health
8.social security
9.protection of the family and,
The Protocol will strengthen the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The Protocol will provide an opportunity for people to claim their rights under the Protocol. It would allow their complaints to be heard in front of an independent, international panel of experts who would determine whether their rights had been upheld.
The Protocol will help governments identify gaps in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in the country.
The Protocol will create an incentive for all government officials to listen to people living in poverty and to ensure that no groups are left out from efforts at social and economic development.
Steering Committee of the NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
FIDH, AI, COHRE, CLC, FIAN, PIDHDD, ICJ, ESCR-Net, IWRAW, SRAC.
View online : NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Will Google Apps Break The Last Tech Monopoly: Microsoft Office?
Tim Worstall Contributor
Recently I've been writing about monopolies. When they're important and when they're not. The really crucial point is whether that monopoly is contestable or not. If it is, then any attempt to actually exploit that monopoly power will lead to the monopoly being contested and thus disappearing. This doesn't mean that all monopolies are contestable, certainly not. Only that we don't have to worry very much about the ones that are.
My first example was the Chinese near monopoly on the production of rare earths.
So let's just run through the story again. Until recently China provided 97 per cent of the world's rare earths. A bit of a problem as all our whizzy shiny shiny depends upon them to operate. As long as they're producing all we want at prices we're willing to pay, that monopoly is just fine. But then they started to throw that monopolistic weight around. As I said here in January 2010, this policy just wasn't going to work. For rare earths aren't rare (nor are they earths) and if the current supplier decides to try and rook us all we'll all go off and use another one. If there isn't another one then one will be along soon enough: the lust for profit will see to that.
In November 2010 I pointed out (here again) that two mines, Molycorp and Lynas, could alone provide a goodly portion of demand, replacing the Chinese production. We're in December 2012 as I write and as the first quotes show, those prices have been falling fast as the Chinese hold over supply is broken. Even to the point that the largest Chinese mine itself was closed for November of this year in an attempt to maintain prices.
Quite simply, yes, it was true that China had a monopoly on the supply. But there's potential supply all over the place and as soon as China started to throw its monopolistic weight around that potential supply became active supply. Attempts to exploit the monopoly thus destroyed it.
I then mused on whether there were any uncontestable monopolies in the tech world:
The great trick here though is which is a monopoly that can't be contested? Apple's iPhones? Nah, Samsung's shown that can be contested. Facebook's Ts&Cs? If they really get bad enough, Google+ is only a couple of clicks away. Google pleasuring company-owned results in the listings? Microsoft's “Scroogled” campaign is certainly trying to challenge that. Ebook pricing? I can't see that anyone would be able to exploit a monopoly there for any length of time: maybe on the back catalogues perhaps, but not on the new material.
In fact, in the current state of flux I'm not sure that I can see any non-contestable positions in the general computing market. There's enough VC money out there that anyone at all truly trying to exploit a monopoly position is going to face someone contesting it.
I was then challenged by an online friend that there is in fact an online monopoly that will last:
The two top problems which Google is going to have to tackle if it's to eat away at the MS Office monopoly are offline access and file format compatibility. If all your docs are online, and your company's Net access goes down for an hour due to a ISP problem or failed switch, all your employees are blocked from getting anything done; this is a very visible potential pain point. How to fix it? Google seem to be tackling this with some support for offline doc editing although presumably it's only good for working on docs that you were viewing before the Net connection went down. The second point is going to be the tricky one - how do you receive a Word doc via Gmail, store it somehow in a format that Google Apps can edit, edit it and then export it in the same Word format without encountering the Chinese whispers problem? It's going to be entertaining to watch how the format wars play out. Expect some manoeuvering from Microsoft if any competitor looks to be close to a fix for this.
Hemiposterical thinks that these problems are going to be sufficient to keep Microsoft's Office as a de facto monopoly in enterprise computing for some time yet. Which brings us to today's New York Times:
Google has been promoting the idea for more than six years, and it seemed that it was going to appeal mostly to small businesses and tech start-ups.
But the notion is catching on with larger enterprises. In the last year Google has scored an impressive string of wins, including at the Swiss drug maker Hoffmann-La Roche, where over 80,000 employees use the package, and at the Interior Department, where 90,000 use it.
One big reason is price. Google charges $50 a year for each person using its product, a price that has not changed since it made its commercial debut, even though Google has added features.
Microsoft’s Office suite of software, which does not include e-mail, is installed on a desktop PC or laptop. In 2013, the list price for businesses will be $400 per computer, but many companies pay half that after negotiating a volume deal.
At the same time, Microsoft has built its business on raising prices for extra features and services. The 2013 version of Office, for example, costs up to $50 more than its predecessor.
We get caught in some semantics here. Whether Office's near monopoly is contestable in the economic sense is an unknown as yet. We'll only find out if it is if someone manages to replace it. However, it is most certainly being contested by Google. And the very fact that it is being contested is going to put a brake on the ability of Microsoft to exploit that near monopoly position. Just the fact that Google offers something comparable at $50 a seat will limit Microsoft's ability to raise prices further up above $400 a seat.
Which rather brings me back to my starting point. If Microsoft isn't able to exploit its monopoly position then it doesn't particularly matter that it has such a position. That Google Apps exists is enough for us to be able to stop worrying about Office.
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Past Medical Testing on Humans Revealed
In this June 25, 1945 picture, army doctors expose patients to malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the malaria ward at Stateville Penitentiary in Crest Hill, Ill. (AP)
Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.
Much of this horrific history is 40 to 80 years old, but it is the backdrop for a meeting in Washington this week by a presidential bioethics commission. The meeting was triggered by the government's apology last fall for federal doctors infecting prisoners and mental patients in Guatemala with syphilis 65 years ago.
U.S. officials also acknowledged there had been dozens of similar experiments in the United States — studies that often involved making healthy people sick.
An exhaustive review by The Associated Press of medical journal reports and decades-old press clippings found more than 40 such studies.
At best, these were a search for lifesaving treatments; at worst, some amounted to curiosity-satisfying experiments that hurt people but provided no useful results.
Inevitably, they will be compared to the well-known Tuskegee syphilis study. In that episode, U.S. health officials tracked 600 black men in Alabama who already had syphilis but didn't give them adequate treatment even after penicillin became available.
These studies were worse in at least one respect — they violated the concept of "first do no harm," a fundamental medical principle that stretches back centuries.
"When you give somebody a disease — even by the standards of their time — you really cross the key ethical norm of the profession," said Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics.
Some of these studies, mostly from the 1940s to the '60s, apparently were never covered by news media. Others were reported at the time, but the focus was on the promise of enduring new cures, while glossing over how test subjects were treated.
Attitudes about medical research were different then. Infectious diseases killed many more people years ago, and doctors worked urgently to invent and test cures. Many prominent researchers felt it was legitimate to experiment on people who did not have full rights in society — people like prisoners, mental patients, poor blacks. It was an attitude in some ways similar to that of Nazi doctors experimenting on Jews.
"There was definitely a sense — that we don't have today — that sacrifice for the nation was important," said Laura Stark, a Wesleyan University assistant professor of science in society, who is writing a book about past federal medical experiments.
The AP review of past research found:
* A federally funded study begun in 1942 injected experimental flu vaccine in male patients at a state insane asylum in Ypsilanti, Mich., then exposed them to flu several months later. It was co-authored by Dr. Jonas Salk, who a decade later would become famous as inventor of the polio vaccine.
Some of the men weren't able to describe their symptoms, raising serious questions about how well they understood what was being done to them. One newspaper account mentioned the test subjects were "senile and debilitated." Then it quickly moved on to the promising results.
* In federally funded studies in the 1940s, noted researcher Dr. W. Paul Havens Jr. exposed men to hepatitis in a series of experiments, including one using patients from mental institutions in Middletown and Norwich, Conn. Havens, a World Health Organization expert on viral diseases, was one of the first scientists to differentiate types of hepatitis and their causes.
A search of various news archives found no mention of the mental patients study, which made eight healthy men ill but broke no new ground in understanding the disease.
* Researchers in the mid-1940s studied the transmission of a deadly stomach bug by having young men swallow unfiltered stool suspension. The study was conducted at the New York State Vocational Institution, a reformatory prison in West Coxsackie. The point was to see how well the disease spread that way as compared to spraying the germs and having test subjects breathe it. Swallowing it was a more effective way to spread the disease, the researchers concluded. The study doesn't explain if the men were rewarded for this awful task.
* A University of Minnesota study in the late 1940s injected 11 public service employee volunteers with malaria, then starved them for five days. Some were also subjected to hard labor, and those men lost an average of 14 pounds. They were treated for malarial fevers with quinine sulfate. One of the authors was Ancel Keys, a noted dietary scientist who developed K-rations for the military and the Mediterranean diet for the public. But a search of various news archives found no mention of the study.
* For a study in 1957, when the Asian flu pandemic was spreading, federal researchers sprayed the virus in the noses of 23 inmates at Patuxent prison in Jessup, Md., to compare their reactions to those of 32 virus-exposed inmates who had been given a new vaccine.
* Government researchers in the 1950s tried to infect about two dozen volunteering prison inmates with gonorrhea using two different methods in an experiment at a federal penitentiary in Atlanta. The bacteria was pumped directly into the urinary tract through the penis, according to their paper.
The men quickly developed the disease, but the researchers noted this method wasn't comparable to how men normally got infected — by having sex with an infected partner. The men were later treated with antibiotics. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, but there was no mention of it in various news archives.
Though people in the studies were usually described as volunteers, historians and ethicists have questioned how well these people understood what was to be done to them and why, or whether they were coerced.
Prisoners have long been victimized for the sake of science. In 1915, the U.S. government's Dr. Joseph Goldberger — today remembered as a public health hero — recruited Mississippi inmates to go on special rations to prove his theory that the painful illness pellagra was caused by a dietary deficiency. (The men were offered pardons for their participation.)
But studies using prisoners were uncommon in the first few decades of the 20th century, and usually performed by researchers considered eccentric even by the standards of the day. One was Dr. L.L. Stanley, resident physician at San Quentin prison in California, who around 1920 attempted to treat older, "devitalized men" by implanting in them testicles from livestock and from recently executed convicts.
Newspapers wrote about Stanley's experiments, but the lack of outrage is striking.
"Enter San Quentin penitentiary in the role of the Fountain of Youth — an institution where the years are made to roll back for men of failing mentality and vitality and where the spring is restored to the step, wit to the brain, vigor to the muscles and ambition to the spirit. All this has been done, is being done ... by a surgeon with a scalpel," began one rosy report published in November 1919 in The Washington Post.
Around the time of World War II, prisoners were enlisted to help the war effort by taking part in studies that could help the troops. For example, a series of malaria studies at Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois and two other prisons was designed to test antimalarial drugs that could help soldiers fighting in the Pacific.
It was at about this time that prosecution of Nazi doctors in 1947 led to the "Nuremberg Code," a set of international rules to protect human test subjects. Many U.S. doctors essentially ignored them, arguing that they applied to Nazi atrocities — not to American medicine.
The late 1940s and 1950s saw huge growth in the U.S. pharmaceutical and health care industries, accompanied by a boom in prisoner experiments funded by both the government and corporations. By the 1960s, at least half the states allowed prisoners to be used as medical guinea pigs.
But two studies in the 1960s proved to be turning points in the public's attitude toward the way test subjects were treated.
The first came to light in 1963. Researchers injected cancer cells into 19 old and debilitated patients at a Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in the New York borough of Brooklyn to see if their bodies would reject them.
The hospital director said the patients were not told they were being injected with cancer cells because there was no need — the cells were deemed harmless. But the experiment upset a lawyer named William Hyman who sat on the hospital's board of directors. The state investigated, and the hospital ultimately said any such experiments would require the patient's written consent.
At nearby Staten Island, from 1963 to 1966, a controversial medical study was conducted at the Willowbrook State School for children with mental retardation. The children were intentionally given hepatitis orally and by injection to see if they could then be cured with gamma globulin.
Those two studies — along with the Tuskegee experiment revealed in 1972 — proved to be a "holy trinity" that sparked extensive and critical media coverage and public disgust, said Susan Reverby, the Wellesley College historian who first discovered records of the syphilis study in Guatemala.
By the early 1970s, even experiments involving prisoners were considered scandalous. In widely covered congressional hearings in 1973, pharmaceutical industry officials acknowledged they were using prisoners for testing because they were cheaper than chimpanzees.
Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia made extensive use of inmates for medical experiments. Some of the victims are still around to talk about it. Edward "Yusef" Anthony, featured in a book about the studies, says he agreed to have a layer of skin peeled off his back, which was coated with searing chemicals to test a drug. He did that for money to buy cigarettes in prison.
"I said 'Oh my God, my back is on fire! Take this ... off me!'" Anthony said in an interview with The Associated Press, as he recalled the beginning of weeks of intense itching and agonizing pain.
The government responded with reforms. Among them: The U.S. Bureau of Prisons in the mid-1970s effectively excluded all research by drug companies and other outside agencies within federal prisons.
As the supply of prisoners and mental patients dried up, researchers looked to other countries.
It made sense. Clinical trials could be done more cheaply and with fewer rules. And it was easy to find patients who were taking no medication, a factor that can complicate tests of other drugs.
Additional sets of ethical guidelines have been enacted, and few believe that another Guatemala study could happen today. "It's not that we're out infecting anybody with things," Caplan said.
Still, in the last 15 years, two international studies sparked outrage.
One was likened to Tuskegee. U.S.-funded doctors failed to give the AIDS drug AZT to all the HIV-infected pregnant women in a study in Uganda even though it would have protected their newborns. U.S. health officials argued the study would answer questions about AZT's use in the developing world.
The other study, by Pfizer Inc., gave an antibiotic named Trovan to children with meningitis in Nigeria, although there were doubts about its effectiveness for that disease. Critics blamed the experiment for the deaths of 11 children and the disabling of scores of others. Pfizer settled a lawsuit with Nigerian officials for $75 million but admitted no wrongdoing.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general reported that between 40 and 65 percent of clinical studies of federally regulated medical products were done in other countries in 2008, and that proportion probably has grown. The report also noted that U.S. regulators inspected fewer than 1 percent of foreign clinical trial sites.
Monitoring research is complicated, and rules that are too rigid could slow new drug development. But it's often hard to get information on international trials, sometimes because of missing records and a paucity of audits, said Dr. Kevin Schulman, a Duke University professor of medicine who has written on the ethics of international studies.
These issues were still being debated when, last October, the Guatemala study came to light.
In the 1946-48 study, American scientists infected prisoners and patients in a mental hospital in Guatemala with syphilis, apparently to test whether penicillin could prevent some sexually transmitted disease. The study came up with no useful information and was hidden for decades.
The Guatemala study nauseated ethicists on multiple levels. Beyond infecting patients with a terrible illness, it was clear that people in the study did not understand what was being done to them or were not able to give their consent. Indeed, though it happened at a time when scientists were quick to publish research that showed frank disinterest in the rights of study participants, this study was buried in file drawers.
"It was unusually unethical, even at the time," said Stark, the Wesleyan researcher.
"When the president was briefed on the details of the Guatemalan episode, one of his first questions was whether this sort of thing could still happen today," said Rick Weiss, a spokesman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
That it occurred overseas was an opening for the Obama administration to have the bioethics panel seek a new evaluation of international medical studies. The president also asked the Institute of Medicine to further probe the Guatemala study, but the IOM relinquished the assignment in November, after reporting its own conflict of interest: In the 1940s, five members of one of the IOM's sister organizations played prominent roles in federal syphilis research and had links to the Guatemala study.
So the bioethics commission gets both tasks. To focus on federally funded international studies, the commission has formed an international panel of about a dozen experts in ethics, science and clinical research. Regarding the look at the Guatemala study, the commission has hired 15 staff investigators and is working with additional historians and other consulting experts.
The panel is to send a report to Obama by September. Any further steps would be up to the administration.
Some experts say that given such a tight deadline, it would be a surprise if the commission produced substantive new information about past studies. "They face a really tough challenge," Caplan said.
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Caito Foods LLC., an Indianapolis, Ind. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,767 pounds of salad with chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
Taylor Farms Texas Inc. recalls salad with chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens
Taylor Farms Texas Inc., a Dallas, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 1,079 pounds of Caesar salad with chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
Tyson Foods, Inc. recalls chicken strip products due to possible foreign matter contamination - updated
Tyson Foods, Inc., a Rogers, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 11,829,517 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
Blount Fine Foods recalls ready-to-eat chicken soup product due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen
Blount Fine Foods, a Fall River, Mass. establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat chicken soup products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Tip Top Poultry, Inc. recalls fully cooked, diced chicken products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens
Tip Top Poultry, Inc., a Rockmart, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 100 pounds of frozen, fully cooked diced white chicken meat products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
Tyson Foods, Inc. recalls chicken strip products due to possible foreign matter contamination
Tyson Foods, Inc., a Rogers, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 69,093 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Productos La Aguadillana, Inc. recalls breaded chicken products due to possible foreign matter contamination
Productos La Aguadillana, Inc., an Aguadilla, Puerto Rico establishment, is recalling approximately 35,870 pounds of breaded chicken patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Choice Canning Company, Inc. recalls FUSIA Asian Inspirations chicken fried rice products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens
Choice Canning Company, Inc., a Pittston, Pa. establishment, is recalling approximately 35,459 pounds of chicken fried rice products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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Presidential Document
Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities under the Trading with the Enemy Act
A Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 09/14/2004
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Presidential Determination No. 2004-45 of September 10, 2004
Under section 101(b) of Public Law 95-223 (91 Stat. 1625; 50 U.S.C. App. 5(b) note), and a previous determination on September 12, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 54325), the exercise of certain authorities under the Trading with the Enemy Act is scheduled to terminate on September 14, 2004.
I hereby determine that the continuation for 1 year of the exercise of those authorities with respect to the applicable countries is in the national interest of the United States.
Therefore, pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 101(b) of Public Law 95-223, I continue for 1 year, until September 14, 2005, the exercise of those authorities with respect to countries affected by:
(1) the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 500;
(2) the Transaction Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 505; and
(3) the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
B THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, September 10, 2004. Filed 9-13-04; 11:06 am]
[FR Doc. 04-20862
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What’s Current: Inuit woman placed in men’s prison for involvement in Muskrat Falls protests
June 2, 2017 by Meghan Murphy
Labrador’s Beatrice Hunter is behind bars at Labrador’s largest male prison. (Image: Facebook/CBC)
Beatrice Hunter, an Inuit woman from Labrador who was sent to jail week for her involvement in protests at Muskrat Falls, has been placed in a men’s prison, as there is no female correctional facility in Labrador. Jodi Greenleaves, one of those who gathered outside Her Majesty’s Penitentiary (HMP) to protest Hunter’s incarceration, said:
“We would like to see her freed, it’s ridiculous… There was no violent crimes committed … they have her inside here in a men’s prison that’s over-populated and is in disgusting condition…
…She’s in there with murderers and rapists and drug abusers — she’s an Inuit grandmother, a kind and gentle person. She’s not at risk to hurt anybody … she’s a political prisoner, is what she is.”
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Home»The High Season: A Novel (Hardcover)
The High Season: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Judy Blundell
HIGH SEASON is filled with characters to love (have and have nots) caught up in a wild summer on the North Fork. At times touching and hilarious, I highly recommend this beach and arm-chair worthy read!
— Sarah
“A mesmerizing, head-spinning—and sometimes madcap-hilarious—take of have and have-nots.”—People (Book of the Week)
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE AND KIRKUS REVIEWS • “In the smart, breezy, sweet spot between Meg Wolitzer and Elin Hilderbrand.”—Entertainment Weekly
No matter what the world throws her way, at least Ruthie Beamish has the house. Located by the sea in a quiet Long Island village, the house is her nest egg—the retirement account shared with her ex-husband, Mike, and the college fund for their teenage daughter, Jem. The catch? To afford the house, Ruthie must let it go during the best part of the year.
It’s Memorial Day weekend and the start of what Jem calls “the summer bummer”: the family’s annual exodus to make way for renters. This year, the Hamptons set has arrived. Adeline Clay is elegant and connected—and will never need to worry about money. Before long, she demonstrates an uncanny ability to help herself to Ruthie’s life. Is Adeline just being her fabulous self, or is she out to take what she wants?
When an eccentric billionaire, his wayward daughter, a coterie of social climbers, and Ruthie’s old flame are thrown into the mix, the entire town finds itself on the verge of tumultuous change. But as Ruthie loses her grasp on her job, her home, and her family, she discovers a new talent for pushing back. By the end of one unhinged, unforgettable summer, nothing will be the same—least of all Ruthie.
Praise for The High Season
“Blundell knows the territory. . . . Her account of Ruthie’s coming to grips with a career, a daughter and a community in flux is as touching as it is convincing.”—The Wall Street Journal
“A huge page-turner . . . so compelling . . . a classic beach read, but very smart, very intelligently written.”—Us Weekly, Emily Giffin’s Summer Reading Recommendations
“An acid-laced domestic drama set during one golden summer on the moneyed, beachy North Fork of Long Island.”—The New York Times
“Judy Blundell wields words like an oyster knife in this shimmering story of art, money, and celebrity.”—Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Before the War
“A wry, often hilarious story of a woman trying to keep it together when everything is going so, so wrong.”—Real Simple
Judy Blundell is a New York Times bestselling author. Her novel What I Saw and How I Lied won the 2008 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The High Season is her first novel for adults. She lives on Long Island with her husband and daughter.
“In the smart, breezy, sweet spot between Meg Wolitzer and Elin Hilderbrand.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[A] perfect book for your beach bag—even if you’re not Long Island-bound.”—Vogue
“If you loved The Affair, you’ll love this book.”—Glamour
“The High Season is packed with quirky characters and charm that will last all summer long.”—Hello Giggles
“The High Season goes beyond light summer fare. It’s a bit like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous but with Jane Austen’s type of biting wit and keen eye toward the human heart as an undercurrent.”—Pulse Magazine
“The Platonic ideal of a beach read.”—Greenwich Sentinel
“The sophisticated and delicious portrayal of subtle class warfare at the shore would make a perfect beach book, but it’s a pleasure to read any time.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“The High Season is touching, funny, and emotionally precise, recognizable yet full of surprises. Forget the Hamptons: Blundell’s North Fork is where the real drama—and fun—blow in.”—Cathleen Schine, New York Times bestselling author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport
“You will revel in the human drama and comedy of this skillfully told tale. Wise, funny, and insightful, Judy Blundell tells the story of one woman that says something about all of us, our aspirations, and the delicate state of the American dream.”—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of Kiss Carlo
Publication Date: May 22nd, 2018
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NEW ‘NICK KICKS’ CHILDREN’S TV SHOW STARTS THIS SATURDAY!
Nick Kicks, Nickelodeon’s new family football show starts this Saturday featuring goals, fans and fails from The Football League.
Nick Kicks, Nickelodeon’s new family football show starts this Saturday featuring goals, fans and fails from The Football League – and if you are a young fan of a Football League club it is a show not to be missed!
The new show premieres at 8:00am tomorrow on the Nicktoons channel. Presented by Rachel Stringer and Roman Kemp, Nick Kicks is a brand new live-action football programme covering all 72 clubs of The Football League. The series features highlights across each week's Football League matches, as well as the more humorous moments from the week and a look ahead to upcoming games.
Nick Kicks also takes viewers behind the scenes of The Football League with exclusive visits to local clubs that see managers and players taking part in a range of fun and entertaining features!
SpongeBob SquarePants himself will feature in the series as he takes on various club mascots in weekly challenges, while the first episode will see Football League club mascots join SpongeBob to set a new Guinness World Record!
Nick Kicks will be broadcast every Saturday morning for the rest of this season until after the Play-Off Finals, before returning for the entirety of Season 2016/17 and 2017/18.
For more information about Nick Kicks, visit the show’s website at www.nicktoons.co.uk/nickkicks.
Nicktoons is available on Sky (606), Virgin (717), BT (485) and Talk Talk (485). For more details on how you can watch nicktoons click here.
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Bloomberg Businessweek, April 10, 2013
CDC Races to Create a Vaccine for China's Latest Bird Flu Strain
by CHRISTINA LARSON
Using technology unavailable a decade ago, when the deadly SARS virus struck, China’s CDC quickly sequenced the whole genomic code of the H7N9 virus—then submitted that information to GISAID, a publicly available international database for influenza researchers. “Using that genetic information, we could compare it to viruses we had already seen to check if we had a vaccine that would be a good match,” explains Michael Shaw, the U.S. CDC’s associate director for lab science, influenza division.
Within a week, a special package, shipped in dry ice, is due to arrive at the offices of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta: a sample of the H7N9 “bird flu,” sent from China. The CDC scientists in the Influenza Division are eager to receive it. Even before then, though, the CDC has launched an ambitious effort to develop a vaccine for the H7N9 virus—made possible by new genomics technology and by notable openness on the part of Chinese health authorities in sharing virus details with international health organizations.
To date, nine people have died from the bird flu in eastern China. The first fatality, an 87-year-old man in Shanghai, fell ill on Feb. 14 and passed away within three weeks. By late March, Chinese health authorities had isolated the H7N9 virus, which has spread without symptoms among Chinese poultry, and sent samples to China’s Center for Disease Control in Beijing. Using technology unavailable a decade ago, when the deadly SARS virus struck, China’s CDC quickly sequenced the whole genomic code of the H7N9 virus—then submitted that information to GISAID, a publicly available international database for influenza researchers.
“Using that genetic information, we could compare it to viruses we had already seen to check if we had a vaccine that would be a good match,” explains Michael Shaw, the U.S. CDC’s associate director for lab science, influenza division. After determining that the H7N9 virus was sufficiently novel that it would require a new vaccine, the scientists in Atlanta used the genomic map to create synthetic copies of the virus. That “virus seed stock” is now being used to develop the vaccine. “The information exchange with China has been almost in real time,” says Shaw. “We’re in regular contact with China’s CDC and Health Ministry. The exchange since SARS is tremendously more open.”
Story: Beijing Prepares for Avian Flu
So far no cases have been confirmed of the virus spreading between humans—a worrying development that, if it happened, could signal the start of an epidemic. Yet if the virus did begin to spread in that manner, there’s no assurance it would remain within China. “The way people travel now—with high volumes of airline traffic—if it does start to spread human to human, it’s not going to stay localized,” says Shaw. That, in part, is why the U.S. CDC is also developing diagnostic kits for the H7N9 virus, due to be shipped to select public-health clinics in all 50 states by the end of next week.
The 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, signed by President George W. Bush, established the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (Barda) under Health and Human Services as the coordinating organization to oversee the production of vaccines, if needed, to combat emerging infectious diseases. The impetus to create this capacity grew out of responses to the mysterious 2001 anthrax attacks in Washington, D.C.
According to Barda director Robin Robinson, the agency has standing contracts with several leading drug companies, including Novartis (NVS), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and Sanofi Pasteur (SNY), to roll out large- scale commercial vaccine production, if that were deemed necessary. “If the virus were to [evolve] to be transmitted readily human to human,” says Robinson, “we may consider manufacturing commercial-scale lots” of vaccines.
The entire vaccine development, clinical testing, and manufacturing process is expected to take a matter of months, but that’s “a much shorter time because we’re able to use synthetic-biology technology,” says Robinson “We’re taking preparedness steps in case something [widely contagious] does emerge.”
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It's just about time to head to the polls and vote in the midterm elections! I've only been of voting age for the past decade or so, but even I feel the electricity around this election like I've never felt before. Why does it matter? Why should you take the time out of your day to vote in these midterms? I think the answer is simple - it's a display of personal values.
It seems like a long time ago when Obama was running for president the first time. What I'll never forget about this era in my life was the fact that prejudices started to appear in people I'd never expect to see them. Someone I even considered a friend posted to his Facebook account (after the votes had been counted), "Damn, I wish they'd re-instated the Three-Fifths Compromise". How could I continue to be a friend to someone who said something like that? How could I not do what I can to make sure his vision never comes to fruition? With our new president, even more of this sort of rhetoric has hit the scene, and despite your political affiliation, I hope you can understand that people like me have to fight against this in every way we can.
I bring that story up to make the point that voting is our time to put our values into play. I don't believe in voting to "cancel out" a vote on the other side, but rather to do what I can to create a country, and ultimately a world, that I want to live in. If someone whose values I disagree with wins an election, so be it, but I made my voice heard. I believe in justice for those wrongfully imprisoned in America. I believe in equity for people of color, like myself. I believe in promoting freedom for ALL Americans.
My position at APM prevents me from making any "out-right" political statements, so I won't, but as a young, black, homosexual in the arts I don't really need to announce what sides I'm on, right? **POPS GUM** Instead, I'm asking you to go vote. Do your research, read up on candidates and prospective bills, and HEAD TO THE POLLS! Even if you don't believe your vote matters, show those in power (and those not yet in power) that you are willing to put your values in action.
The importance of voting has hit the black community particularly well this cycle - shout-out to rapper Remy Ma for being one of the leaders in this charge to raise the black vote. Click her image below to get a closer look at what she's been doing in regards to promoting the vote.
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Shell Awards Fujitsu Seven Year Global Deal for Service Station IT Deployment and Support
Munich, September 13, 2010
Shell has entered into a contract for future IT deployment and support services for service stations across 19 countries under one supplier, Fujitsu. The work, which includes IT support for forecourt controllers, Point of Sale, payment card machines and back office systems, is currently being handled by multiple suppliers. As part of the agreement Fujitsu will not only support existing and new IT, it will also be responsible for the rollout and deployment of new site systems. Support of the 19 countries will be served by three global Fujitsu service centres based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The appointment of Fujitsu comes as part of Shell's Retail Global Site Systems Programme – a programme in various countries around the world that will replace or upgrade the interconnected components and applications that allow operations in service stations to take place. It is the first global agreement of its kind for Shell and is seen as a significant component in managing the cost of forecourt operations.
Commenting on the announcement, Anne Stokes, business unit director for retail, transportation, manufacturing and services, Fujitsu UK & Ireland, said: "It is a privilege to be part of the first global agreement of this kind for Shell and be at the forefront of helping the business create greater efficiencies and cost reductions in the support of its forecourt IT. The energy and petrochemical business is hugely competitive and we are confident that through our innovative and proactive approaches to managing costs we can help Shell retain its competitive edge."
David Moss, general manager Retail Site Systems, from Shell added “We are looking forward to working with Fujitsu as part of Shell’s Global Site Systems Programme, to deploy and maintain updated IT that will provide our customers with an improved experience when visiting Shell’s service stations.”
The programme of new deployments will happen over the next three years, whilst the contract for IT support will be provided over seven years.
Fujitsu Technology Solutions Sigrun Harsch Senior Manager Public Relations EMEA Tel.: + 49 (0) 89 62060 4454 Mobile: + 49 (0) 170 855 06 08 mailto:sigrun.harsch@ts.fujitsu.com
About Fujitsu Fujitsu is a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 170,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com
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Fujitsu Technology Solutions is the leading European IT infrastructure provider with a presence in all key markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus India, serving large-, medium- and small-sized companies as well as consumers. With its Dynamic Infrastructures approach, the company offers a full portfolio of IT products, solutions and services, ranging from clients to datacenter solutions, Managed Infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Fujitsu Technology Solutions employs more than 13,000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group. For more information, please see: ts.fujitsu.com/aboutus .
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While national wildlife refuges were created to protect wildlife, they are for people too. Refuges are ideal places for people of all ages to explore and connect with the natural world. We invite you to learn more about and visit the national wildlife refuges and wetland management districts in Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
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West Creek just east of Gateway, Mesa County, Colorado.
Background: On January 25, 2013, a Groendyke Transport, Inc. truck spilled 6,000 gallons of gasoline and 2,000 gallons of diesel product into West Creek just east of Gateway, Mesa County, Colorado. The tanker rolled over an embankment, releasing the fuel into the creek before exploding. The fire caused by the explosion travelled approximately three quarters of a mile downstream. The fire was eventually contained, but oil was visible along approximately 3.4 miles of West Creek on the waters surface as well as rocks, plants, and woody debris.
The Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (Natural Resource Trustees) conducted a Natural Resource Damage Assessment to determine the effects of the spill and potential restoration projects.
As described in more detail located in the public documents section, the Incident and subsequent response activities resulted in injuries to natural resources and their ecological services, including aquatic and riparian habitats and recreational uses (i.e. recreational fishing).
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Draft Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan/ Environmental Assessment for the West Creek Oil Spill, Gateway, Colorado
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Yaya Toure charges Fifa, Uefa to ‘do something stronger’ against racism
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The Cote d’Ivoire international believes the present measures through fines and stadium closures to curb the discrimination are not working
Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure wants football governing bodies Fifa, Uefa to ‘do something stronger’ against racism.
Last Monday, England players were subjected to racist abuse in Montenegro during their Euro 2020 qualifier encounter.
The sport's governing bodies have previously fined affected clubs or countries and closed down their stadia to curb the discrimination.
However, Toure, a victim in the past, believes the measures have not been working and wants the authorities to take stronger action against the ignoble act.
"I think it's Fifa and Uefa have to do something stronger,” Toure said, per Sky Sport.
"They have to give a strong message, maybe to the clubs, or maybe to the fans, because we've been seeing recently these kinds of clubs like CSKA Moscow, or teams in Russia... fans have been banned for I don't know how many games or maybe how many months.
"I don't know, but it's still not working. This surprises me.
"[I have experienced it] a lot, a lot. If I can say that, in Belgium, in Russia, and sometimes when we have to travel with the team and play in... maybe in Italy, in the past.
"It's happening. But mentally, I'm very strong. I know what I can do, because in that time, you can say 'OK, I will try to ignore [it], they are stupid, they don't understand'.
"But it's difficult when you see a child looking, or when you come home and your child has been saying to you, 'father, when you have been touching the ball, we've been hearing on the TV, chanting about monkey things'.
"What do you have, to respond to your kids?
"It's difficult, but as much you can ignore [the chants], as much I think they're going to continue, something has to be done, in my point of view."
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Xavi Simons, Oriol Busquets & the top 10 teenage stars to watch at Barcelona
As part of the NxGn series, Goal takes a look at the most promising young players waiting in the wings at the Catalan club
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Abel Ruiz
As an 18-year-old striker who has represented Spain at U-17 and U-19 level, there are high hopes that Abel Ruiz will go on to become first-choice centre-forward for La Roja. A skillful player with good technique, he was captain of the side that won the European Championship at U-17 level a few months ago and is currently one of the brightest talents at Barca B.
Oriol Busquets
He may be no relation to Sergio, but the two players definitely share similar characteristics. Like the older Busquets, Oriol is a central midfielder who is tall and known for his great tactical understanding of the game. The 19-year-old currently plays at Barca B but made his debut for the first team in the Copa del Rey against Murcia earlier this season.
Alex Collado
Alex Collado is already Barca B's best midfielder, even though he will only turn 19 next month. He has not featured yet for the first team but is highly thought of by coaching staff at the Catalan club. Good with the ball at his feet and technically adept, he is known for his ability to carry the ball forward from midfield.
Mateu Morey
A centre-back similar to Gerard Pique, Mateu Morey is taller than the Barca defender and very good at bringing the ball out from the back. Born in 2000, he is still with the youth team after turning down several offers from elsewhere last summer – including one from Bayern Munich. He should have a bright future at Barca.
Xavi Simons
Very much the pearl at La Masia right now, Xavi Simons is currently playing for the U-15 team and looks set to step up quickly over the next couple of years. Named after Xavi and also popular due to his curly blonde hair, Simons already has over a million followers on Instagram. A Dutch international at youth level, he has been compared to both Xavi and Andres Iniesta.
Marc Cucurella
The 19-year-old left-back has represented Spain at all age groups from U-16 to U-20 and is one of the most talented prospects at Barca B right now. He signed a new contract last summer and already has a prohibitive buyout clause of €12 million. Cucurella made his first-team debut for Barca in the Copa del Rey against Murcia earlier this season.
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Juan Miranda
Juan Miranda is another left-back who is progressing nicely at Barcelona. Brought in from Betis in 2014, the 18-year-old made his debut for Barca B in August and scored his first goal in January. He has represented Spain at U-16, U-17 and U-19 level, and Barca are keen to tie him down on a long-term deal to avoid him moving to another top European club.
Riqui Puig
Ricard "Riqui" Puig is a central midfielder who can also operate further forward as a false nine. The 18-year-old made his Barca B debut just last month against Gimnastic Tarragona and received positive reviews for his performance. He is highly regarded at the Catalan club, with good technical ability and tactical awareness.
Marcus McGuane
The London-born former Arsenal youngster became the first Englishman since Gary Lineker to represent Barcelona's first team when he came on in the Catalan Supercopa game against Espanyol earlier this month, when he replaced Aleix Vidal after 77 minutes. McGuane, who only arrived in January, is a powerful defensive midfielder who has represented England at U-17, U-18 and U-19 level.
Jorge Cuenca
Jorge Cuenca is a tall centre-back who plays for Barca B after making the move from Madrid-based club Alcorcon, for whom he had been the side's youngest-ever debutant at 17 years old and 114 days. Still only 18, he is an imposing presence at the back and has good technical ability as well.
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'Unique' Daniel Arzani deserves Socceroos World Cup spot, says Denmark legend Thomas Sorensen
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Former Melbourne City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen feels Daniel Arzani should make Australia's World Cup squad
Melbourne City star Daniel Arzani can add the X-factor Australia need at the World Cup, according to Thomas Sorensen.
Arzani, 19, is yet to be capped by the Socceroos, but was named in Bert van Marwijk's 26-man squad ahead of the showpiece event in Russia.
The teenage attacker burst onto the scene during the A-League season, boosting City with two goals and three assists in 18 appearances.
Sorensen, who played alongside Arzani at City, believes the Iran-born winger deserves to be in the Socceroos' 23-man squad.
"You're not taking someone that is just there as a piece of luggage," the Denmark great told Perform.
"You've got to take someone that can actually benefit from it, potentially not playing a lot. But he would benefit a lot being in that environment, being at the World Cup, experiencing that pressure and that competition.
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"He's a young player, he's definitely not reached his full potential. I still think he's got a way to go, but he has a unique quality, he can beat a man, he's quick, he's explosive, he has that X-factor that can be a game-changer and I think he can definitely add something that they don't necessarily have.
"For me, I think he should have a spot in the squad and I think he has shown enough to warrant that.
"I think again he could be an X-factor when you need it late in a game, you need to chase a goal, he can come on and beat players and create something out of nothing and I think they're players that you can never be sure of."
Australia will face France, Peru and Denmark in Group C in Russia.
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Faith of Note
Berean Presbyterian Church, 229 Dutch Ridge Road, Wayne Township: Sunday — 6 p.m., youth group.
Calvin Presbyterian Church, 615 Crescent Ave., Ellwood City: Sunday — 12:45 p.m., stated session meeting. Monday — 9 a.m., Hiram’s Crew, men’s fellowship; 6 p.m., MOPS meeting (last until September). Wednesday — Church office closed; 7 p.m., choir rehearsal. Thursday — 6 p.m., Girl Scouts troop meetings.
First Christian Church, 406 Beatty St., Ellwood City: Saturday — 1 p.m. Ladies’ Tez semiformal luncheon made complete with donning a “derby” hat. May 26 — 10:30 a.m., worship service with gospel singer Tom Shelton. Luncheon follows. Free; donations welcome.
First Church of God, 1862 Mercer Road, Franklin Township: Saturday — 8 a.m., men's small group at the Wolverine Restaurant; 9 p.m., evening prayer time. Sunday — 9:30 a.m., teacher appreciation breakfast; noon, carry-in dinner. Tuesday — 5:30 p.m., golf night. Wednesday — 6 p.m., pizza meal; 6:45 p.m., children’s classes, youth group and adult Bible study. Thursday — 6 p.m., coordinating team meeting. May 26 — 8:35 a.m., coffee and doughnuts; 9:30 a.m., morning worship.
First United Methodist Church, 416 Crescent Ave., Ellwood City: Saturday — 9:30 a.m., UMW meeting. Sunday – 9 a.m., choir practice; 12:30 p.m., final Sunday school luncheon. Monday — 5:30 p.m., Boy Scouts. Tuesday — 9 a.m., quilters. Wednesday — 6 p.m., Cub Scouts. Thursday — 6 p.m., Cub Scouts committee meeting.
Slippery Rock Presbyterian Church, 258 Slippery Rock Drive, Wayne Township: Saturday — 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., LeaderFest at Westminster College; 9 a.m., flower planting at church. Sunday — No adult Sunday school; 11 a.m., church life meeting/worship & music meeting. Thursday — 7 p.m. “Education: A Memoir,” book review.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 207 Spring Ave., Ellwood City: Saturday — noon to 3 p.m., youth picnic; Sunday — last day of Sunday school; noon, Boots' family shower; 8 p.m., AA. Thursday — 11 a.m., Bible study; 7 p.m., women’s AA. May 25 — 7 p.m., AA. May 26 — Noon, blood pressure screening; Noon, second breakfast.
Wurtemburg Presbyterian Church, Wurtemburg Road, Ellwood City: Saturday — LeaderFest at New Wilmington Presbyterian Church, Michelle Snyder, keynote speaker; workshops, carpooling available. Free. Sunday — noon, graduate luncheon, new members and members being baptized. Wednesday — 9 a.m., quilting. Thursday — 7:30 p.m., band practice. June 9 — noon, father and son luncheon. Meat will be provided.
Wurtemburg United Methodist Church, 1244 Portersville Road, Ellwood City: Monday — 7:30 p.m., AA. Tuesday — 6 p.m., Mother-Daughter-Friends Banquet, Wolverine Restaurant; 6:30 p.m., sewing. Wednesday — 7:30 p.m., AA.
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1320 N. Lake Shore Drive Zoning Victory at Last! On 9/29/10, the Illinois State Supreme Court ruled in favor of residents of the Gold Coast, ending nearly twelve years of litigation with Draper & Kramer over its plans for a 40-story high-rise at 1320 N. Lake Shore Drive.Click here to read a summary of the effort led by the Near North Preservation Coalition to protect our neighborhood.
Goudy Square Park
Goudy Square Park, named for William C. Goudy, a well-respected attorney who served as President of the Lincoln Park Board from 1887 to 1893, is our neighborhood's park. It is located at the Southeast corner of Astor and Goethe and falls under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Park District. The park was transformed into the special space it is today with children's playground equipment and wrought iron fences with the generous donations of private citizens in the neighborhood. Gold Coast Neighbors Association continues to work in conjunction with the City of Chicago to beautify the parkways.
In 2012, Friends of the Park champtioned Goudy Park renovations, which will include replacing all play equipment and surfaces, and other repairs and upgrades. We had hoped the work would start in the warm weather of 2013, but hopefully they will in fact start just after the spring weather breaks in 2014. The funds and and plans are all in place with the Chicago Park District.
A few years ago, spearheaded by GCNA Director Karen Herman, an association fundraising campaign raised over $25,000 for the plantings and maintenance of the parkways. GCN would like to thank Alderman Daley and Mariani Landscape for their work on the project. In 2008 eight generous donors from five buildings bordering the park had pledged over $1,500 per year for the next three years to maintain the parkways.
Interested in making a contribution? Please send your donation to the association office address. Make check payable to Gold Coast Neighbors and indicate "Goudy Park Parkways" in the memo section to help defray the costs of maintenance.
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Celebrating Grace Lee Boggs
Friday, March 18th 2016 to Sunday, March 20th 2016
In celebration of the Detroit-based activist and philospher Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015), we are honored to invite you to commemorate Grace's life and ideas with a weekend of action and celebration in the Bay Area, March 18, 19, and 20, 2016.
Friday 3/18, 1:30-5:30pm – Art as Revolution: Theater of the Oppressed for Activists, Organizers, Educators, Cultural Workers
Where: Eastside Arts Alliance, 2277 International Blvd, Oakland, CA 94606
Deeply aligned with Grace’s philosophy and vision, Theater of the Oppressed is a form of popular education that uses theater and art as a vehicle for radical social transformation. Forged in the crucible of revolutionary struggle, it uses the dynamized human body and the charged theatrical space as a laboratories for exploring power, transforming oppression, and finding collective solutions to the fundamental problems of conflict, inequality, violence, and human suffering. Please join us in this radical, creative approach to dialogue, organizing, and action, hosted by Jiwon Chung & Starr King School.
Fri, 3/18, 7:00pm – Screening of “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs”
Film screening will be followed by community discussion. More Info TBA.
Saturday, 3/19, 10:00am-3:00pm – Growing Our Souls, Building Our Soil: A Day of Vision In Action
Where: Richmond Greenway, Richmond, CA
Join us for a “hands in the dirt” community farm gathering hosted by Urban Tilth and Movement Generation. Come help build community by working the land together, dancing, sharing a community lunch, and hearing DJ’s, poets, and activists speak about the food system and why Grace believed that putting our hands in the dirt and building our vision (from the land up) can change the world.
Sunday, 3/20, 12:00-3:00pm – Celebrating Grace Lee Boggs: A Century In Love & Struggle
Where: Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland Chinatown, 388 9th St #290, Oakland, CA 94607
Throughout her life, Grace Lee Boggs encouraged everyone to engage in dialogue and action and to think about how they can be a part of making change. In celebration of Grace, we will bring together activists and organizers to share their reflections on Grace’s work, ideas, and current movements/struggles in the Bay Area. We will also be joined by guests from Detroit and the Boggs Center. Light refreshments will be provided.
RSVP for any or all of these events at: www.inloveandstruggle.org.
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Wechsler Bellevue Intelligence Scale
Last Updated on Sun, 23 Sep 2018 | Older Adults
This test, published initially in 1939 by David Wechsler, a clinical psychologist at Bellevue Hospital in New York. was designed exclusively for adults. As seen in his later definition of intelligence as "the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment" (Wechsler, 1958, p. 7), Wechsler, like Galton, Binet, and Terman, believed in the existence of a general mental ability.
It was Wechsler's hope that his test would prove to be not only a valid measure of adult intellectual functioning but would also contribute to making clinical diagnoses. Unlike the age-scale format of the Stanford-Binet, the Wechsler-Bellevue was a point scale on which points were earned for passing subtests and were then converted to scaled scores and IQs. The test as a whole was divided into two sections, Verbal and Performance, consisting of five to six subtests each. On the verbal subtests, the examinee provided verbal answers to a series of questions; on the performance subtests, the examinee performed a task requiring perceptua/motor responses. Each of the subtests was scored separately, the raw scores being converted to standard scores having a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. Three IQs—Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale—were determined on a standard score (deviation IQ scale having a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. The difference between the Verbal and Performance IQs, the pattern or scatter of standard scores on the various subtests, and the qualitative nature of the responses made by the examinee were analyzed in arriving at a clinical diagnosis. In addition to being one of the principal psychometric instruments designed for use for clinical and counseling situations, the Wechsler-Bellevue Form I and its successors have been used extensively in research.
My first encounter with intelligence tests was when, as a high school senior, I was required to take the California Test of Mental Maturity. Our English teacher had previously warned us that administration of this group test was imminent and had drilled us on items she recorded from the previous year's test. The drill was apparently beneficial, because the class performed fairly well. Observing, however, that some students did better than others, and being trained in the old school of pedagogy, she posted our IQ scores in rank order by name on the hall bulletin board. The highest score was obtained by a 13-year-old intellectual prodigy who knew four foreign languages, could work a slide rule faster than most of us could think, and was exempt from physical education because he screamed too loudly when injured.
Some years later I took another intelligence test—the Army General ClassificationTest-on a cold gymnasium floor early in the morning at the beginning of my Marine Corps career. The examiner assured us that the less-than-optimal testing conditions would have no effect on the scores of "real marines," so we set to work and did our best. After the tests had been scored, our drill instructor showed even greater creativity than our high school English teacher in reporting the scores. While we were marching in ranks, he rhythmically intoned each recruit's score by name, such as, "Smith's GCT is 123, but he doesn't know his right from his left!" This may have been amusing to him, but it was traumatic to one low-scorer who tried to escape from the shame by swimming across the Savannah River; he was bitten by an alligator but survived. Another recruit with an exceptionally low score was made to march 40 paces behind the platoon for the rest of his boot camp experience.
When I became a graduate student in psychology, I was able to make a few extra dollars by administering the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale in schools, churches, courthouses, or wherever living, breathing human beings could be found. I tested them on dining tables, on lawns, in broom closets, on dirty floors, and even incobweb-covered corners. Despite the informal testing conditions, most examinees were cooperative, and even if they weren't, I doggedly persevered until an IQ estimate was obtained on every single one of them. The test scores were used for grade-placement purposes after consulting with the parents
Following its initial publication in 1939, the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale was revised in 1946, 1955, 1981, and 1997. The 1981 edition, called the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale — Revised (WAIS-R), is appropriate for individuals aged 16 years and over. The WAIS-R consists of the following six Verbal (V) and five Performance (P) subtests administered in alternating order, as follows:
and teachers. Sometimes it was difficult to get parents and teachers to be flexible in interpreting the scores. For example, one parent wanted to know if her boy's score of 72 meant that he was mentally retarded. She was told that a child had to score below 70 before he or she was placed in a special class for retarded children. The obviously relieved mother exclaimed, "I knew he was just lazy, and I'm gonna beat hell out of him until he does better in his school work!"
During several of my testing outings, I discovered numerous mistakes that had been made by other examiners in scoring intelligence tests. In some cases, the scores were based on incorrect or unknown birth dates that resulted in children being placed in the wrong category and hence the wrong grade or section. Such mistakes were not limited to graduate-student examiners, but were made by professional psychologists as well.
One might think that sophisticated college and university professors would be immune to reification of the IQcon-cept, but such has not always been the case. For example, I overheard an argument between two famous psychologists concerning some abstruse matter pertaining to learning theory. One of the gentlemen became so vexed that he blurted out that his IQ was higher than his opponent's and therefore his opinion was more likely to be correct.
Perhaps it was overhearing interchanges like this one that encouraged a group of students to suggest listing professors' IQs by their names in the campus newspaper to help students select courses. In any event, on a bet from a friend of mine that I couldn't pass the intelligence test for Mensa—an organization for superintellects, I signed up and reported at the designated place and time. Imagine my delight when the examination turned out to be my old friend, the California Test of Mental Maturity!
During the heyday of IQ testing, some young men were known to ask their dates' IQs before taking them out a second time, and certainly before becoming engaged. In fact, the provisions in the will of one famous pioneer in the mental testing movement made the amount of money bequeathed to each of his two sons contingent on the tested abilities ofthe women they married. Reportedly, only one of the sons, a eugenics enthusiast, went along with the provision. Even I was swept up in the enthusiasm over the role of intelligence testing in mate selection when I administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale to a young woman I was dating some years ago. However, she took it in her stride and agreed to marry me on the condition that she could verify my own IQ first. Fortunately, we settled the matter out of court.
Information (V) Picture Completion Digit Span (V) Picture Arrangement Vocabulary (V) Block Design (P)
Arithmetic (V) (P) Object Assembly (P) Comprehension (V)
(P) Digit Symbol (P) Similarities (V)
The WAIS-R was standardized on nine age groups of "normal" American adults: 16-17,18-19, 20-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-69, and 70-74 years. The sample selected in each age category was stratified by sex, geographical region, ethnicity (white vs. nonwhite), education, and occupation. Care was taken in selecting the older age samples so that, unlike the older adult sample of the preceding edition of the test, they were representative of the population of Americans in those categories.1
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Appeals court request throws wild card into ACA case
Dana Elfin @Dana_A_Elfin
UPDATE: July 2, 2019: Republican states filed a letter with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals requesting a 20-day delay in the case challenging the Affordable Care Act. They told the court delaying oral argument until July 23 would give the states time to brief "several significant questions about the standing of the intervenors, the existence of a live case or controversy, and the 'appropriate conclusion' to this appeal in the event the Court lacks appellate jurisdiction." Meanwhile, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the leader of the coalition of Democratic attorneys general intervening in the case, opposed the request. Keeping the case on its current schedule — with oral argument set to take place July 9 — "will provide some measure of certainty about the ACA’s future to States, the healthcare system (including providers and insurers), and ordinary Americans, and allow them to structure their affairs accordingly," Becerra said in a letter.
UPDATE: June 27, 2019: A spokesperson for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the leader of the coalition of Democratic attorney generals intervening in the case, told Healthcare Dive "there shouldn't be a question about our state's standing and the harm that the lawsuit could pose to nearly every American."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has asked for a briefing in the case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, throwing a potential wild card into the highly watched case.
The appellate court is asking whether the Democratic attorneys general and the U.S. House of Representatives, both of which intervened to defend the law, have legal standing to do so. The appeals court also asked what it should do in the event the case becomes moot.
The future of the lawsuit and the ACA itself are unclear at this juncture, but oral argument in the case, which is set for July 9, could bring some clarity. If the ACA is invalidated entirely, health insurers, hospitals and patients will feel the effects as some 20 million people are expected to lose their coverage and certain required coverages will end.
More than 20 Democratic state attorneys, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, intervened in the case to argue a trial court's decision invalidating the entire ACA is erroneous and "wrong-headed." Later, the Democratic-led House of Representatives allowed its legal counsel to intervene in the case and join the appellants.
It's not unusual for an appeals court to ask for supplemental briefing in a case, especially when, as in this case, new legal precedent has been issued from the U.S. Supreme Court on the standing issue.
But "the questions are pretty pointed," Katie Keith, a health policy expert at Georgetown University, told Healthcare Dive. One of the questions the panel is asking, she said, is "Is there even a case here?"
And, if the intervening states and the House "don't have standing, there's nothing to fight about and no disagreement, then the case is moot," Keith said.
If the intervenors who are defending the ACA are found not to have standing to participate in the suit, there's no longer a live controversy.
The posture of the case is all the more unusual because Texas, which is the named plaintiff challenging the ACA, sued the federal government over the law but the federal government is no longer defending the ACA.
That change occurred when the Trump administration in March said it agrees the law is unconstitutional.
If the standing issue is decided adversely to them, the intervening states and the House are all but certain to appeal the issue to the Supreme Court.
The Fifth Circuit could rule on the appeal this fall. If it finds the case moot but leaves intact the December 2018 ruling by trial judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas invalidating the entire law, "that would set off a litigation bonanza," Keith said.
But Keith said the appeals court probably will wind up deciding the case on the merits and find the intervenors have standing. "This is an important enough case and the lower court's decision is so extreme, this one should be decided on the merits."
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Berezovsky Death Mystery Deepens After Berkshire Mansion Given Police All-Clear
By Timur Moon
Updated July 1, 2014 23:56 BST
Boris Berezovsky was said to have been depressed over financial and personal problems. .
Police investigating the death of Boris Berezovsky have given the all-clear after forensic experts trained in the use of radioactive agents were called in to search his home.
Investigations are continuing to establish the cause of the Russian oligarch's death, which is being treated as unexplained. Speculation has so far focused on suicide, a heart attack, or possible foul play.
Officers trained in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents found "nothing of concern" in the property in Ascot, Berkshire.
Thames Valley Police are now carrying out a "full and thorough investigation" to ascertain the circumstances surrounding his death, which was confirmed in a Facebook post by his son-in-law, Egor Schuppe, yesterday. Berezovsky was 67.
The coroner is believed to have attended the Berezovsky home in Ascot, Berkshire, though his body has not yet been removed. The property was still cordoned off by police today, with further details yet to be released.
"His death is currently being treated as unexplained and a full inquiry is under way," Thames Valley Police said.
According to Schuppe, Berezovsky had been depressed, had failed to return calls, seldom left his residence and in his final days spent most of his time indoors.
Berezovsky's close friend Alex Goldfarb said: "We will learn later what exactly happened. But in recent months Boris was depressed. There was no secret about that. One day he was cheerful, the next down.
"The court case was a massive blow to him personally, politically and financially. He was depressed. We were concerned about him."
Damian Kudriavtsev, the former CEO of Kommersant Publishing House, issued a Twitter post saying Berezovsky died at 11am in London, but that there were no signs of a violent death.
Aleksandr Dobrovinksy, head of Moscow-based Alexander Dobrovinsky & Partners law firm, said Berezovsky had taken his own life.
"Just got a call from London. Boris Berezovsky committed suicide. He was a difficult man. A move of disparity? Impossible to live poor? A strike of blows? I am afraid no one will get to know now," Dobrovinksy said.
On the day before he died, the tycoon gave an interview to Forbes Russia magazine in which he said his "life had lost meaning", adding: "I do not know what to do. I am 67 years old. And I do not know what to do next."
The tycoon said he had "underestimated how important" Russia was to him and wanted to return to his homeland.
He said he felt uncomfortable as an immigrant in Britain, Forbes Russia reported, and that his visions of a democratic Russia and views of Western democracy had been "idealistic", and had changed.
Only last month, Berezovsky is understood to have written to Russian president Vladimir Putin, apologising for his mistakes, asking forgiveness, and asking the Russian president's permission to return home.
Berezovsky was a close friend of Alexander Litvinenko, the former officer with Russia's FSB spy agency, who was poisoned with the radioactive substance Polonium-210, after meeting Russian agents at a London hotel in 2006.
Investigators suspect Russian state involvement in Litvinenko's death. Russia's refusal to hand over the main suspect in the murder, Andrei Lugovoy, casued a breakdown in diplomatic relations between Russia and the UK.
For years, Berezovsky bankrolled the effort of Litvinenko's widow Marina to push for an inquest into her husband's death. The inquest is due to commence in October, and Berezovsky had been due to give evidence as a witness.
In an interview with Forbes magazine the day before he died, Berezovsky said his "life had lost meaning", adding: "I do not know what to do. I am 67 years old. And I do not know what to do next."
In 2011, he paid out hundreds of millions of pounds to his ex-wife Galina Besharova, in the most expensive divorce settlement in British legal history.
Last year, Berezovsky lost a High Court case in London against Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich over the ownership of Sibneft, in which Berezovsky had sought more than £3 billion in damages.
The row centred around murky dealings in the world of Russian business following the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the state's vast assets were auctioned off at huge discounts by then president Boris Yeltsin. The failed legal action is believed by many to have left Berezovsky financially ruined, with legal costs estimated at £100 million in what was the biggest ever private litigation contest .
Lord Bell, the PR executive and close friend of Berezovsky who had acted as his spokesman, said he had last seen the oligarch three weeks ago, describing him as "extremely depressed".
"He has been very low since the court ruling against him," said Lord Bell. "He had huge financial problems and personal problems, too."
Lord Bell said Berezovsky had never recovered from Mrs Justice Gloste's High Court ruling, in which she called him "an unimpressive, and inherently unreliable, witness, who regarded truth as a transitory, flexible concept, which could be moulded to suit his current purposes", and which he felt had wrecked his reputation.
"That judge destroyed his morale. It destroyed his self-esteem," said Lord Bell. "He was an extremely nice man, very kind to me and all the people around him. I had a huge amount of admiration for him."
Berezovsky had been planning to auction a portrait of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin by Andy Warhol, to raise money to pay off creditors and settle legal fees, it was reported last week. The 1987 portrait was valued at between $45,000 and $75,000, by auction house Christies.
The tycoon, who was born 1946 and first made money selling luxury cars after training as a mathemetician, fled Russia in the late 1990s amid a money-laundering scandal surrounding the Russian state airline Aeroflot.
He made his fortune in Russia in the 1990s, gaining control over state assets including the country's main television channel, Channel One. Berezovsky enjoyed immense power during the last years of Yeltsin's presidency, when he was deputy secretary of Russia's security council.
Berezovsky had been on Russia's wanted list since 2001 on charges of fraud, money-laundering and an illegitimate bid to seize power. In 2007, a Russian court found him guilty in absentia of embezzling 215 billion roubles in Aeroflot funds, and he was sentenced him to six years in prison. In total, he was sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment by Russian courts on various charges.
Berezovsky said the cases against him had been contrived by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that his life was in danger in Russia. He was granted political asylum in Britain in 2003.
After Putin came to power in March 2000, Berezovsky went into opposition and resigned from the Duma.
In 1997 Forbes magazine estimated Berezovsky's wealth at US$3 billion. After his flight from Russia, many of his assets were confiscated by the state.
This article was first published on March 24, 2013
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ICP-3: A Unique, Authoritative Root for the DNS
IMPORTANT NOTICE. The following Internet Coordination Policy is being posted for the information of the Internet community and is a statement of policy currently followed in administering the authoritative root of the Domain Name System.
Comments on this document are welcome and should be directed to comments@icann.org.
A Unique, Authoritative Root for the DNS
(9 July 2001)
This document reaffirms ICANN's commitment to a single, authoritative public root for the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) and to the management of that unique root in the public interest according to policies developed through community processes. This commitment is founded on the technical and other advice of the community and is embodied in existing ICANN policy.
The DNS is intended to provide a convenient means of referring to sites available on the Internet. By offering users an easy-to-use and reliable means of unambiguously referring to web sites, e-mail servers, and the Internet's many other services, the DNS has helped the Internet achieve its promise as a global communications medium for commerce, research, education, and cultural and other expressive activities.
The DNS is a globally distributed database of domain name (and other) information. One of its core design goals is that it reliably provides the same answers to the same queries from any source on the public Internet, thereby supporting predictable routing of Internet communications. Achievement of that design goal requires a globally unique public name space derived from a single, globally unique DNS root.
Although the Internet allows a high degree of decentralized activities, coordination of the assignment function by a single authority is necessary where unique parameter values are technically required. Because of the uniqueness requirement, the content and operation of the DNS root must be coordinated by a central entity.
Where central coordination is necessary, it should be performed by an organization dedicated to serving the public interest and that acts according to policies developed through processes that are developed through the participation of affected stakeholders. Traditionally, the responsibility for performing the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good, including management of the unique public DNS root, has been carried out by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (the IANA). ICANN's core mission is to continue the work of the IANA in a more formalized and globally representative framework, to ensure the views of all the Internet's stakeholders are taken into account in carrying out this public trust.
Over the past several years, some private organizations have established DNS roots as alternates to the authoritative root. Some uses of these alternate roots do not jeopardize the stability of the DNS. For example, some are purely private roots operating inside institutions and are carefully insulated from the DNS. Others are purely experimental in the best traditions of the Internet and are carefully managed so as not to interfere with the operation of the DNS. These both operate within community-established norms.
Frequently, however, these alternate roots have been established to support top-level or pseudo-top-level domain name registries that are operated for profit. Yet other alternate roots have been established by certain individuals to protest the policies developed by the broader community processes for management of the authoritative root, or to express their disinterest in participating in those processes. These alternate roots have not been launched through any ICANN consensus processes, so they have not been entered into the authoritative root managed by the IANA or ICANN.
These alternate roots typically substitute insular concerns in place of the community-based processes that govern the management of the authoritative root. Their operators decide to include particular top-level domains in these alternate roots that have not been subjected to the tests of community support and conformance with consensus processes – coordinated by ICANN – that would allow their inclusion in the authoritative root. These decisions of the alternate-root operators have been made without any apparent regard for the fundamental public-interest concern of Internet stability. The widespread use of active domain names in these alternate roots could in fact impair the uniqueness of the authoritative name-resolution mechanism and hence the stability of the DNS.
ICANN's mandate to preserve stability of the DNS requires that it avoid encouraging the proliferation of these alternate roots that could cause conflicts and instability. This means that ICANN continues to adhere to community-based processes in its decisions regarding the content of the authoritative root. Within its current policy framework, ICANN can give no preference to those who choose to work outside of these processes and outside of the policies engendered by this public trust.
None of this precludes experimentation done in a manner that does not threaten the stability of name resolution in the authoritative DNS. Responsible experimentation is essential to the vitality of the Internet. Nor does it preclude the ultimate introduction of new architectures that may ultimately obviate the need for a unique, authoritative root. But the translation of experiments into production and the introduction of new architectures require community-based approaches, and are not compatible with individual efforts to gain proprietary advantage.
1. The Technical Need for a Single Authoritative Root
The DNS was originally deployed in the mid-1980s as an improved means of mapping easy-to-remember names (e.g., "example.com") to the IP addresses (e.g., "128.9.176.32") by which packets are routed on the Internet. It is a distributed database that holds this mapping information (as well as various other types of technical information regarding computers on the Internet) in "resource records." The DNS provides these resource records in response to queries it receives from programs called "resolvers" on individual computers throughout the Internet. The resolvers translate domain names into the corresponding IP addresses.
From the inception of the DNS, its most fundamental design goal has been to provide the same answers to the same queries issued from any place on the Internet. As stated in RFC 1034, the basic specification of the DNS's "Concepts and Facilities" (P. Mockapetris Nov. 1987), "The primary [design] goal is a consistent name space which will be used for referring to resources." And as reiterated in RFC 2535, "Domain Name System Security Extensions" (D. Eastlake Mar. 1999), "It is part of the design philosophy of the DNS that the data in it is public and that the DNS gives the same answers to all inquirers."
The DNS is hierarchical. By design, the hierarchy begins with a group of root nameservers (often called simply "root servers"), which are specially-designated computers operated under common coordination that provide information about which other computers are authoritative regarding the top-level domains in the DNS naming structure. These set of root servers house the "authoritative root". Thus, a resolver seeking information concerning a domain name such as "www.example.com" obtains one of the root servers' resource records about .com, which tells the resolver which computers have authoritative information about names within the .com top-level domain. The resolver then queries one of those authoritative .com nameservers about example.com, to locate the nameservers for "example.com." A query is then made to one of those nameservers obtain the IP address of the computer designated by the name "www.example.com."
The principal advantage of this hierarchical structure is that it allows different parts of the naming database to be maintained by different entities. According to the DNS's design, each domain was intended to be administered by a single entity. See RFC 920, "Domain Requirements" (J. Postel and J. Reynolds Oct. 1984).
When the DNS was deployed in the mid-1980s, a set of root nameservers was designated and several top-level domains were established. These root nameservers (there are now 13 of them distributed around the world) are intended to provide authoritative information about which nameservers hold the naming information for each of the top-level domains. Since the authoritative root nameservers operate at the top of the hierarchy, resolvers find them by referring to IP addresses pre-stored at local computers throughout the Internet.
Over the past several years, some groups have established alternate root nameservers on the public Internet that distribute different information than the information distributed by the authoritative root nameservers. These groups then seek to persuade ISPs and Internet users to replace the pre-stored IP addresses of the authoritative root nameservers with those of their alternate servers. For a variety of reasons, these alternate roots have not to date achieved a significant level of usage on the public Internet.
Fortunately, the rare usage of alternate roots has thus far limited their practical effect on the Internet. If these alternate roots were to become prevalent, however, they would have the potential for seriously disrupting the reliable functioning of the DNS. Some of the consequences include:
1. Providing the Wrong Location: The presence of alternate public DNS roots can result in different answers being given to the same DNS query issued from different computers on the Internet, depending on whether the inquiring computer is programmed to access the authoritative root or a particular one of the alternate roots (or more precisely a domain-name resolver associated with one or the other of these). The fundamental DNS design goal of providing consistent answers to DNS queries is therefore frustrated.1
2. Reaching the Wrong Computer: The main consequence of such inconsistent data is that the same domain name can identify different computers depending on where the name is used. Put another way, uniform resource locators (URLs) are no longer uniform. Thus, typing in a web site address, for example, at two different computers configured to reference different roots can result in reaching different web sites – a particularly disturbing possibility if, for example, money is to change hands or privacy or security concerns are violated. Similarly, the same piece of e-mail sent to the same address from the two computers can be directed to different recipients. The return of inconsistent DNS data defeats the globally consistent resolution of domain names that is vital to the Internet achieving its promise as a universal communications and applications medium for commerce, research, education, cultural exchange, expressive activities, and other uses.
3. Consequences Unpredictable to Most Users: The set of DNS answers that will be received (from the authoritative root or one of the several alternate roots) is not predictable by most end users. Most users on the Internet employ a local DNS resolver that is configured by another person. Few users are likely to appreciate the significance of the resolver's DNS configuration; even fewer are likely to have detailed knowledge of that configuration. As the number of users on the Internet has grown, the proportion of users knowledgeable about technical concepts such as DNS resolvers and root servers has diminished. Yet these non-technical users are precisely those for whom the Internet in general – and the DNS in particular – hold the greatest potential benefits.
4. Intermediate Hosts Add to Confusion: Moreover, some Internet services depend on the actions of DNS resolvers employed by intermediate hosts. Alternate roots introduce the possibility that the DNS answer obtained by the intermediate host alters the character of the service in an unexpected way. A similar phenomenon can occur where one user sends another a reference to a URL, such as an e-mail reply address or a link on a web site. If the recipient of an e-mail or the visitor to the web site is using a computer that employs a different DNS root than intended by the sender of the e-mail or the designer of the web site, unexpected results are likely to occur. For example, the e-mail could end up with the wrong person.
5. Cache Poisoning: Alternate roots also introduce the possibility of misdirected Internet activities due to the phenomenon known as cache poisoning. For performance reasons, the DNS design calls for resource records to be passed around among the nameservers on the Internet, so that a resolver can obtain quicker access to a local copy of the resource record. Because the DNS assumes a single-root system, resource records are not marked to distinguish them according to the root from which they emanate. Thus, the presence of alternate roots introduces the possibility that Internet activities by those intending to use the authoritative root could be misdirected by a stray resource record emanating from an alternate root. Indeed, some malicious hacking attacks have been based on this principle, prompting the Internet Engineering Task Force to propose a series of not-yet-fully-implemented improvements known as "DNS-Security."
(It should be noted that the original design of the DNS provided a way to operate alternate roots in a way that does not imperil stability. See Section 5 below for details.)
These potentially destructive effects of alternate roots have long been accepted by the vast majority of Internet engineers. Despite this broad-based recognition, some have sought to justify the alternate roots by downplaying these effects. In response, and to document what it referred to as "some of the problems inherent in a family of recurring technically naive proposals," in May 2000 the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) issued RFC 2826, entitled "IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root." The IAB summarized its comments (in relevant part) as follows:
"Summary
"To remain a global network, the Internet requires the existence of a globally unique public name space. The DNS name space is a hierarchical name space derived from a single, globally unique root. This is a technical constraint inherent in the design of the DNS. Therefore it is not technically feasible for there to be more than one root in the public DNS. That one root must be supported by a set of coordinated root servers administered by a unique naming authority.
"Put simply, deploying multiple public DNS roots would raise a very strong possibility that users of different ISPs who click on the same link on a web page could end up at different destinations, against the will of the web page designers."
(For some concrete examples of potential failures and instabilities that would likely result from alternate roots prevalently used on the public Internet, see the Internet Draft "Alt-Roots, Alt-TLDs" (K. Crispin May 2001).
In the face of the destabilizing consequences of alternate roots, as articulated by the IAB and others, ICANN's prime directive of preserving the stability of the Internet and DNS requires an unwavering commitment to promote the continued prevalence of a single authoritative root for the public DNS. Any other course of action by ICANN would be irresponsible.
2. The Public Trust in Coordinated Assignment Functions
The Internet's proper operation requires assignment of unique values to various identifiers for different computers or services on the Internet. To be effective, these assigned values must be made broadly available and their significance must be respected by the many people responsible for the Internet's operation. For example, every computer on the public Internet is assigned a unique IP address; this address is made known to routers throughout the Internet to cause TCP/IP packets with that destination address to be routed to the intended computer. Without common agreement to respect the assignment, the Internet would not reliably route communications to their intended destinations.
Beginnings to 1998: Central Coordination as a Public Trust
From the very beginnings of the Internet, the technical community has recognized the need for central coordination of the unique assignment of the values of identifiers. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (the IANA, now operated by ICANN) was created to fill this need; it now makes assignments of unique values for approximately 120 different identifier types. This responsibility has always been understood to be a public trust, and the IANA long ago adopted the motto: "Dedicated to preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good."
The most commonly known of the Internet's uniquely assigned identifiers, of course, are domain names. From the time the DNS was deployed, the Internet community made the IANA "responsible for the overall coordination and management of the Domain Name System (DNS), and especially the delegation of portions of the name space called top-level domains." RFC 1591, "Domain Name System Structure and Delegation" (J. Postel Mar. 1994). As in its other assignment responsibilities, the IANA's role is to act in the public interest, neutrally, and without proprietary motives.
Competition as a Value Guiding the Internet's Technical Management
In the Internet's early years, with limited exceptions day-to-day registration activities for domain names were done by a single company (first SRI and later Network Solutions) under the IANA's guidance.
By the mid-1990s, however, the growth and increasing commercialization of the Internet led the U.S. Government's Green2 and White3 Papers to note the emergence of "widespread dissatisfaction about the absence of competition in domain name registration." This dissatisfaction prompted the Green and White Papers to include the promotion of competition in registration services as one of the four values (stability; competition; private, bottom-up coordination; and representation) that should guide the Internet's technical management. Both documents made clear that, of these four values, preservation of stability was to be paramount.
Building on the IANA model of a non-profit entity carrying the public trust to perform the vital central coordination functions, the U.S. Government reconciled the need to ensure Internet stability with the desire to introduce competitive domain-name registration services as follows:
"In keeping with these principles, we divide the name and number functions into two groups, those that can be moved to a competitive system and those that should be coordinated. We then suggest the creation of a representative, not-for-profit corporation to manage the coordinated functions according to widely accepted objective criteria. We then suggest the steps necessary to move to competitive markets in those areas that can be market driven."4
This dichotomy recognizes that the Internet is, after all, a network (albeit a network of networks), and networks require coordination among their participants to operate in a stable and efficient manner. It also reflects the phenomenal success of the Internet's tradition of cooperatively developed open and non-proprietary standards. Those standards have provided an environment of highly interoperable systems that has allowed competition and innovation to flourish.
ICANN Assumes the Public Trust
After public comment on the Green Paper, the United States Government issued the White Paper, which laid out the basic charter on which ICANN was founded and continues to operate. The White Paper re-emphasized the prime directive of stability and, to that end, the need to avoid creation of alternate roots:
"The introduction of a new management system should not disrupt current operations or create competing root systems. During the transition and thereafter, the stability of the Internet should be the first priority of any DNS management system."5
The United States Government then invited the Internet community to form a not-for-profit corporation to perform the "coordinated functions" that should be handled as a matter of public trust, rather than according to a competitive regime that would not be conducive to stability. Among the "coordinated functions" were management of the root-server system and decisions to introduce new TLDs:
"Similarly, coordination of the root server network is necessary if the whole system is to work smoothly. While day-to-day operational tasks, such as the actual operation and maintenance of the Internet root servers, can be dispersed, overall policy guidance and control of the TLDs and the Internet root server system should be vested in a single organization that is representative of Internet users around the globe.
"Further, changes made in the administration or the number of gTLDs contained in the authoritative root system will have considerable impact on Internet users throughout the world. In order to promote continuity and reasonable predictability in functions related to the root zone, the development of policies for the addition, allocation, and management of gTLDs and the establishment of domain name registries and domain name registrars to host gTLDs should be coordinated."6
In response to this invitation for the formation of a non-profit, Internet-community-based organization, ICANN was established in 1998. ICANN was subsequently selected by the United States Government from among several proposals submitted precisely because it was open, consensus-based, and rooted in the Internet community. The establishment of ICANN had followed extensive dialogs among different constituencies of the Internet community to ensure that ICANN could be responsive to the needs of these various constituencies.
ICANN, among its other responsibilities, now acts as the coordinator for operation of the authoritative root-server system and the policy forum for decisions about the policies governing what TLDs are to be included in the authoritative DNS root.7
In linking the formation of ICANN to the global Internet community, the White Paper established a public trust that required that the DNS be administered in the public interest as the unique-rooted,8 authoritative database for domain names that provides a stable addressing system for use by the global Internet community. This commitment to a unique and authoritative root is a key part of the broader public trust – to carry out the Internet's central coordination functions for the public good – that is ICANN's reason for existence.
3. The Public Trust and the Introduction of New TLDs
It is essential that the centrally coordinated functions be performed in the public interest, not out of proprietary or otherwise self-interested motives. For this reason, ICANN was founded as a not-for-profit public-benefit organization, accountable to the Internet community. Longstanding Internet principles also require that the policies guiding the coordinated functions be established openly based on community deliberation and input. For these reasons ICANN's structure is representative of the geographic and functional diversity of the Internet, and relies to the extent possible on private-sector, bottom-up methods.
As the White Paper emphasized, the decisions about the introduction of new TLDs are appropriately done within this open, non-proprietary, and broadly representative framework, rather than by individuals or entities not accountable to the community and that ordinarily act for their own proprietary motives:
"As Internet names increasingly have commercial value, the decision to add new top-level domains cannot be made on an ad hoc basis by entities or individuals that are not formally accountable to the Internet community."9
Within the framework of its commitment to a unique root system and to the stability of the Internet, last year ICANN launched a process for carefully introducing several new generic TLDs to the DNS. This introduction was fashioned as a proof of concept of the technical and business feasibility of introducing more TLDs into the DNS. Proceeding with an initial proof of concept was in response to the advice of ICANN's Protocol Supporting Organization (PSO) and its Domain Name Supporting Organization (DNSO) to proceed cautiously and in an orderly fashion. The PSO and the DNSO represent the consensus views of the technical and the user/business/other institutional communities, respectively. Generic TLDs had not been introduced for many years, and there were and still are serious questions as to what the effect of introducing new TLDs will be on the stability and reliability of the DNS; and many questions about what should be the appropriate contractual and business context.
In response to an RFP that was issued, forty-seven institutions and groups submitted proposals for the establishment of new TLDs. They chose to work within the community-based ICANN process, even though they knew that only a "limited number" of TLDs would be selected – at least in the first round. In fact, seven were selected, and, following a methodology which allowed for considerable community input, contracts have or will shortly be signed with these initial seven. ICANN looks forward to the successful introduction of these new TLDs and will work with the community to monitor their performance so that a community decision can be made on moving forward with the introduction of more TLDs, should this be the conclusion of the proof of concept.
4. Outside the Process
Some private organizations have established DNS roots as alternates to the authoritative root. Some uses of these alternate roots do not jeopardize the stability of the DNS. For example, many are purely private roots operating inside institutions and are carefully insulated from the DNS. Others are purely experimental in the best traditions of the Internet and are carefully managed so as not to interfere with the operation of the DNS. These both operate within community-established norms.
These alternate roots typically substitute insular concerns in place of the community-based processes that govern the management of the authoritative root. Their operators decide to include particular top-level domains in these alternate roots that have not been subjected to the tests of community support and conformance with consensus processes – coordinated by ICANN – that would allow their inclusion in the authoritative root. These decisions of the alternate root operators have been made with no apparent regard for the fundamental public-interest concern of Internet stability. The widespread introduction of active domain names into these alternate roots could in fact impair the uniqueness of the authoritative name resolution mechanism and hence the stability of the DNS.
In fact, some of the operators of these alternate roots state that stability is not an important attribute for the DNS. This thesis, for reasons already stated, is at fundamental variance with ICANN policy as embodied in its founding documents. Some of these operators and their supporters assert that their very presence in the marketplace gives them preferential right to TLDs to be authorized in the future by ICANN. They work under the philosophy that if they get there first with something that looks like a TLD and invite many registrants to participate, then ICANN will be required by their very presence and force of numbers to recognize in perpetuity these pseudo TLDs, inhibiting new TLDs with the same top-level name from being launched through the community's processes.
No current policy would allow ICANN to grant such preferential rights. To do so would effectively yield ICANN's mandate to introduce new TLDs in an orderly manner in the public interest to those who would simply grab all the TLD names that seem to have any marketplace value, thus circumventing the community-based processes that ICANN is required to follow. For ICANN to yield its mandate would be a violation of the public trust under which ICANN was created and under which it must operate. Were it to grant such preferential rights, ICANN would abandon this public trust, rooted in the community, to those who only act for their own benefit. Indeed, granting preferential rights could jeopardize the stability of the DNS, violating ICANN's fundamental mandate.
Alternate roots inherently endanger DNS stability – that is, they create the real risk of name resolvers being unable to determine to which numeric address a given name should point. This violates the fundamental design of the DNS and impairs the Internet's utility as a ubiquitous global communications medium. Some of these alternate systems also employ special technologies that – ingenious as they may be – may conflict with future generations of community-established Internet standards. Indeed, can there be any guarantee that these proprietary technologies can or will be adapted to future changes in Internet standards?
5. Experimentation
Experimentation has always been an essential component of the Internet's vitality. Working within the system does not preclude experimentation, including experimentation with alternate DNS roots. But these activities must be done responsibly, in a manner that does not disrupt the ongoing activities of others and that is managed according to experimental protocols.
DNS experiments should be encouraged. Experiments, however, almost by definition have certain characteristics to avoid harm: (a) they are clearly labeled as experiments, (b) it is well understood that these experiments may end without establishing any prior claims on future directions, (c) they are appropriately coordinated within a community-based framework (such as the IETF), and (d) the experimenters commit to adapt to consensus-based standards when they emerge through the ICANN and other community-based processes. This is very different from launching commercial enterprises that lull users into a sense of permanence without any sense of the foregoing obligations or contingencies.
Moreover, it is essential that experimental operations involving alternate DNS roots be conducted in a controlled manner, so that they do not adversely affect those who have not consented to participate in them. Given the design of the DNS, and particularly the intermediate-host and cache poisoning issues described in Section 1 above, special care must be taken to insulate the DNS from the alternate root's effects. For example, alternate roots are commonly operated by large organizations within their private networks without harmful effects, since care is taken to prevent the flow of the alternate resource records onto the public Internet.
It should be noted that the original design of the DNS provides a facility for future extensions that accommodates the possibility of safely deploying multiple roots on the public Internet for experimental and other purposes. As noted in RFC 1034, the DNS includes a "class" tag on each resource record, which allows resource records of different classes to be distinguished even though they are commingled on the public Internet. For resource records within the authoritative root-server system, this class tag is set to "IN"; other values have been standardized for particular uses, including 255 possible values designated for "private use" that are particularly suited to experimentation.10
As described in a recent proposal within the IETF,11 this "class" facility allows an alternate DNS namespace to be operated from different root servers in a manner that does not interfere with the stable operation of the existing authoritative root-server system. To take advantage of this facility, it should be noted, requires the use of client or applications software developed for the alternate namespace (presumably deployed after responsible testing), rather than the existing software that has been developed to interoperate with the authoritative root. Those who operate alternate roots for global commercial purposes, however, have not followed this course.
In an ever-evolving Internet, ultimately there may be better architectures for getting the job done where the need for a single, authoritative root will not be an issue. But that is not the case today. And the transition to such an architecture, should it emerge, would require community-based approaches. In the interim, responsible experimentation should be encouraged, but it should not be done in a manner that affects those who do not consent after being informed of the character of the experiment.
The success of the Internet and the guarantee of Internet stability rest on the cooperative activities of thousands, even millions, of people and institutions collaborating worldwide towards a common end. This extraordinary – even unprecedented – community effort has served to impel the incredible growth of the Internet. Many of these people and institutions compete intensely among themselves yet agree to do so within a common framework for the overall public good. Their collective efforts provide a policy framework for technical and entrepreneurial innovation, and the advancement of economic, social, and educational goals.
Most members of the global community and most institutions with which they are associated recognize that it is in their best long-term interests to work within these community-based processes, even if that means foregoing short-term advantages to particular individuals or groups. The over-arching principles outlined in this document override exclusive and narrowly focused self-interest.
Community-based policy development is not perfect. It may proceed slower than some would wish. The introduction of new TLDs has proceeded at deliberate speeds. Impatience in the context of Internet timescales is perfectly understandable. The outcome of orderly processes based on the wishes of the community, however, is assurance that the Internet will continue to function in a stable and holistic manner that benefits the global community, and not become captured by the self-interests of the few. That, in the minds of most, is a price worth paying.
ICANN – in deference to its public trust – will continue to collaborate with these citizens of the Internet community to advance the notions of a unique root system as a prerequisite to Internet stability, and to ensure that community-based policies take precedence. ICANN encourages responsible experimentation designed to further advance the Internet as a useful, stable, and accessible medium for the public good.
1. Ironically, to avoid name conflicts in a multi-root system, a single-root system would need to be created-adding a higher level to the hierarchy.
2. Improvement of Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses (Green Paper), 63 Fed. Reg. 8825, 8827 (20 Feb. 1998).
3. Management of Internet Names and Addresses (White Paper), 63 Fed. Reg. 31741, 31742 (10 Jun. 1998).
4. Green Paper, 63 Fed. Reg. at 8827.
5. White Paper, 63 Fed. Reg. at 31749. The Green and White Papers both made additional references to the need for a single authoritative root system. For example, in response to comments received from the Green Paper, the White Paper notes:
"In the absence of an authoritative root system, the potential for name collisions among competing sources for the same domain name could undermine the smooth functioning and stability of the Internet."
6. White Paper, 63 Fed. Reg. at 31749 (emphasis added).
7. ICANN's corporate charter emphasizes its role in overseeing operation of the unique DNS root:
". . . the Corporation shall . . . pursue the charitable and public purposes . . . of promoting the global public interest in the operational stability of the Internet by . . . (iv) overseeing operation of the authoritative Internet DNS root server system . . . ."
ICANN Articles of Incorporation, para. 3. The phrase "the authoritative Internet DNS root server system" is decidedly in the singular.
8. The Memorandum of Understanding between the United States Government and ICANN that governs the transfer of responsibilities from the U.S. Department of Commerce to ICANN also makes reference to the authoritative root in the singular, not in the plural:
"In the DNS Project, the parties will jointly design, develop, and test the mechanisms, methods, and procedures to carry out the following DNS management functions: . . .
"b. Oversight of the operation of the authoritative root server system;
"c. Oversight of the policy for determining the circumstances under which new top level domains would be added to the root system . . . ."
9. White Paper, 63 Fed. Reg. at 31742.
10. RFC 2929, "Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations," section 3.2 (D. Eastlake, E. Brunner-Williams, and B. Manning Sep. 2000).
11. Internet Draft, "Internationalizing the DNS-A New Class" (J. Klensin Dec. 2000).
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The Idaho Senate on Wednesday passed House Bill 271 to require an election for municipal buildings and stadiums that use urban-renewal money — which comes from property taxes — and whose total funding consists mostly of public money from any state or local source, including urban-renewal funds.
The original bill sailed through the House but stalled in the Senate when Sen. Jim Rice, a Caldwell Republican in his first year as chairman of the Senate’s Local Government and Taxation Committee, refused to give it a hearing, saying it wasn’t narrowly tailored enough. But Rice then worked with other legislators, including the House sponsors, to revise and revive it.
The mayor’s office saw the bill as an attack on Boise’s plans. Rice said the amended version of the bill is not.
“I don’t know if it would affect the stadium project at all,” he said in a phone interview Thursday.
The original bill said any projects that use urban-renewal money, no matter how little, would have to be approved by 55 percent of voters. The amended version requires voter approval only if a project exceeds $1 million and is funded by at least 51 percent non-federal public money. That spending would have to be approved by 60 percent of voters, as state law already requires, not 55 percent.
Urban renewal comes from property taxes on any rise in property values within urban renewal districts created by city councils. In Boise, urban renewal districts are administered by the Capital City Development Corp., or CCDC, the city’s urban renewal agency.
The library project was once anticipated to cost more than $100 million, but city officials later said the spending would stay between $80 and $85 million. That money is expected to come from $18 million in philanthropy, $15 million in CCDC funding, $15 million from other city funds and $32 million to $37 million in lease financing.
The stadium is estimated to cost $50 million, $3 million of which would come from the city, according to previous Statesman reporting. Approximately $8 million to $9 million would come from a hotel room tax through the Greater Boise Auditorium District, according to Todd Dvorak of Strategies 360, which does communications work for the stadium developer. Most of the remaining expense would be covered with bonds through CCDC. The bonds would be repaid with increased property taxes created by the surrounding development — urban-renewal money — and lease payments of more than $1 million per year made by Agon Sports, which owns the Boise Hawks and the soccer team that would play at the new stadium.
John Brunelle, executive director of CCDC, told the Statesman that it would take his staff a few days to study the amended bill and understand its ramifications. Meanwhile, he declined to comment on what its effects might be.
State Sen. Maryanne Jordan, D-Boise and the minority caucus chair, said she thinks the bill would harm Boise — as well as other cities all over Idaho.
“My concerns are that it would slow projects considerably all over the state,” said Jordan, who served on Boise City Council for 15 years and was president for eight. “It would add a year or two to a lot of projects, which would make costs go up.”
She told the Statesman that she believed the bill could affect the library project, but she wasn’t sure.
Bieter himself was busy all day and unavailable to comment, Journee said. Neither Kevin Booe, director of the Boise Public Library, nor Chris Schoen, managing principal for Greenstone Properties, which would build the new stadium, returned messages.
When the original bill passed the Idaho House on March 11 in a 59-11 vote, Bieter said he hoped the bill would die. “It’s hard to do business in context where you don’t know what will change,” Bieter told the Statesman then.
The revised bill faces a hearing at 9 a.m. Friday in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee in the Capitol.
A group of about two dozen Boise residents, who want voters to decide on a new library and proposed stadium, gather at a park along Vista Avenue on Saturday, March 16, 2019, to begin a signature drive to add two initiatives to the November ballot.
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Hayley Harding
Hayley covers local government for the Idaho Statesman with a primary focus on Boise. Previously, she worked for the Salisbury Daily Times, the Hartford Courant, the Denver Post and McClatchy’s D.C. bureau. Hayley graduated from Ohio University with degrees in journalism and political science.If you like seeing stories like this, please consider supporting our work with a digital subscription to the Idaho Statesman.
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Nelson Mandela values are more appropriate at present: Sushma Swaraj
Shivangi Agrawal
Recently, the External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj in the Peace summit of Nelson Mandela talked about the values of Nelson Mandela. She said the values of forgiveness, compassion, and inclusivity embraced by late South African President Nelson Mandela are even more appropriate today in the world which is “beset with conflicts, terror and hateful ideologies. Evoking India’s strong bond with “Madiba”, she said that Nelson Mandela was lovingly addressed by people all over the world. She said that now also Indians consider Nelson Mandela to be one of their own.
She further added that we are so proud to call him a Bharat Ratna, Jewel of India, his life is an inspiration for all of us. He was courageous and fearless and showed bravery in the face of discrimination and hardship, Said Sushma.
Besides this, Swaraj also said that the world today is beset with conflicts, terror and hateful ideologies that are transcending borders and impacting our lives. She highlighted that no one should be authorized to support terror or its perpetration. Our communal survival as a global family requires that the wisdom of pioneering leaders such as Mandela should remain as our moral compass.
Nelson Mandela received the Bharat Ratna, India’s biggest civilian award in 1990. He is among only two non-Indians to be conferred with the honor. Abdul Ghaffar Khan was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1987. India treasures its special relationship and longstanding partnership with Africa and its people.
Nelson Mandela and Gandhi Ji’s close bonds are reflected in the philosophy and both of them led their peoples to freedom through mass peaceful struggles. Sushma further added that the two leaders made all efforts to overcome disruptive and narrow identity politics to turn society’s diversity into its strength instead of a weakness.
While giving the speech in the Summit, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke about the growing pressure against human rights across the world and advised everyone to draw encouragement from Mandela’s wisdom, courage, and strength, to face the challenges.
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Breathing life into Baitarani
Makarand Purohit
The river basin of Baitarani is facing many challenges in these changing times. Initiatives are on to protect it.
Pranab Choudhury
Pranab Choudhury has been actively engaged with the causes of the poor and the environment for more than a decade. A senior development researcher, practitioner and a consultant at Baitarani Initiative office at Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, he focuses on issues related to agriculture, forest, environment and water sector in India and South Asia.
Earlier, he has worked as a scientist with Indian Council of Agriculture Research for eight years. For his work in developing a participatory watershed model in the tribal eastern ghats, he received Vasant Rao Naik Award for Research Application in Agriculture in 2002. Pranab has more than 50 research papers to his credit which he has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at many international and national conferences. He is the co-founder of Odisha Water Forum and a founder member of Odisha Nadi Surakhsya Samukshya, a group formed to protect Odisha rivers. He has also served as a member of the steering committee of the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India.
Due to his interest in innovation in the water sector and his belief in futuristic river basin resources management approach, he joined an NGO Shristi that is working on environment and river basin issues in Odisha as project coordinator and started coordinating Baitarani river basin initiatives in Odisha.
He spoke to India Water Portal about the challenges that the Baitarani river basin faces and the possible solutions to them.
What is the Baitarani initiative?
Baitarani initiative is an attempt to optimise the use of knowledge, research and innovation in the development of the Baitarani river basin. In this initiative, we are trying to engage qualified professionals and volunteers to address issues related to the river basin at different levels like governance, environment, livelihood, forestry, etc.
Why this initiative?
No civil society organisation has so far attempted to bring river basin in India as a management unit in an integrated manner. There were government and NGO programmes around integrated watershed development and actions at the river basin were limited to catchment treatment. There was a need for an inclusive approach towards river basin development through citizen and stakeholder participation.
The inhabitants of the river basin were not aware of their role in its management. Neither were they aware of the implications of the development programmes taken by the government on the basin. There have not been any connection or communication between the upstream and downstream inhabitants and riparian communities along the main stream and tributaries, while the river connected them both longitudinally and laterally. Any form of public dialogue to address the issues around the river basin was absent. Meanwhile, incidents like river-bed rising, floods, mining, pollution, delta-salinity, mangrove-erosion, etc were rising threatening the basin resources and livelihoods. To trigger public debates, concerns and actions around the river basin, there is a need to develop a holistic perspective of the river in the society.
What are the challenges you are currently facing at Baitarani?
There are multiple problems. Baitarani catchment bears high pressure of mining and industrialisation, deforestation and has a vulnerable population of indigenous communities. Thanks to the many embankments and escapes, the delta gets flooded often. There are issues related to access, availability and quality of surface and groundwater, irrigation management, reducing fish catch and diversity, delta salinity and mangrove erosion.
Based on our assessment of the basin, we had suggested Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) for Baitarani to the government of Odisha along with the constitution of an inclusive river basin organisation (RBO). The government of Odisha had constituted the Baitarani River Basin Organisation in 2012, adopting Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) framework. Baitarani is the first RBO in Odisha which remains on paper and no concrete work has so far been done by the government. The RBO has excluded many stakeholders and focuses more on hydrology and engineering.
Baitarani's water is increasingly being used for industrial consumption. There are plans to lay two pipelines from Keojhar to Paradeep for transporting iron ore through slurries by making use of Baitarani's water. This would affect the environment and the community life in the area.
Baitarani is now one of the most heavily polluted rivers. The pollution is not only due to industries; faecal pollution is also a major contributor with no treatment plants of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) along the river. The river is also affected by high levels of manganese and chromium contamination. Hexachrome pollution is a major concern with high concentrations reported at Dhamra confluence, 100 km away from the mining area upstream.
There is a discrepancy in the state and central government data about the water availability in the river basin which is leading to a conflict between the centre and the state government. For example, Ministry of Water Resources says that the catchment area of Mahanadi basin is 141589 sq km whereas the Odisha government data says it is 132100 sq km. There are many similar examples like this.
Why there is this discrepancy in data related to rivers in India?
There is a lack of coordination between various government departments and external agencies that collect data. There is a need to widen data collection parameters, frequency and intensity of collection. We must consider standardising research methodology, decentralising and crowd sourcing data for transparency and efficiency. Data convergence through information available from different sources and management of the information of the rivers is the need of the hour.
Is it possible to revive the rivers in Odisha?
Yes, a positive trend has started. When we started working on issues related to Baitarani, some people's movement and dialogue related to rivers had already started in the Brahmani (part of Baitarani-Brahmani river basin). Over the past decades, we see sprouting of many socio-environmental movements around both big and small rivers. For the first time, the political parties of Odisha and Chhattisgarh participated in people's movement activities on the Mahanadi issue in 2010-11. Now, the government of Odisha is saying that the ecological flow of the river should be maintained. Things are working but the the pace is slow.
What are your recommendations to improve the condition of rivers in India?
There is a need to conduct an overall impact assessment of all proposed interventions across the length and breadth of the river basin in every 10 years with citizen participation.
To develop a river basin, there is a need for developing a common platform where engineers, industrialists, common man, farmers, fisherfolks, etc come together and debate, discuss and share their common concerns and suggestions to improve the situation. Right now there is no such platform.
We need to sit together and develop river basin plans based on water policy with correct data.
Convergence of data and technology is needed.
We should take the inhabitants and the biodiversity of the river basin into consideration while charting out development plans.
There is a need to inform people about all aspect of river basin plan and data because river is the lifeline of the society. Without transparency and people participation, the idea of sustaining and conserving our rivers is not possible.
We should allow innovation and use technology in developing better rivers for the people.
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The Destined Seven
1067 words (4 minute read)
by Matthew James Linkowski
Inside of the graveyard...
Rina, of course, had an explanation, “When you guys had the block, you could only see the parts of the mortal world that regular humans are able to see. Now that it’s gone you’ll notice that a lot isn’t as it once seemed. This world is a lot bigger with magic in it.”
I guess that made sense. Now I was mentally kicking myself for not taking a better look at the layout when I was up in the oak tree. As we walk the desolate path winding in and out between the graves and statues darkness falls upon us further. The stars hidden behind a sea of black clouds, and no light except for the small glow from our daggers hanging at our hips. I can feel goose bumps rising on the flesh of my arm, and I cannot recall the last time I was this creeped out. There are no noises that I would normally associate with the night. Not any crickets, or birds. Not even the sound of traffic… The quietness and stillness is both very calming and alarming. I’m not sure if I should relax or…
“I really don’t like this,” Nathan states what I believe we are all feeling, “Something isn’t quite right. It’s too quiet here.”
Rina nods in agreement, “I don’t see this well-” She’s cut off by the sound of twisting metal. The sound is so out of place after the silence that it feels like nails on a chalkboard, every hair on my body rising to the tune.
Immediately we are all on guard, trying to pinpoint the exact location that it’s coming from.
When we realize it’s coming from the direction we had just traveled we bolt to the nearest and largest tombstone, about seven feet tall stands a guardian angel with its wings folded in. We take cover behind it and wait.
The sound stops just as quickly as it started and we are once again deaf to everything except for each other. “What was that?” I ask. Both of my friends shake their heads, but I know we’re all thinking the same thing.
Rina looks through the gap between one of the angel’s wings and leg. She stays like that for a few seconds before turning around and quietly sitting on the ground to rest her back against the base of the tombstone. “It has got to be the golem. It must have tracked us somehow.”
I can see the whites of Nate’s eyes when they widen with absolute terror in the darkness, “What should we do? How do we defeat it?”
Rina then bites her lip as she considers it, “Golems are created by someone, or are resurrected and controlled by a master… I can’t remember which. Regardless, usually they have a scroll in their mouth that keeps them going. Destroy the scroll, stop the monster.”
I shake my head at the thought of one of us walking casually up to it and shoving our hand down its throat, “It’s so big and fast though. How would we get close enough to even look for a scroll?” I ask.
Rina’s shoulders slump, she knows I have a point. We have only gotten through about a quarter of the cemetery in search of the well, if that. With a clay giant on our heels that is hell bent on killing us… it would be almost impossible for us to locate it, let alone figure out what were supposed to do once we get there.
The golem is most definitely coming from the way we had already traveled, if it is indeed tracking us. That means eventually it will catch up to us no matter what. “We need to come up with something fast,” I stress.
Nate chimes in, “We outsmarted it before, why not again?” We both look to Rina and she shrugs her shoulders, “I don’t know,” she says “we can try to all go separate directions, but that will only make us tired in the long run. That thing won’t run out of breath or give up. Or we can try to replicate the protection spell. ”
Before we can agree on a plan we hear a noise, so all of us stop talking, but it stops as soon as we do. Nathan leans over to see where the noise had come from and everything happens very quickly…
The angel above us bursts into pieces, and rubble rains down on us. Our fight or flight instincts kick in and suddenly Rina and I are running one way while Nathan flees in the opposite direction. The golem looks over at us for the briefest of seconds and then begins to chase Nate. I pivot and almost slip from the condensation on the grass and begin to run towards the beast. Rina tries to stop me but I pull away from her, I can’t leave Nathan to be run down by that thing!
I run as fast as I can, the fastest I’ve ever ran in my entire life, but the golem is faster. Nathan is fast, but not fast enough. When the golem is almost on top of him, Nate turns with incredible speed in an attempt to evade it. He knows that because of the speed and size that it won’t be able to stop as fast as him. It was an absolutely brilliant idea, like a bullfighter, but he was the cape. As soon as he does it I think it’s going to work, but something goes horribly wrong.
As Nathan turns to run another direction, unanticipated, the golem opens its long arms, just barely clipping Nate. The speed of the impact is like watching him getting hit by a bus, he flies about ten feet through the air and into a gravestone where he collapses on the cold earth.
I can’t breathe. I watch as the golem slows down to a stop and turns to where Nathan’s body lies motionless. I can tell what it’s going to do. That it ultimately wants to finish what it started. If Nathan isn’t dead already, he will be by the time I reach him.
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Microsoft Wants to Store the Entire Internet on a DNA Strand
The company encoded a record breaking 200 megabytes of data onto DNA.
By William Hoffman
Filed Under Biology
Whether it’s books, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, or the cloud, technology has always advanced faster than we can convert the old media to the newest medium. However, there is one place where information has remained pristine for thousands of years: our DNA.
“As long as there is DNA-based life on the planet, we’ll be interested in reading it,” says Karin Strauss, a researcher with Microsoft, noting that woolly mammoth DNA was discovered several thousand years after extinction.
“It’s eternally relevant,” she says.
Today, Microsoft in collaboration with the University of Washington announced it has stored a record-breaking 200 megabytes of data onto a single strand of molecular DNA.
The media inside includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights translated in more than 100 languages, the top 100 classic books from the free e-book site Project Gutenberg, a seed database from the nonprofit Crop Trust, and, oddly enough, the band OK Go’s Rube Goldberg-inspired music video for “This Too Shall Pass.”
There are a couple of advantages to storing data this way. It’s durable with what Microsoft claims is a half-life of 500 years. And, it’s dense, with the capability of fitting all the information in one of Google’s more than 68,000 square-foot data centers into something the size of a sugar cube. Or, in other words, the company says it could fit all the information that currently exists on the internet into a device the size of a shoe box. That’s far better than what the guys on Silicon Valley proposed in the latest season.
Microsoft isn’t there yet, but this does represent a milestone. It builds on previous efforts such as a Harvard researcher encoding a 50,000-word book onto DNA back in 2012 totaling less than 1 megabyte, and that same researcher this year increasing the threshold to 22 megabytes. In 2013, the European Bioinformatics Institute also copied 739 kilobytes of data into DNA, including Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
Today’s announcement is a marked increase of about 10 times those best efforts and shows that a future with DNA storage isn’t so impossible. The team has even said it’s going to start using computer science principles such as error correction that will speed up development even more.
Yet, price remains a large barrier, and the team has a long way before this can be a viable archival tool, says Luis Henrique Ceze, the principal researcher from the University of Washington on the project. Ultimately, the technology needs to be as cheap or cheaper than the current standard of storing data on tape, and that’s a high bar to vault, according to Reinhard Heckel, DNA storage researcher at University of California, Berkeley.
Digital data from more than 600 basic smartphones can be stored in the faint pink smear of DNA at the end of this test tube.
DNA already holds all the biological information for all living development, functioning, and reproduction, so why not add some OK Go music videos to the mix?
“DNA is an amazing information storage molecule that encodes data about how a living system works. We’re repurposing that capacity to store digital data — pictures, videos, documents,” said Ceze. “This is one important example of the potential of borrowing from nature to build better computer systems.”
Media via Tara Brown Photography/University of Washington., Tara Brown Photography/University of Washington
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US company to open R&D centre
An American technology company building the next generation of LiDAR and 3D sensor solutions for autonomous vehicles and industrial automation is set to significantly enhance its presence in Scotland, following a £1.9m grant from Scottish Enterprise.
US technology company, Sense Photonics is to open a Research and Development Centre in Edinburgh.
Sense Photonics will open an Advanced LiDAR Research and Development Centre in Edinburgh, creating 38 high-value jobs in the process. The company is at the forefront of the innovative LiDAR industry, with ground-breaking technology based on more than 200 patents.
Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Sense Photonics currently has a small research base in Edinburgh, with the company already enjoying a positive working relationship with the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Integrated Micro and Nano Systems.
Welcoming the news, Scottish Government Innovation Minister, Ivan McKee, said: “Sense Photonics decision to locate their new base in Edinburgh reflects Scotland’s long and distinguished history in the field of photonics, punching above its weight in a globally competitive market for over a century.
Founded in 2016, Sense Photonics’ cutting-edge, fully solid-state LiDAR system aims to usher in a new era of advanced 3D imaging technology for automotive and industrial applications, including autonomous cars and robotic systems.
Sense Photonics will create a globally competitive research centre in Edinburgh, which will include laboratory and office space. The centralised R&D centre will bring all elements of sensor research and development within a single location, taking advantage of the deep pool of talent in the region.
We are very excited to partner with Scottish Enterprises to build our Advanced LiDAR Research and Development Centre in Edinburgh. Working closely with the University of Edinburgh for the past year, we have already built one of the best advanced sensor development teams in the world, and we look forward to expanding rapidly with this new support.
Scott Burroughs, CEO, Sense Photonics
As the national economic agency for Scotland, Scottish Enterprise provides financial support to companies to develop the country’s economy, create new employment opportunities and protect existing jobs.
Mark Hallan, Director, Scottish Enterprise, said: “The decision by Sense Photonics to grow their presence in Edinburgh has the potential to put Scotland at the centre of the fast-growing LiDAR technology industry. Scotland is already home to the University of Edinburgh’s pioneering Institute of Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, so there is a real opportunity to develop an ecosystem of talent in this sector here...
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Ministers got €91,000 accommodation tax relief
Mon, Apr 21, 2008, 01:00
Harry McGee
MINISTERS WHOSE constituencies are outside Dublin were afforded tax relief of over €91,000 when they claimed a total of €218,000 in accommodation expenses in the capital during 2006 under the dual abode allowance scheme.
The tax relief scheme was set up for Ministers and Ministers of State from outside the capital who need to maintain a second residence in Dublin in addition to his or her main residence. The type of residence covered includes a second house or apartment, rented accommodation, arrangements to stay with relatives in their home, as well as lodgings or hotel accommodation.
Ministers can claim an income tax deduction in respect of expenses incurred in maintaining that second residence, at the top tax rate - currently 41 per cent.
In 2006, the latest year for which figures are available, a total of 15 Ministers and Ministers of State claimed the allowance. The total amount of expenditure claimed was €218,453, which entitled them to tax relief totalling €91,750.26.
The Revenue Commissioners, which furnished the figures to The Irish Times, would not identify individual Ministers for reasons of confidentiality.
The breakdown of the figures shows that €30,369 was clawed back as tax relief on second homes; a total of €21,840 was given as relief for maintenance of owned properties; while the value of tax relief on hotel accommodation amounted to €39,540.90.
Details of the scheme show that comparatively generous reliefs are available to ministers. It has been criticised in the past as a perk that is available only to politicians but to no other section in society.
For a second home, an allowance is made equivalent to the annual mortgage interest at the 41 per cent rate. In addition, if the residence is acquired during the term of office, the costs of acquiring the property, including solicitor's fees and auctioneer's fees can also be claimed.
In addition, an office holder is entitled to an allowance for the actual vouched costs expended in maintaining the second residence. Examples of maintenance costs are light, heating, repairs and insurance. If a Minister does not wish to submit vouched costs, he or she is entitled to claim a flat-rate allowance of €6,350 per annum.
For rented accommodation, the office holder can claim an allowance equivalent to the actual cost of renting the accommodation, in addition to the costs for maintaining the residence.
If somebody is staying in a hotel or lodgings, the allowance which can be claimed will be the equivalent to the actual cost of room rental.
All Ministers and Ministers of State are entitled to this allowance. Of the eight non-Dublin Ministers, those who own second residences in Dublin include Tánaiste Brian Cowen; Minister for Enterprise and Employment Micheál Martin; Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan and Minister for Social Affairs Martin Cullen.
Mr Cowen's spokesman said he avails of the tax breaks afforded by the dual abode allowance for his city centre apartment, purchased in 2004. He uses the one-bedroom apartment when Government business prevents him from returning to his home in Tullamore. Due to security considerations, Mr Cowen's living arrangements in Dublin may be reviewed when he becomes Taoiseach next month.
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív stays with relatives while in the capital. Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea stays in a hotel in the city centre on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern both return to their homes in Trim, Co Meath, and Dundalk, Co Louth, each night.
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Canada's first female astronaut gives talk about work and experiences
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Published: Mar 26 at 10:09 p.m.
Updated: Mar 29 at 8:51 a.m.
Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut and acclaimed neurologist, is interviewed at the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon during her visit to the city on March 26, 2019. She spoke about her work and experiences at the University of Saskatchewan on March 26. (Matt Olson/Saskatoon StarPhoenix) - Postmedia News Service
When Dr. Roberta Bondar looked out the shuttle window, Earth didn’t quite look like a big blue marble, but it certainly looked vulnerable.
“Looking at the Earth from space for me was cementing the reality that we’re on a planet,” she said. “There’s nobody out there that’s going to help us but ourselves.”
Bondar’s talk at the University of Saskatchewan on Tuesday evening was part of the Whelen Lecture and Women in Science Speaker Series. As a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery, she orbited the Earth 129 times over about eight days in January 1992. She was Canada’s first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space.
While her research in Spacelab focused primarily on the effects of space travel on the human body, being in space greatly changed her mind as well, giving her a new understanding of the future of the planet, she said.
Beyond her work as a medical scientist, she formed the Roberta Bondar Foundation with the intention of educating people about the health of the environment.
“I think the physician thing is what ties it all together. It’s about the health of the planet. So if you take care of Earth, you take care of us,” she said.
The foundation’s Avian Migration Aerial Surface Space (AMASS) project, also known as Protecting Space for Birds, is the culmination of a decades-long interest in the natural word and her work as an astronaut.
Partnering with NASA, the project documents the migratory paths of birds declared threatened or endangered. Bondar shoots photos of the birds on Earth, while up in the International Space Station, photos of their paths are taken based on coordinates her foundation provides.
“Astronauts fly like birds do. We go across international boundaries because we don’t see them from space and as birds they don’t either,” she said. “And yet they are really very vulnerable to policies and directives made by these different countries over which migratory birds fly.”
Astronauts and birds can cross Earth’s boundaries, but it’s the smaller-scale sociopolitical ones that are difficult to escape.
Referring to recent news of the cancellation of NASA’s all-female spacewalk, Bondar said she’s also experience that kind of scenario, where women are “out-engineered” from a program.
“Certainly the Space Shuttle, when it was built it didn’t have women in mind. When the Challenger accident happened and they retrofitted a whole bunch of survival equipment and ejection stuff, a lot of it is very difficult for women to do,” she said. “But it doesn’t mean we can’t do it. It’s just that, come on, let’s just engineer it so that we’re not trying to exclude people.”
Bondar compared seeing Earth for the first time to meeting a celebrity — someone who existed out of perception suddenly becoming a fully-formed, living being.
“You know it’s a planet, but man, you should get off and see what a planet looks like. It’s the Earth, it’s the largest thing we’ve ever seen. It’s a life form.”
By Amanda Short
amshort@postmedia.com
Copyright Postmedia Network Inc., 2019
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Ivy Lee Denies Nazi Sympathies; Report in Press is Discredited
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Responding to “rumors” widely featured in the Yiddish press yesterday, the offices of Ivy Lee Sr., one of the foremost publicity men of the country, yesterday told the Jewish Daily Bulletin that the concern had nothing whatever to do with Nazi propaganda or the activities of Nazis in this country.
According to the reports which appeared in the foreign language press. Ivy Lee had been brought before the Congressional Committee to Investigate Nazi Propaganda, and subsequently he had written his resignation from the League of Friends of New Germany under pressure from Rockefeller interests, which he represents as public relations counsel at a salary of $30,000 yearly. The “tip-off” to the story, one of the papers admitted, came in a two-line reference appearing in Walter Winchell’s column in the Daily Mirror. Dr. I. T. Griebl, who has long been identified with Nazi affairs, was mentioned as one of the Nazis who took part at an alleged executive session of the League of Friends of New Germany at the Turn Halle from morning until midnight, which assertedly was called for the purpose of discussing Lee’s rumored withdrawal.
Lee, who has been ailing for months, was not available yesterday. It was said that he has been out of town recently.
Burnham Carter, a partner of and spokesman for Lee, denied that the concern had anything to do with Nazi propaganda or activities either here or in Germany. He stated that the concern’s sole German account consisted of publicity work for the large Industrial Gesellschaft, the German dye industry. He stated further that Ivy Lee had absolutely no connection with the Friends of New Germany or any of its leaders, that he had not been threatened with the withdrawal of the Rockefeller accounts in the event that he “continued handling Nazi propaganda,” and that no word, written or oral had ever passed between the Friends of New Germany and Ivy Lee.
Dr. I. T. Griebl, prominently mentioned as having taken part in the alleged executive session in the Turn Halle, states that he has no knowledge of such a session, and that he did not meet with the Friends of New Germany on Tuesday, as claimed. He said that, to his knowledge, the only meeting held was the regular weekly meeting of the League of Friends of New Germany which took place at the Turn Halle on Tuesday night but this, he asserts, he did not attend.
Observers at the Congressional Committee secret hearings held here last week report that Ivy Lee did not appear before the committee. It was said, however, that Lee’s accounts had been brought before the committee, apparently to learn whether or not his concern had transferred funds from Germany to Nazis in this country. Account books brought before the committee, It was said, constituted almost a truckload. They were brought by two men from Lee’s offices.
Carter, Lee’s partner, would not discuss the investigation. He refused to state whether or not Lee had appeared before that body, and he expressed the opinion that Lee himself would not give the information inasmuch as the hearings were private.
When asked concerning the authenticity of reports that Ivy Lee Jr., Lee’s son, had any connection with the Reichs propaganda Ministerium in Berlin and whether or not he had been assigned a desk in that department, carter yesterday replied that he had no knowledge of these reports.
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Val Skinner Partners with Discovery Education to Launch a Higher School Science Curriculum Focused on Cancer Genetics
BAY HEAD, N.J. -- The Val Skinner Foundation is partnering with Discovery Education to launch a national innovative science curriculum for high school students focused on cancer genetics. Skinner made the announcement at the 16th annual LIFE Event (LPGA Pros in the Fight to Eradicate breast cancer) held at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J.
Skinner and some of the LPGA's biggest stars raised more than $500,000, bringing the foundation's 16-year total to more than $10 million raised for scientific research, early detection and educational programs, plus clinical support for those affected.
"I am so proud that BioCONECT will now reach millions of students and educators through Discovery Education," said Skinner, a former LPGA player. "The core mission of our foundation is driving awareness through education, particularly among young people, so this is a perfect fit."
In 2008, the Val Skinner Foundation, in collaboration with the LIFE Center at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (RCINJ), established BioCONECT, an inquiry-based biology curriculum for high school students designed to improve science skills and increase breast cancer awareness. The program was piloted in New Jersey and later introduced in schools in South Carolina and Florida.
Through the reach of the Discovery Education network, the program will be available nationwide to more than 35 million students and 3.8 million educators.
"Discovery Education is proud to join forces with the Val Skinner Foundation and the RCINJ to empower young people and their families with digital tools and resources to increase cancer awareness and advocacy," said Joni Henderson, Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, Discovery Education. "Through this partnership, all students, educators and communities nationwide will have access to the BioCONECT curriculum, which is designed to provide a greater scientific understanding of cancer, articulate preventative measures, and digitally showcase the STEM careers that are working towards finding a cure."
The program, also being developed in collaboration with the Rutgers School of Public Health, is expected to launch in fall 2015.
"Now is the perfect time to introduce this innovative program nationwide. With growing national focus on precision medicine and what genome research can mean to scientific discovery in the future, our youth will be intrigued, engaged and most importantly better informed," said Dr. Deb Toppmeyer, Director of the LIFE Center at RCINJ.
More information on the Val Skinner Foundation, LIFE Event and programs funded by the event can be found at www.valskinnerfoundation.org.
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Home / News / Malaysian armed forces “ready for duty” for Jerusalem
Malaysian armed forces “ready for duty” for Jerusalem
Posted by: Hamad Momin in News, News Views, User Generated 10/12/2017 0
The Malaysian defence minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, has said that the Malaysian Armed Forces are prepared to perform their duty and are awaiting instructions from the top leadership with regards to Al-Quds (Jerusalem).
The minister said that the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of “Israel” was “a slap in the face for the entire Muslim world”. [1] Hussein stated that,
“We have to be prepared for any possibilities. The ATM [Malaysian Armed Forces] has always been ready, waiting for instructions from the top leadership.” [2]
US President Trump’s recent provocations have sparked worldwide outrage and ignited demonstrations from east to west. Hamas called for an uprising against Israel on Friday, calling it a “Day of Rage”. Tensions have risen across the Palestinian territories as Israeli forces intimidate demonstratiors trying to disperse the large crowds, injuring and detaining dozens.
On Friday, the Red Crescent said that its workers had attended to nearly 800 injuries in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. [4]
On Sunday, around 10,000 Indonesians gathered in support of Palestinians and protested outside the US embassy. Demonstrators, carried posters and banners that read “U.S. Embassy, Get Out from Al Quds,” ″Free Jerusalem and Palestinians” and “We are with the Palestinians.” [5]
Indonesia has the world’s largest population of Muslims and has been a long-time supporter of the Palestinian people, with no diplomatic ties with the Zionist state.
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[1] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/jerusalem-malaysia-army-ready-play-role-171210083417291.html
[2] http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/us-jerusalem-move-malaysian-army-ready-to-play-role/1000000
[3] https://www.islam21c.com/news-views/hamas-calls-uprising-israel-friday-day-rage/
[4] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/tense-scenes-rallies-jerusalem-move-continue-171209134755423.html
[5] https://www.apnews.com/910de7e132814f32a140e84aa1fa1916/Thousands-of-Indonesians-rally-at-US-Embassy-over-Jerusalem
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Bolles' Spencer Lunghino overcomes adversity to become area's top player
A year ago, Bolles standout Spencer Lunghino thought his tennis career was over.
His physician told him he had a fractured vertebra.
Lunghino had sought treatment after months of grueling back pain. Now, he was at a crossroads.
"The doctor told me the news, and I was really depressed," Lunghino said. "I couldn't believe there was a chance I might never be able to play again. I had a stress fracture in my vertebra that either was from playing or something I was born with. It's something I still have, but I focused on healing up and getting back on the court."
Lunghino wore a brace for the next five months and endured physical therapy every day for three months. Eventually, he was able to return to the game.
After missing his junior season, Lunghino made up for lost time. He became Bolles' top player, going 13-1 and reaching the Class 2A state finals at No. 1 singles. An accomplished doubles player as well, Lunghino also reached the state finals in No. 1 doubles with Beau Treyz. His contributions enabled Bolles to finish as the state runner-up and that earned him the title of Times-Union All-First Coast boys tennis player of the year.
"Having a season like that was really special," Lunghino said. "I felt like all of my hard work had paid off. It was a great season for our team and for me."
Lunghino didn't drop a set all season until losing in the finals to Miami Gulliver Prep's Christopher Jackman 7-6 (3), 7-5. Lunghino dominated in every other match, facing a tiebreaker on just one other occasion.
"Spencer has a lot of strengths, but what stands out is his ability to move forward on the court," Bolles coach John Tsumas said. "He has a very aggressive, attacking style. He gets to the net whenever he can. He's also very tall at 6-feet-2 and very athletic. He looks like a wide receiver athletically out there."
Lunghino will now focus his attention on his collegiate career. He will play for Middlebury College, an NCAA Division III power in tennis.
"He has a great future ahead of him," Tsumas said. "He's going to a strong program, and I think he'll be a great college player for them with his all-around game. What makes Spencer so good is how hard he trains and the dedication he has off the court."
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2013 Colorado Business Hall of Fame Inductees
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce the 2013 inductees into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame representing the Colorado’s most distinguished business leaders from the past and present.
“Inclusion in the Colorado Business Hall of Fame is the pinnacle of success and recognition,” said Chris Harr, 2012/2013 chairman of the Junior Achievement board of directors. “These leaders provide inspiration for future trailblazers and have left a legacy that reinforces the importance and value of the free enterprise system. Because of their achievements, our community is a much better place.”
Laureates, selected for their enduring and innovative professional contributions to Colorado, inspirational and ethical acumen and philanthropic endeavors, will be inducted at the 24th annual Colorado Business Hall of Fame Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Convention Center. The event is generously underwritten by UMB Bank.
For details about this event or to purchase a table or tickets, please contact Shawna Robbins at 303-260-6286 or SRobbins@JAColorado.org.
2013 Colorado Business Hall of Fame Laureates
TEMPLE HOYNE BUELL
Temple Hoyne Buell was a civic and business leader in Colorado throughout his life. Buell established the largest architectural firm in the Rocky Mountain area and designed more than 300 buildings in Colorado including one of the first shopping malls in the country. In addition to being president of Buell & Co., he was president of multiple other corporations, including the Denver Motor Hotel Inc.; Buell Building Inc.; Civic Building Inc.; Fraternal Building Inc.; Nassau Building Inc.; and Buell Development Corporation. The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation was established in 1962 in order to support his charitable interests. Today, the Foundation supports programs and initiatives for children, especially in the areas of early intervention, prevention and improving the social and educational systems critical to the well-being of Colorado’s youngest citizens. Since 1962, the foundation has grown its endowment to $250 million and now gives $9 million in grants annually to nonprofit organizations in Colorado. To date, the foundation has granted approximately $100 million.
GLENN R. JONES
Glenn R. Jones Chairman, CEO of Jones International Ltd. and founder of Jones International University has spent four decades extending the reach of technology, first by bringing cable television to American homes, then by fusing education with the Internet to deliver education to lifelong learners worldwide. Along the way, Jones has created numerous businesses in the fields of digital encryption, digital compression, Internet technology, e-commerce, software development, education, cable networks, entertainment, mobile communications, radio networks and advertising sales. He has also authored several books including “Cyberschools, An Education Renaissance,” and “Free Market Fusion.” In addition to several honorary doctorate degrees, Jones has received numerous awards from various organizations for his outstanding contributions in the fields of distance education and cable television. He has previously been inducted into three Halls of Fame.
DON KORTZ
A Denver native, Don Kortz has played an active role in consulting with law firms, other professional organizations and major corporations in their expansion, contraction and relocation needs. He is chairman of the board for Cassidy Turley, the fourth largest commercial real estate firm in the country with offices throughout the United States and 72 international offices. Kortz received his bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and his juris doctorate from the University of Denver. He is a past chair of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, The Children’s Hospital Colorado, Rose Medical Center, Colorado Concern and University of Denver Institute for Interfaith Studies. He also has served, or serves, as a trustee or board member on National Jewish Health, Denver Zoological Foundation, Mizel Museum, Judith Ann Griese Foundation, Jewish Community Center, Health One and Denver Board of Water Commissioners. Kortz was appointed by Governor Ritter to the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care (208 Commission).
RONALD E. MONTOYA
Ronald E. Montoya, owner of Innov8 Solutions USA and chairman of Solera National Bank, is a recognized business leader, promoting continued growth and development of business in the United States and abroad, bringing economic benefits and diversity to the community. He has served as chairman of the board for the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and as Executive Director of the Colorado Office of Minority Business. Montoya holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and juris doctorate from University of Denver. Montoya has received several commendations, awards and certificates throughout his career including the Del Hock Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Denver Metro Chamber Foundation. In 2011, on its Silver Anniversary, The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Denver honored Montoya by naming an award the Ronald E. Montoya Lifetime Achievement Award.
ROD AND BETH SLIFER
Rod and Beth Slifer’s community leadership has been an economic driver for tourism in Colorado for more than 50 years. Rod Slifer, the first-ever realtor in Vail, has become a major force in Vail’s evolution from ski area to mega-resort. He is now the principal of Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate, the Vail Valley’s largest and most prolific real estate brokerage. He has served as a member of the Vail Town Council and the mayor of Vail. He is a founding director of Alpine Banks of Colorado, director of Colorado Open Lands and the Vail Valley Foundation, and is one of the founders of the University of Colorado Real Estate Center and Real Estate Foundation.
Beth Slifer is the founder of Slifer Designs Interior Design & Retail with locations in Vail and Denver. For the past decade, she has provided leadership for strategically marketing Vail, contributing to the economic vitality of the Vail Valley through her extensive business and community involvement. She currently serves on the University of Colorado Hospital Board of Directors and the University of Colorado Depression Center Board of Directors.
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Chuck Stark: Kitsap Pumas looking to make another run in U.S. Open Cup
The tournament allows lower-tier clubs their shot at USL and MLS teams.
Chuck Stark: Kitsap Pumas looking to make another run in U.S. Open Cup The tournament allows lower-tier clubs their shot at USL and MLS teams. Check out this story on kitsapsun.com: https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/sports/columnists/chuck-stark/2018/04/11/chuck-stark-kitsap-pumas-looking-make-another-run-u-s-open-cup/509211002/
Chuck Stark, Columnist Published 5:11 p.m. PT April 11, 2018 | Updated 5:11 p.m. PT April 11, 2018
Javier Castro Gonzalez, center, of the Kitsap Pumas celebrates his goal during a U.S. Open Cup game against the Sounders FC U-23s at Silverdale Stadium in 2016. The Pumas are back in the Open Cup again this year.(Photo: LARRY STEAGALL, Larry Steagall)Buy Photo
The soccer fanatics among us are worried about the Sounders, and maybe they should be. They’re off to an 0-3 start in Major League Soccer play.
They’re not only winless; they’re scoreless.
Me? I can’t get too excited about the Sounders' current state of play, but I do get a little revved up when someone mentions the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
There’s nothing it our country quite like it. This knockout-style tournament, patterned after England’s FA Cup and competitions in other countries where they’ve been playing soccer far longer than we have, has been around since 1940. It matches professionals and amateurs in a true national championship, and in case you missed it, the Kitsap Pumas are back in it. Since the club was founded in 2009, it’s participated in six Open Cups.
Remember 2011, when the Pumas advanced to the third round and gave the Sounders all they could handle before falling 2-1 at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila? That was the same year the Pumas won a national PDL championship at Bremerton Memorial Stadium.
Two years ago, the Pumas earned another shot at the MLS Sounders, facing off in a fourth-round Open Cup match. The Pumas, once again, put up a fight before falling, 2-0, before a packed house at Starfire.
“It’s a big deal,” Pumas owner Robin Waite said of those games. “It’s an opportunity for our guys to show themselves and get a little attention and make a name for themselves if they play really well.”
Here’s hoping the hometown guys, now second-year members of the National Premier Soccer League after playing in the Premier Development League for eight years, can put together another magical run in this wonderful tournament.
The Pumas open against an old PDL rival, the Portland Timbers U23s, on May 8 at McCulloch Stadium in Salem, Oregon. If they beat the Timbers, Kitsap learned on Wednesday that it will host Reno 1868 FC of the United Soccer League in the second round at Gordon Field on May 16.
The U.S Open Cup expanded to 97 teams this year, which means three play-in games will be held prior to the first round, which will feature 52 teams: 13 open amateur clubs, 20 PDL teams and 19 sides from the NPSL. The PDL and NPSL are similar, fielding 172 franchises between them. The major difference: The NPSL doesn’t have any age restrictions, and you’ll find college and former professional players on their rosters.
The 26 first-round winners advance to the second round, when the USL, America’s second tier of professional soccer, enters the competition. The second-round winners are matched, based on geography, in the third round on May 23. MLS’s 20 American clubs will be slotted into fourth-round matches on June 6.
I’m getting ahead of myself, but imagine how cool it would be if the Pumas, who also reached the PDL championship game in 2014, can pull off a couple upsets. Chances of a top amateur side to beat a top-tier pro team are greater in soccer than in other sports. You can be on the wrong side of the possession chart, and be out-shot by a ridiculous number, but in soccer, lower-level teams can still make life very difficult for their more illustrious opponents.
During one week in 2012, eight MSL clubs lost to lower-tier teams. One of those clubs, the Portland Timbers, out-shot Cal FC, a fifth-tier amateur side from Thousand Oaks, California, 37-8 and had 11 corner kicks, but came up short, 1-0. And the Timbers started their regular lineup that night, not reserves.
Christos FC, an amateur side from Baltimore, reached the fourth round of the competition a year ago, facing DC United, and might be headed for another Cinderella story after winning three qualifying games this spring.
Maybe the Pumas will write another Cinderella story this year?
“It’s a little different now,” Waite said. “We have primarily college kids, which puts us in a different category. Nonetheless, I think we can surprise somebody.”
That’s the beauty of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Seahawks trivia: With the NFL draft approaching, did you know that an East Bremerton High School grad has the distinction of being the first state player ever drafted by the Seahawks?
Give up? It was Dan Smith, an offensive lineman from Olympic College and Washington State. Smith was tabbed in the 15th round of the 1976 draft by the expansion Hawks.
Speaking of 1976 drafts: Former East High center Brant Gibler was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers in the eighth round of the NBA draft the same year the Blazers made Wally Walker their top choice. Gibler played at Grays Harbor Community College and the University of Puget Sound, where he helped the Loggers win an NCAA Division II championship as a senior.
Finally: There’s a Bill Bloomquist Field at South Kitsap Eastern Little League and now there’s a Willie Bloomquist Field at Tempe South Little League’s complex in Arizona. Pretty cool honor. Willie grew up playing at SK Eastern, where he and countless others learned the game from his dad, Bill, and played 14 seasons in the majors, nine with the Mariners.
Chuck Stark is the former sports editor of The Sun. Reach him at chuckstark00@gmail.com.
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Michael Jackson fans sue singer's alleged abuse victims for 'damaging memory of the dead'
When Michael Jackson superfan Myriam Walter first saw the HBO "Leaving Neverland" documentary, in which two key witnesses gave a graphic account of sexual abuse at the hands of the star, she said she cried and wanted to vomit.
Referring to Jackson's alleged pedophilia, the 62-year-old former French nurse said, "I know that it is not possible," despite having never met the star. "It was rotten. It was to make a buzz. It was to make money."
Now she is among three groups of fans who are suing the two victims of Jackson's alleged abuse, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, in a French court, hoping to challenge a perceived smear of their idol, who died in 2009.
Robson and Safechuck, now aged 41 and 37 respectively, alleged in the four-hour documentary that they endured years of sexual abuse by Jackson when they were minors in the late 1980s and early '90s.
While neither are resident in France, they are being sued in that country where it is illegal to make criminal accusations against the deceased.
US-based lawyers representing Robson and Safechuck said the pair had no comment to make on the case. Officials at the court in the northern city of Orleans, where the case was heard earlier this month, confirmed that the pair were not present and had no legal representation.
Robson and Safechuck are being sued for a symbolic sum of one euro ($1.13) each, for "damaging the memory of the dead," the case claims.
"It is not about money, it is an affair of the heart," said Emmanuel Ludot, the lawyer representing the fans.
Walter, president of one of the groups, MJ Community, which has 600 members, attended the first court hearing. Referring to Jackson, she said: "He had a great heart. It is not right to make these claims against someone who isn't even alive to defend themselves."
The other groups, On The Line and MJ Street, accuse the documentary of revisionism and point to errors in the timeline of abuse provided by Safechuck.
Brice Najar, president of On the Line and author of multiple books on Jackson, explained: "I wouldn't defend someone whatever the evidence, but he has already been acquitted and there have already been inquiries. I am in my 40s. I have kids."
The tribunal said a decision would be delivered on October 4.
'Their pain is sincere'
The accusations in the documentary were not the first made against Jackson. In 1993, a 13-year-old boy accused the King of Pop of sexually molesting him over a five-month period. The case was settled when Jackson paid close to $25 million.
In 2013, Jackson was acquitted of abusing another child, also 13, who had cancer at the time of the alleged offense.
Among the evidence presented by Ludot in court were written testimonies from tens of group members: several fans were diagnosed with depression and mental problems following the release of the documentary.
"I believe their pain is sincere," said Ludot, who in 2014 won a symbolic euro from Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, who was ruled to have caused fans distress for his part in the star's death.
While the lawyer did not disclose his fee for the case, Walter confided that it was "expensive."
Many of the French fans had booked tickets to Jackson's mammoth 50-show run, scheduled to take place in London's O2 arena in 2009-10. The concerts were canceled following the singer's death. Although tickets were around 800 euros, most of the fans did not ask for refund. "They held onto the tickets, like relics," explained Ludot. "For them, he is like Christ."
Walter set up MJ Community, with the help of her first daughter, following Jackson's death. While pregnant with her daughter, she listened extensively to his music. "Jennifer [the daughter] has known Michael all her life," she said.
That same year, MJ community helped organize a gathering of close to 4,000 fans in Paris to celebrate the life of the star. In 2010, the organization gained the legal status of a religion -- the first fan group in France ever to do so according to the group's lawyer and local media reports.
"I would do anything for him [Jackson]", said Walter, adding: "I would defend him until the end."
Ludot said the legal battle has the full support of the Jackson family, who have previously called the film a "public lynching." The family also described Jackson's accusers as "admitted liars," in reference to sworn statements made by both Safechuck and Robson while Jackson was alive that he did not molest them.
Ludot says he has been approached by Jackson fan groups from Switzerland, Sweden, Italy and elsewhere, to clear the pop legend's name via the French legal system.
In a statement, John Branca, co-executor of Jackson's estate, wrote: "We remain hopeful that a victory in France will soon fuel a movement in the United States to finally explore changes in the law to afford defamation protection for the deceased."
HBO, which made the documentary, shares a parent company (AT&T) with CNN.
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) is pleased to announce the award of an Australian Tactical Interface (ATI) contract under which KDA will support Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd (the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer Combat Systems Engineer) in the delivery of this central component of the Hobart Class Combat System. The contract is valued at MNOK 157 and will see the development of the ATI as the primary interface between the Aegis Weapon System and the other Hobart Class sensors and effectors.
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Elton John unveils new song from 'Rocketman' film | The Music Universe
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“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” was written especially for the film
BBC Radio 2 has premiered “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” a brand-new song written especially for the upcoming Rocketman film by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The song is performed by John and Rocketman lead actor Taron Egerton and will appear on the eagerly anticipated album Rocketman: Music From The Motion Picture, available May 24th on Interscope Records.
Rocketman sees celebrated producer and composer Giles Martin re-interpreting and re-imagining John’s iconic hits, tailoring the music specifically to support the narrative of the upcoming major motion picture. “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” is co-produced by Giles Martin and Greg Kurstin. The soundtrack also features Egerton’s interpretation of “Rocket Man” and other John classics.
A gloriously up-tempo, soulful stomper, “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” plays over the movie’s closing credits. It is another fitting addition to Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s oeuvre, undoubtedly one of the greatest song books of all time. It is also a great showcase for Taron Egerton’s stunning vocals, an integral part of the makeup of Rocketman.
Tasked with taking John’s unparalleled back catalogue and re-imagining it to fit the film’s narrative, Martin worked closely with the filmmakers, supervising all of the music for the production and pulling a vocal masterclass from Egerton in the studio. From transforming “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” into an epic ensemble piece, to morphing “I Want Love” into a heartbreaking moment of conflict around little Reggie’s family meal, each track has been sculpted to form a unique part of the narrative of this most incredible of stories. The album is produced by Giles Martin (except “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” co-produced by Giles Martin and Greg Kurstin) and was recorded between 2017 and 2019 at Abbey Road Studios and AIR Studios in London. Executive Album Producers are Elton John, David Furnish, Matthew Vaughn and Dexter Fletcher.
Paramount Pictures presents, in association with New Republic Pictures, A Marv Films/Rocket Pictures production Rocketman, an epic musical fantasy about the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. Released in cinemas on May 22nd, the film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells the universally relatable story of how a small-town boy became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. Rocketman also stars Jamie Bell as Elton’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as Elton’s then manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Rocketman was directed by Dexter Fletcher, written by Lee Hall and produced by Matthew Vaughn, David Furnish, Adam Bohling and David Reid.
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Tom Sneddon dies at 73; D.A. best known for prosecuting Michael Jackson
Santa Barbara County Dist. Atty. Tom Sneddon is shown outside the courthouse in 2005 after a Santa Maria jury acquitted pop star Michael Jackson on child molestation charges. Sneddon died Saturday at the age of 73.
(Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
By Steve Chawkins
Tom Sneddon, a retired Santa Barbara County district attorney whose best-known prosecution ended in the acquittal of pop star Michael Jackson on child molestation charges, died Saturday in a Santa Barbara hospital. He was 73.
Nov. 3, 12:08 p.m.: The headline and caption on an earlier version of this obituary incorrectly said Tom Sneddon was 71 years old. He was 73.
Sneddon died of complications from cancer, Dist. Atty. Joyce Dudley said in an email to her staff.
Dudley, who was elected in 2010 and had worked under Sneddon for 16 years, said “his expectations were always clear: Be the most prepared person in the courtroom, use all of your intellect, work hard, step right up to the line but never over it.”
But Sneddon’s most vocal critics contended that his pursuit of Jackson had become a vendetta.
In the early 1990s, Sneddon tried to build a case against Jackson after the family of a 13-year-old boy sued the singer over alleged molestations. But when the family settled with Jackson for more than $20 million, Sneddon’s case, and a parallel investigation in Los Angeles, imploded.
A 1995 Jackson song, “D.S.,” memorialized the event. With lines about a “T.A.” named Dom Sheldon, it was widely seen as a taunting put-down of Sneddon. Its most memorable lyric, repeated at various points more than 20 times, was: “Dom Sheldon is a cold man.”
For his part, Sneddon told reporters, he wasn’t a big Jackson fan. “I have not, shall we say, done him the honor of listening to it,” he said.
Earlier in his career, other attorneys in his office had given Sneddon the moniker “Mad Dog” for his tenacity. In 1976, it took him three tries to win a murder conviction against a prominent Santa Barbara businessman accused of arranging his wife’s death in what was supposed to appear as a hit-and-run accident. The first two trials ended in hung juries.
In 1988, he filed charges against Robert Huttenback, a popular UC Santa Barbara chancellor who was accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from the university for home improvements. Huttenback was convicted.
In 2003, Sneddon led a new Jackson investigation. He directed a 14-hour search of Jackson’s Neverland Valley Ranch near Los Olivos, and, later, held an ebullient news conference announcing a warrant for Jackson’s arrest. In a move that sitting district attorneys make only rarely, he chose to personally participate in the globally publicized trial.
“It’s important for the lawyers to be able to see that the boss can still try a case,” he once said, “so they know that you’re just not a bench jockey and that you know what you’re talking about.”
After a Santa Maria jury acquitted Jackson on all counts, Sneddon expressed disappointment over the outcome.
In interviews, jurors said the prosecution came undone at a number of points, including testimony from the alleged victim’s mother that Jackson had kidnapped her in a Rolls-Royce and was planning to spirit the family to Brazil in a hot-air balloon. Some also came to doubt the alleged victim as defense attorney Tom Mesereau hammered away at him on the witness stand, pointing out inconsistencies in his accounts of drinking wine, viewing Internet porn and committing sexual acts with Jackson.
“In the end, I don’t think there’s anything we could have done short of a videotaped confession,” Sneddon said in a post-verdict interview with The Times.
He and his allies continued to fend off accusations that the prosecution was personal.
“He prosecuted the case because he believed the kid, and so Jackson wouldn’t be able to hurt more kids. Period,” Jim Thomas, a former Santa Barbara County sheriff, said after the trial. “And it would have been the same were it Michael Smith or Michael Jackson.”
Jackson died in 2009 after his doctor gave him an overdose of a powerful anesthetic.
Thomas William Sneddon Jr. was born in Los Angeles in May 1941 and raised in Lynwood. His parents and grandparents were all bakers, and his father told him that he too would wind up in a bakery if he didn’t go to college.
Sneddon graduated in 1963 from the University of Notre Dame, where he boxed. He attended law school at UCLA, where he met his wife, Pamela Shires Sneddon.
In 1969, he joined the district attorney’s office in Santa Barbara and was first elected to the office’s top job in 1982. He retired in 2006.
An ardent athlete, Sneddon played tackle football with an adult team well into his 50s. He also was passionate about golf and softball, and coached youth teams in various sports.
In addition to his wife, Sneddon’s survivors include nine children and 14 grandchildren.
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Steve Chawkins
A former obituary writer, Steve Chawkins joined the Los Angeles Times in 1987 after working as a reporter and editor at the Santa Fe Reporter in New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. He has been a roving state correspondent and a columnist and reporter in the Ventura County edition. He also was managing editor of the Ventura Star-Free Press. He graduated in 1969 from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Chawkins left The Times in 2015.
John Paul Stevens, retired Supreme Court justice, dead at 99
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier.
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REICHELDERFER et al., Commissioners of District of Columbia, v. QUINN et al.
287 U.S. 315 (53 S.Ct. 177, 77 L.Ed. 331)
No. 9.
Argued: Oct. 17, 1932.
Decided: Dec. 5, 1932.
opinion, STONE [HTML]
Messrs. Robert E. Lynch and William W. Bride, both of Washington, D.C., for petitioners.
Messrs. George E. Sullivan, Joseph A. Burkart, and Henry I. Quinn, all of Washington, D.C., for respondents.
Mr. Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case is here on certiorari, 285 U.S. 535, 52 S.Ct. 457, 76 L.Ed. 929, to review a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 60 App.D.C. 325, 53 F.(2d) 1079. Following its earlier decision in Quinn v. Dougherty, 58 App.D.C. 339, 30 F.(2d) 749, that court affirmed a decree of the Supreme Court of the District, enjoining the petitioners, the District Commissioners, from erecting a fire engine house in Rock Creek Park at a point near the property of some of the respondents, and adjoining that of others.
The Commissioners are directed by act of Congress, 45 Stat. 667, to build the engine house at the designated location within the park. The presence of such a structure will, it is admitted, diminish the attractiveness of respondents' lands for residence purposes, and, in consequence, decrease their exchange value. Respondents contend that they have a valuable right appurtenant to their land, in the nature of an easement, to have the land used for park purposes, and that the act of Congress, directing its use for other purposes, is a taking of their property without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
For present purposes we assume that the proposed building with divert the land from park uses, and address ourselves to the question upon which the other issues in the case depend, whether the respondents, plaintiffs in the trial court, are vested with the right for which they invoke constitutional protection.
There is no contention that such a right arises as an incident to the ownership of neighboring land, as does an easement of light and air, under the law of some states. See Muhlker v. New York & Harlem Railroad Co., 197 U.S. 544, 564, 25 S.Ct. 522, 49 L.Ed. 872. Compare Marchand v. Pennsylvania Railroad, 153 U.S. 380, 14 S.Ct. 894, 38 L.Ed. 751. But it is argued that the right asserted, whether it be regarded as arising from a contract with the government or an interest in its lands, has a definite source in the transaction by which the park was created.
The court below found this source in the first section of the Rock Creek Park Act, 26 Stat. 492 (40 USCA § 83), by which the lands taken for the park by purchase or condemnation were 'perpetually dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States, * * *' and in the assessment under section 6 1 , of surrounding lands, including those of respondents, to the extent that they were 'specially benefited by reason of the location and improvement' of the park. The question is thus one of construction of the statute; if it did not create the private rights asserted, it is unnecessary to invoke the police power, as petitioners do, to justify the construction of the engine house. Cf. Jackman v. Rosenbaum Co., 260 U.S. 22, 31, 43 S.Ct. 9, 67 L.Ed. 107.
First. The respondents derived no rights against the government from the dedication of the park alone. The park lands purchased or condemned by authority of the Rock Creek Park Act were vested in the United States in fee. Section 3 of the act ( 26 Stat. 492) twice declares that 'the title' and once that 'the fee' of the condemned lands shall vest in the United States. By dedicating the lands thus acquired to a particular public use, Congress declared a public policy, but did not purport to deprive itself of the power to change that policy by devoting the lands to other uses. The dedication expressed no more than the will of a particular Congress which does not impose itself upon those to follow in succeeding years. See Newton v. Mahoning County Commissioners, 100 U.S. 548, 559, 25 L.Ed. 710; Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Spratley, 172 U.S. 602, 621, 19 S.Ct. 308, 43 L.Ed. 569.
It is true that the mere presence of the park may have conferred a special benefit on neighboring owners and enhanced the value of their property. But the existence of value alone does not generate interests protected by the Constitution against diminution by the government, however unreasonable its action may be. The beneficial use and hence the value of abutting property is decreased when a public street or canal is closed or obstructed by public authority, Meyer v. Richmond, 172 U.S. 82, 95, 19 S.Ct. 106, 43 L.Ed. 374; cf. Whitney v. New York, 96 N.Y. 240; Fox v. Cincinnati, 104 U.S. 783, 26 L.Ed. 928; Kirk v. Maumee Valley Co., 279 U.S. 797, 802, 803, 49 S.Ct. 507, 73 L.Ed. 963; Smith v. City of Boston, 7 Cush.(Mass.) 254; Stanwood v. Malden, 157 Mass. 17, 31 N.E. 702, 16 L.R.A. 591; or a street grade is raised, Smith to Use of Cushing v. Washington, 20 How. 135, 15 L.Ed. 858; see Mead v. Portland, 200 U.S. 148, 162, 26 S.Ct. 171, 50 L.Ed. 413; or the location of a county seat, Newton v. Commissioners, supra, or of a railroad is changed, Bryan v. Louisville & N.R. Co. (C.C.A.) 244 F. 650, 659. But in such cases no private right is infringed. 2
Beyond the traditional boundaries of the common law, only some imperative justification in policy will lead the courts to recognize in old values new property rights. Compare International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215, 39 S.Ct. 68, 63 L.Ed. 211, 2 A.L.R. 293, with Cheney Bros. v. Doris Silk Corporation (C.C.A.) 35 F.(2d) 279. The case is clear where the question is not of private rights alone, but the value was both created and diminished as an incident of the operations of the government. For, if the enjoyment of a benefit thus derived from the public acts of government were a source of legal rights to have it perpetuated, the powers of government would be exhausted by their exercise.
The case of a park is not unique, as the court below seems to have thought. 3 See Quinn v. Dougherty, 58 App.D.C. 339, 30 F.(2d) 749, 751. It has often been decided that, when lands are acquired by a governmental body in fee and dedicated by statute to park purposes, it is within the legislative power to change the use, Clark v. City of Providence, 16 R.I. 337, 15 A. 763, 1 L.R.A. 725; Mowry v. City of Providence, 16 R.I. 422, 16 A. 511; Seattle Land & Improvement Co. v. Seattle, 37 Wash. 274, 79 P. 780; Reichling v. Covington Lumber Co., 57 Wash. 225, 106 P. 777, 135 Am.St.Rep. 976; see Higginson v. Treasurer, etc., of Boston, 212 Mass. 583, 99 N.E. 523, 42 L.R.A.(N.S.) 215; or to make other disposition of the land, Wright v. Walcott, 238 Mass. 432, 131 N.E. 291, 18 A.L.R. 1242; see Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. Armstrong, 45 N.Y. 234, 245, 6 Am.Rep. 70; compare East Chicago Co. v. City of East Chicago, 171 Ind. 654, 87 N.E. 17; Whitney v. New York, supra; Eldridge v. City of Binghamton, 120 N.Y. 309, 24 N.E. 462. The abutting owner cannot complain; the damage suffered by him 'though greater in degree than that of the rest of the public, is the same in kind.' See United States v. Welch, 217 U.S. 333, 339, 30 S.Ct. 527, 54 L.Ed. 787, 28 L.R.A.(N.S.) 385, 19 Ann.Cas. 680.
Second. The fact that lands, including those now owned by respondents, were assessed for benefits, as directed by the Rock Creek Park Act, leads to no different conclusion. Respondents urge that the special benefits required to be assessed included those accruing from the perpetual maintenance of the park; that by virtue of the assessment they have paid for the right to enjoy those benefits in perpetuity. We may assume that the landowners acquired rights commensurate with the assessments authorized. But the statute does not purport to place restrictions on the park lands in their favor, and the decision of this court sustaining the constitutionality of the assessment provision (Wilson v. Lambert, 168 U.S. 611, 18 S.Ct. 217, 42 L.Ed. 599), gives no hint that among the benefits for which they were required to pay was a right against the government to have the lands forever used as a park.
All that the statute says is that the lands acquired shall be perpetually dedicated as a park for the enjoyment of the people of the United States (section 1), and that benefits shall be assessed (section 6). Statutes said to restrict the power of government by the creation of private rights are, like other public grants, to be strictly construed for the protection of the public interest. Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, 544548, 9 L.Ed. 773; Christ Church v. County of Philadelphia, 24 How. 300, 16 L.Ed. 602; Knoxville Water Co. v. Knoxville, 200 U.S. 22, 33, 26 S.Ct. 224, 50 L.Ed. 353; Larson v. South Dakota, 278 U.S. 429, 49 S.Ct. 196, 73 L.Ed. 441. Thus construed, the dedication of the park, a declaration of a present purpose, does not imply a promise to neighboring landowners that the park would be continued in perpetuity. Cf. Newton v. Commissioners, supra. The benefit of a governmental obligation which the statute neither expresses nor implies obviously was not to be assessed.
We think that the benefits intended must be taken to be those obvious advantages which would accrue to lands in the vicinity of a park, because of their location, and which would be reflected in their market value, even though there were no guaranty that the park would be continued for any particular length of time. 4 See Wilson v. Lambert, supra, page 617 of 168 U.S., 18 S.Ct. 217; cf. Susquehanna Power Co. v. State Tax Commission of Maryland, 283 U.S. 291, 296, 51 S.Ct. 434, 75 L.Ed. 1042; Burbank v. Fay, 65 N.Y. 57, 64. So it was held in Thayer v. City of Boston (D.C.) 206 F. 969, where contentions very similar to those made here were rejected. See, also, Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. Armstrong, supra, page 245, of 45 N.Y. The same result has been reached with regard to the assessment of benefits arising from other types of public improvements, Whitney v. New York, supra, page 246 of 96 N.Y.; City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'n, 102 Ill. 379, 397, 40 Am.Rep. 598; Kean v. City of Elizabeth, 54 N.J. Law, 462, 24 A. 495, affirmed 55 N.J. Law, 337, 26 A. 939; see Home for Aged Women v. Commonwealth, 202 Mass. 422, 429, 430, 89 N.E. 124, 24 L.R.A.(N.S.) 79; 1 Nichols, Eminent Domain (2d Ed.) § 116; and is implicit in the statement, frequently made, that such assessments are an exercise of the taxing power. See Bauman v. Ross, 167 U.S. 548, 588, 17 S.Ct. 966, 42 L.Ed. 270; Wilson v. Lambert, supra, page 614 of 168 U.S., 18 S.Ct. 217; Memphis & Charleston Ry. v. Pace, 282 U.S. 241, 245, 51 S.Ct. 108, 75 L.Ed. 315.
The possibility that the United States might, at some later date, rightfully exercise its power to change the use of the park lands, so far as it affected present value, was a proper subject for consideration in valuing the benefits conferred. Cf. United States v. River Rouge Co., 269 U.S. 411, 46 S.Ct. 144, 70 L.Ed. 339; Sears v. Street Commissioners, 180 Mass. 274, 282, 62 N.E. 397, 62 L.R.A. 144; Whitney v. New York, supra; 1 Nichols, Eminent Domain, supra.
Property was not taken without just compensation by either the Rock Creek Park Act or the statute authorizing the construction of the fire house. The only taking occurred when the lands were condemned for the park. Just compensation, the value at that time, Vogelstein & Co. v. United States, 262 U.S. 337, 43 S.Ct. 564, 67 L.Ed. 1012; United States v. New River Collieries Co., 262 U.S. 341, 344, 43 S.Ct. 565, 67 L.Ed. 1014, was awarded if the benefits resulting from the proximity of the improvement, valued as the act prescribed, were, as respondents assert, set off against the value of the property taken from the same owners, Bauman v. Ross, supra; Whitney v. New York, supra; Eldridge v. City of Binghamton, supra. See Matter of City of New York, 190 N.Y. 350, 357, 360, 83 N.E. 299, 16 L.R.A.(N.S.) 335, 13 Ann.Cas. 598.
We note, but do not discuss at length, the objection that the statute authorizing the construction of the fire house is invalid because inconsistent with regulations under the Zoning Act for the District ( 41 Stat. 500 (D.C. Code 1929, T. 25, §§ 521530)), setting apart the area in the vicinity of the park for residential properties of the highest class. It is enough to say that the zoning regulations are not contracts by the government and may be modified by Congress. The record and briefs disclose no facts which require us to consider how far the exercise of the power to modify may be subject to constitutional limitations.
Reversed.
'Sec. 6. That the commission having ascertained the cost of the land, including expenses, shall assess such proportion of such cost and expenses upon the lands, lots, and blocks situated in the District of Columbia specially benefited by reason of the location and improvement of said park, as nearly as may be, in proportion to the benefits resulting to such real estate.
'If said commission shall find that the real estate in said District directly benefited by reason of the location of the park is not benefited to the full extent of the estimated cost and expenses, then they shall assess each tract or parcel of land specially benefited to the extent of such benefits as they shall deem the said real estate specially benefited. * * *' 26 Stat. 493.
Compare the decisions holding that access to a water line may be destroyed in the interest of navigation, Gibson v. United States, 166 U.S. 269, 17 S.Ct. 578, 41 L.Ed. 996; Scranton v. Wheeler, 179 U.S. 141, 21 S.Ct. 48, 45 L.Ed. 126; cf. Greenleaf Lumber Co. v. Garrison, 237 U.S. 251, 35 S.Ct. 551, 59 L.Ed. 939; or a tract of land, unrelated to that taken, incidentally damaged, Sharp v. United States, 191 U.S. 341, 24 S.Ct. 114, 48 L.Ed. 211; cf. Richards v. Washington Terminal Co., 233 U.S. 546, 553, 554, 34 S.Ct. 654, 58 L.Ed. 1088, L.R.A. 1915A, 887, without payment of compensation.
A different question is presented in the cases relied on by the court below which indicate that a dedication of land to the public, by an individual, or a conveyance to a municipality, to be used as a park, is subject to a condition or imposes a trust that the use be continued, breach of which may be restrained. Douglass v. City of Montgomery, 118 Ala. 599, 24 So. 745, 43 L.R.A. 376. Cf. City of Cincinnati v. White, 6 Pet. 431, 8 L.Ed. 452; Sheffield & Tuscumbia Street Ry. v. Rand & Moore, 83 Ala. 294, 3 So. 686. See, also, Village of Riverside v. MacLain, 210 Ill. 308, 71 N.E. 408, 66 L.R.A. 288, 102 Am.St.Rep. 164; Price v. Thompson, 48 Mo. 361; 3 Dillon, Municipal Corporations (5th Ed.) § 1102. There rights in the land or against the municipality were said to have been reserved in the grantor or created in the owners of neighboring land by the terms of the grant.
Equally distinguishable are the decisions which likewise deal with the authority of a municipality, not the power of the Legislature, to divert park lands from park uses, but in which the lands were acquired by unrestricted purchase or by eminent domain. See 3 Dillon, supra, §§ 991, 1023.
As originally introduced and reported, the bill authorizing and establishing the park (S. No. 4, 51st Cong., 1st Sess.) had no provision for the assessment of benefited property. 21 Cong.Rec. 96, 353, 902, 1109, 2371, 25782590. Such a method of financing was suggested by Representative Payson, Id. 2580, who offered an amendment embodying this plan, Id. 3939, which, after conference, was adopted, in substance, as section 6. See Id. 3952, 3953, 5300 5303, 5673, 5902, 5903, 5988, 6163, 1041710419, 10457, 10458, 1044110444. In explaining the assessment provision on the floor, Mr. Payson said: 'Suppose that a man owns a piece of property, distant, we will suppose, a quarter of a mile from the park and that piece of property is worth today $1,000. Now, if by reason of the expenditure made by the Government in this great public improvement this man's property should become, in the judgment of the commission, worth $2,000, the direct benefit thus arising to the property would be assessed against it to assist in paying for the proposed improvement.' Id. 3940.
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UNITED STATES v. WINSTAR CORP. et al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
ALMOTA FARMERS ELEVATOR AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.
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Title 50. WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
Chapter 37. NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
Section 1906. Annual report
50 U.S. Code § 1906. Annual report
(a) Annual report
The Secretary shall submit to the President and to the congressional intelligence committees an annual report of the conduct of the program required by this chapter.
The report submitted to the President shall be submitted each year at the time that the President’s budget for the next fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31.
The report submitted to the congressional intelligence committees shall be submitted on the date provided in section 3106 of this title.
(b) Contents of reportEach such report shall contain—
an analysis of the trends within language, international, area, and counterproliferation studies, along with a survey of such areas as the Secretary determines are receiving inadequate attention;
the effect on those trends of activities under the program required by this chapter;
an analysis of the assistance provided under the program for the previous fiscal year, to include the subject areas being addressed and the nature of the assistance provided;
an analysis of the performance of the individuals who received assistance under the program during the previous fiscal year, to include the degree to which assistance was terminated under the program and the extent to which individual recipients failed to meet their obligations under the program;
(5) an analysis of the results of the program for the previous fiscal year, and cumulatively, to include, at a minimum—
the percentage of individuals who have received assistance under the program who subsequently became employees of the United States Government;
in the case of individuals who did not subsequently become employees of the United States Government, an analysis of the reasons why they did not become employees and an explanation as to what use, if any, was made of the assistance by those recipients; and
the uses made of grants to educational institutions;
the current list of agencies and offices of the Federal Government required to be developed by section 1902(g) of this title; and
any legislative changes recommended by the Secretary to facilitate the administration of the program or otherwise to enhance its objectives.
(c) Submission of initial report
The first report under this section shall be submitted at the time the budget for fiscal year 1994 is submitted to Congress.
(d) Consultation
During the preparation of each report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the members of the Board specified in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 1903(b) [1] of this title. Each such member shall submit to the Secretary an assessment of their hiring needs in the areas of language and area studies and a projection of the deficiencies in such areas. The Secretary shall include all assessments in the report required by subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 102–183, title VIII, § 806, Dec. 4, 1991, 105 Stat. 1276; Pub. L. 103–178, title III, § 311(b)(1), Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2037; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1078(f)(3), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2667; Pub. L. 105–272, title III, § 305(a)(4), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2401; Pub. L. 107–306, title VIII, § 811(b)(7)(A), Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2425.)
References in Text
Section 1903(b) of this title, referred to in subsec. (d), was amended and now specifies members of the Board in paragraphs (1) to (9).
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–306 designated first and second sentences as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, in par. (1), substituted “the congressional intelligence committees” for “the Congress”, in par. (2), inserted “submitted to the President” after “The report”, and added par. (3).
1998—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–272 substituted “area, and counterproliferation” for “and area”.
1996—Subsec. (b)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 104–201 struck out “and” at end of par. (5), added par. (6), and redesignated former par. (6) as (7).
1993—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–178 added subsec. (d).
[1] See References in Text note below.
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Secret La Jolla: 11 Things only La Jollans know about their hometown
(Graphic design by Daniel K. Lew)
By Corey Levitan
When you’ve lived in The Jewel long enough, you come to know things that tourists and snowbirds miss. (For instance, “La Jolla” probably isn’t Spanish for “the jewel,” but was translated from the Spanish from Kumeyaay Native-American for “land of holes.”)
Below are 11 of our other favorite examples. (If you can think of any we missed, enter them in the comments below this article!)
1. Someone was eaten by a shark here
You won’t see this one in the tourism pamphlets, but on June 14, 1959, a 33-year-old engineer named Robert Pamperin departed this earth in one of the most gruesome ways imaginable.
According to sworn court testimony by his diving buddy, Gerald Lehrer, Pamperin screamed “Help me!” while diving for abalone off La Jolla Cove. He then rose “upright and unnaturally high out of the water,” the entire lower half of his body enveloped by the mouth of a 20-foot shark in an expanding pool of crimson water.
Lehrer’s story could never be physically corroborated because no body was found — or even parts — just Pamperin’s swim fin and inner tube, giving rise to conspiracy theories that, um, hold little water.
2. Bell’s Pavilion
Bell's Pavilion was designed and built by architect Dale Naegle in 1968, in a highly secluded oceanfront spot south of Black's Beach, for Sam Bell of Bell's Potato Chips.
(COURTESY LA JOLLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
Most tourists have no idea something this Jetson’s cool exists in actual life -- much less on a bluff just south of Black’s Beach. The rare few who do know erroneously call it “the Mushroom House.”
One of the most spectacular structures in all of Southern California, Bell’s Pavilion was designed and built by architect Dale Naegle in 1968 as a guest house for Sam Bell of Bell’s Potato Chips (which used to be a thing).
And it’s as strong as it is stunning. Bell apparently wanted a structure that could withstand waves, rock slides and earthquakes.
A private tramway transports guests 300 feet almost straight down the bluff from a main house at 9044 La Jolla Shores Lane. (The original house was reportedly demolished in the 1990s.)
3. Secret public lot
This parking lot just south of La Jolla Elementary is not what it appears to be.
(COREY LEVITAN)
The parking lot most people assume is dedicated to the La Jolla Seville condominiums next door — an impression reinforced by the occasional Seville resident — is actually a public lot maintained by the City of San Diego. Anyone can park there, for any amount of time up to 72 hours. The two signs reading “NO PARKING: Unauthorized vehicles will be towed away at owner’s expense” refer only to two specific off-limit areas within the lot, not the entire lot.
4. Raymond Chandler lived, worked and died here
Raymond Chandler, at one time the highest-paid screenwriter on the Paramount lot, lived and worked in this Bird Rock house.
Although his literary canon keeps Los Angeles mythologized to this day, it’s actually La Jolla where best-selling novelist Raymond Chandler lived from 1946 until his death in 1959. And he didn’t retire here. Instead, La Jolla was where he wrote “The Long Goodbye,” “The Little Sister” and his final completed Philip Marlowe novel, 1958’s “Playback,” which thinly fictionalized La Jolla as “Esmeralda” and set scenes at both La Valencia and the Marine Room.
Chandler spent most of his final years in a ranch house with his ailing wife, Cissy, at 6005 Casmino de la Costa. (The Bird Rock house was remodeled beyond recognition about 10 years ago, after a failed attempt to get it historically designated.)
After Cissy died, just before Christmas 1954, Raymond drank regularly at LaV’s Whaling Bar (which closed in 2013), but also enjoyed driving into The Village every afternoon to go food-shopping, check the mail and chat with familiar faces. He died of pneumonia at Scripps Clinic on March 26, 1959.
5. Modern La Jollans live atop ancient La Jollans
This marker sits on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus atop the first ancient archeological site found in La Jolla.
Dig this: Some of the oldest known archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere are in La Jolla. It seems the soft soils that make La Jolla’s bluffs unstable also keep artifacts and remains well-preserved — some under as much as 10 feet of it.
The first site was discovered underneath the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus in 1962. Then, in 1976, two sets of nearly 10,000-year-old skeletal remains (from a man in his 20s and a woman in her late 30s) were unearthed near the UC San Diego chancellor’s home. In 2016, the remains were returned to the La Posta, one of the Kumeyaay bands of Native Americans who occupied this area.
6. Tom Wolfe was played and got it mostly wrong, according to La Jollans who were there
Author Tom Wolfe introduced La Jolla to the East Coast intelligentsia, but La Jollans claim his reporting was largely inaccurate.
(SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE)
In 1965, Tom Wolfe spent somewhere between a few days and a month at Windansea Beach (depending on who you believe) investigating a dangerous “underground society” called the Pump House Gang (which served as the title for a 1966 “New York Magazine” article and a 1968 book of his collected stories).
Nearly all published accounts from La Jollans who were there claim that the late author approached some surfers in the parking lot, who belonged to the Mac Meda Destruction Company social club, but got run off. So he was forced to hang with some younger kids who claimed La Jolla Water System Pump House 21 as turf because no one else wanted it.
These kids talked big. They told Wolfe what they thought he wanted to hear — tales of drugs, debauchery and surfing derring-do — and he ran with it with minimal fact-checking.
7. Bunker hills
The Old Blockhouse is the biggest, but not the only, World War II bunker left standing on Mt. Soledad.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941), cement-fortified bunkers were built high enough into the hills of La Jolla to look out for and attack Japanese ships, subs and airplanes. Many still exist, though most are hard to find.
Since these things were built to withstand shelling, it was nearly impossible to demolish them once peace was declared. So many of today’s houses were simply constructed on top of them. Other bunkers — such as one at the end of Avenida Manana — were obscured by landscaping meant to discourage visitors/vandals.
Fortunately, the easiest one to find was the biggest and highest of the bunkers. Nicknamed “Old Blockhouse” by long-ago residents, the currently abandoned building at 7110 Via Capri was used by the Signal Corp. as its primary San Diego lookout, and also functioned as a hub for radio transmissions and land lines to military bases all over the Pacific.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography owns the building, but hasn’t used it since 2012.
8. San Diego’s most scenic trail
This view awaits you on the trail through the La Jolla Heights Open Space Preserve.
(LIGHT FILE)
A narrow trail cuts through 42 untouched and very public acres on the top of Mt. Soledad, providing the most jaw-flooring views in Southern California. Managed by the City’s Parks and Recreation Department, the La Jolla Heights Open Space Preserve wends through low-lying brush 800 feet above La Jolla. The trail begins by the bridge by Al Bahr Drive — park where it meets Soledad Avenue — and winds uphill 1.5 miles to Encelia Drive. And there’s not a “private property” sign in sight.
9. The railroad’s all around us
The La Jolla Methodist Church building at 6063 La Jolla Blvd. was actually constructed as the San Carlos Station for La Jolla's old streetcar line.
When Pacific Beach was founded in 1887, a railroad was built to connect it to downtown San Diego. An extension to La Jolla followed on May 15, 1894. That line went belly up in 1918 and its tracks were removed and sold for scrap metal to Japan.
But remnants of a second La Jolla railroad, the San Diego Electric Railway (SDER), are everywhere. Operated from 1924 to 1940, the West Coast’s first electric streetcar system has tracks buried beneath tar, asphalt and mud along La Jolla’s streets and the bike path. In addition, the frontage of Bird Rock’s main San Carlos Station now forms the La Jolla Methodist Church at 6063 La Jolla Blvd.
10. Secret underwater memorial
A San Diego Freedivers member cleans algae and sediment off of one of the markers left for fallen water sports enthusiasts at Tombstones.
(COURTESY VOLKER HOEHNE)
A couple hundred yards off Boomer Beach, under about 35 feet of water, lies a collection of about 40 stones with names etched onto them. Although the area is nicknamed “Tombstones,” no bodies are buried here — only markers for free-divers and other popular ocean legends who have passed on from accidents and other causes. (The first markers honored the deceased members of the Bottom Scratchers, an exclusive diving club founded in 1933 by Old Town residents Glenn Orr, Jack Prodanovich and Ben Stone.)
Since it is illegal to add heavy rocks to the ocean bottom without a permit, the existence of Tombstones is a locals-only secret.
11. Secret underwater graveyard
The wreckage of the USS F-1 submarine, shown in a photo provided to the 'Light' by the U.S. Navy, has sat untouched off the coast of Bird Rock for more than a century.
(COURTESY U.S. NAVY)
Actually, most La Jollans don’t even know about this one, since the Navy didn’t declassify the information until 50 years after the tragedy…
Somewhere between 6 and 15 miles off the coast of Bird Rock, the remains of 19 lost souls remain onboard the wreckage of the USS F-1. The submarine sank on Dec. 17, 1917 after colliding with its sister ship, the USS F-3 during exercise maneuvers.
The two subs, along with the USS F-2, were making a surface run from San Pedro to San Diego. Point Loma was just ahead when they all decided at the same time to change course to clear a fog bank. Each had signaled their intent by radio, but none had received the others’ messages.
Only five F-1 sailors escaped.
Because of the depth of water and the lack of submarine rescue equipment, no attempt was made to locate the sub at the time. And the Navy, which located the site in the ‘70s, considers it a sacred grave and does not want it disturbed.
— Can you think of any secrets we missed? Enter them in the comments section below!
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Selena Gomez: Social media is 'dangerous'
Selena Gomez: Social media has been 'terrible for my generation'
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Published on: May 15, 2019 | Last Updated: May 15, 2019 12:36 PM EDT
Selena Gomez has declared that social media is “dangerous” for her generation and encouraged youngsters to impose time limits on themselves.
The Come & Get It hitmaker, who was once the most-followed person on Instagram before being overtaken by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo last year, spoke out about the dangers of social media during a press conference for her new movie The Dead Don’t Die, in which she plays a Wi-Fi-obsessed hipster, at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
“Social media has really been terrible for my generation,” she said. “I understand that it’s amazing to use as your platform but it does scare me when you see how exposed these young girls and young boys are and they’re not really aware of the news or anything going on.
“It’s a very — I don’t want to say selfish because that feels rude — I think it’s dangerous, for sure, I don’t think people are getting the right information sometimes.”
The 26-year-old, who has taken lengthy breaks from social media in the past, explained that while she posts pictures for her 150 million Instagram followers, she is purposeful about what she shares.
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“I think it’s pretty impossible to make it safe at this point,” she continued. “I’m grateful I have the platform. I don’t do a lot of pointless pictures. For me, I like to be intentional with it. It just scares me. I’ll see these young girls at meet and greets. They are devastated, dealing with bullying and not being able to have their own voice. It can be great in moments. I would be careful and allow yourself some time limits of when you should use it.”
Jim Jarmusch’s new zombie horror-comedy opened the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in France on Tuesday, and Gomez hit the red carpet alongside co-stars Adam Driver, Bill Murray, and Tilda Swinton.
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Remembering the polio epidemic in Manitoba
Florence Dyck
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Florence Dyck (right) and family in May, 1954. (SUPPLIED)
Polio! The word, short for infantile paralysis, invoked fear in the hearts of every parent during the 1920s to the early 1950s. Instead of looking forward to the coming of spring, parents dreaded the summer months. Polio seemed to begin its destructive march across North America in late May and continued during June and July and then spiked in August. Imagine, if you can, a disease that kills and maims your children and has no known cause and no known cure.
Rumours abounded about the cause. Some felt water carried this virus so swimming pools were closed and children told to stay out of spring run-off water. Large gatherings of children at birthday parties or other events were discouraged. Some felt unsanitary conditions in homes was to blame. Still, others thought the virus was carried by fleas, cats and bananas. So now in small communities, grief-stricken parents had to deal with their extremely ill children amid the guilt and shame they felt that, somehow, they were to blame.
One theory put forward by scientists was that as sanitation conditions improved with the coming of indoor plumbing, children’s immune systems weren’t as strong and this left them more vulnerable to the polio virus. This should have put to rest the other beliefs but, probably wasn’t communicated well in the years before television and the internet. Manitoba recorded the most polio cases in 1952 and 1953.
My parents and my husband’s parents were unaware of these statistics. They were fearful as they had, of course, heard about polio and they both had children in the targeted age range. I remember my mother talking about staying away from large groups of children. This was not possible as schools were not closed. We were also told to stay away from puddles outside but I remember wading in deep ditch water on my way to school with my best friend. At that time, we did not know anyone in Morden who had contracted this dreaded disease. Children under the age of five and children from six to twelve years of age were considered the most vulnerable.
During the summer of 1952, my husband, Ron, was 9 years old and his sister, Carol, was 7 years old. One beautiful Sunday summer afternoon, Ron’s family visited a nearby farm family. Highway #14 had just recently been completed and ran past the neighbour’s farm on its way through Morden and other western communities. The newly dug ditch in front of their yard was filled with soft Manitoba clay and water. That afternoon, Ron and his sister had great fun playing in the ditch with the two young sons of their neighbours.
The very next day both of the neighbour’s boys contracted polio. The older child died and the younger one was left with a weak arm. We do not know why Ron and Carol did not get ill. Ron’s parents were relieved their children had been spared but were sad for their friends. The friends were bitter and angry about the death of their son and the permanent disability their other son suffered. They never again socialized with Ron’s family. Some families were terribly affected by this virus, and others living in the same conditions and taking part in the same activities were not. This epidemic defied logic!
Today, doctors know polio is a viral disease which may affect the spinal cord and brain causing weakness and paralysis. This virus enters the body through the mouth usually from contaminated hands. Hence the reason young children were most at risk. Many children and adults got the virus and became ill but were not as severely affected as others.
Although, children most often were the victims, adults were also at risk. At the beginning of this illness, symptoms were so vague, doctors often did not identify them immediately. In July 1952, Ted Braun, the 24 year old son of William Braun, had not been feeling well for a few days. He lived at home and worked on the family farm. He was a hard worker and not known to feign illness. His dad knew something was wrong and took him to the local clinic several times before he was hospitalized. Within hours of being hospitalized, Ted became paralyzed from the waist down.
The family, on their own, had to find a van to transport him to Winnipeg. While an older brother drove on the only highway available, a bumpy gravel road, the dad sat beside Ted trying to keep him alive as he lay gasping for breath. No ambulances were available in rural communities!
When the Braun family finally arrived at the General, now Health Sciences, they were told to take Ted to the King George Hospital where all polio victims went to be treated. There he was immediately placed into an iron lung. The family was optimistic Ted would be home in a few months. That was not to be. He was in the iron lung for years before doctors performed a tracheotomy. Now he was provided with a chest respirator and placed on a rocking bed during the daytime. After learning a technique called frog breathing, Ted could finally communicate more effectively with his family. In the words of an older brother, “This was a huge blessing for the family!”
Frog-breathing involved using the muscles of the mouth and pharynx to propel small amounts of air through the larynx into the lower airways. Ted’s flow of speech was often interrupted when he had to grasp the next breath. This method also produced light coughs from time to time to alleviate throat tickles. His family visited faithfully and kept him supplied with reading material that interested him. He became extremely well educated but he could never live outside the hospital and the machines that kept him alive. Ted was born in 1927 and died in 1988 at the age of 60. The Braun family had two other children who contracted polio. They are both still alive, one at the age of 93. They suffer some aches and pains attributed to their bouts with polio. When I asked what their symptoms had been and what treatment they had received, the older brother could not remember. “Our family was so focused on Ted’s health and getting him better.” He explained. “Driving back and forth to Winnipeg during those years was not easy!”
A most-loved teacher in high school in Morden was also severely affected by polio. Paul Sigurdson was born in 1927 in the 1-6 district south of Morden. After he received his B of Ed. in 1952, he and his new wife traveled to Iceland for a year. Paul had many relatives there. Upon his return he contracted polio. After spending a year in the King George Hospital, part of the time in an iron lung, he progressed to using a ventilator. He was my English teacher when I was in Grade 11, the school year 1958-1959. At that time, he still had trouble breathing and he also talked with difficulty. Despite these handicaps, his English lessons were always interesting and he had a great sense of humour. Discipline was never a problem in his classes. We knew we had to listen carefully and we all respected him for not allowing his disabilities to diminish him. He retired from teaching early but he did not retire from living life to the fullest. He continued to be involved in the community. He sat on the board of the local library, the Morden and District Museum and the Morden Recreational Center. All his life, he remained interested in politics, sports and music. He wrote poetry. He wrote and directed plays performed in The Little Morden Theatre Company which he founded. Paul was chosen to be the citizen of the year in Morden in 1966. He died in 1991 at the age of 64 years.
The American president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was probably the most well-known victim of polio. He was 39 in 1921 when he was stricken. At one time he was completely paralyzed but he recovered sufficiently to walk with the help of crutches. In his later years, he got around mostly in a wheelchair. With the help of his wife, Eleanore, he rallied from his illness to run for president successfully. He won four terms, the only president ever to do so. While president, he founded the March of Dimes and thousands of dollars were raised to support the two scientists who were working on a polio vaccine. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in 1882 and died in 1945 at the age of 63.
Many children and adults recovered completely from polio but many others spent the rest of their lives in wheelchairs or walked with the help of braces and crutches. When these children grew up, they began demanding their rights to have access to all public buildings. They also petitioned for curbs and sidewalks to be made wheelchair friendly. We can give them the credit for the changing laws in Canada that makes life easier for people who have lost the use of their legs.
According to my google research, Dr. Jonas Salk was responsible for the injectable vaccine which was administered on April 12, 1955 and used until the early 1960s. Antibodies from previously infected blood was injected to neutralize the polio virus. Dr. Albert Sabin, some years later, invented the oral vaccine that had the potential to eradicate polio in North America and the rest of the world and is still in use today. I, along with a former classmate, remember being in Grade 5 in 1953, when our class had to line up to receive our polio vaccine. A drop of pink liquid on a white plastic spoon was given to us to swallow.
No longer do parents have to live through that terrible time of fear and dread every spring. No longer do they have to wonder if their child will be the next one stricken. Instead of vilifying vaccinations, parents should embrace them as the life-saving measures they are!
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8 historic places to stay in and around the Lake District
PUBLISHED: 11:27 09 September 2014 | UPDATED: 10:48 12 February 2015
Augill is a fairytale castle
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Lakeland Life takes a look at some of the most interesting places to stay in and around the Lake District
Have you ever dreamed of spending a night in a castle? How about staying in a hotel where rebellious Jacobites lodged during their invasion of England? As well as having some of Europe’s best hotels, the Lake District and surrounding area also has some of the most fascinating. We asked our writers to recommend places not necessarily for their luxury or their gourmet cuisine, but because they provide guests with a unique experience.
Askham Hall
Spend the night in a 12th century Grade One listed pele tower. Askham Hall combines history with cutting edge comfort and some seriously good cooking.
This striking building – inside and out - has been home to members of the Lowther family for generation but Charles and his artistic wide Juno have turned it into a relaxed fascinating place to stay.
Askham Hall, Askham, near Penrith, CA10 2PF. 01931 712350
Foxghyll
This three bedroom B&B, on the outskirts of Ambleside, was occupied by Thomas de Quincey between 1820 and 1825 and it is thought he wrote much of Confessions of an English Opium Eater while here. The Grade Two listed building dates from the 17th century and Foxghyll’s internal architecture has remained unchanged little since renovation by a politician in 1870.
Foxghyll, Under Loughrigg, Ambleside, LA22 9LL. 015394 33292
In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie lodged here when he stopped off on his way south in an attempt to regain the throne for the Stuarts and he is thought to have addressed his troops from the balcony in the ballroom. Today wood panelling, old oak beams and antique furniture help create a unique atmosphere at this landmark hostelry.
The George, Devonshire Street, Penrith, CA11 7SU. 01768 862696
Augill Castle
This fairytale castle was built in the mid 19th century as a gentleman’s country residence. However, Augill Castle had fallen into disrepair until the Temple-Bennett family arrived and turned it into an award-winning hotel that attracts guests from around the world. It hasn’t been without its moment - so much so that the owner turned their story into an amusing book.
Augill Castle, Leacetts Lane, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4DE. 017683 41937.
Lindeth Howe
Lindeth Howe was built in 1879 for a Lancashire cotton baron but a later owner rented it out to the Potter family and Beatrix illustrated Timmy Tiptoes and Pigling Bland while staying here. She later bought it for her mother and some of her correspondence is on show in what is now a well run hotel with top quality food.
Lindeth Howe, Longtail Hill, Bowness. LA23 3JF. 015394 45759
The Pheasant
One guest was so determined to get his regular pint during the terrible 2009 floods that he canoed to The Pheasant. Earlier customers at this 17th century inn include the famous huntsman John Peel. This really is an authentic coaching inn with beams, panelling, good service and some excellent fine dining in the restaurant and the more informal bistro.
The Pheasant, Bassenthwaite Lake, near Cockermouth. CA13 9YE. 017687 76234
Waterhead Hotel
With lawns running down to Coniston Water, the Waterhead has been a hotel for many years. In its early days, the Victorian artist and social critic John Ruskin was a guest as was Charles Darwin. During World War II the hotel became a school for evacuees, including Sir Robin Day. Nearby is the village of Coniston which has a strong association with Donald Campbell.
Waterhead Hotel, Hawkshead Road, Coniston LA21 8AJ.015394 41244
The Fish Inn
This old inn was the scene of an infamous act of treachery when the landlord’s daughter, Mary Robinson, married bigamist and all round bad egg, John Hatfield, in 1802. It started off as a romantic tale and ended with the miscreant being hanged. Melvyn Bragg’s novel, The Maid of Buttermere, tells the story. Today, it is a comfortable, informal place to stay.
The Fish Inn, Buttermere, near Cockermouth, CA13 9XA. 017687 70253
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