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Derek Holland #45 SP San Francisco Giants
Position Depth: 6th MR
Birthplace: Newark, OH
Birthdate: October 9, 1986
Throws: L Bats: S
College: Wallace State CC
Latest News (Jun 21, 2019)
Holland tossed two innings of relief while giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out one in Thursday's 9-8 loss to the Dodgers.
29 7 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 67 62 45 41 35 69 5.51 1.448
Jul 17 @COL W 11-8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .248 5.51
Jul 14 @MIL W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 26 .253 5.65
Jul 13 @MIL L 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 .253 5.74
Jul 5 STL L 9-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 29 .255 5.83
Jul 2 @SD W 10-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 23 .258 6.02
Jun 29 ARI L 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .258 6.07
Jun 26 COL L 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .261 6.17
Jun 20 @LAD L 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 38 .273 6.63
Fri Jul 19, 10:15PM EDT New York Mets
Sat Jul 20, 4:05PM EDT New York Mets
Sun Jul 21, 4:05PM EDT New York Mets
Mon Jul 22, 9:45PM EDT Chicago Cubs
Tue Jul 23, 9:45PM EDT Chicago Cubs
Wed Jul 24, 3:45PM EDT Chicago Cubs
Fri Jul 26, 10:10PM EDT at San Diego Padres
Sat Jul 27, 8:40PM EDT at San Diego Padres
Sun Jul 28, 4:10PM EDT at San Diego Padres
Tue Jul 30, 7:05PM EDT at Philadelphia Phillies
2019 SP: 7 RP: 22
2018 SP: 30 RP: 6
2015 SP: 10
2014 SP: 5 RP: 1
2009 SP: 21 RP: 12
Home 13 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 35 27 19 15 17 36 3.86 1.257
Away 16 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 32 35 26 26 18 33 7.31 1.656
Day 8 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 24.1 26 21 21 13 28 7.77 1.603
Night 21 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 42.2 36 24 20 22 41 4.22 1.359
Wins 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 10 2 2 3 14 1.42 1.026
Losses 23 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 54.1 52 43 39 32 55 6.46 1.546
vs. own division 16 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 40 38 29 25 21 38 5.63 1.475
vs. American League 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 6 6 6 6 9 7.71 1.714
vs. National League 26 6 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 60 56 39 35 29 60 5.25 1.417
vs. ARI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 8 4 1 3 7.20 1.600
vs. ATL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 3 3 3 6.75 1.500
vs. BAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.000
vs. COL 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 12 11 11 9 11 6.91 1.465
vs. LAD 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 5 5 7 9 5.87 1.957
vs. MIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 9.00 1.500
vs. MIL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 5 2.25 1.500
vs. NYM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 3 3.00 1.333
vs. NYY 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 6 3 6 10.80 1.800
vs. PIT 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 3 3 1 7 5.40 1.000
vs. SD 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 11 5 5 4 15 3.46 1.154
vs. STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 1.000
vs. TOR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.000
March 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 3 3 2 5 6.75 1.500
April 5 5 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 28 22 16 16 14 35 5.14 1.286
May 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.2 19 20 16 12 12 9.82 2.114
June 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.2 13 5 5 4 10 3.55 1.342
July 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 1 1 3 7 1.17 0.913
Mar 29 SF @SD L 4-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 3 3 1 2 5 71 .267 6.75
Apr 3 SF @LAD L 5-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 4 7 98 .212 5.00
Apr 9 SF SD W 7-2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 1 1 2 9 106 .214 3.38
Apr 14 SF COL L 4-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4 4 4 1 4 6 101 .208 4.09
Apr 20 SF @PIT L 3-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 3 3 2 1 7 78 .213 4.33
Apr 27 SF NYY L 6-4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 6 6 6 1 3 6 82 .230 5.34
May 9 SF @COL L 12-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 7 7 3 4 2 73 .260 6.75
May 14 SF TOR L 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 25 .256 6.56
May 17 SF @ARI L 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 29 .265 7.36
May 20 SF ATL L 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 .259 7.17
May 24 SF ARI L 18-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 1 0 3 59 .261 6.80
May 28 SF @MIA L 11-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 29 .260 6.90
May 31 SF @BAL L 9-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 16 .257 6.75
Jun 4 SF @NYM W 9-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 25 .261 6.61
Jun 5 SF @NYM L 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 38 .261 6.52
Jun 8 SF LAD L 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .261 6.52
Jun 16 SF MIL L 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 36 .264 6.45
Jun 18 SF @LAD L 9-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 1 15 .269 6.71
Jun 20 SF @LAD L 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 38 .273 6.63
Jun 24 SF COL L 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 37 .261 6.28
Jun 29 SF ARI L 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .258 6.07
Jul 1 SF @SD W 13-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .253 5.97
Jul 5 SF STL L 9-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 29 .255 5.83
Jul 13 SF @MIL L 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 .253 5.74
Jul 14 SF @MIL W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 26 .253 5.65
Jul 17 SF @COL W 11-8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .248 5.51
May 08, 2019 Removed From 10-Day IL (Bone bruise, left index finger)
Apr 29, 2019 Placed on 10-Day IL (Bone bruise, left index finger)
Jan 14, 2019 Signed as Free Agent ( 2019; Opt 2020)(one-year contract)
Oct 29, 2018 Declared Free Agency
Mar 26, 2018 Purchased From Minors
Feb 09, 2018 Signed to a Minor League Contract
Sep 07, 2017 Cleared Waivers and Became a Free Agent
Sep 05, 2017 Released
Dec 14, 2016 Signed as Free Agent ( 2017)(one-year contract)
Nov 07, 2016 Declared Free Agency (team option declined)
Aug 23, 2016 Recalled From Minors Rehab Assignment
Aug 23, 2016 Removed From 60-Day DL (Left shoulder inflammation)
Aug 05, 2016 Sent to Minors For Rehabilitation
Jul 15, 2016 Transferred to 60-Day DL (Left shoulder inflammation)
Jun 22, 2016 Placed on 15-Day DL (Left shoulder inflammation)
Aug 19, 2015 Removed From 60-Day DL (Subscapular strain in right shoulder)
Apr 11, 2015 Placed on 60-Day DL (Subscapular strain in right shoulder)
Aug 30, 2014 Removed From 60-Day DL (Recovery from left knee surgery)
Mar 03, 2014 Placed on 60-Day DL (Recovery from left knee surgery)
Jul 07, 2012 Removed From 15-Day DL (Let shoulder fatigue)
Jun 07, 2012 Placed on 15-Day DL (Let shoulder fatigue)
Mar 20, 2012 Signed ( 2012-2016; Opt 2017-2018)(five-year extension)
Aug 20, 2010 Sent to Minors
Aug 01, 2010 Removed From 15-Day DL (Left rotator cuff inflammation)
Jun 01, 2010 Placed on 15-Day DL (Left rotator cuff inflammation)
May 12, 2010 Called Up from Minors
Apr 18, 2009 Purchased From Minors
Holland tossed two innings of relief while giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking...
Holland allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out two across 2.2...
Holland allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out two across 2.2 innings Thursday against the Rockies. He did not factor into the decision.
Holland won't make his scheduled start after Wednesday's postponement and will instead start...
Holland won't make his scheduled start after Wednesday's postponement and will instead start Thursday at Colorado, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.
Holland (finger) was activated from the 10-day injured list ahead of his scheduled start Wednesday...
Holland (finger) was activated from the 10-day injured list ahead of his scheduled start Wednesday against the Rockies, Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Holland (finger) is scheduled to be activated off the 10-day injured list to start Wednesday at...
Holland (finger) is scheduled to be activated off the 10-day injured list to start Wednesday at Colorado, Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Holland was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday due to a left index finger bone bruise, Kerry...
Holland was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday due to a left index finger bone bruise, Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Holland (1-4) took the loss against the Yankees on Saturday by allowing six runs on six hits over...
Holland (1-4) took the loss against the Yankees on Saturday by allowing six runs on six hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked three.
Holland (1-3) took the loss Saturday, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk over five innings...
Holland (1-3) took the loss Saturday, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk over five innings while striking out seven in a 3-1 loss to the Pirates.
Holland (1-2) gave up four runs on four hits with four walks while striking out six through six...
Holland (1-2) gave up four runs on four hits with four walks while striking out six through six innings in a loss to the Rockies on Sunday.
Holland (1-1) picked up the win Tuesday, allowing one run on five hits and two walks over seven...
Holland (1-1) picked up the win Tuesday, allowing one run on five hits and two walks over seven innings while striking out nine in a 7-2 victory over the Padres.
Holland gave up two runs on three hits and four walks while striking out seven through five innings...
Holland gave up two runs on three hits and four walks while striking out seven through five innings in a no-decision against the Dodgers on Wednesday.
Holland owns a 3.38 ERA with six strikeouts over eight innings (two starts) this spring.
Holland signed a one-year, $7 million contract with the Giants on Monday, Ken Rosenthal of The...
Holland signed a one-year, $7 million contract with the Giants on Monday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. The deal includes a club option for 2020.
Derek Holland Wants To Stay In National League
.Free-agent starting pitcher Derek Holland's preference is to re-sign with the San Francisco Giants or at least stay in the National League. The 32-year-old southpaw had a bounce-back year with San Fran in 2018, going 7-9 with a 3.57 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 169 K's in 171 1/3 innings across 36 outings (30 starts). The year before with the White Sox he had an atrocious 6.20 ERA and was written off. He also struck out a career-high 8.9 hitters per nine innings last year, and his best fit would be to stay in pitcher-friendly San Francisco. There's no bet that he'll be as good again in 2019, though, so Holland is more of a matchup play in deep mixed leagues and DFS formats.
Holland allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in...
Holland allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Padres. He did not factor into the decision.
Holland didn't factor into the decision against the Braves on Wednesday, despite a strong outing...
Holland didn't factor into the decision against the Braves on Wednesday, despite a strong outing that saw him give up just one earned run on five hits over six innings, strike out seven and walk one in a 2-1 defeat for the Giants.
Holland didn't factor into the decision in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Brewers, allowing two runs on...
Holland didn't factor into the decision in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Brewers, allowing two runs on two hits and five walks over six innings while striking out eight.
Derek Holland Pitches Well Again Saturday
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland was at it again on Saturday against the Mets, allowing a single run on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings. The lefty has had a surprisingly successful season to this point, posting a 7-8 record with a 3.56 ERA, 144 strikeouts, and 55 walks in 26 starts. He will make his next start Friday against the Brewers.
Holland threw six innings of one-run ball Saturday, allowing four hits and three walks while...
Holland threw six innings of one-run ball Saturday, allowing four hits and three walks while striking out three, but he didn't factor into the decision during the Giants' loss in to the Mets in 11 innings.
Holland (7-8) tossed 6.1 innings Sunday, allowing one run on three hits and three walks in the 3-1...
Holland (7-8) tossed 6.1 innings Sunday, allowing one run on three hits and three walks in the 3-1 win over Texas. He struck out four and earned the victory.
Holland allowed one run on four hits and one walk across five innings Monday in a no-decision...
Holland allowed one run on four hits and one walk across five innings Monday in a no-decision against the Mets. He struck out five.
Holland didn't factor into the decision in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers, pitching 4.2 scoreless...
Holland didn't factor into the decision in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers, pitching 4.2 scoreless innings and allowing six hits with seven strikeouts and four walks.
Holland didn't factor into the decision Wednesday against the Mariners but had a solid performance,...
Holland didn't factor into the decision Wednesday against the Mariners but had a solid performance, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk while striking out four in six innings.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy confirmed Holland would start Wednesday's game against the Mariners,...
Giants manager Bruce Bochy confirmed Holland would start Wednesday's game against the Mariners, Chris Haft of MLB.com reports.
Holland will likely start Wednesday's game against the Mariners, Henry Schulman of the San...
Holland will likely start Wednesday's game against the Mariners, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Derek Holland To Start Wednesday
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland will continue to fill in for Jeff Samardzija and will start against the Mariners on Wednesday. Holland surprisingly has a career-high 9.3 K/9 in 22 outings (18 starts) for the Giants this year and is sporting a 4.06 ERA and 1.30 WHIP. He'll have a tough matchup against the Mariners, but he's worth considering as a streamer in deep leagues for the strikeouts alone.
Holland (6-8) was tagged with the loss Tuesday, allowing one run on five hits while striking out...
Holland (6-8) was tagged with the loss Tuesday, allowing one run on five hits while striking out eight without a walk over 6.1 innings against the Cubs.
Derek Holland Suffers A Tough Loss On Tuesday
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland gave up one run in 6 1/3 innings on Tuesday versus the Cubs. Holland got the start on Tuesday at the last minute and performed well. Holland allowed five hits, no walks and struck out eight. Holland isn't expected to remain in the rotation and could be avoided in most formats for now.
Holland will start Tuesday against the Cubs, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Holland will immediately transition to a role in the bullpen upon the return of Johnny Cueto...
Holland will immediately transition to a role in the bullpen upon the return of Johnny Cueto (elbow) on Thursday, Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group reports.
Holland didn't factor into the decision in Tuesday's win over the Rockies, allowing one run on six...
Holland didn't factor into the decision in Tuesday's win over the Rockies, allowing one run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over 6.2 innings.
Holland (5-7) got the win Wednesday, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking...
Holland (5-7) got the win Wednesday, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings against the Marlins.
Holland (4-7) took the loss against the Dodgers on Friday, giving up two earned runs on five hits...
Holland (4-7) took the loss against the Dodgers on Friday, giving up two earned runs on five hits over five innings, striking out seven, and walking two in a 3-2 defeat.
Holland (2-6) was charged with three runs (two earned) on five hits over six innings in a loss to...
Holland (2-6) was charged with three runs (two earned) on five hits over six innings in a loss to the Cubs on Friday. He struck out six and walked two.
Holland (2-4) fired 6.1 scoreless innings Sunday, giving up four hits and five walks while striking...
Holland (2-4) fired 6.1 scoreless innings Sunday, giving up four hits and five walks while striking out seven and picking up the win over the Pirates.
Derek Holland Strikes Out Seven In Win Sunday
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland threw 6 1/3 shutout innings on Sunday against the the Pirates. He only allowed four hits, but walked five in the game and struck out seven batters for his second win of the season. Holland seems to have bounced back since his rough start against the Dodgers on April 27th, as he has not allowed more than three runs since. That being said, his ERA still sits at 4.79 and his WHIP at 1.28, so he is still a middling starter at best, but should still be owned in more than 3% of leagues. He will look to continue his recent success on Friday at home against the Rockies.
Holland (1-3) got the win over the Padres on Wednesday, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk...
Holland (1-3) got the win over the Padres on Wednesday, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk over five innings while striking out four.
Holland gave up four earned runs on four hits over 3.1 innings in a no-decision against the Dodgers...
Holland gave up four earned runs on four hits over 3.1 innings in a no-decision against the Dodgers on Friday. He struck out three and walked four.
Holland allowed three earned runs on six hits while walking two and striking out four across 4.2...
Holland allowed three earned runs on six hits while walking two and striking out four across 4.2 innings Saturday against the Padres. He did not factor into the decision.
Holland (0-2) allowed two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out eight batters through six...
Holland (0-2) allowed two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out eight batters through six innings during Monday's 2-1 loss to Arizona.
Manager Bruce Bochy announced that Holland will now start Monday's series opener against the...
Manager Bruce Bochy announced that Holland will now start Monday's series opener against the Diamondbacks, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Holland will start Saturday's game against the Dodgers, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic Bay Area...
Holland will start Saturday's game against the Dodgers, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic Bay Area reports.
Holland will not start Friday against the Dodgers as the game has been rained out, Alanna Rizzo of...
Holland will not start Friday against the Dodgers as the game has been rained out, Alanna Rizzo of SportsNet LA reports.
Chris Stratton To Pitch Saturday, Derek Holland Will Pitch Monday
The San Francisco Giants have shuffled up their rotation with Chris Stratton and Ty Blach being moved up to Saturday and Sunday. Derek Holland will be pushed back to Monday. None of the mentioned pictures hold much value at moment aside from streaming.
Holland (0-1) took the loss against the Dodgers on Saturday, giving up five runs (three earned) on...
Holland (0-1) took the loss against the Dodgers on Saturday, giving up five runs (three earned) on three hits and three walks over five innings while striking out four.
Derek Holland Makes Giants Rotation
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland will make the Giants rotation. Holland needed injuries to Madison Bumgarner (hand) and Jeff Samardzija (shoulder) to lock down a spot. This spring, Holland had a 4.05 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 20 innings. The veteran probably won't help owners much outside of streaming in good matchups. He can be avoided in most mixed formats.
The Giants selected Holland's contract from Double-A Richmond on Monday, MLB.com reports.
Holland is expected to begin the year in the Giants' rotation following the injuries to Madison...
Holland is expected to begin the year in the Giants' rotation following the injuries to Madison Bumgarner (hand) and Jeff Samardzija (pectoral) this spring, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Holland will start Tuesday's game against the Royals, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle...
Holland will start Tuesday's game against the Royals, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Holland agreed to a minor-league deal with San Francisco on Friday, which includes an invitation to...
Holland agreed to a minor-league deal with San Francisco on Friday, which includes an invitation to spring training, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.
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Lojack for Laptops
Companies lose billions of dollars a year in hardware and data. Here’s how the good guys try to get the stuff back.
By Arianne Cohen 5 minute Read
Allow me, for a moment, to predict the future: Your company is going to lose a lot of money on laptops. It’s inevitable. A laptop is stolen every 53 seconds. More than 12,000 laptops disappear weekly from U.S. airports alone. Only 3% of stolen laptops are ever returned. According to the Computer Security Institute, the average large company lost almost $3.9 million last year to laptop and mobile-device thefts, and another $4.5 million on the proprietary and confidential data stored in those machines. Throw in the expense of offering free credit reporting to customers whose data was accidentally exposed, and corporations spend an estimated $5.4 billion annually.
Grant Thornton, the 6,000-person accounting firm, knew those numbers all too well. “We have one laptop per employee, and we’d had some break-ins and thefts,” says director of IT David Johnson. Like most companies, many more laptops disappeared internally: The same laptop is transferred to four employees over three years, and suddenly (whoops!) no one knows where it is. “You can’t really consider security if you don’t know what you have and where it is,” he says. “We lease our computers from Lenovo. When it asks where every item is — and we pay a fee if we don’t know — you begin to care a lot.”
The tonic comes from a 15-year-old Canadian company called Absolute Software. It has developed software that lives in a notebook computer’s motherboard and pings Absolute’s headquarters with its online IP address. The daily pings let companies keep up-to-date lists of where their computers are around the world and notify them if a ping comes from an unexpected location. Customers can trigger a code to wipe a machine’s hard drive from afar.
The technology is called Computrace, and in the past 18 months, it has become the industry standard for dealing with theft. Computrace is now included in the motherboards of all major manufacturers’ notebook computers, including Dell, Lenovo, HP, Panasonic, and Toshiba. Absolute has 3 million customers, mostly corporate, but also NASA — for whom it retrieved two laptops, carrying training-mission data, that had been stolen in Russia — and the Los Angeles Unified School District. A three-year contract for a single unit costs $99, though companies pay a much lower bulk rate.
Absolute had the idea a decade ago, but it didn’t catch on until the company devised a clever strategy for making sure that it could do something with the incriminating information it possessed. “We hired 30 full-time former police officers around the country to work with law enforcement in the jurisdictions where laptops might pop up,” says CEO John Livingston, who has trained officers in the 20 largest U.S. cities.
The strategy has made the business. A burglar broke into one of Grant Thornton’s Florida offices and made off with a number of computers. A week later, one of the units pinged in from a Florida mall. Absolute informed the local precinct. Officers went to the address and found a mall phone store selling stolen property — including the rest of the stolen PCs. “Of the few dozen that are stolen every year, 80% are recovered,” says Grant Thornton’s Johnson, “and with the pinging service, we return more than 99% of the laptops on our lease.” Overall, Absolute’s partnership with law enforcement has yielded a 75% recovery rate on stolen laptops.
Which is why, on a Tuesday afternoon this past summer, Mike Perez, a former NYPD detective and one of Absolute’s regional managers, is training 16 detectives at Newark Police headquarters on how Absolute’s technology works. Perez presents a slide show, first dispelling the myth that Computrace is a GPS system like LoJack for cars. It’s not, although Absolute’s consumer version has adopted the LoJack name. (The companies are unrelated, but Absolute’s next service will use GPS to locate smartphones and laptops equipped with an internal cellular modem.) Absolute tracks only IP addresses, which requires waiting until the laptops are connected to the Internet. Although that’s not ideal, more than 90% of stolen laptops end up online within days or weeks after being stolen.
The room is particularly interested in the fact that up to 10% of Absolute’s cases overlap with other crime — weapons, drugs, stolen vehicles, credit-card scams. And Absolute has the tools that make cops very happy. Perez flashes a snapshot of a guy holding a gun in a backyard, then another photo of bundles of cash. Perez can see a stolen computer’s screen in real time, meaning that he can grab screen shots of what’s going on. He can also monitor keystrokes.
As a result, criminals often lead the cops to their own door. Thieves will try a Google search like where to sell a stolen laptop, Jay Street, Newark NJ. Or they’ll post a Facebook update: Travis is enjoying his new computer. “We get subscriber records through the IP address, and then run them through popular sites,” Perez says. “Facebook, WhitePages.com, Hi5, and Google, for instance. We often get a photo.” Perez’s partner, Marty Davin, assures the room that these leads are passed on: “We want to make sure the investigator has as much information as possible so that when he arrives on the scene, he’s prepared.”
Perez uses full-on cop speak to highlight the low-fuss benefits Absolute can offer. “We try to minimize the time you allocate to laptop theft,” he says. “If you got a homicide but are also tracking a laptop, you can call us and ask, ‘Hey, you got a guy in Newark?’ We’ll email or fax you the data, and your warrant support forms, ready to go for the prosecutor’s office.” The room nods. This is like Christmas.
As the seminar ends, Detective Larry Collins, a 13-year veteran, pulls the officers aside to tell them about a laptop case he’s working on. A few days later, Collins gets a call from Perez. “He said, ‘That laptop you mentioned came back online, and this is where it’s being used,’ ” Collins says. “We went right over to the address Absolute gave us, and recovered the laptop. The owner had just bought it and had no idea it was stolen. It took 20 minutes. I wish every investigation were that easy.”
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Home » Profiles » A Relationship Builder
A Relationship Builder
by Tina Ashchian | May 2015 | DIGITAL EDITION
The CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Gerard van Grinsven, credits his success in hospitality, and now health care, to durable, long-lasting relationships.
One of the first things you’ll learn upon meeting Gerard van Grinsven is that he believes in building strong relationships. So much so, that he’ll even credit much of his success to the connections he’s built throughout the years.
The current president and CEO of Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) first figured out the importance of being personable at age 18 when he worked as a bartender in the Netherlands at a trendy social spot in Maastricht – the rich cultural city where he grew up and earned his bachelor’s degree in hotel management.
Then, when an ankle injury ended van Grinsven’s professional soccer career, he put his hospitality skills to use as a coffee shop manager in London.
Young and driven, van Grinsven would often say to hotel general managers, “Sir, I’d like to sit in your chair one day.” But, despite multiple interactions with recruiters, he was always told to “come back in five years.”
Van Grinsven wouldn’t take no for an answer. So, at 23 years old, he became one of the most successful restaurant leaders in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. He built his success by fostering relationships with leaders in the community and inviting them to his restaurant.
From there, he attained executive titles in the food and beverage industry, and hotel management, opening 20 Ritz-Carltons worldwide. He’s catered food for the King of Thailand and former President Ronald Reagan. He even saved a hotel guest who was shot by a sniper during a rebel attack in the Philippines.
It didn’t take long for health care leaders to notice that everything van Grinsven touched turned to gold. So in 2006, he became the president and CEO for Henry Ford Health System’s West Bloomfield Hospital in Michigan. He opened the 192-bed, feng shui-designed hospital in 2009. The patient-centered facility focused on the way clinical care is delivered, treating not only the illness, but the person’s overall wellness.
This passion is mirrored at CTCA, where physicians practice the Mother Standard of care – treating every patient like they’re your own mother. The organization is a national network of five cancer-care hospitals that specialize in the treatment of patients fighting complex or advanced-stage cancer.
Van Grinsven says he was able to successfully transition from luxury hotels to health care, where he takes care of a different type of “guest,” by incorporating the lesson he first learned as a bartender: the importance of relationships.
“I’m not in the business of health care, I’m in the business of relationships,” he says.
Now two years into his role, CTCA headquarters has moved to Boca Raton to improve research, medical programs and potential international partnerships. CTCA is responsible for the first hydroponic greenhouse in health care, providing fresh, organic food to its patients with cost-effectiveness in mind.
Van Grinsven, who lost his father to cancer about two years ago, is determined to bring custom hospitality to the health care industry to improve the quality of life during and after treatment for cancer patients and their families. This integrated approach is what the father of four hopes will become the norm in all health care facilities one day.
“I have high plans to make [CTCA’s] service go beyond what you ever have seen in health care,” van Grinsven says
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Iranians seek return of singer from Germany
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's official news agency says protesters in front of the German Embassy in Tehran are seeking return of an Iranian-born singer who went into hiding after receiving death threats.
Singer Shahin Najafi allegedly insulted a Shiite Muslim saint.
The Wednesday report by IRNA said the protesters also demanded that Germany apologize for hosting the singer, who has lived in Germany since 2005.
They called the singer an apostate.
The threats began after comments by religious authorities in Iran were taken to mean the singer insulted Islam with a song meant to be humorous.
Najafi first contacted German police about the threats May 8. A day later, an anonymous person posting on a Persian-language website put a $100,000 price on his head.
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Frea Buckler
Frea studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in London. More recently she passed her Masters degree with Distinction at UWE in Bristol, where she continues to live and work.
Frea is a multi-disciplinary artist employing her freestyle methodology in sculpture, wallpainting and screenprint. She has rejected the digital and makes everything by hand, to get as close to the process as possible. She uses screenprint as a tool for drawing to produce series of one off printed works on paper. This process, which she begins without preliminary drawings is paradoxically methodical, systematic and precise and therefore embraces a balance between chaos and control, knowing and not knowing. She applies this approach to her sculptural and installation works, embracing the possibility of imminent failure and adaptation, always responding to what has gone before. She plays with the contrast of certainty and contradiction, knowing and ambiguity, perfection and imperfection in the making and outcomes of the works.
Her bold, abstract geometric works suggest probable but impossible forms resembling unfolded boxes or origami – bending, folding and opening out in different directions. They play with illusion and perception, they fit and don’t fit, there are loose ends and spaces in between. The works are rhythmic, exploring sensations of loud and quiet, fast and slow. They are built from modular elements, shapes collected from found forms, objects used to demarcate, barricade and build. They are intended as visual representations of our processes, emotions and behaviours, such as flow, poise and balance, rather than objects.
She has exhibited nationally including being selected twice for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and a solo show at Jealous Gallery, London, curated by Smithson Gallery. She has worked on a large commission for Facebook and other public art projects.
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Frontiers in Built Environment
Original Research ARTICLE Provisionally accepted The full-text will be published soon. Notify me
Front. Built Environ. | doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2019.00095
Use of the knowledge-based system LOG-IDEAH to assess failure modes of masonry buildings, damaged by L’Aquila earthquake in 2009.
Viviana I. Novelli1* and Dina D'Ayala2
1Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
2University College London, United Kingdom
This article, first, discusses the decision-making process, typically used by trained engineers to assess failure modes of masonry buildings, and then, presents the rule-based model, required to build a knowledge-based system for post-earthquake damage assessment. The acquisition of the engineering knowledge and implementation of the rule-based model lead to the developments of the knowledge-based system LOG-IDEAH (Logic trees for Identification of Damage due to Earthquakes for Architectural Heritage), a web-based tool, which assesses failure modes of masonry buildings by interpreting both crack pattern and damage severity, recorded on site by visual inspection. Assuming that failure modes detected by trained engineers for a sample of buildings are the correct ones, these are used to validate the predictions made by LOG-IDEAH. Prediction robustness of the proposed system is carried out by computing Precision and Recall measures for failure modes, predicted for a set of buildings selected in the city centre of L’Aquila (Italy), damaged by an earthquake in 2009. To provide an independent meaning of verification for LOG-IDEAH, random generations of outputs are created to obtain baselines of failure modes for the same case study. For the baseline output to be compatible and consistent with the observations on site, failure modes are randomly generated with the same probability of occurrence as observed for the building samples inspected in the city centre of L’Aquila. The comparison between Precision and Recall measures, calculated on the output, provided by LOG-IDEAH and predicted by random generations, underlines that the proposed knowledge-based system has a high ability to predict failure modes of masonry buildings, and has the potential to support surveyors in post-earthquake assessments.
Keywords: Knowledge-based system (KBS), Masonry buildings, seismic damage, Failure modes, Post-earthquake assessment
Received: 05 Apr 2019; Accepted: 02 Jul 2019.
Andrea Belleri, University of Bergamo, Italy
Antonio Formisano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Francesco Fabbrocino, Pegaso University, Italy
Maria Rosa Valluzzi, University of Padova, Italy
Copyright: © 2019 Novelli and D'Ayala. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dr. Viviana I. Novelli, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, England, United Kingdom, viviana.novelli@bristol.ac.uk
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The Unfinished Creature
As I have often said from the podium, it helps to clear away the "spirit of the age" clutter to ask: Why are we here? Or: What are humans for?
Now that I've violated the one grammatical principle that I still try to uphold -- against ending a sentence with a preposition -- let me repeat the offense: One way of putting our predicament is this: The challenge and the quintessential human task is to discover -- existentially at least, and cognitively as far as possible -- what human existence is all about. It remains, after all, an open question. We are, par excellence, the only unfinished creatures. But that does not mean that we are free to fashion ourselves according to our whims. Our existence would then simply been absurd, which is to say incapable of being assessed. A "well-lived life" would be an unintelligible phrase, purely subjective. There must be a pattern, a form, a purpose, and logic, in a "word," a Logos.
More that merely a synonym for the English "word," the Logos of John's Gospel means the reason, the pattern, the (Trinitarian) reality toward which creatures made in the image and likeness of God are inherently ordained. Everyone whose life has any moral or conceptual or existential coherence has a logos at work in the background of his or her existence, that is to say: an operational notion, however vaguely conceptualized, of the meaning and purpose of human existence.
The question is: how true is the logos on which one's life is based? A Christian, like everyone else, ought to routine ask: What are humans for? In other words: what is the true pattern, the true nature of human existence? To what are we called by the fact that we are made in the image and likeness of (the Trinitarian) God? The answer is Christ, simply: Christ: the Logos in the flesh, that is to say, the Reason (for human life) embodied in human form.
It would be technically true to say that "what we Christians believe is that Christ is the answer," but, in the squishy world of multicultural diffidence, that way of expressing it inevitably relativizes it. Imagine a person getting up at an international meeting of scientists and saying: "what we Western scientists believe is that the earth is spherical." There are people who don't believe that, but those who do believe it are right and those who don't are wrong. When is the last time you heard a Muslim say: "What we Muslims believe is that there is no God but Allah and Mohammad is is prophet"? Don't hold your breath waiting to hear it. Our Islamic brothers and sisters may be religiously mistaken (they are), but at least they believe what they claim to believe.
To make the truth claim unabashedly will seem, again in the present atmosphere, to be an act of pride. In fact it is an act of humility, inasmuch as the one who makes such a statement is precisely not stating his or her personal opinion. One is simply assenting to the truth that has been mediated by centuries of credible Christian witnesses ("Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe") and, provisionally at least, corroborated by one's own experience of prayer and the sacraments.
Accounting for one's creedal affirmation surely requires the summoning of apologetic, theological, and (especially in the case of Christianity) anthropological corroboration, but none of these things will avail if the original affirmation is too diffident, too equivocating, too relativized to be taken seriously.
To say, as Christians always have, that Christ is "Lord," is to say that He is the true Logos, the unsurpassable pattern of self-sacrificing love to which all humans are called by God. To say that Christ is the "Lord of history," is to say that history is the drama of Christ's gentle appeal to his mortal brothers and sisters to come their senses and claim their ontological inheritance by participating, here and now, in the joy of Trinitarian self-donation.
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Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science
The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Announces $1.3 Million in New Support from the John Templeton Foundation
from Currents Spring 2015
The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has received $1.3 million in new funding from the John Templeton Foundation to support and enhance CTNS programming.
The support will facilitate the transition of CTNS into an internal Program Unit of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). Founded in 1962, the GTU is the largest and most diverse partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the United States, dedicated to building bridges within and across different religious...
CTNS Turns 35—and Becomes a GTU Program!
From the Fall 2016 issue of Currents, view PDF
On Tuesday, October 18, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) celebrated its 35th anniversary—and its new beginning as an internal program of the GTU. CTNS became a GTU program unit earlier this year, after a long and successful history as an independent nonprofit affiliated with the GTU. The October 18th celebration featured a retrospective by CTNS Director...
CTNS Gives GTU an Endowed Chair and Fellowships in Theology and Science Worth Nearly $2.1M
The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has given the Graduate Theological Union the endowed Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science and two endowed fellowships, the Russell Family Fellowship in Religion and Science and the Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science. These gifts, valued at nearly $2.1M, mark the latest and most significant step in the year-long transition through which CTNS will shift from being an independently incorporated GTU affiliate to an internal program of the GTU.
Founded in 1981, the Center for Theology and...
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Editorial Round-Up: Sunshine Laws and A Medical Marijuana Crackdown
Editorial round-up takes a look at responses to a proposed change to Tennessee's open-meeting laws and the federal government's crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries.
by Dylan Scott | October 25, 2011
The clouding of Tennessee sunshine laws and the federal government's role in policing state's marijuana policies have captured space on newspaper editorial pages.
Some Tennessee county commissioners have backed an amendment to the state's open meeting law that would allow municipal officials to meet privately to discuss issues before they come to a formal vote. According to The Tennessean, supporters say that is the same right allotted to members of the state General Assembly and would allow for a more efficient and informed decision-making process.
But the Knoxville News-Sentinel was one of several newspapers that used its editorial page to vehemently oppose the proposal. Railing against local officials "who want to keep their dealings secret," the newspaper implored state officials to forestall any efforts to "gut" the state's open-meeting law. The News-Sentinel warned that, in some cases, a majority of members of a board or council could meet in secret without having to inform the public.
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"The public's business should be conducted in public," the editorial states. "That's a principle our public servants must affirm."
Sevier County's Mountain Press concurred and characterized the proposition as an "assault" on Tennessee's sunshine laws. The open-meeting law, as it stands, is a "model of government transparency," the Press's editorial board writes. "Assaults on the law... cannot be allowed to pass."
The federal government's mixed signals regarding medical marijuana dispensaries are putting state officials in California and Colorado at a disadvantage, newspapers from both states agree. But the Sacramento Bee and The Coloradoan have very different ideas about how they should proceed.
From California's state capital, the Sacramento Bee criticized state Attorney General Kamala Harris for failing to take the lead after Justice Department attorneys announced earlier this month that they would crack down on major dispensaries and growers. Those operations that are legitimate, the Bee says, are right to look to Harris because they "need more clarity on what they can and can't do."
She should meet with the U.S. attorneys and outline her own blueprint for how California's medical marijuana policy should work, the newspaper writes. Such actions would increase the likelihood that state lawmakers would make a smart decision about how to move forward.
"Californians elected Harris to lead on major legal issues like this, not stand on the sidelines," the Bee asserts.
But in Colorado, where the federal government has undertaken a similar initiative on medical marijuana dispensaries, The Coloradoan's editorial board endorses a ban on such operations until the legal muddle is cleared. In Larimer County, for example, the number of medical marijuana registry card has risen tenfold since dispensaries were opened. That "places the legitimacy of the (dispensary) model in question," The Coloradoan writes.
That model hasn't effectively distinguished between legitimate patients and those who would "exploit" lax laws to gain access to what is still technically a controlled substance, the newspaper says. Until these problems can be resolved, the state should return to the more limited "caregiver" model.
Elsewhere across the country, the Baltimore Sun laments a what it considers an ethical lapse by a county council member.
"Politicians are a lot like middle school students," the Sun editorial board writes. "The moment you think they are mature and thoughtful enough to do the responsible thing, they are bound to disappoint." The newspaper seems severely disappointed that a county council member has been working for a state department, which is a direct conflict of interest in his duties as a council member and a violation of the Baltimore County charter. The editorial calls for the council member's resignation.
In central Pennsylvania, The Sentinel critiques efforts by state lawmakers to pass a stringent voter photo identification law.
The Sentinel admonishes Republican legislators for pushing a voter identification law, already passed in seven other states, which "is unsupported by facts and fueled mainly by the rhetoric of partisan politics." Local election boards were not consulted during the bill's drafting, the editorial points out, and, as written, it leaves too many questions for local officials about how it would be enforced.
The potential issue of disenfranchisement should also be considered. "As the civic-minded lament every election cycle: the real problem in America is not fraudulent voters, it is voter apathy," The Sentinel writes. "Here is one more reason not to vote. Is that what we really want?"
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The Pentagon’s IED-Hunters Have a New Target: Drones
After a decade of ups and downs, JIDO has added the counter-UAV mission.
Caroline Houck,
Caroline Houck
A short list of U.S. military outfits that develop tools and techniques to fight enemy drones includes DARPA, the services’ research labs — and now, the group created more than a decade ago to solve the IED problem.
Founded in the early 2000s as a taskforce with a budget of just $100 million, the agency now called the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Office, JIDO, has evolved over the years. First, it mushroomed into the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, JIEDDO, with a multibillion-dollar budget and a three-part mission that had it inventing counter-IED technology while simultaneously collecting intelligence and training troops on what to look out for. Then it shrank in a series of reorganizations that eventually housed it under the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
It’s a logical next step to tackle commercial drones, its director Lt. Gen. Michael Shields says.
“We’re incredibly focused on counter-IED — the counter-[drone] work is really just a natural extension as an airborne IED,” he told reporters last week at a demonstration day the office hosted.
As small quadcopters and fixed-wing drones became cheaper and more accessible over the last few years, the Islamic State put them to use on the battlefield — for everything from conducting surveillance to dropping small bombs.
“Historically, ISIS has been very adept at how they adapt and integrate improvised explosive devices. In the early days, [they had] an almost industrial capacity to do so,” Shields said. “The natural extension of that was their use of the drones. I don’t see that going away.”
Gen. Raymond Thomas, who leads U.S. Special Operations Command, called ISIS’s armed drones the past year’s “most daunting problem.”
"About five or six months ago, there was a day when the Iraqi effort nearly came to a screeching halt, where literally over 24 hours there were 70 drones in the air," Thomas told a special operations forces conference in May. "At one point, there were 12 'killer bees,' if you will, right overhead and underneath our air superiority."
Though nowhere near as life-threatening to U.S. troops as the IED has been in the 15 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the problem jump-started JIDO’s rapid response arm. The office rushed two devices into theater in fewer than 60 days, and has been part of the U.S. military’s all-hands-on-deck response since. ISIS isn’t using drones to the same great effect they were at the start of the year, the deputy commander of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and Syria told Defense One last month. But JIDO is still building new tech to fight the armed drones, because officials say that just like with the other forms of IEDs — vehicle-borne, roadside bombs, booby-trapped buildings, and the like — ISIS will continue to innovate its tactics as the Pentagon pushes out new solutions.
“We’re never finding the solution,” said Lisa Swan, JIDO’s deputy director for mission support. “We adapt, they adapt, we adapt, they adapt…sometimes we put things out there and it isn’t a long-term need because they have adapted and so we must move on to the next thing.”
It’s the IED problem all over again, just airborne. And groups like ISIS are further advantaged by the drone industry itself, which JIDO scientist Hatch Tynes said is constantly innovating to make drones not just more capable, but also “idiot-proof” — easier to pilot and more resilient. There’s no equivalent commercial market driving innovation on the counter side.
Fighting drones — with drones
One approach JIDO is exploring, in conjunction with the Air Force Research Lab, is getting spoofing equipment aloft on a fixed-wing unmanned vehicle. The idea, scientists from both organizations said at JIDO’s field day, is to marry the ground-based Negation of Improvised Non-State Joint Aerial threats (NINJA) that electronically takes command of the drone, with a surveillance drone called the Long-Endurance Aerial Platform (LEAP). Both technologies already exist and are deployed separately in Central Command.
“Basically it’s going to sense drone systems from the air, and then take command and control of the drone itself,” said one JIDO scientist.
In short, they want to fight drones with drones. There’s still work to be done — miniaturizing the NINJA system to give the mated system a longer endurance, figuring out how best to use it with troops on the ground and the like. JIDO said it plans to demo the integrated platform next spring.
But it’s far from the only approach to realizing a battle of the drones. Another experimental platform JIDO had on display was a hard-kill option attached to the military’s own commercial drone — a DJI M600. Unlike the “soft kill” NINJA/LEAP combination which electronically disables the drone but leaves its mechanics untouched, this technology would give troops the option to physically stop a drone by ensnaring it in a net.
While previous devices have launched nets at enemy UAVs with mixed results, a copter drone displayed by JIDO and the Air Force Research Lab last week can sweep the air with an attached net, a promising approach both against single UAVs and the expected swarms of the future.
But before U.S. troops and partner forces can take down an enemy drone, they first have to be aware of it. Commercial drones are hard to hear, harder to spot, and not metallic enough to be picked up by radar. So JIDO’s looking at various sensors and detection systems, including things that pick out enemy UAVs by their acoustic signatures. But “the trick is always the noise,” Tynes said. “It’s the same problem we have with IEDs on the ground. There’s so much clutter you end up getting a lot of false positives, false alarms. And when everything’s making noise, you turn it off.”
JIDO director Lt. Gen. Michael Shields examines the hard kill option the office is developing with the Air Force Research Lab to take down enemy drones.
An enduring threat
The U.S-led coalition may have ousted ISIS from its physical capitals in Raqqa and Mosul, but the threat it and other extremist organizations pose will continue. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford said yesterday he believes ISIS will attempt to establish a physical presence outside Syria and Iraq and, barring that, will continue to link up with local insurgencies — as the Pentagon believes it did in Niger, where four U.S. soldiers were recently killed in an ambush by an ISIS-affiliated group.
“We're at an inflection point in the global campaign, not an end point,” he said.
And without a defined caliphate, will ISIS probably rely more on traditional insurgent tactics, like low-effort, asymmetric drone attacks? “The answer is yes,” Shields said. And they likely won’t be the only ones doing so.
“What I think is happening is other violent extremist organizations are going to school and observing,” Shields said. “The issue and the challenge with drones in Iraq/Syria is not an Iraq [and] Syria problem. It’s a regional one. It’s a global problem”
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The 100 Most Affordable U.S. Colleges Online
This article highlights the 100 most affordable online colleges in the United States as indicated by 2014-15 estimated tuition and fees institutions reported to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). We define an online college as one offering at least one complete bachelor’s degree online, though many of these institutions offer a considerable number of online degrees.
Jump to Online Colleges Costing:
Less than $15,000/year
Less than $8,000/year
The idea of an affordable college degree resonates with many students, and the notion of an affordable online degree has considerable appeal, particularly at a time when many students are working full time jobs and are also concerned about the potential return on investment of a pricey degree. A quality affordable degree can help put some of these concerns to rest. Just a few years ago, the idea of pursuing an inexpensive online university degree at a highly regarded institution may have seemed out of reach; today it can be a reality.
Among the schools listed here, you’ll find institutions from just about every corner of the U.S., along with a variety of sizes and types: public colleges, private colleges, public universities, private universities, online-only branches of major universities, religious institutions, and more. We considered only accredited online colleges and accredited online universities for this ranking, so you can be sure that these institutions come with the backing of a major accrediting body.
Though our chief concern in this article is for those seeking a bachelor degree online, the institutions listed here represent a variety of types of degree levels and formats offered: online associate’s degrees, online bachelor’s degrees, online certificates, online degree completion programs, 2+2 programs, 4+1 programs, and more. And there is considerable variety in majors, minors, and concentrations as well.
Often, online public colleges are the most affordable choice for an online bachelor’s degree if you’re considered an in-state student, but even online public universities can be expensive for those not residing in the state (though this is not always the case). Slightly over half the schools presented here offer in-state tuition. In this case, we report both in-state and out-of-state figures, and the institution is ranked according to its in-state tuition.
Please note that the expense figures we gathered from NCES to not take into account scholarships, grants, or other types of aid that may be available to you. They also may not include fees that are specific to your degree program of choice.
Just because you’re looking for an affordable online college degree doesn’t mean you need to settle for a lower-quality education. Indeed, some of these schools are among the best in all of the United States, as their standings in major national rankings supports.
#100. Golden Gate University-San Francisco
Tuition and Fees: $14,640
First on our list of affordable online colleges is Golden Gate University, which offers 12 online bachelor’s degrees, in these areas: accounting, business & management, finance, financial planning, human resources, IT management, international business, public administration, and project management. Most of the areas of study listed offer both bachelor’s and master’s level programs online. Even though it’s ranked 100th most affordable online college in our list, at less than $15,000/yr, it’s still less than half the average cost of private college tuition as reported by College Board – giving you a sense of just how affordable the schools in this ranking truly are.
#99. University of the Southwest
The University of the Southwest is a private, four year, Christian university. The school only offers one program online currently: a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. The school was founded in 1962 and severed its direct ties to the Baptist denomination and become an independent non-denominational, Christian liberal arts college.
#98. Touro University Worldwide
Touro University offers five online bachelor’s level programs: business administration and management, psychology, social work, health care, and health education. The social work program is one of the more rare programs to find offered online. Touro is a school designed from the ground up by philanthropists that desire to forge a new path in education.
#97. Bethune-Cookman University
This private, historically black university has its roots in a school founded for young black girls by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1904. Throughout the years the school has maintained a high reputation. The school only offers one undergraduate programs online, a BA in Liberal Arts. This program is at the heart of the school’s philosophy of education and so it makes sense that as the school moves forward into online education, it would be the first degree they offer.
#96. Barclay College
Barclay is an evangelical Christian university that offers a few degree programs online. The available programs are biblical studies, business management, christian ministry leadership, and psychology. The school was originally founded by Quaker settlers, and was a Quaker school from 1917 up until 1990 when it transitioned to a more evangelical christian platform.
#95. Lee University
This private Christian university offers five degree programs online. These programs are liberal studies, bible and theology, christian studies, ministry leadership, and RN to BSN completion. The school was founded in the early 1900s and is still closely affiliated with the Church of God in Cleveland. It’s a small school even counting its online student population.
#94. Peirce College
This school offers its programs both online and on-campus. The school offers a wide range of bachelor’s level programs fully online. Among the fourteen available programs are these degrees: accounting, business administration, human resource management, integrated leadership, healthcare administration, health information administration, information technology, criminal justice studies and paralegal studies.
#93. Manhattan Christian College
Manhattan Christian College offers two degree programs online, one in biblical leadership, and the other in management and ethics. Each program requires students to take bible and theology courses. MCC strives to accommodate military personnel in every way possible and is a considered a military friendly school by Military Friendly.
#92. Penn State University-World Campus
Penn State University has been offering distance courses since the 19th century. The school has also been taking advantage of the online format for almost two decades. Currently the school’s World Campus offers 25 online bachelor’s programs, including programs in economics, agribusiness management, advertising/public relations, business, criminal justice, finance, health policy and administration, human development and family studies, international politics, and political science.
#91. Clarkson College
Clarkson College offers online degree programs in a variety of health-related fields. These include health care services, health information management, medical imaging, LPN to BSN, RN to BSN and BS in nursing programs, and healthcare business management. Clarkson was established over 100 years ago as a school of nursing and the school remains committed to excellence in training medical professionals.
#90. Hodges University
Fifteen bachelor online programs are offered by Hodges University. Among those programs are applied psychology, business administration, computer information technology, computer networking, criminal justice, digital design and graphics, health services administration, interdisciplinary studies, and software development.
#89. Wayland Baptist University
Wayland Baptist University is one of many private Christian universities beginning to offer degree programs online. While some private Christian schools can be expensive, some are among the most affordable private universities you can find. This school offers three undergraduate programs: applied science, christian ministry, and nursing.
#88. Mid-Atlantic Christian University
MACU offers three fully online degree programs: biblical studies, business administration, and christian ministry. The business administration program requires a minor in biblical studies, while the christian ministry major is actually a double major, where the student majors in both biblical studies and christian ministry.
#87. City College-Fort Lauderdale
The three online degree programs offered by City College-Fort Lauderdale are health care administration, management, and nursing. The school also offers many associate-level programs. The school was originally a junior college of business when it was established in 1984, and it has since grown to become a full-fledged degree-granting college.
#86. Southwestern Christian University
Southwestern Christian University offers four distinct bachelor’s degree programs online. These programs are business, management, social services, and christian leadership. This school is affiliated with the Pentecostal Holiness Church and continues to honor that heritage.
#85. Brandman University
Brandman offers 11 bachelor degrees online, but if you count all the available concentrations, the count comes out more in the high 20s. Among the programs offered are applied studies, criminal justice (six concentrations), legal studies, liberal studies, psychology, social science, social work, sociology, organizational leadership (three concentrations) and business administration (ten concentrations).
#84. National University
National University offers an impressive 45 bachelor degrees online. The school itself is huge, with multiple campuses located across the United States. Among its selection of programs you will find accountancy, financial management, organizational leadership, elementary education, english education, construction engineering technology, computer science, pre-law, public administration, and digital journalism.
#83. Union Institute and University
Union Institute and University offers numerous online bachelor’s degree programs — 14 in all. Among these are programs in business administration, child and adolescent development, criminal justice management, early childhood studies, elementary education, emergency services management, leadership, liberal studies, psychology and social work.
#82. Ottawa University-Online
The online business programs at the University of Ottawa’s Angell Snyder School of Business offer as many as eight concentrations per major. This Christian university’s education programs are accredited by NCATE. Overall the school offers 22 bachelor programs online, including English, history, law enforcement, mathematics (with available concentration in actuarial science), accounting, business administration, business economics, health care management, human resources and public administration.
#81. University of Minnesota Crookston
The University of Minnesota Crookston has been offering online undergraduate programs for years, and they keep expanding their selection. Currently there are fourteen online bachelor degree programs including programs in communication, entrepreneurship, international business, manufacturing management, quality management, finance, and health management. The school also offers students six online minors to choose from.
#80. Park University
Park University offers an array of online degree programs including business administration, management (specializing in six different areas), criminal justice administration, education studies, interdicsiplinary studies (with several available minors), information & computer science, computer information systems, geography, RN to BSN, and public administration. There are 15 total online degree programs along with 17 minors, enabling students can mold the degree to their unique interests.
#79. Franklin University
Franklin University offers 36 online degree programs. Courses are designed to provide students with the crucial skills to succeed in today’s job market. Among the many programs available online are: applied psychology, business economics, computer science, human resources management, information security, social sciences, public relations, public administration, internet marketing, and entrepreneurship.
#78. Baker College
Baker College is the largest independent non-profit college in the state of Michigan, with over 28,000 students. There are campuses located all over the state, and most of the programs are offered both in traditional and online formats. Baker boasts 150 programs, almost all of which are offered online. Students can study accounting, computer science, finance, marketing, psychology, web development, project management, and many more subjects.
#77. Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary
Calvary Bible College is a Christian institution that offers just one program online, a bachelor’s in business administration. Students of all majors are required to take general education and many Bible courses. Calvary is an independent, non-denominational university.
#76. Blue Mountain College
Blue Mountain College offers all general education credits required for a degree online. The school also has two fully online bachelor’s programs, psychology and business administration. Blue Mountain College is a Christian liberal arts college and has been affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention since the 1920s. The school reports that teaches all of its courses from a Christian point of view.
#75. Averett University
Averett University offers online bachelor’s programs through their school of graduate and professional studies. There are three bachelor programs online, including business administration, RN to BSN, and sociology and criminal justice. The bachelor degree in sociology and criminal justice is actually only offered online by the school, and was designed specifically to take full advantage of this format.
#74. Azusa Pacific
Azusa Pacific offers seven fully online bachelor’s programs and in addition to those, some completion programs as well. The fully online degree programs are applied studies, applied psychology, criminal justice, health sciences, leadership, liberal studies, and management.
#73. Wilmington University
Wilmington University offers an impressive 27 online degree programs, many of which have minors and concentrations available, and that’s just their undergraduate selection. There are also many certificates and graduate programs offered by the school online. Some of the programs offered include behavioral science, business management, communication, criminal justice, government and public policy, information systems, marketing, psychology, sports management, and computer and network security.
#72. Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Tuition and Fees: $9,897
Colorado State University offers six online degree programs. The school has designed their programs to accommodate transfer students even if their previous area of study wasn’t closely related to the programs they offer. The six bachelor level programs are agricultural business, human development and family studies, anthropology, fire and emergency services administration, interdisciplinary liberal arts, and psychology.
#71. Clarion University of Pennsylvania
In-state Tuition and Fees: $9,788
Out-of-state Tuition and Fees: $13,760
Clarion offers eight online bachelor’s level programs, and their liberal studies program alone has nine available concentrations, while the business administration program has three concentrations available. The online degree programs Clarion offers are sociology and psychology, business administration, liberal studies, nursing, allied health leadership, medical imaging, technology leadership, and criminal justice administration.
#70. University of Northwestern Ohio
Six bachelor degrees are offered online by the University of Northwestern Ohio. There are also several diploma, certificate, and associate’s degrees available online. The available bachelor’s degrees are healthcare administration, marketing, business administration (with agribusiness, automotive management, and marketing concentrations), and accounting.
#69. Cleveland State University
Cleveland State offers four online bachelor’s degree completion programs. Students can also earn a bioethics certificate. The four completion programs are RN to BSN, business administration, organizational leadership, and chemical dependency counselor assistant. The school also offers several graduate programs, also available online.
#68. Westfield State University
The online degree programs offered by Westfield are degree completion programs, available to students with 60 or more credits already completed. There are six online bachelor’s completion programs: business management, criminal justice, liberal studies, sociology, and psychology.
#67. Youngstown State University
Youngstown offers four online bachelor’s programs and seven graduate programs. All of the bachelor’s programs available online are related to the health industry. This focus may be a good sign for students looking to earn a degree in the health field online. The bachelor’s programs available fully online are: allied health, public health, RN to BSN, and respiratory care.
#66. Colorado State University-Global Campus
CSU Global Campus is a solely online campus of the Colorado State University System. The school offers 14 bachelor’s programs, a number that seems to grow every year. Among the programs available are: accounting, applied social sciences, business management, communication, criminal justice and law enforcement administration, marketing, project management, public management, information technology, and management information systems.
#65. Framingham State University
The online degree programs offered by Framingham State are slim at the bachelor’s level. The only online bachelor’s degree offered is in liberal studies, which is a great program for somebody looking to complete their degree. Other than that the school offers primarily graduate programs and professional development programs for educators online.
#64. Bemidji State University
Bemidji’s bachelor’s programs are on the 2+2 model so the first two years must be completed either at the school, or through another school (community colleges are a great, affordable, and convenient way to accomplish this and many offer online programs). The final two years of all these programs can be completed fully online. The programs offered are accounting, applied engineering, business administration, criminal justice, elementary education, nursing, psychology, social work, and technology management.
#63. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide
Embry-Riddle is one of few aeronautical universities in the world, and certainly one of the only ones offering a wide selection of online courses. The school even offers the first Ph.D. in Aviation in the United States, and it is available primarily in the online format. Online bachelor’s level programs include aeronautics, aviation business administration, aviation maintenance, aviation security, communication, emergency services, engineering technology, technical management, and transportation. The school also offers four 4+1 programs where students can earn a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree online in five years.
#62. University of South Dakota
USD offers five online bachelor’s programs, including a bachelor of business administration from the Beacom School of Business. The other programs available are general studies, addiction studies, health sciences, and an RN to BSN program for registered nurses.
#61. University of West Alabama
UWA offers three bachelor degree programs online: business administration, technology, and early childhood development. The business administration major however, has four distinct concentrations which are: business administration, accounting, management, and marketing. The early childhood development program is a non-certification program because certification requirements vary from state to state.
#60. Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Minnesota State University at Moorhead offers several online bachelor’s degree programs. Most of these can also be taken in the hybrid format which can be great for students that live close enough to attend some classes in person as their schedule allows. The fully online bachelor’s programs are as follows: business administration, RN to BSN, operations management, project management, and special education. These programs are geared toward transfer students that have completed around 60 credits worth of course work.
#59. University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota offers ten undergraduate degrees. The main thing that sets this school apart from many others is that it offers several degrees in engineering, which few others offer online. The ten undergraduate programs offered are chemical engineering, communication, electrical engineering, general studies, mechanical engineering, RN to BSN program, petroleum engineering, psychology, and social science.
#58. Arkansas State University-Main Campus
The four online bachelor’s degrees available from Arkansas State are completion programs, designed to accommodate students that have completed the first half of their college education in some other manner. Students looking to do their entire degree online can find many associate degree programs online that can be transferred. The available programs are: disaster preparedness/emergency management, general studies, interdisciplinary studies, and RN to BSN.
#57. South Dakota State University
In-state Tuition and Fees:$7,713
SDSU offers only six online bachelor programs, but the choices get really diverse when you consider the nine minors available for the online programs. The degrees available are general studies, geography, interdisciplinary studies, medical laboratory science, nursing, and sociology. Among the available minors are: economics, psychology, geography, and religion.
#56. Black Hills State University
BHSU offers primarily graduate programs online. However, the school does offer two undergraduate programs, one in business administration, which is designed for all students, whether of traditional college age, or adults looking to complete a degree. The general studies major is for someone looking to complete their undergraduate degree after having left college previously.
#55. Troy University
Troy offers a variety of concentrations with most of its online majors. Concentrations and minors are less common among online degree programs because most schools are focusing on expanding their catalogue of majors. Troy offers 13 undergraduate programs online, including resource and technology management, business administration (with seven concentrations), anthropology, applied computer science, history, hospitality, sport, and tourism management, interpreter training, liberal studies, political science, psychology, and social science.
#54. Northern State University
Out-of-state Tuition and Fees:$9,562
Northern State University offers six online bachelor programs and three associate degree programs fully online. The online bachelor programs available at the school are international business studies, general studies, banking and financial services, business administration, management, and marketing.
#53. University of Maine at Fort Kent
The University of Maine at Fort Kent offers six online degree programs at the bachelor’s level and seven at the associate degree level. The available bachelor’s degrees are accounting, arts and sciences, computer applications-information security, healthcare administration, RN to BSN, and public safety administration. These programs are designed for those seeking to complete their education and take their career to a higher level, but can be taken by students who are part of the more traditional college demographic as well.
#52. SUNY College of Technology at Canton
SUNY College of Technology at Canton offers ten online programs. A few of the more unusual ones include dental hygiene, emergency management, health care management, homeland security, legal studies, and veterinary services management.
#51. Columbia College
Columbia College offers ten concentrations in the online business administration program alone. In addition to those there are twelve other online majors including programs in computer information systems, management information systems, criminal justice administration, human services, history, political science, public administration, English, psychology, and sociology.
#50. University of North Alabama
At the mid-way point on our list of affordable online colleges, University of North Alabama offers a wide variety of online courses, and a good selection of bachelor programs online. The undergraduate programs offered fully online are history and political science, interdisciplinary studies, RN to BSN, and sociology. There is also an RN to MSN program that allows students to study straight through to their master’s in nursing.
#49 University of Wisconsin Online System
In-state Tuition and Fees: $7,326-$10,410
Out-of-state Tuition and Fees: $14,899-$26,660
The Wisconsin public university system has a centralized hub that lists and organizes the online programs offered by the various campuses. The system as a whole offers over thirty bachelor’s level programs online including degrees in: art history, business administration, american studies, history, information science and technology, nursing, management, psychology, political science, and sociology.
#48. University of Central Missouri
Six undergraduate programs are offered completely online by the University of Central Missouri. The school also offers many graduate programs online. The six undergraduate programs offered are: criminal justice, crisis and disaster management, general studies, BSN to RN, occupational education, and technology transfer program. These programs seem to be geared toward people already involved in certain industries that are seeking to increase their effectiveness and advance their careers.
#47. Jacksonville State University
While Jacksonville State University offers mostly certificate and master’s programs, there are six bachelor’s programs available which are: management, emergency management homeland security, emergency management public safety, family and consumer sciences (child development), family and consumer sciences (human sciences), liberal studies, and RN-BSN.
#46. Granite State College
Out-of-state Tuition and Fees: $7,785
Nearly thirty undergraduate programs are offered by GSC, spanning a wide variety of subject areas. Out-of-state tuition is only slightly more expensive than in-state tuition. Among the online degree programs are accounting and finance, communication studies, history, information technology, psychology, criminal justice, health and wellness, human resources administration, nursing, and operations management.
#45. Southeast Missouri State University
Eleven online undergraduate are offered by SMSU. Like many schools, they continue to expand the number of courses and programs offered. The programs currently available online are: business administration, technology management, nursing, healthcare management, general studies, psychology, criminal justice, computer information systems, social science, and emergency preparedness.
#44. Missouri State University-Springfield
MSU-Springfield offers ten online undergraduate programs fully online programs. Some of these programs may have pre-requisites not offered online by the school, in which case they are more like completion programs which are great for students seeking to continue studies after earning an associate’s degree. The programs offered are: technology management, communication studies, criminology, finance, general business, nursing, health services, professional writing, information technology service management, and hospitality and restaurant administration.
#43. West Texas A&M University
WTAMU offers three online degree programs. The business administration program offers four concentrations: general business, marketing, management, and economics. The other programs are general studies and criminal justice. There are also some hybrid programs and several graduate programs offered by the school. The prices are impressive, especially for non-residents, who may get an even lower tuition than traditional out-of-state students.
#42. University of Maryland-University College
UMUC is an online college established by the public university system of Maryland. The school has over 95 programs available overall, including 30 undergraduate programs online. The school also offers 46 minors which provide impressive flexibility for students looking to specialize. Such a selection is still rare among online schools. Some of the programs offered are business administration, communication studies, computer networks and security, computer science, digital media and web technology, health services management, history, humanities, investigative forensics and political science among many others.
#41. University of Nevada Las Vegas
UNLV only offers two online bachelor programs, however an interesting fact about the school is that it is one of few to offer three different nursing Ph.D. programs. The bachelor’s programs offered are bachelors of science degrees in public administration, and social sciences. The school also offers a wide selection of courses from different majors, indicating that the online catalogue will likely soon be expanded.
#40. Metropolitan State University
Metropolitan State University is one of the cheapest universities in the state of Minnesota. The nine programs offered fully online by MSU are: business administration, finance, human resource management, individualized studies, industrial management, law enforcement for licensed peace officers, management, marketing, and organizational administration. The most unique program is probably the BS in Law Enforcement for licensed peace officers. One rarely sees such programs offered online.
#39. Southern University and A&M College
SUAMC offers five bachelor degree programs 100% online. This school also has one of the smallest increases of tuition for non-resident students. The five programs offered online by SUAMC are general studies, criminal justice, computer science, interdisciplinary studies, and psychology. Computer science in particular is one of the top majors for potential career earnings.
#38. University of Nebraska at Kearney
The University of Nebraska at Kearney is a major state university with over 5,000 students. The school offers six online bachelor programs: business administration, criminal justice, early childhood inclusive, family advocacy and early childhood,
#37. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
NOBTS is one of the least expensive private christian universities in the United States. There is only one degree offered completely online, and that is a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry. The degree is 126 credits and is designed to prepare students to enter Christian ministries or to study at the graduate level. At #37 on our list, NOBTS is the second most affordable online Christian college, after BYU (#8).
#36. Mayville State University
Mayville State University offers great tuition prices for both in-state and out-of-state students. The school offers seven bachelor’s programs fully online. These are business administration, early childhood, mathematics education, mathematics, nursing, special education, and university studies.
#35. Bellevue University
This private, not-for-profit university is one of the most inexpensive private universities in the United States. Bellevue offers an impressive 46 undergraduate degrees online, several of which are difficult to find at other schools. Some of the programs offered include banking operations management, business analytics, communication studies, computer information systems, cyber security, digital marketing, graphic design, security management, and software development.
#34. Northwest Missouri State University
The two 100% online degree programs offered by Northwest Missouri State University are a B.S. in Business Management and a B.S. in Marketing. The rest of the online programs are graduate level. This school has articulation agreements with community colleges in Missouri, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Kansas that make it simple for students of those programs to transfer their credits to NMSU.
#33. University of Florida
The University of Florida is not particularly affordable for out-of-state residents, but for in-state residents it can’t be beat. The school is routinely ranked among the best in the entire nation. The school offers 11 degrees that can be completed entirely online. Among these are business administration, health education, sport management, biology, computer science, criminology & law, geology, psychology, and sociology.
#32. Peru State College
Tuition and Fees:$6,272
Peru State college offers six fully online undergraduate majors, and one program designed as a completion programs. The six majors are: accounting, computer and management information systems, management, marketing, criminal justice, and psychology. The completion program is a B.A.S. in Management program designed for those with A.A.S. degrees or equivalent academic credits or life experience..
#31. Minot State University
Minot State University is a top school on this list for several reasons. While it doesn’t have the lowest tuition for in-state residents, it has extremely low tuition for everyone. Only two schools have lower tuition for out-of-state residents. The online bachelor degree programs available are management, management information systems, marketing, RN to BSN, and international business, applied management and applied business information technology, and general studies.
#30. Western Governors University
Western Governors University is one of the most affordable online universities. WGU is a fully online university designed by several former U.S. governors with the goal of providing quality education for an affordable price to as many people as possible. WGU has 23 undergraduate program including math education, human resources management, accounting, information technology, health informatics, and software development.
#29. Dickinson State University
Dickinson State University offers six online bachelor degree programs fully online. The programs offered online are accounting, business administration, finance, human resource management, and applied science. The school also offers several online associate’s degree options, which students can take before transitioning into the online bachelor’s program at the university.
#28. Louisiana State University
LSU offers primarily graduate programs online. Only one program is offered at the bachelor level: an RN to BSN program. The program is 100% online, and is designed to help nurses expand their knowledge and advance their career without interrupting their career to do so.
#27 Texas A&M University-Commerce
TAMU Commerce currently offers three undergraduate programs online: business administration, applied arts and sciences, and organizational leadership. They also offer a considerable number of graduate degrees online.
#26. Thomas Edison State College
TESC is a unique university in that it’s designed to make it as easy as possible to get your degree. You can CLEP out of unlimited numbers of classes, transfer in unlimited credits, and even take tests that allow you to apply work and life experience to your degree for credit. The school features over 25 bachelor’s degrees online including communications, computer science, english, history, mathematics, psychology, and social sciences.
#25. Arkansas Tech University
As far as online degree options, Arkansas Tech University offers both an RN to BSN program and an accelerated degree program leading to a bachelor of professional studies. The RN to BSN program does require online students to attend orientation on campus the week before classes begin so those who live a long way from the school should consider that when deciding whether or not the program is right for them.
#24. Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College offers several online bachelor’s degrees including e-business and entrepreneurship, marketing, management & leadership, human services, early childhood education, and criminal justice. The early childhood education program does not include teacher licensure, as each state has different requirements, but it does strive to help students prepare for the licensure exams in their respective states.
#23. Rogers State University
Rogers State University offers five bachelor’s degrees fully online, and four fully-online associate degrees. The bachelors degrees offered are liberal arts, business administration, business information technology, organizational leadership, and applied technology.
#22. Chadron State College
Chadron State College offers full business administration programs in accounting, business information systems, management, and marketing/entrepreneurship. Also offered are programs in mathematics and psychology. Among eight available minors are math, psychology, finance, and agribusiness.
#21. Kent State Online (regional campuses)
Kent State University has several regional campuses that work together to provide online programs through a centralized hub. Offered by this online university system are undergraduate programs in nursing (RN to BSN), technical and applied studies, insurance studies, and public health.
#20. Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Out-of-state Tuition and Fees:$11,764
Northwestern Oklahoma State University offers online business degrees and an RN to BSN nursing program. The college of business offers a BS in accounting or business administration, or a bachelor of applied arts and sciences in technical management.
#19. University of Houston-Downtown
The University of Houston Downtown offers sixteen bachelor’s completion programs online. Students must have successfully completed 60 credits already in order to qualify for these programs. The selection of programs is offered from across the school’s colleges and includes degrees in business, finance, international business, marketing, humanities, professional writing, psychology, and criminal justice.
#18. Missouri Southern State University
MSSU offers six distinct online bachelor degrees, and four concentrations in health science. The programs offered are applied science, general studies, business administration, criminal justice administration, environmental health and safety, and health science which includes concentrations like respiratory therapy, dental hygiene, and a paramedic program. Most of the degrees offered are completion programs, so students are expected to have their first two years already completed; however, some of the programs are offered fully online.
#17. Western New Mexico University
WNMU offers multiple online degrees at the associate, bachelor’s and graduate levels. There are ten fully online bachelor degree programs, including those in criminal justice, elementary education, english, nursing, psychology, secondary education, social work, and special education. The majority of online course content is asynchronous, meaning students have maximum flexibility in their pursuit of the degree.
#16. Cameron University
Cameron University offers two associate and two undergraduate degrees fully online. The bachelor of science in organizational leadership is currently 86% online. The two fully online bachelor’s degrees are in criminal justice and interdisciplinary studies.
#15. Utah Valley University
Utah Valley University offers some unique degrees online, like bachelor degrees in: aviation, emergency services administration, and hospitality management. The hospitality management program still has some courses in development however it is likely those will be finished by the time new students want to take them.
#14. University of Texas of the Permian Basin
At #14 on our list of affordable online colleges, UTPB offers a variety of online degree programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The nine undergraduate programs offered are child and family studies, communication, humanities, psychology, sociology, industrial technology (B.A.A.S. and B.S.), management, and criminal justice. Both the psychology, and sociology programs have accelerated formats with eight week courses.
#13. Southern University at New Orleans
The online bachelor of general studies program at SUNO is offered fully online and has five concentrations which are: African American studies, political science, social science, humanities, and business. The program is designed to be as flexible as possible, and to provide students with a broad education which can be put to use in a variety of careers and graduate pursuits.
#12. Northeastern State University
Northeastern State University requires students to contact their department of interest within the school to find out what degree programs are offered fully online. However, the school offers over 400 online courses, implying that students have numerous choices. The RN-BSN nursing program is offered fully online, as is the MSN (Master of Science in Nursing) program.
#11. Eastern New Mexico University
Eastern New Mexico University offers students nine undergraduate and fifteen graduate programs 100% online. The fully online bachelor’s degrees offered include applied arts and sciences, aviation science, communicative disorders, electronics engineering technology, nursing, occupational education, religion, social work, and university studies. Online students who study six or fewer hours per semester pay the in-state tuition even if they are non-residents.
#10. Langston University
While Langston only offers one online program, that program is business administration, which is consistently the most popular undergraduate major according to The Princeton Review. This program is amazingly affordable for in-state residents, and the out-of-state pricing is among the most competitive among affordable online colleges.
#9. Fort Hays State University
Fort Hays State University offers a considerable variety of online college degrees – 25 in total. Among these are programs in business education, health studies, international business and economics, justice studies, management, marketing, nursing, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology.
#8. Brigham Young University Idaho
Brigham Young University claims the spot as the most affordable online private college. It features 11 undergraduate programs offered 100% online. The school also offers six associate’s degrees and nine certificates in a 100% online format. The certificates seem to provide students with the opportunity to expand on their undergraduate studies by delving deeper into their discipline or studying a complementary subject. The undergraduate degrees offered include business management, computer information technology, health science, healthcare administration, marriage and family studies, software engineering, and web development.
#7. Middle Georgia State College
At number seven on our list of affordable online colleges, MGSC offers just one fully online bachelor’s degree, a B.S. in Information Technology. The school also offers eight A.A. degrees and three certificates online. The online courses at Middle Georgia State College can actually be priced cheaper than the on-campus options, so be sure to inquire for details.
#6. South Texas College
South Texas College has one of the lowest out-of-state tuitions you can find in the country, putting it among the most generally available affordable online colleges. The school currently offers three bachelor degrees online: computer and information technologies, medical and health services, and technology management. The school also offers 14 associate degrees and seven certificate programs fully online.
#5. Daytona State College
This highly affordable online college is actually tied for second on U.S. News and World Report’s list of the best online bachelor’s programs. The shining star of the college is its $10,000 education degree. Such a low figure is achieved by the school offering the final 30 credit hours tuition free. Certain requirements must be met, but it’s worth a look for any interested in this field. According to school reports, 93% of education graduates found jobs in their field. Other online bachelor degree programs are nursing, engineering technology, information technology, and supervision & management.
#4. St. Petersburg College
This school offers a wide range of degree and certificate programs online. Fourteen associate degrees, 26 professional certificate programs, and 10 bachelor’s degrees are all offered fully online. The ten bachelor’s degrees offered online are: dental hygiene, health services administration, international business, management & organizational leadership, public safety administration, sustainability management, technology development & management, veterinary technology, business administration, and nursing.
#3. Florida State College at Jacksonville
Florida State College at Jacksonville offers four fully online bachelor’s programs, nine fully online associate’s degree programs, and a total of 13 online certificate programs. Certificates are a great way to supplement an online degree and gain specialized knowledge relevant to your intended career. The four bachelor programs offered online are business administration, early childhood education, information technology management, and supervision & management.
#2. Indian River State College
Indian River State College offers six bachelor’s and two associate degrees fully online. Residents local to the school will find that many programs offer convenient online courses, even if they aren’t fully online bachelor degree programs. The six programs that are offered 100% online are: organizational management, business administration, education, public administration, and information technology & cyber security. The RN to BSN nursing program is also fully online.
#1. Great Basin College
Those looking for the most affordable online college degree need look no further. Great Basin College is the most affordable online public college and also the most affordable online college, bar none. It offers one degree program online — a bachelor of applied science program with four distinct tracks. The programs have special admission and completion requirements, so speak with an admissions counselor about whether or not you meet those. The four concentration areas for the BAS program are: land surveying/geomatics, digital information technology, graphic communications, and management in technology.
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Call of Duty: The Lawsuit
by Jeffrey Fleming [Business/Marketing]
February 22, 2007 Page 1 of 4
[EDITOR'S NOTE: In January of this year, Gamasutra featured the full contract between Spark Unlimited and Activision for the development of Call of Duty: Finest Hour, with industry commentary by leading game attorneys.
For today's feature, we present the rest of the story, taken from additional court documents made available during Spark's related trials, this time covering its battles both with Electronic Arts leading up to the formation of Spark and Activision, following the release of Finest Hour.]
The legal dispute between Call of Duty: Finest Hour developer Spark Unlimited and its one-time publisher Activision must certainly be a vexing distraction for both companies. However, for the rest of us, their increasingly public argument provides a unique opportunity to learn from other people’s mistakes.
Spark’s founder Craig Allen had been in the video game industry for years, working as a producer for Disney Interactive and later an executive at Jim Henson Interactive. In early 2002 he decided the time was right to start a development studio of his own. It would be called Spark Unlimited and it would be employee owned and independent. Rather than investing in R&D, Spark would take advantage of middleware solutions and license any software tools it needed, enabling its artists to concentrate their talent on delivering immersive and compelling experiences.
The core of the startup would be Allen as CEO, Scott Langteau as Chief Operating Officer, and Adrian Jones as the company’s Chief Technical Officer. Both Langteau and Jones came from Electronic Arts Los Angeles, where they had been in key positions on the development of the Medal of Honor franchise’s two Playstation installments: Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Underground. They also contributed to Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for the PC and the upcoming Medal of Honor: Frontline for the Playstation 2. In addition to Langteau and Jones, Craig Allen was hiring many of the same artists and engineers who had previously worked on the Medal of Honor games at EA LA.
With dream team in hand, Allen approached Activision for a development deal. The publisher was making big plans for a World War II franchise of its own, having already commissioned Infinity Ward to create Call of Duty for the PC. Spark seemed to have the talent that Activision was looking for to carry its franchise on to home consoles and in the Fall of 2002, Activision and Spark signed a formal development contract.
Spark would create three AAA quality products for the Playstation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. The first would be Call of Duty: Finest Hour, an original, historically accurate World War II first-person shooter to be delivered within 24 months. The second and third would be either sequels to Finest Hour or games based on a new IP. The contract set monthly milestone goals for the first game as well as a payment schedule and royalty rates. The total cost for the first game was pegged at $8.5 million to be paid out in installments and Spark was given an advance of $1,023,000 to cover its start up costs.
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The Islamization of France in 2012
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3523/islamization-of-france
Muslim immigrants and their supporters have been using a combination of lawsuits, verbal and physical harassment -- and even murder -- to silence debate about the rise of Islam.
Opinion surveys show that to voters in France -- home to an estimated 6.5 million Muslims, the largest Muslim population in the European Union -- Islam and the question of Muslim immigration have emerged in 2012 as a top-ranked public concern. The French, it seems, are increasingly worried about the establishment of a parallel Muslim society there.
But government efforts this year to push back against the Islamization of France were halting and half-hearted and could be described as "one step forward, two steps back."
A chronological review of some of the main stories involving the rise of Islam in France during 2012 includes:
Muslim immigrants, as of January, began to find it more difficult to obtain French citizenship. New citizenship rules that entered into effect on January 1, 2012 now require all applicants to pass exams on French culture and history and also to prove that their French language skills are equivalent to those of a 15-year-old native speaker. Moreover, candidates seeking French citizenship will be required to pledge allegiance to "French values."
Muslim applicants make up the majority of the 100,000 people naturalized as French citizens each year, and the new citizenship requirements form part of a larger effort to promote Muslim integration into French society.
In February, the Persian Gulf Emirate of Qatar announced plans to invest €50 million ($65 million) in French suburbs, home to more than one million disgruntled Muslim immigrants.
Qatar said its investment was intended to support small businesses in disadvantaged Muslim neighborhoods. But as Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, subscribes to the ultra-conservative Wahhabi sect of Islam, critics say the emirate's real objective is to peddle its religious ideology among Muslims in France and other parts of Europe.
Shortly before Qatar announced its plans to invest in France, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who has long cultivated an image as a pro-Western reformist and modernizer, vowed to "spare no effort" to spread the fundamentalist teachings of Wahhabi Islam across "the whole world."
The promotion of Islamic extremist ideologies -- particularly Wahhabism, which not only discourages Muslim integration in the West, but actively encourages jihad against non-Muslims -- threatens to further radicalize Muslim immigrants in France.
The Qatari investments are being targeted in blighted French suburban slums, known in France as banlieues, where up to one million or more mostly unemployed Muslim immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East try to get by on an impoverished existence.
The banlieues are already being exploited by Islamist preachers from countries such as Morocco and Turkey which are leveraging the social marginalization of Muslim immigrants in France to create "separate Islamic societies" ruled by Islamic Sharia law.
Also in February, a French television documentary revealed that all of the slaughterhouses in the greater Paris metropolitan area are now producing all of their meat in accordance with Islamic Sharia law.
The exposé broadcast by France 2 television on February 16 also alleged that much of the religiously slaughtered meat known as halal is not labeled as such and is entering the general food chain, where it is being unwittingly consumed by the non-Muslim population.
Halal, in Arabic meaning lawful or legal, is a term designating any object or action that is permissible according to Sharia law. In the context of food, halal meat is derived from animals slaughtered by hand according to methods stipulated in Islamic religious texts.
According to the France 2 documentary, French slaughterhouses produce far more halal meat than is needed to serve the 6.5 million Muslims who live in France. The documentary reported that roughly 30% of all the meat produced in France is halal, while the Muslim population in France makes up approximately 7% of the total French population.
To avoid the costs associated with running separate production lines for halal and non-halal customers, French slaughterhouses are selling the remaining halal meat as non-halal. As a result, a significant amount of the meat being sold in French grocery stores is actually not labeled as halal and, according to France 2 television, French consumers are being tricked into buying products they normally would not eat.
In March, a 23-year-old Islamic jihadist named Mohamed Merah confirmed the threat of homegrown Muslim terrorism in France when, on March 11, he killed three French paratroopers, three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi with close-range shots to the head. Merah, a French citizen of Algerian origin, filmed himself carrying out the attacks to "verify" the deaths. He later died in a storm of gunfire on March 22 after a 32-hour standoff with police at his apartment in the southern French city of Toulouse.
According to French police, Merah attacked the French Army personnel because of France's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, and the Jewish schoolchildren because "the Jews kill our brothers and sisters in Palestine."
Also in March, the referee of a woman's football match in the southern French city of Narbonne refused to officiate the game when players for one of the teams took to the pitch wearing Muslim headscarves. The March 18 incident involved players from Petit-Bard Montpellier, who had been due to play Narbonne in a regional promotional tie.
The international governing body of football, known as FIFA, banned players from wearing the Islamic headscarf, also known as the hijab, in 2007, saying it was unsafe. But on March 3, FIFA accepted in principal that female footballers could wear headscarves when playing in official competitions. The rule change, instigated by Ali bin al-Hussein, a FIFA vice president who is also the brother of the King of Jordan, entered into effect on July 2.
FIFA Secretary General Jerome Vacke said al-Hussein successfully convinced FIFA that the hijab is a cultural rather than a religious symbol, and that the rule change would allow women all over the world to play football. But the change angered many Europeans, including some feminist groups, who say the Muslim headscarf is a sign of "male domination."
In a March 19 interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien, Asma Guenifi, the director of a women's rights group called Ni Putes, Ni Soumises [Neither Prostitutes Nor Submissives], said the rule change is "a total regression." She added: "I think FIFA is influenced by intense lobbying from rich Middle Eastern countries, such as Qatar."
In May, Muslims determined the outcome of the French presidential elections. An analysis of the voting patterns that barreled François Hollande to victory on May 6 as the first Socialist president of France since 1995 showed this was due in large measure to Muslims, who voted for him in overwhelming numbers.
According to a survey of French voters conducted by the polling firm OpinionWay for the Paris-based newspaper Le Figaro, an extraordinary 93% of French Muslims voted for Hollande. By contrast, the poll showed that only 7% of French Muslims voted for the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy.
An estimated two million Muslims participated in the 2012 election, meaning that roughly 1.7 million Muslim votes went to Hollande rather than to Sarkozy. In the election as a whole, however, Hollande won by only 1.1 million votes. This figure indicates that Muslims cast the deciding votes which thrust Hollande into the Élysée Palace.
During the campaign, Hollande had offered an amnesty to all of the estimated 400,000 illegal Muslim immigrants currently in France. He also pledged to change French electoral laws so that Muslim residents without French citizenship would be allowed to vote in municipal elections as of 2014. These measures, if implemented, would enable the Socialist Party to tighten its grip on political power, both at the regional and national levels.
As the politically active Muslim population in France continues to swell, and as most Muslims vote for Socialist and leftwing parties, conservative parties will find it increasingly difficult to win future presidential elections in France.
In June, a French appeals court granted permission for the construction of a mega-mosque in the southern city of Marseille, home to the largest Muslim community in France.
The ruling, which overturned an October 2011 decision by a lower court to annul the construction permit for the mosque, represented a major victory for proponents of the mosque, long touted as the biggest and most potent symbol of Islam's growing presence France.
The €22 million ($27 million) project would have the Grand Mosque -- with a minaret soaring 25 meters (82 feet) high, and room for up to 7,000 worshippers in a vast prayer hall -- built on the north side of Marseille's old port in the city's Saint-Louis district, an ethnically mixed neighborhood that suffers from poverty and high unemployment.
Several decades in the planning, the project was granted a construction permit in November 2009. At the time, city officials said the new mosque would help the Muslim community better integrate into the mainstream and would foster a more moderate form of Islam.
The first cornerstone of the 8,300 square meter (90,000 square foot) project was laid in May 2010. The elaborate stone-laying ceremony was attended by Muslim religious leaders and local politicians, as well as more than a dozen diplomats from Muslim countries.
Full-scale construction of the Grand Mosque -- which will include a Koranic school and a library, as well as a restaurant and tea room -- was scheduled to begin in February 2012, but the project has faced stiff opposition from local residents and businesses. Opponents of the Grand Mosque have argued that it would be out of harmony with the neighborhood's economic and social fabric. The appeals court ruling, dated June 19, means that construction of the mosque can now continue unimpeded.
In July, the Socialist government began paying down some of its political indebtedness to the Muslim community by officially inaugurating a new mega-mosque in Paris as a first step towards "progressively building a French Islam."
The 2,000 square meter (21,500 square foot) three-story mega-mosque, located in the northern Paris suburb of Cergy-Pontoise, is not only vast in its dimensions (photo here), but is also highly visible and symbolic: its towering minaret, which critics say has been purposely designed to change the suburb's skyline by being taller than any church steeple in the neighborhood, is supposed to become the "new symbol of Islam in France."
Speaking on behalf of President Hollande at the mosque's inauguration ceremony on July 9, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls articulated the Socialist government's policy vis-à-vis the construction of new mosques in France: "A mosque, when it is erected in the city, says a simple thing: Islam has its place in France."
In August, the French government announced a plan to boost policing in 15 of the most crime-ridden parts of France, in an effort to reassert state control over the country's so-called "no-go" zones (Muslim-dominated neighborhoods that are largely off limits to non-Muslims).
These crime-infested districts, which the French Interior Ministry has designated as Priority Security Zones (zones de sécurité prioritaires, or ZSP), include heavily Muslim parts of Paris, Marseilles, Strasbourg, Lille and Amiens.
The crackdown on lawlessness in the ZSP began in September, when French Interior Minister Manuel Valls deployed riot police, detectives and intelligence agents into the selected areas. The hope is that a "North American-style" war on crime can prevent France's impoverished suburbs from descending into turmoil. If the new policy results in a drop in crime, Valls is expected to name up to 40 more ZSP before the summer of 2013.
Many of these new ZSP coincide with Muslim neighborhoods that previous French governments have considered to be Sensitive Urban Zones (Zones Urbaine Sensibles, or ZUS), which are "no-go" zones for French police.
At last count, there were a total of 751 Sensitive Urban Zones, a comprehensive list of which can be found on a French government website, complete with satellite maps and precise street demarcations. An estimated five million Muslims live in the ZUS, parts of France over which the French state has lost control.
Also in August, around 100 Muslim youths in the impoverished Fafet-Brossolette district of Amiens went on a two-day arson rampage after police arrested a Muslim man for driving without a license. Muslims viewed the arrest as "insensitive" because it came as many residents of the neighborhood were attending a funeral for Nadir Hadji, a 20-year-old Algerian youth who had died in a motorcycle accident on August 9. It later emerged, however, that police were called to an estate in northern Amiens after they received reports that youths were loading fireworks into a car. Police also discovered the ingredients for petrol bombs, including empty bottles and a canister of gasoline, which led to the arrest.
In response to the August 12-13 riots, about 150 policemen and anti-riot police were deployed to the Fafet neighborhood and used tear gas and rubber bullets, and even mobilized a helicopter after Muslim youths shot at them with buckshot, fireworks and other projectiles from nine in the evening until four in the morning.
At least 16 police officers were injured in the melee, one of them seriously. Youths also torched and destroyed a junior high school canteen, an anti-juvenile delinquency sports room, a leisure center, and a kindergarten, as well as 20 automobiles and 50 trash bins. The cost of repairing or rebuilding structures that were damaged or destroyed could run to €6 million ($7.4 million). (Photos here.)
Gilles Demailly, the Socialist mayor of Amiens, said the violence reflected a descent into lawlessness, orchestrated by ever younger troublemakers: "It has been years since we have known a night as violent as this with so much damage done. The confrontations were very, very violent." He added, "For months I have been asking for the means to alleviate the neighborhood's problems because tension has been mounting here. You have gangs of youths playing at being gangsters who have turned the area into a no-go zone. You can no longer order a pizza or get a doctor to come to the house."
The clashes in Amiens followed more than five days of violence between rival Muslim gangs in Toulouse. Police in the city's Bagatelle district (officially classified as a ZUS "no-go" zone) characterized the Muslim-on-Muslim violence as "a kind of guerilla war" among two gangs whose members are between ages of 15 and 20. The violence was apparently "the result of a settlement of accounts between drug dealers, as well as because of old resentments exacerbated by boredom and the heat of the month of Ramadan."
On August 14, two local imams in Bagatelle organized a march through the streets and called on the youths to stop the violence. Local media reports said the residents of the neighborhood knew the names of the perpetrators but "nobody dares to speak for fear of reprisals." According to the deputy imam of Bagatelle, Siali Lahouari, "it looks as if we are in Bosnia or Afghanistan, not Mirail [a suburb of Toulouse]."
In September, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls officially inaugurated the Grand Mosque of Strasbourg, the second-largest mosque ever built in France. The Strasbourg mega-mosque has a capacity of 1,300 square meters (14,000 square feet) and seats 1,500 worshippers, and is slightly smaller than the massive Grand Mosque d'Évry at Courcouronnes in the southern suburbs of Paris.
At the inauguration ceremony on September 27, Valls said: "France's Muslims can congratulate themselves on the singular model that they are building. The Islam of France shines through the strength of its serenity. The mosque is less than two kilometers from the Notre-Dame Cathedral, giving Islam its full place in France."
But Valls also issued a warning to Islamists: "The preachers of hatred, the partisans of obscurantism, fundamentalists, those who attack our values and our institutions, those who deny the rights of women, those people do not have their place in the French Republic. Those who are on our territory to defy our laws, to attack the foundations of our society do not have to remain there. I will not hesitate to expel those who claim to be of Islam, and represent a grave threat to public order, by not respecting the laws and the values of the French Republic."
In October, tensions flared over the proposed conversion of an empty church into a mosque in the central French town of Vierzon. The controversy involved Saint-Eloi's, a small church located in a working class neighborhood which has been taken over by immigrants from Morocco and Turkey.
With six churches to maintain and fewer faithful every year, Roman Catholic authorities in Vierzon said they could no longer afford to keep Saint-Eloi's. They now want to sell the building for €170,000 ($220,000) to a Moroccan Muslim organization whose members want to convert the church into a mosque.
In an interview with the French weekly newsmagazine Le Nouvel Observateur, Alain Krauth, the parish priest of the largest Catholic church in Vierzon, said: "The Christian community is not as important as it used to be in the past. If moderate Muslims buy Saint-Eloi's, we can only be happy that the Muslims of Vierzon are able to celebrate their religion." His comments were greeted with outrage by local citizens opposed to converting the church into a mosque.
Also in October, in the nearby city of Poitiers, around 70 members of a conservative youth group known as Generation Identity occupied a mosque that is being built in the heavily Muslim Buxerolles district of the city. The dawn raid on October 21 was intended as a protest against Islam's growing influence in France.
The protesters climbed onto the roof of the mosque (photos here) and unfurled a banner with the symbolic phrase, "732 Generation Identity" -- a reference to the year 732, when Charles Martel halted the advance of the invading Muslim army to the north of Poitiers (also known as the Battle of Tours.)
In November, a new opinion survey found that a majority of people in France believe that Islam is too influential in French society, and almost half view Muslims as a threat to their national identity.
The survey revealed a significant degradation of the image of Islam in France. The findings also showed that French voters are growing increasingly uneasy about mass immigration from Muslim countries which has been encouraged by a generation of political and cultural elites in France dedicated to creating a multicultural society.
The survey conducted by the French Institute of Public Opinion (or Ifop, as it is usually called) and published by the center-right Le Figaro newspaper on October 24, showed that 60% of French people believe that Islam has become "too visible and influential" in France -- up from 55% in an earlier survey two years ago.
The poll also revealed that 43% of French people consider the presence of Muslim immigrants to be a threat to French national identity, compared to just 17% who say it enriches society.
In addition, 68% of people in France blame the problems associated with Muslim integration on immigrants who refuse to integrate (up from 61% two years ago), and 52% blame it on cultural differences (up from 40% two years ago).
The poll also showed a growing resistance to the symbols of Islam. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of French people say they are opposed to Muslim women wearing the veil or Islamic headscarves in public, compared to 59% two years ago. Moreover, the survey showed that only 18% of French people say they support the building of new mosques in France (compared to 33% in 1989, and 20% in 2010).
"Our poll shows a further hardening in French people's opinions," Jerome Fourquet, head of Ifop's opinion department, told Le Figaro. "In recent years, there has not been a week when Islam has not been in the heart of the news for social reasons: the veil, halal food, dramatic news like terrorist attacks or geopolitical reasons," he said.
In December, two Muslim groups launched legal proceedings against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, accusing it of inciting racial hatred after it published provocative cartoons of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed on September 19.
Members of the Algerian Democratic Union for Peace and Progress (RDAP) and the Organization of Arab Union said they were claiming a total of €780,000 ($1 million) in damages. They said the lawsuit was to "defend and support Islamic and/or Arabic people." According to the complainants, the drawings were "damaging to the honor and reputation of the Prophet Mohammed and the Muslim community."
Earlier, the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo were destroyed in an arson attack after it "invited" the Prophet Mohammed to be its "guest editor." The November 2011 firebombing attack took place just hours before an issue entitled "Sharia Hebdo," featuring a cartoon of Mohammed on its cover, hit the newsstands.
Both the arson attack and the lawsuit mark a serious escalation in a long-running Islamic war on free speech and expression in France. Muslim immigrants and their multicultural supporters in France and elsewhere have been using a combination of lawsuits, verbal and physical harassment -- and even murder -- to silence debate about the rise of Islam there.
Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Gatestone Institute. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on Facebook.
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Rodney • Jan 12, 2013 at 12:58
France abandoned Christianity and let multiculturalism prevail, and now they are reaping the whirlwind. There are consequences when a country rejects God and go their own way. French people are intelligent, but without wisdom from God there is a greater confusion in what is right and wrong. A day will come when French people will cry out to themselves, not to God, " What happened to our country?" In great amazement, France is destroyed within: morally, economically, and with widespread terrorism on the rise.
Concerned Briton • Jan 5, 2013 at 00:51
This is an insidious genocide of the European people in their own ancestry homes. I'm only 23 and I feel like an outsider in my own city, London. This is happening all over Europe, the U.S., Canada, and AUS/New Zealand.
Why do our governments care more about the economy then our future? They have sold us out!
Debo • Jan 4, 2013 at 05:46
So.. what are the real 'behind the screen' intentions of the European Islamization? Why are European governments committing genocide on their own population? Anyone? Socialist political power? Can't be. That would be a slow impending form of suicide for anyone who's 'socialist' but not Muslim. They can't be that opportunistic; or can they? So, what else is happening?
Eric Debo • Jan 5, 2013 at 13:47
It is mixture of political correctness, incompetence, and cowardice.
Srbi • Jan 3, 2013 at 23:23
Mass immigration must be halted, immediately. 2013 must be the year to do so - we cannot afford to wait more years to resist the tide. Start petitions in various neighborhoods, villages, towns, counties, cantons, and traditional sections of cities. Oppression will come with growing influence of Islam, pure and simple. It is an authoritarian political system. Look at how Egypt has been altered by Sharia-ization, and witness the fear and flight of the Coptic Christians.
2013 must be the year. No more mass immigration.
Eric Srbi • Jan 5, 2013 at 13:49
I was arrested for taking pictures of a Muslim couple. I was charged with harassment.
Pongidae Rex • Jan 3, 2013 at 15:22
It appears that the only thing accomplished by World War II and the human rights movement was to make Europe safe for an Islamic invasion that will eliminate human rights for non-Muslims at first opportunity. I wonder what they will do with the art museums. Burn them maybe?
The Islamists and their enablers have won by defining any Euro-centric cultural position as 'bigotry' equated with Nazism. So people who defend over 1,000 years of European culture are bigots, and foreign migrants who riot and burn are not being made to feel welcome enough. How long do you think that multiculturalism will survive when the most rapidly growing group in Europe exploits it but despises it?
Europe is committing suicide on the altar of multiculturalism. An Islamist Europe will join the other Islamic hellholes of this world as a place to be avoided.
Kaz • Jan 3, 2013 at 01:32
The French government is talking about making it more difficult for a Muslim to obtain french citizenship. That would have been an excellent move in 1950. Now, with enough Muslims onboard to outbreed the French and replace them as the citizens of France within two generations, talk of reducing Muslim immigration into France is suicidal talk. if the French do not export their Muslims within just a very few years while they are still be able to do so, then the time will soon come when they are not able to get rid of the plague they have invited to replace them; and that is exactly when they will realize that the French are a walking dead people. Someone has to be the first to do the right thing, and send their invaders home. If not the French, who? Must the entire civilized world be sacrificed in the name of "tolerance," making the world tolerant only of those who worship a god of pure evil, and venerate one of the most evil criminals ever to walk the earth?
Me Kaz • Jan 12, 2013 at 05:07
Social benefits will need to be cut to the bone. They're an open invitation to migrate.
Rita • Jan 2, 2013 at 07:19
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They also organised the first anti-Islamisation march in Paris, on 10 November 2012. The media, while filming, did not even mention this important march, and Riposte Laique is being sued by some pro-Islamic associations for having dared to write that Islam is not good for France. They are very brave people and, like all those who fight the Islamisation, they are defamed and threatened with death.
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Columbus Day Storm remains a fearsome memory
By Gale Fiege Herald Writer
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 10:29pm
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EVERETT — It was already rainy and blustery on the Friday evening of Oct. 12, 1962, when Everett High School’s football team took the field at Memorial Stadium. Most people don’t remember who the Seagulls played or much else about the game, but everyone remembers when the field’s tall light standards began to sway back and forth in increasingly high winds.
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the Columbus Day windstorm, which still reigns as the region’s worst — and deadliest — Big Blow on record.
“We made it out of Memorial Stadium all right, only to nearly be squished to death by panicked drivers as we tried to run across Colby,” recalled Linda Tucker Wright, now 65 and still living in Everett.
The storm packed hurricane-force winds left over from Typhoon Freda, which rolled in from Asia to the West Coast. From the San Francisco Bay to lower British Columbia, the storm had sustained winds and gusts of 50 to 150 mph. It left about 50 people dead, hundreds more injured and property damage estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars, equal to more than $1 billion today.
Nearly 50 million board feet of trees were blown over in the Snoqualmie National Forest alone, with estimates of nearly 15 billion board feet of timber downed from northern California to B.C. In nine Washington counties, some of the snapped power and telephone lines weren’t repaired for a week or more.
The storm was loud, ferocious and downright scary.
Just ask anybody in his or her mid-50s or older who lived through it.
Brad Hovik, 66, of Marysville, took a break from homework on the evening of Oct. 12, 1962, to help milk the cows on his family’s dairy off Shoultes Road.
The wind tossed the 16-year-old Hovik to the ground as he walked out the back door. Then a piece of heavy corrugated steel roofing blew off the tool shed, missing Hovik’s face by inches.
“My dad saw this and ushered me into the barn just as the power went out. We had to milk by hand. Normally it took a couple hours to milk 30 cows, but by hand it took us three hours to milk 10 cows,” Hovik said. “I remember my hands cramped up after the first two cows and by the last cow, we were in agony.”
Hovik’s wife, Nancy, grew up on Sunnyside hill of Marysville and she remembers watching the lights go off in Everett and Marysville and on the Tulalip Reservation.
“We watched big fir tree branches blow by the window … They were hitting the house and you could hear shingles being ripped off the roof. This went on for hours,” Nancy Hovik said.
Ted Buehner in the Seattle office of the National Weather Service calls the Columbus Day Storm the event by which all other state storms are compared. It was the “strongest non-tropical windstorm ever to hit the lower 48 states,” he said.
In 1962, the population of Washington state was about 3 million. Today it’s closer to 7 million. I-5 and the Evergreen Floating Bridge were still under construction. A similar storm today would be much more devastating, Buehner said.
The front page of the Oct. 12, 1962, Everett Daily Herald, then an afternoon newspaper, included a photo of an elementary school gym in Gold Beach, Ore. The wind tore the roof from the school and blew the walls down. Had it happened two hours later, more than 400 children would have been assembled in the gym, the principal told the Associated Press.
Oregon was hit especially hard, but the storm ravaged northern California, too. The sixth game of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the visiting New York Yankees was postponed.
Here, other games besides Everett High’s were canceled.
At the Lake Stevens football game that night, referee Robert Shane of Lynnwood watched the first half kickoff go straight up in the air and land about five yards behind the boy who kicked it. In the second half, the kick went back over the end zone and into the trees.
“We had to get another ball to continue the game,” Shane said. He called the game when the stadium lights went out. “We officials struggled in the dark back to the locker room to get our clothes and go home.”
Bill Sehorn, then 13 and living with his family in the Machias area, was at Brown’s Snohomish Theater to watch a movie, as he did most Friday nights. He remembers the electricity going out and that the plate-glass windows were blown out of the clothing store on the corner.
“I couldn’t call my mom because the telephone lines were down, but I hoped she would know to come get me,” said Sehorn, who now lives in Everett. “While I waited, the Brown family started handing out free ice cream bars, which had already started to melt because of the power outage.”
On Oct. 13, The Daily Herald’s centerpiece headline read “Giant Storm Leaves Trail of Death and Destruction.”
Among the dead was Jack Wilson, 28, of Sultan, who was working on the Snohomish County Public Utility District’s dam on the Sultan River. He died when a tree fell on the construction site. Four other men were hospitalized. Many of the storm deaths were from falling trees.
In Mountlake Terrace, police reported three burglaries during the storm. At the phone company office there, Utahna Munyon, now 79, was one of a dozen operators working that night.
“The police locked us in because of the danger just outside the office,” she said. “Since we were there, we kept on working. The switchboard was lit up like a Christmas tree, with people reporting telephone lines down. All we could say was, ‘Yes, we know.’ We finally were relieved from duty on Sunday morning.
“I learned to cook in the fireplace, but I never want to go through a storm like that again.”
The county sheriff’s office and Everett police couldn’t keep up with the high volume of calls. The numerous traffic accidents reported included cars blown into ditches.
The Mukilteo ferry stopped running. At Paine Field, airplanes were blown upside down. Fallen power lines caused fires, boats on the Everett waterfront were set adrift and the air raid tower atop Everett City Hall was blown down. People on Grand Avenue in north Everett mourned the loss of the city’s oldest maple trees as they came crashing down one after another.
As if the storm itself wasn’t enough, in Spanaway two backyard lions escaped from their pen. They attacked three people including a little boy and their owner, who had to have her pet lions shot. In Seattle, a woman claimed that during the storm lightning hurled a ball of fire into her kitchen and was so hot it cooked the two eggs she planned to use for baking.
In Ballard, John Meyer, now 83 and living in south Snohomish County, spend that Columbus day repairing power lines for Seattle City Light.
“We would get a wire up and a tree would come down and we’d start over. It was wild. I left the house at 3 p.m. that day and got home about four days later,” said Meyer, who later worked for the Snohomish County PUD. “We’ve had some healthy storms since then, but nothing comes close to that Columbus Day storm.”
At the Seattle World’s Fair that day, Laurie Post, now 58, of Everett, remembers looking up at the Space Needle as it swayed slightly in the wind.
Nancy Mitchell, now 85, of Lake Stevens, had taken her sons, then 8 and 12, out of school for a last trip to the World’s Fair. Throughout the summer she had declined to ride to the top of the Space Needle, blaming her reluctance on the long lines for the elevator instead of her fear of heights.
“On the day of the storm, of course, there were no lines. The boys said I had no excuse. At the top, I decided to call my mother. I asked her to guess where I was. ‘Well, I hope you’re at home,’ she said, ‘because there’s a terrible storm coming.’ Just then a guard knocked on the door of the phone booth and told us that if we didn’t leave now, we would be walking down,” Mitchell said. “I still don’t like going up the Space Needle.”
Jean Bochan still lives on Seattle Hill Road, which was a gravel road in 1962 and a busy Mill Creek area thoroughfare today.
Freelance loggers salvaged wood from many of the trees that blew own.
“An old Douglas fir took out the corner of our carport and we were without electricity and telephone for about a week,” said Bochan, 73. “We were lucky. It was the worst storm I’ve ever been through. It just roared. That was a long time ago, but it could happen again.”
While many people remember the fear and the destruction, some have humorous memories.
Joy Hunt of Lake Stevens was 23 that year. After attending a candlelight wedding in Granite Falls on the evening of the storm, she and her husband headed out. However, all the routes home were blocked by downed trees and crackling power lines.
“My husband saw a lantern glowing from a house. We knocked on the door and asked if we could stay the night. The lady there was about 90 years old. She was smoking, drinking shots of whiskey and playing solitaire. She made up her bed for us, but told us there was to be no hanky-panky,” Hunt said. “We were up at dawn and left a $20 bill on her pillow on the couch. That was a lot of money back then.”
More memories
Read more recollections of the storm here or share your own in the comments below.
Reporter Gale Fiege was only 5 years old on Oct. 12, 1962, but she remembers the roaring wind that blew down the fence her dad had built around their house in Mountlake Terrace. Several of her neighbors had Douglas firs crash through their houses. To contact Fiege: 425-339-3427 or gfiege@heraldnet.com.
Sources: Historylink.org; Office of the Washington State Climatologist, www.climate.washington.edu; The Everett Daily Herald, 1962.
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New Year’s Eve fire at Spalding offices 1918 and events
We look back to the Lincs Free Press of this week 100 years ago…
The passing of the old year and the advent of 1918 was marked by one of the most disastrous fire which Spalding had experienced for many years.
Damage costing around £3,000 was caused to premises belonging to Messrs G F Birch & Sons, of High Street, on New Year’s Eve, 1917.
When Mr G F Birch, head of the famous firm of corn and cake merchants, left the offices with his manager shortly after nine o’clock that evening, there was no sign of anything being amiss.
But little more than an hour later, a Double Street resident noticed a flare of fire proceding from some buildings across the river and immediately informed fireman Butler, who at once gave the alarm
The fire alarm bell rang at five minutes to eleven o’clock and by this time, the flare of the outbreak, which it was discovered was in the well-appointed offices of Messrs Birch & Sons, was lighting up the sky and could be seen for miles distant, one enquiry being made from as far away as Moulton Chapel.
Large crowds began to assemble on both sides of the river and were treated to one of the fiercest fire displays the town as known
The offices were extensive and practically the whole of the interor was built up of pitch pine partitions – a huge quantity of wood and all highly varnished.
By the time the alarm was sounded, the firm was a seething mass of flame, the woodwork sizzling, crackling and hissing, whilst the roof was quickly burned completely away and huge sheets of flame, burning timbers and papers and loosened slates were hurtling in all directions.
In the first hour of the New Year the flames began to decrease, but it was some time before the fire was finally extinguished.
The exact cause of the outbreak was unascertained, but may have been connected with the heating apparatus in the building.
Civilian POWs return
The first batch of repatriated English civilian prisoners of war from Germany landed at the Fish Dock in Boston.
A Red Cross train conveying a considerable number of the 400 men stopped in Spalding on its way to Peterborough and London.
There were only a few people on the platform, in addition to the railway staff, but many of the men in the train waved to those there and in some cases exchanged a few words and expressed their joy at being in England once again.
The train stayed for a few minutes before moving on.
Woman found drunk in shed
Ellen Tungate, married woman, of Love Lane, Spalding, pleaded guilty to being drunk on licensed premises.
She was found asleep in a shed at the rear of the New Bell Inn. The defendant was so drunk she could not stand. She was fined 6s 6d.
Missing light on night-time cart
Albert Jackson, of Deeping St Nicholas, avoided a fine after the Bench withdrew a summons for driving with only one headlight on his cart.
Jackson said he was unaccustomed to driving at night and needed the doctor for his boy.
Meads Langley, of Gedney Hill, wsa fined four shillings for failing to keep a dog under control at night.
Spalding Railway Station 1933 Train arriving from Bourne.
Welland Bridge Signal Box, Spalding
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Home » Meet the AHA’s New Chair: Fluent in Spanish, Skilled Musician and Haunted by Aunt’s Death
Meet the AHA’s New Chair: Fluent in Spanish, Skilled Musician and Haunted by Aunt’s Death
Carolinas CEO and incoming AHA Chair Eugene Woods says the hospital field must move away from the mindset of trying to fix what's broken
Marty Stempniak
A chance moment kick-started Eugene Woods’ career as a health care leader more than 25 years ago, and a simple health care-related accident that took his aunt Carmen’s life years ago continues to fuel his passion for the field decades later. Now Woods, 52, is embracing some significant new beginnings. In April, he took the helm as president and CEO of Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C. Next month, he begins his yearlong role as chair of the American Hospital Association’s board of trustees. Woods recently sat down with H&HN Senior Writer Marty Stempniak to talk about the AHA’s new strategic plan, his fluency in Spanish and his love of singing and writing music.
My introduction to the health care field was an accident, but my calling was not. I was an undergraduate and the day of a career fair, by mistake, I went to a presentation in which a local hospital administrator was talking about how in health care you can change lives and communities. He sort of had me at 'hello.' After listening to that CEO, I decided the next day to major in health policy and administration at Penn State.
A field where you can actually make a difference
When I was a kid growing up in Spain, my father was in the military and one of my favorite aunts, Carmen, went to the hospital there for headaches. She died from a medication error, leaving three young kids at home. She is the aunt who gave me my first music album, and I always remember who she was and what she meant to me when I was a kid. Once I decided to pursue a career in health policy and administration, that became my source of inspiration — realizing that health care is a field in which you can actually make a difference in people’s lives in any community. My first job in health care was director of quality and it's still in my DNA today.
A time of new beginnings
I can't think of a more exciting time to make a difference in the health care field. We will have a new president in the White House. We have a new president of the American Hospital Association, Rick Pollack, and we have a new strategic plan for the AHA. So, yes, it’s a time of new beginnings in many ways. It’s a privilege for me to lead one of the most important and historically relevant professional organizations in the country. Since 1899, the association has helped to shape health care in America. We’re at a time of reinvention now, so to work with such a talented field to reinvent health care yet again is exciting.
‘Advancing Health in America’
In 2017, we’re launching the new strategic plan called “Advancing Health in America,” led by Pollack and endorsed by the AHA board. The focus will be implementing that plan from 2017 to 2020, and there are a number of driving forces that I think are important.
One is the topic of affordability. It is top of mind for politicians, for employers and for the general public, and it’s multifactorial. This past year, we had a 12 percent increase in drug spending, the highest in more than a decade. We’ve seen 3,500 generic drugs that, in a relatively short period, doubled in price; 400 of those drugs increased 1,000 percent. We’re entering an era of labor shortages for both nurses and physicians, which also has an impact. And so, the affordability agenda is something that the field will continue to focus on. What I’m proud of is that the AHA, through its Hospital Engagement Network, has really contributed to affordability. We’ve saved nearly $300 million by preventing 34,000 incidents of harm. Part of affordability is continuing to improve the standard of care in clinical practice so that we can continue to improve quality while decreasing costs.
The other aspect of the strategic plan is looking at the concept of metrics that matter. There are hundreds of different metrics and methodologies that we are trying to interpret, and we’ve narrowed them down to 11. They include some population health statistics, such as obesity and diabetes, so that we can convene different stakeholders, such as government, payers, etc., around what’s been an overwhelming onslaught of metrics, many of which aren’t really meaningful.
And there are two other things that I would highlight. One is the proliferation of regulations, some of which are outdated, conflicting and impede or thwart our transformation efforts. This year alone, almost 15,000 pages of new regulations have been written — almost a final rule every week. And so, a key focus is to make sure that regulations aren’t overly burdensome on the field.
The committee on research, which I chair, is also looking at what we’re calling the next generation of community health. We’re at a point where we have to rethink how we engage with communities, especially as more people are becoming insured. Carolinas HealthCare System serves Anson County where a quarter of the 26,000 residents are below the poverty line. The county ranks 87th out of 100 counties based on such factors as smoking, obesity rates and use of primary care physicians. The 52-bed hospital there had an average daily census of three to five patients, and really wasn't going to serve the community well long term. So, we built a new 15-bed acute care hospital, and co-located medical homes and primary care facilities, which is in line with the community’s needs, specifically around chronic conditions. Primary care visits increased 250 percent and we're already seeing decreases in chronic conditions like obesity and diabetes. This was one way to rethink how we provide for the needs of communities going forward, and we need to continue to explore that on a larger scale.
Priorities locally in Charlotte
At Carolinas, we hotspotted the area we serve and found six ZIP codes in which the emergency department use is three times the national average, and there are not only some access issues to primary care, but also some food deserts. So we’re forming a coalition called One Charlotte to figure out how to engage differently with the business and faith communities and with politicians to bring services specifically to those communities in need. There are many nonprofits in the Charlotte area that are focused on trying to help those who are most vulnerable. The coalition can bring more deliberate planning to those areas.
We’re the largest provider of health care in the Carolinas and we have a tremendous opportunity to redefine how it is delivered in the states we serve and beyond. One of the key priorities is developing partnerships with other like-minded organizations that are hoping to change health care delivery in the state, including research, technology and educational organizations. As states move into a value-based world and clinically integrated networks form, together with analytics and care management, these partnerships are important so that we can serve more populations and communities better.
For a long time, nobody talked about behavioral health and, in many ways, there was a stigma associated with it. However, it can no longer be ignored. One out of four people in the U.S. deals with a behavioral health issue; 40,000 people commit suicide every year; and about 5.5 million people with behavioral health issues go to emergency departments every year.
There’s reason for optimism because a couple of years ago the Excellence in Mental Health Act was passed, the first federal regulation in a long time that looked to increase mental health resources. Specifically, 24 states received grants, North Carolina being one of them. About 29 counties do not have a single psychiatrist and this grant provides some funding to help analyze this shortage. Also, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act was passed by the House in July, which will reorganize federal agencies that oversee mental health policy, direct funding to combat serious mental illness and provide additional payments through Medicaid to deal with illnesses like schizophrenia. I’m encouraged by that.
At Carolinas, we are proud that we are one of the national leaders in co-locating behavioral health into primary care offices. So, when behavioral health patients come to their primary care offices, we have the resources to take care of those patients virtually through coaching and specialists, and can administer behavioral health medications right there. Not only did depression and anxiety scores go down for patients who visit their primary care physicians with previously undiagnosed behavioral health issues, but their A1C blood sugar levels also improved. We’ve found that telepsychiatry is also effective in emergency departments, and we’ve decreased our wait times in the ED significantly because of that. We do about 500 virtual ED consults for behavioral health monthly, which also has improved care delivery.
Effective behavioral health programs require a partnership of legislators, the health care field, churches, educators and the community, because so many folks are affected. In 2016, we trained more than 3,500 community mental health first aid responders in early detection of suicidal tendencies, how to have the conversation in the communities, how to help folks when they’re in need, and what resources are available in the health system. We found that to be very effective, because sometimes it’s difficult to know when people are suffering.
Not long ago, we learned about a man who was suicidal and one of the mental health first aid responders not only helped him get the resources he needed, but also continued to follow up with him. Eventually, the man was able to get a job and was named employee of the year at his workplace.
Across the country, we’ve seen violence erupt in way too many communities, and whenever it happens, it deeply affects so many folks. But one of the things that is most important, from the AHA’s perspective, is that the victims of violence typically wind up on hospitals’ doorsteps. Every day, hospitals are asked to respond to the trauma caused by violence.
A few years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that health care systems treated more than 2 million people in EDs and outpatient centers every year as a result of violence. Another study recently pointed out that treatment costs about $30 billion for those patients, not including the social and psychological costs. So, the AHA has launched a Hospitals Against Violence initiative that focuses on addressing violence within our four walls and in the communities we serve. It is about fostering hospital efforts to combat violence in the communities and health facilities, facilitating conversations, sharing best practices and highlighting the collaborative efforts that hospitals have with nonprofit community organizations, including the police departments. It’s something that is another major focus for us here at Carolinas, and certainly for the association.
After the recent demonstrations in Charlotte, I visited our emergency department that treated police officers and protesters alike. It’s evidence that we’re there for everyone no matter what, 24/7, 365 days a year. But it really references what I said earlier: We’re focusing on working with the community in new ways, including supporting law enforcement in how police officers connect with individuals, bringing primary care and other services into communities in need, and fundamentally looking at how we create jobs. These are all systemic issues that lead to disenfranchisement and are root causes of violence, and we’re working with other organizations to help address them.
I’m a big believer in an approach to leadership called the ‘appreciative inquiry.’ It’s highlighted in one of my favorite books, Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard. The point of the book is that so often as leaders, we ask the question: What's broken and how do we fix it? How I’ve tried to approach leadership is that sometimes you can be more effective by saying, ‘What’s working and how do you clone it?’ If I think about that leadership style, one of the most exciting things about being at the American Hospital Association is that I’ve been able to speak with and see leaders from all around the country, and learned about so many incredible innovations that I continue to be amazed at the field’s commitment to community. There are many bright spots in the health care system right now. So, while a lot of times we are focused on what’s broken and what needs to be fixed, I think if we would just clone what’s working well in any one of the systems that we have in the country — from rural to urban to regional and national systems — that it would be transformative. We’ve seen that already in how we’ve approached the HEN work. As I mentioned, $300 million saved; 34,000 instances of harm averted — and this is accomplished simply by working together on best practices. Part of the excitement and part of the leadership that I hope to bring as chair is continuing to highlight those bright spots, because I think we can all learn a lot from them.
Remembering my Aunt Carmen, it is a privilege to make a difference in somebody else’s life, and to help improve the health of communities. It’s an opportunity to serve as a leader in the health system; I’m sure there are many other fields in which folks feel the same, but making a gadget or a widget is not something that I’m made out to do. I have a goal of really shaping the health of communities for generations to come. And I know it may sound highbrow, but I am still inspired by the original reasons that motivated me to serve this field.
I have two boys; the eldest, 21, is a senior in engineering at the University of Illinois. My youngest, 15, is in 10th grade. Both are much smarter than I ever will be. My wife and I have been married for 22 years. I grew up in southern Spain where my father was stationed in the Navy for seven years as an aeronautics mechanic. My mother is the eldest of 12, so I’ve been blessed with being surrounded by a big family when I was growing up, and that’s how I became fluent in Spanish. My mother was from a town called Jerez de la Frontera, and those years overseas were formative ones for me.
I grew up in a very musical family and music remains a big part of who I am. In Spain, my father would come home every day with a new blues record or, at the time, reel-to-reel or eight-track that he was playing. And there was never a reunion with my Spanish family that didn’t include singing or dancing flamenco. When I was 10 years old, my uncle taught me my first song on the guitar. That’s when I got hooked. The next Christmas I asked for my first guitar amplifier. Unbeknownst to me until many years later, my parents had foregone a month’s rent to pay for the guitar and the amp. But, I’ve shared with them that the investment was well worth it because when I went to college I played in bands to pay the bills. The investment in that guitar put a lot of food on my table and paid a lot of months’ rent when I was in college.
I still try to find time for the guitar nowadays. My wife says she always likes it better when I’m playing. So, at least twice a year I try to spend a weekend either recording, playing or writing music with former band members from around the country.
Actually, when I attended my first AHA board meeting, there was a phenomenal band playing at the hotel. Not many folks were paying attention to them, so I walked over to the guitar player and I said, ‘I’d probably say no if I were you, but I think if I play one song, I can get the rest of the folks here on the dance floor, either to see me make a fool of myself or see if I’m any good.’ And sure enough, after a couple of songs, we had everybody dancing and having fun. But I only do that sparingly.
Last year, one of my son’s friends died of an overdose. He would have been the last one you would think would be addicted. It was the classic situation in which he had an injury, he was given some opioids, and then he became addicted and was unable to get out of it. Just as in behavioral health, so many folks in the country know of someone who has been affected by this, and that’s another important galvanizing cry to figure out how we all can work together to solve this epidemic.
I think we’re just starting to appreciate the full breadth of the issue. There’s not a day that goes by that we don't hear how many people have been affected. It’s something that crosses political lines, economic lines and racial lines. This is an important area of focus and we now have the nation’s attention.
It’s a significant issue in this region, as well. Hickory, N.C., was ranked fifth in the nation in the rate of opioid use, according to a Castlight Health report called “The Opioid Crisis in America's Workforce.” In focusing on this, we have partnered with the state of North Carolina to integrate with its prescription drug monitoring program and put the data front and center so our providers have access to the latest statistics. I’m also excited about the PRIMUM project, a decision-support information system intervention that includes a hard stop in our electronic health records across thousands of providers. When they prescribe a controlled substance, including opioids, if there’s a history of positive drug screening or if the data show remaining drugs on a previous control script, then there’s a hard stop. That’s getting national attention, as well. We’ve also participated in the Lazarus Project, which uses the drug Narcan to reverse an opiate overdose; this has saved hundreds of lives in North Carolina. Lastly, we’re integrating the use of the virtual care platform to treat behavioral health issues in primary care offices. That allows us to help at the point of intervention sooner.
On Charlotte
My family and I have enjoyed every place in which we’ve lived, but Charlotte is an incredibly beautiful city. The one thing that struck me immediately is how many trees are here. About 50 percent of the streets are covered by tree canopies. My wife and I have family in Pennsylvania and, with all the green here, this feels very much like home. We also like being a couple of miles from the mountains. Having grown up in southern Spain near the beach, it’s nice to have easy access to such a beautiful part of the country. It’s also one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. This community is very welcoming, even if you’re not originally from the area. You don’t have to have lived here for generations, as long as you're willing to make a contribution to the community.
The Woods File
Health Care Career
April 2016–Present: president and CEO, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, N.C.
May 2011–March 2016: president and chief operating officer, CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas
April 2005–May 2011: CEO, St. Joseph Health System, and senior vice president, Catholic Health Initiatives division operations, Lexington, Ky.
2001–2005: COO, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Boards & Recognition
2013 Senior Healthcare Executive of the Year, National Association of Health Services Executives
National board member of NAHSE and former president of the Washington, D.C., chapter
Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives
List of 2016 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, Modern Healthcare
List of Top 100 Chief Operating Officers, Becker Professional Education
Named three times to list of Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare, Modern Healthcare
Alumni of the Year, Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor’s in health planning and administration, master’s in business administration and master’s in health administration, all from Pennsylvania State University
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Tony Blonk
Tony Blonk joined H W Fisher & Co as Head of IT in September 1998. Prior to this he has worked for CABS UK as UK Director and head of Professional services.
Obtaining a degree in Business Studies whilst working as a trainee accountant with Ernst & Young Australia he moved into general business services and became a Tax and Financial services consultant for Bongiorno & Co. In 1985 he became account manager and consultant with CABS Pty Ltd, a leading supplier of Practice Management Systems. Relocating to the UK in 1991, he became manager for CABS UK and then subsequently director for CABS UK Pty Ltd & CABS Australia Pty Ltd, which then merged with Solution6 Ltd in 1997. Experience from the implementation of Practice Management systems for firms such as PwC, Deloitte & Touche & KPMG throughout Europe and South Africa has given him significant insight into the system management requirements of professional service firms.
Tony is a member of the firms IT Committee with prime focus on the formation and integration of IT strategy across the firm. His experience covers such aspects as Data Protection and compliance, business system and processes review, operational systems management and the delivery of projects in support of the firm business requirements. He also represents the firm and is chairman of the Leading Edge Alliance European IT group and holds accreditation for Prince 2 project management.
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First Survivor finale airs
On this day in 2000, Richard Hatch, a 39-year-old corporate trainer from Rhode Island, wins the season-one finale of the reality television show Survivor and takes home the promised $1 million prize. In a four-to-three vote by his fellow contestants, Hatch, who was known for walking around naked on the island in Borneo where the show was shot, was named Sole Survivor over the river raft guide Kelly Wiglesworth. Survivor, whose slogan is “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast,” was a huge ratings success and spawned numerous imitators in the reality-competition genre.
Produced by Mark Burnett (The Voice,The Apprentice, The Bible), Survivor premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. The showcenters around a group of sixteen strangers who are stranded for 39 days in a remote location where they must fend for food, water and shelter and compete in various challenges to win rewards and immunity from being voted out of the competition by their fellow contestants. The voting takes place at the so-called “Tribal Council” ceremony and after a contestant is voted off, the show’s host Jeff Probst informs that person that “the tribe has spoken” and asks the evictee to extinguish his or her torch.
As of May 2008, Survivor had been on the air for 16 seasons. The show has been filmed in a variety of locations around the world, including the Australian Outback (season two), the Amazon (season six) and Fiji (season 14). Season 13, which was set in the Cook Islands, stirred up controversy when the contestants were initially divided by race into four competing tribes: African-American, Asian, Caucasian and Hispanic.
In 2006, season-one winner Richard Hatch was found guilty of tax evasion for failing to report his Survivor prize money to the IRS. He was sentenced to more than four years in prison. Other former Survivor contestants have gone on to reap more success from their appearance on the reality show: Season one’s Colleen Haskell landed a co-starring role in the forgettable 2001 comedy The Animal, while season two’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck (nee Filarski) went on to become a co-host of the daytime TV talk show The View.
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The first cases of an encephalitis outbreak are reported in New York City on this day in 1999. Seven people die from what turns out to be the first cases of West Nile virus in the United States. A cluster of eight cases of St. Louis encephalitis was diagnosed among patients in ...read more
Austrian teen escapes after eight years in captivity
Natascha Kampusch, an Austrian teenager who was kidnapped at age 10, escapes from her captor, Wolfgang Priklopil, after more than eight years. Shortly after her escape, Priklopil committed suicide. On March 2, 1998, Kampusch was abducted from a street in Vienna while walking to ...read more
Rose Greenhow is arrested
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Battle of Mons
On August 23, 1914, in their first confrontation on European soil since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, four divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by Sir John French, struggle with the German 1st Army over the 60-foot-wide Mons Canal in Belgium, near the ...read more
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John Cabot’s Early Life
Cabot’s First Voyage
Cabot’s Second Voyage
Though the exact details of his life and expeditions are the subject of debate, John Cabot (or Giovanni Caboto, as he was known in Italian) may have developed the idea of sailing westward to reach the riches of Asia while working for a Venetian merchant. By the late 1490s, he was living in England, and gained a commission from King Henry VII to make an expedition across the northern Atlantic. He sailed from Bristol in May 1497 and made landfall in late June. The exact site of Cabot’s landing has not been definitively established; it may have been located in Newfoundland, Cape Breton Island or southern Labrador. After returning to England to report his success, Cabot departed on a second expedition in mid-1498, but is thought to have perished in a shipwreck en route.
Giovanni Caboto was born circa 1450 in Genoa, and moved to Venice around 1461; he became a Venetian citizen in 1476. Evidence suggests that he worked as a merchant in the spice trade of the Levant, or eastern Mediterranean, and may have traveled as far as Mecca, then an important trading center for Oriental and Western goods. He studied navigation and map-making during this period, and (similarly to his countryman Christopher Columbus) appears to have become interested in the possibility of reaching the rich markets of Asia by sailing in a westward direction.
Did you know? John Cabot's landing in 1497 is generally thought to be the first European encounter with the North American continent since Leif Eriksson and the Vikings explored the area they called Vinland in the 11th century.
For the next several decades, Cabot’s exact activities are unknown; he may have spent several years in Valencia and Seville, Spain, and may have been in Valencia in 1493, when Columbus passed through the city on his way to report to the Spanish monarchs the results of his western voyage (including his mistaken belief that he had in fact reached Asia). By late 1495, Cabot had reached Bristol, England, a port city that had served as a starting point for several previous expeditions across the North Atlantic. From there, he worked to convince the British crown that England did not have to stand aside while Spain claimed most of the New World, and that it was possible to reach Asia on a more northerly route than the one Columbus had taken.
In 1496, King Henry VII issued letters patent to Cabot and his son, which authorized them to make a voyage of discovery and to return with goods for sale on the English market. After a first, aborted attempt, Cabot sailed out of Bristol on the small ship Matthew in May 1497, with a crew of 18 men. The expedition made landfall in North America on June 24; the exact location is disputed, but may have been southern Labrador, the island of Newfoundland or Cape Breton Island. When Cabot went ashore, he reportedly saw signs of habitation but no people. He took possession of the land for King Henry, but hoisted both the English and Venetian flags.
Cabot explored the area and named various features of the region, including Cape Discovery, Island of St. John, St. George’s Cape, Trinity Islands and England’s Cape. These may correspond to modern-day places located around what became known as Cabot Strait, the 60-mile-wide channel running between southwestern Newfoundland and northern Cape Breton Island. Like Columbus, Cabot believed that he had reached Asia’s northeast coast, and returned to Bristol in August 1497 with extremely favorable reports of the exploration.
In London in late 1497, Cabot proposed to King Henry VII that he set out on a second expedition across the north Atlantic. This time, he would continue westward from his first landfall until he reached the island of Cipangu (Japan). In February 1498, the king issued letters patent for the second voyage, and that May Cabot set off from Bristol with about five ships and 200 men.
The exact fate of the expedition has not been established, but by July one of the ships had been damaged and sought anchorage in Ireland. It was believed that the ships had been caught in a severe storm, and by 1499, Cabot himself was presumed to have perished at sea. In addition to laying the groundwork for British land claims in Canada, his expeditions proved the existence of a shorter route across the northern Atlantic Ocean, which would later facilitate the establishment of other British colonies in North America.
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Henry Hudson
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The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Though he did not ...read more
The Portuguese nobleman Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) sailed from Lisbon in 1497 on a mission to reach India and open a sea route from Europe to the East. After sailing down the western coast of Africa and rounding the Cape of Good Hope, his expedition made numerous stops in Africa ...read more
Bartolomeu Dias
In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450-1500) became the first European mariner to round the southern tip of Africa, opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia. Dias’ ships rounded the perilous Cape of Good Hope and then sailed around Africa’s southernmost ...read more
Francis Drake participated in some of the earliest English slaving voyages to Africa and earned a reputation for his privateering, or piracy, against Spanish ships and possessions. Sent by Queen Elizabeth I to South America in 1577, he returned home via the Pacific and became ...read more
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December 19, 2018: Aquaman, Movie Review
By Major Dan on December 19, 2018 Cinema & TV, December 19
A Brief History On December 19, 2018, we take the opportunity to review the latest blockbuster DC Universe superhero film, Aquaman, a major motion picture that opens across the United States on December 21, 2018. As you may know from previous reviews on this site, we usually only see movies we are likely to like, and like this movie we did! Seen in Real D 3D, the film is lots and lots of eye candy. The packed theater test audience included a better than usual representation of kids, and to say the kids got into the movie would be an…
December 19, 1907: What Was the Worst US Mine Disaster? (10 Worst Mine Disasters)
By Major Dan on December 19, 2017 December 19, Lists
A Brief History On December 19, 1907, the Darr Mine disaster in Van Meter, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County) killed a total of 239 miners, both men and boys. Incredibly, this tragedy was not even the worst mine disaster in the US that month! Today we list the 10 Worst Mine Disasters in US History, ranked by number of fatalities. Lucky for US miners, none of the worst US fatal mine accidents rank in the top 10 deadliest mine disasters in the world (the worst of all time being in Benxi, China, in 1942 when 1549 miners died in a coal dust…
December 19, 2016: Electoral College Votes For President, Why?
By Major Dan on December 19, 2016 December 19, Politics
A Brief History On December 19, 2016, another part of our democratic process will take place when the 538 electors of the Electoral College vote in the official US Presidential election of 2016. All those millions of individual votes could either be confirmed or thrown out with the trash, depending on how the electors vote. Digging Deeper With a mandatory majority of 270 votes needed to be elected President, if no candidate gets that many electors to vote for him/her the vote would be remanded to the House of Representatives, who would then choose our next president. Who are these…
December 19, 1961: India Wins 2 Day War With Portugal
By Major Dan on December 19, 2016 December 19, Military
A Brief History On December 19,1961, the armed forces of India completed Operation Vijay, a land, sea and air assault against the Portuguese enclaves on Indian soil in the Goa region. The mini-war only lasted 2 days, but it ended 451 years of Portuguese colonialism in India. Digging Deeper Portugal had grabbed a piece of India during the age of exploration when European colonial powers were conducting land grabs all over the world. Portugal had established bases on the Indian sub-continent in the area of Goa and nearby regions, a modest holding by colonial standards, and Goa today is India’s…
History: December 19, 1941: Italian Divers Raid Alexandria Harbor
A Brief History On December 19, 1941, in one of the most daring raids of World War II Italian Navy divers snuck into Alexandria harbor and heavily damaged 2 British battleships. Digging Deeper The Italian divers rode 3 torpedoes modified to serve as mini-submarines past the harbor’s defenses when the gates were opened to allow British destroyers to enter the harbor. The mini-subs, called “pigs” by the Italians, had been ferried to the harbor by the Regia Marina submarine, Scerie. Each of these manned torpedoes had a 2 man crew, equipped with magnetic limpet mines to be placed on the…
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Jaguar's Super Bowl Ad Explains Why All The Best Movie Villains Are British
Aaron Taube
Jaguar's recently released Super Bowl commercial uses a trio of British actors and the cinematography of director Tom Hooper to delve into why all of the best movie villains come from across the pond.
In the 60-second ad, actors Sir Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston, and Mark Strong speak to the camera and posit that Brits make the best bad guys because "we're more focused," "we have a certain style," and "maybe we just sound right."
Along the way, the men use a fancy helicopter and two swerving Jaguar F-Type Coupes to meet at a high-tech command center in London. "Oh yes," Kingsley remarks at the end of the ad. "It's good to be bad."
The commercial features an ominous original soundtrack that was composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat, who worked with Hooper on "The King's Speech," and recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road.
The "Good To Be Bad" campaign is being run by Jaguar's creative agency, Spark 44, and its media agency, Mindshare, which hope to cast the brand as an edgy British outsider challenging mainstays like Porsche and Mercedes-Benz in the U.S. luxury market.
The campaign has also included a digital promotion aspect through a partnership between Jaguar and Gawker Media's content studio. Gawker created a separate blog, called Good To Be Bad, that features sponsored content from Jaguar, original work from Gawker's content studio, and posts shared from Gawker editorial blogs like Gizmodo and Lifehacker.
The posts focus on general villainy, with titles like "A Guide to World Domination in 2014" and "Four Devious Female Archetypes in Film (And How To Act Like Them)."
Jaguar's ad will run during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVIII, which will be contested Feb. 2 at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks.
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N.Y. Premiere of Gugu Mbatha-Raw Starrer 'Fast Color' to Kick Off Female-Focused Athena Film Festival
11:04 AM PST 1/9/2019 by Hilary Lewis
Courtesy of SXSW
The annual Barnard College event revealed the film slate for its 2019 edition, including a number of women-centric features like 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?,' 'On the Basis of Sex,' 'The Favourite' and 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post,' three of which were directed by women.
The female-focused Athena Film Festival has announced the film slate for its 2019 edition, including opening and closing night and centerpiece titles.
The festival, which highlights women's leadership onscreen and in real life, will open with the New York premiere of Gugu Mbatha-Raw-starrer Fast Color. The film, written and directed by Julia Hart and co-written by La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz, stars Mbatha-Raw as a hero on the run once her superhuman abilities are discovered. Lorraine Toussaint and David Strathairn co-star.
The festival will close with the New York premiere of the documentary about insurgent Congressional candidates, Knock Down the House, directed by Rachel Lears, which features Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The festival's documentary centerpiece is the Amy Berg-directed This Is Personal, about activists Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola's fight for social justice.
The narrative centerpiece is the U.S. premiere of Out of Blue, written and directed by Carol Morley, starring Patricia Clarkson as a detective investigating the shooting of an astrophysicist.
The festival's full slate includes women-centric features like Can You Ever Forgive Me?, On the Basis of Sex, The Favourite and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
“We are thrilled to announce our phenomenal lineup of films for this year’s festival,” said Melissa Silverstein, Athena Film Festival co-founder and artistic director and founder of Women and Hollywood. “The Athena Film Festival’s goal is to showcase the diverse work of women leaders, and this year, we have some incredible films and stories that aim to change the narrative and highlight important topics.”
Additional programming and 2019 honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.
The ninth annual festival, co-founded by the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood, will take place Feb. 28-March 3 at Barnard College in New York City.
More information about this year's festival is available here.
Hilary Lewis
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Q2 Outlook: The great divergence
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Summary: European equities are global laggards, with weak earnings and low valuations keeping prices well below those of their US counterparts. As we prepare to exit the era of convergence and increasing globalisation, Europe looks set to fall further behind. The question is, what can policymakers do?
In this Q2 Outlook we have chosen to focus on Europe and the outlook for the region’s equities . The depressing reality is that European companies have had negative real growth in operating earnings as the region lacks a strong technology sector that capitalises on the digital age.
Europe's earnings depression
The period after the financial crisis in 2008 was unique in many ways. Monetary policies were experimental to an unprecedented degree, leading to negative yields on many assets around the world. Global equities have delivered phenomenal returns despite lacklustre economic growth, and this was driven largely by US equities, and US technology companies in particular, monetising our digital world.
The post-2008 crisis has also delivered several European political crises with Brexit being the latest one. The US and China have increasingly diverged in terms of worldview, leading to a trade war that has impacted economic activity significantly. On top of this, the period has seen inequality rise with populism following in its footsteps. Everywhere we look, the world is diverging more than converging (which was the main theme from 1982 to 2008).
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For global equity markets, this broad divergence can be seen in the major earnings divergence between US and European companies. Operating income (EBITDA) is up 50% since January 2009 for US companies, whereas European companies have seen 0% growth. European earnings are down 13% in real terms, translating into what we would call an earnings depression for Europe.
The difference in earnings power has also made its mark on valuation metrics . US equities are valued 43% higher than European equities measured on 12-month trailing EV/EBITDA. The difference in earnings power and valuation has been driven by multiple factors, but the most important is Europe’s lack of a strong technology sector. The US, meanwhile, has won the battle for domination of the information age, and especially its monetisation.
Avoid Europe's cyclical countries
Adding to Europe’s difficulties is its big bet on globalisation through a highly-tuned export machine, with Germany leading the pack. Europe and especially Germany have benefitted the most from the existing world order of increasing global trade under the US military umbrella (which in turn reduces the need for military expenditures).
With the US-China trade conflict, it seems likely that the world is entering a new world order with diverging views and more nationalism guiding trade policies. In this world, Europe and Germany are big losers. One option for Europe is to reduce exposure to the US and
increasing it to China, but that strategy comes with great political risk.
Europe’s sensitivity to global trade has been felt by citizens for more than a year now. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s leading indicators on the euro area have been declining since December 2017 and have been below trend (meaning below 100) since August 2018, mimicking leading indicators on the global economy. As a result, European equities are still 6.6% below their recent peak in January 2018.
Contracting economies with below-trend activity have historically delivered negative equity returns. Consequently, we remain defensive on equities until there is evidence of a turning point.
Within Europe, this macro environment is typically bad for Europe’s cyclical equity markets such as Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and France. The equity markets that usually do relatively well in a poor economic environment are Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
On a positive note, South Korea’s leading indicators turned higher in January, indicating a potential green shoot which will, if it continues, lift Europe’s economic activity and potentially also its equity markets. The reason we are closely watching South Korea is that its economy and equity market have historically turned before those of its global counterparts.
A broken banking system and the German syndrome
One of Europe’s biggest problems remains the banking sector. The total return on Europe’s banking sector is zero since January 2003; in real terms, it’s -28.5% over a 15-year period. This is an ugly parallel to Japan’s zombie banks after its meltdown in the 1990s.
Europe’s policymakers, including the European Central Bank, were too slow to recognise the realities of the post-crisis economic landscape. The Federal Reserve quickly introduced quantitative easing, and sharply increasing reserves in the system that could then be parked at the Fed at 50 basis points helped recapitalise the US financial system. In Europe, however, QE came much later, and probably too late to really resolve the issue: Europe’s banks are still undercapitalised and poor profitability is constraining credit transmission.
Europe has also agreed to implement costly banking regulations, driving up costs on an already weak sector. It has been 10 years since Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and Europe’s banking sector has still not healed; this will continue to be an anchor constraining growth and equity returns.
The latest political attempt in Germany to merge Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank is a clear signal as to the current political system’s ability to understand the nature of the problem. Banks are already too big and complex, jeopardising the overall system, and Berlin wants to increase banking sector concentration despite popular outcry. A sensible approach would be to increase competition instead of limiting it.
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Mr. Credit is fueling France’s growth
France’s economy will be more resilient this year than the rest of the eurozone due to a strong inflow of credit and fiscal stimulus. However, the country has not fully taken advantage of the low-interest rate environment to move upmarket and we fear that layoff plans are coming in industries that are most vulnerable to the international context.
Macro Monday WK 29 - It's once again, all about the Fed
In this webcast, Saxo's global macro strategist Kay Van-Petersen examines the big issues for the week ahead, including the monetary policy of the United States.
Chart of the Week: World trade data
The latest world trade data tend to confirm a stabilization in global trade growth, at least in the short term, mostly resulting from a positive base effect.
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Home South Asia Afghanistan Why will US military continue to fail in Afghanistan?
Why will US military continue to fail in Afghanistan?
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On 7th October 2001, almost a month after the tumultuous bombing of the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, U.S. and British troops began striking Afghanistan for harboring the al-Qaida terrorists blamed for the September 11 attacks. The massive air campaign initially targeted Taliban troops, training camps and air defenses.
The air campaign was followed by a full invasion of Afghanistan, also known as the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Its avowed aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power.
The United Kingdom was a key ally of the United States, offering support for military action from the start of preparations for the invasion. In August 2003, NATO became involved as an alliance, operating as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
The Afghan National Army, it is a lemon –a crowd of pathetic and disgruntled people who have been strapped together to fight for a lost cause.
During the nearly 15 years since the United States went to war in Afghanistan, the number of American troops has dwindled from an all-time high of 100,000 during 2010-11, to 11000 as of August 2017.
To reinforce the US forces, NATO deploys 8400 troops in Afghanistan under the umbrella of Operation Resolute Support – a non-combat mission launched on January 1, 2015 – which provides training, advice, and assistance to Afghan security forces and institutions.
Read more: Is US losing its leverage over Pakistan?
Then, there is the 174000 strong Afghan National Army (ANA). It is under the Ministry of Defense and is largely trained by US-led NATO forces. The ANA is divided into six regional Corps: 201Corps in Kabul; 203Corps in Gardez; 205Corps in Kandahar; 207Corps in Herat; 209Corps in Mazar-i-Sharif; 215Corps in Lashkar Gah; and a Commando Corps.
The armour, closely followed by mechanized infantry, attacks, and sweeps across the area, firing with all their weapons.
Why is it that, despite being deployed and engaged in fighting in Afghanistan for such a long time, spending a whopping $1 trillion, and supported by the Coalition troops, the US Army has failed to contain the Afghan resistance led by the Taliban and reinforced by a hodgepodge of splinter and disparate groups? We hear that the Daesh has also set up shop in Afghanistan. There are loud whispers that the Daesh elements have been airlifted to Afghanistan by the USAF from the burning battlefields of Syria and Iraq and then transported to Tora Bora, near the Pak-Afghan border.
A wrong war-fighting concept
In the past, the US Army, after having fought the N.Vietnam backed Viet Cong guerrillas for 20 years (November 1955-April 1975), had to withdraw from S. Vietnam as the South Vietnam Army melted down in the face of the Viet Cong’s final push to Capture Saigon (Now Ho Chi Minh City).
Read more: The US continues to scapegoat Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, even as in S.Vietnam in the past, the American military strategy is based on 1) Controlling the capital and provincial headquarters; 2) Pulverizing the insurgent strongholds and villages through aerial bombardment.3) Over-reliance on mechanized forces to destroy the enemy strongholds; 4) Trying to hold the captured areas with the local troops which are easily overwhelmed by the rebels.
The US forces, like the Soviet Army, are relying heavily on heliborne and mechanized forces which pound the Taliban strongholds from the air
Earlier, the Soviets had also made the same mistakes. Look what they did:
The Soviets had sent their motor rifle divisions into Afghanistan expecting a Hungary or Czechoslovakia like operation, where the Soviet tanks had overawed and swept relatively soft, educated, and pondering type urban populations. However, unlike Eastern Europe, the Soviets did not come across mobs of civilized street agitators in Afghanistan. Instead, they faced battle-hardened fighters who attacked them in small groups and then melted away into the local population.
Contrary to the CIA propaganda, it has been variously reported that the Soviet troops sent into Afghanistan were ill-equipped, poorly trained and improperly fed. Except for the famed Spetsnaz and recon infantry, they were not sufficiently motivated to take on the Afghan fighter. It had been a long time since WW2 when the Russian soldier would attack his German counterpart with the ferocity of a cornered animal. As against this, the American troops fighting in Afghanistan are well trained and well fed. However, as yet, we cannot comment on their state of motivation and morale.
In the rough terrain of Afghanistan, the Soviet motor rifle divisions were ineffective against small guerrilla groups which used hit and run tactics and did not present a tangible target to the enemy. In mountainous terrain and built-up areas, armor protection and firepower give a false sense of security to the tank crews and infantrymen cloistered inside the APCs/IFVs. Even with a combined armor-infantry attack against a static defense to clear the objective overrun by the tanks, mechanized infantry is of little value unless it dismounts, runs through the minefield, attacks the defender, and overcomes the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting.
Read more: The US failed Afghan policy – Part I
This is what some of the armies trained in mechanized warfare are averse to. Although we occasionally see photos of the US Army troops carrying out foot patrolling, perhaps these are exceptions. American soldiers, in general, feel comfortable in their Humvees.
The Soviets had sent their motor rifle divisions into Afghanistan expecting a Hungary or Czechoslovakia like operation, where the Soviet tanks had overawed and swept relatively educated urban populations.
The US forces, like the Soviet Army, are relying heavily on heliborne and mechanized forces which pound the Taliban strongholds from the air and also try to flush out the guerrillas holding the heights by engaging them with anti-aircraft guns.
Thence, the armor, closely followed by mechanized infantry, attacks and sweeps across the area, firing with all their weapons. Rarely do the mechanized infantry dismount and pursue the enemy into their hideouts where the tanks and IFVs could not go. Resultantly, when the Americans withdraw after a battle, the rebels come out of their sanctuaries and reorganize for fresh attacks.
Read more: Trump’s Afghanistan strategy is simply old wine in a new bottle
Finally, the US forces, after slogging it out in Afghanistan for 15 years, are tired. The insurgents, despite their tunnel vision, are fighting for their survival. What motivation do the US troops have to give their lives in an alien land? As for the Afghan National Army, it is a lemon –a crowd of pathetic and disgruntled people who have been strapped together to fight for a lost cause.
Saleem Akhtar Malik was a Lt Colonel in the Pakistan Army. He holds an honors degree in War Studies, an MBA and an M.Phil in Management Sciences. He is the author of the book Borrowed Power. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Global Village Space’s editorial policy.
Saleem Akhtar Malik
Afghanistan: Peace talks & hiccups
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Gloucester County, Virginia History
Colonial Gloucester County, because of its proximity to Jamestown and Williamsburg, had some of the earliest English settlements in the New World. The county was formed in 1651. Few areas can boast of so many colonial and pre-Revolutionary treasures as Gloucester's rare collection of historic homes, churches and public buildings.
Many of the colonial and pre-revolution homes have been featured in Historic Garden Week in Virginia or other special tours. All are privately owned, however, and are open to the public only on special occasions.
Numerous events and individuals prominent in history had ties to Gloucester County.
Indian Chief Powhatan and his tribesmen were headquartered along the York River in Gloucester when English settlers arrived at Jamestown in 1607. According to legend, Captain John Smith's life was saved by Chief Powhatan's daughter, Princess Pocahontas.
John Buckner of Gloucester brought the first printing press to the Colony and published the laws of Virginia in 1680.
World renowned botanist John Clayton was County Clerk for 50 years.
Gloucester Point, site of an early 17th century fort, was the outpost of Cornwallis in 1781 and is said to be the site of the final surrender of his troops to General George Washington several hours after the better-known surrender across the York River at Yorktown. Still visible are remains of Civil War fortifications built over those of the Revolution.
The Gloucester Token, a private coinage dated 1714, is believed to be the first coin struck in America.
Dr. Walter Reed, "Conqueror of Yellow Fever" was born here.
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Saints make game special
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The Super Bowl is tonight, as is evidenced by all the publicity that it has been getting. The buildup has been growing greater every day. This year, one thing that makes it special is the fact that one of the teams playing is the New Orleans Saints. That city has been celebrating for more than a week, and people in New Orleans know how to celebrate. The game itself, between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, will be a good one. The players are ready, and they are good. It is no wonder there will be such a crowd on hand for the game. There will be an enthusiastic crowd behind Indianapolis as well as a big number behind New Orleans. One interesting thing is that the quarterback for Indianapolis, Peyton Manning, has strong connections to New Orleans. His father, Archie Manning, was the quarterback for the Saints years ago. The game tonight starts with kickoff around 6:30. The game is being held in Miami, so the weather shouldn't be bad. The halftime show will feature The Who. One thing about the Super Bowl that people always watch is the ads. Fans might be tired of football by the time we get to the Super Bowl, but we doubt it. ... Even though much of the talk is about football now, NASCAR fans are ready to start. The NASCAR season opens Feb. 14. That's important in particular to one big NASCAR fan who can't wait to see the start of the NASCAR season. He is already getting prepared in the best way: He watches last year's races. He won't have too long to wait for this year's to start.
Pittsburgh had a tough time with that snowstorm. We know that all that snow stopped many places from going about business on Saturday. The snow did not hit us hard in Erie for a change. Usually, that is not the case. ... The recent change at ABC brought Diane Sawyer to anchor the evening news, "World News," replacing Charles Gibson, who retired. There was plenty of rumors that Katie Couric was on her way out as anchor at "CBS Evening News." That was mainly because CBS was cutting back on network salaries, and she has the highest salary at CBS at nearly $15 million. CBS paid that much because they thought she meant that much as competition to the news anchors on the other networks. Those TV news people do get plenty of money. CBS is apparently going to stay with Couric. Right now, NBC's Brian Williams, who anchors "Nightly News," is the leader in the news ratings. ... There is also a lot of activity taking place with college football. The draft and signing of college football players always causes plenty of excitement. These players are not going to playing until next fall then. Maybe not around here, but last week in Ohio, California and Texas there was plenty of excitement. For instance, one California high school player, Nick Montana, the son of Joe Montana, signed with the University of Washington. Joe Montana played for Notre Dame.
Whichever candidate is elected governor in Pennsylvania next year is going to have a very difficult time after taking office. When Gov. Ed Rendell leaves office, the new governor is going to be very much of aware of what they are going to have to deal with when it comes to the budget figures. May 18 is primary day in Pennsylvania, and it is going to be very difficult choice for local residents. We often hear the question about who would want to be governor. The gubernatorial candidates know that they are going to have to get a handle on expenses and have to figure out what they are going to do with health care. That is naturally going to be one of the things that will have to be addressed early in the next governor's budget, whether it is a Democrat or Republican in office. Actually, we wonder what the Legislature will do in having to work with a new governor. They have to be aware of what they will face in the months ahead. Still, Rendell has always managed to survive. What we do wonder is what Rendell will do when he is leaving. There were always reports that he would join the Cabinet of President Barack Obama. Don't bet against it. Rendell knows politics.
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Embroyonic, 2009
Amulet, 2011
Face Off, 2010
Replacement, 2010
Voices, 2012
Boarding House, 2008
From the series ‘Boarding House’
Upseedaisy, 2008
Intertwined, 2007
Targets, 2007
Dream Drawings, 2006
Innocence, 2006
Three Hands, 2006
Clinging, 2005
Fragments, 2005
Underneath, 2005
Washing Line, 2005
Mimicry, 2005
Contemplation, 2004
Juxtaposed, 2004
Ambivalence, 2003
From the series ‘Shadow Chamber’
Inmate, 2003
Rejection, 2003
Trap, 2003
Trails, 2003
Orphan, 2002
Roar, 2002
Early Morning, 2001
Hand Drawn Hearts, 2000
Puppy on Table, 2000
Sleeping Baby, 2000
Puppy between feet, 1999
Study of Boy and Plant, 1999
Herman with Hammer, 1997
Children on Bed, 1996
Front Door, Hopetown, 1983
From the series ‘Dorps’
Roger Ballen Biography
One of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century, Roger Ballen’s photography span over forty years. Roger Ballen's strange and extreme art confront the viewer and challenge them to come with him on a journey into their own minds as he explores the deeper recesses of his own.
Artist Roger Ballen was born in New York in 1950 but for over 30 years he has lived and worked in South Africa. His work as a geologist took him out into the countryside and led him to take up his camera and explore the hidden world of small South African towns. At first he explored the empty streets in the glare of the midday sun but, once he had made the step of knocking on people’s doors, he discovered a world inside these houses which was to have a profound effect on his work. These interiors with their distinctive collections of objects and the occupants within these closed worlds took his unique vision on a path from social critique to the creation of metaphors for the inner mind. After 1994 he no longer looked to the countryside for his subject matter finding it closer to home in Johannesburg.
Over the past thirty five years Roger Ballen's distinctive style of photography has evolved using a simple square format in stark and beautiful black and white. In the earlier works in the exhibition his connection to the tradition of documentary photography is clear but through the 1990s he developed a style he describes as ‘documentary fiction’. After 2000 the people he first discovered and documented living on the margins of South African society increasingly became a cast of actors working with Ballen in the series’ Outland (2000, revised in 2015) and Shadow Chamber (2005) collaborating to create powerful psychodramas.
The line between fantasy and reality in his subsequent series’ Boarding House (2009) and Asylum of the Birds (2014) became increasingly blurred and in these series he employed drawings, painting, collage and sculptural techniques to create elaborate sets. There was an absence of people altogether, replaced by photographs of individuals now used as props, by doll or dummy parts or where people did appear it was as disembodied hands, feet and mouths poking disturbingly through walls and pieces of rag. The often improvised scenarios were now completed by the unpredictable behaviour of animals whose ambiguous behaviour became crucial to the overall meaning of the photographs. In this phase Ballen invented a new hybrid aesthetic, but one still rooted firmly in black and white photography.
In his artistic practice Ballen has increasingly been won over by the possibilities of integrating photography and drawing. He has expanded his repertoire and extended his visual language. By integrating drawing into his photographic and video works, the artist has not only made a lasting contribution to the field of art, but equally has made a powerful commentary about the human condition and its creative potential.
His contribution has not been limited to stills photography and Ballen has been the creator of a number of acclaimed and exhibited short films that dovetail with his photographic series’. The collaborative film I Fink You Freeky, created for the cult band Die Antwoord in 2012, has garnered over 85-million hits on YouTube. He has taken his work into the realms of sculpture and installation, most recently at Paris’ Musée de la Chasseet de la Nature (2017), Australia’s Sydney College of the Arts (2016) and at the Serlachius Museum in Finland (2015) among others.
His most recent project has been The Theatre of Apparitions (Thames & Hudson, 2016) and its related animated film, inspired by the sight of hand-drawn carvings on blacked-out windows in an abandoned women’s prison. For this series Ballen started to experiment using different spray paints on glass and then ‘drawing on’ or removing the paint with a sharp object to let natural light through. The results have been likened prehistoric cave-paintings: the black, dimensionless spaces on the glass are canvases onto which Ballen has carved his thoughts and emotions.
In September 2017 Thames & Hudson will publish a large volume of the collected photography with extended commentary by Ballen titled Ballenesque. In February 2017 the new Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town named its photographic facility the Roger Ballen Foundation Centre for Photography thereby ensuring that Roger Ballen’s art work and contribution will continue into the future.
Roger Ballen: Boarding House
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Jul 15 - Aug 27, 2005
Process, Place, Imperfection: In Conversation with Gallerist Anna Walker Skillman
Lensculture, November 28, 2017
Ken Weingart Interviews Roger Ballen
Ken Weingart, Lenscratch, November 5, 2017
Ballenesque
Roger Ballen, YouTube, September 27, 2017
Opening October 29 – Roger Ballen and Angela West
Roger Ballen: Resurrected
Published by Kerber, 2016
Roger Ballen / Hans Lemmen: Unleashed
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Ancient rock art reveals the surprisingly rainy past of the Arabian peninsula
Emily DeMarco,
Photo by Richard T. Bryant, courtesy of Sandra L. Olsen
Today, much of the Arabian Peninsula is sandy, dry and desolate. But in recent decades, some scientists have been collecting evidence revealing past periods of warm, wetter weather that periodically "greened" swaths of the peninsula, creating savanna-like environments similar to East Africa's.
The last phase of humid weather is thought to have occurred between roughly 11,000 and 6,000 years ago before arid conditions returned and the desert advanced once more. Now, new research on animal images depicted in rock art from prehistoric humans in northwest Saudi Arabia is shedding light on the animals and people that once roamed the region and how they may have been affected by those changes in climate.
The research reveals that lions, leopards, hyenas and cheetahs simultaneously thrived in the area during the last period of wetter weather. That "wealth of carnivores" suggests that copious amounts of prey and a "mosaic" of different habitats flourished too, said Maria Guagnin, an archaeologist at the University of Oxford in England and the study's lead author.
"There is a lot of environmental and biological information captured in the images," she said. The rock art depicts "the way the engravers saw their environment and captured [it] for us to look at millennia later."
Previously, some scientists have suggested that savanna animals may have moved into the region when the climate was more humid. But no animal bones have been unearthed to lend support to the idea. That's in part because preservation of the remains tends to be poor in the current desert environment and because archaeological interest in the pre-Islamic period of the region is somewhat new, and few excavations have taken place.
So the researchers turned to the petroglyphs (carved images, as opposed to pictographs, which are painted onto rock), which decorate the sandstone at a place called Shuwaymis, near the northwestern city of Hail. There, rocky outcrops rise above the harsh landscape on either side of a dry waterway.
Although Bedouin nomads have likely known of the images, which are thought to be some of the oldest engravings in Arabia, for centuries, it wasn't until 2001 that the Saudi government was alerted to the rock art's existence. In 2015, the site and another outside the nearby oasis of Jubbah were named Unesco World Heritage sites, bringing global recognition of the sites' historical value. More than 1,500 rock art and inscription sites are documented throughout the country, according to Saudi tourism officials.
Photo by Richard T. Bryant courtesy of Sandra L. Olsen
In 2013, researchers with the Paleodeserts Project, a collaboration between the University of Oxford and the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, mapped a portion of the art including 254 panels with images of animals.
In the new study, published in May in the journal The Holocene, the researchers analyzed the animal engravings, identifying about 1,500 animals from 16 species. Rock art is notoriously hard to date, but they were able to divide most of the images into two broad groups: an early period that coincided with the wetter environment and a later period from after the return of the desert. (Their chronology largely matches the timetable proposed in 2007 by archaeologist Majeed Khan, one of the first people to study the art.)
They found that the early engraving period contains a wide range of wild animals including cheetah, leopard, hyena, Arabian wolf, gazelle, lion, ibex and a type of wild ass known as an onager. Domesticated animals like hunting dogs and cattle show up, too, and hint at the transition among humans from hunter-gathers to herders.
In the later phase, however, the depiction of wild animals largely ceases. The images of cattle disappear too, suggesting that the pastures had all dried up. Instead, the art is filled with desert-adapted domestic animals such as camels, horses and donkeys.
Still, the researchers were surprised to observe only 16 species in the art, all of which can survive in relatively arid conditions. In similar work done by Guagnin in the Sahara Desert, a wider range of other savanna animals such as hippos and crocodiles tends to show up in the art when the climate there was wetter.
But, they argue, for lions, leopards and cheetahs to have lived in the same environment at the same time, there would have had to have been substantial amounts of prey such as gazelles and onagers, and plenty of food for those animals to eat, too. Using biomass estimates, they conclude that a typical pride of lions would have required nearly 84,000 pounds of prey or roughly 166 onagers to be present in the area at all times so that the lions could kill individual onagers without causing the entire population to decline. A single leopard would have needed roughly 72 mountain gazelles.
What's more, the simultaneous presence of the carnivores implies a medley of habitats too, from thicker vegetation around ephemeral waterways, also called wadis, to more open vegetation in the surrounding landscape. That's because the animals hunt prey of different sizes and from different habitats, said Guagnin.
And the carnivores themselves require various environments. For example, leopards can survive in dry landscapes, she said, "but if they have competition from lions and cheetah, then they really need trees where they can hide their prey. Otherwise, the larger predators would steal it from them. So, we know there must have been more forested habitat along the wadi courses where the leopard was able to hunt and live."
The researchers' climate models suggest that during the humid phase that ended about 6,000 years ago, Shuwaymis was located near the northern edge of the wet area and, thanks to rain from the African summer monsoons, may have had ecological corridors that linked to habitats in the southwest of the peninsula.
"The real beauty of this paper is the way they've interwoven an understanding of the biology of these animals with climate modeling and with the actual documentation of the rock art," said Sandra Olsen, an archaeologist at the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas, who wasn't involved in the research. "It's nice to bring all of those pieces of the puzzle together."
Still, "I would love to see animal bones from sites around there," said Olsen, who has also studied the rock art at Shuwaymis and other locations in Saudi Arabia. But until more excavations take place, "the rock art is the best source we have for what kinds of animals lived there in the past. There's a lot of work to be done in the future."
For now, Guagnin and her colleagues plan to keep squeezing as much information as they can out of the stones at Shuwaymis and other rock art sites in Saudi Arabia, including potential insights into the artists who left their mark on the rock.
For example, on one of her favorite panels, two hunters seem to be pursuing a wild ass along with 22 dogs. Rather than a generic dog figure carved over and over, each dog looks different, with distinctive ears, tails, chests or stances. "You can really tell that [the artists] knew each of these dogs. ... You can connect to the engravers in a way, and that's very nice," she said.
Read the original article on Inside Science. Copyright 2019.
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3D printing is an effective way of producing prototypes and parts quickly, on demand and in small series, and the logical next step would be to use the technology for production on an industrial scale. However, the most commonly used material for 3D printing, plastics, often does not have the properties required for functional parts. “You need composite materials to produce parts that are both strong, stiff and lightweight,” says Fedor Antonov, CEO of Anisoprint.
A unique technology
Dr Antonov’s company is developing a unique technology for 3D printing of composite materials reinforced with continuous fibres. “Our main challenge was to find a way for the plastics used in the printing process to not only cover the fibres on the outside, which they normally do, but actually impregnate them so that the two would become a single composite material,” he explains. “Using our patented dual metrics co-extrusion process, we first impregnate dry fibres with thermos-set polymer. These can then be combined for printing with any type of plastics and still get the right properties.”
The start-up’s desktop 3D printer, the Anisoprint Composer, has a patented print head with cutting mechanisms for fibres and channels for plastics and plastics draining. Currently available in A3 and A4 formats, the A2 version of the printer will be on the market before the end of the year. “We have already sold printers together with our fibres in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and Russia,” Dr Antonov confirms.
Luxembourg: welcoming start-ups
Anisoprint’s technology was first developed by Dr Antonov and his colleagues during their postdoc work at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow. Realising the potential of their findings, they created the company and became part of the start-up community of Skolkovo Foundation, with which Luxinnovation has a partnership to help companies expand to Europe via Luxembourg. After two and a half years of R&D work the first prototype was developed, and a year later the company was ready to start selling.
“We immediately saw that our market is global and that our technology is very competitive,” says Dr Antonov. “We also realised that we needed to go international from the very beginning as the Russian market would not be big enough for us to grow.” After deciding that Europe would be their first focus, he and his colleagues started to analyse what countries were most interesting. “Some European countries have jurisdictions that are particularly good for start-ups, so we contacted agencies in our top five locations to ask about support programmes and help available for moving the company. Luxinnovation was clearly the most responsive, open and supportive of the organisations contacted. So we decided to go where we were wanted and where people were ready to support us.”
Luxinnovation was clearly the most responsive, open and supportive of the organisations contacted.
After incorporating a subsidiary in Luxembourg, Anisoprint is now moving its global headquarters to the Technoport incubator in the south of the country. All European sales are already done through Luxembourg. Dr Antosov will shortly relocate here, and will be followed by the sales and aftersales teams as well as the materials R&D staff. “Being closer to our European clients is of course important, especially as our customer base increases. The Luxembourg jurisdiction is also highly suitable for venture capital investors. We expect that our fundraising will be considerably facilitated by us being here,” says Dr Antonov.
Strategic research partnership with LIST
So far, Anisoprint’s customers are mainly R&D centres, universities and industrial companies printing tools or small series of spare parts for light vehicles such as bikes and scooters. However, in order to reach the big industrial market of functional parts, further R&D is needed. “We must be able to guarantee specific properties and a certain repeatability of the production, and also be capable to certify and qualify the composite materials printed,” Dr Antonov explains.
In order to achieve this, the company has launched a three-year research project with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), co-funded by the Ministry of the Economy. The aim of the project is to develop and validate tailored material formulations of carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites that meet the specific requirements for industrial applications. “I think that LIST is one of the best partners we could get for this work,” says Dr Antonov. “The necessary tests – microscope x-ray analysis, mechanical and chemical testing, temperature analysis, polymer synthesis and so on – require a wide range of equipment and expertise, and the institute has it all.”
I think that LIST is one of the best partners we could get for this work.
Anisoprint has big visions for the future. “We still believe that one day, we will have flying cars or space ships made with our technology. We are moving forward step by step with this picture in mind,” says Dr Antonov. He remains confident that using Luxembourg as the main base is the right decision. “It is very easy to get introductions to decision makers in every field that you need, and this helps a lot. Luxinnovation has given us access to its networks and helped us build the right connections. If you have a question, you just ask Luxinnovation and they immediately give you the right person. We are here to stay and grow.”
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Letter from Lebanon - Help Protect the Minorities
by Habib Malik
Dear President Obama,
During your second term as US President the Middle East will continue to occupy center stage in the domain of American foreign policy. Three key issues are certain to present you with particularly difficult challenges: the protection of native religious minority communities in the face of rising Islamist extremism; Syria’s civil war with the potential of spillover; and Iran’s nuclear program.
The Middle East today is going through an unprecedented period of turmoil that to some looks like a spring, but to others appears ominously as a looming winter. Included in the second anxious category are many from the indigenous non-Muslim communities rooted in their ancestral lands across the region. They fear the unleashing of a relentless region-wide slippery slope towards Salafism, Jihadism, and other forms of radical Islamism—violent ideologies that will continue targeting them as has already happened repeatedly in places like Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. Their apprehensions are not products of overactive imaginations or unfounded exaggerations. History in this part of the world has rarely been kind to vulnerable minorities, and this is a particularly delicate juncture for these exposed communities. The litmus-paper test for the success or failure of the Arab Spring to inaugurate an era of true democracy in the region is the treatment of religious minority communities, both Muslim and non-Muslim. Mounting abuses of these communities and attacks on their religious freedom will reflect badly on all those, including the United States, who have cheered on the popular uprisings against various repressive Arab regimes. In your third televised debate before the elections you referred to pressures you were putting on the government in Egypt to respect and protect religious minorities. New Arab governments should be made to feel they are under close scrutiny by your Administration and the international community on the question of minority rights, freedoms, and security. There needs to be an insistence that clear, forceful, and binding language safeguarding minority rights be incorporated in all the new constitutions of these emerging Arab states.
As for Syria’s festering internal conflict and Iran’s advanced nuclear ambitions your second term offers a real chance for peaceful resolutions of both these intertwined crises—something the peoples of the region desperately crave. The key to achieving this desired outcome is to work for a comprehensive deal, a grand bargain if you will, between the United States and Russia that would entail win-win bilateral agreements over a range of specifics. While it is no match for the United States in terms of superpower status, Russia does possess vast disruptive potential side by side with useful leverage capabilities in Damascus and Tehran requiring that it be engaged actively for the sake of averting any slide towards the abyss on both the Syrian and Iranian fronts. Moreover, Russia has legitimate strategic, security, and energy needs and interests that can and should be accommodated in any budding deal with the United States over Syria and Iran.
Such a deal could involve choreographing an acceptable exit for Mr. Assad and the establishment of a transitional government to oversee general elections. No de-Baathification Iraq-style should be undertaken, and everything should be done to protect the Alawite and other minority communities of Syria. The Syrian opposition must be pressured to purge its ranks of diehard Salafi fanatics if it expects to have any significant role in shaping Syria’s future. Tartous would remain accessible to Russian naval vessels, and the status of other Russian assets in country would be determined through negotiations. Short of a massive, costly, and uncertain NATO military operation in Syria this is the only way a swift end to the bloodletting could be achieved.
On Iran the prospective deal is straightforward. Iran would stop short of nuclear breakout accepting full nuclear transparency through very intrusive inspections by IAEA and other international bodies. Tehran’s compliance would determine the pace at which sanctions are lifted. During what will surely be arduous negotiations the sanctions screws would continue to be tightened, and decisive military action as the last resort should negotiations fail to produce an agreement would remain on the table. Europe’s growing energy requirements in coming years ensure that there is plenty of room for Libyan, Iranian, and eastern Mediterranean supplies alongside those flowing from Russia, so Russia’s substantial slice of Europe’s energy market would not be diminished.
Pull off this admittedly gargantuan set of achievements over the next four years as you straighten the US economy, and the stellar legacy you leave will be the envy of any President.
Habib C. Malik, PhD
Habib C. Malik is Associate Professor of History at the Byblos campus of the Lebanese American University
This post is part of The Caravan, a periodic discussion on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East. Other commentary in this symposium on Obama’s Second Term – Middle Eastern Memos is provided by Russell Berman, Itamar Rabinovich, Charles Hill, Robert Satloff, Asli Aydintasbas, Reuel Gerecht, Leon Wieseltier, Tammy Frisby, Abbas Milani, and Fouad Ajami.
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We Are Not Leaving
by Kori Schake
Vice President Biden was in Afghanistan yesterday to repair damange he himself had caused to the war effort. You may recall that in December, as the White House was renouncing its deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistana in July 2011, Vice President Biden was telling Meet The Press U.S. troops would be out of Afghanistan “come hell or high water” by 2014.
The Vice President was reportedly strongly opposed to the strategy adopted by the Administration in its last two Afghanistan reviews – of giving the military commanders the resources they believe they need to achieve the President’s objectives. If press accounts are to be believed, Biden favored breaking the country into thirds (a bad idea he also advocated in Iraq) or relying exclusively on drone strikes rather than working with Afghans.
So it is altogether fitting that Vice President Biden was sent to Kabul to eat crow, reassuring President Karzai of America’s long-term commitment and reassuring American forces fighting the war of the Administration’s commitment to its stated policy. At a press conference with President Karzai, the Vice President affirmed that “we have a strategy and the resources in place to accomplish the goal of a stable and growing and independent Afghanistan able to provide for its own security.”
Biden also acknowledged the military’s success: “we have largely arrested the Taliban momentum here in some very important areas, particularly in Helmand and Kandahar.” These are important admissions from the Administration’s strongest internal critic of the war. He said all the magic words: that drawdowns would be conditions-based, that American military forces would continue to train and assist Afghan forces even after 2014. Most importantly, he said “the United States, if the Afghan people want it, are prepared, and we are not leaving in 2014.”
None of this means the Vice President will not reverse himself as the Administration considers how many troops to withdraw beginning in July. The military leadership understands the need to give the President a face-saving token reduction but do not believe the operational environment justifies significant reductions; they see the momentum shifting to our side and want to sustain the pace of operations the surge has allowed so that we can win this war. Vice President Biden and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon are said to be pushing for as many as 10,000 troops to be withdrawn. Let us hope the Vice President has come to believe what he said in Kabul yesterday so that the Administration will see this war through to successful conclusion.
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01/12/2013 12:48 EST | Updated 03/14/2013 05:12 EDT
Harper launches consultations with business leaders on economy
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he will consult with business leaders across Canada to discuss the economy in the year ahead.
Harper met with eight businesswomen in downtown Toronto on Saturday to kick off what he says will be a series of roundtable talks.
The prime minister says the meetings will focus on his government's top economic priorities and allow the business sector to voice ideas on how to boost the economy.
A release from Harper's office says Canadians will also have an opportunity to participate through online consultations.
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Hughes Hubbard Wins Dismissal of Claims Against Nortel's Affiliates
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Hughes Hubbard & Reed recently achieved a victory for the European affiliates of Nortel Networks when a US bankruptcy judge dismissed a claim filed by Nortel's US affiliates in an adversary proceeding related to the telecommunications company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
The underlying lawsuit was initiated by SNMP Research Inc., a software manufacturer that licensed its intellectual property to Nortel for more than a decade prior to Nortel's worldwide insolvency filings in January 2009. SNMP asserted claims against the US and Canadian Nortel affiliates for copyright infringement, breach of contract and violations of trade secrets law, and sought to recover nearly $200 million from the $7.3 billion in proceeds of Nortel's postpetition assets sales allegedly attributable to SNMP software. Nortel's US affiliates impleaded the European affiliates in SNMP's adversary proceeding in the US and filed a third-party complaint seeking contribution for any joint and several liability.
Nortel's European affiliates answered the complaint and immediately moved for judgment on the pleadings, arguing that the US affiliates' claims were barred by mutual, general releases contained in a 2013 settlement agreement that resolved all claims and disputes between the European affiliates and the US affiliates. Nortel's US affiliates argued that their contribution claim had been carved out of the settlement agreement or, alternatively, that the relevant provisions were ambiguous.
On May 2, Judge Kevin Gross of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware issued a decision rejecting the US affiliates' arguments as "unavailing" and "contrary to the facts of the case." Adopting the European affiliates' interpretation of the settlement agreement, Judge Gross held that its terms unambiguously released the US affiliates' claims, and therefore dismissed their third-party complaint and wiped away a potentially significant eight-figure liability for the European estates. The US affiliates have filed a notice of appeal.
Meanwhile, Nortel's European affiliates recently scored two other victories. On May 3, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed applications for leave to appeal the decision of Justice Frank Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court in Toronto regarding allocation of the $7.3 billion in sales proceeds.
In May 2015, following an unprecedented cross-border trial, Justice Newbould and Judge Gross issued separate decisions in which they agreed that the sales proceeds should be distributed among the various Nortel estates in proportion to the relative amounts of valid creditor claims asserted against each debtor's estate. Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark of Delaware recently certified the seven US appeals from Judge Gross's decision for direct appeal to the Third Circuit. Although the Court acted sua sponte, the Hughes Hubbard team had filed papers in support of certification.
Derek Adler leads the Hughes Hubbard team, which includes Gabrielle Glemann, Charles Huberty, Caroline Parker-Beaudrias, Matthew Reynolds and Angela Lelo.
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Does Vehicular High Tech Mean High Risks?
$850 THOUSAND
Back Injury - Car Accident
The case was set for trial. Stephenson and Rife hired an animation company to prepare a video exhibit to help the jury understand the complexity of the surgery C.M. had to endure. Our attorneys shared the exhibit with State Farm at mediation shortly before trial. State Farm paid $850,000 to settle the case.
Automotive Technology Cause Your Accident?
Let’s start with some good news: Automotive technologies which have improved safety have clearly saved lives, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
NHTSA data indicate that, from 1960 to 2012, these safety-oriented technological improvements have saved 614,000 lives. That’s as many people as live in nearby Louisville, KY! The technologies responsible for saving lives have included improvements largely to automotive braking and steering systems and to passenger restraints. Improvements continue in these areas, such as Automatic Emergency Braking (AES), which helps avoid rear-end collisions.
But, some tech—such as smart phones, dashboard entertainment or navigation systems, and other systems currently in development—serves to distract us from our primary task when we are behind the wheel, and that task is safe driving. Distracted driving has become a significant problem in the U.S., taking lives instead of saving them. It might not yet be as pressing a state of affairs as driving under the influence (DUI), but distracted driving is, unfortunately, a growing one.
What is Distracted Driving?
Distracted driving has been around almost since the beginning of automobiles. Whereas distractions a couple of generations ago might have consisted of lighting cigarettes, talking with passengers, and tuning the radio dial, today we have multiple opportunities to let our attention wander—consider smart phones, GPS systems, entertainment systems, food from drive-thru windows, and so on. Any non-driving activity that keeps us from paying attention to the road qualifies as distracted driving.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are three main kinds of distracted driving:
Visual distractions are those which take our eyes off the road, such as looking at maps, GPS systems, cell phones, or turning to talk with passengers.
Manual distractions are those which take our hands off the wheel, such as dealing with a child or a pet, or eating, drinking, or texting on a cell phone.
Cognitive distractions are those which take our attention off the task of driving. These days, such a distraction can be almost anything at all—personal grooming or putting on makeup, arguing with a passenger, changing the music on the iPod, dealing with a screaming child, adjusting the car’s comfort settings, making a mental list of errands, and so on.
Other common distracted-driving activities include reading, surfing the internet, and talking on the phone — with or without a hands-free system.
Particularly hazardous is texting, because it involves all three kinds of distractions: you’re not looking where you’re going, your hands are not on the wheel, and your mind isn’t on your driving. During the month of December, 2013, U.S. residents sent over 153.3 billion texts. Most months have similar numbers. How many of these texts were sent while driving? We don’t know. But we do know that people who text while driving are much more likely to have an accident, partially because reaction time while texting is about 30 percent worse than it normally is. Not only that, but five seconds is the average amount of time your eyes are off the road while texting. If you’re driving 55 mph, that’s enough time to drive the length of a football field—blindfolded.
How Big Is the Problem of Distracted Driving?
The FocusDriven® Nationwide Insurance study speculates that up to 80 percent of accidents—that’s an amazing four in five—encompasses some form of distracted driving. And an awful lot of our distracted driving is due, in one way or another, to our computers in our pockets—our smart phones. Using our phones while driving can be implicated in up to 1.6 million automobile crashes every year; in 2013, this translated into 424,000 people injured and 3,154 fatalities. According to the NHTSA, roughly 1,000 of those fatalities involved distracted driving with cell phones.
According to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), distracted driving was responsible for more than 9,000 vehicular accidents on Indiana roads in 2011. Of these, more than 9,000 accidents, approximately 1,000 of them involved a cell phone.
Indiana police are frustrated as well, because the problem is not limited to cell phone usage. While texting is against the law for everyone, no law exists that prohibits drivers from talking on their phones (unless they are under 21), or eating, or using a GPS device, or engaging in other distracting activities. Sgt. Ryan Lebo of the Indiana State Police considers all distracted driving a major concern. “Whether drivers use a hands-free device or not isn’t typically the big problem,” he said. “The problem is the attention separation. Everyone who drives and talks on the phone is guilty of it.”
The “attention separation” problem mentioned is likely to get worse. More technology is coming, but only some of it is good.
The Good, the Bad, the… Safe?
Some of the automotive technology that is new, or will be available soon, does benefit us. Here’s a partial list of technological features available, but, at the moment, perhaps only in a few luxury model cars:
In-Car Connectivity: powers Wi-Fi access for certain compatible devices. A good thing if it’s used by passengers or for providing entertainment for the kids; not so great if you use it yourself while driving.
Parking Assist: runs the gamut from beeping sensors to cars that park themselves. Useful tech that should prevent parking errors and fender benders.
Touchscreen Infotainment: a central touchscreen that controls audio, your phone, navigation, and the car’s comfort settings. Potentially distracting. Don’t use it when you’re supposed to be paying attention to the road.
Forward-Collision Mitigation: monitors vehicles and other objects on the road ahead and warns you of imminent collision. Some systems even stop the car automatically when they sense a hazard or apply the brakes harder if the system thinks you aren’t pressing the brake pedal hard enough. This improvement is genuine force for good, but you’ll have to remember not to let your attention wander just because you’re counting on the car’s doing the stopping for you. The NHTSA calls forward-collision mitigation Automatic Emergency Braking (AES) systems, and has endorsed them.
Adaptive Cruise Control: maintains a preset distance between you and the car ahead. Again, it’s a good thing, but don’t relax too much.
Other technology that hasn’t yet received an official label that is either nearly here or is on the way soon:
In 2016, some Cadillacs will offer “hands-free” highway driving as an option by General Motors. The feature is called “Super Cruise.”
Audi has announced its own plans for a hands-free driving car that pilots itself through traffic jams.
Tesla’s Model S will have hands-free technology available later this year that can take over all the driving under certain highway conditions.
Theoretically, most of these features will increase safety — or at least not impact it negatively — but it’s entirely possible that systems such as those that follow cars ahead at a safe distance, or that automatically stop the car in a braking emergency, might lull drivers into a false sense of security. Such advanced safety features as hands-free driving could even lead to more distracted activities, such as texting, calling, or surfing the Web.
“Google Glass” for Your Car
Google Glass: the wearable headset that resembles eyeglasses, displaying the contents of your smartphone (email, texts, messages) on a screen in an upper corner. There hasn’t been much about Google Glass in the news lately. However, something being touted as “Google Glass for your car” is under development, though the technology is still in its infancy. And it sounds risky.
Also known as “windshield devices,” these high-tech items project data from your phone onto your windshield. A company called Navdy has developed technology that puts up a transparent display in front of you, allowing you to use touchless swipes to answer a call or dismiss a message. It also has voice recognition software so that you can tell it to write a text or call someone through your phone.
The idea, and the argument, is that drivers are going to multitask no matter what, and that a windshield device minimizes some of the hazards of doing so. But some argue that these new technologies only encourage risky behavior. Not only that, researchers who specialize in the science of attention know that focusing properly is more than just seeing. The hazards involved in using windshield devices are as clear as, well, glass. “It’s a horrible idea,” said Paul Atchley, a psychologist at the University of Kansas who studies driver distraction. “The technology is driven by a false assumption that seeing requires nothing more than having the eyes fixed on the right spot.”
The idea that we can engage in social media while piloting half a ton to a ton of machinery at high speeds might be a dangerous belief to hold.
The Ultimate: The Car That Drives Itself
Tesla’s forthcoming technology that enables its Model S to take over all the driving under certain conditions leads us to the matter of driverless cars. Google, of course, has been working on them for a few years, and has sent their “AVs” (autonomous vehicles) out on California roads, resulting in 12 minor accidents (none of which was the Google car’s fault). Recently, BMW and Baidu announced a partnership to develop a self-driving car which will be road-tested on highways in Beijing and Shanghai.
However, it will likely be years before driverless cars appear in numbers on our highways.
Is All of This Legal?
All of these innovations beg the question: Are these new technologies legal?
The fact is, few states have laws regulating technological advances except to allow for research and development. For example, hands-free driving, as mentioned above, isn’t regulated at all. Only New York has a law requiring that one hand be on the wheel at all times, and it dates from 1967. In the absence of specific laws against it, hands-free driving is, therefore, legal. And carmakers are taking advantage of the lack of regulation and pushing ahead with their ideas.
Hands-free driving is only one of several legal issues. Take the matter of driverless cars. How do we deal with liability in the case of an accident? If it is our car, will we be able to override the computer so we can do the driving when we need to? And, if so, how does that change the liability laws? How will auto insurance coverage have to change? The questions seem only to bring more questions.
New technologies such as the ones mentioned may well require more study and consideration before making them widely available. No doubt it will take the law a while to catch up.
Indiana Car Accident Attorney
Under the law, distracted driving involving the use of an electronic device behind the wheel may be considered reckless driving or negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Parties who have suffered injury or property damage or the loss of a loved one have a right to be made financially whole.
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The Polar Bear (Hardcover)
By Jenni Desmond (Created by)
Enchanted Lion Books, 9781592702008, 48pp.
Publication Date: November 15, 2016
A gorgeously illustrated nonfiction book about the polar bear, this is a factually accurate as well as a poetic exploration of polar bear bodies, habits, and habitats. Working in a painterly, expressive way, Jenni Desmond creates landscapes and creatures that are marked by atmosphere and emotion, telling a story about bears that engages the reader's interest in amazing facts as well as their deep sense of wonder.
A graduate of the renowned MA program in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art (ARU), Jenni Desmond works from her studio in London, UK. This, her second book for Enchanted Lion, will be followed by one about elephants.
Jenni Desmond is an award-winning illustrator, artist and picture book author whose books have been translated into over 20 languages. She has won The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Camrbidgeshire 'Read it Again' picture book award, and a Maurice Sendak Fellowship. Jenni lives in East London UK with her husband and baby daughter. When she's not in her studio, you'll find her cooking, cycling and swapping city life for long hikes down by the sea shore or up in the hills and the mountains.
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You Are Here: Home > I-PACE Awards & Accolades
The Award-Winning All-Electric I-PACE
We are honored to announce an unprecedented three titles at the 2019 World Car of the Year awards:
World Car of the Year, World Car Design of the Year & World Green Car.
The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE has won a historic trifecta at the 2019 World Car Awards. Not only has it won the coveted 2019 World Car of the Year and World Car Design of the Year titles-equaling the success of the Jaguar F-PACE performance SUV in 2017-it has also been named World Green Car. The I-PACE is the first model ever to win three World Car titles in the 15-year history of the awards.
Prof. Dr. Ralf Speth, Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar Land Rover, said: “It is an honor that the Jaguar I-PACE has received these three accolades from the prestigious World Car jurors. We started with an ideal, to move toward our Destination Zero vision; zero emissions, zero accidents and zero congestion. The I-PACE is our first step to achieving this, and it was conceived when EVs were little more than a niche choice,” Speth said.
“For the I-PACE to be awarded 2019 World Car of the Year, World Car Design of the Year and World Green Car gives our first all-electric vehicle the ultimate recognition it deserves. I would like to thank the team who have created the I-PACE for their passion in making it so outstanding,” Speth said.
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G. Love on Sugar, Keith Richards’ Book and Signature Guitars
G. Love has offered his soulful hip-hop blues for two decades, singing lyrics that relate life as it is.
Last year, the artist also known as Garrett Dutton released a record with the original members of his famed trio G. Love and Special Sauce for the first time in a decade. And this month, he begins a summer tour including both solo and full band shows.
In this interview, G. Love discusses his songwriting methods, how his newest record Sugar came to be and the magic of playing live. He also shows us one of his signature guitars.
Jonny Lang on Fatherhood and Not Listening to the Blues
Jonny Lang is best known for his blues guitar licks and vocals. So it may come as a surprise that he's not listening to that genre much these days. Instead, he says he goes for the likes of James Taylor and Stevie Wonder. Jens Erik Gould interviews Lang backstage at BB King's in New York.
Umphrey’s McGee on Yoga, Brotherhood and 2,000 Shows
It’s been a banner year for rock band Umphrey’s McGee. They released their eighth studio album, Similar Skin, and played their 2,000th show last month. In this video interview, keyboardist Joel Cummins discusses what makes the band so successful, including band members' relationships with each other, how they engage the fan base and even their exercise routines. And be careful, you might be exposed to some “rubbing.”
Les Claypool On Mud, Manhood and Beavers
Primus bassist and singer Les Claypool tells Jens Erik Gould that he doesn’t want his “creativity to become to dead shark.” No chance of that happening with the band’s seventh studio album, which is out this week. Titled “Primus and the Chocolate Factory With the Fungi Ensemble,” the record is influenced by the 1971 film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A nod to Charlie’s golden ticket in the film, fans who find golden vinyl in their newly-purchased albums can win concert tickets for life.
But what of the lesser-known sides of Claypool? Want to know about the time he questioned the manhood of his fans, or when he says he begged MTV not to ban a Primus song? Claypool sat down with Jens Erik Gould to discuss his life, his project Duo de Twang, and Primus lore.
Jens has more than a decade of experience covering multiple beats in more than a dozen countries across the globe, including covering Venezuela politics for The New York Times and Mexico’s economy for Bloomberg News. He covered music for TIME Magazine and time.com, interviewing artists from Skrillex to Danger Mouse. He is also a singer songwriter who has released three albums.
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2018 World Trade Summit
On Wednesday 1 November 2018, King’s Business School hosted the Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) annual World Trade Summit at Bush House in partnership with Barclays and King’s College London Policy Institute.
Guests on the day included key business leaders and decision-makers from both government and industry, including Baroness Fairhead (Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion), Louis Taylor (Chief Executive of UK Export Finance) and Chris Southworth (Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce).
The summit started with an introduction from the IOE&IT’s Director General, Lesley Batchelor OBE who shared their work with the World Trade Organisation and International Chamber of Commerce. Russ Grazier (Head of ECA Trade and Capital – London, Barclays) and Mark Kleinman (Director of Analysis & Professor of Public Policy, King’s College Policy Institute) followed Lesley to talk about the new research paper launched by Barclays and King’s College London at the summit, titled ‘Removing barriers to export growth: Regional and sectoral perspectives’.
Mark Kleinman spoke about the need for more super exporters and the importance that we keep Trade at the centre of the UK’s political dialogue. Mark said about the research paper findings: “When exporters grow…they create valuable opportunities for smaller firms through their supply chains”. The research paper is in partnership with Barclays, King’s College London’s Policy Institute, the Entrepreneurship Institute and King’s Business School to look at how the UK can improve its export performance.
Baroness Fairhead next spoke to guests about the work being done by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) to implement the government’s Export Strategy, launched earlier in 2018. With only one in eleven businesses exporting in the UK, Baroness Fairhead highlighted the importance of tailored communication from peers who have done it before to encourage exporting from UK businesses. Baroness Fairhead also focused on the increasing support for UK businesses and the power of Britain made goods: “Recent Barclays research showed that 61% of buyers in China were willing to pay more for products made in Britain”.
The second half of the day consisted of a panel discussion about how businesses can plan the ‘roadmap to export success’ and a case study presentation by Nick Ravenhall (Global Head of Sales, Atom Brands). Nick talked about his experience exporting Atom Brands gin and whiskies around the world, sharing his advice to focus on the people who care about what you do rather than just looking at geographical markets. Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (President of the IOE&IT) closed the evening stating that increasing exports is a fundamental requirement for the future of the UK economy, especially as it looks to become more independent and less reliant on being a consumer of other markets.
The summit ended with a lively reception featuring samplings from Atom Brands craft gin and whiskey. Read more about the Summit from The Institute of Export & International Trade.
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Broken Throne: A Red Queen Collection (Hardcover)
By Victoria Aveyard
(NEW YOUNG ADULT)
Return once more to the deadly and dazzling world of Red Queen in Broken Throne, a beautifully designed, must-have companion to the chart-topping series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard.
The perfect addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, this gorgeously designed package features three brand-new novellas, two previously published novellas, Steel Scars and Queen Song, and never-before-seen maps, flags, bonus scenes, journal entries, and much more exclusive content.
Fans will be delighted to catch up with beloved characters after the drama of War Storm and be excited to hear from brand-new voices as well. This stunning collection is not to be missed!
Victoria Aveyard was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a small town known only for the worst traffic rotary in the continental United States. She moved to Los Angeles to earn a BFA in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. She currently splits her time between the East and West coasts. As an author and screenwriter, she uses her career as an excuse to read too many books and watch too many movies. You can visit her online at www.victoriaaveyard.com.
Publication Date: May 7th, 2019
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Jonathan Lipnick
Lecturer, Educator, Tour Guide, Specialist in Christianity and Judaism
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A krater full of blood
Four-horned Israelite altar, Tel Sheva
Following Moses’ receipt of the Law and his descent from Mount Sinai, Exodus 24 contains a description of a unique ritual which ratifies the covenant between God and Israel:
[Moses] got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he splashed against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.” Moses then took the blood, threw it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words. (Ex 24:4-8)
The blood of the slaughtered bull is divided into two portions. Half is thrown against the altar, which represents God; the other half is presumably thrown against the twelve pillars, which represent the people of Israel. The covenant between God and Israel is thus sealed by means of both parties’ symbols being bathed in the bull’s blood. In the case of a standard sacrifice, the blood of an animal is drained and thrown against the altar. People are forbidden to eat this blood because it symbolizes life (see Gen 9:4). By ritually throwing the blood against the altar, the animal’s life-force (nefesh) is restored to God (Lev 17:11). The ratification ritual here in Exodus 24 is more complex than a typical sacrifice because it involves a restoration of the animal’s life to both the Creator and to humankind. This two-fold restoration of life serves as a visceral testimony which solidifies the relationship between the two parties.
But what really interests me in this passage is one particular word. The word translated here as “basins” is אגנות (aganot) in the original Hebrew, a rare word in the Bible. Normally when the priestly sections of the Torah refer to a basin for gathering blood the word used is מזרק (mizrak), literally "thrower", because it was used to dash the blood against the altar (e.g., Num 7 passim). Another common vessel found in Numbers 7 is a קערה (ke'ara) a bowl, dish or platter, from the Semitic root meaning to hollow out, make deep. The Mishnah uses the word בזיך (bazikh) to refer to a round vessel to gather the blood or entrails of sacrificed animals (m. Pes. 5.5; m. Tam. 4.3). With so many more common terms, why does the author of Exodus choose to use the rare word אגן here?
Let’s have a look at the etymology of the word and where else it appears in the Bible. The origin of the word is the Akkadian agannu, which means a bowl or cauldron. From Akkadian it made its way into several Semitic languages including: Hebrew (אגן) Aramaic (אגנא), Syriac (ܐܓܢܐ) and Arabic (إجانه).
Apart from our verse the word appears twice in the Bible: Isa 22:24 and Song 7:3. In the first example, Isaiah, having denounced Shebna, the corrupt royal steward (i.e., vizier or prime minister) to King Hezekiah, prophecies that a new steward named Eliakim the son of Hilkiah will be appointed:
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father. All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring (sprouts) and offshoots (leaves)—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls (כלי האגנות) to all the jars. (Isa 22:22-24)
Isaiah predicts that Eliakim will replace Shebna as royal steward and compares the former to a tent-peg holding a rope to the ground from which a variety of vessels are hung. To this day, one can see vessels being hung from the ropes of Bedouin tents, as in the photograph below. Eliakim’s authority is firmly set in the ground, but because he is weighed down by his obligations to his large family (the vessels), he will eventually “be cut down and fall”. For more on Eliakim see 2 Kings 18:18. For our purposes, the important thing to note is the word אגן refers to bowl small enough that it can be hung up on a rope holding up a tent.
It should be noted, by the way, that in 1870 the famous archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau discovered a lavishly decorated 8th century BCE rock-cut tomb in the in the village of Silwan across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem. It bears an inscription which reads “This is … yahu who is the Master over the Household” (זאת... יהו אשר על הבית). See picture below. Many archaeologists believe that the missing part of the inscription contained the words “the grave of Sheban,” making this a reference to the same individual denounced in Isaiah 22:15-19. In verse 15 Shebna is referred to as “master of the household” and verse 16 castigates him for “hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock”.
The inscription written in ancient Hebrew letters reads: "This is the tomb of...yahu the master of the household. There is no silver or gold here, only his bones and the bones of his female slave. Cursed is the man who opens this."
The site of the "Tomb of ... Yahu the Master of the Household" inscription, Silwan, Jerusalem. The inscription was removed by Clermont-Ganneau and placed in the British Museum.
The only other verse in the Bible that uses the word אגן (agan) is found in the erotically charged description of the female lover’s body (from the feet up to the head) in chapter 7 of the Song of Songs:
How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands. Your navel is a rounded goblet (אגן הסהר) that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies. Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle.
Each part of the woman’s body is compared to an object found in nature. The woman’s navel is compared to a round bowl used for mixing wine. The term used here for the bowl is not just אגן - but אגן הסהר (agan ha-sahar), literally the “full moon basin”. The word סהר (sahar) which means crescent in post-biblical Hebrew, is another example of a word that comes from Akkadian: sa’ru which means ring. This verse is the only instance of the word סהר in the entire Bible. The point is that this is a two-step analogy: the woman’s navel is compared to a round bowl which is in turn compared to the full moon.
Thus far it is not clear what is driving the author of Exodus 24:6 to use the word אגן. In the Septuagint, our verse from Exodus is translated as follows:
λαβὼν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ αἵματος ἐνέχεεν εἰς κρατῆρας τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ αἵματος προσέχεεν πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον.
The Hebrew word אגן becomes κρατήρ in Greek. A krater is a large bowl used to mix wine and water, as seen in the image below. This is quite different from the small bowl alluded to in Isaiah 22:24. Interestingly, the only other use of the word κρατήρ in the LXX is to translate the flower shaped cups (גביעים) of the menorah, described in the following chapter of Exodus (25:31-40).
The reason that the word used in Exodus 24:6 is אגן is to distinguish the blood dashed against the altar from that that which is thrown upon the people. For the former, a "dashing-bowl" (מזרק) is sufficient; but for the latter a different vessel, something far larger is necessary. It would be inappropriate to equate the portion of blood given to God with that which is given to the people. Whereas God’s altar is bathed in pure blood, the portion reserved for the people is perhaps diluted in water in a mixing vessel used to blend wine (as seen in Songs 7:3).
krater, ca. 550 BCE, Corinth
I am Jonathan Lipnick, tour guide and educator specializing in Christianity and Judaism. In this blog I explore questions (historical, linguistic) that come up in the course of my teaching and reading.
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Federations defend evangelical supporters of Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America distanced itself from a Jewish Democrat who said at the federation umbrella group’s annual General Assembly that some evangelical Christian Republicans support Israel in order to hasten the “End of Days.”
“Federations work closely with pro-Israel churches and church leaders across the continent,” Rebecca Dinar, the group’s spokeswoman, said Thursday when asked to respond to comments by Greg Rosenbaum, the chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council. “We strenuously object to any characterization that calls into question their motives for supporting the State of Israel.”
Rosenbaum was speaking Tuesday at a debate with Matt Brooks, the director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, moderated by Jewish Insider. Brooks had noted the widening gap in polls between Democrats and Republicans over whether they identify more with Israel than with the Palestinians.
“Are their motives to support a Jewish Israel? Are they supporting Israel as a natural homeland for the Jews?” Rosenbaum said.
“Or are they in support of Israel because it represents the avenue for people who are evangelicals to get to heaven?”
“I’ve always said, you’ve got evangelical Republicans supporting Israel because they are building a stairway to heaven on the backs of the Jews in Israel. We don’t get to go with them unless – as Michele Bachmann said over the weekend – all of the Israeli Jews convert to Christianity, as soon as possible,” he said.
Bachmann, a former congresswoman and a vier for the GOP presidential nod in 2012, said last week during an Israel trip that Christians should anticipate the imminent return of Jesus by bringing more non-believers, including Jews, into their ranks.
Rosenbaum later sent Jewish Insider and Christians United for Israel a clarification of his GA remarks.
“To be clear, my remarks were meant to refer specifically to those evangelical Christians who agree with former Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s offensive statements surrounding Israel and the ‘biblical prophecy,’ specifically her call to convert as many Jews as possible in the context of ‘seeing the fulfillment of scripture right in front of our eyes, even while we’re on the ground,’” he said, “not the many Christians, both Republicans and Democrats, who disagree with her.”
Christians United for Israel, a group led by Pastor John Hagee, who has advocated within the evangelical community against proselytizing Jews, slammed Rosenbaum for his remarks.
“If he ever bothered to talk to pro-Israel Christians, Mr. Rosenbaum would learn that believing Christians support Israel for the same reasons as observant Jews,” David Brog, a member of the group’s board of directors, told the New York Observer.
“This support has nothing to do with salvation, which Christians believe stems from faith alone. Christian support flows from a moral worldview that can distinguish between Israeli decency and the evil of radical Islam.”
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Jubilee Centre Launches 'Soldiers of Character' Report at RUSI, London 3rd October 2018 Centre News Military Ethics
The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues launched the Soldiers of Character research report on the evening of 3rd October at the Royal United Services Institute, London. Beginning at 6pm, the launch event included speeches by Jubilee Centre Director Professor James Arthur and former Research Fellow and report author Dr. David Walker, who is Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Alabama. Following a presentation of the aims, methodology and key findings of the report, RUSI Associate Fellow Peter Quentin chaired a panel discussion in which the implications of the findings for the training and development of Army personnel were considered. Delegates at the launch also heard a response to the report from Professor David Whetham, Reader in Military Ethics in the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London.
Complementing work by the Jubilee Centre about virtues in professional practice and public service, the Soldiers of Character research report presents the results of a rare empirical study of over 240 junior British Army officers from twelve branches of service. The research explored the extent to which junior Army officers display and aspire to attitudes and personal characteristics in line with the values that are set out in the Army Values and Standards Guide: integrity, discipline, courage, selfless commitment, loyalty and respect for others. In addition, a measure of ethical reasoning in response to moral dilemmas in a British Army context was developed as part of the research.
You can read the full report here.
Photo (from left): Prof. James Arthur, Peter Quentin, Dr. David Walker, Prof. David Whetham
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Former CPS educator announces run for board seat
1 year 6 months 5 days ago Thursday, January 11 2018 Jan 11, 2018 Thursday, January 11, 2018 7:20:00 PM CST January 11, 2018 in News
By: Chelsea Haynes, KOMU 8 Reporter
COLUMBIA – Former Columbia Public Schools’ educator Susan Blackburn is running for a seat on the CPS Board of Education.
“I want every child in the district to be able to read, write and think critically," she said. "That’s the emphasis on why I want to run and be a part of the Columbia Public Schools’ Board of Education.”
With 29 years of experience in the classroom, Blackburn said she has favorite memories of being an instructor.
“Just the ability to be able to get in there and work with kids, and watching a child who’s struggling learn how to read, read, is like watching magic,” she said.
Blackburn said running for the position is simply an extension of the work she’s already put in for the district.
She began as a speech pathologist who fell in love with literacy and was later trained as a reading recovery teacher.
Blackburn said one thing that sets her apart as a candidate is her experience with children on a daily basis.
“I bring a teacher’s perspective of the different demands that are in the classroom,” she said.
Blackburn said some top issues for her are the equity plans the district has already put in place, along with the new statewide dyslexia law. She said she wants to continue the education of all children through reading and writing.
Blackburn said she hopes to take the spot of current board member Christine King, whose term ends in April.
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Pakistan Appoints New Spy Chief
The Pakistani military has announced the appointment of a new chief for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency.
Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed will be replacing Lieutenant General Asim Munir as ISI director-general who had only been in the job for eight months, according to a June 16 statement.
The army did not explain the reshuffle, which comes months ahead of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's three-year term ending in November.
The ISI, the military's spy wing, has long been accused of using the Afghan Taliban and other militant groups as proxies in neighboring Afghanistan and India.
More recently, the agency has been accused of muzzling the press in Pakistan, trying to distort last year's general elections, and intensifying a crackdown against human rights activists.
With reporting by dpa and Reuters
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November 24, 2017 by Kevin Orris
10 years ago today, I started writing on the internet. I think. Unfortunately archive.org provides the only, yet scarce evidence of nearly everything I wrote between high school and recent years, when I started publishing on Medium.
My first byline was granted by MLBFrontOffice.com, but I hardly earned it. I wrote about David Wright and his strong second-half splits from 2007. The premise was fine, but I put little effort into the post and Brad, my (first) editor, told me I could do better. He was right and so I did, eventually earning my own column and the opportunity to edit others' work.
In the years that followed, I jumped from site to site, hosted a bevy of podcasts, started at least three domains, and eventually landed at ESPN.com’s SweetSpot Network. I leveraged my limited platform to secure interviews with top prospects and pros while developing a number of industry contacts. Through my network, I landed an internship in minor league hockey, then the MLB, and eventually full-time jobs in the NFL, NHL, and international soccer. How cool is that?
The thing is, I was never a strong writer, but the reps of blogging were helpful. ESPN.com’s editors and requirements played a significant role in my development as I finally gained confidence in my work. But that ended five years ago when I started working full time and stepped away from writing anything more than 140 characters at a time.
In the last two years, I’ve published eight times on Medium, almost none of which were planned or even outlined. Rather, my writing has been reflexive and fearful. I allow minimal time for editing, knowing I’ll grow discouraged and delete my work. I tell myself I’ll publish more when I’ve improved. I’ll publish more when I’m ready. But I’m starting to realize we’re never truly ready for anything. I need to get over my fears and push myself. I need to write short and long. I need to write about my experiences, half-baked ideas, books I’m reading, people I admire, my faith, and so much more.
With that, I finally decided to take advantage of my annual payments to GoDaddy and making something of kevinorris.com.
If you’ve made it this far, you’re either cheating or clearly care about what I have to say, and for that I’m thankful. So in my latest act of confidence, I’ve created an email list, which you should sign up for if you like chicken tender reviews and everything else I have to offer.
November 24, 2017 /Kevin Orris
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Music Review: EXO "XOXO"
I have written about EXO quite a few times at this point. There's the post I did on their Debut Showcase, and also on their Debut Album. So while I know that EXO can be a sensitive subject to write about, I wanted to review their comeback as well. It's been a while since they released anything new, in fact it's been about a year since MAMA. I've ranted before about how I wished they would have completed some teaser songs and made a Single or Mini album in-between (but I think SM probably wanted to build hype for the return). Sure, making things for two groups is difficult, it's just that I wish they would have as much music out as the other groups that debuted when they did. Mainly because I'm a big fan of theirs - hence the many reviews - and really wanted completed teaser songs. But on the other hand they were honing their skills and making the return as great as they possible could. I want to say that from the start so I didn't need to mention it later, and I can focus on the here and now. They're back, that's all that matters!
EXO's First Full Length Album "XOXO", released June 3rd 2013!
Since I wrote about the group before I'll keep the introductions short. THere are two sides to EXO, in case you didn't know. EXO-K is the Korean speaking part, and EXO-M is the Mandarin speaking half. Just like their logo has six side, each half has six members. If you count both versions of Wolf on this album, there are twelve songs, which is pretty cool! (Their debut album had six songs.) EXO-M members: Lu Han, Tao, Chen, Lay, Xiu Min, and Kris. EXO-K members: Kai, Se hun, D.O, Baek Hyun, Su Ho, and Chanyeol. Even though they release they same songs and Music Videos, each group adds their own unique flair to it. They debuted with SM Entertainment Spring of 2012, releasing several teasers before their Music Videos and album. At MAMA 2012 they won the award for Best New Asian Artist, and they already have a huge and dedicated fanbase, even though they haven't been around that long. Needless to say, there's something special and intriguing about this group.
I have to say that I like the cover art, etc. for this album better than their last. I love the concept and play on words for the title, the XOXO theme was really clever! Also, these are probably the best looking school type photos out there. I really wish mine looked more like this, and not so awkward. It's still laid back like their previous album photos, but they don't seem as stiff this time around (In that review I mainly pinned that on the director of the shoot, rather than the group. They looked great in the ad campaigns that they did, yet the poster looked awkward.) Most of all, their fans seem to love the stickers, photobook, and album art. That's the most important thing. Their new album does not feature all of the songs from their original Teasers. It does, however, feature new songs that we didn't see coming. I am a bit disappointed not to have all the teaser songs after a full year. Yet if I look on the bright side of this, I can say that this means they are planning to keep them around for a while. They want to slowly release the teaser songs and make them the best that they can. (I would love to hear El Dorado right now, but I'll have to wait.) Maybe it will be better than ever if they take their time, who knows? Let's hope that they won't take another year for their next album though, that would not be fun. Once again, at least it's a full album and there are songs that I've never heard before, mixed in with a few original teaser songs. So let's stop wishing for things that aren't here yet, and move on to the music!
- Wolf (늑대와 미녀/狼 美女)
First, let me say that the opening clip is very similar, if not the same, as the one used by other groups. I really just need to get that out of the way. I wish they would have used a different sounding clip, but I suppose there aren't many to choose from so I can understand the choice. (It just makes it confusing when I have music on shuffle.) I love the traditional opening music for the song mixed in with the growls, that's what made the wolf theme their own. In the Music Video they did some awesome things with the silhouettes and the dance, along with their usual flashy visual effects. Their different styles and voices are cut together making the song sound a bit like a mashup. They did a great job making each part sound distinct, while allowing the song to flow without sounding too choppy. I especially love the bridge of this song, with the simple piano progression in the background layered with the rest of the instruments. I also really love the dubstep part near the end and how all the previous lines skip and overlap. The song sounds so different and the video is just as unique. I don't have a favorite version when it comes to this song, both EXO-K and EXO-M did an equally fantastic job in my opinion.
- Baby, Don't Cry (인어의 눈물/人 的眼)
This is probably my favorite track from this album. When I heard this song for the teaser they released, I was instantly in love with the song. (Can I just say that the way they left the sound of the clothing snapping during the dance is my favorite part about the teasers?) I replayed it so many times, so to have the full version makes me really happy! Have you ever heard a song that just makes your entire body want to move? It's an uncontrollable desire to dance because instead of simply hearing the song you feel it. That's what this song makes me feel. It's almost ironic that this song makes me feel like crying whenever I listen to it, in fact I usually listen to it when I'm about to cry. Some people say that this song is based off of the original Little Mermaid story, and I have to agree! (Not the happy Disney one, but the sea foam one.) The lyrics are so honest and beautiful that they touch and break my heart at the same time. One of my favorite lines from the song is, "When you smile, sun shines, the brilliance cannot be expressed with the boundaries of language." (Admit it, if someone said that to you, you would probably explode with happiness.) If you understand the lyrics and are musically emotional like I am you probably burst into tears the same way that I did when I heard the full version. The vocals in this song are astounding and are what really make it what it is. The Rap during the bridge that's done in that deep, hushed voice sounds so great next to the higher range of the other members. Their singing is especially sweet and emotional in this song, which is why it is one of my all time favorites.
As far as K vs M I have to give my honest opinion. Although I love the sound of Mandarin in this song and how poetic it sounds, I am partial to the Korean Version. This is probably because of the original teaser that I have this preference. It may have gone either way if M did that teaser, but I do really like both versions.
- Black Pearl
This song has a theme of pure desparation. As a sailor that's searching for the "Black Pearl", the most precious kind out there, goes against storms, tides, and danger to find it/them. While the previous song has a slower and simpler piano based background, this is a synth type song that reminds me a bit of Techno or House music. There are different electronic styles used, so it's hard to really nail it down, especially when part are mixed with a more pop sound. (Does that make sense or am I just rambling at this point?) The song sounds muffled in the beginning and you hear steady electronic strings come in as is get clearer. It sounds very adventurous in a way and the music simulates the waves crashing against the boat. The harmonies in this song are great and EXO sounds so great when they sing in sync. It sounds very different from the other songs, and is another one off the album that really stands out.
Between K and M, I like the Mandarin version more. The language suits the music more in my opinion because it's a little sharper sounding than Korean. Especially during the part when the voices skip with the music. Also, I especially like the vocals of EXO-M in this song.
- Don't Go (나비소녀/蝴蝶少女)
My favorite part of this song has to be the background vocals. They did such a great job with supporting whoever was doing a solo at the moment and making the song sound overall more etherial. Another part that sounds that way is after the chorus when they sing the , 'Wooo hooo hooo" part. It's one of my favorite vocal aspects from the track. Why does it need to sound etherial? The song, as far as I can tell, is about falling in love with an Angel or Angelic like being. After the man falls in love he doesn't want the Angel to go, or that he can at least come along if they have to leave. The love and fascination is so strong that all fear is forgotten and caution is tossed out the window. The music has a nice balance of Pop, Rock, and Acoustic elements that's just strong enough without overwhelming the singing. (Certain parts remind me a little of Cho Yong Pil's music for some reason, so I wouldn't be surprised if the composer is a fan of his.) The more I listen to this song to more intriguing I find it. There are so many little elements in this song that you don't notice the first few times, and it becomes more complex every time you hear it. This is the type of music I love. It has enough mystery to keep me engaged, but I can also just sit back and enjoy it if I choose to.
I do like the K version of this song a little bit more. I like the way Korean sounds with the music better, but not by much.
- Let Out the Beast
The album goes back the the opening theme in a way with this song. You already heard the song Wolf, and at this point it's almost like a transformation song. The lyrics really make this a "bragging song". You know, the type of song that talks about how great, amazing, and famous the singers are. I'm not trying to say it's a bad thing necessarily, because a lot of the artists who do songs like this can back it up. In a way you get to see things from their side of the stage with an edgy, electronic sound. You get a peak into their world, from the fear to the excitement. It may be a song about their abilities, but I think it can also bring the fans closer to the group as well.
For this song I have to say that I prefer the EXO-M version to the EXO-K one. For faster songs I tend to prefer the more cut and quick sounding language. (As you may have noticed)
- 3.6.5
A guitar starts off this song and builds the pace as the other instruments slowly join in (including a Cow Bell)! So many elements join in for the first minute until it starts to have a Brit. Pop influenced sound. There is such a bright, summery feel for this song which is different from the previous, edgier tracks on the album. I'm not a One Direction Fan or anything, but I still really love this. It's so energetic and makes you want to jump around and enjoy life! The lyrics and vocals are simpler, while the music really takes the foreground (to me at least). It's easy to sing along to and the harmonies are really spot on.
When it comes to which version I prefer, I think I do like the EXO-K version a little bit more.
- Heart Attack
This song has much more of a manufactured sound than the others. The music is mainly synthesized and they used effects on the vocals. This gave it a more futuristic sound that's machine enhanced. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing! There's something eerie about it that adds to the fantasy element of the song. It's a bit like a modern fairy tale amongst the classics. Even though they added effects to the voices their ability does shine through. It's more of an artistic use instead of a crutch. I especially love the deeper vocals near the close of the song; even though it's only a few lines it really elevated the song for me. The music itself sounds very smooth even though it's electronic and has such an individualistic sound that it's difficult to describe. Let's just say I'm really impressed and can't get enough of this song and leave it at that.
Honestly, I like both versions equally! I cannot pick one over the other but they both sound amazing.
- Peter Pan (피터팬/彼得潘)
It's time to fly off to Neverland! There is something truly magical about this song that makes me feel like I'm being whisked away. First, I want to talk about the lyrics. They are so adorable and I think of them as a story of childhood love. For example, one of the lines is basically, "[I was] the mischievous rascal that bothered you a lot". They think that the girl is prettier than both Wendy and Cinderella, and how much he misses her. It's like going through a storybook of memories that they had together, and about the hope and faith that he has that they will meet again. There's a playfulness to the music that matches the lyrics perfectly because it has a sense of childhood innocence, and also a twinge of pain that they are in the past. It's such an expressive song and it's easy to get sucked in. At the bridge they have a rap breakdown, which we didn't get to hear in the past couple songs. It flows well with the rest of the verses, and is overlaid with powerful singing halfway through. The higher range used in this song is perfect for a childlike song like this. Not to mention that I love hearing how much their can push their abilities.
Between Korean and Mandarin, I like EXO-K's version slightly more. For some reason it captured my attention a bit more.
- Baby (第一步)
Throughout this song you hear traditional oriental instruments sprinkled here and there. It wasn't overdone, but it still added an interesting twist to the music. This is like an R&B inspired ballad, with really sincere vocals. Something about it is so calming that it makes me feel relaxed. The lyrics are romantic and are about loving solely one person. Several times they say, "I only see you", and are devoted to loving her. (I guess a cheesy way to put it would be that the lyrics are "Swoon-worthy".) Although it's not as well known as their other songs I think that it's on an equal level. T harmonizing he is really well done, the music has a distinct sound, and the vocals are soothing. You can tell how much effort was put into this song each time you listen to it.
Once again I can't pick a favorite version because I like them both equally! It's difficult to choose when both halves are so talented.
- My Lady
I fell in love with this song when I heard the Teaser a over year ago. (Not to mention how sick that dance is!) This song is smooth with a Jazzy rhythm that just won't quit. Believe it or not, this is a song about being in the Friend-Zone. All the man wants is for the woman he loves to see him as a man and not just a friend. They don't want her to be their friend, but their Lady. The contrast of high and low ranges gives everyone a chance to show off, while still blending into one another. Along with the fast and slow pacing throughout the song it switched things up while still staying in the same genre. The opening of this song is my favorite part of the song by far! The music starts of by being very sparse and focusing on the singer, then the snaps come in which give it a very classic vibe. As it moves forward there's a more modern take with the different instruments and fast paced Rap sequences. Also, I really love the "Chocolate" line in the first version and the way it's pronounced. It suits the overall mood of the song draws me in. The track is a wonderful blend of the old and new and is exactly the type of music I love. I'm still deciding if I like Baby Don't Cry or My Lady better, but it's quite the tough choice.
As far as the choice between EXO-K and EXO-M's versions go this was pretty easy for me. I am partial to the Korean take on the song. I like the flow better and the overall sound of the voices together with the music.
That's it for this album! It's pretty long so it took me forever to write this review. The Fairytale and Mythos theme for this album was brilliant and really executed well. Disney isn't the only interpretation of these stories that you should love. I've always enjoyed reading books by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen so I'm very partial to the use of the Classics. Listening to this album is really like taking a journey through childhood memories that you relive as an adult. You'll shoot to the second star to the right, and can listen to this album until morning! (At least I did!) Anyways, I recommend listening to this album at least once and giving it a try! You can purchase both takes on this album by EXO on iTunes for around $25! It seems like a lot, but it is 24 songs after all! (You could always pick out a couple of your favorites as well.) You can also buy the physical variety on Kpop Plus, Yes Asia, or your personal favorite K-Pop store for around $30-$35! Or simply pick one album from your personal bias for half that price. Either way, there are plenty of options when it comes to purchasing something from EXO!
Thank you so much for reading this review and I hope you enjoy this album as much as I did! Please let me know your thoughts on this album in the comments. Which versions do you prefer? Which songs are your favorite? Do you like this album more than Mama? It's great to discuss these things and find out what other people think, so don't be afraid to say it!
-C.A.M
(PS: I feel so bad about my absence lately, and how late this post is. I've been plagued with Writer's Block, heavy work hours, crazy stress, and being sick these past couple weeks! I wish I would have published more things for my readers to enjoy... Hopefully I can go back to my regular schedule, and thank you for your patience!)
Tags 2013, EXO, EXO-K, EXO-M, Hug, Kiss, Music review, New, SM entertainment, Songs, XOXO, album, cd, comeback, k-pop, kimchi kristy, korean, kpop, tracks
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Kinver Country Fayres Ltd
Kinver Country Fayre is organised by a small team of dedicated volunteers, who aim to support the local community, offering financial help to charities and organisations wherever possible.
The Fayre generates funds that enable grants to be awarded to local good causes. It operates as a not-for-profit, charitable organisation, thus ensuring that grant applicants gain maximum benefit.
Meet the team here:
JANE SADLER
Jane moved to Kinver over 25 years ago and has put down firm roots in the village. With a background in communications and marketing, she is committed to promoting all the many good things about Kinver – including the Country Fayre
PAUL WOODDISSE
A Chartered Accountant by profession and a sailing enthusiast with close links to the RNLI, Paul has undertaken the role of Treasurer since early 2011. He has made an invaluable contribution – providing expert advice on all matters financial
JUNE DILLOW
A stalwart member of the Steering Group, June – who has lived in Kinver for over 60 years – has acted as Secretary for many years. Her organisational skills, combined with hard work and loyal support, play a vital part in delivering this event for our community
CHARLES SADLER
GENERAL FAYRE CO-ORDINATOR
Since moving here over thirty years ago, Charlie’s enthusiasm for local initiatives has known no bounds. He was responsible with Andy Calloway for the Big Tree campaign – bringing the Christmas tree back to the High Street – and, since joining the team, is passionate about making the Fayre a success
ROGER HOWE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER & PA SYSTEMS
Roger is an active member of Kinver Rotary Club, which provides great support to the Fayre. He runs a business in Kinver as a qualified electrician and advises the Fayre on all electrical matters, as well as inputting to many different aspects of the event
FIELD PLANNER & COORDINATOR
Brian has lived in Kinver with his family for 30 years. Over this time he worked as a tool designer in the aero engine industry. Brian has always enjoyed the Fayre and contributes new ideas to maintain the high standards shown over the last few years. He applies his CAD skills to design the layout of stalls and entertainment on the fields
SARA CLYMO
Sara has lived in Kinver since 1978 and has participated in or helped with the Country Fayre for over 30 years. As a health professional she relished working in the South Staffs community and since retirement has become more involved in Kinver itself. Her experience with past Country Fayres has been useful in the evolution of the present more ambitious event and she is committed to helping maintain its success
MOLLY SYMONDS
ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR
Molly’s business career has encompassed a variety of interesting roles both in the UK and overseas, but now semi-retired, she is helping with different aspects of the Fayre including entertainments and administration. She has lived in the village for over 20 years and is a great advocate for all Kinver has to offer
TREVOR ROSE
FIELD MANAGER & LOGISTICS
Trevor is a valued member of the Steering Group, assisting with planning and helping to organise the key aspects of event set-up and take-down. He lives in Kinver and makes a great contribution to getting the show on the road
PARADE & TRANSPORT COORDINATOR
A retired Engineer/Manager who now rebuilds old cars, does lots of DIY and organises classic car routes and events. After visiting Kinver since childhood and enjoying the Kinver shows for many years, felt it would be good to get involved and help deliver this amazing event.
GARY BROWN
HEALTH & SAFETY (RISK ASSESSMENT)
Semi-retired Teacher with a background in risk assessment who moved to Kinver in 2012. Gary is keen to get involved in community events and sees the Fayre as the perfect vehicle for doing so.
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Home Basketball The Bucks win without ruffling despite the return of Griffin
The Bucks win without ruffling despite the return of Griffin
Detroit's are unable to get their hands on the best team of the regular season and equal the worst losing streak in playoff history.
The series between the Bucks and the Pistons came to Detroit after a crushing domination of the first in the two Milwaukee games. The good news for the now locals was the return of Blake Griffin. The star of the team, which was supposed to miss the whole tie with a knee injury, returned in the third match. His team noticed it until the middle of the second quarter, when Griffin had to sit down by a blow on the shoulder and the match was gone forever.
Up then the power forward was very active, giving the feeling of being completely recovered and hurting the opponent from all positions. He finished with 27 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals and, in those initial moments, a bit of hope floated by the Little Caesars Arena. But with less than four minutes of the second quarter a play changed everything. Griffin stole a ball from Antetoukounmpo when the Greek was trying to penetrate the basket. A great defensive movement of Detroit, however, le left him with pain in the shoulder after the crash and was going to get out of the game for a few minutes.
They were about 5, not much more, but enough so that when he returned The Bucks were already winning 15. From there everything was hopelessly on the way to the third victory of the visitors. Antetokounmpo (14 + 10 + 3) began to do of his own, Brook Lopez (19 + 7 and 5 blocks) came the triples and Bledsoe (19 + 6 + 5 + 2) moved through the area of the Pistons as if it were his own home.
Even so, fate had saved the Pistons one last chance to prove they could extend the series. Shortly after the start of the third quarter, two very bad faults whistled at Giannis, who started with four personnel. Budenholzer sent him to the bench. That was when it really became clear that there is no tie. Without the Greek on the court the locals were unable to do the slightest damage to their rival. Moreover, they played worse than ever in the game. In case there was any doubt about who was going to win, Khris Middleton (20 + 8 + 4), the best one in the end, gave them the final stakes. As for the Spaniards, Mirotic scored 12 points in 14 minutes and Pau Gasol still does not play for his physical problems.
This is by far the most unbalanced series of these playoffs. It is, in fact, the fourth in history with the highest point difference after the first three games (+72 Bucks) . And the defeat tonight also is the 13th consecutive Pistons in the post season, matching the worst streak the Knicks had between 2001 and 2012. In Detroit they do not win a match in the fight for the ring since 2008.
The Bucks have been 17 seasons without winning a playoffs eliminator. In the early hours of Monday to Tuesday (02:00) they can break that streak. But even if it is not then, everything indicates that, this time, in Milwaukee they will be in the semifinals of the conference. Not only because they are infinitely superior to their rival, but because nobody has ever rallied 3-0 against.
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What’s new on L.A.'s wellness scene
Run a 5K alone or with new friends Aaptiv, a fitness app.
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By Kavita Daswani
A yoga event benefits families in India, a way to do a virtual 5K, a run/walk raises money for pancreatic cancer research, and high-tech wellness comes to Orange County and Glendale. Here are some ways to feel good — and also do good — as we ease into October.
The nonprofit organization Yoga Gives Back will host its annual fundraiser on Oct. 14 in Santa Monica, an event typically attended by yoga lovers and others looking to support a worthy cause. The event will kick off with a wine and kombucha hour, followed by a seated al fresco dinner with salads from plant-based eatery Cafe Gratitude in Venice, a vegetarian dinner from Royal Curry and raw chocolates for dessert from Addictive Wellness.
Traditional Indian dance performance at the Yoga Gives Back annual fundraiser.
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Live Indian dance performances and silent auctions will round out the night, at the heart of which will be the presentation of the Namaste award to Premal Shah, the co-founder and president of kiva.org, the crowdfunding website that provides philanthropic loans to underserved entrepreneurs and students around the world. Proceeds raised from the night will fund micro-loans and scholarships to some 1,300 families in the Indian states of Karnataka and West Bengal.
Info: 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at YogaGlo Studio, 1740 Stanford St., Santa Monica. $125 per person until Sept. 30. Thereafter, $150. Includes gift bag of products from wellness brands such as Banyan Botanicals, Vegamour, Fourth & Heart, Yogi Tea and Larabar, as well as a yearlong membership to YogaGlo. yogagivesback.org
Get a great weekend workout and come in costume (or not) at October’s annual Los Angeles Cancer Challenge 5K Run/Walk, benefiting the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Participate solo, as part of a team, and bring the kids; the festive, Halloween-themed event will also include a Fit Family Expo with food and drink vendors, booths from L.A. Galaxy and L.A. Kings — and bouncy houses! In the two decades that the race has been held, more than $7.3 million has been raised for pancreatic cancer research, which is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the country.
Info: Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 21 at UCLA’s Wilson Plaza, 120 Westwood Plaza. Cost to participate is $45 per person until Oct. 19, thereafter $50. Children under 11 are $25. Entrance to Fit Family Expo free and open to the public. Register at lacancerchallenge.com
And if you’re looking for a 5K without having to venture too far: Workout app Aaptiv is organizing a race in late October that can be done anywhere in the country, using the app’s pre-race training regimens for both beginner and advanced runners.
Ethan Agarwal, founder and chief executive, said this was the second year Aaptiv was organizing the event, and said that despite its digital location, the race was potentially a great way to build community. “On the member page, if you say you’re going to run along the Santa Monica boardwalk and ask who wants to come along, we can almost guarantee that at least 10 people will meet you there,” said Agarwal.
Runners — or walkers — also can add photos of themselves on the app’s community page. Aaptiv — which features 2,000 classes across multiple fitness disciplines — has created training content for the run, with a structured program to help participants build stamina and endurance before race day. For the event, Aaptiv has teamed with the Charity Miles app to raise money for various charities.
Info: Oct. 27, anytime, anywhere, with the app. The app is $99 per year, or $15 per month, with a 30-day free trial. More information at aaptiv.com/5kyourway.
High-tech wellness clinic Forward expands to Orange County and Glendale.
(David Zentz / Forward)
Forward, the tech-based healthcare service which opened last year at Westfield Century City, in September expanded to Orange County and opens another location in Glendale in October. Adrian Aoun, founder and chief executive, said the new clinics would allow patients from different areas to have almost all their general medical needs taken care of under one roof.
Body-scanners, high-resolution 3-D cameras and hand-held ultrasounds are used for everything from dermatology to cardiology — and another example of how healthcare continues to evolve, and show up in unexpected places — such as shopping centers — in a bid to attract millennials, and others. What does the monthly subscription price buy you? Among other services: Patients can also have blood tests done on site, with results available in 12 minutes, and avail themselves of cancer screenings and vaccinations. The new locations are around 4,000 square feet each, said Aoun, and will “double-down on genetic testing.”
Though the monthly membership fee covers unlimited visits and access to a doctor via an app, Aoun said that ideally members should come in four times a year, starting with a baseline checkup, and then moving into wellness and diet, cardiac health and blood tests and lastly doing a “genetic deep dive.” Medications dispensed on site are included in the membership.
Info: Forward, Fashion Island, 401 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach and the Americana at Brand, 889 Americana Way, Glendale. $149 a month. goforward.com
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War Powers Resolution: Syria
Congress Must Figure Out What Our Government Is Doing In The Name of the AUMF
By Jack Goldsmith
Friday, May 17, 2013, 10:02 AM
A common assumption in the debate about the appropriate legal regime for extra-AUMF threats is that the AUMF is cabined and cannot be extended to newly threatening Islamist terrorist threats. Yesterday’s SASC hearing exploded this assumption. The hearing made clear that the Obama administration’s long insistence that it is deeply legally restrained under the AUMF is misleading and at a minimum requires much more extensive scrutiny. It also made clear that the SASC’s oversight of the basic legal regime for DOD operations has not been (until yesterday) serious.
DOD officials insisted that they are satisfied with their AUMF authorities and don’t at this time need new ones. In the course of explaining why this is so, they articulated a very broad vision of the scope of the AUMF. As Senator King said: “[Y]ou’re saying we don’t need any change [in the AUMF] because of the way you read it we can do anything. . . . The way you read it there’s no limit.”
Consider some of the DOD positions articulated yesterday. When asked by Senator McCain whether “the 2001 AUMF be read to authorize lethal force against al Qaeda’s associated forces in additional countries where they are now present, such as Mali, Libya and Syria,” Acting DOD General Counsel Robert Taylor said: “On the domestic law side, yes sir.” When asked by Senator Graham whether the President has domestic authority to put boots on the ground in Yemen and Congo, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Michael Sheehan answered that “under domestic authority he would have that authority” (Yemen) and “Yes sir he does” (Congo).
Then Senator Donnelly and the DOD officials had this exchange on the al-Nusra front, the powerful AQ-associated rebel group in Syria:
Donnelly: Would you call the al Nusra front in Syria an AQ affiliated terrorist group?
Sheehan: Yes sir, I would.
Donnelly: Would you say that the AUMF applies to the al Nusra front? . . .
Taylor: As with many things with Syria, we’re looking very hard and very carefully and I don’t have a definitive answer for you at the moment.
Donnelly: . . . Would we have the ability to act against al Nusra today under the AUMF?
Sheehan: Yes sir, we’d have that ability to act against al Nusra if we felt they were threatening our security. We would have the authority to do that today.
Donnelly: Do we feel today that al Nusra is threatening our security?
Sheehan: I don’t want to get in in this setting for how we target different groups and organizations around the world.
At the end of the first panel, Sheehan attempted to walk back some of his testimony when he stated:
When I said that he did have the authority to put boots on the ground in Yemen or Congo I was not necessarily referring to that under the AUMF. Certainly the President has military personnel deployed all over the world today, in probably over 70-80 countries, and that authority is not always under AUMF. So I just want to clarify for the record that we weren’t talking about all that authority subject to AUMF.
Sheehan’s walk-back raises many questions, including: If the authority for U.S. military personnel to be in 70-80 countries “is not always the AUMF,” how many of those deployments are justified under the AUMF? (The phrase “not always” suggests a high number.) Moreover, Sheehan did not walk back Taylor’s claim about AUMF authorization for Syria, Mali, or Libya, and did not attempt to modify the exchange that implied serious DOD consideration of using force against al Nusra in Syria.
Yesterday’s hearing also reveals that the SASC – which, in anticipation of the supposed transfer of drone control from CIA to DOD has been playing up the robustness of its oversight – has no idea how DOD is interpreting the AUMF. Senator Levin asked whether DOD would provide a list of “associated forces” under the AUMF, implying that the Committee did not know which groups are covered. The Committee also seemed generally clueless and surprised about the legal standard that DOD applies in practice.
Yesterday’s hearing makes plain that the AUMF-war is much broader and much more easily expandable than I (and many on the SASC, it appears) had previously thought. The DOD testimony strongly suggested that DOD has a low legal threshold for identifying the all-important and benign-sounding “associated forces” under the AUMF. Fundamental questions about the scope of the war that Congress has authorized – the groups that constitute the enemy, the nations into which Congress has authorized force, and how determinations of such groups and nations are made – should not be the mystery to DOD’s main oversight committee that yesterday’s hearing made plain it is. It shouldn’t be a mystery to the American people either. But at a minimum, the SASC itself must get a full accounting from the administration about which groups are covered and into which nations DOD thinks Congress has authorized the President to use military force. Those lists should as a matter of law be reported regularly to Congress. They should also, I think, be made public. It should not be a surprise to the American people – and certainly not to DOD’s main oversight Committee – where and against whom Congress has authorized the President to use military force.
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Jack Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School, co-founder of Lawfare, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004, and Special Counsel to the Department of Defense from 2002-2003.
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Obama Administration Explains Why It Thinks Islamic State Strikes Comply With War Powers Resolution
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The Administration Has Violated the War Powers Resolution Unless It is Right About the Applicability of the AUMFs to the Islamic State
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The Lilith Blog 1 of 2
April 17, 2019 Yona Zeldis McDonough
Yona Zeldis McDonough: Like your character Isabel, you were raised in NYC and moved to Israel as an adult; can you say more about your decision and how it has shaped you?
Miryam Sivan: Isabel actually took the more common route which is to come to Israel as a young adult. She came at 22 right after college. I came in my mid-30s, already married with a child. This made all the difference since a child plunges you right into educational and social frameworks (in our case, a Kibbutz framework which we loved), which helped me connect. Unlike Isabel I was raised in New York with Israeli parents and so moving here was a kind of returning home, since I spent so much of my childhood in Tel Aviv. That feeling of being anchored in a place has been a tremendous boon to me. I am in love with the Israeli landscape (I lived in/near the Galilee for 20 years—where Isabel lives!) and feel a profound sense of belonging that I never did in New York, though I was happy there for most of my life. Until I wasn’t.
YZM: What’s it like to live in Hebrew and write in English?
MS: There is a certain kind of power writing about Israel in English. It guarantees an outsider status that of course has challenges but also rewards. I wish I weren’t so in love with English so I could commit myself to reading and writing in Hebrew, for Hebrew is an amazing language. But my creative, intellectual and literary consciousness has been shaped by English and I don’t know myself as a writer in any other language. I also love the wider frame I inhabit living in more than one language, which also means more than one culture. I think my sense of belonging would be more fraught if I couldn’t speak Hebrew well. If I were really ‘outside’ the society. But I do speak well and am part of what is going on, but when I sit at my desk I am in my world of English, which anchors me as well.
YZM: Isabel’s mother and lover feel the weight of the past is dragging her down; do you mean this larger statement about how our collective memories or experience of the Holocaust can cast a pall on the present?
MS: In Isabel’s case it’s not so much the collective memories as much as the very personal stories she is scribing for survivors. Her mother’s untold story also weighs on her. But casting out from the personal to the collective, I think the stories and traumas of the past are very much with us today, they inform many lives, and emotional and political landscapes. Unfortunately in today’s world any illusion that anti-Semitism is a phenomenon of the past has been destroyed. This hatred and other forms of racism are alive and well and actually collective memory can help motivate us to become activists in countering these negative forces.
YZM: Isabel enjoys sex with several men and is refreshingly guilt-free about her desires; care to elaborate?
MS: Ha! Yes Isabel is liberated from the sexist notions of what is proper and improper for a woman in the way she enjoys the pleasures of her body. She was married and monogamous for almost 20 years and with her divorce came a sense of adventure. In the course of the novel she also realizes how her need for sex is tied in to the traumas of the past. I don’t want to give too much away, but even when she reflects on the psychological motivations of her sex life, it is not through a filter of guilt or shame.
YZM: Can you talk about the role Isabel’s children—she has three—play in the novel?
MS: Isabel’s children are her anchor, the core of her life. Through them she experiences and learns about Israeli society (like I did). For example, Isabel never did the army because she married right after she moved here and was exempt, but when her two daughters are drafted and serve, she becomes familiar with this central Israeli institution. The novel begins and ends with grammar school ceremonies that she takes part in with her seven-year-old son, Uri. The children are a window into Israeli society for Isabel and for the novel’s non-Israeli readers. The family’s closeness is not atypical of Israeli families. Parents and children see one another all the time. This is partly the influence of Judaism and the traditional Friday night dinner—whether one is observant or secular—and it is also part of Middle Eastern society where family units are the core building block of identity.
YZM: Let’s talk about the title and its multiple meanings.
MS: Make it Concrete is firstly about making concrete the untold stories of Holocaust experiences. It is a reference to her ghostwriting. Along with that there is the frustration of not being able to bring the page her mother’s Holocaust story. On another level, Isabel also has a love of concrete—the grey building material—used prolifically in Israel. Once upon a time in the 1950s when the country was building housing stock like mad to accommodate the millions of immigrants arriving from the camps in Europe and Arab countries, concrete was seen as playing an integral part of ‘kibbutz galuyot’ or the ingathering of Jews from the Diaspora. For Isabel it also symbolizes this new non-American chapter in her life, but it excites her as well on a literal level. When she built her own home and when she visits one of her lovers on his building sites, she is uplifted by this alternate form of construction. She who builds narratives out of words and brings joy and solace to Holocaust survivors, sees in concrete physical structures in which people will live and ‘write’ the stories of their lives. She loves how the swirling grey mass hardens into structures which will later be called home.
YZM: What’s next for you?
MS: Excellent question. I have a novel called Love Match which is just about ready to be sent out into the world… looking for its forever home. And my new writing project is not prose but a screenplay—wish me luck—based on the life of a woman who like me, like Isabel, lived her life in more than one country, in more than one language. Europe, America, German, Yiddish, English—the themes of transnationalism and displacement that I always seem to write about are here as well.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lilith Magazine.
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Tony Oursler's 'The Influence Machine' comes to Edinburgh
In his first exhibition in Scotland, Tony Oursler presents The Influence Machine, an immersive outdoor sculptural experience located in George Square Gardens at the University of Edinburgh. The project runs from 23 – 26 November, 7pm to 9pm.
Described by the artist as "holographic model of human desire and dread", The Influence Machine captures the haunting atmosphere of magic lanterns, Victorian light shows, camera obscura and parlour tricks, while embracing the fully networked, digitally-assisted future of image and identity production.
A graduate of Cal Arts in LA and pioneer of video art in the early 1980s in New York, Oursler specialises in hallucinogenic and radical experimentation, employing projection, animation, montage and live action. He draws on a wide research base including art history, parapsychology, scenography, anthropology, mimetic-technology, phenomenology and neuroscience.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/InfluenceMachine
Image: Installation shot of Oursler's The Influence Machine in Soho Square, London, 2000. Photograph: Dennis Cowley
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Jackson vs. AEG Live
Another day, another Jackson family (as in Michael Jackson) court verdict. It feels like the Jackson’s have constantly been involved in some sort of court case since criminal charges were brought against Michael in 2005 for child sexual abuse. The latest in the seemingly endless civil cases since Michael’s death in June 2009 was settled this week when music giant AEG Live was found not liable for Jackson’s death.
This last trial lasted five months and served as an in-depth expose into Jackson’s last few days and weeks of life. Details included drug use by Jackson along with his now well-known doctor shopping in his efforts to obtain the drug that eventually ended his life, propofol. As these cases go, both sides attempted to shape this information for their own purposes.
The Jackson family lawyer argued that although Jackson was responsible for his own death, AEG Live also bore some of the guilt. It was argued that Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal doctor at the time he died and who is currently serving time for involuntary manslaughter in Jackson’s death, was both hired and supervised by AEG Live and kept him on despite the fact that he was incompetent. Jackson’s lawyer also argued that AEG Live were aware of Jackson’s frail physical condition but were looking to work him as much as possible despite references to him as “the freak” in company emails. Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother, and Michael’s children were seeking up to $1.5 billion in damages. The sum was an estimation of what Michael stood to make over the rest of his career should he have lived. AEG Live won their case by focusing their arguments on Michael and his drug use, representing Jackson as a classic drug abuser who would go to any lengths to score his drugs. AEG Live also claimed they would not have financed the world tour if they had known how bad off Jackson was to begin with.
In the end, the jury decided that AEG would not have hired an incompetent doctor to oversee an individual who was there to make the company millions of dollars. Evidence showed that only Jackson and Dr Murray were aware that Jackson was using propofol, a drug meant only as an anesthetic in operating rooms. While this case has ended, don’t assume that this is the end of the Jackson family in the news and in the courtroom. Dr. Murray is due to be released from prison at the end of this month due to his good behavior and prison overcrowding; the Jackson’s have already begun to seek out the media spotlight to show their disdain for the decision.
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David Hart
ZLP Studio Host
David, along with his wife Kirsten, are the studio co-hosts for Zola Levitt Presents.
David toured extensively with various ministries since the 1970s. Besides working with television ministries since the 1980s, David studied music at Azusa Pacific University (CA), served as lead vocalist for the Gospel group TRUTH, and as vocal director for The Voices of Liberty at Walt Disney World.
David, originally from California, lives in Branson, Missouri and currently leads worship for a local church.
David and Kirsten Hart
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Mega Millions Numbers for October 3, 2008
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The 7 Best Netflix Shows With New Seasons in 2019
Alice Kotlyarenko May 7, 2019 07-05-2019 5 minutes
Few things in life fill me with pure joy like new episodes of my favorite Netflix shows. If you’re a TV fiend yourself, you’ll understand where I’m coming from.
New seasons of your favorite shows mean the characters you love are going to be getting up to something new. And this year, some of the best Netflix shows have new seasons.
In this article we reveal the best Netflix shows with new seasons in 2019.
1. Black Mirror
After playing with interactive cinema in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Black Mirror: Bandersnatch: Everything You Need to Know Black Mirror: Bandersnatch: Everything You Need to Know Black Mirror: Bandersnatch offers a glimpse of the future of streaming media. In this article we attempt to answer your questions. Read More , the show is back with a new batch of dystopian stories.
If you somehow missed this Emmy-winning series, Black Mirror comments on technology-related trends and explores where they lead if taken to extremes. From state surveillance to social media shaming, the topics it covers are all too familiar.
There’s no official release date or trailer for Season 5 yet, and the teaser doesn’t tell you much about what to expect. So far we can be certain of two things. One, that the new season will be on Netflix at some point in 2019. And two, that it will be as mind-bending as ever.
2. Stranger Things
If you’re nostalgic for arcades, Dungeons and Dragons, and other nerdy attributes of the 1980s, Stranger Things is for you. And you’re not the only one. Stranger Things is one of the best Netflix shows, which is why millions tuned in for Season 2.
This mighty crowd is about to be glued to their screens again, with new episodes of the creepy Netflix sci-fi series due on July 4.
Stranger Things Season 3 will see the AV club, Eleven, and Sadie struggle with adolescence while fighting off the monsters of the Upside Down. It will jump two years ahead to the summer of 1985—and as the Season 3 poster says, “One summer can change everything.”
3. Peaky Blinders
The Shelby brothers will once again walk the grimy streets of Birmingham, their black coats flapping in the wind. The BBC crime drama series, set in the aftermath of World War I, will return to Netflix for Season 5 this year.
The exact date is as yet unknown, but rumor has it the new season will appear on Netflix in the summer of 2019. Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones), Sam Claflin (Hunger Games), and Anya Taylor-Joy (The Handmaid’s Tale) are among the new additions to the Peaky Blinders cast.
There’s no official trailer yet, so we can only wonder what awaits the Shelby clan in Season 5. Seeing as Tommy Shelby was elected Member of Parliament at the end of Season 4, things are bound to get interesting.
4. The Crown
While the world is anticipating a new royal baby, The Crown’s fandom is awaiting new episodes of the period drama. Netflix hasn’t announced the exact due date for Season 3 yet, but it’s set to air sometime after July 1, 2019.
The new episodes will follow Queen Elizabeth II through the 1960s and 1970s. The season will start in 1964 and show the rise of The Beatles, among other major events of the era.
New characters will include Camilla Parker Bowles, but Princess Diana won’t appear just yet. The cast is going to get a few stellar additions. Oscar-winning Olivia Colman (The Favourite) will take over as the middle-aged Queen; Helena Bonham Carter will join the show as Princess Margaret; and Tobias Menzies (Game of Thrones) will play Prince Philip.
5. The OA
With its interdimensional travel and somewhat silly “movements,” The OA is as addictive as it is bizarre. So if you’re hooked on this supernatural story, we have good news for you. The long-awaited Season 2 is finally on Netflix.
New episodes of The OA premiered on March 22, 2019—more than two years after the first season. The very first episode cuts to the chase and answers the questions the season finale left open.
Not to spoil Season 2 for you, but let me just say it adds a whole new dimension to the OA’s story. Two new dimensions, actually.
6. Orange Is the New Black
For six seasons, Netflix subscribers have followed Piper Chapman through her time in the Litchfield prison. From riots and police brutality to prison romance and marriage, the series has covered the ins and outs of life in the U.S. penitentiary system.
Now, according to Netflix, the story is coming to an end. The new Season 7, scheduled to appear on Netflix in 2019, will be the final one.
There’s no official date or even trailer for the season yet, but we more or less know what to expect.
With Piper granted an early release at the end of Season 6, we’re going to see her adjust to post-prison life while struggling with separation from her new spouse Alex. Blanca’s immigration status will get addressed, and the storylines of other inmates will hopefully reach their own resolutions.
7. Dear White People
If you overlooked this satirical series, you have just a few months to catch up. Dear White People deals with race and social justice in a fictional Ivy League college, and does so brilliantly. The show is coming back for Season 3 in 2019.
The new season of the Netflix original will see the mystery of The Order of X unfold.
Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), the narrator of the first two seasons, appeared as a member of The Order in the Season 2 finale. Whether he’s the leader or just the messenger of this black secret society, we’ll definitely see more of him in the new episodes.
More of the Best Netflix Shows Worth Watching
Once the excitement of these new seasons wears off, you’re sure to start looking for more of the best Netflix shows to watch. Fortunately, Netflix has more TV shows than you’ll have time to watch. You should start with these awesome Netflix originals you’ve probably never heard of.
Sadly, not all good Netflix series get renewed for more seasons. Sometimes they get cancelled, much to the fans’ dismay. But if you don’t mind getting attached to a show that won’t get new episodes, here are the best cancelled Netflix originals still worth watching 10 of the Best Cancelled Netflix Originals Still Worth Watching 10 of the Best Cancelled Netflix Originals Still Worth Watching Netflix has a reputation for cancelling its original shows. However, some cancelled Netflix Originals are still worth watching. Read More .
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I totally recommend "The Queen Of The South" starting its 3rd season this year. You won't be disappointed...
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Some of those are good but Netflix has foreign shows that are much better for example ERTUGRUL that is in its 4th season.
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Alice is a technology writer with a soft spot for Apple tech. She's been writing about Mac and iPhone for a while, and is fascinated by the ways technology reshapes creativity, culture, and travel.
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Intended Road Closures Mon Town 15 to 22 July
Intended Road Closures Monaghan Town 15 to 22 July - Country Music Festival
Temporary Closing of Roads
In order to facilitate the Monaghan Town Country Music Festival and Festival Funfair, it is the intention of Monaghan County Council to close the following roads and carpark on dates and times as described below: -
Monaghan Town
LS5515 – Lower Mill Street between North Road and Church Square from Thursday 18th July 2019 to Saturday 20th July 2019 between the hours of 6:30pm and 12.30 a.m. and on Sunday 21st July 2019 between the hours of 2.30 pm and 11:30 pm
LS5515 – Upper Mill Street between Hill Street and North Road from
Thursday 18th July 2019 to Saturday 20th July 2019 between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 1.30 a.m. and on Sunday 21st July 2019 between the hours of 6.30 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.
R867 – From Market Street to the Diamond (including Church Square), Monaghan Town from Thursday 18th July 2019 to Saturday 20th July 2019 between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. and on Sunday 21st July 2019 between the hours of 2.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.
N54 – Glaslough Street (past the entrance to the car park (at the Hive Restaurant) via the Diamond and Dublin Street to Old Cross Square from Thursday 18th July 2019 to Saturday 20th July 2019 between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. and on Sunday 21st July 2019 between the hours of 2.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.
Lower Courthouse Car Park closure:
From Monday 15th July 2019 at 8.00 a.m. until Monday 22nd July 2019 at 6.00 p.m. a section of the lower Courthouse carpark to facilitate the Festival Funfair (84 short term spaces, 37 long term spaces and 2 disabled spaces)
Alternative Routes:
Traffic coming from the North via Glaslough Street, wishing to access Dublin Street may do so via Plantation Road, North Rd (NS 54) to the N2 By-pass roundabout.
Traffic coming from the North via Glaslough Street, wishing to access The Clones Road (NS 54), or The Cootehill Rd (R188), or the Ballybay Road (R162), may do so via Plantation Road, North Road, Rowantree Road, High Street, Hill Street, Market Street, Park Street, Broad Road to the traffic lights.
Traffic approaching the town from N2 Derry road to divert via the N2 Monaghan Bypass at Coolshannagh roundabout (Grahams). Monaghan town bound traffic to turn right at roundabout at (Bogue’s) signposted Monaghan, and continue along R937 past Cathedral entering the town.
Traffic coming from the South, via Dawson Street, wishing to access Dublin Street, may do so via North Rd (NS 54) to the N2 By-pass roundabout.
Local and emergency services access will be catered for at all times.
Any interested person may lodge an objection to the closing of the above-mentioned roads with the Head of Roads, Monaghan County Council, MTEK II Building, Knockaconny, Monaghan not later than Tuesday 25th June 2019.
Any objections must be clearly marked on envelope “Objection To Road Closure”
This notice complies with the Roads Act 1993 (Section 75)
Gráinne O'Brien,
Acting Senior Engineer
Issued by Monaghan County Council on 19/06/2019 ( Show more... )
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The Land of an African Sultan : Travels in Morocco
IB Tauris The Land of an African Sultan : Travels in Morocco
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"There are men", say the Moors, 'who have come from islands far away to the west, upon the great ocean, to see Morocco. Like all the world, they know that there is no other land to compare to it". Walter Harris and Morocco are inextricably linked. For 35 years, he immersed himself in the culture and way of life of Morocco in a way that few ever had before. At a time when the wild, lawless interior of the country had hardly been explored by any westerner, Harris would dress as a local and venture into the badlands, fearlessly encountering caids and saints, brigands and warriors. In this classic work, Harris gives an evocative account of his journeys around Morocco from 1887-1889. In Tangier, he writes of the eccentrics, artists and lost souls who lived there. He takes an eventful ride through Wazzan - a place few Europeans would ever dare to visit. In Marrakech, he paints a riveting picture of the decadence and darkness of the sultan's court. And, finally, he recounts the story of his now-celebrated ride, in disguise, to Sheshouan - the second of only three Christians ever to enter the town. Walter Harris was a legendary storyteller and through his rich descriptions of the tribes, customs and everyday life of Morocco, he renders a portrait of the country that is hard to surpass. "The Land of an African Sultan" is a story as compelling now as it was over a century ago - a gem of a book for all those who follow in his footsteps to the land of the setting sun.
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Marie Duffy’s career began at the age of six with dance teacher Maitiu O’Maoileidigh at the world famous Inis Ealga Academy in Dublin. By the age of thirteen she was already creating steps for her dance class. Having successfully passed the TCRG exam at the age of twenty, she continued as co-director and teacher at Inis Ealga alongside Maitiu O’Maoileidigh. During this time the school enjoyed success in every category, in every age, and in both male and female sections at the All Ireland and World Championships, winning over 400 titles in total. The school also won the gold medal for Ireland at the Folk Dance Olympics in Dijon in 1981. In 1988 Marie set up the Marie Duffy Irish Dance School in Dublin, which enjoyed continuing success at all “Majors” – the highest level in competitive dancing.
Her Dance Show career began in 1996 when she was invited by Michael Flatley to work on Lord of the Dance which was followed by involvement on Feet of Flames (1999) and Celtic Tiger (2007). As Dance Director and Associate Choreographer, Marie has travelled all over the world with Michael’s shows: touring Taiwan in 2009 with Feet of Flames and around Europe in 2010 with The Return of Michael Flatley tour.
Marie has worked at many prestigious events including The Prince’s Trust and the Ryder Cup in the UK, the Oscars in Los Angeles, Prince Albert’s Red Cross Ball in Monaco and recently for HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. TV Shows include Dancing with the Stars and Superstars of Dance in the USA and Tonight’s the Night and Britain’s got Talent in the UK as well as Irish Dance and Music Shows including Irish TV’s Beirt Eile and Club Ceile.
As an Examiner for CLRG Marie has worked all over the world and has been an External Examiner for the Graduate and Masters’ course for Irish Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. She has served on CLRG continuously since 1969 and is currently the Vice President for England. At the 2011 World Championships, held in her home town of Dublin, Marie was presented with a lifetime achievement award, recognising her dedication to the world of Irish Dance and Culture. Later that year, in conjunction with her husband, she set up the Marie Duffy Foundation.
In March 2015 Marie retired from Lord of the Dance after 20 years of loyal unbroken service and returned to her first love, teaching Irish Dancing to the next generation of dancers. She joined Hilary Joyce Owens and her Dance School Scoil Rince Ceim Oir based just outside the west of London as a dance teacher. Also in 2015, partnering with Eddie Rowley, Marie commenced writing her auto-biography, “Lady of the Dance”, which was published in March 2017 and is available to buy online at our shop. A significant portion of the profits from the sale of her book is donated to the Foundation.
Watch this space – her story has not ended yet. As is the motto of our Foundation, “We go onwards improving all the time!”.
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MNN.com > Earth Matters > Space
Astronomers witness birth of massive galaxy cluster
Discovery of 14 galaxies merging into one incredible celestial structure stuns researchers.
An illustration of the 14 galaxy clusters on a collision course to form what astronomers are calling 'one of the most massive structures in the modern universe.' (Photo: ESO/M. Kornmesser)
Billions of years ago, well before our own solar system was born, 14 star-dense galaxies collided dramatically to form what astronomers now believe is likely "one of the most massive structures in the modern universe." Located some 12.4 billion light-years away, the so-called "birth of a protocluster core" appears today as it existed only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang.
The astronomers made the remarkable discovery, detailed in the most recent issue of the journal Nature, after following up on the presence of a bright "fuzzy blob" in the night sky captured by South Pole Telescope in Antarctica. What they initially suspected was three galaxies turned out to be something much more dramatic when surveyed using the more sensitive Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.
"It just hit you in the face because all of a sudden there are all these galaxies there," astrophysicist and study co-author Scott Chapman of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, said in a statement. "We went from three to 14 in one fell swoop. It instantly became obvious this was a very interesting, massive structure forming and not just a flash in the pan."
The ALMA radio telescope captured these 14 galaxies, located some 12.8 billion light-years away from Earth, on a dramatic collision course. (Photo: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF))
While astronomers have observed massive clusters in the modern universe before, this is the first time they've captured one on the verge of forming. The statistics — as you might expect for 14 galaxies merging into one — are staggering. According to the researchers, the observed protocluster likely contained around 10 trillion suns’ worth of mass, growing to more than 1,000 trillion suns' worth of mass as it matured into one giant elliptical galaxy over billions of years.
In an interview with the BBC, co-author Dr. Axel Weiß of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy shared how all of this drama is unfolding in a region of space only four or five times the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.
"If you put all the planets into the orbit between the Earth and moon, it's the same sort of scale of mass concentration," he added.
Because light from the impending collision between these galaxies takes billions of years to reach Earth, researchers can only look to other clusters, such as the massive Coma Cluster, for what its form might look like today.
"The uniqueness of the Coma Cluster is it's one of the most massive structures we know about in the whole local Universe. [It has about] 10,000 billion solar masses. It's the most extreme structure that we know about," explained Weiß.
Leveraging the power of computer modeling also allows researchers to peer forward in time to see what this protocluster may have become. As shown below, the unfolding drama over "only" 1 billion years is as violently dramatic as anything you're likely to see in the universe.
Researchers say the discovery of the protocluster, designated SPT2349-56, is likely to rewrite current thinking of the origins and evolutions of galaxies so quickly after the Big Bang.
"How this assembly of galaxies got so big so fast is a bit of a mystery, it wasn’t built up gradually over billions of years, as astronomers might expect," Tim Miller, a doctoral candidate at Yale University and coauthor on the paper, said in National Radio Astronomy Observatory statement. "This discovery provides an incredible opportunity to study how galaxy clusters and their massive galaxies came together in these extreme environments."
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Barnard Island Group National Park
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Location North Barnard Islands, Queensland
Address North Barnard Islands, Queensland, Australia
Lat, Long -17.683333, 146.183333
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Phone Number 07 4051 3588
Description Known as high continental islands, the forested slopes of the Barnard islands rise steeply from the sea. Heights of the islands vary from 19–95 m. The Barnard islands have a fascinating geological history dating back 420 million years. The older North Barnard islands are metamorphic rock outcrops while the younger South Barnard islands are layers of well-preserved volcanic tuff with steeply dipping basalt dykes cut through these layers. The rocky slopes of the Barnard islands are densely cloaked in rainforest, with diversity increasing with the size of the island. Mangroves fringe parts of the islands and coastal plants border the shores. The South Barnard islands (Sister and Stephens islands) are an important breeding site for seabirds. Six species of terns have been recorded nesting there, mainly in the dense vegetation next to the shore. Twenty-three species of woodland birds have also been recorded on and around the Barnard islands. The Barnard Island Group National Park is part of the 'sea country' of the local Mamu Aboriginal people. In the late 1800s, a bech-de-mer fishing settlement was built on Sisters Island. Six boats and a large Aboriginal workforce occupied the island until the settlement was lost in a cyclone in 1890. A small lighthouse was built on Kent Island in 1897. It was staffed until a cyclone in 1918 forced the evacuation of the lighthouse keeper and his family, after which the lighthouse was automated. Jessie, Bresnahan, Hutchinson, Sisters and Stephens islands have been protected as national park since 1936. Kent and Lindquist islands are Commonwealth islands. Camping is permitted on Stephens and Kent islands only. Campers must be self-sufficient. There are no walking tracks on the Barnard Island Group National Park. Short walks are possible on the few small access tracks around the camping areas and along the beaches. Island parks and the surrounding marine waters are internationally significant and are protected in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Zones in the two marine par
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Rapid Sea Level Rise? To the Contrary, Nature Says
By Chip Knappenberger -- September 7, 2011
“The short-term rate of global sea level rise has decreased by about 25% since the release of the AR4—and a new paper shows that some 15% of the observed rise comes not from global warming, but instead from global dewatering…. [R]ather than raising its projections of sea level rise, perhaps the IPCC ought to consider lowering them once again.”
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is under pressure to revisit its projections of the expected amount of sea level rise by the year 2100. Many rather influential types are pushing for the IPCC to dramatically increase its central estimate by some 2-3 times above the value given in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).
Nature speaks with a contrary voice, political agendas aside. The short-term rate of global sea level rise has decreased by about 25% since the release of the AR4—and a new paper shows that some 15% of the observed rise comes not from global warming, but instead from global dewatering.
In light of all this, rather than raising its projections of sea level rise, perhaps the IPCC ought to consider lowering them once again (as it did from its from its First Assessment Report to its Second, and from its Second to its Third).
IPCC Sea Level Rise Projections
After the release of the IPCC AR4, skeptics were howling mad with the IPCC and its relatively modest projections of future sea level rise (I use skeptics here to refer to someone who is at odds with some aspect of the IPCC and its “consensus of 2,500 scientists”), claiming that the IPCC failed to consider the large amount of ice that was surely to be lost from Greenland and Antarctica as the temperatures (both land and ocean) there increased. But the IPCC defended itself via Dr. Richard Alley (one of the authors of the IPCC AR4 chapter dealing with sea level rise projections). Dr. Alley testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology shortly after the release of the AR4 concerning the state of scientific knowledge of accelerating sea level rise and pressure to exaggerate what it known about it. Dr. Alley told the Committee:
This document [the IPCC AR4] works very, very hard to be an assessment of what is known scientifically and what is well-founded in the refereed literature and when we come up to that cliff and look over and say we don’t have a foundation right now, we have to tell you that, and on this particular issue, the trend of acceleration of this flow with warming we don’t have a good assessed scientific foundation right now.
The IPCC did toss a bone to its skeptics by discussing the potential for “changes in ice dynamics” to “increase the contributions of both Greenland and Antarctica to 21st-century sea level rise” listing basal lubrication in Greenland and loss of glacial buttressing in Antarctica as possible mechanisms. In a back-of-the-envelope type of calculation, the IPCC determined that “if recently observed increases in ice discharge rates from Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets were to increase linearly with global average temperatures change, that would add 0.1 to 0.2 meters to the upper bound of sea level rise.” But, somewhat astutely, the IPCC added “Understanding of these effects is too limited to assess their likelihood or to give a best estimate.” I say “astutely”, because in the case of basal lubrication in Greenland, additional research has shown this not to be very effective at producing a large long-term acceleration of ice flow (e.g. Nick et al., 2009), and in the case of Antarctica, modeling work suggests that recent accelerations are not likely to be sustained (Joughin et al., 2010).
The Pressure Mounts
In its AR4, released in 2007, the IPCC had pretty modest sea level rise projections which ranged from about 18 cm (7.1 in.) to 59 cm (23.2 in.) with a central value about 38.5 cm (15.2 in.). But in the intervening years between the publication of the AR4 and now, a host of papers have been published which suggest that the most likely sea level rise by century’s end will be near, or even exceed 1 meter (e.g., Vermeer and Rahmstorf, 2009; Grinsted et al., 2009). And a new paper that NASA’s Jim Hansen has in the works suggests the “possibility of multi-meter sea level rise this century.”
Such findings have raised a far degree of alarm and resulting in growing pressure for the IPCC to reassess their TAR projections. And waiting until the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report to investigate the topic apparently is unacceptable. And so a movement is afoot to try to sneak some new sea level rise text into one of the other myriad “Special Reports” put out by the IPCC (which typically don’t draw as much attention as the their major Assessment Reports do—but I imagine that would change with the release of a major change in the projected rate of sea level rise). One potential outlet would be the IPCC’s “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)” that is scheduled for release in late 2011 or early 2010. I hope the IPCC resists this urge.
In reconsidering its existing sea level rise projections, the biggest thing that the IPCC needs to bear in mind—even bigger than the string of reports projecting a meter sea level rise by the year 2100—is what reality has to say.
Nature Intervenes
There are at least three things that nature is telling us that I think the IPCC ought to pay attention to.
First off, the decadal rate of sea level rise has been decreasing.
Some may be quick to argue that looking at the rate of sea level rise for such a short period of time is not instructive, but to such people I would respond that the IPCC apparently found that it was instructive enough to include in the high profile Summary For Policymakers (SPM) section of the AR4 in which they had the following to say:
“Global average sea level rose at an average rate of 1.8 [1.3 to 2.3] mm per year over 1961-2003. The rate was faster over 1993 to 2003: about 3.1 [2.4 to 3.8] mm per year. Whether the faster rate for 1993 to 2003 reflects decadal variability or an increase in the longer-term trend is unclear.”
So if the 3.1 mm per year from 1993 to 2003 were interesting enough to be included in the SPM, then, keeping up with the decadal rate of change should be high on the IPCC’s to-do list.
And just in case they have let this slip, I include Figure 1 which shows the progression of the decadal rate of sea level rise as measured by the same source used by the IPCC, from the inception of the data in 1993 through the present.
Figure 1. The trend in the decadal rate of sea level rise as measured by the satellite-borne altimeters from 1993 through March 2011. Note that these data have been revised since the IPCC AR4 such that the rates of sea level rise do not correspond exactly to those reported by the IPCC in its AR4 (data source and information about the data revisions: University of Colorado Sea Level Research Group)
The rate of sea level rise for the most recent 10-yr period is 2.37mm/yr—a drop of nearly 25% from the value last reported by the IPCC.
On to number 2. A fair proportion of the sea level rise is not from global warming, but instead is from global dewatering.
What am I calling “global dewatering”? The pumping of groudwater for human use, the bulk of which finds it way into the global oceans instead of back into the aquifers where it came from. A new paper by Leonard Konikow of the U.S. Geological Society puts the total annual groundwater removal during the 2000s as ~145 cubic kilometers per year, which subsequently contributes about 0.40mm per year of sea level rise. And Konikow finds this amount to be on the rise (i.e., contributes an ever-growing amount to the rate of global sea level rise).
So of the 2.37mm/yr of observed sea level rise, ~0.40mm/yr—or about 15%—comes not from “global warming” but instead from our consumptive water use. Which leaves only about 2mm/yr from climate change—a value which falls comfortably in the range of sea level rise which characterizes the behavior during the 20th century. In other words—evidence for a recent acceleration of sea level rise is entirely lacking.
Which brings me to my third point for the IPCC to consider: there is a huge disconnect between current rates of sea level rise and the rate necessary to get to 1 meter by the year 2100. If the global sea level is going to be 1 meter (or more) higher in 89 years, it better get going. As of now, it needs to average 11.23 mm/yr or a rate that is about 5.7 times greater than the current rate to get to a meter by 2100.
But, as with most catastrophic climate change projections, there always seems to be an “out” when it comes to trying to use actual observations against wild projections. In Hansen’s “multi-meter sea level rise this century” paper, he helpfully includes the figure below (Figure 2), to explain why most of us will be dead before knowing whether he was right or not—instead of a linear increase in the rate of sea level rise, he suggests that it more likely will be exponential and all sneak up on us during the last few decades before 2100.
Figure 2. Hansen’s caption: “Five-meter sea level change in 21st century under assumption of linear change and exponential change (Hansen, 2007), the latter with a 10-year doubling time.”
The good old “exponential rise”—an alarmist’s dream.
Well, if Hansen is right, hopefully we’ll have figured out a way to deal with it by then. And if he is wrong, then business-as-usual seems to be plenty sufficient to handle what is to come. (Note: in the real world, exponential changes are usually not sustainable).
All this to say that the IPCC has its job cut out for it when it comes to reassessing its projections of 21st century sea level rise.
The observations are not well-cooperating with the projections calling for a sustained acceleration of the rate of sea level rise leading to a rapid increase in the height of the oceans—in fact, the rate of sea level rise (which itself is the grand integrator of all processes acting upon it, including ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica) was been slowing.
Instead of racing upwards, the global sea level is plodding a way along at a rate that that will only produce an additional ~20 centimeters (~8 inches) of rise between now and century’s end.
So, instead of the IPCC authors trying to justify a meter or more, it seems like they are going to have to work hard just to defend the AR4 mean value of 39 cm (15 inches).
Grinsted, A., J.C. Moore, and S. Jevrejeva. 2009. Reconstructing sea level from paleo and projected temperatures 200 to 2100AD. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-008-0507-2.
Hansen, J., and M. Sato, 2011. Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change, accepted for publication in Climate Change at the Eve of the Second Decade of the Century: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional Aspects: Proceedings of Milutin Milankovitch 130th Anniversary Symposium (Eds. Berger, Mesinger and Sijaki), Springer. (http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0968v3)
Joughin, I., Smith, B. E., and D. M. Holland, 2010. Sensitivity of 21st Century Sea Level to Ocean-induced Thinning of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20502, doi:10.1029/2010GL044819.
Konikow, L., 2011. Contribution of Global Groundwater Depletion Since 1900 to Sea-Level Rise. Geophysical Research Letters, in press.
Nick, F. M., et al., 2009. Large-scale changes in Greenland outlet glacier dynamics triggered at the terminus. Nature Geoscience, DOI:10.1038, published on-line January 11, 2009.
Vermeer, M., and S. Rahmstorf, 2009. Global sea level linked to global temperature. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 51, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0907765106, 21527-21532.
Andrew • September 7, 2011 at 2:52 pm
It hasn’t been published anywhere yet, but over at Lucia’s, Steve F did an interesting analysis variant on the Rhamstorf work claiming large future sea level changes. He incorporated ground water depletion, among other things, here:
http://rankexploits.com/musings/2011/update-to-a-first-order-estimate-of-future-sea-level-rise/
Basically it confirms the IPCC AR4 estimates. He uses a more physically based way of calculating the Steric contribution than does Rhamstorf, too.
Silly sinking island claims recycled | JunkScience Sidebar • September 8, 2011 at 1:33 am
[…] Rapid Sea Level Rise? To the Contrary, Nature Says by Chip Knappenberger September 7, 2011 “The short-term rate of global sea level rise has decreased by about 25% since the release of the AR4—and a new paper shows that some 15% of the observed rise comes not from global warming, but instead from global dewatering…. [R]ather than raising its projections of sea level rise, perhaps the IPCC ought to consider lowering them once again.” […]
MostlyHarmless • September 12, 2011 at 5:05 am
“Whether the faster rate for 1993 to 2003 reflects decadal variability or an increase in the longer-term trend is unclear” (AR4)
Analysis I’ve been doing on Pacific sea-level shows a large effect from the 1997/8 ENSO – a sharp drop followed by a sharper rise. It’s remarked on all the websites I obtain data from. Why were the AR4 authors unaware of this? Data from Australian sites shows this accounts for most of the rise in the second half of the century, and it’s easy to show that graphically.
Jennifer • January 24, 2012 at 6:26 am
Excellent work, excellent article. Let me write a couple of words on social & legal context
So if an island nation is submerged beneath the ocean, does it maintain its membership in the United Nations? Who is responsible for the citizens? Do they travel on its passport? Who claims and enforces offshore mineral and fishing rights in waters around a submerged nation? International law currently has no answers to such questions.
United Nations Ambassador Phillip Muller of the Marshall Islands said there is no sense of urgency to find not only those answers, but also to address the causes of climate change, which many believe to be responsible for rising ocean levels.
“Even if we reach a legal agreement sometime soon, which I don’t think we will, the major players are not in the process,” Muller said.
Those players, the participants said, include industrial nations such as the United States and China that emit the most carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases. Many climate scientists say those gases are responsible for global warming. Mary-Elena Carr of Columbia University’s Earth Institute said what is now an annual sea level rise of a few millimeters will increase dramatically by the year 2100. “The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. International legal experts are discovering climate change law, and the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is a case in point: The Polynesian archipelago is doomed to disappear beneath the ocean. Now lawyers are asking what sort of rights citizens have when their homeland no longer exists.
t present, however, there appear to be at least three possibilities that could advance the international debate about ‘climate refugee’ protections and fill existing gaps in international law.
The first option is to revise the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees to include climate (or environmental) refugees and to offer legal protections similar to those for refugees fleeing political persecution. A second, more ambitious option is to negotiate a completely new convention, one that would try to guarantee specific rights and protections to climate or environmental ‘refugees`.
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adam zollo • July 22, 2015 at 2:39 pm
(1) An accelerating model actually makes quite a lot of sense to myself, though I (like you) am not a climatologist. To put simply, ice tends to melt faster in a room that is hotter. Of course, other factors must be considered such as the exposed surface area of melting ice, but I’d want to carefully examine such issues before labeling exponential models as “alarmist dreams”. In my opinion we should not equate computer modelling that show exponential changes in X value over Y period of time with “slippery slope fallacies”.
(2) 15% of the sea-level rise is from global dewatering. Great, but how much was global dewatering contributing to previous years? Do we assume that dewatering happens at a sustained rate or has that rate been decreasing/increasing? My guess would be that dewatering is probably decreasing as aquifiers dry up, but this is a guess. But if I were offering critique or peer review, I’d probably want to address this possibility first.
(3) We should consider that even though the rate of increase is decelerating, the rate of water being added to the oceans may be linear or even accelerating. If you are filling a V shaped glass, then the amount of water to go from a 4cm depth to a 5cm depth is greater than the amount of water to go from a 3cm depth to a 4cm depth. This is because as water is added, the surface area of the top increases. Since most of our ocean shoreline is more accurately “—”-shaped than “V”-shaped, the effect would be even greater. Of course, this does support the idea that for a large increase, we’d need an exponential model.
To conclude my thoughts, it is possible that the deceleration is caused by some combination of (a) reduced dewatering and (b) the rate of melt-off is unable to match the pace of the growing surface area of our ocean in a way that would sustain linear depth increases. Also, exponential growth seems fairly plausible.
Of course, assuming you’re assessment is correct and growth is linear (which I’m doubtful of), we still have a problem. Linear growth doesn’t change where we are going, only how fast we get there.
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LIBOR Reform
McGuireWoods' Response to the Publication of the Wheatley Review
The much-anticipated Wheatley Review on reforming the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) was published this morning, 28 September 2012 .
The three key conclusions and recommendations are:
There is a clear case in favour of comprehensively reforming LIBOR, rather than replacing it. The Wheatley Review concludes that a transition to a new benchmark would pose an unacceptably high risk of significant financial instability and risk large-scale litigation between parties holding contracts that reference LIBOR.
Transaction data should be explicitly used to support LIBOR submissions.
Market participants should continue to play a significant role in the production and oversight of LIBOR.
As anticipated, as part of the reform of LIBOR it has been recommended that responsibility for LIBOR be transferred from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) to a new administrator. It therefore seems LIBOR will continue to exist, although it will be administered by a new body.
The other point to note is that it has been recommended that the number of currencies and tenors for which LIBOR is published be reduced. Specifically, it is recommended that publication of all LIBOR rates for Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Danish kroner, New Zealand dollars and Swedish kronor be discontinued. The Wheatley Review suggests a six- to 12-month transition period for the removal of these currencies. Facilities involving those currencies will need to be carefully reviewed.
With regard to the impact on loan documentation, the issue arises where express reference is made to the British Bankers’ Association LIBOR rate. This is the terminology used for example in the London-based Loan Market Association’s recommended form of syndicated facility agreement. Although the document provides for an alternative method for determining the interest rate, we would expect that in the longer term, documentation changes will need to be made in order to make proper reference to the new LIBOR administrating authority.
The U.K. government has already indicated that the Wheatley recommendations will be enacted through new parliamentary legislation. It will be interesting to see if that legislation includes a provision whereby all references to BBA LIBOR in English law governed contracts will be treated as being a reference to the new LIBOR. That would be an efficient solution for English law governed contracts although it is not mentioned in the Wheatley Review.
Concern also arises in relation to ISDA documentation. However, comfort can be taken from the fact that while the Wheatley Review recommends reform of LIBOR, it is also mindful of the need to avoid causing financial instability or risking large-scale litigation between parties holding contracts that reference LIBOR. It is in the interests of all parties to arrive at a sensible solution that causes as little upheaval to existing contracts as possible.
Marc C. Isaacs
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MotoGP News: Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa Returns For GP Of France
After a three-race absence, Dani Pedrosa will return to race alongside Marc Marquez in Le Mans.
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After a three-race absence from MotoGP competition, this weekend Dani Pedrosa will return to race alongside teammate Marc Marquez for the Repsol Honda Team in Le Mans.
Pedrosa received surgery to his right arm to alleviate discomfort from arm pump and as a result missed the races at Circuit Of The Americas, Argentina and Spain, but returns in Le Mans for round five of the 2015 World Championship. Marquez, who was also injured in a training accident after the GP of Argentina, managed to fight for a second-place podium in Spain, and now arrives in Le Mans this weekend almost back to 100 percent.
The Le Mans Bugatti circuit is very stop-and-go, with plenty of slow turns where braking and acceleration performance are crucial. Riders and their engineers concentrate on honing their machines’ stability during braking, as well as improving rear-end traction for the numerous hairpin exits. The 4.18km circuit features the same start-finish straight as the Le Mans 24-hour event and a blindingly fast right-hander leading to the famous Dunlop chicane. Following this quick start to the lap, the stop-start character becomes evident, with a slow right-hander leading on to the main straight. It is one of nine right-hand turns, and four lefts.
Marquez has had mixed results at this circuit, but took his first MotoGP victory here last year. He’s also enjoyed a victory in 2011 (Moto2) and podiums in 2013 (MotoGP) and 2010 (125cc). Pedrosa has finished on the podium seven times including a win in atrocious conditions during the MotoGP race in 2013, and three victories in the lower classes (2003 in 125cc, 2004 and 2005 in 250cc).
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We have integrated Google Analytics on the website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereafter “Google”).
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on the user’s computer for the purpose of providing an analysis of the use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by the user are usually transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there. On the mes website, IP anonymisation is activated, so that the IP address of the users of Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area is shortened beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US, where it will be shortened so that data processing can take place outside the European Union. In this case, the transfer of the personal data collected by Google Analytics into the USA takes place. Google has been certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield (see https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI) and thus the legal requirements for the adequacy of the level of data protection for the provision of the service Google Analytics by way the order processing created.
The user may object to the use of Google Analytics and prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of the Internet browser, as shown above under 3 f). In addition, the user can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and its use of the website (including its IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by adding the browser add-on available under the following link Download and install -on to disable Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js): http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
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The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Article 6 (1) (f) DS-BER, as the use of Google Analytics is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of mes. The legitimate interests pursued by mes are the analysis of the use of the website in order to improve the internet presence and offers of mes and to make it more interesting for the user.
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The aggregation of the collected data in your Google Account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or withdraw from Google (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account (for example, because you do not have a Google Account or have objected to the merge), the collection of data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest results from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymous analysis of the website visitors for advertising purposes.
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h) Use of social media plug-ins
(i) mes does not use social media plug-ins on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter on its website.
i) Use of services from Google: YouTube, Google Maps, reCAPTCHA
mes has integrated the services of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, YouTube, Google Maps and reCAPTCHA on the website, as described below. By using these services, to the best of our knowledge, the following information and personal data of the user are transmitted to Google: IP address, date and time of the request including time zone, accessed website, amount of data transferred, browser, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software ,
Google has been certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield (see https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI) to ensure an appropriate level of privacy. For more information on the purpose and scope of the data collection and how it is processed by the YouTube, Google Maps and reCAPTCHA services, please visit https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://www.youtube.com / yt / about / DE / be retrieved.
(i) YouTube
mes has integrated videos from YouTube on its website, which are stored on http://youtube.com, for the purpose of making these YouTube videos playable directly on our website. Each time you visit a mes website that incorporates a YouTube video, YouTube and Google are aware of the specific bottom of our site that the user is visiting. In addition, the above information and personal information of the user will be transmitted to YouTube.
YouTube and Google always receive information through the YouTube component that a user has visited our website if they are simultaneously logged in to YouTube or Google at the time of accessing our website; this happens regardless of whether the user clicks on a YouTube video or not. This information is associated with the user’s account on Google or YouTube. If such information is not intended to be passed on to YouTube and Google by the user, the latter can prevent the transmission from logging out of his YouTube account before calling our website.
YouTube stores the data collected about the user as usage profiles and uses these for purposes of advertising, market research and / or tailor-made website design. Such an evaluation is done in particular (also for non-logged-in users) to display needs-based advertising and to inform other users of Google or YouTube about the activities of the user on our website. The user has a right of objection to the formation of these user profiles, whereby he must turn to YouTube for exercise.
The legal basis for the use of YouTube by mes is Article 6 (1) (f) DS-BER, as the use of YouTube is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller. Mes’s legitimate interests are to present on-demand advertising and information in the form of YouTube videos and to inform other users of the social network about user activity on our website.
Provider of YouTube is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
(ii) Google Maps
mes has integrated the offer of Google Maps on their website. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website, allowing you to conveniently use the map feature.
By visiting the website Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the above information and personal data of the user will be transmitted to Google. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to, or if there is no user account. When you’re logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before using Google Maps. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and / or tailor-made website design. Such evaluation will be carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide appropriate advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website. You have a right of objection to the formation of these user profiles, and you must comply with this to Google.
The legal basis for the use of Google Maps by mes is Article 6 (1) (f) DS-BER, as the use of Google Maps is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the person responsible. The legitimate interests pursued by mes are the presentation of interactive maps, specifying the location of mes directly on the website, and allowing the user to conveniently use the map function.
(iii) reCAPTCHA
mes has integrated on its website the service “reCAPTCHA” from Google. This makes it possible to distinguish whether entries made on the website by a natural person or abusive by a “robot” or a malicious program.
By visiting the website Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the above information and personal data of the user will be transmitted to Google. This is done regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to, or if there is no user account. When you’re logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before visiting the sub-page where “reCAPTCHA” is embedded. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and / or tailor-made website design. Such an evaluation is done in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide appropriate advertising and to inform other users of the social network about their activities on our website. You have a right of objection to the formation of these user profiles, and you must comply with this to Google.
The legal basis for the use of the “reCAPTCHA” service by mes is Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR, as the use of “reCAPTCHA” is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller. The legitimate interests pursued by mes are the protection against misuse of the website and input by a “robot” or malicious program.
3. Recipient of personal data / no transmission to a third country
Your personal data, in addition to the companies mentioned in paragraph 3, will only be forwarded to the following company, which hosts our website as our processor: https://all-inkl.com/
We do not transfer your personal information to a third country beyond the cases described in paragraph 3 above.
4. Duration of storage of personal data
We only store personal information about you for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed, unless statutory retention periods require longer storage.
5. Your rights as an affected person
You have the following rights:
Right to information on the personal data concerned (Article 15 of the GDPR)
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Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 of the GDPR)
Right of objection to processing if the data processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) of the GDPR (Article 21 of the GDPR); see also the final reference to the right of objection under Art. 21 DS-GVO
Right to data portability (Article 20 of the GDPR)
the right to revoke consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the data is retired if the processing of the data is based on a consent under Article 6 (1) (a) or Article 9 (2) (a) GMO is based
Right of appeal to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 DS-GVO)
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The provision of personal data is required to use the website. In the case of a non-provisioning the website can not be used or only with limited functionality, in particular the following functionalities of the website can not be used:
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7. No automated decision making / no profiling
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8. Modification of this Privacy Policy
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Elizabeth and Brad Edwards’ French Quarter Retreat
Lee Cutrone, Photos by Greg Miles,
Edwards lightened the inside of the house, which has windows on one side only, with white paint and had all of the chandeliers cleaned; she also removed heavy dentil crown molding from the tops of the walls and left the millwork and floors with a natural finish for contrast; sofa, Joss & Main, painting over mantel by Bill Gingles, from Gallery Orange.
Elizabeth and Brad Edwards already loved New Orleans when they decided to look for a second home. The couple, both of whom were raised in Louisiana, married in New Orleans and lived here while Brad went to medical school and did his residency. Houston became home for the Edwardses and their two children, now ages 16 and 14, but during Christmas 2012, inspired by the family’s New Orleans-themed Christmas ornament, Elizabeth suggested the couple buy a home-away-from-home in the Big Easy. In less than a month, she connected with a realtor and went to see a 19th century Creole cottage in the French Quarter that had been languishing on the market for three years. She immediately fell in love with the house and its charming courtyard.
Brad, however, needed some convincing. Months passed before the couple committed to buying the property, which was in serious need of structural repairs and maintenance. A previous owner had renovated the bathrooms, but a poorly executed balcony enclosure needed to be removed and there was termite damage. Nevertheless, the couple took the plunge and enlisted John-Alexis Crouch of French Quarter Renovations to do the work. “He was amazing,” said Elizabeth. “His attention to detail was impeccable.”
The couple also worked with the View Carre Commission, Albert Architecture and structural engineers at Morphy Makofsky to renovate the house with respect for its architectural integrity. The original portion of the house is believed to have been the free-standing kitchen to the house next door, with an addition made later, and the courtyard is proportionally larger than many because a second building that once occupied part of the property is no longer there. A plaque on the exterior of the house notes that local architect and Vieux Carre property owner Leon Impastato, once lived in the house.
The Edwardses wasted no time moving in, even while the renovations were underway. Elizabeth used a single shade of white to lighten and prime the interior for art, then brought in the furnishings she had been culling since first seeing the property five months earlier. “It’s funny, I started collecting and buying things for the house before I even owned it,” she confessed. “When we moved in, I had everything to completely decorate it except the art.”
Because it was a second home, she decided to buy anchor pieces such as sofas from affordable on-line sites such as Joss & Main. That left room for splurges on period antiques such as the armoire in the master bedroom, which speak to the age of the place. Because the interior was narrow and dark with few windows, she used mirrors to reflect light and open the space. She also recycled pieces from her Houston home and inherited pieces, such as the dining table and chairs, which had belonged to Brad’s father.
Where possible, she played to the romantic history of the French Quarter with appropriate flourishes. The guest room’s antique reproduction bed, which formerly occupied her daughter’s room is Houston, is now draped with a canopy of mosquito netting ordered online. As a counter-balance to the more historic elements, she opted for contemporary, mostly abstract art, which like the house itself, was a serendipitous love-at-first sight discovery. While walking down Royal Street one day with her son, Elizabeth stumbled upon Gallery Orange and ended up buying multiple paintings from that first visit. The gallery has since become her go-to French Quarter source for contemporary art and its owner, Tracy Geilbert, has become a close friend. Other favorite destinations for home décor include Moss Antiques and Lucullus.
The Edwardses’ house, which had two bedrooms and two baths when they bought it, now has three bedrooms (Elizabeth turned the front entrance into a room with a daybed) and two and a half baths. The family uses it frequently for holidays and weekend get-aways. Brad enjoys fly-fishing in Louisiana waters; Elizabeth’s favorite local pastime is sipping coffee in her peaceful courtyard.
“We love the Audubon Cottages,” said Elizabeth of the French Quarter hotel, comprised of seven secluded 18th century cottages, which served as a model for the pied a terre. “My goal was for this to be as beautiful as they are. But I think it’s even better.”
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New NFCC Chair sets out his vision
The new Chair of the National Fire Chief's Council set out his vision during his inaugural speech at last week's Spring Conference.
Roy Wilsher spoke to the conference about his personal ambitions were for the NFCC, what success would look like, how the NFCC would work and looked to the future.
He made it clear the NFCC was a UK-wide organisation and commented how pleased he was to see representatives from all four nations of the United Kingdom attending the conference, and thanked their representatives for providing an insight into their thoughts and policy perspectives for Fire and Rescue across the UK.
Looking to the future, he commented: "This is a time of great change in Fire and Rescue with the new Policing and Crime Act, lead Authority for Resilience, calls for workforce Reform, the NFCC itself. National Fire Chiefs Council is so much more than just a name change. For the first time we will have a full time Chair elected with the mandate to represent and talk on behalf of the Fire and Rescue Service at a national and international level following debate and agreement in Council."
He continued: "Another significant change will be the way we do business, CFOA was the professional voice of the Fire Service, it led the way on many issues and working with partners achieved some great things; Safe and Well visits, Fire as a Health Asset, Fire Professional Framework, joint Procurement, Research and Development, National Operational Guidance, and JESIP to name but a few. National Fire Chiefs Council will have an annual plan supported by committee plans and linked together by programme and project management based on and aligned to the National Operational Guidance Programme.
" It will be on the delivery of this plan along with the way I represent NFCC and work with stakeholders across the sector and beyond that I will be judged. Although NFCC is where collective decisions will be made it is not just about the Chiefs and senior professionals that attend National Fire Chiefs Council, the rest of the membership, the regions and working groups are really important."
I want the NFCC to be the professional leaders who are the 'go-to' organisation for advice on professional and technical matters, with identified subject matter experts
NFCC Chair, Roy Wilsher
The new Chair finished by saying: "I believe we are in a really good pace to be bold and ambitious, to move forward together, to support each other, to work with stakeholders and show the worth of Fire and Rescue as we balance prevention, protection and response. I truly believe we have a great future together."
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Nurses volunteering medical services Easter weekend to migrants recently released from federal detention
Nurse volunteers with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU), say they are providing medical care for unprecedented numbers of migrant families recently released from federal detention.
In February, when RNRN first started sending teams of volunteer nurses to the area each weekend, nurses were assessing about 40 to 60 patients each day. Now, nurses are seeing upwards of 100 people each day, and on April 14, the site was at maximum capacity with a census of 448 people.
"We've all seen the news reports of overcrowding and migrant families being held behind fences under freeway overpasses," said Cathy Kennedy, a Sacramento RN and NNU vice president who has volunteered in Tucson. “We need to make sure that we provide any type of medical and mental care and support that we can. We need to listen to their stories and provide some gentleness and kindness. It's just the right thing to do." Kennedy noted that the vast majority of migrant families are fleeing extreme poverty, widespread violence, and political repression, conditions that were brought on in part because of U.S. policies.
This 12th team of RNRN nurse volunteers will be available for interview in Tucson from April 19 through April 21. They are providing medical aid at the Casa Alitas shelter operated by Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, which has provided assistance to more than 2,000 migrant families since October 2018. Including this weekend’s team, RNRN has now deployed a total of 26 RNs from 11 states including Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas. RNRN will continue to send nurse volunteers through the end of May.
Nurses returning from past deployments have expressed great concern about the harsh and unhealthy conditions children and their parents are facing in federal detention, conditions that have led to the deteriorated medical states of some migrants.
Migrants and asylum seekers have shared with nurses on deployment in Tucson, that they are often housed in fenced cages with concrete floors, in very cold temperatures without adequate bedding or clothing for warmth. Nurses from previous RNRN deployments said that they have heard repeated stories of medications being confiscated or denied to those in custody, including medications for children with serious conditions, such as asthma inhalers and anti-seizure medications.
In addition, the nurses are distressed by migrants’ reports that they are being held for days without access to adequate food, clean water, or opportunity to bathe. One family with a bottle-fed baby recently told nurses that federal authorities confiscated all their baby bottles and formula. They arrived at the shelter with no bottles and one diaper. Nurses note that migrants nearly always arrive at the shelter very hungry and suffering from dehydration. When the families arrive, they are immediately offered water, fruit, and soup.
"It’s unimaginable to conceive what kind of situations these families are escaping if they feel risking their lives and their children in such a torturous journey is a better option or solution," said Jessica Rose, a local Arizona RN who herself is the child of immigrant parents and has volunteered multiple times at Casa Alitas. "The families we were able to help through the RNRN deployment come not only with stories of extreme poverty and fear, but stories filled with dreams and motivation drawn from hope and an opportunity to survive and thrive. As a nurse, I have a sense of responsibility for everyone when I see with my own eyes the needs of the people migrating.”
RNRN volunteer nurses have cared for thousands of patients during disaster relief and humanitarian assistance deployments that include the South Asian tsunami (2004); Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005); the Haiti earthquake (2010); Hurricane Sandy (2012); Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda (2013); Hurricanes Harvey and Maria (2017); Vulcan de Fuego Relief in Guatemala (2018), Hurricane Michael (2018); the Camp Fire in Butte County, Calif. (2018); and the Continuing Promise 2010 and 2015 humanitarian missions with the Department of Defense. RNRN volunteers have also provided first aid and basic response services to hundreds of community events across the country, as well as rotating teams who assisted the water protectors in Standing Rock in 2016.
RNRN is powered by CNF and NNU, the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in the United States with more than 150,000 members.
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Daryl Hannah Out to Bed 600 in Chuck Palahniuk's "Snuff"
Published Feb 9, 2011 at 11:59 AM | Updated at 1:42 PM CDT on May 30, 2012
Having first entered the zeitgeist as a "pleasure model" android in "Blade Runner," it's somehow appropriate that 29 years later Daryl Hannah's been cast to play an aging porn star making one last push for fame.
Hannah will play Cassie Wright, a woman hoping to cap off her remarkable career by setting the world record for serial fornication porn movies, in the big-screen adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's "Snuff," according to ChuckPalahniuk.net. The film is being directed by Fabien Martorell, with a script by Karina Wilson.
Here's the official synopsis form the film's Facebook page:
Three men in a crowded basement await their turn at gang-banging – on camera – an aging porn queen and reveal they all have more at stake than simply securing their spot in adult entertainment history.
Casting Call: Jason Statham as a Killer Thief, Elizabeth Banks for "Hunger Games"
Charlie Sheen would be the perfect choice to play "Mr. 600," but seeing as he's a bit distracted these days, Tom Sizemore is a pretty good second choice. Thora Birch has been cast as Cassie's assistant, Sheila. One shudders to think what that job entails.
Thus far, only two of Palahniuk's novels have been turned into films, "Fight Club," which we loved, and "Choke," which fell just short of working.
This production of "Snuff" has just enough going for it to catch our interest, but we're gonna keep our hopes in check.
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Dwarf planet Ceres could be 'a game-changer in solar system'
An artist's concept of NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The asteroid Vesta, which the craft has already left, is on the left. Dawn will reach Ceres, shown on the right, in March 2015.William K. Hartmann / Courtesy of UCLA
Sept. 10, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC
By Nola Taylor Redd
In March of 2015, NASA's Dawn mission will arrive at the dwarf planet Ceres, the first of the smaller class of planets to be discovered and the closest to Earth.
The dwarf planet Ceres, which orbits the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is a unique body in the solar system, bearing many similarities to Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, both considered to be potential sources for harboring life.
On Aug. 15, Britney Schmidt, science team liaison for the Dawn Mission, and Julie Castillo-Rogez, planetary scientist from JPL, spoke in a Google+ Hangout titled 'Ceres: Icy World Revealed?' about the growing excitement related to the innermost icy body. [Dwarf Planets of Our Solar System (Infographic)]
"I think of Ceres actually as a game changer in the solar system," Schmidt said.
"Ceres is arguably the only one of its kind."
The innermost icy body
When Ceres was discovered in 1801, astronomers first classified it as a planet. The massive body traveled between Mars and Jupiter, where scientists had mathematically predicted a planet should lie. Further observations revealed that a number of small bodies littered the region, and Ceres was downgraded to just another asteroid within the asteroid belt. It wasn't until Pluto was classified as a dwarf planet in 2006 that Ceres was upgraded to the same level.
Ceres is the most massive body in the asteroid belt, and larger than some of the icy moons scientists consider ideal for hosting life. It is twice the size of Enceladus, Saturn's geyser-spouting moon that may hide liquid water beneath its surface.
Unlike other asteroids, the Texas-sized Ceres has a perfectly rounded shape that hints toward its origins.
"The fact that Ceres is so round tells us that it almost certainly had to form in the early solar system," Schmidt said. She explained that a later formation would have created a less rounded shape.
The shape of the dwarf planet, combined with its size and total mass, reveal a body of incredibly low density.
"Underneath this dusty, dirty, clay-type surface, we think that Ceres might be icy," Schmidt said. "It could potentially have had an ocean at one point in its history."
"The difference between Ceres and other icy bodies (in the solar system) is that it's the closest to the sun," Castillo-Rogez said.
Less than three times as far as Earth from the sun, Ceres is close enough to feel the warmth of the star, allowing ice to melt and reform.
The dwarf planet Ceres as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell), L. McFadden (U. of Maryland, College Park), and M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)
Investigating the interior of the dwarf planet could provide insight into the early solar system, especially locations where water and other volatiles might have existed.
"Ceres is like the gatekeeper to the history of water in the middle solar system," Schmidt said.
Studying the surface
As large as Ceres is, its distance has made it a challenge to study from Earth. Images taken by the space-based Hubble Space Telescope provided some insight to its surface, but to be sighted, features could be no larger than 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) in diameter.
Several round circular spots mar the terrain, features that Schmidt said could be any one of a number of geologic terrains, including potentially impact basins or chaos terrains similar to those found on Europa. The largest of these, named Piazzi in honor of the dwarf planet's discoverer, has a diameter of about 250 km (155 miles). If this feature is an impact basin, it would have been formed by an object about 25 km (15.5 miles) in size.
But for Schmidt, this is another possible indication about the dwarf planet's surface.
"It doesn't mean that Ceres hasn't been hit by something bigger than 25 kilometers," she said. "It just means that whatever is going on on Ceres has totally erased (the topographic signature of that event)."
Ceres may have suffered major impacts, especially during periods of heavy bombardment early in the solar system's history. If the surface contained ice, however, those features may have been erased.
Telescopes on Earth have also been able to study the light reflecting from the planet and read its spectra.
"The spectrum is telling you that water has been involved in the creation of materials on the surface," Schmidt said.
The spectrum indicates that water is bound up in the material on the surface of Ceres, forming a clay. Schmidt compared it to the recent talk of minerals found by NASA's Curiosity on the surface of Mars. [The Search for Life on Mars (A Photo Timeline)]
Ceres rotates about once every nine hours.NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell), and L. McFadden (U. of Maryland, College Park)
"(Water is) literally bathing the surface of Ceres," she said.
In addition, astronomers have found evidence of carbonates, minerals that form in a process involving water and heat. Carbonates are often produced by living processes.
The original material formed with Ceres has mixed with impacting material over the last 4.5 billion years, creating what Schmidt calls "this mixture of water-rich materials that we find on habitable planets like the Earth and potentially habitable planets like Mars."
A prime site for life?
Water is considered a necessary ingredient for the evolution of life as we know it. Planets that may have once contained water, such as Mars, as well as moons that could contain it today, such as Enceladus and Europa, are all thought to be ideal for hosting or having once hosted life.
Because of its size and closeness, Schmidt calls Ceres "arguably more interesting than some of these icy satellites."
"If it's icy, it had to have an ocean at some point in time," she said.
Castillo-Rogez compared Earth, Europa and Ceres, and found that the dwarf planet bore many similarities to Earth, perhaps more than Jupiter's icy moon. Both Earth and Ceres use the sun as a key heat source, while Europa takes its heat from its tidal interaction with Jupiter. In addition, the surface temperature of the dwarf planet averages 130 to 200 degrees Kelvin, compared to Earth's 300 K, while Europa is a frosty 50 to 110 K.
"At least at the equator where the surface is warmer, Ceres could have preserved a liquid of sorts," Castillo-Rogez said.
Liquid water could exist at other points on the dwarf planet known as cold traps, shadowed areas where frozen water could remain on the surface. Such icy puddles have been found on Earth's moon. [Photos: Europa, Mysterious, Icy Moon of Jupiter]
Ceres is thought to contain a thin outer layer of dust and rock over an icy layer.NASA / ESA / STScI
"The chemistry, thermal activity, the heat source, and the prospect for convection within the ice shell are the key ones that make us think that Ceres could have been habitable at least at some point in its history," Castillo-Rogez said.
The future of Ceres
As scientists develop more information about Europa and Enceladus, there has been a greater call to investigate the two prime sites for life. But Schmidt and Castillo-Rogez think that Ceres also could be a great boon for astrobiology and space exploration.
"It's not a difficult environment to investigate," she said. "As we think about the future of landed missions for people and rovers, why not go to Ceres?"
Though it would be more challenging to drill into than Europa, which boasts an icy surface layer, the dwarf planet would make a great site to rove around on. Schmidt also noted that it could make a great launching point when it comes to reaching the outer solar system. Its smaller mass would make it easier to land on — and leave — than Mars, which could make it a good site for manned missions.
"We have such a big planet bias, we have such a bias for things that look exactly like us," Schmidt said.
"In this kind of special place in the solar system, we have a very unique object that might be telling us a lot about what we don't know about building a habitable planet."
NASA's Dawn mission launched September 27, 2007. It traveled to the asteroid Vesta, where it remained in orbit from July 2011 to July 2012 before heading to Ceres. It is slated to spend five months studying the dwarf planet, though Schmidt expressed hope that the craft would continue working beyond the nominal mission, allowing the team to study the icy body even longer.
Castillo-Rogez pointed out that not only will Dawn reach Ceres in 2015, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will be escorting the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko around the sun that year, while NASA's New Horizons mission will be reaching Pluto and its moon Charon.
"'15 is going to be a great year for icy bodies," Castillo-Rogez said.
"I think when we get to Ceres, it's just going to be an absolute game changer, a new window into the solar system that we wouldn't have without going there," Schmidt said.
This story was provided by Astrobiology Magazine, a web-based publication sponsored by the NASA astrobiology program.
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Julio Ricardo Varela Puerto Ricans knew the official Hurricane Maria death toll was fake. We saw too many dead to believe it.
Residents of and journalists from the island have been saying that many more people died than the government would admit.
A man walks past destroyed homes in Catano, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 21, 2017.Hector Retamal / AFP - Getty Images file
May 31, 2018, 5:11 PM UTC / Updated May 31, 2018, 5:11 PM UTC
By Julio Ricardo Varela
We knew.
When the government of Puerto Rico kept saying that the official death toll, two weeks after Hurricane María, was only 16 people, we knew that the figure was not even close to being real.
Ever since the Category 4 hurricane destroyed much of the island's infrastructure on September 20, 2017, Puerto Ricans were telling the stories of the deaths of friends and neighbors to one another.
When journalists were getting texts from people in the administration of Governor Ricardo Rosselló who said that the aftermath of the hurricane felt like a nuclear bomb had struck the island and that the situation was worse than what everyone thought, we knew the death toll wasn't accurate.
When funeral directors started telling people that they were burying way more bodies than usual, or when our family members told us about their neighbors dying in still-darkened rooms, or being buried outside their homes, we knew that the official death toll was much higher than the 64 people the government had eventually admitted to.
Puerto Ricans are not suddenly shocked by the Harvard study published this week estimating that a total of 4,645 excess deaths occurred between September 20 through December 31, 2017.
When we heard the stories of people having no refrigeration for their insulin, that dialysis machines weren’t operational or that hospitals were still in the dark but had people on life support, we knew that it wasn't some small counting error.
So Puerto Ricans are not suddenly shocked by the Harvard study published this week estimating that a total of 4,645 excess deaths occurred between September 20 through December 31, 2017, because the proof was already there months ago.
But almost nobody else wanted to look for it.
A lot should be written about journalist (and friend) Omaya Sosa and Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism as being one exception: In a September 28, 2017 story, they showed that the island’s official death count was being underreported, and there was enough evidence from Puerto Ricans to prove it. (Her reporting was so exceptional that we began to work together shortly thereafter.)
Trump’s visit only served to highlight the late response and federal neglect to Puerto Rico’s catastrophe.
When I first read Omaya’s report, it had confirmed other first hand accounts from people on the island that I was getting. People were indeed dying at rates faster than the government was saying, but when there was still no power and often no way for government officials to communicate with local towns and mayors, it was not then too premature to conclude that nobody really could grasp how dire the situation was.
But at least one person in the Puerto Rican government was able to come to the same conclusions as the people of Puerto Rico, about a week after María had hit. Secretary of Health Rafael Rodríguez Mercado explained why the government’s official death toll at the time was still very low.
“We were informed that there are people who have buried their relatives because they are in places where help has yet to arrive,” Rodríguez Mercado told the CPI. “They have reported six to seven cases as well. Remember that many people died because of medical problems because medical help couldn’t arrive on time. They were left isolated. And once in a while, we hear about people who were isolated and being rescued. Remember that this has been something very disastrous, and you have to tell the truth as it is.”
That was one of the last times Rodríguez Mercado would be the public face of the Puerto Rican government when it came to talking about deaths and hurricanes. After that, Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera — a former FBI head in Miami — became the go-to guy on the death toll, and the person who said that anyone questioning how the government collected death statistics had “Oliver Stone theories.” But given Puerto Rico’s spotty history of data gathering, asking the questions to Pesquera were valid.
Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello attends a news conference days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, in San Juan, on Sept. 30, 2017.Carlos Barria / Reuters
And when Governor Rosselló had the golden opportunity to tell President Trump on October 3 that maybe he shouldn’t be bragging about how low the death count in Puerto Rico was when compared to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he simply repeated that it was only 16 people.
A few hours after Trump left Puerto Rico on Air Force One, though, the government of Puerto Rico suddenly announced that the death toll had more than doubled. Trump’s visit only served to highlight the late response and federal neglect to Puerto Rico’s catastrophe — other factors that played into an island that was dying right in front of the eyes of fellow Americans.
Since that Trump visit, and the sudden change in the death toll after he left, there began a more focused push by local Puerto Rican journalists, mainland-based Puerto Rican journalists and other national outlets to find out about the death toll. And, in my experience, that’s when we began to see the government of Puerto Rico seemingly deliberately frustrating journalists on that quest. They have not given us straight answers to very basic questions, or they've just avoided answering questions all together even as they are working with George Washington University to potentially revise the figures.
Still, we knew what the truth was.
But we Puerto Ricans knew, despite their delay tactics. We knew all along that something was up.
We knew when researchers Alexis R. Santos-Lozada and Jeffrey T. Howard published a study on November 21, saying that deaths related to Hurricane María may be at least 10 times higher than the government’s official count of 55 at the time.
We heard more and more stories about people losing their family members due to health issues caused by the aftereffects of the hurricane, like the ongoing loss of power, and they started becoming more and more public.
We knew when new data from the government of Puerto Rico (published on December 7 by the CPI, Latino USA and Latino Rebels) showed excess deaths of close to 1,000 the first 45 days after María hit. The next day, the New York Times did its own analysis about the excess deaths and came to similar conclusions.
We knew what the truth was when Rosselló and Pesquera would suddenly become less available to answer questions, or would promise more studies. We knew when the government of Puerto Rico stopped providing 2017 mortality statistics to news outlets. (A lawsuit by the CPI and CNN is essentially asking public officials to release public data.)
While Puerto Ricans kept asking questions, the island’s political class kept delaying the inevitable reckoning.
Instead, they assigned the work of determining the truth to researchers who won’t publish a report until the summer. They blamed the breakdown in recordings of deaths on failed federal guidelines, they tell us that some people die every day, and they try to discredit the journalists and citizens who keep asking for answers.
More people probably died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María than people died in 9/11.More people likely died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María than U.S. service members were killed in Iraq.More people seemingly died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María than died in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. And the government of Puerto Rico has spent nearly nine months trying to avoid speaking that truth out loud, either to its own people or the journalists who could tell them. But though we should demand that our government tell us the truth, we didn't need them to do so to know what it was. The question now is whether it matters to anyone other than Puerto Ricans that the government lied, and what we are going to do about it.
Julio Ricardo Varela is co-host of the 2017 Webby-nominated In The Thick podcast and senior digital editor of LatinoUSA.org, the website for NPR’s Latino USA, a Peabody-winning show anchored by Maria Hinojosa and produced by The Futuro Media Group. He is also the founder of LatinoRebels.com.
Julio Ricardo Varela
Julio Ricardo Varela is the co-host of the Webby-nominated In The Thick podcast and founder of LatinoRebels.com, now part of Futuro Media.
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MAITLAND co-coach Ryan McCormack admits it was an “uncomfortable time” when younger brother and game-breaker Josh left the Blacks to join Wanderers. The younger sibling’s reasons for the exit were not specifically rugby related. “I was in last year of uni and got an internship with a Newcastle law firm,” Josh explained. “I moved in around the corner from No.2 Sportsground and just needed a freshen up.” Still the decision didn’t sit well with some at Marcellin Park. “Sometimes people don’t understand the reasons why people leave,” Ryan said. “There are guys there who would only ever put on a Maitland Blacks jersey. That is a strength of the club. I told them it was Josh’s decision, he lives down there now and that is what he wants to do. I wasn’t going to stand in his way.” After helping steer the Two Blues to the 2017 grand final, where they went down to Hamilton, Josh had planned to take a break from rugby. Instead, he returned to Maitland. And if the Blacks go on to win the premiership, breaking a 19-year drought, they may have the Hunter Valley Honey Badgers punters club to thank. Josh and Ryan are among the 16 current and former Maitland players who make up the Honey Badgers. “I went on a punters’ club trip to the Gold Coast with a few old Maitland heads, Luke Cunningham and co,” Josh said. “We had a bit of a chat. They can be pretty persuasive. Then Ryan asked me to come back and play off the bench. A lot of those boys, Jimmy Johnston, Johnny Birrell and Michael Howell, I grew up playing footy with and against. I’m also really close to Chris Logan. It just made sense to go back and play with those guys. I enjoyed my time at Wanderers. There are some really fantastic people involved at the top end of the club. It’s the reason they are so successful. But it’s good to be back at Maitland.” Switching between fullback and outside centre, Ryan has crossed for 10 tries and along with Carl Manu added a new dimension to the Blacks attack. “He is a quality football and makes a difference at the back,” Ryan said. “It is my last year of coaching so he said he would give it one more crack. He is a totally different player than he was two years ago. He is a leader. Wanderers have a winning attitude. He brought that confidence back and has really instilled it in the younger players. That is what you want your senior players to do.” To be a chance of winning a premiership, Maitland first have to conquer Merewether on Saturday. “We haven’t played our best footy yet,” Josh said. “If we have 50 per cent of the ball we can beat anyone. “It’s whether we can stay in the fight for long periods of time.”
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Newcastle Rugby: takes a punt on being back in black
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AT HOME: Josh McCormack will be one of the Blacks' key men against Merewether in the preliminary final at No.2 Sportsground. Picture: Stewart Hazell
MAITLAND co-coach Ryan McCormack admits it was an “uncomfortable time” when younger brother and game-breaker Josh left the Blacks to join Wanderers.
The younger sibling’s reasons for the exit were not specifically rugby related.
“I was in last year of uni and got an internship with a Newcastle law firm,” Josh explained. “I moved in around the corner from No.2 Sportsground and just needed a freshen up.”
Still the decision didn’t sit well with some at Marcellin Park.
“Sometimes people don’t understand the reasons why people leave,” Ryan said. “There are guys there who would only ever put on a Maitland Blacks jersey. That is a strength of the club. I told them it was Josh’s decision, he lives down there now and that is what he wants to do. I wasn’t going to stand in his way.”
Josh takes a punt on being back in black
Josh McCormack
Pictures: Stewart Hazell
After helping steer the Two Blues to the 2017 grand final, where they went down to Hamilton, Josh had planned to take a break from rugby.
Instead, he returned to Maitland.
And if the Blacks go on to win the premiership, breaking a 19-year drought, they may have the Hunter Valley Honey Badgers punters club to thank.
Josh and Ryan are among the 16 current and former Maitland players who make up the Honey Badgers.
“I went on a punters’ club trip to the Gold Coast with a few old Maitland heads, Luke Cunningham and co,” Josh said. “We had a bit of a chat. They can be pretty persuasive. Then Ryan asked me to come back and play off the bench. A lot of those boys, Jimmy Johnston, Johnny Birrell and Michael Howell, I grew up playing footy with and against. I’m also really close to Chris Logan. It just made sense to go back and play with those guys. I enjoyed my time at Wanderers. There are some really fantastic people involved at the top end of the club. It’s the reason they are so successful. But it’s good to be back at Maitland.”
Switching between fullback and outside centre, Ryan has crossed for 10 tries and along with Carl Manu added a new dimension to the Blacks attack.
“He is a quality football and makes a difference at the back,” Ryan said. “It is my last year of coaching so he said he would give it one more crack. He is a totally different player than he was two years ago. He is a leader. Wanderers have a winning attitude. He brought that confidence back and has really instilled it in the younger players. That is what you want your senior players to do.”
To be a chance of winning a premiership, Maitland first have to conquer Merewether on Saturday.
“We haven’t played our best footy yet,” Josh said. “If we have 50 per cent of the ball we can beat anyone. “It’s whether we can stay in the fight for long periods of time.”
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Crispell Hall
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Learn the history of the building's name
Crispell Hall is a newly renovated residence hall within the Hasbrouck complex. Common area spaces include modern furnishings and decor that provide students with a comfortable space to study, or relax with friends.
The Hasbrouck complex is made up of suites, each having two to four student rooms, a common bath and a small lounge area. Students who live in the suites enjoy the privacy of their own "living room" and often personalize it (along with their individual rooms) with posters, plants, rugs and furniture. The residents are responsible for maintaining and cleaning their own bathroom.
In the basement of Crispell Hall are a laundry room with washers and dryers, a T.V. lounge, a bike storage room, a recycling room, a study lounge, computer lounge, and a kitchen equipped with an oven, stove top, and microwave. Located on the first floor are vending machines, student mailboxes, as well as public restrooms.
Crispell Hall is in close proximity to a campus computer lab, the Hasbrouck Dining Hall, and the Student Union Building. Crispell Hall seeks to provide its diverse students with academic, cultural, educational and social programs to enhance living and learning experiences outside of the classroom. As a 10-month hall, Crispell is open during all scheduled vacations (unless otherwise indicated by the Director of Residence Life) to permit those students needing housing an opportunity to remain on campus when other halls are closed. You must already live in 10-month housing to stay over breaks.
History: Crispell Hall is named after the Crispell Family, one of the original Huguenot families who settled in New Paltz. In 1660, Antoine Crispell, along with his wife Maria Blanchard and father-in-law, set sail on the Gilded Otter. They were Huguenots escaping religious persecution in France. The young couple had recently married in Mannheim, Germany, and left for America from there. Upon their arrival in what was then New Amsterdam, they headed up the Hudson River to the areas now known as Hurley and Kingston, New York. There they made their new home. Antoine and his family had been settled for nearly 16 years, with their now-teenaged daughter and four other children, when another group of Huguenots arrived from Europe and decided to locate in the rich farmland south of Hurley/Kingston. And so, a few years later, "the oldest street in America with its original stone houses" got its start in a place called New Paltz. Antoine and, later, his sons and daughters, did quite well-farming, milling and acquiring land. One property that Antoine bought, lived in, and later willed to daughter Jannetje, is now a charming restaurant and tavern in Kingston. The Hoffman House is so called because Jannetje married Nicholas Hoffman, where they raised nine children.
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Office Hours: Monday 9:00am-1:00pm
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Don't Drink the Pond Scum
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Ben Shapiro: The Plastic Straw Ban Sucks | Opinion
By Ben Shapiro On 07/27/18 at 1:29 PM EDT
Santa Barbara is the most recent city to ban the distribution or sale of plastic straws. REUTERS/Darren Staples
OpinionPlastic Pollution California Oceans
This week, the state of California decided to crack down on a great evil. Not human feces on the street, which seems to be multiplying at an exponential rate in cities like San Francisco; not used needles, which have begun cropping up in residential neighborhoods in Los Angeles, including my own; not even people purposefully infecting others with HIV, which will no longer be a felony.
No, the legislators of California are cracking down on plastic straws.
In the last several weeks, San Francisco and Santa Barbara announced tough new crackdowns on the nefarious little items. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors announced a possible new ordinance preventing restaurants and retailers from handing out straws, stirrers and toothpicks beginning next year. Those outlets would also be prohibited from selling single-use food service products—so say goodbye to your iced coffee cup. "This is about changing people's behavior," supervisor Ahsha Safai explained, in traditional Nanny State language.
But if San Francisco is the home of the Nanny State, Santa Barbara is home to Big Brother. If you repeatedly hand out straws to customers in that beautiful city, you could face fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 plus six months in prison—per offense. So while California is busily downgrading felonies to misdemeanors and releasing criminals back onto the streets thanks to prison overcrowding, we could have a whole new Starbucks-to-prison pipeline.
For what it's worth, Seattle, San Luis Obispo and Malibu have also embraced the straw ban, too.
Now, is such a straw ban necessary? Not really. The oft-cited statistic that suggests that Americans use 500 million straws per day is utterly nuts, and based on the research of a nine-year-old. Seriously. Five countries are responsible for 60 percent of all plastic waste dumped in the ocean: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, according to a study released by Ocean Conservancy and McKinsey. The United States ships a lot of our waste plastic to China for recycling, for example, and China then reportedly dumps it in the ocean.
But the vast majority of plastic waste in the ocean that threatens sea life isn't straws—as Adam Minter of Bloomberg Opinion points out, even if there were 8.3 billion plastic straws washing around the ocean, that would amount to 0.03 percent of the 8 million metric tons of plastic waste on the high seas. Nearly half of all the ocean waste in the enormous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of fishing nets—which, not surprisingly, tend to trap sea creatures. Cleaning up fishing gear would be a far better use of time and resources than cracking down on my kid's juicebox.
But it doesn't make us feel good to spend time on actual problems. It makes us feel special to plaster "SAVE THE WHALES" bumper stickers on our Priuses and withhold our approval from bendy straws. It gives us that little surge of do-gooderism, with little actual sacrifice—except from businesses that will have to pick up the cost of buying more expensive alternatives. Will all of this have any major impact on the environment? Of course not, just as Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban fizzled out.
If straws are criminalized, only criminals will have straws. And I'm stocking up at Costco, planning my straw smuggling ring. I plan to become the Tony Montana of plasticware. And we should all remember that there are no illegal straws, just undocumented utensils.
Here's the bottom line: no matter how many plastic straws they ban, the legislators of California won't stop sucking.
Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," available on iTunes and syndicated across America.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own.
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Japan's Robot Dogs Get Funerals as Sony Looks Away
By Lauren Walker On 3/8/15 at 2:34 PM EDT
A Shiba Inu named Kuma looks at an Aibo robot dog that wanted to play at the Kofuku-ji temple in Isumi, Chiba prefecture on January 26, 2015. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty
Tech & Science Sony Artificial Intelligence Robots Robotics
In 1999, Sony launched a robot dog named Aibo in the U.S. and Japan that not only responded to external stimuli, but was able to learn and express itself. These capabilities, a press releasefrom the time explained, "allow each unit to develop a unique personality including behavior shaped by the praise and scolding of its owner." And Aibo, short for "Artificially Intelligent Robot," quickly became a hit--especially in Japan.
At around $600 to $2,000 a pup, each iteration of Aibo cost less than some real dogs. And the perks didn't end there. "When I leave on holiday I can just turn him off, I don't need to feed him," Hideko Mori, a robot dog owner of eight years, told AFP. "He doesn't need taking out, well, not exactly. From time to time he cocks his leg and there's this noise like water running. It's a beautiful noise."
Mori purchased the pooch after the death of her husband and, like many other Aibo owners, became attached to her unique cyborg companion.
"I can't imagine how quiet our living room would have been if Ai-chan wasn't here," Sumie Maekawa, a longtime Aibo owner, told The Wall Street Journal, using an honorific suffix applied to girls' names.
Tatsuo Matsui, who owns two digital dogs with his wife, added, "I can't risk my precious dogs because they are important members of our family."
Despite the loyal fanbase, Sony decided to discontinue the bot in 2006, after selling around 150,000 units.
"Our core businesses are electronics, games and entertainment, but the focus is going to be on profitability and strategic growth," a Sony spokeswoman said at the time. "In light of that, we've decided to cancel the Aibo line."
For years following the announcement, Sony would repair Aibos that experienced technical difficulties. But in July 2014, those repairs stopped and owners were left to look elsewhere for help.
"The first time I spoke directly to a client he told me, 'He's not very well, can you examine him?'" Hiroshi Funabashi, a robot dog repairman, told AFP. "I realized he didn't see it as a robot, but as a member of his family whose life was more important than his own."
The Sony stiff has led not only to the formation of support groups--where Aibo enthusiasts can share tips and help each other with repairs--but has fed the bionic pet vet industry.
"The people who have them feel their presence and personality," Nobuyuki Narimatsu, director of A-Fun, a repair company for robot dogs, told AFP. "So we think that somehow, they really have souls."
While concerted repair efforts have kept many an Aibo alive, a shortage of spare parts means that some of their lives have come to an end. The following images show the funerals of 19 Aibos that engineers at A-Fun were unable to save.
Kofuku-ji temple's chief priest, Bungen Oi, offers a prayer during the funeral for 19 pet robot dogs on January 26. The dogs, created by Sony, were first-generation Aibo robots from June 1999 that had artificial intelligence and developed personalities and learned from their owners. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty
Each formerly automated animal is wearing a tag with its owner's name, as well as where it is from.
Sony's initial batch of 3,000 robot dogs sold out in 20 minutes in 1999 at a price of about $2,000 each. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty
Newsweek reached out to Sony about Aibo's gradual extinction and those who are watching their not-so-furry friends vanish, but they declined to comment.
"It's not at all unusual for people to develop strong emotional attachments to non-living objects or machines," says cyberpsychologist Eleanor Barlow, giving the common examples of naming a car, or a child becoming attached to a doll. "Research suggests this can happen in order to satisfy a need in us...to care for something to improve our own sense of well-being or by way of a child substitute."
As artificially intelligent machines are increasingly incorporated into our modern lives, Barlow forsees people substituting robot interfacing for human interaction. And when a machine resembles something living (like Aibo), people are likely to both form a stronger bond to it and feel a greater sense of loss when it vanishes, she added.
The funerals show that this notion is not so far-fetched.
Japan's Robot Dogs Get Funerals as Sony Looks Away | Tech & Science
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The stock market is down not quite two per cent this morning, which isn’t bad considering that early this morning it looked like we were, once again, headed for a huge down day—S. & P. futures at one point were down more than forty-five points, or five per cent. (And, yes, there have already been people on CNBC saying, again, that they’re unhappy we didn’t open down big, because that way we might have gotten capitulation.)
That sharp drop in the futures overnight happened, as it now tends to do, almost in tandem with the sharp decline of Japan’s Nikkei stock index, which ended the day down more than six per cent. The Nikkei was actually in positive territory for much of the morning, but around 1:25 P.M. (Tokyo time), it went into a brutal freefall, tumbling almost five hundred points in less than an hour. The S. & P. futures followed suit, and when European markets opened a few hours later, they too were crushed, with the UK market down more than five per cent in the morning.
None of this was surprising. The pattern is, by now, well-established: what happens in the Asian markets overnight has a huge effect on expectations on the S. & P. futures and a huge effect on European markets, all of which tend to have a big effect on how the U.S. stock market opens. And obviously what happens in Asian markets the following day is usually influenced by what happens in the U.S. It’s a classic example of contagion, with the fear that engulfs one market spreading to the next. Because we live in a world in which markets are open nearly all the time, there’s practically no respite, making it hard for traders to stay outside this cycle.
This kind of contagion is always bad for markets, because it means traders, instead of bringing new information and new judgment about economic fundamentals to the process of setting prices, are being overly influenced by what other traders are doing. But this particular brand of contagion, in which what happens in Japan is taken as a lead indicator, is especially problematic, because Japan’s stock market is dealing with problems that are, in their way, far more severe than those in the U.S. and which, more importantly, have little to do with the problems American companies face. As a result, the fact that Japanese investors are dumping Japanese stocks should be of limited usefulness to people buying and selling American stocks. But it hasn’t played out that way for much of this month.
All developed countries, to be sure, are dealing with the consequences of the global recession, of the deleveraging of financial assets, and with the generalized panic that has seized credit markets. But Japanese companies in particular—most of which were already nowhere near as profitable as American firms—are now facing a massive headwind, thanks to the precipitous rise in the value of the yen, which will make it harder for them to export products and likely reduce their profit margins, and the dramatic weakening in emerging-market economies, which are an increasingly big market for them. Since the biggest Japanese firms, aside from banks, are exporters, that doesn’t bode well for the Nikkei as a whole. That doesn’t mean the sell-off in Japan is not overdone, but it does mean that the Japanese have reasons to worry that are different from the reasons we have to worry. Our markets should not be trading together. Perhaps this morning’s rebound from last night’s panic is a sign that U.S. investors have recognized that. Although I wouldn’t bet the house on it.
James Surowiecki is the author of “The Wisdom of Crowds.”
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Gauche of Me
We’re a week early, or Anthology Film Archives is a week late—they’re screening, on August 21st and 22nd, Peter Handke’s extraordinary first feature film (who knew that the writer also directs?), “The Left-Handed Woman,” from 1978. I did a blog post about it earlier this year, where I bring up a few interesting facts connecting the film to this magazine (and my capsule review of it is in the magazine this week), so let me head straight to the proximate cause of this note: today, August 13th, is International Left-Handers’ Day, a celebration to which, being left-handed, I’m particularly alert. (I also think it typical that the founding organization’s Web site is exactly a year behind.)
And though the temptation is to get silly on the subject, and note, on the basis of helpfully ridiculous lists of left-handed actors (Cary Grant, Robert De Niro, Anthony Perkins—and also Charlie Chaplin) and actresses (Marilyn Monroe, Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint, and—aptly, today—Julia Roberts), that Alfred Hitchcock—whose birthday is today—was particularly inspired by left-handers, what I’d really like to suggest is that the most interesting historical phenomenon relating to left-handers is the practice of forcing them to write with their right hands in school. I’ve always wanted to see a documentary on the subject. On the basis of acquaintance with people who’ve endured that constraint, I think that the effect on personality is devastating, and that a film that delved into their experiences would be a sort of real-life version of “The White Ribbon.”
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Research holds Promise for Future Clinical Therapies to Slow Aging
Brian Wang | August 1, 2017 |
Researchers at Houston Methodist made a surprising discovery leading to the development of technology with the ability to rejuvenate human cells. And that couldn’t be more important for the small population of children who are aging too quickly – children with progeria.
Cooke studied cells from children with progeria, a rare condition marked by rapid aging that usually robs them of the chance to live beyond their early teens. They focused on progeria, because the condition tells them a lot about aging in general that’s ultimately relevant to all of us.
“These kids are dying of heart attack and stroke at 13, 14, 15 years old,” Cooke said. Although current therapies are useful, they only add a year or two, on average, to the child’s life. We wanted to do something that would improve the children’s quality of life and potentially allow them to live longer, so we set about studying their cells and seeing if we could improve the cell function.”
Cooke and his team focused on something called telomeres, which are the timekeepers of cells and very important for the function of our chromosomes. They are found at the tip of each chromosome, like the tip of a shoelace, holding the chromosome together. As we get older, the telomere gets shorter, ticking off the time we have left.
He and his colleagues saw the telomeres were shorter in children with progeria and thought if they could restore the telomere length, then perhaps they could improve the cell function and its ability to divide and respond to stress.
“We all have telomere erosion over time, and many of the things that happen to these children at an accelerated pace occur in all of us,” Cooke said. “What we’ve shown is that when we reverse the process of the telomere shortening in the cells from these children and lengthen them, it can reverse a lot of the problems associated with aging.”
To do this, the researchers used a technology called RNA therapeutics. They were able to get the cells to produce a protein, called telomerase, that can extend and lengthen the telomere. They did this by delivering RNA to the cells that encodes this protein. Essentially, they gave the cells the information they needed to extend the telomere via an RNA delivery system and let the cells do the rest.
Having that protein expressed in a cell for just a few days was enough to have a substantial physiologically relevant and meaningful effect on the lifespan and function of the cells. Cooke said it was a surprise to have such an effect with one exposure to the RNA telomerase.
“What was most unexpected about our work was the dramatic effect the telomere-extending technology had on the cells,” Cooke said. “We were not expecting to see such a dramatic effect on the ability of the cells to proliferate. They could function and divide more normally, and we gave them extra lifespan, as well as better function.”
The research team also compared their approach at the cellular level to the current therapies available, and Cooke said it was night and day.
“We looked at many cellular markers of aging and weren’t expecting to see such a dramatic effect on them. Our approach had a much greater effect on all the markers of cellular aging,” Cooke said. “We markedly improved the ability of cells to multiply and reversed the production of inflammatory proteins. Those markers of cell aging we looked at were all reversed with the treatment in our study.”
Cooke wants to see this approach turned into something useful and says they’re going to do it quicker than expected within a few years.
“As a physician, many of the diseases I see are due to aging. It’s a major risk factor for heart and vascular diseases,” Cooke said. “About a third of the people in this country succumb to strokes and heart attacks. If we can fix that, we’ll fix a lot of diseases.”
Cooke’s work is different from what others are doing in the progeria field, because most everyone else is focusing on the genetic mutation of progeria and the abnormal protein that results from that mutation. Cooke’s team chose to focus instead on developing a method to extend the telomere in these children.
“When you see these kids, they’re like every other kid. They want to play, they want to dream. They want to grow up and be something great,” Cooke said. “But they can’t do that. They don’t have the chance. That, alone, is reason enough to pursue this approach.”
While Cooke says aging is not irreversible, it is something their work can have a beneficial effect on.
“We can at least stall or slow down accelerated aging, and that’s what we’re working toward,” he said. “Our next steps are to start moving this therapy toward clinical use. We plan to do so by improving existing cell therapies. I want to develop a therapy for these children. It’s an unmet need.”
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‘Baby Driver’ wins Best Film supported by Zig-Zag at the VO5 NME Awards 2018
Rhian Daly Feb 14, 2018 9:46 pm GMT
'Baby Driver' wins the award for Best Film supported by Zig-Zag Credit: Press
Edgar Wright-directed movie picks up trophy
Baby Driver has been announced as the winner of Best Film supported by Zig-Zag at the VO5 NME Awards 2018.
As he accepted the award via video message, Edgar Wright wielded a banana and explained how the inspiration for the film had initially come to him at a tube station.
The video also featured an unlikely cameo from Beck, who appeared in the background.
Released last summer, the Edgar Wright-directed movie stars Ansel Elgort as Baby, a getaway driver forced to do a creepy crime boss’s dirty work. It won acclaim for its soundtrack, which featured the likes of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Queen, and Adam & Dave.
Stay with us here to get all the latest news, videos, photos, and gossip from the ceremony, which will see Liam Gallagher receive the Godlike Genius award. He will also close the ceremony with a live performance. You can catch all the action on the Facebook Live stream on NME’s official Facebook page or here.
Going into tonight’s ceremony, Lorde and Charli XCX led the pack with four nominations each. They were closely followed by Dua Lipa and Kasabian, who both scored three nods apiece.
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Stefflon Don and Skepta opened the ceremony tonight (February 14) at London’s O2 Academy Brixton with a performance of their collaboration, ‘Ding-a-Ling’. Alt-J have also treated the audience to a version of their track ‘In Cold Blood’, and Pale Waves aired their debut single ‘There’s A Honey’ after collecting the NME Under The Radar Award supported by HMV.
Earlier in the night, Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson received the NME Icon Award. Grime crew Boy Better Know are still to pick up the NME Innovation award, with more awards to be handed out before the end of the night.
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Right Said Fred
Ivor Novello award-winning 90s pop duo
Best known for their Top Ten 1991 hit I'm Too Sexy, Right Said Fred are one of the UK's most enduring and pop exports.
Formed in 1989 by brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass, the pair have achieved over 22 million sales globally, have reached number one in 30 countries, and were the first band to achieve a number one in the US with a debut single.
The multi-platinum brothers went on to win two Ivor Novello Awards for their hits I'm Too Sexy (1991) and Deeply Dippy (1992), release nine albums, share stages with big names all over the world, achieve a Brit award nomination, play in front of HM the Queen and release a track for Comic Relief.
Their success is global, having reached fans all over the UK, Europe, the US, and beyond and it all started in a basement studio in Acton, London. The group was named after the novelty song "Right Said Fred", a hit single for singer and actor Bernard Cribbins in 1962.
Prior to forming the group, Richard was a session bassist for artists including Boy George, Mick Jagger and David Bowie, and appears as the bass guitarist in Bowie's short film Jazzin' for Blue Jean. In 1987, Fred appeared as a guitarist in the Bob Dylan vehicle Hearts of Fire.
Back in 1990, Fred and Richard, together with guitarist Rob Manzoli, wrote I'm Too Sexy. Fred and Richard borrowed the money to demo the song and to keep the costs down they recorded at night in a studio in Ealing that had gone into receivership.
The final session was at Red Bus Studios in London in early 1991. I'm Too Sexy along with the song Swan, which also made it onto their debut album Up was rejected by every record label the guys took it to. However, they followed their instincts nevertheless - they knew they were onto something special.
Opening with Richard's vocals only with the (now) iconic lines, "I'm Too Sexy for my love, too sexy for my love, love's going to leave me", the single stood apart from the bland, insipid chart toppers of that year. I'm Too Sexy was tongue-in-cheek, it was fun, and it brimmed with the band's independent spirit, and the band were certainly not interested in following the trends at the time.
Like the best success stories, when it felt like the chips were down, fate was on their side. The band's then-teenage manager, who shared the band's belief, managed to get the track to DJ Gary Crowley and then to the producer of the Simon Bates morning show on BBC Radio 1.
Simon played the track and the rest is history. I'm Too Sexy spent 6-weeks at no. 2 spot in the UK charts (behind Bryan Adams' Everything I Do, I Do It for You) and 4-months in the UK top 10. It charted for 10-weeks at No.1 in the US Billboard Charts, hitting the top of the charts internationally in 32 countries. The song earned the band its first Ivor Novello award.
Their second single Don't Talk Just Kiss was next. With background vocals by soul singer Jocelyn Brown, it hit No.3 in the UK charts by Christmas 1991. It also reached No.1 in the US dance chart and enjoyed international success worldwide from Japan to South American.
However, it wasn't until their third single in 1993, Deeply Dippy, that Right Said Fred finally scored their first UK number 1, almost exactly a year after I'm Too Sexy had secured its place in the annals of pop history. The band received its second Ivor Novello award for Deeply Dippy in 1993.
The success of these singles resulted in the band's multi-platinum debut album, Up, reaching number one in the UK album charts as well as charting worldwide. The album remained in the Top 40 for almost a year. Their lives would never be the same again.
In 2017, both Richard and Fred Fairbrass were credited as songwriters alongside Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff on Swift’s single Look What You Made Me Do. The song's chorus is a reworking of the famous chorus from I'm Too Sexy.
Right Said Fred have always been a band that continue to surprise and entertain in equal measure; it's the reason why they're still being asked to appear regularly, not only on TV and radio, but at music and family festivals, corporate events and private parties around the world.
The duo present a 25-30 minute playback performance, with Richard on lead vocals/bass and Fred on guitar.
Right Said Fred's vibrant energy, humour and versatility will bring any event to life — and the audience to their feet — with their classic hits including I’m Too Sexy, Deeply Dippy and Don't Talk Just Kiss.
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Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week Genre Hop: Elvis, The Stooges, and Fleetwood Mac
Chris Griffy Posted On February 12, 2017
Most weeks in my Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week column, I try to focus in on either up and coming or established artists in the very loose “roots” music definition, in keeping with me writing for a publication that has been in the vanguard of roots reporting for years. But one of the things that has most drawn me to the Americana fan community is the breadth of their musical love. Sure, you get a few purists who don’t want anything to sound like it couldn’t have been done by George Jones, but for the most part my travels among Americana fans have revealed some strong loves for seemingly unrelated genres like prog, metal, punk, and reggae. So this week, I’m breaking with tradition a bit for this column and looking at campaigns featuring three classic artists who don’t fit into the “roots” category, but who have a strong fanbase within it.
Elvis Presley- Being Elvis
It’s hard to imagine too many artists more influential to any musician who plays rock and roll than the man dubbed The King, Elvis Presley. It’s also hard to believe that the most written about artist in history could have any new secrets to reveal, but that’s the promise going into Being Elvis, the new biography by veteran rock journalist Ray Connolly. Connolly’s book promises to spend a lot of time on Presley’s upbringing in Tupelo, focusing on the socio-economic realities of poverty and race that helps to gain a better understanding of the superstar who flamed out at a young age.
Fleetwood Mac- Tango in the Night Deluxe Edition
While Fleetwood Mac began their careers as a blues rock band that would fit neatly into this column’s roots focus, the version everyone knows was a much more slick, pop-rock machine. Nevertheless, I’ve lost count of how many jams I’ve attended at Americanafest or Bonnaroo that have featured a Fleetwood Mac cover song. There’s just something about those tight harmonies and catchy rock guitar licks that resonate with roots musicians and their fans. While Rumours will always be the definitive Fleetwood Mac album, Tango in the Night deserves its own praise, spawning hits like “Lies” and “Big Love.” Now Fleetwood Mac is releasing an expanded edition of the album, which features a disc of alternate takes and b-sides, as well as a third disc of more than a dozen 12” mixes.
The Stooges- Gimme Danger Soundtrack
Aside from traditional country, it’s punk rock that has probably influenced Americana more than any genre of music. It’s amazing to see how many Americana artists were either former punk rockers or who admit to having a great love for punk in their younger days. So it’s a safe bet that Jim Jarmusch’s excellent documentary about The Stooges, Gimme Danger, is a popular draw for roots fans. Now you can also order the movie’s soundtrack on PledgeMusic. The album spans a lot of years, including tracks from Iggy Pop’s pre-Stooges work, selections from their most commercially successful period, and outtake tracks.
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NT cotton growers tour southern Queensland4 months, 2 weeks ago
Cotton industry expands into the Northern Territory
Hayley Kennedy@HayleyS_K
4 Mar 2019, 12:39 p.m.
Cotton growers from the Northern Territory have toured southern Queensland and northern NSW growing regions to gain an insight into the process.
Cotton growers and industry representatives from the Northern Territory toured southern growing regions last week.
Cotton growers from the Northern Territory have toured southern Queensland and northern NSW growing regions to gain an insight into the process, from seed breeding all the way through to ginning.
With 100 hectares of cotton being grown in the Territory this year, NT Farmers plant industry development officer Andrew Philip, Katherine, said the Cotton Research and Development Corporation-funded tour was an important opportunity for growers.
"There's been a real lack of cropping overall in the territory," Mr Philip said.
"There's been some successful trials in Kununurra which has got a lot of interest in people growing cotton in the north.
"With the expansion of the cotton industry, there's only one way for it to go and that's to the north, so we got together a group of growers and have come down to look at everything to do with the cotton industry, production systems, irrigation systems, definitely looking at rain-fed versus irrigation.
Mr Philip said there's a huge opportunity for rain-fed dryland crops to be grown in the Northern Territory because of regular rainfall.
"A lot of the farms are being developed from scratch or from hay paddocks, so we're looking at what is the best way to go forward with the development of an industry," he said.
"It's critical that we see a pathway and we develop a pathway to get processing done in the Northern Territory because not only will it provide a profitable crop and room for farmers to expand what they do, but the by-product, cottonseed, will have a significant and maybe even bigger impact on the Northern Territory by the ability to feed cattle and possibly intensify the beef industry in the north as well."
Mr Philip said a lack of consistent markets had been one of the problems holding back agricultural development in the NT.
"Transport costs is a big factor if it's not being consumed in the Territory and that is what's basically knocked a lot of industries on the head previously," he said.
"There's been a history of industries starting and then stopping, the analogy up there is industries failing, but it's been just from a lack of dedication to the market and working out the supply chain.
"Growers are not planning to make money out of cotton this year, it's to start the process of learning how to grow it, what we can do, what else we need to research, how we can modify things for the future.
"The Territory is looking for something that can increase the returns per hectare; they've been looking for a long time and haven't found anything that stacks up as much as cotton."
Vanderfield chief executive officer Bruce Vandersee explaining the benefits of new precision planting technology at Vanderfield Toowoomba.
The group stopped in at Vanderfield Toowoomba on Friday afternoon to look at some of the newest planting technology.
Vanderfield chief executive officer Bruce Vandersee said the company had always hoped to see a cotton industry in the north.
"The timing is perfect now for that to happen," Mr Vandersee said.
"There's always a good side to bad things, the fact that there's a drought here, people are now focusing on the north where these water resources aren't anywhere near as limited.
"The areas up there need a world price commodity. Hay is marketed locally, all the horticulture is successfully marketed locally, and sugar was in the Ord for a while but the scale wasn't there.
"Cotton will definitely grow up there and give them the world price commodity they need."
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Virat Kohli and Steve Smith motivate England skipper Joe Root
England skipper Joe Root is inspired by India Test captain Virat Kohli. He says captaincy will take his batting to the “next level”, just as it has done for India’s Virat Kohli and Australia’s Steve Smith. Root was confirmed as England’s new Test skipper, following Alastair Cook’s resignation. It’s a great motivator to make sure I do everything I can to get my batting in the best place possible and set the example for the rest of the guys in the team. Root said “You look at other guys who have taken similar roles like Virat and Steve Smith and they’ve gone on to bigger and better things and taken their game to the next level. I don’t see why I can’t look at it in the same light. “It’s a great opportunity to take that added responsibility and really motivate me to get better. Every kid dreams of being England captain one day… I’m just really looking forward to getting my teeth into it and putting my mark on things.
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Eddington, the flourishing new community being delivered by the University of Cambridge, has opened the Storey’s Field Centre, a landmark community centre and performance hall positioned at the heart of Eddington which will provide a place for residents to meet and interact.
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The Storey’s Field Centre fulfils a social and cultural role for residents at Eddington, as well as the wider Cambridge community. Designed by architectural practice MUMA, the single-storey building - which has a main hall and two multi-purpose rooms - was specifically created to meet a wide range of uses. The early programme of events planned at the Storey’s Field Centre reflects the diverse needs it can cater for. The main hall, with a capacity of 180 people, is 15 metres high and acoustically engineered to provide an ideal event space for theatre, music and dance.
In March, budding scientists attended a ‘Hack your Brain’ event hosted by Ginny Smith as part of Cambridge Science Festival, while those keen to put on their dancing shoes can attend a St Patrick’s Day Ceilidh or sign-up for a weekend of swing dancing at Swing Sanctuary 2018. The venue has live music events planned throughout the year with local award winning promoters Green Mind. In the autumn the centre will host gigs with the Cambridge Jazz Festival and events as part of the Festival of Ideas. Regularly scheduled activities include Jazzercise, Parent & Toddler Group, Art Classes and Woodcraft Folk, and Stagecoach Drama School have moved their end of term performances to the venue.
The ongoing operation of the Storey’s Field Centre will be uniquely managed through a trust between Cambridge City Council and the University of Cambridge. Established in 2014, the Storey’s Field Community Trust is a registered charity with the six trustees meeting on a bi-monthly basis.
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Heather Topel, Project Director of the North West Cambridge Development, commented: “The opening of the Storey’s Field Centre is a key milestone in the growth of Eddington. Shared community space is an important element of placemaking, through the provision of a place that enables people to come together, a sense of mental and physical wellbeing is fostered. Working closely with the City Council the community centre has evolved into a flexible space for residents at Eddington and the wider Cambridge public to enjoy and make their own. The range of events that are already in the calendar for the year ahead highlight how the centre will become a fundamental part of the cultural offering in Cambridge.”
Richard Brown, Storey’s Field Centre Manager, commented: “The Storey’s Field Centre provides a space for Eddington residents and the wider community to meet and interact. The building has been designed to cater for a whole range of events from regular sessions for babies and toddlers to recitals and concerts. The Centre is also proving a popular venue for parties, weddings and conferences with the first weddings taking place this spring. We are really excited about the year ahead and are certain it will become a popular performance and community space within Cambridge.”
The Storey’s Field Centre is adjacent to the various public landscape spaces and the local centre, purposefully positioned to be highly visible to the public, welcoming and accessible. Each room within the Centre benefits from views out to the surrounding landscapes and the single storey reflects the traditional civic buildings of churches and town halls. Eddington has been designed to high levels of sustainability and the Centre also adheres to these principles. Designed to BREEAM Outstanding level, the building is dual aspect providing natural cross ventilation, connected to the site wide district heating network and the roof incorporates photovoltaic panels.
The building designed by MUMA incorporates both the Storey’s Field Centre and Nursery. It was shortlisted for the RIBA East 2018 awards which were announced in March 2018.
To find out more about the Storey’s Field Centre and the programme of events planned please visit: www.storeysfieldcentre.org.uk
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Kellyanne Conway opts for Trump cabinet members over drug policy experts for opioid epidemic meetings: report
By Denis Slattery and Christopher Brennan
The opioid epidemic leads to roughly 175 overdose deaths a day, according to the White House. (Patrick Sison/AP)
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is favoring political appointees over drug policy experts as she heads the Trump administration's effort to address the opioid epidemic, according to a report Tuesday.
Conway's opioid meetings have included cabinet members and other Trump associates, but not the acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Trump declared the opioid crisis a "health emergency" in October and quietly renewed the designation last month.
But the administration has faced criticism for its lack of a public plan or allocation of funds for a crisis that kills up to 175 Americans a day.
Taylor Weyeneth, who had no relevant experience in drug policy, became a key figure in the Office of National Drug Control Policy. (Mike Segar/REUTERS)
Trump is expected to propose massive cuts this month to the "drug czar" office and its senior leadership consists of a skeleton crew of three political appointees, down from nine a year ago, according to Politico.
The White House also announced last month that Taylor Weyeneth, who was deputy chief of staff at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, would leave after reports that the recent St. Johns University graduate had no relevant experience and falsely indicated that he had a master's degree.
Rich Baum, the office's acting director, and other policy experts who have advocated for addiction treatment over enforcement have not been invited to Conway's opioid cabinet meetings, despite the administration's promises to battle the growing epidemic.
Conway's team is meant to institute the recommendations made late last year by the President's opioid commission headed by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
The commission was nothing more than a "charade" and a "sham," former Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy, one of six members appointed to the bipartisan panel, told CNN last month.
"I haven't talked to Kellyanne at all and I'm from the worst state for this," Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) told Politico.
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Trump has done little besides call for a border wall and to promise a "just say no" campaign that critics say is woefully insufficient.
"What we haven't seen is the kind of coordination of critical programs that ONDCP has traditionally done," said Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.).
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Los Angeles parents post billboard begging Scientologist kids to call them
By Meg Wagner
A pair of Los Angeles parents are trying to get back the kids Scientology stole from them.
Ex-Scientology followers Willie and Phil Jones erected a billboard begging their adult children — who stayed behind when their parents left the church — to give them a call.
"To my loved one in Scientology ... Call me," the giant ad reads. It doesn't name the Jones children, Mike and Emily, personally, but their parents hope they'll get the message regardless.
The church encourages its members to cut off all communication with people who don't follow the religion, Willie and Phil Jones told ABC 7.
"We know what the conditioning is and what goes on there," Phil Jones said. "It is a form of hypnosis. We've experienced it, we went through it. We were in that mindset for years."
Phil (l.) and Willie Jones posted a billboard urging their Scientology following kids to call them. (ABC 7 News)
The Jones' joined the church when they were teenagers. They were avid followers for 40 years and brought their son and daughter in the faith before finally breaking away a few years ago.
But their adult kids didn't leave the church with them. It's been more than two years since they've heard from Mike and Emily, the parents said.
"We were kind of lucky to get out, but unlucky that we ended up losing our family. Not just our kids, my brother, my sister, nieces, nephews, friends, we lost it all," Phil Jones said.
The couple said they've tried more traditional means of communication, but nothing has worked. Their kids don't return their phone calls, and Scientology officials have ordered them to leave when they show up at the church's doorsteps.
“To my loved one in Scientology...Call me,” the giant ad reads. (ABC 7 News)
Relying on donations from other people who have lost relationships with loved ones in the church, the family raised enough money to keep the billboard from a month. They hope the billboard will encourage all Scientology followers to get back in touch with their lost realities — not just their own kids.
"It's just amazing how many people are affected by Scientology disconnection," Phil Jones said. "So we made the billboard a little bit more general, so it's a message from all of those people."
The Church of Scientology slammed the Jones' billboard, calling it exploitative.
"It is shameful that two people desperate for publicity would hook up with a reality TV producer to shamelessly exploit their two adult children over their choice of faith," it said in a statement. "It is equally despicable that these individuals would use a private family matter to promote anti-religious hate and bigotry."
Willie and Phil Jones said they're working with a documentary filmmaker to tell their story, but not a reality TV team.
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Darrelle Revis gets blasted by ex-Jets teammate Damien Woody: ‘Your skills have eroded to the point where you’re expendable’
By Daniel Popper
Dec 31, 2016 | 12:05 AM
Even former teammate Damien Woody is questioning Darrelle Revis' effort this season. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Ex-Jet Damien Woody blasted Darrelle Revis in a Periscope video Friday morning over comments the Gang Green cornerback made in a published report Thursday.
Revis called himself one of the best players in franchise history and questioned if the Jets would treat him with the class and respect he thinks he deserves.
"What the hell is that, man?" Woody, who played with Revis from 2008-2010, said. "He said about the New York Jets treating him or his situation with class. And I'm just thinking to myself, 'Treating him with class? What do you mean?' Football is a cold business. Football is one of the few businesses I know of where it's just purely results-driven. Doesn't matter who you are. You can be a legend, an all-time great. ... Regardless of how great they were, they all met their fate at the end — retirement, cut, it doesn't matter. Because guess what? The National Football League was here before you, and the National Football League will be here after you're gone.
"Everyone knows, watching the season, Darrelle hasn't had a good season by any standard. Any standard. ... You could question effort. There were times where he turned down tackles. All the off-coverage. Receivers are not even scared. I remember a few years ago receivers were fearful of him. (Now) they go in like, 'Revis Island? Man, I'm about to kick up my feet and have a daiquiri.'
Ex-Jet Damien Woody isn't shy about calling out Darrelle Revis. (HARBUS RICHARD/FREELANCE NYDN)
"See, when you lose leverage, when you're not playing up to par, you don't get to call the shots anymore. ... No one can question he's going to be in the Ring of Honor with the Jets. He's going to be in the Hall of Fame. But your skills have eroded to the point where you're expendable. And I think sometimes that's just hard for any athlete to really understand, especially an athlete of the caliber of Darrelle Revis. But to sit there and say (that) somehow the Jets are being disrespectful, I think is ludicrous."
Revis signed a five-year, $70 million contract with Gang Green before the 2015 season, but it's possible the Jets will release him after this year. Revis is only guaranteed $6 million of his $13 million base salary next season, and the Jets would save $9 million in cap space by cutting him.
Opposing quarterbacks have compiled a 109.8 passer rating when targeting Revis this season, according to Pro Football Focus. Revis has contemplated a shift to safety, but Woody doesn't think that's a viable option given Revis' tackling effort this year.
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"When you've gone through a couple holdouts, you've got to expect people are going to be tough. You're going to face the criticism that you've faced this season," Woody said. "And I'm not holding the holdouts against him. I'm a former player, and I want everybody to get paid, But with that comes the criticism if you don't play up to par. Because when they signed you to that huge deal, there was a certain expectation that comes with that. And if you don't hold it up, people are going to be on your head about it."
Before embarking on his rant, Woody made sure to point out what he thinks of Revis' career.
"Especially in his prime, best player that I've ever seen," Woody said. "The work ethic, the talent, the football IQ, when you combined all those things, he was the single best player that I've played with, that I've seen in football."
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U.S.|A California Reckoning in a Case of Abuses Abroad
A California Reckoning in a Case of Abuses Abroad
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK JAN. 30, 2010
The three refugees from Somalia came to the Bay Area several years ago to escape the violence of their homeland, to put the terror behind them. But they were shocked to learn in 2002 that a former Somali official they believed responsible for brutality against their family was living freely in the United States.
To Bashe and Omar Yousuf, who are brothers, and their cousin Amina Jireh, that did not seem right.
“I was really mad,” said Omar, a Caltrans engineer who now lives in Hercules. “The person who destroyed the country and killed thousands and thousands of people was in the United States, and we couldn’t do anything about it.”
In fact, they could. They met in a friend’s living room in Oakland with lawyers from the Center for Justice and Accountability, a small San Francisco nonprofit. Since 1998, the little-known center, based on Market Street, has been filing suit on behalf of human rights victims seeking to hold their tormentors accountable. With the center’s assistance, Bashe and four other Somalis filed suit against the official, a former Somali prime minister living on the East Coast.
Now the case is before the United States Supreme Court, a legal contest that is a test of whether former officials of foreign governments who are accused of committing war crimes before they moved to the United States have immunity from civil lawsuits. Oral arguments are scheduled for March.
“The issue is whether government officials who come to the United States and seek safe haven are above the law,” said Pamela Merchant, the center’s executive director. “The court will decide whether foreign government officials who use their powers to cause torture and rape and the killing of innocent civilians can be held responsible for their actions.”
The Center for Justice and Accountability was founded by Gerald Gray, a San Francisco psychotherapist who began treating victims of torture in 1985 and soon made it his exclusive practice.
In the mid-1990s, Mr. Gray received an urgent call from San Francisco General Hospital seeking help for a newly arrived Bosnian refugee. When he got to the hospital, he found that the refugee was distraught because he had discovered that his torturer was living in San Francisco.
Mr. Gray feared that the man might kill his tormenter, but instead the traumatized refugee fled to the East Coast. His torturer was never held accountable.
After that experience, Mr. Gray resolved to find a way to help victims bring their abusers to justice. With the assistance of Amnesty International, he established the center.
“The law gives us a chance to do something in a civilized way,” said Mr. Gray, who serves on the center’s board and has founded other groups to aid torture victims. “If we didn’t have the law, or if it didn’t work, we would be stuck back in that primitive place of flight or fight.”
With a staff of 10, the center has carved out a niche among human rights groups by suing alleged human rights violators for damages. Since 1998 it has filed suits on behalf of human rights victims from five continents, winning every one of them that has gone to trial.
The center is unusual among rights organizations because it is based in San Francisco, rather than New York or Washington, where most have their headquarters. It typically recruits law firms around the country to work on cases without charge.
“They’ve been amazingly effective, especially given their small size and limited resources,” said Vienna Colucci, the managing director of Amnesty International USA.
William Aceves, an associate dean at the California Western School of Law in San Diego, said the lawsuits give victims a forum to confront their abuser.
“It’s never about money,” said Mr. Aceves, who sits on the center’s board. “It’s about an opportunity to present a case before a judge and jury, to be able to point a finger at the perpetrator and say, ‘What you did was wrong.’ ”
Omar Yousuf and Amina Jireh, both Somalis, are part of a suit filed in the United States against a former Somali prime minister. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times
About 500,000 torture victims live in the United States, Ms. Merchant said. Amnesty International estimates that 1,000 people who committed human rights abuses also live here, sometimes in the same communities as their victims.
The Somali suit was filed in 2004 against Mohamed Ali Samantar, a defense minister and prime minister during the 1980s. Bashe Yousuf, who had been tortured and imprisoned in Somalia, became the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, which says Mr. Samantar is responsible for the killings, torture, rape and unlawful detention carried out by military forces under his control.
For the center, the question is whether torture victims should have the chance to confront their abusers in court.
“Samantar should not be above the law,” said Ms. Merchant, the center director. “The United States should not be a safe haven for war criminals.”
Mr. Samantar, who came to the United States in 1997 and lives in Fairfax, Va., argues that he is protected from lawsuits by a federal law that grants immunity to foreign nations. He disputes the charges against him but declined to be interviewed.
“Mr. Samantar vigorously denies the particular allegations in the suit, none of which have ever been determined to be true by any court of law,” said one of his lawyers, Shay Dvoretzky.
Ms. Jireh and Omar Yousuf are members of the Bay Area’s small Somali community, which numbers about 1,500, mainly in San Jose and the East Bay. Bashe Yousuf now lives near Atlanta.
Unlike Somali refugees in other parts of the country, most in the Bay Area came from the northwestern part of Somalia, now known as Somaliland, which suffered some of the harshest abuses in the 1980s under the government of Maj. Mohammed Siad Barre, who seized power in a 1969 military coup.
The Barre government was notorious as one of the most brutal in Africa, and used summary execution, rape, torture and imprisonment without trial to control the population, particularly in Somaliland.
The government collapsed in 1991, and the country descended into chaos. Today, Somalia is a base for pirates who attack commercial vessels and for Al Qaeda, which recruits fighters and suicide bombers there.
Mr. Samantar served under Barre as defense minister and first vice president from 1980 to 1986 and then as prime minister until 1990. He fled to Italy before coming to the United States.
Mr. Samantar’s lawyers argue that any actions he took were in his official capacity. Some refugees, particularly those from southern Somalia, view Mr. Samantar as a leader who fought to keep the country united.
Bashe Yousuf was a successful businessman in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s largest city. He was arrested in 1981 after leading an effort to clean up a hospital and obtain medical supplies from foreign charities.
The government falsely accused him and his colleagues of fomenting rebellion and conspiring with foreign agents. Mr. Yousuf was subjected to electric shocks, water boarded and held in solitary confinement for six years. He received political asylum and is now a United States citizen.
Four other Somalis joined the lawsuit: a man who survived execution by firing squad and hid under dead bodies until he could escape; a woman who was arrested, repeatedly raped and held for years in solitary confinement; a man whose two brothers were arrested and executed, and a man whose father and brother were killed when the military attacked civilians.
A district judge ruled in 2007 that Mr. Samantar had immunity and dismissed the suit. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the decision, ruling that the law applies to foreign states, not individuals. Mr. Samantar then appealed to the Supreme Court.
“This case will set a precedent for a lot of countries that are ruled at gunpoint,” said Ms. Jireh, an insurance sales representative who lives in Brentwood. “He’s a war criminal who is living like you and me. That shouldn’t be O.K.”
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U.S.|F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Case
F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Case
By SCOTT SHANE FEB. 19, 2010
WASHINGTON — More than eight years after anthrax-laced letters killed five people and terrorized the country, the F.B.I. on Friday closed its investigation, adding eerie new details to its case that the 2001 attacks were carried out by Bruce E. Ivins, an Army biodefense expert who killed himself in 2008.
A 92-page report, which concludes what by many measures is the largest investigation in F.B.I. history, laid out the evidence against Dr. Ivins, including his equivocal answers when asked by a friend in a recorded conversation about whether he was the anthrax mailer.
“If I found out I was involved in some way...” Dr. Ivins said, not finishing the sentence. “I do not have any recollection of ever doing anything like that,” he said, adding, “I can tell you, I am not a killer at heart.” But in a 2008 e-mail message to a former colleague, one of many that reflected distress, Dr. Ivins wrote, “I can hurt, kill, and terrorize.” He added: “Go down low, low, low as you can go, then dig forever, and you’ll find me, my psyche.”
The report disclosed for the first time the F.B.I.’s theory that Dr. Ivins embedded in the notes mailed with the anthrax a complex coded message, based on DNA biochemistry, alluding to two female former colleagues with whom he was obsessed.
The report described how an F.B.I. surveillance agent watched in 2007 as Dr. Ivins threw out an article and a book, Douglas Hofstadter’s “Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid,” that could betray his interest in codes, coming out of his house in Frederick, Md., at 1 a.m. in long underwear to make certain the garbage truck had taken his trash.
Whether the voluminous documentation will convince skeptics about Dr. Ivins’s guilt was uncertain on Friday. Representative Rush D. Holt, a New Jersey Democrat and a physicist who has sharply criticized the bureau’s work, said the case should not have been closed.
“Arbitrarily closing the case on a Friday afternoon should not mean the end of this investigation,” Mr. Holt said, noting that the National Academy of Sciences was still studying the F.B.I.’s scientific work. He said the F.B.I. report laid out “barely a circumstantial case” that “would not, I think, stand up in court.”
Dropped into a mailbox in downtown Princeton, N.J., the anthrax letters were addressed to news organizations and two United States senators and contained notes with radical Islamist rhetoric that appeared to link them to the Sept. 11 attacks, which occurred a week before the first of the two mailings.
In the jittery wake of 9/11, they set off a nationwide panic over random discoveries of white powder that people feared might be more anthrax. The real anthrax — a few teaspoons of very fine powder — infected at least 22 people, including several postal workers, and killed 5.
Congressional offices and the Supreme Court were evacuated as a result of anthrax contamination, and the Postal Service spent hundreds of millions of dollars to clean up mail-processing centers. The federal government increased spending on biodefense, with a total of nearly $60 billion since 2001, and rejuvenated the faltering military anthrax vaccine program on which Dr. Ivins had worked for many years.
Bruce E. Ivins, a biochemist the F.B.I. says was responsible for five anthrax deaths. Credit U.S. Army
The investigation included more than 10,000 interviews on six continents, the report said, and F.B.I. investigators conducted preliminary investigations of 1,024 people and “in-depth investigations” of more than 400 people, examining those with possible financial motives, links to the drug and pesticide industries or a history of corresponding with the lawmakers targeted by the mailings.
In response to requests under the Freedom of Information Act, the bureau also posted on the Web more than 2,700 pages of interview notes and investigative documents to bolster its case.
Dr. Ivins, a microbiologist who had worked with anthrax for decades as part of the vaccine program at the Army’s biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., took a fatal overdose of Tylenol in July 2008 at the age of 62, after months of intense scrutiny by the F.B.I., which had placed a GPS device on his car, examined his trash and questioned his wife and two children.
They discovered his penchant for taking long drives at night, sometimes mailing letters and packages from distant spots under assumed names. They discovered his obsession with a sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and with images of blindfolded women, hundreds of which were found on his computer, the report says.
Days after his suicide, Justice Department and F.B.I. officials said they believed that Dr. Ivins had carried out the anthrax attacks alone and they released search warrant affidavits that included some of the evidence against him.
The affidavits included e-mail messages in which he confessed to paranoia and delusion; time records showing he had worked alone in the laboratory late at night before the anthrax mailings in September and October 2001; and genetic analysis tracing the mailed anthrax powder to a flask overseen by Dr. Ivins and stored in his lab.
But some of Dr. Ivins’s colleagues at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, including several supervisors who knew him well, publicly rejected the F.B.I.’s conclusion. They said he was eccentric but incapable of such a diabolical act, and they questioned whether he could have produced the deadly powder with the equipment in his lab.
Skeptics also pointed to F.B.I. investigators’ long focus on another suspect, Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, another former Army scientist whom the F.B.I. pursued in 2002 and 2003, keeping him under constant surveillance. In 2008, the government exonerated Dr. Hatfill and agreed to a settlement worth $4.6 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that his privacy rights had been violated.
Long before he became a serious suspect, Dr. Ivins, one of the government’s most experienced anthrax researchers, was a valued consultant to the F.B.I. investigators on the letters case. Only after path-breaking genetic analysis led to his lab did investigators consider that their genial scientific adviser might actually be their quarry.
As they focused on Dr. Ivins and read his e-mail messages, the report said, they began to be increasingly convinced that he was the mailer. And as he became aware that he was under scrutiny, he directed the F.B.I. repeatedly to other potential suspects. Once, in 2007, he wrote what the F.B.I. calls “an illogical 12-point memo” suggesting that the two female former colleagues with whom he was obsessed might have mailed the letters.
When one of the women, made aware of the memo, confronted Dr. Ivins about it in 2008, he wrote to her, blaming an alternate personality he called “ ‘Crazy Bruce,’ who surfaces periodically as paranoid, severely depressed and ridden with incredible anxiety.” He complained that “it seems as though I have been selected as the blood sacrifice for this whole thing.”
Correction: March 3, 2010
A chart on Feb. 20 with the continuation of an article about the F.B.I.’s closing of its investigation into the mailing of anthrax in 2001 misidentified one of the four nucleotides present in DNA sequences that are part of what the F.B.I. contends is a code in notes mailed with the anthrax. The letter "A" represents adenine, according to the F.B.I., not guanine. A corrected version of the chart can be found at nytimes.com/national.
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Television|‘Riverdale’ Brings Broadway to the Small Screen With ‘Carrie: The Musical’
‘Riverdale’ Brings Broadway to the Small Screen With ‘Carrie: The Musical’
The characters of “Riverdale” introduce themselves and share which characters they’ll be playing in “Carrie: The Musical.”
By Peter Libbey
Two dark visions of American high school life will collide when the kids from “Riverdale,” CW’s teen drama based on the characters of Archie Comics, come together for a production of “Carrie: The Musical.”
The special episode, which airs Wednesday, continues the tradition of television shows dipping into the world of musical theater.
The show’s executive producer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, said he and the rest of the “Riverdale” team knew they wanted to make a musical episode since the show was first conceived. But they knew it had to reflect the themes and tone of the series.
“Because ‘Riverdale’ is a bit darker and is a little bit off-kilter and subversive, when we talked about doing a musical episode we talked about doing a darker, more genre musical,” he said.
The “Riverdale” team considered “Little Shop of Horrors” and recreating the real-life story of a high school production of “Sweeney Todd” in New Zealand, where students were injured by a prop razor.
They settled on the cult classic “Carrie: The Musical,” and as they worked the parallels between it and “Riverdale” became increasingly clear to them. “It felt as though the songwriters had written songs for the same set of characters,” Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa said.
And he would know. Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa co-wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film remake of “Carrie.”
The ties between “Carrie: The Musical” and “Riverdale” allowed the writers to advance the plot of the show. “We wanted it to function as a true musical, which is to say that the stories kept going through the songs,” said Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa.
The seven songs featured in the episode are performed by the characters during rehearsals and as they go about their daily lives. The roles they are cast in also become intertwined with the story line. In a fit of pique, Betty says to Archie, “From where I’m standing, Veronica is just as much of a privileged, selfish, spiteful mean girl as the part she’s playing,” referring to Veronica’s role as Chris Hargensen, Carrie’s main antagonist.
The line between “Carrie: The Musical” and the world of “Riverdale” almost disappears altogether in shocking ways toward the end of the episode.
“Riverdale” is just the latest show to bring a bit of Broadway to the small screen. Here are five other musical episodes of otherwise nonmusical television shows.
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: ‘Once More With Feeling’
James Marsters and Sarah Michelle Gellar in the musical episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which earned an Emmy nomination in 2002.CreditRichard Cartwright/UPN
In Season 6 of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Sunnydale’s residents begin singing instead of speaking. It turns out that Sweet, a powerful demon whose presence causes humans around him to act like they are a part of a chorus line, has come to town. Buffy must defeat him as she struggles to reconnect with her job as a slayer after returning from the dead.
It took the series creator Joss Whedon six months to write the music for “Once More, With Feeling,” and the cast underwent three months of vocal training to prepare. Hinton Battle, a three-time Tony Award winner, lent his Broadway credentials to the show by appearing as Sweet.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, the star of the series, was ambivalent about the experience. “I’m not a singer. I never have been and I didn’t have a lot of time with the material. So my original intention was to have someone else do the singing,” she told Entertainment Weekly.
Ms. Gellar came around and the episode earned an Emmy nomination in 2002 for outstanding musical direction.
‘Scrubs’: ‘My Musical’
Donald Faison and Zach Braff performing in the episode titled “My Musical.”CreditNBC
The hospital staff at Sacred Heart needed to diagnose a patient who begins to hear everyone’s speech as song after losing consciousness in Season 6 of “Scrubs.” At first, they think she’s suffering from a psychological problem, only to find out she has a brain aneurysm.
Debra Fordham wrote the episode, with music written by Jan Stevens, Paul Perry, Doug Besterman, and the writers of “Avenue Q,” Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez.
Though the series had included musical elements before, like the “West Side Story” parody in the episode “My Way or the Highway,” Bill Lawrence, the series creator, didn’t want to make a musical episode if it wasn’t going to fit into the show.
“We wouldn’t have done [a musical], except that our medical adviser on the show stumbled onto this case where somebody had an aneurysm and was hearing everything in music,” Mr. Lawrence told TV Guide. “Obviously, they weren’t hearing an entire Broadway musical with singing and dancing, but for us in the world of ‘Scrubs,’ that works.”
‘Community’: ‘Regional Holiday Music’
Taran Killam, left, plays Cory Radison, the glee club director in “Regional Holiday Music.”CreditJordin Althaus/NBC
When the Greendale glee club suffers a collective mental breakdown after it is forced to stop performing copyrighted music in Season 3 of “Community,” the study group is enticed into taking its place for the school’s Christmas pageant. The performance is a complete disaster, and the glee club’s leader confesses to engineering the bus accident that killed a previous iteration of the group.
The main target of the acerbic satire in this episode is Fox’s “Glee,” which the show also criticized in Season 1 for rarely using original music. “Regional Holiday Music” features all original music by Ludwig Göransson, with lyrics by the show’s writers.
In an interview, the series creator Dan Harmon said the writing team wasn’t sure the episode would work until deep into the writing process.
“At first it seemed like it was never going to work and then we kind of hit a final point the night before the table read where we finally kind of realized the whole John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’/‘Body Snatchers’ sort of angle to this,” he said.
‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’: ‘The Nightman Cometh’
“The Nightman Cometh” spawned a stage show in 2009 after first appearing on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”CreditPatrick McElhenney
The “Sunny” gang is confused when the quasi-literate Charlie announces he has written a musical in Season 4. They assume there is some sort of selfish motivation behind it, but Charlie insists he did it for fun. Enlisting his friends, he puts the show on and convinces his longtime crush, the Waitress, to attend. He promises that if she does, he won’t bother her again.
The musical, called “The Nightman Cometh,” is a thinly veiled autobiographical story about Charlie’s long-running infatuation with the Waitress and the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Uncle Jack.
“The Nightman Cometh” did not stay confined to the small screen. In 2009, the team brought it to the stage for a seven-stop tour after a successful, somewhat impromptu show at a club in Los Angeles.
“The Troubadour posted that we were going to perform ‘The Nightman Cometh’ and it sold out in record time,” Charlie Day told Spin. “We realized that we had to do something good.”
‘Grey’s Anatomy’: ‘Song Beneath the Song’
Sara Ramirez as Dr. Callie Torres in “Song Beneath the Song,” the musical episode of “Grey’s Anatomy.”CreditABC
In Season 7 of “Grey’s Anatomy,” a pregnant Callie Torres — played by Tony Award-winner Sara Ramirez — is seriously injured in a car accident and begins to hallucinate that everyone around her is singing. A debate between her friends and colleagues ensues about how to treat her.
Her deteriorating condition pushes the doctors to perform a high-risk procedure to save her life. Her baby is born prematurely but survives, and Callie eventually wakes up, and accepts a marriage proposal from her girlfriend, Arizona, that preceded the crash.
The series creator Shonda Rhimes said she wanted to create a musical episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” since filming the show’s pilot, but it took several years to actually make it happen.
For the episode, Ms. Rhimes, the executive producer Betsy Beers and the director Tony Phelan chose songs that had played an important part in earlier episodes of the show. “It became about picking the most iconic ones, the ones that best suited our singers, and the ones that made the most sense,” Ms. Rhimes told TV Guide.
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The beginnings of German national identity were not political but rather cultural. Already in the eighteenth century, Germans had begun to react against the intellectual domination of the French Enlightenment and against the idea of a purely rational and universal definition of human nature. Instead, German thinkers began to develop the idea that humanity consists of different peoples (in German, Volk, people or folk) who share a common language, culture, and history. This idea was picked up on and carried forward by the Romantic movement, which emphasized emotion and particularity as opposed to the reason and universality of the Enlightenment.
Against this backdrop of growing German cultural self-identity, the military and political humiliation of the crushing Prussian defeat at Jena by Napoleon in 1806 flashed like a bolt of lightning. Prussia was forced to surrender all of its territory west of the Elbe River, and Napoleon even occupied Berlin. This defeat led to reforms of the feudal system in Prussia in 1807, not wholly unlike the changes in Japan after the Meiji Restoration. It also inspired one of the most important statements of German nationalism, a series of lectures delivered in Berlin in 1807–1808 by the most important German philosopher of the time, Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814).
Despite his success as an academic philosopher, Fichte’s best-known work derived from a series of lectures inspired by the nationalist awakening he experienced as a result of Napoleon’s defeat and occupation of Prussia, the leading German state. He gave the lectures, entitled Addresses to the German Nation (1807), to raise morale and inspire patriotism among Germans.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Addresses to the German Nation (1807–1808), trans. R. F. Jones and G. H. Turnbull. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1979): 3–4, 12–13, 15, 131, 132, 135–36, 138, 143–44, 145, 146–47, 151, 153, 223–24, 264, 266, 268.
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400,000 fans sign petition calling on HBO to re-do ‘Game of Thrones’ final season
by: Howard Thompson
Posted: May 16, 2019 / 11:40 AM EDT / Updated: May 16, 2019 / 01:07 PM EDT
This image released by HBO shows Emilia Clarke in a scene from “Game of Thrones,” that aired Sunday, May 5, 2019. In the third to last episode of HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen is suffering from a crisis of confidence. She is short on troops and dragons, short on strategies and […]
There is a new battle brewing in Winterfell.
Upset with the direction the show has taken in its eighth and final season, Game of Thrones fans are calling for a complete re-do of the season.
In a change.org petition, signed by more than 400,000 people, the fans write, “This series deserves a final season that makes sense.”
Fans have complained that the season has moved too quickly as the writers have tried to wrap up a number of loose ends in just six episodes. Another complaint has been the death of a major character halfway through the season.
The petition takes aim at the writers, saying, “David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.e. the books) to fall back on.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda geeks out on ‘His Dark Materials’
by LINDSEY BAHR, Associated Press / Jul 18, 2019
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lin-Manuel Miranda says he agreed to being in the adaptation of "His Dark Materials" before he even knew what part he was being offered.
Miranda plays Lee Scoresby, a cowboy who flies hot air balloons and gets into bar fights, although he says he would have sharpened pencils to be part of the production.
NEW YORK (AP) — With a nod to "The Handmaid's Tale," Amy Landecker announced on Instagram that she is "of Bradley," elopement style.
Landecker said Thursday she wed her fellow "Handmaid" co-star Bradley Whitford with their children and dogs, Izzy and Otis, as witnesses. They were married by political activist Ady Barkan at the courthouse in Santa Barbara.
Hamilton, Schwarzenegger tease R-rated ‘Terminator’ sequel
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Leave the kids at home, "Terminator: Dark Fate" is getting an R-rating.
Director Tim Miller told the audience at San Diego Comic-Con that it wasn't always going to be the plan, but the fans demanded it. The panel that kicked off the fan convention Thursday morning may also have gotten the same rating with the number of expletives thrown around by Miller.
Top Stories / 5 mins ago
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British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945 (Hardback)
WWII D-Day & Normandy Tanks Military
By Richard Doherty
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A total of eleven British armoured divisions were formed during the 1939-1945 war but, as this highly informative book reveals, just eight saw action.
In 1940 only 1st Armoured Division faced the German blitzkrieg and it was in the North African desert that armoured divisions came into their own. The terrain was ideal and six such divisions of Eighth Army fought Rommel's Panzers into submission. Three were disbanded prior to the invasion of Sicily and Italy. The campaign from D-Day onwards saw the Guards Armoured, 7th Armoured (the Desert Rats), 11th and Percy Hobart's 79th Armoured Division in the thick of the action.
Of particular interest are the men who commanded these elite formations and the way their characters contributed to the outcome of operations. While some, such as Dick McCreery, went onto greater heights, others did not make the grade; the stakes were high. A number, such as 'Pip' Roberts, were just perfectly suited in the role.
Written by a leading military historian, this book describes many fascinating aspects of armoured warfare from its uncertain beginnings, through the development of tactics and the evolving tank design. Due to British deficiencies, reliance had to be placed on US Grants and Shermans, with the Comet coming late and the Centurion too late.
The combination of gripping historical narrative and well researched fact make this an invaluable and highly readable work on the contribution of British Armoured Divisions to victory in the Second World War.
Richard Doherty sets out, in his usual, thorough and very readable style, to examine the role of British Armoured Divisions in the Second World War. Highly recommended for all with an interest in the armoured warfare during WW2 or the impact of individual commanders in battle.
Bulletin - Military Historical Society
I don't know about you, but I found this made a pleasant change to read something on British Armoured divisions of WW2 rather than the many we see available on the Panzer Divisions. The author has done an excellent job of looking at the subject from an interesting perspective. The British Army created 11 armoured divisions during WW2, though 2 of them never went into combat, while a third, rather than be disbanded, was re-structured to create the specialist equipment of 79th Armoured Division, 'Hobart's Funnies'.
www.militarymodelling.com
A fascinating new book. Combination of historical narrative and well researched material makes for a highly readable book.
Londonderry Sentinel
Richard Doherty reveals how of the eleven British armoured divisions which were formed during the Second World War, just eight saw action. Also examines the influence of the men who led these formations and the way their characters contributed to the success of failure of operations.
Britain at War
The author has done an excellent job of looking at the subject from an interesting perspective. The British Army created 11 armoured divisions during WW2, though 2 of them never went into combat, while a third, rather than be disbanded, was re-structured to create the specialist equipment of 79th Armoured Division, 'Hobart's Funnies'.
www.militarymodeling.com
Richard Doherty reveals how of the eleven British armoured divisions which were formed during the Second World War, just eight saw action.
Also examines the influence of the men who led these formations and the way their characters contributed to the success of failure of operations.
About Richard Doherty
One of the leading military historians in the UK and Ireland, writer and broadcaster Richard Doherty has twenty-nine books to his credit, two of which were nominated for the prestigious Templer Medal. Chronologically his titles range from The Williamite War in Ireland, 1688-1691 to Helmand Mission: With the Royal Irish Battlegroup in Afghanistan 2008 and also include a history of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, The Thin Green Line.
Over the years he has researched, written and presented several historical series for BBC Radio Ulster, presented two major historical programmes for BBC TV, for whom he has also researched and written historical programmes, and has contributed to, or advised on, many programmes for BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Four, RTE (Irish radio and TV) and independent producers. His BBC Radio Ulster programme on the North African campaign, part of the Sons of Ulster series, was nominated for a Sony Award in 1989. He has featured twice in the popular 'Who Do You Think You Are?' television series, providing historical background for David Tennent (2006) and Paul Hollywood (2015).
A popular speaker, he has addressed a wide variety of audiences in the UK, Republic of Ireland, France and Italy, as well as the United States, where he has lectured (on limited warfare) at the US Marine Corps Staff and Command College at Quantico, Virginia. Since 2002 he has been a guest speaker on cruise ships with topics ranging from military and naval history, including the Battle of the Atlantic, through Celtic history, to Irish myth, history and culture.
He leads battlefield tours in Ireland, Normandy, Italy and Greece, writes historical articles and book reviews for newspapers, magazines and journals, is Chairman of the Irish Regiments Historical Society, a member of several military history societies in the UK, Ireland and the USA, a trustee of the Royal Irish Fusiliers’ Museum, Armagh and of the Royal Irish Regiment Museum, a trustee of the International School for Peace Studies, a trustee, and member of the Council, of the Northern Ireland War Memorial, and honorary historian of the Royal Irish Regiment.
More titles by Richard Doherty
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LyondellBasell awarded DOE grant
HOUSTON (June 12, 1:10 p.m. ET) — LyondellBasell Industries NV received a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Energy to develop catalyst-assisted ethane cracking technology that is more energy-efficent and environmentally friendly.
The Rotterdam, Netherlands-based firm is partnering with Quantiam Technologies Inc. and BASF Qtech Inc. to develop the new technology in a three-part program over the next three years.
The system will build on BASF Qtech Inc.'s existing technology for ethane and naphtha-fed catalytic coating technology for steam crackers, by extending the benefits to ethane and natural gas liquid-fed steam crackers.
The project's estimated cost, in addition to the DOE grant, is $2.2 million.
LyondellBasell said the new technology will lower the cost of energy production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“Access to low-cost ethane from shale gas over the past three years has changed the competitive position of the U.S. chemical industry. We have an opportunity to further this advantage through greater energy efficiencies in our manufacturing processes,” said Tim Roberts, LyondellBasell's senior vice president of olefins and polyolefins in the Americas, in a news release.
The company, which has North American headquarters in Houston, has six steam cracking units in the U.S. and said it can produce ethane and natural gas liquids for up to 85 percent of its feedstocks. It is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and polypropylene compounds, and a leading maker of propylene oxide, polyethylene, ethylene and propylene.
Quantiam, a manufacturing technology company based in Edmonton, Alberta, partnered with BASF Canda Inc., an affiliate of Florham Park, N.J.-based BASF Corp., to form BASF QTech. BASF's catalysts division in Iselin, N.J., will handle marketing and sales.
The business, which operates as an independent entity, focuses on commercializing advanced catalytic surface coatings for steam cracker furnace tubes.
On June 12, the DOE awarded more than $54 million in grants to 13 projects aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing the cost of U.S. manufacturing.
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England building large waste-to-energy plant
Hamish Champ
TEESIDE, ENGLAND (Aug. 9, 1 p.m. ET) — A U.S.-based gas and chemical group is to create what it calls the world's largest energy-from-waste facility in Teeside.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc., which is based in Allentown, Pa., plans to start construction in the next few weeks, with the intention of converting the first of 350,000 metric tons of residual waste a year – capable of powering 50,000 homes – by 2014.
The plant, a U.K. first, will use AlterNRG advanced gasification technology to create up to 50 megawatts annually. Air Products hopes it will also have the potential to generate renewable hydrogen, with fuelling public transport a possible end-use.
Matthew Aylott of the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), which advised the government on the energy-from-waste market, said he expected a “high proportion of plastics” to be included in the 350,000 metric ton figure.
“This is hopefully the first of a number of such plants,” Aylott told PRW. INEOS and British Airways are looking at similar operations to convert municipal solid waste into road and jet fuel respectively.
While the scale of investment in the plant is not known it is nevertheless expected to lead to the creation of 50 permanent jobs, as well as up to 700 construction jobs while it is being built.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg welcomed the development: “Advanced gasification has a key role to play in delivering renewable energy and I warmly welcome the decision by Air Products to proceed with its Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility.”
Clegg said Air Products' announcement “reflects the U.K.'s commitment and support for clean energy, combined with our stable and transparent environment for investors.
“With the world's spotlight on the UK this summer, we are working hard through the British Business Embassy program to help U.K. and international companies to capitalise on new trade and investment opportunities to deliver safe, secure, sustainable and smarter energy ‘ecosystems', from extraction through to the end user.”
Changes to subsidies for renewable electricity following a recent banding review announced last month could incentivize between about $31.2 billion and about $39 billion of new investment in the economy between 2013 and 2017, said the Department of Energy & Climate Change.
Geraint Evans, head of biofuels and bioenergy at NNFCC, said waste was an underutilized resource for energy generation and gasification “could hold the key to unlocking its vast potential.
“We will now apply our engineering and policy expertise to ensure this is just the first of many advanced gasification plants built here in the U.K.”
The British Plastics Federation welcomed the development, with its public and corporate affairs director Philip Law commenting: ‘‘Used plastics are too valuable a resource to consign to landfill. For fractions unfeasible to recycle this is a great initiative.''
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