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October 19, 2010 7:09AM
Charitable Donations to the Government
The New York Times took a look at people who voluntarily send money to Washington in order to help pay down the federal debt. Last year, the Bureau of the Public Debt received $3.1 million in such donations. Looking at the federal budget, I found a total of $241 million in “gifts and contributions” for fiscal year 2010.
Charitable donations to the federal government are insignificant when compared to donations made to private charities. A Cato essay on welfare spending points out that Americans contribute more than $300 billion a year to organized private charities and volunteer more than 8 billion hours a year to charitable activities, which can be valued at about $158 billion.
Thus when given the choice, people overwhelmingly entrust their donations to private charities not the government. One can only imagine what donations to private charities would be if government at all levels didn’t confiscate trillions of our dollars in taxes every year.
Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, decided several years ago to leave most of his fortune to private charities. Buffett is notorious for advocating tax increases to support government spending. Yet, when he made the decision to donate his wealth, Buffett went with the private sector instead of the government.
A frustrating aspect of today’s public policy debate is that many pundits seem oblivious to the fact that the private sector could take care of those people truly in need if it was allowed to retain more of its earnings from the clutches of government. The government “crowds out” all kinds of private efforts and resources. If the government were to recede, private sector efforts to aid the needy would expand.
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“Old” Anatomy goes live for Science Week 2018
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on November 13, 2018 – 11:14 am
Filed under Anthropology, Comment, Education, Research, Science Week
Going Wilde in “Old” Anatomy. William Wilde’s collection of skulls goes on display in TCD as a backdrop for the filming of “Growing, Up Live”
The skulls have been taken out of storage and put on display as the “Old” Anatomy Museum in TCD goes “live” for three nights during Science Week 2018. The Museum has been transformed into a studio for Growing Up, Live. It is being filmed in front of a live studio audience and the programme makers will “be treating the audience to live science experiments every night” which, RTE promises, “will unlock our understanding of a human lifetime.’
The Anatomy Museum is a really interesting setting for a show like this. Historically, dissections were done in front of a live audience. That won’t happen in “Growing Up, Live” but the audience will be surrounded by the results of 300 years of anatomical research. The Museum is home to a collection of anatomical and medical specimens that was built up over 300 years of medical education in Trinity College, University of Dublin, much of which was “re-discovered” when “Old” Anatomy Dept was decommissioned in 2014 and the School of Medicine move to the TBSI building on Pearse St.
Angela Scanlon adopts the traditional pose of the Anatomist – skull in hand – in “Old” Anatomy in preparation for the filming of “Growing Up, Live.”
The live broadcast marks a turning point in the process of opening the least known and most interesting museum in Dublin to the public. In March 2017, Joe Duffy created some controversy when he called for the skeleton of Cornelius Magrath, the Irish Giant, to be removed from display in the mistaken belief the Magrath’s body had been robbed, dissected in secret, and his skeleton put on display in 1760. I was working on the collection at the time and found evidence that Magrath had in fact been in the care of Trinity School of Medicine when he died.
The controversy died but there was a some nervousness about opening the collections to the public as a result. Brendan Holland, another Irish Giant, came to the rescue. He filmed part of the documentary “The Giant Gene” in the Anatomy Museum and went public on the most difficult question of all: as a giant, how would he feel it his skeleton was put on display? Brendan didn’t have a problem with that, given the contribution that historic specimens like Magrath continue to make to medical research into conditions like gigantism.
2018. Public engagement at work: BBC Northern Ireland recording an interview between Brendan Holland and Martina Hennessy (School of Medicine TCD) for the a documentary entitled “The Giant Gene.” It was produced by Chris Nikkel and broadcast in June 2018.
2016. The Anatomy Museum operating as a mixture of conservation workshop and anthropological “field.” This is some of the material that was discovered in 2014 and needed to be sorted, catalogued, and stored in preparation for conservation and display. The anthropological material is visible in the foreground.
The use of the space as a studio marks another turning point. An enormous amount of material was discovered in the process of decommissioning the “Old” Anatomy Dept in 2014. Much of this was in tea-chests and crates but there was a lot of material stored under the old theatre and in every nook and cranny of the building. This included a really important collection of photographs taken in the Aran Islands in 1890, shortly before the Anatomy Dept established a small Anthropology Dept and opened an anthropometric (the measurement of humans) laboratory.
A photograph taken by Andrew F. Dixon and Alfred Cort Haddon in Dún Chonnchubhair, Inis Meáin, in 1890. The negative on the left still has the masking that was used to create the effect of a clear sky. The image on the right is an inverted scan of the original, which is called a positive.
That is where curator.ie got involved. I received funding from the Irish Research Council (research.ie) to work on collections associated with the Anthropometric Laboratory and its programme of ethnographic surveys in the west of Ireland. The project was a joint venture of Maynooth University, TCD School of Medicine, and Kimmage Development Studies Centre, now Shanahan Research Centre.
As a curator and a student of anthropology, I did my fieldwork in “Old” Anatomy. Most of the material discovered in 2014 was stored in the Anatomy Museum and it took the best part of two years to go through it and organise suitable storage in the nooks and crannies from whence it came. The plan, all along, was to restore the museum as a public space.
The filming of “The Giant Gene” was a key part of a strategy to make the collection visible and to engage the public in a conversation about the contemporary significance of “Old” Anatomy, whether that is the Skeleton of Magrath, the huge range of medical education material, or the ethnographic material associated with the Anthropological Dept.
The filming of “Growing Up, Live” is on a different scale altogether, given the reach of Science Week and the presence in the museum of a studio audience. RTE publicists have described the “studio” as an amazing Anatomy Museum” and it will be very interesting to see how the audience engages with the various collections.
This is the space to watch during Science Week.
The history of the British Isles as represented in skulls. Ethnologists in the mid-nineteenth century believed that they could find traces of the various invasions of Ireland by comparing the shape of ancient skulls.
To Follow: The Skull Measuring Business: the work of the Dublin Anthropometric Anthropometric Laboratory (1891-1903).
Research Update | October 2018
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on October 3, 2018 – 1:59 pm
Filed under Anthropology, Research
Reading Haddon …
Four years ago, I was given the job of finding out what exactly was going on in the Dublin Anthropometric Laboratory, which was established in TCD in 1891. My research has focussed on the Laboratory’s programme of ethnographic surveys in the west of Ireland, which were conducted by “head-hunters” Alfred Cort Haddon and Charles R. Browne between 1892 and 1900.
The main question is this: what do the surveys tell us about the development of (1) social documentary photography in Ireland and (2) a western imaginary based on island life in the west of Ireland? My research also considers the ethical and practical implications of placing material from the laboratory–including anatomical specimens–into the public domain, especially in the context of debates about the relation between body, image, and identity in contemporary Ireland.
BBC Northern Ireland on location in “Old” Anatomy TCD in 2018. Brendan Holland and Martina Hennessy, TCD School of Medicine, discuss the relevance of historic anatomical/anthropological specimens to current medical research (see the Giant Gene)
Four years on the project is entering its final phase. The tricky task of converting extensive work on primary sources in Dublin and Cambridge is well underway and slowly taking shape as a text. This text is structured around the idea of murderous, little facts from the hidden spaces of anthropology in Ireland. These facts have produced some interesting results; not least the need for some radical new thinking about the history of anthropology as a whole.
Ugly Little Facts: Aidan Baker, Librarian of the Haddon Library in Cambridge, with a collection of papers relating to the Aran Islands. The documents were placed in an envelope in 1913 and “lost.” They were rediscovered in 2013 in a search for Haddon’s notes and/or other papers relating to “The Ethnography of the Aran Islands, County Galway” (Haddon & Browne 1893).
Murderous Little Facts
The origin of this trope–ugly little facts–comes from an unlikely source. Thomas Henry Huxley is credited with coining the phrase in a conversation recalled by Francis Galton in his memoirs (1908). Herbert Spencer revealed in conversation that he once wrote a tragedy. Huxley declared that the ‘catastrophe had to be a ‘beautiful theory killed by a nasty ugly little fact.’
My theory–or historiographical framework perhaps–is that the disciplinary history of anthropology operates around a foundational trope. Haddon is represented as taking anthropology out of the armchair and into the field in 1898; after he had escaped from the Darwinian backwater that was Dublin in the 1890s. That claim is not supported by facts in the Haddon papers and related sources but, repeated often enough, it has become a form of disciplinary folklore that has compressed the history of anthropology and circumscribed narratives like that of the Dublin Anthropometric Laboratory.
Reading Haddon: A small section of the Haddon Papers in Cambridge University Library.
The strategy I have adopted in response is to use overlooked primary sources as “tropocidal” facts; using ugly, little facts gleaned from the forgotten spaces of anthropology to kill off the armchair trope and suggest some alternative narratives. The Dublin Anthropometric Laboratory, in this scenario, becomes (1) the site of a struggle for disciplinary authority between conservative (biological) and radical (sociological) elements within “organised” anthropology in the 1890s, (2) an agent of the development of an equally radical, photo-ethnographic practice in fieldwork associated with the Laboratory and (3) the starting point for John Millington Synge’s exploration of peasant life in the West of Ireland.
Photography as ethnography: a photograph taken by Browne on the Great Blasket Island in 1897. The man in the middle is Tomás Ó Criomhtain, An tOileánach, one of the most celebrated figures of the Blasket Island Community and an important figure in folklore studies in Ireland. Photograph courtesy of the Board of TCD.
Forgotten Spaces
This study is grounded in the discovery of artefacts, records, and photographs associated with the Dublin Anthropometric Laboratory, which prompted a new reading of Haddon’s association with it. In 2014 Siobhán Ward of TCD started unpacking tea chests containing a substantial collection of historical material from the School of Anatomy. This material included specimens, instruments, records, paper and a spectacular collection of glass plate negatives dating from 1890. This material had ‘disappeared’ in 1948 when it was placed in long-term storage under the theatre in the “Old” Anatomy Building.
Reconstruction of the anthropological collection began in February 2016 and the contents of the tea chests have since been recorded, sorted, and tallied with related material in other collections in Ireland and UK. It wasn’t long before a gap opened up between the conventional history of pre-modern anthropology in Ireland and the ugly little facts —documentary and material— that had emerged from “Old” Anatomy.
“Unpacking” the Dublin Anthropometric Laboratory in 2016. An early photograph showing the anatomical and anthropological material discovered in the “Old” Anatomy building in 2014. The records of the Laboratory and associated artefacts are visible in the foreground. They include the schedules of measurements taken in the Aran Islands in 1892, Daniel J. Cunningham’s cast of the cranial topography of a chimpanzee, and some of the psychometric instruments designed by Francis Galton.
Finally …
“Unpacking” the Laboratory has become, unexpectedly, a confrontation with the historiography of anthropology. This has meant spending just over two years reading what Haddon wrote – rather than reading about what Haddon was thought to have done – and this has produced some interesting new narratives.
This part of the project will conclude in 2019 … hopefully.
Ciarán Walsh | Oct 3, 2018
Knock: Apparition Or Slide Show
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on August 22, 2018 – 10:52 pm
Filed under Comment, Photography, Politics, Research
A man of Vision: Fr Bartholomew Cavanagh ( 1821-1897), Parish Priest of Knock and Aughamore in 1879. This is man who may have engineered an apparition using a magic lantern. The site of the “apparition” is visible in the background. Photo: Knock Shrine.
The latest post on the curator.ie blog examines new evidence supporting the claim that the apparition said to have occurred in Knock in 1879 was in fact a slide show engineered by the parish priest (pictured above).
It builds on research into the Dublin Anthropometric Laboratory, drawing on an investigation of the role played by James Hack Tuke in the organisation of a survey of fishing Grounds in the West of Ireland in 1890. This survey laid the foundation for the programme of ethnographic fieldwork undertaken by the Laboratory in one of Tuke’s main areas of operation, Mayo and Connemara.
Sketch showing distribution of relief tickets in the turf market in Westport. From Illustrated London News, March 6th, 1880. Source Mayo Library.
Tuke visited Knock in 1880, 6 months after the apparition occurred and 6 weeks or so after the first report was published in the press. Tuke claimed that the “apparition” involved the use of a lantern projector to “depict” the Blessed Virgin as in a “vision.” This connected with a conversation I had some time ago with Stan Mason, grandson of Thomas Mason, the man who recalled providing the parish priest in Knock with a lantern projector around the time of the apparition. It seemed obvious to me that Knock was more slide show than apparition.
The announcement that the Pope was going to Knock as part of his visit to Ireland (2018) prompted a review of the literature on the apparition of 1879. The findings are posted on Ballymaclinton, which is sort of appropriate given that the blog was inspired by a fictional village that was created as a showcase for the “Real” Irish during the Franco-Brititish exhibition in London in 1908.
The most surprising finding is that church authorities were sceptical of reports of an apparition and commissioned Francis Lennon, Professor of Mathematics and Natural Law in Maynooth, to investigate the possibility that a lantern projector was used. He concluded that the “apparition”was created using some form of optical device but he was overruled. John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, decided that the witness statements were trustworthy and set about establishing Knock as a site of Marian apparition and pilgrimage. The story was published in the Tuam News in January 1880.
A lantern projector in action. Source: Martyn Jolly.
So, the question has to be asked: If the apparition was a slide show, as the evidence suggests, why is Pope Francis visiting Knock? Maybe it is a case of history repeating itself and maybe it is a case of the optics of pilgrimage. For more go to Ballymaclinton.
Ciarán Walsh
Jane W. Shackleton: Pioneering Photographer and Unsung Hero of the Gaelic Revival
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on October 28, 2015 – 8:12 pm
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Jane W. Shackleton’s singular contribution to the Gaelic Revival has been seriously undervalued. Ciarán Walsh takes another look at the work of this pioneering photographer. In his latest post on the Ballymaclinton blog Walsh questions why Shackleton’s career as a pioneer of social documentary photography been seriously undervalued.
Appalling vistas: TG4 broadcasts series on social documentary photography in Ireland in the 1890s
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About 10 years go I came across this photograph. The caption suggests that it was taken during the Famine of 1845-9 in Ireland. It wasn’t. True, it is very similar to the scenes recorded in cabins throughout the west of Ireland and graphic illustrations of such scenes were published in illustrated newspapers at the time. There is no record, however, of any photograph of people dying of starvation in the 1845-9 famine. Indeed a photograph like this would have been impossible in the early stages of photography – invented less than a decade before the famine. As a result he photograph has been dismissed by some people as a fake, the harsh pool of light suggesting a studio staging.
I set out to look for the original and test its authenticity. I never found it, but I found the next best thing – the original document in which the photograph was first published. The photograph is entitled ‘A Sick Family Carraroe’ and is one of 18 photographs that were published in a pamphlet entitled ‘Relief of Distress in the West and South of Ireland, 1898.’ The photographs were taken in April during an inspection of conditions in Connemara by Thomas L. Esmonde, Inspector of the Manchester Committee. He was reacting to reports of famine in Connemara, what locals call the Second Famine or Gorta Beag. He inspected a dozen houses in which he found people lying on the floor, covered with rags and old sacks and barely able to move from a combination of influenza and hunger.
The search for the photograph became the basis of an idea for a TV series on social documentary photography or, to put it another way, a social history of documentary photography in Ireland in the 19th century. I pitched the idea to a producer and a broadcaster in 2011 and funding was eventually secured from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland in 2014 for a six part series based on my research. TG4 will begin broadcasting Trid an Lionsa or ‘Through the Lens’ tomorrow Sunday 25 October 2015.
I haven’t been involved in in the production itself, just the research into historical social documentary photography and the people who work in this area. This material has been “translated into television” by Cathal Watters (Oíche na Gaoithe Móire) and follows the TG4 controversial format of presenter driven, on-the-road info-tainment. (http://wp.me/p56Bmf-5g).
I have no idea what to expect. Like a colleague I will be watching from behind the couch … hoping! It’ll be interesting to see how the balance between a social history of documentary photography and ‘factual’ entertainment works out. I know some key “voices” were excluded but that is the unenviable task of a producer. Either way it promises be an intriguing televisual event and, at the very least, it should create an awareness of the rich resource that exists in photographic archives and collections around the country.
For more images / Comment see: Ballymaclinton, The Town that Time Forgot
Ciarán Walsh elected fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on August 4, 2015 – 1:28 pm
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Ciarán Walsh has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. This follows his pioneering work on the Irish Ethnographic Survey and the impact this had on the early development of anthropology in Ireland and the UK. Walsh first presented this material at a conference on anthropology and photography in the British Museum in 2014. In 2015 he presented an update on his research as part of the Fellows seminar series in the Institute in London, along with his research partner Dr. Jocelyne Dudding of Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (CUMAA). He will present a further paper on the connection between the Irish Ethnographic Survey and the institutional development of the RAI at a conference in December 2015. This will be based on new work that has been done as part of his postgraduate research in Maynooth University (Anthropology).
Jocelyne Dudding (Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) and Ciarán Walsh (Curator.ie and Maynooth University) .
Fairscin Inise / An Island Portrait is a big hit in the Outer Hebrides.
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on June 26, 2015 – 1:20 pm
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Royal Anthropological Institute Research Seminar: Walsh & Dudding
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on April 8, 2015 – 11:35 am
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RAI RESEARCH SEMINAR
SEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Haddon in Ireland:
reconstructing the archive of the Irish Ethnographic Survey
Ciarán Walsh, Curator.ie and Maynooth University
Dr Joe Dudding, Arch and Anth Museum, Cambridge
Wednesday 8 April at 5.30 pm
This illustrated talk outlines a project to reconstruct the archive of the Irish Ethnographic Survey that was established by Haddon in 1891 under the umbrella of the British Ethnographic Survey. The Irish Survey was overshadowed by subsequent developments in Cambridge / Torres but, unlike the British Survey, it was active ‘in the field’ for almost a decade. The records of the Survey were dispersed over collections in Ireland and the UK where they have remained uncatalogued and largely overlooked for 120 years. Recent research has however, uncovered manuscripts, photographs and artifacts (the contents of Haddon’s Anthropometric Laboratory in Dublin for instance) that have the capacity to change our understanding of the early development of Anthropology in Ireland and the UK. More work needs to be done and the role played by the RAI in particular in the establishment by Haddon of the Survey and the Laboratory in Dublin needs to be examined.
Information: http://walshdudding.eventbrite.co.uk
Location : Royal Anthropological Institute
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Ciarán Walsh participates in wet plate collodion workshop with Monika Fabijanczyk
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Posted by Ciaran Walsh on September 23, 2014 – 6:15 pm
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31.08.2014: Ciarán Walsh participates in a 1 day wet plate collodion workshop with Monika Fabijanczyk
In the wet plate collodion process photographs are created on glass or metal plates. The plates are coated and sensitised, exposed in a wet plate camera (or any camera that has been adapted to take a plate glass negative) and processed while they are still wet. Everything has to be done within 15 minutes or so, moving from the darkroom to the camera and back. It is a slow process where everything is made by hand, from preparing the plates and light sensitive material, through to developing, fixing, and varnishing the photographs.
The collodion process produces a negative which, if exposed on a blackened glass plate (an Ambrotype) or a metal plate (a Tintype) is reversed, producing a one-off positive image. This technique creates stunning photographs, the combination of glass and metallic silver against a black background produces intriguing effects in terms of tone and texture.
The workshop was intensive and a little challenging according to Walsh. ”It’s 25 years since I have been in a darkroom but Monika took each of us through the process, calmly and efficiently. Large format (4×5 inches) cameras were used with artificial and natural light to take portrait and still life shots ranging from 7 to 50 second exposures, Some worked, some didn’t but the excitement of seeing an image develop in the darkroom was something I had forgotten all about and it was a tremendous surprise on the day. The complexity of the chemical processes and the speed required to ‘get’ the image before the plate dries or overdevelops really makes one reconsider the work done by Timothy O’Sullivan and other photographers during the American Civil War.”
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Ciarán Walsh returns to Inis Meáin with Chris Rodmell, photographer and film maker.
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Ruairi and Chris meet after 40 years. Photo by Ciarán Walsh.
In June 2014 Chris Rodmell and Ciarán Walsh returned to Inis Meáin, the middle island of the Aran Islands, to meet some of the people Chris had filmed there in in 1973. Chris, a student in West Surrey College of Art and Design, had won an award of £250 from Thames Television to film life in an “enclosed community living on one of the remote islands off Ireland or Scotland.” He chose Inis Meáin. He spent three weeks on the island, filming with a 16mm Bolex and taking photographs with a medium format Mamiya on Kodak Ektachrome professional stock.
Info: https://www.curator.ie/inis-meain-1973-exhibition-photographs-chris-rodmell/
Peadar Mór, Ciaran Walsh and Muirís Mac Chonaola on Inis Meáin. Photo by Chris Rodmell.
Filming Peadar Mór at work weaving a basket. Photo by Chris Rodmell.
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Optional. An integer, the starting offset for the insertion. Defaults to 0, start insertion after the first sample.
A series, the zero inserted series.
W1: 1..5
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Increases the sample rate of the series in W1 by a factor of 2 by inserting a zero between every point.
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Increases the sample rate of the series in W3 by a factor of 3 by inserting 2 zeros between every point.
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Review: ‘Men In White’ at the Sargent Theatre (NYC)
By Chris McKittrick November 15, 2013 No Comments
Indie theater is a tough business (like I really need to tell you that), so often there is a reliance on trotting out well-known classics in order to pack the house. Even Broadway isn’t immune to this either (when Kenneth Branagh brings his production of Macbeth to New York next year it will be the fourth major revival in less than a decade), so it’s refreshing to see an indie theater company — particular one that is already worthy of admiration like The Seeing Place — revive a rarely-produced eighty year-old Pulitzer Prize winning play. The Seeing Place made an excellent choice in reviving Sidney Kingsley‘s hospital drama Men In White, which not only is a great fit for the company’s strengths but is surprisingly timely with its focus on the stresses (both personal and economic) placed on medical professionals.
The play opens on St. George’s Hospital in New York City, a Depression-era hospital facing budgetary issues, seemingly in media res on a typical busy day, focusing on the young and ambitious Dr. George Ferguson (Brandon Walker). While Ferguson is currently studying under the hospital’s respected Dr. Leo Hochberg (Mark Gorham), he has grand plans of studying abroad after he marries his fiance Laura (Erin Cronican), who comes from a wealthy family. However, Ferguson entrenches himself into nearly every facet of the hospital, earning the ire of Dr. Cunningham (Brian Charles Rooney) for questioning his methods and the admiration of young nurse Barbara Dennin (Martine Moore), and his lack of free time displeases Laura. However, what’s wonderfully deceitful about Men in White is that this early melodrama spirals into very serious drama and social commentary on the economics of medical care in the 1930s (some of which sadly hasn’t changed much). In other words, don’t be fooled by the General Hospital nature of the early scenes between Ferguson and Laura.
The primary conflict is rooted in Dr. Ferguson’s attempts to balance his personal and professional lives while facing pressure from both. The Seeing Place has established a reputation for focusing on plays that are defined by internal conflict (for example, the last play they staged was Hamlet), and Walker, who is the Artistic Director of The Seeing Place and often the male lead of its productions, borrows from his portrayal of Hamlet in the internal struggle that Ferguson faces. However, in the performance I saw of Men In White Walker resisted any impulse to let his character become hysterical because of the pressure. It probably would have been easy to do so because of the source material’s melodramatic elements. Similarly, Cronican (who is the company’s Managing Director and also directed this production) allows her character to be a pillar of strength, which defies expectations of what audiences might think (likely wrongfully) of a 1930s woman. To add to that, the production wryly uses selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet for much of its music, but this couple couldn’t be more different than Shakespeare’s famous young lovers.
However, though this play focuses on Ferguson’s conflict, one of the most impressive aspects of the production is the size of the cast — the ensemble includes sixteen actors portraying twenty-seven characters. That adds to the complexity and chaos of the hospital environment even though many of the characters are peripheral. It helps put faces to the pressure that Dr. Ferguson is facing. These characters add a lot of color to a presentation that by design (to reflect a real-life hospital) is made primarily up of drab colors. Some of the more noteworthy include Jim DiMunno as an elderly doctor whose profession has passed him by (DiMunno portrays him with considerable trembling) and Jessica Kelly who portrays both an outspoken nurse and, in a brief, but powerful scene, an almost-hysterical mother pleading with Dr. Ferguson to keep her child alive. Though most of the cast depict supporting characters, the style of The Seeing Place allows each actor some room to portray their characters “in the moment,” which means nobody is mailing it in no matter how small his or her part in the scene is. There are a lot of nuances one will miss if he or she isn’t paying attention to the entire stage.
Another notable aspect is the authentic medical equipment and the flat (by intention) lighting that “colors” the production. I’m particularly amazed that the production somehow found authentic-looking 1930s nurse outfits, which alone transports the audience back to the era the play was written in. Nicole McLaughlin is credited for “Costume Construction” in the program, so I’d assume she deserves the lion’s share of the credit. Whenever I see a production in the Sargent Theater I wonder how the company will make the space’s technical limitations work for them. Cronican and the production team outdid themselves by striving for an authentic environment in which to present their performance.
This allows the company to do what the Seeing Place always does best — act off each other’s performances. That’s because while there are different theories to acting and the performing a play (something else I don’t need to tell you), what I always enjoy about the Seeing Place is that the company puts the actors first. Its productions are always marked by an unbridled enthusiasm and raw talent that I don’t see on stage anywhere else.
Men In White runs at ATA’s Sargent Theater (314 W 54th Street, New York) until November 24. Performances run Wednesday through Sunday. Check out www.seeingplacetheater.com for more information.
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Boris Johnson WON'T face court over £350m Brexit bus claim as judges take just five minutes to quash Remainer campaigner's 'nonsense' and 'politically motivated' crowdfunded prosecution
Ex-Foreign Secretary successfully challenged summons for him to attend court
It was over claims made in referendum that EU receives £350m a week from UK
Campaigner had been trying to prosecute him for misconduct in a public office
Marcus Ball crowdfunded more than £300,000 through an online campaign
By Mark Duell for MailOnline
Published: 05:23 EDT, 7 June 2019 | Updated: 03:16 EDT, 10 June 2019
Boris Johnson today won a High Court challenge against a court summons over claims he made during the referendum campaign that the EU receives £350million a week from the UK.
The former Foreign Secretary's legal team challenged the summons for him to attend Westminster Magistrates' Court as they blocked a controversial private prosecution by campaigner Marcus Ball.
Mr Ball, a Remainer, had been trying to prosecute the Conservative leadership for three allegations of misconduct in a public office. But he will now not face court after two High Court judges took barely five minutes to quash the case.
Boris Johnson is pictured leaving his girlfriend Carrie Symonds's home in London today
His lawyers said District Judge Margot Coleman 'erred in law' by issuing the summons and argued the attempt to prosecute him was the culmination of a 'politically-driven process'.
It is an important victory for Mr Johnson as his bid to be the next Prime Minister gathers pace.
Theresa May formally steps down as leader of the Conservative party today, and Mr Johnson warned that the next leader of the country must deliver Brexit or risk losing a general election.
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He spoke the morning after the Brexit Party narrowly lost the Peterborough by-election to Labour, and Nigel Farage vowed to split the Conservative vote by contesting a general election if Brexit is not delivered by October 31.
Farage contesting a general election would likely make Jeremy Corbyn's path to Number 10 easier, by handing Tory seats to Labour in constituencies where a significant vote share would be gobbled up by the Brexit Party.
Speaking outside the court today, Mr Ball said: 'We have just given the green light for every politician to lie to us about our money forever. That is a terrifying idea.'
Campaigner Marcus Ball speaks to reporters outside the High Court in London this morning
Asked about funds raised to bring the private prosecution, he added: 'I've already spent more money than I've raised. I've put myself in massive debt to do this.'
Home Secretary Sajid Javid tweeted: 'Very glad to see the court case against Boris Johnson thrown out. Freedom of speech feels increasingly challenged - we should always seek to debate political arguments in the open rather than close them down.'
The die-hard Remainer who films Instagram videos in his bedroom and crowd-funded over £200k to spend three years targeting Boris
Marcus Ball, 29
The man who targeted Boris Johnson is a die-hard Remainer who has spent the three years since the Brexit referendum working on his case against the Leave figurehead.
Marcus Ball, 29, has relied on crowdfunded donations of more than £200,000 to employ a team of lawyers to fight on his behalf - boasting that the case was a 'world first'.
However, it emerged Mr Ball spent nearly £50,000 of the donations on himself, on self-defence classes, a luxury flat and branded cupcakes.
The start-up company entrepreneur from Norfolk, who worked developing mobile app including a political Tamagotchi, founded Brexit Justice in June 2016.
He has also previously worked as a speaker and writer as well as campaigning to reform higher education in the UK.
He is a well-known Instagrammer who often films himself discussing the case in the bedroom of his west London flat, which has signs on the wall including: 'When politicians lie, democracy dies' and 'Brexit justice'.
Describing his motivations he said: 'I was just like, 'F*** this. This has to stop'. This is a primitive problem, which has been around for thousands of years. It's not impossible to stop it.'
It followed the 2016 referendum campaign in which Mr Ball says Mr Johnson abused the public's trust.
He has since built a case against Mr Johnson for the last two years.
Initially the campaign wanted to bring prosecutions against six 'remain and leave campaigners' but decided to pursue only Mr Johnson after reviewing the evidence. The others have not been identified.
A source close to Mr Johnson accused Mr Ball of being politically motivated, saying: 'He has written internet blogs, which have since been removed, disclosing his intention to stop Brexit and reverse the referendum via a court case.
'He is deeply dishonest about his intention - which is to frustrate the largest ever popular vote in British history.'
And Brexiteer Conservative MP Bob Seely, responding to a tweet about the case being quashed, said: 'Good! That it made this far was ridiculous!'
The High Court was due to have broken at 1pm today, but Lady Justice Rafferty instead told the assembled lawyers and journalists: 'Don't go.'
Giving the court's decision, sitting with Mr Justice Supperstone, she said: 'We are persuaded, Mr Darbishire, so you succeed, and the relief that we grant is the quashing of the summonses.'
Speaking outside court, Mr Ball said: 'We have to wait and see the reasons for their (the judges') decision. When we have those reasons I'm going to make a decision as to what to do next.'
Asked if he had a message for Mr Johnson, Mr Ball said: 'You don't have the right to lie to the public about how their money is being spent.'
He added: 'I would ask you, please, all members of Parliament, all elected representatives, understand: you cannot lie to the public about their money.'
Mr Ball continued: 'I care about solving the problem. It seems melodramatic, but I'm willing to sacrifice myself because I care about solving the problem.'
Later on in a tweet, Mr Ball said: 'This is not over. Awaiting written reasons from the court before we decide on next steps. Nothing this important is ever easy or simple. I have a duty to my country to keep fighting lying in politics and I take it bloody seriously.'
Adrian Darbishire QC, for Mr Johnson, had earlier said: 'The only rational conclusion which could be reached (by the district judge) was that the prosecution was politically motivated and, therefore, vexatious.'
Mr Darbishire told the court: 'This case clearly represented on the face of it - I will be neutral - a politically-originated... attempt to prosecute a senior politician using a common law offence for false statements in the course of public debate, a use to which that offence had never been put in this country or any common law jurisdiction.'
He added that the proposed private prosecution concerned 'an area of public life that has never previously been subject to the attentions of the criminal law'.
Mr Darbishire said the alleged offences relate to Mr Johnson's 'adoption and promotion of one of the central slogans' of the Vote Leave campaign.
He said: 'The claim is 'We send £350 million a week to the EU' - the interested party (Mr Ball) says that was misleading, essentially and simply because it was the gross figure when a net figure was called for. That is what it comes down to.'
'It is suggested that Mr Johnson, and presumably Mr Gove, Mr Duncan Smith and anyone else who used that message, was misleading the voters.'
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is pictured in May 2016 standing in front of a bus saying Britain gave £350 million a week to the European Union
Mr Darbishire submitted that the alleged offence did not constitute misconduct in public office, saying: 'Standing on the hustings is not the exercise of state power, and doing something naughty on the hustings is not capable of being an abuse of state power.'
How do private prosecutions work and when can they become criminal cases?
The Crown Prosecution Service says that a private prosecution is started by an individual, in this case Marcus Ball, or entity (Brexit Justice), which is not acting on behalf of the police or another authority – in this case they are acting for members of the public.
The right to bring about a private prosecution is preserved by section 6 (1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act (POA), 1985.
Limitations include that the private prosecutor must seek the consent of an Attorney General before proceedings.
There is no law against a private prosecution running its course through verdict to sentencing.
Even if the prosecution succeeds, it doesn't always mean that the case should have been prosecuted by the CPS.
There will be instances where it is appropriate for the CPS to exercise the Director's powers under section 6(2) POA 1985, either to continue the prosecution or to discontinue or stop it.
When asked to do so, the CPS must make a decision on whether or not to take on a private prosecution.
The cases can often fail if police don't want to investigate or it the CPS is unwilling to press ahead to trial.
Cases can also be stopped if they interfere with other criminal cases, or if they are considered not in the public interest.
Mr Darbishire told the court: 'It has never been the practice of the state in this country, or any other common law democracy so far as can be discovered, to engage in, or to permit, the criminal prosecution of political opponents for the expression of views, or the presentation of political arguments, in a manner which is considered to be objectionable, misleading or even plain wrong.
'No prosecution for misconduct in public office, or for any other offence, has ever come close to doing so.'
The judges were urged to quash the decision of District Judge Coleman and declare that the application for summonses 'did not disclose all elements of the offence of misconduct in public office and are vexatious'.
Mr Darbishire told the court that the making of false statements 'must be as old as political campaigning itself' and that Mr Johnson's use of the £350 million figure could not be characterised as misconduct.
He said: 'Misconduct in public office cases are about secret abuse, corruption, concealing your pecuniary interests. This was a figure that, as soon as it was said, was disputed.
'It was batted to and fro, the people who promoted it were challenged about it. There was nothing secret about it, no-one was claiming special knowledge about it.'
Mr Darbishire added: 'It was just a political claim open to and available for contradiction and debate, and it was, and is, for the good sense of the electorate to discount it if they choose so to do.
'It is not for the CPS, judge and jury to determine the misconduct of this claim and it is not for the interested party either.'
Mr Darbishire said: 'It must be extremely rare for a private prosecution to be launched for a political purpose.'
The barrister added that 'to try to use for political purposes the criminal justice system is an extremely grave and troubling thing to do if that is the motive of a prosecution'.
The hearing today was before Lady Justice Rafferty (left) and Mr Justice Supperstone (right)
In written submissions before the court, Mr Darbishire states: 'For the avoidance of doubt, it is denied by the claimant that he acted in any way improperly or dishonestly. Public debate about the accuracy or otherwise of the £350million continues to this day.'
Mr Johnson's QC tells the two judges in his written argument: 'In drawing upon freely-available public statistics for the purpose of a political argument, Vote Leave, and those who supported and spoke for that campaign, were clearly not acting as public officials, nor exercising any public power.
Who is District Judge Margot Coleman and what are her previous cases?
District Judge Margot Coleman is more used to dealing with small-time criminals and foreign nationals fighting extradition to be tried for crimes abroad.
The 64-year old from Edgeware, north London, became a qualified solicitor in 1978 and went on to set up her own law firm, Coleman Solicitors, which became Victor Lissack Roscoe & Coleman in 2003.
She was appointed a deputy district judge in 2000 and five years later in February 2005 became a district judge, which currently comes with a £110,335 salary.
In this role she joined her husband, Jeremy Coleman, who served as a district judge for 21 years before retiring in 2016.
District judges - previously known as Stipendiary Magistrates - sit in magistrates courts.
They preside over low level crime cases where the maximum penalties are fines or short prison sentences.
They also oversee initial hearings in high-level crime cases, before handing them on to more senior Crown Courts, which have the power to hand down heavier sentences.
In one case she gave a suspended sentence to a 23-year-old trainee doctor who lost his temper with police when they pulled him while driving, saying she felt sympathy for him.
Ramtin Oraki's mother had allowed him to drive the car in 2016 as she had been suffering from a bad back.
Judge Coleman sentenced them both to conditional discharges of two years .
Other high profile cases include that of alleged paedophile Roger Giese, who in 2015 Judge Coleman refused to extradite.
He had been on the run from the FBI since 2007 and Judge Coleman refused to start the extradition process until assurance were received that his human rights would not be breached.
In 2018 he was extradited to the US, where he was wanted for trial in California – charged with sexually abusing a boy aged under 14.
'They made no claim to special knowledge of the sums expended by the UK, they exercised no official power in promoting that message and the assessment and publication of the level of the UK's total EU spending formed no part of Mr Johnson's official duties.'
He says: 'It is abundantly clear that this prosecution is motivated by a political objective and has been throughout.'
Mr Johnson did not have to appear and did not attend the hearing.
Jason Coppel QC, representing Mr Ball, told the court: 'The right of a citizen to institute a private prosecution in this country is an ancient and significant constitutional right.'
He added: 'It provides an important means whereby an individual can seek to right what he perceives to be a wrong through the court process.
'More specifically, the right enables an individual to take action to bring an alleged criminal to justice where, for whatever reason, the public prosecution authorities have not taken action against him.'
Mr Coppel said in written submissions: 'The district judge was entitled to conclude, on the information and evidence before her, that the low threshold for issue of a summons had been surmounted and that the various objections raised by the claimant were properly matters for evidence and ruling at a trial.
'No public law error in her decision has been demonstrated, or even alleged, by the claimant.
'Similarly, it was open to the judge to conclude, and she was right to conclude, that she should not take the exceptional course of refusing to issue the summons on grounds that the prosecution is vexatious.'
Mr Coppel added: 'The prosecution raises an issue of significant public and political interest, interest which has been heightened by recent political events - including the candidacy of the claimant for leadership of the Conservative Party.
'But that does not establish that the motivation of the interested parties as prosecutors is improper, whether because it is a purely political motivation or otherwise.
'The entirely proper motivation for the prosecution is to hold to account a high-profile politician and holder of public office for what is alleged to be significant misconduct in relation to an issue of great public importance.'
Mr Coppel told the court that it was alleged that 'these statements were false and he (Mr Johnson) knew them to be false, that's the misconduct that is alleged against him'.
In a tweet, Mr Ball said today: 'This is not over. Awaiting written reasons from the court before we decide on next steps. Nothing this important is ever easy or simple'
Referring to the £350million figure, Mr Coppel added: 'There is ample evidence that he did know it was a false and misleading figure.'
Mr Coppel said Mr Ball's motivation for bringing the private prosecution was 'first and foremost to prosecute elected public office holders who have breached public trust'.
He added: 'This particular offence (misconduct in public office) exists to deter, to penalise, conduct of public officials which destroys public trust in officials. That is exactly what this prosecution is about.'
Mr Ball, 29, had claimed Mr Johnson lied during the 2016 referendum campaign by saying Britain gave £350million a week to the European Union.
The entreprenuer crowdfunded more than £300,000 through an online campaign to bring the prosecution.
Speaking before the hearing today, Mr Ball said: 'I've spent three years of my life working ridiculous hours for, per hour I believe, the minimum wage to bring this case because I believe in the merits of it. Somebody who was doing this to create a stunt would not act like that.'
The £350million figure was emblazoned on the red campaign bus used by Vote Leave during the referendum campaign, with the slogan saying 'We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead'.
A spokesman for Mr Johnson said he would not be commenting on the case.
Boris Johnson and the £350million-a-week NHS Brexit pledge
Boris Johnson triggered a round of Tory infighting and a spat with the country's statistics watchdog after setting out his vision for Brexit in 2017.
The then foreign secretary used a 4,000-word essay in the Daily Telegraph to revive the widely-criticised claim that quitting the European Union would allow the UK to take back control of £350 million a week, some of which could be used to boost NHS funding.
The claim first attracted criticism during the referendum campaign in 2016, when Mr Johnson travelled around the country in a bus emblazoned with the slogan 'We send the EU £350 million a week, let's fund our NHS instead'.
Boris Johnson was a key player for Vote Leave, often campaigning on the battlebus which was adorned with the slogan
Mr Johnson was one of the key figures in the Leave campaign and his Telegraph piece was an attempt to show optimism about the Brexit process, to insist that 'this country will succeed in our new national enterprise, and will succeed mightily'.
His revival of the £350 million claim led to a rebuke from UK Statistics Authority chairman Sir David Norgrove, who said it was a 'clear misuse' of official figures.
Brexiteers claimed the figure represented the amount of money the UK does not have control over as a result of EU membership, but it does not include the rebate or take into account any funding that flows back from Brussels.
Michael Gove backed Mr Johnson for reviving the controversial £350 million claim at the time.
The Environment Secretary, who spectacularly torpedoed Mr Johnson's run for the Tory leadership after the Brexit vote, expressed support for his Cabinet colleague and accused critics of trying to 'refight' the referendum.
Mr Gove tweeted: 'In the debate on EU contributions it's important people look at what Boris actually wrote in his Telegraph article, not headlines.
'Debate should be forward looking on how to make most of life outside EU, not refighting referendum.'
Mr Johnson is pictured campaigning in the final days before the EU referendum
In 2016, numerous MPs and campaigners were prompted to ask the Government when the money will be made available to the health service
Philip Dunne, speaking as a health minister in September that year, said the NHS should not 'count any chickens' when it comes to getting the cash promised by Brexiteers.
He said the pledge was not something 'any health ministers were part of', in what was the latest twist at the time.
In November 2017, head of NHS England Simon Stevens called on Brexiteers to make good on the pledge.
He said: 'Rather than our criticising these clear Brexit funding commitments to NHS patients – promises entered into by Cabinet ministers and by MPs – the public want to see them honoured.
'By the end of the NHS's next financial year – March 2019 – the United Kingdom will have left the European Union.
'Trust in democratic politics will not be strengthened if anyone now tries to argue, 'You voted Brexit, partly for a better funded health service. But precisely because of Brexit, you now can't have one'.'
In that same month, Mr Johnson insisted 'substantial sums' will be available for the NHS from the £350 million a week.
He repeated the figure and made the pledge as he opened the third day of the Budget debate.
Speaking in the Commons, Liberal Democrat former minister Tom Brake intervened to ask: 'Can he set out in the House when he is going to deliver his promise of £350 million a week for the NHS?'
As he was heckled by Conservative MPs, Mr Brake added: 'They don't like hearing about it, do they?'
Mr Johnson replied: 'With pleasure – as he knows full well, when we leave the European Union there will be at least £350 million a week of which we will take back control.
'And as he knows full well, substantial sums from that funding will be available for use in our National Health Service.
'If he believes that money should be spent elsewhere, if he seriously believes that money should be squandered on ill-audited projects around Europe, then I think he is not expressing the will of the British people.'
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Net financial position of +€2.2m at 31/12/14 (vs. +€3.1m at 31/12/13) significantly strengthened by cash inflows of €3.1m between 01/01/15 and 28/02/15, resulting in a net financial position of +€4.1 m at that date. Strong cash position secures financial needs for at least 18 months.
DEINOVE (Alternext Paris: ALDEI), a biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and bio-based chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria as host strains, today announced that its Board of Directors has proceeded with the review and finalizing of the annual financial statements 2014. It also convened the General Meeting for May 6, 2015.
The net result for the year is a loss of €6.458k compared to a loss of €3.420k in 2013. This partly reflects the accelerated development of the Company during the fiscal year. Established since late 2013 in new laboratories in the heart of the Biopôle Euromédecine (science park in Montpellier), DEINOVE has increased its average FTE (full time equivalent) staffing level by 10 in 2014, and has invested €1.2m in new scientific equipment. A necessary acceleration that led to the signing of four cooperation agreements in 2014, as well as significant advances in its two major research programs. While DEINOVE is not yet generating significant revenues, this acceleration has resulted in a controlled increase of 29% in operating expenses, consequently generating a negative current loss of €7.1m. The net result is also impacted by exceptional costs linked to the capital increase project cancelled in early July 2014, and by an unfavourable comparison effect to the R&D Tax Credit (CIR).
The net cash flow position amounted to +€2.2m at 31/12/14. During the 1st quarter of 2015, the receipt of €3.4m strengthened this position (ADEME payment and equity line proceeds). The Company expects to be able to finance its activities to beyond the 3rd quarter of 2016.
“2014 has been a landmark year for DEINOVE. We are making further strides in the development of real 2nd generation technologies; our strength and distinguishing feature is that we work directly from pure raw vegetal material, a unique approach for a French SME. By breaking down this technological barrier, we will offer a new generation of industrial bioprocesses both efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly", declares Emmanuel Petiot, CEO of DEINOVE. "The partnerships established in 2014 welcome our progress. We have started a new stage in our development, which has resulted in a necessary and controlled increase in our operating expenses. We are investing decisively for the future. We anticipate new partnerships and new technological advances in 2015”.
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Health benefit cuts planned for La. workers
Health benefit cuts planned for La. workers Health benefit cuts planned for La. workers Check out this story on dailyworld.com: https://www.dailyworld.com/story/news/2014/07/21/health-benefit-cuts-planned-for-la-workers/12928233/
Melinda Deslatte Published 11:00 p.m. CT July 20, 2014 | Updated 11:09 p.m. CT July 20, 2014
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is raising health insurance rates and cutting benefits for thousands of state employees and retirees to keep their insurance program solvent, lawmakers were told Friday.
The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget has raised concerns about the Office of Group Benefits’ hemorrhaging of cash and has asked for monthly reports on program finances.
“The only way you can make these numbers work to the level at which they have to work is by increasing the premiums and making plan benefit changes, which could result in decreasing your benefits,” said Travis McIlwain, an analyst with the Legislative Fiscal Office.
A 5 percent premium hike took effect July 1 to help stabilize the program, estimated to bring in $58 million and to stem a cash crunch that had the program spending $16 million more each month than its revenue collections.
Ruth Johnson, deputy commissioner with the governor’s Division of Administration, said benefit cuts also are planned to stabilize the program, like adding medication restrictions and requiring prior authorization for certain medical procedures. Those take effect Aug. 1.
More adjustments are planned, starting in January.
“We need to do a better job of educating our members of what plan is right for them, both to lower their cost and the state’s costs,” Johnson said.
The Office of Group Benefits provides health care coverage for 233,000 public employees, retired workers and their dependents. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana manages the health care plans that cover most of them.
An outside consultant recommended changes to the insurance program estimated to save more than $1 billion over five years, but few specifics have been provided.
Johnson said new disease management and prevention services will be offered. She said the administration also is considering new copays and deductibles that mirror insurance programs for workers in private business.
The Jindal administration would be unable to cover costs without changing the program’s structure.
In the budget year that ended June 30, the program’s reserve fund dropped from $413 million to $237 million as the money was used to pay claims when income fell short, according to McIlwain’s analysis.
“There just been some decisions made at the Office of Group Benefits that’s not been in the best interest of the overall future and stability of that program,” said Sen. Ronnie Johns, R-Lake Charles.
Before the new cost increase for workers, the Jindal administration cut premiums by about 9 percent over the last two years as a way to help balance the state’s budget. That only drained the reserve fund more quickly. When premiums are cut, workers and retirees pay less — and so do state agencies that pay a share of their employees’ insurance costs.
“That made it worse,” McIlwain said.
The Jindal administration says the reserve fund balance was higher than needed, suggesting the target should be between $120 million and $220 million.
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WANDERLUST: 72 Hours in Hamburg
Words by A.J. Samuels
Words by Max Dax
Words by Michael Lutz
Words by Thomas Schoenberger
Every three months, we visit various cities around the world, speaking with residents and getting their stories. Here we present a portrait of Hamburg which went to press mere weeks before the recent riots which saw the city come under martial law. In hindsight, it’s not surprising that the protagonists—including journalists, label founders, artists, and club owners—frequently raised the topic of economic discontent when discussing their unique city. Back in November, when we were collecting these stories, we could not know that Hamburg would soon undergo their biggest and most violent riots in decades. Just yesterday, city officials lifted the strict martial law imposed in the city limits. The piece was originally printed in our Winter 2013 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, with photos by Luci Lux and Elena Panouli.
“Hamburg is the gate to the world—but unfortunately only the gate,” Karl Lagerfeld once famously quoted his mother. One of Europe’s biggest ports, the city is a hub for old money, refugees, artists, political extremists and troublemakers. Historically it was the last to resist the Nazi takeover in 1933, but it was also home to the most infamous Nazi Police Battalion 101. While the contrasts today are less extreme, decidedly left-wing politics course through the city’s subcultural veins, from the football club FC St. Pauli to the massive squat Rote Flora and the Golden Pudel club. Hamburg’s protagonists are often embarking off to other places, but we sought out the stalwarts.
Above: Aren’t you glad they’re anti-fascists? FC St. Pauli fans celebrate after a 3–0 victory against FC Energie Cottbus in a recent 2nd Division Bundesliga match.
Friday, 9:25 p.m.: Beer and schnaps with journalist and ethnomusicologist Francesco Sbano in St. Pauli’s Golden Pudel Club
Above: Calabrian-born Hamburg-based journalist Francesco Sbano has compiled three installments of the anthology Il Canto di Malavita—The Music of the Mafia. He also ghost wrote the autobiography of Giuliano Belfiore, a high-ranking Calabrian mafia boss. His most recent compilation of mafia music, La Tarantella Calabrese—The Dance of the Shepards, Gypsies and Mafiosi, is out this year on the label Mazza Music.
Hamburg is a city in which you can almost smell the organized crime on the street. Standing on the Elbe River you sense that somewhere out there, amidst the vast harbor, various kinds of contraband are being loaded and unloaded off cargo ships, containers with weapons, drugs or illegal waste. And it’s happening right now. The same goes for St. Pauli, the city’s infamous red-light district. You see both legal prostitution and utterly illegal activities with every step you take. My impression is that visibility of criminal activity has, over the course of decades, led to a laid-back stance on it. You can actually see this when you take a closer look at the way the city’s renowned newspapers and magazines such as Der Spiegel or Die Zeit write about crime and its causes. There is a reason why Hamburg is called Germany’s “media city”. The people who write about and investigate illegal activities are as hardboiled as it gets. You cannot impress them with anything less than a real scoop, and everything they do is fact-checked to the last syllable. So, when twenty years ago I offered to research a story for Der Spiegel about a so-called latitante—the mafia-term for a fugitive hitman hiding in the Aspromonte mountains—they immediately knew this was a door to information that rarely opens. They commissioned me to meet the latitante, photograph him and to write a report that, in hindsight, became the starting point of a series of articles and photo reportages that I’ve organized or conducted myself still today. As a journalist you have to be reliable and you must never reveal your sources.
This led to me becoming the first person to film the receptive ritual of the ‘Ndranghetà. Of course I didn’t film any faces and I took care to make the voices indecipherable. As a result of my constant research travels to Calabria, I began to learn about the music of the mafia, the so-called “canti di malavita” or “songs about the criminal life”. These comprise the only history of the rules and duties of the members, as no written evidence is allowed to surface. I was both fascinated and frightened by the openness of these messages; the songs explained every detail of the life of a mafia member. This inspired me to research the background and to meet the musicians on the recordings who were still alive. Eventually, I helped publish the first album of these songs through a label based in Hamburg whose then boss, Peter Cadera, was an equally weathered soul. He didn’t want to sensationalize the release. Rather he suggested putting together a website that would gather all information about the music’s complex contradictions and ambivalence.
Digging deeper into the music and the lives of the musicians, I gradually began to understand that the ’Ndranghetà isn’t just a criminal organization like any other. To have a musical tradition and a heavily codified secret language indicates that the organization has a culture of its own, a criminal culture. To research and to document this became my mission in life.
Journalistic ethics have been key to my research and Hamburg’s long tradition of quality reporting. Indeed it’s an attitude that I am surrounded by in this city when meeting colleagues and fellow reporters. I wouldn’t think of living anywhere else in Germany for exactly that reason.
Friday, 11:30 p.m.: Ouzo, tomato salad and Souvlaki with Vasili Alexandridis at the Taverna Hellas
Hamburg might be a city of transit, but in Taverna Hellas nothing really changes. For the past forty years it’s been the same rebetika, the same menu, the same family, and the same four walls.
My grandparents opened the Taverna Hellas some forty-one years ago. As a Greek in Germany opening a restaurant then was the easy option to make some money. That’s why it’s still in the family. I am old now, so sometime soon the next generation will be taking over. One thing that hasn’t changed over the years is the concept of the Taverna, which is simplicity. Large parts of St. Pauli and the Reeperbahn have been modernized, torn down and then rebuilt but at the Taverna you’ll see the same fifteen dishes we offered forty years ago. Actually, we painted the dishes on the wall years ago so that foreigners could understand what we offered. We still serve the same Greek resinated wine, retsina, as well as the same beer and the same ouzo. Drinks are actually the most important part of the equation, not just for me but also for the night owl. And to that I say cheers! Or in Greek, “Yammas!”
Around 8 p.m. I usually have my first ouzo. It would be deadly boring to do this job sober. I wouldn’t be able to connect with the guests. I’d probably explode. We are always a team of three and we basically follow the same routine day-in, day-out. No matter who is attending the grill, you’ll always be served the same food. This is also because our guests don’t want change. It’s an attitude we appreciate and embrace. On our small charcoal grill, we offer souvlaki, garlic flavored sausages, lamb chops and gyros, amongst other classic meals. But no French fries and ketchup. Instead we serve roasted bread, homemade Tzatziki and our Greek coleslaw or tomato salad as sides. And just as with the recipes, the restaurant has pretty much always looked the same too.
But in 2002, we did of course change the prices from d-marks to euro. And then sadly a couple of years ago, our jukebox broke, which was a big deal because we’re famous for constantly playing the Greek folk music known as rebetiko. It’s strange because we listen to the same music now from a CD player, but it sounds completely different. It’s not like we didn’t try to get someone to fix the machine here, but the German couldn’t find the problem. So we brought the jukebox to Pyrgos where a friend of mine fixed it with some wire—the Greek way! We left the jukebox there, with all of the vinyl inside. And it still works!
Our location in the Davidstraße is pretty much the epicenter of St. Pauli’s red-light district, with its prostitutes, strip bars and brothels. Accordingly, entering Taverna Hellas means also entering an oasis of timelessness. We have been a kind of temporary asylum for countless lost souls who knew that they would find some food, peace and tranquility in our four walls. And from our window facing the street you can see the lined-up prostitutes, the johns and the pimps. If you get one of the two tables by window, you can watch the St. Pauli nightlife as if you were in the cinema, like the north German version of a Scorsese movie. And even if the stage is the same, the play is always different. I’ve seen the most brutal violent crime through this window as well as the largest police operations and the most heartbreaking moments in the lives of complete strangers. Davidstraße is probably one of the most lively streets in the world, and I have the front row reserved all for myself.
Saturday, 2 p.m.: Wading through vinyl and drinking tea with Lawrence, Julius Steinhoff and Just von Ahlefeld at the Smallville record store and label headquarters, off the Reeperbahn in St. Pauli.
Above, left to right: Julius Steinhoff and Just von Ahlefeld, aka Smallpeople, with Lawrence, aka Peter Kersten, in front their second home.
Julius: I was born in Freiburg but moved to St. Pauli around twelve years ago. I opened Smallville together with Stella and Pete, aka Lawrence, in 2005 and our focus has generally been “deep” house and some techno. But the term deep tends to be overused, in my opinion. A warm quality is something we look for, but other than that I think it’s a hard term to describe. I suppose certain synth pads tend to make something deep, or contemplative, creating something that tells a story instead of just having a track work on the dancefloor. Maybe it’s about the melody? I don’t know. With the Smallville store it was all about establishing a place where we can meet people outside of the bar and club context who appreciate exactly that. In the beginning we always saw the same people coming here, but over time things have changed.
For me, St. Pauli has always been a place where people can come and be themselves, battling drunk tourists and idiots here for all the things the red-light district has to offer and laughing at the locals. I used to live on a street parallel to the Reeperbahn and it was just strewn with wasted people all the time. But that also makes it pretty unselfconscious. St. Pauli has been kind of the last holdout to gentrification in this city, but not really. It’s happened here too. But everything is so centralized here: there’s really only one place to go out, and it’s St. Pauli. People are lazy and have a hard time leaving here, even if it’s for the best sound system and a killer line-up.
Just: I’d like to add a thought to the definition of “deep”: I think there’s deep hip-hop as well, like Souls of Mischief’s ’93 til Infinity or even deep jazz. Certainly we used to have a greater variety of music and a lot of tech-house DJs and whatnot, but most have given up vinyl for digital DJing. We used to try to buy everything and make sure people shop here, but now we care a lot less about catering to other people’s tastes. In terms of a sound specific to Hamburg, I’m not sure you could say there’s one thing typical to this city, except perhaps rock and roll and deep house and, for a short while, vocal house. But the scene is not so related to techno. In that sense it’s very unlike Berlin. Underground electronic music never took off here in the same way, and I don’t think there are so many young producers around these days.
Lawrence: The other day I met a girl who told me about a night out in Hamburg which sounded to me like the best night ever. She started out at a show of Moritz von Oswald’s at the Laeiszhalle, which is a beautiful old concert hall. After she went to Golden Pudel and then finished up at Golem, where Jus-Ed was playing. Other times you hear people complain that they were here for an entire weekend and absolutely nothing was happening. I guess you could say it’s a city with ups and downs and you can never count on some of these places. I mean, Golden Pudel is open seven days a week and you can have the absolute worst Saturday there and the best Monday.
I grew up in the suburbs of Hamburg in the eighties and got into house music pretty early and there was only one really important place for that, which was Front Club. For me, it was a dream the first time I actually got into the club because I was so obsessed with house music but was too young to experience it in that atmosphere. When I turned eighteen I literally went to Front every weekend for maybe four or five years from around 1988 onwards. The club was a true pioneer in terms of spreading the word about American electronic dance music and queer roots were an important factor. For me that became an integral part of house music’s identity and my connection to it, but not because I was exploring my sexuality; as a heterosexual man it just always felt very natural being part of a gay “scene”. I just understood how much emerges from it. Certainly a place like Berghain or Panorama is only possible because it’s a place where queerness is being celebrated.
When I was growing up, record shops were not based in the city, but were closer to the suburbs, like Container Records, which had all of the U.S. and U.K. imports. In the year 2000 David Lieske and myself founded Dial Records, which is perhaps what I am most known for in terms of releases. But in 2004 Julius and Stella Plasonia and myself also wanted to open a record store specifically because it was something that was missing here in this city. Just took my place a few years ago and he and Julius have, in my opinion, done an impressive job of continuing to store very personal, deep instrumental house music. Also, the personality of every single track released on the Smallville label is, I don’t know how else to put, full of joy. It’s not about coolness or sophisticated things, although the music is cool.
At the moment, the situation with political refugees in Hamburg has been exposing just how racist some of the city’s politics can be, with the police just rounding up African refugees at random, based only on skin color and many of who came over via Lampedusa. But the people have been fighting back, and Hamburg as a city where riots erupt over that kind of injustice is starting to reemerge. Which is a good thing.
Left: Smallville storefront in the Hein-Hoyer-Straße. In the past, the Smallville record store used to carry a larger variety of electronic sub-genres. More recently however, the focus has become the kind of deep house and techno that the increasingly popular Smallville label puts out—a kind of funky, contemplative, pad heavy dance music which, for many, is synonymous with Hamburg’s small dance music scene. Both the identity of the store and label is strongly influenced by the artwork and graphic design of Stefan Marx.
Saturday, 5:15 p.m.: Taking a tour of Hamburg’s University of Fine Arts in the district of Lerchenfeld. Afterwards visiting the studio of artist, professor and musician Michaela Melián of NDW pioneers Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle
Michaela Melián in her studio at the University of Fine Arts. Melián is convinced that the university’s open curriculum allows students to pursue a variety of theoretical and practical skills without having to make unnecessarily limiting committments to a single practice or school of thought.
Hamburg has always had a huge gap between the rich and the rest, even more so than my hometown of Munich. Of course, it’s also the wealthiest city in Germany and filled with old money. When we started the band Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle or FSK in 1980 in Munich, we knew about journalist and label owner Alfred Hilsberg from his column called “Neue Deutsche Welle” in the popular music magazine Sounds. We also had heard about his label ZickZack. Back then we had the feeling that in Hamburg, especially, something new was happening. Coming from a classical music background, I only knew pop in terms of pop art. I knew Andy Warhol and I was fascinated by Fluxus as an art student, but I knew almost nothing about pop music. Nevertheless the boys invited me into the group because I was able to play several instruments and they didn’t want Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle to be all boys. One day we recorded four songs in our room on a two-track recorder with two microphones taped to bottles. We sent the tape to Alfred who had by that time already put out a few singles on his label, and he signed us shortly thereafter. I tell this story because it’s somehow typical for Hamburg. The city has a remarkable flexibility which allows for creative mobility and that’s something Alfred very much embodied. Since then I had pursued a career as an artist, and thirty years later I was asked by the HFBK [University of Fine Arts in Hamburg] to become a professor. That was a real honor because of the long list of former teachers who, by the way, also stood for creative freedom and mobility, like Bernhard Johannes Blume, Sigmar Polke, Franz Erhard Walther and Anna Oppermann. I inherited my studio from Marina Abramovic and, importantly, there were always lots of female instructors.
Thanks to my predecessors, the HFBK also has a long tradition as a place where students are allowed to really think about and reconsider their future—for example, choosing to study art to only later become a journalist, curator or a fashion designer. Which is to say that the academy provides the theory, but it also teaches a broader craft. I attribute this to the openness of our system, which, unlike at other fine arts universities, allows students to visit a variety of different classes. I think this has to do with the mentality of Hamburg because of its politically charged history. Many students here are politically engaged and actively support the plight of the many Lampedusa refugees here; or fighting against the gentrification and reorganization of urban development in Hamburg. The question of who owns this city is central to the discussions we have in our classes. The school also tends to attract students who want to become artists but they do not necessarily want to learn how to feed the art market with clever products. This includes lots of conceptual art that is often too unwieldy to be easily marketed and sold.
I remember when studying was still seen as a period in your life where you’re figuring out what you really want to do, unlike today where lots of students have hardly have any time to reflect. Hamburg is different.
Saturday, 8:30 p.m.: A visit to the home of ZickZack label founder, journalist and all around cultural figurehead Alfred Hilsberg, who was eager to take us on a trip down memory lane
Above: With his label ZickZack, Alfred Hilsberg has released some of the most important music in the history of German pop and avant-garde, including the likes of Abwärts, Die Krupps, Einstürzende Neubauten, Palais Schaumburg, Die Tödliche Doris and FSK. He also coined the term “Neue Deutsche Welle”, (“New German Wave”). Photo by Heiko Laschitzki.
Growing up in Wolfsburg in the sixties, my first impressions of Hamburg were strongly informed by the news media. In 1967 I had heard about a group of young underground film makers who had founded the Hamburger Filmcooperative, whose goal was to promote non-commercial film in West Germany. I ended up meeting the members on a trip to Hamburg and decided to stay because the city seemed to offer so much more than Wolfsburg. At the time, Hamburg was rioting—a semi-permanent state of political and social chaos. Demonstrations by the APO—Germany’s extra-parliamentary opposition—were heating up the political climate in 1968, with many students simultaneously engaged in a campaign against the right wing publishing house Axel Springer, who owns Germany’s largest daily newspapers. Every day, violent clashes between the students and the anti-riot police took place, fascinatingly documented by a group of underground filmmakers. The left-wing Hamburger Filmcooperative became essentially the only distribution channel for a new wave of political documentarianism. At the same time, communes and alternative living communities appeared as a new form of anti-bourgeois lifestyle. For a short time I actually shared a flat with the infamous Ulrich Wessel, who would later go on to become one of the terrorists responsible for the siege of the West German embassy in Stockholm. Those were messy times, to say the least. There was very little clarity and even less political transparency.
At the time I had lots of friends in various leftist organizations, all of whom were following different political agendas, which I never submitted to. However, I was engaged in political initiatives on a more local level, including the city’s extremely active squatting scene. Getting to know the scene’s various protagonists, I would become increasingly disappointed with the fact that none of them cared about the arts, especially not about music. They’d all listen to atrocious American mainstream rock, while all sorts of interesting underground music started to emerge locally who were the antithesis of the commercial Hamburg music scene, which in the seventies included people like Udo Lindenberg, Okko, Lonzo and later comedian Otto Waalkes. Naturally the music press had zero interest in new bands and chose instead to constantly feature the same old, boring faces. Then, in the wake of punk in 1976-77, I began traveling to England quite a bit and seeing all sorts of bands that’d impressed me enormously and left a huge impression. Shortly thereafter the first formulaic punk bands appeared in Hamburg and some of them even sang in German—not that this made their music any less predictable.
Only a few years later I started my own label ZickZack, when, in the aftermath of punk, the first truly innovative bands started to appear. I immediately saw the need to release their music, and that’s how I became both a booker and record producer. In light of the lack of new clubs or bars, I was forced to book these bands in traditional rock and roll joints such as the Logo and the Markthalle, which both still exist today. Especially the Markthalle became a meeting point that attracted hundreds of people from other cities. The HFBK, Hamburg’s University of Fine Arts, also had plenty of students who would go on to form their own bands. By the end of the seventies, Hamburg finally had a vivid and well-connected underground music culture and ZickZack was in the process of releasing dozens of records that would later be considered era-defining. These were the first New German Wave or Neue Deutsche Welle releases. Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle frequently gave concerts in Hamburg, even though they were living in Munich. At the same time in Hamburg’s Marktstube bar and club, Holger Hiller and Thomas Fehlmann who founded Palais Schaumburg. The Marktstube played an essential role in fostering the underground music scene for it’s there that the musicians and art students drank and smoked and made plans to collaborate. Everyone seemed to be inspiring everybody else. The result is that things were getting pushed further and further and the innovation continued. Palais Schaumburg in particular were constantly pushing boundaries.
At the time, I was sharing an apartment with Holger Hiller and I remember watching him write lyrics while sitting at our kitchen table. He had a primitive computer he was squeezing new sounds out of. The band’s music, texts and performances gradually became more and more extreme. Nobody had heard anything like it before. We knew that we were collectively witnessing a turning point in German music history. I was extremely proud to have released the band’s first singles and LPs as they were able to mirror larger social concerns in their very own, uniquely articulated fashion. Sadly, the movement disappeared almost as soon as it surfaced when the German market became flooded with cheap commercial copies of underground releases in the beginning of the eighties. It took a couple of years until musicians like Tobias Levin, Kristof Schreuf and Jochen Distelmeyer would start to sing again in German and open a new chapter of music originating from Hamburg. But, alas, that’s another story.
Sunday, 12 p.m.: Coffee with Gunter Buskies, co-founder and owner of labels Bureau B and Tapete Records
Above: Gunther Buskies runs not one but two of Germany’s most successful pop, krautrock and experimental labels—Bureau B and Tapete Records. He also doesn’t allow his kids to wave the German flag when the national football team is playing.
I moved to Hamburg in 1994 and got a job at Universal Music through an internship back when it was still PolyGram. I was responsible for back catalogues, which is where I first got to know the back catalogue of the legendary krautrock label Brain. I was the go-to guy for re-issues, best-of’s and rarities, and I absolutely loved it, because I could constantly be changing the artists I was focusing on, although Brain was something I was especially drawn to. The thing about Brain is that they really had two types of repertoires, similar to Sky Records: On the one hand there were a lot of boring rock bands that tried to sound like groups from the U.S. or the U.K., like Jane for example. Actually, I would only say a quarter of the Brain catalogue was interesting or good, and measured up to Harmonia and Cluster. I saw it as my duty to find the gems that completely got lost, like Lilienthal, which included the likes of Dieter Moebius, Conny Plank, and Asmus Tietchens. But when I told the general distribution of Universal that I thought something like Lillienthal was definitely worth rereleasing, they told me, “Just forget about it, it won’t sell.” Well, I didn’t agree.
Brain was based in Hamburg and the city was and, to a certain extent, still is a kind of capital of the German music industry. Back in the seventies and eighties, this was especially the case, although it had nothing to do with a Hamburg music “scene”. Conny Plank didn’t live here, and neither did Cluster and Harmonia. But with Tapete Records and Bureau B, I suppose you’d be able to make a certain kind of connection these days.
But in the ninenties, Harmonia and Neu! reissues had proven quite successful. Michael Rother was happy to have an entire page in the Frankfurter Rundschau dedicated to his work for the very first time and there was an ever-growing interest in krautrock and kosmische musik, but I don’t like thinking about it as “German” or specifically part of our cultural heritage.
But after actually meeting with Cluster and Faust and former Brain and Sky Records owner Günter Körber—who just passed away recently—it was clear that there were important things to be brought out again. Since then our roster at Bureau B has grown to truly focus on this kind of music, both old and new, including Roedelius, Moebius, Asmus Tietchens, ex-Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos, Kluster, Cluster, Qluster and newer, proto-krautrockers like Kreidler and Camera. But in terms of my connection to Hamburg specifically, the football Team FC St. Pauli is extremely important to mention. For their one hundred year anniversary we put out a compilation album of one hundred songs by one hundred bands, mostly guitar oriented and many of them punk. I was actually on a personal mission to prove that St. Pauli was the football club with the most songs written about it ever, and the fact of the matter is that this team is not like other teams. It’s more like, well, a cult that’s evolved from the left-leaning, working class area of St. Pauli, which is essentially Hamburg’s red-light district. During the seventies and eighties many of the buildings in the neighborhood were squatted by punks and political activists who eventually adopted the football team as their own, forming its leftist, anti-racist core and including socialist, communist and anarchist ideas as a part of its identity. I actually used to hate football until I discovered St. Pauli.
I would like to go on record that what we release—krautrock and kosmische musik with Bureau B—has absolutely nothing to do with nationalism or patriotism. This just happens to be the good music that’s come of out of this country since the late sixties. My kids aren’t even allowed to wave a German flag when the German national team is playing. I’m not a self-hating German, but I wasn’t brought up to sing national anthems.
Sunday, 11:20 p.m.:Learning about the city’s current state of social and political affairs from author Tino Hanekamp
Tino Hanekamp (right, DJing back to back with Tobias Levin at Golem Bar in the Fischmarkt district) is a journalist, best-selling author, and the owner of two of the city’s most acclaimed live music venues, Weltbühne and Uebel & Gefährlich.
According to European law, political refugees seeking shelter in the European Union are only allowed to claim asylum in the country they first set foot upon. African refugees crossing the Mediterranean and successfully reaching the island of Lampedusa are therefore required to stay in Italy until granted residency status. Thanks to its geographical location, Germany and other northern European countries have therefore far fewer refugees, particularly from boats. If an “illegal” refugee is caught, he or she will immediately be deported back to the country of arrival. In Hamburg at the moment, a number of so-called “Lampedusa” refugees from Africa have sought protection from deportation in a church and the current municipal government has backed off from storming it for fear of causing serious injury in a house of God. Instead they’ve opted to take equally drastic measures to demonstrate their capacity to act in accordance with a zero tolerance illegal immigration policy: police simply search each and every dark-skinned person they see, demanding to see ID and residency status.
It’s not difficult to see this as a PR strategy by mayor Olaf Scholz, who probably has grand career plans on the national level. But the strategy seems in some ways to have backfired. Ever since the police began indiscriminately chasing down refugees and dark-skinned citizens, left wing protestors have taken to the streets. Protests were coordinated by the squatters from the Rote Flora, a dilapidated former theater in the middle of the city. Indeed, there is a reason why Hamburg is also known as a “riot city”; it has long tradition of riots, union strikes and protest. And while the current situation has made it obvious that refugees are defenseless and unprotected, the police still hesitate from raiding the Rote Flora because they know this is playing with fire, and it most likely would result in a city in flames.
In the early nineties, after the fall of the Wall, there was a wave of attacks on political asylum seekers’ dormitories in the former East, which gave rise to various left-wing resistance movements. In Hamburg they were known as “Committees for Public Safety” and they had numerous functions. More often than not, they achieved their goals and prevented many a building from being torn down and turned into luxury condo. Many bands and musicians who are active in Hamburg—from Blumfeld and Die Goldenen Zitronen to Carsten Jost—also have political voices, and they use them to inform their fans of the situation. Today a group of people including the journalist Christoph Twickel, author Rocko Schamoni, Chicks on Speed’s Melissa Logan and myself began an initiative called “Not in Our Name”, attacking the city’s new PR campaign, which portrays Hamburg as a kind of subcultural paradise. It’s deceitful and hypocritical for the government to praise us for our “creativity” while hiking up our rents, closing our bars and forcing us to close our studios in order to make way for new office buildings and flats for rich yuppies. Of course, like so many cities, Hamburg is subjugated by economic growth and by capitalism. But there’s not another city in this country that can look back on such a long and serious tradition of protest and resistance. ~
Above: The Eros Center on the Reeperbahn. Don’t worry buddy, we’ll keep it our little secret.
This text first appeared first in Electronic Beats Magazine N° 36 (4, 2013). Read the full issue on issuu.com or in the embed below.
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The Magic of Moving Averages
Probably, the first indicator you have seen and used when you first started to trade Forex was a moving average. For me, it was that. Moving averages come in several forms — simple, weighted, exponential, smoothed, and other. They present the most basic way to measure the current trend direction and to spot its change. At a first glance, a simple moving average indicator looks like a miraculous tool that is easy to use and can tell you where to enter a position and where to exit one. Let's try to understand this indicator — is it really as good as it seems?
What moving average shows? No matter if it is a simple, exponential, or any other form of MA the only thing it is showing is the average rate of the currency pair over a certain period of time, hence the name. For example, MA with a period set to 7 on a daily chart for any given bar will show the average price over the previous 7 bars (days). This is not magic, right? Various forms of moving average just change the way the average value is calculated (to make the line look more smooth or sharp, or to throw out spikes), but in the end, we get the averages of the previous periods.
So, what happens when the current price crosses MA? Faster MA crosses slower MA? Three MAs cross each other? The cross of the MA and the price or another MA (or any amount of other MAs) is usually considered as the buy/sell signal or at least a partial signal. Why? Because they really show a change in the trend. The problem is that the change could have happened long ago (up to the MA's period bars ago). When the moving average is crossed by the price from below, it simply means that the current price became higher than the average price for the last N bars (where N is the period of the MA) — this is it and nothing else. If MA with a period of 7 days crosses MA with a period of 14 days from below, that means that the average price in the last 7 days is higher than the average price during the last 14 days (the actual trend change here could have happened up to 14 days ago). Some strategies employ a crossing of up to five moving averages — that will not change the fact that the only thing you will know when such a cross occurs is the ratio of the average price over five different periods.
So, is there any point in using a moving average? Yes, I think that a moving average is a good technical indicator, but not as a signal producer or a trend change detector. What does it do best? It indicates the average price. So, it is better to use it when you want to know the average price over a certain period. You can compare current price to the moving average to consider overbought/oversold state, measure the volatility by comparing the price action with the large-period MAs, use the long-term moving averages as the support and resistance levels (because so many traders and even proprietary trading shops use it this way), and so on.
Maybe, this is not a pleasant thing to know if you base your trading strategy on moving average crosses, but the facts do not lie, and as your trading experience grows, it will become clear to you that moving averages cannot perform any magic tricks and should not be used as an easy way to create yet another Forex strategy.
Nevertheless, a moving average remains practically an extremely reliable indicator as traders can experiment with the settings and try it out on different timeframes, finding out the use cases for it.
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Gregory DeFreitas, PhD, is a tenured Professor of Economics at Hofstra University. He is also the founder and Former Director of the Labor Studies Degree Program at Hofstra. Dr. DeFreitas is the Director of the Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy and edits its journal, Regional Labor Review. The RLR has since 1998 been the premier source of independent research on major employment issues in the New York Metropolitan Area. Before joining Hofstra’s faculty, he taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, the University of Toronto, and Cambridge University. He was educated at Stanford, Cambridge, and Columbia University, where he received his Ph.D. in Economics.
Dr. DeFreitas has written widely on recent U.S. job and pay trends, the economics of immigration, earnings inequality, youth unemployment and the New York City economy. And he has testified on these issues before Congressional committees and the New York City Council. His books include Young Workers in the Global Economy: Job Challenges in North America, Europe and Japan (Edward Elgar Pubs.) and Inequality At Work: Hispanics in the US Labor Force (Oxford University Press). For more information, see the webpage: http://people.hofstra.edu/Gregory_E_Defreitas/
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Niev Duffy, PhD, is a Director of Eastern Economic Research, Inc., a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy and a member of the editorial board of its journal, Regional Labor Review. Dr. Duffy taught economics for many years at NYU, Hofstra University, and SUNY Old Westbury. She was formerly on the research faculty of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and was the Director of Research at the JFK Jr. Institute for Worker Education, CUNY. Her research projects and publications have covered a wide array of pressing employment, health and educational issues. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.
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City of Eau Claire Announces 2018 Loan Activity
Press Release - City Announces 2018 Loan Activity
EAU CLAIRE, WI – In 2018 the City of Eau Claire launched three new loan programs for businesses, entrepreneurs, and property owners. They were the (1) Revolving Loan Fund (City); (2) Micro Loan Fund; and (3) Commercial Building Façade Loan. These programs are in addition to the Revolving Loan Fund (EDA) administered by the City on behalf of the Economic Development Administration.
Three new loans were issued in 2018 out of the new programs. A façade loan was made to Fidelity Property Group 3, LLC for the exterior improvements of the strip center at 1417-1427 S Hastings Way, from O’Reilly Auto Parts to Dunkin Donuts. This program offers zero-interest loans for up to 7 years to commercial property owners for up to $30,000 per parcel.
Two new micro loans were also issued in 2018. The first of these was made to 1319 Birch Street, LLC to assist in the transition and continuation of Sue’s Bake Shop. The second micro loan was to SahLan, LLC for SahLan Nails and Spa, now open at 2705 Birch Street. This program offers a 4% loan for a business less than 3 years old, up to $30,000.
“It’s great to get these funds deployed for projects and businesses in our community that really enhance our commercial experience,” said Ray French, Business Assistance Specialist. “Helping grow local businesses like these is part of our mission, and we’re proud to play a small role.”
Through its partnership with the West Grand Avenue Business Improvement District, the City also disbursed a $5,000 loan to Girolamo’s Court ‘n House.
While no new loans were issued from the Revolving Loan Fund (EDA) program, a new funding Plan was approved early in 2019. The new plan opens the ratio for job credits to loan value, while also gearing the program towards jobs paying $15 per hour or more. Throughout the four loan programs, the City has more than $800,000 worth of funds available for lending this year!
For more information, please see our website at https://www.eauclairedevelopment.com/ or contact us today!
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Improving the business climate in Armenia
By Lucia Sconosciuto
Yerevan, capital city of Armenia
Commercial investments are the EBRD’s main tool for helping economies in their transition towards a well-functioning open market model. However, to make its impact even more effective, the EBRD uses another powerful lever for systemic change: policy dialogue.
To improve the business environment for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Caucasus and Central Asia, the EBRD’s Early Transition Countries (ETC) Initiative has, since 2007, helped establish investment councils that provide platforms for dialogue between businesses and policy-makers. These institutions have been supported by the donors of the ETC Fund.
In Armenia, for example, this resulted in the creation of the Business Support Office (BSO). The BSO provides a structured framework for discussion between the private and public sector on issues affecting the business environment and investment climate.
It raises key issues, provides technical assistance to the government in developing reforms, facilitates consultations with the business community and transmits feedback on proposed reforms to the authorities.
Over the last decade, Armenia has made considerable efforts to upgrade its commercial, administrative, tax and financial legislation and to improve the business environment. Measures to reduce unnecessary regulation and burdensome tax inspections are under way.
However, according to the latest Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS), Armenian firms see tax administration as a top obstacle to the business environment. Tax inspections are on average 18 per cent higher than in other countries of eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
The BSO discusses such constraints in investment councils with enterprises, business organisations and government representatives to find suitable solutions. One of the councils focused on reforming the checking system by introducing risk-based inspections and EU standards.
The reform was adopted and continues to be supported by the BSO. This is expected to make the system more efficient and protect consumers, cut the number of unnecessary inspections and reduce cases of corruption.
Similarly, the BSO supported the work of the SME Development Council on tax reforms. This resulted in exemptions for family-run businesses with turnover under Dram 18 million (approximately €34,000), and for IT start-ups with fewer than 30 employees.
The impact is significant, as the example of IT start-up TeTech shows. Its Deputy Director Vahag Minasyan sees the newly introduced tax reform as a real boost for the IT industry.
“We have more and more orders and clients who look into automating processes,” said Mr Minasyan. “We produce the software for them, which means we will gradually increase the number of our employees.”
The BEEPS also found that young Armenian firms complained heavily about customs and trade regulations: on average, it took 8.6 days to clear customs for direct exports and 17.6 days for direct imports, more than elsewhere in the region. This is of particular concern for the Armenian economy which relies considerably on international trade.
The BSO has helped simplify the procedure for exporters to obtain certification of country of origin, cutting both waiting time and costs.
“This shows how policy dialogue activities can improve governance and business development,” said Franklin Steves, Senior Counsellor for Investment Climate and Governance. “That’s why the EBRD is enhancing its policy reform dialogue to improve the investment climate in its countries of operations, including through the investment councils the Bank supports.
“This enhanced engagement is aimed at re-energising transition by strengthening the Bank's capacity to address the challenges arising, for instance, from corruption, insufficient private-public dialogue, a weak judiciary and inadequate business regulations.”
*ETC Fund donors include: Canada, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taipei China and the United Kingdom.
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Ain't Nuthin' But A Beats Thang
Apple’s (AAPL) 2014 decision to purchase Beats Electronics for roughly $3 billion sparked much debate as to whether the tech magnate had overpaid for Dr. Dre’s headphone conglomerate. The Beats acquisition was by far the largest in Apple’s recent history and signaled the emergence of a new era under CEO Tim Cook (after the 2011 passing of founder and CEO Steve Jobs). Many critics, and shareholders alike, argued that Apple overpaid for Beats Electronics, which is arguably true when solely reviewing public information. However when the firm’s future earnings and production costs are analyzed, it is quite obvious that Apple’s purchase of Beats By Dre will generate tremendously lucrative returns.
The main argument against Apple’s purchase of Beats Electronics highlighted the fact that Beats was a one-dimensional company; one which lacked an abundance of products, services, and intellectual property rights. Beats primarily relied on its popular headphones for the capital required to support its fledgling music streaming service. However, Apple did not buy Beats for its past accomplishments. No, instead Apple purchased Beats for its future ambitions.
To the surprise of many, it was recently revealed that the cost of manufacturing Beats headphones stands at $14 per unit. Anyone with an Internet or cable connection probably interprets Beats celebrity-branded headphones as those of a “premium” collection (that range in price from $199.99 to $699.99). While these profit margins are incredible, it makes one question why a company like Apple, which prides itself on creating high quality consumer electronics, would buy a company accused of developing low quality goods?
Call it free market capitalism, but the first reason for Apple’s acquisition of Beats, despite the company’s “cheap” perception, is that consumers love Beats By Dre earpieces and, more importantly, continue to purchase them at premium prices. The Beats marketing machine, headed by co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, has transformed the company into one of the most demanded “luxurious” headphone distributors in America. Beats’ marketing and popularity made it incredibly profitable and represents the first ever Apple acquisition of a cash flow positive company. Prior to this, all other Apple acquisitions had been of profitless startups. Nevertheless, one cannot argue with success, and Apple has gambled that Beats headphones are here to stay. Last year the consumer headphone market generated $8.4 billion in sales; this year it is expected to command $9.9 billion, whereas 2016 expectations sit at $11.3 billion.
The second, and arguably more important, justification of Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics is that the takeover merged the Beats engineering team with Apple software/hardware developers. Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine is arguably the most influential person in the music industry. He was one of, if not, the first advocates of downloading music from the Internet, and actually convinced many noteworthy artists to upload their music to iTunes. Tim Cook even mentioned that “Jimmy has been on the cutting edge of innovation in the music industry for decades, including as a key partner for Apple in the launch of the iTunes music store more than ten years ago.” There’s no doubt that “buying” talent, like Lovine, will allow Apple to expand Beats’ music streaming service.
While at first many criticized Apple for an egregious accounting error, it has since become evident that Apple, as always, makes extremely calculated decisions. While the Beats acquisition was expensive, the company’s proven products, brand value, and marketing potential prove $3 billion was a fair, if not low, offer; not to mention that $3 billion is a drop in the bucket considering Apple maintains roughly $180 billion in cash reserves.
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Home >> A Issues >> Chat >> Wire Side Chats: Singing for Societal Change... Again
Singing for Societal Change... Again
Disrespect has become rampant in U.S. society, according to singer/songwriter activist Peter Yarrow of the trio Peter, Paul & Mary. Yarrow's curriculum, Don't Laugh at Me, teaches children to respect themselves and others. Included: A description of the Don't Laugh at Me curriculum.
For four decades, the folk music of Peter, Paul & Mary ("If I Had A Hammer," "Blowin' in the Wind") has been synonymous with a cry for social change. Now Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary is lending his voice to another cause: combating what he calls the "epidemic of disrespect" in today's society, and teaching children to respect themselves and others.
The founding director of Operation Respect, a curriculum aimed at instilling consideration and caring in children, Yarrow tours the United States, speaking and singing to educators, legislators, and other professional groups about the program and the need to resurrect respect in society. And yes, singing partners Paul Stookey and Mary Travers are providing back-up for Operation Respect as well.
Peter Yarrow and friends.
(Photo by Paul Nestor)
One of the goals of the program is to turn classrooms into "Ridicule-Free Zones," where children can grow academically and emotionally. The program's free curriculum, Don't Laugh at Me, with a signature song performed by Yarrow, is available to educators through the Operation Respect Web site. Since Operation Respect was founded in September 2000, more than 74,000 kits have been mailed and more than 20,000 teachers have been trained to use the curriculum, which is based on Educators for Social Responsibility programs. In a survey about Don't Laugh at Me done in 2001-2002, 86 percent of teachers and school counselors who responded said that implementing the program was valuable and beneficial to their students.
Yarrow talked with Education World about Operation Respect and about why he is so passionate about the project.
Education World: How did you become interested in character education issues?
Peter Yarrow: This is the most important work of my life. It's only an extension of all the work I've done over the years in relation to civil rights, gender equality, peace, apartheid -- you name the movement. In a sense, I'm returning to my roots. Even as a kid, I always was unhappy when I saw anyone treated unfairly.
We [Peter, Paul and Mary] have been attempting to make the world a more humane place. All those movements have one thing in common; they were about extreme disrespect. We've seen a lot of progress, but also a lot of "one-step forward, two-steps back." You can change the way people follow the law, but you also have to change the heart. You and I know we're not going to change the hearts of adults very much. We must allow kids to be educated to become good citizens. We have to get to children before they repeat the cycle. The only route to peace is to inoculate children with certain values and allow them to appreciate who they are for what they are.
Ultimately, I don't think anyone is interested in huge cars, big houses, and diamond rings. People want to be respected and valued -- and if they can grow up to feel like they are valued and respected, that's the way they will vote; that's way they will participate in society.
EW: What are the goals of Operation Respect?
Yarrow: The program is one part, advocacy is the second part. The excitement of Operation Respect for me is comparable to the emergence of Peter, Paul and Mary and the civil rights movement, [when advocacy and music merged.] But the need is more critical now. Education is the only road to peace. We have to interrupt the cycle of animosity, hatred, and antipathy before kids get into it again.
The message needs to spread to people who are willing to be activated by one program or another; forming alliances that might not have been in place before. That is the mechanism of Peter, Paul and Mary. If we can present this to the American Pediatric Association as a medical crisis, not just an educational crisis, then we will get society's attention and have credibility in other sources.
Peter Yarrow performs at Patterson Elementary School in Jefferson County, CO.
(Photo by Barry Gutierrez)
To change the perspective of what education is about, you're talking about alliance building and about making it clear that this is not a kid's problem, but a societal problem. We are not the only answer. We are one tool.
What we're trying to do is have the next generation grow up thinking of themselves as valuable -- not because of fame, money, and power, but because of who they are. If we can do that, we can sustain democracy.
EW: On the Operation Respect video, you talk about an "epidemic of disrespect" in the United States. How do you think our society has gotten to that point?
Yarrow: A lot of it has to do with the fact that kids are not watching Leave It To Beaver and I Love Lucy anymore. Now the media celebrates, and pays money for, the exhibition of dysfunctional behavior. The pervasiveness of the media is the main cause of antisocial and dysfunctional children. We've had a degeneration of social skills in the United States, and a further degeneration brought on by television shows -- not in terms of violence, but in the lack of respect shown to people on those shows.
And parents often do not have the skills to discipline their kids without using put downs or shame. Now kids can be partners with parents [in learning to respond differently.]
EW: What about teachers who say they already have too many mandates and are too busy to take on another program?
Yarrow: Today, teachers look at any new program, no matter how powerful and no matter what its efficacy, as another thing on their plate -- with some justification, I might add. Most of those teachers, though, are the ones who are not teaching after five years. Learning to respect others is not another thing on the plate -- it is the plate. We don't have a problem convincing teachers to do this. In fact, we don't have the infrastructure to meet the demand for it.
I asked teachers, during a presentation to the Michigan Education Association, to draw at the top of a page a dollar sign, representing their salary and benefits. Then I had them draw a schoolhouse in the middle of the page, illustrating how new or dilapidated their school was and representing all the tasks of being a teacher. Third, I asked them to draw a heart -- representing how they are treated by students, parents, colleagues, the public, and the press. Then I asked what would be the most important thing in keeping them on the job, not just for five years, but for a whole career. The heart came out most important.
Teachers are on overload; but if you can stand back for a moment and connect with your heart, you realize you have to devote your real effort to managing the classroom and creating an atmosphere of civility, grace, compassion, and safety.
Kids are frightened. The atmosphere in [many] classrooms is such that they are not going to be able to learn. It stands to reason that the establishment of a safe climate is fundamental, to allow them to grow to their potential, academically and in every other way.
This e-interview with Peter Yarrow is part of the Education World Wire Side Chat series. Click here to see other articles in the series.
Article by Ellen R. Delisio
Education World®
Copyright © 2006 Education World
Originally published 12/11/2003; updated 04/24/2006
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Frank Sinatra A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening Sheet Music 1943
Frank Sinatra A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening sheet music is for sale. The song A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening comes from the early Frank Sinatra RKO Radio Pictures film Higher and Higher that also starred French actress Michele Morgan and Jack Haley who played the Tin Man in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
The early Frank Sinatra sheet music is dated 1943 to the inside of the front cover. The A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening sheet music front cover has a large head and shoulders image of a young Frank Sinatra who would have been 28 years of age. The right side of the front cover of the sheet music states “From the Frank Sinatra Show”. The words are by Harold Adamson and the music is by Jimmy McHugh.
It is important to note that with regards to Frank Sinatra’s career Las Vegas Nights in 1941 was his first uncredited role; Ship Ahoy in 1942 was Frank Sinatra’s second role; Reveille with Beverly in 1943 was his third role; and Higher and Higher in 1943 was Frank Sinatra’s fourth role.
This early Frank Sinatra sheet music measures 6.00 x 9.50 inches (approximately) and is in Very Good condition with small loss to the top left corner of the front cover that goes through the sheet music, and minute small closed tears to the front cover’s right edge. This is a stunning and very rare piece of early Frank Sinatra memorabilia.
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Ferris State Two-Sport Standout DeShaun Thrower Named GLIAC Defensive Player Of Week
Big Rapids, Mich. - For the second time in his collegiate career, Ferris State University junior defensive back DeShaun Thrower (Muskegon) has been recognized as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Player of the Week.
Thrower earned this week's GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week distinction. He had an impressive season-opening debut in the Bulldogs' decisive 49-17 triumph over East Stroudsburg on Thursday (Aug. 31) night at Top Taggart Field.
A two-sport standout, Thrower made his first career start and scored on a 51-yard fumble recovery return in the game for his first career touchdown while also adding an interception that he returned for 45 yards. He finished with four tackles and helped the FSU defense limit the Warriors to less than 300 total yards and only 37 yards rushing on 30 carries.
Previously, last year Thrower was recognized as the GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Along with being a Bulldog football player, Thrower played a key role last winter for the Bulldogs' 2018 NCAA Division II National Championship men's basketball squad that registered a historic 38-1 overall mark.
This week, Thrower and the Bulldogs will play host to #19 Findlay in a top 20 showdown on Saturday (Sept. 8) at Top Taggart Field. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (ET). For ticket information, please call (231) 591-2888 or visit FerrisStateBulldogs.com.
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Offshore wind will need bigger boats. Much bigger boats
How do you install a wind turbine almost the size of the Chrysler building in the open ocean? Just get a boat with deck space larger than a football field and a crane that can lift the weight of 1,100 Chevy Suburban SUVs.
Those specialist ships are scarce, numbering about a dozen in the world. And at a cost of more than $300 million, they each need to be capable of hoisting generators the size of shipping containers atop steel towers hundreds of feet tall.
While wind turbine manufacturers led by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S and General Electric Co. are expanding the size of their machines quickly, the small cadre of mainly closely-held specialist shipowners that does the installations is hesitant to build more ships before they know how big the vessels need to be. That indicates a looming ship shortage in the next decade, threatening the outlook for a seven-fold jump in offshore wind capacity by 2030.
“The installation companies will have to adapt to meet expected demand,” said Michael Simmelsgaard, head of offshore wind at Vattenfall AB, a utility with projects from Britain to Scandinavia. “We will see ships entering the market that were not originally used for turbines, but for offshore oil and gas.”
Those ship owners include Deme Group, controlled by Belgian engineering company Compagnie d’Entreprises, or CFE, and Jan De Nul Group, based in Luxembourg. Both are building new ships. But for now, analysts say the industry have underestimated the challenge faced by ever-larger machines.
That concern doesn’t seem to register with the ambitions of renewable energy developers. Europe’s biggest utilities are investing more than $10 billion this year alone on getting electricity from sea breezes. BloombergNEF expects offshore wind capacity to jump to 154 gigawatts by the end of the next decade from about 22 gigawatts now as the thirst for cleaner electricity grows. Most offshore wind farms are in northwest Europe, but China, the U.S., and South Korea will be big markets in the future.
Installing turbines is a feat of engineering. First, foundations weighing hundreds of tons are rammed or anchored into to the seabed at depths of 50 meters or more. Then, a massive crane hoists steel towers each the size of a small skyscraper on to the footings. Finally, the generator housing, or nacelle, is perched on top and the blades are put in place. Those nacelles already are about the size of a truck.
The few ships designed to do this are almost exclusively in Europe, and some are booked up until next year. Owners can charge anything from $112,000 to $180,000 a day for their services. That compares with the below $25,000 rate for one very large crude carrier class supertanker.
To squeeze more energy out of the wind, manufacturers like MHI Vestas are building bigger machines with longer blades and more powerful nacelles. The next generation of turbines will need even bigger boats.
One of them is Jan De Nul’s Voltaire, named after the French writer, that starts service in 2022. With a length of 169 meters (554 feet), it has deck space bigger than the soccer pitch at London’s Wembley Stadium. Built in China, the ship will be able to carry 3,000 tons of equipment to a height of 165 meters. That’s twice the load of Jan de Nul’s Vole Au Vent ship built six years ago and more than enough to hoist the largest turbines currently available.
“We recognize the global trend toward larger wind turbines for increased green energy demand,” said Philippe Hutse, offshore director at Jan De Nul. “The Voltaire will have all the required specifications to meet the upcoming challenges.”
Deme Group’s new vessel will be ready for installations next year. At over 215 meters long, its crane will be able to lift 5,000 tons to a height of more than 170 meters.
Nevertheless, a shortage of ships could come as early as 2022 since the European market is expanding at an “unprecedented pace,” according to Clarksons Platou AS, a broker that has arranged offshore wind charters for a decade. The squeeze will only get tighter as boats leave the region for growing markets in Asia and the U.S.
“Some of the current vessels can be upgraded to serve the new turbines to a certain extent,” said Jens Egenberg, an analyst at Clarksons Platou in Oslo. “But this is not nearly enough to meet the demand for installing the larger turbines.”
But the wind industry has survived challenges in the past. Decades ago, with turbines still in their infancy, there weren’t enough specialist cranes to erect them. And about 10 years ago, costs were rising fast and offshore wind farms got delayed because there weren’t enough installation vessels. Offshore wind was deemed “a niche” by the then head of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Ditlev Engel.
Generator sizes have multiplied over the decades, from the half-megawatt units used in the first offshore wind farm built in 1991 off the Danish coast to the 12-megawatt giants currently planned by General Electric Co. Vestas Chairman Bert Nordberg said last month that a single generator could be as big as 20 megawatts in the future.
The first prototype of GE’s biggest model will be installed on land for testing at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, John Lavelle, chief executive officer of the company’s offshore wind unit, said in an interview. He’s already started offering the turbine in Europe and the U.S. for deliveries from 2021.
That gamble on future turbine size is precisely what’s occupying the thoughts of shipping executives. Anyone building a new installation vessel will be looking at a life of at least 20 years, said Even Larsen, chief executive officer at Fred Olsen Ocean AS in Oslo.
His company has three such jack-up ships—so called because of their long support legs that can be lowered to the seafloor—and may invest in more. His dilemma is how big to make the next ships. Build too small and you won’t get the job. Build too big and the economics won’t stack up. Larsen said vessel owners are waiting to see what the others are doing.
“It has been a challenge to define the required characteristics of a potential new build due to the rapid development in the turbine size,” Larsen said. “It’s important to hit the target with a new vessel design.”
As many as 18 nations will have offshore turbines by 2027, compared with seven in 2017, according to industry consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. Wind provided less than 1 percent of the world’s power in 2006, but BNEF estimates that will rise to 24 percent by 2040.
And while numbers like those would be great for the environment, as well as turbine makers and utilities, they show the challenges facing the installation market. In a sign of what’s to come, ship operator Seajacks Ltd.’s Seajacks Zaratan, built specifically for the harsh conditions of the North Sea, is leaving the main European market to install turbines in the Taiwan Strait this year.
About 10 of the current installation vessels were built five to seven years ago and almost all of them have gone through some upgrades, according to Soren Lassen, senior offshore wind analyst at Wood Mackenzie’s power and renewables division. As a result, he expects to see more vessels from the oil and gas industry being adapted for offshore wind, especially to install foundations.
The cost to hire a ship is also as much as 30 percent lower than it was earlier this decade because of an oversupply. That’s putting even more pressure on getting it right and the need for a higher utilization rate to make a profit.
“The pressure on rates has been quite dramatic,” said Larsen at Fred Olsen. “At these rates, it’s difficult to secure a good business case for a new build.”
While there are enough ships to serve the industry for now, BNEF analyst Tom Harries in London sees a crunch in about four to five years.
“You’ll very quickly run out of boats that will be big enough to lift the next generation of turbines,” he said. “The vessel owners have underestimated the size and now everyone is waiting to see who will move first.”
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Tip Top sold for $380 million
New Zealand’s iconic ice cream company has a new owner, after global ice cream company Froneri purchased Tip Top from Fonterra for $380 million.
Fonterra CEO Miles Hurrell confirmed the sale, saying it was a bittersweet moment for Fonterra.
“Since we took ownership of Tip Top in 2001, a lot of work has gone into ensuring it remained New Zealand’s leading ice cream company. Over that time, we’ve had strong support from New Zealanders, and I want to recognise and thank them for that.
“Tip Top has always listened to consumers and cared about their changing tastes, as well as their long-time favourites. An average of 340 serves of Tip Top are enjoyed every minute of every day.
“This came through in both the number and quality of bids we received. It’s a fantastic brand and as a result, we’ve secured a good price for our farmers and unit holders.
“One of the big attractions for Froneri is the fact that Tip Top and Kāpiti ice cream both use fresh milk and cream, from New Zealand grass-fed cows. We’ve signed an agreement with the new owners to supply milk which ensures that Fonterra farmers will continue to be part of the Tip Top story.
“We will also retain full global ownership of the Kāpiti brand and will be licencing its use for ice cream to Froneri. This means our popular Kāpiti cheese isn’t going anywhere.
“I get the strong connection New Zealanders have with Tip Top. It will be important for them to see that it’s in good hands.
“It’s been a privilege being the guardians of Tip Top, but it’s time to hand the baton to new owners. The well-loved brand needs continuing investment and focused ownership to be sustainable for generations to come. It’s not something we’re in a position to do right now.”
Throughout its 80-year history, Tip Top has been owned by several international brands and today’s announcement is the next chapter.
Froneri is the third largest ice cream manufacturer in the world, selling a staple of well-known ice cream brands in 20 countries. Froneri brings leadership and global expertise in ice cream, reach into new ice cream markets, and new consumer products.
Froneri CEO Ibrahim Najafi says the Tip Top name and its operations, including the Auckland based factory site at Mount Wellington will be maintained.
“We have always admired Tip Top as New Zealand’s favourite and most trusted ice cream brand. The acquisition enhances our scale and supports our vision to build the world’s best ice cream company.”
The agreed settlement date is 31 May 2019. While there will be a transition period over a number of months, it will be very much business as usual, and Tip Top employees will transfer across to become part of Froneri.
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This Book Takes Readers Through A Lesson In Chicago History Through Its Restaurants
Megy Karydes Contributor
As a city of neighborhoods, Chicago is also a city of multiple ethnicities. You’d be hard-pressed to walk through Chinatown and not hear a multitude of Asian dialects spoken. Walk through Little India along Devon Avenue and you’ll hear Hindi alongside Urdu. Spanish is often heard throughout Pilsen. Not surprisingly, many immigrants opted to open restaurants with dishes familiar in their homeland in these neighborhoods, many of which still stand today, decades later. Jean Iversen’s new book, Local Flavor, is a delightful walk in Chicago’s immigrant history through the lens of food.
In Local Flavor, Author Jean Iversen takes readers to Won Kow, the longest continually-operated Chinese restaurant in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood
Adam Alexander Photography Photo Courtesy of Choose Chicago
Starting through Chinatown, Iversen steps into Won Kow, what she calls “the old guard” of Chinatown (which, sadly, has closed since the printing of the book). The restaurant was the longest continually-operated Chinese restaurant in Chinatown and she shares the history of how it established in 1928 by an influential Chinese family up until it's most recent owners. She moves through Chinatown’s history, how and why Chinese immigrants came to the area about two miles south of Chicago’s Loop.
Iversen recounts similar stories of excitement, grit and ingenuity as she covers restaurants in from Little Italy and Greektown on the west side to Little India on the north side.
For those who truly want to taste the flavors of Chicago, check out Jean Iversen’s new book, Local Flavor.
Megy Karydes
Having been to almost all of the restaurants Iversen covers, it’s neat to learn more about the families behind the restaurants and the dishes they prepare for their guests. My kids were dazzled when they saw Hema in her namesake restaurant, reading the newspaper near the kitchen and then coming to ask my son if he enjoyed his dish. Mir Naghavi from Noon O Kabob has often greeted our family, explaining the importance of what we eat alongside each other can impact how we feel. We can’t leave without having some of its signature tea. In fact, we were delighted when the restaurant began to sell its dry tea leaves so now we can enjoy the tea at home, too.
Reading Iversen’s book is more than just reading about the restaurants or the neighborhoods. It is really a lesson in history, which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. While many of us who grew up in Chicago know about each of these neighborhoods and have a somewhat vague idea of why many immigrants from various parts of the world settled there, Iversen dives just a little beyond the surface to give us the “why”.
It’s a history lesson thinly veiled between appetizers and desserts.
If that’s not enough to check out the book, the recipes might be. Again, as someone who’s enjoyed many meals at most of these restaurants, I’m eager to try my hand at making some of the dishes including Hema’s Aloo Baigan, a vegetarian dish that reflects the cuisine of South India, where Hema was born and raised. Or the Kash-Ke-Bademjan (Pureed Eggplant), commonly served as an appetizer at Noon o Kabab.
Local Flavor might not be considered a travel guidebook but for those who truly want to taste the flavors of Chicago, Iversen’s book would rank pretty high, in my opinion.
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Megy Karydes is a Chicago-based freelance writer who covers food, travel, and sustainability. Her work has appeared in USA Today, Fortune, National Geographic's The Pla
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“The web belongs to all of us”: Q&A with the web’s inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Not everyone knows the name Sir Tim Berners-Lee, but they certainly know his invention: the World Wide Web. And if being responsible for one of the most important innovations in human history wasn’t enough, early on Berners-Lee made the generous and vital decision to give it away for free.
In the new documentary ForEveryone.Net, filmmaker Jessica Yu explores how Berners-Lee, who is also a member of our Board of Trustees, came to create the World Wide Web. Inevitably, the film goes beyond the origins of the web to make a strong case for keeping the web free, open, and accessible to everyone, pointing to the recent battle to maintain net neutrality in the US as an example.
After a recent screening of the film at the Ford Foundation, Berners-Lee answered some questions about his great invention, why access to the Internet is a human right, and what it really means for the Internet to be open “for everyone.”
You invented the World Wide Web to solve the problem of interconnectivity between different types of computers. Did you have any idea then that solving this one problem would transform the world?
Well, I did call it the World Wide Web, but never expected it to be so successful! I realized that the web technology had to be universal to work for any type of computer, but also any language, genre, or culture. That is why I pressed for it to be made available to everyone, forever, without patents or royalties. But in terms of speed of progress and the scope of applications, it was a happy surprise that it kept on growing.
What most surprised you about the web as it grew?
The outpouring of creative and collaborative energy from around the world was amazing to witness. Programmers from different corners of the world came together to tackle problems, entrepreneurs teamed up with hackers to build new businesses, and ordinary people from all walks of life found new ways to create, chat, and make friends. The enduring need to send pictures of kittens also took me by surprise.
What most concerned you about the web’s growth?
As the web’s equalizing power became ever more apparent, it also became clear that some governments and companies would try to shape or control it for their own purposes. I was determined to keep the web open and for everyone. That’s why I founded the World Wide Web Consortium in 1994, which builds the technical standards that underpin the web, and why I established the World Wide Web Foundation in 2009, which works to establish the open web as a public good and a basic right.
What are some of the biggest threats to maintaining a free and open Internet today?
Most of the threats to the open web come from some organization—be that a government or a corporation—wanting to control the web for its own benefit. There’s a long list of challenges that stem from this, but those keeping me awake at night include:
Personal control of data. Many of us part with our personal data without understanding the consequences. We need better systems to keep control of our personal data, so it truly benefits us.
The “balkanization” of the web. Many companies have and will try to be the complete online solution for their customers, giving them a curated and controlled experience. These “walled gardens” leave people deprived of the wild creativity out there on the open web—and also deprive new creative people and start-ups of their attention and business. Meanwhile, some governments are creating national sub-Internets, which often limit what users can do or experience for the benefit of the ruling regime. To realize the full benefits of the web, all people need to be able to access all of the Internet, all of the time.
Threats to net neutrality. Net neutrality is the idea that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Threats to it include the creation of paid “fast lanes” for some types of traffic, or the prioritization of certain web traffic in different ways, such as giving users free access to only selected applications. Governments also violate net neutrality when they block or censor content that might be uncomfortable for them.
Only a handful of countries have enacted laws or regulations protecting net neutrality. Why is net neutrality so important, and why aren’t we seeing a bigger push for these laws globally?
Net neutrality preserves the Internet as an equal, open platform of opportunity. Big companies shouldn’t be able to pay for special fast lanes and governments shouldn’t be allowed to block or slow down content they might not like.
However, the power of the open Internet means there will always be an incentive to try to control it for profit or to preserve power. We’ve seen this happen in the US and the EU in recent years, with attempts to break net neutrality. But it’s been inspiring to see ordinary users fight back in both of these regions and win stunning victories. In the US, the Federal Communications Commission enshrined net neutrality into law in 2015 after a grassroots campaign saw nearly 4 million comments sent to the regulator during a public consultation period. The European Parliament passed net neutrality rules in 2015, and in August 2016, after nearly half a million citizens insisted on clarity in important follow-up guidelines, the European Body of Regulators responded by issuing strong rules preserving net neutrality.
The Internet should be “for everyone” but 60 percent of the world’s population is still not connected. How can we get more people online—especially people living in poverty?
The key barrier keeping people off-line today is cost. In developed countries, a high-speed broadband connection usually costs less than 1 percent of a typical person’s income. But in the world’s least developed countries, just 1 GB of data each month costs around 15 percent of their income—more than most people can spend on their children’s education.
To get more people online, we need to drive costs down. But that’s not a simple job. Users, companies, and governments need to come together to understand what is keeping prices high in their country or region, and then take collaborative steps to address this. For example, the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is bringing together a wide range of actors to determine and implement the policy solutions needed to break through the affordability barrier in developing countries. This task is especially important for enabling women, the poor, and other marginalized groups to access the web and the opportunities for social and economic empowerment Internet access provides.
Public access programs are another important piece of the puzzle. As well as looking to drive prices down, governments need to ensure that spaces like schools, hospitals, libraries, and other community hubs offer free Internet, especially those that market-based solutions will never reach.
Last, remember that supply is just one side of the equation. Equipping everyone with the right skills through widespread digital education is essential, and so is ensuring that the web is useful to local communities. Providing efficient government services online is one way to help.
You have called for access to the Internet to be recognized as a basic human right. Why? What would that mean in practice?
The web has become a public resource on which people, businesses, communities, and governments depend. It is vital to democracy and now more critical to free expression than any other medium. The gap in empowerment between those who use it and those who cannot is growing. For those reasons, I believe Internet access should be a right.
In practice, I’d like to see national Internet Bills of Rights enacted in every country around the world. These would outline users’ rights and responsibilities, and citizens of the country would have a role in drafting these. This isn’t a pipe dream: Brazil passed the world’s first such bill in 2014 and Italy followed suit last year. Nigeria seems set to show leadership and become the first to pass a bill on the African continent. And the United Nations recently passed a landmark resolution recognizing the potential of the Internet to accelerate development and advance human rights.
What can people do today to help keep the Internet open?
The first and most important step is to recognize that the web belongs to all of us and that everyone’s voice is powerful. Then share this message with your family and friends.
You can also support the work of the World Wide Web Foundation, or find out what organizations are active on Internet rights issues in your country. By keeping in touch with these organizations, you can help them with the day-to-day work of keeping the web strong and open, and you can find out when some government or company near you is taking a step in the wrong direction—so you can join campaigns, protesting in the streets if necessary!
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Nairobians using the internet on their smart phones as they ride on a city bus. Kenya. 2016. Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/PANOS
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Giving megaphones to the disenfranchised: Why Internet rights are human rights
Pro-net neutrality Internet activists rally. Los Angeles, California. 2014. Photo credit: REUTERS/Newscom
Equals Change Blog 15 June 2016
A victory for net neutrality: Why the Internet is an essential public utility
Mayor Bill deBlasio greets Darren Walker at the NetGain event. 2015, Photo Credit & (c): Martin Dixon
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The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., on April 11, 2019. The Jacob Burns, as it is known, runs old-fashioned film reels, requiring projectionists skilled enough to handle celluloid. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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Jesse Modica, the technical director at the Jacob Burns Film Center, rewinds a reel of film in the center's projector room, in Pleasantville, N.Y.
Jesse Modica, the technical director at the Jacob Burns Film Center, rewinds a reel of film in the center's projector room, in Pleasantville, N.Y., on April 11, 2019. The Jacob Burns, as it is known, runs old-fashioned film reels, requiring projectionists skilled enough to handle celluloid. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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A section of film during inspection at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y.
A section of film during inspection at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., on April 11, 2019. The Jacob Burns, as it is known, runs old-fashioned film reels, requiring projectionists skilled enough to handle celluloid. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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Jesse LoCascio, a projectionist, checks for cue marks before switching projectors during the showing of a movie at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y.
Jesse LoCascio, a projectionist, checks for cue marks before switching projectors during the showing of a movie at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., on April 11, 2019. The Jacob Burns, as it is known, runs old-fashioned film reels, requiring projectionists skilled enough to handle celluloid. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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A showing of “Where’s Poppa?” from 1970, at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y.
A showing of ?Where?s Poppa?? from 1970, at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., on April 11, 2019. The Jacob Burns, as it is known, runs old-fashioned film reels, requiring projectionists skilled enough to handle celluloid. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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Beyond Oblivion - Más allá del olvido
Hugo del Carril
Spanish with English subtitles
Two years before Vertigo, this fascinating, archly Gothic Argentine drama mined near-identical themes of erotic obsession and necrophilic desire via the story of a wealthy man (director Hugo del Carril) who, shattered by the death of his wife (Laura Hidalgo), retreats to Paris where he meets her exact look-alike in the form of a prostitute (Hidalgo, again) and proceeds to make her over in the dead woman’s image. Based on the classic Symbolist novel Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach and directed by tango-singer-turned-actor-turned-filmmaker del Carril in heaving, Sturm und Drang style, Beyond Oblivion has been heralded as nothing less than “the greatest Argentine film” by the country’s legendary critic Ángel Faretta. 35mm print courtesy of Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina).
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Investment Strategy Revamped By Qatar
Robert Jones February 14, 2019 0
News of a New York skyscraper owned by Jared Kushner’s family bailed out unwittingly by Qatar has raised eyebrows in Doha. Jared Kushner is the U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law. Kushner, a senior White House advisor, played a crucial role in the regional boycott against Qatar as a result of reports suggesting that Qatar supported terrorism. Doha had denied all charges. The Qatari government has investments in Brookfield, a global property investor. Brookfield struck a deal in 2018 that helped rescue the 666 Fifth Avenue tower located in Manhattan from financial problems. The Kushner Companies own the tower.
Doha was not aware of the bailout and played no part in it either. The Qatar government learned about the bailout from the media, which led to a rethinking of how much money has been invested by the gas-rich kingdom abroad. According to sources, Qatar has decided that the QIA or the Qatar Investment Authority will work towards avoiding investments in funds or other investment vehicles over which it does not have full control.
One of the sources mentioned that Qatar looked into how its name got linked with the deal and realized it was a result of investing in a fund that is co-owned. The Qatar Investment Authority declined to comment. Brookfield Asset Management Inc assisted 666 Fifth Avenue through its real estate unit named Brookfield Property Partners, in which the Qatar government had acquired a nine percent stake around five years ago. Both Brookfield Asset Management Inc and Brookfield Property Partners declined to comment.
According to sources, the strategic shift was made by the QIA late last year. It gave a rare insight into the thinking process of one of the world’s secretive sovereign wealth funds. This strategic shift can have significant implications in the global market as QIA is that of the largest state investors in the world. QIA manages more than $320 billion. The wealth fund was used to invest heavily in the West in the past decade. It even rescued Swiss and British banks during the financial crisis in 2008. QIA has also made major investments in landmarks around the world like New York’s’ Savoy Hotel and Plaza Hotel, London’s Harrods Store and so on.
Kushner was the chief executive of Kushner Companies in 2007 when it acquired 666 Fifth Avenue tower for $1.8 billion. It was a record deal for a Manhattan office building during the time. However, it has been a drag on the real estate company since then. QIA invested in a nine percent stake in Brookfield Property Partners for $1.8 billion in 2014.
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New Investments Reaffirms Attractiveness Of Brazil's Autos Production Industry
Fitch Solutions / Autos / Brazil / Tue 16 Apr, 2019
Key View:
We believe that Brazil’s automotive industry will remain an attractive investment destination in the Latin America region, providing an opportunity for Brazil-based car makers to capitalise on the recovering passenger vehicle market in the Latin America region which we forecast to grow by 4.7% in 2019 and 4.3% in 2020.
The recovery of Brazil’s passenger vehicle market, driven by improving consumer spending, will support sales of domestically produced vehicles, while close trading ties with its regional peers will ease access to growing PV markets in the Latin America region.
We highlight that the latest investments from General Motors Company and Honda Motors confirm the attractiveness of the Brazilian automotive industry despite Ford Motor’s decision to shut down one of its plants in the country.
We believe that Brazil’s automotive industry will remain an attractive investment destination in the Latin America region, providing an opportunity for Brazil-based car makers to capitalise on the recovering passenger vehicle (PV) market in the Latin America region which we forecast to grow by 4.7% in 2019 and 4.3% in 2020. We also believe that Brazil’s supportive regulatory environment will be a major advantage factor for car brands to continue their operations in the country, especially in the southern Sao Paolo state. This is evidenced by recent announcements from General Motors Company (GM) and Honda Motors to invest into upgrading their operations in the country under the government’s mobility programs, reinforcing our view that Brazil’s automotive industry remains an attractive opportunity.
Brazil Recovery Attracts Investments
Brazil - Passenger Vehicle Production, units, % y-o-y change
Fitch Solutions/National Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea)
The recovery of Brazil’s PV market, driven by improving consumer spending, will support sales of domestically produced vehicles, while close trading ties with its regional peers will ease access to growing PV markets in the Latin America region (see chart below). As such, these developments inform our forecast for passenger vehicle production to increase by 4.7% in 2019 and 4.3% in 2020, while growing on average by 2.6% annually over the 2021-2028 forecast period (see chart above).
We also highlight the introduction of Brazil’s “Rota 2030” mobility programme in November 2018 that will ease automakers’ fears about policy uncertainty and support the continued recovery of the country's automotive manufacturing industry in 2019. The new automotive policy will provide tax incentives for local auto manufacturing companies if they invest in research and development, which is expected to feed into increased investment into Brazil's automotive manufacturing industry (see ‘Rota 2030 To Aid The Recovery Of Brazil's Automotive Manufacturers’, January 22, 2019).
Latin America Market Recovery Bodes Well For Brazil Vehicle Production
Latin America (Region) - Passenger Vehicle Sales, units, % chg y-o-y
National Sources, Fitch Solutions
We highlight that the latest investments from GM and Honda confirm the attractiveness of the Brazilian automotive industry despite Ford Motor’s decision to shut down one of its plants in the country. In March 2019, GM has announced a USD2.7bn investment in its Brazilian operations, upgrading two factories in Sao Paolo state, the São Caetano do Sul and the Sao Jose dos Campos. Furthermore, in February 2019, Honda announced that it will move its vehicle production from the Sumare plant, Sao Paulo state, to the newly built plant in Itirapina city, also in Sao Paulo state, while Sumare plant will instead focus on powertrain production.
These two investments come in contrast to Ford’s recent announcement to end production of several vehicle models in its factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo plant and exit the heavy commercial truck business in South America, which is in stark contrast to our positive outlook for the country's automotive production industry (see ‘Ford's Brazil Exit Weakens CV Production Outlook’, February 21, 2019). That said, we believe that this is more as a result of Fords global strategy, rather than a reflection of the local automotive sector.
GM Market Leader While Honda Lacks Capacity
Brazil - Vehicle Market Share By Brand (2018)
Anfavea, Fitch Solutions
As part of GM’s USD2.7bn investment, USD1.3bn will be allocated to upgrading the capacity of the Sao Jose dos Campos plant over the next five years to produce 330,000 vehicles annually by incorporating new Industry 4.0 manufacturing technologies. The move comes in light of an earlier announcement to reorganise GM’s South America operations due to several challenges in the region, mainly stemming from the slow recovery of Brazil’s car market and the return of recession to Argentina. However, the investment reaffirms GM’s commitment to the South America region and Brazil in particular, given that the carmaker operates seven vehicle plants in the country and was the top-performing brand in 2018, selling 389,531 vehicles to gain an 18.8% market share (see chart above).
On the other hand, we note that Honda’s new plant will hold the same production capacity of 120,000 units annually, achieved through higher automation and reduced workforce, yet we believe that it is limiting the automaker’s ability to gain more market share given that Honda sales reached 131,601 units in 2018. While the company can rely on tariff-free imports from Argentina and Mexico, we expect to see plans over production expansion at the new plant should the company wish to take advantage of the recovering Brazilian market.
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Sustainability In Mining: Behind The Curve But Adoption Speeding Up
Fitch Solutions / Metals & Mining / Global / Thu 13 Jun, 2019
Governments and other international stakeholders will drive environmental and socially sustainable practices across the mining industry from the top-down over the coming years, in line with commitments to higher ethical standards and the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Large corporates will also assume leadership in improving their environmental footprint, primarily through a concerted exit from coal mining and a shift towards new-energy metals, while smaller miners will prioritise profitability instead.
While consumers will have a lower overall impact on sustainability standards adoption across the mining industry, they will contribute to corporates' increasing focus on improving their social sustainability profile by increasing supply chain transparency, particularly in relation to in-demand minerals that are commonly sourced unethically such as diamonds or cobalt.
Blockchain technology has potential to serve as a powerful tool for mining companies looking to improve their social and ethical supply chain standards as consumer pressure in this regard continues to grow.
The mining and metals industry will witness a varying impact from the global sustainability push over the coming years. Broadly speaking, the mining industry is traditionally slow at adopting change and therefore remains behind the curve in the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. Nevertheless we have witnessed increased engagement in regards to social and environmental sustainability across the industry in recent years, and expect this to continue in the near future as customers, investors, regulators and industry assign greater importance to these issues. In this piece we analyse the key drivers of these changes from the perspective of governments and other international stakeholders as well as corporates and consumers, giving our view on the relative weight of each.
Top-Down Pressure To Drive Sustainability Charge
We believe top-down policy and regulatory measures implemented or recommended by host governments and international stakeholders such as global exchange houses or multi-lateral sustainability initiatives will be the key drivers behind the adoption of environmentally and socially sustainable solutions within the mining and metals industry. Due to the innate energy intensity of the mining process, from digging to ore processing and smelting, the industry is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the mining sector is among the top global energy end-users, representing a significant share of resource-rich countries’ final energy consumption. As an example, the OECD estimates that in 2014 the mining sector accounted for up to 38% of electricity consumption in Chile and 7.5% in Australia. As such, and in line with broader emission cut and energy transition objectives of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 sustainable Development Agenda, host governments are increasingly looking at renewables instead of fossil fuels as a means of powering their energy-hungry mining sectors. This is particularly so as the cost of solar or wind generation becomes more competitive than coal or diesel-generated power, presenting a strong business case for the use of the former. In order to do this, government policy support will be key (See 'Shift To Renewables To Become A Growing Trend In Mining', August 31 2018).
Renewables Sector To Be Key For Low Carbon Mining
Select Countries - Renewables Industry Rewards and Mining Industry Value Scores
Source: Fitch Solutions Renewables Risk/Reward Index
Indeed, countries with a favourable policy environment geared towards the development of renewables will remain ahead of the curve in regards to the adoption of these within the mining sector. For instance in Chile, the government has assisted the development of renewable energy projects by providing financial support for pre-investment and feasibility studies through a series of programs, the most recent being the Support for Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Development Programme, introduced in 2012. This approach taken by the Chilean government means that renewable energy projects are encouraged to be developed, but not subsidised, and must therefore be competitive with conventional power sources. More broadly, the Chilean government has developed Chile Transforma, a series of strategic programmes aimed at improving the productivity of strategic sectors such as mining and the promotion of innovation, including the integration of solar energy. Furthermore, the introduction of carbon pricing schemes is pushing miners to increasingly consider ways of limiting their carbon exposure as a core strategic objective and attracting interest in renewables investments. Chile now a global outperformer in regards to the number of mines adopting renewables and the total installed wind or solar capacity. Up to nine different mining companies have installed either wind or solar-generating capacity in the country to date, including copper mining giants Codelco and Antofagasta Minerals which boasts 191.5MW of installed Solar Photovoltaic capacity at its operations. Chile's Association for Renewable Energy has projected 100% of the national grid in Chile could be powered by renewables by 2050. Other resource-rich countries such as Canada or Australia are beginning to implement similarly enabling policy environments that we believe will drive renewables growth and add value to their mining sectors over the coming years.
Improving But Still Lagging On Governance
Select Industries - % Of Independent Directors
Note: Scores reflect median of key companies in each industry. Materials includes chemicals, iron and steel and base metals. Source: Bloomberg, Fitch Solutions
Additionally, as one of the most environmentally damaging industries, the mining sector is particularly exposed to social and political pushback and therefore we expect more stringent government regulations that will continue to force miners to improve their environmental footprint or halt operations. In recent years the sector has witnessed a number of high profile environmental incidents that have led to regulatory crackdowns that are poised to continue as environmental standards become increasingly stringent. In the Philippines for example, the government has banned open-pit mining in a number of nickel operations since 2017, citing the polluting of rivers, watersheds and rice fields with heavy metals. In Latin-America, heavy water-usage by miners for the processing of ores is prompting growing awareness on the importance of water sustainability and leading to increased oversight by governments. For instance, Chile's water authority, Direccion General De Aguas (DGA), recently announced it was planning to raise the number of prohibition areas across the country from 30 to 70 over 2019, which will prevent new licenses for freshwater extraction in identified areas and require the extension of existing permits to be approved by environmental authorities. We also expect Chinese authorities to increase the intensity of their crackdown on the highly polluting domestic metals smelting industry, as the protection of the environment becomes a rising priority, which will significantly dent Chinese production of metals over the coming years. Finally, recent disasters such as the Brumadinho dam collapse, which led to the largest environmental accident in Brazil’s history, will prompt increased operational scrutiny ahead – with a ban on the use of upstream tailings dams by 2021 already put in place in Brazil as a result (See 'Vale: Brumadinho Dam Collapse A Huge Dent On Performance And Reputation', May 10 2019).
Environmental Crackdowns To Curtail Metal Production
Select Metals - Chinese Production Growth (% y-o-y).
e/f = Fitch Solutions estimate/forecast. Source: Fitch Solutions
We note that a number of other international stakeholders are also driving social and environmental sustainability improvements across the mining supply chain, a trend we expect to continue in the years ahead. For example, in February 2017 the London Stock Exchange launched its first "guidance for issuers on the integration of ESG into investor reporting and communication". This means that extractive companies now face greater scrutiny on their environmental impact, including tailings management, habitat protection as well as social concerns relating to the right of indigenous people, local communities and workers. Similarly, the London Metals Exchange (LME) announced in April of this year that it will only allow responsibly sourced metals to be traded from 2022, in line with OECD international guidelines on responsible minerals sourcing. On this same front the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an industry group that aims to improve transparency across the mineral supply chain, has gained prominence in recent years, with 52 countries, including key producers such as the DRC, Peru or the Philippines, already signed up as implementing members. Member countries are required to publish an annual EITI Report to disclose information on: contracts and licenses, production, revenue collection, revenue allocation, and social and economic spending.
BHP Leading The Way On Emission Cuts
Global Diversified Mining Companies - Total GHG Emissions Intensity Per Sales (tonnes)
Corporates: Coal Transition Underway For Large Players
From the perspective of corporates, we highlight a significant divide between small-to-mid sized and larger diversified firms in regards to their action on tackling environmental sustainability concerns. We believe smaller-sized mining firms will remain behind the curve in the adoption of environmental initiatives as they prioritise boosting profit margins in an increasingly volatile and uncertain commodity price environment. In contrast, we expect larger firms to take the lead on this front, driven by the increased scrutiny and responsibility assigned to publicly-listed multinational entities that have a visible economic impact and environmental footprint. One key area in which diversified miners are assuming leadership is through their pledges to transition away from coal. Earlier this year, BHP and Glencore made announcements that they will limit their future coal production following pressure from shareholders and a bleak outlook for the fossil-fuel more generally due to tightening emissions regulations. Furthermore, last year competitor Rio Tinto completed the sale of its remaining coal assets in Australia for USD3.95bn, making it the only major mining company without any coal assets.
New Technology Metals To Outperform Heavy Industry Minerals
Select Minerals - Average Annual Global Production Growth 2019-2028 (%)
Large diversified miners will instead focus on developing assets of metals used in the green revolution such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and copper as the industry bets on rising demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and vehicles. Nickel, cobalt and lithium are all used in the chemistries of EV battery cathodes, while copper will also see a boost from EVs, as the conventional internal combustion engine used in motor vehicles typically contains about 20kg of copper compared to 80kg used in EVs. As an example, in May of this year, BHP announced that it would keep its previously non-core Nickel West operations as the company looks to benefit from the production of nickel sulphide, used in the manufacturing of EV batteries. Rio Tinto continues to focus on the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper deposit in Mongolia while it also owns a giant deposit of jadarite, a lithium-containing mineral in Serbia. Meanwhile, Glencore remains in a privileged position to take advantage of the battery metals boom as it owns a significant portion of global copper supply through its operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Supply Chain Transparency To Be Growing Concern Among Consumer Sensitive Segments
While having a less of an impact than governments or corporates, consumers will play a growing role in supply chain transparency improvements within the mining and metals industry over the coming years. A significant portion of metals end-use is in construction and infrastructure, which is less prone to individual consumer scrutiny surrounding environmental issues. However, as the more consumer-conscious tech industry (particularly in regards to hardware or EVs) becomes an increasingly valuable customer for major mining and metals producers, there will be a push for firms to improve environmental standards and social supply-chain transparency over the coming decade. While price and shifting technology needs are the main drivers behind EV manufacturers' shift away from cobalt use in the production of batteries, consumer pressure will become a growing consideration as over 60% of global cobalt supply comes from the DRC, where a lack of supply chain transparency raises ethical concerns surrounding the use of child labour or conflict mines. Progress on this front across the broader commodities sector seems to be gaining traction, with two of the largest commodity traders, Gunvor and Trafigura, joining the EITI.
RECENT TECH & MINING PARTNERSHIPS
Date Partnership Type & Companies Involved
In May, US electronics firm Apple and top aluminium producers Rio Tinto and Alcoa announced plans to invest in carbon-free aluminium through joint-venture Elysis. Along with the Canadian and Quebec governments, the firms will invest CAD188mn in the venture.
Feb-2018 A group of Chinese buyers of Congolese cobalt formed the 'Responsible Cobalt Initiative', along with major companies including Apple, Samsung and most recently carmaker Daimler.
May-2018 In January 2018, BMW and top Chilean copper miner Codelco announced the 'Responsible Copper Initiative', aimed at improving the commitment to ecological and social responsibility in the copper industry
Finally, we believe that the use of blockchain technology will enable significant progress in alleviating consumer-driven social sustainability concerns over the coming years. In our view, the most promising application of blockchain in the mining industry will be its use in improving supply-chain transparency, an area where corporates are taking the lead. As a centralised, digitalised ledger that cannot be tampered with, blockchain presents a valuable opportunity for mining companies to effectively track the sourcing of minerals across the supply chain in order ensure they abide by ethical and sustainability standards. So far, blockchain has proven to be a valuable tool for diamond-makers which are prone to consumer concerns about ethical supply chains, due to the prevalence of conflict diamonds sourced from illegal operations that fund armed groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. In response, diamond producer De Beers announced a pilot project in January 2018 that would track a number of diamonds from miner to retailer through the use of blockchain. The miner partnered with BCG Digital Ventures to develop an application called Tracr and as of May 2018, up to 100 high-value diamonds have been successfully tracked to ensure ethical sourcing. Earlier in 2016, global diversified miner BHP Billiton announced it will begin to use blockchain developed by start-ups BlockApps and Consensys to increase supply chain efficiency as well as provide proof of provenance (See 'Blockchain In Mining: Well Poised For Use In Improving ESG Standards', August 1 2018).
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The Fort Wayne Museum of Art will collect, preserve and present American and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region to add value to their lives.
Believing that art is a meaningful part of our lives, we value:
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To be the best nationally accredited Art Museum of our size, while serving the broadest array of constituencies in our region.
Philosophy and Values
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Theodore Thieme Award
We are committed to providing people throughout the community and the region with exhibitions of the highest caliber, meaningful and engaging community events, and on- and off-site educational programs that increase people's understanding and appreciation of America's visual arts.
At FWMoA, you will find exhibitions of American fine and decorative art from the nineteenth century to the present, including exhibitions exploring the cross-cultural connections between artwork and artists from diverse ethnic and national backgrounds.
You also will find a hands-on learning environment for young children in the Early Learning Center and a Print and Drawing Study Center available for first-hand study of our vast collection of works on paper. Additionally, the Paradigm Gallery shop features the art and fine craft of over 75 regional and national artists working in a variety of media.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art is funded in part by Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne and the Indiana Arts Commission. Fort Wayne Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. We are proud partners of the Fort Wayne Arts Campus, an area of downtown brimming with arts and cultural activities throughout the year.
In 2018, FWMoA received major support from the English, Bonter, Mitchell Foundation, the Foellinger Foundation, Lincoln Financial Foundation, Steel Dynamics Foundation, and Wells Fargo Foundation through grants that increase our service to the community and develop organizational effectiveness.
The visual arts represent myriad aspects of our collective cultures, historical experiences, and of the human condition. We believe that the visual arts open our eyes, hearts, and minds to the intersecting dimensions of the worlds we live in and, in doing so, add value and meaning to our lives. This added value and meaning develops from the broadening of personal perspectives, promoting increased empathy, sparking moments of self-discovery, fostering the development of new insights, as well as nurturing our human spirit.
The Museum is committed to using art in service to the people of the community – fulfilling needs, provoking inspirations, raising aspirations, increasing understanding and, in doing so, adding value to people's lives.
At the heart of these efforts is our earnest belief that art, of whatever style or time period, speaks to our culture, our history, and our future. Moreover, art carries universal messages that have meaning for people and that can help bond people together. Well beyond its ability to appeal to people's aesthetic sensibilities, art can help people communicate, art can encourage people's willingness to empathize and be open to difference, and art stimulates a "craving to comprehend" which is the real motivating force of all learning – for people of all ages and walks of life.
The earliest roots of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art were informal art classes in drawing and painting, which were first taught in 1888 by J. Ottis Adams and later by William Forsyth. Both artists became important regional influences, whose skills in drawing and composition had been sharpened by tutelage at the Royal Academy in Munich. By 1897 these art classes were formally organized under the official name, The Fort Wayne Museum of Art School. Over the next twenty years the Art School continued to thrive despite limited funds and several changes in location.
In 1921, the function of museum was added to the school when a collection of ten paintings was donated by Theodore Thieme. A prominent Fort Wayne citizen, Thieme recognized the importance of art to the community, and, in addition to the paintings, he donated his residence at 1026 West Berry Street. In 1949, the B. Paul Mossman home at 1202 West Wayne Street was donated to the museum and, for the first time, an entire facility could be devoted completely to exhibitions and collections.
The museum split with the art school in 1977, in which the school became a department of Indiana University Purdue University at Fort Wayne. The museum is now housed in a 1984 facility designed by architect Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
FWMoA was first awarded accreditation by the American Association of Museums in 1996 and was accredited again in 2007. That same year, FWMoA launched a $7.5 million capital campaign to expand the building and grow the permanent collection. Completed in 2010, the project was and continues to prove its success, as FWMoA was transformed by adding 10,000 square feet to increase the amount of exhibitions, programs, and visitorship to the Museum. The Museum is now able to implement the vision to be the cultural catalyst of the region.
The Thieme Award, named for the first patron of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, was established more than decade ago to honor individuals whose good work in the community has directly or indirectly contributed to this museum's ability to be a vital part of Fort Wayne's cultural community.
Theodore Thieme, an astute businessman and founder of the highly successful Wayne Knitting Mills, was the first person outside the art community to see value in what the fledgling museum could do for the community. That said, Thieme felt strongly that early founders needed more discipline and professionalism if they were to be taken seriously on a bigger stage. Thieme thus proposed that he would give a very significant gift to officially launch a professional art museum in Fort Wayne, if those involved would pledge to adopt and adhere to professional standards going forward.
For this reason, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art has recognized individuals since its founding in 1921 for their excellent work that raised the bar for the early museum and school, building a foundation for the nationally-accredited museum that it is today. Those individuals include:
Betty Fishman (the first recipient)
Noel Dusendschon (5 awards)
Kathy Hettinga
Nancy McCroskey
David McGee
Russel Oettel
Don Kruse
Norm Bradley
Patty Griest
Sharon Eisbart
Eric Doden
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US House passes bill to remove 7 country-cap on Green Card Indian professionals set to benefit
The US House of Representatives has passed by an overwheming majority a legislation to remove the seven per cent country-cap on Green Card applicants, a development which could end the agonising wait of tens of thousands of talented professionals from countries like India who have sought permanent residency.
The bill, when signed into law, increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from seven per cent of the total number of such visas available that year to 15 per cent and eliminates the seven per cent cap for employment-based immigrant visas.
A Green Card allows a non-US citizen to live and work permanently in America.
Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of the coveted Green Card or permanent legal residency.
The bill titled ‘Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019’ or ‘HR 1044’ to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes, was passed on Wednesday by an overwhelming 365-65 votes in a 435-member House.
Lifting the per-country cap would mainly benefit professionals from countries like India, for whom the wait for Green Card is more than a decade. Some of the recent studies have said the waiting period for Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas is more than 70 years.
The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from Financial Year 2020-22 by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas.
Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85 per cent shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country, Congressional Research Service (CRS) said.
The bill, however, has to be passed by the Senate, where the ruling Republican Party enjoys a majority, before it can be signed into law by US President Donald Trump.
A similar bill being supported by a bipartisan group of senators, including Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, is slated to come up for consideration soon in the Senate.
Congressman John Curtis, speaking on House floor, said that bill will create a first-come, first-serve system providing certainty to workers and families and enabling US companies to flourish and compete in a global economy as they hire the brightest people to create products, services, and jobs – regardless of where they were born.
“This bill would do nothing to move the current employment-sponsored system toward a more merit-based system,” said Joseph S Joh, Assistant Director and Senior Advisor in the Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security.
The passage of the bill was welcomed by Indian professionals from across the country, in particularly in the Silicon Valley in California, Seattle area in Washington State, the Greater Washington DC Area and the tri-State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Top American IT companies also welcomed the passage of the bill and urged the Senate to pass it at earliest so that the President can sign it into law.
“Today the US House passed legislation to ensure people from all countries are treated the same in the green card process. This promotes a fair high-skilled immigration system that’s good for business and our economy,” said Microsoft president Brad Smith.
Todd Schulte, President FWD.us, an advocacy organisation representing top Silicon Valley companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and DropBox, said that “this bill will help ensure that those seeking permanent residency will not have to face extraordinary wait times – projected at 50 years or more for people from countries like India and China – simply because of their country of origin.”
“Eliminating ‘per-country’ caps for employment-based green cards and raising caps for family-based green cards will make the system fairer for immigrant families while also strengthening the United States’ ability to recruit and retain top global talent by establishing a fair and predictable path to permanent legal status,” he said.
The bill which was championed by Sunayana Dumala, the wife of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was shot dead in a hate crime shooting, said that it was an important day and “a moment we have been waiting for years. Finally, our hard work and tireless efforts have come into fruition,” The Kansas City Star reported.
Kuchibhotla was killed in a shooting at restaurant in Olathe in Kansas in February 2017. His wife Sunayana made multiple visits to Washington to advocate for the legislation.
“After the tragic murder of my husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, I lost my status to stay in the country and the immigration struggle took over my grief,” Dumala said in a statement on Wednesday.
“And today, with HR 1044 getting passed, I can finally find peace and no words can express my happiness,” she said.
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Bush and Gore together again
The two met for the first time since 2000 for a Nobel Prize ceremony.
WASHINGTON - Talk about an inconvenient truth.
Al Gore finally won his place in the Oval Office on Monday - right next to George W. Bush.
Forever linked by the closest and craziest presidential race in history, the two men were reunited by, of all things, White House tradition. Gore was among the 2007 Nobel Prize winners who were invited in for a photo and some chatter with the president; Gore got the recognition for his work on global warming.
The two men stood next to other, sharing uncomfortable grins for photographers and reporters, who were quickly ushered in and out.
"Familiar faces,'' the former vice president said of the media. Bush, still smiling, added nothing.
The two also had a 40-minute meeting in the Oval Office, part of Bush's effort to show some outreach to his longtime rival.
Bush aides said it was private and would not comment on it.
Gore, trailed by the press as he left the White House very publicly on foot, allowed that he and Bush spent the whole time talking about global warming.
"He was very gracious in setting up the meeting and it was a very good and substantive conversation,'' Gore said. "And that's all I want to say about it.''
Gore's presence added unlikely buzz to a photo op that normally would have been buried by Bush's Mideast peace forays. It is not like these two cross paths much. They have not met privately since then-President-elect Bush paid a visit - short, and not that sweet - to Gore's residence in December 2000.
That was back when the acrimony was fresh, in a country still in disbelief over an election that seemed never-ending. Ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court certified Bush's 537-vote victory margin over Gore in Florida to settle the outcome.
Since then, Gore has not shied away from criticizing Bush; his latest book, "The Assault on Reason,'' is a relentless attack against the administration. And the White House's response when Gore won the Nobel Prize was less than giddy.
Never mind all that.
"I know that this president does not harbor any resentments,'' White House press secretary Dana Perino said. "Never has.''
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The five research priorities adopted by Gallaudet in 2017 after three years of assessment and review reflect the University's unique and ongoing commitment to research that benefits the diversity of the deaf and hard of hearing population on campus, across the United States, and around the world. The latest priorities represent a framework for the research efforts of the University and the Clerc Center.
Strategy E.1.1 of Gallaudet University's preceding five-year Strategic Plan called for no more than five integrated research priorities, formulated by assessing compelling needs as well as current and potential strengths in fields such as visual language and learning, linguistic and communication access, genetics, and ASL/English bilingualism.
The research priorities are:
Priority #1: Education
The status and impact of current practices and policies related to the education, professional and technical training, and career preparation of d/Deaf, hard of hearing, and Deafblind people through the lifespan, from birth through postgraduate education and beyond aimed at the development of evidence-based best practices and policies.
Priority #2: Diversity
Diversity within and between d/Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind communities, including underserved populations, as represented through the arts, humanities, and allied fields, demographic studies, and genetics, along with ethical and policy issues surrounding these manifestations of diversity.
Priority #3: Accessibility
Accessibility for d/Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind people in the workplace and in society at large as made possible by a wide range of technologies in several domains including but not limited to telecommunications, captioning, robotics, avatars, speech/sign recognition, and ergonomics.
Priority #4: Deaf Experience
The subjective experience of living as a d/Deaf, hard of hearing or Deafblind individual as understood through a variety of methodologies used in the fields of biology, psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, political science, history and philosophy, among others.
Priority #5: Language and Cognition
The relationship between linguistic and cognitive phenomena and the underlying physical substrate of the brain in d/Deaf, hard of hearing and Deafblind individuals as studied through the processing of visual, tactile and auditory stimuli in multiple contexts, including language development and learning
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The Division 2's DLC Roadmap, Year One Pass Outlined
Ubisoft gives players a glimpse at The Division 2's first year of content.
By Kevin Knezevic | @kevknez on March 4, 2019 at 7:09AM PST
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The Division 2 launches on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in a little over a week, and just as Ubisoft did with the previous title, the developer plans to support it with a regular stream of free post-release content. Ahead of the game's launch, Ubisoft has outlined the content it has in store for The Division 2 during its first year.
Following the game's release on March 15, Ubisoft will gradually introduce new episodes, modes, specializations, and more. It all begins with Tidal Basin, a new stronghold that's set to arrive "shortly after launch." Also coming not long after release will be Operation Dark Hours, the series' first eight-player raid.
Following that, Ubisoft will roll out The Division 2's first post-launch episode, titled D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions, this summer. This episode will feature two additional main missions, as well as a new mode that has players "investigate the fate of a lost convoy." The second episode, Pentagon: The Last Castle, will follow sometime in fall and likewise introduces two new main missions, while episode 3 rounds out the year this winter.
All of the aforementioned content will be available to all players for free, but if you'd like to jump into it early, Ubisoft is also offering a Year One Pass for the game. The pass costs $40 USD and will grant players seven-day early access to all post-launch episodes during the game's first year, as well as instant access to any new specializations. Pass holders will also get eight Classified Assignments and a slew of exclusive cosmetics.
In addition to the free content, The Division 2 will feature an in-game Apparel Store, which will sell cosmetic items. Ubisoft stresses these will be optional and won't give those who spend money in the game an advantage over those who do not. You can read more about The Division 2's first year of content on the game's website.
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The stimulation of human prolactin secretion by 3-Iodo-L-tyrosine
Oral administration of a single 1 g dose of MIT to 10 normal male and female subjects resulted in a rise in serum prolactin in each subject. The mean peak level of serum prolactin attained by the 10 subjects was 36.3 plus or minus 7.9 ng/ml which was highly significantly elevated (P smaller than 0.0005) above the mean basal level of 5.3 plus or minus 1.0 ng/ml. While there was no significant difference between the basal serum prolactin levels of male and female subjects, the mean peak level attained by male subjects following MIT (18.8 plus or minus 3.3 ng/ml) was significantly less (P smaller than 0.0025) than that recorded for the female group (62.5 plus or minus 9.1). Serum levels of growth hormone (GH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and cortisol were not significantly altered following MIT administration. The complete absence of side effects due to MIT make it a suitable drug for the acute clinical assessment of pituitary prolactin reserve.
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Thomson confident despite Boro defeat
Connor Thomson was pleased to get back into the swing of things last night as Gateshead fell to defeat in their pre-season opener against Middlesbrough.
The Heed went a goal down on the stroke of half-time through Jonny Howson’s 25-yard effort but managed to draw level shortly after the break, as Thomson slotted home from the penalty spot following an infringement from Brad James.
The Championship side regained the advantage through Ashley Fletcher after 66 minutes, before Marvin Johnson’s 25-yarder crashed in off the post to hand the visitors their first pre-season victory.
Speaking to gateshead-fc.com, Thomson spoke of his thoughts on his side’s performance against strong opposition, saying: “It was always going to be tough, they’re a Championship side with a strong team.
“I think we did very well considering we have a brand new squad and nobody really knows each other on the pitch yet, but I think we looked good overall.
“It just gives you a better chance of showing where you should be in possession because they were just pinging it about and we had to move, so it was good overall for the shape of the team.”
The 23-year-old, who scored once in the National League last season as he found himself in an unfamiliar role as a striker, started the game and was brought off just after the hour mark as Mike Williamson made wholesale changes.
He was glad to get his name on the scoresheet and draw his side level in the pre-season opener, adding: “That’s what I want to do, I want to score and get assists.
“If a penalty is there to be taken then it obviously gets the confidence going straight away.
“It’s obviously been a long period off and we just want to get straight back into the games and look to improve every week so we’re flying into the season.”
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Who's just been announced on the Bluesfest lineup for 2019?
CONFIRMED: Paul Kelly will being his gravy to Bluesfest 2019. Contributed
by Javier Encalada
Javier Encalada
10th Oct 2018 7:00 AM
BLUESFEST Byron Bay has confirmed Australian artist Paul Kelly, English singer songwriter David Gray and Irish artist Hozier for their 2019 line up.
Also in the announcement the festival confirmed Julia Stone, Gary Clark Jr, Mavis Staples, Flogging Molly, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ruthie Foster, Shakey Graves, Anderson East, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Samantha Fish, The War And Treaty, Mojo Juju, Caiti Baker, Deva Mahal, Melody Angel and Northern Rivers duo Hussy Hicks for next year's festival.
LOCALS: Music duo The Hussy Hicks.
Festival director Peter Noble presented the list for next year's festival.
"This truly is an all killer ... no filler announcement from top to bottom with many more to come. And we are very proud of it," he said.
"We have more truly incredible artists who will be announced soon," he added.
"We have already announced Jack Johnson and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals in exclusive performances, plus George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic's final ever performances, Kasey Chambers performing The Captain, Kurt Vile, Allen Stone, Snarky Puppy, Rockwiz and so much more."
An ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Paul Kelly's achievements in a lengthy, influential career include 23 albums, several film soundtracks and two live albums, with many of his songs being lodged deep in the Australian psyche.
In 2017 he was appointed as an officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the performing arts and to the promotion of the national identity through contributions as a singer, songwriter and musician.
He continues to cross musical boundaries, publishing his first work of prose How To Make Gravy in 2010, a feature-length documentary Paul Kelly - Stories Of Me in 2012, the soul revue The Merri Soul Sessions in 2014 and more.
His latest certified-gold release, Life Is Fine, debuted at #1 on the ARIA Charts, was the highest-selling Australian album of 2017, and garnered six ARIA nominations and four ARIA awards.
ON STAGE: Irish singer songwriter Hozier, aka Andrew Hozier-Byrne, at Bluesfest 2015. Marc Stapelberg
With stellar reviews of his current European and North American tour dates coming in, multi-platinum, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier will return for his second performance at Bluesfest.
Following on from the success of Take Me To Church, the release of his new EP Nina Cried Power has been met with much critical acclaim.
"It's not the waking, it's the rising" is the opening line with which Hozier opens before co-vocalist, Mavis Staples joins the socially and politically-conscious singer.
Fingers crossed they will recreate this recording together at our 30th Anniversary Celebration.
INVITED: Singer David Gray.
With hits like Sail Away and Babylon, David Gray will be coming to Byron Bay next Easter to celebrate Bluesfest's 30th anniversary.
During the span of Gray's career he has had 12 million album sales, the best-selling album in Ireland ever with White Ladder, a BAFTA nomination for his soundtrack work on Amma Assante's 2004 film A Way Of Life, two Ivor Novellos, a Q Award, two Brit nominations, and a Grammy nomination.
His first album, A Century Ends, was released in 1993, followed by Flesh in 1994.
At the 30th Bluesfest Byron Bay, April 18 to 22, 2019. Visit bluesfest.com.au.
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THE EFFECT OF POPULATION GROWTH RATE ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY (1980-2010)
(Economics)
The effect of population growth on economic growth has always been a subject of disagreement among economists. The rate of population growth in Nigeria is high and thus the need to evaluate its impact on economic growth is necessary. This paper evaluates the effect of population growth on economic growth in Nigeria (1980-2010)The research is conducted using primary and secondary data. Data were obtained from the World Development Indicators from 1980-2010. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics as well as chi-square. The result revealed that there is a positive relationship between economic growth (proxied by GDP growth) and population, fertility and export growth; while negative relationships were found between economic growth (proxied by GDP growth) and life expectancy, and crude death rate.
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CHAPETR ONE
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Research Hypotheses
1.6 Scope and limitation of the study
1.7 Definition of terms
1.8 Organization of the study
CHAPETR TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPETR THREE
3.1 sources of data collection
3.4 Sampling and sampling distribution
3.5 Validation of research instrument
3.6 Method of data analysis
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Background of the study
The consequences of population growth on the economic development of less developed countries are not the same because the condition prevailing in these countries are quite different from those of developed economy. Therefore the body of literature on population growth in Nigeria has always emphasized either the negative or the positive effect.
Therefore in every discussion, it is conventional to start with a definition of terms used in such discussion. However, population growth can be seen by a demographer as a change in the size of the population. But when this change occurs in such a way that it reduces the size of population, the demographer refers it as a negative growth but when it adds to the size of the population he regards it as a positive oneAs the twenty –first century began, the world’s population was estimated to be almost 6.1 billion people. Projections by the United Nations placed the figure at more than 9.2 billon by the year 2050 before reaching a maximum of 11 billion by 2200. Over 90% of that population will inhabit the developing world. (Todaro and Smith, 2006). “Two thousand years ago population growth and production were positively correlated. More people meant greater productivity and security.” The current modernization and technological advancement of today’s world is highly attributable to centuries of rapid population growth and economic expansion. Hundreds of years ago, when societies and economies initially began to flourish, success was dependent upon a productive agricultural sector. A growing population meant more workers and laborers who would increase overall output. With more productive labor, the economy inevitably expanded and society reaped the financial benefits. Centuries ago, population booms were positive indications of the potential for long term economic growth. High fertility rates during these times allowed for increased labourers and also helped overcome the correspondingly exorbitant death rates. The combined effects of “famine, disease, malnutrition, plague and war” resulted in death rates that were high and inconsistent. Given the lack of modern medicine that many countries faced until recently, death rates remained relatively elevated for several centuries. Thus, in order to have any net population growth and eventual economic development, fertility rates had to be elevated (Latimer and Kulkarni, 2008). In the twentieth century, modernization and technological expansion allowed societies to gain control of the ailments that previously killed large percentages of the population. Suddenly, societies were equipped to overcome famine, malnutrition, and other life threatening diseases. Rapid technological advances in modern medicine and sanitation drastically reduced global mortality rates. Increased technology also improved labour productivity. This combination of both technological and medical improvements set the conditions for unprecedented booms in world population growth.” Despite a rapid decrease in mortality rates, global fertility rates remained constant and caused exponential growth within the global population. No longer do birth rates struggle to keep up with death rates. Currently, global fertility rates far outweigh mortality rates, forcing the world to confront serious population growth issues. With almost 7 billion people, the world population is placing a huge strain on natural resources. Unfortunately, the projections for the future do not appear to be improving. At a population growth rate of 2.8 percent per annum between 1952 and 1991, Nigeria is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, and accounts for one in five of Sub-sahara’s people. By 2013, the population forecast for Nigeria is 169.7 million. However, the composition of this population is mainly in the youthful category with 49% below the age of 21 years and a dependency ratio estimated at 89%. A large proportion of this population favours and is living in the rapidly expanding urban areas, presently estimated at over 45.2% and will likely hit 55.4% mark by the year 2015(UNDP, 2000).Over the years, it has become established that the existence of an efficient and effective human capital is the key to economic growth and development in any nation. This stems from the fact that every other facility and resource required for economic growth is driven by the availability of human capital. More so, in the absence of effective human capital development, an increasing population can have adverse negative effect on the economic growth of a nation. This is because a lot more resources are taken out to manage and cater for the teeming population that the same can generate Brand (2009).It is therefore correct to state that the economic growth of a nation is significantly dependent on the growth of its population. The effect or impact can be either negative or positive dependent on the existence of certain factors and conditions, when studied and understood can be managed or controlled to ensure continuous and sustainable economic growth and development. Dennis (2004), Nigeria is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. With an estimated population of 140 million and an annual population growth rate of 2.9% (NPC 2006), Nigeria is the most populous nation in sub-sahara Africa and the tenth most populous in the world. However, the composition of this population is mainly in the youthful category with 49% being youths below the age of 21 and a dependency ratio estimated at 89%. A large proportion ofthis population favours and is living in the rapidly expanding urban area, presently estimated at over 45.2% and will likely hit 55.4% mark by the year 2015 (UNDP, 2007). With this statistics however, the population growth shows profound inequities and disproportions when analyzed with development indicators such as: 21 doctors per 100,000 people, infant mortality rate of 112 per 1000 live births, maternal mortality of over 980 per 100,000 live births, life expectancy at birth projected at 50 years.We can now define population growth as the increase in the number of human inhabitants of a given place. The total population of any area of the earth‘s surface represents a balance between two forces. One is natural change caused by the difference between the number of births and deaths. If births are more numerous than deaths in any period, the total population will increase. However, if they are less numerous it will decrease. This simple relationship is modified by a second force; migration. When immigrants are more numerous than emigrants, there will be a population increase. (We assume, of course, that we are ignoring natural change for the moment). When emigrants are more numerous, there will be a population decline. Ben, (2005).Net changes in population totals are caused by the interaction of four elements: Births and immigrants tend to push the total up: Deaths and emigrants tend to bring the total down. Although migration may be the most important factor in small areas (for example, in a small village or a city block), it is less significant on the national level.
Much of contemporary economics on population problems have centered on what could be the optimum size and its impact on economic growth and development (Caldwell, 1990; National Research Council, 1993; Onokerhoraye, 1995; Bon goarts, 1996; United Nations 1999; FAO, 2000; UNDP, 2001 and Onwuka 2003). This line of thought originated from the question posed by Malthus (1803) as to whether food production could keep pace with the demand of a growing population and his answer that the power of population is indefinitely greater than the resources on earth to provide the needed subsistence for mankind. The debate triggered by the Malthusian hypothesis points to a lack of universal applicability of his paradigm because in industrialized countries, technological advances have spurred increases in agricultural production which ensures food security for the citizens. According to statistics from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the gross domestic product (GDP) computed at 1984 factor cost for the period 1970-71 stood at N54, 148.9, it grew steadily between 1972-73 and 1979. By 1980, the GDP had risen to N96, 186.6. However, it plummeted from the 1981 figure of N70,395.9 to N77, 752.5 in 1988 then the economy recovered marginally. The GDP stood at N113, 000 in 1998 with an annual average rates of growth of GDP of 2.1% (percent) little wonder why the economy has not been able to cope with the teeming population explosion. This can be seen from available statistics on per capital income. Again, the world research institute (WRI) estimated the percentage change of Nigerian‘s capital income for the 1990‘s to be minus 75.4. Similarly, agriculture became severely difficult by the teeming population growth. For example, the percentage change of the total cropland (000 per hectare) between the last 10 years was minus 21.3. This fact that this percentage field to livestock per capital (0.13) war lower than percentage changes of cereal production within the same period indicates that environmental resources was under stress (Mantu, 2001).The actual articulation and implementation in any economy population programme would not be possible without a determination and serious commitment in the part of the government. Neither can it be realized without putting in place a comprehensive and long perspective planning machinery informed by rich and reliable database. Obviously, we cannot hope to come close to realizing the dream of a sustainable development with the present economic thrust, which places misguided confidence on a deformed and parasitic private sector as the prime mover of the economy and engine of growth (Mantus: 2001). A large body of demographic literature documents the incidence of population growth in Nigeria (see, for example, Olusanya and Pursell, 1981; Farooq, 1985 National population commission, 2002, and federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004a). Ordinarily this growth of population could be to the advantage of a country in terms of the sheer size of its domestic market, better division of labour, and increased productivity through improvement in the ratio of labour force to population as well as enhancement of its political and military power. A large population also diversifies the demand for products and services and promotes the tendency to increasing returns to scale, thereby raising economic development (Yesufu: 2000).
The main objective of this study is to ascertain the effect of population growth on the Nigerian economy
To ascertain the effect of population growth on Nigeria economy;
To examine the effect of population growth on the availability of labor;
To examine the relationship between population growth and Nigerian economic growth;
To investigate the dangers of overpopulation in Nigeria;
For the successful completion of the study, the following research hypotheses were formulated by the researcher;
H0: population growth does not have any significant impact on the growth of Nigeria’s economy;
H1:population growth does have a significant impact on the growth of Nigeria’s economy
H02:there is no significant relationship between population growth and Nigerian economic growth.
H2: there is a significant relationship between population growth and Nigerian economic growth
It is believed that at the completion of the study, the findings will be useful to the management of Nigerian population commission as the findings will help them monitor the merit and demerit of mortality and maternity rate in the country. The study will also be useful to the employers of labor as the study seek to explore the merit of Nigeria’s young population as the serve as a very important factor of production in the country. The study will also be useful to researchers who intends to embark on a study on a similar topic as the study will serve as a reference point to further research. Finally, the subject will be useful to the general public as it will contribute to the pool of existing literature in the subject matter.
The scope of the study covers the effect of population growth on the Nigerian economy. The researcher encounters some constrain which limited the scope of the study;
a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study
b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and examinations with the study.
c) Organizational privacy: Limited Access to the selected auditing firm makes it difficult to get all the necessary and required information concerning the activities
1.7 DEFINE OF CONCEPT
The total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area
In biology or human geography, population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population. Global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year
Economic development is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people. The term has been used frequently by economists, politicians, and others in the 20th and 21st centuries
This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows
Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (overview, of the study), historical background, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope and limitation of the study, definition of terms and historical background of the study. Chapter two highlights the theoretical framework on which the study is based, thus the review of related literature. Chapter three deals on the research design and methodology adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding. Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study
Department Economics
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You Can’t Buy a Starbucks Franchise: Here’s Why and What You Can Do Instead
By Guest AuthorJune 20, 2019ISDose
You can’t get a Starbucks franchise, but you might be able to apply for a licensed store.
Entrepreneur readers often reach out about how to franchise a Starbucks or learn more about owning one of the coffee shops. Unfortunately, if you live in the U.S. or Canada, owning a Starbucks franchise probably just isn’t in the cards for you. Like Chick-fil-A, the Seattle-based coffee chain prefers to own each of its own locations.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told Entrepreneur in 2003, “We believed very early on that people’s interaction with the Starbucks experience was going to determine the success of the brand. The culture and values of how we related to our customers, which is reflected in how the company relates to our [employees], would determine our success. And we thought the best way to have those kinds of universal values was to build around company-owned stores and then to provide stock options to every employee, to give them a financial and psychological stake in the company.”
Schultz added, “I always viewed franchising as a way to get access to capital, because you’re using other people’s money to grow, essentially. And we were dealing with a premium product — something that can be hard to learn, that you have to explain to the customer, that requires an educated staff. It would have been hard to provide the level of sensitivity to customers and knowledge of the product needed to create those Starbucks values if we franchised. You can be just as entrepreneurial and experimental in a company-owned model.”
So, unless you live in a foreign country, where Starbucks franchises are more common, you’re going to need a different strategy. Here are three options you can use to try to make your dream of opening a Starbucks a reality.
1. Open a licensed Starbucks store.
Starbucks does offer licensed stores. So if you already own a business or location that can help Starbucks reach a new demographic, you may be able to reach out about adding a Starbucks to that location.
This is fairly common. According to Statista, there were 13,930 Starbucks locations in the United States as of October 2017, and 5,708 of those locations were licensed stores, which is about 41 percent. On the Starbucks licensing website, you can see that the company helps licensed stores with many aspects of the business, including store design, the Starbucks menu, equipment, training and support, food, promotions and onsite visits.
However, this isn’t the most accessible or affordable option for everyone. You need to already have an attractive location where Starbucks would want to open and the resources to open that Starbucks. If you’re looking to open a Starbucks as your first business, or first major investment, this probably isn’t the option for you.
There are plenty of other coffee locations that do offer franchises, though. Two of them are even in the top three of the Entrepreneur Franchise 500, which leads us to the next option . . .
2. Open a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise.
Without trying to start a fight about which coffee shop, Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks, makes better tasting coffee, Dunkin’ Donuts is without question the better American coffee franchise — by default, really, since it actually is a franchise. In fact, it is almost the opposite of Starbucks in that it is only a franchise — at the start of 2018, there were no company-owned Dunkin’ Donuts in the world. It’s ranked No. 2 on the Franchise 500 this year, and there are more than 9,000 locations in the U.S. alone. It’s been franchising since 1955, but it still manages to grow in units year after year.
That success comes with a price tag, of course. To own a Dunkin’ Donuts, you need to pay an initial fee of $40,000 to $90,000 (20 percent off the first five for military veterans) and have a net worth of at least $250,000, with at least $125,000 of that in liquid cash. Over the course of the startup process, you’ll end up paying somewhere between $228,620 to as much as $1,691,200.
That may seem expensive, but you do get to own the restaurant — plus, Dunkin’ Donuts offers a map of available locations, so you can see whether the company is looking to expand in your area.
3. Open a 7-Eleven franchise.
You might turn up your nose at the idea of the convenience store as a legitimate coffee shop, but 7-Eleven offers coffee and is serious business, finishing as the No. 2 business on the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 list in 2018 and No. 1 in 2017. Like Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks, 7-Eleven combines longevity with current success and expansion — as of the start of 2017, there were more than 62,000 7-Elevens across the globe. That’s far more than the number of Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks combined.
7-Eleven is sort of the opposite of Starbucks in that, where Starbucks is looking for business owners who can offer them new locations, 7-Eleven wants to offer potential business owners new locations. So if you go to the 7-Eleven website, you can see a map, similar to the one for Dunkin’ Donuts. Except, instead of showing places where you might build a franchise, 7-Eleven highlights pre-existing locations you can buy, skipping over much of the labor of construction and startup.
This business model might also be why there is such a disparity between the possible investment costs in a 7-Eleven franchise: A 7-Eleven can cost anywhere between $37,550 and $1,149,900. Of course, if you’re buying New York City real estate, you’re probably going to end up paying more than you would for a corner store in my home state of Missouri.
Much of that cost will go into the franchise fee, which can range anywhere from $10,000 to $1,000,000 (with 10 to 20 percent off for veterans, as well as special financing), and 7-Eleven requires a net worth of $100,000 to $250,000.
So, if you have some money in your pocket and want to open a coffee franchise in Midwest America, but you can’t license a Starbucks or afford a Dunkin’ Donuts, you might at least consider doing research for 7-Eleven.
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Some of the bronze items unearthed by the archaeologists. "Statues made of metallic materials are rare because they were always melted down and recycled," they said. Clara Amit/IAA
Divers Find 1,600-year-old Buried Treasure Off Israel's Coast
Roman ship with bronze statues, coins and other artifacts probably sank in a storm in the ancient Mediterranean harbor off Caesarea shoreline.
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Divers have been unearthing some rare archaeological treasures on the bottom of the sea, off Israel's coast in Caesarea, during the past few weeks. The artifacts, apparently part of the cargo of a Roman merchant ship that sunk some 1,600 years ago, include coins, bronze statues, equipment used in running the ship, such as anchors, and numerous decorative items.
The treasure trove was discovered by accident by two amateur divers from Ra’anana, Ran Feinstein and Ofer Ra'anan, who were swimming in the ancient harbor before the Passover holiday last month. Upon emerging from the sea, they immediately contacted the Israel Antiquities Authority. Since then, the IAA’s marine archaeology unit has been conducting an underwater excavation of the site, in cooperation with the Rothschild Caesarea Foundation.
Among other finds, the cargo of the ship, which apparently sank in the latter years of the Roman Empire (27 B.C.E. – 476 C.E.), included a bronze lamp depicting the image of the Roman sun god Sol; a figurine of the moon goddess Luna; a lamp resembling the head of an African slave; parts of three life-size bronze statues; a bronze faucet in the form of a wild boar with a swan on its head; and other objects in the shape of animals. Also unearthed were shards of large containers used for carrying drinking water for the ship's crew.
A diver removing one of the bronze sculptures at the Caesarea site. Apparently the artifacts were loaded on a Roman merchant ship that sunk some 1,600 years ago. Ran Feinstein
One of the biggest surprises was the discovery of two metallic lumps each composed of thousands of coins, in the shape of the ceramic vessel in which they were transported before they oxidized and became stuck together. The coins bear the images of the Constantine, who ruled the Western Roman Empire (312 – 324 C.E.) and was later known as Constantine the Great, ruler of the entire Roman Empire (324 – 337 C.E.), and of Licinius, a rival of Constantine's who ruled the eastern part of the empire and was slain in battle in the year 324 C.E.
According to Jacob Sharvit, director of the IAA's marine archaeology unit, and his deputy Dror Planer, “These are extremely exciting finds, which apart from their extraordinary beauty, are of historical significance. The location and distribution of the ancient artifacts on the seabed indicate that a large merchant ship was carrying a cargo of metal slated to be recycled, which apparently encountered a storm at the entrance to the harbor and drifted until it smashed into the seawall and the rocks.”
A preliminary study of the iron anchors unearthed at the site suggests that there was an attempt to stop the drifting vessel before it reached shore by casting them into the sea; however, the anchors broke, which constitutes “evidence of the power of the waves and the wind in which the ship was caught up,” say the researchers.
The discovery comes just a year after a trove of over 2,000 gold coins, dating to the Fatimid era about 1,000 years ago, was found nearby by divers and IAA staff. The coins are currently on public display in the Caesarea marina.
“A marine assemblage such as this has not been found in Israel in the past 30 years," Sharvit and Planer explain. "Statues made of metallic materials are rare archaeological finds because they were always melted down and recycled in antiquity. When we find bronze artifacts it usually occurs at sea. Because these statues were wrecked together with the ship, they sank in the water and were thus ‘saved’ from the recycling process."
The archaeologists said the underwater treasures were discovered because of the diminishing amount of sand in the Caesarea harbor as a result of construction along the coastline south of the site, and due to the increased mining of sand – as well as the growing number of amateur divers in the area.
The IAA praised the two amateur divers for their good citizenship in reporting their find, and announced that they will accordingly be awarded certificates.
An anchor, believed to be part of a Roman merchant ship that sunk some 1,600 years ago, and discovered in 2016. Israel Antiquities Authority
Clumps of thousands of coins in the shape of the ceramic vessel in which they were transported, before they oxidized and became stuck together. Clara Amit/IAA
Jacob Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holds a bronze lamp depicting the image of a Roman sun god Sol Invictus, in Cesarea, May 16, 2016. Dan Balilty, AP
Rare bronze artifacts, part of a large ancient marine cargo of a merchant ship that sank during the Late Roman, during a presentation of the Israel Antiquities Authority in Caesarea May 16, 2016. Dan Balilty, AP
Jacob Sharvit, director of the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority, holds a part of a statue, after it was recovered from a merchant ship in Caesarea, May 16, 2016. Baz Ratner, Reuters
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Stewart wins Brickyard for second time
Tim Cronin
SPEEDWAY, Ind. – The 14th Brickyard 400
By the time Tony Stewart is done partying, there may be no Schlitz left in Columbus, Ind. That is his brew of choice, and Stewart, who can find it cold for $8 a case in his hometown, found renewed reason to consume it late Sunday afternoon. He won a riveting battle with Kevin Harvick with 10 laps left in the 14th Brickyard 400, finally passing Harvick for good in Turn 3 after passing him in the first turn and getting passed in return in Turn 2. Harvick had nothing left after that. Stewart had plenty in reserve and pulled away to a 2.982-second victory over eventual runner-up Juan Pablo Montoya to capture his favorite race for the second time. Two years ago, Stewart passed Kasey Kahne for the lead with 10 laps to go, admitting Sunday that the 2005 victory and all that went with it “was a life-or-death situation,” so desperate was Stewart to triumph at the Brickyard. This time, the feeling was less pressurized but as heartfelt. “That’s why I’ll enjoy this one more than the last one,” Stewart said. “All I wanted to do was get to the white flag. I knew I had a big enough lead (that) I could make four big corners and lose a second and not even get close to getting passed. “I got a chance to see the crowd (on the final lap). Seeing those people cheer that last lap, that’s what makes it so special here vs. anywhere else you go. They’re cheering that last lap like, ‘This is yours, this is yours, all you’ve got to do is get around one more time and we all celebrate.’ ” The duel with Harvick over a stretch of 45 laps was the best prolonged racing in the Brickyard 400 since the race started in 1994, and it more than made up for the first third of the race, when there were five accidents involving 16 cars. What was becoming the Junkyard 400 finally evolved into a taut contest, Harvick and Stewart the stars, and Montoya, third-place finisher Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch, who ran a threatening fourth, in the supporting cast. Stewart passed Harvick for the lead on the 111th lap. After a pit reshuffle, Stewart reassumed the lead on the 128th lap. Harvick grabbed it back on the restart on lap 141, after a short caution period, edging past Stewart by going low in Turn 2. Stewart settled into a short, impatient holding pattern, looking for an opening, sticking the nose of his Joe Gibbs Racing-prepared Chevrolet under Harvick’s Richard Childress Racing machine of the same make. Twice, Stewart tried to pass in Turn 3, then dropped back, unable to make a move stick. “It was a matter of trying to get the timing right, get the runs right, get a good run on him down the straightaway,” Stewart said. “Kevin was really smart and changed how he was driving Turn 2. I had to do something different.” On lap 151, Stewart did, cutting to the inside after drafting Harvick down the front straightaway and passing Harvick in Turn 1. “I got up to him, and he got tight, I guess,” Stewart said. “I got too close to him, ran into him in the short chute.” Harvick came back and regained the advantage by going low in Turn 2 but rode up to the high side of the track at the exit. “It was really cool, almost a slide job, him getting back underneath me,” said Stewart, recalling his dirt-track roots. “It was a drag race down the backstretch.” Stewart forced his way to the front in Turn 3 and stayed in front thereafter, much to the delight of his fellow Hoosiers in the crowd of about 210,000 spectators. “It was just good racing until I got the left front fender caved in (by Stewart’s tap),” Harvick said. “He didn’t give us quite enough room.” “That wasn’t my intention,” Stewart said. “I didn’t have to do that. That could have cut a tire down. That was a mistake on my part. If I would have done it the wrong way, it would have ruined winning it.” Stewart started 14th and had climbed to sixth place after only 10 miles. He was in fourth 12 laps into the race and never was out of the top four at any 10-lap increment thereafter. “Nobody had anything for Tony today,” Gordon said. “He was strong, made some aggressive moves and won the race.” Montoya, who started and finished second, was closing at the end after climbing from fourth with 20 laps to go, but he couldn’t mount a final charge. He needed Stewart and Harvick to do more than trade paint. “Keep going, they’re going to keep hitting each other,” Montoya was told by crew chief Donnie Wingo. Montoya did as he was told, but said, “The only way to beat Tony was that way. He was too fast.” Others saw their chances fade away. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had his engine blow with 24 laps to go. Denny Hamlin, a surprise threat, had been eliminated by a 68-second pit stop seven laps earlier. And defending champion Jimmie Johnson was doing fine until his left front tire blew, ending his day with a hard smash into the Turn 3 wall 61 laps into the race. That was reminiscent of his crash a fortnight earlier at Chicagoland Speedway. And Stewart’s victory was also a familiar site. He’d broken a 20-race losing streak by capturing the USG Sheetrock 400. Winning two in a row, the seventh time he’s done so in Winston/Nextel Cup racing, proves the momentum he said he had after winning in Joliet wasn’t a figment of his imagination. Or the Schlitz. More racing coverage is at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports
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SEGA Sheds Light on Industry Approach to Localization and Worldwide Sales
The SEGA Sammy Group has released the corporation's financial statements which contain insights into how Japanese games have fared in the West. Persona 5 which recently launched in 2017 has sold 2.2 million copies worldwide due to the effort put into translating the IP into English, traditional Chinese, and Hangul. The Puyo Puyo series has sold 27.0 million units while the Sonic the Hedgehog series has sold 800 million copies since 1991.
We also learned that SEGA seeks to leverage the distinctive characteristics of their IP to realize multi-channel sales on consoles, mobile devices, and PC. They highlight how localization and simultaneous worldwide releases in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. boosts sales. Page 30 of the financial report discusses the sales numbers of individual game series and page 48 talks about the importance of quality products and more. Also worth noting is that SEGA understands the value of repeat sales; porting older games to Steam, third party intellectual properties, and Steam as an important game distribution platform.
In Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, althorgh the main character is played by the legendary Yakuza and set in Tokyo and Hiroshima, it has sold as many copies overseas as it has in Japan. In the past, the Japanese market has generated the bulk of sales for these series, and although it has elements that are appealing to overseas. However, the game was not developed with European and U.S. markets in mind. Thanks to painstaking efforts to create a game that Japanese fans will appreciate, the title has become popular not only in Japan but also won over fans overseas who praise the refined game sense of the title. I believe this is why Yakuza 6: The Song of Life has become such a popular hit around the world. The SEGA Group has localization studios that make a huge difference when games are sold overseas.
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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England on February 7, 1812 to John and Elizabeth Dickens. He was the second of eight children. His mother had been in service to Lord Crew, and his father worked as a clerk for the Naval Pay office. John Dickens was imprisoned for debt when Charles was young. Charles Dickens went to work at a blacking warehouse, managed by a relative of his mother, when he was twelve, and his brush with hard times and poverty affected him deeply. He later recounted...
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Portraying the Importance of Family in ‘A Christmas Carol’ Anonymous 10th Grade
‘A Christmas Carol’ is a novella written by Charles Dickens in 1843, the novella follows the journey of a stingy protagonist -Scrooge- and his many epiphanies that lead him to eventually understand the paramount role of family, joy and social...
Have a Capitalist Christmas: The Critique of Christmas Time in "A Christmas Carol" Theoderek Wayne
An audience member's gleeful first-hand account of Charles Dickens's public reading of "A Christmas Carol" unwittingly exposes an often overlooked contradiction in the story's climax: "Finally, there is Scrooge, no longer a miser, but a human...
Movement Within the Episodes Nathaniel Popper
Like Christmas morning itself - when each present represents a discrete mystery, separate from the last - the Christmas Carol is divided into a set of episodes. The book's chapters are episodic, with the duration of each spirit a single episode....
Ghost of an Idea Anonymous
Much of Charles Dickens' representation of morality in his most famous of Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol, is derived from "the wisdom of our ancestors." (1) From the beginning of his narrative Dickens explains his usage of the phrase "dead...
A Secular Christmas: Examining Religion in Dickens' A Christmas Carol Michael A Burns
While in Christianity Christmas maintains certain religious icons that help school boys and girls remember the story of the birth of Christ, had Tiny Tim attempted to recite the Christian myth he likely would have earned a swift stroke of the...
Perceiving the Need for Social Change in "A Christmas Carol" Anonymous
Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” is set in Victorian London and tells the story of the transformation of a wicked, miserly Scrooge into a benevolent humanitarian via supernatural intervention. The invited reading persuades readers to accept that...
The Perfect Christmas in A Christmas Carol Anonymous 12th Grade
‘A Christmas Carol’ was immediately popular in Victorian England and soon, the rest of the world. It became a cultural icon, sparking a tradition to be read every Christmas Eve in many households. The relevance of the novella, even in the 21st...
What is the role of characterisation in 'A Christmas Carol'? Anonymous 12th Grade
“If they would rather die, then they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” Ebenezer Scrooge’s words encapsulate how he is characterised as a largely disagreeable, morally vacuous man. Silhouetted against the backdrop of...
Moralistic Language in A Christmas Carol Anonymous 12th Grade
“These are but the spirit of things that have been.” The metaphorical words of the Ghost of Christmas Past are typical of Dickens’ melodramatic writing style. Set in Victorian England, a time rife with greed and social stratification, Charles...
The Impact of Emotions in 'A Christmas Carol' Anonymous 12th Grade
“I wear the chain I forged in life… I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will, I wear it.” Jacob Marley’s words allude to the harrowing impact that emotions such as remorse have on the...
From Riches to Rags Jared Jageler 11th Grade
When a man’s name is synonymous with greed and misery, most readers would not associate him with the shining image of a hero. The hero’s journey is a classic literary pattern in which a character goes on an adventure, faces challenges, and comes...
Hypocrisy in a Christmas Carol: A Study of Scrooge Sejal Sharma 10th Grade
‘Jacob Marley was as dead as a doornail.’ The celebrated author Charles Dickens accentuates this inert nature of a door nail to the society to 1843 England through his classic novella ‘A Christmas Carol.’ The novella’s titular character, Ebenezer...
A Comparison of Justice in Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ and Charles Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’ Anonymous 12th Grade
While both Harper Lee and Charles Dickens have parallels in the way they portray justice and the legal system in their respective novels, there are contrasts in the way they portray both Victorian London and the Deep South in the 20th Century....
Unhappily Ever After: In Favor of Dickens's Originial Ending Anonymous College
Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations is a story of growth and change throughout the life of young Philip "Pip" Pirrip. Although the novel is based in realism, there are numerous instances where Pip's reality collides with fantasy—he is in...
Guilt in Great Expectations Bernice Zarb 12th Grade
Guilt represents an important aspect of Pip’s life throughout the novel. The bildungsroman that transforms the innocent boy to a decadent gentleman, then into a truly noble gentleman, shows how such negative ideals resulting into misery can be...
Seeking Justice In Great Expectations Anonymous College
Charles Dickens often used his narratives as a means to express and commentate on the shortcomings of the society he resided in, and his critiques were often pointedly focused on both the ineptitude of the legal system and the unfulfilling nature...
Evil in One Place: The Symbolism of the Satis House Zachary Belgum 12th Grade
Evil is prevalent in the world, and is especially evident today with recent mass shootings, sexual harassment, and corrupt governments. Those who partake in ruining others’ lives give up their morality and unfortunately choose to carry out evil....
Pip's Unrealistic Expectations in Dickens' Great Expectations Matthew Beck
One of the most important and common tools that authors use to illustrate the themes of their works is a character that undergoes several major changes throughout the story. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens introduces the reader to many...
Pip's Influences In Great Expectations Anton Hyginus
It is difficult to classify the personality of any one person as being entirely one way or another. So, too, it is difficult to classify a rich, round character like Pip in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations as being essentially passionate or...
The Essence of Pip Emily Flynn
The forms that stand in closest competition with those undergoing modification and improvement will naturally suffer most.
--Darwin, The Origin of the Species (1859)
Christopher Ricks poses the question, in his essay on Dickens' Great Expectations,...
Constructing Identity in Great Expectations Anonymous
"We have no choice, you and I, but to obey our instructions. We are not free to follow our own devices, you and I." (265).
The question of self-determination is central in Great Expectations. Dickens struggles to determine and express to what...
Great Expectations: In the Name of Profit Desiree Turko
The fledgling years of post-industrial Britain were tumultuous ones, as are the beginnings of all eras that dismantle century-old beliefs and traditions. It was the advent of capitalism, signifying endless opportunities for wealth through industry...
Unexpected Expectations: Pip Becomes a Different Kind of Gentleman in Charles Dickensâ Great Expectations Tiffany L. Helton
In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens presents a social commentary that dramatizes the role Victorian society plays in shaping the lives of its members. In particular, the novel addresses how society shapes the definition of the gentleman and,...
Injustice Finely Felt Wanwisa Kamolvathin
In the first part of Dicken's Great Expectations, Pip confesses to his readers that "I had known, from the time when I could speak, that my sister, in her capricious and violent coercion, was unjust to me" (63). During Pip's first visit to Satis...
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The quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) begin on an explosive note today when three-time champions, Nigeria, come up against another former champion, South Africa, each aiming to move a step closer to lifting the trophy.
The Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana come into this game aware that the stakes are very high: a victory will ensure their progress in the tournament, while a loss will be the end of their campaign.
Although the two sides have met in either the FIFA World Cup or AFCON qualifiers in the past, this will be the third time they will play against each other with the Super Eagles being winners of the previous clashes in 2000 and 2004.
Their most recent clash came during the qualifiers for this competition, with the South Africans winning 2-0 in Johannesburg and then holding the Nigerians 1-1 at their backyard. However, by now, the two sides are aware also that records have meant very little at this competition, which has been spiced up with upsets.
The Bafana Bafana, African champions in 1996, qualified for the knockout stages as one of the third-best sides but stunned overwhelming favourites and record seven-time winners, Egypt, in their Round of 16 tie, with Thembinkosi Lorch’s brilliant strike in the 85th minute knocking out the hosts.
Since their 1996 triumph, Bafana Bafana have struggled to impress at subsequent AFCONs, but the victory over the Pharaohs not only put the spotlight on Stuart Baxter’s side but also rekindled their self-belief and are unlikely to suffer complexes against the Super Eagles.
Coach Baxter has managed to build a compact team solid at the rear and also in midfield, but they have not been very clinical in attack as they have managed just two goals in the four matches played so far.
Such a performance may be worrying but Baxter will be happy, if they are able to score and protect such slim margins to progress into the penultimate round.
“Ideally, we should be scoring more goals, but the other side may also have their own plans, so if we get just a goal and are able to protect it to the end, that will be good to see us through. At this point, it’s more about the win and not the number of goals scored,” Baxter said at a pre-match press conference.
Having survived against Cameroun, succumbing to a 1-0 lead before recovering to win 3-2, and with some potential winners suffering surprise elimination, the Nigerians could be feeling like champions in waiting with South Africa a threat to their ambitions.
If the Super Eagles are to survive, they will have to be alert from the start to the end and avoid momentarily loss of concentration and sometimes complacency which saw them suffer a shock 0-2 loss to Madagascar in their final group game, which pushed them to second place in Group B.
Nigeria and South Africa are two of the three sides to have won their Round of 16 matches within regulation time, so they have not been overstretched and will go into today’s game fresh and battle ready.
The first quarter-finals match will see Senegal and Benin clash in an all-West Africa encounter, as the Teranga Lions seek to progress to the semi-finals for the first time since 2006, while the Squirrels of Benin eye their first semi-finals berth ever.
Although the Lions had shown so much promise in the past, they have hardly impressed at the AFCON since playing in the final which they lost 2-3 on penalties to Nigeria in 2002.
The past two years have seen the rekindling of their fighting spirit as their coach, Aliou Cisse, has succeeded in building a team around their Liverpool forward Sadio Mane who is good enough to challenge for the AFCON title. But often, the Lions have looked promising but disappointed when it mattered most.
The Squirrels have never gone past the group stage in their four previous AFCON appearances. In Egypt, they qualified as one of the best third-placed sides but the manner in which they prevailed against Morocco, their 10-man team holding on to a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes before winning 4-1 on penalties speaks volumes of what Coach Michel Dussuyer and his team are determined to achieve in Egypt.
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Tomorrow, June 30, marks Martyrs Day, a day set aside to commemorate the bestial and gruesome murder of three High Court judges together with a retired military officer. Unarguably, that incident has become one of the black spots and a blot on the conscience of this country.
The heinous crime happened at a time of military intervention when a curfew had been imposed on the whole country. For those who may not know the story behind the Martyrs Day, a little history will suffice.
In the night of June 30, 1982, three High Court judges – Mrs Justice Cecilia Koranteng Addo, who was nursing a child, Justice Kwadwo Adjei Agyepong and Justice Poku Sarkodie – as well as a retired military officer in the Ghana Armed Forces, Major Sam Acquah, who was the Administrative Manager of the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC), were abducted from their homes one after another. As family members became worried of their whereabouts and the state was determined to find and rescue them, their burnt bodies riddled with bullets were discovered in the Accra Plains.
A Special Investigation Board that was set up by the Provisional National Defence Council, headed by a former Chief Justice, Mr Justice Azu Crabbe, indicted L/Cpl Amedeka, Tony Tekpor, Dzandu, Hekli and Joachim Amartey Kwei. They were executed by firing squad, except Amedeka, who was said to have escaped from prison and has since not been found.
As unfortunate as it is, this has become part of our history as a country. The Daily Graphic notes that countries around the world have gone through such bitter experiences, but the good thing is that from these experiences, most of these countries have come out better.
Through the unpleasant happenings, successes and failures, Ghana has managed to craft a constitution and multiparty governance for herself, which has been operating for more than 26 years now. From our history and the instability that go on around our neighbouring countries, the Daily Graphic, like many citizens, gets worried that we seem to have taken the peace and stability that we are enjoying for granted.
Democracy has all the elements that ensure the freedom of a person, which is never guaranteed in a dictatorship. Unfortunately, however, some individuals have equated freedom to irresponsibility and lawlessness. They jump the red light with impunity, litter the environment with careless abandon and do all manner of things including attacking security personnel who have been mandated to keep the law.
As we mark the 37th anniversary of the murder of the judges and the military officer, we must vow that never again shall this be allowed to happen in the country. And this declaration must be backed with action from all by putting the country first in whatever we do.
Both the rulers and the ruled must exhibit a high sense of responsibility and patriotism towards the country. We should be vigilant of people who claim to fight on our behalf while their intention is to serve their parochial and personal interests.
We also admonish the political leadership to show selflessness and sacrifice which would encourage the citizenry to emulate for the benefit of Mother Ghana.
It is our prayer that our esteemed judges will remain bold and deliver justice as their profession dictates and God wills them to do. Never again should our dear nation degenerate into such low esteem.
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Finding direction in the social media mayhem
Getting pushed around by secret algorithms while elbowing past social bots to get your voice heard- communicating in today’s world is… complicated.
Communication was more straightforward prior to the iPhone. Technology and social media have induced major shifts in how we get our information and what we expect from the messenger. This allows the public to receive news and info directly from institutions and companies while also holding them accountable. Yet social media is not as democratic as it seems. Facebook and Twitter are being constantly manipulated through social bots, micro-targeting by political actors, and the intelligent exploitation of algorithms and data mining.
A panel entitled “Communicating trade policy in a post-truth world” took on just this topic at the European Commission’s recent EU Trade Policy Day in Brussels. The types of manipulation mentioned above are ubiquitous in every major election today, as panel member Lisa-Maria Neudert of the Oxford Internet Institute explained. Looking just at the issue of social bots, or fake accounts programmed to automatically generate their own messages, Neudert admits that even top researchers can’t always distinguish them from real users. This ability to disguise themselves is how “automated grassroots activism” occurs. Social bots are programmed to push a topic that plays on existing fears or biases of a particular group, and it ends up getting picked up and retweeted by real people, turning an issue generated by a computer program into an entire movement.
What’s even more worrisome is that researchers are unable to analyze the data as fast as events are happening, meaning the full scale of distortion is unknown and likely increasing by the day. Facebook recently presented Congress with evidence that posts created by Russian operatives to sway the U.S. presidential election were seen by 126 million Americans. Twitter identified over 36,000 Russian-backed bots leading up to the vote. With so much misinformation making the rounds on social media, presenting a clear, trustworthy message that stands out among the alternative facts is a significant challenge.
The second new challenge for communicators is the true democratizing impact of social media. Information is now instantly available to a massive, diverse audience. It’s clear that content must be adapted: scrollable, tweetable, easily consumed in five minutes on a smartphone. More importantly, expectations have changed. One-way communication doesn’t cut it anymore. The EU had neither transparency (their new buzzword) nor responsiveness when they began negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and the public response was a huge wake-up call. Trade has gone from hushed deals in dark corners to front-page news. People expect to have a say. They want to scroll through Twitter and find updates on the negotiations, or aim a tweet at the European Commission and get a personal response.
In light of this, the European Commission has launched a PR campaign called “Let’s Talk Trade” in seven languages, the aim of which is to distribute information and facilitate dialogues with the public. They’ve also launched a Market Access Database to help those interested in exporting and collected Exporter’s Stories about the positive impacts of trade deals to give them a human face. These are just the first steps in the right direction, and it remains to be seen if their efforts will be successful. The response from participants at the EU Trade Policy Day, who represented chambers of commerce, farming associations, student groups, NGOs, think tanks, and everything in between, was mixed. Some were thrilled to finally have some help navigating what these complex trade deals actually mean for businesses. Others remained skeptical about whether the Commission is truly interested in listening to stakeholders or simply wants to improve its tarnished image.
The same challenges faced by the Commission apply to communications of companies and organizations of all kinds, but steps can be taken to adapt successfully to these new hurdles. First, it should be noted that leaving a communications vacuum is just asking trolls and bots to fill the void with misinformation. Not to mention that coming in only after a crisis has occurred seems disingenuous. Stay plugged in, listen to the conversation on social media and engage with your stakeholders.
Second, content should be visual and brief. Messages should be in a language people understand and in an approachable format like a two-minute video, an infographic, or an engaging hook that links to a short article. Personal stories also resonate well and can make a company more relatable.
Third, communication is now two-way. The public is more involved than ever, constantly sharing their opinions on now politicized platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. Having third party support from the public can lend much credibility to a company and offer a human side to its business, but people won’t support you if you don’t show you are interested and accessible.
Fake news will continue to plague the social media world, but getting your voice out there is possible with clear, concise, and relatable messaging.
Elizabeth Abernathy is an Account Executive at Grayling Germany.
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UV Rays: What Should I Know?
Eileen Bailey
Health Writer
What is UVA vs. UVB?
The sun actually produces three types of ultraviolet (UV) rays: UVA, UVB and UVC. UVC has the shortest wavelengths and is absorbed by the ozone layer before reaching earth. UVA and UVB rays both make it to earth and both contribute to skin damage and skin cancer.
How are these harmful?** UVA-** Most of the sun’s radiation that reaches the earth is in the form of UVA rays. These are less intense than UVB rays but are much more prevalent. UVA rays are responsible for the tanning of the skin, working to penetrate deep into the skin which can also cause skin aging and wrinkles. These rays can damage the basal layer of the skin and can contribute to skin cancer. UVA rays can penetrate glass, which is why you are still at risk when indoors near a window or in a car.
UVB- While UVA makes your skin tan, it is UVB rays that cause sunburns. These rays don’t reach as far into the skin but also contribute to skin cancer. UVB rays are strongest between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. They can bounce off reflective surfaces, such as water, snow and ice, so they can cause damage to your skin from different directions. These rays do not penetrate through glass.
How does sunscreen work against these rays?
There are two types of sunscreen: chemical and physical. Chemical sunscreens create a thin, protective film on the surface of the skin. This film absorbs UV radiation before it penetrates the skin. Physical sunscreens contain insoluble particles that reflect UV rays away from the skin. Most sunscreens sold today contain a combination of chemical and physical properties to provide you with both types of protection.
What’s up with SPF?SPF stands for** sun protection factor**. The number associated with the SPF indicates how long it takes for the UVB rays from the sun to redden your skin while wearing sunscreen, compared to how long it would take if you weren’t wearing it. For example, if you were using a sunscreen with an SPF 30, it would take 30 times longer to redden the skin than it would if you were not wearing sunscreen.
Does wearing sunscreen prevent me from getting my daily dose of vitamin D via the sun?
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient our bodies need to properly absorb calcium. Our bodies produce vitamin D when exposed to UVB rays from the sun. There has been some controversy over whether consistently using sunscreen to protect from UVB rays prevents the body from making the needed vitamin D.
Because it doesn’t require much sunlight to produce vitamin D, some doctors suggest being in the sun 10 to 15 minutes without sunscreen; however, many believe that isn’t necessary. According to Harvard Health, sunscreen probably doesn’t completely block UVB rays because most people do not put on adequate amounts of sunscreen or do irregularly.
A study completed at King’s College London compared levels of vitamin D between people who applied sunscreen and those that did not and found there was not a significant difference. That would indicate our bodies produce vitamin D even with sunscreen applied.
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_Eileen Bailey is a freelance health writer. She is the author of Idiot's Guide to Adult ADHD, Idiot's Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsessive Love and Essential Guide to Asperger's Syndrome. She can be found on Twitter @eileenmbailey and on Facebook at eileenmbailey. _
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Eileen Bailey is an award-winning author of six books on health and parenting topics and freelance writer specializing in health topics including ADHD, Anxiety, Sexual Health, Skin Care, Psoriasis and Skin Cancer. Her wish is to provide readers with relevant and practical information on health conditions to help them make informed decisions regarding their health care.
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Hemel children star in climate change video
Micklem School pupils in the climate change film
Hannah Richardson
A group of 10-years-olds from Micklem Primary School, in Hemel Hempstead, star in a new film, talking about climate change.
Ten years since the Climate Change Act was passed, Energy UK has published a 10-point action plan setting out how the UK can continue as a world leader in tackling climate change.
The trade association says the power sector has more than halved its own emissions since the act was passed and low-carbon sources now supply more than half of the electricity generated in the UK.
At the same time, the cost of renewables, such as wind and solar, has plummeted.
Energy UK’s 10-point action plan sets out areas where the industry and government can work together to continue and accelerate progress in tackling climate change.
The film featuring the Micklem pupils was produced to accompany the launch of Energy and our Environment, a collection of essays in which leading politicians, scientists, academics, regulators and figures from the energy sector and environmental groups reflect on the Climate Change Act, its influence in effecting transformation and the challenges that lie ahead.
To view the video, see www.energy-uk.org.uk/media-and-campaigns/videos.html
Female jogger suffers broken ribs during brutal assault in Bovingdon
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Everett’s Bryce Kindopp scores a goal past Tri-City’s Beck Warm during the first period of Game 5 of the Silvertips’ first-round playoff series against the Americans on March 30 at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Three Silvertips see NHL Draft stock rise
Fairbrother, Kindopp rise up list; Kindopp appears for first time
Monday, April 15, 2019 6:54pm
EVERETT — The draft stock of three Silvertips players rose in the final rankings released by NHL Central Scouting Monday.
Defenseman Gianni Fairbrother rose from 85th to 50th amongst North American skaters, Dustin Wolf improved from 17th to 12th amongst North American goaltenders and Bryce Kindopp debuted on the rankings at 170th.
The 2019 NHL Draft is on June 21 and June 22 at Rogers Arena, the home of the Vancouver Canucks.
“It’s definitely pretty cool to see it, but I think it’s a testament to what the coaches do here with every one of our players,” Fairbrother said. “Everyone in our lineup had positive seasons and developed in a positive direction.”
Fairbrother, a 2000-born defenseman from North Vancouver, British Columbia, took a big leap forward after compiling five points in 33 games as a rookie last season, recording 36 points (10 goals, 26 assists) in 64 games. He also chipped in four assists in 10 playoff games this season.
Fairbrother’s offensive development was apparent and an important factor in his success this season.
“Definitely earlier in the season (carrying the puck) wasn’t maybe as much of a part of my game, but it’s something I knew I needed to work on and wanted to work on. Before and after practice, working on some things like that, definitely helped a lot,” he said.
Wolf was named the Western Conference goaltender of the year this season after leading the league in goals against average (1.69), save percentage (.914) and minutes played (3,615) over the regular season and passed two WHL goalies, Kelowna’s Roman Basran and Red Deer’s Ethan Anders, in the final installment of the scouting rankings.
Kindopp blossomed into a point-per-game player and led the Silvertips in goals this season with 39 in his third season of draft eligibility. He also posted the second highest +/- rating in franchise history.
Sutter assigned to AHL
The Hershey Bears, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Washington Capitals, announced on Monday that Riley Sutter has been assigned to the team’s roster. The Bears begin the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs with a first-round series against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Sutter was en route to Hershey following the Silvertips’ exit meetings on Monday, but said he wasn’t sure if he’d play in any playoff games.
“I’m just going to go in there, see what’s going on, and go from there,” Sutter said.
The 19-year-old center missed a significant chunk of the season with a lower-body injury, but still finished fifth on the Silvertips with 41 points in 38 games. He returned for Game 3 of the Silvertips’ second-round playoff series loss to the Chiefs, recording an assist in three games.
The Capitals third-round pick in 2018 will reunite with former Silvertips forward Garrett Pilon, who was recently named Hershey’s rookie of the year.
#CapsProspect Garrett Pilon wins The Bears Jack Gingrich Rookie of the Year Award. Congratulations @gpilon41 ! pic.twitter.com/0WaoeF4aCx
— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) April 14, 2019
Lake Stevens senior has passion for calling baseball games
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Global staffing philosophy – the first step in creating a diverse and inclusive workforce
Placing global talent around the world is a delicate balance between the company’s approach to staffing and the leader’s clear understanding of where he or she fits within the staffing philosophy. People move companies forward, not machines. A people centric approach coupled with a deep look at your staffing approaches will help you onto the path of creating not only effective global leaders, but leaders who, in and of themselves, are prepared to be inclusive no matter where in the world they are.
Global leaders must be able to handle complicated projects, problem solve, resolve disputes, coordinate and control to ensure the company’s global vision and strategies are clearly understood. In addition, they must build stakeholder relationships, transfer technology, innovate, relay information, establish relationships with licensees, vendors, operators, design and train, develop programs and protocols, all while being diverse and inclusive, in other words, they must improve conditions for the organization, in more ways than one.
Generally, there are three methods for outsourcing employees for global assignments. At times all three methods are frequently used by global organizations. The most commonly used depends on the company’s international staffing philosophy and the company’s top management leadership methodology based on their expansion needs.
I will describe the three: Parent-Country Nationals, (PCNs), Host Country Nationals, (HCNs), and Third Country Nationals, (TCNs); I will also provide some advantages and disadvantages of using them and will conclude with why it is crucial for today’s companies to look at all three when implementing a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
Parent country nationals are citizens of the country in which the organization is headquartered and are usually referred to as expatriates. For example, an American manager representing an American company in Chile would be considered an expatriate or parent country national.
Organizations that rely on PCNs for major overseas positions are following an ethnocentric staffing approach. This staffing strategy tends to be utilized when overseas ventures have little autonomy, and when strategic decisions are made at headquarters. Companies use this approach in the early stages of globalization and when they are trying to establish a new business or install new products overseas where prior experience is critical.
Employing this approach means the parent company will attempt to achieve control over foreign operations by utilizing expatriates and technical staff to transfer its reporting and operational systems.
A few disadvantages of using only parent country nationals are that it can undermine productivity and encourage turnover due to limited promotion opportunities for host country nationals. Additionally, the company may experience issues related to communication, expectations and perception complications that often times surface about how to actually get things get done in their local areas. This approach demands that your leader be not only diverse, but inclusive in his/her working style so as to ensure that situations that can stall progress get addressed in respectful manners.
Host country nationals are employees from the host locations in which a global company is already operating. These individuals bring a tremendous amount of knowledge regarding customer needs, business practices, language and how to best manage host country employees.
An example of a host country national is a sales representative from France meeting with the parent company in California.
Organizations that use this type of staff on overseas assignments are following a polycentric approach; they consider each of its overseas ventures as a unique national entity that possesses autonomy in decision making. A firm who operates within this approach rarely will promote host country nationals to headquarters. So the organization decentralizes on a country-by-country basis; coordination between overseas ventures will be minimal, and the individual locations will be responsible for developing their own personnel policies and establishing their own operational guidelines.
A few advantages of using host country nationals is that the organization will employ more host country nationals, thus removing any expatriate problems, language barriers, and costly business mistakes. In addition, the company will reduce the cost of transferring employees and their families overseas.
Some disadvantages to this model is that language barriers and cultural differences between the host and headquarters’ personnel can create conflicting loyalties on the part of the host-country staff that eventually widens the gap between the two and creates barriers to smooth operations. in addition, the parent company must assure that employees in their host locations are abiding by the company’s leadership goals of attaining a diverse and inclusive work atmosphere. For example, in some cultures, especially emerging market locations the country’s population may not be as diverse as populations of more developed nations, hiring in those locations may be limited in terms of diversity, but that does not mean that inclusion should be taken for granted, as there may be many regional differences within the local population that can place barriers to inclusion. Because of that, organizations will need to work differently with leaders in those areas than with leaders of a parent country national or with leaders of a third country national.
Third country nationals are employees from a country other than where the organization’s headquarters or overseas operations are located. For example, an American employee who is working for a British organization in France is considered a third country national.
Organizations that use this type of assignee along with parent country and host country nationals are following a geocentric staffing approach. These companies attempt to send the right person to the right job anywhere in the world without concern for borders, national culture or geographic distance.
The advantages to this approach are that it allows the organization to develop a highly skilled set of global leaders. It also helps to ensure that the organization’s global vision and strategy are accepted in the different locations around the world.
Disadvantages of this approach include resistance from host country governments in terms of visa restrictions in an effort to preserve jobs for their own citizens. Also, this type of staffing is very expensive, because of the various issues related to relocating, training, developing and providing extra compensation packages to third country national employees and their families, especially for a large organization with a high number of international transfers each year.
Developing inclusion for third country nationals requires an almost hand-held approach to development. In this situation you are working with highly skilled and extremely well developed global leaders who already know a lot about culture, but may not be aware of how they may hold biases to diversity and inclusion.
These leaders have a lot already on their agenda. Sometimes they don’t take the time to slow down long enough to even see how their biases may be causing them and their organization complications.
Work with these leaders requires a more in-depth approach coupled with observation. Observing the leader in their surrounding and making adjustments and corrections in real time is better than sitting them down and talking to them about biases and diversity.
I once worked with a leader who was having trouble with his female boss, it was only after careful observations on my part and gently pointing out a few things to him, was he even ready to trust me enough to share his values on how he viewed women in the workforce. He told me he never gave it any thought. He was unaware of how his values and ways of growing up had deeply affected his attitude towards women and how those attitudes were holding him back.
This leader didn’t need to be told how to work effectively with men, he already felt confident in that area, employing the “good ole boy” air about his relationships with men, but when it came to women, his persona was completely different and he had no idea how to behave in their presence.
This leader didn’t need lessons on cross-cultural issues, he was already pretty savvy at that, what he needed was to become aware of how his upbringing was affecting his ideas about gender roles and how his attitude towards others who he perceived as being vastly different than what he perceived as being the norm was impacting his success. Building awareness and allowing this leader to experience his awareness in real-time while working on real work related issues, allowed him to experience what he called an “eye-opening” state of mind. He was amazed at how quickly he was able to make adjustments and keep them; he was able to transform himself into a more diverse leader who also became tolerant of others which in and of itself, lead to inclusivity not only in his department, but throughout his global network and while on his overseas assignments.
As today’s organizations evolve and develop their talent to be more diverse and inclusive, the more they seek to balance out gender inequalities, the more they will need to look at their global staffing approaches. By going back to that point, they will be able to define what diversity and inclusion, as well as what gender balancing means to them as an organization. In addition to developing their global talent, they will need to take into account the different roles their leaders are taking within the organization and look at the different approaches they’ll need to employ with each leader to help him or her become successful, diverse and inclusive global leaders.
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$1.25 Million Wrongful Death Arbitration Award Following Car Accident Our North Carolina wrongful death law firm helped the family of a deceased truck mechanic succeed with uninsured motorist claims following a deadly rear-end collision.
North Carolina Family Receives $1M Settlement After Teen Dies From Cart Crash Brain Injury Our North Carolina wrongful death law firm helped the parents of a 15-year-old football player hold negligent school administrators and coaches accountable for failing to protect their son.
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Driver Charged in Deadly Accident on Castle Hayne Road
A driver was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and a charge of running a red light after a deadly accident occurred on Castle Hayne Road in New Hanover County, North Carolina (NC). The at-fault driver, who was operating a red pickup truck, was headed toward a job interview when he ran the red light.
According to WECT, as a result of running the red light, the at-fault driver hit a 64-year-old woman in a goldToyota and she was killed upon impact.
Our deepest sympathies go out to the victim’s family and friends. Anytime a person loses their life in a sudden accident, the pain and trauma inflicted on their friends and family can be extensive. The victim’s family should consider contacting a personal injury lawyer in North Carolina to discuss their legal options. Even though the at-fault driver is being charged for a criminal offense, that does not preclude pursuing some semblance of justice through a civil claim.
To learn about what types of damages can be pursued through a wrongful death claim, take a moment to read this article, which was written by an experienced wrongful death attorney in NC.
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Shaun Whitehead, Treasure Hunter, To Search For Pirate Booty On Desert Island
A British archeologist says he plans to lead an expedition to a deserted "treasure island" in the Pacific believed to hold more than $200 million in gold, silver and jewels.
Shaun Whitehead, who previously explored uncharted passages inside Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, said he will sail to Cocos Island, 350 miles off the coast of Costa Rica, this fall. His quarry: the fabled "Treasure of Lima" supposedly stashed there in 1821 by Captain William Thompson.
Thompson, a British trader-turned-pirate was tasked by Spanish authorities in Peru to transport the loot to Mexico for safekeeping but instead made off with the precious cargo and buried it on Cocos, Sail World details.
A Spanish warship soon captured the crew, all of whom were executed except for Thompson and his first mate. They were spared after they promised to divulge where they hid the treasure, but the duo managed to escape before they gave away its location.
The original inventory, according to the Telegraph, listed "113 gold religious statues, one a life-size Virgin Mary, 200 chests of jewels, 273 swords with jewelled hilts, 1,000 diamonds, solid gold crowns, 150 chalices and hundreds of gold and silver bars."
Finding the booty has been a dream for nearly two centuries. While no one has searched the island for more than 25 years, among the many who have tried were Franklin Roosevelt in 1910 and actor Errol Flynn, who searched in vain in the 1940s, the Montreal Gazette writes.
The uninhabited island is thought by some to have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Treasure Island" as well as the film, "Jurassic Park." Still unspoiled, the Costa Rican island has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The 10-day expedition, which will include researchers from the University of Costa Rica and Germany's Senckenberg Institute, will begin after the rainy season ends in November. GrindTv explains that the high-tech endeavor, which will also include geological and wildlife studies, won't involve any actual digging on the protected island.
Instead, the team will use an unmanned helicopter with a camera to map the nine-square-mile island in 3-D. The helicopter will be followed by a robot equipped with ground-penetrating radar that can detect empty spaces down to 60 feet below the surface. By adding that information to the air-generated map, the searchers hope to find hidden caves they can explore with a "keyhole" drill fitted with a camera, reports the Daily Mail.
Even if the team finds the treasure, they won't get rich, vowing to turn over whatever they find to the Costa Rican government in return for a token salvage fee.
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HSUS Quotes
The Humane Society of the United States is a radical animal rights group, but its calculated P.R. campaign enables it to appear mainstream. While HSUS is very conscious of presenting itself as a moderate group, occasionally the façade is lifted in moments of honesty. And in many instances, HSUS’s leaders were much more candid about their animal-rights worldview before they donned HSUS’s middle-of-the-road mask. Here are HSUS and its leaders in their own words.
Convicted dogfighting kingpin Michael Vick “would do a good job as a pet owner.” – Wayne Pacelle, quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 2010
“We don’t want any of these animals to be raised and killed…unfortunately we don’t have the luxury of waiting until we have the opportunity to get rid of the entire [animal agriculture] industry.” – Vice President for farm animal issues Miyun Park, in a 2006 speech
“[Resolved]…pursue on all fronts…the clear articulation and establishment of the rights of all animals…within the full range of American life and culture.” —HSUS resolution, adopted 1980
“The Humane Society of the United States has long been in the forefront of advocating the recognition of rights of and for animals.” –HSUS fundraising mailer, 1990
“Access to the courts is such a powerful right and would pose so revolutionary a threat to the established order that it will probably be among the last of animal rights to be recognized, requiring statutory, even constitutional, changes.” – HSUS fundraising mailer, 1990
“Don’t breed, don’t buy, don’t even accept giveaways.” – CEO John Hoyt, in a 1991 speech
“[I]t’s kind of a covert vegetarian message, which is part of the ecumenical approach that the HSUS follows.” – Vice President Michael W. Fox,quoted in the Vegetarian Times, January 1989
Quotes from HSUS leaders before they joined HSUS:
“We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding …One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.” – CEO Wayne Pacelle, as reported in Animal People News, May1993
“I don’t want to see another cat or dog born.” – CEO Wayne Pacelle in Bloodties, 1994
“Eating meat causes animal cruelty.” – HSUS senior campaigner Paul Shapiro, in a 2003 speech
“I don’t have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them and I pet them and I’m kind to them, but there’s no special bond between me and other animals…” – CEO Wayne Pacelle in Bloodties, 1994
“[V]isionary and professional leadership. There’s no doubt they’re creative and courageous.” – CEO Wayne Pacelle on PETA’s leaders, Vegetarian Times, October 1989
“PETA has really done so much in a short time to…promote animal rights.” – CEO Wayne Pacelle, Vegetarian Times, October 1989
“If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”— CEO Wayne Pacelle,quoted by the Associated Press, December 1991
“Nothing is more important than promoting veganism.” HSUS senior campaigner Paul Shapiro, at the 2004 National Student Animal Rights Conference
“My goal is the abolition of all animal agriculture.” –HSUS Director of Animal Cruelty PolicyJohn “J.P.” Goodwin
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Here you can find an alphabetically arranged glossary of terms relating to Ancestry DNA testing used throughout our website.
Related Terms for Ancestry and Genealogy
Admixture: The action of mixing, the fact of being mixed, something added by mixing or a product of mixing.
Allele: Alternate sequences for a particular position in the genome. For example, a common variation in the genome is for some forms of the sequence to have Cytosine (C) while other forms have Thymidine (T). Thus, since we have two copies of each chromosome, there are three genotypes at this position CC, CT, and TT.
Ancestry: Line of descent.
Ancestry Informative Marker (AIM): AIMs are the subset of genetic markers that are different in allele frequencies across the populations of the world. Most polymorphism is shared among all populations and for most loci the most common allele is the same in each population.
Antecedent: A preceding event, condition, or cause. The conditional element in a proposition. Used herein to denote individuals that came before.
Anthropology: The science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings in relation to distribution, origin, classification, and relationship of races, physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture.
Biogeography: A science that deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants.
Chromosome: The physical units of heredity: long linear strands of DNA. Humans have 22 autosomal chromosome pairs, plus two sex chromosomes, X and Y. Men have two copies of each autosome, 1, 2, …, 22, X, Y. Women have two copies of each chromosome 1, 2, 3, …, 22, X, X. Each person thus has a total of 46 chromosomes.
Demography: The statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics.
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Genetic information is encoded and transmitted from generation to generation in it. It is a coiled molecule organized into structures called chromosomes cells. Segments along the length of a DNA molecule form genes, the molecular laborers that carry out all life-supporting activities in the cell. Although all humans share the same set of genes, individuals can inherit different forms of a given gene, making each person genetically unique.
Ethnic: Of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.
Exagomous: Marriage outside of a specific group especially as required by custom or law. Meant herein to refer to admixture from outside of a group.
Endagomous: Marriage inside of a specific group especially as required by custom or law. Meant herein to refer to admixture from inside a group.
Genealogy: An account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms. The study of family pedigrees.
Genetics: the study of the function and behavior of genes. Genes are bits of biochemical instructions found inside the cells of every organism from bacteria to humans. Genes direct the synthesis of proteins.
Genome: All of the genetic material in a species. The human genome is approximately 3,300,000,000 base pairs in length.
Genomics: The study of the complete compliment of genetic material in a species.
Heterogeneous: Consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents.
Homogeneous: Of uniform structure or composition throughout.
Hypothesis: A tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences.
Locus (pl. loci): The name for a physical position on the genome. Can either refer to a large region such as a complete gene or a very specific region, like a particular base pair position.
MALD: A mathematical algorithm that is used to determine population structure called Mapping by Admixture Linkage Disequilibrium and when used collectively with proprietary genomic maps and other algorithms it is called ADMIXMAP.
Pedigree: A register recording a line of ancestors.
Pharmacogenomics: Pharmacogenomics is the testing of individuals to predict their genetic pre-disposition to drug response. The field of study looks at how genetic variations among the population affect drug response. It involves the analysis of genomic data to develop a screening process for more efficient clinical trials and molecular diagnostic tests used to determine individualized drug responses. It also looks at how a new targeted drug therapy could be developed using genomic data and analysis.
Polarized: To break up into opposing factions or groupings. Used herein to refer to BioGeographical Ancestry admixture results such as 95% East Asian/5% Native American as opposed to a relatively even mix such as 50%/50%.
Polymorphism: The property of having more than one state or alternate sequence at a particular position. The alternate states are called alleles.
Population genetics: The study of the genetics of groups of individual organisms.
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP; pronounced snip): A precise base pair position where different people are found to vary in sequence. Generally two alternate alleles are found at a particular SNP. At least 2,000,000 SNPs are now known and there may be over 30,000,000 in the human genome.
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Siphoned funds worth Rs 5,607 cr in last 3 years detected by SFIO
Probes by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the investigation agency for serious corporate frauds, has found siphoning of funds worth Rs 5,607 crore at 18 companies in the past three years, corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot said today.
business Updated: Mar 07, 2013 15:47 IST
Probes by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the investigation agency for serious corporate frauds, has found siphoning of funds worth Rs 5,607 crore at 18 companies in the past three years, corporate affairs minister Sachin Pilot said on Thursday.
Assuring necessary steps to keep corporate frauds in check, the minister also said the existing Market Research and Analysis Unit of the SFIO is being revamped and a pilot testing of the new unit would be carried out in the next fiscal.
"From 2009-10 to 2011-12 till the current financial year, SFIO has completed investigations in 63 cases. In these investigations, siphoning of funds amounting to Rs 5,607.37 crore involving 18 companies has been detected," Pilot informed Lok Sabha in a written reply.
To a query about setting up of a new intelligence unit to detect corporate frauds, Pilot said: "It is proposed to revamp the existing Market Research & Analysis Unit (MRAU) in the SFIO to enable it to function as an intelligence unit".
"A committee has been constituted by the ministry for the purpose of revamping MRAU. The report of the Committee is expected to be submitted shortly," he said.
The minister said pilot-testing of the proposed unit is expected during the financial year 2013-14.
To another query on number of frauds cases settled by SFIO, Pilot said "it is not within the purview of SFIO to settle cases as they are authorised to file complaints in the jurisdictional courts".
"It is the continuous endeavour of the Ministry to upgrade skills, systems and knowledge through improved coordination mechanisms with other investigating agencies for maintaining a check against recurrence of corporate frauds," he added.
To a separate question, Pilot informed the house that 42 cases have been referred to SFIO in the current financial year of which the agency has completed probe in 15 cases.
Besides, 24 cases have been referred to SFIO, during the period from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2012. Of these, probes have been completed in 23 cases.
"During the financial years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, out of the 23 completed cases, 10 cases were referred by the high courts while 13 were referred by the ministry," Pilot said.
In response to a query on the number of companies prosecuted during the last three years, he said 30 "prosecutions were filed under various provisions of the Companies Act, 1956" and "12 prosecutions under the provisions of Indian Penal Code (IPC) in various courts".
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Justice Kalifulla appointed CJ of J&K high court
Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla today took over as chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court.
india Updated: Sep 18, 2011 21:43 IST
Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla on Sunday took over as chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court.
Governor N N Vohra administered the oath of office to Justice Kalifulla in Srinagar, who was acting chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan on Sunday evening, an official spokesman said.
He said the warrant of appointment of Justice Kalifulla, as chief justice of the J&K high court was read out by the Registrar General of the high court.
First Lady Usha Vohra, chief minister Omar Abdullah, speaker legislative assembly Mohammad Akbar Lone, ministers, judges of the high court, state Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), director general of police, advocates and family members of justice Kalifulla were present at the ceremony, the spokesman said.
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Verdict on 2002 Sardarpur riot case likely today
The special fast-track court in Mehsana is likely to pronounce verdict in the 2002 Sardarpura riot case, where 33 persons were burnt to death during the communal violence that broke out after Godhra train burning incident.
india Updated: Nov 09, 2011 07:37 IST
Designated judge SC Srivastava hearing the case would be delivering the verdict on the fate of 73 accused who have been charged for murder, attempt to murder, arson, rioting, criminal conspiracy among others.
This would be the first post-Godhra riot case, probed by Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), on which verdict would be pronounced.
According to case details, a mob had torched a house of one Ibrahim Sheikh of Sardarpura village in Vijapur taluka where number of persons had taken shelter after riots broke out in the village on night of February 28,2002.
Thirty three persons including 20 women were charred to death inside the house.
In all 76 accused were arrested out of whom two died during the pendency of trial, while one was juvenile, against whom trial was on in juvenile court.
The court had framed charges against 73 accused in June 2009 and initiated trial in the case.
The prosecution alleged that the attack on minority community was pre-planned and the conspiracy was hatched by some local leader after the Godhra train burning incident.
It had further submitted that weapons were distributed by the accused in the run-up to the incident.
The accused had claimed that they were being falsely implicated and the violence was perpetrated by people who had come from outside.
Advocate representing the riot victims, YB Sheikh has submitted that over 80 witnesses who were also victims of the violence, had named the accused while giving statement to the police and and also correctly identified the accused in court during trial.
In all 112 witnesses were examined out of the 157 named in the charge sheet during trial including 20 doctors, 17 inquest witnesses, 40 riot victims, 20 police and 15 others.
First Published: Nov 09, 2011 07:33 IST
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This Sept. 24, 2014 photo shows World War II veteran and political activist Harry Leslie Smith speaking during the Labour Party annual conference, in Manchester. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Famed anti-poverty activist Harry Leslie Smith dies in Ontario hospital at 95
Smith lived through the Great Depression and fought in the British air force during the Second World War
A prominent anti-poverty activist, who authored several books on the Great Depression, the Second World War and postwar austerity, has died in an eastern Ontario hospital.
Harry Leslie Smith’s son, who has been issuing regular medical updates to his father’s 250,000 Twitter followers, said the 95-year-old died early this morning.
I'm spending the last years of my life touring the #refugee hot spots of the world to find a solution to this crisis https://t.co/hG7dqOR8AU
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) October 7, 2017
Smith, who lived through the Great Depression and fought in the British air force during the Second World War, has been a lifelong advocate for the poor.
Online tributes have been pouring in for him as he received treatment in an intensive care unit in Belleville, Ont., after his family said he suffered a fall.
Notables, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, actress Mia Farrow and British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, are among the supporters who have extended their well wishes to the famed activist.
His son John has said on Twitter that his father expressed his appreciation for the support he’s received.
“I told Harry before he fell into a deep sleep about the concern rippling across Twitter for him and he said to me, ‘Tell them, I love each of them so much,’” John wrote on Twitter.
In response, Trudeau tweeted: “Harry’s journey and courage have inspired so much love and kindness on this site, and in the real world too. Thank you for taking us along — we’re pulling for you.”
Smith, who splits his time living between England and Canada, rose to online prominence as a nonagenarian for his progressive polemics rooted in personal strife.
Born in Yorkshire, England, Smith’s four-year-old sister died of tuberculosis in 1926, his family too poor to afford proper medical care before the formation of the National Health Service.
In several books and essays, Smith draws parallels between his own brushes with global crises of the past and current turmoil that affects the marginalized. He was particularly critical of the dismantling of social-welfare systems, the inequities of unchecked capitalism and the rising threat of nationalism.
“I am the world’s oldest rebel,” Smith told UNHCR Magazine in October. “I think there are many things we can do if we put our minds to it, and we shouldn’t be leaving anyone out.”
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Pete Buttigieg's policies, more to know about him before the Democratic debate
Pete Buttigieg will debate former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seven other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates.
Pete Buttigieg's policies, more to know about him before the Democratic debate Pete Buttigieg will debate former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seven other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/06/25/pete-buttigieg-dnc-democratic-debate-2019/1559862001/
Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star Published 4:07 p.m. ET June 25, 2019 | Updated 3:49 p.m. ET June 27, 2019
As South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg nears the end of 8 years in office and looks ahead to a presidential run, residents and council members reflect on his impact. Jenna Watson, jenna.watson@indystar.com
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg will try to stand out from a crowded field when he and nine other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates take the debate stage on June 27.
Buttigieg will be joined on stage by former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and six other candidates. The debate, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, will be 9 to 11 p.m. EST.
But as you watch Buttigieg take on his Democratic counterparts on NBC, here's a quick refresher on the candidate, from his background to his policy positions to his personal life:
Who is Pete Buttigieg?
Buttigieg is the second-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana, responsible for the city's workforce of more than 1,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $380 million. He was elected to his second term as mayor in 2015, with more than 80% of the vote.
He ran for Indiana state treasurer in 2010 and for chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2017. He lost both elections.
Buttigieg is openly gay, coming out in a 2015 piece in the South Bend Tribune. He also plays the piano and the guitar, and can speak multiple languages.
Buttigieg leads what he calls a turnaround city. Here’s how that claim stands up.
Pete Buttigieg's policies
Buttigieg faced criticism about his lack of policy positions relative to his fellow Democratic challengers. Since then, he's released stances on a number of issues. Here's where he stands:
'Medicare for all'
Buttigieg supports "Medicare for all," but says the best way to get there is using what he's dubbed "Medicare for all who want it."
The idea, he said, is to make Medicare available on the health care exchanges for Americans to buy into if they choose. Eventually, he argued, that would lead to a single payer system, because Americans would see that Medicare plan as the best in terms of cost and coverage.
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Buttigieg has indicated he supports the repeal of the Electoral College.
"One person ought to have the same power as any other one person," Buttigieg told an Iowa news station. "One person, one vote. I don’t know why we would want to twist and distort that, especially when it makes entire states, California on the left to Indiana on the right, basically unable to participate in presidential politics in most electoral cycles."
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Unlike some of his more liberal opponents such as Sanders and Warren, Buttigieg doesn’t think free college for all would be fair. But he has argued for making it more affordable.
He also is in favor of allowing Americans to refinance student debt and expanding access to the federal student loan forgiveness program.
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Buttigieg said he would enact what he calls common-sense gun control measures. He thinks Congress is out of step with what everyday Americans think about the issue, bending to the will of special interests.
He suggests implementing universal background checks and outlawing certain assault-style weapons. He thinks people on the terrorist watch list should be banned from buying guns. He acknowledges that some people on that list might have been unnecessarily flagged, but he thinks the solution for that is to reform how that list is developed. He thinks people convicted for certain crimes, such as domestic violence, shouldn’t be able to easily acquire guns.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg deals with issues of race
Sheldon Jackson who lives west of downtown, says he wishes Mayor Pete Buttigieg would spend more time in his neighborhood knocking on doors and talking with residents instead of fixing up downtown and a few conspicuous roads in South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Vernado Malone Sr., a family friend of Eric Logan, takes part in a panel at WUBS radio, South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Tim Scott, 1st District Common Council Representative for the city of South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. Scott says that not having the mayor in town during presidential campaigning isn't usually an issue because they can conduct regular business over email and phone. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Coaches and players from the women's basketball program at the University of Notre Dame, watch a recorded message of support from Mayor Pete Buttigieg at a Common Council meeting, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The team's head coach, Muffet McGraw received keys to Mishawaka and South Bend during the meeting. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Muffet McGraw, head coach of the women's basketball program at University of Notre Dame, talks to about 150 people after receiving keys to Mishawaka and South Bend at a Common Council meeting, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Vernado Malone Sr., (left), Tiana Batiste-Waddell, and Shane Williams look at a local news story involving the shooting of Eric Logan, at the offices of radio station WUBS, South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Emily Huener, who works at Fiddler's Hearth, is a supporter of Mayor Pete, who along with other supporters, frequents the downtown pub in South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Huener said that Buttigieg and his husband Chasten had their first date at the Irish and Celtic-themed pub. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Tiana Batiste-Waddell takes part in a discussion about public safety and the campaign of Pete Buttigieg at WUBS radio, South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Mark Anthony Plummer, who lives on the west side of South Bend, said that neither he nor anyone he knows has seen the mayor in this neighborhood, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Some community organizers and activists say they wish Buttigieg would spend more time talking with people in area communities. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Tyree Bonds, brother of Eric Logan who was recently killed by city police, speaks during a Common Council meeting, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The agenda for the evening included statements from community members about the followup to the Logan death, and complaints about eyesores caused by overgrown vacant lots. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
The building where a Pete Buttigieg campaign office is, in Downtown South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The site, closed when the image was made is in the Key Bank building, and across the street from a former office for the Mayor and Presidential candidate. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
James Mueller, a Democrat in the mold of Pete Buttigieg, is running for the popular two-term mayor's office, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. If elected, Mueller will have to face issues of local violence and shootings by police that some community activists have called attention to in recent years. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Oliver Davis, representing the 6th District of South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. Davis says that a Mayor running for president has to answer to local constituents in a way that a U.S. Senator or state's Governor does not. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Pastor Graylin Watson takes part in a panel discussion at WUBS radio, South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Sylvester Williams, owner of WUBS radio, talks on air with journalists about the campaign of Pete Buttigieg, South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Common Council members Tim Scott and Oliver Davis at a council meeting, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Fiddler's Hearth an Irish Celtic pub in downtown South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The business, featuring live music in the evenings, has been frequented by Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and is part of a revitalized downtown area. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
The left foot of Tiana Batiste-Waddell, sporting Pan-African polish, during a press interview about Mayor Pete Buttigieg and ways to make the city safer for residents, South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Downtown South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
A city crew mows heavy brush from a vacant lot in South Bend, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. At a recent Common Council meeting, half of the community members who spoke addressed the recent shooting of Eric Logan, the other half wanted to talk about blighted areas in town, including spots with overgrown grasses like this one. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Common Council meeting in downtown South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The agenda for the evening included statements from community members about the followup to a recent shooting of resident Eric Logan by police, and complaints about eyesores caused by overgrown vacant lots. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Oliver Davis, representing the 6th District of South Bend, at a Common Council meeting in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The agenda for the evening included statements from community members about the followup to a recent shooting of a black man by police, and complaints about eyesores caused by overgrown vacant lots. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Attendees and media at a Common Council Meeting in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The agenda for the evening included statements from community members about the followup to a recent shooting of resident Eric Logan by police, and complaints about eyesores caused by overgrown vacant lots. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Tyree Bonds, brother of Eric Logan who was recently killed by city police, is interviewed by local media before a Common Council meeting, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The agenda for the evening included statements from community members about the followup to the Logan death, and complaints about eyesores caused by overgrown vacant lots. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Downtown South Bend, home of revitalization by the Pete Buttigieg administration, Monday, June 24, 2019. Buttigieg, who is in Miami to prepare for Democrat presidential hopeful debates later in the week has received positive reviews from some locals who like the way he has brought business into downtown, but negative sentiment from others who are not happy with choices he's made around the police department and the city's crime rate. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The agenda for the evening included statements from community members about the followup to a recent shooting of resident Eric Logan by police, and complaints about eyesores caused by overgrown vacant lots. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Oliver Davis, representing the 6th District of South Bend, is interviewed for a local television station's newscast on Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
The office of Mayor Pete Buttigieg, which is vacant except for support personnel, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. Buttigieg, who is in Miami to prepare for Democrat presidential hopeful debates later in the week has received positive reviews from some locals who like the way he has revitalized downtown, but negative sentiment from others who are not happy with choices he's made around the police department. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
James Mueller (right), scoots in his chair as he and finance assistant Madeline Doctor (left), work on his campaign for Mayor at their office, in a former car dealership, South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. If elected as mayor, Mueller will have to face issues of local violence and shootings by police that some community activists have called attention to in recent years. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Kelly's Pub in South Bend, where an overnight fight a day earlier caused eleven people to be shot, one fatally, Monday, June 24, 2019. The markings on the ground are paint used by law enforcement officers to mark evidence like bullet shell casings. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
The County-City Building, seat of local government in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Eric Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Kelly's Pub in South Bend, where an overnight fight a day earlier caused eleven people to be shot, one fatally, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, has attracted critics in the way he has handled issues of crime in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Several thousand people attend a rally for Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, who is expected to announce that he is running for U.S. President, South Bend, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
A rally for Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, who is standing with his husband Chasten (right) after he announced that he is running for U.S. President, South Bend, Sunday, April 14, 2019. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
A rally for Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, who has announced that he is running for U.S. President, South Bend, Sunday, April 14, 2019. RobertScheer, Robert Scheer/IndyStar
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg watches as city council members are recognized before his annual State of the City address in South Bend, Ind. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. After serving 8 years as mayor of South Bend, Buttigieg, 37, announced that he intends to run for election in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
A memorial for Eric Logan in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Tyree Bonds, brother of Eric Logan, talks with journalists in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Mark McDonnell, owner of LaSalle Hospitality Group, poses for a picture at his downtown South Bend restaurant on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. "It's a heck of a lot better than it was five years ago," McDonnell said. "I think Pete started in the core and made a commitment, 'I'm going to improve downtown.'" Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Stacey Odom, a fourth-generation resident of west-side South Bend neighborhood LaSalle Park, poses for a picture on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. When Odom asked Mayor Pete Buttigieg for $300,000 for a grant program to help community members repair their homes, Buttigieg countered with $650,000, which became the Home Repair Pilot Program. "ThatÕs the kind of person you want in office," she said. "Someone who is looking at your best interests. And if theyÕre not, if you go to them and tell them what your interests are, then they will take your concerns and make them their concerns." Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Buttigieg frequently calls South Bend a turnaround city. Jenna Watson/IndyStar South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks to members of the media after his final State of the City address in South Bend on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Tyree Bonds, brother of Eric Logan, talks with an anonymous man guarding a memorial for Logan in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
A chalked sidewalk at a memorial for Eric Logan in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Tyree Bonds (right), brother of Eric Logan, talks with an anonymous man guarding a memorial for Logan in South Bend, Monday, June 24, 2019. The city, home to Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, is where black resident Logan was recently shot and killed by police, causing some to take issue with the way Buttigieg's administration has handled the shooting and other issues of crime and poverty in the city. Robert Scheer/IndyStar
Buttigieg thinks the country needs comprehensive immigration reform, but he hasn’t specifically said what that will entail. He also casts doubt on whether Congress could come together and enact anything meaningful.
In various interviews posted to his website, he suggests the country can accommodate more immigrants and refugees.
He thinks current policy at the southern border, including building the wall and separating families at the southern border, is bad policy, doing little to make Americans safer.
Click here for a more comprehensive list of Buttigieg's stances on a number of issues.
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Pete Buttigieg's education
Buttigieg was born Jan. 19, 1982, in South Bend, Indiana. According to his official biography, he grew up in the Northwest Side and North Shore Triangle neighborhoods.
He graduated from St. Joseph High School in 2000 and left northern Indiana to attend Harvard University and the University of Oxford. Buttigieg earned a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard in 2004 and a first class honors degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from Pembroke College at Oxford in 2007.
He is also a Rhodes Scholar.
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Pete Buttigieg's military background
From 2009 to 2017, Buttigieg served as an officer in the United States Navy Reserve.
In 2014, he took an unpaid leave of absence from the mayor's office to serve in Afghanistan during a seven-month deployment. He earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his counterterrorism work.
Who is Chasten Buttigieg, Pete Buttigieg's husband?
Chasten Glezman married Buttigieg in June 2018, taking his husband's last name.
Chasten Buttigieg was born and raised in Traverse City, Michigan, and has been a teacher at Montessori Academy at Edison Lakes in Mishawaka, Indiana, since 2017. He taught humanities and drama at the St. Joseph County school before taking leave to join his husband on the campaign trail.
He's also been a star on social media since he and Pete Buttigieg stepped into the national spotlight. Chasten Buttigieg's feed offers a little bit of everything: inspiration, advocacy, humor and pictures of the couple's two dogs.
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Pete Buttigieg polls
Buttigieg and the other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates have been polling significantly behind Biden. In the latest data from Morning Consult, Buttigieg is at 7%, trailing only Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Sanders. Harris is right on Buttigieg's heels at 6%.
Most polls of Democratic 2020 presidential candidates show Buttigieg in the upper single digits or low double digits. A June 25 poll from Emerson that puts Buttigieg against President Donald Trump in a general election also favors Buttigieg by four points.
Buttigieg pronunciation
Just in case you're waiting for a debate moderator to slip up trying to say Mayor Pete's last name, it's pronounced like this: BOOT-edge-edge. Just say it quickly, like it's natural.
IndyStar reporters Kaitlin Lange, Chris Sikich and Justin L. Mack contributed to this story.
Andrew Clark is Facebook editor for IndyStar. Call him at 317-444-6484 or email him at andrew.clark@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter @Clarky_Tweets.
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Andrew McCutchen’s absence has left a gaping hole atop the Phillies’ batting order | Bob Brookover
Updated: June 19, 2019 - 8:30 PM
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Phillies Jean Segura bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, June 10, 2019 in Philadelphia.
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WASHINGTON – The weather finally permitted the Phillies to get back on the field Wednesday at Nationals Park, but there still is no end in sight to the June swoon that has swept them out of first place in the National League East.
The Phillies’ lackluster 6-2 loss to Washington in the opener of a D.C. doubleheader was followed by a broken-nose masterpiece from black-eyed Max Scherzer in the nightcap that allowed the Nationals to complete a sweep with a 2-0 victory.
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The Phillies have lost 10 of 16 this month in a variety of ways, none more painful than Friday night’s fall-from-ahead ninth-inning defeat against the first-place Braves down in Atlanta. They have lost an entire bullpen full of relievers to the injured list and a trio of starters to acute bouts of ineffectiveness.
Some of the losses are a result of bad luck, others a byproduct of bad decisions. The Phillies obviously overestimated the quality and depth of their starting pitchers, but there was no way they could have either envisioned or prepared for all the bullpen casualties.
Their greatest loss of all, however, has been veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen.
“This guy does more for this clubhouse than maybe he even knows,” first baseman Rhys Hoskins said the day the Phillies learned that McCutchen was lost for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. “He’s a presence in this lineup, a presence on the team and the field. But I think we have to focus on the next-man-up mentality on the field.”
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Predictably, the Phillies miss the man on the field the most, although they could use McCuthen’s calming influence in the clubhouse right about now as well.
Cant wait to get back around the fellas. I’m going to help in any way I can even though I cant be on the field. There’s still so much to offer. 5 days post op, just did some step ups on a box. Be there soon! Keep fightin Phils!
— andrew mccutchen (@TheCUTCH22) June 19, 2019
McCutchen spent the bulk of his career in the middle of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ outfield and batting order, winning one MVP award and finishing third in the voting two other times. He was no longer that player, but he had emerged as one of the better leadoff hitters in baseball during his first two months in a Phillies uniform.
Without him, the Phillies offense has struggled to find its way. During their current three-game losing streak, they have scored just three runs.
McCutchen had a .378 on-base percentage, 12 doubles, and 10 home runs out of the leadoff hole. If you wanted to have a conversation about the top five leadoff hitters in the game, he was in it. He was becoming a different kind of player in his early 30s than he was in his mid-20s and it was fun to watch.
More important, the Phillies were feeding off his energy at the top of the order.
“Independent of the recent struggles, we knew were going to miss McCutchen,” manager Gabe Kapler said after the Game 1 loss to the Nationals. “We certainly have. He was a consistent force for us at the top of the lineup. Not just when he did damage, but also the way he took pitches and worked counts. He was excellent up there. We haven’t really found a way to replace him.”
Kapler gave Cesar Hernandez the first shot at batting leadoff because the second baseman did so successfully for a long stretch in the first half of last season. In eight games out of the top spot after the McCutchen injury, however, he went 4-for-32 with three walks and scored just three runs.
Jean Segura has been the leadoff man in the last five games, including both ends of Wednesday’s doubleheader. He was 0-for-5 with a couple of strikeouts in the first game, then singled off Scherzer to start the second game.
It could have been a double, but he did not run full speed out of the box.
“I talked to him about that,” Kapler said. “He knows he has to run hard out of the box. He knows he should be on second base. It’s just unacceptable. Simple as that.”
This was Segura’s second offense, with the first one coming in San Diego on the infamous play that ended McCutchen’s season. A night on the bench might be a better form of communication this time.
Segura did eventually get to second base on a fly ball to left field by Bryce Harper, but Scherzer left him stranded there. Segura went hitless in his final three at-bats with two foul outs and a strikeout. He is hitting .100 (2-for-20) out of the leadoff hole.
Kapler said another change at the top of the lineup could be coming soon.
“We might get a little creative here,” the manager said. “Nothing too wild, but we certainly want to create some sort of momentum and shake things up a little bit.”
Things would be a lot worse for the offense if Jay Bruce had not arrived via a trade from Seattle just as McCutchen was lost for the season. Bruce’s power helped the Phillies win four games in a row immediately after the McCutchen injury.
Without Bruce in the lineup for two games because of a hamstring injury, the Phillies scored just three runs on 12 hits in losses to Atlanta and Washington.
“I think they both matter,” Kapler said.
Bruce did return to the lineup for the second game Wednesday, but he could not ignite the offense as the Phillies wasted strong starting pitching performances from Zach Eflin in the opener and Jake Arrieta in the nightcap.
“It has been tough, but … this is going to happen throughout a season,” Eflin said after allowing three runs over six innings. “It’s really how we bounce back. Nobody is pressing the panic button. We know we’re going to be just fine. It’s just one of those rough patches.”
Perhaps Eflin is correct, but right now there is a major crack atop the batting order and if the Phillies cannot find a suitable replacement for Andrew McCutchen their June swoon could bleed into a miserable summer.
Posted: June 19, 2019 - 8:30 PM
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New export business will boost jobs in Kilrea
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Cutting a new path: Mark Hutchinson, Managing Director of H360, Kilrea, left, shows Des Gartland, Invest NI North West Regional Office Manager, an example of the company's expertise in laser cutting technology
Invest Northern Ireland is assisting H360, a new company in Kilrea, Co Londonderry to market expert design, prototyping services and sub-contract fabrication to Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
The company, a spin out business from SJC Hutchinson Engineering, also based in Kilrea, is investing £400,000 and is planning to create six new jobs over the next three years. Invest NI has offered the new company export start assistance of £50,000 towards eligible costs of £187,000.
Announcing support for the new company, Des Gartland, Invest NI’s North West Regional Office Manager in Londonderry, said: “H360 carries forward the experience, knowledge and skills of a longstanding and successful engineering business into a new market area that it has pinpointed through extensive research and feedback from customers.
“Our support is in line with Invest NI’s focus on promoting the growth of entrepreneurial companies offering added value services especially to markets outside Northern Ireland.
“This investment in a predominantly rural community will provide high calibre employment opportunities, particularly in management, design and prototyping services.
“We are working with management to develop the company’s capability and competencies in key areas such as export marketing and technology. The experience that SJC Hutchinson has gained in working with major clients in sectors such as bus manufacture brings significant benefits to the new enterprise,” he added.
Mark Hutchinson, H360 Managing Director, outlining the business strategy, said: “We decided to spin-out the new company following extensive market research into opportunities for our existing engineering operation.
“We found a market demand from other engineering businesses for an experienced and expert design and product development service, across a range of engineering sectors including the manufacture of agricultural machinery and commercial vehicles, as well as architectural metalwork.
“What it will also do is to provide new business opportunities to SJC Hutchinson in areas including sub-contract fabrication. The new company will be able to exploit the engineering skills and facilities available from an existing business with a track record in engineering stretching back almost 40 years. They will be able to access a total turnkey service from design concept, through development to sub-contract manufacturing.
“As well as being able to access H360’s expert services, customers will benefit from SJC Hutchinson’s vast experience in sub-contract engineering for the broadest range of sectors. Among the services that H360 offers are specialist design, new product development, sub-contract design, sub-contract prototyping and fabrication.
“Another key objective underpinning the formation of the new business is the development of our own branded products. This will enable us to meet our strategic focus on achieving faster growth through the development of a portfolio of our own products,” he added.
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Indian prime minister to receive Seoul Peace Prize
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Yonhap) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been chosen as the winner of this year's Seoul Peace Prize for his contribution to world peace through his economic vision, a related panel announced Wednesday.
It cited Modi's accomplishments, highlighted by Modinomics, including the country's high-rate economic growth and an improvement in the life of Indian people.
He is also credited with promoting global peace on the basis of economic cooperation with other countries, it added.
He made "great contributions to the stability of the Asia-Pacific region by pushing for brisk diplomacy and fostering international cooperation," the panel said.
The award was created in 1990 in commemoration of the Seoul Olympics two years earlier.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, former chairman of the International Olympic Committee, was the first recipient. Other winners include former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. Secretary of State George Pratt Shultz.
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Youths clash with security forces after football match
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 26 Thousands of young people began a spontaneous anti-government demonstration after a football match on Saturday, clashing with agents of the
security forces, eye-witnesses reported. Clashes began at the end of match between Esteghlal and Persepolis teams in Tehrans Azadi Stadium. Iran Focus
Tehran, Oct. 26 Thousands of young people began a spontaneous anti-government demonstration after a football match on Saturday, clashing with agents of the security forces, eye-witnesses reported.
Clashes began at the end of match between Esteghlal and Persepolis teams in Tehrans Azadi Stadium. Security forces attacked the protesters, as young people chanted anti-government slogans. In the ensuing clashes, about 200 government-owned buses were damaged.
Streets from the stadium to Shisheh-Minah Factory were strewn with shattered glass.
A large number of young people were arrested and there is no information on their fate.
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Iran’s ‘Year of Shame’: More Than 7,000 Arrested in Chilling Crackdown on Dissent During 2018
The Iranian authorities carried out a shameless campaign of repression during 2018, crushing protests and arresting thousands in a wide-scale crackdown on dissent, said Amnesty International, a year after a wave of protests against poverty, corruption and authoritarianism erupted across the country.
The organization has today revealed staggering new figures showing the extent of the Iranian authorities’ repression during 2018. Over the course of the year, more than 7,000 protesters, students, journalists, environmental activists, workers and human rights defenders, including lawyers, women’s rights activists, minority rights activists and trade unionists, were arrested, many arbitrarily. Hundreds were sentenced to prison terms or flogging and at least 26 protesters were killed. Nine people arrested in connection with protests died in custody under suspicious circumstances.
“2018 will go down in history as a ‘year of shame’ for Iran. Throughout the year Iran’s authorities sought to stifle any sign of dissent by stepping up their crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and carrying out mass arrests of protesters,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director.
“The staggering scale of arrests, imprisonments and flogging sentences reveal the extreme lengths the authorities have gone to in order to suppress peaceful dissent.”
Throughout the year and particularly during the months of January, July and August, the Iranian authorities violently dispersed peaceful demonstrations, beating unarmed protesters and using live ammunition, tear gas and water cannons against them. Thousands of people were arbitrarily arrested and detained.
Some of those swept up in the wave of arrests during the January protests were students, human rights defenders and journalists. Also targeted were the managers of channels on the popular mobile messaging application Telegram, which was used to disseminate news about the protests and to mobilize demonstrators.
Overall in 2018, whether in the context of protests or as a result of their work 11 lawyers, 50 media workers and 91 students were detained arbitrarily.
At least 20 media workers were sentenced to harsh prison or flogging sentences after unfair trials. One journalist, Mohammad Hossein Sodagar, from the Azerbaijani Turkic ethnic minority, was flogged 74 times in the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan province after being convicted of “spreading lies”. Another media worker, Mostafa Abdi, who is an administrator of the Majzooban-e-Noor website, which reports on human rights abuses against the Gonabadi Dervish religious minority, was sentenced to 26 years and three months in prison, 148 lashes, and other punishments.
In addition, at least 112 women human rights defenders were arrested or remained in detention in Iran during 2018.
Women’s rights defenders
Throughout 2018, brave women’s rights defenders across the country joined an unprecedented protest movement against the abusive and discriminatory forced hijab (veiling) laws in Iran. Women took to the streets and stood on top of raised structures in public places, silently waving their headscarves on the ends of sticks. In response, they suffered a bitter backlash from the authorities, facing violent assault, arrest and torture and other ill-treatment. Some were sentenced to prison terms after grossly unfair trials.
Shaparak Shajarizadeh was sentenced to 20 years in prison, 18 of which were suspended, for her peaceful protest against forced hijab. She fled Iran after she was released on bail and has since described in media interviews how she was subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in solitary confinement and denied access to her lawyer.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer and women’s rights defender, who represented Shaparak Shajarizadeh, was herself arrested on 13 June 2018 for defending protesters against forced hijab. She faces several national security-related charges which could see her sentenced to more than a decade in prison, in addition to the five-year sentence she is already serving for her work against the death penalty.
“Throughout 2018, the Iranian authorities waged a particularly sinister crackdown against women’s rights defenders. Instead of cruelly punishing women for demanding their rights, the authorities should put an end to the rampant and entrenched discrimination and violence they face,” said Philip Luther.
Workers’ rights and trade unionists
The year 2018 also saw Iran engulfed in a deepening economic crisis which triggered numerous strikes and spurred workers to take to the streets in their thousands to call for better working conditions and protections by the government. Delays and non-payment of wages amidst high levels of inflation, skyrocketing living costs and poor working conditions also provoked protests.
Instead of addressing their complaints, however, the Iranian authorities arrested at least 467 workers, including teachers, truck drivers and factory workers, summoned others for questioning and subjected many to torture and other ill-treatment. Dozens were sentenced to prison terms. Iranian courts also handed down flogging sentences amounting to a total of nearly 3,000 lashes against 38 workers.
On 10 May, the Iranian authorities violently dispersed a peaceful protest by teachers in Tehran, who were calling for higher wages and better funding of the country’s public education system. By the end of the year, the authorities had arrested at least 23 teachers following nationwide strikes in October and November. Eight were sentenced to between nine months and 10 and a half years in prison, 74 lashes each, and other penalties.
Throughout the year, at least 278 truck drivers were arrested and some threatened with the death penalty after they took part in nationwide strikes demanding better working conditions and higher wages. Following strikes in February and November, dozens of striking workers from the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company in Shush, south-west Iran, were arrested.
“From underpaid teachers to factory workers struggling to feed their families, those who have dared to demand their rights in Iran today have paid a heavy price. Instead of ensuring workers’ demands are heard, the authorities have responded with heavy handedness, mass arrests and repression,” said Philip Luther.
Ethnic and religious minorities
During 2018, Iran also intensified its discriminatory crackdowns against religious and ethnic minorities by arbitrarily arresting and imprisoning hundreds, and curtailing their access to education, employment and other services.
Members of Iran’s largest Sufi order, the Gonabadi Dervish religious minority, faced a particularly vicious crackdown after a peaceful protest they held in February 2018 was violently quashed. Hundreds were arrested and more than 200 were sentenced to a total of 1,080 years in prison, 5,995 lashes as well as internal “exile”, travel bans, and bans on joining political and social groups. One person, Mohammad Salas, was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial and swiftly executed.
At least 171 Christians were arrested in 2018 solely for peacefully practising their faith, according to the organization Article 18. Some received sentences of up to 15 years in prison.
The authorities also continued their systematic persecution of the Baha’i religious minority, arbitrarily detaining at least 95, according to the organization Baha’i International Community, and committing other abuses against them.
Hundreds of people from ethnic minority groups including Ahwazi Arabs, Azerbaijani Turks, Baluchis, Kurds and Turkmen have also faced human rights abuses including discrimination and arbitrary detention.
Hundreds of Ahwazi Arabs were rounded up after protests in April over a state TV broadcast which excluded Ahwazi Arabs from a map showing the location of Iran’s ethnic minorities. In October, following a deadly armed attack on a military parade in Ahvaz the previous month, more than 700 Ahwazi Arabs were detained incommunicado according to activists outside Iran.
Hundreds of Azerbaijani Turks, including minority rights activists, were also violently arrested in connection with peaceful cultural gatherings throughout the year, including in July and August, whenat least 120 people were arrested. Some activists were sentenced to prison terms and flogging. Minority rights activist Milad Akbari was flogged in the city of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, after he was convicted of “disrupting public order” through “taking part in illegal gatherings and singing eccentric songs” at a cultural gathering.
Environmental rights activists
At least 63 environmental activists and researchers were arrested in 2018, according to media reports. The Iranian authorities accused a number of them, without providing any evidence, of collecting classified information about Iran’s strategic areas under the pretext of carrying out environmental and scientific projects. At least five were charged with “corruption on earth”, which carries the death penalty.
“Throughout 2018 the Iranian authorities have sought to crush the spirits of protesters and human rights defenders demanding respect for human rights by carrying out mass arrests and even grotesque flogging sentences,” said Philip Luther.
“Governments which are engaged in dialogue with Iran must not stay silent while the net of repression rapidly widens. They must speak out in the strongest terms against the crackdown and forcefully call on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those jailed for peacefully expressing their right to freedom of expression, association and assembly, including through their human rights activism.”
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Donald Trump likely to be vindicated by midterm results
Democrats did well to win control of the House but ‘blue wave’ failed to materialise
Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 06:50 Updated: Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 07:43
November 7th, 2018: House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi declares victory as Democrats take control of the US House of Representatives, telling supporters th result is about restoring "checks and balances to the Trump administration." Video: C-Span
Supporters cheer at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee midterm election watch party in Washington. Photograph: New York Times
For those looking for a decisive snapshot of the politics of America in 2018, the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections are frustratingly inadequate.
Essentially two very different pictures emerged from the results which continued to pour in from across the country on Wednesday morning.
Democrats decisively wrested control of the House of Representatives from Republicans, and are on course to gain 35 seats or more. This is an impressive achievement for the party, even accounting for the fact that the minority party tends to poll well in mid-term elections.
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But their performance in the Senate fell far short. While polls consistently showed that Democrats were facing an uphill battle to win control of the Senate, some had dared to hope that some toss-up states could be within their grasp.
From Missouri, to Texas, to Tennessee, there had been a glimmer of hope that Democrats could catch a wave, that the mood of the country was such that they could beat the odds and pull off a tight victory. But in the end, this did not happen. Rather than simply maintain their 51-49 majority, Republicans may possibly increase their majority in the Senate.
Within an hour of the first polls closing it became apparent that a blue wave was not on the cards. Despite early pick-ups such as Virginia’s tenth congressional district which was won by Democrat Jennifer Wexton, other toss-up seats did not go blue. Democrats failed to flip Kentucky’s sixth district, where former marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath was seen as having a good chance of unseating incumbent Andy Barr, for example.
Senate seats
A similar pattern was evident in the crunch Senate seats, where Democratic candidates came close but not close enough. Beto O’Rourke for example put in a strong performance in Texas where he mounted a serious challenge to incumbent Ted Cruz, but ultimately was defeated. Similarly, hopes that popular Governor Phil Bredesen could pull off a Democratic victory in Tennessee were thwarted.
There was much to applaud in the Democrats’ performance. The party flipped dozens of Republican seats across the country, including the all-important suburban districts.
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Women candidates outperformed. In Pennsylvania alone – a state with no women representatives in Congress currently – at least four women won seats in the House and will represent their state in DC. Both these trends should worry Republicans ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
But Republicans will be buoyed by their party’s performance, particularly in the senate and some gubernatorial races.
Many in the country had hoped that the first full electoral verdict on the presidency of Donald Trump would deliver a decisive repudiation of Trumpism. The results do not bear this out.
If anything, Donald Trump is likely to be vindicated by the results. In recent weeks he has been criticised by many, including members of his own party, for not focusing on the strong economy in the run-up to the election and instead focusing on immigration. The better-than-expected performance of Republicans seem to suggest that his strategy worked.
Trump will also argue that his decision to focus on the Senate and not the House races proves that he still has the political instincts that helped win him the White House in 2016. Ultimately the three states he visited on his last day of campaigning on Monday – Ohio, Indiana and Missouri – all delivered Republican victories. Trump’s final tweet of the day on Tuesday seems to suggest that the President is pleasantly relieved at the results of the midterms. “Tremendous success tonight. Thank you to all!”
New political reality
The decisive victory of Democrats in the House, however, brings a new political reality to Washington and a new conundrum for Donald Trump – an opposition House of Representatives.
Speaking at Democratic Headquarters on Tuesday night, minority leader Nancy Pelosi promised that “tomorrow will be a new day in America.” While vowing to provide “constitutional checks and balances” on Trump’s presidency, she also promised a spirit of bipartisanship. Donald Trump reportedly called Ms Pelosi on Tuesday night to congratulate her.
With Democrats preparing to take control of key committees in the House such as the judiciary and ways and means committees, they will have subpoena powers that could allow them to demand the President’s tax returns or further of his details of financial dealings with foreign powers.
In terms of legislative priorities, the return of a Democratic majority is likely to return the focus in the House to healthcare – a key campaign focus of Democrats during the midterms. A democratically-controlled House will also decide whether to launch impeachment proceedings against the President once the Mueller report is issued, though impeachment needs a two-thirds majority in the Senate.
But the focus in the immediate term will be on Pelosi’s own leadership.
Pelosi, who has become the target of sustained Hillary Clinton-like attacks from Republicans in the run-up to elections, is vying for a second turn as House Speaker, having become the first female speaker of the House in 2007. But at 78 years of age, many wonder is Pelosi the face of change that Democrats need as they try to redefine themselves ahead of the 2020 election. There are rumblings of discontent within the party. An NBC survey of Democratic candidates and current lawmakers in August found that 51 Democrats running for the House said they would not support her. Her future is likely to depend on the scale of the Democrat majority when the final results are known.
As Donald Trump prepares for a new phase of his presidency, a Democratic majority in the House could actually aid him politically in 2020. As a combative president who thrives on division, the President may be happy to use the Democratic-controlled House as a foil, blaming Democrats for not allowing him to achieve many of his campaign promises.
As America awakes to a new political chapter in Washington and a new phase in Donald Trump’s presidency, many will be hoping to draw lessons from the first big electoral test of the Trump era.
Campaigning on the eve of the vote, Obama spoke of what was at stake in these elections — “the character of this country is on the ballot, who we are is on the ballot.” Following the midterm elections, it is not at all clear that America is any closer to finding an answer to that question, and deciding what kind of country it is in the era of Donald Trump.
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Home » Opinion » Editorial » Jordan’s basic principles guide its policy
Jordan’s basic principles guide its policy
Jun 24,2019 - Last updated at Jun 24,2019
Jordan’s decision to attend the Manama economic workshop is prudent, balanced and principled, and came after careful reflection and analysis. In announcing the acceptance of the invitation of the US and the government of Bahrain, Jordan weighed, first, all the pros and cons of its reply.
Jordan talks to friends and foes alike because it has basic principles that guide its policy, especially when it comes to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
That said, the government explained its positive response to the invitation to attend the workshop by reiterating that it will take part on the basis of its unwavering stance on the Palestinian crisis, including the continued support for the two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the capital of the projected Palestinian state. Jordan’s insistence on upholding the Hashemite Custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy places in East Jerusalem is also a guiding principle.
Against this backdrop, there can be no harm in taking part in the workshop at a certain senior level, with view to listening to what the participants have to say or offer and then decide according to its basic tenets and policy guidelines.
Besides, the projected workshop is shrouded by rumours and innuendos. There is no way of deciding on its virtues or dangers until Jordan takes part.
Jordan is not committed to anything that may emerge from the meeting and will no doubt remain faithful at all times to its basic positions on the Palestinian case in all its dimensions. Suffice to say, Jordan is expected to engage the participants at the gathering with maximum transparency, with the people of the country remaining abreast of all the issues that would be discussed every step of the way.
Under these conditions, no one may fear the Jordanian participation in the workshop. On the contrary, the country as a whole may feel comfortable at the decision to take part.
Reportedly, some $50 billion are earmarked for investments in the economic and living conditions in the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. How and where this money would be spent should be implemented with the consent and cooperation of the four Arab sides.
Not making these investments conditional on certain political arrangements is basic. Delinking the economic dimension from the political one should also remain basic. That said, taking part in an explanatory economic dialogue should be respected.
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Original copy of P.E.I.’s first history book, published in 1806, up for sale
Colin MacLean (colin.maclean@journalpioneer.com)
Published: Jan 17 at 10:55 a.m.
Updated: Jan 22 at 10:21 a.m.
A rare copy of “An Account of Prince Edward Island,” published in 1808, is up for sale. Written by John “Hellfire Jack” Stewart it is considered the Island’s first book of history.
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - An original copy of what is arguably P.E.I.’s first history book is up for sale.
Titled, “An Account of Prince Edward Island”, the tome was compiled by Scotland-born, Island politician and author John “Hellfire Jack” Stewart and was published in London in 1806.
The asking price is $2,500.
The compendium is being sold by Maine-based book dealers James E. Arsenault & Company.
Company owner James Arsenault said the last time he came across another first edition of the book was almost 30 years ago. He acquired this copy through an intermediary, who got it from the Vermont Historical Society after it was deaccessioned (declared surplus.)
In general, books related to P.E.I. are not in high demand from collectors, he said, but this one is a bit different in that it represents the first of its kind.
“The first histories of places are generally of interest, if the place itself is of interest,” said Arsenault.
This book almost didn’t make it to market as Arsenault considered keeping it for his personal collection. His grandfather was an Islander who settled in New England, so he has kept few P.E.I.-related books over the years as a way of exploring that connection.
Edward MacDonald, an Island historian and associate professor at UPEI, said Stewart’s “An Account of Prince Edward Island” is widely considered to be the first book of P.E.I. history ever published. However, it only contains information on the Island’s European settler history and completely ignores the original Mi'kmaq inhabitants.
MacDonald also said the book’s historical and political information must be taken with a proverbial grain of salt as Stewart was coloured by his own strong political involvements at the time.
“He’s self-serving when he talks about the history,” said MacDonald.
However, the sections dealing with the natural history of the Island are considered quite accurate. It also contains an updated version of Samuel Holland’s 1765 map.
In terms of the book’s rarity, MacDonald said finding another copy like this would be a challenge. It was re-printed by facsimile in 1967, but even those copies are becoming harder to find.
MacDonald was gifted a first edition a few years ago by iconic Island historian Father Francis Bolger and in turn donated it to the university. That is the only copy he is aware of in private or public hands on P.E.I.
“Actual original copies are, as far as I know, somewhat rare,” he said. “It’s a valuable piece of P.E.I. history.”
The book can be found for sale on eBay or at or at Jamesarsenault.com.
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I’m a great believer in the kindness of the Universe. (That’s my generic name for God; replace with the term of your choice.)
When I was at Stanford from 1959 to 1966, I was kind of a sad little sonofagun. I was smart enough to get into one of America’s elite universities, but not smart enough to understand the full dimensions of the situation that I’d gotten myself into.
I was looking for answers that were not to be found in the curriculum. My dad, a wonderful man, had at age 48 come up against a crisis of faith and, in a moment of despair, shot himself through the head, permanently blinding himself. It was typical of my old man that he never once complained or bemoaned his fate, but bore his karma stoically and made the best of the rest of his life. We moved to Los Angeles where Dad entered the Braille Institute. He learned Braille at record speed and within months was serving on the board of directors. That was Dad — his courage, inner strength and irrepressible good cheer have served me well throughout my life as personal characteristics worth emulating.
At Stanford, I was kind of a mope. Up to the point of my father’s tragedy I had drawn my sense of self-worth from my academic accomplishments. And now, when I needed a soulful sense of life’s meaning, I found that the rational mind simply couldn’t deliver it. When I was desperate, the intellect let me down. Words, words, words. I longed for a warmth of meaning on a human scale that would nourish my heart.
I heard a saying at the time: “Unrelieved boredom is the beginning of the end of being bored.” The painful longing for “something else” would, in time, end up serving me well.
For starters, I had the inspiration of friends who seemed to know life’s meaning with a sure and faithful instinct. One was Jim Youd, my roommate for a year, a very athletic young man, a varsity water polo player and intramural champion heavyweight wrestler. Jim had a heart of pure gold, as strong as his formidable body with its 18 1/2-inch neck. (I remember a pillow fight where he knocked me on the floor with a pillow that he hurled so hard it felt as if I’d been hit with a 100-lb bag of cement.) In any crisis that involved issues of the heart — as when a friend of ours was dating a woman from wealthy Atherton whose parents couldn’t bear that fact that their precious little girl was choosing to consort with a mere engineer — Jim was the soul of compassion and wise, heartfelt counsel.
That year, I also roomed with Jim’s cousin, Don Buehler, an All American water polo player who would have a long, successful career as a heart surgeon. Don’s teammates on the water polo team thought he might be on the verge of flunking out, because he looked kind of like a country boy from the Ozarks. Actually, he was Phi Beta Kappa and was offered a Rhodes scholarship in his senior year, which he declined in favor of entering med school.
It was through Jim and Don that I met Marty Hull, a superstar water polo player whose disposition was just about as positive and upbeat as I imagine it’s possible for any human being to be.
It was from people like Jim and Don and Marty that I began to sense that there really was something else, something better to aspire to in this life, though it would be some years before I could fully understand the radical personal changes that would be required before I could begin to get that something for myself. Toward the end of my time at Stanford, during a graduate year while I worked for my MA, I was paralyzed from the chest down by a benign tumor that was compressing my spinal cord. I eventually recovered, though it would take three years, and it was during this period that I hit bottom. I could see nothing in this world that promised the kind of happiness I was seeking — except for the sole possible exception of the teachings of the saints.
In the end I decided that I had no alternative but to test the spirits, and see for myself if they were true. I would take up the spiritual teachings and make them prove themselves.
Of course, the spiritual side of my story is a long and, I think, fascinating one, though this probably isn’t the right place to tell it.
A relevant point is that my physical and spiritual recovery began with the body. In fact, it was Brother Bhaktananda, a senior monk in the monastery of a great Eastern saint, Paramhansa Yogananda, who got me started on an exercise program. Again, that’s a story for another time. The short, significant upshot is this: as I began to get fit, my body began to pour energy into all of the other aspects of my being. My mind was suddenly sharper and better able to concentrate. My heart was suddenly filled with fresh new enthusiasm. My soul occasionally soared when time stopped and I found myself running in the moment. The body was teaching me that there was such a thing as joy, and that I just needed to learn how to work with all of this energy in ways that would harmonize my body, heart, will, mind and soul. It was the scientific teachings of the world’s great religions that helped me begin to move toward that very down-to-earth goal.
At 77, the work continues, and I still find tremendous inspiration learning about athletes young and old who manifest the attitudes that create a happy life: whose hearts are strong, loving and expansive. For example, this morning as I searched for information about Marty Hull, I came across an article about Jessica and Maggie Steffens, sisters who happen to be among the most accomplished and inspiring water polo players of all time. I was struck, following Maggie’s career at Stanford, by how she reminded me of Marty, in the way her teammates reported that they loved to be around her because of her relentless positive magnetism and good cheer. (Here’s a letter of appreciation from Maggie to her big sister Jessica.)
I had a long conversation yesterday with Helen Purcell, director of one of America’s most inspiring and successful TK-8 elementary schools. The average high school GPA of Living Wisdom School’s graduates is a remarkable 3.85. I’ve served LWS as a web manager and writer for about 35 years. My two most recent books are about the school.
Our conversation was about kindergarten, and how it’s possible to create an environment where 4- and 5-year olds can begin to acquire the attitudes and the confidence to grow up to be inspiring people like Jim Youd, Don Buehler, Marty Hull, and Maggie and Jessica Steffens. And at LWS, it’s not just sales talk. I recently spent many hours filming the kindergartners at LWS, and I was impressed by how well on their way those little kids are, to becoming inspiring people.
If you’ve been an athlete for more than a day, you’ll doubtless find the methods of Living Wisdom School completely familiar, because they’re the same principles that enable success in today’s training and tomorrow’s race. During our conversation, Helen reaffirmed that the most important of the eight LWS “School Rules” is: “Choose Happiness.”
I realize how simplistic it sounds. But I think I was able to make a pretty good case in The Joyful Athlete that the best training is also the happiest — because it’s the kind of training that nudges the edges of our body, heart, will, mind and soul in the most appropriate ways. And the most basic spiritual principle of all says that every least expansion of awareness at any level of our life invariably produces a corresponding little extra shot of joy.
For all these reasons, I think it’s extremely important for our own happiness as well as our athletic careers to assemble a personal environment in which, like the kids at Living Wisdom School, we can be free to expand ourselves and to help others expand themselves and experience happiness, too. We can cultivate the company of good, positive role models whether close or at a distance, and we can offer our lives to serve as helpful influences for others. The world will never be permanently improved by “fixing” it with a thousand rules. It will only become a happier place when each person makes the decision to choose happiness and share it freely.
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The Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies (OCMS) provides unique access to essential technologies to speed up our understanding of how the microbes that inhabit our bodies influence health and disease.
Imbalances in the complex communities of bacteria that inhabit our bodies have been linked to a range of chronic diseases, but we still don’t know how different types of bacteria interact with body systems. The OCMS opens up the Kennedy Institute’s germ-free facility and other state-of-the-art technologies enabling complete analysis of the microbiome.
Professor Fiona Powrie who leads the Centre, says “Our new germ-free facility provides essential technology to move beyond association studies to identify functional pathways through which microbes communicate with their hosts. This knowledge will help us harness the power of the microbiome to promote health and prevent disease”.
The Centre comprises a team of 16 researchers spanning eight University departments creating a community of interdisciplinary researchers to galvanise and innovate research in this area. Through the provision of resources to the community in both a service and collaborative capacity, the OCMS establishes a hub for microbiome science to generate deeper insights into the role of microbes across diverse environments and disease settings.
Scientific Project Manager, Dr Paula Colmenero, who provides day-to-day management of the Centre said, “It is exciting to see how the Centre is growing. We have already engaged in a number of studies with scientists from various departments coming to us to establish collaborations or seek help with their microbiome projects. In addition to infrastructure, the Centre also provides expertise, from study design through experimental setup to bioinformatics data analysis. We have also organised a microbiome interest group that will act as a platform for scientists to meet and discuss microbiome research”.
The Centre is supported by the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research and Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support.
To learn more, please visit the OCMS website or contact ocms@kennedy.ox.ac.uk.
Professor of Musculoskeletal Sciences and Director of the Kennedy Institute
IAMC Scientific Project Manager
Laboratory Manager & OCMS Experimental Lead
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Research Assistant & OCMS Experimental Lead
EMBO Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher in Host-Microbial Interactions
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Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House (Paperback)
By Alyssa Mastromonaco, Lauren Oyler (With)
(BOOK CLUB BOOKS)
The acclaimed New York Times bestseller, now in paperback!
"Always fascinating and very funny, Alyssa's book is full of juicy stories from one of the world's most glamorous jobs." - Mindy Kaling, New York Times bestselling author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and Why Not Me?
If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her behind-the-scenes political memoir would look something like this...
Alyssa Mastromonaco worked for Barack Obama for almost a decade, and long before his run for president. From the then-senator's early days in Congress to his years in the Oval Office, she made Hope and Change happen through blood, sweat, tears, and lots of briefing binders.
But for every historic occasion-meeting the queen at Buckingham Palace, bursting in on secret climate talks, or nailing a campaign speech in a hailstorm-there were dozens of less-than-perfect moments when it was up to Alyssa to save the day. Like the time she learned the hard way that there aren't nearly enough bathrooms at the Vatican.
Full of hilarious, never-before-told stories, WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? is an intimate portrait of a president, a book about how to get stuff done, and the story of how one woman challenged, again and again, what a "White House official" is supposed to look like. Here Alyssa shares the strategies that made her successful in politics and beyond, including the importance of confidence, the value of not being a jerk, and why ultimately everything comes down to hard work (and always carrying a spare tampon).
Told in a smart, original voice and topped off with a couple of really good cat stories, WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? is a promising debut from a savvy political star.
"A must-read for anybody who's even remotely interested in how Washington works." - Popsugar.com
Alyssa Mastromonaco served as assistant to the president and director of scheduling and advance at the White House from 2009 to 2011 and as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for operations at the White House from 2011 to 2014. She currently works as chief communication and talent officer at A+E Networks and is a contributing editor at Marie Claire.
"Always fascinating and very funny, Alyssa's book is full of juicy stories from one of the world's most glamorous jobs."—Mindy Kaling, New York Times bestselling author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and Why Not Me?
"WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? is everything we've come to know and love about Alyssa over the decade we worked with her: brilliant, funny, grounded, and inspiring. Anyone who's interested in politics - especially young people - should read this book."—Dan Pfeiffer and Jon Favreau, former communications director and speechwriter for President Barack Obama
"Few people have had as much access and influence over national events over the last decade as Alyssa Mastromonaco. No matter how serious the crisis or hard the problem, Alyssa took care of it with great skill and professionalism, and even greater humor. This book tells the story of a young woman succeeding under extraordinary circumstances, and throughout it all, never taking herself too seriously."—Stephanie Cutter, former deputy campaign manager for President Barack Obama
"I've often wondered how a woman can be so many things wrapped up in one dynamic package. Alyssa is my fairy godmother: she's wise, resourceful, insanely smart, and makes me laugh in a very special way. Her stories - from the front line of the White House to her kitchen - will entertain, inspire, and humor you for a long time to come."—Amanda de Cadenet
"Alyssa is a force: whip-smart, humble, and funny as hell. Her writing is as fearless as she is."—Sophia Amoruso, founder and CEO of Girlboss
"A candid and charming memoir of her unexpected career in government...The memoir abounds with intimate glimpses of Washington, D.C., celebrities (Biden, Clinton, Michelle Obama, and scores more) and cheerfully dispensed survival strategies. An entertaining look inside the White House."—Kirkus
"When imagining working in the White House, many picture meaningful meetings, glamorous dinners, and high-stakes decision making. It can be all of those things. But as Alyssa Mastromonaco writes in WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?, the reader gets a real and raw peek behind the curtains where Alyssa experiences the good, the bad, the distressing, and the often hilarious. Alyssa has real grit and grace, and her book is her story very well told."—Dana Perino, New York Times bestselling author of And the Good News Is... and Let Me Tell You About Jasper...
"A combination memoir and compendium of very good suggestions about how to get ahead -- very far ahead -- at an early age."—The Washington Post
"[WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA] is brimming with...humorous, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, as well as up-close-and-personal moments with Obama that shed new light on who he is as a leader, man and friend."—People.com
"A moving, funny, and sometimes heart-wrenching look back at the years [Alyssa Mastromonaco] spent in politics and by [President Obama's] side."—PopSugar.com
"This relatable memoir is packed with juicy on-the-road stories and crisis management advice, and presents a strong case for embracing a sense of humor in the face of humbling setbacks."—Esquire.com
"Mastromonaco's memoir successfully avers that a tough, high-profile job is attainable and enjoyable for any woman who is as smart, ambitious, humble, silly, and hard-working as she is. Her book is full of enjoyable storytelling intended as encouragement for women of her generation and younger."—Publishers Weekly
"A must-read for anybody who's even remotely interested in how Washington works, but is worth reading for anyone who enjoys brilliant wit and once-in-a-lifetime stories...you'll probably end up reading it more than once."—Popsugar.com
Publisher: Twelve
Publication Date: March 6th, 2018
Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
Political Science / Political Process / Leadership
Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
Kobo eBook (March 20th, 2017): $9.99
Hardcover (March 21st, 2017): $29.70
Paperback (Chinese) (October 2018): $43.68
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The new Tiger Woods manages his health more than his game
by: DOUG FERGUSON, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 12, 2019 / 08:31 AM PDT / Updated: Jul 12, 2019 / 09:27 AM PDT
FILE – In this June 16, 2019, file photo Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif. Woods has played just three tournaments, 10 rounds, since he won the Masters. For only the seventh time in his career, he went from one major to the next without having played in between, and then he missed the cut at Bethpage Black in the PGA Championship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
That was Tiger Woods in his red shirt on Sunday at the Masters. That was Tiger Woods slipping on the green jacket.
But it’s not the same Tiger Woods.
The evidence has less to do with how he plays — still plenty good to beat the best in the world on the biggest stage — and more to do with how often he plays.
The chanting and cheering Sunday afternoon at Augusta National sounded as though it would go on forever. Woods, 11 years and four back surgeries removed from his last major, methodically worked his way around the back nine and beat a cast of contenders that included the last two major champions (Brooks Koepka and Francesco Molinari) and the No. 1 player in the world (Dustin Johnson).
It was his 15th major, and it started anew the countdown in his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus and his record 18 majors.
That now seems a lot longer than three months ago.
Woods has played just three tournaments — 10 rounds — since he won the Masters. For only the seventh time in his career, he went from one major to the next without having played in between, and then he missed the cut at Bethpage Black in the PGA Championship.
Unusual? Not anymore.
He goes into the British Open, which starts next week on a Royal Portrush links he has never seen, having not played since he shot 69 in the final round at Pebble Beach on June 16. A good back nine allowed him to tie for 21st. He finished 11 shots behind Gary Woodland.
There were not many options. Woods has not played the week after the U.S. Open since 2003. Instead of having the Quicken Loans National, which his foundation ran, the tour offered two new events in Detroit and Minnesota. The only time Woods has played a week before the British Open was in 1995, when he was still in college. He played the Scottish Open at Carnoustie ahead of the British Open at St. Andrews.
His only public activity since Pebble Beach was a social media post for Nike on Monday in which he says he is getting up at 1 a.m. because that would be 6 a.m. at Royal Portrush, and he wanted “to be prepared for the time change.”
“If you want to succeed, if you want to get better, if you want to win, if you want to accomplish your goals, well, it starts with getting up early in the morning,” he said.
The inactivity is another reminder that Woods is managing his health as much as his game.
Most telling was what he said at Bethpage Black: “There are more days I feel older than my age than I do younger than my age,” he said.
What to expect at the final major of the year?
No one was more perplexed about his lack of competition going into the British Open than Padraig Harrington.
“If you’re serious about winning The Open, you’ve got to be playing tournament golf at least before it,” Harrington said. “You’d rather be playing links golf and being in a tournament than just on your own going into it.”
That was never the case with Woods.
In his younger days, Woods came over to Ireland with Mark O’Meara for a mix of links golf and fishing, either at Portmarnock or Royal County Down, and sometimes to the south in Waterville. In a 10-year stretch since he first went to Ireland, Woods won the Open three times and contended in three others.
“I think it has been instrumental in preparing for the British Open, not only for getting adjusted for the time, but also getting used to playing links golf,” he said in 2002 in Ireland, where he won a World Golf Championship. “We play in all different types of weather, which certainly makes it interesting. And I think it’s instrumental in my preparation for The Open Championship.”
Harrington wasn’t being as critical of Woods as the headlines suggested. There is simply a different way to prepare, and no one can argue with Woods’ results.
“I was always mightily impressed when Tiger Woods would play in a major without playing the week before,” Harrington said. “I’d be a basket case if I didn’t play the week before. Different personalities. Completely different.”
Woods finished last year with a victory in the Tour Championship, and he had been building toward that. He inched closer to contention two weeks before the British Open, and then had the lead briefly on Sunday at Carnoustie and tied for sixth. He pushed Koepka all the way to the end in a runner-up finish at the PGA Championship.
And then he won at East Lake.
Since then?
He was clearly fatigued at the Ryder Cup, where he didn’t win a match, and after two months away from the game, he finished 17th against an 18-man field in the Bahamas. He played three tournaments in a five-week stretch to start this year and finished nearly 11 shots out of the lead on average. And then he skipped Bay Hill, citing soreness in his neck. His explanation was simple. Sometimes he doesn’t feel that great, a product of age and injuries.
Woods lost in the quarterfinals of Match Play, and two weeks later won the Masters.
In the three events since then, he missed the cut and finished 10 shots and 11 shots out of the lead.
“If I feel good, then I feel like I can play any venue,” Woods said at the U.S. Open. “When I’m stiff and not moving as well, it becomes a little bit more difficult.”
This sounds like the new normal. He would not elaborate — that’s the old normal — on how he felt at Bethpage, where he played only nine holes of practice in the three days leading up to the first round. “I was in rough shape,” he said.
Before leaving Pebble Beach, Woods said he would wind down and get his lifts up in the gym. His hope was that he would see more than one wind direction during practice at Royal Portrush, “especially on a course I’ve never played.”
“I know Florida will not be the same temperature as Northern Ireland,” he said with a smile. “I’m not going to be practicing with any sweaters at home, but it will be nice to get to Portrush and get with it again.”
Which Tiger Woods will show up? Odds are, not even he knows.
Boone dubs Yanks ‘savages’ during rant in 6-2 win over Rays
NEW YORK (AP) — The Savages of The Stadium. That's what the New York Yankees are in the mind of manager of Aaron Boone.
Boone got fired up at rookie umpire Brennan Miller in a profane second-inning rant , and New York awoke from a sleepy start to rally past the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in a doubleheader opener Thursday that reopened a seven-game AL East lead.
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On This Day: Bloody News
On this day, in 1775, someone fired a shot on Lexington Green and a nation was born.
Up until this point, a long ten years legal battle over the representative status of a colony left a country divided by more than just an ocean. King George's decision to crack down hard on the city of Boston only made matters worse, but it was General Gage's orders to seize the supplies in Concord's armory that proved the touch point.
It can't be considered a glorious battle: the militia gathered on the green were likely as surprised as the British regulars when the gun went off. After 18 minutemen went down and the rest scattered, the British high-tailed it for Concord and the armory. To say that they were in for a long, exhausting day would be an understatement. Fury torched the countryside and locals drove them out of Concord and back to where they came. The retreat was long and fraught with danger for both sides: the colonists followed and harassed the British from the sidelines, while the regulars looted and torched the homes that they passed. By the time the British were safely bottled up in the city, the tide had turned and a bridge had been crossed: our Rubicon was a wooden bridge in Concord, MA.
On April 19th, 1775, everything changed. From the awkward, furious deeds of the morning would come legends. From this day, when vastly outnumbered ordinary men and boys took up their arms to protest tyranny, the course of the world and our place in it, changed.
July 4th may be the official birth date of the United States. But the first sign of new life in the womb was April 19th.
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Maude Schuyler Clay
Bill and Andra, Memphis, 1991
William Eggleston with Gun, Memphis, 1988
Langdon, Rooftop Glass
Bonnie Claire, Autumn Leaves, 1983
Sophie with Kittens, Summer, Mississippi
Lady on the Mitchener Place
Langdon, Spanish Glass, 1984
Lee, Striated Sweater
Wisteria Goth Boy
Mr. Biggers
Emma, Cherry Apron
Bonnie Claire Morrow, Hitt Spur Plantation, Mississippi
Booba Barnes with Puppy
Daddy and Ishmael
Winston, Breakfast Table
Emma and Schuyler, Christmas Morning, Sumner, Mississippi
Eudora Welty, Jackson, Mississippi
Maude Schuyler Clay: Southbound
Maude Schuyler Clay Biography
Maude Schuyler Clay was born in Greenwood, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi and the Memphis Academy of Arts, she assisted the photographer William Eggleston. She moved to New York City and worked at LIGHT Gallery and then as a photography editor and photographer for Esquire, Fortune, Vanity Fair, and other publications.
Maude Schuyler Clay started her color portrait series “Mississippi History” in 1975 when she came upon her first Rolleiflex 2¼ camera. At the time, she was living and working in New York and paid frequent visits to her native Mississippi Delta whose landscape and people continued to inspire her. Over the next twenty-five years, the project, which began as “The Mississippians,” evolved into an homage to Julia Margaret Cameron. A definitive pioneer of the art of photography, Cameron lived in Victorian England and began her photographic experiments in 1863, after receiving the gift of a camera. The expressive, allegorical portraits of her friends and family as well as Maude Schuyler Clay’s artful approach to capturing the essence of light are the driving forces behind Clay’s nostalgic recollection of carefree moments of family life and play in Mississippi in the 1980s and ’90s.
When Maude Schuyler Clay returned to live in the Mississippi Delta in 1987, she continued her color portrait work, for which she received the Mississippi Arts and Letters award for photography in 1988, and in 1992. In 1993, Maude Schuyler Clay began a series of black and white photographs of the Delta landscape. She received the Mississippi Art Commission’s Individual Artist Grant in 1998. The University Press of Mississippi published her widely recognized monograph DELTALAND in 1999, which received the Mississippi Arts and Letters Award in 2000. Maude Schuyler Clay was the Photography Editor of the literary magazine The Oxford American from 1998-2002.
Maude Schuyler Clay’s photography is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The National Museum for Women in the Arts, among others. Maude Schuyler Clay continues to live in the Delta with her husband, photographer Langdon Clay, and three children.
Maude Schuyler Clay: Mississippi History
Feb 5 - Apr 16, 2016
Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South, Day 3
Julia Bennett, Lenscratch, March 6, 2019
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Jadestone Energy Results for the Period Ending December 31, 2018 Record Quarterly Revenue and Cash from Operations
April 18, 2019—Singapore:Jadestone Energy Inc. (AIM:JSE, TSXV:JSE) (“Jadestone” or the “Company”), an independent oil and gas production company focused on the Asia Pacific region, reported today its consolidated audited financial statements (the “Financial Statements”), as at and for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018.
From January 1, 2018, the Company has moved to reporting its financial information from a March year end, to a calendar year end. For that reason, comparative financial information is provided for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017.
The acquisition of the Montara Assets was completed on September 28, 2018, at which time Jadestone obtained control and 100% legal ownership, apart from interest in the associated licenses which remains subject to regulatory approval. For accounting purposes, Montara’s results are reported in Jadestone’s Financial Statements from September 28, 2018.
• Net revenue during the fourth quarter was US$45.0 million, a record for the Company, an increase of 38% over the prior quarter, and more than double the revenue in the same quarter a year ago;
• Full year revenue was US$113.4 million, also a record for the Company, an increase of 64% over the annualised result for the nine-month period to December 31, 2017;
• Positive net cash generated from operations of US$32.5 million in the fourth quarter, a record for the Company and an increase from a US$12.2 million net use of funds in the prior quarter, and US$0.6 million for the same quarter a year ago;
• Full year positive net cash generated from operations of US$17.8 million, also a record for the Company, and compares to a US$6.6 million use of funds in the nine-month period to December 31, 2017;
• Total comprehensive income for the fourth quarter was US$28.9 million, a record for the Company, an increase of US$30.4 million on the prior quarter, and compares to US$0.8 million for the same quarter a year ago;
• Total comprehensive income for the full year was US$4.4 million, compared to a loss of US$14.9 million in the nine-month period to December 31, 2017;
• Gross debt reduced to US$101.8 million by year-end, following the first quarterly repayment on the US$120.0 million reserve based loan. After the March 2019 scheduled repayment of US$14.9 million, the principal balance outstanding is US$88.2 million;
• Gross cash and bank balances of US$71.6[1]million at year-end, result in a net debt position of US$30.2 million; and
• Montara voluntary maintenance and inspection shutdown in Q4 2018—the seller agreed to fund cash calls to the tune of US$22.0 million.
Operational highlights
• The Stag production facility has achieved a safety performance of 2,438 days without an LTI[2];
• Production during the fourth quarter averaged 5,215 bbls/d, including production from Montara in October only. This was prior to the voluntary maintenance and inspection shutdown commencing November 1, 2018, but averaged over the full quarter. Stag production was below plan at 2,644bbls/d due to two of the largest production wells suffering downhole pump failure, but despite all of this, overall production saw an increase of 69% over the prior quarter;
• Adjusting for the impact of the maintenance and inspection shutdown at Montara, the Company would have had average production for the quarter of 10,272 bbls/d, a multiple of the prior quarter or the same quarter a year ago;
• Shutdown at Montara completed January 11, 2019, clearing an extensive backlog of overdue maintenance and inspection tasks; and
• 2P reserves at December 31, 2018 of 42.8mm bbls comprising both Stag and Montara, an increase of 25.7mm bbls over the total at December 31, 2017.
Outlook highlights
• Stag infill well 49H commenced mid March 2019, and after a period of weather downtime, is now expected to be completed in early May, with first production targeted shortly thereafter;
• Montara development programme commencing Q2/Q3 with the replacement of the subsea umbilical and riserless light well intervention restoring gas lift to Skua-11 and Swift-2, unlocking new oil in the heel of Skua-11 and perforating additional sands in the Swallow-1 well;
• First infill well at Montara expected in Q4 2019 subject to rig availability, targeting 1.8mm bbls of 2P reserves and initial production of approximately 3,000 bbls/d;
• Plans to acquire a new 3D seismic survey in H2 2019, to improve reservoir imaging and assess further step-out potential beyond the existing H6 and Skua 12 target infills;
• Robust downside protection of oil price, and continued exposure to upside via capped swap, executed at the time of the Montara acquisition;
• Average swap price for 2019 is US$71.72/bbl (Dated Brent), while Montara crude is currently selling at a premium of circa US$3.50/bbl; and
• Substantial progress on the Nam Du/U Minh development in Vietnam, including a draft heads-of-agreement for the gas sales and purchase agreement expected to be signed shortly.
“Reporting our Q4 2018 and full year 2018 results caps what has been a transformational year for Jadestone. With the first production from Montara’s ongoing operations benefiting the quarter, we have demonstrated a step-change in the cash generative capacity of our business. Even with decreasing commodity prices over the quarter and the extended maintenance and inspection shutdown, we managed to strengthen our balance sheet by putting cash in the bank and starting to pay down debt. Our financial position is strong, and we are poised to show growth and material cash flow going forward.”
“At Montara, we remedied a significant backlog of overdue and inherited maintenance and inspection tasks. This was completely cleared, and gives us far greater confidence in the asset condition and its anticipated performance in the future, while the extensive early work undertaken has also helped to instill the Jadestone operating culture there. Since restarting the facility in January, production from Montara has exceeded our expectations and should be around 11,000bbls/d for the first quarter. We are more convinced than ever in the value proposition at Montara, and see a number of investment opportunities and efficiencies to add further value.”
“Meanwhile, performance at the Stag oilfield has been below plan in the quarter due to downhole pump failures in two key production wells, one of which will require a workover in 2019, after the infill well. This should restore volumes, along with the benefits of the 49H infill well, the first well to be drilled on Stag in 6 years.”
“Our plans for our Southwest Vietnam assets continue to take shape too. We have built an experienced project management organisation and have made great progress on the project, in anticipation of field development sanction late this year. In addition, I am delighted to see the progress the team is making with Petrovietnam on commercial matters, including negotiating definitive terms for the gas sales and purchase agreement.”
Acquisition of the Montara assets closed just three days before the start of the fourth quarter, with average production during October of 7,628 bbls/d, and one crude oil lifting of 451,291 bbls. Thereafter, the Company voluntarily shut down the facility to address an extensive backlog of overdue maintenance and inspection tasks. Montara’s production resumed on January 11, 2019.
Upcoming activity at Montara in Q2 and early Q3, 2019 includes the replacement of the subsea umbilical from the Skua and Swift/Swallow subsea wells to the Company’s owned FPSO, together with a riserless light well intervention (“RLWI”) programme that will restore gas lift to the Skua-11 and Swift-2 wells, perforate additional sands in the Swallow-1 well, and unlock new heel volumes in the Skua-11 well. The RLWI is expected to deliver approximately 3,200 bbls/d in H2 2019, ensuring continued production from Swift-2 and Skua-11, in addition to the new volumes.
The Company is also developing a plan for drilling its first infill well at Montara later in the year, subject to rig availability. The H6 well will use an existing slot on the Montara wellhead platform and develop 1.8 mm bbls of 2P reserves, targeting an initial rate of approximately 3,000 bbls/d in 2020. The Company is also planning to acquire a new 3D seismic survey in H2 2019, to improve reservoir imaging, to more accurately target future infill wells beyond the planned H6 and Skua-12 infill targets, and assess further step-out potential.
Production at the Stag oilfield was below plan averaging 2,644 bbls/d for the quarter, due to the loss of production from two key production wells, 36H and 37H, following failure of their electric submersible pumps. A workover on 36H returned production later in the quarter, while 37H will be the subject of a future workover campaign, following the drilling of the 49H infill well.
Work on the new Stag 49H infill well commenced in mid March 2019, the first infill at Stag in six years. Following a delay due to severe weather conditions, drilling activity recommenced on April 10, 2019 and the infill well is expected to be completed in early May with first oil expected shortly thereafter. The well is targeting 1.2 mm bbls of 2P reserves and initial production rates of over 1,000 bbls/d.
In Vietnam, the Company made good progress towards delivery of the Nam Du and U Minh gas developments. During the fourth quarter, the Vietnam team was expanded to fill critical project management positions, and made substantial progress on all work fronts, including facilities front end engineering and design work, conducting technical and environmental studies, tendering for major contracts, and negotiating key commercial terms with Petrovietnam.
Results for the quarter were impacted by a voluntary shutdown of Montara to address the maintenance and inspection backlog. This resulted in only one month of production at Montara for the quarter, but costs continuing throughout the quarter, including an additional US$4.0 million of costs directly attributable to the maintenance and inspection shutdown.
The US$22.0 million adjustment agreed with the seller in connection with the Montara shutdown, has been accounted for as an adjustment to the fair value of assets acquired in the balance sheet, rather than via an immediate credit to the income statement, and was effected via the seller funding cash calls.
The Company reported quarterly revenue of US$45.0 million versus US$17.8 million in the same quarter a year ago, in part due to price realisations increasing from US$57.55/boe in Q4 2017 to US$67.51/bbl in Q4 2018. Total oil lifted in the quarter was 657,160 bbls, compared to 363,615 boe in the same quarter a year ago.
Full year revenue for 2018 was US$113.4 million compared to US$52.0 million for the comparable nine-month period. This was in large part due to total oil lifted in 2018 being 1.7 mm boe, compared to 1.1 mm boe in the comparable nine-month period to December 31, 2017, as well as price realisations increasing from US$53.40/boe in 2017 to US$69.39/boe in 2018.
Production costs for the quarter were US$42.6 million, clean of changes in the prices of inventory and the US$4.0 million of directly attributable costs for the maintenance and inspection shutdown, and versus US$9.0 million for the same quarter a year ago. This equates to US$28.94/bbl[3]assuming October production at Montara had prevailed for the full quarter, i.e. adjusting for the impact of the two month shutdown, and includes 217,077 bbls of Montara crude acquired on September 28, 2019 and recorded at the realised price of US$68.13/bbl, as well as elevated costs at Montara during the transition period, versus US$22.29/boe1in Q4 2017.
Full year production costs for 2018 were US$82.9 million, clean of changes in the prices of inventory and the US$4.0 million of directly attributable costs for the maintenance and inspection shutdown, and versus US$43.5 million for the nine-months to December 31, 2017. This equates to US$28.72/boe[4]and again includes 217,077 bbls of Montara crude acquired on September 28, 2019 and recorded at the realised price of US$68.13/bbl and versus US$28.13/boe2for the nine-months to December 31, 2017.
Jadestone generated an adjusted EBITDAX loss of US$1.7 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, compared to a positive EBITDAX of US$11.9 million in the prior quarter, and positive EBITDAX of US$4.6 million for the same quarter a year ago.
For the full year, the Company reports adjusted positive EBITDAX of US$9.2 million, compared to an EBITDAX loss of US$9.7 million for the nine-months to December 31, 2017.
On an unadjusted basis, the Company reported a net loss before tax of US$4.9 million, compared to a net profit of US$3.2 million in the third quarter and a net loss before tax of US$2.8 million for Q4 2017.
Results were impacted by the Montara voluntary shutdown and lower production volumes from the Stag oilfield, due to two key producer wells being down for a part of the quarter.
The Company generated positive cash from operations of US$32.5 million for the quarter, compared to US$0.6 million for the same quarter a year ago, despite the maintenance and inspection shutdown. This is partly driven by the seller agreeing to pay cash calls during the latter portion of the quarter as well as changes in working capital, and an ongoing focus on costs throughout the business, including at Stag.
For the full year, the Company generated positive cash from operations of US$17.8 million, compared to cash used in operations of US$6.6 million for the comparative nine-month period. This US$24.4 million turnaround in positive cash from operations, with only one month of production at Montara in the current year, demonstrates the ongoing transformation of the business.
Cash used in investing activities for Q4 2018 was US$7.5 million, excluding the investment into the debt service reserve (“DSRA”) under the RBL, and compares to US$0.6 million for Q4 2017. This includes preliminary work on the Montara umbilical replacement and on the Stag 49H infill well, as well as increased activities in Vietnam toward the commercialisation of the Nam Du and U Minh gas fields.
For the full year, the Company invested US$161.4 million, inclusive of US$133.1 million paid to the Montara seller and the US$18.6 million deposited to the DSRA, and compared to US$2.1 million invested in the comparable nine-month period to December 31, 2017.
Cash used in financing activities in Q4 2018 was US$18.9 million, the majority of which comprised RBL repayment of US$16.9 million, and compares to cash used of US$0.6 million for Q4 2017.
For the full year, the Company raised a net US$184.9 million from financing activities, net of the repayment of the convertible bond of US$17.4 million, and the first RBL repayment at year end. This compares to US$4.7 million for the nine-month period to December 31, 2017.
At year end, the Company had $53.0 million cash, plus $18.6 million of debt service reserve cash and a further US$10.0 million of cash in support of a bank guarantee. Net debt was US$30.2 million, excluding the US$10.0 million of cash in support of the bank guarantee, and a further US$14.9 million of RBL principal was repaid on March 29, 2019.
Additionally, the Company’s existing capped swap provides very robust support for 2019 cash generation establishing, as it does, a floor benchmark crude oil price of US$71.72/bbl for 50% of planned 2PD production at Stag, before allowing for the circa US$3.50/bbl premium that Montara currently enjoys.
Selected financial information
The following table provides selected financial information of the Company, which was derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the consolidated audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2017.
Quarterly comparison Dec 2018 quarter Dec 2017 quarter Change (%)
Production, mboe1 479.8 402.0 19.4%
Sales, mboe1 657.2 363.8 80.7%
Avg realised liquids price2, US$/boe1 67.51 57.55 17.3%
Sales revenue1, US$ million 45.0 17.8 52.8%
Capital expenditure2, US$ million 7.5 0.6 N/M
Quarterly comparison Dec 2018 quarter Sep 2018 quarter Change (%)
Production, mbbls 479.8 306.1 56.8%
Sales, mbbls 657.2 422.3 55.6%
Avg realised liquids price2, US$/bbl 67.51 77.07 -12.4%
Yearly comparison Year to Dec 2018 9M to Dec 20174 Change (%)
Production, mboe1 1,480.0 1,165.7 27.0%
Sales, mboe1 1,683.1 1,133.5 48.5%
Sales revenue2, US$ million 113.4 52.0 18.1%
Capital expenditure3, US$ million 10.0 2.6 N/M
1Production, sales and average realised prices are expressed on a barrels of oil equivalent basis as the underlying data includes gas production from Ogan Komering for the prevailing period based on Jadestone’s 50% participating interest up until May 19, 2018
2Revenue has been restated from gross to net after deducting royalties, but including the effective gain on hedging contracts
3Payment for oil and gas property, plant and equipment and intangible exploration assets. Excludes acquisition related capital expenditure
4Comparable reporting period for the current period is the nine months ended December 31, 2017
Conference call and webcast
The management team will host an investor and analyst conference call at 9:00 p.m. (Singapore), 2:00 p.m. (London), and 9:00 a.m. (Toronto) today, Thursday, April 18, 2019, including a question and answer session.
The live webcast of the presentation will be available at the below webcast link. Dial-in details are provided below. Please register approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of the call. The results for the period ended December 31, 2018 will be available on the Company’s website at: www.jadestone-energy.com/investor-relations/.
Webcast link: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1964214/68A3F57926E8403B758AC386B99793F5
Event conference title: Jadestone Energy Inc. – Fourth Quarter Results
Start time: 9:00 p.m. (Singapore), 2:00 p.m. (London), 9:00 a.m. (Toronto)
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019
Confirmation ID: 54105682
Country Dial-in numbers1
Australia 1800076068
Canada (Toronto) 416 764 8609
Canada (Toll free) 888 390 0605
France 0800916834
Germany 08007240293
Germany (Mobile) 08007240293
Hong Kong 800962712
Indonesia 0078030208221
Ireland 1800939111
Ireland (Mobile) 1800939111
Japan 006633812569
Malaysia 1800817426
Singapore 18001013217
Switzerland 0800312635
Switzerland (Mobile) 0800312635
United Kingdom 08006522435
United States (Toll free) 888 390 0605
1Area access numbers are subject to carrier capacity and call volumes.
Jadestone Energy Inc. +65 6324 0359 (Singapore)
Paul Blakeley, President and CEO +1 403 975 6752 (Canada)
Dan Young, CFO ir@jadestone-energy.com
Robin Martin, Investor Relations Manager
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nomad, Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 7710 7600 (UK)
Callum Stewart
Nicholas Rhodes
Ashton Clanfield
BMO Capital Markets Limited (Joint Broker) +44 (0) 20 7236 1010 (UK)
Thomas Rider
Jeremy Low
Thomas Hughes
Camarco (Public Relations Advisor) + 44 (0) 203 757 4980 (UK)
Billy Clegg jadestone@camarco.co.uk
James Crothers
About Jadestone Energy Inc.
Jadestone Energy Inc. is an independent oil and gas company focused on the Asia Pacific region. It has a balanced, low risk, full cycle portfolio of development, production and exploration assets in Australia, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The Company has a 100% operated working interest in Stag, offshore Australia, and a 100% legal and beneficial interest in the Montara assets, and a 99% legal, subject to regulatory approval, beneficial right, title, and interest in the associated production licences AC/L7 and AC/L8 (the “Montara Titles”). The remaining 1% legal interest in the Montara Titles is being held on trust by the seller, in favour of the Company, until Australian regulatory approvals relating to the transfer of operatorship of the Montara assets are obtained. Both the Stag and Montara assets include oil producing fields, with further development and exploration potential. The Company has a 100% operated working interest (subject to registration of PVEP’s withdrawal) in two gas development blocks in Southwest Vietnam and is partnered with Total in the Philippines where it holds a 25% working interest in the SC56 exploration block.
Led by an experienced management team with a track record of delivery, who were core to the successful growth of Talisman’s business in Asia, the Company is pursuing an acquisition strategy focused on growth and creating value through identifying, acquiring, developing and operating assets throughout the Asia- Pacific region.
Jadestone Energy Inc. is currently listed on the TSXV and AIM. The Company is headquartered in Singapore. For further information on Jadestone please visit www.jadestone-energy.com.
Cautionary statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements and information (collectively “forward-looking statements”), within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation, as well as other applicable international securities laws. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are forward-looking and not historical facts.
Some of the forward-looking statements may be identified by statements that express, or involve discussions as to expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, through the use of phrases such as “will likely result”, “are expected to”, “will continue”, “is anticipated”, “is targeting”, “estimated”, “intend”, “plan”, “guidance”, “objective”, “projection”, “aim”, “goals”, “target”, “schedules”, and “outlook”). In particular, forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to statements regarding target reserves volumes, production forecasts, cost projections, timing and results of exploration activities on both Stag and Montara, timing and results of the Montara light well intervention programme and replacement of subsea umbilical, expected costs, commodity prices and timing of the gas sales agreement for Nam Du and U Minh.
Because actual results or outcomes could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements, investors should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, which contribute to the possibility that the predicted outcomes will not occur. Some of these risks, uncertainties and other factors are similar to those faced by other oil and gas companies and some are unique to Jadestone. The forward-looking information contained in this news release speaks only as of the date hereof. The Company does not assume any obligation to publicly update the information, except as may be required pursuant to applicable laws. This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of that Regulation.
The technical information contained in this announcement has been prepared in accordance with the March 2007 guidelines endorsed by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, World Petroleum Congress, American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers Petroleum Resource Management System.
Henning Hoeyland of Jadestone Energy Inc., a Subsurface Manager with a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering who has been involved in the energy industry for more than 17 years, has read and approved the exploration and appraisal disclosure in this regulatory announcement.
The information contained within this announcement is considered to be inside information prior to its release, as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014, and is disclosed in accordance with the Company’s obligations under Article 17 of those Regulations.
2PD proved and probable developed reserves
2P reserves the sum of proved and probable reserves, denotes the best estimate scenario of reserves
bbls barrels of oil
bbls/d barrels of oil per day
boe barrels of oil equivalent
boe/d barrels of oil equivalent per day
EBITDAX earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and exploration expenses
FPSO floating production, storage and offloading vessel
mbbl thousands of barrels of oil
mboe thousands of barrels of oil equivalent
mm bbls millions of barrels of oil
mm boe millions of barrels of oil equivalent
PVEP Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation
[1]Excludes a US$10.0 million deposit in support of a bank guarantee
[2]Reporting for Montara will commence post transfer of operatorship
[3]This excludes the impact of workovers and repairs and maintenance at Stag given their unpredictable timing, and costs associated with Montara umbilical and RLWI which are opex related and will be tracked separately as per 2019 guidance
Update on Transfer of Montara Operatorship
Jadestone Energy Announces Start of Montara Riserless Light Well Intervention Campaign
Jadestone Energy Results for the Period Ending March 31, 2019 – Strong Production Growth, Cash Flow Generation, and Profitability
Jadestone Energy Announces First Production From the Stag 49H Infill Well
Notice of Financial Results for the Period Ending March 31, 2019 and Conference Call
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Pricing announced for the next generation Honda Civic Type R
Honda UK has today announced pricing for the hotly-anticipated next generation Civic Type R. Set to hit retail forecourts in July, the entry level model will cost £30,995 and the GT version will cost an additional £2,000 at £32,995 on the road and will come with a host of extras.
PCP pricing has also been confirmed for the new car, which is built at Honda’s UK manufacturing plant in Swindon; with monthly payments in line with the current car and starting at £299 a month on a three year 5.9% contract for the entry level version of the new Civic Type R.
As with the outgoing model, GT drivers will benefit from blind spot information including cross traffic monitor, dual zone climate control, auto dimming rear view mirror, Honda CONNECT with Garmin Navigation, wireless charging, high power audio, and LED front fog lights.
Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the 2017 Civic Type R shares the same fundamentals as the new Civic hatchback and has been engineered from the ground up to deliver the most rewarding drive in the hot-hatch segment – both on road and on the race track.
The 2.0-litre VTEC TURBO of the previous generation Civic Type R has been optimised and refined to produce 320 PS with peak torque of 400 Nm, while the six-speed manual transmission is further improved by a rev match control system.
Phil Webb, Head of Cars at Honda UK, commented: “As with the previous generation, we are fully expecting a huge demand for the Civic Type R. The order bank is already open and we are experiencing strong interest off the back of the launch at the Geneva Motor Show in March – and this is before our customers have even taken a test drive.”
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BBC Earth: Animal Colors
How does color help animals? Can you see the animals in their homes? Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the eight levels of Readers and Activity Books follow
How do astronauts get in to space and what do they do there? Find out about rockets, space stations and how to sleep in space. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Title-specific words are repeated to practise throughout.
Dash is Fab
Book 6 contains two stories that build on the phonics learnt in previous books, and focus on the sound and letter combinations: ch, sh, th (soft), th (hard), ng. For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All titles feature essential key words. Story-specific words are
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Some deserts are hot, and some deserts are cold. There is not much water in deserts, and it is difficult for animals to live in them. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended
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Peppa and her friends loved playing football. Which team kicked the ball into the wrong goal? Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the eight levels of Readers and
Wild animals do mot live with people. They live on the plains, in trees, in deserts, and in the sea. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the eight
Dinosaurs lived on Earth in the past. Some dinosaurs liked plants, some liked meat. Some dinosaurs were big and some were small! Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+,
In this classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger on a spinning wheel and falls asleep for one hundred years. Can a handsome prince wake her up? For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All stories feature essential key words. Story-specific words are repeated
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It’s Jack’s first day at pirate school, but he and the other new pirates are going to have to put their new skills to the test sooner than they thought! For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All stories feature essential key words. Story-specific words
In this classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her poorly grandmother, only to find that her grandmother suddenly has very big teeth! Could the hungry wolf have something to do with this? For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All stories
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FILE - In this July 31, 2005 file photo, Boy Scouts salute as they recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the Boy Scout Jamboree in Bowling Green, Va. In 2019, financial threats to the Boy Scouts have intensified as multiple states consider adjusting their statute-of-limitations laws so that victims of long-ago child sex-abuse have a chance to seek redress in the courts. (AP Photo/ Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Boy Scouts could be hit with more sex abuse claims
States have been adjusting their statute-of-limitations laws so that victims of long-ago sexual abuse can sue
Apr. 24, 2019 6:45 a.m.
The lawyers’ ads on the internet aggressively seeking clients to file sexual abuse lawsuits give a taste of what lies ahead this year for the Boy Scouts of America: potentially the most fateful chapter in its 109-year history.
Sexual abuse settlements have already strained the Boy Scouts’ finances to the point where the organization is exploring “all available options,” including Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But now the financial threats have intensified.
The reason: States have been moving in recent months to adjust their statute-of-limitations laws so that victims of long-ago sexual abuse can sue for damages. New York state has passed a law that will allow such lawsuits starting in August. A similar bill in New Jersey has reached the governor’s desk. Bills also are pending in Pennsylvania and California.
In New York and elsewhere, lawyers are hard at work recruiting clients to sue the Boy Scouts, alleging they were molested as youths by scoutmasters or other volunteers.
Plaintiffs’ lawyers “recognize that this is a very unique and lucrative opportunity,” said attorney Karen Bitar, who formerly handled sex-crime cases as a prosecutor in Brooklyn before going into private practice.
READ MORE: French Cardinal resigns over sexual abuse cover-up
Attorney Tim Kosnoff, a veteran of major sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church, said Tuesday that he and his team have signed up 186 clients from dozens of states in just the past few weeks who want to be part of litigation against the Boy Scouts. Kosnoff said 166 of them identified alleged abusers who have not been named in any of the Boy Scout files made public in past years.
Boy Scouts spokeswoman Effie Delimarkos said the organization continues to evaluate its financial situation, and she defended its current abuse-prevention policies. The organization serves more than 2.2 million youths.
A bankruptcy by the Boy Scouts could be unprecedented in its complexity, potentially involving plaintiffs in virtually every state, according to several lawyers. It would be national in scope, unlike the various Catholic Church bankruptcy cases in the U.S., which have unfolded diocese by diocese.
“A Boy Scout bankruptcy would be bigger in scale than any other sex abuse bankruptcy,” said Seattle-based attorney Mike Pfau, whose firm is representing more than 300 victims in New York state.
Jeffrey Schwartz, a New York-based bankruptcy expert with the firm McKool Smith, said the Boy Scouts don’t have a particularly large flow of cash and might be forced to sell off property in bankruptcy. The Boy Scouts have extensive land holdings, including camping and hiking terrain.
“They’ll play for time,” Schwartz said. “If their defence costs and settlement costs are greater than their membership fees, it could be a death spiral.”
However, Dallas-based trial attorney Michelle Simpson Tuegel, part of a team representing numerous sex abuse survivors, said bankruptcy might benefit the Boy Scouts and reduce any payouts to plaintiffs.
“It can be a tool that these institutions use to shield assets and avoid having to reveal some information,” she said. “In many ways, it’s a disservice to victims.”
Illustrating the depth of its problems, the Boy Scouts filed lawsuits last year against six of its own insurers, saying they have improperly refused to cover some of the sex abuse liabilities incurred by the organization. The insurers say the coverage obligation is voided because the Boy Scouts failed to take effective preventive measures such as warning parents that scouts might be abused. The suits are still pending.
The intensifying pressures on the Boy Scouts coincide with the mounting threats to the U.S. Catholic Church in regard to its own long-running sex abuse scandal. Catholic bishops will be meeting in Baltimore in June to discuss the next steps.
Both the church and the Boy Scouts are iconic, historically well-respected institutions now known as having been magnets for pedophiles trying to exploit the trust of boys and their parents.
“When you cloak people in badges of respect, you create the perfect opportunity for bad people to get access to children,” said Chris Hurley, whose Chicago law firm is representing 11 former scouts in sex abuse trials scheduled on a monthly basis this year.
Another common denominator for the Catholic Church and Boy Scouts: Both kept voluminous secret files with names of suspected abusers, yet balked at sharing the information with the public.
Since the 1920s, the Boy Scouts have been compiling “ineligible files,” which list adult volunteers considered to pose a risk of child molestation. About 5,000 of these files have been made public as a result of court action; others remain confidential.
Delimarkos said when any BSA volunteer is added to the database for suspected abuse, “they are reported to law enforcement, removed entirely from any Scouting program and prohibited from re-joining anywhere.”
Minnesota-based attorney Jeff Anderson, who had led many lawsuits against the Catholic Church, released a court deposition in New York on Tuesday in which an expert hired by the Boy Scouts said she tallied 7,819 individuals in the “ineligible files” as of January, as well as 12,254 victims.
READ MORE: Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit
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Anderson expressed hope that litigation triggered by New York’s new Child Victims Act would increase pressure on the Boy Scouts to make public more of the still-confidential files.
Some of the files were ordered released after a 2010 sexual abuse case in Portland, Oregon, that led to a nearly $20 million judgment against the Boy Scouts on behalf of a man molested by a Scout leader in the 1980s.
Paul Mones, the plaintiff’s lawyer in that case, said there are no overall figures on Boy Scout abuse settlements because the details are kept confidential.
Both the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church say they now have policies in place to sharply curtail abuse that abounded in past decades. In the Boy Scouts ’ case, the steps included requiring criminal background checks for all staff and volunteers, and requiring two or more adult leaders be present with youth at all times during scouting activities.
David Crary, The Associated Press
New Zealand and France to call for an end to online terror
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Administrators proud of high school in the Jewel
(This is the first in a series of stories profiling issues of concern to La Jolla high schools.)
Administrators at La Jolla’s high schools - La Jolla High School, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla Country Day School and Preuss School - are proud of their school’s traditions, independence and continuing record of academic and athletic achievement.
Asked what the benefits were of attending each school, what the pressures unique to that school were, and how the school is faring in these trying financial times, Dana Shelburne, principal of La Jolla High, Christopher Schuck, head of school at La Jolla Country Day, Alison Fleming, associate head of school at Bishop’s and Scott Barton, acting principal of Preuss on UCSD campus, were forthright in delineating the pluses and minuses of getting an education in the Jewel.
One word came immediately to Dana Shelburne, principal of La Jolla High for 14 years who has one son attending his school and one that just graduated, when asked to describe what makes his public high school distinctive. “You have a mixture of cultures and ethnicities,” he said, pointing out one-quarter of the school’s population comes from outside La Jolla. “It’s a real-world environment. You need to learn how to get along with people from different walks of life, cultural backgrounds, habits, different approaches to life. We value the diversity that we have to offer.”
Another benefit of attending La Jolla High is the breadth of the school’s course offerings. A student can study Japanese or get hands-on experience in wood or auto shop. “It’s a comprehensive high school,” said Shelburne. “We still have theater, band, chorus and fine and practical arts, but with budget cuts, those might be under attack.”
Five years ago, La Jolla High was asked to trim the school’s budget by 7.5 percent, two years later, another 2.5 percent. A new across-the-board state-imposed education budget cut could be in the offing. Said Shelburne: “Before we cut everything we could - paper and supplies, classified staff, an office clerk, a counselor - outside of teaching. This time it means people in the classroom.”
“It’s very frustrating,” said Shelburne, “trying to keep faculty morale up with the very real possibility of position layoffs.”
La Jolla High is noted for the attention the school pays toward educating the entire person. “We’re talking about educating the mind, body and spirit,” said Shelburne. “We’re trying to make healthy, well-rounded, capable individuals who are not going to collapse at the first bump in the road of life.
“We’ve got a long tradition here, having been established in 1922. It’s just great that you have that kind of history to look back on. These kids inherit the tradition of excellence. They feel they’re part of that tradition, and that they’re honor bound to uphold that tradition and pass it on to the next group.”
During his two decades at La Jolla Country Day School at 9490 Genesee Ave., Christopher Schuck has done everything from scrubbing restrooms and driving a bus to teaching and being an assistant administrator. Now head of school, Schuck feels privileged to be guding the nursery through 12th grade private, college-preparatory school which has 1,060 students.
“We have a real potent combination of global outlook and personal engagement,” said Schuck, describing the uniqueness of the 24-acre La Jolla school which draws students from nearby Del Mar and as far away as Alpine and Jamul in East County.
Country Day has ongoing exchange programs and sister-school relationships on five continents. Many of the school’s students visit foreign countries. “La Jolla Country Day was the first, large independent school in the nation to be commended for global awareness,” noted Schuck.
Students and staff work closely together at Country Day. Said Schuck: “We develop real deep and lasting personal relationships.”
There are some problems unique to a K-12 school like Country Day where a quarter of the student population has attended no other school. “One of the pressures Country Day high school students face is all the opportunities, all the resources available to them. Said Schuck: “They can pursue virtually any enthusiasm they have. They have to learn to say no and draw the line so they’re not trying to do too much.”
Country Day is in the throes of a major renovation, having expanded its fine and performing arts programs. Said Schuck, “We’re in the middle of constructing a visual arts and science center where we’ll have state-of-the-art science labs and a visual arts center. Our day-to-day challenges are really working around the construction.”
The Bishop’s School, a private, 7-12th grade Episcopalian institution celebrating its centennial next year, has a singular approach to education embodied in its mission statement which stresses “fostering integrity, imagination, moral responsibility and commitment to serving the larger community.”
What’s distinctive about Bishop’s?
“Outstanding faculty first and foremost,” said Alison Fleming, associate head of school who is also a Bishop’s alum. “When a child graduates from Bishop’s there’s an appreciation for the intellect that stays with them the rest of their life. Graduating responsible citizens is important to us.”
Fleming noted Bishop’s has “an incredible scholarship program.”
Bishop’s is not just a school, said Fleming, it’s a way of life. “We have students here until the late evening,” she said. “They’re in our theater, on our fields, connecting in some sort of way to our school and the faculty. It’s the closest thing to being a boarding school, in terms of committment, the time the kids spend on campus.”
Education at Bishop’s is very personalized. Said Fleming: “There are high expectations, but there’s a safety net to suppport students here. If a student really wants to take calculus, they can come in after school and work with that teacher one-on-one.”
Education at Bishop’s also takes into account the larger picture. “The larger goal here is the needs of the community,” said Fleming. “We’re committed to the bettering of the community.”
There are many challenges at Bishop’s. The school is in transition, as head of school Michael Teitelman will be leaving this year after 25 years. “The hard part is to make sure the school grows in the direction you want,” said Fleming, “being innovative while maintaining your traditions. It’s a tricky balance here for a school that’s been here 100 years. You want to be here 100 years from now. So what’s the connection between your past and your future?”
Preuss is the youngest (9 years) and perhaps the most unique of the four La Jolla high schools. It’s unique by its very nature: It’s a charter school whose express purpose is to provide college-preparatory training to students from underrepresented families who’ve never gone to college. Located on the campus of UCSD, Preuss enjoys decided advantages over other high schools.
“We get hundreds of tutors and interns and mentors from UCSD,” noted Preuss acting principal Scott Barton.
“More than 90 percent of our kids are admitted to four-year university programs,” said Barton.
Preuss also employs some unique educational training. For one, seniors are required to do a “senior exhibition,” wherein they present a “defense” of their graduation to a panel of community members and school staff.
Preuss is also unique in terms of parental involvement. “We get 300 or 400 parents at our Saturday meetings,” said Barton, “and we only have 750 kids.”
There are many challenges for students attending Preuss. A big one is just getting there. Students are bused from as far away as San Ysidro to take advantage of the school’s college-prep programs.
Providing bus transportation is one of the school’s major financial challenges. “We’re paying more than $400,000 per year to bus our students here,” said Barton.
A future challenge at Preuss will be tracking the students who graduate and go on to higher education. “Last year, 96 percent of our students were admitted to four-year colleges,” said Barton. “Our next challenge will be studying those students. Are they staying in college?”
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As reward grows, search continues for man who killed Texas girl, 7, during drive-by shooting
Jan 3, 2019 at 2:48 PM Jan 3, 2019 at 2:48 PM
Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins said Thursday that he will donate his paycheck from this weekend's game to the family of a 7-year-old girl killed in a drive-by shooting outside a Houston-area Walmart.
Jazmine Barnes died after being shot in the head at about 7 a.m. Sunday, according to Houston TV station KTRK. Her mother was also injured in the ambush. Three siblings who were in the car with them were uninjured.
The shooter, described as a bearded white man in his 40s, has not been caught yet. Surveillance video showing a red, four-door pickup truck is being circulated and a reward is being offered.
Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and a Houston police officer have already stepped up to pay for Barnes' funeral, Houston TV station KPRC reported. The money from Hopkins is expected to be used to beef up the reward, which now stands at more than $100,000.
“I have a 5-year-old daughter so that could have been anybody in that position on this team," Hopkins said in a statement released by the Texans. "It could have been anybody who is in this city so it’s just unfortunate.”
Hopkins also said he would be playing in Barnes' honor during Saturday's playoff matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. Kickoff is at 3:35 p.m. at Houston's NRG Stadium.
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Little La Grange Farm & Lawaetz Museum
The Little La Grange Estate was surveyed by the Danish West India-Guinea Company in 1750. This is called the “second wave”, since the best land on St. Croix were mapped out in 1733 after the after the purchase of the island from France. The estate was a full operating sugar estate when sugar was a lucrative business. The Little La Grange estate features an animal mill, a windmill and later a steam mill for crushing the sugar cane.
In 1770 Cornelius Hendriksen combined two 150 acres estates so that Little La Grange became a 300 acre estate. He was the owner of the estate until 1803, but lived on another plantation on St. Croix.
After 1831, two women, Hester Kortwright Stevens and Elizabeth Kortwright Yard were listed as the owner of the plantation, but not as living on the estate. The two women were daughters of Cornelius and Elisabeth Kortwright which were and American Merchant family from New York.
In 1831 an Irishmen named David Finlay acquired half of the 300 acres and a year later he was managing the whole 300 acres estate.
In 1835 Adam Logan and Charles O’Reilly, both Irish, bought the Little La Grange estate on an auction. From 1839 Logan became the sole owner of the estate. He was living and in the house that are now the Lawaetz Museum.
William Moore acquired Little La Grange in 1866. He did not reside on the estate, as he owned many estates in St. Croix. He was living in Frederiksted, but his house burned down in the Fireburn in 1878 and he died shortly afterwards. Moores heirs took over the management of the estate and were listed as owners untill 1880.
In a four years period, John Russel was listed as the owner until 1884.
Between 1884 and 1895 J.P. Jørgensen, a lawyer in St Thomas were listed as owner.
In 1896 Carl Lawaetz bought Little La Grange estate.
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Section 1446c. Domestic disposal programs for dairy products
7 U.S. Code § 1446c. Domestic disposal programs for dairy products
In order to prevent the accumulation of excessive inventories of dairy products the Secretary of Agriculture shall undertake domestic disposal programs under authorities granted in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.] and the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.], or as otherwise authorized by law.
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title II, § 204(c), 68 Stat. 900.)
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, referred to in text, is act Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, 52 Stat. 31, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1281 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1281 of this title and Tables.
The Agricultural Act of 1949, referred to in text, is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 63 Stat. 1051, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35A (§ 1421 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 1954, and not as part of the Agricultural Act of 1949 which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of the 1949 Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1421 of this title and Tables.
Report of Dairy Product Purchases
Pub. L. 101–624, title I, § 105, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3379, provided that:
“The Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to the public quarterly evaluations of the acquisition and disposal of Commodity Credit Corporation purchases of dairy products.”
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Some Questions for Attorney General Barr
By Paul Rosenzweig
Saturday, April 20, 2019, 6:52 PM
Bill Barr sworn in as attorney general (Source: U.S. Department of Justice/Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
Consider the affirmative dismay with which lawyers are likely to view the actions of Attorney General Bill Barr. Even leaving aside the atmospherics of his recent performances (for example, the almost palpable disdain with which he treated the press at his press conference and the almost cloying way in which he defended Trump's actions as the product of "frustration and anger"), Barr's actions over the past month have left any reasonable observer with a number of questions about the quality of his legal performance.
To recall, Barr has gone on record twice in his handling of the release of the Mueller report—first in his letter to Congress in late March and then in his prepared remarks last week at the press conference releasing the report. It seems fair to hold Barr to account for the contents of these two prepared expositions in a way that it might, for example, be unfair to ask him to account for things he might have said on the spur of the moment. So here are a few questions that seem worth asking and that Congress might consider when Barr next appears before it to testify:
First, why prepare a summary letter at all? The executive summaries prepared by the special counsel's office are now public. And, as the New York Times has demonstrated, the excerpts of the report contained in Barr's original summary letter are at best a favorable spin on the report and at worst a rather transparent effort to mislead the public in advance of the report's release. Why engage in that sort of charade when ready-written summaries created by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team were available for release? Well, Barr has said that he was concerned that the report might contain grand jury material, noting that every page of the report was marked as having possibly contained such information. And some Justice Department officials reiterated that to the New York Times, saying "the Justice Department quickly determined that the summaries contain sensitive information, like classified material, secret grand-jury testimony and information related to current federal investigations that must remain confidential."
It's now clear that this wasn't, strictly speaking, completely true. To be sure, the report did have a blanket warning on the top of every page that it might contain grand jury material, and the two executive summaries to Volumes I and II did have some material relating to ongoing matters under investigation. But the report released last week after thorough review contained absolutely no redactions whatsoever in the Mueller summaries for grand jury material or classified information. So, again, the question for Barr is simple: Why not release the summaries themselves? And, relatedly, why edit the summaries in ways designed to mislead? Why have unnamed "officials" falsely claim to the Times that the summaries required redaction for grand jury or classified reasons when, as it turns out, they did not? Is that just poor lawyering or something ... different?
Second, why let the president's private attorneys see the Mueller report before everyone else? Barr has explained that he let the White House attorneys see the document for review of possible executive privilege claims and that at least makes some sense in the context of the existing legal structure. But why allow Rudy Giuliani, Jay Sekulow and other private attorneys spend ten hours with the report before its public release? In his prepared remarks, Barr explained, "[T]he president’s personal counsel requested and were given the opportunity to read a final version of the redacted report before it was publicly released. That request was consistent with the practice followed under the Ethics in Government Act, which permitted individuals named in a report prepared by an independent counsel the opportunity to read the report before publication."
That seems to be a remarkably strange justification. The provisions of the Ethics in Government Act relating to independent counsels lapsed in 1999, almost 20 years ago. That law provided a statutory right for individuals named in a report by an independent counsel to review the portion related to them and comment on it. In the normal course of statutory interpretation, the fact that Congress chose not to renew a statutory right of this sort would provide a strong inference that the right no longer exists. Why and how is it that Barr could rely on practices from a now-defunct statute to justify his actions? And why was that right afforded only to President Trump's attorneys and not to all the other individuals who were named in the report, as compliance with the expired act would seem to require? Why, contrary to the practice of the independent counsel act that he extolled, did Barr provide Trump's lawyers (apparently) with access to the entire report, when the prior rule had been to provide a named individual only with access to the portions of the report that name him or her directly? Is all that just poor lawyering or something ... different?
Third, a process question about Barr's actions with respect to the obstruction investigation: Mueller declined to offer a prosecutive judgment about the president's obstructive conduct. (I've already expressed my disappointment with how the special counsel handled the question of criminal culpability in the obstruction portion of his investigation.) His justification was that doing so was unfair in a context where indictment was prohibited by binding departmental policy. From this, the attorney general concluded that the special counsel "le[ft] it to the attorney general to determine whether the conduct described in the report constitut[ed] a crime." With that premise, Barr then went on to conclude that no crime had occurred.
But, of course, the special counsel's report did no such thing. Mueller's decision to reach no judgment on criminality might be an implicit invitation to the attorney general to make that judgment for him. But it also might be (and, indeed, more fairly should be) read to suggest that no such judgment is appropriate for any departmental employee or executive branch official. To put it more clearly, the Mueller report is replete with references to Congress's impeachment power (at least 20 that I have counted) and can, in that regard, be read as an invitation to Congress to consider whether the president's conduct constitutes impeachable behavior. And it even has an explicit call out to future prosecutors to withhold judgment as to criminality and render a final determination after President Trump leaves office. But nowhere in the report (at least not that I have found yet) is there a similar call for the attorney general to make a contemporaneous judgment today as to how the matter ought to have been resolved.
Given that background, why did Barr decide to make a judgment when the exact same policy considerations that Mueller perceived as precluding his actions were applicable to the attorney general? Is the attorney general not bound by the same departmental policy as the special counsel? Or does Barr read the policy as applying only to subordinate Justice Department lawyers and not to the attorney general? Perhaps Barr views the prohibition on judgment as a one-way ratchet, applicable only if the judgment is condemnatory and not (as his was) when it is exculpatory? If so, how would that distinction be justified as a matter of law? (And does that not mean, by inference, that the special counsel reached the opposite conclusion?) Is this just poor lawyering or something ... different?
Fourth, Barr has said that "the White House fully cooperated with the special counsel’s investigation." It's a bit like shooting fish in a barrel, but one might ask how he squares that conclusion with the special counsel's own conclusion that Trump's refusal to testify was not justified and that his written answers were inadequate. Is that just poor lawyering or something ... different?
I could go on. One could ask, for example, what standard of proof Barr used in determining that the evidence did not support an obstruction charge? Or what the basis was for his decision to reject the "substantial evidence" of obstruction found by the special counsel on a number of occasions? One could ask for legal support for the proposition that, as Barr suggested during his prepared remarks, being frustrated and angry at the existence of an investigation is evidence of a lack of corrupt motive. Likewise, what legal support is there to suggest that unsuccessful efforts to obstruct are not criminal, or that the absence of an underlying crime means that obstruction can't be proven? (For those following along, none of these are what the law actually says.)
In short, like many, I was willing to give Attorney General Barr the benefit of the doubt when he was appointed. His long history of service to America suggested a fidelity to the rule of law and a belief in the value of the Department of Justice that would have been a welcome counterweight to the president's own approach to law. Now, having watched Barr's response to the Mueller report, much of the benefit of that doubt has dissipated. The attorney general has many questions to answer.
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Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute. He is also a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
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Parental Advisory: Rap Music With Explicit Lyrics May Trigger Risky Sexual Behavior In Teens
Feb 29, 2016 04:46 PM By Lizette Borreli @lizcelineb l.borreli@medicaldaily.com
Teens who listen to rap music with sexually explicit lyrics are more likely to be sexually active. Garry Knight, CC BY 2.0
In the early 90s, “Down Wit’ O.P.P.” by the rap group Naughty By Nature became a popular catchphrase, condoning sexual infidelity. The song’s alluring beat and lyrics continue to be echoed in bars, clubs, and lounges with crowds enthusiastically singing along to its explicit lyrics. But can songs like this do more harm than good? According to a recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, listening to rap music for three hours or more each day can encourage promiscuous sexual behavior in teens.
Rap music’s sexual overtones “gives you the idea that everyone is doing it,'” said Kimberly Johnson-Baker, lead author and faculty associate in the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, in the news release. “And the more you’re listening to it, the more you’re conforming, so you could see how it would set up a belief about what your peers are doing,” she added.
Previous research shows rap music is associated with risky sexual behavior, specifically among ethnic minority youth. However, Johnson-Baker and her colleagues sought to explore whether listening to rap music influences teens to initiate sex and if so, what factors influence this effect.
In the study, a total of 443 predominantly black and Hispanic students, between the ages of 13 and 16 in Houston, were surveyed about how often they listened to rap music, and whether they believed their friends were having sex in the seventh grade. At the follow up, ninth grade students were asked about whether they had initiated sex.
The findings revealed those who listened to rap music three hours or more each day in seventh grade were 2.6 times more likely to have had sex two years later. The association was mediated by the students’ perception of their friends’ sexual behavior. Those who believed their friends were having sex were 2.5 times more likely to initiate intercourse, regardless of age and gender.
When teens hear sexually explicit lyrics in a song, they look to their friends to confirm whether this behavior is actually happening, according to Johnson-Baker. However, if their friends are critical of the explicit content, teens will believe it's not happening around them.
“Perceived peer sex is the most powerful predictor of future sex and addressing perceived peer behavior with youth is really important. Rap music and forms of progressive hip-hop education can be used as tools to deconstruct sexually explicit messages adolescents receive,” she said.
In a similar 2009 study, more than 700 ninth-grade students at three large, urban high schools were exposed to over 14 hours of sexually explicit lyrics each week. The relationship between exposure to lyrics describing degrading sex and sexual experience was the same for both young men and women. One-third of the students had previously been sexually active.
Compared to those who had been exposed the least to sexually degrading lyrics, teens with the most exposure were more than twice as likely to have had sexual intercourse. Similarly, among students who hadn’t had sex, those who were highly exposed to these lyrics were nearly twice as likely to continue non-coital sexual behaviors, like mutual masturbation, oral sex, and anal sex compared to virgins with minimal exposure.
These studies suggest sex in media messages, like rap music, may be a risk factor for early teen sex; it can potentially lower teens’ inhibitions and make them less thoughtful about sexual choices. Monitoring media exposure during teen years is important because the brain’s impulse-control center is “still under construction” when an interest in sex rises. Hormonal changes take place during adolescence, and hormone systems involved in the brain’s response to stress also change during the teen years. Stress hormones can have complex effects on the brain, and therefore, (sexual) behavior, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
In general, this is not to say parents should try to ban rap music, because banning it will not stop teens from listening to it. Instead, there should be an ongoing dialogue about healthy sex and dating behaviors that will put rap lyrics in context.
Sources: Johnson-Baker A, Markham C, Baumler E et al. Rap Music Use, Perceived Peer Behavior, and Sexual Initiation Among Ethnic Minority Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2016.
Primack BA, Douglas EL, Fine MJ et al. Exposure to Sexual Lyrics and Sexual Experience Among Urban Adolescents. Am J Prev Med. 2009.
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Home / Arthritis & Rheumatism / Medical News / Ground-breaking discovery finds new link between autoimmune diseases and a gut bacterium
Ground-breaking discovery finds new link between autoimmune diseases and a gut bacterium
Could microbes in our guts be sending out the wrong message? Queen’s University Belfast researchers have, for the first time, found a specific microbe in the gut that pumps out protein molecules that mimic a human protein, causing the human defence system to turn on its own cells by mistake.
The culprit in this case is called Bacteroides fragilis, a bacterium that normally lives in the human gut. The Queen’s team has shown that this bacterium produces a human-like protein that could trigger autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis. This human protein is called ‘ubiquitin’ and is needed for all the normal cell processes in our bodies
The study, recently published in the British Society for Immunology journal Clinical and Experimental Immunology is a significant discovery. “Mimic proteins” fool our immune defence system into reacting with our own bodies, resulting in autoimmune disease, a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks the body.
More than 80 different types of autoimmune diseases are known to exist including; rheumatoid arthritis; multiple sclerosis; and lupus. Many hundreds of thousands of people world-wide currently suffer from these debilitating and painful conditions, that currently have no cure.
In an autoimmune disease, our immune system mistakenly attacks the body. Antibodies that are part of the immune system usually target bacteria or viruses, but get misdirected in people with autoimmune diseases. They become ‘autoantibodies’ that can attack healthy parts of the body, including different parts of the body in lupus or just the joints in the case of rheumatoid arthritis.
Professor Sheila Patrick, Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University explained: “When we mapped the genome of Bacteroides fragilis a few years ago we were astonished to discover a human-like gene not present in any other bacteria. The protein produced from this gene is nearly the same shape as a protein in almost every human cell.”
“When we discovered that Bacteroides fragilis produces lots of this mimic protein we were very excited. No other bacteria produced a mimic of human ubiquitin and this one lives in our gut. We immediately wondered if it might be linked with autoimmune diseases such as lupus. It has been known since the 1990s that some people with autoimmune diseases have antibodies that target their own human ubiquitin, but we don’t know why this happens. So we decided to see if people also had antibodies that target the Bacteroides fragilis version of ubiquitin.”
The recently published study is a collaboration with Dr. Linda Stewart, Lecturer at the School of Biological Science and Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast, Dr. David Edgar Consultant Immunologist and Head of the Northern Ireland Regional Immunology Service and Dr. Garry Blakely Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.
Dr. Linda Stewart continued: “We have found that some people with autoimmune disease have high levels of antibodies to the bacterial mimic of ubiquitin. It is also possible to have antibodies to both the human and the bacterial mimic. We now need to work out if the mimic of ubiquitin sets up the mistaken immune response. We may then be able diagnose some autoimmune diseases early and eventually be able to prevent some of the them from happening.
“We now want to see if we can make a rapid test that will tell us how much antibody people have so that we can quickly see any changes. We hope that this will allow early diagnosis of disease”
Professor Patrick added: “Our research could have far-reaching effects for other diseases, not just autoimmune disease. Ubiquitin is essential for our bodies to function normally. We have shown that a bacterium from the gut produces a very close molecular mimic of ubiquitin that gets into our system. It may not only cause the immune system to malfunction, but could be an underlying cause of other human conditions that we don’t yet fully understand.”
The next step for the research team is to find out the relationship between the stage of disease and antibody levels to the bacterial mimic in individual patients. This should help the development of a rapid test.
Team identifies potential cause for lupus
L. Stewart et al. Antigenic mimicry of ubiquitin by the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis : a potential link with autoimmune disease, Clinical & Experimental Immunology (2018). DOI: 10.1111/cei.13195
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European Competition Law Newsletter – February 2016
First Fast-Track Competition Claim at UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
On 17 December 2015, the first fast-track competition claim was filed before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) under new rules brought into law in October 2015 (see the CAT’s case page here). Showing the potential impact of the rules, the case was settled at an early stage, with the defendant agreeing to various behavioural undertakings.
The defendant in the case was a health and safety membership organisation. Part of its role is the accreditation of qualifications in the health and safety sector. The claimant was a company that has developed qualifications, training material and courses in health and safety, including a diploma in applied health and safety. The claimant submitted an application to the defendant for the accreditation of its diploma qualification.
The claimant alleged that the defendant holds a dominant position in the market for the accreditation of qualifications in the health and safety sector and that its failure and refusal to accredit the claimant’s diploma qualification was an abuse of its dominant position, restricting competition in the downstream market for the provision of training leading to qualifications in health and safety.
The claimant had sought an injunction, a declaration that the defendant had abused its dominant position, damages, interest and costs. Following the settlement, it dropped all of its claims.
The new fast-track rules are intended to increase the enforcement of competition law through the courts in the UK and it seems unlikely that in the past this type of case would have gone to court. The claim and settlement therefore shows that the system is beginning to work and the procedure should be considered as a potential avenue to deal with disputes relying on competition law arguments.
Compliance Warning; Classic Resale Price Maintenance Case in Germany
The German competition regulator, Bundeskartellamt (BKA), recently provided an example of a fine being imposed on a company for engaging in resale price maintenance (RPM) by indirect means (see press release here). This shows the continuing need for competition compliance training in this area for any company active in the EU and is a useful example for training sessions, particularly since it involves such a well-known name.
The case concerned LEGO, which was found to have enforced RPM by threatening retailers with reductions in supply or even with a refusal to supply. It also made the level of discounts on retailers' purchase prices conditional on retailers using listed resale prices provided by LEGO.
LEGO was fined only EUR130,000, but the figure had been reduced since the company cooperated with the BKA and reached a settlement. The company also appears to have adopted internal compliance and disciplinary measures to the satisfaction of the BKA.
These are classic indirect RPM measures which are each expressly referred to in the relevant EU guidelines as not being allowed. RPM, including in relation to Internet sales, continues to be an enforcement priority in the EU and these same principles apply EU-wide. Distribution arrangements need to comply and compliance programmes should be updated to cover the topic adequately.
Compliance Warning; Use of Electronic Platforms
On 21 January 2016, the EU’s highest court, European Court of Justice (ECJ), ruled on a case concerning the use of an electronic platform to facilitate illegal collusion (see the ECJ’s case page here). The case is useful as it sets out how to react to messages sent via a platform which could impact competitive parameters. It also raises general compliance issues in relation to the use of platforms.
The case came to the ECJ from a Lithuanian court, which was considering an appeal from the Lithuanian competition authority. The authority had fined several tour operators for concerted practices related to a common online travel reservation system. The platform operator had sent the travel agents participating in the system an electronic message capping the rebates that could be granted for products sold via the system and had technically adapted the system so as to implement this cap. The authority found this to constitute an illegal information exchange.
In reviewing the case, the ECJ held that travel agents which knew the content of the message could be presumed to have participated in a concerted practice, unless they had distanced themselves from the message, challenged its imposition or adduced other evidence to rebut the presumption, such as systematically granting higher rebates than those set under the cap. The Lithuanian court must now consider the practical application of these guidelines to the facts of the case.
The general compliance message is that users and administrators of these systems need to adapt their programmes to reflect the fact that competitors may all be active on the same system. The dissemination of any type of restriction, suggestion or recommendation in relation to pricing and other competitive issues, or indeed pure information exchange on competitive parameters, between competitors is dangerous under competition law in the EU.
EU State Aid and Tax
The European Commission (EC) continues to push forward with its investigations under the EU state aid rules into corporate tax arrangements put in place by several EU countries. Even a company which is not involved should be aware of this, since there may be opportunities available to use these rules against competitors.
The latest case concerns the Belgian “excess profit” tax scheme. On 11 January 2016 (see the EC’s press release here), the EC announced its decision that selective tax advantages granted by Belgium under the scheme are illegal under the EU state aid rules. The scheme had benefitted at least 35 (unidentified) multinationals, mainly from the EU, which as a result must now return unpaid taxes to Belgium.
The Belgian "excess profit" tax scheme, applicable since 2005, allowed, according to the EC, certain multinational group companies to reduce their tax paid in Belgium on the basis of tax rulings. The scheme reduced the corporate tax base of the companies by between 50 percent and 90 percent to discount for so-called "excess profits" that allegedly result from being part of a multinational group.
The EC's in-depth investigation, opened in February 2015, showed, according to the EC, that the scheme derogated from normal practice under Belgian company tax rules and the so-called "arm's length principle". This is considered by the EC to be illegal under the EU state aid rules.
The decision is sure to be appealed, but the EC continues to be very focused on the application of EU state aid law to tax arrangements. Companies need to consider the state aid implications when entering into special arrangements (such as under tax rulings) with EU states or when making use of special schemes designed to benefit particular types of companies. In addition, on the positive side, a company which feels that a competitor has unfairly benefited from a tax arrangement may be able to use the state aid rules to challenge this.
Additional European competition law news coverage can be found in our news section.
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Former Trump aide George Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in prison
By Eric Lutz
George Papdopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison on charges stemming from Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, according to reports.
Papadopoulos, 31, pleaded guilty in October 2017 to a charge of making false statements to investigators about his contacts with Russia. He was the first known Trump campaign official to cooperate with the special counsel into possible conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
At the time, Trump and the White House sought to distance themselves from the former campaign foreign policy adviser, with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claiming he’d had an “extremely limited” role on the campaign. The president dismissed Papadopoulos as a “young, low level volunteer named George.”
However, reporting has suggested that he had been more involved with the campaign than the Trump team has let on. It was revealed in December that it was drunken comments by Papadopoulos to an Australian diplomat that triggered the Russia probe in the first place.
Mueller, who is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, along with potential obstruction of justice on the part of the president, recommended in August that Papadopoulos be sentenced to six months in prison.
The former Trump aide’s legal team has requested leniency, asking that Papadopoulos receive probation but no prison time. In a court filing Aug. 31, Papadopoulos’s lawyers painted him as a political newcomer “eager to show his value to the campaign,” and quickly got in over his head.
The court filing also suggested that both Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions approved of his outreach to Moscow, contradicting Sessions’ sworn testimony.
Papadopoulos apparently raised the possibility of setting up a meeting between Trump and Putin during a national security meeting in March 2016. It had previously been reported that Trump “listened with interest,” while Sessions opposed the idea.
According to Papadopoulos’s account, “Mr. Trump nodded with approval” when he brought up a possible meeting and “deferred to Mr. Sessions who appeared to like the idea and stated that the campaign should look into it.”
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, calling the Mueller probe a “witch hunt.”
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How 'Glee' and 'Modern Family' Are Making Us Less Afraid of LGBT People
By Kevin Nadal
This past month, Vice President Joe Biden was quoted as saying: “I think Will & Grace probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody's ever done so far. And I think- people fear that which is different. Now they're beginning to understand.”
While the second-in-command to our nation has been quoted with some pretty nonsensical or impulsive comments throughout the years (remember when he called Barack Obama “articulate” and “clean”?), I can’t help but agree with him wholeheartedly.
I’ve always been a firm believer that exposure leads to knowledge and that knowledge leads to acceptance. And whether we like it or not, the one medium that exposes others to difference, that a majority of America also has access to, is television.
As a child of the 1980s (and the product of two working parents), the television often served as my babysitter. Who needed a nanny when you had Saturday morning cartoons like the Muppet Babies, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Care Bears? Furthermore, as the child of two new immigrants into the U.S., the television opened the doors to all of the knowledge I needed to survive in an American world, including how to be the cool kid in high school (i.e., by channeling Mike Seaver in Growing Pains) and how to communicate with one’s parents (i.e., by mimicking the Tanners on Full House).
My TV exposed me to people I had never seen before. Growing up, 99.9% of the people that I interacted with before my first day of preschool were Filipino or Filipino American. Television first introduced me to cultural groups outside of my home, including African Americans who were upper middle class (e.g., The Cosby Show); African Americans who were working poor (e.g., Good Times); and the spectrum of White people of various social classes (e.g., through almost every other show that was on during that time). So when I finally did meet people who weren’t like me, I at least had a basic understanding of what their lives might be like. Obviously, sometimes television may have painted inaccurate stereotypes of these groups, but at least I wasn’t afraid.
On the contrary, because many of my Black and White peers never saw any Asian Americans on their television screens, they always seemed a little surprised and shocked the first time they ever came to my Filipino household. For example, my friends never understood why we ate rice with every meal, regardless of whether we were eating steak, KFC, hot dogs, or egg omelets. Perhaps if a Filipino American family was on the TGIF lineup on ABC, maybe between Family Matters and Perfect Strangers, my friends would have been better prepared.
Television taught me about social issues, including child abuse (e.g., the very special episode with Dudley and the bike shop owner on Diff’rent Strokes), drug addiction (e.g., the very special episode with Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties), and injustice (e.g., the time that Marcia Brady almost lost the election for Most Popular Girl at school). So while I may have eventually learned about these issues later through my psychology or ethnic study classes in high school or college, I got my first taste of the world’s problems through our 500-pound wood-paneled television.
Finally, television made it easier for me to be who I am. When I was in high school, I didn’t watch the Ellen episode when Ellen Degeneres came out of the closet, but I do remember thinking it was “good for her” (even though I didn’t want to admit that it might be “good for me” too). In college, when I started to watch Will and Grace and Queer as Folk, I started to see similarities between my closeted life and their fictional lives, which helped to validate that maybe others had experiences that were like mine. And in 2003, when Queer Eye for the Straight Guy came out and Bravo unofficially became the gayest network on the planet, I witnessed how people in my family became obsessed with the Fab Five. I saw how accepting my family could be, which eventually resulted in me becoming way more comfortable with myself. I began to flaunt my fabulousness as well.
For LGBT kids today, I imagine that it may be a little bit easier to come out of the closet because of the many images they see of LGBT people on television. Glee, alone, has done much to represent the diversity of the acronym that defines our community. I’ve smiled each time that newly out lesbian Santana shared sweet kisses with her bisexual girlfriend, Brittany. I’ve cried pretty much any time Mr. Hummel has said anything to his gay son, Kurt, while I’ve also appreciated how Santana’s disapproving abuela (grandmother) accurately depicted the difficulty that LGBT people of color have when coming out to their families. Perhaps I was most proud of Ryan Murphy when he introduced the first transgender/ gender nonconforming character to McKinley High, through a young African American teenager named Unique. Through these characters, young children who are LGBT can see that there are many ways to be and exist, and that LGBT people can be of all races, genders, body types, and character types.
At the same time, through television, heterosexual people gain massive exposure to LGBT people – allowing them to relate, empathize, and view a group that was once foreign as human. I love when heterosexual couples realize that the bickering between Cameron and Mitchell on Modern Family pretty much parallels the bickering between opposite sex couples in real life. I chuckle when my heterosexual friends tell me that they follow RuPaul’s Drag Race, particularly when they can name their favorites. (In case you’re wondering, Manila Luzon, Ongina, and Jiggly Caliente have always been on the top of my list for biased reasons). Perhaps now they aren’t as afraid of drag queens or gender nonconforming people and will know to treat one as a human being if they met one in real life.
Perhaps, if we want to convince people that LGBT people are not evil or contagious or child molesters, we just need to increase the number of LGBT people on television. However, while the numbers are seemingly increasing, they are still pretty scarce. In 2011, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Anti Defamation (GLAAD) found 28 regular LGBT characters on “mainstream television” (i.e., programming on the major networks, which did not include channels like Logo, whose mission is to represent the LGBT community). This number was down from 35 characters in the prior year's study and represented less than 1% of the number of characters in total. If some estimates find that 1 out of every 6 to 10 people is LGBT (anywhere from 10-17%), then this number needs to increase exponentially in order for true diversity to be represented.
So, hey Ryan Murphy! If you need a gay Filipino American to make a cameo on Glee (perhaps as a teacher or Blaine’s cool, gay uncle), you know where to find me.
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George Nader: How a convicted paedophile became key to an Emirati hook-up with Trump
Dania Akkad
, Ian Cobain
Published date: 5 July 2019 11:00 UTC | Last update: 6 days 6 hours ago
Former colleagues recall Nader, who is facing up to 40 years in prison on a child pornography charge, as a 'village idiot' who was obsessed with money
How did a convicted criminal and serial paedophile come to be one of the main points of contact between President Donald Trump's inner circle and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) of Abu Dhabi?
As far back as the Reagan era, George Nader was attempting to make himself indispensable to successive US administrations by offering back-channel lines of communication with figures in the Middle East who might otherwise remain out of reach.
In recent years, as a senior political adviser to the crown prince, Nader has been helping MBZ in his dealings with both Moscow and Washington, and has been key to the establishment of a new alliance between the Trump administration, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
But Nader has repeatedly been caught in possession of child pornography and has served a prison sentence for the abuse of young boys.
In June, he appeared in court yet again, charged with possessing pornography showing boys – some as young as two or three – being physically and sexually abused, including by animals.
One person who has known Nader for more than 25 years has told Middle East Eye that two of Nader's contacts – one in Washington and one a leading political figure in the Gulf – shared what he termed "the same predilections".
Others who know Nader - and who recall him as an awkward and anxious man with an obsession with money and a facial tick - are asking themselves: did his international contacts turn a blind eye to his criminal conduct because of his unlikely usefulness? Or does his paedophilia in some way help to explain how he came to be linked to several countries' intelligence agencies?
'It was amazing how little he knew'
Nader was born in 1959 and grew up in Batroun in northern Lebanon, in a Christian family. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was 15, apparently before the outbreak of Lebanon's civil war, and apparently with the financial support of Lebanese industrialist Georges Frem.
Having long harboured a desire to become a journalist, Nader launched his own magazine in 1980 from his home in Ohio – Middle East Insight. "That first issue sold 200 copies, mostly members of my church," Nader told the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut.
"They probably bought them out of pity or curiosity. But in any case they bought them."
Khalil Jahshan, then the executive director of the National Association of Arab-Americans in Washington DC, recalls a young Nader turning up at his office to ask for help with editing his articles. Nader was securing interviews with the likes of Palestinian Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Arafat and Farouk al-Sharaa, then foreign minister of Syria. But, says Jahshan, "his language skills and editorial skills were very limited".
Money. Money, money, money. He doesn't give a shit about anything else
- Former Nader employee
An employee at the magazine in the early 1990s said Nader didn't have a clue how to run a magazine – or about the region. "It's amazing to me how little George knew about the Middle East," he said.
According to the former colleague, just ahead of the famous White House lawn handshake in 1993 between Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin over the Oslo Accords, he was talking to Nader about their coverage plans.
"I told George, 'We were going to do a full issue on the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts and the Oslo Accords'. I said, 'George, these guys are showing up at the White House'. He said, 'Are the Palestinians really that important?'"
Despite this, it was Nader's ability to connect American politicians to Arab leaders and journalists that provided him with real currency in the capital, the colleague said.
At a time when many in Washington enjoyed close links with Israel, but few were familiar with the Arab world, Nader filled a vacuum. "George made himself available," a former colleague recalls.
During the same 1993 trip, Rabin wanted to speak with Arab journalists and asked who could put it together. "I said, 'George Nader can,'" he said.
And Nader produced, inviting at least 40 journalists to the top of the Washington Hotel for the event.
But the night before, the former colleague said Nader came to him on the verge of tears, concerned about how he would introduce the Israeli prime minister. "I said, 'What's the problem?' He said, "I don't know anything about Rabin.'"
Whatever their opinions of his grammar and regional knowledge, former associates say he had a talent for bluffing his way into obtaining high-level contacts.
He was a conman, but the con was pretty good
- former colleague of Nader
"He told people he knew so and so and he didn't know them at all," said the former colleague. "He was a conman, but the con was pretty good."
A second employee, who worked for MEI in the late 1990s and hasn't seen Nader in 20 years, said he couldn't defend what Nader "may or may not have done," but back when he knew him, he was a hard worker who earned his contacts.
"He was tenacious. He was well-respected, including by [former secretary of state under George H W Bush] James Baker. So anybody who says 'How can you back him?" Hey, if James Baker gives him a seal of approval, who am I to think otherwise?"
The former colleague from the early 1990s said Nader, above all else, was fixated on cash.
"Money. Money, money, money," he said. "He doesn't give a shit about anything else."
'Diplomatic wannabe'
But while Nader wanted his magazine to be a journalistic success – and lucrative – Jahshan says he also craved recognition as a significant player in the politics of the region.
"He suffered from a syndrome quite common in Washington: he was a diplomatic wannabe."
He was like a village idiot. But he wanted to be accepted as someone of value
- Khalil Jahshan
Gradually, exaggerating the depth and value of his contact list, the Walter Mitty figure transformed from a journalist with access, to an international fixer.
In 1987, he published a widely noticed interview with Ayatollah Khomeini, which was reproduced by the Washington Post. (Curiously, although Nader claims his pen was confiscated before the audience, he was able to produce 700 words of verbatim quotes from the Ayatollah.)
Before long, he was meeting with leading members of Hezbollah, then with Syrian intelligence officers and on to Israel. Jahshan noted that Nader appeared to be working with the intelligence agencies of several countries: "This was John le Carre material."
But at the same time, Nader is said to have appeared to have had only a superficial interest in the political issues of the Middle East and US foreign policy in the region.
"He was a boring man, dull," says Jahshan. "He was like a village idiot. But he wanted to be accepted as someone of value."
In 1984, however, when Nader was still in his mid 20s, he was shown to have dangerous criminal tendencies of a sort that may have made him valuable to some of the world’s less scrupulous leaders and their intelligence agencies.
Child pornography charges
In March that year, a US customs inspector became suspicious of a package that was being sent to Nader from an address in Amsterdam. Opening it, he discovered several magazines depicting naked boys engaged in sexual acts.
Customs officers searched Nader's home and found more material of a similar nature, and a federal grand jury in Washington, DC indicted him on two charges of mailing and importing child pornography. The indictment refers to "obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy magazines, pictures and films, commonly known as 'child pornography'".
However, the charges were dismissed after his lawyers successfully argued that his home had been searched under an invalid warrant.
In 1988, Nader again reportedly received material depicting underage boys. No charges were brought, although his home was searched and prosecutors allege that child pornography was found in his toilet.
He'd say, 'Oh, I'm just looking at this picture of my sweetie, my beautiful boy'
In 1990, Nader was caught attempting to import two child pornography videos into the United States through Washington-Dulles International airport. The videos were found hidden inside sweet tins.
He pleaded guilty and received a reduced sentence after a number of people testified that he was working at that time to secure the release of American hostages in Lebanon.
The court was told that Nader had met repeatedly with a number of Israeli intelligence officers and the leadership of Hezbollah as part of this effort.
He is thought to have spent around six months in a halfway house in Baltimore, under federal custody, and was fined $2,000.
Prosecutors said, on his most recent court appearance, that Nader brought 14-year-old boys into the United States in 1997 and 2002. One of them reportedly told FBI agents that he watched child pornography with Nader; the other said he was sexually abused.
But even earlier, there appears to have been a third teenage boy in Nader's life. In the early 1990s, the former colleague said that he would sometimes find Nader crying at the MEI office in Farragut Square, a couple of blocks from the White House, looking at a photo of a Czech teenage boy who he thought was about 15 at the time.
"He'd say, 'Oh, I'm just looking at this picture of my sweetie, my beautiful boy,' and he showed me this picture of this boy from Eastern Europe whom he had kind of adopted and educated. His parents sent him over here," the colleague said.
Occasionally, the colleague said, the boy would visit the office to see Nader. "It was clear to me that he hated George. He hated him," he said.
Then in 2003 came Nader's most serious conviction, when he received a one-year prison sentence in the Czech Republic on 10 charges of sexually abusing children. A spokesperson at the Prague Municipal Court confirmed the conviction to the Associated Press news agency.
MEE contacted Nader's legal team to comment for this piece, but did not receive a reply.
Shuttle diplomacy
In 1998, Nader had become involved in shuttle diplomacy between Syria and Israel over the Golan Heights, an area which Israel captured during the 1967 war with its Arab neighbours.
Ron Lauder, heir to the Estee Lauder companies, represented the Israelis and Walid Muallem, then Syrian ambassador in Washington, represented Damascus. Nader knew both.
According to a high-level Israeli official who was directly involved in the process, Nader accompanied Lauder to Damascus multiple times - potentially as many as 16 visits - to assist with translation and liaise with the Syrians.
"I found him to be likeable but unreliable," the official said. "He lied, possibly to advance the talks, but lied nonetheless."
While at the time the channel was a serious attempt, it ended in "catastrophe," said a former mediator who has spoken to parties on both sides of the talks.
"It was fated to not work because George knew nothing about what he was doing. It was also fated not to work because he didn't understand the Israelis. They were never going to give the Golan Heights back," said the source.
According to the source, then-Syrian president Hafez al-Assad placed Muallem under house arrest when the talks collapsed because he believed he had been lied to about what the Israelis had agreed. Muallem was said to have told friends he thought he was going to be shot.
Yacht summit
After the failure of this initiative, Nader disappeared from the United States for several years: his associates in Washington assumed he had returned to the Middle East.
This absence is explained in part by the time he spent in a Czech prison cell. On release, he showed up in post-invasion Iraq, representing himself as an agent of Blackwater, the private military company.
In a 2010 deposition, however, Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, reportedly denied that Nader had worked directly for the company, describing him as a "business development consultant" hired to land deals with the Iraqi government without success. There is no indication that Prince knew about Nader's previous convictions.
Nader also attempted to broker an arms deal between the Iraqi government and Russia - an enterprise that was reportedly successful, but then was cancelled a month later over apparent corruption concerns.
Subsequently he settled in Abu Dhabi, where he became a senior political adviser to MBZ.
EXCLUSIVE: The secret yacht summit that realigned the Middle East
In late 2015, he was instrumental in arranging a secret summit of Arab leaders on a yacht in the Red Sea, where he suggested that they should establish an elite regional group of six countries to supplant both the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League.
Nader's plan was that the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Libya would counter the influence of Turkey and Iran.
In early 2018, within weeks of the FBI's seizure of the latest cache of child pornography, Nader began to co-operate with Robert Mueller, the US special counsel who was investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Nader told Mueller that before the election he had developed contacts with both the Trump and Clinton campaigns. One of his points of contact with the Trump team was reportedly through Joel Zamel, the owner of Psy-Group, an Israeli private intelligence firm which specialised in social media manipulation.
Zamel is reported to have approached Nader at an economic conference in St Petersburg, Russia, asking whether he could raise finance in the Gulf for a social media campaign he was hoping to run on behalf of the Trump campaign. Zamel denies that he spoke to Nader about aiding Trump.
Psy-Group closed last year, and it remains unclear whether the firm did any work for the Trump campaign; its activities are thought to remain under FBI investigation.
But Nader's strongest link with team Trump appears to have been through Prince.
In 2010, Prince had moved to Abu Dhabi, where he had overseen the formation of an 800-strong force of foreign mercenaries. MBZ has told US envoys that he does not trust his own armed forces not to turn against him if he is denounced by "a holy man in Mecca or Medina," according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.
It is unclear how much success Nader enjoyed in his attempts to cultivate contacts with the Clinton campaign team before the 2016 presidential election.
What is known is that in August that year, three months before the election, Nader met with Prince, Zamel and Donald Trump Jnr, the president's eldest son, at Trump Tower in New York. While Zamel is said to have taken the opportunity to explain how his company could give political campaigns a social media advantage, he denies that he eventually worked for the Trump campaign.
Immediately following Trump's election victory – and while Barack Obama was still in the White House – MBZ flew to New York for a meeting with Nader and three key members of the new president's incoming team: his son-in-law Jared Kushner, Michael Flynn, who was lined up to become national security adviser, and his strategist Steve Bannon.
Mohammed bin Zayed (L) met US President Donald Trump at the White House in May 2017 (Reuters)
Obama and senior members of his administration are said to have felt let down by the United Arab Emirates: it is customary for foreign leaders to inform the US government of their plans to visit.
Nader is reported to have been a frequent visitor to the White House in the months following the election, becoming friendly with Bannon and also seeing Kushner.
One of the contacts he cultivated was Elliott Broidy, then-deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, which helps to develop the party's policy and election strategy, as well as raise funds.
Nader is alleged to have wired $2.7m to Broidy through a company in Canada, apparently to pay for the costs of two conferences at Washington think-tanks, where MBZ's betes noires, the government of Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood, were heavily criticised.
Citing a number of leaked documents, the New York Times reported that Nader also helped to arrange deals with the UAE that were worth $200m to Broidy and said that he raised the possibility of a further $1bn of business.
The joint agenda of the two men, the Times said, was to push for the removal of Rex Tillerson as US secretary of state and to persuade the White House to adopt a more confrontational approach to Qatar and Iran.
According to analysis carried out by the Associated Press, Broidy has made donations of almost $600,000 to Republican congressmen and party committees as part of a campaign for legislation that would brand Qatar as a state supporter of terrorism.
Trump denounced Qatar as a funder of terrorism the following June and Tillerson was sacked in March last year. The White House has since softened its stance on Qatar, which is home to two major US military bases, including one which oversees US air operations over Iraq and Syria.
The Russian connection
By now, Nader was attempting an even more ambitious back-channel diplomatic manoeuvre, this time three-way talks involving the US, the Russians and the United Arab Emirates - apparently with the encouragement of MBZ.
Mueller concluded that Nader had become "a close business associate" of Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund. Dmitriev is in turn closely connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin, describing him as his "boss," Mueller reported.
Nader told Mueller that he believed Dmitriev to have the role of a Russian envoy to the Gulf region, and relayed his views directly to MBZ.
Following the 2016 election, Dmitriev asked Nader to introduce him to members of the Trump transition team, and Nader set up meetings with Erik Prince in January 2017. The three men first met in the Seychelles, at a Four Seasons Hotel overlooking the Indian Ocean.
Nader told Mueller that MBZ was also staying at the hotel, leading to speculation that the crown prince may have hoped to become an intermediary between Washington and Moscow.
Dmitriev appears to have been less than impressed: Nader told Mueller that he had been hoping for something of greater substance. Nothing came of the meetings.
By this time, Nader's unlikely 30-year career as an international emissary was about to come to a juddering halt.
Arriving at New York's John F Kennedy airport on 3 June, Nader was arrested and charged with an alleged crime that had come to light more than a year ago, shortly before he had begun to co-operate with Mueller.
In January 2018, while arriving at Washington-Dulles International Airport, he is alleged to have been in possession of an iPhone 7 on which was stored a dozen videos of boys – some as young as two or three years old – being sexually abused.
Although Nader had been granted immunity when he agreed to co-operate with Mueller, that deal appears to have extended only to his testimony on his links with the Russians – or has been withdrawn.
According to a statement sworn by an FBI agent who has reviewed the films, some of the abuse involved animals and some could be seen to result in the children being hurt.
The day after his arrest, Nader appeared in Brooklyn federal court, looking dishevelled in a khaki jumpsuit. He was refused bail after the judge heard that he had assets of around $3m, a sum that many who know him regard as laughably wide off the mark.
In addition to the videos, prosecutors said investigators had found text exchanges between Nader and MBZ, and with Mohammad bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince.
The court also heard that the Czech offence involved Nader transporting a 14-year-old boy out of that country, and then threatening the child and his mother with physical harm if they reported the crime.
If convicted, Nader faces between 15 and 40 years in jail. At the end of June, the court agreed that in addition to his nine lawyers, Nader can have access to three paralegals and a psychiatrist specialised in sexual offences.
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Leaked email shows Tony Blair called on Gaddafi to hide and avoid capture
Former UK prime minister called on Gaddafi to find a 'safe place to go'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) chats with Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as they walk together after talks on the outskirts of Tripoli
Published date: 2 October 2015 11:12 UTC | Last update: 3 years 9 months ago
Tony Blair advised Muammar Gaddafi, the late leader of Libya, to flee in order to avoid capture or death during the Libyan uprisings of 2011, emails from Hillary Clinton obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) have revealed.
The former UK prime minister apparently called on Gaddafi to flee to a “safe place” in order to end violence on Libya’s streets.
"The absolute key thing is that the bloodshed and violence must stop,” the email quotes Blair as saying to Gaddafi. "If you have a safe place to go then you should go there, because this will not end peacefully unless that happens and there has to be a process of change. That process of change can be managed and we have to find a way of managing it.
"I have talked to people and everyone wants a peaceful end to this."
He added that the EU and US were in a “tough position” over the conflict in Libya, which eventually saw UN-backed NATO airstrikes help rebels topple Gaddafi’s 42-year rule.
"If people saw the leader standing aside they would be content with that,” wrote Blair. “If this goes on for another day/two days we will go past the point. I'm saying this because I believe it deeply. If we can't get a way through/out very quickly this will go past the point of no return."
Gaddafi was eventually killed by rebels in Misrata in October 2011, an event which was eventually posted in videos and pictures on the internet.
The revelation of Blair’s discussion with Gaddafi is likely to increase pressure on the former Middle East peace envoy to give evidence to a British parliamentary inquiry into the UK’s relationship with Libya.
Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, has previously said he would like Blair to appear before his committee following the publication of a new biography of Prime Minister David Cameron which claims that Gaddafi attempted to "cut a deal" with Britain.
Cameron eventually ordered air strikes against Gaddafi’s forces in Libya.
Libya has been in a state of unrest since the overthrow of Gaddafi, with two competing parliaments in the east and west of the country vying for power and recognition, and various militias competing for control of cities and the country's vast oil wealth.
In addition, the Islamic State (IS) established a foothold in the country in 2015, raising fears about Libya becoming a hub for militant activity.
Prior to the war in Libya, Blair and Gaddafi had established cordial ties, with potential lucrative oil contracts opening up for British firms.
A letter revealed to the press in January this year and written in 2007 appeared to show Blair apologising for failing to deport from the UK two members of the opposition Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
"With regret, I should let you know that the British government has not been successful in its recent court case here involving deportation to Libya," Blair told Gaddafi. "I am very disappointed by the court's decision."
"I believe it is essential that this decision is not allowed to undermine the effective bilateral co-operation which has developed between the United Kingdom and Libya in recent years.
"We have made such progress. It is important, for the good of both our peoples, that we continue to do so, not least in the crucial area of counter-terrorism."
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MSU and Starkville reach new deal for campus fire protection
Published 10:43 am EDT, Saturday, July 13, 2019
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State University and its host city are reaching a new agreement about fire protection.
The Commercial Dispatch reports that, under a previous agreement, the university compensated Starkville for fire service with fees and an agreement to buy the city a firetruck every 15 to 20 years.
Under the new agreement, the university will pay higher fees but won't be required to purchase firetrucks.
This year the university's fire service fee was about $296,000.
Beginning next year, the fee increases bit-by-bit. It will start at $400,000 in 2020 and rise to $650,000 by 2023.
Starkville Fire Chief Charles Yarbrough says the new contract gives the department more resources and flexibility.
Mississippi State spokesman Sid Salter says the new contract is similar the University of Mississippi's agreement with Oxford.
Information from: The Commercial Dispatch, http://www.cdispatch.com
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Rauf Khalid | Mpaop
Rauf Khalid
Play Writer, Actor and Director
Rauf Khalid was son in law of late provincial minister Syed Zafar Ali Shah and brother-in-law of Provincial Minister for Health Syed Zahir Shah. Late Rauf was recipient of the Pride of Performance Award, he was the founding president and chancellor of the National Institute of Culture Studies, Lok Virsa, in Islamabad. A former bureaucrat, Rauf Khalid was known for plays that highlighted the plight of the Kashmiri people. He also worked as an actor in TV and film. Besides, Rauf Khalid was a painter, lyricist, speaker and educationist. His paintings have been exhibited in the World Fine Art Gallery at New York and the Omma Art Gallery in Crete Greece. In 1989, he wrote and partially directed PTV’s thriller, Maddar, a seven-episode serial, exposing drug trafficking, from PTV Quetta centre. In 1991, he wrote Guest House, a 52-episode comedy series that turned out to be a popular comedy series for PTV. In 1995, Rauf Khalid directed, produced and acted in drama serial Angaar Wadi. In 1998 he directed, produced and acted another 27-episode drama serial ‘Laag’. In 2003, Rauf Khalid released his debut film Laaj, as (writer, director, producer and actor). The film Laaj won 12 Bolan Awards, 14 Graduate Awards, 4 National Film Awards and Luxstyle Award. In 2008, Rauf Khalid also produced his third television serial Mishaal as writer and director. He is survived by a wife two sons and a daughter.
Demise of the Artist
Renowned TV play writer, director, artist Rauf Khalid died in a road accident on 24 November 2011. He was on his way from Lahore to Rawalpindi via Motoway, near Sheikhupura, the tyre of his car got burst and it crashed into roadside fence, resultantly Rauf sustained critical injuries and died.
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BoG asks for GH¢700m to clean up microfinance industry
Source: Ghana | Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne | JoyBusiness
Date: 02-04-2019 Time: 11:04:55:am
Governor of the Bank of Ghana says the clean-up of the microfinance sector is going to start in the second quarter of this year.
According to Dr Ernest Addison, the clean-up is expected to cost about GH¢700m.
He said “…in the financial sector, you also have the segment of SDI’s where there are ongoing difficulties with getting access to deposit and we have already announced that, that will be the next face and that we will be focusing on to look at ways in which the depositors there in that segment of the market could be taken care of.”
Dr Addison added “We’re working with the Ministry of Finance to raise the necessary resources to do that. I can assure you that hopefully during this quarter [second quarter] we will be able to bring that issue into fruition because we are close to obtaining the resources that we need to deal with the microfinance institution. The preliminary estimate that we have for microfinance institution is just under 700 million.”
About 319 microfinance institutions across the country have been licensed to operate and are in general compliance with the central bank’s guidelines, the Bank of Ghana said.
According to the list, the Greater Accra region has the highest number of licensed microfinance institutions with 211 with none licensed in the Upper East region.
Last year, Parliament ratified a $30-million World Bank credit facility agreement to implement the financial sector development programme (FSDP).
The move is aimed at improving regulation of the MFI and rural banking sectors and making them more accessible to the banking public at the grass-roots level.
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Sarah Jessica Parker feels guilty about loving her job
October 14, 2016 by Elvis Michael Leave a Comment
Acting often forces the star to spend too much time away from family
Sarah Jessica Parker admitted to feeling bad about spending so much time away from her family while working.
The former Sex and the City actress says she’s conflicted due to enjoying her job as much as spending time with her husband and kids.
She revealed to People and Entertainment Weekly’s Jess Cagle: “[Parenting] changes you in every possible way, but there’s a struggle, there’s a conflict that exists, which is you also want to maintain this other part of your life.
The reason it’s a conflict, usually, is that you like the other life, too.
Someone [told me] that working mothers who work outside of home feel guilty about work because they like the work.”
But the star acknowledged that other working parents are not as lucky to be conflicted because they don’t love their career as much: “That’s the issue. For many working women in this country who are working two and three jobs, it’s not guilt that they suffer, because they don’t love their work.
It’s worry, concern, and time away from their children. It’s such a different experience.”
The biggest benefit to being a working mom is the ability to teach a lot of life experiences to her children as they grow older.
She continued: “The things that I want to impress upon all of my children are the things that are the hardest for me to get right in business.”
Meanwhile, the 51-year-old star, who has been married to Matthew Broderick for almost 20 years, enjoys discussing the highs and lows about long-term relationships with her friends.
She added: “I was saying to someone recently, I can’t counsel you. You can only make these decisions for yourself. But it’s really important to think what you want for the future. Who do you want to be with and travel with and sit in that chair with?
Sometimes, just asking yourself that can help you stop for a second, and perhaps not step outside the boundaries of your relationship.”
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23-Year-Old Man Still Missing in Vermont After Fleeing Police
By Rob Michaelson
Published Jan 4, 2017 at 7:04 AM
The search continues for a man who went missing after fleeing from police in Brighton, Vermont last week.
Quincy O’Gorman, 23, was last seen Dec. 31 around 11:43 p.m. in the area of Island Pond Village.
Police said O’Gorman was driving with three passengers when he was pulled over for failing to stop at a stop sign and erratic operation. All four fled from police after the stop and were soon detained by police.
He is described as 5’10”, approximately 200 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Vermont State Police Scuba team, Brighton Police Department and Vermont Fish and Wildlife are currently searching for the O’Gorman. The Scuba team was called in to search the brook and swamp area surrounding the Island Pond Village.
Another ground search has been scheduled for Wednesday.
Anyone who may have any information involving Mr. O’Gorman is asked to contact the Derby State Police Barracks at 802-334-8881.
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Man Accused of Taking Photos of Girl in a Dressing Room
By Sophie Reardon
Published Aug 27, 2018 at 1:36 PM | Updated at 1:49 PM EDT on Aug 27, 2018
Concord Police Department
Police in New Hampshire arrested a man after he allegedly took photos of a young female child while she was changing in a Walmart dressing room.
Concord police say they arrested Timothy Shaver, 33, of Pembroke, New Hampshire on Friday and charged him with violation of privacy.
According to Concord police, they were made aware of the incident on Aug. 20 when officers were called to the Walmart located at 344 Loudon Road for a report of an unknown male who was suspected to have taken a photo or video of a female juvenile in the changing room.
The suspect was not known to the victim, police said.
Concord police arrested Shaver and he was later released on bail. It is unclear if he has an attorney.
Police are working with other law enforcement agencies in order to determine if other children and or adults were victimized in a similar manner.
According to police, more charges could be forthcoming.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact Concord Police Lt. Sean Ford at 603-230-3728 or the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100.
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Brazilian Markets Boosted as Pension Reform Vote to Go Ahead
BRASILIA - Brazil's government reached a deal with lawmakers on Tuesday paving the way for a congressional committee to vote on its key pension reform bill later in the day, boosting investor sentiment and lifting local financial markets.
The benchmark Bovespa stock market index rose 1.8 per cent to above 96,000 points, its best day in three weeks, while the real recovered most of its losses after it had earlier slid to a four-week low of 3.96 per dollar.
President Jair Bolsonaro's government made several minor changes to the bill late on Monday, local newspapers reported, to ensure that the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee (CCJ) went ahead with the delayed vote on its constitutionality.
Major Vitor Hugo, the government's leader in the lower house, confirmed that the CCJ will vote later on Tuesday, while committee member Marcelo Freitas said there had been no dilution of the bill's targeted savings of just over 1 trillion reais ($255 billion) over the next decade.
'This is great news,' said Jason Vieira, chief economist at Infinity Asset Management in Sao Paulo, adding that the deal was a sign of easing political tensions.
The government, economists and investors say pension reform is essential to get Brazil's fiscal deficit under control, make it an attractive investment destination and accelerate what has been an anemic recovery from the 2015-16 recession.
Underscoring the importance of social security reform, the Economy Ministry on Tuesday published figures that showed Brazil's public sector structural deficit widened to 0.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2018 from 0.5 percent the year before.
Brazil's spending on social security is among the highest in the world, and a radical overhaul was a key proposal of Bolsonaro's election campaign. But the government has lost momentum on the pension legislation recently, and economic data suggests the economy is flagging, perhaps even shrinking.
Securing the CCJ vote, which is set to take place some time after 2:30 p.m. local time (1730 GMT), will be welcome relief for the government and markets alike.
'The government needs wins, and better communication skills,' said one portfolio manager in Sao Paulo. 'There will always be noise, as media and establishment opposition is fierce. But at least the government must stop shooting itself in the foot.'
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Jacques and Gabriella at their father's birthday celebration
Yesterday was 60th birthday of Prince Albert of Monaco. Prince Albert celebrated his 60th birthday with his family. On her Instagram account, Crown Princess Charlene shared photos showing her twins Prince Jacques, Princess Gabriella and their father Prince Albert in front of the birthday cake with the title "Happy Birthday Daddy".
Label: MONACO ROYAL, PRINCESS CHARLENE, ROYAL FAMILY
Fardoche March 15, 2018 at 3:49 PM
Le prince semble plus heureux depuis la naissance de Jacques et Gabriella. Bonne fête !
Blondiini March 15, 2018 at 6:10 PM
Happy 60th Birthday to Prince Albert of Monaco! What a wonderful Royal Family being full of love!
Oh wow, happy birthday. I remember when he and his sisters were born, yikes. Albert has a lovely family.
Oh wow, 60 - Happy Birthday!! I remember when he and his sisters were born. Albert has a lovely family.
sonnenkringel March 16, 2018 at 1:48 AM
Lovely family photos.
Gilberte Lambrechts March 16, 2018 at 2:47 AM
and his other children?? For a birthday party it would be nice. i think Charlene don't like that.
monty March 16, 2018 at 8:18 PM
These are official pics, with the prince and his children. Jacques is the heir to the throne, Princess Gabriella the first born child. The other children aren't legitimate successors to the succession law - therefore there are no official photos. It has nothing to do with Charlene.
Coralie March 16, 2018 at 9:57 PM
I know, what you mean Monty. But is it really a good thing to exclude the other children? They may not be "legitimate successors" - but they are no "illegitimate children".
Ans van der Drift March 16, 2018 at 3:51 PM
wat een prachtig gezin ,albert is nog nooit zo gelukkig geweest .
hij heeft de ware gevonden,een hele lieve vrouw ,het is van harte gegund !!!!!
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Donato Liuzzi
PORTSMOUTH � Capt. Donato "Dan" Liuzzi, USN (ret.), 63, of Windstone, Drive, Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly of a broken heart on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 and was greeted in heaven by his bride, Patricia A. (Bennett) Liuzzi.
Born in Boston, MA, on September 15, 1948 he was the son of the late Rocco and Margaret (Peletsky) Liuzzi.
Dan received a commission in the United States Navy from ROTC at College of the Holy Cross in 1970 and served for 30 years. Among his numerous assignments he commanded the USS Acadia and was as an instructor at the Naval War College before retiring in 2000. He spent his final years after retirement as an instructor for the Surface Warfare Officer School at Naval Station Newport.�
While he was an avid sailor, Dan loved nothing more than spending time with his two grandsons, enjoyed Boston sports, gardening and fishing.
Dan is survived by his daughters Christina Karlsson and her husband Joel of Sweden, Regina Liuzzi and Christopher Stump of Middletown, RI and Maggie Liuzzi-DeMello and her husband Capt. Jared DeMello, US Army of Waynesville, MO, his brothers Robert Liuzzi of Amelia Island, FL and James Liuzzi of Corona, CA. Dan also leaves his grandsons, Beckett and Kelley DeMello as well as his golden retriever Mickey.
Services will be private.�
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to The Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445-7295.�
Condolences and information are available at www.memorialfuneralhome.com
Funeral arrangements are by Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth, RI.
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Group steps up effort to remove judge in Stanford rape case
Posted: 10:43 AM, Jun 10, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A women's advocacy group said it will turn in petitions Friday that urge a California agency to remove the judge who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
The organization, UltraViolet, said it collected more than 824,000 signatures and other groups gathered thousands more that they will deliver to the California Commission on Judicial Performance, the agency that investigates complaints of judicial misconduct and disciplines judges.
Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky has faced intense outcry after sentencing Brock Turner, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, last week to six months in jail and three years' probation for assaulting the woman behind a campus dumpster in January 2015.
Persky said in court that he followed a recommendation from the county's probation department and cited Turner's clean criminal record and the effect the conviction will have on his life.
Prosecutors had argued for six years in prison for crimes that could have gotten Turner 10 years behind bars. But the district attorney has said Persky should not lose his job because of the ruling.
Online records show Turner will be released from jail after three months. County jail inmates serve 50 percent of their sentences if they keep a clean disciplinary record.
"We need judges who work to protect survivors, not their rapists," Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet, said in a statement. "The California Commission on Judicial Performance must move swiftly to remove Judge Persky from the bench and send a clear signal that rape apologists will never be tolerated as part of the criminal justice system."
Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber launched a campaign to remove Persky from the bench over what she calls a lenient sentence and plans to speak at a rally outside the commission Friday.
"His statements during the sentencing show that he does not understand sexual violence. He does not understand violence against women," she told The Associated Press on Thursday. "And so we are going to recall him, and we're going to replace him with someone who does."
Lawyers who have appeared in Persky's court have called him a fair and respected judge. He has no record of judicial discipline and previously worked as a Santa Clara County prosecutor responsible for keeping sexual predators locked up.
A court spokesman has said Persky is barred from commenting on the case because Turner is appealing his conviction on felony assault and attempted rape charges.
Stephanie Pham, a Stanford student who co-founded the Association of Students for Sexual Assault Prevention, said the sentence stirred anger and frustration on campus.
"When the sentencing came out, people lost faith in the legal system," she said. "Survivors felt alienated and silenced by the fact that someone found guilty is still going to be given a lenient sentence."
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