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in Brussels
at CBGB
with The Silos in Bilbao
waltersdogs.com
in his Flagstaff studio
in the East Village
A Cuban-American whose parents fled Castro’s Havana with him still in the womb, Walter Salas-Humara was raised bilingual just across the Florida Straits in Fort Lauderdale. College at University of Florida in Gainesville and a residency with the Vulgar Boatmen left him with a lifelong habit of Mudcrutch/Tom Petty-style crunchy guitar riffs. Chasing the punk prairie fire to New York just in time to sift through the ashes, he formed The Silos in 1985 with guitarist Bob Rupe and violinist Mary Rowell, plugging the main cable of American rock idiom into the jerry-rigged soundboard of Velvets-era feral experimentalism. The unlikely result, as evidenced by About Her Steps (1986), the seminal Cuba (1987) and their RCA debut The Silos (i.e., The One with the Bird on the Cover, 1990) was a loose-limbed conceptual country-rock that in turn influenced (if not outright inspired) the alt-country No Depression movement just around the corner. The band was voted Best New American Band in Rolling Stone Magazine's Critics' Poll of 1987 and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1990.
With this apocalyptic agrarianism safely encoded in his band's name, Salas-Humara moved on once that lineup had run its course -- taking with him not the country revisionism that by now could have sustained him in an endless holding pattern, but rather the Lower East Side’s fervid avant-gardism, that high-test mixture of aggression and dissonance the neighborhood wears like a jailhouse tattoo. He forged connections in Austin, another lost outpost tailor-made for his particular set of influences, where he formed the poor man’s supergroup the Setters with songwriters Michael Hall of the Wild Seeds and Alejandro Escovedo of the True Believers. Moving to Los Angeles, he recorded and toured with Tom Freund, Manny Verzosa, Jon Dee Graham, Gary Sunshine and Darren Hess. Those middle records – Hasta la Victoria! (1992), Susan Across the Ocean (1994), Heater (and its remixed mutant twin Cooler) (1998) validated the early acclaim and expanded Salas-Humara’s reputation as one of the finest songwriters working in the American vernacular. In 1998, Salas-Humara moved back to New York and formed Silos 3.0, with Konrad Meissner on drums and Drew Glackin on bass and guitar.
Throughout the new millennium, the Silos have continued to release an admirable body of work. Laser Beam Next Door (2001) and Come on Like the Fast Lane (2007) are fierce power trio albums that burst with the crackling intensity of proto-punk legends the Velvet Underground and Television. When the Telephone Rings (2004) and
Florizona (2011) are intricately crafted productions, densely layered with glittering detail. With the passing of Drew Glackin in 2008, and the addition of Rod Hohl (bass and guitars), Bruce Martin (keyboards) and Jason Victor (guitar), the band has entered a new phase. Walter Salas-Humara and Silos present and past have marshaled the best of America -- our wide tradition, focused innovation and unfettered optimism. Embrace them as a national treasure.
2014 brought the release of a new Walter Salas-Humara solo album, Curve and Shake. Rolling Stone editor Anthony DeCurtis describes the album - “That sense of being untethered from certainties, of floating, permeates Curve and Shake. The feeling is gentle, not quite scary, but with an element of unease. Letting go of expectations combines aspects of sadness, freedom and even wonder. Like so many great singers, Walter communicates as much by what he doesn’t say as by what he does. His raspy tone provides a rich counterpoint to the genial surrealism, the offhand magical realism, of so many of his lyrics. His words are presented as if they’re describing straightforward events, but they speak a rich, associative poetry that evokes emotions more so than facts. His guitar playing is similarly adaptable – raw and stinging one moment, dreamy and droning the next.
2016 brought the release of 2 albums. Work: Part One, an acoustic rendering of Walter's best songs written in the 80s, is the first in a series of acoustic albums defining Walter as a singer/songwriter. It is produced by guitarist extraordinaire Richard Brotherton and includes familiar Silos Mary Rowell on violin and Amy Allison on supporting voice. Explodes and Disappears is an album of new songs, the follow up to Curve and Shake. Walter sings witty songs about modern life, rocks a sweet Spanish melody on guitar, swings a sexy jazz number, and then reaches deep for a soulful expression of values in a troubled world. He tops it all with a funky number chronicling 3 American misfits searching for peace of mind and headed for disaster on the shores of Mexico -- all skillfully blended into a seamless flow.
2017 has seen the release of Work: Part Two, the continuation of the acoustic series produced by Rich Brotherton, and the new studio album WALTERIO was released in 2019 on Rhyme and Reason Records and he, solo and with band, is currently on a global touring schedule supporting this excellent album. The space-time of Salas-Humara is not a Technicolor world, or a green screen world of hyped fakery, it’s a workaday world, paced as such, in which home and heart are the iconography of inspiration, played with pluck and gravelly insight. Or, as Salas-Humara suggests, “One’s environment and one’s experiences always informs one’s songwriting. This happens naturally whether you like it or not. Songs are life, and my life has been just one very long song.”
Walter Salas-Humara has shared the stage with the following greats: Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Matthew Sweet, American Music Club, Chris Whitley, Hootie and The Blowfish, Violent Femmes, The Jayhawks, Yo La Tengo, Certain General, The Reivers, The True Believers, The Wild Seeds, Victoria Williams, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Mark Ribot, Ryan Adams, Jon Dee Graham, Alejandro Escovedo, Let's Active, Young Fresh Fellows, Miracle Legion, Living Color, Souled American, The Minus 5, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3, Jon Langford, The Waco Brothers, Chuck Prophet, Jerry Joseph, Caitlin Cary, Anders Parker, Tom Freund, Centro-Matic, Spottiswoode and his Enemies, Lynyrd Skynyrd, …to name a few.
Having first moved to New York in 1982 to pursue a career in the visual arts, and having completed a year of graduate work at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Salas-Humara found steady work with the Leo Castelli Gallery during the ‘80s Manhattan art boom. Citing as his heroes ‘50s minimalist painter Ellsworth Kelly and Pop artist Jasper Johns, Salas-Humara’s early paintings were primarily large abstract color fields. His art career was cut short with the success of the Silos three years later.
In the early 2000s, Salas-Humara took up painting again after a hiatus of two decades. On a whim, he created several stylized, cartoon-like dog paintings as holiday gifts for his nieces and nephews. They became so popular that he was soon spending much of his free time painting commissioned dog portraits in his signature style for friends and fans. In 2005, he formed a company called WaltersDogs and began producing originals and prints for sale at shows, by mail-order and in music-oriented art galleries like Yard Dog in Austin, eventually expanding his product line to include apparel, accessories, bedding and stationery products.
“I create paintings that combine qualities of the abstract art I like with fun imagery that anybody can relate to, even kids,” he says.
His dog paintings can be seen on the walls of Elisabeth Moss’s apartment in the 2010 Universal Pictures comedy Get Him to the Greek.
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"Department of Health and Human Services" redirects here. For government departments by that name in other jurisdictions, see Department of Health and Human Services (disambiguation).
"DHHS" redirects here. For Druid Hills High School, see Druid Hills High School.
United States Department of Health & Human Services
Seal of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Flag of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Department Headquarters
April 11, 1953; 66 years ago (1953-04-11) (as Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)
May 4, 1980 (1980-05-04) (as United States Department of Health & Human Services)
Preceding agencies
Federal Security Agency
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Federal government of the United States
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
Washington, D.C., U.S.
79,540 (2015)[1]
Department executives
Alex Azar, Secretary
Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary
www.hhs.gov
The United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), also known as the Health Department, is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America".[2] Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW).
HHS is administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The United States Public Health Service (PHS) is the main division of the HHS and is led by the Assistant Secretary for Health. The current Secretary, Alex Azar, assumed office on January 29, 2018, upon his appointment by President Trump and confirmation by the Senate.
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the uniformed service of the PHS, is led by the Surgeon General who is responsible for addressing matters concerning public health as authorized by the Secretary or by the Assistant Secretary of Health in addition to his or her primary mission of administering the Commissioned Corps.
✪ HHS Office for Civil Rights: Here to Serve You
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✪ Secretary Azar's remarks to AHIP about changing America’s healthcare system
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Hello, my name is Roger Severino and I am the Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. My office is charged with enforcing three types of federal civil rights laws: Laws protecting the privacy and security of health information such as HIPAA; Laws prohibiting discrimination in health and human services on the basis of race, national origin, age, sex, or disability; and Laws protecting conscience and religious freedom in health care and human services. In January of 2018, we launched a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within the Office for Civil Rights to make sure our existing conscience and religious freedom laws get the focused attention that they deserve. Conscience and religious freedom are fundamental, natural human rights that are protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution and laws at the federal, state, and local level. Such protections have been part of our national story since the Founding. For example, our laws have protected people morally opposed to the taking life in war since the American Revolution and through the Vietnam War era. America also has a long tradition of not forcing anyone, including doctors or pharmacists, to help in the execution of people convicted of capital crimes. In line with this tradition, the Office for Civil Rights enforces long-standing laws protecting doctors and nurses who, for example, refuse to participate in the taking of life through abortion or assisted suicide, and people and institutions that decline to pay, cover, or refer for abortions. Patients are also protected from government punishment for declining to receive treatments or undergo procedures that violate their conscience or religious convictions.To learn more about our new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and about all the laws that we enforce, we encourage you to visit us at hhs.gov/ocr. If you believe that a covered entity has violated your civil rights, conscience and religious freedom, or health information privacy, you may file a complaint through our website. The HHS Office for Civil Rights is dedicated to protecting all of these rights under law, and we are here to serve you. Produced by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services at taxpayer expense.
1 History
1.1 Federal Security Agency
1.2 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
1.3 Department of Health & Human Services
2 Organization
2.1 Office of Inspector General
2.2 Former operating divisions and agencies
2.3 Relationship with state and local health departments
3 Budget and finances
4 Programs
4.1 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
4.2 Social Services
4.3 Prevention and Wellness
4.4 Strengthening Communities Fund
4.5 Biodefense
5 Criticisms and controversies
5.1 Freedom of Information Act processing performance
6 Related legislation
Federal Security Agency
Main article: Federal Security Agency
The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was established on July 1, 1939, under the Reorganization Act of 1939, P.L. 76-19. The objective was to bring together in one agency all federal programs in the fields of health, education, and social security. The first Federal Security Administrator was Paul V. McNutt.[3] The new agency originally consisted of the following major components: (1) Office of the Administrator, (2) Public Health Service (PHS), (3) Office of Education, (4) Civilian Conservation Corps, and (5) Social Security Board.
By 1953, the Federal Security Agency's programs in health, education, and social security had grown to such importance that its annual budget exceeded the combined budgets of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Labor and Interior and affected the lives of millions of people. Consequently, in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, President Eisenhower submitted to the Congress on March 12, 1953, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, which called for the dissolution of the Federal Security Agency and elevation of the agency to Cabinet status as the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The plan was approved April 1, 1953, and became effective on April 11, 1953.
Unlike statutes authorizing the creation of other executive departments, the contents of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 were never properly codified within the United States Code, although Congress did codify a later statute ratifying the Plan. Today, the Plan is included as an appendix to Title 5 of the United States Code. The result is that HHS is the only executive department whose statutory foundation today rests on a confusing combination of several codified and uncodified statutes.[citation needed]
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
The seal and flag of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) was created on April 11, 1953, when Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 became effective. HEW thus became the first new Cabinet-level department since the Department of Labor was created in 1913. The Reorganization Plan abolished the FSA and transferred all of its functions to the Secretary of HEW and all components of the Agency to the Department. The first Secretary of HEW was Oveta Culp Hobby, a native of Texas, who had served as Commander of the Women's Army Corps in World War II and was editor and publisher of the Houston Post. Sworn in on April 11, 1953, as Secretary, she had been FSA Administrator since January 21, 1953.
The six major program-operating components of the new Department were the Public Health Service, the Office of Education, the Food and Drug Administration, the Social Security Administration, the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The Department was also responsible for three federally aided corporations: Howard University, the American Printing House for the Blind, and the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (Gallaudet College since 1954).[4]
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) in 1979,[5] when its education functions were transferred to the newly created United States Department of Education under the Department of Education Organization Act.[6] HHS was left in charge of the Social Security Administration, agencies constituting the Public Health Service, and Family Support Administration.
In 1995, the Social Security Administration was removed from the Department of Health & Human Services, and established as an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States Government.
The 2010 United States federal budget established a reserve fund of more than $630 billion over 10 years to finance fundamental reform of the health care system.[7]
The Department of Health & Human Services is led by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, a member of the United States Cabinet appointed by the President of the United States with the consent of the United States Senate. The Secretary is assisted in managing the Department by the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, who is also appointed by the President. The Secretary and Deputy Secretary are further assisted by seven Assistant Secretaries, who serve as top Departmental administrators.
As of Jan. 20, 2018, this is the top level of the organizational chart. HHS provides further organizational detail on its website.
Several agencies within HHS are components of the USPHS or Public Health Service (PHS), as noted below.
Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Chief of Staff
The Executive Secretariat (ES)
Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA)
Office of Health Reform (OHR)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation (ASL)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) – PHS component
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Departmental Appeals Board (DAB)
Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
Office of Global Affairs (OGA) – PHS component
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
Operating Divisions
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Administration for Community Living (ACL)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – PHS component
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) – PHS component
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – PHS component
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – PHS component
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – PHS component
Indian Health Service (IHS) – PHS component
National Institutes of Health (NIH) – PHS component
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – PHS component
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigates criminal activity for HHS. The special agents who work for OIG have the same title series "1811", training and authority as other federal criminal investigators, such as the FBI, ATF, DEA and Secret Service. However, OIG Special Agents have special skills in investigating white collar crime related to Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse. Organized crime has dominated the criminal activity relative to this type of fraud.
HHS-OIG investigates tens of millions of dollars in Medicare fraud each year. In addition, OIG will continue its coverage of all 50 states and the District of Columbia by its multi-agency task forces (PSOC Task Forces) that identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals who willfully avoid payment of their child support obligations under the Child Support Recovery Act.
HHS-OIG agents also provide protective services to the Secretary of HHS, and other department executives as necessary.
In 2002, the department released Healthy People 2010, a national strategic initiative for improving the health of Americans.
With the passage of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Office of the Inspector General has taken an emboldened stance against healthcare related non-compliance, most notably for violations of Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute.[8]
In 2015, the OIG issued a fraud alert as a warning to hospitals and healthcare systems to monitor and comply with their physician compensation arrangements.[9]
Recent years have seen dramatic increases in both the number and the amounts of Stark Law violation settlements, prompting healthcare experts to identify a need for automated solutions that manage physician arrangements by centralizing necessary information with regard to physician-hospital integration.[10] Contract management software companies such as Meditract provide options for health systems to organize and store physician contracts. Ludi Inc introduced DocTime Log®, an SaaS solution that specifically addresses this growing concern, automating physician time logging in compliance with contract terms to eliminate Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute violations.[11]
According to a report released by the OIG in July 2019, more than 80 percent of the 4,563 U.S. hospice centers that provide care to Medicare beneficiaries surveyed from 2012 to 2016 have at least one deficiency and 20 percent have at least one "serious deficiency."[12]
Former operating divisions and agencies
Social Security Administration, made independent in 1995.
Health Care Financing Administration, renamed to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relationship with state and local health departments
There are three tiers of health departments, the federal health department, state health department and local health department. In relation with state and local government, the federal government provides states with funding to ensure that states are able to retain current programs and are able to implement new programs. The coordination between all three health departments is critical to ensure the programs being implemented are well structured and suited to the corresponding level of health department. The health department at state level needs to safeguard good relations with legislators as well as governors in order to acquire legal and financial aid to guarantee the development and enhancements of the programs. Assemblies are set up to guide the relationships between state and local health departments. The state sets up the regulations and health policies whereas the local health departments are the ones implementing the health policies and services.[13][14]
As of 2018, there are ten regional offices that have separated the states in groups of four to eight. These offices directly work with the state departments, local governments, and tribal councils. The directors from each regional office are appointed directly by the active president. The follow is a list of who runs each regional office:
Region 1: John McGough Region 6: Mervin Turner
Region 2: Dennis González Region 7: Jeff Kahrs
Region 3: Matt Baker Region 8: Brian Shiozawa
Region 4: Renee Ellmers Region 9: Unknown
Region 5: Douglas O' Brien Region 10: John R. Graham
The Department of Health & Human Services was authorized a budget for fiscal year 2015 of $1.020 trillion. The budget authorization is broken down as follows:[15]
Funding (in billions)
Departmental Management $1.4
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund $1.4
Food and Drug Administration $2.6
Health Resources and Services Administration $10.4
Indian Health Service $4.8
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $6.7
National Institutes of Health $30.4
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration $3.4
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $0.4
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services $906.8
Administration for Children and Families $51.3
Administration for Community Living $2.1
TOTAL 1,020.3
The Department of Health & Human Services' administers 115 programs across its 11 operating divisions.[16] The United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) aims to "protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves."[17] These federal programs consist of social service programs, civil rights and healthcare privacy programs, disaster preparedness programs, and health related research. HHS offers a variety of social service programs geared toward persons with low income, disabilities, military families, and senior citizens.[18] Healthcare rights are defined under HHS in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which protect patient's privacy in regards to medical information, protects workers health insurance when unemployed, and sets guidelines surrounding some health insurance. HHS collaborates with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and Office of Emergency Management to prepare and respond to health emergencies.[19][20] A broad array of health related research is supported or completed under the HHS; secondarily under HHS, the Health Resources & Service Administration houses data warehouses and makes health data available surrounding a multitude of topics.[21][22] HHS also has vast offering of health related resources and tools to help educate the public on health policies and pertinent population health information. Some examples of available resources include disease prevention, wellness, health insurance information, as well as links to healthcare providers and facilities, meaningful health related materials, public health and safety information.[23][24][25][26][27][28]
Health and social science research
Preventing disease, including immunization services
Assuring food and drug safety
Medicare (health insurance for elderly and disabled Americans) and Medicaid (health insurance for low-income people)
Financial assistance and services for low-income families
Improving maternal and infant health, including a Nurse Home Visitation to support first-time mothers
Head Start (pre-school education and services)
Faith-based and community initiatives
Preventing child abuse and domestic violence
Substance abuse treatment and prevention
Services for older Americans, including home-delivered meals
Comprehensive health services for Native Americans
Assets for Independence
Medical preparedness for emergencies, including potential terrorism
Child support enforcement[29]
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
This program is to ensure the act and accountability of medical professionals to respect and carry-out basic human health rights. In the United States, the government feels that it is essential for the American people to understand their civil duty and rights to all of their medical information. That includes: health insurance policies or medical records from every doctor or emergency visit in one's life. Through Health & Human services one is able to file a complaint that their HIPAA rights have been violated or a consultant that will be able to decide if their rights were violated.
This branch has everything to do with the social justice, wellness, and care of all people throughout the United States. This includes but is not limited to people who need government assistance, foster care, unaccompanied alien children, daycares (headstart included), adoption, senior citizens, and disability programs. Social services is one of it not the largest branch of programs underneath it that has a wide variety throughout the United States at a state and local level.
Prevention and Wellness
The prevention and wellness program's main idea is to give the American people the ability to live the healthiest and best lifestyle physically that they can. They are the ones who deal with vaccines and immunizations, which fight from common diseases to deadly ones. The nutrition & fitness program that are the basics of healthy eating and regular exercise. Health screenings & family health history which are crucial in the knowledge of each individual's health and body. A severely important one especially in today's society is mental health & substance abuse in where they help people with mental illness and drug abuse. Lastly, they help with environmental health where people are researching and studying how our environments both physical and metaphorically have a short and long term effect on our health and wellness.
Strengthening Communities Fund
In June 2010, the Department of Health & Human Services created the Strengthening Communities Fund[30] as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The fund was appropriated $50 million to be given as grants to organizations in the United States who were engaged in Capacity Building programs. The grants were given to two different types of capacity builders:
State, Local and Tribal governments engaged in capacity building: grants will go to state local and tribal governments to equip them with the capacity to more effectively partner with faith-based or non-faith based nonprofit organizations.[31] Capacity building in this program will involve education and outreach that catalyzes more involvement of nonprofit organizations in economic recovery and building up nonprofit organization's abilities to tackle economic problems. State, Local and Tribal governments can receive up to $250,000 in two year grants
Nonprofit Social Service Providers engaged in capacity building: they will make grants available to nonprofit organizations who can assist other nonprofit organizations in organizational development, program development, leadership, and evaluations. Nonprofits can receive up to $1 million in two year grants
HHS plays a role in protecting the United States against bioterrorism events. In 2018, HHS released a new National Biodefense Strategy required by passage of the 2016 Biodefense Strategy Act. The Biodefense Strategy required implementation of a biodefense strategy after a 2015 Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense report found that the 2009 National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats was inadequate in protecting the U.S. The strategy adopted these five central recommendations: creating a single centralized approach to biodefense; implementing an interdisciplinary approach to biodefense that brings together policy makers, scientists, health experts, and academics; drawing up a comprehensive strategy to address human, plant, and animal health; creating a defense against global and domestic biological threats; and creating a proactive policy to combat the misuse and abuse of advanced biotechnology.[32]
HHS also runs the Biodefense Steering Committee, which works with other federal agencies including the Department of State, Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency.[32] HHS specifically oversees Project BioShield, established in 2003 and operating since 2004, and its development and production of genetically based bio-weapons and vaccines. HHS together with DHS are authorized under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to deploy the weapons and vaccines produced by Project BioShield on the US general public under martial law during "emerging terrorist threats" or public health emergencies. Both HHS and DHS have similar authorities through state-based legislation adopted from Model State Emergency Health Powers Act provisions.
Criticisms and controversies
See also: Criticism of the United States government § Criticism of agencies
In 2016, a published US Senate report revealed that several dozen unaccompanied children from Central America, some as young as fourteen years old, were released from custody to traffickers where they were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay.[33] The HHS sub agency Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) released approximately 90,000 unaccompanied children during 2013–2015 but did not track their whereabouts or properly screen families accepting these children.[34]
To prevent similar episodes, the Homeland Security and Health & Human Services Departments signed a memorandum of understanding in 2016, and agreed to establish joint procedures within one year for dealing with unaccompanied migrant children. As of 2018 they have failed to do so. Between October and December 2017, officials from ORR tried to contact 7,635 children and their sponsors. From these calls, officials learned that 6,075 children remained with their sponsors. Twenty-eight had run away, five had been removed from the United States and fifty-two had relocated to live with a non sponsor. However, officials have lost track of 1,475 children.[35] ORR claims it is not legally liable for the safety and status of the children once released from custody.[36]
DHS claims the migrating children are "terror threats",[37][38] despite all evidence[citation needed] to the contrary. After falsely categorizing people as terror threats, a range of unconstitutional activities can be undertaken by HHS and DHS.[citation needed]
Beyond trafficking and disappearing migrating children, HHS is evidenced to be actively coercing and forcing bio-substances such as antipsychotics[39] on migrating children without consent, and under questionable medical supervision. Medical professionals state that wrongly prescribed antipsychotics are especially dangerous for children, and can cause permanent psychological damage.[40] Medical professionals also state DHS and HHS incarceration and separation policies are likewise causing irreparable mental harm to the children.[41][42]
Children are also dying in HHS custody.[43] The forced drugging, deaths, and disappearances of migrating Mexican and Central American children might be related to DHS falsely labeling them and their families as 'terror threats' before HHS manages their incarcerations. Despite a federal court order,[44] the DHS separation practices mandated by the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy[45] have not been halted, and HHS has not stopped forcing drugs on the children it incarcerates.
Freedom of Information Act processing performance
In the latest Center for Effective Government analysis of 15 federal agencies which receive the most Freedom of Information Act (United States) (FOIA) requests published in 2015 (using 2012 and 2013 data, the most recent years available), the DHHS ranked second to last, earning an F by scoring 57 out of a possible 100 points, largely due to a low score on its particular disclosure rules. It had deteriorated from a D- in 2013.[46]
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Does hot weather affect human fertility?
Hot weather can worsen reproductive health and decrease later birth rates
Alan Barreca
Tulane University, USA, and IZA, Germany
Research finds that hot weather causes a fall in birth rates nine months later. Evidence suggests that this decline in births is due to hot weather harming reproductive health around the time of conception. Birth rates only partially rebound after the initial decline. Moreover, the rebound shifts births toward summer months, harming infant health by increasing third trimester exposure to hot weather. Worse infant health raises health care costs in the short term as well as reducing labor productivity in the longer term, possibly due to lasting physiological harm from the early life injury.
Hot weather reduces birth rates eight to ten months later, with the largest reduction occurring at nine months.
Decline in births related to high temperatures is likely due to worse reproductive health at conception, not reduced sexual activity.
A modest rebound effect in birth rates occurs 11–13 months after high temperatures, partially offsetting the initial decline in fertility.
Air conditioning may help offset some of the negative effects of hot weather, though it may also exacerbate climate change.
The impact of hot weather on fertility is less clear in developing countries, where birth rates are typically higher and public health resources are limited.
More research with humans is needed to determine whether the impact on reproductive health is larger for males than females, as is suggested by animal studies.
The rebound in birth rates shifts births to summer months where children will be exposed to dangerous hot weather during the third trimester.
Compared with birth control policy or female labor market participation, temperature is less important for predicting historical changes in fertility or differences in fertility across countries.
Relatively little attention has been paid to how temperature shocks might affect prime-aged adults, especially via their reproductive health. Non-experimental studies find that birth rates fall nine months after the occurrence of hot weather. There is suggestive evidence that the fall in births is due to worse reproductive health and not diminished sexual activity. Providing the public with information regarding this negative link might help people better adapt. Increased use of air conditioning might be one concrete step for adapting, though this response will potentially increase greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
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Barreca, A., Clay, K., Greenstone, M., Deschenes, O., Shapiro, J. "Adapting to climate change: The remarkable decline in the US temperature-mortality relationship over the 20th century." Journal of Political Economy 124:1 (2016): 105–159.
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[1]Barreca, A., Deschenes, O., Guldi, M. Maybe Next Month? Temperature Shocks, Climate Change, and Dynamic Adjustments in Birth Rates. IZA Working Paper No.9480, 2015.
[1]Monthly Vital Statistics Report
[2]ICPSR, Natality Detail File Series
[3]National Vital Statistics System Birth Data, USA
[4]National Climatic Data Center’s Global Historical Climatological Network
[4]Survey data (Micro data): Other - Longitudinal or Panel
[2] Hansen (2009)
[2]Hansen, P. J. "Effects of heat stress on mammalian reproduction." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364 (2009): 3341–3350.
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[1]Data set from Henrik et al. (2002)
[1]Experimental data (Micro data): Laboratory experiments - Cross section
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[2]National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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[6]Lam, D., Miron, J. "Global patterns of seasonal variation in human fertility." Human Reproductive Ecology: Interactions of Environment, Fertility, and Behavior. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1994.
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[3]Monthly Climatic Data for the World
[2]Survey data (Micro data): Other - Cross section
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[8]Seiver, D. A. "Seasonality of fertility: New evidence." Population and Environment. 10:4 (1989): 245–257.
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[2]National Survey of Young Women
[3]National Survey of Adolescent Female Sexual Behavior
[4]National Health Interview Survey
[5]National Survey of Family Growth, USA
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Barreca, A., Deschenes, O., Guldi, M. Maybe Next Month? Temperature Shocks, Climate Change, and Dynamic Adjustments in Birth Rates. IZA Working Paper No.9480, 2015.
Hansen, P. J. "Effects of heat stress on mammalian reproduction." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364 (2009): 3341–3350.
Henrik, N., Storgaard, H., Storgaard, L., Ernst, E., Bonde, J. P., Olsen, J. "Impact of diurnal scrotal temperature on semen quality." Reproductive Toxicology 16:3 (2002): 215–221.
Levin, M. L., Xu, X., Bartkowski, J. P. "Seasonality of sexual debut." Journal of Marriage and Family 64 (2002): 871–884.
Rodgers, J. L., Harris, D. F., Vickers, K. B. "Seasonality of first coitus in the US." Social Biology 39:1–2 (1992): 1–14.
Lam, D., Miron, J. "Global patterns of seasonal variation in human fertility." Human Reproductive Ecology: Interactions of Environment, Fertility, and Behavior. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1994.
Almond, D., Currie, J. "Killing me softly: The fetal origins hypothesis." Journal of Economic Perspectives 25:3 (2011): 153–172.
Seiver, D. A. "Seasonality of fertility: New evidence." Population and Environment. 10:4 (1989): 245–257.
Lam, D., Miron, J. "The effects of temperature on human fertility." Demography 33:3 (1996): 291–305.
Deschenes, O., Greenstone, M., Guryan, J. "Climate change and birth weight." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 99:2 (2009): 211–217.
Isen, A., Rossin-Slater, M., Walker, W. R. Heat and Long-Run Human Capital Formation. Working Paper.
Goldin, C., Katz, L. F. "The power of the pill: Oral contraceptives and women’s career and marriage decisions." Journal of Political Economy 110:4 (2002): 730–770.
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Ivanka Trump. (Gett Images)
Ivanka Trump declares there’s ‘no equivalency’ between her email usage and Hillary Clinton’s
Ivanka Trump went on the defensive Tuesday about her use of a private email account for official government business, insisting that her case shouldn’t be compared to that of Hillary Clinton, whom Ivanka’s father, President Donald Trump, has suggested should be arrested for having conducted government business on her own private email server.
“All of my emails are stored and preserved. There were no deletions. There is no attempt to hide,” the first daughter told ABC News. “There’s no equivalency to what my father’s spoken about.”
“There is no restriction of using personal email,” she continued. “In fact, we’re instructed that if we receive an email to our personal account that could relate to government work, you simply just forward it to your government account so it can be archived.”
While Ivanka’s father has accepted his daughter’s explanation — last week President Trump told reporters that he personally looked at the matter and concluded that everything she did was above board — not everyone is convinced. Last week, Democrats in the House reportedly announced their intention to investigate the matter to see “if Ivanka complied with the law.”
In her interview with ABC, Ivanka also addressed a recent disturbing incident at the U.S.-Mexico border that saw border patrol agents use tear gas on migrants — including mothers and their young children. The first daughter called images of a mother running in terror with her two young daughters in tow “devastating,” but added that she stands by her father’s contentious immigration policy.
“I think, like any other person with a heart, it’s devastating to see the images and seeing children put at risk. Running towards the border is heartbreaking,” she said. “But there are people in the caravan who are not so innocent … [the president] has to protect our country’s security.”
Watch Ivanka’s interview with ABC News below.
Read the full story at ABC News.
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How Much Does a Gynecologist Make a Year?
by Fred Decker
Ob/gyns monitor expectant mothers for signs of increased blood pressure, gestational diabetes and other potential problems.
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1 The Salaries for Obstetrics & Gynecology
2 The Average Salary of Neonatologists
3 Are Neurologists Well Paid?
4 The Average Physician Salaries by Specialty
Gynecologists are doctors who specialize in the treatment of conditions, disorders and illnesses of the female reproductive system. In practice, because reproductive health is closely tied to overall health, many gynecologists function as primary-care physicians for women. Some practice gynecology only, while others combine gynecology with obstetrics, the care of woman and infants during the childbearing process. Salaries for both gynecologists and ob/gyns are in the mid-range for physicians.
Gynecologist Salaries
Physicians can opt to practice purely as gynecologists, purely as obstetricians or combine both specialties and be certified as ob/gyns. Most physician salary surveys report salaries for ob/gyns only, but a few break out gynecologists' salaries separately. One is performed annually by specialty recruiting firm Profiles, which focuses on doctors beginning to practice. Its 2011-2012 survey reports a median income of $210,000 per year for gynecologists in their first year of practice. The American Medical Group Association (AMGA), in its own survey, places the median salary for gynecologists as a whole at $232,075 per year.
Ob/Gyn Salaries
The numbers are higher for those who combine obstetrics and gynecology. The Profiles survey reported a first-year median income of $200,000 per year for ob/gyns, lower than for gynecologists, but the corresponding AMGA figure is higher at $275,152 per year. "Modern Healthcare" magazine dedicated a July 2011 special issue to collecting and comparing dozens of physicians' salary surveys, in order to establish benchmarks for the profession. The 15 surveys returning figures for ob/gyns reported average salaries ranging from a low of $247,680 to a high of $420,000, with most falling in between $270,000 and $300,000 per year.
These salaries are substantial by most standards, but many other medical specialties provide their practioners with higher incomes. For example, "Modern Healthcare" reported average salaries ranging from $341,853 to $520,000 for anesthesiologists. Dermatologists' average earnings ranged from a low of $316,770 to a high of $440,092 per year, and orthopedic surgeons' salaries spanned a range of averages from $378,062 to $576,350. However, gynecologists and ob/gyns out-earned many other primary care physicians, with the average salaries of family physicians ranging from $162,908 to $221,196 per year and those of internists ranging from a low of $188,500 to a high of $236,544 per year.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted that the demand for physicians will increase by 24 percent between 2010 and 2020, a higher rate than the average for all occupations. The baby-boom generation will account for much of this growth, requiring increased levels of medical care as they age. This is of little interest to obstetricians, but gynecologists treat women of all ages and should benefit. The large "echo boom" of baby boomers' children, born between 1982 and 1995, are now entering their prime childbearing years. That will also serve to drive demand for both gynecologists and ob/gyns.
2016 Salary Information for Physicians and Surgeons
Physicians and surgeons earned a median annual salary of $204,950 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the low end, physicians and surgeons earned a 25th percentile salary of $131,980, meaning 75 percent earned more than this amount. The 75th percentile salary is $261,170, meaning 25 percent earn more. In 2016, 713,800 people were employed in the U.S. as physicians and surgeons.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: Ob/Gyn
American Association of Medical Colleges: Specialty Information: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Profiles.com: 2011-2012 Physician Salary Survey
Cejka Search: Physician Salaries Reported by the American Medical Group Association
Medical Opportunities in Michigan: 2011 "Modern Healthcare" Special Issue
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook -- Physicians and Surgeons
CBS News: "60 Minutes": The Echo Boom
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook: Physicians and Surgeons
Career Trend: Physicians and Surgeons
Fred Decker is a trained chef and certified food-safety trainer. Decker wrote for the Saint John, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, and has been published in Canada's Hospitality and Foodservice magazine. He's held positions selling computers, insurance and mutual funds, and was educated at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Decker, Fred. "How Much Does a Gynecologist Make a Year?" Work - Chron.com, http://work.chron.com/much-gynecologist-make-year-6791.html. Accessed 18 July 2019.
Decker, Fred. (n.d.). How Much Does a Gynecologist Make a Year? Work - Chron.com. Retrieved from http://work.chron.com/much-gynecologist-make-year-6791.html
Decker, Fred. "How Much Does a Gynecologist Make a Year?" accessed July 18, 2019. http://work.chron.com/much-gynecologist-make-year-6791.html
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Candy Crush Saga : level 5000 is available
Who has never tried Candy Crush Saga ? The mobile game, originally developed such an app Facebook, and finally ported to Android and iOS, continues to panic the crowds, so much so that more than 9 million users still play more than three hours per day. But this is not finished, because thee global success arrived in 2012 on our smartphones is ready now to receive his… 5000ème level. Yes, you read that correctly.
Finish Candy Crush Saga ? Impossible, especially as the game has received many additional levels in the course of the years, until you reach the corridor, symbolic of the 5,000 levels via an update distributed since June 10.
Source : @King
For the occasion, King looks back on some of the statistics. Thus, in the course of its seven years of existence, Candy Crush Saga, said the now legendary ” Delicious! “653 billion times. 1.7 billion bombs colorful have exploded, with 1.57 billion stars have been collected, and the players have spent more than 8 million years to play. All in all, the users of the game will have made close to $ 269 million kilometres in swipant on the screen, about five times the distance between Earth and Mars.
Like it or not, one cannot question the longevity of amazing Candy Crush Saga, in applications stores to the competition tougher.
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Schooled Reporting on education
Associated Press/Photo by Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-SentinelStudents being evacuated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting
A reckoning in Parkland
Education | Panel releases report on systemic security failures in school massacre
by Laura Edghill
A report released last week by the investigative panel tasked with analyzing last year’s horrific shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., cited systemic failures in the school’s security and local law enforcement procedures. It particularly called out the school resource officer (SRO) at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for failing to enter the building during the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting, saying it was an “abysmal response.” Former Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, who hunkered down in a stairwell at the school for 48 minutes while the attack unfolded, is described as being repeatedly untruthful about his position and actions.
The panel recommended that police in the position of SRO receive regular tactical training. Peterson had been an SRO for 28 years but was rarely required to use any skills to mitigate violent events. SROs receive ongoing training but often lack current field experience dealing with criminal violence.
While the report recorded each systemic breakdown in painful detail, it also plainly stated that “the one true cause that resulted in 34 people being shot and/or killed, is Nikolas Cruz.”
Documentation of Cruz’s violent tendencies included 69 incidents of troubling behavior between the ages of 3 and 19. In numerous instances, Cruz threatened someone, engaged in violence, talked about guns or weapons, hit his mother, or ran away from home. The report called for more comprehensive mental health and social services in schools.
One of the panel’s more controversial recommendations included the expansion of a program to certify school “guardians” to carry firearms on campus. The Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program, adopted by the Florida legislature last March, is named for the football coach who died protecting students in the Parkland attack. Qualified candidates for the program must already possess law enforcement or military experience.
The program has drawn its share of controversy, including opposition from the Florida Education Association and the Florida PTA. Both groups argue that guns on campus make the environment less safe, not more.
School districts across the country are debating similar policies. School officials in Tamaqua, Pa., face a lawsuit challenging their recent decision to allow teachers to carry guns at school.
“The rationale for the policy is to prevent the apocalypse,” Tamaqua school board member Nicholas Boyle said. “When we have a shooter in the building, how are we going to stop that shooter from killing more and more and more people? We have to have an armed presence there.”
The entire 458-page report might be too graphic for sensitive readers, but the opening 12 pages contain poignant writings by several of the Parkland survivors, as well as stirring personal tributes from each family who lost a loved one in the attack.
The panel, which includes state and local officials and two parents of victims, remains commissioned until 2023.
“We will not wait, we will be vigilant and we, like the legislature, expect compliance and change with urgency,” the report’s preface concludes.
Associated Press/Photo by Osama Faisal The Texas A&M University campus at Education City in Doha, Qatar, in 2011
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Over the past decade, Western universities have increasingly forged partnerships with Middle Eastern countries, which include funding streams, even establishing satellite campuses in some Persian Gulf states. Qatar has gone so far as to build an entire Education City that covers more than 5 square miles and houses numerous campuses for major U.S. universities such as Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, and Georgetown. Other stateside schools have received billions of dollars of funding from Middle Eastern countries, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s Foreign Gift and Contract Report.
But recent events, such as the October murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit squad, as well as last year’s detention of British academic Matthew Hedges in the United Arab Emirates, have caused some of those universities to reevaluate their relationships with their Middle Eastern hosts and donors.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Provost Richard Lester addressed concerns about MIT’s decision to maintain ties to Saudi donors, stating it was a “tough call because none of us wants to lend legitimacy to grotesque actions like the assassination of Khashoggi.” Harvard University, in contrast, has ended its fellowship program with the MiSK Foundation, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s charity.
Funding in higher education is a bigger deal than ever as inexpensive alternatives abound and families increasingly balk at the skyrocketing cost of tuition. And while the universities claim that academic freedom prevails even amidst potentially competing ideologies, concerns remain regarding the influence that deep-pocketed donors can wield. —L.E.
Associated Press/Photo by Sandra J. Milburn/The Hutchinson News Braxton Moral
While other 16-year-olds worry about getting the keys to the family car for a Friday night out, Ulysses, Kan., high school senior Braxton Moral’s focus is on grad school. This May, Braxton will graduate not only from Ulysses High School, but also from Harvard University.
His journey began in third grade, when school personnel noticed that Moral had unusually high academic aptitude.
“They told us: ‘You need to do something. He’s not just gifted. He’s really, really gifted,’” said his father, Carlos Moral.
The school and Moral’s family worked together to design a plan that included a battery of testing, skipping the fourth grade, and exploring some options at the local community college. They eventually connected with Duke University’s Talent Identification Program, which recommended the Morals contact Harvard. Moral has used the Harvard Extension School and summers on the Cambridge, Mass., campus to work on his degree while simultaneously attending his hometown high school.
His parents have been careful to keep his teen years as “normal” as possible.
“We wanted him to have the high school experience so he would develop his social skills,” his mom, Julie Moral, told The Hutchinson News.
Moral has participated in forensics and debate, played tennis, and attended his high school prom. He also aspires to be an Eagle Scout.
Beyond graduation, Moral has his sights set on Harvard Law School and a career in politics. “Politics is end game for me,” he said. —L.E.
The Career Education Corporation settled with 48 states and the District of Columbia last week, agreeing to pay off nearly $500 million in student debt. The company is accused of lying about job placement rates and misleading potential students to boost enrollment.
State attorneys general began investigating the CEC in 2014 in response to student complaints and a U.S. Senate report that highlighted numerous inconsistencies in the company’s practices. That report included the admission that the CEC falsified placement data for multiple campuses.
Despite the announcement, company officials insist they’ve done nothing wrong.
“We have remained steadfast in our belief that we can work with the attorneys general to demonstrate the quality of our institutions and our commitment to students,” Todd Nelson, the company’s CEO, said in a statement.
The Illinois-based company operates Colorado Technical University and American InterContinental University and serves a combined total of 34,000 students.
The deal includes every state except California, which is pursuing its own settlement, and New York, which already settled independently with the CEC.
Unlike December’s news that former students of now-defunct Corinthian Colleges will receive millions of dollars in loan forgiveness on the taxpayers’ dime, this time the company in question will foot the bill. —L.E.
Laura Edghill
Laura Edghill is a freelance writer, church communications director, and public school board member living in Clinton Township, Mich., with her engineer husband and three sons. She is a graduate of the WORLD Journalism Institute's mid-career course. Follow Laura on Twitter @LTEdghill.
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Tiananmen Square Massacre – Facts, Fiction and Propaganda
“As far as can be determined from the available evidence, NO ONE DIED that night in Tiananmen Square.” What?! Who would make such a blatant propagandist claim? China’s communist party? Nope. It was Jay Mathews, who was Washington Post’s Beijing Bureau Chief in 1989. He wrote this for Columbia Journalism Review.
Here are a few more examples of what western journalists once said about what happened in Tiananmen Square in June 1989:
CBS NEWS: “We saw no bodies, injured people, ambulances or medical personnel — in short, nothing to even suggest, let alone prove, that a “massacre” had occurred in [Tiananmen Square]” — thus wrote CBS News reporter Richard Roth.
BBC NEWS: “I was one of the foreign journalists who witnessed the events that night. There was no massacre on Tiananmen Square” — BBC reporter, James Miles, wrote in 2009.
NY TIMES: In June 13, 1989, NY Times reporter Nicholas Kristof – who was in Beijing at that time – wrote, “State television has even shown film of students marching peacefully away from the [Tiananmen] square shortly after dawn as proof that they [protesters] were not slaughtered.” In that article, he also debunked an unidentified student protester who had claimed in a sensational article that Chinese soldiers with machine guns simply mowed down peaceful protesters in Tiananmen Square.
REUTERS: Graham Earnshaw was in the Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3. He didn’t leave the square until the morning of June 4th. He wrote in his memoir that the military came, negotiated with the students and made everyone (including himself) leave peacefully; and that nobody died in the square.
But did people die in China? Yes, about 200-300 people died in clashes in various parts of Beijing, around June 4 — and about half of those who died were soldiers and cops.
WIKILEAKS: A Wikileaks cable from the US Embassy in Beijing (sent in July 1989) also reveals the eyewitness accounts of a Latin American diplomat and his wife: “They were able to enter and leave the [Tiananmen] square several times and were not harassed by troops. Remaining with students … until the final withdrawal, the diplomat said there were no mass shootings in the square or the monument.”
But what about the iconic “tank man”? Well, if you watch the whole video, you can see that the tanks stopped and even let the tank man jump on the tank. He eventually walked away unharmed. In fact, there are almost no pictures or videos of soldiers actually shooting at or killing people (doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, but it’s a point to keep in mind).
Propaganda involves not only exaggeration, but also omission. Western media rarely show pictures of tanks and military vehicles burned down, because this will demonstrate how restrained the military was. Here’s a slideshow of military buses, trucks, armored vehicles, and tanks being burned by the “peaceful” protesters:
Sometimes the soldiers were allowed to escape, and sometimes they were brutally killed by the protesters. Numerous protesters were armed with Molotov cocktails and even guns.
In an article from June 5, 1989, the Wall Street Journal described some of this violence: “Dozens of soldiers were pulled from trucks, severely beaten and left for dead. At an intersection west of the square, the body of a young soldier, who had been beaten to death, was stripped naked and hung from the side of a bus.”
Wait, how could the protesters kill so many soldiers? Because, until the very end, Chinese soldiers were unarmed. Most of the times, they didn’t even have helmets or batons.
Unarmed Soldiers with protesters
So what exactly happened in Beijing in 1989?
To understand the chaos, let’s start with the two most important people in this story: Hu Yaobang and James Lilley.
Hu Yaobang was the Chairman & General Secretary of the CCP. He was a “reformer” and was liked by young people. And he died on April 15, 1989. Without his death, there would probably have been no drama in China that year! College students initially gathered at the Tiananmen Square only to mourn his death.
Within a day or two after Yaobang’s death, the US realized that hundreds of thousands of young people would be congregating in Beijing. It was the perfect time for a coup, since the rest of the world was dismantling communism that year! Thus, on April 20, 1989 – five days after Yaobang’s death – James Lilley was appointed as the US Ambassador to China. He was a 30-year veteran from the CIA.
An article from Vancouver Sun (17 Sep 1992) described the role of the CIA: “The Central Intelligence Agency had sources among [Tiananmen Square] protesters” … and “For months before [the protests], the CIA had been helping student activists form the anti-government movement.”
To help the US intelligence, there were two important people: George Soros and Zhao Ziyang. Soros is legendary for organizing grassroots movements around the world. In 1986, he had donated $1 million – which was a lot of money in China in those days – to the Fund for the Reform and Opening of China. Over the next three years, Soros’ group had cultivated and trained many pro-democracy student leaders, who would spring into action in 1989. The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) also opened offices in China in 1988. NED is also another regime-change organization.
And who would allow all these western fake NGOs? Zhao Ziyang, who was the Premier of China and the General Secretary of the Communist Party. He was a big fan of privatization and Milton Friedman. His close advisor, Chen Yizi, headed China’s Institute for Economic and Structural Reform, an influential neoliberal think tank. By the way, after the protests, Soros and his NGO were banned in China; Zhao Ziyang was purged and placed under house arrest for the rest of his life; and Chen Yizi escaped to America.
Another westerner who played a significant role in the Tiananmen Square agitations is Gene Sharp, who’s the author of Color Revolution manuals and the subject of an acclaimed documentary called “How to Start a Revolution.” He was in Beijing for nine days during the protests and wrote about it. Of course, he didn’t reveal his role, but it’s not hard to imagine. Gene Sharp worked closely with the Pentagon, the CIA, NED etc. for decades and fomented uprisings all over the world — here’s an in-depth article on him.
The influence of westerners in Tiananmen Square is obvious, looking at all the large signs in English, expressing American ideals:
Two more facts to be noted are that the Chinese government did not impose a martial law until May 20, and there were no major clashes between the military and the people until the very end. Here’s a picture of protesters giving food to the Chinese soldiers:
As for the students, they were not a monolithic group. They fell under a few different categories:
Those who suffered from economic malaise. Inflation was going through the roof in China in the 1980s. In 1988, prices of consumer goods and food went up 26%. College tuition was also going up, and many graduates couldn’t find good jobs. Ironically, all these were the result of liberalization and rapid transition to western-style economy.
Idealistic young people who really wanted democracy, free speech, free press etc.
Student leaders who were unscrupulous. Most top student leaders escaped from China – the CIA called it “Operation YellowBird” – right after the protests, came to the US, and went to Yale, Harvard, Princeton etc., thanks to generous help from the US government.
Provocateurs and thugs who were in the minority, but could significantly escalate tension. This strategy based on mob-rule psychology works very effectively all over the world. Very few people, for example, realize that some of these provocateurs also had guns.
One of the student leaders of Tiananmen protests, Chai Ling, said during an interview, “I wanted to tell them [students] that we were expecting bloodshed, that it would take a massacre, which would spill blood like a river through Tiananmen Square, to awaken the people. But how could I tell them this? How could I tell them that their lives would have to be sacrificed in order to win?” She escaped from China a couple of days before June 4, 1989.
A massacre was needed to bring down the communist party. When it didn’t happen, the narrative of massacre was created. Because perception is reality. History is written by winners. And the people with the best narratives are winners. It’s a feedback loop.
China’s leaders may not be very good in the art of soft-power, but they understand that the Chinese history in the last two hundred years is filled with devastation from colonialism and civil wars. Stability and unity are not only core Confucian principles, but are paramount to China’s economic progress now. Furthermore, the geopolitical reality is that the US is trying to stop the rise of China. The propaganda about Tiananmen “massacre” only reinforces the Chinese government’s fear about the West’s intentions.
Will China be better off with free speech, free press and more transparency? Absolutely. However, that’s a journey that the Chinese society has to take in its own terms. Only China can decide the speed and direction of its reforms. While the Tiananmen events are tragic, there’s no doubt that the Chinese people appreciate the incredible progress the country has made since 1989.
Posted in Foreign Policy, World Affairs and tagged China, CIA, Communism, Democracy, freedom, Gene Sharp, geopolitics, Hoax, how many died, propaganda, Soros, Tian An men, Tiananmen Square Massacre, Tienanman, truth on June 2, 2019 by World Affairs - Non-Partisan and Objective. 8 Comments
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Articles - Sailing and Walking
Bella Jane ferryElgolGavin MaxwellGlenelg - Kylerhea Ferry Loch Coruisk
The Isle of Skye off the north west of Scotland is sometimes referred to as the Island of Mist, or Eilean a’ Cheo in Gaelic.
Until the Skye Bridge was opened in 1995, vehicles and passengers would cross the fast moving stretch of water between the villages of Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland and Kyleakin on Skye aboard a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry.
It was a short crossing, an adventure, especially in winter when driving down the ferry ramp and up the slipway was not without a few anxious moments. Yet I’m willing to bet though it had absolutely no relevance to the situation, that thousands of people, as they sat in their cars, would have lustily sang a few lines of the song they learned in school,
‘Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing over the sea to Skye.’
Now if the mist is low enough travellers may not even realise they have made the same crossing, high above the waves, on the smooth shallow curve of concrete that is the Skye Bridge.
Most of this traffic by-passes Kyleakin. Yet, for good views of the bridge it is worth turning into the village and driving along the shore road. At the far end, close to the once busy slipway, a building that was unremarkable is now the lively Bright Water Visitor Centre.
The name is taken from the book, Ring of Bright Water written by the late Gavin Maxwell. In it, he tells the story of his life with various otters. The book was hugely popular. It was translated into many different languages and made into a film of the same name starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.
When Maxwell’s house in Glenelg on the Scottish mainland was destroyed in a fire he came to live on Eilean Ban, the White Island, which can be seen easily from Kyleakin. Two of the pillars supporting the Skye Bridge stand on this small island.
From the Bright Water Visitor Centre, a community asset run by volunteers, visitors can buy a ticket for a guided tour of Eilean Ban. The tour starts from the gate on the bridge above.
A path leads through trees, passed a garden maintained by the Women’s Royal Institute, to a rock carved with a date and the name ‘Teko.’ This headstone commemorates Maxwell’s last otter who outlived its owner by some months.
There’s a sentimental tale told that Teko died of a broken heart but in truth the creature grew cranky and bad tempered and died of old age. Stand with your back to the stone and look out to sea and you may be lucky enough to spot an otter swimming in the bay. For our group there was not a whisker not a sight, but a flight of five grey herons taking off nearby, their large wings flapping slowly, was most impressive.
The path leads to the cottage where Maxwell lived for two years until his death. To create his last home, two lighthouse keeper’s cottages were converted into one long low building. Virginia McKenna OBE, an award winning British stage and screen film actress offered advice when it was decided a room should be kept as a kind of museum in Maxwell’s memory.
Visitors can see some of his furniture, including his desk where he worked and would sit with binoculars looking out to sea. The walls are decorated with some of his possessions, a large ornate mirror, two harpoons from an earlier business venture, paintings, photographs and a small collection of his books.
The tour moves on to Eilean Ban lighthouse which is no longer lit, but as a daytime marker, must still be kept in good condition. Reached by an iron walkway, the white, seventy foot tall tower was designed by David Stevenson and his brother Robert, father of author Robert Louis Stevenson.
Many islands have been suggested as the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s well- known novel Treasure Island. Was Eilean Ban a part of that creative process, I wonder?
The lighthouse was first lit by sperm whale oil which was smoky and smelly then as time went on, with paraffin and later from cylinders of acetylene gas. The lamp is long gone but the windows with green and red sections are still intact. Keeping them clean was one of the lighthouse keeper’s duties and whatever the weather, the lamp had to be kept lit between sunset and sunrise.
Climb a flight of stone stairs and two vertical ladders and you’ll arrive in the room where the lamp would have been tended. A side door opens to the platform encircling the lighthouse tower which is dwarfed by the nearby massive pillars bearing the Skye Bridge overhead.
From the lighthouse it’s no distance along a path edged with orange monbretia and purple heather to the wildlife viewing hides. The wooden buildings, thatched with heather, have proved popular with primary school groups and older students who come here on environmental studies outings.
I like to think Gavin Maxwell would have approved!
On a day of heavy rain when even the wildlife was taking shelter I opted for an easy drive from the bridge to the village of Broadford which is a convenient base for exploring the Strathaird peninsula.
From the main A850, the road down this particular peninsula becomes narrow with passing places. As well as sheep nibbling the roadside verges or sleeping on the sun-warmed tarmac, there are dips, bends, inclines and on-coming traffic to negotiate. Meanwhile the views of mountains and sea become ever more arresting.
Over the years, tourists arriving at the village of Elgol at the end of the peninsula then usually leave from the jetty aboard the Bella Jane. Wildlife sightings are guaranteed.
The on-board guide points out the island of Soay, off to the west. It appears as a low lying lump in the water. Basking whales have been seen around there.
After his horrifying experiences during World War 11, Gavin Maxwell bought Soay and set up a business to harpoon basking sharks. At the time, shark oil was a much sought after commodity.
Maxwell was not to know that one day, people would be happy to pay handsomely for the privilege of observing these incredible creatures and other wildlife in their natural habitats.
On my trip aboard the Bella Jane we got close-ups of cormorants, gannets diving into the sea from a great height and seals that appeared to be keeping a wary eye on us, the intruders.
Passengers leave the boat at a landing stage at the head of Loch Scavaig, a sea loch which cuts deep into the Cuillin Mountains.
Walkers then make their way along a path by the riverside to the inland Loch Coruisk. It’s a soggy walk in places but this dramatic landscape of water and rock that gleams in sunlight, of mountains reaching ever upwards to end in jagged peaks that pierce the clouds, makes up for any discomfort.
Back on the Bella Jane, a complimentary tot of Talisker, the locally distilled malt whisky adds an extra cheer to this trip.
When you have to leave Skye and have no second thoughts about negotiating narrow twisting mountain roads, you might consider the drive to Kylerhea and the crossing to the mainland aboard the M.V.Glenachulish, a vessel with a turntable that is possibly the last of its kind.
Finally, as you drive through Glenelg where Gavin Maxwell lived with his otters until his house burned down, remind yourself to dig out and read his books written about the places you’ve just visited.
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'There were a few porpoises here just days ago but a pod of seven or eight killer whales chased them away,” said Tom Jamieson, the ferryman. “However, you never know what might appear.”
Hearing this, a number of passengers aboard the Solan 1V readied their cameras and binoculars as the boat eased away from the pier and headed into the Sound of Mousa.
The ferry crossing to the Island of Mousa, an RSPB Nature Reserve off the east coast of the south mainland of Shetland, takes about 15 minutes from the township of Leebitton.
From Mousa pier, a roughly circular trail around an area in the middle of the island has been marked out with short posts. Using these as a guide and a brochure map we began an easy walk on springy turf.
It’s no distance across the narrow neck of land to the opposite rocky shore of an inlet that reaches far in from Mousa’s east coast. Here our first sighting of the abundant bird life was a chorus-line of shiny black shags (scarfs in Shetland dialect). Seemingly unperturbed, they stood on sun warmed rocks, wings spread akimbo, catching a drying breeze.
The path follows the shoreline of the inlet then turns southwards to wind through long grass covering the hillside. The
downward slope ends in a craggy coastline battered constantly by the North Sea.
Further along, the path reaches a flatter area of shore that is protected by a dry stane dyke. Peer over this wall to the inlet known as the East Pool and there’s a very good chance of spotting Grey seals and Harbour seals. Grey seals are more horse-like in profile with a flatter head and longer snout. Harbour seals have a shorter muzzle.
The nearby West pool is a much larger lagoon with a more open aspect. On the day our party were exploring Mousa, the West Pool had an impressive number of seals (selkies) visible in the water while more were hauled up on the surrounding sand. When a few of the beached seals did shuffle awkwardly back into the sea, they only retreated to the comparative safety of the pool yet were still within good viewing distance.
With so much wildlife present, this is obviously a sensitive area and the ground-nesting artic terns (tirricks) and great skuas (bonxies) soon let you know that you are getting too near their territory. In at least one instance, blood was drawn as a member of our party strayed too close and was pecked on the head for his trouble.
It’s strange to see people walking with their arms in the air, shaking their hands and fingers all the while, but this is the advised method of protection against these aerial attacks. It’s best, of course, if you can leave the wildlife in peace, undisturbed.
From the beach, the trail now leads back up the hill. Big, brown, great skuas still make their presence felt here, swooping low, squeaking then soaring skywards.
Dainty, white flags of bog cotton grow in the wettest areas while broken walls and the stones of an old water mill are smothered in tufts of silver grey algae known in Shetland as Old Man’s Beard. This growth is said to signal the absence of pollution and the purity of the air.
When the way ahead flattens out, Mousa Broch dominates the view. This is the best preserved broch in the world (there are none outside Scotland). Built around 2000 years ago of local sandstone, it still stands over 13 metres high. Possibly, there was at least 1 metre more of stone, now long gone, on the top of the building which was probably roofed with timber and turf, or thatch.
Brochs are thought to have been symbols of power as well as fortified farmhouses for the leading families of the area. Safe inside, the inhabitants could hold out against attacks by enemies who might be using the best weapon technology of the day.
There may have been three wooden floors inside giving living spaces that could be reached from a stone stairway winding clock wise between the inner and outer walls. It’s thought that symbolically and perhaps spiritually, there was some significance in this clockwise design of stair construction.
When you follow in the footsteps of the Iron Age broch dwellers and climb up the stairs, the views from the top are vast. From up here, the siting of Mousa Broch and another broch that once stood on a headland across Mousa Sound at Burraland would suggest these structures were also used as watchtowers.
The Broch has given refuge to at least two famous runaway couples. In 900 AD, a couple from Norway were on their way to Iceland when they were shipwrecked on Mousa. They married and spent a winter in the broch.
In the 12th century, Harald, Earl of Orkney laid siege to the broch where his mother and her lover were taking refuge, but eventually matters were settled amicably and they left the island.
In 1774, eleven families lived on the isle, but by 1861 all were gone.
From the Broch, the marked trail leads back to the ferry pier. It’s worth walking on a little way to see a part of the coastal geology where the rock appears to have been formed like a sandwich cake, from layers of a near-similar thickness. Slices of this sandstone were used to make flagstones for the streets of Lerwick, the capital of Shetland.
Having taken our seats aboard the Solan 1V for the return journey and now moving at a good rate of knots across the Sound of Mousa, we were surprised when the ferryman cut the engine. In the ensuing silence, 3 or 4 porpoises could be seen, dorsal fins arcing out of the water only a few metres from the boat - an added bonus to a splendid day.
Back on the pier at Sandsayre it’s worth taking time to explore the old boathouse which has been converted into a small waiting room/ heritage centre with wall panels giving information on the history and natural history of the area.
Further Information: The smallest British seabird, the storm petrel (aalamootie) breeds on Mousa and there are special evening trips to the island to watch these tiny birds returning to their breeding sites. Bat-like, they flutter in from the sea, disappearing into crevices in the walls of the Broch with cropfuls of food for their single chicks.
Daily trips between early April and September
First published in Scottish Islands Explorer Magazine
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To reach Holy Isle off the Isle of Arran, I had travelled by train from Central Station Glasgow to Ardrossan on Scotland’s west coast. The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, Caledonia Isles, was already berthed, allowing time for passengers walking the short distance from the station platform to come aboard.
The crossing to Arran takes around fifty minutes. It’s generally so comfortable that some passengers take the opportunity to sit back, close their eyes and nap. But should you go up on deck, keep those binoculars at the ready. There’s a chance of spotting porpoise and even a passing whale.
As the ferry is docking at Brodick, Arran’s main village, local buses draw into the parking bays behind the ferry terminal. From there, it takes only a few minutes to reach Lamlash, where you can then board the small ferry, weather permitting, for the ten minute trip to Holy Isle. With each stage of the journey it will seem as if your usual cares are being left further behind.
Saint Molaise, a Celtic Christian who made his way to Holy Isle from Ireland in the 6th century possibly also noticed this effect. Molaise was the son of Cairell, an Irish king of what is now called Ulster. It’s believed he was much loved by his own people and was offered the throne of Ulster when he came of age. Instead, he chose to live for a time, in a cave on the west coast of Holy Isle. Perhaps he was aware of the island’s reputation, that it had long been considered a ‘holy place’.
The island is only about two miles long and half a mile wide. From Lamlash, it looks vaguely like two weathered extinct volcanoes floating on the sea. The unseen east side is rocky with steep cliffs. The west side is flatter in places with some productive land.
When visitors step from the small ferry onto Holy Isle’s pier, they may be surprised to be welcomed by a Buddhist nun or monk wearing traditional dress (and sometimes, incongruously, a matching warm fleece jacket, waterproof anorak and woollen hat). This will be one of the volunteers from the island’s Centre for World Peace and Health. Visitors are then given a little guidance on where they can wander to enjoy the best of Holy Isle.
The next unusual sight is a line of brightly coloured Tibetan prayer flags, each a few yards apart, fluttering in the breeze. Sited between each pair of flags is a stupa, a white ornamental structure that for some people holds great symbolic meaning. Past the flags and behind a dry stone wall stands the Centre for World Peace and Health which until a few years ago was a very run- down farmhouse.
On the day I visited, I was invited in to meet Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche the driving force behind Holy Isle’s Centre for World Peace and Health. As we sat in the Centre’s cosy library I asked how he had found Holy Isle. He explained that he had not been looking but that the last owners of Holy Isle found him and had offered him the island at a much discounted price as they ‘felt its future would be best taken care of by the Buddhists from Samye Ling monastery in Dumfriesshire’.
Though people travel there from all over the world, Lama Rinpoche the Abbot of Samye Ling monastery told me his vision for Holy Isle was quite different. He explained that the Holy Isle Centre is not a Buddhist monastery but is open to everyone whether they are believers, non-believers, or are completely non-religious.
‘When I was offered Holy Isle,’ he said ‘it was fresh and unpolluted.’ In the past, local shepherds from Arran had ferried their sheep over for the grazing and previous owners had kept a small herd of highland cattle which have since been taken away. But for many years, no one lived there, so the island has remained ‘unspoiled’.
Lama Rinpoche envisaged an ecologically sustainable environment where individuals could develop and experience inner peace, regardless of their background or spiritual tradition.
The emphasis now is very much on people’s wellbeing and health. The once run down farmhouse is now very comfortable and a new building has been added where people live while participating in various courses including yoga and meditation.
The Centre is run completely by volunteers. Some stay for a short time, others for longer periods while they work at various jobs for which they receive board and lodgings.
In one of the polythene tunnels, I met a professional gardener from Germany who was planning the layout of new, sheltered vegetable plots. Eventually it is hoped enough vegetables can be grown under polythene and in outside plots to meet most of the Centre’s needs. With seaweed constantly being washed up on the stony beach there’s a readily available free source of fertilizer.
Sid, one of the other gardeners, is happiest when he is working in the flower beds. He left his wheelbarrow long enough to suggest I make time for a sensual meditative walk through the garden. His instructions involved me stopping, taking time to touch leaves, stalks and petals and smell the flowers. He said I should look carefully at the different textures and colours around me and notice the way leaves on the trees moved in the wind. While sitting on a bench with my eyes closed, trying to concentrate only on the birdsong, I really was in another world.
The peace garden is delightful with painted rocks placed amongst the plants. Notice boards carrying poems add to the interest. In one separate area named the Children’s Garden, a number of little fairy dolls and toy animals have been hidden, awaiting discovery amongst the flowers and branches of bushes.
When you leave the Peace Garden, you may opt to hike up the rough rocky path leading to the top of Mullach Beag (beag meaning small in Gaelic) then carry on to the top of Mullach Mor (mor meaning big ) the highest point of Holy Isle at 1026 feet above sea level.
Most visitors choose the coastal path which starts fairly close to the sea. The small flock of dark brown Soay sheep wandering around are used to visitors. Unperturbed, they hardly bother to look. A few white Saanen goats can be spotted further up the hillside seeking out whatever is edible. Hardy Eriskay ponies hidden by shoulder high ferns occasionally make an appearance as if to watch the passing strangers who are watching them.
Every few hundred yards there are representations of Buddhist deities painted on large rocks on the hillside.
The cave where Molaise lived is easily spotted just off the path. Step inside. Mind your head. Look for the Viking graffiti and a cross scratched into the rock. Unless Holy Isle’s weather was very different in his day he must have experienced great physical hardship here.
Near the cave a spring of water known as the Healing Well flows into a pool. Pilgrims once journeyed here to drink the water believing it had curative properties. Now a small information board lets us know that the water, for drinking at least, doesn’t meet European Union standards.
Further along, higher up the hillside, there are a few glass fronted buildings, known as pods, fronted by another piece of ground being developed as a vegetable garden. This part of the island is closed to the public and is kept for those on long retreats.
Volunteers may be working further along, scything overgrown vegetation, or planting a few more of the 30,000 native trees that will soon attract wildlife.
The path ends at an unusual square lighthouse known as Pillar Rock- a lovely spot to enjoy a picnic.
From parts of the path there are expansive views across the water to Lamlash and from some points, to Goatfell, the highest peak on Arran.
On the short sail back to Lamlash the rain was pouring down from the blackness above. When the clouds passed, blown further east, a brilliantly coloured rainbow arced across the sky. One end seemed to be touching Holy Isle.
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It had been hard, sweaty work. From the open sea breaking on Scotland’s west coast they had turned inland to sail the length of Loch Long. Eventually, they waded ashore to terrify the inhabitants of a smattering of rough dwellings at the head of the loch.
Their heavy wooden boats had then been carried, or pushed along on top of tree trunks that had been felled, then cut and trimmed to serve as rollers placed on the ground to form a sort of moving bridge.
Their efforts would be rewarded when they got back on the water. The religious settlements on islands in Loch Lomond would yield good pickings, so would the hamlets down both sides of the Loch.
From the 9th until the 13th century, Vikings had made savage attacks on the west of Scotland. This particular lot had manhandled their boats across a mile and more of rugged countryside to reach Tarbet (from Gaelic, meaning a place of portage where boats were hauled overland) on Loch Lomond side.
Unlike these Vikings, I had travelled to Tarbet in comfort, by bus, taking just over an hour from Glasgow. Thankfully, Tarbet has been peaceful for a very long time. The village, at a junction of two roads is a stopping off place for travellers heading to or from the west, to the North West Highlands or Perthshire and points further north. It is also one of the places on Loch Lomond side from where ferries set sail allowing passengers to marvel at the surrounding scenic beauty from the water.
On a morning of bright sunshine, most of my fellow passengers aboard one of the cruise boats, sat (complimentary cup of tea to hand) on the top deck of the little ship to marvel at the vast views of water and mountain and listen to the commentary from a crew member.
We learnt that the first small island we were passing has long been known as Honeymoon Island. The name has stuck from the times when young couples, according to legend, were left on this tree covered lump of rock for a number of days. If they survived harmoniously, it was believed they would have a long and prosperous marriage.
Perhaps they lived on fish. Salmon or trout taken from the loch would have made a fine meal. However, I wonder if a catch of eels or powan, now found only in Loch Lomond, would have tested their culinary skills. Powan is a fish species that adapted to life in fresh water after the loch was cut off from the sea when the land rose at the end of the last ice age.
Loch Lomond is over 18 miles long and covers an area of 27 square miles. There are 23 named islands though only one, Inchmurrin, the island of St. Mirren, is still inhabited. It is farmed, has a hotel, a few houses and some huts belonging to a naturist club.
In around 30 minutes, the ferry had crossed the loch and was tied up at the jetty below the Inversnaid Hotel. Some of the passengers stayed aboard for the return journey but I stepped ashore and headed up a flight of steps fixed into the hillside. A few feet away, an impressive waterfall plunges down to the loch below.
When the English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins stood here in the late1800’s, this waterfall inspired him to write ‘Inversnaid’. Sometimes he used words of his own making and the poem begins,
‘This darksome burn, horseback brown,
this rollrock highroad roaring down…
I was soon over a bridge above the falls and on a dry, narrow path that winds through a forest of mature oak trees. This trail is known as the West Highland Way.
Most walkers start from Milngavie (pronounced Mulguy) to the west of Glasgow and head north following the trail along the east side of Loch Lomond. Some six or more days and 96 miles later, they end their trek at Fort William. While some of them carry all their gear, including camping equipment, in a rucksack on their backs, others travel with a much smaller pack containing the necessities for a day out in the Scottish hills.
There is a variety of accommodation along the way and some walkers choose to have their luggage transported each day to where they will be staying that night.
As I trudged south, I met a number of walkers who were now on the second day of their journey and enjoying the experience.
Meandering through the oak woods, no distance above the loch, you may be fortunate to spot a red squirrel as it breaks cover to move at amazing speed up, down or round a tree trunk. Roe deer could be watching you from the dense cover of the bright green ferns. Further up the hillside, you may see a raggedy herd of feral goats. These animals are thought to be descendants of domestic goats abandoned centuries ago when people had to leave their farmsteads. Unseen birds, calling in the canopy overhead are probably whistling warnings of your approach.
The path eventually widens out and leads through forests of dark, close growing conifers. Where sunlight hits the path through gaps in the trees, look out for wild orchids, yellow flag irises and stands of pink purple foxgloves.
We’ve passed only one lone house, a gamekeeper’s cottage, along these seven and a half miles of the trail. He would need to be well organised to live on this empty hillside far from the nearest shop.
Near Rowardennan, the National Trust for Scotland has a base known as Ardess Lodge. Their work force has created an archaeological trail behind the lodge for visitors to follow using a simple map. A lot of interesting evidence has been uncovered of a way of life now long gone.
Some 200-400 years ago the local inhabitants would have grown crops, grazed cattle, cut wood, smelted iron for the blacksmith who would turn the raw metal into tools or weapons. Perhaps at the end of a day they would have some time to try a wee whisky a neighbour had distilled earlier.
Rob Roy MacGregor lived here with these folk between 1711 and 1713. He had been a well-respected cattle breeder until his property was confiscated and he was declared bankrupt. He then turned to cattle rustling and was branded an outlaw.
In the summer months, families would have led their animals to higher pastures and lived in shielings, small buildings made with stones and turf.
Today using the same path as the herders of old, many walkers head for the top of Ben Lomond (3192 feet). The wear and tear caused by their boots results in a much widened path needing constant repairing. Fortunately there are many volunteers who are happy to help with this work.
This walk ends on the Loch side at Rowardennan Youth Hostel. The fine building was once a shooting lodge for Victorian gentlemen but now offers accommodation for visitors from all over the world.
If damp, clammy weather has brought out clouds of tiny, biting insects, you may be scratching and slapping at any exposed skin and may want to take shelter inside. Here you can relax and look out the lounge windows for a sight of the ferry back to Tarbet and think of the song written by the late, great Scottish tenor, Kenneth McKellar who sang opera, as well as the ditty ‘Midgies’ with elan.
‘You can smack them and whack them; in vain you’ll attack them
They know every move that you make
If you manage to kill yin, another half million,
Are ready to come to the wake!
Despite possible attacks by midges, the crossings of Loch Lomond and the walk along this part of the West Highland Way make a grand day out. Once on aboard again for the return sail to Tarbet you may enjoy looking back while enjoying a complimentary bottle of locally made
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Palestine Pulse
3,500 Palestinians stuck outside Gaza
Asmaa al-Ghoul November 19, 2014
The author interviews several Gazans stuck in Egypt and other countries, herself included, who are unable to return to the Gaza Strip following the terrorist attack in Sinai and the subsequent closure of the Rafah crossing.
REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
An Egyptian soldier keeps watch at the closed Rafah border crossing, between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, Nov. 6, 2014
CAIRO — I had planned to travel with my son for two weeks, and got permission to take him out of school. I thought that this trip would make us forget about the last war on Gaza. But we are now facing an even harder reality.
Since Nov. 5, we have been stuck in a Cairo hotel room. We found ourselves unable to board the plane in Paris, as airlines flying to Egypt were instructed not to allow Gazans aboard. When we landed in Istanbul to take the flight to Cairo, we were mistreated. We felt like students being punished in school. We were ordered to stand to the side as the other passengers passed through the gate, looking at us curiously.
Now that we are in Cairo, we are trying to save our sorrow and money. I miss my daughter Zeina, who is 2½ years old. “The Old Man and the Sea” tale keeps coming back to me, as I feel like the fish that Santiago caught and brought to the shore as a skeleton. What makes it a bit easier for me is that hundreds of people are suffering just like us.
Abu Abdullah Tafesh stood in front of the Palestinian Embassy in Cairo with hundreds of other people who have found themselves stuck in Egypt following the closure of the Rafah crossing, and shouted, “Do not leave. Wait until we get a clear answer from the embassy regarding the crossing.”
Tafesh told Al-Monitor, “I want to go back to Gaza. My family and students are waiting for me there. I am a physical education teacher, and I have been stuck in Cairo for a month. I am residing at my relatives’ place, but I feel that they have had enough of me staying with them for so long.”
The Egyptian authorities closed the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt Oct. 24 for security reasons after 33 soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.
Tafesh, who seemed desperate, said, “The embassy does not have any solutions to any of the crises.”
Again, Tafesh knocked at the embassy’s gate, just as Abu Ziad gave up doing the same. He sat next to his bags and told Al-Monitor, “We came here in mid-October for my father to get treated for a blood infection. Once the treatment was over, the crossing was closed. Since then, we have been moving between our friends and relatives’ houses, and we have the feeling that we’ve become a burden on them now.”
Abu Ziad noted that he does not have enough money to rent an apartment or get a hotel room, which costs at least $20 per day. Now, he has to carry his bags and sit with his father by the embassy’s gate. He went on, “I do not want any money or help. I just want to return to Gaza, to see my children.”
In an interview, Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Jamal al-Shobaki told Al-Monitor, “Gazans are the victims of the terrorist attacks that took place in Sinai, just as the soldiers who were killed there.” He added that the closure of the crossing came as part of the military operation in Sinai, the site of a war on terrorism.
Shobaki added that the embassy is in contact with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to him, the ministry asked the embassy on Nov. 13 to provide a list of the Palestinians stuck in Cairo, in preparation for the crossing’s opening soon.
“So far, there are more than 3,500 people stuck outside Gaza, including patients, war invalids and illegal immigrants who are detained,” Shobaki said.
He pointed out that 800 people out of the 3,500 are stuck outside Egypt, as airlines did not allow them to board planes bound there. He added that all the airlines will be informed as soon as the Egyptian Foreign Ministry sets a date to open the crossing.
Shobaki explained that the crossing had not been closed since the recent war on the Gaza Strip until now. Yet, the attack against the soldiers raised fears for the safety of travelers, be they Palestinians or Egyptians. He repeated, “They are paying the price of terrorism that emanates from within the region, although I am not saying that it comes from Gaza.”
Asked about the exit mechanism for passengers, Shobaki answered, “The exit process will happen under strict supervision, in broad daylight and under security arrangements as the Egyptian security services on the ground see fit.” He stressed that they do not want the citizens’ lives to be at risk while being transported.
Shobaki said that as the Palestinian Authority (PA) takes control of the crossings and with the presence of troops on the border, the Rafah crossing will be kept open permanently. He added, “Hamas, as a fait accompli government in Gaza, knows that this is the Egyptian condition [for the crossing’s opening]. It is hearing it on a daily basis. Yet, it is not meeting these demands.”
I conducted interviews via Facebook with a number of people stuck outside Egypt, including Mazen Salem, a tradesman. He said, “I was stuck in China for more than 20 days. When I decided to return to Cairo, the Egyptian airlines prevented me from doing so, and I had to reschedule my flight. [Although] I have a Turkish visa, the Egyptian airlines wouldn’t even allow me to land at the Cairo airport to take a flight to Turkey.”
The same applies to Haneen Othman, a journalist at the Doha Center for Media Freedom. She was five months pregnant when she traveled to Qatar for training. She is now stuck there, and will soon be six months into her pregnancy. She may not be allowed to board a plane at all soon.
Othman told Al-Monitor, “I am pregnant with my first child. It is my first experience, and I am very scared. I need my husband and family by my side.”
A senior PA source, who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, expressed shock upon learning the number of Gazans stuck in Egypt and other countries. The source noted that the PA has given sums of money to large numbers of people stuck outside Gaza through the embassy in Egypt and provided medical referrals.
The source told Al-Monitor that the Egyptian authorities were considering opening the crossing for one day per week, but the director of the border crossings in Gaza, Maher Abu Sabha, a Hamas appointee, rejected this proposal in a statement to the media, which pushed the authorities to ignore the issue.
This was only one of the few moments that I have felt really depressed, as I am starting to believe that pain is simply destined for us. Which citizen in the world is forbidden to return to his city, except for Gazans? Which citizen in the world is treated with suspicion based on his passport, except for Gazans? Which city in the world has its southern and northern borders occupied by two different armies with the war on terrorism as their excuse? Only in Gaza.
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Asmaa al-Ghoul is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Palestine Pulse and a journalist from the Rafah refugee camp based in Gaza.
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Executive Panelist: Kirk Thorne
Kirk Thorne
EVP, Sales Marketing & Aftermarket
Daikin Applied
2015/16 Sales Pulse Survey Readout Panelist
Kirk joined Daikin in May 2012 and serves as the Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Aftermarket. Prior to Daikin, Kirk capped a 25-year career at Lennox International and then served as Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at RathGibson, a manufacturer of precision engineered tubing and pipe for industry, which was acquired by Precision Castparts Corp.
While at Lennox, Kirk served in leadership roles in Sales, Marketing and General Management of increasing responsibility, including successive international assignments in France, The Netherlands, and Canada from 1997 until 2004. Beginning in 2004, Kirk led Lennox’s Allied Air Enterprises business as Vice President, Sales and Marketing.
Kirk earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Ferris State University and holds an associate’s degree in refrigeration engineering technology.
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Arizona State Fair Guide: Everything you need to know about admission, tickets, parking
Posted: 1:30 PM, Oct 04, 2017
By: Josh Frigerio
Arizona State Fair
The smell of deep-fried goodness and roasted turkey legs will soon fill the air as the Arizona State Fair preps for its opening on Friday, Oct. 6.
Before you drive to the fairgrounds, here is everything you need to know about admission, parking, discounts, hours, new food and the artists set to perform at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Arizona State Fair will run Oct. 6 - 29
It is open Wednesday - Sunday and closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Hours: Wednesday - Thursday, noon to 9 p.m., Friday, noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. - 10 p.m, and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
The fairgrounds are at 1826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix AZ 85007 which is near 19th Avenue and McDowell Road.
General admission is $7-$10 per person, though there are a few ways to save money.
General admission to the state fair is $7 for seniors (55+) and children (5-13), and $10 for those 14 and older. There is no charge for children under five.
Parking at the Arizona State Fairgrounds varies between $5 and $20 per vehicle, depending on where you park. It is recommended to bring cash.
The West Lot is the cheapest at $5 and is located at 19th Avenue and Encanto Avenue.
The North Lot is $10 per vehicle and is located at 19th Avenue and Monte Vista.
VIP parking is available for $20 and can be purchased online .
Other paid-parking lots around the fairgrounds are operated by private companies or citizens.
ADMISSION DISCOUNTS
Oct. 18 - Fair Friends 55+ Day: Those 55+ can receive free admission to the fair. Claim free ticket, here .
Oct. 20 - Armed Forces Day: Military members, reservists and veterans, and up to five family members can receive free admission to the fair. Enter through Encanto Avenue and bring military ID.
We Care Wednesdays: Bring five food items to donate to Operation Santa Claus between noon and 6 p.m. and receive one free general admission ticket. Special notes: Water bottles, Ramen noodles, baby food, and glass are not accepted. Peanut butter, canned fruit or vegetables, and canned tuna are acceptable.
First-Hour Thursdays: On Thursdays, for the first hour the fair is open, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m, there will be no admission fee to get into the fairgrounds.
Weekends before 2 p.m.: On Saturdays and Sundays, admission will be $5 before 2 p.m.
Arizona Milk Producers: Receive $3 off one admission ticket when you bring a grocery receipt showing purchases of milk, yogurt and cheese products. All three need to be on the receipt.
Read three books: Kids can earn three ride passes when they read three books and fill out a book report form . A teacher, parent or guardian must sign the form.
Free Fry's Fridays: When you spend $50 at Fry's through Oct. 27, a promotion for two free general admission adult tickets will be on the back of the receipt. Those tickets can be redeemed on Fridays between noon and 6 p.m.
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NEW FOODS TO EAT
There will be nine new food vendors at this year's fair. The deep-fried chocolate and corn dogs, and turkey legs are still there (don't worry!), but here is a quick peek at some of the new foods to try.
Popcorn Factory - this vendor will have 50 flavors of gourmet popcorn.
Drink a Fruit From A Fruit - this vendor will have fruit-flavored drinks where the fruit's shell becomes the glass. Think pineapple, coconut, and watermelon.
Baja Lobster - Lobster mac and cheese, lobster fries and lobster dogs.
View the rest of the food lineup .
NIGHTLY CONCERTS
Another part of the state fair experience is the evening concerts. They are included with that day's general admission though reserved seating can be purchased at an additional cost.
This year's lineup includes DNCE, Billy Currington, Halestorm, Snoop Dogg, Randy Houser, Marilyn Manson, Gin Blossoms and Rick Springfield. View the full lineup .
NEW ATTRACTIONS AND SHOWS
The Dragons Den: People will be able to interact with life-sized animatronic dragons and learn the folklore behind them. The cost is $5 per person.
The La Grande Wheel XL is a large observation wheel with climate-controlled cabins and half-million LED lights. It will make its debut at the fair this year.
The All-Star Freestyle Mania and Thrill Show will have Transaurus, a 30-foot car that transforms into the likeness of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and can shred other cars. The show also features a jet-powered Smart Car and monster trucks.
Lights of the World: The Chinese lantern festival has moved from Rawhide to the Arizona State Fairgrounds. A "teaser" exhibit will be at the fair while the official festival does not open until November. Read more .
Besides those, the fair will also have carnival-style rides and games, and livestock competitions.
Visit https://azstatefair.com / for more information.
Arizona State Fair, Oct. 6 - 29
Where: Arizona State Fairgrounds, 19th Avenue and McDowell Road
Admission: $7 - $10 per person
Open Wednesday - Sunday. Closed on Monday and Tuesday.
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New Mexico AG wants new sex offender law amid Epstein probe
by: MARY HUDETZ, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 12, 2019 / 05:48 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 12, 2019 / 06:50 PM EDT
Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Stanley, N.M. is shown Monday, July 8, 2019. Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicted on sex trafficking charges in a separate case in New York. (KRQE via AP)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general wants to change a law that allowed billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender in the state, where authorities say they are interviewing possible victims that visited his sprawling, secluded ranch south of Santa Fe.
Attorney General Hector Balderas said Friday he will renew his push for legislation that would require anyone with a sex trafficking conviction to register as a sex offender in New Mexico. Similar legislation to expand the statute for the sex offender registry died in the last legislative session without receiving a hearing.
Balderas’ decision comes as New Mexico’s laws face deepening scrutiny for allowing Epstein to avoid having to register as a sex offender.
“New Mexico continues to lag behind the rest of the country in strengthening outdated and weak laws that fail to protect our children from abuse,” Balderas said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press. “This is a huge black eye for our state.”
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to soliciting a minor for prostitution under an agreement that required him to spend 13 months in jail and register as a sex offender. The agreement has been widely criticized for ending a federal sex abuse investigation at the time that could have landed him behind bars for life.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he’s stepping down amid the tumult over his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with Epstein. Acosta was the U.S. attorney in Miami when he oversaw the non-prosecution agreement.
The indictment filed in New York this week accuses Epstein of paying underage girls hundreds of dollars in cash for massages and then molesting them at his homes in Palm Beach, Florida, and New York from 2002 through 2005. The charges carry the potential for up to 45 years in prison.
Matt Baca, the New Mexico attorney general’s spokesman, said state authorities were interviewing people who allege they were abused at Epstein’s ranch and planned to provide additional evidence to federal authorities.
The office also has been in contact with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where Epstein was jailed on new federal charges that are similar to those in the 2008 case.
Epstein has not faced criminal charges in New Mexico, but was accused in a 2015 court filing in Florida of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl at several locations including New Mexico.
Known as the Zorro Ranch, Epstein’s property in Stanley covers thousands of acres. At the center of the rural swath of high desert sits a massive, million-dollar home.
Aerial images of the property show an airplane hangar and landing strip. Closer to the east edge of the property, several structures that appear to serve as small homes and horse stables stand in public view.
Records show Epstein purchased the ranch valued by county officials at over $12 million from the family of former Gov. Bruce King. His son Gary King was the state attorney general from 2007 to 2015.
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Family Sues Fedex and Others
By Imrana Manzanares of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz posted in Car & Truck Accidents on Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
James Ednie's sister, appointed as the wrongful death representative for Mr. Ednie, filed suit in federal court against FedEx Ground Package Systems, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations and its various subsidiaries, and CLR Transportation. She alleged the defendants negligently caused or substantially contributed to Mr. Ednie's death.
Mr. Ednie died in a head-on collision. A westbound FedEx tractor-trailer went through the median and into eastbound traffic, striking the minivan he was driving. Mr. Ednie's significant other, Tanya Gooden, also died in the collision. Cameron Gooden, Ms. Gooden's son, was riding in his wheelchair in the back of their minivan. He was flown to a Denver-area medical facility where he died from his injuries the next morning.
Alodie Gooden, Tanya Gooden's daughter, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tanya Gooden and Cameron Gooden late last month. Her suit was also against FedEx, Bridgestone, and CLR Trucking. An amended version no longer names CLR Trucking as a defendant. Both lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming allege the front driver's side tire of the FedEx tractor failed, which caused the tractor and its two trailers to strike Mr. Ednie's van. The lawsuits also allege that two months before the fatal collision, the passenger side tire on that tractor also failed. The lawsuits go on to claim that the tire was purchased at the same time and was likely from the same lot as the faulty driver's side tire. The lawsuits assert "Bridgestone's tire was in a defective, dangerous condition at the time of its sale." The Gooden suit goes on to state, "FedEx's choice not to replace both steer tires ... was reckless, willful and wanton, and demonstrated indifference to the safety of the motoring public." Both suits are seeking damages "substantially in excess of $75,000," which are to be determined at trial. Bridgestone has said in an email that the company takes product safety seriously.
When someone is injured or dies in a collision, financial recovery may be available. Such recovery is particularly important when permanent, life changing injuries are incurred. It is important to contact someone who understands the intricacies of the injured party's right to recover. Abraham Watkins offers a free consultation to anyone wishing to pursue a claim for such injuries or fatalities.
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MARSHALL POSTDOCTORAL AWARD
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The Academy of Dental Materials (ADM) offers “Marshall Postdoctoral Award” in recognition of excellence in dental biomaterials research. The primary purpose of the award is to encourage and recognize outstanding research performed by individuals in the transitional post-doctoral stage of their careers.
This award was created in honor of Grayson and Sally Marshall, who have excelled in mentorship roles and have made great contributions to the ADM during their careers. Both have been Fellow members of the ADM since 1983 and are currently Emeritus members. They both served on the Board of Directors for many years. Sally served as Treasurer 1983-85, Vice President 1985-87 and President from 1987-89. She received the ADM Founder’s Award in 2010. Grayson designed the Academy “seal” and served as Executive Secretary from 1983-1985, Chair of Credentials and Awards Committee 1985-91, Secretary 1989-91, and President from 1991-93. He received the ADM Founder’s Award in 2009. Further information on their academic careers can be found on the flowing links:
Grayson Marshall UCSF Profile PDF
Sally Marshall UCSF Profile PDF
The applicant must hold a postdoctoral research position up to a maximum of 4 years in the postdoctoral role. Only postdoctoral researchers are eligible for this award. Those with a more senior academic role, or faculty position, for any length of time are not eligible for this award.
The postdoctoral advisor on the research abstract must be an ADM member in good standing.
The research abstract must be accepted for presentation via the ADM review process.
The postdoctoral researcher must be the first author and presenter of the research abstract.
Previous awardees of the Postdoctoral Award are ineligible.
Individuals holding a postdoctoral research position up to a maximum of 4 years in the postdoctoral role may apply for the award when submitting an abstract/poster for the ADM annual conference. Those with a more senior academic role, or faculty position, for any length of time are not eligible for this award.
A verification document attesting the postdoctoral role is required at the time of submission and can be provided by the section supervisor, department chair or dean of the applicant’s institution.
The applicant must also submit a short c.v.
The Marshall Postdoctoral Award Committee will consist of members of the ADM Executive Board.
The Marshall Postdoctoral Award Committee will review all complete and eligible applications and will select up to three finalists to be further evaluated during the ADM Annual Meeting. Selected presenters will be contacted by the Final Acceptance Date of the Meeting.
Important note: Based on the submitted standard abstract and indicated request for consideration, selected finalists will be invited to submit an extended two-page abstract (1,000 words, plus one figure or table) that includes a brief statement on the relevance of the research to the dental biomaterials field.
During the ADM Annual Meeting, the poster presentations of the selected finalists will be evaluated by the ADM Postdoctoral Award Committee, who will select one winner to be awarded during the Awards Ceremony.
A certificate of recognition (awarded during the Awards Ceremony of the ADM meeting).
A financial award of US $2,000 (awarded during the Awards Ceremony of the upcoming ADM meeting).
A complimentary meeting registration for the ADM meeting of the subsequent year.
CONTACT INFORMATION: postdoctoralaward@academydentalmaterials.org
2018 North America Marina Kaizer New York University United States
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Jo Peoples: First Lady of the South Australian Stage
Arts, Performing Arts
December 18, 2014 by Ben Nielsen
After 35 years at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Exhibition Coordinator Jo Peoples leaves the Centre with the perfect parting gift, the exhibition Peoples’ Choice.
After 35 years at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Exhibition Coordinator Jo Peoples leaves the Centre with the perfect parting gift, the exhibition Peoples’ Choice. In the foyer of the Festival Theatre, Jo Peoples is rummaging through a pile of boxes. She’s just begun the installation of her latest exhibition with the Performing Arts Collection, aptly called Peoples’ Choice. The surrounding glass cases already sport an assortment of curiosities: there’s a mask from the State Theatre Company’s acclaimed Oedipus, the headdress worn by the Indian from the Village People, and several large canvasses still wrapped in plastic. The exhibition may not have a distinct theme, but each item has been carefully handpicked to showcase Peoples’ term as Exhibition Coordinator. It’s like an album of her greatest hits. It’s a swansong too. After 35 years with the collection, much of those spent at its helm, Peoples will take her leave at the end of the year. Peoples abruptly surfaces from the boxes, holding a placard that lists even more of the items to be exhibited. Geoffrey Rush’s shirt from Shine, Dame Edith Sitwell’s garish jewellery, Cate Blanchett’s costume from The Seagull. Peoples peers through thick-framed glasses, her trademark pink lipstick offsetting a shock of slate coloured hair. “How did I start out in the arts?” she repeats. “I was eight, and I was absolutely smitten.” In her hometown of Broken Hill, young Josephine Peoples was enveloped in creativity . Her parents, Patrick and Joan, dabbled in theatre and visual art – talents their middle child quickly inherited. After watching a production of Salad Days at the old Crystal Theatre, Peoples was lured to the limelight. She joined the local Repertory Society, where her performances earned her the title ‘First Lady of the Broken Hill Stage’. After moving to metropolitan Adelaide, Peoples began performing with the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild. In the turbulent and exciting 1970s, Adelaide claimed the nation’s first multi-purpose arts centre, followed closely by a performing arts archive established by the Dunstan Government under the aegis of the State Theatre Company. Tom Dermody, fellow Theatre Guild actor and friend, had already been recruited as project officer, and Colin Ballantyne, a heavyweight of the local arts industry, became the founding chairman. Not long afterwards, Peoples joined as secretary and cataloguer. “I fell into the job, really,” recalls Peoples, who had previously only worked in hospitality and at her father’s pharmacy. “I would never get my job now – I’d have to have four degrees. But, this was the way things happened then.We were all feeling our way, but it worked really well.” Museums are usually associated with mouldy journals and dusty skeletons. But in the bowels of the Adelaide Festival Centre, where the Performing Arts Collection is currently housed, it’s all about sequins and tulle. Walking through the subterranean rooms, which contain over 150,000 items, it’s hard to believe that the collection had just a handful of programs when it began in 1979. Even though it ranks second in the nation, the collection employs just three full-time staff members and has an operating budget of approximately $6000. Its small exhibition space is like an afterthought amidst the vast arts precinct. By comparison, its Victorian counterpart has a strong presence at Arts Centre Melbourne. At the beginning of the millennium, it received a $7 million injection as part of the Kennett Government’s Southbank Cultural Precinct Redevelopment Project. As part of the overhaul, the Victorian collection was entirely digitised and relocated to its own special lodgings. “The Performing Arts Collection runs on the smell of an oily rag, it has to be said,” admits Douglas Gautier, CEO and Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival Centre. “I think it could be supported better, but the basic elements are there. I don’t know where that [funding] comes from in tough times – we really need to think about it.” When the Performing Arts Collection first moved to the precinct in 1985, then General Manager Tim McFarlane declared that it would need to find alternative accommodation, as it wasn’t part of the Adelaide Festival Centre’s core activities. Even though the current management are more obliging, the fight for survival still rages on the eve of Peoples’ retirement. Friends say that she might have lacked charm and tact at times, but that she has been exactly the right person to carry out the crusade. “It’s been a constant struggle to have it recognised in the way it should be,” says Peoples. “I do sometimes jump in and say things that I regret, but you won’t get anything done otherwise. If you’re too nice, people will walk all over you and nothing ever happens.” Peoples fights for the collection not just because it provides a resource for academics, a work placement for volunteers and students, or an exhibition for the theatre foyer. The Performing Arts Collection represents South Australia’s rich culture and heritage, and defines our society. As the American thespian Edwin Booth said, “an actor is a sculptor who carves in snow”. Without an active campaign to preserve and document the local arts industry, the only thing to remain would be a fading memory. As she finishes fossicking through the pile of boxes, Peoples walks towards a nearby counter. On top, there’s a long timeline of photographs that will eventually feature in the exhibition. One glance of the montage is worth more than a thousand words. There’s a sepia snap of Peoples’ long-haired 70s self, another with her alongside American actor Mickey Rooney, and towards the bottom there’s a photo of her huddled next to Barry Humphries. “She’s been there so long she should be part of that collection herself,” says Peoples’ close friend and local media personality, Peter Goers. Goers worked as a historian during the collection’s early years, although both agree that he just sat around reading concert programs. “I love her to pieces and I have enormous respect and admiration for her. She has created that collection and she has made it work all these years. Every single Australian should be grateful for what she’s done.” This is a sentiment shared by many of Peoples’ friends and colleagues. To Helen Trepa, who is Collection Coordinator, Peoples is irreplaceable. Peter Webb of the Unley Symphony Orchestra, with whom Peoples’ has played double bass since the 1980s, considers her a “stalwart – unflaggingly loyal to me personally, and to the orchestra itself”. To those who know her, she is also loving, smart, vibrant. Peoples received public recognition in December, with the Adelaide Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award. It was a well-earned accolade for a woman whose community contribution has been made with enthusiasm and dogged determination. Peoples maintains her modesty, simply taking pride in the collection’s constant growth and current calibre. In the coming years, the collection will move to the Dunstan Playhouse, before eventually relocating to a more permanent storage and exhibition space at the renovated Her Majesty’s Theatre. “Maybe now that I’m not there, things might move along better,” Peoples says self-effacingly. But in reality, her departure signals the parting of phenomenal knowledge, passion and drive. “The future is bright and the Performing Arts Collection will continue very ably under Helen Trepa,” says Douglas Gautier. “It really needs to be front and centre. We often forget that things that we do and aspirations that we have are built on the shoulders of those in the past, unless somebody like Jo and the people at the collection actually spend time respecting that.” It’s been a while since Josephine Peoples first stepped into the Broken Hill limelight, but surely now she has earned the title ‘First Lady of the South Australian Stage’. What will come next, when she walks away from the Performing Arts Collection for the last time? There will be painting, orchestra performances, French lessons, and many overseas trips. “I’m not going to be so busy doing other things,” she says. “It’s time to relax I think.”
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Zynga’s New Social Poker Game Dials the Cute Up, Gambling Skills Down
By Chris Morrison
Zynga has been pretty quiet over the past few months. The last game the company launched was PetVille, back in early December, and it has recently allowed some of its less successful titles to shed users, focusing in on a handful of big hits. This emerging strategy makes the release of Poker Blitz, a new casino game, all the more significant.
Poker Blitz follows in the footsteps of Zynga’s first-ever hit, Texas HoldEm Poker. Today, Texas HoldEm is Zynga’s third-biggest game, with 28 million monthly active users — that makes it Facebook’s seventh-largest app overall.
But there’s one problem with Texas HoldEm: it’s a skill game that requires deep expertise and strategy to master. Even playing a few casual hands requires more knowledge than, say, planting your first seeds in FarmVille. Texas Hold’em has a devoted following of many millions worldwide, but Zynga’s version, HoldEm, is ultimately unlikely to break out — especially as expert players graduate on to playing for real money.
The solution in Poker Blitz is cutting down on the skill gaming elements to make Hold’em more welcoming to inexperienced and casual players. Let’s take a quick tour of the game.
Graphically, Blitz has much in common with Zynga’s YoVille, from the initial setup of an avatar to play with to the dealers and casinos. Building up a character need only take a few moments, and then you’re on to the tutorial.
Next, Zynga hits players with a forced email subscription screen. This is a calculated violation of Facebook’s latest developer rules, which insist on giving users the ability to opt out [Update: This is not clearly a violation, but it’s also not clearly in compliance. More here.]. The game isn’t fully released yet, though; this feature will likely disappear soon.
As in Hold’em, you’re dealt two cards, while five more are laid out on the table. But the differences begin there. As most hands are dealt, you’ll have the option to swap your cards if you don’t like them. You can also fold without betting. Some rounds will offer the option of flipping over one of your opponent’s cards, others a “four leaf clover” special power that gives you a “luckier” hand.
Unlike Hold’em, there are no rounds of betting before the fourth and fifth cards are laid out on the table. And at lower levels of Blitz, you’ll get to see the likelihood that your hand will win the match. All told, the odds are heavily stacked against the dealer. You’re also playing one on one instead of against a table of other players — though there’s a “team” element of the game that’s yet to be released.
As you win hands, you’ll unlock mystery crates that hold prizes. Each round of play is timed at 60 seconds, though winning a hand will add to the timer.
Perhaps most importantly, there’s a limit to how many rounds can be played each hour, along with special tokens that only appear every few hours. At the moment, there’s nothing players can do to buy more time, but Zynga obviously has the option of letting people pay for or earn more time. There are also inventories and a virtual home that are only marked “Coming Soon”.
All of Zynga’s changes make Blitz more of a video game than a casino game like Texas Hold’em. In recent years, as Hold’em players have gained notoriety through massive tournaments held on ESPN and other channels, they’ve replaced the seedy image of gamblers with one of glamor and excitement. Blitz is an attempt to give players the powers and high lifestyle of a pro player without doing any of the work to get there.
Meanwhile, players who do want to take Blitz to the next level will doubtless be nudged on over to Texas HoldEm, with its more serious atmosphere and standard rules of play. This two-for-one strategy isn’t just canny; it’s the latest way to promote games, since Facebook tightened up its viral distribution rules.
We’ll keep an eye on Blitz as it grows, and review the game again once Zynga unlocks some of the special features mentioned above.
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NASA Armstrong celebrates 70 years of flight research
By Anthony James on 29th September 2016 Industry News
NASA has released a video to commemorate 70 years of research at its Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Armstrong, the agency’s lead center for atmospheric flight research operations, began its storied history in the high Mojave Desert in September 1946.
Initially focused on experimental aircraft called X-planes, flight research with the X-15 rocket plane offered the opportunity to assist with the space mission of NASA.
The following decades saw Armstrong’s mission expanded to include roles in the space shuttle program, aviation safety, airborne science, and technology advancement. In addition, a NASA 747SP aircraft based at the center carries the world’s largest airborne infrared telescope, named SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory to Infrared Astronomy).
Armstrong is returning to the age of X-planes with NASA’s first electric propulsion aircraft, the X-57. That aircraft could lead to advances in fuel efficiency and reductions in noise and emissions. In addition, some 70 years after coming to this desert outpost to test the first X-plane to reach flight supersonically, the center is pursuing research that could lead to another fast but quieter X-plane. If successful, this aircraft could substantially decrease the noise made when an aircraft pierces the speed of sound, which could lead to the end of the prohibition of supersonic flight over land.
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics sent 13 engineers and support staff to California’s Mojave Desert in September 1946 to assist in the quest for supersonic flight.
To watch the commemorative video, click here.
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U.S. spying on Israel traps Congress
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The U.S. White house have intercepted critical information linking top Israeli officials , U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish group.*
The information also included tapped phone calls from current and former U.S. officials.
The U.S. National Security Agency believes that the information is critical and would be valuable to counter Israeli’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his campaign against the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal.
Iran and other six nations lead by United States of America reach a historic agreement on July this 2015 to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade and on the other hand lifting international oil and financial sanctions.
Report: US was spying on Netanyahu during Iran deal negotiations https://t.co/vRaJtrz9KS #IsraelNews pic.twitter.com/CYvLGabNb1
We hack network backbones - like huge internet routers, basically - that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) December 30, 2015
The report released by NSA has allowed the U.S. official to have an incisive look on how the Israelis have used the information with the Congress against the Obama deal with Iran.
According to The Wall Street Journal:http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spy-net-on-israel-snares-congress-1451425210, NSA got the information through the Israeli spying operations. The information outlined how Netanyahu had leaked details of th Iran deal
In 2014, Obama had vowed to curb intelligence on friendly world leaders after the world learned about its reach of long-secret surveillance programs.
This did not mean that the U.S. wound up its watch on all leaders but it went on to check some of its allies which included the current and the former U.S. officials. Topping the list was the Israeli’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In previous years, the former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden exposed much of the spying they did more so in 2013. There has been a little worry about the intelligence about exposing information about heads of states.
The U.S. administration in a closed door meeting weighed on which leaders were considered to be on the so-called friedly list. French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders made the list.
However, the NSA were permitted to check on their leaders top advisers, current and former U.S. officials. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of NATO ally Turkey were excluded from the protected list and that allowed NSA to spy on their communications at the discretion of top officials.
The Obama administration upheld the monitoring of Netanyahu as it will serve a compelling national security. Obama frankly issued a statement on U.S. lifting spying on world leaders but kept it secret to whom it will apply to.
The NSA through the former contractor have been able to hack a lot of communications from many countries.
After fleeing to Hong Kong, Edward Snowden told the South China Morning Post that the NSA had led more than 61,000 hacking operations worldwide, including many in Hong Kong and mainland China.
“We hack network backbones – like huge internet routers, basically – that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one,” Mr Snowden:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-23123964 was quoted as saying.
According to Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, the NSA had also spied on European Union offices in the US and Europe.
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Farmer Family History
Camillus A Farmer
Camillus A Farmer (1917 - 2005)
Camillus A Farmer was born on February 5, 1917. He died on August 14, 2005 at age 88. We know that Camillus A Farmer had been residing in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
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1917 - In the year that Camillus A Farmer was born, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
1935 - Camillus was 18 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
1947 - By the time he was 30 years old, in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.
1951 - By the time he was 34 years old, on June 25th, CBS began broadcasting in color. There were well over 10 million televisions by that time. The first show in color was a musical variety special titled "Premiere". Hardly anyone had a color TV that could see the show.
1957 - Camillus was 40 years old when on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.
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NASHUA- Lucien Thomas ‘Tom’ Daigle, 68, died unexpectedly Sunday, November 4, 2018 at St. Joseph Hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Tom was born in Brookline, MA on June 8, 1950 and was the beloved son of the late Lucien M. and Catherine (Day) Daigle. He attended schools in Burlington, Massachusetts and was a graduate of Burlington High School. He was also a graduate of the Wentworth Institute in Boston, and had received his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from Franklin Pierce University.
He proudly served his country during the Vietnam War in the United States Air Force until he was honorably discharged.
For many years, Tom was employed as a software engineer at Analog Devices.
In his free time, he had multiple hobbies. He enjoyed carpentry and automotive tasks, always being found working on and fixing cars. He loved to spend time outdoors, especially hiking and off-roading in his side by side. Tom had a passion for technology, learning, computers, and programming. He was also a proud puppy parent and loved spending time with his dogs, Layla and Kai. He will be deeply missed by his family and memories will be held close, especially his love for cookies, ice cream, and the white water rafting trips he took with his family every summer. Above all, his most cherished time was spent with his family.
Tom is survived by his two children, Cynthia King and her husband Paul of Milford and Richard Daigle of Amherst; two grandchildren, Paul V and Eiralys King. He is also survived by his two siblings, Mary Henderson of Phoenix, AZ and Janet Hottinger and her husband Larry and their two daughters of Saco, ME; as well as his longtime companion, Ahni Warner of Guyton, GA.
Relatives and friends are invited to his visitation on MONDAY, November 12thfrom 6 until 8 PM at ANCTIL-ROCHETTE & SON FUNERAL HOME, 21 Kinsley Street, Nashua. Burial will take place at the convenience of his family.
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Iraqi PM: Last chance for peace
The Iraqi prime minister has told Iraqis that they have one last chance for peace, as violence continued in the country with the kidnap and killing of 20 bus drivers.
Al-Maliki urged parliament to accept his reconciliation plan
Nuri al-Maliki told the Iraqi parliament on Wednesday that a national reconciliation plan he has promoted was Iraq's "last chance" to stem the violence.
"If it fails, I don't know what the destiny of Iraq will be," he told the assembled Iraqi lawmakers, including representatives of the country's minority Sunni community who had staged a week-long boycott of parliament in protest at the kidnapping of a colleague.
Al-Maliki has offered talks with some Sunni fighters and a limited amnesty under his 24-point plan in a bid to draw Sunnis, the seat of the uprising, further into the political process.
The prime minister's comments came as
Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, held talks with Iraqi leaders on the escalating sectarian violence in the country during a visit to Baghdad.
Rumsfeld said he remained confident that Iraq would recover from the violence plaguing much of the country and would become a "great success" for the region, although he said it was also too early for the US to discuss adjusting troop levels in the country.
'Death squads'
Hours after al-Maliki spoke, clashes erupted between fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers, and police and residents in Um al-Maalif, a mainly Shia neighbourhood in southern Baghdad. Police said at least two people were killed.
"We make a mistake if we take the security question and think of it as separate from everything else'
Donald Rumsfeld,
US defence secretary
Also on Wednesday, Iraqi security forces said the bodies of 20 bus drivers kidnapped earlier from a bus station in religiously mixed Miqdadiya, north of Baghdad, were found blindfolded and bound in a nearby village. They freed four others from a house.
Major-General Ghassan al-Bawi, the police chief of Diyala province, said the killings were aimed at undermining a reconciliation accord agreed by Sunni and Shia tribes in the area. There were conflicting reports on the victims' religious affiliation.
General George Casey, the US commander in Iraq, said that Shia death squads were behind a spike in recent violence in which scores of people have been killed in Baghdad neighbourhoods.
"What we are seeing now ... are death squads, primarily from Shia extremist groups that are retaliating against civilians," he said.
"So you have both sides now attacking civilians. And that is what has caused the recent spike in violence here in Baghdad."
Rumsfeld [r] said reconciliation
was essential for success in Iraq
Rumsfeld also said that the US military was adapting its tactics in an attempt to combat the ongoing violence in Iraq.
However, he said the solution to ending communal bloodshed is "not military".
"We make a mistake if we take the security question and think of it as separate from everything else. The prime minister's effort with respect to reconciliation will be critically important in achieving better success," he said.
Meanwhile, the US military said on Wednesday that Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, and three of his co-defendants had been on hunger strike for five days to protest against court procedures and the killing of their defence lawyers.
Saddam's lawyer said the protest had lasted for seven days and he was concerned about the former president's health.
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Pakistan blasts: Many feared dead
Twin suicide bombings target country's army headquarters and intelligence services.
The blasts were powerful and the death toll
is said to be rising [AFP]
Reports of the number of people killed in the attack varied, with the Reuters news agency reporting at least 15 people were killed.
Police officials told the Associated Press news agency that at least 35 people were killed in the attacks, while security officials told the AFP news agency at least 16 had died.
Political turmoil
Witnesses said a burned-out bus could be seen parked just inside the gates of the military spy agency, with dozens of ambulances stationed around.
"Someone needs to tell Genenral Musharraf the definition of democracy & the role of army, judiciary and media in it"
Azee, Boston, USA
"There were 50 people sitting in the bus. Many are injured, many are OK," army spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad said.
The blasts come amid political turmoil in Pakistan, which is still under emergency rule imposed by General Pervez Musharraf in what has widely been seen as an attempt to safeguard his presidency from challenges to his re-election.
Twin suicide blasts in the city in September killed 25 people and wounded 70, many of them aboard an intelligence services bus.
Another suicide attack killed 15 soldiers near the capital in the same month.
A attacker blew himself up near Musharraf's army residence in Rawalpindi, killing seven people, in October.
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Redbox Review: ‘Christopher Robin’ Shines a Nostalgic Light on Beloved Characters
Alan French November 9, 2018 0 Comments
Say what you will about the Disney strategy of remaking their animated films into live action, but some are actually worthy additions. While we did not necessarily need any of the stories they’ve told, the latest Christopher Robin offers a sweet and gorgeous look at the 100 Acre Wood as you’ve never seen it before. Anchored by a surprisingly strong voice cast and very strong direction from Marc Forster, the tale of the bear with very little brain will make your heart cheer.
The story begins with a young Christopher Robin (played as a boy by Orton O’Brien, and as an adult by Ewan McGregor) saying goodbye to his friends of the 100 Acre Wood. The group consists of Tigger (Jim Cummings), Piglet (Nick Mohammad), Rabbit (Peter Capaldi), Owl (Toby Jones), Kanga (Sophie Okonedo), Roo (Sara Sheen), Eeyore (Brad Garrett) and of course, Winnie the Pooh (also Cummings).
After the group feasts, Pooh and Christopher say an emotional goodbye, and Robin is off to the real world. After time in boarding school and then the war, he meets his future wife Evelyn (Hayley Atwell) and they have a child Madeline (Bronte Carmichael). After his devotion to work and his push to be the man of the house has left him frustrated with adult life, Pooh returns to Christopher on a mission to find their friends.
The anchor of the Christopher Robin is Cumming’s performance as Pooh. It is one of the best vocal performances since Scarlett Johansson in Her and actually deserves awards conversation. There is so much heart and passion in each moment he’s on screen, he will make even the meanest man’s heart melt. That’s not even counting his time as Tigger, where he engages a completely different type of energy. The combination of the two characters are brilliant and represent most the delightful moments of the story.
Garrett is also hysterical as Eeyore. He perfectly brings his melancholic vocals to the role. The way in which the sad-sack donkey is brought to life speaks to the excellence in how the animals are animated. Owl and Rabbit each get full CGI characters, inferring they are real animals versus the rest of the stuffed group. The other characters, especially Pooh and Tigger, are very emotive. The photorealism of the toys makes them feel tactile and real. Eeyore gets the best visual effects, staring down characters to comedic effect time and time again. Christopher Robin occasionally crosses over into the uncanny valley, but for the most part, they work to enhance many scenes across the film.
Forster brings the world to life with stunning visuals that will please both the casual fan and the cinephiles. Recalling some Terrance Malik visuals, Forster combines some great orange, reds, and yellows to bring the most out of the world. He’s helped by the screenplay, written by the combined forces of Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, and Allison Schroeder. The three seemed to know how to get the most out of the sweet and loveable bear at the heart of it all. With Pooh, they bring out moment after moment of genuine joy and they get to the core of what makes you fall in love with the stuffed toys that have become so iconic.
Christopher Robin leaves a little to be desired despite some very critical character insight. The actual story, about finding your inner child, is fairly basic and fits the Disney theme. Still, it helps set up individual moments that are both crowd-pleasing and emotion. McGregor and Atwell are underutilized, especially Atwell, but they do the best they can with their roles. Carmichael gets to be a very frustrated kid for the first half and does a good job at being an adventurous kid in the second half of the film. The villain of the film (Mark Gatiss) gets to be a pithy entitled British man and makes the most of it.
The humans step out of the spotlight for most of the film and make way for the stuffed animals. Ultimately this proves to be a mostly fan service driven film, but that is what the audience is there for anyway. When movies like Christopher Robin exists, sometimes you have to sit back and enjoy. If you like the stories about Winnie the Pooh and his gang this one will be a perfect film to throw on, becoming a go-to for the adventures of a little, stuffed bear.
GRADE: (★★★)
What did you think of Christopher Robin? Did you enjoy the adventures of Winnie the Pooh? What was your favorite part of the movie? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
CategoriesAnimation, Comedy, Drama, Feature, Movies, Reviews
TagsAlex Ross Perry, Allison Schroeder, Brad Garrett, Bronte Carmichael, Christopher Robin, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings, Marc Forster, Mark Gatiss, Nick Mohammad, Orton O'Brien, Peter Capaldi, Sara Sheen, Sophie Okonedo, Toby Jones, Tom McCarthy
Checking In on the Best Actor Race- Cooper in the Lead, Bale Just Behind (11/7/18)
Review: ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ is a Big Step Forward for Illumination But Adds Nothing New
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Having won the race in 2012, team Brandenburgische Technische Universität hopes to make a lasting impression before their technical lead leaves the University for a professional career, possibly in hydrogen.
The Brandenburgische Technische Universität Team
The team has been competing in the marathon since 2008, starting out in the solar category. Over the years they have got through to various stages in the prototype category, including winning in 2012. Now they have moved into the urban concept category using hydrogen to fuel the car.
Team name: Lausitz Dynamics
Car name: Mammut
University: Brandenburgische Technische Universität
First Shell Eco-marathon: 2008
Quick-fire round
Mammut for the name of the car – where did that come from?
Mammut is German for mammoth – the woolly mammoth, so a huge creature and that is exactly what this project is. We thought it was a good representation of what we must do.
How many people are in your team?
Six in the technical team who work on the car and two who are responsible for marketing, promotion and helping out where needed. That includes working on the car in the days leading up to the race, which is a little daunting as you don’t want to do anything wrong. We also have our technical lead, our supervisor from the university, who is a great source of knowledge and information. Unfortunately, it is his last year with the team as he has finished his studies.
What are your hopes for this year?
We have had problems, but we think they are solved and we are now through technical inspection, so that is one huge milestone completed. We now just want it to work on the track, drive and have one successful race. As this is our technical lead’s final year, we want to have something for him to remember and be remembered by – a legacy with a car for the next generation of students.
We also have some long-term goals that we hope the team will achieve in the next two to 10 years. Our town is quite busy with tourists and we would like to be able to build a car that is sustainable, that can be used in the city to help support tourism and give something back to the city.
You have some impressive goals. To achieve them, you are now in the urban concept category which is a big change from last year. What have you done to get to where you are now?
To begin with we didn’t have anyone on the team who knew about hydrogen fuel cells, so our technical lead literally taught himself. He is now really passionate about the technology. It has been a big jump for us, but our motto is “you can always improve” and this is just one area we are improving in.
What makes a great driver?
I was the driver last year and I was a bit too careful and too heavy on the brakes, which doesn’t help with efficiency. You must always be vigilant of others and make sure you follow the rules.
What advice would you give to others thinking of taking part in SEM?
This is a great project to be involved with but it can be all consuming. We have to be careful and ensure that our studies remain manageable as well as the project. It teaches you a lot about team work, having discipline, whilst having fun.
Have you had any support from Linde prior to the race?
We had a leaking fuel cell and the technical team could help us look at the possible reasons and give us advice.
Can you describe the Shell Eco-marathon in three words?
Stressful, yet fun and educational.
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If you're considering purchasing a used car, it's worth considering all of your options to make sure you get the best value for money you can.
Leasing a car can sometimes work out to be an easier alternative, and it doesn't always have to be an expensive option. Whether it's more beneficial to buy or lease a vehicle may depend on your individual circumstances.
Below we take a look at the pros and cons between buying a used car or hiring a car, to help you make that all-important decision.
What is leasing?
Leasing is the term used for obtaining a vehicle for a fixed period of time at an agreed amount of money for the lease. You won't own the car outright, you'll have to hand it back at the end of the term, but it could be a cheaper option depending on your circumstances.
Is leasing a car cheaper?
No, generally leasing a car is often not the cheapest option, and it may be far cheaper to consider purchasing your next used car with finance instead. After all, when you buy a car its yours to drive for as long as you wish, and when you come to sell it on, you'll make some money back which will be a percentage of the original payment. At the end of a lease term, when you hand the car back you'll be left with nothing.
Factors to consider when leasing or buying a vehicle:
Make & Model - The type of car you are thinking of getting will determine whether it's a worthwhile option to lease it as opposed to buying it. Some brands of car such as Volkswagen and BMW, retain their value a lot better than others.
Mileage - The way you intend to drive the car is also a contributing factor. For example, the amount of mileage you will use on a yearly basis will either increase or decrease the lease payment. In addition, most leasing companies will have restrictions on the number of miles you can do to protect their investment, and you'll be charged for exceeding this limit.
Depreciation - if the gap between the price of your new vehicle and its value after three years is more than it would cost to hire a car during that time, then you've potentially lost out and hiring the car could be the better option.
Car Insurance - most insurers are happy to provide cover for a leased vehicle, but the leasing agency is likely to request you buy fully comprehensive cover rather than just third party, to ensure their asset is protected, which will increase your overall running costs.
Do your sums
A Which? survey recently reported that while a VW Scirocco was worth 63% of its original price after three years, a new Ford Mondeo was only worth 36% of its initial value, meaning people would be better off buying the VW Scirocco on finance, but leasing a Mondeo. As a general rule of thumb, if a car has a good resale value, you're better off buying it than leasing it.
Points to remember:
Look at the price of the new or used car and its predicted resale value after three years.
If you're driving an unusually high or low number of miles, factor this into your calculations.
Don't forget to factor in the deposit you pay as well as the monthly cost.
Consider how long you want to keep your next car. If you are in no rush to change it, you're probably better off buying it.
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Voluntary Standards Cover the Spectrum: from Aircraft Lighting to Swimming Pool Heaters
In an effort to communicate the vital role that standards play in daily life, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will publish, on an ongoing basis, a series of snapshots of the diverse standards initiatives undertaken in the global and national standards arena, many of which are performed by ANSI members and ANSI-accredited standards developers. Two of the latest selections follow:
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), nearly 10 million domestic and international flights took to the skies in 2010, carrying more than 780 million passengers to destinations around the globe. Exterior aircraft position lights – used to signal the size of the aircraft, its direction of travel, and approximate rate of travel – are critical to ensuring the safety of passengers, flight attendants, pilots, and ground crew.
A recently published aerospace standard, SAE AS 8037B-2011, Minimum Performance Standard for Aircraft Position Lights, establishes minimum performance requirements for new equipment position lights. This standard from ANSI organizational member and accredited standards developer SAE International defines minimum light intensity requirements (in both vertical and horizontal directions) along the longitudinal, vertical, and lateral axes of the aircraft. The standard also defines color tolerances for the light emitted from the position lights.
SAE International is a global membership organization comprised of engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial-vehicle industries committed to advancing the engineering of safe and environmentally sound mobility systems used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating vehicles for use on land, sea, air, or space.
Kids of all ages view swimming pools as one of the greatest luxuries, whether they’re looking for an enjoyable way to cool off on a summer day or want to take part in one of the healthiest forms of exercise. But let’s face it: an over- or under-heated pool can take can take all the fun away in a flash.
A newly revised American National Standard (ANS) from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) helps to keep any unwanted surprises out of a diver’s splash. ANSI/ASHRAE 146-2011, Methods of Testing Pool Heaters, describes uniform methods of testing and rating pool heaters. Originally published in 1998, the standard provides methods of testing for heating capacity and energy efficiency, and applies to all pool heaters operated by gas, oil, or electricity, including heat pumps using ambient air as a heat source.
ASHRAE, an ANSI organizational member and audited designator, is an international organization that works promote a sustainable world through research, standards, recommended procedures and guidelines, continuing education, and publishing technical information.
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Gould Birds of Europe Pl. 343, Spotted Crake
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Birds of Europe
John Gould (1804—1881) was the most prolific publisher of ornithological subjects of all time. In 19th-century Europe, his name was as well known as John James Audubon’s was in North America. John Gould's love of natural history was fostered in the gardens of King George III where his father was chief gardener at Windsor Castle. Although trained as a gardener, John Gould’s interests soon evolved. He moved to London where he worked as a taxidermist, and at the age of 27, he was appointed taxidermist to the Zoological Society of London. After three years, he progressed to the position of curator of birds and chief taxidermist. In 1830, newly married, John Gould and his artist wife, Elizabeth, began their publishing career.
Unlike John James Audubon, whose life’s work focused on one region, John Gould traveled widely and employed other artists to help create his lavish, hand-colored lithographic folios. Among John Gould's renowned works is the monumental Birds of Europe, originally published in 22 parts from 1832 to 1837 and A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds (1849-87), considered Gould’s masterpiece in both breath and beauty.
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William Baly (1814–1861), Lecturer and Physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital
John Prescott Knight (1803–1881)
St Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum and Archive
Photo credit: St Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum and Archive
The sitter can be seen here holding a book, with a copy of Johannes Müller's 'Physiology' (which the sitter translated into English) lying on a table beside him.
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presented by the sitter's pupils, 1863
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Black Tie (13)
Book (2,144)
Bow Tie (440)
Jacket (5,538)
Man (16,147)
William Baly (1)
North Wing, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, Greater London EC1A 7BE England
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Portrait of a Lady The Shire Hall Gallery
Sir Samuel Bignold (1791–1875), Mayor of Norwich (1833, 1848, 1853 & 1872) Norwich Civic Portrait Collection, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
The Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904) Christ's Hospital
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare (1824–1894), 5th Bt National Trust, Stourhead
Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard (1743–1830), Librarian to George III British Museum
Sir Francis Grant (1803–1878), Artist National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Mr Ernest Gambart (1814–1902) Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
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Ashley Furniture Industries is the largest furniture manufacturer in the world, approaching 30 million pieces sold annually with over 7,000 SKUs. Ashley Furniture Industries leads the way in making and moving their products with a system that directs each variable that goes into it. By using state-of-the-art wireless bar code scanning technology directions are deployed in a "task directed" way that are optimized for the efficient put-away, picking, loading and delivery of finished goods.
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Irish Boy Names O – Z – Meanings and origins for boys names beginning with O through Z
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Unusual, even exotic sounding Irish boy names begining with O – Z. These are the popular Irish names for boys include the Gaelic meanings, origins and spellings. Listen to author Frank McCourt in the audio so you can get the correct Irish pronunciation of these Irish names. This is a great way to find out how to exactly pronounce male Irish names starting with the letter O through Z.
Get the the correct pronunciation of each Irish boy names, research the meaning, and find out the origin of the male name for your baby boy.
Irish Boys Names Categories:
O – Z
View by Letter:
Odhran, Oran , Orin
PRONOUCE: “o + ran” or “o + rin”
ENGLISH: Odran (pron. “ode + ran”)
DESCRIPTION: All variants of odhra meaning “dark haired.” Seventeen saints have used the name and Odhran, abbot of Meath, was one of the 12 devotees who accompanied St. Columba to Iona. When he died soon after their arrival Columba saw Odhran’s soul ascending to heaven following a battle between angels and devils. Another Odhran was the charioteer of St. Patrick.
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PRONOUCE: “osh + een”
DESCRIPTION: The son of the legendary warrior Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend) and the goddess Sive. His mother was turned into a deer by the Dark Druid and she reared him in the forest until he was seven years old. When Fionn was out hunting he found the child and recognising him as his son, gave him the name oisin”little deer.” He is best remembered for his love for “Niamh of the Golden Hair” with whom he spent 300 years in Tir-na-nOg, (“Land of Eternal Youth”) (read the legend). (Read the legend of Oisin and Niamh.) A very popular name again in Ireland.
Padraig, Padraic
PRONOUCE: “paw + drig” or “paw + rik”
ENGLISH: Patrick
DESCRIPTION: From the Latin patricius “nobly born.” The patron saint of Ireland, it is hard to differentiate between fact and myth. What is probably true is that he was born in Britain around 373 AD and was brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of seven, possibly by Niall of the Nine Hostages (read the legend). Forced to guard sheep on the Slemish Mountains in Country Antrim for six years he had a vision urging him to convert his captors. He escaped to France where he trained as a priest before returning to Ireland where he banished the snakes (i.e. paganism) and converted the population to Christianity. Both Patrick and Padraig are very popular names in Ireland.
Peadar, Peadair
PRONOUCE: “pad + ar”
ENGLISH: Peter
DESCRIPTION: Irish form of Peter and thus comes ultimately from Greek petros”the rock,” it is still in common use in Ireland today.
Pearse, Pearce , Pierce
PRONOUCE:
DESCRIPTION: Comes from the Norman French name “Piers” and is still very popular as it is given to honor Patrick Pearse, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916 when Ireland won its independence from England.
Proinsias
PRONOUCE: “pron + she + iss”
ENGLISH: Francis, Frank
DESCRIPTION: The Irish form of Francis, a name originating from the figure of St. Francis of Assisi. The name means “little French man” and was popularised in Ireland by the Franciscans whose founder was St. Francis of Assisi. The Celts would have been responsive to the stories of St. Francis’s attitude to birds and animals.
Quinlan, Quilan , Quinlivan
DESCRIPTION: A surname, now an increasingly popular as a given name. From caoindealbhain meaning “gently-shaped, athletic.”
Quinn, Quin
DESCRIPTION: A variant of the name ceann meaning “intelligent,” Quinn is the most common surname in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland and is increasingly used as a given name. As traditional quartermasters to the O’Neills, the kings of Ulster for over four centuries, Quinns were responsible for arms and provisions in both war and peace.
ENGLISH: Raymond
DESCRIPTION: An Irish version of the Germanic ragan + mund “counsellor, protector.” Particularly popular in Northern Ireland where Redmond O’Hanlon was a charismatic outlaw, the Irish “Robin Hood.” He was born about 1623 in Country Armagh where his father owned seven townlands. During the Cromwellian settlement their estate was taken over by the English. Redmond, his three brothers and a band of about 50 followers took to the hills. Known as “Rapparees,” they were the terror of those who had confiscated the Irish lands and avenged some of the wrongs inflicted upon their peasant neighbors. On Douglas Bridge I met a man Who lived adjacent to Strabane, Before the English hung him high For riding with O’Hanlon. (From the “Ballad of Douglas Bridge” by Francis Carlin.)
Reilly, Riley
PRONOUCE: “rye + lee”
DESCRIPTION: Meaning “courageous, valiant.” A surname in Ireland that can be used as a given name.
PRONOUCE: “reer + don”
DESCRIPTION: From ri “king” and bardan “poet” it means “royal poet.” In Irish tradition the poet was very highly regarded in any royal household as he acted as scholar, historian and advisor to the king.
PRONOUCE: “ro + nan”
DESCRIPTION: From ron “a seal.” Legend tells of a seal who is warned never to stray too close to the land. When the “seal child” is swept ashore by a huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a “Selkie” or “seal maiden.” Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as “ronans” or “little seals,” she never quite loses her “sea-longing.” Eventually she finds the “seal-skin” which the fisherman has hidden and slips back into the ocean. But she can’t forget her husband and children and can even be seen swimming close to the shore, keeping a watchful eye on them.
Ruari
PRONOUCE: “ro + ree”
DESCRIPTION: From rua + ri meaning “red king, great king.” Rory O’Connor, the last High King of Ireland was forced to abdicate the throne in 1175.
PRONOUCE: “shay + muss”
ENGLISH: James
DESCRIPTION: The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his “works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.”
ENGLISH: Shaun, Shawn, Shane
DESCRIPTION: Irish form of John meaning “God’s gracious gift.” Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Tadhg
PRONOUCE: “ti + gue”
ENGLISH: Timothy
DESCRIPTION: Irish name meaning “a poet” or “a philosopher.” In one legend, at the Battle of Clontarf (read the legend) in 1014 Tadhg Mór(“Big Tadhg”) O’Kelly is reported to have fought “like a wolf dog” before he was overcome by the Vikings and killed. When he fell a ferocious animal came from the ocean to protect the dead body of the chieftain until it was retrieved by his O’Kelly kinsmen. “A most extraordinary creature, it had the head of a fox, the chest of an elephant, the mane of a horse, the forelegs of an eagle, the body and hind legs of a hound and the tail of a lion.”
PRONOUCE: “teer + nee”
DESCRIPTION: Meaning “lord, chief” and implies “lord of the household.” A sixth-century saint, Tierney of Clones had the privilege of being baptized by St. Conleth of Kildare with St. Brigid as his godmother. As a young man he was captured by pirates and taken to the British king who placed him in the monastery of Rosnat in England. He later returned to Ireland and became Bishop of Clogher in County Down.
PRONOUCE: “toh + moss”
ENGLISH: Thomas
DESCRIPTION: The Irish form of Thomas, a biblical name meaning “twin.”
Turlough, Turlach
PRONOUCE: “tur + la”
ENGLISH: Terence, Terry
DESCRIPTION: From an Irish name meaning “one who aids or assists.” It is usually translated as Terence and Terry, two names that have become strongly associated with Ireland. Turlough O’Carolan was a 17th century blind harpist and composer who wrote one of the most haunting pieces of Irish music, “O’Carolan’s Concerto.”
Ultan
PRONOUCE: “ult + in”
DESCRIPTION: Means, simply, “an Ulsterman.” There have been eighteen saints named Ultan, the best-known being St. Ultan of Ardbraccan, (c. 650 AD). Noted for his care of orphans, the poor and the sick he is regarded as the patron saint of children and a hospital for sick children in Dublin is named in his honor.
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Symbolism in Emergency Services
Emergency services have a long, rich history dating back to ancient times. With such an extensive past, it's inevitable that the meaning of some commonly-used symbols would be unknown to many working in the field. Here is a brief summary of the most common emergency services symbols and their meanings:
Maltese Cross: The maltese cross is an eight-point symbol which originated during the Crusades. When fire was used against the Knights of St. John in a battle on the island of Malta, they banded together to fight the flames and rescue the injured. They were later said to be awarded a badge of honor similar to the maltese cross. The eight points of the four arms symbolize the eight obligations of the knights: (1) to live in truth, (2) to have faith, (3) to repent one's sins, (4) to give proof of humility, (5) to love justice, (6) to be merciful, (7) to be sincere and wholehearted, (8) to endure persecution. It has come to symbolize the bravery and selflessness of those who fight fire.
Star of Life: The star of life symbol is a blue, six-pointed star that features a snake and staff (the Rod of Asclepius) and a white border. The six sides of the star represent the six main tasks of emergency responders: (1) detection, (2) reporting, (3) response, (4) on-scene care, (5) care in transit, (6) transfer to definitive care. The snake and staff represent the Ancient Greek symbol for healing.
Red Cross: The symbol of the red cross on a white background was declared as the protection symbol at the Geneva Convention in 1864. It was introduced because a universal symbol was needed that could be easily recognized by injured soldiers on the battlefield. Swiss surgeon Dr. Louis Appia and Swiss General Henri Dufour together came up with the design which is still one of the most recognizable symbols of all time.
Eagle: Eagles are commonly used on U.S official seals, badges, and other American insignia. The bald eagle is a symbol of freedom, as represented by its ability to soar above all creatures. This species of eagle isn't actually bald, as they have white feathers on their heads. White symbolizes truth and justice.
Fire scramble: A fire scramble is a traditional fire fighting symbol that depicts a grouping of fire symbols. The elements of the scramble can vary from department to department, but typically contain a ladder and an axe. Some contain more modern tools of the trade, such as a helmet or a fire hydrant; while others contain more traditional tools such as a pike pole. Together, all of the elements symbolize preparedness.
Shield: The first badges were the coat of arms worn by knights on their shields. The coat of arms identified the knight's allegiance to his royal leaders, as well as to chivalry and justice. Today, police officers often continue this tradition by wearing shield badges to symbolize their dedication to protect the people and keep the peace.
Dalmatian: In the late 19th Century, horse-drawn fire engines were the most common tool of the trade among fire fighters. Dalmatians were known to form close bonds with horses and were fast enough to run alongside them for long distances. Because of this, fire fighters began employing dalmatians to keep the horses from getting spooked on the way to fires. They were also used to guard equipment. Today, they are merely a mascot for most fire departments.
Scales: Scales symbolize justice. Each scale represents the opposing sides to a case which need to be balanced out before a decision is made. The scales also symbolize fairness, reason and strength.
Sheriff star: In the late 19th Century, Texas Rangers struggled to establish authority. It was decided that they would create their own badges so they could easily identify themselves to the growing number of people on the frontier. The easiest way to do this was to punch out five triangles from the 5 Peso Mexican coins that were readily available, making the shape of a star inside a circle. The 5-point star is said to symbolize the state of Texas as a “lone star.”
Chevron: During the Middle Ages, Knights carried shields with chevrons on them to indicate their rank. The chevron symbolizes protection, most likely because when the point faces up, the shape resembles a roof.
Bugle: Before wireless radios, fire fighters had to give orders at the scene of a fire using a brass megaphone known as a bugle. Today, bugles are no longer used, but are a big part of fire fighter insignia, symbolizing leadership. The more bugles on the insignia, the higher the rank.
Caduceus: It is thought that at some point at the end of the 19th Century, the caduceus were mistaken for the Rod of Asclepius (the Greek symbol for medicine) because of their similarity (the Rod of Asclepius has one snake wrapped around a staff, while the caduceus have two snakes wrapped around a staff and wings at the top). The caduceus symbolize trade, eloquence and negotiation. Despite their different meanings, over time, both have come to be recognized as symbols of medicine.
Thin Blue Line: The thin blue line is used to commemorate fallen police officers. The blue line itself represents police officers, whereas the bottom black line represents criminals and the top black line, the public. The thin blue line (police) come between the public and criminals, thereby protecting them. As the popularity of this symbol grew, others became commonly used, including the thin red line for fire fighters, the thin white line for EMS', and many more.
Olive branch: The olive branch has long been used as a symbol of peace. Greek mythology, early Christian imagery, Arab folk traditions and Ancient Rome all used the image of the olive branch. Today, they are often found on emergency services insignia to symbolize peace.
Left Chest: Emergency service workers often wear their badges on the left chest of their uniforms. This is thought to be an homage to the knights who carried their shield in their left hand to protect the heart while bravely fighting to protect the public. It is also a reminder of the oath taken to serve the community with honour and bravery.
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Entry from October 01, 2007
“Politics is like football. You must be smart enough to play, dumb enough to think it’s important”
A popular Texas phrase that’s not originally from Texas is: “Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.” It was said by Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005), who was running for president in 1967-68.
It’s easy to see how and why Texas adopted the phrase. Football and politics are two popular Texas pastimes. Also, the U.S. president at that time was Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texan. The late Texas governor Ann Richards and Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman are two people who have used the phrase.
Wikipedia: Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph “Gene” McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.
In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president of the United States to succeed incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. He would unsuccessfully seek the presidency five times altogether. In 1980, he endorsed Ronald Reagan for the presidency.
Yale Book of Quotations
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U.S. politician, 1916-2005
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.
Quoted in Washington Post, 12 Nov. 1967
Texas Wit & Wisdom
by Wallace O. Chariton
Plano, TX: Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Roasted Bum
At a recent roast for Bum Phillips, one of the featured speakers was Ann Richards, the Texas state treasurer. She sort of put things into perspective when she closed her speech. “Now, all I can say, Bum, is that football is a helluva way to make a living. And I know you’re glad to be out of it and into something real simple like ranching, where you can deal with the front end of horses. But I understand why you love it. After all, you know what they say. Politics is a lot like football. You have to be smart enough to play the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.”
You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can’t Make Him Think
by Kinky Friedman
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster
A good politician, they say, should be like a good football coach. He should be smart enough to understand the game, yet dumb enough to think it means something.
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Dudley Simpson
Born 4 October 1922. Died 4 November 2017
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Dudley Simpson Biography (Wikipedia)
Dudley George Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years, although he is best known for his work as a composer on British television, especially his long association with the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s.
Among his early television work was the music for Moonstrike (1963). Simpson was also responsible for the theme music for The Brothers (1972), The Tomorrow People (1973), Moonbase 3 (1973), The Ascent of Man (1973) and Blake's 7 (1978). He also composed music for several plays from the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
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ICBA, Abu Dhabi farming authority ink deal to help local farmers
Under this agreement, ICBA and ADFSC will, among other things, strengthen cooperation to develop projects aimed at improving the productivity of date palm trees, vegetables and fodder crops that are being grown in highly saline soils, and study water requirements of date palm, fodders and other crops.
The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and the Abu Dhabi Farmers' Services Centre (ADFSC) have joined forces to help farmers improve agricultural production in marginal environments, including saline areas, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The collaboration was formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General of ICBA, and His Excellency Nasser Mohammed Al Junaibi, Acting CEO of ADFSC, on 20 December 2018.
While praising the partnership with ICBA, H.E. Nasser Mohammed Al Junaibi said: “We are pleased to work with ICBA as one of the world's leading institutes in terms of biosaline agriculture and using saline water in irrigation. The move reflects our commitment to provide all types of the technical and scientific support to farmers to achieve a sustainable agricultural policy by exploiting the available natural resources of soil and water.”
He added that the need to develop means to optimize the use of water resources has become a global trend due to water scarcity. Moreover, the search for ways to make use of saline water is an environmental necessity; it helps to overcome desertification and contributes to increasing agricultural crops' productivity, which supports food security. He stressed ADFSC's keenness to keep pace with any development that serves the agricultural sustainability in Abu Dhabi and benefits farm owners as well.
"The MoU is valid for five years which may be extended by mutual consent. It allows the implementation of joint projects to increase the productivity of date palm and vegetables in highly saline soils. Furthermore, it includes the use of remote sensing technologies and sensors to track the outbreak of diseases and pests affecting crops, as well as finding solutions to address those problems using mobile apps, improve crop productivity and achieve sustainable agricultural development," H.E. Nasser Mohammed Al Junaibi noted.
He expressed hope that the MoU would contribute to improving agricultural productivity and developing farmers' technical capacities, help develop halophyte-based agriculture and optimize the use of Abu Dhabi's farms.
For her part, Dr. Ismahane Elouafi said: “Throughout its 19 years of operations in the UAE, ICBA has had several research and development projects with UAE agriculture and water sectors, namely in Abu Dhabi, the emirate with the highest number of farmers. ICBA’s research is behind several policies in Abu Dhabi, aimed at reducing water use in agriculture, such as the ban of Rhodes grass in 2010, a thirsty forage that was inappropriate for the UAE environment but was yet very popular. As we are striving to benefit farmers and farming communities in our beloved host country, the UAE, we are delighted to sign this MOU with ADFSC to strengthen and amplify our support to farmers in Abu Dhabi via know-how and technology transfer.”
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Obama’s Defense Secretary questions Biden's 'intellectual acuity': He's been wrong for past 40 years
Obama’s Defense Secretary questions Biden’s ‘intellectual acuity’: He’s been wrong for past 40 years
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Former Vice President Joe Biden’s “intellectual acuity” in potentially leading the nation seemed a cause of concern for a former Obama administration official.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates did not exactly give the 2020 Democratic contender a glowing reference as he simply said he “didn’t know” if Biden would make an effective commander-in-chief, telling CBS News’ Margaret Brennan on “Face The Nation” that he stood by his view that Biden has “been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue” in the last 40 years.
Brennan read from Gates’ comments on Biden in his 2015 memoir:
Joe Biden is impossible not to like. He is a man of integrity, incapable of hiding what he really thinks and one of those rare people you know you can turn to for help in a personal crisis. Still, I think he’s been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.
After reminding the highly respected former Defense Secretary of his own words, the CBS News moderator and senior foreign affairs correspondent asked if he thought Biden would make a good president.
“I don’t know. I think I stand by that statement,” Gates said.
“He and I agreed on some key issues in the Obama administration. We agreed on, to oppose- we both opposed the intervention in Libya. We both opposed the way that President Mubarak was handled- the situation in Egypt. We disagreed significantly on Afghanistan and some other issues,” Gates explained.
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“I think, as I say elsewhere in the memoir, I think that the vice president had some issues with the military. So how he would get along with the senior military, and what that relationship would be, I just- I think, it would depend on the personalities at the time.”
“You think he’s right for this moment?” Brennan asked, noting that the 76-year-old former vice president is one year older than himself.
“I think I’m pretty busy and pretty active but I think- I think having a president who is somebody our age or older, in the case of Senator Sanders, is – I think it’s problematic,” Gates replied.
“I think that you don’t have the kind of energy that I think is required to be president,” he added. “I’m not sure you have the intellectual acuity that you might have had in your sixties.”
Gates noted that it was just his “personal view” but that the “thought of taking on those responsibilities at this point in my life would be pretty daunting.”
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He also pointed out that, even though he has had his “issues” with Biden on foreign policy, “I’ve hardly heard a word out of any of the other 20 candidates on foreign policy at all. I have no idea what any of them think about any of the issues you and I have been discussing.”
Gates’ reply on Biden’s foreign policy history has been noted by others as well, with former assistant secretary of state for President George W. Bush calling out the Democrat who has “empirically had poor judgment particularly on foreign policy.”
Robert Charles cited Gates on “Fox and Friends” last week, pointing out how Gates “criticizes almost nobody” but called out Biden for his foreign policy failures, which Charles then began to address.
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“If you go back in time this is a guy who wanted to divide up Iraq. He opposed the Bin Laden raid. In favor of the phony Iran deal and sending cash to them,” he said. “Back in 1979, this is a guy who celebrated the Ayatollahs coming to power because he thought that was going to bring human rights. This is a guy that opposed the defense buildup of Ronald Reagan. He opposed the B-1. He opposed the B-2 that brought down … that policy direction brought down the Soviet Union. He opposed the MX missiles.”
He also condemned Biden’s recent comments on China, which is “truly our number one potential adversary and our number one competitor in the world,” and Biden thinking otherwise is “beyond naïve.”
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Typhoon Soudelor becomes world’s most powerful storm
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MANILA. – Super Typhoon Soudelor developed into the world’s most powerful storm of the year as it took aim at Japan, Taiwan and China after trashing the Northern Marianas.
The storm roared across the western Pacific Ocean packing wind gusts up to 220 miles per hour (354 kilometres per hour), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre which rated it a maximum category five.
No deaths have been attributed to Soudelor, but it left a trail of destruction across the Northern Marianas.
Acting governor Ralph Torres declared a “state of major disaster and significant emergency” after it struck late on Sunday.
At least 1,500 people were being given emergency food assistance while 500 were living in emergency shelters.
Soudelor ripped roofs off houses and left residents without power, water and wastewater services.
John Hirsh from the American Red Cross in Saipan, the Northern Marianas main island, said the storm caused the worst damage to the Pacific island territory in 30 years.
“There’s no power anywhere on the island … three to four weeks to restore the power. There were probably three or four hundred power poles collapsed during the storm … many roads impassable,” he told Pacific Beat.
Many roads were impassable in the main island Saipan while in the harbour at least three vessels were ripped from their moorings.
In Hagatna, on neighbouring Guam, the weather service warned boats to stay away from exposed reefs and beaches because of “hazardous surf” and “life threatening” rip currents.
It said Soudelor would continue to intensify as it swept across open water for the next 24 hours before starting to weaken. It was expected to be down to category four or three by the time it hit southern Japan, Taiwan and China from late Thursday.
Soudelor was stronger than Cyclone Pam, the previous strongest storm of 2015, which killed at least 15 people when it slammed into Vanuatu five months ago. (ABC Wires)
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Feminist with a Difference
by Ranjita Biswas
Usha Ganguli has been an angry woman for a very long time. In her long stage career, Ganguli (57) has been 'Himmat Mai' - the protagonist in the play based on Brecht's 'Mother Courage', Jhansi ki Rani (in 'Shobhayatra') and Nora in `Gudiya Ghar' (based on Ibsen's 'A Doll's House') - all roles that spew feminine anger against social discrimination and injustice.
But the role closest to her heart is of Sanichari in 'Rudali' - the professional mourner who could not cry at her own son's death but broke down when friend Bikhini died. In their struggle for survival in an unfair world, the two women formed a lasting bond.
This empathy for women - can it be termed activism? As the character in her autobiographical journey, 'Anaryatra', asks the audience, "Do I sound too much like a naaribadi (woman activist)? But then I am a woman. Isn't it natural to talk about a woman's inner turmoil and her problems?"
Ganguli comes across as a gentle, soft-spoken person with a brilliant smile. As director of the Rangakarmee group, her labor of love for more than 25 years, she chooses plays that focus on social injustice and exploitation of the weak. And importantly, on the woman's place in a patriarchal mindset, portrayed through Sanichari in Mahashveta Devi's 'Rudali', and the neglected girl child in 'Beti Ayee' (a daughter is born).
Rangakarmee (with 300 members) is the only Hindi theatre production company in Kolkata. "I was greatly influenced by my friends who were engaged with experimental Bengali theatre and wanted to reach out to a bigger audience. Hindi theatre till then was the preserve of a few elite." Ganguli also
teaches Hindi literature to college students at Bhowanipore Educational Society.
Her commitment to meaningful theatre has not only won her awards but also a place among distinguished artistes who mirror social concerns. Besides a slew of awards for acting and direction from the West Bengal government, she has also received the Safdar Hashmi Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh's Sangeet Natak Akademi and the national Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998.
How does she see women in theatre today? "Since the '90s, across the country, women have emerged in many areas other than acting - directing, set design, lighting. Women have the power to create and they are doing experimental work. This is a good sign. There is discrimination even in the
world of theatre, but in a subtle way. But today women are educated, they have a strong voice and they protest."
One of her plays, 'Mukti' (Freedom) in 2001 - Rangakarmee's first Bengali play - is based on Mahashveta Devi's story about a woman in her sunset years who has the courage to break free of the shackles of an exploitative society. Ganguli took the 'risk' of casting 60-plus Ketaki Dutt, hugely
talented but shunned after her daring role as a sex worker in a '70s play. Even today, 'Mukti' runs to a full house and Dutt is much in demand. Ganguli also has her ear to the ground. Her latest play, 'Kashinma', is set in Varanasi and reflects the greed of a globalized society.
Ganguli did not train to be a theatre person. Her childhood passion was Bharata Natyam. As a dancer, she performed extensively in India. But in 1970, she joined a drama group and essayed lead roles in path-breaking plays that marked the golden '70s. Six years later, she formed Rangakarmee, an extension of her creative spirit. Ganguli says, "Our family was progressive. I learnt a lot from my mother. She was a very vibrant person. Though a housewife, she danced beautifully at family functions. I believe some of her feelings for the commune have rubbed off on me. I like to take
along everyone with me."
Despite the success of Rangakarmee and her personal triumphs, Ganguli has not abandoned her main concern - her place as a woman in the creative and social milieu. In 2000, as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of Rangakarmee, in collaboration with Sangeet Natak Akademi, she organized a
national convention of women in performing arts. Aptly named Samanvay (Together), the event brought together women stage artistes, folk artists and dancers from across the country to share their experiences and initiate a network across the country.
"We work in our own areas but don't know what the others are doing; we need to get together," was her impassioned plea. Samanvay, however, was no feminist statement, Ganguli reiterated at that time, "This is not merely an encounter between women, for women, and by women - we don't believe in such notions of feminism."
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Broncos Must Break Storm History
Wed 18 Apr 2018, 10:50 AM
JOSH McGuire says it is time for the Broncos to turn up the heat on a Melbourne Storm team that are far too comfortable in Brisbane.
The playing DNA of the Broncos and Storm are intertwined because of their shared history with the Queensland State of Origin team.
The bond between players for both sides has helped the Maroons to their amazing recent decade of dominance.
But it has also made the Storm players revel playing at Suncorp Stadium, and statistics back it up.
Amazingly, the last three times the Broncos have beaten the Storm have all been down in Melbourne.
That's why the Broncos need to make sure they are at their best against the Storm on Friday night, said McGuire.
“A lot of those guys are from Queensland so it is like a second home game for them," said McGuire.
"They have world-class players and a quality team.
"And we haven't been at our best the last few times we have played them - so we need to turn up.
"This is a game in which you need to make sure you perform.
"You can't get away with any half efforts because they are a team that will make you pay.
"They have the greatest player in the game - in my opinion - in Cameron Smith and guys like Billy Slater.
"So I have to make sure I am turning up and doing my job and the team needs to do that too."
The Broncos will have their final training run before the match tomorrow morning.
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More than 7 million speed tests in one month for Brussels
The Brussels regional police performed more than 7.5 million speed tests during their region-wide campaign to get people to slow down. The campaign took place between the 23rd of September and the 23rd of October. The State Secretary for Road Safety Bianca Debaerts mentioned it in a press release on Saturday. In total, 23,520 people were driving too fast (0.27% of the drivers checked).
The Brussels-Ixelles police zone alone did 2.5 million tests on the roads in its area, and caught 6,746 drivers speeding (0.26%). Across all the police zones, 47 people had their driving licence taken away on the spot.
“These figures prove that there are a large number of checks during our campaigns, which is essential. It has been proved that this type of campaign is more effective when accompanied by repressive measures”, the Brussels State Secretary said. “Road Safety is one of the priorities for our police zones”.
The next Road Safety campaign in the Brussels region will be the winter BOB campaign during the end of year festivities.
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Baker-Polito donor nominated as Cambridge Clerk…
Baker-Polito donor nominated as Cambridge Clerk Magistrate
By Mary Markos | mary.markos@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
The Baker-Polito Administration nominated Sharon Shelfer Casey to the position of Clerk Magistrate of the Cambridge District Court Wednesday.
Casey and her husband, Christopher Casey, donated the majority of a $5,700 total to Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito from employees at Casey & Lundregan, PC in the past five years, according to campaign finance records.
Sharon Shelfer Casey started the real estate and elder law departments at Casey & Casey, PC in Lynn, in 1977, which later merged into Casey & Lundregan, PC out of Salem, according to the administration.
People from the firm donated solely to Baker and Polito in those five years, campaign finance records show. Casey herself donated $300 to Polito, and her husband donated $4,300 to both.
With 28 years of legal experience, Casey’s most recent jobs were as Baker’s deputy legal counsel and executive director of the Judicial Nominating Commission. She joined the administration in January 2015.
“Attorney Casey has the skills and experience to serve as the Clerk Magistrate for the Cambridge District Court,” Baker said in a statement. “If confirmed, she will serve all parties, attorneys, law enforcement officials and judges in that Court with her efficiency, wisdom and judgment.”
In her work on the JNC, Casey was involved with the appointments of more than 30% of the judiciary and five of the seven Supreme Judicial Court Justices, according to the administration.
“Sharon Shelfer Casey has been an active member of the North Shore Community for over 25 years and an outstanding member of our administration since 2015,” Polito said in a statement. “Both in her community activities and her professional life she has excelled, and we are sure that she will do the same in the District Court if the Governor’s Council provides its advice and consent to her nomination.”
The District Court hears a wide range of criminal, civil, housing, juvenile, mental health and other types of cases.
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A Hit with Consumers, Digital Payments Now Catching On Across the Business World Too
Transcript of a discussion on how the popularity of digital payments in the consumer world is now spreading to the B2B payments world as well, and for good reason.
Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes. Get the mobile app. Download the transcript.
Dana Gardner: Hi, this is Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions, and you’re listening to BriefingsDirect.
Our next technology innovation thought leadership discussion focuses on how digital payments are catching on for many more companies in the business world following the popularity of services like Apple Pay in the consumer world.
We'll now explore how digital payment solutions are changing the game for small companies like 487 Consulting Services, which is seeing faster and simpler payments using AribaPay. And we will hear more about how AribaPay is expanding around the globe.
With that, please join me in welcoming our guests, Drew Hofler, Senior Director of Marketing at SAP Ariba. Welcome, Drew.
Drew Hofler: Thank you, Dana, great to be here.
Gardner: We're also here with Ken Crouse, Principal Consultant and Owner at 487 Consulting Services in Folsom, California. Welcome, Ken.
Ken Crouse: Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
Gardner: And we are also here with Bill Dulin, Vice President of Commercial Payments at Discover in Chicago. Welcome, Bill.
Bill Dulin: Hey, thank you.
Gardner: Drew, for almost anything that consumers want to buy these days there's a swipe or a card chip, and we are now into wireless connectivity for payments. And yet, with business-to-business (B2B), we're still many times faxing and writing paper checks -- and it's largely still a manual process.
So why such a dichotomy between what people can do as a consumer buying gasoline, for example, and a company buying critical goods and services?
Hofler: It's fundamentally the difference between payments in B2B and the consumer world. For consumers, it's relatively simple.
Everything that you're going to buy is in a single cart at the time of payment, and it all takes place in one spot. The information and the payment itself happen together.
In the B2B world, that is just simply not the case. In the B2B world, you have an invoice that comes in for a good delivered or service rendered, and then payment may happen 30, 45, 60, 90 days later, and that payment may include more than one invoice.
Oftentimes in the B2B context, it includes hundreds of invoices on a single credit of funds into an account. So there's a huge gap between the payment and the information, and that’s what we're trying to solve. That's where the innovation needs to come, bringing that information that’s necessary for all parties to know what's being paid for, when, and why, bringing that together with the settlement of funds in a very secure environment.
Gardner: But we are closing the gap. Tell us a little bit about AribaPay. How long has it been around and why is it now in a position to begin closing that gap even more rapidly than ever?
Hofler: We launched general availability of AribaPay a little over year ago, and we started here in North America. We've seen rapid growth and we just announced that we're expanding into Canada with our partner, Discover. We are also expanding, later in the year, into Europe and Latin America.
Even though the payment systems are different, the fundamental issue with B2B payments -- the disconnect between information and the settlement of funds -- is the same no matter where you go geographically.
So that's why we're taking it global, and why we're in a position to really change the game and innovate in B2B payments. We sit at the nexus of the digital network age, which is a very different age from where payments began.
You have electronic payments like ACH in the US (or SEPA in Europe) and these types of electronic payment schemes were created back in the '70s, based on a paradigm of that time, which was COBOL-based mainframes behind brick walls, and there was no way to connect a buyer's systems with the supplier's systems.
But now, we live in the digital age, where the Ariba network connects millions of buyers and suppliers together to transact and move terabytes of data in real time between back-end systems.
Instead of doing what B2B payments and electronic payments have done in the past, which is try to take a small subset of that information out and attach it to the payment, (using the ACH or to the SEPA formats, 140 characters in Europe, which is the same as a tweet, or 80 usable characters in the US) we're taking the payment and attaching it to all of this information that’s already on the Ariba Network, the purchase order (PO), the invoice, the reason why the invoice maybe paid a little less than was expected. All of that information is fully available on the network.
We make it visible with the payment, so that both buyers and suppliers know exactly what's being paid, why it's being paid, what this million-dollar deposit is, even if it's a thousand invoices, and why it may be a little different than the supplier was expecting. All of that is fully visible and available on the Ariba Network.
Gardner: Bill, tell us a bit about the role that Discover plays in all this. And how do you feel about the gap closing between what happens in the consumer space and what can now happen in the business space?
Facilitating payments
Dulin: I think I would like to start off with what AribaPay is not, and it's not a card offering. Usually, when people see the Discover logo, they're thinking of a credit-card offering, but this is not that. We're using our infrastructure to facilitate commercial payments.
Dulin
In that case, we’re making sure that we're gathering the bank account information, we're acting as the financial institute of record, we're boarding the suppliers, so all of that information is now in our trusted network. That's how we show up as the financial institution, as the bank. We then move the money and, as Drew talked about a little bit earlier, along with that data as well. That's really where the gap is closing. We're bringing the data and the financial transaction together.
Gardner: Drew, this is not just for large companies. It should be for any company. The long tail, if you will, the larger number of people involved, will be those small-to-medium size businesses (SMBs). Is there something in it that's different or special for them other than your Global 2000 corporations?
Hofler: It’s particularly different for the receivers of payments on that long tail. The large companies have the IT resources they need to manage the complex electronic payments that are available today. That's based on EDI and things like that, and that's great.
The midsize to the smaller suppliers simply don't have the technical resources to consume the information in those formats. They just can't do it. What AribaPay really does is it makes it as simple as possible.
But then the midsize to the smaller suppliers simply don't have the technical resources to consume the information in those formats. They just can't do it. What AribaPay really does is it makes it as simple as possible.
It is as simple as an email with the information about the payment and a link into their account in the Ariba Network that they can visibly see all the information around their payment in a very nice UI. For example, if they were expecting a $1,000 payment and they got $900, the big question is why. There may be 10 invoices on that payment.
They come in, click that link, and come right into their account on the network. They see the payment ID for that $900 that they have, and we show them exactly what was invoiced, the $1,000. You expected $1,000, but you received $900, and here exactly is where the difference is from.
They have hyperlinks to go into the invoice. They can see the comments that may have been made on how maybe something was broken on the pallet, and so they only paid for 9 items instead of 10.
All of that is a very simple online experience.
Gardner: Ken, tell me a bit about 487 Consulting Services, what you do, and then we'll ask about how you like to get paid?
One-man shop
Crouse: 487 Consulting Services is my personal business. It's a one-man shop. I literally get up in the morning, walk over and turn on the coffee pot and walk over to my desk. That's probably the best part of being an independent.
Crouse
The other side of being an independent, though, is that I'm responsible for every single aspect of the business from submitting the financial filings that we did with Discover and getting on board with everybody and actually doing the work for which I'm getting paid. It's all done by me and is controlled by me.
There is no IT department. There is no human resources department. There is no large infrastructure behind me -- it's just me. I came to SAP Ariba via a customer that said they wanted to pay me that way.
Initially, I was a little apprehensive because I was expecting that I'd have to learn a new program. I could just flash back to COBOL in college back in the '80s, and that was petrifying, but the simplicity and the transparency of SAP Ariba was just refreshing.
The first webinar I attended, although scheduled for one hour, only lasted about 30 minutes because of the simplicity and then, within a couple of days, I was able to get all my paperwork together for Discover, and I was live on Ariba within less than a week.
Now, with the Ariba Network, when it comes time to do my invoice and do it about twice a month, I open my Ariba account, identify the purchase order to be billed, click the service that's to be billed and click the submit button.
Two weeks later, I received my first series of payments through Ariba and have been now receiving payments since the first of January 2015. Ariba has processed something north of 300 invoices for me amounting to probably 500 to 600 individual tasks.
Gardner: I think there are going to be more and more folks like you, smaller businesses, independents working to provide discrete services throughout our economy, around the world, many of them working off just the smart phone.
So this is an important part of our growing economy, but also it’s important for an organization like yours to have great visibility to know when the money is coming and when to expect it. Cash flow is pretty important.
So tell me a little bit about that visibility and expectation, and how this system worked better than paper, faxes, and checks?
Previous system
Crouse: It's probably best that I just take a step back from that and review where I was before Ariba, and like you mentioned, it was a paper invoicing system. My customer required that each purchase order be on a separate piece of paper for the purposes of invoicing.
So I might create 15 or 20 invoices, put them all in the same envelope with a nice little transmittal sheet, mail them off. Then, 75 days later, when I'm not getting paid for some invoice, I would then get hold of them, and they would say "Oops, your invoice isn't in our system. And I'd start all over again. That would be a time out from work. I had to stop what I was doing, resubmit the invoice, and then start the clock all over again.
Now, with the Ariba Network, when it comes time to do my invoice and do it about twice a month, I open my Ariba account, identify the purchase order to be billed, click the service that's to be billed and click the submit button. Quite literally, the invoicing is just that simple.
Within a matter of minutes, I receive recognition that the invoice is in the system, as opposed to waiting 75 days for confirmation that it's not there. I receive a positive affirmation within just a matter of minutes.
And then, within 48 to 72 hours, I have a customer who has acknowledged and has approved that invoice for payment. At that point, I know with certainty that that payment is going to come in and on a date certain. I can forecast my cash accordingly and then go on vacation. I don't have to worry about it.
When I get the notifications of the payment being in there, it's broken down line item by line item that corresponds to the exact tasks that I have done for that particular payment. I enjoy the fact that it is all in one payment and broken out that way.
Gardner: Also, Drew mentioned this opportunity for more rich information to be associated with the transaction, remittance information for example. Have you been able to avail yourself of that and is that an important part of what you're doing, being able to see all the information associated with an invoice or a payment process?
Crouse: When I get the notifications of the payment being in there, it's broken down line item by line item that corresponds to the exact tasks that I have done for that particular payment. I enjoy the fact that it is all in one payment and broken out that way.
In the past, a year and a half ago, I might receive individual payments for all of those invoices. I'd get an envelope in the mail that might have a dozen checks in it and then, I'd have to go back and reconcile one check against one invoice. It was just a very time consuming and very clumsy effort.
The other part is that I wouldn’t necessarily get paid for all of my invoices submitted on a given date at the same time. I'd get paid for 10 of the 12 invoices and then would have to start this tail-wagging-the-dog episode of chasing around payments on the other invoices and payments. Although the majority of them might be paid in 60 days, it wasn't uncommon that they would stretch out to 120 or 150 days.
Digitizing processes
Gardner: Bill, any thoughts from the Discover perspective on the ability to not just repave cow paths, but actually do things in business that could not have been done before, given that we are digitizing these processes?
Dulin: A key for us in this, and what we haven’t talked about too much, is the compliance that’s around it. So as we are moving these payments, knowing who the customer is, anti-money laundering, all the regulatory compliance that goes around it. That makes it a more robust payment.
We become more sophisticated as the technology wraps around that payment, to know where it's going, where it should be going. If something has happened that triggers it -- it makes us stop and take a look, to make sure. Sometimes, we talk about purposeful friction. Something triggered an event that made us stop the payment and take a look around and make sure that we have it.
From our perspective in this case, it's not so much of the technology; it’s pulling that sensitive information out of enterprise resource planning (ERP) programs or other places that it shouldn't be and then putting it in a financial institution, again, using that technology around it to help secure that.
Gardner: Now, we heard a lot at the recent Ariba Live 2016 Conference about risk reduction and visibility in the supply chain, that it's really about managing your supply chain. Is there something about using AribaPay, when you have all that data associated that gives people more insight into their supply chain than they may have had, auditability, the ability to further define what it is that they want in terms of best practices, Drew?
More data is better than less data, as long as you can consume it and put it in a usable format, and that's really what we are doing.
Hofler: More data is better than less data, as long as you can consume it and put it in a usable format, and that's really what we are doing.
Knowing exactly who is being paid and removing the opportunities for fraud in the payment process is huge, and AribaPay really removes those opportunities for fraud or a vast majority of them.
We have this whole platform of information and data about the interactions between a buyer and their supplier, from the moment that they source, to when they procure, to the PO, to the invoice, to the payment going through. They can see the on-time performance and they can see how often that supplier requests early payment, if they're using Dynamic Discounting on the Ariba Network, and they can feed that back into the procurement side and start to define payment terms as a result of that at the very beginning.
Gardner: I am afraid we will have to leave it there. You've been listening to a BriefingsDirect thought leadership podcast discussion on how digital payments are catching on for many more companies in the business world. And we've seen how the popularity of digital payments in the consumer world is now spreading to the B2B payments world as well, and for good reason.
So please join me now in thanking our guests, Drew Hofler, the Senior Director of Marketing at SAP Ariba; Ken Crouse, Principal Consultant and Owner at 487 Consulting Services, and Bill Dulin, Vice President of Commercial Payments at Discover.
And a big thank you, too, to our audience for joining this SAP Ariba-sponsored business innovation thought leadership discussion. I’m Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions, your host and moderator. Thanks again for listening, and do come back next time.
Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes. Get the mobile app. Download the transcript. Sponsor: SAP Ariba.
Transcript of a discussion on how the popularity of digital payments in the consumer world is now spreading to the B2B payments world as well, and for good reason. Copyright Interarbor Solutions, LLC, 2005-2016. All rights reserved.
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Xena The Warrior Princess
Real Name: Lucille Francis Ryan
Place of birth: Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
About: Lucy Lawless is a born beauty. She won the Mrs. New Zealand pageant in her homeland, which landed her a part on the hit comedy series Funny Business. There was nothing funny about this brunette's appeal. She rode the vehicle of her good looks to other indigenous productions like Within the Law (1990), A Bitter Song (1990), and The End of the Golden Weather (1991) before landing a role on the hit series For the Love of Mike. For those who love Lucy, she took her career to the next lusty level, moving to the U.S. and finding work on The Ray Bradbury Theatre, The X Files, and, most importantly, on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She was first cast as Lyla but later tried out for the ass-kicking Xena, was cast, and dyed her hair to distinguish herself from the prior role. Xena was such a tempting warrior that her character was spun off, and the rest is history. Despite her name, Lucy's film and TV career has been very law abiding, at least in terms of breaking the skin barrier. She's strutting about scantily clad, but sadly always clad. For an unintentional peek at Lucy's lovelies, check out the lungful beauty belting out the National Anthem at a Redwings game in Detroit on May 6th, 1997. She also belted out one of her meaty boobs as it rolled out from her descending top while she reached for that illusive high note. Now that Xena is off the air, maybe Lucy will get (intentionally) loose. That made the crowd give her a standing ovation . . . in their pants!
On her teasing guest spot on TV's The X Files: "I spent a lot of time underwater and performing naked. Well, actually I didn't perform naked. I credit that to a great body double. I don't do nudity. I'm the mother of two kids."
Actress TV Roles:
Tarzan ...Kathleen Clayton 2003-2003
Xena: Warrior Princess ...Xena 1995-2001
For the Love of Mike ...Helen 1991-1991
Funny Business ... Various 1989-1989
Peep! ...Helen -
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Movies Videos of Pornstars Sylvia Saints
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Grant Hanley: Being named captain is a huge honour
New Norwich City captain Grant Hanley has described being given the armband for the 2018-19 season as a "huge honour.
Hanley, 26, was awarded the captaincy last week and is set to lead out the Canaries for their Sky Bet Championship opener at Birmingham City on Saturday.
The Scottish international defender has previous captaincy experience from his days at Blackburn Rovers and says he has learned a great deal from that period of his career.
"It's a huge honour," said Hanley. "It's something that I've done before earlier on in my career but to be named captain at a club like this - I'm over the moon.
"I was quite young at the time [when I was last captain]. Sometimes it can be tough but you've got to try not to think about it too much.
"You just have to do what's best for the lads really and try and take the team forward.
Describing what sort of leader he is, Hanley contined: "I'm quite vocal. I'm not the type of captain who's going to drag the boys through by scoring goals.
"But I like to organise the boys and be vocal like that. It's not going to change me too much on the pitch.
"I think if you let it change you, it can put a lot more pressure on you. I think I'll just stay the same as I was but I know I'll have that bit of added responsibility on my shoulders."
City have had a busy week of training so far in the lead up to Saturday's match and Hanley says the intensity in sessions has been very high.
"The boss said at the start of the week: 'That's pre-season finished now and our focus is Birmingham.'
"It's only natural that the intensity has gone up. You'll see that wherever you go.
"The lads know that there might be a chance to squeeze into the starting eleven if they train well this week.
"The competition is healthy and it only pushes the lads on even more."
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YOUTH: Saturday game called off
Weather beats the youth game
The youth away game at Shrewsbury scheduled for tomorrow [Saturday 23 March] has been called off due to the poor weather conditions.
Overnight snow and ice has made the pitch surface unplayable and an early decision has been called to prevent United from setting off early on the day.
"Credit to Shrewsbury for making an early decision but, yet again, we're in a situation where we would all rather be playing a game," youth boss Eric Kinder said.
"You don't expect this when you're getting to the back end of March, but that's the way it goes. There's nothing we can do about it and hopefully we'll have the Cumberland Cup game on Monday, followed by a game against Bury on Thursday. That means the lads have plenty of football to look forward to next week."
Rearranged fixture details will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.
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Sean Miller to stay on as Arizona Wildcats coach after denying report that allegedly tied him to $100,000 payment for top prospect
Tyler Lauletta
Mar. 1, 2018, 4:07 PM
Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller responded with a full-throated denial of the accusations against him.
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Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller denied any wrongdoing at a press conference on Thursday after an ESPN report tied him directly to a $100,000 payment meant to help secure a star recruit.
Miller said the alleged conversation that ESPN claimed had been caught on an FBI wiretap never took place, and came out strong against the story while never naming the network directly.
ESPN has stated that it is standing by its original report amidst Miller's denial.
Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller denied any wrongdoing at a press conference on Thursday after an ESPN report alleged that he had a part in arranging a $100,000 payment in order to secure a star recruit.
"Let me be very, very clear — I have never discussed with Christian Dawkins paying DeAndre Ayton to attend the University of Arizona," Miller said, in a clear rebuke of the allegations brought up by the ESPN report last week. "Any reporting to the contrary is inaccurate, false, and defamatory."
ESPN's initial report claimed that the FBI had intercepted calls in which Miller spoke with Christian Dawkins, a "runner" for sports agent Andy Miller and a central figure of the FBI's probe.
In his press conference, Miller denied any wrongdoing related to the case, and offered a sharp criticism of the ESPN and the story, although he never mentioned the network by name.
You can watch a clip of Miller's statement below.
Arizona had already been tied to the ongoing FBI investigation into corruption within college basketball when assistant coach Emanuel Richardson was arrested along with Dawkins in 2017, but Miller had said at the time that he knew nothing of Richardson's alleged bribery.
The controversy has already cost Arizona. Shareef O'Neal, son of Shaquille O'Neal and one of the top high school recruits in the country, decommitted from Arizona when the news broke and will now be attending UCLA in the fall. Additionally, the Wildcats lost their game last Saturday against the Oregon Ducks, after Miller was pulled from the sidelines while the University worked through the allegations against the coach.
Still, the team remains ranked 19th in the country and sits atop the Pac-12 standings.
Arizona is set to play Stanford on Thursday night, with Miller back on the sidelines after his brief absence from the bench. ESPN has stated that it is standing by their original story.
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Where 16 Of The Strangest Company Names Came From
Alyson Shontell
Nov. 17, 2012, 10:54 AM
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Google. Yahoo. Yandex. Some of today's biggest companies are named the strangest things.
Sometimes, it's not the company's fault. There's a running joke that vowels are too expensive in Silicon Valley and founders can't afford normal-sounding domain names.
Others strive to come up with something a little different. "I wanted a nonsense word because I wanted to build the brand from scratch," one founder said.
One Kings Lane is a made-up address
One Kings Lane is a big home decor shopping site run by Doug Mack, Susan Feldman and Ali Pincus.
The name is a made-up address. "It's meant to reflect a blend of Old and New World sensibilities," Fortune writes.
Etsy means "And if" in Latin and "Oh, yes!" in Italian
Robert Kalin sought a meaningless word that he could turn into a brand.
He listened to foreign movies, wrote down what he heard, and turned it into the company's name.
Kalin explains to Reader's Digest, "I was watching Fellini's 8 ½ and writing down what I was hearing. In Italian, you say 'etsi' a lot. It means 'oh, yes.' And in Latin, it means 'and if.'"
Yandex has a double meaning, "Yet Another iNDEXer,' and the Russian word "Я" (Ya") Sounds like "I" In English (Ya-ndex).
The Russian search engine's name is both an acronym and a pun.
According to Wikipedia, ""The name initially stood for "Yet Another iNDEXer." The Russian word "Я" ("Ya") corresponds to English personal pronoun "I", making "Яndex" a bilingual pun on "index"; another pun is based on yin and yang contrast."
GoDaddy was originally called Jomax Technologies. It was almost named BigDaddy but the domain was taken.
Bob Parsons founded GoDaddy in 1997 under the name Jomax Technologies.
Two years later, the company sought a more memorable name and had an employee brainstorming session. The name "Big Daddy" was suggested, but that domain was taken.
The idea morphed into GoDaddy. Parsons liked the new name because it made people smile.
Twitter was almost called Status, then Twitch
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Twitter's working title was "Status." The founders turned to the dictionary for a better name.
Dorsey explains to The LA Times, "We wanted to capture that feeling: the physical sensation that you're buzzing your friend's pocket. It's like buzzing all over the world.
"So we did a bunch of name-storming, and we came up with the word 'twitch,' because the phone kind of vibrates when it moves. But 'twitch' is not a good product name because it doesn't bring up the right imagery.
"So we looked in the dictionary for words around it, and we came across the word 'twitter,' and it was just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of inconsequential information,' and 'chirps from birds."
Zynga was the name of Mark Pincus' bulldog, Zinga.
If "Zynga" sounds more like a pet than a company, that's because it is.
Mark Pincus named his company after his American bulldog, Zinga. Zinga.com wasn't available, but Zynga.com was.
Google came from the mathematical term googol. It's the number one followed by one hundred zeros.
In its earliest version, Sergey Brin and Larry Page named their search engine "Back Rub."
They changed the name to Google, which stems from the mathematical term "googol."
Googol is the number one followed by one hundred zeros.
Brin and Page found "googol" fitting because it represented a powerful search engine with access to tons of information.
Yahoo, or Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle, was inspired by Gulliver's Travels
Jerry Yang and David Filo renamed their company, "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web," in 1994.
The new name, Yahoo! was selected more for its literary definition than for its acronym, Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
Yahoos in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels were savage creatures. Yahoo, then, meant "rude, unsophisticated, and uncouth."
"Skype" was derived from "sky peer-to-peer."
The initial name for the project that turned into Skype was "Sky peer-to-peer."
That was chopped down to "Skyper." Later, due to domain name restrictions, the "r" was dropped.
Steve Jobs came up with "Apple" while working at a community farm.
According to his cofounder Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs came up with the name "Apple Computer" while driving on Highway 85 between Palo Alto and Los Altos.
"(Jobs) said, 'I've got a great name: Apple Computer.' Maybe he worked in apple trees. I didn't even ask. Maybe it had some other meaning to him. Maybe the idea just occurred based upon Apple Records. He had been a musical person, like many technical people are. It might have sounded good partly because of that connotation. I thought instantly, 'We're going to have a lot of copyright problems.'" (via Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company)
Pandora was named after the Greek goddess.
From the music company's about page:
"The name Pandora means "all gifted" in Greek. In ancient Greek mythology, Pandora received many gifts from the gods, including the gift of music, from Apollo. She was also, as we all know, very curious. Unlike those gods of old, however, we celebrate that virtue and have made it our mission to reward the musically curious among us with a never-ending experience of music discovery."
"Hulu" was based on a Mandarin word with two meanings: gourd and interactive recording.
Joe Shablotnik via flickr
Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, writes how the name "Hulu" was picked:
"In a series of marathon naming sessions, Eric, Christina, Eugene and I (shown below) generated, reviewed and debated a very long list of names, filling the whiteboard walls with dozens of possibilities last July and August…
"At some point during the marathon naming sessions, the name Hulu was suggested…In Mandarin, Hulu has two interesting meanings, each highly relevant to our mission...It literally translates to "gourd," and in ancient times, the Hulu was hollowed out and used to hold precious things. The secondary meaning is "interactive recording." We saw both definitions as appropriate bookends and highly relevant to the mission of Hulu.
"We were also excited about the name because it had no meaning in the English language. Given that we had aspired — and continue to aspire — to create a unique experience that is both worthy of remark and defies easy comparison, having a name with no direct definition appealed to us. For practical purposes, we also set out to have a relatively short, easy-to-pronounce name."
Before it was acquired and shut down by Google, Meebo's name stood for nothing.
Earlier this year, Google aquired and shutdown social instant messaging service, Meebo.
But when the company was founded, was purposely named after nothing. The founders only had a few requirements: it had to be two syllables, it had to be meaningless, and if it started with the letter "M," that was a plus.
" Meebo is no secret acronym or inside joke," the company blog explained.
"As far as we know, it doesn't translate to anything…Sandy, Seth, and Elaine wrote down all the possible names they could think of on a napkin. Two syllables were a requirement and Elaine leaned heavily towards names that started with the letter "M." It had to have no prior association and the spelling had to be easy enough so that if you heard it, you could spell it.… They came up with about fifty before starting to repeat themselves. they entered all fifty names, one by one, into a browser and eliminated all but something like five, because the rest were taken. After playing with variations on the few remaining, they picked Meebo."
Bebo means "Blog Early, Blog Often."
Social network Bebo is an acronym for "blog early, blog often."
Zillow, the online real estate database, combines "zillions" with "pillows"
According to Zillow, "The Zillow name evolved from the desire to make zillions of data points for homes accessible to everyone.
"And, since a home is about more than just data - it is where you lay your head to rest at night, like a pillow - "Zillow" was born."
Yipit got its name because "everything sensible was taken." It was almost called "streetcar," "frankencity," "citybat," or "noocher."
Cofounder Vinicius Vacanti wrote a post about how difficult it was to name his daily deals aggregator, Yipit. He explains the grueling process:
"You realize at some point that EVERYTHING sensible is taken…We came up with a long list of terrible names and these were the ones we actually bought: streetcake, frankencity, 1gotham, citybat, noocher, zaxme.
"We wanted something short and we decided we wanted the domain to end in "it". We figured people say "google it", and we hoped that one day, if we got popular enough, we could make it easier on people by having the "it" as part of the name.
"So, I wrote a simple python script to generate every [consonant][vowel][consonant]it.com. With 21 consonants and 5 vowels, that resulted in 2,205 possible domains…Around 400 were available. The available domains were terrible but, amongst the trash, we spotted the needle in the haystack: yipit.com."
The names of the startups might be silly, but at least they're good business ideas. Unlike:
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Edited by Constance M. Bertka, AAAS, Washington
Book: Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life
Published online: 29 December 2010
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp 321-324
1 - Astrobiology in a societal context
By Constance M. Bertka
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp 1-18
In 2003 the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, invited over twenty scholars from diverse fields, scientists active in astrobiology, as well as philosophers, historians, ethicists, and theologians, to explore together the philosophical, ethical, and theological implications of research and discoveries in astrobiology. A major motivation for this effort was the recognition that the very questions that define astrobiology as a discipline – Where do we come from? Are we alone? Where are we going? – are multidisciplinary in nature and have broad appeal to the public-at-large.
It is unavoidable that the science of astrobiology will intersect with, and inevitably challenge, many deeply held beliefs. Exploration possibilities, particularly those that may include the discovery of extraterrestrial life, will continue to challenge us to reconsider our views of nature and our connection to the rest of the universe. Much work has already been done in this area. What is unique about our present circumstance is that past theoretical musings may soon benefit from a renewed urgency that is awakened both by new discoveries and by technological advances. Many of the astrobiologists assembled for this workshop have in common another interest, working proactively to provide more opportunities for non-scientists to both share in the excitement of this field, and to be informed participants in a public dialogue that considers the opportunities and challenges associated with astrobiology in the near future.
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp xi-xii
Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life
Philosophical, Ethical and Theological Perspectives
Edited by Constance M. Bertka
Print publication: 03 September 2009
Where did we come from? Are we alone? Where are we going? These are the questions that define the field of astrobiology. New discoveries about life on Earth, the increasing numbers of extrasolar planets being identified, and the technologies being developed to locate and characterize Earth-like planets around other stars are continually challenging our views of nature and our connection to the rest of the universe. In this book, philosophers, historians, ethicists, and theologians provide the perspectives of their fields on the research and discoveries of astrobiology. A valuable resource for graduate students and researchers, the book provides an introduction to astrobiology, and explores subjects such as the implications of current origin of life research, the possible discovery of extraterrestrial microbial life, and the possibility of altering the environment of Mars.
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp vii-viii
Part II - Extent of life
Part I - Origin of life
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp 19-20
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp i-vi
Print publication: 03 September 2009, pp ix-x
Part III - Future of life
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City to dedicate new park in honour of Bert Meunier
The public is invited to the official opening and dedication of Bert Meunier Common at 1 p.m. this Saturday, May 31 at the park at Augusta Drive and Crossfield Ave.
"Mr. Meunier, former C.A.O. of the City of Kingston, was admired and respected for his dedication to making Kingston a better community," said Mayor Mark Gerretsen. "Mr. Meunier began his career in recreation and never lost sight of the importance of parks and green space in community planning. This new park is named Bert Meunier Common in recognition of his lasting positive contributions to our community."
Festivities will follow the dedication ceremony and will include live entertainment by the 10-piece Jazz/Blues group, Big Phat Horn Band, (bring your own lawn chair). Bring the kids to enjoy the new splash pad, playground, face painting and balloons.
Meunier served as the City's Chief Administrative Officer. from 1990 to 1992, before amalgamation, and was the first C.A.O. to lead the amalgamated City of Kingston from 1998 until his death in 2005. A Council motion of Oct. 5, 2010 directed City staff to dedicate a future municipal park in Meunier's memory as he was a champion of parks and loved the outdoors.
Media contact: For more information contact Cindie Ashton, Media Relations Officer, 613-546-4291, ext. 3116. Or call Communications at 613-546-4291, ext. 2300.
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Hong Kong Legislative Council President Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen announces closure of LegCo chambers on Thursday. CHINA DAILY
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is expected to have a significant setback in approval of issues related to people"s lives, due to the forced closure of the city"s legislature after damage from a violent break-in by protesters on Monday night, Legislative Council leaders said on Thursday.
The closure will put on hold deliberations on 40 items, most of which affect people"s lives, according to legislator and Finance Committee Chairman Chan Kin-por. Items to be discussed by the Legislative Council"s Finance Committee involve more than HK$70 billion ($9 billion) in appropriations, including issues of public health and public housing, he said.
Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, president of the Legislative Council, announced the legislature"s temporary closing on Thursday, attributing it to the extensive damage to fire safety, security and communication systems inside the council building. The chambers are to remain closed until October, when a new legislative year starts.
While the effect would be to move up the legislature"s summer recess by two weeks, Chan has said he believes that 20 to 30 of those 40 items could have been moved out of committee and approved by the legislature before the recess, had the break-in not forced the closure.
Leung visited the complex with members from the LegCo Commission－which oversees the secretarial affairs of the council－before making the announcement. The LegCo building went through a violent break-in on Monday night, with hundreds of masked protesters occupying and vandalizing it for about three hours.
Leung said it is difficult to find a suitable alternative meeting venue, since a fully functioning council needs to be accommodated by over 1,000 staff members.
By Thursday evening, Hong Kong police had arrested 12 people accused of involvement in storming the LegCo chambers on Monday. Police said arrests corresponded with such offenses as assaulting a police officer, unlawful assembly and possession of weapons.
Among the 40 items to be scrutinized by the Finance Committee, about 20 deal with city infrastructure of different types, while others concern personnel appointments and government salary adjustments, according to a committee agenda list.
Chan said matters he considers to be of great urgency and linked to people"s lives include appropriation extensions for several public hospitals and infrastructure projects for public housing.
Chan said he will soon write to Legislative Council members to see if they would agree to scrutinize some urgent livelihood issues through circulation of papers, replacing face-to-face meetings.
However, Chan said that if any member on the committee disagrees with such a special arrangement, it can"t be used, according to procedural rules of the committee.
In such a scenario, projects on public housing, for instance, would have to be delayed for at least four months, until late October, Chan said.
"It will no doubt do harm to the livelihood of Hong Kong," Chan said. "I hope lawmakers from different political camps, as well as the entire community, will calm down and give some priority to these critical issues yet to be addressed."
Lam Ching-choi, a member of the Executive Council－the top policy advisory body to the chief executive－who is not a government official, said he regretted that political bickering has become more important than people"s livelihoods.
Lam said that if hospital infrastructure projects are delayed, the burden of the public healthcare shortage in Hong Kong will be aggravated.
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Ebola outbreak "contained" - Kabila
IRIN - September 14, 2007
Measures have been taken to prevent the spread of Ebola following the deaths of at least 160 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern province of Kasai Occidental during the past two months, President Joseph Kabila said.
Analyst: Violence in Eastern Congo Likely to Deteriorate
VOA News - September 14, 2007
The tense situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to deteriorate despite a declaration by renegade general Laurent Nkunda on Friday that he intends to integrate his forces into Congo's army, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group has said.
DRC Rebel Leader Nkunda Says Ready to Join Army
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the leader of the rebel National Congress for the People's Defense, General Laurent Nkunda said his forces are ready to join the national army after their demands are met. This follows threats by DRC President Joseph Kabila for renegade soldiers in eastern Congo to rejoin the national army or face forcible disarmament.
Call to address sexual violence in the east
The international community must take urgent action to eliminate rampant sexual violence in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Stephen Lewis, former UN special envoy for AIDS in Africa, has said.
Kabila urges rebel leader to agree on army integration
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged dissident General Laurent Nkunda to integrate his forces voluntarily into the national army or face force.
PNC: The restoration of state authority remains a priority
MONUC - September 12, 2007
National Congolese Police (PNC) chief Lieutenant General John Numbi said on his recent appointment that the PNC was going to do all to implement and restore state authority, in accordance with his new mandate. What are the measures being taken to ensure law and order and the security of the population and their property in Kinshasa? In an interview, John Numbi gives detailed answers on these and many other issues that face the PNC today.
Outbreak in Kasai Occidental confirmed as Ebola
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have identified a fever outbreak that has claimed at least 167 lives in the southern province of Kasai Occidental as Ebola.
DRC And Nkunda Have Agreed On a Fragile Cease-Fire
After days of heavy fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and renegade General Laurent Nkunda, the two sides reached an agreement on Thursday (9-6-07) to observe a cease-fire. The two sides have reportedly agreed to solve their differences through dialogue.
DRC-RWANDA: Good neighbourliness a long way off - analyst
IRIN - September 7, 2007
The recent meeting between senior Rwandan and Congolese officials saw some agreement on strategies to minimise tension between the two countries, but did not achieve a breakthrough to firmly deal with the rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an analyst said.
Democratic Republic of Congo Rebels Call for Cease Fire
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel leader of the National Congress for the People's Defense, General Laurent Nkunda, has called on the government to stop attacking his rebels and come to the peace-negotiating table. His call came after the government, backed by the United Nations, attacked rebel positions with helicopter gunships in two parts of North Kivu province. The rebels are also asking the international community to put pressure on the Kinshasa government to come to the peace table.
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No Will To Survive
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By:Tom Piatak | September 02, 2015
Srdja Trifkovic’s contact within the Dutch Ministry of Immigration isn’t the only one who has noticed that the current flood of “migrants” now heading to Europe resembles an invasion. Catholic World News reports that Edward Luttwak has likened the current wave of immigration to the barbarian invasions that doomed Rome. Luttwak charges that the Islamic migrants are working for “the gradual Islamization of Europe.” Even more ominously Luttwak states, “In today’s Europe, I see no will to survive.”
It is hard to disagree with Luttwak. In fact, far less dramatic evidence that Western man has lost the will to survive is all around. Last month, Foreign Policy reported that New Zealand is in the process of replacing its flag. The current New Zealand flag consists of the Blue Ensign with the stars of the Southern Cross in red on its field. As such, it is a proud emblem of New Zealand’s British heritage. That heritage used to be something New Zealanders both took pride in and took seriously: over 40% of New Zealand’s military age men served in World War I, most of them volunteers. Now, New Zealand’s leaders are embarrassed by their British past. Only one of the potential new flags features the Union Jack. Foreign Policy offers this quote from the Flag Consideration Panel on why New Zealand needs a new flag: “A potential new flag should unmistakably be from New Zealand and celebrate us as a progressive, inclusive nation that is connected to its environment, and has a sense of its past and a vision for its future.”
Perhaps only someone who has visited New Zealand can appreciate how Orwellian that statement is. When I visited that lovely country over a decade ago, I was struck by how the country’s museums and monuments focused on the Maori, and not on the British settlers who actually created New Zealand. For example, the national museum in Wellington is called “Te Papa Tongarewa” and places much more emphasis on New Zealand's Maori heritage than on its British heritage. Increasingly progressive New Zealanders refer to their country as “Aotearoa.” It’s as if the Mall in Washington were covered with teepees and Americans often used an American Indian name for our country.
Of course, we may yet be headed down that path. Earlier this week, President Obama unilaterally renamed Mt. McKinley “Denali.” Whatever else may be said about the culture that thought nothing of giving imposing mountains such names as “McKinley,” “Everest,” and “Cook,” there is no doubt that it had a will to survive. The same may not be said of the descendants of that culture, who feel guilty about turning foreigners away at the border or even about continuing to use the names their forebears gave to the places they settled.
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Humans were in Philippines 700,000 years ago
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
Updated 9:24 AM ET, Fri May 4, 2018
Photos: Ancient finds
This primitive dinosaur had a wide W-shaped jaw and a solid bony crest resembling a humped nose.
An illustration of a Microraptor as it swallows a lizard whole during the Cretaceous period. The well-preserved fossils of the Microraptor and the lizard were both found, leading to the discovery that the lizard was a previously unknown species.
The back of a skull found in a Grecian cave has been dated to 210,000 years ago. Known as Apidima 1, right, researchers were able to scan and re-create it (middle and left). The rounded shape of Apidima 1 is a unique feature of modern humans and contrasts sharply with Neanderthals and their ancestors.
A 33,000-year-old human skull shows evidence of being struck with a club-like object. The right side of the man's head has a large depressed fracture.
The recently discovered fossilized femur of an ancient giant bird revealed that it weighed nearly as much as an adult polar bear and could reach 11½ feet tall. It lived between 1.5 million and 2 million years ago.
This jawbone belonged to a Neanderthal girl who lived 120,000 years ago. It was found in Scladina Cave in Belgium.
This is an artist's illustration of the newly discovered dinosaur species Fostoria dhimbangunmal.
Radiocarbon dating has revealed that this Iron Age wooden shield was made between 395 and 255 BC.
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737 MAX 8 Airplane
After two devastating airplane crashes of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8, an investigation is taking place to determine how a flaw in the airplane’s anti-stall system went unnoticed despite reports of malfunction.
The cause of both crashes was the 737 MAX 8’s anti-stall system, known as MCAS. When creating the 737 MAX 8, manufacturer Boeing wanted to increase the capabilities of the MCAS. This means the software controlling the MCAS would activate in more situations than previous models. Despite updating the MCAS, the functionality was not fully reviewed by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a move that might have found the malfunction and prevented these deadly aviation accidents.
How Does MCAS Work?
Every plane is outfitted with a sensor around the nose of its aircraft that measures when the plane is near an aerodynamic stall. This is called the angle-of-attack (AOA) sensor. In a 737 MAX 8, if an AOA sensor determined an aerodynamic stall was imminent, it would send a warning to the MCAS. The MCAS would then point the nose of the plane downward to avoid to the stall.
It can be extremely challenging for pilots to fight against the MCAS. When pilots were conducting flight simulations for the first 737 MAX 8 crash, they were surprised to discover how strong the MCAS was. According to the pilots in the simulation, they had less than forty seconds to manually override the MCAS before the plane would crash.
MCAS Development
The initial use of the MCAS only engaged in a few circumstances. Prior to the 737 MAX 8, it was used during high-speed maneuvers to keep the plane flying smoothly and predictably. However, during test flights pilots reported additional instances where the plane flew more unpredictably than desired, particularly at lower speeds. Boeing decided to utilize the MCAS in more scenarios at lower speeds to improve predictability.
In order to use the MCAS at lower speeds, it would need to work faster. Boeing quadrupled the amount the MCAS could move a stabilizer in one cycle. Essentially, this would move the nose of the plane downward further than the previous models. But the power of the MCAS system was compounded with another problem – pilots weren’t used to this type of autopilot. Previous versions of MCAS systems would only provide a warning to pilots, allowing pilots to manually make corrective maneuvers themselves. However, with the new MCAS system, pilots in both crashes were left fighting the MCAS until their eventual crash.
In the Lion Air crash last year, data recovered from the aircraft showed the pilots repeatedly struggled with the MCAS. The MCAS system pushed the plane’s nose downward, and when the pilots manually pulled the nose upward, the MCAS pushed the nose down again. This same malfunction was also reported right before the Ethiopian Airlines crash.
Failure To Warn
It’s no surprise the pilots fought against the 737 MAX 8’s MCAS. A thorough explanation of the system was absent from the plane’s manual and the FAA did not require Boeing to provide training to pilots on handling the system. The results of these actions have been tragic, proving deadly for hundreds of passengers.
All airplane manufacturers have a responsibility to make safe aircrafts. When they fail to do so, they need to be held accountable for their actions. Contact the aircraft litigation attorneys at Dax F. Garza, P.C. today for more information about how we can help after an airplane crash.
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Toronto Argonauts poised to kick off 2019 CFL draft with first overall pick
The Lions are scheduled to make their first pick in the third round, 26th overall
May. 1, 2019 11:48 a.m.
Toronto Argonauts’ general manager Jim Popp speaks to media at the Argo practice facility in Toronto, on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. On Thursday night, the Toronto GM will make the opening selection of the CFL draft for the first time in his 20-plus year Canadian tenure. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov)
It’s a career first that Jim Popp would rather not have.
On Thursday night, the Toronto Argonauts general manager will make the opening selection of the CFL draft for the first time in his 20-plus-year tenure in the league. The Argos secured the No. 1 pick after posting a league-worst 4-14 record last season.
Popp, 54, has enjoyed much CFL success. As a GM with Baltimore (1994-95), Montreal (1996-2016) and Toronto (2017-present), his clubs have reached the Grey Cup 11 times, winning five.
Popp’s teams have traditionally made the CFL playoffs, meaning he’s often been relegated to the lower stages of the first round in the draft. So he’s in somewhat uncharted waters this time around.
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“Yeah, it’s a first,” Popp said with a chuckle. “Since we have the first pick, we need to celebrate it and make a big deal about it.”
Toronto has 10 picks during the eight-round draft, the most of any CFL team. With five in the first 23 selections — including to start the second round at No. 9 — the Argos have a chance to significantly upgrade their Canadian content.
The ’19 draft class is deep, particularly at receiver and the offensive line, and features several intriguing options throughout. But once again the NFL draft will give CFL general managers much to ponder.
Laval defensive lineman Mathieu Betts, the top-ranked Canadian draft prospect, signed as an undrafted free agent with the Chicago Bears on Saturday. Also, receivers Justin McInnis (No. 3 on CFL scouting bureau list), Brayden Lenius (No. 11), Chris Osei-Kusi, Shai Ross and Kurleigh Gittens Jr. (No. 16), offensive linemen Drew Desjarlais (No. 7), Alex Fontana (No. 10) and Maurice Simba (No. 13), defensive lineman Robbie Smith (No, 15) and quarterback Michael O’Connor (No. 17) will attend NFL rookie mini-camps.
There’s still plenty of talent without any NFL offers, though. The list includes offensive linemen Shane Richards and Zach Wilkinson (the second- and fourth-ranked prospects, respectively), receivers Hergy Mayala (No. 5) and Kaion Julien-Grant (No. 8), defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo (No. 6) and running back Maleek Irons (No. 8).
The dilemma facing CFL GMs is deciding whether to select a prospect who can report to training camp immediately or take a flyer on a player who’s headed south and might report later.
“I can tell you the draft boards of all nine teams are different,” Popp said. ”Everybody’s top 10 would be in a different order and even maybe with different people.
“It’s what’s important to a team … and that’s what makes it fun.”
Popp said Canadian players heading to NFL mini-camps also are taking a risk because they’re unsigned. And the decision to head south could impact the prospect’s draft stock in Canada, causing him to drop and resulting in lost money.
“That decision might cost them as much as $10,000, $15,000, $20,000,” Popp said. “But many of them are chasing a dream and might have in their minds that they might not get another chance to do this. That’s what makes our draft really interesting.
“The great thing about having the first pick is you get to make that decision, you’re not dependant on everyone else and how it all falls to you.”
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will make the second overall selection, followed by the Edmonton Eskimos. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have the fourth and fifth picks, followed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders at No. 6. The Ottawa Redblacks and Grey Cup-champion Calgary Stampeders will complete the first round.
Neither B.C. nor Montreal have first-round selections although the Alouettes have three second-round picks (Nos. 13, 16 and 19) and nine overall. The Lions are scheduled to make their first pick in the third round, 26th overall, and have seven selections on the night.
Hamilton stands to fare well early with five selections in the first 24. After making the second overall pick, Hamilton will have two choices in the second (Nos. 10-11) and third (No. 22, No. 24) rounds.
Popp said the Argos have a clear idea of who they want to take first overall and the goal remains to have the player signed prior to opening Thursday’s draft. Popp added he’d be open to dealing the No. 1 pick, but it would have to be a sweetheart deal.
“It would have to be something that we just couldn’t pass up, something that was just too rich,” he said. “Right now, the Argos plan on drafting their guy with the first pick overall and it would have to be something shocking that’s presented to us, which I have not heard yet.”
Winnipeg GM Kyle Walters, with two picks, will be a definite power broker in the opening round. That’s a good thing for the Bombers, considering Winnipeg lost Canadian offensive linemen Sukh Chungh (free agent, B.C.) and Matthias Goossen (retirement) and safety Taylor Loffler (free agent, Montreal).
The two first-round selections give Walters much flexibility. He could use both on players for right now, one to fill a need immediately and the other on a future pick, or trade No. 5.
“It’s a nice spot to be in,” Walters told reporters in Winnipeg. “If we don’t do anything, I know we’re going to get two good football players.
“I’m going to guess if somebody really wants to come up to pick No. 5 we’ll listen, but like I said we’re in a nice spot because I’m perfectly comfortable. I’m not going to move for the sake of moving … if the strategy is to move down or move one of the picks then we’ll certainly listen.”
Walters feels the ‘19 draft class is deep.
“I think the top 20 picks are going to be as good as we’ve seen,” he said. “Betts is the only Canadian kid that’s got a priority free-agent deal, which generally helps our draft depth because you have to assume … . mini-camp invites rarely turn into NFL contracts so you’d have to play those odds.
“I think all of that contributes to a good draft.”
Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press
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At East Elementary School, students urged to take music deep into adult life
Teacher Tanya Young taps technology, theory and love of music in her interaction with students
Michael Neary
East Elementary School Music Teacher Tanya Young practices with fourth-graders Gerardo Guereca Morales, left, Ruby Short and Joselyn Moriel.
Craig — When students at East Elementary School come to Tanya Young’s music class, they enter the room singing. In fact, the first few minutes of interaction — and much of the communication after that — take the form of song.
For Young, who’s taught at East Elementary for about nine years, cultivating that musical spirit is vital. She described how the act of being sung to, as well singing, can help to fashion a child’s musicality.
“If they’ve been sung to as toddlers and young children, they’ll have a lot more experience with it,” she said.
That sort of interaction, she said, creates an effect that’s much different from listening to a radio or some other mechanized recording.
“When you have babies, you talk to them so they learn the language,” she said. “If you have children listening to music on CDs that’s at least exposing them to music, but if you sing to them you interact. Music is an interaction. It’s something that can create a bond. There’s a reason why mothers sing lullabies to their babies.”
Young said she’s developed an even greater appreciation of music since she’s become a mother.
“I sing all day long,” she said. “They’ve had music from when they were in the womb.”
Young said she and other music teachers in the Moffat County School District have been looking especially hard at the musical teaching approaches advocated by John M. Feierabend. Young had a book by Feierabend close at hand, and she said she’d recently listened him deliver a presentation at a Colorado Music Educators Association conference.
“He has this program called ‘First Steps in Music,’” she said. “He made up some words: ‘artfulness,’ ‘tunefulness’ and ‘beatfulness,’ and so his program works on those three aspects of music making.”
Feierabend writes of “the music that is interwoven throughout our lives” on his website, and that’s clearly a concept that Young threads into her teaching, as well.
“He advocates movement, lots of movement,” she said. She also noted that he encourages cultivating a kind of “artfulness,” a way of thinking about music that’s different from everyday speech and communication.
“You work on using the voice and you try to get the kids using their head voice,” she said, demonstrating with a soaring musical note. “Most of the kids use their speaking voice, which doesn’t get them into singing.”
Throughout her teaching, Young is tapping technology, including iPads, but she offered a caution.
“I want students to use them as a tool, rather than as a toy,” she said.
Young said she’s experimented with a “flipped classroom,” where she’s made videos to complement the material she’s presented in class and then asked students to apply lessons from those videos to their own playing. Students send her videos of themselves playing, and she gives them written feedback.
East Elementary School Fifth-grader Samantha Willems talked enthusiastically about those iPads, and she said Google Classroom is helping students to prepare for a recorder concert later in the year.
The recorder is the instrument assigned to fifth-graders.
Samantha also noted the way Google Classroom allows students to practice songs, accumulate points, and move step by step through various levels.
That, explained fifth-grader Ian Trevenen, is where practice becomes important.
“It was kind of hard reading the music on the lines,” he said. “I wasn’t used to that on the recorders. But now that we have a little bit more practice it’s been easier to read these notes.”
Ian said he’d learned to read music in Young’s classes — a point that led East Elementary School Principal Sarah Hepworth to note the importance of music classes in the students’ lives.
“For most of the students in our school, it’s probably the first exposure students have had to music,” she said.
Young describes her goal in teaching music as something that goes beyond any kind of professional preparation.
“You want them to go into life and to be an appreciator of music — and maybe make music, or at least to go to concerts, to sing lullabies to their babies, to dance nicely at their weddings,” she said. “Music is such an enrichment to life, but it’s not necessarily something that everybody is going to become a professional at.”
Contact Michael Neary at 970-875-1794 or mneary@CraigDailyPress.com or follow him on Twitter @CDP_Education.
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Franklin, K., P.N. Sommers, C.E. Aslan, J.L. Bronstein, B.R. Lopez, E. Bustamante, A. Montijo-Burquez, R.A. Medellín, B. Marrazi, 2016. Plant biotic interactions in the Sonoran Desert: current knowledge and future research perspectives. International Journal of Plant Sciences 177:217–234.
Franklin, K., C. Aslan. 2016. Pollination of Amsonia kearneyana in naturally-occurring, outplanted, and safe harbor populations. Final Report for Grant Number: Endangered Species Act Section 6, Segment 18 - 2014-2016-05.
Marrazi B., J.L. Bronstein, P.N. Sommers, B.R. Lopez, E. Bustamante, A. Montijo-Burquez, R. Medellín, C. Aslan, K. Franklin, 2015. Plant biotic interactions in the Sonoran Desert: Current research, conservation, and future directions. Journal of the Southwest 57: 457-502.
Meyer, W.M., J.A. Eble, K.A. Franklin, R.B. McManus, S.L. Brantley, J. Henkel, P.E. Marek, W.E. Hall, C.A. Olson, R. McInroy, E.M. Bernal Loaiza, R.C. Brusca, W. Moore. 2015. Ground-dwelling arthropod communities of a sky island mountain range in southeastern Arizona, USA: obtaining a baseline for assessing the effects of climate change. PLoS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135210
Aslan, C. E., N. Holmes, D. Croll, B. Tershy. 2014. Benefits to poorly studied taxa of conservation of bird and mammal diversity on islands. Conservation Biology 29: 133-142.
Aslan, C. E., A. B. Aslan, B. Tershy, D. Croll, and E. S. Zavaleta. 2014. Building taxon substitution guidelines on a biological control foundation. Restoration Ecology 22:437-441.
Aslan, A. B., P. Hart, J. X. Wu, and C. E. Aslan. 2014. Evaluating the qualitative effectiveness of a novel pollinator: a case study of two endemic Hawaiian plants. Biotropica 46:732–739.
Aslan, C. E. 2014. Pollination of the endangered Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus arizonicus). The American Midland Naturalist 173(1): 61-72.
Brodie, J. F., C. E. Aslan, H. S. Rogers, K. H. Redford, J. L. Maron, J. L Bronstein, and C. R. Groves. 2014. Secondary extinctions of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 29(12): 664-672.
Brusca, Wiens, Meyer, Eble, Franklin, Overpeck, and Moore. 2013 Dramatic response to climate change in the Southwest: Robert Whittaker's 1963 Arizona Mountain plant transect revisited. Ecology and Evolution 3: 3307-3319.
Aslan, C. E., M. Pinsky, M. Ryan, S. Souther, K. Terrell. 2013. Cultivating creativity in conservation science. Conservation Biology. 28:345-353
Aslan, C. E., E. S. Zavaleta, B. Tershy, and D. Croll. 2013. Mutualism disruption threatens global plant biodiversity: a systematic review. PLoS ONE 8: e66993.
Aslan, CE, The effect of a spatial shift on interspecific interactions: pollination of relocated vs. wild Arizona hedgehog cacti Final Report for Grant Number: Section 6, Segment 16 - 2012-2013
Franklin, K. 2012. The remarkable resilience of ant assemblages to land cover change in arid ecosystems of northwest Mexico. Biological Conservation. 148:96-105.
Moore, W., W.M. Meyer, J.A. Eble, K.A. Franklin, J.F. Wiens, R.C.Brusca. 2012. Introduction to the Arizona Sky Island Arthropod Project: Systematics, Biogeography, Ecology, and Population Genetics of Arthropods of the Madrean Sky Islands. Pp. 140-162 in Gottfried, G.J.; P.F. Ffolliott, B.S. Gebow, and L.G. Eskew, compilers. Merging science and management in a rapidly changing world: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012 RMRS-P-67. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fort Collins, CO.
2004 and previous
Bowman, T.E., B. Kensley, R.C. Brusca, G.D. Wilson and G. Schultz. Common and Scientific Names of [freshwater & marine] Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Isopod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society. (Fall 2004)
Brusca, R. C. and G. C. Bryner. In press. A Case Study Of Two Mexican Biosphere Reserves: The Upper Gulf of California/Colorado River Delta and Pinacate/Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserves. Pp. 28-64 in N. E. Harrison and G. C. Bryner (eds.), Science and Politics in the International Environment . Rowman and Littlefield, New York. (Winter 2004)
Brusca, R.C., E. Kimrey and W. Moore. Seashore Guide to the Northern Gulf of California. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. (Spring 2004)
Brusca, R.C., V. Coelho and S. Taiti. Isopods, in J. Carlton (ed.) The Light and Smith Manual: The Intertidal Invertebrates of Central California and Oregon. 4th Ed. Stanford Univ. Press.
Brusca, R. C., L. T. Findley, P. A. Hastings, M. E. Hendrickx, J. Torre Cosio, A. M. van der Heiden. Biodiversity in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). In J.-L. E. Cartron and G. Ceballos (eds.) Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. Oxford Univ. Press.
Brusca, R. C., L. T. Findley, P. A. Hastings, M. E. Hendrickx, J. Torre Cosio, A. M. van der Heiden. In Press. Macrofaunal Biodiversity in the Gulf of California. In J.-L. E. Cartron and G. Ceballos (eds.) Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. Oxford University Press. (Summer 2004)
Brusca, R.C. and S. Trautwein. In press. Cnidaria and Ctenophora. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macrofauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Brusca, R.C. In press. Platyhelminthes and Nemertea. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Brusca, R.C. In press. Sipuncula and Echiura. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Brusca, R.C. In press. Ectoprocta and Brachiopoda. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Brusca, R.C. In press. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Cirripedia. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Brusca, R.C., R. Wetzer, C. Espinosa, and M.E. Hendrickx. In press. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Bowman, T. E., B. Kensley, R. C. Brusca, G. D. Wilson and G. Schultz. The freshwater & marine isopod crustaceans of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society.
Coelho, V. R., S. K. Reed, J. D. Shields and R. C. Brusca. Aberrations in optical pigments in shallow-water populations of two species of gammaridean amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Journal of Marine Biology.
Dimmitt, M. and R. C. Brusca. Endangered Plants and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Endangered Species Bulletin.
Dimmitt, M. A., J. F. Wiens and T. R. Van Devender. Extreme succulent diversity in Central Baja California. In J.-L. E. Cartron, G. Ceballos and R. S. Felger (eds.), Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in northern Mexico . Oxford Univ. Press.
Dimmitt, M. A., J. F. Wiens and T. R. Van Devender. Rich succulent floras in Central Baja California. Cactus and Succulent Journal.
Findley, L. T., M. E. Hendrickx, R. C. Brusca, A. M. van der Heiden, P. A. Hastings and J. Torre. 2002. Macrofauna of the Gulf of California [Macrofauna del Golfo de California]. CD-ROM Version 1.0. Macrofauna Golfo Project. Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, D.C., and Programa Golfo de California, Conservation International-Mexico, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. ISBN 1-881173-42-9.
Findley, L. T., M. E. Hendrickx, R. C. Brusca, A. M. Van der Heiden, P. A. Hastings and J. Torre. In press. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macrofauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. 425 pp.
Findley, L. T., M. E. Hendrickx, R. C. Brusca, A. M. Van der Heiden, P. A. Hastings and J. Torre (eds.). In press. Checklist and Distribution of the Macrofauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Vol. 1. Invertebrates. [Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México] Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Hendrickx M. E. and R. C. Brusca. Biodiversidad de los invertebrados marinos de Sinaloa. In, J. L. Cifuentes (ed.), Atlas de los Ecosistemas y la Biodiversidad de Sinaloa. Colegio de Sinaloa, Mexico.
Hendrickx, M.E. and R.C. Brusca. In press. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Other Peracarida. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Hendrickx, M.E. and R.C. Brusca. In press. Mollusca. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Krebbs, K. Hummingbird Husbandry Manual. D. Rimlinger and M. Mace (eds.), AZA Taxon Advisory Group.
Maluf, L.Y. and R.C. Brusca. In press. Echinodermata. In, Findley, L. T., et al. Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, México (Checklist and Distribution of the Macro fauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico). Conservation International, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2004)
Moore, W. and R.C. Brusca. A monograph on the isopod genus Colopisthus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Journal of Natural History, London.
Nabhan, G. P., R. C. Brusca, and L. Holter (eds.), Conserving Migratory Pollinators and Nectar Corridors in western North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. ASDM Studies in Natural History, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson.
Ortega R., C. I., M. C. Peñalba, J. A. López A., and T. R. Van Devender. Premiére étude paléoécologique dans la Sierra Madre Occidental (NW du Mexique(: pollen et palynomorphes non polliniques d'une séquence holocéne. Comtes-Rendus de l'Académie de Sciences.
Van Devender, T. R., K. Krebbs and W. A. Calder. Distribution and diversity of hummingbirds the Sierra Madre Occidental of eastern Sonora, Mexico. In , J.-L. E. Cartron, G. Ceballos and R. S. Felger (eds.), Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. Oxford Univ. Press.
Van Devender, T. R., W. A. Calder, K. Krebbs, A. L. Reina G., Stephen M. Russell and R. O. Russell. Hummingbird plants and potential nectar corridors for the rufous hummingbird in Sonora, Mexico in G. P. Nabhan (ed.), Conservation of Migratory Pollinators and Their Nectar Corridors in North America. ASDM Studies in Natural History, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson.
Van Devender, T. R., J. R. Reeder, C. G. Reeder and A. L. Reina G. Distribution and diversity of grasses in the Yécora region of the Sierra Madre Occidental of eastern Sonora, Mexico. In J.-L. E. Cartron, G. Ceballos, and R. S. Felger (eds.), Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. Oxford Univ. Press.
Van Devender, T. R. Ice ages in the Sonoran Desert. Pinyon pines and Joshua trees in the Dry Border Region. In R. S. Felger and B. Broyles (eds.), Dry Borders: Great Natural Areas of the Gran Desierto and Upper Gulf of California, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Van Devender, T. R., W. A. Calder, K. Krebbs, A. L. Reina G., Stephen M. Russell, and R. O. Russell. Hummingbird plants and potential nectar corridors for the rufous hummingbird in Sonora, Mexico in G. P. Nabhan, R. C. Brusca, and L. Holter (eds.), Conserving Migratory Pollinators and Nectar Corridors in western North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. ASDM Studies in Natural History, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson.
Whitmore, R., R. C. Brusca, P. González-Zamoran, R. Mendoza-Salgado, E. S. Amador-Silva, G. Holguin, C. C. McIvor, F. Galván-Magaña, J. A. Seminoff and J. León de la Luz . The Ecological Importance of Mangroves in Baja California Sur: Conservation Implications for an Endangered Ecosystem. In J.-L. E. Cartron and G. Ceballos (eds.) Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. Oxford University Press. (Summer 2004)
Yetman, D. and T. R. Van Devender. The organ pipe cactus Stenocereus thurberi : the distribution, morphology, and ethnobotany of pitahayas. Hazeltonia .
Brusca, R.C. and R.J. Edison. Introduction. Pp. 1-3 in S. J. Phillips (ed.), sonorensis. The Santa Cruz River. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ.
Brusca, R.C. and G. J. Brusca. Invertebrates. 2nd Ed. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. 1,000 pp.
Brusca, R. C. Desert Ecology: An Introduction to Life in the Arid Southwest , John Sowell. Univ. Utah Press . [Book Review] Natural Resources Journal, Univ. New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, pp. 685-687.
Dimmitt, Mark A., Thomas R. Van Devender, and John F. Wiens. Biological Survey of Ironwood Forest National Monument. Contract report publ. by Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for Bureau of Land Management. Also a web publication.
Dimmitt, Mark A. Impact of recent weed invasions on desert ecosystems. Presentation to California Desert Managers Group, Bureau of Land Management. March 5; Palm Springs. Available online.
Moore, W. and R.C. Brusca. A monograph on the isopod genus Colopisthus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) with the description of a new genus. Journal of Natural History (London) 37: 1329-1399.
Van Devender, T. R. Sonoran Desert survival strategies. How plants and animals deal with our tropical yet temperate climate. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum News 4 (3):2-4.
Van Devender, T. R., A. L. Reina G., M. C. Peñalba G., and C. I. Ortega R. The Ciénega de Camilo: A threatened habitat in the Sierra Madre Occidental of eastern Sonora, Mexico. Madroño 50:187-195. Online summary available.
Brusca, R.C. A Sapphire Sea in the Sonoran Desert. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum News, 3(3): 2-4.
Brusca, R. C. On the Vermilion Sea. sonorensis, Winter 2002. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ. Pp. 2-9.
Brusca, R. C. Biodiversity in the Northern Gulf of California. (Biodiversidad en el Golfo de California Norte). CEDO News 10(1): 1-45.
Brusca, R.C. and G.P. Nabhan. Migratory Pollinators and Their Nectar Corridors in the Southwestern U.S. and Northwestern Mexico. Final Report to the Turner Foundation (Atlanta, GA) and Turner Endangered Species fund (Bozeman, MT). 126 pp.
Bury, R. B., D. J. Germano, T. R. Van Devender and B. E. Martin. Distribution, ecology, and conservation of desert tortoises in Mexico. Pp. 86-108 in T. R. Van Devender (ed.), The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation . ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Dimmitt, Mark A. and Richard C. Brusca. Endangered species and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Endangered Species Bulletin March-June 2002 Volume XXVII No. 2. Available online.
Esque, T. C., A. Búrquez M., C. R. Schwalbe, T. R. Van Devender, P. J. Anning and M. J. Nijuis. Fire ecology of the Sonoran desert tortoise. Pp. 312-333 in T. R. Van Devender (ed.), The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Hendrickx, M. E., R. C. Brusca and G. Ramirez Resendiz. Biodiversity of Macrocrustaceans in the Gulf of California, Mexico. In, M.E. Hendrickx (ed.) Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans [ Contribuciones al Estudio de los Crustaceos del Pacifico Este ], Volume 1. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM, Mexico. 21 pp.
Hendrickx M. E. and R. C. Brusca. Biodiversidad de los invertebrados marinos de Sinaloa. Pp. 141-163 in, J. L. Cifuentes Lemus and J. Gaxiola López (eds.), Atlas de Sinaloa . Colegio de Ciencias de Sinaloa, Mexico. 442 pp.
Jarchow, J. L., H. E. Lawler, T. R. Van Devender and C. S. Ivanyi. Care and diet of captive Sonoran desert tortoises. Pp. 289-311 in T. R. Van Devender (ed.), The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Krebbs, K. Hummingbirds: Beauty in Flight. Publications International.
Martin, B. E., and T. R. Van Devender. Diet of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) in a desert grassland habitat in southern Arizona. Herpetological Natural History 9: 31-42.
Quintana V., M., A. Búrquez M., T. R. Van Devender and A. L. Reina G. Análisis preliminar de la riqueza florística de Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiasceae y Poaceae de San Javier a Yécora al este de Sonora. Pp. 349 in D. Vasquez del Castillo, M. Ortega N., R. A. Corella B., and R. A. Castillo G. (eds.), Simposium Internacional sobre la Utilización y Aprovechamiento de la Flora Silvestre de Zonas Arida, Departmento de Investigaciones Científicas y Technologicas de la Univ. Sonora, Hermosillo.
Reina, A. L. English-Spanish Medicinal Plant Glossary. In R. C. Rivera, My Nana's Remedies . Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press.
Riseman, S. and R.C. Brusca. A monograph on the isopod genus Politolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Zoological Journal, Linnean Society of London 134: 57-140.
Roalson, E. H., T. R. Van Devender and A. L. Reina G. Additions to the Cyperaceae and Juncaceae of the Río Mayo Region, Sonora, Mexico. Sida 20:339-347.
Van Devender, T. R. Cenozoic environments and the evolution of the gopher tortoises (Genus Gopherus ). Pp. 29-51 in T. R. Van Devender (ed.), The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Van Devender, T. R. Deep history of immigration in the Sonoran Desert Region. Pp. 5-24 in B. J. Tellman (ed.), Invasive Exotic Species in the Sonoran Region, Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson.
Van Devender, T. R. Environmental history of the Sonoran Desert. Pp. 3-24 in T. H. Fleming and A. Valiente B. (eds.), Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Columnar Cacti and their Mutualists , Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson.
Van Devender, T. R. Natural history of the Sonoran Desert tortoise. Life in a rock pile. Pp. 3-28 in T. R. Van Devender (ed.), The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Van Devender, T. R. Presentación. In J. Sánchez E., Plantas Silvestre de Sonora. CD-ROM, Univ. Sonora, Hermosillo.
Van Devender, T. R. (ed.) The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Van Devender, T. R., R. C. Averill-Murray, T. C. Esque, P. A. Holm, V. M. Dickinson, C. R. Schwalbe, E. B. Wirt and S. L. Barrett. Grasses, mallows, desert vine, and more. Diet the desert tortoise in Arizona and Sonora. Pp. 159-193 in T. R. Van Devender (ed.), The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation . ASDM Studies in Natural History series, ASDM/Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ.
Brusca, R.C. Origin of the Hexapoda. Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 37(1/2): 1-304. T. Deuve, Editor. [Book Review]. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(4): 1084-1086.
Brusca, R.C., J. Campoy Fabela, C. Castillo Sánchez , R. Cudney-Bueno, L.T. Findley, J. Garcia-Hernández, E. Glenn, I. Granillo, M.E. Hendrickx, J. Murrieta, C. Nagel, M. Román, P. Turk-Boyer. A Case Study of Two Mexican Biosphere Reserves. The Upper Gulf of California/Colorado River Delta and Pinacate/Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserves. 2000 UNESCO Conference on Biodiversity and Society, Columbia University Earthscape (an electronic journal). [expanded version in press, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Technical Series]
Brusca, R.C., V. Coelho and S. Taiti. A Guide to the Marine Isopods of Coastal California. Electronic publication.
Hunter, K. L., J. L. Betancourt, B. R. Riddle, T. R. Van Devender, K. L. Cole and W. G. Spaulding. Ploidy race distributions since the last glacial maximum in the North American desert shrub, Larrea tridentata. Global Ecology & Biogeography 10:521-533.
Kensley, B. and R.C. Brusca (eds.). Isopod Systematics and Evolution. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 365 pp.
Krebbs, K. Hummingbird captive husbandry. In , G. Holland (ed.), Encyclopedia of Aviculture . David Hancock Press.
Riseman, S., A.M. Pires and R.C. Brusca. A new species of Politolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the south Brazilian shelf. Pp. 51-61 in, B. Kensley & R.C. Brusca (eds.), Isopod Systematics and Evolution. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Sankey, J. T., T. R. Van Devender and W. H. Clark. Late Holocene plants, Cataviña, Baja California, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 46:1-7.
Van Devender, T. R. Deep history and biogeography of La Frontera . Pp. 56-83 in G. L. Webster and C. J. Bahre (eds.), Vegetation and Flora of La Frontera : Vegetation Change along the United States-Mexican Boundary, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Yetman, D. A. and T. R. Van Devender. The Mayos of Northwest Mexico. Their History, Land, and Ethnobotany. Univ. California Press, Berkeley.
Brusca, R.C. Unraveling the History of Arthropod Biodiversification. In, Our Unknown Planet: Recent Discoveries and the Future. Proceedings of the 45th Ann. Systematics Symposium, Missouri Botanical Garden. Ann. Missouri Botanical Garden 87:13-25. [Abridged version also published in Kansas Biology Teacher 9(2): 54-57]
Dimmitt, M. Endangered Bromeliaceae. Pp. 609-620 in : D. Benzing, Bromeliaceae: Profile of an Adaptive Radiation. Cambridge Press.
Dimmitt, M. Biomes and communities of the Sonoran Desert region. In: Phillips, Steven J. & Patricia W. Comus (eds.). A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. University of California Press.
Dimmitt, M. Plant ecology of the Sonoran Desert region.In: Phillips, Steven J. & Patricia W. Comus (eds.). A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. University of California Press.
Dimmitt, M. Flowering plants of the Sonoran Desert. In: Phillips, Steven J. & Patricia W. Comus (eds.). A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. University of California Press.
Krebbs, K. Bird sections. In: Phillips, S. J. & P. W. Comus (eds.), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. Univ. California Press.
Paredes A., R., T. R. Van Devender and R. S. Felger. Cactáceas de Sonora: Su Diversidad, Uso y Conservación. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press.
Quintana V., M., A. Búrquez M., T. R.Van Devender and A. L. Reina G. Análisis preliminar de la riqueza florística de Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiasceae y Poaceae de San Javier a Yécora al este de Sonora. Pp. 349 in D. Vasquez del Castillo, M. Ortega N., R. A. Corella B. and R. A. Castillo G. (eds.), Simposium Internacional sobre la Utilización y Aprovechamiento de la Flora Silvestre de Zonas Arida, Departmento de Investigaciones Científicas y Technologicas de la Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo.
Reina G., A. L., T. R. Van Devender, D. Yetman and R. S. Felger. Usos etnobótanicos de las cactáceas en Sonora, México. Pp. 191-202 in D Vásquez del Castillo, M. Ortegas N., R. A. Corella B., and R. A. Castillo G. (eds.) II Simposium Internacional sobre la Utilización y Aprovechamiento de la Flora Silvestre de Zonas Aridas, Departmento de Investigaciones Científicas y Technologicas de la Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo.
Van Devender, T. R., K. Krebbs, A. L. Reina G., S. M. Russell, R. Russell and W. A. Calder. Hummingbirds and plants in east-central Sonora. Pp. 203-208 in D. Vasquez del Castillo, M. Ortega N., R. A. Corella B. and R. A. Castillo G. (eds.), Simposium Internacional sobre la Utilización y Aprovechamiento de la Flora Silvestre de Zonas Arida, Departmento de Investigaciones Científicas y Technologicas de la Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo.
Van Devender, T. R. Adaptations of desert amphibians and reptiles. Pp. 529-531 in S. J. Phillips and P. W. Comus (eds.), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. ASDM Press/University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Van Devender, T. R. The Deep history of the Sonoran Desert. Pp. 61-69 in S. J. Phillips and P. W. Comus (eds.), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. ASDM Press/Univ. California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Van Devender, T. R. and M. A. Dimmitt. Desert Grasses. Pp. 265-280 in S. J. Phillips and P. W. Comus (eds.), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. ASDM Press/Univ. California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Van Devender, T. R., K. Krebbs, A. L. Reina G., S. M. Russell, R. Russell and W. A. Calder. Hummingbirds and plants in east-central Sonora. Pp. 203-208 in D. Vasquez del Castillo, M. Ortega N., R. A. Corella B., and R. A. Castillo G. (eds.), Simposium Internacional sobre la Utilización y Aprovechamiento de la Flora Silvestre de Zonas Arida, Departmento de Investigaciones Científicas y Technologicas de la Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo.
Van Devender, T. R. and H. E. Lawler. Reptile and amphibian accounts: desert tortoise ( Gopherus agassizi ; also Xerobates agassizi ). Pp. 545-547 in S. J. Phillips and P. W. Comus (eds.), A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. ASDM Press/Univ. California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Van Devender, T. R., A. C. Sanders, R. K. Wilson and S. A. Meyer. Flora and vegetation of the Río Cuchujaqui, a tropical deciduous forest near Alamos, Sonora, México. Pp. 36-101 in R. H. Robichaux and D. A. Yetman (eds.), The Tropical Deciduous Forest of Alamos: Biodiversity of a Threatened Ecosystem in Mexico. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Van Devender, T. R., and C. R. Schwalbe. Nutritional analyses of desert tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) plant foods in the northeastern Sonoran Desert, Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Report for IIPAM Project Number I95043, Phoenix.
Yetman, D. A., T. R. Van Devender, R. A. López E. and A. L. Reina G. Monte mojino: Mayo people and trees in southern Sonora. Pp. 102-151 in R. H. Robichaux and D. A. Yetman (eds.), The Tropical Deciduous Forest of Alamos. Biodiversity of a Threatened Ecosystem in Mexico . University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Selected Earlier Publications
(see staff curricula vitae for full list of earlier publications)
Acuña, Michelle. Christmas Trees for Environmental Enrichment. November 1993. The Shape of Enrichment .
Acuña, Michelle. Snake Sheds! 1995. Animal Keepers' Forum
Altimari, William. Venomous Snakes: A Safety Guide for Reptile Keepers.
Brusca, G.J., R.C. Brusca and S.F. Gilbert. 1997. Characteristics of Metazoan Development. Chapter 1 (pp. 3-19) in S.F. Gilbert & A.M. Raunio (eds.) Embryology: Constructing the Organism . Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Brusca, R. C. 1998. Crustacea. Website.
Brusca, R.C. and S. France. 1992. The genus Rocinela (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) in the tropical eastern Pacific. Zoological J. Linnean Soc. (London) 106: 231-275.
Brusca, R.C., R. Wetzer, and S. France. 1995. Cirolanidae (Crustacea; Isopoda; Flabellifera) of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings San Diego Natural History Society, No. 30, 96 pp.
Domitrovic, Anna. 1991. A Woman's Place: History of Mining in Arizona. Chapter 8, Vol. 2.
Domitrovic, Anna. 1996. Mines and Minerals in the Tucson Mountains. sonorensis Vol 16:2.
Domitrovic, Anna, Alexander and Schlepp. 1996. The Joy and Agony of the Feet. sonorensis Vol 16:2.
Dulaney, Richard. 1993. Interpreting the Sonoran Desert Region. The Interpreter . Western Interpreter's Association. Winter.
Edwards, Taylor. 1996. Management of captive black-tailed prairie dogs. Animal Keepers' Forum. Vol. 23:4.
Garcia, Jesús. Night Visitors. sonorensis. Vol. 15:1.
Grams, Kayla. Enrichment Options. Animal Keepers' Forum. (monthly column)
Gregonis, Linda. 1994. Prairie dog archaeology. sonorensis. Vol.14:1.
Gregonis, Linda. 1979. The Hohokam Indians of the Tucson Basin .
Ingram, Mrill. 1997. The pollination gap. Defenders of Wildlife. Fall issue.
Ivanyi, Craig. 1994. In search of royalty. sonorensis. Vol. 14:1.
Ivanyi, Craig, Hill and Matter. 1995. Time of spawning by by desert sucker. The Southwestern Naturalist. Vol.40:4 (December).
Kahn, Jacqueline. 1997. Plant Gall Activity. Science Activities. Vol.34:1.
King, J.L., M.A. Simovich, and R.C. Brusca. 1996. Endemism, species richness, and ecology of crustacean assemblages in northern California vernal pools. Hydrobiologia 328: 85-116.
Krebbs, K. 1992. Hummingbird Breeding and Nesting Success at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. AAZK. Western Regional Conference, Tucson, Arizona.
Krebbs, K. 1992. Four Years of Hummingbird Breeding at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Animal Keepers' Forum. November.
Krebbs, K. 1997. The "Hummingbirds of the Sonoran Desert Region" Exhibit. The Journal of American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. Public Garden. Vol. 12, No. 4, Oct.
Krebbs, K. 1999. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Hummingbird Propagation Program. International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council 22nd Annual Conference Proceedings. Tucson, Arizona. October.
Lizotte, Renee, Richard Dulaney, and Kirkland. 1994. Rearing freshwater crustaceans from temorpary rainpools in southern Arizona. Conference Proceedings, Invertebrates in Captivity.
Palmer, B, and K. Krebbs. 1989. The Creation and Operation of a Native Hummingbird Exhibit. 15th National AAZK Conference, Syracuse, New York.
Perry-Richardson, Jan and Craig Ivanyi. 1995-2000. North American Regional Beaded Lizard Stud Book.
Perry-Richardson, Jan and Craig Ivanyi. 1995 Preliminary analysis of a study on the free-ranging rattlesnakes on ASDM grounds. AAZPA Regional Conference Proceedings . pp. 253-259.
Perry-Richardson, Jan and Craig Ivanyi. 1996. Captive design for reptiles and amphibians: An interdisciplinary approach. Conservation of Endangered Species in Captivity. SUNY Press.
Riseman, S. and R. C. Brusca. Crustacea, Isopoda. Website.
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Home EJIL Analysis Strasbourg Judgment on the Beslan Hostage Crisis
Strasbourg Judgment on the Beslan Hostage Crisis
Published on April 13, 2017 Author: Marko Milanovic
The European Court today issued a landmark right to life judgment in Tagayeva and Others v. Russia, dealing with the hostage crisis in the school in Beslan in 2004, in which hundreds of hostages lost their lives. The exceptionally detailed (and for the most part unanimous) judgment does the Court great credit, as does the nuance it shows in much of its factual assessment. (Kudos are also due to Kirill Koroteyev and the EHRAC/Memorial team representing some of the applicants). Together with the Finogenov v. Russia judgment, on the Dubrovka theatre hostage crisis, this will be a leading case on the right to life in extraordinary situations. Unlike in Finogenov, the Court here finds a violation of the preventative aspect of Article 2 – indentifying the risk engaging the positive obligation is perhaps the most innovative part of the judgment. The Court also finds violations with regard to the effectiveness of the investigation and the planning of the operation. All in all its approach is somewhat less deferential towards the state than in Finogenov. UPDATE: Ed Bates has some early comments here.
Filed under: EJIL Analysis, European Court of Human Rights, Right to Life, Terrorism
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Jakob Cornides
Many years ago, I traveled through what was then still the Soviet Union, and during an hours-long train-ride one passenger told me about how the Soviet authorities dealt with terrorists. The anecdote was about an airplane kidnapping, where the kidnappers had asked for the flight to be diverted to Finland. What did the Soviet authorities do? They had an airstrip somewhere in Russia dressed up as a “Finnish” airport, and some military officers dressed up as “Finnish police”. Then the airplane was allowed to land on that airstrip, and all passengers, the kidnappers included, were allowed to leave the plane. When they had left the plane, they were all shot. All of them, the kidnappers and the other passengers, without distinction.
I don’t guarantee the truth of this story, but that is what I heard. Against this backdrop, the condemnation does seem to have some plausibility.
However, one does wonder how exactly the ECtHR comes to its conclusions in a case like this. Whether measures to prevent such attacks or to free hostages are adequate is mostly a quaestio facti, which can be resolved only through the hearing of experts and direct witnesses. There is reference in the judgment to some experts reports, which were done by “independent experts” – however, they were “submitted by the applicants”. The Russian government apparently did not submit any such reports – and while the summary of the case mentions the existence of one report drawn up by the North Ossetian Parliament, another one drawn up at the request of the Russian Federation Council, and a third one drawn up by a certain Yuri Saveleyev, it does not really come out very clearly how the Court used these various reports to establish the facts: were all of them saying the same, or if not, how were contradictions dissolved and the true facts established?
I don’t see in this judgment any trace that the Court itself appointed and heard any experts, or that it heard any eyewitnesses. And I don’t see such experts and witnesses appear in the videocast of the Court hearing.
In these circumstances, while one might appreciate that the ECtHR is establishing abstract principles for how such situations as the one at question should be dealt with, I feel rather unconfortable with the Court arriving at the conclusion that there have been human rights violations in the concrete circumstance. And I would feel equally uncomfortable had the outcome of the decision been the opposite.
If the ECtHR assumes competence to hear and decide such a case, should it not make greater efforts to establish the facts?
Hakimi Abdul Jabar
Hi Marko!
Amazingly, I’d just written a reply to Tanja de Bie on the Leiden Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Facebook Group that I’m in at, about the discerning failure of the major prevention of major acts of terrorism despite the beginning of the historical notion of the punishment and prevention of such acts of terrorism from the days of the demised League of Nations to the declaration of the UNGA Res 49/60 (December 1994) and various UNSC Resolutions such as 1373 (2001) etc., there are hardly any case on major acts of terrorism that have been successfully prevented that have been reported. The latest judgment by the European Court of Human Rights proves my solemn observation.
Thus, it is quite disheartening and rather sad to note this particular piece of judgment :
To conclude, the Court finds it established that at least several days in advance the authorities had sufficiently specific information about a planned terrorist attack in the areas in the vicinity of the Malgobek District in Ingushetia and targeting an educational facility on 1 September.
https://ukstrasbourgspotlight.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/beslan-school-siege-some-extracts-from-the-judgment/
Sadly, there are a number of us who actually studied the duties to punish and prevent such criminal acts and of course those trained to actually prevent such, but the fact remains vividly so. The glaring failure to prevent criminal acts of terrorism is quite discernible.
Marko Milanovic
Dr Marko Milanovic is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham School of Law. He is co-editor of EJIL: Talk! and a member of the EJIL's Editorial Board. Read Full
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Top 5 Apps for Cryptocurrency Trading
Saritha Reddy Syamala March 8, 2019 Bitcoin, Technology No Comments
Cryptocurrency was initially developed as a form of digital payment, but due to its technological superiority, it soon gained widespread prominence. It transformed into an asset class which attracted investors rapidly. Due to its rapid rate of growth, the value of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency scaled unprecedented heights. However, to fully capitalize on the trends and maximize your profits, you need to be always on the toe. Cryptocurrency trading apps are quite handy in such scenarios. Similar to online platforms using blockchain technology for predictions like Fairlay.com, these apps provide a real-time update of the market trends and allow to perform transactions 24/7. Let us a look at the Top 5 apps which have been hugely popular in the market.
Binance has been considered as one of the best platforms by experts and users alike. Since its inception in June 2017, it has managed to carve a niche for itself by providing all cryptocurrency related services under one roof. What worked in favor of Binance was the low trading fees that it charged from users. Apart from this, it also provided users with discounts based on BNB, which is its ERC-20 token.
Binance works seamlessly on all platforms like Windows, MacOS as well as Android. The app has managed to garner an appeal due to its easy to use interface which seldom faces a glitch. The app is multifunctional and can be used to buy, sell and perform all the activities in between. One can also view their trade history, and open orders using equivalent US dollars. The limit order, market order and stop-limit functions further add to the convenience of making a trade on the app.
Even though it supports over 370 trading pairs, it is yet to be made available for iOS. Barring this fact, it is one of the fastest growing application with more than 1 million downloads.
2. KuCoin
Popularly dubbed as ‘the people’s exchange’, KuCoin is considered as one of the most loved apps for the trading cryptocurrency. It offers one of the lowest trading fees at 0.1% and tops it up with the option of paying the trading fee using its token, KuCoin Shares. The most amazing part about having to pay through KuCoin Shares is that every token allows you to gain dividend from the company’s profit which is quite similar to buying shares in a company. It is only expected that you hold on to these shares. It is also quite probable that your profit from dividends can help you nullify the cost of the trading fee as well as help you earn a few extra bucks.
It offers various services on its Android and iOS platform like buying, selling, withdrawal and other allied functions in a similar fashion as its website. It is a great platform to access the less popular coins as it supports over 350 coins. NEO holders are benefited greatly on this platform, as it pays GAS for these users.
3. Tab Trader
Tab Trader is a diverse platform as it acts as a trading terminal for more than 20 exchanges which include Binance, Coinbase, HitBtc, Gemini and Bitstamp. In a short span of a few years, it has managed to acquire over 400,000 users. Due to its ease of accessibility, users from over 178 countries trust the platform.
The platform is highly secure as all the information about user accounts are managed through an interface which is unified. The best part about using Tab Trader is that you do not need an internet connection to receive push notifications. It offers all the functionalities of a trading platform like stop-loss, take-profit, limit order, market order, and settle positions.
One of the security aspects that it offers is cryptographic encryption of user data. This limits the access of the platform and disallows direct access to a user’s funds.
4. Coinigy
Coinigy moves one step further from its competitors by offering a trading platform which lets your simultaneously perform transactions across 45 exchange platforms using a single account. The functioning of the platform is quite similar to that of Tab Traders except that it provides users with wider access to various exchange platforms.
‘With great services comes greater price”, holds true for this platform as the free trial is limited for 30 days. Post the end of this free trial, users have the option of buying the premium version, at $18.66 per month, if paid annually. One can also gain access to the professional API after spending an amount of $99.99 per month. The subscription unlocks a host of exciting benefits like unlimited trading without any additional fees, backed by robust technical analytics. It provides users with high-definition charts and real-time market data for helping them make an informed decision.
5. Robinhood
Robinhood is a cross-platform exchange that lets you dabble between stocks and cryptocurrency. The distinguishing feature of the platform is that it does not charge any commission and enables you to perform transactions without having to maintain a minimum account to get started.
The fund transfer on this platform is instantaneous which helps you avoid the hassles of waiting for your funds post the sale of your stocks. It is a platform which is great for both beginners and seasoned investors alike as it supports all significant cryptocurrencies across 20 states in the United States. The only downside to this platform is that it only not insures stock investments and does not ensure crypto investments.
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Feb 24 2019 by Patricia Karounos
Categories : Movies & TV
Here's what went down during Hollywood's biggest night.
After a rapturous opening performance by Queen and Adam Lambert, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey kicked off the hostless ceremony with a hilarious mini-monologue of their own. While the trio (who we wish were running the show) kept reminding us they were not, in fact, hosting the 91st Academy Awards, they did give us a preview of what some of their jokes would have been had they been emcees for the night—including Maya screeching “Shallow.” Watch it and imagine what could have been—it’s what we’ll be doing.
A Night of Firsts
It was a historic night at the 2019 Oscars. Regina King picked up her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in If Beale Street Could Talk (and gave a beautiful speech while doing so). Not only did Netflix’s Roma win Best Foreign-Language Film, director Alfonso Cuarón also picked up a trophy for cinematography, making him the first to win in the category for a film he also directed. Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter and production designer Hannah Beachler also became the first black women to win in their respective categories (Beachler was also the first African-American woman to ever be nominated in the category). One of the night’s most major firsts: legendary filmmaker Spike Lee finally won his very first Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman.
And, okay, this one technically isn’t a first, but it’s still noteworthy: with his Best Supporting Actor win for Green Book, Mahershala Ali (who previously won for Moonlight) became only the second black man to win more than one acting Oscar (the first being Denzel Washington).
Presenters of the Night
Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry may have presented the award for Best Costume Design (decked out in outfits paying homage to The Favourite) fairly early on in the show, but we knew they’d be hard to top. Try to get through their banter without laughing, we dare you. (Runner up goes to Awkwafina and John Mulaney’s very anxious rambling.)
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Performed “Shallow”
Just watch it—then watch it again. And again. (And yes, Gaga later won the Oscar for Best Original Song.)
The Big Winners
At the end of the night Rami Malek won Best Actor for his turn as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, Olivia Colman took home Best Actress for her role in The Favourite, Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director for his semi-autobiographical film Roma and comedy-drama Green Book won Best Picture.
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“Lobster War” among films at maritime festival
September 22, 2018 on Entertainment, Lifestyle
BUCKSPORT — Award-winning Boston filmmaker and journalist David Schwab Abel’s documentary “Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds” is among more than a dozen films showing on Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30, at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport.
In its third year, the International Maritime Film Festival’s Grand Prize for Feature Films went to “Captain of Utopia,” which is about French mountain guide and polar explorer François Bernard, who has spent 30 years traveling to remote places like the South and North Poles.
The festival’s top prize for short films went to “Herring Opera.” The film is set in the small coastal town of Sitka, Alaska, where the most dramatic signal of spring is the arrival of the herring. Massive fishing boats arrive from out of town to vie for the “million dollar set” while local Alaskans prepare to harvest herring eggs in the traditional way, and thousands of whales, seals, and eagles crowd the ocean to eat the herring.
Runner-up in the feature film category, “Lobster War” was directed and produced by David Schwab, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Abel who was part of The Boston Globe team covering the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing. He covers fisheries and the environment for The Globe.
“Lobster War,” which explores the climate-fueled conflict between the United States and Canada over waters both nations have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea, known as the Gray Zone, were traditionally fished by U.S. lobstermen.
For a full listing of all the films, ticket prices other festival details, visit www.maritimefilmfestival.com.
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Lack of flexible working disadvantages mothers
By Kate Donovan 1st February 2007 12:00 am 12th April 2017 1:04 pm
The limited numbers of employers offering flexible working hours is contributing to significant employment disadvantages for women, particularly mothers.
The Equalities Review’s final report, Fairness and Freedom, published today, has said that despite more women than ever being in employment and achieving higher educational qualifications, there are still obstacles in their way. A woman who works full time earns just 83 pence for every pound that is earned by a man and becoming a mother is cited in the report as the predominant reason for women’s inequality in the labour market.
While the report found that government policies such as the right to request flexible working; the extension of paid maternity and paternity leave; the introduction of working tax credits and the increase in childcare places are being taken up and making an impact, it also found that comprehensive family-friendly packages are still largely confined to the public sector and large private sector employers, with most employees in small- and medium-sized enterprises missing out.
There are also still shortfalls in the number of employers offering flexible working and childcare support.
The findings also show that 70% of fathers say they would like to be more involved with their child, but due to factors such as men generally being a couple’s higher earner and being limited to two week’s paid paternity, the report said: "it remains unlikely that many fathers will take time out of the labour market to raise a child". The report said that plans to introduce additional parental leave and pay should allow eligible fathers the option to take up to 26 weeks additional paid paternity leave during the second six month’s of their child’s life. The report also†urges for there to be regular reviews of parental leave extensions.
Trevor Phillips, the chair of the Equalities Review Panel, made recommendations in the report for ten steps to greater equality. These include a new framework to measure equality, including an ‘equality scorecard’ for employers to get a true picture of equality gaps, and†new flexibility for employers to use positive action to tackle inequality.
The review recommended that the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, which is due to launch in October 2007, should report progress on Phillips’ ten steps within its triennial State of the Nation report.
Commenting on the findings, Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, said: "Our own work has shown that achieving equality for women at work is far from done, and it’s good to have this recognised in the Equalities Review. But today, three in four people say it should be as easy for men to take time off for caring responsibilities as women, indicating the challenge of balancing work and family isn’t only an issue that affects women. If we are to make these recommendations fit the future, part of the solution must be extending the right to request flexible working to everyone."
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Role of The Turbinates : Humidification
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Just like the engines have turbines which allow for the movement of air, water, gas and steam so are its function almost similar to the turbinates also called the nasal conchae in the respiratory system of a human being. The nasal conchae are principally responsible for regulating the flow of air by warming, humidifying and filtering air, during the inhalation process. To have a better understanding of its role, we will highlight all its features; this is; its structure, functions, dysfunction and how to correct the illness.
Structure of the Nasal Conchae
The nasal turbinates have three sections the upper part, middle and the lower conchae.
Lower Conchae/Inferior Meatus
It is the largest airspace that is between the floor of the nasal cavity and that of the inferior turbinate. It aids in directing the airflow, humidifying, heating and filtration of the air that gets to the nose.
Middle Meatus
It is smaller compared to the inferior turbinates; it serves to protect the nasal sinuses from the direct pressure of air; from its position, it is on the upper part of the inferior meatus where the process of air inhalation occurs and travels through it.
Superior/ Upper Meatus
It is smaller than the middle turbinates and has a lining of mucous membrane lined with nerve ending which is responsible for the interpretation of the smell; this is the reason why a disorder in the turbinate may lead to the dysfunction of the olfactory bulb.
The function of the nasal turbinates
The nasal turbinates have a significant contribution to the respiratory process; the different type plays different roles despite the specific duties they all enhance the respiration, olfaction and immunological defense.
Generally, they all have cilia covering them; this helps to protect the body from most of the irritants and contagions that may be present in the flowing air. Also, they are responsible for providing the white blood cells and the enzymes an environment where they can lay an attack on the bacteria and thus protect the body from infection.
Superior conchae serve to give a complete cover of protection to the nerve axons that goes to the nose through the cribriform plate. The nerves are responsible for the interpretation of the olfaction process, temperature and pain receipting.
All the turbinates are responsible for the increase of the surface area of the nose. By directing and deflecting the air, they can push air through the inner mucosal surface of the nose.
They also play a significant role in providing and enhancing the immune defense system; the nasal turbinate’s erectile tissue has a covering of the respiratory epithelium which is responsible for the production of mucus. It is the mucus that traps dust in the inhaled air thus it takes the role of filtration. Additionally, the epithelium enables for the access of the lymphatic system which protects from viral or bacterial infection.
They cause the alertness and health of the olfactory receptors. It can cause these effects of the provision of the humidity needed to preserve the epithelium. If they are not protected their functioning gets impaired because they become dry, which will cause anosmia.
The nasal turbinates play a significant role in the sleeping mechanisms. Depending on the side that you slept the turbinates of that side will get filled with fluid which will lead to expansion thus necessitating you to turn. It explains the reasons why if you do not turn at night you wake up having bed sores and achy muscles.
Turbinates dysfunction
Congestion of the nose characterizes it; the cause of its dysfunction includes; common cold, allergy, sleep apnea, concha bullosa, choanal Atresia, Nasal valve collapse and auditory tube dysfunction.
Correcting the disorder
Most of these disorders heal on their own; however, treatment is also required to rectify the problem.
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Sustainability Glossary of Terms for Executives, Strategic Planners, and Practitioners
Sustainability is increasingly being integrated into high-level decision-making at corporations, public sector agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other groups. This brings many benefits, but can also create challenges – including vocabulary issues, like defining words and phrases related to sustainability.
It’s important for sustainability practitioners to understand the terms and concepts of traditional financially oriented analysis, and for executives to have a grasp of the metrics and frameworks that now allow environmental and social considerations to be incorporated into project evaluations.
We hope the definitions will prove useful to both groups, and serve as an aid to effective collaboration. This sustainability glossary was prepared by our colleague John Parker, chief product officer and co-founder of Impact Infrastructure, developers of Autocase, with input from the EarthShift Global team; we thank John for his excellent efforts, and invite our readers to send suggestions for other terms or words you would like to see added.
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Definition — Sustainable Return on Investment (S-ROI)
Definition — Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis (TBL-CBA)
Definition — Multiple Account Cost Benefit Analysis/Stakeholder Analysis
Definition — Social Return on Investment (SROI)
Definition — Triple Bottom Line Analysis (TBL)
Definition — Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), also known as Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA)
Definition — Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
Definition — Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Definition — Life Cycle Analysis
Definition — Economic Impact Analysis (EIA)
Metrics:
Definition — Net Present Value (NPV)
Definition — Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Definition — Return on investment (ROI)
Definition — Benefit Cost Ratio
Definition — Discounted Payback Period
Definition — Simple Payback Period
Sustainable Return on Investment (S-ROI) is an enhanced form of cost benefit analysis that includes probabilistic assessment and stakeholder engagement. The framework takes into account the entire scope of risk-adjusted costs and benefits related to sustainable design, including traditional internal cash impacts (such as savings on energy or water costs), but also all other appropriate internal and external non-cash impacts (such as the dollar value of environmental savings from reduced potable water use or air emissions). The analysis results in different sets of output metrics in terms of probabilities; one from the perspective of the organization on a cash flow basis and others from the perspective of various stakeholders, including society or future generations, which often includes the value of externalities such as health & safety benefits expressed in dollars. Finally, the analysis allows for transparency and incorporates a process for expert and stakeholder opinion on the model structure and inputs.
Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis (TBL-CBA), also called screening level S-ROI, is a systematic evidence-based economic business case framework that uses best practice Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) techniques to quantify and attribute monetary values to the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) impacts resulting from an investment. These TBL outcomes are typically represented as People, Planet, Profits or Social, Environmental and Financial. The framework quantifies these impacts in dollars over the life of the project and discounts them to the present in order to calculate the Net Present Value of an investment from the financial viewpoint of an organization, as well as from society’s perspective. An example of the financial benefits would be items such as cost savings on an energy or water bill; a social benefit could be the benefit of reduced flooding or improved health & safety; and an environmental benefit might be a reduction in CO2 emissions or enhanced water quality. The primary reason for adding the TBL qualifier to CBA is to make it absolutely clear that all relevant social and environmental factors must be rigorously quantified in dollars and included in the analysis. TBL-CBA differs from S-ROI in that the assessment uses readily available information for risks, opportunities, costs and benefits, whereas a full S-ROI uses input specific to the current project or policy.
Definition — Multiple Account Cost Benefit Analysis/Stakeholder Analysis
Multiple Account Cost Benefit Analysis/Stakeholder Analysis provides a breakdown of the costs and benefits to each account type (e.g. financial or direct financial value, government, economic, environment or Envision category such as quality of life, leadership, climate and risk, natural world or resource allocation). Multiple Account Cost Benefit Analysis effectively does a mini-CBA for each stakeholder group (users or beneficiaries of the project, government or taxpayers, and non-users living nearby for example) or account (e.g. the environment or the local economy). This allows a project sponsor to understand each group’s perspective and think about how to structure a deal so that benefits and costs are equitably distributed. S-ROI and Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis (TBL-CBA) are forms of multiple stakeholder/account cost benefit analysis where the accounts are financial, social and the environment. Multiple account CBA makes CBA more relevant in helping to understand stakeholder objections and provides a framework for working towards a project that benefits all of society as well as sub-groups within that broader context.
Social Return on Investment (SROI) is a principles-based method for measuring extra-financial value (i.e., environmental and social value not currently reflected in conventional financial accounts) relative to resources invested. The SROI method accounts for stakeholders' views of impact, and puts financial 'proxy' values on those impacts identified by stakeholders which do not typically have market values. While SROI is similar to S-ROI or CBA it is different in that it specifically excludes environmental impacts. In addition, some SROI users employ a version of the method that does not require that all impacts be assigned a financial proxy. Instead the "numerator" includes monetized, quantitative but not monetized, qualitative, and narrative types of information about value. While this type of information is typically included in SROI reports, the goal is to monetize as much as possible.
Further information on Wikipedia
Triple Bottom Line Analysis (TBL) evaluates a project or policy based on its combined financial, social and environmental impacts (sometimes known as profit, people, planet impacts). The financial (profit) impacts are the life-cycle costs associated with the project (e.g., capital expenditures, operations and maintenance, replacement costs, residual value of assets). Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) can be used as the financial analysis in a TBL analysis. The social (people) impacts are the effects of a project on the broader community, quality of life or society. Finally, the environmental (planet) impacts are the effects of a project on the surrounding environment, habitat or climate. These three values presented together form the TBL valuation. The three separate accounts cannot easily be added up.
Definition — Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), also known as Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA), is a formal way of organizing the evidence on the good and bad effects of projects and policies. The objective of a CBA may be to decide whether to proceed with a project, to see if the benefits justify the costs, to place a value on a project, or to decide which of various possible alternatives would be most beneficial. To facilitate comparison of different projects, or alternatives of the same project that may have costs and benefits occurring in different years, discounting is often used to convert future benefits and costs to a current-year perspective. The best criterion for deciding whether a project can be justified is whether the Net Present Value (NPV) is positive. The NPV is the discounted monetized value of expected net benefits (i.e., benefits minus costs). Other metrics (such as the return on investment, internal rate of return, benefit cost ratio, simple payback period, or discounted payback period) can also be used to summarize the CBA results. CBA is the primary methodology underpinning S-ROI, and TBL-CBA.
Definition — Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) or Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) or Life Cycle Costing (LCC) quantifies all financial costs of a project alternative. The financial costs in LCCA include up-front capital expenditures, ongoing operations and maintenance costs, replacement costs, and the residual value of assets at the end of the life-cycle. LCCA is typically thought of from the perspective of a user of a product, process or investment. Alternatively, companies can use the concept to assess new product development efforts where it includes research and development costs, piloting, launch, life time revenues, and the cost to retire the product when it becomes obsolete. The financial costs of each alternative are discounted into present value terms to account for different timing of costs. LCCA only quantifies financial costs, not environmental or social costs, and is in no way akin to LCA. LCCA has been used to encourage users to adopt more sustainable products, such as compact fluorescent lamps, where the up-front cost was higher, but the product lasted longer than the preceding incandescent lamps.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) quantifies the effects of a product or service on the environment over the product or service’s life-cycle. LCA assesses environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s or service's life (e.g., raw material extraction, materials processing, manufacturing, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, disposal or recycling). LCA provides a holistic evaluation of environmental effects over the full life-cycle of the product or service. This is compared to more basic assessments which may only evaluate the environmental effects of a product or service during the life of a project. Life cycle assessment is often confused with LCCA but they are not at all the same, as LCA does not quantify the financial costs of the products or services. LCA is also often confused with Product Life-Cycle Management (PLM) which is the management of a product by the manufacturer from research and development through its retirement as obsolete.
Life Cycle Analysis is similar to Life Cycle Assessment; however, it stops at the analysis phase and does not include interpretation. ISO 14040 (ISO 14040, 2006a) differentiates the two methods and standardizes the requirement that interpretation is included. This ensures that studies are transparent and can be acted upon.
Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) calculates the economic impact of a project in terms of jobs created, GDP, and/or income created. Direct (from project expenditures), indirect (from project suppliers’ expenditures), and induced (from the spending of wages of those affected) impacts can be estimated from input-output tables of the economy. Impacts such as GDP, jobs, and taxes, which all scale with the project dollars spent, are a poor measure of value. As long as you spend money you will generate income, output, jobs and tax revenue - the more you spend the bigger the impacts. While these statistics may have public relations value, there are more reliable and impartial statistics for measuring welfare or value. A simple example is that if a company hires skilled workers to build a project by hiring them away from other jobs (a likely scenario) then there are no jobs created. It is now well-known that GDP is a measurement of economic activity that includes both helpful and harmful activities and is therefore not a suitable metric for sustainability (or ecological economic) analyses. Growth of the economy can be economic growth (producing net benefit) or uneconomic growth (depleting natural capital and producing net detriment).
Net Present Value (NPV) is the present-day value of benefits minus present-day value of costs. It is calculated by discounting cash flows over time and summing the discounted values. Cash flows further into the future become more discounted. This metric allows the time-value of money to be taken into account. NPV is used in go/no-go, whether-to-proceed decisions. It is a measure of worth or value. An NPV greater than zero means project is economically efficient. Projects or alternatives can be ranked in terms of NPV. NPV is a more accurate reflection of value to the business.
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a measure of profitability or investment efficiency. IRR is a discount rate that makes the net present value (NPV) of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero. IRR may give better insights than ROI in capital constrained situations. However, when comparing mutually exclusive projects, NPV is the appropriate measure.
Return on investment (ROI) is the benefit to the project from the investment of resources. ROI can be expressed as: (profit, gain or benefit of investment – cost of investment)/cost of investment As a performance measure, ROI is used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or how efficiently the investment is used. ROI can be used to compare the efficiency of several different investments.
Benefit Cost Ratio is the present value of benefits divided by present value of costs. The Benefit Cost Ratio or B/C ratio is used in go/no-go, whether-to-proceed decisions. It indicates dollars of benefit per dollar of cost. A ratio greater than one means project is worthwhile. The definition of benefits and costs and negative values can affect interpretation and so caution is advised when using this measure.
Definition — Discounted Payback Period is the number of years or months until capital is recouped by flow of benefits or cash-flow. The Payback Period is used to determine timing of the project or the length of time capital is at risk. A shorter payback means less risk. The Discounted Payback Period uses discounted benefits or cash-flows. In other words, the cash-flows from the project are discounted by the discount rate before determining the payback period. For this reason, the Discounted Payback Period is usually longer than the Simple Payback Period.
Definition — Simple Payback Period is the number of years or months until capital is recouped by flow of benefits or cash-flow. The Pay Back Period is used to determine timing of the project or the length of time capital is at risk. A shorter payback means less risk. The Simple Payback Period uses undiscounted benefits or cash-flows. In other words, the cash-flows from the project are taken at their nominal value to determine the time until the project pays back. For this reason, the Simple Payback Period is usually shorter than the Discounted Payback Period.
About the Author — John C. Parker, CPO
John C. Parker is an expert in triple bottom line cost-benefit analysis of infrastructure projects, Sustainable-ROI and is Chief Product Officer for Autocase by Impact Infrastructure.
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Sir Ian McKellan supports Tower Hamlets' borough of culture bid
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Sir Ian McKellen and co-owner of The Grapes Sean Mathias.
Sir Ian McKellan has supported Tower Hamlets' bid to be named the London borough of culture.
The actor, whose credits include Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Magneto in the X-Men series, has lived in the borough since 1980 and owns The Grapes pub in Limehouse.
He said: “The variety of cultures available in the Borough remains perhaps its most admirable characteristic. History and the future go hand in hand.
“The diversity is what has kept me here for nearly forty years. Within walking distance of my home, there is the bronze-age casting foundry overlooking the Limehouse Basin at the start of Britain’s canal system.
“In the other direction stands Wilton’s Music Hall, one of the most remarkable ancient theatres in the capital.”
He added: “Sometimes I feel we live in a corridor between the City and Canary Wharf, unregarded by the daily traffic, west to east and west again. Anything that helps to bring us together is welcome.
“That is why I enthusiastically support Tower Hamlets’ bid to become the London borough of culture.”
The bids will close on December 1 and will then be submitted to the mayor of London for the final decision.
The winner will be announced in February 2018. To support Tower Hamlets’ bid online visit thbackthebid.co.uk.
Helen Mirren backs bid by Tower Hamlets to become the London borough of Culture
Tower Hamlets is one of the best in London for walking and cycling according to healthy streets scorecard
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College Hosts Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Monday, Apr 7, 2014
Madison, Wis. (April 7, 2014) – For the first time in its history, Edgewood College will host a Council of Independent Colleges Woodrow Wilson Fellow.
Ms. Florence Reed, President and Founder of Sustainable Harvest International, arrives on campus the week of April 14, 2014.
Ms. Reed will present her keynote lecture, “Sustaining the Planet and its People: Sustainable Family Farms as Key” at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, in Anderson Auditorium. Her lecture explores the global and local impact of unsustainable farming practices in tropical climates and Sustainable Harvest International’s unique and successful model for revering this harmful trend. This event is presented by the Dane County Chapter of the United Nations Association, the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison, and by the School of Integrative Studies and the Environmental Studies Program at Edgewood College.
Prior to founding Sustainable Harvest International, Ms. Reed served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama from 1991–93, focusing on agro-forestry and environmental conservation. She has received honorary degrees recognizing her work from the University of New Hampshire and Southern New Hampshire University.
By hosting a Fellow, Edgewood College joins an impressive list of independent colleges from across the country that have participated in this program, which helps students and faculty explore how the classroom and campus relate to the broader society. By their own example, Fellows demonstrate that there are challenging opportunities for those who want to build a better world through professional activities and as informed citizens.
The Woodrow Wilson Fellows program has operated for more than 35 years as a way to bring prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, and business leaders to college campuses for substantive dialogue on timely topics.
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Sources and Sinks
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By Harrison Tassoff, UC Santa Barbara
For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a chunk of ice at each pole. But Earth has been ice-free for about 75 percent of the time since complex life first appeared. This variation in background climate, between partly glaciated and ice-free, has puzzled geologists for decades.
Now a team of scientists led by UC Santa Barbara’s Francis Macdonald has published a study suggesting that tectonic activity may be the culprit. They found that long-term trends in Earth’s climate are set by the presence or absence of collisions between volcanic arcs and continents in the tropics. The results appear in the journal Science.
“There’ve been a few hypotheses but no agreements as to why we have warmer or colder climates on these very long timescales,” said Macdonald, a professor in the Department of Earth Science.
And when Macdonald says “long timescales,” he’s talking about 10 million-year periods, at a minimum. These are broad climatic trends, the backdrop against which natural and human-made fluctuations play out. Scientists have a relatively good understanding of what factors influence the climate on a thousand-year timescale, according to Macdonald.
On any scale, though, the primary agent of climate change is carbon dioxide (CO2). The question is what factors influence the amount of CO2 in atmosphere. Some processes produce CO2, while others absorb it. Scientists call these sources and sinks.
The debate among geologists is whether sources or sinks affect the climate more. “Some have argued that CO2 sources, like volcanism, have driven climate change on long timescales, while others have argued that, no, it’s the sinks that have caused climate change on these timescales,” said Macdonald.
He believes it’s mostly the sinks, specifically vast deposits of rock that absorb CO2 through chemical reactions. But these carbon sinks are not distributed evenly across the surface. For instance, greater Indonesia is only 1-2 percent of the Earth’s exposed land area, but accounts for roughly 10 percent of the current geologic carbon sink.
The activity of these sinks depends on a number of factors. Water is important for the chemical reactions and also washes the end results away into the oceans, where they consume CO2. Mountain-building increases the reactions by uplifting and exposing new rock. In flat terrain, the soil shields the underlying rock.
Rock type also plays a key role. Stone rich in iron and magnesium has simpler chemical bonds that are more easily broken down. This makes these mafic rocks, like basalt, better carbon sinks than rocks such as granite, which have more complex bonds.
The dense ocean crust melts as it slides under the continent, fueling a volcanic arc. (Photo Credit: DOMDOMEGG CC BY 4.0)
Plate tectonics is what drives this geologic carbon cycle. When one tectonic plate slides under another — usually a dense ocean plate under a continent — the melting rock fuels a row of volcanoes on the top plate called a volcanic arc. The Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest is one example of this.
Macdonald and his colleagues reckoned that when these volcanic arcs collide with another continent, the collision uplifts mafic rocks. These rocks are readily eroded, particularly in warm, wet, tropical latitudes, and the sediment is sent out to oceans where it consumes CO2. So, he reasoned, when these collisions happen in the tropics, they drive the climate toward cooling.
“The tropics are where the rocks weather best because it’s the warmest and wettest,” explained coauthor Lorraine Lisiecki, an associate professor also in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Earth Science.
To test their hypothesis, the team used reconstructions of the continents and mountain-building events that scientists had built up over the past decades. This gave them an idea where and when arc-continent collisions happened. They limited themselves to the last 500 million years, since the geologic record is much less complete, and reconstructions less certain, before that time.
Temperature is harder to get a read on than geography, so the team used a simple metric: Was there ice on the poles at a given time or not? They reconstructed this information from the literature by looking at data on rocks that form only in the presence of ice. What they found was that Earth had significant ice cover during only four periods in their time window.
The extent of polar ice (blue) varies with the amount of arc-continent collisions (orange) that occur in the tropics (green) [Photo: Francis MacDonald]
Combining the geographic and temperature data, the team found that over the last 500 million years, glacial climates occurred during periods of extensive collision between continents and volcanic arcs in the tropics. There was less than a 1 percent probability that the match was due to chance.
“Given how many things are changing on Earth at the same time, it’s amazing that it all came out really clean and matched so well,” said Lisiecki.
The collisions have the added effect of shutting down volcanic arc activity, which cuts off that source of CO2. “But if it was a volcanic effect, it wouldn’t matter where the volcano was,” Lisiecki said. It’s only the weathering effect where latitude makes a difference. And the team found a much stronger relationship between the climate and collisions that happened in the tropics, rather than those that were outside the tropics.
“These hypotheses are not necessarily entirely independent,” said Macdonald, “but our analysis suggests that the strongest relationship is with the weathering piece.”
Macdonald embarked on this large compilation project after several of his colleagues had pushed back on results from studies with smaller scopes. “I thought, ‘You’re absolutely right. We need to look at this more broadly,’” he recalled. Now the team hopes this paper challenges their colleagues to make a more rigorous case for their own hypotheses.
Macdonald and Lisiecki also know that this paper is not the last word. “The database is open,” Macdonald said, “so I’m hoping that this is an iterative project. And as more constraints come online, they can be entered and the model can be refined.” To that end, he is currently investigating how strong an effect rock type has on this hypothesis.
Humans have lived for hundreds of thousands of years with little concept of the dramatic changes the planet has witnessed over the eons. Although the subjects it studies are ancient, modern geology developed relatively recently. The theory of plate tectonics, for example, was not widely accepted until the 1960s. “We often think of Earth as always being like we’re seeing now,” said Macdonald. “But it’s been a totally different planet throughout its history.”
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Good information on how rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere dominate the imbalance in the Earth's energy budget, and force the global average temperature to increase. ======================================================================= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_energy_budget ======================================================================= https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/DecadalTemp ======================================================================= https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide
John Easton
Cool research but I question the validity of this statement: "On any scale, though, the primary agent of climate change is carbon dioxide (CO2)." On paleo scales(or any scale), there is very little correlation between CO2 and global temperature. Total incoming solar irradiance, on the other hand, correlates quite well. As others have said, CO2 is not the control knob for global temperature.
The rate of global temperature rise correlates directly with carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere - that's why it's called a greenhouse gas. The amount of energy reaching our atmosphere from the Sun is very stable, and has been for a long time. The tiny variations caused by the solar magnetic cycle are negligible. Don't let the denier misinformation fool you. ======================================================================= https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ ======================================================================= http://www.skepticalscience.com/
goletatim
What if both poles were covered by deep open ocean? Would currents halt the buildup of ice? How much effect would that have on the climate of that Earth?
Great article with Intriguing thoughts behind it. Thank you.
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Addis Alem
Addis Alem (Amharic: ??? ????, New World; also known as Ejerie) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Mirab Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, west of Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of 9°2′N 38°24′E with an elevation of about 2360 meters above sea level.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this town has an estimated total population of 13,423 of whom 6,420 were males and 7,003 were females. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 7,516 of whom 3,482 were males and 4,034 were females. It is the largest settlement in Ejerie woreda.
Addis Alem is known for the Basilica Church of St Maryam. Its adjacent museum burned to the ground in 1997; however a new one has since opened.
Addis Alem was founded in 1900 by Menelik II as a new capital city; Empress Taytu Betul picked he name. Although at one point he had 20,000 members of the Welega Oromo busy in constructing buildings in the new city, by 1903 he decided to keep the capital at Addis Ababa. However, it was used by the Emperor as his summer palace during the following years. The first paved road in Ethiopia was constructed between Addis Alem and the capital, the work beginning in 1903, and reported in quite usable condition the next year.
Around 1930, most of the wood for the buildings and furniture in Addis Ababa was sawn from the forests near Addis Alem. During the Italian occupation, a factory for the production of slaked lime was established during the Italian time, and in its first year of production it turned out 30,000 hundredweights of the material. On 2 December 1940 the Arbegnoch, led by Admiqe Besha, attacked the Italian garrison. The Italians lost 78 men, and 2,007 rifles, cannons and hand grenades. On 3 April in the following year, the Italians sent a cavalry regiment 450 strong to recapture Addis Alem; it was promptly cut to ribbons by the Arbagnoch, and only 50 men escaped with their lives.
A number of notable artists are associated with this town. The church has some art work by Abebe Wolde Giorgis (1897-1967), who studied in France for 18 years, has contributed to the art work of the church of St. Maryam. Worku Mammo Dessalegn, born in Addis Alem in 1935, lost both hands in an accident while playing with a bomb at the age of twelve; he attended the Art School in 1960-1962, later studied in the USSR and then returned to the Art School in Addis Ababa as a teacher. A third is Tadesse Bedaso Begna, born in Addis Alem in 1943, who attended a Baptist school, graduated from the Art School in 1966 and then studied graphic arts in London; he has designed stamps, posters and insignia.
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Etihad Airways delegation addresses Australia's leading bankers in Sydney
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has hosted its latest financial roadshow for Australian bankers in Sydney, following editions held earlier this year in London and New York.
Attracting 70 bankers from many of the world’s largest financial institutions, the roadshow offered an ideal opportunity to deepen the strong ties between the Abu Dhabi-based airline and Australia’s financial community.
The Etihad Airways delegation was led by James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer, and included James Rigney, Chief Financial Officer, and Ricky Thirion, Vice President and Group Treasurer.
The delegation briefed bankers on the airline’s achievements in 2012 and outlined its strategy to achieve consistent, sustainable profitability, as well as updating them on the expansion of Etihad Airways’ equity alliance.
Mr Hogan said “Etihad Airways continues to expand its flight network, fleet of aircraft, and passengers carried, and the banking community around the world, and in Australia, play a key role in helping ensure this successful growth is maintained.
“The banking institutions view Etihad Airways as a financially sound company with a strong track record in safety and we are always eager to spend time with them to communicate the latest developments at the airline.”
In 2012, Etihad Airways earned total revenues of US$4.8 billion and had a net profit of US$42 million and this strong financial portfolio, built up during the previous six years, has allowed it to gain more than US$7.1 billion in funding from more than 60 financial institutions.
In addition to gaining the finance required for new aircraft and engines, Etihad Airways closely manages major financial market risks such as fuel, FX, interest rates and emissions.
This has enhanced the airline’s reputation for successful fiscal discipline and cost control.
Mr Hogan and his team discussed Etihad Airways renowned hedging strategy with the bankers in Sydney. The airline’s jet fuel is hedged at 81 per cent for the remainder of 2013, 62 per cent for 2014, 33 per cent for 2015, and nine per cent for 2016.
During the past 12 months Etihad Airways has continued to expand its three pillared strategy of organic growth, codeshare and interline partnerships, and equity alliance of minority stakes in other airlines.
The most recent to join the equity alliance of airberlin, Aer Lingus, Air Seychelles, and Virgin Australia is the Indian carrier, Jet Airways. Subject to Indian government approval, Etihad Airways will invest US$379 million for a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways.
Following the Jet Airways announcement on 24 April 2013, Etihad Airways agreed an initial memorandum of understanding with the Government of Serbia to explore equity opportunities in its national carrier, JatAirways.
During the last 12 months Etihad Airways has also taken the first step in creating a global loyalty management platform. This began with the integration of Seychelles Plus, the Air Seychelles frequent flyer program, into the Etihad Guest loyalty program.
In December 2012 Etihad Airways took a 70 per cent stake in topbonus, airberlin’s loyalty program, and created a new company that will eventually include the Etihad Guest program and those of other airlines.
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Lady Gaga Reveals Her Favorite Super Bowl Performances and What She Wants to Bring to Her Own Halftime Show
By Latifah Muhammad 2:51 PM PDT, October 5, 2016
Lady Gaga is just four months away from her Super Bowl halftime debut!
As the 30-year-old singer prepares for the big show, she recently revealed some of her favorite Super Bowl performances, and what she wants viewers to take away from her Super Bowl LI halftime show.
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And it's no surprise that Gaga's favorite performers include some of the music greats.
"Michael Jackson was incredible," she told Radio Disney on Monday of Jackson’s 1993 halftime show. “I also loved Diana Ross. To be honest, I loved all of the halftime shows. Bruce Springsteen…my father was a big fan…I really loved his halftime show, too."
For her own performance, Gaga hopes that viewers will feel the "patriotism of the event."
"I want every guy's girlfriend in his arms," she envisioned. "I want every husband and wife kissing…every kid laughing. In my mind, they're having this really powerful family experience watching the Super Bowl."
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Mother Monster also gabbed about her new single "Perfect Illusion," and her forthcoming LP, Joanne. The album is a tribute to her father’s sister who passed way when he was "very young."
"My father survived that…because of that I'm tough," explained Gaga. "If I could bring her back, Joanne, I would. Joanne's making a comeback, through me!"
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Besides the Super Bowl and a new album, Gaga is also getting excited to celebrate Halloween later this month. The holiday gives her a chance to be a "normal person" for a night.
"For me it's a great time to go out, because people don't know who I am," she shared. "I can go out and have some fun and just be a normal person."
As for her favorite costume? Of all the awesome looks she's worn over the years, Gaga doesn't mind keeping it simple on Halloween.
"You just take your bed sheet and poke two holes for eyes and you can be a ghost," she said. "It's classic and you can't see me."
Check out Gaga's full interview on Radio Disney this Friday!
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Fifty up for Jaguar
By Chris Russon on 2019-01-14 - The driving force behind Eurekar. Chris heads up a team of motoring correspondents under the Driving Force banner. Prior to Driving Force becoming independent in 2010 he was Chief Motoring Editor for Trinity Mirror Regional newspapers. Chris has been writing about cars for almost 40 years.
IT'S 50 years since Jaguar launched the XJ saloon and while the car may have changed significantly over eight generations it remains the flagship of the Fast Cat brand.
And to mark half a century of production the British car maker is releasing a special edition run of XJ50 models - decked out to the nines.
Like all other versions of the XJ on sale in the UK it is diesel only and powered by a 3.0-litre V6 developing a healthy 300ps.
Priced from £74,280 in short wheelbase form or £77,280 for the long wheelbase model we tried, it is sumptuously equipped and sits at the top of the current XJ line up.
Jaguar first introduced diesels back in 2003 on the now defunct X-Type and since then they have featured in all its saloons and estates and the latest is as clean as they come with emissions of just 155g/km.
Compare that to the 264g/km CO2 rating of the 5.0-litre V8 version of the XJ and the difference in fuel economy is obvious. The XJ50 has an official fuel figure of 48 miles per gallon - and that's almost twice as many miles per tank as you would get from the V8.
Real world use saw an average return close on 40mpg from the XJ and it's no slouch either with a 0 to 60 time of 5.9 seconds and a maximum of 155mph.
The XJ50 is based on the Premium Luxury version of the XJ and comes with the likes of quilted soft leather upholstery, heated and cooled front seats, privacy glass and plenty commemorative reminders of its lineage such as illuminated XJ50 kickplates.
Other distinctive features include front and rear bumpers from Autobiography models, 20-inch alloys and XJ50 badging on the boot and front wings.
There's also a high end 825 Watt Meridian surround sound system, blind spot and reverse traffic warnings and a 360 degree parking camera set up while in the back the XJ50 has a fold-down central armrest, individual air conditioning controls and fold out display screens and picnic tables.
Options on the XJ50 we tried included an upgraded sound system at more than £4,000, a dual view touchscreen at £615 and parking assist technology which added another £1,190 taking the total to a heady £90,625.
That places the special XJ well and truly in luxury limousine territory and for a car that was first seen almost 10 years ago it can still hold its own against the likes of the Mercedes S-Class and Audi A8.
That said, the XJ is showing its age and a new model which is likely to include electric power is in the wings.
With Jaguar and sister brand Land Rover having to compete in a market that has seen a sharp reduction in diesel sales and a slump in global demand such a power option is vital.
Nevertheless, the XJ50 is a splendid example of the company's expertise.
What started back in September 1968 with the first XJ went on to spawn the second generation model in 1973, the third in 79, the XJ40 in 86 to be followed in the 90s with the X300, the X308 in 98 and the X35d in 2003 before the arrival of the current X351 in 2009.
The XJ has become a marker for British innovation. Over the years it has been the world's only mass-produced 12-cylinder four-door car and, with a top speed of 140mph it was also the fastest four-seater of its time.
The Series 2 was the first to offer a two-door coupe model in 1975 and the XJ40, in production for eight years from 1986, introduced the celebrated ‘J' gate gear shifter and self-levelling suspension.
An aluminium monocoque bodyshell helped reduce the XJ's weight by 40 per cent from 2003, before the current XJ model brought additional technologies such as all-wheel drive and a virtual instrument cluster.
And its success has not been confined to the road appearing in a number of hit movies including Love Actually, The Long Good Friday and in James Bond films.
As Ian Callum, Jaguar's design director who created the current model, said: "Spanning half a century, the Jaguar XJ remains true to its heritage with a wonderful balance of beautiful design, intelligent performance and indulgent luxury that ensures it stands out from the crowd. This is a car worth celebrating and the XJ50 pays homage to a giant within the Jaguar brand that we believe is one of the world's most stylish sporting saloons."
That all puts the big Jaguar saloon in an enviable position of being loved by the rich and famous as much as the everyday driver and business executive - qualities the new XJ is sure to embody.
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Chemnitz Guide
A seven metre bust of Karl Marx on Brückenstrasse is the only thing that gives away that Chemnitz was once an emblem of socialist East Germany. Today the town centre is populated by large, gleaming department stores, as much of the city was re-built following German reunification. But that’s not to say there isn’t any history here; the Red Tower, built in the 12th century, was once part of the city fortress, and the gothic Castle Church was initially a Benedictine monastery, now it houses a museum.
Art nouveau made its mark here in the early 20th century; Villa Eschew, commissioned by a wealthy businessman, was finished in 1903 to great acclaim from the art world, while Kaßberg is a charming residential neighbourhood with some fine examples of the design movement. After taking that in, if you wander over to Kaßberg’s hillside you’ll find some pretty decent beer halls which have existed since the medieval era.
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Elizabeth Warren to hold July 5 town hall at the University of Houston
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Jeremy Wallace July 2, 2019 Updated: July 2, 2019 9:11 p.m.
Elizabeth Warren to hold July 5 town hall at the...
1of2Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., answers questions during a presidential forum held by She The People on the Texas State University campus Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Houston.Photo: Michael Wyke / Associated Press
2of22020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) walks on stage after being introduced during a town hall meeting at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, June 28, 2019. (Joshua Lott/The New York Times)Photo: JOSHUA LOTT, STR / NYT
Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren will be in familiar territory on Friday.
Warren, a University of Houston alumni, will hold a townhall-style meeting July 5 on the campus that she graduated from in 1970 with a degree in speech pathology.
Warren, an Oklahoma native, arrived at the University of Houston in 1968 after having first attended George Washington University. She later taught at the University of Houston’s law school before going on to teach at the University of Texas-Austin.
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Warren, a senator who has represented Massachusetts since 2012, has been one of the top candidates in Democratic presidential polls since earlier in the year, and was No. 3 or No. 4 in three different polls released this week.
It will be Warren’s second event in Houston on Friday. At 2 p.m., she is scheduled to participate in a presidential forum with six other top contenders for the Democratic nomination for president. That forum is organized by the National Education Association and is open to that group's members.
The event at the University of Houston even starts at 5:45 and is open to the general public. To attend visit Warren’s website at www.elizabethwarren.com.
ELIZABETH WARREN IN HOUSTON ON JULY 5
2 p.m. - National Education Association presidental candidate forum, George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston
5:45 p.m. - Town hall meeting, University of Houston, Student Center South - Houston Room, 4455 University Drive, Houston. To attend visit www.elizabethwarren.com.
Jeremy Wallace
Jeremy Wallace has covered politics and campaigns for more than 20 years. Before joining the Hearst Texas newspapers in 2017 he covered government and politics for the Tampa Bay Times, The Miami Herald and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Previously he covered Congress for the Boston Globe and Detroit Free-Press. Originally from San Antonio, he attended the University of North Texas and earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri. You can follow him on Twitter, @JeremySWallace, or email him at Jeremy.wallace@chron.com.
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A Life that Mattered
Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne, and founder of the non-profit organization The Life You Can Save. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World Now, and The Most Good You Can Do.
PRINCETON – On January 1, Derek Parfit, one of the greatest philosophers of my generation, died. Just a year earlier, in a poll on a leading philosophy website, Parfit had been voted the most important living Anglophone philosopher.
Of all the philosophers I have known since I began to study the subject more than 50 years ago, Parfit was the closest to a genius. Getting into a philosophical argument with him was like playing chess with a grandmaster: he had already thought of every response I could make to his arguments, considered several possible replies, and knew the objections to each reply as well as the best counters to those objections.
Parfit was not a household name. Few people outside the world of academic philosophy have read anything he wrote. Nor did he appear on television, although late in life, he spoke about effective altruism, and two of those talks can be seen online.
He also published very little before his first book, Reasons and Persons, came out in 1984, when he was 42 years old. His readers then had to wait another 27 years for his second book, On What Matters, unless they were able to read one of the drafts that Parfit circulated in order to receive suggestions for improvement.
To say that Parfit wrote only two books, however, is misleading. Reasons and Persons brings together novel ideas on three separate topics. First, he discusses theories of rational action. Is it rational always to act in our own interests, or to act in accordance with our present desires, or to bring about the best consequences for everyone, timelessly?
The second topic is personal identity. Whereas we commonly take the distinction between our self and others as an all-or-nothing matter, because we assume that we are the same person throughout our life, Parfit argued that our identity changes over time as the psychological connections between our earlier and later selves alter. Parfit found this view liberating: “Other people are closer,” he wrote, “I am less concerned about the rest of my own life and more concerned about the lives of others.”
In the final part of the book, Parfit asked: What is the optimum population for a country, or a planet? Should we aim for the greatest possible total quantity of happiness, or the highest average level of happiness?
Assuming that the average level of happiness is positive, these choices will diverge if increasing the planet’s population will reduce the average, but not by enough to offset the fact that now more happy people exist. In thinking about this question, we can put aside the environmental constraints that provide reasons for not increasing the population, because Parfit is trying to get at an underlying question of value. He shows that both the “total” and “average” answers have paradoxical or counter-intuitive implications. But then, so does every other answer that has been proposed since Parfit revived the problem and other philosophers began to offer their own solutions.
If Reasons and Persons could easily have been three separate books, On What Matters really is: the first two volumes were published in 2011, while a third, in press when Parfit died, has just appeared. In this monumental work, totaling about 1,900 pages, Parfit challenges the idea – almost universally assumed by economists, and by many philosophers from David Hume onward – that the role of reason is to tell us how to get what we want, but not to tell us what to want.
On the contrary, Parfit argued, desires can be irrational. It is, for example, irrational to wish to avoid agonizing pain every day of the week except any future Tuesday.
In order to show that there can be objective truths in ethics, Parfit boldly sought to reconcile three major normative theories: Kantianism, contractualism, and consequentialism. Adherents of each of these theories are, Parfit suggested, “climbing the same mountain on different sides,” taking their own routes to a common element of truth in each theory.
In On What Matters, Volume Three, Parfit again tried to reconcile three major theories, this time theories about the nature of ethics, and the basis on which one might call an ethical judgment “true.”
Parfit was not only a remarkable philosopher; he was also extraordinarily generous with the resource that was most precious to him: his time. So concerned was he about not wasting time that he read philosophy while brushing his teeth, and his wardrobe was full of identical shirts and suits so that he would not have to think about what to wear. Yet when students or colleagues sent him work, he would read it and, whether he agreed with it or not, write detailed comments, sometimes longer than the work itself. I benefited from that, as did countless others.
I will let Parfit have the last word. At a time when many people are despairing about current political trends, the penultimate paragraph of On What Matters, Volume Three encourages us to take a longer and more optimistic perspective:
“Life can be wonderful as well as terrible, and we shall increasingly have the power to make life good. Since human history may be only just beginning, we can expect that future humans, or supra-humans, may achieve some great goods that we cannot now even imagine. In Nietzsche’s words, there has never been such a new dawn and clear horizon, and such an open sea.”
Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the editor of Does Anything Really Matter? Essays on Parfit on Objectivity, which has just been published as a companion volume to Parfit’s On What Matters, Volume Three.
Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2017.
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A century ago, unspeakable horrors took place on every continent that were known only to the victims and the perpetrators. Not so today. As a result of advances in communications – from the telegraph and radio to satellite television and the internet – the pain and loss of global tragedies are brought home to us in real time. Because of this expanding consciousness, the post-World War II era has witnessed the rise of visionary leaders and the birth of countless organizations dedicated to alleviating suffering and elevating the causes of peace, human rights, and tolerance among peoples. Individually and collectively, they have championed the rights of peoples in far-flung corners of the world, some of which had been previously unknown to those who became their advocates. These same leaders and groups have also fought for civil rights and for economic, social, political, and environmental justice in their own countries.
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“Cursed be that mortal inter-indebtedness which will not do away with ledgers. I would be free as air; and I’m down in the whole world’s books. I am so rich… and yet I owe for the flesh in the tongue I brag with” (Moby Dick, chapter cviii).
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LABOUR
ECONOMICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE UNDER NITI
AAYOG, GOVERNMENTOF INDIA)
HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT FOR PREVENTING CATASTROPHIC
HEALTH EXPENDITURE: Role of Global Human Resource Management
Alexandre NIMUBONA
PROJECT REPORT PRESENTED IN FULFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATE COURSE
GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DELHI, JANUARY 11TH, 2017
Globalization and technological advancements have facilitated cross country trade in health
services, especially in the mobility of human resource to seek job oversea. Health care has
become one of the largest industries in globalization context and one of the most dynamic in
terms of job creation and innovation. There have been impressive achievements in improved
health status of populations.There remains, however, a recurrent concern regarding the
adequacy of global human resource and the way they are currently used for protecting
household from catastrophic health expenditure. Currently, the costs of delivering health care
imposes a large, and often growing, burden in nearly all countries. To protect the population
against the poverty due to these health expenses, a management of the households in a
multicultural context proves important. This research organized in six chapters provides an
overview of the role of global human resource management.
In the first chapter of introduction, explications of context, motivation, studied problem,
research question, objectives and hypothesis are developed. The second chapter is a literature
review. The third gives a brief description of Burundi country profile. The fourth chapter
describes the followed methodology. The fifth presents and discusses results. The final
chapter is conclusion and suggestions.
Background: Financial protection for health of household is a common problem to all
countries. About 25 million households around the world are pushed into poverty by the need
to pay for health services. Conventional poverty estimates do not take into account direct
health payments while they cause financial catastrophe to households, which may push them
into poverty. The purpose of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of prevention
of catastrophic health expenditure through a critical review of the role of global human
resources management.
Methods: A survey by questionnaire is conducted to participants in international training
program on global human resource management in India during the period of December 30,
2016 to January 3, 2017. Participants are chosen by convenience sampling. In 34 participants,
27 answered correctly. Others information are found in literature related to the research
objective. Only documents published between 2000 and 2016 are used. This cross sectional
study uses quantitative and qualitative approach to collect, treat and analyze data. Microsoft
word and Excel 2010 are used.
Results: Household catastrophic health expenditure exist in all countries whatever their stage
of development. Everywhere, the poor suffer the most, they become much poorer. The effects
of population growth and household size in getting catastrophic health expenditure and
poverty remain largely unrecognized. Health care are not financially accessible in 17/25
countries because of direct payment. Human resources for health have to reach into homes
and communities to solve catastrophic health expenditure issues. So highly qualified
multicultural managers are needed to increase globalize household cultures and help them
managing their income.
Conclusion: Managing household for financial protection in health remains insufficient. The
role of global human resource management should be to create healthy financial protection
programs decentralized to household for developing more effective expenditure control
strategies.
This work is dedicated:
To God Almighty, who gave me strength and courage for its realization.
To my wife,
To my son,
To my parents,
To my brothers and sisters.
After an intensive period of six weeks, today is the day: writing this note of thanks is the
finishing touch on my research. It has been a period of intense learning for me, not only in the
scientific arena, but also on a personal level. Writing this research has had a big impact on
me. I would like to reflect on the people who have supported and helped me so much
throughout this period.
I would first like to thank my participant colleagues in international training program on
global human resource management for their wonderful collaboration.
I would particularly like to single out the coordinator of this training program Dr. Ruby Dhar,
I want to thank you for your excellent organization and for all of the opportunities I was given
to conduct my research.
Special thanks go to Mrs. Richa Sharma for her comments and suggestions about results
presentation.
In addition, I would like to thank my teachers and professors of NILERD for their valuable
training. You definitely provided me with the tools that I needed to choose the right direction
and successfully complete my project.
I would also like to thank the Indian Government for funding my training in India.
Finally, there are my friends.
Thank you very much, everyone!
Preface.... ............................................................................................................................................. - 2 Abstract ............................................................................................................................................... - 3 Dedication ........................................................................................................................................... - 4 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................... - 5 Table of contents ................................................................................................................................. - 6 List of Tables ....................................................................................................................................... - 8 List of figures ...................................................................................................................................... - 8 Abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................... - 9 Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................................... - 10 1.1. Clarification of keywords ........................................................................................................... - 10 1.1.1. Household management .......................................................................................................... - 10 1.1.2. Catastrophic health expenditure .............................................................................................. - 10 1.1.3. Human resources for health ..................................................................................................... - 11 1.1.4. Global human resource management ...................................................................................... - 11 1.2. Context and justification ............................................................................................................ - 11 1.2.1. Context .................................................................................................................................... - 11 1.2.2. Justification for the research.................................................................................................... - 12 1.3. Motivation of topic ..................................................................................................................... - 13 1.4. The research problem ................................................................................................................. - 13 1.5. Research question ....................................................................................................................... - 15 1.6. Objectives ................................................................................................................................... - 15 1.6. Research hypothesis ................................................................................................................... - 16 Chapter 2: Literature review.............................................................................................................. - 17 2.1. Catastrophic health expenditure ................................................................................................. - 17 2.1.1. Factors determining catastrophic health expenditures............................................................. - 17 2.1.2. Approaches to catastrophic health expenditures ..................................................................... - 17 2.1.3. Measure of household catastrophic health expenditure ........................................................... - 19 2.2. Global Human Resource Management ....................................................................................... - 20 2.2.1. Globalization ........................................................................................................................... - 20 2.2.2. Global staffing: Sources of Human Resources, ....................................................................... - 23 2.2.3. Role of Global Human Resource Management ....................................................................... - 25 2.2.4. Global Standards on Human Resources for Health ................................................................. - 27 Chapter 3: Burundi country profile ................................................................................................... - 28 -6-
Geographical location............................................................................................................ - 28 -
3.2. Political background ................................................................................................................... - 29 3.3. Economic and social analysis ..................................................................................................... - 30 3.4. Food............................................................................................................................................ - 31 3.4.1. Food in daily Life .................................................................................................................... - 31 3.4.2. Customs at ceremonial occasions ............................................................................................ - 31 3.5. Commercial activities ................................................................................................................. - 31 3.6. Major industries.......................................................................................................................... - 31 3.7. Trade........................................................................................................................................... - 32 3.8. Urbanism, architecture, and the use of space ............................................................................. - 32 3.9. Tourist attraction in Burundi ...................................................................................................... - 33 3.10. Education .................................................................................................................................. - 34 3.11. Health ....................................................................................................................................... - 35 3.12. Human resource management for health in Burundi ................................................................ - 35 3.13. Effective and trends in human resources for health ................................................................. - 35 Chapter 4: Research methodology .................................................................................................... - 37 4.1. Type of study .............................................................................................................................. - 37 4.2. Variables of study....................................................................................................................... - 37 4.3. Data collection............................................................................................................................ - 37 4.3.1. Secondary data ........................................................................................................................ - 37 4.3.2. Primary data ............................................................................................................................ - 38 4.4. Tools of data collection .............................................................................................................. - 38 4.5. Data collection techniques.......................................................................................................... - 39 4.5.1. Documentary analysis ............................................................................................................. - 39 4.5.2. Questionnaire administration .................................................................................................. - 39 4.6. Sample determination ................................................................................................................. - 39 4.6.1. Target population .................................................................................................................... - 39 4.6.2. Sampling method..................................................................................................................... - 39 4.7. Research limitations ................................................................................................................... - 40 4.7.1. Study period ............................................................................................................................ - 40 4.7.2. Field of study ........................................................................................................................... - 40 4.8. Method of data analysis .............................................................................................................. - 40 Chapter 5: Results and discussion of research results ....................................................................... - 41 5.1. Household catastrophic health expenditure ................................................................................ - 41 5.2. Household size ........................................................................................................................... - 42 -7-
5.3. Health care payment ................................................................................................................... - 43 5.4. Health care accessibility ............................................................................................................. - 44 5.5. Prevention of catastrophic health expenditure ........................................................................... - 45 5.7. Role of GHRM in prevention of CHE........................................................................................ - 46 Conclusion and suggestions .............................................................................................................. - 47 Conclusion......................................................................................................................................... - 47 Suggestions........................................................................................................................................ - 47 References ......................................................................................................................................... - 48 Annexes ............................................................................................................................................. - 53 Annexe 1 : Questionnaire .................................................................................................................. - 53 Annexe2 : Guide of documentary data analysis ................................................................................ - 54 -
Table 1: Political overview................................................................................................................ - 29 Table 2: Snapshot of economic and social indicators ....................................................................... - 30 Table 3: Household size estimated by country .................................................................................. - 42 Table 4: Health insurance status by country...................................................................................... - 43 Table 5: Financial health care accessibility by country..................................................................... - 44 Table 6: Preventing measures of catastrophic health expenditure .................................................... - 45 Table 7: Role of GHRM in prevention of CHE ............................................................................... - 46 -
Figure 1: Effects of globalization on population health ...................................................... - 22 Figure 2: Proportion of household catastrophic health expenditure by country ................. - 41 -
CHE:
Catastrophic Health Expenditure
CTP:
Capacity to pay
FE:
Food Expenditure
GDP:
GHRM:
HBHI:
Household Based Health Insurance
ITP:
International Training Program
NILERD:
National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development
OOP:
Out of Pochet
PPP:
Purchasing Pawer Parity
Subsistence Expenditure
THHE:
Total Household Health Expenditure
1.1. Clarification of keywords
1.1.1. Household management
In this research, a household is a person or a group of related or unrelated persons, who live
together in the same dwelling unit, who share the same housekeeping arrangements, and who
have the same eating arrangements1.
As part of this research, household management refers to the various tasks associated with the
organization, financial management, and day-to-day operations of a home. Household
management depends on the individual's ability to carry out instrumental activities of daily
living, which are activities necessary for independent living in the community. Household
management can be divided into several different areas for purposes of description.
This research is interested in financial aspect of household management like paying health
1.1.2. Catastrophic health expenditure
When people have to pay fees or co-payments for health care, the amount can be so high in
relation to income that it results in financial catastrophe for the individual or the household.
Such high expenditure can mean that people have to cut down on their subsistence needs
such as food and clothing, or are unable to pay for their children's education 2. Similarly, large
health care payments can lead to financial catastrophe and bankruptcy even for rich
households. 3 So, catastrophic health expenditure occurs with health care payments at or
exceeding 40% of a household’s capacity to pay in any year4.
VAN WYK, S. S., MANDALAKAS, A. M., ENARSON, D. A., et al. Tuberculosis contact investigation in a
high-burden setting: house or household? The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012,
vol. 16, no 2, p. 157-162.
XU, Ke, EVANS, David B., CARRIN, Guido, et al. Protecting households from catastrophic health
spending. Health affairs, 2007, vol. 26, no 4, p. 972-983.
Himmelstein, David U., Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne, and Steffie J. Woolhandler. "Illness and injury as
contributors to bankruptcy." SSRN 664565 (2005).
Xu, Ke, David B. Evans, Guido Carrin, Ana Mylena Aguilar-Rivera, Philip Musgrove, and Timothy Evans.
"Protecting households from catastrophic health spending." Health affairs 26, no. 4 (2007): 972-983.
The present research defines capacity to pay as household’s non subsistence spending.
Impoverishment occurs when a non-poor household becomes poor after paying for health
services5.
1.1.3. Human resources for health
Human resources, when pertaining to health care, can be defined as the different kinds of
clinical and non-clinical staff responsible for public and individual health intervention6.
1.1.4. Global human resource management
It is the process of managing people in international settings 7. This research analyzes how
household can be managed in global settings for preventing them from catastrophic health
spending.
1.2. Context and justification
1.2.1. Context
According to the WHO, health financing that is designed to reduce catastrophic expenditures
considers the following8:
Extending population coverage through prepayment mechanisms,
Protecting the poor and disadvantaged,
Designing benefits package, and
Deciding the level of cost-sharing by the patient.
In that context, health systems can deliver health services, preventive and curative, that
can make a difference to people’s health.
World Health Organization (WHO). Distribution of health payments and catastrophic expenditures
methodology.Geneva, Switzerland, 2005.
World Health Organization: World Health Report 2000. Health Systems: Improving Performance. Geneva.
2000. P.77.
R.C. RAJAN, International Human Resource Management. Published in Business. March 2013. Owerpoint
Templates Page 8.
(2005). Designing health financing systems to reduce catastrophic health expenditure. (Vol. 2). Department of
Health Systems Financing, World Health Organization.
Retrieved from http://www.who.int/health_financing/pb_2.pdf
However, accessing these services can lead to individuals having to pay catastrophic
proportions of their available income and push many households into poverty9.
So, human resources for health plays pivotal role in the accessibility of health services and the
overall population health of any country10.
The purpose of this research is to contribute to a better understanding of prevention of
catastrophic health expenditure through a critical review of the role of global human resources
management perceived by participants in ITP on GHRM at NILERD in 2016. It seems to this
research that proper management of human resources both national and international is
critical in improving financial accessibility of people to health care.
A refocus on role of GHRM in health care and more research are needed to develop new
policies of prevention catastrophic health expenditure. It should be pointed out that effective
international human resource management strategies are greatly needed to achieve better
outcomes from and access to health care around the world.
1.2.2. Justification for the research
In all probability, health policy makers have long been concerned with protecting people from
the possibility that ill health will lead to catastrophic financial payments and subsequent
impoverishment. Yet catastrophic expenditure are always present because the how of health
systems are financed on the wellbeing of households, are insufficient.
This problem is most severe in low and middle income countries. For example, a study in
Vietnam showed that the number of households with catastrophic health expenditure and
impoverishment increased during the period of 2002–201011.
Saito et al. showed that during 2014 period in Nepal, about 14% households faced
catastrophic health expenditure and 25%Ugandan households experienced catastrophic health
expenditure. About 4% experienced impoverishment due to health service payments12.
Ke Xu, David B Evans, Kei Kawabata, RiadhZeramdini, Jan Klavus, Christopher J L Murray, Household
catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis, THE LANCET. Vol 362. July 12, 2003.
James,M.K.,Barbara,M.L.2012. Human Resources for Health Challenges in Fragile States: Evidence from
Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. The North-South Institute. August, 2012. P.1.
Minh HV, Phuong KNT, Saksena P, James CD, Xu K. Financial burden of household out-of pocket health
expenditure in Viet Nam: findings from the National living standard survey 2002-2010. SocSci Med.
2013;96:258–63.
Saito E, Gilmour S, Rahman MM, GautamGS, Shrestha PK, Shibuya K.Catastrophic household expenditure
on health in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey. Bull World Health Organ. 2014;92:760–7.
In light of the above, this research is convinced that catastrophic health expenditure and
impoverishment indices offer guidance for developing appropriate health policies and
intervention programs to decrease financial inequity13.
For this, household can be well protected from catastrophic health expenditure if human
resources management for health are globalized.
1.3. Motivation of topic
According to the present research, financial protection in public health remains insufficient.
The goal of policymakers should be to create healthy financial protection programs for
developing more effective expenditure control strategies. A more globalized reform strategy
of human resources management for health is needed to enhance the breadth, depth and height
of health financial protection.
This research focuses on the best measure to protect household in more global way against
catastrophic spending that can represent health care payment. And till now any study of the
role of GHRM for health in prevention of catastrophic expenditure have been undertaken.
This first one shall be then the tool reflection for public health managers.
1.4. The research problem
The WHO estimates that every year, approximately 44 million households, or more than 150
million individuals, throughout the world face catastrophic expenditure, and about 25 million
households or more than 100 million individuals are pushed into poverty by the need to pay
for health services14.
A 2007 study by Ke Xu. and colleagues presents somewhat similar figures: Around 150
million people suffer financial catastrophe each year, 100 million are pushed below the
poverty line due to health expenditures, and more than 90% of them live in low-income
Kien, Vu Duy, et al. "Socioeconomic inequalities in catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment
associated with non-communicable diseases in urban Hanoi, Vietnam."International Journal for Equity in
Health 15.1 (2016): 169.
Ke XU, David B.Evans, G.CARRIN, et al. Designing health financing systems to reduce catastrophic health
expenditure.WHO/EIP/HSF/PB/05.02. Geneva, 2005. P.2.
The study collected data from 89 countries representing 89% of the world’s population, and
likewise estimates the median incidence of financial catastrophe to be at 2.3%, with the
problem being more severe among middle income countries, and worse among low income
countries where the median is at around 2.5% and results for some countries reach up to
nearly 10%.15 Catastrophic health expenditures are a significant concern for several reasons.
Payments for medical care often exceed the capacity of poor households to pay, thus families
often have to cut back on other necessities such as food, clothing, or education, in order to pay
for health care.
The absence of these other necessities can, in turn, lead to other dire consequences.
Catastrophic expenditures create a negative impact even when they are not incurred: Many
people decide not to avail of health care services in anticipation of unaffordable costs for care,
both direct (for consultations, tests, or medicines) and indirect (transport and food). Untreated
illnesses are thus prolonged or even worsen, leading to lost earnings and other welfare effects.
With the same idea, millions of people around the world are prevented from seeking and
obtaining needed care each year because they cannot afford to pay the charges levied for
diagnosis and treatment16. For example, in Moldova: the proportion of people who did not
seek care for financial reasons decreased between 2008 and 2012 from 29.2 to 14.8 %. Yet,
access for the very poor is still a problem, as 29.1 % of the poorest quintile said they could
not afford services or drugs in 2012.17
Protecting people from financial risks associated with health care expenditure is emerging as
a crucial component of national health strategies in many low income and middle income
countries.18
According to Kabene et al relationship between human resources management and health care
expenditure is extremely complex. GHRM for health can and must play an essential role in
health care sector reform19 to reduce this complexity.
XU, Ke, EVANS, David B., CARRIN, Guido, et al. 2007. Loc cit.
KeXu, DavidB. Evans, Guido Carrin, Ana Mylena Aguilar-Rivera, Philip Musgrove and Timothy Evans.
Protecting Households From Catastrophic Health Spending, Health Affairs 26, no.4 (2007):972-983. doi:
10.1377 Health Aff. 26.4.972.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531477/pdf/12913_2015_Article_984.pdf
VERGET,S et al.,Health gains and fi nancial risk protection aff orded by public fi nancing of selected
interventions in Ethiopia: an extended cost-eff ectiveness analysis. Vol 3 May 2015.
KABENE, Stefane M., ORCHARD, Carole, HOWARD, John M., et al. The importance of human resources
management in health care: a global context.Human resources for health, 2006, vol. 4, no 1, p. 1.
Despite the implementation of policies for universal health coverage in many countries of the
world, catastrophic expenditure can occur in all countries at all stages of development. 20 For
example, data from the National Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure, which
was conducted in all Indian states in 2004–2005 and 2009–2010 show that between 3.3 and
3.9 % of Indian households have suffered from catastrophic health expenditure21 and the cost
of treatment for illness is reported to cause 85% of all cases of impoverishment.22
In Burundi, poverty alleviation remains a major challenge because the impoverishment of
families due to catastrophic individual health expenditure affects 0.5% of the population, or
nearly 45,000 people per year. In other words, on average, 123 Burundians fall daily into
poverty because of these catastrophic health expenditures23.
1.5. Research question
The concern is now to answer this question:
What would be the role of global human resource management in household
management to prevent catastrophic health expenditure?
1.6. Objectives
Using the literature review, to analyze the extent of catastrophic health expenditure for
households,
Using a questionnaire addressed to participants in the course of ITP on GHRM, to
identify the role of GHRM in prevention of these CHE.
XU, Ke, EVANS, David B., CARRIN, Guido, et al., 2007,loc cit.
RABAN, Magdalena Z., DANDONA, Rakhi, et DANDONA, Lalit. Variations in catastrophic health
expenditure estimates from household surveys in India.Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013, vol. 91,
no 10, p. 726-735.
ASANTE, Augustine D., PRICE, Jennifer, HAYEN, Andrew, et al. Assessment of equity in healthcare
financing in Fiji and Timor-Leste: a study protocol. BMJ open, 2014, vol. 4, no 12, p. e006806.
Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la lutte Contre le SIDA, Etude sur le financement de la santé au Burundi.
Rapport de synthèse. Mai 2014.
1.6. Research hypothesis
The following hypothesis comes to answer to the question see above in prevous page:
The role of GHRM in preventing household from catastrophic health spending is:
To ensure that human resource management policies are in tandem with culture of
employees,
To adapt national health policies to household’s cultures and in international context.
Chapter 2: Literature review
2.1. Catastrophic health expenditure
Protection against catastrophic health expenditures can reduce poverty and improve overall
welfare in society24.
2.1.1. Factors determining catastrophic health expenditures
Three factors have to be present for catastrophic payments to arise:
- The availability of health services requiring out-of-pocket payments,
- Low household capacity to pay,
- Lack of prepayment mechanisms for risk pooling.
2.1.2. Approaches to catastrophic health expenditures
Two approaches are frequently applied in the literature25:
A. Proportionality of in income
The first approach sets the threshold in terms of proportionality of income. This approach
considers the out of pocket (OOP) payments as a proportion of income (X). That is (OOP/X).
Thresholds used varied from 2.5% to 40%. However, using the same threshold for both the
poor and rich households is problematic for equity reasons as richer households are more
likely to exceed the threshold level with less adverse effect than the poor ones especially at
higher thresholds levels.
B. Ability to pay
The second approach is based on ability to pay. This approach considers OOP payments in
terms of a measure of ability to pay (y), such that (OOP/y) where y = X-Sexp.
HAUCK, Katharina, SMITH, Peter C., et GODDARD, Maria. The economics of priority setting for health
care: a literature review. Washington: World Bank, 2004.
Wagstaff A, van Doorslaer E. Catastrophe and impoverishment in paying forhealth care: with applications to
Vietnam 1993–1998. Health Econ.2003;12:921–34.
The Sexp is subsistence deductions, while X is income as indicated in the first approach above
(or consumption expenditure).
Expenses allowed in Sexp to compute the ability to pay has been a subject of debate in the
literature. For example, some studies compute ability to pay as income less actual food
spending. However household food expenditure may not capture actual subsistence
expenditure as food spending by higher income households may include non essential food.
To overcome this limitation, a method proposed by WHO expresses capacity to pay as
effective income remaining after basic subsistence26.
Subsistence expenditure (Sexp) is defined as the average food expenditure of households
whose food expenditure share is in the 45th to 55th range. Hence y =X-Sexp, 45th/55th, with X as
consumption expenditure. This methodology has been slightly modified by considering all
necessities rather than food consumption only27.
To allow for international comparability, while excluding non essential spending, the
subsistence level could be based on some internationally recognized cut off suchas the dollara-day poverty line used by the World Bank. Note that there is a push for the revision of this
poverty line to USD 1.25 dollars a day28. Like other measures, the use of a poverty line value
such as the dollar a day cut-off, also has limitations. For example it introduces uncertainty
arising from the construction of food purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factors.
Using a flat rate deduction poses the additional problem that capacity to pay (y) could become
zero or negative,leading to an undefined or negative ratio.
More recently, a number of researchers have used a methodology proposed by the World
Health Organization to compute the subsistence expenditure and the catastrophic health
spending and impoverishment. This methodology incorporates an approach that circumvents
the weakness related to estimation of PPP inherent to the use of an international poverty line
and also avoids the problem of negative capacity to pay. This WHO methodology uses a food
share-based poverty line for estimating subsistence.
Xu K, Evans DB, Kawabata K, Zeramdini R, Klavus J, Murray CJ. Household catastrophic health expenditure:
a multicountry analysis. Lancet.2003;362:111–7.
Pal R. Measuring incidence of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure:with application to India. Int J
Health Care Finance Econ. 2012;12:63–85.
Ravalion M, Chen S, Sangraula P. A dollar a day revisited. The World BankEcon Rev. 2009;23:163–84.
In this approach the poverty line is defined as the food expenditure of the household whose
food expenditure share of total household expenditure is at the 50th percentile29.
2.1.3. Measure of household catastrophic health expenditure
A. Out of pocket health expenditure
Out of pocket health payments refer to the payments made by households at the point they
receive health services. Typically these include doctor’s consultation fees, purchases of
medication and hospital bills.
Although spending on alternative and/or traditional medicine is included in out of pocket
payments, expenditure on health related transportation and special nutrition are excluded. It is
also important to note that out of pocket payments are net of any insurance reimbursement.
B. Household consumption expenditure
Household consumption expenditure comprises both monetary and in kind payment on all
goods and services, and the money value of the consumption of home made products.
C. Food expenditure
Household food expenditure is the amount spent on all food stuffs by the household plus the
value of family’s own food production consumed within the household. However, It excludes
expenditure on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and food consumption outside the home (e.g.
hotel and restaurants).
D. Poverty line and household subsistence spending
The household subsistence spending is the minimum requirement to maintain basic life in a
society. A poverty line is used in the analysis as subsistence spending.There are many ways to
define poverty. None of them are perfect considering the soundness in theory and feasibility
in practice.
Amaya Lara J, Ruiz GF. Determining factors of catastrophic health spendingin Bogota, Colombia. Int J Health
Care Finance Econ. 2011;11:83–100.
Here a food share based poverty line is used for estimating household subsistence. This
poverty line is defined as the food expenditure of the household whose food expenditure share
of total household expenditure is at the 50th percentile in the country30.
The catastrophic health expenditure is now calculated as follow:
Step 1: Calculation of subsistence expenditure (SE)
Calculate food expenditure (FE)/total household expenditure (THHE),
Identify the 45th - 55th percentile of FE/THHE,
SE = Mean FE of 45th - 55th of FE/THHE.
Step 2: Calculation of capacity to pay (CTP)
CTP = THHE – SE (if FE > SE)
CTP = THHE – FE (if FE< SE)
Step 3: Calculation of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE)
Catastrophic health expenditure is present if out-of-pocket expenditure is more than 40 per
cent of a household’s capacity to pay31.
2.2. Global Human Resource Management
A firm's orientation to ethics is influenced largely by its national and organizational culture.
2.2.1. Globalization32
The term "globalization" has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process
that is beneficial a key to future world economic development and also inevitable and
Xu K. Distribution of health payments and catastrophic expenditures methodology. ((HSF) DHSF, (EIP)
CEaIfP eds.). Geneva: WHO Discussion Paper No. 2; 2005.
Meena Daivadanam, K.R. Thankappan, P.S. Sarma& S. Harikrishnan, Catastrophic health expenditure &
coping strategies associated with acute coronary syndrome in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res 136, October
2012, pp 585-592.
Hellier,J., Stages of Globalization, Inequality and Unemployment.University of Lille 1 and LEMNA,
University of Nantes Pers. address: 28 rue de Sévigné 75004 Paris FRANCE.September 2012.
Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases inequality within and
between nations, threatens employment and living standards and thwarts social progress.
As far as this research can judge that, globalization offers extensive opportunities for truly
worldwide development but it is not progressing evenly. Some countries are becoming
integrated into the global economy more quickly than others. Countries that have been able to
integrate are seeing faster growth and reduced poverty. So, countries must be prepared to
embrace the policies needed, and in the case of the poorest countries may need the support of
the international community as they do so.
A. Stages of globalization
Five different stages in the development of a firm into a global corporation are identified:
Stage 1: It is the arm's length service activity of essentially domestic company which moves
into new markets overseas by linking up with local dealers and distributors.
Stage 2: The Company takes over these activities on its own.
Stage 3: The domestic based company begins to carry out its own manufacturing, marketing
and sales in the key foreign markets.
Stage 4: The Company moves to a full inside position in these markets, supported by a
complete business system.
This stage calls on the managers to replicate in new environment the hardware, systems and
operational approaches that have worked so well at home. It forces them to extend the reach
of domestic headquarters, which now is to provide support functions such as personnel and
finance, to all overseas activities.
Although stage four, the headquarters mentality continue to dominate. Different local
operations are linked, their relation to each other established by their relation to the center.
Stage 5: The Company moves toward a genuinely global mode of operation. In this context, a
company's ability to serve local customers in markets around the globe in ways that are truly
responsive to their needs as well as to the global character of its industry depends on its
ability to strike a new organizational balance. That is termed global localization, a new
orientation that simultaneously looks both directions. Getting to stage five, however, means
venturing on to new ground together. To make this organizational transition, a company must
denationalize their operations and create a system of values shared by corporate managers
around the globe to replace the glue a nation based orientation once provided.
B. Globalization of public health
The globalization of public health means that global awareness, analysis, and action must be
improved. It also means that charting a different course of development is an ethical
imperative. Addressing health challenges like catastrophic health health expenditure requires
coordinated responses at many levels: individual, family, community, national, and global.33.
C. Effects of globalization on public health
Demographic Changes
Urbanization, increaseddensity
Increased mobility
Family structures
Trade and capitalmobility
Labor conditions
Wealth creation and distribution
International aid: financial and
SocialChanges
Institutions, governance,
international codes
Cultural diffusion
Impacts on
Large-Scale and Systemic
Degradation of land and water
Depletion of resources
Ecosystem disturbances
Disruption of bio-geophysical
systems (e.g., climate system)
Figure 1: Effects of Globalization on Population Health
Source: McMichael, 2013.34
The figure in previous page is a schematic representation of the three major domains social,
economic, and environmental within which globalizing processes and changes are occurring.
YACH, Derek et BETTCHER, Douglas. The globalization of public health, II: The convergence of self-interest
and altruism. American journal of public health, 1998, vol. 88, no 5, p. 738-744.
McMICHAEL, Anthony J. Globalization, climate change, and human health.New England Journal of
Medicine, 2013, vol. 368, no 14, p. 1335-1343.
Shown are their main components, the two way interactions between them, and the central
fact that all three domains influence the conditions for and levels of population health.
In particular, changes in population size, distribution, mobility, levels and types of economic
activity, and global flows of capital and labor all have consequences for the environment,
including the recent rapid increase in greenhouse-gas emissions as the primary cause of
current climate change.
Those great contemporary environmental changes have diverse and far-reaching
consequences for public health.
2.2.2. Global staffing: Sources of human resources35,36
This research can tap four basic sources for human resources:
- Home country nationals,
- Host country nationals,
- Third country nationals, and
- Inpatriates.
A. Home Country Nationals
Home country nationals are managers who are citizens of the country where the organization
is headquartered. In fact, sometimes the term headquarters nationals is used. These managers
commonly are called expatriates, or simply "expats," which refers to those who live and work
outside their home country.
There are a variety of reasons for using home country nationals. One of the most common is
to start up operations. Another is to provide technical expertise. A third is to help the
organization maintain financial control over the operation.
International HRM Association.Managing Human Resources in an International Business.1999.
Michael G. Harvey et al.,Strategic global human resource management: the role of inpatriate managers.Human
Resource Management Review,2000 Volume 10, Number 2, 2000, pages 153-175.
B. Host Country Nationals
Host country nationals are local managers who are hired by the organization. For a number of
reasons, many organizations use host-country managers at the middle and lower-level ranks:
Many countries expect the organization to hire local talent, and this is a good way to meet this
expectation.
Also, even if an organization wanted to staff all management positions with home country
personnel, it would be unlikely to have this many available managers, and the cost of
transferring and maintaining them in the host country would be prohibitive.
This research has identified four reasons that firms tend to use host country managers:
- These individuals are familiar with the culture,
- They know the language,
- They are less expensive than homecountry personnel,
- Hiring them is good public relations.
C. Third Country Nationals
Third country nationals are managers who are citizens of countries other than the country in
which the organization is headquartered or the one in which they are assigned to work by the
organization.
Organizations use third country nationals for three reasons:
- These people had the necessary expertise or were judged to be the best ones for the job,
- The salary and benefit package usually is less than that of a home country national,
- They may have a very good working knowledge of the region or speak the same language as
the local people.
D. Inpatriates
An inpatriate is an individual from a host country or a third country national who is assigned
to work in the home country.
The use of inpats is helping organizations better develop their global core competencies.
2.2.3. Role of Global human Resource Management37
Five main functions of global human resource management are vital concepts to the strategic
operation of an organization.
A. Recruitment
Attracting, hiring and retaining a skilled workforce is perhaps the most basic of the human
resources functions.
There are several elements to this task including developing a job description, interviewing
candidates, making offers and negotiating salaries and benefits.
Companies that recognize the value of their people place a significant amount of stock in the
recruitment function of human resources. There is good reason for this having a solid team of
employees can raise the company's profile, help it to achieve profitability and keep it running
effectively and efficiently.
B. Training
Even when an organization hires skilled employees, there is normally some level of on-thejob training that the human resources department is responsible for providing. This is because
every organization performs tasks in a slightly different way. One company might use
computer software differently from another, or it may have a different timekeeping method.
Whatever the specific processes of the organization, human resources has a main function in
providing this training to the staff. The training function is amplified when the organization is
running global operations in a number of different locations. Having streamlined processes
across those locations makes communication and the sharing of resources a much more
manageable task.
BRATTON, John et GOLD, Jeff. Human resource management: theory and practice. Palgrave Macmillan,
C. Professional development
Closely related to training is Human Resource's function in professional development. But
whereas training needs are centered around the organization's processes and procedures,
professional development is about providing employees with opportunities for growth and
education on an individual basis.
Many human resource departments offer professional development opportunities to their
employees by sponsoring them to visit conferences, external skills training days or trade
shows. The result is a win-win: it helps the employee feel like she is a vital and cared for part
of the team and the organization benefits from the employee's added skill set and motivation.
D. Benefits and compensation
While the management of benefits and compensation is given for human resources, the
globalization of companies has meant that human resources must now adapt to new ways of
providing benefits to an organization's employees. Non traditional benefits such as flexible
working hours, paternity leave, extended vacation time and telecommuting are ways to
motivate existing employees and to attract and retain new skilled employees. Balancing
compensation and benefits for the organization's workforce is an important human resource
function because it requires a sensitivity to the wants and needs of a diverse group of people.
E. Ensuring legal compliance
The final function of human resource management is ensuring legal compliance with labor
and tax law is a vital part of ensuring the organization's continued existence. The federal
government as well as the state and local government where the business operates impose
mandates on companies regarding the working hours of employees, tax allowances, required
break times and working hours, minimum wage amounts and policies on discrimination.
Being aware of these laws and policies and working to keep the organization completely legal
at all times is an essential role of human resources.
2.2.4. Global standards on human resources for health
Human resources for health play a pivotal role in the accessibility of health services and the
overall population health of any country. Specific benchmarks exist for governments and
development partners to ascertain whether or not a country faces a health workforce crisis.
Health worker density is the most widely used indicator. The WHO has set a density indicator
of 2.28 health care professionals per 1000 population as a minimum threshold for public
health access.
Countries with densities lower than this are defined as having a critical shortage of health
workers. The vast majority of these countries also have less than an 80 percent service
coverage rate.38,39
In the light of the foregoing, this research deduces that the role of Global Human Resource
Management for Health is undoubtedly to ensure universal access to health care.
CRISP, Nigel et CHEN, Lincoln. Global supply of health professionals. New England Journal of Medicine,
2014, vol. 370, no 10, p. 950-957.
CAMPBELL, James, BUCHAN, James, COMETTO, Giorgio, et al. Human resources for health and universal
health coverage: fostering equity and effective coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013, vol.
91, no 11, p. 853-863.
Chapter 3: Burundi country profile
3.1. Geographical location
Source: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/burundi_map2.htm
3.2. Political background
Table 1: Political overview
Date of Independence
1July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under
Belgian administration)
Transitional until 31 October 2004, extended
until 30 April 2005.
Post-Transitional Constitution approved by
referendum held on 28 February 2005.
Amendments to the Constitution require a
three-quarters majority of the National
Assembly, a two-thirds majority of the Senate
and a majority in a national referendum
The legislature is a bicameral Parliament that
consists of the National Assembly and the
Senate. Members are elected to the National
Assembly by proportional representation
from multi-ethnic party lists and a minimum
of 2% of the votes must be obtained for
representation. The National Assembly must
have 60% Hutu and 40% Tutsi members, of
which at least 30 % are women, elected by
universal adult suffrage for a five year term;
three members of the Twa ethnic group are
The judiciary is comprised of the Supreme
Court with jurisdiction over ordinary matters
of law, the Constitutional Court with
jurisdiction over issues of the state and the
Constitution, the High Court of Justice
(which is the two previous courts sitting
together) and subordinate courts and tribunals
Type of Government
Capital and largest city
Border countries
27,830 sq km
Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km,
Rwanda 290 km,
Tanzania 451 km
French (official),
Kirundi (Mother tongue),
Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the
Bujumbura area)
Source: AFRODAD, 201340.
http://www.afrodad.org/phocadownload/publications/Country_Profiles/burundi.pdf
3.3. Economic and social analysis
Table 2: Snapshot of economic and social indicators
Gross domestic Product GDP (official exchange rate)
$2,475 billion (2012)
GDP composition by sector
Agriculture: 31.1%
GDP real growth rate
4% (2012)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
Budget (revenues & expenditures)
Revenues:$473.2million
Expenditures: $558.5million (2012)
8.575million (2011)
Population below poverty line
Life expectancy at birth
Total: 59.69 years
Male: 57.92 years
Female: 61.5 years
Literacy rate
Total: 67.2%
Male: 72.9%
Female: 61.8% (2010)
$284 (at current prices)
$640 (2010)
Source: Source: AFRODAD, 2013, loc cit.
3.4. Food41
3.4.1. Food in daily Life
The most common foods are beans, corn, peas, millet, sorghum, cassava, sweet potatoes, and
bananas. The diet consists mainly of carbohydrates; vitamins and minerals are provided by
fruits, vegetables, and combinations of grains, but little fat and protein are available. Meat
accounts for 2 percent or less of the average food intake. Fish is consumed in the areas around
Lake Tanganyika. Meal production is labor-intensive. The cassava root is washed, pounded,
and strained, and sorghum is ground into flour for pancakes or porridge. The porridge is
rolled into a ball with one hand and dipped in gravy or sauce.
3.4.2. Customs at Ceremonial Occasions
Beer is an important part of social interactions and is consumed at all important occasions,
such as the marriage negotiations between two families.
3.5. Commercial activities
Farmers cultivate a large number of crops for domestic consumption, including bananas, dry
beans, corn, sugarcane, and sorghum. They also raise goats, cattle, and sheep. These products
are transported to local markets and to the capital. Bartering is still common, particularly the
use of cattle as currency.
3.6. Major industries.
There is little industry and development is slow because of a lack of trained workers and little
investment or aid from foreign countries. It is difficult to develop industry in a country in
which most people cannot afford to purchase the goods industry would produce. Currently,
the country is involved mainly in processing food (primarily coffee), brewing beer, and
bottling soft drinks. There is some production of light consumers goods, including blankets,
shoes, and soap. The country also engages in the assembly of imported components and
public works construction.
http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Burundi.html
3.7. Trade
Coffee, which was introduced to the area in 1930, is the main cash crop, accounting for 80
percent of foreign revenue. This leaves the economy vulnerable to variations in weather and
to fluctuations in the international coffee market.
Burundi has been attempting to diversify its economy by increasing the production of other
products, such as tea and cotton. Other exports include sugar and cattle hides. It exports
mainly to the United Kingdom, Germany, Benelux nations, and Switzerland. Burundi receives
goods from the Benelux nations, France, Zambia, Germany, Kenya, and Japan. The main
imports are capital goods, petroleum products, and food.
While the country produces some electricity from dams on the Mugere River, it receives the
majority of its power from ahydroelectricstation at Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of
Congo and by importing oil from the Persian Gulf.
3.8. Urbanism, architecture, and the use of space
The capital city, Bujumbura, is the populous and most industrialized city. It is located on the
north shore of Lake Tanganyika, and its port is the country's largest. Cement, textiles, and
soap are manufactured there, and it is home to one of the country's two coffee-processing
facilities.
Bujumbura, once known as Usumbura, was also the colonial capital, and many of its
buildings reveal a European influence. The majority of foreigners in the country are
concentrated in the capital, which gives the city a cosmopolitan feel. Large sections of the
city, however, are almost entirely untouched by colonial influence.
The second-largest city, Gitega, is East of Bujumbura on center of the country. It was the old
capital of the kingdom and has grown rapidly in the last several decades from a population of
only five thousand in 1970.
Gitega is in the fertile highlands and is surrounded by coffee, banana, and tea plantations. It
has a coffee-processing plant and a brewery that manufactures beer from bananas.
These are the only two urban centers. Ninety-two percent of the population lives in a rural
setting, mostly in family groupings too small to be called villages that are scattered
throughout the highlands. A number of market towns draw inhabitants of surrounding rural
zones to buy, sell, and trade agricultural products and handicrafts.
Burundians traditionally built their houses of grass and mud in a shape reminiscent of a
beehive and wove leaves together for the roof. The traditional hut, called URUGO, was
surrounded by cattle corrals. Today the most common materials are mud and sticks, although
wood and cement blocks also are used. The roofs are usually tin, since leaves are in short
supply as a result of deforestation. Each house is surrounded by a courtyard, and several
houses are grouped together inside a wall of trees.
3.9. Tourist attraction in Burundi
Burundi has great potential touristic services:
─ Beauty hills with large green spaces,
─ Lake Tanganyika with very good beaches (Saga Resha, Saga Nyanza, Saga plage...)
─ Three small lakes in north of the country (Cohoha, Kivu and Rweru),
─ Source of Nil at Rutovu in Bururi province,
─ Stanley and Livingstone stone place at Bujumbura,
─ Waterfall of Mwishanga in Rutana Province,
Tourism in Burundi has great potential, but the country’s conflicts have severely limited
visitors to the region.
3.10. Education
Primary education begins at age seven and is compulsory for six years. Secondary education
is divided into programs of three and then three to four years. Education is free in primary,
and instruction is in French and Kirundi.Only small fractions of the first level of secondary
school students are admitted to the secondary level, and fewer still are able to gain admission
to the University.
3.11. Health
The most common health problems stem from communicable diseases and nutritional
deficiencies, which account for most infant and child mortality.
Those suffering from malnutrition receive some relief from feeding centers set up by
international aid workers. Malaria, cholera, pneumonia, influenza, and diarrhea are the major
causes of death.
Sleeping sickness is widespread in the lake shore areas, and pulmonary diseases (tuberculosis)
are common in the central highlands.
HIV/AIDS is also a serious health concern. Burundi has limited hospital facilities and an
insufficient number of medical personnel.
3.12. Human resource management for health in Burundi
Burundi, like many other countries in Africa, is experiencing a human resource problem.
A number of problems have been identified, namely:
-Insufficient human resources with the required qualifications,
-Inadequate quality of staff training,
-Poor distribution of health professionals between the different geographical areas of the
country to the detriment of the poor and remote areas of the capital,
-The management of human resources is marked by the high concentration of management at
central level,
-Inadequate manpower and career management;
-Insufficient staff motivation.
3.13. Effective and trends in human resources for health
The total number of 15,937 agents was divided between 5,957 nurses, 418 physicians, 16
midwives and other support staff.
Technical personnel (medical and paramedical) are insufficient in quantity and quality in most
levels of the health system, which affects the availability and quality of the services offered.
This is compounded by the unavailability of certain skills in the labor market and the
reluctance of staff to work in hard-to-reach areas.
The inadequacy of quality is partly due to insufficient supervision at public and private
educational institutions, non-selective recruitment at private school level, failure to adapt
curricula to employment needs, and inadequate planning of staffing needs42.
République du Burundi, Ministère de la santé publique et de la lutte contre le sida. Profil des ressources
humaines en santé au Burundi. Edition 2012. P.18.
Chapter 4: Research methodology
Questions of the role of Global Human Resource Management in prevention of household
catastrophic health spending are debated in this research.
4.1. Type of study
This research employs a cross-sectional study with analytical and explanatory purposes. It
uses the mixed approach, ie the quantitative and qualitative approach.
4.2. Variables of study
This study collects information about the following variables:
The independent variables include:
Health insurance status,
Household size.
The dependent variables include:
Catastrophic health expenditure,
Role of Global Human Resource Management.
4.3. Data collection
Secondary and primary data are collected.
The study uses secondary data from Google scholar, Google.co.in and Pubmed
The main search engines used are:
- Catastrophic health expenditure,
- Globalization,
- Household management
- Human Resource Management,
- Human resources for health.
The literature on these sites is very voluminous. As a result, this study limits its choices to
documents from 2000 to 2016.
A.Criteria for document inclusion
Identified documents are reviewed to choose those that include the items sought.
The determination of inclusion criteria of the data source documents is done by analyzing the
contents. These criteria are:
- WHO publications or documents published in collaboration with WHO or other human
productions which can be saved and free downloaded from the internet,
- Discussed themes: household catastrophic health expenditure and / or global human resource
- Language of publication: English and French.
B. Sorting of available data
In this research, this sorting is used to organize, classify, group and present data relevant to
the research objective and that answer the research question.
Primary data are collected from participants in International Training Programme on Global
Human Resource Management.
4.4. Tools of data collection
Documentary analysis framework and questionnaire are used for data collection.
4.5. Data collection techniques
4.5.1. Documentary analysis
The documentary analysis consists in extracting all the meaning from the text in order to
transmit it to those who need it43.
To this effect, this study opts for the documentary analysis according to the annexed
framework which allowed identifying the proportion of households who have suffered from
catastrophic health expenditure.
4.5.2. Questionnaire administration
Questionnaire is administered to target population.
After having been agreed with the surveyors, the questionnaire is sent to their e-mail address.
It is returned after filling by the same process. A pretest has been organized to one Burundian
student who is doing a master’s degree in Chemistry at Bangalore University for verifying
questionnaire clarity. It was clear and no questions have been modified.
4.6. Sample determination
4.6.1. Target population
The target population for primary data consists of participants in the International Training
Program on global human resource management at NILERD. 27/34 particppants have been
questioned and they answered correctly.
The targets for secondary data are the countries represented at the same training.
4.6.2. Sampling method
Non-probability sampling like convenience sampling is used.
Waller, Suzanne. L'analyse documentaire. Bulletin des bibliothèques de France n° 4, 2000. ISSN
4.7. Research limitations
4.7.1. Study period
Study covers the period from 5 December 2016 to 10 January 2017.
4.7.2. Field of study
This study falls within the field of analytical studies of existing data on catastrophic health
spending. It is limited to the household management in international setting to prevent these
catastrophic spending.
4.8. Method of data analysis
Data are entered and analyzed using the computer. The layout of the results and the
formatting are done using the Microsoft Word version 2010 software. Microsoft excel is used
to construct graphics and tables.
The explanatory analysis referred of comparative between different countries is realized.
Chapter 5: Presentation, analysis and discussion of research results
This chapter presents analyses and discusses the research results.
5.1. Household catastrophic health expenditure
The following figure shows the proportion of the population suffering from catastrophic
health expenditure in different years in 26 countries represented in the International Training
Program on Global Human Resource Management at NILERD in India from 5 December
2016 to 14 January 2017.
Uganda in 2014
Tanzania in 2014
South Africa in 2006
Nigeria in 2012
Mozambique in 2008
Malawiin 2011
Lesotho in 2011
Kenya in 2015
Ghana in 2007
Uzbekistan in 2011
Thailand in 2006
Sri Lanka in 2006
Russia in 2006
Poland in 2006
Niger in 2012
Myanmar in 2010
Moldova in 2012
Liberia in 2010
Irak in 2010
India in 2010
Guyana in 2003
Fiji in 2010
Ethiopia in 2012
Burundi in 2012
Bhutan in 2013
Figure 3: Proportion of household catastrophic health expenditure by country
Data source: information gathered from literature using guide of documentary analysis see in annexe 2
The figure 3 see in precedent page indicates that household catastrophic health expenditure
exist in all studied countries. This was also approved by K.Xu et al when he says that
catastrophic health expenditure may occur in any country, whatever its stage of
development44. This implicate that health systems around the world are not well organized to
manage household in order to prevent those catastrophic spending. And everywhere, there are
the poor who suffer the most from the inadequacies of the health systems and, in the absence
of financial protection against the disease, they become much poorer.
5.2. Household size
Table 3: Household size estimated by country
Household size
1-2 persons 2-3 persons 3-4 persons 4-5 persons More than 5 persons
Data source: information gathered from participants on ITP in GHRM using questionnaire see in annexe 1
This table indicates that household size is more than five persons in 11/25 countries.
K. Xu, D. Evans, G. Carrin et A. M. Aguilar-Rivera, Résumé Technique pour les décideurs, systèmes de financement de la santé: comment
réduire les dépenses catastrophiques. WHO/EIP/HSF/PB/05.02.F. Vol.2, 2005.
This means that the effects of population growth and household size in getting catastrophic
health expenditure and poverty remain largely unrecognized. The average proportionate
distance between the poverty line and the average income of the poor doubles as one moves
from a 4 member household to a 9 or more member household. Household that are always
poor have an average of size of 6.1 while those that are always non poor have a size of 4.645.
This clearly indicates that the vulnerability to catastrophic health expenditure may increase
with household size.
5.3. Health care payment
Table 4: Health insurance status by country
Health care payments
Health insurance Direct payment and
insurance mixed
Performance Based
Financing,
Third-party payment
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Research Paper Series No. 68. September 2005.p.5, 7.
The table in prevous page indicates that in 21/25 countries direct payment is always present.
Risk of catastrophic health expenditure stays too present.This policy of direct payment by
household, based on their capacity to pay for access to primary health care reinforces
inequalities between rich and poor. Moreover, they can push households towards poverty.
5.4. Health care accessibility
Table 5: Financial health care accessibility by country
Health care financial accessibility
This table shows that health care are not financially accessible in 17/25 countries.
Or one of the fundamental functions of a human resource management for health is to put in
place a health financing system that protects household against the financial risks associated
with ill health.46 In this context, human resources for health have to reach into homes and
communities to solve publichealth issues47 like catastrophic health expenditure.
5.5. Prevention of catastrophic health expenditure
Table 6: Preventing measures of catastrophic health expenditure
Preventing ways of catastrophic health expenditure
Household obligatory health insurance
Immunization measures
Improving household basic sanitation
Financial assistance by the Government
Reduce health care tariffs at reasonable cost
Increasing health facilities
Household birth planning
Defining specific health policies to low-income households
Total of frequencies
Household compulsory health insurance and financial assistance by the Government are the
most measures of prevention CHE frequently cited. This proves enough that it is the
Government that must take the main responsibility. On the other hand, Government can not
satisfy the whole population without its self-management. According to this angle of analysis,
Household Based Health Insurance (HBHI) which is a voluntary, non-profit insurance
scheme, formed on the basis of solidarity and collective pooling of health risks, in which
household members participate effectively in its management and functioning should improve
equity in access to health care in all countries.
Dibaba,E makes the same reasoning by saying that establishing community based health
insurance schemes presumed to improve health care financing in a country, and has the
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potential to increase utilization, better protect people against catastrophic health expenses and
address issues of equity of access48. HBHI is also a health care financing option that may help
to extend coverage to rural communities and the informal sector.
5.7. Role of GHRM in prevention of CHE
Table 7: Role of GHRM in prevention of CHE
Role of GHRM in prevention of CHE
Household health education
Plan household interventions together with household
Increasing salaries in order to ensure health spending for the household
Recruitment of more health workforce
for primary health and
Household technical assistance in its income management
Research and decision-making based on evidences
Propose scheme to Government
Organize health mutual
Using successful experiences from other countries
Promoting income-generating activities for households
This table indicates that the role of GHRM in the prevention of household CHE could in the
first place be household health education. As household is perceived as self-management, this
could include multicultural education inculcating common values to all cultures in
households. These values are: love, truth, right conduct, peace and no violence49. So highly
qualified multicultural managers are needed to increase globalize household cultures and help
them managing their income.
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Hey,H..,Universal Human Rights and Cultural Diversity. A review of Human Rights: New Perspectives, New
Realities, edited by Adamantia Pollis and Peter Schwab. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2000. 259pp.
Conclusion and suggestions
CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE: Role of Global Human Resources
Management” had as objective to contribute to a better understanding of preventing
management perceived by participants on ITP in Global HRM at NILERD in 2016.
Challenges on household catastrophic health expenditure in various countries represente dare.
Participants gave suggestions for measures to overcome these catastrophic health expenditure
through Global Human Resource Management. Comparing and contrasting selected countries
allowed a deeper understanding that managing household for financial protection in health
remains insufficient.
Since all health care are ultimately delivered by and to people, a strong understanding of the
global human resource management issues is required to ensure the prevention of catastrophic
health expenditure. Further human resources initiatives are required in many health care
systems, and more extensive research must be conducted to bring about new human resources
policies and practices that will benefit household around the world.The role of global human
resource management should be to create healthy financial protection programs decentralized
to household for developing more effective expenditure control strategies.
Thus, this reseach suggests this to the human resource for health managers:
Adapting to global competition by managing human resource in international settings,
Face competition to get to help household to prevent catastrophic health expenditure,
Replace some human resource responsibilities at household level,
Observe all cultures to get to manage staff,
Place men need at the right place.
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Curfewed yet caring: Sirsa feeds every empty stomach
Sirsa | Published: August 27, 2017 6:51:07 PM
The Army is deployed in the vicinity of the Dera headquarters to maintain law and order in the nearby areas where curfew is in force since Thursday night.
Throughout the day, a group of people on motorbikes, gypsy cars and tractors serves snacks, tea, lassi and food to security and Army personnel. (Image: PTI)
Sushil Kandoi and his neighbours wake up around 4 am everyday to prepare breakfast for Army personnel, paramilitary forces, police and media persons, who are on the job near the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters at Sirsa, popularly known as the “land of donors”, in Haryana. Throughout the day, a group of people on motorbikes, gypsy cars and tractors serves snacks, tea, lassi and food to security and Army personnel. The Army is deployed in the vicinity of the Dera headquarters to maintain law and order in the nearby areas where curfew is in force since Thursday night. There are around 120 social organisations engaged in social work in the Sirsa Assembly constituency, which has a population of around 2.5 lakh. Sirsa has a history of giving.
People have also constructed a long wall called “Neki ki diwar” on the Dabwali road where locals keep items they do not need so that the needy could use them. Also, a “Roti Bank”, which works on the principle of collecting food from contributors and distributing it among the poor, was launched here recently. Kandoi, who is a supplier of mustard oil, said there are 40 people in his group who serve tea, snacks, lunch and dinner to security personnel and media persons.
“The people of Sirsa, popularly known as ‘the land of donors’ in Haryana, believe in serving humanity. Thus, we decided to serve Army, paramilitary forces, police personnel and media persons when the administration imposed curfew in the area,” Kandoi said. Another resident, Mahender Kumar, said the residents come forward and donate money everyday for the purpose of serving tea, snacks and food to security personnel. “We will continue to make such arrangements for security personnel till they are here,” Suresh Soni, a resident of the Beghu area, said.
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Bert Willits Loomis
Stoneburg, Montague County, Texas, USA
24 Oct 1949 (aged 60)
Butte County, California, USA
Chico Cemetery
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
1900 census Elk, Washita, OK: George Loomis, aged 50, born Aug 1849, farmer, bp IN, father NY, mother PA; Mary K. aged 40, born Apr 1860, married 19 years, nine children w/nine living, bp IL, father IN, mother PA; Effie M. aged 17, born Jun 1883; Clarence H. aged 15, born Apr 1885; Bessie D. aged 13, born Sep 1886; Bert W. aged 11, born May 1889; Roy D. aged 8, born Sep 1891 -- all born TX; Mary E. aged 5, born Mar 1895; Elsie E. aged 2, born Jul 1897 -- both born Indian Territory; twins, Georgia & Virgie, aged 6 months, born Nov 1899, bp OK.
Chico Enterprise-Record, Tuesday, October 25, 1949: "Bert W. Loomis Is Taken By Death. Bert W. Loomis, 60-year-old former state legislator and retired realtor and insurance broker, died late yesterday of a heart ailment. The ex-professional baseball player represented Butte, Yuba, and Sutter counties in the California Assembly during the 1947-48 session. (See story at right.)
"A heart ailment which first caused him to be hospitalized three weeks ago, late yesterday cost the life of Bert W. Loomis, 60, former State Assemblyman from Butte, Sutter and Yuba Counties and retired veteran Chico real estate and insurance broker.
"Although the former legislator had been ill for the past month, the seriousness of his condition had not been realized by those about him until only a day or two ago. Mr. Loomis entered Enloe Hospital three weeks ago to receive treatment for his heart condition. He recovered sufficiently to return to his home at 587 East Third Street for a few days. A week ago it seemed advisable for him to return to the hospital. He failed to respond to continued treatment and passed away about 5 p.m. yesterday.
"For about two years, Mr. Loomis had suffered from a spinal mal-adjustment for the correction of which he underwent surgery more than a year ago. While the spinal condition had been painful and resulted in a curtailment of his activities, it was not a critical condition.
"Although he had limited his work since conclusion of his one term of service in the legislature, Loomis' actual retirement came about a month ago when he sold his insurance and real estate business to B. W. Shaper and Rose Lawler. He served in the state assembly during the 1947-48 sessions.
"Loomis had retained his interest in legislative affairs and maintained numerous contacts with friends he made at Sacramento. He had even considered seeking the office of state senator at the next election. Loomis lost his assembly seat in a spirited election race to Arthur W. Coats, Jr. of Yuba City. He maintained a close contact with local Republican political activities.
"Besides Mrs. Lillian B. Loomis, the former assemblyman leaves a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Copelin of Gridley. Other survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Henry Bradley, Mrs. Zack Hobson, and Mrs. Otis Best of Chico and Mrs. Bessie Tyner of Sentinel, OK; two brothers, Clarence Loomis, Chico, and Ralph Loomis, White Pines, CA; and seven grandchildren, Joan, June, Janette, Lloyd Ray, Tony, Wayne and Duane Copelin of Gridley.
"Born on May 18, 1889, in Stoneberg [sic, Stoneburg], TX, Loomis moved to western Oklahoma as a small boy. He received his early education at Port, OK, and later attended a business college at Oklahoma City.
"His youth and early manhood was spent in ranching in Oklahoma, and about 35 years ago he came westward to Oakland, where he was employed by the street railway company and later played professional baseball.
"From early boyhood Loomis was an adept baseball player. He developed unusual skill as a pitcher and upon his removal to Oakland he attracted the attention of Coast League scouts and was signed up as a regular player with the Oakland Oaks, with whom he played with and against men who became some of the game's all-time greats. For a time he played professional ball in Canada, at a time when it appeared that baseball would become big-time sport there. Later he signed on with a team at Tulsa, OK.
"Loomis often recalled his first visits to this section of the Sacramento Valley when he was hired to pitch on many occasions for semi-pro teams in the area. After about three years of full-time professional baseball, Loomis came to Chico and entered the insurance field. Later he added real estate brokerage to the business. He gained a wide acquaintance in this area.
"In 1928 he was married to Lillian Barnett of San Francisco. They have made their home here since.
"Mr. Loomis was a member of the Chico Rotary Club, the Chico Shrine Club, and the Chico Board of Realtors. He maintained his membership in Sentinel Lodge No. 152, A.F.& A.M. at Sentinel, OK, and the Sacramento Consistory of the Scottish Rite Bodies and Ben Ali Temple of the Shrine.
"Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Huddleston Funeral Chapel under the direction of the Chico Lodge of Masons. Interment will be in the Masonic section of the Chico cemetery."
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Cars,
The Worlds Fastest Electric Vehicles
We’re fans of all things cutting edge, and that most certainly includes the gadgets that get you from A to B. In the world of vehicles, the newest and freshest offerings are all electric.
New products from Tesla Motors, Elon Musk’s Silicon Valley-based electric vehicle company, are always a hit. But Tesla’s not the only company producing super speedy high-tech vehicles; in fact, cars are just the tip of the electric-vehicle iceberg.
Take, for example, the JR-Maglev MLX01, an experimental magnetic levitation train developed in Japan. It uses magnets to move and stay on track, and is capable of topping 360 mph. Meanwhile, France’s Train a Grande Vitesse uses old-fashioned wheels, but also runs on electricity, and has traveled as fast as 357 mph.
The spiffy looking Tesla Roadster Sport can hit 125 mph, but that doesn’t even place it in the top two of fastest electric cars. A pair of electric motorcycles – the Lawless OCC Rocket Bike and Mission R – would also dust it in a drag race. The Roadster Sport, however, has them all beat on looks.
The infographic below, which comes courtesy of the British website carloan4u.co.uk, gives us a rundown of all the world’s fastest electric vehicles. Tesla is represented there, along with the aforementioned ?superbikes? and high-speed trains, but there are a few funky-looking suprises as well. Check out the full infographic for more; then let us know in the comments: Which futuristic vehicle would you most like to take for a spin?
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Purported Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime Spotted On Zauba
12:47 pm May 26, 2014 By Hammad Saleem
Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime continues to pop up, reminding us of the fact that it still exists. The handset has leaked on a number occasions in the past, and today’s not different.
The purported Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime recently made its way to India for testing and evaluation, as per an import tracking website.
The alleged handset was spotted on Zauba, an import tracking website in India, which shows the SM-G906S with a 5.1-inch display with an expected value of INR 21,245.
For those of you who can’t recall, SM-G906 is said to be the model number of the purported Samsung Galaxy S5, which is rumored to launch in the next month.
As far as the specifications are concerned, the purported Galaxy S5 Prime will come with a 5.1-inch display sporting a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, with a Snapdragon 805 chipset, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage with a MicroSD card slot for expansion.
Other rumored features include 16MP camera for photos and videos, 2MP front-facing camera, a 2,800 mAh battery, support for faster LTE networks and should come with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat as its operating system.
Rumors suggest it will come with an aluminium chassis instead of plastic, and will hit retail in five colors including gold, black, white, blue and pink.
Source: GSMArena
Filed Under: Mobile Phone News, Top News
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No Myth: Eye-Gouging Is Rare Symptom of Untreated Psychosis
When the mythical Greek king Oedipus realized he'd murdered his father and married his mother, he gouged his own eyes out. But in real life, self-blinding is a rare yet devastating consequence of untreated psychosis.
"Self-enucleation," or removing one's own eyes, happens extremely rarely. When it does, it has often been explained in light of the Oedipus myth or the biblical verse Matthew 5:29, which states, "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee."
In fact, new research finds that sexual or religious guilt are rarely behind self-enucleation. Reporting in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, Australian psychiatrists Olav Nielssen of the University of Sydney and Matthew Large of the University of New South Wales find that only a quarter of self-enucleation cases involve guilt. Cases also occur in non-Christian and non-Western cultures, where Matthew's gospel and the Oedipal myth play little to no cultural role.
Almost invariably, though, victims of self-enucleation report hallucinations or delusions that their eyes are a danger to them or others. In many cases, patients have untreated schizophrenia.
"Each case is disturbing and it is perhaps not surprising that doctors have sought to explain the patients' behavior in the secure frameworks of their religious and cultural beliefs," the researchers wrote. But in fact, they wrote, doctors should immediately prescribe antipsychotics to patients who have attempted to gouge out their eyes, even if mental illness has not yet been diagnosed.
Self-enucleation is rare, with only about 50 cases reported in medical journals over the past 50 years. Nielssen and Large put the rate of self-blinding at about 1 in 30 million people globally. In some cases, they wrote, people who have been hospitalized for eye-mutilation attempts succeed in plucking out their own eyes in the hospital, highlighting the need for constant supervision and even arm restraints until antipsychotics begin to take effect.
Even the removal of one eye can have broad effects, including complete loss of vision if optic nerve damage is extensive enough. Other complications reported include brain hemorrhage, leakage of the fluid that cushions the brain, and damage to the nearby pituitary gland.
You can follow LiveScience senior writer Stephanie Pappas on Twitter @sipappas. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience and on Facebook.
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American hunter's images of her black giraffe 'trophy kill' spark outrage
Hunter Tess Thompson Talley ignited a firestorm over her 2017 "dream hunt." (Photo: Tess Thompson Talley)
Photos of a female hunter from Kentucky proudly showing off the results of her “dream hunt” – a dead black giraffe in South Africa – have ignited a firestorm across social media after being picked up by a local African media outlet.
“White American savage who is partly a Neanderthal comes to Africa and shoot down a very rare black giraffe courtesy of South Africa stupidity,” read the June 2018 tweet, posted by Africa Digest. “Her name is Tess Thompson Talley. Please share.”
The controversial images, which were posted by a Kentucky woman identified as Tess Thompson Talley a year ago, show her standing proudly beside a dead giraffe bull along with the caption: “Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite a while. I knew it was the one. He was over 18 years old, 4000 lbs. and was blessed to be able to get 2000 lbs. of meat from him.”
Trophy hunting is a legal practice in a number of African countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
“The giraffe I hunted was the South African sub-species of giraffe. The numbers of this sub-species is actually increasing due, in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid for in large part by big game hunting. The breed is not rare in any way other than it was very old. Giraffes get darker with age,” said Talley, in an email to Fox News.
She points out that the giraffe she killed was 18, too old to breed, and had killed three younger bulls who were able to breed, causing the herd’s population to decrease. Now, with the older giraffe dead, the younger bulls are able to continue to breed and can increase the population.
“This is called conservation through game management,” says Talley, who insists hers was not a “canned” hunt.
Prominent activist and Hollywood actor Ricky Gervais, on the same day Talley’s images went viral, tweeted that “Giraffes are now on the 'red list' of endangerment due to a 40% decline over the last 25 years. They could become extinct. Gone forever. And still, we allow spoilt c--ts to pay money to shoot them with a bow and arrow for fun.”
However, there is some debate of the “rarity” of the giraffe on Talley’s hit list.
“The giraffe in the photo is of the South African species Giraffa giraffe, which are not rare – they are increasing in the wild,” Julian Fennessy, Ph.D., co-founder of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation told Yahoo Lifestyle. “Legal hunting of giraffe is not a reason for their decline, despite the moral and ethical side of it which is a different story.”
Nonetheless, the images have spurred deep emotions among those opposed to the controversial practice.
“Shame on you to think your life is more than any other living creature and gives you the right to end its life! Who are you to place yourself above any other living creature,” one person tweeted. “I hope nature takes revenge on you!”
Others have vowed that “killing animals for fun is a sign of serious mental illness,” while others have referred to Talley as a “disgusting excuse for a human being” and a “spoiled wealthy brat with no conscience.” She was also referred to as a “disgusting, vile, amoral, heartless, selfish murderer” by actress Debra Messing.
However, the self-described passionate hunter is hardly the first American to come under intense Internet fire in recent times for overseas trophy kills.
Nikki Tate, a 27-year-old lawyer and “ethical hunter” from Texas sparked outcry – and death threats – late last year after she posted pictures with her kills. But she also attested to receiving scores of messages of support too, being referred to as a “role model and inspiration” in the conservation arena.
And in 2015, Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer was internationally scorned after killing the famous “Cecile the Lion” near a national park in Zimbabwe.
"I get that hunting is not for everyone; that’s what makes this world great is the differences. But to make threats to anyone because they don’t believe the way you do is completely unacceptable. If it was any other belief that was different, threats and insults would be deemed hideous. However, for some reason it is OK to act this way because it’s hunting," Talley wrote in her email.
Meanwhile, in the United States, the issue of trophy hunting abroad remains a controversial one legislatively as conservation and welfare groups are banding together to encourage the Trump administration to reject import permits for South African lions.
Under a new process instituted in March this year, trophy hunters are able to provide the U.S government with information confidentially rather than giving public notice in their quest to obtain an import permit, raising questions over the legalities how the kill was carried out, and whether or not mostly illicit practices such as “baiting” were used, violating the ethics of “fair chase.”
Big-game hunters appointed by the Trump team to assist in the re-writing of federal rules pertaining to the importing of heads from African elephants and lions last week defended the trophy hunting practice, contending that threatened and endangered species would go extinct without the anti-poaching programs financed in large part by the hefty fees wealthy Americans pay to carry out the souvenir slaughters.
Where the president himself now stands on the matter, however, remains unclear.
“Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of Elephants or any other animal,” he tweeted in November.
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Ruth Davidson and Ed Balls join Management Board
Issued: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:00:00 BST
The John Smith Centre for Public Service at the University of Glasgow is delighted to announce the appointment of the Rt Hon Ruth Davidson MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, and the Rt Hon Ed Balls to its Management Board.
The Chair of the John Smith Centre, Catherine Smith said,
“We are very pleased to welcome two outstanding people to our Board. Our mission is to work to promote the value of public service at a time when it has never been more important to the well-being of our country and society. To be effective we have to be cross partisan and our Board reflects that. Our next task is to recruit a Director for the Centre which will allow us to develop our existing projects and find new ways to excite the belief that public service can be a vital tool in using politics as a powerful force for good.
Commenting Ruth Davidson MSP said:
“Public service and political representation are not easy jobs for anyone; but they are crucial to the well-being of us all.
Restoring respect and value to the vocation is something that transcends party politics. It’s important that young people, no matter their background, know that politics and public service is open to them. Imbuing the next generation with the decency and integrity so embodied by John Smith is in the interests of us all.
I am therefore delighted to accept this role and look forward to the work ahead.”
Ed Balls added:
“It is a privilege for me to work to make good the values that John Smith stood for in a modern setting that needs them more than ever.
Politics has the potential to transform people’s lives for the better.
In times when sceptics often doubt the role of politicians, it’s even more important to support organisations like the John Smith Centre who are there to help promote the value and importance of public service.”
Welcome, Ruth and Ed!
See the related news article on the University of Glasgow website.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Release Date Update: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular
By Richard Waelty ( [email protected] ) Sep 16, 2014 03:15 PM EDT Comment
Galaxy Note 4 (Left) and Note Edge (Right)
Update: Galaxy Note 4 will reach U.S. stores on Friday, Oct 14, 2014.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 may be coming in October, according to the latest unofficial leak from a European distributor.
British retailer, the Clove, recently announced that it will begin stocking the Galaxy Note 4 on Oct. 13. The store is currently accepting pre-orders for the unlocked variant for £575, which is about $900 USD. It is not clear if the latest information is correct. Nonetheless, other sources such as U.S. carrier Sprint confirmed an October release date.
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There is no official word from Samsung regarding the confirmed North American retail price for the Galaxy Note 4. However, the South Korean firm did confirm that five U.S. mobile service providers will stock their new device - namely AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular. For now, consumers can register for instant-notification regarding the pre-order date at T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, and Samsung.
Recently, GottaBeMobile reported that the Galaxy Note 4 for Sprint and AT&T have passed FCC inspection. The T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon variants are still awaiting approval with the federal agency. Once passed, Samsung may start shipping out the Galaxy Note 4.
Already, rival Apple has won the release date competition by launching the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus this month. At this time, Verizon and the Apple store is accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 6.
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In comparison, consumers will not start seeing the Galaxy Note 4 until at least October. Also, none of the confirmed U.S. carriers have announced a pre-order date for the Galaxy Note 4. Even so, Apple is expected to sell out of their newest iPhones on the Friday, Sept. 19 release date.
The Galaxy Note 4 replaces Samsung's previous Galaxy Note 3 smartphone. The mobile device comes with a 5.7-inch Quad-HD display. On the outside, the metal case has a soft-texture back. An S-pen is included, and is held in a slot on the back of the phone. There is a rear facing 16-megapixel camera along with a 3.7-megapixel front-facing camera.
Under the hood, the Galaxy Note 4 is powered by 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 processor with 3 GB of RAM. The device also has 32 GB of internal storage, and runs on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat operating system.
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Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers Live Stream Free [NBC]: Watch Online NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 1
By Isaiah Narciso ( [email protected] ) May 15, 2015 01:09 AM EDT Comment
The Tampa Bay Lightning will travel to Madison Square Garden to face off against the New York Rangers on Saturday for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Lightning vs. Rangers match can be watched online through live stream below.
According to Dan Di Sciullo of the Sports Network, the Rangers entered the postseason as the Presidents' Trophy winners and claimed the NHL's best record for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup back in 1994. He commented on the performance of goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, 33, a Swedish star seeming to hold everything together for the Rangers.
"Lundqvist stopped 35-of-36 shots in New York's 2-1 overtime win against visiting Washington in Game 7, improving his lifetime numbers in Game 7s to 6-1 with a .97 goals against average and .966 save percentage," Sciullo wrote. "His six Game 7 victories ties him with Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy for the most in NHL history."
Sciullo added that Lundqvist sported a 1.60 GAA and .944 save percentage in 12 games, which helped "New York lead the league in team defense with just 1.67 goals allowed per game." He then turned his focus on New York's offense, which has averaged just 2.00 goals per outing.
"The frustrating thing is scoring wasn't an issue for the top-seeded Rangers during the regular season, as the club finished third in the NHL with 3.02 GPG," Sciullo wrote. "New York is the only team left in the postseason without a single player having reached double digits in points."
According to Sciullo, the offense strategy for New York could rely on veteran winger Martin St. Louis, who had four assists through 12 games. The Rangers hope that facing off against his old team would motivate him on the ice.
"St. Louis was a staple on Tampa's top line for more than a decade and helped the club win a Stanley Cup in 2004 before demanding a trade during the 2013-14 season, when he was serving as Tampa's captain," Sciullo wrote. "The Lightning ultimately complied with the request and acquired former New York captain Ryan Callahan in exchange for St. Louis."
Sciullo added that the Rangers "have been excellent on the penalty kill, allowing only three power-play goals on 28 chances." He then turned his focus on Tampa Bay, particularly on the performance of Steven Stamkos.
"Tampa's star centerman now has 10 total points (3G, 7A) this postseason, leaving him three points shy of his personal-best total from the 2011 playoffs, which marked the last time the Bolts made it to the Eastern Conference finals," Sciullo wrote.
According to Sciullo, Stamkos made his name back in 2011 when the Lightning was considered the underdogs against the Boston Bruins. This time around, the team still had underdog status against the Rangers, but they have the chance to get a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals since winning the championship back in 2004.
Sciullo then elaborated on the performance of goaltender Ben Bishop, who "has consistently raised his game."
"The 6-foot-7 netminder went 40-13-5 with a .916 save percentage and 2.32 goals against average during the regular season and is boasting a .931 save percentage and 1.81 GAA through 13 outings in the playoffs," Sciullo wrote of Bishop.
As for who would fare better in this matchup, Sciullo looked at the history of both teams. He noted that they have never met before in the postseason; Saturday's game would mark only the fourth time they have met on the ice during the 2014-15 season.
"Although it's been a while since the clubs faced each other, it's hard to look past what Tampa Bay did to the Rangers this season," Sciullo wrote. "The Lightning not only won all three games but also were able to score at will against New York, something few teams are able to do against Lundqvist and his stingy defense."
Sciullo predicted that based on that history and lineup, the Rangers would win it in seven games.
"This should be another extremely close series and it's difficult to pick against New York no matter what happened in the regular season," Sciullo wrote.
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Rangers and Lightning will air Saturday at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on NBC. Because it will air via broadcast, online viewers will be able to freely stream the game on the NBC Sports website or through the NBC Sports Live Extra app.
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Ministry Accelerator helps organizations grow
At Una Familia, mothers and volunteers work with children in a summer tutoring program on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Leaders of Una Familia took part in the Ministry Accelerator workshops to help them expand the size and impact of their ministry. Photos by David B. Hollingsworth
by: Edie Gross
Virginia United Methodists are helping established ministries expand by teaching them new skills in a two-day “accelerator” program.
Once upon a time, in a poor community along Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a teenager working on a high school service project gathered five young children from her Spanish-speaking neighborhood for afternoon tutoring sessions at a nearby United Methodist church.
As the students’ academic skills improved, word of the program spread among Accomack County’s Latino parents, many of them immigrants who had struggled to help their children with English, math and other school assignments. Within a few years, the once-tiny service project had blossomed into a full-blown regional ministry.
The ministry, called Una Familia, offers help to 130 elementary-through-high school-age students at five area churches, a small scholarship program, and advocacy and translation services for families.
Its leadership now wants to help even more people by addressing the need for affordable housing and by expanding into a neighboring county.
With these ambitious goals in mind, several of Una Familia’s team members attended a pilot program called Ministry Accelerator in January 2017.
Tutor Walta Pruitt helps a girl with vision issues count using her fingers.
Sponsored by the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Ministry Accelerator is a model, borrowed from the business world, that was designed to introduce ministries to the principles and skills that help spur growth.
Accelerators are similar to incubators, but they focus on growing established organizations rather than launching new ones.
During the two-day Ministry Accelerator event, leaders of Una Familia learned the art of sharing their ministry, as well as other skills needed to recruit volunteers to the effort, inspire community support and, hopefully, entice financial investors.
“We really were able to focus a little bit more on telling our story, why we exist, and really exploring who we are,” said the Rev. Veronica Barrell, who chairs the board of Una Familia, a program of the Eastern Shore District of the United Methodist Church.
Are you able to articulate your “why” -- your story -- to others?
“It was fun but challenging,” she said. “They made us work, but we got the tools.”
Since then, Una Familia has redesigned its logo and created a brochure to help spread the word, Barrell said. The ministry also has begun taking steps to establish itself as a legal nonprofit separate from the church.
That way, she said, as Una Familia begins the expensive process of addressing the affordable housing need, it can tap into funding from organizations and large companies, including several major employers along the Eastern Shore, that can’t or won’t donate to a religious organization.
“The mentality in church is so different from in business,” she said, “yet we exist in the world, and we have to compete in that sense.”
The last two hours at the community center is for crafts and games. This little girl holds up what she made during craft time.
Taking ministries to the next level
Like other participants, Una Familia was invited because it received a grant funded by the Virginia Conference of the UMC.
The voluntary Ministry Accelerator is a new addition to a long-standing grants program. The grants, roughly $100,000 annually, support new outreach ministries for up to three years and provide some ongoing funding for programs that can’t yet stand on their own.
“Ultimately, a big success would be that they didn’t need to come to us anymore; they would become self-sufficient,” said the Rev. Marc Brown, the board chair of the Common Table for Church Vitality, the Virginia Conference’s primary administrative body.
“The other ultimate goal would be that they could teach other nonprofits and church ministries how to do their work,” he said.
Helping ministries evolve was exactly what the Rev. Chris Bennett had in mind when he proposed the Ministry Accelerator concept in 2015.
Like Brown, Bennett serves on the grants subcommittee. He said he noticed that grant recipients often returned year after year, not necessarily for funds to increase the scope of their work but for more money “to keep doing what they’re doing.”
The grant recipients were doing good work in their communities, he said, such as providing meals, educating children, repairing homes and offering financial counseling.
But, he wondered, what if they had the tools to take their ministries to the next level?
“What would it look like if instead of giving them this money, we built capacity?” Bennett said.
Children at Una Familia start the day by retrieving their individual work folders from a plastic bin.
Through a seminary friend, Bennett met Todd Nuckols, the director and founder of Lighthouse Labs, a Richmond nonprofit that’s one of the country’s top-ranked startup accelerators.
Each year, Lighthouse Labs hosts a 13-week business boot camp in which business founders live in Richmond, sharing work space, meeting with mentors, receiving guidance on how to improve their products or services, networking with investors, and ultimately, transforming an idea into a high-growth venture.
“It was kind of like drinking from a fire hose the first time I talked to him,” Bennett recalled of Nuckols. “I love that stuff, the whole idea of innovation and ideas and capacity building. I thought there’s got to be some application in ministry. There’s got to be some way to apply this in the church world.”
Nuckols, a lifelong Southern Baptist, agreed with Bennett. The same commitment to service and excellence, the same emphasis on relationship building, and the same “ruthless focus” required to accelerate a startup operation could benefit nonprofits, ministries and other “world-changing organizations,” he said.
In addition to capital, Nuckols said, the accelerator concept is based on three other c’s: connections with mentors and entrepreneurial peers; capability to market an idea and think big; and a community of supporters who can assist when needed.
Bringing like-minded ministries together for an accelerator-like experience would teach them to leverage all those pieces in the same way businesses do, he said.
“I’ve always had a passion for ‘How do you engage the broader congregation and laity?’ Acceleration allows for that. They can be mentors; they can provide connections; they can provide capability to these organizations,” Nuckols said.
“One of the biggest things about acceleration that translates really well,” he said, “is founders getting to know each other. When you bring people together, you create an opportunity to use each other’s experience to get better over time. It spans denominations and the secular and sacred worlds.”
More than just theories
Buoyed by Nuckols’ enthusiasm, Bennett first approached the grants subcommittee, then followed up with the Common Table, which provides nearly 70 percent of the money for the grants.
Brown, of the Common Table, said the Ministry Accelerator proposal was easy to support. It fit in with the conference’s strategy, which emphasized creating new faith communities, renewing existing ones, investing in leadership and “shifting from a culture of maintenance to one of mission and fruitfulness.”
“Rather than just giving money, we also wanted to help offer leadership. It fits right in with what we’ve been focused on for the last 10 years,” Brown said.
Bennett and Nuckols condensed the three-month Lighthouse Labs curriculum into a two-day program geared toward ministries. They also enlisted the help of John Sarvay, the founder of Floricane, a Richmond-based strategic planning consultancy, who also volunteered his time for the effort.
While the team wanted to share some broader concepts -- best practices for recruiting, training and retaining volunteers, for instance -- the Ministry Accelerator, just like a startup accelerator, would provide advice tailored specifically to each ministry that participated.
“We ask the founders to focus on one objective, one metric or measure, one key idea that will push their operation to the next level,” said Nuckols, noting that ministry is no different. “What is one transformational number or metric or thing that you need to do in the next, say, three months that will make the most impact on advancing your ministry?”
Working alongside mentors from the startup community, each ministry is encouraged to think critically about how it measures success.
What is the one thing you can measure that would make a significant difference in your impact?
For instance, Bennett said, a soup kitchen may count the number of meals it serves each week. But what if the soup kitchen were to focus instead on a more transformational measure, like how many people no longer come to the soup kitchen because they can help themselves?
“Transformation is harder and slower work and takes more thought and intentionality,” Bennett said. “We have to feed people in the short term so we can help them in the longer term. But we’re playing the long game.”
Once that “metric” is established, each ministry is asked to identify the action that must be taken -- the “lever” that must be pulled, in accelerator-speak -- to improve that metric.
So in the case of the soup kitchen, what lever must be pulled to increase the number of people who no longer rely on it? Perhaps it’s building relationships with those clients to identify the underlying issues that drew them to the soup kitchen, and then focusing the ministry on addressing those needs.
Next, exactly what steps is the ministry going to take over a designated time period to pull that lever?
“We want people to walk away not with just great theories, great ideas,” Bennett said. “They come in not knowing what to focus on and leave with a 30-, 60-, 90-day action plan they can execute.”
‘We realized we were missing opportunities’
Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a construction ministry based in Lunenburg County, about 35 miles from the North Carolina border, had been repairing homes in the community for about seven years when some of its leadership team members attended the first Ministry Accelerator in 2016.
The ministry, a community effort organized largely by Kenbridge United Methodist Church, raised money year-round for its signature project -- a weekend during which dozens of volunteers painted homes, built handicap-accessible ramps, cleaned yards, and repaired floors and siding for low-income residents.
During the rest of the year, if folks called the ministry with home repair needs, volunteers would essentially add them to the list of potential project sites for the big weekend.
At the accelerator, team leaders quickly realized that if they addressed small repairs for people year-round, they could help more residents and save the bigger, more complex projects for the traditional weekend, said Kenbridge UMC’s pastor, the Rev. Tim Beck.
“We’re doing good stuff, but we’re only doing it two days out of the year, when you get down to it,” he said. “When we stepped back and looked at it, we realized we were missing some opportunities.”
As you accomplish tactical objectives -- feeding people, fixing homes, tutoring children -- are you pausing to reflect on long-term operational strategies?
After the accelerator program, Beck tapped a volunteer to head up a small-projects team, which fields requests to fix falling gutters, crumbling porch railings and the like as they arise. It also uses its contacts in the community to find contractors who are licensed to do work that’s too dangerous for their volunteers, he said.
The ministry learned to avoid duplicating services. So, for example, it still collects winter coats and goods for the food pantry but hands those items over to other established ministries to distribute, Beck said.
“One thing the accelerator program helped us realize was there’s already a network of organizations that do things that we don’t really need to do,” he said. At the same time, they diversified when they saw gaps they could fill, such as by cutting firewood all year long to share with needy residents in the winter.
“It was a very unique aspect of the program that they were able to take us and tailor something unique to us. It wasn’t just a cookie cutter-type thing,” Beck said. “That was probably one of the most effective things about this.”
Participation in the Ministry Accelerator program has been voluntary for grant recipients since the pilot began in January 2016, but it is strongly encouraged, said Brown, of the Common Table. In 2016 and 2017, about 25 percent of grantees attended.
This year, the program included a follow-up meeting in May to check in with the ministries, providing some accountability and encouragement after the initial event, something they plan to continue.
After 14 years as a full-time pastor, Bennett went to work this summer for The Spark Mill, a Richmond-based strategic planning consulting firm whose clients include nonprofits and faith groups. He remains an ordained elder within the United Methodist Church and will serve as chairman of the Common Table’s grants subcommittee during this third year of the Ministry Accelerator.
He hopes that one day it will attract participants from other United Methodist Church grant programs, and even ministries from outside denominations.
If the Ministry Accelerator is successful, he said, organizations like Una Familia and Neighbors Helping Neighbors will be self-sustaining, adept at transforming their communities and willing to mentor and inspire newer ministries down the road.
“In the church world, we get so insulated, so inward-focused, we just assume that everyone thinks and acts like us. The rest of the world around us is moving forward, and we’re still in the 1950s,” he said.
“Let’s look at what’s going on around us. Organizational principles work whether it’s in a church, a nonprofit or a business. Excellent principles are still excellent principles.”
Accelerating your ministry
Do you want to expand your ministry’s impact? Business and ministry experts offer some questions to reflect upon. Todd Nuckols, the director and founder of Lighthouse Labs, a Richmond nonprofit that’s one of the country’s top-ranked startup accelerators, and the Rev. Chris Bennett, the spark behind the United Methodist Church’s Ministry Accelerator in Virginia, suggest that leaders who want to expand the impact of their ministries ask themselves a few questions:
What is the one thing you can measure that would make a significant difference in your impact? Maybe it’s increasing your volunteers, your funding or your partners within the community. Find that metric and focus on it.
What capability do you lack that you think you need?
Who in the community can you connect with? “How do you get beyond your typical thinking, beyond the assets you have, to build something new with the assets around you?” said Nuckols, noting that people are often eager to lend expertise to a good cause. “It’s easy to marshal people to come alongside other passionate leaders. That’s an easy ask.”
Are you clear about why your organization exists? Are you staying focused on that “why”?
Can you move from impactful to transformational? What would that look like? Sometimes, Bennett said, that means shifting your focus -- for instance, from increasing the number of people served by a food pantry in the short term to decreasing the number of people who need that food pantry in the long term. Whatever your measure of success, that’s the thing you strive for. So, he said, make that measure meaningful.
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1940 Census News from NARA, FamilySearch and Ancestry.com
Diane Haddad April 2, 2012
We've gotten a few 1940 census-related press releases today: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announced the official release of the census at 1940Census.Archives.gov, which took place after a ceremony at the archives' Washington, DC., location. The 3.9 million images constitute the largest collection of digital...
We’ve gotten a few 1940 census-related press releases today:
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announced the official release of the census at 1940Census.Archives.gov, which took place after a ceremony at the archives’ Washington, DC., location. The 3.9 million images constitute the largest collection of digital information NARA has ever released.
NARA also announced it has “joined a consortium of groups to create a name-based index.” That’s the 1940 Census Community Project, led by FamilySearch and two commercial organizations, Archives.com (which designed NARA’s 1940 census website) and brightsolid. Interesting. At least two other commercial entitiesAncestry.com and MyHeritageare creating their own census databases which also will be free (at least through 2013) and will compete with the FamilySearch/Archives.com/brightsolid version.
The 1940 Census Community Project put out another call today for volunteers to help create a free index to the 1940 census. This index will become searchable on FamilySearch, Archives.com and FindMyPast.com (owned by brightsolid). Go to the1940Census.com to participate.
The 1940 census is of intense interest to people besides genealogists. Ancestry.com will work with the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota to make data from the 1940 census available to the scientific community. This research databaseseparate from the one genealogists will search to find their ancestorswill include all of the information collected on the 132 million Americans recorded in the 1940 census.
Scientific researchers will be able to link recent economic and health surveys and mortality records to the 1940 database. This will allow researchers to study the impact of early life conditions, including socioeconomic status, parental education, and family structure, on later health and mortality. In addition to individual and family information, the database will provide contextual information on childhood neighborhood characteristics, labor-market conditions, and environmental conditions.
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Raab’s Brexit plan goes way beyond being just reckless
Dominic Raab
Gina Miller, The Independent
That well-known constitutional expert Dominic Raab believes he has hit upon a way to get a calamitous no-deal Brexit though the Commons if and when he becomes prime minister. His idea is to prorogue parliament, which is the formal term for the end of a parliamentary session and it is marked with a colourful ceremony in the House of Lords. It normally entails an announcement and speech on behalf of the Queen.
Once the Commons has been prorogued, all motions that have not been answered, or bills that have not obtained royal assent, will progress no further. A bill can, however, be reintroduced in the next session by an MP or continue in the next session if a carry-over motion has been passed.
I always feared that Brexit – which began as a constitutional crisis – would also end in one. Raab’s refusal to rule out proroguing parliament to force Britain to leave without a deal on 31 October is clearly what his puppet masters in the European Research Group want him to do, but I doubt he has entirely got his head around what it would involve.
It would effectively mean that he would have to rely on the royal prerogative, exercisable by him as prime minister, to prorogue parliament, which would not require the consent of MPs. This would be different to the royal-prerogative power Theresa May was attempting to use to trigger Article 50 and change citizens’ rights without parliamentary consent, which I managed to put a stop to with my court case.
If there is deemed to be no legal way to stop Raab’s wheeze, opposition to proroguing parliament would have to be through political pressure.
The use of “humble addresses”, “standing order 24” and now proroguing is stress-testing our political processes, unwritten constitution and parliamentary conventions in ways that have not occurred since the times of Henry VIII. And the scene is set for serious confrontation, as John Bercow, the speaker, has said, proroguing parliament to force through a “no-deal Brexit” is “simply not going to happen” and it is “so blindingly obvious it almost doesn’t need to be stated”.
What may be blindingly obvious to Bercow, may not be so to Raab, and this situation illustrates two things. First, it shows that Raab’s true loyalties are not to the wider Conservative party, but to the ERG who accuse EU institutions of being undemocratic whilst showing themselves willing to not just be undemocratic but autocratic.
Second, it highlights Raab’s rabid mindset, through which he will sacrifice anything on the altar of Brexit – even the sovereignty of parliament, which so many people who voted Leave were told they would get back if we left the EU.
Many people compare the political crisis of Brexit to that of the 1940s, and talk of proroguing brings this comparison into sharp focus. Parliament has not been prorogued by a government, to circumvent parliamentary opposition to government policy, since 1948, following the Lords’ opposition to the Parliament Bill.
Let me finish by reminding readers of some of Raab’s other views: “Feminists are now amongst the most obnoxious bigots.” And in a pamphlet for the Centre for Policy Studies he asserted that UK employment legislation represents a “straitjacket” for the economy, while proposing employers should be able to fire at will. He complains of “human rights running riot” and thinks workers’ rights should be changed to make it harder for them to go on strike.
Here is a man whose values and principles appear to be dramatically at odds with those of most of his fellow countrymen and women, but alas only some 160,000 of them will be voting for him or any of the other Tory candidates. The rest of the UK population will just have to suffer the horrifying consequences.
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So that’s that, then. Get your money on Jeremy Hunt now. You can still get about 4/1 at the bookies. Surely it’s all over for Boris Johnson. He has committed by far his greatest blunder so far, at least in this leadership contest. He has appointed Iain Duncan Smith as his campaign manager. That’s right. IDS. The man who
Two Conservative candidates’ take on Brexit
Two Conservative leadership candidates have said they are ready to take the UK out of the EU without a deal, if the only alternative is halting Brexit. But neither Sajid Javid nor Jeremy Hunt gave an absolute pledge to quit the EU by the deadline of October 31 this year, though the home secretary said he would do everything
The Tory party is descending into madness
Has anyone seen the old Conservative and Unionist Party lately? You know the one. It had a diverse membership, a clear voter base, an ideological homeland to call its own. It was a coherent, disciplined, drug-free, election-winning machine. Today it is none of those things. To the casual observer it appears to have morphed into the Monster
If truth be told
Politicians of the world, rejoice for you can still tell lies during elections. The High Court of Britain has thrown out the case against prospective Prime Minister Boris Johnson. During a recent election he had made claims that withdrawing from the European Union would save £350m. The figure was challenged by his opposition at the time
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Four months after the March massacre of 51 Muslim men, women and children in two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, gun owners have begun exchanging military-style semi-automatic weapons for money. In the first of 250 planned
Expo 2020 preparations on perfect track
The enthusiasm and amazing speed at which Dubai is gearing up for World Expo 2020 makes it abundantly clear that the event will turn out to be extraordinary and offer endless reasons for participants from across the globe to cheer. Adding to the attraction is the fact that it will be the first to be staged in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia
Well-deserved accolade for Dubai
The choosing of Dubai as the ‘’Capital of Arab Media’’ for the year 2020 by the Arab Information Ministers Council is a well-deserved accolade for the dazzling Emirate.
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A cunning rat leaves a sinking ship. Yet it’s a striking feature of today’s Conservative Party that so many are scrabbling to stay aboard their listing vessel instead. Amber Rudd and the ever versatile Matt Hancock have even converted to the cause of a crash-out Brexit, despite previously warning it would be the economic equivalent of scuttling your own fleet at Scarpa Flow.
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Young People at the Horniman
Horniman announces an exciting new collaboration with UAL
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The new collaboration re-examines the Horniman’s Natural History collection through science-fiction.
Dr. Dan Byrne-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Theory at Chelsea College of Arts, has been welcomed to the Horniman Museum and Gardens as our first Horniman Museum Art, Design and Natural History Fellow, in an exciting new collaboration between the Horniman and Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon Graduate School, University of the Arts London (UAL).
Over the next three years, Dan will explore the Horniman’s acclaimed Natural History collection through the lens of science fiction, examining how audiences might engage with the collection to encourage and develop awareness around the environmental issues currently affecting the future of our planet.
A powerful force in popular culture, science fiction has the ability to engage and entertain and has a long history of imagining threats to the natural world, illuminating the dangers that will emerge in the future if not addressed in the here and now. Hollywood cinema offers bleak visions of environmental catastrophe, from 1970s films such as Silent Running and Soylent Green to the endless desert of 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. These films all hold the audiences of today accountable for the depicted futures.
Science fiction can also offer profoundly critical perspectives on relationships between humans and the natural world. These ideas can be traced back to the writings of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells. Today, authors such as Margaret Atwood and Nnedi Okorafor continue to explore the boundaries between humans and other life in their speculative works.
The topics that Dan will explore during his Fellowship include global climate change, the biodiversity crisis and species extinction, evolution and non-human networks. The Fellowship will also offer ways to imagine diverse environments through science fiction motifs and ideas and explore the challenges and risks they face.
Bringing together different facets of his research interests, Dan will explore the balance between seriousness and entertainment that science fiction offers, starting new conversations about the role of the Horniman’s Natural History collection, looking at new forms of engagement between people and collections and ultimately how those engagements can make a difference. Dan is considering a range of engagement options including blog posts, symposia on the theme of science fiction and natural history, and working directly with the Horniman’s audiences.
Science fiction is both a long-running research interest and a personal obsession for Dan. He says:
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by science fiction. Some of my earliest memories are of watching the original Star Trek episodes on a little portable TV and coming across Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey one Saturday afternoon on BBC2 blew my mind. The science fiction comic 2000AD also had a profound impact on how I see things. I’m definitely a fan and a nerd, I guess that is why I’m so passionate about this topic in my research and teaching. It’s been interesting to see how enthusiastically a lot of students that I’ve worked with have responded to science fiction. They see it is a way of exploring difficult questions and complex themes.
Dan’s previous research has explored different museums, histories of public display and the use of natural history collections. He says:
I’ve daydreamed about being able to develop a project with the Horniman since I was a student, so I’m really excited about this Fellowship. Now that it’s happening, I’m thinking about the potential to engage new audiences, to reach people outside of a lecture theatre.
Joanne Hatton, Keeper of Natural History at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, says:
This is an exciting new venture for the Horniman and University of the Arts London, as both institutions set our sights on the future. Developing new ways of engaging with audiences and using our collections to generate new knowledge, bold visions and solutions for a sustainable future, is at the heart of our work. Natural History collections by their very nature encapsulate worlds past and present. They also illuminate the world’s future through the formation of new scientific knowledge, different perspectives and experiences that can make a real difference to the future prospects of the planet and all of our lives. We look forward to working with Dan to explore issues affecting the future of the planet through sci-fi eyes, discovering how our different worlds might collide.
Professor Malcolm Quinn, Director of Graduate School, Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon Graduate School, University of the Arts London, says:
We are excited about this new partnership with the Horniman Museum and delighted with the appointment of Dan as the first Fellow. We look forward to seeing this partnership develop in alignment with UAL’s commitment, in its research strategy 2015-2022, to collaborations that through creative practice increase understanding of environmental change.
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Tri-Five Chevys Invade the Summer Nats
Written by Tim Bernsau on July 19, 2016
Robert McGaffin - Photographer;
One year ago, Street Rodder traveled to Milwaukee for the Car Craft Summers Nationals. Our sister magazine was holding its first event at this venue and we wanted to be part of the excitement. Car Craft Magazine doesn’t cover early rods and STREET RODDER doesn’t cover muscle cars and street machines, but like all siblings, SR and CC have things in commons despite our differences. Fifties and early Sixties cars have a place in both magazines, and Tri-Five Chevys—55s, 56s, and 57s—have as much appeal for CC readers as they do to us.
In 60 years, the Chevys from this three-year window seem to have never dipped in popularity, and have never gone out of style. Their classic status is so strong that it’s hard to believe that 50 years ago hot rodders were picking them up for cheap—and bashing them up on dirt oval tracks all over the US. A lot of cars survived those days, and have been built up in the years since..
The Summer Nats is a great event for fans of these timeless classic Chevys. We didn’t have to walk far to see one nice example after another. As you will see in this galley of of Bow-Tie iron, the variety was a extensive as we remembered from a year ago. The majority of the Tri-Fives at the CC Summer Nats were mildly modified, but there were a few that went a little wilder with eye-popping paint and menacing motors. Mild or wild, rough or polished, we’ve never seen a Tri-Five that didn’t make us want to go over for a close look. We hope (and suspect) that the classic Chevys being restored and hot rodded today will continue to survive and will still be attracting attention at car shows 50 years from now.
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04/24/2015 05:11 pm ET Updated Jun 24, 2015
Lake Mead On Track For Record Low Water Level Amid Drought
By Victoria Cavaliere
April 24 (Reuters) - Nevada's Lake Mead, the largest capacity reservoir in the United States, is on track to drop to its lowest water level in recorded history on Sunday as its source, the Colorado River, suffers from 14 years of severe drought, experts said on Friday.
The 79-year-old reservoir, formed by the building of the Hoover Dam outside Las Vegas, was expected to dip below 1,080 feet on Sunday, lower than a previous record of 1,080.19 feet last August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Predictions show that on May 31, the reservoir will have dipped again to 1,075 feet, well below its record high levels of around 1,206 feet in the 1980s, according to Bureau of Reclamation data.
Lake Mead supplies water to agriculture and about 40 million people in Nevada, Arizona, Southern California, and northern Mexico.
The water source and several other man-made reservoirs springing from the 1,450-mile (2,230-km) Colorado River, have dropped to as low as 45 percent of their capacity as the river suffers a 14th straight year of crippling drought.
About 96 percent of the water in Lake Mead is from melted snow that falls in "upper basin" states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming, officials said.
Over the past 14 years, snowfall has dropped in the Rocky Mountains, leading to a drop in snow pack runoff that feeds the river, according to Bureau of Reclamation statistics. In 2013, runoff was at 47 percent of normal.
The lake's levels are nearing a critical trigger where federal officials will have to start rationing water deliveries to Nevada, Arizona and parts of California. States in the region have enacted action plans to lessen greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change.
A study carried out by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven states in the Colorado river basin concluded that the drought was not likely to end soon, and that large metropolitan cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix grew rapidly during a rare wetter period for the river.
On average, the Colorado River Basin temperature is projected to increase by five to six F degrees during the 21st century, the report said. Mean annual runoff is projected to decrease by 8.5 percent by 2050. (Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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CW Journal : Autumn 10 : Hair's Breadth - Locks Could Be Keys to Jefferson Mystery
Charles St. Memim’s 1804 portrait of the president.
What is thought to be a lock of Thomas Jefferson’s hair
Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Not long after Jefferson’s death, Jane Pitford Braddick Peticolas painted this scene at Monticello in 1827 for her friend, and Jefferson’s granddaughter, Ellen Randolph Coolidge, which shows descendants of Jefferson playing on the front lawn.
With the main house in the background, the remains of Mulberry Row at Monticello, where the slave quarters were and where Sally Hemings lived before she moved into the servants’ quarters in the South Dependencies on the estate grounds.
A braided lock of red hair in a gold ring is one of fifteen hair samples Monticello has that may have belonged to Jefferson.
A bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson sits in Williamsburg’s Merchants Square and invites company from passersby.
Hair’s Breadth
Locks could be Keys to
Jefferson Mystery
by James Breig
Metaphorically speaking, historians use wormholes, time tunnels through which they can corkscrew for a look at the past. The portals change, which is one reason biographies and histories are updated. A newly found letter by George Washington, a previously unknown poem by Emily Dickinson, a holograph account book by Henry Ford can hand a researcher a key that unlocks way back then.
Once, those keys were nearly always documents. In the nineteenth century, the arrival of a new technology—photography—offered a new way of glimpsing what happened. Biographies of Abraham Lincoln are richer because authors and readers can study his face, measure his height against that of diminutive General George McClellan, or chart how the Great Emancipator aged during the Civil War. At the beginning of the twentieth century, motion and sound were added to photographs. As a result, stories of sports figures were enlarged because biographers could watch movies of Babe Ruth’s swing, follow the arc of Jack Johnson’s punch, or hear the roar of his fans. An athlete’s quirks and distinctive form did not have to be imagined; they could be witnessed.
The methods of knowing about the past took a quantum leap in 1953 with the discovery of DNA, a double helix of a genetic corkscrew historians and genealogists wielded more and more to bore into mysteries and answer old puzzles. Was a Frenchman who died in the nineteenth century really the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, as he claimed? Non, said DNA. Is Jesse James buried in Jesse James’s grave? Reckon so, said DNA. Was a twentieth-century woman, Anastasia, the lost child of Russian royalty? Nyet, said DNA. Who was the infant killed in the sinking of the Titanic and buried as unknown? Eighteen-month-old Sidney Leslie Goodwin of England, said DNA.
Advances in the science of DNA and the existence of 200-year-old snips of hair might be able to answer more definitively, and perhaps once and for all, another question that has nagged historians: Did Thomas Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, have children together?
Casual readers might believe the Jefferson-Hemings question was resolved in the affirmative in 1998, when a DNA study was done involving descendants of the Jefferson family and of Hemings. But the DNA evidence by itself proved only that her descendants carry DNA that shows up in the Jefferson family. That leaves an enormous question two words long: Which Jefferson?
The official website of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, www.monticello.org, says that “the DNA study, combined with multiple strands of currently available documentary and statistical evidence, indicates a high probability that Thomas Jefferson fathered Eston Hemings,” one of Sally Hemings’s sons, “and that he most likely was the father of all six of Sally Hemings’s children appearing in Jefferson’s records.”
“The DNA study . . . indicates a high probability,” not irrefutably determines. The paragraph links DNA evidence to “multiple strands of . . . documentary and statistical evidence,” such as Jefferson’s presence at Monticello every time Hemings became pregnant and the oral history of her children. In other words, the DNA evidence was shaky enough that it had to be bolstered by other data. It was rickety because Thomas Jefferson’s DNA was never part of the study. Instead, as Monticello reports, it relied on “five male-line descendants of two sons of Field Jefferson,” Thomas Jefferson’s paternal uncle. “The results clearly show that the male-line descendants of Field Jefferson and Eston Hemings have identical Y-chromosome haplotypes (the particular combination of variants at defined loci on the chromosome). Scientists note that there is less than a 1 percent probability that this is due to chance. . . . This study by itself does not establish that Hemings’s father was Thomas Jefferson, only that Hemings’s father was a Jefferson.”
There is a difference between “a Jefferson” and T. Jefferson. About two dozen adult male Jeffersons—including Thomas’s brother, Randolph—lived near Monticello when Sally Hemings was bearing children. Joseph Ellis, a scholar who believes that the Sally Hemings–Thomas Jefferson link is true, nevertheless wrote in the William and Mary Quarterly in 2000 that “DNA evidence establishes probability rather than certainty.” The lack of Thomas Jefferson’s DNA in the study provides a breach through which doubters charge.
Issuing a minority report to the study, for example, was White McKenzie Wallenborn, a physician appointed by the Jefferson Foundation to the ad hoc committee that examined the evidence. “The findings do not prove that Thomas Jefferson was the father of Eston,” he wrote. “There is historical evidence . . . on both sides of this issue that prevents a definitive answer as to Thomas Jefferson’s paternity of Sally Hemings’” children. “In fairness to the descendants of Sally Hemings and the descendants of Thomas Jefferson,” the foundation “should continue to encourage in-depth historical research in hopes that accurate answers to very sensitive questions may be found.”
A decade later, that “in-depth historical research” might be closer to hand. What if Thomas Jefferson’s DNA could be studied rather than his relatives’? The answer would be clear-cut and final: He either did or did not father children with his slave, who passed his DNA to her progeny. But how could the third president’s DNA be found, short of disinterring him, a highly unlikely eventuality, and hoping that some DNA could then be recovered, also unlikely, given the nearly two centuries that have passed since he died in 1826? The proof might reside in Jeffersonian remains that effortlessly come to hand: strands of his hair preserved in at least three places: Monticello, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and the Library of Congress in Washington.
If the owners of the hair gave permission to test the locks, and if the hair yielded DNA, two big ifs, conclusive proof, or disproof, of a Jefferson-Hemings union would be accessible. His locks would be keys to the past.
According to Monticello, the foundation has “15 samples of hair purported to be Thomas Jefferson’s, from various family provenances, though it is impossible for us to know if these are what they purport to be.” The Academy of Natural Sciences got its few strands in a donation from a nineteenth-century lawyer, Peter Arvell Browne, who had the eccentric but fortuitous hobby of collecting hair from famous people, including Napoleon, Washington, John Adams, and Andrew Jackson. The Library of Congress has three cuttings, possibly snipped at the request of Jefferson’s daughter, Martha Randolph, as he died. The hair’s provenance is strong: When it was donated to the library, she wrote on one envelope: “My dear father Thomas Jefferson.”
But would the owners give up some of the hair, even a small portion, for scientific research that might destroy it? Academy of Natural Sciences staff has pondered that question in light of the many presidential hair samples the institution holds. It allows pieces of plant and animal specimens to be used in research. “Unfortunately,” said Robert M. Peck, a senior fellow at the academy, “our Jefferson hair sample is just a snip of undetermined date and does not contain any root material.
“An analysis of the hair sample we have might tell us something about his diet or the chemicals in his environment when the hair was growing, but it wouldn’t tell us much about his various descendants and their relationship to him. There may be other hair samples with some root which could reveal more.”
Asked what the academy would do if DNA research advanced to the point that rootless hair would be useful, Peck said, “I’m not sure I can answer such a hypothetical question. We would need to know all the facts and circumstances behind the request. We would review every request on a case-by-case basis. Naturally, if there are other or better sources available, and I understand Monticello has twelve or fifteen samples of Jefferson’s hair, we would urge that a researcher use those, rather than risk losing our few stands.” But William Y. Brown, president of the academy, said, “We would make the hair available if nondestructive techniques are developed.”
In response to an inquiry about allowing its hair samples to be tested, Wayne Mogielnicki, director of communications at Monticello, said the Thomas Jefferson Foundation would “cross that bridge when we come to it. We are open to new science and research, but we won’t answer a hypothetical.” He said the foundation would seriously consider a request for hair “and would probably acquiesce at the expense of some of our samples.” But he said doubt would remain because there is no firm chain of custody for the Monticello samples.
At the Library of Congress, a spokesperson said that, as part of the museum’s collections, the Jefferson hair “remains government property and thus cannot be destroyed. The question of DNA studies was raised, examined, and concluded some years ago, so we know the material cannot serve a DNA-identification purpose.”
With some of the possessors of the Jefferson hair willing to part with it under the right circumstances, a scientific question follows: Would it be useful at this stage of DNA research to test it? As he notes on his Web page, Eugene Foster, a retired professor of pathology at Tufts University and the University of Virginia, “designed and carried out the DNA testing” on the Hemings descendants a decade ago. About new testing using Jefferson’s hair, he is dubious, calling it “unlikely to help. Hair shafts don’t contain Y-chromosomal DNA, and most hair samples are obtained by cutting, rather than pulling it out by the roots, which do contain Y-chromosomal DNA. It is possible, but unlikely, that usable amounts of the root DNA could contaminate the surfaces of hair shafts.” In the original study, he said, “We considered hair but thought it would not be useful.”
A researcher in DNA and genetics agreed, saying, “Hair clips do not contain DNA at all. They are made of protein from dead cells that have lost their nuclei. They will never be used in DNA tests.” Another problem, she said, is the number of generations that have passed since Jefferson died. “DNA is inherited half from the mother and half from the father,” she said. “In one generation, we expect to find half of the DNA in common between father and son. When there is more than one generation in distance, then the DNA in common is a smaller percentage, and it gets harder to make any clear conclusion. When looking farther distances in many generations, then the total DNA in common is much lower.”
But Anthony Geneva, manager of the molecular lab at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, said, “A recent study determined that DNA can be extracted from hair shafts excluding the root. Future innovations may allow us to extract DNA from these hairs in a nondestructive manner. In the last few years, protocols have been developed for eluting DNA from teeth without structurally damaging the tooth.” The hair at the academy “is well preserved, and it’s likely that someday better DNA extraction techniques will be available and could be used on these historical samples.”
The study Geneva cited involved a thatch of 4,000-year-old hair that had been preserved in permafrost. Tom Gilbert, an associate professor of biology at the University of Copenhagen who was part of the study, said, “One can get all sorts of DNA out of hair shaft, no root needed. The reason that we have more success now is that the new techniques can work on much smaller DNA fragments, and this, in turn, makes success rates much higher as hair-shaft DNA is generally very fragmented.” Michael Crawford, an anthropology professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and another member of the study team, said that hair roots were not needed, because “cells, containing nuclei and DNA, get incorporated into the growing hair shaft and their DNA is sealed in by keratin.”
The many scientists who worked on the study also dealt with the issue of contamination, a factor that arises with Jefferson’s hair, which has been touched by those cutting it, including his daughter, and by those who have studied it during the past two centuries. Gilbert said that such handling “would contaminate it. However, we have also shown that it’s fairly easy to decontaminate hair by simply bathing it in a dilute bleach solution. In short, the contaminant DNA sits on the outside, and can easily be degraded away.”
Still, the issues of how much hair would be destroyed in the research, and how much it would cost, remain stumbling blocks. Gilbert said that quite a bit of hair would be required, “as the techniques are still being refined. Also, the methods are still very expensive—hundreds of thousands of dollars. But this will be improved on.”
If that happened, would all doubt be removed? Ellis, a Jefferson biographer, has written, “There are some things we can never know.” Said the genetic researcher: “There is always the very unlikely possibility that there is a twin of the father with the same DNA, or a brother that shares a lot of his genes. You can never be 100-percent sure.”
There is also the human factor. Though DNA can be close to definitive, fallible human beings do the investigatory and testing work. There is a lesson to be learned from the Titanic baby, identified in 2007 as Sidney Leslie Goodwin of England. Five years earlier, scientists said he was Eino Panula, a Finnish child. The conclusive proof in both cases was DNA.
From the original series painted by Stuart for the Messrs. Doggett of Boston. ca.1825-1828
Aquatint portrait after painting ca. 1799 by Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
Jefferson lithograph by Henry R. Robinson, ca. 1840-1851
Lithograph by Albert Newsam, c. 1846.
Full-length silhouette portrait sows preisdent Thomas Jefferson facing right. ca. 1800-1830
James Breig is an Albany-based writer and editor who contributed to the spring 2010 journal an article on the voyages of eighteenth-century travelers.
Suggestions for further reading:
General information on DNA
www.pbs.org/wnet/dna/
www.dna.gov/
Information about the use of DNA in legal, historical, and genealogical research
www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/next_steps/genetic_genealogy_01.shtml
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6621319.stm
www.chez.com/louis17/english.htm
www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
Information about the first Jefferson-Hemings study
www.monticello.org (search for DNA)
www.angelfire.com/va/TJTruth
www.tjheritage.org
www.usnews.com (search for Hemings)
Information about Thomas Jefferson’s hair
www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefflife.html
www.ansp.org/activities/presidential_hair.php
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Some people have a calling that is undeniable, and Avery*Sunshine is no exception. Yet the former church pianist/musical director, who scored a #1 Billboard chart hit, was at once a reluctant warrior. “I had no idea that my work in the church would prepare me to do what I do.” Bringing people together through her riveting stage performances, candid and often humorous stage banter, and optimistic anthems about love and life is what Avery*Sunshine does best. In fact, she does it so well, that she has garnered praise from iconic musical figures like the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, who raves, “I love Avery*Sunshine!” The Atlanta-based singer’s no holds barred signature soul/R&B sound has also made believers of such luminaries as Patti LaBelle, Berry Gordy, and Boy George who proclaimed on twitter, “@averysunshine love this woman’s voice”.
Avery*Sunshine and her musical partner (now husband) and guitarist Dana “Big Dane” Johnson have collectively either collaborated and/or toured with everyone from Anthony Hamilton, KEM, Will Downing, Gregory Porter, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Babyface, and Roy Ayers to B.B. King, Michael Bublé, and Jennifer Holliday.
Avery*Sunshine’s #1 hit single “Call My Name,” from her critically heralded sophomore project The Sunroom, was awarded ASCAP’s Rhythm & Soul 2016 song of the year award. There have been numerous sold-out shows and career milestones that have included opening for Babyface at Madison Square Garden, performing for Smokey Robinson at his Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of Fame tribute, to being invited to perform by and for the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, twice in one year. In the same year, Avery was nominated for a Soul Train Music Award and a BET Centric Award.
While she continues to tour the world from everywhere in Europe to Asia, Africa, the UK, and Australia, Avery*Sunshine and Dana never stop creating and recording. Twenty Sixty Four, her third release (October, 2017), features organic soulful in-the-pocket grooves, sublime ballads, exquisite arrangements/orchestrations, and exuberant life-affirming tracks. The vocals shine throughout, the production is tight, and the songwriting hits home.
Avery*Sunshine describes herself as a cross between Oprah Winfrey and Bette Midler. To experience her live is to understand this notion. In a genre that is inundated with singers, Avery*Sunshine has forged a way for herself by staying true to her musical vision. “My greatest wish is for our music to empower and encourage, in some way, everyone who hears it. That is why Dana and I do this,” shares the radiant singer. With the release of Twenty Sixty Four, Avery*Sunshine concludes, “I am always striving to fill the space that I was created to fill. And I pray that the small space that I occupy in this world reminds everyone to SHINE no matter what.”
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Sinfonia for Viola and Strings(arr. A. Tchaikovsky)
Sinfonia for Viola and Strings arranged by Alexander Tchaikovsky from the String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138
Rudolf Barshai, the founder and longtime conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, made similar “Chamber Symphony” arrangements of Shostakovich’s Fourth and Tenth String Quartets, but it was another Russian musician whose efforts provided a valuable addition to the solo viola repertoire. The String Quartet No. 13 (written in 1970) was dedicated to Vadim Borisovsky (Yuri Bashmet’s first teacher at the Moscow Conservatory), the founding violist of the Beethoven String Quartet. It was that ensemble which had introduced many of Shostakovich’s string quartets, and he dedicated the Quartets Nos. 11-14, in turn, to each of those four musicians.
Shostakovich, although still in full command of his composing powers, was not in good health during his last years, and the specter of death seemed to occupy his thinking, and therefore, his music. The viola, with its dark and melancholy richness of tone, was to be the protagonist in his very last work, the Viola Sonata of 1975, and it plays a similar role in the Quartet No. 13. When the Quartet was first performed, in December 1970 in Leningrad, Feodor Druzhinin, who had replaced Borisovsky in the Beethoven Quartet, was the violist.
In his notes accompanying the Eder Quartet’s complete Shostakovich String Quartet cycle (Naxos), Keith Anderson outlines the Quartet No. 13: “The viola starts the quartet with a twelve-note theme, in which the descending interval of a semitone has an importance soon to be reflected in the use of the same interval in dissonant harmonic conjunction. The first violin takes up the theme, leading to a passage of increased intensity. It is from the opening that the single movement develops. Before long a scherzo-like passage appears, marked by percussive interjections as the bow is used to strike the belly of the instrument. The music slows to a passage of sustained intensity and then of hushed trills, above which the plucked notes of the first violin are heard. Strident chords of a minor ninth then allow the viola to restate the first theme, now a semitone higher, followed, as before, by the other instruments. There is a short passage of cello double-stopping and material developed from the main theme, with the cello continuing, accompanied by the viola in somber duet. In the final passage it is the viola that reaches upwards, providing a last stratospheric B-flat in a crescendo in which the violins join in conclusion.”
Dennis Bade is the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Director of Publications.
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