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Mr Theo Sdralis
ENT Surgeon MBBS FRACS (Melb)
Mr Theo Sdralis was born and educated in Melbourne, Victoria. He graduated in Medicine from The University of Melbourne in 1987. From 1988 – 1999 he undertook a further 12 years of post-graduate study. During this time he was trained by the leading sinus expert in the world, Professor PJ Wormald and also undertook advanced training in paediatric ENT.
In 2000 he qualified as an Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon and became a member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Mr Sdralis is a Senior Consultant at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital. Because of his senior position at this Hospital, Theo provides surgical training to junior surgeons.
Previous senior positions held:
Head of Sinus Surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital from 2000 -2008.
Head of Sinus Surgery at the Monash Medical Centre from 2000 - 2004
Theo is supported by the very best professional staff.
Jan, the Office Manager, has over 20 years experience working with medical specialists. She will be able to assist you with any questions that you may have in a friendly and professional manner.
Sandie, the Office Secretary, also has over 20 years experience working with medical practitioners and will also be able to assist you with appointments and general queries.
Helen, the Practice Manager, is responsible for the overall management of the practice. She has over 15 years management experience.
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Registration open Master of Technology
( Geoinformatics & ST ) (SIT Faculty of Engg) SYMGI2019 DATATHON2019 MAPATHON2019 Results for M.Sc Data Science
& Spatial Analytics
Symbiosis Society
SIU Committees
M.Sc. Geoinformatics
M.Tech. Geoinformatics & ST
M.Sc. Environment & Sustainability
M.Sc. Data Science & Spatial Analytics
Certificate Course in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Certificate Course in Spatial Economics
Ph. D. Program
Faculties & Research
SIG Corner
Orientation and Pedagogy
Hostel and Amenities
Careers in GIS
M. Tech (G & ST) Entrance Exam Schedule
Tentative M. Tech (G & ST) Entrance Exam schedule on 03 Jun 2017 at SIG, Pune as per the following : -
Registration and completion of preliminaries – 08:30 am to 09:00 am
Orientation about Symbiosis, SIG – 09:00 am – 09:10 am
Written Test – 09:15 am to 10:15 am.
Students who have missed out Registration and payment for M. Tech (G & ST) registration fees of SIG Rs. 1000/-, can make payment and get registration at 08:30 am by cash.
India is one of the fastest growing economies and the contribution of Geoinformatics towards growth has been immense. In spite of having gained international recognition at a very early stage, Geoinformatics is gradually gaining popularity in the Indian subcontinent as well. Symbiosis Pune, was amongst the first to recognize this brewing change of trends and accordingly took initiatives that led to the inception of SIG in 2004. Once SIG came into existence, there was no looking back. In line with the legacy of Symbiosis colleges in pune, SIG provides its students with the best in terms of education and learning environment. Our courses have been aimed at not merely educating students but to create competent and expert human resources to meet the ever-growing demand of digitization, environmental impact, GIS development, map analysis, remote sensing, watershed management, photogrammetric mapping, navigation and e-governance.
At SIG, our endeavor is to impart education and training in geospatial Technologies. Our programmes aim to create highly trained professional equipped with a cutting edge. It helps students the students to create their own career roadmap.
SIG has an enviable track record of 100% campus project cum placement record of its eligible students since inception.
SIG offers a variety of courses including M.Sc.(Geoinformatics) , M.Sc. (Environment and Sustainability), M.Tech (Geoinformatics and Surveying Technology), Certificate Course Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and customised certificate courses.
Over the years SIG has identified the key needs of geospatial industry and has enriched the syllabus in terms of both theory and practical. At SIG, we take all the efforts to pedagogue various aspects of training from basic mapping science to GIS application development, analytical decision-making, softskills and personality development.
Promoting international understanding through quality education
to inculcate the spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one family)
to contribute towards knowledge generation and dissemination
to promote ethical and value-based learning
to foster the spirit of national development
to inculcate cross-cultural sensitization
to develop global competencies amongst students
to nurture creativity and encourage entrepreneurship
to enhance employability and contribute to human resource development
to promote health and wellness amongst students, staff and the community
to instill sensitivity amongst the youth towards the community and environment
to produce thought provoking leaders for the society
SIG has been incepted with a vision to cater to the ever evolving demands of the geoinformatics industry. Its program, curriculum, method of conducting the course, etc. have been a result of extensive research supported by the guidance of eminent visionaries.
President and Founder Director
Pro Chancellor
Prof. Dr. S.B. Mujumdar
Chancellor,
Symbiosis International University,
President and Founder Director,
Dr.S.B.Mujumdar is the Founder and President of Symbiosis – a multi-national, multi-lingual and multidisciplinary educational complex of repute. A distinguished academician and educationist, he is also the Chancellor of Symbiosis International University (SIU).
Dr.Mujumdar was born on 31st July 1935 at Gadhinglaj, a Taluka in Kolhapur District in Maharashtra. He had his school education at Gadhinglaj and college education at Kolhapur and Pune. In his Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in Botany, he stood first class first with distinction in Pune University. He obtained his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Microbiology from Pune University.
He joined Fergusson College, Pune as Professor and Head of Department in Botany which position he held for 20 years. He was a recognized post graduate teacher and a guide for Ph.D. students. He was a member of the Pune University’s Executive Council, the Senate, Academic Council (for 14 years) and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Botany (for 9 years). He was also I.C.C.R’s Foreign Academic Advisor in Pune University (for 7 years).
He has published over 50 original research articles in several national and international scientific journals. He has authored several books on Life Sciences and has contributed over 200 articles on Science, Education and Youth Development. He has also been the Chairman of the Educational Wing of FICCI in 2005-2006.
Deeply touched by the hardships suffered by the Foreign students - especially Afro Asian students - studying in Pune, he established in 1971 ‘SYMBIOSIS’ with a view to help them and provide them a ‘Home away from Home’. He soon realized that education is the best medium for promoting international understanding. He, therefore, started establishing educational institutions imparting quality instruction in diverse disciplines e.g. Management, Law, IT, Computers, BioMedical Science, Engineering, International Business, Geo-Informatics, Media & Communication, Photography etc. Presently, Symbiosis has 46 institutions and about 32000 students from all States of India and 85 foreign counties. The Ministry of HRD, Government of India, conferred upon Symbiosis in 2002 the status of ‘Deemed to be University’. Many of Symbiosis institutions are ranked amongst the top 10 institutions in India and they have a placement record of almost 100%. Realizing the importance of distance education, Symbiosis has established, SCDL - Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning - which conducts a number of on-line courses and has over 2 lakhs of students from India as well as many foreign countries.
All Symbiosis institutions are generally need–based. These are run on and adhere to the best ethical practices. The Faculty is selected purely on merits and without considerations of caste, creed, religion or region. One of the unique institutions established by Symbiosis is SIMS – Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (for Defence Personnel and their dependents) - which provides management education exclusively for children of Defence Personnel. Another innovative institution is the ‘Pune Police Public School’ managed by Symbiosis and which provides education to the children of Police Personnel. Apart from these academic activities, Symbiosis has also established a magnificent Dr.Ambedkar Museum and Memorial which houses the personal belongings and memorabilia of Dr.Ambedkar. It has also established an Afro - Asian Cultural Museum.
Dr.Mujumdar is the recipient of many awards / honors. The Government of India has conferred on him ‘Padma Shri’ in 2005 and ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 2012. Tilak Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth has conferred on him ‘D. Litt.’ in 2016. He is recipient of first ‘Dr. APJ Abdul kalam Memorial Award’ in 2016. He has received Punya Bhushan Award (2009), FIE Foundation Puraskar (2006), ‘Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar’ (2003), Top Management Club Pune’s “Excellence in Education” Award, the Rotary club of Pune’s ‘Service Excellence Recognition Award (SERA)’, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, Giant International Life Time Achievement Award, Lion Gaurav Puraskar, Pune Municipal Corporation’s ‘Roll of Honour for Life-Time Achievement’ (2006), Pune Festival Award and many others.
Dr Vidya Yeravdekar
Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar is the Pro Chancellor of Symbiosis International (Deemed University). She is also the Principal Director of Symbiosis Society, which encompasses the Symbiosis schools and institutions under the Symbiosis International University. A dream of her father, Dr. S .B Mujumdar of creating 'a home away from home ' for international students, Symbiosis today , has transformed itself into a multi-disciplinary, multinational, multi-cultural International University having students from all states of India and international students from 85 different countries. The University has institutes under 7 faculties viz. Management, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health & Biomedical Sciences, Computer Studies, Engineering, Media Communication & Design.
Dr. Vidya holds a Post Graduate Degree in Medicine, a degree in Law and is a Ph.D. in 'Internationalisation of Higher Education in India’. To promote international understanding through quality education, she has brought in innovative approaches at Symbiosis International University through international collaborations with some of the top Universities in the world.
Dr. Vidya has been able to influence policy regulations for promoting and bringing in innovative approaches to higher education in India through her appointments on various governmental bodies. She has been a member of University Grants Commission (UGC), Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). She is a member of the Governing Board of several organisations like Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Yeshwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Research Committee of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Public Health Foundation of India and Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore. She is a Member of the State Knowledge Advisory Board of Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Member of the Task Team of Arts Management Strategy for Karnataka. She is a member of many corporate bodies such as Mahratta Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Confederation of India Industry (CII), and Not for profit organisations like HK Firodiya Foundation, India International Centre (IIC), Pune International Centre (PIC) & Pune Citizens Police Foundation.
Dr. Vidya has been appointed as Director on the Board of RITES Limited under Ministry of Railways, Government of India.
Recently, Dr. Vidya has been appointed as Member of Sub-Group on Higher & Technical Education and Skill Development of Chief Minister’s Advisory Council, Government of Rajasthan.
Dr. Vidya has presented papers at various National & International Conferences and has numerous research publications to her credit. She has authored a book on ‘Internationalization of Higher Education in India’ based on her experiences and research in this field. This book is published by SAGE
Dr.Vidya’s hard work has won her numerous awards and accolades and she is now focussed on making Symbiosis International University benchmarked amongst one of the best Universities in Asia.
Dr. Rajani R.Gupte
Vice – Chancellor ,
(M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D. (Economics))
Dr. Rajani Gupte is the Vice Chancellor of the Symbiosis International University. A distinguished academic, she received her Doctorate degree in Economics from the prestigious Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics, Pune. She has been actively engaged with higher education for over thirty years, both as a professor and researcher. She has taught at many foreign universities as well, including the Oakland University, Michigan US, and Bremen University for Applied Sciences, Germany.
She has been a part of the leadership team at Symbiosis for over two decades. She joined Symbiosis as a founding member of the Symbiosis Institute of International Business in 1992. She was the Director of the Institute between 2004 and 2012. Her headship led the Institute to be established as one of the top-ranking business schools in India. A capable institution-builder, Dr. Gupte has also earlier held the positions of Dean - Faculty of Management, Dean-Academics and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the Symbiosis International University.
She is an independent Director on the Boards of several subsidiaries of L& T Finance Ltd. She has been frequently invited on committees of important organizations, such as International Trade Panel - Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), World Trade Organization Committee, Govt. of Maharashtra, and Chemtech World Expo. She has also served on committees appointed by the UGC and on working groups on higher education.
Dr. Gupte is one of the ten women selected from across Asia who have attended the ‘Women in University Administration programme’ sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Dr. Gupte has been awarded for her outstanding contribution to Education by Lokmat National Education Leadership Awards 2015 and the "Swayamsidha Puraskar 2015" by Lions Club of Pune Elite .
For her valuable contribution in the field of Education, Dr. Gupte, has been awarded the ‘Think Pure Award’ by the ‘Think Pure Social Welfare Foundation’ in 2016, in memory of ‘Late Shri Dajikaka Gadgil’ .
Dr. T. P. Singh
Dr. T.P. Singh has vast experience in the field of Geospatial Technology in India and abroad. He has started his career in Geospatial technology from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, where he has worked on the projects of national importance. He has earned his PhD degree in the area of satellite Image Classification techniques from HNB Garhwal Central University, Srinagar and M.Phil in Geo Engineering from College of Engineering, Vishakhapatnam. Dr. Singh has received Master Degree in remote sensing from Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC), Paris University VI, France and M.Sc. from University of Lucknowin Environmental Science. He has received the European Professional Higher Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics from GDTA (Institute under French Space Agency) in association with Paris University VI France, University of Lisbon, Portugal and Warsaw University of Technology Poland. Dr. Singh has worked on LiDAR technology at the University of Freiburg , Germany on Automatic feature extraction. Before, taking academic position at Symbiosis, he has served at different government centres. Dr Singh is the member of many professional bodies and Vice Chairman of Indian Society of Geomatics, Pune Chapter. He has Edited many books in the field of Geospatial Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management and published several papers in the peer reviewed journals.
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Contact : 020 - 25672842
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent Coming to PS4
The critically acclaimed survival horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent is ultimately making its way to the PS4.
This game was a trendsetter almost six years ago. People genuinely loved the experimental horror experienced in Amnesia where you have to avoid coming in contact with monsters while finding your way through a castle.
This first-person game is not only seen as one of the most acclaimed horror games of the decade, but is also responsible for inspiring multiple horror game franchises over the years.
In Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the three games of the spooky franchises are being bundled together: Amnesia, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Amnesia: Justine.
It’s noteworthy that Amnesia is only available for non-console machines so far. It can run on all three major operating systems including Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
The Amnesia: Collection – Announcement Trailer was released recently. You can watch it here:
The unique gameplay of Amnesia is what sets it apart. Hopefully, it will be well preserved and added with more excitement and scream factors for the PS4 version.
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Home Football Analysis Henrikh Mkhitaryan: The Fall From Grace
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: The Fall From Grace
Marshall Carletto
Manchester United have been linked with the signing of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal. A big club aiming for a star player is no surprise, but the real surprise lies in the fact that José Mourinho has attempted to scupper Manchester City’s hopes of securing the Chile forward for £20m by making a bid in the region of £25m apart from adding Mkhitaryan as a makeweight to sweeten the deal.
Sánchez has already agreed on personal terms worth around £250,000 a week with Pep Guardiola’s side.
The Armenian was supposed to be the man who sparked up the dull football Man United were playing under Louis van Gaal. The dazzling attacker took fans off their seats with his array of skills, goals, perfectly weighted passes and twinkle-toed feet to show what he was capable of in fits and spurts. However, the midfielder failed to have a consistent run of excellent form and spent the last few months watching different players take his place while he wasted away on the bench or worse, from the stands.
How did this fall from grace happen?
Micki, as the talented playmaker is fondly called, arrived in great fanfare as the German Bundesliga Player of The Year and at 27, he was at his prime and getting him for a mere £26.7m was considered a snip at the time with top class players going for north of £50m. He came with a wealth of attacking talent, and after seeing him top the 20 point mark for goals and assists in the previous season, he was seen as the man to sort out the Red Devils’ limpness in front of goal.
Initially, Mkhitaryan was used sparingly as he was yet to settle to the pace of the league. He was brought on to great effect in the Hull City game as his introduction changed the tide and led to a United win at the KCOM Stadium. He started for Red Devils in the game right after the international break, the Manchester derby but was largely ineffective and abysmal and was hooked at halftime.
The Armenian sensation was reintroduced for the cup games and Europa League games, the form he showed meant there were calls for him to be used in the Premier League. He took his chance, getting the lone goal in the 1-0 win over Spurs in December.
The form continued into the latter stages of the Europa League but as the team’s focus changed from domestic aspirations to continental dreams, his league form didn’t take much cognisance. He ended the season on a high, getting the second goal in the 2-0 victory over Ajax, securing their place in the Champions League for this season.
Mkhitaryan started the season like a man inspired, giving 5 assists in his first 2 games, creating loads of chances and in Romelu Lukaku, a man who buried them. They were actively involved in the race to get ahead of the pack, winning games with huge margins. However, this all changed however when Jose Mourinho took the attacking sting out of his side as they travelled to Anfield, parking the bus and playing out a goalless stalemate, Henrikh was given no chance to show what he could do as Jose reverted to type and couldn’t do much to influence the game. He was hooked, and his form nosedived.
He has never remained the same, and as a player who dwells a lot on confidence, the missed games dealt him a bitter blow. He wasn’t playing, and it came as no surprise that when he was called upon, he hardly played like he was capable of. The verve had gone.
This is slightly reminiscent of what happened with di Maria under Louis van Gaal, which led to the exit of the Argentine, a decision Jose derided when he took the job and now with a chance to do otherwise, he has gone down the same route he once sneered.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is likely to leave, sooner or later, but he will be remembered for failing to live up to his billing in the red half of Manchester.
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Home | Our People | Minnesota | Adam Kiedrowski
Adam Kiedrowski
Office: 612-349-9585 Email: akiedrowski@slwip.com LinkedIn Vcard: Adam-Kiedrowski.vcf
Adam Kiedrowski is a registered patent attorney and a Principal of Schwegman. He has patent experience in various technology areas, including medical devices and systems, medical procedures, industrial floor cleaning systems, electromechanical lock systems, adjustable firmness beds, ethanol production systems, fluid pumps and valves, and other mechanical and electromechanical arts. Adam works with independent inventors and small businesses, as well as large companies and universities, on issues of patentability, patent infringement, freedom-to-operate, IP due diligence, and strategic counseling.
Adam received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 2002 (B.S., with Distinction). While at the University of Minnesota, he was involved in a number of engineering societies, including the National Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi, and was a 3M Engineering Scholar Recipient. During his undergraduate studies, Adam worked at Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee, WI and at 3M in St. Paul, MN. In 2005, Adam received his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law. During law school, Adam worked at Unisys in St. Paul, MN as a patent law clerk. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
J.D, 2005
Magna Cum Laude
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2002
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Sly’s closing in Carpinteria (August 8, 2018)
James and Anny Sly are closing their Carpinteria restaurant after 10 years in business.
Carpinteria icon Sly’s Seafood and Steakhouse will bid its customers farewell on September 23 due to the sale of the building.
Located on Linden Avenue just a leisurely stroll from Carpinteria State Beach, the restaurant’s vintage-racing inspired decor compliments Chef James Sly’s playful blend of California casual and white tablecloth fine dining.
Mr. Sly, his wife and co-owner Annie Sly and their staff have been serving up a staggeringly vast menu of classic French staples and selections from the chef’s favorite San Francisco restaurants since 2008, just before the economic downturn. Sly’s celebrates its 10th anniversary today.
“We had a hugely busy August,” recalled Mr. Sly of the restaurant’s challenging first year.
“Then the economic downturn occurred in September and it was three or four years before we ever did that volume again.”
Mr. Sly said he opened the restaurant on the heels of his departure from Lucky’s Steakhouse in Montecito in June 2007.
“I was 57 years old at that time, 10 years younger, and nobody wanted to hire an old chef. We looked and looked and did not find any jobs that were the least bit interesting.”
He said that he was drawn to the Linden Avenue location after spotting a number of exotic cars along the street. He knew then that there was a market for a fine dining experience in Carpinteria and says customers now come from Ojai, Montecito, Thousand Oaks and beyond.
Mr. Sly spent four years at El Encanto starting in 1989, then worked as a personal chef in Montecito until he helped launch Lucky’s in 1999. His 50-year cooking career includes education at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, the Hotel Paris in Monte Carlo and tutelage under Michel Guèrard at Règine’s in both Paris and New York.
Mr. Sly’s vision for his restaurant was modeled after 100-year-old San Francisco restaurants Tadich Grill, John’s Grill and Sam’s Grill.
Those restaurants used Douglas Fir throughout and Sly’s has done the same in its bar and dining room, using wood recycled from Ryan Aircraft Factory in San Diego.
Char-grilled USDA prime steaks, aged in house and simply seasoned with salt and pepper, are at the heart of the menu, and unlike some of his contemporaries, Mr. Sly boasts he is happy to serve a juicy “well done” steak for anyone who asks.
The kitchen sports a modified grill hot enough to produce the perfect “charred-rare” steak served with one of seven sauce options from creamy Béarnaise to red wine and shallots.
The restaurant’s seafood features some of the freshest lobster and abalone available and the source of the oysters is posted daily on the baby blue Vespa mounted above the bar.
Mr. Sly explained that the inspiration for one of his signature seafood dishes, came during a 1990 conversation with the famous chef, author and television personality Julia Child.
“I remember I sat on the terrace of the El Encanto with Julia Child and her husband Paul and she said, ‘What this town really needs is a restaurant with a great Dover sole meunière,’ and that’s why we have it on the menu,” said Mr. Sly. His restaurant makes theater of the meal by boning the fish at the guest’s table.
Among what Mr. Sly calls his “tired old favorites” are his burgers, spaghetti carbonara, pasta with smoky bacon, onions, cream and eggs that’ll leave you in need of a good nap, and sliced potatoes with a nearly excessive amount of melted Gruyère cheese.
The bread, too, is made from scratch and Mr. Sly estimates he’s sold half a million of his crowd-pleasing rye raisin rolls, all made by hand.
“If something is a classic or if something is a particular thing … that’s how he wants to make it. He doesn’t want to put his own accent on it if he doesn’t need to change it,” said Mrs. Sly. Her husband likened his fidelity to classic recipes to an originalist Supreme Court justice.
But change, unfortunately, is coming for Sly’s as the end of its lease draws near. Mr. Sly says the restaurant’s building has been sold to Los Angeles restaurateur Warner Ebbink.
“It was truly a joy to have our business in this town where we live and to be a part of the community in the way we’ve been accepted,” said Mrs. Sly, who admitted she will miss her staff and the regular customers, some of whom have started families or grown up before her eyes.
“It’s amazing when it all works well, when you do all those dinners and everything is right and you have enough bread and you have enough desserts, there’s nothing better than that” added Mr. Sly.
The Slys say they have no plans to open another restaurant and Mr. Sly confirmed that aside from some consulting work he is ready to retire from the kitchen at the end of September.
For the hundreds of locals who’ll miss their neighborhood hangout, there’s still a little time left to enjoy dinner at Sly’s and, perhaps during a busy dinner service, spot an incognito celebrity or hear the chef ring his signature Vespa horn from the kitchen.
Source: Paul Gonzalez, Santa Barbara News-Press
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School strikers are going places but the dole queue isn't one of them
By Clive Hamilton
December 2, 2018 — 2.00pm
The resources minister, Matt Canavan, last week told students that the only thing they’d learn by skipping school to protest over inaction on climate change would be how to join the dole queue.
The history of protest in Australia shows the opposite. The protest leaders of the 1960s and 1970s, including many high school students, were denounced by conservatives as long-haired layabouts who would never amount to anything. In fact, they became the next generation of leaders in politics, universities, media, the public service, NGOs and even business.
School students protest at Martin Place on Friday to urge more action on climate change. Credit:Fairfax Media
Take the 1965 Freedom Ride, for instance. “Look at em,” said one RSL stalwart when students turned up to protest against the ban on black diggers. “The brains of Australia! God help you if you ever end up under em.” That’s exactly what happened. The Freedom Ride’s leaders included Jim Spigelman, who would go on to become Chief Justice of NSW and chair of the ABC, Ann Curthoys, later an eminent professor, and Charles Perkins, who became an Aboriginal leader, leading public servant and one of Australia’s Living National Treasures.
Student protesters have become newspaper editors, cabinet ministers, prize-winning poets, much-loved cartoonists, publishers, world-famous authors and Supreme Court judges.
There’s a reason they develop into leaders. It’s those young people who throw themselves into civic engagement who become the best citizens and most productive members of our society. They are the passionate ones willing to stand up. They are not content to “work, consume, die” but commit themselves to making a better Australia.
When we hear Canavan tell 2GB the protesters are “not actually taking charge of their lives” and they should get a real job, he’s telling them they should not be active, motivated citizens but docile consumers who leave politics to the politicians.
The protesting school kids, tired of watching the sacrifice of their future by a government dominated by climate science deniers, had some sharp answers to that, waving placards reading “Why should we go to school if you won’t listen to the educated?” and “I’ve seen smarter cabinets in Ikea”.
The students are carrying on a noble tradition. The great social movements that defined modern Australia—the movements for women’s liberation, gay rights, Indigenous rights, and environmental protection—all inspired school students to get out on the streets, wave banners and chant slogans.
Without those courageous youths, Australia would be a backward place. You would think that political leaders would welcome young people becoming engaged in the civic life of the nation. Instead, they were denounced in Parliament in an angry tirade from the Prime Minister. Nothing could be more damaging to the future of our democracy than for budding citizens to be told by the powerful to get back into their boxes and shut up. Thank God the kids have decided they won’t be bullied. More power to them.
Clive Hamilton is the author of What Do We Want? The Story of Protest in Australia and professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra.
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The 1900s Movement to Make the Fourth of July Boring (But Safe)
One activist thought celebrating the founding of the nation would be better spent as a “a quiet day under the trees”
An 1897 poster critiquing the McKinley administration set during the Fourth of July shows the inherent danger of do-it-yourself fireworks. (Library of Congress / Louis Dalrymple )
By Michael Waters
Charles Pennypacker, a lawyer and legislator from West Chester, Pennsylvania, was fed up with Fourth of July. The holiday, he insisted in 1903, was hopelessly out of control. Hundreds of people across the U.S. were dying from a mix of firework explosions and poorly shot toy guns, all in the name of celebrating their country’s founding.
“A spurious patriotism has brought a day of terror, misery, noise, destruction, and death,” Pennypacker lamented in a letter published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. He urged citizens to focus on a “quiet and sane observance of the Fourth” that prioritized family gatherings.
Instead of setting off fireworks, Pennypacker begged the people of West Chester to take a trolley ride, spend “a quiet day under the trees,” or at the very least bake “cake with deviled eggs” and “bread with lemon butter.” In a speech that the Louisville-based Courier-Journal reprinted under the headline “Avaunt! Toy Pistols; Enter Cake and Eggs,” Pennypacker lectured his fellow Americans: “Spend your money for sandwiches instead of squibs,” referring to the explosive devices. “The price of five skyrockets will buy a hammock, whose swing delights youth and old age in all lands,” he said.
Pennypacker’s crusade enraged locals. A year later, the Inquirer reported that his continued push for reform in West Chester “had been resented by the young men of the town.” Late the night of July 3, 1904, a “large number of young men” gathered outside Pennypacker's house, clutching Roman candles and other combustibles. When midnight hit, “there was a sudden flash and roar that jarred all the houses in the neighborhood,” the paper said, and for at least 15 minutes the men set off explosives outside of Pennypacker’s window—all to punish the legislator for trying to reform the most patriotic holiday.
But Pennypacker’s wasn’t the only American disgusted with the rowdiness of Fourth of July celebrations, and negative press coverage quickly ignited a reform movement. Pennypacker was one member of a disparate group of lawmakers and social reformers across the U.S. who called for an end to unsupervised fireworks and explosives. Under the banner “Safe and Sane Fourth,” they insisted that Fourth of July celebrations should focus on family and picnicking, remaining free of violence.
Their complaints were not unfounded. In the early 20th century, the Fourth of July was often a dangerous holiday. In 1903 alone, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association, 466 people died and 4,449 people were injured from holiday-related accidents. Infections from tetanus precipitated a large swath of those deaths, triggered by shrapnel from fireworks and toy guns that got into a person's skin. From 1903 to 1909, a full two-thirds of July 4th deaths connected to explosive incidents were tetanus deaths. The New York Tribune lamented Fourth of July “carnage” and warned of the “emergencies of over-patriotism.”
A "victim" of the celebrations in Richmond, Virginia is taken to safety, July 1910. (The Times Dispatch / Library of Congress)
Kids who roamed the streets shooting fireworks or setting off explosives along train tracks may have felt they were honoring the wishes of John Adams, who in 1776 wrote that, in addition to “Pomp and Parade,” the Fourth should be celebrated with “Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations.”
In major newspapers, sensational reports of Fourth of July incivilities were rampant. A 1884 New York Times article noted that, when a group of Colorado miners didn’t receive the fireworks they had ordered in time for the holiday, they “blew up the post office.” Homeowners in Worcester, Massachusetts, meanwhile, professed that they cancelled their vacations because “people who have property on the Fourth are obliged to remain at home and protect it.”
A Baltimore Sun editorial writer noted in June 1904, “Every year human life is sacrificed in expressing the nation’s joy over the revolt against an English tyrant and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.” The culprits: “The toy pistol, the toy cannon and the giant firecracker claim many victims on each recurrence of this anniversary.” Or, as the Playground Association of America framed it in 1910, “The killed and injured at the battle of Bunker Hill were only 1,474 as compared with 1,622 killed and injured while ‘celebrating’ the fourth of July in 1909.”
The Safe and Sane movement promoted new kinds of Fourth of July celebrations that proponents, like Pennypacker, hoped would minimize the carnage. In 1903, the mayor of Chicago issued an executive order that “hereby positively and absolutely prohibited” a large swath of activities associated with Fourth of July misbehavior, including the “discharges of fireworks, firecrackers, gunpowder, or other explosives in any alley, back yard, or other confined space” as well as “the discharge of cannons, guns, pistols, revolvers or other firearms, dynamite or cannon crackers” and—apparently a feature of Fourth of July festivities— “the placing upon the car tracks of any street railway [...] any torpedo, bomb, or other thing containing any substance of an explosive nature.”
Cleveland, Ohio, passed a city ordinance banning the sale of toy pistols, blank cartridges, and firecrackers within city limits. (The city council briefly considered banning fireworks, too, until a councilmen admitted to having made “a considerable investment” in fireworks in anticipation of the Fourth.) Women’s reform organizations like the San Francisco chapter of California Club took up the issue, too, pointing out forgotten laws that prohibited the sale of toy pistols to kids under 17.
Many cities also developed new celebrations that would steer people away from setting off explosives: Kansas City set up places to play water sports and hired 13 different bands to perform across parks in the city. Santa Fe had a beauty pageant. Chicago attempted to introduce a fireworks event for children supervised by firefighters but couldn't make its needed $50,000 in fundraising. Minneapolis raised $2,000 to give “each child received a basket containing a lunch and firecrackers” as well as “coupons entitling them to refreshment and fun privileges” and to monitor their antics.
“The major push of the movement were community based events that gave citizens something to do on the Fourth,” says James R. Heintze, a librarian at American University who studies the history of the holiday.
The Safe and Sane movement even reached the White House. Although no national law was introduced to reform the celebrations, President William Howard Taft wrote in 1909 that he was “heartily in sympathy with the movement to rid the celebration of our country’s natal days of these distressing accidents.” A year later, Taft attended a “Safe and Sane” Fourth of July march in Boston—which was entirely firecracker-free—and noted that he “hope[d] it would spread throughout the Union.”
Not everyone was pleased—a 1928 New Yorker short story satirized the movement for its perceived prudishness—but Taft’s prediction came true. By 1953, 28 states had fireworks laws. Although today casualties are still rampant—in 2017, 12,900 people were hospitalized and several died from fireworks-related accidents—fears about a violent Fourth of July have dissipated. In recent years, several states have removed bans on fireworks. Many of those bans dated back to the reform movement of the early 1900s. Several California counties, for instance, still have legal language on the books that prohibits fireworks—unless they are “safe and sane.”
About Michael Waters
Michael Waters is an editorial intern at Smithsonian.com and a history major at Pomona College. Read more of his work at michaelwatersauthor.com.
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A Coconut Octopus Uses Tools to Snatch a Crab (2:34)
Coconut octopuses are among the most intelligent invertebrates around: They use tools, carry their shelters around for when they need them, and, fittingly, adopt an underwater walking motion that's very similar to humans.
For six weeks, luna moth caterpillars gorge themselves on the leaves of the marula tree. Then, when they're ready, they instinctively weave giant cocoons around themselves in preparation for their stunning metamorphosis.
Timelapse Footage of a Giant Caterpillar Weaving Its Cocoon (2:34)
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10 Statistics you Need to Know About Weibo for Influencer Marketing [Infographic]
While it's largely closed off to the western social media giants, China's social media landscape is huge, with more than 800 million people active on the available social media platforms. For comparison, the U.S. has 244 million users, indicating the potential.
More than that, social media plays a huge role in how Chinese consumers discover and purchase products, and conduct other day-to-day activities, including paying bills, banking, ordering taxis, etc. Make no mistake, the Chinese social media ecosystem offers huge potential, and with more brands looking to expand their footprints, and reach into new markets, it may well be worth a look. But you do need to know the lay of the land.
To help with this, the team from Pulse Group have put together this infographic, which provides an overview of how brands can utilize Chinese social media platform Weibo for influencer marketing. The use of influencers is rising in China, and if you're looking for a way into the market, this could be it.
Check out the full infographic below.
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How to Market to Different Generations on Social Media [Infographic]
Social media is becoming an ever-increasing part of running a business - but where do you start when you need to narrow down your target audience? What inspires each generation the most?
Citipost Mail have being doing research and have come up with some interesting insights into what each generation tends to favor when it comes to content.
While it's clear to see that social media platforms such as Facebook are firm favorites across the board, there are differences that could mean your marketing efforts aren't maximized if using the wrong platform for your target audience. What might work for Generation Z won't necessarily work for Baby Boomers and vice versa.
There are a number of different factors that relate to social media with each generation, and ech one of these factors can impact how successful a marketing campaign is so it's important to know what these are and how you can utilize them.
Marketing to Different Generations on Social Media
Generation Z are the new wave of social media users. The truly digital generation, you'd be hard pushed to find one that hasn't had contact with a computer.
Gen Z are far more switched on when it comes to what's going on around them, but they're also noted as having shorter attention span when it comes to engaging with a piece of content. As such, keeping things brief, relevant and authentic will have the biggest impact.
Visually, video content that's designed to empower and motivate is best when it comes to inspiring Generation Z.
Millennials on the other hand, are far more idealistic, which has led to many taking a more negative tone with this generation. But as the largest generation, and currently the most influential on social media, there's far more to them than they're given credit for.
Extremely vocal about what they stand for, Millennials respond well when presented with brand advocates and influencers in real-time, giving them the opportunity to interact and building a sense of loyalty at the same time. Due to this, LinkedIn is particularly valuable for those Millennials looking to develop professionally, with over 38% of users falling into this bracket.
Ratings and reviews are also highly prized - including these will help to build better relationships with Millennials.
Generation X are often noted as the forgotten generation, or the "latch key kids", but this couldn't be further from the truth. They're the smallest of all the generations covered, but that certainly doesn't mean they should be left behind.
Reportedly, Gen X have the second largest disposable income after Baby Boomers and are at a stage in their life where luxury and comfort take precedent. Appealing to this desire using straightforward, visually engaging content is best.
The most likely generation to share content, always include a call to action as this will help increase those shares.
Baby Boomers are a generation that you're most likely to avoid when devising your social media marketing plan.
But with 91% purporting to have a social media account, this could be detrimental.
Boomers tend to favor more content-heavy social media platforms like Facebook, avoiding the likes of Twitter (with only 5% of their users falling into this generation bracket).
A generation with a "can do" attitude, they're vocal about what they believe in, much like Millennials, and they like to share their opinions. Including polls and quizzes in content will appeal to this desire.
A huge 95% of Boomers will opt for email over instant messenger, so encouraging newsletter signups will help increase interaction and build awareness.
Choosing the right demographic for your marketing campaign is imperative, and building a fan base for your business doesn't have to feel like a fruitless task. Using statistics and tips such as those developed by Citipost Mail, will help you to develop quality content that is engaging and relevant, ensuring your efforts don't go to waste.
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Five Independent Artists Bring Art and Science Together
Sundance Institute and Science Sandbox Celebrate
Innovative, Nonfiction Storytelling With Tailored Financial and Creative Support
Park City — Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, announced the inaugural five filmmakers and projects being supported by the Science Sandbox Nonfiction Initiative, a new program aiding innovative artists in creating science-focused works and in connecting those projects with audiences. The program aims to elevate the voices of independent artists who are working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling, encourage critical thinking, promote educated discourse and highlight the overlap of science and art.
The five selected artists will receive non-recoupable grants and access to Sundance Institute’s year round continuum of support, which can help address creative, financial and production issues. In addition to this tailored project support, the grantees will receive opportunities for engagement events where they can connect with Sundance’s network of alumni and creative advisors and Science Sandbox’s roster of renowned scientists, as well as enthusiastic audiences.
Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund Director, said, “We’re proud to spotlight these innovators, and can’t wait to see where the creative, multidisciplinary melding of arts and science takes their work. This initiative’s meaningful support is especially crucial in a time when both independent storytelling and scientific thinking need to be championed.”
The five grantees selected for support in the pilot year of this program include one artist and four projects at various stages of production and audience engagement. Theo Anthony, a writer, photographer and filmmaker, was awarded the artist grant to support his creative process. The recipients of the project grants are The Most Unknown , directed by Ian Cheney, which connects nine scientists through a chain of encounters which explore some of humanity’s biggest unanswered questions; The Quiet Zone,directed by Katie DellaMaggiore, which explores the only town in America where cell phones and all wireless technology are banned; Untitled Artificial Intelligence Documentary, directed by Shalini Kantayya , which examines the bias programmed into computer algorithms and how they affect our civil liberties; and Inventing Tomorrow, directed by Laura Nix, which tells the stories of teenage scientists across the globe working to solve our most pressing environmental challenges. More in-depth summaries of the grantees appear below.
Greg Boustead, Program Director of Science Sandbox, said, "We value the power of artistry and rich narrative in helping make science relevant to more people. Sundance Institute is a tremendous partner for uncovering and supporting independent artists seeking to tell creative and more inclusive stories about science."
Artist Grant:
Theo Anthony
Theo Anthony is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker based in Baltimore, MD. In 2015, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. His first feature, Rat Film, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim, with Richard Brody of the New Yorker calling it “one of the most extraordinary, visionary inspirations in the recent cinema”. In 2018, he was named a Sundance Art of Non-Fiction Fellow and is currently in post-production on his second documentary feature, All Light, Everywhere.
Project Grants:
Untitled Artificial Intelligence Documentary
Director and Producer: Shalini Kantayya
Untitled Artificial Intelligence Documentary follows data scientists and mathematicians who uncover bias encoded in computer algorithms that impact us all, and their journey to sound the alarm about how biased artificial intelligence threatens civil liberties. Director and Producer: Shalini Kantayya
Inventing Tomorrow
Director: Laura Nix
Producers: Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Laura Nix
Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world’s environmental threats – found right in their own backyards – while navigating the doubts and insecurities that mark adolescence. Take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a program of the Society for Science & the Public.
The Most Unknown
Director and Producer: Ian Cheney
The Most Unknown connects nine scientists in a chain of encounters around the world to explore some of humanity’s biggest unanswered questions.
The Quiet Zone
Director: Katie DellaMaggiore
Producer: Nelson DellaMaggiore, Tracie Holder
Welcome to Green Bank, West Virginia, the only town in America where, by federal decree, the use of cell phones, WiFi and other wireless technology is banned. Ironically, Green Bank is also home to one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes, a place where astronomers search for clues to unlock the mysteries of our galaxy. The Quiet Zone follows this close-knit community whose 143 residents live with one foot in two worlds, past & present, at the very moment when the telescope — the town’s economic engine — is threatened with closure.
For more information about the partnership go to sundance.org/science-sandbox-nonfiction-project. For more information about Science Sandbox go to simonsfoundation.org/science-sandbox.
Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, and new media to create and thrive. The Institute's signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences to artists in igniting new ideas, discovering original voices, and building a community dedicated to independent storytelling. Sundance Institute has supported such projects as Mudbound, Get Out, The Big Sick, Strong Island, Blackfish, Top of the Lake, Winter's Bone, The Wolfpack, Dear White People, Trapped, Brooklyn, Little Miss Sunshine, 20 Feet From Stardom, Beasts of the Southern Wild , Fruitvale Station, Spring Awakening, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Fun Home. Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
Science Sandbox is dedicated to inspiring a deeper interest in science, especially among those who don’t think of themselves as science enthusiasts. We support and collaborate with programs that unlock scientific thinking in everyone. Our partnerships invite a wide audience to engage in the scientific process — a process defined by curiosity, contingent upon asking questions, and informed by reliable evidence — to find solutions to everyday problems. Funded projects include film and other media productions, informal education experiences, live science events and awareness campaigns. Our funding criteria reflect our belief in the positive effects of infusing the culture with scientific thinking. We seek grantees who bring science to the people, tell science stories in innovative ways, and make science relevant to everyday life. Science Sandbox is an initiative of the Simons Foundation.
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Semester in DC Offers Real-World Prep
Class of 1959 Grad Helped Launch Apollo 11
Junior Wins Study Abroad Grant
Organ Donation Campaign Places First in State, Top Four Nationally
Four Win Gilman Scholarships
Dual-Degree Programs with WashU, Case Western Join Columbia at SU
While most students end their senior year with final exams, Katrin Winkler '17, of Hamburg, Germany, rounded out her time as a Susquehanna University student in the nation's capital.
Winkler took advantage of Susquehanna's Lutheran College Washington Semester.
"It was a truly formative experience to work in D.C. at my age, because it is a city full of professionals," Winkler said. "An environment like that instantly made me all the more aware of how I have to act in a competitive world of young professionals."
The Lutheran College Washington Semester brings together students from a consortium of 13 Lutheran-affiliated colleges around the U.S. to intern in a cross-cultural setting for a government office, a nonprofit or a business, on the National Mall or elsewhere around the city. Housing is included and costs consist of normal Susquehanna tuition, including all loans and scholarships, and a program enrollment fee.
"All of our students are required to have at least one experience within a culture that is different from the one they are accustomed to," said Scott Manning, dean of global programs at Susquehanna. "The Washington semester can fulfill that requirement, and is most convenient for students who prefer to stay in the United States."
Winkler interned at the International Language Institute, an organization that provides language training to students from around the world. There, she handled administrative tasks, social media strategy and worked with the institute's students. She also earned Susquehanna credit by taking two classes related to the history and culture of Washington, D.C.
"My experience in Washington will allow me to proceed with enhanced professional skills and a network of smart and ambitious people who participated in the program with me," Winkler said. "It's also highly rewarding to experience D.C. like a native. This is definitely the most political and most professional city that I have ever been to, which shaped me a lot while I was there."
In the fall, Winkler, who was a double major in English and publishing and editing, will attend graduate school in Berlin, Germany, where she will study international affairs.
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Household waste in Yorkshire and the Humber 2000-2018
Total household waste in Yorkshire and the Humber from 2000 to 2018 (in million metric tons)
by Ian Tiseo, last edited Dec 11, 2018
This statistic shows total household waste volume in Yorkshire and the Humber from 2000 to 2018. Volumes generally did not change dramatically during the specified time period, peaking in 2006/2007 at 2.57 million metric tons and dropping to 2.24 million metric tons by 2017/2018.
Million metric tons
2017/18 2.24
2016/17 2.3
Revenues of leading UK waste management services in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
Fastest growing UK waste management services in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
Total household waste in England 2010-2017
LA collected waste recycling rate in England 2000-2018
Statistics on "Household waste in England (UK)"
Household waste volumes
Household waste collection and recycling
Food and drink waste volumes
Waste volumes by disposal method
Waste management facilities and costs
Total household waste volumes in England from 2000 to 2018 (in million metric tons)Household waste volumes in England 2000-2018
Total Local Authority collected waste volumes in England from 2000 to 2018 (in million metric tons)*Local Authority collected waste in England 2000-2018
Residual household waste volumes in England from 2000 to 2018 (in kilograms)Residual household waste per household in England 2000-2018
Total household waste volumes in England from 2010 to 2017 (in kilograms per person)Total household waste in England 2010-2017
Household waste from non-household sources in England from 2000 to 2018 (in million metric tons)*Household waste from non-household sources in England 2000-2018
Residual household waste volumes in England from 2000 to 2018 (in kilograms per household)Residual household waste in England per household 2000-2018
Household waste from regular household collections in England from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)Household waste from regular household collections in England 2000-2018
Household waste from household recycling in England from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)Household waste from household recycling in England 2000-2018
LA collected waste recycling rate in England from 2000 to 2018*LA collected waste recycling rate in England 2000-2018
Weight of household food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2015, by avoidability (in million metric tons)Household food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) 2007-2015, by avoidability
Self-reported levels of household food waste in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2016 Self-reported levels of household food waste in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2016
Waste from food and drink in the food chain in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 (in million metric tons)Food and drink waste through the food chain in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015
Local Authority collected recycled/composted waste in England from 2000 to 2018 (in million metric tons)*LA recycled/composted waste in England 2000-2018
LA collected waste for landfills in England from 2000 to 2018 (in million metric tons)*LA collected waste for landfills in England 2000-2018
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Public sector expenditure on waste management in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011/2012 to 2017/2018 (in million GBP)Public expenditure on waste management in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2018
Number of enterprises in the waste collection, treatment, disposal activities and materials recovery sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018, by turnover size bandNumber of enterprises in the UK waste collection & disposal sector 2018, by turnover
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Fastest growing waste management service companies in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, based on CAGR*Fastest growing UK waste management services in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
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Household waste from non-household sources in Eastern England 2000-2018
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Household waste from regular household collections in England from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Household waste from household recycling in England from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
LA collected waste recycling rate in England from 2000 to 2018*
Weight of household food and drink waste in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2007 to 2015, by avoidability (in million metric tons)
Self-reported levels of household food waste in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2016
Waste from food and drink in the food chain in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 (in million metric tons)
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Public sector expenditure on waste management in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011/2012 to 2017/2018 (in million GBP)
Number of enterprises in the waste collection, treatment, disposal activities and materials recovery sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018, by turnover size band
Number of enterprises in the waste collection, treatment and disposal activities as well as materials recovery sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by employment size band
Fastest growing waste management service companies in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, based on CAGR*
Revenues from leading waste management services working in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017/2018 (in million GBP)
Household waste from non-household sources in Eastern England from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Household waste from non-household recycling in North East England from 2000 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
Total household waste volumes in North West England from 2000 in 2018 (in million metric tons)
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Saudi Aramco's LPG production in Saudi Arabia by facility 2017
Refinery production of liquefied petroleum gas by Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia in 2017, by facility (in 1,000 barrels per day)
by Amna Puri-Mirza, last edited Jan 16, 2019
This statistic shows the manufactured volume of Saudi Aramco liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at refineries in Saudi Arabia in 2017, by facility. Saudi Aramco reported that it produced ten thousand barrels per day at the Ras Tanura refinery in 2017.
Production in thousand barrels per day
* These facilities include all products manufactured at Saudi Arabia refineries as well as Saudi Aramco shares.
negative numbers indicate primarily products reprocessed into other refined products.
SATORP: Saudi Aramco Total Refining Petrochemical Company
YASREF: Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company
SAMREF: Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company
SASREF: Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery
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Saudi Arabia: Population growth from 2007 to 2017 (compared to previous year)Population growth in Saudi Arabia 2017
Saudi Arabia: Fertility rate from 2007 to 2017Fertility rate in Saudi Arabia 2017
Saudi Arabia: Life expectancy at birth from 2007 to 2017Life expectancy at birth in Saudi Arabia 2017
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Saudi Arabia: Average age of the population from 1950 to 2050 (median age in years)Median age of the population in Saudi Arabia 2015
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HomeProjectsexpo 2017 “the future above astana”
expo 2017 “the future above astana”
Astana, Kazakhstan
JSC National company “Astana - EXPO 2017”
Masterplan and architectural design, international competition
Stefano Boeri (partner in charge), Michele Brunello (project director), Pietro Chiodi (project leader), Alessandro Agosti, Moataz Faissal Farid, Anastasia Kucherova, Francesca Motta, Giorgio Zangrandi
Images: © ATTU
Partner: AREP, Norma s.r.l., Topotek 1, Valode & Pistre Architects, MIC Mobility in chain
Consultants: MABCO, Sandro Boeri, Department of the Energy of Politecnic University of Milan
Expo in Astana 2017 was conceived as a place where humanity will have the chance to experience and to compare the most advanced technologies that will empower the lives of 8 billion women and men with a clean renewable energy, accessible to all. The “Future above Astana” project and the 1 km “stalk”, a high tech/technology tower and a symbol of EXPO 2017, candidate themselves as a World Lab for the most advanced experiments in the fields of renewable energy sources, extraction, accumulation, storage and distribution of clean energy. They offer a meeting place to scientists, researchers, technicians, operators of the energy sector, students, politicians and administrators from all over the world, where researches and experiments on new materials and devices will be carried out, with the aim of a better exploitation of clean, renewable and accessible energy.
The Astana Tower of the Third Industrial Revolution would be a manifesto for the emerging transition of the world economy to renewable energy consistent with the “Third Industrial Revolution” (TIR) concept developed by Jeremy Rifkin. The “5 Pillars” of this concept include principles of shifting from non-renewable to renewable energy sources, conceiving buildings to function as their own power plants, deploying energy storage technology for hydrogen and other sustainable fuels, using internet technology to transform the electric power grid to one that is smart and much more efficient, and transitioning the transport fleet from traditional fossil-fueled to electric, plug-in and fuel cell vehicles. Together with the Bayterek Tower – Astana’s city symbol – the Astana Tower will demonstrate the will and capacity of the people of Kazakhstan to join the world’s leading nations on the way to a sustainable ecological, social and economic environment.
Great events such as Expo and the Olympic Games, World Championships and political and economic summits of global era are great accelerators of urban transformation and become world stages that bring to the fore the plans and expectations of a place. Astana was built, from its recent origins as a barycentric city of the Eurasian region. The Expo will be the moment when it’s going to declare to the world its implicit program. The city is based on the exploitation of traditional energy sources, but it establishes as a challenge an ambitious goal – to become the worldwide reference on renewable energies of the future and a place for the concrete implementation of Rifkin’s vision. The Expo 2017 will be the “launching pad” for a number of innovative technologies that will create a new urban ecology, based on a different relationship between man and energy.
The landscape of the Astana Expo is structured by two radial green axys that cross in the center of the site. They lead from the city center and the exterior surrounding to the central expo area, where the national pavilions and the Kazakhstan pavilion are situated. The North-South axis continues the green linear park that leads from the Bayterek monument to the expo site. This formal green boulevard offers a monumental entrance to drivers and pedestrian reaching the heart of the expo site. The East-West axis, connecting with the University, hosts an informal landscape of fruit trees, providing space for leisure and rest at the shade of the fruit trees. Beside this green cross, other landscape areas can be found: a multi-use forest on the East side of the site, and a colza field combined with parking at the South side. At the center of the expo site, the different national pavilions accommodate green houses for leisure and agriculture. In its center, a circular water feature is adorned with lush water vegetation. Every area is a productive landscape. The central water pound cleans the water of the whole expo site. The multi-purpose forest is composed of fast growing trees that produce biomass. The colza fields produce biofuel.
The expo site, in its legacy, has two complementary objectives: to become a generative model for an energetic upgrade of the existing city and its future expansion, and become a global reference point for trials in the field of renewable energy.
The whole project is to be built on the legacy and the facilities are ready to host future functions right after the big event, with no major physical changes but only welcoming new citizens who will inhabit them. Functional flexibility has become a part of the project program. This is a revolutionary concept in the history of the EXPOs, which have historically been events set up by the temporary structures that have been successful only when the permanent heritage of the event was “inhabited” and “lived” later.
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Karen Mahoney, Chairman of the Board, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and worked for 14 years Micron Technology in a variety of roles before becoming a professional volunteer. While at Micron Karen was project manager in the IT department, where she would bring together geeks and non-geeks to get things done. Her on-the-job experience has been leveraged in a string of volunteer postings at her children’s schools including Bishop Kelly High School. She has held every position available within the various parent organizations at the schools and has coordinated many projects large and small. She’s also been a substitute teacher and a classroom aid. She was Chairman of the Board of Governance at Bishop Kelly for two years and is still a member of that board. She remains Chairman of the BK Policies and Operations Committee. She and her husband, Ed, are empty nesters with two sons attending college – as a result, Karen’s new best friend, Boone the Labrador, keeps her active and smiling.
Matthew T. Adams, Vice-Chairman of the Board, is a Professional Landscape Architect and Principal with The Land Group, Inc. in Eagle, Idaho. Matthew brings experience with Catholic Schools and K-12 Education as an alumni of St. Nicholas Catholic School in Rupert, a parent of two, a professional landscape architect with a practice focused on K-12 facility development, and a business owner. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Utah State University and has been in professional practice since 2000. Matthew’s professional practice experience includes land planning and development, due diligence research, entitlement, land surveying, site planning, design, and construction administration for a wide range of projects with a focus on K-12 education facilities. As a business owner, Matthew works with 5 business partners to manage an office of 39 employees. Beyond the day to day project management and project oversight, Matthew focusses on client development and most specifically on office culture, new talent acquisition, and employee retention. Matthew’s community involvement and volunteer activities include; member of the City of Meridian Impact Fee Advisory Committee, the founder and president of the Rocky Mountain High School Tennis Booster Club, 17-year volunteer youth basketball & baseball coach, and blood donor.
Dan Basalone brings 48 years of work experience in education as teacher, principal, and District administrator to the Board. In addition, he has served as a professor of educational administration at various universities specializing in school law and school finance. Most importantly, as the father of five, all university graduates, and the grandfather of ten, five of whom have already either completed or are attending college, Mr. Basalone knows the need for schools to educate the whole child and prepare them for a productive life which in this day and age means gaining a post-secondary education.
Tim Brady, CFA, serves as Controller for Agri Beef Livestock, LLC where he oversees the composition and approval of the financial statements and assists with the monitoring and execution of the company’s commodity risk management program. Prior to joining Agri Beef, Tim worked as a portfolio manager where he was responsible for the research and implementation of investment strategies for equity and fixed income portfolios. Tim earned the right to use the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation in August of 2014.
Diane Fiello retired after 30 years in education, serving as a teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent in the Los Angeles area. Her areas of specialty are curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development. After retirement, she became the Vice President, Educator Effectiveness, for a large charter schools management organization, implementing a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a study to determine how to improve instruction and how to measure teacher effectiveness. In this role, she worked directly with principals and teachers to help them improve their effectiveness. She was an adjunct professor in the School of Education at Loyola-Marymount University, teaching classes in educational leadership. Diane received a BA in Psychology from Marymount College, an MS in School Management and Administration, and an Ed.D in Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy, both from Pepperdine University. Diane is grateful for the opportunity to pay forward the lessons, support, and wisdom she gained from many of her own great mentors throughout her career.
Mark Hopkins holds an MA in Catholic School Administration K-12 from the University of Notre Dame, and a BS Earth Science Education from the University of Idaho. Mr. Hopkins taught math, science, and religion at St. Mark’s Catholic School in Boise, Idaho for 9 years. He served as the assistant principal and then principal of St. Mark’s Catholic school for a total of 5 years. Mr. Hopkins is currently the principal at Purple Sage Elementary School in the Middleton School District #134. He has been married for 17 years and has two children.
Joe Kane was born and raised in Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University. Joe worked as a Police Officer for both the Purdue University Police Department and the Lafayette Police Department. In 2006 Joe and his family moved to Idaho where he was hired by the Boise Police Department. Joe is currently a Detective assigned at Frank Church High School. He also a member of BPD’s Crisis Negotiation Team. Joe’s wife Chrissy and their three boys are all active members at Holy Apostles.
Sarah Murphy is the mother of 4 children and the founder of Gem State Analytics. In that capacity, she has led research teams performing advanced R&D in computer science and engineering for the US Government through problem definition, proposal, budgeting, execution, and final delivery. Sarah previously worked at Sandia National Laboratories. She earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an MSCSE (ibid), and a BA from Hanover College with majors in Philosophy and Computer Science and minors in French and Physics. In between deliverables and diapers, she enjoys rediscovering the world through the eyes of her children.
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Dreaming of a gorgeous new home that has everything on its doorstep? Branston Leas offers a range of high quality two and three bedroom homes that have real kerb appeal.
Not only does the development have a convenience store, pub and golf club just down the street but it is also located just off the A38, meaning our new homeowners will have great access to Burton, Derby and further afield.
View DetailsChesterfield, Egstow Park
Does a new community with countryside views, a friendly restaurant, sports pavilion and plenty of space for children to run around sound like your dream home?
At Egstow Park you could have all that and much more. With a range of two, three and four bedroom homes, all built with the style and quality you would expect from a 5 star housebuilder, Egstow Park offers something for everyone.
View DetailsCofton Hackett, Cofton Grange
Cofton Grange is an idyllic development located in Cofton Hackett offering a stunning range of two, three, four and five bedroom homes. Just over a mile from the new shops and restaurants in Longbridge town centre, Cofton Grange is ideally located for families and commuters with both the A38 and the M42 just a short distance away.
Each home at Cofton Grange benefits from higher than average ceilings which create open and airy rooms. What’s more they are all finished to a high standard with modern fixtures and fittings and designer kitchens and bathrooms.
View DetailsCopthorne, Heathy Wood
COMING SOON – Subject to Planning.
Be part of a new community set in woodlands in the mid-Sussex village of Copthorne. The development will allow you to live surrounded by open spaces as well as leisure facilities, recreational space and allotments.
Heathy Wood is a perfect location for families looking to move away from busy London whilst still being extremely well connected with transport links.
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What’s more, we’ll be delivering new walking and cycling routes throughout the development, as well as a children’s play area, making it a great place for you to call home.
Littlecombe is a beautiful development located in the charming market town of Dursley, just 15 miles from Gloucester.
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Locking Parklands is a multi-award winning development located just four miles from the popular seaside town of Weston-super-Mare.
Made up of a range of two, three and four bedroom properties, all of which are surrounded by mature trees and open green space, Locking Parklands already boasts a fantastic community, having proven popular with families, professionals and first time buyers.
Situated just six miles from Stratford-upon-Avon and just 12 miles from the M40, Meon Vale offers a superb collection of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes all of which will be designed to St. Modwen Homes’ high standard, including designer kitchens and contemporary bathrooms, as well as high ceilings and large windows throughout.
More than just homes, Meon Vale is a great place to live with a local community centre, leisure centre with multi-purpose sports hall, convenience store, skate park and children’s play area, not to mention the newly extended Greenway which is great for a leisurely walk or a family bike ride.
View DetailsNeath, Maes Darcy
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St. Modwen Homes is looking to launch its brand new homes at Maes Darcy near Swansea and Neath Port Talbot subject to planning. Offering something for people on all stages of the property ladder, the development will boast a mix of two, three and four bedroom houses, with a range of different house designs for people to choose from.
Glan Llyn is a striking new development of two, three and four bedroom homes in Llanwern, located within easy reach of the M4 and Newport city centre.
The new homes are part of St. Modwen’s larger development at Glan Llyn, meaning new homeowners will have a number of new facilities right on their doorstep including shops, sports pitches and a doctors’ surgery, as well as beautiful lakes and parks for families to enjoy.
Our new development, Tayleur Leas, could just be what you're looking for with a range of bedroom properties suitable for people on all stages of the property ladder.
Situated between Manchester and Liverpool, our beautiful new homes at Tayleur Leas in Newton-le-Willows are perfectly situated for those looking to live within easy reach of major cities. A leafy market town, Newton-le-Willows is home to a range of amenities, including a mixture of pubs, restaurants and shops, ensuring that your everyday needs are catered for, while the larger town of St Helens is just five miles away.
Ideal for commuters, Edison Place is less than one mile from Rugby Train Station, allowing our new homeowners to be in London within the hour.
There are a range of one, two, three and four bedroom properties at Edison Place, making the development perfect for people on all stages of the property ladder. What’s more, each home benefits from a high quality specification and carefully considered layout.
South Ockendon, Bennett’s Fields
You could be part of an exciting new development in South Ockendon.
The new 10 acre Bennett’s Fields development will include a range of one and two bedroom apartments and two, three and four bedroom homes. We will also be creating a new public park, open spaces and well-lit pedestrian and cycle routes.
Living at Bennett’s Fields you can also take advantage of easy to reach shops, services and schools and Lakeside shopping centre just three miles away. Plus, South Ockendon station is immediately adjacent, providing a direct rail service to central London with 30 minutes.
Radley Park is a mix of two, three and four bedroom houses, located just three miles from St. Helens’ thriving town centre.
Each property benefits from St. Modwen Homes’ design-led approach to housebuilding, boasting bright and spacious rooms thanks to the high ceilings and large windows, as well as designer kitchens and modern fixtures and fittings that come as standard.
Bagnall Meadows is an exciting new development that has everything on your doorstep! Located less than a mile from Stafford Town centre these two, three and four bedroom homes have a wide range of amenities within easy reach. From local schools, choice of your favourite shops to a range of entertainment, whatever your age, Stafford has it all!
What’s more, each of our homes are built with style and quality and feature the best in latest technology. Outside, Bagnall Meadows will feature useful footpath links, open space and children’s play area. Creating the perfect space to call home!
You could be part of an exciting new development in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire. Blythe Fields is a brand new development of 1 bed apartments and 2, 3, 4 & 5 bedroom homes.
As well as the new homes, the development will also feature a local play area, green open space and improved cycle and footpath links. Living at Blythe Fields you can take advantage of the easy reach to many shops, schools and leisure facilities.
Love the thought of living in a stylish new home less than three miles from the award-winning Trentham Gardens?
Offering a range of beautiful one, two, three, four and five bedroom homes, Trentham Manor has been carefully designed with homeowners in mind. As such, the new properties boast spacious living areas, contemporary kitchens and large windows, not to mention picturesque countryside views from some of the plots.
Manorfields is a desirable place to call home on the outskirts of Castle Gresley, located just three miles from Swadlincote.
Offering a range of stand-out two, three, four and five bedroom homes, St. Modwen Homes has taken a design-led approach to Manorfields and, with great access to the A444, the houses are perfect for both commuters and people looking to enjoy a village lifestyle.
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James O'Shaughnessy Interview: How he rewrote the rules on stock market investing
11th Sep '18 - 17 mins read 22 comments
James O’Shaughnessy is one of very few investors who can truly lay claim to having changed the way people approach the stock market. He’s also one of the nicest and most engaging people you could hope to meet.
O’Shaughnessy has spent more than 30 years researching equity market returns. His work has brought to the fore the power of what he calls ‘fundamental quant’. His groundbreaking studies became a relentless pursuit of the factors that are most commonly associated with outperformance. And from that he built a fund management business with nearly $7 billion under management.
For most professional money managers, those achievements would probably be enough. But O’Shaughnessy is remarkably altruistic. Despite lucrative offers to keep his research private, he presented it to the world.
As the author of four books, it was the second - What Works on Wall Street - that transformed his career and very likely the fortunes of many others. In four editions published between 1997 and 2012, he set out his findings on how elements of value, quality and momentum combine to work in investing.
What set him apart was a willingness to follow the data, even if it meant tearing up previous conclusions. What he was left with was a set of strategies that he could stick with in good times and bad.
O’Shaughnessy’s benevolence - his readiness to share his knowledge - is in his genes. His grandfather built what was once one of the world’s largest privately-owned oil company before giving away 95 percent of his fortune during his lifetime. In fact it was the family debates on how the enduring foundation should be invested that first got the 17-year-old O’Shaughnessy into studying markets.
Back then, all he had was a Value Line subscription, a large paper spreadsheet and and a book on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Some years later - after finishing college and getting married - he returned to those studies. With the help of computers and the advent of Morningstar, he started taking much deeper dives into the market.
Jim told me this story when I met him at a suitably exclusive, yet surprising relaxed and rules-free club in New York City. Having recently passed the leading role at O’Shaughnessy Asset Management to his son Patrick, I got the impression that he was very much enjoying a slightly more relaxed life…
Ben: Jim, what was the journey that took you from studying markets to actually investing and advising others about them?
I've always loved chamber music; and at the age of 25 I was on the board of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. One of my colleagues was the general counsel of a company called Control Data, which was a conglomerate. It had bought disparate companies and had not yet made redundant some of the pension plans of the companies that it had purchased.
My friend said: “You've talked to me about your research in the stock market. If you start a company, I will hire you as a consultant immediately because we have no idea what's going on with these pensions plans. We have no idea whether the manager is honestly managing the money or not.”
So I formed O'Shaughnessy Capital Management in 1987 and I looked at these seven separate pensions. What I did was very straightforward. I took their portfolios - both current and historical - and put them on the database and did what we would today call a factor profile. Then I created a normal portfolio, or clone portfolio, which was like a benchmark on steroids. It not only had similar factors to the underlying manager, it also looked a lot like the manager.
The point of a normal portfolio was to say: How much value is the manager going to add through their buying and selling? My “aha” moment was about one year in, when it became incredibly clear that the clones were killing the managers that they were cloning.
I'm like: “What is going on here!?” So I started doing research into actuarial decision-making versus regular human, or clinical, decision making.
I found a great book called "House of Cards: Psychology and Psychotherapy Built on Myth", by a fellow by the name of Robyn Dawes. He had a chapter in that book that was fabulous; it was all of the studies that had been done of actuarial and clinical approaches. They started these in the '50s, and they thought that what they would see is that the actuarial approach would be a flaw that the human forecaster would soar above. Well, what they found was it was a ceiling that the human forecaster could never touch.
Concurrently I was seeing this happen with the portfolios. My clones were doing so much better because they were not human beings. They were just buying and selling securities based on those factors, and those factors alone. There was no emotional override, there was nothing that would be inconsistent or any shade of grey. It was black and white; if you met the criteria you were bought, if you didn't you weren't. It was that simple.
Ben: It’s reassuring that professional money managers suffer the same emotional flaws that everyone else does. Have those findings changed over time?
It led to my first book, which Patrick named his podcast after as an 'hommage' - "Invest Like the Best". In it I showed you how to clone your favourite manager. We haven't done it for a long time, but the last time we updated all the clones in that book they were killing the managers they were cloning.
That made me decide: “Okay, number one, I have to move into active management because this is unbelievable.” At the same time we moved to New York and I became a consultant to Merrill Lynch, where I designed a popular growth-based portfolio.
At this same time I had convinced the people at Standard & Poor's Compustat to give me access to their database. They'd never given it to an outsider before in its entirety, because they viewed it as the crown jewels. But I convinced them that the only way that were going to be able to sell more of it was to have an outsider prove to the world that it was in fact the gold standard.
I published a piece in Barron's about what came to be known in the US as 'Dogs of the Dow'. I reworked my earlier research and found that simply buying the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow, holding them for a year, rebalancing the portfolio to again holding the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow, did tremendously well over long periods of time.
Merrill had seen that article and they were doing a 'Dogs of the Dow' Unit Investment Trust. They also knew I was writing this book 'What Works on Wall Street', and so they wanted to hire me. So, 'What Works on Wall Street' came out, and literally, and inexplicably, became a bestseller.
Ben: You devoted much of your career to discovering what really works in the stock market. Why did you feel compelled to write about it when you could have quite easily kept it to yourself?
That kind of speaks to my fundamental beliefs. I believe that you need to add as much as you can to the public domain in terms of knowledge that allows other people to do better. I'd already kind of turned myself into a dyed-in-the-wool quant, and I knew that the majority of investors would reject that message. But I'm a huge believer in level playing fields, so that's why I published it.
After publication, O'Shaughnessy Capital Management quite literally had around $600 million come through the door - and we had no sales people. This is in early 1997, and it was all incoming calls. We went from being a consultant to Merrill, which was a sweet gig in itself, to a $600 million dollar asset manager. We were the fastest-growing Schwab institutional manager in the North East, and we were getting a lot of press at the time. It's hard to believe now, with the ascendancy of quant and everything, but back then that was really unusual.
Ben: I spoke to your friend Ted Seides and he suggested a question that I should ask you. It coincides with this time when your career was taking off. He suggested that I ask you about the time you appeared on Oprah!?
Ted would definitely say something like that! The Oprah thing was really funny. After 'What Works on Wall Street' became a bestseller, an agent called me, and the conversation went like this:
Agent: “You are in a very rare club; you are a bestseller. You've got to do another book, and we're going to auction it.”
Jim: “What do you mean? I was writing these books just to advance knowledge.”
Agent: "No, no, no. We have to write a book with mass-market appeal. You know, 'What Works on Wall Street' for dummies, for people who don't know anything about investing."
Jim: “Alright.”
So we came up with the book 'How to Retire Rich', which was a bestseller. Then about four months later one of Oprah Winfrey’s producers calls and says: “Hey, we'd love to have you on the show.” I’m like: "Fantastic."
I had never seen ‘Oprah’, so I watched a couple of shows just to see what it was all about, and I thought: “I don't know how they're going to have me on this show." But it was devoted to finance, and how people could do better.
So I get to Chicago, and go on Oprah. At the time, the show was shot live, so when a commercial was on you would literally just sit and wait. The green room is very nice, but there’s a space between the green room and the studio that is entirely black. It's blacked out because they don't want any light coming in. So we go from a very lovely lit environment to this pitch blackness. I'm surrounded by maybe five producers, and one is saying: “Hey, you're going to be great, and this is going to be awesome.”
And then another one says: “Just one thing, Jim..."
Jim: "Yeah, what's that?"
Producer: "If... if you could not be technical that would be really good."
Jim: "What do you mean by that?"
Producer: "Well, don't say things like 'Dow Jones Industrial Average'."
James: "Oh! Okay, alright!"
So I go out, sit down - it's during a commercial break - and Oprah and I are chatting. She's very cordial, and she asks: "So... one line. What is this about?"
I said: "Well, Oprah, the message is: if you can change your focus, you can change your future." And Oprah loved that line. She's all about empowerment, which I think is great, and she loved that line.
So, we come on, and she looks like she's my best friend: "My next guest, he said - I love this - 'If you can change your focus, you can change you future'. You know how much I believe that!?" So we had this great back-and-forth, and I had all of five minutes on the show.
I learned a lot about the book business but after being on Oprah, and I also understood the true power of American media. I'm not kidding you; I walked out of the hotel in Chicago, and a woman walking on the sidewalk looked at me and said; "Oh, are you Jim O'Shaughnessy!?" I'm like: "Yeah!" She said: "I saw you on ‘Oprah’, you were great!”
It freaked me out. So I get to the airport and walk up to the American Airlines check-in desk, and without missing a beat the woman behind the counter says: “Welcome Mr O'Shaughnessy.”
It’s like a Monty Python sketch. I’m like: “Okay”. She says: “Wait, you're going to be escorted to the plane.” I say: “It’s okay, I can walk, I'm fine.”
The pilot and the chief stewardess arrive, and the pilot doesn't know anything about Oprah. But the stewardess is like: "Oh my gosh, will you sign this for me!?”
I got to San Francisco: the same thing. I'm on one of the moving walkways at the airport and all of a sudden I become aware that a woman has been walking - but has stopped walking - right next to me. I'm looking, and she's just looking at me. And finally, I'm like:
Jim: "Can I help you?"
Woman "I'm sorry, it's so rude what I'm doing... but are you Jim O'Shaughnessy?"
Jim: "Yeah!"
Woman: "Oh my God, I saw you on ‘Oprah’, you just made the biggest difference in my life."
Jim: “Okay.”
Woman: "Will you sign this?”
It was wild. The lesson is that if you control the American media, you can do great things. As long as you don't ever say ‘Dow Jones Industrial Average’!
Ben: Another of your friends, Barry Ritholtz, suggested that I ask you how 'What Works on Wall Street' changes the way money is managed in the US?" That's a big question.
When the CFA journal wrote a review of ‘What Works on Wall Street’ they said that theoretically its impact on the American money management industry would be immense. It wasn't immense but it certainly created a new niche for what I call fundamental quant.
If you go and talk to Cliff Asness, or you talk to the guys at LSV, all of those are PhD quants who manage money very differently than we do. We are hyper-fundamentalists, we're Ben Graham on steroids. Their alpha is better than smart beta, but a low tracking error and high information ratio are very important to them. What was more important to me was alpha. So it created a niche of discipline, evidence-based investing that has only grown in the US by leaps and bounds.
I have written an article with the title: 'Mistakes Were Made (And, Yes, By Me.)', which goes over some of the big mistakes that I made. One of the biggest mistakes was when ETFs were brand new and Gary Gastineau approached me, and he said he wanted to do an ETF for every one of the best strategies in 'What Works on Wall Street'." I said no because at the time no-one even knew what an ETF was. I would have had to have put up a lot of money to do it and I decided not to do it. But I should have done it.
I think that the effect that 'What Works on Wall Street' had on American money management was it helped to create what is now a very robust category. I'm very proud of that. I became aware in the mid-2000s that there was an enormous amount of money being managed according to 'What Works on Wall Street', that I knew nothing about. I got a call from somebody at the Bank of Ireland, and this was the conversation:
Bank executive: [by Jim in a perfect Irish accent] "I love your book you know, it's grand and everything, but we've got some questions."
Jim: "Why?"
Bank executive: "We're running a decent-sized portfolio around it."
Jim: "Ah, okay..."
Then I found that there were some other banks in the US and other parts of Europe doing the same, which I was totally okay with. If you have the guts to use the formulas, you're the ones taking the risk. There are a whole host of O'Shaughnessy screens printed by AAII, the American Association of Individual Investors. I think that's great for people who can actually use them. But what I also wanted to get into was the idea than innovation and constant research is absolutely required. And that brings me back to 'Dogs of the Dow'.
In the third version of 'What Works on Wall Street', I started doing much broader tests, testing a lot more variables. One that I was really enamoured with was shareholder yield, which is dividend yield plus buybacks. We found categorically that shareholder yield was better than dividend yield in the US.
So in the book, I said not to use dividend yield, and to use shareholder yield instead. But there was pushback on that because people had got familiar and bought into dividend yield. That really illustrates nicely for me the power of narrative, the power of a story. We are a story-telling creature; all of our original histories, poems and plays were an oral tradition before we developed writing.
It's in our genes that we want things a) to make sense, and b) to be something that we can say: "Oh yeah, I understand why that works." With 'Dogs of the Dow', buying the 10 highest dividend-yielding shares made sense. “Of course! If I'm buying the company that has a two percent higher dividend yield, I'm going to do better than the company that has a deficiency there. Plus cash makes sense; I'm getting paid actual money. What's the whole buyback? I don't know what that is?”
It really underlined for me, the idea that people get stuck in their beliefs. This is true everywhere - it's not just in the stock market, it's everywhere.
I found that really interesting; the reticence to accept new research from the same person that you believed the first time around. But if you compared our original models, from Market Leaders Value to the way we do it now, the foundation is absolutely the same. We are still concerned with value, we still are concerned with quality, with financial strength, with shareholder yield, but now we use composites.
Ben: One of the really fascinating aspects of ‘What Works on Wall Street’ is how you constantly re-assessed your conclusions. That was particularly the case when you switched from advocating a single factor to composite factors. What drove you to do that?
I believe in the truth above all else. That means that if I am wrong, I will change what I think. I told you about the piece I wrote, 'Mistakes Were Made (And, Yes, By Me.)' It was a rookie error in the first version of the book to declare one of the ratios the king; that was the price-sales ratio. That was naïve, because if you look, if you're time frames are different, it's going to be something else.
To say: “This is the right one, and here's why!" just seems so foolish. What I've found, and what the data tells us, is that it's a horse race, and it depends on when you start that horse race and when you end that horse race, which horse is going to win.
One thing we noticed that's very interesting is the single factor that's doing well suddenly has a bunch of academic papers being written about it, with everyone saying why this one's so much better. That almost always happens right as it slips and loses its crown, and another takes its place.
I actually got the idea from a paper that somebody had written about me, saying: "We think price-sales is good, but when it’s combined with P/E it’s even better - and here are the results."
I'm like: "That's a good idea." So, we ended up testing a variety of composites, and we found that composites were vastly better, they gave you a much better real sense for value, for example.
A colleague, Travis Fairchild, just published a piece about price-to-book called 'Veiled Value', in which he documents the fact that price-to-book is broken. It's broken not because of its faults, it’s broken because the economy is completely different than it used to be. There's trillions of dollars being invested based on price-to-book, including the Russell indexes.
We are not afraid of challenging any of that and we think we're doing a service to investors. That has been our message. Certainly I made it my message with the fourth version of 'What Works on Wall Street'. Anything where we can innovate, where we can challenge, where we can improve; that's our mandate.
I don't think I'm being too boastful to say that OSAM probably has the sharpest definitions of the factors of any of the quants out there. We have that because we have a team that is intensely curious about this sort of stuff, and drills down, and then drills down, and then drills down further.
It’s our mission to improve this way of investing. People always say: "This is a secret, so why would you?" The answer is that you could shout this from the rooftops, and no-one's going to believe you. If you have a really good idea, you're going to have to cram it down their throat. People are just naturally hostile to new ways of doing things.
Ben: To what extent do you think human behaviour and self control have a bearing on successful investing over the long term?
I gave a talk at Google, and I actually wrote a piece that's on 'What Works on Wall Street' (the blog), called 'Successful Active Stock Investing is Hard']. One of the studies I found was done by two researchers in Sweden, where they looked at the portfolios of identical twins. Obviously identical twins share 100 percent of their genome; they're copies of each other. The takeaway of this study was that up to 45 percent of investment choices are genetic, and you can't educate against them.
Isn't that true in so many different aspects of the world? People have heuristics and rules of thumb because we'd go crazy if we didn't have them. We only take in under one percent of the external stimuli that is currently around us. That's because our brain filters it all out, because we'd go mad, we wouldn't make sense of anything. It does it naturally, and we come with the code preinstalled.
We have interns at OSAM every year. I do lunches with them, and I talk to them, and they ask me: "What shall I study?" I say: "Evolutionary biology and psychology", and read the books A, B and C. The numbers are the easy part. If you really want to understand how to be good at this, how to be a success at this, it's the steadiness of the hand. My proudest thing is that I have not a single documented time when I ever overrode one of our models because of emotion or volatility, and that's hard.
Ben: Finally, the work you have done and the strategies that you have built presumably give you confidence in good times and bad? How do you handle difficult periods in the market?
I am not a religious person, but I read a lot of Taoist thought and a lot of Buddhist thought, and I think that I most closely identify with that. It's very helpful. The Roman Stoics are also fantastic because they taught me the lesson of "worry only about what you can control".
There's no use, no benefit, and no good comes out of worrying about something that is out of your hands. I’ve really applied that. Then there is the story of the king who wanted the wise men to write something that was always true and it could only be a single line. The wise man who came up with the winning sentence, wrote: "This too shall pass." That really guides the way I think.
I've been very lucky because this has been my entire adult life. I started very young, and this is part of me, it's part of my DNA.
On CDOs I was so incredibly bearish, anyone who knows me knows that I spent 2006 walking around, saying: "If I could short my house, I would." Had I not had such a quantitative approach to investing, I would have done my homework and said: "Oh, I can short my house!" I would have done it because, again the data was overwhelmingly compelling that leveraging illiquid, complicated derivative instruments forty to one is going to bankrupt you, always. Not sometimes. Always."
But I didn't do that, because I didn't have a 25-year stream of data that told me empirically that I could. There are upsides and there's downsides, but as far as the horrible times go, my wife has always remarked, and my parents remarked, that oddly I am at my best in a crisis. I get calm when everyone else goes crazy. I don't know why but I do.
I guess I've just mercifully been designed by nature that those kind of things just don't affect me. Maybe that's because I love to read, and I've seen this happen, the same play, different players. As long as we've had markets we've had these things happen. They happen all the time; they will happen in the future in a different set of circumstances, a different set of companies, same result. People will panic, stocks will decline precipitously, people will sell at the bottom, and the show goes on.
Ben: Jim, thank you very much for your time.
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mmarkkj777
Really good. I'm looking forward to the other articles.
It gives a bit more insight into the person behind the strategies. Interesting that he places emphasis on the psychology side of things.
Who is coming next I wonder?
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An excellent and fascinating article.
Kenneth Merritt
Ben? Ben Hobson? Is that you? Would you sign this for me?
Loved the interview. I'm going to look at buying What Works on Wall Street, I never read it. It sounds like it's the basis of a lot of what Stockopedia does.
Goodgrieff
One of the better interviews, and gives a strong, positive impression of Mr O'Shaughnessy, who seems to justify his position of someone whose opinions and actions are well worth noting. Shall be interesting to see how his son performs at the top over the next few challenging years.
Great bloke.
starleg
Wonderful interview! Full of really important points, his second book certainly was a game changer.
Nice interview and article Ben - Thanks a lot - Hope Jim doesn't get Skype soon :)
Peter Kelo
I enjoyed this interview very much, particularly James' observation that most investors are slow to embrace new concepts such as shareholder yield (ie dividend yield + buybacks) being a substantially better factor than dividend yield when part of a single composite factor.
I was wondering if you could confirm that Stockopedia now uses shareholder yield when computing its Value Rank, and if not, is there a plan to update this formula to match O'Shaughnessy's latest research.
iwright7
A fascinating backstory that illustrates the power of TV. I was particularly taken with the observation that James's mechanical screens had beaten the fund managers he cloned. An example of machines being more systematic than man!
....In "Invest Like the Best" I showed you how to clone your favourite manager. We haven't done it for a long time, but the last time we updated all the clones in that book they were killing the managers they were cloning.
Just ordered a used copy of Invest like the Best from Amazon for the princely sum of £5.
Great reporting Ben. Ian
Jenny Williamson
Are there any plans to have a Stockopedia fund or if that’s not possible are there any funds based on Stockopedia algorithms? I am interested but don’t really have the time to do my own research so would love to invest in a passive fund using your fundamentals
nquaile875
I've just finished reading Jim Slater Beyond the Zulu Principle and he references O'Shaughnessy so this is a really well timed article for me and very informative!
Thanks for this, I now have further reading to chase up!
Blissgull
Just out of interest could anyone at Stockopedia tell me if they ever thought about putting a "Trending Value" filter among the guru screens. That seems to have been the best strategy tested by O'Shaughnessy in WWOWS, but is not included among the Stockopedia screens. It would be interesting to see how such a screen would have performed in the UK over the last few years.
HumourMe
Just out of interest could anyone at Stockopedia tell me if they ever thought about putting a "Trending Value" filter among the guru screens.
Be similar to this?
https://www.stockopedia.com/sc...
Very low drawdown ...
What a treat to read :)
Thank you Ben. A well crafted piece that was a treat to read on a quiet Saturday afternoon. A very nice style of writing. I liked the questions you selected and the way they were presented, and of course the replies - even though they were technical at times (...don't mention the Dow Jones Industrial Average).
vilage_idoit
Very good article and well written.
"My proudest thing is that I have not a single documented time when I ever overrode one of our models because of emotion or volatility, and that's hard."
I read another article from James recently.. Perhaps this trade is the reason why he learned to trust the models!
http://jimoshaughnessy.tumblr.com/post/165518683994/why-selling-a-big-position-of-puts-the-day-before
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jonesj
Hi Jenny. You don't have time to do your own research, but also a PASSIVE fund using Stockopedia algorithms would by definition also not do it's own research. That's the idea of passive.
Just finished reading Invest in the Best, published in 1994. James was a strong advocate of Factor investing, so he was way ahead of his time. He recommended a portfolio combining a mix of value and growth models to smooth out variability.
Interesting that whilst a value investor at heart, that he also held high regard for the results from the William o’neil Can Slim momentum/growth model which at the time beat every Mutaul fund in the Morningstar database. Can Slim is still doing well in Stocko Guru screens now with a 5 year return of 165%. Always something new to learn. Ian
His son's podcast is worth following, too. In fact, he interviewed his father in this one: http://investlikethebest.libsyn.com/podcast/jim-oshaughnessy-premeditated-success-invest-like-the-best-ep29
sckot
Great interview! Oprah's story is hilarious :) If you liked this interview I recommend watching his talk at Google, its publicly available on youtube.
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New Vancouver Art Gallery building to be named Chan Centre for the Visual Arts after $40 million donation
by Janet Smith on January 23rd, 2019 at 11:33 AM
The Vancouver Art Gallery has just announced a massive private donation for its new location, and has unveiled a final design that adds glass to the previous proposal's wood cladding.
In a press conference today at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, the Chan family—the same philanthropists behind the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts—said it is giving the VAG $40 million toward the new landmark at West Georgia and Cambie streets, just south of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The gift helps the facility stay on track for a completion date of 2023. It is the largest private donation to an arts group ever given in B.C.
The VAG is naming the building itself the Chan Centre for the Visual Arts, while the identity and institutional name of the Vancouver Art Gallery remains intact and will not change.
At the announcement, representative Christian Chan, a gallery trustee, said he grew up going to the VAG and that the project fits in perfectly with his "family's philosophy, mandate, and charitable mission, which is to create equal opportunity for everyone to enjoy and nurture a healthy body, mind, and soul."
Architects from the Swiss-based Herzog & de Meuron were on hand to present the bold new design of a building whose wood-clad conceptual design caused debate across the city in 2015.
Wood continues as a theme throughout the interiors, as beams.
The most striking new addition to the plan are glass screens on the 300,000-square-foot building's outer walls. The transparent, tubelike design is meant to resemble logs, said Christine Binswanger, partner in charge of the design.
"Logs were inspiration when we decided to experiment with the appearance with the glass so we started to explore and experiment and test the industry with what can be done with glass," said Binswanger, whose firm has built everything from the Tate Modern in London to the National Stadium at the Beijing Olympics. "From this wooden sculpture that this building was we combine this historic natural wood with this contemporary material of glass. We think the buiilding gets richer through that; it has more layers."
The feature adds durability, as the glass clads the parts of the building exposed to rain, while inner areas remain faced in wood. Wood is still an integral feature of the building, she stressed, drawing from the history of the province and the Larwill Park site itself. (At the turn of the last century, it was surrounded by low-rise wood houses built from logs harvested from the forests here.)
She described the stacked design as "almost like a vertical city". The first layer is raised off the ground for the public areas, providing an "umbrella" for rain, but also allowing sunleight in and the passage of traffic from surrounding corners of the neighbourhood. There are two free galleries there, plus a cafe and library. On upper levels there are vastly increased classroom spaces so the gallery can expand its educational and public programming. There is also a 350-seat theatre.
Most importantly, the 25 Permanent Collection Galleries will allow the VAG to show much more of its artworks.
"It's a very emotional day for all of us but for me as well," said VAG director Kathleen Bartels, calling it a "profound investment to the future of the city and of the province."
She said, "This will be the most important project of a generation and a model of true civic leadership."
The gallery also thanked 14 individuals, families, and others who have contribted $1 million or more each to the project.
But it is the Chan family the facility will be named for, in recognition of its vast contribution to the VAG's years-long capital campaign. "Art is an area that will bring a lot of kinds of people together," said family patriarch Caleb Chan via a prerecorded video shown at the press conference. "Arts is neutral ground where people can come together....In 100 years Vancouver is going to have a place to celebrate people's cultures and really bring together the people of Vancouver and around the world."
Visitors can gather and pass through a lower public space that's sheltered from rain.
Caleb, a real-estate developer who's chairman and CEO of the International Land Group in San Francisco and of Burrard International Holdings in Vancouver, and his businessman brother Tom made a $10 million donation that brought about the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in 1997. Their father, Chan Shun, worked his way up from working in a shirt factory to eventually becoming the head of the Crocodile shirt company. His sons were strongly influenced by his morals and generosity and in the 1980s, after immigrating to Canada from Hong Kong.
The VAG Capital Campaign's next step is securing the rest of the funding it needs from senior levels of government and the private sector to launch construction. To date it has the designation of the land it needs at Larwill Park from the City of Vancouver and $135 million in private and public sector funding secured. The province has also contributed an initial investment of $50 million.
Vancouver Art Gallery conceptual design highlights wood, huge public courtyard, and natural light
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My Summer Vacation, 800 Years in the Making
Posted on July 13, 2015 by authenticweb
I recently traveled to Europe with my family for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta at the same place where “The Great Charter” was signed in 1215.
The Texas Lawbook recently published an account of our trip, including photos from the celebration that was attended by such noteworthy dignitaries as U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth, and many others.
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San Francisco files suit against credit card “arbitration” service
Posted on April 21, 2014 by authenticweb
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the city attorney is suing a leading credit card dispute resolution service, accusing it of favoring industry and stacking the system against consumers in debt collection cases.
The suit, filed by the office of City Attorney Dennis Herrera late last month in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that National Arbitration Forum, one of the nation’s biggest dispute resolution companies, is biased in favor of debt collectors. It says the forum “is actually in the business of operating an arbitration mill, churning out arbitration awards in favor of debt collectors and against California consumers.”
The complaint cites forum statistics showing that of 18,075 cases brought before one of its arbitrators from January 2003 to March 2007, a total of only 30 resulted in victories for consumers.
The suit touches on a matter that’s become an increasing concern for consumer groups in recent years – the push by financial services companies and other businesses to impose mandatory arbitration as a substitute for lawsuits to settle disputes with customers. If I did the math right, consumers win approximately .16 of the cases and the credit card companies and banks win…uh…99.84 of the cases. Amazing.
Evidence in Cowboy DUI Case a Bounty for Wrongful Death Claim
In a recent interview with Chuck Schechner of KRLD-AM radio, Fort Worth trucking accident lawyer Steven C. Laird says the same evidence presented in the criminal DUI case against former Dallas Cowboy lineman Josh Brent could be key in a civil wrongful death lawsuit. Mr. Brent recently was convicted of intoxication manslaughter in the single-car crash that killed a teammate. “You’ve got more than a normal amount of evidence coming out of the criminal trial,” Mr. Laird says. According to news accounts, prosecutors presented surveillance footage from Club Privae that showed Brent drinking straight from a bottle shortly before driving at least 110 mph in a 45 mph zone. “Texas dram shop laws hold bars civilly liable if they overserve customers. Criminal evidence, including surveillance footage and blood-alcohol reports, can be compelling to a jury or judge in a civil trial,” says Laird, whose experience in dram shop claims includes a major recovery for the family of a drunken-driving victim.
Though source of Arlington DUI hot spots remains a mystery, courts still hold businesses accountable for over-serving patrons
NBC5 (KXAS-TV) recently reported that a disproportionate number of drunken driving crashes have occurred near AT&T Stadium and the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, homes to the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers. See Scott Friedman’s report below.
The NBC5 investigative report was unable to identify any specific businesses, etc., that fueled the concentration of drunken-driving crashes there. As a source in the story, Steven C. Laird posed the question: “Is this a question that really doesn’t want to be asked because some people may be afraid of the answer?” Having represented victims of drunken driving accidents in the past, and having a thorough knowledge of Texas’ dram shop laws, Mr. Laird knows that the State of Texas makes establishments legally liable for over-serving patrons. In one DUI case, he helped obtain a major judgment for the family of a drunken driving victim.
While what’s driving the DUI crash “hot spots” near the stadiums in Arlington remains a mystery, it’s good to know that the legal system still holds businesses accountable for over-serving patrons.
Supreme Court saves Exxon $2 billion
The U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion on whether Exxon should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages arising out of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. In a decision that comes as no surprise to anyone…except maybe those who expected that the court would throw out punitive damages in their entirety…the court reduced the punitive damages from $2.5 billion to roughly $504 million, which is about $46 dollars for every gallon of oil they spilled in Prince William Sound.
Several observations:
Champagne corks are flying at the Exxon boardroom in Dallas. You can hear the popping sounds all the way over here in Fort Worth.
Exxon is the most profitable corporation in the history of ever. It set an annual profit record by earning $40.61 billion last year – or nearly $1,300 per second in 2007. That eclipsed its previous record of $39.5 billion in 2006.
Justice Samuel Alito did not participate in the decision because he owns Exxon stock. As if…
Whatever Happened to States’ Rights?
Good recent New York Times op/ed discussing preemption, the trumping of state law by federal law and a favorite tool of the current administration to further close the courthouse door on consumers. Among other observations (such as how the Bush Administration issued rules preempting state banking laws – over the objection of all 50 states’ banking superintendents – and thus helped pave the way for the subprime mortgage crisis):
[T]he federal rule should be a floor, not a ceiling. It should set a minimum level of rights, not stop states from doing more to protect their citizens.
For years, the federal government used pre-emption [to set a minimum level of rights]. Civil rights acts swept away discrimination at the state level, and workplace safety laws upgraded conditions in factories and mines. Conservatives opposed many of these federal laws on the principle that they were trampling on “states’ rights.”
Since the conservative ascendancy in Washington, many of these same people have stopped praising states’ rights and have begun burying them – not to protect citizens’ rights, but to take them away. The Bush administration and its Congressional allies have helped their friends in industry by enacting weak environmental, health and consumer regulations – and arguing that they wipe out more robust state protections.
Most Americans may not know about the supremacy clause, but they do seem to understand that they are increasingly vulnerable. Weeks before the 2006 elections shifted control of Congress from the Republicans to the Democrats, 79 percent of respondents in an Opinion Research poll said big business had too much influence over the Bush administration. As Democrats and Republicans contemplate what kind of “change” voters are looking for now, they can start with the idea that both the federal and state government need to do a better job of protecting their citizens.
Morris Dees on Injustice
I learned from a colleague in Dallas that Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spoke today to the Dallas Bar Association, where he said:
“In my generation, our greatest injustice was racial prejudice, and I devoted much of my career to fighting it. Nowadays, our greatest injustice is corporate America, which has packed our courts and flooded our legislature with lobbyists — to deprive American’s of basic rights and to destroy our jury system. Why have we decided to lose our jury system? We must fight this injustice as passionately as we in the 1960s fought discrimination.”
Well said, Mr. Dees.
DNA evidence sets Dallas County man free 27 years later
James Lee Woodard, 55, of Dallas County, is free after serving 27 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Texas Wesleyan law student Alexis Hoff was instrumental in his release, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
How do you even begin to apologize to someone like Woodard? He’s spent half his life behind bars, his parents died while he was in prison, and now he has no place to go. And he said, “I don’t want to waste my time on negative energy. I don’t have any retaliatory or vindictive thoughts about it. I’m just glad it’s over.” Simply incredible.
Kudos to Ms. Hoff. She isn’t even a lawyer yet and she may have just won the biggest case of her career.
“Forget that Day in Court”
Excellent piece in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times describing how arbitration is supplanting jury trials. Here’s an excerpt:
“Tort reform is a game of bait-and-switch in which ordinary citizens have been snookered by carefully orchestrated and relentless propaganda into seeing a phantom boogeyman in the much-reviled “trial lawyer” who brings “frivolous lawsuits” to “runaway juries” that render “out of control verdicts” in “judicial hellholes,” making insurance rates and the costs of all goods and services go up. Well, none of those expenses have gone down, have they? All the while, the real target was the justice system set up by our founders to protect the average citizen, and now it is in serious peril.”
Well said, Ms. Garrity.
Texas Trial Judges Weigh In On “Tort Reform”
Some smart professors at Baylor Law School were skeptical of all the anecdotal “evidence” used by the business and insurance lobbies to push for more restrictions on the rights of injured plaintiffs, so they decided to poll Texas trial judges about “frivolous lawsuits” and “runaway juries.” Here is their conclusion, based on over 300 responses from judges across the state:
“The survey results confirm that most Texas trial judges do not see significant numbers of frivolous filings by people who have no business suing, and plaintiffs with legitimate suits are much more likely to be under compensated than to receive any windfall. Two primary goals for tort jurisprudence are for the victim to receive full compensation and to deter the tortfeasor, and when victims are not fully compensated and tortfeasors are not deterred, neither goal is met.”
Amen, brothers.
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Is Iowa’s New Proposed Divorce Law Really About Teen Sex?
Leigh Ann Renzulli 6 years ago 1 Comment
If some Iowa lawmakers have their way, The Hawkeye State will be at at the forefront of taking the nation’s divorce laws back to the 1950s. An Iowa State House subcommittee has approved a bill that, if passed, would make it harder for couples to divorce.
Specifically, the bill would make “no fault” divorces — the kind of divorce that means neither spouse has to allege grounds, such as adultery or physical violence — illegal for couples that are parents to minors. The idea is that divorce harms children, so obviously parents should just suck it up and stay together. One of the sponsors of the bill, State Representative Ted Gassman seems to have a personal stake in this potential law — it seems that Gassman’s daughter just got divorced and because of this, he is very worried about his 16-year-old granddaughter’s hormones and his perceived connection between divorces and teenage promiscuity.
Gassman said in a recent interview:
“There’s a 16-year-old girl in this whole mix now. Guess what? What are the possibilities of her being more promiscuous? What are the possibilities of all these other things surrounding her life that a 16-year-old girl, with hormones raging, can get herself into?“
I don’t know Rep. Gassman, what are the possibilities of her becoming more promiscuous? Are there studies that you can cite that say that girls become “more promiscuous” after their parents divorce? Also noteworthy is that this bill is sponsored by seven Republicans. For a political party that idolizes small government, this bill seems pretty invasive.
Gassman’s implication that divorce leads to children of divorce becoming promiscuous would be enough to write about. I am not trying to mitigate the effect that divorce has on children. But studies have shown that couples that stay together just for the sake of staying together actually harm their children more.
In fact, many studies have found that children of divorce are better off than children whose parents stay in an unhappy marriage. This makes sense to me, and to most rational people. If unhappy, fighting parents stay together they are probably more likely to feel depressed, frustrated and trapped. It is not unreasonable to say that children might be better off if their parents are better off.
Also, what about boys? Is Rep. Gassman worried about young boys becoming promiscuous? So far, no word about that. As usual, it is female sexuality that lawmakers are concerned with. The comment about promiscuity made by Gassman isn’t so far removed from the debates that go on in Washington and in state governments across the country about birth control and a woman’s right to choose.
No one questions Viagra being covered by health insurance, but birth control coverage sends everyone into a tizzy. It is time to stand up and tell our government that female sexuality and women’s bodies are no longer subject to legislation, in the same way that male sexuality and men’s bodies never were.
Until that message is received, women will continue to be monitored in a way that their male peers never were.
Guest contributor Leigh Ann Renzulli is a senior journalism major and women’s studies minor at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a feminist with a blog and is on Twitter @lerenzulli.
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OMG, this article is one progressive cliche after another. How about this: Let’s concern ourselves with monitoring males’ sexual behavior, too, especially if they are teens. Teen girls aren’t women, and teen boys aren’t men. Is it really that important for females whose bodies aren’t even developed enough to have vaginal orgasms to have a right to unfulfilling sex? Because that’s what you’re arguing.
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The EU Has Rejected Italy's Budget. That's Just What Rome Wanted.
The EU’s move comes amid growing economic problems in Italy, but the country’s ascendant populists will flaunt Brussels’s decision as a victory.
Rachel Donadio
Di Maio, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and Salvini leave a press conference in Rome.Remo Casilli / Reuters
Since it came to power in May, Italy’s coalition government has always been a marriage of convenience. The Five Star Movement won the economically struggling Italian south with its campaign pledges of a universal basic income, and the right-wing League party won the economically prosperous north with its pledges of tax cuts.
That fundamental incoherence met its biggest test yet on Tuesday, when the European Union rejected Italy’s 2019 draft budget—an unprecedented move against a eurozone country—saying its deficit targets and wishful thinking about growth posed a serious threat to economic stability in Europe. Italy now has three weeks to submit a revised budget.
Europe’s response shows what happens when populism meets reality. But a populist mugged by reality is still a populist—perhaps even more so.
The wrist slap from Europe—or was it a melodramatically slammed door?—is exactly what the Italian government may have wanted. The driving force in the government, Matteo Salvini—the bellicose interior minister, deputy prime minister, and head of the League party—came to power spoiling for a fight with Europe. His senior coalition partner (who comes across as junior), the Five Star Movement’s Luigi Di Maio, also got elected on promises of redefining Italy’s relationship to Europe. Together, they form a government that needs enemies in order to justify its existence. Europe, with its irritating, sovereignty-straining rules and austerity measures, is an enemy.
Read: Italy’s Voters Aren’t Anti-Immigration But Their Government Is
Sure enough, just after the European Commission said Italy was going against its commitments by submitting a budget that projected a higher deficit than Europe deems acceptable, Di Maio took to Facebook—one of the government’s main means of communication—with a response at once defiant and pouty.
“This is the first Italian budget that the E.U. doesn’t like. I’m not surprised. It’s the first Italian budget that was written in Rome and not Brussels!” he posted. “Considering the damage they did to us first, we certainly couldn’t continue with their policies. We’ll continue to tell the European Commission what we want to do, with respect. But they also have to show respect toward the Italian people and the government that now represents them. We’ll continue to work for the good of citizens with our heads held high.” He closed his message with emoticons showing a flexed muscle, a smiley face, and an Italian flag.
Meanwhile, Salvini posted on Facebook a photo of himself smiling. “We’re going ahead with a smile, Italians ask that of us. We’re convinced we’re in the right. #TeamItaly.” This kind of rhetoric could play well domestically—especially for Salvini, who is the de facto leader of the government and is gunning for more power—until it suddenly doesn’t.
One thing the government might not have fully considered: Besides Rome and Brussels, there are also the financial markets, which have been pounding Italy recently, sending its bond spreads to unsustainable levels. The spread—the most despised term in southern Europe, for years now fodder for populists and pro-Europeans alike—can rise even when borrowing rates fall. A widening spread indicates that investors think Italian government debt is riskier in comparison to German debt than it was previously; it is a way for the markets to express worries over a country’s prospects. These two populist parties won by saying they would get Italy’s groove back so that it would no longer be ruled by spreads. And now look.
“On the one hand, the narrative of victimhood is a very obvious default option and it’s been around for quite some time,” Federico Fubini, an economics writer for Corriere della Sera, told me on Tuesday. “But I think if you look a little bit under the surface, probably they’re scared to death because they had not factored in the financial markets.”
The government’s game of chicken with Europe might backfire. “It might be a lose-lose proposition,” Fubini continued. “If they hold on, it can be very damaging to the economy,” he said of the rising borrowing rates. “But if they step back, there is an element of face loss. So I think it kind of has to get worse before they change tactics.”
Salvini now has to come to terms with the markets affecting his political aspirations. “He doesn’t have a ready answer at hand,” Fubini said. “If pressure increases, that will start feeding into opinion polls. You’ll see him blinking. He’ll rail against Soros or some other conspiracy.”
The question between Rome and Brussels is whether this is the usual European political theater or a genuine clash that could reshape Europe is on the way. In rejecting the draft budget, the European Commission said it would consider expediting a sanctions procedure against Italy. But this might have been a classically ham-handed European response, too, since the sanctions would have to be based on Italy’s 2017 debt targets; that would give the current government political capital to blame the problems on its predecessor. Europe sets rules, populists get elected railing against those rules—the short circuit continues.
Read: Spitting in Europe’s Face Won’t Help Italy
In the background of all this is the not-small question of whether Italy actually wants to stay in the eurozone. Here there may be a divide between what Italians want and what the government wants. After campaigning with ambiguous criticism of the single currency, the government has repeatedly said that it has no desire for Italy to leave the euro. Its economy minister, Giovanni Tria, has spent weeks trying to reassure investors that Italy’s economy is sound. But it hardly helps that last month Salvini and Di Maio steamrolled Tria and pushed through a draft budget with a higher deficit target than what Tria, and now the European Commission, found acceptable. Some investors are not so sure whether to trust anything the Italian government says.
More importantly: Do Italians?
Rachel Donadio is a Paris-based staff writer at The Atlantic, covering politics and culture across Europe.
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Church/Bible/Doctrine
Columns, Big Questions
Henry De Moor
Are commissioned pastors allowed to perform the same tasks as ministers, such as administering the sacraments and performing weddings and funerals?
The Church Order assigns to ministers of the Word the tasks of preaching, administering the sacraments, church education, and equipping members for Christian service. Ministers are also, along with elders, to supervise the congregation and each other, exercise discipline, see to good order, engage in pastoral care and evangelism, and encourage members to do the same.
The job description for commissioned pastors (formerly called “evangelists” and then “ministry associates”) has been and still is in constant flux but includes all the above. Here is what Synod 2018 is proposing for adoption by Synod 2019: “The task of the commissioned pastor is to bear witness to Christ through the preaching of the Word, the administration of the sacraments, church education, pastoral care, evangelism, and other ministries.”
As you can see, we're talking six of one and a half dozen of another. Most commissioned pastors, however, are given only some of these responsibilities. One worship leader I know only plans and leads in the liturgy.
As for funerals and memorial services, we only insist that they “should reflect the confidence of our faith” and “provide opportunities to minister love, provide comfort, give instruction, and offer hope to the bereaved.” Any person, ordained or unordained, may be in charge. If the family has a friend who is a high school principal, say, and the minister has just moved out, there is no law that says she or he may not lead.
Our Church Order does not require that only ministers of the Word may officiate at weddings. It says that they “shall not solemnize marriages which would be in conflict with the Word of God”—and that presumably applies to any others as well. Mentioning “ministers” here is purely descriptive, not prescriptive. However, in all the provinces and in some states, the officiant must be licensed by the government. So commissioned pastors should be registered before they proceed. The couple should not have to discover years later that they’re not legally joined together.
Henry De Moor is professor emeritus of church polity at Calvin Seminary, Grand Rapids, Mich. He’s the author of Christian Reformed Church Order Commentary
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You are here: Home / Tag Heuer Watches / Reviews / TAG Heuer and DiCaprio Partner to Save the Planet with Launch of Watch and Green Initiatives
TAG Heuer and DiCaprio Partner to Save the Planet with Launch of Watch and Green Initiatives
Melissa Fisher Moore
TAG Heuer spokesperson, actor and environment activist Leonardo DiCaprio wears the Aquaracer 500M Leonardo DiCaprio Limited Edition he designed as part of his environmental partnership with TAG Heuer.
Looking at the electric blue dial crisscrossed with meridian lines representing the earth, reminds me of images of our small blue planet floating in the infinity of space. The watch, TAG Heuer’s Aquaracer 500M Leonardo DiCaprio Limited Edition, was designed by DiCaprio to raise money in support of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Green Cross International, two of the most influential and effective environmental organizations in the world. In addition to the royalties generated by the watch, DiCaprio has personally donated a million dollars to the organizations.
“Each and every day, both the NRDC and Green Cross International are doing important work to protect our planet’s resources for future generations,” said actor and environmental activist DiCaprio. “Both TAG Heuer and myself hope that this initiative will help expand their reach and raise their profile.”
Since 2002, TAG Heuer has instituted a number of measures to reduce its carbon footprint, including general recycling in its factories and offices and the development of eco-friendly buildings for manufacturing and back office functions.
With DiCaprio’s help, TAG Heuer is undertaking even more eco-friendly measures, including:
Development of company-wide sustainability policies
A new closed circuit laser engraving system that saves 900 liters (approximately 238 gallons) of water an hour
Using recycled heat from the “Machines d’usinage des platines” to heat the manufacturing buildings in the winter.
Vegetal roofs on the manufacturing buildings with water filtering properties.
Recycling the Monaco V4 drive belt scraps to produce new belts
In the first five months of 2009, the TAG Heuer watch case factory reduced its water consumption by 70 percent, its fuel consumption by 11 percent and cut its steel scraps to two-thirds compared to 2008. At the same time, the company reduced its ratio of Electricity/Gross Income by 21 percent, while improving productivity.
Already renown for the durability of its products, TAG Heuer is encouraging consumers to preserve their watches and pass them on to the next generation by using TAG Heuer’s worldwide network of customer service centers.
Other ways TAG Heuer is making its partnership with DiCaprio globally felt is with the implementation of a paperless office in the Caribbean/Latin America, limited use of air conditioning in Malaysia and CLA, and a virtual internet catalog to reduce prints and paper.
So, while the dial of the TAG Heuer’s Aquaracer 500M Leonardo DiCaprio Limited Edition may be electric blue, the future is very, very green for this Swiss watch maker.
One Response to TAG Heuer and DiCaprio Partner to Save the Planet with Launch of Watch and Green Initiatives
Matthew Cote June 28, 2010 at 9:56 pm Reply
What a magnificent watch – this article truly did the timepiece justice. I enjoyed the list style and found the writing to be absolutely fantastic.
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Survey: It's Time to Realize That Baby Boomers Are Social Media Influencers
Baby boomers are more concerned about health care costs than the state of the economy, and they're logging on to Facebook to chat about it, reveals a study funded by San Francisco-based Continuum Crew, a communications firm concentrating on mature consumers.
Marketers that don't personalize online campaigns for the "have-it-my-way" generation are missing out on a great opportunity, Continuum Crew President Lori Bitter said in a prepared statement that announced the Jan. 20 release of the survey.
According to the survey conducted by San Francisco-based custom research company CPH Research, what marketers need to know in order to target Americans born between 1946 and 1964 is:
Ninety percent of them are online.
One group of respondents, dubbed the "Social Media Mavens," is influencing more than its peers—these respondents are involved with family, friends, issue-oriented groups and co-workers. "Social Media Mavens" comprise 14 percent of boomers and make more than 20 contacts a day and about 10 recommendations a year. (About 73 percent say, "People often come to me for advice," and 78 percent say, "New technology plays an important role in my life.")
Of those aged 55 to 63, 62 percent have joined Facebook in the last six months. (Older boomers maintaining profiles on social media networks tend to favor Facebook, at 39 percent, and Classmates.com, at 20 percent.) About 55 percent of 45- to 54-year-olds joined Facebook during the past six months, with 43 percent of respondents in this group maintaining a site profile there, with MySpace receiving 22 percent and Classmates 21 percent.
In 2009, 62 percent of those surveyed reported spending more time online, up from 38 percent in 2008.
Boomers report feeling anxious about health care (49 percent), with those born in 1946 nearing Medicare eligibility. About 44 percent of younger boomers were also anxious.
Due to the national economic situation, more boomers are reporting an affinity for planning—wanting to engage with institutions that provide financial services and retirement planning, such as retirement communities.
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Series | Environment | Environment | Sep 24, 2018
Social Justice in a Green Economy
Series of Essays
Scholars debate the economic implications of climate change regulations for American communities.
A green economy could counter the dangerous effects of climate change. It could also create thousands of new jobs.
But what happens to the many communities across the United States whose economies depend on industries like manufacturing and mining?
Legal scholars Sidney A. Shapiro and Robert R. M. Verchick grapple with the social implications of “a green transition” in a recent article, Inequality, Social Resilience, and the Green Economy. Specifically, they argue that policymakers must issue regulations that are both environmentally friendly and sensitive to the communities most vulnerable during a “green” economic shift.
Regulations should look to increase what Shapiro and Verchick term “social resilience”—that is, “a population’s capacity to survive, adapt, and grow in the face of misfortune and change.” But adopting socially resilient regulations will require cooperation from policymakers who have different and, at times, clashing views about how best to adapt to climate change and its effects.
This series in The Regulatory Review examines the implications and limitations of adopting social resilience as a basis for environmental policymaking. The series begins with an essay by Shapiro, who is the Frank U. Fletcher Chair in Law at the Wake Forest University Law School, and Verchick, the Gauthier-St. Martin Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.
Following their introductory essay, scholars specializing in environmental law, public policy, and climate change join the debate: Nives Dolšak, professor and associate director at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington; Daniel A. Farber, the Sho Sato Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law; Alice Kaswan, a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law; Aseem Prakash, the Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington; and Michael P. Vandenbergh, the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. The series concludes with a response by Shapiro and Verchick.
Regulating the Green Economy
September 24, 2018 | Sidney A. Shapiro, Wake Forest University Law School, and Robert R. M. Verchick, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Environmental advocates of the early 20th century understood that environmental protection also included social and economic well-being. We contend it is time to reunite the broad environmental and human-needs movements and their common cause.
The Jobs and Regulation Issue Revisited
September 25, 2018 | Daniel A. Farber, UC Berkeley School of Law
As a predicate for policy responses, we need a better understanding of the extent of job loss due to regulation and a clearer map of the resulting types of harms.
Expanding Environmental Justice to Achieve a Just Transition
September 26, 2018 | Alice Kaswan, University of San Francisco School of Law
The environmental justice and social welfare movements have been good at focusing on how to raise up those who are down. But to avoid injustice in a transition to a green economy, these movements must join forces with other movements that seek to maintain a decent standard of living for working people.
A Green Economy Must Achieve Climate Justice
September 27, 2018 | Nives Dolšak, University of Washington, and Aseem Prakash, University of Washington
Climate justice must protect the interests of all, especially the underprivileged. This requires shielding underprivileged individuals and families from both the harms of climate change as well as from bearing an undue burden from policies required to mitigate it.
Environmental Protection Requires More than Social Resilience
October 1, 2018 | Michael P. Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt Law School
Doubling down on the progressive vision by focusing on social resilience in general, and environmental justice in particular, will not necessarily achieve Shapiro and Verchick’s progressive vision for environmental law.
Environmental Justice Is Worth Fighting For
October 2, 2018 | Sidney A. Shapiro, Wake Forest University Law School, and Robert R. M. Verchick, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Although protecting the environment and achieving justice has never been easy, the United States has made progress over time. We are persuaded, despite the caveats our commentators have identified, that the country can do so again.
Tagged: Climate Change, Economy, Job Loss, Regulatory Policy, Social Justice
Synopsis | Environment | Environment | Environment Jun 19, 2019
Combatting Climate Change with Human Behavior
Samuel Moran
Scholars explain the benefits of setting “green” products as consumers’ default option.
Opinion | Environment | Environment | Environment | Uncategorized Apr 22, 2019
Poetry Inspires Hope and Climate Action
Elizabeth J. Coleman
Poetry can help combat despair and act as a force for optimism and change.
Opinion | Environment | Environment Feb 18, 2019
Achieving Climate Goals Will Require Sound Energy Storage Policies
Richard L. Revesz and Burcin Unel
Clean energy systems will not reduce emissions unless states promote effective energy storage policies.
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Kathleen Parker: Whither the philosopher-president?
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2019 at 6:00 am | UPDATED: April 9, 2019 at 6:00 am
WASHINGTON — In his most famous dialogue, “The Republic,” Plato, via Socrates, explored the idea that a just state would best function under the leadership of a perfectly just philosopher-king.
That is, an intellectually curious person who pursues knowledge, is intelligent, reliable and wise, and embraces the simple life. To test the hypothesis, Socrates is asked by an interlocutor to imagine a competition between a perfectly just man — who would be perceived by an ignorant public as unjust — and a perfectly unjust man, who is ruthless, immoral, gets away with murder, figuratively, but appears to be just.
Though this is more complicated than described here, one unavoidably thinks of Donald Trump, who, apparently seems “just” to — or at least is approved by — 39 percent of the electorate, yet meets the very definition of “unjust.” Ruthless and immoral, he somehow always escapes accountability.
As we know, Trump doesn’t like to read, seems to abhor knowledge, is unreliable from moment to moment and embraces a gaudevillian, as well as vaudevillian, life. He’s the opposite of the philosopher-king and, given the pendulum theory of presidential succession, we’re now primed and ready for one. But, who?
Does such a person even exist in the land of Twitter and Snapchat? Does our narcissistic culture engender the sort of person we last saw strolling along a wooded path lost in thought? If such a person were to exist, would he or she stand a chance of attracting voters with the kind of message that urges people to think rather than cajoles them with sophistry?
The Greek sophists were learned men who made clever arguments that were, in fact, false. This also nearly defines our president, who has manipulated people by invoking emotion rather than reason. It must be sublime to be unencumbered by conscience, weightlessly bloviating to the cheers of admirers without the burden of truth.
Then again, maybe not. My guess is that a majority of voters know that they deserve better. And the ambient unease people feel is the very real sense that the ship of state is listing and a lunatic mans the helm.
So, let’s say we’re in the market for a philosopher-king — or queen — who understands the extraordinary challenges ahead because he or she has studied them. Someone who is reliable and won’t say one thing today and its opposite the next. Given our dot on the timeline, perhaps he or she might also be a bit witty. We surely wouldn’t want to be bored.
The diverse roster of Democratic candidates is testament to how far we’ve come from the ridiculous era of playboys, fast cars and the bigger-better-richer-than-thou dogma to which Trump has entrusted his flexible faith. Is there a perfectly just philosopher-president among them? We’ll find out during the next 19 or so months, as stories are shared about humble origins who has suffered poverty, endured discrimination, or been sexually harassed — or hugged by Joe Biden.
But, which one of them is capable of elevating the dialogue, of inspiring citizens to look beyond their immediate needs to something that unites all? We’re not only physical beings with basic needs; we’re also soul-filled and spiritually yearning for something greater than ourselves. It is to the latter that our next president should focus some of his or her attention, because we are entering a new age without much guidance.
At this particular time in history, we have to answer an exceedingly tough question: What does it mean to be human?
Technological advances have so overwhelmed us that we may be unable to process their ethical ramifications, which have an increasing impact on our daily lives — from robots and artificial intelligence to synthetic biology. With advances in gene manipulation, we’ll soon be creating improved humans, most likely without the bother of mating and pregnancy. Enough of: Who am I? The question now is: Who are we as a species?
Many of these developments are already upon us. And though academics and scientists may be well-versed in various consequential scenarios, no one in the public sphere has yet approached the deep philosophical/psychological implications that could lead to circumstances most unpleasant. If you think income inequality is challenging, wait for gene inequality and its companion privileges.
I don’t know who our philosopher-president could be, but I feel safe in saying that the country is ready for her — or him.
— Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.
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30 horses died in 6 months of racing at Santa…
30 horses died in 6 months of racing at Santa Anita. Why still remains unknown
A Hall of Fame trainer was ousted this weekend after the 30th death
The final day of what has been a tumultuous spring meet at Santa Anita Park in which 30 horses have died, in Arcadia, Calif., on Sunday, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
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ARCADIA — Santa Anita on Sunday wrapped up a nightmarish six months of racing, which included 30 fatalities and the ouster of a Hall of Fame trainer, while leaving a trail of unanswered questions to ponder as the local thoroughbred racing circuit now moves to Los Alamitos for a 10-day meet beginning Saturday.
Tim Ritvo, COO of Santa Anita’s parent company, the Stronach Group, pulled a no-show and did not appear in the press box after the final race of the meet to address what surely would have been a number of questions from the media.
Many of the queries undoubtedly would have been connected to Jerry Hollendorfer, who was told Saturday he’s not welcome at any of Stronach’s tracks after a 4-year-old gelding he trained, American Currency, broke down during a Saturday morning workout on the training track and had to be euthanized. It was Hollendorfer’s fourth catastrophic injury since Dec. 26. He also had two at Golden Gate Fields this year.
Still unanswered, though, is whether it’s a lifetime ban or if Hollendorfer’s status will be re-evaluated after a certain amount of time. The 73-year-old trainer has told numerous media outlets he followed all the safety guidelines instituted by the Stronach Group in March, but that he was called into Ritvo’s office Saturday morning and told that Stronach president and chairwoman Belinda Stronach wanted him gone within 72 hours.
Hollendorfer was left to make plans to find space for about 100 horses, many of whom are stabled at Golden Gate, another Stronach track, and Los Alamitos, which announced Saturday night that Hollendorfer is welcome to house, train and race his horses at the Orange County track.
“Los Alamitos will gladly provide stalls to Jerry Hollendorfer, a Hall of Fame trainer and an unexcelled horseman,” track owner Ed Allred said in a statement. “Unless forbidden by the California Horse Racing Board, we intend to permit entries from Hollendorfer. We do not feel he should be a scapegoat for a problem which derives from a number of factors.”
On Sunday, the New York Racing Association said in a statement that Hollendorfer is welcome in its state. He already has a contingent of horses racing at Belmont Park and Saratoga’s summer meet begins July 11.
“Mr. Hollendorfer is currently utilizing stall space at Belmont Park and was approved for stalls at Saratoga Race Course for the 2019 summer meet,” NYRA director of communications Pat McKenna said in a statement. “NYRA will honor those agreements and he will be permitted to stable and enter horses at both Belmont and Saratoga.”
Still to be decided is Hollendorfer’s status at Del Mar. An initial report from the Paulick Report on Saturday indicated that Del Mar, whose summer meet begins July 17, was leaning toward not giving Hollendorfer any stalls. Then came news Sunday that Del Mar officials plan to meet this week before deciding his fate.
Dr. Rick Arthur, the CHRB’s equine medical director, told the Daily Racing Form on Sunday that both Los Alamitos and Del Mar will continue a five-member panel of veterinarians and stewards that will review the medical, training and race records of all horses entered to race. The CHRB and Stronach Group formed the panel in time for the final six days of the Santa Anita meet.
Also left unanswered is how confident the Stronach Group feels about keeping the Breeders’ Cup, scheduled to be run a record 10th time at Santa Anita on Nov. 1-2. The Breeders’ Cup site committee is scheduled to meet Thursday, although there’s been no indication any announcement will come from the meeting. There have been reports that Churchill Downs could snatch the event away from Santa Anita if Breeders’ Cup officials feel uneasy about holding it at a track that has been deluged with problems and negative press since its meet started six months ago.
In arguably the worst meeting of its history, Santa Anita canceled racing for much of March because of the rash of fatalities and was the subject of scorn from state politicians and animal rights activists. Gov. Newsom and Sen. Dianne Feinstein called for the track to shut down until a solution could be found for the problem.
After the 23rd fatality on March 31, there were 46 injury-free days before the 24th on May 17. There were 23 fatalities the first 96 days of the meet and seven during the final 84 days.
Bob Baffert, who’s trained two Triple Crown winners in the past five years, never thought the Santa Anita track was unsafe except for a period or two.
“When it was raining, it was sketchy,” he said.
Otherwise, the man who trains some of the most expensive and valuable thoroughbreds in the country, had no qualms about sending his horses out to race over Santa Anita’s main track.
“We have a big presence at the Kentucky Derby, and they all got ready here,” Baffert said. “Not once did I feel, ‘You know what? I don’t wanna work my horse because I’m worried about this track.’ When it was raining, I just kept ’em away. Hopefully, we’ve all learned from this. The P.R. was a disaster. The television media just piled on. They piled on.”
Baffert did see a silver lining, though, through all the dark clouds. He thinks the turbulent days brought the backside community together.
“I think this has brought all of these horsemen, these trainers (together), everybody’s like, ‘Hey, if you see an issue’ … you can’t see everything if they (horses) give you a sign,” he said.
Stakes action
Santa Anita carded four stakes races on its 10-day closing-day card:
• Acclimate, one of three Philip D’Amato-trained horses in the race, went gate to wire while setting quick fractions of 46.10, 1:09.76 and 1:34.95 under jockey Martin Garcia to win the marathon $100,000 Grade III San Juan Capistrano Stakes. A 9-1 outsider in the betting, Acclimate ran the turf race in 2:48.80.
• Majestic Eagle, next to last most of the way with Rafael Bejarano aboard, rallied strongly on the outside to beat Law Abidin Citizen by a neck in the $100,000 Grade III American Stakes for 3-year-olds and up on the turf. The 9-1 longshot ran the mile in 1:34.57 for trainer Neil Drysdale.
• Ruby Bradley, a 3-year-old maiden, won the $200,000 Melair Stakes by a half-length over Tiz a Master, running the 1 1/16 miles on the main track in 1:49.92. Sent postward at 7-2 in the five-horse field of 3-year-old Cal-bred fillies, the winner was ridden by Aaron Gryder and trained by D’Amato.
• Heavily favored Eddie Haskell (1-5) got up in time to beat What’sontheagenda by three-quarters of a length in the $75,000 Siren Lure Stakes under Kent Desormeaux for trainer Mark Glatt. The winner ran the 5 furlongs on turf in 55.45 seconds.
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Joni Groves likes centering her business on Tillotson
Joni Groves can’t explain why, but when she opens a local business, it’s on Tillotson
Joni Groves likes centering her business on Tillotson Joni Groves can’t explain why, but when she opens a local business, it’s on Tillotson Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://tspne.ws/1tIbKah
John Carlson, jcarlson@muncie.gannett.com Published 12:52 p.m. ET Oct. 31, 2014 | Updated 12:52 p.m. ET Oct. 31, 2014
Joni’ Gifts and Rosie’s Framing, 752 S. Tillotson Ave., 288-3713 Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
Joni Groves at her shop, Joni's Gifts Thursday morning.(Photo: Kurt Hostetler, Kurt Hostetler/The Star Press)Buy Photo
MUNCIE – Different people like different things. Joni Groves? She likes Tillotson Avenue.
“I have a ‘thing’ about Tillotson,” said Groves, her glasses hanging from a strap around her neck. “I don’t know what it is. I’ve just always liked it.”
As she spoke, she was inside her shop — which combines Joni’s Gifts and Rosie’s Framing — facing a wall covered floor-to-ceiling with the stacked V’s of different picture frame corners, and working on an extensive framing job, her table scattered with tools of the trade.
We asked Groves, who admits to a direct streak that belies cuddly answers, which tool was most important?
Tapping her head with a finger, she answered, “Creativity.”
Her shop, by the way, is located in that rabbit warren of small businesses at 752 ... you guessed it ... South Tillotson Avenue, the same thoroughfare upon which an couple of her other businesses have been located, a geographical mark of her devotion.
To an extent, her love for the avenue is hard to fathom. For example, in January of 1967 she opened her first shop, Joni’s Distinctive Home Accessories, just a short distance north of where she is now.
“In January of 1968,” she said, “somebody burned it down.”
This led her to build what she called “the little red barn on the west side of Yorktown,” before that now-prosperous small town’s heyday.
“At that point, nobody knew where Yorktown was,” she said, only half-joking, noting that after it closed she went back to work as a sales rep for flower shop supplies before another urge to work for herself struck.
“I guess I got the bug again,” she said, as a result opening a new shop on - well, you know.
When that shop’s closure occurred, she went back to selling on the road before meeting and marrying the late Jim Groves of Muncie’s well known Groves brothers. Settling into Bradenton, Fla., she started a successful advertising and promotional business before eventually being named one of Southwest Florida’s 25 leading businesswomen.
She also went to work at a new computer business that found success selling sales force software for airlines, and from which she retired about the time Jim died in 2001.
“I was down there with no family .... had lots of friends,” Groves recalled, adding she returned home to take care of her aging parents, who she credits with instilling her work ethic, and who had been married 69 years by the time her father died in 2005.
In helping her mother cope with that loss, Groves got her started making personal cards on a computer, a task at which she exceeded beyond expectations.
“We had this stock at home,” she recalled, “so we rented a table at a flea market. From there it went to a booth.”
Soon thereafter, spurred in part by a business burglary, the two wound up in another flea market and then a Walnut Street location before ending up, finally, back on her street of dreams. Early on she shared store space with framer Rosalie Sampley, then bought her friend’s business.
“Rosie still comes in when I get backed up,” Groves said.
The Central High School and Indiana Business College alumna stays busy in her original end of the gift shop, where the items for sale include works by local artists, pens and notebooks mounted in little ceramic shoes, fetching little table clocks and distinctive baseball caps. She also stays busy in the frame shop.
What does she do for fun?
“Work,” she said, without cracking a smile, before admitting she also indulges in a little reading. “I read my scriptures. I read my dictionary. I love my dictionary, because one word leads to another and you learn something, which is kind of fun.”
So, is retirement in her near future?
“Are you kidding?” she said, now peering past the spectacles perched on the end of her nose. “If I retired, I don’t know what I’d do with myself. I love this, because I’m part of people’s lives. I’m part of their weddings. I’m part of people’s remembrances. I don’t know that I’ll ever really want to quit.”
Contact John Carlson at (765) 213-5824.
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Challenging human trafficking decision on a statutory appeal
MS (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Before Lady Justice Gloster, Lady Justice Sharp and Lord Justice Flaux
[2018] EWCA Civ 594
Judgment March 23, 2018
On a statutory appeal against a removal decision, a claimant could mount an indirect challenge to a decision that he had not been trafficked (which he had not previously contested on judicial review) only in circumstances where the trafficking decision could be demonstrated to be perverse or irrational.
The Court of Appeal so stated when allowing the appeal of the secretary of state for the Home Department against a decision of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Mr Justice McCloskey and Upper Tribunal Judge Blum) ([2016] UKUT 226 (IAC)) to allow the appeal…
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93 G. Puppis
93 G. Puppis Facts
93 G. Puppis's star type is main sequence star that can be located in the constellation of Puppis. The description is based on the spectral class.
93 G. Puppis is not part of the constellation outline but is within the borders of the constellation.
Based on the spectral type (B9Vsp...) of the star, the star's colour is blue .
93 G. Puppis's Alternative Names
The Gould star designation is one that was designed by American astronomer, Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Gould stars are predominantly in the Southern and Equatorial constellations but do appear in northern constellations such as Bootes and Orion. The star has the designation 93 G. Puppis. There are no stars with a Gould designation in Ursa Major for example.
Location of 93 G. Puppis
The location of the main sequence star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For 93 G. Puppis, the location is 07h 27m 59.17 and -29° 09` 21.2 .
Radial Velocity and Proper Motion of 93 G. Puppis
All stars like planets orbit round a central spot, in the case of planets, its the central star such as the Sun. In the case of a star, its the galactic centre. The constellations that we see today will be different than they were 50,000 years ago or 50,000 years from now. Proper Motion details the movements of these stars and are measured in milliarcseconds. The star is moving 0.35 ± 0.29 milliarcseconds/year towards the north and -10.65 ± 0.39 milliarcseconds/year east if we saw them in the horizon.
93 G. Puppis Luminosity
Physical Properties (Colour, Temperature) of 93 G. Puppis
93 G. Puppis Colour and Temperature
93 G. Puppis has a spectral type of B9Vsp.... This means the star is a blue main sequence star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of -0.04 which means the star's temperature has been calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu at being 10,195 Kelvin.
93 G. Puppis Radius
93 G. Puppis Apparent and Absolute Magnitudes
93 G. Puppis has an apparent magnitude of 5.55 which is how bright we see the star from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. If you used the 1997 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of -1.03 If you used the 2007 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of -1.71. Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number.
Distance to 93 G. Puppis
Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as 4.84 which gave the calculated distance to 93 G. Puppis as 673.89 light years away from Earth or 206.61 parsecs. It would take a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, 673.89 years to get there. We don't have the technology or spaceship that can carry people over that distance yet.
In 2007, Hipparcos data was revised with a new parallax of 3.54 which put 93 G. Puppis at a distance of 921.37 light years or 282.49 parsecs. It should not be taken as though the star is moving closer or further away from us. It is purely that the distance was recalculated.
Additional 93 G. Puppis Facts and Figures
Primary / Proper / Traditional Name 93 G. Puppis
Spectral Type B9Vsp...
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Feb. 21, 2018 / 8:41 AM
Jay Hernandez lands lead role in 'Magnum, P.I.' reboot pilot
Jay Hernandez has been cast in the upcoming reboot pilot of "Magnum, P.I." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Jay Hernandez attends the premiere of "A Bad Moms Christmas" on October 30. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Jay Hernandez has been cast in the title role in CBS's upcoming reboot pilot based on 1980s crime drama, Magnum, P.I.
Hernandez, best known for starring in 2016's Suicide Squad as El Diablo, will be taking on the iconic private eye role first held by Tom Selleck, who currently stars on the CBS police drama Blue Bloods. The original Magnum, P.I. aired from 1980 to 1988.
The pilot will feature the actor becoming a private investigator upon returning home from Afghanistan where he served as a decorated Navy SEAL, Variety reported.
The show will once again take place in Hawaii, but will feature a female version of sidekick Higgins, a character first portrayed by John Hillerman.
Peter Lenkov, the writer and producer of CBS reboots Hawaii Five-O and MacGuyver, is set to write and executive produce the new Magnum, P.I.
Hernandez has also starred in Netflix's Bright, the Bad Moms film series and in Scandal, Nashville and The Expanse on television.
CBS developing reboots of 'Magnum, P.I.' and 'Cagney and Lacey' John Hillerman from 'Magnum, P.I.' dies at age 84 Miranda Otto, Lucy Davis to play aunts on 'Sabrina' reboot
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Three of HNA Group's Subsidiaries Sign V-Services(SM) Agreement
Three of HNA Group's subsidiaries have signed a V-Services Fleet Hour Agreement (FHA) to maintain its fleet of 46 V2500® engines. The agreement is for three of HNA Group's subsidiaries: West Air, Beijing Capital and Tianjin Airlines. The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines AG, a multinational aero engine consortium whose shareholders comprise Pratt & Whitney (NYSE:UTX), Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH, Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines.
"When it comes to our fleet, we do not settle when it comes to our aircraft's performance and overall reliability," said Mr. Xindi, chief executive officer, HNA Aviation Group Co., Ltd. "Therefore, I am confident that under this V-Services agreement we have the right resources in place to maintain our engines to the highest regard."
"Over the past two decades, HNA Group has created one of the largest and most respected aviation enterprises around and therefore, places great emphasis on the integrity of their fleet," said Rick Deurloo, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Pratt & Whitney. "Knowing this, our goal is to keep our customers' engines on-wing and running at optimal performance for years to come."
HNA Group is a highly regarded conglomerate in China. As of December 2015, HNA Group has a fleet of over 820 aircraft, with nearly 700 domestic and international routes, flying to over 200 cities, and serves 77.4 million passengers annually. Member companies under HNA Aviation include Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Deer Jet, Lucky Air, Capital Airlines, West Air, Fuzhou Airlines, Urumqi Air, GX Airlines, Yangtze River Airlines, Guilin Airlines, MY CARGO, Africa World Airlines, and Aigle Azur.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in levels of demand in the aerospace industry, in levels of air travel, and in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in United Technologies Corp.'s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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Donald and Melania’s World of Hurt
As Melania slaps the president’s hand away, every stop so far in the Middle East and Europe has seen the treatment of women as second-class beings.
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Correspondent-At-Large
Updated 05.24.17 10:07AM ET / Published 05.24.17 5:22AM ET
Reuters pool
ROME—Of the many images that will come to define President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip abroad, the most memorable might be Melania Trump slapping her husband’s hand away. But the most significant will surely be those moments when the women of Trump’s inner circle were shut out due to accepted protocol that underscores the fact women are not equal in many parts of the world.
In Rome, there was that awkward moment Wednesday morning when the first lady stood rather uncomfortably dressed in black with her dark mantilla veil on her head in the grandiose corridor of the Apostolic Palace as her husband met with Pope Francis for 29 minutes behind closed doors. She eventually got to go in, but the first thing the pope asked her was, “What do you feed him? Potizza?” He was referring to a doughy delicacy from her native Slovenia (not pizza, as widely reported) while at the same time implying that if POTUS is portly, that’s her fault as his wife. “Yes," she replied, smiling.
In Israel, who can forget the image of first daughter Ivanka praying alone in the cordoned off section of the plaza in front of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Female reporters traveling with the president there were also separated from their male colleagues.
In Saudi Arabia, where women can’t vote, can’t drive, and live under the guardianship of men, neither the first lady nor the first daughter wore head scarves, but they were so obviously just window dressing to the event. While much attention was paid to their choice not to wear a headscarf as a political statement, it must be noted that the precedent was set long ago by other first ladies like Michelle Obama as well as world leaders like Theresa May and Angela Merkel.
Saudi media played up the presence of the fashionable Americans, implying that Saudi men, too, appreciate a woman’s looks. Melania was the talk of the town in her bespoke dresses and jumpsuits and Ivanka was praised for giving a talk on gender equality to a crowd of women for whom that is at best a theoretical construct.
Feminist writer Anushay Hossain summed it up nicely in an op-ed for CNN: “The headscarf should be the least of the Trump family’s worries,” she writes. “Because the Saudi press have embraced Melania (and to a related but lesser extent, Ivanka) for basically doing for the kingdom what they do for Donald Trump: provide the perfect cover for misogyny and tyranny by being beautiful, poised, and often silent.”
One might ask if perhaps the president likes what he saw in these capitals of inequality. After all, his administration clearly lacks gender diversity and his recent budget shows that women’s issues are not a priority. Not only has he signed legislation that strips funding for organizations that provide abortions, his replacement of the Affordable Care Act penalizes women in unthinkable ways, including stripping valuable maternity benefits and essentially turning owning a set of ovaries into a pre-existing condition.
If he does take a page from any of the three regions he has visited so far, we might see not just a wall between Mexico and the United States, but perhaps new barriers in public places where men and women gather, as he saw in Jerusalem. He could start with the National Mall in Washington, DC, the the site of the Women's March the day after his inauguration.
And if he liked the way the pope does things, we might also see even fewer women in positions of power, as he witnessed in Vatican City. He did seem at ease during the procession through the majestic corridors of the Apostolic Palace, where he was surrounded only by old white men.
And who knows, perhaps he will introduce male guardianship over women, as he saw in Saudi Arabia. When it comes to women’s reproductive rights, he already has.
To be fair, the Trump administration is still in its infancy, so growing pains like obvious missteps and blind spots on gender equality can be expected—though, we hope, never accepted.
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Dog Abandoned Because Of His Face Finds Mom Who Thinks He's Perfect
“I wanted him to have stability and a place he knew was his home ... I just wanted him to be a dog.”
Beaux Tox has a face that’s hard to forget. His perpetually pensive, deeply wrinkled forehead seems at odds with his wagging tail and happy-go-lucky attitude.
Jamie Hulit
Some might be put off by Beaux’s unique look, but for Jamie Hulit, a single photo was all it took to convince her that the yellow Lab’s life was worth saving.
“A friend of mine posted a picture of Beaux on Facebook saying he needed a foster or to be adopted — anything,” Hulit told The Dodo. “That day I sent him a message saying, ‘I would love to take that dog in and give him a home.’”
Beaux has stood out since before he was born. With little room to grow in his mom’s womb due to his six brothers and sisters, he developed a sunken cranium and close-set eyes, according to Hulit.
“He just kind of got pushed out of the way, and formed how he formed,” Hulit noted, “but it has nothing to do with his intelligence.” An MRI confirmed that the head deformity did not affect his personality or his chances at living a long, healthy life, she said.
Beaux's early years were difficult nonetheless. “Because of his facial deformity, the people who were breeding couldn’t sell him,” Hulit said. “So they gave him away for free.” A man who lived nearby in Austin, Texas, took in the odd little puppy, but when Beaux Tox, named Lucky at the time, didn’t get along with the man’s cats, he was banished to the backyard, according to Hulit.
For five years, the gentle dog remained outside, Hulit said, severely neglected by his owner and all alone — without even a dog bed for comfort.
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Local rescue groups attempted to intervene and find Beaux a better situation, but after spending his whole life in a small yard without any training or direction, Beaux was returned to the man’s backyard again and again.
When Hulit went to meet Beaux at the man’s home, she was unsure of what to expect.
Entering the backyard, she found a mere shell of a dog: the Lab’s rib cage jutted out from beneath his blonde fur, which practically hung off his emaciated frame. Covered in fleas and infested with ear mites, Beaux’s health issues didn’t put off Hulit, who knew she’d be his last chance at a real home.
“At that point I didn’t care how badly he might be ill,” Hulit said. “I just didn’t want him to go into the foster system again and be returned.”
Hulit, who was in foster care herself for two years before being adopted at the age of 9, knew what it meant to be passed from family to family.
“I wanted him to have stability and a place he knew was his home,” Hulit added. “That is why I adopted him outright from the owner. Beaux Tox had already bounced around and I just wanted him to be a dog.”
When Hulit brought Beaux to the Hoegemeyer Animal Clinic in Kerrville, Texas, his chances of survival were even worse than she had imagined. Beaux tested positive for heartworms, a disease that over time permanently damages the organs, and he was far too weak to begin any type of treatment.
Dr. Jay Rydberg determined that Beaux only had a 50-50 chance of survival, but Hulit had already made a secret pledge to save the dog’s life.
“I told the vet I didn’t care,” she said.
In and out of an oxygen tank for the first month of his recovery, Beaux’s health was touch-and-go. Dr. Rydberg stayed with him around the clock, even calling Hulit into the office at 3 a.m. to say goodbye when things looked bleak.
But like his new mom, Beaux wouldn’t give up.
As weeks turned to months, he slowly put on weight, and was finally strong enough to go through heartworm treatment. Though he had lost hearing in his left ear due to the ear mite damage and still has trouble seeing out of his right eye, Beaux was finally given a clean bill of health.
“There are people who will pay high dollar for a dog’s papers, and I feel like I paid for his health certificate,” Hulit said. “But I am 100 percent OK with that, knowing that he is now a happy, free guy.”
Since arriving at Hulit’s home, Beaux has transformed completely. “He was an outside dog, but you’d never know because he does not want to go outside,” she said. “He’ll go out if you do, but if you stay in, he’ll stand right by the door and look through the window.”
The now 6-year-old dog has also gained an older brother, Riley, a 13-year old golden retriever mix, who has taught him what it means to be an inside dog.
Now the two pups play and sleep together, as if they’ve always been best friends. “Riley and Beaux absolutely love each other,” Hulit added. “They’re perfect for each other even with the age difference and even though Beaux acts like a puppy — it helps Riley stay young.”
It’s been a year since Beaux left the backyard for good, and in just a short time he has gone from being all alone to having the biggest animal family — which is exactly how he likes it. Beaux has been a foster brother to dogs and kittens through numerous local rescue organizations that Hulit works with, and has recently welcomed a new rescue dog sister named Scout.
Beaux is fully embracing his new life, acting as hyper and joyful as a puppy. And his mom almost can’t believe just how far he’s come.
“He’s so full of life,” Hulit added, “and he’s just brought so much to us.”
To learn more about Beaux Tox and his rescue friends, follow him on Instagram.
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Baby Bear Siblings Comfort Each Other After Losing Their Mom
They're safe now — but still don't want to leave each other's sides.
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Three tiny bear cubs would have likely died if people hadn't spotted them huddled together near a town in the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria.
Their mom was nowhere to be found.
“Our experience shows that in more than 90 percent of the cases in which little bears are found in the wild, the mother has been chased or shot by poachers," Dimitar Ivanov, manager of the Belitsa Bear Sanctuary, which is run by Four Paws and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, said in a statement. "They were alone for nearly 24 hours, and during that time they hadn’t eaten or absorbed any liquids."
The cubs are just 3 months old and very tiny — the heaviest of the three weighs just over 6.5 lbs (that's smaller than the average house cat). And because they're so small, they need to be watched over 24/7 at the bear sanctuary.
Their mother would normally be feeding them frequently, so rescuers are bottle-feeding them a special mix of goat's milk with vitamins added to help them get strong.
"Taking care of orphaned bears by humans is extremely difficult," Ivanov added.
Part of the difficulty of hand-raising bears so young has to do with how much human contact to give them. On the one hand, the bear cubs need constant care; on the other, rescuers don't want the babies to get too used to people — they want them to eventually be able to go back to the wild.
Their carers are hopeful that they will strike the right balance for the future of these tiny bears.
Once their health fully stabilizes, the cubs will be transported to a special rehabilitation center in Greece that has a "bear school," which specializes in preparing young orphaned cubs for release back into the wild.
Their rescuers have the highest hopes for the future of these special siblings. “These bears now have the best possible chance of survival and rehabilitation that humans can provide,” Ivanov added.
To help Four Paws care for these special little bears, you can make a donation.
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President urges Tanzania's women to 'set ovaries free', have more babies to boost economy
Wednesday July 10 2019
Tanzanian President John Magufuli. Last year the president said curbing the birth rate was “for those too lazy to take care of their children”, and the health ministry barred broadcasting of family planning ads by a US-funded project. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT | NMG
Tanzanian president says more children will help boost the country's economy into a regional powerhouse.
Magufuli has criticized Western-backed family planning programs implemented by the health ministry.
Opposition leaders in Tanzania have criticized Magufuli’s stance, saying the country’s already rapid population growth is a time bomb.
President John Magufuli urged Tanzania’s women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children as a way to help boost the economy into a regional powerhouse, a step critics said would instead worsen inequality and poverty.
“When you have a big population you build the economy. That’s why China’s economy is so huge,” he said late on Tuesday, citing India and Nigeria as other examples of countries that gained from a demographic dividend.
“I know that those who like to block ovaries will complain about my remarks. Set your ovaries free, let them block theirs,” he told a gathering in his home town of Chato.
Since taking office in 2015, Magufuli has launched an industrialization campaign that has helped buoy economic growth, which has averaged 6-7 per cent annually in recent years. But he has said a higher birth rate would achieve faster progress.
Tanzania has sustained relatively high growth, averaging 6–7 per cent a year, over the past decade.
At the same time, the East African nation of 55 million people already has one of the world’s highest birth rates — around 5 children per woman.
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Data from the UN population fund UNFPA shows Tanzania’s population is growing by about 2.7 per cent a year while most public hospitals and schools are overcrowded and many young people lack jobs.
UNFPA says about a third of married women in Tanzania use contraceptives, but Magufuli has criticized Western-backed family planning programs implemented by the health ministry.
Last year Magufuli said curbing the birth rate was “for those too lazy to take care of their children”, and the health ministry barred broadcasting of family planning ads by a US-funded project.
While Tanzania’s poverty rate - people living on less than $1 a day - has declined to about 26 per cent as of 2016, the absolute number of poor citizens has not because of the high population growth rate, according to the World Bank.
Opposition leaders in Tanzania have criticized Magufuli’s stance, saying the country’s already rapid population growth is a time bomb, and disapproving remarks surfaced on social media.
“As a modern woman I can’t believe this ... especially coming from him (the president),” said one Twitter user.
Others said it was simply bad economics for Magufuli to urge Tanzanians to have more babies.
“High population growth in Tanzania means increased levels of poverty and income inequality,” said a rights activist based in Dar es Salaam who asked not to be named to avoid possible repercussions from the government’s ongoing review of registration of non-governmental organizations.
“Women’s ovaries should never be used as a tool for seeking economic prosperity.”
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HAYES, ZUCCARELLO WAITING FOR INEVITABLE
Mats Zuccarello, right wing
With three days to go until the trade deadline kicks in (Monday, 3pm ET), the New York Rangers are expected to be active as multiple players are expected to be moved.
Rangers forwards Kevin Hayes, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Strome, Vladislav Namestnikov and Chris Kreider, and defencemen Adam McQuaid and Brendan Smith are among the names tossed around the trade market.
Hayes, Zuccarello and McQuaid are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents July 1, and all three are expected to be moved in the coming days.
The weeks and days leading up to the trade deadline can be a stressful time for many players, but as Hayes told the New York Post, “There’s nothing I can do there.”
Zuccarello continues to wait for an inevitable trade.
“I mean, you never know,” Zuccarello told The Post. “I have fun every time I play hockey. I have fun every time I’m in this rink. Whatever happens, happens. There’s nothing I can control. You gotta ask some other people if this was my last game.”
Hayes and Zuccarello remain among the Top-10 in TFP’s Top 30 Trade Watch List.
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Chris Harrison Challenges Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s Claim That He Set Becca Up to Be the Bachelorette
TOPICS:Arie Luyendyk Jr.Becca KufrinChris Harrisonreality tvThe Bachelorthe bachelorette
Chris Harrison at the After the Final Rose taping. (ABC/Paul Hebert)
He said… now he says. Longtime Bachelor host Chris Harrison addressed several lingering, burning questions regarding that dramatic Bachelor finale, as well as subsequent claims made by Arie Luyendyk Jr. this week regarding the entire fiasco. While much of the country (including franchise alums) was outraged that producers aired unedited footage of the split, Harrison stood by the team’s decision on Wednesday to broadcast the uncomfortable moment on national television.
“I felt the controversy and the drama behind it,” Harrison told E! News. “I will never ever say that we’re always right in what we do, but I definitely stand by showing what we showed and how we showed it. I really do. You know, it’s funny that people often say, ‘The show can be edited. It’s scripted and you guys made him do this and made him do that.’ And then when we show you completely uncut, unedited, no bells or whistles, everybody’s really pissed off. I find the irony in that tragically funny.”
In fact, Harrison feels that the entire execution of the finale was done appropriately. “For me, as a producer and a host and a friend to everybody, I think it was the right thing to do. I like the way it was shown,” he continued. “Relationships aren’t always pretty. They’re not always perfect. It doesn’t always work. And you can’t just show the pretty parts. That’s not how the world works, that’s not how love works. So I’m okay with showing the nasty and the ugly and the sad sometimes because that’s what makes the good stuff so good.”
THE BACHELOR (ABC/Paul Hebert)
In fact, Harrison thought Luyendyk and Becca Kufrin were great in Peru. “It seemed he had really come to terms with the fact that this was the woman for him and this was the woman his family really liked and he liked, and would make a great wife,” he mused. “When I left Peru, all I heard was, ‘They’re doing great. They’re off on the happy couple hideaway and they’re doing fantastic.’ And I’m like, ‘Good. Another happy couple. All is good.’”
About six to eight weeks later, they broke up. Luyendyk eventually went on to propose to his runner-up Lauren Burnham with a 3.5-carat Neil Lane ring on the After The Final Rose special Tuesday, March 6. The next morning, the season 22 lead claimed that filming the breakup with Kufrin was for her long-term benefit.
“I wanted her that opportunity, honestly, I wanted her that opportunity to be the potential Bachelorette,” Luyendyk told Michael Strahan on Good Morning America. “I hope I gave her that closure. I’m very happy for her. I’m happy that she’s going to be able to find her true love through the show.”
Harrison, however, seemingly questioned the race car driver’s claim. “Well, then, he was thinking far ahead of the game,” the host and show producer said. “That’s a decision that the Bachelors are never involved in, so unless he was just being incredibly creative and thinking as a producer and trying to produce the show as well as break up with a girl and make the switch, which, if he did, I am incredibly impressed.”
THE BACHELOR – “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” – Arie’s soul-searching journey continues after America followed the chaos of his being in love with two women, which played out in gut-wrenching fashion, on “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose,” a two-hour live special, TUESDAY, MARCH 6 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Paul Hebert)
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Luyendyk and Burnham, meanwhile, are already wedding planning, and potentially toying with the idea of airing their nuptials on TV. Kufrin, herself, will get yet another chance at lasting love with a new crop of suitors on season 14 of The Bachelorette.
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Kort historie
The town received its name, according to old sources, when Charlemagne in the late 8th century resettled Saxons, in order to bring them under his control. One of the centre of these settlements was in the area of Diekirch. In order to convert the pagan Saxons to Christianity, a church was built, which gave the settlement its name: Diet-Kirch (people's church).
In the 14th century, Jojn, the blind king of Bohemia, fortified it, surrounding the place with a castellated wall and a ditch supplied by a stream. It remained more or less fortified until the beginning of the 19th century when the French, during their occupation, levelled the old walls and substituted avenues of trees.
In the course of extensive excavation in the 1960s, it was shown that the St. Laurence church is a Roman building. In the early 20th century, wall ruins and mosaics were being found north of the town centre. Archaeological investigations in 1992-1993, 1999 and 2008 enabled the reconstruction of a large Roman villa, which extended over all the land of the medieval town and was abandoned in the early 5th century.
Diekirch was the first town in Luxembourg to have a pedestrian zone, in 1977.
Administrative oplysninger
Diekirch is a commune with town status in north-eastern Lucemburg, capital city of the canton Diekirch and the distric of Diekirch. The town is situated on the banks of the Sauer river. As of 2001, the town of Diekirch itself, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 6,068 inhabitants.
Address: Avenue de la Gare 27, 9233 Diekirch
Telephone: +352 80 87 80 1
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Diekirch is home to a brewery of national importance carrying the town's name.
Three secondary schools are located in Diekirch: Lycée classique de Diekirch, Lycée technique hôtelier Alexis Heck and Nordstadlycée.
Diekirch is best known for its brewery of the same name and the National Museum of Military History.
National Museum of Military History is dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge of World War II, which took place in Luxembourg in the winter of 1944-1945. There you can find showrooms feature very extensive collections of weapons, small arms, uniforms, military equipment of all kinds, wheeled and tracked vehicles, in addition to numerous personal soldier’s belongings, photographs, documents and maps. There are also exhibitions of Luxembourg's contributions to various UN peacekeeping efforts and even an exhibit on the Soviet gulag that some Luxembourgish soldiers ended up in after the war. The total number of artifacts on display is in the thousands, and it is easily the largest collection on the Battle of the Bulge in the entire region.
Diekirch can be easily covered on foot. The town center is about 1 km away from the train station, just follow the crowd down the road. The Military Museum is just up the hill from the central church.
As far as sports events are concerned, Diekirch has gained a reputation for its annual cross country running competition, the Eurocross, which attracts world-class runners.
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Re: “Hurricanes Hurting”, 3/4
Allow me to be the first to disagree with the notion that it has been a disappointing season for the women’s basketball team.
For me, the most disappointing aspect of the season was the lack of student fans. There were around five students who were not on the University payroll who came to every game. That, more than any 13-16 season, is a disappointment.
Don’t get me wrong. Losing is disappointing, and the team spent more time losing than winning. But to have this entire season classified as disappointing by someone who apparently doesn’t even know that JoJuana Jones isn’t on the team (and hasn’t been for quite some time) amounts to nothing less than hatin’. The author should know that Amy Audibert didn’t play enough to become a scoring threat (though she was quite the beast on defense!). And to write a review of the season without even mentioning rising stars Tatjana Marincic and Katie Hayek is irresponsible and forces me to question if the author has even been to a game.
After losing roughly 40 points per game worth of players to graduation and injury, the ‘Canes stared down a stacked ACC schedule with Tamara James, Yalonda McCormick and a handful of ladies who haven’t yet seen much playing time. Head Coach Ferne Labati was faced with the seemingly unattainable task of turning a whole lot of not much into the high caliber women’s basketball team that we are used to.
The ‘Canes were inconsistent for the first half of the season, winning four, then losing five out of six, then winning five. This inconsistency was due largely to how young and inexperienced this team was. Inexperience would prove to be an Achilles’ heel as the team suffered five straight losses for the first five ACC games. Disappointing? Yes.
But then something happened. The ‘Canes decided to win in spite of the unrealistic odds and they turned the season around against then No. 19 Florida State. After an easy win at Clemson, the team slipped against Duke. This, however, is not an instance of disappointment. The same Miami Hurricanes that lost to Texas Tech by 60 points early in the season fought the entire Duke game and held them to single digits. Not exactly disappointing. The ‘Canes roared back with wins over Va. Tech and Virginia only to suffer back to back, last-second heartbreakers against N.C. State and Maryland. After the, yes, disappointing Duke/Va. Tech weekend, the ‘Canes went into the ACC Tournament determined. The tough game against Georgia Tech ended with James’s game-winning granny shot in the last 0:00.01 second, and Miami came within 2:00 of being the Cinderella story of the ACC after owning No. 1 seed UNC for 38:00.
There is nothing disappointing about the Miami Hurricanes that played at that tournament. Tamara was fantastic as usual, but we finally had some depth. Marincic brought in a double-double, Hayek was nailing threes like no one’s business, and Fallon Phanord’s last game as a Miami Hurricane just so happened to be the game of her life.
To the team and the coaching staff: On behalf of the band, the cheerleaders, the sunsations and the five or so hard-core student fans, y’all made us proud.
Chris Fisher
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Home » Bruce Brown out six weeks after foot injury
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Bruce Brown out six weeks after foot injury
Sophomore guard Bruce Brown Jr. goes up for the contested layup in an 80-74 Miami win over Florida State Jan. 7 at the Watsco Center. Brown finished with 23 points, going 12-of-14 from the free-throw line. Photo credit: Josh White
The University of Miami announced Tuesday that sophomore guard Bruce Brown Jr. will undergo surgery after sustaining a left foot injury during practice Monday. Brown is expected to miss approximately six weeks, which would mean a return right around March Madness.
Brown has been the Hurricanes’ most versatile player, leading the team in rebounds, assists and steals per game at 7.1, 4.0 and 1.3, respectively. He is also second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.4 points per game.
“My life changes dramatically without Bruce Brown – he impacts the game in so many different ways,” coach Jim Larrañaga said. “He is the face of the program, so we’re going to miss him dearly.”
Brown has battled injuries all season, including a nagging injury to his non-shooting left hand that caused him to miss one game and to play with tape around his pointer and middle fingers.
He has struggled to shoot the ball efficiently this season, hitting just under 42 percent of his attempts, but is still a vital part of UM’s offense. This is a huge blow for the Hurricanes who lose one of their primary ball handlers.
It is not confirmed who will start over Brown, but it will likely be either sophomore D.J. Vasiljevic or freshman Chris Lykes.
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Booker T Believes Sasha Banks Should Swallow Her Pride
Many people have spoken out about Sasha Banks' behaviour of late with various superstars claiming she shot herself in the foot; and that includes Booker T.
Published on May 5, 2019 at 9:08 AM
by Sandra Dedeyne
Many people have spoken out about Sasha Banks’ behaviour of late, with various superstars claiming she shot herself in the foot. One of the veterans who has spoken out about the situation recently is none other than Hall of Famer Booker T, who believes Sasha Banks should swallow her own pride.
Many Opportunities
During his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T stated Sasha Banks has received more opportunities than most women on the WWE roster. In fact, she had many championship opportunities and TV time, a fact that has not gone past the Hall of Famer.
“I am going to tell you right now Sasha Banks has had more life-changing moments than so many that have walked into this business. She is made and she can do anything she wants as far as this business goes from what she has gotten from this business.”
Backstage Management
Booker T did admit that some storylines did not work for him, but that he would discuss this with the people backstage. However, he did mention that he did not care too much about the script and the changes that would happen backstage.
“I don’t write the script and that is one of the reasons why I am here today: I never really cared about what the script was. Give it to me and let me go out and get it done. If it was something that I didn’t disagree with, I was going to go out there and get it done.”
“If I had disagreed with it, I would have said, hey, I don’t agree with this. Let’s change this because I am not doing it this way, then they would change it, and that is the way business has always been done with me. I can’t say that with everybody, but with me that was how it was done.”
With his statements, Booker T hints that Sasha Banks is taking herself too seriously. Even though she had loads of opportunities, she cannot help but show her discontent on a regular basis, the latest being caused by her losing the Women’s Tag Team Championship shortly after winning it with Bayley. While Bayley and Sasha Banks were believed they would carry those titles for some time, they eventually lost the titles at WrestleMania. It is rumored that Sasha Banks asked for her release over WrestleMania weekend as a result of losing the titles. The WWE apparently told her to take some time off to think about it.
Fans have not reacted well to the recent allegations, leading to Bayley being booed when she came out for the first time after WrestleMania. While Bayley has now recovered, it is difficult to say where things are heading for Banks. The company is unlikely to put their trust in her again, so one does have to wonder where this will leave her in the WWE. Time will tell, but the opinions of various legends seem to indicate Sasha has made a huge mistake.
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Nigerian Army as Rivers’ Last Hope – By Dan Amana
By TheNigerian On May 31, 2019
Wonders shall never end in Rivers state. I have been receiving calls from some of my friends outside Rivers state trying to confirm the allegations of oil bunkering levelled against the Nigerian Army by the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike. I have tried my best to explain the position of things to my folks, but the calls won’t seize. At some point, I was ashamed of my state of origin and wondered how we deteriorated to this unenviable position.
As a first, I would heap the blame on just one man, the governor of Rivers state who has institutionalized political thuggery to such a height that if care is not taken, the state might end up in flames. Governor Nyesom Wike, a supposed lawyer, has done great harm than good to the people of Rivers state since he assumed leadership in 2015. He has demonstrated an apparent lack of policy direction in the conduct of government business. And this has manifested in the cruelty with which he has carried on since 2015.
It must be admitted that Rivers state has not witnessed the best of times under Governor Nyesom Wike. We have a youthful population that has been so disoriented and battered that they only way out of their miseries is to take to criminal behaviours to make ends meet. We are also confronted with a political class that knows nothing but how to squander public resources at the detriment of sustainable development.
Those not conversant with the workings of Rivers state would be shocked to learn that under Nyesom Wike, the level of insecurity has degenerated to a low, so much so that it seems Armageddon has befallen the state. In the years I have spent in Rivers state, I have never seen a governor so uncouth in his actions and inactions as Nyesom Wike.
As an indigene of Rivers state I had all my education in the state and I had followed the political journey of Nyesom Wike right from when he was the local government chairman of Obio Akpor local government area in 1999. In a way, Nyesom Wike is not new to me, and I wasn’t surprised with the way he has governed Rivers state since 2015.
This is also sufficing to add that while he was the local government chairman, his trademark then was the patronizing of thugs who labelled him the Chief Barrister. In those days, Nyesom Wike would instead gather youths together and engage them in a drinking competition rather than do anything meaningful for the local government as a whole.
So when the news started making the rounds that the Nigerian Army was involved in crude oil bunkering, I smiled and told close associates that the world is beginning to see the real Nyesom Wike. The governor that would do or say anything to demean you once you are not in his good books.
The accusations by Nyesom Wike against the Nigerian Army, notably the GOC of 6 Division in Port Harcourt is at best described as uncharitable and every inch acts of ungratefulness to the sacrifices the Nigerian Army has made to ensure that Rivers state is safe and secured.
I recall that a particular commentator had come on air to challenge the governor to substantiate his claims of the Nigerian Army involvement in crude oil bunkering. I also smiled because I know such a time will never come. That has been his stock in trade from time immemorial. And this much we all know and so we were not alarmed when he made the allegations. As a fact, the average Ikwerre or Okrika man would simply say the Chief Barrister is at work and wave it off with a hand.
But the question is what about members of the unsuspecting public that do not know the antecedents of the governor? What about the reputation of the GOC that has been called to question with the unsubstantiated allegations? What impression does the governor want to give to the outside world about the Nigerian Army? All of these and many more are questions we must take seriously in this ugly episode in Rivers state.
As a Rivers man, I think we owe the Nigerian Army a collective apology on behalf of the governor who has suddenly forgotten how the officers and men of the Nigerian Army have been able to restore sanity in our state that was under the verge of collapse with the activities of thugs, kidnappers, and cultists. At some point in the annals of the state, if the Nigerian Army is not present in any event, you could be assured that there would be chaos that would lead to loss of lives.
In my opinion, the major sin of the GOC of the 6 Division is that he refused to play ball for business as usual, and he put an end to their nefarious activities.
It is therefore expected that they would unleash their arsenal on him and the institution he represents. But in whose interest? In their selfish interest or in the interest of the generality of Rivers people that can now go about their normal lives without fear of harassment by political thugs, cultists, and even assassins. All of these, the Nigerian Army have been able to nip in the bud, but our dear governor as the chief security officer of the state, sees and thinks otherwise.
It is indeed a shame that our governor has decided to throw caution in the wind by accusing the same institution that has helped in a great deal in the security architecture in the state. The institution that has persevered even in the face of dire challenges to ensure that the common man and woman on the streets of Rivers state are protected.
It must be added that Nyesom Wike is governor of Rivers state today, and a time will come when he will no longer be the governor. But that is not so for the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army would always remain. The Nigerian Army is indeed bigger than Nyesom Wike, and so it would stay and as such the futile attempt at dragging the institution into the murky waters of politics is unbecoming of a governor and chief security officer of a state.
It is advised the governor should tow the path of honour and apologize for his reckless statements. The Rivers people would not allow an individual to disrupt the relative peace we enjoy in the state. The average Rivers man don’t know anywhere else as a home than Rivers. And this much Governor Nyesom Wike knows. The Nigerian Army is an institution and as such respect must be accorded it.
Amana, a public affairs commentator wrote from Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt.
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Croatia: an improving business environment
Strengthening legislation to tackle corruption in Croatia
A land caught between emerging and developed, Croatia still offers plenty of opportunity for investment says our Sub-Regional Director for CEE.
As part of Central Europe, Croatia is caught in an economic no-man’s-land: it no longer has the excitement of an emerging economy, but it has yet to reach the status of a developed economic region. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of attractive investment opportunities available. The addition of most South East European nations to the European Union has triggered a material change in how businesses operate there, and many new investors in the region are having positive experiences.
With GDP of US$13.530 per capita (World Bank 2013), Croatia is the second richest economy in the SEE region after Slovenia. After five years of recession, however, the market is still struggling to recover from the global financial crisis of 2008 and the conflict of the 1990s. GDP fell by roughly 1% in 2013 and the economy has now shrunk by 12% since 2008. Household spending, gross fixed investments, exports and imports have all continued to fall and the only year-on-year contributor to growth in Q4 2013 was government spending which rose by 1.2%.
Even without the global financial crisis, there have historically been a number of barriers to doing business in Croatia. Foreign companies have faced excessive bureaucracy, a lack of clarity and transparency in tax administration, as well as perceived high levels of corruption, incomplete and sometimes incorrect land register, and a torpid judicial system.
EU accession negotiations proved the initial incentive for the Croatian government to tackle corruption and reduce bureaucratic and judicial inefficiencies, and since its admission to the European Union on July 1st 2013, the Croatian business climate has noticeably improved.
In early 2014, the Croatian government implemented an additional series of legislative adjustments designed to further strengthen measures taken during the EU accession process.
The government established a formal Working Group for Business Climate and Private Investments comprising high-level representatives of 23 ministries and institutions. In 2013, the Group adopted 120 reform activities and handled 21 projects worth €1,249.13m, creating 3,090 jobs.
Overseeing the Group is the newly established Agency for Investment and Competitiveness which is dedicated to promote: the image of Croatia as an attractive destination for foreign investment; the implementation of investment projects by large companies; and the enhancement of the competitiveness of the Croatian economy on a global level.
At a session on October 25th 2013, the Croatian Parliament also adopted the Strategic Investments Act. The Act is designed to streamline and expedite the process of obtaining all the documentation and approval necessary for starting a project in Croatia if the project is deemed ‘strategically important.’ Under the law, a project is deemed ‘strategically important’ if it has a threshold value of €20m and is related to: production or processing activities, innovation, business support, high added value activities, the energy sector or infrastructure. The Act represents a major step in Croatia’s current agenda for improving the national investment climate.
Croatia has a high average wage - around US$1,360 per month - when compared to some other countries in the CEE, sometimes even countries with higher GDP per capita. The unemployment, however, reaches almost 18% while the population is comparatively young (42 years on average). In a bid to access this resource, labour legislation has also come in for an overhaul after the previous legislation was heavily criticised for being too rigid and unfavourable to employment growth.
The reforms have made labour legislation more straightforward and created greater harmonisation between Croatian law and that of the wider union of European states, vastly reducing the administrative burdens previously associated with expanding into the Croatian market.
In the construction sector, the Construction Act, the Planned Zoning Act and the Building Inspection Act have vastly simplified industry regulation and strengthened the authority of the Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning over local government units. This will reduce corruption, the time and cost previously entailed in the issuance or building permits, and should increase the uniform application of permits.
Improvements in this area are particularly important in terms of attracting foreign investment. Up until the recession, construction was one of the most propulsive sectors in the Croatian economy - especially given its linkages to the tourism industry which makes up 14% of the Croatian GDP. Today, the biggest opportunities in Croatia tend to be related to the burgeoning tourism industry; the long Adriatic coast is proving very attractive for foreign investors.
Renewable energy also presents an attractive growth area for Croatia and in 2013 the government adopted an action plan for renewable energy sources in accordance with the EU Renewable Energy Directive. There is considerable potential for fuel production from biomass with high consumption in rural areas where agricultural waste could be recycled.
Croatia has amended feed-in tariffs for electricity produced from renewable energy sources and cogeneration to further incentivise production of renewable energy, but has yet to meet its 2010 target for electricity production from renewable energy sources, suggesting that this is likely to be an area of ongoing investment.
Croatia currently ranks at number 33 out of 82 in TMF Group’s Global Benchmark Complexity Index which measures the difficulty of doing business in different jurisdictions. This places Croatia just below the average for the CEE nations included in the survey with only Hungary, Poland and Romania ranking worse. Clearly then there is still work to be done, particularly in the public sector and national infrastructure where Croatia has traditionally relied heavily on foreign equipment and service suppliers.
Nevertheless, as Croatia becomes further aligned with the EU, there are increasing opportunities for foreign companies positioned to assist in the modernisation of infrastructure, the introduction of environmentally friendly energy initiatives, the development of the tourist industry and the expansion of communications and technology networks.
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Evers picks Milwaukee leaders for top Cabinet slots
By: Scott Bauer, AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he's chosen four prominent Milwaukee leaders, including a former campaign manager to Mayor Tom Barrett and a 30-year veteran of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, to hold top-level Cabinet positions.
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The announcement comes less than three weeks before Evers replaces Republican Gov. Scott Walker on Jan. 7. It's Evers' first rollout of Cabinet secretaries, with more expected to be named in the coming days. He has 17 Cabinet positions to fill.
The appointees announced Wednesday are:
— Joel Brennan, chief executive officer for the Discovery World Science and Technology Museum in Milwaukee, will serve as Evers' top aide leading the Department of Administration. Brennan previously worked as campaign manager for Barrett's unsuccessful 2002 run for governor and his winning run for mayor in 2004. Brennan has run Discovery World for the past 11 years. His brother-in-law is Kevin Conroy, the chief executive officer of Exact Sciences Corp. and the co-chair of Evers' transition team.
— Preston Cole , commissioner of neighborhood services under Barrett, will lead the Department of Natural Resources. He has been a member of the Natural Resources Board since 2007, first appointed by Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle and then re-appointed by Walker. That board advises the Department of Natural Resources. Cole is also on the board of directors of the Water Council. He has a degree in forest management.
— U.S. Marshal Kevin Carr will be secretary of the Department of Corrections. Carr previously worked 30 years in the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department before becoming a marshal for the eastern district, which includes Milwaukee, in 2010. He is a member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
— Sara Meaney, chief marketing and development officer at Milwaukee Film, will serve as secretary of the Department of Tourism. She replaces Stephanie Klett, who has been Tourism secretary for eight years under Walker. Several Republican lawmakers, and even on Democrat, urged Evers to retain Klett , a 1992 Miss Wisconsin and former host of the long-running "Discover Wisconsin" tourism television program.
Two of Evers' appointees, Cole and Carr, are African-American. All four are from Milwaukee, the state's largest city, which Evers won with 78 percent of the vote in November.
Some Republicans complained about the lack of geographic diversity among Evers' initial Cabinet appointees.
"For those that may not be aware, there are good, qualified people outside of Milwaukee and Madison," tweeted Republican Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, of Kaukauna. "Hopefully the rest of the state will eventually be represented in this administration."
Republican Rep. Scott Krug, of Nekoosa, tweeted "DNR and Tourism secretaries from Milwaukee? That's not very encouraging so far. I'm glad the legislature is full of great voices for rural WI. Doesn't look so far like the administration will be."
All of the appointees are subject to confirmation by the state Senate, where Republicans will have a 19-14 majority. Under a change approved in the lame-duck legislative session earlier this month, Evers would be barred from nominating the same person again if the Senate has already declined to confirm them.
Follow Scott Bauer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sbauerAP
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What You Need to Know About Kizhi Island
Asia Russia
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By Kerry Kubilius
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Wooden architecture can be found throughout Russia, but Kizhi Island boasts some of the nation's most famous, and most intricate, examples. These structures on Kizhi Island date from various centuries (the oldest from the 14th century), and they have been transported to the island so that they may be preserved and be accessible to the public.
It is possible to visit Kizhi Island from Petrozavodsk, the capital city of the Karelia Region of Northern Russia. Ferries can be taken from the city to the island, which is located on Lake Onega. During certain seasons, cruises to Kizhi can also be booked.
Petrozavodsk can be reached by train from St. Petersburg. The train travels overnight and reaches Petrozavodsk by morning.
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The complex of buildings original to Kizhi Island, the Pogost of Our Savior, is on UNESCO's World Heritage Site list. The famous Church of the Transfiguration, built in the 18th century, boasts 22 onion domes.
Rural Life in Karelia
A reconstructed village on Kizhi Island demonstrates traditional crafts and tasks of peasant life in the Karelia Region of Russia. Villages original to the island also exist, and some houses are still inhabited by locals. Throughout Kizhi Island are remarkable examples of wooden architecture - so, if time permits, do explore the island.
Due to Preservation Issues, Follow the Rules
Smoking is strictly prohibited on Kizhi Island except in certain areas. This is due to the delicate nature of the wooden structures - fires have wreaked havoc in the past. In addition, do not expect to stay on Kizhi Island overnight, as this, too, is forbidden. Instead, either plan a day trip to Kizhi or be content with the time that a guided tour will allow.
Kizhi Island is home to the oldest wooden church in Russia, the Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus, which was built in the late 14th century.
While many of the buildings on Kizhi Island have stood for centuries, it was not until the mid-20th century that the Soviets decided to make Kizhi Island into an open-air museum.
No nails were used in the construction of the wooden architecture of Kizhi Island. Instead, pieces of wood have been notched together to form even the most intricate structures.
Kizhi Island is located in approximately the center of Lake Onega and spans about 6 km long.
A special ruble coin was issued in Russia in 1995 in honor of Kizhi Island.
The first churches on the island did not have onion domes, but pyramid-shaped roofs.
Tours and their descriptions can be found on the official Kizhi Island Museum site. It is possible to book tours that include both the price of admission and the price of the ferry ride from Petrozavodsk. The Kizhi Island Museum was one of the first open-air museums in Russia, having opened in the mid-20th century. Currently, 87 buildings are a part of the open-air complex, some of them containing exhibits about rural life, including farming implements, tools for the manufacture of crafts, furniture, and other items.
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We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the Truckbox s.r.o. The use of the Internet pages of the Truckbox s.r.o is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.
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As the controller, the Truckbox s.r.o has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
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Truckbox s.r.o
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Email: truckbox@truckbox.cz
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The Truckbox s.r.o shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If the Truckbox s.r.o processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the Truckbox s.r.o to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the Truckbox s.r.o will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the Truckbox s.r.o for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of the Truckbox s.r.o. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, the Truckbox s.r.o shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the Truckbox s.r.o.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the Truckbox s.r.o.
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On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences, or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows social network users to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person lives outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook component. An overview of all the Facebook Plug-ins may be accessed under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. During the course of this technical procedure, Facebook is made aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject-and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site-which specific sub-site of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the "Like" button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
Facebook always receives, through the Facebook component, information about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook during the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such a transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Facebook account before a call-up to our website is made.
The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is explained there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, different configuration options are made available to allow the elimination of data transmission to Facebook. These applications may be used by the data subject to eliminate a data transmission to Facebook.
9. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)
On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the application "_gat. _anonymizeIp". By means of this application the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google and anonymised when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, inter alia, to evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports, which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services concerning the use of our Internet site for us.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.
The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits of our website by the data subject. With each visit to our Internet site, such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics through a JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence, or is disabled, it is possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and under https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.
10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Remarketing
On this website, the controller has integrated Google Remarketing services. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords, which allows an enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided on the enterprise's Internet site. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus shows relevant advertisements to interested Internet users.
The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is the Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The purpose of Google Remarketing is the insertion of interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads on the Google network or on other websites, which are based on individual needs and matched to the interests of Internet users.
Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google enables a recognition of the visitor of our website if he calls up consecutive web pages, which are also a member of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site on which the service has been integrated by Google Remarketing, the web browser of the data subject identifies automatically with Google. During the course of this technical procedure, Google receives personal information, such as the IP address or the surfing behaviour of the user, which Google uses, inter alia, for the insertion of interest relevant advertising.
The cookie is used to store personal information, e.g. the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to the interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must call up the link to www.google.de/settings/ads and make the desired settings on each Internet browser used by the data subject.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
11. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google-AdWords
On this website, the controller has integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows the advertiser to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the help of which an ad on Google's search results only then displayed, when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google Advertising Network, the ads are distributed on relevant web pages using an automatic algorithm, taking into account the previously defined keywords.
The operating company of Google AdWords is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by the inclusion of relevant advertising on the websites of third parties and in the search engine results of the search engine Google and an insertion of third-party advertising on our website.
If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is filed on the information technology system of the data subject through Google. The definition of cookies is explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used to identify the data subject. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to check whether certain sub-pages, e.g, the shopping cart from an online shop system, were called up on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both Google and the controller can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our website generated sales, that is, executed or canceled a sale of goods.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used in order to determine the total number of users who have been served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads in the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could identify the data subject.
The conversion cookie stores personal information, e.g. the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as stated above, by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie set by Google AdWords may be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
The data subject has a possibility of objecting to the interest based advertisement of Google. Therefore, the data subject must access from each of the browsers in use the link www.google.de/settings/ads and set the desired settings.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
12. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Instagram
On this website, the controller has integrated components of the service Instagram. Instagram is a service that may be qualified as an audiovisual platform, which allows users to share photos and videos, as well as disseminate such data in other social networks.
The operating company of the services offered by Instagram is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding Instagram component of Instagram. During the course of this technical procedure, Instagram becomes aware of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Instagram, Instagram detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject-and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site-which specific sub-page of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Instagram component and is associated with the respective Instagram account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website, then Instagram matches this information with the personal Instagram user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website provided that the data subject is logged in at Instagram at the time of the call to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the Instagram button or not. If such a transmission of information to Instagram is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she can prevent this by logging off from their Instagram account before a call-up to our website is made.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram may be retrieved under https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
13. Data protection provisions about the application and use of LinkedIn
The controller has integrated components of the LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is a web-based social network that enables users with existing business contacts to connect and to make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people in more than 200 countries use LinkedIn. Thus, LinkedIn is currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world.
The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, UNITED STATES. For privacy matters outside of the UNITED STATES LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding LinkedIn component of LinkedIn. Further information about the LinkedIn plug-in may be accessed under https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. During the course of this technical procedure, LinkedIn gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on LinkedIn, LinkedIn detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject-and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site-which specific sub-page of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the LinkedIn component and associated with the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the LinkedIn buttons integrated on our website, then LinkedIn assigns this information to the personal LinkedIn user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in at LinkedIn at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the LinkedIn button or not. If such a transmission of information to LinkedIn is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their LinkedIn account before a call-up to our website is made.
LinkedIn provides under https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls the possibility to unsubscribe from e-mail messages, SMS messages and targeted ads, as well as the ability to manage ad settings. LinkedIn also uses affiliates such as Eire, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua, and Lotame. The setting of such cookies may be denied under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. The applicable privacy policy for LinkedIn is available under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. The LinkedIn Cookie Policy is available under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
14. Data protection provisions about the application and use of YouTube
On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, which also provides free viewing, review and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos, so you can access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.
The operating company of YouTube is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube may be obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in on YouTube, YouTube recognizes with each call-up to a sub-page that contains a YouTube video, which specific sub-page of our Internet site was visited by the data subject. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.
YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website, if the data subject at the time of the call to our website is logged in on YouTube; this occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject, the delivery may be prevented if the data subject logs off from their own YouTube account before a call-up to our website is made.
YouTube's data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
15. Legal basis for the processing
16. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
17. Period for which the personal data will be stored
18. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data
19. Existence of automated decision-making
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What it takes to work in an
*Credit to: asialifevietnam.com
(Dr. Alan from Family Medical Practice gives readers an inside look at what it takes to work in an emergency room. Photos by Vinh Dao)
In the ER room, you need a certain kind of compassion just as much as a heart of stone. You can’t get attached to death. It’s not colds and flu that we see here, but the real challenging cases—trauma, vehicular crashes, motorcycles, a little violence. Some high-projectile mechanism of injury; like speeding on the road. It’s like this every night—the skies darken and the streetlights flicker to life, while those of us on night shift steel ourselves for another round of trauma, injury, and saving lives.
The worst case I saw here was a drunk tourist who jumped from the 5th floor of a classy hotel. Once he hit the ground, his bone was totally exposed, gushing blood, and squirting—and if a wound is squirting, it must be very, very deep. He was pale, he was still mumbling, but the sounds were incomprehensible. We really needed blood and pain relief. But it was also a hazard for my staff and me, because when there’s so much blood everywhere, we have to protect ourselves. I had to manage all the bystanders as well, all the people who wanted to stop and take photos and then publish them online. If you’re the doctor on site, you’re the first responder, the captain of the ship. You’re responsible for everything.
In the evening, you have to be fast, it has to be “blink and think.” If a patient comes in convulsing, is he having a febrile fever seizure? Is he intoxicated? Did he take isoniazid drugs? You have to diagnose the cases fast, especially in Vietnam where they dispense medicines left and right, where everything is complicated and people don’t know what prescription drugs they’re taking. Then, if the emergency bell rings, you have to drop everything; quickly hand over to your nurse and the backup doctor, get on the ambulance, and just go.
You can’t always tell what’s waiting for you at the end of the ride. Sometimes when an English-speaking patient has an emergency, they ask their driver or someone Vietnamese to call us. But Vietnamese people don’t always like to give so many details over the phone. On one call, the information we received was “someone has stomach pain”. When we got there, we found ourselves having to deliver a baby in the bathroom.
It was about two in the morning. She was British, it was her second child, so she knew the pain. Her water had broken, and she thought she could do it by herself, but of course, the toilet was dirty, and with all the blood spilling out, the baby coming out, and the placenta, how would you get it?
The mother was really submissive. PUSH! The baby popped out, it only took about 20 minutes. That was my first home delivery in Vietnam. Of course, in my home town in the Philippines, we do it a lot, on the floor, everywhere. But here, yes, the baby was well, crying and pinkish; we cut the cord, we delivered the placenta, then we let the mother hold the baby to her breasts to smell the mother’s.
There’s a cultural barrier here, a cultural difference. We have to understand how they perceive life in Vietnam. We also have to understand that, when someone dies, we have to sterilize the room, even if the patient died from cancer, something not infectious. People do die in here—not as often as you might imagine, but when it happens, they like to bring relatives back home to rest there. We have to compromise as well. They want to apply some heating oil, some coins, they ask us about this. Part of our job here is to get immersed with the old ways of traditional medicine.
We’re lucky here in Vietnam that we don’t have so many mass casualty incidents. My specialty may be emergency, but in my sub-specialty, I’m really inclined toward disaster medicine. In my home town, we see terrorist activities. There was a policeman who ran amok because he got fired from his job, so he held an entire busload of tourists hostage and then he killed five people. It was a rainy night, and I was just in training at the time, working that night shift. The whole ER was so congested because it was under renovation. Then, boom! Five dead, three critical, and others moaning. You don’t just see the critical cases, you also see the patients from the tear gas, from the blast injury. They have shrapnel, hot glass. The noise, the heat, the pale light of the ER room lamps.
Another mass incident was a bomb blast. Someone had left a bag with explosives outside an examination center. They brought about 30 people into our hospital, and everyone was in pain. Of course, the parents were wailing. There was a young student, first year in college, who lost both of her legs. She was shaking, her blood pressure was going down, and she was asking, “Doctor, I cannot feel my legs”. What could I say? I wanted to turn around and shout for a doctor, but I was the emergency specialist at that time. That’s when it hit home, that realization of the responsibility of my role. Here, we don’t have many incidents like that. That’s very good. But we’re still prepared for them if they occur.
If it’s the middle of the night, and you have an emergency, then do call us. Our number is *9999. We will respond to your calls. House call, road call, hotel call—we will get there with a prepared team. Give us good information, vital, pertinent information. Give us the easiest route to get to where you are. If possible, have someone wait outside your door on the ground floor—for example, so that we don’t get stuck at your elevator without an access card. Meet us, keep your phone line open, be mentally and emotionally strong, because we need that, and your patient needs it too at that moment. Even though it’s late at night, we all need to think sharp.
In an emergency case, if there’s a problem with the airways, breathing, circulation… patients go straight into ER, they get prioritized. It’s going to be very busy during the first few minutes. Nurses are going to be hovering around them. A lot of questions, a lot of activities—like inserting an IV line, doing a chest ECG, administration of oxygen, lights flashing, X-ray—a lot of movement. It’s difficult for the patient and for the family, because they’re anxious already, and they want to get treated. But bear with us. We have to know what’s going on. We have to ask pertinent questions. Other things can be left for the secondary survey, but for the primary survey, there may be a lot of questions—last medicine intake, last food intake, what happened within the past five hours, things like that. ER has to be fast. So bear with us if we ask straight-to-the-point questions, if we seem heartless sometimes. This is our job. We have to save you, we have to do what you’re paying us for, in order to save your life, right?
Our job is to protect people whenever a medical emergency strikes, no matter what time of night it is. We doubled our ambulance fleet recently, and the real beauty in that is more community education. I believe we’re making this community a healthier place, and that people are becoming more aware of their health. *9999 is an ambitious project, I think it’s very courageous. The ambulances may be expensive, but it’s a sacrifice for the community, it’s how we give back. High visibility of medical access. It feels like Saigon will be a safer place to live.
Family Medical Practice Vietnam
Dr. Allan Paras
Emergency Medicine Specialist
Tucked away in the rear of the District 1 clinic is Family Medical Practice’s Emergency Room where the ever-watchful gaze of Dr. Allan oversees one of its most critical areas. Joining the team in mid-2012, Dr. Allan brings almost a decade of Emergency experience to each patient that he sees.
Choosing the fast-paced life of an Emergency doctor came naturally to the specialist, saying that this kind of work environment best ‘matches my personality’—where the opportunity to make life-changing differences for his patients every hour of every day brings out his best work.
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Macedonia Closes Border to Migrants
By VOA News
Migrants try to prepare a meal during a rainfall at a makeshift camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 9, 2016.
Thousands of migrants trying to reach northern Europe are now stranded in Greece after Macedonia closed its border Wednesday, police officials said.
The decision comes a day after Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia closed their borders to transiting migrants, with exceptions being made only for asylum-seekers.
It effectively closes the so-called "Balkan route" taken by many migrants headed for wealthier nations in western Europe, with Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar saying, "The [Balkan] route for illegal migrations no longer exists."
Slovenia's action is in line with a decree made Monday at a European Union meeting in Brussels that EU members must return to enforcement of the open-border Schengen agreement, which says nations can bar entry to any migrants who do not plan to apply for asylum in that country.
Children at Idomeni refugee camp on the Greece-Mac
Children at Idomeni refugee camp on the Greece-Macedonia border, March 8, 2016. (Jamie Dettmer for VOA)
Pressure on EU, Turkey
The new measures put extra pressure on the European Union and its neighbors to handle the crowds of migrants already awaiting help within the EU and in Turkey, where 2.7 million migrants are waiting to continue their journey.
It also exacerbates a dire situation on the Macedonian border.
Greek officials said nearly 36,000 migrants and refugees are stranded in the country, including more than 14,000 mainly Syrian and Iraqi refugees stuck in a muddy, unhygienic camp near the Idomeni border crossing with Macedonia.
EU leaders and Ankara said Tuesday they had reached a possible deal that would return the thousands of migrants who arrived in Greece from Turkey.
After months of disagreements and increased bickering among the 28 EU nations, the leaders said they agreed to give Turkey more than $3 billion in additional funds to help with the nearly 3 million Syrian refugees it is hosting.
The EU leaders also agreed to swiftly ease visa requirements for Turks and speed up Ankara's EU accession talks in exchange for its help in stemming migration flows to Europe.
Resettle refugees
In addition, the deal calls for the EU to resettle one Syrian refugee from Turkey in return for every Syrian refugee Turkey takes back from Greece.
Migrant routes into EU
However, UNHCR refugee coordinator for Europe Vincent Cochetel, who said he did not know the details of the proposed deal, told VOA he worries it may lack safeguards to protect asylum-seekers.
“Collective expulsion of foreigners is prohibited under the European Convention of Human Rights," Cochetel said. "An agreement that would be tantamount to a blanket return of any foreigners to a third country is not consistent with European law, is not consistent with international law.”
All eyes are now on March 17 and the start of a two-day summit to finalize the commitment and agree on a deal that the leaders hope will allow for a return to normalcy along their borders by the end of the year.
Europe is struggling to handle its largest refugee crisis since World War II. Last year, more than 1 million refugees and migrants made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea from Turkey to Europe, and roughly 142,000 have arrived so far this year, most of them arriving in Greece.
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The European Union and Turkey appear close to striking a deal to try to end the flow of migrants crossing to Greece. The proposal has been criticized by human rights group Amnesty as ‘inhumane’. After talks in Brussels lasting late into Monday, EU Council President Donald Tusk declared "the days of irregular migration to Europe are over." “The irregular flow of migrants along the Western Balkan route has now come to an end…
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The European Union and Turkey appear close to striking a deal to try to end the flow of migrants crossing to Greece. The details are still to be finalized at another migration summit later this month â but the agreement has already been criticized by the human rights group Amnesty International as âinhumaneâ. Henry Ridgwell reports.
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EU and Turkish officials say they have reached an agreement in principle to resolve the migrant crisis. Turkey, which is hosting over two million Syrian refugees and is the migrants' main transit route into Europe, is seen as the key to stemming the exodus.Pro-government newspapers in Turkey described the emergency summit on the migrant crisis held in Brussels as a historic victory for the country, with the EU agreeing to resettle one Syrian refugee from Turkey in return for…
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European Union leaders said Tuesday they have reached a possible deal with Ankara to return thousands of migrants to Turkey, and that they are confident a full agreement can be reached at a summit next week.After months of disagreements and increased bickering among the 28 EU nations, the leaders said they agreed to give Turkey more money to help refugees, swiftly ease visa requirements for Turks and speed up Ankara's accession talks in exchange for its help in stemming…
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L.A. County to pay $1.75 million to settle suit…
L.A. County to pay $1.75 million to settle suit over fatal shooting of stolen-car driver who struck a deputy
PUBLISHED: May 8, 2018 at 11:57 pm | UPDATED: June 28, 2018 at 12:29 pm
LOS ANGELES — The family of a 26-year-old man fatally shot in Norwalk by a sheriff’s deputy checking on a stolen car will be paid $1.75 million to settle its lawsuit against Los Angeles County, based on a vote by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
The shooting occurred about 5:15 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2016, in a 7-Eleven gas station lot at Alondra Boulevard and Studebaker Road, on the border of Norwalk and Cerritos.
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The deputy, on patrol alone, spotted a white Acura Integra in the lot that he thought might be stolen, according to a summary provided to the board. An apparent gang-related shooting had occurred in the same lot a day earlier.
The patrol car pulled up behind the Acura at the pump and the deputy approached the driver and asked if the car belonged to him.
“It’s none of your business,” the driver allegedly said, getting into the car, starting the engine and reaching into the back seat.
The deputy, afraid that the man might be reaching for a weapon, drew his gun, pointed it at the man and ordered him to turn the car off and show his hands.
“The (man) put the vehicle in gear, turned the vehicle sharply to the left and accelerated forward” hitting the deputy’s legs, according to the board documents.
The deputy then fired seven shots and the Acura drove over a curb and hit a brick wall.
The patrolman pulled the driver from the car and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. The man in the vehicle, Francisco Garcia, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The car had been reported stolen. No weapons were found in the car or at the scene.
Garcia’s family filed suit Jan. 30, 2017, alleging that Garcia was shot without provocation as he tried to flee the deputy. The deputy argued his actions were reasonable under the circumstances.
County lawyers advised settlement, citing the risks and uncertainties of litigation.
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Sports TV Best Bets: Little League World Series…
Sports TV Best Bets: Little League World Series takes center stage
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PUBLISHED: August 12, 2018 at 4:13 pm | UPDATED: August 12, 2018 at 4:14 pm
Little League World Series, Williamsport, Pa.Aug. 16-26, ESPN and ABC, daily coverage
Sixteen teams, two pods of eight, international and America divisions, double elimination, wall-to-wall ESPN coverage, and the athletes, unlike most, have homework most every night and a hard get-to-bed curfew.
The Little League World Series was an institution in the nation long before anyone knew cable television would ever exist. Now it’s become a linchpin of the summer viewing schedule, with every game of the tournament on ESPN except for five games, including the international and American pod title games and the championship game, which will be on ABC.
One can argue (and many do) the merits of focusing cameras on kids whose emotions will be on display in stressful situations. Studies have been written; parental groups have protested. But there’s no denying that ABC and ESPN have treated the LLWS like any major event and used their best voices in their corral. Jim McKay, Curt Gowdy, Keith Jackson, Sean McDonough, Brent Musburger and Al Michaels have done the honors in the past.
Karl Ravech will be the main play-by-play man, with ex-Cub David Ross, Tim Kurkjian and Jessica Mendoza doing analysis. Soccer legend Julie Foudy will be a dugout reporter. For the second time, a regular-season MLB game will be played in Williamsport (August 19, ESPN, 4 p.m.) at a minor league park in the town, between the Phillies and Mets, as part of the two-week event.
The U.S. teams hail from Honolulu, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Staten Island, Des Moines and Houston, among others. The International teams are from Seoul, South Korea; Queensland, Australia; Surrey, British Columbia, Canada; Guayama, Puerto Rico; Barcelona, Spain; Kawaguchi, Japan; Arraijan, Panama; and Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Four games a day are on tap Thursday-Sunday, with ABC covering U.S. division elimination games Saturday (noon) and Sunday (11 a.m.).
118th U.S. Amateur Championship, Pebble BeachAug. 18-19, Fox
What do Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Mark O’Meara, Craig Stadler, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gene Littler and Bobby Jones have in the common beyond the obvious? They all won U.S. Amateur Championships, with Tiger winning three straight (1994-96) as liftoff to his great pro career. Nicklaus won it twice (1959, 1961) and Jones five times.
The event is special since age limits are irrelevant and a lot of future PGA stars use this as the launching pad for pro careers. That said, there are two men in their 60s in the field as well as a pair of 14-year-olds. It is a match-play tourney, which is a rarity to see and pares the field to a final twosome. The field of 312 will play early this week to cut the field to 64 for the final rounds. Fox has semifinal coverage Saturday (9 a.m.) and Sunday (1:30 p.m.).
Besides 67-year-old Paul Simson, the field will include Gary Nicklaus, son of Jack; Thomas Lehman, son of Tom; Carter Toms, son of David; and Jovan Rebula of South Africa, whose uncle is Ernie Els. Garrett Rank of Canada is in the field, too. His day job is as an NHL official.
Locals to watch include Stewart Hagestad (27, Newport Beach, USC) and Collin Morikawa (21, La Canada HS/Cal) who were on the 2017 U.S. Walker Cup team. Morikawa is third in the amateur rankings. There’s also Sahith Theegala (20, Chino Hills), who was an All-American at Pepperdine this year.
And there’s William Mouw (17, Ontario Christian High), who is Pepperdine bound, was named Southern California’s top junior of 2017, and is an egg farmer with his family. Go to his Instagram page and you can watch him hitting drives over the farm’s bright red barn.
MLBAug. 15, KTLA, SNLA
Hallelujah. There’s a Dodgers game televised this week that isn’t on the highly proprietary SNLA. KTLA (Ch. 5) has the Dodgers-Giants game Wednesday at 7 p.m. To put the Dodgers TV situation in greater focus, the team has not only shuttered local fans from telecasts, but it’s also fallen off the grid of MLB teams that get national play.
This week, for example, ESPN and Fox will air games featuring the Mets, Orioles and Blue Jays. The Dodgers were on one Fox telecast early in the season. In the stretch run, national cameras will be on the team just three times, for two games against the Cardinals (Aug. 21-22), and a Sept. 15 Fox telecast, also against St. Louis.
KTLA will also air games on Aug. 20 (Cards), Aug. 31 (Arizona) and Sept. 4 (Mets). A few more KTLA dates may be added in September if Spectrum deigns to allow the common fan a break.
NASCARAug. 16-18, Fox, NBCSN
One of the coolest tracks in auto racing takes the stage this weekend, the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, a narrow half-mile dervish of a layout, for three NASCAR events in as many days.
Fox has the NASCAR World Truck Series event Thursday (5:30 p.m.), NBCSN the Food City 300 Xfinity Series race Friday (4:30 p.m.), and NBCSN the big race Saturday (4:30 p.m.), the Cup Series 500, one of the rare night races on the tour.
Kyle Busch is dominating the season, and Bristol has become one of his favorite tracks. He’s won 21 NASCAR events at the track, including seven Cup wins. He’s the only driver to ever win all three events on the same weekend, doing it twice, in 2010 and last season.
AVP VolleyballAug. 19, NBC, 1:30 p.m.
The historic Manhattan Beach stop on the volleyball tour comes this week, starting Thursday on the beaches in the shadows of the pier. It’s the last California stop on the tour and penultimate event of the season. In a case of poor scheduling, some of the top teams won’t be in Manhattan since it comes on the same weekend as the FIVB World Tour Championships in Hamburg, Germany, where teams score points toward Olympic qualification.
The AVP tour has crowned four different men’s team in five events, with the team of Jake Gibb, a mere 42, and former Long Beach State NCAA Player of the Year Taylor Crabb posting the most consistent results, with a win, two seconds and a third.
On the women’s side, 11 different teams have posted top four finishes this season. Summer Ross/Sara Hughes won in New York and Hermosa Beach, and Emily Day/Betsi Flint in Seattle and San Francisco. April Ross/Alix Klineman won the season opener and has been top four in three other events. Two other former Long Beach State stars, Caitlin Ledoux (with Gena Urango) and Brittany Hochevar (Kelly Claes), have done everything but win a tourney this season.NBC will air both the men’s and women’s finals.
Bob Keisser
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Dear Martin - I just wanted to say a huge thank you for organising the most amazing holiday for us. It was absolutely fantastic - honestly one of the best holidays ever - safari was fantastic (despite charging buffalo, poisonous snakes, roaming/roaring lions and a sleepless night or two!) and the camp was superb - they did Christmas so well it was magical. And the hotel at the coast was just lovely. All transfers worked impeccably (showing up BA!). Thanks so much - it really was amazing and we were all very grateful.
Louisa Mitchell
Kenya, December 2017
It was while working as a freelance photographer in London that Africa imposed itself on Martin’s life. Bored with the routine of photographing shows and exhibitions he decided that Africa was the place to find new photographic challenges, so in 1980 he set off on a journey from London to Nairobi. That journey ended up lasting about five months and took him across the Sahara and West Africa, before crossing through what is now South Sudan to enter Kenya.
It was the beginning of a love affair that remains just as strong today.
Arriving in Nairobi he found that there was more call for his expedition leading skills than his photography and he quickly found work as a safari guide. He also spent some time managing a small camp on the shores of Lake Turkana.
Surrounded by so much that was spectacular it is hardly surprising that he kept his cameras close to hand and he was soon supplying photographs to companies in the UK and USA for their magazines and brochures.
From Kenya he moved to Egypt where he set up a tour operation that went on to become a world leader in small group adventure travel to the region. He returned to the UK and, in 1991, co-founded The Imaginative Traveller.
The Imaginative Traveller was a pioneer of low impact experiential travel offering experiential small group journeys in more than 60 destinations worldwide.
But Africa kept calling.
After leaving The Imaginative Traveller in 2007 and deciding it was time to focus on his two passions, Africa and photography, Martin set up Wildlife Photography Africa.
In its early days Wildlife Photography Africa ran workshops aimed at helping people to improve their photography skills and take control of their cameras.
Since then the company has used Martin’s wealth of experience to establish itself as a specialist in bespoke safaris for people wanting to photograph Africa and its wildlife.
“It’s just as exciting for me as it is for my clients. Every safari is different and it’s a huge buzz to see people developing their photography skills and their own passion for Africa at the same time”
Martin is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Rena Brennecke
Rena’s love of travel began many years ago (we’re not allowed to say exactly how many) when she left Germany to explore Australia. Returning to Europe her background in hotel management and finance helped her secure a job with a leading adventure travel company.
Hooked on Africa since her first Kenya safari in 1986, Rena co-founded The Imaginative Traveller and where she worked as Marketing Director; playing a major role in establishing the company as one of the world’s leading small group adventure operators.
Rena left The Imaginative Traveller in 2007 to work as a freelance marketing consultant in the travel industry.
She brought her marketing expertise to Wildlife Photography Africa in 2012; although she continues her consultancy work and also provides specialist German lessons to local businessmen.
Safe Hands
One of the key attributes of our success as a tour operator has been the importance we place on long term relationships with partners in the various destinations and it is the strength of these relationships that give us the confidence of knowing that, whatever happens, our clients are in safe hands.
Although we like to personally accompany our photographic groups whenever possible we can’t accompany every individual client on safari, so it is vital that we have complete confidence in the people that do.
Our drivers and guides, the staff at the camps and lodges we use; indeed all our partners on the ground in Africa, have proved time after time just how good they are and we are sure you’ll be as impressed with them as we are.
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The Science of the Sniff: Why Dogs Are Great Disease Detectors
Author: Megan MolteniMegan Molteni
Meet Freya, a Springer Spaniel, who has been trained to sniff out the scent of malaria. Freya's highly sensitive nose could help provide the first non-invasive test for malaria. Sniffer dogs could potentially be deployed at ports of entry to identify passengers carrying malaria to prevent the spread of the disease across borders and to ensure people receive timely antimalarial treatment.
Medical Detection Dogs
In November 2016, a team of scientists from the Medical Research Council in Gambia visited primary schools armed with hundreds of beige-colored nylon socks. Handing them out to children there aged five to 14, the researchers instructed them to wear the socks overnight, only taking them off if they were washing their feet for prayer. The next day they returned to collect the dirty laundry, sort it, and put it in the mail to a British charity that would spend the next four months using the material to train dogs to recognize an odor imperceptible to the human nose: the molecular signature of malaria.
Dogs possess a sense of smell many times more sensitive than even the most advanced man-made instrument. Just how powerful is a pupper schnoz? Powerful enough to detect substances at concentrations of one part per trillion—a single drop of liquid in 20 Olympic-size swimming pools. With training, dogs can sniff out bombs and drugs, pursue suspects, and find dead bodies. And more and more, they’re being used experimentally to detect human disease—cancer, diabetes, tuberculosis, and now, malaria—from smell alone.
On Monday, researchers presented these latest results at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting in New Orleans. In double-blind lab tests, two canines proved able to correctly pick out the scent of children infected with malaria parasites 70 percent of the time. While all the schoolchildren appeared healthy, blood tests administered on-site discovered that 30 children were actually carrying the disease. This work is just a proof of concept, but the hope is that one day biodetection dogs could be deployed at airports, ports of entry, or other border crossings, to prevent asymptomatic carriers of the parasite that causes malaria from bringing it back into areas where the disease has been eradicated.
The work was funded by a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has made malaria a priority in recent years, even spearheading an ambitious effort to eradicate the disease with Crispr-edited mosquitoes. The World Health Organization warned in its latest malaria report that decades-long progress in fighting the disease has stalled and is in danger of reversing. Each year, it kills half a million people, mostly children.
“The next stage is to figure out how well the dogs can do under natural circumstances with real people,” said James Logan, Head of the department of disease control at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, which collaborated on the research. If they prove adept enough, the dogs could become a routine, noninvasive screening tool. They could be especially useful during the dry months, when there are few mosquitoes and very little transmission of the disease, but the parasite is holed up in human hosts who don’t show any symptoms. “Finding those individuals is currently very difficult,” says Logan.
In this study, dogs were trained to sniff out malaria through the scent of the disease in samples of socks worn by infected children.
An entomologist by training, Logan spent the early years of his career trying to understand why some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others. A few years ago, he began to wonder if, like other parasites that rely on multiple hosts to complete their life-cycle, malaria-causing Plasmodium had a way to make infected humans smell tastier to the winged blood-suckers. Through a series of experiments, his research group showed that indeed, people infected with the parasite put out a unique aroma that sent skeeters a’swarming. They identified a cocktail of volatile compounds that proved a potent potion for attracting mosquitoes.
Where this molecular homing beacon comes from is still a mystery. Logan posits three possibilities: the parasite could be producing it, the stress from having a parasite in the body could be inducing human cells to secrete it, or the infection changes the bacterial communities living on people’s skin, resulting in the signature scent. The next phase of their research involves trying to further understand the specifics, so they could one day develop a device that does the work of a dog’s nose, without the need for a pooper-scooper. And in the meantime, they plan to begin trials in the real world to see how the dogs do with people, not just socks.
So how do you train a dog to detect disease? Much the same way you’d train one to pick out a whiff of gunpowder or heroin. You start by teaching them a game of sniff-and-seek.
“Dogs have something called neophilia, which means they are attracted to new and interesting odors,” says Claire Guest, who runs Medical Detection Dogs, a ten-year-old charitable organization devoted to supporting research into canine biodetection work. In their facilities an hour outside of London, human trainers place a few drops of a standard training liquid into small glass jars. Those get clipped behind a metal grate attached to a standing arm, which are lined up one next to the other. The dogs are instructed to walk down the line, pausing to sniff each one. If they stop at the new smell a trainer croons, “That’s it, good dog.” Soon they learn that if they stop and sit pointing at the right jar, they’ll get a treat.
The dogs don’t live at the facilities—they reside with families in the area and come in each day for a few hours of work. So it can take a few months to learn the basic rules of the game. But once that’s done, you can transition them to other smells, like schoolkids’ socks. MDD trained three dogs to detect malaria; a spaniel named Freya, Sally, a Labrador, and Lexi, a Lab-Golden Retriever mix. They’re 3 of 38 dogs currently working at the organization. Others are learning how to sniff prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, Parkinson’s, and in the newest trials, the bacteria that causes urinary tract infections. Each dog is only trained in one disease indication, but not because they couldn’t learn more than one. Their human handlers just wouldn’t know which was which. In theory you teach them to raise a right paw for malaria and left paw for diabetes, but that would likely introduce more error into the equation.
All of this work is deeply personal for Guest, whose father passed away from Parkinson’s a few years ago. In 2009, her own dog, Daisy, nudged her repeatedly in the chest, nosing out a lump that turned out to be breast cancer. But she’s most excited by some of the organization’s research. MDD is collaborating with a scientist in Mexico City who’s built a bioelectronic nose for the purposes of detecting cancer via odor. But its algorithms need to be taught how malignant tissues smell. That’s where the dogs come in. “We can say to the dog, ‘here’s 10 cancers, which smells the strongest,’ and then we feed that data to the AI,” says Guest. “If machines can understand what odor is, that will be a much more powerful tool for us in the future.”
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YOU'RE READING Big political parties made promises ahead of the elections, but will this guarantee a better South Africa for women?
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Big political parties made promises ahead of the elections, but will this guarantee a better South Africa for women?
By Marilynn Manuel
Seems women will remain at the short end of the stick if they put their trust in these big political parties according to a new study. Credit: Unsplashed
With the national election results being tallied, South African women and children who have been promised change by big and small political parties alike now wait with bated breath.
But will these promises be kept once the results are in? A recently published study revealed is less than optimistic that parties will deliver once the results are in.
According to IOL, the study by the Dullah Omar Institute's for Women and Democracy Initiative (WDI) was published using a feminist analysis, which interrogated each of South Africa's biggest political parties' manifestos - the parties in question being the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
READ MORE: "Women will save South Africa" - Oprah Winfrey
In the months leading up to our national elections which took place on 8 May 2019, parties held rallies, placed billboards and placards along almost every road, and held manifesto launches all in a bid to win the votes of South Africans to whom they had made promises.
For women, in particular, there have been promises of gender equality, the end of gender-based violence as well as more jobs for the youth; all of which are pleasing to the desperate ears of women hungry for change.
To better assess the promise-to-delivery ratio, True Love Magazine broke down each party's list of women-oriented goals as follows:
Advance women’s access to land and participation in agriculture and rural economies.
Call for stricter bail conditions and harsher sentences in combating violence against women.
Develop a plan to take care of the first 1000 days of human life, from pregnancy until two years of age, in which the pregnant mother will get good nutrition, and undertake antenatal care visits.
Introduce legislation to protect job-seekers who are vulnerable to coerced transactional sex requests.
Increase the child grant.
Implement an electronic tracking system for domestic violence complaints to enable the tracking of perpetrators and victims across police station
Redistribute a minimum of 50% of the land to be controlled by women and the youth.
Pass legislation that ensures a minimum wage of R4 500 across the board for all full-time workers.
Introduce a special inspectorate in the Department of Labour to monitor, report on and enforce gender parity and equality in the workplace.
READ MORE: #SAElections2019: What each party is promising women and children
How the WDI study was conducted
Because the current state of South Africa's governance leaves a lot to be desired - especially for women - these promises sound rather sweet. And the vigour with which they have been delivered almost make it seem like they are a certainty in the near future.
Unfortunately, the WDI's study disagrees that our political parties can actually deliver anything they have presented to the country's more vulnerable demographic groups.
This is based on the following thematic issues they used to weigh up against each party's individual promise to women:
1. Party track record in advancing and advocating for gender justice.
2. The quality of its analysis in the party's manifesto, especially relating to the patriarchy.
3. The specificity of each promise and how it plans to manifest this promise in detail.
4. Whether or not each party has allocated budgets to each of the promises it plans on fulfilling.
5. How each party plans to implement each plan of action with transparency and accountability.
After putting these guidelines in place, and scrutinising what each party said they would deliver, the WDI found that all three major opposition parties had made a better than before effort to include issues facing women in their manifestos.
However, they also found that most of the promises had been recycled from previous manifestos, which they had failed to acted on post-election.
Let's take a look at how each of the three parties fared in this study:
Findings on the ANC
The study found that while the ANC has improved their strategy to include more conversation around how women's lives in SA will be changed, they failed to clearly explain how they will be implementing their plans.
The study also mentions that past efforts made by the ANC to combat gender-based violence had not been carried through successfully.
“Overall the manifesto is weak in its recognition of, or strategies to address, the systematic and structural discrimination of womxn, patriarchy, sexism and male dominance," the report reveals.
The WDI's report adds that “at this point, we would expect to see the ANC grappling in different ways with the rights violations, exclusions and failures of social justice that have persisted. It does not."
Findings on the DA
The study found that while the DA does promise to combat issues such as gender-based violence and the country's inclusion of the LGBTQ community, they still leave a lot to be desired with regards to other issues women are faced with.
“Womxn are mainly considered in the section dealing with gender-based violence and are often mentioned in their normalised role as [nurturers] of children. This indicates a lack of understanding or a refusal to acknowledge womxn as a category deserving full consideration and inclusion in plans and promises throughout the manifesto.
“The Democratic Alliance appears to be gender blind in all facets of the manifesto. Womxn are only mentioned in regard to gender-based violence or in connection with children, but never on their own [sic]," notes the report.
In response to the WDI's report on the DA, the party's director of communications Mabine Seabe, told W24 the following;
“It is untrue to say that the Democratic Alliance is gender blind. As a public server, it’s good nature is to make sure women in SA are uplifted. Issues such as gender-based violence and gender equality were at the forefront of our manifesto."
READ MORE: How Moonchild Sanelly chose to dress and dance at the DA manifesto launch is part of what makes her such an important and popular public figure
Findings on the EFF
With regards to the EFF, the study found that this party has been successful in addressing issues around gender-based violence and gender justice, and has attributed this to the fact that the EFF is a relatively new party and is thus able to keep up with the ever-growing feminist movement in South Africa.
While, according to the study, the EFF was able to more clearly touch on issues related to gender justice, the party failed to specify how it was going to implement most of its promises. As a result, the study notes that the EFF needs a significant investment in order to be able to actually implement each promise.
"Although the EFF’s 2019 manifesto is arguably one of the more detailed manifestos, their larger than life offering demands more than being short on detail. There is not much of clear sense on how their policy positions and commitments will be both implemented and seen through, as would be the expectation for a party which is preparing to govern," the WDI highlights.
"Even where they do extend a sufficient feminist-leaning analysis, this is undermined by their lack of budgeting considerations and cost calculations, which would lend their stance to the side of genuine commitment as opposed to more political rhetoric, as is the expectation with most parties," reads the report.
The results of the study leave quite a bitter taste in one's mouth, especially now that our thumbs are already inked. But it's also important to note that each party has made individual progress - no matter how small.
Now we can only hope that more women will occupy seats in parliament in order to ensure that more of our voices are heard.
The EFF and the ANC could could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.
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Congress Considering Legislation To Fix America's National Parks
By Jim Levulis • 7 hours ago
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In 2018, more than 318 million people visited the roughly 400 National Park sites covering about 85 million acres in the U.S., according to the federal government. And while history, nature and outdoor recreation are the usual draws, advocates say visitors are being welcomed by crumbling roads, deteriorating buildings and outdated utility systems. Now Congress is considering measures to chip away at the backlog of deferred maintenance projects in the park system.
The Roundtable Panel: Climate Change Discussion
By Joe Donahue • Apr 20, 2018
WAMC Northeast Public Radio and The New York State Writers Institute present a special Climate Change Roundtable Panel at Page Hall at UAlbany's Downtown Campus featuring the following experts:
Judith Enck – Senior Advisor at Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, former regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, and regular Roundtable Panelist
Jeff Goodell - a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine. His latest book is "The Water Will Come"
Elizabeth Kolbert - Pulitzer Prize-winner for "The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History," observer on environmentalism for The New Yorker magazine.
Terry Tempest Williams - award-winning author of fifteen books, including her latest: "The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks"
Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon
By Joe Donahue • Sep 22, 2017
Yellowstone is America's premier national park. Today Yellowstone is often a byword for conservation, natural beauty, and a way for everyone to enjoy the great outdoors. But it was not always this way. Wonderlandscape presents a new perspective on Yellowstone, the emotions that various natural wonders and attractions evoke, and how this explains the park's relationship to America as a whole.
John Clayton is an independent author, journalist, essayist, and ghostwriter based in Montana. His new book is Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon.
Travel With Andrea Schwartz 11/2/16
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Book Picks - Odyssey Bookshop
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This week's Book Picks come to us from Joan Grenier at The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA.
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams
The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston
The Book Show #1466 - Terry Tempest Williams
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A naturalist and advocate for freedom of speech, Terry Tempest Williams explores how environmental issues are social issues and ultimately matters of justice.
Her new book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, comes with the centennial of the National Park Service. It is a celebration of our National Parks and an exploration of what they mean to us and what we mean to them.
A Year In America's National Parks
Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark’s most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks.
On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter.
But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer, given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but Lassoing the Sun grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.
Terry Tempest Williams At Williams College
Terry Tempest Williams, author and environmentalist, will speak at Williams College on Wednesday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m.
A naturalist and advocate for freedom of speech, Williams explores how environmental issues are social issues and ultimately matters of justice. Her next book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks, will be published in spring 2016 to honor the centennial of the National Park Service. Tempest is the author of 15 other books including Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field; Finding Beauty in a Broken World; and When Women Were Birds. She is a columnist for The Progressive and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Orion Magazine, among others.
U.S. Senator and Congressman Introduce Made In The U.S.A. Legislation
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Anna Kendrick talks “flirtation” with Blake Lively in ‘A Simple Favor’
Lionsgate/Peter Lovino(NEW YORK) — People have been describing A Simple Favor, the new thriller starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, as an amped up Gone Girl. But Kendrick, who plays high-strung mommy vlogger Stephanie, has a better analogy for the film.
“It’s almost like if Sex and the City, like, if Samantha went missing but it’s like for real is missing,” she tells ABC Radio. “It’s not like, ‘Oh! Where’s Samantha?’ It’s like, ‘OK, but really, where’s Samantha?’”
In this case, it’s Lively’s mysterious Emily who goes MIA prompting Stephanie to become even more entangled in her friend’s life. Kendrick says she loved portraying the unlikely friendship between the two women.
“There’s an element of almost — like, not in a romantic way necessarily — but there’s a flirtation with the two of them where they don’t really understand the other,” she says. “It’s like one of those…videos of monkeys and tigers becoming friends, where it’s like, ‘What even are you? But, like, I guess this is kinda cool.’”
In her search for Emily, Stephanie tracks down Emily’s eccentric mother, played by Jean Smart.
“I always wanted to play, you know, the crazy lady in the dilapidated mansion with the cats, all the cats, and here I am,” Smart says.
Through all the plot’s twists and turns, director Paul Feig — a veteran of comedies like Bridesmaids — makes sure the film doesn’t take itself too seriously.
“It’s such a great thriller but it also has this bizarre sense of humor occasionally,” Smart explains. “You’re thinking, ‘Was I supposed to laugh at that?’ Yes, indeed you are supposed to laugh at that.”
A Simple Favor is in theaters today.
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Transportation History: A Former Northern Virginia Airfield Is Going Mixed-Use
Apr 23 , 2018 By: Michael J. WorkoskyJohn F. Cavan IVCommunity, Mixed Use, Multimodal
Talk about multi-modal!
A former (but little known) 1940s airfield-turned-shopping-center was recently approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to be redeveloped as a mixed-use project. The western portion of the shopping center known to locals as Loehmann’s Plaza (rebranded as Graham Park Plaza) will be reconstructed by Federal Realty Investment Trust with upgraded retail shops, restaurants, and a 210-unit apartment building.
The site is in a stable location in Fairfax County, and follows the trend of other older shopping centers by creating a 24/7 population that brings vibrancy to the community. The residential building will be pet friendly with modern amenities, and an open space area created in an urban park framework, with benches, covered seating areas, and landscaping will be provided to invite patrons from the surrounding neighborhoods.
We worked with the development team to design the traffic circulation plan and site access systems for both vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists, and prepared the traffic impact study. The project will include TDM (transportation demand management) elements to minimize impacts within the area.
Really? A Former Airfield – in Falls Church, Virginia?
Now, back to that initial comment about an airfield – in Falls Church, no less!
From 1945 to 1961, Falls Church Airpark was located on the land commonly known as Loehmann’s Plaza (click on the 1951 topographical map made by the USGS in 1951 to see the way it used to look). For most of us, this would be the last place that we would think airplanes would land. But if you take a closer look at the length of the shopping area that will now be transformed yet again, you can see that its length could definitely accommodate an airfield.
1951 USGS aerial photograph of the the Falls Church Airpark, Virginia. The road just north of the airpark is the current Arlington Boulevard/Route 50.
The state-licensed airpark opened in 1946 with a single grass runway that was 2,650-feet long. In 1949, a report described the runway with language that would make us traffic engineers cringe: “…poorly graded and hazardous after rains.” Two years later, a crosswind airstrip was added. That’s something we like: more, and safer, transportation options!
What was Falls Church Airpark used for? Everything from general aviation, civil defense, medical transportation, and air shows to pilot training. The heyday of the airfield appeared to be the 1950s, when a local flying club would fly family members to places like Rehoboth beach for some vacation time. With the Chesapeake Bay Bridge’s opening in 1952, it’s no wonder that Washington, DC-area residents started flocking to the Delaware and Maryland beaches, but little did we know that air transportation was another option!
Detail of a 1951 topographical map of the Falls Church Airpark, Virginia. “Lee Boulevard” is the current Arlington Boulevard/Route 50.
Despite this, it appears that a number of fatalities and the local neighbors’ protests at the “nuisance” of the airplanes led to the airfield’s closing and conversion to a shopping center.
Graham Park Plaza now helps serve vehicle, bus, pedestrian and bike traffic, creating a vibrant neighborhood and shopping center for residents and patrons.
That shopping center, now known as Graham Park Plaza, has served the growing Northern Virginia population for over 50 years. With Federal Realty’s redevelopment of the western half of this property, local residents can look forward to yet another upgrade to the site that once used to send planes into the sky. While the site no longer handles air traffic, Graham Park Plaza now helps serve vehicle, bus, pedestrian and bike traffic to help create a vibrant neighborhood and shopping center for residents and patrons.
For a really cool writeup about the Falls Church Airpark, visit the Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields website.
Top image of Graham Park Plaza mixed use by Dwell Design Studio.
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The Mixed-Use New Cultural Center Is Approved for Columbia, MD
We work on the transportation aspects of a lot of cool projects, some of which don’t always see the light of day.... Read
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Infographic: Why the Future of Retail is Mixed Use
As the face of retail shopping changes, sustainable transportation will be a part of the new mix. This infographic shows how. The... Read
By: Terence J. MillerBrian J. HoranJustin SchorLydia ShackelfordMichael J. WorkoskyInfographics, Mixed Use, Multimodal, TDM
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WPGM Revisits: Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time (Album Review)
Posted on February 7, 2019 by Nicole Russell
The song that sparked the beginning of the pop princess herself, Britney Spears, as well as years of iconic Halloween costumes, started back in 1997, when Spears first tried to join girl group Innosense, and instead was singed to her own record label with Max Martin, where she was given the demo for “Hit Me Baby One More Time” (originally rejected by girl group TLC).
It was shortened later to “…Baby One More Time” because producers were worried it held connotations of domestic abuse. The song “…Baby One More Time” featured on Spears’s debut studio album of the same name, which released in January 1999. But the pop song of the century released in October 1998, and it reached number 1 in every country it charted in.
Before Spears got her record deal she was already an American sweetheart, having performed on Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club, and it was here that she was discovered as a star. She worked alongside Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling, all of whom became stars in their own right.
But this album marked Britney’s ongoing success. Opening with “…Baby One More Time”, the album introduces a poppy up-beat style, and “makes its presence known in exactly one second”. It’s a great way to grab a listener’s attention for a debut album. The next track, “(You Drive Me) Crazy”, might sound like an unfamiliar version if you listen back. The track was made more popular with “The Stop Remix”, and was used for the music video, giving it more substance a second time round.
As we move into “Sometimes”, we get an airy, romantic-comedy type song. It’s everything associated with a young Britney, with slow, relaxing vocals, accompanied by delicate percussion and soft backup vocals. The song, also a single, made it to her singles collection album, entitled Britney: The Singles Collection, which features 4 other singles from her 1999 album, including “…Baby One More Time”, “Autumn Goodbye”, “(You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop Remix]”, and “Born To Make You Happy”.
The next song, “Soda Pop”, shows Spears revisiting her countrified vocals a little more, and stepping away from the iconic voice she moulded for herself so carefully. The singer channels her friend Christina Aguilera (XTina), and also her old-self, when she performed alongside Justin Timberlake on the Mickey Mouse Club. With such strong, deep vocals, it was astounding to see that she’d changed her singing style, but thanks to doing so, she stood out.
And so did “…Baby One More Time”’s music video. The schoolgirl singing in the halls became Britney’s most iconic look (after the “Oops!… I Did It Again” red latex suit), and it skyrocketed her career. With her look and voice complete, her first album paved the way for this sweet, innocent new star. But Britney had other plans for her future…
“Born To Make You Happy” was a record that fitted well with “Sometimes”. It was airy and light, with low piano notes playing throughout. However, unlike “Sometimes” and “Soda Pop”, this track used flats and sharps to create a more sorrowful sound. Worried that she’ll lose her love, the song explores this emotion and plays on it, with the song progressing to a happier ending as the tune switches octaves towards the end. Uplifting and reassuring, it’s a love song for the ages.
Surprisingly, upbeat “I Will Be There” and ballad “E-mail My Heart” were never singles, but they were favourites for many from the album. The latter explored a more emotional side of the album, depicting a softer vocal-d Spears, professing her love. It was warm and soothing, perfect for her teen girl audience at the time.
“I Will Be There” could’ve easily been a single, but Britney had other ideas about forwarding her career, even then. This was probably the most bubble-gum, uplifting pop tune on “…Baby One More Time”, but this is definitely not the direction Spears took for her second album.
The drastic change from innocent to all-grown-up came when Britney released Oops!… I Did It Again, her second studio album, with the first song featuring the same name. The single rapidly became one of her most beloved and most associated-with songs, with lyrics like “I’m not that innocent” (perhaps alluding to not getting into the Innosense girl group).
Fortunately for Britney, it was the best thing that happened to her. Only a year later, she’d grown up and defined her music to match her look. No longer was she the cute, innocent girl everybody assumed she was in “…Baby One More Time”.
But that doesn’t mean to discard the album, if anything it should be praised, we were handed the dramatic entrance of the Britney we know and love, and we wouldn’t have gotten that without the transition from “Baby One More Time” to “Oops!… I Did It Again”. The album stands alone in Spears’s career, and it is definitely indispensable.
Britney Spears’ …Baby One More Time is out now via Jive Records, purchase it on iTunes here and stream it below.
Words by Nicole Russell
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CES MMA NY offers rare opportunity for hometown fighters
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 1st, 2018) -- On Friday, Kenny Foster gets to enjoy a fight-day routine he, unlike many of his peers, hasn't had the luxury of experiencing.
"It's going to be really cool to wake up in my own bed, even take my dog for a walk in the morning," said Foster, the Long Island lightweight who faces Jacob Bohn (5-5, 1 KO) in the co-feature of "CES MMA NY" at The Space at Westbury Theater on Friday, May 4th, 2018.
"Kiss my girlfriend, pet my dog, and go fight. I drive by that place almost every day on my way to work. It's pretty cool."
Like many New York fighters, Foster (12-12, 1 KO) has had to carve his niche as a well-traveled road warrior due in large part to the fact New York state didn't legalize mixed martial arts until Gov. Andrew Cuomo officially signed the bill in 2016. By then, Foster already had 22 professional fights under his belt. He fought everywhere from Rhode Island, New Jersey, New Hampshire and even Oklahoma, but never in a sanctioned event in his home state.
Friday's event at Westbury Theater is CES MMA's first venture into New York after promoting 49 shows throughout New England since its inception in 2010. Later this summer, the wildly-successful promotion will host its 50th event, but first dips its toes into the Big Apple water this weekend with a stacked lineup featuring a handful of New York's most renowned fighters.
In addition to Foster, whose opponent, Bohn, hails from the small upstate town of Le Roy, "CES MMA NY" also features an all-New York main event between Glens Falls native Matthew Secor (9-5) and Brazilian welterweight Renee Forte (8-4, 2 KOs), also fighting out of Long Island. Oyster Bay welterweight John Gotti III (1-0) makes his highly-anticipated New York debut as a professional in a three-round bout against Eddie Haws (0-1) of Schenectady.
Tickets for "CES MMA NY" are priced at $100.00, $115.00, $175.00 and $200.00 (VIP) and can be purchased online at www.cesmma.com or by phone at 401-724-2253/2254. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
While professional MMA is still relatively new to the scene, the sky's the limit for many of the state's active fighters to begin boosting their resumes without having to always the roll the dice in an opponent's backyard.
Foster has made a successful living spoiling the party in other fighter's hometowns, including his appearance at "CES MMA 42" in 2017 at Twin River Casino in which he beat Rhode Islander Joe Pingitore by unanimous decision.
With the opportunity to fight at home, Foster could earn another much-needed win in front of family and friends, many of whom haven't been able to see him fight live, while also opening the door for sponsors and investors, a potential economic boom for New York's close-knit MMA community.
"A lot of this game now is about marketing yourself," Foster said. "This is such a busy place.
"New York City is really its own entity. New York state is huge. The gyms here are filled with tough, tough guys, a lot of tough fighters. The money is the biggest resource. These are some of the most expensive places to live in the country. New York City is the most densely-populated suburb. It's almost overwhelming."
The bright lights of New York have, in fact, overwhelmed professional athletes in the past, though more so in team sports. New York is famous for its relentless media and demanding fan bases, but Foster sees it as a blessing to fight in front of a raucous crowd of supporters, a luxury many of CES MMA's fighter enjoy regularly while fighting in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
"I've fought on a pretty big stage before and competed on some of the sport's biggest stages," said Foster, whose resume includes eight appearances with Bellator in addition to two fight with CES MMA.
"To me, it's more of a sentimental value than pressure. I'm 32 now. I'll perform how I'm going to perform. It's not like I'm worried about anything in particular. I just really want to put on a good show and display my talents to the people that are here to see me. That's what's important to me - putting on a good show and bringing a little more notoriety."
Foster is a construction worker for the Local 7 tile, marble and terrazzo union in Queens, so his daily commute often takes him through New York's most populated cities past some of the state's iconic venues, among them the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. Westbury Theater is merely half an hour from his home.
"Driving there is actually the most convenient thing for me," he said.
The stakes are high Friday as CES MMA makes its Big Apple, but the timing couldn't be better. Since the UFC broke the ice in New York with UFC 205 in 2016, the state has benefited from the undeniable economics of mixed martial arts. CES MMA is simply the latest in a long line of successful promotions ready to reap the benefits as it presents yet another action-packed fight card Friday night.
"With all the money here, all the things local fighters can get their hands on, all the local businesses involves, it's amazing what this will evolve into once it's more frequent," Foster said. "We can really blow the lid off this shit."
Also on "CES MMA NY," two-time CES MMA vet Miguel Restrepo (4-4-1), now fighting out of Brooklyn, battles Franklin, Mass., flyweight Bill Giovanella (8-8, 3 KOs) and heavyweight Jahsua Marsh (2-3, 1 KO) of Brentwood fights in New York as a professional for the first time in a three-round bout against unbeaten South Portland, Maine, veteran Ras Hylton (2-0, 1 KO).
Bantamweight Sergio Da Silva (6-9) of New York City battles Milford, N.H., native Walter Smith-Cotito (5-5, 1 KO) and Al Jones (2-3, 1 KO) also of New York, faces Elmira veteran Quentin Gaskins (1-4) in a bantamweight bout.
Light heavyweight Jahnell Parkinson (1-0) of Albany faces newcomer Terrance Jean-Jacques of Haverhill, Mass., and Amsterdam, N.Y., middleweight Tom Regal (2-0, 2 KOs) puts his unbeaten record on the line against Worcester, Mass., vet Reginaldo Felix (3-2, 3 KOs).
Visit www.cesmma.com, www.twitter.com/cesmmaor www.facebook.com/cesmmafor more information, or follow CES MMA on Instagram at @CESMMA.
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Fukushima's Nuclear Waste Will Be Dumped Into the Ocean, Japanese Plant Owner Decides
Tom O’Connor
Newsweek• July 14, 2017
Toxic waste produced by one of the world's worst nuclear disasters will be dumped into the sea, according to the head of the Japanese company tasked with cleaning up the radioactive mess, despite protests from local fishermen.
Takashi Kawamura, chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), told foreign media that nearly 777,000 tons of water tainted with tritium, a byproduct of the nuclear process that is notoriously difficult to filter out of water, will be dumped into the Pacific Ocean as part of a multibillion-dollar recovery effort following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. That year, an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, killing over 15,000 people and leading to a series of meltdowns at the TEPCO-owned Fukushima No. 1, or Daiichi, nuclear power plant, causing it to spew radiation that has plagued the region ever since. While much progress has been made to clean the area, the company has only just resolved the debate over what to do with the water that was used to cool the plant's damaged reactors, causing it to become tainted with tritium.
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"The decision has already been made," Kawamura said, according to The Japan Times.
"We could have decided much earlier, and that is TEPCO's responsibility," he added, according to Reuters.
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A member of the media uses a Geiger counter at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan, February 23, 2017. The site includes hundreds of tanks containing about 777,000 tons of water laced with tritium that TEPCO has decided to dump into the nearby sea, despite opposition from local fishermen. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Reuters
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Tritium is relatively harmless to humans in small doses, and Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Agency Chairman Shunichi Tanaka told The Guardian last year that the tritium in Fukushima's tanks was "so weak in its radioactivity it won’t penetrate plastic wrapping." Dumping tritium-contaminated water into the sea is not at all an uncommon practice at nuclear power plants, but it's been met with opposition by local fishermen, who say their industry has suffered enough in the aftermath of the environmental crisis.
While TEPCO and Tokyo say that the low concentration of tritium would do little damage to the ecosystem and could prevent a more serious accident from occurring at the site, where around 580 tanks are stored, fishermen argue that the negative publicity would be devastating to their livelihoods. Dozens of countries and the European Union now ban certain fish imports from Japan following the disaster, and up to 33 continue to do so as of March. TEPCO's decision also has been met with outrage by anti-nuclear activists such as Aileen Mioko-Smith of Kyoto-based Green Action Japan, a group created in 1991 that is "working to create a nuclear-power-free Japan," according to its official website.
"This accident happened more than six years ago, and the authorities should have been able to devise a way to remove the tritium instead of simply announcing that they are going to dump it into the ocean," Mioko-Smith told the Telegraph.
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"They say that it will be safe because the ocean is large so it will be diluted, but that sets a precedent that can be copied, essentially permitting anyone to dump nuclear waste into our seas," she continued.
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A map showing the status of restricted areas affected by radiation from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant as of March 6, 2017. The nuclear disaster displaced up to 150,000 people, and many are reluctant to return to the region, despite pressure from the Japanese government. Japan's Ministry of Trade, Economy and Industry
TEPCO's over-budget, oft-delayed effort to recover its former plant has been the subject of controversy for a number of reasons. Due to residual nuclear fuel, parts of the plant are so radioactive that they have even destroyed the robots specifically designed to survive in the deadly environment. Last month, Japanese company Toshiba announced it would send a new robot dubbed "little sunfish" to surveil the flooded area of the plant from which no device has returned, BBC News reported. A number of TEPCO officials have also stood trial for negligence over the nuclear disaster.
As for the rest of the Fukushima prefecture, life has started to resume, albeit slowly. Of the estimated 150,000 who fled, only around 13 percent have come back. The Japanese government has increasingly pressured the rest to return by pledging greater investment in Fukushima's infrastructure and by withdrawing subsidies provided to the refugees and their families.
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Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump administration of creating ‘concentration camps on the southern border’
Dylan Stableford and Christopher Wilson
Yahoo News• June 18, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Tuesday sharply criticized the Trump administration's practice of holding migrants seeking asylum in what she called “concentration camps.”
"This administration has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants, where they are being brutalized with dehumanizing conditions and dying," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
On Monday night, she posted a video to Instagram expressing the same concerns.
"The fact that concentration camps are now an institutionalized practice in the home of the free is extraordinarily disturbing," Ocasio-Cortez said.
Several conservatives, including Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., quickly denounced what they described as her loose and inaccurate language.
(Yahoo News photo Illustration; photos: AP, Getty Images)
"Please @AOC do us all a favor and spend just a few minutes learning some actual history," Cheney tweeted. "6 million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust. You demean their memory and disgrace yourself with comments like this."
Ocasio-Cortez responded.
"Hey Rep. Cheney, since you’re so eager to 'educate me,' I’m curious," she tweeted. What do YOU call building mass camps of people being detained without a trial?"
"For the shrieking Republicans who don’t know the difference: concentration camps are not the same as death camps," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter. "Concentration camps are considered by experts as 'the mass detention of civilians without trial.' And that’s exactly what this administration is doing."
Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a news conference after a GOP leadership election on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The freshman Democrat pointed to a recent Esquire article in which several historians referred to the detention centers along the U.S. southern border as "concentration camps."
“We have what I would call a concentration camp system,” Andrea Pitzer, author of "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps," told the magazine.
This is not the first time a Republican legislator has gone after Ocasio-Cortez for her likening of the administration’s border camps to the early stages of the Holocaust. In November, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham scolded Ocasio-Cortez for likening the refugees fleeing Central America to Jewish families fleeing Germany, among others.
“I recommend she take a tour of the Holocaust Museum in DC,” said Graham. “Might help her better understand the differences between the Holocaust and the caravan in Tijuana.”
In February 2017, the U.S. Holocaust Museum issued a statement condemning Trump’s proposal to ban refugees from entering the United States. Ocasio-Cortez then rebutted Graham.
“The point of such a treasured museum is to bring its lessons to present day,” wrote Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter. “This administration has jailed children and violated human rights. Perhaps we should stop pretending that authoritarianism + violence is a historical event instead of a growing force.”
Ocasio-Cortez’s position is consistent with the Auschwitz memorial’s history of the Holocaust.
“When we look at Auschwitz we see the end of the process,” said a November 2018 statement from the Twitter account of the memorial for the Nazi camp where as many as a million Jews and other “undesirables” were killed. “It's important to remember that the Holocaust actually did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed from words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanisation & escalating violence.”
People who have been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)
Bend the Arc, a progressive Jewish group, also came to Ocasio-Cortez’s defense by referring to the “The Voyage of the Damned,” when 900 European Jews were turned away by both Cuba and the United States. They were returned to Europe where more than 250 of them died in the Holocaust.
“We recommend you read about the MS St. Louis in 1939, and countless other examples of the United States turning away Jewish refugees before and during the Holocaust,” wrote the group’s account in a retweet of Graham’s comments. “Might help you better understand why people seeking asylum always deserve dignity and our compassion.”
Concentration camps are not necessarily death camps, a delineation Ocasio-Cortez was clear to make.
"What's required is a little bit of demystification of it," says Waitman Wade Beorn, a Holocaust and genocide studies historian and a lecturer at the University of Virginia, in an interview with Esquire. "Things can be concentration camps without being Dachau or Auschwitz. Concentration camps in general have always been designed — at the most basic level — to separate one group of people from another group. Usually, because the majority group, or the creators of the camp, deem the people they're putting in it to be dangerous or undesirable in some way."
Concentration camps predate Nazi Germany and were employed by Spanish colonial officials in Cuba during the war for independence in the late 19th century and by the British in South Africa during the turn-of-the-century Boer War. The United States housed Japanese-Americans, including American-born citizens, in camps around the West after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Ocasio-Cortez noted that just last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Fort Sill, an Army base in Oklahoma that was used to intern Japanese-Americans during World War II, will be used to detain as many as 1,400 children until they can be turned over to an adult relative.
"This is a crisis for ourselves," she said. "This is a crisis on whether America will remain America."
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Allison Aubrey is a correspondent for NPR News, where her stories can be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She's also a contributor to the PBS NewsHour and is one of the hosts of NPR's Life Kit.
Along with her NPR science desk colleagues, Aubrey is the winner of a 2019 Gracie Award. She is the recipient of a 2018 James Beard broadcast award for her coverage of 'Food As Medicine.' Aubrey is also a 2016 winner of a James Beard Award in the category of "Best TV Segment" for a PBS/NPR collaboration. The series of stories included an investigation of the link between pesticides and the decline of bees and other pollinators, and a two-part series on food waste. In 2013, Aubrey won a Gracie Award with her colleagues on The Salt, NPR's food vertical. They also won a 2012 James Beard Award for best food blog. In 2009, Aubrey was awarded the American Society for Nutrition's Media Award for her reporting on food and nutrition. She was honored with the 2006 National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism in radio and earned a 2005 Medical Evidence Fellowship by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Knight Foundation. In 2009-2010, she was a Kaiser Media Fellow.
Joining NPR in 2003 as a general assignment reporter, Aubrey spent five years covering environmental policy, as well as contributing to coverage of Washington, D.C., for NPR's National Desk. She also hosted NPR's Tiny Desk Kitchen video series.
Before coming to NPR, Aubrey was a reporter for the PBS NewsHour and a producer for C-SPAN's Presidential election coverage.
Aubrey received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Calories, Carbs, Fat, Fiber: Unraveling The Links Between Breast Cancer And Diet
By Allison Aubrey • May 18, 2019
"A Low-Fat Diet Helps Reduce The Risk of Death From Breast Cancer." Did a headline like this catch your eye this week?
Dozens of news organizations, including NPR, reported on a new study that found that a low-fat diet helped women reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer.
Researchers Say Evidence Shows What You Eat Really Does Matter
We Gossip About 52 Minutes A Day. That May Not Be As Toxic As It Sounds
Almost everyone gossips.
And a new study finds that people spend about 52 minutes per day, on average, talking to someone about someone else who is not present.
But here's the surprise: Despite the assumption that most gossip is trash talk, the study finds that the vast majority of gossip is nonjudgmental chitchat.
From Gloom To Gratitude: 8 Skills To Cultivate Joy
By Allison Aubrey • May 5, 2019
Feel like you're living under a rain cloud? Life not going your way? Lots of us have a bit of Eeyore's angst and gloom.
But here's the good news (sorry to be so cheery): You can be taught to have a more positive attitude. And — if you work at it — a positive outlook can lead to less anxiety and depression.
Measles Shots Aren't Just For Kids: Many Adults Could Use A Booster Too
By Allison Aubrey • Apr 29, 2019
Measles is on the rise again, all around the globe.
Though the number of people affected in the U.S. is still relatively low compared with the countries hardest hit, there are a record number of U.S. measles cases — more than 700, so far, in 2019, according to the CDC — the highest since the disease was eliminated in the U.S. back in 2000.
High Stress Drives Up Your Risk Of A Heart Attack. Here's How To Chill Out
Work Stress. Home Stress. Financial Stress.
The toll of chronic stress isn't limited to emotional suffering. High stress can set the stage for heart disease.
In fact, research shows that those of us who perceive a lot of stress in our lives are at higher risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems over the long term.
Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over School Nutrition Rollbacks
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A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Trump administration for weakening the federal nutrition standards for school meals that are fed to about 30 million children across the country.
Bad Diets Are Responsible For More Deaths Than Smoking, Global Study Finds
About 11 million deaths a year are linked to poor diet around the globe.
What's driving this? As a planet we don't eat enough healthy foods including whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables. At the same time, we consume too many sugary drinks, too much salt and too much processed meat.
Eating Fish May Help City Kids With Asthma Breathe Better
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It's long been known that air pollution influences the risk — and severity — of asthma. Now, there's emerging evidence that diet can play a role, too.
To Curb Kids' Sugary Drink Habits, Pediatricians Now Call For Soda Taxes
Pediatricians have long warned parents about the risks of consuming too many sugary drinks — including the link to Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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happy new year from wmtc
"Hey Diego, wanna hear a secret...?"
It's been an exciting year here in wmtc-Joy of Sox-land: me working full-time in my new career, completing a year as a youth-services librarian, Allan publishing a new book, which was well received and got great reviews.
It looks to be an exciting year ahead, too: I was recently elected head of our library workers' union. Our membership finally has an appetite for a stronger union, and we have a revamped leadership team to show for it. I expect all my accumulated experience and skills will be put to the test as I navigate some brand-new territory.
Other than that, let's see. Read a lot, wrote too little, watched a lot of things on Netflix. Suggested lots of books to lots of people, answered a ton of questions. Helped some great teens read, discover, create, and socialize. Went to Paris with my mother. Participated in an inspiring socialism conference.
Took the dogs - both in good health - to the park at every opportunity. Sat in my backyard and drank iced coffee, also at every opportunity. Paid off a lot of debt, enough to start thinking about our next big trip.
I'm looking forward to a lot more of the same, plus one huge change: 2015 is the end of the Harper Government.
I wish you all a wonderful year ahead, full of good friends, good health, good books, and unexpected joys. Happy New Year!
Posted by laura k at 12/31/2014 05:00:00 PM 2 comments
what i'm reading: four classic graphic novels for adults who think they don't like graphic novels
Despite the increased attention given to graphic novels in recent years, many readers don't consider graphic novels when thinking about what to read next. In this "what i'm reading" post, I highlight four graphic novels considered classics of the form.
At least three of these books are included on high school and university curricula, and taken seriously as literature. These are certainly not the only graphic novels to achieve that standing, but if you asked a bunch of non-graphic-fiction readers to name some well-known and influential graphic novels, these would likely top the list. Each is worth reading, and perhaps will lead you to explore the format. (Or not.)
First on any such list has to be Maus (now known as Maus I: My Father Bleeds History). Art Spiegelman is the godfather of the modern graphic novel, and this book, first published in 1986, might be his best work. It is a foundational work of graphic fiction, and a definitive work of the Holocaust.
Maus is both disturbingly realistic and a fable. In this Holocaust tale, the Jews are mice, the Nazis are cats, the Poles are pigs, the French are frogs, and the Americans are dogs. The effect invites the reader to imagine familiar events in new ways. That alone is a tremendous feat.
To write Maus, Spiegelman interviewed his father Vladek, a Holocaust survivor, about his experiences. The book recounts those, but also reflects on the burdens of the next generation, and the burdens of knowledge that successive generations must confront.
To date, Maus is the only graphic fiction to win the Pulitzer Prize. The Wall Street Journal called it "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust"; the New York Times anointed it "the first masterpiece in comic book history".
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (1992), which I own but have never read, focuses on Spiegelman's difficult relationship with his father, illuminating the unique experience of the adult children of Holocaust survivors.
In 2011, Spiegelman published MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, a beautiful "making of" book. There is also The Complete Maus, 25th Anniversary Edition, which dates that quarter-century from when Spiegelman was publishing the material in serial form in his Raw, his comics magazine.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood is Marjane Satrapi's memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
Satrapi weaves a condensed but vivid history of Persia/Iran into her family's history and her own coming-of-age. Satrapi was a rebellious, outspoken child raised by Marxist parents who were also descendants of Iran's last emperor. She witnesses the overthrow of the Shah, the installation of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating war with Iraq with a child's incomplete understandings and sensitivities - and also a child's egocentrism.
Persepolis is funny, sad, sweet, and revealing. It is political, historical, and deeply personal. I think most Western readers would find the history portions fascinating and new.
The stark black-and-white drawings are powerful, easy to interpret, and deepen the reader's understanding - something graphic novel illustrations should, but don't, always do.
Persepolis was originally published in French; the English translation was published in 2003, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return in 2005, and the excellent movie adaptation came out in 2007.
Ghost World, by Daniel Clowes, is an ode to teenage alienation.
Two girls, best friends, spend their days wandering around their unnamed town (somewhere in the US), criticizing everyone and wondering what shape their lives will take. As they grow up, they also grow apart, as each must decide whether to leave behind the shield of ironic detachment and cynicism and participate in the world.
Clowes quite brilliantly captures a type of teenage experience that is easily dismissed or misinterpreted from the outside. You can feel the longing that lies beneath the cynicism.
Like our two anti-heroes, Ghost World is more a meandering collection of scenes than a fully realized story, the form perfectly reflecting the characters' reality. (If I recall correctly, the movie, which I liked very much, is stronger on plot than the book.)
It's a fast read, but can leave you wondering what you missed. But then it's worth reading a second time.
Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth was, I believe, the first adult graphic novel I ever read.
Ware's illustrations are more complex, less straightforward, and more varied than any other graphic novelist I'm familiar with. His style can make for a challenging read.
Add to that, the story itself is extremely sad - a study of generations of abandonment, loneliness, fear, and depression. Jimmy Corrigan is very good, but I recommend it with a warning sticker. Although I read it many years ago, just thinking about it makes my heart ache.
Posted by laura k at 12/27/2014 09:00:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: graphic novels, what i'm reading, youth books
what i'm reading: pro: reclaiming abortion rights by katha pollitt
Katha Pollitt's new book, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights, is a powerful gust of fresh, clean air that blows away the toxic stench of the current discourse about abortion.
Pro is a thorough, no-holds-barred takedown of the hypocrisy of anti-abortion-rights movement - not only in the most obvious sense that people who claim to be "pro-life" also (usually) support war and the death penalty, oppose gun control, and encourage lethal terrorism against abortion providers and clinic staff, and of people who claim to care about women and children, but oppose all social supports that might improve the lives of actual living children. Pro also exposes the perhaps less obvious hypocrisy of how the anti-abortion movement has created conditions that result in more unwanted pregnancies, more abortion, more later abortions, and less safe abortions. Using unassailable logic and facts, Pollitt exposes what the real agenda of the anti-abortion movement is and has always been: punishing women for trying to live modern, emancipated lives.
She exposes, too, the contradictions in how the current abortion debate is framed, and how the majority of people - not the vehemently pro-choice or the vehemently anti-abortion, but the "muddled middle," as Pollitt calls it - thinks about abortion. The vast majority of North Americans, it appears, believes abortion should be safe and legal, but also regard the procedure with distaste, discomfort, and shame. Pollitt makes it sparklingly clear why "legal, but..." doesn't work, why it can't work, and why we shouldn't want it.
This book is about something many people might find a strange contradiction: reclaiming abortion as a social good.
First, the concept of personhood, as applied to the zygote, blastocyst, embryo, and at least until late in pregnancy, fetus, makes no sense: It's an incoherent, covertly religious idea that falls apart if you look at it closely. Few people actually believe it, as is shown by the exceptions they are willing to make.
Second, the absolutist argument that abortion is murder is a mask by which people opposed to the sexual revolution and women's advancement obscure their real motives and agenda: turning back the clock to an idealized, oversimplified past when sex was confined within marriage, men were the breadwinners and heads of families, Christianity was America's not-quite-official religion, and society was firmly ordered.
Third, since critiquing what came before does not necessarily help us move forward, I want to help reframe the way we think about abortion. There are definitely short-term advantages to stressing the anguish some women feel when facing the need to end a pregnancy, but in the long run presenting that as a general truth will hurt the pro-choice cause: It comes close to demanding that women accept grief, shame, and stigma as the price of ending a pregnancy. I want us to start thinking of abortion as a positive social good and saying this out loud. The anti-abortion movement has been far too successful at painting abortion as bad for women. I want to argue, to the contrary, that it is an essential option for women - not just ones in dramatic, terrible, body-and-soul destroying situations, but all women - and thus benefits society as a whole.
For anyone deeply involved in the pro-choice movement, as I have been, Pollitt breaks no new ground. You'll be familiar with all the ideas, trends, and arguments. But to read them all gathered together, laid out logically, backed by impeccable research, and pronounced without apology in Pollitt's lively, witty style, is thrilling.
For people who think of themselves as "pro-choice but" - the muddled middle, the majority, who say abortion should be legal and permissible in certain circumstances - this book is for you. Pollitt argues in the clearest, most convincing manner: none of your restrictions make sense. All of them must go. If that seems extreme, read this book with an open mind, then see how you feel.
Pro is written in a US context, and it's important for everyone in the US to read, especially moderate liberals who adopt the "safe, legal, and rare" position.
But this is an important book for Canadians to read, too. Without directly referencing the history of abortion rights in Canada, Pollitt shows us why Dr. Henry Morgentaler and the movement that grew around his work were correct to insist on no abortion law, and why Canada's courts were correct to realize that was necessary. The arguments in Pro explain why the pro-choice movement in Canada kicks up such a loud and sustained noise every time proposed legislation threatens to restrict abortion rights. (The Harper government has tested the waters many times under the guise of private members' bills. Rights don't protect themselves.)
Pollitt argues for abortion as a basic human right: necessary to women's full participation in society, necessary for her survival and her safety, not just in extreme circumstances, but in all circumstances. She excoriates the hypocrisy of a society that worships motherhood as an abstract concept, but in reality, so belittles and minimizes the experience of parenthood as to imagine that a woman can simply have a baby and raise a child any time she becomes pregnant, no matter her current life circumstances - then dismisses the notion that she must do otherwise as abortions "for convenience".
Pollitt also widens the lens to include all aspects of reproductive justice, including access to affordable and reliable birth control, free and affordable childcare, paid parental leave, and working hours designed for working parents. She places abortion in an historical context - it has always existed, in all societies and in all eras - and reminds us what happens to women who live in Ecuador, Ireland, most of the US, and other countries where women's access to this basic, necessary health care has been denied.
After teasing out the many sacrifices, the pain, the accommodation, the compromises, that women routinely make in order to bear children, Pollitt writes:
To force girls and women to undergo all this against their will is to annihilate their humanity.
And that is the bottom line.
Pro is an eloquent, sustained wake-up call. I hope you will all read it.
Labels: canadian politics, poverty and class, reproductive rights, us politics, what i'm reading
in which my annual noncelebration of christmas causes my jewish cultural roots to reappear, a tiny bit
Two years ago, wmtc's annual "i hate christmas" post declared: "i hate christmas is slightly less hateful this year".
Working in the library, as opposed to an office environment, I found getting through the holiday season much less trying.
No more co-workers - at their computers, able to talk while they work - going on (and on and on and on...) about what they are buying for whom, reciting their shopping lists, a mind-numbing litany of consumption. My co-workers now are too busy, and several magnitudes less self-absorbed, to inflict that on anyone.
And it wasn't just the absence of a negative. Colleagues described holiday celebrations that had nothing to do with shopping. Traditions that are meaningful and truly joyous: what a concept!
This year several of my library colleagues, unbeknownst to them, gave me another reason to hate Christmas less: they wished me a Happy Hanukkah. And something strange happened: I felt my Jewishness a bit more.
When one co-worker first inquired about my Hanukkah (in the context of an unrelated email discussion), I said I didn't know when it started, and made a joke about being a "bad Jew". Super-sensitive soul that she is, she apologized and hoped she wished me no offense. Far from it! In fact, I was touched and impressed that she remembered that (a) I don't celebrate Christmas, and (b) I am Jewish. (I told her this, of course.)
Then another, then several, colleagues wished me a Happy Hanukkah. Some of those celebrate Christmas, others do not. I was really touched that they would remember. It's not like I talk about being Jewish, or even take time off for the High Holidays in the fall. One colleague asked me about Hanukkah, what it means, what the traditions are, just as I have done with others about Diwali and Eid.
And you know what? I played along. I accepted their Hanukkah wishes with thanks. I talked about the holiday. And... I felt Jewish.
I gave up celebrating Jewish holidays a long time ago, finding it incompatible with my atheism. Said atheism is hardcore, and in no danger of dissolution. But now I wonder if, like many secular Jews, I might enjoy some of it again.
So this year, do I hate Christmas? Let's see. Streaming-only TV and movies means no constant barrage of advertising. Library workplace means not forced listening to My Story of Pointless Consumption, plus unexpected exposure to genuine holiday cheer and goodwill. It's led to a slight re-emergence of my cultural roots. Plus I get two days off with pay. (When you're freelancing, no one pays you for holidays.)
Everything on this list still applies. But it's all a lot easier to bear.
Labels: atheism, i hate christmas, my working life, personal
u.s. war resister corey glass speaks out from europe
Corey Glass, war resister from Canada by way of Indiana, speaks out from his travels in Europe in the current issue of NOW.
I'm not going to bother to tell you that the Iraq War was wrong or quote the UN handbook on refugees, Geneva Conventions, Nuremberg principles or trials.
Nor am I going to try to convince anyone that soldiers should have the right to say no, that prosecution for a belief is persecution, or that recruiters lie. There's no reason to talk about that, or about how Canada didn't take part in the Iraq War. Or why Canadian troops are in Iraq now.
Everyone knows what happened and can find information on all that online. I'm fine with my choices. I have to deal with the repercussions of them every day.
I didn't take the easy road to do what I believe was right. And I don't really feel I need to convince anyone otherwise.
I will talk about what has happened to me since I quit the U.S. Army, went to Canada to escape the war and, after eight years trying to build a life there, was told I had to leave. . . .
Eventually I would run out of savings and favours. I started to understand how easy it is for war vets to become homeless, remembering the vets holding signs to that effect from my younger days in Manhattan. Would this be me? Would a government change in Canada allow me to come home? What if Shepherd wins asylum? Could Germany be a home someday? All these questions made me anxious, so I ordered a shot of Jameson.
What would happen if I just went back to the States? Maybe they would take it easy on me? They didn't on Chelsea Manning - 25 years for whistle-blowing. I'd be 57 when I get out. For quitting a job? Fuck that! More angst. Another shot.
I remembered losing friends back in the U.S. because of my choice to resist going back to war in Iraq.
A childhood friend who I had joined the service with - he hated me for leaving - called me out of the blue that night. We spoke for about an hour. He apologized for being angry with me. He was out of the military now and said I'd done the right thing. He wished he'd left, too.
He's an alcoholic now, and said the VA was not giving him support for his PTSD. After three tours, he was all messed up with nightmares. His wife was leaving him, and he was about to lose his job, the sixth in the last year. He wanted to die and wished he had in Iraq. He cried hard into the phone and said he was sorry. . . .
Read it here.
Labels: mental health, ptsd, war and peace, war resisters
what i'm reading: lost memory of skin by russell banks
Lost Memory of Skin, Russell Banks' 2011 novel, begins with an impossible paradox.
A group of men are living in an encampment under a highway. It is, in fact, the only place they can live.
Each of them has been convicted of some crime involving sex. The state, in a moral panic over child pornography, has decreed that after serving time in prison, a former sex offender cannot live within 2,500 feet of any place where children may be present: schools, public parks, bus stops - and homeless shelters. The men wear homing devices on their ankles to enforce compliance, and they are not allowed to leave the county. One problem: there is no residence in the county that is more than 2,500 feet from any forbidden zone.
It's easy enough to dismiss this concern: who cares about these people, they are scum, they are worthless. But the fact remains, they exist. They must live somewhere. And there is literally no place they can live. And so, these social pariahs have formed a ragged little encampment under a highway, where they live in scavenged shanties. (This situation is real; it has been challenged by the ACLU.)
This is the untenable paradox, the premise of Lost Memory of Skin. The Kid, the main character whose real name we never learn, lives in this shanty town. Until politicians vowing to "clean up" the homeless send cops to break bones and smash what passes for shelter.
The Kid is not a bad person, and he is not dangerous. The crime that has led him to this marginal existence is slowly revealed to the reader, and is stupid and pathetic, but not heinous. The Kid is lost, and confused, and socially maladjusted, the result of a lifetime of total neglect, an utterly empty childhood that he filled with internet porn. He's a sad and sympathetic character; readers might not like the Kid, but most will view him with compassion.
Into the Kid's life comes the Professor: a genius, a socially successful person, but also a person with a dark past, with secrets, and with his own deficiencies and his own addiction. The Professor has some theories about sex offenders, and he wants to study the Kid to prove them. He also wants to use the Kid for his own purposes - not sexual, but shadowy and illegal nonetheless.
His relationship with the Professor changes the Kid, and those changes begin to sort out of some of his emotional and mental confusion... but the plot thickens. Is the professor who he says he is? Towards the end of the book, another character enters the mix: the Writer. The Writer appears to be a stand-in for Banks himself, who asserts some philosophical guideposts and offers some clues as to how to read the book (and functions as a plot device). In lesser hands, this would have been awkward, even ridiculous, but Banks pulls it off.
When I write about books, I often skim reviews from sources I respect to get a feel for what critics thought. Most critics felt this book was worthwhile, even important, but their interpretation differed widely from mine. For example, it is widely assumed that the Professor's theories about child sex offenders are Russell Banks' own views. I find plenty of evidence in the book that they are not; in fact, the Professor's theories are disproven, or at least questioned, as soon as they are espoused.
One theme running through Lost Memory of Skin concerns how we construct our sense of our selves - how and to what extent we shape our own reality. The Professor has a dark past, and has re-invented himself many times over. The Kid must form his self almost from scratch, as a young adult, with very little to guide him. The Writer has his own theories, but it's unclear whether the Writer offers guidance or more confusion. I saw this theme as central to the novel, yet not one reviewer (of the ones I read) even mentioned it.
Lost Memory of Skin is an absorbing novel, sometimes suspenseful, sometimes achingly sad, sometimes a bit strange. Parts feel bumpy and require a certain faith from the reader, but Russell Banks has earned that faith from me. Like all Banks' novels, this one is beautifully written, thought-provoking, and well worth your time.
athletes in solidarity against unpunished police abuse crimes murder
Davin Joseph
Labels: abuse of police power, activism, activism in sports, bigotry, human rights
bobby keys, 1943-2014
Terrible news for the music world this week, and for the world of unabashed, unrepentant, hard partying rock-and-roll.
I have loved Bobby Keys for as long as I've known of his existence, which is to say a very long time. If you read Life, Keith Richards' memoirs, you know a few good Bobby Keys stories. And if you love the music of the Rolling Stones' best years, you've been loving Bobby Keys, too.
Keith and Bobby shared a birthday, and much of their lives. The death of Bobby Keys hits Stones' fans with a special kind of force.
Bobby Keys: Bruce Weber writes about him here.
Labels: music, obits
10 reasons you should participate in write for rights on wednesday, december 10
This Wednesday, December 10, is Human Rights Day. The date was chosen to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948, the first document of its kind.
Every year on December 10, Amnesty International holds a global letter-writing event: Write For Rights (in Canada). Thousands of people around the world write letters calling for action for victims of human rights abuses, and offering comfort and support to political prisoners.
Here are 10 reasons you should participate in Write For Rights 2014.
1. It's easy. Amnesty makes it really easy to participate. Read, type, send.
2. You can do do it from any computer. No meetings to attend, no schedule to keep. Just more of something you do all the time anyway: typing.
3. It's free. No need to donate money. The most this will cost you is postage.
4. You'll feel good about yourself. Enjoy that warm buzz you get from voluntarily helping other people. There's nothing quite like it.
5. You can choose how much to participate. Write one letter, write two letters, write three. Spend 10 minutes writing or spend an hour.
6. You can choose what to focus on. Write about an issue in your own country. Write about an issue in your country of origin. Write for children, or for women, or for LGBT people, or for workers, or for environmental activists, or for another issue that you care about.
7. You're busting stereotypes. We supposedly live in a selfish age where all we care about is I, me, mine. Challenge yourself to say it ain't so.
8. It works globally. Every fight against injustice begins with someone shining a light in a dark place. Be that light.
9. It works locally. When political prisoners are released, they often attest to the difference letters from strangers made in their lives: that knowing they were not forgotten helped them survive.
10. You enjoy your own human rights every day. Why not use them to help someone who can't?
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#strikefastfood: low-wage workers in 150 cities will strike today
Two years ago, fast-food workers in New York City held a one-day strike. In that historic action, the result of months and even years of organizing, about 200 workers walked out of McDonald's, Wendy's, KFC, and other restaurants, to form the largest work stoppage in the history of fast-food. In the process, they launched a movement.
In the two years since then, the movement has burgeoned, and now includes thousands of workers all over the United States. Workers are rising against shockingly low pay in an industry that rakes in billions. The CEOs of the various fast-food companies "earn" about $25,000 a day. In New York City, one of the world's most expensive places to live, front-line workers in the same industry earn $7.25 an hour before taxes.
The fast-food industry is a prime culprit in the huge and ever-growing income inequality that plagues North America, undermining what's left of democracy.
Fast-food workers want more than better pay: they want a bit of control over their own working conditions. That is, they want the right to unionize without fear of retaliation or intimidation. It's not just the fight for 15. It's the fight for fifteen and a union.
Workers in the Walmart and fast-food struggles are standing in solidarity with the people of Ferguson and New York City who are protesting police abuse, recognizing, as King famously said, that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
You can support today's fast-food strike in many ways: sign a statement, tweet your support with the hashtag #StrikeFastFood, or best of all, visit a picket - offer support, listen, learn, and lend a hand.
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Lucas Matthysse: World title victory at 147 puts me on top of the division
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Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (38-4, 35 KOs) hosted a media workout today in Indio, Calif. ahead of his 12-round fight against Tewa Kiram (38-0. 28 KOs) for the vacant WBA Welterweight World Championship on Jan. 27, 2018 in a special double main event at the “Fabulous” Forum Inglewood, Calif.
In the second part of the double main event, Jorge “El Nino De Oro” Linares (43-3, 27 KOs) will defend his WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight Titles against Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (31-1-2, 17 KOs) in a 12-round battle. The doubleheader will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.
On the non-televised portion of the card, Marcelino “Nino” Lopez (33-2, 18 KOs), who will return in 10-round super lightweight fight against a soon-to-be announced opponent, and Vergil Ortiz, Jr. (8-0, 8 KOs), who is preparing for his 2018 comeback on a soon-to-be announced card, also participated in the workout. Featherweight prospect and training partner of the fighters, Javier Martinez (4-0, 3 KOs), also was in attendance as he prepares to open the night of action in a six-round bout.
Here’s what today’s participants had to say at the media workout:
LUCAS MATTHYSSE, Former Interim WBC Super Lightweight Champion:
“Training camp has been excellent. I did a little bit of training in Argentina before coming here. to Indio. Training with Joel Diaz and the entire team has been great. I know that Tewa Kiram is a hard puncher and can fight on the outside, but on Jan. 27 I’ll become world champion. I’ve beaten the best at 140 pounds, and now I’ll beat the best at 147 pounds. A win against Kiram will put me at the top of the division.”
MARCELINO LOPEZ, Super Lightweight Contender:
“Whether I not I know who my opponent is does not make a difference. I will still train hard. When I knocked out Pablo Cesar Cano, it was a great victory for me because he’s a tough former world champion. He’s fought the best and has fought to decisions with them as well. I finished the fight in two rounds, and I know I’ll be having bigger and better fights in the future because of that.”
VERGIL ORTIZ, JR., Super Lightweight Prospect:
“Lucas Matthysse is a great person and a funny guy. Sparring with him was great. You have to watch out because he hits hard and has a lot of tricks. I feel like I’ll do my best under the Joel Diaz training camp. I feel like I won’t slack off with him and do my best. Maybe in 2018 my knockout streak will end as I fight tougher and tougher opponents.”
DANIEL MARTINEZ, Featherweight Prospect:
“Whatever they put in my way in this new year, I’ll do. I’d like to fight more rounds and fight better opponents. I want to move up the rankings this year and be in very tough fights.”
ERIC GOMEZ, President of Golden Boy Promotions:
“This fight with Lucas Matthysse was mandated by the WBA. This is a dangerous fight. He’s an undefeated puncher with a great style, and they’re both big punchers. I know it’s going to be a great fight, and I’m really looking forward to it.”
Matthysse vs. Kiram is a 12-round fight for the vacant WBA Welterweight World Championship and is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Arano Box and Galaxy Promotions. Linares vs. Gesta, a 12-round fight for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championships is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Teiken Promotions.
The event is sponsored by Tecate, “THE OFFICIAL BEER OF BOXING,” Hennessy “Never Stop, Never Settle,” and Casa Mexico Tequila. The event will take place Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 at the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, Calif. and will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.
The non-televised undercard action will be streamed live on RingTV.com beginning at 3:00 p.m. PT/ 6:00 p.m. ET.
For more information visit www.goldenboypromotions.com and www.hbo.com/boxing, follow on Twitter at @GoldenBoyBoxing, @hboboxing; become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing; visit us on Instagram at @GoldenBoyBoxing; and follow the conversation using #MatthysseKiram.
Tickets for Matthysse vs. Kiram are currently on sale and are priced at $10, $25, $50 and $100, not including applicable service charges and taxes, with a total ticket limit of 12 per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or the Forum Box Office (Monday through Friday 11:00 a.m. PST to 7:00 p.m. PST) at (310) 330-7300. Tickets will also be available for purchase at www.fabulousforum.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
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Hell on Wheels: Truth or Fiction — Update
Last year, we answered some questions about A&E’s Hell on Wheels, a television series with the backdrop of the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s. Season 4, which was set almost entirely in Cheyenne (though it was filmed in New Mexico), wrapped up earlier this year and Season 5, set in California and Laramie, Wyoming, premiered last Saturday. Thanks to Netflix binge watching and series marathons preping for the new season, we’ve seen quite a bit of interest in our last fact or fiction and thought it might be time revisit HOW to update the Q&A in light of the events of Season 4. So before we say good-bye to the train and crew and get back to civilizing the plains…
Was John A. Campbell really governor? What was he like?
Wyoming’s first Territorial Governor, John A. Campbell.
Yes, John A. Campbell was appointed Wyoming’s first governor, but the transcontinental railroad was already completed by the time he arrived in Cheyenne and he was really nothing like HOW’s Campbell.
Governor Campbell arrived in Cheyenne in May 1869, and the Territory was officially organized on May 19 when all of the appointed officers were sworn in. Read more about Campbell’s first days here.
Campbell was a gentleman and former military officer and worked hard to set a firm foundation for the new territory. He had his job cut out for him bringing order to the wilds of Wyoming. That being said, there is very little evidence that he interfered with local law enforcement nor that he participated in lynchings, fought with the railroad, was a land speculator, or was ever in jail in Cheyenne. In fact, beyond setting up a sturdy foundation for Wyoming’s government, he is most remembered for securing women’s suffrage in the state by vetoing a bill that would have reversed the law in 1871.
Was Sherman Hill as big an impediment to the railroad as they portray?
The original Dale Creek bridge with the man camp on the valley floor.
Yes, Sherman Hill was a very big challenge for the Union Pacific Railroad in Southeast Wyoming. The route had been chosen to avoid as many large mountains (and thus tunnels) as possible. The railroad preferred to build bridges rather than blast tunnels as bridges were much faster and less hazardous.
The 50 miles west of Cheyenne through the Laramie Range would be some of the most technically difficult miles of the route. Not only did this include the highest in elevation (8,236 feet above sea level), but they would need to cross a 127 foot deep, 1,400 feet wide canyon at Dale Creek after digging through solid granite for nearly two miles. While many of the major towns on the railroad had been set up 100 miles apart to provide water and coal for the engines, the towns of Laramie and Cheyenne are only 50 miles apart to account for the large amounts of coal and water needed to pull a train across the summit. It took a month to build the bridge using wood transported all the way from Chicago.
The wooden structure was replaced in 1876 by a stronger, more fire resistant iron bridge. But strong winds were still a problem.
The challenges were only beginning when the tracks were completed. The winds, normally steady and strong in southeast Wyoming, would scream down the Dale Creek Canyon causing the tressel to sway, despite guy wires that were attached not long after completion. The sway understandably unnerved the crews and passengers and would often halt traffic while they waited for the winds to calm. Even during relatively calm days, trains slowed to just 4 miles per hour. The UPRR also set up a watchman’s hut at the bridge to look out for sparks coming from the engines that could set the wooden tressel on fire. The bridge was replaced in 1875 with a spidery iron system. The girders were replaced with more robust versions in 1885. Ultimately, the tracks were rerouted through a less dramatic portion of Dale Creek and the iron bridge was dismantled. The piers are still visible on private land.
Was the Cheyenne Leader edited by a woman?
In our last truth or fiction piece, we established that yes, the Cheyenne Leader was a real newspaper, but alas, it was not edited by a woman. The editor was a man by the name of Nathaniel A. Baker. The other two Cheyenne papers were similarly published by men: The Argus by Lucien Bedell and the Rocky Mountain Star by O.T.B. Williams.
The first female editor in Wyoming wouldn’t make her debut until 1890, when sisters Gertrude and Laura Huntington purchased the Platte Valley Lyre in Saratoga. [1]
The Rocky Mountain Star printing house published a newspaper of the same name in early Cheyenne. Unlike the story in HOW, none of the three papers were run by women.
Were newspaper pressed burnt?
Yes, but not often and not the Cheyenne Leader. Fire was always a danger for printing offices with their stacks of paper and inks in wooden buildings heated by coal or wood stoves. One stray spark could set the whole place on fire. But that was true for most of the wooden buildings in the early towns.
The Frontier Index was a traveling press that followed the railroad and printed from the end of the tracks towns. When the railroad crews moved camp, the press was moved, too. Brothers Frederick and Legh Freeman ran the paper from 1866-1868 under the name the Kearney Hearld. After moving the paper from Kearney to North Platte, they changed the name to The Frontier Index.
The Frontier Index set up shop in several Wyoming towns including Fort Sanders (just south of Laramie), Laramie City, Green River City, South Pass City, Fort Bridger, Bryan and Bear River City.
(Frontier Index March 6, 1868)
The Freeman’s reporting style was rather biased and controversial, stirring up the already rough element in many towns. The end finally came in Bear River City (Uinta County, Wyoming) in November 1868. The town was so notorious it was said to be the worst of the hell on wheels towns. The press was burned during the Bear River City Riot which also claimed the life of at least 16 people and torched almost all of the buildings in town. The particularly opinionated issue that had come out the day before probably did not help the situation. Legh Freeman resurrected the paper as the Frontier Phoenix in Montana a few months later, saying it would “rise from the ashes.”
1. The “Lyre Girls:” First Women Newspaper Owners in Wyoming, by Lori Van Pelt, WyoHistory.org. (accessed July 2015)
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Tagged as Cheyenne, Hell on Wheels, Tent City, transcontinental railroad construction, Union Pacific Railroad
Hell on Wheels Season 4: Truth or Fiction?
This week we sat down with Anthony Keith from Channel 5 News here in Cheyenne to talk about AMC’s Hell On Wheels up coming season 4, which is set in Cheyenne in the late 1860s during the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR). In preparing for the conversation, we dug out some material to review and thought it might be fun to share what we learned.
*** Check out our HOW: Truth or Fiction Update for more!***
Just 3 years after it was surveyed, Cheyenne had become a thriving community. Some of the street names have changed. For perspective, Hill is now Capitol Avenue.
(WSA 1870 birds eye view of Cheyenne drawn by Augustus Roch)
Why is Cheyenne called the “Magic City of the Plains”?
Cheyenne was called the “Magic City of the Plains” because it seemed to spring up practically overnight.
Almost a month before UPRR surveyor Gen. Grenville Dodge arrived in the area, rumors swirled that the next major “hub” of the railroad would be established along Crow Creek south of Fort Laramie and that the US Army was considering establishing a large fort in the area as well. By early July, Dodge had settled on the location for the new town and almost immediately settlers began arriving. John R. Whitehead claimed to be the first on the scene on July 9th while the stakes were still being set, but the story goes that three more families arrived within hours.
The Whitehead Block, built by “1st” settler John R. Whitehead, was located were the Dinneen building now stands, photo by William G. Walker (WSA Sub Neg 13293)
By mid-July, the surveying and staking of the new town was complete. “People in large and small parties had arrived from Julesburg and the Cache la Poudre, and many tents were now up, which gave the place much the appearance of a fairground.” The Union Pacific sold the initial town lots for $125 each, but within weeks these same lots were going for $1000, then in a couple months for $3000. (that would be the equivalent of $2,000, $16,400 and almost $50,000 today) And the first train hadn’t arrived yet!
The Union Pacific Depot and hotel in Cheyenne in 1869.
On November 13, 1867 that the first train finally made it to Cheyenne. By then, Cheyenne was a full-fledged town with a dozen saloons, several “hotels” and livery stables, warehouses and stores. Tents had quickly given way to crude wooden shacks and sturdier wooden structures. The majority of the “business district” was concentrated just north of the tracks on 16th and 17th streets, the area that is still the nucleus of downtown.
Were the streets really that muddy?
Probably not often, but after a week like this one, there were most likely some boggy spots. The dirt was churned up quite a bit by all of the foot and animal traffic on the new dirt paths which became the streets.
16th Street in 1867 (WSA Sub Neg 4621)
The streets were also much wider and straighter than those on the set. Freight was moved by horse and wagon and these large teams needed space to maneuver themselves and the wagons. The town was set up in a grid, so you definitely would have been able to see open prairie at both ends of downtown.
Lacking sewers, water works, or even an organized disposal plan, the town was not very clean. Rubbish and waste was everywhere. This led to at least one severe cholera epidemic in the first couple years.
Did people actually live in and run businesses out of tents?
Absolutely. Canvas tents were easily packed and moved from railhead to railhead. In fact, the community of tents was known as “tent city.” Some of the business tents were quite large, almost like the event tents you rent today. These were mostly used as saloons, but some were hotels or restaurant or “warehouses”.
“Tent City” Cheyenne was set up in what is still downtown, along the newly surveyed 16th street, 1867
(WSA Sub Neg 977 & 8777)
Was there really a Cheyenne Leader newspaper?
The front page of the first issue of the real Cheyenne Daily Leader, published on September 19, 1867.
Yes, the Cheyenne Daily Leader was a real newspaper and published its first issue on September 19, 1867, just 2 months after the town was surveyed.
Having full convictions of the destined importance of this point, we have come among you to print a newspaper and we ask, as the pioneer journal, that cordial support which we know will spring form persistent and effective labors for the commercial growth of our city. — Cheyenne Daily Leader September 19, 1867
But the Leader wasn’t the only paper in town. By early 1868, The Argus and the Rocky Mountain Star were also operating. Few issues now exist of either of these rivals, but a nearly complete run of the Leader can still be found in the Archives on microfilm or digitized in the Wyoming Newspaper Project. The roots of Cheyenne’s current newspaper, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, can be traced back to the Leader.
How does the Palmer House hotel compare?
Hotels in Cheyenne in the 1860s-early 1870s were no where near as nice as the Palmer House is on set. The first hotels were just large tents, but wooden structures went up as quickly as possible thanks to the Wyoming wind.
The Rollins House was the Ford House’s main contender, but they were only two of the dozen or so hotels that sprang up.
In November 1867, Frenchman Louis L. Simonin traveled through Cheyenne on his trip along the railroad. He later published a memoir of his travels called The Rocky Mountain West in 1867, which was translated into English.
We inquired at Dodge House, or, if you prefer, Hotel, where we were offered lodging in the common sleeping room, if we were tired. There, there were no less than 30 beds, most of them occupied by two sleepers at a time. The democratic customs of the Far West permit this nocturnal fraternity, and the American endures it with good grace.
We found it more convenient not to share a bed with anyone; but in the common lounging room, were everyone made his toilet, one had to make use of the same brushes, the same combs, and yes, even the same towel. I rolled the soiled linen, spotted with dingy stains, until I found a clean place, and then bravely rubbed my face. What could I do? As they say in Spanish: Es la costumbre del pais, It is the custom of the country; and one should accept it like everyone else, for it would be tactless to pretend delicacy here.
By the mid to late-1870s, more luxurious and extravagant hotels, like the Inter Ocean Hotel, were definitely being built in Cheyenne.
Why were the railroad towns called “hell on wheels”?
The lawless, rowdy towns at the end of the tracks definitely earned their rough reputation and Cheyenne was no exception during the first couple years. These temporary settlements were essentially traveling man-camps (hence “on wheels”) for the railroad, filled to the brim with boisterous single, young men who made a good wage and wanted to play just as hard as they worked, unfettered by polite society. And the camp followers catered to their tastes. Saloons and bawdy houses (or tents in many cases) where liquor flowed – for a price – were a given, as were “stores” selling overpriced supplies and con artists and gamblers hoping to make an easy buck off an unsuspecting victim. Fights with fists and guns were common in the streets until a city ordinance was passed making it illegal to carry a firearm in town.
On March 21, 1868, the Laramie County Coroner’s jury confirmed that Charles Martin had died by strangulation when he was lynched on the “gallows” by vigilantes. Martin was accused of murdering Andy Harris about a month earlier.
(WSA Laramie County Coroner’s Inquest Files)
The camps had very little law enforcement and crime was rampant. Cheyenne attempted to organized a police force and elected a City Marshall that first fall, but they had a hard time controlling the rowdy crowd. Finally, a group of citizens took the law into their own hands and organized a vigilante committee which proceeded to lynch, shoot and run out as many of the ringleaders as they could. By spring, the railroad had moved on and the criminals thinned. Things settled a bit and law enforcement was back in charge.
What about Gov. Campbell, Dale Creek Bridge, female newspaper editors, and burning presses? Check out our HOW: Truth or Fiction Update!
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