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Is tribal custom above the law?
Dana Gibreel
Translated by Orion Wilcox
Mohammed al-Oleimi spent 20 years in prison for murder—the full length of his sentence. But on the day of his release, he was detained again under the direction of the Deputy Governor of Irbid. The reason? Over the previous two decades, Mohammed’s tribe had failed to reach a settlement with the tribe of his victim.
Irbid’s Deputy Governor told the al-Oleimi family that—despite Mohammed’s completion of his entire prison sentence as ordered by Jordan’s Criminal Court, Court of Appeals and Court of Cassation—the only thing that would end the case was a tribal settlement, according to what Mohammed and his brother told 7iber.
The deputy governor told Mohammed that his detainment was meant to prevent the victim’s family from seeking revenge. So Mohammed and his family had to enter into negotiations with the victim’s tribe that lasted a year and a half, and resulted in an agreement requiring Mohammed’s tribe to pay a diyyeh (compensation paid to a murder victim’s family by the family of the murderer) they could not afford.
Mohammed’s is not the only case in which tribal custom has come into conflict with civil law in Jordan. In past decades, the Jordanian government has deferred to tribal custom in several court cases, despite the tribal system’s inconsistency with the state’s laws and constitution. Furthermore, the government has sought to integrate some of these tribal customs into the state’s civil laws. The Bureau of Legislation and Opinion recently announced that some tribal customs would be included in a draft of the 2016 Crime Prevention Law.
Advocates of tribal customs say that wide acceptance of the system in Jordanian society allows for quick action and the circumvention of crises following serious crimes. Secondly, they argue that the punishments enforced by the tribes are appropriate and acceptable to the families of victims. For these reasons, the deference to tribal custom ensures that cases are resolved completely, leaving no desire for revenge after a tribal settlement is reached.
But rights activists and lawyers question what this says about the authority of the government and its ability to enforce laws equally and fairly. The government, they argue, has the responsibility to protect all individuals’ rights and ensure their safety—including the rights and safety of murderers and their families.
Multiple punishments for one crime
Mohammed al-Oleimi and his brother described their attempts to reach a tribal settlement that would end the former’s legal troubles: “More than 20 years ago we requested a settlement with the victim’s tribe. They refused to accept unless we paid 70,000JD, and we didn’t have that kind of money,” says Mohamed’s brother. “They said ‘let the law take its course.’ Well, now the law has taken its course,” he adds.
After having spent 10 years in prison, Mohammed received a special pardon from the King. But the pardon required that the victim’s family drop their right to compensation. Because the tribes had not agreed on a settlement, Mohammed remained in prison, says his brother.
Mohammed completed his entire sentence before being returned to prison by an administrative decision issued by Irbid’s Deputy Governor—an authority granted to administrative officials by the Crime Prevention Law. Thus began the period of negotiations between Mohammed’s tribe and that of his victim, who had demanded a diyyeh of 70,000JD 20 years prior. The amount of the diyyeh was gradually reduced to 25,000JD. But the al-Oleimi family still couldn’t afford it, so Mohammed requested that they end negotiations and explore legal avenues to obtain his release.
“Why do I want to reach a settlement? What will I get out of a settlement after 20 years in prison?” asks Mohamed.
Mohammed’s family sought the help of several legal aid organizations including the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) and the Justice Center for Legal Aid (JCLA). With their assistance, Mohammed was released from prison four months ago, after signing an agreement not to enter the city of Irbid, where his victim’s family lives, under a penalty of 30,000JD.
The infographic below explains the procedures dictated by tribal custom in cases of murder:
Formalizing tribal custom
Jordan has had three tribal laws, the most important of which being the Tribal Courts Law of 1936, which remained in force until 1976, when legislation was introduced abolishing it. In practice, the Tribal Courts Law continued to be used until 1987, when King Hussein issued a non-binding royal decree defining how tribal custom should be taken into account in court cases.
Following the 1987 decree, the Kingdom’s tribes ratified several agreements seeking to limit abuses in the enforcement of jalwa [banishment: the removal of a criminal’s family and relatives from the area where the victim lives] and related measures. Recently, the Bureau of Legislation and Opinion announced an effort to integrate some tribal customs into civil law by including them in a draft amendment to the Crime Prevention Law of 2016. The amendment takes tribal custom into consideration in cases of “murder, honor and violation of tribal settlements,” and formalizes them in legal texts.
One of the tribal customs included in the proposed amendment is the jalwa. Article 16 of the draft amendment states that “jalwa shall only include the perpetrator, his children and his father. The period of banishment shall not exceed one year with the possibility of renewal with the approval of a civil administrator.”
Saleh al-Armouti, the former head of the Jordanian Bar Association, opposes the “legalization” of the jalwa, a practice which he argues is “in violation of the constitutional right of individuals to residency and movement.” Al-Armouti also opposes the Crime Prevention Law in general because he says it infringes upon judicial authorities and the constitution.
Al-Armouti’s opposition to formalizing tribal custom is based on the legal principle: “There can be no crime or punishment without legislation.” Moreover, al-Armouti asks what crime the brothers and father of a criminal committed in order to deserve punishment.
On the other hand, Bureau of Legislation and Opinion President Nofan al-Ajarmah says the issue is a matter of practicality: “In reality, jalwa is applied and supervised by the governors, and we can’t deny that. The process occurs before the state and it’s very difficult to get rid of. What we are working on is to at least reduce the damage caused by the practice in preparation for its eventual abolishment.” In al-Ajarmah’s opinion, the current amendment to the Crime Prevention Law is the lesser of two evils.
Al-Ajarmah’s argument is in line with tribal judge Majed al-Farajat’s call for the legalization of jalwa “so that all Jordanian tribes operate under one law that requires them to banish only those individuals included in the criminal’s family notebook [i.e. the individual’s father and sons]. This will prevent some tribes from enforcing specific demands or harsh conditions.”
Al-Armouti, the former Bar Association head, is surprised by al-Ajarmah’s justifications. “The status quo cannot impose on the state a law that is in violation of the constitution,” says al-Armouti. “Jordan is a country of institutions and rule of law. We can’t search for half-solutions. The state’s job is to impose its authority through the law and not yield to circumstances,” he adds.
Tribal leaders and civil administrators have also called for the formalization of tribal custom. Karak Governor Abdallah Al Khitab thinks that the streamlining of tribal custom and civil law will reduce the problems caused by the jalwa, which he says has become a form of “forced migration,” and which causes financial and social harm to individuals.
But Governor Al Khitab says that people should not be fooled by the exaggeration and vilification of “tribal law,” explaining that most of the time tribal custom works to keep the peace and restrain people. Al Khitab says he leaves it to “good intentioned tribes” to not complicate matters.
But the formalization of tribal custom advocated for by some tribes’ leaders is not necessarily accepted when put into practice. Ahmed Oweidi al-Abbadi, an expert on tribal law issues who received his PhD in political science from Cambridge University, agrees with the current legislation, although he says it is impossible to put into practice within the next 20 years. “We, the Abbadi, support gradual amendments to the law and not an abrupt change. Because a comprehensive change is impossible. If there was a murder and the victim was one of us, we would banish all relatives up to fifth cousins, because the reputation of the Abbadis is well known. And the reputation of the tribe is more important than the law of the state and secular legislation.”
State sponsored banishment
Out of the 300 tribal cases heard between late 2015 and early 2016, this February’s case of the al-Matarnah and as-Sarayra tribes garnered a huge degree of media interest due to the conditions demanded by the as-Sarayira tribe, which were later described by the Matarnah tribe’s guarantor, Ahmed Jaber, as being harsh and difficult.
The story began with the murder of the young man Turki as-Sarayira in Karak. The man accused of killing Turki, Hisham al-Matarnah, was arrested and brought to trial in Jordan’s High Criminal Court.
However, in the as-Sarayira tribe’s view, this was not a sufficient indicator that justice was taking its proper course. Riots and violence broke out in the town of Mu’ta, where Turki’s family lives, following the announcement of the suspected killer’s name. Tribal leaders attempted to control the situation, and the al-Matarnahs presented the as-Sarayiras with an atwat fawret dam—a request that the victim’s tribe abstain from attacking the perpetrator, his family, or their possessions. As part of the agreement, the family of the suspect, Hisham al-Matarnah, left the Karak governorate.
Three days later, the two tribes held a meeting in the town of Mu’ta, in which the al-Matarnah tribe provided a confession on behalf of Hisham. The as-Sarayira tribe presented their requirements for a settlement: the banishment from Karak of all relatives of the suspect up to fifth cousins; the execution of the “perpetrator”—who in the eyes of the law was still only a suspect; and a promise from the al-Matarnah tribe not to provide the suspect with a lawyer or present any evidence in his defense.
The suspect’s family and all relatives up to fifth cousins were banished to Tafilah, according to the al-Matarnahs’ guarantor Ahmed Jaber, who added that even those relatives living in distant Aqaba were relocated. But the as-Sarayira tribe’s guarantor, Meddallah at-Tarawnah, says that the al-Matarnahs did not fully abide by the full conditions of the jalwa—arguing that not all of the suspect’s relatives left Karak. Meddallah says that the as-Sarayiras’s open-mindedness led them to overlook this non-compliance.
Regardless of whether the jalwa included the necessary relatives or not, those close to the al-Matarnahs say the banishment has been transformed into a form of house arrest. The suspect’s father has not been allowed to go to Amman to receive necessary cancer treatment, says Ahmed Jaber. Moreover, the situation in Tafilah, where there are few vacant houses, expensive rents, and high unemployment, has placed the family in dire straits. For his part, the as-Sarayiras’ guarantor, Meddallah at-Tarawnah, insists that the al-Matarnah tribe remain in Tafilah for their own safety.
“The al-Matarnah chose the place of their banishment and they cannot leave it except if absolutely necessary and under specific conditions agreed upon by both parties,” says at-Tarawnah, adding that his role is to ensure that the as-Sarayiras do not seek revenge.
“If the [al-Matarnahs] leave Tafilah, then they are not protected by the agreement and the as-Sarayiras have the right to take their revenge by killing them,” says at-Tarawnah, adding that this only applies to the “perpetrator” and his direct family and not to his cousins.
at-Tarawnah argues that it is not permissible for the al-Matarnahs to move as they like before the tribe of the victim, although he says that the two parties can agree to an exception for the suspect’s sick father to move to another residence with one companion.
A month and a half after the jalwa, the as-Sarayira tribe agreed to allow the return of the suspect’s relatives to Karak, excluding the father and his siblings who will remain in Tafilah until a settlement is reached between the two tribes.
State weakness or a policy of containment?
On the morning of Hisham al-Matarnah’s arrest, security reinforcements arrived in Karak to prevent any violent reactions to the murder of Turki as-Sarayira. Although the police supervised the exit of the al-Matarnahs from Karak, their presence did not prevent several violent incidents. In one instance, a man fired multiple gunshots at the suspect’s home despite the presence of two armored police cars parked out front [watch the video].
The state’s hands are not tied when it comes to dealing with these situations, an official in the Ministry of the Interior tells 7iber. Rather, the police work to keep the peace and prevent bloodshed by supervising tribal agreements and overseeing the removal of the suspect’s tribe from the area, says the official, adding that the police take appropriate action in dealing with those who attempt to violate the law.
But the state’s official involvement in the case of Turki as-Sarayira’s murder did not stop there. Deputy Prime Minister for Education Mohammed Thneibat represented the al-Matarnahs in settlement negotiations and agreed on their behalf to the conditions demanded by the as-Sarayiras. As mentioned previously, these conditions included: the issuing of the death sentence for the suspect Hisham al-Matarnah; a quick sentencing; the family’s agreement to not provide the suspect with a lawyer or present any evidence that could lead to a reduced sentence; the banishment of all relatives of the suspect up to fifth cousins from Karak within one month of the agreement; and the promise that no family member of the suspect would enter the town of Mu’ta under penalty of death.
The al-Matarnah v. as-Sarayira case is a perfect example of the “ineffectiveness” of civil administrators and the state’s leniency in enforcing the rule of law, says al-Matarnah guarantor Ahmed Jaber.
On the other hand, Karak Governor Al Khitab says that his role is to keep the peace and apply the law, “whether it be civil or tribal,” and to uphold the sovereignty of the state in all cases with the cooperation of all government institutions. In some cases, it is necessary to follow tribal custom, says Al Khitab, in order to allow the situation to calm down at which point civil law can be applied.
Al Khitab also defends the participation of government officials, such as Deputy Prime Minister Thneibat, in tribal negotiations, given that Thneibat participated as a tribal leader and not as a representative of the government. “State employees are also tribal leaders and [in these situations] they want to settle the conflict,” says Al Khitab, adding that he himself did not attend the negotiations because as a representative of the government he was required to remain neutral.
Interference in the judiciary
7iber examined five murder cases in which the victim was killed following an alleged violation to a tribal agreement. In all five cases, the courts did not consider a violation of tribal custom to be a legitimate reason to reduce the severity of sentencing and conducted the trials on the basis of the available evidence and accusations. This means that the courts did not base their rulings on tribal customs, says the lawyer Salah Jaber.
“In the cases that I have reviewed through my work, the courts have not taken tribal settlements or confessions into account,” says Jaber, adding that “the courts conduct the trials based on official laws.”
“For example, a tribal settlement does not mean that an individual has dropped their personal rights, because that is a legal process and must occur in the courts,” says Jaber.
This does not mean that the tribes do not interfere in the type of evidence provided to the courts. The as-Sarayira tribe, for example, demanded that no evidence be submitted on behalf of Hisham al-Matarnah and refused the appointment of a lawyer for his defense—despite his right to counsel as prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Code.
Another example comes from the case of a female police officer killed in a hit-and-run accident. The police officer’s tribe, the al-Azzams, threatened “dire consequences” if the suspect did not admit guilt within 24 hours.
Jaber, the lawyer, sees the al-Azzams’ words as constituting a physical threat as well as an interference in the work of the judiciary and a violation of the sanctity of the courts. This type of interference, argues Jaber, could lead to an obstruction of justice.
Two days after the suspected hit-and-run driver’s arrest, his tribe issued a statement of confession on his behalf—despite the fact that he himself had not yet confessed to the crime. Later, a party representing the suspect’s tribe, which included ministers, parliamentarians and other government representatives, went to the al-Azzam tribe to present a formal confession and to agree not to provide their relative with a lawyer and to accept any additional conditions for a settlement.
An infringement on constitutional rights?
The tribal judge Majed al-Farajat believes that the state cooperates in the implementation of tribal custom in order to prevent additional crimes. “In many cases, if the family of the suspect were not removed, then more blood would be spilled and the problems would get bigger,” says al-Farajat.
In the new amendment to the Crime Prevention Law, the state approves the open-ended banishment of a suspect’s relatives: Banishment or “jalwa will not exceed a period of one year with the possibility of renewal with the approval of a civil administrator based on the request of the governorate’s security commission or head of security depending on the needs of the situation,” reads the amendment.
Former Bureau of Legislation and Opinion President al-Ajarmah, says that the proposed amendments to the Crime Prevention Law are in fact constitutional given that article nine of the constitution provides individuals freedom of residency and movement except in certain situations where the law allows for their detainment.
But al-Armouti, former head of the Jordan Bar Association, differs with that opinion: “The legislator’s job is not to limit the constitution but rather to ensure that laws are in line with its articles—the legislator’s job is to remove obstacles to the law.”
Whether banishment remains as a feature of tribal custom or is integrated into Jordan’s civil law, the practice may continue for many years. As tribal judge al-Farajat says: “If the man who killed Turki as-Sarayira were not executed and was released after twenty years, someone could seek revenge. The jalwa does not end until the tribes reach a settlement in which all conditions are met, and that is something that will be with us for years to come.”
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Small steps for parents of premature babies
With an increase in the number of babies born before time, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital has started a centre for post-NICU brain development and workshops for parents to help them take better care of early-born children
In a bid to ensure greater care for premature babies, the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital has come up with a Child Development Centre called Small Steps, for babies once they are medically stable and discharged from the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Along with medical intervention to ensure the babies’ brains develop at normal rates, Small Steps will counsel parents on taking care of such children once they leave the hospital.
“In general, the brain development of a child in the womb happens between 30 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. Thus, in case of premature babies, brain development is still in process after they are born. They also require support for breathing, as well as nutritional support, which they would have been getting in the womb. These babies are also at a greater risk of infection. Their Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) blood vessels are still open, which puts their brain at risk of injury. At this stage, it is not just the survival, but the intact survival of the child that is important. All these issues, which are addressed in the NICU, put the child’s brain at risk of underdevelopment,” said Dr Sandeep Kadam, a neonatologist affiliated with KEM Hospital, where a similar centre already exists, and a member of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics. Pune has around 300 neonatal ICU beds in private hospitals and around 150 beds in government-run hospitals. According to Kadam, the beds are always full and do not meet the demand for the number of premature babies born. In Deenanath, 200-300 premature babies are born each year.
Small Steps, which was inaugurated on Sunday in Deenanath hospital, was the result of a study by Dr Suneel Godbole, a developmental paediatrician with the hospital, conducted over the past one year. In the study, 54 newborn babies were studied to assess their neuro-development, with a complete follow-up until they completed their first birthdays.
“Premature babies are at a high risk of faltering with respect to growth and neuro-development. With early intervention and proper follow-up, these babies can achieve normal brain development,” said Godbole.
“The centre will also help empower parents to enhance the potential of their children, so they can lead a regular, independent life. Small Steps will ensure aftercare and a better life,” Godbole added.
Parents’ counselling includes teaching them age-appropriate tricks to help the child’s brain development. The centre will also check the muscle movement in the child’s limbs, to help determine the motor quotient, and if need be, provide physiotherapy. There will also be a parent support group, where parents meet twice a month to counsel each other.
“The brain’s ability to adapt is high till the child turns one. The mother is the best person to provide stimulation, if she is taught how,” added Kadam.
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5 Ways You Can Help Fix Hollywood’s Diversity Problem
Viola Davis is the first African American woman to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama. Photo via Julius Tennon, Wikimedia Commons.
Last month’s announcement of the 2016 Oscar nominees put Hollywood’s much-debated diversity problem on blast. For the second year in a row, no people of color were nominated in any major acting category. As the conversation continues, activists are rightly pointing out that Hollywood’s issues with race are much bigger — and its biases rooted much deeper — than just who gets nominated for awards. Rather, the lack of diversity among this year’s Academy Award nominees points to a systemic problem around the homogeneity of whose stories get to be told on film. As Viola Davis eloquently said last fall, “You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.”
The Winter 2016 issue of AAUW Outlook magazine, which focuses on women in the arts, tackles this problem. As detailed in our article on gender bias in Hollywood, the top executives of major Hollywood film studios are 94 percent white and 100 percent male. We spoke with Montré Missouri, a filmmaker and associate professor at Howard University, about the powerful connection between the lack of diversity among Hollywood decision makers and the white, male-driven films that dominate the big screen, as well as the serious ramifications for women and girls.
Contrary to what Hollywood executives might think, women and other marginalized groups, including people of color, the LGBT community, and people with disabilities, have stories that deserve to be told. “It cannot be stressed enough how important it is that more women and non-white filmmakers are behind the camera,” says Missouri. “It is not only financially lucrative for the industry, but it is also essential for our understanding of who we are as a culture.”
Here are five ways you can take action to thwart Hollywood’s diversity problem.
1. Use your consumer power.
Imagine what would happen if more people refused to pay for movies that lack empowering representations of women and minorities. Facing a major profit loss, studios would be forced to change their ways. Feminist film utopia, here we come! Jokes aside, women’s consumer power is a force to be reckoned with; women account for 52 percent of moviegoers. So put your money where your mouth is: Refuse to pay for films and stop watching TV shows that denigrate Native Americans, fail to empower trans actors, erase people of color, and disempower women.
Actors Colman Doming, Ava DuVernay, and David Oyelowo at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
2. Actively support independent and women-led films.
Just as we should think critically about what movies we don’t see, we should actively support films that represent the diverse experiences of women and marginalized groups. Grassroots initiatives like the Parallel Film Collective are a valuable resource to look toward. Parallel showcases films that, as co-founder Missouri describes, “transcend [the] limiting racial, cultural, and gender identities found in mainstream media.” The ReelAbilities Film Festival showcases films by and about people with disabilities, and Women and Girls Lead Global provides a critical spotlight for global documentaries about issues affecting women and girls all over the world. There’s also GLAAD’s (Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation) annual report on how LGBT people are depicted in Hollywood films, a powerful tool to help inform your decisions about which DVDs to buy or Netflix shows to binge.
3. Call out bias! Join the online movement.
Hashtag activism is all the rage these days. And there’s a reason why: It works. The viral hashtag #oscarssowhite – created by April Reign in response to the all-white Oscars 2016 nominees – sparked a movement that not only united celebrities, politicians, and movie buffs, but also elicited significant institutional reforms from the academy itself. But #oscarssowhite isn’t the only recent activism against Hollywood bias. In November, online activists successfully pressured Lionsgate to address whitewashing in the casting of its fantasy film Gods of Egypt. Around the same time, advocates called for a boycott of Stonewall, the problematically white-cast film depicting the LGBT movement. See bias? Call it out!
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4. Tackle your own unconscious bias.
We all hold biases, shaped by wider cultural stereotypes. These biases — many of which are unconscious — affect what types of films and television shows we choose to watch, especially when it comes to race and gender. According to a 2009 study, the higher the percentage of black actors in a film, the less interested white viewers were in seeing the movie. Luckily, evidence shows that identifying and learning about the unconscious associations we harbor is the first step to correcting them. AAUW is conducting our own original research on people’s associations around gender, and you can contribute by participating online when the test goes live this month.
5. Learn the history of Hollywood’s diversity problem.
Hollywood’s deep-seated biases didn’t develop overnight. The NAACP has been calling out Hollywood racism for decades. The recently launched federal investigation into Hollywood sexism followed decades of outcry from women working in the industry. Even the shocking lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominees is nothing new: Twenty years ago, People Magazine wrote a scathing indictment of the all-white 1996 Oscar nominees. Back then, the protest was largely ignored. But this time around, activists (and audiences) aren’t letting Hollywood off the hook when it comes to implementing more reforms, and neither should we.
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Falcons, Patriots advance to Super Bowl LI
Posted: 8:08 PM, Jan 22, 2017
Steven Senne
<p>New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady smiles while facing reporters before a scheduled NFL football practice, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots are to host an NFL divisional playoff game Jan. 16, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)</p>
ATLANTA (CNN) -- The Atlanta Falcons spent 25 years playing in the Georgia Dome, and they saved their best for last.
The Falcons defeated the Green Bay Packers 44-21 in the NFC Championship Game in Atlanta to advance to Super Bowl LI, ending their tenure in this stadium with their biggest home win in franchise history.
Fans chanted, "MVP! MVP! MVP!" for Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who threw for 392 yards and four touchdowns and ran for one more. Julio Jones had nine receptions for 180 yards and two scores.
"For the fans, for this city and for the teams that rocked this place for 25 years, we felt your energy from the very beginning," Falcons head coach Dan Quinn said. "So it's only fitting, at the NFC Championship Game, the last game played here, we felt that too."
It will be the Falcons' second Super Bowl appearance. The last time came in the 1998 season, when Atlanta lost to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXIII.
"We've worked hard to get to this point, but the challenge is still in front of us," Ryan said. "What we set out to accomplish is still in front of us."
Their opponent is one very familiar with winning Super Bowls. The New England Patriots will return to the Super Bowl stage for an NFL-record ninth time after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-17 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Super Bowl LI is February 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Falcons dominate from the start
This was expected to be a shootout, but only one offense -- Atlanta's -- delivered.
The Falcons, who have the top scoring offense in the NFL, dominated from their first possession, with wide receiver Mohamed Sanu scoring on a 2-yard shovel pass from Ryan. It was the eighth straight game Atlanta has scored on its opening drive.
Green Bay, meanwhile, sputtered on its first possession, as Mason Crosby missed a 41-yard field goal.
After a 28-yard field goal by Atlanta kicker Matt Bryant to make it 10-0, the Falcons' defense recorded its 10th consecutive game with a takeaway as cornerback Jalen Collins forced and recovered a fumble from fullback Aaron Ripkowski with 10:59 left in the second quarter.
A few minutes later, Ryan ran in from 14 yards, his first rushing touchdown since 2012, to make it 17-0.
There would be no magic from Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers on this day.
Backed up on their own 13 on third down late in the first half, Rodgers launched a deep ball that was intercepted by safety Ricardo Allen. Atlanta capitalized, with Julio Jones hauling in a Ryan pass for a 5-yard touchdown just before halftime.
That made it 24-0. In the Rodgers era at Green Bay, which started in 2008, it was the first time the Packers trailed by 24 or more points at halftime.
Rodgers threw for three touchdowns in the second half, but it was too late.
"Playing a team like that, you've got to start faster than that," Rodgers said.
Two months ago, Green Bay getting this far didn't seem possible. In November, the Packers, 4-6 after dropping their fourth game in a row, were in danger of missing the postseason altogether.
But that didn't deter Rodgers, saying then he felt like his team could run the table.
That eight-game win streak came to a halt Sunday in Atlanta.
"If this has taught us anything, it's how important that home-field advantage is," Rodgers said. "To be able to sleep in your own bed and practice and not have to travel and have the fan support makes a big difference."
Patriots playoff brilliance continues
With Sunday's win, the Patriots continued to add to the NFL record books.
There's the opportunity for Bill Belichick, who has won four Super Bowls as a head coach, to pass Chuck Noll for the most Super Bowl wins in NFL history. He already has the most poststeason wins of all time by a head coach.
Tom Brady's playoff brilliance continued, as he threw for three touchdowns. He threw for more than 300 yards for the 11th time in a postseason game, the most all-time.
Once Brady plays in Houston, he will surpass defensive lineman Mike Lodish for the most Super Bowl appearances by a player, with seven. Lodish played in four with the Buffalo Bills and two with Denver. If Brady wins, he will match Charles Haley for the most Super Bowl titles by a player with five.
And maybe there's some other unfinished business. Brady was suspended for the first four games of the regular season because of Deflategate. It was a saga that started in January 2015 and dragged through the court system, and it was a punishment that was brought down by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Goodell notably was absent from Foxborough on Sunday, opting to be in Atlanta for the NFC Championship game instead.
Now, the two will be in Houston.
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Transient beaten, set on fire in 4th linked attack in San Diego
Posted: 5:39 AM, Jul 06, 2016
By: 10News Digital Team
Police believe a violent attack in which a homeless man was beaten and set on fire in downtown San Diego early Wednesday morning is linked to a series of attacks earlier this week that left two transients dead and a third severely injured.
At 5:10 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to the 900 block of State Street to find a homeless man with significant trauma to his upper torso. In a news briefing Wednesday, San Diego police Capt. Dave Nisleit said a towel was discovered on fire next to the victim. Officers learned a witness had removed the towel from the victim prior to their arrival, thus saving the victim from serious burns.
The victim was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital with significant injuries. His name and age were not immediately known.
Residents told police they were awoken by loud noises. When they looked out of their homes, they saw the suspect crouched over what they initially thought was clothing, but turned out to be a person on fire. The crouched suspect ran away on foot.
According to Nisleit, investigators have determined that the same person responsible for the attacks on July 3 and July 4 that left two homeless men dead and a third severely injured is responsible for this latest incident.
Investigators have released surveillance photos of the person of interest, but have yet to identify him.
"This is a person that we need removed from the community as fast as we can," Nisleit told
Surveillance cameras at a convenience store near where 53-year-old Angelo De Nardo of San Diego was found dead Sunday morning captured grainy images of the person of interest. That video was made public Tuesday.
De Nardo's body was found in flames in an open area off the 2700 block of Morena Boulevard, according to San Diego police. Witnesses to the attack told investigators they saw a man running across nearby Interstate 5, carrying a gas can.
A second homeless man was found bleeding from stab wounds to his upper body in the 3700 block of Greenwood Street, near Valley View Casino Center in the Midway district, shortly before 5 a.m. Monday. He was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
Less than 90 minutes later, another transient was found dead in the 2500 block of Bacon Street -- about three miles from the scene of the second attack, according to police. His name has not been released.
"We have a person out there attacking victims that were sleeping. They weren't doing anything wrong," San Diego police Capt. David Nisleit told reporters.
Authorities urged area transients to avoid sleeping alone and to stay in open, well-lit areas.
Anyone with information on the cases was asked to call police at 619-531-2293. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477, or by contacting the agency via email at sdcrimestoppers.org.
Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. City News Service contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Minnesota football team will play in Holiday Bowl
The University of Minnesota football team will play in the Holiday Bowl, reversing a threat to boycott the game because of the suspension of 10 players accused of participating in a sexual assault.
Arizona State University was one of just a few teams that were expected to be in the running to replace Minnesota in the game, had the players followed through with the boycott.
The players announced Saturday they will play Washington State on Dec. 27 in the game in San Diego.
No criminal charges were filed against the players, but a school investigation concluded this week the athletes violated university policy. On Thursday, players said they wouldn't practice or play unless their teammates' suspensions were revoked.
A group of seniors from the team met with the board of regents, university President Eric Kaler and athletic director Mark Coyle on Friday night.
The school declined the players' request to reinstate the suspended players.
Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Final Masters spots on the line
by: DOUG FERGUSON
Posted: Mar 27, 2019 / 07:11 PM UTC / Updated: Mar 27, 2019 / 07:11 PM UTC
Ernie Els of South Africa tees off the 15th hole at the Malaysia Golf Championship 2nd round in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Phoon)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For players trying to get into the top 50 for a Masters invitation, it was critical to get into the 64-man field at the Dell Technologies Match Play with big ranking points available in the final week to be eligible through the world ranking.
Trouble is, everyone from the top 66 — Adam Scott and Rickie Fowler are skipping — also is at Austin Country Club.
Eleven players in the field have yet to qualify for the Masters, and what’s required of them at Match Play depends on their ranking. Russell Knox, Lee Westwood, Tom Lewis and Luke List likely will have to advance to Sunday’s semifinals to break into the top 50.
Abraham Ancer and Chez Reavie likely would have to reach the quarterfinals, where players are assured a four-way tie for fifth.
Going into the week, the only current players in the top 50 not already eligible for the Masters are Shane Lowry (No. 48) and Justin Harding (No. 49). They might not have to advance from their groups to secure their positions, but winning or halving matches wouldn’t hurt.
Others who are poised to make a move include Byeong Hun An, Andrew Putnam and Jim Furyk, who didn’t even have the Masters in mind until his runner-up finish at The Players Championship moved him up more than 100 spots and into the Match Play field.
Harding and List are in the same group, while Lowry and Putnam also are in the same group.
Meanwhile, Sungjae Im closed with a 70 at Innisbrook last week and moved into a tie for fourth. That moved him up 13 spots to No. 59. Im is at the PGA Tour event in the Dominican Republic this week, which offers a minimum 24 points to the winner even with a weak field. He has a mathematical chance of getting into the top 50.
No one at the Hero Indian Open on the European Tour can get into the top 50.
No matter how it unfolds, Augusta National is assured of another small field, which is what the Masters wants to create the best experience for its guests. The field last year was 87, the smallest since 1997.
Currently, there are 84 players who have qualified and are expected to play.
INTERNATIONAL RUN
European-born players are on quite a run, with Paul Casey (England), Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and Francesco Molinari (Italy) winning the past three weeks on the PGA Tour. It’s the longest such streak since either 2012 or 2010, depending on context.
It was in 2010 that Justin Rose (England) at the Memorial, Lee Westwood (England) at the St. Jude Classic and Graeme McDowell (Northern Ireland) at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach won in successive weeks.
Fast forward to 2012, and McIlroy won the Honda Classic, Rose won at Doral and Luke Donald (England) won the Valspar Championship. However, George McNeill won in the Puerto Rico Open a few hours before Rose won his first World Golf Championship at Doral. The three European-born players in the field at Puerto Rico that year included Henrik Stenson, who was just starting to come out of a slump and was at No. 221 in the world.
It’s not just Europeans who have had big runs. In 2014, there was a streak of six consecutive tournaments won by non-Americans — three by McIlroy (including two majors), the others by Tim Clark of South Africa, Geoff Ogilvy of Australia and Camilo Villegas of Colombia.
THE BATTLE FOR NO. 1
The top five players in the world ranking all have a chance to leave Texas at No. 1 in the world.
Dustin Johnson lost a chance to expand his lead at No. 1 last week when he played birdie-free for a 74 to tie for sixth. Rose, who had the No. 1 for two months before Johnson took over, remains at No. 2.
They are followed by Brooks Koepka, McIlroy and Justin Thomas.
All of them have reached No. 1 before, but it might be the most meaningful this time around for McIlroy. He has spent 95 weeks at No. 1, but not since Sept. 14, 2015.
Then again, Thomas might not agree.
“I didn’t think getting to No. 1 in the world would mean as much to me until the fact I haven’t had it in a while,” said Thomas, who was last at the top of the ranking in early June last year. “It bothers me. It gets under my skin more than I thought it would now that I had it. You know everyone in the world isn’t as good as you, and it’s a cool feeling.”
BIG EASY MILESTONE
Ernie Els made his debut in the world ranking in 1989 when he finished fourth in the South African Open at age 19.
That was his first top 10 worldwide, and the Big Easy hit a big milestone last week in the Maybank Championship in Malaysia when he tied for seventh. It was the 300th time in his 792 worldwide starts that he finished among the top 10 in tournaments that award world ranking points.
No other player has competed around the globe like Els from his generation.
Tiger Woods has 231 top 10s in 399 worldwide starts, a rate of 58 percent.
Els has a 38 percent rate of top 10s in tournaments around the world, but only 27 percent on the PGA Tour (compared with 54 percent in non-PGA Tour events).
Steve Stricker isn’t one to fix something that isn’t broken, including his putter.
Until that broke.
Stricker has used the same Odyssey putter for 17 years. But when he noticed the shaft slightly bent from years of practice and play, he took it to the equipment player to swap out the shaft. That’s when they noticed another problem.
“The face was caved in,” he said.
He was told to run a credit card across the face insert to check, and sure enough, there was an indentation.
The end of an era? Not quite. Stricker had a backup made with the same specifications, only to learn that he could have a new face insert. He got that back in time for the Valspar Championship, though it wasn’t the happiest of reunions. He missed the cut by one shot with rounds of 73-71.
“It wasn’t the putter,” Stricker said. “It was the puttee.”
DIVOTS
Puggy Blackmon is retiring after 35 years as a college golf coach, primarily at Georgia Tech and South Carolina. Among his players at Georgia Tech was David Duval, who reached No. 1 in the world. … The USGA appointed Jason Gore as its first senior director of player relations. … The Australian PGA Championship is moving until after the Presidents Cup, capping off three straight weeks Down Under following the Australian Open and a Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne featuring Tiger Woods and Ernie Els as captains. The Australian PGA now will be played on Dec. 19-22. … Nelly Korda is now the highest-ranked American in the women’s world ranking at No. 6. … Pratima Sherpa, the 19-year-old from Nepal who was featured on ESPN, plays her first professional event in America this week on the Symetra Tour in Beaumont, California. … Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk and Lee Westwood are the only players in the Match Play field who were part of the inaugural event in 1999 at La Costa.
STAT OF THE WEEK
European-born players have won more times on the PGA Tour (4) than on the European Tour (3) this year.
“It doesn’t matter what your rank is. It doesn’t matter how you’re playing. If you don’t play well that day, you’re probably going to lose. It’s pretty simple.” — Dustin Johnson on match play.
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Offshore Wind – A Brief History Featured
By AOG Staff Sunday, 16 June 2019 04:02
Happy 80th birthday Maritime Reporter & Engineering News! Eighty years is a significant publishing and business accomplishment!
Birthdays always cause a look back. An 80-year review starts in 1939, the close of one very challenging decade, the start of events still reverberating today. History’s most important history is contained in the last 80 years.
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Energy dominated every one of those decades. Consider energy use, say, starting after World War II, from 1950 to 1975. There was power for everything, from seemingly endless sources of oil, gas and coal, and nuclear power was standing by.
Next, recall energy from 1975 to 2000. Not so happy. Most shocking – actual energy shortages, and skyrocketing costs. Just as shocking: social and environmental disasters that could no longer be pushed aside, from Exxon Valdez to ruinous strip mines to Three Mile Island to urban smog.
Now, think of the last 19 years. The Bakken Field. The Permian Basin. Deep-water ocean extraction. And a sophisticated industry ready for any play anywhere, operating at peak scientific and technical prowess.
But there were huge changes in the last 19 years. Oil and gas and coal are no longer the whole story. Renewables – solar and wind – have moved closer to center stage, where they will stay, and increase. Why? Because people like renewables. They don’t want to feel energy guilt. Or more pointedly, guilty about the impacts of energy, from coal sludge to Deepwater Horizon to the climate to monitoring spent nuclear fuel for a thousand years.
Make no mistake, in the next 80 years the world is fortunate that it will have plentiful quantities of oil and gas – responsibly recovered and produced but in the future sipped, not guzzled, in highly efficient engines.
In the next 80 years the world is doubly fortunate that it has the chance to mainstream electricity generation from renewables, again, primarily wind and solar. These aren’t random, disconnected opportunities. Like all progress, these choices are evolutionary, enabled by decisions made, and work started, years ago.
In the spirit of looking back, here’s a brief review of offshore wind and how its development has tracked concurrent to Maritime Reporter’s 80 years of success. Comparably, offshore wind is a newbie (okay, not counting wind power for ships and boats). The first commercial offshore windfarm was built in 1991, in Denmark. The first US project at Block Island, RI, in 2016!
To set a timeline within a modern context this review draws on a fascinating wind energy history developed by the US Department of Energy. On the landside, DOE’s history starts in 1850 when the US Wind Engine Company was established by Daniel Halladay and John Burnham.
In 1890, steel windmill blades were invented, leading to the development of an iconic western symbol.
Important lesson: technological developments, then as now, are critical across all energy advancements.
In 1893, fifteen windmill companies showcased wind power at the Chicago World’s Fair. Different models, wood, steel and iron, were adaptable to specific localities and conditions.
After 1893, DOE’s timeline jumps 48 years to 1941, recording that the largest wind turbine of the time delivered 1.25 megawatts to a Vermont utility. But there’s a lesson in that almost half-century gap. America’s electric utilities had developed rapidly, but without wind. Electrical systems, and new demands placed on systems, needed constant, steady power – think coal and hydro. Intermittent wind was fine for remote, singular places, but insufficient for new electrified urban railways, for example.
Then the timeline jumps another 29 years to 1970. It records: “The price of oil skyrockets and so does interest and research in wind turbines and the power they generate.”
Then, events quicken:
-- 1978 – President Carter signed the Public Utility Regulatory Act, requiring companies to buy a certain amount of electricity from renewable energy sources, including wind.
-- 1980 – The first utility-scale wind farms are installed in California.
-- 1981 – NASA scientists Larry Viterna and Bob Corrigan develop “The Viterna Method,” which becomes the most common method used for predicting wind turbine performance, increasing the efficiency of turbine output to this day.
-- 1991 – Denmark – Dong Energy (now Orsted) commissioned Windby, the first offshore wind farm, constructed in water between two and five meters deep. Windby’s 11 turbines provided power for almost 2200 households. It lasted for 25 years, longer than expected, dismantled in 2017. Windby was invaluable as a working laboratory, helping Danish companies to gain expertise, both technically and learning how to export this new offshore business. Perhaps the most important lesson: Windby served as a power station, adding to and complementing an overall electrical system.
-- 1992 – President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act, authorizing a production tax credit of 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour of wind-power-generated electricity and re-establishing a focus on renewable energy use.
-- 1993 – The National Wind Technology Center is established.
-- 2011 – A critical document: DOE’s National Offshore Wind Strategy, a partnership project with the Department of the Interior. The goal: to reduce the cost of energy through technology development and reducing deployment timelines.
Gary Norton is a Senior Renewable Energy Technologies Advisor within DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office. Norton was a contributing author of the 2011 Strategy and the 2016 Strategy update. He was asked: How is offshore wind doing – moving too slowly or where we need to be?
“I think we’re doing really well,” Norton replied. He cited interagency collaboration as particularly important and productive, with DOE focusing on technical advances that would lower the cost of offshore wind power while the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) worked on best ways to speed up the complex regulatory process for ocean-based projects.
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Gary Norton, Sr. Renewable Energy Technologies Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind Energy Technologies Office/Water Power Technologies Office
Norton said the original projections in the 2011 Strategy were “pretty aspirational.” Now, however, “things are really taking off in many states with many project developers and committed financial support.” When this work started, he noted, uncertainty dominated. “Now it’s happening,” he said, referencing, for example, the huge increases in site valuations. “In Massachusetts,” Norton point out, “recent BOEM wind energy area lease bids jumped to $135 million, up from $42 million a few years earlier and just $1.5 million in an earlier round of bidding.”
Another critical Strategy outcome: the National Research and Development Consortium, currently comprised of most major offshore wind developers and four Atlantic coast state agencies from Massachusetts to Virginia. In 2018, DOE chose the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYERDA) as consortium administrator. DOE contributed $20.5 million for competitively solicited R&D projects, and NYSERDA matched that amount.
Finally, Norton emphasized the importance of DOE’s economic analyses pertaining to offshore wind and how it can best fit into the overall energy marketplace, maximizing its value. Also critical: the emerging, and increasing, revaluation of many east coast ports as they prepare and position themselves to play leading roles in the maritime logistics required to build out an entirely new energy industry.
2013 – A critical project: construction of the first floating offshore wind turbine connected to the grid. This was a DOE partnership with the University of Maine, deploying a 1:8 scale, 20-kw concrete-composite floating platform wind turbine--the first in the world. This project will inform design and construction of two full-scale floating offshore wind turbines, work underway now, set for completion in 2021. The project utilizes patented VolturnUS platform technology, a floating concrete hull that can support wind turbines in water depths of 45 meters or more (recall Windby’s 2-5 meter depth).
Habib Dagher, PhD, PE is the Executive Director at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
Dagher explained that Maine has been buffeted by high energy costs. Maine’s initial interest in offshore wind started with a big question: How much power do we need for everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles? In Maine, offshore wind has an estimated potential of 160 gigawatts. Dagher said the entire state uses about 2.4 GW. Just 3% of potential ocean wind energy would meet all of ME’s needs!
Deep water, though, prevents fixed-bottom turbines. Hence the research into floating technology. UofM focused on key problems: stability, storms, design. Dagher said the scaled-down model passed all tests, from its grid interconnection to withstanding a 500-year storm.
But the biggest payoff? Modeling. Dagher said UofM energy models will allow easier, faster and more accurate evaluations and assessments for matching project site with equipment, materials and positioning. All of that means cheaper energy from offshore wind.
-- 2016 – Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island, starts up, the first commercial offshore wind project in the US. It’s relatively small – 30 megawatts, a project developed by Deepwater Wind.
-- 2018 – DOE reports (2017 data) that the U.S. has a total of 25,434 MW of offshore wind energy in the pipeline, with projects in development in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia.
Globally, (2017 data) 3,387 MW of offshore wind capacity was commissioned, resulting in a cumulative installed global capacity of 16.3 GW. The United Kingdom is the largest offshore wind market with 5,824 MW of cumulative installed capacity, followed by Germany (4,667 MW), China (1,823 MW), Denmark (1,399 MW), and the Netherlands (1,124 MW).
DOE reports that globally, auction prices continue to fall. In 2017, developers placed four bids that were termed as “zero-subsidy.”
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Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi, was established in 1975 to cater to the educational needs of the children in the southern part of the Metropolis, Delhi. The foundation stone ofthe school was laid on 14th December 1975 by Mrs. Sushma Berlia daughter of Sh. Stya Paul. It has now a well designed building with lovely green lawns on an 8 acre campus.
The school has been growing in strength and achievements in all directions of educational endeavour from academics to sports, music and dance to computers. Above all there is a focus on value education and a renewed effort to pursue and enrich our basic moral values and cultural heritage coupled with a sense of social responsibility.
In keeping pace with the technological progress and the advent into the 21st century, the school has introduced Computer Aided Learning to make the teaching and learning process more effective. The school is equipped with six computer labs housing 160 computers with multimedia facility including LCD lab. The internet facility has opened up possibilities for an unlimited scope for learning.
The students have performed commendably in the CBSE exam and have been ranked amongst the top 0.1% at the All India level. They find places in prestigious professional colleges like IIT, AIIMS, NDA etc. as well as reputed universities in the UK and the US.
Good teaching and good parenting are the two strongest pillars support for a growing child. Teachers and parents attend various workshops to promote a healthy development of the child's personality. The Parent Teachers Association plays a very positive role in the growth of the school.
At Apeejay, qualities like leadership and sportsmanship are closely interwoven in the school's curriculum, the main aim being to develop not only physical but also the mental health of the students. Cricket, football, basketball, throw ball, volleyball are some of the games played. Special coaching in these games is also provided.
The students are also given training in skating, short-tennis and yoga. Table tennis and chess are some of the indoor games played by the students The swimming pool is a joy for all, throughout the summer months. Treks, nature ramblings, cross country races cycling and mountaineering expeditions are organized on a regular basis.
The Interact club is actively involved in sensitizing the students to the needs of the under-privileged by undertaking several social projects. The Interactors of the school have represented the country as ambassadors of goodwill in Rotary exchange programme to various countries.
Apeejay Shiekh Sarai enjoys the unique distinction of being the first school in India to feature in The Limca Book Of World Records for having organized a car rally on 19th December 1999 with maximum participation to mark the Silver Jubilee of the institution.
The yearlong Silver Jubilee Celebrations concluded with the grand finale on November 25, 2000. The highlights of the function were a slide show, "TRYST WITH TIME", showing the progress of the School through 25 years and a Ballet, "REFLECTIONS IN TIME", based on the vision and thoughts of Dr. Stya Paul. General V.P. Malik (Retd. VSM) was the Chief Guest and he appreciated the excellent work done by the institution in promoting the cause of education. A special "FIRST DAY COVER" was released by Chief Post Master General, Mr. S.K.Sharma, on the occasion.
As we look back with a sense of fulfilment over the years that have been, we look ahead at the years that are to be with a renewed commitment to soar higher and higher towards excellence.
Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai is situated at Sheikh Sarai - I, near Panchsheel Park on one end and Malviya Nagar at the other end.
Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai will provide generation of students to come with highest quality, complete education incorporating right blend of physical, mental and spiritual attributes, and with emphasis on FORMATION than INFORMATION with a view to making them global citizens and proud Indians who would go forth from here ready to serve our country and fellow men.
The School is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for its All India Secondary and Senior Secondary Examinations and is also a member of National Progressive Schools Conference. There are classes from Nursery to XII.
Copyright © Apeejay Education Society 2019
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California exhibit paints Ed Hardy as artist, tattoo pioneer
By SAMANTHA MALDONADOJuly 12, 2019
In this Wednesday, July 10, 2019 photo, visitors look through merchandise for sale during a media preview of "Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The exhibition opening Friday, July 12 sheds light on Hardy as a prolific artist and tattoo pioneer. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When people hear the name Ed Hardy, they likely think of the flashy, tiger- and skull-emblazoned clothing that rocketed to popularity in the 2000s, appearing on the likes of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and cast members from the reality TV show “Jersey Shore.”
Others recognize Hardy as a trailblazing tattooer whose unique designs were licensed for use on apparel and merchandise, and whose legacy transcends the brand’s current notoriety.
But few know him as a prolific fine artist.
“The clothing was one little blip on his whole career, which was staggering,” said Mary Joy Scott, a tattoo artist who apprenticed under Hardy and works at the San Francisco shop he founded, Tattoo City.
Five miles (8 kilometers) southwest of Tattoo City, a lively exhibition opening Friday at the de Young Museum sheds light on Hardy as wide-ranging artist and tattoo pioneer. Through 300 paintings, prints, drawings and objects, “Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin” is the first retrospective of his work and shows how Hardy intertwined fine art with tattooing to push both forward.
“Ed Hardy’s mission (was) to elevate the tattoo form from its subculture status back in the 1960s at least to a level of a folk art. I think he surpassed that,” said curator Karin Breuer. “Here it is in museum culture.”
A new exhibit at San Francisco’s de Young Museum sheds light on Ed Hardy as a prolific artist and tattoo pioneer. (July 11)
The exhibition, which follows Hardy’s donation of 152 prints to the museum, bursts with color as it tracks the 74-year-old artist’s evolution.
It features crayon drawings of sample tattoos Hardy made as a 10-year-old, when he set up a tattoo shop for friends in his Southern California neighborhood of Corona del Mar. Prints from his college days at the San Francisco Art Institute are displayed alongside lithographs and etchings by the likes of Rodolphe Bresdin and Gordon Cooke, who inspired Hardy.
“I’m part of a continuum,” Hardy said of his art idols. “There’s a lot more to my life than tattooing.”
One of the first pieces in “Deeper than Skin” is a 1967 print entitled “Future Plans,” in which a then-undergraduate Hardy, with only a few tattoos, portrays himself as fully inked. The exhibition comes full circle with its final image, a blown-up 2009 photo of a bare-chested, tattoo-covered Hardy, now a full-fledged artist retired from tattooing thanks to the financial windfall of the clothing brand.
Visitors can get a projected animation of a Hardy tattoo design “applied” to their skin. They can also walk along a snaking, 2,000-square-foot (186-square-meter) scroll suspended from the ceiling on which Hardy painted 2,000 dragons in the year 2000.
“Ed Hardy is the only tattooer in the Western world who could merit a show of this kind,” said Matt Lodder, a University of Essex professor who studies the history of tattoo as art. “Tattooers of a particular mode are all working, whether they know it or not, in a kind of pattern Ed Hardy was the first to lay down.”
When Hardy began tattooing in 1967 after abandoning plans to attend Yale art school, he was one of the few American tattoo artists with a fine arts background. Hardy was also the first Western tattoo artist to study traditional Japanese tattooing abroad. When he returned stateside, Hardy blended those techniques with the American sailor and military tattoo types to develop his signature style: colorful hearts, clouds, dragons, daggers, roses and ribbons with bold, black outlines.
In 1974, Hardy moved away from offering pre-designed “flash” tattoos toward made-to-order work, an approach that’s now the norm. Before Hardy, no other tattoo shop operated that way. The exhibition displays Hardy’s custom pencil sketches and watercolors beneath photographs of the works inked on human bodies.
“It’s rather shocking to some people that we can jump from an exhibition of Monet paintings to an exhibition of a tattoo artist,” Breuer said.
The de Young offers discounts for tattooed visitors in an attempt to attract a wider demographic. The retrospective, which runs through Oct. 6, marks changing sensibilities in the art world as museums embrace tattoo as fine art.
An overlapping exhibition at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum showcases tattoos in Japanese prints.
“It’s a terrific affirmation, not only for myself, but for a lot of the old bandits and pirates that helped me in the business,” Hardy said. “They operated outside polite society, outside of the structure that controls what people think of as art.”
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This Week on the Hill: Zika Response and Substance Abuse
posted by Rachad Davis
Congress returned from its August recess and ended the week with a variety of health care-related legislation that included an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding opiates and exemptions for individuals living in counties with few health plans in the Exchange.
H.R. 5932, Tammy Duckworth, to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive health services, and for other purposes
H.R. 5942, Todd Young, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes
H.R. 5951, Morgan Griffith, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and MA-PD organizations under the Medicare program from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies
H.R. 5956, Katherine Clark, to amend the Public Health Service Act to better address substance use and substance use disorders among young people
H.R. 5958, Curt Clawson, to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for Zika response and preparedness
H.R. 5960, Renee Ellmers, to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to make publicly available, through 2021, the amount of premium rate increases of health insurance plans in advance of such increases taking effect, and for other purposes
H.R. 5971, James Sensenbrenner, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount excludable from gross income for dependent care assistance and dependent care flexible spending arrangements and to provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits in dependent care flexible spending
S. 3296, John McCain, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for individuals residing in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering plans on an Exchange
S. 3297, Tom Cotton, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for certain individuals whose premium has increased by more than 10 percent, and for other purposes
S. 3290, Marco Rubio, to mitigate risks of the Zika virus to members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian personnel stationed in or deployed to areas affected by or that may soon be affected by the Zika virus, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to counter or control the Zika virus, and for other purposes
S. 3298, Jeanne Shaheen, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label of any drug containing an opiate to prominently state that addiction is possible
S. 3302, Barbara Boxer, to establish the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emergency Response Fund for the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide assistance for a public health emergency, and for other purposes
S. 3305, Charles Grassley, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the use of electronic visit verification systems for home health services under the Medicare program
S. 3307, Mark Warner, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to avoid duplicative annual reporting, and for other purposes
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Home > English > Alternatives International Journal > 2012 > January 2012 > Europe’s Game of Debt
Europe’s Game of Debt
Saturday 31 December 2011, by Michael Reford
The year 2011 was one of vast, multifaceted change for Europe. While the unfolding debt crisis dominated news headlines, European citizens were affected by a wide range of issues. They adapted to growing threats of home-grown terrorism, consistent fear of the impending recession, and the penetration of the small, yet fiercely connotative, acronym “IMF” as a staple in the EU vocabulary.
While the full and lingering effects of these events will be visible in the years to come, we are beginning to see a different political landscape across Europe.
Since the inception of the EU, from a geopolitical perspective, the balance of power has laid with the North. With further EU integration, the perception today remains the same: strong powerful northern countries bear the burden of economically weak southern states. The debt crisis has deepened considerably this past year, which has led to a reaffirmation of this perception.
Alongside their combined role as the driving force behind the EU and integration, France and Germany also have the two largest economies in terms of GDP. Their vast influence comes with a responsibility to create a strong, stable, and prosperous union that reflects the needs of all countries and not just their own.
As the southern states drown in debt, their fates are decided in the north. Even as proponents of integration, this hints at an erosion of the democratic process.
The economic burdens of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece in continental debt ratings, currency valuation and threat of default have resulted in a lack of decision-making power and autonomy of these southern states.
Of course, the economic health is at stake, but is sovereignty worth sacrificing for the greater good of the EU?
In this whole mess, the common EU citizen is continuously forgotten. The Franco-German demand for austerity bills to be pushed through southern European parliaments sacrifices their interests. A founding principle of EU integration is the interest of the common citizen, but this has been forgotten in the current time of crisis.
The greatest concern for both France and Germany is the prospect of higher debt costs after having their debt downgraded. It is in their interests to seek a quick and immediate resolution to the debt struggles of Greece and Italy in order to protect themselves.
While this may seem logical at first glance, the repercussions in the south will arguably be the most difficult to deal with in the decade to come. Austerity measures are largely unpopular as the numerous general strikes have shown in Greece, Italy, and Spain, and this must be acknowledged.
Along with the French and Germans, the IMF is forcibly feeding the unpopular austerity measures to the debt stricken states. The IMF can offer a quick fix for these countries by providing them with sufficient funds, but these loans are accompanied with a condition that the countries adhere to austerity bills. Here, balancing national budgets becomes just one of a number of pressing national concerns for these countries.
Once debts have been repaid and debt costs brought down, capital markets will be temporarily relieved, while the people will just be beginning to bear the brunt of the consequences. Now, constant unemployment, insufficient job creation, poverty, lack of spending, and a disintegration of society and quality of life as a whole will ensue.
The bottom line is that the policies being pushed by the IMF will curb future economic growth. Unpopular measures introduced at the hands of an outside organization are undemocratic and in this situation, local government is weakened.
In the case of Italy and Greece, it seems that there is no choice other than to involve the IMF, especially with the political pressure from the North and the eyes of the world upon each government. Here, a decision taken with interests of the EU and not the citizens of the affected countries becomes a sure way to lose domestic government credibility and to forget the principles of democracy.
Another matter to consider is the potential loss of financial sovereignty, as the imposition of harsh penalties for member states breaking deficit limits is under debate. Again, the slow surrender of domestic responsibility to a central EU body will slowly chip away at the sovereignty of member states.
This debt crisis has also given rise to leadership changes in both Italy and Greece, an alteration that has occurred without holding general elections. In Greece, there has been a move to the centre-right from the socialist party of Papandreou, who stepped down from power. With Papademos as the newly appointed leader, the country challenges its own democratic values, as the new government was formed by politicians and not through popular vote.
In Italy, Mario Monti, the man appointed to run the country, is an economist, appointed based on the view that his economic knowledge and experience is necessary for Italy’s economic stability. Although Monti has promised to step down once this crisis is resolved, the situation counters basic democratic values.
Yet the question still remains: how can prime minister-designates pass unpopular legislation that have devastating economic measures for the people in the years to come?
Europe’s economic uncertainty is arguably encouraging the prevalent radical fear of immigration and the Islamification of Europe, a fear that is exemplified in the aftermath of the Oslo bombings by home-grown terrorist Anders Breivik.
Such fear crept into mainstream European politics over the last decade, but has gained more support of late. The region’s economic uncertainty has led to calls for protectionist measures and a renewed sense of nationalism in certain European states.
Far right anti-immigration and non-tolerant ideas can be seen to be gaining support, which has been fuelled by economic uncertainty. In a time of fear over job creation, limited future growth, and a decreasing quality of life, nationalist protectionist behaviour has profound effects on the European political scene.
An affront to Europe’s democracy is alienating immigrants who have resided in Europe for decades and are citizens of the same stature as the rest of the population, a challenge that must be addressed in the following years.
However, the positive aspects of Europe’s political scene must not be overlooked, and are found in Spain’s changed political sphere. A feeling of misrepresentation spread throughout Spain during the summer months, the result of which was the fall of Zapatero’s socialist party, which had been in power since 2004.
The popular “DemocraciaRealya” movement had a strong influence in the momentum leading up to this change in loyalty. These demands for better representation by all levels of society and demographics go back to the founding principles of democracy.
Protesting youths were the spark of this movement in Spain, a demographic that will bear the brunt of economic difficulties in the decades to come. Heavy cuts to social programs and education, as well as the lack of practical youth integration in the job market has led to massive youth unemployment in Southern Europe, France and the UK.
There is a definite disconnect between youth representation in government and the real needs of the youth. This reality became evident in the London riots this past summer, which were fuelled by discontent and the government-youth relationship gap. It is easy to blame a few thugs or violent youths for the problem but the root causes exist in a myriad of factors that include rising education costs, lack of new opportunities, and social neglect.
Since 2008, the combination of such factors resulted in social decay in the UK, which culminated in an explosion during the summer months. Youths are left with a difficult future, a fact that is directly tied to government oversight of this demographic.
It is more than coincidence that youth are at the centre of two defining movements of the summer of 2011. The tension between riot police and youths has risen considerably since the start of the economic crisis due to their draconian role.
Heavy handed police is not unique to the UK and Greece, but has also been encountered elsewhere. Italy has had its share of riot police acting as enforcers of government interests. Greece has justified similar repressive police activity as “protecting the safety of citizens.”
Note that northern European riot squads were allegedly brought in to help with anti-austerity riots in Greece. Attacks by police on demonstrators fighting for their futures draws similarities with the Arab Spring. Their role invokes memories of the police and military forces of North African nations being used as extensions of government, rather than to provide and ensure civilians’ safety.
The role of security forces to protect and serve society has been blurred by governments who employ them to discourage anti-government demonstrations. It is disturbing to see the misuse of security forces by EU nations at the expense of the common citizen.
Although much of the hardship that is created by the economic crisis may be improved, what is the result for democracy? The heaviest price may be paid in the form of lost credibility and sovereignty in the Southern EU.
As we enter 2012, a critical eye must be kept on the development of the power structure between the north and the south, the undemocratic behaviour of government in both Greece and Italy, and whether the EU citizen—especially the youth—will be able to emerge successfully from the struggle for a better future.
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Home > English > Website archives > Rainbow of Crisis > Problems start at the top
Problems start at the top
Tuesday 20 November 2007, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized power in Pakistan eight years ago, claiming that the army had to step in to save the country from corrupt and incompetent politicians. Since then, he has run both the army and the government himself, with the connivance of a rubber-stamp Parliament put in place through rigged elections. His rule has proved to be a dismal failure, creating more problems than those it set out to solve.
Earlier this month, with opposition to his regime growing and the courts about to rule that he could not legally be president, Musharraf chose to suspend the constitution and impose emergency rule. He dismissed the Supreme Court and arrested the judges, replacing them with judges who will bend to his will. He blocked all independent television channels and threatened to punish the news media if it disparaged him or the army. His police arrested thousands of lawyers and pro-democracy activists. He ordered that civilians be tried in closed military courts. This is what is necessary, he said, to save Pakistan from a rapidly growing Islamist insurgency.
But no one should believe him.
It is true that over the last decade Islamist militants — Pakistani Taliban nurtured in madrasas along the Afghan border — have grown stronger and widened their reach. Each day brings news that the government’s security forces have surrendered to Taliban fighters without firing a shot. Flaunting its strength, the Taliban has released many of these soldiers — and even paid their way home. Other prisoners, especially Shiites, have been beheaded and their corpses mutilated.
Musharraf’s government and his army have been woefully unsuccessful at handling this insurgency. They have lost control in many areas bordering Afghanistan and in the North-West Frontier Province. Earlier this month, the militants took over a third town in the Swat valley, only half a day’s ride from the capital, Islamabad, while others captured the Pakistan-Austria Training Institute for Hotel Management in Charbagh.
Across the country, Islamists have taken over public buildings, forced local government officials to flee and promised to bring law and order. A widely available Taliban-made video shows the bodies of criminals dangling from electricity poles in the town of Miranshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan.
The militants have even made their first major foray into the capital. From January to July of this year, the government allowed heavily armed extremists sympathetic to Al Qaeda and the Taliban to freely function out of Islamabad’s Red Mosque. It is less than two miles from Musharraf’s official residence at President House, from parliament and from the much-vaunted Inter-Services Intelligence headquarters. But the authorities were nowhere to be seen as armed vice-and-virtue squads sent out by the Islamists kidnapped prostitutes, burned CDs and videos, forced women to wear burkas and demanded that city laws be bent to their will. The government sent in clerics and politicians sympathetic to the militants as negotiators, and made one concession after another.
Amid growing public and international demands to act, Musharraf finally sent in special troops. The military action turned Islamabad into a war zone. When the smoke from rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns had cleared, more than 117 people (the official count) were dead, many of them girls from a neighboring seminary. Mullahs promised revenge, and it began shortly afterward in a wave of suicide bombings across the country that has claimed hundreds of lives.
Why has Musharraf failed so dramatically to stop the insurgency? One reason is that most of the public is hostile to government action against the extremists (and the rest offer tepid support at best). Most Pakistanis see the militants as America’s enemy, not their own. The Taliban is perceived as the only group standing up against the unwelcome American presence in the region. Some forgive the Taliban’s excesses because it is cloaked in the garb of religion. Pakistan, they reason, was created for Islam, and the Taliban is merely asking for Pakistan to be more Islamic.
Even normally vocal, urban, educated Pakistanis — those whose values and lifestyles would make them eligible for decapitation if the Taliban were to succeed in taking the cities — are strangely silent. Why? Because they see Musharraf and the Pakistan army as unworthy of support, both for blocking the path to democracy and for secretly supporting the Taliban as a means of countering Indian influence in Afghanistan.
There is merit to this view. Army rule for 30 of Pakistan’s 60 years as a country has left a terrible legacy. The army is huge, well-equipped, armed now with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles and has perhaps the world’s richest generals. Sitting or retired army officers govern provinces, run government agencies, administer universities, manage banks and make breakfast cereals.
Military rule has also created a class of dependent politicians who understand that cutting a deal with the army is the passage to power. For them, public office is an opportunity not to govern but to gain privilege and wealth for themselves, their relatives and their friends. Meanwhile, barely half of Pakistan’s people can read and write, and one-third live below the poverty line.
The ties between the military and the Islamic militants are also well known. For more than 25 years, the army has nurtured Islamist radicals as proxy warriors for covert operations on Pakistan’s borders in Kashmir and Afghanistan. Various army chiefs honed a strategy that juggled their relationship with the U.S. against the demands of local intelligence chiefs, and of mullahs, tribal leaders, politicians and fortune seekers who have contacts with the militants. Radical groups are encouraged. As they grow and start to slip out of control, these groups are tolerated and appeased to keep them loyal. When interests inevitably clash, a military crackdown follows. The innocent are caught in the crossfire.
If Pakistan is to fight and win the war against the Taliban, it will need to mobilize both its people and the state. Musharraf’s recent declaration of emergency will only make this much harder.
In the short term, Pakistan’s current political crisis may be managed by having Musharraf resign — both as president and as head of the army. And before he does so, he must also restore the judiciary and constitution, lift the curbs on the media, free all political prisoners and set up a caretaker government. These are the necessary conditions for holding free and fair elections.
Credibility of elections requires that former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif — whatever one might think of their personal integrity — both be included among the contestants. Bhutto loudly announced in Washington that she will take on Al Qaeda and the Taliban as her first priority, whereas Sharif is closer to the Islamic parties. But, as their past tenures suggest, if elected, realpolitik will force both to act similarly.
Only a freely chosen and representative government can win public support for taking on the Taliban. But to do this, it will need to begin addressing the larger, long-term political, social and economic problems facing Pakistan. The country must seek a more normal relationship with India. Only then can the army be cut down to size and Pakistan free itself from the massive military expenditures and the nuclear weapons that burden it. It must address the grievous regional inequalities that feed resentment against Islamabad. The government must push to provide basic needs and sustainable livelihoods to the rural and urban poor. It must offer people hope.
Pervez Hoodbhoy teaches at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad.
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6 October, 2018 - 18:14 Ed Whelan
The Badlands Guardian: Geological Feature that Stunned the World
Canada is a large country with a great many amazing natural sights. One of the most dramatic has only been revealed in recent years, the Badlands Guardian. This is a geological wonder that appears to represent an indigenous man’s head in profile. The discovery of the dramatic and unusual geographical feature has fascinated many in Canada and beyond.
Where to Find the Badlands Guardian
The Badlands’ Guardian is near Medicine Hat in the south-east of Alberta and not far from the border with the USA. The location of the geological wonder is very remote, in an area that has been traditionally the home of the Siska First Nation People, often known as the Blackfoot tribes. The Badlands are desolate terrain of gullies, chasms, sinkholes, and hills. They were formed during the end of the last Ice Age when glacial meltwater created valleys and steeps slopes out of the sedimentary rock and clay soil. The effect of wind and water on these landscapes means that they are constantly changing. Winds and heavy rains carve channels in the rocks relatively quickly. The constant erosion of the light sedimentary soil and clay means that there are many unique and strange geomorphic features and topographies which have intrigued people since the arrival of the First Nations . Badlands are found in several areas of North America.
Badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada (Fotolia)
The stunning wilderness long had a spiritual significance for the Siska people and there are important First Nation archaeological sites in the Alberta Badlands. The first Europeans to settle in the Canadian prairies gave these geographical areas the name of ‘Badlands’ because they were deemed to be inhospitable and dangerous. These landscapes are difficult to navigate, and it is easy to get lost in the winding gullies. They remain untouched wilderness. These areas have also been the site for extensive dinosaur finds throughout the years.
The Story of the Guardian of the Badlands
The geological wonder, the Guardian of the Badlands was only uncovered in recent years and purely by chance. It is a geographical feature that, when seen from the air, resembles the face of an indigenous person in profile. The Indian head is looking westward and it is very large and even bigger than the heads on Mount Rushmore. It has the distinctive features of a First Nations male and it appears to be wearing traditional headwear, a feather headdress, which is synonymous with Aboriginal culture.
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The geological feature was produced several hundred years ago or more, probably because a fierce storm unleashed flooding and winds that eroded the clayey soil and sedimentary rocks. The erosion left gullies and channels that have by complete chance formed the image of the Indian head if seen from a great height. No one believes that the feature was created by humans, but it is the result of natural processes. The so-called Guardian is an example of the Hollow Face Illusion, in which a concave image appears to be a convex image. The erosion of clayey soil and sedimentary rock has led to many similar geomorphic features all around the globe. An oil well and a road near the feature give the impression that the Guardian is wearing earphones, and this detracts from the overall effect of the geological wonder.
The Guardian of the Badlands as seen from above (Google Earth)
The feature was discovered during the Google Earth project when they used satellite imagery and reproduced them in 3-D which led to the identification of the natural world. The Guardian is regarded as one of Google Earth’s most remarkable finds. When it was announced that this feature was found it caused a sensation on the internet and great excitement in Canada. The name for the remarkable geological feature was selected after local residents were asked to name the feature in a competition organized by a local media outlet. The winner suggested the ‘Guardian of the Badlands’.
The Hoodoos found in the Badlands ( Fotolia)
Seeing the Badlands Guardian
If you plan to visit the area and witness this natural wonder, think again - it can only be seen from the air and at a great distance above Earth. If you are interested in visiting the Badlands, there are guided tours of the area available which would enable you to see the other remarkable geological features and landscapes. However, if you really want to see the Badlands Guardian in Alberta, simply view it on Google Earth or on the Internet.
Top image: The Badlands Guardian Source: Google Earth
By Ed Whelan
Bihl, G., 1970. New evidence on the age of the Sheerness Badlands east-Central Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 18(2), pp.216-237. Available from http://archives.datapages.com/data/cspg/data/018/018002/0216.htm [Accessed 24 September, 2018]
Bryan, R.B., Campbell, I.A. and Yair, A., 1987. Postglacial geomorphic development of the Dinosaur Provincial Park badlands, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 24(1), pp.135-146. Available from http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e87-011 [Accessed 24 September, 2018]
Currie, P.J. and Koppelhus, E.B. eds., 2005. Dinosaur Provincial Park: a spectacular ancient ecosystem revealed (Vol. 1). Indiana University Press.
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My name is Edward Whelan and I am from Limerick in the Republic of Ireland. I have a lifelong love of history and have been fascinated by the subject from an early age. I attended the University of Maynooth 2003-2008... Read More
Sylvia M Hertel wrote on 6 October, 2018 - 19:46 Permalink
Actually, these geological features aren't the least bit rare. You can see Pele in the main Hawaiian island, Prometheus in.....well, Age of Disclosure found it, and I can't remember where, and the video has been deleted by YouTube. He's an excellent source for so much hidden history, though.
The best authority on mudfossils is the discoverer, Roger Shurr of Mudfossil University on YouTube, and he has a website, too. For a taste, see - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdAb5Wyy6w
There are dragons, elephants, trolls, ogres, frogs, cats, mushrooms, and giants, etc. scattered all over the world on every continent, except maybe, Antarctica, but it's covered with ice, so we can't know for sure. Mountainous regions and islands are the most common places for them to be located.
24 August, 2018 - 01:45 Michelle Freson
In the badlands of Alberta, Canada, unusually shaped rock-formations which rise to 20 feet tall, grace the landscape. According to Blackfoot and Cree traditions, these rocks are petrified giants who...
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7 July, 2017 - 23:00 Caleb Strom
Amidst the rugged terrain of the badlands of southeastern Alberta, Canada is a geologic feature that, from the air, bears a striking resemblance to an indigenous Canadian wearing a headdress...
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Full Case Name: CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; Friends of the Santa Clara River, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, Defendant-Appellee, Cemex Inc., a Louisiana Corporation qualified to do business in California f/k/a Southdown Inc. d/b/a Transit Mixed Concrete (TMC), Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.
Country of Origin: United States Court Name: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Primary Citation: 450 F.3d 930 (9th Cir. 2006) Date of Decision: Monday, June 5, 2006 Judge Name: O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge Jurisdiction Level: Federal Alternate Citation: 36 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,102, 2006 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6933 Judges: Before HALL and PAEZ O'SCANNLAIN Circuit Judges Docket Num: No. 04-55084
The issue in this case is whether the Endangered Species Act requires the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to complete formal designation of critical habitat for an endangered fish species , the threespine stickleback ("stickleback"), a small, scaleless freshwater fish, as an endangered species in 1970 under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), listed over thirty-five years ago. In 1990, the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") awarded CEMEX, Inc., a contract to mine fifty-six million tons of sand and gravel from a location in Los Angeles County's Soledad Canyon. Although the mining would not take place within the stickleback's habitat, the project involves pumping water from the Santa Clara River and could cause portions of the river to run dry periodically. Parts of the Santa Clara River commonly dry out during the summer season, trapping stickleback in isolated pools. The Center for Biological Diversity ("CBD") filed suit in 2002, claiming that the Service violated the ESA by failing to complete the designation of critical habitat for the stickleback. In affirming the lower court's decision, the Ninth Circuit, held that it was not arbitrary and capricious for the Service to decide not to designate critical habitat for the stickleback. The Service was not required to ensure compliance with federal and state laws before issuing an ITS (incidental take statement) to CEMEX, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in striking extra-record exhibits offered to establish a new rationale for attacking the Service's decision.
We must decide whether the Endangered Species Act requires the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to complete formal designation of critical habitat for an endangered fish species listed over thirty-five years ago.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("Service") listed the unarmored *933 threespine stickleback ("stickleback"), a small, scaleless freshwater fish, as an endangered species in 1970 under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1599. The stickleback is found chiefly in parts of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties in southern California. The stickleback prefers to make its nest where there is ample vegetation and a gentle flow of water, avoiding areas with either too much or no water flow. In fact, the rate of water flow is a key factor in preferred stickleback habitat.
In 1980, the Service proposed a rule designating three stream zones of the Santa Clara River watershed as critical habitat for the stickleback but never completed the designation.
In 1990, the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") awarded CEMEX, Inc., [FN1] a contract to mine fifty-six million tons of sand and gravel from a location in Los Angeles County's Soledad Canyon. Although the mining would not take place within the stickleback's habitat, the project involves pumping water from the Santa Clara River and could cause portions of the river to run dry periodically. Parts of the Santa Clara River commonly dry out during the summer season, trapping stickleback in isolated pools, which eventually dry completely. Uncontrolled pumping during particularly dry periods could exacerbate the problem, significantly impacting the stickleback. Because of the project's potential impact, the BLM initiated formal consultation with the Service under the ESA, submitting its final biological assessment for the project in June 1996.
FN1. We refer to CEMEX and its predecessor-in-interest, Transit Mixed Concrete, collectively as "CEMEX."
The Service reviewed the project's likely impact on the stickleback and CEMEX's proposals to mitigate those impacts. Ultimately, the Service issued its January 1998 biological opinion, which concluded that the project was "not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the stickleback." The biological opinion included an incidental take statement ("ITS") "which if followed, [would] exempt[ ] the [Service and CEMEX] from the prohibition on takings [FN2] found in Section 9 of the ESA." Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., 422 F.3d 782, 790 (9th Cir.2005) (citing 16 U.S.C. § 1536(b)(4) and Aluminum Co. of America v. Adm'r, Bonneville Power Admin., 175 F.3d 1156, 1159(9th Cir.1999)). The Service was unable to predict how many stickleback might be taken by the project, particularly in light of the difficulty in isolating the cause of any particular stickleback's death.
FN2. The term " 'take' means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct." 16 U.S.C. § 1532(19).
The Service's biological opinion requires CEMEX to take specific "reasonable and prudent measures" in order to minimize incidental take of stickleback. The measures include continuous monitoring of water levels in the Santa Clara River and the cessation of pumping from the river "if the habitat requirements of the ... stickleback are not being met." The BLM's formal consultation process with the Service ended with the issuance of the biological opinion. [FN3]
FN3. In August 2001, the BLM reinitiated formal consultation with the Service because of the presence of other endangered species, including the arroyo toad, in the project area. The resulting consultation did not alter the Service's conclusion regarding project impact on the stickleback.
The Center for Biological Diversity ("CBD"), an organization dedicated to the *934 protection and restoration of natural ecosystems and imperiled species, filed suit in 2002, claiming that the Service violated the ESA by failing to complete the designation of critical habitat for the stickleback. CBD subsequently amended its complaint to claim that the Service violated the ESA and its own regulations by issuing the ITS to CEMEX. Following such amendment, the district court granted CEMEX's motion to intervene as a defendant based on its interest in the mining project.
On September 11, 2002, the Service published its finding that critical habitat should not be designated for the stickleback. Designation of Critical Habitat for the Unarmored Threespine Stickleback, 67 Fed.Reg. 58,580, 58,581 (Sept. 17, 2002) ("Critical Habitat Finding" or "Finding"). Coincidentally, CBD moved for summary judgment on the same day. After the Service also moved for summary judgment, CBD amended its complaint a second time, challenging the Finding as arbitrary and capricious.
Following cross-motions for summary judgment in December 2002 and January 2003, the district court granted summary judgment to the Service and CEMEX. The court declared CBD's original claim moot. The court rejected CBD's other claims, concluding that the decision not to designate critical habitat was within the Service's discretion and that the Service did not violate the ESA by issuing an ITS to CEMEX. The district court also granted motions to strike several CBD exhibits that were not part of the administrative record.
CBD timely appealed. [FN4]
FN4. We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, Citizens for Better Forestry v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 341 F.3d 961, 969 (9th Cir.2003), and apply the same standards as the district court. Brower v. Evans, 257 F.3d 1058, 1065 (9th Cir.2001). When reviewing administrative decisions involving the ESA, we are guided by section 706 of the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"). Ariz. Cattle Growers' Ass'n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife, 273 F.3d 1229, 1235-36 (9th Cir.2001). Under the APA, agency actions and findings shall be set aside only when they are found to be "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion," "in excess of statutory ... authority," or "without observance of procedure required by law." 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C)-(D). This is a narrow scope of review, which does not allow us to "substitute [our] judgment for that of the agency." Ariz. Cattle, 273 F.3d at 1236. We must uphold the agency's decision if the agency considered the relevant factors and made no clear error of judgment. Id.
CBD challenges the Service's Finding on three grounds. First, CBD argues that the Service exceeded its statutory authority because the ESA requires designations of critical habitat to be made "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable." Second, CBD claims that the Finding was arbitrary and capricious because the Service did not articulate a rational connection between the facts and its decision. Third, CBD insists that the Finding is invalid because the Service did not provide a notice and comment period. We consider each argument in turn.
To begin, CBD claims--based on its interpretation of the ESA--that the Service has a mandatory duty to complete the proposed designation of critical habitat for the stickleback.
The ESA subsection governing designations of critical habitat states:
The [Service], [FN5] by regulation promulgated in accordance with subsection (b) of *935 this section and to the maximum extent prudent and determinable--
FN5. The Secretary of the Interior ("Secretary") has responsibility for implementing the provisions of the ESA for the majority of land animals and freshwater fish species. The Secretary has delegated these duties under the ESA to the Service. See 16 U.S.C. §§ 1532(15), 1533(a)(1)- (3); 50 C.F.R. § 402.01(b) (2005). Where the ESA uses "Secretary," we substitute "Service" to reflect this delegation.
(A) shall, concurrently with making a determination under paragraph (1) that a species is an endangered species or a threatened species, designate any habitat of such species which is then considered to be critical habitat; and
(B) may, from time-to-time thereafter as appropriate, revise such designation.
16 U.S.C. § 1533(a)(3)(A). Under this provision, designations of critical habitat must be made at the time a species is listed as endangered, but this requirement was added to the ESA in 1982. Indeed, the 1982 amendments to the ESA specified that
[a]ny regulation proposed after, or pending on, the date of the enactment of this Act to designate critical habitat for a species that was determined before such date of enactment to be endangered or threatened shall be subject to the procedures ... for regulations proposing revisions to critical habitat instead of those for regulations proposing the designation of critical habitat. ESA Amendments of 1982, Pub.L. No. 97-304, § 2(b)(2), 96 Stat. 1411 (1982) (emphasis added).
Pursuant to the 1982 Amendments, critical habitat designations for the stickleback--listed as an endangered species in 1970 [FN6]--are governed by the procedures for critical habitat revisions. While the Service "shall" designate critical habitat, it "may" revise critical habitat designations "from time-to-time ... as appropriate." 16 U.S.C. § 1533(a)(3)(A). When "may" and "shall" are both used in a statute, "the normal inference is that each is being used in its ordinary sense--the one being permissive, the other mandatory." Haynes v. United States, 891 F.2d 235, 239-40 (9th Cir.1989). It follows that critical habitat designations are mandatory, but revisions are discretionary.
FN6. The Service listed the stickleback as an endangered species in 1970, under the precursor to the ESA. 35 Fed.Reg. 16,047, 16,048 (Oct. 13, 1970).
CBD concedes as much but argues that once a proposal is made the Service has a mandatory duty to complete the designation "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable." Put another way, CBD contends that once the Service proposes a designation of critical habitat, that designation must be completed unless not prudent or determinable. The Service published a proposed rule for designation of critical habitat for the stickleback in 1980. Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Endangered Unarmored Threespine Stickleback ("Proposed Critical Habitat Designation"), 45 Fed.Reg. 76,012 (Nov. 17, 1980). Under CBD's theory, the Service has a mandatory duty to complete this proposed designation. [FN7] We are not persuaded.
FN7. The Service has by regulation defined "not determinable" as when "[i]nformation sufficient to perform required analyses of the impacts of the designation is lacking, or [t]he biological needs of the species are not sufficiently well known to permit identification of an area as critical habitat." 50 C.F.R. § 424.12(a)(2). By comparison, a designation is "not prudent" if it would be detrimental to the species. 50 C.F.R. § 424.12(a)(1). In the present case, the Service made no express findings that designation was either "not determinable" or "not prudent."
The 1982 Amendments state that pending proposals for designation of critical habitat are governed by the statutory provision *936 on critical habitat revisions. ESA Amendments of 1982 § 2(b)(2). As such, the Service has discretion in choosing a course of action with respect to such proposals, just as it does in deciding whether or not to propose a designation.
We cannot accept the contention that "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable" should be read as the controlling language of § 1533(a)(3)(A) and that it mandates completion of the 1982 critical habitat proposal. Such contention fails to account for Congress's use of "shall" for designations and "may" for revisions. If CBD's interpretation is accepted, the statute's use of the discretionary "may" for revisions is rendered superfluous because the Service would be required to complete proposals pending at the time of the 1982 Amendments "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable." If this were truly Congress's intent, it would not have explicitly stated that pending proposals would be controlled by the provision on critical habitat revisions. Significantly, CBD does not explain why, under its logic, all critical habitat revisions would not be mandatory "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable," rendering meaningless the statute's separate treatment of revisions and designations. We decline to interpret the statute in this manner, and thus, we reject CBD's proposed interpretation. [FN8] See Boise Cascade Corp. v. EPA, 942 F.2d 1427, 1432 (9th Cir.1991).
FN8. Neither do we accept CBD's argument that a failure to designate critical habitat will render the ESA's consultation requirement unenforceable. This argument ignores 16 U.S.C. § 1536(a)(2), which requires consultation to ensure that agency actions are "not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species." In fact, the BLM and CEMEX initiated consultation on the Soledad Canyon project under that subsection. The mining project is downstream of the formerly proposed critical habitat and thus will not affect it.
We also reject the argument that a mandatory duty to complete the critical habitat designation arose when the Service failed to make a final determination on the proposal by October 13, 1983--a year after enactment of the 1982 Amendments. We previously held that the ESA's time requirements are meant to spur agency action rather than to prohibit it once the specified time lapses. See Idaho Farm Bureau Fed'n v. Babbitt, 58 F.3d 1392, 1400 (9th Cir.1995). Agency delay alone does not transform a discretionary duty into a mandatory duty, especially where Congress provided a specific remedy for such a violation--a citizen suit to compel a decision. See id.
For these reasons, we conclude that the proposed designation of critical habitat for an endangered species listed prior to the 1982 Amendments does not create a mandatory duty to make the "designation."
CBD next argues that the Service's Finding was arbitrary and capricious.
Before reaching the argument's merits, we must first address CEMEX's claim that CBD lacks standing under the APA to challenge the Finding because designation of critical habitat for the stickleback is discretionary. The review provisions of the APA do not apply when "agency action is committed to agency discretion by law." 5 U.S.C. § 701(a)(2). We must therefore decide whether the Service had a mandatory duty to issue its Finding.
Once a critical habitat revision proposal is published, the Service has one year in which to publish one of four actions in the Federal Register. 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i). The Service "shall publish":
*937 (I) a final regulation to implement the revision,
(II) a finding that the revision should not be made,
(III) notice that the one-year period is being extended, or
(IV) notice that the proposed revision is being withdrawn together with the finding on which the withdrawal is based.
Id. Although the Service has some discretion in selecting one of these options, it must choose one of the four.
Discretion means choice on whether or not to act, not required choice among several options. Because the Service had a mandatory duty to select one of the four actions in the statute based on its proposed designation of critical habitat for the stickleback, the action is not one "committed to agency discretion by law." The APA's review provision therefore applies, and CBD indeed has standing under the statute to challenge the Service's Finding as arbitrary and capricious.
An agency decision is arbitrary and capricious if the agency "has relied on factors which Congress has not intended it to consider, entirely failed to consider an important aspect of the problem, [or] offered an explanation for its decision that runs counter to the evidence before the agency." Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'ns, Inc. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., 265 F.3d 1028, 1034 (9th Cir.2001) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Rybachek v. EPA, 904 F.2d 1276, 1284 (9th Cir.1990) ( "Our function is to determine whether the Agency has considered the relevant factors and articulated a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made." (internal quotation marks omitted)). CBD argues that the Service failed to articulate a rational connection between the fact that "critical habitat is a high priority" for the stickleback and its Finding that the proposed designation should not be made. See Rybachek, 904 F.2d at 1284.
We evaluate the Service's Finding based on its stated rationale. See Ariz. Cattle, 273 F.3d at 1236("The basis for the decision ... must come from the agency."). In its Finding, the Service examined the four available options and determined that it could not justify taking three of the four actions. Critical Habitat Finding, 67 Fed.Reg. at 58,581.
First, the Service stated that it could not justify publishing a final regulation designating the area as critical habitat under 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i)(I) because the 1980 proposal no longer satisfied the ESA's requirement that such designations "be made on the basis of the best scientific data available" after considering the economic impact of the designation. Id. (citing 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(2)). The existence of considerable new information would have required the Service to reassess the proposed designation because both the scientific evidence and the economic impact analysis were seriously outdated. Id.
Second, the Service stated that it could not defer its decision under subsection (i)(III) to redo the economic analysis and update its scientific information. Doing so would have forced the Service to divert resources from its mandatory duties under the ESA, including a backlog of non-discretionary designations of critical habitat for approximately 475 species--many mandated by court order and court approved settlement agreements. Id. These mandatory designations were, by definition, a higher priority than the discretionary designation of critical habitat for the stickleback. [FN9] Id.
FN9. CBD does not dispute the Service's backlog of mandatory critical habitat designations, asserting instead that the ESA allows the Service to leave the designation in place while it updates the necessary data.
However, the ESA authorizes only one six month extension to the mandatory duty to act within one year. 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(6)(B). Significantly, CBD does not claim that the Service could both eliminate its significant backlog and gather information on the stickleback in six months.
*938 Third, the Service similarly stated that it could not justify withdrawing the proposed designation because a notice of withdrawal must be accompanied by a finding that "there is not sufficient evidence to justify the action proposed." See 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i)(IV), (B)(ii). Such a finding could not be made based on stale information, but gathering the required information would have compromised the Service's ability to address its backlog of mandatory duties. Critical Habitat Finding, 67 Fed.Reg. at 58,581.
Having rejected the other three possible actions, the Service concluded that "the proposed designation of critical habitat for the ... stickleback should not be made." Id. at 58,582. It did so after reviewing the existing protections for the stickleback that would be unaffected by the decision. Id.
Nevertheless, CBD claims that the Critical Habitat Finding frustrates the policy mandate of the ESA. However, the Service stated that the Finding would not "alter the protection [the stickleback] and its habitat will continue to receive under the [ESA]." Id. at 58,582. Indeed, the Finding has no effect on an agency's duty to consult with the Service to ensure that its actions are "not likely to jeopardize the continued existence" of the stickleback. 16 U.S.C. § 1536(a)(2). Nor does it eliminate the ESA's prohibition on take [FN10] of stickleback. 16 U.S.C. § 1538(a)(1) ("it is unlawful for any person ... to [ ] take any [endangered] species"). In any event, in order to accept CBD's contention, we would be forced to question Congress's decision to allow the Service discretion regarding designation of critical habitat for species listed as endangered prior to 1982. This, we cannot do. Therefore, we must conclude that the Service's Finding is not at cross-purposes with the ESA's protection of the stickleback as an endangered species.
FN10. As previously noted, "take" means "to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct." 16 U.S.C. § 1532(19).
CBD next argues that the Service may refuse to designate critical habitat only if "the benefits of such exclusion outweigh the benefits of specifying such area." 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(2). But subsection 1533(b)(2) only establishes a "basis for determinations," requiring the Service to base designations of critical habitat on the best scientific evidence available and after consideration of any resulting economic impact. Further, it establishes a standard for excluding areas from mandatory designation only when the benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of inclusion. Id. Because we have already determined that designation of critical habitat for the stickleback is discretionary, § 1533(b)(2) simply does not apply in this case. [FN11]
FN11. CBD's reliance on Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Department of the Interior, 113 F.3d 1121 (9th Cir.1997), is unpersuasive. There, the designation of critical habitat was mandatory under § 1533(a)(3)(A), subject to the balancing of benefits in § 1533(b)(2). Id. at 1127. We held that the Service had failed to weigh properly the benefit to the species and thus could not exclude the area in question from mandatory critical habitat designation. Id. at 1124. The same rationale does not apply here where the designation of critical habitat for the stickleback was not mandatory.
Based on our review, it is clear that the Service "considered the relevant factors *939 and articulated a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made." See Rybachek, 904 F.2d at 1284. The Service's Finding was not arbitrary or capricious.
Finally, CBD argues that we should set aside the Finding because the Service did not provide an adequate opportunity for public comment. Under the APA, agency actions must be set aside if taken "without observance of procedure required by law." [FN12] 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A).
FN12. The ESA states that "[e]xcept as provided in paragraphs (5) and (6) of this subsection," the APA shall apply to "any regulation promulgated to carry out the purposes of this chapter." 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(4). Paragraph (6) describes the Service's mandatory duty to act on proposed critical habitat revisions. Thus, the APA's notice requirements are not applicable to the Service's Critical Habitat Finding.
With respect to critical habitat revisions, the ESA specifically requires notice and comment in only two circumstances: (1) when the one-year period for taking action is being extended and (2) when a proposed revision is being withdrawn. § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i)(III), (IV). The statute does not expressly require notice for the remaining two available actions in § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i), including a finding that a revision should not be made. Indeed, § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i)(II) directs the Service to issue a "final regulation" to implement a finding that a revision or, as here, a designation, will not be made. We therefore infer that Congress did not intend to require notice when the Service takes one of these two actions. [FN13] See Boudette v. Barnette, 923 F.2d 754, 756-57(9th Cir.1991) (noting that the expressio unius est exclusio alterius canon "creates a presumption that when a statute designates certain ... manners of operation, all omissions should be understood as exclusions").
FN13. Idaho Farm Bureau Federation v. Babbitt, 58 F.3d 1392 (9th Cir.1995), does not support CBD's argument. That case concerned publication requirements for proposed rule-making, id. at 1401-02, but a formal finding that a discretionary proposal to designate critical habitat should not be made final is simply not a proposed rule. The ESA contains specific notice and comment requirements for proposed rules, 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(5), but it does not require notice when the Service finds that a critical habitat designation under § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i)(II) should not be made.
We are satisfied that Congress did not intend to impose a notice requirement on agency actions taken under 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(6)(A)(i)(I)-(II). We therefore decline to set aside the Critical Habitat Finding on such ground.
Based on the plain language of the ESA and its amendments, we are convinced that Congress conferred discretion on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to choose whether to designate critical habitat for endangered species listed before 1982, including the stickleback. Although the Service was required to act on the proposed designation, we are satisfied that the Service's Finding was a proper exercise of its discretion. In any event, neither the APA nor the ESA require a notice and comment period that would force us to set the Finding aside. The district court therefore acted properly in granting defendants' motions for summary judgment.
We next consider CBD's challenge to the incidental take statement ("ITS") contained in the biological opinion that the Service issued to CEMEX for the Soledad Canyon project. CBD claims that the Service must ensure that agency action will *940 not violate any federal or state law before it issues an ITS. Before reaching the merits, we address CEMEX's renewed claim that CBD lacks standing and the Service's contention that CBD's claim is not ripe.
CBD does not ground its right to bring this claim on the ESA private action provisions. [FN14] Instead it relies on the APA, which provides a right to judicial review of all "final agency action for which there is no other adequate remedy in a court." 5 U.S.C. § 704. This right applies universally except where a statute specifically precludes judicial review or "agency action is committed to agency discretion by law." § 701(a). The ESA does not expressly preclude review, and CBD alleges that the Service has a mandatory duty to ensure that agency actions comply with all applicable laws before issuing an ITS. We are satisfied that CBD has standing to bring its claim under the APA.
FN14. CEMEX argues that CBD does not have standing to bring its claim under 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(1)(C), which permits any person to file suit against the Service "where there is alleged a failure ... to perform any act or duty under section 1533 of this title which is not discretionary." Were the ESA's citizen suit provisions the only source of CBD's standing, CEMEX would be correct. CBD cannot bring a claim under such provision because its claim is based not on § 1533, but on the Service's duties under § 1536. Neither could CBD base standing on 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(1)(A), which authorizes citizen suits "to enjoin any person, including the United States and any other governmental instrumentality or agency ..., who is alleged to be in violation of any provision of this chapter or regulation issued under the authority thereof." This provision cannot be used to seek judicial review of the Service's implementation of the ESA. Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154, 173-74, 117 S.Ct. 1154, 137 L.Ed.2d 281 (1997).
The Service contends that CBD's claim is not ripe for review because CEMEX has not completed all of the permit requirements for the proposed project. To resolve a ripeness claim, "we must consider (1) whether delayed review would cause hardship to the plaintiffs; (2) whether judicial intervention would inappropriately interfere with further administrative action; and (3) whether the courts would benefit from further factual development of the issues presented." Ohio Forestry Ass'n, Inc. v. Sierra Club, 523 U.S. 726, 733, 118 S.Ct. 1665, 140 L.Ed.2d 921 (1998); Citizens for Better Forestry, 341 F.3d at 976-77(quoting Ohio Forestry ). We analyze the present case with these three considerations in mind.
First, the Service's issuance of an ITS will cause "hardship" to CBD because it creates a legal right; the ITS directly authorizes the incidental taking of stickleback. See Ohio Forestry, 523 U.S. at 733, 118 S.Ct. 1665. The Service's action "is a definitive statement of [the] agency's position," "has a direct and immediate effect on the complaining parties," and "has the status of law." Ass'n of Am. Med. Colls. v. United States, 217 F.3d 770, 780 (9th Cir.2000).
Second, immediate judicial review of CBD's claim will not interfere with further administrative action. See Ohio Forestry, 523 U.S. at 735, 118 S.Ct. 1665. The Service's policy on the Soledad Canyon project is fixed and will not be reconsidered because the consultation process is complete once the biological opinion is issued. [FN15]
FN15. The Service will have some involvement in monitoring the project, and formal consultation will be reinitiated once stickleback are actually taken. The Service will not, however, have any further input into the project before it begins.
*941 Third and finally, further factual development will not assist us in resolving the legal question at issue. See id. at 737, 118 S.Ct. 1665. The voluminous administrative record in the case covers virtually every conceivable angle of the project, and we may safely base our decision on it.
We cannot agree with the Service's contention that we should follow the Third Circuit's direction in New Hanover Township v. United States Corps of Engineers, 992 F.2d 470 (3d Cir.1993). New Hanover held a controversy unripe because future permitting was required, stressing pragmatic considerations where an order to begin the permitting process under the Clean Water Act would be pointless if a required state permit were denied. Id. at 472-73. Significantly, the Clean Water Act specifically contemplates dual permit requirements at the state and federal levels. See id. at 472.
Pragmatic concerns bear far less consideration in this case. If CBD prevails, the Service will be forced to withdraw its biological opinion until the mining project's compliance with all applicable state and federal laws is ensured. Unlike New Hanover, the very existence of additional legal requirements is at the heart of CBD's claim. CBD claims that no ITS should issue until the Service addresses those other legal requirements. Once CEMEX is in compliance with these laws, the Service could reissue the biological opinion containing the ITS. Additionally, the ESA and its regulations--unlike the Clean Water Act--do not explicitly involve compliance with other state and federal laws when issuing a biological opinion. For these reasons, we are not persuaded that New Hanover is applicable. [FN16]
FN16. We also reject the Service's reliance on Texas v. United States, 523 U.S. 296, 118 S.Ct. 1257, 140 L.Ed.2d 406 (1998), which involved an unripe controversy where application of a statute was not foreseeable or likely. Id. at 300, 118 S.Ct. 1257. The present case is clearly distinguishable. We have a concrete application of the ESA, and we may properly view the statute in light of that application. See id. at 301, 118 S.Ct. 1257.
Instead, we are convinced that CBD's challenge is ripe for review, and we turn to the merits of the claim.
CBD argues that no ITS can be issued unless the Service ensures compliance with all federal and state laws. [FN17] Although the district court based summary judgment on preemption grounds, we may affirm "on any grounds supported by the record." Mustang Mktg., Inc. v. Chevron Prods. Co., 406 F.3d 600, 606 (9th Cir.2005).
FN17. We review the district court's grant of summary judgment on the issue de novo. Citizens for Better Forestry, 341 F.3d at 969. Under the APA, we may set aside the Service's action only if it is "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion," "in excess of statutory ... authority," or "without observance of procedure required by law." 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A),(C)-(D). In analyzing an agency's responsibilities under a statute, we ordinarily defer to the agency's interpretation. Mt. Graham Red Squirrel v. Espy, 986 F.2d 1568, 1578 (9th Cir.1993).
Under the ESA, the Service must issue an ITS to a federal agency as part of its biological opinion after confirming that the agency's actions, including any incidental takings, will not jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered species. 16 U.S.C. § 1536(b)(4). The recipient agency is immunized for incidental takings of endangered species as long as the agency complies with the "reasonable and prudent measures" specified by the Service for minimizing the action's impact on the endangered species. § 1536(b)(4)(i)-(ii).
*942 Service regulations define "incidental take" as "takings that result from, but are not the purpose of, carrying out an otherwise lawful activity." 50 C.F.R. § 402.02. "Otherwise lawful activities" are defined as "those actions that meet all State and Federal legal requirements except for the prohibition against taking." Interagency Cooperation--Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Amended; Final Rule, 51 Fed.Reg. 19926, 19936 (June 3, 1986). On the basis of these regulatory definitions, CBD argues that the Service cannot issue an ITS unless it first determines that an agency action will comply with all state and federal legal requirements. Specifically, CBD claims that the Service may not issue an ITS for the Soledad Canyon mining project because California law independently protects the stickleback, prohibiting any take of the species, incidental or not. Cal. Fish & Game Code § 5515 (West 2004) (known as the California Fully Protected Fish Statute). CBD insists that any take of stickleback will violate California law, and thus, the Soledad Canyon project cannot be considered an "otherwise lawful activity." CBD's lone citation to support this contention is to a case which does nothing more than repeat verbatim the regulatory definition of "incidental taking." See Mt. Graham Red Squirrel, 986 F.2d at 1580.
According to the ESA, once the Service is satisfied that an agency's action will not threaten an endangered species' continued existence, it must issue the ITS. 16 U.S.C. § 1536(b)(4) ("the [Service] shall provide ... a written statement"). If the recipient agency complies with all the terms and conditions of the biological opinion, the ITS immunizes it from the prohibition against take of endangered species: "any taking that is in compliance with the terms and conditions specified in [this statement] shall not be considered to be a prohibited taking of the species concerned." 16 U.S.C. § 1536(o)(2).
The ESA says nothing about issuing a biological opinion or ITS only after ensuring a planned action's compliance with all state and federal laws. Indeed, an ITS does not immunize its holder for violations of any other law, be it state or federal. Congress knows how to require compliance with other laws, but it did not specifically do so here. See Cal. Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co., 480 U.S. 572, 587, 107 S.Ct. 1419, 94 L.Ed.2d 577 (1987) (detailing 43 U.S.C. § 1712(c)(8)'s requirement that the Secretary of the Interior "provide for compliance with applicable pollution control laws, including State, and Federal air, water, noise, or other pollution standards or implementation plans").
The Service interprets the regulatory language at issue to mean that "an ITS does not relieve the action agency or applicant of its responsibility to comply with all other ... legal requirements." This is a reasonable interpretation, especially considering the specificity of other regulations that do require compliance with other laws. See, e.g., 36 C.F.R. § 228.8(a) (1986) (requiring compliance with state air quality standards in national forests). Significantly, CBD cannot identify any instance in which the Service acted to ensure compliance with all other laws before issuing an ITS. We therefore cannot accept CBD's argument that the Service's interpretation is an expedient litigation position that is not entitled to deference.
There is simply no evidence that the Service has ever interpreted its regulatory definitions to impose a sweeping duty to require compliance with all other laws before issuing an ITS. CBD finds no support for its argument in the ESA, its legislative history, or the regulations governing the consultation process, and yet CBD's proffered interpretation would require the Service to ensure compliance with a farrago of zoning laws and permitting requirements *943 that are completely unrelated to preservation and conservation efforts. Such a requirement would impose an enormous burden on the Service, which is already operating with a serious backlog of mandatory duties, resulting in a diversion of scarce resources away from conservation efforts.
Based on this analysis, we defer to the agency interpretation of the regulations and conclude that the Service is not required to ensure compliance with federal and state law before issuing an ITS. [FN18]
FN18. Because we resolve the claim on this ground, we need not decide the meaning of "harm" under California's Fully Protected Fish Statute or address CEMEX's claim that the statute is preempted by federal mining laws.
Finally, we address the district court's decision to strike fifteen exhibits offered by CBD because the documents were not part of the administrative record. [FN19]
FN19. We review the district court's decision to exclude extra-record evidence for an abuse of discretion. Friends of the Payette v. Horseshoe Bend Hydroelectric Co., 988 F.2d 989, 997 (9th Cir.1993).
When reviewing an agency decision, "the focal point for judicial review should be the administrative record already in existence, not some new record made initially in the reviewing court." Camp v. Pitts, 411 U.S. 138, 142, 93 S.Ct. 1241, 36 L.Ed.2d 106 (1973); see also Sw. Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Forest Serv., 100 F.3d 1443, 1450 (9th Cir.1996) (citing Camp ). Parties may not use "post-decision information as a new rationalization either for sustaining or attacking the Agency's decision." Ass'n of Pac. Fisheries v. EPA, 615 F.2d 794, 811-12 (9th Cir.1980).
We have recognized four exceptions to this rule, allowing extra-record materials
(1) if necessary to determine whether the agency has considered all relevant factors and has explained its decision,
(2) when the agency has relied on documents not in the record, [ ]
(3) when supplementing the record is necessary to explain technical terms or complex subject matter, [or] ...
(4) when plaintiffs make a showing of agency bad faith.
Sw. Center, 100 F.3d at 1450(internal quotation marks omitted). CBD has not alleged agency bad faith or that the Service relied on documents not in the record. [FN20]
FN20. The Service issued its biological opinion on January 14, 1998. All of CBD's proffered documents postdate the agency decision and thus could not have been relied on by the agency. The documents offered by CBD include letters dated November 2000 and January 2002, an August 2001 conference outline, a 2003 declaration concerning an April 2002 seminar, ten California Endangered Species Act incidental take permits issued between July 1999 and September 2001, and one undated California ESA incidental take permit that, from internal references, must date from November 1998 or later.
CBD claims that the documents it offered were submitted for their persuasive force to explain the term "take" under state law and to show that the Service failed to consider a relevant factor during its deliberations. We normally refuse to consider evidence that was not before the agency because "it inevitably leads the reviewing court to substitute its judgment for that of the agency." Asarco, Inc. v. EPA, 616 F.2d 1153, 1160(9th Cir.1980). When an agency's inquiry is inadequate, we generally "remand the matter to the agency for further consideration." Id.
We rejected a similar attempt to introduce extra-record documents in *944 Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Forest Service, 100 F.3d at 1450. There a party offered extra-record documents, including a letter dated a month after the agency decision was completed, arguing that they should be admitted to analyze "whether the Forest Service [had] considered all of the relevant factors" in its decision. Id. We held that the district court had not abused its discretion in striking the letter because post-decision information "may not be advanced as a new rationalization ... for attacking an agency's decision." Id. at 1451-52.
This is precisely the purpose for which CBD offered the stricken documents, and we agree with the district court that it is an impermissible use. Thus, the district court did not abuse its discretion in striking CBD's extra-record documents. [FN21]
FN21. We also grant CBD's motion to strike extra-record documents filed with the Court by CEMEX and the portions of its brief that refer to the documents. The documents are not part of the administrative record and do not come within one of our exceptions to the rule excluding such materials.
In summary, it was not arbitrary and capricious for the Service to decide not to designate critical habitat for the stickleback. The Service was not required to ensure compliance with federal and state laws before issuing an ITS to CEMEX, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in striking extra-record exhibits offered to establish a new rationale for attacking the Service's decision. The district court's grant of summary judgment to the Service and CEMEX is AFFIRMED.
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Steve Schwarzman on SoftBank's "particular place"
Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman. Photo by Ting Shen/Getty Images
Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman oversees the world's largest private equity funds. Or at least he did, until Japan's SoftBank Group last year raised a record $100 billion for its tech-focused Vision Fund.
This morning Scwarzman — whose firm isn't particularly known for tech investing — was asked on CNBC about SoftBank and its founder Masayoshi Son:
"[Tech] often comes with no earnings, so if you're going to finance the expansion of an industry that often doesn't earn anything, you're going to need large amounts of money to the extent you're a believer... I understand how he's in a particular place."
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Four things to expect from the week ahead
It's Monday, it's a new week, and while we won't pretend to know everything that's going to happen over the next seven days, we have some sense of what's coming up.
Here's your briefing on some of the most important and interesting stories happening in the week ahead.
1) The Kurz of the secret sting
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament.
It comes days after a secret video sparked a political scandal that led to the collapse of his right-wing coalition.
The no-confidence motion on Monday calls for a technocratic government to replace Mr Kurz, 32, until elections - probably in September.
Mr Kurz effectively ended the coalition last week by calling for fresh elections and announcing the dismissal of Interior Minister Herbert Kickl, a member of the Freedom Party (FPÖ).
The move prompted other FPÖ ministers to resign in solidarity.
Mr Kickl was one of two far-right figures caught up in the secret video, along with FPÖ party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, who has resigned as vice-chancellor.
Media captionThe video, from, 2017, was recorded in a villa in Ibiza
In the video, which was recorded in a villa on the Spanish island Ibiza in 2017, Mr Strache can be seen relaxing and drinking for hours while appearing to offer government contracts to a woman in exchange for electoral support.
To survive Monday's vote, Mr Kurz will need the support of the FPÖ or the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPÖ).
Who was behind secret video that shocked Austria?
2) Assange in court facing extradition
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange makes another appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court via video link on Thursday following his recent removal from the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
The UK will need to decide whether to extradite him to the US in response to allegations that he conspired with former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to download classified databases.
Last week, the US justice department filed 17 new charges against Assange, accusing the 47-year-old of violating the US espionage act.
It promises to be a long battle, with Australian-born Assange facing decades in a US prison if extradited and convicted.
Media captionJulian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London
Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy back in August 2012 after being released on bail by British police pending extradition to Sweden in relation to a probe into alleged rape.
Swedish authorities dropped the investigation in 2017, but the police in the UK still sought his arrest for breach of bail. He was arrested on 11 April after Ecuador abruptly withdrew his asylum, and later jailed for 50 weeks.
Sweden reopened its investigation earlier this month and is expected to hold a detention hearing for Assange on 3 June.
Assange: Campaigner or attention-seeker?
3) Nigeria's presidential inauguration
The swearing-in ceremony for Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari takes place on Wednesday following his re-election in February.
Mr Buhari, who was first elected president in 2015, faces many challenges in the role, such as finding jobs for the millions of unemployed young people in Africa's most populous nation, quelling various insurgencies and militia violence, and tackling a rise in kidnappings across the country.
Image caption A former soldier, Mr Buhari led a military regime in the 1980s
Meanwhile the runner-up in Nigeria's presidential election, Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), has disputed the result, calling it a "sham election" and filing a formal appeal at Nigeria's election tribunal.
Last week, the tribunal rejected a proposed injunction to stop Wednesday's inauguration.
Mr Buhari's swearing-in ceremony will be followed by a state banquet in the evening.
Buhari: Nigeria's 'new broom' president
4) Full English football finals
The Champions League and Europa League finals will be contested by four English teams for the first time in history.
Chelsea and Arsenal play in the Europa League final in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, while Spurs and Liverpool contest European football's top prize in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday.
Image caption Arsenal and Chelsea meet in the Europa League final on 29 May while Liverpool and Spurs fight for the Champions League crown on 1 June
For the Chelsea and Arsenal supporters lucky enough to possess tickets, they face travelling 2,467 miles to watch the game in a city further east than Riyadh in Saudi Arabia or Baghdad in Iraq, and closer to Mumbai in India than it is to London.
Uefa's decision to stage the event in Azerbaijan caused a stir with fans struggling to secure flights and accommodation. The clubs also said they were disappointed that only 6,600 tickets were made available to each of their fans for a stadium with a capacity of 60,000.
Meanwhile, Liverpool and Spurs have been allocated around 16,000 tickets each for the match at Atletico Madrid's stadium, which holds around 68,000.
The finals: What you need to know about the games
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Teachers Advocating for Policy Change: An Emerging South Texas Story
By Francisco Guajardo
“It’s unfortunate that No Child Left Behind and the Texas accountability system are so driven by values of measurement and testing. Every school, particularly under-resourced schools along the border find it difficult to stray from what national and state policy dictates; so superintendents, principals, and teachers fall right into the practice and culture of measurement and testing, because they’re good soldiers—they follow the policy.”
Reflection from a public school teacher, as she prepared written testimony before the Texas Select Committee on Public School Accountability, July 2008
Twenty-six teachers from a half dozen rural schools in south Texas offered testimonials to the Texas Select Committee on Public School Accountability, a legislative committee tasked with listening to the public’s view on school accountability, during the summer of 2008. The event was significant because it marked the beginning of south Texas teachers strategically engaging in the discourse on shaping statewide education policy. The movement began out of graduate seminars in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Texas-Pan American, where class discussions led to the realization by students (all public school educators) and faculty of the importance of being part of the public conversation on school policy.
In class, students frequently voiced concerns regarding education policy and how it often manifested itself counterproductively, particularly for Hispanic students and other English Language Learners. So they decided to get involved, and in the ensuing year have participated in advising state representatives, state senators, Congressmen, representatives from the White House, and local public officials about how policies afford schools better opportunities to engage in more effective teaching and learning experiences.
The decision to act is based on three basic premises.
The need to act: as students read, researched, and reflected on education issues, they understood the adverse impact of education policy, particularly the current accountability system, on the daily practice in schools and classrooms. The students realized that they had to act, somehow and somewhere.
The advantage of acting collectively: as students prepared their testimonials, they quickly felt the power of working together as public advocates. “Going at it alone can be lonely, and even scary,” said one of the teachers, “so I much prefer to go speak up with others by my side.”
The need to create change: every student who prepared and delivered a testimonial came out of the experience with a greater sense of urgency, a greater understanding that they had a need and responsibility to change the nature and content of education policy.
The teachers presented at two public testimony sessions: one in Brownsville, the other in El Paso. At both events, as teachers prepared to offer testimonies, they appeared nervous, but resolute. One of them said, “I don’t know what I’d been waiting for. I should’ve been doing this long ago…testifying and talking to these people who make such bad, misinformed school policies.”
Two professors from UTPA traveled with the group of teachers to Brownsville, essentially to hold their graduate seminar in the presence of the Select Committee; one professor also traveled with a smaller group to El Paso, some 1,000 miles up the Rio Grande River.
In El Paso, a middle school teacher named Mark offered his testimony:
“Our current accountability system goes against the best practices that teachers in colleges of education programs learn. For example, teachers are taught to teach to the whole child, nurture the affective domain, integrate technology into everyday teaching activities, and create healthy and exciting learning environments. However, in current school environments teachers seldom have the opportunity to deliver any of the best practices, and I believe it is because of the policies on accountability. Good teaching and learning cannot take place, until we reform our accountability standards. We desperately need a better approach to measure student growth and achievement. The current system that depends on a single measure, the test, must change. For the sake of our children, our teachers, and our schools, we cannot continue on the same path.
I challenge the committee to invite the public and us to have a conversation about what we can do to establish the best accountably system. A three-minute talk is not sufficient.”
In Brownsville, an elementary teacher named Leticia presented her talk:
“I have been an elementary school teacher for 15 years. Presently I am the Spanish language enrichment teacher at an elementary school in Edinburg, Texas. I work with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade recent immigrant students. My students are 9, 10, and 11 years old, who are dealing with a new school, home, country, culture, and language. One would think then that with a title such as Spanish language enrichment I would be maintaining or enriching my students’ home language as they are learning English. However, what I have been instructed to do is prepare my students for the Spanish TAKS [Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills].
I have to put aside all that my students are dealing with as new students in this country and focus on teaching TAKS. For example, I work with 5th grade students from eight in the morning until noon teaching TAKS Math, TAKS Reading, and TAKS Science. I feel very uncomfortable with this because I feel I’m not helping my students become successful citizens of their new country. I should be teaching my students about the culture of the United States, the history of the country, the law, and especially the language. Yet none of this is important because they will not be tested in these areas. Although these are not tested items, I believe they’re important. I have tried to integrate all this into my reading class, but I have found that very difficult to do. I only have four hours per day to prepare my 5th grade students for the Math, Reading, and Science TAKS. Many of them have never taken the TAKS test before, so I have to dedicate a great part of our class time to teaching TAKS taking strategies.
I question myself often, if I am making a difference for my students. I wonder if I am preparing my students for the real world. Am I preparing them to be productive citizens of our country? I feel sad when the answer to all my questions is NO. I simply prepare my students for a high-stakes test in Spanish.”
Leticia raised the critical issue of ELL students and testing. Though she made a compelling case for the mis-education of ELL students because of insidious educational policy that dictates practice, she was not given sufficient time to make the broader point about cognition and language and learning. She was given only three minutes, as Mark and other teachers were similarly allowed.
The three-minute limit became a contentious issue with the teachers because other presenters, namely several invited “experts,” were given unlimited time to present their cases before the Select Committee. The teachers were more infuriated when it also became clear that the “experts” had been called in by the Select Committee to support, through their research, the policy ideas the Committee had presented and embraced during the Committee’s opening and closing comments. For example, the Committee believed that standardized testing should continue to play an important role in new education policy, so the Committee brought in their resource people who provided data on the merits of standardized testing.
The teachers learned a great deal about the politics of policy making. They found that politicians involved in policymaking were well organized and well funded. They also found that the voices from the community, and even the voices of teachers, were significantly marginalized in the policy-formation process. “They use rhetoric pretending that they want to hear from the public,” complained one of the teachers, “but it’s not a genuine invitation. They didn’t really want to hear from us.”
While angered at what they viewed as an unfair use of power by the politicos on the Select Committee, the teachers nevertheless were motivated by their own participation in the process. Months after their testimonies, some of them traveled to the state capitol to advocate for more progressive education legislation, such as a bill calling for assessing children in the public schools through multiple forms—rather than through the continued overreliance on high-stakes tests. Teachers visited with members of the State House and Senate and even joined a press conference to make their views known. In short, the teachers felt power in their actions, but they felt even more buoyed by their collective leadership work. One teacher said, “There’s no comparison between the two models, the lone leader and collective leadership…there’s so much more power in doing things together.”
When the 81st Legislature adjourned, teachers felt bittersweet about the entire experience. In looking at the objective outcomes, teachers felt that their testimonials, their writing, and their advocacy work did not significantly impact the omnibus education legislation named Senate Bill 3. Specifically, the teachers were disappointed that their plea for multiple forms of assessment, rather than an overreliance on testing, did not appear more prominently in the SB 3. So, testing continues to be the cornerstone of the revised pubic school accountability system in Texas. Additionally, English Language Learners will be treated similarly in the new accountability design, despite the pleas that Leticia made in her testimony and in the additional testimonials that she and other ELL teachers had written.
But there were victories in this process. Leticia’s and other teachers’ pleas to reduce testing did influence a substantial win, namely that Senate Bill 3 effectively eliminates the TAKS test as a high-stakes test for every 3rd grader in the state. In addition, while every 5th grader will be tested, the decision whether to advance 5th graders will rest with the child’s teacher, the parents, and the local school leadership—not the state. This was a significant legislative victory. So, while there is sufficient reason to be hopeful, perhaps the greatest reason can be found in the new awareness of the teachers who on one hand felt disappointed, but on the other felt a sense of power. In short, they learned that they have to be more persistent in their advocacy work; some of them even commented that they can’t wait for the 82nd Legislature, so they can “hit the streets again with a louder and more forceful voice,” as one teacher described her new-found sense of hope.
Another teacher summed up the advocacy struggle by saying, “We’ve never advocated for educational policy before, but when we did, we got the most oppressive results.” To which, another teacher said, “I think that it just wasn’t enough of us pushing for better policies. We need more than 26, we need hundreds of teachers testifying, taking to the streets, going up to the Capitol.” Indeed, the last teacher’s claim that “we need more than 26” begins to give clearer definition to the collective leadership model. We need more teachers, more parents, and more students to get involved in the policy-formation process. “Only then,” said the last teacher, “will we have a chance to compete against these politicians who have so much money and are so well organized.”
Francisco Guajardo is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, and is the executive director of the Llano Grande Center for Research and Development.
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Wind turbines and fish co-existing, so far
News, B.I. Wind Farm
A healthy bed of mussels found on one of the Block Island Wind Farm’s steel foundations. Images courtesy of AWEA
It seems as though the foundations of the Block Island Wind Farm and maritime life can not only co-exist, but perhaps even flourish, together.
That was the message conveyed by Deepwater Wind and the American Wind Energy Association during a webinar with journalists held on Feb. 14. A video that played during the call included testimonials from recreational fishermen and footage of fish feeding at the base of one of the Block Island Wind Farm’s 110-foot tall steel turbine foundations, which have created an artificial reef teeming with marine life.
The video is the brainchild of Stephanie McClellan, Director of the University of Delaware’s Special Initiative on Offshore Wind, who said, “There’s a frenzy of fish and other marine life making a new home near the Block Island turbine foundations, which act as artificial reefs. U.S. energy consumers and workers aren’t the only ones excited to see offshore wind come to American shores. Marine life is thriving, as studies confirm.”
The AWEA noted in a press release that a recent study from Europe, where hundreds of offshore wind turbines are installed, found that a single turbine can support up to four metric tons of shellfish, which in turn attracts fish to the area. (For more information, visit bit.ly/2ytGC3U.)
In attendance during the webinar were Block Island fishing charter captain Chris Hobe, Aileen Kenney, Deepwater Wind’s Vice President of Permitting and Environmental Affairs, Nancy Sopko, Director, Offshore Wind and Federal Legislative Affairs for AWEA, and Joe Martens, Director of the New York Offshore Wind Alliance. Featured in the AWEA video were Hobe, and Chris Willi, who is also an Island charter-fishing captain, and New Shoreham Town Council member.
Nancy Sopko said McClellan’s video footage “tells the story of how fish coexist with the Block Island Wind Farm.” She said the Wind Farm’s foundations aid this coexistence, and are a benefit to recreational fishing, and a boon to the Island community.
At the Southern New England Offshore Wind Science Forum at University of Rhode Island in December, which Deepwater Wind sponsored with the Coastal Resources Management Council, Chris Brown, President of the state’s Commercial Fishermen’s Association expressed concerns regarding potential displacement of fish species and habitats. Recreational fishing near the Block Island Wind Farm may be thriving, but the bigger question concerns how installation of offshore wind turbines and their cables will impact the commercial fishing industry.
Aileen Kenney, who spearheaded Deepwater Wind’s permitting process, said that a lot went into determining the proper siting of the Block Island Wind Farm, and included input from fishermen and stakeholders. Kenney said Deepwater Wind, the wind farm’s developer, has been stressing a public outreach philosophy designed around communicating with the fishing community to address their concerns.
“Lessons learned from the Block Island Wind Farm will be applied to future projects,” said Kenney. “We believe that the fishing community and the offshore wind business can coexist.”
Joe Martens said the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has conducted 19 studies on the subject and is aware of concerns coming from the fishing community. He noted that communication between the developers and commercial fishermen should help inform the industry’s decision-making process moving forward.
“There are design considerations put into place that we will build on moving forward,” said Kenney, noting that while the Block Island Wind Farm’s turbines are spaced half a mile apart, the wind turbines of future projects will be sited further apart “for safe transit through the wind farm area.”
Kenney said URI and Roger Williams University are conducting research studies regarding the impact of the turbine foundations on marine life under the direction of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. BOEM and URI worked jointly to create the Ocean Special Area Management Plan, which was instrumental in siting the Block Island Wind Farm three miles off the southeast coast of Block Island.
As for Willi, he said in the video that his concern was whether the Wind Farm was “going to restrict any fishing: recreational, commercial or otherwise? Those concerns, as they played out, from my perspective, really diminished greatly as time went on.” Willi noted that he now sees the “benefit to the structures in the water from a fishing perspective.”
Hobe said that during the charter season he “was taking people out to the Wind Farm almost every day. Even though I wasn’t out there to fish, I’m always scanning the bottom, and it’s clear there are a lot of fish active at the Wind Farm. People never used to fish that spot before the turbines, and now it’s really popular.”
While the relationship between the Block Island Wind Farm and the local fishing community may be going smoothly, it has not been quite as rosy during the early stages of a newer project, the South Fork Wind Farm, a 15-turbine project proposed for Long Island. According to reports in the Long Island press, Deepwater Wind had held more than a dozen meetings with Long island fishermen by January, and still had yet to convince those fishermen that there would be any benefit to them from the development of the Wind Farm. It was reported in the East End Beacon on Feb. 18 that a new fishing liaison had been hired by Deepwater Wind to work with members of the fishing community.
“Deepwater Wind, the developers of the first U.S. offshore Wind Farm off Block Island, is planning to build a 90 megawatt, 15-turbine wind farm about 36 miles off the coast of Montauk, and has been meeting with local fishermen and the East Hampton Town Trustees in an attempt to build trust with the local fishing community. But those conversations have turned testy in recent months, as scientific studies of fish populations in the area of the turbines and the proposed electric cable landing site in Wainscott are just beginning, and no one from the Montauk fishing community has agreed to work with the company on behalf of fishermen,” the East End Beacon article stated.
The AWEA video can be found at: bit.ly/2o5UZrS.
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For almost three weeks, two sailors have got stuck on their boat. Their boat is out of fuel, adrift and it is low on fresh water and managing to survive on fishes that they are managed to catch. They are expecting an early Christmas miracle.
The salvation of boat and both sailors came on Friday all in an unexpected form: this happened when a huge ship with 11 decks and all the facilities and amenities came forward for the help. This was the Seas cruise ship Royal Caribbean’s Empress. The ship located the small fishing vessel with two stranded mariners. This happened in the night of Friday that is on 21st of Dec when the ship was halfway to Jamaica from Grand Cayman, said the spokesman Ted Miller. He said the encounter chance became possible only because of the reason that cruise ship was rerouted on the day from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Ocho Rios, Jamaica because of inclement weather conditions.
The yacht of sailors was constantly sending signals for help; the ship saw the signal light at 7 p.m. on the evening of Friday. It then reduced its speed and moved for help toward the vessel. The ship then contacted the rescue centers of Jamaica and Grand Cayman but they get the response from the center that they couldn’t provide assistance because of some personal issues, said Miller.
So, after some time, cruise ship lowered down a boat called as tender and brought up stuck sailors on ship safely. The two sailors were then given medical attention and water on ship’s board and no injuries were reported, Miller said. The sailors on the vessel were fishermen and they started sailing from Costa Rica. At the night, they fell asleep and the same time, their boats floated away because of bad weather from their fishing gear. While trying to get back to shore, the fuel in vessel got finished.
UncategorizedMiller Ocho Rios Sailors
Wednesday, 8th August 2018, is also Day 7 of Hempel Sailing World Championships in Aarhus in Denmark. The weather models remained unclear today and till late afternoon the race conditions were not known. There are several race lineups that would be decided this day such as the medal race of Finn category, Men’s 470, Laser Radial, Laser, Formula Kite for men and women as well as the 49er categories.
The weather forecast predicted that a cold front is coming up and it might be tricky to sail in such conditions. The wind would be coming in from the south most of the day and the speeds would vary between 4 to 10 knots. There is another forecast stating that the winds could pick up speed to about 25 knots. If the clouds come in, it could get tricky. Promising conditions for the race would not arrive till it is 17:00 hours in local time; the cold front is not likely to pass before it is 19:00 hours. The weather would remain sunny and would be warm, probably up to 32 degrees.
UncategorizedBob Boyes Jeanne-Claude Scott Mutton
A sea trial that continued for almost a month on the iconic sailing yacht validate continuous connectivity with the use of connectivity solutions in the Caribbean and the Kymeta KyWay™ flat panel terminals, across the Mediterranean and in Atlantic.
Redmond, the Washington located Kymeta, Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) — world first Globalized Network operator and exclusive partner of Superyacht distribution e3 Systems revealed that the iconic 89-meter sailing vessel Maltese Falcon, is performing its very first sea trials along with Kymeta communications solutions from the past four months and giving the successful results. The sailing vessel Maltese Falcon, with its trial installation of Kymeta KyWay terminals, will be seen soon at the Monaco Yacht Show.
Talk about the yacht The Maltese Falcon, then it is not a classic one, it is a new class of yacht. It has a new revolutionary sailing system, the Falcon Rig, which will set a new milestone in the history of yachting history. (more…)
Steve Benjamin and his team sailed a very good race on the new boat Stella Blue to claim the2017 US Etchells Nationals.
There is always an apprehension when a sailor gets a new boat to race. He has butterflies in his stomach thinking about how the boat will perform and will it be able to match the performance of the previous boat. But, the Stella Blue did not show any signs of taking part in its first major race and helped Benjamin and his team to win the US Etchells National Championship of 2017.
This event was held as the inaugural event of the New York Yacht Club One-Design Regatta in Newport. The J/70 and the Melges 20 fleets also took part in this inaugural event in Newport. Benjamin and his team were a force during the three-day regatta event. They won 4 out of the 7 races and finished the series with a 17 point edge over second placed George Francisco. The third place went to Chris Larson, who finished just one point behind George. (more…)
Cy Thompson Bagged VISA Award
Two-time Olympic Laser sailor Cy Thompson has been coveted the title of ‘Virgin Islands Sailor of the Year’.
The award has been given for 2016 and by the association (VISA) The Virgin Islands Sailing Association.
Speaking about the dedication of Cy Thompson on sailing, the president of VISA Phillip Shannon said, “Cy qualified for Rio 2016 early and he got the training from best sailors in the world, for 18 months he received the training of his class. When only nine months were left for the Olympics, Thompson, gave up everything, business, work, personal life and dedicated himself completely to the sport. He went through the tough training process for throughout. He used to get trained every day for 18 months for both on the water and off the water to his best in the Olympic. And his efforts brought the fruitful result as well.” (more…)
Not Foiling For Everyone With F101
If foil sailing seems tough to you and you think it is not for you then here is good news.
Now, even you can do foil sailing with the help of F101. It is the latest foiling trimaran designed by experts of the marine industry. It is made of all carbon and helpful in foil sailing.
There are people present in the world of sailing who think foil sailing is not for them. Reason for same as it has so many barriers. To help such sailors some major brands of marine industry joined their hand and worked to come up with the solution of this problem. F101 is the result extensive endeavor made by these experts in foil sailing. The concept of F101 is not accidental, but, it has gone through in the mind of developers for long. They thought of this idea while teaching foil sailing to people in Moth class and while addressing the concern of people who face challenge doing foil sailing. (more…)
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MORE than 60 people have died from drug overdoses on the Border and North East in recent years, according to new research. The Penington Institute overdose report shows 64 people died in Albury-Wodonga and surrounding towns between 2012 and 2016. Prescription medication, including opioids like fentanyl, oxycodone and codeine, and sleeping tablets, are an increasing problem with institute head John Ryan labelling the figures “alarming”. Statistics also show an increase in overdoses linked to amphetamines, including ice. Albury Wodonga Health alcohol and other drugs clinical consultant Alan Fisher said opioid deaths emerged as a significant problem between 2009 and 2011, with powerful pain medication fentanyl the major killer. “That was around the time that a lot of fentanyl patches ended up in the wrong hands for the wrong reasons,” he said. “It has moved on – there was a decrease in fentanyl prescriptions, but then other drugs such as oxycodone and benzodiazepines began to be prescribed. “The combination of those drugs is quite dangerous. “We’re really trying to continue our best efforts to get even more awareness about the issue, particularly around prescriptions, and also the risk of the drugs.” Many deaths involve multiple drugs. Dr Fisher said the combination of benzodiazepines and opioids was particularly concerning and was responsible for most overdoses. “Once you combine one drug with another drug, it does amplify the strength of them,” he said. “The problem with people using those substances to get euphoria is the window between being intoxicated and stopping breathing is very narrow.” Dr Fisher said there was no doubt opioids were overprescribed. A seminar will be held in Albury next month featuring experts in anaesthetics, emergency medicine and chronic pain management. The group will discuss the use of opioids for pain management and the issues associated with them. Albury Wodonga Health has done a lot of educational work about prescriptions and giving people the right amount of medication when they are discharged from hospital, Dr Fisher said. “We are concerned,” he said. “On the Border, we’ve really put quite a lot into educating the medical community about the risk of overprescribing and will continue to do that.” Mr Ryan is urging the Federal Government to review fentanyl prescriptions and increase treatment access, and said drugs should be a health issue, not a law enforcement issue.
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Fatal drug overdoses a growing concern on the Border
Blair Thomson
Dr Alan Fisher
MORE than 60 people have died from drug overdoses on the Border and North East in recent years, according to new research.
The Penington Institute overdose report shows 64 people died in Albury-Wodonga and surrounding towns between 2012 and 2016.
Prescription medication, including opioids like fentanyl, oxycodone and codeine, and sleeping tablets, are an increasing problem with institute head John Ryan labelling the figures “alarming”.
Statistics also show an increase in overdoses linked to amphetamines, including ice.
Albury Wodonga Health alcohol and other drugs clinical consultant Alan Fisher said opioid deaths emerged as a significant problem between 2009 and 2011, with powerful pain medication fentanyl the major killer.
“That was around the time that a lot of fentanyl patches ended up in the wrong hands for the wrong reasons,” he said.
“It has moved on – there was a decrease in fentanyl prescriptions, but then other drugs such as oxycodone and benzodiazepines began to be prescribed.
“The combination of those drugs is quite dangerous.
“We’re really trying to continue our best efforts to get even more awareness about the issue, particularly around prescriptions, and also the risk of the drugs.”
Many deaths involve multiple drugs.
Dr Fisher said the combination of benzodiazepines and opioids was particularly concerning and was responsible for most overdoses.
“Once you combine one drug with another drug, it does amplify the strength of them,” he said.
“The problem with people using those substances to get euphoria is the window between being intoxicated and stopping breathing is very narrow.”
Dr Fisher said there was no doubt opioids were overprescribed.
A seminar will be held in Albury next month featuring experts in anaesthetics, emergency medicine and chronic pain management.
The group will discuss the use of opioids for pain management and the issues associated with them.
Albury Wodonga Health has done a lot of educational work about prescriptions and giving people the right amount of medication when they are discharged from hospital, Dr Fisher said.
“We are concerned,” he said.
“On the Border, we’ve really put quite a lot into educating the medical community about the risk of overprescribing and will continue to do that.”
Mr Ryan is urging the Federal Government to review fentanyl prescriptions and increase treatment access, and said drugs should be a health issue, not a law enforcement issue.
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Adelbert von Chamisso Prize 2016: Enriching German Literature
In Munich, the writers and translators Esther Kinsky and Uljana Wolf were awarded the Robert Bosch Stiftung’s 2016 Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, worth 15,000 euros. The Foundation awards the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize to honor outstanding German-language authors whose work is shaped by a change of culture.
Robert Bosch Stiftung | March 2016
In Munich, the writers and translators Esther Kinsky and Uljana Wolf were awarded the Robert Bosch Stiftung’s 2016 Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, worth 15,000 euros. The Foundation awards the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize to honor outstanding German-language authors whose work is shaped by a change of culture. Furthermore, the award winners are united through their unusual way of using the language in a manner which enriches German literature. This makes the prize the only one of its kind in Germany.
"The literary work of both authors is so impressive that the jury chose two equally deserving winners of the main prize this year," says Uta-Micaela Dürig, Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Bosch Stiftung. “We are therefore very pleased that we are able to honor two outstanding authors, Esther Kinsky and Uljana Wolf.”
Esther Kinsky was honored for all of her work to date, in particular for her novel Am Fluss (Matthes & Seitz, 2014). According to the jury, she has "proven herself as a linguistically perceptive observer of human existence in the 21st century".
Uljana Wolf received the Chamisso Prize for her work to date, in particular for her volume of poetry Meine schönste Lengevitch (kookbooks, 2013). "Her approximations of the foreign through playful reflection of linguistically conveyed reality are a successful example of future-oriented, cosmopolitan literature," said the jury.
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Newton officials push to preserve Webster Woods
By John Hilliard Globe Correspondent,January 26, 2018, 2:35 p.m.
“Save Webster Woods” signs were planted on lawns after Boston College reached a deal to buy the tract. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Newton officials are stepping up efforts to preserve a part of Webster Woods in Chestnut Hill that was formerly owned by Congregation Mishkan Tefila.
Boston College purchased the nearly 22-acre property at 300 Hammond Pond Parkway — including the temple building, parking area, and undeveloped land — for $20 million in 2016.
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller is forming an advisory panel to explore how best to limit future development of the property. Meanwhile, 15 Newton city councilors back a proposed measure calling for the city to acquire or protect the woodland portion.
“We’ll see what the right way forward is. There are a lot of alternative ways to make sure it’s permanently protected,” said Fuller, who plans to meet with BC’s president in the coming weeks. “My goal would be to reach a cooperative agreement with Boston College.”
The property extends into the largest section of public open space in Newton. It is flanked by the Webster Conservation Area, the Hammond Pond Reservation, and the Cohen Conservation Area, which are tied together by walking trails.
“It’s critical that the [Boston College] piece of it stay the way it is and not be developed,” said Ken Kimmell, co-chairman of Friends of Webster Woods, named for the family that owned the land about 100 years ago.
BC spokesman Jack Dunn said the college’s intention is to use the developed portion of the property for parking, administrative offices, and possibly an academic purpose. Upgrades are underway at the former temple building.
No decision has been made about the future of the undeveloped land, he said.
“We welcome the opportunity to meet with the mayor and share with her our plans and the ongoing work,” said Dunn, who characterized the meeting of Fuller and William Leahy as a chance for the two leaders to get to know each other.
The former temple and parking sit on six acres. Woodlands cover 12.4 acres, and a 3.3-acre section consists of both woods and parking.
An appraisal commissioned by the city in 2017 valued the undeveloped portions of the site at between $1.26 million and $4.75 million.
The entire property is subject to a deed restriction limiting it to educational, religious, or nonprofit recreational activities, according to the appraisal.
The City Council docket item, now before the Zoning and Planning Committee, is intended to show strong support for preserving Webster Woods as open space, said Lisle Baker, city councilor for Ward 7, which encompasses Chestnut Hill.
Also supporting the measure are Baker’s Ward 7 colleagues, councilors-at-large Rebecca Walker Grossman and Marc Laredo, who serves as City Council president.
On possible option, Baker said, is for the city to work with the college to create a restriction against building on the undeveloped parts of the site. Another is for the city to acquire the land outright.
“My personal preference is public acquisition, but the question is making sure this property is preserved,” Baker said.
Webster Woods and the nearby conservation areas are an important resource for city residents and serve as a critical habitat for local wildlife and plant life, said Beth Wilkinson, the president of Newton Conservators and chairwoman of the city’s new Webster Woods Advisory Panel.
A seven-member executive committee, including Wilkinson and city officials, has already been formed. Volunteers are being sought to join the city’s larger advisory panel, and can apply by visiting the city’s website.
“We really hope the woods are preserved and there is no development back there,” Wilkinson said.
John Hilliard can be reached at john.hilliard@globe.com.
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« Cold Water
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Friday, August 3 – Sunday, August 5
(1994) dir Olivier Assayas w/ Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó [92 min; DCP]
An acclaimed early work by Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria, Irma Vep) that has long remained unavailable, the deeply felt coming-of-age drama COLD WATER at long last makes its way to U.S. theaters. Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles (Fouquet) and Christine (Ledoyen), whose open rebellion against family and society threatens to tear them apart. With a rock soundtrack that vividly evokes the period and provides the backdrop for one of the most memorable party sequences ever committed to film, COLD WATER is a heartbreaking immersion into the emotional tumult of adolescence.
Staff Pick: Kim, Jessie
“A fiery tale… bracing… it’s so fresh it could have been made now.” – J. Hoberman, The New York Times
“What strikes you by the end of “Cold Water” is just how fast it moves, how swiftly our time spent with these characters simply slips away.” – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
“Cold Water can finally be recognized as a singular masterpiece on the most familiar of themes, the sufferings and misfortunes of youthful passion.” – Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books
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New Music Friday: Ciara, Kelly Clarkson, Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, The Veronicas, Jake Miller And More
Jordan Miller·
· March 29, 2019 ·3 min read
Happy New Music Friday!
BreatheHeavy has some pretty crazy rollouts on the way, but I can’t tell you what they are just yet. Prepare for a Beyonce-style drop though. In the mean time… sink your teeth into these new tunes.
Ciara – “Thinkin Bout You” (Video)
It’s not often I love a song upon first listen, but Ciara’s new single, “Thinkin Bout You,” is an airy, feel-good mid-tempo about being love-sick. “I’ve been thinkin’ bout you / wondering who’s stuck in your head at night,” she sings over a Space Primates-produced beat. “Wonder if I ever cross your mind, keeping you up in your bed at night.” It’s the first official release off the singer’s forthcoming record, Beauty Marks.
Kelly Clarkson – “Broken & Beautiful” (Song)
I’m a sucker for a Kelly Clarkson pop track. “Broken & Beautiful” walks a fine line between cheesy and epic. The song, written by P!nk and produced by Marshmello & Steve Mac, is a larger-than-life anthem about owning your imperfections. It serves as one of the soundtrack songs from the Ugly Dolls animated film. Kelly also contributes a couple more tunes to it, including “Couldn’t Be Better,” “Today’s The Day” and two duets with Janelle Monáe.
Billie Eilish – When We All Go To Sleep, Where Do We Go? (Album)
Currently reviewing the album so I’ll withhold my thoughts for now.
Alejandro Sanz & Camila Cabello – “Mi Persona Favorita” (Video)
Camila Cabello took a break from recording her sophomore album to jump on Alejandro Sanz’s new single, “My Persona Favorita.” It’s a sincere love tune about… yup… finding and holding onto that someone special. If you’re feeling the singledom blues, may want to skip this.
The Veronicas – “Think Of Me” (Song)
The Veronicas casually dropped a breakup bop with “Think Of Me.” On the synth-tastic tune, the sisters wonder if they cross their ex lovers’ minds. They recall having good conversations and giving bomb, um, head. Listen to the infectious new tune below:
Jax Jones & Martin Solveig featuring Madison Beer – “All Day And Night”
This. song. is. lit. Jax Jones and Martin Solveig’s energetic production pound Madison Beer’s vocals (in a good way). Eurodance just infiltrated New Music Friday.
Jake Miller – Based On A True Story (EP)
Male pop stars don’t get enough recognition in 2019, and I’m here to change that. Jake Miller’s new EP, Based On A True Story, has a couple of bedroom bangers. When the beat isn’t hard hitting, Jake shows off his versatility. “Nikes” is one of my favorite songs this month, and there’s a couple more cut from the same cloth.
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Isaiah 47:1 "Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
< Isaiah 46:13
Isaiah 47:2 >
Isa 47:1-15. THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON IS REPRESENTED UNDER THE IMAGE OF A ROYAL VIRGIN BROUGHT DOWN IN A MOMENT FROM HER MAGNIFICENT THRONE TO THE EXTREME OF DEGRADATION.
1. in the dust--(See on Isa 3:26; Job 2:13; La 2:10).
virgin--that is, heretofore uncaptured [HERODOTUS, 1.191].
daughter of Babylon--Babylon and its inhabitants (see on Isa 1:8; Isa 37:22).
no throne--The seat of empire was transferred to Shushan. Alexander intended to have made Babylon his seat of empire, but Providence defeated his design. He soon died; and Seleucia, being built near, robbed it of its inhabitants, and even of its name, which was applied to Seleucia.
delicate--alluding to the effeminate debauchery and prostitution of all classes at banquets and religious rites [CURTIUS, 5.1; HERODOTUS, 1.199; BARUCH, 6.43].
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Isaiah Images and Notes
Isaiah 6:1-3 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
Isaiah 9:1-7 - Nevertheless the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict [her by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Thou hast multiplied the nation, [and] not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil. For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. For every battle of the warrior [is] with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but [this] shall be with burning [and] fuel of fire. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 53:1-7- Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Bible Survey - Isaiah
Hebrew Name - Yeshayahu "Yah is salvation"
Greek Name - Esaias (Greek form of the Hebrew)
Author - Isaiah (According to Tradition)
Date - 760 BC Approximately
Theme - The kingdom of the Messiah
Types and Shadows - In Isaiah Jesus is the suffering servant
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. Discovered at Calah now in the British Museum. The Obelisk stands nearly 7 feet tall and is about 2 feet thick. On each of the 4 sides there are 5 panels with carvings of various kings bringing tribute to king Shalmaneser III. The second panel from the top of the obelisk reveals king Jehu of Israel bowing at the feet of Shalmaneser of Assyria. This is the same Jehu who is mentioned in Scripture, and this carved relief is the only image in all history of one of the Hebrew kings. On the panel Shalmaneser is offering a libation to his god. The cuneiform text around the panel reads:
"The tribute of Jehu, son of Omri: I received from him silver, gold, a golden bowl, a golden vase with pointed bottom, golden tumblers, golden buckets, tin, a staff for a king [and] spears."
The Jehu Panel on the Black Obelisk
Summary of The Book of Isaiah
Isaiah prophesied during one of the worst times in the history of Israel. The Israelites had become so corrupt God was going to remove them out of His sight. He raised up the Assyrian army to be an unmerciful, barbaric, ruthless, an unstoppable war machine. Their military tactics are still applauded today by those who understand the art of war. God called them from their distant land to come and destroy the Jews living in the north, and take them away from their homeland. Isaiah was living in Judah, in the city of Jerusalem during a time when King Uzziah had died. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of King Uzziah, King Jotham, King Ahaz, King Hezekiah, and probably King Manasseh of Judah. His prophetic ministry lasted from about 760 BC until about 720 BC. Isaiah chapter 6 records a powerful vision that Isaiah received of God the King on his throne, and the king called Isaiah to prophesy to His people. This was Isaiah's call to ministry as a prophet of God and it is interesting that it was at a time when king Uzziah had just died. King Uzziah was faithful servant of the Lord and people felt secure under his leadership, but when he died there was almost a panic. This is when the Lord showed Isaiah who was really on the throne. Isaiah was terrified at the sight of God's holiness (Isaiah 6) and when the Lord called him and asked him who will go with this message and Isaiah said "here am I, send me." Isaiah warned Jerusalem about her idolatry, and her foreign alliances, but they scorned him. They did not listen to his warnings and quickly destroy their instruments of idolatry. He prophesied about the Assyrians who would destroy the northern kingdom, they were also good to come to Jerusalem but God would deliver them. But he also told them that eventually the city will be destroyed and captured by the Babylonians, and that a Persian ruler named Cyrus would release the Jews from captivity. Isaiah prophesied more about the Messiah than any other book in the Old Testament. He also described in great detail the blessings of the future kingdom of the Messiah. His coming would be as a lion bringing the day of God's wrath, but he would also first come as a savior who would die for the sins of the people. This was Isaiah's message, the humility and beauty of the Savior. - The above text is © Rusty Russell - Bible History Online and must be sourced for use on a website.
"Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all." Isaiah Isaiah 53:4-6
The book of Isaiah contains the prophecies of Isaiah who was the son of Amoz (Isaiah 1:1). Isaiah prophesied during the reign of King Uzziah, King Jotham, King Ahaz, King Hezekiah, and probably King Manasseh of Judah. His prophetic ministry lasted from about 760 BC until about 720 BC. Isaiah chapter 6 records a powerful vision that Isaiah received of God the King on his throne, and the king called Isaiah to prophesy to His people. This was Isaiah's call to ministry as a prophet of God and it is interesting that it was at a time when king Uzziah had just died. King Uzziah was faithful servant of the Lord and people felt secure under his leadership, but when he died there was almost a panic. This is when the Lord showed Isaiah who was really on the throne. Isaiah was terrified at the sight of God's holiness (Isaiah 6) and when the Lord called him and asked him who will go with this message and Isaiah said "here am I, send me."
The word prophet in the Hebrew means a "mouthpiece", and Isaiah was truly the mouthpiece of God. He was entirely dedicated to this cause even in the midst of rejection (Isaiah 6:9-13). As his ministry developed he warned the people about various problems within the kingdom. Judah had gone through many reforms, but had become corrupt along the way forgetting about the great privilege of being chosen by God, and their religious ceremonies became vain rituals. Uzziah's son Jotham succeeded his father on the throne and try to encourage the people to worship Yahweh, but failed to break down the high places of idolatrous worship. After him Ahaz followed on the throne of Judah and he was determined to bring about the heathen idolatrous practices of the nations around him. He was rebuked by Isaiah and chose to lead the people further into idolatry which ultimately would bring about their ruin. Then Hezekiah came to the throne and he was the greatest king to ever reign in the southern kingdom of Judah. He began ruling by "removing the high places and breaking down the pillars, and cutting down the Asherah (2 Kings 18:4, 22). Hezekiah restored faith in Judah and the people celebrated in Jerusalem a Passover that would be remembered forever in history. Isaiah was respected as a prophet of the Lord and King Hezekiah made Isaiah famous in the land and his prophecies were encouraged. But the kingdom of Judah had not fully recovered from their past ways. It was during the time of Hezekiah that the northern kingdom of Israel, Judah's brothers, were carried away into captivity in 722 BC. Judah had barely escaped destruction by paying heavy tribute to the Assyrian king. Later Sennacherib of Assyria sent his armies to destroy many nations and their lands and he came to the land of Judah to reproach the living God (2 Kings 19:16). When Hezekiah heard the words of the king of Assyria he sought the Lord and prayed. That night the angel of the Lord (God himself) came into the camp of the Assyrians and slew 185,000 soldiers (2 Kings 19:35). King Sennacherib returned back to his palace at Nineveh without his mighty army and while he was worshiping his gods, two of his sons slew him with the sword. Many of the details surrounding this event have been verified historically with the discovery of Sennacherib's Hexagonal Prism discovered among the ruins of ancient Nineveh. It contains the war campaigns of this king and this time period and can be seen today on display in the British Museum in London. The Southern Kingdom of Judah had their moments of glory during certain times after this, but it was just a matter of time until the seeds that had been sown would reap a harvest of destruction. Judah would come to an end and Jerusalem and her Temple would be destroyed, which took place in 586 BC under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Isaiah had prophesied throughout this whole time period and even spoke of the coming kingdom of the Messiah.
There is little information about the personal life of the Prophet Isaiah. He was married to a woman called the "prophetess" (Isaiah 8:3), she bore him two sons (Isaiah 7:3 and Isaiah 8:3). According to Jewish tradition Isaiah was martyred by the wicked King Manasseh who placed him in the hollow trunk of a carob tree and was sawn in two. many believe also that it was Isaiah who was referred to in the book of Hebrews in the New Testament regarding a hero of faith "sawn asunder" (Hebrews 11:37).
Was There a Deutero-Isaiah or Second Isaiah?
There have been many critics who challenged the historicity of the Scriptures, and implied that the Bible is not the word of God. This is also true with the book of Isaiah, critics have identified problems in the books unity and authorship. A large number of critics make a case that Isaiah 1-39 and Isaiah 40-66 are two separate books written by two entirely different men. They refer to the second book as "Deutero-Isaiah" or "Second Isaiah" and they speculate that it was written during the Babylonian captivity, and the people that the author is addressing our different than in the first book. They also maintain that Isaiah is never mentioned as the author in the second book. but there are too many reasons for believing that Isaiah was the author of the whole book from Isaiah 1 through Isaiah 66. Jewish history and Jewish tradition never recognized anything other than one book, and one author. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls identify Isaiah as one scroll, and thus one book. Judaism and Christianity also recognize Isaiah as one book and one author. The writing style of Isaiah is seen throughout both sections, and the people who are being addressed would apply more to Judah went to those captive in Babylon. There is also mention of Temple services in existence, which were not in existence what they were captive in Babylon. For these reasons and others, and for the fact that Jesus never recognized more than one Isaiah we must conclude that Isaiah was the author of his one book. It is important to understand this about the book of Isaiah because critics are always looking for something in which they might attack the Bible, especially the book of Isaiah because there are so many prophecies pointing to the life and ministry and even the death of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Map of Israel and Judah in the Book of Kings (Click to Enlarge)
The contents of Isaiah may be outlined as follows :
Outline of the Book of Isaiah
Section 1: Isaiah 1:39
1 ) Prophecies centered around Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 1:1-12:6). Included in this section are a description of the glories of the Messianic Age (Isaiah 2-4 ) and the account of the call of Isaiah (Isaiah 6 ). In Isaiah 7-12, although Isaiah is dealing primarily with various invasions which threaten Judah, reference is made to the wonderful child "Immanuel" and to the glorious age when a king of the Davidic line would institute a benevolent rule over a world without discord and wars.
2 ) Prophecies of judgment on the foreign and hostile nations of Babylon, Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Ethiopia, Egypt, Dumah, Arabia and Tyre (Isaiah 3-23 ).
3 ) The Apocalypse of Isaiah: the judgment of God against the world's sin and the ultimate destruction of the earth (Isaiah 24-27). Despite the dreadful nature of the punishment which was to come, this section is marked by a note of triumph and trust (see Isaiah 26).
4) Prophecies concerning the relations of Judah and Jerusalem to Egypt and Assyria (Isaiah 28-33). In this section is contained a series of six messages of woe, directed first against one and then another of the weaknesses of Judah's national life (Isaiah 28:1-29; 29:1-14; 29:15-24; 30:1-17; 31:1- 32 : 20; 33 : 1-24). The character of the Messianic Age is also further described (Isaiah 32:1-18).
5 ) The doom of Edom and the redemption of Israel (Isaiah 34-35). Isaiah 35 is a beautiful picture of the ultimate triumph of the spiritual Zion.
6 ) The reign of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36-39 ). This section is in the nature of an historical appendix recording the overthrow of the Assyrian army (Isaiah 36- 37), Hezekiah's sickness and recovery (Isaiah 38), and containing a prophecy of the Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 39 ).
Section II: Isaiah 40-66
7 ) God's sovereign and providential control over history, which will be manifest in his ultimate overthrow of Babylon at the hands of Cyrus (Isaiah 40:18). Two passages of especial interest in this section are the first "suffering servant" passage, apparently alluding to the office of the Messiah (Isaiah 42:1-9), and Isaiah's sarcastic appraisal of the folly of idol worship (Isaiah 44:6-23).
8 ) The redemption which is possible through suffering and sacrifice (Isaiah 49-55).. This division centers mainly around the three "suffering servant" passages which it contains The first is concerned with the difficulty of his task and his rejection by those to whom he is sent (Isaiah 44:1-13). The second (Isaiah 50:4-9) speaks of the obedience and trust of the "servant" and the blessings which are to follow his work. The third is the classic passage from Isaiah 52:13-53:12, which describes the life, suffering and ultimate triumph of the servant.
9 ) The triumph of the kingdom of God and God's universal reign (Isaiah 56-66). The sins which are prevalent in Isaiah's day are discussed in chs. 56-59. A glorious song of the Messianic Age fills Isaiah 60-62. The book closes, with a prayer for mercy and pardon (Isaiah 63-64) and God's answer to this prayer in the form of the promise of a new heaven and a new earth (Isaiah 65-66).
Quick Reference Maps - Isaiah
Judah During the Time of Hezekiah
The New Babylonian Empire and Isaiah
Sites and Events in 2 Kings
Israel and Judah - The kingdoms of Israel and Judah during the period of the kings can be seen on this map. After Solomon had died there was a civil war and 10 tribes took to the north and were called the northern kingdom of Israel, and every king was evil and forsook the LORD. The remaining 2 tribes stayed in the south and were called the southern kingdom of Judah, several of those kings trusted in the LORD.
Mesha's Kingdom - The Bible reveals that Mesha, the king of Moab rebelled against Jehoram the king of Israel (2 Kings 3:4-5). Jehoram requested the help of Judah and Jehoshaphat allied with him, he sought Elisha the prophet and victory was predicted, only because of the faith of Jehoshaphat. Mesha sought the god Chemosh and sacrificed his own son (2 Kings 3:27).
Israel and Syria Naaman the leper, captain of the Syrian army was healed by a miracle at the command of Elisha the prophet (2 Kings 5). At that time Aram (Syria) was a dominant fighting machine in the north under the leadership of Ben-Hadad, who was later murdered by Hazael (2 Kings 8:15).
Syria at Its Height - 2 Kings 10 reveals that Hazael of Syria smote all the coasts of Israel and the east Jordan territory expanding the kingdom of Damascus. Jehu knew that he would need to rely on a foreign power for help and he turned to Shalmanessar IV, King of Assyria.
The Kingdom of Jeroboam II - 2 Kings 14:25 indicates that Jeroboam II, fourth king from the line of Jehu, brought the northern kingdom of Israel to its greatest extent in the north. This was just after Syria was severely crushed by the Assyrians who had recently returned home to regroup.
Habor, the River of Gozan - In 2 Kings 17:6 the Bible says that the King of Assyria (Sargon II) conquered Samaria and took away the remaining inhabitants of Israel as prisoners to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gorzan, and in the cities of the Medes. The river of Gorzan is identified as the river Khabur, a tributary of the Euphrates river which flows into it from the north from southern Turkey.
The Cities of Samaria and the Surrounding Lands - The Bible records in second Kings 17:24 that the King of Assyria (Sargon II) brought colonists from many of the cities within the Assyrian Empire: Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed the inhabitants within the cities of Samaria to replace the children of Israel who would been taken into captivity.
The Assyrian Empire When Sennacherib Came to Power - Israel was destroyed, Judah was left and Hezekiah a man who sought the LORD had come to power in 720 BC. He offered tribute to Sennacherib but Jerusalem was was still a target for the Assyrian ruler.
The Assyrian Empire During the Reign of Esarhaddon - Esarhaddon marches into Egypt and extends the Assyrian Empire. 2 Kings 19
Necho Battles Josiah - Pharaoh Necho on his way to the Euphrates slays King Josiah at Megiddo. 2 Kings 23
The Captivity of the Ten Tribes - The ten tribes in the northern kingdom of Israel were conquered by the Assyrians in 722 BC and taken to the land of Assyria as captives.
Judah Captives in Babylon - The remaining remnant of Judah were taken as prisoners to Babylon as predicted by Jeremiah the prophet.
The Babylonian, Mede and Persian Empires - Pharaoh Necho is defeated by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon who also destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC. Later the Mede and Persian Empires defeated Babylon and governed the world in the sixth century BC until Alexander the Great.
Isaiah Resources
The Divided Kingdom
The Northern Kingdom of Israel
The Southern Kingdom of Judah
The Assyrian Captivity
The Return From Babylon
More About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah in the Picture Study Bible
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Conveyancing solicitors in Lichfield
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Introduction to Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands. According to the 2011 census, the town had a population of 32,219. The wider Lichfield Government District has a population of 100,700.
The presence of Lichfield Cathedral has meant Lichfield has obtained cathedral city status. The first cathedral on the site was built in the year 700, however since then it has been replaced, restored etc.
The cathedral was one of the main reasons the town developed- it was seen as a significant ecclesiastical centre, and many pilgrims would gather to worship the shrine of St Chad, however nowadays the cathedral has as much touristic value as it does religious.
Lichfield also developed in the past as a large centre for woolen cloth manufacture, however there was also a booming leather industry, and both were supplemented efficiently by the surrounding agricultural land.
Nowadays light industry is a major sector of the town's economy, and notable employers include Armitage Shanks, manufacturers of baths/bidets and showers, and Arthur Price of England, the cutlers and silversmiths. Also, due to the town's proximity with Birmingham, many commute there.
Retail is also set to have an increasingly important role within the town, and the new Friarsgate retail and leisure development could attract 11,000 more visitors to the town every month, as well as generating annual sales of around £61 million and creating hundreds of jobs in the city. Central England Co-operative is also based in the town.
Much of the town's cultural attractions revolve around Lichfield's history, and places of interest include The Franciscan Friary, many of the various churches, The Guildhall, the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum- in homage to Johnson's work, life and personality, and also Beacon Park, an 81 acre public park in the centre of the city, which is used for many sporting and recreational activities.
Sport also has a large presence in the town, including many football clubs, such as Lichfield City F.C and AFC Lichfield. There is also a cricket club, an archery club, a hockey club and a rugby union team.
In terms of transport, Lichfield is served by two railway stations, Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley. Trent Valley is the bigger station, and provides services to London Euston, Milton Keynes Central, Manchester Piccadilly, Lancaster and Liverpool Lime Street, as well as Crewe and Preston. Lichfield Central provides services to Redditch, Shenstone and Duddestone.
The city is also served by a number of road networks, such as the A5, the A38, the A51, and some junctions of the M42 and M6.
Other transport facilities include the Coventry Canal and Birmingham Airport, which is just 20 miles away.
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Preventing smoking in teenagers
A ten-year study that reduced the uptake of smoking among adolescents by training influential students to act as peer supporters has been recognised for its success with a prestigious University award.
The ASSIST programme, led by Professor Laurence Moore of Cardiff School of Social Sciences and Professor Rona Campbell of the University of Bristol, in partnership with DECIPHer Impact Ltd, was awarded the Innovation in Healthcare Award at the Innovation and Impact Awards 2013.
The team was presented with the award by Jeff Pearson, Chief Executive of Geldards in a ceremony at the University where guests included the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones. The awards are sponsored by Geldards Law Firm and Fusion IP.
Developed by Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, the ASSIST programme was evaluated in a large-scale randomised trial funded by the Medical Research Council. It devised and tested processes to effectively identify and use influential students to promote smoke free as a positive choice through conversations and social networking.
In 2008 the programme was rolled out across Wales, in Tower Hamlets Borough Council and NHS Bristol. To support the roll out, Cardiff and Bristol Universities set up DECIPHer Impact Ltd and the ASSIST programme was exclusively licensed to the spin-out company.
Since DECIPHer Impact Ltd's creation, 24 licences have been sold to Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities across the UK. More than 38,000 students have taken part in the programme since licensing began and based on an upward trend, 65,000 year 8 students will have taken part by summer 2013, with an associated reduction of 1,350 smokers expected. In the years ahead, the company - which now employs two staff - aims to license and distribute other evidence-based public health interventions and broaden its collaborations with other academic institutions.
Professor Laurence Moore said: "Through the ASSIST programme we identified an innovative, theory-led intervention that is both cost-effective and successful in reducing smoking rates among adolescents. To make sure we maximised its impact and implementation throughout the UK and beyond, we set up DECIPHer Impact Ltd which has helped to bridge the gap between academics and policy makers and is facilitating translation of this innovation practice."
The Innovation and Impact Awards Competition is organised by the Cardiff University Innovation Network; the business/university network established in 1996. They provide an opportunity for Cardiff academic staff to showcase their innovative collaborations with business and other non-academic organisations, demonstrating the positive impact that universities can have on economy and society.
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DECLAN l IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK
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Welsh international Declan John is enjoying a summer’s renaissance.
The Merthyr-born wing-back made his debut during City’s 2013/14 Premier League season, racking up twenty top-flight appearances and earning his first senior Wales cap in a friendly against the Netherlands.
Loan spells at Barnsley and Chesterfield have since followed, though the twenty-one year old now looks set to play a significant part once more for the Bluebirds on the back of some fine pre-season displays.
In an interview that you can see on full on Cardiff City Player HD, Declan said: “It’s nice to be playing [for Cardiff City] again.
“Obviously pre-season is primarily about getting match-fit, but at the same time it’s pleasing to be playing some good football and getting on the scoresheet. I’ll be honest, I overdid the cross [against VfL Osnabrück] and it went in the top corner - but I’ll take that!
“The Gaffer wants us to keep the ball more, get runners in behind and look forward. That suits Fábs [Fábio da Silva] and me, putting the ball in the box for strikers to score goals.
“I was playing on the wing earlier in my career so I’m used to that part of the game; if the ball is getting switched I can get high and wide and look to put the ball in the box. Of course, when there’s defending to do then I need to be back doing my job. Our job will always be to defend but if we can get forward to then it’s going to benefit the team.”
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A titular see of Lycaonia. Xenophon (Anab., I, ii, 19) says that it is the easternmost town of Phrygia; other writers e.g., Cicero (Ad. famil., III, 6; XV, 3), Ammianus Marcellinus (XIV, 2), place it in Lycaonia, and others in Galatia. It is known that the boundaries of these provinces were often changed. It was the possession of M. Antoninius Polemon, dynast of Olbe, to whom Anthony gave it, and who reigned from 39 to 26 B.C. (Pliny, "Hist. Natur.," V, 37; Strabo XII, vi, 1). Iconium later formed part of the Roman Province of Galatia, when the latter was constituted 25 B.C. Under Claudius the town became a Roman colony, mentioned on many coins and inscriptions. St. Paul preached here during his first mission and converted a goodly number of Jews and pagans ; shortly afterwards he returned to organize the church he had founded ( Acts 14:20 ; 16:2 ); he speaks elsewhere of the persecutions he endured there ( 2 Timothy 3:11 ). Saint Thecla was one of his converts there. Christianized rather early, the town was the scene in 235 of a council which decreed that the baptism of heretics was invalid. Le Quien (Oriens Christ., I, 1067-74) mentions thirty-six bishops down to the year 1721; the best-known is St. Amphilochius , the friend of St. Basil and St. Gregory of Nazianzus . The list might well be completed and brought down to the present time, for Iconium is yet the centre of a schismatical Greek diocese.
What constitutes the reputation of the town is that from 1063 to 1309 it was the capital of the sultans of the Seljuk Turks, who on the extinction of their dynasty adopted as their heir Osman, the founder of the present [1910] dynasty . A great number of monuments or works of art of the period have been preserved, such as the ruins of the mosque of the Sultan Ala-ed-Din, the blue medresseh (school), a vast hall of the palace with a magnificently decorated roof, the golden mosque, the mosque of Selim II, the tomb of Djelal-Eddin, a mystical poet and founder of the whirling dervishes. The superior-general of these Turkish religious, surnamed Tchelebi, always resides at Koniah and has the privilege of girding each new sultan with the sabre of Osman, which for Turkish sovereigns corresponds to the ceremony of coronation. Koniah, the capital of a vilayet which numbers more than a million inhabitants, itself possesses nearly 50,000 inhabitants, three-fourths of whom are Mussulmans. There are about 300 Catholics.
In 1892 the Augustinians of the Assumption established a mission here with a school which is very prosperous today. The Oblate Sisters of the Assumption conduct a dispensary and a school. The Greek and above all the Armenian schismatics are very numerous. The town is connected with Constantinople by a railroad, and important works of irrigation have been set on foot in order to cultivate the plain which has hitherto been very arid. Koniah is one of the holy cities of Islam. It contains more than 10,000 dervishes (Turkish monks ) and theological students.
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Fire at Walnut Studios leaves dozens of Toronto artists devastated
The "family" of Toronto artists who rely on the west end studio have lost thousands of dollars worth of art, but also their main work space.
Thousands of dollars worth of art destroyed as shared studio space goes up in flames
Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2018 4:16 PM ET | Last Updated: May 21, 2018
Dozens of Toronto artists have found a temporary space to regroup after losing thousands of dollars worth of artwork in an early morning weekend fire at their west end studio. ( Christopher Mulligan/CBC)
Dozens of Toronto artists have lost thousands of dollars worth of work after a weekend fire gutted a well-known west end studio.
Ilene Sova, the artistic director of Walnut Studios, says she sobbed when she heard the news about the fire, which broke out early on Saturday. The studios, located in a large warehouse at 83 Walnut Ave. that was once a canning factory, were home to a "family" of some 45 artists, Sova said.
"I'm inconsolable," Sova told CBC Toronto on Monday.
"For me, it was just horrifying to think about these artists and what they have lost, the amount of hours, the amount of work, the materials, their equipment. How do you replace that?"
Nobody was injured in the blaze, and Toronto Fire says there's no evidence to suggest it was suspicious. The affected artists are now looking for a new space to work.
"For the past few days, what we've been trying to do mentally is really focus on the fact that it happened at a time when no one was in the building, which is very lucky," Sova said.
This artwork by Jamie Macrae was destroyed in the fire. (Jamie Macrae )
Painters, sculptors, fashion designers, jewellery makers, photographers and installation artists used the building, which had two main studios connected by a hallway and loft space. The studios are also home to Blank Canvases, an in-school arts program in which artists teach Toronto District School Board and Toronto Catholic District School Board students, and smoke severely damaged its office space, Sova said.
Some artists had between 20 and 30 artworks still in the space, many of which were damaged. Many art supplies, pieces of equipment and the workspaces themselves were also badly damaged.
Sova said she can't put a dollar figure on what went up in flames, but the artists have launched a GoFundMe campaign so they can keep making art.
A view of the damage from inside the building. (Facebook)
She said many artists had been storing artwork there in preparation for numerous upcoming events, including the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Riverdale Art Walk and Queen West Art Crawl.
"They were building a huge body of work in their spaces and it was all destroyed," she added.
More than 50 firefighters needed to tame blaze
Sova said Jason Martins, the building owner who lives near the studios, told her he woke to the smell of smoke. Martins called 911, but by the time fire crews arrived they had to go through the roof to tackle the blaze.
A few windows were knocked out by the fire. (Christopher Mulligan/CBC)
Firefighters were called to the scene at 6:21 a.m. by a report of smoke coming from front windows, according to Toronto Fire District Chief Stephan Powell. Firefighters arrived two minutes later and part of the one-storey building was already engulfed in flames.
"When we got there, there was thick yellow smoke at the corner of King and Niagara Streets," he said on Monday.
The majority of the fire was quickly knocked down and it was brought under control by 8:20 a.m., but firefighters remained on the scene until nearly 3 p.m. to monitor hotspots.
Fire, smoke and water damaged artwork, art supplies, equipment and workspaces in the building. (Facebook)
About 50 to 60 firefighters worked on the fire with the help of about 15 trucks. The cause is not known, and investigators are trying to determine where exactly it began and how it started.
"There was extensive smoke damage and considerable fire damage to a portion of the building," Powell said.
Community helping out
These artists are affected by the Walnut Studios fire. Left to right, Ursula McDonnell, portrait and abstract painter; Johana Cordero, textile and fashion designer; Rob Croxford, painter; Katrina Schaman, abstract landscape artist; and Kristyn Watterworth, painter. (Jasmin Seputis/CBC)
Sova says there's been an outpouring of support from Toronto's arts community.
Coun. Mike Layton has been trying to find new temporary spaces for the group to keep the community together, she said, while a schedule will be created to allow the artists back into the building when possible to retrieve belongings.
"Throughout the day, we were just managing the crisis in terms of communicating with the artists, letting them know what was going on and figuring out what are next steps are," Sova said.
Thanks to everyone who has reached out about the devastating fire at Walnut. We will be posting for fundraising efforts and donations of supplies soon. We are carefully and thoughtfully planning these pieces moving forward and we will post on our social media as things develop.
—@WalnutStudios
"We're feeling really positive and comforted by the community and the city of Toronto that has kind of gathered around us in the past 24 hours," she said.
"It's really touched us and made us feel like we can come out of this and not be so desolate, that we have resources, and the broader Toronto family is going to help us kind of rise like a Phoenix out of the ashes."
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Highlights from the Twenty First Episode of Season 14 of CSI
Special Agent Avery Ryan and the CSI team join forces to find out who murdered a prominent casino owner’s wife.
1. Season 14 Episode 21 Photos - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette, right) goes through a lot of background information on the case while Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue) watches as the teams join forces to find out who murdered a prominent casino owner’s wife, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
2. What's This? in “Kitty" S14 E21
D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) holds up a wedding ring while he’s in discussion in the lab about the murder of a prominent casino owner’s wife, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
3. Teamwork in “Kitty" S14 E21
Special Agent Avery Ryan (Patricia Arquette, center) gives the CSI team some background on information on the case that is new for (from left to right) David Hodges (Wallace Langham), Nick Stokes (George Eads), D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) and Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue), on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
4. “Kitty" S14 E21
David Hodges (Wallace Langham) searches the internet to gather information on the cyber-related murder of a prominent casino owner’s wife, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
5. I Didn't Do It in “Kitty" S14 E21
Casino owner Lee Berman (Gil Bellows) sits and is being questioned about the murder of his wife, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Casino owner Lee Berman (Gil Bellows) is being transported to another room in the police station after being questioned about his wife’s death when he sees something that makes him very upset, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Casino owner Lee Berman (Gil Bellows) is escorted at the police station by police officers and his lawyers on his way to being questioned about the murder of his wife, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Nick Stokes (George Eads, left) and D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) examine some evidence that could be key to the murder of a prominent casino owner’s wife, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Nick Stokes (George Eads) believes he’s on to something while doing some work in the lab that he helps aids the efforts of the team in discovering who murdered the wife of a prominent casino owner, on CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, Wednesday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Business Observer Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 2 years ago
Booze bost
After opening in St. Petersburg in June, Kozuba & Sons Craft Distillery has started to appear in local retailers. Next step for the distillery is to reach restaurants and bars.
by: Traci McMillan Correspondent
After migrating their family and spirit distillery from Poland to St. Petersburg in 2015, the Kozuba family is starting to see a boost in business.
Because the company officially started the business in Poland in 2005, they're not working out the kinks in distillation like other startups — all they're focused on is market saturation. Kozuba & Sons Craft Distillery, run by a father (Zbigniew “Papa” Kozuba) and his two sons (Matt and Jacob), moved to Florida because it is the No. 2 state in liquor sales, behind New York. Because many of their liquors were moved with them, they have the inventory and equipment in place to go to market quickly.
The family invested around $4 million in building the distillery and inventory, and started distributing through Johnson Brothers of Florida Inc. The family's goal is to reach $10 million in sales by 2020.
Kozuba liquors are now in 10 Publix Super Markets regionally, while they look forward to full chain approval, which only comes around once a year. “We have really strong sales with them,” says company spokesperson Katie Hale. The downtown St. Petersburg Publix carries the company's full line of six spirits.
The liquors are also distributed in six Total Wine & More stores, 12 ABC Fine Wine & Spirit locations, and the Luekens Liquors chain. The company has rolled out to 100 independent liquor stores, stretching from Tarpon Springs to Naples to Orlando.
The biggest challenge has been expanding to bars and restaurants, according to Hale. Kozuba distributes to 50 on-premise accounts. “It's lower than we would like, but it's growing,” Hale says. “That's where you get your exposure.”
Though the company depends on Johnson Brothers for distribution, one day a week two Kozuba staff members ride along with the team to visit accounts. The company is adding two more staff members to assist with these sales because 80% to 90% of the stores, bars and restaurants the company visits on these days place orders.
In 2017, the company hopes to partner with a distributor to roll out to the rest of Florida, including the Panhandle and South Florida. “But we need sales turning over in Tampa Bay before branching out,” Hale says, in addition to support of a larger-scale marketing campaign, expected to begin in the first quarter of 2017.
The company has 300 barrels of liquor in its warehouse, with each barrel holding about 400 bottles.
Hosting tastings in liquor stores has been its best marketing strategy, according to Hale. In a two-hour tasting, they tend to sell at least 10 bottles. It's a good return for their price point, she says. Kozuba spirits range from $29.99 to $49.99 a bottle.
It's also a reason why the Kozubas have been doing five product demos a week in different stores. “What's in the bottle speaks for itself,” Hale says. “That's what the Kozubas can toot their horn about: When people try it, they like it, and they buy it again.”
The distillery is releasing three new yet-to-be-named products in the coming months, a wheated rye, a cranberry juniper gin and another gin. They've tossed around ideas of naming the wheated rye something about the journey from Poland to U.S., a journey that was made by the family and the liquor, which was distilled in Poland and aged in the U.S.
In August, they finished the build-out of a 40-seat tasting room, and expect to start a new paid formal tour in January. The company has also started renting out its facility to special events — filling a gap in the marketplace for a space that fits 200 to 600 people, Hale says. They've already received interest to host a few charity galas and a cocktail competition. Says Hale: “It could be a huge income stream for us.”
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Chris Devaney To Lead U.S. Senate Campaign Of Nashville Surgeon Manny Sethi
Chris Devaney of Chattanooga will serve as the campaign chairman for the U.S. Senate campaign of Nashville surgeon Dr. Manny Sethi.
Mr. Devaney is a former chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party. Under his leadership, the Party captured a working majority in the State House and later supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly.
Most recently, Mr. Devaney was campaign manager for Governor Bill Lee and a cabinet member in the Lee Administration.
Mr. Devaney will oversee the overall operations of the campaign and provide strategic advice.
Mr. Devaney said, “Manny Sethi has been my friend for many years. His commitment to Tennesseans, his small town conservative values, his strong faith, and the fact he is not a politician, are why people are going to vote for Dr. Manny for the U.S. Senate.”
Jordan Gehrke will act as the chief strategist for the campaign. He was an architect of Governor Bill Lee’s successfully race, serving as one of the campaign’s two general consultants. Officials said, "Like Sethi, Lee was a virtual unknown when he entered the race and was outspent by better known candidates."
In his role, Mr. Gehrke will lead the strategic efforts for the campaign. He said, “My experience in Tennessee tells me that voters want a conservative and an outsider who will change Washington. That’s Manny.”
The Dr. Manny for U.S. Senate campaign state finance chairman will be David Ingram of Nashville. Mr. Ingram is chairman of Ingram Entertainment Inc., as well as chairman of DBI Beverage Inc. He has long been active on many community and civic boards, and in state politics.
Mr. Ingram said, “Manny is a successful surgeon and has done a lot to help people in our state through his non-profit Healthy Tennessee. He is a conservative whose judgment and decisiveness as a trauma surgeon will be evident when he is our United States Senator.”
Serving as treasurer to the campaign is Cordia Harrington of Franklin. She is the founder of The Bakery Cos., which produces bakery products for customers in the United States, South America, and the Caribbean. She has leadership experience with community, business, and civic boards across the country, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Zoe’s Kitchen (NYSE: ZK) and Emergent Cold. She serves on the board of trustees at Belmont University.
She said, “I am honored to be a part of Manny’s campaign. As my surgeon, he was caring, compassionate, professional and cares deeply for the people of our state. As my U.S. Senator, he will work just as hard for Tennesseans everywhere and will be a dynamic leader.”
Dr. Manny Sethi is an orthopedic trauma surgeon in Nashville and associate professor at the third busiest trauma center in the country. He is founder and President of Healthy Tennessee, a nonprofit organization designed to promote preventative health care across the state that has gained national attention.
Raised in Hillsboro, Tn., he received his undergraduate degree from Brown University. After college, as a Fulbright Scholar, he worked in Tunisia with children suffering from muscular dystrophy. He then went on to receive his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
He and his wife Maya live in Nashville and have two children. They attend McKendree United Methodist Church.
Officials said the Sethi leadership team "has broad national and statewide campaign experience and includes well-respected members of the Tennessee business community.>
Dr. Sethi said, “Maya and I are blessed to have so many talented people stepping up to serve in our campaign.”
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Will Mark Cuban run for president? 'We'll see what happens,' he says
By Jacob Bogage
| The Washington Post |
Mar 06, 2019 | 7:40 AM
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban walks off the court after a game against the Nuggets at American Airlines Center on Feb. 22, 2019. (Tom Pennington / Getty Images)
Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a panelist on ABC's "Shark Tank," already has a potential slogan if he chooses to pursue the presidency.
"Rich people are stupid," he told the New York Daily News this week.
He told the paper Monday night that he was seriously considering a third-party run for the White House. "We'll see what happens," he said. "It all comes down to how things play out."
"It's something that if circumstances were right I would do," he added in an interview before the Brooklyn Nets took on his Mavericks.
The remarks are Cuban's latest flirtation with national politics, a subject he toyed with leading up to and after the 2016 presidential election. He began that election season friends with Donald Trump and laughing off his campaign proposals, but as Trump became the Republican front-runner and then a serious competitor with Hillary Clinton in the general election, Cuban stumped for the Democratic ticket.
After Trump won the election, Cuban, 60, publicly discussed pursuing the office as well, but he has remained noncommittal. Here's how Cuban's thoughts on a presidential run have changed over time:
In 2014, CNN's "Crossfire" co-host S.E. Cupp asked Cuban whether he'd consider running for president. Cuban had a simple and unequivocal response: "Hell f------ no." He voiced support for then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (who announced Tuesday he wouldn't run for president in 2020) — "I would certainly like for him to consider"; trashed Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. — "Dogma is not a solution"; and said the United States should legalize marijuana and release prisoners incarcerated for cannabis-related crimes.
Cuban gave mixed messages about his electoral intentions on the same day in 2015. First, CNBC published an email exchange in which Cuban said running for the presidency was "a fun idea to toss around. If I ran as a [Democrat], I know I could beat Hillary Clinton. And if it was me versus Trump, I would crush him. No doubt about it." If he did run, he said, he'd focus on inequality, college debt, taxes and cyber security.
"How we deploy bytes and the superiority of our national hackers is far more important than bombs or bullets," he said. "You want to stop a bomb? Hack it."
But by the end of the day, he had backed away from the idea.
"I think I can have a bigger impact right now in doing a lot of the other things I'm doing," he said on CNBC's "Closing Bell." "I'm invested in over 100 small businesses, and I go and talk to school kids. There are so many ways I think I can impact society. I just don't have the temperament, at least not at this point, to be a politician."
The Washington Post's Philip Rucker and Robert Costa reported a group of anti-Trump conservatives were desperately trying to convince like-minded national figures to mount a third-party challenge to prevent Trump from winning the general election.
The group, which included Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, conservative commentators William Kristol and Erick Erickson, and strategists Mike Murphy, Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson, first approached Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who had recently withdrawn from the Republican primary.
They also turned to Cuban, another businessman and reality TV figure, "for someone who might out-Trump Trump."
"I don't see it happening," Cuban wrote in an email to The Post.
"He could come after me all he wanted, and he knows I would put him in his place," Cuban said of Trump. "All that said, again, I don't see it happening. There isn't enough time."
Later that week, Cuban told "Meet the Press" he would "absolutely" consider being Clinton's running mate, if asked.
"If she's willing to listen, if she's willing to, you know, hear other sides of things, then I'm wide open to discussing it," he said.
Two months after Trump's inauguration, the Mavericks traveled to Washington to play the Wizards. Before the game, Cuban told The Post that he had no interest in running for president in 2020, then hedged.
"None. None," he said. "But at the same time, sometimes you got to do what you got to do."
But, after campaigning with Clinton and going over the election results, he said he had a better idea of why Trump was victorious.
"My friends in Texas, who I never would have thought would have voted for Donald Trump, would say: 'You know what, Mark? I've voted for politicians my entire life. They've done nothing for me. This situation I'm in, they're not going to do anything for me. … So why would I vote for a politician again?' That wasn't a part of the calculus when I looked at who might win."
Rich Eisen of NFL Network asked Cuban again about a presidential run on his radio show, and again he wasn't sure if the job was for him.
"I wouldn't put it high on my list of probabilities, but we'll see what happens," he said. "I've got a lot of time to decide. It's flattering that people ask me, and I appreciate it and there's definitely a leadership void in this country. But I'm not jumping in.
"I'm a big believer that you don't just [run for president] to try to pretend to be a politician. You have to have solutions, and I'm working on some projects that if I think they can turn into solutions, then yeah, I'll do it. If I don't think I have the right answers, then I won't.
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Cuban told the Atlanta Journal Constitution he was "seriously considering" an independent run for the presidency but that he was keeping his family's input in mind.
"If I was single, I'd definitely be running," he said.
He said he was in favor of a smaller government and thought he could be part of "a health-care solution."
"If you look to politicians for solutions, you are always going to be disappointed," he said.
Later that month, he said in a Fox News interview that, if he ran for president, he would do it as a Republican.
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"I think there's a place for somebody who's socially a centrist, but I'm very fiscally conservative," he said.
But he tamped down speculation about his run by saying the likelihood that he'd challenge Trump was a 4 out of 10.
Early in the month, Cuban told a crowd at the New York Times DealBook conference that, if he ran, he'd likely do so as an independent, but if he had to choose a party, he'd join the GOP. He argued that the value of an unaffiliated candidacy, according to CNBC, was that he could time his entrance to the race so that he could gain enough support to make it to the debates but avoid a messy fight during primary season.
But the Daily Beast reported later in the month that former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon advised Cuban to run as a Democrat, saying his centrist platform, outsider status and name recognition could help him stand out in a crowded field.
"They talk regularly," Sam Nunberg, a former Trump adviser and Bannon deputy, said. "They're very similar. They have a lot of synergy there. Even when [Steve] went to work for Trump, Mark would be interviewed and say nice things about Steve."
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Cuban stayed away from talk of his political aspirations during 2018 in the aftermath of an investigation by Sports Illustrated that alleged Mavericks executives covered up workplace sexual misconduct.
But March 4, in an interview with the New York Daily News, Cuban said he was again considering an independent bid to challenge Trump.
"I haven't decided anything yet. We'll see what happens. It all comes down to how things play out," Cuban said. "It's not something I feel like I have to do. There's a lot of uncertainty with what's going on with the Mueller report; there's a lot of things that have to be figured out before we know how 2020 is going to play out. But it's something that if circumstances were right I would do."
He said the already-crowded Democratic field was getting pulled to the left and not doing enough to attract voters disillusioned by Republican control of government.
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"If you look at the Democrats right now, there's like a Democratic gravity that pulls all the candidates to the same point," he said. "And it's very difficult to show leadership in a situation like that because you can't truly lead if you have to find an equilibrium between being a true leader for the people of your country versus getting elected in your primary. None of those things are conducive to out-and-out leading the country.
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"You can see it right now with the Democrats. They're pushing hard for Democratic votes, but they're doing nothing to try to bring independent and Republican voters aboard. "
He added: "A big chunk of voters, Republican voters, still want someone who is not a politician. And you're not getting that from anyone in the Democratic Party."
First published by The Washington Post
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“ You don't like having been here before. But there was no doubt in my mind we could move the ball and win and score. There's never a doubt.”
Derek Carr - an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), and as a senior, led the Eagles football team to a 12–1 record and the California Interscholastic Federation Central Section Division V championship - born on Thursday March 28th 1991, in Fresno, California, United States.
Derek Carr holds great compassion and seeks to be of service to others. He is a healer, and capable of giving comfort to those in need - he will frequently offer a shoulder for others to cry on. But actually, Derek's mission in life is to develop the tools that allow him to be truly helpful to others rather than just a sympathetic ear. Derek Carr must find the balance between help and interference, and the delicate art of the counselor who knows when to leave the struggle to others and when to avoid taking away the necessary experiences and lessons of life.
It is in Carr's nature to take on responsibility, to fill the void left by others, and to not turn away from personal sacrifice, albeit at times, he may feel overburdened by the travails of others. However, the love others bestow upon him is his well deserved reward.
Derek seeks marriage and is often a wonderful parent, offering warmth, protection, and understanding to children. However, he must be careful not to choose partners for the wrong reasons, and to not let sentimentality influence his decision, especially those involving the choice of a spouse. Derek Carr needs to be needed, but must learn to discriminate between those he can help and others who are made weaker by his care. After all, it is in Derek's nature to be attracted to the weaker brothers and sisters among us. The temptation for Carr is to think of himself as the savior of the world, carrying the burdens of others on his shoulders.
Derek Carr is blessed with musical talent, as well as in the visual and performing arts, and can be successful in a number of artistic fields - even when experiencing inability to fully recognize his own talents. He also has enormous talent in business, and his great deal of charm and charisma can be used effectively to attract the people and support he needs. More...
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Derek Carr is a person of thinking and planning.
Having well-developed business mindset, he is good at making effective plans, setting goals and working out the best way to achieve them.
He may also have excellent organisational and administrative skills, but that depends on how often he skips the details in order not to lose sight of the bigger picture.
It is natural for Derek to think before he acts, to constantly plan the short- and long-term future, and to keep elaborate notes and diary with everything well planned and written down.
He also knows how to work effectively and efficiently with others in business, while maintaining self control and discipline, and teaching them to appreciate knowledge as the key ingredient to success.
If Derek is over-organized, he should practice finding his way in disarrayed environment, or otherwise feel confused and in disarray himself.
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Yves Klein, "ANT 76, Grande anthropophagie bleue, Hommage à Tennessee Williams" © Adagp, Paris © Philippe Migeat - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
The works here, by artists born after 1920, make up a collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and installations integrating new media.
Brought together just when the musée national d'art moderne moved into the Centre Pompidou, the collection contains over 2 000 works by 750 artists, including historical figures like Francis Bacon, Mark Rothko, Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager and Bill Viola.
Contemporary and progressive creation (from the 1990's onwards)
Gabriel Orozco, "Eaten Hose", 1990 © Gabriel Orozco © Philippe Migeat - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
The collection of contemporary and progressive creation focuses on artists born after 1960, with works dating from 1990 to the present day. It consists of around 400 paintings, sculptures and installations, often multidisciplinary, exhibited in rotation in numerous hangs on the fourth floor of the museum, and elsewhere within and outside the Centre Pompidou.
Since the year 2000, the collection has expanded to include works by Yaël Bartana, Karla Black, Mircea Cantor, Olafur Eliasson, Koo Jeong A, Guyton Walker, Roman Ondák, Gabriel Orozco, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala and Adrián Villar Rojas...
The photography collection
Man Ray, "Le Violon d'Ingres", 1924 © Man Ray Trust / Adagp, Paris © Georges Meguerditchian - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
The musée national d'art moderne now houses Europe's largest collection of photographs, with 40 000 prints and over 60 000 negatives. It contains several major historic collections, and is now one of the few collections in the world that covers the entire history of modern and contemporary photography in all its diversity. Highlights from the Twenties and Thirties include the work of Man Ray, Brassaï, de Constantin Brancusi and New Vision and Surrealist artists, while recent additions include contemporary photographs from the Eighties to the present day.
The collection can be seen in the Galerie de Photographies, an area of 200 m2, where admission is free. Photography is also well-represented within the museum in the multidisciplinary circuit of modern and contemporary collections, where the disciplines dialogue together.
The design collection
Alvar Aalto, "Fauteuil Paimio", 1930-1931 © Alvar Aalto Foundation © Jean-Claude Planchet - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
Design also features in the collections, fostering a constant dialogue with the visual arts and architecture. To date, the design collection contains over 5 000 French and international pieces by nearly 400 designers, around a hundred of whom are French.
Modern pieces (by the Union des Artistes Modernes), and those from Italy and Scandinavia are represented through the fundamental work carried out by Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray and Jean Prouvé. Monograph collections, brought together at the Centre Pompidou through major donations, are dedicated to Serge Mouille, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Michele de Lucchi, Richard Sapper, Philippe Starck and Vincent Perrottet.
With a wide variety of prototypes, elements of design and exceptional pieces, the collection provides a constantly-renewed interpretation of the history of design, from the masterpieces of a highly imaginative modernity to works with an eye to the future.
The cinema collection
Fernand Léger, "Le Ballet mécanique (version Kiesler)", 1923-1924 © Adagp, Paris © MNAM/Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Dist. RMN-GP
Experimental films, artists' films, film installations, video, HD
The cinema collection consists of works by experimental film directors, and films and installations created by visual artists. In 1976, Pontus Hulten, the first director of the musée national d'art moderne at the Centre Pompidou, commissioned a programme entitled "A history of the cinema" from Peter Kubelka, a key proponent of the experimental school, for which the museum bought the first hundred films making up the core of the collection. It now includes 1 300 works by visual artists and film directors from a wide range of geographic and cultural backgrounds. From Voyage dans la lune by Georges Méliès (1902) to Untitled by Trisha Donnelly (2015), the collection covers over a century of experimental and artistic film practices that have developed on the sidelines of industrial cinema.
Each year, the Centre Pompidou acquires new works, both historic and contemporary, which it preserves in their shooting format. One of its tasks is to carry out constantly-evolving digitisation campaigns in order to safeguard our film heritage. Another is to distribute these films, which it does using all the means provided by today's digital technology.
The new media collection
Doug Aitken, "New Skin", 2001 © Doug Aitken, courtesy 303 Gallery, New York © Georges Meguerditchian - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
The Centre Pompidou houses the world's leading collection of new media works: 160 multimedia installations and nearly 2 000 multiples (video tapes, sound tracks, CR-ROMs and websites) dating from 1963 to the present day. The "new media" field covers not only video works produced on a digital support but also works that come from other media, like the cinema, converted onto digital supports for distribution requirements.
From the first installation that entered the collection in 1976 – Present Continuous Past(s) by Dan Graham – numerous acquisitions have formed a corpus of historical installations unique to the Centre Pompidou, thanks to the institution's forward-looking interest in this type of work. In addition, numerous works have been produced or co-produced by the new media department and acquired through commissions from artists. Iconic works in the collection include New Skin by Doug Aitken, Hors-Champs by Stan Douglas, Corps Etranger by Mona Hatoum and SWITCH by Tony Oursler, together with landmark works like Zapping Zone (Proposals for an Imaginary Television) and Immemory by Chris Marker.
The graphic art collection
Pablo Picasso, "Femme à la tête rouge", 1906-1907 © Succession Picasso © Philippe Migeat - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
The cabinet d’art graphique of the musée national d'art moderne houses the Centre Pompidou's collection of works on paper. It includes around 20 000 drawings and prints. This collection, swelled by those of the Jeu de Paume and the musée du Luxembourg at the creation of the cabinet d’art graphique in 1975, has grown considerably over the years. The historical part of this collection (1905 to the 1960s) recently acquired some major collections of works by Antonin Artaud, Victor Brauner, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, František Kupka, Henri Matisse and Joan Miró.
Meanwhile, the collection's contemporary section has been enlarged through a dynamic acquisition policy, backed by the generosity of donors and artists, which is very much in tune with today's graphic creation within and outside France.
Acquisitions, donations and the acceptance in lieu system
Gabriele Münter, "Drachenkampf", 1913 © Adagp, Paris © Georges Meguerditchian - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
In a few decades, the museum's collection has become a world reference for the graphic arts of the 20th and 21st century thanks to a dynamic, well-supported acquisition policy. The collection stands out for the multidisciplinary character of the works bought and retained, and the choice of acquisitions since the opening of the Centre Pompidou has respected this balance by fostering the entrance of works from all disciplines and provenances.
Initially made up of the historical collections of the former musée national d'art moderne, it was enlarged thanks to an acquisition committee who focused on heritage and contemporary purchases at a time when historical works were accessible. Numerous works accepted in lieu of tax have also contributed splendidly to the collection's variety. Acceptance in lieu is a legal arrangement whereby inheritance tax debts can be written off in exchange for art works, books, collector's objects or documents of considerable artistic and historical value. Works by Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Constantin Brancusi, Francis Bacon, Mark Rothko, Roberto Matta and Joan Miró, together with collections of photographs by Marc Riboud, Brassaï and Henri Cartier-Bresson, have entered the collection in this way.
Donations, coming mainly from artists themselves - like Cy Twombly and Gérard Fromanger - from their families - like the exceptional donation of two works by Henri Matisse in 2013 - or from collectors - like the donation of 1 200 drawings by Florence and Daniel Guerlain in 2012 - have given additional depth and breadth to this extraordinary collection.
The Friends of Centre Pompidou and the Centre Pompidou Foundation have provided invaluable support in enlarging the collection. The Société des Amis du Musée has dedicated all its resources to acquiring important works by Huang Yong Ping, Daniel Buren, Rachel Whiteread, (with the participation of the Clarence Westbury Foundation), Anish Kapoor, Jeff Wall, Carsten Höller, Alina Szapocznikow, Tunga, Anri Sala, Marwan, Paul Armand Gette and Piero Gilardi. It has also enabled works by a large number of contemporary artists and designers to enter the collection via collectors' groups, united under the aegis of the PAC (Project for Contemporary Art) and the "Perspective" Group.
American, Japanese and Latin American friends' associations have helped works by many artists, designers and photographers from their respective art scenes to join the collection.
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Through this webinar, Jon F. Kapp, Executive Director of Community Systems Foundation, outlines a proposal to address new demands and challenges in international development data, introducing tools to improve the way data is collected, managed and utilized. In discussing ongoing projects in Cote D’Ivoire, Sudan and East Africa more broadly, Kapp highlights to viewers the power and potential of the Data For All toolkit as it relates to building new platforms and improving existing ones. With the capacity to create a federated system of national development plans, enhance geospatial mapping, monitor SDG progress and strengthen information systems, Kapp demonstrates the versatility of DFA Monitoring and how it can be leveraged to overcome key barriers that existed in the previous system, DevInfo. In this regard, the webinar highlights an evolution of monitoring technology and displays how Data For All technologies can create sustainable systems that empower national governments to operate independently from technical support, while engaging with communities of developers and users.
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Call for Action: Data Driven Development!
Jon F. Kapp, Executive Director, Community Systems Foundation
Sustainable development is not easy. And the Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious. To be successful, one requires strong and clear plans, deep partnerships, and accountable organizations.
Community Systems Foundation has worked in over 130 countries in the past 50 years and have seen governments, civil society organizations and development partners struggling with the same challenges:
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UN INFO: Promoting Transparency, Collaboration and Accountability in Country Programming
While UN Country Teams (UNCTs) work in support of national development across the world; historically, it has been difficult to report with precision and timeliness of the UN’s contributions to development as a whole. In his end-of-2017 report, Secretary-General António Guterres outlined a need and mandate for unprecedented UN reform. According to the Secretary-General, “By the end of 2019, a system-wide online platform for monitoring and reporting on the contributions of the United Nations development system to progress in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals should be put in place.” [1]
UNFPA-UNICEF Regional FGM Workshop
Community Systems Foundation REPORT
This 2018 CSF report to UNFPA-UNICEF outlines the objectives, highlights and key observations from the Regional Training on the Use of Data for Analysis & Evidence-Based Planning and Advocacy on FGM. In partnership with CSF technical partners, focal points from Djibouti, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen strengthened national capacity in the “use of data, derived from national monitoring frameworks, to formulate clear advocacy messages” towards the abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation. In this regard, the workshop also enabled national, regional and global counterparts to discuss challenges and improvements “to the approach of the joint programme, particularly in terms of monitoring and reporting data.”
Regional Training on the Use of Data for Analysis & Evidence-Based Planning and Advocacy on FGM
Increased Analysis Capacity: A Key Driver in Educational Policy Reform
Reblog: OpenEMIS
Education planners and data analysts in the Maldives are seeking to deliver high quality education through data analytics. From 15 July to 2 August 2018, 12 participants gathered in Male’ City for the Maldives Education Management Information System (MEMIS) Analyst Trainings. Trainings were held to assist Ministry of Education (MoE) staff with OpenEMIS reporting tools and visualization techniques. Having started the MEMIS initiative in 2015, the MoE is now seeking to strengthen their skills and abilities to fully utilize tools to analyze collected data.
Listening to Cities, Overcoming Challenges, and Achieving the SDGs
Ruchi Varma, Program Manager - Urban Development, Community Systems Foundation
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Seth Davis, Communications Officer, Community Systems Foundation VIDEO
Reblog; OpenEMIS
Since 2015, the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoE) has “established 198 double shifted schools and hired nearly 6,000 additional teachers” to accommodate for the influx of Syrian refugee learners in the country. By offering a comprehensive, reliable and transparent method of collecting and disseminating data, OpenEMIS has enabled teachers and administrators to shift away from manual registration processes which has lead to an increase in efficiency and effectiveness of national education data collection. In this regard, OpenEMIS empowers administrators, policymakers, and stakeholders to make data-driven decisions, create updated education policy and develop national programmes aimed at aligning the education sector with the needs of the labour market.
Using Data for Action and Impact in Accelerating the Abandonment of FGM
Menna El Shiati, Advisor - Gender and FGM, Community Systems Foundation
UN officers from Djibouti, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen are aiming to do more with data to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). UNFPA’s Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) and UNICEF’s Middle East and Northern Africa Regional Office (MENARO), collaborated closely with Community Systems Foundation, to conduct a Regional Training on the Use of Data for Analysis & Evidence-based Planning and Advocacy on FGM. The regional training was conducted in Cairo, Egypt, where five programme countries, covered by the Joint Programme in the region, were in attendance. These five countries have some of the highest prevalence rates[1] of FGM in the world.
As Training Concludes, National Rollout out of OpenEMIS Begins
Reblog: OpenEMIS
As highlighted in its Human Resource Development Strategy 2011-2016, the Barbados government seeks to create “a demand-driven education and training programme that incorporates…appropriate strategic measures to meet the needs of marginalized youth”. While Barbados Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METI) has implemented an Education Management Information System (EMIS) in the past, it faced difficulties reaching its objectives due to the limited capacities of the system. Most notably, the prior system was unable to display disaggregated information of pupils and education personnel, which significantly reduced the Ministry’s ability to track and assist at-risk and marginalized youth.
The Power of Data in Education Planning in Belize
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Looking Towards the Future of Human Development: A Blockchain Solution
On 10 November 2017, the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs met at Fordham University to hold the Humanitarian Blockchain Summit 2017. Together with diplomats, industry experts, civil society organizations and scholars, the summit provided a space to share knowledge and discuss the future of Blockchain technology as it relates to education, regulatory frameworks, social good and humanitarian development.
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Seth Davis, Communications Officer, Community Systems Foundation
In 2016, UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASH BAT) was updated by CSF to become an online and user-friendly platform called WASH BAT 2.0. In an effort to reduce barriers to WASH project implementation, WASH BAT 2.0 has acted as a decision-making support system for 848 projects in over 80 countries to reduce bottlenecks in the WASH sector.
Data For All – Building Trust in Data Platforms
Kris S. Oswalt, President, Community Systems Foundation
Reblog: The World Data Forum
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Former U.S. int’l Casey retires
Former U.S. international Conor Casey (pictured) enjoyed a 16-year professional football, before announcing his retirement on October 27, 2016. (Photo: Celso Bayo/isiphotos.com)
COLUMBUS – Columbus Crew SC forward Conor Casey, a former United States international, announced Thursday his retirement from football.
After starting his professional career in Germany in 2000, the 35-year-old played 10 years for multiple clubs in Major League Soccer. With 71 career goals in 195 MLS games, Casey is tied for 23rd all-time on the scoring list, earning an MLS Cup title with the Colorado Rapids in 2010.
“I feel very fortunate today. I've been able to make a life from doing what I love,” he said. “This beautiful game has brought me all over the world, shown me places and people I would have never seen. From empty training fields to packed stadiums with screaming fans, it has given me back everything I've poured into many times over.”
Casey signed with Germany’s Borussia Dortmund in 2000, also going on to play for Hannover 96, Karlsruher SC and FSV Mainz 05, totaling 44 appearances in the 1. Bundesliga and 49 in the 2. Bundesliga.
In 2007, he returned to North America after joining Toronto FC. Casey was traded to Colorado on April 19 of that year, where he went on to score 50 goals in 119 matches with the club. Prior to the 2013 campaign, Casey moved to the Philadelphia Union, where he notched his fourth double-digit MLS goal-scoring season that year (10 goals).
Internationally, Casey won 19 caps for the United States, scoring two goals. He made his senior debut on March 31, 2004, against Poland. On October 10, 2009, he netted two goals at Honduras in a CONCACAF qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Casey also competed in the 2000 Olympic Games.
Casey’s MLS Cup title with the Colorado Rapids came back in 2010, his fourth year with the club. He scored the game-tying goal in the 57th minute of the 2010 MLS Cup against FC Dallas and was named MLS Cup MVP following the match. In 2009, following a career-best 16 goal campaign, Casey was named to the MLS Best XI.
“I want to congratulate Conor Casey on a long and prosperous career in professional soccer,” said Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter. "I have had the pleasure of getting to know Conor and throughout our time together, Conor was a consummate professional, a prolific goal scorer and had a tremendous work ethic that I admired.”
See also: 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup 2016 2016 Borussia Dortmund Colorado Rapids (USA) Columbus Crew (USA) CONCACAF CONCACAF qualifier Conor Casey Gregg Berhalter mls cup retirement Toronto FC (CAN) United States international
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U.S. int’l Jones joins New England Revolution
jermaine jones
The USA's Jermaine Jones (pictured) celebrates after scoring against Portugal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (Photo: FIFA via Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts – United States international Jermaine Jones has joined the New England Revolution after being assigned to the club by Major League Soccer following a blind draw with the Chicago Fire that was used to determine his destination, it was announced Monday.
The midfielder will play club football in the U.S. for the first time after a 14-year career in Europe. Born in Germany, Jones competed most of his professional career in that country with Eintracht Frankfurt (2000-2004, 2005-2007), Bayer Leverkusen (2004-2005) and Schalke 04 (2007-2010, 2011-2013), in addition to spells with Blackburn Rovers (2011) in England and, most recently, Turkey’s Besiktas (2014).
“I’m very excited to come to MLS and join the Revolution,” Jones said. “New England is an exciting team on the rise, and I believe I can come in and help the team make a push toward MLS Cup. Playing with the U.S. National Team has given me a great connection with the American fans and I’m looking forward to playing in front of them every weekend. I’m ready to get started with the Revs.”
The 32-year-old has played in 27 career UEFA Champions League games (2 with Bayer Leverkusen, 25 with Schalke 04) and 12 UEFA Europa League matches (12 with Schalke 04).
Jones made his U.S. international debut in October 9, 2010, in a friendly against Poland and has earned 46 caps, while scoring three goals. He played every minute of the United States’ four matches in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, netting in a 2-2 draw against Portugal on June 22.
In 2011, Jones made six starts in the USA’s run to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final
See also: jermaine jones
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A Brief History of Estate Taxes
Tip: Regardless of your net worth, it’s critical to understand your choices when developing an estate strategy.
Federal estate taxes have been a source of funding for the federal government almost since the U.S. was founded.
In 1797, Congress instituted a system of federal stamps that were required on all wills offered for probate when property (land, homes) was transferred from one generation to the next. The revenue from these stamps was used to build the navy for an undeclared war with France, which had begun in 1794. When the crisis ended in 1802, the tax was repealed.¹
Estate taxes returned in the build up to the Civil War. The Revenue Act of 1862 included an inheritance tax, which applied to transfers of personal assets. In 1864, Congress amended the Revenue Act, added a tax on transfers of real estate, and increased the rates for inheritance taxes. As before, once the war ended the Act was repealed.²
Fast Fact: Estate Income. Between 2016 and 2025, the estate tax will generate about $246 billion.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2015
In 1898, a federal legacy tax was proposed to raise revenue for the Spanish-American War. This served as a precursor to modern estate taxes. It instituted tax rates that were graduated by the size of the estate. The end of the war came in 1902, and the legacy tax was repealed later that same year.³
Until 1916. The 16th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1913 — the one that gives Congress the right to “lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived.” The Revenue Act of 1916 established an estate tax, and in one way or another, it’s been part of U.S. history since then.
In 2010, the estate tax expired — briefly. But in December 2010, Congress passed the Tax Relief Act of 2010 and the new law retroactively imposed tax legislation on all estates settled in 2010.
In 2012, the American Tax Relief Act made the estate tax a permanent part of the tax code.
As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, estate tax rules were again adjusted. The estate tax exemption was raised to $11.2 million, a doubling of the $5.6 million that previously existed. Married couples may be able to pass as much as $22.4 million to their heirs. The 2017 Act is set to expire in 2025, so it’s possible the estate tax law may be adjusted at least once during the next few years. If you’re uncertain about your estate strategy, it may be a good time to review the approach you currently have in place.
Estate Taxes and Overall Federal Revenues
Estate taxes typically account for less than one percent of total federal revenue.
Chart Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2015
Exemption through the Years
Federal estate taxes exempt a share of estates from federal estate taxes. For the 2017 tax year, if an estate’s worth less than $5.49 million, no federal estate taxes may apply.
Exclusion Amount
Highest Tax Rate
1916 $50,000 10.0%
1918-1923 $50,000 25.0%
1926-1931 $100,000 20.0%
1977 $120,000 70.0%
2002 $1,000,000 50.0%
2010 $0 or $5,000,000 0% or 35%
Chart Source: Internal Revenue Service, 2017
1,2,3. Internal Revenue Service, 2016
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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 1990'sguy (Talk | contribs) at 09:06, 3 November 2018. It may differ significantly from current revision.
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Justin Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He represents the Montreal-area riding of Papaineau in the House of Commons and became the Prime Minister in the 2015 Canadian federal election. However, the election result became shrouded in controversy when it was discovered that campaigners from Barack Obama's campaign team got involved in the election to campaign on Trudeau's behalf, guiding Trudeau to victory and resulting in accusations of foreign interference in the Canadian election process.[1]
One of Trudeau's first acts is to spend $1.6 billion to import 25,000 Syrian migrants. Most Canadians live within 200 miles of the Canadian border, which is almost entirely unsecured. On May 19, 2018, numerous conservative groups opposed to illegal immigration protested against Trudeau and his policies.[2] He has taken a weak stance on immigration issues.[3] When confronted by a critic of illegal migration at a public event, Trudeau avoided the actual issue of migration that she brought up and stated that "racism has no place here," falsely implying she was "racist."[4]
Trudeau has pulled Canadian forces from the alliance against ISIS, and withdrawn from defense agreements with the United States, such as the F-35 agreement. He also plans to legalize marijuana and prostitution.
Syrian comedian Treka exposed the insanity Trudeau poses in a video regarding ISIS fighters returning to Canada.[5]
So far American political leaders, including Republicans, have been silent on the threat Trudeau poses to the United States.
1 Controversial decisions
1.1 India trip
1.2 Israel-Palestine clashes
1.3 Omar Khadr
2 Controversial statements
2.1 Fidel Castro
2.3 Alberta
2.4 ISIS
2.5 "Peoplekind"
2.6 Climate change
3 Opposition to free speech and religious liberty
4 Promises
Controversial decisions
Trudeau received strong criticism for his trip to India being a total disaster,[6] and the media pointed out that Donald Trump's son outshined him when he went to India.[7] He also received criticism by Indians due to his outfits, which were described as fake and annoying.[8]
Israel-Palestine clashes
During the Gaza protests between Israel and Palestine, Trudeau was criticized after condemning Israel and failing to condemn Hamas.[9] He went in a heated debate with Andrew Scheer over the Gaza clashes.[10]
Omar Khadr
Trudeau received criticism after paying Omar Khadr.[11]
Controversial statements
After Cuban Communist dictator Fidel Castro's death was reported, Trudeau stated he was mourning his death, and among other positive statements, called Castro a "remarkable leader."[12][13] Outrage erupted, and many mocked him with "#TrudeauEulogies" on Twitter, after writing posts mourning the death of dictators.
In 2013, when asked about which country he admires besides Canada, Trudeau was criticized after stating that he admires of China's "basic dictatorship."[14]
Trudeau was criticized for failing to mention Alberta on Canada Day, which was considered an insult to Alberta.[15] He later apologized, and admitted he was embarrassed for not doing so.[16]
In an interview with CTV, Trudeau called returning ISIS fighters an "extraordinarily powerful voice for preventing radicalization."[17] Throughout the Trudeau government, about sixty have returned to Canada.[18] He stated Canadians can be safe despite ISIS fighters returning at the Hamilton town hall.[19] Trudeau compared ISIS fighters to immigrants such as Greeks, Portuguese, and Italians, and also believing that they can be rehabilitated.[20] He also called on Canadians to welcome them and stated that they won't attack if they do.[21] Trudeau faced criticism when one of the fighters, Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi, returned to Canada, with conservatives calling for his arrest.[22] However, Trudeau called questions about Abu Hazaifa "divisive."[23] Numerous documents showed that Trudeau stated that ISIS has a "right to return" to Canada and that he stated that the government must facilitate their return.[24][25] His government was also said to be opening the doors for them to join the Canada military.[26]
"Peoplekind"
Trudeau was criticized after he telling a woman to say "peoplekind" instead of "mankind".[27] Australian commentator Rita Panahi stated that Trudeau saying "peoplekind" was an attempt to "appease those desperate to find offence where none exists." He apologized by calling his "peoplekind" statement a "dumb joke".[28]
In May 2018, Trudeau compared those he derided as "climate change deniers" to supporters of female genital mutilation."[29]
Opposition to free speech and religious liberty
See also: Religious freedom and free speech
In January 2018, Trudeau claimed that pro-life speech is not protected speech under Canadian law. When asked on where the Canadian government limits free speech, Trudeau mentioned abortion, stating that "an organization that has the explicit purpose of restricting women’s rights by removing rights to abortion, the right for women to control their own bodies, is not in line with where we are as a government and quite frankly where we are as a society."[30][31] This was despite Trudeau's associating himself with Fidel Castro and a convicted Indian terrorist.[32]
Similarly, while Trudeau funded a left-wing group protesting a pipeline because of "free speech", he refused to fund any organizations opposed to abortion and the homosexual agenda.[33] On May 10, 2018, thousands of Canadians protested against his abortion policies at the March For Life event.[34] In October 2018, Trudeau failed to directly condemn a physical attack on a pro-life woman because of her views.[35] In 2018, the Canadian government under Trudeau gave $88,000 to pro-abortion organizations while giving none to Christian organizations.[36]
Trudeau stated in August 2018 that it is not enough simply to "tolerate" homosexuality, but that "acceptance" of it is necessary.[37]
A non-partisan website called TrudeauMetre tracks Trudeau's campaign promises, and their fulfillment or lack thereof. It records, as of early 2017, 38 achieved promises, 29 broken, 66 in progress, and 90 not yet begun. On February 11, 2017, there were numerous protests against Trudeau for a broken promise he made on electoral reform.[38]
↑ Obama Campaign Team Hands Canada Over to the Lib-Left at Canada Free Press
↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-canada-border-crossing-protest-1.4670852
↑ Murphy, James (July 24, 2018). Canada’s Immigration Troubles and Justin Trudeau’s Tepid Response. The New American. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
↑ Gstalter, Morgan (August 19, 2018). Trudeau shuts down heckler: 'Racism has no place' in Canada. The Hill. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
↑ https://israelunwired.com/syrian-comedian-justin-trudeau-insanity/
↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/02/22/trudeaus-india-trip-is-a-total-disaster-and-he-has-himself-to-blame/
↑ http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2134781/trump-jr-outshines-trudeau-thats-how-bad-india-canada-ties
↑ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12000288
↑ https://www.thepostmillennial.com/video-trudeau-government-condemns-israel-and-not-hamas/
↑ https://globalnews.ca/video/4226971/opposition-leader-and-prime-minister-spar-over-%E2%80%8Bhamas-condemnation
↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/world/canada/omar-khadr-apology-guantanamo-bay.html
↑ Wootson, Cleve R., Jr. (November 26, 2016). Trudeau called Castro a ‘remarkable leader.’ Twitter imagined what he would say about Stalin. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
↑ Hallett, Nick (November 26, 2016). Canadian PM Trudeau Praises Dictator Castro as ‘Remarkable Leader’. Breitbart News. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ http://torontosun.com/2013/11/08/trudeau-admires-chinas-basic-dictatorship/wcm/72d62ec4-e0f4-4720-bb18-d998f445630c
↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/02/we-already-know-you-hate-alberta-how-justin-trudeau-managed-to-insult-an-entire-province/
↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/justin-trudeau-forgets-alberta-canada-day-1.4187656
↑ https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/12/20/trudeau-returning-islamic-state-jihadists-extraordinarily-powerful-voice-canada/
↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/3871229/canada-concerned-returning-isis-fighters-justin-trudeau/
↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hamilton-trudeau-town-hall-1.4481025
↑ https://canadafreepress.com/article/trudeau-compares-isis-fighters-to-greek-italian-portuguese-immigrants
↑ https://www.freespeechtime.net/2018/01/canadian-pm-calls-on-canadians-to.html
↑ http://www.news1130.com/2018/05/11/trudeau-isis-executing/
↑ http://brianlilley.com/trudeau-worries-that-questions-about-a-violent-isis-fighter-are-divisive/
↑ https://dailycaller.com/2018/05/15/documents-canada-paying-isis-fighters-return/
↑ http://debatepost.com/2018/05/27/trudeau-says-the-government-must-facilitate-isiss-return/
↑ http://debatepost.com/2018/05/26/warning-trudeau-government-opening-door-for-isis-to-join-canadian-military/
↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/justin-trudeau-tells-woman-to-say-peoplekind-not-mankind
↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/07/justin-trudeau-apologises-joke-personkind-viral
↑ Delingpole, James (May 17, 2018). Delingpole: ‘Climate Change Deniers Are Like Supporters of FGM,’ Claims Trudeau. Breitbart News. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
↑ Richardson, Bradford (January 13, 2018). Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau scolds pro-lifers as ‘not in line’ with society. The Washington Times. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
↑ Laurence, Lianne (January 13, 2018). Trudeau: Believe what you want, but ‘we draw the line’ if you try to restrict abortion. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
↑ Van Maren, Jonathon (March 5, 2018). Justin Trudeau hangs out with terrorists and dictators, but demonizes pro-lifers. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ Tennant, Michael (April 26, 2018). Trudeau: “Free Speech” Demands Funding Pipeline Protesters but Not Pro-Lifers. The New American. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
↑ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/thousands-to-protest-trudeaus-abortion-agenda-at-canadian-march-for-life
↑ Risdon, James (October 4, 2018). Justin Trudeau refuses to directly condemn attack on pro-life woman. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
↑ Risdon, James (October 31, 2018). Trudeau gov’t gives $88k to abortion groups, denies funds to Christian orgs. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
↑ Risdon, James (August 22, 2018). Justin Trudeau: homosexuality is no longer about ‘tolerance,’ but ‘acceptance’. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/3243620/protests-held-across-canada-over-justin-trudeaus-broken-electoral-reform-promise/
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Dramatic pictures show car on its roof after crash in Shirley
The driver of the overturned car managed to climb out and thankfully was not injured
A road in Shirley was closed for a couple of hours after a car overturned on Monday (December 18) in a serious crash.
Temple Avenue was shut while police attended the scene after being called at 3pm.
A police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 3pm to reports of an overturned vehicle blocking the road.”
Nobody was injured in the crash (Image: Nicola Lang)
Passer-by Nicola Lang came across the crash scene.
She said: “I didn't witness the crash myself.
“I think I came across the aftermath a while after it happened but the roadblock was still in place with police cars either end of the road with lights flashing.”
Thankfully neither driver was injured in the two-car crash, although both vehicles were badly damaged.
The police spokeswoman added: “The driver [of the overturned car] was not injured. He got out the car and was walking around while police attended the scene.”
The two cars involved in the crash on Temple Avenue (Image: Nicola Lang)
Reports from members of the public at the scene said that the road was closed for a couple of hours, while the overturned car was removed.
The spokeswoman said: “Police arranged for a recovery vehicle to remove the car.”
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Delivering the best possible outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families is one of the Queensland Government’s highest priorities.
To achieve this, the government in partnership with Family Matters and community organisations has released Our Way: A generational strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families (PDF) and Changing Tracks: An action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families (PDF).
Guided by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives, Our Way outlines our approach, across 20 years, to work differently together to improve life opportunities for our state’s vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. A key commitment in Supporting Families Changing Futures, Our Way represents a fundamental shift in how child protection, family support and other services work with, and for, Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
Changing Tracks outlines the actions we will take in the first three years to achieve our goal. It builds on existing initiatives and includes new actions guided by Elders, community leaders, community-run organisations, peak bodies and relevant government agencies, aimed at:
reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection system
closing the gap in life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing vulnerability
ensuring all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children grow up safe and cared for in family, community and culture
Changing Tracks will deliver a range of actions with responses tailored to specific places and populations to address the following priority areas:
Meeting the needs of Aboriginal Torres strait Islander young women under 25 years, and their partners, before and during pregnancy and parenting, especially during the first 1000 days
Increasing access to, and involvement in, early years, health and disability programs for Aboriginal Torres strait Islander children aged two to five years
Providing Aboriginal Torres strait Islander families who have complex needs and children at risk with the right services
Enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in care to thrive, and re-engaging those disconnected from family and kin
Enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people aged 15 to 21 years in or leaving care to learn and earn, and stay safe and well.
We will be developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Family Wellbeing Outcomes Framework in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, communities and organisations as part of the first action plan.
This will be a whole-of-government and cross-sectoral tool to identify outcomes, indicators and measures to inform investment decisions, align efforts and help track progress.
The department will also report additional measures on the level of representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the child protection system for each of the Changing Tracks priority areas (see Tables below). These measures will be refined and added to over time.
Children aged 0 to 2 subject to an intake for the first time, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland, 2013-14 to 2017-18 Proportion of children subject to ongoing intervention who are subject to Intervention with Parental Agreement, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland, as at 30 June 2014 to 30 June 2018
IAP.1: Children aged 0 to 2 subject to an intake, and whether subject to an intake for the first time, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 22 KB) Excel (CSV, 7 KB) Excel (XLSX, 22 KB) Excel (CSV, 8 KB)
IAP.3: Children aged 0 to 2 subject to a substantiation and whether the child was in need of protection, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 18 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB) Excel (XLSX, 19 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB)
IAP.4: Children subject to ongoing intervention, by type and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 20 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB) Excel (XLSX, 20 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB)
IAP.5: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to ongoing intervention with a cultural support plan, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 14 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB) Excel (XLSX, 14 KB) Excel (CSV, 4 KB)
IAP.6: Children living away from home and subject to a child protection order with a Child Health Passport, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 15 KB) Excel (CSV, 4 KB) Excel (XLSX, 15 KB) Excel (CSV, 4 KB)
IAP.7: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living away from home placed with kin, other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residential care services, by region, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 14 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB) Excel (XLSX, 14 KB) Excel (CSV, 3 KB)
IAP.8: Children aged 15 years and over subject to a child protection order granting custody / guardianship to the Chief Executive with transition to independence planning, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, Queensland Excel (XLSX, 21 KB) Excel (CSV, 5 KB) Excel (XLSX, 21 KB) Excel (CSV, 5 KB)
Why this topic is important
Changing Tracks: An action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families (PDF) recognises that now is the time that we — government, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, children and families and support services — need to ‘change tracks’ if we are going to reach our generational vision under Our Way: A generational strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families (PDF).
This action plan sets the foundations for change and will put us on a new track to ensure all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in Queensland grow up safe and cared for in family, community and culture.
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to an intake decreased by 0.6 per cent from 17,221 children in 2013-14 to 17,111 children in 2017-18. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people comprised 24.1 per cent of all children subject to an intake in 2017-18.
In 2017-18, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to a notification was 6,888, an increase of 17.6 per cent compared with 2013-14 (5,857). Over the past five years the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to a notification has increased while the number of non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has decreased.
Between 2013-14 and 2017-18 the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children subject to a substantiation decreased by 0.3 per cent (from 2,200 in 2013-14 to 2,194 in 2017-18).
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are significantly more likely to be living away from home than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. As a rate per 1,000 children aged 0 to 17 years, 45.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were living away from home, compared with 5.1 for non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children as at 30 June 2017. The higher rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has been a consistent trend over the last five years.
The demand for placements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children continues to exceed the supply of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers. As at 30 June 2018 there was 1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carer family for every 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in home-based care. By contrast, there was 1 non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carer family for every 1 non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in home-based care.
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Skybus may cut flights to West Coast
Oct 12, 2007 at 12:01 AM Oct 12, 2007 at 9:37 AM
Skybus Airlines might eliminate, at least temporarily, three of its five West Coast flights in the spring when it puts a new batch of tickets up for sale for March and beyond.
In the place of flights to San Diego, Bellingham, Wash., and one of the two daily routes to Burbank, Calif., it seems Skybus will add daily flights to its current destinations of Greensboro, N.C., and Punta Gorda, Fla.
The Columbus startup is selling tickets for travel through March 8. Tickets for travel after that date are expected to go on sale in the next week or so, although the airline hasn't set a date.
Skybus spokesman Bob Tenenbaum would not confirm the schedule changes, which apparently were unintentionally posted early on skybus.com yesterday afternoon. He said Skybus sometimes runs online "tests" of information that is not official, and he added that Skybus continues to evaluate its current destinations along with a number of new ones.
Sources, though, said that while the West Coast routes have had strong bookings, Skybus makes more money on shorter flights. Skybus also has to make do with a limited number of planes -- seven by year's end and nine by March.
In addition to 15 routes from Columbus, Skybus recently added flights between Portsmouth, N.H., and two Florida destinations starting in December, and it plans to add a second "focus city" with its own set of point-to-point destinations within the next few months.
Doug Abbey, a partner in the Washington-based airline consultancy the Velocity Group, said going to shorter flights is a mixed bag.
"The yields on a per-mile basis tend to be better on short-haul flights, but it also pulls down (aircraft) utilization," he said. "The great thing about long-haul flights across time zones is that you're maximizing utilization."
Abbey said he would expect Skybus to return to its West Coast routes.
The Dispatch Printing Co., publisher of The Dispatch, owns a minority stake in Skybus.
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Michael Arace commentary: Those who would trade Nash don't know his value
In 10 seasons, the Blue Jackets have had three All-Stars: Espen Knutsen in 2002, Ray Whitney in 2003 and Rick Nash ever since. Think about that for a second. Since the founding of Facebook, there has been none other than Nash.
It says something about the Jackets. It also says something about Nash.
Last night, the Jackets returned from a fruitless road swing and lost 4-3 to the Phoenix Coyotes in Nationwide Arena. A crowd of 11,109 watched the Jackets' fifth consecutive loss, and their 17th in 23 games.
With that, the cannoneers leveled their record (20-20-3). Hark. Is that the sound of another season being blown?
It is clear that general manager Scott Howson must do something to shake up the roster, even a move just for the sake of a move. As the reluctant professor has vacillated, the fans' frustration has grown.
There are some who believe that Nash ought to be traded. Granted, these folks do not represent the majority of Jackets fans, but they exist. Their thinking is that if you perform radical surgery and transplant Nash for a player of equal value - and Nash's value is prodigious - then the body of the team will benefit.
The country-club atmosphere, in which the acceptance of mediocrity (or worse) proliferates, is the problem. Five coaches, not counting interims, have been unable to solve it. Nash is the constant, so he must be the problem. Right?
Look at Atlanta. The Thrashers traded Ilya Kovalchuk to the New Jersey Devils last year and, a year later, they're above the playoff line in the Eastern Conference. See?
Bah. The premise is flawed.
It is true the Jackets have yet to develop a proper aversion to losing, in part because players might feel too safe in their jobs - which the reluctant professor could address if he just pulled the trigger on a trade.
But Nash should be untouchable (and he is). His worth cannot be recouped in trade. Period.
Yesterday, Nash was tapped to make a fifth consecutive appearance in the All-Star Game. You think coach Scott Arniel is going crazy trying to change the culture in the room? For seven-plus seasons, Nash has been in the midst of the malaise and all he has done is produce with the best in the league. Not only is he the face of the franchise, he remains the essential building block.
"I saw him on highlights in years past," Arniel said. "It's different live. He's better live. To me, he's one of the top 10 forwards in the league."
One does not trade those unless they are malcontents, like Kovalchuk.
Nash is on pace for 40 goals and 70 points, give or take. He has 247 goals and 457 points in 559 career games. His daunting consistency is his hallmark.
Nash is reserved. He is measured. He is not demonstrative. For this, he has been criticized as an ineffectual captain. If the room needs a shake, why doesn't Nash grab some collars?
To this, Arniel said, "He's evolving into the leader we want. He is becoming more vocal. Most important, he wants to make a difference. He's not just scoring in 3-1 losses, he's scoring when it's 2-2 in the third period. He wants to win. He wants to win here. And if he was gone, people would miss him. Oh, they would miss him."
Nash has a powerful focus. He is not big on reading clips. He has no idea that there are fans out there - again, not a majority, but a vocal minority - who either want the "C" ripped off his chest or want him moved.
"When things go wrong, everyone is looking for an answer," he said after the morning skate. "The answer is in the room, and it's all 25 guys. We're not waiting for one player to come in and help us. I am sure Scott (Howson) will do what's best for the team."
Nash does not need a public defense in this space - and, really, that's not what this is about.
It's a tribute. Congratulations to Nash on another All-Star Game. You'll probably get jobbed out of another MVP, but that's not so important.
Professor, could you get him some help?
Michael Arace is a sports reporter for The Dispatch.
marace@dispatch.com
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Television this week: June 30, 2019
Ten shows to watch or record:
• “The Rook” (8 p.m. Sunday, Starz): The new supernatural spy thriller tells the story of Myfanwy Thomas (Emma Greenwell), a woman who wakes up beside London’s Millennium Bridge with no memory and no way to explain why she is surrounded by a circle of latex-gloved dead bodies. Plenty of international intrigue ensues.
• “The Loudest Voice” (10 p.m. Sunday, Showtime): Russell Crowe plays blustery Fox News founder Roger Ailes. It’s a provocative, seven-part miniseries about the man who built the cable news network into a powerful partisan force before being cut down by multiple sexual harassment allegations. Naomi Watts stars as former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson.
• “Divorce” (10 p.m. Monday, HBO): Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church return for new episodes of “Divorce.” In Season 3 of the dark comedy, the former spouses encounter several “bombshell surprises” that have spun their post-breakup lives in completely unexpected directions.
• “30 For 30: The Good, The Bad, The Hungry” (8 p.m. Tuesday, ESPN): You might want to down an antacid before watching the latest “30 for 30” documentary. It recalls the outrageous and gluttonous rivalry between Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi and California’s Joey Chestnut, competitive eaters who routinely faced off in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, held every Fourth of July on Coney Island.
• “Grown-ish” (8 p.m. Wednesday, Freeform): On a new episode, Zoey (Yara Shahidi) and her girls head to the Johnson family home in Sherman Oaks for a weekend of self-care and detoxing. Meanwhile, Aaron (Trevor Jackson) reconnects with his passion for activism and hosts a fundraiser for his community.
• “Stranger Things” (Thursday, Netflix): If the thought of watching Fourth of July fireworks at a jam-packed park doesn’t light your fuse, you might want to just stay home, hunker down and binge out on Season 3 of the retro sci-fi phenomenon. As new episodes drop, it’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer is heating up. School’s out, there’s a brand new mall in town, and our kid heroes are on the cusp of adulthood. Of course, it wouldn’t be Hawkins if some kind of ominous danger didn’t loom. As usual, expect the series to mix humor and horror, along with some nostalgic, Reagan-era vibes.
• “The Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” (8 p.m. Thursday, NBC, with an hourlong encore airing at 10 p.m.): The holiday special lights up the sky over New York City and delivers performances by Luke Bryan, Ciara, Hough, Khalid, Maren Morris, Brad Paisley and more.
• “A Capitol Fourth" (8 p.m. Thursday, PBS): John Stamos returns as the host of festivities in Washington, D.C., which will include plenty of pyrotechnics and performances by Vanessa Williams, Yolanda Adams, Lee Brice and Gone West featuring Colbie Caillat.
• “Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (8 p.m. Friday, ABC): The team on Earth faces off with The Galaxy-Hopping Hate-Beast That Eats Planets. That can’t end up well, can it?
• “Bohemian Rhapsody” (8 p.m. Saturday, HBO): Oscar-winner Rami Malek will definitely rock you with his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. The 2018 film chronicles the rise of the band Queen and its iconic frontman.
— Chuck Barney
East Bay Times
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MTSU football position look-in: Quarterbacks
The offseason is about to wrap up in Murfreesboro as the football season approaches.
MTSU football position look-in: Quarterbacks The offseason is about to wrap up in Murfreesboro as the football season approaches. Check out this story on dnj.com: http://on.dnj.com/29XEef1
Aldo Giovanni Amato, agamato@dnj.com Published 7:51 p.m. CT July 15, 2016
New MTSU offensive coordinator Tony Franklin, right, works with quarterbacks John Urzua (19) and Brent Stockstill (12) during MTSU's football practice on March 22, 2016.(Photo: HELEN COMER/DNJ)Buy Photo
MURFREESBORO — The offseason is about to wrap up in Murfreesboro as the football season approaches.
MTSU football’s season ended with a 45-31 loss in the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, and the Blue Raiders finished the season 7-6 overall.
The season is less than two months away, and Conference USA’s media day is July 25.
Ahead of the season, The Daily News Journal will look at each position and what the Blue Raiders bring back in 2016.
Today we look at the quarterback position.
Returning: Brent Stockstill (redshirt sophomore), John Urzua (redshirt sophomore)
Incoming: Kyle Banks (freshman)
In 2015: Heading into camp last season, the leader of this position was still undecided. By the end of the first game against Jackson State, it was clear the right decision was made. Brent Stockstill beat out Austin Grammer for the starting spot and had one of the best seasons under center in Blue Raider history. He completed 327 of 490 passes for 4,005 yards and 30 touchdowns. His 327 completions set an NCAA freshman completions record, and he was one of 12 players to throw for more than 4,000 yards. He earned Conference USA Freshman of the Year honors. Grammer saw the second-most action, throwing for 45 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Urzua took a redshirt.
Offseason: Grammer transferred to West Alabama. Stockstill guided the first team throughout the spring and in the spring game. He was invited to the Manning Passing Academy and has been named to multiple award watch lists, including the Danny O'Brien, handed out to the nation's top passer. Urzua saw action in the spring game tossing an interception but was listed as the backup.
In 2016: Stockstill returns as the clear-cut starter and as one of Conference USA’s top quarterbacks and offensive threats. Urzua will compete with Banks for the backup role. Though Stockstill enters as the undisputed starter, he’s had to make adjustments after MTSU brought in Tony Franklin as the new offensive coordinator. Though there should not be much of a learning curve in the spread/pistol heavy offense, he will have to adjust to Franklin’s system. The good news is that last year’s third-string quarterback and Stockstill’s close friend, Nolan Genovese, is working as a graduate assistant on the sideline this season.
Reach Aldo Amato at 615-278-5109 and on Twitter @Aldo_Amato.
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COURTNEY CULBREATH
Studio & Portrait
Jason Kipnis looks on as the crowd reacts to his 1,000th career hit—a walk-off grand slam against the Chicago White Sox—on September 19, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fans wave rally towels prior to Game 3 of the ALDS on October 8, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Trevor Bauer pitches against the Kansas City Royals on April 7, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Francisco Lindor (center) celebrates with teammates as he crosses home plate after hitting a walk-off homerun against the Minnesota Twins on August 8, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Edwin Encarnacion interacts with a young fan during batting practice on April 26, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mike Clevinger walks to the clubhouse after allowing zero runs over 6 innings against the Detroit Tigers to clinch the AL Central on September 15, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Manager Terry Francona comforts former Tribe catcher Víctor Martínez during a pregame ceremony commemorating Martínez' career on September 15, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fans in right field react to a home run on July 15, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
Fireworks erupt over Progressive Field on June 22, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mike Clevinger pitches against the Houston Astros on May 24, 2018, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.
The sun sets over Progressive Field as the New York Yankees play the Indians on July 14, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio.
The sun shines on the statue of Lou Boudreau outside Progressive Field on September 3, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio.
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346 players to be auctioned for IPL 2019
New Delhi, Dec 12 - A number of big names including the likes of Brendon McCullum, Yuvraj Singh, Lasith Malinga and Dale Steyn are among the 346 players who will go under the hammer during the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) in Jaipur on December 18.
While 1003 players had initially registered, the final list has been pruned after the eight franchises submitted their shortlists of players.
According to a BCCI release, with Rs 2 crore as the highest reserve price, nine overseas players -- McCullum, Chris Woakes, Malinga, Shaun Marsh, Colin Ingram, Corey Anderson, Angelo Mathews, D'Arcy Short -- have opted to be slotted in the highest bracket.
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Sixth Annual Justin Knebel Memorial Ice Fishing Tournament
By Elizabeth Tollefson on
Win prizes and support scholarships during the 6th Annual Justin Knebel Memorial Ice Fishing Tournament to be held Saturday, February 6, 2016. The tournament, which supports scholarships at the University of Minnesota Crookston, will be held at Zippel Bay Resort on Lake of the Woods, Williams, Minn. Tickets are available for $20 by contacting Alysa Tulibaski at 701-215-4300. Tickets are also available at Zippel Bay Resort, 6080 39th St. NW, Williams, Minn., 800-222-2537.
Registration, limited to the first 200 tickets, begins at 9 am. on the ice at the tournament site with fishing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the first person to catch a fish, along with prizes for the largest walleye, northern, sauger, perch and other species caught during the tournament. The registration fee also includes a raffle ticket and road access fee. All proceeds from the tournament support the Justin Knebel Memorial Scholarship Fund at the U of M Crookston.
Following the tournament, there will be a social at the igloo on the ice.
The Justin Knebel Memorial Ice Fishing Tournament corporate sponsors are Big Bite Manufacturing, Zippel Bay Resort, and Streiff Sporting Goods in Warroad, Minn. A number of other businesses in Northwest Minnesota support the tournament through the donations of prizes and monetary support.
Justin Knebel, who played basketball for the U of M, Crookston Golden Eagles, grew up in Warroad, Minn., graduating from Warroad High School in 2001. A talented athlete, he lettered in basketball, cross country, and track. After graduation, he attended the University of Minnesota, Crookston where he played basketball as a point guard for the Golden Eagles. He was the ultimate team player working hard on the court and in the classroom.
Besides his passion for playing basketball, Knebel loved the Warroad area and outdoor sports in Minnesota, making the ice fishing tournament an apt tribute to the memory of this outstanding student-athlete. For more information on the tournament, visit www.umcrookston.edu/justinknebel.
Members of the planning committee for the event include Garret Kollin, Stephanie Helgeson, Amber Bailey, Rose Ulseth, and Alysa Tulibaski.
Alysa Tulibaski
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Justin Knebel Memorial Ice Fishing Tournament
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Farmlove: Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship
At the Corse Farm Dairy in Whitingham, Vermont, Master Dairy Graziers see double rainbow of promise for the future of family farming.
Cabot Creamery
Leon Corse’s ancestors started farming in the small southern Vermont hamlet over 150 years ago. He and his wife, Linda, raised their daughter Abbie on the farm and she and her husband are now bringing up their two young sons there, too. Abbie, 35, has joined her parents to manage the milking herd of about 50 plus another 40 or so young stock, ensuring that the farm will continue into its sixth generation. But the family also needed some help to keep all the balls of a working dairy farm in the air.
Since 1868, the Corses have grazed their cows out on pasture. “That’s how everybody did it,” Leon says, “until we invented machinery to bring feed to the cows.” Over the last 10 years since they transitioned to organic practices, the family has paid even more attention to exactly how they rotate animals through their grazing acreage. Leon estimates the farm’s cows derive a substantial amount of their nutrition from pasture 165-170 days a year. That effort requires close monitoring of both fields and cows to optimize the health of both, not to mention physically moving the herd frequently.
As Leon approaches the age of 65 and looks to slow down a little, the family started thinking about how to bring on another employee to work with them. They decided to investigate the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship program, which was established in Wisconsin just under a decade ago. “It’s modeled after apprentices in other industries like master plumbers and electricians,” Leon explains, noting that the two-year apprenticeships are paid and that there is an education component beyond the on-the-job training received. “For us, it was a way to get some help at an affordable rate and also a way to pass on some knowledge,” he continues. “It may be how my daughter continues to be able to operate when I’m not here all the time.”
The Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA) is an independent non-profit organization and a National Apprenticeship under the U.S. Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration. It was created with funding from the USDA-NIFA’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program and has expanded to 11 states. (See more detail below.)
Leon was the first “master grazier” certified in Vermont and the Corses are in the final six months of their first successful apprenticeship cycle. “My daughter, Abbie, has realized over the years that I’m a pretty good teacher—as long as I’m not your father,” Leon says with a chuckle. “You’re passing on everything you do, not just grazing.”
The Corses specifically selected an apprentice who had not worked previously in dairy, though he had plenty of animal and machinery experience. “We were concerned we’d have to unlearn some habits,” Leon explains. They also created a list of 25 questions and required five references from applicants, a labor-intensive effort on the part of both farmer and apprentice that the family believes helped them find a great match.
“You get out of things what you put into them,” Leon says, which is advice he would give any farmer – or apprentice, for that matter – interested in the program. He encourages other farmers to consider DGA. “There are way more things than they realize that they have to share,” he says, “just stuff you take for granted, that you’ve absorbed, especially if you grew up on a farm.”
For his part, apprentice Coty Fisher has been very pleased with his experience with the Corses. Coty grew up in Indiana, about 45 minutes east of Notre Dame in an area he describes as the RV capital of the world. His family had an auto repair shop and he got interested in farming, he says with a laugh, “because I got tired of dealing with cars.” He had helped out family friends with their farm on weekends and got closer to agriculture working as a feed truck driver when he learned about DGA from a magazine article.
Coty credits his wife, Jess, with encouraging him to apply. Now 28, he recalls saying to her, “It would’ve been neat to be involved in something like that out of high school.” The apprenticeship seemed like an efficient and educational way to get started on a path to their own farm, he says. “I love being outside in nature, working with my hands, seeing the fruits of my labor,” Coty explains, adding with a laugh – “and getting to drive big tractors.”
Although in some cases, DGA apprentices might stay on to work with the farmers with whom they have apprenticed, Coty plans to move on. When he completes the program this summer, he will have a certificate recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor that he can include in loan applications. He and Jess hope to purchase a farm in Ohio, which is closer to family than Vermont.
The young farmer does appreciate the grazing angle of the program and whether or not he goes into dairy, he plans to use that aspect of animal husbandry. “It’s farming in a way that mimics nature,” Coty says. “It’s more sustainable and healthier.”
The Corses have been “awesome people to work for,” Coty says. “They take the time to teach and all three of them have specialties they’ve shared…One of the requirements of the program is to write a business plan and Abbie has been a huge help with that.” In addition to learning about grazing and dairy, Coty says, he and his wife, who is a high school teacher, have had an education in maple syrup, too. “We might try that when we set up in Ohio,” he says.
Coty’s advice to those considering the program is to be open to what it brings you. The Fishers were not planning on coming to Vermont when he first applied to DGA, but are very happy where they ended up. “I recommend having an open mind,” Coty says. “Learn as much as you can. We came to Vermont for dairy cows and ended up learning about maple syrup, too.”
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Week in Neurodiversity – Autism Awareness Goes Country! (8/20/16)
Mike Nickas
Autism, bipolar, Down Syndrome, Neurodiversity, parkinson's, PTSD
The Neurodiversity News Show, hosted by Mike Nickas.
In this episode, musicians write a song for autism awareness, a young man with Down syndrome becomes a cop for a day, and did you hear about the man with Parkinson’s who won a Martial Arts title? All these stories and more!
[00:12] Group of musicians in Michigan writes country song for autism awareness.
[00:39] Man with Down syndrome lives dream of being a police officer for a day
[01:09] Young individuals with autism in San Antonio are taught how to interact with law enforcement
[01:36] Girl shares her story of growing up with pediatric bipolar disorder
[02:03] Doctors use Amyloid Imaging to help detect Alzheimer’s
[02:38] 78-year-old man with Parkinson’s wins a Martial Arts title
FOR THE FULL STORIES:
Group of musicians in Michigan writes country song for autism awareness. http://fox17online.com/2016/08/10/michigan-musicians-create-country-song-to-raise-awareness-for-autism/
Man with Down syndrome lives dream of being a police officer for a day http://www.lex18.com/story/32491327/young-man-with-down-syndrome-is-officer-for-a-day
Young individuals with autism in San Antonio are taught how to interact with law enforcement. http://www.kens5.com/news/local/autistic-teens-learn-skills-to-interact-with-police/289724162
Girl shares her story of growing up with pediatric bipolar disorder. http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/31/12035.html
Doctors use Amyloid Imaging to help detect Alzheimer’s. http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/smart-woman/new-technology-may-help-doctors-detect-alzheimers-earlier
78-year-old man with Parkinson’s wins a Martial Arts title. http://www.wtsp.com/entertainment/places/bobby-lewis-on-the-road/man-wins-martial-arts-title-after-parkinsons-diagnosis/286239953
Mike Nickas received his Bachelor of Arts in Film and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University in December of 2015, and is currently pursuing his second BA at the University of South Florida in psychology with a minor in education. He is the former host of the online news show The Week in Neurodiversity. He also currently works for Dr. Mike Rizzo’s Child Provider Specialists in Weston, FL.
Can Dogs Sniff-Out Parkinson’s? – Week in Neurodiversity (8/12/17)
(4 mins 7 secs) In this episode, a deaf grandmother with dyslexia fulfills her dream of going to nursing school, Chicago Cub Willson Contreras surprises a 10-yr-old boy with Down syndrome for his birthday, and how are dogs learning to detect Parkinson’s? These stories and more in this week’s edition!
A Dog Surfs For PTSD!? – Week In Neurodiversity (1/7/17)
In this episode, a girl with dyslexia creates a virtual reality program to help her peers, a man with down syndrome inspires others through a fitness class, and Ricochet the surf dog wears a Santa costume for PTSD awareness!
Trailblazing 2016: Neurodiverse Entrepreneurship with Alexai Perez | EDB 34
In this episode, Harold Reitman, M.D. speaks with Alexai Perez, coordinator of Trailblazing 2016.
Empowering People With Autism: Enabling the Abilities of the Neurodiverse with Stacey Hoaglund | EDB 43
Breathing Your Way to a Healthier Brain, with Ed Harrold | EDB 44
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Erechtheum
temple, Athens, Greece
Alternative Title: Erectheum
Erechtheum, ionic temple of Athena, built during 421–405 bc on the Acropolis at Athens, famous largely for its complexity and for the exquisite perfection of its details. The temple’s Ionic capitals are the most beautiful that Greece produced, and its distinctive porch, supported by caryatid figures, is unequaled in classical architecture.
Athens: ErechtheumErechtheum, on the Acropolis in Athens. © Ron Gatepain
Erechtheum: caryatidCaryatids supporting the porch of the Erechtheum, on the Acropolis, Athens. Icedlake
The name, of popular origin, is derived from a shrine dedicated to the Greek hero Erichthonius. It is believed by some that the temple was erected in honour of the legendary king Erechtheus. The architect was probably Mnesicles. In the early 19th century, Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin, took several sections of the temple to London. Later, in the early 20th century, it was somewhat restored.
Athens, Greece; Acropolis: Propylaeum; Temple of Athena Nike; ErechtheumLearn about the buildings of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, particularly the Propylaeum, the Temple of Athena Nike, and the Erechtheum. In ancient times the Acropolis was the destination of the Panathenaean festival procession. © Open University
This article was most recently revised and updated by Robert Lewis, Assistant Editor.
Athens: Athens at its zenith
…of Nicias (421 bce), the Erechtheum was begun. This was a small Ionic temple, of highly irregular plan, which housed various early cults and sacred tokens. When the building was about half-finished, work was suddenly interrupted, probably because of the disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily (415–413 bce), but it was…
Western architecture: High Classical (c. 450–400 bc)
…a temple to Athena; the Erechtheum, a temple housing several cults; and the monumental gateway to the Acropolis, the Propylaea—shows the orders used in deliberate contrast: the Erechtheum provides a decorative Ionic counterpart to the severe Doric of the Parthenon, which itself has an Ionic frieze; and in the Propylaea,…
Temple, edifice constructed for religious worship. Most of Christianity calls its places of worship churches; many religions use temple, a word derived in English from the Latin word for time, because of the importance to the Romans of the proper time of sacrifices. The name synagogue, which is…
Temple of Artemis
Harmandir Sahib
Lotus Temple
Tōdai Temple
Mahabodhi Temple
Bayon, the
Hōryū Temple
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Linked Ring
English association of photographers
Alternative Title: Brotherhood of the Linked Ring
Linked Ring, in full Brotherhood of the Linked Ring, association of English photographers formed in 1892 that was one of the first groups to promote the notion of photography as fine art. Henry Peach Robinson was notable among the founding members.
The Linked Ring held annual exhibitions from 1893 to 1909 and called these gatherings “salons,” a name they borrowed from the world of painting in an attempt to demonstrate their artistic purpose. The aesthetic approaches of the members varied, but they were all united by the desire to reject the strictly technical approach of much contemporary photography. The members of the group refused to exhibit photographs that, in their judgment, failed to further “the development of the highest form of art of which photography is capable.” They also made innovations in the display of photographs: instead of crowding photographs onto a wall from ceiling to floor, as was usually done at the time, the Linked Ring photographers displayed their work at eye level.
In order to spread their views on photography, the Linked Ring admitted to their association respected international photographers such as Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Gertrude Käsebier, and Clarence H. White. Many of these artists went on to form the Photo-Secession, which promulgated similar ideas in the United States.
…similar to those of the Linked Ring. The following year he was elected a member of the Linked Ring. After working for a year in the New York studio of Gertrude Käsebier, a leading Photo-Secessionist, Coburn returned to Boston, where his style was influenced by his discovery of the ink…
Henry Peach Robinson, English photographer whose Pictorialist photographs and writings made him one of the most influential photographers of the second half of the 19th century. At age 21 Robinson was an amateur painter precocious enough to have…
Edward Steichen, American photographer who achieved distinction in a remarkably broad range of roles. In his youth he was perhaps the most talented and inventive photographer among those working to win public acceptance…
Alfred Stieglitz, art dealer, publisher, advocate for the Modernist movement in the arts, and, arguably, the most important photographer of his time.…
1892 - c. 1909
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Fake Exorcists From Broward Arrested
Brandon K. Thorp
Brandon K. Thorp | May 10, 2011 | 11:45am
Our benighted federal prosecutors are in for a bumpy ride.
As of yesterday, a few of these unlucky do-gooders have been charged with the task of punishing three women arrested for performing expensive fake exorcisms. The women, who hail from Broward, are 36-year-old Polly Evans; her 22-year-old daughter, Olivia Evans; and Polly's 32-year-old sister, Bridgitte Evans. The exorcisms were performed via mail order, in the style of the latter-day Peter Popoff. A prospective mark received a letter saying something to the effect of: "Beware! You are under spiritual assault! Send money immediately!" Some folks did.
There is no doubt in my mind that the Evanses' exorcisms were fake. There is also no doubt in my mind that every other exorcism ever performed in the history of the species was equally fake. It is unclear what separates the Evanses' exorcisms from those performed by, say, certain atavistic priests, except that the Evanses are a little more gauche. (According to the Washington Post, one mark was told that her demons couldn't be exorcised until she ponied up a Rolex watch.)
Perhaps the difference has to do with an error in the Evanses' sales pitch. To wit: They apparently told their marks that their money would be returned the moment the exorcism was successfully completed. Nobody got any money back. (Surprised?) If this is the source of the prosecutors' ire, presumably some poor lawyer will be forced to present evidence that either the exorcisms were successful or that no exorcisms were needed in the first place. Good luck on that one.
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London: A Beatles walking tour
10/3/2012 — By Alex Robinson
Courtesy Shht!/Flickr
5 spots associated with the fab four—from the townhouse where the musicians all lived together to the site of their very own Apple store
Abbey Road studios
Create your own Abbey Road album cover by walking across the black and white zebra crossing in front of the Beatles' favorite recording studio. Location: 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood. Subway: St. John's Wood.
Ringo Starr's flat
Pose outside the apartment where John and Yoko shot the famous nude picture for the Two Virgins album cover. This is also where the couple first lived together and where McCartney is said to have written "Eleanor Rigby". Location: 38 Montagu Square, Marylebone. Subway: Edgware Road
The only shared Beatles home
In 1963, shortly after relocating from Liverpool to the Hotel President in Russell Square, London, the Beatles all moved into this handsome 19th Century town house. This was the only home shared by all four Beatles. Location: 57 Green Street, Mayfair. Subway: Marble Arch
Jane Asher's House
Paul McCartney stayed here between 1964 and 1966, shortly before he was engaged to British actress Jane Asher. McCartney wrote Beatles songs in the family music room and Jane herself was the inspiration behind Beatles' classics like "All My Loving", "And I Love Her", "I'm Looking Through You", "You Won't See Me", "We Can Work It Out" and "For No One". Location: 57 Wimpole St., Marylebone. Subway: Baker St.
The Beatles' Apple Shop
This formal five-story apartment building was the sight of the infamous Apple boutique, which opened in 1967. For the grand opening of the Beatles' first retail venture, which McCartney described as "beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful things," the façade of the entire building was covered from top to bottom with a huge, swirling psychedelic mural. The store stocked mostly fashion and accessories but ran at a huge loss. The band eventually gave all the inventory away to the public. Location: at the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street. Subway: Baker St.
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Good paying jobs.
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Dutch said:
"Furthermore"good paying wages" is just an "slogan".
Dutch, "Good paying jobs" is just a slogan that won the presidency for Trump. Whether by design or by accident it hit a responsive cord with a certain class of financially hurting people. In the last forty years the cost of living has gone up over 500% while wages have gone up 34%. At the same time Trump was preaching "Good paying jobs Hillary was staying the course. But what are good paying jobs? For the masses that means making enough money to afford the necessities of life. The working class can't afford the necessities of life. Over half the people can't come up with $400 in an emergency. The Democratic Party remains silent because addressing the issue calls into question the Democratic presidencies of the last 40 years. Besides all the negatives of an underpaid population crime and violence is getting worse.
Crime and violence are at historical lows in our country.
jaredsxtn Wrote: Crime and violence are at historical lows in our country.
Chicago.
Although at historical low the disturbing news is the second consecutive year of rising.
Chet Ruminski Wrote: Chicago.
Chicago is one city in a nation of 330 million people.
It is an indisputable fact that crime is way (way way way) down over the past 25 years.
jaredsxtn Wrote:
Agree with the lowest crime rate. But crime and violence are on the rise.
FBI: Violent crime increases for second straight year
KEVIN JOHNSON | USA TODAY | 9:55 am EDT September 25, 2017
google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/6...
"Chcago is one city in a nation of 330 million people."
Mass shootings are less than 1% of gun deaths. School shootings are even a smaller percentage of the less than 1% of gun deaths by mass shootings.
Chicago is not an increase in a trending decrease of violence. Chicago is an increase of crime in a national increase of crime from historically low levels.
As more people are working more for less money and they are being unfairly and increasingly persecuted for drug use I am saying that crime and violence will continue to increase. And increase at an alarming rate. Trump is alienating now and in the future everybody except high income segments.
I'm all for "good paying jobs," but those job openings will be as worthless as a $3 bill if employers can't find employees who are qualified to do the work they're tasked with doing. And automation is only going to make that even more difficult.
I know this frustrates you to no end, but employers (unless they are a charity) are in business to make a profit. A small number of robots can now do a task that took thousands of humans to complete. Factory lines are now factory lines of robots with a small number of human engineers ensuring smooth operations.
Giving someone a job simply to put money in their hands could have catastrophic consequences not just for that individual, but for the general population. An unqualified construction worker could put steel reinforcement in the incorrect place and a bridge with fifty automobiles could collapse. I can list dozens and dozens more.
Not just that, but automation is not going to stop simply because you wish it would. Next up is trucking. There's a very good chance that 3.5 million truck drivers will be out of a job in the next five to ten years.
That's why I'm becoming more and more in favor of a UBI. The robots are coming whether we like it or not. We can keep digging our heads in the sand and try to convince ourselves that everything will be peaches and cream or we can actually do something about it.
I'm all for "good paying jobs," but those job openings will be as worthless as a $3 bill if employers can't find employees who are qualified to do the work their tasked with doing. And automation is only going to make that even more difficult.
jaredsxtn, First of all, I am not frustrated by anything. I look at everything as either a job to do or a job to figure out how to do. The US has virtually full employment now in spite of no limit or restrictions on robotics. Prosperity will always supply jobs.
2nd. I'll bet there are very few repitition type jobs that are a direct step into and perform right out of school. There are very few jobs that aren't learned on the job.
3. Now absorb this and stipulate it. I have never ever advocated simply making up jobs to give people spending money. I have continually stressed reregulation to put money back into making products and services to sell. Go back to the laws that stressed production and discouraged hoarding and stagnating money. Not that it matters but no construction worker determines the size and placement of steel reinforcement. That is all presented on the engineering drawings and plans and conformity is maintained by a foreman or quality control.
4. Automation will never exceed demand in prosperity. More and more income will promote more and more people to quality and safety and aesthetics and on and on.
5. Robots are welcome for safety and releasing from monotony. A progressive tax system will always provide work in a prosperous economy. Look at the bright side of a Democratic government that looks out for people. All is possible when human rights takes its place at the head of the payroll department. UBI would not be needed in a progressively prosperous economy. There is no benefit from creating billionaires at the expense of human rights. All the trillions of worldwide dollars tied up in derivatives could be put to work creating jobs and health and prosperity. All the same people would still have all the money and property. The only difference is their money would be creating jobs instead of interest payments.
Dave Volek
Chet Ruminski Wrote:
I kind of have my doubts at a 500% increase in cost of living vs. a 34% increase in wages. And many things, especially electronics, have come down in price.
The "can't come with $400 in an emergency" slogan is rather weak excuse. Many of the poor suffer from addictions issues and money management skills. For example, tobacco usage is mostly prevalent in the lower classes. Cut out a one-pack-a-day habit, and there's an extra $300 a month. And how about a ruined credit rating, which means no credit cards to help fund a small crisis.
As well, if we double the income of the poor, many will still have trouble finding that $400 in emergency money. They will find stupid ways to spend that extra money.
But it's politically incorrect to bring up these points.
"As well, if we double the income of the poor, many will still have trouble finding that $400 in emergency money. They will find stupid ways to spend that extra money."
Doubling the income of the poor will still keep them poor and unable to afford the necessities of life. No doubt they still will be living paycheck to paycheck and unable to come up with $400 in an emergency.
Dockadams
The US has a critical shortage of qualified workers/applicants. Unemployment is down to 3-4%, which probably means people in inner city areas are suffering the most, economic depression, lack of opportunities to better themselves. America needs to bring back vocational schools and businesses need to bring back OJT programs.
"Unemployment May Be Dropping, But It's Still Twice As High For Blacks"
npr.org/2016/02/05/465748249/african-am...
There are no explanations for the drops in crime and violence. The only definitive declaration is that it is not the huge increase in the number of guns. Is it possible to examine the influence of guns on the historically low rate of crime?
Living paycheck to paycheck is just as often a state of poor money management as a shortage of money. Because of a previous health issue, I was once relegated to the working poor class. In 2005, I lived on about $1200 a month. I still had my own apartment and car. Life was not that bad as a single person on that income. But I know many could not make it: tobacco, alcohol, fast food, lottery tickets, etc suck up a lot of the limited disposable income. Such people tend to blame society rather than their own actions.
This is one reason why I believe in a Guaranteed Basic Income. Everyone gets about $1000 a month, which should cover basic needs. If they want more, get a job. If they want to spend silly, society can say "we gave you enough income for food and shelter and some discretionary income so why are you blaming us."
Dave Volek Wrote:
Sounds like a Wisconsin republican lawmaker, e.g. if you want your UE compensation, you will do blah, blah, blah. I'm just about ROFLMFAO at this response.
Dockadams Wrote:
I had to look for the meany of this acronym.
FYI, I believe a citizen should do nothing but submit an annual tax return to receive a GBI. No obligations or proof of need at all. Kind of hard to compare me to that R lawmaker in Wisconsin.
About 25 years, the Alberta government tried a "work for welfare" program. It had recipients sweeping streets, shoveling snow for a few hours a day, picking garbage, etc. That program didn't work out too well: it cost a lot to supervise these workers. And many chronic welfare people are not that productive anyways.
And many welfare people just use welfare for a few months until they sort out a few things in life to get back to self-sufficiently. It was kind of pointless putting them on a work gang.
Meh, I was around when LBJ talked about the war on poverty, then along came the war on drugs, anything our government comes up with, and their slogans is usually a failure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Poverty
I had to laugh at your response because giving people a GBI is absurd. It's another shot at a social program which probably won't work, although the idea to lift people up is a good one, but then, there's the strings attached to any program by government, that's the conservative side of it, you know republicans and conservatives don't want to spend money on social programs, unless it benefits them directly or indirectly.
"In March 3, 2014, as Chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan released his "The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later" report, asserting that some of 92 federal programs designed to help lower-income Americans have not provided the relief intended and that there is little evidence that these efforts have been successful.[29] At the core of the report are recommendations to enact cuts to welfare, child care, college Pell grants and several other federal assistance programs.[30] In the appendix titled "Measures of Poverty", when the poverty rate is measured by including non-cash assistance from food stamps, housing aid and other federal programs, the report states that these measurements have "implications for both conservatives and liberals. For conservatives, this suggests that federal programs have actually decreased poverty. For liberals, it lessens the supposed need to expand existing programs or to create new ones."[29][30] Several economists and social scientists whose work had been referenced in the report said that Ryan either misunderstood or misrepresented their research."
Ryan is mentioned in this post, and here's an interesting tidbit about Ryan who has been behind cuts to social programs in this state and the federal government, and, who has helped Scott Walker enact stringent rules for recipients of social programs like unemployment compensation:
"When he was 16, Ryan found his 55-year-old father lying dead in bed of a heart attack.[8][13] Following the death of his father, Ryan's grandmother moved in with the family. As she had Alzheimer's, Ryan helped care for her while his mother commuted to college in Madison, Wisconsin.[13] From the time of his father's death until his 18th birthday, Ryan received Social Security survivors benefits, which were saved for his college education."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan
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The Journey of Pedro Guerrero
He was Frank Lloyd Wright's favorite architect and Pedro Guerrero (1917-2012) spent his six-decade career photographing houses of some of the most prolific American architects and artists of the past century. A new documentary “A Photographer's Journey" by Yvan Iturriaga and Ray Telles comes to capture the remarkable story and work of the Mexican American artist/photographer who has left behind thousands of photographs and 15 hours of interviews shot in 2011. The film will broadcast in PBS on September 13th. From Mesa, Arizona, where he was raised, Guerrero became the first Hispanic to enroll in FLW’s Taliesin Fellowship in 1939, and then came to create a remarkable international career that included iconic portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder, Marcel Breuer, Philip Johnson, and Louise Nevelson, along some of the most poetic images of modern architecture. Above: Diamond Service Station, Macon, GA, designed in 1960 by Thomas Little.
nited Church of Rowayton, Rowayton, Conn. Designed in 1962 by architect Joseph P. Salerno, photographed in 1962
Day House, John Black Lee Architect, 1970, New Canaan, CT
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Electromagnetic Interference
Basics of Interferometry
Authors: P. Hariharan
Paperback ISBN: 9781493301003
Published Date: 9th October 2006
Optical interferometry is used in communications, medical imaging, astonomy, and structural measurement. With the use of an interferometer engineers and scientists are able to complete surface inspections of micromachined surfaces and semiconductors. Medical technicians are able to give more consise diagnoses with the employ of interferometers in microscopy, spectroscopy, and coherent tomography.
Originating from a one-day course, this material was expanded to serve as an introduction to the topic for engineers and scientists that have little optical knowledge but a need for more in their daily work lives. The need for interferometry knowledge has crossed the boundaries of engineering fields and Dr. Hariharan has written a book that answers the questions that new practitioners to interferometry have and haven't even thought of yet. Basics of Interferometry, Second Edition includes complete updates of all material with an emphasis on applications. It also has new chapters on white-light microsopy and interference with single photons.
Outstanding introduction to the world of optical interferometry with summaries at the begining and end of each chapter, several appendices with essential information, and worked numerical problems
Practical details enrich understanding for readers new to this material
New chapters on white-light microscopy for medical imaging and interference with single photons(quantum optics)
Optical and photonic engineers, researchers, and students; communications engineers; MEMS engineers; biomedical engineers; astronomists; structural engineers
2. Interference: A Primer
3. Two-Beam Interferometers
4. Source-Size and Spectral Effects
5. Multiple-Beam Interference
6. The Laser as a Light Source
7. Photodetectors
8. Measurements of Length
9. Optical Testing
10. Digital Techniques
11. Macro- and Micro-Interferometry
12. White-Light Interference Microscopy
13. Holographic and Speckle Interferometry
14. Interferometric Sensors
15. Interference Spectroscopy
16. Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy
17. Interference with Single Photons
18. Building an Interferometer
A. Monochromatic Light Waves
B. Phase Shifts on Reflections
C. Diffraction
D. Polarized Light
E. The Pancharatnam Phase
F. The Twyman-Green Interferometer: Initial Adjustment
G. The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer: Initial Adjustment
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P. Hariharan
Professor P. Hariharan is a Research Fellow in the Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics of CSIRO in Sydney and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney. His main research interests are interferometry and holography. He is a Fellow of SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Institute of Physics, London, and the Royal Photographic Society. He was a vice-president and then the treasurer of the International Commission of Optics, as well as a director of SPIE. Honors he has received include OSA’s Joseph Fraunhofer Award, the Henderson Medal of the Royal Photographic Society, the Thomas Young Medal of the Institute of Physics, London, SPIE’s Dennis Gabor Award and, most recently, SPIE’s highest award, the Gold Medal.
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About Netherlands
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26 % of the Netherlands is protected by dikes and occupying land, that would be flooded if it wasn’t walled in. Yes, this is one of the world’s lowest-lying countries and almost flat as a pannenkoek – pancake in Dutch.
The Netherlands is rich in history, but more famous for it’s dim coffee shops and red light district. Luckily, it can offer much more culture that that: great architecture like the Boekhandel Dominicanen in Maastricht, a UNESCO-listed network of waterways, Van Gogh and Rembrandt. It has the Keukenhof Garden – Kitchen garden – which is one of the biggest flower gardens in the world.
If you can, take a spring trip to the Netherlands in April. Millions of colorful tulips, that bloom in the tulip-fields, dotted with windmills and dairy farms, welcomes the spring and is an unforgettable experience.
Best time to visit the Netherlands is from April to October.
The Netherlands is part of the Northwest European lowlands and – as other parts of the northwestern Europe – is a temperate oceanic climate of drifting low pressure, winds from the west and longer lasting rain or showers. In the spring and early summer there may occur longer periods of dry weather.
The tiny height differences and the country’s small size means, that the climate varies little from region to region.
The average daytime temperature in January is 5°C (41°F) and in July 22°C (71°F)
The average of precipitation in January is 62 mm. (2,4 in.) and in July 66 mm. (2,6 in.)
The Netherlands was covered by the sea millions of years ago. Most of the underground was formed by the sea and rivers, like lime, gypsum and rock salt.
The two previous ice ages also helped shape the country. The ice formed hills and valleys. It also had a lot of sand, gravel and clay with it and when the ice disappeared, the sand, gravel and clay was left behind.
Throughout the ages, the country has descended and the sea has increased. This has meant, that much of the Netherlands today is lower than sea level. Therefore, it was necessary to build large dams, so the country would not be flooded by the sea.
The lowest point is almost 7 metres (22 ft.) below sea level and can be found north of Rotterdam. The highest point, the Vaalserberg, is located in the southeastern corner of the country and is 323 metres (1.059 ft.) above sea level.
5 things the Netherlands is known for, outside Netherlands
Rembrandt (Painter, 1606-1669)
Vincent van Gogh (Painter, 1853-1890)
Windmills (Around 1000 old windmills from the 17th and 18th century)
Gouda cheese (Dates back to 1184)
Clogs (Footwear made of wood)
Maastricht – where old and new unites: 50.851368, 5.690973
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After Syria: The United States, Russia, and the Future of Terrorism
The collapse of Islamic State control in Syria has been hailed in both Russia and the United States as a victory over terrorism. Both credit their country’s military involvement with victory. But the war that continues in Syria also lays bare Moscow and Washington’s conflicting definitions and approaches when it comes to terrorism, insurgency, and combat operations. Moreover, even if a path to stabilization in that country is found, America and Russia will continue to face terrorism and terrorists at home and abroad. The ways in which these two crucial countries respond as the threat evolves will shape both their own polities and the world as a whole.
Please join us on Friday, March 30 for an expert discussion of what we can expect from the end game in Syria and after; emerging trends in terrorism and violent extremism; and the evolution and implications of U.S. and Russian policies and roles.
This event is organized in partnership with Center for Strategic & International Studies.
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Carolyn Porco
Planetary Scientist; Cassini Imaging Team Leader; Director, CICLOPS, Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado
DR. CAROLYN C. PORCO received her PhD degree in 1983 from the California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, having completed her doctoral dissertation on Voyager discoveries in the rings of Saturn. In the fall of 1983, she joined the faculty in the Department of Planetary Sciences within the University of Arizona; the same year she was made a member of the Voyager Imaging Team. In the latter capacity, she participated heavily in the Voyager encounters with Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989, leading the Rings Working Group within the Voyager Imaging Team during the latter encounter.
In November 1990, she was selected as the leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini mission to Saturn, an international mission that has successfully placed a spacecraft in orbit around Saturn, and deployed an atmospheric probe to Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. She is also an imaging scientist on the Pluto/Kuiper Belt mission, New Horizons, which will launch to Pluto in 2006.
She is currently a Sr. Research Scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has taught both graduates and undergraduates and was one of 5 finalists for the University of Arizona Honors Center `Five Star Faculty Award', a campus-wide student-nominated, student-judged award for outstanding undergraduate teaching.
She has been an active participant in guiding the American planetary exploration program through membership on several important NASA advisory committees, including the Solar System Exploration Subcommittee, the Mars Observer Recovery Study Team, and the Solar System Road Map Development Team. She served as the chaiperson for a small NASA advisory working group to study and develop future outer solar system missions and she recently served as the Vice Chair of the Steering Group for the Solar System Decadal Survey, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and NASA.
Dr. Porco, currently a regular CNN guest analyst and consultant on astronomy, has made many radio and television appearances explaining science to the layman, including appearances on the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, CBS' 60 Minutes, and TV documentaries on planetary exploration such as "Cosmic Journey: The Voyager Interstellar Mission and Message" on A&E, and "The Planets" on The Discovery Channel. She was a strong and visible defendant of the usage of radioactive materials on the Cassini spacecraft.
Dr. Porco has also given many newspaper and magazine interviews, and has been profiled eight times in print, beginning in 1989 (Boston Globe, October, 1989), in the New York Times (August 1999), in the Tucson Citizen (2001 ), and most recently in Newsday (June 2004).
She was a member of a committee chaired by Carl Sagan in 1994 entitled "Public Communication of NASA's Science." Her popular scientific writings have been published in the London Sunday Times, the Guardian, Astronomy Magazine and theArizona Daily Star. She continues to be active in the presentation of science to the public as the leader of the Cassini Imaging team. She is the creator/editor of the team's CICLOPS website (ciclops.org) where Cassini images are posted, and writes the site's home page opening greeting to the public.
She is also the CEO of Diamond Sky Productions, a small company devoted to the scientific, as well as artful, use of planetary images and computer graphics for the presentation of science to the public.
Dr. Porco was responsible for the epitaph and proposal to honor the late renowned planetary geologist, Eugene Shoemaker, by sending his cremains to the Moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft in 1998.
In late 1999, she was selected by the Sunday London Timesas one of 18 scientific leaders of the 21st century, and byIndustrial Week as one of "50 Stars to Watch".
Her contributions to the exploration of the outer solar system were recently recognized with the naming of Asteroid (7231) Porco: "Named in honor of Carolyn C. Porco, a pioneer in the study of planetary ring systems...and a leader in spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system."
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Home International Economic Law Bilateral Investment Treaties An Analysis of the Use of ICJ Jurisprudence in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
An Analysis of the Use of ICJ Jurisprudence in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Published on May 13, 2019 Author: Timothy McKenzie
Last October 2018, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ” or “the Court”) issued its merits judgment in Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile). In a brief passage, the Court summarily dismissed Bolivia’s argument that the doctrine of “legitimate expectations” exists in general international law outside the context of fair and equitable treatment clauses. Despite the brevity of the Court’s analysis – and the minor importance of the legitimate expectations issue in that case – this finding drew attention from media outlets dedicated to investor-State dispute settlement (“ISDS”), including IAReporter. That the discussion of legitimate expectations in the Bolivia v. Chilejudgment was considered newsworthy in the ISDS sphere is a reflection of the importance that ISDS practitioners place on ICJ jurisprudence. As Professor Alain Pellet observed in a 2013 lecture, “[n]ot only do … investment tribunals… refer to the jurisprudence of the World Court, but they show a particular deference to it.”
There is some evidence, discussed below, to suggest that ISDS tribunals have referred to ICJ jurisprudence with increased frequency in recent years. Moreover, as ICJ President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf highlighted in his October 2018 speech to the U.N. General Assembly, the Court today is particularly busy. There may thus be even more opportunities for jurisprudential cross-pollination in the near future. Now is an opportune time to consider why, when, and how investor-State tribunals refer to ICJ jurisprudence.
Frequently-Cited ICJ Decisions and Passages
According to Investor-State Law Guide (ISLG) data, the judgments with the most specific references are:
1) Factory at Chorzów(Germany v. Poland), 13 September 1928
2) Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (United States v. Italy), 20 July 1989
3) Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Georgia v. Russia), 1 April 2011
4) Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Ltd. (Belgium v.Spain), 5 February 1970
5) Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada), 4 December 1998
Factory at Chorzów, ELSI, and Barcelona Traction are all well-known. In each case, claims approximating contemporary investment-treaty claims (e.g.expropriation, fair and equitable treatment, denial of justice) were brought by States on behalf of companies or individual shareholders.
Factory at Chorzów – a decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) – contains the single passage that ISDS tribunals cite more frequently than any other ICJ pronouncement: the famous statement that “reparation must, as far as possible, wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act…” (p. 47). ELSI contains the second most frequently-cited passage – the definition of “arbitrariness” as a “wilful disregard of due process of law…which shocks, or at least surprises, a sense of judicial propriety” (para. 128).
Barcelona Traction is best known for the Court’s finding that Belgium lacked standing to bring a claim on behalf of Belgian shareholders who indirectly owned the allegedly damaged investments at issue. Arbitral tribunals have often sought to distinguish this case, including by emphasizing that Barcelona Traction was decided in the context of diplomatic protection and by suggesting that the ICJ’s position on this issue may have since evolved (see Von Pezold v. Zimbabwe, paras. 319-21).
Georgia v. Russia and Fisheries Jurisdiction are less well-known. In Georgia v. Russia, the Court found that Article 22 of the CERD (providing that disputes “not settled by negotiation or by the procedures expressly provided for in this Convention” shall be referred to the ICJ at a Party’s request) established procedural preconditions that must be fulfilled before a party could bring a dispute before the ICJ. In particular, the Court focused on the requirement that there be prior negotiations between the parties. After a lengthy analysis of “what constitutes negotiations,” “their adequate form and substance,” and “to what extent they should be pursued” (see para. 156), the Court concluded that Georgia made no genuine attempt to negotiate its CERD dispute with Russia and thus dismissed Georgia’s Application on jurisdictional grounds.
Many investment treaties contain language similar to Article 22 of the CERD, leading ISDS respondents to argue that negotiations or other procedural steps must be taken before a claimant may have recourse to international arbitration. Remarkably, the Georgia v. Russia judgment – issued 8 years ago – has received nearly as many specific references as the ELSI judgment – issued nearly 30 years ago.
The 1998 Fisheries Jurisdiction judgment involved extensive discussion of the standards for interpretation of unilateral declarations issued by States. In particular, the ICJ examined Canada’s declaration under Article 36(2) of the ICJ Statute recognizing the Court’s jurisdiction as compulsory. The Court rejected the direct applicability of the law of treaties to unilateral declarations (para. 46) and held instead that these declarations should be interpreted “in a natural and reasonable way, having due regard to the intention of the State concerned” (para. 49).
Fisheries Jurisdiction has repeatedly come up in cases where tribunals were tasked with interpreting a national investment law (particularly Venezuela’s). Tribunals have treated this investment law as if it were a unilateral declaration, through which Venezuela extended an offer to arbitrate to foreign investors (see Tidewater v. Venezuela, Decision on Jurisdiction, paras. 88, 95). These Venezuelan cases, including Tidewater (paras. 96-97), Mobil/Venezuela Holdings (para. 94), and several others have followed the interpretive principles laid down in Fisheries Jurisdiction.
Three of the cases with the most specific references – Factory at Chorzów, ELSI, and Barcelona Traction – also top the list of decisions with the most general references. On this latter list, however, Georgia v. Russia and Fisheries Jurisdiction are replaced by the decision on jurisdiction in Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions (another PCIJ decision) and Judge Rosalyn Higgins’ Separate Opinion on Preliminary Objections in Oil Platforms. Unlike the former two decisions, which are most relevant in specific scenarios, the latter two are known for pronouncements of more general applicability.
Mavrommatis is well-known for its definition of a legal dispute as “a disagreement on a point of law or fact, a conflict of legal views or of interests between two persons” (p. 11). Judge Higgins’ Opinion in Oil Platforms, meanwhile, famously elaborates upon the test applied by the Court for assessing jurisdiction ratione materiae in cases brought pursuant to a compromissory clause in a treaty. Judge Higgins explained that the Court would have to “accept pro tem the facts as alleged by Iran to be true and…see if on the basis of Iran’s claims of fact there could occur a violation” of the treaty provisions Iran had invoked (para. 32).
Overall, Factory at Chorzów, ELSI and Barcelona Traction stand apart as the most influential ICJ decisions in the ISDS sphere – likely as a result of their longstanding importance in international law as a whole and their relevant subject matter.
The Chevron Award as a Case Study
The Second Partial Award in Chevron and Texaco v. Ecuador, dated 30 August 2018, provides a useful example of how ICJ jurisprudence has influenced ISDS. In the Chevron award, the tribunal cited twelve decisions of the ICJ and PCIJ for a range of propositions. For instance, the tribunal discussed at some length (and rejected) Ecuador’s argument that the claimants’ claims were inadmissible by virtue of the ICJ’s Monetary Gold jurisprudence regarding indispensable third parties (see paras. 7.32-7.36).
Elsewhere in the Award, the Chevron tribunal referred to Djibouti v. France, Fisheries Jurisdiction (Germany v. Iceland), and LaGrand as part of its analysis of whether or not it had jurisdiction over the claimants’ amended claims (see Chevron, paras. 7.175-7.177).
The Chevron tribunal went on to cite ELSI in its discussion of the appropriate standard for a denial of justice (para. 8.38), and then proceeded to analyse Factory at Chorzów and Avena and Other Mexican Nationals in determining how to fashion an appropriate remedy for the internationally wrongful acts it found had been committed by Ecuadoran courts (see Chevron, paras. 9.6 et seq.). Given that Avena had similarly dealt with an internationally wrongful act that had stemmed from the “process of domestic court proceedings” (see Chevron, para. 9.8; Avena, paras. 121-22), the Chevron tribunal closely followed the approach taken by the ICJ in that case in determining an appropriate remedy.
The Chevron tribunal also cited ICJ jurisprudence for the proposition that Article 16 of the International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility reflects customary international law (Chevron, para. 9.10, citing the Bosnian Genocide case).
The recent Chevron award, and the breadth and depth of its treatment of ICJ jurisprudence, is a testament to the high regard in which the Court is held among arbitrators. It is now clear that the ICJ’s influence extends beyond that of the most well-known judgments, and the intensity with which tribunals have embraced the Georgia v. Russia judgment suggests that the Court’s influence in investment arbitration may even be on the rise.
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Timothy McKenzie is currently a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice. He holds a JD from New York University, where he focused on public international law, and has several years’ practical experience in the field of international arbitration. Read Full
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Why Do Open Access Publications Get Higher Citations
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Open access (OA) is a publishing model gaining in popularity. In the last five years, there has been a strong push from many major institutions to shift partially or fully to open access. Plan S, an initiative by a group of 11 European funding agencies requires that all funding recipients publish in OA journals, is one such example. Proponents of open access publishing argue that it is a fairer model that promotes accessibility of science and research to the public. But are there any benefits for researchers who publish in OA journals? In this article, we examine studies that show open access articles and books enjoy a higher rate of citation than others.
Open Access Articles Cited and Read More
As open access becomes more widespread, more data is becoming available to explore the impacts. In 2014, the Research Information Network analyzed the web traffic on more than 700 articles published in hybrid science journal Nature Communications. They found that over a six month period, open access articles were viewed twice as often as those available only via subscription. Additional review of more than 2,000 papers published in Nature Communications between April 2010 and June 2013 found that OA articles had a median of 11 citations. This is compared to non-OA articles, which had a median of 7 citations.
Scholarly Books Get a Boost from Open Access
The positive impacts of open access go far beyond journal articles. PhD candidate Ronald Snijder of the University of Leiden studied the effects of making academic books available through open access. He found that open access books had 10% more citations than non-OA books. His research also found that making books available through OA had a negligible effect on the sales of hard copies. At the same time, there were more downloads of OA books in developing countries such as Indonesia, India, and China. Snijder also added that open access makes scientific research available on a global level. This corresponds to the results of the 2018 Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Survey, which found open access is growing in Indonesia and other developing countries.
Snijder is not the only one looking into this issue. Another reputed journal, Springer Nature, also examined how open access impacts the use of scholarly books. Their white paper found that OA books are downloaded seven times as often, mentioned online ten times as often, and cited 50% more than non-OA books. The study was conducted over a period of four years. Although the study has limitations, it offers a promising outlook for authors who have chosen to publish through open access.
The Outlook for Open Access
Nonetheless, open access still faces some significant barriers before it becomes the new norm. One major issue is the cost that authors must bear when publishing open access. Article processing charges can run as high as $3500.
However, the attitude towards open access publishing among scholars is increasingly positive. In the survey conducted by Springer Nature, professors said that they preferred OA for many reasons. Increased dissemination and easy access to research were two of the top reasons. Ethical concerns also played a role. Helen Louise Ackers, Chair in Global Social Justice at the University of Salford, has a similar opinion. She considers it unethical to publish a book on international development that people in developing countries couldn’t afford to read. Thus, these observations makes OA journals a better option when publishing research results.
Do you prefer to cite open access or subscription journals? What do you think of the future of open access? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Why Battling Ropes? Original Creator Answers All Questions. Interview with John Brookfield
By Adrienne Harvey, SrPCC, RKC-II, CK-FMS
Dragon Door: As the original creator of the Battling Ropes System—which has been around for quite a while now—what inspired you to offer an instructor certification?
John Brookfield: About twelve years ago, I created the Battling Ropes System in my backyard. I had been looking for a way to train myself to sustain strength, speed, power, and also mental endurance over time, instead of just interval training. I developed and did the training myself for about a year, and the results were just phenomenal. After I did more testing, I realized that I needed to get this out to athletes and the military, since it's so transferrable to everything they do.
Dragon Door: Battling Ropes are inevitably compared with kettlebells. What are the advantages and benefits of using Battling Ropes as opposed to kettlebells?
John Brookfield: The Battling Ropes System is completely different from any other type of training that's ever been out there. Battling Ropes can be a complete, stand alone training system—in the same way that kettlebells can be—but they also mingle very well with other types of training. With the ropes we're actually creating velocity—strength and speed at the same time.
Unlike kettlebells, weightlifting, or other types of training, there’s no lull in the action with the ropes. If you picture fast moving water in a river, it's very relaxed, but it's relentless. There's no lull, no stop, it's just a constant shove of water. With the ropes, your body is constantly working, unlike with kettlebells or anything else. Your mind and body are engaged at all times.
Dragon Door: That makes sense. I'm thinking about a kettlebell swing, and the split second at the top of the swing when the kettlebell floats, or the pause at the top of a kettlebell snatch...
John Brookfield: Exactly. Obviously, gravity takes over with just about anything. But, with the ropes you're creating power very quickly—then in the twinkling of an eye you're stopping that power and throwing it in a different direction, over and over and over. The rope never just goes to the ground like a kettlebell or barbell. When a kettlebell snatch or swing starts coming back towards the ground there’s a little bit of time—even though your core is engaged—for the mind and body to relax just slightly. But with the ropes, if you're doing it correctly, you're constantly engaged while generating a lot of output.
Dragon Door: Many people seem to think the Battling Ropes System is very simple and doesn't require a lot of specialized instruction to learn or teach to others. Clearly, you think otherwise. Could you elaborate on that?
John Brookfield: I certainly can understand how people might think it's very simplistic. But, my training system teaches people how to sustain over time. When most people use Battling Ropes, it’s only for 20-30-40 second intervals. And honestly, not to throw stones, but if somebody can't go non-stop for at least twenty minutes pretty hard with the Battling Ropes, then they don't even remotely understand how the system works.
Once you get to the point where you can actually sustain over time, that's when there’s a huge transfer into any other sport or activity. Athletes will be a lot faster and have a lot more endurance over time if they've been using Battling Ropes.
I've trained a lot of interesting people. I won't mention names, but when training a world class fighter, they might try to go for 40 seconds as hard as they can with the ropes. Of course that's still very good. But, after I teach them the system, they can do so much more than 40 seconds. I can teach them to go even faster, and for 10-15-20 minutes.
That’s huge when it transfers for a fighter or any other kind of athlete. They can go to their event with the confidence that they can go full blast physically and mentally without wearing out. Even world class wrestlers—if they’re honest—will tell you that they hold back a little bit because they're afraid they'll wear out during a match. If they really follow the system I teach (and most people don't) then they'll be able to have the total confidence to go full blast for the whole fight or wrestling match.
Another thing I try to teach is how to get people to relax under stress. If you watch most athletes—even world class athletes—almost all of them get into panic breathing. So, if we can teach our minds and bodies to relax under stress, it will transfer to anything—the business world, relationships, sports. We can go full blast, but we don't want to let our mind move too fast because that creates a lot of stress in the body. I’ve learned how to teach people to go full blast while still staying fully relaxed.
Dragon Door: That's really intriguing. It seems like that would also be of benefit to military and tactical situations as well... which brings me to the next question. What organizations and people have you taught your Battling Ropes system to, and what kind of results have they been getting?
John Brookfield: I started teaching the system about twelve years ago, after I’d used it myself for about a year. I live fairly close to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, so my very first groups were some of our top military Special Forces units. I was friends with some of the commanders and told them about the special training methods I'd developed. Because I didn't want them to get pre-conceived ideas about it, I asked them to not ask me too many questions about the training at first. They agreed to let me try it out with some of their guys.
After training hundreds of people, maybe over a thousand athletes and military personnel, I noticed that at first when I started them on a drill with the ropes, almost every one of them would really struggle to last a minute going very hard. It amazed me that all these world class professionals would struggle to last a minute. This was how I found out that velocity—strength and speed together—was a missing link in their training. As fit and mentally tough as they were, their bodies were just not used to sustaining velocity. After they became accustomed to sustaining velocity, they could go much much harder with anything.
The first three groups I taught were our top military Special Forces groups. Then I trained the Cincinnati Bengals very early. They actually let me train all their different players at the time. Then I trained the Olympic wrestling team. From there, I "guinea pigged" some NFL teams, more military groups, and Olympic wrestlers. Everybody absolutely loved it, they were amazed at how specific it was—and how hard it was to manipulate a 24 pound rope.
Dragon Door: What kind of results were they getting after using the system for a while?
John Brookfield: A lot of them I never saw after the training, but the ones who actually kept up with it and used the training properly were getting huge results. They had much better endurance and could go harder on the field or whatever they were trying to do.
For example, one gentleman I trained years ago at Ft. Bragg in depth with the different concepts of the Battling Rope System went back and actually easily beat his old push-up record. He wasn't even training push-ups, but after using what I’d taught him, he blew his old record away. He didn't get the lactic acid build up or the fatigue.
A few doctors of kinesiology, including Dr. Mike Martino have studied the Battling Ropes System in the past 5-6 years. They found out that when training velocity—strength and speed together, very fast—your blood flow and circulation is much faster compared to any other type of training. Going back to the idea of the fast moving river—a fast moving river pushes out debris. A slower moving river, or in this case, bloodstream, will basically allow lactic acid to build up. The ropes actually move out debris so to speak since the circulation moves much better. The muscles don’t fatigue as much. It flew over my head, but they've actually proven that in their studies.
Dragon Door: So, your training techniques can decrease the lactic acid buildup?
John Brookfield: Exactly. And with the ropes, you have complete freedom with your hands for striking, swimming strokes, or you could even spell your name if you have the coordination. Anything you can do with your hands, you can do with the ropes, and that's really huge.
Dragon Door: How could a Battling Ropes certification help a personal trainer or coach in their career as a fitness professional?
John Brookfield: There’s three basic things. Battling Ropes produce tremendous results including fast fat loss, and sports-specific performance. The basic techniques are fairly simplistic to learn. And very importantly, to date we have not had one person injured from working with the ropes. It's extremely safe. Unlike a stone, a kettlebell or a barbell, it can’t impose its will on you. When using the ropes, you’re "piloting your own plane." You can only put as much force on that rope as your body is capable of producing. The rope cannot put force back on you.
I'm not a physical therapist, but many, including Gray Cook and other famous physical therapists can use the ropes even with somebody who has a rotator cuff injury. They will only be able to use as much force as their shoulder can use. Since the rope cannot put the force back on them, the chance of getting hurt is nearly impossible.
Dragon Door: That's really cool, and sounds like something personal trainers and coaches need in their toolkit.
John Brookfield: And there’s a huge transfer effect, no matter the fitness or sports goal. Since the basic techniques are simple to learn, a trainer doesn't have to worry about taking six months to teach a move that might ruin someone's shoulders or knees in the process.
Dragon Door: What kind of role can Battling Ropes play in a fat loss program?
John Brookfield: Since anybody can use the ropes, someone in their 50s who might have these little injuries in their shoulders for example, can actually train very hard without hurting their joints. Children like the ropes, they almost see it as playing. The handicapped can use the ropes. So unlike Olympic lifting, or even kettlebells, almost everyone can use the ropes in some way for exercise and fat loss.
Dragon Door: Can Battling Ropes be used at home? Because of their length and bulk, some people might think that they would need to go to a gym to use them.
John Brookfield: There are certain techniques that do require some room, but many techniques don't actually require a lot of space. For example, there’s a technique I call pile manipulation or rope fighting, where we just throw the rope right on the floor. People are always used to seeing a Battling Rope hooked to a rack, a kettlebell, or a stand and we certainly teach those techniques as a mainstay. But, we can also take the rope and basically just throw it on the ground. Many of the techniques and concepts can be used in very confined spaces.
During the Battling Ropes Certification, we will also cover how to use them with partner training, and ways to train whole boot camps or teams. In today's world, many trainers and coaches are not just training individuals, they might be working with entire rugby teams, football teams, or military units. We will be teaching a turnkey system to easily implement the training with groups of as many as 30 to 40 people.
Another interesting thing is that while we do use different ropes with the system, we usually use a 50' 1.5" rope. I would start an NFL lineman on the exact same rope that I would start an eleven year old female soccer player. There’s countless increments of intensity that you can use with that one rope.
For example, when our eleven year old soccer player begins with that rope, most likely she won't be able to get the waves to flow all the way down to the anchor point. But, she might get it 60% there, and that's visual motivation. She will fight harder and harder to get the wave all the way down to the end of the rope. Next week she'll get the wave a little way further. There’s a full set of increments of intensity to work with. Now, the NFL lineman won't have any trouble getting the waves to flow all the way to the end of the rope. But, there are many ways I can make the ropes so difficult for him that he'll struggle to get the waves flowing to the end. You can take that same rope and train pretty much any individual in the world.
Dragon Door: Hardstyle kettlebell enthusiasts point to the kettlebell’s "What The Hell" effect on multiple types of sports activities—principally because of the hip snap and the explosive power it generates and teaches. What would a Battling Ropes enthusiast point to in this respect?
John Brookfield: Well, they carry over to anything, but I'll give you a very specific example that applies to kettlebell training. A few years ago, I remembered speaking to John Du Cane and a couple kettlebell trainers about the Secret Service Snatch Test (SSST) which is ten minutes of snatches with a 53lb kettlebell. I asked him if he thought anyone could do 300 reps in 10 minutes. John said that he thought that someone with my conditioning could do it. While I'd never done a snatch with a kettlebell at that time, I had done a lot of heavy juggling with kettlebells.
The seventh time I tried the SSST, I did 302 reps. I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that the reason I was able to do it was the transfer of the velocity training from the ropes to the kettlebell. I was able to sustain a much higher threshold of power, strength, and endurance. And when that transferred from the ropes, the kettlebell felt very slow! Compared to working with the ropes, those 302 reps felt like they were in slow motion. All boasting aside, I felt like my endurance on that last rep was as good as when I started.
Dragon Door: Earlier in our call, you'd mentioned training athletes in wrestling, football, rugby, along with military groups. What other applications or sports would also benefit from training with your Battling Ropes System?
John Brookfield: Really, almost anybody. They'll be able to sustain high levels of intensity over longer durations of time. And, while people are used to staying in one place when using the ropes, once someone has learned the basics there’s a lot of footwork, agility, and mobility training we can do. In a lot of the training we're actually moving our feet forward, backward, laterally, and in different positions. When they’re starting out, I teach people to stay in one place so they can learn to sustain velocity before they start moving. But once they advance, we can do a lot of footwork.
Once someone can move their arms and legs at the same time with the Battling Ropes, the effect on the cardiovascular threshold is absolutely amazing. Starting from your current anaerobic threshold, I can take that level and make it aerobic—and in a relatively short period of time.
Dr. Mike Martino learned that the velocity training taps into the nervous system in a very different way. This is why Battling Ropes can affect the cardiovascular threshold.
Dragon Door: Some people seem to dismiss Battling Ropes as rather simple, yet at the other end of that spectrum other people shy away because the ropes appear too challenging. What are your thoughts on these objections?
John Brookfield: You're right. Nobody seems to be in the middle. They either think it’s silly and simplistic, or that it’s too challenging. But, my answer to both opinions is that they do not really understand the Battling Ropes system. Many people try to use the ropes with way too much body tension. They’ll tense up as if they’re lifting a lot of weight. Instead, you want to move like the flow of water or like a whip would move. You want to be very explosive but you want your whole body to be quite relaxed. Learning to do this doesn't happen overnight, but that’s part of what I teach. Many people who find the ropes too challenging are often using a lot more body tension than they need to use.
Here's something else that I think is extremely interesting with the ropes: no one has equal speed, strength, dexterity, and endurance on both sides. Someone’s right arm might be stronger, but their left arm might be quicker. Or they may have a lot of dexterity in their right side but not their left. So when we're doing a drill like alternating waves, one arm might be moving well and the other might be just flailing. Very quickly, we will see the weak side. But, as you do the training, you'll actually make both sides of the body work the same over a period of time. This has a huge benefit for sports, and especially for injury prevention.
When I first started, I thought that professional football players or top athletes would be pretty well balanced. But, they didn't seem to be any more balanced than someone on the street. It seems like every human being, whether they're a carpenter, an athlete, or a soccer mom will have imbalances in their body. Battling Ropes can correct these imbalances.
For example, we do the tsunami drill with a fifty foot long, two inch diameter rope completely stretched out. The rope is anchored on one side, and you’re on the opposite side holding the rope with both hands. You have to create a wave all the way down to the other end. With kettlebell swings or snatches, you have to thrust up, but with this drill, you thrust up very quickly, but then slam the rope down—then immediately back up again. Unlike simply slamming down a sledgehammer, you have to continue slamming up and down. If the athlete is really strong but not fast, they won’t do well. But, if somebody is really fast but not strong, they also won’t do well. You’ve got to become very quick and explosive in all directions.
Dragon Door: I’m really looking forward to the Battling Ropes certification workshop. What else attendees can expect?
John Brookfield: At the workshop we will cover all the different aspects of the Battling Ropes system. So, I think people will walk away with countless drills and ideas that will be really good for their toolbox. Along with injury prevention, we're going to teach people how to sustain higher levels of intensity over longer durations of time no matter their background.
John Brookfield is the creator of the Battling Ropes System. Register here for the upcoming Battling Ropes Instructor Certification Workshop in February, 2018 in North Carolina.
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Looking Back at Orange County's DUIs for 2015
DUI arrests are down in Orange County as compared to a few years ago, but the number of crashes have been rising in OC and statewide.
The steep drop in DUI arrests isn’t necessarily attributed to less drunk drivers. Rather, it’s likely because police have been running fewer saturation patrols and DUI checkpoints, but it can also be attributed to ridesharing services, such as Uber and Lyft.
Law enforcement in Orange County have observed another trend: an increase in crashes involving people who were impaired by drugs, both legal and illegal, rather than alcohol.
Fountain Valley Police Chief Daniel S. Llorens said that he is anxious about increased driving by people using prescription medications and/or marijuana in addition to alcohol.
Llorens told the Register that both create a synergistic effect when combined with even a modest amount of alcohol, which could easily lead to poor driving decisions.
DUI arrests dove down by nearly 26 percent in Orange County from their peak in 2008 through 2013, according to the latest figures from the state.
DUI crashes, however, didn’t plunge so drastically. The number of DUI crashes resulting in injuries or fatalities in Orange County fell 13 percent, as compared to 24 percent for the state from its 2003 peak.
Statewide, drug-related fatalities rose from 696 to 892, while alcohol-related fatalities rose by 1,072 in 2010 to 1,197 in 2013, the Register reported. The most recent figures for OC and California are from 2013; the newest numbers are expected in the spring.
After the Register surveyed local police departments, here’s what it learned:
In 2015, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department logged 1,180 DUI incident reports.
Fullerton’s downtown bar scene led to 623 DUI arrests through November of 2015, according to Fullerton Police Chief Dan Hughes.
Santa Ana produced 704 DUI arrests by the first week of December of 2015, said Corporal Anthony Bertagna.
Anaheim’s DUI arrests went from 555 in 2014, to 563 in December 2015, said Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
Some Orange County cities reported more DUI arrests in 2015 than in 2014, for example, Newport Beach and Tustin arrested more people through November of 2015 than they had in all of 2014, according to officials.
Fullerton’s Hughes said that recession-based staffing cuts that started in 2010 have played a role in the reduction in DUI arrests, as well as call service loads. There’s less time for officers to look for drunk drivers because they have to respond to more calls and have less patrol time, he said.
Arrests could also be dropping due to Uber and Lyft.
Looking for an Orange County DUI attorney? Get a Board Certified expert on your side – call the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry, Inc. for your free case evaluation!
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Department of English Studies
Department of English Studies ⇨
Professor David Fuller
Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of English Studies
Member in the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Emeritus Fellow of University College
Contact Professor David Fuller (email at david.fuller@durham.ac.uk)
David Fuller is Emeritus Professor of English and former Chairman of the Department of English Studies in the University of Durham. From 2002 to 2007 he was also the University’s Public Orator. He has held a University of Durham Sir Derman Christopherson Fellowship, and fellowships at the Huntington Library, the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies of the University of Toronto, and the Yale Center for British Art. He is the author of Blake’s Heroic Argument (Croom Helm, 1988), James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (Harvester, 1992), Signs of Grace (with David Brown, Cassell, 1995), and essays on a wide range of poetry, drama, and novels from Medieval to Modern, including work on Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Blake, Shelley, Keats, T. S. Eliot, William Empson, and the theory and practice of criticism. He is the editor of Tamburlaine the Great (1998), for the Clarendon Press complete works of Marlowe, of William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose (Longman’s Annotated Texts, 2000; revised 2008), and co-editor (with Patricia Waugh) of The Arts and Sciences of Criticism (Oxford, 1999) and (with Corinne Saunders and Jane Macnaughton) of The Recovery of Beauty: Arts, Culture, Medicine (2015). His edition, with Corinne Saunders, of a version of the medieval poem Pearl modernised by Victor Watts was published by Enitharmon in 2005. He trained as a Musicologist and has written on Jacobean stage music, on opera, and on ballet. Much of his recent research has been on Marlowe and Shakespeare in modern performance, including a book on the Sonnets, The Life in the Sonnets (2011), published by Continuum in the series Shakespeare Now! He is currently working on a book on Shakespeare and the Romantics, to be published in 2016 in the series 'Oxford Shakespeare Topics'.
Literature and Medicine
Renaissance Studies
Romantic and Pre-Romantic Studies
Blake and poetry of the Romantic period
Elizabethan drama (Marlowe and Shakespeare)
Modernism, especially Joyce and T.S. Eliot
Authored book
Fuller, David (2011). The Life in the Sonnets. London: Continuum. With a complete recorded reading of the Sonnets available at http://www.continuumbooks.com/resources/9781847064547.
David Fuller (2000). William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose. London: Longman-Pearson.
David Fuller (1998). Tamburlaine the Great, Parts 1 and 2, in vol. 5 of The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
David Fuller & Brown, D. W. (1995). Signs of Grace: Sacraments in Poetry and Prose. London: Cassell.
(1992). James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. London: Harvester.
(1988). Blake's Heroic Argument. London: Croom Helm.
Chapter in book
Fuller, David (2018). 'Communities in the Theatre and the World: Three Ballets and a Masque'. In New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity. Edmondson, Paul & Fernie, Ewan London: Bloomsbury. 65-82.
Fuller, David (2018). 'Sin, Death, and Love: Britten's Holy Sonnets of John Donne'. In Literary Britten: Words and Music in Benjamin Britten's Vocal Works. Kennedy, Kate Boydell and Brewer.
Fuller, David (2018). 'The Sonnet'. In A Companion to Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, 1960-2010. Malcolm, David & Gortschacher, Wolfgang Wiley-Blackwell.
Fuller, David (2018). Rescuing Shakespeare: King Lear and Its Textual Contexts. In The Life of Texts: Evidence in Textual Production, Transmission, and Reception. Caruso, Carlo Bloomsbury. 154-175.
Fuller, David (2015). 'There is no method'? Contact and Conflict in Interdisciplinary Studies. In Contact and Conflict in English Studies. Coelsch-Foisner, Sabine & Schendl, Herbert Peter Lang. 133-150.
Fuller, David (2015). A Kind of Loving: Hans Castorp as Model Critic. In Thomas Mann and Shakespeare: Something Rich and Strange. Doering, Tobias & Fernie, Ewan Bloomsbury. 207-228.
Fuller, David (2012). '"A sensibility for the infinite": Metaphor, Symbol, Form, and the Sublime'. In Theology, Aesthetics and Culture. MacSwain, Robert C. & Worley, Taylor Oxford: Oxford University Press. 213-225.
Fuller, David (2012). Discovering Transgression: Reading from the Passions. In Shakespeare and I. Will McKenzie, & Theodora Papadopolou Continuum. 61-77.
David Fuller (2011). Music. In T. S. Eliot in Context. Harding, Jason Cambridge University Press. 134-44.
David Fuller (2010). Lyrics, Sacred and Secular. In A Companion to Medieval Poetry. Corinne Saunders Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 258-76.
David Fuller (2009). Les illustrations de Blake pour 'La Divine Comedie'. In William Blake: Le Genie visionnaire du romantisme anglais. Michael Phillips Paris: Paris musees. 181-87, 245-46.
David Fuller (2009). T. S. Eliot. In The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature. Rebecca Lemon, Emma Mason, Jonathan Roberts & Christopher Rowland Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 667-80.
David Fuller (2009). The Erotic and the Sacred Body in Opera: The Venusberg to Monsalvat - and Beyond. In The Body and the Arts. Corinne Saunders, Ulrika Maude & Jane Macnaughton Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 254-69.
David Fuller (2006). Reading Chaucer Aloud. In A Concise Companion to Chaucer. Saunders, Corinne Oxford: Blackwell.
David Fuller (2006). William Empson: from Verbal Analysis to Cultural Criticism. In Modern Literary Theory and Criticism: an Oxford Guide. Waugh, Patricia Oxford: Oxford University Press.
David Fuller (2005). ‘“Mad as a refuge from unbelief” Blake and the Sanity of Dissidence.’. In Madness and Creativity in Literature and Culture. Saunders, Corinne. & Macnaughton, Jane. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 121-143.
David Fuller (2005). Passion and Politics: Antony and Cleopatra in Performance. In Antony and Cleopatra: New Critical Essays. Deats, Sara Munson. New York: Routledge. 111-135.
David Fuller (2004). ‘Shakespeare’s Romances.’. In A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary. Saunders, Corinne. Oxford: Blackwell. 160-176.
David Fuller (2002). ‘Tamburlaine the Great in Performance.’. In Marlowe’s Empery: Expanding his Critical Contexts. Deats, Sara Munson. & Logan, Robert A. Newark; London: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses. 61-81.
David Fuller (2000). Keats and Anti-Romantic Ideology. In The Challenge of Keats: Bicentenary Essays, 1795-1995. Christensen, Allan Amsterdam: Rodopi.
David Fuller (1998). William Blake. In Literature of the Romantic Period: A Bibliogrqaphical Guide. O'Neill, Michael Oxford: Oxford UP.
David Fuller (1996). The World, the Flesh and the Spirit: Love as Sacramental in Spenser and Other Poets. In Christ, the Sacramental Word. Brown, D. W. & Loades, Ann London: SPCK.
Edited book
Saunders, Corinne, Macnaughton, Jane & Fuller, David (2015). The Recovery of Beauty: Arts, Culture, Medicine. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
David Fuller & Saunders, Corinne (2005). Pearl. A modernized version by Victor Watts. London: Enitharmon.
David Fuller & Waugh, Patricia (1999). The Arts and Sciences of Criticism. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Fuller, David (2011). Dementia at the Opera: 'The Lion's Face'. The Opera Quarterly 27(4): 509-521.
David Fuller (2009). Love or Politics: The Man or the King? Edward II in Modern Performance. Shakespeare Bulletin 27(1): 81-115.
David Fuller (2007). “The Human Form Divine” Blake and the Body. Essays in Romanticism 31: 53-73.
David Fuller (2005). The Bogdanov Version: The English Shakespeare Company Wars of the Roses. Literature/Film Quarterly 33: 114-37.
Fuller, David (1988). Blake and Dante. Art History 11(3): 349-73.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
Fuller, David (2010). Modernizing Blake's Text: Syntax, Rhythm, Rhetoric. Romantic Circles Praxis Series 2010(1).
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Trump: The iPhone will be built in Wisconsin
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Jan 15, 2018 12:10pm
There has been no definitive statement of plans by Foxconn to produce iPhone screens in Wisconsin. (Sensors Magazine)
President Donald Trump has doubled down on his claim that Apple will be manufacturing the iPhone in the U.S. once its Taiwanese contractor, Foxconn Electronics, opens its factory in Wisconsin.
"Now we need people because they're going to have thousands of people working, it's going to be a—you know—that's the company that makes the Apple iPhone," the president told Wall Street Journal reporters in a wide-ranging interview last week. "They're going to build them here, they're going to build other things here too.”
In July, an arrangement was announced with the manufacturer, which said that it would spend $10 billion to build a flat-screen factory in the Badger State, to be completed in the 2020 timeframe—in return for $4 billion in state tax incentives and other “sweeteners” over 15 years.
In return, Foxconn and the state have said that investment will support the creation of 3,000 jobs initially (plus the 10,000 short-term construction jobs created to build the plant). Eventually, the goal would be to support 13,000 direct jobs, the vendor said, and up to 22,000 indirect jobs for businesses that could crop up around the campus.
Yet as for building the iPhone in Wisconsin, there has been no definitive statement of plans by Foxconn to produce iPhone screens there, although the manufacturer has not thrown cold water on the idea with a denial, either. Apple has also been mum on the speculation.
However, even if Foxconn could make iPhone screens stateside at a cheaper labor and production cost than it already enjoys in Taiwan, there is the question of whether it would make economic sense for Apple to ship the screens back to Asia to be inserted into its overall manufacturing supply chain before re-importing the finished phones to the domestic market. Foxconn, of course, does not produce the entire handset on its own—the production process spans many factories and stakeholders on both sides of the Pacific.
That uncertainty is dulling some of the optimism for the project, as are other aspects of the deal. Detractors say that Foxconn is a company with a track record not delivering: In 2013 it announced plans to build a $30 million plant in Pennsylvania that never came to fruition; there are similar abandoned deals on the books in Brazil, India and Indonesia from the past few years. Also, it has a high interest in automation, which opponents say could limit the amount of actual job creation that Wisconsin sees.
Further, the massive incentive plan has stirred controversy and is expected to be a main issue in this year's gubernatorial race. Aside from the tax breaks—which Wisconsin does not expect to recoup until 2043—Wisconsin will allow the manufacturer to avoid state environmental rules and oversight; it also plans to pay for millions in additional road improvements; and, it said it would buy the land for the factory and give it to Foxconn for free. The state plans to take the land by eminent domain, which has drawn a lawsuit from outraged property owners.
Nonetheless, Trump remains bullish: “The head of Foxconn, you know he's a friend of mine. He's only moving there because of me," he told the WSJ, thus taking full ownership of the deal.
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Russia licenses Saudis to build AK-103 Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition
In October of 2017 the Russians agreed to license Saudi Arabia to manufacture the 7.62x39mm AK-103 rifle during a visit by King Salman.
A licensing agreement allowing Saudi Arabia to produce AK-103 rifles was signed during King Salman of Saudi Arabia's October visit to Moscow. The Gulf Kingdom currently fields Russian-built 7.62x39mm AK-103 rifles, along with a hodge-podge of other designs. The agreement between Russian State Arms Exporter Rosoboronexport and Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) will facilitate licensed manufacture of Concern Kalashnikov's 7.62x39mm AK-103 series of assault rifles as well as ammunition.
Russia's Rosoboronexport is the sole state intermediary agency for the export/import of defense related and dual use products, technologies and services. They claim to be the second largest arms exporter in the world supplying some 116 countries. Russia's small arms industry, including Concern Kalashnikov (formerly IZHMASH), has been undergoing very rough times due to a lack of sales. Located in the city of Izhevsk in the Republic of Udmurtia, Concern Kalashnikov is the home of the famous AK47 Avtomat. Currently US sanctions prohibit them from selling commercial firearms, such as their popular Saiga line of hunting rifles and shotguns, in the United States. The sanctions cut them off from a lucrative market, hurting the company financially. Today, any sales are important to Concern Kalashnikov, and this agreement will certainly help the cash strapped Russian small arms manufacturer.
The AK-103 is the 7.62x39mm variant of the current AK-100 family of rifles and is a tough and reliable design.
So what is the AK-103 rifle? In an effort to decrease costs and ease manufacturing the Russians developed a unified family of rifles called the AK-100 series. Based upon the 5.45x39mm AK-74M, the AK-100 series was developed to facilitate building rifles in different calibers on one basic platform. The AK-101 (assault rifle) and AK-102 (short barrel carbine) are chambered in 5.56x45mm while the AK-103 (assault rifle) and AK-104 (short barrel carbine) are chambered for the old classic 7.62x39mm. In profile, other than the magazine, the AK-103 rifle mimics the Russian Army's current issue 5.45x39mm AK-74M. A rugged selective-fire rifle, the AK-103 features a 16.3 inch hammer forged chrome-lined barrel, muzzle brake, side-folding stock and optics rail. Operation is traditional Kalashnikov with gas tapped from the barrel used to operate a long-stroke gas piston and a carrier-controlled rotating bolt.
Concern Kalashnikov is currently putting together a team of engineers who will be tasked with setting up the new factory and training its workers. According to my sources, rifles will be initially produced using Russian supplied parts. It remains to be seen how large of a team the Russians will send and how long it will take for the new Saudi factory to begin producing rifles. Another Russian team, from one of their ammunition manufacturers yet to be named, will be sent to set up ammunition production.
The agreement to build AK-103 rifles and ammunition was just one of many signed during King Salman's visit to Moscow. Also announced was a preliminary deal to allow the Gulf Kingdom to purchase Russia's highly regarded S-400 Air Defense System. SAMI stated, "The Russian contracts are expected to play a pivotal role in the growth and development of the military and military systems industry in Saudi Arabia.
This is a very interesting development and my only question is why didn't the Russians also sell the Saudi's a license to produce the 7.62x54mmR SVD Dragunov sniper rifle? It seems like a missed opportunity. What does this all mean for the American shooter and collector? With the importation of Russian manufactured rifles currently banned, there is the possibility we might see commercial models produced by the Saudis. While this would obviously be down the road a ways, it is a distinct possibility Firearms News will keep its eye on.
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AVAILABLE AT:WWW.FIREPROTECTION24.EU
1. The terms used in the Terms and Conditions shall have the following meaning:
a) Seller/Service Provider - FIRE PROTECTION 24 Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością in Mysłowice 41-400, ul. Partyzantów 7, registered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register kept by the District Court Katowice-Wschód in Katowice, VIII Commercial Division of the National Court Register under the number KRS: 0000550917, Tax Identification Number (NIP): 6322012555 and Statistical Number (REGON): 361296707, share capital of: PLN 5,000.00, e-mail: sales@fireprotection24.eu ,
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c) Customer Account - an individual account of the Customer in the Webshop by which the Customer may place Orders.
d) Webshop - Internet service available at: www.fireprotection24.eu, allowing the Customer to place Orders in order to purchase Products presented on the site from the Seller,
e) Products - movables presented by the Seller in the Webshop, which may be a part of the Order placed by the Customer.
f) Registration Form - an e-form available in the Webshop used for the registration of the Customer by creating the Customer Account.
g) Order - a declaration of the Customer about the intention to conclude a Product sales agreement with the Seller, sent in an electronic form via the Customer Account, specifying in particular the type and quantity of the Products ordered,
h) Terms and Conditions - these terms and conditions of the Webshop available at: www.fireprotection24.eu/en/regulamin, which constitute the terms and conditions for providing e-services by the Service Provider,
i) GTCS - General Terms and Conditions of Sale of the Seller, the content of which is available on the Seller’s website at: www.fireprotection24.eu/en/ows,
j) E-Services - services provided by the Service Provider in an electronic form via the Webshop.
2. The Webshop is run by the Seller.
3. The Terms and Conditions define the rules and procedures for placing orders by Customers exclusively in the Webshop, aiming at conclusion of a Product sales agreement with the Seller. The Terms and Conditions constitute also the terms and conditions for providing e-services by the Service Provider.
4. All and any information presented in the Webshop, in particular information about the Products, do not constitute an offer within the meaning of the Civil Code and only an invitation to conclude an agreement referred to in Article 71 of the Civil Code.
5. The Buyer acknowledges and agree that the provisions of Article 661 (2 and 3) of the Civil Code shall not apply to the sales agreements to be concluded via the Webshop.
6. The Seller executes the Orders within the Republic of Poland and abroad.
PROVIDING E-SERVICES BY SERVICE PROVIDER.
1. The Service Provider provides the following free E-Services:
a) the services including the possibility to create the Customer Account as well as the possibility to use this account,
b) communication services enabling the Client to send the Orders to the Service Provider (the Seller) via the Webshop and using the Customer Account,
c) newsletter services where the Service Provider, with the consent of the Client, may send up-to-date information (including commercial information) to the e-mail address specified by the Client, concerning the offered products and services as well as any promotions.
2. The Service Provider reserves its right to discontinue the services referred to in point 1 at any time and without giving the reason. Any discontinuation of the abovementioned services shall not in any way affect the content and implementation of the Product sale agreement concluded via the Webshop before the discontinuation of the services by the Service Provider (the Seller).
3. In order to receive newsletter referred to in point 1(c), the Client shall check a relevant box in the Registration Form marked as “Subscribe to Newsletter” during the process of creating the Customer Account.
4. Using the newsletter service is available also without the need to create the Customer Account. In such a case, it is necessary to enter the e-mail address in an appropriate box available at the Webshop and to click “Subscribe” button.
5. Using the newsletter service requires that the Client gives its consent on processing its personal data for marketing purposes and on receiving commercial information by e-mail from the Service Provider.
6. To work with the IT system used by the Service Provider and thus, to use E-Services provided by the Service Provider, it is necessary to have a device with at least the following technical specification:
a) enabling web browsing,
b) having the Internet access,
c) having one of the following software for browsing the websites:
- in case of computers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or a later version;
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or a later version;
Apple Safari 5 or a later version;
Google Chrome 7 or a later version;
with Adobe Flash plug-in in the browser;
- in case of mobile devices:
Apple Safari with iOs, version 7 at least – in case of iPhone or iPad;
Google Chrome with Android, version 4.0 at least.
7. The Client shall not provide any illegal content via the Webshop.
8. Complaints concerning the Webshop operations may be submitted by e-mail to the Service Provider: sales@fireprotection24.eu.
9. The Service Provider shall recognize the submitted complaint and inform the Client about the recognition procedure within 14 days from the date of its receipt. The information about the recognition of the complaint shall be sent by the Service Provider to the e-mail address from which the complaint has been sent. In justified cases, the Service Provider may provide the Client with an information about the manner of recognition of the complaint in other form.
REGISTRATION OF CUSTOMER
1. The Customer Account is created by filling in and sending the Registration Form which is available in the Webshop.
2. The following data shall be provided to fill in the Registration Form correctly:
a) name and surname of the person who creates the Customer Account,
b) Tax Identification Number (NIP) of the Customer, that is the entity/entrepreneur who creates the Customer Account or on behalf of who the Customer Account is created,
c) address of the Customer,
d) telephone number and e-mail address for the direct contact with the Customer.
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4. The Customer shall be obliged not to disclose data which enables to place the Order using the Customer Account, i.e. name (login) and password to a person who is not authorized to conclude agreements on behalf of the Customer. The Customer shall be liable for damages arising out of use of the Customer Account by any person who is not authorized to conclude agreements on behalf of the Customer.
5. A prerequisite for the creation of the Customer Account is that the Customer shall submit declarations that he/she has familiarized with the content of the Terms and Conditions and entirely accepts their provisions and that the current General Terms and Conditions of Sale (GTCS) referred to in Section 4(5) hereof shall apply to each agreement to be concluded by the Customer with the Seller via the Webshop.
6. The declaration on reviewing the content hereof and the acceptance of its provisions shall be submitted by the Customer directly before sending the Registration Form by checking a relevant box including the content of such a declaration. If the abovementioned box is not checked and thus, if the declaration is not made, the Customer Account cannot be successfully created.
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a) the Customer’s requests to remove it,
b) the Client makes data which enables to place the Order using the Customer Account available, i.e. name (login) and password to a person who is not authorized to conclude an agreement with the Seller on behalf of the Customer,
c) false data are provided in the Registration Form,
d) a fictitious Customer Account is created, i.e. if the account is assigned to a non-existing entity,
e) the Customer withdraws the consent on the content of the Terms and Conditions or GTCS,
f) the Customer does not give his/her consent on the amended content of the Terms and Conditions or GTCS,
g) the Customer does not use the Customer Account, i.e. in case of not logging in for the period of at least 2 years,
h) the Customer violates the provisions hereof.
9. The Client shall be entitled to resign from E-Services provided by the Service Provider by removing the Customer Account and in case of newsletter, by sending an e-mail including the declaration on the resignation from the newsletter.
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1. To purchase the Products, the Customer shall log in to his/her Customer Account, select the parameters and the quantity of the Product to be purchased and goes to the Cart to place the Order via the Webshop. The Order sent by the Customer constitutes an offer of the Customer submitted to the Seller.
2. The Seller shall, upon receiving the Order (offer) from the Customer, send the Customer a declaration on the acceptance or refusal of the received offer. The Seller shall also be entitled to send back the offer to the Customer, stipulating any changes or additions to its content, in particular in order to provide the Customer with necessary assistance, if (according to the Seller) the Customer chose incorrect parameters of the Ordered Products.
3. The Product sales agreement shall be deemed as concluded upon receipt of the Seller’s declaration by the Customer on the acceptance of the offer or upon receipt of the Customer’s declaration by the Seller on the acceptance of the offer sent back by the Seller with the stipulation of changes or additions thereto.
4. In case of each sales agreement concluded via the Webshop, the place of conclusion of the agreement shall be the seat of the Seller.
5. To all Product sales agreements concluded via the Webshop, the current General Terms and Conditions of Sale of the Seller shall apply, the current content of which is available on the Seller’s website at:www.fireprotection24.eu/en/ows, unless the Customer and the Seller agree that certain provisions of the General Terms and Conditions of Sale shall not apply to a particular agreement or agreements. The abovementioned arrangements between the Customer and Seller shall be made in writing or sent by e-mail, otherwise shall be null and void.
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2. Personal data of the Customer may be transferred in order to implement the sales agreement to the entities through which the Products are delivered to the Customer.
3. The Seller shall be the administrator of personal data.
4. The Customer provides personal data at its own accord, however it shall constitute a prerequisite for a successful creation of the Customer Account and conclusion of the Product sales agreement via the Webshop.
5. The Customer shall have the right to access the content of its data and to correct it.
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4. The Terms and Conditions shall be effective on the date of making them available in the Webshop.
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“They fit in with the family atmosphere of the college”
How First Line is about more than just IT support for the College for International Education
“What I like best about First Line is that I feel I know the people really well,” says Luke Murgatroyd, Co-Director of the College for International Education (CIE) in Oxford.
“They fit in with the family atmosphere of the college and, as a fairly small organisation, that’s so important to us. I can say hello to George when he picks up the phone and chat to Dan when he comes to set up the computers for our Summer School. It’s a good relationship.”
CIE, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2014, offers a range of English Language and short academic courses to adults and young people from across the world. More than 1,000 students take its classes every year, staying in Oxford for an average of three weeks.
First Line IT started working with CIE in 2009, managing a network that supports all the college’s admin and marketing, as well as education and teaching programmes. The network is also accessed by students via their laptops.
“Absolutely everything we do is online, from our marketing to the new guided e-learning system we introduced this year,” says John Hudson, the other Co-Director. “Even the smallest glitch could be a major problem for us. It’s why having reliable IT support is so important.”
Student numbers peak during July, August and September, crowding out OIE’s city centre premises. So each July part of the team decamps to Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), one of the University’s colleges, to run the adult summer courses from there.
First Line go too, to set up and maintain a range of PCs linked to the CIE network, and to liaise with LMH’s IT team over security and access.
“This is where having a local IT support company really comes into its own,” says Luke. “If there are any problems on-site they can pop up and sort them out, and they can take the time to get to know the strengths and weaknesses of our working locations.
Next year they are installing a booster router in LMH, for example, because the wifi signal is not very strong in all parts of the building.”
CIE and First Line have cooperated in other areas too. When a couple of First Line’s team members needed to brush up their English language skills, CIE was the natural place for them to go.
And when CIE wanted to set up internships for some Swiss students on their Business Foundation course, First Line were happy to step in. They now regularly host two or three students a year to give them experience at working in English in a professional environment.
“First Line are good at the technical IT support we need and very responsive, which I suppose is all you ask for from an IT support company,” says John. “But I like the fact that we’ve got to know all their staff really well, we get on with them personally, and they don’t just do what we ask but go out of their way to be helpful and proactive.”
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Tom Wolfe, a Titan of Journalism, Has Died at 88
Wolfe redefined magazine writing at Esquire and other storied media brands.
By Hillel Italie
Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of "New Journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full, has died. He was 88.
Wolfe's literary agent, Lynn Nesbit, told The Associated Press that he died of an infection Monday in a New York City hospital. Further details were not immediately available.
An acolyte of French novelist Emile Zola and other authors of "realistic" fiction, the stylishly-attired Wolfe was an American maverick who insisted that the only way to tell a great story was to go out and report it. Along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote and Nora Ephron, he helped demonstrate that journalism could offer the kinds of literary pleasure found in books.
His hyperbolic, stylized writing work was a gleeful fusillade of exclamation points, italics and improbable words. An ingenious phrase maker, he helped brand such expressions as "radical chic" for rich liberals' fascination with revolutionaries; and the "Me" generation, defining the self-absorbed baby boomers of the 1970s.
"He was an incredible writer," Talese told the AP on Tuesday. "And you couldn't imitate him. When people tried it was a disaster. They should have gotten a job at a butcher's shop."
Wolfe was both a literary upstart, sneering at the perceived stuffiness of the publishing establishment, and an old-school gentleman who went to the best schools and encouraged Michael Lewis and other younger writers. When attending promotional luncheons with fellow authors, he would make a point of reading their latest work.
"What I hope people know about him is that he was a sweet and generous man," Lewis, known for such books as Moneyball and The Big Short, said in an email Tuesday. "Not just a great writer but a great soul. He didn't just help me to become a writer. He did it with pleasure."
Wolfe scorned the reluctance of American writers to confront social issues and warned that self-absorption and master's programs would kill the novel. "So the doors close and the walls go up!" he wrote in his 1989 literary manifesto, Stalking the Billion-Footed Beast. He was astonished that no author of his generation had written a sweeping, 19th century style novel about contemporary New York City, and ended up writing one himself, The Bonfire of the Vanities.
His work broke countless rules but was grounded in old-school journalism, in an obsessive attention to detail that began with his first reporting job and endured for decades.
"Nothing fuels the imagination more than real facts do," Wolfe told the AP in 1999. "As the saying goes, 'You can't make this stuff up.'"
Wolfe's interests were vast, but his narratives had a common theme. Whether sending up the New York art world or hanging out with acid heads, Wolfe inevitably presented man as a status-seeking animal, concerned above all about the opinion of one's peers. Wolfe himself dressed for company—his trademark a pale three-piece suit, impossibly high shirt collar, two-tone shoes and a silk tie. And he acknowledged that he cared — very much—about his reputation.
Tom Wolfe Truly Understood the Power of Style
"My contention is that status is on everybody's mind all of the time, whether they're conscious of it or not," Wolfe, who lived in a 12-room apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, told the AP in 2012.
In 1978, Wolfe married Sheila Berger, art director of Harper's magazine. They had two children, Alexandra and Tommy.
He enjoyed the highest commercial and critical rewards. His literary honors included the American Book Award (now called the National Book Award) for The Right Stuff and a nomination for the National Book Critics Circle prize for The Bonfire of the Vanities, one of the top 10 selling books of the 1980s. Its 1998 follow-up, A Man in Full, was another best-seller and a National Book Award nominee. Wolfe satirized college misbehavior in I Am Charlotte Simmons and was still at it in his 80s with Back to Blood, a sprawling, multicultural story of sex and honor set in Miami.
A panel of judges organized in 1999 by the Modern Library, a Random House imprint, picked The Right Stuff as No. 52 on its list of the century's 100 best English-language works of nonfiction. Another panel of experts, listing the best journalism of the century, cited Wolfe three times on its list of 100, for The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, and The Right Stuff.
Wolfe, the grandson of a Confederate rifleman, began his journalism career as a reporter at the Springfield (Massachusetts) Union in 1957. But it wasn't until the mid-1960s, while a magazine writer for New York and Esquire, that his work made him a national trendsetter. As Wolfe helped define it, the "new journalism" combined the emotional impact of a novel, the analysis of the best essays, and the factual foundation of hard reporting. He mingled it all in an over-the-top style that made life itself seem like one spectacular headline.
"She is gorgeous in the most outrageous way," he wrote in a typical piece, describing actress-socialite Baby Jane Holzer.
"Her hair rises up from her head in a huge hairy corona, a huge tan mane around a narrow face and two eyes opened—swock!—like umbrellas, with all that hair flowing down over a coat made of ... zebra! Those motherless stripes!"
Tom Wolfe and his wife, Sheila.
Wolfe traveled during the '60s with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters for his book on the psychedelic culture, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. One of his best-known magazine pieces, "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's," took a pointed look at fund-raising for the Black Panther Party by Leonard Bernstein and other wealthy whites. And no one more memorably captured the beauty-and-the-beast divide between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones: "The Beatles want to hold your hand," he wrote, "but the Rolling Stones want to burn down your town!"
Wolfe had many detractors—including fellow writers Norman Mailer and John Updike and the critic James Wood, who panned Wolfe's "big subjects, big people, and yards of flapping exaggeration. No one of average size emerges from his shop; in fact, no real human variety can be found in his fiction, because everyone has the same enormous excitability."
But his fans included millions of book-buyers, literary critics and fellow authors.
"He knows everything," novelist Kurt Vonnegut once wrote of Wolfe. "... I wish he had headed the Warren Commission. We might then have caught a glimpse of our nation."
Tom Wolfe with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was born in Richmond, Virginia. As a child, he did rewrites of the Authurian legends and penned biographies of his heroes. He became co-editor of his high school newspaper before moving on to Washington and Lee University, where he graduated with honors and was remembered by fellow student, the novelist Tom Robbins, as holding the very highest status: the big man on campus.
Wolfe had an unsuccessful pitching tryout with the New York Giants before heading to Yale University, from which he earned a Ph.D. in American studies. His career didn't immediately take off; Wolfe once took The Associated Press writing test and "dismally failed," he later recounted, noting that he was faulted for embellishing the test material, a primal sin at the AP.
But in 1957, he joined the Springfield paper and instantly fell in love with journalism. Two years later he jumped to The Washington Post, where he won Washington Newspaper Guild awards in 1960 for his coverage of U.S.-Cuban affairs and a satiric account of that year's Senate civil rights filibuster.
New York was his dream and by 1962 he was working at the now defunct New York Herald-Tribune, with colleagues including Jimmy Breslin and Charles Portis, who later wrote the novel True Grit. The next year, Wolfe was assigned to cover a "Hot Rod & Custom Car" show. He completed a story, the kind "any of the somnambulistic totem newspapers in America would have come up with."
But he knew there was a much richer, and longer story to tell, one about a thriving subculture that captured the post-World War II economic boom and the new freedom to "build monuments" to one's own style. No newspaper could contain what Wolfe had in mind, so he turned to Esquire magazine, wrote up 49 pages and helped give birth to a new kind of reporter.
"For the who-what-where-when-why of traditional journalism, he has substituted what he calls 'the wowie!'" according to a 1965 Newsweek story.
That same year, his first book appeared: The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, a collection of 23 Wolfe articles that included the title piece, his seminal work on custom cars. In 1968, another collection—"The Pump-House Gang"—appeared, as did his book on the Pranksters.
Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson.
It wasn't until the early '80s that Wolfe turned his attention to fiction. His topic: New York City in the late 20th century, a melange of sexual tension, class struggles and racial animus. The Bonfire of the Vanities first appeared as a serial in Rolling Stone magazine in 1984-85, with Wolfe writing the book one chapter at a time. When it was released as a novel in 1987, Bonfire became an immediate sensation even as it was criticized for its portrayal of blacks. One black character, the publicity-seeking Reverend Bacon, was based on a then-little known Al Sharpton. But a film version starring Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis was so disastrous that it inspired a nonfiction account of the wreckage, Julie Salomon's The Devil's Candy.
A Man in Full turned Wolfe's smirk to Atlanta society. His 2004 novel, I Am Charlotte Simmons, looked at life on a fictional elite college campus rife with drinking, status obsession and sex. The book received poor reviews and was a commercial disappointment, leading Wolfe to switch publishers in 2008 from Farrar, Straus & Giroux—where he had been for 40 years—to Little, Brown and Company. Other recent works, including the nonfiction The Kingdom of Speech, were not well received. But he was never without ideas for future projects.
"There are still so many things I don't know about the city and I'd just like to see what's out there," he told the AP in 2012. "The Latin American population has increased enormously since 'Bonfire' and Wall Street has changed enormously. I'll follow my usual technique of just taking in a scene and seeing what happens."
Hillel Italie is a writer for the Associated Press. Former Associated Press writer Larry McShane contributed to this report.
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New & Next: Meet Nigerian Soul Singer, Siji
The British-born singer describes his music as “Yoruba soul,” a fusion of all his musical influences and life experiences in England, Nigeria and New York. Watch him perform the title track from his latest EP, "Children of the Sun."
[MUSIC] Hi, my name is Siji. Adesiji, or Siji for short. I'm a British Born Nigerian. I was born and raised in London. Slowly but surely, I am making my road back to Nigeria. [MUSIC] I always see my music as a fusion of all my, all my influences. My music is autobiographical in nature, so. All the things I've experienced over the course of my life. In England, in Nigeria, in America, I bring that all into my sounds. So it's a few I call it Universal. [MUSIC] Children of the Sun is almost like a, an empowerment thing for children around the world. It's about believing in your inner self and who you are. Don't believe all the lies that you've been told about who you are. People of color are more like this. But children of the sun, lift your heads up to the skies. Believe in yourself. Look within. You know? See the truth behind you. It's a, it's about empowerment and self belief. [MUSIC] It will set you free. Keep on searching for the truth within you. It will set you free. [MUSIC]
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DC’S YOUNG ANIMAL EXPANDS ITS SLATE WITH NEW SERIES BUG!: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER
The Allreds Are All In with a Brand-New Miniseries
DC’s Young Animal is adding more strange and wonderful to the mix with BUG!: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER. The new miniseries is an original story that pays tribute to the work of Jack Kirby by featuring his characters, like his version of Sandman and sidekick Sandy, Blue Beetle, Atlas and more! What makes this comic book even more unique is that it’s a family affair—with Lee, Michael and Laura Allred writing, drawing and coloring the book. The six-issue miniseries is set to debut May 10.
“Every time I get to work with my ‘big bro’ Lee, it’s like tapping into our most thrilling childhood comic book daydreams,” says Michael Allred, artist on the project. “If you gave me the chance to list the characters I’d most like to get my hands on from Kirby’s ‘Fourth World,’ Forager the Bug sits squarely at the top. And now we are throwing him into the DC’s Young Animal mix, winding him up and letting him go! When you add in our not-so-secret weapon of Laura’s magical colors, I couldn’t possibly be more pumped about this series!”
Forager is just one of the hive until the day he breaks out of his cocoon and finds himself in a mysterious house in an unknown realm. But he’s not alone. As he comes across strange creatures—a ghostly girl, a talking teddy bear—Bug will have to figure out how he got here and how to return. He’ll soon cross paths with the evil General Electric, who is after a precious metal that might change the very fabric of life! Forager must set out on a trip across the Multiverse to stop this evil uprising, and may even establish himself as a New God in the process.
“I am absolutely thrilled to have the first family of comics, the Allreds, producing BUG!: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER. This year, DC is celebrating the fantastic brain of Jack Kirby and this is our offering to that wonderful tribute. In Young Animal fashion, this miniseries takes an alternative look at a character from the past, Forager, who still has a few unturned stones in his history,” explains Gerard Way, curator of the imprint. "The Allred's brand of wild and weird fits perfectly with what we are doing, and in some ways inspired various aspects of the imprint— so it only makes sense to bring them in to do what they do best. We can’t wait to show you what they're cooking up and hope this is the first of many family projects for the imprint that they’ll be involved in.”
“Ever since Mike and I read a battered copy of NEW GODS #9 in the waiting room before guitar lessons, we've loved Forager the Bug,” explains Lee Allred, writer on the project. “A kinetic action hero on one hand, an alienated, introspective youth on the other—he’s the quintessential Young Animal character. We're taking Bug on a slam-bang, save-the-universe romp across DC's Kirbyverse as we search for Bug's true place in life. It’s a family team project about a family road trip. Don't make us turn this Kirby car around!”
“What a blast to watch Mike and Lee work together. It’s like listening to little kids romping in a sandbox and hearing their imaginations burst as they play,” says Laura Allred. “I get inspired whenever the three of us slide into that perfect creative stream. They turn me loose with so much wonderful stuff that lights me up. There is a lot of joy in what we’ve done so far, and I’m so excited about everything we’ll do.”
Way continues, “The imprint takes an unexpected approach with DC’s classic heroes, while at the same time keeping them fun and completely accessible, and this comic book is no exception. We are honored to have such talented creators at the top of their game working with the imprint, and we hope this is the first of many miniseries to head your way.”
DC’s Young Animal, the pop-up imprint driven by the creative mind of Gerard Way, is alternative, unconventional storytelling with thought-provoking narrative featuring unexpected characters from the DC Universe. BUG!: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER joins the bizarre and thrilling DOOM PATROL, MOTHER PANIC, SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL and CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE. These are comics for dangerous humans.
You’ve been warned.
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FAO: Agriculture support more important than human aid in Syria
By RJ Whitehead
Related tags: Graziano da silva, Agriculture
Syrian agricultural production “can and should be kick-started” after the huge damage it has endured during years of fighting.
Doing so would dramatically reduce the need for humanitarian aid and migration, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, which has just released a report on the state of agriculture in the country.
The body believes the conflict has so far caused more than US$16bn in lost crop and livestock production, as well as the destruction of farming assets.
Having interviewed more than 3,500 households across the country and some 380 community groups, it reported that agriculture is providing a lifeline for the millions of Syrians affected by the fighting.
José Graziano da Silva, the FAO’s director-general, said a focus on rebuilding farming infrastructure was more important than efforts to deliver aid.
"Ramping up investment in the recovery of the agriculture sector could dramatically reduce the need for humanitarian aid. It could also have a significant impact on stemming the flow of migrants," he said.
Almost all the communities the FAO surveyed said even the most basic agricultural support, such as seeds, fertilisers and fuel to power irrigation pumps, would help reduce the number of people abandoning rural areas to find opportunities elsewhere. it would also encourage the return of migrants and internally displaced people.
About 60% of households also reported that a lack of fertilisers had become a critical production constraint for perennial crops such as wheat, barley, legumes and pulses.
A lack of fuel, outbreaks of pests and diseases, and destruction of irrigation systems and water points for livestock were also listed as important constraints.
Since 2011, household livestock ownership has plummeted, down by 57% for cattle, and around 50% each for sheep, goats and poultry.
The proportion of household funds spent on food has soared as incomes have decreased and food prices have increased dramatically.
Before the crisis, about 25% of households would spend over half their annual income on food, though this had risen to more than half last year for the vast majority of households. Less than 50% of the rural population in 2011 still lived in rural areas in 2016.
Compared to the US$16bn bill for farming destruction, the FAO estimates it will initially cost US$10.7bn-US$17.1bn to rebuild Syrian agriculture over a three-year period, based on three scenarios—full peace, partial peace and continued war.
It has also outlined response plans under each of these scenarios, including addressing underlying issues such as sustainable water use for irrigation.
Yet despite the potential of agriculture to address mounting food availability and access constraints, the FAO warns that too little has been spent on protecting agriculture livelihoods over the last six years to support the recovery of the sector.
If productive farming areas continue to be neglected, it said, more people will be forced to leave rural areas and Syria will be in danger of emerging from the conflict as a country with its commercial food production and agricultural base on the verge of collapse.
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Stakeholders Offer Broad Range of Feedback on FSMA in First Public Meeting
By Helena Bottemiller on March 4, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration heard a broad range of feedback from stakeholders on its draft food safety rules – on preventive controls and produce safety – in a public meeting held late last week in Washington, DC. While everyone from consumer advocates to produce growers offered a variety of input, asked lots of questions, and raised some concerns, nearly every stakeholder also thanked FDA for moving forward with the provisions, which were mandated by the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act signed into law in early 2011. “I appreciate the work you’ve done here,” Tony Corbo, a lobbyist for Food & Water Watch, told a panel of FDA officials during the public comment period. “The rules have a lot of moving parts and it’s obvious that you gave them a lot of thought.” Commenters seemed to, for the most part, agree the regulations would be a positive step, as long as they are further clarified, based on science, and not overly burdensome for businesses, particularly small and very small businesses. Several testimonies also called on the White House Office of Management and Budget to release the next three major FSMA rules – the foreign supplier verification program, preventive controls for animal feed, and third party certification, so they can be considered as a suite of interlocking regulations. During the public comment period, many stakeholders raised questions about how the agency would deal with exempt produce commodities, rapidly evolving science, small farm exemptions, and whether environmental and product testing would be explicitly required. Jean Halloran, the director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union, took particular issue with FDA’s proposed list of 35 fruits and vegetables that are rarely consumed raw, and are therefore exempt from the produce rule. Halloran said she googled all of the exempt produce looking for recipes where the items are prepared raw and found at least several thousand recipe entries for each. “Raw figs, with 5 million hits, and raw kale with 9 million hits, topped the items I entered, but there were still several hundred thousand entries for raw brussels sprouts and raw eggplant” she said. “I would therefore suggest to the FDA that they exclude from the produce rule, only those items that are generally not eaten raw because they are or can be toxic if uncooked.” Sandra Eskin, director of the food safety campaign at the Pew Charitable Trusts, suggested that FDA develop a “flexible mechanism for updating its list of “covered” and “exempt” produce items.” “By codifying this list in regulations, it will be next-to-impossible for the agency to respond rapidly to evolving contamination problems,” said Eskin in her testimony. “FDA should consider identifying “covered” and “exempt” fruits and vegetables in a guidance document, rather than in a regulation; this approach would enable the agency to more easily and quickly revise this list.” The small, very small, and qualified exemptions for some food producers also generated a lot of discussion. Many of the big players in the food industry and some consumer advocates continued to express opposition to any exemptions to the proposed rules. “We remain concerned by other provisions, such as the exemption for qualified operations, which potentially allows certain small operations to side-step food safety practices and provide consumers who buy directly from them a lesser level of food safety assurance than those who buy from conventional markets,” said David Gombas, senior vice president of food safety and technology at the United Fresh Produce Association. “After all, pathogens don’t know what size operation they’re on.” “We urge as narrow an exemption as possible,” Kathy Means, vice president of government relations and public affairs at the Produce Marketing Association. “Safety is everyone’s responsibility.” Donna Johnson of Naturipe Farms LLC in Salinas, California told the panel of FDA officials that she had concerns about why a produce packhouse under a different owner (than the owner of the produce) falls under preventive controls, but a packhouse handling produce under the same owner falls under the produce rule. “I think this is going to be a problem,” she said. She also asked FDA to clarify the definition of “farm,” which will be critical for small businesses, produce co-ops, and aggregators trying to figure out if they’re covered or exempt. “This is an inherently complex area,” said Don Kraemer, Senior Adviser at FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, during Q&A. “It very much depends on every circumstance…we’ll be looking for comments to help us define that, because it’s important to define.” The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition asked for clarification on other “gray areas,” including how FDA will treat farm mixed-type facilities – which grow food and also do some processing – in determining if they qualify for certain exemptions under either proposed rules. Could one part of the farm mixed-type facility be covered and the other exempt, based on sales? Product and environmental testing requirements were also frequently mentioned. Consumer advocates asked that some testing be required for verification, while industry groups emphasized the need for flexibility. “It is troubling that, while FSMA specifically mentions testing as a method for verifying the effectiveness of measures aimed at minimizing contamination, the draft regulations are silent on it – and fail to even include the word “testing,” said Eskin, in testimony on the preventive controls rule. “Pew is committed to providing FDA with as much information as we can assemble supporting appropriate testing requirements to verify that measures taken to minimize hazards in processed food production are working.” Eskin also said that consumers groups believe it may be appropriate to have similar testing requirements for some produce commodities, beyond just for sprouts and agricultural water, which both have some testing requirements under the proposed produce rule. “Testing has an important role to pay to ensure the systems put in place to ensure food safety are actually doing that,” said Randy Napier, in an emotional testimony last week. Napier lost his mother, Nellie, in the 2009 peanut butter Salmonella outbreak. The Food Marketing Institute asked that, if the agency does include environmental or product testing requirements, there be a supplemental rulemaking process for just that portion of the rule to ensure there is ample time to comment. FDA said video and transcripts on the public meeting would be available over the next few weeks at www.fda.gov/fsma. The next FSMA public meetings on the proposed rules will be later this month in Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
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Hudson’s Secret Key to Maximizing Airport Profits
The travel retailer reveals why it’s so good at squeezing profits out of every square foot of its stores.
Oct 4, 2018 at 12:02PM
How does Hudson Ltd (NYSE:HUD), the operator of duty-free and duty-paid travel stores, keep expanding its profits once it wins an airport contract? In this segment of Motley Fool's Industry Focus, we discuss the company's recent outperformance and wrap up with insight the company's CEO recently provided to analysts on how it boosts long-term airport margin.
A full transcript follows the video.
This video was recorded on Sept. 25, 2018.
Asit Sharma: Vince, I wanted to open this up. The thing that really, really caught my eye was this new opportunity that Hudson seems to have in food and beverage services. The company is installing these open island coolers in general services shops in airports -- shops where you'd normally go in and get some chewing gum or a newspaper or that razor that you forgot to pack. It's installing these open island coolers with packaged food. It says that this is a driver of overall growth. Now, food and beverage is the largest category at 38% for this company. The next is cosmetic at about 15%. Food and beverage is where management is focusing. I was just surprised at the ingenuity of that. I don't know if you had a chance in looking through, if that also caught your eye.
Vincent Shen: I'll just say, traveling the past two weeks, at each airport that I went to, I saw the Hudson name. Beyond their Hudson-branded storefronts, probably a lot of the other brands that I saw. They've talked before about licensing with places like Dunkin' Donuts, basically the storefronts that Hudson has its fingers in.
We talked previously about 3% annual growth in air travel traffic and 4% growth in spending per passenger that they are forecasting and have seen in recent years. But Hudson's growth that you mentioned, with some of the more recent results, show us that the company is really taking market share. They're experimenting with their storefronts to maximize convenience for travelers now with these island coolers that you mentioned.
For anyone who has flown recently, I think you can appreciate the convenience that something like this offers, and some of the other things that they're doing with their storefronts. Ultimately, people want to get in and out of the airport quickly and smoothly. With how airlines are changing, the amenities and the services that they offer to passengers, less meals offered during the flight, for example, it's very easy when you're going in to grab a magazine or to grab a package of candy as a snack on the flight, you might grab a sandwich or something, as well. I think there's big reasoning behind that, in terms of this being the biggest category for Hudson. They're also seeing the success of this new addition to these newsstand stores, and the tailwind from that, where they're maximizing convenience for travelers and taking advantage of what they've dubbed that dwell time, that waiting time that people build into their itineraries in case there's long lines at the checkin counter or security gates. If you have an hour and you're sitting at the terminal, it's not unsurprising, with impulse purchases, that you end up buying something from these stores. They want to really give the passengers, their customers at these airports, essentially, as many opportunities and retail experiences that will get them to pull out their wallet and make a purchase.
I'll just add to that, more broadly, with their organic growth, how that has trended really consistently at around 9% annually. Their comps are still really strong, their profitability improves. You have to keep in mind, this isn't an upstart business. Hudson has over 1,000 stores in about 90 locations across North America. That scale and strength really puts the company in a formidable negotiating position whenever new square footage opens up, like with those opportunities that you mentioned earlier, Asit.
There are some other growing tailwinds on that front. More broadly, there's an estimated $70 billion of spending expected at 50 U.S. airports in the next few years, to bring essentially what are these aging facilities up to date, this aging infrastructure. Some of the biggest airports, like Chicago O'Hare, Los Angeles International, and New York's JFK, they're each spending $10 billion or more on their current expansions. A lot of those investments will accommodate growing air traffic. They'll also add facilities focused on retail and dining. That's right in Hudson's wheelhouse. That's just another opportunity for them to expand their footprint, their market share, within each of these major airports, these big businesses for them.
I'll turn it back to you, Asit. Any final thoughts from you, in terms of what you'll be watching as the company closes out 2018? Any other takeaways or updates you'd like to share before we move on?
Sharma: I've got one. I want to read a quote from the company's CEO, Joe DiDomizio. This is from their most recent call. It will give more insight and perspective on how the company runs its business. This is in the context of what you just described, Vince. There's this inbuilt opportunity as aging airports in the U.S. are renovated and expanded. If you are from the perspective of the person who's awarding contracts at a certain airport, you want to give your business to a proven leader with a track record, the company which is going to bring in the traffic and enhance your terminal. That's where Hudson has an edge. It's been around for 31 years.
Let me just read this, then we'll move on. I found this very insightful into the company's approach and how it looks at a terminal. The CEO said, "Unlike traditional mainstream retailers, which have more control over the timing of individual store openings and closings, our business is centered on being as responsive as possible to the ever-changing dynamics of each individual terminal and airport. In fact, we view each of our terminals as one large individual store where we populate concepts, brands, and merchandising categories to maximize growth. Our top line opportunity and our entire expense structure work across the entire terminal, similar to the way a big box retailer would manage an individual store. In this context, we are constantly managing our portfolio of stores in a particular terminal to maximize our exposure to passenger traffic and optimized penetration."
Just to give you a sense of the holistic way that Hudson, with its various concepts, looks at growing that business over time. It's really shuffling pieces, whether that be a Dunkin Donuts license or a perfume store or one of these more convenience footprints, which is offering the open island coolers and grab-and-go food. I really liked that. It gave me more insight. I'm looking for the next quarter for continued growth and more wins in terms of RFPs with other airports.
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AMC Theatres Says 'No Texting Allowed' After Internet Backlash
Keith Wagstaff Contributor
I write about science and technology from L.A.
Like someone sitting behind a crying child, the internet erupted in anger this week when an AMC executive suggested the chain might allow texting in some theaters.
Credit: Changi Airport Group
Variety published an interview with Adam Aron, head of AMC Entertainment , on Thursday in which he said that the company was thinking about taking "specific auditoriums" and making them "more texting friendly."
"When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don’t ruin the movie, they hear please cut off your left arm above the elbow," he said. "You can’t tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That’s not how they live their life."
Now it turns out that AMC is backing away from that idea. In a statement released on Friday, the company said that it "heard loud and clear that this is a concept that our audience does not want."
"With your advice in hand," it continued, "there will be NO TEXTING ALLOWED in any of the auditoriums at AMC Theatres. Not today, not tomorrow and not in the foreseeable future."
The initial Variety story created a large backlash on social media and in the press, which really doesn't seem that surprising. So why would AMC even consider such a thing?
Because theater attendance is down. In 2009, there were more than 1.4 billion admissions in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to the National Association of Theatre Owners. Since then, only two years have been worse than 2015, which saw 1.32 billion admissions.
Meanwhile, millennials are free to Tinder and Snapchat their way through their favorite movies on Netflix . The service now reaches more than 75 million users in over 190 countries.
The rise of streaming video has coincided with the rise of theaters that serve food and booze. Alamo Drafthouse, which started as a single theater in Austin, Texas, in 1997, has expanded aggressively across the country in recent years. This summer, it will open its 24th location in Brooklyn.
The company's founder, Tim League, responded to the AMC texting controversy with a lengthy blog post.
"I'm fine with 'second screen' experimentation with regards to alternative content, gaming, interactive screenings, etc.," he wrote. "But when it comes to our core business, creating a special environment for our customers to experience new stories for the first time, there is absolutely no place for the distraction of a lit phone screen."
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Church accused of planning a conversion therapy workshop for LGBTQ girls
Downriver church accused of planning a workshop for LGBTQ girls that's been likened to controversial conversion therapy classes.
Church accused of planning a conversion therapy workshop for LGBTQ girls Downriver church accused of planning a workshop for LGBTQ girls that's been likened to controversial conversion therapy classes. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2BZ9O4u
Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press Published 2:19 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2018 | Updated 12:27 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2018
Sen. Sean Bowie, D-Phoenix, introduced a bill to prevent the practice of conversion therapy on minors in Arizona. Video by azcentral Wochit
Metro City Church in Riverview, Mich.(Photo: Google Maps)
A Downriver church is at the center of a local culture war after being accused of planning a workshop for LGBTQ-identifying adolescent girls that has been likened to controversial — and in many states illegal — conversion therapy classes.
On Thursday, Metro City Church in Riverview is set to start a six-week course pegged as the "Unashamed Identity Workshop." Targeting people assigned female at birth between the ages of 12 and 16 who "think they may be gay, bisexual, or transgender," the church explained on its website that the $200 course would "help your girl be unashamed of her true sexual identity given to her by God at birth."
The phrasing and intentions of the course — using "thoughtful, relevant and biblical counsel" to help girls be "unashamed" with their "true sexual identity" — has raised red flags for locals, who draw parallels between the church's programming and so-called conversion therapy, which promises to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity via prayer.
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In response to news of the workshop, the church has gotten thousands of e-mails and complaints, Metro City Church head pastor, Jeremy Schossau told the Detroit Metro Times via e-mail Monday.
"The vast majority are filled with vulgarity, hate, and threats of all kinds. What we find incredibly odd is there is no seeking to understand what we are truly doing. Only the assumption that we are practicing some sort of conversion therapy," Schossau wrote, adding that the people attending the "Unashamed Identity Workshop" were "seeking" the church out.
"These are folks who are questioning their sexual identity or maybe they are in the gay or lesbian community and they are just not comfortable there," he wrote. "They think maybe that they don’t want to be there. And they are seeking out conversation. Again, nobody is forcing them to be there."
While information about the course on church's website has been taken down, the content has been preserved in screenshots, which show that the language surrounding the course was not targeting the teen girls but rather their parents.
Schossau ended his statement to the alt-weekly stating, "The hypocrisy of the gay community is so incredible because they are not seeking to understand and making totally wrong assumptions."
Schossau also took to YouTube, where he posted a five-minute vlog responding to the conversion therapy allegations, making many of the same points he shared with the Detroit Metro Times.
The Free Press reached out to the church for comment and to also find out whether the course would still be happening since information on its website has been taken down. It has not responded.
Conversion therapy has been widely discredited as being both ineffective and harmful; it has been denounced by major health organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, which in 1973 removed homosexuality from the list of disorders in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Mexico, New Jersey, California, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois and Washington, D.C., currently have laws banning licensed conversion therapists from working with minors. A push for a federal ban was initiated in 2014 after a transgender Ohio teen committed suicide following participation in a conversion therapy course.
Metro Detroit Political Action Network, a local organization that was created in the wake of President Donald Trump's election, plans to protest in front of the church at 6 p.m. Thursday — a half hour before the first session is scheduled to begin.
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FBI boss Comey arrives in New Zealand ahead of conference
FBI Director James Comey, center top, walks to a vehicle on the tarmac upon his arrival in Queenstown, New Zealand, Sunday, April 23, 2017. A spokeswoman for New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said New Zealand's government is hosting a conference this week with a number of senior officials from overseas, but that she couldn't comment further "due to specific security requirements." A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Wellington said U.S. officials routinely attend meetings with their New Zealand counterparts "but I can't provide further details." New Zealand is part of the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing network, which also includes the U.S., Canada, Britain and Australia. (Brett Phibbs/New Zealand Herald via AP) (The Associated Press)
FBI Director James Comey disembarks from a Gulfstream jet upon his arrival in Queenstown, New Zealand, Sunday, April 23, 2017. A spokeswoman for New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said New Zealand's government is hosting a conference this week with a number of senior officials from overseas, but that she couldn't comment further "due to specific security requirements." A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Wellington said U.S. officials routinely attend meetings with their New Zealand counterparts "but I can't provide further details." New Zealand is part of the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing network, which also includes the U.S., Canada, Britain and Australia. (Brett Phibbs/New Zealand Herald via AP) (The Associated Press)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – FBI Director James Comey has arrived in New Zealand ahead of a conference, although officials are being cagey about the exact nature of his visit.
Comey disembarked from a Gulfstream jet Sunday after touching down at the Queenstown Airport.
A spokeswoman for New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said New Zealand's government is hosting a conference this week with a number of senior officials from overseas, but that she couldn't comment further "due to specific security requirements."
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Wellington said U.S. officials routinely attend meetings with their New Zealand counterparts "but I can't provide further details."
New Zealand is part of the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing network, which also includes the U.S., Canada, Britain and Australia.
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The beginning of my story starts when I was in 5th grade. I was completely oblivious to what what going on because I was so young and thought everything was one. However this was the year my parents told me they were getting a divorce. I was completely blindsided, although the fights they would try to hide my my brother and I should’ve been an indicator. Nevertheless I was was devastated because my family dynamic was changing and I didn’t know anyone else who had gone through this. Fast forward a couple of years I was pretty adjusted to having divorced parents. It obviously wasn’t ideal, but I was doing alright. I still remember the day very clearly in 8th grade when my parents asked if they could talk to me privately. I once again was completely oblivious and had no idea what they wanted to talk about. They made a lot of small talk and leading up to their news I actually thought they were about to tell me that they were getting back together. I couldn’t have been more wrong. This is when my dad told me the reason for the divorce. He was gay. I had no idea what to think and just sat there for a couple of minutes. I can’t exactly describe what it feels like to have someone who you’ve been told your whole life to trust just reveal that they’ve kept something life-changing from you, but it’s not great. I then thought this must be terrifying for him to do this especially since this wasn’t exactly the time when he wanted to tell me. Apparently my parents wanted to wait until I was 18, but my brother had figured it out and confronted them. That day I told him I would love him no matter what and I was glad I knew. What both my parents didn’t know at the time was I felt broken. I had been lied to and while I wanted to completely support my dad like I was always raised to do, I had never felt so distant from him.
Moving on to my sophomore year, after going to a few different therapists I was fully supportive of my dad and I had even met his partner. However, once again, I had another bump in my life. My dad had decided to go get married in San Francisco and didn’t tell me or my brother. Again, I fully support my dad and I like his now husband, but I still feel betrayed to this day. That is such a huge part of your life and to have not been included in it or even notified has left me with a lot of pain. As a result of this experience, I experienced a lot of depression and anxiety. While all this was happening I tried to find comfort in my best friend at the time of almost 10 year, but ultimately she completely cut me out. That completely destroyed me at the time because this was the person that I told everything to. This was the time I needed her the most and she completely took off. This was also around the time that I was being bullied by two girls on my soccer team. I didn’t look like the ideal girl (trust me, middle school was a rough time) but these two girls constantly made fun of me for how I looked. At every soccer practice they would poke fun at my frizzy hair and anything else they could think of to make me feel even more insecure. At the time (believe it or not) I didn’t actually think this was bullying, so I never really told anyone. One of the girls went to my school, so I would just avoid her when I could. After a while I moved teams so that stopped, but everything they said followed me. Instead of hearing their voices, it was mine in my head. My self esteem was practically non-existent and has been struggling to be rebuild since. Today I still really struggle with my self esteem and how I see myself. All of these events have made my mental health a nightmare to deal with and ultimately has left me lost.
While most of my story is in the past, I continue to struggle with areas such as this. I want to participate in this project for two reasons. One being I want my story to help someone. Parts of my experience are unusual so that made resources and finding comfort hard for me. I hope that someone will read this and find comfort in the fact that someone else has gone through this. The second reason for doing this is for me. I’ve never written out my story or told it to this extend and I think it’s important that I do this. While I’m not 100% there, I have definitely come a long way and I’m proud of that. One of the ways these experiences have affected me is that now I have a lot of trust issues. It takes me a long time before I feel like I can fully trust someone. I’m very careful with picking my friends now because of the people I’ve encountered, and often times I have a harder time making friends. I also have a lot of social anxiety because of how much I was made fun of. I’m terrified of what others will say or think about me so I will often stay in rather than going to a party or social function because talking to new people terrifies me. That also just enhanced every negative thought I have about myself and has made my insecurities an even bigger burden on myself. Academically, when I was dealing with my family issues I didn’t feel motivated. It happened sporadically so sometimes I would be fine, but other times I would just shut down and lay in bed.
The hardest thing about all of this was putting on the fake side of me. Most people had no idea that these things were going on and I wanted to keep it that way. As far as my dad, I kept it quiet except for about 2 people, mostly for my mom. At the time I didn’t feel like others needed to know our business and I wanted to protect my mom so I didn’t talk about it. That put me in a hard place because I always felt bad about lying about my dad because he also didn’t deserve that. He was very brave for telling us and I felt like I was caught between my parents. I also just struggled a lot with myself. The end of middle school and all through high school is already a tough time but I felt like I was dying inside for most of it. Again, no one would ever know that because when I left my room I was happy, funny Alyssa who liked to crack jokes with my friends and would tell my parents school was okay or good. A lot of this I tried to ignore and that was just my way of dealing with this. Eventually I started seeing a therapist. I went through a few before I found one the summer before my senior year, that finally started to work for me. I was also able to work through this by doing drama throughout high school. Over the years the people in that class became a support system for me and my teacher knew everything. Performing was a way of escaping for me and that really helped keep me sane when things were getting out of control.
Of course both my parents have always been supportive through every step of this experience. They were always there for me, even if I didn’t want their help at the time. As I mentioned, my drama teacher Mr. Bowden was also a huge impact. He knew everything I was going through and did his best to give me advice, but mostly just listened to me. He was a big supporter and really believed in my in times that I didn’t. That really stuck with me because I think he was the only person who did that for me and wasn’t related to me. I also turned to music. I feel like there’s so much music out there and when I find an artist or band that has similar ideas or thoughts of what I’m feeling, it really calms me down.
The primary reason I didn’t share this on social media was for my family and for the most part I was protecting my mom. I completely understand this was incredibly difficult for my dad, but this was also hard for my mom. She had her marriage ended and her whole life changed because of this experience as well. She’s been a real rock for my brother and I but I didn’t feel like other people had to know about this. My mom also goes to a church where it just wouldn’t be best for her if she kept this for herself. I’m honestly just embarrassed about my internal struggles and still kind of am. It’s a lot to deal with and I didn’t/don’t want everyone knowing. I feel like a lot of people can relate to that, they want people to think they’re cool and have a great life. Most people won’t share on their social media mainly for appearance. If I were to share it on social media, I think in terms of family I would share a picture with me, my dad, and my stepdad. I’ve never posted anything with him on social media before because most people don’t know. I know that there would people that support this, but it would also be shocking to some and I may get negative response. As for my person internal struggles, I feel like I would get a lot of support, but I also think some people would brush it off. I really don’t know what the effect would be like if I shared it. I would hope it would be positive.
To someone going through a similar experience: This happens! You are not the only one experiencing this and everything you are feeling is completely valid. You are allowed to be angry, sad, scared, or any kind of emotion. The main thing is you have people who love you and support you through this. Also, therapy is so helpful and it does NOT meant you’re crazy. It’s a great first step to helping yourself and I really recommend it. Whether it’s because you’ve had a dramatic life change, battling internally, or both like me, it’s a great first step to feeling better.
Asia Croson March 7, 2018
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YouTube Red Is Making A Karate Kid Sequel Series Called Cobra Kai With The Original Stars
Germain Lussier
Aug 5, 2017, 9:30am
Seriously, can you pack any more awesome into a single headline?
Johnny and Daniel are back in Cobra Kai. Image: Columbia Pictures
A brand new sequel to the 1984 classic The Karate Kid is on the way and this one, like the first three films, stars Daniel LaRusso himself, Ralph Macchio. It's a streaming show called Cobra Kai and will also star William Zabka, best known as playing the evil Johnny Lawrence in the original film. He's the star of the show, which takes place in modern times, 30+ years after the original film.
The Hollywood Reporter says the show "revolves around a down and out Johnny who, seeking redemption, reopens the infamous Cobra Kai dojo. It reignites his rivalry with a now-successful Daniel, who has been struggling to maintain balance in his life without the guidance of his mentor, Mr Miyagi." And each handles their issues through karate.
All of which, from a pure nostalgic point of view, sounds incredible. But here's where it gets a little weird. First, Cobra Kai is described as a "10-episode half hour comedy". Second, the show will be exclusive to YouTube Red, YouTube's premium subscription service.
The YouTube Red thing we can get around. Big name, marquee shows have been a good way for services like this to get new subscribers and, as a Karate Kid fan, I will pay almost anything to see the further adventures of Daniel and Johnny.
The comedy thing, though? That worries me. Is this a sitcom? Single camera? The Karate Kid movies had humour in them but they were never comedies. They weren't dramas either. They were just kind of family films, a mix of everything. Hopefully "comedy" is in more of the Golden Globe, catch-all definition of the word. Because if the show is 50-year-old men trying to fight with a laugh track and a studio audience, my heart is going to break.
Josh Heald, who wrote the Hot Tub Time Machine movies, will co-write with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who did the Harold and Kumar movies. Hurwitz and Schlossberg will direct most of the episodes too.
The question with that creative team is whether they're going to stay true to the nostalgia of their childhood and keep The Karate Kid fun and inspirational, or will they embrace their more recent work, which is much more comedy focused.
We'll find out in 2018, as that's when Cobra Kai will be released.
[Hollywood Reporter]
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Governor Cuomo Unveils 23rd Proposal of 2018 State of the State: Partnership with National Park Service and City of New York to Open Newest and Largest State Park in New York City
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407-Acre Ecologically Restored Property in Brooklyn will be Transformed into State Park on Jamaica Bay
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2018 State of the State
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled the 23rd proposal of the 2018 State of the State: New York State, in partnership with the National Park Service and the City of New York, are working to establish a new 407-acre state park on Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, providing crucial new open space access to one of the most underserved areas of the state. The new state park complements the state's efforts to build 34 new or improved pocket parks, community gardens, playgrounds and recreation centers within a ten-minute walk for every Central Brooklyn resident.
"This new state park will be a treasure in the heart of Brooklyn, offering hundreds of acres of beautiful parkland on the shores of Jamaica Bay," Governor Cuomo said. "We are committed to ensuring every New Yorker can access the recreational, health and community benefits of open space, and this park will open new doors to wellness for New Yorkers who need it most."
New York State has signed preliminary agreements with National Park Service, with the intent to ensure future capital investments to improve and open the park to the public. Upon a final agreement with the National Park Service, phase 1 of the capital project will commence. Phase 1 will be funded by a $15 million State investment to open the restored property, making available 3.5 miles of waterfront, miles and miles of paths and trails, and a coastal highland, planted with native species.
The park will feature opportunities for biking, hiking, water-based activities such as fishing, kayaking, and waterfront environmental education, and will include restrooms, shade structures and concessions. With National Park Service approval, phase 1 is expected to fully open in 2019. Later phases will include construction of a connecting bridge between the two sites, dedicated environmental education facilities, and an amphitheater, creating a unique and expansive cultural and natural space for the community.
The 407-acre site, which has never been open to the public, includes the former Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill and Fountain Avenue Landfill, which were operated by NYC Department of Sanitation from 1956-1983 and deeded to the National Park Service as part of Gateway National Recreation Area in 1974. In 2002, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection began a $235 million site remediation that included the installation of an impermeable cap and below-ground barrier to support future use.
In addition, more than 1.2 million cubic yards of clean soil, up to four feet deep, was spread across the site and more than 35,000 trees and shrubs were planted. The addition of prairie grass and native plantings prevents erosion and has created a diverse ecosystem of more than 400 acres of coastal meadows, wetlands, and woodlands that have attracted local wildlife. The full remediation and restoration of the site was completed with significant community input in 2009.
Under the preliminary agreement with the National Park Service and the City of New York, New York State Parks will plan, develop, open and operate the public park in cooperation with the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which will continue to manage the former landfill infrastructure.
Rose Harvey, Commissioner of New York State Parks, said, "State Parks is excited by the opportunity to serve these traditionally park poor neighborhoods in Brooklyn. A natural preserve in the backyard of Brooklyn's 2.6 million people features open rolling hills and 3.5 miles of waterfront, connecting city and nature, and asphalt to meadows. I commend Governor Cuomo for his commitment to expanding outdoor recreation in every corner of the state, and thank the National Park Service and the Department of Environmental Protection for working with us to make the project a reality."
Joshua Laird, Commissioner of the National Parks New York Harbor, who oversees 11 national parks with 23 destinations located in New York City and northern New Jersey, said, "Today's announcement marks an important step towards meeting Secretary Zinke's goal of opening more federal lands for public enjoyment. National Parks are not only out west; they are also right in our back yard here in New York City. Thanks to the interest of New York State, a never-opened section of Gateway National Recreation Area may soon be available for public enjoyment. The National Park Service's mandate to expand recreation opportunities paired with New York State's idea to operate a park at the former Pennsylvania & Fountain Avenue Landfill site set the stage for this cooperative effort. Residents of Brooklyn and visitors from all over the City and nation may soon be able to enjoy the site's sweeping vistas of New York Harbor and the natural beauty of Jamaica Bay."
NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen said, "It's a monumental undertaking to close and cap a landfill, and transform it into beautiful open space and restored wetlands. The City proudly supports this endeavor. We thank the City's Department of Environmental Protection for all its work readying the site, and look forward to working with the State to deliver a beautiful new park to Brooklyn."
"Opening this area, abundant with beautiful natural resources, expansive views and space for recreation, to the public is a perfect example of how Parks and green spaces can transform and enhance our communities," said U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries. "I thank Governor Cuomo and all of our partners for taking this community dream and making it a reality for Brooklyn."
The Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. said, "A dream is about to become a reality on Jamaica Bay and thanks to Governor Andrew Cuomo and his 'Open Spaces' mandate for New York State, Penn and Fountain Parks will soon be open for public use. Not only will East New Yorkers have access to the amenities of Jamaica Bay recreation, but, future generations of New Yorkers will experience the grandeur at Penn and Fountain and enjoy the profound silence of breath taking vistas as far as the eye can see. For us at Friends it is the culmination of 25 years of community involvement."
Thomas F. Secunda, Chairman of the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, said, "For generations, the residents of central Brooklyn have lacked access to their waterfront and open spaces. Today's announcement marks a major milestone in the decades-long effort to turn these former landfills into a wonderful new park. I congratulate Governor Cuomo, Commissioner Harvey, New York State Parks and the MVVA team on developing an exciting plan for an accessible park that can be enjoyed by the community and visitors alike. I would also like to thank the various government agencies that have made opening this park possible, including the National Park Service, the Mayor's Office and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Finally, if not for the community and its leaders who have waited many years for this day to come, we may not be here today and the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy is proud to support this effort together with them. We look forward to continuing to work with all stakeholders to ensure that this special open space becomes a world-class park and a jewel in Jamaica Bay."
The Brooklyn park will be the second state park opened by Governor Cuomo in New York City. Governor Cuomo dedicated Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park in 2012. State Parks operates seven state parks throughout the five boroughs of NYC, including Bayswater Point State Park and Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, East River State Park in Brooklyn, Clay Pit Ponds State Park in Staten Island, Riverbank State Park in Manhattan, and Roberto Clemente State Park in the Bronx. The Governor also opened Buffalo Harbor State Park in 2015 and Hallock State Park Preserve on Long Island earlier this year.
The park will be a signature initiative in Governor Cuomo's holistic and historic $1.4 billion Vital Brooklyn model to benefit the health and wellness of Central Brooklyn residents.
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THUMB GUN AND OUTFITTERS
Action Action is the term for the operating mechanism of a gun. It refers to the combination of moving parts that allow a shooter to load fire and unload a gun.
Adjustable Sights Sights that allow vertical (elevation) and horizontal (windage) adjustments.
Aperture The hole in a rear peep sight through which the shooter looks at the front sight and target.
Autoloading An action of semi-automatic or self-loading operations.
Backstrap Rear, metal, part of a handgun -- which together with the frontstrap, provides a mounting frame for the grips.
Barrel Length (BBL) "The length of a barrel as measured from the muzzle to the standing breech in a break-open gun or to the bolt face in a bolt-action rifle, including the chamber. A revolver barrel measurement does not include the cylinder, only the barrel itself. "
Battery The condition of a firearms breechblock in firing position.
Bead "A round sight normally used at the muzzle of a shotgun or the front sight of some rifles, in which the sight is viewed as a round bead on a narrow post. "
Bedding The fit and stability of a barreled action within a rifle stock.
Bipod A two legged support for the front end of a rifle to stabilize the gun while shooting.
Black Powder The earliest type of firearms propellant that has generally been replaced by smokeless powder except for use in muzzleloaders and older breechloading guns that demand its lower pressure levels.
Black Powder Rifle A rifle that uses black powder (or black powder substitute) as the propellant either in a black powder cartridge or individually loaded into the rifle.
Blade Sight "Generally, the front sight of a rifle or handgun, seen by the shooter as a post. "
Boat Tail The shape of a bullet with a tapered base; designed to reduce air drag.
Bolt "A breechblock, generally circular in cross-section, that moves backward and forward to open or close the action. "
Bolt Action Bolt action is a type of firearm action in which the gun's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech (barrel) with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the gun (for right-handed users). As the handle is operated, the bolt is unlocked, the breech is opened, the spent shell casing is extracted and ejected, the firing pin is cocked (this occurs either on the opening or closing of the bolt, depending on design), and finally a new round/shell (if available) is placed into the breech and the bolt closed. Bolt action firearms are most often rifles, but there are some bolt-action shotguns and a few handguns as well.
Bore The interior of a firearm's barrel excluding the chamber.
Box Magazine A removable box-like storage device to hold cartridges and feed them.
Breech The end of a barrel into which a cartridge is inserted.
Breech Plug The plug that screws into the barrel to close the breech of a muzzle-loading firearm.
Buckshot Large size lead shot pellets used in shotshells. Buckshot can range in size from #4 up to 000.
Bull Barrel A barrel which has the same outside diameter its entire length. This type of barrel has the advantage of being very stiff and hence a greater potential to be accurate. It has the disadvantage of being heavy.
Bullet "A single projectile fired from a gun, or more commonly a rifle; either loaded from the muzzle or loaded into a cartridge "
Butt The rear most portion of the stock that rests against the shoulder.
Buttplate A hard plate that covers the butt end of the stock.
Caliber A system of measurement for the internal bore diameter of a rifled-barreled firearm (rifle or pistol).
Carbine "A carbine is a firearm similar to a rifle or musket. Many carbines, especially modern designs, were developed from rifles, being essentially shortened versions of full rifles firing the same ammunition, although often at a lower velocity. The shorter length and lighter weight of carbines makes them easier to handle in close-quarter situations, or when deploying from vehicles. The disadvantages of carbines are generally poorer long-range accuracy and shorter effective range. "
Cartridge "A small usually cylindrical packet, containing a detonating primer, a powder charge, a load -- either a single projectile for a rifle or a quantity of small pellets for a shotgun -- and possibly some attendant wadding. "
Case The envelope (container) of a cartridge. For rifles and handguns it is usually of brass or other metal; for shotguns it is usually of paper or plastic with a metal head and is more often called a "shell."
Casehardening "Mottled blue/green/brown colors on a shotgun or double rifle receiver, the by-product of a heat-treating process that incorporates carbon into the surface molecular structure of the steel, providing a hard-wearing surface without making the entire receiver brittle. "
Centerfire "A cartridge, or firearm using a cartridge, with the primer in the center of the cartridge base. "
Cerakote Cerakote is a Polymer-Ceramic Composite coating that can be applied to metals, plastics, polymers, and wood. The unique formulation used for Cerakote ceramic coating enhances a number of physical performance properties including abrasion/wear resistance, corrosion resistance, chemical resistance, impact strength, and hardness. This state-of-the-art coating technology out-performs any competitive coating in both laboratory settings and real world applications.
Chamber "An area at the breech end of a barrel, of about the diameter of the cartridge for which the gun was intended, and into which the cartridge is inserted. "
Checkering A regular pattern of fine grooves cut into the surface of a stock to aid in gripping a gun.
Cheekpiece "A broad, flat, raised area on the side of a buttstock. "
Choke "A carefully measured constriction of the bore of a shotgun at the muzzle, designed to control the spread of the shot as it leaves the barrel. "
Choke Tubes "Short, interchangeable cylinders, of subtly different internal tapers, that screw into a threaded recess at the muzzle of a shotgun. "
Cocking Indicators Small devices attached to the internal hammer of a gun and visible from the exterior of the gun to show when gun is cocked and when it has been fired.
Comb "The top of a gun's stock, where a shooter rests their cheek when mounting a gun. "
Compensator A device attached to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the upward movement of the muzzle brought about by recoil.
Cylinder "A revolver part, cylindrical in shape, with firing chambers that rotate to align with the bore. "
Derringer A derringer is generally the smallest usable handgun of a given caliber. Derringers are also known as palm pistols. There have been many different designs over the years.
Double Action (DA) An action type where the pulling the trigger both cocks and releases the hammer.
Ejector A device for expelling a fired cartridge case from a firearm.
Elevation Adjustment of the point of impact of a firearm in the vertical plane; the knob used on an iron sight or telescopic sight to raise or lower the point of impact.
Extractors The Extractor is a device that pulls the cartridge out of the chamber.
Eye Relief Eye relief is the distance your eye must be from the ocular lens and still get a full field of view.
Falling Block A type of action used primarily for single shot rifles whereby some kind of lever actuates a breechblock, moving it downwards in a vertical recess to expose the chamber.
Federal Firearms License (FFL) A Federal Firearms License (FFL) is a license that enables an individual or a company to engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture of firearms and ammunition or the interstate and intrastate sale of firearms. Holding an FFL to engage in certain such activities has been a legal requirement within the United States of America since the enactment of the Gun Control Act in 1968.
Feed The process of moving live cartridges from the magazine of a firearm into the chamber.
Fiber-optic Sights Sight that gathers ambient light.
Field of View (FOV) Field of view (FOV) is the amount of area seen through your scope from right to left at 100 yards.
Firing Pin The Firing Pin is the part on the gun that strikes the primer and causes it to ignite the cartridge.
Fixed 3 Dot Sight On semi-automatic handguns, the most common type of enhancement is a bright white dot painted on the front sight near the top of the blade, and a dot on each side of the rear sight notch. In low lighting conditions the front sight dot is centered horizontally between the rear sight dots, with the target placed above the middle (front) dot. Some sight vendors offer differently colored dots for the front and rear sights.
Flash Suppressor A device affixed to the muzzle of a firearm barrel, designed to minimize the bright flash caused by escaping hot gases and burning powder residue upon firing.
Floor Plate Metal plate at the bottom of the magazine of a bolt action rifle.
Fluted Barrel A rifle or pistol barrel which grooves have been milled into the barrel. These flutes help reduce barrel weight and increase surface area to help cool the barrel quicker.
Follower A spring-loaded part of a firearm's magazine that controls the cartridges in the magazine and presents them in the proper orientation to be fed into the chamber.
Forearm The front part of a rifle or shotgun stock, when the stock is of two-piece design.
Forend The stock section under the barrel, uses to help hold the firearm by the support hand.
Fouling Metal or powder residue left in the bore of a firearm as a result of firing.
Front Strap Front, metal, part of a handgun's grip---which together with the backstrap, provides a mounting frame for the grip panels.
Full Metal Jacket A type of bullet in which the lead core is encased in a copper jacket on the front and sides. The copper jacket may also include the base, but this is rarer.
Hammer A mechanical part that pivots on an axis and can be released by the trigger to go quickly forward to strike the firing pin.
Hammerless A firearm with its hammer enclosed inside the action body; i.e. no visible hammer.
Handgun A handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand, with the other hand optionally supporting the shooting hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from their larger counterparts: long guns such as rifles and shotguns (which are held in both hands and usually braced against the shoulder). Some handgun subtypes include derringers, single-shot pistols, revolvers, semi-automatic pistols, pepperboxes, and machine pistols.
Hollow Point (HP) A type of expanding projectile that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip often intended to cause the projectile to expand upon impact with target.
Iron Sights Metallic sights on a gun. The term is used to differentiate them from optical sights (scopes).
Jacket The envelope enclosing the core of a bullet.
Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) A type of bullet similar to a Jacketed Soft Point, except that a portion of the nose cavity is hollowed out for greater bullet expansion.
Jacketed Soft Point (JSP) A type of bullet with a soft lead core enclosed by a hard metal jacket (usually an alloy of copper), but with the nose section exposed to ensure bullet expansion.
Lands The portion of the bore in a rifled barrel that protrudes into the bore itself.
Length Of Pull The distance from trigger to the end of the gun's buttstock.
Lever Action A repeating firearm action operated by a lever beneath the grip.
Long Gun The term long gun is used to describe classes of firearm with longer barrels than other classes. In small arms, a long gun is designed to be fired braced against the shoulder, in contrast to a handgun. The actual length of the barrels of a long gun are subject various laws in many jurisdictions, for example by the National Firearms Act in the United States, which sets a minimum length of 16 inches (40 cm) for rifle barrels and 18 inches (45 cm) for shotgun barrels. Examples of various classes of small arms generally considered long arms include: rifles, shotguns, muskets, carbines, etc.
Magazine A spring-operated reservoir for cartridges for a repeating firearm; often removable.
Magazine Follower A plate, mounted to the top of a spring, inside a magazine, over which cartridges may slide smoothly as they are fed into the chamber of a repeating firearm.
Magazine Safety A device that prevents a gun from firing if the magazine has been removed.
Magnification Magnification is the power rating of the scope, indicated by the symbol "X". A 10X (ten power) scope makes objects seem ten times closer than with the naked eye.
Magnum A term indicating a relatively heavily loaded metallic cartridge or shotshell and, by extension, a gun safely constructed to fire it.
Mannlicher Stock A term used to describe a Germanic-styled rifle or carbine with a stock extending all the way to the muzzle.
Match Grade A higher quality item used to increase accuracy; generally used for competition in a match.
Mil Angular change in aim that moves the point of impact of an artillery projectile one meter at a range of 1000 meters.
Minute of Angle (MOA) A 1/60th part of a degree, the unit of measure used in adjusting rifle sights.
Monte Carlo Cheekpiece "A cheek rest, built onto the side of a gunstock, which also extends upward to raise the comb of a stock,
Monte Carlo Comb An elevated gunstock comb which drops to a normal height at the heel. Useful on rifle stocks to align the eye with a telescopic sight better, and on trap guns to raise the point of impact.
Muzzle The end of a barrel, pointing towards the target, out of which the load is discharged.
Muzzle Brake A fitting attached to the muzzle of a firearm, with a series of perforations designed to deflect some of the forward-rushing gasses and pull the firearm forward off the shoulder, reducing recoil.
Muzzleloader A muzzleloader is any firearm into which the projectile and usually the propellant charge is loaded from the muzzle of the gun.
NRA The National Rifle Association of America. The NRA is a nonprofit organization which advocates for gun rights.
NRA-ILA The NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
NSSF The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 5,500 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers.
Objective Lens The objective lens is the lens closest to the object being viewed.
Ocular Lens The ocular lens is the lens closest to your eye.
Out of Battery It refers to the status of a gun before the action has returned to the normal firing position.
Over Under (OU) A double barrel gun where one barrel is positioned on top of the other.
Parabellum The pistol, and especially the 9 x 19 mm cartridge for it, designed by George Luger and adopted by the German army in 1908.
Parallax Parallax is the apparent position of the reticle on the target image at different ranges.
Peep Sight A type of gunsight, mounted towards the rear of a rifle through which one simply looks, placing the front sight on the target.
Pistol A pistol is a usually small, projectile weapon, normally fired with one hand, for personal use in short-range action. There are three main varieties of pistols: automatic, semi-automatic or single-shot hunting or target pistols. Automatic and Semi-Automatic pistols use the recoil or gas energy of each round to cycle the action, extract the spent case, and load the next cartridge. Single-shot pistols are loaded manually via the breech, either from a small magazine or by hand.
Pistol Grip (PG) Full Pistol Grip, is the portion gun that is held by the hand and orients the hand in a forward, vertical orientation, similar to the position one would take with a conventional pistol.
Ported Small holes in the barrel of a gas-operated firearm through which expanding gases escapes.
Power The power of the scope is the same as magnification.
Primer A small capsule of soft metal containing a detonating compound, press-fitted into the head of a cartridge.
Pump Action A rifle or shotgun action in which operation is by backward and forward movement of the gun's forearm; also called slide action.
Receiver The frame or action body of a firearm.
Recoil The sudden backward push made against the shooter when a firearm is fired.
Reticle "A matrix of dots, posts or lines, visible inside a rifle's telescopic sight, normally adjustable via exterior knobs for windage and elevation. "
Revolver A revolver is a multishot firearm, usually a handgun, in which the rounds are held in a revolving cylinder that rotates to fire them through a single barrel. Most commonly, such guns have a five- or six-shot capacity; however, some revolvers have up to a 10-shot capacity. A revolver is a multi-shot firearm, usually a handgun, in which the rounds are held in a revolving cylinder that rotates to fire them through a single barrel. Most commonly, such guns have a five- or six-shot capacity; however, some revolvers have up to a 10-shot capacity.
Rifle A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, which fires a single projectile (bullet) through a barrel which contains spiral grooves in its bore. Rifles come in many shapes, sizes, and types. The most common types are bolt action, lever action and semi-automatic, but rifles also come in slide-action (pump) and single-shot varieties.
Rifled Slug A shotgun projectile that has rifling or groves cut on the projectile to put twist on the projectile as it travels down the barrel. Commonly used on smooth bore shotgun barrels. Also know as a Foster Slug.
Rifling "Spiral grooves cut into the inside of a barrel that impart a rapid spin to the single projectile, stabilizing it in flight for greatly improved accuracy over that of a smoothbore gun. "
Rimfire A cartridge where the primer is on the rim of the cartridge rather than the center of the cartridge.
Rotary Magazine The rotary or spool magazine consists of a star-shaped rotor, or sprocket, actuated by a torsion spring.
Safety Device that blocks the firing operation of a firearm.
Scope A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope, is an optical device used to give additional accuracy using a point of aim for firearms, airguns and crossbows.
Semi Automatic A type of firearm which, utilizing some of the recoil or some of the expanding-gas energy from the firing cartridge, cycles the action to eject the spent shell, to chamber a fresh one from a magazine and to cock the mainspring, placing the gun in position for another shot with nothing more needing to be done than to provide another pull on the trigger.
Shotgun A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5.5 mm (.22 inch) bore up to 5 cm (2 inch) bore, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, single-barreled, double or combination gun, pump-action, bolt-, and lever-action, semi-automatic, and even fully-automatic variants.
Sight A sight is an optical device used to assist aim by guiding the eye and aligning it with a weapon or other item to be pointed. Various forms of sights exist, such as iron sights, laser sights, reflex sights, peep sights, and telescopic sights.
Single Action (SA) An action type, typical on handguns, where the hammer must be cocked manually prior to each shot (if it be a revolver) or prior to the first shot with an already loaded chamber and de-cocked hammer (if it be a semi-automatic).
Single Set Trigger A single trigger, operating at a normal 4 - 6lb pull, which when pushed forward converts to a hair trigger.
Single Shot A firearm into which each shot must be manually loaded before it can be fired.
Skeet Competitive shotgun shooting at 'clay pigeons' thrown from two different locations.
Sling (Sling Swivels) Special metal posts are screwed into the stock near the butt and on the fore-end. Between these a sling is attached using sling swivels to be used for carrying a rifle over the shoulder.
Slug A single projectile designed to be fired from a shotgun.
Slug Gun A shotgun specially designed for shooting slugs, usually equipped with rifle sights.
Soft Point A bullet that has an exposed lead tip.
Stock A stock, also known as a buttstock or shoulder stock, is a part of a rifle or other firearm, to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached, that is held against one's shoulder when firing the gun. The stock provides a means for the shooter to firmly support the device and easily aim it.
Striker A spring-driven firing pin.
Takedown A firearm that can be separated into (at least) two subassemblies in order to make a shorter package than when put together---without tools
Telescopic Sight A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope, is an optical device used to give additional accuracy using a point of aim for firearms, airguns and crossbows.
Term Definition
Trajectory The curved path of a bullet in flight.
Trap Competitive shotgun shooting at 'clay pigeons' thrown from a single location.
Trigger The small lever on a cartridge firearm, which one pulls to cause the spring-loaded firing pin to impact the primer, causing the gun to discharge
Trigger Guard A loop surrounding the trigger of a firearm and protecting it from accidental discharge.
Trigger Plate Area under the receiver of a firearm through which the trigger is attached.
Trigger Weight The force which must be applied to the trigger for the gun to fire.
Trijicon Sights Trijicon is a company that uses tritium material, encapsulated in a vile, housed in the sight. The tritium glows under low light conditions.
Twist The spiral formed by the lands and grooves in a rifled bore; the rate of twist is generally given as a ratio. i.e., 1:10 indicating one turn in 10 inches.
Varmint Bullet A hollow point, thin jacketed, bullet that is designed to fragment into many (perhaps hundreds) of pieces upon impact. This type of bullet is designed to humanely kill a small animal such as a prairie dog or ground squirrel. Because varmints are typically hunted at long distances the bullet are typically made to be very accurate as well.
Velocity The speed of a bullet or shot charge, measured at a certain point in it's travel.
Ventilated Rib Designed to help cool and more particularly to direct the shimmering hot air that rises from hot barrels away from the line of sight in order to reduce disturbance in the view of the target
Zero The farthest distance from a firearm at which the bullet's path and the point of aim coincide. This term is also used to mean the process of insuring that the sights of a firearm are properly aligned so that where they indicate the bullet will strike is in fact where it strikes.
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Of course, Rivera meant Smith signing an honorary, one-day contract that so many beloved members of franchises sign once they decide they have had enough. The coach did not mean trading for Smith so that he suits up for the team in Week 1 of 2016.
Smith will have his surgery done this week by renowned orthopedist Robert Anderson. He’s getting it done quickly to speed up his road to recovery in case he wants to play next year.
Recovery times from this injury can vary. Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs came back from a tear in five months and six days in 2012. Former Panthers linebacker Jon Beason wasn’t his normal self for more than a year after his injury in 2011.
But Smith has defied odds his entire career. Now it’s a matter of if he wants to come back and play.
Smith had already prepared himself and his family for this to be the last year. His oldest son, Peyton, is a senior in high school and recently verbally committed to play soccer at DePaul University. He and his wife, Angie, had Steve Smith Jr. a year and a half ago.
It’s not improbable to think Smith could stay in Charlotte after his surgery to be with his family and rehab at nearby facilities. If he spends that time at home around his family, maybe he decides he was right all along about retiring this year.
Or, he feels this isn’t the way things are supposed to end. A torn Achilles on a two-win Ravens team isn’t the way he wants to go out, and he comes back for the final year of his contract in Baltimore in 2016.
Whatever Smith chooses, Rivera thinks the receiver will eventually end up in Canton, Ohio, home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s one of the first players from this organization to be part of the Hall of Fame,” Rivera said. “I believe he’s 10th now in all-time yardage, and deservedly so because he’s had a tremendous career.
“I was very sad to hear that. I don’t know what he’s going to decide next year, but whatever it is, if he does come back he’ll be solid again.”
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6 Ways to Become an Activist in High School
By Eva Williams • High School December 12, 2018 at 12:00am
Be the change you want to see in the world. We hear this refrain on a daily basis, and we personalize it. We identify our passions—whether it’s something we find wonderful about the world, such as anti-body shaming campaigns, or issues we find despicable, such as sexual harassment in educational settings—which is certainly no easy task (finding your passion is one of the 5 key decisions you’ll make while in high school). The next step is becoming an activist.
Rebecca Scurlock, the Director of Youth Powerhouse, believes that activism is a deeply personal action. “At its core, activism means standing up for the changes you believe need to be made in society,” she says. “These beliefs often stem from one’s personal experience with or connection to societal wrongs, combined with core values such as equity, justice and respect.”
It’s not as overwhelming as it sounds. Linn Davis, Operations and Technology Manager at Healthy Democracy, believes that activism can be defined quite broadly. “It’s any activity that seeks to have a higher societal purpose than its own existence, perpetuation and profit for its creator, such as artwork, journalism and scientific inquiry,” she says. “‘Activism’ ought to be redefined as simply ‘public purpose’ or ‘for the good of society.’”
But there are barriers in your way: maybe you don’t know what activism translates to in your community or high school. Maybe people are telling you that you’re too young to be an activist or that you can’t do anything to support your issue until you’re older. Here’s how can you can prove them wrong.
1. Start a club
If you want to raise awareness about an issue you're passionate about, and a club doesn't currently exist in your school, starting a club is a great way to bring together like-minded activists at your school while gaining leadership and teamwork experience.
Nadya Okamoto, a Her Campus 22 Under 22 Most Inspiring College Women honoree, co-founded PERIOD, a global NGO, as a 16-year-old high school sophomore.
The first step, according to Nadya, is figuring out the process: how can you register a club in your school? Do you need an advisor? Do you need to write a constitution?
“The next step is building your team,” she says. “How many collaborators do you want? What other roles do you need to complement your skill sets? It’s important to identify your strengths and your weaknesses.”
That’s not to say that starting a club is easy. “When you start an organization as a young person, you have to work three times as hard to prove that you’re credible to do it,” Nadya says.
But if you have a team of support and a confident vision in your mind, anything is possible.
2. Join a club
There’s a chance that a club already exists about an issue you care about. You can find out more about your school’s clubs on your school’s website or at a student activities fair at the beginning of the year.
“Joining an activist organization or school club can be an effective way to find a community of committed, experienced and like-minded peers to collaborate with,” Scurlock says.
Joining a club can be just as meaningful and amazing as starting one. Hannah Harshe, a sophomore at the University of Michigan, was her high school's delegate for Girls State. A week during the summer after her junior year, she joined students from across the country in a week-long mock government.
“We simulated absolutely everything--elections, debates and more,” she says. “Girls State taught me so much about how the real-world government works, and I'm a much more effective political activist now! I feel much more qualified to take a personal political stance and I can hold my own in an argumentative conversation with relatives, peers and professors.” This is definitely one of the skills you should master before college.
Activism isn’t limited to politics, however. Kayleen Parra-Padron, a senior at Florida International University, was in an environment club in high school. "While we didn't do much, it taught me the importance of taking care of the planet we live in," she says. "Since then, I've been mindful of recycling and I pick up litter if I ever see trash on campus."
Regardless of what your interest are, find an organization and check out the first meeting or event to see if you’re interested. You’ll never know if you don’t give it a chance!
3. Educate yourself and others
In an age of fake news, it’s incredibly important that you are an informed activist. If someone's asking you questions about your cause, it strengthens your and your cause’s legitimacy if you’re able to answer their questions.
This isn’t as difficult as it sounds, however. According to Nadya, it’s as easy as just looking up your issue on Google. “If you’re passionate about an issue, look up the current state of affairs, determine how you’re trying to be involved and move from there,” she says.
Education itself can be a form of activism, believe it or not. “Some things—like educating young people, reporting events in a fair and factual way or exploring our world or our mind for the betterment of humankind—are far more important than any particular political activism as we so narrowly define it today,” Davis says.
Don’t forget to be careful. Advocacy websites can often be biased towards the organization’s goals; it's important to seek out in-depth news and information sources as well.
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4. Donate money or supplies
Do your research before you donate, but don't be afraid to give a helping hand to organizations such as UNICEF and One America Appeal. Even if you can only donate a few dollars, it can still go a long way in helping people across the world.
“Every movement always needs resources. With public service, any amount of money, as someone who leads a global organization, resources are always needed,” Nadya says. “High schoolers can easily take action by hosting a drive or hosting a fundraiser of some sorts to collect resources to give to an organization that they really believe in.”
Many charities and organizations depend entirely on donations to continue their work and improve the lives of people across the world. If you’re unable to donate money, consider donating supplies—such as old clothes, school supplies and more!
5. Engage in digital activism
As technology advances in platforms from Google to Snapchat, it’s important to take advantage of it in pursuing your goals.
“[The power of social media and digital communication] is one of the powerful things that we have in our arsenal as activists,” Nadya says. “We can mobilize and connect with people we don’t know face to face purely through digital communication. Being able to create movements and engage new people in that setting is very needed and very possible.”
One powerful way to mobilize and connect with people is through writing. Op-eds, which merge your opinions with reason and evidence, are timely and persuasive pieces that express your personal voice and opinions.
Digital activism extends beyond writing to also including social media campaigns. Social media and technology have played huge roles in transforming movements and globalizing them. From change.org to iPetitions, use your tools and your Twitter accounts for good. #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo and #RefugeesWelcome are only a few examples of powerful social media campaigns.
Videos are also tremendously powerful. In an increasingly busy world, videos can inspire and inform people in just a few minutes about issues and problems. Greenpeace’s campaign against Nestle for using palm oil from companies destroying rainforests—and thus orangutans—was a success. Nestle promised to give rainforests and their inhabitants a break.
“A great place to start is by signing up for organizations’ email lists or following activist groups on social media,” Scurlock suggests.
As you can see, there’s a huge numbers of way that you can use digital activism to make an impact. All you have to do is choose one method to start with that you believe will be most impactful on your audience and specific goals.
6. Talk to other activists and leaders
Teamwork truly makes the dream work. "Students face barriers of time, and resource, and institutional barriers," Ben Phillips of Citizen University says. "And I think some students don’t know how to begin, or feel isolated or like they are the only ones who care about an issue. They way to fix this, is to get together with others; that’s the first step in making change."
Another benefit of working together with people is the diversity that collaborations can bring. After all, the nature of activism is to be democratic and to represent all voices against interest groups that otherwise dominate the political and policymaking arenas.
Jake Haigis, a UNICEF USA clubs fellow, suggests one way to advocate for UNICEF’s causes, such as protecting the rights of children, is through reaching out to your legislators. “You can advocate on behalf of UNICEF through writing letters and speaking with your State Representatives,” Haigis said. “If you are interested in learning more on how to speak with your Representatives, join a Congressional Action Team (CAT).”
There are people beyond legislators who also make a difference in a cause, such as your fellow activists. It’s important to know who the leaders of the movement are to learn from their paths in forging your own. Identify the people or group of people who have the ability to do something about your cause and find the most effective way to contact them, whether it’s over the phone or in-person.
“The next generation of activists must embrace activism as a lifestyle,” Sara Schmidt, the Youth and Student Program Manager at Amnesty International USA says. “They must think critically while remaining open to learning from those who came before and those who are outside of their own networks and communities. Intersectional activism – which embraces connectivity between different identities and challenges – is critical to our collective victory.”
Don’t be afraid to talk to everyone and anyone about a cause that you believe in. Everyone has a perspective you can learn from and a story to share.
“High school students are just people—with more and less wisdom than people who are older and younger,” Davis says. “While high schoolers are bound by some restrictions that adults are not, they also possess some attributes that adults seem to lose: the ability to think further outside the box, to not be bound by convention; the ability to try things out without too many pesky societal judgments and responsibilities; and the ability to turn impress adults into action.”
Civic engagement has a dramatic variance between younger and older generations. Thus, activism isn’t enough as it currently stands. It must be extended and understood in the larger context that is the American political arena as well as the global one. It’s not only limited to eye-catching rallies and protests but to conducting polls and developing policies with administration. It can influence cultural, environmental, legal, social and political change and any other issue that you’re passionate about.
“What you choose to do with your voice - whether it’s joining a movement an organization or volunteering or writing or doing something through art or public service - it’s up to you,” Nadya said. Conduct leafleting or post fliers around your school, canvas for a candidate you support, write articles or report for student newspapers: just get involved. Just do it.
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Hertfordshire Mercury, 16th February 1918
At the Herts Winter Assizes, Charles Saunders (32), dealer, pleaded guilty to stealing a mare, the property of John Howe, at Rickmansworth, on January 21st.
Mr Wardley, for the prosecution, said that the mare was valued at £60. The police traced the mare to some stables at Golders Green, and had seen the defendant later when he had said that he had bought the animal for £22. The tail had been cut off. On being further questioned, the defendant admitted having taken the mare and said that he had done it in order to get arrested as he was a deserter from the Royal Fusiliers. Some of the hair from the tail was found in the stable and some of it in the defendant’s bedroom in the pockets of a mackintosh.
Captain Bridges, Assistant Provost Marshall, said that the man had joined the Royal Fusiliers on January 20th, 1917, was in the army for 6 months, and that his army record was only ‘fair’. The military authorities did not want him back.
Inspector O’Connor said that the defendant had a good character as far as honesty was concerned, but that was until this current offence.
His Lordship said that he did not believe that the defendant had committed the offence in order to get back into the army, and felt that that was about the last thing that the defendant would have wanted to do. He would be sentenced to 7 months in the second division.
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Review of UK company formations in 2018
Published in News and opinion on March 8, 2019
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Once again, we’ve performed some in depth number crunching and released our Inform Direct 2019 Review of UK Company Formations.
Built using data from Companies house and the Office of National Statistics, our study forms the most comprehensive analysis of 2018 UK company incorporations and dissolutions.
Alongside the national statistics, we also break down the data for each nation of the UK and individual counties, so you can follow the performance of businesses from Devon to Durham. You’re able to drill down still further, and explore company formation performance in individual districts and even wards across the country.
In this article, we look at what we’ve learnt about the condition of UK business from the annual figures.
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A record year for company formations…
There were 669,855 companies formed in the UK in 2018. That’s up from 634,116 in 2017, and also ahead of the previous record figure of 664,720 in 2016.
That’s great news for UK business – with the number of company formations often seen as a leading indicator for the health of UK business and a measure of confidence among budding entrepreneurs. Overall, our study presents a very positive picture against a background of political and economic uncertainty, showing that the UK continues to provide a supportive environment for enterprise.
It’s a particularly welcome sign that the slowdown signalled in the 2017 figures has not continued. While the prospect of Brexit – in whatever form it takes – continues to hang over parts of the business community, apparently discouraging investment and growth for many businesses, our figures show that a record number of entrepreneurs felt confident enough to form a company to pursue their next business venture.
The total number of UK companies continued to climb – now up to an all-time high of 4,308,022. That’s up 4.6% in a year, with the rate of growth in the company population itself up from 4% the year before. Over five years, the number of UK companies in existence is up 30.8%.
… But a concerning number of companies dissolved
The number of companies dissolved still weighs heavily on growth in business numbers. 504,613 UK companies ended their life in 2018, up from 483,800 in 2017. It means that for every 100 UK companies started, 75 were closed. As recently as 2015, only 61 companies were dissolved for every 100 formed – so the figures have worsened.
While there will be natural turnover in the company population – where a company has already served its purpose or a business venture is no longer being pursued, for example – a surprisingly high number of companies fail, perhaps a sign of a challenging business climate. There is a mixed local picture of the free support and advice available to new and growing businesses, with many services cut in the last few years.
Education can also play a role in helping those forming a business for the first time become aware of their statutory responsibilities, and the consequences of their choice of business structure. With so many companies struck off by the regulator because they’ve failed to file accounts or the annual confirmation statement, it’s clear that many first-time directors struggle to understand and manage the requirements of their new company.
This is also an area where good choices by a new business, in appointing a good accountant and making use of helpful business software like Inform Direct, can make a big difference to their chance of survival.
The impact of regional variations
While far from universal, the pattern of record-breaking company formation figures reached across geographically diverse areas of the UK. There were all-time high formation figures for London in the south and Lancashire in the north, as well as both urban Hackney and rural Herefordshire.
There were, however, still some significant variations between different parts of the UK:
Northern Ireland saw a marked increase in company formations, with 8,137 formations in 2018 compared to 7,398 in 2017. The 6.8% growth in the Northern Irish company population – up from 58,754 at the end of 2017 to 62,765 at the end of 2018 – was the highest percentage growth rate of any of the nations of the UK. The 38.8% five-year growth rate in the company population also beat each of England, Scotland and Wales.
Wales also witnessed an annual increase in company formations, from 17,408 in 2017 to 18,079 in 2018. That meant that the number of companies based in Wales reached 120,705 at the end of the year. But, with 17,908 Welsh companies dissolved in 2018, it was very close to ‘one in, one out’ for companies in Wales.
Scotland was the only nation of the UK which saw a lower number of formations in 2018 than the previous year – 33,333 compared to 34,002. The 3.7% growth in number of companies based in Scotland – from 237,941 to 246,862 – was also the lowest percentage growth rate among the nations of the UK.
England, as would be expected based on population, was home to the lion’s share of new UK companies. The 598,323 new companies in England was a record figure, up from 569.585 in 2017. Even when the figures are adjusted for population, English entrepreneurs are still generating new companies at a faster rate than other areas of the UK. There were 11.3 formations for every 1,000 people in England, which compares favourably with 5.9 in Wales, 6.3 in Scotland and 4.5 in Northern Ireland. However, 30.3% growth in the number of English companies over 5 years remains the lowest of any the nations of the UK.
London continues to dominate company startup activity in England (and, thereby also the UK as a whole). Of the 598,323 formations in England in 2018, 217,617 – so well over a third – were based in London.
Outside London, the most busy areas for new company formations in England are the West Midlands (32,571), Greater Manchester (31,875), West Yorkshire 18,204) and Essex (17,063).
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Jamal Khashoggi’s Final ‘Washington Post’ Op-Ed Calls Out Arab Governments For ‘Silencing The Media’
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Jamal Khashoggi wrote of the need for a free press and of Arab governments’ attempts to stifle free speech in his final column, Business Insider is reporting.
Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor at The Washington Post, wrote on Wednesday night that she had been in possession of Khashoggi’s final column for some period of time, but that she and her team had been sitting on it until they heard from Khashoggi again.
“I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together. Now I have to accept: That is not going to happen. This is the last piece of his I will edit for The Post.”
Perhaps aptly, considering the circumstances of his disappearance and likely death (more on that in a few paragraphs), the Saudi journalist’s last column was about Arab governments’ concerted attempts at stifling free speech.
Entitled “What The Arab World Needs Most Is Free Expression” and published by The Post on Wednesday night, Khashoggi’s final editorial mourns the lack of free speech not only in his native Saudi Arabia but across the Arab world as a whole.
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The Saudi journalist writes that, across the Arab world, only one country – Tunisia – is considered by Freedom House, which ranks the freedom of the press across the world, country by country, to be free. The rest are considered either “partly free” or “not free.”
“As a result, Arabs living in these countries are either uninformed or misinformed. They are unable to adequately address, much less publicly discuss, matters that affect the region and their day-to-day lives.”
Khashoggi also criticizes foreign governments’ collective response to Arab censorship, which often includes imprisoning journalists and even torturing and murdering them, with a collective expression of outrage and then a collective shrug.
“These actions no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community.”
Khashoggi may have himself been a victim of the very apparatus that he says persecutes press freedom in the Arab world. The Saudi citizen, who had been living in the United States, is believed to have been murdered, possibly tortured first, by agents acting on orders from the Saudi government.
Khashoggi was last seen going into the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. The Turkish government claims to have audio and video evidence that he was tortured and murdered by Saudi agents inside.
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These Were the Most Popular Dog Breeds in Canada in 2018
by Paige Petrovsky on January 28, 2019
Dogs truly are a man's (or woman's) best friend. They're cuddly, cute, and some do the strangest but funniest things (my seven-pound dog once ate six and a half raw hotdogs).
We all have our preferences on breeds, however, some are more popular than others.
The Canadian Kennel Club recently announced the top 10 most popular purebred dog breeds in the country in 2018. And, at the top of the list is the Labrador Retriever.
In 2018 the Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, and Poodle maintained their spots as the top four breeds.
Although, there still were some changes from last year. The French Bulldog (a breed that has become popular due to its small stature a minimal grooming needs) made its way to the top five spot and, for the first time ever, the Portuguese Water Dog made it onto the list.
The Portuguese Water Dog, as the list shows, has become increasingly popular over the years. So much so that our own Prime Minister added one to his family back in 2016.
"Dogs are an integral part of our families and our lives," Lance Novak, Executive Director, Canadian Kennel Club, said in a recent press release.
Which dog is at the top of your list?
Photo is courtesy of the Canadian Kennel Club.
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10 Best Nintendo Power Contests
Jef Rouner | November 2, 2012 | 8:00am
Letters have gone out letting subscribers know that their last issues of Nintendo Power are imminent. The long-running game magazine was a constant presence in the homes of Nintendo fans, including yours truly. Sure, it was oft-times more advertising circular than hard-hitting critical journalism, but it was also the manifesto for those of us who still defined ourselves by what system we owned. Good thing those days are over, right, PC gamers?
All joking aside, I'm going to miss the old rag, even though it's been years since I was a subscriber. One of the things I'll miss the most is the absolutely insane Players' Polls Sweepstakes that they used to run, and I do mean insane. Nintendo Power gave away, or at least promised to give away, amazing gifts and opportunities to its readers. I never won any of them, but here are the ten I most wish that I had.
10. A Golf Cart and Clubs
Yeah, golf clubs are cool, but if you're a kid you want mobilization, and a golf cart is one of those things that blur the line between driving/not driving. The contest, celebrating the upcoming NES Open, suggested you could hand these presents off to your dad, but like that was really going to happen. Hell, I'd take the golf cart now!
9. Be an Extra in The Mask II
Though I can't pin down the exact issue (it's probably Vol. 77 or near there), Nintendo Power was actually the first to announce a sequel to Jim Carrey's The Mask. Not only that, but they were so pysched about it that they offered a chance to be an extra in it. Of course, The Mask II never happened because Jim Carrey refused to return to the role. I've always wondered what the kid who won got instead.
8. Trip to Nintendo of America
Vol. 7 of Nintendo Power offered to fly five winners out to Nintendo of America in Seattle. While that was cool in and of itself, sort of the gamer version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the extra prize was a chance to beta test upcoming games. Granted, anyone that has ever seriously tested games knows that it's not nearly as fun as it sounds, but the bragging rights alone were worth it. Plus, Seattle's nice.
7. Visit the Set of Robocop 2
The very next issue offered kids a chance to be on set for Robocop 2...which didn't mean much to us since it was filmed in Houston. Even though the offer to tour the place where we actually live wasn't an incentive, who wouldn't want to meet Robocop himself! Now that I think about it, though, it was a little odd that they were offering a trip to the set of an R-rated movie about a drug-addicted cyborg being shot by another cyborg.
6. Private Screening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Despite having Batman on the cover, Vol. 10 allowed you to set up a private screening of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie for you and 25 of your friends...which if you didn't have 25 friends before the contest you would definitely have them once you won it.
5. Total Recall Adventure
You'll notice that a lot of the contests were themed toward marketing games licensed to movies. That's because almost all licensed games are pretty terrible, and Total Recall on the whole is one of the worst, so they need all the help they can get. That said, what a deal! You got to meet Arnold on set, get three days in Hollywood and they sent you home with an actual Martian Police Uniform. Even the second prize was pretty awesome, a set of ultra-rare, not sold in stores uniform patches from the film.
4. Street Fighter II: Championship Edition Arcade Cabinet
One of the things that plagued the 16-bit era was how the home games never matched the power of the arcade cabinets they were ported from. Nintendo took care of this in Vol. 37 when they offered a complete SFII:CE arcade game as a prize, a $3,500 value. If pinball was more your style, a Super Mario Brothers Pinball table was the grand prize in Vol. 38.
3. Star Wars Extravaganza
LucasArts used to be a very big name in making some of the greatest games ever. Among those were the excellent 16-bit adaptations of the original trilogy of Star Wars films. Winners of this contest got to tour Industrial Light and Magic, play demos of LucasArts games under development, visit the Star Wars archives and attend a private screening of Episode IV.
2. Bill & Ted's Phone Booth
Did you ever wonder what became of Bill and Ted's time-traveling, totally not a TARDIS, phone booth? A boy in Mississippi got it in 1991 as part of a Nintendo Power contest. In addition to just owning it, Nintendo paid to have it installed in the boy's room and paid the family's phone bill for an entire year. That is indeed most excellent.
1. Appear in a Zelda Game
In 1990, the biggest challenge in RPG gaming was beating WarMech, a hidden boss in the first Final Fantasy that had only a 1-in-250 chance of spawning on a single screen, and would almost certainly kill you anyway because it was more powerful than the final battle by far. Nintendo Power offered a chance to be in a future Legend of Zelda game if you submitted a picture of you beating WarMech, and the winner was Chris Houlihan.
The result is the Chris Houlihan Room in Link to the Past, a glitch-based secret area that can only be accessed by an incredible series of highly illogical moves. Oh, and it took over a decade before anyone could even find the damn thing. So on one hand, Houlihan got to be in one of the most iconic video game series of all time, but couldn't show it to anyone when the game came out because no one could find it.
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Rand Paul Calls Ted Cruz on Bashing Their Party
Dianna Wray | March 11, 2014 | 7:00am
Lots of people in the Republican party are fed up with Sen. Ted Cruz, but Sen. Rand Paul is the guy who is doing something about it.
On Monday, the conservative news website, Breitbart News, published an op-ed by Paul, where the senator from Kentucky took Cruz to task -- without ever actually naming the guy who may be beloved by the Tea Party conservatives, but has earned some pretty impressive dislike from the elected members of his own party -- for his hijinks that Paul said have encouraged divisions within the party:
"I don't claim to be the next Ronald Reagan nor do I attempt to disparage fellow Republicans as not being sufficiently Reaganesque. But I will remind anyone who thinks we will win elections by trashing previous Republican nominees or holding oneself out as some paragon in the mold of Reagan, that splintering the party is not the route to victory."
Paul based the whole thing around Reagan, the guy that every Republican with presidential aspirations wants to grow up to be. Cruz has bucked the authority of party leaders and has made it routine to oppose anything that smells of compromise while likening himself to President Ronald Reagan. Because the Gipper is second only to God among Republicans, comparing yourself with him is on the level of calling yourself the Lord and Savior. In some circles -- the ones on the far sides of the inter-party divide -- it's worse.
Paul went over how one does not become the "next Reagan" by pretending to do what Reagan would have done.
"Every Republican likes to think he or she is the next Ronald Reagan. Some who say this do so for lack of their own ideas and agenda. Reagan was a great leader and President. But too often people make him into something he wasn't in order to serve their own political purposes."
Of course, Paul and Cruz are both angling to be on the top of the 2016 Republican ticket, so it's not exactly a shock to see Paul call Cruz out in a backhanded fashion over Cruz's claims to Reagan's legacy. At the same time Paul himself is hoping a little of that Reagan magic rubs off. He put out the op-ed in Breitbart pleading for people to find some tolerance and stop splitting the Republican party up.
Meanwhile, Paul also penned an op-ed that appeared in Time. In the piece, which came out Sunday, Paul urged President Obama to take a strong stand against Vladimir Putin's moves in Ukraine, calling it "a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community." Paul goes on to argue that the government needs to deny all aid to the Ukraine, because of corruption.
Cruz then stepped in and gave a shout-out to Reaganism while distancing himself from all things Paul on ABC News on Sunday. Cruz loves to quote Reagan and he brings the guy up whenever there is the slightest opportunity.
"I'm a big fan of Rand Paul. He and I are good friends. But I don't agree with him on foreign policy," Cruz said. "I think U.S. leadership is critical in the world. And I agree with him that we should be very reluctant to deploy military force abroad. But I think there is a vital role, just as Ronald Reagan did... The United States has a responsibility to defend our values."
Despite clearly stating in the Breitbart piece that Paul wasn't trying to draw any comparisons between himself and Reagan, he quoted Reagan often enough in the Time op-ed to make us wonder. Paul doesn't think Cruz is the Reagan of this era, but he's hoping that some people start thinking Paul has got a little Reagan-ism going for him. Can't blame him. A lot of people liked Reagan.
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Winnie M Li
Writer, producer, activist, PhD researcher
<a href="http://winniemli.com" rel="nofollow">Winnie M Li</a> is a writer and producer, who has worked in the creative industries on three continents. She graduated from Harvard in 2000 and was an inaugural George Mitchell Scholar selected for graduate study in Ireland. For seven years, she served as Head of Development at Ugly Duckling Films in London -- an Oscar-nominated® production company which created six award-winning feature films and two shorts. Later she moved to Qatar, where she programmed for the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and the Doha Film Institute. In 2008, she was raped by a stranger in Belfast. She has written and been interviewed numerous times about her attack in international outlets, including BBC, RTE, The Belfast Telegraph, Cosmopolitan magazine, and an anthology by Epigram Books. Winnie is currently based at Goldsmiths, University of London, and this year will complete Dark Chapter, her novel inspired by her assault.
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Paul Alexander, Contributor
Paul Alexander is an author living in New York City.
For Paul Polman, Unilever CEO, It's a Question of Hypocrisy
Among corporate leaders today, Paul Polman has carved out a unique place for himself.
As CEO of Unilever, Polman heads an international food and home goods mega-corporation that sells products in 100 countries, employees 169,000 people, and features 400 brands, among them Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soap, Marmite spread, and Colgate toothpaste. In 2016, the Anglo-Dutch company grossed $56 billion, making it so attractive that earlier this year Kraft Heinz tried to acquire it in a $143 billion takeover. Only after Polman rallied opposition from members of the British government did Kraft Heinz back off.
Despite Unilever’s position as a business force — or perhaps because of it — Polman has taken an unusual stand for the head of an international corporation. His mandate, he says, is to fight for not only his company’s success but also global society’s greater good. On that point, Polman has said capitalism has proven to be “dysfunctional,” producing wealth disparity, short-termism in decision-making, and a willingness to ignore the need to protect the environment. As a result, Polman has become an outspoken advocate, especially on issues concerning climate science and environmental sustainability.
In pursuit of his activism, Polman has announced he is “ashamed” of his $12 million annual salary, adding, “I would work for free. Honestly, the salary itself doesn’t motivate me.” He has also said: “It’s not important to be CEO. It’s important to be a human being.” But since he is Unilever’s CEO “my personal mission is to galvanize the company to be an effective force for good.” As such, Polman downplays return on investment and highlights sustainability, going so far as to create a Sustainable Living Plan for Unilever.
Polman’s focus on being the “do good” CEO caused one publication to dub him a “high priest” of business, a “corporate evangelist.” Lofty titles, to be sure, but unfortunately what Polman says and what Unilever does are often two separate matters. Indeed, many times Unilever’s actions are in direct opposition to Polman’s haughty rhetoric. As National Review put it: “Unilever has violated virtually every gospel that Polman has preached.”
Consider profitability. Despite claims to the contrary, Polman has committed to raising Unilever’s profit margin, which was 15.6 percent in 2016, to 20 percent by 2020. He made the pledge in part because Kraft Heinz announced it intended to hit a 30 percent margin by 2019, and Polman got pressure from his stockholders. One way Unilever planned to increase margins was to jack up royalties paid to the company by local partners. So, starting in 2013, in India, Hundustan Unilever saw its royalty fees double over three years — an increase Polman called “no big deal.” And in 2015 Unilever tripled royalty fees to its partner in South Africa. That partner filed a lawsuit attempting to block the increase, but Unilever is expected to demand the company pay the higher fee anyway, regardless of any legal opposition.
At the same time, the South African Competition Commission announced that — in another attempt to secure profits — Unilever was guilty of colluding with a local company, Sime Darby Group, to control the country’s margarine and cooking oil market. Unilever and Sime entered into a plan not to compete with each other in agreed-upon markets, creating a price-fixing scheme good for the companies but harmful to consumers. The commission recommended Unilever be prosecuted; the company could face a fine of 10 percent of annual revenue.
There have also been issues concerning Unilever’s treatment of workers. In Kenya, for example, women employed by Unilever were being forced to pay supervisors a quarter of their modest salary — $4.15 a day in 2011 — to keep from being harassed. One woman told The Irish Times: “When I was younger, they asked me for sex. Now they just harass the older women.” Eventually, the Center for Research on Multinational Corporations found that Unilever failed to take adequate measures to prevent harassment, sexual or otherwise, of its female employees in Kenya.
One of the most egregious violations of workers’ rights came in India. For years, workers in a thermometer factory owned by Unilever were exposed to mercury poisoning. Finally, some 600 workers filed a lawsuit against the company. The suit was well underway in 2009 when Polman was named CEO, but he made no moves to settle the case. Instead, Unilever continued to argue that it did not pollute the area around the factory, which ultimately closed, even though the Indian government found the mercury exposure “hadn’t just hampered the lives of workers but also [had] taken a toll on their newborn children.” The lawsuit was settled last year — seven years into Polman’s tenure as CEO — with Unilever paying an undisclosed sum to the injured workers.
Unilever’s actions in India prompted one social activist to declare: “For all its talk of social responsibility, Unilever has behaved no different from Union Carbide in Bhopal.” Unfortunately, Unilever’s actions are not isolated to India. In markets around the world where Unilever’s brands are sold, Paul Polman’s hypocrisy is the rule rather than the exception.
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