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__label__cc	0.542062	0.457938	African Textile Exhibitions in 2011 by opening date.. Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida ”Whether worn for work, masquerades, sacred ceremonies, or adorning the home or shrine, textiles are one of the most vibrant art forms on the African continent. Textiles have rich and diverse cultural histories. The exhibition will illustrate the continuity of textile designs and techniques from past to present, highlighting innovations, contemporary fashion and works inspired by traditional practices. Art on display in the exhibition will be selected from the Harn collection, with many newly acquired works, including those recently commissioned from African textile artists. Loans from private collections and other institutions will also enhance the exhibition.” Conversation Pieces: African Textiles from Barbara and Bill McCann’s Collection Curated by Catherine Hale Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada Global Patterns: Dress and Textiles in Africa April 13 2011 – January 8 2012 “This exhibition focuses on the accomplishments of African weavers, dyers, bead embroiderers, and tailors, and highlights continuities, innovation, and the exchange of ideas from within and without that mark dress and textile production in Africa. More than any other artistic expression, dress and textile production in Africa demonstrates the continuous links of the Continent with the outside world. Throughout centuries, African textile artists seamlessly and joyfully integrated into their visual vocabulary new design elements and new materials such as glass beads, buttons, and fabrics that arrived as the result of trade with Europe and places as far away as India and Indonesia. They added to or transformed existing traditions, and at times created new types of textiles and garments. Beadwork among the Ndebele peoples of South Africa and the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, Kente cloth in Ghana and Togo, and Yoruba indigo-dyed cloths called Adire are among the highlights of the display. Africans, in particular those living along the coasts, have been in contact with Europeans and other foreigners since the sixteenth century. Therefore, it is not surprising that clothing styles common in Europe also appeared early on among African elites. Certainly by the late nineteenth century, when many African regions had come under colonial rule, salaried employees who worked for colonial administrations, merchants, and increasingly the educated residents of growing urban centers were aware of fashion trends in Europe and began to follow them. They picked and chose inventing new hybrid styles, and always went with the times. Trade cloth and photographs help explore these aspects of African creativity. The adoption of new ideas was not a one-way street, however: a small section in the exhibition demonstrates the way in which Europeans and Americans were equally intrigued by African dress and adornment. By the 1920s, African forms inspired fashions and design on both continents, part of creative exchanges that continue to this day.” Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa The Textile Museum, Washington October 15, 2011 through February 19, 2012 “The textiles of the Kuba kingdom are among the most distinctive and spectacular works of African art. Emerging in the early 17th century, the Kuba kingdom grew into a powerful and wealthy confederation of 18 different ethnic groups located in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. While they have fascinated artists, collectors and designers for over a century, this will be the first major museum exhibition in the U.S. to showcase the artistic inventiveness and graphic power of Kuba ceremonial dance skirts within a wide-ranging survey of Kuba design. More than 50 exceptional 19th- and early 20th-century objects will be on view, including ceremonial skirts, ‘velvet’ tribute cloths, headdresses and basketry from the permanent collection of The Textile Museum, the National Museum of African Art, and several private collections.” Please do let me know if you are aware of others…. More Asafo Flags on our website Conversation Pieces: African Textiles from Barbara... At the kente festival, Kpetoe, 2007	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line2
__label__cc	0.504658	0.495342	A pun-ishing yet pleasant read There is a long tradition of humorous fantasy that has followed two broadly diverging paths - a more sophisticated route in the UK (typified by Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams, whose writing, though apparently science fiction could probably be more accurately classed as fantasy) and a rather less subtle approach in the US. This American genre varies from the hugely entertaining Amber stories of Roger Zelazny (which are primarily adventures, but maintain the wry humour of a noir detective story) to downright silly but fun romps like Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (also by Zelazny). But I had not realized quite how far these books could go in intensity of groan production until coming across Board Stiff. The book was written by Piers Anthony, a long standing member of the SF and fantasy community who may never have been quite in the first rank, but has turned out many readable tales over the years. It was, I admit, with some trepidation that I approached the book when it was offered to me as it is number 38 (no, not a typo) in the Xanth series of novels. It really is hard to imagine someone reaching that number without churning them out (with the exception of Pratchett), but I was willing to give it a go, having been assured that no previous knowledge of Xanth was required. Overall the experience was surprisingly pleasant. What we have here is a classic quest story, with a likable cast of characters and some impressive tasks to achieve and obstacles to be overcome. I particularly liked the character Astrid, a basilisk in human form, struggling with the conflict of wanting to taste humanity while being deadly to the species. But there is a price to payment which is coping with the numerous puns that litter the book. Practically everything we meet is a pun of some sort, from the strong drink boot rear, to the central character Irrelevant Kandy, who is either ignored if known by her full name, or lusted after if known as I Kandy. Even the central arc of the story concerns puns and their importance to Xanth. Kandy's name also brings out the other slightly cringe-making aspect of the series, which is a 1950s-esque coyness about sex, which has been codified into a complex running joke. (Babies, for instance, really are brought by the stork, and the sight of a girl's panties causes any man to freeze in his tracks and remain comatose until snapped out of it.) Combined with a very simplistic writing style this will put a fair number of readers off, though I found it tolerable as long as the book is read with the same sort of 'dated approach' mental filter you have to apply now when reading, say, Asimov's Foundation series. Overall, an enjoyable, lightweight way to spend a few hours. Unless you are true pun-head it is unlikely to give more than passing amusement, but it is, in the manner of the Earth in Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, mostly harmless. Board Stiff is available from 6 January 2014 and can be pre-ordered before then on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. Using these links earns us commission at no cost to you book review books fantasy humour reviews	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line3
__label__cc	0.59372	0.40628	2017 VFW Pinball Showcase Wrap-Up May 16, 2017 by Ryan Claytor This was the third consecutive year I exhibited my pinball artwork at the VFW Pinball Showcase and like the past couple years the game count increased by another 50 games or so from the prior year (up to approximately 350 pinball machines now), which made for an even more gloriously sensory-boggling experience. Any attempt to distill an experience like this into a concise website post feels pretty futile, like failed endeavors to show the grandeur of the Grand Canyon via a photograph. Nevertheless, here we go. The weekend started on a Friday when I threw my hat in the ring to compete for the E.M. World Championship. (E.M. stands for electro-mechanical…in laymen’s terms, it refers to those old pinball machines with score reels instead of digital displays.) Last year I did alright and came in about 5th place out of 64 entrants. This year I didn’t even make it to the half-way point. Regardless, I managed a couple wins, one against a player ranked 8th in the world, and met a goodly number of friendly folks just as nutty about this wonderful hobby as I am. Once I was ousted, I set up my display… …and prepared for exhibiting my work for the coming weekend. I swear, this is where I spent the majority of my time, but like Comic-Con International, it’s hard to chain myself to the booth for the entire day. I did manage to play a number of new-to-me and rare machines. Ready for a list? Well, here it comes anyway. One of the highlights of my weekend was playing this rare Bally “Vampire” brought by Basil who drove it out from Colorado: The over-inked artwork has always found a charming place in my heart: …and honestly I’d hoped that I would dislike the gameplay just so I could take it off my wishlist. Unfortunately, it had some fabulous risk/reward features that left me wanting more. sigh On my wishlist it stays. It was a pleasure chatting with Basil about his game and getting to know him over the course of the weekend (and over the course of a little competition on Vampire). A number of vendors brought some of the newer games, like Hobbit, Dialed In, and Aerosmith, all of which I’d played before, but I’m glad I got to put a game on the Spooky-built “Domino’s” machine for my first time: While the aforementioned titles were brought by outsiders, the OVERWHELMING majority of the games are housed onsite year-round. Another perk of the show; attendees don’t need to haul their games to the show in order to populate it, and everything is in good working order since the VFW (Vintage Flipper World) Club maintains them throughout the year. From here on out, every game I mention is owned by the VFW grand poobah, Clay Harrell. Let’s start with some early solid state gems, like Bally Vector: …and Electra: And keeping in the Bally stable, I played a “The Wiggler” from 1967: …with it’s wacky “Chicane Lane”: “On Beam” was a game I took a fancy to last year and came back for more in 2017: But “Dogies” was a new one on me that has now been added to my (ever-expanding) wish list. It has zipper flippers that snap together to prevent ball drains and a genius series of diverter gates on the left side of the playfield which create a variety of interesting ball paths and scoring possibilities: There was also an entire row of Gottlieb “wedge-heads”. 1971’s “4 Square” was a title I’d not tried prior to this weekend and I really enjoyed the easy-to-understand ruleset of acquiring a sequence of numbered targets around the playfield. Each time the sequence is completed, your ability to score increases in some way: Pretty refreshing when the entire objective of the game can be explained through one simple diagram on the playfield art, in contrast to the pages of rules needed to describe more modern pinball games. Pinball is traditionally thought of as an American art form (in America, at least), but there have been a number of lesser known manufacturers from Europe, such as Italian companies like Zaccaria and Technoplay, both of which are represented at the VFW. This next game is a “Space Team” produced by Technoplay: …and despite being bitten by the pinball bug pretty hard, I’d never even heard of this game before. It had these odd vaccum-formed elevated side ramp…THINGS…that acted kind of like a half-pipe or a swimming pool for a skateboard. Just check-out those interesting diagonal-bottom switches that conform to the topography of the vaccum-formed side-sections of the playfield: Where to go from here? Like I said, it was a wonderful weekend of overwhelm. Here’s what I saw from my sales booth all weekend: Reality wasn’t a lot less overwhelming. In addition to pinball, there were also examples of electro-mechanical arcade games (which shrewd readers will know I’ve taken a fancy to), such as old shooting gallery style arcades, pitch-n-bats, roll-down games, big ball bowlers, skee ball, and even a 1968 Williams “Space Pilot”, that allows you to control a dual-propeller spacecraft to connect with several targets positioned throughout the cabinet: There was even a pile of games to be restored. One anomaly in the heap was Midway’s “Bullseye”, a backlit animation game of darts (which I’d only seen pictures of before) Witnessing it in-person I was really taken aback by its size, practically the width of two pinball machines(!??!): Believe it or not, all this sight-seeing was punctuated by long stints at my booth. It was a pleasure to meet so many hobbyists, both new and old. I even saw a number of my pinball t-shirts wandering around the show: …which is always pretty gratifying. There were also a few other exhibitors of pinball parts, backglasses, virtua-pins, and custom shooter rods (yes, all these things are exciting when you’re down the rabbit-hole this far). One such vendor had a stack of parts that I didn’t need, but recognized a few things my pinball homies did, like a new old stock set of James Bond plastics (still wrapped in the original paper from the factory when it was packaged over 35 years ago) and this bingo lockdown bar I managed to snag for only a dollar! YEAH!!! 😀 This next machine is sort of a buried lead. Although, really, they all feel like buried leads to me as each one of these machines is so uniquely interesting. However, this one of Harry Williams’ (a big deal in pinball) “lost playfield designs”: …for which the original architectural drawings was recently resurrected and constructed from scratch by an ambitious and brilliant guy by the name of Duncan Brown. He crafted an awe-inspiring and touching account of Typhoon’s build over here on his site: http://backglass.org/williams/tlpdohw/expo2016/ I don’t care if you’re tired of reading about pinball, you should go read this ^^^ story in its entirety. I also heard that this… \/\/\/ …was another Duncan Brown creation, only this one was originally built back in the 80’s. It seems the longer I’m involved in the pinball hobby, the older my preference in games has become. I started my collection with a couple titles from the 90’s. Since then I’ve progressively worked back to titles from the 80’s, 70’s, 60’s, & 50’s, which brings us to my current area of interest, a couple rows of woodrail pinball machines from the VFW show, all from the 1950’s: I was in my glory in these largely neglected rows. Many of the overlooked titles here were the source of true pinball innovations. A healthy number of those innovations have been repeated through time into the present and despite using limited electro-mechanical technology, many of the pinball machines from the 50’s have surprisingly complex rulesets with multiple ways to win replays. One such title was Gottlieb’s “Sweet Add-A-Line” originally produced in 1955: This Wayne Neyens’ designed game with Roy Parker artwork had a thinly-disguised bingo-inspired backglass and ruleset. By rolling over specific lanes you could light rows of adding-paper which light a “Special” gobble-hole to earn replays. This game had such fabulously frustrating and addictive game play. I put up probably half-a-dozen games, got within one shot of collecting the “Special” on a few games, but never managed to secure the win. I can see how this would have killed on location in the 50’s. Another woodrail I was lucky enough to play was a Williams “Nine Sisters”: Interesting in the fact that it was a one-flipper game! I never suspected a one-flipper layout could be designed in such a balanced and fun system of shots and targets. However, when I was playing it I almost forgot that the traditional second flipper wasn’t present. It also has one of the first ramps on a pinball machine in this ingenious system of kick-outs on the left side: As if one flipper were too many, prior to late 1947, pinball games used to not have any flippers (because they hadn’t been invented yet)! Williams’ Mid-1947 title, “Torchy,” was one of these games: …notable for the fact that it had a couple of electromagnets on the playfield! It got me excited playing it in 2017 and I can only imagine what this experience would have felt like 70 years prior when it was first released: It even had a projection unit for the number of replays, which is just the coolest: I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the great time I had at the end of the show with the fine family of ULEKstore.com. Husband and wife owners, David and LeAnn, came to the show with son, Matthew. We wrapped up the weekend with a really enjoyable session on a big ball bowler in one of the back rooms. Naturally, Matthew wiped the floor with all of us geezers. Ultimately, this neon-clad oasis of pin not only maintains one of the largest, best-maintained, and widest-era-spanning collections of pinball in the world, but it is continually expanding in order to keep that title firmly in its corner. To owner, Clay, and crew, thanks for running such a tight ship and an unparalleled show. Here’s to many years to come! MikeMay 16, 2017 @ 10:41 am Nice write up. No matter how many times I go, there’s still “new” games to see. The longer I’m in the hobby the more pre-DMD games appeal to me and VFW is the place to play, see and appreciate them. Sounds like we’re in a similar place in our pinball journey and appreciation, Mike. Thanks for stopping by.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line11
__label__cc	0.525099	0.474901	Computer & Electronic Aids Household & Cooking Aids Educational & Therapeutic Glasses & Eye Protection Sports & Hobby Aids Writing & Printing Aids To view the suppliers & products available in your area, click the button to the right. Choosing The Right Type Of Computer Computers For The Blind Braille Translation Software Low Vision & Braille Keyboards & Stickers Low Vision Keyboards Alphabet, Keyboard & Braille Stickers Braille Keyboard Covers Refreshable Braille Displays Screen Magnifiers Computers are essential tools for most people for both private and business use, but they are even more important Assistive Devices for persons with disabilities, including persons with Visual Impairments and those who are blind. With the advent of the Internet and the multitude of businesses supported online, one's imagination is the only limit. You can do just about anything from your home computer, including operating a business, doing research, socializing, listening to music, watching TV and movies, playing games, reading books, purchasing products, doing banking and taking part in discussions. Therapeutic treatments and support groups are even available on-line through your computer. Many persons with Visual Impairments turn to computers to assist them in the tasks mentioned above and there are a number of Assistive Devices and adaptions available to purchase which make almost any computer accessible for anyone to use. Computers and Electronic Aids for the blind are those Assistive Devices that are used by Persons with disabilities, such as those who are Blind or who have a Visual Impairment, which enables them to be able to operate equipment such as Computers, Cellphones, Tablets, etc. with more ease or without anyone's assistance. These Computers and Electronic Devices are important tools of integration which can be used for a number of purposes including: Work, Reading, Research, Entertainment and Socializing, to mention just a few, they include products such as: Braille & Enlarged Keyboards, etc. The availability of this equipment is increasing thanks to Organizations and Companies such as Blind SA, Edit Microsystems, Sensory Solutions and The South African Council for the Blind (SANCB), who have all made concerted efforts to make sure that this equipment is available for persons with Visual Impairments or the Blind in South Africa. To find out more about these Computers and Electronic Aids and the organisations or companies that provide them, please read the article below. Blind SA: originally started on 26 October 1946 as the South African Blind Worker’s Organisation to help the blind find meaningful careers. In 2004 it became Blind SA. Blind SA is governed by its members who elect the Head Committee. We insist on self-representation and work and speak from the viewpoint of blind people. We stand for equality, advocating the rights of the blind throughout South Africa. Based in Johannesburg, we serve the blind community at large, we equip blind people with the skills they need to fully and independently participate in society. This includes support in living without assistance, getting about, using technology, reading, working and socialising. All this is made possible through advocacy, our Education Committee, Braille Services, Equipment, orientation and mobility services and our employment programme. It is through this, and the support of our donors, that we connect South African’s who are blind or visually impaired with the world they live in. “Our Purpose is to end the cycle of poverty for Blind South Africans, empowering them with knowledge and information through education, braille and developmental services and to break down barriers, provide opportunities and create answers that improve the quality of life for the blind community so that they can live the life they choose.” You can Contact Blind SA on: Tel: +27 11 839 1793/4 or Email: ceo@blindsa.org.za, or visit us at: Address: 102 Eighth Avenue, Mayfair, Gauteng, South Africa. Website: www.blindsa.org.za Sensory Solutions: Sensory Solutions is a South African company with considerable experience in the field of accommodating persons who are visually impaired, blind or partially sighted. We specialise in the field of providing Access Technology solutions for individuals, schools, universities, government departments and more, in order to make the environment more accessible for the visually impaired. Sensory Solutions is at the forefront of the world’s leading Access Technology products and are in some cases the exclusive distributors. Sensory Solutions is a responsible employer which employs people from previously disadvantaged backgrounds as well as those who are disabled. Part of our mission is to advise individuals and institutions on the best solutions available for particular environments, to design such solutions and finally to implement them on site. As such, we are approved African distributors for a wide range of Access Technology products selected specifically for their suitability to the African environment and our specific situation. We are proud to be appointed exclusive and preferred dealerships for some of the world’s most leading Access Technology manufacturers. Our mission and ethos revolve around our fellow man, empowering them and making the playing fields level as far as we can make a difference. Whether you are an individual, institution or company in need of information regarding Access Technology, we are ready to assist you. Please feel free to contact us at our Head Office on: +27 12 664 7704 or at 226 Kruger Avenue, Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, 0157. Alternatively you can visit our Cape Town Branch office at: 4 Oxford Street, Durbanville, Cape Town, 7550, or contact us at: Tel: +27 21 975 3558, or Email: info@sensorysolutions.co.za or via Fax: +27 12 664 7706, or visit their website at: www.sensorysolutions.co.za Edit Microsystems: Edit Microsystems (Pty) Ltd is an award-winning company that is devoted to finding alternative and state-of-the-art technical solutions to improve curriculum delivery in educational institutions and effective communication in business with a focus on high-speed functional connectivity and on-going support. They have a proud tradition of innovation and are on the cutting edge of technological advances in education. Many of their products are designed to enhance interactivity in a classroom or lecture theatre. Edit Microsystems are also a leader in finding and providing specially adapted hardware and software for Learners with Special Educational Needs throughout South Africa. Edit Microsystems can be contacted on: 086 111 3973 and have their Head Office in Cape Town at: 13 Boy De Goede Circle, Table View, 7441. They also have an online shop and branches in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng. To contact these other branches or find out more about Edit Microsystems and the products they supply, visit their web site at: www.editmicro.co.za or email them at: info@editmicro.co.za. The South African Council for the Blind (SANCB): is a registered non-profit and public benefit organisation established in 1929 with four mission focus areas which include Prevention; Inclusion; Advocacy & Support. As a South African national representative body for the blind, it offers supportive, rights driven function to its nearly 80 member-organisations. The presence of its community work is felt throughout its nine provincial structures in South Africa. The SANCB also lays emphasis on the prevention of blindness and in 1944 the Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness was established. Since then, SANCB has grown exponentially, adding Education and Rehabilitation to its portfolio in 1985; the Resource Centre for Assistive Devices and Technology which is now known as the Assistive Technology Centre in 1986 and Entrepreneurial Development and support in 1991. “Our Mission serves and supports community empowerment; rehabilitation; training and education of South Africans with visual impairments, we also facilitate the prevention of blindness, while our Vision is enhanced facilitation and collaborations with a network of Organizations for the full participation and inclusion of blind and partially sighted people in all aspects of a diverse South African society. The South African Council for the Blind (SANCB) has a wide variety of objectives, one of which is to supply assistive devices and related technologies to persons with visual impairments. Contact the South African Council for the Blind (SANCB) to find out more on +27 12 452 3811 or +27 63 686 8098. Alternatively you can email them on: helpdesk@sancb.org.za or visit their website: www.sancb.org.za. You can also visit them at their offices at 514 White Street, Bailey's Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa, 0181. Before purchasing a computer, you will need to decide whether a desktop or laptop would be best suited for your needs. Both have advantages and disadvantages, depending on what they will be used for, so you would firstly need to look at the reason for purchasing a computer and then the advantages and benefits of both desktops and laptops, which would then determine which one would suit your needs. Take a look at the advantages and benefits of both desktops and laptops below, to help you decide which to purchase. Image Courtesy of Edit Microsystems Desktop computers offer a variety of benefits, they not as portable as a laptops, but can be a more affordable and powerful option, with more features than Laptop computers, therefor ideal for a classroom, office or organisation. There are also a variety of other advantages that Desktops have over Laptop, which include: Desktop computers are easier, and less expensive, to upgrade. Desktop computers are generally less expensive overall and offer a better overall value. Desktop computers have a more comfortable keyboard and a much easier to use mouse. It should be noted that an aftermarket large, comfortable Keyboard and Mouse or Trackball, are also possible. Desktop computers generally have larger monitors, but bigger monitors can also be connected to Laptops. Desktop computers have a lower risk of theft, which means less chance of losing your data and having to pay to replace your computer. There are a variety of different types of Desktops which are available from various companies in South Africa, including: Desktop Computers From Edit Microsystems: Edit Microsystems can supply desktop computers from all brands to your unique specification requirements. If you know what you are looking for, you can send them your specifications and they will quote you. If you are unsure about your computing needs, you can contact them, so that one of their highly trained sales staff can assist you to find the ideal solution based on what you would like to use the computer for. Contact Edit Microsytems, to find out more about these types of products or to receive a quote. There are also various other types of these products which are available from other companies, Contact Us to see what other types of these products are available in South Africa if Edit Microsytems cannot assist you. A Laptop, sometimes called a Notebook, is a portable personal computer, which has a Keyboard and screen that can be folded shut for transportation. Laptops are extremely useful for working on while traveling or for people who have to spend time in bed or hospital and still need to work on their Laptops. Other advantages of a Laptop computer, as compared to a Desktop computer include: Laptop computers are highly portable and allow you to use your computer almost anywhere. If you are an international student, a laptop computer will be much easier to transport from home to school and back again. Laptop computers take up less room on a desk or table and can be put away when not in use. Laptop computers have a single cord to contend with, rather than the multiple cords associated with desktop computer use. A more comfortable Keyboard and Mouse or Trackball can be purchased to use instead of those used by the Laptop. Desktop computers generally have larger monitors, but bigger monitors can also be connected to Laptops to use when at home. While the list of advantages of a laptop computer may seem sparse when compared to a desktop computer, essentially, the choice comes down to portability versus functionality and cost. While desktop computers are less expensive, more powerful and more user-friendly, there is a lot to be said for being able to work, check emails, chat online, write papers and play video games anytime and anywhere you like. This is particularly true if you are a person with Mobility Impairments. An External Hard Drive can also be used to store and backup work if space is an issue. There are a variety of different types of Laptops which are available from various companies in South Africa, such as: Laptops from Edit Microsystems: Edit Microsystems can supply Laptop computers from all brands to your unique specification requirements. If you know what you are looking for, you can send them your specifications and they will quote you. If you are unsure about your computing needs, you can contact them, so that one of their highly trained sales staff can assist you to find the ideal solution based on what you would like to use the Laptop for. Contact Edit Microsytems, to find out more about these types of products or to receive a quote. There are a variety of different types of especially made Computers for the Blind sold in South Africa, which are easier to operate by Persons who are Blind or have Visual Impairments, including the following which is sold by Edit Microsystems. SAnote Portable Talking Computer for the Blind: is a portable fully functional talking computer for the Blind. It is manufactured and distributed in South Africa. The SAnote software is customisable to individual needs but also is ready-to-use out-the-box. The SAnote looks like a standard qwerty keyboard, but it provides the user with feedback through synthesised speech. Its user interface is an easy to use menu navigation system and allows you to browse the web, use the scientific calculator and post to Twitter. The system offers braille support for external braille displays as well. It has enhanced audio functionality that enables playback and audio recording and to copy, move, rename, delete and print files. You can also send and receive emails (smtp/pop3); play, record and edit audio files in most popular audio formats; Browse the web; Lookup words in the offline dictionary; Use the scientific calculator, unit conversion and word-processing utilities; Create customisable databases; Share files with other devices like your mobile phone; Listen and copy audio or data CDs, and DVDs. This computer is available in English, Sepedi, Afrikaans and Setswana and it allows the user to switch between languages with one key stroke without leaving the programme currently running. Please contact Edit Microsytems to find out more or receive a quote. There are a variety of different types of especially made Software for the Blind sold in South Africa, which makes computers easier to operate by Persons who are Blind or have Visual Impairments. This includes the following which is sold by Edit Microsystems. Synapptic: is an all-in-one software package for people who are blind or partially sighted, it is easy-to-use, quick-to-learn and affordable. It runs on Android Smartphones and Tablets and has been specifically designed to be quick-to-learn and easy-to-use thank to its simple and straightforward menu structure and intuitive design, Synapptic requires very little training, so most people teach themselves how to use it in just a few minutes. If extra advice and support is needed, Help Pages can be accessed for each and every screen. If you’re thinking of using a Tablet or Smartphone for the first time, or just want to communicate and catch-up quickly and easily while on the move, then Synapptic is for you! Synapptic is available as a separate software package to install on an existing Android device, or as a complete Smartphone or Tablet, fully setup and ready to go. You can contact Edit Microsytems to find out more or to receive a quote. When people produce braille, this is called braille transcription. When computer software produces braille, this is called braille translation. Braille translation software exists to handle most of the common languages of the world, and many technical areas, such as: mathematics (mathematical notation), for example WIMATS; music (musical notation) and tactile graphics. They allow, using standard or specific programs, screen magnification and conversion of text into sound or touch (Braille line), and are useful for all levels of visual handicap. OCR scanners can, in conjunction with text-to-speech software, read the contents of books and documents aloud via computer. Vendors also build closed-circuit televisions that electronically magnify paper, and even change its contrast and color, for visually impaired users. For more information, consult Assistive technology. Although people who are blind use speech output systems to read aloud electronic documents, tactile formats are often most effective in highly technical disciplines such as mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering. Braille translation software translates electronic documents into Braille code. From these files, a refreshable Braille display can present tactile Braille or a Braille embosser can produce a hard-copy on special paper. Commonly used products include: Duxbury Braille Translator MegaDots Braille2000. Open source Braille translation programs include: NFBTrans LibLouis. Specific applications provide support for a wide array of electronic document formats that may include ASCII, RTF, MS Word, Word Perfect, PDF, HTML, and XML, as well as files prepared according to the NIMAS textbook or DAISY digital talking book standards. Some products also support math equation formats, such as LaTeX, MathType, or MathML. A Braille keyboard is a specialist input device that allows the user to type and enter text or instructions for the computer in Braille, which is a writing system for blind and visually impaired people. It is made up of raised dots that can be 'read' by touch. As the user runs their fingers over the keys, they can feel the bumps that represent keys. There are a variety of different types and styles of these keyboards, including Bluetooth powered Braille keyboard that can connect to a computer, smartphone or tablet (if they are Bluetooth enabled). There are also various cheaper alternatives, including Braille Stickers and Braille keyboard covers. There are a variety of devices are available from companies such as Sensory Solutions and are sold in South Africa. They include products such as: Image Courtesy of Sensory Solutions EasyTouch Large Print Multimedia Keyboard: The EasyTouch Large Print Multimedia Keyboard (pictured right) is designed for those whose eyesight isn’t quite what it used to be, or for anyone with a slight visual impairment. With its large 4X black print on bright yellow keys, you can type out anything from a simple Email to finishing your next novel with greater ease and less strain on your eyes. The membrane key switches provide a quiet and quick response and stand up to heavy use– up to 5 million keystrokes! Not only is the Adesso® AKB-132UY keyboard great for anyone with slight visual impairments, but its large, bright florescent keys make it a great and even fun tool for kids to use too! The Features include: Fluorescent 4X Print Keys: The large 4X size black print on fluorescent yellow keys provide excellent contrast and stronger appeal over traditional keyboards that have small, hard-to-read white letters on black keys. Multimedia and Internet Hot Keys: Control your media player and browse the Internet with just one key touch using the built-in Multimedia and Internet Hot Keys for easy access to your favorite media or website! Quiet Membrane Key Switches: With a life cycle of 5 million keystrokes, Membrane key switches provide a faster response along with a quieter typing experience. These keyboards are available to purchase in South Africa from organizations and companies such as Sensory Solutions, contact them to find out more about the specifications, or to receive a quote. ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard: The ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard (pictured right) is designed for anyone who struggles to see the lettering on their keyboard, the ZoomText large-print keyboard makes typing faster and easier than before. Each key and button label is easy to see, thanks to its 36-point text and high-contrast colour options. The ZoomText large-print keyboard also provides quick access to ZoomText features. The F1 through F12 keys perform double duty - when you press and hold a function key, its assigned ZoomText command is triggered. The commands allow you to instantly start ZoomText, change magnification levels, toggle screen enhancements, launch AppReader and DocReader, and more, all without having to memorize hotkeys. You can even reassign each feature key to your choice of ZoomText commands, Internet and multimedia commands, or to open an application, document or web page. The keyboard requires ZoomText version 9.03 or greater & you can choose between "Black on Yellow" or "White on Black" colour options. These keyboards are available to purchase in South Africa from organizations and companies such as Sensory Solutions, contact them to find out more about the specifications, or to receive a quote. Alphabet, Keyboard & Braille Stickers are an economical option for creating a contrast or bilingual Braille keyboard. Braille stickers are printed on clear Lexan so the original key legend shows through; this allows you to add Braille stickers to your existing keyboard so that it becomes a bilingual keyboard (Braille) and the original language of your keyboard. The stickers use an easy peel-and-stick method to install & will not ooze adhesive, dry out, or damage the original keyboard key. Various types of Alphabet, Keyboard & Braille Stickers are available in different styles in South Africa & include products such as: Alphabet or Keyboard Stickers: The Alphabet, Keyboard Stickers are a Set of vinyl stickers for the QWERTY keyboard. This includes lower case and upper case, in the renowned Sassoon font. These stickers are ideal for users who have visual difficulties including a special contrast & it includes 1 sheet consisting of 4 choices of style. The stickers include the Alphabet only & are available to be purchase from companies such as Edit Microsytems, contact them to find out more or to receive a quote. These and other types of Alphabet, Keyboard & Braille Stickers are available to purchase from companies and organisations such as Sensory Solutions, Edit Microsystems and The South African Council for the Blind (SANCB), contact them to find out more, or Contact Us if you require any assistance. Braille Keyboard Cover The Braille keyboard cover is a moulded cover which fits over the keyboard meaning that a Braille user can easily identify what they are typing. The cover is designed to fit a specific USB keyboard which is provided as part of the product. When the box is opened, you will find that the cover has already been fitted for you to the keyboard. The Braille characters are moulded into polyurethane film so cannot be squashed or damaged, and will not come loose like stickers can over time, which is a real advantage if you intend using it regularly. The cover will also protect the computer keyboard from dirt & finger marks as well. If you are able to hear, you’ll be able to use this keyboard alongside screen reader software such as JAWS which will allow you to listen. There a various other types of Braille Keyboard Covers which are available in South Africa, Contact Us to find out what types are available in South Africa and which companies supply them. There are a variety of other products that are available that further effect the use and sale of Braille Books and make reading and books more enjoyable and easier to read. This includes a refreshable braille display or braille terminal, which is an electro-mechanical device for displaying braille characters, usually by means of round-tipped pins raised through holes in a flat surface. Blind computer users who cannot use a computer monitor can use it to read text output. Speech synthesizers are also commonly used for the same task, and a blind user may switch between the two systems or use both at the same time depending on circumstances. Deafblind computer users may also use refreshable braille displays. The base of a refreshable braille display is a pure braille keyboard. There, the input is performed by two sets of three keys plus a space bar (as in the Perkins Brailler), while output is via a refreshable braille display consisting of a row of electromechanical character cells, each of which can raise or lower a combination of six (or in some cases, eight) round-tipped pins. Other variants exist that use a conventional QWERTY keyboard for input and braille pins for output, as well as input-only and output-only devices. Orbit Reader 20: The Orbit Reader 20 is an affordable refreshable braille display. It is a unique 3-in-1 device and serves as a self-contained book reader, a note-taker and as a braille display by connecting to a computer or smartphone via USB or Bluetooth. Features include: Unique signage-quality braille; 20 eight-dot refreshable braille cells; Book-reader mode allows you to read your favorite books and files from a SD card; Note-taker mode allows you to takes notes and edits files. The Braille display mode connects to computers and mobile devices over USB and Bluetooth, you can use it stand-alone or connected to a computer or mobile device, it works with all popular screen readers on Windows, Mac OS, iOS and Android. You can switch easily and instantly between modes, it also includes full featured, high-quality Perkins-style 8-key braille keyboard; Panning control rocker keys at each end of display; Cursor pad with 4-way arrows and select keys for easy navigation; Micro-USB port for charging and connectivity; Fast-charging long-life battery; Language-independent operation. The Orbit Reader 20 has a Solid, durable construction & is resistant to fluids and dust, it is compact, lightweight and portable (less than 1 lb., 6.6 x 4.3 x 1.25 inch). These Orbit Readers are available to purchase in South Africa from organizations and companies such as Sensory Solutions, contact them to find out more, or to receive a quote. The software that controls the display is called a screen reader. It gathers the content of the screen from the operating system, converts it into braille characters and sends it to the display. Screen readers for graphical operating systems are especially complex, because graphical elements like windows or slidebars have to be interpreted and described in text form. Modern operating systems usually have an Application Programming Interface to help screen readers obtain this information, such as UI Automation (UIA) for Microsoft Windows, VoiceOver for OS X and iOS, and AT-SPI for GNOME. Screen readers are a form of assistive technology (AT) which are essential to people who are blind or visually impaired, to read the text that is displayed on the computer screen. They fall under the category of Computer & Electronic Aids on this web site and are also useful to people who are illiterate or suffer from a learning disability. A screen reader is a software application which converts text into 'synthesised speech' allowing the user to alternatively listen to content. It is the interface between the computer's operating system, its applications, and the user. The content displayed in screen is sent to standard output, whether a video monitor is present or not. Interpretations are then synthesised to the user with text-to-speech, sound icons, or a Braille output device. Examples of screen reader software include: Microsoft Windows operating systems have included the Microsoft Narrator light-duty screen reader since Windows 2000. Apple Inc. Mac OS X, iOS, and tvOS include VoiceOver, a feature-rich screen reader, while Google's Android includes Google Text-to-Speech, also on Android, Samsung devices have Samsung Text-to-Speech. The console-based Oralux Linux distribution ships with three console screen-reading environments: Emacspeak, Yasr, and Speakup. BlackBerry 10 devices such as the BlackBerry Z30 include a built-in screen reader. There is also a free screen reader application for older less powerful BlackBerry (BBOS7 and earlier) devices. There are also popular free and open source screen readers, such as: The Orca for Unix-like systems NonVisual Desktop Access for Windows. The most widely used screen readers are separate commercial products: JAWS from Freedom Scientific Window-Eyes from GW Micro Dolphin Supernova by Dolphin System Access from Serotek, and ZoomText Magnifier/Reader from AiSquared are prominent examples in the English-speaking market. The opensource screen reader NVDA is gaining popularity. Jaws Screen Readers The JAWS Screen Reader is the world's most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output for the most popular computer applications on your PC. Jaws Screen Readers are available to purchase in South Africa from organizations and companies such as Sensory Solutions, contact them to find out more or to receive a quote. Zoom Text Fusion By blending ZoomText and JAWS together, Fusion has flexible, high-quality speech using Eloquence and Vocalizer Expressive, powerful keyboard access including navigation on the web, and a wide range of customisation options. A screen magnifier is software that interfaces with a computer's graphical output to present enlarged screen content. It is a type of assistive technology suitable for visually impaired people with some functional vision. Visually impaired people with little or no functional vision usually use a screen reader. The simplest form of magnification presents an enlarged portion of the focus of the original screen content, so that it covers some or all of the full screen. This enlarged portion should include the content of interest to the user and the pointer or cursor, also suitably enlarged. As the user moves the pointer or cursor the screen magnifier should track with it and show the new enlarged portion. If this tracking is jerky or flickers it is likely to disturb the user. Also, the pointer or cursor may not be the content of interest: for example, if the user presses a keyboard shortcuts that opens a menu, the magnified portion should jump to that menu. Pop-up windows and changes in system status can also trigger this rapid shifting. Screen magnifier can also be helpful for people suffering from low vision, such as the elderly, however, some elderly also suffer from additional disabilities such as tremors, which could prevent them using this as a tool. Ranges of 1- to 16-times magnification are common. The greater the magnification the smaller the proportion of the original screen content that can be viewed, so users will tend to use the lowest magnification they can manage. Screen magnifiers commonly provide several other features for people with particular sight difficulties: Color Inversion. Many people with visual impairments prefer to invert the colors, typically turning text from black-on-white to white-on-black. This can reduce screen glare and is useful for elderly people suffering from age-related macular degeneration. Smoothing Text can become blocky and harder to recognise when enlarged. Some screen magnifiers use interpolation to smooth the text to compensate. Cursor customisation. The mouse and text cursors can often be modified in several ways, such as circling it to help the user locate it on the screen. Different Magnification Modes Screen magnifiers can alter how they present the enlarged portion: covering the full screen, providing a lens that is moved around the un-magnified screen, or using a fixed magnified portion. Crosshairs. Even with magnification, some users can find the mouse pointer hard to see. Crosshairs — especially when their size, color and opacity are customizable — can make the use of a pointing device easier. Screen reader. Some magnifiers come packaged with a basic screen reader, allowing whatever the user is pointing at to be read out. There are a variety of Screen magnifiers available, some can be bought, while some come with an operating system. Some of these operating systems need to be bought, while as others are free. (Linux) Below are some examples. There Screen magnifiers bundled with an operating system The Microsoft Windows operating system has included the "Magnifier" application since Windows 98 (released in 1998). It can integrate with a mouse-button toggle. On OS X, the built-in screen magnification feature can be used at any time by holding the Control key and scrolling the mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out. Linux-based operating systems: Compiz-Fusion window manager has a highly configurable plugin named "Enhanced Zoom Desktop" GNOME has gnome-mag, which as of 2015 forms part of GNOME Shell KDE has KMagnifier (KMag) Haiku includes an application called Magnify Screen magnifier products Dolphin Lunar - now known as Supernova Magnifier, Magnifier with Speech or Supernova Access Suite Virtual Magnifying Glass - Cross-platform, open-source magnifier application DaVinci HD OCR Magnifier: The DaVinci HD OCR Magnifier (pictured right) is a high performance desktop video magnifier, featuring HD, text-to-speech (OCR) and a 3-in-1 camera. With HD you will experience high definition color and contrast giving you a crystal clear picture and vibrant colors. DaVinci will read any printed text aloud with the push of a button. DaVinci Sony® HD camera displays crystal clear images in vibrant color and contrast, resulting in the brightest white and deepest black. DaVinci’s high resolution LCD produces maximum levels of picture detail for a clear, bold display. Large field of view allows you to see more on the screen. Give your tired eyes a rest with our text-to-speech (OCR) feature. Let DaVinci read your favorite article or book aloud. Simply place your printed text under the DaVinci camera and press a button; DaVinci will begin reading what is on the screen within a few seconds. Choose a male or female voice and use the headphone port to enjoy this feature in private. Many different languages are available. DaVinci can be used as a video magnifier to see near, far and everything in between. You may also use the self-viewing camera position, like a mirror, for applying make-up or other personal grooming tasks. With DaVinci, you’ll have the freedom to read, write, view presentations, whiteboards, and work on crafts and hobbies at work, school or at home. The DaVinci HD OCR Magnifier is available to purchased in South Africa from organizations and companies such as Sensory Solutions, contact them to find out more about the features, or to receive a quote. ONYX Deskset HD: The ONYX Deskset HD's sleek new design has an integrated high-definition camera and a portable monitor to let you read what you want, wherever you go, you can read objects from across large rooms or magnify items such as reading materials, classroom assignments and more. This a portable video magnifier adapts to multiple environments and tasks for productivity at school, work, and at home. The 3-in-1 flexible camera provides document reading, distance viewing, and self-viewing modes with versatile controls. The DaVinci HD OCR Magnifier is available to purchased in South Africa from organizations and companies such as Sensory Solutions, contact them to find out more about the Features & Productive Features, or to receive a quote. The Mouse Magnifier: This mouse magnifier is lightweight, portable and easy-to-use. It can connect to a TV or a computer via USB converter. 7 different zoom levels give up to a 70x magnification on a 20 inch screen. Guide wheels allow the reader to be moved. There are a variety of different viewing modes. These include: black background with white text (high and low contrast), a white background with black text (high or low contrast) or a full colour display. The freeze frame feature allows you to take a snapshot of the item you are looking at, and then zoom in or out. The mouse magnifier is supplied with a carry pouch, connection cables and mains adapter. Mouse Magnifiers can be purchased in South Africa from companies such as Edit Microsytems, please contact them to find out more or to receive a quote. Other Types of Reading Equipment There are a variety of other types of products that are available for persons who have Visual Impairments and need assistance to be able to read. These products are available in South Africa and include products such as Audio Books, Braille Reading Material and Products and a variety of types of C-Pens. C-Pens There are a variety of different types of C-Pens that are available for persons who have Visual Impairments or who are unable to read. Some of these products are available in South Africa from Companies such as Edit Microsystems and include the following products: The C-Pen Exam Reader Class Pack: The C-Pen Exam Reader pen scanner is a major technological breakthrough for customers wanting to read English, Spanish, French, Italian, or German exam questions. The C-Pen Exam Reader is a portable, pocket-sized device that reads text aloud with an English, Spanish, French, Italian and German human-like digital voice. This product contains 10 pens, 10 headsets and 10 USB cables all in a smart case. This brief case is designed for easy storage and safety when transporting around the school premises. You can contact Edit Microsytems to find out more or to receive a quote. C-Pen Reader Class Pack: The C-Pen Reader Class Pack has a case which contains 10 pens, 10 headsets and 10 USB cables all in a smart case. The case only has space for seven USB cables and is designed for easy storage and safety when transporting around the school premises. The C-Pen Reader itself is a pen scanner which is a major technological breakthrough for anyone learning English, Spanish or French. It is a life-saver for those who suffer from reading difficulties such as dyslexia. 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__label__cc	0.702785	0.297215	A cross-sectional survey to establish Theileria parva prevalence and vector control at the wildlife-livestock interface, Northern Tanzania Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) A cross-sectional survey to establish Theileria parva prevalence and vector control at the wildlife-livestock interface, Northern Tanzania. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 196, 105491. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105491) (PMID:34562810) East Coast fever (ECF) in cattle is caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva, transmitted by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks. In cattle ECF is often fatal, causing annual losses >$500 million across its range. The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is the natural host for T. parva but the transmission dynamics between wild hosts and livestock are poorly understood. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of T. parva in cattle, in a 30 km zone adjacent to the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania where livestock and buffalo co-exist, and to ascertain how livestock keepers controlled ECF and other vector-borne diseases of cattle. A randomised cross-sectional cattle survey and questionnaire of vector control practices were conducted. Blood samples were collected from 770 cattle from 48 herds and analysed by PCR to establish T. parva prevalence. Half body tick counts were recorded on every animal. Farmers were interviewed (n = 120; including the blood sampled herds) using a standardised questionnaire to obtain data on vector control practices. Local workshops were held to discuss findings and validate results. Overall prevalence of T. parva in cattle was 5.07% (CI: 3.70-7.00%), with significantly higher prevalence in older animals. Although all farmers reported seeing ticks on their cattle, tick counts were very low with 78% cattle having none. Questionnaire analysis indicated significant acaricide use with 79% and 41% of farmers reporting spraying or dipping with cypermethrin-based insecticides, respectively. Some farmers reported very frequent spraying, as often as every four days. However, doses per animal were often insufficient. These data indicate high levels of acaricide use, which may be responsible for the low observed tick burdens and low ECF prevalence. This vector control is farmer-led and aimed at both tick- and tsetse-borne diseases of livestock. The levels of acaricide use raise concerns regarding sustainability; resistance development is a risk, particularly in ticks. Integrating vaccination as part of this community-based disease control may alleviate acaricide dependence, but increased understanding of the Theileria strains circulating in wildlife-livestock interface areas is required to establish the potential benefits of vaccination. FKA was funded by a KTN/BBSRC iCASE PhD studentship, in partnership with the Global Alliance for Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) with funding from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Investment ID OPP1176784) and UKAID (Project 300504). S.J.T., L.J.M., H.K.A., J.S.L., R.S.L., F.M. and E.P. were also supported by a grant from the Zoonosis and Emerging and Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme (BB/L019035/1). L.J.M., W.I.M., E.P., F.K.A. and the Roslin Institute were supported by a core grant from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBS/E/D/20231762; BBS/E/D/20002173). Morrison, Dr Liam and Auty, Harriet Allan, F. K., Sindoya, E., Adam, K. E., Byamungu, M., Lea, R. S., Lord, J. S., Mbata, G., Paxton, E., Mramba, F., Torr, S. J., Morrison, W. I., Handel, I., Morrison, L. J., and Auty, H. K. College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation Preventive Veterinary Medicine ISSN (Online): Copyright © 2021 The Authors First published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine 196: 105491 Reproduced under a Creative Commons License	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line14
__label__cc	0.688211	0.311789	by Dr. Joachim Dengler February 11, 2020 October 13, 2021 Atmospheric temperature varies with height. This well known and well understood phenomenon is called lapse rate. It describes the altitudinal temperature gradient, essentially stating that temperature decreases by 4-9.8 degrees C per km elevation. The reason for discussing this here is, that the vertical temperature gradient is often incorrectly attributed to a radiative “greenhouse effect”, where in fact it is the natural thermodynamic consequence of a gas volume in a gravitational field. As it is an adiabatic effect, there is no change of the total energy content involved. There are many ways to explain this phenomenon. Here I want to do it in the most elementary way. The first important assumption is the local thermodynamic equilibrium. It means that in a certain volume of air there are no macroscopic state changes of e.g. temperature or pressure. Let us assume a volume of air that is large enough so that temperature can be defined, and that is small enough so that the temperature is constant in that volume, typically called “parcel of gas”. This volume with mass is in the planetary gravitational field with gravitation constant . At height h it has the potential energy and the thermal energy of this volume with heat capacity (at constant pressure) and temperature w.r.t. reference temperature is The second assumption is that the system is adiabatic, i.e. there is no energy flowing into or out of the system. This means, that the sum of and is constant: Therefore the total derivative of E must be 0: From this the temperature gradient, i.e. lapse rate, follows directly: What does this mean? Starting from the assumption of local conservation of energy, a molecule moving upwards loses motion energy in exchange for potential energy, must therefore get cooler by the corresponding energy amount, in other words raising a mass in the gravitational field must be paid from the motion energy, and a falling mass is accelerated, raising the temperature. Equilibrium is reached when the entropy of the system is maximal. With and the adiabatic lapse rate for dry air is If the air is humid, depending on pressure and temperature, water vapor condenses to liquid water, releasing the latent heat of 2260 J/g. This additional condensation energy reduces the lapse rate, because the “price” for potential energy can (partially) be paid from the condensation energy without decrease of temperature. The resulting moist adiabatic lapse rate is in the range -4…-9.8 K/km, depending on the humidity of the air. The global average lapse rate is -6.4 K/km. For diving deeper into this and other details, here is an exhaustive discussion of atmospheric physics. What has lapse rate to do with climate or greenhouse effect? In fact lapse rate explains much if not all global temperature difference between the surface of the earth and the top of troposphere withouth explicit assumptions about “forcing” or greenhouse gases (greenhouse gases are, however, relevant for the interaction with infrared radiation). The state described by lapse rate is an equilibrium state of the atmosphere without flow of energy: Adiabatic lapse rate in the troposphere If the atmosphere deviates from this state, thermodynamics strongly forces the system towards it, in the same way as a gas distributed inside a container tends towards the state of equal density. Lapse rate (temperature gradient) is strongly correlated to a pressure gradient by the adiabatic barometric equations. Therefore sometimes the notion is used that “pressure causes temperature”. In the context of adiabatic conditions in a gravitational field this is not wrong, but the formulation is misleading, causing some people to wrongly believe that static pressure would cause heat generation. Therefore I prefer to refer to first principles such as energy conservation and entropy maximisation to describe the phenomenon. The concept of lapse rate is very powerful in atmospheric science: In 1967 the surface temperature of Venus was determined correctly by evaluating the lapse rate – no explicit reference to greenhouse gases was required, although implicitely it is obvious, that the infrared radiation into space comes from the greenhouse gases from close to the top of the atmosphere, which are cooled according to lapse rate. This has recently been re-calculated with improved heat capacity parametrization.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line15
__label__cc	0.696769	0.303231	A Return to The Glory Days . . . - Behind the Scenes with D.C.F.H., Field Hockey By Courtney Tobe Belk Turf Field. There is no place like home! The Davidson Field Hockey team met up with an old friend again this past week, grass. A surface that most of us haven’t played on since our high school glory days came back into the picture this past Wednesday evening as we traveled to Radford, Virginia for our first conference game of the season. In order to prepare for this match-up we abandoned our extremely nice and extremely fast turf for two days of practice on the grassy knoll behind Baker. Although the change of scenery was nice, it only took a couple of hits and missed stops before we were begging to go back to the turf and wondering how on earth we ever played on such an awful surface. Playing on grass is a completely different game. The skills and strategy that we practice on turf is often ineffective on grass because it is a much slower paced game that is much more unpredictable. You never know when a perfectly hit ball is going to hit a ditch and pop over your stick, or a ball that looks like it might be going out of bounds decides to stop right on the end line, or even worse, when you are dribbling the ball and it just decides to stop instead of staying on your stick like it’s supposed to. Despite two extremely frustrating days of practice, our hard work paid off when we beat Radford 1-0 on their home field. The trip to Radford has normally been a struggle for us as we couldn’t get past the frustrating surface to carry home a win, but this year it was different. We hope to carry the excitement of our win into this weekend as we return to the turf (thank goodness!) to face Richmond and Georgetown. Both of these games will be great matchups as we look to extend our record to 8-2. Keep following along for more behind the scenes D.C.F.H. action. Go Cats! –Tobe #7. Battle Wounds A broken nose, a busted lip, a bruised chin, and scarring turf burn were just a few of the products of two intensely fought games this past weekend at William and Mary. It is part of the DCFH culture to take pride in our battle wounds. We don’t typically mind a decent bruise from a tough practice or a black eye from an intense game because it illustrates a dedication to our sport and a sense of fight. Junior defender Steph Meador is a prime example of someone who loves the fight. In our practice at William and Mary on Saturday, Steph took a ball to the face while defending a penalty corner. The result was a broken nose and two very swollen black eyes, but the pain didn’t stop Steph from playing in our game on Sunday. She played the whole game - start to finish - without even wearing a mask. Sophomore midfielder Annie Evans also had her fair share of battle wounds this past weekend. In our game against William and Mary on Friday Annie got hit in the mouth with a ball and developed a very swollen lip, so swollen in fact that assistant coach Catherine Somits decided to give it a name because it appeared to be taking on a life of its own. “Toni,” as her lip came to be called, lasted for a few days and has now developed into a nice bruise. Our accumulation of battle wounds was not the only adventure we had in William and Mary. On Saturday, we had plenty of time to explore colonial Williamsburg. Several DCFH members toured the colonial shops, chatted with colonists, and took their pictures in the stacks. We also had a nice lunch at The Cheese Shop, one of Ginny’s favorite restaurants at her alma mater. Even though this past weekend brought us our first loss it was still very successful. We learned a lot from our game against William and Mary and we finished out the weekend with a win against Penn. We hope to take what we’ve learned from this past weekend and apply them in our game against #7 Wake Forest on Friday. The game is home at 6 p.m. We have an extremely good chance against them this year so please come out and show your support! Keep following along for more behind the scenes D.C.F.H. moments! Go Cats! – Tobe #7 Commitment, Opportunity, Heart The tears in senior Clare Perry’s eyes said enough after we defeated Lafayette 3 to 0 this past Sunday. Two weekends into our season and still undefeated, something that Clare and I and the rest of this year’s senior class has never experienced before. In our four years of Davidson hockey we have been through some difficult seasons. Seasons full of tough losses and great successes, but we have never experienced anything like this, 4-0. If I’ve learned one thing from DCFH, it’s that winning isn’t everything, but our recent success has brought a new sense of confidence to our team that didn’t exist before. We finally believe in ourselves and are realizing what we are capable of, and we won’t let anything stop us from reaching our potential. This past summer, Ginny and Catherine came up with three core values for our program to focus on: Commitment, Opportunity, and Heart. The goal being that these three words will embody the spirit of D.C.F.H. and reflect the attitude of our program. Wednesday evening, Sandy Helfgott, Davidson’s Director of Physical Education and Recreation, came to talk to us about the importance of maintaining these three core values and living them out throughout the course of our season. Sandy’s speech was extremely motivational and a good thing to hear leading up to our weekend at William and Mary. We are in a good place right now, especially after receiving 4 votes for the top 20, but we need to make sure that we don’t let up and this weekend will be a good test for us. Keep following along for more behind the scenes D.C.F.H. moments! Go Cats! – Tobe #7 D.C.F.H. Season Underway As I took to the field for our first game of our 2010 season this past weekend I could not help thinking about preseason. The 9 days of intensive conditioning, three a day practices (yes that’s right … 3 a days), sweltering temperatures on the turf, cold whirl pools, and a soreness that can’t fully be comprehended unless you have experienced it. Everyday tasks like getting out of bed, getting dressed, and even sleeping all felt impossible, and yet even while our bodies were in such intense pain, we somehow found a way to make it back out to the field for the next session. Our fans didn’t see the hard work that we put in during camp and neither did our opponents, but together we worked, struggled, and survived all to make it to this moment, when the referee blows the whistle and our season begins. My name is Courtney Tobe, and I am a senior from Louisville, Kentucky, on Davidson College’s field hockey team. I have officially survived four D.C.F.H. preseason’s (something I never thought I would be able to say), and I have never felt as proud of the work that we put in during preseason as I do right now because we had an amazing opening weekend. The weekend started out with a seven and a half hour long bus ride to our nation’s capital. Seven and a half hours is a long time to be on a bus, but we managed to pass the time pretty easily with an impromptu J.Lo movie marathon, good conversation, and a lot of snacks. Although there were moments when the bus ride felt like it would never end, the trip was definitely worth it. We brought home two wins, a 5-0 win against Bryant on Friday and a 5-0 win against St. Francis on Saturday, and we had an amazing crowd turn out for the games. One of the great things about D.C.F.H. is the amount of support we get from our fans. We had several parents make the trip to D.C. and two D.C.F.H. ’09 alums, Sara Stevens, and Tyler Kirkland came out to show their support. To top things off, Darrel Young, a RB/LB for the Washington Redskins made an appearance at American University to watch our games and cheer for the Davidson Wildcats (all of the Davidson Dad’s were extremely excited about this one). The weekend was a great way to kick off our season and has really inspired us to work hard this week in practice. We have a lot of potential as a team and a lot of goals that we have set for ourselves this season. The next step we have to take toward reaching them comes this weekend with two games. We open up at home on Saturday against Towson at 12 p.m., and play Lafayette at Wake Forest on Sunday. These are two really good match-ups for us and we can’t wait to hopefully add two more W’s to our record. Throughout our season, I’ll be checking back in with game updates, funny stories, player interviews, and much more. Keep following along for more behind the scenes D.C.F.H. moments and please come out and show your support on Saturday! Go Cats! – Tobe #7	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line24
__label__wiki	0.514501	0.514501	Bioenergy / Bioenergy forum / CRP6-Forests, Trees and Agroforestry / Indonesia / SD1-Systems Science / SD2-Markets, value chains and institutions / SD3-Tree diversity, domestication and delivery / SD4-Land health decisions / SD5-Environmental Services / SD6-Climate Change / SDG01-Poverty eradication, building shared prosperity and promoting equality / SDG02 - Sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition / SDG07-Energy / SDG08-Economic growth and employment / SDG09-Infrastructure and Industrialization / SDG11-Sustainable cities and human settlements / SDG12-Sustainable Consumption and Production / SDG13-Climate change / SDG15 -Ecosystems and biodiversity / SDG16-Peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law and capable institutions / SDG17-Means of implementation/Global partnership for sustainable development Indonesia set to expand use of bioenergy by Rob Finlayson · February 17, 2016 The need for clearer policies, more trees and other plants for biomass and fuel, and use of organic waste from agriculture were some of the topics discussed at an international clean-energy forum for Indonesia that quickened the agenda towards a sustainable energy economy that will boost rural development. The Government of Indonesia has ambitious plans to expand production of bioenergy crops. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson The Bali Clean Energy Forum, held at the Nusa Dua Convention Center, 11—12 February 2016, brought together representatives of 26 countries; the private sector; experts in the field of energy; civil society; and young people. It was organized by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in cooperation with the International Energy Agency. The Center of Excellence for Clean Energy was launched at the forum. It is an integrated centre for research, development of research results, education, capacity-building implementation and facilitation of investment in clean-energy development with three main needs: information, technology and financing. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said stated that it will become ‘a connecting channel for national preparedness in realizing an energy system based on clean and sustainable energy sources because it supports efforts to accelerate the development of renewable energy up to 23% in the composition of the national energy mix by 2025. For a period of four years, the centre will focus on supporting efforts to develop the 35 MW electrification programs, of which 25% or about 8.8 GW will come from renewable energy’. Dr Ingrid Öborn, regional coordinator Southeast Asia, World Agroforestry Centre. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) hosted a session on bioenergy at the forum, moderated by ICRAF’s Southeast Asia regional coordinator, Dr Ingrid Öborn, and chaired by Mr Budi Basuki, chief operating officer of Medco Energy International, that featured six speakers who addressed critical aspects of decreasing Indonesia’s reliance on fossil fuels and creating a ‘green’ economy through bioenergy. Bioenergy can be obtained from biomass, biofuel and by using organic wastes for biogas. The session began with a presentation from Senator Parlindungan Purba from North Sumatra Province, chairman of Committee II of the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah/DPD), which is charged with liaison between numerous ministries, including Energy and Mineral Resources. Senator Purba gave four reasons why renewable energy was being discussed globally not just in Indonesia. Senator Parlindungan Purba (left) and Mr Budi Basuki. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson ‘First, to ensure continued global economic growth with the advent of peak oil, a reliable energy supply will be necessary to support sustained economic growth’, he said. ‘Second, continued population growth meant an unprecedented demand for energy. Third, political instability in oil-producing regions fed a search for alternatives. Finally, the threat posed by climate change is fuelling the search to achieve sustainable growth’. Driven by specific new laws, regulations and presidential instructions since 2006, Indonesia has been moving to make better use of its vast natural resources for bioenergy production and to increase its economic growth, based on World Bank predictions that if the least-developed regions in the country could achieve growth of more than 20% a year, Indonesia’s national growth could reach 8%. To this end, argued Senator Purba, electricity supply had to be prioritized in those regions. Given that 12,000 villages do not receive electricity from the state-owned company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), local governments in remote but natural-resource-rich areas should commit to improve electrification through bioenergy. However, financial services would be needed, which would include speeding the permit process for renewable energy investment and creating incentives for local technology manufacturers and R&D institutions. He also argued that other measures would be needed, such as revision of the law on renewable energy, formation of an independent agency to monitor and evaluate progress and, essentially, identification of available land that is not needed for food supply. Dr Bambang Supriyanto. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson Dr Bambang Supriyanto, head of Research and Development at the Social, Economic, Policy and Climate Change Center of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, reinforced Senator Purba’s remarks, noting that ‘Indonesia’s future energy consumption is predicted to reach an alarming rate so that by 2030 the nation will need to import 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. By 2050, Indonesia would have used all its reserves of coal and natural gas’. As part of addressing this, Indonesia’s national energy policy mandated that the 20% share of biodiesel in 2016 had to rise to 30% by 2020 and bioethanol to 20%. This meant that forests and plantations should produce 9.2 million kilolitre of biodiesel from biomass from various sources, including oil palm and trees, such as ‘nyamplung’ (Callophyllum inophillum), which is being more intensively researched by the Center. If proven successful, the 500,000 ha already covered by the tree would be able to meet just under 29% of national demand for biodiesel. The remainder could be made up by palm oil if 20% of current amount was diverted to biodiesel production. To produce electricity from biomass, Dr Supriyanto argued that 1.5 million ha of plantation forests would be needed to fill the gap between supply and demand. Around 800,000 ha of state forest under the jurisdiction of forest management units are proposed to be designated as ‘energy forest’ with 70,000 ha of land that falls under the community forest, village forest and community plantation forest categories to be allocated for biomass production. The trees the Center is promoting for this purpose include ‘akor’ (Acacia auriculiformis), ‘kaliandra’ (Caliandra calothirsus), ‘weru’ (Albizia procera) and ‘turi’ (Sesbania grandifora). Dr Rudolf Rauch. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson Dr Rudolf Rauch, director of the Renewable Energy Program with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Indonesia, has worked for 10 years in Asia and found that often energy policy was not integrated with agro-industrial development. He saw that waste from agricultural production held huge potential for meeting a number of energy needs quickly and at relatively low cost. In Thailand, agroindustry consumes most electricity, 60% of which is produced from biomass. ‘There are a lot of gains to be had, especially in tropical countries with year-round biomass’, he said. ‘There is a huge surplus of biomass waste in the palm-oil industry, for example. We can also think of using agricultural waste not just purely for electricity. With oil palm in Thailand, producers use the waste to increase profit through biogas plants used in the palm-oil processing system. These systems not only reduce the operating costs of the processing plant but sell electricity to nearby communities, which are often far from the grid’. Integrated development strategies that incorporated such systems would provide the greatest benefits: to agriculture through improved livelihoods; to industry through job creation, increased productivity and international competitiveness; to the nation through renewable energy security and rural electrification; and to the environment through mitigation of greenhouse gases through converting waste to energy, which is one of the most cost-efficient measures. Dr Sonya Dewi, Indonesia program coordinator, World Agroforestry Centre. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson Dr Sonya Dewi, ICRAF’s Indonesia country coordinator, discussed three aspects of bioenergy from a ‘landscape’ perspective, which can be read in greater detail via these links: Bioenergy crops need to be chosen carefully; Bioenergy can bring clean power to remote areas of Indonesia; and Making the most of mangroves. She reminded the audience that local contexts and drivers of land-use change matter if any of the plans discussed in the session were to come to fruition without undue delay or conflict. Particular attention had to be paid to the needs of smallholders already living in, or reliant on, the landscapes earmarked for intensification or use as feedstock-production areas for bioenergy plants. Such plans had to be integrated into district and provincial land-use planning with robust and effective monitoring and evaluation, taking into account broader societal needs for ecosystem services. For this, a ‘bottom–up’ methodology was necessary to promote inclusive, integrated and informed processes, such as the Land-use Planning for Multiple Environmental Services (LUMENS) system that had been developed by Dr Dewi and team in Indonesia. It is being successfully tested in diverse biophysical and socio-economic districts from Papua to Sumatra and has been mandated for use in the national greenhouse-gas reduction plan by the National Development Planning Agency. Synergies between local and national policies on bioenergy are also necessary to ensure sustainable value chains by accommodating local circumstances and aligning them with national targets. Lastly, she underlined the importance of designing feasibility studies pertaining to replications and expansion, beyond pilot areas. Mr Andianto Hidayat. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson Mr Andianto Hidayat, technology and product development manager of the state-owned oil and energy company, Pertamina, noted that the deficit in Indonesia’s trade balance was largely due to oil and gas, with the nation set to become the world’s biggest fuel importer by 2018. Hence, there was increasing investment in the search for viable alternatives. Pertamina is focusing on improving biodiesel production, particularly, from palm oil but also deepening research and trials into biogas, municipal solid waste and electricity generation. Ir Kees Kwant. Photo: World Agroforestry Centre/Robert Finlayson Ir Kees Kwant, chair of the International Energy Agency’s bioenergy section and senior expert bioenergy and bio-based economy, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, shared the IEA’s vision for the growth of a ‘bio-based economy’. The Netherlands, for example, had mandated an increase in the share of biofuel in the economy from the current 5.3 to 14% within the next four years and the European Union as a whole expected a 20% average of renewable energy throughout the EU, also by 2020. He cautioned that moving towards such a sustainable economy required additional effort in terms of time, cost, learning and creating acceptance but that sustainability was crucial and provided opportunities for long-term business. As well as providing examples of successfully operating systems in Europe, he urged the audience to make use of the IEA’s Bioenergy How2Guide when planning their own. He concluded by reiterating that biomass was an important part of a renewable energy portfolio; that sustainable biomass is possible; that improved use of biomass is needed; and that bioenergy can be integrated into existing or new industrial operations, such as through bio-refineries. Finally, Ir Kwant invited Indonesia to join the IEA’s bioenergy technology collaboration program to share challenges and solutions with the other 23 nations involved, including the European Union. A strong message that emerged from the session was that there was an urgent need for cross-sectoral collaboration between all involved if the government’s targets for renewable energy supply were to be met and turn Indonesia into a bio-based economy in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Tags: Bali Clean Energy Forum 2016bioenergybiofuelbiorefineryfuel cropIndonesiaInternational Energy AgencyMinistry of Energy and Mineral Resources Robert Finlayson is the Southeast Asia program's regional communications specialist. As well as writing stories for the Centre's website, he devises and supervises strategies for projects and the countries in the Southeast Asia region, including scripting and producing videos, supervising editors and translators and also assisting with resource mobilization. Do politicians read scientists? New UN Drylands Ambassador to champion agroforestry Highly resilient secondary tropical forests rapidly sequester carbon Next story Bioenergy crops need to be chosen carefully Previous story Recognizing women in science	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line26
__label__cc	0.541832	0.458168	ЛАКІБУКС FREE POPULAR SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE FOR TEENAGERS Генетична гра. Розпочати LUCKYBOOKS The Project of “I Am the Future of Ukraine” Foundation and IT-company “Lucky Labs” Book About Garbage Was Placed on Government Procurement List for Libraries 2019 Book About Garbage by Halyna Tkachuk and eight school students from Kyiv was placed on government procurement list of 557 books for libraries of Ukraine in 2019. The book was published by The Old Lion Publishing House with the help of the charity project LuckyBooks. Anna Tretyak, Editor in Chief of Ukrainian children’s book platform BaraBooka, a member of the Expert Council of the Ukrainian Book Institute 2019, comments the list: The final list [of books], of course, is far from ideal. It shows that there is room for improvement. In particular, there is obvious lack of experts in the field of children's and young adult (YA) literature. Not all the books on the list are good enough, while some really good books didn’t get one or two votes to be enlisted. It is also saddening that children's and YA books add up to less than half of the total number of books. Readers of 5, 10 and 15 years old have very different reading needs, and as a result, not all of them will be able to find a book they might like. However, I would like to thank the Ukrainian Book Institute team for replenishing library funds, taking into account the wishes of experts and promising to improve the list forming process. Because of collaboration of the Ukrainian Book Institute and the experts, Ukrainian libraries can get a lot of interesting books, mostly educational literature for booklovers of any age. Among the books, there are biographies of famous people published by the IPIO publishing house; a series of books on mathematics, physics, and architecture published by MoYa Knyzhkova Polytsia, Frying Pan from A to Z, Botanicum and Historium published by the The Old Lion Publishing House, and, of course, a wonderful and much-needed "Garbage Book" written by Halyna Tkachuk together with the kids together published with help of the LuckyBooks. In total, there will be almost 678 thousand books worth 87 million hryvnias to replenish public library funds in Ukraine. 43% of the books are written by contemporary Ukrainian authors. The first five books in the list are written by Ukrainian authors, and three of them are children’s book. TV presenter Oleksii Ananov spent “a week behind the computer with short breaks for the main work” and looked through the initial list of 2779 books. He said: My subjective selection criteria are to choose books that somehow change us. They either teach people something, educate them, make a community and society somehow better, more dynamic, or they stimulate people to visit a library despite the widespread use of the Internet. First of all, I chose children's literature, educational books, encyclopedias, and books on economics and psychology. Another big part of the books is contemporary Ukrainian fiction and some of the foreign modern and classic novels in Ukrainian translations. So, we have enough of fiction literature by Ukrainian authors, for both kids and adults. The next step is to sort books by quality. The children's and YA literature is brilliant! But the educational literature is mostly translated from other languages. The publishers prioritize “world bestsellers” over local editions. Sometimes, I see real gems among books on art history or psychology. These are the books we would like readers to know about. The final thoughts are mostly about marketing: just like bookstores, libraries tried their best “to sell” their books to a reader, and that means that they put the well-known names, famous writers and bestseller novels on the foreground. The Expert Board of the Ukrainian Book Institute consists of scholars, literary critics, culture project coordinators, heads of libraries, educators and journalists - in total, 50 experts. Some members of the Expert Board are participating in the forming the list of books for the second time. A journalist at ICTV and the host of Svoboda Slova (Freedom of Speech) Vadym Karpiak comments the difference between the 2018 and 2019 lists: This year, everything passed very quietly, with no significant changes. Except that we had a little bit more time to make the choice than the previous time. In 2018, the libraries complained that there were not enough children's literature, so we did our best to include it to the list this time. I also noticed that this time, there was more non-fiction literature among the books we were offered to choose from. High-quality, interesting non-fiction that I would love to read. And that's cool. In general, the number of new books makes me happy. Five years ago, I knew almost all the books published in the Ukrainian market. And now, I find new interesting books that I haven’t seen before. I am happy about it. As for me, I think it is important to put aside your snobbery as an expert reader while choosing the books. I try my best to ignore my own taste and look at the books as an expert and take into account the audience request. Therefore, I add to the list the books that might not read myself but that might be in demand. The Expert Board doesn’t have to educate readers or nurture their tastes, it must satisfy readers’ desires and needs. To improve the system, Vadym Karpiak offers to purchase books more often. Now, book selection and delivery happen once a year. But the expert believes that this process could be done at least twice a year, ideally every quarter. It would also impact the popularity of libraries among readers and would help increase the number of clients in libraries. For a reader, it is more interesting to see newly published books every season than to wait for them for a year. Book About Garbage is the sixth published book by the LuckyBooks project. It was written after the project gave a series of workshops on ecology. The authors of the book became the children that took part in those workshops. They are Oleksandra Homa, Andrii Dobrovolskyi, Serhii Koliadych, Hanna Berezovska, Hanna Tereshchuk, Mykyta Subotovskyi, Anastasiia Sakhno, and Karina Parkhomenko. The illustrations were created by Anton Selleshii. The book was released at Book Arsenal-2019 in Kyiv, and later, in five other cities in Ukraine. Last month, LuckyBooks gave the book as a present to 155 libraries in seven Eastern and Southern regions of the country. Last year, three books on the LuckyBooks project were enlisted to the public procurement list for libraries: Kuzko Kuziakin “#WHATISMATH?”, Luca Novelli “Tesla and the car on Cosmic Energy,” and Andrii Tuzhykov “The Brief History of Technology.” Topology, Möbius Strip, and Symmetry: Presentation of a New Book of a Japanese Mathematician in Kyiv Three Books Published within LuckyBooks Were Placed on Government Procurement List for Libraries Topic of comment luckybooks.org@gmail.com	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line27
__label__wiki	0.664635	0.664635	About Lynn O'Brien Lynn (Alington) O'Brien was born and raised in Penticton, B.C., in the Okanagan Valley. After obtaining her RN, she travelled the world for two and a half years, living in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Iran. Many of her paintings reflect the exotic influences of her earlier travels and adventures. Lynn's art is a unique blend of experience, insight and spirit; although she paints alone in her studio, she feels surrounded by her mentors and teachers, all of whom helped ignite her passion and hone her talent. Lynn works in acrylics and mixed media, painting abstracts, florals, landscapes and representaional art, allowing her to fulfill her passion for colour by transforming the quiet of a blank canvas into bright, bold and exciting paintings. In 2014 Lynn returned to her birthplace, making the beautiful Okanagan her home once more. Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Contact Us • Sitemap Copyright © 2009 - 2022 Lynn O'Brien and Gemini Art & Design Studio • info@lynnobrien.ca	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line28
__label__cc	0.586473	0.413527	Bob Dylan & Neil Young Concert: Kilkenny, Ireland - 14 July 2019 Bob Dylan and Neil Young will perform in concert at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, Ireland on Sunday 14 July, 2019. Neil says: "Families will be united and children will dance with their parents at this great celebration of Music, Love and Words." NYA PRESALE - Starting Friday, December 14 - 16 for NYA subscribers @ http://neilyoungarchives.com Labels: 2019, bob dylan, concert, neil young, tickets by thrasher@PermaLink: 12/13/2018 10:22:00 AM At 12/13/2018 04:49:00 PM, Unknown said... The owner of Aiken Promotions - peter Aiken, said this morning on Irish radio, that the Kilkenny gig is only one of two gigs they will play together.(+Hyde Park). I could be incorrect in reading into this, that Neil is doing a total of two gigs in Europe, but surely this cannot be right. I had hoped that Neil would be doing some POTR gigs around Europe, I looked at Dylan's tour schedule and he has other gigs lined up, including festivals. C'omon Neil, we need more gigs ! At 12/13/2018 05:05:00 PM, Babbo B. said... Neil has confirmed a European tour next summer (though no other details yet), these are just the only shows where he's on the same bill as Dylan (assuming that promoter knows what he's talking about). At 12/14/2018 06:48:00 AM, SHIELDagent said... Just noticed this in J. Hanlon's notebook. Presumably it's the infamous Time Fades Away II album. Sugar Mountain doesn't even have a complete setlist for the Tuscaloosa show. "Next up is Tuscaloosa, (under the radar monster) a previously and only partially mined album project from early in the 1973 Time Fades Away tour of the US by Neil & The Stray Gators. . . . .It’s a “good un” as John Lee Hooker would say. “Pots on, gas on high” as he also wrote in one of his songs. ‘Tuscaloosa’ was a particularly potent lineup of great musicians at the zenith of their brotherhood. Ben Keith, Jack Nitzche, Tim Drummond, Kenny Buttrey and Neil. More to report here soon, as we undertake mixing from the original master 2” analog 16 track tapes and review in Colorado during the next several weeks." At 12/17/2018 04:06:00 AM, John said... Two standing tickets secured and listening to this recording of Young and Dylan in 1975 doing "Helpless" and "Knocking on Heaven's Door" together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sDGTZRdQdw At 7/23/2019 04:43:00 PM, Terry said... I would like to point out that I really enjoyed the concert by Neil Young and Bob Dylan, I really thought the organization left a lot to be desired. For the number of people that were there, there were only two toilets in Nowlan Park and as a result, there were constant Qs at each one for the duration of the concert. There should have brought in portaloos. When the concert was over at about 10pm thousands of very hungry people streamed out onto the street to find that every place was closed. The pubs had extended hours for the concert but not one of them was serving food. Not even Hotels. The few fast foods take away's had Qs of 100 people at each one of them and as a result, they ran out of food. For that reason I would never go to a big concert in Kilkenny again they are not able to deal with it. The whole Town should have got involved in it and pulled together. the concert-goers were definitely let down. I would like to see Kilkenny holding a flea coel. They would could take a leaf out of some of the smaller towns Book like Cavan or Drogheda. Bob stick with the acoustic guitar piano doesn't suit you. Phil Lee & The Horse He Rode In On \| New Album w/ ... Neil Young Solo Concert PreSales Begin: Milwaukee,... Neil Young Says: "SPONSORED BY NOBODY" + Midwest S... Neil Young & Barclays Bank: The Concert Sponsor an... MOVIE NIGHT: "Who's Gonna Stand Up?" - Directed by... Neil Young: "I Will Be Taking The Rap" \| Elliot Ro... Neil Young is Pissed: Poor Coordination on Hyde Pa... Bob Dylan & Neil Young: 1975 Bill Graham’s Benefit... Joel Bernstein Interview: The Story Behind Neil Yo... "This is Greendale" Brochure: Tomorrow's Town - Today	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line36
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Search time: 0.361 seconds. Title: Safety and nutritional assessment of GM plants and derived food and feed : the role of animal feeding trials . Journal: Food Chem Toxicol Year: 2008 Type: MEDLINE [ Sen. 2, subscore: 2.00 ]: The general principles for the risk assessment of GM plants and derived food and feed are followed , as described in the EFSA guidance document of the EFSA Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms . [ Sen. 34, subscore: 2.00 ]: With respect to the detection of potential unintended effects in whole GM food and feed , it is unlikely that substances present in small amounts and with a low toxic potential will result in any observable ( unintended ) effects in a 90-day rodent feeding study , as they would be below the no-observed-effect-level and thus of unlikely impact to human health at normal intake levels . [ Sen. 35, subscore: 2.00 ]: Laboratory animal feeding studies of 90-days duration appear to be sufficient to pick up adverse effects of diverse compounds that would also give adverse effects after chronic exposure . [ Sen. 37, subscore: 2.00 ]: The 90-day rodent feeding study is not designed to detect effects on reproduction or development other than effects on adult reproductive organ weights and histopathology . [ Sen. 8, subscore: 1.00 ]: The safety assessment is focussed on ( i ) the presence and characteristics of newly expressed proteins and other new constituents and possible changes in the level of natural constituents beyond normal variation , and on the characteristics of the GM food and feed , and ( ii ) the possible occurrence of unintended ( unexpected ) effects in GM plants due to genetic modification . [ Sen. 9, subscore: 1.00 ]: In order to identify these effects a comparative phenotypic and molecular analysis of the GM plant and its near isogenic counterpart is carried out , in parallel with a targeted analysis of single specific compounds , which represent important metabolic pathways in the plant like macro and micro nutrients , known anti-nutrients and toxins . [ Sen. 10, subscore: 1.00 ]: Significant differences may be indicative of the occurrence of unintended effects , which require further investigation . [ Sen. 16, subscore: 1.00 ]: The majority of these experiments did not indicate clinical effects or histopathological abnormalities in organs or it issues of exposed animals . [ Sen. 17, subscore: 1.00 ]: In some cases adverse effects were noted , which were difficult to interpret due to shortcomings in the studies . [ Sen. 28, subscore: 1.00 ]: The aim of the 90-days rodent feeding study with the whole GM food and feed is to assess potential unintended effects of toxicological and/or nutritional relevance and to establish whether the GM food and feed is as safe and nutritious as its traditional comparator rather than determining qualitative and quantitative intrinsic toxicity of defined food constituents . [ Sen. 31, subscore: 1.00 ]: A 90-day animal feeding trial has a large capacity ( sensitivity and specificity ) to detect potential toxicological effects of single well defined compounds . [ Sen. 36, subscore: 1.00 ]: This conclusion is based on literature data from studies investigating whether toxicological effects are adequately identified in 3-month subchronic studies in rodents , by comparing findings at 3 and 24 months for a range of different chemicals . [ Sen. 38, subscore: 1.00 ]: Analyses of available data indicate that , for a wide range of substances , reproductive and developmental effects are not potentially more sensitive endpoints than those examined in subchronic toxicity tests . [ Sen. 39, subscore: 1.00 ]: Should there be structural alerts for reproductive/developmental effects or other indications from data available on a GM food and feed , then these tests should be considered . [ Sen. 41, subscore: 1.00 ]: Results obtained from testing GM food and feed in rodents indicate that large ( at least 100-fold ) safety margins exist between animal exposure levels without observed adverse effects and estimated human daily intake . Title: Dynamic analysis of QTLs on tiller number in rice ( Oryza sativa L ) with single segment substitution lines . Author: Liu G Zhu H Zhang G Li L Ye G Journal: Theor Appl Genet Year: 2012 Type: In-Process [ Sen. 10, subscore: 5.00 ]: Most of the QTLs show significant interactions with planting seasons and cropping densities , but the additive effects of QTLs Tn3-1 and Tn3-2 , the dominant effects of QTL Tn7 and Tn8 , and the epistatic effects of 14 pairs of QTLs are stable across seasons and the dominant effect of QTL Tn3-3 and the epistatic effects of QTL pairs Tn2-1/Tn6-2 , Tn2-1/Tn9 and Tn3-3/Tn6-3 are nearly consistent across cropping densities . [ Sen. 6, subscore: 4.00 ]: Eight QTLs are detected with significant additive effects and/or additive x season and/or additive x density interaction effects at least at one developmental stage , and all QTLs have significant dominant and epistatic effects and/or interaction effects involved in . [ Sen. 4, subscore: 3.00 ]: QTL effects including main effects ( additive , dominance and epistasis ) , QTL x season and QTL x density interaction effects were analyzed at each measured stage . [ Sen. 5, subscore: 2.00 ]: The additive , dominant and epistatic effects of the 12 QTLs as well as their interaction effects with the seasons and with the densities all display dynamic changes with the development . [ Sen. 7, subscore: 2.00 ]: For most of the QTLs dominant effects are much bigger than additive effects , showing overdominance . [ Sen. 9, subscore: 2.00 ]: Additive and dominant effects of these QTLs are mostly positive while epistatic effects are negative and minor . Title: Detection and characterization of glutathione S-transferase activity in rice EF-1betabetagamma and EF-1gamma expressed in Escherichia coli . Author: Kobayashi S Kidou S Ejiri S Journal: Biochem . Biophys . Res . Commun . Year: 2001 Type: ARTICLE [ Sen. 4, subscore: 3.00 ]: EF-1beta and EF-1beta catalyze the GDP/GTP exchange on EF-1alpha . [ Sen. 1, subscore: 2.00 ]: Plant elongation factor EF-1 consists of four subunits ( EF-1alphabetabetagamma ) . [ Sen. 7, subscore: 2.00 ]: This report demonstrates that rice EF-1betabetagamma and recombinant EF-1gamma possess glutathione S-transferase ( GST ) activity . [ Sen. 8, subscore: 2.00 ]: The EF-1betabetagamma or EF-1gamma-dependent GST activity is about one-fiftieth of the rice GST activity . [ Sen. 9, subscore: 2.00 ]: The Km values of EF-1betabetagamma , EF-1gamma , and rice GST for glutathione and 1-chloro-2 , 4-dinitrobenzene are of about the same order . [ Sen. 10, subscore: 2.00 ]: Although recombinant EF-1gamma is heat labile , active EF-1gamma was obtained by purifying it in the presence of 20% glycerol . [ Sen. 2, subscore: 1.00 ]: EF-1alpha . [ Sen. 6, subscore: 1.00 ]: However , the function of EF-1gamma , a subunit detected in eukaryotes , but not in prokaryotes remained unknown . Title: Particulate emission factors for mobile fossil fuel and biomass combustion sources . Author: Watson JG Chow JC Chen LW Lowenthal DH Fujita EM Kuhns HD Sodeman DA Campbell DE Moosmuller H Zhu D Motallebi N Journal: Sci Total Environ Year: 2011 Type: MEDLINE [ Sen. 6, subscore: 2.00 ]: EMFAC2007 reported higher PM ( 2 . 5 ) EFs than MOBILE 6 . 2 during winter , but not during summer , and neither model captured the variability of the measured EFs . [ Sen. 9, subscore: 2.00 ]: EFs for biomass burning measured during the Fire Laboratory at Missoula Experiment ( FLAME ) were compared with EFs from the ARB Emission Estimation System ( EES ) model . [ Sen. 12, subscore: 2.00 ]: The EES model agreed with measured EFs for fuels with low moisture content but underestimated measured EFs for fuel with moisture content >40% . [ Sen. 1, subscore: 1.00 ]: PM emission factors ( EFs ) for gasoline and diesel-fueled vehicles and biomass combustion were measured in several recent studies . [ Sen. 2, subscore: 1.00 ]: In the Gas/Diesel Split Study ( GD-Split ) , PM ( 2 . 5 ) EFs for heavy-duty diesel vehicles ( HDDV ) ranged from 0 . 2 to 2 g/mile and increased with vehicle age . [ Sen. 3, subscore: 1.00 ]: EFs for HDDV estimated with the US EPA MOBILE 6 . 2 and California Air Resources Board ( ARB ) EMFAC2007 models correlated well with measured values . [ Sen. 4, subscore: 1.00 ]: PM ( 2 . 5 ) EFs measured for gasoline vehicles were two orders of magnitude lower than those for HDDV and did not correlate with model estimates . [ Sen. 5, subscore: 1.00 ]: In the Kansas City Study , PM ( 2 . 5 ) EFs for gasoline-powered vehicles ( eg , passenger cars and light trucks ) were generally <0 . 03 g/mile and were higher in winter than summer . [ Sen. 7, subscore: 1.00 ]: Total PM EFs for heavy-duty diesel military vehicles ranged from 0 . 18+/-0 . 03 and 1 . 20+/-0 . 12 g/kg fuel , corresponding to 0 . 3 and 2 g/mile , respectively . [ Sen. 10, subscore: 1.00 ]: The highest PM ( 2 . 5 ) EFs ( 76 . 8+/-37 . 5 g/kg ) were measured for wet ( >50% moisture content ) Ponderosa Pine needles . [ Sen. 11, subscore: 1.00 ]: EFs were generally <20 g/kg when moisture content was <20% . [ Sen. 13, subscore: 1.00 ]: Average EFs for dry chamise , rice straw , and dry grass were within a factor of three of values adopted by ARB in Californias San Joaquin Valley ( SJV ) . Title: [ Genetic effects of mineral elements of Fe , Zn , Mn and P in black pericarp rice grains ] Author: Zhang MW Du YQ Peng ZM He CX . Journal: Yi Chuan Xue Bao Year: Type: ARTICLE [ Sen. 3, subscore: 5.00 ]: The seed direct genetic effects were more important than the maternal genetic effects for Fe , Zn , Mn contents , and seed direct additive effects constituted a major part of their genetic effects , whereas seed direct additive , maternal additive and dominant effects formed the main part in the inheritance of P content . [ Sen. 2, subscore: 3.00 ]: The results indicated that the contents of all the four mineral elements were controlled by seed direct genetic effects , maternal genetic effects as well as by cytoplasmic effects . [ Sen. 1, subscore: 2.00 ]: Complete diallel crosses with seven varieties of black pericarp rice were conducted in one year to analyze the genetic effects on main mineral elements of Fe , Zn , Mn and P contents in kernels of parents and their F1S and F2S , using the full genetic model including triploid endosperm , cytoplasmic and maternal effects on quantitative traits of seeds in cereal crops . [ Sen. 5, subscore: 2.00 ]: The estimate values of narrow heritabilites of seed direct genetic effects were high for Fe , Zn and Mn contents , while those of seed and maternal effects were intermediate for P content . [ Sen. 4, subscore: 1.00 ]: The heritabilities of seed direct effects of the 4 mineral element contents were all highly significant .	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line42
__label__cc	0.562974	0.437026	The San Diego UBT fair: Sharing successful practices LMPtalk is the place to come online to engage in dialogue about Kaiser Permanente’s Labor Management Partnership. by Dan Ryan and Paul Staley Receptionist Andrew Aranda tells Medical Group Administrator Jim Malone about the concierge program at the Clairemont Mesa MOB. Some of the brightest stars in the UBT constellation are at the San Diego Medical Center and its many satellite facilities. At a recent San Diego UBT fair, co-leads from departments throughout the medical center proudly displayed storyboards explaining their teams’ goals and their most up-to-date results on performance improvement. UBT fairs have truly become a best practice for sharing of ideas and allowing the people who do the work to explore with their fellow workers what’s working and what’s not. More than 535 employees stopped by and chatted with team leaders in San Diego and hopefully, picked up a few new ideas that could be incorporated into their teams. The majority of co-leads represented Level 4 or 5 teams, although there were a couple of Level 3 teams that snuck in due to their outstanding performance. At a recognition ceremony, each set of co-leads was greeted with certificates as well as a gift for the team from Mary Ann Barnes, senior vice president and executive director of the San Diego Service Area, Jim Malone, medical group administrator, Dr. Paul Bernstein, area medical director, Walter Allen, executive director and CFO of OPEIU, Local 30, and Barb Grimm, senior vice president of the OLMP. It wasn’t always this way A few years ago things were quite different in San Diego. Very few teams were in place and among those, very few were hitting anything close to what could be labeled as “performance improvement.” Thanks to a fantastic resource team, things have changed dramatically. Jenny Button, Amy Steiner, Katie Doyle and Sylvia Wallace and their hands- on sponsors, Marianne Giordano and Ray Hahn have all contributed to transforming the medical center into a forum for continuous learning through unit based teams. This is a key ingredient in the success of the service area, which is the third largest in Kaiser Permanente with a membership of more than 500,000. Currently there are more than 6,300 employees and 830 physicians in the area, which stretches from the border with Mexico north to La Mesa and hundreds of miles to the east. Throughout this huge territory, the resource team has managed to engage the staff in the important work of improving the quality of life for every Kaiser member. San Diego is the latest in a growing number of areas hosting UBT fairs. Hawaii held one last month and Orange County plans to hold its second UBT fair in November. Its first fair was held late last year. We’ve said this before but it bears repeating: The pride the co- leads show in exhibiting the work of these high performing teams in these fairs is immediately apparent. The excitement and energy generated is amazing and a real pleasure to observe We encourage every facility or service area to continue to hold UBT fairs and proudly display the great work going on daily at Kaiser Permanente. And don’t forget to invite us so we can experience the great work you do every day! X-rays (VUCG) Struggle: It’s not a dirty word by John August Call centers are a hard place to work Over the past couple of months, I have visited with frontline teams in Colorado, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Honolulu, Los Angeles and Oakland. Without exception, I observed a broad cross-section of our unionized workers and their partners struggling for positive outcomes. “Struggle” describes what is involved in unit-by-unit improvement work. Struggle can be positive. It’s necessary for people to transform, and not just make a few cosmetic or ephemeral changes. Call centers: One of the toughest workplaces One example that comes to mind is a discussion I observed among UBT co-leads in a large call center. The team leaders focused on a more than yearlong battle to improve attendance. Call centers are tough places to work day in and day out. The calls never stop. The work is sedentary. As one worker told me, “When you are at work all day on the phones talking with and advising Kaiser Permanente members, you have very little, if any, interaction with your co-workers.” This team didn’t give up. They recognized they needed to create more camaraderie in the call center. They implemented several tests of change: The team has figured out how to meet regularly, despite the challenging logistics. When leaders suggest changes in call center operations, the representational team surveys members of the unit before making them. They created a set of message boards in break rooms. On these bulletin boards, employees were encouraged to post news about family, friends and community. The boards are wildly successful and seem to be bringing people together. This team was feeling lots of pressure to improve. The managers were feeling the heat, yet they did not collapse under the pressure. Rather, they stuck to the principles they had been taught about how to bring about frontline improvement. There is no easy way out Struggle is positive and necessary. It takes a toll but is also exhilarating. Employees and managers at the front line feel pressure to make their teams high performing. This is understandable, since the 2010 National Agreement sets forth aggressive goals around expanding the number of high-performing teams. But frontline teams cannot do it alone. They need the support of the whole organization. Our colleagues from Rutgers University, in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University and Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Organizational Research, have identified five essential systems of support and encouragement for frontline teams: Team cohesion Processes and methods Infrastructure and support California Physician Group Organization Welcomes Ten Business Wire 2009 The California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) is pleased to announce that ten new members were recently elected to serve on their Board of Directors. CAPG represents medical groups that employ or contract with nearly 60,000 California doctors and provide care to 15 million Californians. The CAPG board is responsible for monitoring the needs of the organization's membership, particularly in light of changes and demands in the healthcare marketplace. Part of their accountabilities also include enhancing the delivery of coordinated healthcare, working with health plans to improve benefit designs and healthcare delivery, and identifying and developing strategies to help strengthen their medical group practices. Joining the CAPG Board are the following: Beaver Medical Group, LLP, Redlands, CA John D. Goodman, CPA John Goodman serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of EPIC Management LP, a management and consulting services firm dedicated to Southern California multi-specialty physician groups and independent practice associations. EPIC's first and largest client, Beaver Medical Group, is a highly respected, large multi-specialty group providing a broad range of services to patients living in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Beaver's long track record of clinical and financial success reflects not only the hard work of its highly qualified physician staff, but also the systems, policies and processes developed by EPIC Management. Mr. Goodman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State Polytechnic University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Dennis P. Flynn, MD, MBA Dr. Flynn, a family medicine physician, joined Beaver Medical Group in 1989. Dr. Flynn is Chairman of Beaver Medical Group's Credentialing Committee and Chairman of NORCAL's Medical Review & Advisory Committee. His past appointments include serving as the Chief of Staff at San Bernardino Community Hospital and President of San Bernardino County Medical Society. Dr. Flynn has also served as Vice President of Medical Affairs at EPIC Management since 1997. In his current role at EPIC, he is responsible for overseeing credentialing, quality management and utilization management activities, and process improvement initiatives such as same day access. Prior to his medical management position at EPIC, Dr. Flynn practiced family medicine for 25 years. Dr. Flynn received his MD in 1972 from McGill University and completed his internship and residency at McMaster University in Canada. Lakeside Medical Group, Inc., Glendale, CA Francesco Federico, MD Dr. Federico is President and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeside Community Healthcare as well as President and CEO of Lakeside Systems, Inc. (LSI), the parent company for Lakeside Community Healthcare. Dr. Federico serves on the board of LSI. He was one of the founders of Lakeside Health Services and has served as Chairman of the board, Chief Executive Officer and President since its inception in 1991. Dr. Federico is also the founder and President of Lakeside Medical Group. Dr. Federico was a practicing physician specializing in oncology/hematology for 30 years. In 2007, he left his practice to oversee Lakeside Community Healthcare's operations on a full-time basis. Dr. Federico graduated from Harvard College in 1972 and received his medical degree from Harvard School of Medicine in 1976. His post-graduate training includes an internship and residency at UCLA San Fernando Valley Medical Program. Kerry Weiner, MD Dr. Weiner is the President of Lakeside Community Healthcare Medical Group. Dr. Weiner has served as an Executive Vice President of Lakeside Healthcare and a board member since its inception in 1991. Dr. Weiner was one of the founders of Lakeside Health Services. In addition to his duties overseeing the medical group, Dr. Weiner has been practicing gastroenterology and internal medicine since 1983. Dr. Weiner received his medical degree from UCLA School of Medicine in 1978 and his masters in public health in 1978. His post-graduate training includes a residency at UCLA San Fernando Valley Medical Riverside Physicians Network, Riverside, CA Howard Saner, MBA Howard Saner is the Chief Executive Officer for Riverside Physician Network, a physician organization that is a contracted network of independent primary care and specialty physicians which has served the greater Riverside area since 1984. Mr. Saner also serves as the co-Chair for the Inland Empire Region of the California Association of Physician Groups. Mr. Saner celebrated his 20th anniversary with the healthcare industry, starting as a member service representative for FHP Healthcare. While at FHP Healthcare, he worked his way through the company's operations taking on various positions ranging from medical group operations, contract negotiations, community relations, and strategic development. After FHP Healthcare sold to PacifiCare, he followed the physicians to Talbert Medical Group where he served as Vice President of Managed Care and, eventually, as the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing. Having served in various positions, he was enthusiastic to come back to Riverside and work with local physicians who have established roots in the community. Saner graduated from Long Beach City College, California State University at Long Beach, and received an MBA from the University of Phoenix. Timothy Mackey, MD Timothy Mackey is a pediatrician and the President of Riverside Physician Network. He is the past-Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Riverside Community Hospital. He has served as a board member of the Riverside Physician Network for the past 15 years and was a teacher of pediatric advanced life support at Riverside Community Hospital for the past 18 years. Dr. Mackey received his MD at the University of Texas. SynerMed, Inc., Monterey Park, CA James Mason, MBA James Mason was appointed to the role of SynerMed president and Chief Operating Officer in January 2002. With more than 15 years of broad health care experience, Mason is responsible for the management and strategic direction of the company. During his tenure, SynerMed has grown from one client and a few hundred members to more than 450,000 members through its customer base. Prior to SynerMed, Mason served as Vice President of Operations for Comprehensive Healthcare Management which became SynerMed after a successful turnaround and reorganization. Mason has and continues to be involved with the development of Medicare and Medicaid managed care initiatives including Multi-purpose Senior Services Programs (MSSP), Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Social HMO (SHMO) and various Medicaid managed care programs in California including County Operated Health Systems (COHS) in Orange County, Geographic Managed Care in San Diego and Sacramento and the Two Plan model in Los Angeles County, Fresno and the Inland Empire. Mason received his bachelor's degree from the University of Redlands and a master's of business administration (MBA) from Pepperdine University. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, San Diego, CA James G. Malone Jim Malone is the Medical Group Administrator for Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) in San Diego. SCPMG is San Diego County's largest medical group, with 830 physicians serving nearly 500,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members from 15 locations throughout the county. In his role as Medical Group Administrator, Jim oversees all of SCPMG's operations in San Diego County. Prior to joining SCPMG, Jim was the Executive Director of Ambulatory Services for Kaiser Permanente in Ventura County. Before joining Kaiser Permanente in 2007, Jim served as Chief Executive Officer of the Buenaventura Medical Group, Inc. for more than 8 years. Previously he held executive positions with several prominent medical and pharmaceutical organizations, as well as Senior Consulting Manager with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mark Bird MD, MBA, MSW Dr. Bird has been an Anesthesiologist with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) since 1992. He was elected to the Board of Directors of SCPMG (1997-2008) and during that time served on the SCPMG Budget Advisory, Investment, Retirement, Revenue, Information Technology and Administrative Stipend committees. As part of his responsibilities on the board he led negotiations for physician compensation for several years. During this time he was elected as a Delegate to the California Medical Association for Very Large Group Practice where he continues to serve. Dr. Bird also represents SCPMG in Political Action and the Executive Marketing activities. In addition to his medical training Dr. Bird holds degrees in Business (MBA) from UC Irvine and Social Work (MSW) from USC. John Muir Health, Walnut Creek/Concord, CA Mike Kern, MD Dr. Kern is a family physician, who currently manages quality for John Muir Health, a regional health system in the San Francisco Bay Area. After a two-year stint as an emergency physician for Kaiser Permanente, he had a private practice in Lafayette, California, for 17 years. During this time Dr. Kern became involved in various aspects of care management, eventually being named Senior Vice President & Medical Director at John Muir. Dr. Kern has been involved in many quality activities across the state of California, such as the CCHRI efforts to improve chronic care, and the Integrated Healthcare Association's Pay for Performance initiative. Dr. Kern is a member of the Steering Committee for Pay for Performance. He also has been an advisor to CHART, the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce. Under his leadership, John Muir was one of the top performing groups in clinical quality in the initiative's first four years. Dr. Kern more recently has focused on improving care for patients with chronic illness, and children with obesity. His Transforming Chronic Care (TCC) initiative supports frail elderly patients, and serves both Network and traditional Medicare patients of John Muir. He received his bachelor's degree at Marquette University, his MD at the University of Nebraska, and completed his residency training at the University of Wisconsin, Department of Family Medicine. About CAPG CAPG is committed to improving health care for Californians and supports a progressive and organized system of health care delivery which focuses on coordinated treatment plans and comprehensive coverage, including the most current preventive services and exams. This allows physicians to focus on illness prevention and proactive management of patients in order to maintain their optimum level of health. www.capg.org. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) is a for-profit organization of doctors who serve the 3.3 million members of Kaiser Permanente's Southern California region health care network. The Southern California Kaiser Permanente regional organization is made up of a not-for-profit company [Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals] that administers the company's health plan, a group of about a dozen community hospitals, and the for-profit SCPMG. The physician group practice organization provides general practice and specialist care services. Its Southern California service territory encompasses Metropolitan Los Angeles, San Diego County, the Inland Empire, Orange County, and western Ventura County. 393 E. Walnut St. Medical Group Administrator James G. Malone provides executive leadership to the Southern California Permanente Medical Group here in San Diego... [I think that means he's the Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Oubre as CEO in San Diego. Kaiser is a non-profit, and pays no taxes. Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) is for--profit. And the partnership is very, very lucrative for both. SCPMG in San Diego In 1996, the Permanente Medical Groups created The Permanente Federation, a separate entity, which focuses on standardizing patient care and performance under one name and system of policies. Around the same time, The Company was also chartered as a vehicle to provide investment opportunities for the for-profit Permanente Medical Groups. One of the ventures of the Permanente Company is Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in emerging medical technologies.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line43
__label__cc	0.697663	0.302337	ngreennylen@law.berkeley.edu https://www.law.berkeley.edu/centers/clee/about/people/nell-green-nylen/ Green Nylen Research Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Law Her research engages law, science, and policy to tackle critical water issues. These include storm water and wastewater management, water rights enforcement and water allocation during times of drought, and effective implementation of California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). She has also published on the legal and environmental implications of federal agency planning and decision making. Dr. Green Nylen's spectrum of training exemplifies the UC Water approach: interdisciplinary and engaged. At the inaugural annual retreat, she trained graduate students to allow their interdisciplinarity to fuel their questions. Nell Green Nylen is a Research Fellow with the Wheeler Institute for Water Law & Policy at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE), UC Berkeley School of Law. Nell earned a J.D. from Berkeley Law, and both a Ph.D. and a B.S. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University, where her dissertation examined past climatic and environmental change along the Northern California coast. Prior to law school, Nell worked at the California Academy of Sciences, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Stanford University, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Before becoming a Research Fellow, she clerked for Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., on the Colorado Supreme Court and interned with the California Attorney General’s Office and the Center for Biological Diversity.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line48
__label__cc	0.655275	0.344725	Race: Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea) First Appearance: Tales of Avalon #012 Religion: Egyptian Polytheism Father: Snefru Mother: Atef Wife: [SPOILER] Occupation: Lieutenant of the Royal Guards Khenti was the second born son of Snefru and Atef. He spent most of his childhood in the palace alongside his mother, growing quite attached to her, while his father groomed Harrab for command. Khenti wanted to prove to his father that he could be just as capable as his older brother. After his thirteenth birthday, Khenti enlisted in the Grand Army as an archer. There, he met his life long friend, Eren al-Khemi. The two were nearly inseparable as they rose through the ranks. Eventually, Khenti convinced his father to give him a commission in the Royal Guards on his seventeenth birthday. It wasn’t long after he became a Royal Guard that he started a romantic relationship turned clandestine affair with Adara, one of the slave girls.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line51
__label__wiki	0.844658	0.844658	In which Ben Aaronovitch occasionally writes down things that occur to him despite the fact that he won't get paid for doing it. Book and Comic Chronology The Peter Grant Glossary STOLEN PICTURE OPTIONS TELEVISION RIGHTS TO BEN AARONOVITCH’S RIVERS OF LONDON London, UK: 29April 2019: Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s UK-based production company, Stolen Picture, has optioned the rights to Ben Aaronovitch’s best-selling novel series Rivers of London. Aaronovitch is currently working on the adaption of the first novel, also named Rivers of London. He will also serve as an Executive Producer on the series alongside Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Stolen Picture CEO, Miles Ketley. A Sunday Times best-seller, Rivers of London was first published in 2011, earning Aaronovitch a nomination in the New Writer of The Year category at the National Book Awards in 2011 and has spawned a popular graphic novel series. Each subsequent novel has also charted in the Sunday Times Top Ten Best-Seller list. The crime/supernatural crossover follows the adventures of Peter Grant, a young mixed race police officer who, following an encounter with a ghost finds himself working for The Folly, a secret Scotland Yard department that deals with supernatural crime. The Times described Rivers of London as “an incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups”.The Rivers of London franchise has been published in more than 15 languages and, to date, has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. “Nick Frost and Simon Pegg asked me if I wanted to make Rivers of London with them - you think I was going to say no? Stolen Picture have a reputation for making creator led TV with the minimum of corporate bollocks and the maximum of fun. It's an opportunity I would be bonkers to say no to” says Ben Aaronovitch. Miles Ketley, CEO of Stolen Picture says “Ben’s Rivers of London universe is the perfect project for Stolen and the perfect show for now: it’s a suspenseful, funny, scary and magical world but is rooted in the everyday with devious plots, fully drawn characters, river gods and riots. The franchise is going to be a wonderful confluence of Simon’s and Nick’s ambition and humour and Ben’s masterful story-telling to create a truly magical global show”. For more information, contact Public Eye Comms: Ciara Parkes - ciara@publiceye.co.uk Ellie Norton ellie@publicye.co.uk. Ben Aaronovitch is an English author and screenwriter. Born and raised in London, Ben worked as a scriptwriter for Doctor Who and Casualty before the inspiration for his own series of books struck him whilst working as a bookseller in Waterstones Covent Garden. His unique novels are the culmination of his experience of writing about the emergency services and the supernatural. He is represented by John Berlyne at Zeno Agency Ltd. Stolen Picture is the brainchild of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, created to devise and produce entertainment in line with the unique voice they have developed over twenty years of working together. Created in 2017, StolenPicture is dedicated to finding and nurturing new voices, up-and-coming talent, sourcing and creating interesting stories across multiple genres, and finding the drama, comedy, charm and challenges in all corners of life. Posted by Ben Aaronovitch No comments: Labels: television	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line52
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__label__wiki	0.588451	0.588451	Legionnaires Disease at Boardwalk Hotel; One Fatality OCEAN CITY- Three more cases of Legionnaire’s Disease connected to a historic Boardwalk hotel were confirmed this week, including an elderly out-of-state victim who has died from the disease, while state and local health officials this week confirmed the presence of the bacteria in the water at the facility. Last week, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Worcester County Health Department reported three individuals who were guests at the Plim Plaza Hotel on the Boardwalk had developed legionellosis, more commonly known as Legionnaire’s Disease, roughly one week after staying at the hotel. All three individuals were hospitalized, although none had died. This week, however, three additional cases of Legionnaire’s Disease were confirmed in people who had stayed at the hotel. One of the victims, an elderly out-of-state guest at the hotel, succumbed to symptoms of the disease, according to state health department officials. “Our sincere condolences go out to the family of the elderly victim that passed away,” said Plim Plaza spokesperson Betsy FauntLeroy, who did not provide any more information about the victim. “We really want to respect their privacy.” This week, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Laboratories Administration testing confirmed the presence of legionella bacteria in water collected at the Plim Plaza last week. Legionella pneumophia, the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s Disease, was detected in water collected from various locations at the hotel. The Worcester County Health Department and the state DHMH continue to work on the investigation, along with the Plim Plaza Hotel management, which has been proactive and cooperative from the start, according to state and local health officials. “We’re following all of the strict guidelines with our health department and our own independent company to make sure anything and everything is undertaken to ensure nobody else is put at risk,” said FauntLeroy this week. Almost immediately after the Plim Plaza and Harrison Group staff learned of a possible connection between the hotel and the three reported cases, guests staying at the hotel were relocated to the group’s other properties in Ocean City. The 181-room facility was about 50-percent occupied at the time the possible connection to legionellosis was reported. For the Plim Plaza, even a remote connection between the reported cases and the hotel where the original three individuals had stayed was reason enough to relocate the guests and shut down the facility three days prior to its scheduled season-ending closure. In addition to closing the hotel early and relocating its guest, the Plim Plaza staff has reached out to all guests who stayed at the facility over the last month or so. Legionellosisi is a form of pneumonia caused by inhaling aerosolized water, or water mist, containing the legionella bacteria. Roughly two to 14 days after exposure to the bacteria, a small number of individuals exposed the bacteria may develop legionellosis, which can be treated with commonly available antibiotics. Symptoms mimic the flu, including high fever, cough and shortness of breath. Other symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, or severe body aches. Persons at higher risk include smokers, the elderly, those with chronic lung disease or those with compromised immune systems. However, the illness is not spread from person to person. Although the hotel is currently closed for the season, state and local health officials, along with the hotel staff, continue to urge anyone who was a guest at the Plim Plaza during the month of September and is experiencing pneumonia-like symptoms to contact his or her health care provider. Original article from: The Dispatch This entry was posted in Legionella Water Contamination and tagged legionnaires disease fatality, ocean city legionnaires outbreak. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line67
__label__wiki	0.712184	0.712184	CCNU Scholarship(2012) 2012-6-6 14:36:00　From: Central China Normal University Central China Normal University (CCNU) was founded in 1903. It is a comprehensive and prestigious university on the list of the "National 211 Priority Project". Located in Wuhan, a major hub of transportation, it has a campus on Guizi Mountain, a hill bordering the East Lake and the South Lake. Now, CCNU comprises 24 schools and departments, more than 60 research institutes (centers) , and offers 59 bachelor's programs, 94 doctoral programs and 184 master's programs. At present the university has a student body of over 30,000, of whom 8000 are postgraduates; more than 1600 are international students. Central China Normal University commenced to accept international students who were among the first group of overseas students enrolled by Chinese universities. It has been appointed by National Government to accept international students with Government Scholarship. Meanwhile, it is one of the earliest state-level "Chinese Language Teaching Bases", which was ratified by the State Council. CCNU has set up exchangeable relations and carried out widely academic interchange and scientific research cooperation with more than 100 universities, which belong to over 70 countries, such as America, German, Japan, Russia, France, New Zeeland, Australia, Korea, Vietnam and so on. The university has begun to enroll overseas students in 1965. At present, we have 1600 overseas students from more than 100 countries for long-term study or for pursuing degrees. We warmly welcome students all over the world to join our international family!	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line68
__label__cc	0.545407	0.454593	return to new website 1 General Questions 1.1 from e-mail to Jordan Schremm of Broward County, Fl 1.2 from e-mail to Charlie Croom of Yale University 2 Other Useful Material from e-mail to Jordan Schremm of Broward County, Fl What is the target audience of this project? The target audience is really any one who wants to live and work more sustainably, but we do have a focus on the people who will be renting business space from us, and the Midtown area of Detroit. We will be renting business and workshop space to people who have green business ideas (or who are currently working in a green business). We would like to provide them with green space to work in, help them with their business plans, help them find funding sources, etc. But we also will be actively working to help the community around us (and the online community) live greener lives through workshops, events and our urban sustainability library. What financial or social benefits are expected from this development? We are a for-profit group, although any of the profits we make will go back into the business. We hope to be catalysts to support green businesses who will grow in the building then finally move on into the community. Could I have some background information on your group? A small group of us from southeast Michigan started working in the area of environmental sustainability in 2005 with the development of a group called 'Great Lakes Green Initiative'. We met every Tuesday morning at our kitchen table in Troy, MI, and began the process of a deep dive into learning about sustainability, and in the process greatly changed the way we lived. One idea that sprang from this group was a green demonstration center (which eventually morphed into a green business incubator). We wanted to locate this center close to universities so we could take advantage of the student population. We ended up in Midtown, Detroit, close to Wayne State University and the College for Creative Studies. We bought the building in 2008 and met for 2 years before undertaking construction on our building. We will be finishing up construction some time in June of this year. What are some of your biggest construction projects? We are in the middle of one construction project, and that is to do a green and historic renovation of our building at 4444 Second in Detroit. We are making the building into a net-zero energy building (it produces as much energy as it uses), and we are reusing most of the materials for construction instead of buying new. Please go to our construction page to see our latest work. The reason we are also doing a historic renovation is that the building is on the National Register of Historic Places, as it is a former Model T show room. What is your plan for the project called “Green Alley”? The Green Alley was constructed last summer. We basically took an alley in Detroit, removed all of the cement, repaired the water main and sewers underneath the ground, laid a foundation of brick, some pavement, permeable pavers and gardens, and planted native Michigan plants in the gardens. The idea is to allow the water that falls in the alley to be absorbed into the water table and not go down the storm sewers (where it will co-mingle with the raw sewage during strong rain events and spill out into the lakes and streams). For more information, see our green alley page. Why did you guys start this company? See my answer to the 3rd question. But also, we had college-age children and had concerns about job availability in Michigan, and thought we'd like to do something about it. Also, my husband became interested in the environmental movement around 2002, after retiring and serving on some boards, including the River Raisin Institute in Monroe that has an environmental focus. He also read a number of influential books at that time, including 'The Great Work' by Thomas Berry, which encourages our generation to pursue our 'great work,' which he feels is to reconcile to effects of the industrial revolution with it's effects on the planet. I joined him in this work right after I finished a Masters of Library Science, intending to some of the knowledge management work. from e-mail to Charlie Croom of Yale University 1. Where did the funding for the project come from? If possible, do you have a breakdown of the estimated budget (initial purchase and renovation costs)? The funding came from my husband and me. The building cost $500,000 and the estimated cost of renovation is about $1,000,000. 2. I see that you had hundreds of people work on the building, were most of these unpaid volunteers from the community or are they standard contractors? What was the general reaction when you first approached them? We have a couple hundred people volunteer their time on this project, mostly in design meetings. When it came to construction, we hired crews to do the work. The volunteers came to us, not vice-versa. 3. This is obviously a very unique project in terms of the driving force behind it. It's very rare to see a non-commercial building such as yours which puts so much effort into being green. Why was this so important to your project? The building is a demonstration center, of sorts, for green ideas. Part of this is our background: In 2005 we started a group called Great Lakes Green Initiative where a small group of us met around our kitchen table every Tuesday from 10-12 and slowly learned about changing our lives to reflect a more sustainable lifestyle (rain gardens, geothermal heating and cooling, etc). This building is an outgrowth of that group. In addition, the plan for the building is to become a green business incubator, so naturally we want to work in a green building. 4. In the same vein, the design process was also very unique, bringing in outside consultants to meet with the core community designers. I've taken the liberty of calling this community-driven design. (if not just community design). What do you think the benefits of community-driven design are versus using a standard architecture firm? Are there any drawbacks? The biggest benefit is that you end up with a design that uniquely represents the best of a lot of talented minds. In addition, by the time the building opens we'll have a strong community that will move the business forward. The major drawback is probably time -- community work is a little slower than cranking design out alone. One thing I should mention -- my husband calls himself 'the bus driver' in that he leads the way for our work. In community work, it still helps to have a single vision that is providing the framework for the discussions. 5. What has been the hardest part of the renovation for you guys so far? I think the hardest part has been working with the current building community (contractors). We're doing some pretty leading-edge stuff, and it takes a special contractor to partner with us. While they are quite competent in their fields, they have not necessarily ever done exactly what we're looking for, so it requires quite a bit of time up front, meeting with them, to make sure we're all on the same page. 6. How do you think this project will affect the community around you, and how will it affect sustainable development in Detroit? We can already see how it has affected the community. I feel that it has given a lift to local businesses. Our building used to be used as a warehouse, for storage, and it used to be a hang out for the homeless and otherwise disenfranchised. Now it has trees, plants, beautiful windows, and most importantly, the traffic of the people who work there every day. In the long term, we're hoping that the people renting space from us will eventually take their businesses out into the city, making room for other businesses to come in. Since these are all green businesses, they will give a boost to Detroit's sustainable business environment. In addition, we are hoping to help our community learn from what we've done in a variety of ways - in particular, through our urban sustainability library (where we'll field questions about sustainable living and do up to 2 hours of research free of charge). 7. Why did you guys choose to make all the information public on the wiki? What are you hoping to accomplish through the site? My husband and I were greatly influenced by Wikipedia (and in fact attended one of their Wikimania conferences). Our philosophy is that information about sustainable living is a fundamental right for everyone, not something that is for the few who have the time and resources to do the research. Our goal is that we make all we've learned (and will continue to learn) clear and accessible to the public so they can benefit from our knowledge and begin making the changes we have made. And hopefully, we can learn from our visitors too. 8. I was wondering to what extent you think this project could be replicated throughout the Detroit community. Perhaps not with the same end goal, but the green construction ideas behind it? Everything we did in the building was done with the thought that it could be replicated in the Detroit community. We did the research for our project, but we're archiving the work so we can use it to be of help to others. In addition, we're setting up the Green Garage Labs so we can learn more about the building's performance and help others with questions about sustainability. For example, the labs just uploaded temp, humidity and light data taken from various points in the building, and will be continually adding data into perpetuity as the building moves through the seasons. Once we understand the performance of our building, it will help inform the advice we give to others in the community. 9. Similarly, if you had one piece of advice to give to another community group looking to build a sustainable building such as yours, what would it be? The best advice I would give is to take the time to do your research up front before beginning construction. We spent 2 years in design work - that's a lot of time! Also, you need to understand what you are trying to accomplish before beginning construction. We knew that we wanted a passive design, that we wanted to take it to a net-zero energy level, that we wanted to follow the 'living building' principles of Christopher Alexander, that we needed to meet our triple bottom line in each decision (environmental integrity, economic justice and community well-being), that we wanted to monitor the building's performance, and dozens of other things. I can say that since we began construction, we have kept true to all of the principles we set up in the beginning, and that's mainly because we spent so much time thinking about it. 10. Do you guys currently have any customers/renters lined up? And if so, what are their projects? We're opening in a beta period for 6 months with about 8 businesses starting up with us. Some of the businesses are people who have been volunteering with us all along (such as Kirsten Lyons, an intern who is bringing her Earth Central organic gardening business to the GG), and some are newcomers (such as Breeze Cab, a pedicab; or Jason's business, which will take lumber from deconstructed homes, fashion pieces of furniture from them, affix them with the address of the home, and send along a history of the residents of that home.) Charlie, feel free to stop by if you're in town. Just let us know and we can make sure we're ready to meet you. We plan on opening June 15th. Please call if you have any other points you'd like me to follow up with. Thanks again for writing. Peggy Brennan Other Useful Material PowerPoint: covers background of the project, history of the building, how we turned the building into a net-zero energy building, the importance of the community, links to our work. 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__label__cc	0.544205	0.455795	Browse by PhD thesis by University of Warwick Department Group by: Author \| Item Type \| No Grouping Jump to: B \| J \| M \| R \| S Barbosa, Heloísa Gonçalves (1994) The virtual image : Brazilian literature in English translation. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Johnson, David Vivian (2001) The history, theatrical performance work and achievements of Talawa Theatre Company 1986-2001. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Mitchell, Michael, Ph.D. (2000) Hidden mutualities : Faustian themes in the postcolonial. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Mackintosh, Fiona J. (2000) Childhood in the works of Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Ramdhanie, Bob (2005) African dance in England: spirituality and continuity. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Rundle, Christopher (2001) The permeable police state: publishing translations in fascist Italy. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Swarnakar, Sudha (1998) The fallen woman in twentieth-century English and Brazilian novels : a comparative analysis of D.H. Lawrence and Jorge Amado. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line70
__label__wiki	0.855482	0.855482	11 December 2017: Górecki – Symphony No. 4, 'Tansman Episodes' (2010) It's often overlooked, given that the phenomenal success of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Symphony No. 3 occurred in the early 1990s, that the work actually dates from 1976. There was thus a gap of over 30 years between his third and fourth symphonies, so it's not surprising then that the two works are quite dissimilar. Indeed, consciously so, as his intention was to deviate as far from that template as he could when he began working on this piece. Górecki was a very private man and the success of the third deprived him of some of that privacy, something which he came to resent to a certain extent. The name, incidentally, is a tribute to the Polish composer Alexandre Tansman – 36 years Górecki's senior. In the Symphony No. 4, there are juxtapositions of massively contrasting music: brutal dissonances followed by soothing tonality. There are sections that occupy the same sound world as the third, but there are also throwbacks to his earlier avant garde style. In short, a summation of his life's work, and one he unfortunately failed to live long enough to see through. It was unfinished when he died in 2010 – written out only in short score – but his son Mikołaj went on to complete the work, following his father's instructions. It is an odd work to be honest. The crunching chords of the opening movement make for a powerful call to arms, and the beautiful Largo is dreamy enough. The third movement is just bizarre though, starting as a march somewhat reminiscent of early Shostakovich, it suddenly gives way to a slow-moving passage for cello and piano that seems to have been parachuted in from another work by an entirely different composer. The finale contains music that sounds not unlike John Adams before the opening music returns once again, initially as part of the Adams-like passage. Unsurprisingly, Classic FM have not been all over this symphony in the way they were with its predecessor. 12 December 2017: Bax – Symphony No. 7 (1939) Another last symphony, this time, the seventh of seven from the pen of Arnold Bax. It's often wondered, when considering the final symphony of a composer's output, whether they knew that this would be their last word in the genre and write accordingly. The fact is, very few people know when they're going to die no matter how ill they are, so I'm always wary of reading too much into such music. As I'm approaching the end of this year, and consequently working my way through a succession of 'last symphonies', I find it impossible, however, to escape the association with the composer's imminent demise when hearing the closing bars. That this symphony should end with an epilogue of almost heart-breaking poignancy seems like the saddest of farewells to the world. In fact, Bax lived for another 14 years after completing this symphony, rendering any such thought of finality utterly redundant. The work was premiered in Carnegie Hall as part of "British Week" at the 1939 World Fair in New York. As a consequence, Bax dedicated it to 'The People of America', removing its initial dedication to the conductor Basil Cameron. Not regarded by many as his greatest symphony, it is nevertheless a fine work. The first movement's sonata form features a second subject as lyrical as anything he ever wrote. This is followed by an understated, almost glacially serene slow movement, punctured only briefly by a central section marked, In Legendary Mood. The Finale is, unusually for Bax, a theme and variations, and carries its strength from the fact that the theme is another of his best. All of which leads towards the enigmatic Sereno epilogue, which at the very least was a stunning way to sign off as a symphonist. 13 December 2017: Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4 (1992) Witold Lutosławski is perhaps unique among his contemporaries of the Polish post-war school in that he stayed true to his principles of composition regardless of the political or pecuniary pressures upon him. While the likes of Górecki, Kilar, and Penderecki all felt the need to modify their language or change their musical direction altogether, often gaining wider audiences in the process, Lutosławski continued to plough his furrow influencing a whole generation of composers on the way. As a largely unsuccessful composition student, I certainly, shall we say, allowed myself to be influenced by Lutosławski. This work was given its UK premiere at the Proms in August 1993, conducted by the composer at the ripe old age of 80, just six months before he died, and I feel privileged to have been there to see it. It's a stunning work, in which Lutosławski was still, in the last decade of the 20th Century, rethinking the whole concept of symphonic form. Believing the Brahamsian model to be imbalanced, with too much emphasis placed on the first and last movements, he structured Symphony No. 4 in such a way that the first section merely prepares the way for the main body of the work. Everything flows seamlessly throughout its single 25-minute arch, with his trademark aleatoric passages interplaying with strict notation. Fully deserving of the ‘we're not worthy’ gestures I may have been guilty of performing at its conclusion in the Albert Hall back in '93! 14 December 2017: Magnard – Symphony No. 4 (1913) Please will someone explain to me why Albéric Magnard isn't better known? Every time I listen to one of his symphonies, I find the sheer ecstasy of his writing on a par with just about anything by Strauss or even Mahler. Maybe it's just me turning a blind eye to some perceived flaw in his technique or some other criterion that would mark him out as being second-rate. More likely is that history has just been kinder to his contemporaries. This symphony is his last surviving work. There were other pieces in progress when he died a year later defending his property from invading German troops, notably a song cycle Douze Poèmes en musique. Sadly, they, and he, perished in the fire that consumed his summer retreat, 20 miles north of Paris in 1914. Thankfully, this work of brilliance survives. He reportedly wrote directly onto orchestral score, rather than produce a short score or piano reduction first, which I believe gives this work an immediacy and vibrancy. The orchestral colours were conceived with the music rather than applied later. The final movement is a particular favourite of mine. It begins as a lively Anime, but gradually gives way to grander, expansive cathedral of sound, before taking a surprising turn towards a quiet, reflective ending. It really is quite heavenly. 15 December 2017: Grace Williams – Symphony No. 2 (1956) This is the second of a pair of symphonies from Welsh composer Grace Williams, a noted former pupil of Ralph Vaughan Williams. It almost goes without saying that it's a rarely performed work, and there is but one recording of it, made in 1979 by the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (now the BBC National Orchestra of Wales) under Vernon Handley. I loved her first symphony when I featured that back in June (see Day153), but that hasn't even had the luxury of a studio recording. I do feel a sense of duty to try to promote these works in my own small little way. This is a far more muscular work than her first symphony. The influence of her teacher is clear to hear, with this symphony occupying at times a similar sound world to the late symphonies of RVW. The first movement has a distinct militaristic feel with its trumpet fanfares and side drum interjections. The mood changes dramatically for the Andante sostenuto second movement, which opens with harp chords underpinning an oboe solo before icy strings form the backdrop for a bleak landscape. The boisterous scherzando feels a little like it is marking time before the finale, in which Grace Williams really comes into her own. It's a wonderful slow-burner of a movement. The music starts from the landscape of the Andante sostenuto and builds to an impassioned climax at around its mid-point, and from there it develops a rhythmic energy that propels it towards an uplifting coda. 16 December 2017: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 (1971) Dmitiri Shostakovich ended his symphonic cycle with this purely orchestral, non-programmatic work, which was something of a back-to-basics approach after his trilogy of 'history plays' (Nos. 11–13), and what was effectively a song cycle for No. 14. Shostakovich was 65 by this point, and in poor health. As with the Bax three days ago, the question of whether Shostakovich intended that this would be his final symphonic statement is debatable. There is much here that point towards a summation of all that has gone before in this work, with some commentators commenting that this is a birth-to-death piece. The strongest evidence for this belief would have to be the first movement, which was originally entitled "the Toyshop". It has a childlike vitality, certainly, with playful quotations from Rossini's William Tell Overture. I doubt if Shostakovich would have been aware of its use in the Lone Ranger, but there is a generation for whom that music will be associated with childhood Saturday morning cinema trips to watch the Masked Deputy! The contrast with the dark second movement, with its solemn Wagnerian brass chords in dialogue with a solo cello, could not be starker. A short and typically acidic scherzo, paves the way for the finale. This is the longest movement of the work, and has caused many people to speculate that Shostakovich is contemplating his own death. It has a strange, mystical quality quite unlike any of his other symphonic movements, and ends eerily with percussive musical fragments played over a string-harmonic chord sustained for almost two minutes. 17 December 2017: Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 10, 'Alla ricerca di Borromini' (2013) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was nothing if not prolific. He was 78 years old when he composed this, his 327th work with an opus number. He was, at the time, being treated at University College Hospital, London for leukemia – which would eventually claim his life three years later. In those three years he managed to produce 11 more works, including a String Quintet and an hour-long work for mixed choruses and orchestra, The Hogboon. This penultimate occupant of Choral Symphony Sunday is Max's finest work, in my opinion. I don't like everything he wrote by any means, indeed some of his earlier works such as the infamous Eight Songs for a Mad King I find thoroughly unpleasant. When he's good he's very good, and this is an absolute masterpiece. The title translates as 'in search of Borromini': the 17th century Baroque architect. The chorus features in the second and fourth movements, with the second being a setting of a sonnet to Borromini, and the fourth setting poetry by the early-19th century poet Giacomo Leopardi. It's a highly accessible work, and seems to represent a composer at peace with himself at the end of his life. I'm hoping to squeeze another Choral Symphony Sunday in before the end of the year, if I could only think of another choral symphony I haven't done yet ... 😉 Stanley 31 August 2018 at 15:33 I just discovered your blog. Great. Many known, but many not - and worth hearing. If you are continuing on your journey, there are a few great symphonists I was surprised not to see on your list. The four symphonies of Heinrich Gernsheim (maybe Brahms imitated him, rather than the other way around); the prolific Joachim Raff, whose descent into oblivion was undeserved; Zdenek Fibich; the other Franz, Schubert's good friend Franz Lachner; Richard Wetz (if Bruckner's 9 leave you wanting to hear more). Looking forward to spending more time with your list! Best regards, www.stangrillcomposer.com Rank Check 5 July 2019 at 05:16 stickers printing uk clivewin 25 October 2019 at 03:16 Quite surprised not to see Weinberg on the list ....	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line74
__label__wiki	0.60275	0.60275	BOOK SPOTLIGHT AND EXCERPT OF THE ALCHEMIST AGENDA BY MARTY WEISS I want to welcome Marty Weiss to Books R Us. Marty is the author of the The Alchemist Agenda . He is touring the blogosphere with Pump Up Your Book. Thanks for stopping by. When Charlie Rocklin and his company Gold Diggers Exploration set out to recover a 17th century shipwreck, they discover an undocumented Nazi submarine with enigmatic symbols. Ariel Ellis, a femme fatale historian with a mysterious past, proves that the U-boat contains the key to a formula more valuable than any sunken treasure, and more deadly than any weapon that has ever existed. In this globetrotting international adventure, Charlie and Ariel uncover an accelerating tempest of secrecy, lies, and agendas, fighting not only for the truth, but for their lives. Weiss's debut novel is a lightning-paced story with surprises at every turn, and shows us that our personal legends may be more real than we ever could have imagined. Marty Weiss was born and raised in Chicago and decided that he wanted to make movies after spending a summer working on the set of John Hughes' movie "Sixteen Candles." After earning a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an M.F.A. in film and television from New York University, he directed national and international TV commercials for major Blue Chip brands as well as TV movies. He helmed his first feature film, "Vampires: The Turning," for Sony/Screen Gems Entertainment - an action/horror movie that evolved out of John Carpenter's "Vampires." It was filmed in Chiang Mai, Thailand and released worldwide in 2005. Weiss has filmed throughout North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, and Southeast Asia, and has garnered numerous industry awards. His screen adaption of his debut novel, "The Alchemist Agenda," was the honored with the Best Screenplay award from Amazon Studios and is currently on their development slate for production. Weiss lives in Los Angeles with his wife Elisabeth and children Jasmine and Jake. Purchase the Book: Connect with the Author: http://www.martinishotfilms.tv/ Read An Excerpt: Just as Charlie turned off the shower, he heard the fall on the stairs, even though his bathroom door had been closed and his office was set apart from the others. Then everything went silent, unusually so. He haphazardly dried, quickly put on his street clothes, made sure he stuffed his wallet and his black book in his back pockets, the two personal effects he only left behind when he was training, and then secured the necklace with the crest around his neck, now the third item he would no longer leave without. He peered out into the hallway. It was too quiet. Something was not right. He walked into the lower level offices. Nothing out of place. Then he looked behind a table and saw: Two dead bodies. Horrified, he moved through the offices, searching every turn and crevice until he approached the staircase where the oceanographer’s body was sprawled on the steps. Charlie shifted into stealth survival mode, quietly made his way to one of the gear lockers, grabbed a dive knife, and crept to the next room. Wade and Luke hunted maniacally through the banks of computers and equipment. But it was Ray who found the U-2008 bell up in Charlie’s office, and moments later, the locked case beside the desk. He smiled instantly because he had worked for a custom locksmith all through high school, a job he had loved because it taught him how to crack similar safe designs built to keep children from their parent’s firearms. It didn’t take him sixty seconds to open this lock. The Shackers’ orders were specific. They were told to find a nautical GPS and not to come back without it. And there it was. Ray moved into the computer room where Luke and Wade were searching and excitedly waved the nautical GPS. “I got it!” Luke grabbed the device and looked it over. “You’re shitting me.” “Let me see.” Wade tossed aside a computer he was searching through and went to join the other two, but a voice stopped him. “Don’t move.” The three Shackers turned to see Charlie pointing an air-powered speargun. “Set it down on the table and drop your guns.” Wade almost laughed. He had been jumped, fired at, and held up by insurgents with much more firepower, and hatred. He wasn’t about to allow this freakin’ frogman get in his way. As Luke and Ray dropped their weapons, Wade drew and fired. Charlie dove for cover behind the shelving unit and crawled into the gear room to hide behind a rack of wet suits. Ray grabbed the bell and the GPS from Wade and packed them into the empty pack he had strapped over his shoulder. “Fuck’m, we got what we came for.” “Orders were to leave nobody alive,” Wade objected. “Move it.” Wade and Luke stormed into the gear room with their guns poised; Ray took his time, but trailed right behind. They saw no one, but heard Charlie’s voice: “What the hell do you want?” Wade put his finger to his lips so that Luke and Wade wouldn’t open their traps, then stalked slowly toward the direction of the voice. “Same thing as you.” There was a long silence as Wade searched behind the racks of wetsuits, and then Charlie dropped down from the storage shelves, knocked the gun out of Wade’s hand and slammed him to the floor. Wade loved close combat—it was his forté—but Charlie didn’t give him the chance to show it. He dropped a heavy steel dive tank on Wade’s face, breaking his nose on impact and knocking him unconscious. Luke and Ray couldn’t fire their guns with Wade so close, so they charged Charlie. He met them with a rapid flurry, shoving his elbow into Ray’s gut and an upper cut into Luke’s chin, and then he tucked and rolled as Luke’s gun fired, a shot that hit the back wall. Charlie reached for a dive knife, sprung to his feet and threw it. It flew past Ray’s ear. Charlie took cover on the floor and crawled toward an exit as Ray popped off more shots. Charlie burst outside into the alley. Someone was already there. Through the sun in his eyes he could only make out a silhouetted figure approaching… It was Wade, his face covered in blood from the dive tank, his gun in his hand. There was nothing to duck behind. Everything went still. And then came a shot. When Charlie realized he hadn’t been hit, he turned and saw Ariel leaning on the hood of her car, just-fired gun in hand. Wade collapsed on the alley pavement, a bullet through his heart. He barely had a moment to realize that this was his final battle, or to agonize over the possibility that his father would learn that he had been brought down by a woman, his final humiliation. “I told you there wouldn’t be much time,” she said. “We have to get out of here!” The exit door swung open, but before Ray and Luke could scope the perimeter, Ariel fired one more shot, which hit the steel door, and forced them back inside. “Gimme your keys.” Charlie approached with an open hand. “They’ll try to leave through the front entrance. We’ll cut them off—” Ariel closed the keys in her fist and gestured to the passenger seat. “There’s a lot more than those two to worry about. Get in.” Charlie got inside the car, weighing his options, trying to think like a diver, remaining calm and breathing steadily as Ariel sped the car out of the alley. “They got the nautical GPS,” Charlie said. “They can find the site.” “You still have the crest?” Charlie held the necklace under his shirt. “Yeah.” “And you can find the sub without the GPS, right?” “Right... Watch out!” A car tore out of another alley in front of them. Ariel skillfully maneuvered and skid, missing them by inches, then took off in the other direction. The other car spun around and came after them. Ray was driving. Luke was riding shotgun as he fired a few useless rounds. “Drive straight, would you?” Luke ordered. “Your aim is for shit,” was all Ray could come back with. The chase sent them weaving through the office park and into a residential area. Ariel remained cool as a cucumber as she turned onto a lawn and through several backyards, like an obstacle course she knew well. She picked up their conversation where she left off, just like she did with her bi-weekly lectures: “Just because they can get to the U-boat doesn’t mean they can get inside. The key isn’t easy to find and it’s not in America.” “The key? I thought you said there was a code,” Charlie said. “Is it a key or a code?” “I’ll explain everything, as long as we’re partners in this.” She turned onto another street, and then glanced back to be sure she’d lost their pursuers. “Are we partners?” “I haven’t had the best luck with partners.” “Maybe you should move on to something else then. Without the key, you’ll never get inside.” “I don’t give up until I have all the answers.” “That’s why we’re a perfect fit.” She knew she had him; he knew he didn’t have a choice. “Where are we going?” he asked. She turned onto the entrance ramp to the Turnpike. “Prague.” “Just like that, without any tickets, passports, or luggage?” She stepped on the gas and headed for John F. Kennedy International Airport. 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__label__cc	0.668418	0.331582	Delivering the new Kingaroy Hospital Project announcements Broad Construction is delivering the new Kingaroy Hospital which will be one of the largest hospitals in regional Queensland. The hospital is being built in two stages with the development involving the construction of a new three-level Clinical Services building, followed by the demolition of the existing hospital and then the construction of an additional wing. Once complete, the new hospital will include operating theatres, patient rooms, birthing suites, an expanded emergency department, medical imaging facilities, increased outpatient services, a pathology department, renal/ dialysis facility, pharmacy, outpatient services, a cardiac rehabilitation gym and visitor facilities including a cafe. Broad Construction’s Project Manager Ian Findlay said: “The new Kingaroy Hospital is an important project for the South Burnett region. The team really appreciate the interest that the people of Kingaroy are showing in the work we are doing. We currently have over 140 people working on site and are on track to be completed as scheduled next year.” The new Kingaroy Hospital	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line78
__label__wiki	0.902432	0.902432	You have lived and breathed cricket: PM Modi applauds Raina on glorious career by ANI New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Applauding Suresh Raina on his glorious cricketing career, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the southpaw "lived and breathed cricket". In a tweet on Friday, Raina shared the letter of appreciation from PM Modi and wrote in the caption, "When we play, we give our blood & sweat for the nation. No better appreciation than being loved by the people of this country and even more by the country's PM. Thank you @narendramodi ji for your words of appreciation & best wishes. I accept them with gratitude. Jai Hind!" Recalling the initial days of Raina's career, PM Modi wrote in the letter: "You have lived and breathed cricket. Your interest in the sport began early in life, in the by-lanes of Muradnagar and subsequently found feet in the playgrounds of Lucknow. There on, what an eventful journey it has been, culminating in the most important honour of representing India - a country you love deeply - in all three forms of the game." He further appreciated the spectacular fielding of the all-rounder and his batting, particularly, in the shortest format of the game. "Generations will remember you not only as a fine batsman but also as a very useful bowler who the captain could turn to when the situation demanded. Your fielding was exemplary and inspiring. Some of the best catches in recent international cricket have your distinctive imprint. It would take days to count just the number of runs you have saved by your alertness on the field," the letter read. "As a batsman, you especially distinguished yourself across all mediums and particularly in the newest form of the game, the T-20 cricket. This is not an easy format. In tune with our times, it requires quick fixes in double-quick time. Again, your promptness and speed were assets for this form," it added. Reminiscing the 2011 World Cup and Raina's "inspiring" role during the tournament, the Prime Minister said, "India can never forget your inspiring role during the 2011 World Cup, especially during the later matches. I saw you live in action at the Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad, during the Quarter Final against Australia. Your anchoring innings had a big role to play in our team's victory. I can confidently say that most fans will miss seeing your elegant cover drives, one which I was lucky to witness live that day." PM Modi further said "Raina will always be synonymous with the team spirit" and wished him for his post-retirement innings. The 33-year-old announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15 following the footsteps of his leader Mahendra Singh Dhoni. A world-class fielder and a useful bowler, Raina represented India in 18 Tests, 226 ODIs, and 78 T20Is in an international career spanning 13 years. A member of the World Cup-winning team in 2011, Raina first made his international debut at the age of 18 and also led India in ODIs and T2OIs when he turned 23. He is the youngest to lead Indian men's T20I side and was also a member of the side that played in India's first-ever T20I. The southpaw is also the first Indian to score a century in the T20 World Cup. Under his captaincy, India registered a 3-2 series victory in West Indies and a 2-0 win over Bangladesh in ODIs and a 2-0 T20I series win in Zimbabwe. Raina, who scored a century on debut in Tests, is also the first Indian to have hundreds in all three formats of the game and his centuries were scored outside India. (ANI) Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article above are those of the authors' and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of this publishing house. Unless otherwise noted, the author is writing in his/her personal capacity. They are not intended and should not be thought to represent official ideas, attitudes, or policies of any agency or institution. Suresh Raina narendra modi PM appreciation letter retirement	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line79
__label__wiki	0.705357	0.705357	About ICIC ICIC Committee Recognition of Excellence Award American Marine Claims Award Recent & Upcoming Events 2019 Keynote Speakers David is CEO of Hyperion, the world’s largest insurance broker outside of the US with divisions in broking and underwriting under the Howden, RKH and DUAL brands. Since he founded Hyperion in 1994 David has been the driving force behind its expansion. His focus is on building the Group’s enviable international distribution network, as well as shaping and implementing its development and direction. David has grown the business from three people in a small office in London, to what is, today, a global group with over 4,500 people in 38 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, the USA, and Latin America. Hyperion’s impressive growth has been recognised every year for the past five years by the Sunday Times in their Fast Track listings. In 2018, the company featured in the International Track 200, which ranks the UK’s private companies with the fastest growth in international sales, as well as the Top Track 250, which ranks UK private companies’ overall sales. David Howden (CEO, Hyperion) Captain Nicholas Sloane Senior Salvage Master/Director, Resolve Marine Group During his career Captain Sloane has been involved as salvage master in many high-profile and interesting salvage operations around the world (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, UAE, India, Bangladesh, the US, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philipinnes, Brazil, Mexico, Africa & China / Hong Kong) and dealt with many cases where political, environmental and public pressure were intense such as the “AD-19”, the “Tasman Spirit”, the “Jolly Rubino” the “Ikan Tanda”, the “Treasure” the “Sealand Express”, the “CP Valour”, the “Kota Kado”, the “Jupiter-1” Oil Rig, the “Brillante Virtuoso” off Yemen, the “Rena” casualty off Astrolab Reef in New Zealand, and led the 530-strong team for the wreck removal of the cruise-ship “Costa Concordia” , the largest single wreck removal project in history, off Isola del Giglio, Italy. He was involved in the SAA flight 295 “HELDERBURG” Boeing 747 aircraft search & recovery off Mauritius in late 1987, in water depths of 4,900m, and has been involved in several other aircraft recovery operations - both military and civil. He has been involved in the recovery seven oil rigs (jack—ups and semi-subs) from Persian Gulf, US Gulf, Mexico, Philipinnes and Australia. From 2011 to 2016 - Nick was a member of the Lloyds Panel of Special Casualty Representatives (SCR) Nick joined the Resolve Marine Group as Director for Europe, Middle East & Africa in January 2016. DCI Gordon Roberts Detective Chief Inspector and Head of Unit, NaVCIS In his policing career he has worked primarily in investigation and intelligence. NaVCIS is the culmination of his career and stared NaVCIS freight in 2015. DCI Roberts knows that the fight against organised has to be tackled with a partnership approach and is proud to be heading a national policing unit that maximises partnership policing. DC Mike Dawber Field Intelligence Officer, NaVCIS Mike’s career progression led him into law enforcement and in particular Autocrime investigation. Prior to commencing his role with NaVCIS, he was stolen vehicle officer for Cheshire Police investigating stolen vehicles, plant and agricultural machinery theft, and vehicle fraud. In April 2018, Mike commenced a seconded Police Officer’s role with NaVCIS Freight investigating freight crime, working in partnership with Beazley Marine. Paul Harman President (PHILA Central America & Caribbean Inc.) Born in Consett, Co. Durham, England, Paul is a highly experienced and market recognised International Loss Adjuster, specialising in Marine and Engineering losses, with more than 38 years experience in claims handling, He has spent the last 26 years handling claims in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. Paul is now the President of PHILA Central America & Caribbean Inc., and of the PHILA Group, is fluent in Spanish (written and spoken) and has a good working knowledge of Portuguese. David Leighton Group Head of Corporate Affairs, Associated British Ports David joined ABP in 2005 after working for Rail Freight Group Chairman, The Lord Berkeley OBE. David has had a number of roles at ABP covering a wide range of disciplines including commercial strategy and public affairs. In his current role as Group Head of Corporate Affairs, David has Board-level responsibility for ABP’s stakeholder and media engagement, as well as employee and business transformation communications. David has extensive experience of ports policy at both UK and EU levels and is leading ABP’s work on Brexit, engaging with partners across Europe to make sure trade can continue to flow as smoothly as possible. Michael G. Chalos Practice Group Coordinator/Maritime Litigation & Transaction, K&L Gates LLPs President of IUMI (International Union of Marine Insurance) Richard has worked in the insurance industry for over 35 years. He has been in Marine Insurance for most of that time, specifically with the RSA Insurance Group. In September 2018, he achieved 2 distinctions: firstly, becoming CEO of RSA Luxembourg (the company’s post-Brexit subsidiary for its Specialist operation in the European Union); and secondly , the IUMI Council elected him as President of IUMI. He is the first ever British person to achieve this distinction in IUMI’s 145 year history. Stephen Hill Associate Director & Senior Aviation Surveyor, McLarens Aviation Stephen is a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer, holding EASA and FAA licenses. He has gained experience working for airlines and aircraft maintenance companies both in the UK and the Far East. His experience includes roles of both senior engineer and manager. Stephen joined McLarens Aviation in 2005 and currently holds the position of Associate Director and Senior Aviation Surveyor. His role includes handling complex aviation insurance based loss assignments on behalf of global underwriters, dealing with claims and all this entails including technical through to settlement. Stephen has experience in project management, handling and providing consultancy technical support and liaison on several passenger jet aircraft recoveries on behalf of airlines and their Insurers since 2006, including technical expert witness. Capt. Jessica Tyson Deputy Harbour Master, Port of Bridgwater Rosalind Blazejczyk MEng, CEng, MRINA Managing Partner, Naval Architect, Solis Marine Consultants Ros is co-founder at Solis Marine Consultants, a naval architect specialising in salvage, wreck removal and shipping incident investigations, and is a member of the Panel of Special Casualty Representatives (SCRs) at Lloyd’s. She has provided technical advice on a large number of complex and politically sensitive salvage and wreck removal operations worldwide on behalf of owners and insurers and also directly for salvors. Her casualty management work has included development of salvage specifications, management of the bid evaluation process for wreck removal and on site monitoring of the operations themselves. She is particularly experienced in dealing with seriously damaged large container vessels following grounding, collision or fire, including the practical aspects relating to discharge of damaged containers from flooded holds, management of structural condition and refloating operations. Ros also provides expert evidence in relation to a range of stability and strength issues as well as salvage dangers. Dr Nick Chapman Senior Cargo Risk Engineer, EMEA & Asia, FM Global Cargo (London) As Senior Cargo Risk Engineer in EMEA & Asia for cargo insurers FM Global, Dr Nick Chapman is primarily engaged in supporting clients with the risk management of their global cargo operations. Prior to joining FM Global, Nick was engaged as a consultant cargo expert to the marine insurance industry. He has led cargo surveys, site inspections and loss investigations on the ground in more than 30 countries and has authored several papers for scientific and industry publications. Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a PhD in Agricultural Science, Nick is also a Chartered Biologist, a member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) and has additional work experience in the chilled foods, energy, and government sectors. Bert Nelen Regional Product Leader Marine, EMEA, AXA XL As Regional Product Leader for Marine EMEA region at AXA XL, Bert Nelen has led a full and illustrious vocation within the marine insurance market. After studying at the University of Antwerp, he began his career in 1981 as a trainee lawyer in maritime law. By 1989 Bert was working with Marsh Antwerp as Senior Account Executive specialising in marine hull risks and P & I insurance being actively involved in the development of the Eastern European marine insurance markets, especially Russia and the Ukraine. From 1999 till 2012 Bert worked as Marine Manager Continental Europe for Chubb (formerly ACE), before to move to Amlin Europe where he was Executive Vice President Marine until 2014 when he progressed to his current role.. From 2007 – 2010, Bert was Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Belgian Association of Marine Insurers; member of the Cargo Committee at the International Union of Marine Insurers (IUMI). Florian Mattinson Director of Security Services, SmartWater Technology Limited SmartWater Technology is an international crime fighting and crime prevention company with an established track record for detecting and deterring criminal activity. SmartWater have created a wide range of crime reduction programmes utilising cutting-edge and proprietary traceable liquid products which have been highly successful in reducing crimes, such as vehicle crime, burglary, robbery and asset theft. Florian started his career working as a commercial and insurance lawyer in the City. Before joining SmartWater in 2010, he worked in maritime insurance in Hamburg and then as General Counsel for the Müller Dairy Group, Europe's largest private dairy producer and brand. Florian's role also involves responsibility for SmartWater's overseas network of agents and distributors. He is a dual-national of Britain and Germany. Gary Higgins Director of Security Services, SmartWater Technology Limited. Gary is a former Police Officer having served initially with the London Metropolitan Police before retiring from his position as Divisional Commander for Telford, West Mercia Police. He now oversees the operational side of SmartWater's business and regularly utilises his operational experience to support police led operations to both deter and detect a wide range of criminal activity.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line81
__label__wiki	0.771504	0.771504	Filmed abuse of Ethiopian domestic worker sparks outrage (VIDEO) BEIRUT, Lebanon — The filmed abuse of an Ethiopian domestic worker in Lebanon has drawn widespread condemnation and thrown light onto a persistent problem of living and working conditions of the estimated 200,000 migrants in the country. The video depicts a woman lying on the ground outside the Ethiopian consulate before a group of men drag her against her will into a car. She is quoted as saying in Amharic "I will not go," GlobalVoices wrote. The man beating the woman, pulling her hair, and shoving her into the car was identified by the Lebanese Broadcasting Company as Ali Mahfouz, NewsDire wrote. The Lebanese cabinet condemned the abuse and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice, the Daily Star reported. The Ethiopian consulate in Beirut has not received the security protection it has repeatedly requested from Lebanese authorities, the paper wrote. The comments section on the YouTube video has been filled with condemnation of the man and the actions. The video reportedly made wide rounds among Ethiopian Facebook users. NOW Lebanon translated the exchange between bystanders, who were encouraging the man to leave the maid alone. An editorial on the Lebanese news website bemoaned that "we still suffer from a crude racism, and the world is catching on to our grubby secret." Ethiopia banned economic migration to Lebanon in 2008, according to The Daily Star, after it "probed the human right violations and domestic violence Ethiopian migrants face behind closed doors in Beirut while employed as maids." But many women still travel to Lebanon to look for work because demand remains strong. Scores of domestic workers have died or been killed by their employers in Lebanon over the past decade. Last month, a Sri Lankan domestic worker allegedly killed her employer. Al Akhbar English reported that the deceased's husband did not know the maid's name, “because it is a strange name that is difficult to memorize.” A Lebanese security official told the website, "What we understood from her is that she was not content with working at the victim's house." A study by Kafa, a Lebanon-based rights group, reported on nine maid suicides that occurred in August 2010. Most jumped from balconies of apartment towers or hanged themselves. Over the past two months, at least four maids have committed suicide in Lebanon, the Daily Star wrote. Labels: abuse, fight, lebanon	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line83
__label__cc	0.651206	0.348794	Webster Special Police The Webster Special Police is an all-volunteer group that assists the Town of Webster, NY and its full time Police Officers at times when extra manpower is required. Some of the typical emergency services provided to the town include assistance during major accidents, fires, storms and other threats to life and property. We also provide traffic and crowd control during many of the town’s more routine public events such as parades, festivals, carnivals, races and school sporting events. Special Police are on call 24 hours a day to supplement the full time Police Officers, relieve them of routine duties, and allow them to concentrate on those functions which require their training and expertise. We also provide court security on a weekly basis at the Webster Town Court. Our members come from all walks of life; business owners, retirees, students and both white collar and blue collar workers. Each member brings his or her own experience and talents to the department and provides an invaluable asset to the the Town of Webster. All training, uniforms and equipment is provided. All prospective officers must successfully complete the Part-time Basic Course for Peace Officers offered at the Monroe County Criminal Justice and Public safety Training Center. Following a probationary period, they are then designated Peace Officers by the Webster Town Board under Section 158 of New York Town Law. Special Police Officers appointed pursuant to Town Law Section 158 are designated as Peace Officers as provided by Criminal Procedure Law, Section 2.10 paragraph 54. Such Police Officers shall be known as "Special Policemen" and shall have all the power and authority conferred upon constables by the general laws of the state and such additional powers, not inconsistent with law, as shall be conferred upon them by the town board. Peace Officers may exercise any authority conferred upon them when acting pursuant to their duties. If you wish to request the services of the Webster Special Police, Please contact the Webster Police department at (585) 872-1216 x399.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line84
__label__wiki	0.907952	0.907952	UK Squad Named For Inaugural Polocrosse World Cup With membership of the UK Polocrosse Association leaping from 250 to more than 400 in the last two years, three new clubs opening this year and 2003 heralding the first ever Polocrosse World Cup, now is an exciting time to be playing polocrosse. Nations competing in the first ever World Cup, to be held in April/May in Warwick, Queensland, are expected to be Australia (which has almost 4,000 players), New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, USA, Canada, Ireland and the UK. Australian clubs will provide ponies for all visiting teams. International tours by our players this year include a Ladies' tour to the USA in May and an Under 21s mixed tour to South Africa in July. A fuller season than ever was played from April to September this year, with record turnouts at almost every weekend tournament and high attendance at the week-long training courses. A winter league, using covered arenas, is now running for the first time, which will enable year-round play nationwide. A thriving pony club polocrosse scene is bringing more and more young players into the game. The sport is considerably cheaper than polo, with each player needing only one pony. Teams of six are split in two, playing alternate chukkas of three against three, enabling horses to be rested between chukkas. The field is about the size of a rugby pitch, in comparison with a polo ground, into which several football fields fit. Whilst top players favour ponies trained specifically for polo or polocrosse, most players start using their existing mount: cobs, native ponies, hunters, jumpers and trotters adapt to the game easily, once they get used to the stick, ball and other ponies on the field. The UK teams for the Polocrosse World Cup are as follows: Ladies' squad: Debbie Harris, Shelley King, Sophie Lodder, Ruth Simkin Ladies' non-playing reserves: Penny Hillier, Jessica Shearing Men's squad: Shane Borland, Jason Burbidge, Rick Murray, Andrew Schaefer Men's non-playing reserves: Guy Robertson, Simon Shearing http://www.polocrosse.org.uk/ Visit the UK Polocrosse Association on Stand No. 179 at the British Equine Event, 2nd & 3rd November 2002	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line85
__label__wiki	0.713944	0.713944	The Necessity of Green David Betteridge writes critically and creatively about the artwork above, Nature writing, Bertolt Brecht, and eco-communism. The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history - Raymond Williams What you see above is a lino print called “Leaf of Tree”, by Owen McGuigan. It hangs on the wall above my computer at home, is mounted on white card, and is surrounded by a broad hardwood frame. It measures five inches across by seven inches tall. Looking at it, as I often do - it draws my attention to it, inspiringly - I find that it invites two kinds of looking: one from above, so to speak, as if I was a bird gliding over a fertile landscape, and the other slower, more detailed, as if I was an insect prospecting this way and that way at close quarters. How does this “Leaf of Tree” image strike you, I wonder? For most people, probably, the thoughts and feelings that the print arouses will be pleasant ones, and for three reasons. The first reason is physiological: the highest-density part of our eyes’ retina is most sensitive to green, so responds to that colour with greatest acuity. The second reason is aesthetic: the placing of one larger leaf, stylised, within a pattern of smaller leaves is very skilfully handled; we look, and we recognise beauty. The third reason is associative: the image triggers memories in us of previous leafy encounters, whether in the real world, or mediated through art or literature. Those 35 square inches of art might stand for three or five or 35 acres of green growth, or more, or for the whole world if you think so; or they might stand for some smaller singular Dear Green Place, dear only to you. For me, the fresh green of “Leaf of Tree” conjures up a summer’s day in a wood in Argyll. I hear the waves slapping on Loch Etive, not far from where I stand. The sun is shining directly on, and through, a panoply of sessile oak leaves, highlighting their veins in all their intricacy. I am also reminded of William Morris’s lovely plant designs, particularly “Acanthus”, “Orchard” and “Willow Bough”. Building on these or similar associations, we might even go on to interpret the colour green and the idea of “green” in a symbolic way, seeing in growing things the very principle of life, as Walt Whitman did when he wrote his Leaves of Grass: I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven... I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic... Growing among black folk as among white... I give them the same, I receive them the same... All goes onward and outward... and nothing collapses... Having images such as “Leaf of Tree” on display at home, or stored electronically, is pretty commonplace. Looking at them, we can readily feed our senses and our imaginations, for the reasons given above. It is also commonplace to want to read and be reminded of green things, especially in dark times such as we live in now - and when are times ever not dark? Books about Nature are consistently in lists of best-sellers. During the recent Covid-19 lockdown, my “Leaf of Green” took on especial significance for me. It inspired me to wrestle some green thoughts into a chapbook of poems, including the one given below: While the pot boils (Looking out of my kitchen window during the Covid-19 pandemic) Even in these dark days, the world does not forget to green and grow. My neighbour’s apple-tree progresses well, no longer bare twigs, but leaves and flowers. With fruit to come, it gives sanctuary to a pair of nesting wrens, who get on busily with everything that their lives demand, heedless of what we humans know, or do not know. The tree waves and bends in the frequent wind. I note it does not break. Like the wrens, it is industrious. How readily Earth’s habitats renew, recycle, and remake! A critic of puritanical bent might argue that such “nature worship” or “nature wallowing” as is found in the above poem - and in Nature writing generally, perhaps - is a deplorably “escapist” habit, a turning away from the “real” business of dealing with the world. George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers) was an early example of this stern and restrictive school of criticism. In 1670, or thereabouts, he wrote to his followers as follows: And therefore, all friends and people, pluck down your images; I say, pluck them out of your houses, walls, and signs, or other places, that none of you be found imitators of his Creator, whom you should serve and worship; and not observe the idle lazy mind… Later, and famously, from a secular, communist standpoint, Bertolt Brecht wrote as follows, apparently as puritanically as Fox, but significantly not quite: To those born later Truly, I live in dark times! The guileless word is folly. A smooth forehead Suggests insensitivity. The man who laughs Has simply not yet had The terrible news. What kind of times are they, when To talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors? That man there calmly crossing the street Is already perhaps beyond the reach of his friends Who are in need? Being a great poet, and a man fully alive, Brecht carefully avoided the extremism that was found in Fox, who went so far as to prefer grey to all other colours. “Almost a crime,” Brecht declared; therefore not a crime, although some on the Left might still think it is, trapped in the notion that tree-talk can only be a turning aside from the realities of the class struggle, and therefore a holiday from the building of socialism. No, Brecht was careful to keep for himself a certain licence to talk about trees, and write about them, and delight in them. These things he did throughout the years of the Second World War and Cold War, up to his swan-song Buckow Elegies. Consistently, he used trees as an emblem for pleasure, well-being, and for continuity across generations. “Lovely trees,” he exclaimed in “Finnish Landscape”, and “Such scents of berries and of birches there!” He saw no need to repress his delight in Nature. It resurged again and again, gaining expression in other poems that he went on to write, often about gardens, including, most luxuriously of all, his friend Charles Laughton’s garden on the Pacific coast near Los Angeles. Brecht singled out the fuchsias for praise: “Amazing themselves with many a daring red”. Always the dialectician, Brecht contrived to plant negatives among his positives, creating a complex context for his celebration of green beauty. So, in “Finnish Landscape”, written in 1940, with war spreading from country to country and across continents, he wrote: Dizzy with sight and sound and thought and smell The refugee beneath the alders turns To his laborious job... [He] sees who’s short of milk and corn... And sees a people silent in two tongues. And in the Californian “Garden in Progress” (1944), he added to his picture the fact that there was “crumbling rock” destabilising the garden. Even as the gardeners worked to finish their planting, “Landslides / Drag parts of it into the depths without warning.” Meanwhile, the poet was aware of the gunfire of warships exercising off the coast, and thought of “a number of civilisations” ready to collapse. The same delight in the things of Nature as Brecht’s, again voiced in communist terms, and again set in a complex context, is found by the wagon-load in William Morris’s News from Nowhere (1890). Near the end of this imagined visit to a future commonwealth, Morris’s alter ego William Guest is told by his guide, Ellen, that: O me! O me! How I love the earth, and the seasons, and weather, and all things that deal with it, and all that grows out of it... Here Morris’s green utopia is used as a method of criticising capitalism, of opposing it, and of rejecting it, while at the same time re-imagining how a society might better function in future. His utopia is as much a dramatising of a communist “structure of feeling”, as defined by Raymond Williams, as it is an outlining of a political programme. It is an early example of eco-communism, where Green and Red go hand in hand, albeit simply. There is an eloquent passage in Ernst Fischer’s The Necessity of Art where he quoted Brecht regarding the same critical use of utopia as Morris deployed: Dreams and the golden “if” Conjure the promised sea Of ripe corn growing... To Brecht’s “Dreams and the golden ‘if’” we might add our own corollary: “Hope and the green leaf”. So far, we have looked at the “Leaf of Tree” image as a finished product, its only context being provided from our own store of memories of similar green things, and images of things, and writings about them. Your store will be different from mine, of course, although I guess - I hope - that there will be enough commonality between them for us to agree that “Leaf of Tree” is well worth looking at, and looking at many times, and that doing so is a rewarding experience: in a nutshell, that it is life-affirming. Now it is time, in the second half of the essay, to show the process by which “Leaf of Tree” came into being, and to put it in its full context - a context that includes its artist, its time and place of production, and the culture out of which it came and into which it feeds. Knowing these extra things about the image is unlikely to change our first opinion of it, but may give depth and confirmation to that opinion, and increase the range of associations that the image prompts in us. “Oh no,” a formalist critic might protest, narrowly, “we should only be concerned with what lies within the frame.” We, preferring a cultural materialist perspective, will not be deterred. As when we get to know anything or anyone new, so with “Leaf of Tree”: we want to ask of it, Where are you from? Here is where “Leaf of Tree” is from: namely a garden shed on the very boundary of Glasgow and Clydebank. The artist is Owen McGuigan, a former shop-fitter, now retired. He is well known in Clydebank and beyond as Clydebank’s best archivist and celebrator. His principal medium is photograph and video, although latterly he has also used drawing, print-making, jig-saw and wood panel burning as media for his vision. Visit his website here, and be bowled over by its very great volume, beauty and range of reference. All in all, there are sufficient images archived on Owen’s website to satisfy legions of social historians and Bankies wanting a visual record of their hometown, legions of art-lovers, and to inspire legions of poets. Owen has contributed to the Culture Matters website, on the subject of ship-building’s double legacy in “Profit and Loss” (28 January, 2017), and on war and peace in “The Pity of War” (23 July, 2018) and “No More War” (10 November, 2019). I have picked out a few examples of Owen’s work below, to keep his “Leaf of Tree” company: - Trees in winter, Dalmuir Park A garden game, devised for grandchildren during the Covid-19 lockdown Cleaning up the Forth & Clyde Canal: a recent photo The Clydebank blitz: a jigsaw composition Elegy for Glasgow School of Art: aftermath of its second fire, June, 2018 Profit & Loss: Ship-building anatomised Dogwood and spider Even these few examples give a good impression of Owen’s range of styles and subject matter. What unites them is a strong shape, a clear content, and skill. They are all labours of love, produced in Owen’s leisure time. This fact gives them a special significance, rescuing them, and rescuing Owen, from any nexus of commodities and marketplaces. In Raymond Williams’s words: The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure... we make our own choices and our own decisions. We feel for the time being that our life is our own. The garden shed that is pictured above is only one of Owen’s favoured workshops. That is where he works when he works alone. On other occasions, when he works with others, sometimes as a tutor, sometimes as a learner, always collaboratively, then he has two other places to go to, both close to home. One of them is an arts centre in Dalmuir Park, in an old park superintendent’s house; the other, rejoicing in the name “The Awestruck Academy”, is in a defunct snooker hall in Clydebank’s pedestrianised town centre. Ten thousand such cultural hubs across the land, for community use, sited wherever “To Let” signs are commonest, would serve the people there in the way rising sap serves a tree. Ten thousand such hubs devoted specifically to socialist and trade union work would specifically serve the labour movement. There are several pieces on the Culture Matters website exploring this notion, notably Rebecca Hillman’s “Rebuilding Culture in the Labour Movement” (27 November, 2017), Mike Quille’s “Culture for the Many, Not the Few” (13 December, 2018), and Chris Guiton’s “Profound New Visions of a Better World” (10 June, 2019). They underpin the argument being advanced here. Regarding the two cultural hubs in Clydebank that Owen favours, and is fostered by, he mentions them in a contribution he has written for this essay, giving the “Leaf of Tree” back-story. From it, you will realise that the image that is at the heart of this essay is unique: it is the first, and so far the only print made from Owen’s linocut: I have had a fascination about trees since I was a boy, from climbing them in Whitecrook Park with my two sisters in the 50s, and our mum taking us berrypicking at Blairgowrie during the school holidays, where on our day off my two sisters and I would go to the forest around the loch and light camp fires. I can still smell that. Later in life, my nephew David and I did a lot of hill walking. We walked the West Highland Way together, and I loved walking inside a silent forest. The family and I even built a cabin up at Carbeth, in the hills, which we had for twelve years before vandals set fire to it. So, over the years, trees have been a recurring theme in my work. More so when I joined the Dalmuir Park Art Class in 2013. We did a lot of nature-themed projects. Last year we all did a big tree mural, and over the year we added various elements to it reflecting the seasons. I made a video of this project: Usually, when I sat down at the art class to start a lino- cut, I never planned what I was going to do. An idea of a tree inside a leaf popped into my head. The final title was a play on the words “Tree of Life”, an image that has always fascinated me. I made some Christmas decorations of it, although it was a lot of work, as they were handmade. The first linocut that David saw was at the Awestruck Academy in Clydebank, on a board that someone had set up with several linoprints. David was taken by the image, and I said I would print one for him. I looked through all my linocuts, and, as usual, it was the one that was missing! Then I remembered that Sandra Anton, the Community Ranger that runs our art class, liked the linocut herself and wanted to display it at home, so I let her take it. I asked her, but she had been decorating and stored it somewhere, and couldn’t find it. I then did a new linocut especially for David and printed it for him. This was the inspiration for David to create his latest poetry book. Looking again at Owen’s “Leaf of Tree”, taking into account both the context and the process of its making, we can agree that the image suggests much more than a bit of green growth. We can agree, in reality and metaphorically, that a leaf - any leaf, anywhere and everywhere - is sustained by a twig, and the twig is sustained by a branch, and the branch by a tree’s bole, and the bole by a system of roots, and the roots by the soil into which they dig down and spread. And we can agree that the tree - any tree - might well not stand alone, but is part of a greater habitat. So Owen, by analogy, is a vigorous part of a pretty extensive living, growing and interdependent People’s culture, rooted in Clydebank, but reaching further by means of the internet. The culture that he and his co-producers spring from, and feed back into, is a foreshadowing of the greater culture to which Socialism will lead; but it is not only a foreshadowing. It is also a preparation for that greater culture, sharing good practice and educating desire now. Brecht, as we have noted, kept an appreciative eye open for trees wherever he went. He was speaking equivocally when he commented that, during political crises, “To talk about trees is almost a crime.” No! On the evidence of Owen’s image of a green leaf, and all the associations it carries for us when considered in context, as in this essay, we can state, unequivocally, that not to talk about trees is almost a crime. The green leaf delights the eye, and leads the mind to a hundred habitats where it may either rest or roam. Hope and the green leaf inspire the wish that such green habitats - where humankind keeps step with Nature’s ways - might be for all of us our proper home. Labour and hope, if only shared world-wide, and people-wide, will make at last that vision real, bringing to detailed life the concepts of our commonweal. Apocalypticism Now Published in Religion James Crossley reflects on the dangers and possibilities of the Covid-19 crisis. Image: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Durer, 1497-8 Towards the end of March, it was reported that an English hiker returned from a five-day trek in the New Zealand wilds and was surprised to see “three hooded figures, wearing masks and hi-vis jackets.” His journey coincided with the coronavirus lockdown and his response was that the three figures were like a “post-apocalyptic survivor squad.” Despite his atypical situation, he was not alone in framing these unusual times in such language. With the rapid public awareness of coronavirus came the ubiquitous language of apocalypticism and End Times, even in an increasingly irreligious Britain. Such language is used ironically, as few really believe that the End Times are upon us or that an era of Walking Dead survivalism is at hand—this is not the US, after all. But hopes of a transformation in the way we live after the crisis are taken more seriously. It seems people overwhelmingly do not want to go back to the way things were before the lockdown. It seems they do prefer cleaner air, a feeling of community and keeping in touch with family members. There is good reason why people have framed the pandemic in terms of apocalypticism because such language and concepts run deep in our culture. In the US, such ideas are associated with the Christian right. In this country, however, they are much more closely aligned with the left and have a long history. John Ball, the great priest of the 1381 English uprising, employed end-times language from the Bible to understand the predicament of peasants in particular and how a dramatic, violent transformation would be needed before all things would be held in common. Apocalypticism was an important way for people like Ball to express their discontents in a pre-capitalist society. Socialist and communist movements later provided a different type of opposition to capitalism and absorbed and transformed such language and ideas. Like other socialists of his time, William Morris worked with the idea of a “religion of socialism.” God may be out of the equation but socialism needed to retain what was important in religion and this included ideas about changing the current social order while being prepared to face defeats and sacrifices. Morris’s reading of Marx also meant he could take seriously the idea that John Ball was a prophet before his time. In A Dream of John Ball, Morris showed that there will always be failures but the message of past struggles must not be lost in new situations. Ball’s vision of a transformed world, Morris argued, was more likely with the rise of socialism but it now needed the example of determined people like Ball to help bring it about. The darker side of apocalypticism became prominent in the 20th century, with two world wars and the threat of nuclear and then environmental annihilation. But the left did not lose sight of the possibilities for a better world. After VE Day and the rubble of World War II, socialists looked to build a New Jerusalem as the Labour Party created the NHS and developed a welfare state as part of their “new war on hunger, ignorance and want,” as the 1945 manifesto put it. These ideas have persisted. After decades of leftist defeatism, Rojava showed the possibilities for transformation again. Volunteers could talk about inheriting the earth and bringing about a new world after the ruins. From socialists and communists in the region, as well as the brutal realities of war, volunteers knew the cost of fighting for revolutionary change and the importance of memorialising martyrs. The death of volunteers like Anna Campbell brought this home to a country not used to thinking much beyond the romance of revolution. It is for good reason that liberals get queasy about the language of dramatic change. Maintaining, or gently tweaking, the status quo is in their interests. But their interests are not workers’ interests. The Financial Times last month gave the game away with an analogy from the 14th century. Its editorial noted that the Black Death has been credited with “transforming labour relations in Europe” as peasants “could bargain for better terms and conditions.” However, it added, “a thankfully much lower mortality rate means such a transformation is unlikely to follow coronavirus.” Unfortunate wording? Perhaps. The main concern in the FT editorial may have been about high unemployment but clearly the transformation of labour relations after the lockdown is not what the bosses want. Our interests are the opposite and popular. Workers once taken for granted are now widely appreciated during this pandemic, as they clear away our rubbish, make sure we have food and treat patients in testing circumstances—even to the point of putting their lives on the line. Their importance and the contrasting uselessness of the likes of Richard Branson have been exposed for us all to see. To paraphrase the popular piece of graffiti, the next battleground will involve making the rich pay for Covid-19. If the aftermath of 2008 and the Corbyn project taught us anything, this is not going to be easy. The government has made noises about paying back what’s owed and we know who will and who won’t bear the brunt of this and who will and won’t be made redundant. The odds aren’t favourable, with a long-weakened union movement and a Starmer-led Labour Party. But this is not the time for technocratic politics or a gentle tweaking of the system which will only further line the pockets of corporations at the expense of workers. The demands for a new world are getting ever more urgent in the face of climate change. Serious, sustained change will only come through the power of mass collective action with workers’ interests at heart and a vision of what kind of world we want. Are we up for it? Bob Crow famously said: “If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose.” That saying turned up in Rojava and it is just as relevant in northern Syria as it will be once this so-called apocalypse ends and the next one hits us hard. Building for a society of equals: 100 years of Bauhaus Jenny Farrell celebrates 100 years of Bauhaus, the German art school started in 1919 Inspired by Germany’s November 1918 Revolution, which was ultimately crushed by the Social Democratic Party leadership and the military, artists and intellectuals, anti-militarists and pacifists hoped for a new society for the common good. Many however had no clear political orientation or a full understanding of the causes of the war. Yet, despite this lack of clarity, socialist visions of the future were formulated, oriented to a more just society. During its short existence (1919-33), a number of designers and architects emerged from the Bauhaus whose work lastingly influenced 20th century visual arts. Their philosophy was that everyday objects achieve beauty through simple form, material and colour. At the initiative of Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius, Adolf Behne and others, the Workers’ Council for Art – named after the Workers’ and Soldiers’ Councils – set itself the goal of bringing current developments in architecture and art closer to the people: “Art and people must form a unity. Art should no longer be the pleasure of a few, but serve the happiness and life of the many.” In Gropius’ words: “the more their class pride grows, the more the people will despise imitating the rich and independently invent their own style of living. This understanding by the people is the fertile ground for the art to come.” What was new about the school was its attempt to integrate art and craft, to bridge the gap between art and industry. The unity of arts had of course been a central tenet of the late 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement of William Morris and influenced Gropius’s planning for the school. Nevertheless, the Bauhaus was different to the Arts and Crafts movement in fundamental ways. Its emphasis was urban and technological, and it embraced 20th-century machine culture. The Bauhaus began in Weimar in 1919 as a state school for art and architecture. The guiding principles in the Bauhaus Manifesto were community, unity of art, practical education, cooperation between craft and industry, and a sense of belonging to the people. All artistic disciplines were to be reunited under the leadership of a new architectural art. The name Bauhaus plays on the German word Bauhütte (construction/ building hut) – the workshop, where the builders of the great medieval cathedrals worked together: quarrymen, plasterers, mortar-makers, stone-cutters, masons, and others. Here, there were no strict dividing lines between artists and craftsmen, and the builders were both in one. This was an important concept for the Bauhaus school. As the word Hütte means hut, the term was modernised to Haus (house). In this way, the term Bauhaus refers to a workshop, the sense of community and the equality of art and craft under the guidance of architecture, as cultivated in medieval cathedral workshops. Painting, sculpture, applied art, music and dance were to combine in the building of the future. With this commonality of craft and art in medieval cathedral construction in mind, the “Cathedral of Socialism” was understood as a utopian building and embodiment of a future social structure, intended to overcome the consequences of alienation, the causes of which were seen more in the division of labour than in wage labour. Walter Gropius added this woodcut by Lyonel Feininger to the founding manifesto of the Bauhaus in 1919 as the title page. A triad surrounds the cathedral spire: the three arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, their rays flowing into each other. The choice of cathedral references the Bauhütte and underlines the centrality of architecture. The old-fashioned woodcutting technique combines with a futuristic cubist design. At the Bauhaus, painting and sculpture stimulated architecture, applied art and environmental design. In the visual arts, a certain affinity for the world of technology developed, while industry demanded a species-specific design of its products. The artists broke away from traditional forms; industry presented challenges with a multitude of new materials, products and devices. Form was to follow function, materials were to reveal the true nature of objects and buildings. Features of an object or building’s construction, such as steel or a beam, were to be highlighted rather than hidden as an integral part of the design, as part of its beauty. Bauhaus Dessau, built from 1925 to 1926 according to plans by Walter Gropius as a school building for the School of Art, Design and Architecture The rectangular shape of the building, glass-curtain walls, and a distinctive vertical logo express the modern vision of the school. Glass walls create a bright interior and facilitate a view into the building’s inner purposes, transporting transparency and openness. These aspects, among others, reflect Gropius's vision of a more equal society. At the heart of the Bauhaus philosophy was social living. A house should have a smooth, elementary form, as if it were industrially manufactured. The rectangular system and the Bauhaus signature flat roof were deemed equal surfaces with windows and doors. The aim was to achieve equality between front and rear, top and bottom, right and left. Every element of the building should be both supportive and supported. Architectural ideas reflected social perspectives - a society of equals. One example of this is the Horseshoe Estate in Berlin. The Horseshoe Estate housed 3,000 members of a trade union building society set up in 1924. Bauhaus architect Bruno Taut, a committed socialist was asked to plan an affordable estate. The result were unpretentious, brick-built modernist flats in dramatic colours. They were then let or sold to trade unionists. The estate’s flat roofs led to a heated debate as the German right considered these un-German, “degenerate”. Indeed, in 1933, Taut fled Germany. The suburban Horseshoe Estate expresses optimism for a new way of life and social equality. As with the school building, each part supports and is supported by the other and all look on to a green communal space around a small pool, fed by ice-age groundwater. The Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) and its colourful doors Soviet artists provided inspiration for the Bauhaus: Malevich oriented his suprematist architects towards new architectural ideas of space, Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International illustrated the synthesis between the “technical and the artistic”, and El Lissitzky’s Proun series (pronounced pro-oon), an acronym for “project for the affirmation of the new” in Russian) was conceived as “a transfer from painting to architecture”. The Thuringian Weimar workers’ government (social democrats and communists) was dissolved in 1923 under pressure from the military. Following a decision by the new government, the Bauhaus in Weimar finally closed in 1924 with the declaration that Gropius had “designed it one-sidedly communist-expressionist”. The school moved to Dessau in 1925 and against the votes of the right-wing parties there. Following the NSDAP’s success in Dessau’s local elections of 1931, the German fascists subjected the institution to reprisals such as raids, and the arrest of students, thus forcing it to dissolve in 1932. Its move to Berlin was short-lived and ended in 1933. The Bauhaus produced an incredible range of disciplines including theatre design, typography, painting, furniture, architecture, household goods, stained glass and experimental film, photography, music and dance. Many significant 20th century artists, designers and architects studied and taught there including Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Breuer and Lyonel Feininger - who designed the cover for Gropius's Bauhaus manifesto. Marcel Breuer: Wassily chair Its influence has been enormous: Herbert Bayer's sans serif typefaces, Gunta Stolzl's weaving and fabric designs and Marcel Breuer's famous tubular steel chair, to name a few iconic designs. Bauhaus Women Beginning with the Weimar Republic, women in Germany gained the right to vote and the freedom to teach. When Walter Gropius opened the State Bauhaus in Weimar in 1919, he announced in his programme: “Every person of good repute is accepted as an apprentice, regardless of age and gender, whose talent and previous training is considered sufficient by the Master Council”. But Gropius soon feared that the large number of women would damage the reputation of the school. He recommended that “no more unnecessary experiments” be undertaken, and demanded, “sharp segregation immediately after admission, especially in the case of the number of women who were too strongly represented”. The fear was that female students would take valuable workshop places away from male students. Some women nevertheless conquered places in male domains, for example Dörte Helm and Lou Scheper in mural painting, while weaving was declared a “women’s class” from 1920. The handloom was the only department managed by a woman, Anni Albers. The weaving mill soon became one of the most productive workshops. The ideas and innovations that the women weavers unleashed there were anything but traditional and led to a surge in development in industrial design and an artistic re-evaluation of textile art. In addition, they had such great commercial success that they became representative of the entire Bauhaus. When Bauhaus architect Meyer asked Albers to produce a wall covering for a new trade union lecture hall he was designing, she created an innovative hanging that joined the new material cellophane with cotton on either side respectively, to produce a surface that absorbed sound and reflected light at the same time. The second largest area in which women excelled at the Bauhaus was photography. This modern medium offered artistically ambitious women not only opportunities to earn a living but also a field of experimentation for exploring themselves and their time. In their photographic works, these avant-garde photographers dealt with the “New Woman” and the images of women of their time. In 1933, the Nazis banned many of the Bauhaus students from working. They were persecuted by the fascists because they were political, or they came from political “enemy territory”, or because of their Jewish origin. Their works were classified as “degenerate art”. They left Germany and spread their ideas around the world. When the Nazis built Buchenwald concentration camp, they required the former Bauhaus student and communist inmate Franz Ehrlich to designed the notorious camp’s gate, displaying the motto ‘Jedem das Seine’ (to each what he deserves) in Bauhaus typeface, in gruesome irony. One of the most famous of the women students was Marianne Brandt, née Liebe. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) became her mentor and teacher. On his advice, she joined the male-dominated metal workshop. There she gradually gained recognition and designed the first lighting fixtures for the Bauhaus building in Dessau. In 1928, she became head of the metal workshop – and made history as a Bauhaus designer. Moholy-Nagy called her his “best and most brilliant student” and said that she was the source of “90 percent of all Bauhaus models”. MT 49 tea extract jug She became famous for the tiny tea infuser, the “MT 49 tea extract jug” made of silver and ebony, which is still an icon of Bauhaus decoration today - just like her lamp models. Brandt's infuser is distinctively Bauhaus. Rather like the infuser used with the samovar, it holds a concentrated extract, which may be combined with hot water to produce tea of any desired strength. Brandt recast the characteristics of a teapot as abstract geometric forms. The body hemisphere rests on crossbars. A tall ebony knob tops its asymmetrical round lid. The D-shaped ebony handle contrasts vertically to the pot's otherwise principally horizontal lines. Marianne Brandt Photomontage Following their principle “No day without a search”, Brandt also discovered photography. She experimented with perspectives and light and devoted herself to photomontage. She captured themes such as big cities, film and expressive dance. She critically examined war and militarism and asked how much room for manoeuvre a “women’s movement” had in her time. Before the Nazis defamed her works as “degenerate”, she was known throughout Europe as a designer, and renowned companies produced her designs in series. The artistic avant-garde assembled at the Bauhaus hoped to be a force that would change society and shape a modern human environment. It was an important counter-force to conformity, Prussianism and militarism. Architecture and socialism Published in Architecture This section of Culture Matters is about architecture, including its role in shaping our collective future. Chris Guiton offers a foundation essay on achitecture and socialism. Architecture is an expression and a reflection of human society. It has evolved over human history in response to our changing needs, innovation in building technology and design, and changes in the way we view the world around us. Part response to society’s functional needs and part creative expression, it offers the scope to shape our environment for either better or worse. The practice of architecture provides us with a built environment where buildings function as places of work, as homes and as public spaces. The need for shelter from the elements in early human society took on greater significance as nomadic existence was replaced by a more settled, urban society. The simple requirement for shelter evolved into something that might be a place of work as well as a home, with different rooms developing specialist functions, and where people developed relationships with their family and community. Hagia Sophia Church We can trace architecture’s lineaments through human history as it provides us with a way of looking at and understanding the past. Monumental structures such as the Giza pyramids, the Parthenon, Athens, the Hagia Sophia basilica and mosque in Istanbul, Il Duomo in Florence, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Chrysler Building in New York all tell a story about the economic and social forces that produced them. And about how that society wished to project its image into the future. This process is also represented in the more ordinary dwellings that were built for people and work, as well as in the public spaces and infrastructure that underpinned the development of cities, and in the very design and layout of those urban spaces. As a profession, architecture has provided many socialists and progressives with the opportunity to help construct a better future. William Morris, the great designer, novelist and socialist activist, was very conscious of the role of architecture in society. As he put it: "the untouched surface of ancient architecture bears witness to the development of man's ideas, to the continuity of history, and, so doing, affords never-ceasing instruction, nay education, to the passing generations, not only telling us what were the aspirations of men passed away, but also what we may hope for in the time to come." He appreciated the importance of simple beauty in things, where architecture was an expression of handicraft as well as “a work of cooperation. The very designer, be he never so original, pays his debt to this necessity in being in some form or another under the influence of tradition; dead men guide his hand even when he forgets that they ever existed. But, furthermore, he must get his ideas carried out by other men; no man can build a building with his own hands”. In other words, it isn’t just about the building of a house, but also, at a fundamental level, about the act of construction itself. The German architect Walter Gropius, inspired by William Morris, but also by the emerging modernism school, established the Bauhaus in Weimar in Germany in 1919. The movement was hugely influential on modern design, with its simplified forms, harmony between an object or building’s function and its design, and focus on mass production. During its relatively short ascendency it produced some remarkable housing, schools and other buildings. Gropius, claimed it was apolitical but also said that his aim was to "to create a new guild of craftsmen, without the class distinctions which raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist." His Marxist successor, Hannes Meyer, felt that the Bauhaus had lost its purpose and sought to move away from aesthetic considerations towards building designs based on the “life processes” of its future users. His new slogan was: “The people’s needs instead of the need for luxury!” Unfortunately, his politics led to his expulsion and he moved to the Soviet Union, but not before he had designed (with Hans Wittwer) one of the finest examples of functional architecture, the school of the ADGB (Federation of German Trade Unions) in Bernau near Berlin. Less well known internationally, but no less significant, was the Vkhutemas, the Russian state art and technical school founded by Lenin in 1920. Both it and the Bauhaus were remarkably similar in their focus on modernising design and architectural education to reflect modern needs, under state sponsorship, merging craft traditions with modern technology. Unsurprisingly, the major artistic influences on the Vkhutemas were the constructivist and suprematist movements. Vladimir Tatlin's superb Monument to the Third International is a testament to their vision, with its futuristic ethos and revolutionary symbolism setting the tone for later projects. Tatlin, Monument to the Third International In the USSR, the ideological drive to forge a new socialist society, allied with rapid industrial development and accompanying migration from the countryside to the cities, combined to create a synthesis between radical art and architecture. The Constructivist movement created a number of highly innovative, large-scale housing developments, public buildings, leisure facilities and power stations, which were designed to create new forms of communal living, with shared spaces for eating and recreation. A classic example is the Narkomfin Communal House in Moscow, built in 1930, which actually combined self-contained flats and integrated shared living spaces, reflecting the transitional nature of the times. It’s astonishing to reflect on how Constructivist architects created a new visual language in the face of material shortages, under-developed technology and a rapidly evolving political environment. Eventually, Constuctivism and similar experiments were abandoned when they were considered too advanced for the conditions that prevailed at the time. But this shouldn’t detract from the very real sense of energy and innovation that these movements expressed. ADGB Trade Union School What became known as Modernism synthesised many of these traditions at an international level and is the single most important new approach to architecture and design of the 20th century. It offered an analytical approach to function, innovation in structure and the elimination of ornament. It has produced many visually striking, and diverse, buildings, ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright’s home, Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, beautifully integrated with the surrounding forest; Mies van der Rohe’s wonderful Barcelona Pavilion; Oscar Niemeyer’s futuristic civic buildings in Brasilia, which aimed to contribute to a new sense of collective identity and hope for the Brazilian people; Le Corbusier's government buildings in Chandigarh, India; the artistic complex developed over two decades on the south bank of the Thames, the Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery and National Theatre; and Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton’s delightful Penguin Pool, London Zoo. But if these buildings were realised in capitalist societies, what might architecture look like in a future socialist or communist society? Karl Marx was part of a western European cultural tradition which reflected a general optimism in the future of mankind, a belief in progress and the scope to build a better world. However, he said little about the actual shape such a society would take. He did not offer a coherent theory of architecture. But his writings reflect his understanding of the relationship between the country and the city and the effects of industrial urbanisation: It [the bourgeoisie] has accomplished wonders far surpassing Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic cathedrals; it has conducted expeditions that put into the shade all former Exoduses of nations and crusades. The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society…The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cites, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and thus rescued a considerable part of the population from rural idiocy. - The Communist Manifesto. The development of human society is inextricably linked with the development of the built environment. Walter Benjamin famously wrote in the The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: "Buildings have been man’s companions since primeval times. Many art forms have developed and perished . . . [But] architecture has never been idle. Its history is more ancient than that of any art, and its claim to being a living force has significance in every attempt to comprehend the relationship of the masses to art." In one his conversations with Brecht, Benjamin said, “As a system of connectivity, the metropolis is formed by a boundless maze of indirect relationships, complex mutual dependencies and compartmentations.” The individual’s dialectical relationship with the society around him means that we have to understand modernism, and subsequent developments in architecture, not just in terms of the emergent materials and technologies which enable new forms of architectural expression, for example, reinforced concrete, steel frames and strengthened glass, but also with regard to the rapid urbanisation of populations across the world, which is one of the driving forces of capitalism. This suggest that architects have a clear responsibility to consider how the performance of their role impacts upon the structure and operation of future society. In his Memoirs, Oscar Niemeyer, a key figure in modern architecture and a lifelong member of the Brazilian Communist Party, said, “Our concern is political too – to change the world...Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings." The string of major works he produced over a long and productive life demonstrate how a progressive political vision can be combined with architectural boldness and radical urban planning. We all have a fundamental right to urban spaces that work for our interests rather than against them. This includes efficient and low cost public transport; access to decent schools and hospitals; plenty of public spaces for recreation; effective distribution of good quality food and other necessaries; andaffordable, good quality housing. To deliver this means taking control over our lives, reclaiming cities for ourselves and implementing radical political changes which enable ordinary people to influence the shape of their urban environment. This battle for ‘urban space’ is, of course, itself a product of economic and historical circumstances. Self-evidently, this is a class struggle as working class communities find themselves pitched against rapacious landlords and developers. Well-intentioned but often authoritarian and paternalistic attempts to clear slums and create model communities bump up against working class communities’ fight to assert their democratic rights and define urban space according to their needs. The continual search for profit and the capture of land value leads to ‘social cleansing’ as lower income communities are forced out of cities by the ongoing process of capital accumulation. Cities are explicitly redesigned in response to the threat of revolution, as in the rebuilding of Paris by Haussmann, or according to the demands of planners, bureaucrats and architects representing the interests of capital. Marxist intellectuals and geographers such as Henri Lefebvre and David Harvey, have made a significant contribution to the discussion of the relationship between capitalism and urban space. Lefebvre coined the term, ‘the right to the city’ in 1968. He summarised it as a "demand...[for] a transformed and renewed access to urban life", where people exercise collective power to re-shape the very process of urbanisation in a way that underpins self-determination, the appropriation of social and physical spaces and the establishment of meaningful social relationships. For Lefebvre there was a dialectical relationship between urban reality and everyday activity (eg work, leisure, education and housing). By contrast with what are sometimes considered to be rather cold, modernist urban visions represented by architects and urban planners like Le Corbusier, his thinking offers a bottom-up approach based on the lived experiences of individuals which offers some useful pointers for the way forwards. As David Cunningham and Jon Goodbun say in ‘’Marx, architecture and modernity’: It is useful, therefore, to consider briefly what might be described as the three distinct tasks placed upon architectural knowledge in capitalist modernity. The first is to act as technicians of spatial development. Under capitalism, this is primarily the task of commodifying space. This is what the vast majority of architects spend the vast majority of their time involved in. The second task is a ‘poetic’ or artistic one, and is to do with somehow dealing with, expressing, intensifying or ameliorating the spatial experience of modernity. The third task is an utopian or avant-garde one, and is to do with imagining alternative socio-spatial futures. Although all three are always present in each other to some degree, there have been moments in the struggle over social space and its modes of production where the third task, imagining alternative socio-spatial futures, becomes an urgent part of defining the first task—the work to be done by everyday technicians of spatial development. In a nutshell, aesthetics married to functionality has to be the cornerstone of a future architecture, where building for human needs and use, in harmony with the earth and not for profit, is the main objective. So, as we seek to advance the struggle for socialism, this leaves us with the following questions. How does architecture respond to global challenges such as population growth, climate change, growing inequality and environmental degradation? How can it embrace social activism and help tackle poverty in the urban environment? How do we ensure that it is not misused by the wealthy and the powerful to erect structures unrelated to the built environment and the social needs of the community as they seek to build monuments, and create icons, to their power? We hope this article will stimulate further articles on architecture and socialism. The cultural commons belongs to all of us Chris Guiton analyses and discusses the importance of the concept of the cultural commons. In the 21st century we are witnessing the rapid encroachment by capitalism on what is often referred to as the ‘cultural commons’. These are the shared resources in the cultural sphere which belong to all of us rather than a wealthy or privileged minority. This goes beyond specific works of art to the broader cultural sphere identified by Raymond Williams, the Marxist writer and academic, as our “whole way of life - the common meanings…the arts and learning – the special processes of discovery and creative effort” (Moving from High Culture to Ordinary Culture). For Williams, “culture is ordinary”. It is not the preserve of a cultural elite, but a democratic right for everyone. In recent decades, however, the cultural hegemony of neoliberal capitalism has expanded and deepened its economic, political and intellectual control over us. In Britain, this process has been sharpened by the deployment of the 2008 recession to justify austerity policies designed to erode public services, cut wages and deepen inequality. These policies are not only having an unequal, and adverse, economic effect on the less well-off and working people generally, they are having an unequal effect on arts and cultural provision. The consequence of this process is a poorer public realm, stunted human development and the diminution of the common good. At Culture Matters we want to help defend and enhance the cultural commons and make as much art and culture available, as cheaply as possible, to as many ordinary working people as possible. But let’s take a bit of time to look at how the concept of the ‘commons’ evolved and what it offers to us today. Early humanity lived in a state of primitive communism, characterised by shared ownership of all but a limited number of individual possessions. Art, music and story- telling in primitive communist times were almost certainly public, shared activities, which had the effect of developing and maintaining a sense of social solidarity. With the development of class society, first slave society, followed by feudalism and then capitalism, came the appearance of private property based on an increasingly systematic appropriation of the means of production. The term ‘commons’ developed as a way of referring to those natural resources – for example, land and water – where people in class-based societies either have common rights to access and use those resources or where the land is communally owned and controlled rather than held in private ownership. The rights were available to defined groups of people in a particular community, under commonly understood arrangements that reflected customary use. As such, they reflected the society they were located within and its material conditions at a given historical point. The experience of a tenant in 14th century feudal England would be rather different from that of a herder in the Mongolian grasslands in the 16th century or a Maine lobster fisherman in the 19th century. Many readers will be familiar with the feudal system that applied in England. Commons arrangements, including things like grazing rights, fishing rights and the right to collect firewood, developed to allow tenants access to manorial lands to help meet their reproductive needs. While this provided people with access to much-needed resources, it existed within the framework of a rigidly hierarchical society. A society’s structure clearly limits the benefits of common-pool property rights. In addition, these rights are often based on closed groups which themselves limit access. But what they demonstrate is both the opportunities and the constraints offered by the commons concept as an inherently political perspective, subject to historical processes as well as providing oppositional space to create new ways of living. The economic pressures faced by the commons were exemplified by the enclosures that took place in England, as feudalism was replaced by first nascent then more assertive capitalism. These started to rise dramatically in the Tudor period as open-field, arable land was fenced off and converted to pastureland for sheep grazing by the landowners as they sought to increase the profits that could be derived from the rapid growth in the cloth trade. This inevitably meant the loss of common rights, created significant unemployment and led to the displacement of now impoverished rural labourers. This resulted in considerable social unrest, riots and a series of revolts across the country, typified by Kett's Rebellion in 1549, as the rural populace fought back and sought to restore the stability of the traditional commons system. The process of enclosure was given a significant boost in the 18th and 19th centuries as Parliament, via a series of Inclosure Acts, enforced consolidation of strips in the open field system into larger, unitary landholdings. Commons rights were extinguished, much of the remaining pasture commons lost and people who had previously subsisted on the land became part of the new, rapidly growing urban proletariat. By the early 19th century, the medieval peasant community had been virtually destroyed. As E. P. Thompson noted in The Making of the English Working Class, “Enclosure (when all the sophistications are allowed for) was a plain enough case of class robbery.” But what are the implications of all this for us now? The late 20th and early 21st centuries are providing multiple examples of the very modern forms that enclosure takes today. It is seen to worrying effect, for example, in the corporate encroachment on the internet commons. The internet was originally based on an open architecture system of communication, publicly available to all, developed over a period of years by collaboration and information sharing amongst scientists and engineers, and, crucially, developed with government support for the significant public investment required to make it happen. It offered an open forum for ideas and allowed innovation to flourish. But since its launch, it has fallen prey to a corporate ‘landgrab’ as the major computer software and services corporations sought to replace open technical standards for the web with closed, proprietary standards for browsers and operating systems, securing huge profits in the process. In the meantime, online media corporations have asserted virtual monopoly control over TV and high speed internet access, as they have grown, and merged, and fight to limit subscribers to their own services. In the United States, this process has inevitably been accompanied by a decline in public interest broadcasting as time allotted to public affairs and local programming has declined, and opportunities for political bias in programming and advertising have increased. This is reflected in the UK which has seen a significant drop in recent years in spending on news, current affairs and children's television. The original BBC mandate to "inform, educate and entertain", whatever its original limitations given the elitism and authoritarianism implicit in its approach to mass education (and the fascist sympathies of its first Director-General, John Reith), looks increasingly fragile as commercial funding structures are introduced or threatened, overt political interference grows and pressure increases from commercial rivals. The detrimental impact of corporate moves to control previously accessible resources is also seen very clearly in the intellectual property rights and copyright field covering literature, film and music, where the law is steadily being extended in duration and scope. Originally intended to balance the creators’ rights to control their artistic outputs with the public right to access once the copyright term had expired, we are now witnessing a surge in efforts by major corporations to protect and monetise ‘their’ property. These efforts focus on the supposed originality of an artistic creation while neglecting its foundation in general culture, a common property of all of us, from which it was derived. An obvious example here is Disney’s success in securing a trademark for the name ‘Snow White’, from a story first published by the Brothers Grimm but based on a much older folk tale. The trademark covers all live and recorded movie, television, radio, stage, computer, internet, news, and photographic entertainment uses, except literature works of fiction and nonfiction. So, while even Disney understand that extending their ownership to literature would be a step too far, they clearly see no problem with asserting a broad-based proprietary ownership of a name considerably older than them – and in doing this are backed by the law. Copyright provisions have been steadily extended over time and, in the UK, now stand at ‘life plus 70 years’ for most works (in the United States it was recently extended to 95 years from publication date as a result of extensive corporate lobbying). Unsurprisingly, the beneficiaries are usually not the authors, long since departed from this world, but the corporations who often own the copyright. There is a fundamental contradiction between the enabling power of new internet-based technologies, creating the potential for a publicly available archive of all the art and culture ever produced and distributed publicly, and the application of an increasingly restrictive copyright law which seeks to control and monetise ‘creative property’, and which acts as a barrier to free expression. Lawrence Lessig, a American professor of law, has written extensively on the subject, demonstrating how cultural monopolists seek to shrink the public domain of ideas, with the big media and technology corporations using technology and the digitisation of culture to control people’s access to it and what can we do with it. As he puts it in his book Free Culture: We live in a “cut and paste” culture enabled by technology…Using the Internet and its archives, musicians are able to string together mixes of sound never before imagined; filmmakers are able to build movies out of clips on computers around the world. An extraordinary site in Sweden takes images of politicians and blends them with music to create biting political commentary…All of these creations are technically illegal. Even if the creators wanted to be “legal,” the cost of complying with the law is impossibly high. Therefore, for the law-abiding sorts, a wealth of creativity is never made. And for that part that is made, if it doesn’t follow the clearance rules, it doesn’t get released. This is a sad but inevitable consequence of the turbo-charged capitalism that dominates the world today and which seeks to commodify everything it can, including culture. Another field in which the theft of the cultural commons is very visible is sport. Sports such as football provide entertainment and emotional engagement for millions of people. But the steady commodification of such sports is plumbing new depths. Grossly inflated player wages and transfer fees; increasingly unaffordable ticket prices; the increased role of advertising and sponsorship; the money earned by the Premier League through selling airtime (linked to the formation of the Premier League itself); the growth of merchandising; and top clubs’ preference for buying players on the international transfer market rather than nurturing home-grown talent are all contributing to the degradation of the sport itself as a game played for reasons other than the pursuit of profit. The result is a poorer experience for the consumer as the quality of the game declines, particularly at a national level, barriers grow for aspiring players, and a ‘winner takes all’ culture develops for the top players and the enrichment of a small group of clubs and their (often billionaire) owners. The same processes are happening in all fields of culture, very obviously in the visual arts, which are scarred by elitism and commodification. Works by major artists, promoted by a self-serving network of art dealers engaged in what is effectively price-fixing, sell for astronomical sums to the super-rich, unable to think of anything socially useful to spend their ill-gotten gains on. They then often disappear from public view but are used as a mechanism to demonstrate the distance between the financial and social elite and ordinary people. The artwork may have little genuine artistic merit but this is almost irrelevant as self-referential emptiness and banality replaces any effort to mirror and interrogate the world around us. This bizarre process has reached its apogee in the work of Damien Hirst, where his brand identity has become the commodity, supplanting the artwork itself. How have political parties in Britain reacted to this process? In his recent book Cultural Capital, Robert Hewison offered a well-pitched critique of culture policy under New Labour. He describes how a significant increase in funding for art and cultures was accompanied by the marketization and monetisation of culture. Funding became contingent on alignment with Government policy objectives, target-driven and reduced to a short-sighted instrumentalism. This led to the disastrous decision to build the much-mocked Millenium Dome. Since then, of course, in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, funding has been significantly reduced by successive governments. Crucially, Hewison notes that the New Labour objective of widening social access to the arts did not succeed. Audience levels barely increased at all. And the demographic make-up of those regularly enjoying the arts remained largely white, better educated and elderly. The limited access that most working class people have to art and culture is a real issue for anyone interested in the struggle for a fairer, more just society. Enjoyment of the arts and cultural activities, as both producer and consumer, is an essential part of the ‘social wage’ for all workers. By social wage, we mean the amenities and services provided within a society from public funds. All members of society are as entitled to fair, equal and adequate ‘terms and conditions’ for culture as they are for their labour. Promoting recognition and understanding in the labour movement of the central contribution made by the struggle for a better ‘cultural commons’ to the quality of life of everyone is a core objective of Culture Matters. Elinor Ostrom, the American political economist, has done a lot of valuable work on the role of the commons in providing an alternative to market economics and government intervention. She defined it as a general concept that refers to a resource shared by a group of people, built on principles of self-governance, community and local action. David Bollier, a noted writer and activist in this field, has identified the scope for the commons concept to provide “a new paradigm of economics, politics and culture.” He defines the commons as: A social system for the long-term stewardship of resources that preserves shared values and community identity. It is a self-organized system by which communities manage resources (both depletable and replenishable) with minimal or no reliance on the Market or State. The wealth that we inherit or create together and must pass on, undiminished or enhanced, to our children. Our collective wealth includes the gifts of nature, civic infrastructure, cultural works and traditions, and knowledge. He goes on to say that, There is no commons without commoning – the social practices and norms for managing a resource for collective benefit. Forms of commoning naturally vary from one commons to another because humanity itself is so varied. And so there is no “standard template” for commons; merely “fractal affinities” or shared patterns and principles among commons. The commons must be understood, then, as a verb as much as a noun. A commons must be animated by bottom-up participation, personal responsibility, transparency and self-policing accountability. This relates directly to our aspirations at Culture Matters to provide a broad-based platform which arts and culture producers and consumers can use for their benefit, sharing knowledge, ideas and resources, and creating an open – and oppositional - space which challenges the dispossession and commodification of our cultural resources. Which reclaims these resources for us all, and facilitates opportunities for collaborative artistic and cultural expression. Encouragingly, there are always people ready to fight back and demonstrate the essentially social nature of culture. Think of performance poetry delivered in pubs, cafes and at festivals around the country rather than unnecessarily obscure poetry produced for the page and for the edification of a small elite readership. Think of the visceral power of punk rock as an anti-authoritarian rejection of mainstream music and stadium rock. Or the impact of FC United of Manchester, a club established and owned by its fans, which deliberately sets out to build strong links with the local community and democratise access. What links these cultural expressions, consciously or unconsciously, is the legitimate desire people have to do things for themselves, make culture real, work within their communities and challenge the status quo. As we know, capitalism is very good at co-opting dissent, by turning radical images and ideas into marketable commodities. But this is all the more reason to develop a counter-culture which, as Antonio Gramsci described in his Prison Notebooks, seeks to create a new hegemony, presenting new ideas and new forces which challenge and disrupt capitalism’s dominant definition of what is ‘normal’ and ‘legitimate’. We aim to develop Culture Matters as a countervailing force to the profit-centred, neo-liberal, market paradigm that developed under capitalism, challenging assumptions, articulating new visions and encouraging and promoting oppositional cultural perspectives and activities. This means identifying new ways of working and new structures that cut across traditional boundaries and, in effect, helps create a socialist and progressive cultural ecosystem, which develops new networks and new inter-actions between people. Let’s join William Morris, who declared in Art, Wealth and Riches: All who assert public rights against private greed are helping us; every foil given to common-stealers, or railway-Philistines, or smoke-nuisance-breeders, is a victory scored to us.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line93
__label__wiki	0.579716	0.579716	Tag Archives: Loreto Loreto, Italy (1291) November 5, 2018 John Carpenter In Loreto, Italy, a small house enclosed in a grand basilica is believed to be the house where the Virgin Mary lived and raised Jesus. On May 12th of 1291, the angels moved the house to a small town named Tersatto in Croatia. Very early in the morning the neighbors discovered it, and they were astonished to see this house without a foundation. They could not explain how it arrived there. Some days later, the Virgin Mary appeared to a priest of that place and explained to him where the house came from. She said, picture #1: Angels lift Mary’s childhood home high into the air “You should know that the house that was recently brought to your land is the same house in which I was born and grew up. Here, in the Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel, I conceived the Creator of all things. Here, the Word became flesh. The altar that was moved with the house was consecrated by Peter, the Prince of the Apostles. This house has come from Nazareth to your land by the power of God for whom nothing is impossible. Now, so that you can give a testimony of this, be healed. Your unexpected and sudden healing will confirm the truth that I have declared to you today.” picture #2: There were witnesses to the home’s flight overhead The priest who had been sick for a long time was healed immediately and announced to the people about the miracle that had occurred. Pilgrimages to the Holy House began. The residents of this small town built a simple building over the Holy House to protect it from the elements of nature. picture #3: Mary and Jesus sit on top of the flying house After the three years and seven months, the house disappeared from Tersatto on the night of December 10, 1294 — never to return again. On that same day of December 10, some shepherds in the region of Loreto, Italy reported to have seen a house flying over the ocean, held by angels. There was an angel dressed with a red cape (St. Michael) who directed the others; the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus were seated on the house. The angels lowered the house on the place named Banderuola. Many arrived to visit this holy house, but there were also some who went to mug the pilgrims. For this reason, people stopped going there, and the house was again moved by the angels to a hill in the middle of a farm. The Holy House would not remain there for much longer either. The farm belonged to two brothers who began to argue over who was the owner of the house. picture #5: Our Lady of Flight For a third time the house was moved to another hill, placing it in the middle of the path. This is the place that it has occupied for 700 years. The residents of Recanati and Loreto truly did not know the story of the Holy House; they only knew of the miracles that took place there. Two years later, the Virgin Mary appeared to a hermit named Paul, and she told him the origin and the history of the Holy House: picture #6: Inside the Virgin’s home where an altar was placed “It was kept in the city of Nazareth until — with the permission of God — those who honored this house were thrown out by the enemies. Since it was no longer honored and it was in danger of being profaned, my Son wanted to transfer it from Nazareth to Yugoslavia and from there to your land.” picture #7: Inside Mary’s house, looking at the back half Paul then told this story to the townspeople and they began a process to verify the authenticity of the house. They first went to Tersatto and later to Nazareth. All of the descriptions of the interior elements and other details correlated. In Nazareth they discovered that it truly was the house of the Virgin Mary. The measurements of its foundation (left behind) were exactly the same as those of the little house in Loreto. picture #8: Mary’s home interior, showing a protective ceiling added A story recounts that the Bishop of Portugal visited the Holy House and wanted to take a stone to build a church in honor of the Virgin of Loreto. The Pope gave him permission, so the Bishop sent his secretary to remove the stone and take it back with him. The Bishop suddenly became sick — and when his secretary arrived, the Bishop was almost dead. The Bishop asked a few religious sisters to pray for him and, some days later, he received this message, “Our Lady says: ‘If the Bishop wants to recover, he should return to the Virgin Mary what he has taken from her’.” The secretary and Bishop were astonished about this since no one had known about the stone being taken from the Holy House. The secretary departed immediately to Loreto with the stone. When the secretary returned, the Bishop had been completely healed. For this reason, over the centuries, the Popes have prohibited the removal of any part of the Holy House under threat of ex-communication. (127)(128) picture #9: Protective outer structure that houses the little home In 1920, Pope Benedict XV declared Our Lady of Loreto as patroness of pilots. Seven years later, her medal hung on board Charles Lindbergh’s plane on his famous flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He stated that the medal’s rapping against the control panel woke him when he fell asleep at the controls – thus saving his life. (67:20) ApparitionsItalyLoreto	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line96
__label__wiki	0.686164	0.686164	BAY AREA BAND UPDATES Jose Segue April 9, 2009 0 How about that big hunk of cowboy grit from Rusty Evans and Ring of Fire with Evans taking the stage just three weeks after quadruple by-pass surgery! The event, which also featured Rancho Deluxe and Danny Montana and the Bar Association was a fundraiser, held at Peri’s in Fairfax, for Marin’s Lagunitas School District. Peri’s itself was all decked out in bunting, red cowboy kerchiefs and a barn door backdrop that gave the place a Grand Ol’ Opry feel… Danny Montana and the Bar Association is a Bay Area band that isn’t new, but has been flying under the HWS radar for years. We’ve known about them, but hadn’t seen them at a show for so long that we’d thought they’d broken up. In fact, this 70’s-country-influenced band has been playing fairly regularly at Peri’s and at Smiley’s in Bolinas. They’re hiding out in plain sight as so many do in West Marin… You can’t keep a good tart down. Emily Stuckey and Joni Reuter, late of the Whoreshoes, are putting a new band together: Emily Bonn and the Sweet Tarts. This may be just a working name since a candy brand and another band are named Sweet Tarts… Laura Benitez and the Copperheads are a new East Bay quartet with plans to play some country music… The Lovin’ 44’s, who never took their group much beyond house band status at Amnesia, have retooled and are branching out as the Local 44s. New members and new directions gave them the opportunity to shed The Lovin’ 44s name which was so cool that another band was already using it… Nobody else is using the name Jay Lingo and the Kick Balers who are a new band out of Santa Cruz and hell, yeah they’ll play some Dwight Yoakam for you… The Brothers Comatose are marching to their own music. Like so many these days, they may not fit into any specific Americana niche though they are a roots band. Find them and their comatose cover of the Rolling Stone’s “Dead Flowers” on MySpace… The Sweet ‘n’ Lo’s have called it a day, leaving a gap in the country sweethearts department and relieving the Bay Area of the honor of having the only band in the world with three apostrophes in its name… Podcast: SFBA Americana on KALW, June 16, 2018 Review: Laura Benitez and the Heartache’s “with all its thorns” Songs Aired by HWS on KALW (2/08/2014) Songs Aired by HWS on KALW (1/18)	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line98
__label__wiki	0.915326	0.915326	PROF. KLAUS W. LARRES, PH.D. Articles 1991-2015 Document Files Klaus Larres can be reached by email: "larres@unc.edu" Dr Klaus Larres is the Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor of History & International Affairs at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, USA. He is also Director of the Krasno Global Affairs & Business Council/Krasno Events Series at UNC. He served as a Counselor and Senior Policy Adviser at the German Embassy in Beijing, China (2018) Previously he was the holder of the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC; a Member (Fellow) of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, NJ.; and a Visiting Professor at Schwarzman College/Tsinghua University in Beijing. He has recently been appointed to the position of 'Distinguished Visiting Professor' at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, India. He also serves on the 'International Board' of the Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung in Berlin and on the board of directors of the Carolina China Council in Raleigh, NC. He is a senior adviser to the Chinese-American Friendship Association (CAECA) in Raleigh, NC; and a board member of both the Berlin, Germany, based foreign policy journal WeltTrends and The NC Zeitgeist Foundation in Charlotte, NC. He directs the Krasno Global Events Series at UNC-Chapel Hill: www.krasnoevents.com; he also runs a you tube channel: www.youtube.com/KrasnoUNC; He has 3 main research fields & is widely published in all these areas: - 1. current political, economic and security relations among the U.S.-China- Europe & western policy toward China; - 2. transatlantic relations & U.S., British, German, Russian foreign policy & EU politics - 3. the Global Cold War & the life and politics of Winston Churchill in war and peace. For his many book and article publications, please click on the taps below or above. Klaus Larres likes to travel and explore the world; He is keen on swimming, conversing, reading & writing, and putting the world to rights; He can be approached for speaking & consulting engagements; He is happy to answer your messages - please email me. Klaus Larres also was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR) at Johns Hopkins University/SAIS, in Washington, DC (2010-2018); in 2016 he served as a Fellow at Germany's leading think tank, the Institute of International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin where he dealt with Germany's security and China policy. Previously Larres was the Clifford Hackett Visiting Professor in European History at Yale University and a Visiting Professor of European Politics at Johns Hopkins University/School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. Prior to moving to the U.S. in 2009 he was Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign & Security Policy at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland; Professor in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the University of London (Royal Holloway) and the University of Ulster in N. Ireland. Klaus Larres grew up in the German Rhineland near Cologne and was educated in both Germany and the UK. He has two wonderful teenage daughters. The pictures above display the locations where I spent a significant period of time in my life: Olef, Cologne, London, Belfast, Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, Berlin, Beijing -- Articles before 2015	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line108
__label__cc	0.700896	0.299104	+972 (0)2-654-3385 bookings@kokiahouse.org There is one land unlike any other... This land is called the good land, the beautiful land and a land flowing with milk and honey. It is called the land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates and olive trees and honey. The ‘All-Inclusive Land’ See the land of Israel as never before in this stunning film. From snow-clad mountains in the north to cliffs, dunes and crater-like moonscapes in the south. A strip of remarkably varied landscape that reaches from 400 meters below sea level to 3000 meters above sea level. See it as never before. The Seven Species in the Land of Israel The exhibition highlights the Seven Species as part of the life cycle in the land of Israel. In parables and prophecies, the Seven Species epitomize the close connection of the people to the land. The exhibition and artifacts are courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Sun – Thurs 09:00 – 17:00 Bookings required. For group bookings outside these hours please contact us. bookings@kokiahouse.org T: +972 (0)2-654-3385 10 HaRav Agan Five minutes walk from Zion Sq. and the ‘Jaffa Center’ light rail station off Jaffa St.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line109
__label__cc	0.547605	0.452395	MutualFundWire.com The insiders' edge for 40 Act industry executives! an InvestmentWires' Publication $180B Firm Expands EM Team Delaware Investments [profile] has hired Steven Landis to serve as vice president and emerging markets debt portfolio manager in the firm’s total return fixed income group. Delaware lured Landis away from FH International Asset Management, where he was portfolio manager for emerging markets debt strategies. Here is the press release: Delaware Investments adds senior portfolio manager, expanding emerging markets debt capabilities PHILADELPHIA--Delaware Investments adds Steven Landis, vice president and emerging markets debt portfolio manager, to the firm’s total return fixed income group. Landis comes to Delaware Investments from FH International Asset Management, where he was portfolio manager for emerging markets debt strategies. Landis started with Delaware Investments on May 1 and reports to Roger Early, co-CIO of total return fixed income strategy. “Emerging markets debt is a rapidly growing sector, and we recognize the importance of expanding our capabilities in that area,” said Roger Early. “Steven has been in the investment industry for more than 20 years, and for the last 12 he’s been managing emerging markets debt portfolios — it’s an impressive level of expertise in the sector.” The Delaware Investments fixed income team manages more than $135 billion in assets as of March 31, 2013. The team provides a broad array of taxable and municipal fixed income solutions across a variety of vehicles for institutional, individual, insurance, and private placement investors. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. About Delaware Investments Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, is a global asset management firm that offers a wide variety of equity and fixed income solutions for individual and institutional investors. Through teams of disciplined and talented investment professionals, the firm is committed to delivering long-term, consistent performance. In an ever-changing global marketplace, Delaware Investments, with more than US $180 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2013, has helped its clients move steadily forward for more than 80 years. Delaware Investments is supported by the resources of Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), a global provider of asset management, investment, banking, financial and advisory services with approximately US $353 billion in assets under management as of Sept. 30, 2012. Delaware Investments refers to Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Delaware Investments Family of Funds' distributor, Delaware Distributors, L.P.Macquarie Group refers to Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Delaware Investments is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia) and the firm’s obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL). MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of Delaware Investments. Printed from: MFWire.com/story.asp?s=43812 Copyright 2013, InvestmentWires, Inc.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line116
__label__wiki	0.647938	0.647938	Coordinated Management The Pacific Flyway Council is an administrative body that forges cooperation among public wildlife agencies for the purpose of protecting and conserving migratory birds that inhabit western North America. The Council is composed of the director or an appointee from the public wildlife agency in each state and province in the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. Migratory birds use four major migratory routes (Pacific, Central, Mississippi, and Atlantic flyways) in North America. Because of the unique biological characteristics and relative number of hunters in these regions, state and federal wildlife agencies adopted the flyway structure for administering migratory bird resources within the United States. Each flyway has its own council. Flyway councils have responsibilities in the annual process of setting migratory bird policy and regulations within the United States and conduct and contribute to migratory bird research and management throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Pacific Flyway Council has both a game and nongame migratory bird technical committee that provides biological advice to the council. The technical committees are each composed of one biologist from the public wildlife agency in each state and province in the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the U.S., the Pacific Flyway includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and those portions of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming west of the Continental Divide. Alaska is the only state where migratory bird and egg hunting is allowed in spring and summer in certain rural areas for subsistence needs. The Council works with the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-management Council to develop migratory bird hunting regulations and coordinate management of migratory birds. The Davenport in Spokane This meeting is in association with the 87th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, March 14-18 Pacific States Pacific Flyway Council logo (Logo by C. Mortimore). Harlequin duck (Photo by J. Hyde). Canada goose, left (Photo by T. Sanders). Home \| About \| Management \| Monitoring \| Regulations \| Meetings Documents \| Contacts \| Subsistence \| Links \| Site Info Privacy Policy (PDF, 40 KB)	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line118
__label__wiki	0.502227	0.502227	Official News Technology BMW’s Digital Day Previews iDrive 7.0 by Gabriel Bridger 4 years ago Apr 18, 18 Leave a reply While most of the visuals represent BMWs, MINI will be leveraging this technology and UX structure for upcoming iDrive updates. Official Release: Digitalisation is the dominant element in the radical ongoing transformation of personal mobility. It paves the way to a new driving experience, expands the possibilities for enhancing safety and comfort out on the road, and opens up new opportunities for efficient yet customer-focused development and manufacture of vehicles. The BMW Group is systematically forging ahead with digitalisation across all areas. Thanks to its capacity for innovation, not only does it develop cars and motorcycles for the premium segment that stir the emotions, it also devises customer-centric services that optimise the mobility experience as a whole. As part of the Digital Day 2018 event, the BMW Group is offering an insight into current product developments, technological concepts, innovations and manufacturing processes that will enable it to shape the future of mobility. Today, the BMW Group is already blazing a trail for intelligent vehicle connectivity and the integration of digital mobility services. It is exploiting the potential of digitalisation to further strengthen its status as the leading provider of personal mobility at premium level. The BMW Group has defined the key areas that will form the stepping stones to digitalised and emission-free mobility in the future with its corporate strategy NUMBER ONE > NEXT. In the process, it is driving forward the D-ACES themes (Design, Autonomous, Connected, Electrified and Services) with particular vigour through considerable investment in research and development. The innovations and initiatives presented at Digital Day 2018 exemplify the company’s transformation into a mobility tech company. 5G mobile standard: BMW Group is ready to embrace the high-speed information highway. With improved transfer rates and minimised latency, the future 5G mobile standard offers significantly improved technical possibilities when it comes to data transfer – developments which can also be used to enhance vehicle connectivity. The BMW Group is already working on technologies which will help to utilise the full potential of 5G here. The aim is to be able to offer systems and functions based on 5G as soon as it becomes commercially available in series-produced vehicles in several years’ time. At Digital Day 2018, the BMW Group is showcasing the benefits of an innovative feature of 5G mobile networks known as network slicing. This technology involves making parts of the network infrastructure available on demand in a way that suits specific applications and their respective requirements. The customer has access to a virtual network made up of individual slices, which can be used to update HD navigation maps, for example, enable the direct exchange of data between vehicles and allow videos to be streamed in HD quality. Artificial intelligence enhances safety. Artificial intelligence plays a key role in the development of algorithms, which sort through and evaluate large quantities of data and incorporate it into decision-making on how vehicles should behave. The BMW Group is using artificial intelligence in the development of systems for automated driving which can deal with even extremely complex traffic situations in city centres. Autonomous driving in which artificial intelligence helps to ensure safe and comfortable mobility for all is another BMW Group development goal. The benefits of systems equipped with artificial intelligence include their boundless capacity for work. Unlike humans, an intelligent system can maintain constant performance levels. It doesn’t get tired or distracted, and maintains full concentration even in confusing situations. Mixed reality assists the development process. Mixed reality describes the combination of real-life prototypes and virtual simulation that can be used to accelerate and optimise vehicle development. The BMW Group leads the way in the use of such methods and employs technologies from the consumer electronics and computer gaming sectors and a new generation of data glasses which enable users to visualise a growing number of components and vehicle functions extremely realistically. In this way, the impressions created by physical components can be enhanced with digitally generated experiences. One area in which the BMW Group uses mixed reality is the development of vehicle interiors. Here, computer-generated simulations are combined with an interior model (a mock-up). This allows an all-encompassing image of the driving experience inside a future series-produced model to be created at an early stage of development. BMW Operating System 7.0: the display and control concept of the future. Dubbed BMW Operating System 7.0, the next generation of BMW’s display and control system is entirely digital and highly sophisticated in nature, and is designed around the user’s individual requirements more closely than ever. Thanks to its clear layout and structuring, intuitive operation, and customisable and personalised displays, it has been designed to always provide the driver with the right information at the right time. The redesigned all-digital instrument cluster has space to display a section of the navigation map as well as further, individually selectable content. At the same time, it forms a seamless, uniformly designed display cluster with the Control Display in the centre console, which has been further optimised to deliver intuitive touch operation and visualises content in real time on up to ten freely configurable main menu pages, each containing between two and four pads. The flat menu structure also enables fast access to all settings and functions. Multimodal interaction between the driver and vehicle has likewise been further improved with BMW Operating System 7.0. The customer has a choice of iDrive Controller, touch control, voice control and gesture control. Real-time hazard warning system prevents accidents. By sending out local hazard warnings to its intelligently connected vehicles, the BMW Group is increasing safety out on the road. To do this, the data registered by the vehicle sensors is collected in anonymised form and processed centrally so information indicating hazard situations can be derived from it. This allows warnings of accident sites or extreme local weather conditions to be relayed specifically to vehicles in the vicinity of those situations. Warnings of both weather-related hazards, such as fog, black ice, heavy rain and aquaplaning, and broken-down vehicles have been transmitted to BMW vehicles with the requisite connectivity technology since November 2016. This technology still offers a great deal of untapped potential, though. Over the course of 2018, real-time traffic jam reports are set to become even more specific by using instances of emergency braking, while requests from the police to keep a corridor free for emergency vehicles will also be transmitted. The swift and accurate relaying of information on road conditions and traffic situations also provides an important basis for optimising the operation of automated driving systems. The BMW Group’s secure IT backend provides connected vehicles with live information and digital services. Connected vehicles are now able to receive live information and transmit data to the BMW Group’s permanently available IT backend via a secure mobile connection in a total of 46 markets. Besides real-time hazard warnings, navigation map updates can also be delivered over the air in this way. In future, the secure IT backend will provide the platform for other data-based applications. The BMW Group employs technologies from the fields of cloud computing and artificial intelligence to both optimise existing functions and develop new services. Data protection and data security take top priority here. Security and availability are guaranteed thanks to the coordinated interaction between specialised systems controlled by the BMW Group. This approach also enables regulated opening of the backend to integrate services from external partners, allowing the internet’s rapid pace of innovation to be used to the benefit of customers. Specialised systems include the Open Mobility Cloud, which is used for providing personalised services from BMW Connected, and the Location Platform for transmitting hazard warnings in real time. Digital processes speed up development and manufacturing. Digitalisation is opening up new opportunities on the production side as well. The additive manufacturing techniques collectively known as 3D printing stand out in particular for their success in delivering fast, flexible und customisable processes. Classic examples of additive manufacturing applications can be found in areas where custom-made and sometimes highly complex components are needed in small numbers. This is the case especially in prototype development, vehicle validation and vehicle road testing. An additively manufactured water pump wheel was fitted in DTM racing cars for the first time back in 2010. And the new BMW i8 Roadster features a soft-top cover with an aluminium bracket made using metal powder laser melting, a cutting-edge technique that has never been used before in car manufacture. Meanwhile, the new MINI Yours Customised product line enables customers to personalise the design of selected components and then have them produced via 3D printing. On top of all this, the Additive Manufacturing Center at the BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ) in Munich now supplies around 140,000 prototype parts a year to the company’s various development departments IDrive 7.0 MINI USA Announces MINI Takes the States 2020 is On! Report: All Electric MINI E Concept to Debut at Frankfurt BMW Group Donates $1 Million to Red Cross BMW and MINI Doubles Down on the 3D Printing of Parts Why You Need a Cold Air Intake system for Your MINI	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line121
__label__cc	0.74745	0.25255	Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) 2014 Call for Entries The Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) 2014 is now open for entries, offering both emerging and established filmmakers the opportunity to engage with new, international audiences and interact with some of the biggest personalities in the film industry today. As one of the largest and most dynamic short film festivals in the UK, it presents a fantastic opportunity for filmmakers at South African Screen Federation to engage with an international audience. Working with leading organisations such as BAFTA, Film 4, Channel 4, Film London, Warp, Raindance, Sheffield Doc/Fest and more, it also provides a platform to interact with some of the biggest personalities in the film industry today. Last year’s festival included films from 36 countries across the world, and we are really keen to engage with filmmakers in South Africa. In addition to screenings throughout the ASFF weekend, prizes include £750 for the Festival Winner, £250 for the People’s Choice Winner, screenings at a number of other UK festivals and editorial coverage of the festival in Aesthetica Magazine and on the ASFF blog. The time limit is 30 minutes and categories for entry are: Advertising, Animation, Artists’ Film, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Fashion, Music Video and Thriller. CLICK HERE to view last year’s trailer. ASFF 2014 will take place in 15 unique and iconic locations across the city of York, spanning its historic buildings and contemporary arts spaces, during the weekend of 6 – 9 November. In addition to four days of screenings, there will also be a variety of opportunities to engage with leading industry figures and fellow filmmakers throughout an exciting series of masterclasses, workshops and networking sessions. Entries close 31 May. For more information and to enter visit www.asff.co.uk/submit Find us on Twitter @asffest www.asff.co.uk Labels: call for entries, Festivals, Film Festival, invite, networking, Training, Workshop SOS Coalition and R2K Campaign on the unconstituti... Icasa upholds SABC decision to ban DA advert Cape Town and Western Cape Film promotion to suppo... An After Hours Filmmaking Workshop by UCT TV and K... He who controls the SABC, controls much of the cou... Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) 2014 Call fo... African Creative Economy Conference 2014	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line126
__label__wiki	0.624797	0.624797	Find 2013 articles about boxers with the last names from H-M here: Joe Hanks: 8/4/13 The Rundown: A Knockout Month: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/08/the-rundown-knockout-month.html David Haye: 7/22/13 Boxing Asylum Podcast: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/07/boxing-asylum-podcast-721.html Bernard Hopkins: 4/11/13 The Rundown: Bradley, Golden Boy and HBO http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/04/the-rundown-bradley-golden-boy-and-hbo.html 3/12/13 Opinions and Observations: Hopkins-Cloud: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/03/opinions-and-observations-hopkins-cloud.html 3/8/13 Hopkins-Cloud: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/03/keys-to-fight-hopkins-cloud.html 1/26/13 The SNB Interview: Steve Smoger, Part II: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/01/the-snb-interview-steve-smoger-part-ii.html Marco Huck: 4/14/13 Pound-for-Pound Update: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/04/pound-for-pound-update_14.html 1/6/13 Grading the Top Fighters: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/01/grading-top-fighters-2012.html Danny Jacobs: 9/4/13 The Rundown: KO and Upset of the Year? http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/09/the-rundown-ko-and-upset-of-year.html 7/11/13 Tracking the Middleweights: Year 3: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/07/tracking-middleweights-year-3.html Bryant Jennings: 7/2/13 The Rundown: Broner, Golovkin and the Killers: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/07/the-rundown-broner-golovkin-and-killers.html Chris John: Carson Jones: 7/15/13 Opinions and Observations: A Fourpack of Fights: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/07/opinions-and-observations-fourpack-of.html Guillermo Jones: 6/3/13 The Rundown: Mayweather-Alvarez and More: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/06/the-rundown-mayweather-alvarez-and-more.html Zab Judah: 12/9/13 Opinions and Observations: Don't Close the Book: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/12/opinions-and-observations-dont-close.html 9/10/13 Garcia-Matthysse: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/09/garcia-matthysse-keys-to-fight.html 5/1/13: Opinions and Observations: Survivors http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/opinions-and-observations-survivors.html 4/26/13 Zab Judah: A Reconsideration: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/04/zab-judah-reconsideration.html Mikkel Kessler: 5/27/13 Opinions and Observations: Froch-Kessler II: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/opinions-and-observations-froch-kessler.html 5/24/13 Froch-Kessler: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/froch-kessler-ii-keys-to-fight.html Amir Khan: James Kirkland: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/12/opinions-and-observations-dont-close.html Vitali Klitschko: 9/20/13 Pound-for-Pound Update 9-20-13: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/09/pound-for-pound-update-9-20-13.html Wladimir Klitschko: 10/17/13 Pound-for-Pound Update: 10-17-13: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/10/pound-for-pound-update-10-17-13.html 10-7-13 Opinions and Observations: Cotto and Klitschko: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/10/opinions-and-observations-cotto-and.html 7/21/13 On Intangibles: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/07/on-intangibles.html Seregey Kovalev: 8/18/13 Opinions and Observations: Geale-Barker and Cleverly-Kovalev: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/08/opinions-and-observations-barker-and.html Erislandy Lara: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/12/opinions-and-observations-dont-close.html7/2/13 The Rundown: Broner, Golovkin and the Killers: Denis Lebedev: Andy Lee: 3/6/13 The Rundown: Mayweather and Showtime: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/03/the-rundown-mayweather-and-showtime.html 2/12/13 Opinions and Observations: the Frampton-Martinez Card: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/02/opinions-and-observations-frampton.html David Lemieux: Siarhei Liakhovich: Martin Lindsay: Josesito Lopez: J'Leon Love: Mathew Macklin: 6/28/13 Golovkin-Macklin Preview and Prediction: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/06/golovkin-macklin-preview-and-prediction.html Diego Magdaleno: Marcos Maidana: 12/17/13: Opinions and Observations: Broner-Maidana, Thurman: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/12/opinions-and-observations-broner.html 12/12/13 Broner-Maidana: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/12/broner-maidana-keys-to-fight.html 6/23/13 Opinions and Observations: Broner-Malignaggi: Paulie Malignaggi: Abner Mares: 12/30/13: The 2013 Saturday Night Boxing Awards: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/12/the-2013-saturday-night-boxing-awards.html 8/27/13 Pound-for-Pound Update 8/27/13: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/pound-for-pound-update.html Juan Manuel Marquez: 10/14/13 Opinions and Observations: Bradley-Marquez http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/10/opinions-and-observations-bradley_14.html 10/10/13 Marquez-Bradley: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/10/marquez-bradley-keys-to-fight.html Rafael Marquez: 9/8/13 Boxing Asylum Podcast -- The One: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/09/boxing-asylum-podcast-one.html Kiko Martinez: Roman Martinez: 11/14/13 On Greatness: Nonito Donaire and Mikey Garcia: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/11/on-greatness-nonito-donaire-and-mikey.html 1/22/13 Opinons and Observations: The Salido-Garcia card: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/01/opinions-and-observations-salido-garcia.html Sergio Martinez: Lucas Matthysse: 9/20/13 Pound-for-Pound Update: 9-20-13 9/16/13 Opinions and Observations: Mayweather-Alvarez and the One: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/09/opinions-and-observations-mayweather.html 9/10/13 Garcia-Matthysse: Keys to the Fight: 5/21/13 10 from Atlantic City: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/10-from-atlantic-city.html Floyd Mayweather: 9/13/13 Mayweather-Alvarez: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/09/mayweather-alvarez-keys-to-fight.html 6/13/13 Why Michael Woods is Wrong...And Right: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/06/why-michael-woods-is-wrongand-right.html http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/pound-for-pound-update.html\ 5/8/13 Opinions and Observations: Mayweather-Guerrero: 5/3/13 Mayweather-Guerrero: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/05/mayweather-guerrero-keys-to-fight.html Souleymane M'Baye: Craig McEwan: Milan Melindo: 7/30/13 Opinions and Observations: Knockout Kings/Fists of Gold: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2013/07/opinions-and-observations-knockout.html Argenis Mendez: Seth Mitchell: Edison Miranda: Carlos Molina: John Molina: Mike Mollo: Sergio Mora: Anselmo Moreno: Mauricio Munoz: Marty Murray: Ricky Hatton: 11/29/12 Opinions and Observations: Guerrero-Berto, Hatton-Senchenko: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/11/opinions-and-observations-guerrero.html 7/16/12 Opinions and Observations: Khan-Garcia, Haye-Chisora: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/opinions-and-observations-khan-garcia.html 7/13/12 Haye-Chisora: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/haye-chisora-keys-to-fight.html Robert Helenius: 11/15/12 Opinions and Observations: Klitschko, Mares and Lara: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/11/opinions-and-observations-klitschko.html 1/5/12 New Year's SNB Rankings Update: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-years-snb-rankings-update.html Yoan Pablo Hernandez: 9/18/12 Opinions and Observations: The Las Vegas Double Down: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/09/opinions-and-observations-vegas-double.html 5/18/12 Tarver's Time to Make up for Lost Time: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/05/tarvers-time-to-make-up-for-lost-time.html 4/30/12 Opinions and Observations: Hopkins-Dawson: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/04/opinions-and-observations-hopkins.html 4/5/12 Why Chad Dawson Bothers Me: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-chad-dawson-bothers-me.html 2/16/12 How Hopkins Makes it Ugly: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-hopkins-makes-it-ugly.html 9/30/12 The Saturday Night Boxing Top-20: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/09/the-saturday-night-boxing-top-20.html 5/11/12 Musings on Canelo and Huck: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/05/musings-on-canelo-and-huck.html 3/2/12 SNB Rankings Update: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/03/snb-rankings-update.html 2/27/12 Opinions and Observations: Alexander, Broner, Povetkin and Cleverly Fights: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/02/opinions-and-observations-alexander.html Kazuto Ioka: 1/31/12 January 2012 SNB Rankings Update http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-2012-snb-rankings-update.html 1/13/12 Three Japanese Champions of Note: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/01/three-japanese-champions-of-note.html Nobuhiro Ishida: 3/19/12 Opinions and Observations: Klitschko, Cloud and Williams: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/02/opinions-and-observations-klitschko.html 6/21/12 Revisiting the Young Middleweights: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/06/revisiting-young-middleweights.html Sonny Boy Jaro: 12/31/12 The 2012 Saturday Night Boxing Awards: Glen Johnson: 12/19/12 Opinions and Observations: Khan and Donaire: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/12/opinions-and-observations-khan-and.html 1/18/12 The Legacy of Glen Johnson: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/01/legacy-of-glen-johnson.html 7/9/12 Opinions and Observations: Donaire, Pavlik and Brook: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/opinions-and-observations-donaire.html Mike Jones: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/snb-rankings-update.html 6/10/12 Opinions and Observations: Pacquiao-Bradley http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/06/opinions-and-observations-pacquiao.html Roy Jones: Nkosinathi Joyi: Zab Judah 3/25/12 Observations and Opinions: Texas Two-Step and Judah: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/03/observations-and-opinions-texas-two.html Teon Kennedy: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/12/opinions-and-observations-khan-and.html7/16/12 Opinions and Observations: Khan-Garcia, Haye-Chisora: 7/14/12 Khan-Garcia: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/khan-garcia-keys-to-fight.html 7/2/12 Amir Khan Fights Others, Himself: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/amir-khan-fights-others-himself.html 4/9/12 Shifting Tides for Freddie Roach: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/04/shifting-tides-for-freddie-roach.html http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/11/opinions-and-observations-klitschko.html9/30/12 The Saturday Night Boxing Top-20: 6/16/12 Chavez-Lee: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/06/chavez-lee-keys-to-fight.html Jorge Linares: 6/26/12 Opinions and Observations: Ortiz-Lopez: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/06/opinions-and-observations-ortiz-lopez.html Juan Manuel Lopez: 3/11/12 Opinions and Observations: The Lopez and Burns cards: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/03/opinions-and-observations-lopez-and.html Yusaf Mack: 11/21/12 Opinions and Observations: Froch, Broner, Viloria: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/11/opinions-and-observations-froch-broner.html Matthey Macklin: 3/21/12 Sergio Martinez's Dangerous Game: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/03/sergio-martinezs-dangerous-game.html 1/8/12 Devon the Not-so-Great: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/01/devon-not-so-great.html 10/22/12 Opinions an Observations: Brooklyn Boxing: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/10/opinions-and-observations-brooklyn.html 4/23/12 Opinions and Observations: Mares and Moreno http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/04/opinions-and-observations-mares-and.html Hernan Marquez: 1/2/12 The 2011 SNB Boxing Awards: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/01/2011-saturday-night-boxing-awards.html http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/12/the-2012-saturday-night-boxing-awards.html12/13/12: Opinions and Observations: Pacquiao-Marquez IV: 12/8/12 Pacquiao-Marquez: Keys to the fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/12/pacquiao-marquez-iv-keys-to-fight.html 4/17/12 Marquez's Boxing Rarity-- Universal Respect: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/04/marquezs-boxing-rarity-universal.html Robert Marroquin: Frank Martin: 4-25-21 Catching My Eye: Navarrete, Smith-Ortiz: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2021/04/catching-my-eye-navarrete-adorno-ortiz.html http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/12/the-2012-saturday-night-boxing-awards.html9/30/12 The Saturday Night Boxing Top-20: 9/14/12 Chavez-Martinez: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/09/chavez-martinez-keys-to-fight.html 7/25/12 The Making of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/07/the-making-of-julio-cesar-chavez-jr.html 3/21/12 Sergio Martinez's Dangerous Game. Vanes Martirosyan: Jeffrey Mathebula: 12/13/12: Opinions and Observations: Pacquiao-Marquez IV: 5/23/12 On Boxing and Performance Enhancing Drugs: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/05/on-boxing-and-performance-enhancing.html 5/8/12 Opinions and Observations: Mayweather-Cotto 5/4/12 Mayweather-Cotto: Keys to the Fight: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/05/mayweather-cotto-keys-to-fight.html 3/15/2012 Victor Ortiz -- Boxer, Enigma: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/03/victor-ortiz-boxer-enigma.html 2/4/12 Cotto's Shot at Boxing Immortality: http://saturdaynightboxing.blogspot.com/2012/02/cottos-shot-at-boxing-immortality.html Carlos Molina (junior middleweight): Carlos Molina (lightweight): Erik Morales: Eric Morel: 4/23/12 Opinions and Observations: Mares and Moreno: Shane Mosley: 6/7/12 Reflections on Sugar, Winky and the Punisher: http://www.saturdaynightboxing.com/2012/06/reflections-on-sugar-winky-and-punisher.html Rendall Munroe: Martin Murray: Punch 2 the Face Radio	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line127
__label__wiki	0.890784	0.890784	Defensive Medicine Doctors aren't confident about U.S. preparedness for coronavirus, survey finds U.S. physicians aren’t confident about the country’s preparedness to cope with the novel coronavirus as they are put their own protocols in place for potentially infected patients. The survey of 150 doctors found only 9% feel confident they could identify a patient who has contracted what is now known as COVID-19, the novel respiratory illness with flu-like systems that originated in Wuhan, China, according to a new survey from InCrowd. Just one in four physicians feels very prepared to treat a patient that has potentially contracted COVID-19. Of the government response to COVID-19, only one in three respondents agrees that the U.S. is taking strong precautions to prevent the spread of the illness. Nearly half (45%) agree that the World Health Organization and governments outside of the U.S. are taking strong precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. So far, 14 people in the U.S. have been confirmed to have the 2019 novel coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The latest patient is among a group of people quarantined in California after returning on a State Department-chartered flight from China. Coronavirus has been blamed for 1,367 deaths worldwide, all but two recorded in mainland China, which has been the center of the outbreak, according to USA Today. The total number of confirmed cases has spiked to over 60,000. InCrowd surveyed emergency medicine or critical care specialists, pediatricians and primary care physicians about COVID-19 between January 31 and February 4 and found most report a lack of confidence in their preparedness to treat COVID-19. Of those surveyed, 65% said they don’t have access to a COVID-19 test kit made available by the CDC for laboratory testing. Seventy-two percent of respondents say if a patient traveled to a country where COVID-19 is prevalent, they would automatically want to test for the virus if the test were available. Yet the majority of physicians confirm that their practices are recommending protocols to follow for potentially affected patients. While 75% of respondents said that their clinic or hospital has recommended a protocol for patients that could potentially have COVID-19, only 38% think the hospitals or facilities where they have privileges are prepared to treat people with the disease. While only 9% of respondents rated themselves as being very concerned about COVID-19, 28% said their patients are very concerned. “I’m not particularly concerned about it, however, we are forced by media hype to feed into the fear,” a 42-year-old male emergency medicine and critical care specialist said in the survey. But doctors said patients should be more concerned about the flu. “I try to emphasize to my patients that they should be more worried about the influenza virus,” said a 36-year-old female emergency medicine and critical care specialist. In fact, 21% of respondents said their patients are more concerned about the threat of the flu, which the CDC estimates has killed 12,000 patients in the U.S. this season and resulted in 210,000 hospitalizations.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line128
__label__wiki	0.752405	0.752405	Coin Designs, Featured, Park Quarters Legislation 2010 National Park Quarters Designs April 7, 2010 admin 1 Comment The U.S. Mint has formally revealed the final designs for this year’s four 2010 National Park Quarters and the first National Forest Quarter. In a start to the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, which honors 56 different sites on the reverse of the quarter-dollars between 2010-2021, the five new designs were unveiled at a short ceremony at the Newseum Museum in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2010. "Through America the Beautiful Quarters coins, we will be transported to national parks, forests and wildlife refuges, part of a vast public land legacy belonging to all Americans-natural and cultural treasures protected for our recreation, relaxation, education, inspiration and transformation," Mint Director Moy said at the ceremony. For 11 years, 48 National Park sites, two U.S. Fish and Wildlife sites, and six U.S. Forest Service sites will be commemorated from each state, D.C. and U.S. territory. The 2010 quarter-dollars will feature reverse ("tails side") design themes honoring: Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, and Mount Hood National Forest Site in Oregon Nineteen 2010 park quarter design candidates, with emphasis on the word "candidates," were made public by the Mint in late 2009. These were reviewed by various individuals and entities, and eventually five tweaked designs were selected by Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner after receiving recommendations from US Mint Directory Moy. The following quarter pictures reveal the line art images of this year’s quarters: 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter Design The design depicts the Hot Springs National Park headquarters building in the background. It was built in the Spanish colonial revival style and completed in 1936. The National Park Service emblem is featured to the right of the door. The site’s fountain is featured in the foreground. Inscriptions include HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 2010 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The quarter will be released on April 19, 2010, with an official ceremony held at the park on April 20, 2010. 2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarter Design The design features Old Faithful with a bison in the foreground. Inscriptions include YELLOWSTONE, WYOMING, 2010 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The quarter is set for release on June 1, 2010. 2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter Design The design depicts El Capitan, which is 3,000 feet at the tallest point and is the largest monolith of granite in the world. Inscriptions include YOSEMITE, CALIFORNIA, 2010 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The quarter is set for release on July 26, 2010. 2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter Design The design depicts a view of the granaries above the Nankoweap Delta in Marble Canyon near the Colorado River. Inscriptions include GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, 2010 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The quarter is set for release on September 20, 2010. 2010 Mount Hood National Forest Quarter Design This reverse design portrays a view of Mount Hood with Lost Lake in the foreground. Inscriptions include MOUNT HOOD, OREGON, 2010 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The quarter is set for release on November 15, 2010. The obverse ("heads side") of each coin bears a restored version of the historic George Washington portrait, which was first featured on quarters back in 1932. Previous Post2010 National Park Quarter Designs UnveilingNext PostHot Springs National Park Quarter Release Ceremony One thought on “2010 National Park Quarters Designs” Moltke says: Does anyone besides myself want to put Reagan on the half dollar? Kennedy doesn’t deserve, unlike the other presidents on U. S. coinage.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line129
__label__wiki	0.677765	0.677765	Bags and Rolls, Quarter Releases Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter Release, Rolls and Bags Available March 30, 2012 National Park Quarters Staff 2 Comments On April 2, 2012, the United States Mint will join with the Federal Reserve Bank to release the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter. On that day, the newest issue from the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program will be released into circulation by the Federal Reserve with bags and rolls of the coins also available for ordering directly from the U.S. Mint. Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter Rolls and Bags The Chaco Culture Quarters are the second of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program to be issued in 2012 and follow the El Yunque National Forest Quarters which made their debut on January 23, 2012. All of the coins in the series (which debuted in 2010) honor a different site of national interest from around the United States and its territories with a design located on their reverse. These newest releases honor Chaco Culture National Historical Park which is located in the state of New Mexico. The site was created as a national monument on March 11, 1907 with national historical park status attained on December 19, 1980. The park preserves one of the best concentrations of ancient pueblo dwellings in the United States. To celebrate the Chaco site, the reverse of the new quarter depicts a design described by the U.S. Mint with: "The reverse of the second quarter of 2012 illustrates a view to the west of two elevated kivas that are part of the Chetro Ketl Complex. The design also shows the north wall of Chetro Ketl and the north wall of the canyon. Inscriptions are CHACO CULTURE, NEW MEXICO, 2012 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The reverse was designed by AIP Master Designer Donna Weaver and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill." As with all of the America the Beautiful Quarters, the obverse contains a portrait of George Washington, as originally designed by John Flanagan. The portrait was created and initially appeared on the 1932 circulating quarter dollar and has been used in one form or another on quarters ever since. Beginning at Noon (Eastern), on April 2nd, the U.S. Mint will offer 100-coin bags of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarters. These bags contain 100-circulation quality strikes from the buyer’s choice of the U.S. Mint’s facility in Philadelphia or the U.S. Mint’s facility in Denver. Each bag includes a tag with “Chaco Culture National Historical Park,” “NM” and “P” or “D.” The bags will be offered for $34.95, plus the Mint’s standard shipping and handling charge of $4.95 per order. Two-roll sets of the Chaco Culture Quarters will also be sold by the Mint for $32.95. These sets contain one roll of 40 circulation-quality quarters struck at the Philadelphia facility and one roll of 40 circulation-quality quarters struck at the Denver facility. Special wrapping on the rolls are imprinted with “Chaco Culture National Historical Park,” “NM” for New Mexico, “$10,” and “P” or “D” for the mint of origin. When released, the 100-coin bags or two-roll sets of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarters may be ordered directly from the United States Mint website (http://www.usmint.gov/), or its toll free number 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Information on the other four 2012-dated America the Beautiful Quarters may be found on the 2012 national park quarters page. Previous PostEl Yunque National Forest Quarter Ceremony in Puerto RicoNext PostChaco Culture Park Quarters Three Coin Set 2 thoughts on “Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter Release, Rolls and Bags Available” Tom Goligoski says: A few years ago the mint posted the quantity minted of the state quarters. What is the site(s) of quantities minted for territories, Lincoln pennies (2009), and state parks? Park Quarters Staff says: Tom, U.S. Mint coin production figures may be found at: http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/coin_production/index.cfm?action=production_figures	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line130
__label__wiki	0.599548	0.599548	skemheritage.org.uk Wonderful Wonders of the World 7 Wonders, Heritage Sites, UNESCO 7 Wonders of the New World You Need to Know! By Jillian on November 20, 2019 • 0 Comments After undergoing many reconstructions, the title of 7 old world wonders has changed to a new list. Want to know the seven newest wonders of the world? Consider the following list. In 2007, an organization called the 7 Wonders Foundation, officially released the New 7 Wonders of the World. The organization, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, chose seven new Wonders of the World based on the voting of more than 100 million people, regarding important sites or important buildings of historical heritage. Millions of people say the following miracle is more worthy than others. Not surprisingly, the list is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here are 7 Wonders of the New World, and the explanation is historic, iconic, and very photogenic. 1. Taj Mahal, India This white marble building is a symbol of the love of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who at the time gave birth to 14 children but died during childbirth. Jahan, who lost his beloved wife, ordered around 20,000 workers and 1,000 elephants to build the Taj Mahal in 1631 and was completed in 1648. The building is located in Agra, the state of Uttar Pradesh. Exactly about 212 kilometers south of the Indian capital, New Delhi. 2. Chichén Itzá, Mexico One of the 7 Wonders of this world, entered in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites after it was discovered in 1841. Chichén Itzá is the remnants of the Mayans, who, in their heyday around 600 AD to 1200 AD, were major cities and centers of strength in the area. Chichén Itzá, if translated, means “on the lips of the public spring,” it is believed to refer to the Yucatán Peninsula famous for its underwater rivers, and open freshwater drainage holes, called cenotes. Water is an integral part of life here. And the possibility is a factor in the success of the city, before finally disappearing mysteriously. 3. Colosseum, Italy This building looks like a stadium and is the place to fight gladiators and animals at that time. Colosseum began to be built by Emperor Vespasian around 70 AD, in Rome, Italy. The building was completed during the reign of his son, Titus, in the 80th century AD. This large amphitheater has more than 80 entrances and seating for around 50,000 people. At present, some parts of the Colosseum have been destroyed by earthquakes, looters, vandals, or fires. However, it still has a beautiful view, many visitors until now. 4. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil This iconic statue of Christ is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This statue was completed in 1931 and stood 98 feet tall with outstretched arms. Considered the most beautiful man-made monument in the world, and a symbol of peace and welcome. 5. Petra, Jordan This relic site was carved into the stone surface, which is very large and extraordinary, and is believed to have been founded around 300 BC. Petra comes from the ancient Greek “Petros” which means “stone.” This place was raised in the film ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ (1989). Located south of Jordan between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea, a few hours drive from the capital, Amman. 6. Great Wall, China One of the seven wonders of the world in Asia is a large wall that snakes over the hill border between China and Mongolia, about 20,000 kilometers (12,427 miles) long and crosses nine provinces. The wall was actually built at different times and for different reasons. The older wall dates from 700 BC, and these parts show their age to this day. Some parts of the wall that felt newer were built during the Ming Dynasty when the Chinese were at war with the Mongols. But the Mongols, under Kublai Khan’s orders, broke through this wall around the 1300s and established settlements and trade areas in what is now Beijing. 7. Machu Picchu, Peru Well, the last of the seven new wonders of the world is Machu Picchu in Peru. One of the most impressive sites in the world built 7,000 feet above sea level and is considered the most difficult destination to reach from all the destinations on this list. Machu Picchu is an ancient fortress built by the Incas in the 15th century. However, construction was not finished due to the invasion of Spain in the 16th century. It is estimated that only around 750 people live here because it is a kingdom and not a decent city. In the original language, Quechua, the name means “Old Peak.” 5 Mysterious History Sites That Still Leaves Many Big Questions! Visit These 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2019 Travelling to UNESCO site and another Beautiful Place in Malaysia Google Doodle Celebrates The Lorentz National Park in Papua – UNESCO World Heritage Site 9 Facts of Stonehenge, a Stone Monument Still Covered by Mystery Powered by WordPress \| Made by Themely	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line131
__label__wiki	0.633887	0.633887	← Only You (And You Alone) Lovin’ Things → Written and first released by Mitchell Torok with the Louisiana Hayride Band (US #26/C&W #1 1953). Other hit version by Mitchell Torok (US #27 1957). From the wiki: “‘Caribbean’ was written and first recorded in 1953 by Mitchell Torok. It became a Country #1 single, and also charted in the US Top 40. In 1957, Torok recorded an updated but very similarly-arranged version of ‘Caribbean’ and it again charted in the US Top 40. “One of Torok’s idols, Hank Williams, died suddenly in 1953. Inspired by a need for some happy songs, Torok immediately penned a happy-go-lucky song titled ‘Mexican Joe’, written in thirty-minutes one cold January night, initially intending the song for another one of his idols, Hank Snow. A new record producer and label owner from Hollywood, CA, Fabor Robison, happened by Nacogdoches, Texas, and found Torok and the song. Torok reluctantly gave it to Robison to record with one of his own struggling artists, the then-unknown Jim Reeves, in Shreveport, LA, for Abbott Records. Reeves had been hired to be an announcer on KWKH and The Louisiana Hayride Show, but not allowed to sing. When Reeves was finally offered a chance to sing one number, ‘Mexican Joe’ became a huge #1 hit, spending seven weeks atop the Billboard Country Singles chart. “Torok himself was then signed to Abbott Records and a month later wrote his own #1 hit. The song was ‘Caribbean’. It remained on the Country chart for a total of 24 weeks – four weeks at #1. As a result, Torok was offered membership in The Louisiana Hayride in 1954.” Mitchell Torok, “Caribbean” (1957): Tags:Hank Snow Jim Reeves Mitchell Torok	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line132
__label__wiki	0.914409	0.914409	« Go Back to Previous Page « Tagged: Kids of Sesame Street 1960s, Broadway/Movies, Novelty First performed in the movie Svezia, inferno e paradiso [Sweden: Heaven and Hell] (1968). Popular version performed by The Muppets (US #55/MOR #12/CAN #22 1969). “Most people know Mahna Mahna as a Muppets sketch, but the song — titled Mah Nà Mah Nà — is actually by Italian composer Piero Umiliani. The Tuscan musician composed scores for exploitation films in the ’60s and ’70s, including spaghetti westerns and softcore sex films, but Mah Nà Mah Nà would be his most famous work. “The song originally appeared in a racy Italian film called Svezia, inferno e paradiso (Sweden: Heaven and Hell), in a scene where a bunch of Swedish models crowd into a sauna wearing little more than bath towels. First performed by The Kids of Sesame Street (1970). Hit versions by Barbra Streisand (MOR #28 1972), The Carpenters (US #3/UK #53/JPN #1 1973). (Above is from a 1971 broadcast of Sesame Street.) From the wiki: “”Sing” is a popular song created for Sesame Street, written by staff songwriter Joe Raposo for the popular children’s TV show. In its initial appearance, the song was sung by adult human cast members of the show (the most frequent lead singer was Bob McGrath), and Muppets, including Big Bird. “Although Barbra Streisand had an Easy Listening hit with ‘Sing’ (in medley with ‘Make Your Own Kind of Music’) in 1972 with ‘Sing’, Karen and Richard Carpenter first heard the song as guests on ABC television special Robert Young with the Young in 1973. They loved the song and felt it could be a big hit. ‘Sing’ became the debut single off The Carpenters album Now & Then, released in 1973.”	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line133
__label__wiki	0.953736	0.953736	Arts & Culture Drama queen of the highest order Drama queen of the highest order TN News Friday, August 03, 2012 11:15 Email Print People's Artist Kim Cuong will say farewell to the stage with a set of live performances Senior artist Kim Cuong (R) performing in La Sau Rieng (Durian Leaf) in the late 1960s Actress, film producer, scriptwriter Kim Cuong, considered the founder of modern theater in southern Vietnam, will be performing three times from August 6-8 at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House. Ta on doi (Thanksgiving) will be Kim Cuong's last performance on stage. She was motivated to organize the event as a way to express her gratitude to loyal fans and colleagues with the profits going to support orphans and the disabled. At present, Kim Cuong, 75, once dubbed "the queen of drama" by Professor Tran Van Khe, one of the greatest masters of the traditional Vietnamese music, serves as deputy president of the city's Sponsoring Association for the Disabled and Orphans and member of the Sponsoring Association for Needy Patients. Kim Cuong, who has been dedicating herself to charity projects since 2000, had never thought to organize a private show of her own until last April when she was honored with the title of People's Artist, the highest praise Vietnam bestows upon its artists. The show will begin with a 45-minute session of famous traditional songs and dances performed by leading local singers, Cam Ly, Dam Vinh Hung, Anh Tuyet, and Quang Dung in homage to the way they have been presented by the Kim Cuong Drama Troupe in the past. Then Kim Cuong, together with several famous artists, will perform excerpts from Tra Hoa Nu (Camellia) and La Sau Rieng (Durian Leaf), the play she wrote in 1961 which made her famous after it was first performed in 1968. La Sau Rieng became famous as well, with thousands of productions of the play taking place all over Vietnam and abroad. Kim Cuong was born in a traditional family in Saigon, the daughter of the talented cai luong artist Bay Nam. She fell in love with cai luong and began her professional career as a singer at the age of 19 in the cai luong play, Giai nhan va ac quy (The beauty and the beast). "I became famous during 1954-1955 on the cai luong stage and was dubbed "˜Gifted woman' by the media in Saigon at that time, but by 1960 I realized that I got along better with theater people and preferred acting to singing," said the actress who founded the Kim Cuong Drama Troupe in 1967. When she became an actress and playwright, Kim Cuong cast her mother to play the typical southern mother of the character she played, Dieu, in La Sau Rieng. She went on to play the leading role in several historically significant plays, as well as write over 70 plays. Theater in Saigon during the 1960s did not have its own stage, so only short plays or excerpts from plays were presented before either cai luong performances or film screenings. The Kim Cuong Drama Troupe became a pioneer of Vietnamese theater by presenting full plays on stage in southern Vietnam at that time. But it was her skill as a tragic playwright that won her the most accolades, as she was able to accurately depict the culture, lifestyle and social issues of southern Vietnam. The Vietnam Book of Records recognized her as the country's most prolific female playwright in 2006. Until 1975 when she stopped working in the movie industry, Kim Cuong also starred in and produced many feature films, taking home the awards for Best Actress and Best Script at the 1974 Asian Film Festival held in Taiwan. "Kim Cuong is not only a real talent; she is also a real beauty and a good self-educator. As an ambassador of the Vietnamese arts, she was especially tactful to ensure that foreigners would respect the Vietnamese people," said Professor Khe, who performed with Kim Cuong and acclaimed artist Bay Phung Ha at UNESCO's International Music Council in Hamburg, Germany in 1973 and Switzerland in 1974. "She also successfully transformed the French play "˜Camellia' by not merely translating it, but by giving it the style of a Vietnamese play. She was very adept at using foreign plays to enrich the Vietnamese theater scene." Together with the live shows, the Phuong Nam Publishing House will also release three volumes of scripts penned by Kim Cuong later this year. Like us on Facebook and scroll down to share your comment More Arts & Culture News Boney M, Scorpions, Chris Norman set to perform in Hanoi Scorpions finally agreed to come after organizers tried for a long time Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia to accept Prince Claus Award There she is, the first openly gay Miss America contestant Juliette Binoche tells Europe to welcome refugees, respect women Beyond the baguette: France's food legacy in Vietnam	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line136
__label__wiki	0.545395	0.545395	Mental Health Video Series Population Data and Architecture Articles Help Support me and my Work An Interactive Map of the American Urban Centres that Ranked in the Top 100 Most Populated 1790-1900 2 Legend 4 Observations 4.1 Urban Centres by Division 4.2 Urban Centres by Cluster 5 My Other Population Data Releases 6 References: Complete External List Plotted in this article are the top 100 most populated American urban centres for each decade since the 1790 census (first year it was taken). Also included are the Canadian centres that would have ranked among the top 100 American centres. The data for the Canadian centres is less reliable though. When including the Canadian centres I didn't exclude any American ones in their place. This means that the totals for each census add up to more than 100. One thing to note about the 1790 and 1800 censuses is that at the time in the USA an urban centre was defined as an incorporated community with more than 2,500 inhabitants. Due to this, only 24 places ranked in the 1790 census and 33 for the 1800 census (Hence, the corresponding Canadian data follows the same rules). Another thing to note is that I denote New Orleans as ranking in the top 100 beginning with the 1790 census despite the Louisiana Purchase not occurring until 1803 which means that New Orleans wouldn't have ranked in the top 100 until the 1810 census. In 1750 New Orleans already had around 3,000 inhabitants and by the 1810 census it had 17,242. Therefore it likely would have ranked in the top 100 if it had been part of the USA at the time and that's why I included it. By clicking on one of the icons on the map a box will load. If you clicked on an icon for a centre that was no longer present in the top 100 by the 1900 census I include which years the centre did rank within the top 100 including the corresponding ranks and populations (sometimes included is the 1900 population without a rank-I may add more data in time). If you click on one of the icons that was present in the 1900 census I include what census the centre first ranked within the top 100. Icon Shapes: Star: Urban centre was present in the top 100 at the 1790 census. Diamond: Urban centre was present in the top 100 for the first time in the 1800 census. Square: Urban centre was present in the top 100 for the first time between the 1810 and 1860 censuses. Circle: Urban centre was present in the top 100 for the first time between the 1870 and 1900 censuses. Icon Colours: Red: Urban centre was no longer present in the top 100 at the 1900 census. Yellow: Urban centre was present in the top 100 at the 1900 census. There's a full screen option on the upper right corner of the map interface, clicking on it will give you a search bar to search places on the map. Here's a version of the map with Google Street View enabled. It tends to be less stable and you might have to reload since the layer crashes now and then. Map Below is a table showing urban centres by province/state/territory/district according to how divisions were in the year 1900. The first number following the name represents the number of urban centres in the top 100 present in 1900. The second number represents how many have ranked in the top 100 between 1790-1900. The percentage of how many existed in 1900 out of the total number urban centres since 1790 is included following the two numbers. Also included is the 1900 population. Canada is in red. Massachusetts, USA: 12/30 \| 40% \| 2,805,346 Pennsylvania, USA: 10/21 \| 48% \| 6,302,115 New York, USA: 9/21 \| 43% \| 7,268,894 Ohio, USA: 7/11 \| 64% \| 4,157,545 New Jersey, USA: 7/8 \| 88% \| 1,883,669 Connecticut, USA: 4/7 \| 57% \| 908,420 Indiana, USA: 3/6 \| 50% \| 2,516,462 Rhode Island, USA: 2/6 \| 33% \| 428,556 Virginia, USA: 2/6 \| 33% \| 1,854,184 Ontario, CA: 3/5 \| 60% \| 2,182,947 Iowa, USA: 2/5 \| 40% \| 2,231,853 Maine, USA: 1/5 \| 20% \| 694,466 California, USA: 3/4 \| 75% \| 1,485,053 Michigan, USA: 3/4 \| 75% \| 2,420,982 Texas, USA: 3/4 \| 75% \| 3,048,710 Kentucky, USA: 2/4 \| 50% \| 2,147,174 Illinois, USA: 2/4 \| 50% \| 4,821,550 Maryland, USA: 1/4 \| 25% \| 1,188,044 New Hampshire, USA: 1/4 \| 25% \| 411,588 North Carolina, USA: 0/4 \| 0% \| 1,893,810 Missouri, USA: 3/3 \| 100% \| 3,106,665 Minnesota, USA: 3/3 \| 100% \| 1,751,394 Georgia, USA: 3/3 \| 100% \| 2,216,331 Alabama, USA: 2/3 \| 67% \| 1,828,697 Kansas, USA: 1/3 \| 33% \| 1,470,495 Tennessee, USA: 2/2 \| 100% \| 2,020,616 Quebec, CA: 2/2 \| 100% \| 1,648,898 Nebraska, USA: 2/2 \| 100% \| 1,066,300 Washington, USA: 1/2 \| 50% \| 518,103 District of Columbia: 1/2 \| 50% \| 278,718 Nova Scotia, CA: 1/2 \| 50% \| 459,574 South Carolina, USA: 1/2 \| 50% \| 1,340,316 Louisiana, USA: 1/2 \| 50% \| 1,381,625 Newfoundland: 0/2 \| 0% \| 220,984 Wisconsin, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 2,069,042 Manitoba, CA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 255,211 Arkansas, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 1,311,564 New Brunswick, CA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 331,120 Delaware, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 184,735 Oregon, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 413,536 West Virginia, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 958,800 Colorado, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 539,700 Hawaii Territory, USA: 1/1* \| 100% \| 154,001 Utah, USA: 1/1 \| 100% \| 276,749 Mississippi, USA: 0/1 \| 0% \| 1,551,270 Vermont, USA: 0 \| 343,641 Florida, USA: 0 \| 528,542 Indian Territory (Oklahoma), USA: 0 \| 790,391 South Dakota, USA: 0 \| 401,570 North Dakota, USA: 0 \| 319,146 Montana, USA: 0 \| 243,329 Wyoming, USA: 0 \| 92,531 Idaho, USA: 0 \| 161,772 Arizona Territory, USA: 0 \| 122,931 New Mexico Territory, USA: 0 \| 195,310 Alaska Territory, USA: 0 \| 63,592 Nevada, USA: 0 \| 42,335 Prince Edward Island, CA: 0 \| 103,259 British Columbia, CA: 0 \| 178,657 Northwest Territories (includes Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), CA: 0 \| 211,649 *Honolulu, not included on map. It's interesting that by the 1900 census North Carolina didn't contain any urban centres within the top 100. What's even more interesting is that it didn't even rank within the top 200 either (U.S. Bureau of the Census (1900)). Despite this, during previous censuses it had a number of urban centres which did rank within the top 100. These included Raleigh, Fayetteville, New Bern, and Wilmington. North Carolina is the only state that was part of the original 13 colonies that didn't have an urban centre rank in the 1900 census. A pie chart showing the distribution of urban centres per state/province/territory/district that ranked in the top 100 most populated at some point between the 1790-1900 censuses. A pie chart showing the distribution of urban centres by state/province/territory/district that ranked in the top 100 most populated at the 1900 census. In order for an urban centre to continually rank in the top 100, each decade it would have to have a net increase large enough to keep up with the rate of increase other urban centres are experiencing at the same time. When one looks very closely at the map you can spot a number of areas where urban centres appear to cluster. Typically when there's a city drawing in a number of people the towns immediately surrounding it also experience a growth in population. In the chart below I highlight the clusters you can find on the map. The primary urban centre is named first followed by the urban centres surrounding it. New York City, New York (10): Brooklyn, New York; Williamsburg, New York; Yonkers, New York; Hoboken, New Jersey; Jersey City, New Jersey; Elizabeth, New Jersey; New Brunswick, New Jersey; Newark, New Jersey; Paterson, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (7): Northern Liberties Township, Pennsylvania; Southwark District, Pennsylvania; Kensington District, Pennsylvania; Spring Garden District, Pennsylvania; Moyamensing Township, Pennsylvania; Camden, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts (7): Charlestown, Massachusetts; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Somerville, Massachusetts; Chelsea, Massachusetts; Roxbury, Massachusetts; Dorchester, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island (5): Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Cumberland, Rhode Island; North Providence, Rhode Island; Warwick, Rhode Island; Albany, New York (5): Troy, New York; West Troy (Watervliet), New York; Cohoes, New York; Schenectady, New York; Salem, Massachusetts (4): Marblehead, Massachusetts; Beverly, Massachusetts; Danvers, Massachusetts; Washington, DC (3): Georgetown, DC; Alexandria, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio (3): Covington, Kentucky; Newport, Kentucky; Springfield, Massachusetts (3): Chicoppe, Massachusetts; Holyoke, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California (2): Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana (2): Lafayette, Louisiana; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2): Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Missouri (2): Kansas City, Kansas; Louisville, Kentucky (2): New Albany, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota (2): St. Paul, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington (2): Tacoma, Washington; Scranton, Pennsylvania (2): Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Many times the centres which grow around larger urban centres aren't even in the same state. Over time many of these surrounding urban centres are absorbed by the growing primary urban centre. The introduction of new technologies like the electric streetcar and subsequently the automobile accelerated this process. All of this later led to suburbanization. For more information on that topic you can read one of my other articles: Using Population Data & Google Street View to Illustrate how Many of North America's Beautiful Buildings were Destroyed and What we can do Now In the peculiar case of Philadelphia, its city boundaries stayed the same for a very long time and the way the city grew (north and south) didn't correspond to its boundaries which stretched east from the Delaware River west towards the Schuylkill River. Colton, G. W. (1856) The United States of America. Retrieved from the David Rumsey Collection. For links to all of my related writings you can visit my Population Data and Architecture Articles page. The Population of Every Urban Centre in the World with More than 100,000 Inhabitants in the Year 1900. The Population of Every Urban Centre in North America with more than 5,000 inhabitants in the year 1900. The Population of Every Urban Centre in Canada and the USA with more than 5,000 Inhabitants in 1900. The Population of Every Incorporated Urban Centre in Canada & Newfoundland in the Year 1901. You can help support me and my work by becoming a patron: http://www.patreon.com/billywilson To keep things neat and manageable, I utilize one universal reference list for all of my population and architecture related articles: Reference List for Population Data and Architecture Articles. Posted by Billy Wilson at 19:53 Labels: 1790, 1900, America, Canada, Census, Data, Historical, Industrial Revolution, Population Data, Urban, Urbanization, USA, Victorian If you'd like to help support me, my family, and projects which is the work you see here, you can become a patron to my work on Patreon. 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__label__wiki	0.945807	0.945807	<< Other Groups The Best Air Guitar Albums In The World >> Spike 'The Duke' Edney Biography Spike in 1993 and 1998 Spike Edney has numerous links to Queen, to the extent that he was often described as the fifth member. Born on 11 December 1951, he has worked with Ben E King, Edwin Starr, The Boomtown Rats, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Ian Hunter, Manic Street Preachers, Beautiful South, Gary Barlow, Peter Green, Joe Cocker, 10CC, and countless more. Spike's connections with Queen began in 1984, when he appeared on the European leg of 'The Works' tour, providing additional guitar and keyboards. From then onwards he appeared at almost every show until Queen stopped touring in 1986, appearing on the 'Live In Rio', 'Live In Budapest' and 'Live At Wembley' videos, as well as the 'Live At Wembley 1986' and 'Live Magic' albums. He also appeared on Queen's 1986 studio album, 'A Kind Of Magic'. When Roger Taylor decided to form a new group for his solo energies in 1987, Spike was chosen from many applicants and became the keyboard player for 'The Cross'. The band released their first album in January 1988, and toured England and Germany that year. Two further albums followed in 1990 and 1991, titled 'Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know' and 'Blue Rock', both promoted with tours throughout Germany. After Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, the UK and US releases of 'Blue Rock' were cancelled, and this combined with overall poor sales, meant the group split up in late 1991, barring occasional live performances. Spike performed with Queen at Freddie's tribute concert, held at Wembley Stadium in April 1992, and also appears on the video and DVD of the concert. Later in 1992, Spike joined Brian in The Brian May Band, to perform extensively throughout Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australasia. The Brian May Band released a live album and video in 1994 of a concert at The Brixton Academy in 1993. In 1994, Spike formed the SAS Band (Spike's All Star Band), with Cozy Powell, Neil Murray, Jamie Moses and Chris Thompson, although the band has evolved over time to include a wide range of musicians. The SAS Band released their debut album in 1997 and played many concerts, many for charity, with a large variety of guest vocalists, including Paul Young, Leo Sayer, Arthur Brown, Tony Hadley, Roy Wood, Fish, Kiki Dee, Bob Geldof, Marti Pellow, Roger Taylor and Brian May. In 1997, Spike appeared with Queen and Elton John in Paris, whilst in 1998, he returned to The Brian May Band for an extensive tour of Europe, Japan and Australasia. After that, Spike worked with numerous other artists and arranged other concerts for the SAS Band, including a live album and video called 'The Show', in 2000. Spike has continued working with Queen on numerous projects, including the 'We Will Rock You' musical in London, and has performed with Queen at virtually every show since 1984. Return to top \| Legal Stuff \| No Menu? \| Bookmarkable link \| File last modified: 05 June 2013	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line140
__label__cc	0.609048	0.390952	Looking at 2010 — 5 — Pitchers (cont) Let's see if we can wrap this up. Mike Ekstrom (26). RHP. Reliever. 58 Innings (3 2/3 postseason). 39 Games (1 start). 6-1. 6 holds, 1 save. ERA 2.79. On Rays 40-man. Ekstrom started the year in Tampa Bay and came to the Bulls in a swap for Joaquin Benoit in late April. He went back up to the Rays for a couple of weeks in early August, again in early September, came back for one round of playoffs, and went back to the Rays. Not quite sure why he was around all year given the somewhat erratic quality of the Rays bullpen, but nice to have him with the Bulls and he did a good job. Seemed to handle the back and forth better than most we’ve seen around here. He’s young. He’s only got two years of AAA under his belt. If he doesn’t stick with the Rays he might be back next year. Stats. Winston Abreu (33). RHP. Reliever. 55 1/3 innings (3 1/3 postseason). 40 games. 0-4. 2 holds, 23 saves. ERA 2.28. A great deal of the Bulls’ success over the last two years can be attributed to Winston Abreu. If his number of saves seems a bit low (tied for 3rd in the IL), remember that in the early months of the season there were few save opportunities with the Bulls on a record-setting run scoring pace. Very, very important to the Bulls to know that if they had a lead going into the last inning, Abreu was there. At a guess, it’s up to Abreu whether or not he wants to put in another year with the Bulls. Certainly the team (and this fan) would love to have him back. R.J. Swindle (26). LHP. Reliever. 55 innings (5 innings postseason). 40 games. 2-4. 12 holds. 2 saves. ERA 2.79. There was not a pitcher on the crew that was more fun to watch this year than R.J. Swindle. He got a late start on the season, not showing up with the Bulls until May 10. Impressive control right out of the gate. He didn’t walk a single batter until his eighth appearance. R.J. is famous for his slow curve that loops across the plate at much less than 60 mph, while his “fastball” barely approaches 80 mph. No pitcher on the Bulls staff could mix it up as well as he could. One or two inning guy, real asset to the team. Still young. He could be a real help to the Bulls in years to come if Rays want to keep him around. Darin Downs (25). LHP. 40 1/3 innings (5 1/3 postseason). 23 games (1 start). 6-2. ERA 4.46. Downs joined the Bulls from the Montgomery Biscuits in late June. His numbers with the Bulls were much less impressive than his 1.67 ERA at AA level. On the other hand, this was his first visit to AAA baseball and he seems fully recovered from his injuries. Pretty sure that he’s going to be on the Rays “Let’s wait and see” list. Maybe Biscuits, probably Bulls next year. The next several pitchers were in the 20 inning range, so let’s try to wrap this up with some one-liners. Bobby Livingston (27). LHP. 27 2/3 innings (5 postseason). 5 games, no decisions. Livingston filled in some gaping holes in the Bulls starting lineup on August, and did a pretty good job for us. He’s been banging around AAA for the last couple of years — Indianapolis, Columbus, Norfolk, Buffalo, and Albuquerque — so have to think there’s a story there we don’t know about. Still, liked what we saw in August and September. Stats. Heath Rollins (25). RHP. Started the season with the Bulls and appeared in 13 games (23 innings), but did not do well. Was sent down to Montgomery where he also did not do well. Stats. Jake McGee (23). LHP. Started the season with Montgomery as a starter. Came to the Bulls in August to work as a reliever (17 innings) and did very, very well. Went to Tampa in mid-September. On 40-man. Likely to start 2011 with the Bulls. Stats. Ramon Ortiz (37). RHP. 17 innings. 4 games. Much like Bobby Livingston, brought in at the end of the season to fill some holes in starting lineup. Less successful than Livingston. First time we’ve ever seen a pitcher tossed from a game for something he apparently said, not something he did (August 30). Did not appear in the postseason. Stats. Brian Shouse (42). LHP. Reliever. Signed in mid-August to fill some holes and possibly back up the Rays bullpen. 10 games, 12 innings. Was of little help to Bulls. Stats. Jeff Bennett (30). RHP. Starter. Started the year with Durham. Pitched one game, faced two batters in his second start and went on DL. Had one more start on May 11 and was released. Total of 10 2/3 innings. Stats. Paul Phillips (26). RHP. Came up from Montgomery and got in 3 appearances (10 2/3 innings) before the end of the season and two in post season (6 1/3 innings). We like Phillips, but he’s running out of time. He could easily come out of spring training on the Bulls roster. Or just as easily disappear. Stats. Joaquin Benoit (33). RHP. Likely to become a trivia question if he keeps up his terrific performance as a Rays setup man. He did spend a couple of weeks with the Bulls at the beginning of the year, making 8 appearances for 9 2/3 innings, 2 saves and a loss. Swapped out for Mike Ekstrom. Stats. Jason Cromer (29). LHP. 8 innings. 4 games. A favorite of WDBB, Jason could not get his arm/elbow working right this year. He did show up for four games in late May/early June. He on the books as pitching a couple of games/innings in mid-August down in the Gulf Coast League, so we can hope. But have to say that it doesn’t look well. Jason’s running out of time. Stats. Justin Garcia (24). RHP. Reliever. 4 2/3 innings. If you been reading this far, this is the punch line. Justin Garcia, as far as we can tell, has never been to Durham, NC. He came up from Montgomery and pitched two games in relief against Indianapolis, then went from there to the Charlotte Stone Crabs. Obvious candidate for the Moonlight Graham Award. Stats. Alex Cobb (22). RHP. Starter. Alex did not play for the Bulls in the regular season. He did come up for the postseason and took a loss in his first appearance. Nevertheless, he is a very, very promising young pitcher, one of two on this year’s Biscuits squad on the Rays 40-man (Jake McGee being the other one). If we’re lucky, we’ll see a lot of him next year. Stats. Labels: Abreu, Benoit, Cromer, Downs, Ekstrom, J. Bennett, Livingston, McGee, P. Phillips, Rollins, Shouse, Swindle Chris D October 4, 2010 at 11:16 AM Great wrap. Ekstrom is a RHP btw. Can't wait to see Cobb next year in a real season situation. Chris W. October 4, 2010 at 11:26 AM Oops! Fixed. Thanks. Agree about Cobb. Maybe Torres and McGee as well. Should be fun. Durham Bulls in the World Series Several 2010 Bulls to the Rays? Bulls In Wintertime Great Poster! 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__label__wiki	0.755432	0.755432	Home About Research Sources Search The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study As one of his crucial early works of social science, Du Bois' The Philadelphia Negro (TPN) provided an in-depth sociological analysis and interpretation of African American urban life. In addition, Isabel Eaton conducted the research leading to the "Special Report on Negro Domestic Service In the Seventh Ward, Philadelphia" that was published as part of the book. This page is organized into sections containing links to online resources that pertain to: * Internet-available copies of The Philadelphia Negro in various formats; * Du Bois (while) in Philadelphia, including items on his time there as well as his related activities; * summaries of, and reading guides for, the book; * book reviews, comments, and notices by contemporaries; * contemporary secondary sources from Du Bois's era that refer to the book or his related work, directly or indirectly; * later secondary sources that refer to TPN directly or indirectly; and * related works with a bearing on some topic or issue raised in The Philadelphia Negro. —Robert W. Williams, Ph.D. [Bio] LATEST LINK (For 1 December 2020) A Later Secondary Source Posted below is an external link to an online essay by Uriel Serrano. Titled the "The Philadelphia Negro: W.E.B. Du Bois and Community-based Research" (2018), Serrano discusses the project as a forerunner to that type of social inquiry. THE PRIMARY TEXT The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study. 1899. This is Du Bois' path-breaking book of social research on African Americans in an urban environment. It was originally published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Note: The 1899 edition was published with a "Preface" by Du Bois and an "Introduction" by Samuel McCune Lindsay -- both of which were not included in either the 1967 Schocken or the 1996 University of Pennsylvania imprints of the book. Du Bois' "Preface" provided a sketch of how the book fit into his overall research agenda. McCune's "Introduction" gave details of the goals and motivations that led to the research project that became The Philadelphia Negro. Original 1899 edition as page images at the "Women Working, 1800-1930" collection located at Harvard University Library's Open Collections Program (OCP): http://pds.harvard.edu:8080/..../pds?id=2574418&n=6&s=6 [Title page] http://pds.harvard.edu:8080/..../pds?id=2574418&n=8&s=6 [Preface] http://pds.harvard.edu:8080/..../pds?id=2574418&n=12&s=6 [Introduction] Original 1899 edition in page-facsimile version at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=sqwJAAAAIAAJ.... [Start page] Original 1899 edition readable online at Hathi Trust Digital Library http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001263090 [catalog page] Full text of the 1967 Schocken edition (with E. Digby Baltzell's Introduction) available in DjVu and PDF formats at the Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/philadelphianegr001901mbp [Download page] Full text of the 1967 edition (with Baltzell's Introduction) presented as page images and uncorrected OCR text at Carnegie Mellon University and its Universal Library http://tera-3.ul.cs.cmu.edu/.../DBscripts/allmetainfo.cgi?id=1901 [Start page] The 1967 Schocken edition of The Philadelphia Negro (with Baltzell's Introduction) available as full text in several formats (ex., TIFF and GIF graphics files, HTML, and ASCII text) at the Digital Library of India. NOTE: Over the course of early December 2013 I tried repeatedly to connect to the Digital Library of India, but was not able to access either the site or the TPN page. http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/...../110793_The_Philadelphia_Negro [Start page] [Click on the "High Bandwidth Reader" link, because the other link opens a different book.] Full text in html at Dr. Larry Ridener's Dead Sociologists' Society (DSS page) http://media.pfeiffer.edu/lridener/DSS/DuBois/pntoc.html [No Du Bois "Preface" and no McCune "Introduction"] [Note: The above URL for Dr. Ridener's DSS page has replaced the now defunct <http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/DuBois/pntoc.html>] The online Encyclopedia Virginia presents a detail of the book spine from The Philadelphia Negro (1899). A broken chain is depicted on the image. The image is presented courtesy of the University of Virginia Library. At the Encyclopedia Virginia site www.encyclopediavirginia.org/. . . . sld2836mets.xml DU BOIS (WHILE) IN PHILADELPHIA Various items on or related to Du Bois's The Philadelphia Negro can be found via the Credo online repository of the Du Bois Collection of primary and secondary materials, which are archived at the University of Massachusetts Amherst library. Searching for either the keyword "Philadelphia Negro" or the keyword "University of Pennsylvania" seems to yield good results: search via Credo. Although some results are not relevant, included in the results are documents pertaining to Du Bois's actual research and its connection to the University of Pennsylvania, as well as later correspondence related to The Philadelphia Negro. Please note that only the metadata description can be searched (not the items themselves). More information is available at my intra-site About page. Credo (Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst) http://credo.library.umass.edu/ The New York Times announced Du Bois's forthcoming role and position at the University of Pennsylvania (as printed in an NYT newspaper issue dated 30 September 1896, p.1).The brief notice is reproduced below in its entirety and verbatim: First Colored "Fellow" Appointed. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.—Dr. W. E. Dubois, colored, who was graduated from Harvard College several years ago, and who studied in the German universities, has been appointed to a Fellowship in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the first one of his race to hold such a position in this university. He will be on assistant to Dr. Samuel Lindsay in sociology. Dr. Dubois will not be considered a member of the Faculty, and will not lecture at college. His work will be among the colored population of Philadelphia. He will make a house-to-house investigation of the colored settlements, giving to the university authorities the results of his observations. Robert Williams' Notes: The double quotation marks around ' Fellow ' in the title are presented here as printed in the original text. Also, DuBois's name did not have an uppercase 'B' in the original text. At the New York Times archive [Citation page] http://query.nytimes.com/...9D03E7DE133B...A96F9C94679ED7CF [Downloadable as a PDF file (~22 KB)] Presentation at the American Missionary Association's 1897 meeting. While living in Philadelphia Du Bois attended the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association, which was held in Minneapolis, MN, in mid-October 1897. The Association's periodical of record, The American Missionary (v.51, n.8; December 1897), detailed the meeting (p.257 et seq. [hereafter page references link to page images available at the Hathi Trust Digital Library]). The American Missionary also contained short notices of Du Bois's participation at the annual meeting. We read that the Wednesday evening session included as speakers "Rev. O. Faduma, of North Carolina, and W. E. B. DuBois, of Pennsylvania, both representing the Negro." [p.264]. Elsewhere we read that the speaker "W. E. B. DuBois, Ph. D. [is] of Philadelphia" [p.292]. Someone anonymously and briefly summarized Du Bois' speech in a section entitled "Field Workers": "Dr. DuBois read a scholarly paper treating of the social condition of the Negro. He reviewed the great national upheaval in the interests of his people and outlined the problems consequent therefrom. The present he viewed as the critical period in the development of the Negro." [p.292] The entire Vol. 51 of The American Missionary is available at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=fArPAAAAMAAJ.... Quarter of a Millennium: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1731-1981; Edited by Edwin Wolf 2nd & Marie Elena Korey, Eds. (Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1981). To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Library Company of Philadelphia an exhibition was organized; this book was issued as a catalogue of that exhibition. The book contains descriptions and graphics images of selected pieces within the collection, one spanning several centuries of diverse items. The following quotation briefly describes The Philadelphia Negro and how DuBois utilized the library's materials for his research. The full text of the piece—designated as item 201 (as located on pp.269-270)—is presented here verbatim and in its entirety: 201 WILLIAM E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS The Philadelphia Negro A Social Study. Philadelphia: Published for the University, Ginn &: Co., Selling Agents, Boston, 1899 An Afro-American intellectual, Harvard's first Negro Ph.D., and a teacher in Southern Black colleges, Du Bois brought a unique perspective to American scholarship. He had worked under George Santayana and William James at Harvard, and was strongly influenced by Charles Booth and Beatrice Webb, British activists who sought to understand and alleviate the condition of the urban poor. In 1896, while an assistant in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, Du Bois and his young wife moved into the Seventh Ward, which ran from Spruce to South streets and from Seventh Street to the Schuylkill River, the historic center of the local Black settlement. Assisted by workers from the nearby College Settlement House, he charted the neighborhood and surveyed the population, investigating occupations, health, population statistics, the family, education, crime, religion, social life and interracial relations. "l determined to put science into sociology," he wrote of The Philadelphia Negro; "I was going to study the facts, any and all facts . . . and by measurement and comparison, and research, work up to any generalizations which I could." Du Bois' study marshalled facts contradicting the prevailing racist assumptions. He depicted the Philadelphia Negro community in all its diversity. He had no anti-historical bias, and so used 18th and early 19th-century material that had been largely ignored. And, according to his bibliography, he foundimportant resources in the Library Company, as have students of the Afro-American experience ever since. Our copy of the rare first edition was given us by the University of Pennsylvania shortly after it was published. Robert Williams's Note: Excluded here is a facsimile of the title page of The Philadelphia Negro that was displayed on p.270. Start page of the piece at Google Books [About-this-book page] http://books.google.com/books?id=mJcduI-NOOkC...#PPA269,M1 W.E.B. Du Bois Historical Marker. The ExplorePAhistory.com site, which is partnered with the Pennsylvania Historical Association, provides a short note about Du Bois and his research on the project that was published as The Philadelphia Negro. The page also describes the historical marker, dedicated on 29 October 1995, that commemorates his residence and work in the city. The marker is located at 6th and Rodman Streets in Philadelphia. The marker text reads: African American scholar, educator, and activist. A founder of the NAACP. From 1896-1897, he lived in the College Settlement House at 617 Carver (now Rodman) Street while collecting data for his classic study, published in 1899, The Philadelphia Negro. At the explorePAhistory.com site http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-38F "W.E.B. DuBois in Philadelphia." Rebecca Cooper guides us through the area of Philadelphia where Du Bois lived and conducted research for the book. Rebecca Cooper appears to have been a student of Dr. Charlene Mires, an Associate Professor of History at Villanova University [faculty page]. Also note that no date of creation or online posting is listed on the web page. Perhaps "W.E.B. DuBois in Philadelphia" was the product of the "Historical Tour Assignment", which was a requirement for Dr. Mires' class, "History of Philadelphia" [Dr. Mires' courses]. From Villanova University http://www47.homepage.villanova.edu/charlene.mires/tours/dubois.htm "Legacy of Courage: W.E.B. Du Bois and The Philadelphia Negro" (19m16s documentary film; n.d.). The documentary is one of the projects emerging from the "Mapping the Du Bois Philadelphia Negro" (www.dubois-theward.org), which is directed by Dr. Amy Hillier, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Design [faculty page]. This documentary was filmed by Haftom Khasai and Malik Neal and included collaboration, such as editing, by various students from the University of Pennsylvania and Haverford College. The video has no date that I could find but data on the Vimeo page indicated that it was uploaded on "Mon[day,] April 11, 2011." The documentary examined Philadelphia and the Seventh Ward during the 1890s when Du Bois conducted the research that resulted in his The Philadelphia Negro. Among those interviewed were Dr. Elijah Anderson, Mr. Jimmy Calnan, Ms. Veronica Hodges, the Hon. Michael Nutter, and Dr. Tukufu Zuberi. They are professors, a public official, and Philadelphians associated with the Seventh Ward. Interviewees discussed Du Bois and the significance of his research on African Americans, as well as the relevance of a DuBoisian approach to studying race in contemporary America. Calnan and Hodges provided insights into the Seventh Ward as they pertained to those who once lived there and those who currently live there now. Accessible online video at vimeo.com [Alternate site for video at the online Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia] Du Bois was named Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on 17 February 2012 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Information is available from several online sources. The Daily Pennsylvanian: "W.E.B. Du Bois receives honorary emeritus professorship" by Nicole Peinado (2-19-12) thedp.com/.../w.e.b._du_bois_receives_honorary_emeritus_professorship Penn News: "Penn Conference Marks Honorary Professorship for W.E.B. Du Bois" (2-13-12) http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/.../penn-conference.... Video with Dr. Tukufu Zuberi discussing "Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor" https://duboisprofessorship.wordpress.com "Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois 2012"—video containing excerpts of the presentations delivered at a February 2012 conference, during which time Du Bois was named an Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies by the University of Pennsylvania. https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_Cs65Fpwyo Penn Spotlights: "W. E. B. Du Bois� Profound Cultural Influence" http://www.upenn.edu/spotlights/w-e-b-du-bois-profound-cultural-influence For The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Steven McGrail wrote "Philadelphia Negro (The)" describing Du Bois's life and research in Philadelphia. He concludes: In stressing circumstance and contingency, Du Bois demonstrated structural inequities of which many whites were largely unaware, in the process leveling a powerful rejoinder to then prevalent arguments that used race theory, evolutionary science, and scriptural interpretation to justify discrimination. Du Bois hoped this work would be supplemented by similar studies of other cities, yet what began as a local study came, by default, to stand for all of urban Black America. Most of Du Bois�s methods lay dormant, re-emerging only in the 1920s—in Chicago again, with the rise of the Chicago School of Sociology. A fair hearing for his forthright and formidable conclusions, meanwhile, waited longer still. Du Bois�s study has enjoyed a renaissance in contemporary scholars� investigations of poverty, race, and political economy, and The Philadelphia Negro continues to inform readers with its poignant representation of one of the great forgotten communities in modern American history, whose vitality, diversity, and challenges still linger in its pages. The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia is sponsored by The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, Department of History, Rutgers University, Camden http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/philadelphia-negro-the/ On the Pennsylvania Methodist History Walking Tour is a stop which notes "W.E.B. Du Bois's Home during His Research Study". That stop is part of a larger tour commemorating the history of Methodism in Philadelphia, including the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The website and the accompanying booklet (which can be downloaded from the site) provides short textual notes and photographs for each of the stops. The booklet was written by Benjamin L. Hartley (no date and no publisher are listed). The note on Du Bois indicates that he respected Christian spirituality and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Pennsylvania Methodist History Walking Tour site Du Bois's Home during His Research Study SUMMARIES & GUIDES FOR THE PHILADELPHIA NEGRO "The Philadelphia Negro" by H.V. Nelson. This is an entry in the Encyclopedia of Black Studies edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004) and is available as part of a sample of entries starting with "P". Nelson provides a synopsis of the sociological significance of DuBois's The Philadelphia Negro, including the work's pioneering insights on social stratification among the African Americans of the Seventh Ward as well as the exhaustive interviewing methodology used by DuBois. At the Sage Publications site [Scroll to pp.396-398 of the PDF file] http://www.sagepub.com/Entries%20beginning%20with%20P_4728.pdf The Philadelphia Negro and the Smart Library on Children and Families. This series of web pages, produced by the National Institute for Social Science Information in conjunction with the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, examines various themes of The Philadelphia Negro, using data from the book. Home Life in 1896 http://www.children.smartlibrary.org/. . ./segment.cfm?segment=1784 Interracial Marriages in 1896 Marriage Among Blacks 100 Years Ago The Guild of the Caterers, 1820-1870 Incomes in 1896 Property in 1896 Profile of The Philadelphia Negro by Robert W. Williams, your web site facilitator. Please note: to read more than the first 600 words of the article requires daily, monthly, or yearly membership at the Literary Encyclopedia. Available online at The Literary Encyclopedia (posted 15 March 2006) http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=7374 BOOK REVIEWS & NOTICES OF THE PHILADELPHIA NEGRO The Economic Journal of December 1899, the periodical of the British Economic Association, published an anonymously written, brief notice of Du Bois's TPN in the "New Books" section (v.9 at p.684). The notice is presented verbatim below, reproducing its misspellings of Du Bois's name and "Negro" as well as the non-italicized book titles. Also, the text in the original was enclosed within square brackets. DUBOIS (W. E. B.) and EATON (ISABEL). The Philadelphia Negro: a Social Study. With Introduction by Professor G. M. Lindsay. Boston: Ginn & Co. 8vo. $2 00. [This interesting study is published for the University of Pennsylvania, under whose auspices the enquiry was made. It describes the whole range of the economic and social life of the American city negro [sic], as seen in Philadelphia,—employment, wages, social life, pauperism, and crime. Professor Dubois,[sic] himself partly of negro [sic] blood, is known as the author of a standard history of the Suppression of the African Slave Trade.] P.684 of The Economic Journal at Hathi Trust Digital Library http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015059386279.... A brief review by William F. Blackman of The Philadelphia Negro, together with Booker T. Washington's The Future of the American Negro. It was published in the Yale Review (Vol. Ninth (May 1900): pp. 110-111), of which Blackman was a co-editor. The full text of the review is presented below verbatim and in its entirety: The Philadelphia Negro. A Social Study. By W. E. Burghardt DuBois, Ph.D. Together with a special report on domestic service, by Isabel Eaton, A.M. Publications of the University of Pennsylvania; Series in Political Economy and Public Law. Philadelphia, published for the University, 1899---8vo, pp. xx, 520. The Future of the American Negro. By Booker T. Washington. Boston, Small, Maynard & Co., 1899---16mo, pp. x, 244. The first of these works is not merely a credit to its author and to the race of which he is a member; it is a credit to American scholarship, and a distinct and valuable addition to the world's stock of knowledge concerning an important and obscure theme. It is the sort of book of which we have too few, and of which it is impossible that one should have too many. That the "negro problem" is among the gravest and most involved, and difficult, of American life, is increasingly obvious; it ought by this time to be equally obvious that we can derive no considerable help toward its solution from the sentimental or prejudiced writings which abound, both north and south, on the subject. Here is an inquiry, covering a specific field and a considerable period of time, and prosecuted with candor, thoroughness, and critical judgment, its results being interpreted with intelligence and sympathy. We have no space to report or discuss the contents of the work, but we have long held that it is in monographs like this that we shall be likely to find the most trustworthy help in solving our great racial problem. If a similar study could be made in a score of cities, in various parts of the country, and in particular rural districts of the south, a basis of accurate and detailed knowledge concerning the condition of the race would be laid, on which conclusion could safely be founded. Mr. Washington's work is not that of a scholar, but of a shrewd, sane and tactful leader of the people and administrator of affairs. He knows both races, and both sections of the country, and seeks to be a mediator between extreme opinions and programs. His book is a contribution, not to knowledge, but to that good temper and good sense which is perhaps of equal importance. W. F. B. Robert Williams's Note 1: "Negro" is not capitalized in the original text. Moreover, we might wonder about Du Bois's reaction to the tone of the review, which -- although laudatory of Du Bois' efforts -- did not fully escape a patronizing tenor. R.W.'s Note 2: It can be observed that W.F. Blackman seemed to be in agreement with the research agenda that Du Bois had written about in his "Preface" to the 1899 edition of The Philadelphia Negro (TPN). With reference to TPN and his recent "Negroes of Farmville, Virginia" study [info], Du Bois wrote in TPN's Preface: It is my earnest desire to pursue this particular form of study far enough to constitute a fair basis of induction as to the present condition of the American Negro. If, for instance, Boston in the East, Chicago and perhaps Kansas City in the West, and Atlanta, New Orleans and Galveston in the South, were studied in a similar way, we should have a trustworthy picture of Negro city life. Add to this an inquiry into similarly selected country districts, and certainly our knowledge of the Negro would be greatly increased. The department of history and economics of Atlanta University, where I am now situated, is pursuing certain lines of inquiry in this general direction. I hope that funds may be put at our disposal for this larger and more complete scheme. Finally, let me add that I trust that this study with all its errors and shortcomings will at least serve to emphasize the fact that the Negro problems are problems of human beings; that they cannot be explained away by fantastic theories, ungrounded assumptions or metaphysical subtleties. They present a field which the student must enter seriously, and cultivate carefully and honestly. And until he has prepared the ground by intelligent and discriminating research, the labors of philanthropist and statesman must continue to be, to a large extent, barren and unfruitful. R.W.'s Note 3: Washington's The Future of the American Negro can be downloaded in several formats at the Internet Archive [here]. Review's first page in the full issue of the periodical (at Google Books) http://books.google.com/books?...id=xV8CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA110&as_brr=1 A brief comment on The Philadelphia Negro by Charles R. Anderson was published in The Dial: A Semi-Monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information, Vol. XXVIII, No. 335 (June 1, 1900). Henderson's laudatory one-paragraph comment was incorporated into his much larger review essay entitled "Social Discussion and Reform" (pp. 436-440), which covered a range of books by different authors. The passage below (from pp. 439-440) is the comment in its entirety: Very much of current discussion of the negro problem is wide of the mark because it is based on fragmentary observations and inadequate materials. There is great need of systematic and thorough local studies of the conditions of life under which colored people live in our great cities. A model for such studies is found in the brilliant essay of a colored student and teacher who has won distinction by his writings. Professor W. E. B. Du Bois has collected a vast amount of information in relation to the Philadelphia negro, his history, domestic relations, education, occupations, health, organized associations, crime, pauperism, social consideration and opportunities, and political outlook. Miss Isabel Eaton, fellow of the College Settlements' Association, has added a valuable report on the domestic service of the colored people. When similar local studies are made, as they ought to be made, in other cities, and in rural communities, the general plan of this investigation will be found very useful. Robert Williams's Note: "Negro" is not capitalized in the original text. Comment's page in The Dial at Google Books [About-This-Book Page] http://books.google.com/...id=EMA9AAAAMAAJ...&as_brr=1#PPA439,M1 Volume 28 of The Dial in full at the Archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/dialjournallitcrit28chicrich CONTEMPORARY SECONDARY SOURCES ON TPN An anonymous note in the Virginia School Journal (1896) announced that DuBois would be conducting research for the University of Pennsylvania (v.5,n.9 (November 1896): p.315). The note is presented here verbatim and in its entirety: Dr. W. E. Dubois, colored, [sic] is the first one of his race to be appointed to a fellowship in the University of Pennsylvania. He will be an assistant to Dr. Lindsay in his work in sociology, but will not be considered a member of the faculty, and will not lecture at the college. His work will consist of house to house investigations among the colored [sic] settlements, and the University authorities will receive the results of his investigations. Dr. Dubois was graduated from Harvard College several years ago, and he has studied in the German Universities. Available at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=ecwBAAAAYAAJ. . . .#PPA315,M1 "The Color Line" by H.M. Jenkins (1900) and published in the Friends' Intelligencer, v.57, n.2 (January 13, 1900): pp.28-29. In this short article Jenkins criticized employment discrimination against African Americans. He reached this conclusion: The manner in which the Negroes are shut out from employment is a large part of the explanation why many of them do not get on better. The question may fairly be asked, How can they be expected to get on, if they are not allowed to work like other people? The whites, as we all know, have a large percentage of failures, when every avenue of occupation is opened to them. Jenkins discussed The Philadelphia Negro, citing some of the demographic data contained therein. He also wrote: A very strong presentation, though perfectly calm and dispassionate, is made in regard to this subject of Negro employment in northern cities by a Report, which has taken the form and bulk of a large volume, entitled "The Philadelphia Negro: a Social Study." The author is W. E. B. DuBois, Ph. D., himself one of the colored race. He was sometime an Assistant in the University of Pennsylvania, and is now Professor of History and Economics in Atlanta University, Georgia. The plan of the book was suggested by a Philadelphia Friend, interested for the advancement of the Colored People, Susan Parrish Wharton, and has been most intelligently carried out by Dr. DuBois, who has had the cordial support of the authorities of the University of Pennsylvania, under whose patronage the book appears. This book, let me say in brief, is a most interesting study of the subject to which it relates. It presents a vast array of facts and statistics. Any one who cares to know something accurately about the situation of the colored people of the city of Philadelphia should make it a point to examine Dr. DuBois's volume. Available at Google Books [About-this-book page] http://books.google.com/books?id=bJ0sAAAAYAAJ....&cad=0#PPA28,M1 "The Negro in Business" by Booker T. Washington (1901). He cited material from Du Bois' The Philadelphia Negro on the Black businesses in the city. Washington's article documents various cases of African American success in different enterprises. It was originally published in Gunton's Magazine, Vol. XX (March 1901): 209-219 [download page for the entire Volume XX at the Internet Archive]. In the Booker T. Washington Papers, edited by Louis R. Harlan and Raymond W. Smock (University of Illinois Press) www.historycooperative.org/btw/Vol.6/html/80.html [Du Bois cited, pp. 80-81] www.historycooperative.org/btw/Vol.6/html/76.html [Article: Vol. 6, pp. 76-84] Lucy Maynard Salmon in Progress in the Household (1906) examined domestic service and its study. She praised the research conducted by Isabel Eaton that became part of TPN: The statistician, like the librarian, is also quick to create as well as to respond to the demand for information of a serious nature, and this has been shown in the growing recognition of the importance of domestic service as a field for statistical research. Among the most thorough of these statistical investigations is that carried on by Miss Isabel Eaton,—recently fellow of the College Settlements' Association,—in regard to negro domestic service in the seventh ward of Philadelphia.1 Miss Eaton has made an exhaustive study of one phase of the subject in a limited area, considering not only the number of negroes thus employed, but the methods of living, savings, and expenditures, amusements and recreations, length and quality of the service, conjugal condition, illiteracy, and health. The work has been done in a thoroughly scientific manner, and the results form an admirable presentation of negro service in a single ward of one city. [pp.13-14] [Footnote 1, bottom of p.14:] 1 Isabel Eaton, "A Special Report on Domestic Service," in The Philadelphia Negro, by W. E. B. Du Bois. Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1899. Robert Williams's Note 1 (Citation): Salmon, Lucy Maynard. Progress in the Household. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. Note 2: "Negro" and "Negroes" are not capitalized in the original text. Quotation's first page in the book accessible via Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=gxxIAAAAIAAJ...pg=PA13.... [Salmon's book is also available at the Internet Archive: search results] LATER SECONDARY SOURCES ON TPN "The Sociology of Race in the United States" by Elijah Anderson and Douglas S. Massey. This is Chapter 1 of the Problem of the Century: Racial Stratification in the United States (Elijah Anderson [faculty page] and Douglas S. Massey [faculty page], editors; NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001). The authors argue for the importance of The Philadelphia Negro in the field of U.S. sociology: The trouble with the standard account of American sociology�s birth is that it happened not at the University of Chicago in the 1920s, but at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1890s; rather than being led by a group of classically influenced white men, it was directed by W. E. B. Du Bois, a German-trained African American with a Ph.D. from Harvard. His 1899 study, The Philadelphia Negro, anticipated in every way the program of theory and research that later became known as the Chicago School. Although not generally recognized as such, it represented the first true example of American social scientific research, preceding the work of Park and Burgess by at least two decades. Were it not for the short-sighted racism of Penn�s faculty and administration, which refused to acknowledge the presence -- let alone the accomplishments of a black man or to offer him a faculty appointment, the maturation of the discipline might have been advanced by two decades and be known to posterity as the Pennsylvania School of Sociology. Instead, Du Bois went on to a distinguished career as a public intellectual, activist, and journalist, and the University of Chicago, not the University of Pennsylvania, came to dominate the field. Available online as a PDF file (about 54K) http://www.russellsage.org/publications/books/0-87154-054-1/chapter1_pdf Available in HTML format (converted by Google.com) http://www.google.com/.../.../.../0-87154-054-1/chapter1_pdf+&hl=en "Homage to DuBois: Revisiting the Problem of the Color Line." This anonymously reported news article summarizes a conference in 1999 on DuBois at the University of Pennsylvania. Although covering various aspects of DuBois' life and works, several comments relate to DuBois' study of The Philadelphia Negro and later analyses of the city by Elijah Anderson. Reported comments are by Drs. Elijah Anderson, Mary Frances Berry, James E. Bowman, and Fatimah L.C. Jackson. In the The Pennsylvania Gazette, May-June 1999 Gazetteer http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0599/0599gaz2.html "Reclaiming a Du Boisian Perspective on Racial Attitudes" by Lawrence D. Bobo (faculty page) was published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (March 2000, v.568, n.1; pp.186-202). Bobo returned to Du Bois's TPN in order to derive lessons for 21st Century sociological analyses of race. He wrote: In The Philadelphia Negro, Du Bois set out to provide a comprehensive analysis of Philadelphia's Seventh Ward, then the largest concentration of blacks in the city. He developed six interview and enumeration protocols. He rejected the reigning ideas in social science which would have faulted basic black capabilities for the impoverished condition of most blacks. Instead, he crafted a historically grounded portrait of blacks whose circumstances, by and large, had clear social or environmental roots. Although this is necessarily a compacted treatment, his analytical framework stressed the interplay of six factors: (1) a history of enslavement, servitude, and oppression; (2) demographic trends and compositional factors (for example, disproportion of women to men); (3) economic positioning and competition with free whites both native born and European immigrants; (4) racial prejudice and discrimination; (5) the resources, internal structure, dynamics, and leadership of the black community itself; and (6) moral agency and black self-determination. Of all these, the burden of slavery and the weak position of blacks in the economic structure were surely the primary factors in Du Bois's model. Du Bois was thus careful to not make prejudice the central or most important variable in his analysis. Yet the force of prejudice was ubiquitous and of unavoidable consequence in his analysis of the dynamics of race relations in Philadelphia. [pp.188-189] Bobo concluded his essay as follows: A century ago, Du Bois published The Philadelphia Negro, a work now recognized as a sociological classic. He developed a highly detailed portrait of black social life in Philadelphia. Part of the legacy of his analysis has lost the theoretical holism which linked structural issues of the economy and labor market dynamics to more social psychological and microsocial issues of prejudice and interpersonal discrimination. Sociology would do well to revisit the model Du Bois established. [p.198] Available as a PDF file (~2.1 Meg) www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/bobo/pdf%20documents/RDubois.pdf "MappingDuBois.org (web site). Dr. Amy Hillier of the University of Pennsylvania [faculty page] is the director of the project "Mapping the Du Bois Philadelphia Negro". Its website states the purpose: "This research, education, and outreach project is dedicated to using new technology and archival data to recreate the survey W.E.B. Du Bois conducted of Philadelphia's Seventh Ward for his 1899 classic book, The Philadelphia Negro." In addition to other details about the project, there is an online mapping feature to view the recreations of DuBois's research using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. Amy Hillier described the project as well as Du Bois's techniques and context in her "W.E.B. Du Bois and the Social Survey Movement: Recreating Seminal Survey Work from Primary Sources", which was published as Ch. 6 in PhillydotMap: The Shape of Philadelphia [TOC] (University of Pennsylvania: Cartographic Modeling Lab [CML], October 2009.) Hillier's "W.E.B. Du Bois and the Social Survey Movement" (PDF: ~974 MB) http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/....filename=4&article=1000.... Dr. Marcus Hunter [faculty page] wrote "Black Philly after The Philadelphia Negro" and published it in Contexts, 13:1 (Winter 2014). Hunter summarized his research on African Americans in Philadelphia, especially in the area that was formerly the Seventh Ward — the ward Du Bois had studied. In the decades after the pioneering Philadelphia Negro, that ward and its residents witnessed urban transformations and tribulations. The area eventually became predominantly White (replete with historical markers highlighting its Black past). Dr. Hunter indicated how the African American residents had struggled against poverty, racial discrimination, and politicians intent on gentrification. The residents were not "passive witnesses of change", but in Hunter's terminology were "Black citymakers", a concept that complements Du Bois's own emphasis on Africana agency. Available at the Contexts website (a publication of the American Sociological Association) https://contexts.org/articles/black-philly-after-the-philadelphia-negro/ Dr. Marcus Hunter [faculty page] published "W.E.B. Du Bois and Black Heterogeneity: How The Philadelphia Negro Shaped American Sociology" in The American Sociologist, 46:2 (June 2015): pp.219-233. The document that he presents on his academia.edu page is not paginated. Writes Dr. Hunter: . . .Du Bois drew on the idea of heterogeneity, specifically within the urban context, to illustrate Black communities as complex and organized arrangements of a diverse though marginalized population. As Du Bois sought to show the Black community was diverse despite being otherwise thought of as homogeneous. Using the examples of Philadelphia Negroes, Du Bois demonstrated that the Black community is comprised of varying arrangements of diverse though equally racialized constituents and practices. In so doing, Du Bois's analysis points to an idea of Black heterogeneity—the varied distinctions, perspectives, and peoples that constitute the Black community; thus Du Boisian heterogeneity theorizes the concept as imbued with a consequential mix of racial tensions and intraracial distinctions. Such factors give rise to complex civil racialized societies that are compelled to live alongside one another within and across urban America. In the concluding section, "Black Heterogeneity Matters", Hunter writes: This article demonstrates that the various frameworks for class, politics, and religion emergent in Du Bois's The Philadelphia Negro rely heavily on the notion of heterogeneity to provide new sociological knowledge. Du Bois's use of heterogeneity demonstrates the importance and influence of the economic and political regimes of cities, religious diversity, and variations in social class while also affirming and asserting the importance of race, history, and Black agency. Furthermore, Du Bois demonstrates that issues of access rely on the sociologist's understanding and use of heterogeneity to analyze and refer to research subjects such as the "Philadelphia Negro." Available at Dr. Hunter's academia.edu page https://www.academia.edu/.../...Du_Bois_and_Black_Heterogeneity.... "The Times and Life of W.E.B. Du Bois at Penn" by Greg Johnson [profile]. Johnson discusses in detail Du Bois's research study, The Philadelphia Negro. The original essay was posted on 2-18-2016 in Penn Today; the updated version was posted on 2-22-2019. Johnson covers the institutional and historical context of the project, Du Bois's sojourn in the Seventh Ward and his techniques of research, as well as some of his findings. The author also interviews various scholars today who have been inspired by Du Bois and his pioneering work in sociology: Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Eric Halperin, Amy Hillier, Chad Dion Lassiter, and Tukufu Zuberi, among others. In Penn Today (published by the Office of University Communications) https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/times-and-life-web-du-bois-penn [Defunct URL: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/2016-02-18/features/times-and-life-web-du-bois-penn] "A Strong Man to Run a Race: W.E.B. DuBois and the Politics of Black Masculinity at the Turn of the Century" by Ayumu Kaneko. Published in The Japanese Journal of American Studies, Vol. 14 (2003): 105-122. Kaneko examines The Philadelphia Negro and other DuBoisian works (e.g. The Souls of Black Folk and Darkwater), as well as the Niagara Movement. Kaneko wishes to address the question of what racial and class relations DuBois's apparently pro-feminist discourse constructed. To answer ... the question requires us to regard masculinity as not fixed but fluid and constructed in relation to representations of woman, and to analyze how DuBois positioned his own elite black male agency through pro-feminist discursive practices. At The Japanese Journal of American Studies [JJAS website] http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jaas/periodicals/JJAS/PDF/2003/No.14-105.pdf [Note: This is a large PDF file of about 8 megabytes] [The essay converted to HTML by Google] Uriel Serrano [web site], in his online essay, "The Philadelphia Negro: W.E.B. Du Bois and Community-based Research" (2018) examines the book in terms of the practices of that type of research. He considers Du Bois's The Philadelphia Negro to be "pioneering", a work that remains relevant to our study of contemporary social issues such as race and policing. As Serrano argues, Du Bois's project can inform community-based research (CBR). Although not using all of the practices CBR—Du Bois did not incorporate members of the community as part of the project—Serrano holds that the book provides insights into the various methodological dimensions of community-based research, as well as offers lessons on the institutional conditions that constrain such research. Du Bois employed a variety of methodological practices in The Philadelphia Negro, including participant observation, surveys, interviews, census data analysis, and historical studies. Serrano strongly suggests that book should be included in courses on the history of sociology, and in courses on methodology. Section Culture: Newsletter of the ASA Culture Section, Vol. 30, Issue 1 (Winter 2018) asaculturesection.org/2018/07/22/symposium-on-w-e-b-du-bois.... "W.E.B. Du Bois' Urban Sociology: Reflections on African American Quality of Life in Philadelphia" by Robert A. Wortham (Sociation Today, 6:1, Spring 2008). Wortham summarized The Philadelphia Negro and its abiding significance. In addition, he put some of the book's data through statistical analysis, reaching a conclusion that reinforced Du Bois's view that social class was significantly related to the mortality of African Americans in the Seventh Ward of Philadelphia. In his conclusion Wortham wrote: [W]hat are some of the lasting sociological contributions associated with this pioneering empirical study of urban life? In his classic 1938 study, "Urbanism as a Way of Life," Wirth identified size, density and heterogeneity as three fundamental identifying characteristics of urban society. While Du Bois did not directly address density issues in The Philadelphia Negro, he did investigate the size and the heterogeneous nature of Philadelphia's African American community. Distinct social classes within the Seventh Ward were specified, and Du Bois particularly addressed the circumstances of the "submerged tenth," a group comprised of the urban poor and criminal classes. This group appears to foreshadow Wilson's (1996; 1987) discussions of an urban "underclass" (Bobo, 2007). Du Bois also identified and evaluated additional structural factors impacting African American quality of life in urban settings, like organizational support networks, family structure, living conditions, and racial discrimination. However, rather than taking a "system-blame" or "culture-blame" approach to the study of social problems, Du Bois focused on the interaction between structural inequality and "social uplift." These social forces were perceived as being complimentary rather than mutually exclusive. [. . . .] Methodological triangulation is utilized to provide a comprehensive analysis of life in Philadelphia's Seventh Ward just before the turn of the nineteenth century. Census data, a survey of the Seventh Ward and ethnographic description were combined in this inductive study of a particular social group in a specific social environment. Within this seminal study, the reader encounters early formulations of the theory of ethnic succession, the role of economic enclaves in minority communities, a functional analysis of the Black Church and an awareness of the inverse association between mortality and social class. The Philadelphia Negro also provided a case study for demonstrating how quantitative and qualitative data analysis can be employed as complimentary research approaches. Robert Williams' Note 1: An Internet search for Louis Wirth's "Urbanism as a Way of Life" (American Journal of Sociology, 44:1 (July 1938): 1-24) may yield (un)expected dividends: e.g., via Google. Note 2: Citations to Wilson and Bobo, as referenced in the text, are: * Bobo, Lawrence. 2007. "Introduction." In The Philadelphia Negro, by W.E.B. Du Bois, xxv-xxx. New York: Oxford University Press. * Wilson, William Julius. 1987. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. * Wilson, William Julius. 1996. When Work Disappears. New York: Knopf. Sociation Today, 6:1 (Spring 2008) http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v61/dubois2.htm "W.E.B. DuBois's Sociology: The Philadelphia Negro and Social Science" by Tukufu Zuberi [web site]. This is a freely accessible outline/summary of a full-length article (which is available via paid subscription). The full-length article was published in the The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 595, (September 2004). Summary available online as a PDF file http://www.aapss.org/uploads/QR_zuberi.pdf A Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of the People of Colour, of the City and Districts of Philadelphia by Anonymous (Philadelphia: Printed by Kite & Walton,1849). While significant in its own right, DuBois's TPN was not the first effort at surveying African Americans in Philadelphia. He cited A Statistical Inquiry (ASI), which "under the direction of some members of the Society of Friends" conducted research in late 1847 into various demographic factors, like occupations, age groups, real estate holdings, and the number of free and enslaved Blacks. Indeed, DuBois referenced the data found in ASI as a way to understand the social development of African Americans in the city. Note 1: Within the text and in the footnotes DuBois cited ASI by the year 1848 (ex., pp. 200, 287, 304). In TPN's bibliography he specified the correct year of publication as 1849 (p. 421). Also notice that the book title spelled "Colour" so and not, as DuBois did, "Color". Note 2: The following list presents the places in TPN where DuBois cited ASI; the list is extensive but not necessarily complete. TPN: p. 56 (sec. 13) :: ASI: p. 5 TPN: p. 80 (sec. 18) :: ASI: p. 10 TPN: pp. 142, 143 (sec. 24) :: ASI: pp. 17, 18 TPN: p. 180 (sec. 29) :: ASI: p. 12 TPN: p. 200 (sec. 32) :: ASI: pp. 29, 30 TPN: pp. 287-8 (sec. 44) :: ASI: p. 16 TPN: pp. 302-3 (sec. 45) :: ASI: pp. 32-33 In the Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection at the Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lcrbmrp.t2326 [Bibliographic Information page] At Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=Z72Rm40ZBswC [About-this-book page] Isabel Eaton's "Receipts and Expenditures of Certain Wage-Earners in the Garment Trades" (Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. IV, New Series, No. 30 (June 1895): pp. 135-180). Prior to her research on African American domestic workers for The Philadelphia Negro Isabel Eaton had studied urban workers. In this particular article Eaton documents the conditions under which workers in Chicago and New York labored in various types of clothing factories, examining daily and piece-work wages and the long hours of labor as well as unsafe working conditions -- many in places she called "sweat shops". She interviewed union leaders, toured factories, and used government reports. Eaton examined the average expenditures on rent, clothing, and food. She noted the large numbers of garment workers who were in debt (pp. 168, 176) and the recent increases in the average living costs calculated as a percentage of average wages (p. 142). Eaton concluded that the workers in the New York and Chicago garment trades were "suffering chiefly two evils: first, high rents paid for unsanitary houses; second, low wages for too long a day's work." (p. 178). It can also be observed that she did not focus on the race of the workers she studied for this article. Eaton's article is accessible at Google Books [1st page] http://books.google.com/books?id=xygLAAAAYAAJ...&pg=PA135.... [Note: a few data tables may be unclear] [Other scanned versions: Alternate A; Alternate B] "The Negroes of Philadelphia" by Richard R. Wright, Jr. Wright provided a short summary of African American life and conditions in Philadelphia, using categories similar to Du Bois' The Philadelphia Negro. Wright gathered data from the U.S. Census of 1900 and from personal observations and interviews. He published it in two articles in 1907. At the Ohio Historical Society site, "The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920" [home page]. The URLs point to start pages where the articles are available as separate page images. * Wright, Richard R. 1907a. "The Negroes of Philadelphia," Part I. African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, 24:1 (July): 20-35. * Wright, Richard R. 1907b. "The Negroes of Philadelphia," Part II. African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, 24:2 (October): 136-147. The Negro in Pennsylvania: A Study in Economic History by Richard R. Wright, Jr. (Philadelphia: A.M.E. Book Concern Printers, 1912). Referring in several places to The Philadelphia Negro, Wright's geographic scope spanned the state of Pennsylvania. He concentrated chiefly on the economic aspects of African Americans, such as occupations, property ownership, crime, and poverty. He utilized data primarily from the 1900 U.S. Census. Wright noted the overall economic and educational progress achieved by African Americans in the state. At the Internet Archive's American Library Collection [PDF & DjVu formats] http://www.archive.org/details/inpennsylvania00wrigrich [Download page] Please consider a contribution to the upkeep of <webdubois.org>. PayPal offers a secure way for you to help me with my goal to find and present more works by and on W.E.B. Du Bois. Thank you. © 2004-2021 Robert W. 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Nowadays, Gadsden said, you can buy a powerful enterprise-class firewall straight off the shelf, and most new devices even have built-in firewalls. Back then, firewalls were more DIY, and MUSC used open-source code to build its own firewalls. The challenges of internet security piqued Gadsden’s interest. There was no information security office, and no one in charge of information security, so Gadsden started learning and doing. Eventually, he built a team responsible for coordinating this need across the MUSC enterprise. Gadsden typing in the final shutdown command on MUSC's VAX-11/785 superminicomputer, which had served for a decade to support academic computing services, to host MUSC's first email system, and initially served as MUSC's connection to the BITNET network. Photo provided Information security has only gotten more complex since those early days. More systems became computerized. MUSC began expanding its physical presence, first off the Charleston peninsula into surrounding communities and now, across the state. https://web.musc.edu/about/news-center/2021/07/19/information-security-officer-reflects-on-health-care-technology-changes-in-his-43-years-at-musc Previous article ←The Basic Principles Of Science Next article About Road Safety→ Copyright © 2016 Novel Retail Intelligence All rights reserved.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line145
__label__wiki	0.898267	0.898267	Item #k240 $10.00 shipping & handling Worldwide Sales (300) 1952 Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not Newspaper Comic Strip Panel Clippings Robert Ripley Ripley's Believe It or Not News Newspaper Clippings Advertisement Ad Comic Strip Bizarre Grotesque Oddity Freak Freak Show Side Show Circus Record Celebrity Anthropology Sports Attraction Entertainment Novelty Nostalgic Scrap Book Media Paper Ephemera History Historic The picture shows a view of this stack of (300) 1952 Robert Ripley's Believe It or Not Newspaper Comic Strip Panel Clippings in this lot. These are all different. On top a few random samples are shown. There are at least several stories on each of these old clippings. These are all dated 1952 or ©1952. All of them were saved over time by a Lewiston or Auburn, Maine area resident. They all came from the Lewiston - Auburn, Maine newspaper ''The Lewiston Daily Sun''. There are far to many stories on these panels or comic strips to list here. They cover a wide variety of subject matter and events, bizarre or grotesque oddities from around the world. Many are Freaks, Freak Show, Circus Side Show type people. Many are world records, and all of them are unusual, entertaining, and quick interesting reading. All of these 1952 clippings for one price! These vary in size, but the average clipping measures around 6-1/2'' x 8-1/2''. They appear to vary from good to near mint condition. The paper does have some expected age browning as pictured. Below here, for reference is more information about Robert Ripley and Ripley's Believe It or Not: Robert Ripley Born: Robert LeRoy Ripley on December 25, 1890 in Santa Rosa, California Died: May 27, 1949 (aged 58) in New York City, New York Cause of death: Heart attack Resting place: Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery, Santa Rosa, California Residence: New York City, New York, Los Angeles, California, Miami, Florida, Bedford, Iowa, Chicago, Illinois Occupation: Cartoonist, Entrepreneur, Curator, Anthropologist Years active: 1930s - 1949 Known for: Creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not! Home town: Santa Rosa, California Board member: Ripley Entertainment Spouse: Beatrice Roberts (1919 - 1926; Divorced) Parents: Issac Davis Ripley & Lillie (née Bell) Ripley Family: Douglas Ripley (brother), Ethel Ripley (sister) Robert LeRoy Ripley (December 25, 1890 - May 27, 1949) was an American Cartoonist, Entrepreneur and amateur Anthropologist, who created the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, radio show, and television show which feature odd facts from around the world. Subjects covered in Ripley's cartoons and text ranged from sports feats to little known facts about unusual and exotic sites; but what ensured the concept's popularity may have been that Ripley also included items submitted by readers, who supplied photographs of a wide variety of small town American trivia, ranging from unusually shaped vegetables to oddly marked domestic animals, all documented by photographs and then depicted by Ripley's drawings. Throughout the 1920s, Mr. Ripley continued to broaden the scope of his work and his popularity increased greatly. He published both a travel journal and a guide to the game of handball in 1925. In 1926, Ripley became the New York state handball champion and also wrote a book on boxing. With a proven track record as a versatile writer and artist, he attracted the attention of publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst, who managed the King Features Syndicate. In 1929, Hearst was responsible for Believe It or Not! making its syndicated debut in seventeen papers worldwide. With the success of this series assured, Ripley capitalized on his fame by getting the first book collection of his newspaper panel series published. On November 3, 1929, he drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon saying ''Believe It or Not, America has no national anthem''. Despite the widespread belief that ''The Star-Spangled Banner'', with its lyrics by Francis Scott Key set to the music of the English drinking song ''To Anacreon in Heaven'', was the United States national anthem, Congress had never officially made it so. In 1931, John Philip Sousa published his opinion in favor of giving the song official status, stating that ''it is the spirit of the music that inspires'' as much as it is Key's ''soul stirring'' words. By a law signed on March 3, 1931, by President Herbert Hoover, ''The Star Spangled Banner'' was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. The 1930s saw Ripley expand his presence into other media. In 1930, he began a fourteen year run on radio and a nineteen year association with the show's producer, Doug Storer. Funding for his celebrated travels around the world were provided by the Hearst organization, and Ripley recorded live radio shows from underwater, the sky, caves, snake pits, and foreign countries. The next year he hosted the first of a series of two dozen Believe It or Not! theatrical short films for Warner Brothers Vitaphone, and King Features published a second collected volume of Believe it or Not! panels. He also appeared in a Vitaphone musical short, Seasons Greetings (1931), with Ruth Etting, Joe Penner, Ted Husing, Thelma White, Ray Collins, and others. After a trip to Asia in 1932, Ripley opened his first museum, the Odditorium, in Chicago. The concept was a success, and by the end of the decade, there were Odditoriums in San Diego, Dallas, Cleveland, San Francisco, and New York City. By this point in his life, Ripley had been voted the most popular man in America by the New York Times, received an honorary degree from Dartmouth College, and visited 201 foreign countries. In 1919 Ripley married Beatrice Roberts. He made his first trip around the world in 1922, delineating a travel journal in installments. This ushered in a new topic for his cartoons: unusual and exotic foreign locales and cultures. Because he took the veracity of his work quite seriously, in 1923, Ripley hired a researcher and polyglot named Norbert Pearlroth as a full time assistant. That same year, his feature moved from the New York Globe to the New York Post. During World War II, Ripley concentrated on charity pursuits rather than world travel, but after the war, he re-expanded his media efforts. In 1948, the year of the 20th anniversary of the Believe it or Not! cartoon series, the Believe it or Not! radio show drew to a close and was replaced with a Believe it or Not! television series. This was a rather bold move on Ripley's part because of the small number of Americans with access to television at this early time in the medium's development. Ripley completed only thirteen episodes of the series before he became incapacitated by severe health problems. He reportedly passed out during the filming of his final show. His health worsened, and on May 27, 1949, at age 58, he succumbed to a heart attack in New York City. He was buried in his home town of Santa Rosa, in the Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery, which is adjacent to the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. The comic strip Ripley's cartoon series was estimated to have 80 million readers worldwide, and it was said that he received more mail than the President of the United States. He became a wealthy man, with homes in New York and Florida, but he always retained close ties to his home town of Santa Rosa, California, and he made a point of bringing attention to The Church of the One Tree, a church built entirely from the wood of a single 300 foot tall redwood tree, which stands on the north side of Juilliard Park in downtown Santa Rosa. Ripley claimed to be able to ''prove every statement he made'', because he worked with professional fact researcher Norbert Pearlroth, who assembled Believe it or Not!'s array of odd facts and also verified the small town claims submitted by readers. Pearlroth spent 52 years as the feature's researcher, finding and verifying unusual facts for Ripley and, after Ripley's death, for the King Features syndicate editors who took over management of the Believe it or Not! panel. Other employees who researched the newspaper cartoon series over the years were Lester Byck and Don Wimmer. Others who drew the series after Ripley's death include Joe Campbell (1946 to 1956), Art Slogg, Clem Gretter (1941 to 1949), Carl Dorese, Bob Clarke (1943 and 1944), Stan Randall, Paul Frehm (1938 - 1978), who became the panel's full time artist in 1949; and his brother Walter Frehm (1948 - 1989). Ripley's ideas and legacy live on in Ripley Entertainment, a company bearing his name and owned since 1985 by the Jim Pattison Group, Canada's 3rd largest privately held company. Ripley Entertainment airs national television shows, features publications of oddities, and has holdings in a variety of public attractions, including Ripley's Aquarium, Ripley's Believe it or Not! Museums, Ripley's Haunted Adventure, Ripley's Mini Golf and Arcade, Ripley's Moving Theater, Ripley's Sightseeing Trains, Great Wolf Lodge overlooking Niagara Falls, Guinness World Records Attractions, and Louis Tussaud's wax Museums. 1890 Born in Santa Rosa, California. 1901 Receives his formal education. 1906 Becomes a semi-pro in baseball and sells first cartoon to Life. 1908 Quits baseball briefly to support mother. 1909 Moves from the San Francisco Bulletin to the San Francisco Chronicle. 1912 Creates his last drawing for the San Francisco Chronicle and moves to New York that winter. 1913 On January 2, writes his first comic for the New York Globe and tries out for the New York Giants, but an injury ends his baseball hopes. 1914 Takes his first trip to Europe. 1918 On December 19, publishes Champs and Chumps in the New York Globe. 1919 Marries Beatrice Roberts. 1920 Takes his first solo trip to Europe to cover the Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium. 1922 On December 3, takes first trip around the world; writes in installments in his travel journal. 1923 On April 7, returns to the United States and hires researcher and linguist Norbert Pearlroth; the Globe ceases publication and the series moves to the New York Evening News. 1925 Writes travel journal, handball guide. 1926 Becomes New York handball champion and writes book on boxing score; divorces Beatrice Roberts after being separated for some time. 1929 On July 9, William Randolph Hearst's King Features Syndicate features Believe It or Not! in seventeen papers worldwide. 1930 Begins an eighteen year run on radio and a nineteen year association with show producer Doug Storer; Hearst funds Ripley's travels around the world, where Ripley records live radio shows from underwater, the sky, caves, snake pits and foreign countries. 1931 Releases movie shorts for Vitaphone, second book of Believe it or Not!. 1932 Takes trip to the Far East. 1933 First Odditorium opens in Chicago. 1934 Does the first radio show broadcast simultaneously around the world and purchases 28-room home in Mamaroneck, New York. 1935 Odditorium opens in San Diego. 1936 Odditorium opens in Dallas. 1937 Odditorium opens in Cleveland; Peanuts creator Charles Schulz's first published drawing appears in Believe it or Not!. 1939 Odditoriums open in San Francisco and New York City; Ripley receives honorary degree from Dartmouth College. 1940 Purchases a 13 room Manhattan apartment; receives two more honorary degrees; number of foreign countries visited through funding by Hearst reaches 201. 1945 Stops foreign travel to do World War II charity work. 1946 Purchases a Chinese junk, the Mon Lei (万里). 1947 Purchases third home, at High Mount, Florida. 1948 Radio program ends; the 30th anniversary of Believe it or Not! is celebrated at a New York costume party. 1949 Ripley dies of a heart attack on May 27 in New York City, New York, shortly after thirteenth telecast of first television show and is buried in Santa Rosa; auction of his estate is held; estate is purchased by John Arthur. Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert L. Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. The Believe It or Not panel proved popular and was later adapted into a wide variety of formats, including radio, television, comic books, a chain of museums and a book series. The Ripley collection includes 20,000 photographs, 30,000 artifacts and more than 100,000 cartoon panels. With 80 plus attractions, the Orlando based Ripley Entertainment, Inc., a division of the Jim Pattison Group, is a global company with an annual attendance of more than 12 million guests. Ripley Entertainment's publishing and broadcast divisions oversee numerous projects, including the syndicated TV series, the newspaper cartoon panel, books, posters and games. Syndicated feature panel Ripley first called his cartoon feature, originally involving sports feats, Champs and Chumps, and it premiered on December 19, 1918, in the New York Globe. Ripley began adding items unrelated to sports, and in October 1919, he changed the title to Believe It or Not. When the Globe folded in 1923, Ripley moved to the New York Evening Post. That same year, Ripley hired Norbert Pearlroth as his researcher, and Pearlroth spent the next 52 years of his life in the New York Public Library, working ten hours a day and six days a week in order to find unusual facts for Ripley. Other writers and researchers included Lester Byck. In 1930, Ripley moved to the New York American and picked up by the King Features Syndicate, being quickly syndicated in an international basis. Those working on the syndicated newspaper panel after Ripley included Joe Campbell (1946 - 1956), Art Sloggatt (1917 - 1975), Clem Gretter (1941 - 1949), Carl Dorese, Bob Clarke (1943 - 1944), Stan Randall, Paul Frehm (1938 - 1978; he became the full time artist in 1949) and his brother Walter Frehm (1948 - 1989); Walter worked part time with his brother Paul and became a full time Ripley artist from 1978 - 1989. Paul Frehm won the National Cartoonists Society's Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1976 for his work on the series. Clarke later created parodies of Believe It or Not! for Mad, as did Wally Wood and Ernie Kovacs, who also did a recurring satire called ''Strangely Believe It!'' on his TV programs. The current artist is John Graziano. At the peak of its popularity, the syndicated feature was read daily by about 80 million readers, and during the first three weeks of May 1932 alone, Ripley received over two million pieces of fan mail. Dozens of paperback editions reprinting the newspaper panels have been published over the decades. Other strips and books borrowed the Ripley design and format, such as Ralph Graczak's Our Own Oddities, John Hix's Strange as it Seems, and Gordon Johnston's It Happened in Canada. Recent Ripley's Believe It or Not! books containing new material have supplemented illustrations with photographs. Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz's first publication of artwork was published by Ripley. It was a cartoon claiming his dog was ''a hunting dog who eats pins, tacks and razor blades''. Schulz's dog Spike later became the model for Peanuts' Snoopy. When Ripley first displayed his collection to the public at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933, it was labeled Ripley's Odditorium and attracted over two million visitors during the run of the fair. (In an apparent promotional gimmick, beds were provided in the Odditorium for people who ''fainted'' daily.) That successful exhibition led to trailer shows across the country during the 1930s, and Ripley's collections were exhibited at many major fairs and expositions, including San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas and Cleveland. In New York, the famed Times Square exhibit opened in 1939 on Broadway. In 1950, a year after Ripley's death, the first permanent Odditorium opened in St. Augustine, Florida. As of December 2010, there are 32 Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditoriums around the world. Odditoriums, in the spirit of Believe It or Not!, are often more than simple museums cluttered with curiosities. Some include theaters and arcades, such as the ones in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Others are constructed oddly, such as the Orlando, Florida Odditorium which is built off level as if the building is sinking. Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 05:21:11 [ 48 0.04 0.04]	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line147
__label__cc	0.722781	0.277219	Burt Bacharach: Synthpop Sensation? I was once again shocked to learn this week that another 1980's hit is in fact a cover of a 1960's soul/R&B song (see below for Soft Cell's "Tainted Love," originally by Gloria Jones). This time it's Naked Eyes' "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me." The song was in fact originally recorded by Dionne Warwick as a demo in 1963, before Lou Johnson released it virtually the exact same track with his vocals in 1964, with that version charting at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. Like virtually all of Warwick's songs recorded in her career, the song was composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David. It's just a bit funny to think that the brooding, snythpop hit of the 80's was in fact composed by Bacharach, known for his loungy love songs in a bygone era (for some perspective, Bacharach's biggest hit he composed in the 80's was the cheesy "That's What Friends Are For," as performed by Warwick). It also just makes you wonder: if all these latter day hits are recycled from yesterday's B-sides, is that a testament to the versatility of the tracks or does it indicate that music was, in fact, better then? Posted by Matt at 8:11 AM 15 comments: Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog gorillavsbear.net Marissa Nadler – For My Crimes NPR Programs: All Songs Considered Music By Day	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line149
__label__cc	0.715355	0.284645	Lu Xun A Communist? The Treaty of Versailles was about to be signed in June 1919, officially ending World War 1. In East Asia, Germany would surrender and withdraw from Shandong and return it to Japan. It pays to note that initially, the Allies had wanted Germany to return Shandong to China. It was only after 13 demands from Japan (reduced from 21 made in 1915) that both the Yuan Shikai government and the Allies reluctantly agreed that Shandong should go to Japan. This sparked a massive protest at Tiananmen Square on 4 May 1919. Following these protests, the Chinese ambassador to France, Wellington Koo, stated that China could no more relinquish Shandong, which was the birthplace of Confucius, the greatest Chinese philosopher, than could Christians concede Jerusalem. Koo’s only supporter was US president Woodrow Wilson. It was the persistence of the US that finally got Shandong returned to China – something which is seldom acknowledged in China today. Potus Woodrow Wilson The majority of the protesters at the May Fourth Movement who accused the Tong Meng Hui government of selling out China, were unknown students. However, one man stood out from the crowd. He was a famous writer, a pioneer in modern Chinese literature. He was the then 40-year-old Zhou Shu Ren, alias Lu Xun 鲁迅. Lu Xun was a master of the short story. He wrote many satirical pieces mocking the stupidity, inflexibility and cruelty of those who were totally reliant on their ancestors for guidance and wisdom without any regard for changing challenges and circumstances. Apart from the return of Shandong, Lu Xun also called for the modernisation of China, espousing that backward, outdated traditions ought to be abolished. Curiously, many years ago when I was still in university, I came across a book about Lu Xun which described him as a communist. There are a few clues which might lead to this flawed conclusion. First of all, Lu Xun demonstrated against a pre-communist government. But those in charge then were Yuan Shi Kai and the Tong Meng Hui which had purportedly sold out China. The KMT was not formed until October 1919 and many of its members came from the May Fourth Movement. Next, perhaps the most important reason, Lu Xun’s biggest and most prominent fan was none other than Chairman Mao Zedong. Mao unleashed the Cultural Revolution in 1966 to take revenge against those who disgraced him for the disastrous Great Leap Forward in the aftermath of the Great Famine. Based on Lu Xun’s calls for reformation, he mobilised Red Guards to demolish the Four Olds: Old Ideas, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Customs 破四旧：旧思想、旧文化、旧风俗、旧习惯. The results were devastating and any reasoning person could see that Lu Xun would never have approved of any of the atrocities during this period of mayhem which lasted nearly a decade. Interestingly, when Mao was asked what would have happened to Lu Xun if he had lived to see the communist era, Mao replied matter-of-factly that he would either have to stop writing or go to jail. Author adminPosted on December 1, 2020 May 2, 2021 Previous Previous post: Burying The Heroes Next Next post: Patriot Or Traitor	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line151
__label__cc	0.67066	0.32934	Her Majesty’s Coastguard, share the heartbreak over the tragic loss of life in the English Channel last week On Wednesday 24th November, They received over 90 alerts from the English Channel area including 999 emergency calls. Every call was answered, assessed and acted upon. In the early hours of that morning, in response to the calls and alerts we received, we launched a search and rescue operation which included a UK Border Force vessel, a Coastguard search and rescue helicopter, and passing ships that were asked to keep a lookout for small boats in the area. Three small boats were located and those on board were rescued. No other small boats or people in the water were identified in the search area. During search and rescue operations in the Channel, they work very closely with their French counterparts and share information in order to find those who need our help. There isn’t a circumstance under which we would ask a caller to call French authorities instead of us.They always have and always will respond to anyone in distress. Our deepest sympathies are with the families of those who lost their lives.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line155
__label__wiki	0.946279	0.946279	Anti-violence march held after 12 shot at playground in Brownsville Anti-violence march held after 12 shot at Brooklyn playground BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A march was held in Brooklyn Monday night following the weekend shooting at a playground that left one person dead and 11 others injured. The gunfire broke out late Saturday night toward the end of an annual community celebration in Brownsville, the Old Timers Event. Police continue to search for at least two gunmen believed to have been involved. Community leaders and residents convened at the site of the festival for an anti-violence march. A crowd, some in T-shirts honoring the Old Timers Day tradition, marched through nearby streets in a procession that stretched for multiple blocks. "Brownsville in, violence out!" some chanted. "I'm livid. I'm livid of the killing," said Marie Delus, the aunt of a shooting victim. "We can't keep doing the same thing and expect different results," said Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. Adams has seen much of Brooklyn turn around in the past two decades, but he describes stubborn crevices of crime that persist, where he says police are only part of the answer. "We need to go into these communities and help people turn it around," said Adams. "Help people come out of gangs. Get folks jobs." Several victims of the shooting late Saturday had gang histories, including the man who was killed, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said. But "whether or not that played any role" has not been determined, Shea said. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said police are looking at the possibility of gang involvement, in part because gang violence accounts for about half the shootings in that area of the city. Six men and five women between ages 21 and 55 were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. One person who was listed in critical condition is now in serious condition, Shea said. Asked at a news conference Monday how many suspects were being sought, Shea said police "will look for as many as were involved," adding that authorities have received several tips from community members. The man killed was identified as 38-year-old Jason Pagan and the investigation into the shooting has focused on his criminal history. Authorities say he had been arrested 26 times and recently spent time in state prison for attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He is considered one of the shooting's intended targets, although it is not known if he was involved in the gunfire. A .9mm handgun was recovered in a woman's purse at the shooting scene, but no gun was recovered near Pagan's body. Ballistics tests indicate a .40 caliber handgun was also fired. It has not been recovered So far police do not have a suspect and there have been no arrests. It is not yet clear what led to the gunfire. (The Associated Press contributed to this report.) * More Brooklyn news brownsvillenew york citybrooklynshooting	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line156
__label__wiki	0.881354	0.881354	30 March 2011 News Releases ProQuest History Vault Debuts ProQuest is unlocking the rich, primary source material it acquired with University Publications of America (UPA) through a new digital archive called ProQuest History Vault. Its first three modules are being released this year and will provide researchers with a unique, unfiltered view into the Black Freedom Struggle and U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era. ProQuest is unlocking the rich, primary source material it acquired with University Publications of America (UPA) through a new digital archive called ProQuest History Vault. Its first three modules are being released this year and will provide researchers with a unique, unfiltered view into the Black Freedom Struggle and U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era. Modules are planned to complement course curricula and these modules match two of the most widely-studied topics in 20th-century history. "UPA holds an incredible trove of primary source material," said Rod Gauvin, ProQuest Senior Vice President of Publishing. "Through a meticulous digitization process, material that’s absolutely central to how American history unfolded can now be shared, searched, and explored more fully than ever before." ProQuest History Vault marks the first time primary source materials from University Publications of America (UPA) have been available in a digital format. Digitization allows not only remote access, but also enables single source access and simplified searching of this extraordinarily varied historical content. Original archival arrangement schemes are preserved, and metadata records and PDFs of the original documents are packaged together at the archival folder level, replicating the user experience of browsing through archival boxes to find research treasures. 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While documents pertaining to the Vietnam War are at the center of this module, the strong collections in this module highlight all of the most important foreign policy issues facing the nation between 1960 and 1975. ProQuest History Vault will eventually house 23 million pages of digitized archival content that supports African American Studies, Women’s Studies, American History, and Political Science, among other areas. Institutions can build their collections over time to provide an unparalleled research experience for their students and faculty who would otherwise be unable to access materials held at geographically-dispersed archives. For more information, visit www.proquest.com. ProQuest's massive information pool is accessible through the all-new ProQuest® platform, which moves beyond navigation to empower researchers to use, create, and share content—accelerating research productivity. 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__label__cc	0.648637	0.351363	The National Feature Art Abu Dhabi 2016 Written by Anna Seamen With only 35 galleries exhibiting at this year’s edition – five fewer than last year’s – Abu Dhabi Art is smaller than most in the world, but the quality of the art has not been compromised. It has the feel of a boutique fair, where visitors and collectors can take their time to explore the gallery booths, and perhaps even find time to return and widen their knowledge and experience of art. Some gallery directors say this intimate climate is extremely beneficial. Stéphane Custot, founder of Dubai’s Custot Gallery and co-director of London’s Waddington Custot, says he has worked with several larger art fairs and the bigger they get, the greater the risk of losing their essence. "I love art fairs," he says. "They are my area of expertise – and when I see a small fair like Abu Dhabi Art, I see a lot of potential.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line165
__label__cc	0.527702	0.472298	UCU student lights future with candles ByAllumni Admin Maria Aloyo poses with one of her products. Story and Photos by Eriah Lule Sometimes, ideas that end up transforming communities are borne out of ordinary incidents. Take the example of Maria Aloyo. Who would have thought a burning candle during a Catholic Mass would send business ideas into anyone’s mind? It did to Aloyo, in 2019. She was at Mass. She sat on the pew near the altar. When she smelled the scent from one of the burning candles at the altar, she thought of an opportunity – making candles. One of Maria Aloyo’s customers poses with her purchase. Two years down the road, the 23-year-old has not just created a job for herself, but also for Martin Asiimwe, a motorcycle rider, who distributes Aloyo’s products to her customers. Having hired a distributor gives Aloyo the opportunity to concentrate on making candles and attending to class work. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communication course in her third year at Uganda Christian University (UCU). Aloyo makes scented, artistically decorated candles that, she says, leave her customers no choice but to dip their hands into their pockets. In addition to candles, she makes car fragrances, reed diffusers, mosquito repellents, oil perfumes, heat diffusers and several others. She said she started making candles during the 2020 lockdown that was instituted in Uganda to reduce the rate of the spread of the coronavirus. During the lockdown, schools were closed for more than seven months. The initial opening, in October 2020, was only for the benefit of final-year learners. Since then, many more classes have been allowed to resume school, with the opening done in a staggered manner. Born to Annet and Akwello Muto of Entebbe in Wakiso district, central Uganda, Aloyo worked at her mother’s store during school vacations. It is from there that she raised her first capital of about sh1million (about $277). “I used my savings to stock what I needed to start the business,” she said. When one of her aunts, Lydia Aluka, was travelling abroad, Aloyo gave her the money to buy for her what she needed for making the scented candles. Enrolling for an undergraduate degree at UCU has been a blessing for Aloyo, whose web of clients and support base is largely people from the university. However, over time she says she has made inroads in other communities outside the university. “I hope to give back to UCU by teaching other students what I do, so they are able to earn a living,” she says. Making candles is not the first business enterprise that Aloyo has engaged in. In 2017, as a 19-year-old, Aloyo saved sh500,000 (about $138) and used it as capital to stock belts, wallets, jewelry and African print cloth, which she would sell. However, she says the business was not fulfilling for her, since she was trading in finished products. She yearned to make signature items, which she hoped people would know her for.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line168
__label__cc	0.573496	0.426504	Interview February 21, 2018 0 Discover Sci Fi…The Easy Way by John Dodds Discover Sci-Fi! Well, about all you need to really say is “FREE BOOKS!” I discovered Discover Sci Fi through Facebook and was more than happy to grab the five free ebooks they offered for signing up to their mailing list – they now offer 10 free books for signing up, which you can do here. The project appears to consist of a blog and the Insider newsletter, which I urge everyone to check out. The project showcases a wide range of works in the genre, aimed at the aficionado and newbie alike, with plenty of freebies and discounted books (though, of course, it’s always good to pay for authors’ works!). I was intrigued by the idea, for a variety of reasons. First, it brings to readers’ attention works that might only be found randomly on places like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and so on. Second, it collates titles in our beloved genre and is a positive sweetie shop (that’s Scots for “candy store”) of books that positively make the eyes – and potentially the mind – pop. As I felt it would be of interest to Amazing Stories readers (on the off chance you haven’t heard of Discover Sci Fi or were aware of it and haven’t yet checked it out – if the latter, shame on you! A good starting point is to check out the author pages.) JD for ASM: The title of your project suggests you are aiming for people who may not already be reading science fiction as well as those who love the genre but enjoy recommendations of what to read. Is that the case? Or can you tell me more about the thinking behind what you’re doing? Samuel Peralta for DSF: Science fiction has always been regarded as a bit of a side road on the superhighway of mainstream fiction, both for books and film. But recently, projects that have caught the imagination of the public – The Handmaid’s Tale, Arrival, and The Shape of Water, for example – have made people realize that, gosh, they may actually like science fiction. That’s the sense of discovery that we’re trying to create. We didn’t start thinking that way – it was a more personal idea of discovery that we started from – but that’s how we’ve evolved. JD for ASM: How did the project come about and who was involved? SP for DSF: The group started out with three authors – Matthew Mather, Nick Webb, and myself, Samuel Peralta – all successful independent speculative fiction authors who also happened to be voracious readers. They had a common thought: with all the books being published through new platforms like Amazon’s Kindle, how could a reader discover the best books in that embarrassment of riches? Their answer was to form a coalition of authors – intimately familiar with the best new independent writing – who could curate a regular list of suggested reading. Since Matthew, Nick and Samuel and their friends loved science fiction, they decided to focus on the genre they knew best, to focus on helping readers discover the best of new science fiction. Hence, Discover Sci-Fi. JD for ASM: You offer a generous package of free titles for new signers. How did you engineer that – for example, through authors themselves, through agents and publishers or some other way? SP for DSF: The core group of DSF – who collectively design and launch the promotions – now numbers twelve authors, all of whom contributed the first free titles that we give away to new subscribers. Since early 2018, the group has worked with over fifty other authors, and we’ve forged agreements with all of them to offer specific titles for free, or for discounts of as much as 90% for boxed sets, to our growing list of subscribers. JD for ASM: Can you tell us about the team who write the Insider, what their backgrounds and interests are? SP for DSF: The Insider blog was our first initiative, and we’re expanding that to include interviews and podcasts. The core DSF group are behind those initiatives – Matthew Mather, Nick Webb, myself, along with Evan Currie, Jay Allan, Lindsay Buroker, Daniel Arenson, Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Jasper Scott, Joshua Dalzelle, Bobby Adair, and Steve Konkoly. There are a lot of us, so it’s difficult to go into detail! For those who’re interested, each one has been or will be featured on the Insider. Collectively, the DSF authors’ book sales approach fifteen million copies, have been translated into scores of languages, and been optioned for film. Our books regularly hit the Amazon bestseller lists – the overall lists, and not just for science fiction. Book projects from the DSF authors have also listed high on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists, and have listed with Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. DSF partner anthologies regularly feature new fiction from Hugo and Nebula award-winning authors. DSF knows science fiction. JD for ASM: I notice you sell many of your books through Amazon – does that mean you are an affiliate? If so, is this a model that you plan to continue with or do you see yourselves ultimately as a competitor in the science fiction market, or as some other kind of entity – and when I say “entity”, I don’t mean in the alien biology sense! SP for DSF: We are an affiliate of Amazon, but our books are also sold through other venues, including Barnes & Noble, Kobo, GooglePlay, Apple iBooks and more. Paperbacks from some of our authors are also available at leading bookstores, and many of our titles are sold through Audible and other leading audiobook distributors. We don’t see ourselves as a competitor to any of the distributors – we’re a strong partner who can expand their sales through our own complementary channels. JD for ASM: What are your aims and objectives for the project? SP for DSF: We aim to be among the most reliable sources that readers turn to when they look for science fiction. Whether you’re looking for literary speculative fiction, or a chance to escape from the world in space opera, or for an edge-of-your-seat read with military sci-fi or technothrillers… you’ll find it at Discover Sci-Fi. Also, naturally, world domination! Resistance is futile! JD for ASM: Aside from world domination, where do you see yourselves in five years’ time? For example, will you be offering foreign language titles in other countries, or diversifying in some way using other media? SP for DSF: Most of all, we see ourselves reaching hundreds of thousands of readers, perhaps millions. Our mission is to help bring new quality science fiction writing to the forefront, to spotlight the most promising authors in this new silver age of science fiction. Discover Sci-Fi is a platform for growth, that could see some of our works pushing into new media, being made into television series or films. That future may be coming sooner than you think. The future always has a way of surprising us. Tags: Book Bundle, book promotions, free books, websites Fruit fly stem cells offer glimpse of ‘perpetual life’ – Futurity Noticias Literatura 21-2 John Dodds Read My Profile ABSOLUTE ZERO: Cool Websites, Very Cool: Tribble Toys by Steve Davidson A celebration of alien pets…and David Gerrold. Interview October 3, 2013 5 Yoss x Yoss No Siempre Son Cuatross: (Entrevista A José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) by Ricardo Acevedo A wild visit with José Miguel “Yoss” Sánchez Gómez Interview with J. 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__label__wiki	0.582313	0.582313	What Happened When I Asked For More in a Male-Dominated Field Every time I bring up an idea I'm being met with an offense. It's like I'm at a football game and I don't even like football. Welcome to back Ambition Diaries, where women share their real stories of striving for more — and what actually happened. I’m so glad you’re here and hope you’ll consider joining us for more conversations like this by subscribing here (it’s free). This week, I’m speaking to Hope, a reader based in northern New Jersey, working in the male-dominated data analytics industry. I was born in New York, but I grew up in and out, living in the Virgin islands, that's where my family's from, so constantly going back and forth. I feel like I'm in a weird cultural sway in which I have Caribbean culture ingrained in me from family upbringing, but I also have U.S. culture from just living here Do you feel like there is a cultural clash between your ambition and your upbringing? Oh yeah, a hundred percent. Island culture is very laid back like, "This is just the way it's always been done. Why do you want to change the status quo?" And I like some of that, But then at the same time I don't. I code-switch all the time. I code-switch while I'm at work - I switch my accent, but I also have to code-switch my speech and know who I'm speaking with. Tell me about your ambition in the workplace. I did everything I thought I was supposed to do during college that would land me the “dream job”. I did the right things. I went to networking events. I met the right people. I did an internship with my school. One of my degrees is in mathematical finance, so I thought I wanted to do financial advising. I did my internship in the financial department in my school and I realized I don't like it. I like money, I like numbers, but I don't want to do that. I like the analytics behind it. So that's why I switched into a more analytical role, but I'm in a male dominated field, and I'm constantly finding myself, between being young, being a female….sigh My first job, the company I worked for was a pharmaceutical company, and in the financial department of that company, everybody was male. So they gave me a low level role and I was like, all right, but I have innovative ideas and they're like, “No, not from you.” So if it came from my manager, that was okay, but it couldn't come from me. I was like “I want to learn, I'm thinking I'm doing the right things.” You talk to your manager, you ask for more responsibility, and he was like, “I feel bad because you're not getting paid a lot of money and I don't want you taking on a bunch of responsibility you're not going to get compensated for.” That was hard. My job became so monotonous that I would get there at seven in the morning, and I could automate my task and be done by eleven, so I had to sit there and look busy from eleven to four thirty. One time I remember, they brought in the international CFO, and I started talking to him. And the people that I worked with were very taken aback. Like, “Oh, she has ideas, but we never really listened to her ideas before”. And then it's like they only seemed interested in me when he was in the room, but then as soon as he leaves, it goes right back to, we don't listen to your idea. And I was like, “How is it that the top tier person liked me and liked my ideas, but people that I work under just don't think that what I have to say is worthy of contribution?” Do you feel like there is a disconnect between what companies are saying their culture is versus how you are experiencing it? Yeah, everybody tries to say they're inclusive. “We have a very team-focused approach. We're all like family here” - toxic words. None of that's true. You have to be multifaceted when it comes to inclusivity. You have to be willing to have people that challenge the status quo in your company. That's how innovations get sparked. You have to be willing to look at different cultural barriers, not discount somebody because of their background or whatever bias you may have against them. I felt that very much in my first role. I left that role nine months in, then I switched into another pharmaceutical company and I was in a much better role, and I was like ,“This is going to be much better than the small company”, and I realized it was more of the same stuff. I remember my very last week, my director came in from out of state and there were thirty five directors in that room, thirty of them were male. And I spoke to my supervisor, I was like, “Does anybody see anything wrong with that?” He was like, “A lot of the females don't really go for roles that are more analytic based.” And I said, “So are you saying that females don't do analytics or are we just not given the opportunity to do analytics?” And he was very like, “let’s change the subject.” It's, “Women just don't seem to be interested in these kinds of analytical roles or tech roles or leadership roles”. Meanwhile, you’re in the meeting asking for more responsibility and nobody is giving you the opportunity. And then, of course, it’s, “We are an inclusive work environment”. Oh yeah, just not to leadership. Anything that’s low level. And I notice that. So if it's possible, I start looking at company org charts - org charts tell you a lot. You can see what roles these women hold and they're not the leadership. If your top tier looks like male, male, male, male, male. You are not inclusive. If I go across the screen and all I see are straight white males, you are not inclusive. Or it becomes a token person, and then you feel like, am I a token? Am I a token hire because I'm Black? Am I a token hire because I'm a woman? Or did you find a two for one and say, all right, we struck a deal here, we'll just keep you here just to say we did that. Are there any other ways in which you've been able to identify when you're in an environment that is not going to be supportive of your ambitions versus those that are? I'm getting better at telling from initial interactions. So when I get into spaces, I look to see, are people going to speak over me? I understand we're on all these virtual meetings, and if the person pauses and they notice I'm speaking, they're like, “Oh, sorry. You go ahead. You can take the floor. I understand you were speaking. I cut you off. I apologize.” So you can tell that they have that level of respect for you and your thoughts. What about in the interview process? In the interviews I can tell when they're being a little bit on the faker side as opposed to genuine. That's when you crack into the personal side. Like, what you do for fun? Are they open to some new ideas? Because some people may just be very, I only want to know what kind of work you want to do. I'm like, No, but I am a person. I'm not going to tell you everything about my life outside of work, but I want you to realize that I am a person and I'm not just like a machine that's going to crank out work for you from nine to five every day. I left a large tech company, that was the very toxic environment that I was in for the past year. Tech companies are really interesting 'cause they're male. It’s just synonymous The whole running joke is you have to put a female title before, it's like “Oh, I'm a data scientist. I'm not a female data scientist”. You don't walk in saying this is a male engineer. It's like all right, but they just assume that everybody's male. [In tech] your importance and your ego is based on your job title. So these are engineers. It's like all right, I know everything that they know. You just won't give me the chance to tell you that I can run circles around these people. I promise you, with my eyes closed. But you think that because their job title is an engineer that they are somehow more important than I am. You don't know what I know. You don't know what I have to offer. They just assume that because my title is not an engineer that I don't know what these people know. I don't say that every male in the world does this, but given that it's a male dominated field year, you’re usually second tier. What would your ambitions being supported look like? Me being open to share what I have and not fear some kind of retaliation. Every time I bring up an idea I'm being met with an offense. It's like I'm at a football game and I don't even like football. But yeah, it's like, can I comfortably share my thoughts with you? Can I share what I think? I have a plan of how I think this next project can work. Can you tell me if you're feeling some of the ideas? If you're not, let me know, we can work through some things, not just shoot everything down that I have to say. And I think being willing to say, “What are your work needs? Do you feel like you have enough on your plate? Do we need to take some things off your plate? Do we need to reassess? Can we reassign things to other people so you can feel like you're protected and not stretched too thin? I think being able to say, Do you need a flexible work environment? Do you want to have one? Do you want to be in the office all day, like camera on camera off for the [virtual] meeting, not just forcing everybody to turn the cameras on just because we want to look at you. Most of these companies, my team is on the other side of the country. It's like even if we were in the office, we would still be doing WebEx to talk to everybody, so it's like, what difference does it make if I sit at home? It's like, do I have to feel like I'm being micromanaged? And do I have to sign it? I had a manager who used to sit there and log how many hours like. “Oh, your Skype is always away.” I'm like, “Yeah, my Skypes’ away cause you tell me to lock the computer to walk to the restroom. Hello, I drink a gallon a day. Do you want to monitor my traffic? Like okay, but how many other employees do you sit here and watch like this? So often, the advice for women gets framed as well, “You're not asking for it.” But you have been. You have been telling people what it is you want, what you need and what you're interested in, and that is not being received. It feels as though I'm supposed to be humbled. I'm supposed to be humble that I was given the opportunity to be here, like we selected you. Or you should be grateful so you shouldn't come in to ask for any more than we've given you. You are never supposed to ask for more. It’s like, why do you think that you're allowed to say this to me? But if another male comes into the office, you wouldn't even dare have this conversation? I'm sure these conversations do not transpire in a lot of these rooms. You’ve seen the quote where it's like, “ You need to go in with a white male ego when you go in for an interview.” It's like, “All right, I want a hundred and twenty. I want five weeks of vacation a year, and they're like all right, sold. Here's a job.” Did you even interview? “No, he looks like he’s qualified.” But they'll make me go through five interviews and I don't understand. Do you have a story to tell about how ambition has played out in your life — for better or for worse? Let us know in the comments. And remember to join us for more conversations like this one by subscribing to “Too Ambitious”. If you like this weeks’ diary, you might also enjoy this guide on What to Say When Your Boss Thinks You Have an Inclusive Workplace (But You Don't) And if you know someone who can relate, please share! Writes Build For Tomorrow This is a really valuable conversation. Thanks for amplifying it. Thanks Jason. I was shocked by how many women had similar stories. It's really made me reconsider how I talk about negotiation. What a well-written story. Amazing article Stefanie!	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line170
__label__wiki	0.830217	0.830217	Mandolin Orange \| Tim Taylor Concert Review: Mandolin Orange at the Ogden Theater, Denver, Colorado, on March 16, 2019. By Tim Taylor Mandolin Orange is a bluegrass/Americana/folk duo made up of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Now husband and wife, the couple have been playing together since 2009 and have recorded five albums. They were joined by three touring musicians in support of their latest album, Tides of a Teardrop, which chronicles the grieving process and emotions surrounding the loss of songwriter Marlin’s mother when he was 18 years old. Overall, the songwriting, musicianship, and harmonies are the strength of the band. Lyrically, songs like ‘Wildfire’, which follows American history from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to the modern day south, are rich and powerful storytelling. Joseph Warren was a Boston physician who fell in the Battle of Bunker Hill after insisting on fighting as a private instead of his commissioned rank of Major General. Marlin’s hometown, Warrenton, North Carolina was named for Warren. Mandolin Orange’s music is a staple around our house and this was our first chance to see them live. The 1,600 seat venue was sold out long in advance of the show signaling their rising popularity and increasing radio presence in Colorado. Highlights included ‘Hey Stranger’ and ‘Old Ties and Companions’, which are superb examples of Marlin’s understated vocals contrasted with Frantz’s which seem to float above the music. A couple of mandolin jams showcased Marlin’s talent and injected some energy into the set to balance out the sad songs. My only disappointment was that they only played for an hour and fifteen minutes including an encore. For a primer, check out their cover of Bob Dylan’s classic ‘Boots of Spanish Leather’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHkyZ62jjQ Austin City Limits 2018 \| Tim Taylor Special Appearance by Chord Values	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line172
__label__wiki	0.555144	0.555144	Solicitation (and Plagiarism) Alert: Legaia Books / Paperclips Magazine Scroll down for updates When the late, unlamented Tate Publishing & Enterprises went belly-up a few months ago, I started hearing from Tate authors who were being contacted by self-publishing companies and other for-profit enterprises looking to recruit new customers. Some of these were straightforward, reasonably reputable (if overpriced) businesses. Others...not so much. Very active trying to snag Tate authors was Legaia Books. Here's how Legaia describes itself (bolding and errors courtesy of the original): Legaia is a book publishing company created to aid writers in seeing their works in prints. Whether you’re a beginner or a published author, and whatever is the genre of your work (memoirs, fiction, non-fiction, children’s book, or even poetry collection), it is always our pleasure to be working with you. Legaia has no reservations to anything in particular other than those that contradict what is in the terms and services. With the application of new technology and information, we are able to accommodate our clients and are maintaining this accessibility for a better relationship. The whole website is written like this, which should be a gigantic clue that things aren't kosher. If that's not enough, consider the eye-poppingly expensive publishing packages (which don't offer anything that's not available elsewhere for much less money), the hugely overpriced "online media publicity campaign" (based largely on cheap-for-the-provider services that can be sold at an enormous markup), and the nebulously-described "Online Retail Visibility Booster", which costs $6,499 and wants you to believe that's a fair price for something called a Booster Tool that supposedly gets you more reviews on Amazon. You can also buy advertising in Paperclips Magazine, which among other "opportunities" encourages authors to pay $1,999 for a book review or $4,999 for a "Paperclips Author Article." According to the Legaia website, Paperclips is "a social online magazine that showcases books and author experiences in the publishing industry"; according to email solicitations like the one above, it has "over 2 million subscribers worldwide" (a bit hard to believe, given the mix of terrible writing, puff pieces, and ads that make up most of its content). (UPDATE 3/2/18: Legaia has consolidated its various Paperclips offerings, and now offers advertising packages for a full spread, a full page, and a half page, ranging from $2,599 to $5,499.) What both website and solicitations fail to mention: Legaia and Paperclips are one and the same, a fact Legaia admits on its LinkedIn page. This is the kind of profitable closed loop that allows an author-exploiting enterprise to hit up its victims multiple times. As for Paperclips Magazine, it's...interesting. Not just for the amount of money that must have been generated by all the author articles and ads. Not just for the insanely awful writing by the "Editorial Team" (screenshot at left). No. For the plagiarism and the intellectual property theft. The Paperclips website includes numerous short articles with the byline Chloe Smith. Much of this content actually belongs to other authors. For instance, a piece called 7 Active Reading for Students: here it is at Paperclips, under Chloe's name. Here's the original, attributed to the real author: Grace Fleming. How about 10 Keys to Writing a Brilliant Speech? Here it is at Paperclips. Here's the original, by Bill Cole. Ditto These Are the 8 Fundamental Principles of Great Writing. Here it is at Paperclips. Here's the original (with a different title), by Glenn Leibowitz. I could go on. There are lots more examples. And that's just the Paperclips website. The magazine also includes stolen content. At least Why Print Books are Better than eBooks, and Ways to Improve eReaders bears the name of its true author, Greg Krehbiel...but Greg has confirmed to me that Paperclips published it without his permission. (It originally appeared here.) (I also reached out to two other authors included in the same issue, but as of this writing I haven't heard back.) Any bets on whether Paperclips got permission to use images of Dr. Seuss characters on the cover of its latest issue? Or asked George R.R. Martin if it was okay to re-publish his August 2016 blog post--complete with original artwork from the illustrated anniversary edition of Game of Thrones? A bunch of other things don't add up. Legaia/Paperclips has a North Carolina address, but it's a virtual office. Legaia's LinkedIn page claims the company was founded in 2008, but its domain wasn't registered until late 2015. Similarly, Paperclips' LinkedIn page says it started up in 2012, but its domain wasn't created until November 2016 (I also couldn't find any issues of the magazine earlier than December 2016). I've been able to locate only two actual human staff members (neither website includes staff names, and the two names I've seen on Legaia's author solicitations, Emily Bryans and Serena Miles, appear to be wholly imaginary); both are based in the Philippines, and one formerly worked for Author Solutions. Between these things, the English-as-a-second-language writing, the overpriced and exploitive "services", the plagiarism, and just the general sleazy feel of it all, I'm strongly reminded of LitFire Publishing, which has a very similar business model and M.O, and was established by Author Solutions call center alumni in the Philippines as a sort of low-rent Xlibris-AuthorHouse-iUniverse-Trafford clone. Are LitFire and Legaia the same operation? Probably not. But it wouldn't surprise me if Legaia has the same provenance. "Emily Bryans" is currently soliciting authors for something called Paperclips Magazine's Author Circle, which is supposedly arriving this October and will feature "celebrity authors and multi-awarded literary contributors" (wonder how many of them know they're included?) No word on how much it will cost to join up, but I bet it's a bundle. Writer beware. UPDATE 12/15/17: Just found this, from the Better Business Bureau listing for Legaia. So much for the company's claim to be located in North Carolina (or the USA): UPDATE 1/25/18: Legaia is one of a growing number of similar companies that appear to be Author Solutions imitators, staffed and, in many cases, founded by ex-Author Solutions call center employees in the Philippines. These companies share a cluster of characteristics, including aggressive solicitation, re-publishing offers (often to authors who've used the various Author Solutions imprints), claims of skill and experience that don't check out (or can't be checked because they're so vague), websites and written materials full of English-language errors, and an emphasis on selling junk marketing services (which is where these outfits make the bulk of their profit). For more information, see my followup blog posts: Army of Clones: Author Solutions Spawns a Legion of Copycats Army of Clones, Part 2: Twenty-One (More) Publishing and Marketing "Services" to Beware Of From the Philippines, Not With Love: A Plague of Publishing and Marketing Scams A complete list of the more than 50 companies I've discovered to date has been added to the sidebar. UPDATE 4/19/18: Legaia is still at it. A solicitation from "Frank Parker, Senior Publishing Consultant", just received by an author I know: UPDATE 12/18/19: Legaia has re-vamped its website and removed a lot of the pages I originally linked to, so many of the links above go to Internet Archive pages. It has also removed the costly publishing packages from its site, and now offers 349 Publishing, which it describes as "an all-in publishing service for as low as $349". The individual marketing services are gone as well, replaced by "marketing packages" of Google ads and Amazon advertising. Prices range from $1,000 to $3,000. There's no longer any mention of Paperclips. Sometime in 2018, Paperclips re-invented itself as a sort of low-rent Entertainment Weekly, hosting a lot of paid movie features--but it's still full of paid author content, and it's still aggressively soliciting authors to buy in. And its prices have not gone down. Here, from a recent email solicitation,is an "executive full-spread ad" (on sale!): UPDATE 4/15/20: From Legaia's BBB listing: Lawsuits, Liens, and Lost URLs: The Latest on America Star Books / PublishAmerica This post was written in August 2017, and chronicles the abrupt disappearance of PublishAmerica/America Star Books. Given the amount of time that has elapsed since the company vanished, Writer Beware thinks it's safe to conclude that PA/ASB is permanently out of business. Unfortunately, PA/ASB didn't terminate contracts or return authors' rights. PA/ASB books have vanished from all retailers' sites but Amazon, where they are still for sale, especially in Kindle editions. Efforts to get law enforcement to look into the situation haven't been fruitful. Despite scores of complaints from PA/ASB authors, many of whom paid for services that were never rendered, the Maryland Attorney General's Office considers the author-publisher relationship a business-to-business matter, and therefore not something their Consumer Protection Division is willing to investigate. The AG's criminal division hasn't even bothered to respond. Currently, this is what Writer Beware is suggesting (and keep in mind that we are not lawyers, so this isn't legal advice). There's no question at this point that the company is dead. Writer Beware thinks it's safe to assume that all contracts are now void by default and you can proceed with re-publishing, if that's what you want to do. Alternatively, you can choose to wait out the term of your contract (PA/ASB contracts were time-limited; there can't be too many still in force at this point). One caveat: Most PA/ASB print books now show as unavailable, but PA/ASB did not bother to remove the Kindle versions. If you want to re-publish, and there is a current Kindle edition of your book for sale on Amazon, you will need to file a copyright complaint to try and Amazon to take down the listing. Amazon's copyright infringement reporting form is here: https://www.amazon.com/report/infringement. In the Additional Information box, state that ASB has gone out of business (you can mention that this has been confirmed by the Maryland Attorney General's office) and is no longer issuing royalty statements or making payments, and that continued sale of your book is therefore copyright infringement. I've heard from some PA/ASB authors who've had success with this method. Keep in mind that retailers will not remove listings from third-party sellers--but these sellers rarely actually have copies of the books they list. Please leave a comment, or contact Writer Beware directly, to let us know how you fare. This post has been updated. It's been a while since I wrote about America Star Books, née PublishAmerica, one of the most prolific author mills in America (also the subject of scores of author complaints, and the recipient of an "F" rating from the Better Business Bureau). So what's been going on? In May 2015, ASB/PA co-founder Larry Clopper filed suit against PA/ASB, co-founder Willem Meiners, and several others, alleging breach of contract, among other causes, and demanding dissolution of the company and appointment of a receiver. After over a year of legal maneuvering--which included the appointment of an appraiser, a counterclaim by Meiners/PA/ASB, and the issuance of subpoenas by Clopper to various PA/ASB banks and creditors--the parties agreed in July 2016 to stipulate to dismissal with prejudice. I don't yet know what was in the settlement--I've put in a public records request, and will report back when I get the documents--but over the duration of the lawsuit and afterward, things have changed at PA/ASB. Sometime after September 2015, ASB's About Us page--which previously had touted its founding "by book publishers with a long history of publishing experience"--began to reference the "new" America Star Books: "Run by its employees, from the bottom up....The company has a management, but there's not much top-down going on at America Star Books." (Here's what the page looks like today.) At some point after September 2016, all mention of the translation program with which PA/ASB launched its 2014 name change was removed (here's what the website used to say about that, courtesy of the invaluable Internet Archive; here's what it says now). And in November 2016, PA/ASB put a hold on submissions "throughout [sic] the end of 2016." That hold appears to have become permanent. Here's how the submission page looks today: And here's what was briefly posted at a now non-working ASB web address: America Star Books no longer accepts new authors. ASB Promotions will morph into Paperback Services in the near future....Paperback Services works side by side on location with Paperback Radio, America's only live 24/7 station about books and writers. Paperback Radio and Paperback Services are both owned by PA/ASB co-founder Willem Meiners (Paperback Services has a web address that goes nowhere at the moment). In the kind of feedback loop that's common with vanity publishers, items from Meiners' Paperback Radio (ads, "experts lists"), along with a variety of "promotional" and other services from Meiners' Paperback Services, were offered for sale to PA/ASB authors in the Meiners-owned PA/ASB webstore. That's not all. More signs of change/trouble at PA/ASB: - According to Amazon, ASB was issuing books pretty regularly through the beginning of 2017, albeit at a reduced rate from previous years (around 10-15 per month). Since mid-May, it has issued just two titles. - ASB currently has three open liens against it from the Maryland Dept. of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, totaling $50,754. - As of this writing, some ASB URLs are disabled: www.americastarbooks.net no longer works, nor does www.store.americastarbooks.pub, which used to host the PA/ASB bookstore and promotional "services" store (here are some examples of those services, courtesy of the Internet Archive). ASB's Facebook page also appears to be defunct (unless they've blocked me, which is possible). The PublishAmerica URL, which used to re-direct to America Star Books, now directs again to the old PA website (which hasn't been updated since 2013, but still has an open submissions portal). - There's a bookstore link on the ASB website, but it doesn't work. PA/ASB books are still for sale at online retailers, but the PA/ASB bookstore doesn't appear to be online anywhere at any web address. Is this really the end of America Star Books / PublishAmerica? Hard to say. There are rumors of bankruptcy, but I've searched on PACER and I've found no sign of any bankruptcy filings. Questions remain. If ASB does disappear, what will happen to the books and authors currently under contract? If ASB Promotions, or Paperback Services, or whatever it winds up calling itself, survives as a separate entity, will spammer-in-chief Jackie Velnoskey continue her prolific program of email solicitations and comment spam? UPDATE 8/14/17: ASB's one remaining web address now returns an account suspended message. As far as I know, ASB/PA hasn't sent out any notifications or communications as to what's going on. Authors, if you get any kind of notice or email from ASB, would you please contact me? Thanks. UPDATE 8/19/17: I'm getting emails from authors wondering what to do. What happens with their books that are under contract? If ASB is really dead, can they take their books and publish elsewhere? Right now, in my opinion, that wouldn't be wise. All signs point to ASB being gone. Its website has vanished. Phones aren't being answered. Emails are bouncing. Putting those things together with the signs of trouble that I've discussed above, if I had to guess, I'd guess that ASB is history. But...there's been no official announcement of a closure. I just checked again and there's still no sign of any bankruptcy filings, either under the business names or the owners' names. And ASB/PA books are still for sale new at online booksellers. I think there's at least the possibility that ASB might find a way to sell or otherwise transfer its huge catalog to some other entity (which many of the ASB/PA contracts I've seen allow it to do without asking authors' permission). Another possibility: ASB/PA books might somehow be folded in with Willem Meiners' Paperback enterprises. Bottom line: we don't actually know what is going on, or what will happen. Until we do, it would be risky to take books that are under contract with either ASB or PA and try to re-publish them. The issue isn't just the possibility that ASB/PA or its successor might come after you, but that any new publisher or self-publishing service will require you to have full power to grant publishing rights. If you're currently under exclusive contract to a different publisher, and it's not clear that publisher is out of business, you don't have that power. I'm also hearing from ASB authors who've paid for services they haven't received. My advice would be to immediately file a dispute with your credit card company or with PayPal (depending on how you paid). I've heard from a number of Tate Publishing authors who got money back this way. Feel free to use this post as justification. Keep watching this blog for updates. UPDATE 9/11/17: I noticed this a couple of weeks ago, but didn't post an update because I wasn't sure if it was a glitch. It's been long enough now that I'm guessing it's not. Willem Meiners's Paperback Radio appears to have gone the way of America Star Books. Its URL yields a "Site is currently offline" message. Its Twitter feed hasn't been updated since July 16. Its Facebook page is no longer available. What's going on? No idea. There's still no sign of any bankruptcy filings, or any word from anyone at ASB. Publishers do a lot of bad things, but one of the worst is to do a bunk and leave authors in limbo. If anyone has information or insight into the ASB/Meiners situation, will you please contact me? Your identity will be kept confidential. Thank you. UPDATE 9/14/17: I've learned that this past June, some (though apparently not all) PA/ASB authors received an email from Willem Meiners announcing ASB's closure and transformation into Paperback Services. Here it is: From: willem@americastarbooks.pub To: [redacted] Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 3:08:46 PM EDT Subject: A letter from the CEO: name change coming Dear [redacted], At America Star Books we have reached a new milestone. As of later this week all of our book marketing and promotion efforts will be continued under a different name: Paperback Services. Our book promotion staff, Jackie Velnoskey, Kerrin Wuchter, Sarah Balukoff, and Sarah Freitas, will work using that new Paperback Services name. Nothing else changes there. Not to worry — if your book is a hardcover, it will also be represented by Paperback Services. The name relates to that other entity that you have heard so often about: Paperback Radio. I founded Paperback Services recently. I founded Paperback Radio a year ago. The station has been in the air nonstop since then. My motive was simple: there are many publishing companies today that will publish an author's book, either for free or for a fee. But there is no other radio station where everyone can hear about those books, let alone listen to what the author has to say about it. Paperback Radio is the nation's only 24/7 station about books and writers. America Star Books no longer accepts new authors and publishes no more new titles. Nor do we attend any new trade shows under that name. Last week's Book Expo America was ASB's last event. Paperback Services, however, now takes over your book promotion with gusto, and will be at all the big events: Book Expo, Frankfurt Book Fair, Miami Book Fair, London Book Fair, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the ALA library conventions, and more. Oftentimes Paperback Services will be there side by side with Paperback Radio. Reporting live from the venues that until now only came to you through photos on Facebook is going to add a totally new dimension to the trade shows where your book is being promoted. Wherever you are in the world you'll be able to hear, live, what's going on in the towns where you spent your precious book promotion money. You will now be able to hear strangers talk about your book as they discover it. Later this week you will start receiving emails from the book promotion staff that you know, Jackie, Kerrin, Sarah, and Sarah, that end with @paperbackservices.com. Same people, same array of marketing opportunities, new email addresses. There will also be a support@paperbackservices.com address, for all your questions. Not only am I the founder of Paperback Radio and Paperback Services, but I also founded America Star Books and its predecessor, way back in the late 1990s. My mission then was to enable as many writers as possible to have their book published at no cost: I published almost 70,000 books, for free. I showed other publishers how to do it, and today many are doing a fine job. Now the time has come to make a difference in book promotion, so that your book can actually be discoveredamong all the others. With Paperback Services and Paperback Radio we are going to make this happen for you. America Star Books, Paperback Services, Paperback Radio, --Willem Meiners, founder and CEO UPDATE 9/29/17: Thanks to an anonymous tipster, I've learned that Willem and Alice Meiners have put their house up for sale. According to Zillow, it was listed on September 5 (an interesting date, since Paperback Radio vanished at around the same time). A sale is already pending. (How do I know this is their house? Numerous online sources confirm their address.) Think about how abruptly ASB, Paperback Radio, and Paperback Services vanished from the web. Then consider the sale of the Meiners's home, and the fact that all of this occurred within the same two- or three-week time period in mid-August to early September. It's curious, no? Especially in light of the optimistic tone of Meiners's June 6 announcement email. It's looking more and more to me as some sudden personal or financial or legal crisis is behind what's happened. I've also heard from a couple of PA/ASB authors that the print versions of their books are suddenly showing as "currently unavailable" on Amazon. I did a quick check of recently-pubbed PA/ASB print books on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and the majority of them are now listed as "currently unavailable" or "temporarily out of stock". It seems pretty clear that ASB is no longer interacting with its printer. Kindle editions are not affected. Those are still on sale. UPDATE 9/30/17: More bad news for PA/ASB. Bookmasters' 2015 lawsuit against PA/ASB, which was settled in early 2016 when both parties stipulated to dismissal, has just been re-opened "for failure to comply with stipulation of settlement." A motion was filed by Bookmasters on August 16, and the case was re-opened on September 19. Screenshot below (you can see for yourself on the Maryland Judiciary Case Search website). UPDATE 10/18/17: This is bizarre and I don't know what to make of it, but the americastarbooks.com URL has resurfaced...in Vietnamese. Some of the content of the old ASB site has been retained, specifically the About Us page, which is in English. Screenshot below. None of the books shown on the site are or were published by ASB, as far as I can tell. Screenshot of the domain registration info: What does it mean? I have no clue. In other news, ASB now has a fourth lien against it, this one for over $28,000. UPDATE 11/6/17: The following advice (originally posted in the comments) was received by an ASB author from a literary lawyer. I'm reproducing it here, along with my comments in bold. I sincerely sympathize with you and all the others who have been victimized by America Star Books/PublishAmerica. I don’t handle disputes with PublishAmerica and its spin-offs --- litigation against it is too expensive for the typical person, and the results questionable. You should, of course, file a complaint with Maryland Consumer Protection Division (http://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/Complaints/general.aspx). I can state the following, which you may find helpful: 1. As of today, there is no record of a bankruptcy filing by either ASB or PublishAmerica in Maryland. If a bankruptcy were filed, the bankruptcy trustee would have the rights to books under contract, they would not automatically be returned to the author. Several class actions suits have previously been attempted against PublishAmerica but were dismissed because the differing status of the plaintiffs did not qualify for a class. Individual lawsuits were hampered by an arbitration clause. Even if such suits were successful, the chance of recovering money from the owners is doubtful. 2. For most authors, getting their rights back is the paramount issue. One alternative is to file suit against in state court (District Court for Frederick Maryland, NOT federal District Court) alleging breach of contract (provided there is no arbitration clause in their contracts). If ASB is out of business, a default judgment will be granted if service or process can be obtained. 3. Another alternative is to send a certified letter to the last known address of ASB alleging breach of contract for failure to pay royalties and demanding reversion of rights. Typically the letter will not be signed for by ASB and returned; the author then can record the letter and explanation of the breach of contract with the Copyright Office (https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ12.pdf ) This would give the author a basis to argue he or she has the rights when dealing with a traditional publisher. Whether a traditional publisher is willing to take the risk is questionable, since there was no decision by an arbitrator or court that the publishing agreement was breached. (I frankly think it is highly unlikely that any professional publisher, large or small, would be willing to take this risk.) If you wish to self-publish again, however, there are legitimate companies that will help. In that event, in the highly unlikely event that ASB alleged copyright infringement against the author because it alleged it still owned the rights, the author would defend on the issue of breach of contract. (Be aware, though, that most self-publishing platforms' and author services companies' Terms of Use require you to warrant that you have the unencumbered right to enter into a publishing agreement--which, without an official reversion of rights from ASB, it is not clear you do. Punishment for a breached warranty could be removal of your account. See, for example, Section 7 of CreateSpace's Member Agreement: https://eu.createspace.com/pub/signup/view.memberagreement.do ) 4. The problem of ASB still selling the author’s books on Amazon and other sites is a separate issue. Once the author takes the position that ASB has breached its agreement and thus it no longer has the rights, you can send DMCA takedown notices to the web sites selling the ASB versions (see http://publishlawyer.com/protecting-your-copyright/ ). Depending on whether ASB files a counter-notice, this may work. (ASB won't file a counter-notice, but whether this methd will work will depend on whether the website accepts your position as valid.) UPDATE 3/13/18: In another sign that ASB won't rise from the dead, its americastarbooks.net URL has been re-registered to a suspicious-looking outfit called America's Tech. The same individual or group has also registered americastarbooks.webcam. UPDATE 1/3/19: I would have bet good money that Willem Meiners fled the country after he shuttered America Star Books--but it appears he is still in the USA, and living in Bangor, Maine. See the highlighted text in this screenshot of a listing for his recently published book, De Dutch Touch (the weird English is thanks to Google Translate). Believe it or not, the publisher is a reputable Dutch nonfiction house. Here is Meiners's bio on the publisher's website (lest you doubt it's him, there's a photo). Not surprisingly, there's no mention of his long history of publishing scams. He's also on Twitter. Solicitation (and Plagiarism) Alert: Legaia Books ... Lawsuits, Liens, and Lost URLs: The Latest on Amer...	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line173
__label__wiki	0.814807	0.814807	The Science of a Rumor Contagious Conversations / Episode 23: The Science of a Rumor Claire Stinson: Hello, and welcome to Contagious Conversations. I'm your host, Claire Stinson. Every episode, we'll hear from inspiring leaders and innovators who make the world healthier and safer for us all. Contagious Conversations is brought to you by the CDC Foundation, an independent nonprofit that builds partnerships to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention save and improve more lives. Joining me today is Dr. Heidi Larson, professor of anthropology, risk and decision science and the founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr. Larson is also the author of a recent book titled Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away. In this episode, we discuss how the spread of misinformation on social media and through other channels can affect COVID-19 vaccine confidence and confidence in science, and how we can better understand misinformation around science and help stop the spread. Welcome, Professor Larson. Heidi Larson: Good afternoon. Claire Stinson: Thank you for being with us today. Heidi, you were referred to as a vaccine anthropologist by The New Yorker this year. That's a really cool title. Tell us what that means and maybe a little bit about how you started on this career path. Heidi Larson: The title was given to me, and it was an interesting interpretation of what I do. I am an anthropologist. That's my primary training, and my investigation into what is driving vaccine confidence started about 20 years ago when I started to see some waning questions. But basically, the anthropology is trying to understand the cultural, religious, social, behavioral, belief-based reasons that people are questioning or hesitating about vaccines beyond the usual, the expected questions around safety. Claire Stinson: Right. Absolutely, and what got you interested in this career? Heidi Larson: Well, I was working at UNICEF at the time, and I was leading on the communications and strategy around new vaccines for the Global Immunization Program at UNICEF and also launching GAVI and chairing the Advocacy Task Force for the introduction of GAVI vaccines. It was during that time that I saw a growing number of episodes of questioning, refusing vaccines in different parts of the world, and by a very wide mix of everything, from some religious leaders to some government, to some individuals and communities, and I realized we kept trying to build confidence, but we weren't really spending time to understand why there were so many questions coming up, so it was really facing the front lines of questioning that prompted me to say, "I need to step out of the frontline, designing communication strategies and really start trying to understand better what's driving it so our communication and our engagement is more relevant to the concerns of people." Claire Stinson: That's really interesting. It sounds like you've had quite a career, and it also sounds like you're perfectly positioned to work on the COVID-19 response, so let's talk a little bit about that. The spread of misinformation on social media and through other channels can affect COVID-19 vaccine confidence and confidence in science. Your research focuses on vaccine rumors, how they start and why some flourish and others don't. Talk to us more about that research and how it relates to COVID-19. Heidi Larson: Well, sometimes I think there's too much focus just on the pieces of misinformation, and not on the fertile ground that lets it thrive. How vaccine rumors start and why they don't go away is because I see that there are some rumors that have gone on from the beginning of vaccines, and they come when the opportunity arises. Vaccines, one of the more common ones is about concerns about sterilization, that vaccines might sterilize them. We've seen it across a number of vaccines, but it reflects an underlying anxiety that some particularly marginalized populations have sometimes. But then, they disappear for a while, but they come up again when there's a period of anxiety or distrust in government, or it's a new vaccine and people don't know enough, so the research that we've been doing with the team I've built is really trying to understand, "What are those fertile ground factors that let these rumors thrive?," and in other settings, "Why are populations more resilient?," and the same rumor can start circulating, but gets no traction because there's a stronger confidence or resilience in some populations, but not in others. Claire Stinson: That's really interesting. Let's talk a little more about the research and the team that you have built, that you just mentioned. In 2010, you founded the Vaccine Confidence Project, where analysts from a variety of specialties monitor news sites and social media in more than 100 languages, and then they strategize with local health groups about how to tackle the rumors that they find. Tell us more about that. Heidi Larson: Well, we started the Vaccine Confidence Project, as you mentioned, in 2010, and the initial idea was to start to monitor online news media as a way to detect rumors when they would emerge early, before they would have a knock-on effect. I basically modeled it after what was starting to come up, which were a number of efforts to use online news media monitoring to detect disease outbreaks, and I thought, "Well, this is an interesting model for detecting vaccine rumors early," because I found myself in my UNICEF role, doing a lot of crisis management because people had brushed aside rumors as just being a rumor, and not really considering that actually, it could have some serious impact on disrupting immunization programs. We started in 2010 with online news media monitoring, and it was well before social media was as global as it is now. It was relatively recent, so we started with just online news media monitoring. Increasingly, we've expanded to social media monitoring because it became more global and we felt like we could get a better global picture. But we also developed what we call the Vaccine Confidence Index, because one thing you don't get with online news media or social media monitoring is representative samples from the population. And in the case of social media, you don't always even know where the voices are coming from. The technology these days, you can get a much better sense of it than in the beginning, so we bring together different types of metric, nationally representative surveys, online news and social media monitoring. We're constantly reviewing the literature and studies that other people are doing, and trying to use as many different sources as we can to get the best picture of what's going on. Claire Stinson: That's really fascinating, and also really unique. Are there a lot of other groups out there that do this kind of work? Heidi Larson: Well, when we set it up, there were almost none. I mean, Julie Leask in Australia, was one person's research that I had come across, was already flagging the amount of negative misinformation that was found in Google searches, but that was in very early days, but there really wasn't a lot of attention. In fact, to the opposite, I was discouraged sometimes by focusing on this and being too negative. I didn't feel like I was being negative, I felt like I wanted to have programs succeed, so I thought it was important to understand where the weak spots were. Moving forward, there's been a growing appreciation and other scientists coming on board, but I haven't come across another group that's been fully committed to only really focusing on this for so long. There's a number of individual scientists who are doing some good work, and the field has grown tremendously in the meanwhile, and particularly in the context of COVID. Claire Stinson: Oh, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing that. It sounds like all of this can really relate to COVID-19, such a unique and important mission of the Vaccine Confidence Project. Let's talk about COVID-19. What has your research shown about the main causes of rumors and misinformation around the COVID-19 vaccines, because we're seeing a lot of misinformation and rumors right now? Heidi Larson: Yes. There's been a tremendous amount of rumoring and misinformation, but I would say partial information. It's not all misinformation, and I think that's been one of the challenges in COVID, because it's been such an evolving and dynamic situation where even the scientists only have pieces of information. That has made it even more challenging because rumors thrive in situations of uncertainty. The whole process of rumoring is a way that people try to make sense of things that don't make sense, that you can't really come to terms with, and I often say that rumors have a bad reputation because they're often assumed to be negative, but technically, a rumor is a piece of yet unverified information. And that's really the state of COVID, both in terms of a brand new virus that we're still coming to terms with understanding, and the new vaccines that have happened in remarkable speed. Even before COVID, it was always the newer vaccines that spark a bit more anxiety, a bit more hesitancy. People want to wait and see to make sure there aren't side effects that weren't apparent in the beginning. So, it's been a kind of fertile ground for rumoring, and the partial information and sometimes misinformation has been a problem. One of the challenges that we've also seen is that because COVID and COVID vaccination is trying to reach everybody in the population, vaccine conversations have moved into groups that never talked about vaccines before. It wasn't on their radar, it wasn't something they were particularly interested in, and now, it's spread like wildfire into all kinds of both anti-groups and pro-groups, and that's really been beyond even my expectations. I mean, I wrote an article for Nature in 2018. There was a lot of discussions and roundtables and articles on, "Are we ready for the next pandemic?," partly sparked by initially H1N1, and then Ebola, and then Zika. And anticipating that we were going to get another big one, like COVID, there were a lot of forms, and they asked me to write a commentary related to my work, and the title ended up being “The Biggest Pandemic Risk? Viral Misinformation.” That was the point of my commentary, but even then, I would've never imagined it being as explosive as it is today. Claire Stinson: That was going to be my next question, so what has truly surprised you about your research? Heidi Larson: Our research has just seen, as I mentioned, totally different groups, kind of getting involved with vaccine debates, discussions and also what's happening is that different types of groups, anti-government, anti-control, anxieties about technologies, anxieties about different issues have all kind of come together, which has created a much bigger, a locus of alternative thinking, and also the amount of conspiracy that has come up. We've had conspiracies forever in humankind, but the way it's infiltrated society in, much more mainstream than I would've expected. Claire Stinson: That's interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Heidi, you have authored a book titled Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start - and Why They Don't Go Away. In the book, you say that we should look at rumors as an ecosystem. You also argue that listening to rumors and the stories behind them is crucial for rebuilding trust. Tell us more about this book. Heidi Larson: Well, Stuck actually was just going to press just as COVID was announced and the last chapter is on publics and pandemics, so I urged Oxford University Press if I could even add a paragraph at the end to acknowledge that this was going to press as COVID was announced. Claire Stinson: Right. Heidi Larson: They came back to me and said, "Listen, write a 1,700-word prologue to frame the book in the context of COVID," which I did. We are going to be running another edition of it, and I will be writing a new prologue reflecting on the last year and a half, but it was really interesting to go through the book that I had written totally before COVID to inform the prologue in terms of how it's relevant. It was fascinating to me because it was so relevant, or is so relevant, but again, this was at the beginning of COVID, and I look forward to reflecting more specifically about it, but the book itself looks back at a lot of learnings over the last decade in our work at the Vaccine Confidence Project. I do look at it in terms of emotions, the contagion of emotions, issues around dignity, issues about respect and rumors, the nature of rumors themselves. I say it's an ecosystem because rumoring, as I mentioned before, is a way humans try to manage and make sense of uncertainty, of risk, of things they don't understand, and that it's really important that we give space for that. One of my biggest concerns right now is the extreme polarization where there's no room for this kind of middle ground of exploring and trying to make sense of things because it's also very high-risk to be deleting pieces of what might be deemed as misinformation when in fact, it's just not yet confirmed. In the context of a brand new virus, brand new vaccines, we have to be extremely careful with what we delete because one of them might actually be a signal of something, either some reaction to a vaccine or some new behavior about the virus, that we have to be very careful to delete things before we can confirm that they're not true. So, it's not an easy space, for instance, when governments tell Facebook or Google or Instagram or whoever to delete the misinformation. It's not that straightforward. I talk about that in the book a bit. I also talk about how WHO, the World Health Organization, in their basement has a whole archive, a rumor archive from the smallpox eradication initiative. Listening for rumors was hugely important, especially in the last stages of eradication when people needed to listen for any possible signal of a case of smallpox, because if there was even one case in the world, it would never be eradicated. There's an important scientific function for rumors, and also for early signals of disease outbreaks. That's why I talk about it having to learn to live with rumors, but manage them in ways that when information is clearly confirmed, but people still hang on to them when they're not true, that's when we need to contain them and manage them. Claire Stinson: That's a good point, and that's really interesting that you wrote the book, and it was going to publish right as COVID was coming on the map. So, Heidi, we’re talking about misinformation here, I like how you explained that sometimes we need to understand that it's just partial information. How can we better understand misinformation around science and help stop the spread? Heidi Larson: Science is constantly questioning itself. I mean, that's the whole nature of science, and that's kind of hard for publics to digest sometimes because if you read a scientific paper, it always leaves some open piece that more could happen, we can learn more, which from a public perspective sounds ambiguous and sounds not totally confident, but from a scientific perspective, it leaves an openness to discovering more. One of the things I say in the book is enlightenment, and the age of enlightenment looked at science as freethinking against religious dogma. Well, what publics are feeling these days is that science is the new dogma. Science said, "So you should do." I think we have a bigger issue on the relationship between science and publics. Claire Stinson: No, that's a really good point. That's a really good point. Heidi, I enjoyed reading the article in the New Yorker earlier this year about your career, and you're quoted as saying that, "A successful vaccination effort requires the public to trust the scientists who create the vaccine, the companies that manufacture it, the healthcare workers who inject it and the governments that oversee the process.” And you refer to this as a trust chain. How can we strengthen this trust chain right now with the COVID-19 vaccine? Heidi Larson: Well, we can't strengthen the trust without each of those pieces of the chain building trustworthiness. I think we point a lot of fingers at the public and talk about building trust, but I think all of us who have any role in the whole vaccine field need to look in the mirror and say, "What can we, in my piece of this bigger effort, do better? How can we be clear, or how can we make our piece of the work more engaging and trustworthy for the public?" And that's a big challenge. The whole relationship between risk and trust is an important one to consider too, because when people have more trust, they're much more willing to put up with a little risk if they see a benefit, if they see a greater good. If they don't trust, they don't even want to put up with a little risk. Claire Stinson: Absolutely. A really, really important point, and trust is key in all of this. Where have we seen successes in recent times as it relates to communications around vaccinations? Heidi Larson: The successes I've seen in trust-building and engagement, particularly in the context of COVID, has been hyper-local. The more local, the more familiar, the more trust-building. I think that some of the big lessons we've learned and really need to remember in terms of preparedness for the future, we made a lot of assumptions about leadership in our preparedness plans. We assume that leaders around the world, in the face of a highly-fatal epidemic would line up, that different people and different ways would line up, and it just hasn't played out that way in different countries for different reasons, but where the strength has shown its face and where the successes I've seen are really in the local communities where ... One of my really favorite efforts is the Black Coalition Against COVID and how the Black doctors in different communities really worked closely with and built confidence, and the drop in hesitancy was really impressive. And also, I mean, some of the stories that I'm sure you've all heard about, engaging barbers and hairdressers, farmers, restaurant owners. Like in the Bangladeshi community in London, I was really impressed there. People that you would've never expected to be involved in any kind of vaccine communication effort or engagement effort, and that's one of the wonders of COVID. I think that the immunization community and immunizations programs in general are very, I think sometimes too focused, and not getting enough partners outside of the immunization program. I think this has been a huge opportunity for unexpected and valuable partners in immunization program to get engaged the way they have. But I think local resilience, community engagement, familiarity, particularly when we're living in such a hyper-uncertain time, people are craving for familiar things that they know, that they understand, that they trust, and the more we can leverage on those familiar areas, the more we can build confidence. Claire Stinson: That's an important point, and it does certainly seem like communities are key to this trust chain that we've been talking about. We'll be right back with Professor Heidi Larson. If you would like to learn more about Professor Larson's Vaccine Confidence Project, please visit vaccineconfidence.org. Now, back to our conversation with Professor Heidi Larson. Heidi, what do you see as the biggest and best opportunities to stop the spread of misinformation and restore broad trust in vaccines? Heidi Larson: I think we need to look at why some of the reasons that people are gobbling up some of the misinformation. To me, what I look at is, "What aren't we doing well enough? Why aren't we giving a better story from the informed story?" I try to think of it being a challenge to the public health community to say, "There's something going on with the way the misinformation is portrayed that is in a much more engaging way than the way we're putting it out in the public health community." One, we need to do a better job of engaging publics so they're less tempted, as it were, by the misinformation because they're not getting or finding or compelled by the more factual information. I think the other thing we need to look at on the misinformation side is rather than just focusing on asking social media companies and tech companies to get rid of or to clean up the misinformation, which is really not only challenging, but not always possible because a lot of what's out there is not straightforward misinformation, it's ambiguous, it's seeding doubt, it's asking questions, and that you can't ethically delete. But one thing that I think would make a huge difference is to slow down the algorithms that are spreading the information in general. Slow it down. Give us time to catch up, to do better, to surround it with different ways. It's frankly a bigger ask than clipping out the harmful misinformation because it has business implications, but I think that would really help, is just slow it down. Claire Stinson: That's interesting perspective. I know in the New Yorker article, you also said that we really need to listen to the stories behind these rumors because there may be some truth to some of them, and I know another expert we've interviewed in this podcast has mentioned the need for deep listening. Heidi Larson: Absolutely. A lot of the surveys that we see are, "What are your feelings? What are your ..." Well, it's not even really about feelings, it's, "Are you willing to take a COVID vaccine?" and then finding out a lot of background, demographics and whatever, but to take it past the initial question. I remember in our polio work when I was with UNICEF, for instance, in India, in some of the more difficult polio vaccine-resistant communities, at a superficial level, if you asked the first like, "Why don't you want to take that vaccine?," and it was often, they would say, "Oh, we're worried it sterilizes us," which was one of the circulating rumors. When we sat down and listened a bit more and said, "Well, what else is bothering you, or what else is going on here?," and opened up the conversation, we learned that actually, what they really didn't like was men vaccinating their children, and particularly, men coming from other cities, and then going away again. They wanted local vaccinators, women vaccinators, that if there was something wrong, they knew where to find them to help them, and once that infrastructure thing changed, once there was a switch to more local female vaccinators, the uptake started to increase, and the rumors started to fade. If there hadn't been that longer conversation and revisiting and coming back and saying, "How are you today?" "What else is going on?"—maybe they're too shy to talk about what's really bothering them. Claire Stinson: Right. That's really, really important perspective to remember in all of this. Heidi, you're in a unique position to provide this advice, but what advice would you share for public health workers listening to this podcast right now that are dealing with the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines? Heidi Larson: Well, I think the important thing right now is that we have a world with people who are tired, anxious, don't want to really hear more about a COVID vaccine. They need some compassion. I think that from a public health perspective, and frankly, just in our daily life, we need to ask people, "How are they doing? How are you coping? How are you doing?" It's not just about deleting their misinformation or correcting their misinformation, or asking why they're not getting their vaccine, but just the gesture of asking how they are, because just that gesture makes people feel like you care about more than just that vaccine. "Oh, no. Here comes X. They're just going to ask me about getting vaccinated again." Talk about things that they might care about. Ask them how they're feeling, what they think are the most important things to get to the other side of COVID, and then maybe bring in the conversation about vaccines, or if they start talking about misinformation, you can come around to that, but I think we need to frame our conversations in a bit of compassion. Claire Stinson: That's really important advice. So important to share right now. Thank you for that. Here's a big question to end today, what are your thoughts about the future of public health? Heidi Larson: I think we need an overhaul. There's a lot we've learned in COVID, some things that we already started to know about how we needed to engage with publics maybe a bit differently. There's been this, and I talk about this in Stuck, a growing divide between publics and public health, and we need to really reframe how we're approaching it to be more in touch with publics, and it's been really hard with the rate of change with all the digital technology has been going at a speed and pace much faster than the public health community has evolved, and this isn't everywhere to be fair. There are some places that have been able to get more engaged with the types of technology and communication that publics are much more nimble with than the public health community, but I do think we need to catch up a bit with that. I think we're realizing the limits, the boundaries of communication technologies. When a lot of this new technologies, and particularly, social media came up, it was a kind of honeymoon period, a euphoria. You see the optimism. You see the possibilities for kind of a friendly conversations, and we're realizing the limits of that, and that's where the regulations start coming in, and that's where the restrictions start coming in. We've got on the one hand some things to do with the new technologies and managing that, but at the same time, I think we, in the public health community, need to be a little less scared to go into the social media space, which I feel like there's some anxiety about going there. It's emotions. It's not all fact. It's a harder space to control, as it were. I wouldn't say at all, that's the fault of public health. It's the reality of living in a fast-changing era of technology that needs a nimbleness and evolution and investment in ways that kind of caught us all off guard, but I think COVID can help give us a bit of a roadmap of where the weak spots are and where the opportunities are. Claire Stinson: You have such interesting and unique perspective on all of this. This has been a fascinating discussion. Thank you so much for being a part of Contagious Conversations. Heidi Larson: Thanks so much, and I love the framing of Contagious Conversations. Claire Stinson: Thanks for listening to Contagious Conversations, produced by the CDC Foundation, and available wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to visit cdcfoundation.org/conversations for show notes. And if you like what you just heard, please pass it along to your colleagues and friends, rate the show, leave a review and tell others. It helps us get the word out. Thanks again for tuning in, and join us next time for another episode of Contagious Conversations.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line175
__label__cc	0.631917	0.368083	Medical News Today: Alcohol may be less harmful for people over 50 AdviceFoodGlobal Top StoriesHealth and Fitness 28 February 2019 Arabia Day Newsdesk 0 A recent study examines the health impact of consuming alcohol at different ages. The authors conclude that, for people over the age of 50,... A recent study examines the health impact of consuming alcohol at different ages. The authors conclude that, for people over the age of 50, the health risks may be less severe. If alcohol does have protective effects, they are not distributed evenly across all ages. Heavy drinking is linked to a range of serious health consequences. These include certain cancers, liver and heart disease, and damage to the nervous system, including the brain. However, as has been exhaustively covered in the popular press, drinking in moderation might have certain health benefits. A number of studies have concluded that drinking alcohol at a low level could have a protective effect. One study, for instance, found that light and moderate drinking protected against all-cause mortality, as well as mortality related to cardiovascular disease. It is no surprise that these stories have been well-received and widely read, but not all researchers agree, and the debate is ongoing. A recent study led by Dr. Timothy Naimi, of the Boston Medical Center in Massachusetts, adds further fuel to an already rampant blaze. The authors take aim at the methodology used in earlier studies, and they published their findings in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs earlier this week. The researchers argue that the way that earlier studies measured alcohol’s impact on health might be flawed. Specifically, they note that the studies are generally observational and usually recruit participants over the age of 50. The authors argue that this is problematic because it excludes anyone who might have died due to alcohol before the age of 50. As they dryly point out, “Deceased persons cannot be enrolled in cohort studies.” Dr. Naimi first outlined his concerns about this inherent selection bias in a paper published in the journal Addiction in 2017. “Those who are established drinkers at age 50 are ‘survivors’ of their alcohol consumption who [initially] might have been healthier or have had safer drinking patterns.” Dr. Timothy Naimi According to the authors, almost 40 percent of deaths due to alcohol consumption occur before the age of 50. This means that the vast majority of research into the potential risks of alcohol do not take these deaths into account and could underestimate the real dangers. To reinvestigate, the authors dipped into data from the Alcohol-Related Disease Impact Application which is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC, this application “provides national and state estimates of alcohol-related health impacts, including deaths and years of potential life lost.” The difference of age The analysis showed that the level of an individual’s alcohol-related risk was heavily influenced by age. In total, 35.8 percent of alcohol-related deaths occurred in people aged 20–49. When looking at deaths that were prevented by alcohol consumption, the scientists found only 4.5 percent in this age group. When they looked at individuals aged 65 or over, it was a different story: Although a similar 35 percent of alcohol-related deaths occurred in this group, the authors found a huge 80 percent of the deaths prevented by alcohol in this demographic. The researchers also saw this stark difference between age groups when they looked at the number of potential years lost to alcohol. They showed that 58.4 percent of the total number of years lost occurred in those aged 20–49. However, this age group only accounted for 14.5 percent of the years of life saved by drinking. Conversely, the over-65 group accounted for 15 percent of the overall years of life lost, but 50 percent of the years of life saved. The authors conclude that younger people “are more likely to die from alcohol consumption than they are to die from a lack of drinking,” but older people are more likely to experience the health benefits of moderate drinking. Although the conclusions are not explosive, they bring us a more complete understanding of alcohol’s impact on health: Moderate drinking may benefit people of a certain age group, but heavy drinking is harmful to all. Search Arabia Day Here	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line176
__label__wiki	0.868526	0.868526	Why do crimes against journalists go unpunished in Bangladesh Afrose Jahan Chaity Published at 12:06 am November 3rd, 2019 'At least 10 journalists were killed in connection to their work from 2000 to 2005' Saturday marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, proclaimed by the United Nation (UN) General Assembly, and adopted by the General Assembly Resolution in 2014. UN always urges its member countries to do their utmost so that violence against journalists, and media workers can be prevented, and those responsible for bringing harm to them are brought to justice, denying impunity to the perpetrators. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an organization that promotes press freedom, and defends the rights of journalists, in their Global Impunity Index 2019, published on October 19 this year, ranked Bangladesh 10th among a total of 13 countries who made up the list of the world’s worst impunity offenders. CPJ has been publishing this report since 2008. When contacted, CPJ’s Impunity Campaign Consultant Elisabeth Witchel said: "During the early parts of the 21st century, freedom of expression activists, and journalists were struggling for justice in a series of attacks against them. This also includes Bangladeshi journalists covering crime, and political beats. "At least 10 journalists were killed in connection to their work from 2000 to 2005." Cases still pending According to CPJ, since 1998, the cases filed over seven out of the 21 murder incidents of journalists, and media workers which took place in Bangladesh are still pending, including the infamous Sagor-Runi murder case. Nowsher Alam Roaman, brother of Meherun Runi, and the brother-in-law of Sagar Sarwar, the two slain journalists, expressed his disappointment over the long wait to see justice. He said: "There is no progress at all. After all these years, I think there can only be two reasons why we are not getting justice. The first reason might be that those who are linked to the murder do not want the case to be solved. "Whereas, negligence from the different law enforcement agencies concerned in the investigation could be the second reason behind this painful delay of justice." Perpetrators enjoying impunity Saiful Alam, Daily Jugantar acting editor, and also the president of National Press Club's executive committee said that there are several reasons why perpetrators responsible for crimes against journalists, and media workers dodge punishment. "The culture of impunity is the most powerful tool for criminals to avoid being punished. The second thing is that those who are killing media journalists care little about the law. "Abuse of political power is another major factor that deprives the victims of justice," he added. Echoing the same, Afsan Chowdhury, media activist and veteran journalist said: "The rule of law has to be established to ensure justice. Without this, it is not possible to get justice for either common people or journalists." CPJ’s Impunity Campaign Consultant Elisabeth Witchel said: "Sure some individuals have been arrested in crimes against media workers, but that is far away from full prosecution. Statements made by politicians following these murders [media worker] often found the journalists at fault rather than decrying the attacks, and the attackers. Journalists who cover protests have also been attacked or arrested." According to Reporters Without Borders (RWB), which conducts political advocacy on issues relating to freedom of information, and freedom of the press, more than 30 journalists lost their lives in the line of duty around the globe this year. UN signs deal with Bangladesh to help Rohingyas in Bhasan Char Officials: Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal Muratov dedicates Nobel to his paper's slain reporters, Navalny Journalist murdered, 154 others harassed in nine months Bangladeshi journo makes it to INMA 30 Under 30 PM to return home Friday CPJ Elisabeth Witchel Crime Against Journalists	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line177
__label__wiki	0.7379	0.7379	Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies Est 1998. Published by Social Care Ireland Home > Journals > Arrow > current > IJASS > Vol. 8 > Iss. 1 (2008) Thirteen-Year-Old Girls: Tales of School Transition and Feminine Identity Thienhuong Hoang, California State Polytechnic UniversityFollow This paper is based on an ethnographic multi-method study, involving interviews, focus groups, diaries and observation. It explores some of the tales of thirteen-year-old female students who told about their experiences of growing up and making the transition from primary to secondary school. The paper argues that their experiences of growing up and changing schools were not a simple, linear process, but involved feelings of intense pleasure and tremendous pain. Building on a growing body of literature concerned with the experience of growing-up, this paper seeks to highlight the multiple ways in which these female students negotiated this phase of change and constructed identity. The paper suggests that school context fosters a sense of maturity upon which thirteen-year-old female students can build their various identities, individually and collectively as a peer group. Hoang, Thienhuong (2008) "Thirteen-Year-Old Girls: Tales of School Transition and Feminine Identity," Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 6. doi:10.21427/D77J0W Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol8/iss1/6 10.21427/D77J0W Forthcoming Issues Publications Ethics and Malpractice Statement Special Issue on CORU Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Work. Guest Editors: Dr Áine de Róiste, Dr Majella Mulkeen and Dr Aoife Johnson. Special Issue on Social Care, Social Policy and Social Justice, Guest Editors Karen Smith, Anne Marie Shier, Margaret Fingleton and Kevin Murphy The construction of otherness in Ireland, Guest Editor Encarnacion Hidalgo Tenorio European perspectives on child abuse and neglect: Key messages from the 13th ISPCAN European Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect All Issues Vol. 21, Iss. 1 (2021) Vol. 20, Iss. 2 (2020) Vol. 20, Iss. 1 (2020) Vol. 19, Iss. 1 (2019) Vol. 18, Iss. 1 (2018) Vol. 17, Iss. 1 (2017) Vol. 16, Iss. 2 (2016) Vol. 16, Iss. 1 (2016) Vol. 15, Iss. 2 (2015) Vol. 15, Iss. 1 (2015) Vol. 14, Iss. 1 (2014) Vol. 13, Iss. 1 (2013) Vol. 12, Iss. 1 (2012) Vol. 11, Iss. 1 (2011) Vol. 10, Iss. 1 (2010) Vol. 9, Iss. 1 (2009) Vol. 8, Iss. 1 (2008) Vol. 7, Iss. 2 (2006) Vol. 7, Iss. 1 (2006) Vol. 6, Iss. 1 (2005) Vol. 5, Iss. 1 (2004) Vol. 4, Iss. 2 (2003) Vol. 4, Iss. 1 (2003) Vol. 3, Iss. 1 (2002) Vol. 2, Iss. 3 (2001) Vol. 2, Iss. 2 (2000) Vol. 2, Iss. 1 (1999) Vol. 1, Iss. 1 (1998) doi: 10.21427/D7KW26	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line189
__label__cc	0.628781	0.371219	Talking Artemisia Gentileschi with Joy McCullough, Author of “Blood Water Paint” by Erika Gaffney \| May 22, 2019 \| News/Blog \| 0 comments Q&A about Gentileschi (1593–c.1653), the protagonist of McCullough’s novel-in-verse We notice an exciting trend in fiction publishing over the course of the past year: women artists, whose paintings still exist today, are protagonists in several works historical fiction. This post is the first installment of what will become an occasional feature on the Art Herstory blog. Check this space regularly for interviews with authors of books, whether fiction or non-fiction, about female artists from past centuries. Blood Water Paint is a fictional exploration of real events from the life of seventeenth-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. According to Natasha Tripathi in her New Yorker review of the book, “[I]t teems with raw emotion, and McCullough deftly captures the experience of learning to behave in a male-driven society and then breaking outside of it.” Below, author Joy McCullough discusses aspects of working with this female Old Master as a character in her debut novel. Blood Water Paint, by Joy McCullough PenguinRandomHouse, 2018 A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist 2018 National Book Award Longlist How did it happen that Artemisia Gentileschi become the protagonist of your novel? I discovered Artemisia many moons ago as a passing reference in a Margaret Atwood novel. I’d never heard of her, so I went searching. When I learned about Artemisia Gentileschi’s story, I was outraged I hadn’t heard of her before. The transcripts from her rapist’s trial still exist, and I read those with horror over how much hasn’t changed in how we treat women and sexual violence. I wrote the story as a play first, which had a long development process, but when the play was produced in 2015, I started thinking about its potential as a novel. What resources did you rely on for information about the historical figure of Artemisia Gentileschi? And/or about the experience of being a woman painter in the period? I started my research on Artemisia in 2001, when there wasn’t quite as much information as there is now. I happened upon the excellent book Artemisia Gentileschi by Mary D. Garrard, which includes the art historical context for her work, but also the transcripts from her rapist’s trial, which offered a lot of insight not only into that case, but also into her day-to-day life. That was my primary source. Beyond that, it’s been such a long, drawn-out research process that I can’t be more specific, but many books on painting, and the Roman art world at the time, and women artists throughout history have contributed. Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art, by Mary D. Garrard Princeton University Press, 1991 What is your favorite painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, and why? Artemisia’s Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting is my favorite. Painters of Artemisia’s time followed a text called Iconologia by Cesare Ripa, which prescribed specific symbolism for painting the muses, the virtues, the arts—these were referred to as allegories. All of these figures were women, and for example, the allegory of painting was supposed to have unruly hair, a color-shifting dress, a pendant of a mask on a gold chain, etc. So many painters painted their version of the allegory of painting, putting their own spin on these requirements. But since all of these allegorical figures were women, Artemisia could do something incredible—identify herself with the art form in a way no man ever could. In painting her self-portrait as the allegory of painting, Artemisia essentially proclaimed, “I am painting.” And not only that: she very intentionally left out one required element from her allegory of painting. Traditionally, it also should include a gag over the mouth. But Artemisia was speaking loudly through her art and would not be silenced. Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura), c. 1638-9, by Artemisia Gentileschi. The Royal Collection Trust Post-publication, has there been any interesting intersection between the book world and the art world? For example, do you find that your book is for sale in art museum shops, and/or are you invited to speak at art events? Yes! I have sadly never been to Italy, but I was so overwhelmed when a friend went to Florence and discovered that my book is for sale in the gift shop at the Uffizi! I have also heard that it is at the National Gallery in DC. And I don’t know if it’s at the National Gallery in London, but I was interviewed for an article in The Economist, which coincided with London’s acquisition of her Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, which has brought renewed interest to her work. I hope I am in other museum shops, though I only know when someone lets me know on social media. Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1615–17, by Artemisia Gentileschi. The National Gallery (London) Joy McCullough’s debut young adult novel Blood Water Paint earned honors such as the National Book Award longlist, finalist for the ALA Morris Award, a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and four starred reviews. Her debut middle grade novel, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, is forthcoming in 2020. She writes books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children. She studied theater at Northwestern University, fell in love with her husband atop a Guatemalan volcano, and now spends her days surrounded by books and kids and chocolate. Interested in learning more about Artemisia? Visit Art Herstory Artemisia Gentileschi resource page! More Art Herstory author interviews: An Interview with Carrie Callaghan, Author of “A Light of Her Own” More Art Herstory blog posts: Judith Leyster, Leading Star The Priceless Legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi: A Curator’s Perspective (Guest post by Dr. Judith W. Mann) ‘Bright Souls’: A London Exhibition Celebrating Mary Beale, Joan Carlile, and Anne Killigrew(Guest post by Dr. Laura Gowing) New Adventures in Teaching Art Herstory (Guest post by Dr. Julia Dabbs) Renaissance Women Painting Themselves (Guest Post by Dr. Katherine A. McIver) Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750): A Birthday Post A Dozen Great Women Artists, Renaissance and Baroque Why Do Old Mistresses Matter Today? (Guest Post by Dr. Merry Wiesner-Hanks) Michelangelo’s Sisters: (Re)Introducing Female Old Masters	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line190
__label__wiki	0.751097	0.751097	Beijing has announced a new date of parliament session Gerard Moore 17 / January / 20 Forex market news Beijing has announced a new date for the annual session of the Chinese National People's Congress: it is now scheduled for late May, two and a half months later than originally scheduled. This announcement was a signal of the authorities' confidence that the spread of coronavirus in the country had been largely contained. The leaders of the legislature, after discussing the positive trends resulting from the fight against the pandemic in the country, decided on Wednesday to start the annual session on 22 May. They said that "economic and social life is gradually returning to normal," according to the state news agency Xinhua. The agency also reported that the meeting of the People's Political Consultative Council of China will begin a day before the parliamentary session. The decision to reopen China's supreme legislative body has been taken while the authorities have been encouraging the resumption of economic and social activity, interrupted by the pandemic that forced Beijing to impose quarantine measures and other restrictions in late January. In March, the authorities began to relax those measures, which had constrained the activities of millions of people throughout the country. An initial parliamentary session and advisory board meeting were scheduled for the first half of March, but were cancelled in mid-February as China struggled with a rapidly spreading virus. The postponement was necessary to allow government leaders to focus on health, the authorities said. Postponing these events to the end of May against the backdrop of the ongoing struggle against the pandemic was an "important decision" for Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Communist Party Central Committee, said CPC Central Committee Politburo member and head of the advisory council Wang Yang. Since March, Xi Jinping has repeatedly left Beijing with different targets, signalling his belief that the virus's spread had been contained. Since late last year, when the virus was discovered in the city of Wuhan, China has infected about 83,000 people and 4,600 people have died of diseases caused by the virus. Last week, Xi visited the northern Shaanxi province, where he ordered measures to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, including stabilization of the labour market, trade and investment. At the annual meetings of the National People's Congress and the Advisory Council, the Communist Party's elites have demonstrated the spirit of national unity and formulated policy priorities for next year. At these meetings, the Government usually also presents economic targets and spending plans for the year. Analysts at Trivium Consulting Company predict that due to the pandemic that limited economic activity in 2020, this time Beijing may decide to set two year GDP targets. Other analysts expect that the target levels will not be set at all. It is difficult to say yet how quarantine meetings will be organized. In the past, about 5000 delegates, including government officials, entrepreneurs and public figures, have come to Beijing for such meetings, which since 1998 have been held in the first week of March. The head of the Advisory Board, Wang Yang, said that delegates should take into account measures to contain the pandemic when preparing for meetings so that these meetings "build confidence and morale". Xinhua's presentation did not reveal details of this year's meetings. Traditionally, delegates have met in Beijing's House of People's Assemblies, as well as in a number of hotels and conference centres. Strict control measures have been introduced in the Chinese capital, including mandatory isolation for 21 days for people arriving from other places. Analysts familiar with Chinese political food suggest that organizers can take a number of measures to minimize health risks, such as shortening sessions or organizing videoconferences. Authorities can also relax medical controls during meetings or free delegates from prolonged isolation.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line193
__label__cc	0.705898	0.294102	What's the most common name in finland? After Aino, the most popular first names for girls were Eevi, Emma, Sofia and Aada last year. The most popular names for boys after Leo were Elias, Eino, Väinö and Onni Mohammad Anwar What's the most common name in africa? What's the most common name in japan? What's the most common name in france? What's the most common name in sweden? What's the most common name in canada?	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line200
__label__wiki	0.805026	0.805026	The Art of the Portrait Masterpieces of European Portrait-Painting The Great Age of the Portrait Origins of the Portrait Jan van Eyck: Tymotheos Jan van Eyck: The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini Jan van Eyck: The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin Rogier van der Weyden: Portrait of a Lady Jean Fouquet: Etienne Chevalier Presented by St Stephen Hans Memling: Man with a Roman Coin Antonello da Messina: Portrit of a Man, known as "Il Condottiere" Early Portrait of a Ruler Piero della Francesca: Federigo da Montefeltro and his Wife Battista Sforza Portraits of Renaissance Women Pisanello: Young Lady of the Este Family Leonardo da Vinci: The Lady with the Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani) Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) Giorgione: Portrait of a Young Lady ("Laura") Piero di Cosimo: Simonetta Vespucci Agnolo Bronzino: Laura Battiferri The Psychological Portrait Lorenzo Lotto: Young Man before a White Curtain Lorenzo Lotto: Man with a Golden Paw Moretto da Brescia: Portrait of a Young Man Portraits and Caricatures Quentin Massys: Old Woman (The Queen of Tunis) Portraits of Renaissance Humanists Luca Signorelli: Portrait of a Middle-Aged Man Agnolo Bronzino: Portrait of Ugolino Martelli Raphael: Baldassare Castiglione Lucas Cranach the Elder: Dr. Cuspinian and his Wife Hans Holbein the Younger: Erasmus of Rotterdam Mythologising Portraits Agnolo Bronzino: Andrea Doria as Neptune Nicoletto da Modena (?): Francis I of France as an Antique God Portraits of Popes and Cardinals Raphael: Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giuliano de' Medici and Luigi de Rossi Titian: Pope Paul III, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and Duke Ottavio Farnese Portraits of Artists and Collectors Lorenzo Lotto: Andrea Odoni Titian: Jacopo de Strada Artists' Self-Portraits Albrecht Durer: Self-Portrait with a Fur Coat Nicolas Poussin: Self-Portrait Rembrandt: Self-Portraits Portrait of a Friend Hans Holbein the Younger: The French Ambassadors to the English Court "Teste Composte" Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Vertumnus Portraits of 16th and 17th-century Rulers Titian: Emperor Charles V after the Battle of Miihlberg Anthony van Dyck: Charles I of England, Hunting Hyacinthe Rigaud: Louis XIV of France Philippe de Champaigne: Triple Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu Marriage and Family Portraits Peter Paul Rubens: Rubens and Isabella Brant under the Honeysuckle Jacob Jordaens: The Artist and his Family Portraits of Children Giovanni Francesco Caroto: Boy with a Drawing Jan van Scorel: The Schoolboy Diego Velazquez: The Infante Philip Prosper Dutch Civic Guard Portraits Rembrandt: "The Night Watch" Portraits of Regents Frans Hals: The Governors of the Old Men's Almshouse at Haarlem Anatomy Lessons Rembrandt: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp Portraits of Fools and Dwarfs Diego Velazquez: The Dwarf "El Primo" Nicolas Poussin: Self-Portrait (detail) At the left of the canvas there is a woman wearing a diadem with an eye. This has been interpreted as an allegory: painting crowned as the greatest of the arts. Musee du Louvre, Paris Nicolas Poussin's Self-Portrait, executed in 1650, is a painted theory of art: a cryptogram containing the aesthetic principles of an artist, who, since 1628, had spent most of his working life in Rome. Poussin had done an earlier version of the painting in 1649 (now in the Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preubischer Kulturbesitz), painted to replace a disappointing portrait of himself which his Parisian patrons had commissioned from a Roman artist. The most conspicuous motif of the earlier self-portrait is the "memento mori". The artist presents himself before a sepulchral monument - anticipating his own -flanked by putti; the expression on his face is almost cheerful. Viewed from a distance he appears to be smiling, while his head, inclined slightly to one side, suggests a melancholic mood . Cheerfulness in the face of death demonstrated the composure of the Stoics, a philosophy for which Poussin had some sympathy. The early self-portrait, too, contains an allusion to Poussin's theory of art: the title of the book "De lumine et colore" (On light and colour). Poussin's reference to colour here is less surprising than Anthony Blunt, who defined Poussin as a "partisan" of "disegno" (drawing, design), would have us believe. In his correspondence with Paul Freart de Chantelou, Poussin repeatedly defined the analysis of light as the basis of all painting. In Poussin's view, echoing earlier theories of art, colour was the modification of light. Poussin was therefore not as radical an advocate of the "designo - colore" antithesis as doctrinaire Classicist historians of art theory have suggested. His practice as an artist speaks against the view of him as onesided; instead it betrays the influence of the Venetian colourists, in whose work the world was suffused in a golden light. In the self-portrait at the Louvre the artist, wearing a dark green gown and with a stole thrown over his shoulders, is shown in a slightly different pose: posture is erect, his head turned to present an almost full- face view. His facial expression is more solemn, but also less decided. Instead of funereal symbolism, the setting is the artist's studio, lent a strangely abstract quality by a staggered arrangement of three framed canvases, one behind the other, whose quadratic structure is echoed by the dark doorframe behind them. It is apparent that the canvas nearest to us is empty, except for a painted inscription. The empty canvas is a cipher for the "disegno interno" (internal idea), or "concetto" (plan), a conceptual version of the painting which, according to a theory formulated in 1590 by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo ("Idea dell' tempio della pittura"), precedes its practical realisation. Poussin's emphasis of the painters ability to work with his intellect concurs with the ideas of the philospher and poet. At the left of the second canvas there is a woman in front of a landscape, wearing a diadem with an eye; a man's hands are reaching out to hold her shoulders. This has - probably rightly -been interpreted as an allegory: painting crowned as the greatest of the arts. At the same time, the embrace is a symbol for the bond of friendship between Poussin and his patron Chantelou. A tiny, but highly significant detail is the ring Poussin is wearing on the little finger of his right hand, which rests on a fastened portfolio. Studied closely, the stone reveals itself to be a diamond, cut in the shape of a four-sided pyramid. As an emblematic motif, this symbolised the Stoic notion of Constantia, or stability and strength of character. Poussin was referring here both to his friendship with Chantelou, and to his intention to remain firmly loyal to the strict discipline of heroic Classicism. Popularised by contemporary moralizing literature, the notion of personal identity had begun to make itself felt in this era for the first time, and constancy in a person's attitudes, thoughts and conduct was its most important quality. Poussin struggled to maintain his independence of mind and loyality to his own ideals against the demands of the French court, and, in so doing, articulated the growing sense of autonomy of the ascendant bourgoisie. Portrait of the painter Nicolas Poussin of Les Andelys (painted) at Rome during the Jubilee Year of 1650, aged 56 vears. The ring holds a diamond, cut in the shape of a four-sided pyramid. As an emblematic motif, this was the Stoic symbol of stabillity and strength of character. Staatliche Museen, Berlin Nicolas Poussin of Les Andelys, Member of the Academy of Rome, Principal Painter in Ordinary to Louis, the rightful King of France. Painted at Rome in the year of our Lord 1649, aged 55 years. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Rembrandt: Very few artists of the modern period have left as many self-portraits as Rembrandt. His lifelong study of his own physiognomy, his desire to keep a pictorial record of his constantly changing physical and psychological features, can be taken as a sign of his interest in autobiography and as proof of the belief he nurtured, in spite of the many crises and setbacks he suffered, in the uniqueness of the individual. Different kinds of autobiographical narrative - memoirs, for instance, or episodes from lived experience interspersed in fictional texts (as with Grimmelshausen), or regular diary entries - were becoming increasingly important in seventeenth-century literature. "Affective individualism" (Lawrence Stone), which had begun to penetrate every aspect of bourgeois experience, had entered poetry, too. Petrarch had anticipated this centuries before with the interest he provoked in his biography: "You will wish to know what kind of person I was." In the seventeenth century, this humanist motto was generally seen in a confessional or religious light. Rembrandt is known to have maintained frequent contact with members of many different confessions, religious groupings and sects (Jews, Mennonites, Socinians etc.), and it is probably not far wrong to assume that qualities which all these groups had in common - their ethical awareness, their intensely emotional character, and even their potentially oppositional nature - had a profound influence on Rembrandt's character. Oil on panel, 15,5 x 12,5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich On the other hand, it would be quite wrong to see Rembrandt's self-portraiture entirely in the light of his religious introspection. Indeed, his method reveals somewhat more affinity to doctrines of emotional expression which influenced contemporary academic art theory. In his early self-portraits, and in a number of smaller etchings which, significantly enough, are almost entirely devoid of ornament, allowing the artist to concentrate exclusively on the face, Rembrandt experiments with constantly changing facial expressions, working his way through the full gamut of human feelings and their physiognomic equivalents until, at one end of the scale, all that remains is a grimace. The face, the focal point of the personality, is given symbolic status: it represents human feeling. Rembrandt thus acts out and gives visual form to different emotional states: alarm, worry, care, the torment of fear; or he portrays himself as someone staring with desperate, distracted eyes, with his hair standing on end (1630), or as a person laughing and showing his teeth. While Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), the Director of the Academie Royale founded in 1648, reduced the various forms of emotional expression to a schematic code in his posthumously (1698) published tract "Methode pour apprendre a dessiner des passions, proposee dans une conference sur l'expression generale et particuliere" (Method of learning how to draw the passions, proposed during a lecture on expression in general and particular), Rembrandt plumbed the depths of human emotion and discovered, by practical experiment, the means of its visual representation. Little Self-portrait Oil on wood, 48,5 x 40,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Rembrandt was not, therefore, giving vent to his own feelings. He was not interested in revealing his "innermost being", but rather in exploiting his own mimic abilities to produce an encyclopaedia of the human feelings. He fashioned an instrument of empirical psychology out of his theatrical, indeed comic, ability to slip into and simultaneously observe a wide range of emotional states: an example of the valuable contribution made by the fine arts to the development of a modern science whose subject was the study of different forms of human individuality. While the examples of his work mentioned above, especially those of the early period, presented a range of physical reflexes or expressive reactions to emotional states, his portraits of the middle period go beyond spontaneous physical expressiveness to experiment with a number of conventional poses and gestures. The pose in his self-portrait of 1640, imitates Titian's so-called "Ariosto" portrait, with the sitter's sidelong glance and his bent arm resting on a parapet. Another self-portrait, executed in 1659, now in the Mellon Collection at the National Gallery, Washington, imitates the type of pose established by Raphael's portrait of Castiglione. Rembrandt purports here to paint himself as a "gentiluomo" (nobleman, gentleman), or "cortegiano" (courtier). Oil on canvas, 84,5 x 66 cm A third form of self-expression explored by Rembrandt is the use of ornamental devices, attributes and costumes to define status and present a calculated, or desirable, image of the self. Thus Rembrandt leaps from one role to another, constantly altering his social position. Sometimes, he appears as a beggar with outstretched hand, sitting on a rock (1630); there is perhaps good reason, too, for a number of his self-portraits to turn up surrounded by sketched scenes of beggars. At other times, we find him posing as a sophisticated gentleman with reinforced collar, chain of honour, precious stones or other attributes of rank; on one occasion, he paints himself as a prince with a scimitar (1634, etching. In the same year, interestingly enough, he portrays himself as a burgher wearing a beret). Yet another guise is that of the oriental sultan in a turban, executed in full-length; in this painting, the histrionic artificiality of the scene is underlined by the presence of an alternative costume in the shape of Roman helmets lying on a table behind him (1631, and c. 1631). It would, of course, be possible to interpret the enormous variety of roles and poses in Rembrandt's self-portraiture psychologically, seeing them as examples of megalomaniacal wishful thinking, or as the sign of a frustrated social climber, or as a form of imaginative compensation for the suffering he experienced during various critical periods of his life. Some of this may well be true. Beyond mere wish-fulfilment, however, the majority of the approximately ninety self-portraits show Rembrandt mentally reflecting on social structures whose new permeability, flexibility and dynamism were the result of the bourgeois revolution in the Netherlands. Economic aspects played an important role here, too, although not in the superficial sense of a trademark representing the artist's business interest in marketing his own subjectivity, as Svetlana Alpers has suggested.153 Rembrandt's work elucidated the nature of macro-economic structures to the individual who sought an imaginative grasp of the new social reality. Portrait of the Artist at His Easel In his final self-portrait, executed in 1669 (Cologne), Rembrandt appears stricken by age, stooping, in a state of melancholic mirth. This reverts to the subject of his early physiognomic studies; and yet here, for the first time, Rembrandt's imagined role appears consistent with his real mood. Appearances are deceptive here too, however; it would hardlv be permissible to assume the painting represented a proclamation of Rembrandt's true state of mind. For once again, Rembrandt presents us with a visual puzzle, disclosing no more than he conceals. Albert Blankert has found evidence to suggest that Rembrandt portrayed himself here as the Greek painter Zeuxis, after an anecdote related by Karel van Mander: "It is said that Zeuxis put an end to his own life by suffocating on his own excessive laughter one day while painting the likeness of a funny old wrinkled woman... It was this which the poet meant when he wrote: 'Are you laughing too much again? Or are you trying to emulate the painter who laughed himself to death?" On the left of the self-portrait there is the blurred shape of a face, probably the likeness of an old woman. The patches of light on the shaft and pommel of the mahlstick denote a studio setting. Considering the large number of portraits he executed of himself in different roles, very few show Rembrandt at work, or even suggest the nature of his profession. Apart from two self-portraits executed in 1636 and 1648, one of which shows him from the side, drawing (with Saskia in the background), while the other shows a frontal view of him alone, engaged in the same activity, but standing near a window in a dark room, only two paintings from his later period refer to his work as an artist (1660 and 1667/68). But here, too, the artist concentrates on rendering the face, while his painting utensils are only vaguely suggested. In one of the paintings, in which Rembrandt shows himself actually working at the canvas, his utensils are just visible in the darkness of the setting; in the other, where he seems poised between two bouts of work, his brush and palette have been rendered immaterial to the point of transparency by repeatedly scraping them with the brush and rubbing in left-over paint, while the face, marked by age, is trenchantly modelled in pastose layers of strong colour. The self-portrait in the Frick Collection, showing him sitting majestically on his throne, was probably conceived as a "portrait histone" (portrait showing the sitter in significant historic costume). Here, too, Rembrandt appears to have adopted a role: the ruler casually holding up a sceptre in his left hand, which is resting on the armrest of his throne. However, since the sceptre can hardly be distinguished from a mahlstick, the impression that we are looking at a self-portrait showing Rembrandt as a painter is probably justified. Unlike Aert dc Gelder, who treated the Zeuxis subject (1685) as a full historical canvas, Rembrandt's self-portrait (at Cologne), by keeping direct allusion to the story itself to a minimum, places emphasis on the representation of the face. The un-reflected and disrespectful satirical treatment of deformity has vanished under Rembrandt's treatment; what remains is a vulnerable depiction of the ugliness age has brought to his own features. Rembrandt's laughter does not poke fun at anybody, not even at himself. Too exhausted even to defy his own frailty, it is an expression of the stoic equanimity with which he resigned himself to approaching death. Self-Portrait as Zeuxis Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line202
__label__wiki	0.803089	0.803089	The Prehistory of esports - The First Video Game World Record? In today’s post, I take another look back at what I call the “prehistory” of esports. I have tackled the subject before in posts about the American Video Athletic Association, the Atari $50,000 Centipede tournament, the Electronic Circus, the 1974 All Japan TV Game championship and others. Sadly, this era is barely covered in what few histories of esports have appeared (and there have not been many). And in the few instances where it is covered, it is not covered in any depth. For instance, aside from the Centipede tournament, I have never seen any of the topics above even mentioned, much less covered in even cursory detail. Today, I cover another possible seminal moment in the history of esports that I have never seen mentioned. Actually, I did not discover this one on my own. Marty Goldberg brought it to my attention when he sent me a short UPI article on the incident, prompting me to investigate further. So what is the incident? It was possibly the first serious attempt – or maybe the first attempt period – at a video game world record. No, I am not talking about Steve Juraszek or Greg Davies or Atari’s 1980 National Space Invaders Championship. This one goes all the way back to May 1975 where Roger Guy English tried to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by playing a video tennis game for seven days straight – or possibly five (the details are a bit hazy as we shall see). Actually, English was already in Guinness – or about to be – at the time he made the attempt, as you can see from the UPI article below. This article appeared in a number of papers around the country, but this is the earliest one I’ve found. It's from the May 11 issue of the Hayward Daily Review. It's also the one Marty sent me. English also claims that he once had a record for setting the most world records with nine (including the record for most records itself). But before we get into the details, let’s backtrack a little. So who was Roger Guy English? English was born in 1950 and at the time of the attempt, he was living in La Jolla (a neighborhood in San Diego). One of English’s first loves was movies. In 1959, he started collecting movie posters after he got a poster for On the Waterfront from a local theater. By 1970, he had amassed a collection of 10,000 of them. He also had a movie museum in his garage and made annual trips to LA to see the Academy Awards, sometimes brining along a carload of friends. Hoping to make a career out of his passion, English studied cinematography at Mesa College in San Diego – though I don’t know if he graduated. He later studied literature at University of California, San Diego and wrote two, apparently unpublished, novels (one called “Don’t Stop the Rock”). Perhaps Roger’s first taste of national fame came in 1970 when he and a cousin hiked 2,000 miles from San Diego to Vancouver, British Columbia to promote ecological awareness. The trip took just over two months and earned mentions in a number of newspapers. Roger and his cousin (though it may have been a friend) Valerie Mayers after their ecology walk - from the San Diego Union, October 29, 1970. In 1974, Roger was running a store in Pacific Beach called American Graffiti that sold nostalgic memorabilia. According to English, the incident that led to his year a serial record breaker came when a friend who owned a nightclub called and told him that the club was going bankrupt and asking for help. After racking his brain for weeks English came up with the idea of setting a world record for dancing the twist in the nightclub. Just as he was about to start, however, the police told him that there was a state law prohibiting anyone from doing anything for more than eight consecutive hours in a 24-hour period. Relieved, English called the attempt off, but when the story made headlines and people began organizing protests at the county courthouse, English decided to defy the police warning and go ahead with the attempt. From July 11 to 16 1973, he spent 102 hours, 28 minutes, and 37 seconds twisting the night (and the day, and the night and the day…) away and the resulting publicity made him a local celebrity. The attempt was later the subject of a question in Trivial Pursuit, Baby Boomer Edition. From the 1977 edition of Guinness Before long, others began calling English asking him to do similar publicity stunts to promote their businesses. For his second stunt, he decided to break the record for voluntarily going without sleep, which was then 11 days, 18 hours, and 55 minutes by Bertha Van der Merwe of South Africa. This time, the goal was to promote a local store called the Love Shop Waterbed showroom. English broke the record by staying awake for 12 days on a waterbed in the window of waterbed store from 10:30 a.m. on March 20 to 10:30 a.m. April 1, 1974. After that, he set his sights on the record for treading water to promote the heart association. After just five minutes, he was exhausted and thought about giving up. If he did, however, he would lose the momentum he had built up. So he pressed on and treaded water for 18½ hours. If it was a record, it did not last long. In August 1975, Pete Bahn Jr. shattered the record by treading water for 41 hours and 11 minutes. In late April 1974, English participated in the Oddball Olympics in LA where he tried to set a record by singing for 75 hours – though it appears that he was not successful. Another unsuccessful attempt involved kite flying. If treading water had been difficult, another record was anything but when English kissed 3,000 girls in 8 hours[1]. For his next feat, starting in August 1974, English swam the length of the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans - though it is not clear if he finished. On December 27, 1974, Bank of America paid English $500 an hour to tell jokes for five hours and 15 minutes at the Winner’s Circle Lodge north of Del Mar. He claims he did not get a single laugh. English in 1974, from the San Diego Union In the spring of 1975, English decided to set a new marathon record involving one of the latest crazes that was then sweeping the country - video games. For his video game attempt, English set up shop in a mobile radio station at a shopping center, where he spent seven days and five minutes (though English says it was five days) taking on all comers before calling it quits on May 10. During his marathon session, English squared off against over 30,000 spectators, an anteater from the San Diego Zoo, and employees of KFMB radio station. English claims that he got so good at the game that he was able to beat two opponents at once while playing only with his toes. The big question for me is what game English played. Was it an arcade game or a home game? The above article refers to th game as “Pong” but it is unclear if they meant Atari Pong or Home Pong or some other Pong clone (the term "Pong" was sometimes used for ball-and-paddle games in general).. English claims that the attempt was intended to promote the introduction of the game. This makes it unlikely that it was Atari Pong and the date also seems a bit late for Home Pong. It could have been that he was doing a promotion for a department store etc. that was introducing a new console. If it was an arcade game, the May date and the fact that it was in San Diego make me wonder if it could have been Cinematronics' first game Cinematronics was founded in April, 1975 and could well have released their first game around this time. Perhaps even more interesting is the UPI article's claim that KFMB was the “sponsor of a countrywide ‘Pong-a-Thon’ tournament to determine who will represent the city in national competition.” Could this have been the first nationwide arcade video tournament in the US? (there was one in Japan in 1974). I've always suspected that there must have been at least a few Pong tournaments somewhere. Unfortunately, I have found no other reference to this one and am suspicious that it ever existed. The name 'Pong-a-Thon' sounds to me like a description of English's record attempt itself. On the other hand, the article specifically mentions a "national competition." As for the record, while English indicates that it made it in into Guinness I could not confirm that it did. I did not find it in the 1975, '76, or '77 editions. I could only find three records for English in the 1977 edition (staying awake, twist dancing, and kissing) and found no mention of a video game record of any kind – though I could have been looking in the wrong spot. Whether it made the official record books or not, however, it may well have been the first attempt at a world record involving video games. Note – for more information on Roger, you can watch 2006 documentary “The Spectacle Artist”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5l1LzoYSD0. He discusses the video game record at the beginning of part two. Aside from the article above and Guinness, primary sources include several issues of the San Diego Union. Oddly (given that the attempt was made in San Diego), while I found a number of articles on English’s earlier attempts in the Union, I didn’t find one on his video game attempt, or any articles on him at all in 1975 or 1976. Perhaps it is an issue with Genealogybank’s indexing of those issues. [1] English claims that the kissing record was his eighth record (which automatically gave him his ninth record for most world records) and that it occurred after his video game and swimming records but the record was reported in an April 29, 1974 newspaper story. The Guinness Book of World Records included the record, but did not indicate when it occurred. The UPI story claims that English kissed 2,892 women in 24 hours but that Guinness rejected the attempt – though this seems to be false given that the record was in Guinness. Posted by Keith Smith at 9:34 PM 4 comments: Annotated Atari Depositions - Part 5 Today, we continue with Nolan Bushnell's depositions from January 13 and 14, 1976. MR. WILLIAMS: Q. As I understand your prior testimony, the game which eventually was known as Pong was· developed after you entered into the agreement with Bally Manufacturing? A. That's correct. Q. And Mr. Alcorn did not start working on the game until after that agreement was entered into? A. That's correct. I think so, yes. I can't remember the exact chronology, but it was in the space of a week or a month or something like that. Q. I have here a copy of Bushnell Exhibit 2 which was marked as an exhibit during your deposition in July of 1974. The first… <26 lines missing> Q. Have you ever seen a demonstration game sold by Magnavox under the name Odyssey? A. Yes. I have. Q. When did you first see such a game? A. I saw it at some kind of distributor meeting or showing that they had in I think it was the Airporter Hotel by the San Francisco Airport, I don’t remember the exact date. [Note - The exact date was May 24, 1972 at the Airport Marina Hotel in Burlingame. Below is a photo of Nolan's signature in the guest book for the event - taken from Goldberg and Vendel's Atari Inc.] Q. Do you remember the approximate date? A. No. I think Magnavox probably knows when it was better than I do. Q. Do you recall whether it was prior to the time that you entered into the written agreement with Bally? A. Yes, it was prior to that. It was while I was still employed at Nutting. Q. So you must have seen it prior to the time that you instructed Mr. Alcorn to develop the game which subsequently became Pong? A. That’s true. Q. Did anybody else go with you to the distributor meeting? A. Yes. I think it was either Mr. Ralston or Mr. Geiman or maybe both. [Note the two other Nutting employees who attended were Rod Geiman and Charles Fibian.] Q. Ralston? [Note - the transcript misspells his name. It was actually Dave Ralstin (with an "I")] A. Yes. He was the sales manager for Nutting. Q. How do you spell Geiman? A. G-e-i-m-a-n, I think. Q. Did you go there as part of your employment with Nutting? A. Yes, I did. Q. Were you asked to go there? A. Yes. Q. By whom? A. I think it was by Bill Nutting. I mean, either him or Geiman. They had heard about it, that it was a video game, and since we thought we were the only show in town we thought we would like to see what was happening. Q. Do you recall what you saw at the demonstration? A. Yes. I saw a game. I believe I saw a handball game or, you know, the thing that they called handball and the ping pong game. Q. Did you see any other games at that demonstration? A. They had the rifle there, but it wasn't working. Q. Did you see any other games operating other than handball and ping pong? A. No, I didn't. Q. Could you briefly describe the ping pong game that you saw? A. Well, it was, you know, the light spot that moved back and forth when you hit it with the paddles. Q. The light spot was on the face of the television screen? A. Right. Q. And the paddles were also displayed on the face of the television screen? Q. How did they appear? A. They were square blobs Q. Were there any other objects on the screen other than the paddles or the light spot? A. Not to my knowledge. Q. Was there a line down the center of the screen? A. I don't remember. Q. Did you play the game that you saw? Q. Was there just one Odyssey unit being demonstrated or were there a number of them? A. I believe that there was only one. Q. Which one of the games that you saw did you actually play? A. I think I played both of them. Q. Do you recall how long you were at the show? A. No, I don't., It wasn't very long. A half-hour. Q. Did you discuss what you saw at the show with anybody associated with Nutting? Q. Who did you discuss it with? A. Mr. Ralston, Mr. Geiman. Q. . Did you discuss it with Mr. Nutting? A. I think on returning I did. Q. What was your discussion with Mr. Nutting? A. Oh, I just said that it was, you know, a home unit, not very interesting to play, no competition. Q. Did you have any further discussion with Mr. Nutting about the Odyssey unit? A. Concerning that? Oh, I can remember telling him that I didn't think that it used the kind of circuitry that we had. The motion was a little too erratic to be digitally manufactured. Q. What did you discuss with Mr. Ralston relating to the Odyssey unit? A. Pretty much the same thing, that I didn't consider that it was--you know, that it would ever be competition for us in the coin-op. That it was, you know, not a good game. Q. What did you discuss with Mr. Geiman? A. Pretty much the same thing. Q. Did you discuss the features of the games as might be applied to coin-operated games? A. No, I did not. Q. When did you first meet Mr. Ted Dabney? A. I guess the first day that I interviewed with Ampex. Q. Did you discuss the Odyssey unit with Mr. Ted Dabney? A. I must have. I mean, he was working at Nutting at the time Q. Do you recall what that discussion was? A. No, I don't. Q. What was Mr. Ted Dabney's position at Nutting at the time? A. I think he was an industrial engineer. Q. When did you first meet Mr. Alcorn? A. While he was employed at Ampex. Q. Was Mr. Alcorn employed at Nutting also? A. No, he wasn't. Q. Was he employed at Ampex up until the time he started working for Syzygy? A. No. Well, I hired him from Ampex, but from the time i knew him at Ampex he was on a work·study program and I think he, upon graduation, went to work for another company in Los Angeles before returning to Ampex. [Note: the company Al worked for was Peripheral Technologies, Inc.] Q. Prior to the time you saw the Odyssey game at the distributors' meeting you were just referring to, had you learned of the existence of that game? A. Through word of mouth somebody said that there was a game going to be shown up there. I believe it was Mr. Nutting who had learned of it first. Q. When did you first learn of that game? A. When Mr. Nutting told me. Q. Can you place that in time, say, with relationship to when you went to the distributor meeting? A. It was probably like a week in advance. Q. What did Mr. Nutting tell you when he told you about the game? A. He says, "There's a TV game by Magnavox I've heard of." He didn't know what Magnavox had on their mind. We were afraid they were going to compete with us in the coin-op. He.thought we should find out what's happening. Q. Did he describe the types of games that you could play on the Odyssey unit at that time to you? A. I don't believe he knew. I'm not sure. I really don't remember. Q. Prior to the time when Mr. Nutting told you about the Magnavox game did you have any knowledge of any activities of any other companies in the field of video games? A. None. Oh, let me take that back. There was a company that was attempting to do a Spacewar using a mini computer, and I believe we were aware of that. Somebody in Menlo Park. Q. Do you know the name of that company? Q. Do you know the name of anybody associated with that company? A. A guy named Bill Pitts. Q. So as of the time when Mr. Nutting told you about the Odyssey game you had no knowledge of any activities by any companies other than Nutting or the company of Mr. Pitts relating to video games? A. Correct. Q. When did you first learn that Sanders Associates was doing work in the field of video games? A. I believe that was subsequent .o my finding out that Magnavox had a patent and upon seeing the patent I saw that it was assigned from Sanders Associates. Q. When did you find out that Magnavox had a patent? A. It was sometime after I came back from Chicago. I think one of the guys from Bally said that there was a Magnavox patent. Q. Was that after the time that you went to the distributor meeting and saw the Odyssey game? <31 pages missing> Associates? A. It was after. Q. As I understand your testimony yesterday, the game apparatus which you commenced building in 1970 along the lines indicated in your prior paper that you wrote while at the University of Utah was intended to use a raster scan cathode-ray tube display system? A. That's Correct Q. When did you first decide that you wanted to use a raster scan cathode-ray tube display system in that apparatus? A. Probably it was coincident with the time that I decided to pursue this on an active basis. Q. What time was that? A. It was the early spring. Q. Of 1970? Q. For what reason did you decide to use a raster scan cathode ray tube display instead of some other t:rpe of cathode ray tube display system? A. I felt cost, and, you know, it was a consumerized manufacture version rather than a scientific item. It was just a more cost effective solution. Q. That is, the cost of the raster scan system was more cost effective than some other type of scan system you might have used? A. Any other system I knew of. Q. In the monitor system which you did actually build what apparatus did you use for the cathode-ray tube display portion? A. Oh, I used an old--it was either a Dumont or a Sears, Roebuck television set and I also used a small Miratel monitor. I really used both of the units in the development. Q. Did you use the TV set that you referred to in the first part of the development and then switch to the Miratel monitor, or did you use them both at the same time? A. I think the Miratel was used first. Q. Was there a model number on that? A. There probably was. I have no idea what it was. It was gray, about that long (indicating) and had about a 10-inch screen. Q. About how long did you indicate? A. About two feet. Q. Where did you obtain the Miratel monitor? A. We bought it from a surplus scrap dealer in Mountain View. Q. Why did you stop using the Miratel monitor and go to the Dumont or Sears, Roebuck TV set? A. Well, the Miratel was a high resolution 525 line machine and I think it had like a 10-megahertz video amplifier in it and we wanted to see what our machine looked like on a crappy standard consumer--we also wanted a bigger screen. Q. Was the TV set which you used one which was capable of receiving television broadcast signals, at least prior to the time you started using it? A. Before we got it, yes. After that we disabled the other junk in it. Q. What part of the TV set did you disable? A. Well, we just tied into the video amplifier. That's so that the IF and RF sections were not used. Q. Did you make any other alterations to the TV set? A. I think we used the audio amplifier as well. Q. Did you modify the audio amplifier any? A. I can't remember. I think the set was slightly over-scanned. That's the end of the testimony I have from January, 1976. I also have depositions from 1974 and March 1976. I will probably start with those next time. In the meantime, here are a few photos. First, here's Bill Nutting from 1944: Here are some marquees from some unreleased Bally/Midway games that I found on the web (I think the first two are from Arcade Heroes). Speaking Willie Lump Lump, here's a picture of a promotional keychain for the game that sound designer Bob Libbe sent me. Here is some concept art for Mothership and Earth Friend from Bill Kurtz's Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games. At least Kurtz calls it concept art. The first one looks more like a marquee to me. The idea for Mothership came from Marvin Glass & Associates - a toy firm that did some video game design work for Bally/Midway. Mothership later turned into Kozmik Krooz'r by Midway's internal design team. Earth Friend (aka Earth Friend Mission) was designed at Dave Nutting Associates but never released - though it was tested in the Chicago area. It was supposedly a color vector game. Here is some concept art for another unreleased game called TankMaze that artist Steve Ulstad sent me. Finally, here is a cabinet for another unreleased Bally/Midway game called Aerocross. At least one is from Craig's List. The Prehistory of esports - The First Video Game W...	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line203
__label__cc	0.631037	0.368963	Michael Grosch in Saints, Virgin Martyrs May 5, 2015 541 Words St. Agnes: A Lamb Without Blemish Today we move on to another saintly woman in the Roman Canon, St. Agnes. She was 12 years old when we catch up with her traditions, and was raised in a Christian family during the reign of Diocletian. Because of her high social rank, she held many suitors, with many men wanting to take advantage of her. Agnes, though, made a vow to the Lord early on, and she dedicated herself to being chaste, responding to her suitors with, “Jesus Christ is my only spouse.” The governor’s son, Procop, sought her out especially, buying her jewelry and other expensive gifts, and making her promises of power if she would take his hand in marriage. St. Agnes continued to deny him, and so Procop reported her to the prefect, a man named Sempronius, accusing her of being a Christian. When you tell others that you have promised your marriage to Christ alone, it’s pretty clear that you’re a Christian, and so when Agnes was convicted, she was dragged naked through the streets of Rome to a brothel as punishment. As the Roman Martyrology states, an angel protected her, and it was said that any man who tried to abuse or take her virginity from her was struck blind. Ultimately, St. Agnes was sentenced to death by burning her at the stake in the arena. When the wood refused to burn, the presiding Roman officer drew his sword and dispatched her. The body of St. Agnes was laid to rest along the Via Nomentana (where St. Alexander was buried, remember?!?), and devotion to her quickly spread throughout Rome. Her sister, St. Emerentiana, was discovered praying at the grave on the anniversary of her martyrdom, and when she refused to leave, she was martyred as well! Several years later, St. Constance, the daughter of the great Emperor Constantine, was miraculously cured of leprosy while praying at St. Agnes’ tomb. The church of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura (St. Agnes Outside the Walls) was built over her tomb. Her skull is preserved as well at Sant’Agnese in Agone, built near the Piazza Navona over the supposed site of her martyrdom. Interestingly, the name “Agnes” looks a lot like the Latin word Agnus, which means “lamb”. Who knows if this was intentional or a mistake, but a white lamb has come to be a symbol for St. Agnes. Each year, two lambs belonging to a Roman monastery are sheered on her feast day to make the wool pallium, a small vestment given to newly consecrated archbishops as they are officially instituted by Pope Francis on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29). Archbishop Carlson received his pallium from Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. St. Agnes is considered one of the “virgin martyrs”, a special class of the saints similar to the soldier martyrs we discussed with Sts. John and Paul. Even the name “Agnes” comes from the Greek word meaning “chaste” or “pure”. Sometimes, it can be easy to think of chastity as being for “goody two-shoes”, and to assume that people follow chastity because they are scared or boring. The truth is that there is happiness and joy in being pure and holy, and these virgin saints are wonderful examples of this. Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: Beautiful Mirrors of Christ Homily From the 5th Sunday in Easter, Year B	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line205
__label__wiki	0.923284	0.923284	Displaying items by tag: Team Two Ireland Crews for European Junior Championships #ROWING: Ireland will send two crews to the European Junior Championships, the men’s quadruple and double sculls. The quad of Colm Hennessey, Eoghan Whittle, Patrick Munnelly and Andrew Goff won gold at last year’s Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European junior tournament, and will again represent Ireland in the Coupe this season. The double of Shane O’Connell and Ronan Byrne did well in recent testing. The European Junior Championships will be held at Racice in the Czech Republic on May 23rd and 24th. European Junior Championships Racice Ireland Team For World Under-23 Rowing Named #ROWING: Rowing Ireland has announced the crews which will compete at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy, from 23rd to 27th July. Denise Walsh will compete in the lightweight single scull. Walsh, who is 22 years old, competed in the same event last year, finishing sixth. She has been competing more recently in a newly formed lightweight double scull with Claire Lambe. They finished in 5th position in the B final in their first outing two weeks ago at World Cup II in Aiguebelette. Denise Walsh rows for Skibbereen Rowing club and is in her final year of studying Economics and Geography at UCC. Paul O’Donovan finished in third place in U23 lightweight men’s scull in Linz, Austria in 2013. He comes from a strong family of rowers, with his father, Teddy, involved in Skibbereen rowing Club. Paul rowed himself since the age of seven. In the recent World Cup II regatta in Aiguebelette Paul won the B final. Paul’s brother Gary will compete in the men’s lightweight double, together with fellow Skibbereen man Shane O’Driscoll. Gary is passionate about the sport. “My father always had an interest in rowing and he would bring myself and Paul to a lot of rowing events before we started rowing, which we enjoyed a lot,” Gary recalled. “When I was 10 years old, he brought me and Paul rowing for the first time. Since then we have never stopped.” Shane O’Driscoll, who was in Gary’s class in school, started rowing shortly afterwards and they have rowed together since. The men’s four from Galway will be hoping for a good result. Many of the crew have rowed since they were at junior level. Richie Bennett and Rob O’Callaghan competed in the four at last year’s Under-23 World Championships, where they finished ninth. Fionnán McQuillan-Tolan recently lined out in the Boston College eight at the Eastern Sprint regatta. Tolan started rowing at St Joseph’s College and won three junior Championships with them. Ireland Under-23 World Championship Team: Four: Fionnán McQuillan-Tolan (Grainne Mhaol RC), Richard Bennett (NUIG BC), Robert O'Callaghan (NUIG BC), Kevin Neville (NUIG BC). Lightweight Double Scull: Gary O’Donovan (CIT RC), Shane O’Driscoll (Skibbereen RC). Lightweight Single Scull: Paul O’Donovan (UCD). Lightweight Single Scull: Denise Walsh (Skibbereen RC). O'Donovan Denise Walsh NUIG Rowing Ireland To Send Seven to European Junior Rowing Championships #ROWING: A team of seven athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the European Junior Rowing Championships in Hazelwinkel, Belgium on May 24th and 25th. This is the first time Rowing Ireland has sent a team to compete at this event. The team is: Junior Women’s Single Scull: Erin Barry, Bann RC. Junior Women’s Double Scull: Eimear Lambe, Commercial RC and Jasmine English, Belfast BC Junior Men’s Double Scull: David O’Malley, St Michaels RC and Conor Carmody, Shannon RC Junior Men’s Pair: David Keohane and Brian Keohane, Presentation College RC All seven athletes represented Ireland in 2013. Erin Barry, Jasmine English, David O’Malley and Conor Carmody competed at the Junior World Rowing Championships, while Eimear Lambe, David Keohane and Brian Keohane were chosen for the Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European tournament. This year’s World Junior Rowing Championships and Coupe de la Jeunesse both take place in August. Rowing Ireland Sends Two Boats to World Championships #World Rowing: Ireland will send two crews to the World Rowing Championships in Chungju in South Korea. Claire Lambe will compete in the lightweight single sculls, while Monika Dukarska and Leonora Kennedy will compete in the double. In their last outing Lambe finished fifth at the World Cup regatta in Dorney and the Dukarska and Kennedy sixth. This was the double’s first outing as a crew. The Championships run from Sunday, August 25th, to the following Sunday, September 1st. Ireland Team for World Rowing Championships, Chungju, South Korea, August 25th to September 1st Double Sculls: M Dukarska, L Kennedy Lightweight Single Sculls: C Lambe 20 Teams Contest Irish Team Racing Championships #TEAM RACE – The Irish Team Racing Nationals will be sailed this weekend in Dun Laoghaire. The event is based at the Royal St George Yacht Club. 20 teams have entered, with 6 teams travelling from the UK. 7 Irish college teams will compete, whilst the best Irish senior teams, and a youth team from Schull will also challenge for the title of National Champion. A team of umpires from Ireland and the UK will be on the water. Sailing will take place in the harbour, and can be viewed from the town's East Pier. Published in Team Racing Ainslie Heads Up 'Team GB' as Britain Launches Olympic Sailing Team The road to 2012 glory has just got one step closer for some of the nation's top sailors who today became the first British athletes to be officially selected to compete for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Ben Ainslie, the triple Olympic gold and silver medallist and Britain's most successful Olympic sailor, heads the list of 11 athletes confirmed by the British Olympic Association as being on the startline at Weymouth and Portland for next year's sailing events. Sailing is the first of the 26 Olympic sports to have officially selected any of its athletes, with the 11 sailors revealed today at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, competing across seven of the ten Olympic classes and representing a mix of both established Olympic medallists and first-time Olympians. Picture shows L-R Skandia Team GBR sailors Stephen Park (Olympic Team Manager, Kate Macgregor (Womens Match Racing), Hannah Mills (470), Lucy Macgregor (Womens Match Racing), Bryony Shaw (RSX), Ben Ainslie (Finn), Nick Dempsey (RSX), Andrew Simpson (Star), Iain Percy (Star) Annie Lush (Womens Match Racing) and Saskia Clark (470). Ainslie, 34, has earned the right to race for his fourth Olympic gold in 2012, gaining selection in the heavyweight Finn dinghy event, while Iain Percy will aim for a third gold in total and a second in partnership with best friend Andrew Simpson in the Star class with whom he won the Olympic title in Beijing. Paul Goodison will look to defend his Laser class crown on his home waters of Weymouth and Portland, while Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw will look to build on their respective Olympic bronze medals in the RS:X Men's and Women's windsurfing events (Dempsey, Athens 2004; Shaw, Beijing 2008). The 2010 World Championship-winning trio of Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor have earned the nod to race at their first Olympic Games in the Elliot 6m Women's Match Racing event – a new event on the 2012 programme – with Lucy and Kate the first two sailing sisters ever to compete for Great Britain at the Olympics. A whirlwind seven months after teaming up and following a string of podium finishes, Olympic debutant Hannah Mills and Beijing Olympian Saskia Clark have earned the confidence of the Royal Yachting Association selectors in the 470 Women's event. Mills joined forces with Clark in February 2011 following the retirement of Clark's former helm Sarah Ayton. Selection trials are ongoing in the remaining three Olympic classes – the 470 Men, the 49er and the Laser Radial events. Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt commented: "This announcement is a key milestone and an exciting and important moment for us - it represents the beginning of the creation of Team GB, Our Greatest Team of approximately 550 athletes. Having the first athletes confirmed for Team GB for the London 2012 Olympic Games is fantastic. The eleven sailors are a good mix of experience, including six Olympic medallists, as well as promising Olympic debutants who are World or European medallists in their own right. "There is certainly some fierce competition within sailing and there are no free passes to compete for Team GB in any sport in London 2012. In fact, in terms of overall depth and talent, we believe Team GB in London 2012 will be the most competitive British Olympic Team in modern history. Our aspiration for Team GB in London 2012 is to win more medals across more sports than for over a century." RYA Olympic Manager/Team GB Sailing Team Leader Stephen Park added (from Helensburgh, Scotland): "We're delighted to be announcing the first sailing members of Team GB. All the sailors selected today have had a fantastic year of performances which has resulted in them gaining selection at an early opportunity, allowing them good time to focus their campaigns specifically on the challenges of Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour in preparation for the 2012 Games. "The mix of experience we have with the six Olympic medallists, one Olympian and four first-time Olympians provides an exciting balance that will hopefully deliver the required results in 2012 while at the same time increasing the pool of 2016 Olympic triallists." Ben Ainslie said (born: Macclesfield; grew up in: Restronguet, Cornwall; currently living in: Lymington): "It's an honour to be selected to compete for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics. This qualification process was definitely the hardest compared to the previous four I've been through. The previous experiences helped, but at the same time having the Olympics in the UK puts that added bit of pressure on, we all want to compete on home waters, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. "The competition was strong, having four top British sailors (Giles Scott, Ed Wright, Andrew Mills and Mark Andrews) battling for qualification meant I had to be at my best in every race. Certainly that is a credit to those guys, how well they were sailing and how they pressured me all the way in every event. At the same time pressure has always brought the best out of me and the competition with the British sailors gave me that added edge in competition. It's now all about getting the plans right for my fitness and preparation to peak at the right time, you don't want to reach burnout and the Olympics are the end goal!" Paul Goodison commented (born/grew up in: Sheffield; currently living in: Weymouth, Dorset): "It feels really good to have been selected early for the 2012 Games – I know it's still 10 months away but for me it's really important that selection's out of the way so I can start to focus on what I need to do to put myself in the right position to deliver in 10 month's time. "This will be my third Olympic Games – it's going to be very different to the last two but with a home Olympics I'm sure it's going to be an advantage to be on home waters with a home crowd. We spent a lot of time training out there in Weymouth and hopefully this will pay dividends next year. "Winning the Games in China was just an amazing experience for me – from the lows of finishing fourth in Athens to then winning the gold medal in China was fantastic. I can only imagine what it would be like to repeat this feat again in Weymouth with my family and friends there on British waters – it would be an amazing experience so I'm looking forward to 2012." Bryony Shaw said (born: Wandsworth, grew up in: Oxford; currently living in: Tunbridge Wells): "For me this will be my second Olympics, and it's exciting that I've been able to keep on improving. It's amazing to be part of such a strong and special team and to feel the vibe that we're all focussed and confident with the task ahead. "To earn my selection by winning medals in Weymouth was the main focus for me and it's given me great confidence to have been able to do that, and gives me a great feeling that I can perform there. My windsurfing has transformed, everything is on track and we're pretty confident that there are some more gains to be made on the physiological side." Nick Dempsey added (born/grew up in: Norwich, Norfolk; currently living in: Weymouth, Dorset): "It's great to have gained selection, but really it's just another step on the way. You still get the feeling that it's the start of the build-up, and little things like starting to get your bits of Olympic kit are quite exciting and bring home how close it's getting. "This is my fourth Olympics, and this one is just everything to me. It's the one – the Games that I've been waiting for my whole life. You're never going to get better than winning an Olympic medal on home waters. I've performed really well in Weymouth this year but there are still some big gains to be made, so everything for me is about preparing for Weymouth and fine-tuning everything – learning more, getting fitter, stronger and faster." Lucy Macgregor said (born/grew up in/currently living in: Poole, Dorset): "It's pretty exciting, and it's great to be part of such a strong team. Gaining selection feels like the next step on the road, and the start of more hard work ahead of us. None of the three of us has any Olympic experience, so we don't entirely know what to expect, but we're confident in the plans we have in place and we can learn from the other members of the team and from our coach Maurice on that side of things. "We have some more training time ahead of us in Weymouth this year, but the next big competition for us is the World Championships. For the other nations it will be vital for country qualification so the competition will certainly be tough, and will give us the chance to race against the best teams and see what else we need to work on." Kate Macgregor added (born/grew up in/currently living in: Poole, Dorset): "It's really exciting to be selected – it didn't hit me for a few hours after I'd heard as we were off sailing, but it's really exciting and makes everything that little bit more real now! It's our first Olympics, but being part of such a great team and having all these people around us with Olympic experience that we look up to means that it won't be such a scary thought. A medal is our ultimate goal and we have the potential to achieve that – we've just got to keep working hard over the winter and throughout next year and hopefully will things will continue to fall into place for us." Annie Lush said (born/grew up in/currently living in: Poole, Dorset): "It took a while for the news to sink in! Even though we haven't had a clear competitor in our trials, I have been trying for eight years to make it to the Games so to have that finally confirmed is an exciting moment. "There's a lot of work still to do – the goal is not just to go, but to go and win a medal, and gaining selection makes you realise how close it all is. It's our first Olympics, so the key will be trying to predict what those unique challenges of the Games will be and preparing for them. We'll be trying to learn from the others within the team, and our coach as well, who already have that experience, and the Test Event was a real learning experience for us in that regard. "It would be a massive, massive achievement to win a medal next year and an amazing marker of the best part of a decade of hard work that went into it." Iain Percy commented (born/grew up in: Winchester, Hampshire; currently living in: Emsworth, Hampshire): "That's the first hurdle over, but really ever since Beijing we've been focussing on 29 July 2012 and all the hard work over the past few years has been to make sure we're in the best possible shape come that day. "I'm really proud to be representing Team GB at my fourth Olympics. It's every athlete's dream to win an Olympic medal at home – it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, so we'll be giving it our all to be up there on the podium again next year." Andrew Simpson added (born/grew up in: Chertsey, Surrey; currently living in: Sherborne, Dorset): "It's a real privilege and a special moment to be selected for the London 2012 Games, but selection alone is not enough – it's just a means to an end. We want to be there on the startline in 2012 with a real shot at retaining our gold, so everything we've been working on since Beijing 2008 has been geared to towards optimising our racing, our equipment and ourselves towards the challenges we expect from Weymouth as a venue." Hannah Mills said (born/grew up in: Cardiff; currently living in: Portland, Dorset): "I didn't believe it when I first heard the news – although we'd had a great few months and some fantastic results since teaming up, I'd built it up in my mind that our trials would be carrying on so it came as a big surprise. "Things were all looking a bit different for the both of us seven months ago, so to be given this chance is really, really exciting, but really it's just a stepping stone on the way with lots of hard work still ahead of us. The Test Event was a great eye-opener in terms of how things might be at the Games. We've been given this massive task and now we just need to sort out all our plans so we're in the best place to achieve it." Saskia Clark added (born/grew up in: Colchester, Essex; currently living in: Weymouth, Dorset): "I'm so pleased and relieved! We've had some really good results since teaming up but didn't know if it was enough. I'm so pleased for Hannah as this will be her first Olympics and we've had a good start to our campaign with much more, we feel, still to come. "It was a dark time for me back in February [when Sarah Ayton retired] but Hannah and I gave it everything in the time we've had. When we teamed up we knew we didn't have a lot of time, and our aim was to do enough to try and push the trials on to Perth or further. We surpassed our expectations winning medals in all but one event we've done together, but there's a huge amount of hard work still to do and I know that a lot of the other girls will come back stronger next year." Sailing's 2012 legacy is already in action, proven by a number of youth attending the team announcement. These youngsters are part of the RYA's OnBoard (OB) programme to introduce sailing and windsurfing as a sport for young people. The children are all year 6 pupils from the Jubilee Primary School, located in the London Borough of Hackney, which is one of the five London Olympic Boroughs. Over ten years, OB is working to introduce half a million children into sailing and windsurfing. Jubilee Primary School attends regular sessions at the North London RYA OnBoard Centre based at Stoke Newington Reservoir Centre and has exchange visits to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing venue. Published in Olympics 2012 Ben Ainslie West Kirby Teams Top ISAF Worlds in Schull Saturday's racing in the ISAF World Team Racing Championships in Schull Harbour began in light southwesterly winds which developed into a fresh northwesterly by late morning. First action was the semi-final stages of the World Youth Championship. Here, the host club Schull Community College, representing Ireland, took on Sevenoaks (GBRY2) while the in form Spanish team from Barcelona took on the top ranked British team West Kirby Youth (GBRY1),each in a five race sail off for a place in the World Final. Schull opened with two winning combinations but Sevenoaks hit back ,winning the third with a 1,3,4 combination. However, Schull C.C. took the fourth race to clinch a place in the final. In the second semi the Spanish opened with a flourish and had two wins under their belt before West Kirby Youth seemed to realise they were in a World semi-final and looking defeat in the face. Their backlash came hard and fast. They took the next two races to level the match and in a dramatic fifth race decider, in which the Spanish team fought to the finish, they secured their final place. There was huge local anticipation and excitement entering the final with the host club facing the possibility of a World Youth title. However ,they had a shaky start losing the first of the five races.This brought about a loss of composure and with a few penalty umpiring calls going against them, and deservedly so, they forfeited the second race also to a humbling 1,2,3, combination from the British team. A lesser team might have caved in at this stage, but they rallied and hit back, winning the third and fourth races.The final deciding race was contested with passion ,commitment and no little skill, with the home team looking like they would just steal the march with a winning combination approaching the finish, but a finish line infringement cost them the race and the title. West Kirby Youth( GBR3) are the World Youth Team Racing Champions 2011, a tribute to their skill, consistency and discipline throughout this World Championships. The third place sail off between the Spanish team and Sevenoaks (GBRY2) resulted in a win for the Spanish who, together with the first and second placed youth teams,joined the five Open qualifiers who made the cut, in the Open quarter finals. This was sailed as a round robin, with the four top ranked teams from the USA and Great Britain making it to the semi- finals, namely, NCYC Team Extreme (USA1), Woonsocket Rockets (USA2), West Kirby Hawks( GBR1) and Wessex Exempt (GBR2). The placings meant that both USA and British semi – finalists were pitted against each other in the penultimate round ensuring a Britain v USA final. At this stage form and consistency came to the fore with Team Extreme and West Kirby Hawks securing their final berths with three straight wins over their fellow countrymen . West Kirby Hawks attacked early on and took the first race of the final with a convincing 1,2,3 win. Team Extreme hit back taking the second 1,2,5. The third race proved crucial with Hawks' master tactician Andy Cornah, king of the Championship, working himself and Dom Johnson into 1,2 positions to snatch the win. This proved the race that smashed the American challenge as Team Extreme's Zach Brown was over at the start in the fourth and The Hawks stole in at 1,2,3 , a lead they didn't relinquish. At three races to one the Championship was over and West Kirby Hawks, Great Britain's top ranked team racers ,are worthy ISAF World Team Racing Champions 2011 and have avenged their defeat by USA's Team Extreme in the British Open Team Racing Wilson Trophy Final back in May of this year. The bronze medallists are Woonsocket Rockets (USA2) who defeated Wessex Exempt(GBR2) with three straight wins in the sail off for third place. OPEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : 1. West Kirby Hawks ( GBR1) Helms: Andy Cornah, Ben Field, Dom Johnson. Crews: Hamish Walker , Tom Foster, Deborah Steele. 2. NYYC Team Extreme (USA1) Helms: Zach Brown, Peter Levesque, Stuart Mcnay Crews: Emmet Smith, Marla Menninger, Michael Hession. 3. Woonsocket Rockets (USA2) Helms: Joel Hanneman, Brian Kamilar, Justin Law. Crews: Alexa Schuler, Lyndsey Gibbons- Neff, Adrienne Patterson. YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 1. West Kirby Youth ( GBRY1) Helms: Cameron Douglas, Ben Robinson,Sophie Shepherd. Crews: Sarah Lombard, Charlie Fitzgerald, FreddyWilliams. 2. Schull Community College (IRLY3) Helms: Conner Miller, Oisin O' Driscoll, Jay Stacey Crews: Ellen O' Regan, Katie Moynihan, Kasper Snashall. 3. Spain (ESPY1) Helms; Carlos Robles, Adriana Rodes, Jordi Xammer. Crews: Florian Trittel, Lucia Brugman, Alex Claville. Published in Racing Schull West Kirby Team on Top at Schull ISAF Worlds At the end of racing on day two of the Sailing World Team Racing Championships in Schull Harbour top ranked British team West Kirby Hawks finished first in the pecking order. In an exciting head to head they smashed the early challenge of second ranked fellow countrymen, the British Universities Sailing Association (BUSA) team. BUSA has challenged strongly in the competition to date showing momentum and skill in putting together winning combinations but, in what was probably the best race in the competition so far, West Kirby Hawks came out on top with a 1, 2, 6 combination. USA Team Extreme, yesterday's leaders, maintained their excellent performance in the Championships, suffering just one defeat in the second day, bringing their tally in the competition so far to 20 wins from 22 races. Ireland’s three teams competing in the senior event slipped into the bottom half of the 12-nation event yesterday, led by the Royal St George YC team. This makes them joint leaders with West Kirby Hawks (GBR) with BUSA (GBR) and second USA team the Rockets from Newport, Rhode Island, in third and fourth positions. The best of the Irish teams are in seventh and eighth positions currently, but there is still a lot to play for, with another full round robin of racing to take place on day three, before the final places are decided. In the Youth World Championship, the Spanish team from Barcelona maintained their top spot on the league table, suffering only one defeat in the second day of racing at the hands of West Kirby Youth, the top ranked British team. Irish Youth Champions, Schull Community College, sacrificed their joint top position, suffering two early defeats, the Spaniards gaining revenge for their defeat by Schull yesterday and West Kirby Youth also winning over them. These three teams now dominate the Youth Championship table. Spain are in the top position with 12 wins from 14 races so far, Schull Community College next with 11 wins from 14 followed by British teams, West Kirby Youth and Sevenoaks, both with 9 from 14. ISAF World Team Racing Gets Underway in Schull Full championship racing got under way in Schull Harbour yesterday as twelve international sailing teams contest the ISAF Open World Team Racing Championship and eight compete for the Youth Worlds. The first day of full competitive racing took place in perfect conditions with a strong easterly breeze,which gradually swung southeast , allowing for a full round robin of 96 scheduled races to be completed on the day. At this early stage of competition, the top four places in the Open Championship are occupied by American and British teams. The American first team ,NYCC Team Extreme, this year's winners of the Wilson Trophy British Open Team Racing Championship, dominated exchanges with ten wins from eleven races. Two British teams, the British University Sailing Association (BUSA) team and West Kirby Hawks share the second and third spots with nine wins from ten races and USA team The Rockets from Newport, Rhode Island, in fourth place on the round robin table. In the Youth Worlds section of the event, the Spanish team proved to be the surprise package on the first day , winning all their races until defeated by the Irish Youth Champions, Schull Community College, in their final race. This resulted in both these teams jointly topping the table at the the end of the first day's racing. The Official Opening of the Championship took place on Tuesday Evening, performed by Mr. Tomasz Holc, Vice-president of the International Sailing Federation, ISAF, with the hoisting of the ISAF flag and the flags of the competing nations. A highlight of the evening was a performance for the assembled teams, officials, sponsors and guests by internationally famous accordion virtuoso, Liam O' Connor, of Lord of the Dance fame and now touring internationally with his own show. Volvo 70 Team Sanya Heading for Dun Laoghaire The Volvo Ocean Race Chinese entry, Team Sanya, backed by Discover Ireland, is coming to Dublin Bay this Sunday afternoon. She will berth alongside the Royal Irish Yacht Club according to the promoters. At 4pm the Mike Sanderson skippered boat will round a turning mark off Dun Laoghaire harbour before berthing in the port. Team Sanya is a refurbished version of the Telefónica Blue boat from the 2009 race.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line207
__label__cc	0.747934	0.252066	2020 AKO CAINE PRIZE SHORTLIST A DIALOGUE WITH JOWHOR ILE Jowhor Ile was born and raised in Nigeria. He is known for his first novel, And After Many Days. In 2016, the novel was awarded the Etisalat Prize for Literature. Ile’s short fiction has appeared in The Sewanee Review, McSweeney’s Quarterly, and Litro Magazine. He earned his MFA at Boston University and is currently a Visiting professor at West Virginia University. Ile splits his time between Nigeria and the U.S. BY SALIHA HADDAD This conversation took place between the USA and Algeria, via email. Saliha: Hello, Jowhor. Congratulations on being shortlisted for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. What does being on this shortlist mean to you? Jowhor: Thank you. It is great to be on the shortlist. I’m very pleased. Saliha: Everyday, people have to deal with the death of loved ones in their lives, and each person has to navigate the void that a loss leaves in them in their own way. In “Fisherman’s Stew”, Nimi seems to be leading a normal life, and nothing seems to be amiss, but as I went through the story I discovered the passing away of her husband Benji. It made me understand the reason behind her friend’s silence when she told her about his visit during the night. And it installed a sense of malaise in me that dissipated when at last I read “All her day they could have; the night was hers alone to keep”. Nimi seems to be conscious of her loss, but chose a way to deal with its aftermath. Is her approach to grief temporary or will she slip further into the refusal of her loss? Jowhor: “Fisherman’s Stew” is probably the most optimistic thing I’ve written. I don’t know what happens to Nimi outside of the page. Her decisions were hers and the story definitely wasn’t written as a recommendation or as a manual on how to handle grief. I think that life can be hard and people sometimes come across resources that enable them to survive and have a sense of well-being. Saliha: It is indeed optimistic. And it is refreshing to see that there is a community that cares about her. The story is also about a never-ending love and passion, it is in a way a contrast to the many stories of loveless and forced marriages, oppression and brutality in the relationships between men and women in Africa. Do you think that it is also important to tell more of these optimistic love stories based in Africa? Jowhor: I’m in no position to prescribe what other writers should do. In fact, I’m quite allergic to prescriptions in general when it has to do with writing. I don’t want to be blind to the richness and fullness of the life I witness and lend to my fiction, I don’t exclude light or dark, and I will never betray my own vision of the world. “While working on this story, I was also haunted by the sensuousness of certain foods, by aromas that brought to mind images of the places I grew up in and love.” Saliha: I suppose you are right, writing is at many times an organic process. At times characters just come into your mind and you want to write their stories. Your novel, “And After Many Days”, also deals with grief, pain and loss. Is there something to these themes that drives you as an author in particular to write about them? In an interview you said that distance helped you to write about a complicated period. Was it the same with “Fisherman’s Stew”? Or what influenced you to write it is different from the novel? Jowhor: I don’t know what drives me. I’m haunted by the landscapes of my childhood, the places in which I grew up—Port Harcourt in the south-south region of Nigeria and Obagi, my ancestral village, an hour’s drive away. A longing for home sharpens my memory of place and the people I’ve known. Saliha: I think I am like that; my childhood memories seem so vivid while I am away from where I was born and grew up, here in Algeria. They are so strong that even the closer-to-the-present memories pale in comparison to my childhood memories. The story is particularly related to food; I loved how it created a special local atmosphere and invited me alongside the characters into the actions of the story, into the market and into Nimi’s intimate space. It’s like a literary device of its own. Food was also a delightful memory trigger for Nimi, a desired triggering. And the process of her cooking might look like a simple everyday normal work if one didn’t know the intricate feelings and thoughts behind it. Can you tell me more about the process you undertook to weave in food into the story? Jowhor: I was really taken by the idea of food preparation as alchemy. The notion that a transformation occurs in the stirring and mixing and that by paying a certain kind of attention to the cooking you could arrive at a dish, a new creation, so delicious and powerful it would do for the body whatsoever the body needed and more. It’s probably an ancient idea I can’t possibly defend. While working on this story, I was also haunted by the sensuousness of certain foods, by aromas that brought to mind images of the places I grew up in and love. The aroma and kick of catfish pepper soup, well-made. Corn and ube always makes me think of wood smoke coiling out of an outdoor kitchen with the scent of abundance all around. I wanted to share this feeling of comfort, so I put it everywhere in the story. Jowhor Ile - AKO Caine Prize Shortlisted Writer. Photo Credit: Sam Racheboeuf. Saliha: This is a brilliant answer; I can completely see your passion for food and what it means to you in it. Writing a novel always looks like much more demanding work, unlike short stories. However, novels allow for much more space to be more detailed and maybe include more characters. Seeing as you have experience both in writing novels and short stories, what were the differences you noticed? And how did you approach the writing of each one? Speaking of novels and short stories, are you working on anything now? Jowhor: I find both the short story and the novel equally difficult. I don’t share in the assumption that the short story is an easier form to achieve, at least it’s not so in my case. But I understand how brevity can suggest ease. I think writing a novel requires stamina and maybe a wider scope in general, but I have short stories I started five years ago and they wait daily for something to happen to them. I’m currently writing in both forms and l hope they turn out well. Saliha: That’s the word; “stamina” is much more required for writing novels. Nice to hear that you have new works and I am sure they will be great too. Thank you, Jowhor, and congratulations again for being shortlisted for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. I wish you good luck. Saliha Haddad is an Algerian part-time teacher of English at the university and a volunteer interviewer for online local magazines. She is one of the top graduates of her department in the Anglophone literature and civilization field. She is passionate about art and literature, and she recently became vegetarian. She is currently working on a series of personal essays under the theme of “family”, and on a short story about an aspiring painter. Her philosophy in life is to always try be the best version of yourself and to always keep on learning. 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__label__wiki	0.763814	0.763814	Political Parties should put Small & Medium Business high on Agenda as Ghana votes The party that emerges as the winner of Ghana’s general election, to be held on 7 December, should seize the opportunity to drive economic growth by creating policies and a legislative environment where business builders can thrive. That’s according to Magnus Nmonwu (https://Twitter.com/MNmonwu), Regional Director for Sage in West Africa (www.SageAfrica.com), the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, HR & payroll, and payment systems. He says that improving the ease of doing business as well as setting sound macro-economic policies would help to generate GDP growth for the Ghanaian economy. Small & Medium Businesses are an engine for job and wealth creation in several growing economies around the world. Business-friendly environment Says Nmonwu: “Ghana has been an exemplary democracy for the past two decades and made some impressive progress in reducing poverty during the last commodities boom. With its sound legal system and a regulatory environment that gives businesses stability, it is one of the most business-friendly countries in sub Saharan Africa.” “We believe that the time is now ripe for the government to collaborate more closely with the private sector on ways to create jobs and raise income levels. With an estimated 90% of businesses in Ghana being Small & Medium Businesses (http://APO.af/xamu4J), this sector generates and drives much of Ghana’s income and employment. Supporting it can rekindle economic growth for the country.” Nmonwu says that one of Ghana’s most significant economic opportunities lies in diversifying its economic base and boosting exports. Government can support these opportunities through targeted investments in infrastructure, education and vocational training, and small business financing. “We have seen some interesting initiatives in recent years,” he adds. Financing remains a challenge “For example, the launch of the Ghana EXIM (Export Import) Bank (http://EXIMBankGhana.com) addresses the need for financing if business builders in the country are to grow the small business sector and exports. Financing remains a challenge for many smaller Ghanaian companies, so providing them with low-interest loans is an intervention that will make a difference.” Another area where focus could pay off is skills development, particularly with an emphasis on the science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills needed to boost the economy into the digital age and services economy. Ghana should also look at how investments in roads, power and telecoms – in partnership with the private sector – might drive growth by lifting productivity; it could also be a way to create opportunities for small businesses through procurement. Modernising government IT Modernising the government’s ICT system is another opportunity, Nmonwu says. “By implementing the right accounting, payroll and citizen interaction systems, the government can improve efficiencies while showing its commitment to accountability and transparency,” he adds. “It can also use online technology to make it easier for entrepreneurs and individuals to interact with the government.” “Entrepreneurship has the potential to power the economies in West African countries. It is entrepreneurs who are the drivers of prosperity, and it is in government’s interest to support them,” he says. “Business builders take risks to follow their dreams and pursue their passions, and they hold the key to West Africa’s prosperity.” Distributed by APO on behalf of Sage.Media Contact: Idea Engineers (PR agency for Sage) Ashmika Panday Tel: +27 (0)11 803 0030 Mobile: +27 (0)83 296 1680 [email protected] Del-Mari Roberts Tel: +27 (0)11 803 0030 Mobile: +27 (0)72 5958 053 [email protected] About Sage: Sage (www.Sage.com) is the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, supporting the ambition of entrepreneurs and business builders. Today, business builders measure success in strong relationships, partnerships, and communities. It‘s why Sage helps drive today’s business builders with the most intelligent and flexible cloud-enabled software, support, and advice to manage everything from money to people. Daily, more than 13,000 Sage colleagues in 23 countries work with a thriving global community of over 3 million entrepreneurs, business owners, tradespeople, accountants, partners, and developers to champion the success of business builders everywhere. And as a FTSE 100 business, we are passionate about doing business the right way, supporting our local communities through the Sage Foundation. Sage–the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, powered by the cloud and supporting the ambition of the world’s entrepreneurs and business builders. Because when business builders do well, we all do. For more information, visit www.Sage.com.Media filesDownload logoMultimedia contentImage: Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage in West AfricaDocument: Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage in West Africa - Biography The party that emerges as the winner of Ghana’s general election, to be held on 7 December, should seize the opportunity to drive economic growth by creating policies and a legislative environment where business builders can thrive. That’s according to Magnus Nmonwu (https://Twitter.com/MNmonwu), Regional Director for Sage in West Africa (www.SageAfrica.com), the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, HR & payroll, and payment systems. He says that improving the ease of doing business as well as setting sound macro-economic policies would help to generate GDP growth for the Ghanaian economy. Small & Medium Businesses are an engine for job and wealth creation in several growing economies around the world. Business-friendly environment Says Nmonwu: “Ghana has been an exemplary democracy for the past two decades and made some impressive progress in reducing poverty during the last commodities boom. With its sound legal system and a regulatory environment that gives businesses stability, it is one of the most business-friendly countries in sub Saharan Africa.” “We believe that the time is now ripe for the government to collaborate more closely with the private sector on ways to create jobs and raise income levels. With an estimated 90% of businesses in Ghana being Small & Medium Businesses (http://APO.af/xamu4J), this sector generates and drives much of Ghana’s income and employment. Supporting it can rekindle economic growth for the country.” Nmonwu says that one of Ghana’s most significant economic opportunities lies in diversifying its economic base and boosting exports. Government can support these opportunities through targeted investments in infrastructure, education and vocational training, and small business financing. “We have seen some interesting initiatives in recent years,” he adds. Financing remains a challenge “For example, the launch of the Ghana EXIM (Export Import) Bank (http://EXIMBankGhana.com) addresses the need for financing if business builders in the country are to grow the small business sector and exports. Financing remains a challenge for many smaller Ghanaian companies, so providing them with low-interest loans is an intervention that will make a difference.” Another area where focus could pay off is skills development, particularly with an emphasis on the science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills needed to boost the economy into the digital age and services economy. Ghana should also look at how investments in roads, power and telecoms – in partnership with the private sector – might drive growth by lifting productivity; it could also be a way to create opportunities for small businesses through procurement. Modernising government IT Modernising the government’s ICT system is another opportunity, Nmonwu says. “By implementing the right accounting, payroll and citizen interaction systems, the government can improve efficiencies while showing its commitment to accountability and transparency,” he adds. “It can also use online technology to make it easier for entrepreneurs and individuals to interact with the government.” “Entrepreneurship has the potential to power the economies in West African countries. It is entrepreneurs who are the drivers of prosperity, and it is in government’s interest to support them,” he says. “Business builders take risks to follow their dreams and pursue their passions, and they hold the key to West Africa’s prosperity.” Distributed by APO on behalf of Sage. Idea Engineers (PR agency for Sage) Ashmika Panday Mobile: +27 (0)83 296 1680 Del-Mari Roberts Mobile: +27 (0)72 5958 053 About Sage: Sage (www.Sage.com) is the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, supporting the ambition of entrepreneurs and business builders. Today, business builders measure success in strong relationships, partnerships, and communities. It‘s why Sage helps drive today’s business builders with the most intelligent and flexible cloud-enabled software, support, and advice to manage everything from money to people. Daily, more than 13,000 Sage colleagues in 23 countries work with a thriving global community of over 3 million entrepreneurs, business owners, tradespeople, accountants, partners, and developers to champion the success of business builders everywhere. And as a FTSE 100 business, we are passionate about doing business the right way, supporting our local communities through the Sage Foundation. Sage–the market and technology leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, powered by the cloud and supporting the ambition of the world’s entrepreneurs and business builders. Because when business builders do well, we all do. For more information, visit www.Sage.com. Image: Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage in West Africa Document: Magnus Nmonwu, Regional Director for Sage in West Africa – Biography CDC and DP World plot billion dollar plus ports partnership 138,000 jobs are expected to be created by port expansions and modernisations in Senegal, Egypt and Somaliland, with increased trade supporting up to 5m jobs in the regions. Ghana Presidential Elections Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said: "I congratulate Nana Akufo-Addo on his election as President-elect of Ghana. I also pay tribute to John Dramani Mahama and the other Presidential candidates for their statesmanship in accepting the result and respecting the will of the Ghanaian people. 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__label__wiki	0.940767	0.940767	Players choose the best between Messi and Ronaldo FootballSport A decade ago, the controversy between the fans of the witch round about the best between the two Argentine stars, Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, did not stop, but what is the opinion of 12 stars who played next to the two and got to know them closely through their participation in playing in one team? Luis de Sousa – Deco He played in the midfield alongside Messi during the beginnings of the Argentine star in Barcelona and also played with Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team. Deco tried to avoid choosing one of them by saying they were the greatest in football but preferred Ronaldinho, who also played next to him in Barcelona, to everyone. The Paris Saint-Germain winger played with Ronaldo at Real Madrid, where he won the European Champions League title in 2014, and Messi in the Argentine national team. Di Maria underscored that Messi is undoubtedly the best in the world. He said, “When I become old, I will tell my grandchildren with bedtime stories about the time I won the Champions League, and I hope to win the World Cup to join my stories, but most of all I will tell them that Their grandfather was playing with Lionel Messi. ” Dybala, Ronaldo’s colleague in Juventus and the companion of Messi in the Argentine team, refused to prefer one to the other, and responded diplomatically, saying, “It is impossible to make a comparison between them or say who is the best … They are equal with each other, but they have been ahead of everyone for several years.” The Argentine left-back played with Ronaldo in Manchester United and with Messi in his national team, and in 2016 he indicated his admiration for his fellow citizens from all sides, especially his calm life, but stressed that the Portuguese star is the best from his point of view. Ezekiel Gray Gray preferred his colleague in the Argentine national team, Messi, over Ronaldo, who has played with him for only two years at Real Madrid. His unlimited performance still amazes me. ” Gonzalo Higuaín He currently plays alongside Ronaldo in Juventus, as he played with him in Real Madrid for several years as well, alongside Messi, the Argentine national team shirt, and is considered one of the most knowledgeable and close to the two stars, so he did not decide the advantage of one over the other. Between Messi and Ronaldo, the statistics speak “I had enjoyed playing alongside Ronaldo before (at Real Madrid), and I’m glad we got back together (at Juventus),” Higuain said. But he considered playing next to Messi an honor, and said, “Whenever (Messi) gets the ball, you stand on your toes because you know that at any moment he can give you a great ball, and he does things that the attacker can expect, but the defender cannot.” Gago preferred his Argentine teammate to Ronaldo, with whom he played only two seasons at Real Madrid, and said, “I love the way he (Messi) plays … he is better than I have seen him in my life.” Andrés Gómez The Everton midfielder who played for two seasons next to Messi in Barcelona and played years with Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team refused to favor one over the other, merely praising them by saying about the Don. “. “Everyone knows that Messi is extraordinary… He does things that you cannot explain because he can invent something new every day,” he said of the Barcelona captain. Henrik Larsson The Swedish legend won the Champions League with Barcelona when Messi was in its infancy during the 2005-2006 season and participated in 13 games alongside Ronaldo during his loan period to Manchester United in 2007. Larson took advantage of Messi, saying that “Cristiano is unlucky because he coincided with Messi … he is an excellent player, but Messi is better … he is out of this world.” The Spanish defender played with Ronaldo early in his career with Manchester United, who joined him in 2004, but his presence in Old Trafford lasted only two seasons. He was loaned to Zaragoza before Messi joined from 2008 until now in Barcelona. Ronaldo defeats Messi at his home Of course, Pique chose his current colleague and friend in Barcelona and said that “Cristiano is a hardworking player who always wants to improve… I always say that Messi has some talent that no one has … It seems to me that he is not a human being, but (Ronaldo) is the best human.” Semedo accompanied his colleague Messi in Barcelona’s victory in La Liga in the last two seasons. He also succeeded in crowning the European Champions League title with Portugal and captain Ronaldo, so he avoided favoring one over the other. Carlos Tevez Tevez Ronaldo has been involved in Manchester United for some years, loaded with tournaments. Still, Messi has accompanied for years longer in Argentina’s national teams and preferred to get out of a dilemma, preferring one of them by indicating that Don is his biggest concern is training either on the field or the gym. Simultaneously, the flea differs from that in terms of It is normal to score three goals at any time of the game. The result seems settled by the opinions of 12 players in favor of the Argentine star, as six of them preferred not to be decisive between the two stars, five players preferred Messi, and only one player preferred Ronaldo. The arc has remained open for comparisons between the two best phenomena globally for at least the last decade. Cristiano RonaldoFootballLionel Messi Watch the new OnePlus 8 test 5 reasons that confirm Ronaldo remains in Juventus de Turin C.L and E.L Championship medals were stolen from Chelsea player Sheep force Ronaldo to change his house in Manchester Messi responds to Pele’s “sarcasm” on his talent FIFA 22: A new achievement for Messi at the age of 34	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line210
__label__wiki	0.735687	0.735687	Washington Huskies vs. USC Trojans Preview and Prediction Josh Webb After a calm bye week and some needed conference help, USC returns on action this week in a Thursday night showdown with the Washington Huskies, the team Trojan head coach Steve Sarkisian used to coach. Though the Trojans have had their issues on Thursday, Sarkisian believes the team is focused and mentally prepared. "I thought the guys were really well focused and exactly where they need to be," Sarkisian said. While the Trojans will be tested by the Huskies on the field, there are a number of Trojan players who will literally be tested off the field right before the game. Adding to the stress and distraction of preparing for a Chris Petersen team, Sarkisian said that there are actually a number of players who will be taking midterms right before the game is played. This has caused Sarkisian to change some things around to accommodate the difference in schedule. "It being a Thursday night game, we've got some different things in our schedule that we work with," Sarkisian said. As far as tomorrow, we go in the A.M. instead of in the afternoon, which we normally would do. We've got guys in class throughout the evening tomorrow night, so we'll meet Thursday morning, as a team, at the hotel. I actually have a few guys taking midterms in the middle of the day. They'll be coming back to campus to take midterms before the game on Thursday. We'll handle it really well, we've got really good people in place to take care of our guys, to make sure they're getting everything done whether it's on the field or off the field." With the formalities seemingly taken care of, the only thing the Trojans have left to do is prove that they can handle a Washington team with a hard-nosed defense, but a true freshman starter. College Football Podcast: Week 6 Preview with Tom Dienhart Subscribe:iTunes \| Stitcher Washington at USC Kickoff: 9 p.m. ET (Thursday) TV: ESPN Spread: USC -17 Three Things to Watch 1. The Return of Kevon Seymour After an injury kept him out against Stanford and Arizona State, USC cornerback Kevon Seymour returns to the team in time to balance the loss of defensive lineman Claude Pelon and wide receiver Darreus Rogers. Seymour has been an underrated performer for the Trojans over the past couple seasons and his veteran presence provides a major boost to a younger secondary. The Trojans have been fairly fortunate when it comes to injuries, especially considering what's happened to the rest of the conference, but it is catching up to them a little this week and Seymour's return will help to offset the loss of a leader like Pelon on the defensive line. Seymour clearly cannot replace what Pelon gives the defensive line, but his ability to blanket a receiver ought to come in handy against a freshman quarterback with a better completion percentage and yards per attempt average than Josh Rosen. The Huskies may not be putting up Baylor passing numbers, but Browning is extremely capable and Seymour has a great habit of taking away opposing quarterbacks' favorite targets. 2. Avoiding Costly Self-Inflicted Mistakes This isn't coming out of the "Things To Watch For" section until the Trojans prove that they're capable of limiting mistakes. Ten penalties against Arizona State for a total of 91 yards moved the Trojans to No. 96 in the nation for penalties. The Trojans have 27 flags on the year, averaging 6.8 penalties per game. Their average penalty yardage per game isn't as offensive, but spotting your opponents 67.5 free yards a game is definitely a questionable practice. USC's opponents have committed 10 fewer penalties and only average around 4.3 flags a game. They're also only giving up 44 yards a game via the penalty, which means the Trojans consistently lose the discipline battle. They're No. 107 in the country in drawing penalties and No. 96 in the nation in committing them, these types of behaviors have cost more than their fair share of teams in close games. One of the ways in which lesser-talented teams are able to upset teams like USC is by limiting mistakes and allowing your opponent to beat themselves. USC excels at beating itself and Petersen is smart enough to notice that trend. 3. Browning's Ability to Cope with USC's Pass Rush As if USC needed any more encouragement from UCLA's loss to Arizona State this past weekend, the Sun Devils may have laid a great foundation for dealing with freshmen quarterbacks in the Pac-12. By loading the box and blitzing with eight players on nearly every down, Arizona State was able to disrupt Josh Rosen, stop Paul Perkins, and limit UCLA's big play ability. This might be the key for the Trojans against a guy like Browning. The offenses are different, but the theory remains the same; if the Trojans can get in Browning's face the entire afternoon, they can reduce the Huskies' ability to hurt them on offense. Steve Sarkisian stressed turnovers again this week, highlighting that the Trojans have a chance to be unique in the way that they create opportunity through turnovers and take away opportunity by taking care of the football on offense. “I'm not backing off that either,” Sarkisian said. “I gave a big video presentation again this morning, ending with the Kam Chancellor play from last night, the Monday Night game and just what a classic example of punching the ball out and the play not ever being over. So, we're not gonna back off that. We think we can be unique that way creating turnovers. I know we had a little lull there for a couple games, but I just don't want to back off it. I want to make sure that we're attacking the football defensively and we're doing everything in our power to take care of it on offense and special teams. That's not gonna change.” USC has the horses to win this game and win it impressively. Washington is an impressive defensive team, but its offense has yet to match the point totals of the conference's elite. The Huskies are always a worthy opponent and Thursday should be no different. Ultimately, the difference in this game should be the two quarterbacks and these offenses. The Trojans are one of the most efficient teams in the nation, a fact highlighted throughout the week by Petersen and media preparing for the first College Football Playoff rankings. An efficient and explosive offense are great for talk radio and highlight reels, but the Trojans need to begin assembling their resume for the Playoff and these are the types of games pundits mention when the season comes to a close. It's a game USC should win, are favored to win, and probably expect to win. Of course, that's always been the problem with the Trojans, hasn't it? Prediction: USC 41, Washington 23 — Written by Josh Webb, who is part of the Athlon Contributor Network and a sportswriter in Southern California. Webb is a recruiting analyst for BarkBoard, Scout’s Fresno State affiliate. A contributor to USCFootball.com, Scout’s USC affiliate. He is also a regular guest and contributor for Reign Of Troy, USC’s FanSided affiliate. Follow him on Twitter @FightOnTwist. USC TrojansArizona State Sun Devils	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line213
__label__wiki	0.990374	0.990374	Patrick Kerney, Falcons: The Greatest No. 97 In Georgia Sports History By Troy Heinzman Feb 26, 2011, 5:40pm EST Share All sharing options for: Patrick Kerney, Falcons: The Greatest No. 97 In Georgia Sports History Patrick Kerney is the greatest No. 97 in Atlanta sports history. I wrote a 760-word eulogy when Kerney retired last April so I'll no doubt be plagiarizing myself as I write this today but I won't sue myself so it's cool. Where to begin? Kerney was a first round draft choice for the Atlanta Falcons in 1999 after an All-American career at the University of Virginia. He played eight seasons with the Falcons - starting 105 consecutive games at one point - and was named to the 2004 Pro Bowl and honored as Second-Team All-Pro by the Associated Press. Between 2001 and 2007, only five players recorded more sacks than Kerney (67.5). Kerney led the Falcons in sacks in three of his eight seasons with the team. He left the Falcons as No. 2 on the franchise's sack list, just a half sack behind Chuck Smith and 16.5 ahead of No. 98 on our list (Travis Hall). He ended his career with three seasons with the Seahawks and earned another Pro Bowl bid and his only First Team All-Pro berth. Injuries eventually caught up to Kerney and he was forced to shut it down after 11 seasons in the NFL. When he retired his 82.5 career sacks ranked 30th among defensive ends in NFL history. Also considered (in alphabetical order): Cornelius Bennett, Falcons, Jumpy Geathers, Falcons. Kedric Golston, Georgia. Marcus Stroud, Georgia. Georgia Sports History: The Greatest Players By Jersey Number, 99-90 Freddie Gilbert, Georgia Football: The Greatest No. 90 In Georgia Sports History Travis Hall, Falcons: The Greatest No. 98 In Georgia Sports History	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line214
__label__wiki	0.810101	0.810101	$700 Million Atlanta Falcons Stadium North Of Georgia World Congress Center Proposed By Jason Kirk Feb 22, 2011, 3:46pm EST Share All sharing options for: $700 Million Atlanta Falcons Stadium North Of Georgia World Congress Center Proposed The Atlanta Falcons could play their home games in a new, $700 million, open-air stadium built just north of the Georgia World Congress Center while the Georgia Dome remains intact, according to a plan published by Populous, a Kansas City architecture firm. That’s the same outfit that designed the Dome, Philips Arena, and like every other building that has anything to do with pro sports. The proposal would require 25 acres worth of land, meaning it would take up what’s currently the Dome’s yellow parking lot and the GWCC’s truck marshaling yard. There are still a couple of other minor construction considerations, but there’s the proposal. That price tag is $150 million more than it would cost to renovate the Dome, which would include adding a retractable roof. Either solution, while insanely expensive, would allow the Dome’s many non-football tenants to keep using the facility. The Falcons would get to play outdoors, while the SEC Championship Game and Chick-Fil-A Bowl would likely remain indoors. ht Atlanta Business Journal Plans For An Open-Air Falcons Stadium Causing Debate In Atlanta New Falcons Stadium: GWCCA vote Monday New Atlanta Falcons Open-Air Stadium Could Be Built Along Northside Drive, According To Report	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line215
__label__cc	0.670254	0.329746	Laurent Clerc: United Nations Human Rights Prize December 11, 2018 The Last Hiccup 70 years ago on December 10th, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was brought up with the idea to recognize that as humans we adopt equal rights, freedom, and pursuit of happiness. I just read the winners for 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize who deserve an award. From the United Nations website writes: The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights is an honorary award given to individuals and organizations in recognition of outstanding achievement in human rights. In the past, United Nations Human Rights had given to someone who passed away such as Eleanor Roosevelt. Why not Laurent Clerc? He contributed to Deaf community in the heart of human rights. Establishing the first American Deaf School in Hartford, Connecticut. For next 50 years, the school had trained many Deaf students in the field of educators to teach Deaf pupils to be successful. Laurent Clerc’s spirit embodies the self-determination of the newly Deaf space; his thoughts are still considered the strongest influence in Deaf people’s bodies, minds, and spirits. Laurent Clerc’s quote: “A knowledge of history is extremely useful; it lays before our eyes the great picture of the generations that have preceded us; and in relating the events which passed in their time…it lays before us the precepts of the wise…of all ages…” There was no “rehabilitation” program or education for Deaf students. Laurent Clerc predicted the importance for future of the Deaf citizens to preserve and perpetuate in the language and culture, protecting and promoting ASL. French influence upon American Sign Language (ASL) and intellectual life of the Deaf has become quite pronounced as the result of the contact between Deaf people to seek for higher education. Not only in America, but influenced Canada as well, too. Last September 2018, United Nations recognized its first International Day of Sign Languages, and it is a huge step. There was more than 70 million Deaf people living world wide, according to the World Federation of the Deaf, the higher education is pretty difficult to grasp, only two percent out of 70 million Deaf people have the human right access to a formal education. Since Laurent Clerc’s arrival in America, his mission has been to provide quality individualized education honoring the talents of Deaf students, making sure they were given the highest opportunities to acquire academic skills necessary for success. Making sure the long journey, the dark moments of doubts and struggles, going through series of emotional, mental and physical—and the feeling in a life time would end up being over, until Laurent Clerc’s arrival made sure it was never over. It was very much part of human right. Being the state of Deaf is a human right in the highest form of freedom. Honestly, I do think Mr. Laurent Clerc deserve United Nations Human Rights Prize, the largest honour of lifetime work. What do you think? https://usdeafhistory.com/tag/laurent-clerc/ https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/news/dspd/international-day-sign-languages.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Prize_in_the_Field_of_Human_Rights Tagged ASL, Deaf, Deaf community, Deaf Culture, Deaf Education, Deaf Experience, Deafhood, Eleanor Roosevelt, Human Rights, Human Rights Day, Jason "JT" Tozier, Jason Tozier, Laurent Clerc, Sign Language, signed langauges, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Prize, World Federation of the Deaf Previous postGallaudet University Search for Dean of Student Affairs: Not Good News Next postOpen Letter for Council of the District of Columbia	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line218
__label__wiki	0.520626	0.520626	Sly & the Family Drone – Live at Cafe Oto Posted: 1 June 2018 in Albums Tags: Album Review, Drums, Experimental, Improvisation, Live at Cafe Oto, More Noise, Noise, percussion, Sly & the Family Drone The missive which contains a link to the album lays out the facts. ‘August 2015: On a sweltering summer evening, Sly & the Family Drone brought their sweat-soaked carnival of chaos to east London. This is a recording of that night.’ Café Oto seems to be the venue of choice for weirdy, avant-garde experimental acts to capture their live sound – or perhaps it’s one of the few venues that truly embraces all that it weirdy, avant-garde and experimental in the first place. This, of course, is one of the benefits of operating on a not-for-profit basis. Art takes precedence over capital. It’s also an intimate space, where even a small crowd will make the place feel like it’s heaving, and it’s possible to really feel that connection between performer and audience in an up-close setting. Truly, here’s no substitute for being able to smell the sweat and see the whites of a perfomer’s eyes Sly and the Family Drone have been pushing the parameters of messy noise for about eight years now, and while their recoded output explores all areas of murkiness and abrasion, their live shows are something else. Chaotic and cathartic, the only predictable part is percussion – that is to say, a lot of percussion. This particular outing is heavy, and percussion-heavy from the outset. Thick, low-end blasts thunder through pounding drums. The percussion intensifies in both power and pace, while the droning bass frequencies bottom out to a place below the pelvic region while explosions of top-end squeal painfully. Less than ten minutes in, and they’ve hit total overload. Over the course of the album’s hour-long duration, they maintain it, and if anything, continue to push further, harder, louder, harsher. Crescendo hits after crescendo, and cumulatively, it’s punishing – in the best possible way. It’s not just a hell of a noise: it’s all the noise. Even when the noise abates and the relentless battery of snare halts temporarily, eardrum-perforating feedback and whirring, hissing shards of treble fill the space. Through speakers, it hurts. Once can only imagine the impact and potential damage inflicted on those actually present. This is less a case of ‘you probably had to be there’ and more about ‘damn, I wish I’d been there’. WonkyStuff #9: Stocker/Eyes / Orlando Ferguson / How Buildings Fail / New Victorian Architecture – The Fulford Arms, York, 30th May 2018 Listen: ‘Black Moon’ by Blacklab	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line219
__label__wiki	0.825099	0.825099	WR Sevens Finale Set for Twickenham March 15, 2017 by Cameron Hollands Twickenham Set for Thrilling WR Sevens Finale It is appropriate that the final tournament of the 2016-17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series will take place at Twickenham Stadium on 20-21 May. Not only is the London arena the historical home of rugby union, but at the moment it also looks like England is the only team, apart from Fiji, capable of challenging the dominance of South Africa in the competition. The Blitzboks have won four rounds out of six to date: in Dubai, Wellington, Sydney and Las Vegas. England won the other two rounds, in Cape Town and Vancouver, with South Africa the runners-up in each case. England made it to the final in Sydney, but Fiji claimed the runners-up spots in Dubai, Wellington and Las Vegas. Currently, the Blitzboks are 23 points ahead of any rivals on the table, with 126 points. England is second on 103 points, with Fiji snapping at their heels with 100. Behind them are New Zealand on 84 points, the USA on 67, and Australia languishing in sixth with 62. Four Tournaments left to Play The 2016-17 WR Sevens Series comprises 10 tournaments in total, so Australia have four more rounds left to improve their standings: in Hong Kong and Singapore in April, then Paris and London in May. The top spot is almost certainly out of reach; even if the team were to win every game for the rest of the series, the three top teams would have to co-operate and finish in the bottom four in each of the remaining rounds to give the Aussies a shot. However, there still might be a possibility of a fourth place, although it doesn’t look likely on the team’s record so far this season. Punters will probably get more rewarding action if they focus on the three-way battle between South Africa, England and Fiji for the top two, as well as the USA and New Zealand challenging for a final place in the top three. Jones Says Tackle Height Should Be Lowered January 5, 2022 by Cameron Hollands England coach Eddie Jones says the allowable height of tackles should be lowered in youth rugby. This will further lower the risk of brain injuries in the sport, he explained. …. Rugby Australia Commits To Improved Expenditure For 2027 November 29, 2021 by Jennie Martin Rugby Australia has promised that they will by wasting no money in the lead up to the 2027 men’s Rugby World Cup. This comes after the country was selected to …. RFL To Roll Out Risk-Detecting Mouthguards The Rugby Football League has now approved the use of a special mouthguard capable of detecting the risk of head trauma and/or concussion. The guards will come into play from …. Brain Injury Still A Risk For Rugby Players Modern-day rugby players should not consider themselves exempt from the possibility of developing the same neurological disorders as former players of old as a result of injuries to the head …. Toutai Kefu In Surgery After Home Invasion August 20, 2021 by Jennie Martin Former Wallabies star Toutai Kefu is reportedly undergoing emergency surgery after a stabbing incident in Brisbane. Queensland police have now confirmed the incident, as well as that Kefu has sustained …. Top AU Rugby Betting Odds	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line221
__label__cc	0.503898	0.496102	Babel-on-the-Bay The Democracy Papers Mayor Ford’s dilemma. March 8, 2012 by Peter Lowry It is obvious that Ontario Conservative leader ‘Tiny Tim’ Hudak has never served on a municipal council. He seems to have absolutely no idea how the mayor and council interrelate. This must be causing confusion for those of his Conservative members who got their political start in municipal politics. Some of them have also served as mayors. They could explain to Tiny Tim the mistakes Toronto Mayor Ford has made with his city’s councillors. Tiny Tim has been suggesting to Premier McGuinty that the Ontario government should only support Mayor Ford’s vision of subways. McGuinty has been smart enough to say no and that he will abide by the council’s decision between Light Rapid Transit or subways. McGuinty has enough problems without taking on a rebellious Toronto council. There is certainly no need for anyone to be surprised that city council has had enough of Toronto’s abrasive mayor. Ford was always odd man out as a councillor. It was like his promise to Toronto voters that he would end the gravy train at city hall. They voted for him and then found out he was the gravy train. It was obvious a year ago last summer that Ford was set to win the mayor’s chair in Toronto. The only viable opponent was George Smitherman, the openly gay former minister in the McGuinty government. Smitherman was an easy winner downtown while Ford reaped the conservatism of the suburbs. The suburbs are bigger. It was no contest. But the mayoralty is no holy grail. The job has residual power but it is power that has to be exercised with care and flair. The mayor has to build an alliance with the city officials because s/he works closely with them. If the mayor exercises the power well, the mayor gets more done. The mayor also chairs council and the executive committee. If you know how to wield the gavel, it is power. But the mayor is still just one vote. To wield power, you need allies. You need to build bridges to former opponents. You have to make nice and work toward the possible. Making new enemies on council just bares your back for more knives. Looking at it another way, you have to remember that council is the mayor’s mob. The mayor just has to be smart enough to lead that mob to where both sides want to go. 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__label__wiki	0.980508	0.980508	Bangladesh buys two submarines from China Bangladesh, News Bangladesh took delivery on Monday of its first submarines, bought from China, as it seeks to boost its naval power in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh paid a reported $203 million for the two submarines, a deal that reflects the country’s growing economic and defence ties with Beijing. Armed forces spokeswoman Taposhi Rabeya said they would become part of the country’s naval fleet at the beginning of next year. “This is the first ever addition of submarines in Bangladesh defence force,” she told AFP. Bangladesh has been expanding its defence capabilities in recent years, building a new airbase close to neighbouring Myanmar, opening several new military cantonments across the country and adding new frigates to its naval fleet. In 2013, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signed a billion-dollar deal with Russia to buy fighter training jets, helicopters and anti-tank missiles. Hasina announced the plan to purchase two submarines the same year as part of her government’s move to build a modern navy to defend the resource-rich Bay of Bengal. A UN tribunal has settled Bangladesh’s long-standing maritime border disputes with neighbours Myanmar and India, paving the way for Dhaka to invite bids from multinational firms to explore for oil in the Bay. Bangladesh officials say that has ensured the country’s sovereignty over 111,631 square kilometres (43,100 square miles) of sea, an area nearly equal to its landmass. Xi Jinping last month became the first Chinese president in 30 years to visit Bangladesh, which has historically been more closely allied to rival regional power India.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line231
__label__cc	0.688907	0.311093	A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday. This major life cycle event originated in Latin America but is now observed by many Hispanic families wherever they may be living. It is much more than a birthday party. It marks the transition from childhood to womanhood. This rite of passage should sound familiar. In many ways, it reflects the same values as a bat mitzvah. In addition to a big party and celebration, it includes a variety of different rituals that date back over 2000 years. We are hosting a quinceañera at our temple soon. As it turns out, it is not for a temple family – at least not the way we traditionally define a ‘temple family.’ Rather it is an offering of love that we are co-hosting with The Second Step, an organization that fosters the safety, stability, and well-being of survivors of domestic violence. When our partners at The Second Step told us that a family with a 15-year-old daughter had to flee their home, that there was no way the mom could celebrate her girl’s quinceañera, then our role was clear. Our door is open, and the lights are shining. When we began to explore what our work might be when we agreed to focus on social justice for victims of domestic violence, we imagined all kinds of activities and programs. We envisioned helping fleeing families by getting them the necessities of life: cookware, food, and clothing. We figured that we could get various gift cards from places like Target or Wal-Mart and then give them to victimized women. They would then have autonomy to choose the dish things they wanted without anyone demanding what they must buy, which is a hallmark of domestic violence perpetrators. We anticipated programming for our kids and our adults so that they would learn that domestic violence is as prevalent among the affluent as it is among the needy. Most of all we wanted to create a congregation willing to actively respond to the scourge of domestic violence – no bystanders allowed. What we didn’t expect was a call to decorate the boardroom with pink ribbons and miniature Eiffel towers. What we didn’t anticipate was enabling a family of another faith and culture to find a safe, secure, loving place to mark a lifecycle event every bit as big as a bat mitzvah. I imagine that 20 or 30 years ago we might not have so readily jumped to co-host this celebration. After all, it’s not Jewish. We’d help find a place. We’d donate some supplies. But such an event was not in our purview. But the times, they are a changin’… When someone needs us, we are duty-bound to respond. We are not on earth to merely look out for our own. We are all connected, one to the other. Those who oppose such truth are always looking for how we are different rather than acknowledging how closely we are allied to the other. In the dialectical scrum between particularism vs. universalism, we postmodern Reform Jews are constantly trying to achieve a balance between the two. More and more, we seem to lean toward opening our arms and our hearts and the door of our temple. This does not diminish our Jewishness. In fact, I’d be willing to go to the mat for the claim that a quinceanera enhances our Judaism. We share our love with the other who then becomes a partner. Magda Trocmé, the wife of the local minister of a little French town, explained how it was that a French village saved over 3500 Jews during the Holocaust. She wrote, “Those of us who received the first Jews did what we thought had to be done-nothing more complicated. It was not decided from one day to the next what we would have to do. There were many people in the village who needed help. How could we refuse them? A person doesn’t sit down and say I’m going to do this and this and that. We had no time to think. When a problem came, we had to solve it immediately. Sometimes people ask me, “How did you make a decision?” There was no decision to make. The issue was: Do you think we are all brothers or not? Do you think it is unjust to turn in the Jews or not? Then let us try to help!” In the months and years ahead, we will need to make all kinds of alliances with others, people whose culture and faith may diverge from ours, but whose values for diversity and plurality are like our own. We need each other: it’s as simple as that. Madame Trocmé’s intention must be our credo: “Let us try to help.” A quinceañera at Temple Beth Avodah? Absolutely. If not now, when?	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line233
__label__wiki	0.536662	0.536662	December 28, 2021 Adam 3 Comments Mark in his office at Mattel On December 23, 2021, T. Mark Taylor passed away at the age of 80. For any of you who have followed this blog, you’ll know that Mark is my personal hero. I had the privilege of interviewing Mark and his wife Rebecca in 2016, and that interview was republished in The Toys of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Mark was incredibly talented in both skill and artistic vision, and fiercely passionate about his work and about maintaining his integrity as an artist and creator. Mark was generous with his time – he always had time and seemingly infinite patience for fans. Mark was born on June 5, 1941. As a child he had a passion for fantasy and science fiction in both comics and novels. He was influenced by Tarzan and Prince Valiant, as well as the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard. He read and drew compulsively. As a teen he took commissions to paint pinstriping on cars. After high school he attended the Art Center College of Design at Cal State, and became a combat illustrator for the US Navy. In the mid-1970s Mark and his wife Rebecca Salari Taylor were hired as contractors for Mattel, doing packaging artwork for Barbie. Later Mark was hired on as a permanent employee. He was still primarily a packaging designer when he was tasked with running and designing the new Masters of the Universe line, which had been sparked by some personal art he had hanging up in his office – “Torak: Hero of Pre-history.” Image source: The Power and the Honor Foundation Mark was in charge of Masters of the Universe for its first year, and it was an unexpected, runaway success. Mark designed all of the figures in the first year of the line – He-Man, Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Beast Man, Teela, Stratos and Zodac. He created the color scheme and accessories for Battle Cat, and designed and sculpted Castle Grayskull. He also designed Ram Man and Man-E-Faces as well as a number of unused characters before leaving Mattel. Mark’s friend and fellow Mattel designer Ted Mayer designed the vehicles early in the line, and Rebecca did decals for the vehicles as well as for Castle Grayskull. Mark also did the packaging design for the larger boxes for the line, although he relied on Rudy Obrero to provide the beautiful painted artwork. Mark and Rebecca Ted and Mark Mark pulled in all of the talented create people around him to help create the MOTU line, often pulling all-nighters at Mattel to get it ready for market. In fact, one Mattel employee, Colin Bailey (who would do design work on He-Man after Mark left), did some sketches of Mark, depicting him exhausted after working on his “dark project.” Mark would later work on brands as diverse as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hot Wheels, He-Man (1989 relaunch), Street Sharks, Starship Troopers, Micro Machines, Men in Black, King Kong and more. After retiring from the toy business, both Mark and Rebecca taught as senior lecturers with Otis College of Art and Design, in the Toy Design department. Mark was a visionary who touched all of our lives, directly or indirectly. The world is poorer for his absence. Thank you to Mark for making all of our childhoods more magical and for sparking our imaginations. I know of a number of people who are now great professional artists and designers in their own right, inspired by Mark’s indelible work. Thank you Mark for creating the world of He-Man which has been so meaningful to me and to so many in the community. Mark’s influence will live on far beyond his lifetime.. My deepest sympathies to his wife, Rebecca Salari Taylor and to his dear friend Ted Mayer and to all others who knew and loved Mark. Rest in peace. The Original Masters of the Universe Lineup – figures and playset designed by Mark Taylor	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line237
__label__wiki	0.693471	0.693471	By bookshelfbattle Movies Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale This movie may be about bad times but if you see it you’ll have a good time. Zing! I’m so witty. BQB here with a review of Bad Times at the El Royale. 3.5 readers, I’m just going to say it. This is the best movie I’ve seen all year and frankly, one of the best new films I’ve seen in a long time. I went into it thinking it would be decent but was blown away by its style and originality and I love it when I can give a glowing recommendation right off the bat. Go see it. Go see it now. The El Royale is a hotel that straddles the California and Nevada state lines. In the 1960s it was a hot spot for the rich and famous, though by the 1970s when this film takes place, it has been long forgotten. A series of guests check in at the same time. There’s the obnoxious traveling salesman (Jon Hamm doing his best Foghorn Leghorn impression); the lounge singer (Jennifer Hudson in the role she’s been waiting for); the Catholic priest (Jeff Bridges); and the rude hippy (Dakota Johnson). If I were to tell you much more, I’d ruin it all for you. Suffice to say, in each room, there’s a mystery underway. Every guest has a troubled past and each mystery will come together in a big way. There are times when it takes awhile for the story to build up, but the promises of big plot paydays are made and paid with interest if you hang on. The Oscars have been under fire the past few years as being a stodgy institution that just pays attention to obscure art house flicks that no one watches. This film would be the Academy’s chance to buck that trend. While each character has their moment to shine, Bridges and J-Hud shine particularly bright. Jeff Bridges turns in his best performance in over 20 years since the Big Lebowski. What range. Two decades ago he played a mellow dude who never let anything bother him and today he’s playing an aging holy man whose violent past has caught up with him. Meanwhile, I’ve always admired J-Hud. While most singers rely on skimpy outfits, gimmicks and scandals, Hudson has always let her pipes speak for themselves. She turns in her performances in public and then her private life is her own and she doesn’t try to blend the two. She’s had a number of parts in films over the years but this the most memorable since her turn as Effie in Dreamgirls launched her career. I know it’s still early and most Oscar films don’t come out until the end of the year, but I hope the Academy will consider this film. It is not a traditional Oscar flick by any means but the story grips you, the performances are great and Bridges and Hudson deserve gold statues. Is J-Hud seeing anybody? Feel free to move into BQB HQ anytime Miss Hudson. STATUS: Totes shelf-worthy. EDIT: Hey, I don’t feel like rewriting this review but it was just brought to my attention by Twitter that J-Hud wasn’t even in this movie. Cynthia Erivo plays the singer in this movie but hell, give her an Oscar because she’s also great. There are a lot of actors/actresses that look alike. I know fairly recently there was an actress I kept mistaking for Jennifer Lawrence, for example. Maybe I’m losing my mind or I’m not keeping up with pop culture. Oh well. Tagged bad times at the el royale, jeff bridges, jennifer hudsom, movie reviews, Movies One thought on “Movie Review – Bad Times at the El Royale” King Charles says: It’s Cynthia Erivo not Jennifer Hudson lol.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line241
__label__wiki	0.619178	0.619178	By Francesco Scomazzon on January 10, 2022 Data, Features, Interactive Almost 1 person out of 5 could have difficulties understanding Her Majesty’s broadcast. The Queen waxwork at Madame Tussauds Photo by Choo Yut Shing, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 For many, the Queen’s speech is a well-established appointment during the afternoon of Christmas Eve. It represents a chance for Buckingham Palace to make an assessment on the past year, going through major events. Birmingham Eastside has looked at and analysed the text of the past 10 years messages. Find out which words give meaning to the present age 🕵️ Frequent word usage establishes the mood of a certain historical period. They are a response to significant events, from bright achievements to crises to recent losses. The following analysis takes into account the prepandemic period (x-axis) and compares it with these two years (y-axis). Each blue dot contains a word used in one or both of these periods. Queen’s Christmas speech most used words The Queen’s role “is to serve as a nonpartisan symbol of the nation, constitutional continuity, and moral authority”, as stated by the Council on foreign relations. It is no wonder that people, world, family and commonwealth were the most common words used throughout the Christmas speeches of the last decade. These reflect her duties and the vitality of the Commonwealth integration, from their quadrennial Games (2014–18–22) to the biennial Heads of Government Meetings. At the bottom of the graph, many different kinds of words stand out representing key aspects of the 9 years of the Queen’s reign that came before the pandemic. Words such as: ⏳ Time: used to express novelty and how, quoting Neil Armstrong’s words, not the giant leaps but the small steps are what bring lasting change in the world. ⚔️ War: regarding the two major conflicts of the XXth Century. 2014 was the centenary of the outbreak of World War I and 2015 was the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. 🤔 Reflection: on her reign, 60 years of commitment to the Country and to the changes that have occurred since then. ⬛️ Darkness: addressing the spread of terrorism and the sorrow of losing loved ones. On the other hand, on the left echo words that were spoken in these two years of the pandemic. 🕯 Light: the first of three “litmus papers” of the present period defined by the common struggle against the pandemic. Speaking about the challenges of 2020, the Queen compares people’s indomitable rise to a new dawn. 🤞 Hope: from Florence Nightingale to Parable of the Good Samaritan to The Tomb of The Unknown Warrior. These examples of people serving society were brought up in response to the Covid crisis. 🤰 Birth: highlights the role of future generations in tackling new societal issues, mainly concerning the environment. Are the Queen’s speeches accessible to everyone? 👧👨👵 Lastly, we have readability which is very important as the Queen’s message is destined to all the Nation and the Commonwealth. Simplicity and straightforwardness are key factors to take into consideration. Seven readability formulas were used to measure these characteristics, the most famous being the Flesch Reading Ease Readability Formula. Readability level of the Queen’s speech in relation to citizens’ highest qualification Almost 1 person out of 5 hasn’t reached an NQF level 2 qualification, which generally is achieved at the age of 14, writes the Education and training statistics for the UK in 2021. The linguistic barrier mostly affects women, with the percentage increasing with age all across ethnic groups. On the other hand, more women gain access to higher education both as undergraduates and as masters students. Francesco Scomazzon	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line243
__label__cc	0.664354	0.335646	Manchester City: UEFA Champions League Who will Manchester City draw in the Champions League quarter-finals? Should be a tough opponent regardless, but there are some favorable match-ups By pwmccorm Mar 15, 2018, 11:48pm GMT Share All sharing options for: Who will Manchester City draw in the Champions League quarter-finals? Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images Manchester City are into the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the second time in their history. The Blues have had quite the comfortable ride in the Champions League so far, dropping just three points in the group stage having already guaranteed qualification and first place in their group. City’s luck didn’t stop there. They got the easiest draw in the Round of 16 in FC Basel, and after a 4-0 win away from home in the first leg the Blues managed to rest their main players in the second leg, and the 2-1 loss wasn’t a problem at all. Now that City are in the Last Eight, let’s take a look at what they are up against, who they are facing, and what to look for on Friday’s draw. When: The draw for the quarterfinals will be made on Friday at 11am GMT (UK), 12pm WAT (Nigeria), 7am EST, 4am PST (USA). Restrictions: There are no restrictions at this stage, meaning that teams from the same country and/or group can face each other. Who is left?: Manchester City, Liverpool, Sevilla, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus and AS Roma. Teams to avoid: Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Barcelona are probably the favorites to win it all at this point and Bayern are not too far behind them. Both are world class teams with a ton of experience in this tournament. City can beat these teams, but they can easily beat City too. If we get drawn against one of them, it will be 50/50 chances on advancing at best. Favorable draws: Roma and Sevilla. Because of some surprising results in the Round of 16, this stage still gives us a few good options to draw. With United bombing out, whoever gets Sevilla will undoubtedly be licking their chops. Despite impressive win against Untied, Sevilla are having just an okay season in La Liga, and they actually have a negative goal differential. Sevilla are unlikely to finish in the Top 4 in their league this year, which will see miss out on the Champions League next year. Given the strength of opponents left, if a team like City drew Sevilla, you would love your chances of going through to the semi-finals. Roma are a good side with some talented players, and a very familiar Edin Dzeko has been carrying them, but they’re also a pretty good opponent instead of, say, Barça and Bayern. Wild Card teams: Real Madrid and Liverpool. Madrid are a team you don’t ever want to face in the final stages of this tournament. The back-to-back winners are still a world class team with so much experience. They’ve had an underwhelming season so far, but they will fear no one in this tournament and can easily beat any team over two legs. Liverpol have shown time and time again that they are a very talented attacking team that just cannot defend in big matches, but they’re still very dangerous. Remember the 4-3 at Anfield? Yup. Patrick’s Predictions: Man City vs Liverpool. City will draw the only English team left in what will be a mouth watering fixture of two Premier League juggernauts. There will be so many goals in this tie that fans of every team will want to watch. Here are my predictions for the four quarter-final match-ups: Man City vs Liverpool Barcelona vs Sevilla Real Madrid vs Juventus Bayern Munich vs Roma What do you think, Blues? What’s your prediction? Leave your comments below. Manchester City Clean Up PL Monthly Awards A nice sweep for City.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line245
__label__wiki	0.589977	0.589977	Customs and Trade News Smuggling Hundreds of thousands of counterfeit perfumes, cosmetics and toys seized by border guards in 11 months in 2021 7th January 2022 4th January 2022 Tony Kingham counterfeit goods, smuggling In the first 11 months of 2021, the Romanian Border Police, together with other competent authorities, carried out actions to detect those who are concerned about trafficking in counterfeit products, acting mainly at border crossing points, but also in the border area, finding facts of infringement of the intellectual property rights regime, mainly upon entering Romania . As a result of these actions, the border police detected 307 criminal acts . During the period under review, counterfeit goods bearing the protected international trade marks were confiscated – independently or in collaboration with customs workers, as follows: 103,391 pieces of clothing and underwear; 19,853 pairs of shoes; 122,850 pieces of cosmetics and perfumery; 2,844 pieces of leather goods; 404,000 pieces of writing instruments; 24,000 pieces of electronic cigarettes; 10,313 pieces of telephone accessories; 283,321 pieces of toys. Also, during the reference period, hundreds of thousands of various other items that could be counterfeited, consisting of tools, implements or household products, etc., were seized in order to be confiscated. In the same period in 2020, more than 32,000 cosmetics and perfumery products and 14,000 pieces of toys were discovered, and in 2021 there were considerable increases in the confiscation of these products, compared to the same period last year. In all cases, the goods were confiscated and sent for examination to the trademark owner. From the case recorded in the last year, it was found that the citizens involved in these illegal activities came mainly from Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova. From the analysis of the criminal phenomenon, it results that the routes used for the introduction of counterfeit goods in Romania are: China-Romania – at sea, Turkey-Romania. The border policemen found that most of the cases were detected at the Romanian-Bulgarian border, in the area of competence of ITPF Giurgiu, being products brought from Turkey, for Romania or Western European countries. Also, a significant amount of products likely to infringe the intellectual property rights of some well-known brands was discovered in the seaports of Constanţa County, the imports being made through Romanian companies, which bring consumer goods from China in the system. containerized. From the recorded cases, it was also found that the most frequently counterfeit products are those with high added value and a high sales rate (cosmetics, toys, car spare parts, glass products, ceramics, textiles, sports shoes, watches, software, mobile phones). Please note that counterfeit goods cannot be valued (they are worthless goods), they will be destroyed after detention, in accordance with the legal provisions. In the case of persons found by border guards attempting to smuggle or smuggle counterfeit products into the country, investigations shall be carried out into the offense of “unlawfully putting into circulation a product bearing a trademark identical or similar to the registered trademark.” for identical or similar products ”deed provided and punished by art. 90, para.1, lit. b of Law 84/1998, with subsequent amendments and completions. In view of the damage caused to the state budget, the Romanian Border Police will continue to undertake, together with the other competent institutions, firm measures in all areas of competence, in order to detect and sanction persons involved in trafficking in counterfeit goods, as well as detention, for confiscation of trafficked goods. Of the significant cases recorded since the beginning of the year to date, we recall the following: Fake perfumes, worth 2 million euros, discovered in a Turkish truck, in Călărași. They were hidden among the building materials On 20.07.2021, on the basis of the joint action plan to prevent and combat tax evasion and customs fraud, border guards together with customs officers carried out a search of a road complex, run by a 39-year-old Turkish citizen. years. According to the accompanying documents, the driver was transporting construction materials from Turkey, for a company from Romania. As there were suspicions about the transported goods, the border guards together with the customs officers carried out a thorough control. Thus, the joint control team discovered, hidden among the construction materials, several boxes containing 33,200 perfumery items, bearing the insignia of well-known brands, being likely to be counterfeit. The goods, amounting to approximately EUR 2 000,000 if they had been marketed as branded products, were seized for further investigation, and in that case investigations were carried out under the guise of committing the offense of ‘putting into circulation a product bearing a trademark identical or similar to a trademark for identical or similar products ”, at the end of which the required legal measures will be taken. Insecticide bottles, worth over 200,000 lei, likely to be counterfeit, confiscated at PTF Călăraşi On 15.07.2021, around 13.00, the border guards from the Călăraşi Border Crossing Point carried out, on the way to enter the country, the specific control over a road complex, driven by a Turkish citizen, aged 68 years old. According to the documents, he was transporting energy drink and insecticide from Turkey to a company in Romania. Having suspicions regarding the transported goods, the border policemen requested the support of the customs workers from the Calarasi Customs Office for the opening of the means of transport. Thus, following the thorough checks performed, the control authorities found that the insecticide bottles are marked with the name of a known company, which may be counterfeit. Carrying out their inventory together with representatives of the General Directorate of Customs, resulted in the total amount of 16,800 bottles of insecticide, which could infringe the intellectual property right. The goods, worth approximately 201,600 lei if they had been sold as branded products, were made unavailable by the border guards at the STPF Călăraşi headquarters. Investigations were carried out against the person in question under the aspect of committing the crime of “putting into circulation some products bearing an identical or similar trademark with a registered trademark for identical or similar products”, following that at the end of the verifications the legal measures will be ordered. which are required. Carpets and bath sets worth over 585,000 lei, likely to be counterfeit, confiscated at PTF Giurgiu On 20.01.2021, around 10.00, being in the exercise of their duties, the Giurgiu border police officers carried out the specific control, on the way to enter the country, on a minibus driven by a Bulgarian citizen. During the thorough checks carried out, the border guards discovered, in the cargo compartment, hidden by the cover method, a number of 1,171 carpets and bath sets, inscribed with the names and insignia of well-known brands, which could be counterfeited. During the investigation, it was established that the goods belonged to the driver of the minibus, a 50-year-old Bulgarian citizen, who stated that he intended to transport them to Poland for sale. The goods, whose value, if they had been sold as branded products, amount to the total amount of approximately 585,500 lei, were seized in order to continue the research. In the case, the border police officers carried out investigations under the aspect of committing the crime of “putting into circulation without right a product bearing a trademark identical or similar to the trademark for identical or similar products” deed provided and punished by art. 102, para.1, lit. b of Law 84/1998, with subsequent amendments and completions, at the end of which the required legal measures will be ordered. Thousands of brake discs likely to be counterfeit, found in the Port of Constanța On 16.12.2021, a joint team of border guards from the Coast Guard and customs inspectors from the Constanta South Agigea Border Customs Office carried out a physical check on a container arriving from China, loaded with car parts, which had as a recipient of a company from Mureș County. Following detailed checks, it was found that there were several boxes inside containing 3,022 brake discs, which are likely to infringe the intellectual property rights of well-known brands. The goods, with a value of approximately one million lei if they had been sold as branded products, were seized in order to examine and continue the research. At the same time, the border guards carried out investigations for the release of a product bearing an identical or similar trademark with a trademark for identical or similar products and which harms the trademark owner, and legal action will be taken upon completion. ← The Spanish Civil Guard intervenes in Pinto (Madrid) more than 145,000 counterfeit or dangerous toys for the health and safety of children GAO Study Identifies Strategies Used by Criminal Groups and Terrorists and Federal Efforts to Combat Them → TSA announces new members of the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee 30th November 2021 29th November 2021 Tony Kingham Enhancing biosecurity in Guinea 31st December 2020 28th December 2020 Tony Kingham US Border Patrol seizes nearly $2.5M Worth of Drugs in the Rio Grande Valle 21st October 2020 20th October 2020 Tony Kingham	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line250
__label__cc	0.613172	0.386828	Corvette C4 Performance Parts The C4 Corvette was known for its evolved, sleek and modern look. In a departure from the fiberglass builds of its forebearers, it was made from reaction injected molding plastics, a sheet molding compound. The C4 coupe was the first general production Corvette to have a glass hatchback (the limited edition 1982 Collector Edition being the first Corvette equipped with this feature) for better storage access. It also had all new brakes with aluminum calipers. The Corvette C4 came standard with an electronic dashboard with a digital liquid crystal display dash, with graphics for speed and RPM and digital displays for other important engine functions. The C4 represented a clean break with the previous generation of Corvette. Since emissions regulations were still changing and electronic engine management was in its infancy, horsepower was, compared to earlier generations, comparatively low. Therefore the primary design emphasis, at least for the launch, was on handling. The price of this no-holds-barred emphasis on handling was ride comfort, especially with the Z51 performance handling package. The unit-body frame used in the C4 was prone to rattles and squeaks due to minimal sound deadening. Also due to the external unit-body frame, the door sills were quite deep, with and entry and exit likened by contemporary auto journals to a “fall in and climb out” experience. The emergency brake, located between the door sill and the drivers seat, was moved lower and toward the rear of the car in 1988 for easier entry and exit. From 1984 through 1988, the Corvette was available with a Doug Nash “4+3” transmission – a 4-speed manual coupled to an automatic overdrive on the top three gears. This unusual transmission was a synergy that allowed Corvette to keep a stout 4 speed, but add an overdrive. As technology progressed, it was replaced by a modern ZF 6-speed manual. However, the C4 performance was hampered by its L98 250 hp (186 kW) engine until 1992, when the second-generation LT1 was installed, markedly improving the C4s performance. 1996 was a high point of small block Chevrolet development and the 330 hp (246 kW) LT4 was installed in all manual transmission cars. The 1986 Corvette was notable for being the first car with an electronic anti-theft system. GM had created the Pass Key I, wherein each key contained a special pellet that could be detected and identified by the car’s computer system by detecting electrical resistance. Being early in the rollout of this new technology, there were only 15 different resistance values available, which, once thieves discovered this weakness, markedly reduced the value of this early system. Chevrolet Camaro 5th Generation Performance Parts	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line253
__label__cc	0.571128	0.428872	The State of State Education February 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments In August 2009, Earlham High School in Norwich shut its doors. At the start of September 2009, those doors reopened, but this time onto the City Academy Norwich, the replacement for the former high school. Months prior to the transition, members of the community were sent the proposal for a new academy and the expedited process that would take place before the transition’s completion. They were told that Earlham High School was considered for the transition because of low test scores and poor reports from Ofsted, the national organization responsible for investigating the performance of England’s schools. Over the last six months, the City Academy Norwich seems to have functioned just as every other school academy in the country. It remains sponsored and assisted by several organizations in Norwich, including the University of East Anglia. The transition may be too soon to yield any tangible improvements, but the overhaul plans to reinvigorate what was a struggling institution. This type of transition has occurred in many other parts of England. When did this process start? What is its impact? Is this the right way to achieve success in state schools? The debate on privatization in schools encompasses many nuances and uses several definitions. Moreover, it is the subject of my research for this project. The history of privatization in England’s state schools traces back to the 1850s when a state system of education first began to emerge. Fast-forwarding to the end of the Second World War in 1945 (yes, it is quite a leap, but a necessary one, unless this post becomes another research paper) the roots of the current education system became much clearer under the Labour government under Prime Minister Clement Atlee. It was during post-war reconstruction that the state began to provide free secondary education. Also, the different tracks on which students could learn were solidified, including grammar schools (for white-collar professions) and modern schools (for more manual, vocational professions). Selective education (run by a “survival of the fittest” mentality) became prevalent in England and defended by many. It raised issues of equality, but the rise of selective education encouraged privately-funded schools. By the 1970s, schools not receiving public funding and under private control began to increase in number. This occurred amidst attempts by the government to implement more democratic measures into the state education. Its efforts could not stop the already falling educational standards from further decline. The 1980s saw an increased use of big businesses to run state education in what resembled a relatively free market economy. Enterprise, self-reliance, and competition remained key components of educational legislation under the Tories and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Since the 1980s, state education has shifted again, but it remains pointed in the general direction of privatization. Schools are encouraged to collaborate with one another, and private organization (often non-profit) are called upon to improve the efficiency and success of schools. While many of these organizations align themselves with struggling schools like Earlham High School, this process seems to be popular across the country, especially within the last decade under the New Labour government. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ My project combines research and investigation into what I have seen as a very contentious and complicated issue in state education. I will research the history of privatization in England’s state education from the 1970s onwards, with a particular focus on how it has effected Norwich and Norfolk. I then plan to answer several questions surrounding the debate on the issue: The benefits of private organizations in state education include improved efficiency, but at what costs? To what extent do politics guide the prevalence of privatization? I have read much about the presence of privatization, but to what extent are private companies really involved in state education? On a smaller scale, how does privatization, when it does affect schools (like Earlham High School), affect teachers? Administrators? Students? By conducting interviews with members of the UEA community, teachers and administrators from state and privatized schools (or academies) in Norwich, and the Norwich City Council/Norfolk County Council, I will try to gauge how different people view this aspect of England’s state education. Striking balance will remain my overarching goal. My posts hereafter will deal primarily with the interviews I conduct with various individuals over the next several weeks. The first with Dr. Sandra Leaton Gray will appear in the next post. Tags: Brandon	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line255
__label__cc	0.647891	0.352109	Archive - March 2013 The most amazing staircase in Germany A Night Less Ordinary: The Cake Hotel in London 6 second postcards It’s Official: Istanbul is the Best European Destination 2013 Purple 10: UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in Greece Happy in Hampi: an insider guide to Goa Off the beaten track: an infographic Off the beaten track: Funnel Wall, a music playing building A night less ordinary: Sleep in a Silver Mine In pictures: Amazing Places to Eat Off the beaten track, Slider, Weird and Wonderful Tagged with weird and wonderful It turns out the most amazing staircase in Germany, is one that doesn’t actually lead anywhere. This mind-bending spiral staircase in Munich by artist Olafur Ellison is well worth a visit. Via @ bitrebels A Night Less Ordinary, Cheap hotels, Foodie Corner, Slider Tagged with a night less ordinary, cheap hotels We go around the world to find the most beautiful, weird and wonderful hotels. From Underwater Lodges to converted Airplane Suites, expect the unexpected. This week a hotel made entirely of cake. If you can make it through this post without drooling, you’re better than us. Ladies and gentlemen, let us present to you the Cake Hotel in London… and get ready to drool just a bit. What’s the gimmick? For most of us, eating out and treating ourselves is part of the fun of holidays. You might check out the hand made pasta in Rome, the cheese in Paris or the Mediterranean cuisine in Greece. However, this is something a little different. A hotel for one night only made entirely of cake. The Cake Hotel in Soho is filled with bright pops of coloured cakes, frothy confections and macaroons as far as the eye can see. Why stay? The Hotel has eight tasting rooms with different themes including Pirates of the Caribbean, Mardi Gras and more. The brainchild of a sugar cane manufacturer, it certainly set our tastebuds tingling just at the thought of it. The best part is, each lucky guest can eat everything, carpets, decorations, lights and windows. The bedside tables house edible books and the bathtubs are filled with caramel popcorn. All images via @ designtaxi.com The WOW Factor? Did we mention everything is edible? The walls are made with 2,000 macaroons, the rugs are made of 1,081 meringues, there are edible pearls in treasure chests and a two-metre-high Easter Island chocolate statue. 14 bakers slaved for 2,000 hours using 600 of sugar to make this hotel taste as delicious as it looks. However, sadly this special hotel was open for one night only, but we can always dream. Tagged with postcards, Social Media, Travel News, vine The latest social media kid on the block has offered up a brand new kind of postcard. Thanks to Tnooz for first highlighting how Vine allows users to post six second snippets of anything and everything, with just one rule, it can’t be edited. Six seconds seems tiny doesn’t it? well, there’s actually a lot you can tell in that time, and travellers are jumping in on the action with amazing postcards from all over the world. Here are some of our favourites so far in Vietnam, New York and Italy, tell us yours in the comments below! Boat trip from Hoi An, Vietnam #6secondpostcard vine.co/v/bjzpxB91l6h — Paige Conner Totaro (@PaigeAOtM) March 26, 2013 New York dawn. #6secondpostcard #timelapse vine.co/v/bpOO0FHdxpQ — Foodie International (@foodieintl) March 18, 2013 Campo di Fiori. Friday evening #rome #6secondpostcard vine.co/v/bDbWdu7vTiB — Gillian McGuire (@gmcguireinrome) March 22, 2013 Destination Guides, Get Inspired, Slider, Travel News Tagged with City Breaks, Istanbul, Turkey The results are in! If you’re looking for a European City Break, then why not go to the official, Best European Destination 2013: Istanbul. The fabulous city has taken spot in a public vote, with just 439 votes ahead of its nearest rival, the Portuguese capital Lisbon. The famous city is right on the dividing line between two continents and has an amazing mix of culture, cuisine and good times. Filled with clubs and restaurants, there are live gigs, cafes and street art to impress younger people, and a variety of museums and galleries culture vultures will love, it truly is a city that offers something for everyone. 2013 is set to be a landmark year for the city too, with the Istanbul Biennial, pop concerts, special exhibitions and Orhan Pamuk’s recently opened museum of Innocence. It’s also the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic by Ataturk, with huge celebrations on the cards. With so much happening and a bit of a reputation as a city that doesn’t sleep, it’s not surprising Istanbul took the top spot with 12.4% of the vote. Here are some of the nice comments people shared about Istanbul: Hatice aus Berlin: Istanbul is the best city of the world and sooo nice i love turkey <3 Otfire: I S T A N B U L – the ONE and ONLY! :)) Mark: If new york was in europe, guess we call it istanbul. Nikos: Vote for Istanbul, it is the best city in the world! Mikey: İstanbul is the most beautiful city of the WORLD 😉 Busra: I think Istanbul is the nicest city of Europe because there are many things with History which are very important and there is a big nice blue sea which creature a good atmosphere at nigt but normal days too. You can see different cultures and many other persons of the world. There are many modern buildings too which is interesting too. Everybody have to visit Istanbul it is only perfect !!! Adam: Istanbul is an unique city and not only in the europe but also in the world. It is the oldest city of the old world. Other cities in the list are new and more or less same cities compare to istanbul. Susan Gurz: After travelling most of the world, ISTANBUL is my favorite That list in full is: Vienna, Austria, All images via @ Best European Destination 2013. Get Inspired, Greece, Purple 10 Tagged with art and culture, Athens, Corfu, delos, epidauros, History holidays 1.Pythagoreion and Heraion (Πυθαγόρειο και Ηραίο Σάμου) Samos Island The remains of the ancient fortified port Pythagoreio, as well as the Heraion, temple of the Samian Hera, have been listed among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1992. 2. Metéora (Μετέωρα) – Metéora, literally means “in the heavens above,” and you’ll realise why the moment you arrive. It consists of six Greek Orthodox monasteries built on huge natural sandstone rock pillars in central Greece. Metéora was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988. 3. Corfu Old Town (Παλιά Πόλη της Κέρκυρας) – The Old Town of Corfu Island features two forts designed by renowned Venetian engineers and is filled with neoclassical, as well as Venetian influenced buildings. It is considered to be home to some of the best and most authentic remaining ruins in the world. The Old Town of Corfu has been included among the UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2007. image by Tsouratzis Giannis 4. The Acropolis of Athens (Ακρόπολη Αθηνών) – Quite possibly the most famous of the lot, the Acropolis is a huge collection of architecturally perfect buildings, natural landscapes, the historic and dramatic Parthenon and was the scene of some of ancient Greece’s most important moments. You shouldn’t leave Athens before you see one of the most important expressions of Greek architecture, listed among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites since 1987. 5. Olympia (Ολυμπία) – The ancient sanctuary of Olympia is famous for giving the name to the Olympic Games and as a sanctuary of the gods, Zeus in particular. In the Peloponnesos region, it was listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1989. 6. Mycenae (Οι Μυκήνες) – Thanks to the famous Lion’s Gate and Treasury of Atreus, the archaeological site of Mycenae has been listed as a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site since 1999. Found in the Peloponnesos region, it’s an important site dating back to the 15th and 13th century BC. 7. Delos (Δήλος) – Greek mythology tells us Delos was the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis; so, the sacred island was one of the most important pan-Hellenic sanctuaries. Listed among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1990. 8. Ancient Theater of Epidaurus (Αρχαίο Θέατρο Επιδαύρου) – The excellent acoustics and almost perfect condition gave the ancient theater of Epidaurus a place among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1988. It’s a highlight to visit and enjoy a performance with the crowds in summer. 9. Delphi (Δελφοί) – In 1987, the sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, and was once called the ‘naval of the world’, was included among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. 10. Rhodes Μedieval Town (Μεσαιωνική πόλη της Ρόδου) – The Medieval Town of Rhodes, also known as the Town of Knights, was once a great stronghold where knights fell and bitter battles fought. It is an outstanding example of an architectural heritage illustrating the island’s history. Rhodes Town was listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1988. Get the best deal for cheap holidays on your favourite historic holiday of discovery right now from Purple Travel. Call today on 0207 993 9228 for more. Tagged with Destination guides, Goa, hampi, India, Insider guide, Off the beaten track Thanks to the lovely writer Rosalie Cruz, who spent the past few months in Goa, experiencing all that life had to offer there. You can find her online on Facebook. The experience of arriving in Hampi in Karnataka State next to Goa, after a ten hour, slightly bumpy bus ride in the dead of night is one that you will likely never forget. I know I won’t. The bus journey itself was unremarkable. The group I was travelling with chose to go by sleeper bus for the convenience since taking a train would mean a costly taxi ride to the bus station and another rickshaw trip from the town of Hospet to Hampi since the latter does not have a train station. The bus would take us straight into Hampi. After ten hours, we had arrived and I was excited to see the Hampi my fellow travellers raved about. A Firm No I was the first one of our group to exit the bus. I wish I had been the last. Having that many men shout and pull at you in different directions trying to get you to hop on their rickshaw for a tour of the city or down to the river is an intimidating experience for even hardened travellers. I learnt that day that a firm “no” will go a long way in India. At the time, I was so overwhelmed I nearly missed the stunning scenery around me. Nearly. The first thing you see as you step out of the bus and manage to get past the group of drivers is the police station. There’s nothing special about a police station or so you might think, but this one is housed in what appears to be very old ruins of a building that was once part of the city of Vijayanagara. The city was once the capital of an empire with the same name. Up, close and personal with Hampi Behind the police station, a range of tall hills constituted solely by massive boulders made a stunning visual. Hampi is nestled between the complex of ruins of what was once one of the greatest cities in the subcontinent (it’s said that in the 1500’s, more than 500 000 people lived there) and the ruin complex is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you’re looking for a landscape photographer’s dream destination, you’ll find it here. After checking in and getting some breakfast (arrival was at about 7am), we rented some mopeds to explore all that there is to see in Hampi Island (also known as “across the river”). It was easy to see that there was no shortage of things to do on this side of the river.We had been told that the best place to stay in Hampi is across the river since there is very little happening in the town at night-time and the tiny boat that ferries people between the riversides stops at 6pm. So we made a booking for a guesthouse on the other side of the river. We made our way down to hop on the ferry only to realise that the distance from the bus stop to the river does not warrant a rickshaw ride at all. Since it was my first time on a rickshaw, I didn’t begrudge the driver the fifty rupees I paid him. On the way there, I caught a glimpse of the imposing Virupaksha Temple, a Hindu temple built in honour of Virupaksha, one of the many forms of Shiva. It became one of the ‘must-sees’ of this trip. I particularly enjoyed the Anjaneya/Hanuman Temple. Although the 600 step climb up the hill to reach the monkey god’s temple (which I attempted in the blistering Hampi sun) is a somewhat less attractive prospect, the views of the valley as you make your way up will take your mind off the heat. The sunset here is also renowned to be worth the sacrifice. Surrounded by the wondrous beauty of the scenery and the mischief of a bunch of playful monkeys, it’ll be a memory to treasure. Despite all the wonderful things we saw on the island, Hampi town and the ruins of the Vijayanagar city is where the culture and architecture fan in you will truly feel like you’ve arrived. The many ruins of the city are spread across a 25 km radius and are best seen by renting a bike or motorcycle. Walking is also possible but with the hot a dry climate and distances of 5km dividing some of the structures, not to mention the climb required to see some of the buildings, I found the motorbike option to be the best one. A close second favourite is Sanapur Lake, a large body of water surrounded by beautiful rock formations of piled up boulders. At some point, the crowd that is drawn to the area will congregate here for diving off the boulders into the cooling waters of the lake (rumour is that there are crocodiles but I couldn’t see any and they haven’t scared off the tourists) and chill out with other travellers with the same idea. The sunset here is the most magical I have ever seen. On that side of the river, you’ll also find a small waterfall, a handful of temples spread across the countryside and the Pampa Sarovar, a Hindu sacred pond filled with lotus leaves. In Hampi town and around the ruins of Vijayanagara, there are quite a few ‘must-stops.’ Hampi bazaar is the heart of the town and is dominated by the Virupaksha Temple (also known as the Pampapathi temple). With its 160-foot (49m) high tower entrance, statues of Shiva and shrines with of the erotica statues, this is place where you could easily spend half a day. The bazaar is a great place to shop for textiles, jewellery and fill up on delicious street food. Perhaps one of the most impressive monuments of Hampi, Vithala Temple is bound to remain on its visitor’s minds. It is a thoroughly sculpted building with, ornate pillars and breathtaking carvings. The structure is also renowned for its musical pillars. The group of 56 pillars carved in stone produce an echo of a note when tapped. The back lawn of the temple displays an impressive stone carved chariot with rotating wheels. Capital of a rich empire No doubt Hampi is known for its many beautiful temples but it’s impossible to forget that this was once the capital of a rich empire. Kings and Queens lived lavish lifestyles here and as a memento of those times, there are still a handful of buildings that remain, telling stories of greatness. To call out a few: The Elephant stables (a majestic structure with 11 domed chambers for the royal elephants), the Queen’s bath, swimming pool to the royal family (part of the Royal Enclosure, the rectangular building with a veranda inside wrapped around a square tank 6 feet deep) and the Zenana Enclosure (four buildings – the queen’s palace, two watchtowers through which the ladies of the court kept an eye on the outside world and the Lotus palace, a two storied palace that resembles a lotus flower and served as the meeting place for the royal females). I left Hampi four days after arriving, feeling that I had not seen or explored half the secrets and treasures of this magical place. The city is beckoning me to return and I think that you Purple Travellers out there should add Hampi to your travel wishlist. Read more about Rosalie’s Insider Guide to Goa here. All images via @ Rosalie Cruz Get Inspired, Infographics, Slider Tagged with infographics, Off the beaten track Our latest infographic shows the best in off the beaten track travel and why sometimes going off map is for the best. Get Inspired, Off the beaten track Tagged with Dresden, Funnel Wall, Germany image by attila acs Located in Dresden, Germany and more specifically in the area of Neustadt Kunsthofpassage, also known as the student neighbourhood, this building is unique in the world! The Funnel Wall is an architectural creation by three artists, Christoph Roßner, Annette Paul and Andre Tempel, who converted the exterior wall of the building into a band playing slow or fast track according to the weather. To be precise, the entire surface is covered with funnels and gutters in the shape of musical instruments and when the rain begins to fall, this colourful drain system “captures” the water and turns the wall into a melodic music band envied by every conductor! image by Lichtdesigner image by UglyGuckling image by Rainer Fritz Find out more about amazing places around the world, in our Off the Beaten Track series. Get Inspired, Weird and Wonderful Tagged with a night less ordinary, Sala, Sala Silvermine, sweden We go around the world to find the most beautiful, weird and wonderful hotels. From caves to igloo styled hotels, expect the unexpected. This week, Sala Silvermine Underground suite in Sala Västmanland, Sweden. What’s the gimmick? If you fancy spending a night with your other half, 500ft underground in a room dug out of a cave, then this room in a silvermine is just the ticket. This little bit of luxury is so hidden away, you can only access it via a mineshaft lift. Travel all the way to the small town of Sala Västmanland in Sweden, and spend a night in the world’s deepest bedroom. The Silvermine of Sala is one of the world’s best preserved mine settings and your stay here begins with a guided tour. Although there are plenty of luxurious touches, it’s 14 storeys down, so if you need a phone, beware! However it is the perfect balm to the stresses of life, not too many people can reach you down there, unless you choose to; through a personal intercom system. Before leaving for the night, your guide will leave a basket of goodies for you and then you are all alone to feel the peace and quiet of your new world. You’ll see the guide again in the morning when breakfast arrives. There is a toilet near your “room” however the showers are topside. Why stay? You can sleep 155 metres underground, where you will see dark winding galleries, vast caverns and magical lakes. It doesn’t matter if you’re familiar with mining or not, the underground setting will amaze you. Oh, and you’re not alone with the idea, weekends are usually booked up all year round. The WOW Factor? The experienced guides tell you of a fantastic chapter in industrial history. During its heyday, production amounted to more than 3 tons of silver a year, and a total of more than 400 tons of silver and about 40,000 tons of lead were extracted – completely by hand! Most of the silver was used in manufacturing coins, but artefacts were also made. A stay at this one of a kind single suite amounts to 3750 sek or about £287 per night. See more unusual hotels in a night less ordinary. Images via @ Salas Silver Gruva Amazing Days Out, Foodie Corner, Get Inspired Tagged with amazing views, City Breaks, Foodie corner, Greece, Maldives, Paris, restaurants Looking to really impress someone or maybe you’re in the middle of organising your honeymoon? Why not check out these amazing places to eat for a truly memorable holiday experience. Don’t forget to let us know which is your favourite! Crater Floor Lunch, Ngorogoro, Tanzania Image via @ andBeyond.com Sunset View, Hydra, Greece Image via @ Sunset Restaurant Skyline Bar, New Zealand image via @ Skyline Bar This Dining Pod, at Soneva Kiri in Thailand Image via @ Soneva Kiri Lunch in the Eiffel Tower at the Jules Verne Restaurant Ithaa undersea Restaurant at the Conrad Hilton, Maldives Image via @ Conrad Hilton	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line265
__label__wiki	0.585489	0.585489	BuzzFeeds > Blog > USA > AMLO says he trusts DEA agents in Mexico AMLO says he trusts DEA agents in Mexico The Mexican Tomás Mojarro “El Valedor”, host of Radio UNAM, died at the age of 89. AMLO trusts that DEA agents in Mexico will respect the country’s sovereignty. The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, assured that he trusts the agents of the Drug Control Administration (DEA) of the United States who are in the country and said that they respect Mexican sovereignty. “If you ask me if we trust, I would say yes, that illegal acts are not going to be committed, illicit that affect our sovereignty ”, specified the president during his morning press conference. López Obrador responded to this after the newspaper Milenio published a note on Tuesday denouncing the alleged failure of the DEA’s actions to prevent Mexican drug trafficking from continuing to recruit Mexican agents. “We have no information that they are doing activities without informing the Government of Mexico“, He asserted. He said that the laws in Mexico changed to regulate the presence of foreign agents in the country. “There it is clear how many can be, they are not allowed to be with weapons, there is a number, they have to notify about their activities,” he commented. And he recalled that with the previous regulatory framework these conditions were not respected, so now the relationship between the United States and Mexico is based on responsibility and mutual respect. He assured that for this reason now the DEA agents “could not do something behind our backs.” It also indicated that the United States Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, has been a great conduit to strengthen ties with the country neighbor and highlighted his Mexican origin. In 2020, the Chamber of Deputies approved the reform of the National Security Law that removed the immunity of foreign agents in the country. The initiative forces agents from other countries to share their information with Mexican authorities, prohibits them from arresting people, requires an authorization to carry weapons, establishes that they do not have judicial immunity and threatens expulsion from the agencies if they break the law. . Eight-month-old mom miscarried outside a hospital where treatment was denied Dead or in jail: the final fate of the cartel brides terrorizing the Mexican capital	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line269
__label__wiki	0.91792	0.91792	On this day in 2012: Ashley Giles announced as England white-ball head coach PA Sport Staff November 28, 2021, 1:00 a.m. ·1 min read Ashley Giles was named as England’s new limited-overs head coach on this day in 2012. Team director Andy Flower had been looking to reduce his role within the national set-up and Ashes winner Giles was appointed to take over the Twenty20 and one-day sides after leading Warwickshire to the County Championship. Giles said at the time: “I am delighted to have been appointed England ODI and T20 head coach and to be given an opportunity to coach at international level. Ashley Giles won the Ashes in 2005. (Tom Shaw/PA) “I have worked closely with Andy in recent years as a selector and am looking forward to continuing to work together and to build on the progress that has been made with the ODI and T20 sides in recent years.” His spell only lasted 18 months and was not the success he would have hoped for. England reached the 2013 Champions Trophy final but he left after the disappointing 2013-14 winter. A 45-run defeat to Holland during an awful World Twenty20 campaign in 2014 was his last match in charge. After a spell as Lancashire’s cricket director and head coach and returning to Warwickshire as sport director Giles, was named managing director of England men’s cricket in December 2018 and oversaw their first World Cup victory in 2019. 2 Red-Hot Passive-Income Stocks to Buy Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) is one of many boring but beautiful value stocks that could help you do better than the TSX this year. The post 2 Red-Hot Passive-Income Stocks to Buy appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada. 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London Stock Exchange proposes special listings for private companies - WSJ The move is part of a plan to attract fast growing technology firms to list in Britain in the wake of Brexit, the Journal said. Private company shares would trade publicly between one and five days in each trading window, once a month or quarter, or every six months, the report added, citing proposals seen by the Journal from the LSE to its regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority, and the U.K. Treasury. The companies would not be subject to the same degree of regulatory oversight as a fully listed company, requirements that startup company founders say are deterrents to listing shares, the Journal said. Want High Monthly Investment Income? Buy These Canadian ETFs Preferred shares, corporate bonds, and income trusts can be excellent alternatives to dividend stocks. The post Want High Monthly Investment Income? Buy These Canadian ETFs appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada. 2 High-Yield Dividend ETFs to Buy Today It is possible for you to secure high passive income by investing in the right ETFs in the stock market. The post 2 High-Yield Dividend ETFs to Buy Today appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada. BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said late Saturday that dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies have been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware, a disclosure suggesting an attention-grabbing defacement attack on official websites was a diversion. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear. The attack comes as the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine looms and diplomatic talks to resolve the tense stand-off appear stalled. Micros The U.S. Treasury took key steps over the past year to address longstanding economic injustices facing Americans of color, but still has "much more work" ahead to narrow the racial wealth divide, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday. Yellen told a meeting hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network rights group that Treasury was working to right economic wrongs called out by slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr in his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A World Health Organization official warned last week of a “closing window of opportunity” for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed as the omicron variant produces near-vertical growth in coronavirus infections. In France, Britain and Spain, nations with comparatively strong national health programs, that window may already be closed. The director of an intensive care unit at a hospital in Strasbourg is turning patients away. 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__label__wiki	0.818947	0.818947	Taj Mahal – Strut Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award-winning blues musician. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works. A self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo and harmonica (among many other instruments), Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his almost 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific. Mahal leads with his thumb and middle finger when fingerpicking, rather than with his index finger as the majority of guitar players do. “I play with a flatpick,” he says, “when I do a lot of blues leads.” Early in his musical career Mahal studied the various styles of his favorite blues singers, including musicians like Jimmy Reed, Son House, Sleepy John Estes, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin’ Wolf, Mississippi John Hurt, and Sonny Terry. He describes his hanging out at clubs like Club 47 in Massachusetts and Ash Grove in Los Angeles as “basic building blocks in the development of his music.” Considered to be a scholar of blues music, his studies of ethnomusicology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst would come to introduce him further to the folk music of the Caribbean and West Africa. Over time he incorporated more and more African roots music into his musical palette, embracing elements of reggae, calypso, jazz, zydeco, rhythm and blues, gospel music, and the country blues—each of which having “served as the foundation of his unique sound.” According to The Rough Guide to Rock, “It has been said that Taj Mahal was one of the first major artists, if not the very first one, to pursue the possibilities of world music.	cc/2022-05/en_head_0005.json.gz/line274

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