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ClamXav developer starts charging for his Mac OS X antivirus software
The lone developer of ClamXav, the longstanding free antivirus software for computers running Mac OS X, announced yesterday that from here on out he’ll be charging money for the latest version of the tool, under a new company. ClamXav has built up a cult following through the years, at least partly because it’s free. The […]...
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Posts Tagged ‘Command and Control by Schlosser’
TFF PressInfo # 375 Close calls: We were closer to nuclear destruction than we knew (2)
May 26th, 2016 | Author: Jan
By Gunnar Westberg
The proposition that nuclear weapons can be retained in perpetuity and never used – accidentally or by decision – defies credibility”.
Other serious close calls
In November 1979, a recorded scenario describing a Russian nuclear attack had been entered into the US warning system NORAD. The scenario was perceived as a real full-scale Soviet attack. Nuclear missiles and bombers were readied. After six minutes the mistake became obvious. After this incident new security routines were introduced.
Despite these changed routines, less that one year later the mistake was repeated – this time more persistent and dangerous. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the US national security adviser, was called at three o’clock in the morning by a general on duty. He was informed that 220 Soviet missiles were on their way towards the USA. A moment later a new call came, saying that 2,200 missiles had been launched.
Brzezinski was about to call President Jimmy Carter when the general called for a third time reporting that the alarm had been cancelled.
The mistake was caused by a malfunctioning computer chip. Several similar false alarms have been reported, although they did not reach the national command.
We have no reports from the Soviet Union similar to these computer malfunctions. Maybe the Russians have less trust in their computers, just as Colonel Petrov showed? However, there are many reports on serious accidents in the manufacture and handling of nuclear weapons.
I have received reliable information from senior military officers in the Soviet Union regarding heavy use of alcohol and drugs among the personnel that monitor the warning and control systems, just as in the USA.
The story of the “Norwegian weather rocket” in 1995 is often presented as a particularly dangerous incident. Russians satellites warned of a missile on its way from Norway towards Russia. President Yeltsin was called in the middle of the night; the “nuclear war laptop” was opened; and the president discussed the situation with his staff. The “missile” turned out not to be directed towards Russia.
I see this incident as an indication that when the relations between the nuclear powers are good, then the risk of a misunderstanding is very small. The Russians were not likely to expect an attack at that time.
Indian soldiers fire artillery in northernmost part of Kargil region
Close calls have occurred not only between the two superpowers. India and Pakistan are in a chronic but active conflict regarding Kashmir. At least twice this engagement has threatened to expand into a nuclear war, namely at the Kargil conflict in 1999 and after an attack on the Indian Parliament by Pakistani terrorists in 2001.
Both times, Pakistan readied nuclear weapons for delivery. Pakistan has a doctrine of first use: If Indian military forces transgress over the border to Pakistan, that country intends to use nuclear weapons.
Pakistan does not have a system with a “permissive link”, where a code must be transmitted from the highest authority in order to make a launch of nuclear weapons possible. Military commanders in Pakistan have the technical ability to use nuclear weapons without the approval of the political leaders in the country. India, with much stronger conventional forces, uses the permissive link and has declared a “no first use” principle.
The available extensive reports from both these incidents show that the communication between the political and the military leaders was highly inadequate. Misunderstandings on very important matters occurred to an alarming degree. During both conflicts between India and Pakistan, intervention by US leaders was important in preventing escalation and a nuclear war. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Abolition, Conflict and war, Ethics and values, Future perspectives, General issues, Gunnar Westberg, Human rights and justice, India, India-Pakistan, International law, NATO, Nuclear Free Zones, Nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Psychology - war & peace, Russia, Security and defence, Terrorism, Theories and concepts, UN matters, US Empire, US politics & security, Violence-prevention, World order/governance | Tags: British nuclear weapons, China nuclear weapons, Command and Control by Schlosser, Cuba crisis, deterrence, Eric Schlosser, first use of nuclear weapons, French nuclear weapons, Harold Wilson, India nuclear weapons, India-Pakistan nuclear, MAd Mutually Assured Destruction, nuclear threshold, nuclear weapons accidents, Pakistan nuclear weapons, Why no nuclear war? | No Comments »
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The College System – Founders College Français | Print
Location: 216 Founders College, Tel.: 416-736-5148
Web site: http://www.yorku.ca/founders/
Master: Mauro Buccheri, e-mail: buccheri@yorku.ca
Founders College was the first college established on the Keele campus and it is proud of the part that its Fellows and students have played in the development of York University. The theme of Founders College is “Self, Culture and Society”, which reflects the special interests of the college in the disciplines of anthropology, French studies, Italian studies, history and environmental studies, as well as its strong commitment to internationalism and contemporary issues. Founders College supports and houses African Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, South Asian Studies and International Development Studies. Founders has a special affiliation with the undergraduate program of the School of Women's Studies and provides extensive women’s studies facilities.
The Fellows of Founders are chiefly professors from a number of different departments who have come together to support the college’s goals, but they also include administrators and external people such as journalists, writers and artists. Over 40 of the academic Fellows have their offices in the college and are available for interaction with Founders students. The Fellows, with the students, are the lifeblood of the community Fellows of the college are active in many ways, especially in fostering their academic interests in an interdisciplinary environment, mounting cocurricular events such as seminars and conferences, and participating in the strong advising program for student members of the college, under the direction of an academic adviser. A rich network of peer advising including student academic resource advisers, is operated by the academic adviser for the benefit of all Founders students.
The following program-related groups are associated with the college: History Students Association, the African Students Association, the East Asian Studies Students Association at York, the Caribbean Students Association and the Anthropology Students Association. Founders College also houses the East Asian Studies Jerome Ch’en Reading Room, which has recently expanded to include a large collection of Chinese-language texts; the Nellie Langford Rowell Women’s Studies Library (also recently enlarged, with a bigger focus on its international collection); the Elia Chair in Italian-Canadian Studies and the Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora. The college organizes and supports a variety of activities related to the arts, including art exhibitions in the Arthur Haberman Art Gallery. The gallery, the Reading and Listening Room, the Addiction Cyber Cafe are amongst the excellent array of academic and social facilities managed by the Founders College Student Council and available for commuter as well as residence students. The college also has an attractive assembly hall, newly renovated large junior common room and a historic pub, renamed the Bull Pub. An annual festival of the art, Poiesis, involves students and Fellows in a competition including painting, sculpture, photography, poetry and music. Lectures and colloquia are regularly offered in a wide variety of academic and cultural areas associated with the college. Finally, Founders is home to Canada’s most prestigious popular/academic feminist journal, Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme.
The college is governed by the master, the academic adviser and the residence life coordinator, assisted by an office staff headed by the administrative assistant and by a variety of committees involving Fellows and students. A student council, Founders College Student Council (FCSC), administers an important budget derived from an annual operating grant, organizes a variety of programs and manages services and enterprises in the college.
The college encourages in its students both active participation in college life and academic excellence, an internship program that places 11 students with programs and units in the college, each supported by the College at Life (CLAY) program. Founders College tries to remain faithful to what is best in the collegial tradition - hard study, stimulating interaction between Fellows and students and a lively community spirit.
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Government plan to lift ban on GM crops in Kenya raises debate.
Sep 10, 2015 During the 4th Annual Biosafety Conference, Kenya’s vice president William Ruto recently announced that within two months the ban on Genetically Modified Foods will be lifted. The announcement re-igniting debates over biosafety in a country where 75 percent of its population rely on agriculture for sustenance.
Kenya had set up a biosafety authority in 2009 which approved several applications for the import of genetically modified crops. However in 2012, the government imposed a ban on GM crops, citing potential health risks.
Stephen Pulei, a farmer in Kiserian, a town 30 kilometers southwest of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, commented on the use of artificially modified seedlings saying:
“As an organic farmer I can say that organic agriculture is the best way to go about and let’s embrace it and stop using a lot of those seeds which are not good; which have been artificially manipulated,”
Although there is no evidence of health risks from genetically modified foods, some Kenyans have argue that lifting the ban will puts too much power in the hands of the firms that develop them.
Up until 2008, South Africa was the only African country that allowed the commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops, such as maize, cotton and soybeans. Later that year, Egypt started growing small quantities of altered maize while Burkina Faso tried its hands on genetically modified cotton.
Other African countries, keen on reducing hunger, have begun to reassess their objections to genetically modified crops.
While commenting on the new trend, Florence Wambugu, founder of Africa harvest, said that genetics is playing a crucial role in improving food security.
“If you’re not going to have a global crisis of food, we really have to increase the food production and not just food but nutrition together and we need every arsenal we can use to increase, we need to push on nutrition on productivity on good quality and resilience in all kind of ways and so I see here biotechnology can play a role,”
The Consumer Federation of Kenya has referred to the decision as being premature, saying there are not enough structures to manage the effect of GM crops.
“The fact that we have no clear assessment of risk and medication measures; and the fact that again there are no safeguards; we have also not been able to be told what will be the basis for the lifting a ban when there were clearly reasons for which it was imposed in the first place. And what really concerns us most is that we seem to be losing sovereignty of this country, that the people driving this debate are biotechnologists – local or foreign, are funded by people who have no immediate interests in this country, other than making money from this country and they go away,” said Stephen Mutoro, secretary general of COFEK.
Kenyan consumers have also remained divided on the issue.
“I don’t see a problem with that because you know change is a good thing. Especially if you’re going to have more food within a very short time and the food is ok, not harmful in any way. It doesn’t cause cancer or any disease that we are not aware of. Then I’m ok. I’m good with it,” said Evelyn Isigi, a Nairobi resident.
Another resident, Mary Kinyua said:
“There’s quite a lot we can do agriculturally. We have land, we have people. We have technology. I think we should work on that. Let’s just focus on that now before we go into creating vegetables and fruits which we can easily grow,”
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St. Lucy, Dec. 13
From the website of St. Lucy’s Church in the diocese of Scranton (abridged):
The story of St. Lucy is connected with a period of great political uncertainly and anxiety in the Roman Empire. After 400 years, the Roman Empire was declining under the constant onslaught of its enemies. Diocletian became the Emperor in 284 and set about trying to regain Rome’s former power and glory. It was into this time that Lucy was born into a rich and noble Roman family about the year 283 in Syracuse, Sicily. Lucy raised a devout Catholic and privately decided in her teenage years to consecrate her virginity to God and devote her worldly goods to the service of the poor. However, her mother, not knowing of Lucy’s promise and suffering from a bleeding disorder feared for Lucy’s future. She arranged Lucy’s marriage to a young man of a wealthy pagan family.
St. Lucy, holding the palm branch and dish with eyes
Not far away was the shrine of the famous virgin-martyr Agatha, who had been executed in the Decian persecution (5 Feb. 251 A.D.). St. Agatha came to Lucy in a dream and told her that because of her faith her mother would be cured. Agatha also told Lucy that God would do great things through her. Eutychia was in fact cured. Joyful at her cure, Lucy’s mother agreed to let Lucy help the poor and for now not marry. As Lucy’s reputation grew in Syracuse, the clouds of persecution gathered over Sicily. Lucy was renowned for her beauty and her sparkling eyes. It was said she had a radiance about her that came from her love for Christ.
Meanwhile, at the imperial palace in Rome, Diocletian realized that the empire was now too unwieldy and too exposed. To better manage the empire he split the Empire into three parts with himself as Augustus Caesar (or head Caesar). General Galerius was appointed Caesar in the East and General Maximian as Caesar in the West. They would report to Diocletian. Diocletian at first was very tolerant of the Catholic Faith. However, as the Empire reeled under the continued attacks of its many enemies, Galerius and Maximian persuaded Diocletian to attempt to reinstate the ancient pagan religion throughout the empire. It was thought that this would unify and strengthen the empire as in centuries past.
In 303 A.D, Diocletian issued three edicts that began the last and worst of the persecutions against the Catholic Faith. The first ordered the destruction of the churches and the burning of all Catholic writings, especially the Bible. The second edict was directed against the clergy. Great numbers of bishops, priests and deacons were arrested and martyred. Others were sold off as slaves in the salt and copper mines. The third edict was directed at the laity. Villages and towns would be leveled and their inhabitants slaughtered or sold into slavery for being Catholic.
In 304 A.D. the frightful persecution came to Sicily. The Roman governor, Pascasio, probably to court favor with the emperor, was determined to carry out the three decrees with the full weight of the Roman Army behind him.
With the persecution in full swing, Lucy had now to help the poor and her fellow Catholics who had taken refuge in the extensive catacombs underneath Syracuse. Lucy had become well known in Syracuse for her faith and charitable works. In these sorrowful days Lucy carried food and drink to Catholics hiding in the dark underground catacombs. It is said she wore a wreath on her head with candles to light her way because her arms were full of food and water. Word of her heroic deeds spread and did not escape the ears of informants. It was the pagan youth to whom Lucy had been betrothed, motivated by pride, greed, jealousy or a combination of all three, who in his anger he denounced Lucy to Pascasio, the governor, as a Christian. Lucy was now caught up in the great persecution of Diocletian. Her patrician status could no longer save her.
Pascasio seized this opportunity to make Lucy an example of Rome’s greatness and displeasure. Thus, the governor wanted to destroy the beautiful “light” that was Lucy. He was not content to just kill Lucy’s body. Lucy had radiance about her, both physically and spiritually. It was his intent to show the Catholics of Syracuse that the Roman Empire was greater than their God. Lucy’s public humiliation was designed to discredit the power of Christ and His Church. And so Lucy, a beautiful young woman, noted for her eyes that shined with a glow of inner beauty and goodness was hauled before the governor. Lucy would be forced to renounce her faith and worship the pagan gods. If Lucy could be forced to renounce her faith, than other Catholics would follow suit.
Pascasio order a public spectacle in the magnificent amphitheater of Syracuse. Looking down on the helpless Lucy was the governor sitting in the royal box, surrounded by politician and generals in their splendid Roman armor and vibrant red clocks. The might of Rome pitted against Lucy.
The governor’s plan was to plunge Lucy into the darkness and degradation of sin. She was first condemned to suffer the shame of prostitution; but when the soldiers came take her to a brothel, in the strength of God, she stood immovable. No matter how they tried, they could not drag her away to that place of shame. In a desperate effort, a team of oxen was used, but to no avail. Frustrated, the governor demanded of Lucy, “How are you doing this?” Lucy could only respond that it was not she, but Jesus Christ.
Infuriated, he governor then ordered Lucy to be burned alive if she didn’t deny Jesus and worship the pagan gods. Lucy refused. Bundles of twigs were placed around her. When the soldiers tried to ignite the bundles, they would not burn. The governor ordered the wood to be soaked with oil, but the oil would not ignite. When asked how she was doing all this, Lucy could only answer once again that it was not her but the power of Jesus Christ. The pagans in the crowd were being won over by this hapless girl.
Sensing that his demonstration of Roman might was becoming undone, in desperation, Pascasio ordered Lucy’s eyes to be gouged out. Still, Lucy refused to deny Christ. Then Pascasio ordered a soldier to stab Lucy in the neck with his sword. She won her crown of martyrdom on December 13, 304.
In death, Lucy became an even greater example of Christian witness. Miracles started immediately. Lucy was carried to the cemetery and in Roman tradition her body was prepared for burial in the family mausoleum. Here, they discovered that her eyes had been miraculously restored. To mark this miracle, Lucy is often pictured with a dish on which is a set of eyes. She also hold the palm branch, symbol of victory over evil.
This entry was posted in Saints and Soldiers on December 13, 2013 by Cammy.
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Death toll rises to 24 from flash flood in SW China
Xinhua Published: 2017-08-08 19:40:37
The death toll has risen to 24 from a flash flood in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Tuesday.
The death toll has risen to 24 from a flash flood in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Tuesday, August 8, 2017. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
The flash flood hit Gengdi Village in Qiaowo Township of Puge County at around 6 a.m. It left four people injured and another one missing, according to the information office of the prefecture government.
As of 6 p.m., the flood had affected 577 people of 157 households and destroyed 71 houses. Several roads and bridges were also damaged.
More than 1,000 people were dispatched to search for the missing people and relief goods including tents, quilts and clothes have been sent to the hands of affected residents.
Rescuers work at the accident site after a rain-triggered landslide hit Gengdi Village in Qiaowo Town of Puge County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 8, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua]
Rescue work is under way.
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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Luis Bunuel, 1955)
The delirious journey of a mental disordered man, who is obsessed in making the perfect crime.
Another film from Luis Bunuel’s Mexican period, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, works on many recurrent themes of the director’s filmography with the use of dreamt or fantasized sequences, sexual provocation and its politics, and freudian elements of childhood traumas.
As with Bunuel’s other films of this era, this is a visually interesting film with sumptuous camera movements, and an imagery of suggestive sexual elements. With its overture with the death of the governess and the revealing of her legs you have everything that you need to know about this film. The suggestion that Archibaldo de la Cruz desires death to women and links it with sexual desire. Since that movie was made in 1955 it is easily readable as the choices to suggest sexual desire and not attribute the deaths to Archibaldo was to represent a repress sexual desire but also to respect some censorship rules. In fact, the movie is much more efficient in its representation of sexuality and the imaginary criminal life of its subject.
This is a deep film in its meanings and sadly a lesser known film in the vast filmography of its director. Sure it is not as important as Los Olvidados in his Mexican period, but The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is essential as to its use of many surrealist elements like the mirrors and Bunuel’s foot fetish.
On my main reference list as a movie watching goal, this is the lowest ranked film in the Bunuel selection. However, this is one of the most underrated and this surpasses many titles that don’t even deserve their spot on the list. Sure it is not as celebrated as Un chien andalou or The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie but I believe that once a cinephile starts digging deeper into a cinéaste he must get into the lesser known titles and discover the director’s films as a whole.
Coming soon in my Bunuel reviews; El (1952) and The Exterminating Angel both also from his Mexican period. I’ll also try to get my hands on his most virulent punch in the face of religion Simon of the Desert and the last title I’ll have to watch will be Tristana that never really interested me.
Labels 1000gf, 1955, 4star, Luis Bunuel, Mexico
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Zespol Szkol nr 1 im Anny Wazowny
Page history last edited by Gosia Garkowska 11 years ago
Anna Vasa School Complex no 1 includes a lower (gimnazjum) and higher (liceum) secondary school and a vocational college. It was named after the Swedish princess in 2003. At the moment it houses about 170 students in seven classes at the gimnazjum and about 330 students in fifteen classes at the liceum. Students come from the town of Golub-Dobrzyń and nearby villages. Their social and economic background is varied. Golub-Dobrzyń and its environs are a typically agricultural region. Ever since the lower secondary school was founded, our students have been achieving one of the highest final exam results in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie province and the students from upper secondary school obtain above average results on matura exam. During the last few years our school has made a big progress in new technologies. Interactive whiteboards, electronic diary and the Fronter Platform have been introduced in our school.
Our students gain knowledge and skills in classrooms with modern equipment, such as multimedia overhead projectors, interactive whiteboards, and video and stereo equipment. They have the chance to develop their interests in all kinds of subject clubs. Both schools organize meetings with interesting people, co-operation with university science clubs, workshops, domestic and foreign excursions, and enable the students to take part in international projects, such as eTwinning, Comenius, and AIESEC.
The teenagers realize their passions in the school choir ‘Cantus’, in the ancient music band ‘Capella Antiqua’, at painting workshops, and numerous subject clubs devoted to the media, the theatre, recitation, photography, the European Union, playing chess or discussing films. The pupils of the liceum create their ‘School Newspaper’, which is part of Golub-Dobrzyń’s local weekly the ‘CGD’.
Both students of the gimnazjum and of the liceum actively participate in the student governments.
Our teachers constantly acquire new qualifications at different kinds of post-graduate studies, courses, and workshops. We teach five foreign languages: English, German, Russian, French, and Latin in an inter-class system at various levels of advancement.
The desired effects of our work are confirmed by the results of the external final school exams, which are better than the country’s average both at gimnazjum and liceum level.
Our students get involved in the process of creating tradition. Each new class enters the ‘Wazówna’ school community through playful initiation rites followed by a ceremonial oath. In the middle of the time spent at our schools students celebrate the so-called połowinki and 100 days before the end of the learning process the so-called studniówka, both of which are festive balls organized either at the school gym or in a restaurant.
At ‘Wazówna’, we also cherish historical memory. Days like 3rd May (when Europe’s first and the world’s second modern constitution was passed in Poland in 1791) and 11th November (when Poland regained its independence in 1918) are of crucial importance to us. Every year on 26th February we celebrate the School Holiday and commemorate princess Anna Vasa’s day of death with putting flowers on her tomb in St. Mary’s church in Toruń and organizing competitions about her life at our schools. All major celebrations at our school observe the rules of ceremonial and are accompanied by the schools’ colour party (poczet sztandarowy).
The reason for the school’s participation in a European cooperation programme is to show our students that thanks to their activity, they can develop their interests, meet their peers from different countries, and visit Europe. Furthermore, the participation in an international programme will teach our students cooperation, responsibility, and receptiveness to new ideas also encourage them to use wide variety of modern information technology. Our youth will come to the conviction that Where is the will, there is a way, which will help them overcome difficulties and reach dreamed goals in future. The participation in an international cooperation is to promote a better understanding of the world, enhance intellectual curiosity and social activity of our youth. Another reason why the school desires such a cooperation is the rise of the prestige and successful promotion in the local environment. We believe that the project will influence the integration of the school’s community and help build closer relations between students and teachers. It will also increase the feeling of responsibility for the effects of the undertaken tasks, which will benefit in the quality of the school’s work and its development.
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After the success of "Los Justicieros" (Zorton Brothers), Spanish company Picmatic released their second laserdisc game, "Marbella Vice". It is a spoof of the American television show Miami Vice and plays similarly to ALG's Crime Patrol series. The game was published in 1994 and had a limited release. It features famous Spanish actors from the '90s like Alex Angulo and Santiago Segura, plus a notable appearance from Venezuelan supermodel Catherine Fulop. It was directed by Alex de la Iglesia.
The story is about a duo of cops (Alex Angulo and the player) who go to Marbella to stop a drug lord called "Amin Shala". Alex Angulo is your partner (like Spencer in Crime Patrol) who pops up frequently during the game. Catherine Fulop is the obligatory FMV babe. Santiago Segura is the police commissioner who nags you every time you get shot. When you die, the game shows a newspaper that criticizes your actions. The game takes place in scenarios like hotels and casinos and features action chase sequences in cars, boats, and a helicopter. The game is filled with humor and takes about a half hour to complete. A PC port was planned by the company Dinamic Multimedia but got cancelled when the company went bankrupt.
Sorry, no trivia question is available for this game.
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Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson Scoring ‘Vincent N Roxxy’
Tags: Ahmir Thompson, Questlove, Vincent N Roxxy
Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove has recently composed the music for the upcoming indie drama Vincent N Roxxy. The film is written and directed by Gary Michael Schultz and stars Emile Hirsch, Zoë Kravitz, Emory Cohen, Zoey Deutch, Jason Mitchell, Beau Knapp and Scott Mescudi. The movie follows a small town loner and a rebellious punk rocker who unexpectedly fall in love as they are forced on the run and soon discover violence follows them everywhere. Keith Kjarval (A Single Shot, Rudderless, Trust Me) is producing the project. Questlove’s previous scoring credits include Chris Rock’s Top Five, which he co-scored with Ludwig Goransson. Vincent N Roxxy will premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Home > Education > Knowledge Center > Question and Answers > The Advancement of Aluminum within the Welding Fabrication Industry
The Advancement of Aluminum within the Welding Fabrication Industry
THE ADVANCEMENT OF ALUMINUM WITHIN THE WELDING FABRICATION INDUSTRY AND ITS MANY PRODUCT DESIGN APPLICATIONS
We shall consider the many applications of aluminum within the welding fabrication industry, the reasons for the advancement of aluminum within these industries, and the involvement of AlcoTec Wire Corporation in assisting industry to move forward with improved aluminum welding technology.
Aluminum is the second most plentiful metallic element on earth and became an economic competitor in engineering applications as recently as the end of the 19th century. The appearance of three important industrial developments would produce a demand for a material with characteristics consistent with those of aluminum and its alloys, and this would greatly benefit the growth within the production of this new material. When the electrolytic reduction of alumina (Al2O3) dissolved in molten cryolite was independently developed by Charles Hall in Ohio and Paul Heroult in France in 1886, the first internal combustion engine-powered vehicles were appearing. One hundred years later, aluminum would play a major role as an automotive material of increasing engineering value. Electrification would develop rapidly and require immense quantities of lightweight conductive material for long distance transmission of electricity. The Wright brothers gave birth to an entirely new aircraft industry that grew in partnership with the aluminum industry.
The first commercial applications of aluminum were novelty items such as mirror frames and serving trays. Cooking utensils were also a major early marketed product. In time, aluminum grew in diversity of applications to the extent that virtually every aspect of modern life was directly or indirectly affected by its use.
Today, aluminum’s unique characteristics of light weight, high strength, high toughness, extreme temperature capability, versatility of extruding, excellent corrosion resistance and recycling capabilities make it the obvious choice of material by engineers and designers for a variety of welding fabrication applications.
Automotive Industry:
Perhaps the most dynamic advancement of aluminum welding fabrication within the USA today is the automotive industry. Promoted primarily through environmental issues such as increased fuel efficiency, corrosion resistance and recycling, we are seeing more and more components manufactured in aluminum appearing within the average automobile. The recent developments of major structural components fabricated entirely from aluminum such as engine cradles, front and rear suspension frames, drive shafts and wheels are complementing the more traditional non-structural components such as heat exchangers, radiators, and air conditioning units. Most of these welded structural components are manufactured using 6xxx series base alloys, making use of this material’s ability to produce complex extruded shapes and welded with the GMAW (MIG) welding process.
Service Temperature:
We shall consider the importance of filler alloy selection for components used at temperatures above 150°F, and the consequences of the incorrect selection of filler alloys for these service conditions.
Another issue, other than fuel efficiency associated with the use of aluminum within this industry, is safety. Aluminum’s basic physical characteristics lend themselves to creating automobiles that not only perform better in a collision, but can actually help to prevent crashes altogether. Aluminum’s strength-to-weight ratio allows engineers to construct larger vehicle crash zones for better energy absorption. Aluminum structures can be designed to absorb the same energy as steel at only 55% of the weight. This weight saving relates to less kinetic energy to be absorbed in a collision. Aluminum intensive vehicles provide better handling and braking capability, improving their crash-avoidance ability. A vehicle made of conventional material weighing 3,300 lbs. traveling at 60 mph requires 213 feet to stop. Given the same drive train, an equally sized aluminum-intensive vehicle would weigh 2,000 lbs. and could stop in 135 feet. Similar improvements are seen in acceleration abilities, when a little extra speed could make the difference in avoiding a collision. Welding procedures used within this industry will vary, but typically, wherever possible, will make use of robotics. The thin wall heat exchanger fabrication is making use of the 4047 filler alloy, which contains 11.0 to 13.0% silicon and provides exceptional fluidity that helps to reduce leakage rates and improve productivity. The thicker material structural applications within this industry are often able to make use of filler alloy 5356 for its improved strength and impact properties.
Shipbuilding:
The fast ferries projects have advanced the use of aluminum in shipbuilding through the development of a new concept in marine transportation. With an eye on profits, shipping companies are looking at high-speed aluminum ferries as a means of fast, efficient, low-maintenance transport. The term “fast ferries” applies to hydrofoils, wave-piercing catamarans and both mono-hulled and multi-hulled vessels built to carry large payloads of passengers and cargo at high speeds. Typically, these vessels are around 100-130 feet in length and travel at 30-35 knots (35-40 mph). Aluminum-intensive mega-ferries are massive vessels measuring approximately 260 feet in length and carry up to 700 passengers and 150 cars. Quadrimarans are among the newest marine transportation innovations. Measuring 180 feet in length, newer versions are designed to carry 600 passengers.
These fast ferries will regularly travel at 60 knots (69 mph) but they could achieve speeds of up to 110 knots (126.5 mph).
The shipbuilding industry has made use of the high-strength magnesium base alloys such as 5083 welded with 5183 filler alloy in order to obtain the minimum tensile strength requirements as specified in the codes. Often argon/helium shielding gas mixes are used to reduce porosity and obtain broader and deeper penetration for these high quality welds. Aluminum’s unique combination of lightweight, high-strength and corrosion- resistance characteristics make these high-speed developing marine applications possible.
Recreation and Sporting Equipment:
The advancement of high-tech sporting equipment and the increased use of high-strength heat-treatable aluminum alloys such as the 7xxx series have revolutionized this industry. Many of the latest designs have incorporated these lightweight, high-performance aluminum materials. Bicycle frames, baseball bats, golf clubs, sleds, and snowmobiles are some of the many products within this industry dependent on aluminum alloys today. This industry, with its thin wall joining and its complex heat treatment, has promoted the development and use of specialized filler alloys designed to respond to thermal treatment and the development of welding techniques and equipment produced to meet their strength and cosmetic application.
Transportation and Containers:
For similar reasons as the automotive industry, transportation vehicles are adopting more aluminum. Heated rail cars with line heaters and steam lines make use of aluminum base alloy 5454, welded with filler alloy 5554 for their strength and high temperature characteristics. Cryogenic tanks are manufactured from base alloy 5083, welded with filler alloy 5183 for their high strength at low temperature characteristics. Truck bodies and panels are manufactured from 5052, 5086, 5083 and 6061 and often welded with filler alloy 5356 for its strength characteristics.
Defense and Aerospace:
These industries use high strength 5xxx series (Al-Mg) non-heat treatable base alloys for some applications, but also make use of some of the more specialized heat treatable aluminum alloys with superior mechanical properties.
Aluminum armor plating is used for its impact strength and strength-to-weight ratio. Alloy 5083 and 7039 base materials are welded with 5356 filler, and 2519 base is welded with 2319 filler material. Missiles are constructed of 2019, welded with 4145 and 2219 welded with 2319 filler. Perhaps the most exotic aluminum alloys, with exceptional strength over a wide range of operating temperatures, are used in the aerospace industry. Some of these alloys are 2219, 2014, 2090, 2024, and 7075. These base materials are typically used in specialized high performance applications and have their own welding characteristics and associated problems that require special considerations when joining.
AlcoTec Wire Corporation’s Involvement With The Advancement 0f Aluminum Welding Technology:
AlcoTec has continually worked with industry to provide them with product and services to meet their specific needs. AlcoTec has developed aluminum weld wire manufacturing methods that produce product that exceeds the standard manufacturing specifications. Some of these product characteristics are incorporated into the standard product, such as a diameter control of one-tenth the national standard requirement. Others are applied to customized product for specialized applications, such as proprietary chemistries to assist with desired weld characteristics. These advancements have been developed through working closely with industry in order to provide product, which will meet our customer’s requirements. AlcoTec has provided technical training to industry through its School for Aluminum Welding Technology. Hundreds of students, consisting of welding engineers, welding inspectors, welding supervisors, and welding operators have attended specialized training in order to upgrade their personal skills and assist their organization in advancement within the aluminum welding fabrication industry.
AlcoTec has applied their aluminum engineering experiences to many new projects throughout the aluminum welding fabrication industry by providing assistance with the development of welding procedures, welding and testing of new materials, evaluation of welding equipment for aluminum, investigation of welding problems, and failure analyses of welded components.
AlcoTec has worked for many years developing technical literature, welding guidelines and training material, and has had continued involvement, through our membership of society technical committees, in the development of national codes and standards relating to the manufacture of aluminum welding wire, and for the design and fabrication of welded aluminum structures.
AlcoTec has developed a unique reputation for providing a premium quality product complemented by the highest level of technical support. This combination has been designed to ensure that our customers receive the ultimate value-added package that provides them with the capability of producing the highest quality welded components at the lowest overall costs.
The use of aluminum continues to grow within the welding fabrication industry in both size and complexity, and with it the need for aluminum filler alloys which will meet these needs, the advancement of welding equipment specifically designed for welding aluminum, and the requirement for resources which can provide industry with technical support.
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Hollywood has discovered Asian cinema, but decided remakes are how to get a piece of the action. While many of the new versions are just pale imitations, the trend's not all bad: It brings much-deserved exposure to the originals.
By Renée Graham, Globe Staff | February 13, 2005
One of the most discussed movies this year is one that won't even be in theaters until 2006.
A Boston-based crime thriller, "The Departed," boasts an A-list cast including Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Mark Wahlberg. Jack Nicholson has reportedly signed on for a crucial supporting role, and Martin Scorsese will direct. Despite all the buzz, what many people won't know is that it's a remake of the taut, stylish Hong Kong drama "Infernal Affairs," a 2002 film that got a brief run at the Brattle Theatre last November.
If there's a trend to be found in recent cinema, it's the decidedly Eastern persuasion of more than a few American movies. "The Grudge," "The Ring," and "Shall We Dance?" were all based on Japanese originals, and together they pulled in nearly $300 million domestically.
And that's just the beginning: Major studios are continuing to snap up the rights to films from South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong with the intention of remaking them with American actors. By some estimates, at least two dozen Asian films are slated for remakes, including South Korea's "Old Boy," "Il Mare," and "A Tale of Two Sisters," and "The Eye," a Hong Kong/Thailand production. And before even a single frame of the "The Departed" has been shot, Scorsese and DiCaprio are already in negotiations to remake yet another Asian movie, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's 1948 noir "Drunken Angel."
Mercifully, we aren't likely to have to endure anything as unsightly as, say, Brad Pitt, Renee Zellweger, and Ben Affleck in an American remake of "House of Flying Daggers," the current art-house film by acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. But high-wire martial arts stories are about the only Asian films that aren't garnering major attention from Hollywood.
For all the effort being dedicated to remaking Asian movies, however, some wonder whether the same vigor and funding would be better spent promoting the original films, which are often more audacious and challenging than the sometimes watered-down remakes that wind up in American multiplexes.
"Personally, I think [remakes] are a good thing because it provides exposure for the original source material," says David Leong, news editor of Kung Fu Cult Cinema (kfccinema.com), a popular Asian-film website. "But it's also a bad thing, because the remakes are rarely up to the standards of the originals. Some of the themes are denser in the original source, and they -- Hollywood studios -- tend to dumb them down. Character development is taken out or plot points are roughed over, and that's a sore point for a lot of fans who like Asian films."
While Hollywood's burst of interest in Asian films might be new, for decades savvy Western filmmakers have taken inspiration from their counterparts in the East. John Sturges's 1960 Western "The Magnificent Seven" was a remake of Kurosawa's 1954 classic "Seven Samurai." Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" provided the blueprint for Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" (as did actor Toshiro Mifune's droll ronin for Clint Eastwood's iconic Man with No Name), as well as Walter Hill's "Last Man Standing," a lousy 1996 film starring Bruce Willis. And a prime influence for George Lucas's "Star Wars" was "The Hidden Fortess," also by Kurosawa.
Yet, except for cinephiles, most folks are more familiar with the American remakes. These days, Roy Lee, a partner in the independent production company Vertigo Entertainment, is Hollywood's point man for Asian remakes. Lee finds what he considers the best Asian films, negotiates the remake rights, and sells them to Hollywood studios. He facilitated the remakes of "Ringu," "Ju-on," and "Infernal Affairs," as well as upcoming Americanized versions of the South Korean comedies "My Sassy Girl" and "My Wife Is a Gangster."
"These are films people here were never exposed to in a way that would make them adaptable to the US market," Lee says. "We take the projects, match them up with actors, writers, and directors, and pitch the studios as to exactly how we would do it in the United States. Before that, [Asian films] were watched by the acquisitions side of the studios, looking at them only for release purposes."
And remakes, with recognizable actors and no subtitles, tend to be far more profitable than foreign films.
"There's still tremendous resistance to subtitles" among American filmgoers, says Martin Grove, an online columnist for The Hollywood Reporter. "People aren't used to [reading subtitles], and they don't like doing it." (One of the few exceptions to this rule is Yimou's "Hero," which pulled in more than $53 million last year. It was greatly helped by action star Jet Li's above-the-title billing and a hearty endorsement from devoted Asian film fan Quentin Tarantino.)
Still, in opting for a remake, American audiences are sometimes cheated of an original film's singular charm and viewpoint. Such was the case with last year's "Shall We Dance?," based on a Japanese film of the same name released here in 1997. That film's cultural component didn't have the same resonance in the American version. In Masayuki Suo's movie, a businessman, stifled by his country's restrictive cultural order, achieves emotional freedom when he enrolls in a dance school. In the American version, Gere's workaholic lawyer seeks a refuge from life's demands, yet the remake lacks the original's poignancy and subtle social critique.
"Certain things just don't translate on a one-to-one basis," Leong says. "The whole idea of being a bottled-up, repressed worker and finding release in dancing just didn't work as well because America is a totally different society.
"I believe if you treat your audience with respect, you'll get the payoff," he maintains. "Unfortunately, the studios don't think American audiences are intelligent enough to follow a movie plot that's not American. There's a lack of respect by Hollywood studios that, in the end, irritates people. They change the flow of a movie, the intent of a scene; you change the original director's vision, and you end up with trash."
In acquiring the rights to Asian films, Lee has developed a sense for which films probably won't work as remakes. He likes comedies, thrillers, and horror films, but tends to steer clear of "dramas rooted into the culture with family and relationships. They're just harder to translate."
Still, as Leong asserts, Hollywood's interest in Asia has also created a small but burgeoning market for original Asian films. Last year, Kino Video released "The Wong Kar-Wai Collection," featuring five films from the Hong Kong auteur, as well as prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike's outrageously graphic "Dead or Alive" trilogy. Home Vision Entertainment put out "The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor & Humanity," Kinji Fukasaku's tremendously compelling five-part gangster epic, which has often been compared to the "Godfather" films.
And films such as "Ringu," "Ju-on," "Shall We Dance?," and "Infernal Affairs," once only available as expensive imports or dodgy bootlegs, are now regularly stocked in stores selling or renting DVDs.
"I had these awful copies of 'Ringu' from the UK and Hong Kong -- the subtitles were bad, the picture quality was terrible. Now the best copy out there is the Region 1 [DVDs playable in North America]," says Jimmy Nguyen, a Kung Fu Cult Cinema film critic. "With all the remakes and attention toward Asian cinema, even films that aren't being remade are being released on video. That's a great thing. You'd go to Blockbuster, and you were really limited in the foreign section, but now there's all these Korean and Japanese films. It's cool." (For those who prefer the big screen, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, which last month concluded a series of the late Susan Sontag's favorite Japanese films, will be screening Takeshi Kitano's "Dolls," today at 12:20 p.m. There are also numerous showings of Wong Kar-Wai's "Days of Being Wild" this month, beginning Thursday.)
The trend has also presented opportunities for Asian filmmakers. "The Grudge" was remade by its original director, Takashi Shimizu. And Hideo Nakata, who helmed "Ringu" and its sequel, was tapped for "The Ring 2," scheduled for release here next month. Others such as Hong Kong's Johnnie To are also being courted, much as American studios enticed Ang Lee and John Woo in the 1990s.
In April, "The Departed" is scheduled to begin shooting in Boston, and expectations for the film's success are high. Some also hope this remake will respect the integrity of its Hong Kong inspiration, "Infernal Affairs," which might have found an American audience if it had been given a real chance.
"I'm looking forward to it because Scorsese is a great filmmaker, and it'll be interesting to see how he vamps off the originals," Leong says. "But I also dread it because if they pretty it up, it could be a totally different movie."
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All journal entries are categorized as:
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I Think I Rented a Stolen Car…
Geremy F.
I just returned from a four day adventure in Los Angeles with my compadre Jordan and it started in the most riveting (bad) way.
I travel a lot, so I’ve got the logistics planning down to a tee: 1) Book the flight using a deal from Secret Flying or Google Flights, 2) Reserve a place to stay from AirBnb or Trip Advisor, and 3) Book a rental car from CarRentalSavers or Costco Travel. This model has worked perfectly for the hundreds of times that I’ve traveled, but this time I wanted to have a more riveting (good) experience, so I took a different route with the rental car.
I heard about a car rental service called Turo, which was described as “the AirBnb for cars.” I gave it a try because the traditional car rental companies at LAX airport charged upwards of $350 for an Isetta-sized car. I browsed the listings on Turo and saw a beautiful Infiniti Q60 for just $30 a day, so I decided to go for it. I should have known that I was in for a riveting (bad) experience when the vehicle’s owner didn’t have a chin in his profile photo.
The flight to LA went swimmingly, except for the part when the pilot wanted to create a more riveting (bad) experience, so he SLAMMED the jet onto the tarmac upon landing, but that okay. The Uber ride to the car lot also went perfectly because the Uber driver didn’t try to sell us his mixtape or try to convert us to Scientology. But then when we went to the pick up the car from the lot where it was held, the attendant seemed to be very confused about the car’s existence.
I told the attendant that I was there for the white Infiniti Q60 and he said “what Q60?” I showed him the confirmation screen, gave him the confirmation number and I even showed him the picture of the chin-less car owner. He said “hmmm…. let me look around.” This is when things got riveting (bad).
Attendant: “We don’t have that car.”
Me: “Where’d it go?”
Attendant: “I don’t know. I’ve never seen it.”
I immediately called the chin-less man and said “where can I find the Infiniti Q60 that I rented?”
Chin-less: “Someone stole my password?”
Me: “I don’t know… where is the car?”
Chin-less: “My password.”
Me: “Password to what?”
Chin-less: “Let me speak to the Turo boy.”
I assumed that he was talking about the parking lot attendant, so I handed my phone over and they spoke for about 3 minutes. Then the “turo boy” hung up and told me “someone stole his password.”
Me: “What does his password have to do with the car?”
Turo Boy: “I don’t know. Stolen?”
What does that even mean?!?!
Me: “Where’s the car?”
Turo Boy: “I don’t know, but [the chin-less man] said that he will find another car and bring it to you at 1:30.”
No way…I don’t want him to find me another stolen car… I want him to find this car….and his chin.
Instead of causing a riveting (bad) situation for everyone around me, I gently took an Uber to the Budget Car Rental counter and gently rented a compact car for more than twice the price of the stolen car. When we walked to the parking lot, we found a gentle, bright red VW Beetle with a smile on its little face, eager to join us on our journey. To make this riveting (bad) situation better, I noticed that this little gentle Beetle had “Turbo” written on the back. A gentle car with the punch of a turbo!!! It reminded me of myself in 7th grade when I was known as the quiet kid but still “accidentally” punched Sharif in the mouth when he threw me on the ground and hurt my back.
I was annoyed at this riveting (bad) situation, but then we went to In-N-Out and had a riveting (good) burger that immediately dissolved any ounce of upsettedness in my body. That’s when I was able to put things into perspective and realize that God was probably saving me from another disastrous situation with the car since my last run-in with a white Infiniti Q60 ended with me abandoning the car.
I really enjoyed turbo-ing around the town with the Beetle, and I especially liked the fact that I didn’t have to worry about driving around a stolen Infiniti from a shady, chin-less man who can’t keep track of his passwords.
Note: The profile photo that the man used was a photoshopped photo of himself and he doesn’t actually lack a chin. However, I don’t know how I looked at his profile photo and thought “YES! That’s the trustworthy chin-less face that I’d like to rent a car from!”
Diet to the Extreme
Breaking Out of Prison (aka the Toilet)
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Amending title 18, United States Code, sections 2312 and 2313, so as to include thereunder motor vehicles and aircraft which have been embezzled, feloniously converted, or taken by fraud. May 9 (legislative day, April 19), 1919 -- Ordered to be printed.
The work Amending title 18, United States Code, sections 2312 and 2313, so as to include thereunder motor vehicles and aircraft which have been embezzled, feloniously converted, or taken by fraud. May 9 (legislative day, April 19), 1919 -- Ordered to be printed. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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United States, Congress | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary.
McCarran, Patrick Anthony, 1876-1954.
18 USC sec. 2313 [Crimes and criminal procedure: Stolen property; sale of receipt of stolen vehicles]
Automobile theft
Legislative Report - Public Bills
Legislative amendments
18 USC sec. 2312 [Crimes and criminal procedure: Stolen property; transportation of stolen vehicles]
Report, 81st Congress, no. 358
United States congressional serial set, serial set no. 11292
Senate report / 81st Congress, 1st session. Senate
serial set no. 11292
Context of Amending title 18, United States Code, sections 2312 and 2313, so as to include thereunder motor vehicles and aircraft which have been embezzled, feloniously converted, or taken by fraud. May 9 (legislative day, April 19), 1919 -- Ordered to be printed.
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Portugal: 40 years after the Carnation Revolution
By Jorge Costa
April 24, 2014 -- International Viewpoint -- On the eve of April 25, 1974, Portuguese society was smouldering from contradictions accumulated in half a century of dictatorship. At the heart of these contradictions was a war that lasted thirteen years, to hold on to the African colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe. This conflict conditioned the whole of national life, because of the social suffering caused by the mobilisation of two hundred thousand men, a tenth of the working population (a human cost equivalent to twice that of Vietnam), because of the wave of migration driven by hunger and the war, and because of the impossibility of a military solution, the only one contemplated by the regime.
Communist Party of Portugal
Left Bloc
Reminiscences of Nelson Mandela and the US anti-apartheid movement
Ike Nahem at the memorial for Soweto martyrs.
See also "Cuba and the South African anti-apartheid struggle".
For more on Nelson Mandela, click HERE.
By Ike Nahem
Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. -- Nelson Mandela
December 29, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The outpouring of emotion and dignified appreciation that met the passing of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, flowed like a raging river from every nation and people on the planet. It was a grief tempered by a jubilation and wonderment at the life of this great and humble human being.
While it is certainly true that Mandela's death resonated most powerfully with the South African people and particularly with oppressed and exploited working people worldwide, it is also the case that Mandela was admired and loved by countless millions from all social classes and walks of life with any democratic and anti-racist principles, who were sincerely touched and inspired by his amazing life, his example and his deeds.
I had the unforgettable experience -- and the thrill of a lifetime -- to meet, shake hands and exchange a few words with Nelson Mandela.
BRICS lessons from Mozambique
Floods in Mozambique have worsened.
By Bobby Peek
July 24, 2013 -- Pambazuka News, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission -- Just across the border in Mozambique there is neo-colonial exploitation underway. It is not Europe or the United States that are dominating, but rather countries that are often looked up to as challengers, such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). This is a dangerous statement to make but let us consider the facts.
South Africa is extracting 415 megawatts of electricity from Mozambique through the Portuguese developed Cahora Bassa Dam, which has altered permanently the flow of the Zambezi River, resulting in severe flooding on a more frequent basis over the last years. In the recent floods earlier this year it is reported that a women gave birth on a rooftop of a clinic, this follows a similar incident in 2000, when Rosita Pedro was born on a tree after severe flooding that year.
(Updated Sept. 8) Raj Patel: Food rebellion -- Mozambicans know which way the wind blows
Democracy Now! on September 8 spoke to Raj Patel about the protests in Mozambique and the floods in Pakistan. Click HERE for the full transcript.
* * *STOP PRESS: Price rises reversed* * *
September 7, 2010 -- MOZAMBIQUE News reports & clippings mailing list -- Price rises which triggered the riots last week have been reversed, the government announced September 7 after an emergency cabinet meeting.
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Almost frozen north
Arctic sea ice continued to expand throughout the month of October, remaining at near-average levels on the Atlantic side and below average on the Pacific side. In the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctic sea ice has declined after reaching its record maximum in October and is now nearly within two standard deviations of the long-term average.
Figure 1. Arctic sea ice extent for October 2014 was 8.06 million square kilometers (3.11 million square miles). The magenta line shows the 1981 to 2010 median extent for that month. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. Sea Ice Index data. About the data
Sea ice extent in October averaged 8.06 million square kilometers (3.11 million square miles). This is 850,000 square kilometers (328,000 square miles) below the 1981 to 2010 long-term average of 8.91 million square kilometers (3.44 million square miles) and 1.29 million square kilometers (498,000 square miles) above the record low for the month observed in 2007.
Arctic sea ice extent continued to increase throughout the month of October. Ice extent in the Pacific side remains below average. Areas in the Beaufort Sea along the Canadian and Alaskan coasts, and in the Chukchi Sea along the coast of Siberia were still ice free at the end of October. The image of monthly average sea ice extent (Figure 1) shows a large polynya within the East Siberian Sea, but this area is now covered by ice. On the Atlantic side, extent remains at near-average levels.
Figure 2. The graph above shows Arctic sea ice extent as of November 3, 2014, along with daily ice extent data for four previous years. 2014 is shown in blue, 2013 in green, 2012 in orange, 2011 in brown, and 2010 in purple. The 1981 to 2010 average is in dark gray. The gray area around the average line shows the two standard deviation range of the data. Sea Ice Index data.
Through the month of October, the Arctic gained 3.39 million square kilometers (1.31 million square miles) of ice. This is faster than the average rate of ice gain for the month of October, but slower than the rate of ice gain seen in October 2012, after the record minimum of September 2012, and other recent Octobers.
Temperatures at the 925 hPa level show that the Arctic was 1 to 4 degrees Celsius (2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than average everywhere, except in the Kara and Barents seas where air temperatures were 1 to 3 degrees Celsius (2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit) lower than average. Lower than average temperatures in this region were also a persistent feature of summer 2014 and helped maintain a more extensive ice cover in the region than in recent summers.
Warm conditions were partly a result of the ocean releasing the heat gained during summer back to the atmosphere. In addition, sea level pressures were higher than average over the central Arctic Ocean and the Barents Sea, reflecting the negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation .
October 2014 compared to previous years
Figure 3. Monthly October ice extent for 1979 to 2014 shows a decline of 6.9% per decade relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.
Due to the relatively rapid ice growth during October, Arctic sea ice extent for October 2014 was the 6th lowest in the satellite record. Through 2014, the linear rate of decline for October Arctic ice extent over the satellite record is 6.9% per decade.
Amplified autumn warming
Figure 4. This figure shows average air temperature anomalies for October 2014 at each latitude from 50 North (left side of axis) to 90 North (right side of axis). The Y axis shows air pressure in millibars, indicating height above the surface.
Credit: NSIDC courtesy NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division
Projections of climate change through the rest of the century show amplified warming in the Arctic compared to the rest of the planet. While there are a number of reasons for this, sea ice loss plays a strong role. With less ice in spring and summer, the upper ocean (the top 20 meters, or 66 feet) gains more heat through absorption of solar radiation. For the ocean surface to refreeze in autumn and winter, the ocean must first lose this extra heat. This is manifested as strong surface warming over the areas of sea ice loss during autumn. While the warming is greatest near the surface, the warming can extend to a considerable height in the atmosphere.
This October shows the expected pattern of amplified warmth. Warming was greatest near the surface at high latitudes (5 degrees Celsius, or 9 degrees Fahrenheit above average) and extended upwards to the 700 hPa level, roughly 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) above the surface. This pattern is similar to that observed in October 2007 and 2009. However, in other recent years the location of the warmest surface conditions shifted further south, or did not extend as far up in the atmosphere. Such variations point to the influence of other factors, including patterns of atmospheric circulation, cloud cover, and atmospheric humidity.
Arctic sea ice and the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Variations in large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns, such as the Arctic Oscillation , are known to affect the sea ice cover. These variations alter wind patterns that affect ice motion and bring in warm or cold air that influence ice melt and growth. For example, during a positive Arctic Oscillation phase, changes in the wind field help to push ice away from the coast of Siberia, allowing new ice to form and increasing the transport of ice out of Fram Strait. In the winters of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Arctic Oscillation was in a persistent positive phase, helping to transport a large amount of thick, multiyear ice out of the Arctic through Fram Strait and leaving behind thinner ice that more easily melted the following summers.
A new study looks at the impact of a different mode of large-scale atmospheric variability, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, which appears to impact the ice cover on a shorter 30- to 90-day time scale. The Madden-Julian Oscillation is primarily driven by convection in the tropics, but causes changes in atmospheric circulation that impact the high latitudes. The impact on sea ice was found to be stronger during the winter season than in summer. It affected both the Atlantic and Pacific sectors and was confined to the marginal ice zone. The impact on sea ice also varies regionally, often showing opposing effects, such as between the Barents and Greenland seas in winter.
Large Antarctic sea ice variability
Figure 5. This image compares Antarctic sea ice extent for September 2014 (blue line) with extent for September 1964 (red line) and August 1966 (black line). The dotted ellipse marked A shows the eastern Weddell Sea and the dotted ellipse marked B shows the eastern Ross Sea.
After reaching a new record maximum extent this September, Antarctic sea ice extent has quickly declined, and is now back to levels seen in 2013 at this time of year. While almost the entire perimeter of Antarctica’s sea ice retreated slightly, two regions showed a larger retreat after the maximum: the eastern Weddell Sea (dotted ellipse marked A in Figure 5) and the eastern Ross Sea (dotted ellipse marked B in Figure 5). Both were areas of unusually extensive sea ice cover, and they contributed significantly to the record-setting level of ice extent in September. Weather patterns thirty days after the maximum changed markedly, with persistent warm northerly winds in these areas. Along the continent’s Pacific coast (Ross Ice Shelf and northern West Antarctic Ice Sheet) air temperatures at the 925 hPa level were 4 to 6 degrees Celsius (7 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit) above average. In the eastern Weddell Sea south of Africa, temperatures were 1 to 2 degrees Celsius (2 to 4 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than average. Moreover, a series of intense storms in the first half of October dispersed an area of sea ice near the Amery Ice Shelf and the southern Indian Ocean.
We noted earlier that estimates from early satellites, such as Nimbus I and II, show some brief instances of very extensive and very reduced Antarctic sea ice. For example, in September 1964 ice extent was greater in most of the Southern Ocean than this year, the exception being the Ross Sea. Two years later, in 1966, the August extent shrank to a level smaller than any for that month in the modern satellite record. As seen in Figure 5, the largest variations between this early record and today occur around 180 degrees East in the South Pacific. This area is particularly sensitive to impacts of increased westerly winds and the Amundsen Sea Low, an atmospheric pressure pattern that tends to spread the sea ice cover northward in the Ross Sea. The change in winds and the Amundsen Sea Low over the past thirty-five years is well documented.
Henderson, G. R., B. S. Barrett, and D. M. Lafleur. Arctic sea ice and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). Climate Dynamics , October 2014, Vol. 43, Issue 7-8, pp 2185-2196.
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A2ii: 10 YEARS ON
Hui Lin Chiew
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In the 10 years since the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) was established in 2009, the world has seen some good news. By 2011, the 1990 poverty rate had been cut in half, achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) ahead of schedule. There have been remarkable improvements in health outcomes. Education and literacy also made progress, overall as well as with reduced gender disparity in some cases.1 More people now have access to financial services: In 2017, the World Bank reported that 69 per cent of adults worldwide now have an account, up from 62 per cent in 2014 and 51 per cent in 2011. The world today is also more con- nected than ever before: over 3.2 billion people have access to and use the Internet, 1.8 billion do so via mobile, while 9 billion have access to a mobile connection, almost doubling from a decade ago.2
The insurance sector, after entering the decade with negative growth in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, is growing again, with much of the momentum coming from emerging markets. Attention is now on strengthening resilience, closing the protection gap and technological innovation, with a particular focus on harnessing the potential of technology while managing the arising risks. Insurance, having lived in the shadow of the banking and payments sectors, is now increasingly emerging as an incubator for innovation in its own right. In tandem with these developments, the focus of insurance supervisors3 is also shifting from post-crisis recovery and standard-setting towards innovation and emerging risks.
Yet for all the steps forward, disparities remain. While extreme poverty is declining, the world is not on track towards achieving ending extreme poverty by 2030. A fraction of the population in some advanced economies are still extremely poor8 . A large proportion of the developing market workforce remains in the agricultural and informal sector, but social protection mechanisms for them remain inadequate9 . Technology and connectivity are also advancing at an unequal pace, and therefore not all countries and groups equally benefit. In many markets, access to private insurance is still a luxury from which the most financially vulnerable remain underserved or excluded. Consumer trust in insurance is low in upper and lower-income jurisdictions alike. A gap persists between developed and emerging market insurance penetration levels, as well as locally between income segments, rural and urban areas, men and women.
By the early 2000s, some pioneering supervisors were taking steps to address the protection gap between rich and poor. By 2009, India, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Peru and Mexico already had microinsurance regulation in place. The A2ii was established in the same year, borne out of the recognition that it was important to support supervisors around the world in making regulation and supervision more supportive of inclusive insurance, while complying with global standards. The year 2012 saw the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) publish the landmark Application Paper: Regulation and Supervision Supporting Inclusive Insurance that carved a path forward for inclusive insurance regulation. Today, 23 have regulatory provisions aimed at fostering inclusive insurance and another 25 are currently developing inclusive insurance regulations. Access to insurance is now front-of-mind for the insurance regulatory community.
The year 2019 marks the 10-year anniversary of the A2ii’s founding. In 2016, the A2ii published a document looking back at how the substance of inclusive insurance regulation has evolved over a decade. This publication takes another step back to reflect, and ask: What forces of change have shaped inclusive insurance regulations in the past 10 years? What has this meant for inclusive insurance and regulatory practices surrounding inclusive insurance? What has the regulatory community achieved, and how can history guide us as we forge ahead?
Above taken from Introduction, and originally published on A2ii’s website.
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Takata And Volkswagen: Hmm, What If Charters Were Also Subject to Recalls?
By Denis Smith On November 9, 2015 · 1 Comment
In a flood of news stories during the last year, we’ve learned that as many as 16 million autos may be subject to recall due to defective air bags supplied by the Takata Corporation. After reading this and other stories about recalls in the automotive manufacturing and parts sector, including a huge mess with storied German automaker Volkswagen, where more than 8 million vehicles in Europe alone are subject to recall, that got me thinking on the topic of other headlines detailing problems recently in another industry.
Here are some examples of problems in that other, non-automotive, non-manufacturing industry:
A record 17 industry locations in one city – Columbus – closed in just one year.
One of the industry’s treasurers embezzled nearly $500,000 from several locations, earning a two-year prison sentence.
An executive in the industry, operating under a phony consulting contract, also embezzled about a half-million dollars, while employee salaries had to be cut in an economy move.
In Cleveland, five industry executives were charged with stealing nearly $2 million in a scheme that saw the creation of five shell companies to receive public funds. Even the board chairman, who owned the building in which the industry operated, was part of the fraud that was detailed in a 32-count indictment.
Three industry treasurers were singled out several years ago for their responsibility with more than $1 million in “questionable spending,” according to audit findings.
A national chain appeared to be spending more on lease payments for its sites than on employee salaries and benefits, a practice that raised eyebrows both inside and outside the industry. And, oh, the lease payments were owed to the parent company, which happened to own the buildings in which the industry conducted its business.
Several industry locations in Ohio, part of a national chain with extensive international ties, were served with search warrants by the FBI last year, and the public is still waiting to find out the particulars of the federal investigation.
And yes, there’s much, much more. You can check this site for a recent chronology of even more problems in this industry.
Excuse me, which industry?
The envelope, please.
We are, of course, talking about the Ohio charter school industry, an enterprise that has been called the Wild, Wild West by some of its proponents and the Dark Side by others who work in this murky environment also known as charterworld.
The scope of theft and corruption in charter schools has so alarmed various groups that several studies have examined the extent of the problem and concluded that this industry presents a high risk for fraud and abuse of public funds.
But whatever words are used to describe it, the industry’s operation is clearly defective in design, as these stories amply demonstrate. The examples show how systemic the extent of charter school failure and fraud have been in Ohio, and, for that matter, other states as well.
If the charter school industry were a manufacturing enterprise, its defective design would have been so apparent that it would have been recalled like Takata, Volkswagen, or any other entity that produces something that might blow up or otherwise harm the buyer.
In this case, the buyer or purveyor of this industry is the state legislature, a public body that funds and promotes this defective design, a model for the privatization of a public function that contains a faulty mechanism for oversight and monitoring, and no means for a feedback loop that can assist with corrections to improve the operation.
By contrast, public school boards – elected bodies – do that, as they hire the superintendent and treasurer, and provide feedback in the form of annual evaluations and reviews. But as we’ve seen before, the treasurers tend to be hand-picked by the school developer or operator, and the needed review mechanism is all too often absent – as the stories in the links clearly show.
One other small thing: every once in a while, qualified voters show up to further review and evaluate the operation. The process is called an election.
Indeed, if the charter school industry operated in the manufacturing or consumer products sector, there would be cries for a widespread recall of its product. But the product of this industry is supposedly another form of “public” education, a service that the public pays for but has no input in the result or an opportunity to vote for or against the directors of the operation – the board of education.
Remember though, it’s about “choice,” as we are told again and again.
That’s what school privatization is all about. Sure, we’ll take those public funds the corporatists say, but don’t bother asking us about how we do business. We’re a private corporation, and the information you’re asking for is proprietary. Besides, we own the equipment, furniture and other assets.
If there are those who might be skeptical about the analogy to product recalls like those for Takata and Volkswagen, consider the recent actions of the Washington Supreme Court. According to the Washington Post:
Washington state’s Supreme Court has become the first in the nation to decide that taxpayer-funded charter schools are unconstitutional, reasoning that charters are not truly public schools because they aren’t governed by elected boards and therefore not accountable to voters.
To its credit, the Washington Supreme Court identified one major defect in the design of these schools. So when an appellate court spends a year examining the charter school model and concludes that such entities aren’t public and therefore are unconstitutional, that’s equivalent to a recall.
Sadly, the much touted HB2, the so-called major charter school reform law, still comes up short in addressing major defects in charter school design. The legislature is out to lunch on further needed reforms – or, better yet, junking the model entirely because of its inherent, faulty design. But when you look at campaign contributions, the charter school industry has picked up the tab for that perpetual legislative lunch – and dinner.
It’s great to know that when it comes to defective products, we don’t have to wait for Congress to act. Instead, we have a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to look out for our interests. Just ask Takata and Volkswagen about that.
And in Ohio, when we have an industry that is prone to waste, fraud and abuse, can anyone recollect – or is the better word choice recall – who is watching out for us?
Denis Smith is a retired school administrator and a former consultant in the Ohio Department of Education’s charter school office.
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Arthur Craythorn (1886-1915)
Private 12 1st and 2nd Battalion' Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Arthur, the eldest brother of Alfred Craythorn, was also a career soldier. After working in the metal industry, Arthur joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion with service number 12.
Arthur was stationed in Peshawar in India in 1908, and gained the Indian General Service Medal (North West Frontier 1908).
The 1st Battalion RWR landed in France in August 1914 for service on the Western Front. The battalion took part in the Battle of Le Cateau, the Battle of the Marne, the Battle of the Aisne and the Battle of Messines during 1914. They were part of the Christmas truce in the trenches.
The Second Battle of Ypres (April 22–May 25, 1915), was the second of three costly battles in World War I at Ypres (now Ieper), in western Flanders. The battle marked the Germans’ first use of poison gas as a weapon . Although the gas attack opened a big gap in the Allied line, the Germans failed to exploit that advantage.
Having transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Private Arthur Craythorn was killed in action at Ypres on the 16th May 1915. Arthur is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
The Le Touret Memorial commemorates over 13,400 British soldiers who were killed in the Ypres sector of the Western Front from the beginning of October 1914 to late September 1915, and who have no known grave.
Following the deaths of Alfred and Arthur, the family received a weekly pension of 8s 6d.
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CPPIB Preparing For Landing?
By Leo Kolivakis April 25, 2017
Benefits Canada reports, CPPIB to sell Irish aircraft leasing company:
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and its co-investors have announced the sale of Dublin-based aircraft leasing company AWAS to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd.
The CPPIB first invested in the company with European private equity firm Terra Firma in 2006.
“We are pleased with the outcome of this transaction,” said Ryan Selwood, managing director and head of direct private equity at CPPIB. “We continue to believe that the aircraft leasing industry is a highly attractive market for CPPIB over the long term and look forward to exploring future opportunities to invest in the sector at scale, subject to market conditions.”
AWAS leases airplanes to 87 airline customers in more than 45 countries and has assets totalling about $10 billion as of last November. The company owns 214 aircraft with an average age of 5.8 years, and has also ordered 23 new aircraft.
In March 2015, AWAS sold 84 aircraft to Macquarie Group Ltd. Since then, it has continued to grow its business and portfolio.
The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.
The Telegraph also reports, Guy Hands' Terra Firma sells aircraft leasing investment to Dubai-based rival:
Private equity baron Guy Hands has sold an aircraft leasing business his hedge fund Terra Firma has co-owned for more than a decade.
The fund, alongside co-investors and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), has sold the Dublin-based aircraft lessor Awas to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, the largest aircraft lessor in the Middle East. The terms were not disclosed.
Awas was formed in 2006 when Terra Firma and CPPIB bought the underlying business and later snapped up rival Pegasus in 2007. It now boasts $7.5bn of owned aircraft assets that it leases out to 87 airlines in more than 45 countries. Besides the 214 aircraft it owns, Awas also has 23 new ones on order.
At acquisition in 2006, Awas owned 154 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, with long-term leases and what the investors saw as good rental income.
Terra Firma said its decision to invest in the company was based on its view the aviation sector would grow rapidly, with the world fleet expected to double by 2034, and steady demand from airlines for leased aircraft.
International Airlines Group said in its recent results in February it had 32 additional leased aircraft compared to the same period last year partially due to fleet renewal with 13 less owned aircraft.
But some airlines are eyeing greater levels of ownership, with easyJet stating in its full-year results in November last year the size of its leased fleet had decreased by 6.4pc to 64 while its owned fleet rose by more than 10pc to 180 thanks to its recent purchase of 20 A320 aircraft.
Mr Hands, chairman and chief investment officer of Terra Firma, said it was “the right time for Terra Firma to realise maximum value for our investors”.
“Under our ownership, we have transformed the company to better reflect the fast-changing market that it serves,” he said.
“This has been achieved through an active aircraft acquisition and disposal strategy to optimise the business’ portfolio and align with its diverse customer base.”
The sale of the business comes just over two years after the company sold 84 aircraft to Macquarie Group, a transaction that Terra Firma said was a significant stage in preparing the business for sale.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise was founded in 2006 and counts airlines such as Emirates, EVA Airways, easyJet, Wizz and EgyptAir among its customers.
Ryan Selwood, managing director, head of direct private equity, at CPPIB, said in spite of the sale it would look for other opportunities in the aircraft leasing space in the future.
Goldman Sachs is acting as financial advisor and Milbank as legal advisor to the seller. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in Q3 2017.
Anshuman Daga of Reuters also reports, Dubai Aerospace to buy aircraft lessor AWAS, catapults to top tier:
Government-controlled Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Ltd (DAE) is acquiring Dublin-based AWAS, the world's tenth biggest aircraft lessor, in a deal that will add over 200 planes to its fleet and more than double the size of its current business.
AWAS is the latest asset to be sold in the rapidly consolidating global aircraft leasing industry whose top 50 lessors had a fleet value of $256 billion last year, according to consultancy Flightglobal. The sector is seeing increased investment from players in emerging markets such as China, which were also in the running for AWAS, sources said.
Reuters had reported in December citing sources that AWAS had been put up for sale in an auction that could value the lessor at $7 billion, including debt.
DAE, controlled by the government of Dubai, signed a definitive agreement to buy AWAS from British financier Guy Hands' private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the companies said on Monday. They did not disclose financial terms of the deal.
DAE, which calls itself the largest aircraft lessor in the Middle East with a portfolio of 112 planes, said the combined company will have an owned, managed and committed fleet of 394 planes with a total value of over $14 billion. It will have more than 110 airline customers spread across 55 countries.
"This acquisition of AWAS is strategically compelling and propels DAE into a top 10 aircraft leasing platform," DAE Managing Director Khalifa H. AlDaboos said in a statement.
"Our leasing business has been growing at a rapid clip and this acquisition will more than double the current size of our business..."he said.
Paid for in U.S. dollars, aircraft are comparatively easy to re-lease to various airline operators across the world.
AWAS has a fleet of 263 owned, managed and committed narrow and wide-body aircraft, including a pipeline of 23 new aircraft on order to be delivered before the end of 2018.
DAE said its transaction will be financed by the group's internal resources and committed debt financing. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year.
The latest sale marks the exit of Terra Firma and CPPIB from AWAS, in which they first put in money in 2006. In 2015, Macquarie Group bought about 90 planes from AWAS for $4 billion.
DAE was advised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. DAE was also advised by KPMG and Latham and Watkins LLP. Goldman Sachs is acting as financial adviser and Milbank as legal adviser to the seller.
You can read CPPIB's press release on this deal here. What do I think of this deal? It's a great deal for all parties involved.
Let me provide you with some background. Back in March 2011, CPPIB spent $266 million to help fund an expansion of AWAS:
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has pledged to spend $266 million to help fund expansion at Dublin-based aircraft leasing firm AWAS.
AWAS has a fleet of over 200 commercial aircraft on lease to more than 90 customers in approximately 45 countries. It employs roughly 120 people worldwide, and has 110 aircraft on order from Airbus and Boeing.
CPPIB's investment adds to the $347 million US that CPPIB has already directly invested in the company.
The investment is part of $529 million US in total that AWAS secured to fund its expansion plans Thursday. The other major partner is Terra Firma — which pledged an additional $246 million US — but other investors are also putting up $17 million US.
CPPIB already owns 16 per cent of AWAS and the investment will increase its stake to 25 per cent. Terra's stake will increase to 60 per cent, and other investors will own the remaining 15 per cent. CPP's stake could increase beyond 25 per cent because it has committed a further $200 million US that AWAS could draw on at a later date.
The aircraft leasing firm's plan to grow comes at an opportune time, CPPIB management said in a release.
"We are delighted to help fund AWAS' acquisition strategy at what we feel is an attractive point in the aviation cycle to invest," said Andre Bourbonnais, senior vice-president for private investments at CPPIB.
"We see this as another affirmation of the value of our proven platform, growth strategy," AWAS president Ray Sisson said of the deal.
The CPPIB invests surplus money from employer and employee contributions that aren't required to pay current retirement benefits. It had $140.1 billion in assets at the end of December.
As you can see, CPPIB can also thank André Bourbonnais (and Mark Wiseman) for this deal which netted it a very handsome return (AWAS was bought for roughly $4 billion and reportedly sold for over $7 billion).
Interestingly, Mr. Bourbonnais is now the CEO of PSP Investments which launched its own aviation leasing platform back in 2015 (SKY Leasing) with industry veteran Richard Wiley (Jim Pittman who is now the head of private equity at bcIMC worked on that deal).
What does Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) get from this deal? It's catapulted to a top tier global aircraft leaser and will enjoy rental income for many more years ahead but will likely ride out some turbulence in the short run depending on how bad the next global economic downturn is (you can read more on giants of aircraft leasing here).
If you look at the latest press releases from CPPIB, you'll see it has been very busy lately with mega private deals which I would characterize as more defensive in nature (this after I recently stated CPPIB is sounding the alarm on markets).
For example, along with Blackstone, it recently acquired Ascend Learning from private equity funds advised by Providence Equity Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Ascend is a leading provider of educational content, software and analytics solutions.
Today CPPIB announced that it and funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) announced their intention to purchase all outstanding shares of, and to privatize, Nord Anglia Education, Inc. (Nord Anglia), the world's leading premium schools organization, for a purchase price of USD 4.3 billion, including repayment of debt:
Nord Anglia operates 43 leading private schools globally in 15 countries in China, Europe, Middle East, North America and South East Asia
Funds affiliated with BPEA are the majority shareholders of Nord Anglia and BPEA controls 67% of Nord Anglia’s issued and outstanding share capital
The transaction is subject to shareholder approval and customary closing conditions.
Keep in mind, this mega deal comes after another deal announced in March when CPPIB and Singapore's GIC bet big on US college housing.
Why invest billions in private schools and higher education? It makes perfect sense from a long-term perspective. It's a play on global wealth inequality and how rich foreigners will spend a lot of money sending their kids to private schools and US colleges.
But it's also a play on the need for students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to invest in higher education to compete in an increasingly more competitive workplace where certain skills are highly coveted (interestingly, the Fed's Kashkari thinks spending on education, not infrastructure, is the key to US economic growth).
Lastly, please take the time to read this recent interview with John Graham, Managing Director, Head of Principal Credit Investments at CPPIB. Graham discusses CPPIB's approach in private credit investments, including which segments are most attractive in this space and how CPPIB is dealing with increased competition from other institutions getting into private debt markets.
Below, highlights from the 18th Annual Global Airfinance Conference Dublin, that took place on 18th - 20th January 2016 at the Convention Centre in Dublin.
Also, a 2014 clip on why Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, is aiming to buy his way into the global aircraft leasing business as his flagship investment firm holds talks with lessors on building a portfolio of planes.
Lastly, Howard Rubel, Jefferies managing director, shares his thoughts on Boeing's quarterly results and outlook on growth. I'm not as bullish as he is on Boeing in the near term but listen to what he says on the outlook for air traffic and freight driving demand for aircrafts.
As you can see, the aircraft leasing business is growing and competition is heating up in this space as investors look to capitalize on long-term growth in Asia, the Middle-East and elsewhere.
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Showing episodes of Calling Dr. Only five of these stations – along with a sixth that Tribune acquired the following year – would join The WB at launch (the company's Atlanta independent WGNX would instead agree to affiliate with CBS in September 1994, as a result of Fox's affiliation deal with New World Communications, then-owner of longtime CBS station WAGA-TV; in contrast, New Orleans sister station WGNO did become a WB charter affiliate before joining ABC in January 1996 due to a similar affiliation deal between Fox and longtime ABC station WVUE-TV). Both networks fell behind Spanish language network Univision in the overall 18–34 demographic. In certain mid-sized and smaller markets, some of The WB's stations held dual affiliations with another major network – most commonly, UPN (with The WB often serving as the primary affiliation) – if there were not enough television stations to allow both networks to maintain separate affiliates (though this was also the case in a few markets where enough stations were available for a standalone affiliate). Ratings dropped for many of The WB's shows, while also cancelling shows with steady ratings such as Angel; the network failed to launch new hit shows to take their places. This list of current and cancelled Kids' WB TV series includes the date when each show first aired, as well as which actors starred in the show. When the network was announced, The WB planned to run a predominately network programmed schedule over time. The network principally aired programs targeting teenagers and young adults between the ages of 12 and 34, with its Children's Division, Kids' WB, geared toward children ages 6 to 12. Time Warner did not have a station group of its own at the time (and still does not in the present day); although its Turner Broadcasting System division did own Atlanta independent station WPCH-TV (then WTBS-TV, the local feed of then-superstation TBS) at the time, but it never carried WB programming due to the network's affiliation with WATL, which Tribune Broadcasting had owned from 1999 (when it acquired the station from Qwest Broadcasting, which was part-owned by Tribune) to 2006 (when it sold the station to the Gannett Company, now Tegna, Inc.). Yet at the same time, The WB … Despite the slight downturn in the network's fortunes, there were a few bright spots during the era. [5][41] Over the next eight months, it was to be seen which shows from the two networks would cross over to The CW, as well as which stations aligned with either UPN or The WB would become future affiliates of the new network. Comcast offers over 1,000 episodes from the Warner Bros. Television library on its video on demand service. By 2012, it had accrued more than 7.3 million views from TheWB.com and partner sites. One of two WB shows starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, D.C. actually boasted an impressive executive producer: Dick Wolf. The Cast of Everwood: Where Are They Now? A young Penn Badgely in Do Over before his days of heart robbery on Gossip Girl. Your response could … Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island (2005–2006) 9. A quick scan of the list of the top WB television network shows reveals just how far showrunners, producers, and writers were willing to go to entertain us and grab those ratings. However, the website did not include episodes of two of The WB's most popular shows, Charmed and Felicity, as the distribution rights to Charmed are owned by CBS Television Distribution and Felicity's rights are owned by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Warner Bros.' television arm planned on resurrecting The WB brand in the form of a website at TheWB.com, the website domain used for the official site of the broadcast network. By March 30, 2008, the URLs redirected to the Warner Bros. Studios homepage, before being redirected to the TheWB.com beta website one month later on April 28. The WB television network allowed Sex and the City’s Darren Star to go deliciously meta with Grosse Pointe, a good WB television TV series about the behind the scenes of a WB television network TV series. The network's schedule during its first two seasons – the 1995 midseason (when it inaugurated its initial Wednesday lineup) and the first half of the 1995–96 season (when the network expanded its programming to Sundays) – consisted entirely of sitcoms; the first drama series to debut on the network was the primetime soap Savannah, which debuted in February 1996 and ran for two seasons until its cancellation in February 1997. In October 2001, the Superman-inspired Smallville debuted with 8.4 million viewers, the highest-rated premiere in the history of the network; that show was also important because it was one of the few series that drew a substantial male viewership. Unilever's Axe brand has sponsored Children's Hospital. Because of these reasons, the schedules of The WB's affiliates were largely composed of syndicated programming. An original reality series, Rich Girl, Poor Girl from Laguna Beach and Newport Harbor executive producer Gary Auerbach, in which two teenagers from different economic and social backgrounds swap lives (similar in format to Wife Swap and A Walk In Your Shoes), had ranked among the top 100 programs in the teenage category on iTunes since its October 20, 2008, debut. Executives for the network attributed the ratings decline in large part due to the Tribune Company's decision to remove WB network programming from WGN-TV's superstation feed in October 1999, on the pretense that the network's national distribution was large enough that it was no longer necessary for WGN to broadcast The WB's programs outside of Chicago; the network reached several affiliation deals during the prior four years with various station owners (such as the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Pappas Telecasting Companies), buoyed by the September 1998 launch of The WB 100+ Station Group, a national cable-only service that served most of the 110 smallest Nielsen media markets in the United States that did not have enough television stations to support an over-the-air affiliate. In 2005, the network retired Michigan J. Frog, as the network's trademark mascot. The Best Shows On The WB Buffy the Vampire Slayer Supernatural Dawson's Creek Beauty and the Geek Charmed The Steve Harvey Show Everwood Summerland Pinky … The WB acquired the U.S. rights to the Japanese animated series from TV Tokyo earlier that year (from its U.S. premiere in the fall of 1998 up to that point, the show was syndicated); the series ultimately became a widespread pop culture phenomenon with the added exposure on the network. [22] The WB continued to expand in the 1996–97 season, adding programming on Monday nights. News. The remainder of the time slots are left for reruns of popular sitcom shows like Friends, Mike and Molly, How I Met Your Mother, and Two and a Half Men. Recommended to you based on your activity and what's popular • Feedback ABC had major success against its competition with Walt Disney's Disneyland TV series and approached Warner Bros. initially with the idea of purchasing the studio's film library (WB eventually sold the rights to the negatives of pre-1950 films and pre-1948 cartoons and shorts to … The WB debuted the Kids' WB children's program block in September 1995; the lineup initially featured a mix of Warner Bros.' most popular children's shows (such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and later Batman: The Animated Series, all of which originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication) and newer series (such as Freakazoid!, Histeria!, Superman: The Animated Series, Road Rovers, Pinky and the Brain, and Batman Beyond). The Wayans Brothers Show giving us Dupree? The best TV shows on the WB network did more than entertain us - they affected our everyday lives. When it launched on September 18, 2006, The CW initially maintained The WB's scheduling model;[5] The WB had carried 30 hours of network programming each week (13 of which were devoted to primetime shows) in comparison to UPN's weekly programming total of 12 hours (10 hours of which were allocated to primetime shows). In 2005, The WB had an estimated audience reach of 91.66% of all U.S. households (equivalent to 90,282,480 households with at least one television set); the network was carried by 177 VHF and UHF stations in the United States. Tribune Broadcasting also committed 16 of its 19 WB-affiliated stations at the time to serve as the network's core affiliates (though it relinquished its stake in The WB shortly after the launch announcement for The CW, in order to avoid shouldering shutdown costs for The WB,[42] and would not take on an ownership stake in The CW) – alongside 11 UPN O&Os that were named as CW charter stations by CBS Corporation. In addition to carrying select previous Kids' WB programs, the site also features other archived programs to which Time Warner owns or holds distribution rights, and programs seen on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. [61] KPLR-TV/St. The popularity of Dawson helped boost the network's other shows, such as Buffy, which served as its lead-in on The WB's new night of programming that also launched in January 1998, branded as "New Tuesday,"[26][27] and 7th Heaven, which enjoyed a massive 81% increase in viewership that season. The network can also trace its beginnings to the Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN), a programming service operated as a joint venture between Time Warner and the Chris-Craft Industries group of stations, and launched in January 1993. As the teen boom of the late 1990s began to wane, The WB attempted to broaden the scope of its primetime lineup. Many stations affiliated with The WB 100+ Station Group also followed either one of these variations on "The City/Region's WB" scheme (though the group's cable-only affiliates also used fictional call signs). Young power struggled with puberty before power. A television series adaptation of R. L. Stine's The Nightmare Room debuted on the block in 2001, it was cancelled after one season. In the end, 7th Heaven, Beauty and the Geek, Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Reba, Smallville, and Supernatural were chosen to move from The WB to The CW for its inaugural 2006–07 fall schedule. Fox originated such naming schemes, and CBS uses similar on-air branding for most of its owned-and-operated stations (NBC and ABC also utilize similar, but less extreme, naming schemes). Also in the fall of 2000, the fantasy sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch moved from ABC to The WB as part of its Friday night schedule; the show continued on the network for three more seasons before ending in May 2003. Hey there, Thanks for being a loyal visitor of our site. Much like its competitor UPN, The WB Television Network was created in reaction primarily to the Federal Communications Commission's new deregulation of media ownership rules that repealed the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, and partly to the success of the upstart Fox and first-run syndicated pro… The closure of the WB website ended, after more than eighteen years, the usage of the brand name "The WB". Sinclair Broadcast Group also operated several WB affiliates with local news departments: Raleigh's WLFL was the only WB affiliate that the company owned which had an existing news operation at the time it joined the network (WLFL began producing a 10:00 p.m. newscast as a Fox affiliate in 1992, six years before it joined The WB); Sinclair's Tampa, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Las Vegas and Norfolk[65] WB affiliates began producing their own newscasts through Sinclair's local/national hybrid news format News Central in the early 2000s. [66][67] Of the former WB affiliates that produced newscasts during their affiliation with the network, only WGN-TV, WPIX, KTLA, KDAF and KIAH (all of whom became affiliates of The CW) continue to maintain self-supporting news departments as of December 2014[update] (KPLR and KWGN respectively merged their news departments with those of Fox affiliates KTVI and KDVR through a 2008 management agreement between Tribune and Local TV, while WLVI's news department was shut down after Tribune sold the station to Sunbeam Television in 2006, with production of its 10:00 p.m. newscast taken over by new sister station WHDH). WT05 in Toledo, Ohio was the only cable-exclusive WB affiliate that was not part of The WB 100+ Station Group; owner Block Communications (which operates area cable provider Buckeye CableSystem) handled programming for WT05, running its own schedule of syndicated programs during non-network hours – a model the channel maintained as a CW affiliate until its shutdown and replacement by WTVG-DT2 in October 2014. Birds of Prey. On November 2, 1993, the Warner Bros. division of Time Warner announced the formation of The WB Television Network, with the Tribune Company holding a minority interest; as such, Tribune Broadcasting signed agreements to affiliate six of its seven television stations at the time – all of which were independent stations,[8][9][10][11] including the television group's two largest stations, WPIX in New York City and KTLA in Los Angeles – with the network. The Greatest Sitcoms in Television History, The Best Saturday Morning Cartoons for Mid-'80s — '90s Kids, Animaniacs Fan Theories That Are Zany To The Max, Why The Animaniacs Are Secretly A Bizarre Metaphor For The Perfect Nuclear Family, The Best Shows Canceled After a Single Season, 15 Criminally Underrated Adult Cartoons That Deserve More Recognition, The Most Crude and Classic '90s Adult Cartoons. The news departments of all seven of those stations were shut down in 2006 due to companywide cutbacks in Sinclair's news operations and the discontinuance of News Central. In the late 1990s, Tribune asked the company's remaining WB-affiliated stations that did not run newscasts to develop their own news departments; the only stations to do this were KDAF/Dallas–Fort Worth, KHWB/Houston, KSWB-TV/San Diego and WPHL-TV/Philadelphia – the first three debuted their newscasts in 1999, while WPHL had debuted a 10:00 p.m. newscast that was produced in conjunction with The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1994, before WPHL took over production of the program in 1996. Blue Collar TV and the comedy sketch stylings of Jeff Foxworthy? The result is a stellar and iconic list of shows that The WB should be proud of. The CW continued the Daytime WB block – which became The CW Daytime (and was reduced from two hours to one in 2010), although two blocks that moved to The CW from The WB would eventually be discontinued: Kids' WB continued on The CW until May 17, 2008, when it was replaced with The CW4Kids after 4Kids Entertainment began programming The CW's Saturday morning block through a time-lease agreement (Kids' WB was later relaunched as an online portal); The CW discontinued its Sunday primetime schedule in September 2009, effectively ending the EasyView block in the process. Many, though not all, of The WB's programming during its eleven-year run as a television network was produced by corporate cousin Warner Bros. Television. Official site of The CW Network, featuring All American, Riverdale, The Flash, Legacies, Nancy Drew, Batwoman, DC's Stargirl, Black Lightning, Charmed, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and more. Starting on August 14, 2006, with the Daytime WB block, The WB stopped displaying its on-screen logo bug during the network's programming and replaced it with a countdown of days until The CW's premiere. Poll, America the Wild, and Rock the Park to both inform and educate older children. The Batman (2004–2008) 3. The following categories lists shows that air or have aired in first-run on the now-defunct WB Television Network (better known as The WB). Nothing. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced plans to shut down both UPN and The WB and partner to launch a new broadcast television network that would include series from both soon-to-be predecessor networks, known as The CW. Lists that rank the best, most engaging original series that deserve your viewership across different networks. We do appreciate that. Kids' WB's weekday programming continued, but with redundant programs and theme weeks until December 30, 2005 (the block began to increasingly promote Cartoon Network's afternoon Miguzi block and the Kids' WB Saturday morning lineup during the transition). Many WB affiliates used another form of standardized branding: the network's Lakeland, Florida affiliate (serving Tampa) acquired the WWWB call letters and branded on-air as "The WB 32" (it is now known as WMOR-TV). When the network launched in January 1995, The WB automatically gained five affiliates with functioning news departments through the initial agreement with Tribune Broadcasting, all of whom founded their news operations as either independent stations or during early affiliations with other networks, such as the DuMont Television Network: WGN-TV/Chicago, WPIX/New York City, KTLA/Los Angeles, KWGN-TV/Denver and WLVI-TV/Boston (a fifth news-producing station owned by Tribune at the time, WGNX/Atlanta, was to become a WB charter affiliate but instead affiliated with CBS after WAGA-TV dropped that network to join Fox in December 1994, through a groupwide affiliation deal between Fox and WAGA owner New World Communications). Or Jack & Bobby with a young Bradley Cooper and John Slattery pre-day cocktails on Mad Men? List RulesVote up the best original TV shows that have ever debuted on The WB. The network's first programs were mostly sitcoms targeted at an ethnically black audience. This meant that, for example, New York City affiliate WPIX and St. Louis affiliate KPLR-TV were both referred to as "WB11" (though WPIX branded as "The WB, Channel 11" until 1997, and KPLR as its pre-affiliation brand "St. Louis 11" until 1998). In most markets, the local WB affiliate either outsourced news programming to an NBC, ABC or CBS station in the market (either due to insufficient funds for production of their own newscasts or in later years after the FCC permitted duopolies in markets with at least eight unique station owners in 2000, the station being operated through a legal duopoly or operational agreement with a major network affiliate) or opted to carry syndicated programming in the hour following The WB's primetime programming. With its supernatural-noir vibe, Angel and his … Defunct American television network (1995–2006), "The WB Television Network" redirects here. At the start of the 1998–99 season, the network expanded its programming to Thursday nights. As a result of its distribution deal with The CW, 4Kids produced Saturday morning blocks for two networks during the 2008–09 season, as it already programmed Fox's 4Kids TV block (which was discontinued by that network on December 27, 2008).[55]. [23][24] This season gave The WB modest hits in the Aaron Spelling-produced family drama 7th Heaven (centering on a reverend and his family) and comedies The Steve Harvey Show (starring Harvey as a funk musician working as a music teacher at an inner-city Chicago high school), and The Jamie Foxx Show (starring Foxx as an aspiring actor/singer working at a Los Angeles hotel owned by his aunt and uncle). During this season, The WB was the only network to have gains in its total audience viewership and in each key demographic. KSWB and WPHL would both shutter their news departments in 2005, outsourcing production of their 10:00 p.m. newscasts to NBC owned-and-operated stations in their respective markets (KSWB restored in-house newscasts after it switched from WB successor The CW to Fox in August 2008). [21] The network also launched the Kids' WB programming block in September 1995, which featured a mix of existing Warner Bros. animated series that originated either on Fox Kids or in syndication and originally aired on Monday through Saturday mornings. The WB was also available in Canada on cable and satellite providers through affiliates that are located within proximity to the Canada–US border (whose broadcasts of WB shows were subject to simultaneous substitution rules imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to protect program rights held by a domestically based network), and through two affiliates owned by Tribune Broadcasting (WPIX/New York City and KTLA/Los Angeles) that are classified in that country as superstations, as well as the superstation feed of Chicago affiliate WGN-TV. From 1998 to 2000, the network also aired episode repeats from the first two seasons of 7th Heaven during the first hour of its Sunday lineup under the title 7th Heaven Beginnings; this concept was revived during the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Smallville and Gilmore Girls (which aired repeats from their early seasons under the respective titles Smallville: Beginnings and Gilmore Girls: Beginnings). The WB was the only English language broadcast network that historically did not have any owned-and-operated stations. The WB Television Network (commonly shortened to The WB and short for Warner Bros.) was an American television network first launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995,[4] as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner. While viewers in the Chicago area saw primetime and Kids' WB programming on separate stations until September 2004 (primetime shows on WGN-TV and children's programs on WCIU-TV), the WGN superstation feed carried The WB's entire schedule during the four-year period that it carried the network. Histeria! 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Games & Apps. Vote up the best original TV shows that have ever debuted on The WB. The WB's president of entertainment at the time, David Janollari, explained in July 2005 at the network's summer press tour that "[Michigan] was a symbol that perpetuated the young-teen feel of the network. Series like … The conceit is that Brooke and Sam are suddenly forced to inhabit the same household and become stepsisters as Brooke's divorced dad and Sam's widowed mom fall in love and move in together. The O'Keefes. Between 2000 and 2005, Kids' WB experimented with some live-action programming, though the block continued to mainly run animated series. Each of these 10-episode programs ran for five minutes. [50][51] Furthermore, from September 2002 until The WB ceased operations, the network ran a two-hour extension of its Sunday lineup (from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time), known as "EasyView", a block featuring week-behind episode rebroadcasts of select shows from the network's primetime schedule.[52][53]. [56][57][58] The service – which transmitted its content via an IBM-developed data server network that digitally transmitted local and national advertisements, promos, station identifications and customized logo bugs to each individual affiliate, with the programming feeds and accompanying data being relayed via satellite and stored to a wireless PC-based system (known as a "station in a box") – was primarily affiliated with cable-only television channels (which were mainly operated by area cable providers), though it was also carried on full-power or low-power stations in some markets. The new incarnation of the TheWB.com began in beta testing on April 28, 2008, and officially launched on August 27. [35][36] Following Kellner's departure from Turner, AOL Time Warner reassigned the network's operations back to the Warner Bros. unit in 2003. [13] Although Tribune had a minority stake in the network, its stations were not technically considered owned-and-operated stations of The WB since Time Warner held controlling interest in the network's ownership. Both? Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Batman: The Animated Series (1997–2000) 4. Brands. [48] While Warner Bros. Entertainment did not promote the site in any multimedia ads, it had drawn about 250,000 unique viewers a month, according to Mindshare's Mr. Chapman, who had been tracking the site. This Kids' WB TV programs list include the most viewed shows on Kids' WB, as this list covers the entire history of the network. The American English dub of Pokémon accrued more than eighteen years, the WB 's Hospital only... 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Interview with Alan Bradley
Alan Bradley •
The Unofficial Book Reviewer is proud to present an exclusive interview with Alan Bradley, author of the much acclaimed Flavia de Luce mystery series. Click here to read a review of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Flavia’s first appearance in print.
Unofficial Book Reviewer: Flavia’s lab experiments are extremely convincing. Do you have a background in chemistry?
Alan Bradley: No, my background in chemistry was very limited, which means that I have to do intensive research to keep up with Flavia!
UBR: Has Flavia ever attended school before being sent to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy in Toronto?
AB: Flavia has referred several times to the unfortunate Miss Gurdy, a former governess who seems to have fled Buckshaw and since been expunged from its history.
UBR: Where in England do you picture Bishop’s Lacey being located?
AB: Bishop’s Lacey is located everywhere in England simultaneously, although I have been assured with great authority by various readers that it is in Somerset, and in Oxfordshire, and in Yorkshire.
UBR: How did you choose the obscure Saint Tancred as patron of the village church?
AB: Saint Tancred is not one of those overworked saints. He was a cozy fit for Bishop’s Lacey, and seemed quite content and at home there—or at least he was until someone dug him up.
UBR: My favorite passage in the whole series is Dieter’s account of how he came to be captured during the war [in The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag]. Does this story have any basis in fact?
AB: Only in that there were a few German prisoners of war who chose to remain in England after the cessation of hostilities. The chapter about Dieter’s passion for the Brontës was originally twice the length of the printed version, but was cut after concerns about its interrupting the flow of the story. Some day, perhaps, the whole tale will be told.
UBR: Can we expect to see Flavia on the screen?
AB: The Flavia series is presently in production by the fine people who are responsible for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and The Man Who Invented Christmas. I can’t wait to see it on the screen.
UBR: What authors do you particularly enjoy?
AB: Dickens, Doyle, Joyce, Robert Graves. Among the moderns, Ann Wroe, Sarah Dunant, John Banville . . . the list goes on and on. I enjoy any book that’s beautifully written, no matter the topic or genre. Reading is a consoling business, and everyone loves to be consoled.
More books by Alan Bradley:
2 thoughts on “Interview with Alan Bradley”
Margaret on May 31, 2020 at 5:04 am said:
Please tell me a screen version of Flavia materialized!
Reviewer on May 31, 2020 at 9:42 am said:
IMDB says a television series based on the books is still “in development,” which means it may or may not come to fruition. I’d love to see Flavia on the screen; the stories are so rich and full of dramatic possibility.
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Train fares for all trains departing from Quy Nhon
Ha Noi Reunification Express Train $45 $50 $65 $69
Hue Reunification Express Train $22 $26 $33 $35
Da Nang Reunification Express Train $19 $24 $30 $32
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Thap Cham Reunification Express Train $22 $24 $29 $32
Binh Thuan Reunification Express Train $25 $28 $34 $37
Ho Chi Minh Reunification Express Train $30 $36 $44 $48
Quy Nhon Station is a station located in the center of Quy Nhon City. The train line to this station is a branch of the North-South railway line starting from Dieu Tri Station, Tuy Phuoc District. In the past, the station was rarely used because it was unpopular and mainly operated market trains on special occasions. Currently, the station has been put into regular use with the appearance of the local train SQN1 / 2 (formerly Golden train), a passenger train from Quy Nhon station to Saigon station. The people of the city are more convenient to take the train thanks to Quy Nhon station because previously if they wanted to take the train, they had to go to Dieu Tri station (about 13 km from the city center) to catch the train.
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Lynda Shoshone – Washoe Tribal Elder
Dr. Charles Goldman – Emeritus Distinguished Professor
Bob Anderson – Founder of Washoe Meadows Community
Caleb Russell – Local Park User
Washoe Meadows Community Member Lynda Shoshone is a Washoe Tribal elder and a former cultural resource technician and monitor. She served as Chair of the Inter-Tribal Council of California for a number of years
“It has been documented scientifically that the Wa-She-Shu have lived on our aboriginal lands for over 10,000 years (or forever in Washoe time). We gathered here, processed foods, and participated in the rhythms of the seasons.
Stories of our life in the park were passed down through generations. The abundance used to allow fish to be caught in the skirts of our elders and tossed to the children waiting on the river banks. Washoe tribe members existed without depleting the land, instead relying on native plants, and living in summer shelters of willows. Seeds and grains were processed without impact on the land with native stone grinding tools. Evidence of this is still there.
It is not legal or ethical to “claim” the resources of this wild place for one “recreational” purpose—golf—at the expense of other important values and purposes.
My vision for the park includes development of interpretive trails and signs about ancient and post-European settlement histories. I can foresee the Washoe language program helping visitors to look at the place and its history from a Washoe perspective. In sharing Washoe history, we can teach how it is possible to live lightly on the land.”
Bob Anderson, co-founder of Washoe Meadows Community (center rear), leading a snowshoe hike in Washoe Meadows State Park in 2008.
Bob and Grace Anderson co-founded Washoe Meadows Community in 2006. This work grew out of their concern about the biased proposal that would have significant, irreversible impacts on Washoe Meadows State Park and the Upper Truckee River. They went on to work with dozens of volunteers to conserve the area.
For a number of years, Bob served as a leader in several statewide and regional environmental organizations, including the Tahoe Area Sierra Club, Pacific Rivers Council, Montana Wilderness Association, and Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He oversaw several other successful conservation efforts in Wyoming and Montana, such as congressional designation of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
In 2013 Bob Anderson was killed in a vehicle accident while traveling in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa.
We are more determined than ever to honor Bob and Grace’s vision and intention to protect Washoe Meadows State Park and any downgrades that would not protect park resources for present and future generations.
Dr. Charles Goldman
Dr. Charles Goldman is a Distinguished Professor of Limnology in the UC Davis Department of Science and Policy. He is an Emeritus distinguished professor and has studied Tahoe as Director, Tahoe Research Group for over 50 years.
Since 1972 Dr. Charles Goldman has been advocating for what is now Washoe Meadows State Park and has extensive knowledge about the unique fens found there. As an expert on environmental conditions at Lake Tahoe he has advised numerous leaders including President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on the importance of protecting the lake.
Dr. Goldman has spoken against the state-proposed project to develop golf course holes in Washoe Meadows State Park. He continues to be concerned that short-sighted commercial interests may harm sensitive riparian areas that currently provide natural filtering mechanisms that help protect Lake Tahoe’s clarity.
Caleb Russell grew up and still lives in South Lake Tahoe.
At age 13, Caleb wrote a letter to State Parks expressing his concerns about the proposed golf course development in Washoe Meadows State Park. Despite receiving praise from a Commissioner for his sincere letter, Caleb was disappointed when the Commission did not heed his request and instead approved the project.
Caleb is now 19 years old and believes more strongly than ever in protecting sensitive lands from inappropriate development. He is astounded that the government agencies that are supposed to represent the public interest would sacrifice this state park land. Caleb loves the outdoors and values the open space the Park provides.
Supporting Organizations:
We are aligned with a coalition of organizations that have had concerns with the currently proposed project including the following:
Mother Lode Chapter of the Sierra Club
Tahoe Area Sierra Club
The Bear League
Defense of Place
Resource Renewal Institute
The California Native Plant Society
Planning & Conservation League
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Home » THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF GREAT AWAKENING (BASED ON FOURTH POLITICAL THEORY)
THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES OF GREAT AWAKENING (BASED ON FOURTH POLITICAL THEORY)
1. Liberalism is in decay
• Now we can easily observe that global world order is in decay. Globalism is collapsing. We see, for example, a real agony in the Unites States. The threat of President Trump — who is much more moderated in regards to the global liberal agenda — is experienced by globalists as something fatal, something existential. Globalists are trying to destroy the United States in order to promote their candidate, to save their agenda at any price.
• Trump has called that cancel culture — a new kind of postmodern totalitarianism. For example, the New York Times has declared the necessity to cancel Aristotle (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/opinion/should-we-cancel-aristotle.html). We are dealing with the clear totalitarian face of the liberal ideology. It is a liberal dictatorship, because it demands to cancel history — Plato, Aristotle, the Middle Ages, modern authors, modern philosophies.... anything that don't coincide with the more and more narrowing criteria of radical and totally intolerant liberalism.
• These are clear signs of totalitarianism. The Nazis (national socialists) demanded to cancel Jews. The Soviet totalitarianism (socialist totalitarianism) demanded to cancel dissidents. Now, the liberal ideology demands to cancel everything — or almost everything, except Black Lives Matter, Soros' LGBT+, and some chosen groups of minorities, at the price of prohibiting everybody else. So, that is agony.
2. Liberalism and its alternatives
• What is an agony? Liberalism is an agony.
1st political theory: Liberalism
2nd political theory: Communism
3rd political theory: Fascism — or National Socialism
• Liberalism has won over its rivals in the 20th century (communism and fascism).
• These three theories represent the political modernity — the Western political modernity.
• The agony of liberalism includes the approaching end of the Western political modernity, because neither communism nor fascism could be regarded as real alternatives to liberalism.
• Communism and fascism have a common basis with liberalism:
– Materialism
– Atheism
– Progressivism
– A purely materialistic approach to the human being.
• We will miss the opportunity of the growing crisis — fueled by the impossibility of globalist structures to deal with the coronavirus (another sign of the collapse of liberalism) —, if we choose to oppose it with communism and fascism, because they are alternatives of the past. And they belong to the same family of Western modern ideologies.
• So, the 4th Political Theory is an invitation to use this window of historical opportunity (represented by the agony of liberalism as the 1st political theory) to overcome what is common to all forms of political modernity — to overcome the philosophical, metaphysical, political and ideological field of political modernity.
3. The 4th Political Theory vs. Western Modernity
• The 4th Political Theory is an invitation to search for the alternative to this falling liberalism in decay, which intended to be the main and unique, the one and only political ideology from the Fukuyama's moment of The End of History and the Last Man (1992) until now.
• After the end of communism and fascism in the 20th century, liberalism became the only political ideology, which intended to be a kind of universal language — something totally imposed, with free market, liberal democracy, parliamentarianism, individualism, technology, icon culture and LGBT+ ethics. All that was regarded as universal. And now this universality is ending.
• The 4th Political Theory is an invitation to critique and fight the 1st political theory, neither from the socialist or communist position, nor from the nationalist-fascist or national socialist position — because both belong to the past. This is an invitation to overcome Western political modernity by fighting liberalism, because it still exists.
4. Why liberalism is absolute evil?
• We precisely choose liberalism to be the representation and symbol of absolute evil because it is still here, and liberals still intend to organize the world under the rule of the liberal transnational elite.
• Liberalism is worse than communism and fascism not only from the theoretical point of view. It is worse because it exists here still. Communism and fascism belong to the past — they are chimeras, they are just rests, residues of the political history.
• So, first of all, we need to fight liberalism. We need to bring this lasting decay to the end, we need to overcome liberalism, we need to finish with liberalism — with open society, with human rights, with all the products of this Soros' style liberal system based on individualism, materialism, progressivism, on the total alienation of the people and extinction of social links.
• Individualism is the last word of liberalism. So, we need to finish with the concept of individualism.
5. Communism and fascism are the traps
• We should not come to the past alternatives. We shouldn't fall into the trap of communism or fascism. We need to imagine something radically different — not only from liberalism, but from the Western political modernity taken altogether. This is the 4th Political Theory — this is what it's all about.
• Today, our main enemy is represented by liberalism, by open society, by Soros' funded groups of liberal terrorists — which could be regarded as leftists or far-left fascists. And others: liberals are trying to use religious and ethnical groups. For example, when fighting Islam as a religious sacred tradition, globalists are using some Muslims in order to destroy the European identity. When fighting against all kinds of national identity, they use some ethnical identities (for example, Uyghurs, Ukrainians) in order to destabilize the alternative poles that don't belong to their vision of unipolar global liberal world. They are cynic in that sense, they are hypocrites — they can use something they criticize if they need to. They have double morality.
• But the main idea of fighting liberalism is to fight all Western political modernity. That is the enemy. The 4th Political Theory invites everybody to fight.
6. The name of the enemy is Western Modernity
• The name of the enemy has absolute importance. If we name the enemy as Modern Western Political Ideologies or Western Political Modernity, we already are on the right path.
• We don't invite people to fight against the West. Not at all. The West is not an enemy.
• We don't invite people to fight against modernity, as such — for example, the contemporary state of affairs in some societies. Because we have different societies, different civilizations that exist in the modern world and don't belong to the Western modernity. We can actually live in the modern world outside the Western political modernity.
• So, we are challenging neither the West, nor the modernity: we are challenging the Western modernity. And that's a kind of form based on the antichristian, anti-spiritual, anti-traditional, anti-sacred turn in Western history that coincided — not by chance — with colonialism, the beginning of the Enlightenment, and so on. This modern era of the scientific, materialist, colonialist period of Western history is the evil, this is the problem.
7. Against capitalism, slavery and Enlightenment
• We have identified our main enemy as Western Political Modernity, or Western Modernity in general — in the philosophical, scientific, geopolitical and economic senses. It coincides with capitalism, because capitalism, materialism, atheism and colonialism re-introduced slavery after hundreds of years of non-existence of slavery in the Western Christian culture. Slavery was reintroduced by the Western political modernity.
• Sometimes it seems that slavery in colonial times, in America and Africa, was a phenomenon continued from the ancient tradition of the pre-modern West. Not at all. It was a completely new institution — a modern institution. Modern slavery is the path of the so-called "democratic liberal" modernity. People fighting colonialism should understand it very well: they are fighting Western political modernity.
• That new concept of slavery was based on race and biological aspects, and based on progress. Because there was no reasonable explanation for using black or colored people as slaves apart from progress. That was a new concept of slavery based on measuring progress. Progressivism was the main moving power behind slavery.
• In order to liberate the consequences of slavery and colonialism, we need to extinguish the Western political modernity. This is the only way. If we wrongly project slavery outside the Western political bourgeois capitalist modernity, we will be led to the wrong conclusion. The whole phenomenon was created, explained and funded by the Western political modernity.
8. Inspiration from the East
• How can we get out of this epistemological field of Western political modernity? If we focus on the name Western political modernity, we already have a solution. In order to get out of these boundaries, we invite you to go beyond the West. So, welcome to the East. Welcome to the non-Western civilizations.
• Welcome to Islam, welcome to India, welcome to the great ancient Chinese civilization, welcome to Africa, welcome to the archaic societies. All these forms of civilizations could be our example to follow.
• We should consider the Western history as only one branch of the history of humanity. If we reject the pretensions of Westerners' universalism, we could rediscover the values of Chinese political ideas, Islamic political ideas, Christian Orthodox political thought — Eastern, not Western, which is a completely different form of political thought. We could rediscover Indian tradition, we could rediscover archaic people.... not judging them from the point of view of progress or technological development.
• People in all forms, living in all kinds of societies, are still human — maybe more human than our technological civilization. We should rediscover the multiplicity of all kinds of cultures and societies, and we should accept them. Accept the most archaic people, the most archaic societies and tribes living outside the so-called "civilization" as an example to follow, maybe, or to discover, to study.... something that we need to understand first, not judge or try to bring to the criteria of Western political modernity.
• We are rediscovering every kind of civilization outside the West. And that is great. We have this immense amount of political thought, cultural thought, philosophy, religion.... outside the West. And we can take them as a source of inspiration to create something new. We can propose something non-Western and take it as a guiding star for the 4th Political Theory.
• Obviously, we cannot reach some new kind of universalism. And we shouldn't, we don't need that. We need to open the perspectives for each civilization, each culture to create their own political future, apart from something that is imposed as inevitable, as a destiny by the colonial Western modernity.
• First of all, the invitation is geographical. We should recognize the value of political thought outside the West. For example, Russian Eurasianists have remarked that Austrian philosopher Kelsen's study on the universal history of law is entirely dedicated to Roman law. Just a few pages are dedicated to all the other non-Western legal systems. That doesn't mean that Roman law is evil. There are non-Roman law systems outside the Western civilization — and that is great. We have Islamic law, Chinese law, the Confucianist tradition, Indian law, besides some archaic systems of legality and legitimacy. We need to consider them all.
• All civilizations can be inspired by their own political thought. That is the meaning of the 4th Political Theory. After the end of liberalism (which is approaching), we need to rehabilitate non-Western political systems. These systems could seem to Westerners as terrible, not civil, or awful.... But that is not an argument. Westerners should worry about their own civilization, which is only one kind of civilization among many others. And nobody can judge the others. Nobody — neither Soros, nor Bill Gates, nor Hillary Clinton, nor Washington, nor Brussels, nor Moscow, nor Riyadh, nor New Delhi, nor Beijing.
• Nobody can judge the other. There is no universal criterion in political thought, and that's the main principle of the 4th Political Theory.
9. True universalism is based on the plurality of subjects
• In order to develop a positive meaning for postliberal world order, we should recognize this as the main law: All civilizations can establish their own political systems outside of any universal paradigm — above all, outside the modern Western political paradigm, accepted or imposed as something universal. Democracy, liberalism, human rights, LGBT+, robotization, progress, digitalization and cyberspace are optional. They are not universal values. There are no universal values, except the value upon which all kind of civilizations could agree.
• We lack a real international order, because we lack the full-scale subjects that could establish such law. Now, we are still in colonization. There is only one subject: the modern Western liberal subject, which tries to impose its own values as a universal formal order over all others. And this is radically wrong. We are fighting precisely against this pretention. The West is the West. The West is not all. The West is a part of the whole. Westerners are a part of humanity. The West can be accepted or rejected — that depends on the free decision of other civilizations. The West is one civilization among many others.
• That's why a non-Western political thought is so important. The real universal history of law should include all legal systems of all existing civilizations — the serious part of Confucianism, the serious part of Indian political thought, the great part of Islamic law, the great part of Byzantine law, the great part of the various archaic systems of law.... Each archaic tribe can create their own system, and we should be very attentive to that. And, of course, the great part of Roman law. Yet, we could also include modern Western political thought — but that should be a small part of the whole political thought of humanity.
• We should insist on this redistribution of the system of values. This is a path to get out of the Western political modernity. We should recognize the full-scale dignity of non-Western political thought. This is very concrete: in each civilization we can easily find a huge amount of political treaties, ideas, schools.... But we are ignoring them totally, dealing with open society and its enemies (Karl Popper, Hayek, or Karl Marx) as universal thinkers or systems. Yes, they are more or less interesting. But, comparing with Confucianism, with Indian political thought, with Islamic political thought, liberalism, Marxism and Western nationalism are very poor. They are just possible forms of political thought — a small proportion, a very arrogant proportion of humanity. They are just a small part, not the whole. And this is extremely important.
10. The West is just part of the Rest
• We need to restore the dignity of all non-Western political philosophies, including Africa, India and the Americas. Including great and developed civilizations as well as the small archaic societies of Oceania.
• We need to accept humanity as humanity — not the West and the Rest. We should reverse the position: the Rest is the name of humanity, and the West is the name of the disease on the body of humanity. The Rest is the center, not the West.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (book by Samuel Huntington, 1996)
• Now, we are leaving in a system where the modern West is the unique pole (unipolar) and intends to establish the rule for the Rest. We need to organize the global geopolitical human revolution against that.We should evenly distribute the status of the subject between the Rest. The West is part of the Rest — a small part of the Rest.
• We should not punish the West. We should put it within its normal historical organic borders — nothing else. You are Western? Alright, but you are not universal. You strongly believe in human rights, LGBT+? It's up to you. It is your decision, not mine. It is not necessary. We could prohibit gay marriages or gay pride — that is absolutely our own right, and that is a highest decision we could take. Or we could let it happen....
• Nothing should be universally condemned or justified. Everything depends on the balance of the decision made by each civilization.
• In order to establish the world order on this principle, we need to reject the claim of Western political modernity to establish universal rule. Non-Western societies should be put first. We should extinguish Western consensus; there's no such thing as Western consensus. There is regime, there is colonization, there is occupation — this is the Western imperial liberalism we should fight against.
11. The West itself should be liberated from the modernity
• This is very important; we shouldn't blame the West — we should blame the modern West. And that is totally different, because not only many peoples of the world are colonized and exploited by the Western modernity: the identity of the Western culture (of the Western civilization, of the Western society) is well hijacked by the modernity. And now, with the flourishing of the cancel culture, we see how it works. Modern day liberals are trying to cancel the very principles of the Western identity. Cancel Aristotle, cancel Plato, cancel Hegel, cancel Nietzsche, cancel Heidegger.... demonizing everything in the great Western thought and culture — everything that doesn't fit into the narrowing limits of this radically intolerant left liberal ideology. Everything is judged as fascism, as something inacceptable.
• The modern West more and more destroys the principles of the West (pre-modern West). So, we need to liberate the West. Not only liberate the Rest from the West; but, at the same time, we need to liberate the West from the modernity. Because the modernity tries to cancel the origins, the sources of the Western identity. Now, it is quite open. Everybody is colonized by the Western political modernity. Not the only non-Western cultures and civilizations — the West itself is colonized by the modernity.
• We need to liberate the West. We need to liberate Plato, Aristotle, Greek-Roman antiquity. We need to restore the dignity of the Christian pre-modern societies — political thoughts, cultural values, philosophies, metaphysics.... We need to restore the heritage of the pre-modern West, which is on the way to be totally cancelled by a new purge of the liberalism.
• We should be united on the global revolution against Western political modernity. But we should understand that we are not fighting against the West. We are fighting against the regime of the modernity.
• The modernity is anti-West. It's not the West. It's a deviation of the Western history, based on the total misunderstanding of its own self. Western modernity is the disease. It's a Western disease — but, first of all, it kills the West itself. So, we need to help the West to be free from the modernity.
• We need to liberate Europe and the United States from liberalism. We should support all kinds of popular movements and tendencies that try to restore social justice and liberate the people from the liberal political elites that promote more and more modernization, liberalism, suicide. Because now postmodern Western education is focused on the total destruction of any kind of Western values. That's a new barbarianism. Liberals don't bring culture, they bring barbarity. This cancel culture (which include LGBT+, Black Lives Matter, and other feminist tendencies) is like a call to cancel all other kinds of culture. It is the genocide of the Western culture.
• Modernity is not Western. It is a disease, a modern disease that kills Western identity. And it is not a human enemy that causes this disease — it is caused by a change in the register of existence.
• We need to finish with capitalism, Western modernity, materialism, modern science — all kinds of political, cultural, philosophical fruits of modernity. And that is not nihilism, not at all. Because by extinguishing modernity, we will be able to perceive the huge heritage of Greek-Roman culture (which is cancelled now.... or in the process of being radically cancelled). We will discover the roots of Western identity: the spiritual, religious, philosophical, political roots — not this kind of deviation and perversion we are dealing with through the political modernity.
• Not only the world should be decolonized, the West itself should be decolonized and restored to its real dignity — as one great civilization among other great civilizations.
• So, it is not against the West. It is against liberalism and globalism, against Western political modernity.
12. Post-Modernity view from the Right
• The Fourth Political Theory is an invitation to go forward, to go ahead. We can take inspiration from the past, but we are living in the present. We shouldn't return to the past exactly as it was — we need to make a step ahead, forward, not many steps backward. The past should be considered as an eternal example, as Platonic ideas, as the being that inspires us. But we are dealing with time, and modern time is the catastrophe. It's the time of the decay, the collapse, the final catastrophe. So, we need to go further.
• We could use some methods of postmodernity in order to deconstruct the Western political modernity. There are two parts in postmodernism. First, there is very legitimate criticism of the violent and perverted part of Western political modernity as totalitarianism. We could agree with this postmodern criticism. But there is the second part of postmodernism: the moral continuation of modernity — an agreement with its call for further liberation, equalitarianism and other subjects of the left liberal moral. In that moral aspect, postmodernity is much worse than modernity. But we need to separate these two parts. We could accept and use the criticism and the deconstruction process of the modernity, and reject moral solidarity ways that are proper for the postmodernism. We need to have a kind of "right" postmodernism — postmodernity viewed from the right. Not political or economic right. This word is only used to differentiate the left liberal use of postmodernity to destroy more and more the Western and global human identity. So, we need to focus on the deconstruction process of the Western political modernity without sharing the moral presumptions of postmodernity.
13. Coronavirus: globalism has totally failed
• Now, coronavirus is the plague — a kind of eschatological sign (this is very important), as well as the symbol of the total incapacity of the globalists to manage a problem like an epidemic. This is a clear sign of the end of globalization.
• Coronavirus and the lockdown have showed how fragile is the globalist system. And when we are challenged by a serious threat, we immediately close the borders. Closing the borders is a short-term solution for anything. And maybe, still living in partial lockdown, we could learn a very important thing from that: opening or extinguishing borders is not a universal solution. It can be useful or harmful, so it is not a universal solution. No solution is universal when we're dealing with liberal elites.
• Liberal elites trying to put out fire with oil is suicide. An example is what's happening now in the United States. Democrats are losing their legitimate struggle for the power against Trump, so they are trying to use civil war as an argument to get to their results. This is suicide — the politics of suicide.
14. Liberalism: extremism, crime, suicide, hatred
• What all liberals do today is suicide. So, we should stop them, we should overcome them. No liberalism — it must be put aside. Liberalism is today's name for fascism. If in the past we demonized fascism, now the word liberal should be an insult. If you are liberal, you are subhuman, you are less than human, you are a disease creature, a perverted creature. And you are criminal, because you are fueling civil war, social injustice, occupation, colonization, dehumanization. Liberalism is a crime, a crime against humanity — worse than fascism and communism. That doesn't mean we should restore fascism or communism. They were totalitarian regimes. We should put them aside as well. They belong to the past. And liberalism is the real danger, the real criminal system of world order that still exists.
• To be anti-fascist or anti-communist is to fight with the shadow of the past. The real challenge is to be anti-liberal. Today, there are them and us. "Them" are the liberals, and they are not only against Russian, Chinese, Muslim and European patriots — they are against North-Americans, Latin-Americans, Africans, Europeans and everybody else. They are alienated from their own society. They have no legitimacy to rule, because they are usurpers, exploiters, killers. To be liberal is to be a killer.
• That's how precisely the 4th Political Theory understands the situation. And that is the frame of the debate we would like to have with you on the 1st International Congress on 4th Political Theory.
15. 4th Political Theory and new educational project
• Finally, we need to act — to put these considerations (if you share them, if you agree with them) in some kind of practice. And the most important and central practice is in education. Because it is through education that liberals penetrate our society, pervert our children, destroy the very principles of cultures and countries, destroy and dissolve identities.
• The main struggle should be at university level. We suggest to use this global lockdown in order to promote an online structure of alternative education, outside the Western political modernity. Religious, Christian, Islamic, Hinduist, Buddhist — all kinds of non-modern Western approach to education.
16. Program for 1st caste: Brahmans, philosophers
• At the level of education, there are three types of people we are addressing to. The first type is the small minority of the global population that is inclined to follow philosophy, religion, theology. And we should satisfy their demand by giving them the full picture of the spiritual culture we are going to lose with liberals. We need to save this treasure of religious, traditional, ancient, and modern wisdom. We need to save and preserve this spiritual heritage. That's our mission: to satisfy the need of the thinking persons — philosophers of the world — by giving them access to the real content of the spiritual tradition of different religions and different cultures.
• We need to promote this traditionalist education — including metaphysics, theology, middle-age tradition, as well as non-Western systems of thought. And all kind of philosophical tendencies that formally belong to the modern West, but that are different from it — for example, German classical philosophy starting with Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, or Nietzsche, Heidegger, conservative revolution, traditionalism, Italian thought, artistic realm less affected by the modern Western capitalist liberal principles....
• All that should be saved and transformed into something accessible to the people throughout the world. Why is it so important? Because in the Western type of education precisely these things are disappearing under our eyes. Today, there is no classical education in the best high school and universities. They are losing this heritage. They are more and more involved in the cancel culture. They try to cancel everything in education.
• Using the Indian term, this is the 4th Political Theory project at the level of the Brahmans — philosophers, priests, sacerdotes, intellectuals. It's a kind of a very special engagement of highly intellectual people. It couldn't be for the masses. It is for these isolated individuals. We need to pay attention to them, we need to satisfy their needs. If the liberal system of education advances, they will be totally alienated. And that will affect not only Western universities, but also Eastern universities, which only imitate the Western pattern.
17. Program for 2nd caste: Kshatriyas, warriors, activists
• But we also need to make an educational call for the political elite: the fighters, the kshatriyas, the warriors. And they cannot be satisfied only with knowledge, they should put knowledge into practice. They should participate in a special online educational program in order to create warrior knowledge — i.e. knowledge on how to fight our enemy. To do so, they need special qualities. We should restore the values of these kind of people who are potential heroes. They are totally excluded from postmodernity, from liberalism — they don't exist anymore.
• It was not by chance that Western political modernity has promoted the eradication of the first two estates: the priests, and the noble aristocracies — the warriors. Capitalism came to destroy these two kinds of human personalities. Now, we've arrived to the last stage of eradication of Brahmans and Kshatriyas throughout the world. We need to help them restore themselves and fulfill their existential and metaphysical missions.
• So, we need to create a network for the modern Kshatriyas to fight liberalism, unipolar world order and Western political modernity — but not to fight each other. That is very important. The 4th Political Theory invites all Kshatriyas not to fight against each other — for example, Chinese against Indians, Indians against Pakistanis, Shias against Sunnis, Christians against Muslims, Africans against white people, or one nation against other nation. Because this is the strategy of liberals. They want to divide and rule (divide et impera) on our behalf. And when the spot some warrior spirit ascending in society, they try to manipulate it and orientate it against other potential rivals, competitors, or enemies of the open society. We shouldn't fall in this trap, either. We need to promote solidarity among all Kshatriyas of the world.
• First of all, we should finish with globalism; and after that, we shall solve our mutual problem. But, this common network of Kshatriyas, warriors, heroes, is very important. We need to provide education for all these Kshatriyas based on solidarity between the warrior type of men and women. Because this type of human personality is distributed evenly among men and women. We should not be arrogant with women — we should rehabilitate the traditional dignity of women.
• In political modernity today, women are seen as goods, because the capitalist-materialist logic prevails. We need to liberate women for their own destiny — which may be linked to the philosophical type. It is a rare case, but philosophy is rare, it is a very special feature of the human being. And, as Plato says, it is rarely found among men — but it is also rarely found among women. It is rare as such. Men who are totally devoted to philosophy and metaphysics are rare, but women who do so are also rare.
• We need to restore the dignity of women and give them access to the 4th Political education under the same conditions as men. The difference between the metaphysical structure of the soul is much more important than gender difference. So, after creating the Brahman education open to men and women worldwide, we should promote a network of modern Kshatriyas, also open to women, in order to fight against the modern world, and not among each other.
18. Program for 3rd caste: Vaishyas, peasants, countrymen
• But all that is dedicated to a small minority of the global population, because the Brahmans (the thinkers, philosophers, intellectuals) are rare; and the warriors — the real heroes — as well are rare. And what to do with the huge mass of population that is also the victim of liberals? What could we propose outside of this elitist approach? The main idea is to organize a third level of education for the absolute majority of the population, which should be linked to the restoration of the traditional family and the traditional way of living with agriculture. Peasantry is the answer.
• First of all, European peasantry was destroyed by capitalism. The people who intended to be third estate bourgeois were not representatives of the real third estate in the European tradition, because the third estate was precisely represented by the peasants. European peasantry — that was the third estate in European societies. It wasn't represented by traders. The traders were the parasites, intermediates between the higher classes of society and the huge ocean of peasantry.
• We need to restore the system of self-sufficient agricultural societies based on small villages. The coronavirus lockdown has showed us how important it is to have access to nutrition to satisfy the simplest needs of people. This will be more and more important in the future.
19. Exit from cities: great return to the earth
• We need to focus on this new tendency of returning to the earth, in which the majority of the population returns to the agricultural practice. We need to promote, help and support the exodus from big cities — that's very important.
• Big cities are artificial constructions of the modern West. Big industrial cities should be extinguished — the population should abandon them and live a real life on the earth, because only the earth gives us real life and real access to being.
• We need to create a third level of education focused on the new peasantry. It can be online for people to join our 4th Political Theory network, but it should be organized outside of the big cities, on the basis of traditional families — without the perverts from big cities.
• We need to go to the earth. And it doesn't mean returning to the past: it is the only way to save humanity from this real disease represented by posthumanism and new technology that tries to intervene in human genes, to transform us, to mark us with artificial substances in order to control and cancel our culture from our veins and our souls. We should fight against this globalization.
• For the huge majority of the population, the 4th political theory proposes the return to the earth — that is, return to the people, return to the origins, return to the sources. It could be a movement of massive creation of agri-cooperation: agricultural communities linked throughout the world by the system and structure provided by the 4th Political Theory network.
• We need to educate the new peasantry. We need to help them restore their native traditions, their roots, their ancestors, their cultures. Because agricultural life was full of symbolism and sacredness. Romanian traditionalist Mircea Eliade was a representative of this very rich peasant sacredness. He could be a representative of the third estate traditionalism for the new peasantry. We could develop this idea in our debate.
20. The People: main subject of the 4th Political Theory
• We should promote the people as the main subject of the 4th Political Theory, for the people always presupposes the relations with the earth — in the concrete, symbolic and sacred senses. So, Nietzsche's words "My brethren, stay loyal to the earth" should be taken in consideration. Because the earth for the people is the being — it is not an alienated substance to be used for material needs. The earth is sacred.
• This return to the earth from the cities, this abandon of the big cities should be an existential and metaphysical move to return to the being. The mission of the 4th Political Theory is to promote this process.
21. 4th Political Theory as open project and appeal
• We'd like to hear your opinions, point of views, suggestions, criticism.... The 4th Political Theory is not dogmatic — It is totally open. It is just theoretization. It is a process open to everybody to form a theory outside of liberalism and Western political modernity, with open ends. Each kind of civilization, each society, each culture seeks something very special that makes sense only inside of it, not outside.
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