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Pioneering file hosting service RapidShare is shutting down
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Pioneering file hosting service RapidShare is shutting down by the end of next month, according to a notice posted on the service’s website that was first reported by Torrrentfreak. The notice reads, in part:
“We strongly recommend all customers to secure their data. After March 31st, 2015 all accounts will no longer be accessible and will be deleted automatically.”
RapidShare was one of the pioneers of so-called one-click file hosting, which essentially allowed users to upload and share files publicly for free. The site was widely used to share copyrighted content, and frequently faced off with rights holders in court.
RapidShare also tried to work with the content industry, striking a partnership with Warner Bros in 2009 with plans to redirect users looking for unlicensed content to a legal download store. To appease rights holders, and to escape the fate of Megaupload, RapidShare introduced a number of measures to discourage infringement, including strict limits on how often files could be shared and tools that helped rights holders to automate take-downs.
But partnerships with Hollywood and music labels never came through, and anti-piracy measures decimated RapidShare’s user base. In early 2013, the company laid off most of its staff, and it already looked like the end was near. Later that year, RapidShare tried one more time to reinvent itself as a competitor to Dropbox and other cloud storage vendors. In the end, that may have been too little, too late.
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3-Gun Part 1
Lets Look At The Handgun
Written By Shari LeGate
Photos By Shari LeGate
Shari Shooting
Shari LeGate on a stage shoots her Nighthawk Custom 1911 9mm at the Brownells Lady 3-Gun Competition.
Competitive shooters are mostly purists. They shoot one discipline and work to excel in that one game. To become a dominant force in any game, it’s necessary to focus all your energy and ability on that one discipline. Very seldom, you see a high-power rifle shooter partake in a Silhouette match, or a Skeet shooter competing at Trap. But in 3-Gun competition—well that’s a different game and the shooters are a different breed. If you haven’t heard of 3-Gun competition, you haven’t been listening. Three-Gun Competition is the fastest growing shooting sport right now.
So, if most shooters are purists, why is this shooting sport growing so quickly? If you’ve never shot a 3-Gun competition, it’s easy to ask the question, but once you’ve stepped out on the range of a 3-gun event and actually shot in a match, you’ll understand the appeal. This game will challenge even the most experienced of shooters. However, there is a lot to this game. The guns, the gear, the targets, the strategy.
Three-Gun is exactly what its name says. Three different guns used in the same course of fire—a pistol, rifle and shotgun. Most shooters use a 9mm semi-auto handgun, but there are .38 Super’s and .40 S&W’s, depending on the division. The rifle is an MSR (a modern sporting rifle, usually built on an AR-platform) with a barrel length between 18 and 20 inches and a 30-round magazine. The shotgun is a semi-auto with extended magazine tube and interchangeable chokes. Both shotshells and slugs are used.
And that’s just the guns. Let’s talk gear. Without a doubt, this is the most gear-intensive game I’ve dealt with. In Olympic rifle, shooters hauled their gear in little wagons there was so much and the same holds true in 3-Gun. Some shooters use specifically designed 3-Gun bags carried on their back. All three guns, all the ammo, magazines, holsters, shell carriers, etc., but those bags can weigh up to 70 pounds or more. That’s a lot of weight to carry around all day. I swore I would never use a wagon, but that was before I came across 3-Gun.
Three-Gun competitions consist of numerous unique and different stages. Each stage is set with a mixture of targets—paper, steel and clay. There is no set number of stages or a regulated consistent course of fire in. It’s up to the creativity of the course designer, which is what makes the game so challenging. Each stage usually requires the use of all three guns, and the most important factor is speed. How fast you can shoot through the stage is the key and oh… one other thing: hit all the targets.
Economy of movement is essential. Whether it’s in the draw, in the reloading of magazines or shotshells, in the transition from one gun to the next or in the amount of steps it takes to get into position. All are strategized and scrutinized. Seconds matter and each second is taken into consideration. If turning right instead of left to engage the next target saves a half second, turn right. Missing one target might force a reload and seconds are wasted. A sloppy reload is a disaster. After watching some of the top 3-Gun shooters, I would say the mantra for 3-Gun is: The smoother you are, the faster you are and the slower you look.
Now, I covered many 3-Gun competition’s over the years, personally know many of the pro-shooters and have shot parts of the event at different times, but I never actually entered and shot an entire event… until the Brownells Lady 3-Gun Pro-Am Challenge a few months ago. Deciding to shoot this event, I looked through my gun safe determining what I had and what I would need. I’ve accumulated a lot of handguns, rifles and shotguns over the years, but none of my handguns would work for this competition. So, I saw this as an opportunity for a new gun.
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Shari’s competition 1911 starts as a jumble of parts and each is fitted by just one gunsmith at Nighthawk.
The Handgun
This game requires a lot of equipment and getting into it can be a bit expensive, depending on the type of guns and gear you choose. Manufacturers are making guns and gear just for 3-Gun competition. Companies such as FNH USA, Smith & Wesson, Glock and STI and numerous others all make guns for this event, so it boils down to how much you want to spend. However, in 3-Gun, the handgun is the most used, so you need a good quality pistol accurate, reliable, fast and easy to make safe.
In trying to pick up precious seconds, competitors are always seeking to tinker with their equipment. Quicker draws, faster ways to reload are always on top of everyone’s mind. For my first competition, I used a Nighthawk Custom 1911 9mm Dominator. I knew I needed a gun customized to me, and in today’s market, where handguns come off an assembly line like candy, I didn’t want to have to spend the extra time and additional dollars customizing the gun to me and the game.
I called Nighthawk Custom and we started the process by finding out what the intended use of the gun was and they proceeded to build it specifically for that purpose. In 3-Gun, where a slight equipment anomaly can add a few seconds and drop you from the top 10 to the bottom 100, a handgun built specifically to you and to what its use is—notice I didn’t say “for”—can make a world of difference.
After my initial order, I received a call from Bryan Chaney, the gunsmith who was building the gun asking me question after question. Am I right-or left-handed? What was the size of my hand? What kind of shooter was I? (I did confess I was a career shotgun shooter and pistol was not my specialty.) What type of competition was I using it for? What type of sight do I prefer? What ammunition will I be using? So many questions, but as Bryan explained to me, he was fitting the pistol to the person.
It takes about a day and a half to build a gun and at Nighthawk I found it’s one person who takes the gun from start to finish. It was like having my own personal gunsmith. With this gun, Bryan thinned the front frame strap and mainspring housing for me so I would have more control. An additional extractor was added, finished and tuned and a “Blended Falcon 1-Piece Magwell / Mainspring Housing Combination was added. I opted for a black adjustable rear sight with red fiber optic front.
Bryan knew I was using the gun in competition and didn’t want anything to affect it’s performance. Before it was sent out, he shot it, running 2 to 4 magazines through it. When the gun arrived, I noticed Bryan’s initials on it. Nighthawk gunsmith’s take pride in building their guns and the one’s they build become a part of them. If anything is needed, it comes back to that gunsmith. If I had questions or concerns, I could just pick up the phone and call him directly. When I shot the gun for the first time, it was smooth and soft. I had a gun ready for me and for 3-Gun.
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Nighthawk gunsmith Brian Chaney is breaking the internal edges of the frame, which enhances the trigger’s crisp, clean feel.
I had my equipment and was now ready to make my debut into 3-Gun. Showing up at any event for the first time can be intimidating, especially if you truly don’t know what you’re doing (and I didn’t). But having the courage to show up and give it my best effort was half the battle. No one laughed and pointed fingers, quite the contrary. I was welcomed by competitors and range officers alike, and everyone offered help and advice.
This is a fast game and requires a lot of thinking ahead. I have new respect for 3-gun shooters. It’s not a game for the faint of heart or pocketbook, but it’s a game that will give you a taste of all the disciplines. Be forewarned though, patience is a virtue here. The sport of 3-Gun is easy to learn, but difficult to master. I have a long way to go, but after shooting it for the first time, I’m hooked. I can honestly say—I’m no longer a purist.
Footnote: There is much to explain about the game and gear of 3-Gun, and getting it all in one column would have taken up way too much space. So this is a 3-part series. “Three-Gun Part II—Dissecting the Game & Equipment: The Rifle” will be in my next column.
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Automatic sheet metal storage system ensures efficient processes LOGISTICS Gebr. Blum GmbH, a company that specializes in sheet metal working and switch cabinet production, decided to build a new plant in the German town of Hettenleidelheim in order to create space for future growth. For this purpose it invested in modern storage technology. The company now stores sheet metal and finished parts in a Uniline in-line storage system from Kasto, saving valuable space. The system ensures safe and reliable material handling and efficient provisioning of the connected stamping and laser cutting machinery. Hettenleidelheim is located in an idyllic rural setting in the Palatinate region, just a few miles from the German Wine Route. Vineyards and castles dominate the scenery. The town has only about 3,200 inhabitants, but economically it is very well positioned. One reason is its direct access to the A6 autobahn. Another is the fact that it is home to a number of long-established, successful companies. One of these is Gebr. Blum GmbH. Founded in the 1960s, it specializes in sheet metal working and construction of switch cabinets. Its reputation has spread throughout the region and beyond. Today Blum supplies a large number of prestigious customers in areas such as mechanical engineering, systems engineering and robotics. Its portfolio includes individual parts, small batches, large batches and complete assemblies. However, the company’s continuing success created a problem: As time went by, its existing location no longer offered enough space. “When the company was founded, our premises were on the edge of town, but over the years they were increasingly surrounded by residential areas,” says managing director Jörg Neu, who took over the company in 2003. “We were completely encircled. Large trucks were finding it harder and harder to enter and leave. What’s more, the buildings were showing their age and weren’t high 38 WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 5/2018
streamline and automate this work,” says Neu. The manager had already learned from a partner company about the storage systems offered by Kasto Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG. Kasto, a familyowned company based in Achern, Germany, is a global leader in the storage of bar stock and sheet metal. “We described our requirements to Kasto and to other manufacturers,” recalls Neu. “For us it was not only important to have high quality and good value for money, we also wanted to be independent of our supplier for metalworking machinery. Kasto took all of our needs into account and found a solution that was perfect for us. That was decisive.” Storage and retrieval of sheets at the press of a button Kasto implemented an automatic Uniline in-line storage system for Gebr. Blum. With a height of eight meters, it has space for up to 686 pallets that can hold sheets measuring up to 3,000 x 1,500 millimeters. The sheets are placed in storage at a station with a longitudinal carriage at the front of the warehouse. When stacks are delivered, employees use forklifts to move them to the system pallets. A storage and retrieval machine (SRM) then automatically takes them to a free storage location. The integrated Kastologic warehouse management system allows users to see the location of the pallets and materials at all times. “Employees enter the material data at the openough inside for new and larger machines.” Thus Blum decided to move to a new location in order to gain additional capacity for its increasing production. New location with state-of-the-art storage technology In 2016, an opportunity arose in the form of a commercial zone on the northern edge of Hettenleidelheim. Together with its partner company WS&M, Blum erected two buildings in an area of 25,000 square meters. The buildings provided a total of 4,000 square meters of production space, enough for laser machining, folding, bending, manual and robot welding, assembly of component groups and production of switch cabinets. The company also planned to expand its storage capacity, but size wasn’t the only consideration. “For us it was clear from the start that we had to make use of new technologies,” says Neu. At the old location, raw materials – sheet steel, stainless steel and aluminum – were stored in a warehouse served by forklifts. Workers moved the sheet metal to the machining equipment by hand – a time-consuming and laborious process. “To cut costs, we wanted to 01 The warehouse has a height of eight meters and provides space for up to 686 pallets WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 5/2018 39
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Diplomatic Opinion – Ali Tuygan
Foreign Policy with emphasis on the Middle East
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President Obama’s Message to the Middle East at the UNGA
Posted on September 28, 2016 by Ali Tuygan
On September 20, 2016 President Obama addressed the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for the last time (*). His remarks had depth like all his other major foreign policy speeches. Some analysts read it in the light of the conversation regarding his legacy; others, according to their field of interest, focused on certain highlights. Indeed, he said that Russia is attempting to recover glory through force; that in the South China Sea peaceful resolutions of disputes offered by law will mean far greater stability than the militarization of a few rocks and reefs; that Israelis and Palestinians will be better off if Palestinians reject incitement and recognize the legitimacy of Israel, but Israel recognizes that it cannot permanently occupy and settle Palestinian land.
Understandably, the President mentioned America’s achievements as well as those of his administration, the latter in a short paragraph. He said that for most of human history, power has not been unipolar and that the end of the Cold War may have led both America’s adversaries and some of her allies to believe that all problems were either caused by Washington or could be solved by Washington. He added that perhaps too many in Washington believed that as well. He said that America has secured allies; acted to protect the vulnerable; supported human rights and welcomed scrutiny of her own actions; bound her power to international laws and institutions. He was candid enough to say that America cannot do this alone and that the way to meet the challenges of the century was to build more international capacity.
The UNGA which serves as world’s top forum for leaders to address other nations is not the place where they engage in self-criticism if they ever do that. Nonetheless, President Obama was able to say that while America made her share of mistakes over the last 25 years she has strived to align better her actions with her ideals. Insofar as his two terms are concerned, Mr. Obama himself has admitted that without adequate preparation for the “day after” the intervention in Libya became a failure. No other leader has shown the courage to say that. And, insofar as the last 25 years are concerned many countries have for long reached the conclusion that the US invasion of Iraq which the President had opposed at the time did not conform to international law, sidelined the UN, was politically wrong and contributed to region’s current turmoil. This is why President Obama has rightly resisted another war in Syria. Had he approved a major intervention, Middle East leaders would no doubt be blaming him for not following their precise game plan. Being criticized for failing to intervene is in this specific case will be less costly for the US in the long run than being blamed for a failed intervention.
As expected, Mr. Obama dwelt at length on the root causes of the uncertainty, unease and strife which fill societies. He stated the following specifically on the Middle East:
“… Across vast swaths of the Middle East, basic security, basic order has broken down. We see too many governments muzzling journalists, and quashing dissent, and censoring the flow of information. Terrorist networks use social media to prey upon the minds of our youth, endangering open societies and spurring anger against innocent immigrants and Muslims…
“… In countries held together by borders drawn by colonial powers, with ethnic enclaves and tribal divisions, politics and elections can sometimes appear to be a zero-sum game. And so, given the difficulty in forging true democracy in the face of these pressures, it’s no surprise that some argue the future favors the strongman, a top-down model, rather than strong, democratic institutions…
“… We see this mindset in too many parts of the Middle East. There, so much of the collapse in order has been fueled because leaders sought legitimacy not because of policies or programs but by resorting to persecuting political opposition, or demonizing other religious sects, by narrowing the public space to the mosque, where in too many places perversions of a great faith were tolerated. These forces built up for years, and are now at work helping to fuel both Syria’s tragic civil war and the mindless, medieval menace of ISIL.
“The mindset of sectarianism, and extremism, and bloodletting, and retribution that has been taking place will not be quickly reversed. And if we are honest, we understand that no external power is going to be able to force different religious communities or ethnic communities to co-exist for long. But I do believe we have to be honest about the nature of these conflicts, and our international community must continue to work with those who seek to build rather than to destroy…
“… And what is true in the Middle East is true for all of us. Surely, religious traditions can be honored and upheld while teaching young people science and math, rather than intolerance. Surely, we can sustain our unique traditions while giving women their full and rightful role in the politics and economics of a nation…”
Nobody can dispute what he said. And, one can understand his frustration with the region since the Middle East turmoil has dominated his foreign policy agenda for a good part of his two terms in office. The President was right to say that the collapse of colonialism and communism has allowed more people than ever before to live with the freedom to choose their leaders; that despite the real and troubling areas where freedom appears in retreat, the fact remains that the number of democracies around the world has nearly doubled in the last 25 years. Sadly, all of that happened beyond the Middle East.
Regrettably, his message is likely to fall again on deaf ears.
(*) https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/20/address-president-obama-71st-session-united-nations-general-assembly
About Ali Tuygan
Ali Tuygan is a graduate of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in January 1967. Between various positions he held in Ankara, he served at the Turkish Embassy in Brussels, NATO International Staff, Turkish Embassies in Washington and Baghdad and the Turkish Delegation to NATO. From 1986 to 1989 he was Principal Private Secretary to the President of the Republic. He then served as ambassador to Ottawa, Riyadh and Athens. In 1997 he was honored with a decoration by the Italian President. Between these assignments abroad he served twice as Deputy Undersecretary for Political Affairs. In 2004 he was appointed Undersecretary where he remained until the end of 2006 before going to his last foreign assignment as Ambassador to UNESCO. He retired in 2009. In April 2013 he published a book entitled “Gönüllü Diplomat, Dışişlerinde Kırk Yıl” (“Diplomat by Choice, Forty Years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”) in which he elaborated on the diplomatic profession and the main issues on the global agenda. He has published articles in Turkish periodicals and newspapers.
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Minority health hurt by lack of participation in clinical trials
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As more research reveals that genetics affect disease susceptibility and drug efficacy, researchers are looking for ways to get more minorities involved in drug and medical research.
Only about 10 percent of the minority population participates in clinical studies, according to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Photo by geralt/Pixabay
By Allen Cone, UPI
Before pharmaceutical companies can put drugs on the market, the Food and Drug Administration requires years of stringent clinical research to see if they will be effective and safe in the general population.
But one thing often is lacking in those trials -- participants from minority groups. With different genetic makeup, members of minority groups -- including African-Americans and Hispanics -- may react to drugs differently or need other types of treatment because of a greater risk for certain diseases and conditions.
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities reports that about 10 percent of the minority population participates in clinical studies. Researchers at the University of California, Davis found that, in cancer clinical trials, Hispanic and black patients have an even lower participation rate -- just 1.3 percent.
The U.S. Census estimated in 2016 that 23.1 percent of the population is not white.
Government agencies, medical centers and nonprofits are growing more aware of the gap and striving for a more diverse makeup in research groups. They are addressing problems with a lack of access and knowledge about the studies, as well as a general distrust in healthcare institutions and expectation of side effects from experimental drugs.
Mariam Guzman, a type 1 diabetic born in Peru, has been keenly aware of it for some time.
She would search for studies about her condition but often find asterisks noting that the results only applied to people of European ancestry.
Guzman, who works at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., joined the advisory committee of All of Us, the National Institute of Health's plan to sign up 1 million people 18 and older for a nationwide program to provide detailed health profiles as part of an effort to advance medical care.
She hopes the database will lead to a better understanding of diseases and cures.
"I am a fourth-generation type 1 diabetic but there is a question whether I am type 1 diabetic," said Guzman, 28, who has Mexican and Dominican Republic ancestry. "Do I instead have monogenetic diabetes? There are a couple variants known for monogenetic diabetes. If I don't have any of these variances, is it because I don't have monogenetic diabetes or are there some variances we don't know about?"
Genetic differences matter
Past studies have reflected medical differences involving racial and ethnic groups.
For example, one class of drugs commonly used to treat hypertension, angiotensin-converting-enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors, was found by researchers to be associated with significantly worse health outcomes in black patients than in white patients in 2015.
Conversely, a study released earlier this month reported that black men with advanced prostate cancer treated with chemotherapy may live longer than white men. They had 19 percent lower risk of dying than white men in a study of 8,452 people -- but just 6 percent of participants were black, even though African-American men have a greater risk of prostate cancer.
"This study adds to the growing body of evidence showing that black men with advanced prostate cancer who participate in clinical trials have the same, if not better, chances of survival as white men," Dr. Robert Dreicer, of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, said at the time.
Differences in genetic makeup may lead to new drugs.
In March, researchers identified the genetic basis of heart failure in African-Americans, which may lead to more precise and effective treatment for the condition. The researchers found a gene called CACNB4 could contribute to causing idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in African-Americans -- and the same gene has not been found in white patients with IDC.
In the survey, 662 black men and women were recruited from five U.S. academic medical centers. It was the first time black patients were specifically surveyed about heart disease although black patients are nearly twice as likely as whites to die from the preventable disease, as well as stroke.
Other studies have been conducted on heart disease genetics, but because they were conducted in Europe, African-American representation was minimal.
"We know there were what you call genetic substructure differences, so you don't want to do only generalized studies that are performed only in, say, European Caucasions," senior author and project director Dr. Stephen B. Liggett, a professor of internal medicine and vice dean for research at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, told UPI.
Linda Cottler, founding chair of the University of Florida's department of epidemiology at the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine, is keenly aware of the underrepresentation.
"My whole career has really been devoted to giving underserved populations a voice in research," Cottler told UPI. "The percentage often quoted is 2 percent of the population participates in research. Overwhelmingly, the white middle class participates. And other racial minorities -- people with disabilities, disadvantaged, older people, pregnant women, in rural areas -- are underrepresented."
A lack of trust and other barriers
Cottler said the reasons for low participation are numerous.
"Some people may not be comfortable in a study because it has not been explained to them in a way they understand or given paperwork able to read," Cottler said. "They may not be able to accommodate someone who speaks another language. Maybe there is no one on the staff they feel comfortable with."
Other challenges include distance to a facility where the trial is being conducted, not having a phone, or no child care while they participate in the trial.
Dr. Matthew Lerner, a professor at Stony Brook University in New York, notes the uneasiness of his patients on the autism spectrum and caregivers in getting involved in trials or studies.
"Some of this has to do with genuine and reasonable skepticism of scientific research in many minority populations," Lerner told UPI. "Many family members talk about visceral concerns and weariness in enrolling in studies. Our job as scientists is to earn the right to have anyone allowed into a project."
Autism is spread across all demographics although it mainly is associated with males.
"The key thing is that autism is blind to race and socioeconomic national boundaries," he said. "It affects everyone. The risk is similar."
Although Guzman said she has been heavily involved in the healthcare system since age 14, when she was diagnosed with diabetes, she wasn't aware of research participation until her late teens.
"Until I went to college, I received most care though community or private practices," she said. "I was never approached for information to participate in any studies."
Information helps
When minorities learn the details of a study, they are more likely to participate.
Specifically, African-Americans were more likely to participate in studies than other racial and ethnic groups even if the studies involved giving blood or genetic samples, according to a study of 5,979 residents in five U.S. cities released in 2013.
"If we're not getting the participation of diverse groups when we're studying medications and interventions, then we don't know how those treatments work in real life," Cottler said in 2013 in reaction to the study, which she helped coordinate.
Three years after she came to the University of Florida in 2011, Cottler developed HealthStreet, which is designed to provide outreach in community settings for those underserved in Gainesville.
Aside from helping provide better access to medical care, HealthStreet recruits community participants for health research.
"Community health workers have go out to the community and talk to the people about the importance of hearing about research," Cottler said. "There are opportunities to participate and link up to a coordinator.
"We have to be able to help people to participate. It may mean going out to their house, picking them up and bringing them to the research opportunity and the appointment. Not all of them can get there on their own. A hospital might be intimidating. You have to go the extra mile and make it comfortable for them to participate."
In March, Cottler conducted a survey of 7,809 members of HealthStreet, of which 65.8 percent were black and 34.2 percent were white.
Twenty-three percent of white individuals and 15 percent of black individuals reported they participated in a health research study. The least likely to participate were unemployed, food insecure, chronically ill and older people, especially black men.
The study also confirmed something already known -- 57 percent of white respondents said they would be willing to participate in such a study, compared to 48 percent of black respondents.
New efforts focus on diversity
In its All of Us project, the NIH is emphasizing the importance of minority representation to make the genetic database the largest and most diverse of its kind.
"It's been essential for us -- from the very start -- to have diverse voices at the table, weighing in on the best ways to engage and retain diverse communities in this program," Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, chief engagement officer of the All of Us Research Program, said in a press release.
When the All of Us research program was in its early stages, Guzman volunteered to become part of the program. She was among more than 25,000 people who signed up as part of the yearlong beta to donate her blood and other samples and provide information.
"For myself and other people, it's important to have a seat at the table," said Guzman, who plans to go to medical school after receiving degrees in health policy. "Everyone's voice needs to be heard. This is an opportunity to bring everyone in the fold."
Before the All of Us project, the NIH attempted to increase participation among women in 2015 with the NIH Outreach Toolkit: How to Engage, Recruit, and Retain Women in Clinical Research.
Other organizations have teamed up to increase participation as well.
In 2013, the National Minority Quality Forum, Microsoft and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America partnered for national education program to engage underrepresented populations and communicate the value of clinical trials. Eli Lilly and the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care have also teamed up to increase African-American participation in clinical studies through research, education and community engagement.
The Food and Drug Administration declared 2016 "The Year of Diversity in Clinical Trials." Its "snapshots" included demographic profiles of people participating in clinical trials for approved drugs.
In a fact sheet, the FDA wrote: "Participants in clinical trials should represent the patients that will use the medical products. This is often not the case -- racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in clinical research. This is a concern because people of different ages, race and ethnicities may react differently to medical products. We are committed to working with companies to change this."
The National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program is recruiting minorities to participate in clinical trials in their communities. The program, which is part of NIH, includes 12 facilities that are Minority/Underserved Community Sites.
Cottler welcomes the progress.
"It really has changed the landcape," she said. "I think that every single day I am busting the mystique of being inclusive. Making sure everyone has a voice. It's not perfect but we really are working on being bidirectional. We need to listen to all people."
Health - U.S. Daily News: Minority health hurt by lack of participation in clinical trials
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Tag Archives: wherry owner
Wherrymen and Chain-horse Lads: transport in the Ouseburn
River transport, in the form of shallow draft barges called wherries, was central to the Ouseburn’s development as a centre for heavy industry. Likewise the efficient operation of Newcastle quayside as a regional port depended increasingly on the carters and chain horse operators whose job it was to haul produce off the quay to warehouses and rail depots. The wherrymen and chain-horse lads of the Ouseburn were widely recognised in their day as skilled and valuable workers with opportunities for economic improvement unavailable to the great mass of Ouseburn’s industrial workforce.
Come to our January talk to find out more. Mike Greatbatch will use rare archive images and anecdotal evidence to reveal the history and achievements of the wherrymen and chain-horse lads.
The owner of this wherry business lived in Heaton from the turn of 20th century
The talk will take place at The Corner House, Heaton Road, NE6 5RP on Wednesday 27 January 2016 at 7.30pm and is FREE to Heaton History Group members. Non-members pay £2. The doors open at 7.00pm. You are advised to take your seat by 7.15pm. Please book your place by contacting maria@heatonhistorygroup.org /07443 594154. Until Wednesday 11 November, bookings will be accepted from Heaton History Group members only but after that will be open to all-comers.
About our speaker
Mike has over fifteen years experience of researching the history of the Ouseburn and is currently working on a series of research papers for publication. He is a Committee member of the North East Labour History Society and is one of the co-ordinators of the society’s ‘People’s History of the North East’ project, supporting a group of volunteers at Newcastle City Library. Mike’s paper on Chartism in the Ouseburn (1838-1848) was published in North East History in 2013, and his latest paper on Poor Law administration in Byker Township and the Byker Dispensary (1835-52) was published in this year’s edition of North East History.
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Archive for the ‘Land Registration Ordinance’ Category
Non-registration of trust. Dispositions to defraud creditors
In Goldfame Consultants Ltd v Tse Sai Ming ([2016] HKEC 1113, CFI) TCS agreed to sell land to Goldfame. The contract provided for the payment of deposits and then for the payment of the balance of the purchase price to be made on 14 August 2006. The contract provided that the assignment of the land would take place within 7 days of receipt of a letter from the Buildings Department approving the proposed site formation plan or at such other time as the purchaser might specify. The balance of the purchase price was duly paid on 14 August 2006 but the approval had not been received and the assignment did not take place. Instead, TCS executed Declarations of Trust under which he held the land on trust for Goldfame. TCS also nominated Goldfame as attorney to act for him in relation to the land. Neither the contract nor any of the other documents were registered with the Land Registry.
TCS died intestate in 2010 and TSM was granted letters of administration of his estate. TSM sold the land to H. Goldfame brought an action against TSM for breach of contract seeking damages or the return of the price paid to TCS. It also sought a declaration that TSM held the land on trust for Goldfame. It sought to have the sale to H set aside under section 60 of the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance.
There was no answer to the breach of contract claim and TSM was ordered to repay the purchase price with interest. It was accepted on all sides that the sale contract and the declarations of trust were void as against H since they had not been registered and there was no reason to doubt his good faith. Section 3(2) of the Land Registration Ordinance took effect.
Goldfame was forced to rely on section 60 of the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance. In Tradepower (Holdings) Ltd (in liquidation) v Tradepower (Hong Kong) Ltd, Ribeiro PJ said that ‘where the disposition was made for valuable consideration, or where the disponor is not insolvent or where the disposition does not deplete the fund potentially available to creditors, an actual intent to defraud creditors must be shown as an inference properly to be drawn on the available evidence before s. 60 is engaged.’ (at [88]). The sale to H was not at an undervalue, nor was there any intention to defraud creditors ([94]). The claim against H failed.
In commenting on the expert evidence as to the market value of the property at the time of the sale to H, Recorder Coleman SC expressed his preference for valuation methods based on direct comparables where available. The subject matter of the transaction (undeveloped rural land where there was no guarantee that the approvals needed for development would be obtained) was somewhat out of the ordinary and so indices looking at the property market as a whole were unhelpful. Valuations based on the residual method involved too many assumptions to be as useful as direct comparables.
Tags:comparables, contract, CPO s. 60, declaration of trust, dispositions to defraud creditors, land, Michael Lower, non-registration, valuation, void
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Registration of a personal loan agreement unjustified
In Flat 4 on 3/F of Block A, Tin Yau Court, No 1 Tin Shing Road, Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long, New Territories ([2016] HKEC 751, CFI) title to the property had been in the joint names of a husband and wife. An order had been made to the effect that when a decree absolute had been made in the matrimonial proceedings, the husband would transfer his interest in the property to his former wife but it seems that this transfer did not take place. Over three years after the order, the husband entered into a personal, unsecured loan agreement. The lender sought to register the agreement against the property at the Land Registry. It was not registered but appeared as a deed pending registration. The wife asked the lender to withdraw the registration but it refused to do so. The wife applied for, and was granted, a declaration that the loan agreement did not create an interest in land and so was not registrable. The court has an inherent jurisdiction to vacate the registration or purported registration of any instrument in the Land Registry which does not affect land ([16]). The question of costs was left for later but Anderson Chow J. referred to authorities where, on similar facts, costs had been awarded to the property owner on an indemnity basis; the courts are concerned to prevent the abuse of the land registration process ([9] – [10]).
Tags:abuse, Land Registration Ordinance, Michael Lower, registration, unsecured loan agreement
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Land Registration Ordinance: a lis pendens involves a claim to a proprietary interest
In Wide Power Corp Ltd v Manhattan Court (IO) ([2015] 4 HKLRD 480, CFI) the incorporated owners of a building sought an injunction requiring an owner to remove unauthorised building works carried out in breach of the DMC. They registered the claim as a lis pendens. The owner successfully argued that the counterclaim did not relate to land or any interest or charge on land and so did not fall within the definition of a lis pendens in section 1A of the Land Registration Ordinance. A lis pendens must involve a claim to a proprietary interest or right in real property (Louis Chan J. at [76]). Here, the claim was an in personam claim against the owner. If the owner were to sell the property, the new owner would not be affected by the proceedings against the former owner. He would, of course, be liable under the terms of the DMC but this would involve a fresh claim against the new owner.
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A lis pendens must affect land
In Luen Ford Industrial Co Ltd v Woo Ming Han Juliana ([2015] HKEC 2639, CFI) D alleged that her father had procured her late mother’s execution of a transfer of the mother’s shares in a company (‘the parent company’) through the exercise of undue influence. Her primary claim was for a declaration that the transfer was null and void. A subsidiary of the parent company (‘the subsidiary’) owned an industrial unit (‘the property’). D also sought orders preventing the subsidiary from selling the property or, alternatively, from disposing of the proceeds of sale. D’s solicitor registered the writ as a lis pendens against the property.
Deputy Judge Kenneth Kwok SC ordered the registration to be vacated pursuant to section 19 of the Land Registration Ordinance. He referred to Thian’s Plastics Industrial Company Limited v Tin’s Chemical Industrial Company Limited and Anstalt Nybro v HK Resort Company Limited. This litigation did not affect land. There was no action against the owner of the land (the subsidiary). The action concerned the father and the parent company and their future conduct. The claim for an injunction to restrain the sale of the land was an artifice designed to give the appearance that there was a claim affecting land:
‘The registration was a blatant tactical move to bring about a standstill in the sale of the Subject Property. What is objectionable is that Juliana Woo and her then solicitors did not seek judicial approval to achieve her objective. Instead, they simply abused the registration system.’ ([33])
The alternative claim restraining the disposal of the sale proceeds was adequate protection for D.
The judgment closes with this warning:
‘Registration of a lis pendens is a clog on the owner’s title. Those who act in concert to procure registration of a lis which does not affect land should beware of possible liability.’ ([36])
Costs were awarded against D on an indemnity basis.
The court’s power to vacate a lis pendens
In Join Win Holdings Ltd v City Target Ltd ([2015] HKEC 2477, CA) the first instance judge dismissed P’s claim for a declaration that it had entered into an oral contract for the acquisition of D1’s property and for specific performance of that contract. There was no writing to satisfy section 3(1) of the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance and part performance had not been pleaded. The judge had also ordered that the lis pendens registered at the Land Registry be vacated. P appealed against this judgment and registered the notice of appeal as a lis pendens at the Land Registry. D1 successfully applied for the vacation of the notice of appeal from the Land Registry.
The Court of Appeal (Cheung JA giving the only full judgment) referred to the court’s power under section 19 of the Land Registration Ordinance to order the vacation of a lis pendens when it is satisfied that ‘the litigation is not prosecuted bona fide, or for other good cause shown.’ It also pointed to its inherent jurisdiction to order the vacation of a registration.
In deciding whether or not to vacate the registration, the court had to assess the merits of the appeal. This appeal was doomed to fail given the lack of any writing to satisfy section 3(1) ([2.11]). ‘The notice of appeal should never have been registered because putting the plaintiff’s case at its highest it is not one that can be said to affect the property.’ ([2.16]).
Tags:Land Registration Ordinance, lis pendens, Michael Lower, vacation of registration
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Effect of failure to register a written declaration of trust
In HKSAR v Lau Kam Ying ([2013] HKEC 1503, CFA) Company X transferred the title to land to indigenous villagers. The villagers executed declarations of trust to the effect that each of them held his section on trust for company X. This declaration was never registered. Company X was wound up. When the Government resumed the land, some of the villagers assigned their land to Company Y which had been set up to collect compensation on their behalf. They made false statutory declarations to the effect that the title deeds had been lost. These were then submitted to the Government as part of the process of claiming the compensation.
The leading players behind the scheme were convicted of conspiracy to defraud. They had falsely represented that company Y was a bona fide purchaser for valuable consideration and concealed the beneficial interest of company X. In this decision, the Court of Final Appeal rejected the defendants’ application for leave to appeal against the convictions.
The defendants argued, first, that the declarations were null and void as against company Y as a result of section 3(2) of the Land Registration Ordinance. This failed since sections 3 and 4 of the Land Registration Ordinance, ‘concern priorities between registered instruments but do not affect remedies which may be available whether in contract, tort or equity.’ (Tang P.J. at [19]). The second argument was that the declaration was unenforceable on the grounds of public policy. This would have failed anyway since company X would not need to plead an illegal act (Tinsley v Milligan) ([20]).
In any event, the conviction relied on the fact of the concealment not on whether company X had an indefeasible beneficial interest ([21]).
Tags:Land Registration Ordinance, Michael Lower, priorities, trust
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Application to vacate the registration of a writ
In Huen Wai Kee v Choy Kwong Wan Christopher ([2013] HKEC 1784, CFI) H and C were the shareholders of P Ltd. C agreed to buy H’s shares for HK$40 million. C agreed that property (‘the property’) owned by R Ltd (a company controlled by C and his wife) would be security for C’s payment obligations under the share sale agreement. R Ltd entered into an agreement to sell the property to CG Ltd (a company controlled by H for HK$38.4 million). Any amount unpaid by C in respect of the shares would be set off against the price to be paid by CG Ltd. C failed to pay the full purchase price.
H and CG Ltd brought proceedings against C and R Ltd. H / CG Ltd sought the amount unpaid under the share sale agreement and in respect of dishonoured cheques and specific performance of R Ltd’s agreement to sell the property to CG Ltd.
They obtained an order for the payments to be made and, in the alternative, for specific performance of the agreement to sell the property to CG Ltd (with the amount owed by C being deducted from the purchase price of the property).
The order was registered at the Land Registry. C then entered into an agreement to sell the property to a third party for much more than the price payable by CG Ltd. C and R Ltd sought the vacation of the registration of the writ under section 19 of the Land Registration Ordinance.
They failed. The court’s intention was that it was H and CG Ltd who, under the terms of the order that had been made, had the option as to whether or not to insist on specific performance.
This hearing was not the occasion on which to argue that the order should not have been made.
Tags:Land Registration Ordinance, vacation, writ
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Unregistered legal charge: void but still an encumbrance
In Siu Wing Yee Angeline v Earning Yield Ltd ([2013] HKEC 868, CFI) S had agreed to sell property to P. Both parties wanted to proceed. The question was, though, whether S’s title was subject to an encumbrance. S had been a shareholder and director of company H. She had granted a charge to company N, a fellow shareholder in H. H was struck off the register. N was later also struck off the register. There had been no release of the charge granted by S to N.
The District Court had ordered the vacation of the entry relating to the legal charge at the Land Registry so that the charge was now unregistered and so void, as between N and a later bona fide purchaser or mortgagee (Land Registration Ordinance s.3(2)). The shareholders of N had sworn statutory declarations purporting to acknowledge that any action to recover debts due to N from S would be time-barred, The statutory declarations stated that they had no intention of enforcing the charge and had no objection to the entry relating to it from being vacated from the Land Registry.
The Court held, nevertheless, that S’s title was bad. The court order dealt with registration but the legal estate remained in existence. The effect of the order was not (and could not be) to bring the legal estate to an end. There was no evidence to show when the debts secured by the mortgage would fall due and so the Limitation Ordinance could not help. Although the charge could not be enforced against a subsequent purchaser or mortgagee, it was still in existence. Section 12A of the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance could, potentially, have been of use but there was no information to show what the appropriate payment into court would be.
The risk of enforcement may be low but this is irrelevant when the title is indisputably bad. S had agreed to sell the property free from encumbrances but could not do so.
Tags:conveyancing, good title, Limitation Ordinance, Michael Lower, mortgage, unregistered
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Part performance: contract unregistered and in breach of New Grant
In Silver Hope Ltd v Chan Kwai Wah Alice ([2013] 1 HKLRD 823, CFI) W had entered into a contract to purchase the property in 1996. The contract amounted to a breach of the New Grant covenants concerning the property. W paid the entire purchase price and entered into possession. The contract was stamped but not registered. In 2012, P obtained a charging order in respect of the property and later an order for sale. W now sought to be joined as a defendant to the proceedings and to stay the execution of the order. To succeed, W needed to show that there was an arguable case that he had an equitable interest in the property. W was met by two arguments. First, that the contract was unlawful and so void (because it was formed in breach of covenant). Second, that the charging order (which had been duly registered) had priority over the unregistered contract.
W succeeded in being joined as a party. He was not relying on the contract but on the equity that arouse out of his having paid the entire purchase price and gone into possession (presumably this is on the basis of the doctrine of part performance). Hence, it could be argued that W would not need to plead the unlawful contract (see Tinsley v Milligan).
As for registration, after Financial and Investment Services for Asia Ltd v Baik Wha International Trading Co Ltd, it is clear that the court can look at the substance of the competing interests (and then consider the impact of registration or a failure to register). This could be seen as a contest between two equitable interests (Hong Kong Civil Procedure 2012 50/9A/17). Thus, it is arguable that W’s equitable interest has priority over the charging order notwithstanding the failure to register it.
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Registration of Bankruptcy Order against spouse’s property
In Re Flat F 30/F Tower 20 (Hoi Kwai Mansion), Riviera Gardens ([2013] HKEC 286, CFI) H gave W the net proceeds of sale of a property he had sold. She used this money towards the cost of the renovation of a flat that she bought in her sole name. H became bankrupt and the Official Receiver registered the bankruptcy order against the title to the flat. W now sought to have the registration removed. She failed. Rule 73 of the Bankruptcy Rules allows the Official Receiver to register a bankruptcy order against the property of a spouse. W’s attempt was not helped by the fact that she had acknowledged that H had an interest in the flat (though it is not clear that the lack of such an acknowledgement would have made a difference). A bankruptcy order is not a lis pendens.
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Tag: st george’s basilica
A Trip to Prague and Budapest: Day 4
October 9, 2017 October 21, 2017 Leave a comment
My dad and I are on a Rick Steves Tour in Prague and Budapest. This was our fourth day in Prague and our second day of the tour.
You can find all my previous posts about this trip here.
This morning we met in the lobby of the hotel and Peter, our guide, handed out tram tickets to everyone. He led us to the tram stop and we got on the 22 up to Prague Castle.
We met Martin, who is our guide for Prague, since Peter is a Hungarian native and can tell us more about Budapest when we get there.
We went into the castle through the security checkpoint, where you have to put your bag and any metal in your pockets on a table and walk through and the guards say you’re fine and to go on.
The lights at Prague Castle are cool.
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We went to St Vitus Cathedral first.
The front part of St Vitus Cathedral.
Most of the Cathedral, including the front part, was built in the 1800s.
The inside had pretty stained glass and a lot of tombs.
The spire on the right was the last part of St Vitus Cathedral built during the first period of construction. The top of it and the spire on the left were added much later.
The side of the cathedral is where you can see the original parts built in the 1300s on the right and the newer parts on the left.
These flying buttresses are at the back end of St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle. The back end was the part started in the 1300s. The cathedral was completed in the 1800s.
The back is the original construction and has flying buttresses fortifying the towers against wind damage.
We then went to the Old Royal Palace and St George’s Basilica. I don’t remember anything about St George’s Basilica.
There was a lot about Maria Theresa, the Hapsberg queen who was a great leader and barely lost any of her kingdom to wars and had 16 children, including Marie Antoinette.
Then we went to the Golden Lane, which is tiny houses that had been cheap housing for artists and writers in the 1800s. Kafka lived in one of the houses. You can tell which one because it is selling his books. The ones at the beginning are shops and the ones at the end are set up to show what they were like at various historical periods.
I didn’t buy anything at the shops because they were crowded, but I did like the part set up like a film studio, with a cutting room and a showing room.
This is an old timey film studio in Prague Castle's Golden Lane where writers and artists, such as Kafka, lived in the 1800s. Swipe to see the showing room opposite this cutting room.
We then went to see the window where people were defenestrated and the changing of the guard in front of the castle.
After that, we went to the Strahov Monastery for lunch. It is a brewery, so I was hoping for a tour of that, but we just had lunch. We got soup and everyone at our table got goulash because it was loud and we couldn’t hear the other options and the waitress was annoyed we asked five times.
Because it’s a brewery, it’s known for its beer, so I’m disappointed Bryce isn’t here to try all the beer. I’ll have to bring him sometime.
After lunch, my tour buddy and her mom got on the tram with me and my dad and we helped each other find our way back to the hotel. We keep being told the tram is easy to use. The hard part is figuring out when to get off. We decided if we got super lost, we would get off and find a Starbucks and use their internet to find our way back to the hotel, but we made it without having to resort to that.
Find all my posts from this trip here.
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Sestak: I can’t tell if Pelosi’s a liberal; Update: Video added
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 10:55 am on July 27, 2010
Nancy Pelosi represents one of the most liberal Congressional districts in the country. She has relentlessly pursued a very liberal agenda of bigger government, higher spending, and greater top-down control of the economy. Pelosi herself has claimed to be a progressive. Yet Joe Sestak, who has supported her agenda for four years, seems to have trouble deciding whether Pelosi is a liberal or not:
Joe Sestak continued Monday to distance himself from Nancy Pelosi while at the same time tying his Republican opponent Pat Toomey to George W. Bush.
Sestak, speaking at the Pennsylvania Press Club, was asked whether he believes Speaker of the House Pelosi is a liberal or a pragmatist. Sestak describes himself as the latter.
He said he didn’t know, but also said he never looks at her voting record.
Pat Toomey’s campaign scoffed at this claim:
“He voted for the stimulus and thought it should have been $1 trillion; he voted for the cap-and-trade energy tax and thought it didn’t go far enough; and he voted for government-run health care and thought the government should have had even more control over people’s health care decisions,” said Nachama Soloveichik, Toomey’s spokeswoman. “If that’s not liberal, what is?”
No one can seriously claim to pay attention to Congress and not acknowledge that Nancy Pelosi is a liberal. If Sestak was honest in saying this, it might be a symptom of some cognitive disorder that perhaps should disqualify Sestak for office.
But of course Sestak wasn’t being honest. He has voted in lockstep with Pelosi since taking office, and has been a darling of MSNBC hosts because of it. Because their voting records are so closely aligned, Sestak has no choice but to claim that Pelosi is some sort of political ambiguity, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Voters in Pennsylvania aren’t stupid, nor will they like being treated as if they were. Claiming not to know whether Pelosi is a liberal while voting for her agenda is as convincing as Arlen Specter pretending to be a loyal Democrat. Or a loyal Republican, for that matter.
Update: Here’s the video, which is every bit as disingenuous as it sounded in the article:
Also, I edited the last paragraph because Sestak does make one factual point worth repeating. Pelosi doesn’t often vote as Speaker of the House, so it’s not entirely accurate to say that Sestak’s voting record matches Pelosi’s. It is, however, accurate to note that Sestak has voted in lockstep with Pelosi’s agenda.
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The Manchester City football team has arrived in Kharkiv
December 4th at 8:00 PM the Manchester City football team landed at Kharkiv International Airport. The footballers have arrived to play the match of the sixth round of the Champions League group stage with the Ukrainian team Shakhtar.
The team has arrived by a special charter flight, Boeing 757 — a passenger narrow-bodied aircraft for medium-range routes.
Manchester City is staying in Kharkiv for three days. The return flight is scheduled on the 7th of December.
Manchester City is a professional football club, serving the English Premier League. It is the top world club. The Football Observatory CIESV calculated that Man City has the most expensive players in the world — the total transfer value is estimated at 1 billion 196 million euros. For the history of a century, the club has repeatedly won the FA Cup and the English Premier League. In 2016, the team played in the Champions League semi finals. The Match Shakhtar — Manchester City will take place on December 6th at Metalist Stadium. The match starts at 9:45 PM. This is going to be the third match of the Champions League this year, which is held in Kharkiv.
Manchester City is recognized as the most expensive football team in the world.
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John were only infants.Audubon’s research is important
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John James Audubon was an ornithologist and artist. He was born on April 26, 1785 in Haiti as an illegitimate child and passed away in 1851. He was 65 years old when he died. He did his work in New York City, New York. John has a bridge named after him, called the John James Audubon Bridge which is located at the Mississippi River. He is most notable for his studies and paintings of hundreds of species of birds. Audubon has been an inspiration to artists and bird lovers alike. Audubon’s accomplishments have benefited the world for artists and bird lovers alike. Artists who like to draw birds could take inspiration from his paintings, and bird lovers who want to learn more about birds could learn from Audubon’s studies. Students in school who are doing a report on birds could use Audubon’s studies as material for their report. Artists who want to draw a bird can reference from his paintings. John James Audubon is an inspiration for artists and bird lovers.When Audubon was alive, the Revolutionary War was happening. However, John did not take part in the Revolutionary War. John shot and killed every bird he painted. He was the first to place the bands of the legs of North America. He once said, “I feel I am strange to all but the birds of North America.” Despite creating many paintings of many species of birds, it turns out some of the birds he painted might not have been actual species. This has sparked controversy and have lead people to think that some of the nonexistent species were actually existing species.Regarding John’s family, he had a mother and a father. He did not have any siblings. However, he did have a spouse named Lucy Audubon. They had kids by the names of Victor Gifford Audubon, John Woodhouse Audubon, Lucy, and Rose. Unfortunately, Lucy and Rose passed away when they were only infants.Audubon’s research is important because he painted many detailed pictures of birds that could be useful. Artists who want to draw or paint a bird that Audubon painted could reference off off Audubon’s work, and students in school who are researching a bird that Audubon painted could use one of his paintings as an example picture for their bird. He also provided lots of information on the birds he studied, and bird lovers who want to learn more about birds could learn from him. He was a notable artist and will always be remembered for his paintings.
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How the UAE-Haftar Partnership is Threatening Libyan Sovereignty
For more than four decades, General Khalifa Haftar has been part and parcel of the Libyan political scene. Haftar’s continued power and influence in Libya is greatly dependent on the role he plays as a guardian of the UAE’s interests in the country, but will it stand the test of time?
Ismail El Ouadi
Since Muammar Gaddafi’s toppling in 2011, Libyans have not achieved their dreams of freedom and security. No authority is in full control of the country. Power is divided between the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj and based in the capital city of Tripoli, and the competing, self-styled Libyan National Army, led by renegade Libyan General Khalifa Haftar and based in the country’s east. The power vacuum in the oil-rich country has also given birth to many other factions that are vying for power, such as Muslim Brotherhood parties, Salafist groups, and militias.
Regional powers and neighboring countries are also escalating the competition for power in the Libyan political arena. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) support General Haftar’s campaign against Islamic militants, while the Turkey and Qatar-backed militias and Islamist groups in the west of the country support GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.
General Haftar launched “Operation Dignity” in Benghazi in May 2014 to eliminate Islamist militias and gain control of the country’s key oil export terminals. He presented himself as the savior of Libyans from radical Islamist groups, who had been blamed for terrorism and turmoil in the country. The general repeatedly stated that he is not seeking power and that he is only responding to the “call of the people.”
The UAE’s ongoing support for Haftar has political and economic significance. The UAE considers Haftar a leader who is waging a war against terrorism, and radical Islamist factions, in particular, a description that does not have consensus among many Libyans nor the international community. On many occasions, Emirati authorities have invited Haftar to visit the UAE and have praised his role in fighting to eliminate terrorism in Libya. This is not the only reason for Haftar’s favoritism toward the UAE.
The relationship between the UAE and Haftar is based on mutual interest. Haftar’s fight against Islamist factions in Libya is a part of the UAE’s political agenda in the region. This falls in line with the UAE’s commitment to combat Islamist groups across the region, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood. The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, funded the military coup against Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
The UAE participated in secret negotiations with Haftar this summer to export Libya’s oil through channels other than the sole U.N.-approved exporter, the Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). After Haftar’s forces took control of many of the ports in Libya’s oil crescent in June 2018, they halted the daily export of 850,000 barrels of oil, only to redirect the oil through a non-U.N.-approved Emirati company. This incident provoked international pressure that led Haftar to hand over the oil exporting ports back to the National Oil Corporation.
Haftar is working to ensure the UAE’s economic interests and political influence in Libya. In exchange, the UAE provides support for Haftar in various ways.
The UAE provides military support for Haftar as he endeavors to make good on his commitment to “cleanse” the country of radical Islamist militias. A U.N. report accused the UAE of violating the U.N. arms embargo on Libya by providing financial support and military equipment such as helicopters, aircraft, and armored vehicles to Haftar’s forces in June 2017.
Besides the military and financial backup, Emirati authorities are funding electoral campaigns of pro-Haftar nominees in the national elections that were originally supposed to take place in December 2018, but have been delayed due to fighting in Tripoli. After the national conference in Palermo last week, Ghassan Salame, U.N. Special Envoy to Libya, suggested that he now expects Libya to hold elections in the spring of 2019.
Haftar, 75, was an officer in the Gaddafi-led coup that overthrew King Idriss in 1969. Gaddafi promoted Haftar to field marshal and put him in charge of the Libyan forces involved in the conflict in Chad. After Chadian forces captured Haftar in 1987 and Gaddafi denied the very presence of any Libyan troops in Chad, the close relationship between Gaddafi and Haftar ended.
After his release from prison, Haftar became one of Gaddafi’s strongest opponents. He chose to live in exile in the U.S. and participated with the CIA in operations to overthrow Gaddafi’s regime. Haftar returned to Libya during the uprising against Gaddafi in 2011 and soon became one of the main leaders of the Libyan opposition forces in the east of the country.
The mutually beneficial relationship between Haftar and the UAE has yet to stand the test of time. The rise of a competing military leader in the region could put an end to Haftar’s power, especially if he loses popular Libyan support. If he falls out of favor, Haftar’s UAE-backers also wield the power to groom an alternate political leader and create a puppet government to accomplish its agenda in Libya and assert its influence in the region.
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WVU Golf to Compete at Rutherford Intercollegiate
April 13, 2018 by The Original Golf Blogger
WVU Golf
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (April 13, 2018) – The West Virginia golf team will close out the regular this weekend when they travel to Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate, set for Saturday and Sunday at the Penn State Blue Golf Course in State College, Pennsylvania.
The Mountaineers will join the No. 42 Nittany Lions, as well as Binghamton, Cleveland State, Columbia, Eastern Michigan, Dayton, Georgetown, Loyola, Oakland, Rutgers and Seton Hall in the field. Golfers will tee off in tee times starting at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday on the par-71, 7,202-yard Blue Course. They’ll play 36 continues holes before returning at 8 a.m. Sunday for the third and final round. West Virginia is paired with Penn State and Eastern Michigan for the first two rounds, with tee times starting at 8:15 a.m.
“We are really excited to be back at Penn State,” coach Sean Covich said. “This is one of my favorite tournaments of the season. We have a few guys with some experience around this course, and the new guys will learn a lot from our assistant coach, Jay Woodward, who played here in college. It should be a fun weekend for us. I’m really looking forward to watching our guys compete in the final regular season tournament.”
The 2018 season marks the third straight year the Mountaineers have participated in the event. The squad finished as the runner-up in 2016 before taking sixth place in 2017. Junior Max Sear, who will play in the No. 1 spot, will compete in the event for the third time. Sophomore Etienne Papineau competes for the second straight year.
In addition to Sear and Papineau, freshmen Matthew Sharpstene, Mark Goetz and Logan Perkins make up the scoring squad. Senior Avery Schneider will compete as an individual.
Goetz most recently finished fourth at last weekend’s Irish Creek Collegiate, shooting 71-70-73=214 to help WVU to a sixth-place finish at the event. He sits fifth on the team with a scoring average of 74.21.
Sear continues to pace the Mountaineers with a scoring average of 72.64 with a low round of 66 on the season. Papineau (73.25) and Sharpstene (73.32) rank second and third, respectively. Sharpstene boasts the team’s lowest round of the season – and in program history – with a 64 at Martin Downs in February.
The three freshmen – Sharpstene, Goetz and Perkins – have combined for six top-20 finishes on the season thus far.
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Durant scores 43 as Warriors move within win of Finals sweep
June 7, 2018 at 8:19am
Edited by Bouli Hadjioannou
Kevin Durant scored 43 points, and the Golden State Warriors overcame a slow start on Wednesday night to defeat the Cavaliers 110-102 in Game 3 and move to the brink of sweeping the NBA Finals.
Golden State, trying to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the third time in four years, leads the best-of-seven series 3-0.
Game 4 is Friday night in Cleveland.
Neither team led by more than three points in the fourth quarter until Stephen Curry drained a 3-pointer with 2:38 remaining for a 101-97 Warriors edge. LeBron James then made a trey of his own to make it a one-point game.
Key Golden State reserve Andre Iguodala, making his return after missing the previous six games due to a bone bruise in his left knee, converted a dunk to increase the lead to 103-100.
Durant then buried a 3-pointer from 33 feet out with 49.8 seconds remaining to essentially ice the game.
“That was amazing what he did out there tonight,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Durant postgame. “Some of those shots, I don’t think anybody in the world can hit those but him.”
Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue agreed the 3-pointer by Durant from deep was the dagger to the Cavaliers.
“It was a big shot,” Lue said. “I mean, he was four or five feet behind the line, and he raised up and made a big shot for them. He’s one of the best one-on-one players in our league.”
James also remarked on Durant and his key shot, “He’s an assassin. That was one of those assassin plays right there.”
James twisted his right ankle on a layup attempt in the middle of the second quarter, but he said postgame that he’ll be in the lineup Friday.
All five Golden State starters and backup Jordan Bell finished in double figures, but Durant was the only one to top 11 points, which was Stephen Curry’s total on 3-for-16 shooting. Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, JaVale McGee and Bell had 10 points each. Iguodala contributed eight points in 22 minutes.
“Holding Steph to 11 points and Klay to 10, you think you would win that game,” Lue said.
The shot that gave the Warriors a late four-point lead was Curry’s only 3-pointer of the game. He was 1-for-10 from behind the arc, but as far as Durant was concerned, Curry sank the biggest basket of the game.
“He was missing shots tonight. He was struggling to shoot the ball,” Durant said. “The confidence he had to put that one up — the momentum of the game kind of turned in our favor at that point.”
James led the Cavaliers with 33 points. He added 10 rebounds and 11 assists for a triple-double, his fourth of the playoffs.
Rodney Hood, who sat out three games before playing four minutes of garbage time in Game 2 of the Finals, came off the bench to score 15 points for the Cavaliers. Kevin Love added 20 points and 13 rebounds.
Durant said the Warriors need to improve, especially defensively, if they are going to complete the sweep on Friday. They won the title by capturing Game 6 in Cleveland in 2015 the first time these rivals met in the Finals.
Last year, Golden State also won the first three games, then dropped Game 4 in Ohio before claiming the championship at home in Game 5.
“I thought we did some things tonight that we need to correct if we want to win the next game,” Durant said. “My main concern was defensive effort, intensity and rebounding.”
Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said after practice Tuesday that getting off to a fast start would be critical. He also wanted his players to be more physical than they were in the two games played on Golden State’s floor to start the series.
The Cavs led 14-4 with 7:57 left in the first quarter, a complete flip from Game 2 when the Warriors jumped to a 15-6 lead with 8:12 left in the first quarter. The Cavaliers never recovered Sunday, even though more than 44 minutes remained.
The difference Wednesday was the Warriors chipped away at the Cavaliers’ lead and tied the score 26-26 on a pull-up jumper by Durant with 32.6 seconds left in the opening quarter.
The Cavaliers regained control in the second quarter by dominating the glass and playing smothering defense on Curry.
In Game 2, Curry scored 33 points and hit an NBA Finals-record nine 3-pointers (on 17 attempts) in Golden State’s 122-103 victory. He had just two points in the first half of Game 3 and was 0-for-5 on 3-point attempts when the Warriors went to the locker room at halftime trailing 58-52.
As they have done throughout the playoffs, the Warriors surged in the third quarter, outscoring the Cavaliers 31-23 to take an 83-81 lead into the fourth quarter. Durant scored 10 points in the third period.
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Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 O.I.S.
By Jim Fisher Jun 21, 2019
Editor Rating: Good (3.0)
US Street Price$1699.99
Compact internal zoom design. All-weather build. Removable tripod collar. Minimal distortion. Quick focus. Focus clutch. Teleconverter compatibility.
Pricey for an f/4 zoom. Not the sharpest lens. No fluorine coating.
The Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 O.I.S. lens is very well built, with internal zoom and weather protection, but its resolution disappoints.
A good 70-200mm is a go-to for pro photographers. The Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 O.I.S. ($1,699.99) is Panasonic's first full-frame telezoom lens. It's quick to focus and does a fine job on 24MP cameras, but falls short of what we've seen others do on high-resolution sensors. For the high price we expect a bit more.
Compact, Internal Zoom
The Lumix S Pro 70-200mm certainly looks and feels like a top-end lens. It measures 7.1 by 3.3 inches (HD) and boasts an internal zoom design so there's no extension of the barrel as you adjust the focal length. It weighs in at 2.2 pounds and supports 77mm front filters. The lens ships with front and rear caps, a reversible hood, and a carrying pouch.
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A removable tripod collar is included. The lens isn't too heavy or long, so you may opt not to use it. I found it useful with a sling strap, as it better centered the connection point. The foot is compatible with Arca-Swiss equipment, so you can use it in compatible tripod heads without the need for an additional quick release plate.
Like the S1 and S1R cameras, the S Pro 70-200mm is sealed to protect it from dust and moisture. Panasonic has opted not to include a fluorine coat on the exposed glass, as it does with the 24-105mm F4.
The zoom ring turns smoothly and has marks to show the 70, 100, 135, and 200mm positions. (The S1 and S1R show focal length in the viewfinder if you want a more exact figure.) The focus ring, which is placed farther ahead, uses a clutch system. This gives it a linear response to manual adjustments, with hard stops at both ends of the focus range.
Focus is available to just about 3 feet (92cm), giving the lens a 1:4 macro capability at the 200mm setting. It's not close enough for Panasonic to bill the lens as a macro, as it does with the 24-105mm F4 with its 1:2 magnification.
The lens is optically stabilized. It works in conjunction with the in-body stabilization offered by the S1 and S1R bodies. The system can be turned on or off via a switch on the side of the barrel.
Focus is driven via dual motors and is quite fast. It's one of the big advantages the lens offers over using a non-native zoom via an adapter. The 70-200mm is also compatible with the two teleconverters Panasonic is offering for the system, the Lumix S 1.4x ($499.99) and Lumix S 2x ($599.99). We didn't have the opportunity to test the lens with either converter.
Disappointing Resolution
I used the 70-200mm with both the S1 and S1R, and ran resolution tests using the 47MP S1R and Imatest software. At 70mm f/4 it puts up resolution that's decent, but not noteworthy. It notches 2,776 lines on average, with the sharpest results in the central third of the frame (3,420 lines). Resolution drops as you move off-center, eventually softening noticeably at the edges of the frame (1,712 lines).
There isn't a huge improvement at f/5.6. The average score climbs to just 2,881 lines. The center doesn't get noticeably sharper, but the mid parts of the frame climb to exceed the average, and the edges get a very modest bump (1,810 lines). Likewise, at f/8, the average is up to 2,898 lines, and edges to climb to about 2,000.
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Absolute sharpest performance is at f/11—3,046 lines averaged across the frame. We consider this to be a good result on a high-resolution image sensor. Edges are just about as good as they get with this lens, 2,549 lines. Diffraction enters the picture and cuts into resolution slightly at f/16 (2,715 lines) and f/22 (2,348 lines).
We've not yet had the opportunity to test the only other telezoom available for the L-mount system at this time, the $6,395 Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4, but its price puts it out of reach of most photographers; we've seen similar zooms that put up more resolution for less money. Results are not directly cross-comparable from camera to camera, but the $800 Tamron SP 70-210mm f/4 Di VC USD showed 3,625 lines at 70mm f/4 when tested on the 50MP Canon EOS 5DS R.
At 135mm f/4 the lens shows 2,512 lines, which is slightly soft. The center is better (2,821 lines), but it drops as you move toward the edges, averaging 2,364 lines in the mid parts and 2,116 lines at the periphery.
There isn't much shift in the average at f/5.6 and f/8—we see about 2,550 lines at both settings. Edges do get better, hitting 2,220 lines. Resolution is steady at f/11, with about 2,545 lines and performance that's very close from center to edge. The story is about the same at f/16, and there's an expected drop at f/22 (2,262 lines).
At 200mm the resolution drops more. We see 2,135 lines at f/4—edge quality isn't a concern, as the periphery is just as sharp (or soft, in this case) as the center. There's a bit of an uptick at f/5.6 (2,295 lines) and resolution holds just about steady through f/16. There's a slight drop at f/22 (2,118 lines).
Overall, these are disappointing figures for resolution. It is only one aspect of lens performance. The 70-200mm does a wonderful job controlling distortion, showing basically none throughout the range. There is a very slight vignette at f/4, about -1.5EV at the corners when working in Raw format, but it goes away at f/5.6. If you shoot in JPG format, in-camera corrections remove the vignette completely.
A Pro Lens?
Expectations for the Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 O.I.S. are understandably high. The company slapped the Pro moniker on it, for one, and it's the most expensive 70-200mm f/4 zoom on the market for any system by a couple of hundred bucks.
On the outside, it lives up to the promise. It looks good and is fairly compact and light given its zoom power. The tripod collar is easily removed and compatible with Arca-Swiss equipment, the focus clutch works well, autofocus is very fast, and the lens is sealed to protect it from dust and moisture. But it falls short in some respects—there's no fluorine coat, now expected on a serious lens, and you don't get the physical aperture control ring like you do with the Lumix S Pro 50mm F1.4.
It's ultimately the disappointing resolution, coupled with the high price, that keep the 70-200mm from getting higher marks. Panasonic's L-mount cameras are on the pricey side, so it's not surprising to see its lenses creep up in cost as well. But for $1,700, this is a lens that needs to deliver absolute crackerjack image quality, and it falls a little short.
Thanks to Lensrentals for providing the 70-200mm for review.
Bottom Line: The Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm F4 O.I.S. lens is very well built, with internal zoom and weather protection, but its resolution disappoints.
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China-Japan sign 3-year FX swap deal of up to $30 bln
TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Japan and China signed a bilateral currency swap arrangement on Friday aimed at enhancing the financial stability of the two countries, the Bank of Japan said.
The arrangement, which takes effect on Friday and lasts until Oct. 25, 2021, will allow the exchange of local currencies between the two central banks for up to 200 billion yuan or 3.4 trillion yen ($30 billion), the BOJ said.
China and Japan on Friday signed a broad range of agreements on strengthening bilateral ties, pledging to step up cooperation in areas from finance and trade to innovation and securities listings.
The agreements were signed during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Beijing for the first formal Sino-Japanese summit in seven years, as Asia’s two biggest economies looked to further build relations and trust against a backdrop of trade friction with the United States. ($1 = 6.9598 Chinese yuan renminbi) ($1 = 112.2300 yen) (Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
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It’s the Oil and Gas Stupid
Posted on March 7, 2009 by jasegraves
Widely covered in Asia and the Near-East, but not in he United States, was the inauguration of the Ceyhan-Tbilisi-Baku (BTC) oil pipeline, which links the Caspian Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. This pipeline totally bypasses the territory of the Russian Federation by transiting through the western friendly, former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
But the more sinister implications of this pipeline, are seen when the four partners are revealed and the ultimate destination of the pipeline is reviewed.
The partners are Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Israel. The destination the Israeli port of Ashkelon, which bypasses Lebanon and Syria utilizing underwater pipelines. However, the ultimate goal is to have back up land based pipelines, which would require Israel, responsible for the security of the pipelines, to have territorial control over the East Mediterranean coastline.
The day after the deal was signed, the Lebanon bombing began. Step one?
Well it failed miserably.
Back up now to the November 1999, when British G Group (BG) and Lebanon’s Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC), were granted oil and gas exploration rights in a 25 year agreement signed with the Palestinian Authority, then run by Yassir Arafat.
According to Michael Chossodovsky, researcher for Global Research Canada,
The rights to the offshore gas field are respectively British Gas (60 percent); Consolidated Contractors (CCC) (30 percent); and the Investment Fund of the Palestinian Authority (10 percent). (Haaretz, October 21, 2007).
The PA-BG-CCC agreement includes field development and the construction of a gas pipeline.(Middle East Economic Digest, Jan 5, 2001).
The BG licence covers the entire Gazan offshore marine area, which is contiguous to several Israeli offshore gas facilities. (See Map below). It should be noted that 60 percent of the gas reserves along the Gaza-Israel coastline belong to Palestine.
The problem though, lies in the sovereignty of the gas. Reserves, estimated by British Gas to be of the order of 1.4 trillion cubic feet, are valued at approximately 4 billion dollars. The size of Palestine’s gas reserves could be much larger, according to Chossodovsky.
Unfortunately for Gaza, under Article XI, of the 1994 Gaza-Jericho Agreement, three Maritime Activity Zones that extended out to sea 20 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza, were established. Two narrow Zones running parallel to the boundaries of Egyptian and Israeli waters were designated No Fishing Areas. Under the terms of the Agreement the larger remaining Zone “will be open for fishing, recreation and economic activities.” The Gazan fishermen operated freely for the next 6 years within this Zone with no major confrontations with the Israelis.
Until gas was discovered 10 to 15 nautical miles from the coast, within those boundaries. In 2002, the UN’s Bertini proposed the approved location be reduced to an area within 12 nautical miles of the coast. More recently the area available has been reduced to 300 square kilometers.
According to Global Research Canada,
Consequently,since the death of Arafat, the election of the Hamas government and the ruin of the Palestinian Authority, Israel has established de facto control over the gas fields.
With this control, they began negotiating with BG for the gas. They were reportedly close to a deal when Hamas won the elections in 2006. When the newly elected Palestinian government collapsed, and Hamas had control of the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Haniyeh promptly declared that the natural gas deal would have to be renegotiated.
The Times of India reports that this prompted the Gaza blockade which resulted in the humanitarian disaster that is Gaza today.
Beginning in late 2000 the Israeli military began a campaign of intimidation and harassment against the fishing boats that ventured near or beyond a 6 nautical mile limit. No formal notice or explanation was ever given to the Palestinians. Instead the regulation was written and enforced by Israeli machine guns and water cannons. At least 14 fishermen have been killed by the Israelis, over 200 injured and numerous boats damaged or impounded.
Initially, BG had negotiated with Egypt to buld an undersea pipeline to import the gas, but under pressure from Tony Blair, were forced to negotiate with Israel instead.
After years of wrangling over prices and getting nowhere, BG closed their Israeli office and again negotiated with the Egyptians.
But the true intent of the Israelis comes to light when viewing the quotes from Israeli and officials.
AfterAriel Sharon was elected Prime minister in 2001, he said he would never buy gas from the Palestinians.
In June of 2008, Israel began preparing for Operation Cast Lead, its latest incursion into Gaza. In the same month, BG was contacted by Olmert with a request to reopen negotiations. They began anew in October 2008, shortly before the commencement of the Gaza invasion.
This does not bode well for Gaza, the Palestinian Authority, who were bypassed in the latest negotiations, or the peace process in general.
Egypt would do well to be very careful in what it does, lest its actions blow back on them from the Arab street.The Moslem Brotherhood is very much sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
With Israel’s nuclear capability, their alliance with the Turks, and new found wealth from oil and gas revenues, the west should be very careful in how it sees the balance of power in hte Middle East that would result from this venture.
We should all hope that the Europeans in particular, don’t forget the strength of the Ottoman Empire, the dismantlement of which, after WWI, resulted in the establishment of Iraq, Iran, countries of the Middle East, and the ensuing rise of dictators and radicals alike in subsequent years. Would they like to see a similar rise in power again?
It’s past time that this issue of Palestine get settled and we find alternative fuels, not only for the sake of the innocent civilians caught up in the various conflicts, but for the sake of the rest of the citizens of the world whose children will be the cannon fodder for the inevitable wars to follow and whose money will be squandered funding them.
Global Research timeline Lebanon War
War and Natural Gas
Oil and Lebanon
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Secretary of State Clinton asks: What is the best Path Forward for Gaza?
Posted on February 28, 2009 by jasegraves
Dipnote, the U.S. State Department blog, has a new question, what should we do about Gaza?
On March 2, Clinton will participate in the donor conference for Gaza reconstruction. Until then, she will be taking suggestions from ordinary Americans.
Here is the link. Lend your voice in our participatory democracy, or shut your piehole and live with their decisions. 🙂
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Why the Peace Process in Israel/Palestine has not progressed to peace
First are the Media Rules, courtesy of israelity bites:
Rule #1: In the Middle East, it is always the Palestinians that attack first, and it’s always Israel who defends itself. This is called “retaliation”.
Rule #2: The Palestinians are not allowed to kill Israelis. This is called “terrorism”.
Rule #3: Israel has the right to kill Palestinian civilians; this is called “self-defense”, or “collateral damage”.
Rule #4: When Israel kills too many Palestinian civilians, the Western world calls for restraint. This is called the “reaction of the international community”.
Rule #5: Palestinians do not have the right to capture Israeli military, not even 1 or 2.
Rule #6: Israel has the right to capture as many Palestinians as they want (over 10,000 to date being held without trial). There is no limit; there is no need for proof of guilt or trial. All that is needed is the magic word: “terrorism”.
Rule #7: When you say “Hamas”, always be sure to add “supported by Hezbollah, Syria and Iran”.
Rule #8: When you say “Israel”, never say “supported by the USA, the UK, European countries and even some Arab regimes”, for people (God forbid) might believe this is not an equal conflict.
Rule #9: When it comes to Israel, don’t mention the words “occupied territories”, “UN resolutions”, “Geneva conventions”. This could distress the audience of Fox, CNN, etc.
Rule #10: Israelis tend to speak better English than Arabs. This is why it is called “balanced journalism”.
Next, courtesy of the same site, the quote:
“We’ll make a pastrami sandwich of them. We’ll insert a strip of Jewish settlements in between the Palestinians, and then another strip of Jewish settlements right across the West Bank, so that in 25 years, neither the United Nations, nor the U.S.A, nobody, will be able to tear it apart.” Ariel Sharon to Winston S. Churchill III in 1973.
Would’ve been nice to share that with the U.S. negotiators…..
But there is hope, because not all people feel the same way Ariel Sharon did:
“My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis
came to her home town of Staszow. A German soldier shot her dead in her bed. My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers.”
— Sir Gerald Kaufman, British MP and Orthodox Jew.
And then there’s the old Testament:
He shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Micah 4:3
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Obama’s first interview is with Al Arabiya
Posted on January 27, 2009 by jasegraves
Here is the full text of the interview, the video and the comments.
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Petition to investigate war crimes in Gaza
There is currently a petition online to appeal for an investigation into war crimes in the latest Israeli incursion into Gaza. There is mounting evidence that white phosphorous bombs were dropped on the civilian population centers, not to mention the destruction of the three UN facilities.
The petition is here. Sign it if you see fit.
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State Department asks Americans what our foreign policy objectives should be
The newly revamped State Department website, or “America 2.0” as the Red Eye in Chicago calls the Obama administration, has a new feature called DIPNOTE, which is a State Department blog.
The question of the week is: What Foreign Policy Objectives Should the Obama Administration Establish as its Top Priorities?
Answer it!!! Several people have already mentioned the Israeli/Palestine issue, but we must be direct.
I suggest the following line items:
Insist the blockade be lifted to allow humanitarian aid and items intrinsic to economic survival into Palestine immediately
Immediately halt the building of all settlements and begin the dismantling of all “outposts”
Immediately investigate whether the using of phosphorous bombs in civilian areas is a violation of the Arms Export Control Act and punish accordingly if it is.
Immediately work to engage Hamas and Fatah and get them on the same page – without both entities, there will never be peace
Immediately get assurances from both Hamas and Fatah that any violations of the ceasefire by militants on either side will result in arrests and trial in accordance with the Palestinian Constitution not tribal law
Freeze all aid and arms shipments to Israel until significant progress has been made towards the first two points
Engage the international community to provide security for the checkpoints and remove all access requests from Israeli control
Put the international community in charge of determining what aid gets into Gaza. It should not be an Israeli decision as they state they are no longer “occupying” the country.
Send Americans into Gaza to determine what aid we could provide to rebuild their country and help their people. I would suggest evaluating the role wind and solar power could play in the rebuilding process, so they are no longer completely dependent on fuel and electricity from Israel
Engage the Palestinian and Israeli business communities as they have the most at stake and are the best able to assist in rebuilding decisions
The link is here. Don’t worry if you are not from the U.S., other foreign nationals have already commented, and frankly, we need to engage the world after the last eight years.
If you like my ideas, feel free to copy and paste them. If you have other ideas – please – go for it. Every little bit helps., but make it constructive, no tirades about the past or blame or anything else. You get more traction that way.
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Republicans Attempt to Unify on Immigration Solution
by Jeremy Jennings | Jul 25, 2006 | Immigration Law Blog
Faced with withering support from Hispanic voters and growing dismay at the Republican-controlled government’s inability to act on the issue, two conservative Republicans officially proposed today an immigration plan that has become known as “enforcement first” in an effort to unite Republicans and pass an immigration bill before the November elections. Attempting to bridge the gap between the House’s focus on enforcement and the Senate’s insistence on a guestworker/legalization program, Representative Mike Pence’s (IN) and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s (TX) plan essentially starts with border security measures with a guestworker program becoming available about two years later once the president certifies that the border measures have been implemented. The guestworker program would require all undocumented persons to return to their country to apply for a new guestworker visa at “Ellis Island processing centers” that would be operated by private commercial companies. Only certain countries with trade pacts with the U.S. would be eligible: Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The guestworker visa would be good for up to 12 years with an additional 5 year transition visa. Guestworkers could apply for U.S. citizenship after the total of 17 years. Those who did not want to apply for U.S. citizenship would have to return to their countries. As an incentive to leave, they would be given a lump-sum payment in the amount of the Social Secrurity contributions they had paid into the system while employed in the U.S. In my opinion, the Hutchison-Pence proposal is unlikely to garner much support from either side with the result being the immigration issue on hold until next year after the elections have determined the make-up of the next Congress.
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Beyonce, Donald Glover Cover 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight': Hear A Teaser
posted by Hayden Brooks - Jun 20, 2019
We're less than a month out from Disney's upcoming live-action remake of The Lion King and, thankfully, the newest promo for the film features a brief snippet of film stars Beyoncé and Donald Glover's cover of Elton John's Academy Award-winning song, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
On Thursday (June 20), Disney released the new 30-second promo trailer and it focuses on Simba's journey to the Circle of Life as the rightful King. Similar to the critically-acclaimed original, the pair use the John's track as a blueprint, harmonizing with one another during the hook. Billy Eicher also appears in the upcoming film, where he voices Timon, and admitted during his March appearance on Crooked Media's "Keep It" podcast that he cried after listening to the duo's cover.
"She's definitely in the movie because I’ve seen a rough cut. And I’ve heard her sing 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight?' with Donald Glover and I’m telling you, it’s f**king good," Eichner explained. "And that was never my favorite song to be totally honest, I liked it when Elton John sang it. I love Elton John. I don't want to give too much away about that, they do not want us talking about it. I will just say that honestly, it made me cry and I was not expecting that."
The Lion King is set for release on July 19.
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The Right of Secession, as Reserved by the States in Their Ratification of the US Constitution
Posted on June 1, 2018 by forloveofgodandcountry
by Diane Rufino, June 1, 2018
Louisiana voted to secede from the Union on January 26, 1861. Shortly thereafter, her senators, Judah P. Benjamin and John Slidell, resigned their positions in the US Senate. In his FAREWELL ADDRESS to the Senate, on February 5, 1861, Senator Benjamin expressed perhaps the strongest argument for the Right of Secession. He said:
“The rights of Louisiana as a sovereign state are those of Virginia – no more, no less. Let those who deny her [Louisiana’s] right to resume delegated powers try to successfully refuse the claim of Virginia to the same right, in spite of her [Virginia’s] expressed reservation made and notified to her sister states when she consented to enter the Union. And sir, permit me to say that, of all the causes which justify the action of the Southern States, I know none of greater gravity and more alarming magnitude than that now developed of the denial of the right of secession. A pretension so monstrous as that which perverts a restricted agency [federal government], constituted by sovereign states for common purposes, into the unlimited despotism of the majority, and denies all legitimate escape from such despotism, when powers not delegated are usurped, converts the whole constitutional fabric into the secure abode of lawless tyranny, and degrades sovereign states into provincial dependencies.”
To deny the Right of Secession, as President Abraham Lincoln did (although only AFTER he became president), as powerful orator Senator Daniel Webster did (although only AFTER he realized the financial ruin that secession would reap on northern states), and as too many liberal elites and too many Americans (because of indoctrination in our public school system and at our liberal universities) believe today is to condemn Americans ultimately to tyranny, to subjugation, to an existence far different from the one that the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights had once promised, to the loss of liberty, to the control by political parties (not political movements, which are good and are true expressions of democracy), and to the rule by political elites. In other words, we would have to acknowledge that we are not a free nation anymore, that we are not a free people. We as a country and as a people wear the veneer of freedom and liberty. The experiment started by those far wiser than any alive today, which established for us in America, and indeed for the rest of the world, the right of self-determination and the right of self-government, and which was predicated on the grand notion – the very revolutionary notion – that those rights were far more important than the right of any government to seek to cement its existence, would be dead. If we give up on our right to secede, then we have lost that precious system and that noble ideal. That noble ideal is what guarantees our freedom and our liberty. If we abandon that right to secede, we are no different from the system we initially separated from, Great Britain, where government was – and still is – superior to the people.
To be clear, the fundamental principle guiding our independence was the right of a people to secede from a political body, exercising the right of self-determination and the right of a people to establish their own government – one that serves their interests and concerns best. We cannot allow the proclamations of one leader, Abraham Lincoln, who did so for purely political purposes (explained historically, accurately, and in great detail in Gene Kizer Jr’s book, SLAVERY WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, as well as in Albert Taylor Bledsoe’s book, IS JEFFERSON DAVIS A TRAITOR?; references to both provided below) to destroy this great principle of independence and freedom.
It is important to understand that secession was a right implicit with every sovereign body politic and a right expressly and explicitly reserved to the States under the terms of the ratification of the Constitution:
First of all, let’s look at these two very powerful arguments: [Taken from Mr. Kizer’s article “The Right of Secession,” Referenced at: http://www.bonniebluepublishing.com/The%20Right%20of%20Secession.htm ]
(1). There had to be a specific constitutional prohibition on secession for it to be illegal. Conversely, there did not have to be a specific constitutional affirmation of the right of secession for it to be legal. Why? Because of the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This amendment states nothing new, but is merely a restatement, as the Preamble to the Bill of Rights explains. It is a restatement of the fact that the federal government can govern ONLY as to the express (and that is made clear also in the Preamble) powers granted/delegated to it by the Constitution, Articles I-III, and States are prohibited from doing certain things ONLY if it states so expressly therein. The power to prevent secession is NOT granted to the federal government and the right to secede is NOT prohibited to the States under our Constitution.
Aside from the fact that there was (and is) no constitution prohibition on secession, there was (and is) also NO constitutional sanctioning of any kind of federal coercion to force a State to obey a federal law when to do so would act to perpetrate an act of war on the offending state by the other states. After all, the federal government was established as a common agent for all States, tasked with serving the interests of each equally.
While we are talking out what the federal government can and cannot do, there is also NO constitutional provision, nor any moral foundation, for the federal government to coerce one or more States to invade or otherwise inflict armed conflict against any other State or States. Again, each State is an equal beneficiary of the agency provided by the federal government.
(2). The arguments for the right of secession are indeed unequivocal. There is the constitutional right based on the Compact Theory, and the revolutionary right based on the idea that a free people have the right to change their government anytime they see fit. Compact Theory is based on Natural Law – that people, in deciding to live together in communities, decide for themselves the form of government to establish laws for their mutual safety, security, and peace. They decide for themselves the government that will best establish laws for their ordered existence. Compacts are the vehicle by which the people form that government and delegate powers to it. It is a form of Contract. The Compact Theory views the Constitution as a legal agreement between the states – a compact – and if any one state violates the compact, then the entire agreement becomes null and void. Northern states unquestionably violated the Constitution on a number of grounds including unconstitutional Personal Liberty Laws on their books, as well as by deliberately harboring fugitives from justice by protecting the sons of John Brown who were wanted by Virginia for murder at Harpers Ferry. Northern states also made a mockery of the Constitution’s Preamble, which states clearly that the Constitution was established to “insure domestic Tranquility” and “promote the general Welfare.” Certain prominent Northern leaders with the acquiescence of states like Massachusetts were utterly at war with the South and doing everything they could to destroy the domestic tranquility of Southern states by encouraging slaves to murder white people, poison wells, destroy property and commit other acts of rapine. John Brown himself had been encouraged and financed in the North.
The revolutionary right of secession is based on the Declaration of Independence and the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and John Locke, “that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, ….. ”
These words come directly from the Declaration of Independence. This passage was also used, verbatim, in South Carolina’s Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union. A similar sentiment was expressed by Abraham Lincoln in 1847 on the floor of the United States House of Representatives:
“Any people, anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right, a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.”
And now let’s look at the strongest piece of evidence, of which Senator Judah P. Benjamin referenced in his farewell speech above (“Virginia’s express reservation”):
Three of the original thirteen states were particularly skeptical of the government that the newly-drafted Constitution created and so they ratified it only conditionally. These three states were Virginia and New York, the great powerhouses of the New World, and Rhode Island (tiny, but very liberty-minded). In their ratification documents, adopted at their Ratification Conventions, they specifically and carefully reserved the right of secession. These are referred to as the “Resumption Clauses” or “Resumptive Clauses,” and they are exceedingly important to understand this topic. I attached Virginia’s ratification document at the end of this article. You will see that Virginia conditioned her ratification on several things, including the Right to Secede and on the addition of a Bill of Rights (for which she made a number of suggestions).
Since the other states, which had unconditionally ratified the Constitution, consented to Virginia’s conditional ratification, they “ostensibly assented to the principle that Virginia permissibly retained the right to secede.” This is an essential element of contract law, of which compact theory follows. All negotiations, all conditions, all limitations, all reservations, etc become part of the compact agreement which affects all parties, as long as those negotiations, conditions, limitations, reservations, etc are not rejected by any of the other signing parties. With the additional acceptance of New York’s and Rhode Island’s conditions (their Resumption Clauses; their right to secede), the existing states of the Union clearly, albeit tacitly, accepted the doctrine of secession. Again, this is a matter of contract law, the most firmly-entrenched area of law. Furthermore, according to the Constitution, all States that joined the Union after the first thirteen also had the right of secession since new states entered on an equal footing with the exact same rights as the existing states.
Virginia was the first state to state explicitly that she would only ratify the Constitution as long as she reserved the right to leave the Union so created by it. If Virginia didn’t ratify the Constitution, it was very likely that New York, Rhode Island, and certainly North Carolina also would not. The plan for “a more perfect Union” would be defeated. In her “Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788,” the state of Virginia included this express provision: “Do in the name and in behalf of the People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression and that every power not granted thereby remains with them and at their will.”
To reinforce how strongly Virginia valued that Clause one simply has to look at her Ordinance of Secession from the Union (April 17, 1861). She used the exact wording of her conditional ratification of the US to sever her political bonds with the federal government and to resume all her sovereign powers and rights to determine a new and more favorable government for her people.
A month later, on July 26, 1788, New York conditionally ratified the Constitution. In the ratification declaration adopted at her Convention, New York wrote:
“That the Powers of Government may be reassumed by the People, whensoever it shall become necessary to their Happiness; that every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by the said Constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the Government thereof, remains to the People of the several States, or to their respective State Governments to whom they may have granted the same; And that those Clauses in the said Constitution, which declare, that Congress shall not have or exercise certain Powers, do not imply that Congress is entitled to any Powers not given by the said Constitution; but such Clauses are to be construed either as exceptions to certain specified Powers, or as inserted merely for greater Caution.”
And then finally, almost two years later, on May 29, 1790, Rhode Island asserted her own conditional ratification:
“That the powers of government may be reassumed by the people, whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness:- That the rights of the States respectively, to nominate and appoint all State Officers, and every other power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by the said constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States or to the departments of government thereof, remain to the people of the several states, or their respective State Governments to whom they may have granted the same; and that those clauses in the said constitution which declare that Congress shall not have or exercise certain powers, do not imply, that Congress is entitled to any powers not given by the said constitution, but such clauses are to be construed as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution.”
Historian Dave Benner explains in his article “Can States Secede from the United States?” (IntellectualTakeOut.org, March 7, 2017):
During the ratification debates, many figures firmly challenged the suggestion that coercive force could be used to obligate a state’s membership in the union. Melancton Smith of New York suggested that such coercion would be an anathema to the cause of liberty: “Can it, I say, be imagined, that in such a case, they would make war on a sister state?”
He ridiculed the notion, declaring that “the idea is preposterous and chimerical.” George Mason, known today as the “Father of the Bill of Rights,” also rejected the assumption that war would befall a seceding state. Answering an inquiry regarding whether the government could “use military force to compel the observance of a social compact,” Mason scoffed at such a prospect, declaring that it would be “destructive to the rights of the people.”
Respected professor, author, and speaker (and founder of the Abbeville Institute), Donald W. Livingston noted, in his article “The Secession Tradition in America,” the conclusion offered by famed historian and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville, who spent several years in America studying its political system and societies and who studied the US Constitution on the right of secession. De Tocqueville wrote: “The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and, in uniting together, they have not forfeited their nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the States chose to withdraw its name from the contract, it would be difficult to disprove its right of doing so; and the Federal Government would have no means of maintaining its claims directly, either by force or by right.”
Abraham Lincoln intentionally re-characterized the Constitution in order to force the Southern States back into the Union, where its money could continue to fund the federal government and could continue to enrich the Northern states. He also sought to force the Southern States back into the Union because under the Confederate Constitution, protective tariffs (the lifeblood of northern industry) were prohibited and it would interact with other countries on a policy of Free Trade. Free trade would have signed the death of the Union because then only people in the North would have purchased its products and its industry and indeed its economy would have crashed. To that end, Lincoln denied the right of secession and characterized the Constitution as creating a “perpetual union,” which was just plain hogwash. Every compact, just like every contract, can be broken. He said the Southern States were “in rebellion against the United States” even though they made it exceedingly clear that they merely wanted a peaceful separation, and to remain on good terms with their former government. In order to prevent other States (the so-called “border States” and others that were clearly more pro-South than pro-North) from leaving the Union and joining the Confederacy, he sent in the Army of the United States to put them under martial law. Politicians sympathetic to the Confederate States were forcibly removed from office (and many jailed) and their state governments fundamentally changed to force them to be loyal to Lincoln. This was in violation of Section 4 of Article IV of the Constitution (The Guarantee Clause), which states:
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and [the United States] shall protect each of them [the States] against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.”
By removing duly-elected members of State legislatures and altering the governing bodies by force, Lincoln violated the Constitution (just another of the many times he violated the Constitution) and denied the border States the guarantee that the federal government who assure them a republican (the will of the people) form of government. Furthermore, as to all the States, including the border States, the western States (like Kentucky and Missouri), and the Southern States, the Constitution guaranteed them protection AGAINST invasion and was not a license for Lincoln to be the invader.
Gene Kizer Jr, “The Right of Secession,” Referenced at: http://www.bonniebluepublishing.com/The%20Right%20of%20Secession.htm
Gene Kizer Jr, Slavery Was Not the Cause of the War Between the States, Charleston Athenaeum Press, 2014. [Chapter: “An Annotated Chronology of the Secession Debate in the South”; pp. 171-72)] Available as a book, which was the resource I used) and also online at: http://www.bonniebluepublishing.com/index.htm
Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Is Jefferson Davis a Traitor? (1865). Reprinted by Forgotten Books (2012). https://www.amazon.com/Davis-Traitor-Secession-Constitutional-Previous/dp/B008TYU1E4
Dave Benner, “Can States Secede from the United States?”, IntellectualTakeOut.org, March 7, 2017. Referenced at: http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/can-states-secede-united-states),
Donald W. Livingston, “The Secession Tradition in America,” 1998. Referenced at: http://www.ditext.com/livingston/tradition.html
“Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788,” The Avalon Project (Yale Law School) – http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratva.asp
Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788.
Virginia to wit
We the Delegates of the People of Virginia duly elected in pursuance of a recommendation from the General Assembly and now met in Convention having fully and freely investigated and discussed the proceedings of the Federal Convention and being prepared as well as the most mature deliberation hath enabled us to decide thereon Do in the name and in behalf of the People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression and that every power not granted thereby remains with them and at their will: that therefore no right of any denomination can be cancelled abridged restrained or modified by the Congress by the Senate or House of Representatives acting in any Capacity by the President or any Department or Officer of the United States except in those instances in which power is given by the Constitution for those purposes: & that among other essential rights the liberty of Conscience and of the Press cannot be cancelled abridged restrained or modified by any authority of the United States. With these impressions with a solemn appeal to the Searcher of hearts for the purity of our intentions and under the conviction that whatsoever imperfections may exist in the Constitution ought rather to be examined in the mode prescribed therein than to bring the Union into danger by a delay with a hope of obtaining Amendments previous to the Ratification, We the said Delegates in the name and in behalf of the People of Virginia do by these presents assent to and ratify the Constitution recommended on the seventeenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven by the Federal Convention for the Government of the United States hereby announcing to all those whom it may concern that the said Constitution is binding upon the said People according to an authentic Copy hereto annexed in the Words following; .
Done in Convention this twenty Sixth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight
By Order of the Convention
EDMUND PENDLETON, President [SEAL.]
Virginia towit:
Subsequent Amendments agreed to in Convention as necessary to the proposed Constitution of Government for the United States, recommended to the consideration of the Congress which shall first assemble under the said Constitution to be acted upon according to the mode prescribed in the fifth article thereof:
That there be a Declaration or Bill of Rights asserting and securing from encroachment the essential and unalienable Rights of the People in some such manner as the following;
First, That there are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social compact cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Second. That all power is naturally vested in and consequently derived from the people; that Magistrates, therefore, are their trustees and agents and at all times amenable to them.
Third, That Government ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the People; and that the doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Fourth, That no man or set of Men are entitled to exclusive or separate public emoluments or privileges from the community, but in Consideration of public services; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of Magistrate, Legislator or Judge, or any other public office to be hereditary.
Fifth, That the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of Government should be separate and distinct, and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression by feeling and participating the public burthens, they should, at fixed periods be reduced to a private station, return into the mass of the people; and the vacancies be supplied by certain and regular elections; in which all or any part of the former members to be eligible or ineligible, as the rules of the Constitution of Government, and the laws shall direct.
Sixth, That elections of representatives in the legislature ought to be free and frequent, and all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the Community ought to have the right of suffrage: and no aid, charge, tax or fee can be set, rated, or levied upon the people without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor can they be bound by any law to which they have not in like manner assented for the public good.
Seventh, That all power of suspending laws or the execution of laws by any authority, without the consent of the representatives of the people in the legislature is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Eighth, That in all capital and criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence and be allowed counsel in his favor, and to a fair and speedy trial by an impartial Jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty, (except in the government of the land and naval forces) nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself.
Ninth. That no freeman ought to be taken, imprisoned, or disseised of his freehold, liberties, privileges or franchises, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty or property but by the law of the land.
Tenth. That every freeman restrained of his liberty is entitled to a remedy to enquire into the lawfulness thereof, and to remove the same, if unlawful, and that such remedy ought not to be denied nor delayed.
Eleventh. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by Jury is one of the greatest Securities to the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable.
Twelfth. That every freeman ought to find a certain remedy by recourse to the laws for all injuries and wrongs he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely without sale, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, and that all establishments or regulations contravening these rights, are oppressive and unjust.
Thirteenth, That excessive Bail ought not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Fourteenth, That every freeman has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his papers and his property; all warrants, therefore, to search suspected places, or seize any freeman, his papers or property, without information upon Oath (or affirmation of a person religiously scrupulous of taking an oath) of legal and sufficient cause, are grievous and oppressive; and all general Warrants to search suspected places, or to apprehend any suspected person, without specially naming or describing the place or person, are dangerous and ought not to be granted.
Fifteenth, That the people have a right peaceably to assemble together to consult for the common good, or to instruct their Representatives; and that every freeman has a right to petition or apply to the legislature for redress of grievances.
Sixteenth, That the people have a right to freedom of speech, and of writing and publishing their Sentiments; but the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and ought not to be violated.
Seventeenth, That the people have a right to keep and bear arms; that a well regulated Militia composed of the body of the people trained to arms is the proper, natural and safe defense of a free State. That standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided, as far as the circumstances and protection of the Community will admit; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to and governed by the Civil power.
Eighteenth, That no Soldier in time of peace ought to be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, and in time of war in such manner only as the laws direct.
Nineteenth, That any person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead.
Twentieth, That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience, and that no particular religious sect or society ought to be favored or established by Law in preference to others.
AMENDMENTS TO THE BODY OF THE CONSTITUTION
First, That each State in the Union shall respectively retain every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Constitution delegated to the Congress of the United States or to the departments of the Federal Government.
Second, That there shall be one representative for every thirty thousand, according to the Enumeration or Census mentioned in the Constitution, until the whole number of representatives amounts to two hundred; after which that number shall be continued or increased as the Congress shall direct, upon the principles fixed by the Constitution by apportioning the Representatives of each State to some greater number of people from time to time as population increases.
Third, When Congress shall lay direct taxes or excises, they shall immediately inform the Executive power of each State of the quota of such state according to the Census herein directed, which is proposed to be thereby raised; And if the Legislature of any State shall pass a law which shall be effectual for raising such quota at the time required by Congress, the taxes and excises laid by Congress shall not be collected, in such State.
Fourth, That the members of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be ineligible to, and incapable of holding, any civil office under the authority of the United States, during the time for which they shall respectively be elected.
Fifth, That the Journals of the proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be published at least once in every year, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy.
Sixth, That a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published at least once in every year.
Seventh, That no commercial treaty shall be ratified without the concurrence of two thirds of the whole number of the members of the Senate; and no Treaty ceding, contracting, restraining or suspending the territorial rights or claims of the United States, or any of them or their, or any of their rights or claims to fishing in the American seas, or navigating the American rivers shall be but in cases of the most urgent and extreme necessity, nor shall any such treaty be ratified without the concurrence of three fourths of the whole number of the members of both houses respectively.
Eighth, That no navigation law, or law regulating Commerce shall be passed without the consent of two thirds of the Members present in both houses.
Ninth, That no standing army or regular troops shall be raised or kept up in time of peace, without the consent of two thirds of the members present in both houses.
Tenth, That no soldier shall be enlisted for any longer term than four years, except in time of war, and then for no longer term than the continuance of the war.
Eleventh, That each State respectively shall have the power to provide for organizing, arming and disciplining it’s own Militia, whensoever Congress shall omit or neglect to provide for the same. That the Militia shall not be subject to Martial law, except when in actual service in time of war, invasion, or rebellion; and when not in the actual service of the United States, shall be subject only to such fines, penalties and punishments as shall be directed or inflicted by the laws of its own State.
Twelfth That the exclusive power of legislation given to Congress over the Federal Town and its adjacent District and other places purchased or to be purchased by Congress of any of the States shall extend only to such regulations as respect the police and good government thereof.
Thirteenth, That no person shall be capable of being President of the United States for more than eight years in any term of sixteen years.
Fourteenth That the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such courts of Admiralty as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish in any of the different States: The Judicial power shall extend to all cases in Law and Equity arising under treaties made, or which shall be made under the authority of the United States; to all cases affecting ambassadors other foreign ministers and consuls; to all cases of Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or States, and between parties claiming lands under the grants of different States. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other foreign ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction; in all other cases before mentioned the supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction as to matters of law only: except in cases of equity, and of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, in which the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make. But the judicial power of the United States shall extend to no case where the cause of action shall have originated before the ratification of this Constitution; except in disputes between States about their Territory, disputes between persons claiming lands under the grants of different States, and suits for debts due to the United States.
Fifteenth, That in criminal prosecutions no man shall be restrained in the exercise of the usual and accustomed right of challenging or excepting to the Jury.
Sixteenth, That Congress shall not alter, modify or interfere in the times, places, or manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives or either of them, except when the legislature of any State shall neglect, refuse or be disabled by invasion or rebellion to prescribe the same.
Seventeenth, That those clauses which declare that Congress shall not exercise certain powers be not interpreted in any manner whatsoever to extend the powers of Congress. But that they may be construed either as making exceptions to the specified powers where this shall be the case, or otherwise as inserted merely for greater caution.
Eighteenth, That the laws ascertaining the compensation to Senators and Representatives for their services be postponed in their operation, until after the election of Representatives immediately succeeding the passing thereof; that excepted, which shall first be passed on the Subject.
Nineteenth, That some Tribunal other than the Senate be provided for trying impeachments of Senators.
Twentieth, That the Salary of a Judge shall not be increased or diminished during his continuance in Office, otherwise than by general regulations of Salary which may take place on a revision of the subject at stated periods of not less than seven years to commence from the time such Salaries shall be first ascertained by Congress. And the Convention do, in the name and behalf of the People of this Commonwealth enjoin it upon their Representatives in Congress to exert all their influence and use all reasonable and legal methods to obtain a Ratification of the foregoing alterations and provisions in the manner provided by the fifth article of the said Constitution; and in all Congressional laws to be passed in the mean time, to conform to the spirit of those Amendments as far as the said Constitution will admit.
Done in Convention this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight.
By order of the Convention.
EDMD PENDLETON President [SEAL.]
Reprinted from Documentary History of the Constitution, Vol. II (1894), pp. 145, 146, 160, 377-385
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Karen DeSoto
Karen DeSoto- Professor of law in New Jersey City University
About Karen Desoto
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Meet Karen Desoto, a Clear and Decisive Voice
August 24, 2017 Karen Desoto Attorney, lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law desoto, IDR, Karen, Karen DeSoto, lawyer, Legal Services, NJCU
You may have seen her years ago on Court TV, or in recent years on CNN Headline News, Fox News, ABC News, or MSNBC (on shows like NBC News or The TODAY Show) providing insights on high-profile legal cases in the news. Karen Desoto’s career is more than what you see on TV.
Different facets of Karen DeSoto
Karen Desoto has been a lifelong vocal advocate for civil rights as a practicing attorney. She represented many cases pro bono to give legal voice [and defence] to those that were the victims of employment discrimination. She remains active in the community fighting for equal rights, and in 2015 was honored by the NAACP [alongside Senator Cunningham and four others] for her good works. The Hudson Reporter named her to their Top 50 Most Influential People of Hudson County, NJ, calling her ‘a force to be reckoned with.’
Ms. DeSoto worked hard for every achievement she attained. She put herself through college, graduating the Beasley School of Law (Temple University) with a Juris Doctorate and Masters of Law & Trial Advocacy.
Fresh out of college she began her career as a public defender, then a prosecutor, segueing into private practice where she founded the Center for Legal Justice. By early 2000’s she became the first woman, first Hispanic, and youngest attorney to ever be appointed Chief Corporate Counsel for the city of Jersey City, New Jersey.
Karen appeared as a guest speaker at local colleges and community centers whenever time allowed. Several years back she was named to the list of Hispanics on The Move in the magazine Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, and was named Attorney of the Year for the Puerto Rican Day Parade by the Heritage Foundation.
Since 2015 Karen has shifted her attentions. While she continues to appear on television as a legal analyst, the rest of her attention is focused on her work at the Institute for Dispute Resolution, an initiative (she co-founded) at the School of Business (New Jersey City University), as a professor at the university and co-director of the Institute she is highly-engaged with students. And she continues to serve as a coach for the students that travel overseas and compete in international mediation competitions on behalf of the Institute.
Karen, when she is not working, gives her time to her family and her community.
You can learn more about Karen Desoto at karendesoto.com, Karen Desoto, info, karendesoto.org
3 Things about Karen Desoto That You Should Know
July 24, 2017 Karen Desoto Attorney, lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law about karen desoto, desoto, Humanitarian of the Year, IDR, Institute for Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Karen, Karen DeSoto, lawyer, Legal Services, NJCU, professor karen desoto
She Is a Thorough Professional
Karen’s career includes practicing law, appearing on TV as a legal analyst for NBC News, a university professor, and the co-founder of the Institute for Dispute Resolution. This combined with her fervent local activism in her community has received notice more than once, with her winning praise and awards throughout — named top 50 most influential in Hudson County, Attorney of the Year, honored by the NAACP, and many more.
She Has the Knowledge Backed By Qualifications
Karen DeSoto holds a Juris Doctorate and a Masters of Law in Trial Advocacy from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.
Her Experience in the Field Is Worth Appreciating
After graduation, Karen served as a public defender and then prosecutor, before becoming a part of the private sector. By the year 2000, she established the Center for Legal Justice – a law firm focusing on civil rights, employment discrimination, and election law. In 2001, she became the first woman, first Hispanic and the youngest person to be ever appointed as Chief Corporate Counsel for the city of Jersey City, New Jersey.
A Quick Look at Some of the Achievements of the IDR
July 17, 2017 Karen Desoto lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law desoto, Karen, Karen DeSoto
The New Jersey City University’s Institute for Dispute Resolution is an entity of the University Business School. The Institute aims to promote international negotiation and mediation techniques to manage disputes in cross-border commercial, investor-state and general conflict resolution forums. Co-founded by Karen DeSoto and David Weiss, the Institute’s mission is to promote New Jersey as a place to conduct cross border disputes.
Contribution to New Jersey Initiative
The Institute’s contribution to New Jersey was an initiative that they contributed to that was signed into law by Governor Chris Christie on February 7, 2017. The New Jersey International Arbitration, Mediation, and Conciliation Act allows certain nonprofits in the state to organize alternative dispute resolution centers, which would facilitate the resolution of international business and trade disputes through arbitration, mediation or conciliation instead of long legal battles.
Garnering Attention in the CDRC (Consensual Dispute Resolution) Mediation Competition in Vienna
A team of students from the IDR made their mark during the Institute’s first year attending the CDRC (Consensual Dispute Resolution) Mediation Competition in Vienna, Austria. Leman Kaifa and Paola Andrea won an Award for Best Opening Statements, making the Institute proud of their hard work.
Participation in the 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, France
Justin Davis, Kaylee Saltos, and Leman Kaifa represented NJCU at this year’s 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, France. Out of the sixty-six schools that were chosen to participate in the competition from across the globe, NJCU was the only business school to be chosen from the United States.
How the Students at IDR Are Excelling With the Right Guidance
July 10, 2017 July 22, 2017 Karen Desoto Attorney, lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition, Center of Legal Justice, Chief Counsel for the city of Jersey City, Institute for Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Mediation Competition, Karen DeSoto, NJCU, on-air legal analyst
The youth of any country are their future. And when the students are trained well, they are bound to excel – giving us a promising future ahead of us. This is something that the faculty at the Institute for Dispute Resolution understands quite well.
With the right guidance and coaching from law experts like Karen DeSoto, who is also the co-founder and co-director of the Institute, the students are accomplishing laurels one after the other. IDR keeps outshining others with the caliber, skills and training of its coaches.
Leman Kaifa, who was a part of the NJCU team that won “Most Effective Opening Address” honors at the Vienna competition (Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition) last year, is a political science major who also represented NJCU at this year’s 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, France — along with Justin Davis and Kaylee Saltos.
It is important to note that while hundreds of schools applied for participating in the 12th Annual International Commercial Mediation Competition, only sixty-six were chosen, and NJCU was the only business school chosen from the United States.
In the competition, the students participated in [a week-long] mock mediation sessions that provided them practical learning experience. They interacted with other students — as well as professionals — to gain a better understanding of international mediation practices.
The team was coached by Karen DeSoto and Christian Corrales. DeSoto, is also the founder of the Center of Legal Justice. She was the youngest lawyer (and first woman, and first Hispanic) to ever be appointed as Chief Counsel for the city of Jersey City, New Jersey. During her tenure as an attorney, she served as a public defender, a prosecutor, in private practice, and has since 2010 been an on-air legal analyst for many news shows, now under contract for NBC News.
Why The IDR Has Become a Promising Institute in New Jersey?
June 17, 2017 June 23, 2017 Karen Desoto Attorney, lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law desoto, Karen, Karen DeSoto, lawyer, Legal Services, Mediation and Conciliation Act
The NJCU’s Institute for Dispute Resolution has brought a ray of hope for the people of New Jersey. Co-founded and co-directed by Karen DeSoto and D avid Weiss, the Institute not only provides exceptional learning in the field of international negotiation and mediation, but also plays a crucial role through their applied research department in affecting policy.
Recently, the Garden State got a new law which has made it a lot friendlier toward international businesses than what it was before, and the credit goes to the IDR for proposing this legislation to the state Legislature. This legislation, which is known as the International Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Act, was signed into law by the New Jersey governor, Chris Christie on February 7, 2017. The law is surely a boon for business owners who want to avoid lengthy legal battles, and is going to make the state a booming hub for businesses.
Steven Fulop, Jersey City’s Mayor recently said, “Our geographic location is really advantageous. We’re in proximity to the biggest media market in the world, huge financial services. If you’re going to have a global footprint, you’re going to have a presence generally in Manhattan. What we’ve tried to do over the past couple years is kind of make it a seamless transition from our waterfront all the way to Manhattan and we’ve attracted some really great corporations moving from elsewhere here.”
By contributing towards the development of this much-needed law, the Institute for Dispute Resolution is all set to change the face of business and trade in NJ.
3 Things That Makes A Good TV Legal Analyst
March 18, 2017 March 18, 2017 Karen Desoto Attorney, lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law about karen desoto, desoto, Karen, Karen DeSoto, lawyer, Legal Services, professor karen desoto
This is a curious world that we live in. Most of us are happy to learn new things and gain information on various subjects. As a matter of fact, it wouldn’t be wrong to state that many of us are on the constant lookout for expert views.
So, for those who are searching for those brainy people in the legal world who can give valuable insights to their TV audience on the latest legal matters, here are some simple tips to follow!
Look At The 3 E’s: Education, Experience & Expertise
You can never undermine the importance of education when it comes to the law. A legal analyst can’t share insights without a strong understanding of the law itself. And while that education is important, they must also be able to interpret that law and its application to the case at hand. The law has a lot of jargon, legal-ese as it were, so look for an analyst that can break it down into layman’s terms.
Find And Follow
Most on air commentators have a digital footprint. Legal analysts are no different. Most have a website and various social media pages to engage and interact with their followers. If you were to review the website of , an on air legal analyst for NBC News. you’d see that she has appeared on many TV shows to discuss high profile cases; this include the Conrad Murray case (regarding the death of Michael Jackson), the Boston Marathon bombing, and many others. She also maintains professional profiles on Facebook, G+, Linkedin and Twitter.
Remember – ‘Communication’ Is The Key!
Breaking down and converting legal jargon into everyday English and, presenting a clear and concise explanation of what is happening, what could happen — and why –, is what makes a good news show legal analyst.
3 Reasons Why Karen Desoto Is A Woman To Admire
March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 Karen Desoto Attorney, lawyer, Legal Services, Professor of law about karen desoto, desoto, Karen DeSoto, professor karen desoto
Karen DeSoto has built a reputation of a woman of knowledge, grit, and energy. She has a storied career that includes lawyer, television personality., professor, advocate, and mentor.
She was the youngest lawyer, the first woman and first hispanic to ever be named Chief Corporate Counsel for the city of Jersey City, NJ.
Let’s take a look at some of the reasons we think she is a woman to admire.
We Admire Her For Continuously Contributing Towards Her Community
Be it as a mentor, as an activist, or a vocal advocate who practices law in the areas of civil rights, workplace discrimination rights, election and criminal law, Karen Desoto has taken on many pro bono and/or contingency cases to stand for those that had no voice alone. She is both caring and fierce, earning honors like Humanitarian of the Year; Top 50 Most Influential (list), Attorney of the Year; Top 50 Hispanics on the Move (list), and one of six honored recently by the NAACP (Jersey City Chapter).
We Admire Her For Her Spirit To Spread The Knowledge That She Has Gained
Together with David Weiss she co-founded the Institute for Dispute Resolution at New Jersey City University, where she serves as the Institute’s co-director, and as a professor. She has long given back to young people, as a guest speaker at colleges and community centers in the area, and as a coach for the Institute students who she works with in preparation for for international mock trials and other competitions they attend and participate in.
We Admire Her For Her Passion
Karen Desoto is also a legal analyst for NBC News, appearing on air to provide legal insight for high profile cases in the news. Through the years Ms. Desoto has appeared on NBC News, The Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC News, CNN, and Headline News.
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Iran’s “Brain Drain” Ranks First in the World
By ncr-iran Staff
Iran ranks first in the world, in brain drain; with around 25% of its educated people currently living in developed countries.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the emigration of educated Iranians abroad has increased remarkably; every year, from 150 to 180 thousand people leave the country behind, which is equivalent to a whopping 150 billion dollars’ worth of capital.
A government-own media outlet, known as “eqtesad va kasb-o kar” (meaning “economic and business”) addresses this increase, which is especially notable since 1979, when the anti-royal revolution took place; prior to the revolution, only a maximum of 50 thousand people would emigrate every year; but that’s no longer the case. Whilst the population has grown twice as much since, the rate of emigration has gone up by a shocking 140-fold!
In one of its articles. This outlet also shares a statement from an economic consultant in the European Union: “the damage that the ongoing brain drain has done to Iran’s economy is 300 times more than the damage done by the war with Iraq”.
It adds: “Based on IMF, Iran has the highest rate of brain drain amongst 91 countries; from 2003 to 2007, 180 thousand of Iranian emigrants have been highly qualified, 380 Olympic have been medallists, and 350 top-scoring students from the national University Entrance Exam”.
IMF also reports of more than 250 thousand Iranian engineers and doctors living across the United States now.
According to the official statistics of Iran’s Passport Department, in 2008 alone, 15 masters graduates and 4 PhD holders left Iran every single day; 5475 bachelors graduates also left in the same year.
In 2012, another 150 thousand students also moved abroad, majority of whom were PhD Candidates.
64% of the emigrating students over the past 14 years, have also been winners of Olympics gold medals.
Why do “Iranian brains” leave?
Mahdis Ghorbani, a sociologist who studies young people, commented in this regard:
“The emigration of Iranian talents is due to various issues, such as the shortage of employment opportunities, insufficient financial and mental support from officials, financial and administrative failures, social inequality and pay gaps, misalignment of expertise and income, absence of meritocracy, limited cultural space especially for art, the old and static education system, lack of job safety and satisfaction especially for women, as well as low income for lecturers, students, and the faculty”
Ghorbani adds: “Whilst Iranians are repulsed by the mentioned problems, they are highly attracted to the numerous benefits that developed countries have to offer; such as, great employment opportunities, optimal economic status, safety and freedom for individuals as well as the society, confidence for a secure future, and the existence of meritocracy”.
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Hot To Trot: Rare Breeds on Show
Posted by Becky Parrock on 28th June 2018
The Kent County Show is proud to be hosting a number of equine classes that showcase rare and endangered breeds. Many of these breeds are central to British farming heritage and would have once been seen working fields and farms across the country. With the mechanisation of the farming industry, these breeds, and especially the working horse breeds, have become less commonplace. The rare breed classes at the Show are the perfect opportunity to see these amazing animals up close and personal. Check out the Clydesdales, which were originally bred from Flemish stallions and native draught mares in the early Eighteenth Century, in the Heavy Horse Village and meet these giants in person.
From enormous Clydesdales to the smaller Dales and Fell ponies, we’ve got the spectrum of horse breeds covered. Don’t miss out on seeing the Dartmoor In-Hand competitions and see these characteristic ponies, most commonly seen on the harsh moors of Dartmoor, in person. These ponies have a long history in Britain with the oldest known pony dating to 3500BC and evidence suggesting that they were domesticated from as long ago as 1500BC. Although not as closely related as once thought, the Exmoor Pony has a similar history to its Dartmoor counterpart with William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book recording ponies on Exmoor from as long ago as 1086.
The much larger Shire horse will also be putting on a show. These giants of the equine world have most popularly been used to pull brewers’ drays to deliver beer and ale to their customers. Shire horses have also been used in forestry to extract timber and are still used to this day as an environmentally friendly method of managing woodland areas. You can meet some of these giants of the equestrian world in the Heavy Horse Village which is situated next to the Astor Ring.
The rare breeds representatives will be joined by a host of other horses taking part in competitions including in-hand showing, scurry driving, show jumping, horse showing and heavy horse turnouts.
See these rare breeds and more in action throughout the Show in our four equine rings as well as in the Woodland Area and the Heavy Horse Village.
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Home News St. Louis Blues Place Jaden Schwartz On Injured Reserve
St. Louis Blues Place Jaden Schwartz On Injured Reserve
Joe DeClara
The St. Louis Blues announced that left winger Jaden Schwartz is sidelined until December with an upper-body injury.
Pat Maroon has been activated and Jaden Schwartz has been placed on injured reserve. https://t.co/SoTB7wPPe8 #stlblues
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 23, 2018
Jaden Schwartz Injured
Schwartz hasn’t played for the Blues since November 16th after sustaining an upper-body injury. He was reportedly injured during a 4-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights although he played 16:25 in that game and had two assists.
Today, the team officially put him on injured reserve. He’s already missed three games and is expected to miss at least another four.
So far this season, Schwartz has scored two goals and seven assists for nine points to go along with eight minutes in penalties in 15 games. His possession numbers were 52.8 percent Corsi-For and a relative Corsi of +8.4.
Schwartz has spent his entire eight-year NHL career with the Blues. He has 115 goals and 165 assists for 280 career points in 395 career games. He was originally drafted by the Blues in the first round, 14th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Impact To St. Louis
At the same time that Schwartz was being put on injured reserve, Patrick Maroon was activated off of it. He will return to the lineup Friday night against the Nashville Predators. That will mitigate some of the loss, but the Blues have been struggling this season, currently last in the Central division, and losing players to injury isn’t helpful.
Schwartz isn’t the biggest contributor offensively, but he leads the team in Corsi outside of Chris Butler, who has played only two games. Prior to being injured, he was playing on the top line with Ryan O’Reilly. He was replaced by Zachary Sanford who is pointless in the past three games.
St. Louis has lost all three games Schwartz has missed. After the Predators, the Blues will host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. A quick return to the line up is preferred, but the feeling is the Blues don’t want to rush Schwartz’s return in case of further injury.
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released
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Subject: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released
From: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 23:59:59 +0200
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The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released press@debian.org
July 19th, 2002 http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719
The Debian Project is pleased to announce the release of Debian GNU/Linux
version 3.0. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, which now
supports a total of eleven processor architectures, includes KDE and GNOME
desktop environments, features cryptographic software, is compatible
with the FHS v2.2 and supports software developed for the LSB.
With the addition of the IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips,
mipsel), and S/390 (s390) architectures, Debian GNU/Linux now supports a
total of eleven architectures. It now runs on computers ranging from
palmtops to supercomputers, and nearly everything in between, including the
latest generation of 64 bit machines.
This is the first version of Debian that features cryptographic software
integrated into the main distribution. OpenSSH and GNU Privacy Guard are
included in the default installation, and strong encryption is now present
in web browsers and web servers, databases, and so forth. Further
integration of cryptographic software is planned for future releases.
For the first time, Debian comes with the K Desktop Environment 2.2 (KDE).
The GNOME desktop environment is upgraded to version 1.4, and X itself is
upgraded to the much improved XFree86 4.1. With the addition of several
full-featured free graphical web browsers in the form of Mozilla, Galeon,
and Konqueror, Debian's desktop offerings have radically improved.
This version of Debian supports the 2.2 and 2.4 releases of the Linux
kernel. Along with better support for a greater variety of new hardware
(such as USB) and significant improvements in usability and stability, the
2.4 kernel provides support for the ext3 and reiserfs journaling filesystems.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 features a more streamlined and polished installation,
which is translated into numerous languages. The task system has been
revamped and made more flexible. The debconf tool makes configuration of
the system easier and more user friendly. Debian GNU/Linux can be installed
from CD, or from the network and a few floppies. It can be downloaded now,
and will soon be available on CD-ROM from numerous vendors
<http://www.debian.org/CD/>.
Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 from earlier releases are automatically
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systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime.
For detailed instructions about installing and upgrading Debian GNU/Linux,
please see the release notes
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This is the first release of Debian that is compatible with version 2.2 of
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software developed for the Linux Standard Base (LSB), though it is not yet
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Current Debian users may be interested to know that this release of Debian
supports build dependencies, to aid in building packages from source, and
apt pinning, to ease partial upgrades to our testing or unstable branch.
This release of Debian features aptitude as an alternative for the
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About four thousand new software packages were added to the distribution in
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As host to many local networking and business events, UPPN has long been a staple of Philadelphia’s professional community. Founded by Sulaiman W. Rahman, whose career has focused on leveraging technology and events to engage, empower, and connect multicultural networks of professionals and entrepreneurs, UPPN aims to provide resources to the next generation of business and civic leaders. Joining as co-host is The Center, a non-profit business coaching and mentoring organization providing services to small businesses particularly those in underserved communities.
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You are here: Home / News & features / Business & Economy / Switzerland ahead of the US in the “sharing economy”
Switzerland ahead of the US in the “sharing economy”
Sharing or renting your house when you are not using it, or your car when you have a seat to spare is a very old idea. Home swaps started in the 1950s when, as part of a project to improve cultural exchange, the Swiss and Dutch Teachers’ Unions started the home-exchange revolution. In a similar way hitching a ride was an informal precursor to modern car sharing services.
The sharing concept however, really only took off in the 2000’s when the Internet and then smartphones made it easier to to match renters with owners and private service providers.
Home exchange services such as Intervac, and Homelink, both founded in 1953, were joined by businesses such as Ownersdirect.co.uk, Homelidays.com, HomeAway.com, VRBO and a long list of others throughout the late 90s and 2000’s. Late comers such as Airbnb, which launched in 2008, then grabbed the limelight with their deep pockets and blazing publicity. Today there are hundreds of home sharing services to choose from.
Formal car sharing, which is more dependent on smartphones, really only took off more recently. Zimride.com, launched in 2007, was the first significant attempt to capture this market. Since then many companies such as Haxi, Lyft, Uber and Sidecar have been launched.
Geneva Uber ban rejected (Le News 30.07.15)
Will Uber bring the same tradgedy and drama to Basel? (Le News 11.12.14)
After the last decade’s rapid growth, the “sharing economy” is now part of everyday life.
Switzerland, arguably a late starter, appears to have now jumped ahead of the United States in adopting the “sharing economy”. A recent survey by Deloitte shows that 55% of Swiss consumers intend to rent property or goods and services via a sharing platform in the next 12 months. This is ten percent above the United States, home to many high profile sharing economy brands. In addition, Swiss are less concerned about regulating sharing services with only 21% in favour compared to 25% in the United States.
Interestingly, there is a big difference between those east and west of the Röstigraben, the theoretical line dividing Swiss French and German speakers. In the French-speaking part of Switzerland 65% of survey participants favour the sharing economy compared to only 32% in the German-speaking region.
11% of French-speakers have used and are in favour of the sharing economy compared to only 6% from the Swiss-german speaking region, and while 1% of French-speakers have tried and decided against the sharing economy, 5% in the Swiss-german speaking region feel this way.
Those who have never taken part and do not favour the sharing economy make up 45% of those surveyed in German-speaking Switzerland but only 8% in the French-speaking region.
For those entrepreneurs wanting to start a sharing business Suisse Romande appears to have an edge over Deutschschweiz as a consumer testing ground.
The Deloitte report also mentions a significant challenge for Swiss entrepreneurs on both sides of the Röstigraben: a shortage of funding.
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AboutComposerBernstein and Jazz
Photo by Don Hunstein, Leonard Bernstein and members of the New York Philharmonic on stage in Moscow, 1959; Courtesy of Sony Classical
Leonard Bernstein and Jazz
"Jazz is the ultimate common denominator of the American musical style."
From his earliest years, jazz was an integral part of Bernstein’s life, and it made a crucial impact on his own music.
As a teenager in the 1930s, he put together a jazz band, was famous for his jazz piano playing at parties, and directed a swing band at summer camp. Some of the jazz-inflected music he composed in the mid-1930s at Harvard, and later at Curtis, provided source material for future works. Perhaps most significantly, his undergraduate thesis was no less than an assertion that jazz is the universal basis of American composition. In New York soon after college, he got to know jazz intimately, by day transcribing for publication the improvisations of legendary players like Coleman Hawkins, and playing piano in jazz clubs at night.
Bernstein’s works abound with jazz influences and rhythms. His score for clarinet solo and jazz ensemble, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (1949), was commissioned for Woody Herman’s jazz band. In the same year, a movement of his Symphony No. 2: The Age of Anxiety, was written for solo jazz piano and percussion. These and other compositions, from the Serenade after Plato’s Symposium to Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations, and Coda, have been recorded by major jazz artists. Jazz had a deep impact on Bernstein, and in return, Bernstein, through his compositions, as a performer, and as a teacher, helped to legitimize its influence on classical music.
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Whatever happened to philosophy?
A few weeks ago, I blogged about a Vatican conference on evolution which refuses to allow discussion of intelligent design. I contended that intelligent design, as such, is an exercise in neither science nor theology but philosophy: looking for what the implications of science tell us about the greater reality of the Cosmos.
When Aristotle developed the science we call metaphysics, he was doing just that. Many in professional philosophy question the exact meaning of “metaphysics” in the titles that later scholars gave to Aristotle’s works. Literally “meta” means “beyond,” so “metaphysics” could be “the *science* that is beyond physics” or it could just be “the *book* that comes after Physics.“
In either case, Aristotle’s book that we know as Metaphysics takes the principles he outlines in the book Physics and uses them to try and find clues about the ultimate origins and purpose of the universe–to look for the definition of what it means “to be,” and to seek out what we call “God.”
Once Christianity took over, that became the paradigm of philosophy: searching for God through nature; looking for what we can know about God and what we can know about morality through human reason.
Somewhere around or after the Enlightenment, however, Christians seemed to decide that this was a futile effort. It became generally accepted (for reasons that remain unclear to me) that Aquinas’s adaptation of Aristotle was disproven, and that such efforts by Christian apologists and theologians to seek God in science are futile. Part of the blame for this is to be placed on the Protestants. But another part is to be blamed on the Darwinists. Perhaps *that* is the real danger of Darwinism to Christianity.
Evolution itself does not disprove God. There were disputes between established science and the Bible long before Darwin. But when Marx co-opted Darwin’s research, those inclined to atheism found themselves a kind of “atheist Bible,” and it became their absolute dictum that science could disprove religion.
Protestants, not used to philosophy, along with some facets of the Catholic world, rebelled but implicitly accepted Marx’s argument. They turned against science.
And, somehow, in the past 2 centuries, philosophy has largely been abandoned in general. The formal discipline of philosophy was relegated to an abstract academic department.
The movemeent led to several innovations in philosophy:
1 . The Marxist-Darwinist paradigm opened the door for a new wave of ethicists, mainly the Pragmatists and Utilitarians.
2. Metaphysics lost its original purpose and floundered a while. At first, philosophers mostly abandoned metaphysics, considering it a “done deal,” and turned to epistemology (positivism, hermeneutics, phenomenology).
3. To the extent it remained, metaphysics became a matter of abstraction–existentialism.
What was left of Christian philosophy was subsumed into apologetics (the argument of my undergraduate thesis was that C. S. Lewis, had he lived in a previous age, would have been considered a Christian philosopher, as well as an apologist).
Before, it was taken for granted that scientific inquiry pointed to God, but that we had to turn to phliosophy for the process. Now, it is taken for granted that “science” is sufficient in itself. We have people like Richard Dawkins and P.Z. Myers practicing bad philosophy and caling it science. I say “bad philosophy” not just because they’re wrong but because they are amateurs trying to practice metaphysics while still calling it science. They are basically denying not just the necessity of theology but the necessity of metaphysics as a discipline. They do not acknowledge the methodologies or fundamental questions of both disciplines. Instead, as I’ve argued elsewhere, atheists are marked by their lack of desire to explore anything outside their comfort zones.
We have heard, since the death of William F. Buckley, Jr., that conservatism needs a “new Buckley.” In a very interesting critique of talk radio, John Derbyshire criticizes how the conservative movement has allowed itself to be run by its “low brow” propagandists.
Derbyshire’s argument is complex, and I’m not going to critique it in this post. However, I will emphasize what I agree with, and what I’ve said for a long time: American conservatism lacks a philosophical leader. I would argue that contemporary progressivism lacks one, as well. Both spectrums argue entirely from buzzwords and presuppositions. Neither side really engages in introspection any more. Neither side stops to examine its first principles or whether its agenda fits with its first principles.
Derbyshire compares Rush Limbaugh very negatively to WFB and quotes Obama supporter Chrisopher Buckley saying as such. It’s hard to say. WFB at his worst was more offensive than Rush can be, and Rush at his best is fairly philosophical. The Way Things Ought to Be is really a good book. It is certainly oriented to a popular audience in style and tone, but it outlines a fairly consistent conservative worldview.
Over the years, though, Limbaugh has become arrogant; he has become what he originally railed against, and his drug issues didn’t help. There are certain matters, especially the ones pertaining to Bush Derangement Syndrome, where Rush’s commentary loses the underpinnings of conservative principles. One of the onse that grates me the most is his insistence that conservatism is optimistic.
Conservatism may or may not need a Buckley, but it definitely needs a new Ruseell Kirk.
Meanwhile, as I’ve commented many times before, religious conservatism handicaps itself by being too religious. Recently, in a Catholic Answers forums thread, I made a comment about Natural Law. The reply was that Natural Law was a controversial subject even in Catholic circles, that a recent Catholic Answers thread on the subject got so heated that it was locked.
Protestants say, “It’s in the Bible.” This leads to secularists basing their arguments on a) dissing the Bible in general or b) quoting passages of the Bible that ssupport *their* cause.
Catholics say, “The Church teaches that . . .” This leads to the question, “Why should I care if I’m not Catholic?” or “The Church may teach it, but most Catholics don’t follow it.”
Thus, I stumbled this evening on William Saletan’s New York Times review of Embryo by Robert P. George and my friend (and, hopefully, future Ph.D. advisor), Christopher Tollefsen. Saletan seems genuinely puzzled at the “novelty” that George and Tollefsen base their arguments on science, rather than religion. They try to formulate a scientific definition of human life. It’s basically the same thing many pro-lifers have done for decades, only with the sophistication of professional Catholic philosophers. Saletan, however, doesn’t get it. He relies on the old liberal argument–a religious one–that we must talk about whether the embryo is an “individual” or a “person”.
In the classic episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation “The Measure of a Man,” which originally aired 20 years ago(!), JAG officer Philippa Louvois asks, “Does Data have a soul? . . . I don’t know if I have a soul.” She rightly gives that question up to “philosophers and saints,” though she does so by making the legal declaration–later echoed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey–that people have the right to determine for themselves whether they have souls.
So, again, Christian discourse in public fails because we are not used to philosophy as social discourses. Christiaans who *try* to argue philosophically, in even teh most “lowbrow” manner, are generally undercut by our culture’s complete denial of the possibility of philosophical inquiry.
An articulate, intelligent Christian is put on cable news (forget the alleged agendas of different networks; they’re all the same this way), up against some screaming, cussing, acid-tongued liberal “comedian”. The Chrisitian speaker (whether it’s the late Jerry Falwell or the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus or the very current Dr. Janet Smith) tries to make an articulate position but is cut off, outshouted, and dismissed as a fool for his inability to keep it up.
We need more philosophers. We need to return philosophy to the center of disciplines. That our social discourse has dissolved to shouting and satire, so that even the most basic philosophical aproaches to discourse are rejected outright, is one of the surest signs of our society’s impending collapse.
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Making space for oppressed people is an act of love
“I will not stop doing everything in my power to make oppressed people feel safe and show them the respect that they deserve at my shows.”
by Lido Pimienta
LIANNE XIAO
Lido Pimienta is a Polaris Prize-winning singer. This post first appeared on her Facebook, and has been shared with the author's permission.
When I was in bands with a bunch of men and boys in my tween/teenage years, no one bothered me. I was protected by my all-straight male bandmates. Once I launched my own solo project, all of the outside noise and interest in my music (for all the wrong reasons) began to open my eyes to the not-so-great side of music, the side that sees women as “second-class members.” Any female front-person performing in music has their stories of being groped onstage and having audience members engage them in a violent manner. It’s the norm.
As I did more solo shows, I noticed that Black and trans women who came specifically to see me at a festival often end up leaving early, because they’d been hassled by security asking for ID verification. Imagine being trans and having to “prove your identity” on top of being approached by people asking if you’re a girl or a boy.
I also started noticing how pregnant women had their nights out cut short because at shows, no one afforded them the luxury of safety. As a mother, I’m well aware of this. And when there are children at my shows, they are not just at the front, but I put them on my stage.
With this in mind, I made the decision to address this issue by rearranging the room to the best of my ability at the start of the show. I started asking men to step back and for the women to be in front of them, as a tool for increasing safety in spaces for women, pregnant women, women of colour and Indigenous women (who, as statistics have shown in Canada, have a higher historical incidence of falling victim to sexual assault, rape, kidnapping and murder).
So then, how is it that an artist of African and Indigenous blood, who grew up in Colombia and gave birth in Canada, whose bandmates are two white men, is a racist? Well, because a reporter who was not at my show wrote a clickbaiting article, telling his readers that I kicked a white woman out of my show because she wanted to take photos of me. Imagine that…
There was a dedicated media/photographer area that this photographer declined to use at this show for whatever reason. Instead, she took photos of me at the front of the crowd by the stage and caused a ruckus. The photographer elbowed and shoved her way to the front, blocking peoples’ views, swinging her arms at me and screaming “WHY DO YOU HATE ME BECAUSE I’M WHITE?” As you can see in video footage from the show, one of the band members alerted me to this, and we then stopped the performance and had security deal with her.
It had nothing to do with her skin colour, but because she brought violence to my show, in an area surrounded by people that have to deal with this kind of violence in their everyday lives. It’s my duty to provide a safe space for my audience, and when that’s violated, I do get involved.
When I ask men to go to the back, I am not kicking them out, I am not telling them I hate them, I am simply inviting them to be part of a generous gesture to ensure that women are safe. When I ask women to go to the front, it’s to allow them to be safer so no one will grope them, which is a fairly common occurrence at music shows. Men at the front will often be aggressive, and demand that I command their attention…this makes things worse for the women in the audience. Men to the back and women to the front means “let’s make it safer here for women, and show some solidarity, and allow everyone to be a bit more relaxed in the space.”
When I ask white women to let women of colour through, I am not saying I hate white women. I am trying to show that white women have an easier time navigating the world than do coloured women, because their skin colour allows them to enjoy more advantages and a relatively higher level of safety. When we make space for women of colour, we are saying “we see you, we love you, we appreciate you” and allowing them to have a safe space from which to enjoy the show. This affects about 10-12 people at my shows in Canada, when it has been done in the past. This is meant as an opportunity to show them love, solidarity and compassion. What we see in the news is Black women getting shot by police at red lights, Indigenous women’s bodies in rivers, and we see no interest in finding out the reasons why they ended up there…
This gesture of giving space is an act of love, and it’s not a new tactic. I adopted it because it feels good, it makes me feel safe and it also makes other women feel safe. Making space for oppressed people is a tool to level up, or at least try to create a balance or temporary equality, if you will.
I love my audience. I love men. I love all women, and I am inspired by everyone, but I am not blind to the unsettling effects of colonialism and white supremacy. I will not stop doing everything in my power to make oppressed people feel safe and show them the respect that they deserve at my shows.
I don’t have all the answers, but I have a lot of love, and the courage to challenge a system that was built to put people like me down. That’s where I’m coming from.
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Douglas Kearney
Douglas Kearney has published six books, most recently, Buck Studies (Fence Books, 2016), winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Award, the CLMP Firecracker Award for Poetry and silver medalist for the California Book Award (Poetry). BOMB says: “[Buck Studies] remaps the 20th century in a project that is both lyrical and epic, personal and historical.” His collection of writing on poetics and performativity, Mess and Mess and (Noemi Press, 2015), was a Small Press Distribution Handpicked Selection that Publisher’s Weekly called “an extraordinary book.” His third poetry collection, Patter (Red Hen Press, 2014) examines miscarriage, infertility, and parenthood and was a finalist for the California Book Award in Poetry. Cultural critic Greg Tate remarked that Kearney’s second book, National Poetry Series selection, The Black Automaton (Fence Books, 2009), “flows from a consideration of urban speech, negro spontaneity and book learning.” Someone Took They Tongues. (Subito Press 2016) collects several of his libretti, including one written in a counterfeit Afro-diasporic language of which M. NourbeSe Philip writes: “[it] meets the anguish that is english in a seismic, polyphonic mash-up that disturbs the tongue.” He was the guest editor for 2015’s Best American Experimental Writing (Wesleyan). He has received a Whiting Writer’s Award, residencies/fellowships from Cave Canem, The Rauschenberg Foundation, and others. His work has appeared in a number of journals, including Poetry, nocturnes, Pleiades, Iowa Review, Boston Review, and Indiana Review; and anthologies, including Resisting Arrest: Poems to Stretch the Sky, Best American Poetry, Best American Experimental Writing, Of Poetry and Protest, Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, The Breakbeat Poets, and What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Poets in America. Raised in Altadena, CA, he lives with his family a little west of Minneapolis, MN. He teaches creative writing at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities.
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Investors getting comfortable with next gen solar tech
PV-Tech July 9, 2019
Investors are getting increasingly comfortable with new generations of solar technology, a shift that is also opening up new markets to subsidy-free solar, according to the China-based developer and module manufacturer Chint Solar.
While technology, in modules and elsewhere, is moving on at the industry’s normal breakneck pace, banks and other investors are increasingly comfortable with the changes.
“The trend has been to switch from poly to mono and that’s brought in bifacial as well. But all of this technology is crystalline silicon, these are improvements to the same technology so I’m confident the banks will get comfortable with it,” said Chuan Lu, president and CEO, Chint Solar.
Away from modules, Lu points to the benefits being delivered to many utility projects by the use of string inverters.
“String inverters are now as large as 250kW so this is another efficiency-driving but also very familiar technology, and so the banks can be very comfortable with them.”
Lu is also confident that while it may take a little longer than with the development of string inverters, even bifacial solar will be a relatively simple technology for banks to get their heads around. He stresses that while terms will improve for bifacial in the future, it is already bankable.
“The module manufacturers are currently selling bifacial products based on the yield of the front-side alone. With enough data I think in the next two years the banks will be able to at least say the front-side plus 5% can be financed and then they can increase that ratio as they continue to get comfortable. At least from that position, the financing terms will be more affordable. But it doesn’t mean we can’t get finance today.”
Lu also points out that a great deal of bifacial capacity was installed under China’s Top Runner programme in Q3 and Q4 of last year, meaning a full four seasons of data will be ready soon.
Oliver Schweininger, managing director of the company’s European business, points out that some markets, including Europe, will likely want to see one or two years of data before financing power from the rear-side.
“The banks are relying on technical advisory firms and they are very data-driven in Europe, they need to see the real world data. I think we are looking at 5-10% [gain from the rear] depending on the geographical region and the actual irradiation.”
Euro vision
Chint Solar has developed most of the 3GW of projects it has on its balance sheet in China but is braced to add several hundred MWs in Europe in the coming years.
It has started in the Netherlands with 130MW complete or under construction, more than 200MW with permits and subsidies secured and another 400MW with land secured and permitting underway.
“We formed a team of senior developers and our primary focus, in the beginning, was the Netherlands,” said Schweininger. “We’d been looking into the Netherlands for some time as it has been very committed to meet its 2020 and then 2030 renewable energy targets. As it was lagging behind, they put in place an auction-based subsidy scheme to accelerate the growth of renewable energy to support the energy transition.”
The Iberian market is the next focus for Chint Solar in Europe. A first 50MW plant in Portugal will commence construction in early 2020. Chint Solar has built up a 300-400MW pipeline in Spain and Portugal that Schweininger hopes will deliver completed projects in 2020-21.
Lu said Chint Solar will look to maintain around 3GW of projects on its balance sheet, selling off completed assets to build new ones and investing its profits back into the business. Its parent, the listed company Chint Electric, made a US$500 million profit in 2018. Chint Solar’s US$1.58 billion in revenue delivered US$200 million in profit. They say that backing gives them an advantageous degree of flexibility to capitalise on Europe’s (re-)emerging markets as they appear.
The cause for the sudden uplift in Europe more broadly, which Chint expects to spread to Italy, and eventually Germany and other southern and eastern European countries, is the fast growing power purchase agreement (PPA) market. Again, the comfort investors have with solar has been key.
“The PPA market has improved quite tremendously,” said Schweininger. “Two years ago it was challenging to secure project finance for PPA based projects. That environment has changed. In the meantime, you can get bankable 10-year and longer PPAs in the market. Banks, especially in the Iberian market, will consider a natural floor price and are willing to offer attractive project financing terms with for example a 10-year PPA and an even longer loan tenor up to 15-years. We are very positive on the availability of PPAs, that they are bankable and that there is finance in the market for those structures to further accelerate the growth of subsidy-free solar projects, especially in high irradiation countries.”
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Alberta Whittle Announced as Recipient of 2018/2019 Margaret Tait Award
Artist Alberta Whittle becomes ninth recipient of the award, in the centenary year of the pioneering Orcadian filmmaker’s birth.
A Glasgow Film Festival commission, supported by LUX Scotland and Creative Scotland, the Margaret Tait Award was founded in 2010 to support experimental and innovative artists working with film and the moving image. Margaret Tait (1918–99) was an Orcadian filmmaker and writer whose film poems, hand-painted animations and documentaries were pioneering in the field of experimental filmmaking.
Born in Barbados and currently resident in Glasgow, Alberta Whittle is an artist, researcher and educator. Her practice is motivated by the desire to work collectively towards radical self-love. Informed by diasporic conversations, she considers radical self-love a key method in decolonization for people of colour to battle anti-blackness. Her practice involves choreographing interactive installations, using film, sculpture and performance as site-specific artworks in public and private spaces.
Whittle’s work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Johannesburg Pavillion at the 56th Venice Biennale; Galerie de l’UQAM, Quebec; BOZAR, Belgium; Intermedia and David Dale Gallery, Glasgow; National Art Gallery of the Bahamas; VAN Lagos, Nigeria; the Apartheid Museum, Goethe on Main and Constitution Hill, South Africa. In 2018, Alberta will be an Associate Artist at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Glasgow and a Fellow at RAW Académie in Dakar, Senegal. She will be presenting her research at The Showroom in London as part of Holding Space in April 2018. She has also been a Committee Member of Transmission Gallery since 2016.
Inspired by the wealth of talent emerging from artists working with the moving image in Scotland, the Award is presented to a Scottish or Scotland-based artist who has established a significant body of work over the past 5–12 years; is recognised by peers for their contribution to the artists’ moving image sector; and can demonstrate the significant impact that the award will have on the development of their practice. The recipient of the award receives a £10,000 prize to produce ambitious new work, which is exhibited at the Glasgow Film Festival the following year.
On receiving the award, Whittle said, ‘I am so excited by this opportunity to develop a new body of ambitious work. The award will allow me to bring together my research on authenticity, memory, history, loss and healing.’
The 2018 Margaret Tait Award was decided by a panel of professionals working in the field of visual arts and cinema, including Eoin Dara (Dundee Contemporary Arts), Tessa Giblin (Talbot Rice), Torsten Lauschmann (former award recipient), Dominic Paterson (University of Glasgow), Sarah Perks (HOME), Nuno Sacramento (Peacock Visual Arts), Mark Thomas (Creative Scotland) and Nicole Yip (LUX Scotland). From the 27 artists who were nominated for the Award, four were then shortlisted by the panel and asked to submit proposals. The shortlisted artists were Aideen Doran, Rob Kennedy and Corin Sworn.
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Diplomacy • Politics
Two Indian military choppers set to stay back in Maldives
NEW DELHI: The two Indian military helicopters, gifted to Maldives, are likely to stay back along with a 48-member crew and support staff for at least the next few months as talks between the two countries on their continued deployment in the island nation were “positive”, diplomatic and military sources told PTI on Sunday.
As India seeks to expand footprint in southeast Asia, it continues to suffer serious reverses in the Maldives, the Indian Ocean archipelago which once fit neatly into India’s formulation of its strategic backyard. The Abdulla Yameen regime has now asked India to remove its second ‘gift’ naval chopper (ALH Dhruv) from the Laamu Atoll.
The lease agreement of the two helicopters, given to Maldives in 2013, has expired and the island nation had conveyed to New Delhi that it would not like to retain them.
After several rounds of talks, there has been indication from the Maldives about its willingness to keep the two helicopters along with the crew and support staff, the sources said.
They said the preliminary outcome of the talks between the two countries on the issue has been positive and there was a possibility of the choppers being kept there for a longer duration.
“The helicopters and the support staff are not being brought back,” a highly-placed source said.
The lease agreement of one helicopter operated by the Coast Guard had expired earlier this year, while the pact for the second chopper operated by the Indian Navy expired on June 30. One chopper is deployed in the Indian Ocean nation’s southern-most island of Addu and the other in the strategically-located Laamu.
As relations between the two countries nosedived after India opposed the imposition of Emergency in that country, the Maldivian government indicated that it would not renew the lease agreement for keeping the two choppers along with the support staff.
The sources said the Maldives is extending visas of the Indian team comprising personnel from the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and support staff from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the manufacturer of the choppers.
The development comes less than a month before the presidential election in the Maldives and it is seen as an indication of a slight easing of ties between the two countries.
The strategically-located Indian Ocean island nation is an important neighbour for India and both countries were enhancing defence and security cooperation, particularly in the maritime sphere, in the last several years.
However, the ties came under strain after Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared Emergency in the country on February 5, following an order by the country’s Supreme Court to release a group of Opposition leaders, who had been convicted in widely criticised trials. The Emergency was lifted 45 days later.
India had criticised the Yameen government for the imposition of the Emergency and urged it to restore the credibility of the electoral and political processes by releasing political prisoners.
The presidential election is due in that country on September 23.
Last month, India expressed concern over the announcement of the elections without allowing democratic institutions, including Parliament and the judiciary, to work in a free and transparent manner.
India had said it wanted “credible restoration” of the political process and the rule of law in the island nation before the elections were conducted.
However, despite strain in ties, both sides were in touch with each other on the issue of Indian choppers stationed there.
There have been considerable disquiet in New Delhi over China’s growing influence over Male. The Maldives had inked a free trade agreement with China in December last year, triggering concerns in New Delhi.
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So what, if Denzel Washington is 63-years-old? He could be an 80-year-old, blind, paraplegic and he’d still be able to sell himself as an action star. Few actors can command a scene like Washington. So even though he’s getting up there in age, it’s still exciting to see him reunite with Director Antoine Fuqua and reprise his role as Robert McCall for The Equalizer 2.
When Robert McCall isn’t spending time exacting vigilante justice on bullies and gangsters who prey on the little guy, he’s ferrying people around as a Lyft driver and mentoring a young artist (Ashton Sanders) who lives in his apartment building. But that all changes when McCall learns that his closest friend and former colleague (Melissa Leo) has been murdered. With only the help of another former partner (Pedro Pascal), McCall begins a violent mission to avenge his friend.
It should be no surprise that Washington is once again magnetic as McCall. The wholesome charm and calculated intelligence he brings to the character reminds you of a guardian angel or the father figure everyone would want. The action sequences also don’t disappoint… unless you’re actually looking for the hero to be challenged (Hint: It’s not that type of movie). Like John Wick or Liam Neeson in Taken, Denzel moves throughout this film punishing his enemies with inventive fight choreography and some keen camera work to highlight each move.
But there is one massive problem with The Equalizer 2. It barely has a story. The first third of the movie feels like snippets of a T.V. show with McCall playing nice with uninteresting side characters and beating up random bad guys. Sure, it’s important to show audience members who skipped the first Equalizer that McCall is a badass, but one scene of this nature would suffice. We also don’t need to have a bunch of minor characters for McCall to connect to when one (Sanders) is clearly established as the most integral to the plot.
While the first film didn’t have an intricate plot by any stretch, it still maintained a focus around Chloe Graze-Moretz’s character. Yes, Denzel Washington is fun to watch in his return to the role, but it appears as if his character doesn’t actually have anything interesting to do this time around. It shouldn’t take an hour for a film to find its focal point, and when it does, it’s hard for anyone to stay interested regardless of who is in front of the camera. Equalizer 2 has some exciting moments, but it’ll be one of the last movies you’ll remember from 2018.
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Saudis Bristle at Obama’s Outreach to Iran
The “Joint Plan of Action” signed with Iran by the so-called P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K., and the U.S.) on Nov. 24 in Geneva caused Shiite Arabs to celebrate, Sunni Arabs to worry, and Saudis to panic. The Saudi response will have far-reaching and unpredictable consequences.
As Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Javad Zarif, brought home a deal worth about US$23 billion to Iran, Arab Shiites fell into step with Tehran. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq expressed his “full support for this step.” President Bashar al-Assad of Syria welcomed the agreement as “the best path for securing peace and stability.” Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri of Lebanon called it the “deal of the century.” And Hezbollah considered the agreement a “great victory for Iran.”
Among Sunni Arabic-speakers, in contrast, responses ranged from politely supportive to displeased to alarmed. Perhaps most enthusiastic was the Egyptian governmental newspaper Al-Ahram, which called the deal “historic.” Most states stayed mum. Saudis expressed the most worry. Yes, the government cabinet officially stated that “If there is goodwill, then this agreement could be an initial step toward reaching a comprehensive solution to Iran’s nuclear program,” but note the skepticism conveyed in the first four words.
If that was the mildest response, perhaps the most unbuttoned comment came from Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi prince who occasionally sends up trial balloons for the royal family: He called Iran “a huge threat” and noted that, historically speaking, “The Persian empire was always against the Muslim Arab empire, especially against the Sunnis. The threat is from Persia, not from Israel,” a ground-breaking and memorable public statement.
Alwaleed then detailed how the Iranians are “in Bahrain, they are in Iraq, they are in Syria, they are with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas, which is Sunni, in Gaza.” As this listing suggests, Saudis are fixated on the danger of being surrounded by Iran’s agents and are more scared by the non-nuclear implications of the joint plan than the nuclear ones. Gregory Gause of the University of Vermont sees Saudis worrying that the accord opens the way “without any obstacles” for Iran to achieve regional dominance. (This contrasts with the Israeli and Western position, which focuses on the nuclear danger.)
Abdullah al-Askar, foreign affairs committee chairman of the kingdom’s appointed Shura Council, elaborates: he worries “about giving Iran more space or a freer hand in the region. The government of Iran, month after month, has proven that it has an ugly agenda in the region, and in this regard no one in the region will sleep and assume things are going smoothly. … The people of the region … know that Iran will interfere in the politics of many countries.”
Saudi media reiterated this line of analysis. Al-Watan, a government newspaper, warned that the Iran regime, “which sends its tentacles into other regional countries, or tries to do so by all means necessary,” will not be fettered by the accord. Another daily, Al-Sharq, editorialized about the fear that “Iran made concessions in the nuclear dossier in return for more freedom of action in the region.”
Some analysts, especially in the smaller Persian Gulf states, went further. Jaber Mohammad, a Bahraini analyst, predicted that “Iran and the West will now reach an accord on how to divide their influence in the Gulf.” The Qatari government-owned Al-Quds Al-Arabi worried about “a U.S.-Iran alliance with Russian backing.” Rumors of Obama wanting to visit Tehran only confirm these suspicions.
The Saudi ambassador in London, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, drew the most overt public conclusion, threatening that “We are not going to sit idly by and receive a threat there and not think seriously how we can best defend our country and our region.” To put it mildly, this is not how Saudi diplomats normally speak about fellow Muslims.
What does this unwonted rhetoric amount to? Iranian bellicosity and the Obama administration’s pro-Iran policies have combined to end many decades of Saudi strategic reliance on Washington and to begin thinking how to protect themselves. This matters, because as Alwaleed rightly boasts, his country is leader of the Arabs, enjoying the most international, regional, cultural, and religious clout. The results of this new-found assertiveness – fighting against fellow Islamists, allying tacitly with Israel, perhaps acquiring Pakistani-made nuclear weapons, and even reaching out to Tehran – marks yet another consequence of Barack Obama’s imploding foreign policy.
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Sultana Yesmin
Following the years of tension over Iran’s alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, a long-term deal called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia – plus Germany, known as P5+1— was reached on July 14, 2015. Based on these developments, the UNSC Resolution 2231 endorsed the nuclear deal among these parties, adopted on July 20, 2015.
As per the deal, the IAEA remains under the charge to verify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear-related provisions of the JCPOA set forth in the agreement. Iran started providing the IAEA with necessary information to complete its investigation on the past records of its nuclear activities. The IAEA inaugurated increased monitoring and confirmed Iran’s adoption of numerous actions and key steps towards the limitation of its nuclear program.
Under the 2015 accord, Iran was allowed to enrich uranium only up to a 3.67 percent concentration, to stockpile no more than 300kg of the material, and to operate no more than 5,060 centrifuges. Iran also agreed to limit the size of its stockpile of enriched uranium, used to make both reactor fuel and nuclear weapons for 15 years – until 2031 and the number of centrifuges installed to enrich uranium for 10 years -until 2026.
These developments triggered the relief of sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN) on Iran. The former US President, Barack Obama, referred to the deal as the significant step towards building “more hopeful world” and “opportunity to move in a new direction”.
However, the first crisis over landmark nuclear deal arose soon after the announcement of the US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA on May 8, 2018. In light of Trump’s decision, the US took actions to re-impose all sanctions on August 6, 2018 that were lifted in connection with the JCPOA.
President Trump denounced the Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran as “defective, decaying, and rotten” as well as “one-sided deal”. He also accused that the accord only restricted Iran’s nuclear activities for a fixed period that failed to stop Iran from the development of its ballistic missiles and to facilitate real, comprehensive, and lasting solution of the nuclear crisis.
President Trump also raised the concern of the continuation of Iran’s aggression and malign activities under the cover of the JCPOA to threaten the US and its allies as well as to exploit the international financial system and support terrorism and foreign proxies in favor of its withdrawal from the deal. Iran responded the US withdrawal from the JCPOA with its further preparation for the restoration of uranium enrichment required for both nuclear energy and weapons on an industrial level without any limitations.
The second tension over Iranian nuclear crisis emerged from Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order imposing “hard-hitting” new sanctions on Iran on June 24, 2019 in response to the downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone in international airspace by Iranian surface-to-air missile one week ago of the same month. Donald Trump also reaffirmed Washington’s stand of continuing pressure on Tehran until latter’s complete abandonment from nuclear activities.
It elevated tensions and worsened relations between the US and Iran. The confrontation was about to turn into military dimension though finally it did not happen thanks to Trump’s swift repeal of its decision of launching military strikes against Iran.
The third and most recent crisis generated from Iran’s announcement on boosting its uranium enrichment above the limit set by 2015 nuclear deal has drawn attention to international community in general and the involved global powers in particular, mostly the US, UK, and France. In the first week of July 2019, Iran declared to resume enriching uranium to higher levels, up to 5 percent concentration, to provide fuel required for its Bushehr nuclear power plant.
Iran also threatened to abandon more commitments under 2015 nuclear deal unless practical and tangible steps from the European powers are taken to implement European mechanism, known as, Instrument In Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) in order to facilitate trade and circumvent US sanctions on Iran.
Iran argued for the decision of its uranium enrichment as a step against the Trump administration’s unilateral exit from the 2015 nuclear deal and the re-imposition of multilateral sanctions in Iranian regime. Iran also accused that the world powers had failed to abide by their commitments. Since the beginning, Iran has been averring the development of its missile program as entirely peaceful and defensive in nature with the compliance of the principles verified by the IAEA.
In response, the US confirmed its policy of “maximum pressure” on Tehran acknowledged by the Trump administration referring to Iran’s infringement to the limit as “playing with fire”. The rest world powers such as the UK and Germany urged Iran for reversing its decision. France, Germany, and Britain expressed concerns over Iran’s new announcement in the wake of heightening tensions certainly condemning Iran’s decision as a “violation” of the nuclear pact.
The IAEA arranged an urgent nuclear agency meeting on July 10, 2019 requested by the US soon after Iran’s confirmation of exceeding the stockpile of enriched uranium permitted under JCPOA. The rest concerned powers, Germany, France and the UK confirmed their supports for the JCPOA only after Iran’s full compliance with its commitments. The closed-door meeting however ended without any unified stance.
However, China mentioned the US “unilateral bullying”, e.g. the maximum pressure exerted by the US on Iran, as the major cause behind Tehran’s announcement of breaching its uranium enrichment cap and the escalating Iranian nuclear crisis. China also expressed “regret” on Tehran’s decision for further enrichment of its nuclear activities.
The re-imposition of the US sanctions and Iran’s announcement of uranium enrichment have already generated high tension not only in US-Iran relations but also for global security. Iran’s threat to enrich uranium beyond the limit has become a major issue of concern for the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Middle Eastern region. The peaceful solution of Iran nuclear crisis has thus become uncertain. The strategic rivalry among great powers, lack of mutual trust between the US and Iran, and absence of the fulfillment of commitments under the nuclear deal have been posing severe challenges to the durable solution of the nuclear crisis.
Afshin Majlesi
The matter of security in Iran is essentially considered as a complex question for any U.S. citizen willing to visit the Islamic Republic.
In this regard, Skift Inc., a New York City headquartered media company that provides news, research, and marketing services for the travel industry, has tried to answer the question from two different points of view; one from the U.S. government and the other by U.S. travel agents and tour operators.
On a Monday article, the media outlet noticed a hint of a “perception problem” deemed to be fueled by the Trump administration’s rhetoric toward Iran.
Official answers to the query comes from the U.S. State Department, which has had a travel advisory against Iran since 1979, citing “the risk of kidnapping, arrest and detention of U.S. citizens.” On the other hand, tour operators who spoke with Skift strongly disagree, maintaining that Iran has proven to be a safe and remarkably hospitable place for travelers, including Americans.
The dilemma arises when an antagonism intensifies between the Trump administration and Iran that makes some American tourists rethinking plans to visit the country though nearly all tour operators say Iran is a safe and hospitable destination even for U.S. visitors.
“It is a country that is often portrayed as unwelcoming, but the reality is quite the opposite,” said Jenny Gray, the global product and operations manager of the Australia-based Intrepid Travel.
“Iranians are warm, friendly and eager to show off their country to foreigners. The feedback from our travelers is a testament to this.”
“Once they [Iranian authorities] have been approved for entry [issuing visas], people are welcomed warmly—we’ve never encountered a problem or even a cold shoulder,” said Robin Pollak, the president of Journeys International, which is offering Iran tours since 2015.
“People in Iran are very curious about visitors from a culture that is off-limits to them. They understand that American visitors do not reflect the way America is portrayed to them by their government,” she added.
Janet Moore, owner of Distant Horizons, which has offered customized tours to Iran for over 20 years, says “We’re used to getting questions on politics and safety, but this time frame seems more serious than what we’ve been through before.”
“People are worried about the rhetoric from (President) Trump and (national security advisor John) Bolton. They don’t want to be anywhere where there’s military activity.”
With an Iran tour scheduled for September, Moore said she’s uncertain whether the trip will actually go forward.
“People have really started to get skittish,” she said. “We’re not getting new sign-ups and most of our American travelers have pulled out and are making alternative plans. While people feel Iran is probably still safe, they also feel it’s something they can do later when things calm down.”
Reverting to foreign arrivals, Skift reports that Journeys International has seen interest fall off sharply among its clientele, which is primarily from the U.S., during the past month.
G Adventures, which offers a 14-day Iran itinerary, says that bookings among American travelers has fallen by 14 percent this year, said communications director Kim McCabe. At the same time, she noted that bookings from non-U.S. travelers increased by about that same amount.
“Global visitor interest in Iran seems to be modestly growing,” Kim said.
“Demand for Iran has been a real up and down situation,” Moore said. “Four years ago it was at a high point. Then we ran into problems in 2017 when Trump announced the travel ban on Muslims. Some people cancelled travel plans to Iran because they feared Iran would stop issuing visas or that they would be met with antagonism.”
Skift concludes that despite setbacks, the tour operators are optimistic about long-term growth in tourism to Iran, which in recent years has stepped up efforts to increase international visitation and has the stated goal of attracting 20 million annual visitors by 2025.
Last December, Ashely Duncan, an American fashion psychologist who accidentally landed in Iran, announced that her perception of the country was “totally different” from what mainstream Western media outlets portray.
Duncan told IRNA in an interview that “As an American, I did have a pleasant experience. I did not allow the politics and the diplomatic relationship to taint my view of Iran’s people.”
Iran hosts some of the world’s oldest cultural monuments including bazaars, museums, mosques, bridges, bathhouses, madrasas, gardens, rich natural, rural landscapes as well as 22 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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UAE withdraws from Yemen: Managing alliances and reputational threats
Dr. James M. Dorsey
A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics.
The pullback suggests that the UAE is preparing for the possibility of a US military confrontation with Iran in which the UAE and Saudi Arabia could emerge as prime battlegrounds.
It also reflects long-standing subtle differences in the approaches of Saudi Arabia and the UAE towards Yemen.
It further highlights the UAE’s long-standing concern for its international standing amid mounting criticism of the civilian toll of the war as well as a recognition that the Trump administration’s unquestioning support may not be enough to shield its allies from significant reputational damage.
The withdrawal constitutes a finetuning rather than a reversal of the UAE’s determination to contain Iran and thwart political Islam witness the Emirates’ involvement in the Libyan civil war and support for renegade field marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar as well as its support for the embattled Sudanese military and autocrats like Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
While the UAE may have withdrawn the bulk of its troops from key regions of Yemen, it leaves behind Emirati-trained local forces that will continue to do its bidding. The withdrawal, moreover, is not 100 percent with the UAE maintaining its Al-Mukalla base for counterterrorism operations.
The UAE’s commitment to assertive policies designed to ensure that the small state can continue to punch above its weight are also evident in its maintenance of a string of military and commercial port facilities in Yemen, on the African shore of the Red Sea, and in the Horn of Africa as well its hard-line towards Qatar and rivalry with Turkey.
As part of its regional and international projection, the UAE is keen to maintain its status as a model for Arab youth and preferred country of residence.
The UAE’s image contrasts starkly with that of Saudi Arabia, the custodian of Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest cities.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies, including the clampdown on domestic critics and the Yemen war, have prompted embarrassing calls by prominent Islamic scholars for a boycott of the pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam.
Wittingly or unwittingly, the withdrawal leaves Saudi Arabia and Prince Mohammed, the instigator of the more than four-year long war that has sparked one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, exposed.
Nonetheless, despite differing objectives in Yemen, the UAE too suffered from the reputational fallout of bombings of civilian targets that were largely carried out by the Saudi rather than the Emirati air force.
Operating primarily in the north, Saudi Arabia focussed on countering Iranian-backed Houthi rebels whose stronghold borders on the kingdom while the UAE backed South Yemeni separatists and targeted Muslim-Brotherhood related groups.
With the withdrawal, the UAE may allow differences with Saudi Arabia to become more visible but will not put its alliance with the kingdom at risk.
If past differences are anything to go by, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are able to manage them.
The differences were evident in recent weeks with the UAE, unlike Saudi Arabia, refraining from blaming Iran for attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
Leaked emails written by Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE’s influential ambassador in Washington, laid bare the Emirates’ strategy of working through the Saudi court to achieve its regional objectives despite viewing the kingdom as “coo coo.”
Similarly, differences in the two countries’ concept of Islam failed to rock their alliance despite the effective excommunication in 2016 of Saudi-backed ultra-conservatism at a UAE-sponsored conference in the Chechen capital of Grozny.
The alliance is key to the two countries’ counterrevolution aimed at maintaining the region’s autocratic status quo in the face of almost a decade of popular revolts, public protests and civil wars.
The UAE-Saudi-led counterrevolution is driven by Prince Mohammed and his UAE counterpart, crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed’s desire to shape the Middle East in their mould.
The UAE rather than the kingdom was the driver behind the Qatar boycott with Saudi King Mohammed and Prince Mohammed initially reaching out to the Qatar-backed Muslim Brotherhood when they came to power in 2015.
Four years later Saudi Arabia, is unlikely to radically shift gears but could prove less intransigent towards the group than the UAE.
While preparing for possible conflict with Iran may be the main driver for the withdrawal, it is unlikely to protect the UAE from damage to its reputation as a result of its involvement in Libya and Sudan as well as its draconic clampdown on dissent at home.
Mr. Haftar’s UAE-armed forces are believed to be responsible for this week’s bombing of a detention center for African migrants in the Libyan capital Tripoli that killed 40 people and wounded 80 others.
The bombing came of the heels of a discovery of US-made missiles on one of Mr. Haftar’s military bases packed in shipping containers stating they belonged to the “UAE Armed Forces.” The UAE has denied ownership.
The UAE’s withdrawal from Yemen will likely help it evade calls for Yemen-related arms embargoes.
Libya, however, could prove to be the UAE’s Achilles heel.
Said Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: “You are surely aware that if these allegations prove true you may be obligated by law to terminate all arms sales to the UAE.”
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The substitution effect of transnational education on international student mobility
The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) recently published a paper entitled, Transnational education vs international student mobility: Substitutes or distinct markets? It presents preliminary research on the extent to which transnational education (TNE) acts as a substitute to international student mobility – that is, the extent to which TNE initiatives divert students from studying abroad (or not) by expanding educational capacity in the students’ home country.
In this special guest post, the paper’s author, Dr Vangelis Tsiligiris, the principal of the MBS College of Crete, provides an overview of major TNE types and trends along with some of his key research findings.
Transnational education (TNE) is defined by UNESCO as “all types of higher education study programmes or set of courses of study, or educational services… in which the learners are located in a country different from the one where the awarding institution is based.” This includes, but is not limited to, the following most common types of TNE:
Franchising – This is where the “home’” awarding institution licenses an offshore partner institution to deliver its programme(s) overseas. This type of TNE arrangement represents the larger share of the TNE market.
Validation – In which the awarding institution validates an existing programme of an offshore education provider. This occurs either because the offshore institution lacks degree-awarding powers and/or as an effort to diversify in the local market.
Articulation/twinning – In these cases, a “home” university and an offshore education provider, both having awarding powers, agree on allowing their students to enter each other’s programmes at an advanced stage. One example is the top-up bachelor options that are known as “2+1” or “2+2” programmes (two years in the offshore institution, one or two years in the “home” university).
Joint and dual degrees – Where a “home” and an offshore university collaborate so that their students attend one mutually developed programme which leads to a joint degree or two separate degrees, one from each institution.
Flexible and distributed learning – In these cases, a “home” institution provides its programmes through online or distance learning delivery, thus the physical presence of the student at the home campus is not compulsory. There are variations as to how this model is supported locally.
Physical presence and corporate involvement – This is where a “home” institution develops a branch campus in an offshore location, and the degrees are awarded in the context of the “home” higher education system. (There are some cases where the branch campus operates as a university and the degrees are awarded in the context of the offshore higher education system. In this case, technically, it does not fall in the TNE categorisation.)
In the early stages of developing programmes in a given host country, TNE is developed as a way to expand supply and improve access to higher education for students who cannot be accommodated by domestic institutions. At this stage, TNE students’ decision-making is primarily geared by push factors (e.g. limited access to education, poor quality of domestic institutions). Partner-supported delivery (e.g. franchise, validation) is therefore often an appropriate form of TNE in early stages of market development.
As domestic capacity develops, students’ decision-making is influenced more by pull factors (e.g. programme quality, reputation of awarding institution, employability prospects). This means that as an offshore TNE market matures, early forms of TNE such as franchising will be less effective to satisfy demand within an increasingly competitive environment. TNE-exporting institutions should consider increasing their physical presence and/or contextualising their programme offerings beyond the replica model at this stage.
At some point, the market reaches a “thrive or die” point where TNE is either integrated or not within the domestic higher education system. As supply expands, if TNE is not integrated in this sense, then the long-term viability of TNE programming in the country will be at risk. This is because TNE programming may appear over time to be inferior to the domestic HE institutions even as TNE-exporting institutions may be constrained in expanding their physical presence in the market. Therefore, the integration of TNE in the domestic system can be seen as a prerequisite for the long-term sustainability of transnational initiatives.
These major stages of market development are reflected in the following figure.
A developmental process model for TNE market. Source: Vangelis Tsiligiris
The ongoing expansion of TNE
The past decade and more has seen a marked expansion of TNE activities. This has been particularly true in Asia, where the capacity of local systems has not been sufficient to cover the booming demand for higher education.
The current evidence, both quantitative and qualitative, points to a continuing expansion of TNE in the years ahead – in terms of the number of programme offers, the range of TNE collaborations, the number of countries involved, and the number of students enrolled in TNE programmes.
This continuing growth will be driven by a number of factors, particularly the following:
The extensive, ongoing capacity building of offshore higher education systems, primarily in Asia. In many Asian markets, TNE has been incorporated into government strategies to expand the domestic higher education capacity.
The shift of global economic activity to Southeast Asia, traditionally a major source of international students, thereby creating expanded opportunities for students to remain in their home country or region to enter the employment market after graduation.
The prevailing demographic trends of major markets such as China, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia, to name a few, are fueling forecasts of strong future demand for higher education in Southeast Asia.
Increased competition in “home” higher education markets is driving interest in developing new revenue streams offshore, including via TNE.
For further insights into TNE growth trends and their relationship to international student mobility, let us look at some of the relevant data from the UK and Australia – two key exporters of TNE services and also leading destination countries for international students.
UK trends in TNE
The number of students studying wholly overseas on a UK higher education award reached 598,925 in 2013.
Overall number of UK TNE students, 2008-2013. Source: HESA
However the above figures include students who have been enrolled in the Oxford Brookes/ACCA programme, which is a known case of distorted TNE data. The table below presents UK TNE enrolment net of Oxford Brookes. It reflects an 8% growth in enrolment for 2013 over 2012, and average year-over-year growth of more than 12% for the last five years.
Number of UK TNE students, excluding Oxford Brookes, 2008-2013. Source: HESA, Vangelis Tsiligiris
Comparing TNE headcounts with inbound EU and non-EU students, it seems that enrolment in UK TNE programmes is increasing while inbound student mobility is in state of stagnation.
Specifically, there is a decline in the absolute number of inbound students from non-EU countries (as the recent Universities UK report has identified) and an increase in the number of TNE students.
Overseas students studying in the UK, 2006-2013. Source: Universities UK, HESA
Combining data from HESA for both TNE and inbound students, it is clear that TNE enrolment surpassed the number of inbound students from non-EU countries in 2012. This is an important development considering the historically significant portion of non-EU students in international enrolment in the UK.
Inbound students in UK, Inbound students in UK (non-EU), and TNE students, 2008-2013. Source: HESA, Universities UK, Vangelis Tsiligiris
The TNE situation in Australia
The number of students registered in Australian offshore programmes reached 84,785 in 2013, up from 70,651 in 2007. In comparison, 243,617 overseas students entered Australia to study in 2013, whereas 202,448 foreign students were enrolled in Australia in 2007.
As the year-on-year change of the two export modes indicates, Australian TNE has grown at a relatively steady pace while in-country enrolment, albeit a much larger export area by enrolment, has experienced more fluctuation.
Australia TNE students and inbound overseas students, 2007-2013. Source: Australian government
Australia TNE students and inbound overseas students (year-over-year percentage change), 2007-2013. Source: Australian government
TNE vs student mobility
Given the increasing scale of TNE programming in key international education markets, the question naturally arises as to whether there are any substitution effects of TNE on traditional international student mobility. In other words, does greater access to higher education via TNE programmes discourage students from those countries from studying abroad?
A recent OBHE project explored the extent to which any such substitution effects exist in the context of the UK and its four top TNE host countries: Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and China. The project set out to address the following research questions:
What are the factors affecting student choice of TNE vs outbound mobility?
How do TNE and international student mobility trends compare in each of the top TNE host countries?
How has the growth of TNE enrolments in top TNE host-countries impacted the number of outbound students from these countries studying in the UK?
The project relied on quantitative data from HESA and UNESCO, along with qualitative evidence from personal interviews with TNE professionals. Our key findings included:
There was strong enrolment in UK TNE programmes in all four countries examined.
Outbound mobility of students from TNE host-countries to the UK appears to remain either unaffected or grows. This indicates the absence of a direct substitution effect between TNE and outbound mobility for all countries explored in the project. In the case of Malaysia and Singapore, there was a minor decline in the number of students from these countries who travel to the UK for higher education studies. However, this cannot be attributed entirely to the growth of TNE, instead this is explained by the broader expansion of capacity in domestic education systems.
A notable common finding in all major TNE host countries is the concurrent decline in outbound student mobility and the increase in inbound student mobility. This is attributable to government policies targeting the capacity development of the domestic higher education system to reverse brain drain and increase the number of inbound mobile students.
China appears to be an exceptional case where inbound and outbound mobility have both grown at very high rates. China is the world’s top source country for international students as well as an increasingly important regional destination for inbound students.
Summary of findings from OBHE TNE research. Source: Vangelis Tsiligiris
Overall, our research finds that TNE does not act as a direct substitute for outbound student mobility. Rather, it is part of the capacity-building process in TNE host countries. TNE is still a much smaller area of education export in comparison to international student mobility. Further, the minor impact of TNE on outbound mobility to the TNE-exporting country reinforces the argument that the two modes of export are separate and that they attract different types of students.
Dr Vangelis Tsiligiris is an economist who has completed post-graduate studies in management and earned a PhD in TNE. For more than 10 years, he has been engaged in setting up and leading transnational partnerships involving UK and other European universities. His research interests include TNE, student experience, quality management in transnational partnerships, and international strategy in cross-border higher education. He is very active in social media where he leads the Linkedin group Transnational Higher Education. He is currently College Principal at College of Crete and honorary lecturer at University of Liverpool and University Roehampton where he teaches courses in leadership and business strategy in the online MBA programmes.
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Music Diary – 23rd November
Welcome to my Music Diary – today for the 23rd November!
On the 23rd November 2008, the very long anticipated album „Chinese Democracy“ by the rest of Guns N‘ Roses (Axl Rose and Dizzy Reed plus various musicians) was released. It has been 15 long years after the last album by the Gunners. The release date was always postponed until the follow-up of „The Spaghetti Incident?“ (1993) hit finally the stores in 2008. Also a lot of money by Geffen Records was necessary, to complete the album.
„Chinese Democracy“ was not really the big seller for Guns N‘ Roses – although it received generally favorable reviews and achieved international chart success, it has sold only approximately one million copies in Europe. For comparision: The LPs „Use Your Illusion I“ and „Use Your Illusion II“ (both 1991) have been sold in Germany alone over two million copies.
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Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht in Music Diary und verschlagwortet mit Better, Bryan Mantia, Buckethead, Catcher in the Rye, Chinese Democracy, Chris Pitman, Dizzy Reed, Frank Ferrer, Guns 'n Roses, Guns and Roses, I.R.S., If the World, Josh Freese, Jr., Madagascar, Patti Hood, Paul Tobias, Pete Scaturro, Prostitute, Riad N' the Bedouins, Richard Fortus, Robin Finck, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Ron Thal, Scraped, Sebastian Bach, Shackler's Revenge, Sorry, Street of Dreams, Suzy Katayama, There Was a Time, This I Love, Tommy Stinson, W. Axl Rose, William Bruce Bailey, William Bruce Rose von Good Things. Permanentlink.
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Finding Neverland Lands Broadway Dates & Theater
September 29th, 2014 | By Imogen Lloyd Webber
The previously reported Broadway transfer of Finding Neverland will fly into the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre after Motown vacates the venue next year. Directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus, the new musical will begin previews in March 2015 with opening night set for April 8. No word yet on casting, but the recent American Repertory Theater production in Cambridge, Massachusetts, starred Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan as J.M. Barrie and Olivier winner Laura Michelle Kelly as Sylvia Llewelyn Davis.
The tuner, which features music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy and a book by James Graham, is based on the 2004 film written by David Magee. Finding Neverland follows the story of Barrie and his relationship with the family of widow Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Llewelyn Davies' children eventually became Barrie's inspiration to write Peter Pan. The Harvey Weinstein produced musical overhauled its creative team in 2013, bringing on board Paulus, Barlow and Graham.
Finding Neverland will have scenic design by Scott Pask, lighting design by Phillip S. Rosenberg, costume design by Suttirat Larlarb and sound design by Jonathan Deans. The ART production's cast also included Carolee Carmello, Michael McGrath and Jeanna de Waal. Tony nominee and Glee star Matthew Morrison previously starred as Barrie in an industry-only workshop of Finding Neverland in New York in late March.
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Archive for the ‘Eddie Fisher’ Category
numerology for Eddie Fisher
Posted in 2010 deaths, 21 (The World), Eddie Fisher, numerology, personal year, real-world, real-world numerology on September 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Known for his “smooth” voice and his highly public romances with the day’s biggest stars, Eddie Fisher died after complications from hip surgery.
Fisher recorded 25 Top 40 hits in the 1950s, which included four chart-toppers. He also starred on several television shows. But Fisher is probably most famous for his marriages. His first, to Debbie Reynolds, produced daughter Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars triology. He also married Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens, and was rumored to be involved with Judy Garland and Ann-Margret.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/24/pop-singer-eddie-fisher-dies-at-82/#ixzz10SFbYiGA
Pop idol Eddie Fisher died on Wednesday due to complications from a recent hip surgery, his family announced on Thursday. He was 82. Fisher, father to actress Carrie Fisher, was one of the most successful pop singers of the 1950s. In addition to chart-topping hits, like “Thinking of You,” “Walking Behind You,” and “Oh! My Pa-Pa,” Fisher also had the TV variety show Coke Time with Eddie Fisher and The Eddie Fisher Show. He fell out of the spotlight with the advent of rock’n’roll, though he continued to record well into the 1960s.
Fisher was married five times. He had two children, Carrie and Todd, with his first wife, actress-singer Debbie Reynolds, whom he famously left for second wife Elizabeth Taylor. Carrie Fisher has compared her parents’ messy divorce and father’s re-marriage to Taylor to the modern-day Jennifer Aniston-Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie saga. Fisher was also married to actress Connie Stevens, with whom he had two more children, actresses Joely and Tricia Leigh Fisher. His fourth marriage, at 47, was to 21-year-old beauty queen, Terry Richard. It ended after 10 months. His fifth (and longest) marriage was to Betty Lin, a Chinese-born businesswoman. She died in 2001.
Eddie Fisher was born on August 10th, 1928 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Fisher_(singer)
8 + 10 +2+0+1+0 = 21 = his personal year (from August 10th, 2010 to August 9th, 2011) = Timeless classic. Universally appreciated.
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Where does OLI rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
OLI is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
OLI ranks # 132259 in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
OLI had 118 occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, OLI would occur an average of 0.04 times.
For the last name of OLI the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
26.27 percent, or 31 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
36.44 percent, or 43 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
30.51 percent, or 36 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
Insignificant percent, or Less than 100 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
4.24 percent, or 5 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"
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Travel Notes / Itineraries
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[Book Notes] The End of Power by Moises Naim
One of my goals for 2015 is to read an average of a book per week. Partly to fulfill this goal I will attempt to read every book that Mark Zuckerberg posts in his book club ‘A Year of Books’ (which averages to two books per week). My intent is to build a stronger hypothesis / perspective on the events taking place around me.
Below are my notes and thoughts on Moises Naim’s “The End of Power”.
Naim—an economist, author, former Minister of Trade and Industry for Venezuela, and Executive Director of the World Bank—argues in his book that today “power is easier to get, harder to use and easier to lose”. Previously, and notably in the 19th century, large organizations became powerful because they were able to maximize profits and operate more efficiently than individuals because they were able to “internalize a broad range of necessary tasks, thereby saving on…transaction costs”. This gave rise to bureaucratic corporations, labor unions, large political parties and organizations that emphasized size, hierarchy, and centralized control. Today, he argues, these organizations are no longer advantageous because there is a notable decay of power due to three overarching trends he calls the “more”, “mobility”, and “mentality” revolutions.
The more revolution basically notes that because there is more of virtually everything today, power has become more easily decentralized due to the abundance of products/ choices consumers have at their disposal. Better stated, the Economist explains that the ‘more’ revolution describes a world of abundance. There are “more young people [who] they live in cities—65m people a year move to cities and more than half of the human population now lives in urban settings. There are more weapons, more medicines, more political parties, more companies, more NGOs, more religions, more communications. There is also more money—global GDP has increased five-fold and per capita GDP by three and a half times”.
There is also more mobility in our world. This allows people to travel, communicate and transfer goods with little control by national states or large bureaucracies. It creates what Naim calls the “end of captive audiences” for nation states, or as the Economist explains “the number of people living outside their country of origin has increased 37% according to the United Nations. Therefore, people are becoming harder to govern”.
Finally, there is a change in mentality that has brought higher expectations for people across the world who now have a “greater moral consensus about the proper behavior of nations than humanity has ever known before”. According to the Economist “this change in cultural norms is corroborated by the World Values Survey which shows a clear movement towards openness, gender equality and increased tolerance of difference”. (Related: The Athena Doctrine)
Nat’s Notes:
One of the consequences of these ‘revolutions’, especially to large players, is that micro-actors and micro-powers have become more relevant/ influential today than ever before. An interesting statistic related to this trend is that:
“…when nation-states go to war these days, big military power delivers less than it once did. Wars are not only increasingly asymmetric, pitting large military forces against smaller, nontraditional ones such as insurgents, separatist movements, and militias. They are also increasingly being won by the militarily weaker side…A study by former Harvard scholar Ivan Arreguin-Toft on asymmetric conflicts shows that between 1800 and 1949 the weaker side won 12% of the time, but between 1950 and 1998 the weaker side won 55% of the time”
This trend also seems to signal that large, powerful players (CEOs, politicians, public figures), pay a steeper and more immediate price for their mistakes than did their predecessors due to the increased power of micro-actors (ie. bloggers, opinionated tweeters, startups, etc).
It is an interesting trend because, as the book points out, it creates a potentially stagnating situation in which “everyone has a little bit of power…everyone can constrain and veto but nobody has the power to get things done”. In a sense, this quote reminds me of the power that ‘sharing economy’ companies have gathered—companies like Airbnb and Uber—who have tremendous power over relatively vast resources and customer bases, but who sometimes cannot act because larger governmental / hotel / taxi lobbying powers prevent them from being fully legal. Against so many stakeholders the state does seem to not have the resources, decisiveness, and maybe even power, to definitively take a stance on the legality of these companies, making it so that users continue to rent out their apartments in a stagnated grey area of moral correctness / legality.
A second consequence, and one that I find especially relevant to my age group (18-34), is that because power has become increasingly decentralized it may no longer make sense for millennials to plan their careers around a single, powerful institution, but rather to focus on polishing personal skillsets and develop a brand that highlights individual potential. Related, the Economist recently published an article titled “There’s an app for that: Freelance workers available at a moment’s notice will reshape the nature of companies and the structure of careers”.
In this article the Economist explains that:
“For a while after the second world war everybody seemed to benefit from [the large institutional] model: workers got security, benefits and steady wage rises; companies got a stable workforce in which they could invest with a fair expectation of returns. But the model started to get into trouble in the 1970s, thanks first to deteriorating industrial relations and then to globalization and computerization. Trade unions have lost power in the private sector, particularly in America and Britain, where legislation has reduced their ability to take action. Companies kept stricter control of their labor costs, increasingly contracting out production in industrial businesses and re-engineering middle-management. Computerization and improved communications then sped the process up, making it easier for companies to export jobs abroad, to reshape them so that they could be done by less skilled contract workers, or to eliminate them entirely….
…The on-demand economy is unlikely to be a happy experience for people who value stability more than flexibility: middle-aged professionals with children to educate and mortgages to pay. On the other hand it is likely to benefit people who value flexibility more than security: students who want to supplement their incomes; bohemians who can afford to dip in and out of the labour market; young mothers who want to combine bringing up children with part-time jobs; the semi-retired, whether voluntarily so or not…
…The on-demand economy will inevitably exacerbate the trend towards enforced self-reliance that has been gathering pace since the 1970s. Workers who want to progress will have to keep their formal skills up to date, rather than relying on the firm to train them (or to push them up the ladder regardless). This means accepting challenging assignments or, if they are locked in a more routine job, taking responsibility for educating themselves. They will also have to learn how to drum up new business and make decisions between spending and investment”
If this is the case then it is likely very worthwhile for people in my age group to approach a career differently than our parents once did. If the ‘App Economy’ demands sharp, on demand, opinionated contractors we should devote more time crafting a strategy that allows us to position ourselves for a professional future that anticipates individuals to sell themselves, over having a companies sell the individual.
There’s an app for that: Freelance workers available at a moment’s notice will reshape the nature of companies and the structure of careers (http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21637355-freelance-workers-available-moments-notice-will-reshape-nature-companies-and )
The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be (http://www.amazon.com/End-Power-Boardrooms-Battlefields-Churches/dp/0465065694/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422550637&sr=8-1&keywords=the+end+of+power)
Quick study: Moisés Naím on power “It ain’t what it used to be” via The Economist (http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/03/quick-study-mois%C3%A9s-na%C3%ADm-power)
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Not your Basil Rathbone Holmes (Thank Goodness!)
Copyright 2010 BBC/Masterpiece
In their down time from Doctor Who, current series head Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss set out to create a modern update on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes. Season One of the joint BBC and Masterpiece production aired in the summer of 2010 with three episodes, each totaling 88 minutes in length.
The first episode, A Study in Pink (an obvious take-off on Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlett”), lays out the groundwork and exposition for the characters of both Holmes and his associate Dr. John Watson. This episode also introduces the two to each other for the first time, and has them decide to be roommates at the famous 221-B Baker Street address. Staying very true to the books, all the idiosyncracies of the characters and their backgrounds are in tact, just with modern updates. For instance, Watson served in the recent Afghanistan conflict in this version, where he received the bullet that injured his leg.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Holmes and Martin Freeman plays Watson; they are both excellent in their roles. I especially enjoyed Freeman’s performance as Watson; however, I am a bit bias, as my favorite character in the Holmes’ stories is generally that of Watson oddly enough. I mean how cool would it be to be the companion of a mind like Holmes’s, a crack shot with a revolver and an expert medical doctor all-in-one? Plus, you get the ladies and generally stand as a voice of reason to the sometimes aloof Holmes.
Not only does the series get placed in modern London, but they take expert advantage over the situation by incorporating many technological advances into the scripts. Laptops, cell phones and other digital media devices are made use of in all three episodes extensively, sometimes even as key elements to the plot. In addition, the producers came up with a clever way to visually present the use of such devices. Rather than boring shots of a cell phone screen, they have animated text appear over the image to signify various text messages, etc.
The second series will be broadcast this fall in the same manner as the first, with three hour and a half long episodes. I enjoyed Guy Ritchie’s theatrical version of Sherlock Holmes (2009) and am looking forward to the sequel later this year, but, though fun, it wasn’t a great movie. This modernized adaptation of the classic stories is a different story; I don’t mind at all admitting that it is a brilliant, fresh take on series. I absolutely love it.
For all you Netflix users out there, all three episodes of season one are available on Instant Watch.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011) Review
So, it’s 2:20 a.m. on early Friday morning here on the east coast. I just got back from the midnight screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. This is the second part of the two-movie conclusion to one of the most popular movie series of the decade, which, in turn, is based on one of the most popular book series of all-time.
Picking up from where Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I left off, this film begins at the burial of the free elf Dobby. Without going into too much detail on the synopsis, as I’m sure 90% of you have already read the books and just care if the movie is a good representation or not, the first 20 or so minutes is very much exposition. It recaps a bit from what the previous installment showed and then continues to set-up the next major plot point, the search for another of Voldemort’s horcruxes at Gringott’s Bank. The Gringott’s chase and escape sequence is relatively short compared to what I remember it being in the book. Following this, Harry and friends apparate to Hogsmeade, meet Ableforth Dumbledore, Albus’s brother, and enter into the now Snape-headed Hogwarts. I would say at this point you’re maybe 45 minutes into this two hour and ten minute movie, if that. From this point on is the final battle and showdown at Hogwarts.
The exposition is a bit rushed, but I was completely fine with it. I mean, if you are going to split a massive book into two movies, give me the good stuff! The final battle at Hogwarts and lead up to the showdown between Harry and Voldemort are epic and spectacular; there are many moments where you will find yourself on the edge of your seat. Many popular characters that haven’t appeared in several of the latest movies reappear in this installment, and it’s exhilarating to watch such an grandly staged battle between good and evil for more than the last half of the film.
J.K. Rowling wrote the books intending for each book to become darker and for a more mature audience. I will say that this entry in the movie series is by far the most graphic. There were several scenes that were disturbing, even for an adult; so, for all you parents, be aware that this is definitely not wholly a “kid’s movie.”
The Harry Potter series has already become classic literature to some degree, and in only 14 short years. It’s majestical storytelling, and in the films, well-acted, well-scripted and wonderfully shot, directed and produced. To me, this installment in the film series was a fitting end to an iconic story. I don’t think anyone will walk away from the theater disappointed.
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Reversal of Fortune (1990) Review
Copyright Warner Brothers
Reversal of Fortune, directed by Barbet Schroeder, is based on the true life events of wealthy socialites Martha “Sunny” and Claus von Bülow. Sunny (portrayed by Glenn Close), who was the heiress to utilities magnate George Crawford’s and her mother’s family International Shoe Company fortunes, slipped into a coma in December of 1979. Suspicious circumstances on behalf of her husband Claus (Jeremy Irons) were aroused, but she was eventually to come out of the coma a short time following. Nearly a year later, she was found on the bathroom floor of her stately Newport, R.I. estate, again comatose with a deathly low body temperature and pulse rate. She would never awaken from this second coma and suspicious activity again on behalf of Claus eventually led to his conviction of attempted murder by result of insulin injection in 1982.
Claus would subsequently hire famed Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz (who wrote the book the film is based on) to represent him in his appeal. The appeal would be granted and during a second trial Claus was acquitted on all charges. Sunny went on to stay in a persistent vegetative state until her death 28 years later at the age of 77 in 2008; Claus is still alive and well living in London as a staple of the wealthy social scene. Due to Sunny’s massive wealth in comparison to his own and the multitude of suspicious circumstances in relation to the case, many still wonder whether or not justice was served (or averted). Jim Cramer, of Mad Money fame, was one of the law students who helped Dershowitz during the appeal and has been on record saying several times that Claus was “supremely guilty”; either way, the only two entities that can really know the truth are Claus himself and Clarendon Court, the massive Newport estate in which the circumstances occurred.
To me, this film was an instance where the source material itself is much more enticing than the film presented it. I think the case is extremely interesting and was very excited to look deeper into the circumstances surrounding the trials after watching the film; however, the film itself lost steam about midway through and meandered enough for me to drop it down in rating. Both Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons did tremendous jobs in their respective roles which, for Irons, resulted in an Academy Award for Best Actor. Ron Silver portrayed Alan Dershowitz with a certain level or vigor, but the performance sometimes went over the top and became a little melodramatic for my taste.
I thought Schroeder’s direction was handled well, though there was nothing stand out about any of the shot selections; all in all, it was fairly textbook direction for this type of film. The one unique form to the story telling schema in my opinion was having a voice over narration from Sunny in the coma describing certain parts of the story in the beginning. I thought this was an interesting and novel way to get the opinion of a character that otherwise had been silenced eternally. There were also many different interpretations of events based on different character’s alibis and opinions throughout the film that at first was a nice touch, though these became a little drawn out after we saw the same events happen about 15 times.
In conclusion, I enjoyed the film decently and don’t regret watching it, but felt that the material they had to work with could have been presented in a more entertaining manner. In relation to the actual events, it reminded me of why I decided to drop out of law school after one semester: I don’t want to be a part of any system where the truth can be altered to fit one side over the other on a technicality or fancy presentation.
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Issues Divide Republicans' Views of Potential 2012 Contenders
Government, economy most important issues; social issues, national security least
PRINCETON, NJ -- Although Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin lead the field of potential Republican presidential candidates among all Republicans nationwide, there are significant differences in candidate preferences when Republicans are divided by the issue they think is most important. Those focused on government spending and power are most likely to favor Huckabee or Romney, while those focused on the economy favor Romney or Palin. Republicans who say social and moral values are most important favor Huckabee or Palin.
Most individuals view politics through many different lenses, usually relating to their party of choice. But in a nomination contest, when party labels are the same among candidates, voters need to look at other factors to decide whom they will support. Gallup isolated four issues Americans might take into account when thinking about politics in a poll conducted Feb. 18-20 and found a good deal of dispersion in Republicans' relative priorities across these issues -- as well as in the relationships to candidate choice.
Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee wins among the social and moral values issues segment, as might be expected given his background as a Southern Baptist minister. He essentially ties Romney among the group most interested in government spending and power and ties Palin among the national security and foreign policy group, but does less well among those interested in business and the economy. This suggests Huckabee's possible weakness as a potential presidential candidate is views of his ability to deal with economic issues.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney wins among those focused on business and the economy, as befits his former experience as a businessman with a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard. He ties Huckabee among those interested in government spending and power, but does less well among those focused on national security and particularly so among those focused on social issues. The latter positioning could reflect his switching positions on values issues such as abortion prior to his 2008 run for president.
Former Alaska Gov. and vice presidential candidate Palin does slightly better among those focused on national security and foreign policy than on values issues and business and the economy. She performs much less well among those focused on government spending and power, despite being one of the leading public supporters of the Tea Party movement.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich does better among Republicans focused on government spending and power, but this is the only set of issues on which his support among Republican segments is in double digits.
Republicans Most Focused on Government and the Economy
The basic segmentation question used in this analysis asked Republicans and Republican-leaning independents to choose which of four issues is most important to their political thinking. Government spending and power as well as business and the economy dominate the issues of importance in Republicans' minds. National security and foreign policy -- the primary concerns of Republicans at times in the past -- rank last as Republicans' issue concerns at this point, even though interviewing was conducted amid the chaos and massive changes taking place in Egypt, Libya, and other Middle Eastern countries. A relatively small number of Republicans select social and moral issues as most important -- even though these two have been a key component of Republican political efforts in the past.
Republicans' Issues of Choice Are Related to Ideology, Tea Party Supporter Status
Republicans' choice of issues relates to their underlying ideology. Conservative Republicans, who make up the majority of Republicans nationwide, are more focused on big government and spending than are liberal/moderate Republicans. The latter are somewhat more focused on business and the economy. Tea Party supporters, 53% of Republicans in this survey, are most focused on government spending and power, followed by business and the economy.
Other differences by demographic category appear in the accompanying table. Those disproportionally interested in government power and spending are college graduates, older Americans, and those living in the East. There is relatively little differentiation across demographic categories in interest in social issues and moral values, with the exception of somewhat higher interest among those living in the Midwest. Of all the age groups, older Americans are least interested in business and the economy, perhaps because they have less immediate concerns about the job market. There are no major differences across these categories in interest in national security and foreign policy.
There are many ways to segment the Republican voting population as next year's presidential primaries and caucuses draw closer. One of these is "issues voting groups" -- divisions based on the issues voters consider most important in their political thinking. Given four issue choices, Republicans at this point are most focused on two: the role of government and the economy. Fewer Republicans choose national security and moral issues at this point in the 2012 election cycle, even though international and moral issues have often defined the GOP's political platforms in previous years.
These issue segments do not totally determine candidate preferences at this point, but some strengths and weaknesses of the leading candidates among Republicans in each of these groups do emerge. Huckabee has his greatest strength among those focused on social and moral issues, and is weaker among business- and economy-focused voters. Romney does relatively well among each issue group except those most focused on moral issues. Palin is strongest among foreign policy-focused voters and is weaker among those interested in government power and spending. Gingrich is modestly stronger among Republicans interested in government power.
A successful candidate for the GOP nomination will not necessarily need to do well across all of these voter segments, but certainly will need to be aware of his or her positioning among those in each segment. Single-issue candidates can win primaries, but generally a broader appeal across issue groups can help a candidate win the multiple primaries necessary to gain a party's nomination.
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 18-20, 2011, on the Gallup Daily tracking survey, with a random sample of 1,326 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, selected using random-digit-dial sampling.
For results based on the total sample of Republicans, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each daily sample includes a minimum quota of 200 cell phone respondents and 800 landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents for gender within region. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday.
Samples are weighted by gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education, region, adults in the household, cell phone-only status, cell phone-mostly status, and phone lines. Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2010 Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older non-institutionalized population living in U.S. telephone households. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting and sample design.
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Huckabee, Palin, Romney Tie for Lead in GOP '12 Preferences
Gallup finds essentially a three-way tie between Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin in Republicans' current preferences for the party's 2012 presidential nomination. Huckabee's support has increased to 18% from 12% in September, the largest increase for any candidate thus far.
D.C., Hawaii Still Most Approving of Obama; All States Decline
President Obama's job approval rating fell in 2010 compared with 2009 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Hawaii residents continue to be the most approving at 66%, surpassed only by District of Columbia residents at 84%. Residents of Wyoming remain the least approving at 28%.
Nameless Republican Ties Obama in 2012 Election Preferences
U.S. registered voters are evenly split about whether they would support President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012 (45%) or "the Republican Party's candidate" (45%). Obama's re-election standing is not as auspicious as those seen for George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush at comparable points in their presidencies.
Biden, Harris, Busing, Compromise and Public Opinion
How do recent criticisms of Joe Biden's support for busing and his cooperation with segregationist senators in the 1970s fit with public opinion?
Gallup https://news.gallup.com/poll/146336/Issues-Divide-Republicans-Views-Potential-2012-Contenders.aspx
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Study explains evolution phenomenon that puzzled Darwin
November 29, 2016 | By Megan Fellman
Why do some animals have extravagant, showy ornaments — think elk and deer antlers, peacock feathers and horns on dung beetles — that can be a liability to survival? Charles Darwin couldn’t figure it out, but now a Northwestern University research team has a possible explanation for this puzzling phenomenon of evolution.
The researchers developed a mathematical model that made a surprising prediction: In animals with ornamentation, males will evolve out of the tension between natural selection and sexual selection into two distinct subspecies, one with flashy, “costly” ornaments for attracting mates and one with subdued, “low-cost” ornaments.
“Ornamentation does persist in nature, and our quantitative model reveals that a species can split into two subspecies as a result of the ornamentation battle that occurs over time,” said Daniel M. Abrams, an associate professor of engineering sciences and applied mathematics in the McCormick School of Engineering.
Evidence from nature agrees. The researchers studied available data on animal ornaments, such as deer antlers, peacock feathers, brightness of certain fish and tail length of some birds, from 15 species. They found the same distribution pattern of ornament sizes across many of the species: The animals often split into the two subgroups predicted by the model, one showy and one subdued, with very few in the middle.
It was deer antlers that first made Abrams, an applied mathematician, wonder why some animals spend precious energy to grow and carry around something that could compromise life. It’s not unusual for male deer and their antlers to get stuck in trees or fences -- or to each other in a fight -- and die.
Northwestern researchers have made an evolutionary discovery that stumped even the scientific field's godfather, Charles Darwin.
“Animals with extravagant ornaments are showing just how fit and strong they are -- that they can overcome the costs of these ornaments -- and this attracts the opposite sex,” said Abrams, who led the study.
In fact, the subdued subgroup’s existence is a factor in the ability of individuals in the flashy subgroup to pass on their genes. The contrast gives the more ostentatious individuals physical distinction and cachet, helping to woo mates and propagate themselves.
The study, which aids our understanding of how life has evolved on Earth, was published today (Nov. 30 in the U.K.) by the biological sciences journal Royal Society Proceedings B.
The study’s other authors are Sara M. Clifton, a graduate student in Abrams’ group, and Rosemary I. Braun, a computational biologist and assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
“This is a study of evolution using mathematical biology -- how sexual selection and natural selection play off each other and produce some of the strange things we see in the animal world,” said Clifton, the paper’s first author. “The horned dung beetle from our study is a good example of how large horns really handicap the animal, yet they exist.”
Abrams, Braun and Clifton started with Zahavi’s handicap principle, from 1975, which offers an elegant explanation for the evolution of the flashy ornaments: Ornaments signal individual quality and the ability to overcome high costs. This ensures “honest advertising” to the opposite sex, making mate selection more efficient.
Animals with extravagant ornaments are showing just how fit and strong they are -- that they can overcome the costs of these ornaments -- and this attracts the opposite sex.”
Daniel M. Abrams
The researchers incorporated both the assumptions of the handicap principle and what evolving ornaments would look like over a long period of time into a mathematical model. The results showed the assumptions are sufficient to explain the previously puzzling observation of the two distinct subgroups of flashy, high-cost ornaments and subdued, low-cost ornaments in a variety of species spanning the animal kingdom.
After developing their model, the researchers studied 23 data sets from 15 different animal species from the published scientific literature and found that all were consistent with their model. There were no exceptions.
“The model is completely independent of the underlying genetic mechanism that causes these ornaments to grow, which I find fascinating,” Braun said. “It tells us that if you have these two competing forces, natural selection and sexual selection, two morphs, or subgroups, will emerge. The model is so general it can be applied to many different species and still have the same explanatory power.”
Where do humans fit in?
“I don’t want to push it too far, but the natural analogy is that individuals also can try to appear more appealing by spending resources on things that cost a lot of money -- expensive homes, cars, clothes or jewelry, for example,” Abrams said.
“The only way you can afford to spend so much money on these things is if you already have a lot of money. It’s demonstrating wealth by throwing away a lot of wealth on these objects, which is similar to deer having showy but costly antlers,” he said.
The James S. McDonnell Foundation (Grant No. 220020230) and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship No. DGE-1324585 supported the research.
The title of the Royal Society Proceedings B paper is “Handicap Principle Implies Emergence of Dimorphic Ornaments.”
Topics: Data Science, Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine, McCormick School of Engineering, Research
Nanotechnology pioneer Chad Mirkin wins Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine
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Five veterans who would be seen in action in 2019 IPL
Posted on March 23, 2019 by NT Bureau
M S Dhoni
Here is the list of five veterans who would be seen in action in the IPL 2019. They have already left behind a legacy at the respective franchises they have turned out for.
M S Dhoni (CSK)
With 4016 career IPL runs across 175 matches, a strike-rate of 138.19, an average of 40.16 and 87 catches with 33 stumpings to his name, Dhoni is all set to lead CSK in yet another season of the IPL.
Shane Watson (CSK)
Though retired from international cricket, Shane Watson is still destructive in T20. Initially he played for Rajasthan Royals. Recently he moved to Chennai Super Kings. Last year, he scored 555 runs from 15 matches at an average of 39.64 and a strike rate of 154.
Chris Gayle (Punjab)
With 3994 runs in 111 innings (the second highest for an overseas batsman in the history of IPL), Gayle hit peak form for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2011 to 2013 where he averaged more than 60.
He plays for Kings XI Punjab this season and lot is expected from him.
Imran Tahir (CSK)
At 37, Imran Tahir peaked for south Africa. Number one bowler in T20Is, Tahir has previously played for Delhi Daredevils, Rising Pune Supergiant and now Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.
Yuvraj Singh (Mumbai)
After going unpicked in the initial rounds of the auctions for the 2019 edition, Yuvraj was picked by Mumbai Indians in the last round and he has since gone on to say it’s the franchise where he feels trusted and comfortable.
From being picked for 16 crore in the 2015 edition by Delhi Daredevils to going for one crore in the last auction, there is no denying that Yuvraj’s stock has dropped.
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Forensic Fiction
First in Series
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club Series #1)
4.3 1064 5 1
by James PattersonJames Patterson
Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series.
Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.
But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving each other a hand. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered--before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong.
Full of the breathtaking drama and unforgettable emotions for which James Patterson is famous, 1st to Die is the start of the #1 New York Times bestselling series of crime thrillers.
Women's Murder Club Series
James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.
Newburgh, New York
B.A., Manhattan College, 1969; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1971
http://www.jamespatterson.com
Beautiful long-stemmed red roses filled the hotel suite the perfect gifts, really. Everything was perfect.
There might be a luckier man somewhere on the planet, David Brandt thought as he wrapped his arms around Melanie, his new bride. Somewhere in Yemen, maybe some Allah-praising farmer with a second goat. But certainly not in all of San Francisco.
The couple looked out from the living room of the Grand Hyatt's Mandarin Suite. They could see the lights of Berkeley off in the distance, Alcatraz, the graceful outline of the lit-up Golden Gate Bridge.
"It's incredible." Melanie beamed. "I wouldn't change a single thing about today."
"Me either," he whispered. "Well, maybe I wouldn't have invited my parents." They both laughed.
Only moments before, they had bid farewell to the last of the three hundred guests in the hotel's ballroom. The wedding was finally over. The toasts, the dancing, the schmoozing, the photographed kisses over the cake. Now it was just the two of them. They were twenty-nine years old and had the rest of their lives ahead of them.
David reached for a pair of filled champagne glasses he had set on a lacquered table. "A toast," he declared, "to the second-luckiest man alive."
"The second?" she said, and smiled in pretended shock. "Who's the first?"
They looped arms and took a long, luxurious sip from the crystal glasses. "This farmer with two goats. I'll tell you later.
"I have something for you," David suddenly remembered. He had already given her the perfect five-carat diamond on her finger, which he knew she wore only to please his folks. He went to his tuxedo jacket, which was draped over a high-backed chair, and returned with a jewelry box from Bulgari.
"No, David," Melanie protested. "You're my gift."
"Open it anyway," he said to her. "This you'll like."
She lifted the top. Inside a suede pouch was a set of earrings, large silver rings around a pair of whimsical moons made from diamonds.
"They're how I think of you," he said.
Melanie held the moons against the lobes of her ears. They were perfect, and so was she.
"It's you who pulls my tides," David murmured.
They kissed, and he unfastened the zipper of her dress, letting the neckline fall just below her shoulders. He kissed her neck. Then the tops of her breasts.
There was a knock on the door of the suite.
"Champagne," called a voice from outside.
For a moment, David thought of just yelling, "Leave it there!" All evening, he had longed to peel away the dress from his wife's soft white shoulders.
"Oh, go get it," Melanie whispered, dangling the earrings in front of his eyes. "I'll put these on."
She wiggled out of his grasp, backing toward the Mandarin's master bathroom, a smile in her liquid brown eyes. God, he loved those eyes.
As he went to the door, David was thinking he wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world.
Not even for a second goat....
The Barnes & Noble Review
James Patterson, bestselling author of the Alex Cross novels Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, and Pop Goes the Weasel, offers the first of a new series dubbed The Women’s Murder Club, featuring a four-woman team that occasionally works outside the system. None of the gritty darkness or frenzied action is lost in 1st to Die, although the female protagonists offer an even deeper emotional context to this suspense thriller.
Inspector Lindsay Boxer of the San Francisco Police Department suddenly finds herself in the middle of two horrifying situations: The first is that she’s just learned she has an often-fatal blood disease. The second is a double homicide case she’s now heading up that involves the murder of newlyweds on their wedding night. Burdened with Chris Raleigh, a new partner reassigned from the mayor’s office, Lindsay finds that she has too much to deal with and turns to her best friend, Claire, the head ME on the case. Claire offers helpful advice and human, friendly contact amid a job filled with violence, cruelty, and fear.
Soon a fledgling newspaper reporter, Cindy, makes contact with Lindsay looking for a career-making story. Although Lindsay can’t officially comment on the case, the two women form a rapport, and Cindy joins Lindsay and Claire for their weekly meeting. When a second pair of newlyweds is murdered, and later a third, the investigation leads to a prominent crime writer, Nicholas Jenks, who has a history of spousal abuse and a predilection for kinky, dangerous sex games. With the help of an understanding assistant D.A., Jill Bernhardt, Lindsay tries to make a case against Jenks, who even had an affair with one of the slain women. Eventually Jill joins the “Murder Club,” and the four ladies share private interdepartmental information in an effort to track and stop the killer before he strikes again.
The major subplot -- Lindsay's facing up to her illness even while she learns to fall in love again -- carefully compensates for the novel’s coarse scenes of brutality. Lindsay Boxer isn’t merely an obsessed cop trailing a maniac; she’s also a terrified woman confronting the onslaught of disease. The story lines balance out to show us the true mettle of someone who puts the safety of others before her own.
Again, Patterson’s skill for producing furiously paced fiction are evident as the novel breezes by rapidly. The short chapters keep the narrative leaping with increasingly taut plot elements, but there’s an emotional commitment that makes our protagonist even more amiable and involving. 1st to Die is a novel that works as an intense series of character portraits that will leave the reader touched and delighted.
--Tom Piccirilli
Tom Piccirilli is the author of eight novels, including Hexes and Shards, and his Felicity Grove mystery series, consisting of The Dead Past and Sorrow's Crown. He has sold more than 100 stories to the anthologies Future Crimes, Bad News, The Conspiracy Files, and Best of the American West II. An omnibus collection of 40 stories titled Deep into That Darkness Peering is also available. Tom divides his time between New York City and Estes Park, Colorado.
James Patterson has started a new series, featuring four women who form the Women's Murder Club. Think of it as a book club for amateur dectectives, except that these women aren't exactly amateurs. The main character, San Francisco homicide detective Lindsay Boxer, forms the group out of frustration with the male-dominated investigation of a series of murders of newlyweds. While the city's officials spin their wheels, the Women's Murder Club works to solve the case. Patterson lumps together a bunch of twists at the end.1st to Die is a good, fast-paced read.
Book Magazine
Randy Michael Signor
...delivers a sharp punch...
...a great book...a gripper, right from the opening pages...a great thriller and a terrific read...
Providence Sunday Journal
...the part that just plain enjoys a good, fast-paced read said, 'Forget it, who cares, this is fun.'
...polished, briskly written entertainment that's more complicated than it at first seems...
Sunday Oregonian
...clever kickoff to a new series...Patterson...isn't afraid to reach as a writer...
...[Patterson] ably displays the storytelling talent that is the source of his popularity...
Roanoke Times
...Patterson has shown skill at developing characters and crafting ingenious tales. I'm betting this series will only get better..
Austin American Statesman
Lindsay Boxer is an inspector on the San Francisco Homicide Squad. Her healthy, optimistic outlook is given a jolt when she is diagnosed with aplastic anemia, which is potentially fatal. While dealing with her first treatments, she takes on a new case. Someone has killed a bride and groom during the first hours of their honeymoon. The killer strikes again in Napa Valley and a third time in Cleveland. Lindsay gathers her girlfriends, all of whom work in related areas of the justice system, to circumvent the bureaucracy of police business and solve the crimes. There are a number of loose ends that never get tied up, and a number of actions that don't seem to fit the characters' persona. The unabridged version of the story moves along well but seems contrived and somewhat sloppy, though well read by Suzanne Toren. Lack of detail in the abridgment, which is well read in alternate chapters by Melissa Leo and Dylan Baker, does not significantly hamper the telling of the tale; the loose ends and inconsistent characters are less apparent and bothersome. Recommended for large, well-funded collections. Joanna Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Coll. of Continuing Education Lib., Providence Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
"A clever plot with enough last-minute revelations to keep you guessing."
"One of the most creative and sadistic killers since Hannibal Lecter ... There are surprises in store right up to the last page."
"Patterson again proves himself a master of the craft ... Such a great book: every time you think you've got it all figured out, you realize the killer is still a step ahead."Providence Sunday Journal
"A clever plot with enough last-minute revelations to keep you guessing."Entertainment Weekly
"Polished, briskly written entertainment ... delivers the spine-tingly goods."Sunday Oregonian
"One of the most creative and sadistic killers since Hannibal Lecter ... There are surprises in store right up to the last page."BookPage
1st to Die (Women's Murder Club Series #1) 4.3 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1065 reviews.
Patterson catches us again with book in hand turning those pages as we did for his other thrillers. Patterson is able to create a suspenseful mood for the reader. What¿s better than a group of four woman to try and catch a psycho, killing newlywed couples. In my opinion, this book deserves 5 stars, for its intense suspense. Patterson is one of the few authors that is able to make you think you know what¿s happening and then your all wrong. A person¿s wedding day is suppose to be the happiest day of their life. The time after, referred to as the ¿Honeymoon¿ is supposed to be enjoyable, fun, and romantic. In 1ST TO DIE., three couples find their wedding day and their honeymoon¿s to be a time of death. The book has four main characters, who Patterson points out within the first few chapters. The most notable being Lindsay Boxer, an inspector for the San Francisco Police Department. Along with Lindsay the characters who want to solve the case include Claire Washburn a medical examiner and Lindsay¿s best friend, Jill Bernhardt an assistant District Attorney assigned to the first case, and Cindy Thomas a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, who integrates herself into the group after the first murders. Together, these women form ¿The Women¿s Murder Club¿ and take you on a ride of suspense as they work together to find the monster responsible for a series of tragic honeymoon murders that began with the intense killing of David and Melanie Brandt. Patterson is able to make these books enjoyable for even the High School student. He has this ability to make you pick up the book and never put it down. Make sure that if you purchase this book you also purchase the second and third books as well. The thing with Patterson is that once you read one in a series you have to read the rest. James Patterson writes in a short and casual manner. His chapters are short and to the point, which makes you keep turning the page to find out what will happen next. The characters are very well described, which makes you feel like you know them personally. When something bad happens you feel as if the tragedy has happened to one of your friends or family members. James Patterson truly is one of the most amazing authors, his clever twists and fast pace keep the reader going. It¿s almost as if Patterson knows what you are afraid of and he reaches the point that you jump out of your seat. If you truly enjoy this novel, you would also like Along Came A Spider, Kiss The Girls, Jack And Jill, Cat & Mouse, Pop Goes The Weasel, and Roses Are Red. -Nick Trodella
SillyJilly More than 1 year ago
I am always looking for new books to try. I have read some of James Patterson's books and have not been all that crazy about them(Alex Cross books). I love suspense. I love books with a twist. This book had all that and more. I absolutely did not see that ending. Wow! Definitely going to read more of this series...
starla827 More than 1 year ago
James Patterson writes in short chapters which make it easy to read when you just have a few spare minutes. He also makes his books so suspenseful that you want to spend every spare minute reading to try to find out what will happen next. I was captivated until the very end. Can't wait to start the next book!
This book was the most exciting thrilling book I have ever read. James Patterson is so original. You think you know what's going on but then he always comes up with an unexpected twist. Great book!
I've only read the sample, but I am very intrigued by this book. James Patterson: best author ever!(:
Lindsay is a strong, hardworking, and determined detective until she receives life changing news. It doesn't break her, but she also runs into a case that will change her life forever. Some crazy person is killing honey mooners on the best day of their lives. Now poor Lindsay is fighting for her life beside her dying couples. I love this book because it keeps you on your toes. It also has a lot of action, and every murder is grusome.To top it off you will never suspect what happens in the end ...
Read it in 2 days! Love the women's murder club series and James Patterson's amazing talent! This book grips you from the start till the end and even got me to cry! Thats an intense read!
Have you ever wanted a really good book that puts you at the edge of your seat? Well, this is it. This novel isn¿t just heart throbbing. This is an amazing yet suspenseful story waiting for you to lay eyes on it.
Right at the beginning, you¿re hit with intensity. There is a crime waiting for Linsey, the head detective, at a new hot hotel. Newlyweds being murdered every new case she gets. A few weeks later, another murder is waiting to be solved. Later on, another murder! Three thrilling murders at the tip of her fingers. All of these newlyweds are being stalked before they are even killed. She does get help though. There is a Women's Murder Club. Helping Linsey, Clair, a medical examiner. Jill, an assistant D.A. and Cindy, a reporter who has just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. They all have one goal to fulfill, to trap, and outwit the most terrifying killer ever. They are all pulling their talents together, to solve this crime.
I would defiantly recommend this book. Anyone who likes thrilling, suspenseful, something that you find biting your fingernails off, or somewhat sad towards the end, this is the novel for you.
In conclusion of the story, there is a surprise ending. You would never ever guess who was committing the murders. You will be very surprised. Don¿t stop reading though! Because, if you do, you¿ll always want to wonder about what would have happened if you have read it.
Amazing doesn¿t even cover this book. Wonderful couldn¿t do it either. This book is the best book that I¿ve read in a very long time. It put me in pure amazement.
1st to Die is just the first book in the series. Be prepared for the surprised ending though. Six other books are waiting for you to read. You would be greatly cheating yourselve if you just ignore this review. So go on, read away.
I read this book in one day and was scared to go to bed that night. I am now about to go buy the rest of his collection.
James Patterson provides another exciting thriller with his newest series, the Women's Murder Club. Race along with San Francisco's only female homicide inspector, Lindsay Boxer, who, with the help of her 3 friends, try to solve a horrible crime spree referred to as the Honeymoon Murders that span from California to Ohio. Another page-turning masterpiece from the author who brought you Alex Cross!!!
Great book. Couldn't put it down. Read it in 2 days.
I bought #11 at Costco on an impulse. I decided to start with #1 and go from there. I'm glad I did; will continue until I "catch up."
Jimmy-the-greek More than 1 year ago
This is the first "Woman's Murder Club" book I have read and I was extreamely pleased. I have bought the next two in line and I plan to read the entire series. Classic Patterson - just as good as the Cross series.
Have gotten "hooked" on this series and decided to start from the beginning. I was not disappointed with my decision. Thank you Barnes & Noble for making this suggestion:)).
Enjoyed, Could not put it down.
I was so shocked and sad at the end. Patterson wrote that one chapter so well. I felt Lindsey's pain right along with her and the girls.
Great read. I always look forward to reading a Patterson story.
LittleLAM More than 1 year ago
Great quick read! I will be reading the wole series! definitely hooked!
The women are back and still solving crime with the same drive and assion as the first installment. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down.
luann33 More than 1 year ago
The book was fast moving. Hard to put my nook down. I would highly recommend it.
1st to Die, 1st book of my favorite series of James Patterson novels! Non-stop action and surprises.
Fantistic writing, full of suspence will definitely read entire series
I have read four of the Patterson Womens Murder Club and have enjoyed them all!!!
I think James Patterson should keep making these wonderful books for everonr!!!!!!
Awesome book
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Secrets. Lies. Murder. In this pulse-pounding Women's Murder Club novel, mysteries and lives unravel.Detective Lindsay ...
Secrets. Lies. Murder. In this pulse-pounding Women's Murder Club novel, mysteries and lives unravel.Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for ...
16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club Series #16)
Still recovering from her husband's betrayal, Detective Lindsay Boxer faces a series of heart-stopping crimes ...
Still recovering from her husband's betrayal, Detective Lindsay Boxer faces a series of heart-stopping crimes and a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy San Francisco.Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect. She had a beautiful child and a ...
The 8th Confession (Women's Murder Club Series #8)
As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is ...
As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching--waiting for a chance to take vengeance on Isa and Ethan Bailey, the city's most celebrated couple. Finally, the killer pinpoints the ideal moment, and ...
A Body to Die For (Bailey Weggins Series
One of the savviest single urbanites ever to take up sleuthing and still look great, ...
One of the savviest single urbanites ever to take up sleuthing and still look great, Bailey Weggins made her smashing debut in Kate White's If Looks Could Kill, a dishy and delectable New York Times bestseller and the first Reading ...
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody Series #1)
Meet Egyptologist Amelia Peabody in the first mystery in the Victorian-era set, New York Times ...
Meet Egyptologist Amelia Peabody in the first mystery in the Victorian-era set, New York Times bestselling sparkling series (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review).If Indiana Jones were female, a wife, and a mother who lived in Victorian times, he ...
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* Saulnier's previous hardcover, Bad Seed (Mysterious press, 2/02), is a Featured Alternate of The Mystery Guild. It will be published in mass market in 3/03.* Hip and funny, Saulnier's style recalls Jen Banbury's Like a Hole in the Head ...
If Looks Could Kill (Bailey Weggins Series #1)
White's New York Times bestselling debut is now in paperback. New York true crime writer ...
White's New York Times bestselling debut is now in paperback. New York true crime writer Bailey Weggins is dragged into a murder investigation by her boss, magazine editor Cat Jones, whose nanny is murdered by poisoned chocolate truffles meant for ...
Invisible Boy (Madeline Dare Series #3)
Cornelia Read's darkest, most passionate, and most poignant book yet.-Tana French, New York Times Bestselling ...
Cornelia Read's darkest, most passionate, and most poignant book yet.-Tana French, New York Times Bestselling AuthorThe smart-mouthed but sensitive runaway socialite Madeline Dare is shocked when she discovers the skeleton of a brutalized three-year-old boy in her own weed-ridden family ...
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Twenty-Four Individuals Indicted in Major Heroin Seizure
Sep 21, 2010 | Northern Ohio Law Enforcment Task Force
CLEVELAND—Twenty-four people have been indicted in U.S. District Court following one of the largest heroin seizures in Ohio history, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach, FBI Special Agent in Charge C. Frank Figliuzzi, and Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath announced today.
Authorities seized more than 20 kilograms of heroin and more than $1.8 million in cash as part of “Operation Little Wren.” The case was investigated by the Northern Ohio Law Enforcement Task Force.
“This organization taken down this morning was responsible for much of the heroin coming into Northeast Ohio,” U.S. Attorney Dettelbach said. “Our goal is to send them to prison and take their money, their drugs and their houses.”
“This monumental investigation could not have taken place without the hard work and cooperation of all the agencies that make up the Northern Ohio Law Enforcement Task Force, said Police Chief McGrath. “Illegal drug sales and use are destroying the infrastructure of our cities, communities and families.”
As alleged in the indictment:
Christopher Ugochukwu, 39, of Lagos, Nigeria, supplied dealers with heroin from that country.
Bryant Johnson, 48, of Solon, Ohio, and Richard Lanier, 66, of Cleveland, dealt multiple kilograms of heroin throughout the region, particularly on Cleveland’s east side, and operated stash houses in Cleveland, Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights.
Christopher Sapp, 45, of Cleveland, dealt heroin obtained from Mexico, Colombia and Nigeria. He also allegedly operated stash houses on Cleveland’s west side.
All of the above have been charged with conspiracy to possess heroin with the intent to distribute. If convicted, the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of at least 10 years in prison.
Several individuals responsible for trafficking heroin in the region have already been prosecuted and are incarcerated in federal prison.
Prosecutors believe the 20 kilograms of heroin seized represents the largest seizure in state history. One kilogram of heroin sells for about $75,000. The street value of the drug—after it is cut, packaged, and sold in smaller quantities—is exponentially higher.
This case was investigated by the Northern Ohio Law Enforcement Task Force. Other agencies providing assistance include the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Cleveland Division of Police, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Coast Guard, the South East Area Law Enforcement Task Force and the police departments of Cleveland Heights, Euclid, Garfield Heights, Parma, Shaker Heights, University Heights, and the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Baeppler.
An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Prosecutors prepare to summon G-Dragon to court
Big Bang's G-Dragon will be summoned to an investigation for the violation of the Youth Protection Act and for lewd conduct.
The investigation will focus on G-Dragon's 1st solo concert last year, “Shine a Light”, which exhibited sexual and violent themes, and the fact that it was rated as "strictly prohibited for pre-teens under the age of 12".
The Eastern Seoul District Prosecutor official stated, “We are in the process of collecting and reviewing all the information on the subject matter,” then continued, “We will determine the specific time frame when G-Dragon will be summoned to this investigation after this.”
G-Dragon held his concert last December which included a sexy performance with a female dancer for his song, Breathe.
The prosecutors are seeking for reasons why “She’s Gone” and “Korean Dream”, which were banned by the same Act in November, were still added to the show.
The two songs mentioned are considered not suitable for minors and are prohibited for sale, rent, screening and/or distributing in any channels by this law.
Individuals who are convicted of lewd conduct according to the Article 245 will face fine not exceeding ₩ 5,000,000 and one-year imprisonment and the penalties for the violation of the Youth Protection Act are ₩ 20,000,000 in fines and three-year imprisonment.
A representative from YG Entertainment gave a statement on the issue saying, “YG will assist the investigators in this process and will take care of it on behalf of the client (G-Dragon)" and added, “we will hereby accept the decision and are responsible for the legal action taken according to the Act.”
SOURCE: PinkyPK❤ @ teambigbang.blogspot.com
cleaned the translation a bit. to those who understand korean, let me know if i missed anything :)
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Bill “Gooseneck” McDonald
Influential Businessman & Politician in early Fort Worth
From TSHA website:
MCDONALD, WILLIAM MADISON (1866–1950). William Madison (Gooseneck Bill) McDonald, politician, fraternal leader, and businessman, was born on June 22, 1866, at College Mound, Texas. His father had been a slave, his mother a free woman. He attended Roger Williams University in Nashville, Tennessee, with the aid of Z. T. Adams and other white friends. McDonald became prominent in Texas Republican politics in 1892, when he was elected to the party’s state executive committee. For more than thirty years he remained a notable figure of the party and attended many Republican national conventions. After the death of Norris Wright Cuney in 1897, McDonald became leader of the Texas Republicans. In 1896 he formed a political partnership with Edward Howland Robinson Green, who became active in Texas Republican politics as a member of the “Black and Tan” faction. Although the two men remained together for many years and survived numerous political battles, control of the party was wrested from them in 1900 by the “Lily Whites.” In 1912, as a result of the “Bull Moose” upheaval, McDonald and the Black and Tans temporarily regained control of the party. He moved to Fort Worth and, with the support of black lodges, founded
the Fraternal Bank and Trust Company, which quickly became the chief depository of funds for the state’s black Masonic lodges. McDonald and the Black and Tans in 1920 supported Gen. Leonard Wood for the Republican presidential nomination. However, an opposing Texas Republican presidential faction, led by Rentfro Banton Creager of Brownsville, backed Warren G. Harding, who won the party’s nomination. After the 1920 election, McDonald became more independent and seldom trusted the Texas Republican party. He supported Progressive Robert M. LaFollette and Democrats Al Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt, before returning to the Republican party to support Thomas E. Dewey for president. McDonald died in Fort Worth on July 5, 1950, and was survived by his fifth wife; his only child, a son, had died some thirty years previously. McDonald was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Fort Worth.
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Home / About / Personnel Directory / Edward Ardeneaux IV, Ph.D.
Edward Ardeneaux IV, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
eardeneaux@ozarks.edu
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My quest for knowledge and, perhaps, wisdom led me long ago to the study of literature as an endeavor where we work out what it means to live in the world, to be human. By a circuitous route, with stops in Prague and at the University of Arkansas, I’ve made my way to the University of the Ozarks, where I am happy to share my passion for drawing understanding from artistic and cultural works with students, who I always learn from in return. A native of New Orleans, I spent my first twenty-one years imbibing that city’s culture of deliberate living. Passing along that curious mixture of book knowledge and human experience that studying English imparts is my life’s passion
My academic research focuses on how contemporary American novels and films represent new technologies, especially considering the ramifications for identity and the formation of digital-infused selves. As we navigate a world of screens, images, and videos, moving away from the more static book, it is important to consider how humanity might fundamentally change in that process, along with what we stand to lose in the bargain. My research comes across in my teaching, especially in contemporary literature courses such as in Science Fictions and Speculative Futures and in Coming of Age in Contemporary American Literature. I also teach a range of other courses, including Utopian and Dystopian Literature, Victorian Literature, Global Literature, and Academic Writing here at Ozarks.
You can usually find me geeking out over novels by Neal Stephenson and William Gibson, films about computer hackers, and the bizarre ways people interact online. Otherwise, I spend my free time drinking coffee, pondering the meaning of things, and, when possible, playing chess.
Special Projects / Initiatives
My current research involves exploring what contemporary science and speculative fiction novels can add to our understanding of the digital, virtual lives our technologies have thrust upon us. I am currently at work on a series of articles that interrogate virtuality and techno-cultural change as they are represented in literature.
I am also at work revising a book manuscript that has grown out of my dissertation project, “Mapping the System, Completing the Circuit: The Hacker Figure as Techno-Interface in Contemporary Novels of Speculation and in Popular Film.”
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The C-word, the P-word, and realism in epidemiology
Synthese, Mar 2019
Alex Broadbent
This paper considers an important recent (May 2018) contribution by Miguel Hernán to the ongoing debate about causal inference in epidemiology. Hernán rejects the idea that there is an in-principle epistemic distinction between the results of randomized controlled trials and observational studies: both produce associations which we may be more or less confident interpreting as causal. However, Hernán maintains that trials have a semantic advantage. Observational studies that seek to estimate causal effect risk issuing meaningless statements instead. The POA proposes a solution to this problem: improved restrictions on the meaningful use of causal language, in particular “causal effect”. This paper argues that new restrictions in fact fail their own standards of meaningfulness. The paper portrays the desire for a restrictive definition of causal language as positivistic, and argues that contemporary epidemiology should be more realistic in its approach to causation. In a realist context, restrictions on meaningfulness based on precision of definition are neither helpful nor necessary. Hernán’s favoured approach to causal language is saved from meaninglessness, along with the approaches he rejects.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11229-019-02169-x.pdf
Synthese pp 1–16 | Cite as The C-word, the P-word, and realism in epidemiology AuthorsAuthors and affiliations Alex Broadbent Open Access S.I.: Philosophy of Epidemiology First Online: 13 March 2019 224 Downloads Abstract This paper considers an important recent (May 2018) contribution by Miguel Hernán to the ongoing debate about causal inference in epidemiology. Hernán rejects the idea that there is an in-principle epistemic distinction between the results of randomized controlled trials and observational studies: both produce associations which we may be more or less confident interpreting as causal. However, Hernán maintains that trials have a semantic advantage. Observational studies that seek to estimate causal effect risk issuing meaningless statements instead. The POA proposes a solution to this problem: improved restrictions on the meaningful use of causal language, in particular “causal effect”. This paper argues that new restrictions in fact fail their own standards of meaningfulness. The paper portrays the desire for a restrictive definition of causal language as positivistic, and argues that contemporary epidemiology should be more realistic in its approach to causation. In a realist context, restrictions on meaningfulness based on precision of definition are neither helpful nor necessary. Hernán’s favoured approach to causal language is saved from meaninglessness, along with the approaches he rejects. KeywordsCausal inference Causality Causation Philosophy of epidemiology Potential outcomes approach (POA) Association Positivism Logical positivism Realism Scientific realism 1 Introduction Continuing a theme that he has developed in a number of papers (Hernán 2005, 2010, 2016; Hernán and Taubman 2008; VanderWeele and Hernán 2012), the epidemiologist Miguel Hernán has recently (May 2018) argued against the prohibition of the word “cause” in epidemiology when describing the aims and results of observational studies (Hernán 2018). Epidemiologists should stop using euphemisms for the “C-word”, and be emboldened to come out and say it, with one important proviso: they must say exactly what the C-word means. Hernán’s proposed definition of “cause”—or, more accurately, “causal effect”—is in the counterfactual/interventionist camp. He argues that “causal effect” can be defined with sufficient clarity that it may be used both in stating the goals of epidemiological research and in describing their results, to the extent that the evidence supports such a description. The definition is inspired by this thought: …a causal analysis in observational data can be viewed as an attempt to emulate a hypothetical trial. (Hernán 2018, p. 617) “Causal effect” is then defined in terms of what would be observed in an idealized randomized controlled trial; the causal inference question is then to what extent the actual results support this claim. Thus clarified, the definition is such as to license use of “cause” even when describing the results observational studies, provided they have been designed to emulate trials, and to the extent they have succeeded. The extent to which an observational study warrants causal inference is then proportional to the extent to which it successfully emulates a randomized controlled trial. Maybe the emulation will never be perfect, but it need not be perfect to provide some support for a causal inference. After all, even trials provide only imperfect support for causal conclusions (Hernán 2018, p. 617). Hernán’s argument is compelling for epidemiologists fed up with what Hernán says is a familiar story: Dear author: Your observational study cannot prove causation. Please replace all references to causal effects by references to associations. (Hernán 2018, p. 616) In the recent issue of the American Journal of Public Health from which this quotation is drawn, 10 epidemiologists respond in 5 commentaries one editorial. All but one commentary and 8 out of 10 respondents are positive. The remaining paper by 2 respondents is interpreted as positive in Hernán’s reply, and the sharp criticisms it contains are overlooked. This further creates the impression of an agreement party among a wide range of epidemiologists, including social epidemiologists and those focused more explicitly on the application of epidemiology to public health, about the merit of Hernán’s argument and the approach to causality it advocates. Hernán is a proponent of what is often known as the Potential Outcomes Approach (POA) to causal inference. The central claim of the POA is that meaningful estimates of causal effect must be specified relative to a well-defined intervention, even in an observational study, where the intervention is then a hypothetical construct. In the present paper, after summarizing the main two lines of objection, I argue that it is an instance of a positivistic attitude to meaning and to science itself. A realist stance towards causal effect recognises both the POA and more traditional approaches as meaningful and useful. In Sect. 2 I set out Hernán’s argument. The success of Hernán’s argument depends on the clear definition of “cause”. In Sect. 3 I summarise his view, and identify two problems, one pragmatic and one theoretical. The pragmatic problem is that we may wish to estimate causal effects in many instances where specifying an intervention is impossible, rendering the POA an inadequate solution to the problems it sets out to solve. The theoretical problem is that deciding whether an intervention is well-specified requires ruling out residual confounders, which can only be done through a set of pragmatic decisions and assumptions, of just the same kind that one might make when estimating the causal effect of an exposure for which no intervention is specified. This means that estimates of causal effect satisfying POA requirements are not in principle different from, and not necessarily sharper than, estimates arrived at in traditional ways without specifying an intervention. To put it another way, perfectly well-defined interventions are impossible. Imperfectly-defined interventions (supported by pragmatic assumptions about residual confounders) are possible, but then so are well-defined causal estimates without specified interventions. In Sect. 4 I highlight the tension between rejecting the positivistic restriction on causal talk, while at the same time keeping the spirit of that restriction by substituting another restriction which is supposed to permit some—but not all—of the causal talk epidemiologists are tempted to engage in. If our attitude to science is broadly realist, then we don’t have to achieve precise definition in order to talk meaningfully about something (and conversely we don’t ensure that we are talking about something merely through precise definition). In Sect. 5 I confront Hernán’s disavowal of philosophy, in favor of epidemiology itself. I argue that, just as it assists to avoid euphemisms for “cause”, it assists to avoid euphemisms for “philosophy”, an activity that Hernán disowns, along with many epidemiologists. Hernán is not only an epidemiologist; he is also a philosopher of epidemiology. Hernán is not the only advocate of the POA, and certainly not the only person to have contributed to the large body of methodological literature with which it is associated. Nor is this his only paper on the topic. However, he is one of the most well-known proponents, and this is his most recent (at time of writing) contribution to a hot debate that is widely followed among epidemiologists (who are much more time-sensitive than philosophers). Continuing a tradition of his, Hernán’s paper is published in a venue that makes it significant: the American Journal of Public Health. This is one of the preeminent public health journals, with public health enjoying an intimate, and therefore complex, relationship with epidemiology. Resistance to the POA has been especially strong in public health and social epidemiology, because of the fear that it promotes a methodology unsuited to investigating exposures of concern to public health, and/or because it amounts to “ivory tower epidemiology” (Deleeuw 1993; Ravenholt 2005; Kaufman 2016) that is ill-suited to dealing with the practical problems and imperfect evidence that characterize the social world. For all these reasons, Hernán’s paper, and the reaction to it, are worthy objects of thorough philosophical discussion, as the most recent development in the ongoing philosophical debate about causal inference within the epidemiological literature. For readers unfamiliar with that debate, the present paper is also intended to provide a way in. 2 Against censoring the C-word The stance that observational trials are capable only of detecting associations, which are then handed over for testing in a randomized trial, is not entirely unreasonable. There have been a plethora of causal inferences that have been supported by multiple studies, only to crumble, decisively and embarrassingly, when high quality trials are done (Broadbent 2013, Ch. 4). And over-enthusiastic inferences continue. Epidemiology has suffered reputational damage because of its persistence in announcing causal effects, despite the theoretical presence of residual confounding, which is what trials are so good at exposing to dramatic effect (Rutter 2007; Vandenbroucke 2008). Nutritional epidemiology is one example. It is a household joke that what was bad for you yesterday (pasta, butter, red wine) may be good for you today, and may be bad for you again tomorrow. Residual confounding is typically responsible for such embarrassments, and it is difficult to eliminate without a randomized trial. It is this background that gives Hernán’s argument its significance, and explains the adulation and relief with which many epidemiologists have greeted his work, and the work of other leading proponents and developments of the POA (see especially: VanderWeele 2015). Most of the discipline is engaged in nothing other than observational studies. For many epidemiologists, the goal is knowledge of the causes of disease, and often the quantification of their effects. And for many of these (perhaps not all), the ultimate aim is public health intervention, for which causal knowledge is necessary. How frustrating, then, to be constantly told that one’s conclusions are mere suggestions about where trialists should turn their attention next. I now attempt to extract the substance of Hernán’s argument in the AJPH paper in question. 2.1 Argument for clearly stating causal aims In extracting the core of the argument, it is helpful to divide it into two parts. The first part of his argument concerns causal aims, and may be stated as follows. 1. Observational epidemiological studies aim to attain causal knowledge. 2. It serves the goals of science to be clear about one’s aims. 3. Therefore it serves the goals of science to be clear that observational studies aim to attain causal knowledge. The first premise of this argument is supported by a general assertion that “causal inference is a core task of science, regardless of whether the study is randomized or non-randomized” (Hernán 2018, p. 616). Another source of support for premise 1 is identified in the editorial: Surely it is the job of the science of population health to understand the drivers of population health to the end of us intervening and being able to improve the health of populations. … When we are clear that we are studying causes, we open up the opportunity to identify and act on them. (Galea and Vaughan 2018) The idea is that we need causal information if we are to design effective public health interventions, and furthermore that these are the ultimate goal of epidemiology. Elsewhere Hernán makes remarks that resonate with the first idea (Hernán 2005, p. 620, 2016, p. 678; Hernán and Taubman 2008, p. S12), although I am not sure (I simply don’t know) whether he would accept the second. The second premise, that it serves the goals of science to be clear about one’s aims, is not directly supported in the text of our focus article. Clarity has obvious merits. However, an insistence on absolute precision may be problematic, especially when we are dealing with things that we do not fully understand. In Sect. 3 I will argue that Hernán’s precise definition of causal claims fails. In Sect. 4 I will argue that insistence on absolute precision is well-motivated within a positivist conceptual framework, but that within a realist framework, insisting on precision before we are ready does not necessarily serve the goals of science. 2.2 Argument for clearly stating causal conclusions So far, the argument only supports the statement of causal aims, not the statement of causal conclusions. However, Hernán is clear that “cause” and cognates are appropriate well beyond the description of aims of observational studies. …the term “causal effect” is appropriate in the title and Introduction section of our article when describing our aim, in the Methods section when describing which causal effect we are trying to estimate, through an association measure, and in the Discussion section when providing arguments for and against the causal interpretation of our association measure. The only part of the article in which the term “causal effect” has no place is the Results section, which should present the findings without trying to interpret them. (Hernán 2018, p. 617) Clearly such a position is not supported merely by an argument for the honest statement of causal aims. It is possible to extract a second argument from Hernán’s brief but rich paper, to validate the use of “cause” in causal conclusions. The argument may be stated as follows. 4. It is reasonable to describe an observed effect as “causal” if and only if a. “causal effect” is well-defined and b. the kind of evidence that will support the application of the term is clearly specified, to the extent that this kind of evidence is available. 5. It is possible to define “causal effect” well and to clearly specify the kind of evidence that will support the application of the term. 6. It is reasonable to describe an observed effect as “causal” in the well-defined sense to the extent that the specified kind of evidence is available. Support for premises 4 and 5 depends on the availability of a precise definition of “causal effect”. In the next section I turn to Hernán’s proposed definition, and indicate two serious objections. 3 Defining the C-word The definition of “cause” is a larger task than POA advocates, including Hernán, wish to take on. They restrict their attention to the term “causal effect”. This may sound tautological to a philosopher: surely, by definition, all effects are causal? But the phrase is not tautological in the epidemiological context. It means an observed, quantitatively expressed association that is explained by a causal connection between the two associated variables, as opposed to being caused or modified by a confounding variable, or arising by chance. “Causal effect” is a quantitative concept. The associations that are deemed to be causal effects are quantified. Typically, the phrase “estimating causal effect” means arriving at a quantitative measure of an observed association that is due to a given cause. This could be a proportion of the total observed association, for example, the proportion of lung cancer among Korean males that is due to smoking, or the proportion of the obesity that is due to genetic factors, or the proportion of morbidity that is due to obesity. It may also mean estimating how much effect a given cause has: for example, the extent to which smokers’ risk of lung cancer is elevated compared to non-smokers, or the extent to which certain dietary features raises the risk of obesity compared to other diets, or the extent to which morbidity is increase by obesity compared to morbidity among the non-obese. The key point of the POA, including Hernán, is that such measures only make sense if you clearly specify what you are estimating a difference from, and then specify the cause as a specific change in that scenario—as specific as possible. Much existing observational epidemiology fails to be adequately clear in this regard, according to Hernán, and it is to this lack of clarity that Hernán attributes many of the failings of observational epidemiology—rather than to the lack of randomization. In a trial, the investigators must design a suitable intervention. This means that they are automatically forced to consider this intervention with some care and ensure that it is suitably monolithic: for example, that a drug is administered at the same time of day, by the same means (oral, intravenous, etc.). This doesn’t guarantee that there won’t be residual confounders—differences between the different ways the intervention is carried out that themselves produce some sort of effect that modifies the observed association. However, it forces the investigators at least to think about it. (Moreover, in Hernán’s view, the fact that an intervention is “done” makes it much more likely that the technical property of consistency is satisfied (Hernán and Taubman 2008, p. S11), a point to which I will return in Sect. 5). In an observational study, by definition, there is no actual intervention. The innovation of the POA is to interpret observational data as if an intervention had been made. We seek to emulate a trial as closely as possible in both the study design and the analysis. For example, rather than comparing mortality between obese with non-obese groups, we imagine that the obese group were the result of some intervention on the non-obese group. If the study has not recorded enough information about lifestyle, this may not be possible, in which case no causal effect can be estimated. If, however, we do have information about exercise habits, diet, and so forth, then we treat the obese group as if we had made these various interventions, and estimate the effect of these interventions on mortality. There is no space for directly estimating the effect of obesity on mortality since there is more than one way that obesity may come about, and these different ways may themselves have an effect on mortality. Thus causal effect can be meaningfully estimated in observational studies, provided that the estimate is expressed as the effect of a hypothetical intervention. Hernán’s proposals and those of others in the POA movement have attracted considerable attention among epidemiologists, both positive and negative. In my opinion, the critical themes in the growing literature are crystalizing into two main objections, one pragmatic, the other theoretical. 3.1 The pragmatic objection The pragmatic objection is that there are situations where we suspect or even know that we cannot specify an intervention with any degree of clarity, but where quantitative estimates of causal effect seem useful nonetheless (Krieger and Davey Smith 2016). This is the deep concern of social epidemiologists, who often attempt to estimate causal effect of variables such as race status. While they may admit that such estimates are difficult and to be treated circumspectly, they nonetheless don’t want to accept that they are ill-defined and meaningless. For instance, race status seems to be associated with health status, and there are compelling reasons to suspect at least some causality (Krieger 2008). There are also estimates of the degree of the effect that suggests it is substantial, and these estimates sometimes appear to be best explained partly by appeal to socially-mediated effects of race. But the potential cause itself, “race”, is not easy to characterize (Lorusso and Bacchini 2015). Is it to be defined by reference to biological features? If so, which ones? Skin colour? Genetic markers? Or is it a social construct—even a personal choice, if self-identification is the tool of detection? If it is a social construct, what does that mean? It is even trickier to specify an intervention against which the effect of race is to be measured, as the POA requires for an estimate of causal effect. When we say “if this person were white, they would have got the job”, what exactly is the scenario we are imagining? One where the same person becomes white? One where they were always white—in which case, one where they are shaped by all other potential effects of being white? Do they speak with the same accent? Do they know the same things? Do they share a culture or a mother tongue? In an observational study one may try to settle such questions as far as possible. Few would doubt that doing so is desirable; for example, a comparison of the effects of race between groups with very different income will also be a study of the effect of income. But one will typically end up with many other differences. In this situation, the usual response is to consider in the discussion section whether or to what extent the residual confounders matter, employing background knowledge, common sense, and other such crude instruments. The usual response is not to seek to clearly specify a hypothetical intervention whose effect can then be meaningfully estimated. Strategies of this kind have been tried by POA enthusiasts, for example, by estimating race as the residual effect once effects of other more manipulable variables have been estimated (VanderWeele and Robinson 2014). Such approaches cannot be said to have taken off among social epidemiologists (Krieger and Davey Smith 2016). They appear contrived, and even euphemistic (Glymour and Glymour 2014), not dissimilarly to the past reluctance of epidemiologists to talk about causes. If our data suggests that being African American reduces your life expectancy compared to an equivalent Caucasian counterpart, then it is helpful for everyone if we just to come out and say so. Hence the usual response: to consider in the discussion section whether or to what extent the residual confounders matter, employing background knowledge, common sense, and other such crude instruments. Social epidemiologists thus refuse to accept that their estimates of “causal effect” are meaningless. They hold that they may convey useful information (which implies meaning something) despite being imperfect. Social epidemiologists are apt to see the POA as “ivory tower epidemiology”: elegant, sophisticated, but impractical and disconnected. This pragmatic response to the POA is powerful, but it may be resisted by a principled stance that the desirability of estimates of causal effect of variables such as race is no argument for its possibility, and that the social epidemiologists are guilty of wishful thinking. However, if the POA wishes to adopt the stance of the principled theoretician, then it needs to face a principled, theoretical objection, to which I now turn. 3.2 The theoretical objection Hernán’s claim is that, by clearly specifying an intervention whose effect we are estimating, we achieve a meaningful estimate of causal effect. The objection that I now wish to pursue is that the specification of an intervention relies on the same kind of crude, pragmatic reasoning about unknown or unestimated confounders that one might expect in the discussion section of a traditional paper estimating a causal effect in an observational study. An example that Hernán and I have both treated elsewhere is obesity (Broadbent 2015; Vandenbroucke et al. 2016; Broadbent et al. 2016a, b). Hernán holds that it is meaningless to estimate the effect of obesity on morbidity unless one has in mind some particular obesity-reducing intervention, against which the effect of obesity is measured; or, equivalently, unless one is measuring the effect of some specific intervention to reduce obesity (Hernán and Taubman 2008). However, as I have argued elsewhere our ignorance means that we may not be able to meet these criteria. We may not know whether one’s intervention is well-specified. One of Hernán’s own examples of a well-specified intervention is 1 h of exercise per day. But this may not be well-specified; in fact it probably is not (Vandenbroucke et al. 2016). There are many different kinds of exercise and it is plausible that they have different effects on obesity, mortality, or both. Strenuous running, swimming, weightlifting, cycling, squash, rowing, karate, and rugby probably have different effects on both obesity and mortality (even controlling for injuries). “What kind of exercise will help me lose the most weight?” is a common question. There is even research on this (not always very good research), with a market in the fitness industry (“High Intensity Interval Training” being the current hot idea). Of course, given what we now know about the effects of different kinds of exercise, we could fix up this particular example by specifying the kind of exercise we mean. But the point is that we do not necessarily know when specifying an intervention whether it is well-specified. Even if we did try to fix the example up, we might pass over some detail that future research identifies as crucial–as crucial as the difference between LDL and HDL cholesterol, for example. In practice, one tries to make educated guesses, relying on background knowledge, common sense, and other such crude approaches. This is just the same way in which one deals with the possibility of residual confounders in a discussion of a traditional attributable risk estimate. That’s because these other variables are residual confounders, with respect to the intervention in question. We may insist that an intervention is not well-specified until all confounders are accounted for—until the specification is so tight that there’s nothing left that could possibly interfere with the inference. But that’s simply not possible, for real human investigators. Hernán, along with other POA advocates, face a quandary. They can refuse to allow that an intervention is well-specified until it all the causally relevant aspects of the intervention have been specified. But then well-specified interventions are impossible. Alternatively, they may allow some degree of practical, informal, dirty assuming and appeal to background knowledge. But then they are opening the door to all the woes of traditional approaches to causal inference. These are not only the epistemic problems of residual confounding. They are also the corresponding semantic problems of lack of clear specification of contrasting counterfactual scenarios. For it was the multiplicity of residual differences between populations that Hernán objected to, when he insisted that estimates of causal effect were unclear without a clearly specified intervention. Specifying an intervention may appear to help, but it is only an appearance. On closer examination, there’s nothing special about specifying an intervention. One still lives with many unspecified residual differences between one’s comparator populations, the hypothetically intervened-upon and the control. Another way to put the point is that, while more precise specification of one’s populations is often helpful, there is nothing special about specifying an intervention. That’s one way to increase precision, but it doesn’t force precision. It’s no different in principle from other, more familiar ways of doing the same thing, such as controlling for other potential confounders. Just as the epistemological difference between trials and observational studies is one of degree and not kind, so the semantic difference is also not one of kind. At this stage, two reactions are possible, one despairing, the other hopeful. The despairing reaction is to see the persistence of residual confounding as the nail in the coffin of observational epidemiology, at least insofar as it hopes to estimate causal effect. The other is to resist the POA’s restrictive approach to causal inference, on the basis that it doesn’t solve the problem of residual confounding, and thus doesn’t bring observational studies any closer to the inferential advantages of randomized trials. I will advocate the latter approach in the next section. 4 Completing the realist turn Hernán sets out to eliminate censorship of the C-word. But he does so by imposing a further restriction on its use. Why do this? Why not simply say that epidemiologists ought to feel free to use terms like “cause” or “causal effect” whenever they think it appropriate, in stating their aims or conclusions? The answer I want to explore in this final substantive section is that Hernán, and the POA in general, has confused the measure with the thing measured. The insistence on precise definition of interventions arises from the concern that, without that, expressions of causal effect will be vague. Hernán equates vagueness and imprecision with meaninglessness. It is one thing to prize clarity, another to equate clarity with meaningfulness. Hernán’s approach is akin to that of the logical positivists, who insisted that unless a statement could be cashed out in terms of its verification conditions, it was meaningless (Ayer 1952). Hernán does not appeal to verification conditions, but to counterfactual scenarios. If a causal claim cannot be cashed out in terms of corresponding counterfactuals, it is not clear enough to be meaningful. This is a different condition on meaningfulness than that used by the positivists, but it is the same approach. By contrast, if one is a realist about causal effect, then one would hold that more or less precise attempts to refer to it, estimate it, and so forth may be meaningful, and may approach the truth to a greater or lesser degree. On a realist approach to semantics, whether one is right about something, and whether one succeeds in talking about it in the first place, are two different things. The appropriate attitude to estimates of causal effect is realist, not positivist. Estimates of causal effect are not just so many operations on the data. They are attempts to describe an underlying reality. Different effect measures seek to describe different aspects of that single reality or express it in different ways. This means that an estimate of causal effect need not be precise in order to be meaningful. This is a good thing for traditional epidemiology and the POA alike, since, as I have argued, they are in the same boat as regards the impossibility of a fully precise specification of the meaning of an estimate of causal effect. In the remainder of this section I will unpack these lines of thought: that the POA’s restrictions are positivistic in character, and that realism about causal effect is a more attractive than positivism. 4.1 The POA’s restrictions as positivistic At the heart of logical positivism is the idea that “metaphysical” talk is meaningless and should be eschewed in the sciences, which are not concerned with poetry and other non-literal uses of language. Talk is meaningless when we cannot specify the circumstances in which a hypothetical sense experience could show its truth or falsity: We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition it purports to express—that is, if he knows what observations would lead him under certain conditions, to accept the proposition as being true, or reject it as being false. (Ayer 1952, p. 48) While there is no mention of possible experiences in Hernán’s writing, and while Hernán is obviously not committing himself to verificationism in his work on causal inference, there is nonetheless a resonance between Ayer’s verification conditions and Hernán’s well-defined counterfactuals. The former are conditions under which a proposition would be accepted as true/rejected as false (notably itself a counterfactual), while the latter are scenarios in which a causal claim would be accepted as true/rejected as false. Moreover, there is a striking parallel of strategy between the verificationist and Hernán. That strategy is to insist that a term is not meaningful unless it can be reduced to some other terminology, whose meaningfulness is beyond doubt. Logical positivism is founded on a deep epistemological skepticism. A world beyond immediate experience cannot be proved, nor even talked about. All our talk must ultimately be reducible into a language of sense data. The same skepticism applies when positivism is applied in other domains, for example, the legal domain. Legal positivism holds that there is nothing more to law that what is written in the law books or uttered in the courts. Logical positivism is nonetheless epistemically optimistic about science, but only provided that science remains rigorously precise, and does not stray off into meaningless nonsense. Provided that its theoretical terms are suitably defined in terms of an observation language, science is a powerful tool for systematizing our experiences, and expressing large quantities of empirical truth elegantly and concisely. Much philosophical work in the twentieth century involved working out how the theoretical vocabulary got its meaning from the observational vocabulary (Nagel 1961; Lewis 1970), notwithstanding the fact that no science actually distinguished its theoretical and observational vocabularies—one of the points that eventually led to the undoing of the positivist project. On a positivistic view, there is nothing more to an estimate of causal effect than what is said when it is expressed, just as in legal positivism there is nothing more to the law than what is written or ruled. All the various measures that one finds in an epidemiological textbook have equal “reality”; they are ways of expressing association. Estimates of causal effect differ from non-causal expressions only in that it they are counterfactual assertions about an association. If we do not properly specify the counterfactuals in question then what we are saying is meaningless, or at least does not have a determinate meaning. I do not know whether epidemiology in general, the POA, or Hernán are logical positivist in history or inclination. I do suspect some strong influences, given that epidemiology is a statistical science, and that twentieth century statistics was influenced by logical positivism. My point is simply that the POA’s approach to estimates of causal effect is positivistic, in the sense described. 4.2 Realism about causal effect Logical positivism exerted a huge influence on science in general, and continues to do so. The insistence on clarity and technical rigor are valuable. However, the accompanying theories of meaning, and the underlying epistemological and metaphysical worldviews, have largely been rejected by philosophers. Among philosophers who are sympathetic to or optimistic about science, they have usually been replaced by realist approaches or limited forms of empiricism. Among philosophers with a more cynical or pessimistic view of science, as well as among many sociologists, “science studies” scholars, anthropologists, and others whose attitudes to science are less sympathetic, they have often been replaced by relativistic views. The latter are of limited interest in the present context because they tend to step back and critique the scientific project as a whole, or bring in non-methodological and even personal considerations (such as Hernán’s career as an epidemiologist, or mine as a philosopher of science). These are not relevant to the present discussion, which is methodological in focus. Like logical positivism, scientific realism is also optimistic about science. But it adopts an entirely different view of the world, and of the source of the meaning of theoretical terms. Science aims to describe the world, on a realist view. Its theoretical terms get their meaning, not from the way they are defined, but from what they refer to. Sometimes, what they refer to is quite at odds with how we defined them. That is because we can succeed in referring to something while being quite wrong about it. It took us a while to realise that the evening star was the morning star (both being the planet Venus). On a realist view, we were nevertheless referring to the same thing all the time. On a positivist view, we were either referring to two different sets of sense experience, or else were not successful in referring to anything at all. It is here that I perceive a tension in Hernán’s thinking, and in the POA’s approach more generally. Despite adopting a positivistic strategy towards causal terminology, Hernán’s implicit stance towards causal effect is realist. It makes no sense, for him, to allow ourselves to speak only about association. It makes no sense because we are looking to understand causation, and causation is distinct from the evidence we have about it. This is fundamentally a realist stance. Causal connections between exposures and outcomes are “out there”, and we want to know about them. Our studies provide evidence that tells, more or less strongly, in favor of or against any hypothesized “out there” causal connection. Trials tell more strongly; observational studies, less. This stance makes sense against a realist background, because scientific realism holds (among other things) that science is the business of trying to describe and understand entities and processes that are really out there, and succeeding or failing to the extent that we get this right. It makes no sense against a positivist background, where all we can talk about—let alone know about—is what we can, in principle, observe. Finally we get to the point I wish to make about Hernán’s realism, and about the POA more generally. If causality is “out there”, and if we wish to know about it, then it is mistaken to impose a given definition as a necessary condition on the meaningfulness of causal claims. On a realist semantics, the meaning of causal terms is determined by the nature of causation itself. We can succeed in talking about something, yet still be wrong about it. To this extent, what our words mean is not entirely determined by how we define them (Kripke 1972; Putnam 1978). Our definitions can be wrong: a term can be about something that is not very much at all how the definition describes it. This is so whether or not the definition is precise. Within a positivist framework, precise definition is necessary to avoid talking nonsense. Within a realist framework, precise definition is desirable because it demonstrates a good understanding of the nature of the thing we are talking about. But it is not necessary for the avoidance of nonsense. Indeed, to insist on a precise definition within a realist framework, as a precondition of meaningful talk, is incoherent. Compare some everyday thing about which we are naively realist in everyday talk. To insist on a precise definition of “dog” before accepting that it means anything to say “the dog bit me” is obviously silly. One does not have to be a zoologist to say that one has been bitten by a dog. If causation is “out there” then our definitions are attempts to correctly describe what is “out there”. We are not at liberty to just define a term any old way we like; we can do this, but then what we are doing is pointless, and is moreover bound to lead us into error, since chimera are not governed by the laws of nature. If we get our definitions wrong, then we go wrong when we start generalizing from the tiny portion of the universe that we have observed. Generalizations and extrapolations only stand a chance of working if we frame them in terms that “carve the world at its joints”. If we insist on a given definition of cause merely for its precision, then we risk being wrong about the thing we are talking about. Even if we qualify this insistence, as POA advocates sometimes do, to the kind of cause we are talking about, then we may still be wrong: our definition may attribute the wrong properties to the thing that we are, as a matter of fact, talking about. The POA falls into this trap by insisting that causal claims be expressed by reference to well-defined interventions, when a well-defined intervention is an impossibility by the high standards of the POA. Better for the POA and traditional epidemiology both to accept that there is such a thing as causal effect, which various expressions, techniques and so forth may seek to estimate with more or less precision. 5 Conclusion: against censoring the P-word The POA provides a useful set of tools that can be applied when an intervention is specified. This, in itself, is a good reason to seek well-defined interventions. However, an intervention is only as well-defined at a certain level of resolution. Go deeper, and we will see many features of the intervention left unspecified, features that may correspond to sources of residual confounding. Estimating the causal effect of an exposure on an outcome without specifying an intervention is not categorically different. In both cases we appeal to background knowledge to deal as best we can with the situation, and adopt a pragmatic attitude. The conclusion of this line of argument is thus a pluralistic one. While the POA provides a useful set of tools, specifying an intervention is not a magic bullet—neither for eliminating confounders nor for ensuring precision in our expression of causal effect estimates. Epidemiologists can continue to estimate attributable risks, adjust for known confounders, and so forth, as they have done before. They would do well to heed Hernán’s insistence on clarity, but they do not have to specify interventions. On the other hand, those who adopt the POA approach must resist the temptation to assume that they have automatically achieved clarity by specifying an intervention, and must certainly not be tempted to think that they have eliminated confounders. Residual confounding is an ineliminable risk of observational studies. Hernán acknowledges all of the above: that interventions cannot be fully specified, but that specifying them is an advantage of degree of clarity rather than kind, and so forth. He indicates, however, that these points relate to exchangeability rather than consistency, and that the latter is the key attribute that interventions bring. But his argument on this point becomes difficult to follow. Consistency is a property of an intervention such that, in the scenario where the intervention is done, if it were done, the outcome would be as it actually is. In Hernán’s view this is trivially satisfied in a trial: …consistency is a trivial condition in randomized experiments. For example, consider a subject who was assigned to the intervention group A = 1 in your randomized trial. By definition, it is true that, had he been assigned to the intervention, his counterfactual outcome would have been equal to his observed outcome. (Hernán and Taubman 2008, p. S11) However, in Hernán’s view, it is not trivially satisfied in observational studies: Suppose that, in [an] observational study …, the data analyst compared the mortality of subjects who happened to have a BMI of 30 (A = 1) and a BMI of 20 (A = 0) at baseline. Now consider a study subject who had a BMI of 20 at baseline. It is not obvious that, had he been assigned to a BMI of 20 some time before baseline, his counterfactual outcome at the end of the study would have been necessarily equal to his observed outcome because there are many possible methods to assign someone to a BMI of 20. (Hernán and Taubman 2008, p. S11) But consistency does not concern the value of a variable at some earlier time. It concerns the actual value of a variable, at a time in question. Hernán’s point seems to be simply that “BMI 20” could come about in more than one way. There is really no difference between saying this and saying that an intervention could come about in more than one way, which, as I argued in Sect. 3.2, is an unavoidable reality. Regardless, I strongly doubt that anyone who has been taken with the POA or Hernán’s work has found the crucial passage on consistency, upon which the whole of the rest hangs, decisive. I suspect that for many it is a forgotten or misunderstood detail. It is one of the jobs of philosophers to chase such details up, and continue digging for answers and seeking clarity when others are satisfied. Hernán himself adopts this attitude towards traditional estimates of causal effect, which indeed often are too vague. In this regard, Hernán is a philosopher of epidemiology. Epidemiologists who engage in thinking about the nature of causality are doing philosophy, whether they call it that or not. Hernán writes: In a perfect example of cognitive dissonance, scientific journals often publish articles that avoid ever mentioning their obviously causal goal. It is time to call things by their name. If your thinking clearly separates association from causation, make sure your writing does too. (Hernán 2018, p. 618) If it is time to call things by their name, then we should call Hernán’s recent paper, as well as several of his others, philosophical. The big advantage of calling philosophical work by its name is that of inheriting the fruits of previous labor. Perhaps epidemiologists are afraid of dabbling in a discipline where they are not experts. However, cooperative philosophers—of whom there are some—will want to help them, because in doing so they will discover things that of interest to themselves. The main disadvantage of calling philosophy by its name is the lack of a guarantee that the discipline of philosophy is a healthy and rigorous one. This is something that concerns many scientists with regard to many humanities disciplines, and not without reason: there is a lot of nonsense out there. There is also the risk that individuals in the discipline are going sidetrack or completely derail you, for the sake of their own careers, or simply to look clever. I have not addressed these worries directly, but I hope that I have done so indirectly. I hope that this paper may offer some assurance that the relevant areas of analytic philosophy are a rigorous and healthy, and that the risk of derailing is small enough to be worth the potential benefit. Notes Funding Funding was provided by National Research Foundation (P-rating). Publisher’s Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. References Ayer, A. J. (1952). Language, truth, and logic (2nd ed.). New York: Dover Publications Inc.Google Scholar Broadbent, A. (2013). Philosophy of epidemiology. 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J. (2015). Explanation in causal inference: Methods for mediation and interaction. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar VanderWeele, T. J., & Hernán, M. A. (2012). Causal effects and natural laws: Towards a conceptualization of causal counterfactulas for nonmanipulable exposures, with application to the effects of race and sex. In C. Berzuini, P. Dawid, & L. Bernardinelli (Eds.), Causality: Statistical perspectives and applications (pp. 101–113). Chichester: Wiley.CrossRefGoogle Scholar VanderWeele, T. J., & Robinson, W. R. (2014). On the causal interpretation of race in regressions adjusting for confounding and mediating variables. Epidemiology, 25(4), 473–484.CrossRefGoogle Scholar Copyright information © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Authors and Affiliations Alex Broadbent1Email authorView author's OrcID profile1.African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of ScienceUniversity of JohannesburgAuckland ParkSouth Africa
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10 Fun Facts About Dogs
In Interesting on August 27, 2018 - 12:39
We already know that dogs are extremely loyal, smart, fun to be around and so darn cute. But did you know these cool things about them?
1- Theoretically, a female dog and her offspring can produce almost 67,000 puppies in a span of six years. The average litter size is about 5-7 puppies depending on the size of the breed and age of the mother.
2- Dogs can learn and understand up to 250 words according to dog psychologists.
3 – A dog’s sense of smell is 10,000-100,000 stronger than humans. They can smell things such as bedbugs, whale poop, cancer, drugs, bombs, weapons and much more.
4- Rin Tin Tin, a rescue dog from a World War 1 battlefield, was the first international dog movie star.
5- Dalmatian puppies are born with an all-white coat. Their famous dark spots start to show in their coat when they are about 2 weeks old.
6- The Basenji, a breed of hunting dog originating in central Africa, is the only type of dog in the world who doesn’t bark. They may also be the first domesticated dogs.
7 – The tallest dog living is ‘Freddy’, owned by Claire Stoneman (UK), who was 1.035 m (3 ft 4.75 in) tall when measured in Leigh-on-Sea, UK, on 13 September 2016.
8- There are about two dozen stray dogs that navigate the Moscow, Russia metro-system.
9- There are approximately 340 breeds recognized by the World Canine Organization.
10 – There are approximately 89.7 million households in the USA that own one or more dogs and an estimated 520 million dogs on the planet Earth.
What’s the most interesting thing that you have learned about dogs?
Other Fun Reads and Citations:
https://familypet.com/on-average-how-many-words-can-a-dog-learn/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rin_Tin_Tin
https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/basenji/
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/products/books/amazing-animals-2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3503544/How-Moscow-s-metro-dogs-learned-navigate-city-s-subways-Canine-senses-help-master-complex-routes-claims-scientist.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/198100/dogs-in-the-united-states-since-2000/
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A World of Hurt
Tufts researchers address the long-neglected and poorly understood problem of chronic pain, and work to relieve the isolation of its sufferers
“Chronic pain is like water damage to a house,” says Daniel Carr, professor of medicine at Tufts and a nationally known pain expert. “If it goes on long enough, the house collapses. By the time most patients make their way to a pain clinic, it’s very late
By Bruce Morgan
Pamela Ressler was a nurse at Boston-area hospitals for about 20 years before she encountered pain in a serious way. As she says, “Pain was a background issue or a side issue in my R.N. years. Pain was just a symptom to be treated.” That was before her life, and her understanding of pain, took a dramatic turn.
Ressler’s son, Nick, who was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at age 3, entered a hospital for emergency treatment for pancreatitis during his middle-school years. He was in terrible pain, typical for the condition, she says. Before long, Nick developed bile duct cancer, and he was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital—by many measures, one of the nation’s finest. Nick’s pain never relented, despite anything and everything that modern medicine could bring to bear. The failure left Ressler baffled and dismayed. “I couldn’t believe it,” she recalls. “Here we have the best care in the world, and he’s still in tremendous pain.”
A feeling of acute isolation was one consequence of the sensory damage. As author Melanie Thernstrom points out in her revelatory best-selling 2010 book The Pain Chronicles, which describes her decade-long hunt among specialists for relief from a shoulder injury, “To be in physical pain is to find yourself in a different realm—a state of being unlike any other, a magic mountain as far removed from the familiar world as a dreamscape. Usually, pain subsides; one wakes from it as from a nightmare, trying to forget it as quickly as possible. But what of pain that persists? The longer it endures, the more excruciating the exile becomes.”
There was a lot of pain and a lot of crying in Nick’s hospital room. When Nick told his mom and dad that he just wanted to be a kid again, they realized some of what he had lost to his illness. They promptly brought him his two favorite guitars from home, as well as a laptop. Nick played his guitar for the residents, and eagerly logged onto the web to chat with friends back home. “He’d be on with his friends, and there wouldn’t be any pain,” says Ressler. “He could be Nick again.”
Her son died in April 2001 at age 14. That experience in the hospital transformed Ressler. She continued working as a nurse for several more years before deciding, at age 48, to enter the Pain Research, Education and Policy Program (PREP) at Tufts—a one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary master’s degree designed for health professionals. Ressler was determined to learn more about two concerns that nagged at her in the weeks and months following her son’s death.
Why had doctors been unable to treat her son’s pain adequately in his final days? And how might the simple things that she had seen restore her son’s quality of life—such as having the lifeline of a computer near at hand—be applied to a wider community?
The history of pain must be seen through a cultural filter. It’s a complicated picture, to say the least, more like a braided rope than a clothesline. At every point since Creation, a physician’s way of thinking about pain, and by extension the average patient’s experience of pain, has been orchestrated by the belief system that frames its occurrence.
By many religious accounts, pain began in the Garden of Eden. Adam bit the forbidden apple, and the headaches for everyone began right there. As we all know, women were condemned by God to suffer in childbirth as one consequence of the Fall, but that was just the start. “Thorns also and thistles shall [the ground] bring forth to thee,” God tells Adam after his grave transgression. Those were the truly dark days of pain, once the fig leaves came off.
Over time, as civilization has developed far enough to include iPods and cappuccinos among its amenities, the meaning—which is to say the human interpretation—of pain has changed dramatically. But in the ancient world, pain was always something more than mere bodily injury. It was seen as a signifier, a judgment delivered from above that reflected fair punishment for the soul’s demerits.
Pain and the spirit were always closely linked, and sometimes for good, according to the prevailing view. Pilgrims and ascetics struggled to get nearer to God by enduring painful rites of all kinds. Martyrs sought out painful deaths—the more painful, the better.
A deep belief in the spiritual properties of pain led to its regular use in jurisprudence in the pre-modern world, not only for punishment but also for determining the guilt or innocence of a suspect. This system was known as “trial by ordeal.” Suspects would be forced to walk on burning coals or to plunge their hands into a pot of boiling water. If God failed to protect them from pain, they were guilty.
The arrival of anesthesia in the mid-19th century threw a wrench into the conventional understanding of pain by removing its necessity. Many Christian churches objected to the use of the new anesthetic approach on the grounds that it contradicted God’s commandment to Eve concerning the pain of childbirth. Doctors lent their voices to the resistance, arguing that pain was conducive to healing. “Pain during operations is, in the majority of cases, even desirable; its prevention or annihilation is, for the most part, hazardous to the patient,” wrote a British physician. Eliminating pain was seen as tinkering with the natural order.
Rare as Hen’s Teeth
Nevertheless, by the end of the Victorian era the game had changed irreversibly. Pain no longer held any meaning in medical practice—or if it did, that meaning was greatly subdued. Instead, doctors in the early 20th century overwhelmingly began to view pain in simple physiological terms, as a biological symptom of disease that could be, and should be, mediated through timely intervention.
That brings us to the current day. As Ressler’s experience with her chronically ill son in the hospital suggests, and The Pain Chronicles confirms, the treatment of pain in the United States—particularly chronic pain lasting several months or more—is largely ineffective because it is so little understood.
The confusion makes sense. After all, the field is still pretty new. Pain medicine as a specialty did not get off the ground until after World War II, when the anesthesiologist John Bonica published the first textbook on pain management, relaying what he had learned from treating wounded soldiers. That was 1953. Even now, pain specialists in the United States are rare as hen’s teeth, numbering about 2,500.
As part of the foundation for her book, Thernstrom spent a substantial amount of time conducting background research at Tufts. She sat in on PREP classes and observed patients being assessed and treated in the program’s then-operative pain clinic. One thing she came away with most tellingly was the memory of “stricken bewilderment” she saw on the faces of patients, both at Tufts and elsewhere around the country.
The public toll of chronic pain is immense. More than 116 million Americans struggle with chronic pain each year, and associated medical charges and lost productivity cost the nation as much as $635 billion annually, according to an Institute of Medicine report released last summer. “That’s a conservative estimate of the overall economic impact, because it excludes children, members of the military and individuals in nursing homes or chronic-care facilities,” says Philip Pizzo, chair of the IOM panel that published the report. “We are looking at a broad demography of pain.”
Despite a wide array of techniques that doctors use to address the problem, including (but not limited to) drugs, surgery, targeted injections, physical therapy, ultrasound, acupuncture and meditation, pain is radically undertreated. As one example, a 1998 appraisal of elderly women in nursing homes with metastatic breast cancer found that only a quarter of them had received adequate pain treatment; one fourth got no treatment at all. A survey conducted by the Stanford University Medical Center in 2005 found that only 50 percent of chronic pain sufferers who had spoken to a doctor got what they felt was sufficient relief.
A Life of Its Own
These findings are by no means aberrations. Melanie Thernstrom, a New York Times contributor in her 40s with ample time and money, ruefully describes bouncing from one recommended specialist to another around the country over the past decade without much success, flailing and helpless in her pain.
From most doctors she gets a rapid-fire diagnosis and a briskly offered treatment plan. In one city after another, the process is the same: it’s as though she needs brain surgery but is being handed an aspirin.
By visiting leading pain researchers along the way, the author uncovers a dramatic gulf between what scientists and doctors know about chronic pain. “The gap between what’s going on in the lab and among practitioners is enormous,” says one prominent pain expert quoted by Thernstrom. “Pain management now is on the level that treatment of TB once occupied—driven by desperation on the part of the patient and the clinician.”
Many doctors are simply out of date in their thinking. Acute pain and chronic pain, though often mentioned in the same breath, bear little resemblance to each other, researchers have found. Acute pain is a broken arm. It hurts, and then it gets better. Chronic pain, in contrast, is like a beast that enters your body and makes its home there, taking on a life of its own. In many cases, the problem is too complicated for the palette of modern medicine to resolve.
Although the label remains controversial, chronic pain resembles a disease. It is a pathology of the nervous system that brings abnormal changes to the brain and spinal cord, damaging the body more severely the longer it endures.
The brain damage may come as a surprise. But when pain researcher A. Vania Apkarian at Northwestern University compared brain images of normal subjects with those of 26 patients who had suffered unrelenting back pain for more than a year, his scans revealed that chronic pain had dramatically reduced the gray matter of the patients’ brains. While normal aging causes gray matter to atrophy by approximately half of 1 percent a year, the gray matter of the chronic pain patients showed losses between 5 and 11 percent, the equivalent of 10 to 20 years’ worth of aging.
That wasn’t all. While normal aging causes atrophy in areas throughout the brain, chronic pain concentrates its damage in those parts of the brain devoted to modulating pain. Pain worsens, in other words, because of the intended function of the brain matter that has been lost. First, intense pain makes its presence felt; as one consequence, brain matter is eaten away; the pain becomes more acute; more brain function is destroyed, and so forth in a downward spiral.
Another complication stems from nervous system efficiency. The longer that nerves carry pain messages along their routes, the more efficient those pathways become. Recent research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, has found that progressively deeper levels of pain cells in the spinal cord are activated the longer an injury is sustained.
“Chronic pain is like water damage to a house,” confirms Daniel Carr, professor of medicine at Tufts, director of the PREP program and a nationally known pain expert. “If it goes on long enough, the house collapses. By the time most patients make their way to a pain clinic, it’s very late.”
In her book, Thernstrom underscores Carr’s observation by describing the more than 100 patients she met at pain clinics around the country. They were frequently shattered and weeping. Many had lost their jobs, their friends, their marriages or their homes as a consequence of the wrenching pain they bore.
Perhaps surprisingly, these patients were often stumped when asked to describe their pain. Language turns out to be a recurrent problem in the field. A doctor will typically ask a patient to locate his or her pain on a scale of one to 10. In many cases, that’s about as far as the conversation goes, or can go. Medical disbelief in a patient’s pain—which is, after all, subjective and frequently intertwined with depression—provides a further roadblock. When patients say they have pain, the doctor may answer simply, “Well, you shouldn’t.” (End of discussion.)
Not being heard by their physicians is one of the great complaints that pain sufferers express repeatedly. And after not being heard, patients are unlikely to follow whatever regimen the doctor prescribes. They feel they are getting the brush-off and rarely follow through.
In Thernstrom’s reporting, Carr stands out as a shining exception to the rule. She observes his office encounter with a middle-aged Boston patient who, years earlier, had undergone surgery for a brain tumor. The surgeon had accidently nicked a nerve, leaving her with obscure, debilitating pain that has turned her life inside out. Carr sits with the woman and listens patiently, calmly, his hands folded in his lap, before offering his recommendations for treatment. The woman feels heard for the first time in years. After religiously heeding Carr’s treatment plan, her pain relents (“He’s my savior,” the patient later says of Carr), and her life is changed.
Far-flung Sufferers
A feeling of connection made the difference. Remember Pam Ressler and her son Nick in the hospital room? After she entered the PREP program and immersed herself in chronic pain and the largely uncharted world of those suffering from pain, she became even more ardently committed to the idea of using the Internet to reach those people and reduce their isolation. She had seen it work with Nick, so she figured it should work on a larger scale as well. “Telling the patient’s story and allowing them to have a voice is essential to the treatment of pain,” says Ressler, now an adjunct lecturer in the PREP program.
One proof of this lay in blogging. Last summer Ressler and some colleagues conducted a survey of 230 chronic illness and pain sufferers who had turned to the web for self-expression. Diseases or conditions represented among the bloggers included cancer, diabetes, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis and cerebral palsy, among others. A general finding of the survey confirmed Ressler’s belief that blogging relieved personal isolation while providing a renewed sense of purpose. “First, I was helped, now I am helping…a reminder that I am part of the world,” wrote one respondent. (See the story “Healing Words” for more on this research.)
Ressler has taken the concept further in recent days by guest-hosting the weekly Wego Health/Health Activists tweet chat under the auspices of the PREP program (follow on Twitter @wegohealth). For a newcomer, it is eye-opening to enter this virtual community and see the many ways that participants can help each other, even in the abbreviated 140-character Twitter format.
“We need to expand our toolbox for chronic pain,” Ressler suggests at the start of a recent hourlong chat. “Meditation, yoga, tai chi, all can play a role.” A few seconds elapse before someone tweets in response, “I totally agree. We also need to add diet changes to our toolbox.” Another person tweets: “This month I have been learning meditation and taking a chronic pain yoga class. BOTH are helping to relieve my pain!”
The conversation proceeds at a rapid clip. Often the only trace of individual complaint comes through the contributor’s Twitter handle of “@arthritisashley” or “@lupusgrl.” It’s easy to imagine these people lying in bed at home or seated at work (do their friends and colleagues know their medical history?) or cruising along a country road anywhere on earth.
The distribution of tweeters is global. When one tweeter laments the high cost of her institutional dealings with chronic pain, another tweeter answers, well, that doesn’t apply to her, since she’s in the U.K. Another gives an exultant cry of “Hugs all to y’all, virtually” at signoff, and we collectively realize she’s probably joined the chat from somewhere down South.
Ressler distinguishes between pain and suffering, which in common parlance seem welded together. They are separate. “We can address suffering, but often we don’t,” she says, offering an example. When someone learns they have metastatic cancer, the initial suffering is tremendous. That person thinks, “Wow, I may not be around for my daughter’s graduation. My time may be limited.” But then, over time, that person acquires resilience and understanding. “If those parts can be built up,” she says, “the suffering can go down, and so can the pain.”
This article for appeared in the Summer 2012 issue of Tufts Medicine magazine.
Bruce Morgan, the editor of this magazine, can be reached at bruce.morgan@tufts.edu.
Pain Research, Education and Policy
Healing Words
The Hurt Unlocker
Tai Chi and Ailing Joints
All Pain Relievers Considered
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December 2010 Relief Mission to Haiti
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December 2010 Haiti Relief Mission
Thank you in advance for your continued support and prayers and I hope this brief note finds you and yours in the best of health and spirits. The Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation with Stepping Together are planning a December Haitian Relief Mission and the dates have been finalized as November 30, 2010 to December 7, 2010! We will again be working with Arch Bishop Joel Jeune, one of the most powerful men in Haiti as head of the Catholic Church, and the people of Haiti that he serves at Grace Village, the compound of his organization Grace International, in the Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the epicenter of the earthquake.
As you know, the Village has become a refuge center, housing almost 30,000 quake victims and the compound is located precisely where the earthquake did the most damage. Most of the homes and neighborhoods surrounding Grace Village have been highly damaged, if not devastated, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and injured.
We will be working and living (in guest houses) on site, providing OBGYN care, possibly primary care (depending on staffing), health education and social support including mental health counseling. Our focus for OBGYN will be developing an ongoing clinic as there is a great need for prenatal services.
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c) Hemoglobin/hemotocrit
4. Fetoscopes (50)
5. Medicines: antibioticsanti-diabetics, antihypertensives, hormonal, prenatal vitamins, multivitamins, anesthetics, Insulin,
6. Condoms, contraceptive hormones, IUD
7. Blood pressure cuffs (100)
8. Patient gowns (1,000)
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Also, we are looking for providers who are interested in teaching as this was an urgent request from our hosts but this is dependent on us hiring translators. As such we are looking for Kreyol-speaking nurses and providers to assist us. Currently there is an RN from New York City who is willing to attend however she is in need of financial assistance. This particular RN worked with us on previous mission and her help was invaluable. If you or anyone in your organization can fund her trip costs that would be fantastic.
Other services are dependent on getting sufficient volunteers. So spread the word, this mission is open to all volunteers but our capacity is limited and preference will be given to early responders. If they have not participated on one of our previous missions then they should send their CV and the completed Volunteer Waiver forms as soon as possible. The forms are available upon request.
I want to know if you are interested in participating with the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation and Dr. Kenya Numan with Stepping Together working to aid the people of Haiti, and if so, please send me your notice asap. I have attached herein below pictures of Dr. Numan during the Mission to Haiti July 24, 2010 to service the Arch Bishop at the Village and it was a great success for all that lead to this mission!There is much work to do and the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation with Stepping Together are committed and prepared to work with you and your organizations to raise funds and organize continued relief efforts to provide assistance to countries around the world, especially Africa, the Carribean and South/Central America.
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On June 22, 2009 Abdul-Jalil sent a Tweet to Wyclef Jean informing him about the launch of Black Television News Channel, the only Afro-American 24/7 cable news network in late 2010 or early 2011and asked if he would like to attend the grand opening. Wyclef responded “I’m there!”. The tweet was as follows:
ajalil “@wyclef 2 launch Black Television News Channel(BTNC) only Afro-American 24/7 cable news network n 2010. Join us http://www.btnc.tv/”
After the Haiti earthquake, on January 13, 2010 Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation announced via Twitter to Wyclef that we would partner with Stepping Together, the Surgery Planet, and others to provide resources for vehicles, manpower, supplies, donations, information, education, etc.
The tweet was as follows:
ajalil “@ wyclef AMWFTrust.org partnering w/Stepping Together, Surgery Planet as resource 4 vehicle, manpower, supplies, donations, info, edu, etc
3:44 PM Jan 13th via TweetDeck”
Later on January 13, 2010 Abdul-Jalil sent a Tweet to Wyclef asking for followers to donate to Wyclef’s Yele Haiti Fund.
ajalil “Help Haiti survivors donate @wyclef online http://tinyurl.com/mmpyxr ..All $ go 2 Earthquake Relief Fund @yelehaiti http://bit.ly/7OOdBI
After January 20, 2010, in less than a week, we joined more than 136,000 ONE members around the world that took action to call for $1 billion in debt relief for Haiti. It soon became time to go more in-depth—on the crisis, the rebuilding, and the long-term development solutions.
We participated in an interactive conference call on Tuesday, January 26 at 8 PM (EST) to talk about Haiti and what we can do. On the call was Rep. Maxine Waters, a debt relief champion and driving force for legislative solutions; former Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist, a trained surgeon just returned from operating in a Haitian field hospital; Dr. Joia Mukherjee, medical director for Partners in Health, who is in Haiti right now; and David Meltzer, senior vice president for International Services for the American Red Cross, also just back from Haiti.
Everyone could RSVP with their phone number and ONE called you Tuesday at 8:00 PM—no phone number to remember!
http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/rsvp.html?id=1416-4212723-XIEm3Px&t=2
WHO: You, lots of other ONE members, Rep. Maxine Waters, former Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist, Dr. Joia Mukherjee from Partners in Health, David Meltzer from the Red Cross, and ONE’s President David Lane
WHAT: An interactive conference call on Haiti: Crisis, Rebuilding, and Debt Cancellation
WHEN: Tuesday, January 26 at 8:00 PM (EST)
The massive response to our “Drop Haiti’s Debt” campaign is already having an impact, with movement from both the IMF and World Bank to find ways to cancel Haiti’s debts. Efforts in both the House of Representatives and Senate to tackle this issue are promising, as well. But we need to keep the pressure up, and learn more about how we can help the Haitian people during this time of crisis and beyond.
Space was limited, but many did RSVP for this special call at:
On the call, experts and observers shared their responses to the aftermath of last week’s earthquake. They also took questions, discuss the latest news on the “Drop Haiti’s Debt” campaign, and talked about the broader development picture and what more we can do to help the Haitian people rebuild and advance in the long-term.
It couldn’t have been easier to participate in the call—you didn’t even have to remember to dial in. RSVP and they called you on Tuesday night:
In the wake of devastation comes the opportunity to rebuild, develop and strengthen. We didn’t miss our opportunity to learn the facts, help plan the future, and hear first-hand accounts of what’s going on in Haiti. We moved on that opportunity to serve those in need most!
On July 17, 2010 Abdul-Jalil spoke with Lee Variety and the Honorable Johnny Ford, former Mayor for 24 years and member of the State House of Representatives of Tuskegee, Alabama who is the Founder, Secretary General of the World Conference of Mayors (WCM) and The National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM) regarding our working on behalf of the WCM and NCBM to aid the people of Haiti.
The World Conference of Mayors has over 18,000 mayors abroad, establishing partnerships with mayoral associations, presidents and heads of state in Africa, Colombia, China, Haiti, Brazil, Jamaica, Martinique and the Bahamas. The National Conference of Black Mayors assists more than 650 African American Mayors across the United States and the 48 million citizens that they collectively represent. The WCM has established the Haitian Disaster Relief Fund and been awarded Private Volunteer Organization (PVO) status and can now provide USAID assistance to countries around the world, especially Africa, and here in the United States with their own HIV/AIDS Initiative. They also have an affiliation with the National Medical Association and partnered with the Mars Corporation to donate a shipment of Uncle Ben’s Rice to Haitian member mayors’ communities, which in turn fed over 300,000 people in Haiti.
On July 21, 2010 Abdul-Jalil spoke with Lee Variety and Arch Bishop Jeune, the most powerful man in Haiti as head of the Catholic Church, not one of the many alleged corrupt politicians there, regarding his prayer for a miracle to aid the people of Haiti that he serves at Grace Village, the compound of his organization Grace International, in the Carrefour district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the epicenter of the earthquake. Just three days later, Dr. Kenya Numan and her organization “Stepping Together” was with her crew on the ground in Haiti July 24, 2010 communicating with the Arch Bishop and at the Village by July 26, 2010!
The Village has become a refuge center, housing almost 30,000 quake victims and the compound is located precisely where the earthquake did the most damage. Most of the homes and neighborhoods surrounding Grace Village have been highly damaged, if not devastated, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and injured.
On August 12, 2010 Abdul-Jalil received a letter of “Thanks” from the Honorable Johnny Ford acknowledging an eternal debt of gratitude to the Aaron and Margaret Wallace Foundation and Stepping Together for the incredible and expedient work of arranging the Haitian relief effort with Dr. Kenya Numan to Grace Village with the Herculean effort to rearrange the logistics to reroute the mission to the Village for people in such great need! This was a tangible reality of SUCCESS in Haiti for ALL the members of the organizations world-wide rather than the many idle cocktail party rants and raves of projects that exist without any substance behind them. WE DID IT! ALL the members of the World Conference of Mayors can celebrate their success and acknowledge their contribution. You can view and/or download that letter here.
Dr. Kenya Numan gave her assessment of the Haitian Relief Effort to Grace Village as follows:
I want to let you know that I have returned from Haiti. While there I had a very good meeting at Grace International Ministries with Archbishop Jeune et al; this included a tour of their facilities. They are doing great work for the Haitian people and we would like to support them in an ongoing basis.
We are planning to return to Haiti specifically to provide an outpatient OBGYN clinic to the residents of Grace Village as well as Health Education. We are now in the planning process to make this happen successfully.
However while there I was able to assess some of their most urgent needs. Currently their three priorities for the Village are:
1. Tools: construction, cleaning: a sustaining effort so they can keep the village clean and respectable
2. Education & training: a sustainable effort in regards to health, job, etc.
3. Healthcare: a sustaining effort with monthly providers coming on an ongoing basis.
As you can see this will be quite an undertaking but my organization is committed to see this through the next 10-20 years or whatever it takes to get the job done.
I look forward to speaking with you in detail regarding this effort and how best to strategize for support from the USA, Congress, White house, etc. Please let me know what is the best number to reach you.
Peace and blessings,
On August 25, 2010 Abdul-Jalil received the letter shown below of “Thanks” from Arch Bishop Joel Jeune of Grace Village in Haiti for the Relief Mission they received from the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation with Stepping Together on behalf of The World Conference of Mayors (WCM) and The National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM). This is a tangible reality of SUCCESS in Haiti for ALL the members of the organizations world-wide rather than the many idle cocktail party rants and raves of projects that exist without any substance behind them. WE DID IT! ALL the members of the World Conference of Mayors can celebrate their success and acknowledge their contribution. Let us get that membership list updated and dispatch the letter to them all to use as a tool for their own marketing, promotional and fundraising efforts.
We are now moving forward in a meaningful way to secure financial, subsistence, construction and medical aid and support for the next mission which will take place as soon as we can unite to raise the necessary items just mentioned. If we can tap into the resources of the USAIDS and the National Medical Association we can make great progress in securing bi-weekly missions to various needed areas around the World! Let us move forward!
We are committed and prepared to work with the WCM and NCBM organizations to raise funds, provide support and organize continued relief efforts for financial donations, to deliver much needed medical support and supplies; food; clothing; educational materials; construction support and building materials; much needed personal items; and legal assistance for displaced children from orphanages that were given transportation and temporary housing in the United States with other families, churches, and organizations until homes have been rebuilt to house them. Where most relief efforts are limited, if not stopped altogether by current travel restrictions in, within, and out of Haiti, The World Conference of Mayors has some political cache that it can exercise to further achieve our united goals globally. This could be the first step toward fulfilling several of our conversations of our organization providing relief support to your efforts globally.
Additionally, in relations to our working together on relief missions here in America and globally, Abdul-Jalil is exploring the possibility of a telethon, perhaps with J. C. Watts Black Television News Channel (BTNC). To that end the WCM is prepared to provide it’s full support to your and our joint efforts to overcome the continual need for financial assistance to achieve our goals. These fundraising efforts include the proposed telethon as a measure to not only raise funds but to raise awareness for the causes as well. Now let us move forward with these joint and several fundraising efforts with a goal of working together on projects of mutual interest and support in a spirit of oneness.
Again, there is much work to do and the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation with Stepping Together are committed and prepared to work with you and your organizations to raise funds and organize continued relief efforts to provide assistance to countries around the world, especially Africa, the Caribbean and South/Central America.
Thank you all again for allowing us to helping your efforts in Haiti and I look forward to many more successful efforts globally!
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New Ad Highlights Benefits Americans Will See Because of GOP Tax Bill
"Middle class because families deserve to know how these cuts will provide them with much-needed peace of mind," AAN's executive director said in a statement.
The American Action Network (AAN) released a new digital ad this week that will appear in 36 congressional districts, and is part of the group’s $2.5 million digital ad campaign to help promote the GOP tax bill.
The ad features several people who are holding up series of signs, which tout the various benefits residents of the given congressional district will see because of the GOP tax bill.
“You may be surprised to hear that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act saves the average family in Nebraska $2,043 a year,” reads the series of signs a woman is holding at the start of the digital ad.
The next series of signs tout other benefits from the GOP tax bill including: “Lower taxes for middle-class families, nearly double the standard deduction, simplifies your taxes, and increases the child tax credit.”
Then a man appears on screen holding a series of signs that tout the various American companies that are giving their employees bonuses because of the GOP tax bill, like AT&T, Verizon, and Disney.
The ad concludes by asking people to visit YourTaxCut.com to learn more about how the GOP tax bill will impact their lives.
“AAN will continue to promote the benefits of pro-growth tax reform for the middle class because families deserve to know how these cuts will provide them with much-needed peace of mind,” AAN’s executive director Corry Bliss said in a statement that accompanied the ad.
The ad will run in 36 congressional districts, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA).
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Daniel Radcliffe slices his own head open in new movie
By Sara Stewart
October 19, 2017 | 6:04pm | Updated October 20, 2017 | 12:37pm
Daniel Radcliffe portrays Yossi Ghinsberg in the thriller "Jungle." Momentum Pictures
Daniel Radcliffe’s 2016 movie “Swiss Army Man” became known — fairly, it must be said — as “the farting corpse movie.” But his new wilderness drama, “Jungle,” boasts a gnarly claim to rival that one: It’s “the cuts a live parasite out of his forehead movie.”
Radcliffe stars in the harrowing true story of Israeli traveler Yossi Ghinsberg, who spent three weeks lost alone in the Bolivian rainforest in 1981 after getting separated from the other men in his group. At one point, he discovers that a boil on his forehead is moving underneath its surface, and takes a pocket knife to it.
Radcliffe has been in 10 films since the last “Harry Potter’ movie in 2011.Everett Collection
Nobody could accuse the 28-year-old British actor of playing it safe in his post-“Harry Potter” acting career — and why should he? Given the bountiful financial returns of starring in a world-beloved franchise, he’s free to do whatever he likes. He’s made 10 films since the final “Potter” movie in 2011, with roles including playing beat poet Allen Ginsberg in “Kill Your Darlings” (2013) and putting a new spin on the hunchbacked assistant Igor in 2015’s “Victor Frankenstein.” In two of his recent indies, he’s really gone for it in survivalist tales (though, admittedly, he was not the survivor in “Swiss Army Man”) that don’t skimp on the details of all that can go wrong with the human body.
And yet, “Something much worse happened in real life,” Radcliffe, 28, tells The Post of that moment in his new movie. “In reality, 15 to 20 of those things were inside [Ginsberg]. He got rid of all of them. But we decided you can only push an audience so far.”
The actor was delighted with the way the scene turned out when the director called “Cut,” he says: “I looked up, and the crew all looked disgusted,” he says. “They see a lot of gross makeup stuff. So I thought, ‘If this is working on you guys … it’s working!’”
It’s not the only grueling scene for Radcliffe, whose character is tossed out of his boat into raging rapids, forges his way through a neck-deep mud pit, forces himself to be bitten all over by fire ants to stay alert and eats a fetal chick out of an eggshell. The latter is an actual delicacy in some parts of the world, but Radcliffe, who admits to being “not a very adventurous eater,” says that thankfully, “they made a few really good mock-up versions of it.”
‘The nice thing about being an actor is you get to sit down with people who’ve lived extraordinary lives.’
- Daniel Radcliffe
But when director Greg McLean (“The Belko Experiment”) asked him if he’d pop a snail in his mouth for another scene, Radcliffe agreed, albeit reluctantly. “There’s that part of me that says, ‘You’ve got to be a good actor,’ so I said, ‘Yep, I’ll do it,’” he says. “Then I realized they’d been f–king with me the whole time, and had a perfectly good fake one.”
He did enjoy getting to know the real Ghinsberg, who consulted with him before and during the shoot. “The nice thing about being an actor,” Radcliffe says, “is you get to sit down with people who’ve lived extraordinary lives.” Despite the terror Ghinsberg experienced during those weeks, “he said there were moments when he was genuinely having a great time,” says Radcliffe. “It was not all bad. He said some of the most beautiful moments of his life were in those three weeks.”
As for the actor, “I am very much not an outdoorsy kind of person,” he admits. “But there is something about the spirit of ‘Jungle,’ where you read that script and go, ‘Yeah, I’m going to be challenged, and it’s going to be more arduous than most films are,’ and that’s something I enjoy.” Still, when he got a week off from the shoot in Colombia, he did not opt for a backpacking trip: “I went to LA,” he says, “and visited my girlfriend!”
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Bob Ferencz
Email: ferencz@llnl.gov
Education and Professional Experience
M.S. and Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1984, 1989
B.S. and M.S., Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1980, 1981
Dr. Ferencz has pursued computational mechanics R&D since first being an undergraduate structural engineering student, creating meshes by hand and entering data on punch cards. He currently leads LLNL’s Computational Engineering Division. This organization has over160 technical staff with expertise in Engineering Modeling and Simulation, Data Analytics and Decision Science, and Signal and Image Processing. This collection of analytic expertise supports many Laboratory programs, external projects, and research collaborations. Dr. Ferencz has also participated in the private sector, being among the founders of a firm focused on multiphysics simulation software, playing a variety of technical and management roles culminating in Vice President of Engineering. For the past eight years, Dr. Ferencz has been a voting member of the ASME Standards Subcommittee for Verification and Validation in Computational Solid Mechanics.
Computational solid and structural mechanics, particularly global algorithms for nonlinear implicit finite element methods, advanced applications, and verification and validation.
W. King, A. Anderson, R. Ferencz, N. Hodge, C. Kamath, S. Khairallah, "Overview of modelling and simulation of metal powder bed fusion process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Material Science and Technology, 31(8), 957–968 (2015).
N. E. Hodge, R. M. Ferencz, and J. M. Solberg, “Implementation of a thermomechanical model for the simulation of selective laser melting,” Computational Mechanics 54(1), 33–51 (2014).
V. Mahadevan, E. Merzari, R. Jain, A. Obabko, M. Smith, T. Tautges, P. Fischer, W.D. Pointer, R. Ferencz, “SHARP fuel assembly coupled simulation demonstrations,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 109(1) 774-777 (2013).
A. J. DeGroot, R. M. Ferencz, M. A. Havstad et al., “Accomplishments and Challenges in Code Development for Parallel and Multimechanics Simulations,” 8th International Conference on High Performance Computing for Computational Science (VECPAR 2008), JMLM Palma et al., Eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5336, Springer, Berlin, pp. 214–227 (2008).
J. C. Lynch, R. Bürgmann, M. A. Richards, and R. M. Ferencz, “When faults communicate: Viscoelastic coupling and earthquake clustering in a simple two-fault system,” Geophysical Research Letters 30(6), 10.1029/2002GL016765 (2003).
M. A. Havstad and R. M. Ferencz, “Comparison of Surface Chemical Kinetic Models for Ablative Reentry of Graphite,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 16(4), 508–515 (2002).
R. M. Ferencz and T. J. R. Hughes, “Iterative Finite Element Solutions in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics,” in Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Vol. VI: Numerical Methods for Solids (Part 3), P. G. Ciarlet and J.-L. Lions, Eds., Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 7–178 (1998).
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Landslide Victory for McCain — In the Military
By Greyhawk 2008-10-26T03:00:48
Surprise -- at least one poll shows a huge McCain lead: "[Senator John] McCain, R-Ariz., handily defeated Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., 68 percent to 23 percent in a voluntary survey of 4,293 active-duty, National Guard, and reserve subscribers and former subscribers to Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, and Air Force Times." Or perhaps not so surprising: there's a history involved here.
In 1864 the nation was nearing the end of the Civil War -- but some wanted it ended sooner than others. Democrats offered a platform declaring that it was "the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which . . . the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, . . . justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities." In short: end the war now.
Their candidate was General (still on active duty throughout the presidential campaign) George McClellan. He assured voters that restoration of the Union was a worthwhile endeavor, but hinted that other goals had since corrupted the purpose of the war he himself had once waged and nearly lost. "The Union is the one condition of peace," McClellan wrote. "We ask no more." He likewise pledged to restore America's standing in the eyes of the world -- in his words, "resume our commanding position among the nations of the earth."
And along with all that, Democrats supported the troops:
Resolved, that the sympathy of the Democratic Party is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiery of our army and sailors of our navy, who are and have been in the field and on the sea under the flag of our country, and, in the events of its attaining power, they will receive all the care, protection, and regard that the brave soldiers and sailors of the republic have so nobly earned.
Which was a good thing because America was trying something brand new that year: “absentee voting” -- intended to ensure that those troops would be able to cast their ballots, too. But while Republicans claimed that voting was "a right vested in the individual which could adequately be exercised through written media, regardless of location," Democrats countered that votes must be cast in person: “Like marriages and wills, votes required competent witnesses, defined by the Democrats as fellow citizens with shared concerns and responsibilities. Army officers appointed by the federal government could not fill this role. These conservative Democratic views of the mid-19th century seem alien to our thinking today, as absentee voting has since become a firmly established practice."
So as Sherman marched on Atlanta a different sort of war was waged in the North:
Wisconsin was the first to permit their soldiers to vote in the field through absentee ballots. California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania all followed suit. However, Illinois, Indiana, and New Jersey, which all had Democratic-controlled state legislatures, did not pass legislation allowing soldiers to vote in the field.
But Secretary of War Edwin Stanton ensured the troops were given absentee ballots or granted leave to vote in person, and Lincoln himself asked General Sherman to allow Indiana soldiers to return home to vote. Lincoln was reelected with 55 percent of the popular vote and an Electoral College landslide, and while not decisive in the election, he received over 70 percent of the military vote.
https://pjmedia.com/blog/landslide-victory-for-mccain-expected-in-the-military/
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New Study--Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
I don’t believe that we have confronted the legacy of our history in a meaningful way…Our interest is really in forcing the country to talk differently about this history,” -- Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative,
February 22, 2015 Mark Berman Washington Post
10,000 people gathered to watch the lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas on February 1, 1893, CORBUS
[moderator: read the report summary here. The full report is available from Equal Justice Initiative, 122 Commerce Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36104 -- (334) 269-1803 -- www.eji.org}
The number of African-Americans lynched in Southern states in the 19th and 20th centuries is significantly higher than previously detailed, according to a new report examining lynching in the United States.
The report is the latest in a series of attempts to document the true number of lynching victims in this country, an effort that dates back more than a century. While it is known that thousands of black Americans were lynched, the practice of “targeted racial violence” still has not been fully addressed, according to the report released Tuesday by the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit based in Alabama.
“Lynchings were violent and public acts of torture that traumatized black people throughout the country and were largely tolerated by state and federal officials,” the report’s summary states. “These lynchings were terrorism.”
Researchers said they determined that 3,959 black people were killed in “racial terror lynchings” in a dozen Southern states between 1877 and 1950. The new number includes 700 people who were not named in previous works seeking to comprehensively document the toll, the authors wrote. Some of those previous studies were conducted at a time when lynching was still an ongoing phenomenon.
“I don’t believe that we have confronted the legacy of our history in a meaningful way…Our interest is really in forcing the country to talk differently about this history,” Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said Tuesday.
This latest report, titled “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror,” becomes part of a broader universe of studies and publications that have tried to quantify the scope of these brutal attacks during the decades after Reconstruction.
The authors of the new report point to research conducted by the Tuskegee University as well as the work of Stewart Tolnay and E.M. Beck, the sociologists who wrote “A Festival of Violence.” In their 1995 book, Tolnay and Beck also cited two other inventories, both of which were produced amid what they called “a frenzy of lynching” in Southern states between 1882 and 1930: The Chicago Tribune’s annual list of lynching victims, published in the late 19th century and early 20th century; and the NAACP’s 1919 report finding that 3,224 people were lynched from 1889 to 1918.
Tolnay and Beck sought to tie together these earlier resources as well as contemporaneous news accounts, writing in “A Festival of Violence” that they worked with these sources to try to come up with an updated record of victims. They determined that more than 2,400 black people were killed by lynch mobs in the South between 1882 and 1930.
As part of their work, Tolnay and Beck wrote that they tried to only include incidents that fit specific criteria (they used the NAACP’s definition, which required evidence that someone was illegally killed at the hands of three or more people) and were confirmed by a newspaper account. The latter requirement is open to criticism, the two authors wrote, because it is possible newspaper reports may not have documented every possible lynching.
But Tolnay and Beck said they doubted this occurred very often, because lynchings did not occur hidden away from the public. Rather, what actually happened was quite the opposite, as they wrote:
“To be an effective mechanism for social control, lynchings had to be visible, with the killing being publicly known, especially to the target population.”
The new report published this week looked at a period that was slightly longer than the one studied by Tolnay and Beck and similarly focused on the Southern states it found had the most lynchings in the country: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
(It is worth pausing here to note that while most discussions of lynching tend to focus on the South, it was by no means just a Southern phenomenon. A “significant” number of lynchings did occur outside this region, as Michael J. Pfeifer, a history professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, wrote in the introduction to the essay collection, “Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside the South.” And when the U.S. Senate apologized in 2005 for not passing anti-lynching laws long before, admitting that the legislative body had repeatedly failed to make lynching a federal offense, the bill noted that lynching had occurred in nearly every state.)
The authors of the new report outline a series of common threads that tied together the lynchings that occurred across states and over a period of several decades. It took little more than an allegation or a perceived insult to spark a lynching in some cases, they write, and the lynchings themselves drew large crowds. James Cameron, who survived being lynched as a teenager and later founded America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, said he remembered seeing 2,000 white people gathered at his lynching, some with their children.
Here is how the authors of the report describe the crowds in the report’s summary:
The lynchings we document were acts of terrorism because these murders were carried out with impunity, sometimes in broad daylight, often “on the courthouse lawn.” These lynchings were not “frontier justice,” because they generally took place in communities where there was a functioning criminal justice system that was deemed too good for African Americans. Terror lynchings were horrific acts of violence whose perpetrators were never held accountable. Indeed, some “public spectacle lynchings” were attended by the entire white community and conducted as celebratory acts of racial control and domination.
And this segment describing the spectacles seems to echo what Tolnay and Beck wrote two decades ago regarding how public these events were:
Large crowds of white people, often numbering in the thousands and including elected officials and prominent citizens, gathered to witness pre-planned, heinous killings that featured prolonged torture, mutilation, dismemberment, and/or burning of the victim. White press justified and promoted these carnival like events, with vendors selling food, printers producing postcards featuring photographs of the lynching and corpse, and the victim’s body parts collected as souvenirs
In addition, the study decries the lack of a public memorial or monument to the lynching victims while the region is cluttered with “markers and monuments” memorializing the Civil War and Confederacy.
Max Ehrenfreund contributed to this report.
Mark Berman is a reporter on the National staff. He runs Post Nation, a destination for breaking news and developing stories from around the country.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents participate in a readiness exercise in January at the San Ysidro port of entry with Mexico in San Diego, California.
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Journalist denied entry into Mexico found on government’s secret database
Freelance photojournalist Kitra Cahana had an alert placed on her passport and was entered into a database authorized by the U.S. government, which collected information about her and other journalists. Cahana was ultimately denied entry into Mexico multiple times.
Cahana was one of many journalists covering the Central American migrant caravan’s arrival to Mexico. While traveling from Canada to Mexico City on Jan. 17, Cahana was pulled aside both in Montreal and in Detroit, where she had a connecting flight, due to a “flag” on her passport, she said.
During the secondary screenings by U.S. authorities, Cahana was asked about her work, how it was funded, and whether she was covering the caravan on assignment. She was allowed to board her flight, but upon arrival was pulled aside again due to the alert on her passport — this time, by Mexican authorities who separated her from her phone, Cahana said.
She was ultimately denied entry to Mexico and was forced to return to Detroit.
On March 6, NBC 7 in San Diego broke the story that Department of Homeland Security officials in San Diego had created a database of journalists, activists and attorneys who were involved in some way with the migrant caravan. The anonymous whistleblower who brought the documents to NBC 7 told the news outlet that the DHS had created dossiers on each individual in the database.
“We are a criminal investigation agency, we’re not an intelligence agency,” the anonymous source said. “We can’t create dossiers on people and they’re creating dossiers. This is an abuse of the Border Search Authority.”
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to NBC 7 that the seal on the documents indicates that “the documents are a product of the International Liaison Unit (ILU), which coordinates intelligence between Mexico and the United States.”
“In the current state of journalism, it’s really freelancers who are bringing so much news to the public,” Cahana told NBC 7. “And the uncertainty of having an alert placed on your passport and not knowing where and when that’s going to prevent you from doing your work is really problematic.”
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented other journalists covering the migrant caravan who were targeted by U.S. authorities for additional border screening measures. Some, including Go Nakamura and Ariana Drehsler, are listed in the database.
BBC journalist questioned by US border agents, devices searched
Ali Hamedani, a reporter for BBC World Service, was stopped in Chicago O’Hare airport two days after President Donald Trump …
CNN producer detained in Atlanta airport
Mohammed Tawfeeq, a CNN editor and producer, was detained Sunday at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and subjected to secondary screening …
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LADY ANTEBELLUM AND KACEY MUSGRAVES JOIN THE NCAA TO PERFORM DURING THE ANNUAL MARCH MADNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL.
Kacey Musgraves / Lady Antebellum
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Indianapolis, IN (March 16, 2014) – NCAA and Turner Live Events, alongside official NCAA Corporate Champions AT&T, Coca-Cola and Capital One® have announced all-star musical acts for the 2015 NCAA March Madness Music Festival in conjunction with the 2015 NCAA Men’s Final Four®. The free, three-day music festival will be held at White River State Park in Indianapolis, IN and is produced by Turner Live Events. The celebration is set to begin Friday, April 3 at the AT&T Block Party, with musical acts to be announced soon. Multi-platinum artist Rihanna hits the Coke Zero™ Countdown Concert stage as headliner, with critically acclaimed band Bleachers also performing Saturday, April 4. A portion of Rihanna’s performance will air between that day’s semi-final games airing on TBS, TNT, TruTV, and via NCAA March Madness Live. Her new single “American Oxygen” is currently being used for March Madness promos, serving as the tournament’s musical backdrop. The weekend will close on Sunday, April 5 with Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum artists Zac Brown Band and Lady Antebellum along with Grammy Award-winning country star Kacey Musgraves at the Capital One JamFest. Part of headliner Zac Brown Band’s performance, which will include music from their forthcoming album ‘JEKYLL + HYDE’ (out 4.28.15), will also be featured during Capital One Championship Central, the National Championship pregame show airing at 8:30 p.m. on CBS.
For the first time ever, the 2015 NCAA March Madness Music Festival will also live stream this year’s concerts, offering fans around the world unprecedented access to some of today’s hottest musical acts. The footage will be live streamed at http://www.ncaa.com/musicfest. This site will be updated leading up to the festival with the latest announcements and details. Fans can also stay updated by following @FinalFour and @MarchMadness on Twitter.
This is a non-ticketed event open to the public on a first-come basis and will feature the following events:
Friday, April 3 – AT&T Block Party
Performances from 3pm to 10pm
Performances and Highlights To Be Announced
Saturday, April 4 – Coke Zero™ Countdown Concert
Live broadcast of the first semi-final game
Performances from 12pm to 9:30pm
Additional Performances and Highlights To Be Announced
Sunday, April 5 – Capital One JamFest
Turner Sports and CBS Sports will provide live coverage of all 67 games from the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across four networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. For the second year in the event’s 77-year history, the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship National Semifinals will be presented live across three networks – TBS, TNT and truTV – to provide fans with a variety of viewing options for this marquee event. For the 34th consecutive year, CBS will broadcast the NCAA National Championship game in 2015.
“Capital One is once again excited to bring such great talent to this year’s Final Four,” said Roger Ferguson, Managing Vice President, Brand Advertising, Media and Sponsorships at Capital One. “Every year we look for unique opportunities to provide the ultimate experience to fans at the Final Four, whether that’s through music at our Capital One JamFest or through our presenting sponsorship of the NCAA Final Four Fan Fest. This year we’re offering exclusive benefits to our cardholders throughout Final Four weekend, including two free tickets to the NCAA Final Four Fan Fest and a separate VIP entry line for our cardholders at Capital One JamFest.”
“The Coke Zero™ Countdown Concert is a premiere experience for college basketball’s most passionate fans – where rivals come together in order to see their favorite artists and enjoy the biggest party of the NCAA Men’s Final Four,” said Ivan Pollard, SVP, Connections, Coca-Cola North America. “Coke Zero is proud to partner with the NCAA and Turner Sports to present a solid line up of musical talent that includes three acts famous for their individuality and energetic performances. With Coke Zero and these talented musicians, there’s no better way to build anticipation and work up a thirst for Saturday’s semifinal games.”
NCAA March Madness Music Festival has attracted hundreds of thousands of music fans to watch performers most recently including Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jason Aldean, fun., Tim McGraw, The Killers and LL Cool J. Other past performers include Sting, Dave Matthews Band, Muse, The Kings of Leon, Jimmy Buffett, KISS, The Black Keys, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift among many others. The NCAA March Madness Music Festival is an activation extension of the NCAA’s Corporate Champions and Partners marketing program, which Turner Sports and CBS Sports license and collaborate on as part of a 14-year multi-media agreement with the NCAA.
“We’re excited to bring a fabulous free concert like the March Madness Music Festival to Indianapolis so all fans, including those who may not have tickets to the games, are able to enjoy the fun and exciting atmosphere surrounding NCAA Final Four weekend,” said Keith Martin, NCAA Managing Director of Marketing and Broadcast Alliances. “I want to thank AT&T, Capital One and Coke Zero for their support of Final Four weekend and the NCAA student-athletes who will compete in the semifinal games and the championship.”
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Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $205.5 billion in deposits and $308.9 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2014. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has branches located primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “COF” and is included in the S&P 100 index.Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Florida Citrus Bowl) in 2001. Since that time, Capital One has sponsored programs including the Capital One Mascot Challenge and Capital One Academic All-America Program. In 2010, it created the Capital One Cup to recognize the best men’s and women’s Division 1 College Athletics Programs in the country and awards a combined $400,000 in student-athlete scholarships. As an NCAA Corporate Champion, Capital One supports all 89 NCAA Championships. In 2014, Capital One became an official sponsor of the Capital One Orange Bowl and the new College Football Playoff.
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LADY ANTEBELLUM RELEASE THEIR NEW SINGLE, ‘LONG STRETCH OF LOVE.’
Nashville, TN – March 9, 2015 – From the European leg of their headlining WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR, ACM “Vocal Group of the Year” nominee Lady Antebellum is releasing the up-tempo “Long Stretch Of Love” as the new single from their fifth studio album 747. With it’s hypnotically driving beat and Celtic-inspired instrumentation, the new track has already hit airwaves and arenas across Europe but is officially available at Country Radio in the US today.
Written by the trio and Josh Kear, “Long Stretch of Love” has already resonated with critics, being hailed a “crisp, pulsating track that highlights Lady A’s knack for memorable song structure” (Billboard) and a “swirling rock opener with a Fleetwood Mac vibe” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).
“‘Long Stretch Of Love’ sounds like we feel right now…it’s bold, upbeat and fresh,” said Lady A’s Hillary Scott. “It’s the perfect song to go into a new tour with…in fact, we should kick our set off with it every night!”
“What really makes this song special and different to me is how we used an uncommon instrument called a Woodrow, which brings an Appalachian feel into this high energy track,” said 747 producer Nathan Chapman. “That unique sound combined with their vocals— which may be the most powerful Lady A has ever sounded— it just leaves the listener breathless.”
The group’s universal appeal continues to resonate with fans and media overseas, prompting critics to proclaim Lady A is “responsibile for pushing country music around the world” (Entertainment Focus) and raving the trio’s live show is “inspiring” with “whopping singalong anthems” (London Evening Standard). Up next, the band will continue to trek across the globe for the Australian leg before returning to the states for their headlining WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR presented by Quicken Loans in time for the 50th Annual ACM Awards airing live from Dallas, TX on April 19th on CBS where they are currently nominated for “Vocal Group of the Year.” The North American leg of their WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR begins May 1 in Lubbock, TX. For a full list of upcoming tour dates and appearances, visit www.ladyantebellum.com.
Audio / Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott says “Long Stretch of Love” represents the band’s dedication to their music and their fans.
Lady A (Long Stretch of Love) 2 OC: …on this road. :41
“Not to sound really cheesy, but I feel like that song is kind of our heart’s cry as a band, too, of just wanting to be here and continue to build a career that’s gonna be here for decades, and have longevity. It’s something we’ve always talked about wanting and dreaming of as artists, is to not just be a flash in the pan. To be sitting here, 7 almost 8 years of the band… our first record came out in April of 2008… we’re just so grateful to be in this place. That song is just a great representation of how dedicated we are to continue on this road.”
LUKE, CHURCH, DIERKS, LADY A, AJ, LBT, DARIUS, KEITH AND SAM HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS PERFORMERS FOR THIS YEAR’S CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL.
Alan Jackson / Darius Rucker / Dierks Bentley / Eric Church / Keith Urban / Lady Antebellum / Little Big Town / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt
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NASHVILLE – CMA Music Festival will be the hottest concert destination of the summer with today’s announcement that Country Music superstars Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church,Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt,Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town,Neal McCoy, Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Cole Swindell,The Band Perry, Keith Urban, Wynonna & The Big Noise, and Zac Brown Band will each take the stage during the Nightly Concerts at LP Field. The 2015 CMA Music Festival takes place Thursday, June 11-Sunday, June 14 in downtown Nashville.
Subscribers to CMA Exclusive, CMA’s e-newsletter, were the first to learn about the star-studded lineup Wednesday morning.
“CMA Music Festival is all about the fan experience,” said CMA Chief Executive Officer Sarah Trahern. “Our fans snapped up LP Field tickets at a record pace, and we wanted to reward that loyalty by sharing this exciting lineup with them first this morning.”
While the relationship between artists and fans is the foundation for the event, CMA Music Festival benefits music education programs for children in need. Wednesday morning, Thomas Rhett welcomed guests to Nashville Children’s Theatre for a performance of “Jack’s Tale: A Mythic Mountain Musical,” which was funded by a $10,000 grant from the CMA Foundation from the 2014 CMA Music Festival. Threats of snow in Nashville prevented a majority of students from attending, but he warmly greeted the enthusiastic crowd.
“When I was little I was in a play called ‘A Christmas Carol’. I was Scrooge,” Thomas Rhett told the student-filled crowd. “Music education was super important for me, and today was a good reminder of how neat it is to see the Country Music community band together to help give back to that through CMA Fest.”
The CMA Foundation presents grants on behalf of the artists who perform at CMA Music Festival each year for free and has donated more than $11 million to music education initiatives across the country since 2006.
Tickets to the Nightly Concerts at LP Field sold out in November. Across the river from the stadium, there are countless free and low-cost entertainment options for fans around downtown Nashville as part of the CMA Music Festival. Seven free entertainment stages give fans an opportunity to choose their musical adventure, including the hugely popular Chevrolet Riverfront Stage, which consistently fills the Cumberland riverbank each of the four days.
AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X at Music City Center moves the CMA Music Festival party inside, with musical performances on three stages, artist interactions, meet-and-greets, shopping and other unique fan experiences. Tickets to AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X are available now atCMAfest.com (AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X admission is included in four-day CMA Music Festival tickets). AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X tickets are $10 per day or $25 for a four-day pass.
The Nightly Concerts will be taped for a three-hour prime time special airing later this summer on the ABC Television Network.
For upcoming talent announcements and all other info stay connected with CMA on Facebook.com/CMA,Twitter.com/CountryMusic, Instagram.com/CMA, and sign up for CMA Exclusive, CMA’s e-newsletter. Fans can also download the 2015 CMA Music Festival mobile app foriPhone or Android to view the latest artist lineups and to plan their festival experience.
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NEWS AND NOTES: Sam, Toby, Little Big Town, Lady A, Vince and more
Lady Antebellum / Little Big Town / Sam Hunt / Vince Gill
Sam Hunt climbs back into the top spot on Billboard’s Country Album chart this week, selling another 16,000 copies. The collection features the chart-topping “Leave the Night On,” as well as his current smash hit, “Take Your Time.”
Toby Keith and Little Big Town are among the artists performing at the annual Mack, Jack and McConaughey event in Austin, Texas next month. The two-day gala was founded by ESPN analyst and football coach Mark Brown, country singer Jack Ingram and actor Matthew McConaughey and will take place April 16th and 17th.
Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott and Vince Gill will perform during the 23rd Annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival, March 24th through 28th in Nashville.
NEWS AND NOTES: Lady A, Keith, LBT, Billy, Kacey, Dierks and more
Billy Currington / Dierks Bentley / Kacey Musgraves / Keith Urban / Lady Antebellum / Little Big Town
Lady Antebellum surprised an elementary school in Ontario, Canada this week with new music instruments. The band donated more than 35 instruments to staffers of Fitch Street Eleentary School backstage at their concert in Niagara Falls. It’s part of their Lady A 7FOR7 campaign, which started last fall granting wishes to fans.
Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban and Little Big Town are set to perform during the ACM Lifting Lives One Night, Two Cities, All Music benefit gala in Dallas and Forth Worth April 17th. The thing is they’ll be performing at different venues simultaneously. The event, hosted by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, will feature performances by Lady A and Hunter Hayes at the Omni Dallas Hotel, while Keith and LBT will perform from the Fort Worth Zoo. Proceeds from the event will go to Garth Brooks’ Teammates for Kids and the Child Life Zones in Children’s Health of Dallas and Cook Children’s of Fort Worth. It precedes this year’s ACM Awards, which will broadcast live from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas April 19th at 8pm ET on CBS.
Little Big Town will perform their hit “Girl Crush” on the Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday (February 24th).
Billy Currington is set to tour with Tim McGraw on his Shotgun Rider Tour 2015, kicking off June 5th in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Billy Currington and Kacey Musgraves are among the artists who have been added to the lineup for the 24th Annual Country Jam in Grand Junction, Colorado. They’re joined by Eli Young Band, Thompson Square, Parmalee, Frankie Ballard, as well as the previously announced headliners Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw and The Band Perry. The four-day festival takes place June 18th through June 21st.
Dierks Bentley and his wife Cassidy led the Krewe of Orpheus parade in New Orleans on Monday (February 16th). He happened to run into and hang out with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump.
Dierks posted a photo with her, along with the caption: “y’all…today at #mardigras. thanks NO country fans. made a new friend on our #orpheus float @LisaVanderpump”
Ms. Vanderpump also joined Dierks on stage during his performance at the annual Lundi Gras Celebration in NOLA. She tweeted: “Had so much fun playing with you tonight on stage @DierksBentley,” along with a photo. She also admits, she might fancy the country singer. “Bow down my loyal subject @DierksBentleyhttp://img.ly/BgvZ have to say it might be wrong,but I’ve a bit of a crush. #dontwannaberight”
LADY ANTEBELLUM’S HILLARY SCOTT HELPS OUT EXPECTANT MOM CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott has successfully integrated daughter Eisele into the road life with her and her husband, Lady A drummer Chris Tyrrell. It took some of her own preferences and the advice of other “road moms” such as Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman, to make it all work. Now, Hillary is passing on some advice of her own to expectant mom Carrie Underwood.
“She just asked me about like the bus setup, things I would change or things I loved about how we worked the way our bus is laid out for Eisele to sleep on it and be comfortable. It was just a really like honest expectant mom/new mom conversation,” says Hillary. “I was like, ‘If you have any questions I will get into as many details as you want,’ ’cause we’re like really good friends… it’s just nice to have a sounding board to make you feel like you’re not alone. It’s been fun to walk her through the season and she’s just gonna be an amazing mom and Mike (Fisher) a dad. I mean, she’s, she’s wonderful.”
Lady Antebellum is currently making their way up the country charts with their latest single, “Freestyle.”
Audio / Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott talks about giving new mom advice to expectant mom, Carrie Underwood.
Lady A (Carrie Mom advice) OC: …she’s wonderful. :51
“She just asked me about like the bus setup, things I would change or things I loved about how we worked the way our bus is laid out for Eisele to sleep on it and be comfortable. It was just a really like honest expectant mom/new mom conversation. I mean, was like, ‘If you have any questions I will get into as many details as you want,’ ’cause we’re like really good friends.” CHARLES: “And Hillary did that with Little Big Town, so…” HILLARY: “Talked to Karen [Fairchild] and Kimberly [Schlapman], and it’s almost just like, yeah the passing of the torch a little bit like when it’s so fresh in your mind you just have strong opinions about what works, what doesn’t. And it’s just nice to have a sounding board to make you feel like you’re not alone. It’s been fun to walk her through the season and she’s just gonna be an amazing mom and Mike (Fisher) a dad. I mean, she’s, she’s wonderful.”
LADY ANTEBELLUM PREPARE TO HEAD OVERSEAS.
Lady Antebellum / Sam Hunt
The members of Lady Antebellum are getting packed and ready to head overseas for the unofficial kickoff of their Wheels Up Tour. The trek launches February 28th in Oslo, Norway, followed by shows in Sweden, Ireland, Scotland and London, before heading Down Under to Australia March 13th. The European leg will feature openers Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert and Kip Moore.
“It’ll be the only time ever that Jason Aldean opens up for us,” jokes Lady A’s Dave Haywood. “Because he’s coming over – I think it’s his first trip to Europe. But we were laughing. We were like, ‘This’ll never happen again – Jason playing before us.’”
The band does feel very comfortable with their crowds overseas. “We’ve been going over there for probably six years , and London and Dublin, I think especially, and then we’ve also had amazing shows in Norway too,” explains Dave. “Australia kind of feels, you know, a little more familiar, but the fans are just nuts. They know stuff from the first record that were just album cuts, and they sing it out loud in a big accent or whatever, and it’s a really cool thing.”
They’ll begin the North American leg on May 1st in Lubbock, Texas. The tour will continue through the fall with Hunter Hayes and red-hot newcomer Sam Hunt.
Lady A’s latest single, “Freestyle,” is making its way up the country charts. The song is from their recent album, 747.
Audio / Lady Antebellum talk about heading over in a couple of weeks to tour in Europe and Australia.
Lady Antebellum (overseas trek 2015) OC: (DAVE) …cool thing. :33
DAVE: “It’ll be the only time ever that Jason Aldean opens up for us.” [Charles laughs] HILLARY: “Ever.” DAVE: “Because he’s coming over – I think it’s his first trip to Europe. But we were laughing. We were like, ‘This’ll never happen again – Jason playing before us.’ It’s great. I mean, we’ve been going over there for probably six years now and London and Dublin, I think especially, and then we’ve also had amazing shows in Norway too. Australia kind of feels, you know, a little more familiar, but the fans are just nuts. They know stuff from the first record that were just album cuts, and they sing it out loud in a big accent or whatever, and it’s a really cool thing.”
NEWS AND NOTES: Darius, Luke, Lady A, Sam, Vince and more.
Darius Rucker / Lady Antebellum / Luke Bryan / Sam Hunt / Vince Gill
Darius Rucker will once again take on Big Band tunes in a one-night show at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on Tuesday (February 17th). The concert benefits the MUSC Children’s Hospital Fund, a non-profit organization that helps provide the best possible healthcare experience for MUSC’s youngest patients and their families.
Luke Bryan enjoyed his time as Grand Marshal of the Endymion parade and headlined the huge post-parade Extravaganza at the Superdome several hours later. Pals Willie and Korie Robertson (Duck Dynasty) joined Luke and his wife Caroline for some of the festivities.
Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley won a closest-to-the-pin contest and assured a victory for Team Clint Eastwood during the 3M Celebrity Challenge at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last week in Pebble Beach, California. Jake Owen, Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney and Clay Walker also played in the tournament.
Sam Hunt shot the video for his latest hit, “Take Your Time,” last week in Nashville.
Vince Gill and his lovely wife Amy Grant will return to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for eight Christmas shows this year beginning December 2nd. Tickets are now on sale through Ticketmaster.
LADY ANTEBELLUM MIX IT UP WITH COCA-COLA FREESTYLE.
ATLANTA, Feb. 12, 2015 – Coca‑Cola Freestyle and Lady Antebellum are joining forces to give fans the chance to own the night at one of the multi-PLATINUM selling trio’s upcoming 2015 concerts. When fans visit participating restaurants with Coca‑Cola Freestyle now through March 31st, they can choose from three Lady Antebellum mixes for a chance to mix it up backstage with the award-winning country group.
Each time fans pour an exclusive mix using Coca‑Cola Freestyle, they can receive a code which will allow them to enter for a chance to win a grand prize trip for two to a Lady Antebellum concert of the winner’s choice during their WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR presented by Quicken Loans. Other prizes include Lady Antebellum 747 Deluxe CDs, autographed pictures and downloads of their latest single, “Freestyle.”
“Coca‑Cola Freestyle encourages individuality and customization by offering unprecedented choices,” said Joel Bishop, vice president and general manager, Coca‑Cola Freestyle, Coca‑Cola North America. “In that spirit, we invited Hillary, Charles and Dave of Lady Antebellum to express their personal style and taste by creating their own beverage mixes for their fans to enjoy.”
Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood each created a personal mix available only with Coca‑Cola Freestyle, the beverage dispenser that offers more than 100 drink choices. Charles’ Smooth Rollin’ Mix is a sweet blend of Vanilla Coke and Barq’s, while Dave’s Rock ‘n’ Bold Mix pulls together the refreshing flavors of Sprite Vanilla and Seagram’s Ginger Ale. Hillary’s Southern Cherry Mix plays on the artist’s Tennessee roots and combines two of her favorite beverages, Coke Zero Cherry and Coke Zero Raspberry.
Fans can enter for a chance to win in several ways. When they approach Coca‑Cola Freestyle dispensers at one of the 600 plus participating restaurants, they should simply look for the special Lady Antebellum promo button on the home screen to choose from the three mixes. After fans pour their beverage of choice, they just need to text the code that appears onscreen to enter the sweepstakes.
Even if they aren’t near a select Coca-Cola Freestyle dispenser, Lady Antebellum fans all over the U.S. can still join in the fun beginning March 23 through April 30 when they download the free Coca-Cola Freestyle app. App holders with push notifications enabled will receive an offer in the “my offers” section of the app to add all three Lady Antebellum mixes to their favorites. When they visit any Coca-Cola Freestyle, they can use the QR code within the app to pour any of the exclusive mixes. Fans will then receive push notifications within the app with instructions to enter.
For full contest details and rules, as well as the list of participating retailers, please visit www.coca-colafreestyle.com/ladya-customerand https://cocacola.promo.eprize.com/ladya/. To learn more about Coca‑Cola Freestyle or to find the nearest Coca‑Cola Freestyle, visit www.Coca‑Colafreestyle.com or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cocacolafreestyle. You can also find us on Twitter at @ccfreestyle.
Coca‑Cola Freestyle
In 2009, The Coca‑Cola Company transformed how people enjoy fountain beverages with Coca‑Cola Freestyle® – a game-changing innovation that now offers more than 100 drink choices and last year dispensed approximately 1.8 billion 8 fl.-oz servings. Coca‑Cola Freestyle dispenses unique beverages by blending specific recipes of concentrated ingredients with water and sweetener at the point where the beverage is dispensed –delivering great quality and beverage variety through proprietary micro-dose mixing technology. Each unit can dispense more than 100 different combinations such as sparkling beverages, flavored waters, sports drinks, lemonades and teas – including 70+ diet and low-calorie and 90+ caffeine-free beverages. Since 2011, people have been using the Coca‑Cola Freestyle mobile app to find their nearest dispenser, get special offers, save favorite drinks, create and share mixes, check in and earn badges, complete challenges and more. To learn more about Coca‑Cola Freestyle or find the nearest Coca‑Cola Freestyle location visit www.Coca‑Colafreestyle.com, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cocacolafreestyle or follow us on Twitter @ccfreestyle.
Seven-time GRAMMY winning group Lady Antebellum recently released their fifth studio album, 747. The 11-song disc has already spawned the PLATINUM certified multi-week chart-topping smash hit “Bartender,” and its new single “Freestyle” is quickly climbing the charts. The new album follows over 11 million albums sold worldwide, nine trips to No. one on the country radio charts, six Platinum singles and “Vocal Group of the Year” honors from both the CMA and ACMs three years in a row. The group delighted both fans and critics on the road with the Dallas Morning News declaring “Lady Antebellum shows off its warranted leap to superstardom,” and they’re gearing up for their headlining WHEELS UP 2015 TOUR kicking off Feb. 28 with a European trek and beginning the North American leg on May 1 in Lubbock, TX. For more information and a full list of appearances visit: www.ladyantebellum.com.
The Coca‑Cola Company
The Coca‑Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world’s largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca‑Cola, one of the world’s most valuable and recognizable brands, our Company’s portfolio features 17 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca‑Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade,Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world’s largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.9 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world’s top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system associates. For more information, visit Coca‑Cola Journey at www.Coca‑Colacompany.com, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo, visit our blog Coca‑Cola Unbottled at www.Coca‑Colablog.com or find us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/the-Coca‑Cola-company.
LADY ANTEBELLUM INCLUDED ON NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL THE ACM AWARDS 50 YEARS.
Keith Urban / Lady Antebellum
NASHVILLE, Tenn.(February 9, 2015) – NOW That’s What I Call Music!, and the Academy of Country Music are partnering for the first time to release NOW That’s What I Call The ACM Awards 50 Years. The latest installment in the best-selling, multi-artist album series will feature 2 discs as well as a digital collection of songs from ACM award-winning artists celebrating the Academy’s 50th Anniversary.
Highlights from the track list, which spans the ACM Awards’ 50-year history, include recent smash hits such as “The House That Built Me” by Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” on disc one, as well as classics such as “Always on My Mind” by Willie Nelson, “Why Not Me” by The Judds, and “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones on the second disc. Other superstar artists featured include Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Alabama, Faith Hill, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and many more.
The album will be released on March 31st, just in time for the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards broadcast LIVE on Sunday, April 19th at 8:00pm ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. All of the Academy’s proceeds from sales of the album will go to ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music, dedicated to improving lives through the power of music.
Full details with the entire track listing to be released soon.
NOW That’s What I Call ACM Awards 50 Years is a joint venture from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and the Academy of Country Music, distributed by Universal Music Group Distribution. The NOW That’s What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. NOW and NOW That’s What I Call Music!are registered trademarks of Universal Music Group and its affiliates.
NOW That’s What I Call Music! debuted in the U.S. in 1998, following 15 years of multi-platinum international success. The series has generated sales exceeding 250 million albums worldwide, including more than 94 million in the U.S. All 53 volumes in NOW’s numeric U.S. series have charted in Billboard’s Top 10, including 18 which have reached #1.
The 50th Academy of Country Music Awards is dedicated to honoring and showcasing the biggest names and emerging talent in the country music industry. The show is produced for television by dick clark productions and will broadcast LIVE from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan, R.A. Clark and Barry Adelman are executive producers. Bob Romeo is executive producer for the Academy of Country Music.
ACM Lifting Lives® is the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music dedicated to improving lives through the power of music. Through partnerships with artists and strong ties in the music industry, ACM Lifting Lives develops and funds music-related therapy and education programs, and serves members of the community who face unexpected hardships through its Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund. Through generous donations and the support of artists and fans, ACM Lifting Lives is able to fund everything from disaster relief and helping communities in need, to music education in schools and music camps for those with disabilities, to supporting programs that use music therapy as a means to help our veterans and wounded warriors, while providing grants to help them ease back into life. For more information, please visit www.ACMLiftingLives.org.
Audio / After the huge success with "Need You Now" nearly five years ago, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley talks about how huge that song really was for the band.
Lady A (Need You Now career song) OC: …proud of it. :17
“The response from the get-go was so big. It’s been a career song for us for sure. We thought ‘I Run to You’ was our career song, but honestly, after ‘Need You Now’ came out and to see what it’s done for us, it’s been really, really, really, really huge for our career, and we’re just really proud of it.”
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Baltimore Ravens Arizona Cardinals
Cardinals sign tight end Maxx Williams
- May. 03, 2019 03:33 PM EDT
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have signed tight end Maxx Williams to a one-year contract.
Terms of the deal announced Friday were not disclosed.
The 25-year-old Williams had 16 catches for 143 yards and a touchdown in 13 games with Baltimore last season, his fourth with the Ravens.
He has 63 receptions for 497 yards and three touchdowns in 42 career games, including 21 starts.
Baltimore selected Williams with the 55th overall pick of the 2015 NFL draft out of Minnesota.
He joins a tight end group in Arizona that includes Ricky Seals-Jones and Charles Clay. The Cardinals also used the final pick of this year's draft to take UCLA's Caleb Wilson.
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إِذْ
قَالَ
لَهُۥ
رَبُّهُۥٓ
أَسْلِمْۖ
"Submit (yourself),"
said,
أَسْلَمْتُ
"I (have) submitted (myself)
لِرَبِّ
to (the) Lord
ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
(of) the worlds."
Iz qaala lahoo Rabbuhooo aslim qaala aslamtu li Rabbil 'aalameen
When his Lord said to him, "Submit", he said "I have submitted [in Islam] to the Lord of the worlds."
(For) when his Lord said to him: "Obey," he replied: "I submit to the Lord of all the worlds."
When his Lord said to him, “Submit”, he said, “I have submitted to the Lord Of The Creation.”
When his Lord told him, "Submit yourself wholly (to your Lord)," he responded: "I have submitted myself wholly to the Lord of the worlds."
When his Lord said to him, `Submit,´ he said, `I have already submitted to the Lord of the worlds.´
When his Lord said to him, 'Surrender,' he said, 'I have surrendered me to the Lord of all Being.'
Recall what time his Lord said unto him: submit, he said: I submit to the Lord of the Worlds.
When his Lord said to him, "Submit", he said, "I have submitted to the Lord Of The Creation."
Behold! His Lord said to him, "Surrender" he said, "I have surrendered unto the Lord of the worlds."
When his Lord said to him, "Submit (i.e. be a Muslim)!" He said, "I have submitted myself (as a Muslim) to the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)."
When his Lord said to him, “Submit!” He said, “I have submitted to the Lord of the Worlds.”
When his Lord said to him: "Submit/surrender/be Moslem ." He said: "I submitted/surrendered/became Moslem to the creations all together`s/(universes`) Lord."
When his Lord said to him, "Surrender," he promptly responded, "I have surrendered to the Lord of the Universe (and become a Muslim)."
When his Lord said to him, Submit, he said: I submit myself to the Lord of the worlds.
When his Lord said to him, "Submit (i.e. be a Muslim)!" He said, "I have submitted myself (as a Muslim) to the Lord of the `Alamin (mankind, Jinn and all that exists)."
When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the Lord of the Worlds.
When his Lord said to him, ‘Submit,’ he said, ‘I submit to the Lord of all the worlds.’
When his Lord said to him: 'Submit' he answered: 'I have submitted to the Lord of the Worlds'
When God commanded Abraham to submit, he replied, "I have submitted myself to the Will of the Lord of the universe."
When his Lord said to him, Be a Muslim, he said: I submit myself to the Lord of the worlds.
When his Lord said to him, "Surrender!" he responded, "I have surrendered to the Lord of the Universe,"
Behold! his Lord said to him; "Bow (thy will to Me);" He said; "I bow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe."
And mention; When his Lord said to him, `Submit', obey God and devote your religion purely to Him, he said, `I have submitted to the Lord of the Worlds'.
When his Lord said to him, "Submit (i.e. be a Muslim)!" He said, "I have submitted myself (as a Muslim) to the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, Jinn and all that exists)."
This Ayah indicates that Allah commanded Ibrahim to be sincere with Him and to abide and submit to Him;
Ibrahim perfectly adhered to Allah's command.
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The ANZAC Girls: The Extraordinary Story of Our World War I Nurses
The harrowing, dramatic and profoundly moving story of the Australian and New Zealand nurses who served in the Great War. Now a major six-part television series. By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have prepared them. Their strength and dignity were remarkable. Using diaries and letters, Peter Rees takes us into the hospital camps and the wards, and the tent surgeries on the edge of some of the most horrific battlefronts of human history. But he also allows the friendships and loves of these courageous and compassionate women to shine through and enrich our experience. Profoundly moving, Anzac Girls is a story of extraordinary courage and humanity shown by a group of women whose contribution to the Anzac legend has barely been recognised in our history. Peter Rees has changed that understanding forever.
Manufacturer : Bolinda Publishing
Model : ABC/ Bolinda Audio
Production date : March 2016
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Global Change and Mountain Regions
Global Change and Mountain Regions pp 39-49 | Cite as
The Contribution of Cosmogenic Nuclides to Unraveling Alpine Paleoclimate Histories
John C. Gosse
Part of the Advances in Global Change Research book series (AGLO, volume 23)
Moraines are non-continuous short-term records of ice marginal positions. Moraines help provide important paleo-glaciological mass balance information (e.g. glacier surface area, ice volume, terminus elevation, snowline altitudes, longitudinal ice surface gradient below the paleo-snowline) which in part controls the geometry of the glacier and the rate of advance and retreat of an ice margin. Therefore, chronologies on these ancient glacial landforms can be directly tied to local paleo-temperature and paleo-precipitation estimates for specific times during and after a glaciation. In the past two decades, the terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) exposure dating method has made a revolutionary contribution to the study of alpine paleo-glacial histories and paleoclimatology. (i) Exposure dating of boulders on moraines provides the time since a boulder was deposited from an ice margin. It directly determines when the glacier reached a measurable mass-balance condition, whereas other chronometers, such as radiocarbon, U-series, and luminescence dating, typically provide only minimum or maximum limiting ages on ice margin positions, (ii) The method can provide a precise estimate of the timing of initial ice retreat. Timing of when an alpine glacier reaches its maximum position is not only a function of local climate but also of numerous glaciological and hydrological conditions. Initial retreat is the most discrete short-lived climate-response event in a moraine record. Unlike the timing of initial retreat, initial advance is not recorded in moraine records because glaciers override their moraines during advance (Gibbons et al. 1984).
10Be Exposure dating Glaciers Moraine Paleoclimate
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Let Freedom Ring ♪
Amazing. The Gaither Vocal Band is simply amazing. Check out who’s in the audiance. ♪
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How Democracy Should Work: A Lesson From Honduras
A friend of mine posted this as a note on her FaceBook. I thought I’d share it with you. A little elaboration of my article “…the Right of the People…”
Honduras teaches President Obama about how a Democracy should work!
Is the future of the United States democratic system being played out in Central America today? I hope so.
You may or may not have heard what has happened in Honduras during the past couple of months. Here’s the story in a nut shell.
Honduran President Manual Zelaya has been at odds with the Honduran Congress and Courts for many months, seeking to increase his power and authority to levels similar to those wielded by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela . But according to the Honduran Constitution, its president can only serve a single four year term. With his Presidency coming to an end in January, Zelaya wasn’t happy with that situation, so he decided to try an end around play.
He decided to sponsor a constitutional referendum to allow him to continue to serve as president. The only problem is the Honduran Constitution doesn’t give him the right to do that. Any constitution referendum must be called by the Honduran Congress. Not bothered by that minor detail, Zelaya contacted his buddy, Hugo Chavez, and had ballots printed and ballot boxes prepared in Venezuela and flown to Honduras . The Honduran Supreme Court declared Zelaya’s actions unconstitutional, but again, he was not deterred.
A couple of weeks ago, when Zelaya directed the military to distribute the ballots and boxes, the top military commander refused, citing the orders of the Supreme Court. President Zelaya promptly fired him. The Supreme Court ordered him reinstated. Zelaya refused.
Still undeterred, last Thursday Zelaya led a group of his supporters to break into the military installation where the ballots from Venezuela were being stored and then had his people distribute them in defiance of the Supreme Court’s order. By the way, elections in Honduras are supposed to be managed and overseen by the Honduran Election Tribunal, which was not involved in any of Zelaya’s efforts.
Sunday morning, acting under orders of the Supreme Court, the Honduran military dragged Zelaya out of bed at 6 AM, arrested him, put him on a plane in his pajamas, flew him to Costa Rica , and released him. They literally threw him out of the country.
The Honduran Congress immediately met in emergency session and designated its president as the interim executive as stipulated in Honduran law. It also said that presidential elections set for November will go forward.
Honduras has one of the strongest democracies in the world. When Presidential elections are held, typically 80-90% of the eligible population votes (compared to only 50% in the U.S. ). This situation clearly shows how democratic checks and balances are supposed to work.
When the President tried to overstep his bounds, the legislative and judicial branches stepped in and did not allow it. You might make a case that Zelaya should have been arrested and held in Honduras , but I understand he was exiled in order to minimize the probability of violence. Obviously, he will have an even better opportunity to state his case while not in confinement. In fact, he has already been invited to address the U.N. General Assembly.
So where does the U.S. government stand on this situation? Well, Obama stands shoulder to shoulder with Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega in calling for Zelaya to be re-instated as President! PresidentObama said the U.S. government believed the takeover was “not legal” and that Zelaya remained the country’s leader! U.S. press secretary Robert Gibbs said “We’re seeking to restore that democratic norm in Honduras , and haven’t changed the recognition of who we believe is the president of that country”!
So much for the United States being the world’s biggest supporter of democracy! Even worse than the situation in Iran , where Obama remained silent while protesters were slaughtered in the streets by an oppressive government, in Honduras Obama has gone on record as calling for the re-instatement of a leader who has been ousted by his country’s legislative and judicial processes!
One might ask WHY?
Well, consider this;
No where in the U.S. Constitution does it give the government the power to fire private company employees. But how many bank and automotive executives have been forced out by Obama’s administration since January 20th?
No where in the U.S. Constitution does it give the government the power to own private companies. So how did the government end up owning 70% of General Motors Corporation?
No where in the U.S. Constitution does it give the government the power to set salaries in the private sector, as Obama’s administration is currently doing in banks that have taken TARP money.
No where in the U.S. Constitution does it give the executive branch the power to appoint Czars to make rules governing private industry, that role is reserved for the legislative branch of our government.
No where in the U.S. Constitution does it give the President the power to set aside contracts. So how did GM bond holders end up getting the shaft while the unions profited?
In fact, all of these things are prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
Like Zelaya, Chavez, Castro, and Ortega, President Obama does not believe a country’s Constitution should limit his power.
Unfortunately, our Congress and our Courts have yet to show the courage and determination that the Honduran Legislators and Supreme Court have shown.
Isn’t it amazing that we have to look to a small country in Central America to see how democracy is supposed to work, while our President sides with the likes of Zelaya, Chavez, Castro, and Ortega!
Wake Up America !
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.” – USA Declaration of Independence
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“…the Right of the People…”
“That whenever any Form of Government
becomes destructive of these ends,
it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government.”
~ Declaration of Independence,
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THE CARE AND FEEDING OF WRITERS
During the 20’s and 30’s, a group of promising American writers enjoyed the attention and encouragement of a major American editor named Maxwell Perkins. Perkins, who worked with Scribner’s Publishing, discovered and nurtured notable authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, Marjorie K. Rawlings, and, later, John Marquand, Erskine Caldwell, James Jones…
Perkins could often divine how an author should proceed with his work better than the author. He was the quintessential editor, and post-modern writers lament that an editor like Perkins, a man who offered his authors consideration and friendship, plus impeccable editing, no longer exists. Most writers complain that there are no personal relationships between editors and writers. Perkins possessed critical ability and empathy. He carved out almost 100,000 words from Thomas Wolfe’s LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL and still maintained the respect of, and friendship with, Wolfe.
Over a month ago, Isabel Anders and I successfully placed a collaborative manuscript entitled CHANT OF DEATH with Gary Entsminger, editor of Pinyon Publishing in Montrose, Colorado. Gary’s initial comments about our work were more than heartening—he enthusiastically embraced our mystery and wrapped both arms around us with unusual (in the editing field) courtesy and considerable confidence in our writing. Isabel has characterized Gary as unlike any editor she has EVER encountered in her experiences as a writer and an editor.
A native of Virginia, Gary has the charm and engaging manner of a gentleman Virginian and has shown us the same kind of interest and thoughtfulness Maxwell Perkins showed his authors back in the early 20th century. Of course, Isabel and I know we’re not in the same league with the notable authors mentioned above, but we’ve advanced big steps forward in developing confidence as writers because of Gary’s nurturing.
Gary has authored many books himself (unlike Max Perkins who wasn’t a writer) and his latest writings are highly unusual. With artist and book designer, Susan Elliott (about whom I recently blogged), Gary has published OPHELIA’S GHOST, a novel that explores UFO’s, parallel universes, and anthropology—which are among Gary’s interests. He and Susan also published a book entitled REMEMBERING THE PARABLES, which presents a system for learning Jesus’ parables by heart, as an example of how to use the ancient Art of Memory.
Gary has written book reviews, technical articles and books, has worked as a free-lancer, and is deeply immersed in environmentalism. He’s also a consummate guitarist and mandolin player, and has made CD’s of his music, which you can find at Pinyon-Publishing.com. In his spare time, he’s a skilled computer programmer and has produced computer software that “helps students understand patterns of biodiversity.”
Here’s an interview I had with this amazing latter-day Maxwell Perkins and “man for all seasons” who is so inured to the care and feeding of authors.
INTERVIEW WITH GARY ENTSMINGER:
DIANE: What do you look for in the manuscripts you receive from authors seeking a publisher?
GARY: Good writing... OK, that's the too easy answer... I look for projects with heart. By that I mean projects where the writer cares about what she's writing about. Our modern culture is saturated with books, music, movies, and art that try to imitate someone else. That doesn't interest me much. I like our differences. And to me, that's where great art lies.
DIANE: I know you like poetry and often write it yourself. Do you prefer publishing books of a certain genre?
GARY: Yes, poetry was my first love. In college, for example, I only wanted to write poems. I read fiction and in many different genres of non-fiction (history, science, nature, mathematics, religion, etc.), but poems had my heart. Then I learned abruptly after college that it was a lot easier to make a living writing prose, especially non-fiction, so that in its various journalistic, scientific, and technical guises commanded my attention for the next two decades. I wrote for, edited, and published with several major publishers (e.g., Prentice-Hall). Throughout that time, I continued to read voraciously as always, but it wasn't until a few years ago that my interest in writing poetry resurfaced, along with a sudden urge to write a novel.
When Susan and I started Pinyon Publishing, we decided not to solicit any manuscripts. We wanted to see what came to us. So we published a novel, then something clicked, and we were suddenly offered a fine book of poems to publish (Dabney Stuart's TABLES). From there, as suddenly, a second book of poems appeared, then a novel, a book of non-fiction, and we realized we were doing what we set out to do: publish well-written books that we liked and that we felt had heart.
DIANE: An editor of a small press who attended the Sewanee Writer’s Conference a few years ago said that most of the manuscripts her press receives nowadays require little editing. Are the manuscripts you receive in good form and free of grammatical and spelling errors, etc.? How much editing do you normally have to do?
GARY: It depends on what she means by 'editing?' Most books that we've received have been punctuated well, use good grammar, and are mostly free of obvious errors. Most writers use software with spell checkers, and most writers do this basic copy editing before they submit manuscripts.
But the more interesting type of editing remains, of trying to understand what the writer is trying to do with her story. So editing could mean 'suggesting alternative wording,' or cutting or adding here, and so on.
Recently, we received a fine manuscript of haikus (SPILLED MILK by Gary Hotham). The manuscript was everything you'd want from a book of haiku. But as I reread the poems, I thought I was hearing a story, that the haiku had an underlying order, different from the order that now appeared in the book. So after consulting with Gary about reordering the poems, I changed the order and divided the poems into sections. Later, a reviewer noticed the importance of the order (for the story) as well. We were all satisfied.
DIANE: I spoke of Maxwell Perkins’ friendships with authors in the blog above and how I perceive that you are much like him. Does your thoughtfulness influence the manner in which you reject manuscripts as well? Do you send form rejections, or do you often critique those manuscripts before returning them to the author?
GARY: Although I think it could be useful to comment on every manuscript we reject, I've decided not to, primarily because I don't want to mislead writers into thinking that because I commented on the book I want eventually to publish it. However, if it's a manuscript that I think we can publish after some revision, then I try to help by making suggestions if I can. Some books really are riding high already and don't need much help.
DIANE: How many books does Pinyon publish each year? Any plans for expansion?
GARY: We're currently publishing six-ten books a year, with one book a month perhaps our optimal size. We're scheduled now into 2011. So I think we're on track and we're still having fun. That's important!
DIANE: The famous runner, George Sheehan, who wrote RUNNING AND BEING, said that poets, saints, philosophers, and athletes are the most enlightened humans. What do you think of his remark?
GARY: I like it because his list contains some of my favorite people. But I'm not sure I'd agree. I do think some people appear more enlightened than others, and I think their attention to their minds and bodies, their appreciation of life, their presence in their daily tasks, and their thoughtfulness and selflessness are key. I can imagine almost any person paying this kind of attention to their work or play, whatever it is.
DIANE: Your novel writing seems highly spiritual. Are you affiliated with any religious denomination?
GARY: I grew up in a Christian environment. Both of my parents attended church all of their lives. My brother, JW, and I also were part of the regular Sunday ritual into college. I retain much of the ethical wisdom I acquired in childhood: speak the truth, love your neighbor, and so on.
Since childhood I've learned that the marvelous ethical system I learned from my parents wasn't part of any particular religion or church denomination. Many religions have shared these loving common values throughout recorded history. What my continual immersion in learning about these religions tells me is the spiritual part underlying these religions is what counts. And that spiritual component seems to have many names.
DIANE: Why did you become an editor?
GARY: In 1984, I was out of college, out of work, and trying to decide whether to teach (high school) or write. I had two job offers that summer: one teaching, one editing a computer journal (Micro Cornucopia). I chose the journal, and it's been writing, editing, and (now) publishing ever since.
DIANE: How do your interests in literature and computer programming interface?
GARY: Although they sound very different, they do share some interesting qualities. Besides the obvious writing and editing parts (one writes a computer program in a computer language instead of a spoken language), writing and programming both require solving certain problems. A program has an algorithm. A novel has a plot. Sometimes the program doesn't work. It's buggy! Sometimes the story or poem doesn't work.
DIANE: Do you think that publishing houses in the U.S. will become extinct and e-books will become the wave of the future in the publishing industry?
GARY: Good question. And one I've been researching recently. At this point, e-books come in plastic and have batteries. To me, they're no fun to cuddle up with in bed. But we live in a world where people enjoy electronic devices, often the smaller the better. To venture a guess, I think the book reader (Kindle, iPad, etc.) will evolve into a book-TV device. You'll be able to pause while reading to watch a movie or a commercial, or order a pizza. You'll be able to photograph yourself reading (or will it be called 'watching?').
DIANE: What books do you think aspiring writers should read?
GARY: Any good book. But that's another easy answer. Better perhaps: books that are at least somewhat similar to what they want to write. If you want to write poems, then read a few good poets. Ditto for novels or books about plants or wildlife. Read them not to imitate them but to see what else has been done in the field that interests you. You might even find someone has already written the book you thought you wanted to write. That would be fun.
DIANE: What advice do you have for authors submitting their work to you? Or to any publishing house?
GARY: For us: First, submit a thoughtful short query describing your book or project. If that sounds interesting, we'll ask to see something else, a little longer, and we go from there. It's also very helpful if the writer has some idea who might want to read his book or how he thinks we should promote it. It's also wonderful if the writer has some plans to promote his own book. The more a writer thinks about the book as a project, the better chance he'll have to publish it with us or anyone else.
DIANE: Are you writing another book?
GARY: You bet. Always writing. Currently, Susan and I are deep into our second novel, FALL OF '33, which is a follow-up to OPHELIA'S GHOST.
Posted by Diane Marquart Moore at 5:44:00 PM
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CURE Brings Together Citizens and Researchers to Find a Cure For Epilepsy
The CURE founders joined together to “spearhead the search for a cure.” Since CURE’s Inception, they have helped create a dramatic shift in the way epilepsy is researched and understood.
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) is a non-profit organization committed to raising awareness and finding a cure for epilepsy. The organization was founded in 1998 by a small group of parents of children who suffered from epilepsy who were unwilling to take a passive role in protecting their children from seizures and negative side effects of existing epilepsy medications and treatments. The CURE founders joined together to “spearhead the search for a cure”, and have helped create a dramatic shift in the way epilepsy is researched and understood. Since the organization’s founding, it has grown into a worldwide movement and raised more than $43 million to fund research initiatives that are helping to develop a cure.
CURE has several programs that are helping the scientific and medical community better understand the underlying causes of epilepsy. The Epilepsy Genetics Initiative (EGI) focuses on collecting data that will help develop a personalized approach to epilepsy. CURE also leads research initiatives for different types of epilepsy including Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and Infantile Spasms (IS). The organization works with an internal scientific team of epilepsy researchers, a Scientific Advisory Council and a Lay Review Council. All three bodies help review grant applications and distribute funding for new and expanded epilepsy research being conducted all over the world.
Each year, CURE presents grant awards to promising research working towards a breakthrough in understanding and finding a cure for different types of epilepsy. These awards are in the form of two year research grants of up to $250,000, and have the potential to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals living with epilepsy.
The 2016 CURE Research Award Recipients represent scientific researchers working on breakthrough discoveries in epilepsy all around the globe. Grant recipients include researchers from University of Colorado, Boulder, Boston Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Melbourne, the University of British Columbia and others. CURE also gives Innovator Awards in the form of 1 year grants of up to $50,000 to highly innovative concepts relevant to epilepsy. 2016 Innovator Award recipients represented researchers from Italy, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
For more information on CURE and the CURE Research Awards, visit the CURE website.
Author robertrocheblogPosted on April 14, 2017 August 31, 2017 Tags citizens united for research in epilepsy, CURE, cure epilepsy, epilepsy research, non-proft
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Archaeological Investigations at the Redwine Site (41SM193), Smith County, Texas
Mark Walters, Unknown
Patti Haskins
David H. Jurney
S. Eileen Goldborer
Timothy K. Perttula
Journal of Northeast Texas Archaeology
The Redwine site (41SM193) is a probable Middle Caddoan habitation site located on an upland terrace (Figure I) on the headwaters of Auburn Creek, a small tributary of the Sabine River in central Smith County; the Angelina River drainage basin begins about 1.5 km to the south of the site. Auburn Creek is about 100 meters to the north of the site. The Sabine River lies approximately 24 km to the north. Soils on the Redwine site are Bowie fine sandy loam.
The site was discovered in the early 1960s by Sam Whlteside an avocational archaeologist who lived in the Tyler area. His work consisted of trenching, and he located and excavated several burials and a small house mound. In an attempt to relocate the site limited controlled excavations were undertaken in 1995 by the authors, under the direction of Dr. John Keller of Southern Archaeological Consultants, Inc. We hoped to gain enough information about the size, age, and integrity of the Redwine site to apply for legal designation and protection under the Antiquities Code of Texas. After confirming that the Redwine site contained important archaeological information, an application for State Archeological Landmark (SAL) designation was made in 1996, and in July 1996, the Redwine site was officially designated an SAL by the Texas Historical Commission, the first SAL in Smith County. This paper describes our findings, and discusses the artifacts and plant and animal remains recovered during the work. We also provide information on the 1960s excavations of a small house mound at the site, along with the grave goods recovered by Sam Whiteside from the four Redwine site burials.
Walters, Mark; Haskins, Patti; Jurney, David H.; Goldborer, S. Eileen; and Perttula, Timothy K. (1998) "Archaeological Investigations at the Redwine Site (41SM193), Smith County, Texas," Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol. 1998 , Article 43. https://doi.org/10.21112/.ita.1998.1.43
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Kiss is an American hard rock band formed in New York City, USA in 1973. The group has performed and recorded continuously since their formation. KISS has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and has been awarded 45 gold albums to date, and has certified sales of 19 million records in the United States. Easily identified by their trademark face paint (registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office) and stage costumes…
Vintage Magazines with Kiss
Articles with Kiss
Issue: December 1992. Featuring: Extreme. Also Included Bonham, Great White, Kik Tracee, Ministry, Spread Eagle, Trixter, Trouble, Helmet, Unleashed, Malevolent Creation and Much More.
Issue: March 1994. Featuring: Rob Zombie of White Zombie. Also Included Scorpions, Damn the Machine, Mr. Big, My Sister's Machine, Shotgun Messiah, Eleven, Mutha's Day Out, Type O Negative, Crowbar, Life of Agony and Much More.
Issue: January 1994. Featuring: Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots. Also Included VAI, Fight, WASP, Cathedral, Blue Murder, Deep Purple, Brother Cane and Much More.
Issue: September 1993. Featuring: Sebastian Bach of Skid Row. Also Included Winger, Primus, Belladonna, Wildside, Gruntruck, Sacred Reich, Paradise Lost, Floatsam and Jetsam, Suicidal Tendencies, Sepultura, White Zombie and Much More.
Issue: July 1993. Featuring: Alice In Chains and Anthrax. Also Included Infectious Grooves, In Living Colour, Enuff Znuff, Pigface, Kreator, Nuclear Assault, Dismember, T-Ride, Arcade and Much More.
Issue: May 1993. Featuring: Jackyl. Also Included Brutal Truth, Dream Theater, Megadeath, Poison, Pro-Pain, Screaming Trees, Sepultura, Vince Neil Band and Much More.
Issue: January 1993. Featuring: Pearl Jam, White Zombie and Slaughter. Also Included 24-7 Spyz, Blind Melon, Every Mother's Nightmare, Heavy Bones, Skid Row, Warrior Soul, Cathedral, Flotsam and Jetsam, Solitude Aeturnus, Babylon AD and Much More.
Issue: November 1992. Featuring: Megadeath. Also Included Alice In Chains, Bad 4 Good, Bang Tango, Blues Saraceno, Firehouse, Tora Tora, Warrant, Testament, Decide, Exodus and Much More.
Issue: September 1992. Featuring: Slaughter. Also Included Babylon AD, Black Sabbath, Faster Pussycat, House of Lords, Iron Maiden, Killer Dwarfs, King's X, L7, Little Caesar, Lynch Mob, Soundgarden, Pantera, Body Count, Cro-Mags, White Zombie and Much More.
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Who doesn’t like to learn about the stories behind our favorite rock songs from throughout the years? We all do! In the just-released book, Facts on Tracks: Stories Behind 100 Rock Classics, author/journalist Greg Prato is prepared to guide readers through 100 bona fide classic songs from a multitude of rock genres – heavy… Read more »
LIZZY BORDEN’s Midnight Things
Lizzy Borden has been bringing his own style of heavy metal music to fans since 1983. Along with his defining music, he is also known for his elaborate stage shows. Screamer Magazine sat down with Borden to talk about the beginnings of his career to his latest album release, My Midnight Things. Borden’s music and… Read more »
LEATHER LEONE – The Voice of the Cult Returns
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As the lead vocalist of the legendary female rock band Vixen, Janet Gardner’s powerful vocals propelled Vixen to the top of the Billboard charts with crossover hits “Edge of a Broken Heart” and “Cryin’’” and AOR rockers “How Much Love” and “Love is a Killer.” Vixen toured extensively, grinding out 200 shows per year, opening… Read more »
Photos – KISS Live! – Kennewick, WA
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KISS Rocks Vegas Live On PPV
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ACE FREHLEY – Space Invader
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KISS Monster
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Queensrÿche is an American progressive heavy metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue, Washington. The band has released eleven studio albums and several EPs and DVDs and continues to tour and record. Queensrÿche has been successful in the progressive scene, having sold over 20 million albums worldwide including over 6 million albums in the United States.
Vintage Magazines with Queensryche
Articles with Queensryche
Issue: March 1993. Featuring: Ted Nugent and Dave Mustaine. Also Included Arcade, Stone Temple Pilots, Biohazard, DRI, Fear Factory, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Much More.
Issue: February 1992. Featuring: MSG. Also Included 24-7 Spyz, Armed Forces, Blitzspeer, Hexx, Lillian Axe, Nuclear Valdez, Pyschefunkapus, War Babies and Much More.
Issue: December 1991. Featuring: Queensryche. Also Included Bonham, Coroner, Death, Europe, Haunted Garage, Lita Ford, Lucy Brown, Shadow King, Shotgun Messiah, Sweet F.A. and Much More
Issue: November 1991. Featuring: Motley Crue. Also Included Warrant, Sound Garden, Danger Danger, Fates Warning, Fudge Tunnel, Infectious Grooves, Voivod and Much More.
Issue: September 1991. Featuring: LA Guns. Also Included Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, Armored Saint, Dangerous Toys, Nuclear Assault, Overkill, Screaming Jets, Suicidal Tendencies, The Scream, White Trash, XYZ and Much More
Issue: June 1991. Featuring: Skid Row. Also Included Poison, Slaughter, BulletBoys, Baton Rouge, Fishbone, Godflesh, Hall Aflame, Junkyard, Kik Tracee, Kix, Mind Funk, Warrior Soul and Much More.
Issue: May 1991. Featuring: Bang Tango. Also Included Poison, Blackeyed Susan, Contraband, Mordred, No Sweat, Queensryche, Southgang, Tattoo Rodeo, Thunder and Much More
Issue: January 1991. Featuring: Tesla. Also Included Scorpions, Slaughter, Damn Yankees, Death Angel, Heaven's Edge, Rhino Bucket, Sweet F.A., Vio Lance and Much More.
Issue: December 1990. Featuring: Cinderella. Also Included Bang Tango, Extreme, Jet Boy, Eyes, Lynch Mob, Nevada Beach, Sepultura, Two Bit Thief, Annihilator and Much More.
QUEENSRYCHE – LIVE! At The Fonda Theater
Seattle, being known as the birthplace of grunge, has spawned a few notable musical artists who hit the scene prior to the advent of the flannel shirt craze. One of the last groups to emanate from the Emerald City prior to the 1990’s when Nirvana basically changed the rules of rock is Queensryche. With a… Read more »
Photos – QUEENSRYCHE – LIVE! At The Fonda Theater
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FATES WARNING – North American Tour with Queensryche and Additional Dates
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Photos – QUEENSRYCHE Live! – FivePoint Amphitheatre
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SCORPIONS Usher Out Summer With Queensryche
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Basics of Human Trafficking
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If You Suspect Trafficking
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PRJUA AND AJAY’S STORY
Prjua, aged 9 and her brother Ajay, aged 7, lived on Thane train station in Mumbai, India. They lived with their parents who were both alcoholics and were not able to look after them very well. Prjua and Ajay loved to go to the Asha Deep Day Centre, run by Oasis India. They learned to read and write and were given the opportunity to play. Prjua and Ajay went to the centre every day for about three months and really enjoyed it. But suddenly they disappeared. The staff at the centre were worried about them and so they went looking for them. They found Prjua and Ajay’s parents and asked them what had happened. Prjua and Ajay’s father said that a man had come and offered money for them and that he had sold them for the equivalent of $30. That was the last the father and the staff of Asha Deep ever heard of them.
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Driver May Have Gone Several Miles In Wrong Direction Before Fatal Crash In Pacifica
By Wilson Walker February 11, 2019 at 7:50 pm
Filed Under:Highway 1, Pacifica, wrong-way crash
PACIFICA (KPIX) – Two young people are dead and another suffering from life-threatening injuries after a disastrous wrong turn in Pacifica, and the Highway Patrol is still trying to figure out how that could have happened.
“What we do know is that the driver of the Toyota Prius is the brother of the passenger that was ejected in the Toyota Prius,” says Officer Bert Diaz with California Highway Patrol.
Thrown from the car and killed was 23-year-old Tulio de Giovanni, an agroecology student from Brazil now living with his brother in Daly City. Also killed was 23-year-old Megan Cota of San Francisco.
The CHP says it does not yet know how their car ended up traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 1. Phone calls to 911 suggest the car may have been headed the wrong direction for as many as four miles, all the way back to the 280 Interchange.
“We don’t know exactly where the entry point was,” explains Officer Diaz. “We did get several calls of a wrong-way driver. We got it north of 280, as far south as 35, SR [state route] 35. At this point it’s undetermined.”
Now, investigators are now trying to work backwards, and figure out which wrong turn might have sent this car driving towards disaster.
“We want to make sure we rule out any foul play,” says Diaz. “We look into whether drugs or alcohol or medication was involved, but at this point it’s too early to determine that.”
The two passengers in the pickup truck were not seriously injured, but the brother of the man killed who was driving the Prius, is still hospitalized in critical condition.
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How flexible are wages in response to local unemployment in South Africa?
Geeta Kingdon and John Knight
Global Poverty Research Group
SARPN acknowledges the ESRC Global Poverty Research Group as a source of this document: www.gprg.org
South Africa has very high unemployment. Depending on the definition used, the latest national unemployment rate is 31% or 42% (StatsSA, 2003). This may well be the result of a rapidly growing labor force, on the one hand, and declining formal employment, on the other: the labor market may lack the flexibility to cope with this divergence (Lewis, 2002; Moll, 1993; Boccara and Moll, 1997; Fallon and Lucas, 1998). Indeed, there are reasons to expect that the South African labor market is unusually inflexible. Based on surveys of company officials, the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report (1999: Tables 7.02-7.05, 7.09) ranks South Africa at the bottom of its fifty-nine nation comparison on whether labor regulations on wages, hours or dismissals favor flexibility. The trade union movement is apparently powerful and allied with the government. Moreover, there is an institutional framework - the Bargaining Councils and the Wage Boards - to set minimum wages in parts of the formal sector. However, recent research, examining the union - non-union and bargaining council . non-bargaining council wage differentials, has found this source of inflexibility to be minor (Schultz and Mwabu, 1998; Butcher and Rouse, 2001): these studies estimate the union premium to be similar to that found in other countries, including the US and the UK. Another potential test of labor market inflexibility concerns the responsiveness of wages to local labor market conditions. Our purpose is to measure this by examining the spatial relationship between wages and unemployment. The estimated elasticity of the wage with respect to the local unemployment rate can then be compared with the elasticities found in other countries.
There is accumulating evidence of a negative relationship between local unemployment and wages in various economies. This relationship has been called 'the wage curve' and claimed as an empirical 'law' of economics by Blanchflower and Oswald (1994). Using mesoeconomic analysis1, Blanchflower and Oswald present an impressive array of evidence in favor of the wage curve from the US, UK, and some other OECD countries. The evidence shows that wages are negatively related to contemporaneous unemployment, and that the unemployment elasticity of the wage is approximately -0.1, so that a 10% increase in the unemployment rate leads to a 1% decrease in wages.2 Carruth and Oswald (1987) and Blanchflower and Oswald (1990) provide theoretical models of the labor market consistent with the wage curve. In a searching review article, Card (1995) does not contest the validity of the wage curve, taking issue instead only with the interpretation of the results and the robustness of the elasticity.
In developing countries, by contrast, the relationship between wages and unemployment has generally been analyzed in the context of probabilistic models of migration (Harris and Todaro, 1970, and the vast literature, mainly theoretical, that followed). Unemployment is viewed as the equilibrating variable in a labor market characterized by segmentation and wage inflexibility: high urban wages attract high urban unemployment. The presumption is that unemployment is a function of the wage and not vice versa. There has been little testing of either causal relationship in developing countries using microeconomic datasets. There are two notable exceptions. Hoddinott (1996), contrary to the prediction of probabilistic migration models, found evidence of a wage curve in urban Cote d.Ivoire, with an elasticity similar to those in OECD economies, and Van der Meulen Rodgers and Nataraj (1999) adduced evidence of a long run wage curve in Taiwan.
The object of this paper is to test for the wage curve relationship in a developing country with very high unemployment, using data from South Africa where the average unemployment rate exceeds 30%. This is several times the typical OECD unemployment rate and twice that in urban Cote d.Ivoire. If a wage curve can be shown to exist in South Africa, this will throw further doubt on the importance in practice of probabilistic models in developing countries (Banerjee, 1983). Given that a wage curve is found, are wages as flexible at the high South African unemployment rate as in other countries?
There are two further reasons why the finding of a wage curve in South Africa is of interest. First, when unemployment is very high, its definition itself becomes an issue. In these conditions, the proportion of people actively searching for work is likely to depend on the number wanting work. If many unemployed people stop actively searching for work because they become discouraged, then it may be misleading to measure the unemployment rate by considering as unemployed only those who actively looked for work, i.e. by the narrow definition. The wage curve can assist choice among alternative definitions of unemployment by showing which measure of the unemployment rate is more important in explaining wages. If, as an ILO report on the South African labor market suggests (ILO, 1996, p. 104), those wanting work but not actively seeking (included in the 'broad' definition of unemployment) are outside the labor force, we would expect the wage curve to be steeper for narrow than for broad unemployment.
Secondly, the wage curve can have implications for poverty: a negative relationship may mean that high unemployment in a locality not only has a direct effect on poverty among its households but also an indirect effect via the lower wages of their employed members.
The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 presents a brief theoretical analysis of the relationships between wages and unemployment. Section 3 provides the South African context, and Section 4 discusses the data, model, and tests. The empirical results appear in Section 5, and Section 6 concludes.
Applying microeconomic data and methods to macroeconomic questions.
This finding is now corroborated by evidence from a large number of OECD countries.
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“Nations are political constructs”
Colin Crouch a few years ago shocked the public with the analysis in his book “Post-Democracy”, claiming that our political order is in heavy decay. Nowadays he may think, due to Brexit and the Trump election, his prediction has in fact come true and even faster than expected. We were talking with the man who may have new predictions for the UK election and the exit from Brexit.
SLD: In your book Post-Democracy you laid out your believes why the political order of Western countries is in decay. A few years later, with the rise of Mr Trump in the US and the Brexit vote in the UK, would you say that’s a logical consequence of your analysis from 2004 when the book was published.
Crouch: My argument was that democratic politics was becoming a kind of game, managed by economic and political elites. The decline of class and religion had left many people without a strong sense of political identity, while globalisation was removing key decisions to international levels beyond the reach of democracy, which remained bound to the nation state. The recent rise of the far right across the world partly confirms my analysis, because these groups make a similar complaint about the powerlessness of ordinary people. But it has also taken me by surprise, as I had not realised that, while other historical bases of political identity were declining, national identity not only remained, but was being made more salient by globalisation, immigration, refugee crises and Islamic terrorism. These new movements are rooted in hate and seek an impossible return to national isolation, so they are both evil and useless. But I have to admit that they are a response to post-democracy.
SLD: One assumption while creating the European Union was to overcome the national state by establishing a supra-national order on one hand side and on the other strengthening the regions, the peculiarities of all parts of Europe. I would have guessed that the regional identity, let’s say as a Catalonian or a Bavarian, is always stronger then the somewhat, in comparison, abstract and fabricated national narrative. Why isn’t that so in your opinion?
Crouch: Over the centuries the rulers of various parts of Europe tried to get their populations to feel a primary loyalty to the territory that they ruled over. They wielded myths of ‘nation’ and the nation’s enemies in order to do this. Their success varied. The monarchs of the Scandinavian countries, England, much of France, Poland, and the territories that became the Netherlands, were particularly successful. But there were always exceptions, where more local identities survived: Scotland, Catalonia, the Basque country, Bavaria, to some extent Wales and Brittany, many of the regions and cities of Italy. The whole business – both the creation of national identities and local resistances to them – was highly arbitrary. But the arbitrary can be very powerful if backed by powerful political forces and a lengthy history – even (or perhaps even especially) a mythical history. This is no place for rationality!
SLD: So national narratives are always based on mythical speculations, like Arthur’s kingdom Albion or the realm of the Nibelungen? At least one can see the right wing movements playing with such motives that have been un-digged again over time such as, in the German context, the Abendland, the Occident. Another example to me is the Anglo-Saxionian narrative that bred in the belly of the Mayflower and flourished in America, It lives by the assumption, that the English and later the Americans are chosen kind, chosen people in the sense of the biblical mythology.
Crouch: Yes, there is always an important mythical component to national narratives, because they need an assumption of some kind of national separateness, which is nearly always an illusion, because particularly in Europe there have been so many movements and mixings of people. The nation cannot be defined simply by geography, as national boundaries have changed so much over the centuries – even the UK, which claims a special ‘island’ status has a current national boundary no older than 1922. More can be done with language, though there are many exceptions to national language specificity, and linguistic unity is often a political imposition. When the Czechs and Slovaks wanted a Czechoslovakia independent of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they were concerned to stress the similarity of Czech and Slovak; today the separate Czech and Slovak nation states are busy differentiating their languages. Nations are political constructs. This does not mean that people do not believe in them – very fervently, often dangerously – but at times like the present, when national separateness is being used for cynical political ends, it is worth remembering this artificiality.
SLD: These narratives bear a certain claim to legitimacy of rulership. One of the points of the critics of democracy in our days in fact also claim that politics, let us say the European Union for example, lack exactly that legitimacy. Would the European Union, would liberal democracy in general, now not need to develop and articulate a narrative of its own?
Crouch: Yes indeed! we desperately need a narrative that shows to people the need to develop solidarities with people in neighbouring countries, so that we can together confront challenges of globalisation. In Europe we have much to draw on in a shared culture and history – even though the latter includes many wars and hostilities. But this needs support from political leaders, who need to be willing to say that we can confront today’s problems only by acting together across Europe. Instead they have the often irresistible temptation to wrap themselves in their national flags and blame other countries for everything that goes wrong. As a British citizen I have witnessed this happening every day for years, leading my country to the stupid path on which it is now engaged. But it is also necessary that the European institutions make themselves relevant and attractive to citizens. Jacques Delors knew how to do this, but very few of his successors have even tried. Perhaps one good consequence of Brexit will be to teach them this lesson.
SLD: Is the freshly proclaimed general election in the UK now a triumph of democracy or an belated outcome of a flawed democratic referendum?
Crouch: It is neither; it is just normal political manipulation. The prime minister, Theresa May – who up to two weeks ago had said she would definitely not call a sudden election – has noted two things. First, her personal lead in the opinion polls over the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has become very large. Second, the European Union has made it clear to her that there can be no negotiation of the UK’s new relationship with Europe until the ‘divorce’ settlement is complete. This means that, by the scheduled time for the next election – May 2020 – there would be only negative consequences from Brexit. She did not want to face the voters in such a situation. Her rhetoric around calling the sudden election has in fact been highly undemocratic, redolent of the Turkish president Recep Erdogan. She has said that after this election there must be an end to any discussion of Brexit in Parliament, and that during the election she should not be expected to discuss what she is trying to achieve in the negotiations. The newspaper that is most loyal to her, the Daily Mail, had just three words on its front page on the morning after the election was announced, mounted on a large picture of Mrs May: Crush the saboteurs. That is the political atmosphere in England today.
SLD: Do you expect a vote that could reverse Brexit?
Crouch: No. The only thing that could stop Brexit is if, at the end of the negotiations, the government concluded that the implications were too negative to bear, and proposed to the public that it change its mind in a second referendum. Theresa May could do this, as she clearly wants to try to make Brexit a success. However, I thunk that this is unlikely. What lies behind the triumphal optimism of the Brexiteers is their belief that they can reconstruct the British Commonwealth (the old empire) as a trading zone based on the UK. I think that this is a delusion, but there is a deep strain of nostalgia for the empire within the romantic wing of the Conservative Party, and it resonates with a section of the population, across classes. It will, I fear, need the full experience of a failed attempt to shake the confidence of this dream.
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“The Sacred” – a Concrete or Abstract Matter?
What if someone asked you to put a pin on the map of your city or town, on the spot you consider your personal “sacred space”?
The different responses to such a suggestion might surprise you. For some, their “sacred space” could be the location of their first kiss. For others, perhaps a peaceful park nestled amongst downtown highrises. For me in Toronto, it’s probably the Distillery District – not the shops, galleries, restaurants, and theatres, but the ghost of the past distillery that lurks behind them all.
These places might not be traditionally “sacred,” but personal judgements may be all we can resort to, since Canada no longer has a single sacred tradition that encompasses the whole culture. That, at least, is the opinion of three authors – two architects and one philosopher – who presented their books last week at the Harbourfront Centre’s International Readings event entitled “Architecture and Sacred Space.”
The evening could almost have been two separate events: the presentation of the books themselves, and then a panel discussion. Because the actual books were not about sacred space, but about concrete. Yes, you heard right. And what does concrete have to do with sacred space? Good question.
The discussions of concrete architecture might have received more in-depth treatment if the books had been considered alone; it wasn’t always clear why they were presented in a meeting about sacred space. Yet as architects Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart presented short readings and slides from their co-edited book, Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the fifties to the seventies, it gradually became obvious that Toronto’s concrete construction during those years had a spirit to it, a thrust not just toward size, but also toward beauty. This suggested a first tenuous connection between concrete buildings and sacred space.
University of Toronto philosophy professor Mark Kingwell, presenting his book, Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City, inched a little closer to “the sacred” as he discussed how a city is an organic manifestation of the consciousness of the citizens who build and move through it. He demonstrated, with slides, photos, and maps, how cities exist in a tension between the “planned” (as in the strict grid the original planners tried to impose on Manhattan) and the “inhabited” (where the grid had give way, in places, to Manhattan’s inherent geography, because the island “insisted on itself”).
But it wasn’t until the three authors participated in the panel, moderated by Lisa Rapoport of PLANT Architect Inc, that sacred space was addressed directly.
McClelland envisions the sacred as an ability to pull out of everyday life, in order to dream. He believes one responsibility of an architect is to help create a city’s dreamscape. Yet he, unlike Rapoport, doesn’t believe there is something inherent in any architectural form that promotes this. Rather, any building, even a “sacred” one, is invested with meaning by the beliefs of the culture in which it is created.
For Stewart, people can recast any space as sacred, on a personal or community level. He described an interesting life cycle of how we often view buildings: those of the recent past become “rejected” (e.g. our current view of concrete architecture from the 50’s and 60’s); buildings of the distant past become “canonical” (e.g. Toronto’s Old City Hall, which was once viewed with disdain); and architecture of the future becomes “exciting,” because anything is possible.
Kingwell, too, thinks of “profound possibilities” as being part of how we create sacred space; we cross a threshold into a space that allows us to perceive another mode of being. This can be a large community square, or even an intersection of streets.
The discussion ranged animatedly as the speakers tried to define the sacred and imagine how architecture can help foster this sensibility. But the odd bifurcation of the evening was never entirely overcome, and the relation of “concrete” to “sacred space” was never entirely established.
Do I want to read these books, following the evening’s activities? I don’t actually know. If the evening had only considered concrete buildings and their significance, perhaps yes. But we were left with only tantalizing glimpses of some quite beautiful concrete architecture as it sailed by in the slide presentations. Unable to decide, I remain suspended between the two: the concrete of the buildings and the abstract of “the sacred.”
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Disaster on the Mississippi
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Sultana Ablaze
Photo: Library of Congress
In the waning weeks of the Civil War, the riverboat Sultana departed New Orleans with a load of livestock and passengers bound for St. Louis. Having developed a leak in one of its boilers, the ship stopped in at Vicksburg, Mississippi for some makeshift repairs to replace the leaking boiler plates. Following this stopover, the ship proceeded upriver against the strong spring currents of the Mississippi. Aboard the ship were hundreds of recently released Yankee POWs making their way home from Confederate prison camps. On the evening of April 27, 1865, as the ship’s crew piled on steam to overcome the Mississippi’s currents, a massive explosion ripped through the wooden bowels of the ship and set the entire vessel aflame.
Ablaze and adrift, the Sultana ran aground on the west bank of the Mississippi near present-day Marion, Arkansas. Despite the efforts of several rescue ships, hundreds perished in the frigid waters of the Mississippi from hypothermia or drowning. Dozens more were killed by the initial explosion and subsequent fire. Most of the survivors were taken ~9 miles downriver to Memphis where another ~300 died from their burns. The official death tolleventually reached 1,547, however, estimates have ranged as high as 1,900. Regardless of which figure is correct, the sinking is to this day the deadliest maritime disaster in US history. Despite its high body count, the Sultana’s sinking, both in 1865 and in a historical context, has often been overshadowed by President Lincoln’s assassination and the conclusion of the Civil War.
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Shop > Motor Sport Books > Jim Clark - The Best of the Best
Jim Clark - The Best of the Best
Approx $100.00 or €93.60
Jim Clark was a genuine sporting hero. He won 25 of his 72 Grands Prix and in the sixties was the yardstick by which every other driver on the starting grid was judged, and by which they judged themselves. Quite simply, Clark was peerless. Stubborn and notoriously indecisive outside the car, he would nervously chew his fingernails, but he was a genius when he got behind the wheel. To many he remains the greatest racing driver of all time, not just because of his fearsome strike rate and the magnitude and manner of his achievements, but also because he remained humble and unspoiled throughout. Published on the 50th anniversary of Clark’s death, this book, 20 years in the making, is a deeply detailed look at a complex and compelling character.
• Starting in a friend’s cars in driving tests, sprints, hill climbs, autocrosses and rallies, Clark graduated to sports cars in his native Scotland while still pursuing his other passion, which was farming.
• Such was his subliminal driving talent that motorsport overcame farming (and parental opposition) and he went on to win in Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula Junior, the Tasman series, sports cars and touring cars, and to triumph in the legendary Indianapolis 500 in America.
• Clark’s Formula 1 début came in 1960, with Team Lotus, where his unique fraternal relationship with boss Colin Chapman became one of the cornerstones of success for them both.
• Driving for Lotus throughout his professional career, Clark was twice a World Champion, in 1963 and 1965, famously winning seven of 10 rounds on the way to his first crown.
• On his first visit to the Indianapolis 500, in 1963, he finished second, and two years later he became the first Formula 1 star to win it, with his Lotus the first rear-engine victor as well.
• Clark’s tragic death, in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim in Germany on 7 April 1968, was likened by compatriot and close friend Jackie Stewart to motorsport’s equivalent of the atomic bomb.
• A special feature of this book is the personal insight from the author’s dozens of interviews with family, friends, drivers and mechanics.
Publication date: 5 April 2018
Page extent: 520pp
Illustration: over 400 photographs, many in colour
David Tremayne has spent his career in motorsport journalism, with such notable roles as executive editor of Motoring News, long-time Grand Prix correspondent for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, and co-founder of GrandPrix+, the sport’s first and fastest e-magazine. He has written over 50 books, including the award-winning Donald Campbell: The Man behind the Mask, a major biography of the speed king. He is a three-times winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ ‘Journalist of the Year’ award. In August 2017 he averaged 275mph during a test run prior to challenging the 301mph UK land-speed record, walking away with just a cut knuckle after a crash at 250mph, and vowing to try again. He lives in County Durham.
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Bryan Adams discography
Main article: Bryan Adams
1.1 Studio albums
1.2 Live, compilation & soundtrack albums
1.3 Singles
2 Videography
2.1 Video albums
2.2 Music videos
Discography[change | change source]
Studio albums[change | change source]
1980 Bryan Adams
Released: 12 February, 1980
Label: A&M
75 — — — — — — — — —
1981 You Want It You Got It
Released: April, 1981
50 — — — — — — — 118 78 Gold
1983 Cuts Like a Knife
Released: January, 1983
8 — — 24 — — 22 — 8 21 3x Platinum Gold Silver Platinum
1984 Reckless
Released: 5 November, 1984
1 — — 19 2 11 5 10 1 7 Diamond Platinum 3x Platinum 5x Platinum
1987 Into the Fire
Released: 30 March, 1987
2 — 13 7 4 16 3 4 7 10 3x Platinum Platinum Platinum Platinum
1991 Waking Up the Neighbours
Released: 24 September, 1991
1 1 1 8 1 2 1 1 6 1 Diamond 4x Platinum 3x Platinum 4x Platinum
1996 18 til I Die
Released: 4 June, 1996
4 2 2 4 7 9 5 2 31 1 3x Platinum Platinum 2x Platinum Platinum
1998 On a Day Like Today
Released: 27 October, 1998
3 38 4 5 34 24 27 2 103 11 2x Platinum Platinum Platinum
2004 Room Service
Label: Universal
2 15 3 21 18 3 19 1 134 4 Platinum Gold Gold
1 35 2 14 39 8 30 1 80 6 Gold
Live, compilation & soundtrack albums[change | change source]
1988 Live! Live! Live!
— — 17 26 — 57 22 21 — 17 Gold
1993 So Far So Good
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 6x Platinum 4x Platinum 5x Platinum 4x Platinum
1997 MTV Unplugged
Released: 9 December, 1997
10 28 7 8 22 15 54 3 88 19 Platinum Gold
1999 The Best of Me
14 18 4 7 2 13 20 3 — 12 3x Platinum Platinum Platinum
2002 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Released: 14 May, 2002
— — 6 7 19 22 24 6 40 8 Gold Silver Gold
2005 Anthology
4 — 28 30 — — — 39 65 30 2x Platinum Gold
Singles[change | change source]
1979 "Let Me Take You Dancing" 90 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
1980 "Hidin' from Love" 64 — — — — — — — — — — Bryan Adams
"Give Me Your Love" 91 — — — — — — — — — —
"Remember" — — — — — — — — — — —
1981 "Lonely Nights" — — — — — — — — — 84 3 You Want It You Got It
"Coming Home" — — — — — — — — — — —
"Fits Ya Good" 30 — — — — — — — — — 15
1983 "Straight from the Heart" 20 — — — — — — — 51 10 32 Cuts Like a Knife
"Cuts Like a Knife" 12 — — — — — — — — 15 6
"This Time" 32 — — — — — — — 41 24 21
"I'm Ready" 32 — — — — — — — — — 26
"The Only One" — — — — — — — — — — 44
"Take Me Back" — — — — — — — — — — 21
1984 "Run to You" 12 — — — — 14 — — 11 6 1 Reckless
1985 "Somebody" 13 — — — — — — — 35 11 1
"Heaven" 11 — — 28 3 28 8 14 38 1 27
"Summer of '69" 11 — 17 62 9 4 13 — 42 5 40
"One Night Love Affair" 19 — — — — — — — — 13 7
"It's Only Love" (with Tina Turner) 14 — 30 44 — 21 — — 29 15 7
"Christmas Time" 39 — — 67 2 — 19 18 55 — 31 non-album single
1987 "Heat of the Night" 7 — — 33 6 34 7 17 50 6 2 Into the Fire
"Hearts on Fire" 25 — — — — — — — 57 26 3
"Victim of Love" 53 — — — — — — — 68 32 10
"Only the Strong Survive" 47 — — — — — — — — — —
"Into the Fire" — — — — — — — — — — 6
"Another Day" — — — — — — — — — — 33
1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Waking Up the Neighbours
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" 1 9 14 14 7 10 3 8 12 2 2
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight" 2 30 — — — 29 33 — 32 31 6
1992 "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" 1 13 — 47 — 43 — — 8 13 14
"All I Want Is You" — 31 — — — — — — 22 — —
"Do I Have to Say the Words?" 2 — — 75 — 34 — — 30 11 —
"Touch the Hand" 38 — — — — — — — — — 13
1993 "Please Forgive Me" 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 7 — So Far So Good
"All for Love" (with Rod Stewart and Sting) 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 — The Three Musketeers
1995 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 4 1 — Don Juan De Marco
"Rock Steady" (with Bonnie Raitt) 12 — — — — — — — 50 73 — Road Tested
1996 "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" 1 19 — 44 — 21 24 5 6 52 — 18 til I Die
"Let's Make a Night to Remember" 1 7 34 57 — — 39 41 10 24 —
"Star" — — — 76 — — — — 13 — —
"18 til I Die" 21 — — 85 — 86 — — 22 — —
"I Finally Found Someone" (with Barbra Streisand) 14 2 23 53 — 16 9 17 10 8 — NA
1997 "Back to You" 1 38 — 62 — 77 56 — 18 — 38 MTV Unplugged
1998 "I'm Ready" 11 — — 66 — 24 — — 20 — —
"On a Day Like Today" 14 — 32 53 — 66 — 32 13 — — On a Day Like Today
"When You're Gone" (with Melanie C) " 13 4 14 14 6 7 8 11 3 — —
1999 "Cloud Number Nine" 8 — 13 33 — 62 43 26 6 — —
"The Best of Me" 10 — 37 65 — 67 — 31 47 — — The Best of Me
2000 "Don't Give Up" (Chicane with Bryan Adams) — 6 — 24 6 21 51 42 1 — — Behind the Sun
"Inside Out" — — — 66 38 91 — 53 — — — On a Day Like Today
2002 "Here I Am" — — 12 17 17 30 15 24 5 123 — Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2004 "Open Road" 1 — 35 23 12 28 — 17 21 — — Room Service
"Flying" — — — 68 41 86 — 51 37 — —
2005 "Room Service" — — — 74 — — — — — — —
"This Side of Paradise" — — — — — — — — — — —
2008 "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" 47 — 41 55 8 — — 52 146 — — 11
"Tonight We Have the Stars" — — — — — — — — — — —
"She's Got a Way" — — — — — — — — — — —
Videography[change | change source]
Video albums[change | change source]
2001 Live at Slane Castle, Ireland
Released: 11 December, 2001
2003 Live at the Budokan
2005 Live in Lisbon
Music videos[change | change source]
1980 "Sleepless Nights" Marcus Nispel [17]
1983 "Cuts Like a Knife" Steve Barron [18]
"This Time" [19]
1984 "Heaven" [20]
"Summer of '69" [21]
"Somebody" [22]
"Kids Wanna Rock" [23]
1985 "Run to You" [24]
1987 "Heat of the Night" Wayne Isham [25]
"Victim of Love" Dominic Sena [26]
1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Julien Temple [27]
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight" Steve Barron [28]
"All I Want Is You" Kevin Godley [29]
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" [30]
1992 "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" [31]
"Do I Have to Say the Words?" Anton Corbijn [32]
1993 "All for Love" David Hogan [33]
1995 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Anton Corbijn [34]
1996 "Let's Make a Night to Remember" Matthew Rolston [35]
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" [36]
1997 "Back to You" Milton Lage [37]
"18 til I Die" David Mould [38]
1998 "I'm Ready" Nigel Dick [39]
"On a Day Like Today" Joseph Kahn [40]
1999 "The Best of Me" Paul Boyd [41]
"Inside Out" Marcus Nispel [42]
"Cloud Number Nine" Joe Rey [43]
2000 "Don't Give Up" Sven Harding [44]
2002 "Here I Am" Mike Lipscombe [45]
2004 "Open Road" Tomorrow's Brightest Minds [46]
"Flying" Kevin Godley [47]
2005 "This Side of Paradise" Dick Caruthers [48]
2008 "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" Bryan Adams [49]
"Tonight We Have the Stars" [49]
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↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Australian Chart". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Austrian Chart". austriancharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ "Chartverfolgung / BRYAN ADAMS / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Norwegian Chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Dutch Chart". dutchcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Swedish Chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Swiss Chart". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Chart Stats - Bryan Adams". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "CRIA Certifications". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
↑ 11.0 11.1 "IFPI - Bryan Adams". IFPI. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
↑ 12.0 12.1 "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Bryan Adams. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
↑ 14.0 14.1 "Chartverfolgung / BRYAN ADAMS / Single" (in German). musicline.de. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Rush. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Artist Chart History (singles) - Bryan Adams". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Marcus Nispel - Sleepless Nights". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - Cuts Like a Knife". MTV. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - This Time". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - Heaven". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - Summer of '69". MTV. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - Somebody". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - Kids Wanna Rock". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - Run To You". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Wayne Isham - Heat Of the Night". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Dominic Sena - Victim Of Love". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Julien Temple - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Steve Barron - There Will Never Be another Tonight". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Kevin Godley - All I Want is You". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Kevin Godley - Can't Stop This Thing we Started". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Kevin Godley - Thought I'd Died and gone to Heaven". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Anton Corbijn - Do I Have To say the Words?". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "David Hogan - All For Love". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Anton Corbijn - Have You ever Really Loved a Woman?". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Matthew Rolston - Let's Make a Night to Remember". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Matthew Rolston - The Only Thing that looks Good On Me Is You". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Milton Lage - Back To You". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "David Mould - 18' til I Die". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Nigel Dick - I'm Ready". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Joseph Kahn - On a Day Like Today". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Paul Boyd - The Best Of Me". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Marcus Nispel - Inside Out". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Joe Rey - Cloud Number Nine". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Sven Harding - Don't Give Up". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Mike Lipscombe - Here I Am". Clipland. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Tomorrow's Brightest Minds - Open Road". videostatic.com. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Kevin Godley - Flying" (in Danish). skolarbete.nu. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ "Dick Caruthers - This Side of Paradise". michaeldvd.com. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
↑ 49.0 49.1 "Bryan Adams interview". thecelebritycafe.com. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
Bryan Adams discography discography at Discogs
The Bryan Adams discography
Bryan Adams • You Want It You Got It • Cuts Like a Knife • Reckless • Into the Fire • Waking Up the Neighbours • 18 til I Die • On a Day Like Today • Room Service • 11
So Far So Good • The Best of Me • Anthology
Live! Live! Live! • MTV Unplugged
Hit singles
"Cuts Like a Knife" • "Run to You" • "Somebody" • "Heaven" • "Summer of '69" • "It's Only Love" • "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" • "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" • "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" • "Please Forgive Me" • "All for Love" • "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" • "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" • "I Finally Found Someone" • "When You're Gone " • "Don't Give Up" • "Here I Am" • "Open Road"
Discography • Members • Awards • Jim Vallance • Robert Lange • Michael Kamen • Gretchen Peters
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Adams_discography&oldid=6609211"
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OUTSIDE THE HEARD - MAY 2011
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Simple Math
Manchester Orchestra's third record, Simple Math, is a concept record. It's a story about a 23-year old who questions everything from marriage to love to religion to sex. It's chock full of monster riffs, vigorous string arrangements, deep hooks and has miles of melodies that encase a compelling coming-of-age story told in the first person, intimately written and sung by frontman Andy Hull. "This record is two dueling conversations between me and my wife, and me and my God," says Hull. "Sometimes even for myself, it's difficult to decipher which one I'm actually talking to. Everything I've written in the past has been about those things. This album is the most realized form of my questioning."
Keren Ann
Keren Ann was born in Caesaria, Israel to a Javanese-Dutch mother and Russian-Israeli father and raised in Paris. She began captivating U.S. critics and audiences in 2004 with the stateside release of Not Going Anywhere, and proved that she was here to stay with 2005's Nolita and 2007's Keren Ann. And now, almost four years after her last album, Keren Ann is back with101. Each song is a window into a world, like the windows of the apartment building opposite James Stewart's inRear Window.Each picture, lit by a different light, is a painting come to life, a painting in sound and words, telling a story. There is also a new energy, a broader range, and a sense of new ground broken. The voice reaches out more, but Keren Ann retains her enigmatic quality -- the vignettes still mystify as much as they illuminate. Ultimately101embodies what Keren Ann`s music is all about: the songs, the voice, the sound.
The Big Machine
Emilie Simon's plush, artful soundscapes had already yielded her significant praise and awards in her French homeland and beyond. Singing in both French and English, Emilie allows her music to flow naturally, rewarding her with devoted fans worldwide. Simon now lives in New York, and it's the heart of the Big Apple that the seeds of The Big Machine – her impressive new album -- were planted and grown. Once The Big Machine had been set in motion distant ancestors of the New York music pantheon were being integrated into her plans, such as Laurie Anderson's Big Science, which was celebrated for being both avant-garde and pop. You'll find her venturing into unknown territories here, such as on the seductive track "The Cycle" with its hints of pop radio from the 70s/80s, or - at the other end of the spectrum - the sultry cabaret of "Rocket To The Moon". Clever and charming, The Big Machine is quite a find.
Gold in the Shadow
For many years, armed with a Master's degree in counseling from Geneva College, William Fitzsimmons worked as a mental health therapist, and only began recording his songs during graduate school breaks. While previous releases have been a detailed and agonizing retelling of events, Gold In The Shadow is about Fitzsimmons' personal regeneration in the aftermath of those experiences. Based on a specific set of psychopathological disorders from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV), Fitzsimmons describes the songs as "a real and long coming confrontation with personal demons, past mistakes, and the specter of mental illness which has hovered over me for the great majority of my life." This is a harrowing, beautiful and cathartic album – do yourself a favor and check it out.
KMAG YOYO
(& other American stories)
Lost Highway Records
Hayes Carll hasn't been resting on his laurels since topping critics polls and winning awards for his amazing 2008 album, Trouble in Mind. Instead, he's been on the road nearly nonstop with his band, The Poor Choices. Along the way, he's been inspired to write a crop of new tunes that the acclaimed songwriter says are "a layman's take on our country - a snapshot of America in some small way." The result: the sharply drawn collection KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) [kay-mag, yo-yo]. "I wanted to challenge myself musically," says Carll, "And see if I could capture that live dynamic." A lot of the songs came with the music first, with the music calling the lyrics. The band had developed little bit of swagger by the time they hit the studio, which was part of what Carll wanted to capture. "We'd been out on the road for a couple years and were sounding good together," says Carll. "Combining that with some timely songs, I think we came up with something special."
Electric Love
After touring the world on the strength of two albums, two film scores, and an international dance hit that snagged a Grammy, Dirty Vegas parted ways in 2005 and took a breather. The group reconvened four years later and what started as a single experiment in the studio soon blossomed into a brand-new beginning… And that taste of true musical freedom pulses throughout Electric Love. The results are versatile enough, whether it's playing at a Bar in Brooklyn or blasting at an Ibiza Beach Party. "Pressure" was the first song recorded after Dirty Vegas got back together and is perhaps the most buoyant effort on the album, with a propulsive tribal groove that slams like the group never left. Guitar riffs and twittering synths flirt like natural bedfellows on songs such as "Little White Doves" and "Emma," while "Electric Love" is a bass heavy dance floor stomper. Dirty Vegas are back and booties around the world couldn't be happier.
Amanda Shires
Carrying Lightning
Siver Knife
Lubbock-based singer / songwriter /fiddler, Amanda Shires, is blessed with a singular, literate songwriting style and a crystalline, distinct voice that hints at her Texas roots. Much like Neko Case's Blacklisted and Lucinda Williams' Happy Woman Blues, Carrying Lightning is the work of an artist gaining control of her considerable talents and funneling them into a cohesive whole. From playing fiddle in the Texas Playboys at the precocious age of 15 to playing with Gwyneth Paltrow in Country Strong just this year, Shires displays the kind of talent that has garnered her praise from artists like Justin Townes Earle, DeVotchKa and Jason Isbell. Now you may join the club. Check it out!
The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a group of some of the best independent music stores in America. CIMS was founded in 1995; its current membership is made up of 29 accounts that handle 47 stores in 21 states. Many of the accounts have been recognized by the music industry and their local communities for their outstanding dedication to customer service and developing artist support.
Each member is bound by its shared love of music, a reputation for great selection and customer service in its community, yet each CIMS account is as unique as the market it represents. Most importantly, CIMS member stores continually seek to challenge the jaded, color-by-numbers advertising and marketing of other retailers.
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You’ve Caught the Car, Gary. Now What Are You Going to do With It?
Filed under: Derivatives,Economics,Exchanges,Financial crisis,Politics — The Professor @ 7:08 pm
Whatever emerges from the House-Senate financial regulation conference committee, the CFTC’s power and responsibilities will be greatly expanded. Most notably, the agency will have vast power and discretion over the OTC derivatives markets. It apparently will have considerable say in determining what contracts must be cleared and what firms must subject their trades for clearing. Moreover, it will have responsibility to oversee the operations of central counterparties, which will have important implications for the stability of the financial system; misteps here could induce a serious systemic problem.
Just a few years ago, the chairman of the CFTC, Walt Lukken was bemoaning the agency’s lack of funding, claiming that it had insufficient resources to carry out its (then far narrower) duties. The agency’s funding has increased, and its head count has increased about 20 percent. It is slated to increase further to permit it to carry out its new charges.
But, as I’ve pointed out before, the CFTC was never renowned as an extremely effective regulator. Indeed, it was often something of a Congressional whipping boy because of its perceived shortcomings. (Example: I remember well the agency’s humiliation when then-Chair Wendy Gramm was forced to stand silent in the background while the Justice Department and the FBI announced indictments against Chicago floor traders for assorted misdeeds. The clear implication was that the CFTC was not capable of policing the markets.)
Whether that reputation is deserved or not, there is considerable room for skepticism about the CFTC’s ability to handle its new duties. Any dramatic expansion of an organization into new areas inevitably leads to growing pains and managerial snafus. That goes double for a dramatic increase in the size and scope of a government organization. And the stakes are extremely high now, given the systemic importance of clearing. Requiring the clearing of unsuitable instruments, for instance, could jeopardize the stability of clearinghouses–and hence the financial system. So could lapses in monitoring the operational or risk management activities of CCPs.
And it must be remembered that the agency will have to handle these new tasks in a hypercharged political environment, one more intense than it has to cope with now. The stakes will be higher, with big players having a far bigger amount of money affected by CFTC decisions. With greater stakes will go greater pressure, most notably from Congress, which will respond to constituent pressure. Can the agency handle it? Color me skeptical.
Some Commissioners are now openly expressing concerns about the agency’s ability to shoulder the load:
US financial reform regulation could place “overwhelming” burdens on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the regulator that would have to assume a new role as watchdog for the swaps markets, officials there said.
Sweeping financial legislation approved by the Senate last week dramatically elevates the role of the CFTC, created in 1974 to police trading in futures and options. The commission would gain broad new powers to oversee previously unregulated over-the-counter derivatives, a universe 10 times larger than regulated markets.
“It’s overwhelming. It’s not like right now we don’t have enough on our plate,” said Jill Sommers, one of two Republicans on the five-member commission.
Senior officials warn that to perform its new role, the CFTC, which has long operated in the shadow of the better-funded Securities and Exchange Commission, will strain its expertise, organisational structure and technology. It would have to propose, take public comment on and then adopt as many as 50 elaborate rules in six months, a timetable that Michael Dunn, a Democratic member of the commission, called “pretty much an impossibility”.
Gary Gensler, the CFTC chairman, was among the Obama administration’s staunchest champions of legislative language that would route most derivative trades to clearing houses. This would allow regulators to peer at the size of traders’ positions and, so it is hoped, head off the kinds of risky positions that led to the $180bn (£124bn, €143bn) AIG bail-out. While sharing oversight with the SEC, the CFTC would regulate the majority of derivative deals.
CFTC officials acknowledge being snowed under. Probes into oil and silver markets announced in 2008 remain unresolved. Mr Gensler has said the agency was overwhelmed by Ponzi scheme cases. Last week Scott O’Malia, a Republican commissioner, said the agency still gets account information by fax and enters it manually. “This agency is about to be hit with a tsunami of trade data,” he said.
Remember, regulation can create systemic risks. One way to do that is to place extraordinary burdens on a regulator unprepared to handle it. Which is what Congress is in the process of doing.
Does this mean that auditors once again stand to make a lot of money? Just like Sarbanes-Oxley aftermath?
Comment by Surya — May 26, 2010 @ 10:38 pm
Not just the auditors. The lawyers. I spoke at a conference in DC yesterday. Most of the audience were lawyers. I can’t tell you how many of them find the impending changes objectionable on principled grounds, but believe it will be very, very, very good for business. When the lawyers and auditors prosper, look out.
Comment by The Professor — May 26, 2010 @ 11:03 pm
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Prior to the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Sunlight joined other transparency advocates in expressing concern about the future of open government data in the United States. We highlighted the ways an administration could alter government data that fell short of outright removal, from defunding collection to limiting access to altering data sets. Taking open government data offline entirely was the most extreme action we anticipated.
Thankfully, that did not come to pass in 2017: despite widespread concern, we do not have evidence that data has been removed from federal websites after a year into the Trump presidency.
The singular exception we know of was the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s animal welfare datasets, documented below, which were taken down and then partially returned following public outcry and several lawsuits.
In March 2018, Congress passed an omnibus spending bill that included a report that specifically noted the removal, observing that the agency “is now posting heavily redacted inspection reports that make it difficult in certain cases for the public to understand the subject of the inspection, assess USDA’s subsequent actions, and to evaluate the effectiveness of its enforcement.”
The report noted that the takedown violated past congressional direction and directed restoration, stating “that the online searchable database should allow analysis and comparison of data and include all inspection reports, annual reports, and other documents related to enforcement of animal welfare laws. USDA is directed to comply with these requirements.”
“In reference to your inquiry, APHIS is reviewing the language and have no additional comments at this time,” said R. Andre Bell, an APHIS spokesman, in a prepared statement in answer to Sunlight’s questions.
We’ll update this tracker should the status of the data change.
What Sunlight and our allies at the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) have seen are substantial removals and overhauls of webpages, documents, research, and websites, reducing public access to public information across the federal webspace.
In 2018, we are continuing to monitor federal open data resources and websites in our Web Integrity Project.
If you see pages change or data go offline, please let us know.
Web Governance Policy
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4.1 Statutory Framework for Working with Children in Need and their Families
1. Children Act 1989
3. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
4. Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
5. Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995
6. Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
7. Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004
8. The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (DoH et al, 2000)
9. Children and Social Work Act 2017
The Act gives a broad definition of children in need in Section 17 (10):
(S)he is unlikely to achieve or maintain, or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining, a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of services by a Local Authority under this part;
Her/his health or development is likely to be significantly impaired or further impaired without the provision for him of such services;
(S)he is disabled.
The Act states that the Local Authority has a duty to investigate where there is information that a child who lives or is found in its area has suffered or is likely to suffer Significant Harm (Section 47(1)). The Local Authority has powers available under the Act to apply for a range of legal orders to safeguard or promote the child's welfare.
As a result of amendments made by the Children Act 2004, any assessment of a child (including a young carer) must, amongst other things:
Ascertain the child's wishes and feelings regarding the provision of such services as the Local Authority is proposing to make available; and
Give due consideration (having regard to her/his age and understanding) to such wishes and feelings of the child as they have been able to ascertain.
This Act requires a Local Authority to provide services to disabled persons, including children to meet their assessed needs.
Section 8 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 requires the Local Authority to have regard to the ability of a carer to provide or continue to provide when deciding what services to provide to the disabled person.
This Act requires an assessment in respect of the needs of a disabled child to include an assessment of her or his carers' ability to provide care to the child, if the carer requests that it should do so.
The Act also provides for children who act as carers to persons being assessed under the National Health and Community Care Act 1990 for community care services to request an assessment of their ability to provide such care.
This Act established additional services that can be provided to the families of disabled children under the Children Act 1989 through use of direct payments and carer break vouchers.
Section 1 means that Local Authorities have a legal duty to inform carers of their right to a carers' assessment. This may be undertaken as part of the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families provided that information about the carer's own needs are captured along with any agreed outcomes to address the carer's needs.
Section 2 amends earlier carers' legislation by ensuring that assessments must include consideration of whether the carer works, or wishes to work, and is undertaking or wishes to undertake, education, training, or any leisure activity. The Local Authority has a duty to take account of the carers' assessment when deciding what, if any, services to provide under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989.
The mandatory combined Policy Guidance for the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 and the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 states:
"Following the passage of the 2004 Act, the assessment should take account of the parent's ability to provide or continue to provide care for the child and consideration of whether they work, or undertake any education, training or leisure activity or wish to do so. This means that local authorities have a duty to ask carers about these activities and take their wishes into account when planning the care package."
The Assessment Framework provides a systematic multi-agency approach to analyse and record what is happening to a child within their family and the wider context of the community in which they live.
The assessment stages involve gathering and analysing information about the three domains of the Assessment Framework, these are the:
Child's developmental needs;
Parents' or caregivers' capacity to respond appropriately;
Impact of the wider family and environmental factors on parenting capacity and the child.
Staff in all agencies should be competent in contributing to the assessment of a child using the Assessment Framework.
The Children Act 2004, as amended by the Children and Social Work Act 2017, strengthens this already important relationship by placing new duties on key agencies in a local area. Specifically the police, clinical commissioning groups and the local authority are under a duty to make arrangements to work together, and with other partners locally, to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in their area.
Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this guidance as:
• protecting children from maltreatment
• preventing impairment of children's health or development
• ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care
• taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes
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Nunc Pro Tunc: The Coming Day of Burn Barrels and Blessings
James Wesley Rawles January 28, 2013 January 28, 2013
This is a standing invitation to my fellow Americans: If congress ever enacts a law mandating the registration and/or a production ban of detachable magazine semiautomatic rifles then you are hereby invited to the town square of your local community. There, burn barrels will be set up and we will publicly burn Form 4473s, FFL Bound Books, state and local registration records, and the sales receipts for every firearm in the United States. On that same day, FFL holders and public officials holding electronic firearms records will simultaneously erase those records, permanently and irretrievably. (Using special file erasure software such as Blancco, X-Ways, and Stellar Wipe, or though the physical destruction of disk drives.)
Spontaneous Gatherings, Spontaneous Combustion
This burn barrel day–likely to be held the day after the President signs any new draconian legislation–will include speeches, public prayers, and the blessing of those who have gathered by ministers, rabbis, and priests.
The core of the activities on that day will be stalwart public defiance of any new unconstitutional law(s), the open and notorious destruction of records that might be used to enslave us, and vocal public affirmations of solidarity of free men and women, in the face of tyranny. This will be a defining moment for America–a line drawn in the sand. We will forthrightly declare that we will not obey any unconstitutional law and that we will treat it dismissively, as if it had never been enacted — nunc pro tunc. We will pledge ourselves to the defense of liberty, both individually and collectively. We will vow that if ever called to jury duty, we will nullify any unconstitutional laws, vacating the charges against the accused, in accordance with our long-standing right as jurors. (See: www.FIJA.org.)
The Law is On Our Side
We will publicly re-affirm some long standing precepts of American jurisprudence, to wit:
§ 195 Generally
The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, whether federal or state, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law(1) but is wholly void(2) and ineffective for any purpose.(3) Since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it,(4) an unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed(5) and never existed;(6) that is, it is void ab initio.(7) Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted.(8)
Since an unconstitutional law is void, it follows that generally the statute imposes no duties,(9) confers no rights,(10) creates no office(11) or liabilities,(12) bestows no power or authority on anyone,(13) affords no protection,(14) is incapable of creating any rights or obligations,(15) does not allow for the granting of any relief,(16) and justifies no acts performed under it.(17)
Once a statute is determined to be unconstitutional, no private citizen or division of the state may take any further action pursuant to its provisions.(18) A contract that rests on an unconstitutional statute creates no obligation to be impaired by subsequent legislation.(19) No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law,(20) and no courts are bound to enforce it.(21) A law contrary to the United States Constitution may not be enforced.(22) Once a statute has been declared unconstitutional, courts thereafter have no jurisdiction over alleged violations.(23) Persons convicted and fined under a statute subsequently held unconstitutional may recover the fines paid.(24)
1 Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County v. Davis, 213 Ga. 792, 102 S.E.2d 180 (1958); State v. Village of Garden City, 74 Idaho 513, 265 P.2d 328 (1953); McGuire v. C & L Restaurant Inc., 346 N.W.2d 605 (Minn. 1984); People v. Corley, 91 Misc. 2d 255, 397 N.Y.S.2d 875 (City Crim. Ct. 1977).
2 Lewis v. Uselton, 224 Ga. App. 428, 480 S.E.2d 856 (1997); State ex rel. Stenberg v. Murphy, 247 Neb. 358, 527 N.W.2d 185 (1995); State v. Clark, 367 N.W.2d 168 (N.D. 1985); St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Getty Oil Co., 1989 OK 139, 782 P.2d 915 (Okla. 1989); Weegar v. Bakeberg, 527 N.W.2d 676 (S.D. 1995); Almond v. Day, 197 Va. 419, 89 S.E.2d 851 (1955).
3State v. One Oldsmobile Two-Door Sedan, Model 1946, 227 Minn. 280, 35 N.W.2d 525 (1948); Grieb v. Department of Liquor Control of State, 153 Ohio St. 77, 41 Ohio Op. 148, 90 N.E.2d 691 (1950); Hunter v. School Dist. of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, 97 Wis. 2d 435, 293 N.W.2d 515 (1980).
4 Shirley v. Getty Oil Co., 367 So. 2d 1388 (Ala. 1979); Oliver v. State, 619 So. 2d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1st Dist. 1993); Lewis v. Uselton, 224 Ga. App. 428, 480 S.E.2d 856 (1997); Trout v. State, 231 S.W.3d 140 (Mo. 2007); State ex rel. Stenberg v. Murphy, 247 Neb. 358, 527 N.W.2d 185 (1995); Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services v. Dickensheets, 274 S.W.3d 150 (Tex. App. Houston 1st Dist. 2008).
5 Huffman v. Dawkins, 273 Ark. 520, 622 S.W.2d 159 (1981); Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County v. Davis, 213 Ga. 792, 102 S.E.2d 180 (1958); Briggs v. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co., Division Textron Am. Inc., 2 Mich. App. 204, 139 N.W.2d 336 (1966), judgment aff’d, 379 Mich. 160, 150 N.W.2d 752 (1967); McGuire v. C & L Restaurant Inc., 346 N.W.2d 605 (Minn. 1984); State ex rel. Stenberg v. Murphy, 247 Neb. 358, 527 N.W.2d 185 (1995); State v. Clark, 367 N.W.2d 168 (N.D. 1985); St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Getty Oil Co., 1989 OK 139, 782 P.2d 915 (Okla. 1989); Glen-Gery Corp. v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Dover Tp., 589 Pa. 135, 907 A.2d 1033 (2006); Franks v. State, 772 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. 1989); School Districts’ Alliance for Adequate Funding of Special Educ. v. State, 149 Wash. App. 241, 202 P.3d 990, 242 Ed. Law Rep. 383 (Div. 2 2009); City of Fairmont v. Pitrolo Pontiac-Cadillac Co., 172 W. Va. 505, 308 S.E.2d 527 (1983).
6 Thomas v. North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources, 124 N.C. App. 698, 478 S.E.2d 816 (1996), aff’d, 346 N.C. 268, 485 S.E.2d 295 (1997); Weegar v. Bakeberg, 527 N.W.2d 676 (S.D. 1995).
7 People v. Manuel, 94 Ill. 2d 242, 68 Ill. Dec. 506, 446 N.E.2d 240 (1983); Lovgren v. Peoples Elec. Co., Inc., 380 N.W.2d 791 (Minn. 1986); Nevada Power Co. v. Metropolitan Development Co., 104 Nev. 684, 765 P.2d 1162 (1988); Town of Islip v. Paliotti, 196 A.D.2d 648, 601 N.Y.S.2d 926 (2d Dep’t 1993); American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ingram, 301 N.C. 138, 271 S.E.2d 46 (1980).
8 Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Fulton County v. Davis, 213 Ga. 792, 102 S.E.2d 180 (1958).
9 Flournoy v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 197 La. 1067, 3 So. 2d 244 (1941); State ex rel. Stenberg v. Murphy, 247 Neb. 358, 527 N.W.2d 185 (1995); Franks v. State, 772 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. 1989).
10 People v. Harvey, 379 Ill. App. 3d 518, 318 Ill. Dec. 756, 884 N.E.2d 724 (1st Dist. 2008); State ex rel. Stenberg v. Murphy, 247 Neb. 358, 527 N.W.2d 185 (1995); Nevada Power Co. v. Metropolitan Development Co., 104 Nev. 684, 765 P.2d 1162 (1988); Ethics Com’n of State of Okl. v. Cullison, 1993 OK 37, 850 P.2d 1069 (Okla. 1993); General Motors Corp. v. Oklahoma County Bd. of Equalization, 1983 OK 59, 678 P.2d 233 (Okla. 1983); Franks v. State, 772 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. 1989); Geeslin v. State Farm Lloyds, 255 S.W.3d 786 (Tex. App. Austin 2008).
As to the effect of and rights under a judgment based upon an unconstitutional law, see Am. Jur. 2d, Judgments § 17.
As to the res judicata effect of a judgment based upon an unconstitutional law, see Am. Jur. 2d, Judgments § 752.
11 Flournoy v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 197 La. 1067, 3 So. 2d 244 (1941); Franks v. State, 772 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. 1989).
12 Liddell v. Heavner, 2008 OK 6, 180 P.3d 1191 (Okla. 2008).
13 Flournoy v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 197 La. 1067, 3 So. 2d 244 (1941).
14 Nevada Power Co. v. Metropolitan Development Co., 104 Nev. 684, 765 P.2d 1162 (1988); Ethics Com’n of State of Okl. v. Cullison, 1993 OK 37, 850 P.2d 1069 (Okla. 1993); Franks v. State, 772 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. 1989).
As to the limitations to which this rule is subject, see § 196.
15 State ex rel. Stenberg v. Murphy, 247 Neb. 358, 527 N.W.2d 185 (1995).
16 Helvey v. Dawson County Bd. of Equalization, 242 Neb. 379, 495 N.W.2d 261 (1993) (a court may not grant any relief based upon a statute which is nonexistent or a statute which has become nonexistent by reason of a judicial declaration of unconstitutionality).
17 Millet v. Rizzo, 2 So. 2d 244 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1941); Board of Managers of James Walker Memorial Hospital of Wilmington v. City of Wilmington, 237 N.C. 179, 74 S.E.2d 749 (1953); State ex rel. Tharel v. Board of Com’rs of Creek County, 1940 OK 468, 188 Okla. 184, 107 P.2d 542 (1940).
As to the effect of a declaration of unconstitutionality on acts performed under it, generally, see § 196.
18 Thomas v. North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources, 124 N.C. App. 698, 478 S.E.2d 816 (1996), aff’d, 346 N.C. 268, 485 S.E.2d 295 (1997).
19 Jones v. Columbian Carbon Co., 132 W. Va. 219, 51 S.E.2d 790 (1948).
20 Flournoy v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 197 La. 1067, 3 So. 2d 244 (1941); Amyot v. Caron, 88 N.H. 394, 190 A. 134 (1937).
21 Chicago, I. & L.R. Co. v. Hackett, 228 U.S. 559, 33 S. Ct. 581, 57 L. Ed. 966 (1913); Payne v. Griffin, 51 F. Supp. 588 (M.D. Ga. 1943); Flournoy v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 197 La. 1067, 3 So. 2d 244 (1941).
22 Painter v. Shalala, 97 F.3d 1351 (10th Cir. 1996); Bartlett v. Bowen, 816 F.2d 695 (D.C. Cir. 1987), opinion reinstated on reconsideration, 824 F.2d 1240 (D.C. Cir. 1987).
23 U.S. v. Baucum, 80 F.3d 539 (D.C. Cir. 1996).
24 Neely v. U.S., 546 F.2d 1059, 41 A.L.R. Fed. 331 (3d Cir. 1976).
From: § 195, American Jurisprudence 2d, Volume 16 (Conflict of Laws to Constitutional Law 1-359).
Never Again!
Recognizing the many sad lessons of civilian disarmament and subsequent genocides in the 20th Century, we will make bold and forthright statement: Never Again! We will not submit to the unlawful decrees of tyrants. We will not meekly go their jails and internment camps. We will fight for our liberty, to our dying breath.
Come Armed, Come Masked
I recommend that all adults who publicly assemble at these burn barrel events do so armed, as is our right. And those who come armed should also wear masks, to protect themselves from malicious prosecution. I plan to wear a Guy Fawkes mask, but you can wear a bandana, face muffler, or the face mask of your choice. Joining you, also wearing masks, will be many mayors, sheriffs and their deputies, chiefs of police and their officers, town council members, clergy, and people of all walks of life. We vastly outnumber the tyrants. The tyrants deserve nothing but our scorn and derision. Their fate is already sealed.
Plausible Denial
After this fateful day has come and gone, FFL holders and public officials will be able to recount: “I had no choice. My records were taken by men with guns who were wearing masks!” (So they’ll have no excuse if they don’t cooperate with this nationwide display of civil disobedience.)
God Bless The Republic. Down with Tyrants. We Will Prevail!
– James Wesley, Rawles – January 28, 2013
Note: Permission to reprint or re-post this piece in full by any method (printed or electronically) is granted by the author (James Wesley, Rawles), as a long as it is not altered in any way and it is reproduced in full.
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The Fosters 1×18 Promo “Escapes and Reversals”
The Fosters 1×18 “Escapes and Reversals” – Jesus feels the pressure to make a difficult choice and his inability to focus poses a challenge during an important wrestling match. Callie suspects Brandon has gotten himself into a bad situation and struggles with the decision to protect him at the cost of another friend’s reputation. Stef and Lena reveal a caveat to Callie and Jude’s adoption and the siblings must decide whether they want to face their past or move on with their new lives. Mariana gets an unsettling glimpse into her friend Zac’s home life when his mom (guest star Romy Rosemont) shows up. The episode was directed by Melanie Mayron and written by “The Fosters” Executive Producer Joanna Johnson with the teleplay by Thomas Higgins.
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
1988; 31 years ago (1988)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
38°59′45″N 77°05′56″W / 38.995872°N 77.098811°W / 38.995872; -77.098811Coordinates: 38°59′45″N 77°05′56″W / 38.995872°N 77.098811°W / 38.995872; -77.098811
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988 through legislation sponsored by Senator Claude Pepper.
The NCBI houses a series of databases relevant to biotechnology and biomedicine and is an important resource for bioinformatics tools and services. Major databases include GenBank for DNA sequences and PubMed, a bibliographic database for the biomedical literature. Other databases include the NCBI Epigenomics database. All these databases are available online through the Entrez search engine. NCBI was directed by David Lipman, one of the original authors of the BLAST sequence alignment program and a widely respected figure in bioinformatics. He also led an intramural research program, including groups led by Stephen Altschul (another BLAST co-author), David Landsman, Eugene Koonin, John Wilbur, Teresa Przytycka, and Zhiyong Lu. David Lipman stood down from his post in May 2017.[1]
1 GenBank
2 NCBI Bookshelf
3 Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
4 Entrez
5 Gene
6 Protein
7 Pubchem database
GenBank[edit]
Main article: GenBank
NCBI has had responsibility for making available the GenBank DNA sequence database since 1992.[2] GenBank coordinates with individual laboratories and other sequence databases such as those of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ).[2]
Since 1992, NCBI has grown to provide other databases in addition to GenBank. NCBI provides Gene, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, the Molecular Modeling Database (3D protein structures), dbSNP (a database of single-nucleotide polymorphisms), the Reference Sequence Collection, a map of the human genome, and a taxonomy browser, and coordinates with the National Cancer Institute to provide the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project. The NCBI assigns a unique identifier (taxonomy ID number) to each species of organism.[3]
The NCBI has software tools that are available by WWW browsing or by FTP. For example, BLAST is a sequence similarity searching program. BLAST can do sequence comparisons against the GenBank DNA database in less than 15 seconds.
NCBI Bookshelf[edit]
The "NCBI Bookshelf[4] is a collection of freely accessible, downloadable, on-line versions of selected biomedical books. The Bookshelf covers a wide range of topics including molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, disease states from a molecular and cellular point of view, research methods, and virology. Some of the books are online versions of previously published books, while others, such as Coffee Break, are written and edited by NCBI staff. The Bookshelf is a complement to the Entrez PubMed repository of peer-reviewed publication abstracts in that Bookshelf contents provide established perspectives on evolving areas of study and a context in which many disparate individual pieces of reported research can be organized.[citation needed]
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)[edit]
BLAST is an algorithm used for calculating sequence similarity between biological sequences such as nucleotide sequences of DNA and amino acid sequences of proteins.[5] BLAST is a powerful tool for finding sequences similar to the query sequence within the same organism or in different organisms. It searches the query sequence on NCBI databases and servers and post the results back to the person's browser in chosen format. Input sequences to the BLAST are mostly in FASTA or Genbank format while output could be delivered in variety of formats such as HTML, XML formatting and plain text. HTML is the default output format for NCBI's web-page. Results for NCBI-BLAST are presented in graphical format with all the hits found, a table with sequence identifiers for the hits having scoring related data, along with the alignments for the sequence of interest and the hits received with analogous BLAST scores for these[6]
Entrez[edit]
The Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System is used at NCBI for all the major databases such as Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, PubMed, Taxonomy, Complete Genomes, OMIM, and several others.[7] Entrez is both indexing and retrieval system having data from various sources for biomedical research. NCBI distributed the first version of Entrez in 1991, composed of nucleotide sequences from PDB and GenBank, protein sequences from SWISS-PROT, translated GenBank, PIR, PRF , PDB and associated abstracts and citations from PubMed. Entrez is specially designed to integrate the data from several different sources, databases and formats into a uniform information model and retrieval system which can efficiently retrieve that relevant references, sequences and structures.[8]
Gene[edit]
Gene has been implemented at NCBI to characterize and organize the information about genes. It serves as a major node in the nexus of genomic map, expression, sequence, protein function, structure and homology data. A unique GeneID is assigned to each gene record that can be followed through revision cycles. Gene records for known or predicted genes are established here and are demarcated by map positions or nucleotide sequence. Gene has several advantages over its predecessor, LocusLink, including, better integration with other databases in NCBI, broader taxonomic scope, and enhanced options for query and retrieval provided by Entrez system.[9]
Protein[edit]
Protein database maintains the text record for individual protein sequences, derived from many different resources such as NCBI Reference Sequence (RefSeq) project, GenbBank, PDB and UniProtKB/SWISS-Prot. Protein records are present in different formats including FASTA and XML and are linked to other NCBI resources. Protein provides the relevant data to the users such as genes, DNA/RNA sequences, biological pathways, expression and variation data and literature. It also provides the pre-determined sets of similar and identical proteins for each sequence as computed by the BLAST. The Structure database of NCBI contains 3D coordinate sets for experimentally-determined structures in PDB that are imported by NCBI. The Conserved Domain database (CDD) of protein contains sequence profiles that characterize highly conserved domains within protein sequences. It also has records from external resources like SMART and Pfam. There is another database in protein known as Protein Clusters database which contains sets of proteins sequences that are clustered according to the maximum alignments between the individual sequences as calculated by BLAST.[10]
Pubchem database[edit]
PubChem database of NCBI is a public resource for molecules and their activities against biological assays. PubChem is searchable and accessible by Entrez information retrieval system.[11]
DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ)
European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
^ "National Library of Medicine Announces Departure of NCBI Director Dr. David Lipman". www.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
^ a b Mizrachi, Ilene (22 August 2007). "GenBank: The Nucleotide Sequence Database". National Center for Biotechnology Information (US) – via www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
^ "Home - Taxonomy - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
^ USA (2019-05-06). "Home - Books - NCBI". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
^ Altschul Stephen; Gish Warren; Miller Webb; Myers Eugene; Lipman David (1990). "Basic local alignment search tool". Journal of Molecular Biology. 215 (3): 403–410. doi:10.1016/s0022-2836(05)80360-2. PMID 2231712.
^ Madden T. (2002). The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition, Chapter 16, The BLAST Sequence Analysis Tool
^ NCBI Resource Coordinators (2012). "Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information". Nucleic Acids Research 41 (Database issue): D8–D20.
^ Ostell J. (2002). The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition, Chapter 15, The Entrez Search and Retrieval System
^ Maglott D. Pruitt K. & Tatusova T. (2005). The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition, Chapter 19, Gene: A Directory of Genes
^ Sayers E. (2013). The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition, NCBI Protein Resources
^ Wang Y. & Bryant S H. (2014). The NCBI handbook, 2nd edition, NCBI PubChem BioAssay Database
Sequence databases: GenBank, European Nucleotide Archive and DNA Data Bank of Japan
Secondary databases: UniProt, database of protein sequences grouping together Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL and Protein Information Resource
Other databases: Protein Data Bank, Ensembl and InterPro
Specialised genomic databases: BOLD, Saccharomyces Genome Database, FlyBase, VectorBase, WormBase, PHI-base, Arabidopsis Information Resource and Zebrafish Information Network
Clustal
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SAMtools
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Ontology: Gene Ontology
European Bioinformatics Institute
US National Center for Biotechnology Information
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Japanese Institute of Genetics
Philippine Genome Center
Wellcome Sanger Institute
International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
European Molecular Biology network (EMBnet)
African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB)
Japanese Society for Bioinformatics (JSBi)
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB)
Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB)
European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB)
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB)
ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics
Basel Computational Biology Conference ([BC2])
International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB)
List of biological databases
Sequence database
Molecular phylogenetics
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Interview with relationship comedian Rosie Wilby
Holly O'Mahony
Relationship comedian Rosie Wilby talks to us about the standup scene, writing as a form of therapy and the celebrity split that made ‘conscious uncoupling’ a trendy new breakup term.
With the Edinburgh Festival in full swing, there’s never been a better time to get into the mind of a writer-comedian who uses her own experiences of romantic relationships to inspire her work. Rosie Wilby is just that, and she’s taking her latest show The Conscious Uncoupling up to the festival this year. Here is what she has to say about the standup scene, writing as a form of therapy and the celebrity split that made ‘conscious uncoupling’ a trendy new breakup term.
Your show The Conscious Uncoupling reflects on your breakup with a former girlfriend. Do you find it therapeutic writing and performing material about your experiences?
I use my life experiences as an experimentation ground and research platform. The breakup referred to in The Conscious Uncoupling was the big breakup in my life. It came very much out of the blue, and I think those are the hardest ones to process.
The show opens with me looking back over the breakup emails on the 5th anniversary of being dumped. And I joke about the fact I felt so much better about [my ex’s] email once I’d corrected her spelling and punctuation, and changed the font.
I released my first book – Is Monogamy Dead? – this summer, and as I was writing I was craving a happy ending for it. I knew I wanted to meet someone new but I’d got quite cynical and apathetic about dating – particularly online. It gave me a kick up the bum to go out there and attack dating with some positivity. It worked; I’m now eight months into a really good new relationship.
You’ve been doing standup comedy since the mid-noughties. What made you give it a try originally and what has kept you glued to that circuit since?
I started dabbling in standup comedy in 2004. I entered a couple of competitions and found myself getting through to the semi-finals. Then in 2006 I entered Funny Women and got through to the final round at The Comedy Store. This made me decide to give Edinburgh Fringe a crack, and I started doing regular gigs from there.
Comedy seems like a fertile part of me, creatively and professionally. Luckily, I’ve been able to build up paid gigs and make a good portion of my living doing standup comedy.
You’re bringing The Conscious Uncoupling up to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. What makes for a good audience in your opinion?
Audiences vary. I’m known for doing warm, inclusive, passionate shows, so when there’s a real sense of togetherness – a collective warmth – and everyone feels equal in the room, that’s a good audience for me. When there’s one dominant personality in the room they can end up defining the collective experience, and audiences like these are usually not the best.
I like to provide inclusivity to a different demographic with my comedy. My audiences tend to have a female LGBT bias, as these are the people who can most directly relate to my experiences. That said, I’ve also played to audiences of predominantly straight blokes who have loved The Conscious Uncoupling. One man came up to me at the end and said, “You know what? All hearts break the same,” which is true.
The term ‘conscious uncoupling’ was made famous by Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s 2014 split, how would you unpack the term?
When I first heard the term in 2014 I was a bit skeptical like everyone else. I questioned whether it was just the latest celebrity fad. But the term was actually devised by American family therapist Katherine Woodward Thomas, who wrote a book called Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Ever After. When I spoke to her, she told me she was actually surprised by all the media attention around her term. I think that if you look more deeply at the idea behind conscious uncoupling it’s a brilliant idea. It’s a recognition of the fact that love might change but it might not completely die.
Previously, a lot of our language around breakups – ‘breaking up’ and ‘splitting up’ – has sounded abrupt and aggressive. Films don’t help; they often make us see breakups as something where we have to shout and scream at each other, and have custody battles over our kids and pets. Conscious uncoupling, on the other hand, is all about compassion and preserving the ongoing friendships that you can have with each other after breaking up.
Has your ex-partner, who features as the off-stage second character in the show, ever seen it?
She hasn’t seen it but I’ve still been very respectful. I was a little bit worried originally; I questioned whether it was fair to talk about an experience which someone else shared in, if they don’t get to add their voice. I’ve tried to make sure the show explores the relationship from both sides, and I’ve also changed her name so she’s not identifiable.
What are your go-to coping mechanisms for dealing with a breakup?
Definitely writing. Comedy is a good way of looking back at the past and reassessing it. If you can laugh at your own behaviours and actions, it can be quite therapeutic.
The three shows I’ve created could be seen as a trilogy on relationships. The first called The Science of Sex is all about attraction, fancying people and relationships in the beginning. The second, Is Monogamy Dead? (which is also the name of my book) explores how feelings change once you’re in a long-term relationship, and The Conscious Uncoupling is the last in the series, looking into how we view endings.
One conclusion that I come to in both my latest show and my book is that there’s a dangerous tendency to think that online dating is going to solve everything very quickly when you’re processing a difficult breakup. You think that you’ll just meet someone else and resolve all the issues about why your last relationship didn’t work. But those issues can’t just be swept away.
What advice would you give to 30-something singles, approaching the world of online dating after coming out of a relationship?
In my experience, when you’ve just broken up with someone, online dating is a wonderful way to meet like-minded people and make friends to do fun stuff with. But you need to be clear about what you’re looking for, and not get your wires crossed.
Until I met my current partner I’d been skeptical about whether online dating worked for romantic matching, but I’ve had to revise that opinion now.
Rosie’s show The Conscious Uncoupling is playing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. Her book – Is Monogamy Dead? – is now available to be purchased via Amazon.
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She went to a historically black college. So did he. Their sexual assault case was a disaster.
Collier Meyerson
Filed to: JusticeFiled to: Justice
jorge rivas
On the night she says she was raped, Synclaire Butler remembers wearing a new white dress with an old denim jacket from high school.
“It was chilly, but not unbearable,” she told me about the evening of March 17, 2014.
Synclaire said she walked through the front gates of Spelman College and crossed over to the campus of Morehouse, where her boyfriend lived in a dorm, around 6 p.m.
“Everything felt normal. I had gotten very used to walking between campuses,” she said. “It was a familiar walk.”
Spring break had just ended and it had been a week since Synclaire had seen her boyfriend. “I was excited,” she told me.
That walk to the dorm room is the last happy memory Synclaire has of her freshman year. Later that night, she filed a sexual assault claim at Spelman. Since then, Synclaire says, she's been met with a stunning display of intransigence, victim-blaming, and hostility from authorities at both colleges.
Synclaire’s story offers insight into the epidemic of sexual assault on campus, and how ill-prepared many colleges and universities are to deal with it. It's a problem that becomes exacerbated on the campuses of historically black schools like Spelman and Morehouse, where the South’s history of racist accusations of rape against black men complicates the path to justice.
“It felt like the administration didn’t care about me,” Synclaire said, “and that was really hurtful because it’s like, that’s your job to care.”
Both Synclaire and the man she says raped her, who was also interviewed for this article, say they felt failed by their colleges after the alleged assault. He maintains it was consensual.
Colleges across the country are facing a crisis of sexual assaults—reports show that 1 in 5 women will likely be assaulted during their college career; 185 institutions are currently under investigation for their handling of sexual assault complaints. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are no different, and in fact they face unique challenges in confronting the issue.
Morehouse and Spelman are two institutions erected in America’s Deep South, a region where the legacy of slavery is ever present. The “black brute” stereotype was drummed up in the post-Civil War South to justify the unfair criminalization of black men—it was extremely common for black men to be lynched for raping white women without due process, though those allegations were often unfounded. The legacy of that trauma is very much intact for black men.
Synclaire says she loved Spelman at first, but became bitter after she says she was assaulted.
In order to maintain power in the South, whites also created rhetoric to preserve white womanhood. Black women were characterized in opposition to white women as loose and overly-sexualized jezebels, innately lacking in morality. The legacy of that trauma is very much intact for black women.
Jelani Cobb, a contributing writer at the New Yorker and a former professor at Spelman, told me about numerous conversations he had with students about sexual assault on campus. “I taught there for 11 years, and in my time there, a very disturbing number of women reported to me both incidents of domestic violence and of sexual assault,” he said. The women were reluctant to report their assaults for all the reasons women are, he said, but there was an added complexity to reporting sexual assault at an HBCU. Fears of “tearing down another young black man” were rampant, Cobb said.
These stories, and more, suggest a pattern of the colleges brushing sexual assault under the rug.
In January, Buzzfeed published the story of Melanie, another Spelman undergraduate and a friend of Synclaire’s, who says she was sexually assaulted by a different Morehouse student. Her story and Synclaire’s are hauntingly similar.
And in May, someone operating anonymously under the Twitter handle @RapedAtSpelman said she was assaulted by four Morehouse students who “took turns” and claimed the college took a month to respond to her case. Spelman’s president, Mary Schmidt Campbell, responded to the tweets earlier this month, inviting @RapedAtSpelman to reach out to her personally. “Please know that we are working together to foster a culture and climate that assure fair, swift and consistent adjudication of reported cases of sexual violence,” she wrote.
A 2010 National Institute of Justice study on sexual assaults at HBCUs found that 14.2% of women said they experienced an attempted or completed sexual assault at their schools, compared to 12.6% of college women as a whole. The study found that 7% women on HBCU campuses reported their allegations to police, compared with 20% of women at colleges in general. Overall, there isn’t a significant difference in reporting rates between black and white women, according to data from Department of Justice.
Synclaire grew up in Alaska, where the black population is just 3.9%. But growing up there wasn’t too challenging, she told me. Her family went to a black church. Her father, who had been in a black fraternity, was often visited by old friends, and her two sisters attended HBCUs.
“I’ve always had a closeness to my blackness,” Synclaire said.
At the beginning of her freshman year of high school in Anchorage, she was tasked with writing a list of her dreams and wishes—the stuff she hoped to accomplish in life. The list was a sort of time capsule, a piece of herself at 14 that she wouldn’t see again until right before she graduated and moved out into the world.
First on Synclaire’s list was to fall in love. Second was to enroll at Spelman College, a prestigious all-women’s HBCU in Atlanta. “By the time we got our time capsules back, I’d been accepted and everything,” Synclaire told me over the phone last December.
Going to Spelman was an obvious choice, a rite of passage. She was on the freshman Spelman stroll team, a dance tradition popular in black Greek life, and Sisters Keeping It Real Through Service (SKIRTS), a community service organization on campus. She made friends with her Spelman “sisters” easily and enjoyed the community and camaraderie of being at an all-women’s institution.
“It was the perfect school,” she remembered. “But then I became bitter after it happened,” she said, her voice breaking. “I saw a side of the school that they don’t talk about, that they don’t promote.”
Before the night of March 17, 2014, over text and by phone, Synclaire and her boyfriend had discussed having anal sex. Synclaire said she had agreed to try it, only if they used lubricant. But on that night, she said, it all went wrong. She says he didn't use the lubricant, and when she protested he pressed her down and anally raped her.
After Synclaire says she was assaulted, she remembers calling Jayson Overby, her Morehouse “brother,” a friend she’d been set up with through a Spelman-Morehouse sponsored program. “Vividly, I remember her calling me,” Jayson told me by phone in February. “And coming to my residence hall and crying to me and telling me about how the assault went down.”
What happened after Synclaire left Morehouse’s campus that night—described to me by Synclaire on a number of occasions in person, on the phone, and by email—made Synclaire feel like both Morehouse and Spelman did not take her claim of sexual assault seriously. These recollections were corroborated by several other sources who were with her that night and soon after. Fusion called and emailed Morehouse with several specific questions about Synclaire’s case and how they handle sexual assault in general. The school declined to comment on this specific case and didn’t respond to questions about its sexual assault policies in general. Fusion also reached out to Spelman repeatedly and received no response.
“I wanted to be back on Spelman’s campus and off of Morehouse’s campus,” Synclaire told me about how she felt after the alleged assault. She didn’t want to walk all the way back to her room, she said, so her friend Jayson walked with her from Morehouse to the room of her friend Lora, who lived closer to Spelman’s front entrance. “I think I was just in shock honestly,” Synclaire told me of that walk back to Spelman.
“She was crying,” Lora told me over the phone. “And I’m trying to console her.” Two other Spelman sisters—Melanie, who was portrayed in the Buzzfeed story and didn’t want her last name used and Synclaire's cousin—also came to Lora’s room. “I remember getting to Lora’s room and telling her what happened and calling my dad right away,” Synclaire said.
Melanie and Lora escorted Synclaire to Spelman campus public safety, where she filed a sexual assault claim. Synclaire and Melanie remember the public safety officer telling them that Synclaire’s options were to either get in an ambulance with the on-duty resident advisor at Spelman or to go to the hospital on her own. “It was too much for me. I didn’t want that,” Synclaire said about her emotional state at the time. She decided to go to the hospital with her friends, where she underwent a forensic exam known as a rape kit. Synclaire says since she never pressed charges with the police, the rape kit was not included in her investigation.
“I was at the hospital for eight hours, and by the time it was all done I was really tired and just wanted to go back to my room,” she told me of the hours after she says she was raped. “I had already gotten to the point of feeling really confused and unsure of what happened,” she remembers, a common feeling among rape survivors, according to Colby Bruno a senior legal counsel at the Victim Rights Legal Center, an organization that represents sexual assault victims. Exhaustion and confusion, Synclaire told me, were the overriding feelings she had the morning after.
The day after the incident, Synclaire says her older sister, Vikteria, who lived in Florida at the time, drove to Atlanta to visit with Synclaire at Spelman. That day, Synclaire told me, the sisters met Synclaire’s boyfriend at an area on Spelman’s campus popular for socializing called Lower Manely. “When I went to meet up with him. I wanted answers,” she told me. She wanted to know what happened. According to Synclaire, her alleged assaulter told her he had lawyers who advised him not to speak with her.
When Fusion contacted Synclaire’s alleged assaulter, he agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. He told me that the two were in touch the next day and throughout the investigation process. He told me Synclaire initially told him that she was just triggered by a previous sexual assault.
A fourth of sexual assaults occur between couples, according to RAINN. Rape has about a 2% conviction rate, which is very low to begin with. Intimate partner rape cases, or assaults that occur between two people who have been previously intimate, are cases “prosecutors don’t like,” Bruno said. Bruno said it’s not uncommon for intimate partner victims to continue to have contact with their alleged abusers.
She says in the week after her assault Spelman officials told her she had only two options: to file a complaint with Morehouse or go to the local police. Additionally, Synclaire told me Spelman misplaced her original police report and that she had to retell her story to the campus police in the weeks after her assault.
Also in the week after she says she was assaulted, according to Synclaire, she met with Morehouse Campus Safety Officer Twyla Locklear who requested a meeting in her office. Locklear also told Synclaire she had two options: to pursue disciplinary action through Morehouse or press charges with the Atlanta police." Synclaire chose the former. “It would have been in the headlines,” she told Fusion. “I didn’t want all the attention.” Fusion reached out to the Morehouse Police Department and was informed that Locklear no longer worked as an officer at the school. Additionally, Fusion attempted to reach out to her, but all numbers for Locklear were disconnected.
That week, Synclaire says she was alone with Morehouse campus security officer Locklear when she asked Synclaire to sign a document that stated she was not going to press criminal charges with the Atlanta Police Department against her alleged assailant. This meant that the investigation and adjudication process would go through Morehouse. Even though she had a bad feeling about it, Synclaire signed the document. Melanie, Synclaire’s friend from Spelman, said she was asked to sign a similar document in her case around the same time.
Once she agreed to have Morehouse adjudicate her case, Synclaire said she was told by Officer Locklear at a separate meeting that her alleged assailant “was a really good kid” and “felt bad about what he did.”
Synclaire says she was also asked to sign a criminal trespass warning order as well as a no-contact order that barred her from entering Morehouse’s campus for the remainder of her time at Spelman and from contacting her alleged rapist. When asked whether it was common for alleged victims to be asked to sign such documents, Bruno said she’d never heard of “anything like this before.” Synclaire signed the documents but says when she requested copies from Morehouse at the time, she didn’t receive a response.
In the week after the alleged assault, she also met with Morehouse’s Title IX coordinator, Doris Coleman, as part of Morehouse’s adjudication process. Both Synclaire and Lora, who accompanied Synclaire to the meeting, separately told me Coleman said that young men at their age are at the “peak of their testosterone.” Fusion reached out to Coleman but she declined to comment.
Melanie says she also met a skeptical Coleman as part of her case. “The first question she asked me is, ‘Why didn’t you leave?’” Melanie recalled.
Following Synclaire’s meeting with Coleman, she was directed to Lance Houston, a Title IX investigator who was hired by Morehouse as a consultant. He was also the Title IX investigator hired in Melanie’s case. Fusion reached out to Houston and he declined to comment on the investigation citing confidentiality but he did say that all the cases he worked on at Morehouse College “were done in a very thoughtful, methodical, and legally compliant manner.”
Morehouse concluded its investigation on May 5, 2014. According to the report, obtained by Fusion, Houston concluded that there was insufficient evidence to demonstrate “by a preponderance” that Synclaire was sexually assaulted. “Morehouse College Office of Student Conduct should delay any disciplinary action against [the accused] pending additional evidence coming to light or due to a successful appeal of this investigative conclusion,” he wrote.
The Title IX report (which absolved the Morehouse student of wrongdoing) says that he told the investigator, hired by Morehouse, that he was regretful. “You are right,” he acknowledged having told Synclaire in a conversation after the incident. “I should have stopped.” The report also states that he admitted saying, “Damn baby, I am sorry." But he also insists he didn’t rape Synclaire, who he says “knew he did not mean anything and that she was not upset.” The report heavily reflects and takes into account the account given by the student who Synclaire says assaulted her, and does not include Synclaire’s story as much.
Synclaire says she often felt alone during the investigation and adjudication process. “I would have expected more support,” Synclaire told me. After hours of organizing and filling in paperwork, meetings with administrators, and trying to figure out how to navigate the process, she felt betrayed by the system. After Synclaire told Spelman’s dean of students, Kimberly Ferguson, about her experience, a new program was established by the school to raise awareness about sexual assault. Synclaire was awarded the program’s first internship.
But another event nearly a year later compounded her pain. Synclaire had planned a teach-in on sexual assault with her then-boyfriend, a resident advisor at Morehouse named Raheem Jessop. The event was to take place on Morehouse’s campus, a place Synclaire was not technically allowed to enter since she signed the no-contact order. “I thought it was okay [to be on campus],” Synclaire wrote to me in a text message, “I thought everything was closed,” she said. When Synclaire showed up to the seminar room before her talk, she was met by campus security officers who said that if she didn’t leave campus, they would call the police. “I was literally like, you don’t understand how fucked up you all really are,” Synclaire told me.
“She came back in the room crying,” recalled Raheem, who had to lead the conversation in Synclaire’s stead. He said he felt like the school was trying to hinder his ability to educate his students about sexual assault.
In March 2015, according to a letter Morehouse sent Synclaire, which was reviewed by Fusion, the school rescinded the criminal trespass warning at Synclaire’s request, but a strict no-contact order was maintained. “Unfortunately the behaviors you engaged in on March 18, 2014, are not tolerated on our campus,” the letter said, an apparent reference to her accusation of sexual assault. “This action is necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of members of the Morehouse College community.”
The letter made Synclaire “feel criminalized, devastated, frustrated and angry,” she said. In mid-May, Fusion contacted Morehouse to ask about the letter, and the school declined to comment. “It’s commencement weekend,” said Add Seymour, public relations officer at Morehouse. “We’re concentrated on getting our young men graduated.”
After getting kicked off Morehouse’s campus in March 2015, Synclaire decided that she needed to get away. The following semester she studied abroad in the Netherlands. This semester she is studying across the country at Berkeley, and is slated to graduate from Spelman in spring of 2017.
"A big piece of you is taken in sexual assault," Synclaire said.
Last September, Synclaire filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) under Title IX—a federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in any educational institution that receives federal funding—alleging that she was not afforded a “fair and equitable” adjudication process by Morehouse and Spelman College administrators. In response, OCR announced it would be opening an investigation into the two colleges in November. “Because OCR has determined that it has jurisdiction and that the complaint was filed timely, it is opening these allegations for investigation,” wrote the Department of Education to Synclaire. “I just really wanted the schools to look at themselves,” she told Fusion. “And I know the change won’t happen until the student body creates a solidarity.” The Title IX investigation, according to the Department of Education, is ongoing.
At Morehouse, students and faculty received an email in March announcing that the school’s sexual assault program would be overhauled. The email said that Coleman, the Title IX Coordinator, was replaced, but that the replacement was temporary and would not be conducting “any Title IX investigations on behalf of the college.” The school would also be hiring “outside, local counsel” to help with sexual assault investigations. Fusion reached out to Morehouse and asked about the overhaul of its Title IX program but did not hear back by time of publication.
Morehouse and Spelman, from what Synclaire says, let her down. And she isn’t the only one who sees it that way.
“I was getting treated like dirt by my school,” her ex-boyfriend said about Morehouse during the adjudication process. The student, whom Fusion has decided not to identify because he hasn’t been charged with a crime, told me that the stress from the process caused his grades to drop and he lost his academic scholarship. The school then asked him to leave for a semester. Since his return to Morehouse, he says his grades have improved dramatically and that he’s made the dean’s list every semester.
But even though he was cleared of wrongdoing by the school, the student says he is still treated unfairly by students and faculty who found out about the situation by word of mouth. “The whole college experience has changed for me,” he said. “When I walk into an office to do a program, like mentoring, there’s a stigma associated with me.”
The Morehouse student maintains he didn’t rape Synclaire and says she “never said no” and “never said stop.” He told me: “The whole thing is unjust. You’re guilty even when you’re innocent.’
I met with Synclaire while she was studying at Berkeley for the semester in early May. She’d shaved her head since the last time I saw her in December. She wore a long chain with a tiny Buddha charm and striking, big mismatched earrings. She showed me her diamond ring—she recently got engaged to Raheem, her boyfriend from Morehouse.
“At this point in my life I’ve taken a year away from Spelman and out of the spotlight as a sexual assault activist,” she told me at a coffee shop on campus. She’s visited Spelman twice in the last year, and her sisters keep asking when she’ll return. “How can I reconcile the Synclaire who has gone through this spiritual trip? And who am I in relation to this at Spelman?”
But the truth is, she feels stronger than ever. “I had become my story on campus,” she told me. Synclaire says she doesn’t have anxiety about returning for her final year at Spelman. “I lost a big sense of who I was,” she told me. “A big piece of you is taken in sexual assault and you’ll never get it back, but what you decide to create where this piece is missing, is so important can really determine how you heal from it.”
As the recipient of a Dalai Lama fellowship, a grant for socially-conscious minded college students, Synclaire will create a program for high school youth in the community surrounding Spelman and Morehouse colleges, something she has wanted to do since her freshman year. She called doing this fellowship and returning to Spelman “a reclamation.”
“I’m not giving up on myself,” she said. “I’m able to say I love Spelman still. It’s what made me who I am.”
Collier Meyerson is a reporter at Fusion with a focus on race and politics. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Daily Dose: Big Texan
Dan Dobish
Rotoworld March 20, 2019, 9:52 AM UTC
The night had some high-stakes games, as teams continue to fight for their playoff lives. I was in attendance at the Pittsburgh Penguins-Carolina Hurricanes game, and it had a playoff-like feel. I can only imagine that the atmosphere was very similar in the Montreal Canadiens-Philadelphia Flyers game, as well as the Colorado Avalanche-Minnesota Wild battle in the Twin Cities. Almost every game on Tuesday's slate had some kind of playoff implications, and if you watched any of the games, it certainly felt like April and May hockey rather than mid-March. Let's get started!
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Tuesday's Fantasy Five
Tyler Seguin erupted for four assists and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 4-2 home win against the Florida Panthers to make his fantasy owners smile. Head coach Jim Montgomery didn't like the start by his team, so he reunited Seguin with Jamie Benn and Alexander Radulov, and the three highest scorers on the Dallas roster immediately clicked, combining for 10 points. Radulov scored two goals in the third period, including the game-winning tally, while adding an assist, and Benn was good for a goal, three points a blocked shot and a hit. Fantasy owners will want to see this trio kept together, and after this big performance, Montgomery would be a fool to break this cash line apart.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are in freefall, and the way they're going it's unlikely they're going to have a very deep run in the playoffs. If they do snap back into form and make a run to the Stanley Cup playoffs, they'll be cheering for the Nashville Predators to get knocked out. Pekka Rinne has accounted for four shutouts this season, with two coming in the season series sweep of the Leafs. Rinne has had great contributions from his defense, too, as he faced just 22 shots in this one, and a total of 40 shots across the two contests against TML.
Rinne wasn't the only goaltender doing big things. Ben Bishop has been on fire lately, going 6-0-0 with a 0.55 goals-against average and .980 save percentage over his past six starts while posting three turnovers. Bishop saw his 2:33:04 shutout streak come to a close early in the first period when Aleksander Barkov scored the first of his two goals on the night, but that's all Bishop would allow. Montgomery pulled the right combination with his top scoring line back together, and they provided all the offense Bishop would need. The Stars are riding Bishop to a possible playoff spot, and fantasy owners are enjoying his exploits in their postseason, too.
Like Rinne and Bishop above, Carey Price was also on point in the City of Brotherly Love in a battle with plenty of playoff implications in the Eastern Conference. Price has been hard on the Flyers this season, going 2-0-0 with a 1.00 GAA and .968 save percentage in two starts. If Philadelphia ends up missing the playoffs, and they've lost four valuable points against Price and Montreal, fans in Philly will be cursing the goaltender's name for the offseason and beyond.
Barkov was the only player able to solve Bishop in nearly four full games of action. The Dallas goaltender has been unconscious lately, but so has Barkov. Sasha registered two goals in the Metroplex, and he has rolled up four goals and 17 points with a plus-7 rating over the past seven outings. He has been red-hot on the power play, too, cashing in two goals and four assists on the man advantage during the outstanding span.
Fantasy Game of the Day
The big fantasy production of the night came from the St. Louis Blues, as they lit the lamp seven times on the overwhelmed Edmonton Oilers. Jaden Schwartz led the way with the only hat trick across Tuesday's NHL slate, and he added an assist with a plus-3 rating. He might not be a household name outside of 'The Lou', but he has managed four career hat tricks, all just since Oct. 17, 2018. He had a goal in each period in this one. Tyler Bozak and David Perron were in the three-point club, taking different paths to get there. Bozak posted three apples with a plus-2 rating, while Perron was good for two goals, three points and a plus-2 rating across 19:22 of ice time. Alex Pietrangelo also got on the board with a goal and an assist while piling up three blocked shots and two hits. Fantasy owners have been wringing their hands hoping for a night like this, as he had no goals and an assist in his previous six outings. Oskar Sundqvist also got into the multi-point club with a pair of helpers and a plus-1 rating. The Swedish pivot has a goal and three points over the past three games, but his fantasy appeal remains limited to deeper formats. It was way more support than Jordan Binnington could possibly need. He allowed just two goals on 17 shots to cruise to another win, improving to 18-4-1 with a 1.78 GAA and .930 save percentage. Jordan 'Winnington' is just showing no signs of slowing down. Patrick Maroon also scored against his former team, giving him a fourth goal in the past six outings. Vladimir Tarasenko (upper body) returned after a five-game absence and was blanked on five shots, although St. Louis still fared pretty well with any offense from Tarasenko or Ryan O'Reilly.
For the Oilers side of the ledger, it wasn't so much who was doing what on offense. It was who wasn't scoring. It's a rarity when both Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid are blanked in the same game. McDavid entered the day with an eight-game multi-point scoring streak and a 12-game point streak overall. That's done, thanks to Binnington. Draisaitl entered the day with 16 goals and 29 points across his past 21 games, but again…Binnington. Zack Kassian and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins were the goal scorers for the Oil, and Oscar Klefbom, Adam Larsson and Milan Lucic were able to etch their names onto the stat sheet with assists, but it wasn't a big offensive night. Mikko Koskinen allowed three goals on 20 shots, while Anthony Stolarz yielded four goals on 24 shots, as neither goaltender had any answers for the Blues.
Quick Hits:Sean Kuraly registered a pair of goals with a plus-3 rating and six shots on net for his first career-multi goal game in the regular season. He once lit the lamp twice in a playoff game against the Ottawa Senators in his rookie campaign. … David Pastrnak (thumb) was back after a 16-game, but he went scoreless. Still, feel confident plugging him back into the lineup across the board. … Jake DeBrusk scored another goal, giving him nine goals and 16 points with a plus-8 rating over the past 12 outings. He has goals in nine of the past 12 contests. … Kris Letang (upper body) returned from an 11-game absence, and he was able to score with a plus-1 rating. He also logged a two-minute penalty for a slash in overtime and a 10-minute game misconduct for his misdeed on a breakaway by Sebastian Aho. … Jake Guentzel posted two points with a plus-2 rating. He had 38 goals over his first 122 NHL games, but he is up to 37 goals and 70 points across 74 games this season to emerge as a fantasy star. … Dougie Hamilton managed an assist and plus-1 rating, and he was the only scorer in the three-round shootout. He also had seven shots, giving him at least one shot in 237 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NHL. … Andreas Athanasiou logged two more goals with a plus-2 rating, giving him back-to-back two-goal games. He has six goals, eight points and a plus-4 rating over the past seven, as he looks like he has the goods to be a fantasy mainstay for years to come. … Taro Hirose picked up an assist in his NHL debut for the Red Wings. He was signed as a college free agent out of Michigan State. He posted 15 goals and 50 points as a junior to lead the NCAA, and he is up for Big Ten Player of the Year honors, as well as the Hobey Baker award. … Jacob De La Rose left in the second period against the Rangers due to an accelerated heartbeat, and he was hospitalized. … Max Domi had a goal and an assist with a plus-2 rating. He has 25 goals and 39 assists with a plus-14 rating, both career highs. … Sean Couturier managed his 30th goal of the season, giving him back-to-back 30-goal campaigns. … Pheonix Copley picked up a win, allowing just one goal on 21 shots to improve to 16-5-3 with a .288 GAA and .906 save percentage across 22 starts and 25 appearances. … Ken Agostino was the only player to beat Copley, and he has three goals and six points over the past six games to emerge as an option in deeper pools. … Ryan Johansen extended his point streak to five games, posting two helpers to give him no goals and six assists during the streak. He hasn't scored a goal in 12 games since Feb. 9, but is still being rather productive. … Tyson Barrie posted a goal with a plus-2 rating, and he has three goals and an assist over the past three. … Philipp Grubauer managed to allow just one goal on 37 shots to pick up the win, moving to 13-9-3 with a 2.83 GAA and .907 save percentage overall. … David Rittich yielded just two goals on 33 shots to deal Columbus a costly blow, as they try to stay above the cut line for a wild-card spot. Rittich improved to 26-7-5 with a 2.63 GAA and .911 save percentage in 39 starts and 42 appearances. … Matthew Tkachuk posted a goal with a plus-1 rating, giving him seven goals and 11 points over the past five outings. He'll face his brother Brady Tkachuk in Thursday's game vs. the Ottawa Senators. … Mark Giordano posted an assist with a plus-1 rating with two blocked shots and a hit. He was playing in his 826th game, tying Robyn Regehr for the second-most games played by a rearguard in Calgary franchise history.
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Former Rams RB C.J. Anderson frustrated, feels disrespected in free agency
Yahoo Sports March 23, 2019, 5:40 AM UTC
Former Rams running back C.J. Anderson just wants an opportunity to play 16 games, he said on Twitter Thursday, and feels disrespected in free agency. (Rich Graessle/Getty Images)
C.J. Anderson played a significant part in the Los Angeles Rams’ postseason run last year — filling a much-needed hole after Todd Gurley went down with a knee injury and helping them secure the first-round playoff bye.
The 28-year-old running back put up two 100-yard games to close out the season for Los Angeles, and ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns in the NFC divisional game against the Dallas Cowboys. Undoubtedly, he was a perfect replacement.
Now, though, Anderson is a free agent — and he’s not happy about it.
Lol the disrespect is real guess It is what It is. It’s the same story over and over. All I ever wanted was a full opportunity to play 16. My 16 vs anybody else 16 with no front office / coach trying to move me out the way or play we like this guy game. Just want a 16 all I ask.
— Cj Anderson (@cjandersonb22) March 22, 2019
“It’s the same story over and over,” Anderson tweeted in part on Thursday night. “All I ever wanted was a full opportunity to play 16 (games).”
While he had a strong finish to the season, Anderson has played in just one full 16-game season in his six years in the league. In 2017, his fifth year with the Denver Broncos, Anderson put up 1,007 yards and had three touchdowns. Last year, he played in just 11 regular season games and put up only 403 yards with both the Rams and the Carolina Panthers.
Even though the Rams aren’t likely to bring him back in, Anderson said his tweet wasn’t about them specifically not giving him an opportunity.
By the way my disrespect tweets last night had nothing to do with the rams. Had a long convo with some 1 I trust and that’s how that convo ended. I thank the rams for a beautiful opportunity It was very fun.
After being released by the Broncos, Panthers and Raiders, and the Rams not wanting to bring him back, it’s easy to understand why Anderson would be frustrated. Bouncing around from team to team is never easy.
In reality, though, it’s still early. It’s not unreasonable to think that an organization will be willing to take a chance on him this fall — especially given the fact that he put up a 1,000-yard season just two years ago.
At least, Anderson clearly sees it that way.
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Giallo (2009)
December 2, 2015 / swampflix
I don’t know if it’s fair to detract from this movie’s score based on what I learned about it after viewing it. I’m not talking about Adrien Brody’s high-profile lawsuit against the production company to block distribution of Giallo in the U.S. until he received the remainder of his paycheck; that sort of thing shouldn’t (and doesn’t) really affect an interpretation of the film’s quality. What I am talking about is the fact that I honestly thought Dario Argento had gone out and hired someone with an unusual, potentially deformed facial structure to portray the killer, much like he had hired an elderly prostitute to portray the briefly corporeal Helena Markos in the final moments of Suspiria, and it turns out I was very, very wrong. The prosthetics applied to the killer are hideous if you accept that this is the face of a real person, but, once their falsity is pointed out, they are embarrassingly obvious—in the sense that I’m embarrassed by the fact that I made it through the whole film without realizing that it was actually Brody under all that bulbous latex. So, completely outside the world of the film itself, I have to admit that this has the overall effect of making the film goofier in retrospect.
Following the kidnapping of a beautiful tourist, Linda (Emmanuelle Seigner) arrives in Turin to visit her sister, fashion model Celine (Elsa Pataky). When Celine doesn’t come home when expected, Linda goes to the police, who direct her to Inspector Enzo Avolfi (Adrien Brody), an antisocial detective who is on the trail of a serial kidnapper and murderer (also Brody) who uses his unlicensed taxi as a cover in his abductions. Linda forces her way into his investigation, and they learn from a not-quite-dead victim that her assailant is literally yellow, a fact which they use to determine that the killer, now nicknamed “Giallo,” has jaundice as a result of kidney problems and track him to a clinic. Meanwhile, Enzo reveals that his dedication to the job arose from the fact that he saw his mother murdered by a serial killer when he was a child, a butcher whom he later encountered and killed in revenge as a teenager. Giallo realizes that Linda and Enzo are closing in and takes Linda hostage, promising to tell her where Celine is hidden once he gets away.
When I hit the midpoint of this Dario Argento project, I decided to start keeping track of which of his recurring motifs were used most often and then, when we got to the end, I planned to use this info to determine which Argento was the most Argento of all the Argentos. Strangely, within the first few minutes of this film, it seemed like Giallo was aiming to be the most motif-heavy, as there was a brief scene where a character attended an opera, then a scene of running in the rain, the killer’s eyes being reflected in a mirror, and other elements that had already appeared in four or more films. And then it occurred to me: if The Black Cat was Argento doing Poe and Do You Like Hitchcock? was Argento doing Hitchcock, then Giallo is Argento doing Argento, and it works in some ways but fails in too many others.
The all-too-brief sequences of Enzo’s youth, which are shot to be stylistically similar to Argento’s movies of the late seventies and early eighties, are the most interesting part of the film. These shots are beautiful, and they really make me want to see the aging director craft a giallo period piece set during the era of his greatest successes, perhaps as the last project of his career before retirement. There’s also a return to form with regards to his cinematic eye here; the use of color throughout is particularly well done, especially as this element has been absent from his work for over a decade at this point (a chase sequence that makes its way down a giant yellow spiral staircase is notably both fun and visually appealing). I also appreciated that Enzo and Linda learned the name of the killer fairly early in the film’s run time and tracked down his location, prompting Giallo to be more proactive in a way that none of Argento’s previous antagonists had been. There’s even a fake-out downer ending with an ambiguous epilogue, which is another departure from some of Argento’s more tired ending tropes. Brody seems to be phoning in his performance as Enzo, perhaps to counterbalance his performance as the more striking Giallo, but Seigner is likable and sympathetic as a woman who refuses to give up on her sister, and she makes the character’s decision to acquiesce to the killer’s hostage taking believable.
On the other hand, the original ideas here serve to highlight just how much of this movie isn’t fresh or clever. While Seigner plays her role with understated franticness, Brody poorly acts each of his roles in a different way. The inspector is an interpretation of a hard-boiled NYC cop (it is explained that Enzo spent some time in the states growing up after the death of his mother) with a chip on his shoulder that prevents him from forming emotional relationships; Giallo is a grotesque Quasimodo who shrieks back at his victims and gets off on stealing women’s beauty by mutilating them. Both characters are too broad to leave much of an impression, and the revelation of Enzo’s backstory is more interesting in its execution than in the material revealed. Alternatively, the backstory of Giallo–that his junkie mother abandoned her jaundiced, hepatitis-infected baby to be raised by the church, where he was isolated by his yellow skin–is too maudlin to be taken completely seriously. That the film takes an unusual turn in its final third is interesting, but not interesting enough to save it.
-Mark “Boomer” Redmond
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GCL Group and Softbank invest $930 million to establish a joint venture in India
SUZHOU, China, April 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GCL System Integration Technology Co., LTD (SZ: 002506) (GCL-SI), a subsidiary of the world's leading clean energy conglomerate GCL announced that on March 29, GCL Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Softbank Vision Fund (SBVF) through its manager Softbank Investment, a subsidiary of Softbank Group. The main content of the memorandum is that GCL Group and Softbank Investment have agreed to establish a joint venture company in Andhra Pradesh, India, either directly or through their respective affiliates or subsidiaries, of which Softbank Investment accounts for 60% and GCL Group 40%. The equity ratio of the joint venture would be adjusted accordingly if a third-party partner were introduced later on. The composition of the board of directors of the joint venture will be consistent with that of the equity structure.
The joint venture company expects a total investment of 930 million U.S. dollars, and the two parties have not yet identified the source of funds. The joint venture plans to have a production capacity of 4GW, which will be implemented in two phases with 2GW per phase. The main business involves the production and sale of PV ingots, wafers, batteries and modules.
About GCL-SI
GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. (002506 Shenzhen Stock) (GCL-SI), is part of the GOLDEN CONCORD Group (GCL). GCL-SI delivers one-stop, cutting-edge, integrated energy systems and is committed to becoming the world's leading solar energy company.
CONTACT: Leo Yuan, +86-176-0408-0725, yuanhui@gclie.com
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WhatsApp warning of taking legal action against the parties that control the use of its platform
WhatsApp is a platform most popular chat in the world. Use this area to communicate very widely, and this is what resulted in the need to confront some of the challenges. In fact, I’ve had company WhatsApp to take several steps to ensure no abuse of its platform and its use in the dissemination of false information. Threat to WhatsApp and now to take legal action against even those who claim they have the ability to abuse the use of this product has shown many companies their ability to do so.
The WhatsApp recently to ban many users who are using modified versions of the application, and you block millions of accounts monthly to combat content spam and fake. Moreover, it has also the right of the number of times you can redirect the messages to prevent the spread of rumors quickly on its platform.
However, revealed reports that preceded the general election in India, that the versions of WhatsApp amended, is still widely used in the country to bypass the restrictions set by the company WhatsApp to combat the content is fake and annoying. Provides marketers, digital services such as delivery of mass messages WhatsApp in markets such as India, Nigeria, and Indonesia. So that some companies in India allow people to send messages at once on WhatsApp from unknown numbers through the web site.
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