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Groups Sue to Stop Use of Electronic Voting
WASHINGTON – A voting watchdog group said it was filing suit against the Maryland State Board of Elections and its administrator Thursday to force an upgrade of the state's electronic voting machines.
The group, Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland (search), said the machines are vulnerable to voter fraud and technical malfunction and must be backed up with a paper audit trail before the November presidential election.
"This needs to be done to make sure that Maryland does not become the next Florida," said Ryan Phair, an attorney representing the voters group.
State officials conceded the machines can be improved -- in more areas than just a paper voting record -- and that they are taking steps to do that. But they have confidence in the new electronic machines.
"We have had two risk assessments done on this equipment. They have identified actions that can be taken and we will be addressing every one of them for November," said Linda Lamone, administrator of the Board of Elections.
The planned lawsuit would force state officials to decertify the electronic voting machines until the manufacturer, Diebold Election Systems (search), upgrades them so that voters receive a paper receipt from the machine to verify that their votes were correctly counted.
Linda Schade of Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland said use of the voting machines violates state law because the Board of Elections cannot certify that they are secure and reliable.
"This technology puts our very democracy at risk," Schade said. But Lamone said the group is hung up on paper.
"I think it is tunnel-vision to say that paper is the only solution," Lamone said.
She said the board is making several improvements. For example, a slot that holds each machine's memory card has been sealed with "tamper tape" (search) that changes color if someone tries to remove it to guard against voters swapping out the memory cards.
"I have no objection to improving the system. I will look into other technologies, but I do not want to be locked in to paper as the only solution," Lamone said.
One technology the state is currently exploring is a Web-based system that would let voters enter a personal identification number to verify their vote online.
David Bear, a spokesman for Diebold Election Systems, said the electronic voting machines (search) are safe and that those who fear they that elections manipulated or the machines hacked are "conspiracy theorists."
"The fact of the matter is that it has never happened and the likelihood that it will happen is nonexistent," Bear said.
The lawsuit, which will be filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, is the latest salvo in a fight between the watchdog group and the Board of Elections over the security of the electronic machine.
Lamone said she met with Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland last fall and tried to convince it to stop its movement against the electronic voting machines.
"Obviously I failed on that," she said.
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Jenna Bush to Teach in D.C.
WASHINGTON – President Bush's daughter Jenna plans to live in the District of Columbia and teach at a public school serving low-income children.
Jenna Bush (search), 22, graduated last spring from the University of Texas with a degree in English. She campaigned with her father during the summer and fall as he sought re-election but said she hoped to teach at a charter school after the election.
A spokesman for first lady Laura Bush, Gordon Johndroe, confirmed that Jenna would go to work for a public school in Washington but declined to disclose where she has applied for a teaching position or other details.
The president "thinks it's great that she's pursuing what she wants to do," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Wednesday.
Her twin sister, Barbara, earned a humanities degree from Yale last spring. Her career plans have not been announced. McClellan said Barbara is helping with the Bush inaugural operation.
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Myanmar Opposition Resists Preconditions for Talks With Junta
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar's leading opposition party issued a call Tuesday for talks with the military regime following a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, but urged the junta not to set preconditions for the talks.
The military government has offered to meet with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but on condition she renounce calls for international sanctions against the military regime, which has been widely condemned for breaking up the protests last month.
"The success of a dialogue is based on sincerity and the spirit of give and take," said the National League for Democracy statement, which was based on past speeches by Suu Kyi. "The will for achieving success is also crucial and there should not be any preconditions."
"The will to meet and negotiate is the key to resolving the country's dire problems," said the statement — the party's first since the junta's offer to meet with Suu Kyi.
The statement appeared to be an attempt by the party to encourage the junta to engage Suu Kyi in talks, but without abandoning its platform. The statement emphasized past statements by Suu Kyi, saying the party could make "adjustments" for the sake of dialogue.
The NLD made its move as the government mouthpiece the New Light of Myanmar newspaper printed an announcement on its front page saying that Deputy Labor Minister Aung Kyi had been appointed "minister for relations" to coordinate contacts with Suu Kyi.
Aung Kyi has a reputation among foreign diplomats, U.N. officials and aid groups as being relatively accessible and reasonable — a contrast to other top junta leaders who are considered deeply insular, suspicious and fiercely hostile toward Suu Kyi.
Protests erupted Aug. 19 after the government raised fuel prices and the rallies mushroomed into a national movement that was crushed when troops fired on demonstrators on Sept. 26 and 27. The regime said 10 people were killed, but dissident groups put the toll at up to 200 and say 6,000 people were detained, including thousands of monks who led the rallies.
Global outrage was directed at the junta, with the international community condemning the crackdown and calling for the release of the 62-year-old Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace laureate who has been under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years without trial.
The government announced last week that the junta's leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, was willing to meet personally with Suu Kyi, but only if she met certain conditions. Than Shwe has only met with Suu Kyi once before, in 2002, and the talks quickly broke down.
While many nations in the west have called for sanctions to punish the regime and force it to open up the political process, China — which has a veto on the U.N. Security Council — is arguing against sanctions.
"Sanctions or pressure will not help to solve the issue in Myanmar," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a regular news conference in Beijing on Tuesday. He said China was encouraged that the situation in Myanmar was calmer now. "We hope this momentum can be maintained," he said.
The junta has come under intense international pressure to enter talks with Myanmar's democracy movement. The junta did not indicate when the new official might meet with the Suu Kyi.
It appeared, however, that Aung Kyi would coordinate Suu Kyi's contacts with both the regime and the U.N., which is seeking to end the political deadlock between democracy advocates and a military that has ruled since 1962.
His naming appeared to be a nod to the U.N. The world body's special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, suggested creating the Cabinet-level job during his visit to Myanmar earlier this month, the newspaper announcement said. It added that the junta had accepted the idea "in respect of Gambari's recommendation and in view of smooth relations with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi." "Daw" is a polite term for addressing older women.
The military presence has considerably eased in Yangon's streets in recent days. There were no more barricades, except along the road going to Suu Kyi's house, which has three layers of barbed wire barricades and sandbagged troops' positions.
On Tuesday, a few monks could be seen walking along the streets, holding begging bowls. People crowded open-air food stalls in the evening, with the curfew called back to 10 p.m. and ending at 4 a.m. Some residents, however, continued to feel uneasy despite the calm, fearing sporadic raids and possible arrests.
The current junta came to power after crushing a 1988 pro-democracy uprising by killing as many as 3,000 people. Myanmar's previous constitution was suspended in 1988. The junta then allowed elections in 1990, but nullified the vote after Suu Kyi's party won.
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Greece: After winning elections, radical politician Alexis Tsipras vows to end humiliation and pain
World hidden Jan 26, 2015 16:14:56 IST
Athens, Greece: A radical left-wing party vowing to end Greece's painful austerity program won a historic victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections, setting up a showdown with the country's international creditors that could shake the eurozone.
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the communist-rooted Syriza party, immediately promised to end the "five years of humiliation and pain" that Greece has endured since an international bailout saved it from bankruptcy in 2010.
"The verdict of the Greek people ends, beyond any doubt, the vicious circle of austerity in our country," Tsipras told a crowd of rapturous flag-waving supporters.
Syriza appeared just shy of the majority that would allow it to govern alone. With 97.6 percent of polling stations counted, Syriza had 36.4 percent — and 149 of parliament's 300 seats — versus 27.8 percent for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' conservatives.
Leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras waves to his supporters outside Athens University Headquarters. AP
If Tsipras, 40, can put together a government, he will be Greece's youngest prime minister in 150 years, while Syriza would be the first radical left party to ever govern the country.
The prospect of an anti-bailout government coming to power in Greece has revived fears of a bankruptcy that could reverberate across the eurozone, send shockwaves through global markets and undermine the euro, the currency shared by 19 European countries.
The already battered euro was down 0.3 percent Monday, at $1.117, on the news of Syriza's victory. That was its lowest since April 2003.
Syriza's rhetoric appealed to many in a country that has seen a quarter of its economy wiped out, unemployment above 25 percent and average income losses of at least 30 percent.
Tsipras won on promises to demand debt forgiveness and renegotiate the terms of Greece's 240 billion euro ($270 billion) bailout, which has kept the debt-ridden country afloat since mid-2010.
To qualify for the cash, Greece has had to impose deep and bitterly resented cuts in public spending, wages and pensions, along with public sector layoffs and repeated tax increases.
Samaras soon conceded defeat Sunday, saying he had received a country "on the brink of disaster" when he took over in 2012 and was close to ushering it out of the crisis.
"I was asked to hold live coals in my hands and I did," he said.
The country's progress in reforms is reviewed by inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank, collectively known as the troika, before each installment of bailout funds can be released.
Tsipras pronounced the troika and its regular debt inspections "a thing of the past."
Greece's creditors insist the country must abide by previous commitments to continue receiving support. In Germany, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann told ARD network that he hoped "the new Greek government will not make promises it cannot keep and the country cannot afford."
The election results will be the main topic at Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers. Belgium's minister, Johan Van Overtveldt, said there is room for some flexibility, but not much.
"We can talk modalities, we can talk debt restructuring, but the cornerstone that Greece must respect the rules of monetary union — that must stay as it is," Van Overtveldt told VRT network.
JPMorgan analyst David Mackie said negotiations between the new government in Athens and creditors "are likely to be very difficult" but cannot drag on indefinitely.
"If Greece is unable to honor its obligations this year, then economic, financial and banking stress is likely to lead either to an agreement, or to a second round of elections, or to an EMU exit," he said, referring to Greece's membership in the eurozone.
But Re-Define think tank analyst Sony Kapoor said that while Greece has failed the eurozone and EU authorities, they have also failed Greece.
"The Greek rescue package was financially unsustainable, economically wrong-headed, politically tone-deaf and socially callous," he said. "Syriza deserves a chance, and their victory will force the EU to confront the elephant in the room: unpayable debt and bad policy decisions."
He noted that Syriza's moderation of its rhetoric before the election "is promising, making it likely that it will govern closer to the center than many think."
A Syriza official said Tsipras would meet Monday with the head of the small Independent Greeks party, which elected 13 lawmakers, "to confirm the support and possible participation of the Independent Greeks in the new government." Apart from their mutual opposition to austerity, the two parties disagree on practically every other issue.
The official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak on the record, said Tsipras would likely be sworn in as prime minister later Monday, and the new government would be formed in the following couple of days.
The centrist Potami (river) party was battling for third place with the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn, whose leader and several lawmakers campaigned from prison, where they are awaiting trial on charges of participating in a criminal organization.
Updated Date: Jan 26, 2015 16:14:56 IST
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Frontiers in Immunology
Viral Immunology
This article is part of the Research Topic
Immunity and Immunopathogenesis to Herpesviruses View all 10 Articles
Richard D. Dix
Georgia State University, United States
Deepak Shukla
University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
LBACHIR BENMOHAMED
University of California, Irvine, United States
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Front. Immunol., 19 December 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02932
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection-Induced Expression of CXCR3 Ligands Promotes CD4+ T Cell Migration and Is Regulated by the Viral Immediate-Early Protein ICP4
Mudan Zhang1, Xu Deng2,3, Xinmeng Guan2,3, Lanlan Geng4, Ming Fu2,3, Binman Zhang2,3, Rui Chen2, Huimin Hu2,3, Kai Hu2, Di Zhang2,3, Mei Li2,3, Yalan Liu2, Sitang Gong4* and Qinxue Hu2,5*
1The Joint Center of Translational Precision Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan, China
2State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
4Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
5Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
HSV-2 infection-induced CXCR3 ligands are important for the recruitment of virus-specific CD8+ T cells, but their impact on CD4+ T cell trafficking remains to be further determined. Given that recruitment of CD4+ T cells to infection areas may be one of the mechanisms that account for HSV-2 infection-mediated enhancement of HIV-1 sexual transmission, here we investigated the functionality of HSV-2 infection-induced CXCR3 ligands CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 in vivo and in vitro, and determined the viral components responsive for such induction and the underlying mechanisms. We first found that the expression of CXCR3 ligands CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 was increased in mice following vaginal challenge with HSV-2, while CXCL9 played a predominant role in the recruitment of CD4+ T cells to the vaginal foci of infected mice. HSV-2 infection also induced the production of CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 in human cervical epithelial cells. Of note, although HSV-2 induced the expression of all the three CXCR3 ligands, the induced CXCL9 appeared to play a predominant role in promoting CD4+ T cell migration, reflecting that the concentrations of CXCL10 and CXCL11 required for CD4+ T cell migration are higher than that of CXCL9. We further revealed that, ICP4, an immediate-early protein of HSV-2, is crucial in promoting CXCR3 ligand expression through the activation of p38 MAPK pathway. Mechanistically, ICP4 binds to corresponding promoters of CXCR3 ligands via interacting with the TATA binding protein (TBP), resulting in the transcriptional activation of the corresponding promoters. Taken together, our study highlights HSV-2 ICP4 as a vital viral protein in promoting CXCR3 ligand expression and CXCL9 as the key induced chemokine in mediating CD4+ T cell migration. Findings in this study have shed light on HSV-2 induced leukocyte recruitment which may be important for understanding HSV-2 infection-enhanced HIV-1 sexual transmission and the development of intervention strategies.
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), a large enveloped dsDNA virus, affects ~500 million people worldwide and acquires an annual rate of close to 25 million (1), resulting in up to 40% human adults living with HSV-2 latency (2, 3). HSV-2 infections are known to be restricted to mucosal and keratinized epithelia and neuronal ganglia, and cause genital herpes (4) with sexual transmission being the main route (5). Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) causes destruction of the immune system, leading to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (6). In 2016, there were 1.8 million new HIV-1 infections globally, adding up to a total of 36.7 million people living with HIV-1 (7). The majority of HIV-1 infections are acquired by genital mucosal exposure, with sexual transmission as the leading mode of HIV-1 infection worldwide (8).
Due to the high positive-incidence of HSV-2 and common routes of transmission with HIV-1, mucosal HIV-1/HSV-2 co-infections attract more and more attention. Epidemiological studies show that HSV-2 infection results in an ~3-fold increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition (9, 10), but the underlying mechanisms remain to be determined. One of the mechanisms that HSV-2 infection increases the probability of HIV-1 acquisition is the generation of lesions at HSV-2-infection sites, which provides a chance for HIV-1 to contact the target cells in the epidermis and dermis (11). Moreover, the number of CD4+ T cells at the infection sites is increased following HSV-2 infection, which may further facilitate HIV-1 to infect these target cells (12–14). However, it is still not fully elucidated concerning the mechanism of CD4+ T cell migration induced by HSV-2.
Chemokine CXCL9 is a member of the CXC family and plays an important role in the chemotaxis of CXCR3+ immune cells. CXCR3 is a chemokine receptor that is rapidly induced on activated naive cells and sustains highly expression on Th1-type CD4+ T cells and effector CD8+ T cells (15). CXCR3 could be activated by three interferon-inducible ligands CXCL9 (MIG), CXCL10 (IP-10), and CXCL11 (I-TAC). Although CXCR3 could also be activated by CXCL4 and CXCL4L1, these two chemokines are released by platelets and have been implicated in atherogenesis and acute coronary syndrome (16). It is known that the upregulation of CXCR3 ligands is positively associated with a variety of tumors, inflammatory diseases, and infectious diseases such as AIDS (17). Although the expression of CXCL9 and CXCL10 has been shown to be increased in the cervical tissues of mice infected by HSV-2, the study on mice focused on the roles of recruited CD8+ T cells in control of HSV-2 infection (18–20). Our previous study demonstrated that CXCL9 levels in cervical mucus from HSV-2–positive women were significantly increased and that CXCL9 induced by HSV-2 infection in cervical epithelial cells can enhance the migration of CD4+ T cells (14). Although HSV-2-induced expression of CXCL10 and CXCL11 was previously reported (19, 21), the significance of HSV-2-induced CXCR3 ligands in vivo and the molecular mechanisms underlying the HSV-2-induced expression of CXCR3 ligands, in particular CXCL10 and CXCL11, have yet to be addressed. Furthermore, HSV-2 component(s) responsible for the induction and the underlying mechanism remain to be fully investigated.
In the current study, we found that expression of mouse CXCR3 ligands was increased following vaginal challenge with HSV-2 in mice. In addition, HSV-2-induced CXCL9 played a crucial role in promoting CD4+ T cell migration to the vaginal foci of infected mice. In human cervical epithelial cells, HSV-2 infection induced the production of CXCL10 and CXCL11 in addition to CXCL9. Although CXCL10 and CXCL11 were induced following HSV-2 infection, the migration of CD4+ T cells was mainly dependent on HSV-2 infection-induced CXCL9, reflecting that the concentrations of CXCL10 and CXCL11 required for CD4+ T cell migration are higher than that of CXCL9. Moreover, HSV-2 immediate-early protein ICP4 (also known as RS1) appeared to be the vital viral component to induce the production of CXCR3 ligands. We further explored the molecular mechanisms underlying ICP4–induced CXCR3 ligand expression, revealing that ICP4 binds to corresponding promoters of CXCR3 ligands to activate their transcription by interaction with TBP. Our study together has shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying HSV-2-induced CD4+ T cell accumulation in mucosal infection sites, which may be crucial for understanding HSV-2 infection-enhanced HIV-1 sexual transmission and the development of intervention strategies.
Viruses, Cell Lines, Antibodies, and Inhibitors
HSV-2 (G strain) was obtained from LGC standards and propagated in African green monkey kidney cells (Vero). Virus stocks were aliquoted and stored at −80°C before used for infection. Ultraviolet (UV)-inactivated HSV-2 was obtained by exposure to ultraviolet irradiation for 15 min. HSV-2 titration was determined by plaque assay on confluent Vero monolayers (53). ME180, PM1, and Vero cells were obtained from American Tissue Culture Collection. Human cervical epithelial cell line ME180 and Vero cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) (Life Technologies, 11965, Australia) supplemented with 10% FBS, 100 units/mL penicillin and 100 units/mL streptomycin at 37°C in a 5% CO2 incubator. Human T cell line PM1 cells were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium (HyClone, SH30809.01B, USA) supplemented with 10% FBS, 100 units/mL penicillin and 100 units/mL streptomycin at 37°C in a 5% CO2 incubator. Abs against p38, phospho-p38, and β-actin, respectively, were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (sc-7149, sc-101759 and sc-81178, USA). Ab against phospho-C/EBP-β was purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (3084S, USA). Inhibitors specifically against ERK (PD98059), JNK (SP600125), and p38 (SB203580), respectively, were purchased from Merck Millipore (19-143, 420119, and 559389, USA). Abs against HA and Flag tag were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (H6908 and F1804, USA). Ab against Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) and TATA binding protein (TBP) were from Proteintech (10205-2-AP and 22006-1-AP, Wuhan, China). Rabbit normal IgG and Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG were purchased from BOSTER (BA1031 and BA1045, Wuhan, China). Abs against mouse CD4, CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 were purchased from R&D Systems (MAB554, AF-492-NA, AF-466-NA, and AF-572, USA). Abs against ICP4, ICP27, gB, and HSV-2 were from Abcam (ab96431, ab53480, ab6506, and ab21112, England). Ab against gD was from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (sc-69802, USA).
HSV-2 genome was extracted from the cells infected with HSV-2 for 48 h using QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit (Qiagen, 51104, Germany). The expression plasmids of US1, RS1, US12, UL54, and RL2, and the reporter of CXCL9 were described previously (14, 22). The open reading frames (ORFs) were amplified by PCR with the primers shown in Table S1. The reporters of CXCL10 and CXCL11 were amplified with forward primers (CXCL10 Luc-F and CXCL11 Luc-F) and reverse primers (CXCL10 Luc-R and CXCL11 Luc-R), respectively. The sequences of primers were showed in Table S1. An N-terminal HA or Flag tag was introduced into ICP4 by the forward primer. N-terminal Flag tag was introduced into UL20, UL46, UL47, UL48, UL56, UL49A, US4, US7, or RL1 by the forward primer. The promoter reporters were cloned into pGL3-basic. Unless otherwise described, other PCR products were cloned into pcDNA3.1(+) (Invitrogen) and the constructed expression plasmids were named UL20, RS1-HA (ICP4-HA), RS1-Flag (ICP4-Flag), UL46, UL47, UL48, UL56, UL49A, US4, US7, RL1, UL20-Flag, UL46-Flag, UL47-Flag, UL48-Flag, UL56-Flag, UL49A-Flag, US4-Flag, US7-Flag, and RL1-Flag, respectively. The constructs were verified by DNA sequencing (Sunny Biotechnology, Shanghai, China).
HSV-2 Challenge and Sampling
Animal experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and performed in accordance with the guidelines of the Hubei Laboratory Animal Science Association. In brief, female BALB/c mice (6–8 wk old) were purchased from Beijing HFK Biotechnology (Beijing, China) and maintained in specific pathogen–free conditions with food and water supplied. Seven days prior to challenge, each mouse was injected with 2 mg progesterone in intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular sites to ensure that each mouse rapidly entered the estrous cycle (23). After the estrous cycle, the mouse vaginal mucosal epithelia became thinner and were more susceptible to HSV-2. One day prior to challenge, the neutralizing Abs against CXCL9 (2 μg, R&D Systems, MAB554, USA), CXCL10 (2 μg, R&D Systems, MAB554, USA), and CXCL11 (2 μg, R&D Systems, MAB554, USA) were delivered to the vagina of mice, respectively, or in combination. Mice were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium and challenged intravaginally with 10 μL/mouse HSV-2 at a concentration of 6 × 107 PFU/mL. Mice challenged with medium alone were set as background controls. The signs of mouse vagina were observed at days 3, 5, and 7 post HSV-2 challenge. Vaginal ulcers arose at day 7 in infected mice but not in the control group. Seven days after challenge, vaginal lavage fluids were collected using a vaginal Transferpettor by washing the vagina three times with sterile PBS plus protease inhibitors (Roche, 11697498001, Germany) in a total volume of 100 μL/mouse. Collected samples were centrifuged (15,000 × g, 10 min at 4°C), and supernatants were aliquoted and stored at −80°C until use. Thereafter, mice were sacrificed by neck dislocation. The cervical-vaginal tissues (Y type, two fallopian tube in the upper and vagina in the lower) were excised according to the characteristics of mouse physiological structure and collected under sterile conditions. The tissues were fixed in 4% formaldehyde followed by immunohistochemistry analysis. The collection of vaginal lavages or tissues was performed by the same people.
CBA for Human CXCL9, CXCL10 and CXCL11, and Mouse CXCL9 and CXCL10
ME180 cells in 6-well plates were transfected with empty vector or plasmid expressing ICP4 for 24 h. In some cases, ME180 cells were infected or mock-infected with HSV-2 for 24 h. Cell supernatants were collected and centrifuged to remove cell debris. Cytometric Bead Assay (CBA) was carried out to quantify secreted human CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 using the BD Cytometric Bead Array Human Soluble Protein Flexset Kit according to the manufacturer's instructions. Briefly, 50 μL diluted standards or undiluted samples were added into labeled tubes followed by the addition of 50 μL mixed beads. At 1 h post-incubation, 50 μL PE conjugated detection antibody was added into all tubes followed by incubation for 2 h at room temperature. All tubes were then washed with 1 mL washing buffer and centrifuged at 1,200 rpm for 5 min. The supernatants were removed and the beads were resuspended with 300 μL washing buffer. The concentration of mouse CXCL9 and CXCL10 in the vaginal lavage fluids was detected using the LEGENDplex™ Cytometric Bead Array mouse proinflammation Chemokine Mix and Match Subpanel according to the manufacturer's instructions. Briefly, 25 μL assay buffer was added into all tubes, followed by the addition of 25 μL diluted standard or 25 μL undiluted sample to each labeled tube. Thereafter, 25 μL mixed beads and 25 μL detection antibodies were added into all tubes followed by incubation for 2 h at room temperature with shaking. All the tubes were then incubated for 30 min at room temperature after the addition of 25 μL SA-PE solution. Beads were spun down (1,100 rpm, 5 min at room temperature) and washed with 1 × washing buffer. The beads were resuspended with 200 μL of 1 × washing buffer. All the samples were read on the BD LSRFortessa™ Flow Cytometer.
ELISA for Mouse CXCL11
The concentration of CXCL11 in the vaginal lavage fluids of mice was detected using Mouse CXCL11 ELISA Kit (BOSTER, EK0738, China). The standard of CXCL11 was provided in the Kit. Fifty microliter of undiluted fluids were tested for mouse CXCL11 detection according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Immunohistochemistry analysis of mouse cervical-vaginal tissues was conducted as described previously (24, 25). Briefly, the specimens obtained from challenged mice were fixed in 4% formaldehyde for 24 h at room temperature, embedded in paraffin, and cut into 3-mm sections. For detection of CD4+ T cells in cervical-vaginal samples, slides were first dewaxed in xylene and rehydrated in a descendant ethanol scale. Ag retrieval was subsequently performed using Antigen Retrieval Reagent Basic Kit (R&D Systems, CTS013, USA) for 30 min in a water bath according to the manufacturer's instructions, and endogenous peroxidase was blocked by 3% H2O2 for 10 min at room temperature. Immunohistochemistry staining was performed using Cell & Tissue Staining Kit (R&D Systems, CTS017, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. CD4+ T cells were detected by rabbit anti-mouse CD4 Ab. HSV-2 infection was detected by goat anti-HSV-2 polyclonal Ab. The colorimetric reaction was developed by adding 3, 3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB) at room temperature. For immunofluorescence detection of ICP4 and CXCR3 ligands or HSV-2 in cervical-vaginal samples, slides were first treated as the above instruction. ICP4 was detected with rabbit anti HSV-2 ICP4 Ab. Mouse CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 were detected by goat anti-mouse CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 Abs, respectively. HSV-2 was detected by goat anti-HSV-2 polyclonal Ab. FITC-conjugated goat anti-mouse, Cy3 conjugated donkey anti-goat and anti-rabbit (Beyotime, A0568, A0502, and A0516, China) secondary Abs were used in subsequent detection. The images were acquired using the Hungary 3DHISTECH apparatus (Pannoramic MIDI).
Dual Luciferase Report (DLR) Assay
ME180 cells were seeded in 24-well plates overnight and co-transfected with empty vector or plasmid encoding ICP4, Renilla luciferase plasmid phRL-TK and reporter plasmid CXCL9-Luc, CXCL10-Luc or CXCL11-Luc. Transfections were carried out using X-tremeGENE™ HP DNA Transfection Reagent (Roche, 6366236001, Germany) according to the manufacturer's instructions. At 24 h post-transfection, cells were harvested and lysed. The lysates were used for measuring firefly and Renilla luciferase activities using the Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay System (Promega, E1980, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. For some experiments, ME180 cells were co-transfected with reporter plasmid CXCL9-Luc, CXCL10-Luc or CXCL11-Luc, and phRL-TK, followed by infection with HSV-2 or ultraviolet-inactivated HSV-2 at an MOI of 1. At 24 h post-infection, the enzymatic activities of Firefly and Renilla luciferase were measured. Values for the samples were normalized using Renilla luciferase values and expressed as fold increase of the value induced in cells transfected with empty vector or mock-infected with DMEM.
RNA Isolation and Quantitative PCR
Cells were collected and total RNA was extracted using RNA isolation kit (MN, 740955, Germany) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The cDNA was synthesized by Moloney murine leukemia virus transcriptase (Promega, M170B, USA). The newly synthesized cDNA was used as the template for amplifying the genes of CXCR3 ligands and GAPDH. The primer pairs for CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 were named CXCL9-F/CXCL9-R, CXCL10-F/CXCL10-R, and CXCL11-F/CXCL11-R (Table S1). GAPDH was used as an internal control and amplified with primers GAPDH-F and GAPDH-R (Table S1). Relative real-time quantitative PCR was performed on an ABI StepOne apparatus using a SYBR Green Real-Time PCR Master Mix (Toyobo, QPK-201, Japan) according to the following conditions: 95°C for 1 min, followed by 40 cycles of 95°C for 15 s, 60°C for 15 s, and 72°C for 45 s. The expression difference was calculated on the basis of 2−ΔΔCt values.
Western blot analysis was performed as described previously (22). Briefly, cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins were isolated using the Nucleus and Cytoplasm Protein Extraction Kit (Beyotime, P0028, China). In some cases, cells were lysed with lysis buffer (Life technologies, 87788, USA). Cell extracts were subjected to 10 or 15% SDS-PAGE and transferred onto PVDF membranes (Millipore 0.45 μm or 0.22 μm) followed by blocking with 5% non-fat milk in Tris-buffered saline-Tween (TBST, 50mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 200mM NaCl, 0.1% (v/v) Tween-20) at room temperature for 2 h. The membrane was clipped according to the molecular weight of the protein, and then probed with an appropriate primary antibody at room temperature for 2 h. After three washes with TBST, the membrane was incubated with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (BOSTER, BA1054, China), goat anti-mouse IgG (BOSTER, BA1051, China) or donkey anti-goat IgG (Beyotime, A0181, China) at room temperature for 1 h. Protein bands were visualized by exposure to FluorChem HD2 Imaging System (Alpha Innotech) after the addition of chemiluminescent substrate (Beyotime, P0018, China). Protein molecular weight markers were purchased from Thermo Fisher (26616, USA) and YEASEN (20352, China).
Isolation and Culture of PBMCs and CD4+ T Cells
All protocols involving human subjects were reviewed and approved by the local Research Ethics Committee of Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Informed written consents from the human subjects were obtained in this study. Both sexes were used and the donors were free of HSV-1 and HSV-2. PBMCs were isolated from healthy donors by using a Ficoll-Hypaque density gradient. CD4+ T cells were separated from PBMCs using CD4+ Cell Negative Isolation Kit according to the manufacturer's protocol (Miltenyi Biotec, 130-096-533, Germany). PBMCs and CD4+ T cells were activated by stimulating with 1 μg/mL PHA (Sigma-Aldrich, L4144, USA) and 20 U/mL IL-2 (PeproTech, 200-02, USA). PBMCs and CD4+ T cells cultured in complete RPMI 1640 containing 20 U/mL IL-2 were used as controls for flow cytometry. PBMCs and CD4+ T cells were harvested at day 7 and used in subsequent assays.
Chemotaxis Assay
Chemotaxis assay was performed using 24-well Transwell plates (Costar, 3415, USA). One milliliter supernatants from ME180 cells which were mock-infected or infected with HSV-2, or mock-transfected or transfected with ICP4 expressing plasmid were added to the lower chamber. To examine the roles of CXCR3 and CXCR3 ligands in mediating cell migration, supernatants or cells were incubated with anti-CXCL9 (10 μg/mL, R&D Systems, MAB392, USA), -CXCL10 (2 μg/mL, R&D Systems, MAB266, USA), -CXCL11 (2 μg/mL, R&D Systems, MAB672, USA) or -CXCR3 (1 μg/mL, R&D Systems, MAB160, USA) neutralizing Abs, respectively, for 1 h, according to the manufacturer's instructions. Activated PBMCs and CD4+ T cells (5 × 105) in 100 μL RPMI-1640 medium were added to the upper chamber. The chambers were incubated for 2 h at 37°C in a 5% CO2 incubator. Cell migrated to the lower chambers were collected and counted using an automatic cell counter (Bio-Rad).
PBMCs and CD4+ T cells were collected and resuspended with 3% FBS on ice for 10 min. Hundred microliter cell suspension (1 × 106) was prepared for one test. Two microliter BV421 conjugated mouse anti-human CD25 (BD biosciences, 562443, USA), BB515 conjugated mouse anti-human CD4 (BD biosciences, 564419, USA) and APC conjugated mouse anti-human CD69 (BD biosciences, 560967, USA) Abs or PE conjugated mouse anti-human CXCR3 Ab (BD biosciences, 560928, USA) were added into the corresponding samples, followed by incubation on ice for 15 min. Background staining was assessed by isotype-matched control Abs, including BV421 conjugated mouse IgG1 (BD biosciences, 562438, USA), BB515 conjugated mouse IgG1 (BD biosciences, 564416, USA), APC conjugated mouse IgG1 (BD biosciences, 555751, USA), and PE conjugated mouse IgG1 (BD biosciences, 555749, USA). Cells were washed with 1 × PBS for three times. Three hundred microliter cell suspension was filtrated through a 200-mesh membrane and performed on BD LSRFortessa™ Flow Cytometer. Data were analyzed using BD FACSDiva software (BD Biosciences).
ME180 cells were seeded in 35-mm dishes with glass bottom and transfected with HA-tagged plasmid expressing ICP4. At 24 h post-transfection, cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde and permeabilized with 0.2% Triton X-100. After three washes with 1 × PBS, cells were blocked in PBS containing 5% BSA at 4°C overnight. Thereafter, cells were incubated with mouse anti-HA Ab at a dilution of 1:100 at 37°C for 1 h. Following three washes with 1 × PBS, cells were then incubated with Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (Beyotime, A0521, China) at a dilution of 1:50 for 1 h at 37°C. Cells were subsequently washed and incubated with DAPI for 10 min at 37°C. After washes, cells were incubated with anti-fluorescence quenching reagent (Beyotime, P0126, China) and observed under a fluorescence microscope (Olympus IX51).
ME180 cells in 6-well plates were transfected with HA-tagged plasmid expressing ICP4 or empty vector. At 24 h post-transfection, ChIP assay was performed as described previously (22) according to the manufacturer's instructions (Millipore, 17-409, Germany). The purified DNA was used as a template for PCR detection of the promoter sequences of CXCR3 ligands with primer pairs CXCL9 pro-F/CXCL9 pro-R, CXCL10 pro-F/CXCL10 pro-R, and CXCL11 pro-F/CXCL11 pro-R, respectively (Table S1).
Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) Assay
ME180 cells in 6-well plates were transfected with HA-tagged ICP4 expression plasmid or empty vector. At 24 h post-transfection, cells were harvested and lysed on ice for 10 min in 200 μL of lysis buffer (50 Mm Tris (PH 8.0), 150 mM NaCl, 1% NP40) containing protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche, 11697498001, Germany). To eliminate nonspecific binding of other proteins, the samples were pretreated with dynabeads Protein G (Invitrogen, 10003D, USA) for 2 h at room temperature followed by separation prior to Co-IP assay. Meanwhile, 2 μg rabbit anti-HA Ab or control rabbit Ab was diluted in 200 μL PBS with 1% Tween-20 (PBST) and added to fresh dynabeads protein G. After incubation with rotation for overnight at 4°C, dynabeads-Ab complexes were washed once with 200 μL PBST before mixed with the pretreated samples, followed by overnight incubation with rotation at 4°C to allow the formation of dynabeads-Ab-Ag complexes. The complexes were washed three times with PBST and target antigens were eluted by boiling and subjected to western blot analysis.
All experiments were repeated at least three times and the data are presented as mean ± S.D. with each condition performed in triplicate or in duplicate unless otherwise specified. Data analyses were performed with GraphPad Prism 5 software (GraphPad). Comparison between two groups was analyzed by two tailed unpaired Student's t-test, whereas comparisons among more than two groups were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with the Turkey's test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Contribution of HSV-2 Infection-induced CXCR3 Ligands to CD4+ T Cell Infiltration Into Mouse Vagina
The expression of CXCL9 and CXCL10 has been shown to be increased in the cervical tissues of mice infected by HSV-2 in previous studies (20), which mainly focused on the recruitment of activated CD8+ T cells and its contribution to the control of HSV-2 infection. However, the impact of HSV-2 infection on CD4+ T cell migration in mice remains to be further addressed. To assess this, mice were challenged with HSV-2 vaginally, and vaginal lavage fluids and cervical-vaginal tissues of the mice were collected for subsequent assessment. We confirmed a productive infection of HSV-2 in mouse vagina by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence-histochemistry assays (Supplementary Material Figures 1A,B), while Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) showed that the production of mouse chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10 was significantly increased (Figure 1A). ELISA also indicated the enhancement of CXCL11 in mice challenged with HSV-2 (Figure 1A). Meanwhile, immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays showed that the number of CD4+ T cells was significantly increased in the vaginal foci of infected mice (Figure 1B). To identify which chemokine plays a vital role in CD4+ T cell recruitment, mice were vaginally treated with the neutralizing Ab against CXCL9, CXCL10, or/and CXCL11 before HSV-2 challenge. The number of CD4+ T cells was dramatically decreased after the administration of CXCL9 neutralizing antibody to the vagina of mice (Figure 1B). Although the migration of CD4+ T cells was almost completely abolished after administration of a combination of neutralizing Abs against CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 into the vaginal tissue, CD4+ T cells were still significantly recruited to the infection foci after the administration of CXCL10 or CXCL11 neutralizing antibody (Figure 1B). These data together indicate that HSV-2 vaginal infection of mice increases the expression of CXCR3 ligands CXCL9, CXCL10 and CXCL11, and the migration of CD4+ T cells to the vaginal foci is mainly mediated by CXCL9.
Figure 1. Contribution of HSV-2 infection-induced CXCR3 ligands to CD4+ T cell infiltration into mouse vagina. Seven days prior to HSV-2 challenge, BALB/c mice were injected with progesterone in multiple sites. One day prior to HSV-2 challenge, CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 neutralizing antibodies were delivered to the vagina of mice, alone or in combination, while isotype matched control IgG was used as the control. Mice were then anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium and challenged intravaginally with 10 μL/ mouse HSV-2 at a concentration of 6 × 107 PFU/ml or mock- challenged. Vaginal lavage fluids and cervical-vaginal tissues were collected at day 7 after challenge. (A) HSV-2 infection induces the production of mouse CXCR3 ligands. The protein levels of CXCL9 and CXCL10 ligands in vaginal lavage fluids were measured by CBA, and the protein level of CXCL11 was detected by ELISA. (B) CXCL9 mediates the migration of CD4+ T cells to the vaginal foci of infected mice. CD4+ T cells in infection foci were detected using anti-CD4 Ab by IHC. The scale bar indicates 100 μm. Data shown are mean ± S.D. (n = 5 mice/group) of three independent experiments (A). ***p < 0.001. One representative out of three independent experiments is shown (B).
HSV-2 Infection Induces the Production of CXCR3 Ligands in Human Cervical Epithelial Cells
Although HSV-2-induced expression of CXCL10 and CXCL11 was previously reported (19, 21), it remains to be addressed as to how HSV-2 induces the expression CXCR3 ligands in human mucosal epithelial cells. Epithelial cells are the primary HSV-2 target cells during sexual transmission. Having demonstrating the correlation of CXCR3 ligands with CD4+ T cell migration in mice, we next addressed the underlying mechanism in cellular models. Our previous study showed that HSV-2 infection of human epithelial cells induces CXCL9 expression (14). To investigate the association between HSV-2 infection and the induction of CXCR3 ligands, human cervical epithelial cell line ME180 was used for assessing CXCR3 ligand expression at promoter, mRNA and protein levels. Our results indicated that HSV-2 infection significantly activated not only the promoter of CXCL9 but also the promoters of CXCL10 and CXCL11 (Figure 2A). We next assessed whether HSV-2 productive infection is necessary for the transcriptional activation of CXCR3 ligands. The results showed that UV-inactivated HSV-2 did not significantly induce the transcriptional activation of CXCL9 and CXCL10. Although CXCL11 appeared to be induced by UV-inactivated HSV-2, the level of induction was low (Figure 2A). In agreement, several HSV-2 proteins were undetectable following UV inactivation (Supplementary Material Figure 2). These results together indicated that HSV-2 productive infection is essential for the induced production of CXCR3 ligands. To further confirm the effect of HSV-2 on the induction of CXCL10 and CXCL11, we next investigated the mRNA and protein levels of CXCL10 and CXCL11 following HSV-2 infection. Relative real-time PCR assay and CBA showed that HSV-2 infection significantly promoted the production of CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 at both mRNA (Figure 2B) and protein levels (Figure 2C).
Figure 2. HSV-2 infection induces the production of CXCR3 ligands in human cervical epithelial cells. (A) HSV-2 infection activates the promoters of human CXCR3 ligands. ME180 cells in 24-well plates were co-transfected with 150 ng CXCL9-Luc, CXCL10-Luc or CXCL11-Luc, and 15 ng internal control plasmid phRL-TK. At 4 h post-transfection, cells were infected with HSV-2 or ultraviolet-inactivated HSV-2 (UV-HSV-2) at an MOI of 1 for 24 h. DLR assay was performed. Values for the samples were normalized using Renilla luciferase values and expressed as fold increase of the value induced in mock-infected samples. (B) HSV-2 infection induces the mRNA production of CXCR3 ligands. ME180 cells in 6-well plates were infected with HSV-2 at an MOI of 1 for 24 h. Cells were harvested and total RNA was extracted. The expression of CXCR3 ligands and GAPDH was evaluated by relative real-time quantitative PCR. The Ct values of GAPDH among all groups were equable and not overloaded. mRNA copies of CXCR3 ligands were normalized using GAPDH and expressed as fold increase of the value for the mock-infected control. (C) HSV-2 infection induces the production of CXCR3 ligands. As depicted in (B), cell supernatants were collected, and the protein level of CXCR3 ligands was measured by CBA. Data shown are mean ± S.D. of three independent experiments (A, B, and C). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
HSV-2 Infection-induced CXCL9 Plays a Predominant Role in Mediating CD4+ T Cell Migration
It is known that CXCR3 is highly expressed on CD4+ T cells and CXCL9, CXCL10 or CXCL11 could activate CXCR3+ T cells (15). We previously demonstrated the functionality of HSV-2-induced CXCL9 in chemotacting CD4+ T cells (14). To assess the functionality of HSV-2–induced CXCL10 and CXCL11 in human cells, chemotaxis assay was performed using activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and CD4+ T cells. The percentage of CD4+ cells was 95.6 and 33.4% in CD4+ T cells and PBMCs, respectively (Supplementary Material Figure 3). We also confirmed that CD4+ T cells and PBMCs were activated by PHA prior to the onset of chemotaxis assay (Supplementary Material Figure 4). ME180 cells were infected with HSV-2 for 24 h, and the chemotactic activity of supernatants was determined. In response to supernatants from HSV-2–infected cells, the migratory activity of PBMCs (Figure 3B) and CD4+ T cells (Figure 3C) was significantly increased. Cell migration was almost abolished upon the addition of anti-CXCL9 neutralizing Ab to supernatants from HSV-2–infected cells (Figures 3B,C), whereas a control Ab, anti-CXCL10 or CXCL11 neutralizing Ab did not have such effect, which is accordance with a previous study (26), indicating the critical role of CXCL9 in inducing CD4+ T cell migration. To further confirm the observation, a neutralizing Ab against CXCR3 was mixed well with cells for 1 h and then added into the upper chamber in chemotaxis assay, showing that the migration of CD4+ T cells was significantly reduced (Figure 3D). We also demonstrated that HSV-2 infection did not regulate the expression of CXCR3 by flow cytometry assay (Supplementary Material Figure 5A).The concentrations of CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 in the supernatants of HSV-2-infected ME180 cells used for chemotaxis assays were detected by CBA (Figure 3A), showing that CXCL10 and CXCL11 were produced at levels not less than that of CXCL9. We therefore conducted the chemotaxis assay using recombinant CXCL9, CXCL10, or CXCL11 at the similar concentration as that induced by HSV-2 infection. The results indicated that recombinant CXCL9 induced the migration of CD4+ T cells at a low concentration of 48 pg/ml, whereas CXCL10 and CXCL11 had no significant impact on CD4+ T cell migration at the concentrations of 55 pg/mL and 175 pg/mL, respectively (Figure 3E). Nevertheless, CXCL10 or CXCL11, at a much higher concentration than that induced by HSV-2 infection, did promote the migration of CD4+ T cells (Figures 3F,G), indicating that the concentrations of CXCL10 and CXCL11 required for CD4+ T cell migration are higher than that of CXCL9. Taken together, our results together indicated that HSV-2 infection-induced CXCL9 likely plays a predominant role in mediating CD4+ T cell migration.
Figure 3. HSV-2 infection-induced CXCL9 plays a predominant role in mediating CD4+ T cell migration. (A) The concentrations of CXCR3 ligands in the supernatants of ME180 cells infected with HSV-2 or mock-infected with DMEM were detected by CBA. (B,C) CXCL9 induced by HSV-2 recruits the migration of PBMCs (B) and CD4+ T cells (C). ME180 cells in 6-well plates were infected with HSV-2 at an MOI of 1 for 24 h. Cell supernatants were collected and added to the lower chamber of transwell plates in the absence or presence of anti-CXCL9, –CXCL10, or/and –CXCL11 neutralizing Ab or control Ab for 1 h. (D) Neutralization of CXCR3 reduces the migration of CD4+ T cells induced by HSV-2 infection. ME180 cells in 6-well plates were infected with HSV-2 at an MOI of 1 for 24 h. Cell supernatants were collected and added to the lower chamber of transwell plates. The activated CD4+ T cells were incubated with RPMI 1,640 medium containing anti-CXCR3 neutralizing Ab for 1 h and placed in the upper chamber. (E) Recombinant CXCL9 significantly induces the migration of CD4+ T cells. DMEM containing recombinant CXCL9, CXCL10, or CXCL11 (48 pg/mL, 55 pg/mL and 175 pg/mL, respectively; the lowest concentration induced by HSV-2 infection) was added to the lower chamber of transwell plates. (F,G) Recombinant CXCL10 or CXCL11 mediates the migration of CD4+ T cells in a dose-dependent manner. DMEM containing recombinant CXCL10 or CXCL11 was added to the lower chamber of transwell plates. CXCL10 or CXCL11 was started from 55 pg/mL and 175 pg/mL, respectively, at a concentration gradient of two times. The activated CD4+ T cells were placed in the upper chamber. After 2 h incubation, cells migrated to lower chambers were collected and counted using an automatic cell counter. Cells migration was expressed as percentage of input. Input cells in the upper chamber were 5 × 105. Data shown are mean ± S.D. of three independent experiments (A–G). ns, not significant, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
HSV-2 ICP4 Promotes the Production of Human CXCR3 Ligands
UV-inactivation attenuated the ability of HSV-2 to induce CXCR3 ligand production, indicating that productive HSV-2 infection is necessary for the induced production of CXCR3 ligands. Given the complexity of HSV-2 genome which contains over 70 genes (27, 28), we next investigated which viral components are responsible for the induction of CXCR3 ligands during HSV-2 infection. ME180 cells were co-transfected with individual HSV-2 protein expression vector and the promoter reporter of CXCL9, CXCL10, or CXCL11. Dual luciferase reporter assay (DLR) indicated that HSV-2 immediate-early protein ICP4 significantly activated the promoters of CXCR3 ligands (Figure 4A). The expression of all tested viral proteins was assessed by Western Blot (Figure 4B). To further confirm the role of ICP4 on transcriptional activation, ME180 cells were transfected with ICP4 expressing plasmid, and cell supernatants were collected for CBA while mRNAs were extracted for reverse transcription PCR. Relative real-time quantitative PCR indicated that HSV-2 ICP4 enhanced the expression of CXCR3 ligands at mRNA level (Figure 4C). CBA showed that HSV-2 ICP4 enhanced the production of CXCR3 ligands at protein level (Figure 4D). Subsequent chemotaxis assay was performed to assess the role of ICP4-induced CXCR3 ligands in promoting the migration of activated PBMCs or CD4+ T cells. ME180 cells were transfected with ICP4 expressing plasmid, and the chemotactic activity of supernatants was determined. In response to supernatants from ICP4–transfected cells, the migratory activity of PBMCs (Figure 4E) and CD4+ T cells (Figure 4F) was significantly increased. Cell migration was significantly reduced upon the addition of anti-CXCL9 (Figures 4E,F) neutralizing Ab to supernatants from ICP4 expressing plasmid–transfected cells or anti-CXCR3 neutralizing Ab (Figure 4G) to cell suspension. In addition, the expression of CXCR3 in ICP4 expressing cells was also detected by flow cytometry assay, showing that ICP4 did not induce the expression of CXCR3 (Supplementary Material Figure 5B). These results indicated that the immediate-early protein ICP4 of HSV-2 promotes the production of human CXCR3 ligands, of which CXCL9 plays a predominant role in mediating CD4+ T cell migration.
Figure 4. HSV-2 ICP4 promotes the production of human CXCR3 ligands. (A) ICP4 induces the activation of CXCR3 ligand promoters. ME180 cells in 24-well plates were transfected with 300 ng expression plasmid of HSV-2 gene or empty vector together with 150 ng CXCR3 ligand reporter and 15 ng phRL-TK. At 24 h post-transfection, DLR assay was performed. Values for the samples were normalized using Renilla luciferase values and expressed as fold increase of the value induced in cells transfected with empty vector. (B) The expression of HSV-2 genes was detected using anti-Flag Ab by Western Blot. ME180 cells were transfected with 3 μg HSV-2 gene expression plasmid for 24 h. The proteins were collected and detected using mouse anti-Flag Ab. (C) ICP4 induces the mRNA production of CXCR3 ligands. ME180 cells in 6-well plates were transfected with 3 μg ICP4 expression plasmid for 24 h. Cells were harvested and total RNA was extracted. The expression of CXCR3 ligands and GAPDH gene was evaluated by relative real-time quantitative PCR. The Ct values of GAPDH among all groups were equable and not overloaded. mRNA copies of CXCR3 ligands were normalized using GAPDH and expressed as fold increase of the value for the empty vector-transfected control. (D) ICP4 induces the production of CXCR3 ligands. As depicted in (C), cell supernatants were collected, and the protein levels of CXCR3 ligands were measured by CBA. (E,F) CXCL9 induced by ICP4 recruits the migration of PBMCs (E) and CD4+ T cells (F). ME180 cells in 6-well plates were transfected with 3 μg ICP4 expression plasmid for 24 h. Cell supernatants were collected and added to the lower chamber of transwell plates in the absence or presence of anti-CXCL9, –CXCL10, or/and –CXCL11 neutralizing Ab or control Ab for 1h. (G) Neutralization of CXCR3 reduces the migration of CD4+ T cells induced by ICP4. ME180 cells in 6-well plates were infected with HSV-2 at an MOI of 1 for 24 h. Cell supernatants were collected and added to the lower chamber of transwell plates. The activated CD4+ T cells were incubated with RPMI 1,640 medium containing anti-CXCR3 neutralizing Ab for 1 h and placed in the upper chamber. As depicted in Figure 3, cells migrated to lower chambers were counted. Cells migration was expressed as percentage of input. One representative out of three independent experiments is shown (B). Data shown are mean ± S.D. of three independent experiments (A,C–G). ns, not significant, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
HSV-2 ICP4 Regulates the Expression of CXCR3 Ligands Via the p38 MAPK Signaling Pathway
It is known that HSV-2 could activate MAPK pathway to regulate the expression of downstream genes (29). Our previous study demonstrated that HSV-2-mediated up-regulation of CXCL9 involves the p38 MAPK signaling pathway (14). To investigate whether MAPK pathway is involved in HSV-2-mediated transcriptional activation of CXCL10 and CXCL11 or ICP4-mediated transcriptional activation of CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11, ME180 cells were pretreated with or without PD98059 (ERK inhibitor), SP600125 (JNK inhibitor) or SB203580 (p38 inhibitor), and then transfected with CXCR3 ligand reporter plasmid followed by infection with HSV-2 or co-transfected with CXCR3 ligand reporter plasmid and ICP4 expression plasmid. DLR assay showed that pretreatment of cells with SB203580, but not with PD98059 or SP600125, significantly decreased HSV-2–mediated activation of CXCL9 (Figure 5A), CXCL10 (Figure 5B), and CXCL11 (Figure 5C) promoters. In accordance, ICP4–mediated activation of CXCL9 (Figure 5D), CXCL10 (Figure 5E), and CXCL11 (Figure 5F) promoters was also decreased after pretreatment with SB203580. In our previous study, we found that HSV-2 infection could induce the phosphorylation of p38 and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-β (C/EBP-β). We then determined the impact of ICP4 on the activation of p38 MAPK pathway. ME180 cells were transfected with ICP4 expressing plasmid, and then the total or phosphorylation level of p38 and the phosphorylation level of C/EBP-β were examined by western blot assay. The results showed that, like HSV-2, ICP4 increased the phosphorylation level of p38 (Figure 5G). Taken together, these results suggest that HSV-2 ICP4–induced CXCR3 ligand expression in human cervical epithelial cells is mediated through the activation of p38 MAPK pathway.
Figure 5. HSV-2 ICP4 regulates the expression of CXCR3 ligands via the p38 MAPK signaling pathway. (A–C) HSV-2 regulates the expression of CXCL9 (A), CXCL10 (B), and CXCL11 (C) via p38/MAPK signaling pathway. ME180 cells in 24-well plates were co-transfected with 150 ng CXCR3 ligand reporter and 15 ng phRL-TK. At 4 h post-transfection, cells were infected with HSV-2 at an MOI of 1 and supplemented with inhibitor PD98059, SP600125, or SB203580. DLR assay was performed at 24 h post-transfection. Values for the samples were normalized using Renilla luciferase values and expressed as fold increase of the value induced in mock-infected samples. (D–F) HSV-2 ICP4 regulates the expression of CXCL9 (D), CXCL10 (E), and CXCL11 (F) via p38/MAPK signaling pathway. ME180 cells in 24-well plates were co-transfected with 300 ng empty vector or ICP4 expression plasmid together with 150 ng CXCR3 ligand reporter and 15 ng phRL-TK. At 4 h post-transfection, cells were cultured in complete DMEM supplemented with inhibitor PD98059, SP600125, or SB203580. DLR assay was performed at 24 h post-transfection. Values for the samples were normalized using Renilla luciferase values and expressed as fold increase of the value induced in cells transfected with empty vector. (G) ICP4 activates p38 MAPK signaling pathway. ME180 cells were transfected with 3 μg ICP4 expression plasmid. The protein level of p38, phospho-p38 (p-p38) or phospho-C/EBP-β (p-C/EBP-β) was detected by Western Blot. Data shown are mean ± S.D. of three independent experiments (A–F). ns, not significant, ***p < 0.001. One representative out of three independent experiments is shown (G).
HSV-2 ICP4 Binds to the Promoters of CXCR3 Ligands by Interaction With TBP
Although HSV-2 ICP4 induces the expression of CXCR3 ligands via the p38 MAPK signaling pathway, it does not affect the phosphorylation level of C/EBP-β (Figure 5G), suggesting a novel mechanism involved in ICP4-mediated production of CXCR3 ligands. Previous studies have demonstrated that ICP4 is essential for virus growth (30) and functions as a transcriptional activator in some cases (31–34). It is probable that ICP4 binds to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands in the nucleus which results in their transcriptional activation. ICP4 must be located in the nucleus to act as a transcriptional factor. To test this hypothesis, we first analyzed the nucleotide sequence of ICP4, revealing several nuclear localization sequences (NLSs) (Figure 6A). ME180 cells were transfected with HA-tagged ICP4, and examined by indirect immunofluorescence (IF) and western blot assay, showing that ICP4 was indeed located in the nucleus (Figures 6B,C). In agreement, ICP4 was also located in the nucleus in the context of HSV-2 infection (Supplementary Material Figure 6). Meanwhile, at 24 h post-transfection with HA-tagged ICP4, ME180 cells were collected for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay. The ChIP assay indicated that ICP4 bound to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands (Figure 6D).
Figure 6. HSV-2 ICP4 binds to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands by interaction with TBP. (A) Schematic representation of the predicted NLSs of ICP4 amino acid (AA) sequence. (B) ICP4 is located in the nucleus. ME180 cells in 35-mm dishes with glass bottom were transfected with 2 μg empty vector or HA-tagged ICP4 expression plasmid for 24 h. Cells were stained with mouse anti-HA mAb, followed by Cy3-conjugated goat anti-mouse (red) as the secondary Ab. Cell nuclei (blue) were stained with DAPI. The images were obtained by fluorescence microscopy using 60 × objective. The scale bar indicates 21 μm. (C) The expression of ICP4 was stained using anti-HA mAb. (D) ICP4 binds to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands. ME180 cells were transfected with 3 μg empty vector or HA-tagged ICP4 expression plasmid for 24 h. Cells were lysed and subjected to ChIP assay using mouse anti-HA mAb, mouse anti-RNA polymerase II mAb (positive control) or mouse normal IgG (negative control) for immunoprecipitation. (E) ICP4 interacts with TBP. ME180 cells in 6-well plates were transfected with 3 μg empty vector or HA-tagged ICP4 expression plasmid for 24 h. Cells were lysed and subjected to co-immunoprecipitation (IP) using rabbit anti-HA or anti-TBP Ab. Rabbit normal IgG was used as a negative control. IP products and 5% input samples were examined using rabbit anti-HA and rabbit anti-TBP Abs by western blot. One representative out of three independent experiments is shown (B–E).
It is known that ICP4 can form a tripartite complex with transcription factor II B (TFIIB) and either TBP or transcription factor II D (TFIID) (35). TBP is required for the initiation of transcription by RNA polymerases I, II, and III, from promoters with or without a TATA box (36–38). TBP associates with a host of factors to form multi-subunit pre-initiation complexes on the core promoter. Through its association with different transcription factors, TBP can initiate transcription from different RNA polymerases (39). Considering that ICP4 induces the phosphorylation of p38 (Figure 5G), and that the transcriptional activation of TBP requires the activation of p38 MAPK signaling pathway (40, 41), ICP4-induced activation of p38 likely contributes to the transcriptional activation of TBP. To verify the interaction of ICP4 with TBP, ME180 cells were transfected with HA-tagged ICP4 for 24 h. Co-immunoprecipitation assays were performed to detect the interaction of ICP4 with TBP. The results indicated that ICP4 interacts with TBP as evidenced by using an anti-HA antibody to pulldown TBP or an anti-TBP antibody to pulldown ICP4 (Figure 6E). These data collectively indicated that HSV-2 ICP4 binds to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands by interaction with TBP, leading to the promoter activation of CXCR3 ligands.
Recruitment of CD4+ T cells, irrespective of their specificity, may significantly increase the chance of HIV-1 transmission (42, 43). Our previous study found that CXCL9 levels in cervical mucus from HSV-2–positive women were significantly increased and that HSV-2 infection induced CXCL9 expression in cervical epithelial cells (14). In addition, the expression of CXCL9 and CXCL10 was shown to be increased in the cervical tissues of mice infected by HSV-2 in studies to understand the contribution of recruited CD8+ T cells in control of HSV-2 infection (20), while CXCL9 induced by HSV-1 infection has been shown to recruit CD4+ T cells into the cornea (26). Moreover, circulating memory CD4+ T cells could migrate to the genital mucosa in mice challenged with HSV-2 (44). However, how HSV-2 infection affects the migration of CD4+ T cells at mucosal sites and the biological consequences remain to be fully determined.
In this study, we observed that, following vaginal challenge with HSV-2, mouse CXCR3 ligands CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 were all upregulated in the vaginal fluids of infected mice. In addition, CD4+ T cells migrated to the vaginal foci of infected mice, while the number of CD4+ T cells was significantly decreased after administration of CXCL9 neutralizing antibody to the vagina of mice. These indicate that HSV-2 infection can promote CD4+ T cell migration and this is mainly due to the induced CXCL9 expression. Although HSV-2 infection likely induces the expression of many other chemokines, our results showed that the migration of CD4+ T cells was significantly reduced after administration of a combination of neutralizing Abs against CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 into the vaginal tissue. In human cervical epithelial cells, we demonstrated that HSV-2 infection induced not only the production of CXCL9 but also that of CXCL10 and CXCL11. The common receptor for CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 is CXCR3, which can be rapidly induced on activated naive cells and sustain high level expression on Th1-type CD4+ T cells and effector CD8+ T cells (15). The other two ligands of CXCR3, CXCL4, and CXCL4L1, are released by platelets and have been implicated in atherogenesis and acute coronary syndrome (16). Therefore, we mainly focused on how HSV-2 infection enhances the production of CXCR3 ligands CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11.
Early studies on transmitted/founder (T/F) HIV-1 have suggested that CD4+ T cells serve as the main target cells in the establishment of HIV-1 early infection (9, 45). Although CXCR3 ligands induced by HSV-2 can activate and recruit CD8+ T cells, these cells are specific for HSV-2 and may have an impact on the control of HSV-2 replication (20, 46, 47). In the current study, we mainly assessed the biological function of CXCR3 ligands induced by HSV-2 on CD4+ T recruitment. We found that chemokines induced by HSV-2 can mediate the migration of CD4+ T cells. Following experiments using neutralizing antibodies, the results indicated that the induced CXCL9 plays a crucial role in recruiting CD4+ T cells, which was further confirmed by using recombinant CXCL9, CXCL10, or CXCL11 at a concentration similar to that induced by HSV-2. Chemokines CXCL10 and CXCL11 at the concentrations around or higher than 300 pg/mL and 350 pg/mL, respectively, have been shown to have chemotactic activity for CXCR3+ cells (48–50), whereas CXCL9 has the same capability at a much lower concentration (14). We did not see significant reduction of CD4+ T cell migration when CXCL10 or CXCL11 was neutralized by the corresponding neutralizing antibody. One reasonable explanation is that the concentrations of CXCL10 and CXCL11 required for CD4+ T cell migration are much higher than that of CXCL9. In our study, the concentrations of CXCL10 and CXCL11 induced by ICP4 or HSV-2 were around or lower than 55 pg/mL and 175 pg/mL, respectively, which was unable to have an impact on CD4+ T cell migration as evidenced by the chemotaxis assay using recombinant CXCL10 and CXCL11. The recombinant CXCL10 at the concentration of 55 pg/mL had a marginal effect on CD4+ T cell migration, whereas the recombinant CXCL11 at the concentration of 175 pg/mL had no effect on the recruitment of CD4+ T cell. Compared to those induced by HSV-2 or ICP4, recombinant CXCL10 and CXCL11 at much higher concentrations chemotracted CD4+ T cells in a dose-dependent manner. Although beyond the scope of this current study, it will be important to address the roles of CXCR3 ligands in mediating CD4+ T cell migration and HIV-1 mucosal transmission when an animal model become available to study HSV-2 and HIV-1 co-infection.
We found that UV-inactivated HSV-2 did not significantly induce the transcriptional activation of CXCL9 and CXCL10. Although CXCL11 appeared to be induced by UV-inactivated HSV-2, the level of induction was low. These results indicate that productive infection of HSV-2 is essential for the induced production of CXCR3 ligands. HSV-2 genome contains over 70 genes (27, 28). Following screening a range of HSV-2 ORFs, we identified the immediate-early protein ICP4 as the key viral component in inducing the expression of CXCR3 ligands. ICP4 was barely detectable when cells were treated with UV-inactivated HSV-2, further suggesting the importance of ICP4 in inducing CXCR3 ligand expression. In agreement, we observed the co-localization of ICP4 with CXCL9, CXCL10 or CXCL11 in the mouse vaginal epithelial layer by immunofluorescence histochemistry assay (Supplementary Material Figure 8). ICP4-induced CXCL9 played a crucial role in the chemotaxis of CD4+ T cells, which is in accordance with that induced by HSV-2. We previously found that HSV-2 infection-induced CXCL9 expression is regulated by the transcriptional factor C/EBP-β (14). In the current study, we found that ICP4 did not affect the phosphorylation of C/EBP-β, although ICP4 induced the production of all the three CXCR3 ligands via p38 MAPK signaling pathway. These together indicate a novel mechanism underlying ICP4-induced CXCR3 ligand production, and that other viral component(s) is likely to be involved in the phosphorylation of C/EBP-β. It is known that ICP4 is a major transcriptional activator and essential for progression beyond the immediate-early phase of infection (28). Indeed, we successfully constructed a ICP4-null HSV-2 bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) but were unable to rescue the ICP4-null HSV-2 (data not shown), further strengthening the essential role of ICP4 in the regulation of viral gene expression. ICP4 can function as a transcriptional activator in some cases (31–34). It may act as a transcriptional activator to induce the activation of CXCR3 ligand promoter. To function as a transcriptional factor, ICP4 needs to be in the nucleus where it can bind to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands. We found that ICP4 is indeed located in the nucleus and can bind to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands, resulting in the expression of corresponding chemokines. ICP4 was also located in the nucleus in the context of HSV-2 infection. We also observed the interaction of ICP4 with TBP, which could contribute to the binding of ICP4 to the promoters of CXCR3 ligands. Nevertheless, ICP4 seems not to serve as a consensus transcription factor to activate gene expression, as ICP4 did not activate the promoters of other cytokines including TNF, IL-6 (Supplementary Material Figure 7).
In conclusion, we first found that the expression of CXCR3 ligands CXCL9, CXCL10, and CXCL11 was induced following mice vaginally challenged with HSV-2, which was associated with the increased number of CD4+ T cells in the vaginal foci of infected mice as well as CXCL9-mediated cell migration. We further observed that HSV-2 infection induced the production of CXCL10 and CXCL11 in addition to CXCL9 in human cervical epithelial cells. Although CXCL10 and CXCL11 could be induced by HSV-2, HSV-2-induced CXCL9 played a critical role in recruitment of CD4+ T cells. Mechanistically, after identifying HSV-2 ICP4 as a vital viral component in inducing CXCR3 ligands, we demonstrated the contribution of ICP4-induced CXCL9 in recruiting CD4+ T cells and a critical role played by p38 MAPK signaling pathway in HSV-2 infection- or ICP4–induced CXCR3 ligand expression. HSV-2 ICP4 binds to the corresponding promoters of CXCR3 ligands by interaction with TBP to activate their transcription. Our study together reveals the molecular mechanism underlying HSV-2-induced CD4+ T cell accumulation in mucosal infection sites, which may be crucial for understanding HSV-2 infection-enhanced HIV-1 sexual transmission and the development of intervention strategies.
MZ and QH conceived the study. MZ, XD, XG, BZ, RC, DZ, and MF conducted experiments. MZ conducted experiments in Figures 1–6. XG extracted the cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins in Figure 5. BZ and RC conducted western blot experiment in Figures 5, 6, respectively. XD, DZ, and MF provided help in conducting mouse experiments in Figure 1. LG, KH, ML, and YL offered advices and technical assistance. HH provided help in the construction of Flag-tagged plasmids. MZ, SG, and QH analyzed the data. MZ and QH wrote the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript.
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81572009) and the State Key Laboratory of Virology (klv-2016-02).
We thank Juan Min and Ding Gao at the Center for Instrumental Analysis and Metrology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for technical assistance.
The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02932/full#supplementary-material
HSV-2, herpes simplex virus type 2; HIV-1, human immunodeficiency virus type 1; AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome; PBMC, peripheral blood monocyte cell; C/EBP-β, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-β; MIG, monokine induced by gamma-interferon; IP-10, interferon-induced protein-10; I-TAC, interferon-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant; TFIIB, transcription factor II B; TBP, TATA binding protein; TFIID, transcription factor II D; Ultraviolet, UV.
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Keywords: HSV-2, CXCR3 ligands, CD4+ T cells, recruitment, ICP4
Citation: Zhang M, Deng X, Guan X, Geng L, Fu M, Zhang B, Chen R, Hu H, Hu K, Zhang D, Li M, Liu Y, Gong S and Hu Q (2018) Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection-Induced Expression of CXCR3 Ligands Promotes CD4+ T Cell Migration and Is Regulated by the Viral Immediate-Early Protein ICP4. Front. Immunol. 9:2932. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02932
Received: 16 July 2018; Accepted: 29 November 2018;
Published: 19 December 2018.
Richard D. Dix, Georgia State University, United States
Deepak Shukla, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Lbachir Benmohamed, University of California, Irvine, United States
Copyright © 2018 Zhang, Deng, Guan, Geng, Fu, Zhang, Chen, Hu, Hu, Zhang, Li, Liu, Gong and Hu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Qinxue Hu, qhu@wh.iov.cn
Sitang Gong, sitangg@126.com
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A huge genus of trees, Acer includes more than 125 different maple species growing around the world. Most maple trees prefer the cool temperatures in USDA plant hardiness zones 5 through 9, but a few cold hardy maples can tolerate sub-zero winters in zone 3. In the United States, zone 3 includes parts of South and North Dakota, Alaska, Minnesota and Montana. Here is a list of a few of the best maples for cold climates, along with a few helpful tips on growing maple trees in zone 3.
Zone 3 Maple Trees
Suitable maple trees for zone 3 include the following:
Norway maple is a tough tree suitable for growing in zones 3 through 7. This is one of the most commonly planted maple trees, not only because of its hardiness, but because it withstands extreme heat, drought, and either sun or shade. Mature height is about 50 feet.
Sugar maple grows in zones 3 through 8. It is appreciated for its spectacular autumn colors, which range from shade of deep red to bright yellowish-gold. Sugar maple can reach heights of 125 feet at maturity, but generally tops out at 60 to 75 feet.
Silver maple, suitable for growing in zones 3 through 8, is a graceful tree with willowy, silver-green foliage. Although most maples like moist soil, silver maple thrives in moist, semi-soggy soil along ponds or creeksides. Mature height is about 70 feet.
Red maple is a fast-growing tree that grows in zones 3 through 9. It is a relatively small tree that reaches heights of 40 to 60 feet. Red maple is named for its bright red stems, which retain color all year round.
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Maple trees tend to spread out quite a bit, so allow plenty of growing space.
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Geek Daily Deals: Vintage Transformers, Dell UltraSharp Monitor, Blue Planet II in 4K and More
By J. Thor Kensen 09.10.2018 :: 2:39PM EDT 09.10.2018
Transformers: Vintage G1 Autobot Hot Rod for $29.84
These officially licensed vintage Transformers toys are crazy popular and out of stock 99% of the time. As far as authenticity is concerned, the G1 Transformers reissues were made using “the original production tooling including die-cast parts and classic heat-sensitive stickers.”
Get it at Walmart for $29.94
Dell UltraSharp U2518D 25″ 2560×1440 IPS Monitor + Bonus $100 Dell eGift Card for $249.99
Not only do you save $200 off the regular price, but you’re getting a $100 gift card that can be used on almost anything at Dell, including video game consoles, video cards, computers, and more. This is a premium “UltraSharp” model with 99% sRGB color space, HDR10 content playback, 5ms response time (fast for IPS), both HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity options, and USB 3.0 passthrough ports.
Get it at Dell for $249.99
Blue Planet II (4K Ultra HD) for $34.99
Blue Planet is fantastic reference material for your 4K TV, and it’s a great documentary to boot.
Get it on Amazon for $34.99
Samsung EVO 256GB UHS-3 Micro SDXC Card for $72.99
This is the lowest price I’ve ever seen for a high-speed U3-rated Micro SDXC card. At this price it’s even cheaper than any 256GB U1-rated card (which has slower write speeds).
Out Friday – Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PC) for $47.99
Take 20% off the PC digital download edition. We scored it an “Amazing” 9/10. Lucy O’Brien writes “Shadow of the Tomb Raider offers up a powerful finale to Lara Croft’s origin trilogy.”
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Experienced partners that fight for their clients.
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The experienced and knowledgeable attorneys at Giroux Amburn excel at achieving the best possible outcome for the clients because they embrace conflict, always fight hard to win and employ superior skills in the courtroom.
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Aurora, Ill., in Talks with Startup to Handle IT Procurement
Marketplace.city’s online portal and support team proposes to make the procurement and implementation of new technology faster and easier by allowing government to outsource the most time-consuming work.
by Andrew Westrope / July 2, 2019
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Technology procurement is no one’s favorite aspect of government IT, but the city of Aurora, Ill., wants to make the process a little more painless by outsourcing it to the private sector.
According to Aurora CIO Michael Pegues last month at the Chicago Digital Government Summit, talks are underway with Marketplace.city, a company with an online portal that helps governments with various aspects of procurement, for a one-year pilot to handle IT procurement from end to end. Pegues told Government Technology he expects this could reduce average time for getting offers on requests for proposal from six months to 30 days, save staff time and yield less risky results, to the extent that Marketplace.city has the designated staff and expertise to do so.
Exact terms of the agreement are still under discussion, and Pegues said he expects to sign something in the next few weeks.
Setting Government Procurement Data FreeBringing Innovation to ProcurementIs Procurement Killing Innovation?
“The procurement process is a little antiquated, if you ask me. I came from the private sector. I worked for Morgan Stanley before, I’d been working in the private sector for over 25 years, and Mayor (Richard) Irvin asked me to come in and build a smart city plan for Aurora,” he said. “The benefits (of contracting with Marketplace.city) would be: faster time to survey the market; broader inclusion of companies than solicitations; ability to have an outcome-based request; clear market pricing and contract options; no up-front costs; and there’s limited resource and staff time to do research, and time is money, especially when we talk about technology.”
Under the tentative concept for the one-year pilot, when Aurora puts out a new RFP, Marketplace.city would conduct a broad market review of similar implementations, including any relevant companies in its database, and be responsible for outreach and general research. The company would then collaborate with the city on an outline to confirm they’re on the right course, then complete due diligence on everything from validations for past implementations to contract data, business models, pricing and procurement vehicles.
Pegues said the current model for procurement, whereby governments tend to simply accept the lowest bid, made more sense when IT procurement usually meant buying hardware, rather than services, which aren’t as cut and dry.
“It gets more complicated, because you have capabilities, staff, pricing, implementation, value-added services in the background. So that model, as it exists today within the municipality, is antiquated for technology,” he said. “We’re looking at digital services and solutions. I’m not buying a server anymore, I’m buying a service, and that muddies the water and makes it complicated.”
Marketplace.city President and COO Andrew Watkins said the company launched in November 2017 with the explicit purpose of “making it easier for governments to find, evaluate and ultimately buy technology products and services.” Since then the company has worked with cities, states, counties, special districts, and multi-government organizations such as the National Association of City Transportation Officials, although its agreement with Aurora would be the first to make it responsible for full, end-to-end procurement.
“We actually launched with a beta within the city of New York, with the north star statement of, ‘What would the e-commerce experience look like for the public sector,’ knowing that obviously it’s not going to look the exact same as when you and I go to Amazon,” he said. “And with evolving technology and new technology, there’s not an easy way to write detailed requirements.”
Watkins pointed out there are no shortage of companies in the gov tech market trying to make procurement easier, but in pieces: some are focused on internal workflow, like ProcureNow or Bonfire; and in Europe, BeeSmartCity is working on education and gathering case studies. But he said his company is trying to build a two-way marketplace to streamline the entire process.
“It’s creating and giving the government user that sort of information through … their ability to search and find on the website, but then also customer reporting and briefing on what’s out there, if they can’t find it all individually,” he said.
Andrew Westrope Staff Writer
Andrew Westrope is a staff writer for Government Technology. Before that, he was a reporter and editor at community newspapers for seven years. He has a Bachelor’s degree in physiology from Michigan State University and lives in Northern California.
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L.F. Palmer Elementary School
100 Palmer Ln, Newport News, VA 23602
Newport News City Public Schools
Grades PK-5
This school is rated below average in school quality compared to other schools in Virginia. Students here perform below average on state tests, ... More are making below average year-over-year academic improvement, and this school has below average results in how well it’s serving disadvantaged students. Large disparities in suspension rates exist at this school, which is concerning.
Academic progress 3/10
A worrisome sign:
Test scores at this school fall below the state average. This suggests that most students at this school may not be performing at grade level.
Ask the school what it’s doing to help students who are behind. Understand what on-track learning looks like,... More and explore higher-performing schools in your area to find the best opportunities for your child to succeed.
How much did this school help its students improve from one year to the next? This rating compares schools with similar proficiency levels to measure student progress over time.
Students at this school are making less academic progress from one grade to the next compared to students at other schools in the state.
Low progress with low test scores means students are starting at a low point and are falling even farther behind their peers at other schools in the state.
Ask the school how it interprets this rating and how it might use this information to improve its programs.
Disadvantaged students at this school may be falling behind other students in the state, and this school may have significant achievement gaps.
100 Palmer Ln
Gary Black - Principal
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Malaysia Elections: Saudi Royal Family Gave $681M to Prime Minister Najib Who Banned Shia Islam
By Newsrescue
Newsrescue 30 January 2015
https://www.globalresearch.ca/saudi-royal-family-gave-681m-to-malaysian-pm-who-banned-shia-islam/5504643
Of relevance to the upcoming Malaysian elections on May 9 2018, this article first published in Feb 2016, confirms that the outgoing Prime Minister Najib Razak received close to $700 million dollars in his personal account from the House of Saud.
The banning of Shia Islam is but the tip of the iceberg. This gift from Saudi Arabia has broad geopolitical and economic implications. It is directed against Iran and its relations with Malaysia.
It has contributed to the development of Saudi interests in Malaysia not to mention support for extremist wahhabi rebel groups.
It is tied up to the multibillion IMDB financial scandal.
M. Ch. GR editor
On Wednesday last week [February 2016] Malaysia’s attorney general confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s royal family gave Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak a $681 million personal gift. The confirmation of the scandal ended months of speculation about the source of the huge personal donation received from ‘a middle eastern donor’ by the Prime Minister. The country’s top anti-graft agency had recommended Najib Razak be charged with criminal misappropriation.
The transfer of almost $700 million was made ahead of the 2013 re-election of the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Najib Razak who had been in office since 2009 is widely known for his clamp down on Shia minority Islam in the nation.
In 2010 the nation declared that Shiites in the country, who have been termed a “deviant” sect, were barred from promoting their faith to other Muslims.
In December that year, 200 Shi‘a were arrested by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department for celebrating ashura under the Selangor state shari‘a criminal enactment law. Religious authorities who accused them of “threatening national security” in multicultural Malaysia.
The nation has since continued to persecute and arrest Shia citizens.
In 2014 in Perak another 114 were arrested during a Shia event.
Images filled global media of Shia Muslim, children and women laying sprawled in prisons in the nation.
Countries In Contest To Persecute Shia Muslims For Saudi Dollars
The Saudi Royal family is known for sponsoring administrations and fanatic clerics that support its political campaign against Shia faithfuls in their countries. Its massive financial backing of the Malaysian Prime Minister is one such example of how billions of petrodollars from the nation’s oil sales are used to back radical fanatic administrators and politicians across the world.
Following a recent deadly crackdown by the Nigerian army that saw as many as 1000 Shia minority Muslims killed in Nigeria, the Saudi government immediately voiced public support of the massacre, elucidating similar fears of similar financial support towards the state and Federal administrators.
Zakzaky loaded in wheel barrow
This week a former Chief Imam of the Saudi grand Mosque described Saudi policies as identical to those of ISIS.
Sheikh Adel al-Kalbani said, “We follow the same thought [as IS] but apply it in a refined way,” he said. “They draw their ideas from what is written in our own books, from our own principles.”
The cleric said that “we do not criticize the thought on which it (IS) is based”.
Notably, most notorious global terrorists groups, Boko Haram, AQIP, ISIS or Daesh, al-Qaeda and the like are Sunni-extremist groups who recruit their followers from extremist Sunni nations and are known to receive financing from these governments. There are no known Shia terror organizations.
The donations to the Malaysian Prime Minister have put suspicion in various countries who are worried that their political administrators may like wise be sponsored by the Saudi royal family.
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Press Release 5 March 2015
Renaissance Hotels and Indiewalls Give Guests a New Way to Experience "The Art of Discovery"
Exclusive Partnership Turns Hotels into Galleries for Top International Artists
Bethesda, Md -- In keeping with Renaissance Hotels' belief that every traveler should always Live Life to Discover, the lifestyle brand announced today a new chapter in its "The Art of Discovery," an artistic collaboration started last year with The Creative Coalition.
This year's art project has been curated by Indiewalls, the company founded by Gavriel Wolf in order to create custom art programs that connect local artists with commercial properties (boutique hotels, restaurants, corporate offices), thus bringing vibrant artwork to those public spaces.
Eight international artists were hand selected by Indiewalls and commissioned to create a piece for key Renaissance Hotels that embodies "The Art of Discovery" through the lens of exploration, adventure and the innate creativity of the human spirit. Each artist's work was then transferred to vinyl, and installed on a windowpane at the entryway of each of the 159 Renaissance Hotels around the world.
"Every individual Renaissance Hotel has selected the artist's work that best personifies its unique character, personality and history," as Toni Stoeckl, Vice President of Marriott International Lifestyle Brands, explains, "We want our guests to see something new and interesting when they walk into our hotels, which hopefully excites them and sparks conversation."
The artists selected for the project include Suyeon Na from Korea; Geoff Kim of the Netherlands; Danielle Siegenbaum, Stephanie Ng and Joseph Meloy from the United States; Alberto Seveso from the United Kingdom; Jenya Vyguzov of Russia; and Vicky Chan from Hong Kong.
About Renaissance Hotels
Renaissance Hotels encourages guests to Live Life to Discover at more than 155 hotels in 35 countries around the world. Expecting to open at least one hotel per month this year, the brand should reach nearly near 170 hotels in 40 countries by the end of 2014. Each hotel is unique and every stay offers an opportunity to explore local discoveries exclusive to the destination. At every hotel, Renaissance Navigators are local experts ready to assist guests in discovering local flavors and activities. Signature RLife LIVE entertainment events are designed to showcase emerging talent in music, the arts, culinary and more to inspire discovery. R.E.N. Meetings offers groups an experience beyond a traditional meeting rooted in creative sensory meeting design, RLife LIVE networking events and custom curated local Navigator excursions. At Renaissance Hotels, we work to ensure that every trip is transformed into an eye-opening, unforgettable journey. You spend your life working; you should discover the world as you go. To discover more visit www.renhotels.com.
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is a leading global lodging company based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with more than 4,100 properties in 79 countries and territories and reported revenues of nearly $14 billion in fiscal year 2014. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 18 brands, including: Marriott Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Bulgari, EDITION, Renaissance, Gaylord Hotels, Autograph Collection, AC Hotels by Marriott, Moxy Hotels, Courtyard, Fairfield Inn & Suites, SpringHill Suites, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites, Protea Hotels, Marriott Executive Apartments and Marriott Vacation Club. Marriott has more than 361,000 people working worldwide at managed or franchised properties and corporate offices. Marriott has been consistently recognized as a top employer and for its superior business ethics. The company also manages the award-winning guest loyalty program, Marriott Rewards® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® program, which together surpass 49 million members. For more information or reservations, please visit our website at www.marriott.com, and for the latest company news, visit www.marriottnewscenter.com.
Now more than ever, today’s lifestyle brands are opening up a new world of discovery to travelers looking for something unique and expressive. With Renaissance Hotels, owners and developers have an opportunity to tap into the growing demand for more experiential travel by developing a true lifestyle hotel with one of the world’s largest hospitality leaders.
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HISPASAT and Media Broadcast Satellite launch a new 4K content distribution platform
Both companies have reached an agreement today within the IBC framework, which strengthens their collaboration in the field of audiovisual services.
The platform will enable the deployment of 4K channels in Europe through a high-performance technological solution and a flexible business model for content providers.
Amsterdam, 17 September 2017. Spanish satellite and telecommunications operator HISPASAT and Media Broadcast Satellite, the leading provider of broadcast satellite services and operator of one of the world's largest teleports, have reached an agreement to provide 4K content distribution services in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (EMEA). Thanks to this agreement, signed today within the IBC framework, both companies extend their powerful commercial offer for the audiovisual market with a platform aimed at achieving maximum flexibility for 4K content providers who wish to provide their signal to these regions in a quick and simple way.
The new platform combines the capacities of Media Broadcast Satellite's teleport in Usingen (Germany) with the high output of the HISPASAT satellites in the 30ºW position, with high quality coverage over Europe and North Africa specifically designed for the distribution of audiovisual content in the region. The technological solution is based on a shared digital platform that facilitates the transmission of individual audiovisual channels within digital multiplexes, sharing the carrier with other 4K channels.
In addition to the best performances in the quality content distribution market, the 4K distribution platform offered by Media Broadcast Satellite and HISPASAT incorporates a business model specifically dedicated to 4K content providers, for which a flexible risk-sharing which has been developed in order to avoid the entry barriers of content providers in terms of distribution costs.
4K television is already a reality on the market: currently more than 50 TV channels are broadcasted in 4K worldwide and this figure is expected to increase considerably in the coming years, reaching 800 channels by 2020.
In the words of Christian Fleischhauer, Managing Director of Media Broadcast Satellite, "This cooperation provides the perfect opportunity for broadcasters to grow their audience and distribute their content in a superb 4K quality”.
Ignacio Sanchis, Business Director at HISPASAT, also expressed his satisfaction for this agreement with Media Broadcast Satellite. "Hispasat has been committed to 4K for years in different initiatives with the aim of promoting this technology, for which the satellite offers a differential value. This agreement with Media Broadcast Satellite will enable us to offer our customers high value-added solutions to accelerate the deployment of 4K services in Europe and make this advanced technology available to a larger number of viewers as soon as possible, enabling them to enjoy a better visual experience".
HISPASAT is comprised of companies that have a presence in Spain as well as in Latin America, where its Brazilian affiliate HISPAMAR is based. HISPASAT is a world leader in the distribution and broadcasting of Spanish and Portuguese content, and its satellite fleet is used by important direct-to-home television (DTH) and high-definition television (HDTV) digital platforms. HISPASAT also provides satellite broadband services and other added value solutions to governments, corporations and telecommunication operators in America, Europe and North Africa. HISPASAT is one of the world's largest companies in its sector in terms of revenue, and the main communications bridge between Europe and the Americas.
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finalé at the chamaleon theatre, berlin
last month i had the absolute pleasure of travelling to berlin, to attend the opening night of finalé the show, at a gorgeous art deco playhouse near the centre of berlin, the chamaleon theatre. i was among a group of theatre and travel bloggers from around europe, many who had been along to the chamaleon to see physical theatre group analog perform many times before; though for me, it was a first. i wasn't entirely sure what to expect from the "new circus" performers (no animals, more comedy, and much more energy), but i was promised a good time and a fun experience, and i am all about those two things. we arrived at the gorgeous theatre moments before the curtain call, grabbed our drinks, and settled in for the opening night of finalé.
the show began with a bang, and never really dipped in energy from there. the performers themselves have come together from all across europe (and one special guest by way of the usa), so a lot of the show is in german, or heavily accented english, but despite this it's never hard to know what's going on on stage. mostly because the majority of finalé is physical. from aerial acts to beautifully composed and performed mucical numbers, to incredible feats of body strength and co-ordination, the whole show had me sat on the edge of my carefully placed seat.
the absolute highlight for me was the phenomenal ena wild, whose eclectic and outrageous outfit changes had me - at times, more interested in what she would be wearing next than what her crew mates were risking their life and limbs for on stage. she and her partner lukas thielecke composed and performed each musical number together, and honestly, their chemistry on stage is undeniable. but mostly, i was there eyeballing her outfits. and hats. a different, crazy hat for each act. honestly, just amazing.
before finalé i hadn't really seen much physical theatre; theatre that's almost wordless, that tells a story through actions over dialogue; that is so mesmerising from start to finish that time gets away from you and you're left in awe as the final curtain drops and the last of the confetti falls to the floor. i haven't been that captivated by a show in such a long time, where my stomach sits in my throat from start to finish, completely convinced that the ribbon will rip and the aerial performer will fall from the rafters. i haven't really branched out from my "standard" concept of theatre in such a long time, that i'm desperate now to just get more of that naturally warm, and honestly fun sort of performance in my life.
a huge thanks to chamaleon theatre for having me, and for introducing me to the group of performers known as 'analog'. while i was a guest of the theatre's, all views are my own (though some images are amanda's! read her review here.)
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Possible marker of treatment resistance in HER2 breast cancer identified
Ageing of NK lymphocytes (Natural killer cells) in HER2-positive breast cancer patients can predict the success or failure of targeted treatments
The ageing of NK lymphocytes circulating in the blood of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer is a marker that can predict the success or failure of monoclonal antibody therapies, which act on a specific factor in tumour cells. This is the conclusion of a study led by researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) and the Pompeu Fabra University, and doctors from the Hospital del Mar, published in the journal Cancer Immunology Research.
The study also involved staff from the Medical Oncology Service at Hospital Clínic in Valencia, the Pathological Anatomy Services at Hospital del Mar, Fundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid, and the Immunogenetics Service at Puerta de Hierro University Institute, also in Madrid. It involved analysing blood samples from 66 patients, immunogenetic and functional studies of the NK lymphocytes of these patients, as well as analysing tumour biopsies. The ageing of these cells was measured by quantifying the NK lymphocytes in the blood that express the CD57 molecule. The results show that patients with high blood counts at the time of diagnosis are more likely to be resistant to chemotherapy and anti-HER2 antibody treatment. These observations are complemented by in vitro studies showing that NK CD57+ lymphocytes, despite being functional, have less capacity to divide and, possibly, less ability to reach the tumour.
From left to right Joan Albanell, Ignasi Tusquets, Miguel López-Botet, Sònia Servitja, Aura Muntasell.
Ageing of NK lymphocytes and new avenues of research
The ageing of NK lymphocytes, or the number of NK CD57+ lymphocytes, varies in each person according to their age and the influence of genetic and environmental factors, such as the number and type of infections they have dealt with throughout their lives. This study identifies NK lymphocyte ageing as a factor that could condition the effectiveness of anti-HER2 antibody treatment. In fact, in a previous study, the same team of researchers had already demonstrated the relationship between the presence of NK lymphocytes in a tumour, and a positive treatment response. This new work suggests that aged NK cells either do not reach the tumour, or do not survive there, conditioning the efficacy of the treatment.
"Until now, the drugs being developed have focused on boosting the cytotoxic capacity of NK cells. Our results indicate that ageing must also be taken into account when looking for ways to boost their anti-tumour capacity", explains Dr. Aura Muntasell, first author of the work and researcher in the IMIM's Immunity and Infection Research Group. Dr. Miguel López-Botet, last author of the study, head of the Immunology Service at Hospital del Mar, coordinator of IMIM Group, and lecturer at Pompeu Fabra University, comments that "Considering the ageing of NK lymphocytes as being a relevant factor could be extended to other situations, such as, for example, therapies based on the administration of NK cells."
HER2-positive breast cancer and clinical implications
Each year, nearly 28,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in Spain (according to data from the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology; SEOM), of which 4,600 are in Catalonia (according to data from the Department of Health). Of these, between 15% and 20% are the HER2-positive type. This subtype is characterised by the presence of the HER2 oncogene in tumour cells, associated with an aggressive clinical course. Thanks to the development of specific treatments, the poor prognosis has been reversed in all phases of the disease. "However, there are still important challenges related to improving the personalisation of the treatment, learning about de novo and acquired resistance mechanisms, and developing new strategies to continue advancing towards a cure", explains Dr. Sonia Servitja, author of the study and consultant in the Hospital del Mar's Medical Oncology Service.
The number of NK CD57+ lymphocytes can be detected using a small sample of blood when the disease is diagnosed, and the test could be used to identify patients who are unlikely to respond to neoadjuvant treatment. Validating this biomarker will require multicentre studies to standardise the way the number of NK CD57+ is determined and verify its usefulness in a larger patient cohort. "Having this information would allow us to adapt the therapy when the disease is first diagnosed", explains Dr. Joan Albanell, head of the Medical Oncology Service at Hospital del Mar, CIBERONC researcher, director of the IMIM Cancer Research Programme, UPF lecturer, and author of the study. This work was funded by the Spanish Cancer Association.
Reference article
Muntasell A*, Servitja S, Cabo M, Bermejo B, Perez-Buira S, Rojo F, Costa-Garcia M, Arpí O, Moraru M, Serrano L, Tusquets I, Martínez MT, Heredia G, Vera A, Martínez-García M, Soria L, Comerma L, Santana-Hernández S, Eroles P, Rovira A, Vilches C, Lluch A, Albanell J*, López-Botet M. High numbers of circulating CD57+ NK cells associate with resistance to HER2-specific therapeutic antibodies in HER2+ primary breast cancer. Cancer Immunol Res 2019:
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Raj Kapoor's death anniversary: Rishi Kapoor gets emotional, digs out old pictures of his father
Sunday marked the 31st death anniversary of Raj Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor took to Twitter to pen an emotional note.
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The ‘Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema’, Raj Kapoor, set a trend in Bollywood with milestone movies like Sangam, Shree 420, Awara and Teesri Kasam. Also named as the ‘Showman of the Millenium’, he lived only in the world of films and was loved not only by the Indian audiences but also enjoyed a gigantic fan base in other countries as well. For his contributions to the Hindi film industry, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 and Padma Bhushan in 1971. Sadly, he is not among us today. He might have left the world years back but his legacy will continue. Sunday marked the legendary actor-filmmaker’s 31st death anniversary and son Rishi Kapoor penned a sweet note for his late father.
Taking to Twitter early in the morning, Rishi shared two pictures. One is a still of Raj Kapoor from his film Mera Naam Joker and another is a grey scale extremely old image of the father-son duo that sees the late actor planting a sweet kiss on the junior Kapoor’s cheek. “…Par hum tumhare rahenge sada,” wrote Rishi in Hindi.
Take a look at Rishi Kapoor’s tweet for Raj Kapoor here:
..........पर हम तुम्हारे रहेंगे सदा। डिसेम्बर १४ १९२४ ( पेशावर ) - जून २ १९८८ ( नई दिल्ली ) pic.twitter.com/gQOCxFNVgh
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) June 1, 2019
The 102 Not Out actor is currently undergoing treatment for cancer in New York. Of late, we have been seeing multiple celebrities from Bollywood dropping in to see him. After Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Vicky Kaushal, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, ace designer Manish Malhotra visited the actor recently.
“My eighth month of treatment started on May 1 in the US. But God has been kind! I am in remission, meaning now I am cancer-free. I will have to do a bone-marrow transplant which in all probability should take another two months minimum. Being in remission is a big thing and it’s all because of my family and my fans prayers and duas that have worked. I thank them all,” he earlier told Deccan Chronicle. We hope he comes back hale and hearty soon!
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Senate Independents Scrambling Ahead Of Crucial Bill C-45 Cannabis Vote
Most expect the bill to survive a second reading but "accidents can happen."
By Althia Raj
UPDATE: The bill passed second reading in Senate by a vote of 44 to 29 and is headed for more study at committee.
OTTAWA — Senate independents are scrambling to find out how many of their members will show up to a crucial vote Thursday on the Liberal government's cannabis legislation and how they plan to vote, if they do make it, HuffPost Canada has learned.
If few independent senators show up or a dozen vote with the Tories in opposing C-45, the marijuana legalization bill — and the Grits' election promise — will go up in smoke.
Early Wednesday morning, senators Raymonde Saint-Germain and Yuen Pau Woo wrote to their colleagues informing them that they had learned the Conservatives would call for a standing vote on second reading of C-45 Thursday.
Whatever your views may be on C45, Thursday's vote is very important, and we believe that we should have as many ISG [independent Senate group] members as possible in the chamber for that vote.Senators Raymonde Saint-Germain and Yuen Pau Woo
"Our sense is that they are willing to take the risk of having the bill defeated at Second Reading, and — in that event — to blame independent senators for failing to ensure its passage," the senators wrote.
"Whatever your views may be on C45, Thursday's vote is very important, and we believe that we should have as many ISG [independent Senate group] members as possible in the chamber for that vote.
"If you are planning to leave early on Thursday, please do what you can to adjust your travel so that you can stay till the end of the sitting.
"If you are currently away from Ottawa, please try your best to return for Thursday's sitting.
"In any event, please provide the Secretariat with an update on your availability for a vote on Thursday.
"The situation is volatile and may change yet again. However, our assessment at this stage is that we should prepare for an alternative scenario, hence this request, which we do not make lightly."
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Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor speaks as she appears as a witness along with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and M.P. Bill Blair at a Senate Committee in the Senate Chamber on Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 6, 2018.
Later Wednesday, the secretariat of the independent Senate group sent out a survey asking two basic questions, noting the results would be anonymous.
1. Will you be present for the vote on Second Reading of C-45 on Thursday, March 22?
2. If you will be present, how do you intend to vote on the Second Reading of C-45?
Most Senate observers HuffPost spoke with expect the bill will survive second reading and head off to committee for further study. But one government source stated: "Accidents can happen.... We are a little worried."
Back in 2014, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicked Liberal senators out of the Liberal caucus. He pledged to appoint only independent senators. A handful of Liberal senators insisted on still being called Liberals but neither the independents nor the Liberals caucus with Trudeau's MPs. Only the government's representative in the Senate has been appointed to do the government's bidding.
Raymonde Saint-Germain (centre) stands with Senators Raymonde Gagne (left) and Peter Harder before being sworn into the Senate, on Parliament Hill on Dec. 1, 2016 in Ottawa.
Earlier this week, that man, Peter Harder, seemed to plead with his Senate colleagues about the limits of their new roles.
"For an unelected Senate, legitimacy lies in the very sage use of great power. Legitimacy as an appointed body depends on understanding one's limits," Harder told the Government Relations and Public Affairs Practitioners Forum Tuesday.
"...the Senate's power to defeat government legislation has rarely been invoked, and only in the gravest of circumstances. Canadians expect, quite rightly, that their elected representatives have the last word," the Liberals' point man in the red chamber said. "The Senate's role in our democracy is not to defeat a bill that puts in place a duly elected government's electoral pledge."
Earlier On HuffPost Canada:
Trudeau Tells Senators To Pass His Government's Marijuana Legalization Bill
Bill C-45, Liberal Marijuana Legalization Plan, Clears House Of Commons By Vote Of 200-82
Trudeau Rules Out Canada Day For Marijuana Legalization
Police Services Ask Feds To Postpone Marijuana Legalization Start Date
During the 2015 election campaign, Trudeau ran on a promise to legalize cannabis.
The Conservatives know this but firmly oppose the plan. Harder is hoping some independents and, perhaps, even some of the Liberals in the upper house, will understand that it is not their job to defeat something Canadians supported at the polls.
Conservative Sen. Don Plett arrives at the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 28, 2013.
Conservative whip Don Plett refused to confirm whether the Tories are planning to request a rare standing vote — a way of placing on the record how each senator votes.
"We can't defeat this bill. We are only 33 members in the chamber. We can't defeat anything," he told HuffPost. But if the Independents don't show up, Plett said: "Then we haven't defeated it; they have defeated it themselves."
The independents have 43 members, more than any other group, Plett noted. "They are organized as a group, but they can't organize. And that, of course, is their problem, not ours."
Trudeau's desire for an independent Senate "is coming back to bite him," Plett suggested.
"Their problem is this: They cannot get straight answers from the Trudeau appointees because they are actually saying: 'You know, Justin Trudeau has told us so emphatically that we are independent' that some of them are starting to believe that."
The Senate is scheduled to meet at 1:30 pm Thursday. There are more than 11 speakers scheduled to speak on C-45, meaning the vote is likely to happen after 6 p.m.
Current standing in the Senate:
Independent Senators Group: 43
Conservative Party of Canada: 33
Liberal Party of Canada: 11
Non-affiliated: 6
Vacant seats: 12
Total seats: 105
Althia Raj Ottawa Bureau Chief, HuffPost Canada
MORE: bill c-45 Bill Plett cannabis cannabis legalization Conservative senators Independent senators Justin Trudeau Liberal senators marijuana marijuana legalization marijuana legalization Canada news Politics pot legalization Raymonde Saint-Germain senate Yuen Pau Woo
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5 Employees Killed, 6 Officers Injured In Illinois Factory Shooting
Suspected gunman Gary Montez Martin, who was fatally shot by officers, was terminated from the Aurora factory that day, according to police.
By Sara Boboltz, Antonia Blumberg, and Carla Herreria
A gunman opened fire at a warehouse where he worked in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday afternoon, killing five employees and injuring six law officers, according to police.
The gunman, 45-year-old Gary Montez Martin, is also dead, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said in a news conference Friday night.
The chief announced Saturday morning that Martin arrived at the warehouse on Friday for a meeting with human resources personnel, who told him his position at the Henry Pratt Co. ― a valve manufacturer ― had been terminated. Martin then began shooting with a .40 Smith & Wesson handgun that had an attached laser.
Those killed were Clayton Parks, a human resources manager; Trevor Wehner, a human resources intern; Russell Beyer, a mold operator; Vicente Juarez, a stock room attendant; and Josh Pinkard, the newly appointed plant manager. (Read more about them here.)
“My heart goes out to the victims and their families who simply went to work today like any other day,” Ziman said.
Aurora Police Department officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the Henry Pratt warehouse shortly before 1:30 p.m. in the city west of Chicago.
Police said Martin opened fire immediately upon police arrival. As more officers arrived at the plant, Martin continued firing before retreating farther into the building, estimated to be 29,000 square feet in size.
Aurora police said Martin shot the first officer from a window and hit the four other officers as they entered the building, all within a five-minute span. None suffered life-threatening wounds. A sixth officer, who was not shot, was hospitalized with a knee injury. The six ranged in age from 23 to 53 with decades of experience between them, police said.
When Martin retreated into the factory building, regional, federal and local law enforcement officers worked jointly to launch two simultaneous missions: One to rescue victims in the warehouse and another to find the shooter, according to Ziman. “Hundreds” of law enforcement officers on the state, federal and local levels responded to the scene on Friday, she noted. Images from the scene showed an immense police presence.
Martin again opened fire on officers when they located him inside the building more than an hour later, and he was fatally shot by police.
Police did not say why Martin lost his job. Family members said he’d been laid off.
Active Shooter Incident has been secured. Shooter is no longer a threat to the area. Continued police presence will remain as investigation continues. Parents please contact your local school districts for dismissal plan https://t.co/P4y7X7K4og
— Aurora (IL) Police (@AuroraPoliceIL) February 15, 2019
Investigators obtained a search warrant for Martin’s home in Aurora but did not find any other weapons. They believe he acted alone.
He was able to obtain a firearm through an apparent flaw in the state gun control system, which is one of the nation’s most stringent. Martin successfully applied for an Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card in 2014, Ziman said. The background check, however, did not turn up a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in Mississippi that would have barred him from receiving the FOID card. That felony turned up when Martin applied for a concealed carry permit after purchasing the Smith & Wesson handgun he used in Friday’s shooting.
The state then rejected his concealed carry permit and revoked his FOID card. Martin was expected to surrender the firearm.
Mueller Water Products, which owns Henry Pratt, said in a statement that it was working closely with law enforcement in the investigation.
“Mueller Water Products is shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific tragedy that occurred today at our Henry Pratt facility,” the company said in a note posted to Henry Pratt’s website.
“Our entire focus is on the health and wellbeing of our colleagues, and we are committed to providing any and all support to them and their families,” the statement said.
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin mourned the victims on Friday, saying, “We must never forget those innocent people who were senselessly, senselessly gunned down — the mothers, fathers, sons and daughters.”
A man who ran out of the building when the shooting began, John Probst, gave the first public indication of the horror unfolding when he told local news outlet ABC7 that the gunman worked at the company.
As the situation developed, Martin’s family members shared a version of events with local news outlets that differed slightly from what law enforcement gave Saturday. A woman who identified herself as the mother of Martin, said he was laid off from the plant two weeks ago and was “stressed out,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
“My heart goes out to all the victims and their families,” she told WGN.
Tameka Martin, who identified herself as the gunman’s sister, told WBEZ that her brother was “very depressed” after being laid off from Henry Pratt two weeks ago.
Holy Angels Catholic School and West Aurora School District 129 were placed on lockdown while police secured the area. During the lockdown, officials instructed parents to contact the school district for information on dismissal.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) expressed thanks and condolences over Twitter, writing, “This is a scary, sad day for all Illinoisans and Americans.”
I am monitoring the situation in Aurora, Illinois. This is a scary, sad day for all Illinoisans and Americans. Thank you to the brave first responders who risked their lives this afternoon and apprehended the shooter.
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) February 15, 2019
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) thanked first responders, as well.
“My heart breaks for Aurora,” he said in a statement Friday night.
“Yesterday, we remembered the victims of the mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Northern Illinois University, and today we are grieving yet again for another community victimized by a senseless shooting,” Durbin said. “How many more times can we witness horrific events like this, or another child shot in Chicago, and not help prevent these tragedies?”
My statement on today's tragic shooting at Henry Pratt Company in Aurora: pic.twitter.com/ZUJEHdYXSz
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) February 16, 2019
President Donald Trump had been briefed on the situation, the White House said. He tweeted his condolences to the victims and their families on Friday evening.
Great job by law enforcement in Aurora, Illinois. Heartfelt condolences to all of the victims and their families. America is with you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2019
This article has been updated with details on injured officers and statements from officials.
Sebastian Murdock, Sarah Ruiz-Grossman and Carla Herreria contributed reporting.
See photos from the scene below.
Chicago Tribune via Getty Images
Police officers armed with rifles stage near a commercial building where an active shooter was reported in the 600 block of Archer Avenue in Aurora, Illinois.
A police officer armed with a rifle stages near the scene.
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Welcome to our year in review
How can we make human rights an intrinsic part of the way we think and work in Victoria?
It starts with placing human rights at the heart of how our government makes decisions. And it results in better policies, better legislation, better conduct and a better society.
This year was the first in the Commission’s five-year strategic plan, Upholding human rights close to home, which will guide our work from 2017 to 2022.
Our strategic plan focuses on four strategic priorities:
Embedding a human rights culture
Improving workplace equality
Protecting human rights in closed environments
Reducing racism.
Keep scrolling to find out what we achieved in 2017-18
In 2017–18, we saw:
increase in complaints about racial discrimination.
increase in complaints about sex discrimination.
increase in complaints about sexual harassment.
Through our Enquiry Line and dispute resolution service, the Commission helps thousands of people each year to better understand their rights and, if they have been discriminated against, sexually harassed, victimised or vilified, to make a complaint and reach a resolution.
enquiries received
issues raised
new complaint files
issues of discrimination and harassment
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Our education programs, consultancy services and resources help the public sector, private employers and individuals to gain a stronger understanding of equal opportunity and human rights and responsibilities under Victorian law.
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We contributed opinion pieces to The Age and The Big Issue, a profile of the Commissioner was published in the Herald Sun, and the Commissioner appeared on ABC’s Q&A and ABC Radio.
We commented on a wide range of topics, including discrimination in the rental market, school uniform policy, marriage equality, the implementation of OPCAT, race-based media reporting and compliance with the Charter.
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Embedding a human rights culture across government and the broader community will lead to fairer decisions and outcomes for all Victorians. This year, we worked to build skills and knowledge across government and the broader community.
We built a deeper understanding of human rights and what they mean for everyday Victorians through our pioneering Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Education Project – educating 5000 public sector employees through face-to-face training and dynamic eLearning modules. Read more
We put human rights on the agenda at the highest level of government by establishing the Charter Leaders Group, an inter-departmental executive sponsors group committed to embedding human rights in the delivery of government services and in Victorian public sector workplaces. Read more
We collaborated with the Department of Education and Training on a bespoke human rights training program for school teachers across the state.
We examined the role of human rights in public authorities’ decision-making and the impact of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities in our annual Charter Report for the Attorney-General, as well as commissioning PwC Australia to develop metrics so we can better monitor the Charter’s impact in the future.
We championed Aboriginal cultural rights by intervening in a game-changing Magistrates’ Court case, arguing successfully for the case to be transferred to the Koori Court, and by developing Aboriginal Cultural Rights, an innovative collection of print and online resources for public authorities. Read more
We shared public conversations about the importance of human rights – through the Human Rights Oration with Professor Megan Davis, through Tracey Spicer’s Equality Talks, through our Race and Media Forum, and through Human Rights Week. Read more
We delved into systemic discrimination in key industries – by investigating the travel insurance industry’s discrimination against Victorians with a mental illness and examining the significant under-representation of women in sport. Read more
We provided expert advice to key stakeholders on human rights issues – through our submission to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Parliamentary Committee inquiry on police corruption and misconduct, and through our submission to the Federal Freedom of Religion Inquiry. Read more
Work is fundamental to our identity, financial security and our sense of contribution, but some people still face significant social and structural barriers to inclusion and equality in the workplace, in both the public and private sectors. This year, the #MeToo movement brought conversations about sexual harassment to the fore, and we continued to investigate discrimination, equality and victimisation in key industries
We developed Raise it! Conversations about sexual harassment and workplace equality, an innovative pilot program combining digital tools, staff resources and intensive education, to help employers and employees tackle difficult conversations around harassment, discrimination, pregnancy, parental leave and flexible work arrangements. Read more
We investigated equity, diversity and sex discrimination within Victoria Police through our ongoing landmark review, releasing the report on the second phase and beginning the third phase, an audit of progress to date. Read more
We continued our important work with Victoria’s fire services, finalising our independent review and leveraging the Commissioner’s role as the chair of Male Champions of Change to address equity and diversity issues and the barriers that prevent women from advancing into positions of leadership within the emergency services. Read more
People living in detention, or residential or care settings where their liberty is restricted, have limited control over their lives and choices and are more vulnerable to having their human rights abused or denied through poor treatment or neglect. This year, we worked to enshrine the human rights of those in care homes, psychiatric wards, detention centres and prisons across Victoria.
We advocated for a transparent legal framework and preventive measures to reduce ill treatment of people in detention through our submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s consultation on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Read more
We made recommendations for Victoria’s youth justice centres to help young Aboriginal people maintain and build connections to culture and community, through our research report Aboriginal Cultural Rights in Youth Justice Centres, developed in partnership with the Victorian Commission for Children and Young People. Read more
We helped corrections staff in Victorian prisons to better understand the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and its implications for people in closed environments, through customised training in collaboration with Corrections Victoria.
Reducing Racism
The mental and physical health impacts of racism on people from minority communities are well documented. It can leave people feeling isolated and vulnerable and has a silencing effect on individuals and communities, impacting their participation in all areas of public life. This year, we worked with leaders from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to combat racism.
We provided tailored training for members of the Ethiopian, Somalian, Papua New Guinean, Iraqi, Karen and Chin communities, in partnership with WestJustice, to help them understand their employment rights and how to tackle discrimination at work.
We created accessible resources on how to respond to racial attacks, through the We Stand Together Project, in partnership with City of Yarra, the Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Fitzroy Legal Service, Victoria Police, Carringbush Education, Cohealth and MiCare.
We began to develop an accessible digital reporting tool to make it easier for culturally and linguistically diverse groups – particularly members of African and Muslim communities – to make complaints about racism and discrimination.
We strengthened our strategy for collaborating with and advocating for Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities by launching our Multicultural and Multifaith Engagement Action Plan, developed through consultation with community leaders. Read more
We interrogated the effects of linking race and crime at our public forum ‘Breaking News or Making News: A Forum on Race, Media and Public Debates’, with The Age editor Alex Lavelle and SBS journalist and presenter Sarah Abo. Read more
We used our media appearances to shine a light on the impacts of racism in political discourse on rates of racist incidents in Victorian schools, on public transport, at shopping centres and in workplaces.
Under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 and the Charter of Human Rights and Responsiblities Act 2006, the Commission can intervene in cases to assist a court or tribunal to consider equal opportunity issues.
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In Cemino v Cannan, we argued for a case before Echuca Magistrates’ Court to be transferred to the Koori Court in Shepparton, in accordance with Mr Cemino’s right to equality and the Aboriginal cultural rights under Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities.
In Arora v Melton Christian College, we intervened in a case before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to argue that Sidak, a prep student, should not be prevented from enrolling at Melton Christian College because he wore a patka in accordance with his faith.
In Owners Corporation v Anne Black, we submitted that the owners corporation for Ms Black’s building provided a service to her and, as a result, had a positive duty to make reasonable adjustments to heavy swing doors to accommodate her visual impairment and physical disability.
In AB v CD and EF, we intervened under the Charter in a high-profile Supreme Court case to determine the right to a fair trial. The case related to Victoria’s ‘gangland wars’ and whether certain convicted individuals could be notified that the barrister representing them was also a police informer.
Building a strong organisation
This year, we also focused on some important initiatives to strengthen our organisation.
We developed key strategic documents to guide the Commission’s activities:
- People and Culture Plan
- Disability Action Plan
- Multicultural and Multifaith Engagement Action Plan.
We created our first digital strategy and partnered with Code for Australia to set up an internal digital lab.
We created a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to evaluate the impact of our work.
Want to know more about the Commission and our work?
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Contact the Commission:
Phone us on 1300 891 848
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Korea, South• News
Fundamental labour rights under threat in Korea
The ITUC condemns employer-backed proposals to undermine the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike as a precondition for the ratification of ILO Convention No.87 on freedom of association by Korea.
Global Poll: Governments’ failure to address low wages and insecure jobs threatens trust in politics and democracy
Workers across the globe are struggling to make ends meet, believe their jobs are insecure and don’t believe their voices matter in politics according to a new global public opinion poll from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Korea: Union Leader Lee Young-joo Released from Prison
The ITUC has welcomed the release of South Korean trade union leader Lee Young-joo from prison, but is deeply disappointed that the charges against her were not dropped.
ITUC Welcomes release of Korean Trade Union Leader Han Sang-gyun
The ITUC has welcomed the announcement by the Korean Ministry of Justice that Han San-gyun, former president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), will be released from prison on parole. Han was imprisoned for organising union protests under the corrupt regime of former Korean President Park Geun-hye almost three years ago.
Korean President Moon called on to stop Samsung Vietnam abuse
The International Trade Union Confederation has put threats against factory workers and labour activists in Samsung’s Vietnamese factories on top of the agenda for President Moon Jae-in during his visit to the country.
Korea, South• Documents
Global Unions Statement to the G20 Seoul Summit, 11-12 November 2010
South Korea - request to ILO for Urgent Intervention
South Korea - KCTU leadership legal persecution
wto-reviews
Report for the WTO General Council Review of the Trade Policies of Korea
South Korea - Detention and arrest warrants against KCTU leadership
South Korea - Arrest and detention of the MTU leadership and KGEU trade unionists
Korea, South• multimedia
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17 April 2019 at 12:43pm
Klopp taking nothing for granted ahead of Liverpool's clash with Porto
Jurgen Klopp has promised his Liverpool players will not underestimate Porto in Wednesday night's second leg Photo: PA
Jurgen Klopp has promised his Liverpool players will not underestimate Porto in Wednesday night's second leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
Liverpool are firm favourites to advance to a semi-final against Barcelona as they go into the match with a 2-0 lead from last week's meeting at Anfield, and having triumphed 5-0 at the same stadium in the same competition last February.
The feel-good factor is as strong as ever around Liverpool as they continue their pursuit of a league and Champions League double.
But after hearing opposite number Sergio Conceicao say they at times play as "the best team in the world", Klopp told his players it is far too soon to be patting themselves on the back yet.
"We're not here to celebrate our situation," he said. "We are here to go to the next round.
"The season is not finished in this competition. We have to fight really hard.
"Porto have won all their home games (in the Champions League) so far, we know they are really dominating in the home games."
Liverpool are firm favourites to advance to a semi-final against Barcelona as they go into the match with a 2-0 lead. Credit: PA
Fourteen months ago Sadio Mane's hat-trick helped Liverpool to a rout in the first leg of their last-16 clash against Porto, but Klopp dismissed the importance of what he called a "strange" match when it came to planning for Wednesday night.
"I didn't like the last game because it was really strange," he said. "Until we were 2-0 up it was a really open game. We don't remember things like this, we only face the result, 5-0.
"But my players are not silly, they do not underestimate things like this. Porto are a good team.
"We were really good in the first leg and we will have to be really good tomorrow again. We will have to play at our limit, 100 per cent, and not try to (just) come through somehow because then you cannot stand the power they can create here.
"I was here for the derby, Porto v Sporting a few years ago. We think we only have derbies in Germany or in England but then you come to Portugal and they are loud here. They know how to influence a game and influence an opponent and we have to be ready."
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Woman left her vulnerable 91-year-old mum to die
Therese Curphey junior Photo: Liverpool Echo
A woman who left her vulnerable 91-year-old mum to die in agony screamed "how could you do this to me?" when found guilty of manslaughter.
Therese Curphey junior failed to seek medical care for Theresa Curphey senior, despite the fact she had pressure sores so deep her bones were exposed.
Credit: Liverpool Echo
When she finally called an ambulance, saying the OAP was making "horrible noises", paramedics found her victim emaciated and covered in excrement.
They struggled to gain entry to the bedroom of her Lydford Road home in West Derby, because there were so many objects piled high behind the door.
But when they did, they discovered the frail and filthy pensioner, who had developed severe sepsis, lying on the floor next to her bed with broken ribs.
She was taken to hospital where it took staff about half an hour to clean her up. They found the elderly woman emaciated and with very serious pressure sores. She was pronounced dead by staff at 7pm that night.
Curphey jnr, 53, who claimed she had cleaned her mum with tea tree oils and didn't know about the sores, denied gross negligence manslaughter.
However, a jury unanimously found her guilty of the charge today after just two hours of deliberation, following a three and week trial at Liverpool Crown Court.
When the verdict was returned Curphey jnr, also of Lydford Road, yelled out "how could you do this to me?" and "you're lying" at shocked jurors.
The defendant, who had been permitted to sit outside of the dock because she has autism, then fled the courtroom, followed by her defence counsel.
Judge Andrew Menary, QC, asked the jury to retire before she was brought back into court, screaming hysterically, and taken into the secure dock.
Jurors, some of whom were visibly upset, then returned to the courtroom, before Judge Menary said he was remanding her in custody "for her own safety".
He said the decision to remand her would be reviewed this afternoon, but that Curphey would be sentenced on Wednesday, May 1 next week.
Speaking after the case, Pascale Jones of Mersey Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service said:
This was a challenging case. The circumstances of the death met by Teresa Curphey were tragic.
Her daughter, over a period of months, had declined offers of help from neighbours, social services and claimed to be the sole carer for her mother.
She even decided to change her mother’s medication, in the belief she knew better than the doctor. She was the only person in the house to witness the deterioration of her mother’s health.
– Pascale Jones of Mersey Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service
Last updated Thu 25 Apr 2019
Partial lunar eclipse tonight. Good weather expected
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Sake, Tea and Holy Mountains by Train
Drinking our way through Uji and Fushimi
Two towns synonymous with Japanese traditional drinks, as a side trip from Osaka
Byodoin's Phoenix Hall
By Sam Evans
Tea and sake are two cornerstones of Japanese culture that have been enjoyed around the country for centuries, historically serving a variety of purposes from promoting relaxation to enhancing celebration, improving health to appeasing gods during worship, not to mention simply as a source of indulgence through their delicious flavors.
With each having such a long, rich history, it comes as no surprise that two centers of these respective tipples are located in Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital just a stone's throw from the Osaka metropolis. For those staying in the big city like I was, a jaunt to these two enthralling destinations is easy and convenient via the Keihan Railway, with visiting both possible even in a single day trip. With this in mind I boarded a Keihan train in central Osaka and was on my way to see what these towns had to offer.
Keihan Uji Station
My first stop of the day was to be in Uji, an ancient center of Japanese tea that today boasts some interesting attractions devoted to the drink, in addition to various important religious sites. I was to begin my exploration after arriving at Keihan Uji Station at the best known of these religious sites, Byodoin Temple.
This ancient temple has a history of over 1000 years, originally built in 998 as a countryside retreat villa for a leading member of the Fujiwara family, who during this period were the most powerful family in all of Japan. The complex was later made into a temple by the politician's son, and it was at this stage that the most prominent feature was erected, the Phoenix Hall. This beautiful building, which is named partly because of the phoenix statues that adorn the roof, has become so iconic that it is even featured on the Japanese 10-yen coin.
Walking around the temple's well-manicured gardens while taking in views of the magnificent building from different angles made for a great way to start the day. Eager to venture inside the hall, I joined one of the short tours through the interior where I got the chance to get up close to the majestic statue of the Amida Buddha. The tours take place every 20 minutes and cost a small additional fee.
One of the hall's namesake phoenix statues
Scenes from inside Byodoin Temple's picturesque garden
From the Phoenix Hall I went on to the temple museum, which houses an impressive collection of the temple's most valuable artifacts including ancient statues, temple bells and old documents. A good number of the artifacts here are designated cultural properties and national treasures. Walking around the museum and seeing such impressive exhibits really consolidated this temple as an awe-inspiring place.
Entering the museum
Upon exiting Byodoin, I headed to Omotesando, the historic main approach to the temple. The lane is packed with shops, cafes and restaurants that purvey an array of traditional goods and snacks with a heavy emphasis on the town's most famous commodity, tea. I strolled up and down the bustling street taking in the energetic atmosphere that persists here and imagined how similar this street might have been a few centuries ago (minus the electric street lamps and visitors taking photos with their smartphones, of course).
A traditional atmosphere persists here
I eventually found the perfect looking cafe and ducked inside for some mid-morning sustenance consisting of tea and Uji Matcha Zenzai, which is Japanese red bean paste and soft mochi (pounded rice) served in a green tea soup. The snack was delicious and whetted my appetite for more tea-related snacks. Soon after leaving the cafe, I came across a shop selling green tea-flavored takoyaki (fried octopus in batter balls) and tried these, too.
Inside one of the street's numerous cafes
A delicious mid-morning snack
It was now time to head over to the other side of town to participate in a tea experience that promised to teach me more about the traditional tipple, so I left Omotesando and enjoyed the pleasant stroll over to Takumi no Yakata. This quaint tea house near the banks of the Uji River holds sessions in which participants are shown how to prepare and drink numerous kinds of Japanese tea, and are taught about the drink by one of the multi-lingual staff.
The walk to Takumi no Yakata
Nice views along the Uji River
I sat down in the homely tea house and enjoyed three types of tea, each with distinct flavors and strengths, all the time being informed about the different benefits each has for its drinkers. It was interesting to learn the differences between tea types and the steps in preparing each, including steeping certain types of tea for certain amounts of time in water of varying temperatures. All in all I left happy and somewhat enlightened in the ways of tea, and made my way back to the station to move on to the second town of the day, Fushimi.
Takumi no Yakata
Three types of tea
The first tea to be prepared and drank
A homely, welcoming interior
Fushimi is an area located south of central Kyoto that rose to prominence as a major sake producer in the feudal times due to a number of factors including its clean, soft 'Fushimizu' water and its strategic shipping position along the Horikawa River. Today the town's sake district is home to around 40 breweries and stands alongside Nada in Kobe as one of the top sake producing districts in the country.
En route to Fushimi
Fushimi's sake district can be reached from both Chushojima and Fushimi-Momoyama stations, with Chushojima Station being slightly closer, but the route from Fushimi-Momoyama boasting a bustling shopping arcade along the way. I arrived in the sake district I took some time to admire the beauty of its rustic wooden buildings. It was then time for me to board a sightseeing cruise, so I headed for the river.
During the feudal era, flat-bottom, wooden boats plied these waters transporting goods to and from the town. Today, traditional-style boats similarly traverse the river, but instead of transporting goods, they take visitors on scenic tours along the waterway. The tour took around 50 minutes in total, during which I reveled in the tranquil atmosphere and the many picturesque views.
The shopping arcade by Fushimi-Momoyama Station
A beautiful day for a boat ride
Sugidama (cedar balls) are traditionally hung outside sake breweries. When they turn brown, the sake is ready to drink
Back on dry land I made my way over to the nearby Gekkeikan Brewery. Established in 1637, this brewery stands as one of the oldest in the area and, through its long history and the quality of the sake it produces, is firmly cemented as a Fushimi institution.
A great aspect of this brewery is that it welcomes visitors, who can enjoy exploring the complex's educational sake museum that displays various tools and procedures to inform about the production of sake. Following my self-guided tour of the museum I arrived at the free-tasting area, where I knocked back a couple of cups of the brewery's delicious sake.
Gekkeikan Brewery
A spring from where the town's revered water can be accessed
Inside the Gekkeikan sake museum
From one brewery to another, I next made the short walk over to Kizakura Kappa Country, another of the area's sake breweries that is well worth a visit. In addition to a small museum on sake and an art gallery, the complex boasts an outdoor area where patrons can sip on sake freshly poured from the shop inside. I bought a couple of glasses of the brewery's sake and perched outside, relaxing and enjoying the delicate flavors.
Kizakura Kappa Country
The server pours me some local sake
About to enjoy sake in pleasant surroundings
To complete my sake tour of Fushimi, I left Kizakura Kappa Country and headed towards Fushimi Yumehyakushu, an establishment that sells and serves local sake in traditional surroundings. On the way however, I strolled past another of the town's iconic sites, the Teradaya Inn.
This old guest house is where the attempted assassination of Sakamoto Ryoma, the instrumental proponent of Japan's evolution from a feudal into a modern society, was perpetrated by pro-shogunate agents. Rebuilt since the fateful episode, the inn is now open for visitors to explore and stay the night.
The Teradaya Inn
I finally arrived at Fushimi Yumehyakushu, which is housed in a beautifully preserved old building, and ordered a set of three different local sake and sat down to soak up the warm atmosphere that persists inside this old building. Enjoying drinking in the warm and antiquated atmosphere that persists here, I found each glass of sake delicious, all having in common a certain smoothness and refined flavor. Happy and satiated, I made my way back to the station from where I'd begin my journey back to central Osaka.
Fushimi Yumehyakushu
A warm atmosphere and cold, crisp sake
Heading back to the station
To Uji
From central Osaka (e.g. Yodoyabashi or Kyobashi stations) take a limited express on the Keihan Main Line to Chushojima Station and then transfer to the Keihan Uji Line to Uji. The entire one way journey takes around 50 minutes and costs around 400 yen. There are multiple connections per hour.
To Fushimi
From central Osaka take a limited express on the Keihan Main Line to Chushojima Station. The one way journey takes 30 minutes and costs 390 yen with frequent departures.
The two towns can be traveled between in 15 minutes and for 270 yen on the Keihan Uji Line.
The Kyoto Osaka Sightseeing Pass is available only to foreign visitors and offers one or two days of unlimited travel along the train lines on the map below (except the Osaka Loop Line). The pass also offers discounted entry to certain attractions. The pass costs 800 (one day) or 1200 (two day) yen and can be purchased at certain tourist information centers (including at Kansai Airport) and hotels in Osaka and Kyoto, as well as from overseas travel agents.
Ride Keihan, discover Kyoto (Keihan Electric Railway)
KYOTO-OSAKA SIGHTSEEING PASS
Uji City Tourist Association
Sightseeing on Sacred Mount Hieizan
Temple and trail hopping on majestic Mount Koya
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Pheed Monetizes Social Media But Is It The Powerhouse The Press Is Claiming?
Pheed is an interesting social media and content monetization network that is worth checking out for a number of reasons. It's getting a lot of media coverage, claims lots of users and is a nice looking platform. But it's growth seems a bit manufactured from the initial celebrity uptake to February's teen tweets that were said to be responsible for its brief reign as the no. 1 social media iTunes app. One has to wonder if Pheed is all it claims to be despite the rather breathless coverage it's currently receiving in the press.
I mentioned Pheed back in December in a belated response to its October launch. It seemed interesting because a lot of entertainers had come on board, it offered content monetization options and was getting a lot of tech media coverage, much of which referenced this early article by Ilya Pozin.
Last month it got a second big round of coverage due to its brief reign at the top of the iTunes free social marketing app chart which was also documented by Ilya Pozin.
The first wave focused on the celebrities who'd come on board. This second wave focuses on Pheed's brief chart reign and a group of "influential teens" who tweeted about the app and are said to have driven the teen uptake.
Pheed's Founders: "Deep Pocketed Veteran Internet Entrepreneurs"
Let's assume that Ilya Pozin, founder of LA-based web design and marketing company Ciplex, has no business relations with the LA-based cofounders led by O.D. Kobo who are described in a Pando Daily article by Michael Carney as:
"a group of deep pocketed veteran internet entrepreneurs...who have been creating successful Chinese internet ventures together for nearly two decades."
According to Carney:
"In late 2011, the seven co-founders moved to Los Angeles and began dissecting the shortcomings of the existing social media landscape. Out of a swank house-turned-office on Mulholland Drive, Kobo personally met with the leaders of every segment of the entertainment industry including television, film, music, and sports talent, as well as their agencies and studios."
"For the better part of six months, he spent these meetings listening rather than pitching. The founders and their team of 15, then built Pheed to address the needs and concerns of this audience."
Carney also reveals that Kobo and company's investment group, the Shellanoo Investment Group LLC had, by October, "invested $2.5 million into the project and is not short on either the cash or connections necessary to see this project through to its conclusion."
Pheed's Founders Claim Underdog Status
However, if you check out Pozin's coverage, you can see that Kobo is positioning himself as an underdog in competition with Twitter and Facebook. He says:
"I feel like the only metaphor that describes accurately how I feel is the little engine that could, as it's against all odds...we're this self funded startup with no VC funding...while our competitors raise tens of millions, we're just this small team of people, and Pheed is being accepted by the community. All I can say is we are happy that people are being so accepting. It means a great deal!"
But now that Pheed has fallen off the charts, one has to wonder if their millions were put to work gaining celebrity support and influential teen tweets.
Pheed Shut Off New Memberships Because Growth Scared Them?
One of the oddities of Pheed's history is that they cut off new members for a month and then reopened February 1st:
"In December, Instagram caused a frenzy when it announced new terms of use that gave the social networking site access to photos for advertising. In the wake of that news, new members flocked to Pheed, which allows users to retain ownership of their posts. Pheed's audience grew so quickly that it stopped accepting new members at the end of December."
According to Kobo:
"In Web, sometimes the faster you rise, the faster you fall...We had a milestone to reach after year one and we reached it after two months, so we got scared. We started looking at how we could focus more and protect this community."
Somehow this all doesn't add up. Have any Hypebot readers investigated Pheed? It's certainly a nice looking platform and experimenting with content monetization is definitely a good look. So I remain skeptical but curious.
Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith (@fluxresearch/@crowdfundingm) also blogs at All World Dance: Videos and maintains Music Biz Blogs. To suggest topics for Hypebot, contact: clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com.
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Lady Gaga Backed Backplane Pivots To Help Others Serve Their Own Little Monsters
Backplane, which created the tech serving Lady Gaga's Little Monsters fan community raised $18.9 million as the poster child for helping brands connect with fans. But behind the scenes, the story was not so impressive, until perhaps now.
Backplane was founded to create niche based communities of "like-minded people to connect across their shared interests." Several rounds totalling $18.9 million attracted investors like Google Ventures, SV Angel and Menlo.
Backplane's first hit was Lady Gaga's LittleMonsters.com; and it attracted a million plus fans. The next step was to build similar communities for brands. Coca-Cola, Cirque De Soleil and Nike signed on.
Lady Gaga invested in Backplane and her then-manager Troy Carter was the public face of the company. But when Carter split with Gaga, things started to go turn bad for Backplane. A bloated burn rate was eating up millions of dollars and "internal squabbles led to a useless product," insiders told TechCrunch.
New CEO, Focused Mission
But before crashing, former Backplane President and COO Scott Harrison was installed as the new CEO, and the company pivoted. Backplane is now called Place, and they are building an impressive looking platform for creating themed social networks.
"Facebook gave the social web it’s beginning, but it can’t end there." writes Harrison. "We see our mission as very different, they are connecting the world, we are connecting your world. Take a second, look through your social apps, they’re about everyone else. Place is about you.
Place, currently in beta, will be free, much more self-service than Backplane and aimed at almost anyone trying to build community. Little Monsters need not worry. Like Backplane, Place still powers Lady Gaga's massive community.
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The use of ecosystem services concepts in Canadian municipal plans
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Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Kate Thompson, Kate Sherren, Peter N. DuinkerAbstractThe potential of land-use planning to implement ecosystem services (ES) knowledge is mostly unfulfilled. Examining how ES concepts are currently applied can provide practical and theoretical insights for supporting their further integration. The purpose of our research was to establish the use of ES concepts in Canadian municipal planning policy. We conducted a content analysis of extant Canadian municipal plans to understand the language used to express ES...
Gender-specific perspectives of mangrove ecosystem services: Case study from Bua Province, Fiji Islands
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Jasmine Pearson, Karen E. McNamara, Patrick D. NunnAbstractIn many Pacific Island Countries, mangroves deliver ecosystem goods and services that are essential to the livelihoods of local people. For coastal and rural communities throughout Fiji, it is common for women to be the main caretakers of mangroves, and to access and utilise their resources on a regular basis. This paper explores local perspectives of Fijian men and women on the use, benefit and value of mangrove ecosystems. Across six rural villages...
Effects of land use and land cover change on ecosystem services in the Koshi River Basin, Eastern Nepal
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Bhagawat Rimal, Roshan Sharma, Ripu Kunwar, Hamidreza Keshtkar, Nigel E. Stork, Sushila Rijal, Syed Ajijur Rahman, Himlal BaralAbstractThe provision of ecosystem services is directly related to the type of land use and land cover and management practices in a given area. Changes in land use and land cover can alter the supply of ecosystem services and affect the well-being of both humanity and nature. This study analyses the spatiotemporal variations of land use and land cover and quantifies the change in three...
Are we seeing the whole picture in land-sea systems? Opportunities and challenges for operationalizing the ES concept
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Virginia Alonso Roldán, David E. Galván, Priscila F.M. Lopes, Jaime López, Angelina Sanderson Bellamy, Federico Gallego, Ana Cinti, Pía Rius, Barbara Schröter, Mateo Aguado, Andrea Muñoz Barriga, Jeremy Pittman, Giovanni Ávila-Flores, Connie Paola López-Gómez, María Eva GóngoraAbstractThe concept of Ecosystem Services (ES) highlights that human wellbeing depends on nature and is a ‘whole system aware’ view. Land-sea systems are examples of complex systems including interfaces that can be perceived...
Using social media, machine learning and natural language processing to map multiple recreational beneficiaries
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Arjan S. Gosal, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, Tomáš Václavík, Brigitte Poulin, Guy ZivAbstractInformation and numbers on the use and appreciation of nature are valuable information for protected area (PA) managers. A promising direction is the utilisation of social media, such as the photo-sharing website Flickr. Here we demonstrate a novel approach, borrowing techniques from machine learning (image analysis), natural language processing (Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA)) and self-organising maps (SOM), to collect and...
Dissecting price setting efficiency in Payments for Ecosystem Services: A meta-analysis of payments for watershed services in Latin America
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Julia Martin-Ortega, Thijs Dekker, Elena Ojea, Altea Lorenzo-ArribasAbstractDespite the increasing scholarly attention that Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) are receiving, little is yet known about the process of price setting. This is key knowledge that relates directly to the economic efficiency of an instrument that is spreading widely worldwide. Through a meta-analysis of payments for forest watershed services in Latin America, this study finds that there exists a very substantial difference between the...
Is it just about the money? A spatial-economic approach to assess ecosystem service tradeoffs in a marine protected area in Brazil
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): L. Outeiro, J. Garcia Rodrigues, L.M.A. Damásio, P.F.M. LopesAbstractA spatial-economic analysis, together with a social assessment, was used to understand the tradeoffs between different marine ecosystem services (recreation, harvestable fish, and fisheries-related cultural services) in marine protected areas (MPA), using the Brazilian MPA of Fernando de Noronha as a case study. In this MPA, tourism activities, including the profitable shark-diving activity, occur alongside small-scale fisheries that are operated...
Evaluating the cultural ecosystem services of India: Comparison of budget allocations to improve the use value of recreational open spaces
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Divya Subramanian, Arnab JanaAbstractRecreational open spaces (ROS) like parks and playgrounds are vital cultural ecosystem services. Provision of universally accessible, safe and inclusive green public spaces is one of the SDGs. There is a gap in the identification of the qualitative and quantitative aspects that impact the ‘Use Value’ of cultural ecosystem service like ROS. Comparative analysis of the budget allocation of ROS in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Chennai was conducted and further corroborated with the...
Does the economic benefit of biodiversity enhancement exceed the cost of conservation in planted forests?
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Richard T. Yao, Riccardo Scarpa, Duncan R. Harrison, Rhys J. BurnsAbstractThis study evaluates a proposed programme that would sustain and enhance the provision of ecosystem services in planted forests. We focused on the evaluation of the benefits and costs of the conservation of the New Zealand brown kiwi, an iconic yet threatened bird species that inhabits planted forests. Yao et al. (2014) found that a sample of 209 New Zealand (NZ) households would, on average, financially support a brown kiwi conservation...
Agroecological management improves ecosystem services in almond orchards within one year
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Vincent De Leijster, Maria João Santos, Martin J. Wassen, Maria Eugenia Ramos-Font, Ana Belén Robles, Mario Díaz, Maartje Staal, Pita A. VerweijAbstractThere is an increasing body of studies that show that land use intensification and homogenisation in agriculture landscapes, aimed at increasing food provisioning, decline other ecosystem services. Agroecological management has been proposed as an alternative to conventional agricultural management because of its presumed capacity to rehabilitate degraded...
Money, use and experience: Identifying the mechanisms through which ecosystem services contribute to wellbeing in coastal Kenya and Mozambique
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Tomas Chaigneau, Katrina Brown, Sarah Coulthard, Tim M. Daw, Lucy SzaboovaAbstractDespite extensive recent research elucidating the complex relationship between ecosystem services and human wellbeing, little work has sought to understand how ecosystem services contribute to wellbeing and poverty alleviation. This paper adopts concepts from the “Theory of Human Need” and the “Capability Approach” to both identify the multitude of links occurring between ecosystem services and wellbeing domains, and to...
Perceptions of ecosystem services provided by tropical forests to local populations in Cameroon
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Simon Lhoest, Marc Dufrêne, Cédric Vermeulen, Johan Oszwald, Jean-Louis Doucet, Adeline FayolleAbstractIn Central Africa, local populations are deeply dependent on tropical forests, which provide numerous ecosystem services (ES). For the first time in Central Africa, we assessed the perceptions of ES provided by tropical forests to local populations, considering three land allocation types: a protected area, a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified logging concession, and three community forests. We...
Aggregate effects on ecosystem services from certification of tea farming in the Upper Tana River basin, Kenya
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Louise Willemen, Neville D. Crossman, Deanna Newsom, David Hughell, Johannes E. Hunink, Jeffrey C. MilderAbstractAgriculture sustainability standards and certification are increasingly used by the private sector and civil society to incentivize and support environmental conservation and improved rural. However, evidence of impact is limited by methodological challenges that hamper the quantification of certification-induced changes, especially beyond farm level. This paper aims to explore the changes to soil and...
How to articulate the multiple value dimensions of ecosystem services? Insights from implementing the PArticulatES framework in a coastal social-ecological system in Portugal
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Rita Lopes, Nuno VideiraAbstractEcosystem services is a value-laden concept, encompassing multiple legitimate views, value systems and potential controversies. On the other hand, it offers a platform to promote participation and to search for new paths of collaborative action. Based on these assumptions this work aims to answer the question “how to structure a participatory process for the integration and articulation of multiple values of ecosystem services to inform decision-making processes in a coastal...
Habitat Equivalency Analysis, a framework for forensic cost evaluation of environmental damage
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): David Domingues Pavanelli, Nikolaos VoulvoulisAbstractWhen environmental damage takes place, forensic experts investigate and undertake initial damage assessments. Determining damage costs can be challenging in terms of remedial action and of assigning monetary value to losses. We develop a Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) framework to assess environmental damage costs and apply it to three case studies from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (BAR). Remediation costs have been used previously as proxies for...
Estimating coastal and marine habitat values by combining multi-criteria methods with choice experiments
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Sean Pascoe, Amar Doshi, Mladen Kovac, Angelica AustinAbstractThe coastal and marine environment provides a wide range of ecosystem services, many of which may be impacted through coastal management. Incorporating these values into cost-benefit analysis to support decision making is hampered by the lack of existing appropriate measures. While studies can be undertaken by these agencies to collect the appropriate values, the number of different habitats that may need to be considered is greater than what could...
Untangling perceptions around indicators for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): María Martínez-Jauregui, Piran C.L. White, Julia Touza, Mario SoliñoAbstractBiodiversity indicators are commonly monitored to ensure the sustainable management of ecosystems and the conservation of multiple ecosystem goods and services. Indicators are important for tracking the ecological outcomes of conservation programmes, but they are also important in a wider context such as monitoring progress towards broader sustainability goals and serving to generate public support and funding for these programmes...
Ecosystem services in environmental policy: Barriers and opportunities for increased adoption
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Rodney J. Keenan, Greg Pozza, James A. FitzsimonsAbstractThe concept of ecosystem services (ES) aims to quantify the contribution of ecosystems to human welfare. Past research has revealed a range of attitudes and levels of understanding among policy makers or practitioners to this concept. This study investigated the experience of environmental decision makers with the application of ES, using the state of Victoria, Australia as a case study. Analysis of data from 20 interview participants indicated that...
How much will cash forest encroachment in rainforests cost? A case from valuation to payment for ecosystem services in China
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Peng Liu, Wenwen Li, Yang Yu, Ruchun Tang, Xianming Guo, Bin Wang, Biao Yang, Li ZhangAbstractOver the past 50 years, cash forest encroachment presents a major threat to tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia. Economic and social benefits provided by natural conservation and the loss of these benefits through encroachment must be accounted for. Here, we evaluated ecosystem services provided by a protected rainforest, Mengyang Reserve in China, in comparison to a simulated scenario where possible encroachment...
Applying the natural capital approach to decision making for the marine environment
Publication date: August 2019Source: Ecosystem Services, Volume 38Author(s): Tara Hooper, Tobias Börger, Olivia Langmead, Oceane Marcone, Siân E Rees, Olivia Rendon, Nicola Beaumont, Martin J. Attrill, Melanie AustenAbstractThe aspirations for natural capital and ecosystem service approaches to support environmental decision-making have not been fully realised in terms of their actual application in policy and management contexts. Application of the natural capital approach requires a range of methods, which as yet have not been fully tested in the context of decision making for the...
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Watch The People v OJ Simpson episode 2 live online: Police launch massive hunt to nab former footballer
By Ruchinka Upadhyaya
February 9, 2016 11:50 GMT
People v OJ Simpson episode 2 airs this Tuesday on FX FX
American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson returns with its second episode on 9 February, where the former professional footballer will go missing, and his lawyers – Robert Kardashian and Robert Shapiro – will be left to deal with the fallout.
Warning: Potential spoilers ahead.
Episode 2 is titled, The Run Of His Life, which airs on Tuesday at 10pm ET/PT on FX. The official synopsis of the episode reads as follows:
With O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) missing in the white Bronco, Robert Shapiro (John Travolta) and Robert Kardashian (David Schwimmer) deal with the fallout, as the D.A.'s office and LAPD scramble to save face and find him.
Click here to watch the episode online on the FX website. You can also watch it via live stream by clicking here.
According to the latest promo, the upcoming episode will begin with a car chase where OJ Simpson is seated in the back seat of a white Bronco, holding a gun to his head. The scene is more of a manhunt across America, where police are trying to nab the former footballer.
The driver of the car then dials 911 to report the matter. He yells on the phone, "I have OJ in my car. He has got a gun to his head. Tell the police to back off." This is followed by news flash of Simpson trying to escape, as Robert Kardashian says, "Its on every channel." His lawyer sees the news and says, "Good for you OJ. You are still in the game."
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Why beekeeping in mountain areas?
Beekeeping has been identified as a non-land based food, employment and income generating option in mountain areas across HKH region. One does not need to own land to keep bees; bee hives can be placed in and around the house.
Beekeeping is an environment friendly activity as it helps in maintenance of biodiversity by providing pollination services. In fact, bees, as providers of pollination services make the crucial link between beekeepers who maintain bee colonies and the benefits of receiving fees for providing pollination services and the orchard owners who buy pollination services by renting bees and benefits in terms of crop yield and quality. So it leads to development and a win-win relationship between the rich and the poor. Bees are easy to handle — they can be handled by women and children.
Honey is a nutritious and healthy food, and can be used for medicinal purposes to cure various ailments such as cold and coughs, infections and wounds, and can be sold to earn cash income. Beeswax is another bee product that can be sold as such or developed into various value added products to earn cash income. Beekeeping also creates employment opportunities by establishing apiary and other bee based enterprises. These points are summarised below:
Easy to start; employment and income generating opportunity for youth, poor and the landless
Non-land based activity; does not require one to own land
Requires little capital investment
Source of employment at home; bee colonies can be placed in and around the house
Flexible activity: can be taken up as part time or full time activity; particularly suitable for women; women can tend bees in their free time
Bees produce honey, beeswax and other products; these products are source of nutrition, health and income for the local people; demand for these products in the market exists
Honey is a healthy and nutritious food. It is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including sugars, lipids, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water; and it's the only food that contains "pinocembrin", an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning. Honey is also used as medicine to cure coughs, colds, ear and eye infections, wounds and boils, cuts, burns, stomach aches, and to ease child birth
Beeswax can be sold as pure beeswax and demand for pure beeswax is high; in addition a number of value added products like candles, cosmetic products such as skin creams, lip balm, soap, and medicinal salves can be prepared from beeswax.
Bees pollinate crops – enhance yield and fruit/ seed quality of agricultural and horticultural crops; over three-quarters of food crops are pollinated by bees. These include fruit, nut, vegetable, oilseed, pulses, spices crops etc.
Bees pollinate natural flora and wild plants – help in maintenance of biodiversity necessary for improving environmental health.
Overall, beekeeping improves livelihoods of resource poor mountain farmers.
Why protect and promote indigenous honeybees?
The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is one of the world’s richest in terms of honeybee species diversity. Six out of the eleven known species of honeybee are found in the region; and of them, five species including Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis laboriosa, Apis cerana, and Apis andreniformis are indigenous to the HKH region whereas Apis mellifera has been introduced. Among the indigenous species only Apis cerana can be managed in hives whereas the rest occur wild in nature.
Honeybees help in improving livelihoods and food security of mountain people, particularly the socio-economically marginalised and geo-physically isolated groups through their products and services. Indigenous honeybees benefit a large number of mountain households, crops, and other flora in HKH region. By providing pollination services, bees play a vital role in enhancing productivity of many mountain crops which sustain farm economies of several sub regions of HKH region. Indirectly, they contribute to environmental protection and biodiversity, and in maintaining soil fertility.
The wild bees - Apis andreniformis, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis laboriosa and the hive bee Apis cerana produce large quantities of high quality, residue-free, organic, natural, and ecologically sound products (honey and beeswax) that are important sources of cash income, have strong market demand, and are of cultural value to human societies. Thus, conserving these bees and promoting their sustainable management can help in improving the livelihoods of communities associated with these bees.
Why promote Apis cerana beekeeping in mountain areas?
Beekeeping with indigenous honeybee, Apis cerana has been proved to be an important livelihood option for poor mountain people who depend on integrated farming activities for their livelihoods by providing honey, beeswax, pollination services, selling bees, and creation of self-employment opportunities. Mountain communities throughout the HKH region keep Apis cerana in different types of hives such as log hives, wall hives, mud hives, box hives, pot hives, and benefit from their products (honey and beeswax) pollination services.
However, the introduction and promotion of Apis mellifera by GOs, NGOs and private sector organizations has led to a decline in Apis cerana beekeeping, particularly in plain areas and valleys that have road connectivity. Nepal, which had been the strongest gene pool of Apis cerana until 1990, has already imported and promoted Apis mellifera. Currently Apis mellifera beekeeping is flourishing in 17 terai districts replacing Apis cerana. Studies carried out by ICIMOD have shown that at present, Apis cerana is kept (managed) only in remote mountain areas. Some of these areas include southern parts of Bhutan, hills and mountain districts in Nepal, Northern provinces of India, Yunnan and Sichuan in China, and in hills and mountain areas of Pakistan.
The indigenous honeybee, Apis cerana, has distinct advantages over Apis mellifera, particularly for the mountain communities, mountain crops and mountain flora in the HKH region. There are several reasons as to why promote Apis cerana in mountain areas. These include the following:
Apis cerana beekeeping is highly suitable for mountain poor – as it requires simple, less expensive technology which poor mountain farmers can easily afford, while Apis mellifera requires expensive technology which poor mountain people cannot afford.
Being an indigenous species Apis cerana is better adapted to the local mountain environment, and indigenous pests and predators. It is suitable for small scale stationary beekeeping practiced by mountain people in HKH region. Apis mellifera, to be profitable, needs to be migrated to warmer, low hill areas during winter. If not migrated, it needs special care to manage the colonies and feed them large amount of sugar which many mountain farmers cannot afford. In fact, Apis mellifera is more suitable for migratory, commercial beekeeping, and is profitable in areas having access and road connectivity. However, in remote mountain areas of the HKH region Apis mellifera is not a profitable option in such areas.
Apis cerana is resistant to common mites such as Varroa and Tropilaelaps and does not require medicines and drugs to treat the colonies for diseases and parasites. But Apis mellifera is highly susceptible to mites, and requires expensive chemicals to control them. The residues of these chemicals also contaminate honey.
Apis cerana is well adapted to the crops and flora of the mountain areas. This bee visits and pollinates flowers of a large diversity of mountain crops and wild plants for long duration every day – from early in the morning till late in the evening. Further, since this species is suitable for stationary beekeeping and is not migrated during winter; consequently, Apis cerana continues to provide pollination services to crops that bloom in winter as well as early spring – a distinct advantage over Apis mellifera.
Apis cerana is well adapted to mountain climatic conditions. These bees are better able to cope/ adapt to weather/ climate variability compared to Apis mellifera, hence the chances of the poor/ landless/ marginal communities adapting to change is higher if Apis cerana is promoted instead of Apis mellifera.
Honey produced by Apis cerana is a high value niche product that is free of any residues of antibiotic and pesticides, and can be sold at higher price. However, as explained earlier Apis mellifera requires chemical treatment of its colonies against bee diseases and parasites, the residues of which are likely to contaminate honey. Therefore, honey produced by Apis mellifera is a global commodity that has to compete with low price honeys from different areas and nations.
Beeswax is another bee product, particularly of Apis cerana bees managed using traditional fixed comb hives. Beeswax can be sold at equal or even higher price than honey. It can be sold as pure beeswax or by producing different value added products such as candles, skin creams, medicinal salves etc. which can bring additional income for the poor mountain farmers.
Apis cerana beekeeping is, thus, a source of livelihoods for a large number of mountain households in the HKH region. There are hundreds of thousands of small scale beekeepers engaged with Apis cerana beekeeping. Conserving and promoting beekeeping with this bee would mean improving livelihoods of thousands of small farmer/ beekeeping families.
How do I know whether the honey I bought is pure and not adulterated with sugar?
There are various simple methods that one can use to find out whether a particular sample of honey is pure or adulterated with sugar. Some of them are given below:
Take a glass of water and put a spoon of honey in it. Pure honey will settle in the bottom of the glass, but the sugar syrup will immediately start dissolving in water.
Take a clean white paper and place a drop of honey on it. Pure honey drop will remain there as an intact drop but sugar syrup will spread on the paper.
Is granulated /solidified honey pure?
Yes. Granulated or solidified honey is as pure as liquid honey. Honey contains glucose and fructose - are two main reducing sugars in addition to several other ingredients, such as enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water and antioxidants. Honey granulates if it contains a higher amount of glucose than fructose (low fructose/glucose ratio). But this does not mean that honey is adulterated or impure.
Is it possible to bring the solid honey back to liquid?
The solidified honey is equally good in quality as the liquid honey. Solid honey can be used as table honey, on a toast like butter, or in drinks such as milk or tea. However, if one does not prefer solid honey, it can be brought back to the liquid form. For this, place the pot of honey containing the granulated/ solidified honey in sun for some time. It will liquefy. Alternatively heat water in a pot and place the jar of solidified honey in the pot containing hot water. After some time the solid honey will turn to liquid honey. Remember not to heat honey more than 40oC. Never heat honey directly on a flame. It will denature the enzymes.
How many flowers do the honeybees visit to make 1 kilogramme honey?.
Depends on the plants sources and amount of nectar in the flower. Flowers of some plants, for example Indian butter tree produce large quantities of nectar while others produce little. Generally bees visit 2,500,000 to 3,500,000 flowers to make 1 kg honey. Further a colony of honeybees fly about 90,000 miles, the equivalent of three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey.
How much honey does a worker bee produce in her life time?
On an average a bee in its whole life time produces about one-tenth of a spoonful of honey.
How many bees does a colony have?
It depends on the species (type) of bees. A colony of bees can have from few hundred individuals (in Apis florea) to upto 80,000 bees (Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa). A colony of Apis cerana has around 20,000-25,000 bees and Apis mellifera about 50,000-60,000.
How many types (species) of honeybees are found in the world and in the Himalayan region?
There are 11 species of honeybees found in the world. These include Apis andreniformis, Apis florea, Apis cerana, Apis koschevnikovi, Apis mellifera, Apis nigrocincta, Apis nuluensis, Apis binghami, Apis breviligula, Apis dorsata, and Apis laboriosa.
In addition to true honeybees there are several species of stingless bees found in different parts of the world including northeastern part of India, Southern Bhutan, and western Nepal of the HKH region.
What are the principal honeybee species in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region?
Five species of true honeybees (Apis spp.) and a few species of stingless honeybees are found in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. True honeybees include the giant honeybees or rock bees (Apis dorsata) and Apis laboriosa, the little honeybee (Apis florea), the Asian honeybee (Apis cerana), and the European honeybee (Apis mellifera). Several types of stingless honeybees, including species of Melipona and Trigona are also found in the region.
Can all species of bees be managed in beehives?
No. Only two species – the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana and the European Apis mellifera can be kept in the hives and managed for honey production and crop pollination. Other species make the nests in open and cannot be managed.
What do honeybees make their combs from?
Honeybees make their nests with the beeswax. Beeswax is secreted by eight (four pairs) of wax glands located in the abdominal segments 4 to 7 of the 13-18 day old worker bees. Wax glands become active in 13-18 day old worker bees. To secrete 1 Kg of beeswax bees eat 10 kg of honey.
What are the members of a honeybee colony?
Honeybees live in colonies. A honeybee colony can contain up to few hundred to 80,000 bees depending on the species. A colony of honeybee consists of one queen, a few drones and thousands of worker bees.
What is the role of the queen in the honeybee colony?
The queen is the only fertile female in the colony. She is much longer and darker than drones and worker bees. However, it is difficult to find her in the colony because she is usually covered by many workers bees.
The queen is the mother of all other bees in the colony. The most important function of the queen is to lay eggs to produce offspring. Immature stages (eggs, larvae and pupae) are collectively called the brood. The majority of fertilised eggs laid by the queen develop into worker bees or daughters. She also lays a few unfertilised eggs during the swarming or reproduction season that develop into drones (male bees).
What is the role of worker bees?
Workers bee are sterile females and are produced in thousands. They are the smallest members of the colony. They do all the work required for its survival. They feed the queen and the brood, take care of the young, build the nest, clean the hive, defend the colony from the pests and predators, and regulate colony temperature. They store both nectar and pollen in the hive to provide food for the colony. Workers also collect nectar and convert it into honey.
Being the female bees - do the worker bees also lay eggs?
No. The worker bees are sterile females. Under normal circumstances they do not lay eggs. However, in the absence of a queen for a long time, they develop functional ovaries and lay unfertilised eggs that develop into drones.
What is the role of drone bees?
Drones are generally produced when a colony is preparing for swarming. In this situation, the colony will also construct queen cells. Thus both drones and queens are reared together. The drones fly from the colony to mate with a queen. Drones are bigger than workers and smaller than the queen, and have large eyes. A drone dies after mating the queen. Drones are starved to death after the queen is successfully mated and starts laying eggs.
How do bees pollinate a crop?
A bee visiting the flowers of a crop becomes conditioned to that particular crop. During a single foraging trip, it visits a number of flowers of the same crop. While collecting nectar and pollen, the bee brushes against the anthers of a flower and some pollen grains are picked up by the hairs on its body and head. When the bee visits another flower some of the pollen grains on the bees’ body are captured by the sticky surface of a receptive stigma, thus effecting cross-pollination.
What is apitherapy?
Apitherapy is the use of products derived from bees including honey, pollen, beeswax, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom as medicine. Bee products are known to cure more than 500 diseases such as common cold, cough, arthritis, multiple sclerosis etc. Honey is used in a number of Ayurvedic preparations.
In how many products does the beeswax is used?
Beeswax is used ion more than 300 different products such as candles, creams, lip balms, soaps, beauty products, medicinal salves, paints, polishes etc. use beeswax.
Bee stings are used to cure various diseases such as joint pains, arthritis. Is it okay for anyone to take bee stings to treat their diseases?
No. It is not OK for anyone to take bee stings. Though bee stings are very effective in treating joints pains, arthritis and muscle related problems, but if a person is allergic to bee stings it can lead to serious condition – even death. So it is important to take bee stings by an expert apitherapist.
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Church Mission Society
The Church Mission Society are a community of people who have been set free to follow God’s call in mission. Thousands of people from all walks of life are part of Church Mission Society – praying, learning and acting together in pursuit of that call.
They aim to see all God’s people engaged in God’s mission, bringing challenge, change, hope and freedom to the world.
Find out more about the Church Mission Society.
Updated: 11th September, 2018
DownHill Only Ski Club Wengen
DownHill Only ski club, one of the oldest alpine skiing Clubs in the world, founded in Wengen.
Ski Club of Great Britain
The Ski Club of Great Britain works in partnership with ICS supporting seasonal chaplaincy work in Zermatt and Wengen.
Partnership for World Mission
Partnership for World Mission (PWM) is the body that links the General Synod and the National Church Institutions with the Mission Agencies and the Diocesan Companion Links.
Global Connections is a network of agencies and churches working together to see the UK church engaging in world mission and adapting to change.
Fusion Movement
Fusion is passionate about student mission. They are about connecting student to church and church to student
Diocese in Europe
The Diocese in Europe is made up of churches and congregations spread across forty-two countries on three continents, and covering one sixth of the earth’s land surface. Serving the Anglican and English-speaking people throughout Europe plus Morocco and Turkey.
Bush Church Aid Society
Whilst ICS does not work in Australia, churches supported there by BCA our sister mission agency, will be delighted to welcome you. ICS helped found BCA over eighty years ago.
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Ballmer dashes Office for iPad hopes (for now)
Christian Zibreg on January 30, 2013
Following up on yesterday’s release of cloud-based Office 365 for Macs and Windows PCs, Microsoft’s energetic CEO Steve Ballmer sat down with Ashlee Vance of Bloomberg Businessweek to talk biz, competition and discuss what’s next for the productivity suite. Office 365, basically a subscription-based offering, shouldn’t be confused with the just released Office 2013 suite.
Despite several credible leaks proving that Microsoft is working on Office for iPad, Ballmer isn’t afraid of an Office-less iPad. Little wonder, considering the Windows maker is keeping a tablet version of Office exclusive to Windows 8 tablets as a crucial advantage over other tablets…
When asked to comment how Office for iPad is coming along, Ballmer responded:
I have nothing to say on that topic. We’re very glad with the product, very happy with the product that we’re putting in market. It makes sense on the devices like the Mac and the PC.
We have a product that we think makes a lot of sense. We do have a way for people always to get to Office through the browser, which is very important. And we’ll see what we see in the future.
He also isn’t impressed by Dropbox and its 100 million users:
Well, you’ve got to remember, 100 million sounds like a pretty small number to me, actually. We’ve got a lot more Office users. And actually if you even want to go to the cloud, we have a lot of Hotmail and SkyDrive users.
“I’m not beating on Dropbox”, he added. “They’re a fine little startup and that’s great”.
Be that as it may, don’t take Ballmer’s ‘no comment’ comment for granted.
We know from before that Redmond has an iPad version of the Office suite in development: a spokesperson for the company told The Verge in November 2012 that mobile Office for iOS and Android should be expected in early 2013, adding the app will support Windows Phone, iOS and Android devices.
Unfortunately, checks indicate that it won’t be a full-blown Office offering. Instead, mobile Office apps will be a companion offering providing only limited editing functionality so Microsoft could sell you the full-blown desktop Office suite.
The question is, with a solid Google Apps support on the iPad, Google’s Drive app and mobile Office alternatives like Google-owned QuickOffice, do mainstream users actually need the official mobile Office apps at all?
I ditched Office five years ago and have been using Google Apps for all my productivity needs ever since.
Never looked back.
Office for iPad
Office mobile apps will soon sync to Dropbox
Microsoft updates Office for iPad apps with more affordable monthly subscriptions
Office for iPad updated: AirPrint, SmartGuides in PowerPoint, AutoFit in Excel
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ICO Screening Days - November 2017
HOME, Manchester
Home Training & Events Screening Days ICO Screening Days – November 2017
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We’re delighted to be heading to HOME in Manchester for our 2017 Autumn Screening Days this November.
Our Screening Days events are a great way to see the best upcoming independent releases. If you want to discover films to bring in new audiences and satisfy existing ones, Screening Days offers you the chance to see films first and decide which will work for your programme, as well as the opportunity to network with other exhibitors from across the UK.
Featuring key releases from November 2017 to March 2018, this industry event is for anyone in programming, marketing or education at cinemas, film festivals and film societies.
The quickest way to keep up-to-date is to follow our Twitter account @ICOTweets. You’ll get details of new films added to the event as they’re confirmed.
One-day pass: £25
Two-day pass: £44
Three-day pass: £60
ICO Screening Days is an industry event for programmers, organisers, audience developers, education officers or marketers from cinemas, mixed arts venues, film societies, film festivals and any other venue whose primary purpose is exhibition of films to the public.
Your request for passes will be sent to the ICO for approval.
Please note that we have a limit of five attendees per organisation and that passes are non-transferable.
The deadline for registration is Friday 13 October 2017. Please note there is limited capacity at the venue, and last year’s event sold out, so book early to avoid disappointment. A full refund is available for cancellations up to Friday 20 October 2017.
If you have any queries about registration, please email info@independencinemaoffice.org.uk or telephone 0207 636 7120.
Further information about the event will be uploaded to this section of the website. Please email info@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk with any queries.
As all of the films to be screened at the event are pre-release titles there is a press embargo on the event, which includes social networking sites and film forums.
It was the first time I had attended a Screening Day, so it was great to just find out how they worked and what benefits there are to attending. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to see so many new films, and have a real focus in engaging with other exhibitors.
Screening Days delegate
Blade of the Immortal
Dark River
Even When I Fall
A Fantastic Woman
Human Flow
Lover for a Day
The Nile Hilton Incident
The Prince of Nothingwood
That Summer
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HOME Manchester
2 Tony Wilson Place
M15 4FN
Bike racks are situated between HOME and the INNSIDE by Meliá hotel. There are 20 Sheffield stands available and additional racks are installed in the area surrounding First Street.
Buses 105 and 256 from Piccadilly Gardens stop on Medlock Street. Alternatively, you can use the free Metroshuttle buses that link main rail stations, car parks, shopping areas and businesses in the city centre. Metroshuttle buses run from Piccadilly, Salford Central, Victoria, Oxford Road and Deansgate rail stations. There are three circular routes covering the city centre (the Green Route 2 stops near HOME). Visit tfgm.com/Metroshuttle to plan your Metroshuttle journey, or follow @OfficialTfGM on Twitter for the latest public transport updates.
By Metrolink
Deansgate-Castlefield is the nearest Metrolink stop, which is less than five minutes’ walk from HOME. Check the Metrolink website for times and updates.
If you’re using public transport to reach HOME you can find extra information from Transport for Greater Manchesters’ Journey Planner
The nearest rail stations are Deansgate and Oxford Road, which are both five minutes’ walk from HOME. If you arrive at Manchester Piccadilly or Manchester Victoria, it’s a 20-minute walk or a short journey by tram or Metroshuttle.
Directions from Manchester Piccadilly (20 min walk):
Walk west on Fairfield Street towards Cotswold Street for 0.8 miles, then turn left Albion Street continue along for 420ft before turning at City Road, continue along for 400 ft HOME will be on the left.
Directions from Manchester Victoria (24 min walk):
Walk south-east on Victoria Station Approach towards Long Millgate take a slight right onto Corporation Street after 344 ft then continue straight along this street for 0.5 miles. Turn right onto Mount Street followed by a slight left onto Windmill Street then right onto Lower Mosley Street, continue onto Albion Street for 420ft before turning at City Road, continue along for 400 ft HOME will be on the left.
To plan your rail journey please visit: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk
The nearest car park is Q-Park at First Street (next door to HOME).
You can reach HOME from Manchester Airport, by taxi, car, rail or tram.
Premier Inn Deansgate
Approximate rate per night: £37 – £110
Distance from HOME: 0.1 miles
Premier Inn Manchester Central
The Principal Manchester
Approximate rate per night: £120 – £160
Hotel ibis Manchester Centre Princess Street
Approximate rate per night: £82 – £90
Premier Inn Manchester City Centre Portland Street
Arora Hotel Manchester
Hotel Novotel
New Union Hotel (tel: 0161 228 1492)
Approximate rate per night: £90
Pendulum Hotel
Roomzzz Manchester City
Townhouse Hotel Manchester
REM Hotel (tel: 0161 236 1311)
Britannia Hotel Manchester
NB. The ICO does not endorse any of the above hotels.
Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel
Approximate rate per night: £133
Britannia Sachas Hotel Manchester
Distance from HOME: 0.9
Holiday Inn Manchester – City Centre
ibis Styles Manchester Portland Hotel
Macdonald Manchester Hotel & Spa
Motel One
Travelodge Manchester Central Hotel
Exhibitors who attend Screening Days know the difference it makes.
That’s why staff and volunteers of cinemas, mixed arts venues, film festivals, and film societies attend again and again. But if you haven’t come before, here’s five reasons Screening Days could be invaluable for you…
Screening Days make your programming decisions easier: watching our amazing selection of the upcoming films lets you get clear on whether a film is right for your venue and how to make it work best in your programme.
Screening Days are efficient: finding time to watch films in the busy and divided schedule of a film programmer is hard. Screening Days lets you cover a lot of ground with amazing access.
Screening Days simplify marketing: knowing what audience you’re trying to target becomes much easier once you know the film directly and who in your community would want to come and see it.
Screening Days gives you access to key industry players: we often have representatives from the BFI, Cinema for All, Film Audience Network and Filmbankmedia, as well as many major distributors in attendance. Screening Days is your chance to hear about funding, technology and opportunities that can mean just as much as what you put on the screen itself.
Screening Days is a forum to share knowledge: gathering together this number of exhibitors in one place means you can keep up with developments from peers and learn from what is working for them.
Simply being able to see the films is enough but there are also great opportunities to be able to talk to other exhibitors and have conversations around programming successes, failures and ideas. It builds a community of ideas and relationships that really strengthen the independent cinema community in the UK.
Who can come to Screening Days?
Screening Days is for programmers, organisers, audience developers, education officers or marketers from cinemas, mixed arts venues, film societies, film festivals and any other venue whose primary purpose is exhibition of films to the public.
If you’re not sure if you’re eligible, just ask us: info@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
I'd love to go, but it's too expensive for our budget.
Speak to your local Film Hub. They may be able to help you with a bursary for passes, accommodation and/or travel.
How do I register on the day?
Registration will be held from 8.30am each morning, at which you will be issued with a badge for the day(s) you are attending. This will be your entry pass into all screenings.
The registration area will be staffed by the ICO throughout the event. We’ll also be on hand to offer advice on topics including programming, distribution, audience development and much more.
When do the screenings happen?
Screenings will run between 9am and 6pm each day.
Will there be any other activities in addition to the screenings?
There will also be a drinks reception on Saturday evening for delegates to meet and network with fellow colleagues, to catch up on the all important films of the day.
Is there somewhere to get drinks and food onsite?
Yes! You can visit HOME’s café-bar (ground floor).
How do you select films for the programme at Screening Days?
Our primary aim is to showcase the widest possible range of independent, world and art house titles set for release in the following quarter. We focus on titles that are unlikely to have a vast marketing budget so need the keen curatorial eye and advance notice that a viewing at Screening Days can provide for your programme. We also occasionally include titles with higher profiles, particularly in the lead-up to awards season, which we believe delegates will be keen to see to assess suitability for their programmes. Our goal is to provide you with the opportunity to see the widest range of films so you’re able to broaden programmes in your venues, and we hope each Screening Days programme reflects that.
Why can't you release the schedule earlier? I want to make sure I see certain films.
We always try to finalise the schedule as soon as possible so you can plan ahead. Unfortunately, we are limited in how far in advance we can do so. Because distributors offering us their films often haven’t determined their schedule in advance, or are waiting on delivery of the materials, we often receive final confirmations quite close to the event. Then, in order to evenly space the films across the different screens, we need to carefully schedule the films, which takes time.
Why aren’t there more or longer breaks?
We try to give you as many breaks as possible between films and usually have morning, lunch and afternoon breaks, but are restricted by the availability of the screens and the length of the films. Most cinemas can’t take out their evening public screenings due to conditions set by distributors, and so they don’t disappoint their local (paying) audience. This means we can only screen films between 9am – 6pm. We try to keep in mind that the main purpose of the event is for you to be able to see as many films as possible.
Why can only organisers, marketers and programmers attend?
The purpose of Screening Days is to encourage strong audiences for a more diverse selection of films. Programmers, organisers (e.g. the most senior person in a community screen, members of the selection committee of a film society) and marketers are the people in a best position to both select films and advocate for these films in their venues. We are often oversubscribed, so this is the fairest way to ensure that key staff get the opportunity to attend.
Why can only five members of my organisation attend?
As the Screening Days events usually sell out, we are limiting the number of passes for any one organisation to five. This is to ensure that the largest number of organisations are able to attend the event. Attendees must also be engaged in one of the following roles within their organisation: programming, marketing, education, audience development, or on the selection committee of a film society/club.
How frequent do my screenings need to be for me to attend?
Our funders for Screening Days, in addition to the distributors that lend us their films, now stipulate that exhibitors must hold 12 or more feature film screenings per year of to attend.
Can I Tweet or share reviews or comments on the films in public?
No. While we appreciate your enthusiasm (or otherwise) for films you see at Screening Days, the terms that we receive the films under completely prohibit any social media or film forum discussion of films in the Screening Days programme.
Distributors and the ICO monitor social media channels for discussion of the films. Please do feel free to discuss the films in person with other delegates, and if you’d like to talk about the event in general on social media you can find us at @ICOtweets #ScreeningDays.
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The role of government (OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Peru 2011)
Governments have important roles to play in shaping the performance of their national innovation systems. The specific roles and actions taken by governments depend, among others, on the innovation system's level of development. They shape the basic framework conditions that affect innovation and typically apply a mix of dedicated STI policies involving a range of instruments. Adequate institutional set-ups for this mix and overall governance arrangements are critical for the coherence and effectiveness of STI policy. This chapter first provides a brief account of the evolution of Peru's STI policy from its early beginnings -about half a century ago- to the present. After the introduction of relevant concepts and experiences, the institutions in charge of designing policies as well as implementation instruments are presented. This is followed by an exploration of issues concerning the policy mix and related "blind spots". Next, the chapter turns to the way forward by discussing political commitment and guiding principles, then focusing on moving towards a more efficient S&T policy and ways to improve the STI governance structure and institutional reform. As Peru today is at a crossroads in moving towards a more efficient innovation policy, different options concerning the country's future STI governance architecture are discussed.
Canadian agricultural policy: Structural change, sustainability and innovation (Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in Canada), 2015
Key features of the first phase of national cluster program (Russia), 2014
Sustainable building in Austria (Austria), 2014
Transition to smart transport systems in a city context (Finland), 2014
Innovation policy for transition towards sustainable renovation (Sweden), 2014
Governance and implementation of innovation policies (The Innovation Imperative: Contributing to Productivity, Growth and Well-Being), 2015
Executive Summary (The Innovation Imperative: Contributing to Productivity, Growth and Well-Being), 2015
The Innovation Policy Mix (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010), 2010
Looking Ahead: Key Findings and Prospects for Future Work on Sustainable Manufacturing and Eco-Innovation (Eco-Innovation in Industry: Enabling Green Growth), 2010
Executive summary (Regions and Innovation Policy), 2011
STI policy coordination
Openness in policy and governance
Government failures
Market failures
Innovation promotion agencies
Patent data - The role of universities in technological development
Policy design for IP
Technology platforms and fora
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Exclusive: IOC officially launch streamlined candidature process for 2026 Winter Olympics
By Michael Pavitt
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have opened the candidature process for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the organisation inviting cities to express their interest.
National Olympic Committee (NOC) Presidents were sent a letter yesterday to officially begin the process, which will conclude at the IOC Session in Milan during 2019.
The procedure is due to comprise two stages, with the first featuring a one-year dialogue stage between interested cities and NOCs alongside the IOC.
As part of the non-committal stage, the parties will assess the benefits and requirements related to hosting the Winter Olympics.
The phase will run from September 2017 to October 2018, with the deadline to enter the process coming on March 31.
A shortened formal candidature stage will take place from October 2018 to September 2019, with the IOC claiming the streamlined procedure will help candidates increase the value of their Games delivery plan.
The candidature stage has previously taken place over two years.
"Throughout both stages, the procedure will be tailored to the context and needs of each city and will include ongoing open dialogue between the cities and the IOC, enabling continuous improvement of the Games projects," the letter from IOC President Thomas Bach said.
"These changes benefit Cities through greater expertise provided by the IOC and fewer deliverables required throughout the candidature process and, thus, substantially reduced Candidature budgets.
"Presenting a candidature for the Olympic Games is not tendering for a franchise and there is certainly no one-size-fits-all solution.
"The candidature process is about making proposals and offering solutions that will deliver excellent Games without compromising the field of play for the athletes whilst also meeting the needs of the city and region to ensure the Games will leave a positive, long-term, sustainable legacy.
"There must be greater emphasis on the use of existing, temporary and demountable venues where no long-term legacy need exists or can be justified."
Beijing won the 2022 Winter Olympic bid race ©Getty Images
The IOC have faced a host of major withdrawals from the 2022 Winter and 2024 Summer bidding races.
Budapest, Hamburg and Rome all withdrew from the 2024 bidding process, which ultimately concluded with the double award of the Olympic Games to Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028.
Only Almaty and Beijing bid for the 2022 Games after Stockholm, Lviv, Kraków and Oslo all withdrew.
Several cities have expressed interest in potentially launching a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The Austrian Government have backed a proposed bid from Innsbruck, but the city could face the threat of a referendum.
Sion in Switzerland and Calgary in Canada are among other contenders for 2026.
Sion is also expected to have to face a referendum and Calgary is expected to discover whether they have political support to continue their effort to launch a bid in the coming weeks.
Almaty in Kazakhstan, Sapporo in Japan and Erzurum in Turkey could also enter the race.
The United States Olympic Committee is expected to discuss possible bids for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games at its Board meeting next month.
The letter to NOCs can be found here.
September 2017: Los Angeles 2028 must hold talks with any potential US 2026 Winter Games bid, Wasserman warns
September 2017: Sion 2026 expect to discover political support for Winter Olympic bid next month
August 2017: Innsbruck 2026 propose Olympic speed skating across the German border
August 2017: Feasibility dossier for Sion 2026 bid submitted to Government
August 2017: Calgary councillors vote to keep 2026 Winter Olympics project alive
Michael Pavitt Senior reporter
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Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2015, Michael Pavitt has covered a variety of international multi-sport events, including the Baku 2015 European Games, the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games and Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade. He also reported on the UCI Presidential election in Bergen in 2017, as well as attending the IOC Session in Lima and three ANOC General Assemblies.
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Tonga one of six hopefuls to stage 2027 Pacific Games despite withdrawing as 2019 hosts
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Gerald of Wales, Part 1: Place in the Topographia Hibernica
Douai Bibliotheque municipale 887, 52v
I had the fortune yesterday to be a keynote speaker at St John's University Graduate English Conference, whose theme was "Working Through Environmental Unlikeness: Ecology and Nature in the Humanities." Thanks to Steve Mentz for the invitation, thanks to the students and other organizers (including, I presume, Steve), for running such a fast (in all senses of the word) ship, and thanks and admiration especially to Jamie Skye Bianco, who shared a stage with me.
More later, I expect, but brunch calls. But so does Gerald of Wales. What had started as a paper about oysters turned into a paper about fish in the Topographia Hibernica, which then turned into something entirely different. Read on and see. Here's the first half of my presentation, with the second half to follow in a couple days.
This is about place.
Gerald of Wales’s History and Topography of Ireland is, essentially, a three-part twelfth-century advertisement to tempt potential English conquerors towards easier pickings than those offered by far-off Jerusalem. Medievalists have tended to focus their attention on its second and third parts, which concern Ireland’s wonders and its people. No wonder: this is where we find Gerald’s stories about the talking werewolves of Meath, the unfortunate cowboy of Wicklow -- literally half man, half cow -- and his mangled memory of an old Celtic coronation ritual that, in his version, sees the king first having sex with a horse, then bathing in a broth made of the horse’s meat, and then, finally, enjoying a well-earned kingship. Modern commentators tell us that it’s here where Gerald negotiates his own loyalties, divided between his Welsh and Anglo-Norman ancestry, at the expense of the bestialized Irish, who need a firm colonial hand to be brought in line with modernity.
Though these readings work, they leave the first part of the Topography mostly untouched. Again, no wonder: this is where we hear about Ireland itself and its mundane flora and fauna. If your interest’s in humans, or quasi humans, then there’s not much to do here, which is exactly why I’m not going to leave it alone. I’m starting, naturally enough, with the title.
Gerald’s own title for it, used in some manuscripts and, more importantly, in his own several references to it, is just the Topographia Hibernica, the Topography of Ireland, or just the Topographia, without the “History” that its English translators routinely append. That is, without that little human addition. Place is what Gerald thinks the work’s mainly about, not people; or, to put this differently, it’s about what’s there already, and only secondarily about what we do with it. And that’s the structure of the book, which, again, starts with Ireland’s position, its size, and the unevenness and moistness of its terrain.
The word “topographia” is a bit recherché, especially for a book not written in Greek, appearing, it seems, only 3 times in Latin prior to Gerald. Like other rare words, we shouldn’t just brush it aside. Split it up, and it literally means place/writing, topos + graphein. And to talk about writing is what saves this initial place in Gerald’s Topography from being a just a stable place holder for the human and other biotic activity that follows in books two and three. Do me the favor of imagining the inevitable, Derrida’s spectral presence in the background of what follows. Gerald’s writing about place, certainly, but place is also presented as writing, as something that’s there before us and that will outlast us. Ireland, Gerald tells us, has been peopled five or six times since the Flood, with most of these settlements falling to disease, miasmas, or the inevitable Vikings. When Gerald invites his king to conquer Ireland, he’s also promising Henry a possession that can’t be anything but temporary and precarious. Like any other.
So, this Irish place is no foundation for human activity. Again, it’s not a “place holder.” Perhaps on human time scales, certainly, but geologically speaking, no: Gerald’s Ireland is also on the move, and if we start by thinking with the land, as he does, we’ll see it: Ireland’s “nine principal rivers” that divide it are just a start: “many other rivers,” he remarks, are “new, and with regard to the ones mentioned, only recently emerged. They are not,however, smaller than the former, and only on the point of antiquity are they inferior” (O'Meara trans, 36). He identifies a “fantasticam” island somewhere in the Orkneys or Faroes, thronged with phantoms, which sinks whenever anyone comes near, and whose furtive movements stop only when some intrepid sailors frighten off the phantoms with fire (66-67). And though God had promised never to flood the world again for its wickedness, Gerald has God do just that to part of Ulster; the flood-lake is still there, ancient steeples visible in its depths (64-65). And, one more, Gerald wonders how islands in general come to be: sometime after the flood, they emerged, “not violently and suddenly, but little by little, and, as it were, by a washing away” (68) or, depending on how we translate, “by alluvial deposits” (Probabiliter tamen ad hoc dici potest longe post dilivium, terra multiplicatis iam animantibus ubique repleta, non violeter et subito, sed paulatim, et tanquam per eluvionem insulas natas fuisse). For Gerald, land has its own slow vulnerability to water or perhaps it’s a kind of coagulation of water’s flow, a slowing down of floods.
To finish off this opening presentation, I’m going to borrow Steve’s recent habit of ending his papers with a three-point summary or program.
Land is liquid too. It’s a standard move in the so-called “new” materialisms to decry the dominance of the “linguistic turn” and to demand a revaluation of material stuff. My approach to the Topographia might look like that, but I want to stress that this is a materiality where the same weird instability of writing prevails. We’ve not left behind language, but recognized what Derrida could have told us anyhow, that the language/material division, like any other, works imperfectly. Since there’s no master signifier that’s going to stop the movement, Gerald gives us not some “back to the land” authenticity, but rather -- to borrow still more from Steve -- a “post-equilibrial” ecology, unstable and always on the move, where terrestrial solidity looks solid only if we use a human time scale.
We’re also on the move. The Topographia often imagines what we might call spatial taxonomies. Ireland abounds in its own islands and sites that divide men from women, good from evil spirits, fish from, well, other fish. If we remember that Ireland is, like its people, always shifting, we know that these divisions are only temporary. We are all things of the moon, whose constant movement, Gerald tells us, “directs and controls not only the waves of the sea, but also the bone-marrow and brains in all living things as well as the sap of trees and plants” (O'Meara 59). Gerald’s strict divisions -- gender, ethnicity, species -- all of this is on the move.
But place still matters. To say that everything’s temporary is not to say that things don’t really exist. Graham Harman makes what I hope is an obvious point, that things exist no matter their smallness or brevity. For Gerald, these things, temporary nodes in the always shifting field of stuff, have real effects. They are material practices, and these material practices determine who lives, who starves, who gets to live out their life on the land they think their own, and who has to submit to, flee, or be killed by the conqueror. Our frameworks, human or otherwise, matter too. Nothing lasts; everything’s liquid; but things still exist for all that.
Labels: ecocriticism, ecology
Great piece. Wish I could have been there to hear it live!
I'm wondering though if there is a way to excise (human) history from the Topographia [to be true to Gerlad's human history-less title] without removing analysis of the text's political interestedness [to wonder why Gerald wanted to focus more on place than embodied contemporary humans]. That is, by keeping your focus on place, on an Ireland devoid of humans, you are putting into motion a logic true to Gerald in both books 1 and 3 (which argues that Ireland has no native population because it has been resettled so many times, starting with Noah's granddaughter). Removing the history from Ireland and concentrating on place is Gerald's none too subtle way of dispossessing the Irish from their domain. And it works: look at much of the (mostly English) writing on the text prior to the last few decades, which insists that the Topographia is not about people at all. Is there a way to harness OOO and geological time scales and disanthropocentricism that challenges the colonial logic of the text rather than potentially repeats it? Is there something to be made of the fact that both modes of inquiry (Geraldine and disanthropocentric) open spaces where "merely" human concerns like race, gender, and postcoloniality don't necessarily matter that much? I'd like to have both, at the same time. I'd like to have a disanthropocentric criticism that is also always about race, gender, human injustice...
Sorry for all the typos, writing this on an iPad. Just wanted to acknowledge you begin to open that space at the very end (point three) but there again the long durée emphasis, useful and Gerald-like as it is, does potentially turn a specific Irish struggle with some deadly and specific stakes into an eternal "this is what happens in the land" narrative. I guess I'm just trying to work through for myself what a postcolonial object oriented approach would be like. Thanks for this catalysis.
thanks Jeffrey.
The "history" issue is one I turned on a bit during the Q&A. That is, I suspended "history," in a human sense, to bring forward what often gets lost (for worse or often for better) in Gerald criticism, but then we can bring "history" back into it, posthumanely. If things are material practices, and, like any practice, on the move, then the history embedded in and expressed through material practices can't be limited to human activity: to talk of topography means talking about history too.
Which is NOT to say that human activity doesn't matter, just my point in #3, but maybe stated with too much brevity. You say it better: " Is there a way to harness OOO and geological time scales and disanthropocentricism that challenges the colonial logic of the text rather than potentially repeats it?"
One easy way to do this might be to emphasize the particular emplacement of Ireland, i.e., its soil's resistance to poison, suggesting that Ireland has a particular essential thereness for Gerald.
But the other, more honest way, as I know you know, is to resist under- or over-mining: geologic time doesn't have a monopoly on the truth of land, nor does the very small/fast of subatomic time. No particular perspective is the master perspective. The solution to the problem, if we want to call it that, is some conjunction of the inexhaustable and--or because--antifoundational ethics of deconstruction with the heteroperspectivity and universalized correlationism of ooo.
Gerald may actually give us the tools for that, maybe not on purpose. It's obvious that he's divesting the Irish of any foundational claim to their land; and it's obvious too that antifoundational storytelling like Gerald gets deployed for particular rhetorical aims. The same goes for us too, being so fond ourselves of antifoundational thought. Importantly, Gerald also doesn't seem to privilege any one scale over any other. Though his political and personal aims may not be, his curiosity or attention is ecumenical. He thinks deep time, or the time of individuals (like the cow boy of Meath); he recognizes that Ireland's past was also marked by ruptures; he still thinks there's something particular to Ireland, or Iceland, or maybe even the culturally confused Britain he's temporarily left behind, while also telling stories of how these lands and cultures constantly shift. In other words, Gerald's willingness to arrest his attention on any given moment, individual, place, or scale, not matter how long or brief, not matter how large or small, and to freeze that moment in its particularity, with the intensity and love of his curiosity, suggests a multiple perspectivism both in alliance with ooo and with the infinite, unsatisfiable ethics of deconstruction.
How's that sound?
Incidentally, I actually don't know the DEEP TIME, as it were, of Gerald studies. I know the stuff from you and Asa on, minimally, and for this project, I looked mostly at diss's on Gerald's manuscripts and afterlife (David, Sargent, and Rooney). Google scholar since 2007 gets me mostly ethnographic and cultural studies (exoticism, queering, language), barring this, which looks useful; in other words, the concentration on humans seems to going strong in Gerald studies, which means we're overdue for an ecological reaction.
"I know the stuff from you and Asa on, minimally, and for this project, I looked mostly at diss's on Gerald's manuscripts "
I know the stuff from you and Asa on Gerald, and for this project, and for this project" &c.
ASM said...
This IS great, and I love the focus on the name -- I've tended to call it the Topography of Ireland, and thought that the adding of "History" was odd (I forget if I did this in my old article on Gerald). Also, YES, whenever we ignore a section, it is probably work reappraising it! I should look back at it. Or just let you do the heavy lifting and read your writing about it!
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By The Irrawaddy 16 March 2019
Kyaw Zwa Moe: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week we will discuss the actions of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), for which we should say ‘”bravo.” The ACC has filed a complaint against and detained Tanintharyi Region Chief Minister Daw Lei Lei Maw under the Anti-Corruption Law. This is what the majority of the complainants wanted to see. We will discuss how effective the ACC was over the last year, what its shortcomings are and how important it is to fight corruption to establish democracy. Daw Moe Moe Tun, leading member of the MATA (Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability) and GPS (Genuine People’s Servants) director and Access to Justice Initiative leading member Ko Thwin Lin Aung join me to discuss this. I’m The Irrawaddy English editor Kyaw Zwa Moe.
From the point of view of the people and of public spending, it is good news. The National League for Democracy (NLD) has taken harsh action against a minister it appointed. What is your assessment of the ACC since it was formed in November 2017? How much are you satisfied with its actions?
Moe Moe Tun: After it was reformed in 2017, it tried to engage with civil society organizations and the general public. And the Anti-Corruption Law of the previous government was a mere anti-bribery law. The commission also amended it. Though it is still not perfect, it has become better compared to the past. Though the commission still has shortcomings, it deserves credit for taking action against a chief minister, as in Daw Lei Lei Maw’s case. But still, questions remain. We’ve always asked them how far they can go.
KZM: Why?
MMT: The commission can launch investigations into civil servants who appear to be suspiciously wealthy at its own discretion. But in our country there are many corruption scandals [involving civil servants] besides Daw Lei Lei Maw. And there are cases in which the ACC said that by law it couldn’t take action. So we always question how independent it is in reality.
KZM: Its independence will reflect how much integrity it has. The ACC set out six codes of ethics in May 2018. They are integrity, independency, accountability, transparency, fairness and inclusiveness. Ko Thwin Lin Aung, I think it all depends on political will, the commitment to fight corruption. U Thein Sein’s administration did not handle any corruption case effectively, and it lacked political will. What is your assessment of the current situation?
Thwin Lin Aung: Optimistically, as the current government has the will to fight corruption, there is increased anti-corruption activity, which is good. But its independence, the second point you mentioned, is negative.
TLA: The anti-corruption commission should take necessary action at its own discretion without fear or favor.
KZM: But ACC Chairman U Aung Kyi has said so unequivocally.
TLA: But the reality is not the case. The commission under U Thein Sein’s government did not work effectively. At that time it was not chaired by U Aung Kyi, and it barely worked. Under the NLD government, especially after U Win Myint became president, the government has worked actively to fight corruption, and the ACC has followed suit. But there are things the government is unwilling to do. We are satisfied with the ACC’s action in Daw Lei Lei Maw’s case. We praise it. But it appears the ACC touched the case only after lawmakers filed a complaint. But according to the amendments introduced in 2018, the commission can launch an investigation once a scandal erupts. The scandal broke some three or four months before lawmakers filed a complaint. There was a flurry of posts by Tanintharyi locals on social media. So there are such restrictions. And there are also restrictions imposed by the 2008 Constitution. Chairman U Aung Kyi himself has spoken about it.
KZM: What are they?
TLA: For example, in the cases that involve the Tatmadaw [military], the commission can do nothing even if it receives complaints. The law states that any matter related to the Tatmadaw can be handled only by the Tatmadaw, and nobody can intervene. There are big restrictions such as this.
KZM: According to the ACC, most of the complaints that are filed involved [civil servants in] Yangon Region. But little action has been taken in Yangon against bribery and corruption. And in the case of [Yangon] Attorney General U Han Htoo, the president had to intervene. It appears as though the case would not have been revealed otherwise. What can the commission do to respond to scandals not only after receiving complaints? I’ve read about an official complaint by former Yangon Region lawmaker Daw Nyo Nyo Thin regarding the report of the Yangon Region auditor-general and the loss of public funds. We have heard nothing [from the ACC] in response. What is your view on this?
MMT: Let’s take a look into cases it has handled. The ACC took action in U Han Htoo’s case at the instruction of the president. Lawmakers including the Parliament speaker filed a complaint with the president. So the commission conducted an investigation at the instruction of the president. This is what we presume, and the reality is not different. So we have always asked about the extent of its authority. We’ve asked recently and are still asking today.
KZM: You asked the commission?
MMT: I will keep asking. We should question its authority and independence, because it did not take action immediately after the scandals but only after the president gave approval. Regarding the complaint by Daw Nyo Nyo Thin that the Yangon Region government’s proposed projects were not in line with the development program based on the Yangon Region audit, it is clear that it is the case. But the commission didn’t take action. So we should ask who we, the general public, should file complaints with. But to draw a conclusion from its current behavior, the final decision is made by the president.
KZM: It has to do fact-finding to take legal action. As I’ve said, the political will is the key factor at play. There were many problems due to the lack of political will under U Thein Sein’s government. The commission has the political will, but its mandate is limited. So what suggestions can experts and CSOs [civil society organizations] make to improve the situation?
TLA: Regarding independence, CSOs and those who have the right background should be appointed to the commission to ensure checks and balances. And there must be legal guarantees, which also concerns independence. When the Anti-Corruption Law was amended for the fourth time in 2018, the one and only legal guarantee [added] was the provision that allows investigations in response to scandals. And we have called for the review of another amendment that criminalizes the bribe giver. We divide bribery in two: positive bribery and negative bribery. Some give bribes for their personal interest out of greed. In that case, it is OK to take action against the giver. But on the other hand, there are cases in which one has to give bribes to prevent suffering, for example bribing [hospital officials] to get a medical operation done for their children. So we have called for amending the law in that regard. But it was not changed. In some cases it [the ACC] pardoned the givers as prosecution witnesses. In Daw Lei Lei Maw’s case, as the givers gave out of greed, they were arrested. Another thing is that it can’t take action directly against a civil servant because of the Civil Servant Law. It has to inform the heads of the concerned departments. The commission said in its statement that although it received complaints against over 20 [civil servants], it could only take action against six or so. It appears the others fled after their department heads were informed by the ACC. So we proposed changes to cover this weakness. But no amendment was made. But as the president is willing [to fight corruption], it has issued an order to departments to take immediate action once informed by the ACC. It is working for the time being, but it is not a legal guarantee. It is because of the president. But what about when there is a new president? And what if the new president has no will? We have these questions. Overall, there must be independence. To ensure independence, there must be diversity within the commission. Only then will there be checks and balances within the commission to ensure independence. Another thing is that there must be strong legal guarantees. At present the commission is just acting according to the green light given by the government. It brakes when there is a yellow light. It appears that it braked when a yellow light appeared in Yangon and Tanintharyi.
KZM: State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visited Tanintharyi and heard first-hand accounts. After she received the complaints herself, [the ACC] took quicker action. U Aung Kyi said that when the commission helped form corruption prevention units [in ministries], departments were reluctant to cooperate. To what extent does this represent a challenge for the ACC?
MMT: As we are engaged in EITI [Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative], we have to work together with many bureaucrats from the departments, and there are big challenges. Taking a look at the extractive industry, we found that the entire industry is systemically corrupt. So it will be a huge challenge for the ACC to form corruption prevention units.
KZM: As far as I know, only one unit has been formed so far, in the Construction Ministry.
MMT: For example, if a corruption prevention unit is to be formed under Ministry of Electricity and Energy, there will be problems between them. They won’t like being put under surveillance. So there are a lot of challenges. It is the right move to take action against the [Tanintharyi Region] chief minister. It has increased the credibility of both the government and the NLD. But there are still many bureaucrats who commit corruption regularly. There is a need to take action against them. That’s why we have been asking the commission if there are restrictions and if it has challenges fighting corruption. We, MATA, cooperate [with the ACC] because we have trust in U Aung Kyi. But it is very difficult for us to trust other members of the commission. Only when people think they can trust them will they file complaints. People are reluctant to file complaints because they don’t trust them.
KZM: When the previous commission was re-formed, 10 of the 12 members were replaced.
TLA: Most of them were replaced.
KZM: It is very difficult to change minds. From top to bottom, [the bureaucracy] is used to this [corruption]. All Asian countries are used to this. Laos and Myanmar are ranked together [on the Corruption Perceptions Index] by Transparency International. We are ranked 130 out of 180 countries.
TLA: It is 132 now.
KZM: So it has declined a bit. But it has improved compared to the period from 2012 to 2015. Some say that [the government] is brave to designate Yangon Region corruption-free. In reality that is impossible. So how long do you think it will take Myanmar to reduce corruption and improve its rank even if government leaders have the political will and the commission can work more effectively with greater independence?
MMT: It will take time, because people voluntarily pay grease money at departments to get things done more quickly. So each and every citizen must change this practice. So it will take time to get people to change their minds. If people have greater trust in the commission, this will be quicker. So far we have not seen the commission taking action in response to scandals. It takes action only after the president gives instructions. If the commission takes actions in response to scandals, it will win the trust of the people, and the process of changing people’s minds will be quicker.
KZM: The system has been corrupt from about 60 years, since the time of the Burma Socialist Program Party. So it will take time. Thank you both for your comments.
Topics: Corruption, Dateline
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Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, left, expresses his displeasure with Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, right, as Sen. Tom Begich listens, during debate on the capital budget in the Senate at the Capitol on Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
One session ends as another one is set outside Juneau
PFD, infrastructure budget left unfinished
by Alex McCarthy
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Alaska’s lawmakers are going back to school.
An hour after the Legislature wrapped up its first special session, Gov. Mike Dunleavy called the Legislature into another session — one that will begin July 8 at Wasilla Middle School. The session is specifically for legislators to set an amount for this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend, according to Dunleavy’s announcement.
During the 29-day special session, the Legislature passed an operating budget that is $190 million lower than last year’s budget and passed a crime bill that increases sentences for many crimes. Lawmakers were unable to reach an agreement on the amount of the PFD, with both houses split on the issue. Dunleavy has said he will veto any dividend legislation that does not include a $3,000 PFD for this year. A working group of four senators and four representatives began meeting this week to start drafting recommendations for the Legislature on the future of the dividend.
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Legislators will also have to reach an agreement about how to fund the state’s capital budget, which allocates money for infrastructure projects around the state. The House voted Wednesday to approve the overall budget, but did not get enough votes to approve funding from the Constitutional Budget Reserve. Three-quarters of the Legislature must vote to pull from that fund, and the House fell short of that, as the vote was 23-14 in favor.
Legislators, as well as municipal leaders throughout the state, are in wait-and-see mode as they await possible governor vetoes on the operating budget. Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon told media members Thursday that Dunleavy’s vetoes on the operating budget will affect how the Legislature can fund the capital budget.
“We’ve not had a lot of communication with the governor or his staff,” Edgmon said, “so it’s been difficult at times to sort of put these pieces into place.”
Representatives walk out of the House after adjournment on Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Concerns about Wasilla
A legislative session has not happened outside of Juneau or Anchorage, and many in the Legislature are concerned about the logistics of holding a session in Wasilla.
The main argument against having a session in Wasilla is that the city is not designed to house a Legislature. In a recent interview, Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said sessions should be held in Juneau because Juneau has the Capitol building and office space for lawmakers and their staff. Stevens said he was particularly concerned about Gavel to Gavel, a service through 360 North that live streams and archives floor sessions and committee hearings.
“The biggest and most important thing to me is Gavel to Gavel,” Stevens said. “If we are here in the Capitol, Gavel to Gavel will cover us and the public will know what’s going on. If we go to Anchorage or Wasilla, we’re not going to have Gavel to Gavel.”
The Legislative Affairs Agency put together a six-page list of logistical concerns about a session at Wasilla Middle School in response to the governor’s proposal. In that response, LAA states that Gavel to Gavel would not be at the session in Wasilla under the governor’s proposal.
The list was supplied to media members recently. Concerns include the lack of a setup for useful cameras and recording devices, referring back to poor recordings from a 2015 special session in Anchorage.
“The historical record and the people of Alaska deserve better than the spotty recordings of the 2015 Anchorage special session,” the memo states.
The governor’s proposal includes that his office would have access to all of the school’s security cameras, according to the LAA response, which LAA stated is “not appropriate.” There are not sufficient sound systems for floor sessions, no setup for people to be able to teleconference into meetings, not enough plug-ins for phones and computers, poor cell and internet service, and there’s a lack of reasonable lodging nearby, according to LAA’s response.
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The response also includes a line saying there’s a way for the Legislature to get out of this.
“The Legislature has a remedy if it does not agree with the location designated by the governor — the Legislature can adjourn from the special session without taking action,” the response states.
Dunleavy has asserted that having a session on the road system will result in more face-to-face interaction between constituents and legislators. Dunleavy’s family has lived in Wasilla since 2004, according to his biography on the state’s website, and was a state senator representing Wasilla.
One legislator who agrees with him is Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla.
“The people of Alaska feel betrayed and alienated by those in Juneau,” Eastman wrote in an email to the Empire. “It is important that the legislature conduct business on the road system as a step towards restoring rapport with the people and allowing the 700,000 Alaskans who don’t live in the Juneau Borough the opportunity to interact with their legislators in person during the legislative session.”
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Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, told the Empire recently that when the Legislature held a session in Anchorage in 2015, not many members of the public came. Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, said in an interview that even if people did show up, their opinions might not sway legislators, who are elected to represent their own communities.
“None of my Anchorage colleagues vote based on the Juneau residents who have a protest on the steps, and none of my Nome or Bethel colleagues will vote based on a protest in Wasilla,” Kiehl said. “We’ll represent our constituents.”
• Contact reporter Alex McCarthy at amccarthy@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @akmccarthy.
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Kamloops Sports Legacy announces funding for 37 local organizations
Mar 7, 2019 3:35 PM by: Eric Thompson
Kamloops Youth Soccer Association received $5,000 for coaching development in this year's Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund grants. (via Brendan Kergin)
Less grant funding was distributed by the Kamloops Sports Legacy Fund this year, but more local organizations will benefit from the $343,000 awarded to community sports programming.
Overall, 37 organizations will receive funding from the Sports Legacy Fund in 2019. In 2018, a total of $425,000 in grant funding was awarded to 32 organizations.
The biggest contributions went to the PacificSport Interior BC for $80,000, Kamloops KidSport chapter for $30,000 and Thompson Rivers University (TRU) athletic scholarships for $25,000, all of which are multi-year commitments and not subject to the yearly application process. The TRU scholarships are matched by the university.
Of the pool of fall applicants, 33 organizations got funding for equipment, coach and professional development or uniforms. Groups like the Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club received $9,000 to put toward a new boat trailer, while the Kamloops Seniors Table Tennis Activity Club only needed $391 for new equipment.
Other grants included: $8,139 for the Kamloops Curling Club for a new glass washer, $7,000 for the Kamloops Adapted Sports Association for two new wheelchairs and $6,500 for the Kamloops Track and Field Club for a laser distance measure.
The ProHop Basketball Club, Royal Canadian Air Cadets and Team Calhoun curling all received their first grant funding from the Sports Legacy fund this year.
A full summary of the allocations is available online.
The application for next year's funding begins Oct. 1 and closes Nov. 30.
A Kamloops professor and his student are working to help police stop lone wolf attacks
Two B.C. restaurants in the running in Canada’s Best Restroom contest
Kamloops RCMP looking for man who went missing from local campground
About the Author: Eric Thompson
It's 2019 and Eric Thompson still gets paid to write about news. What a world we live in!
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Lowell Elementary hosts cheer rally ahead of testing
by: Matt Holsen
Posted: May 6, 2019 / 05:21 PM CDT / Updated: May 6, 2019 / 05:21 PM CDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The hallways are full of cheers at Lowell Elementary in Sioux Falls this week.
In an effort to pump up students in kindergarten through second grade ahead of “MAP” testing, the older kids are lining the hallways and hosting a cheer rally. “MAP” testing is used to track students’ progress in the classroom throughout the year. Second-grader A’Nahji Butler says the encouragement is appreciated.
“Yeah they help. They help a lot and they make some of us feel better,” Butler said.
“So that the kids know that if you work hard and you set goals, you’re probably going to have a lot of success later. But it’s not always easy, it takes grit. It takes perseverance,” teacher Jessica Ries said.
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School Bus Inc. sees shortage of bus drivers six weeks before school starts
by Lauren Soulek / Jul 9, 2019
There are only six weeks left before kids head back to school in Sioux Falls. While families might not be ready to start preparing, there's one business in town that needs some help.
School Bus Inc. has about 50 drivers ready to drive kids in the Sioux Falls school district.
Mickelson, Baker discuss school boundaries
by Dan Santella / Jul 9, 2019
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- On Monday the leadership of the Sioux Falls School District changed- Cynthia Mickelson was elected president of the school board, and Nan Baker was sworn in as a new board member.
The district's future looks different too. The district has new buildings on the way: Ben Reifel Middle School and Thomas Jefferson High School, both of which are set to open in 2021. There's also going to be a new elementary school.
Fiegen Construction wins bid to build new middle school
by Mitch Klein / Jul 8, 2019
We now know who is going to be building the Sioux Falls School District's new middle school.
Fiegen Construction won the Ben Reifel Middle School construction contract. Jeff Kreiter with the Sioux Falls School District says it had the lowest bid. The district says the project is now more than $3 million under budget.
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Suspect in deadly shooting receives 15 year prison sentence
MADISON, S.D. (KELO) – A judge has sentenced a suspect in connection with a deadly shooting at a home on Lake Madison.
Joseph Schmitz was sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter.
In January, Schmitz pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the shooting death of Corina Booth. But last week, he testified that he was so groggy from medications and a lack of sleep that he doesn’t remember entering that plea. However, the judge denied his request to take it back.
Sentencing was supposed to be at 9 a.m. on Friday but was delayed. KELOLAND’s Perry Groten reports authorities said that Schmitz was being difficult.
We’ll have additional details from the courtroom later in the day on KELOLAND News and KELOLAND.com.
Get the latest on this story and other headlines by downloading the KELOLAND News app.
Joseph Schmitz sentenced to 15 years for killing his fiancée in 2016 #kelonews pic.twitter.com/7nogvEZ1vY— Perry Groten (@KELOPerry) June 7, 2019
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Policy Academic Misconduct Procedure
Academic Misconduct Procedure
This procedure outlines the University’s management of allegations of academic misconduct by students as referenced in the Student Code of Conduct, Examination Requirements, Learning, Teaching and Assessment Policy, and the Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, in order to maintain the academic and research integrity and standing of the University.
All students undertaking study or research with James Cook University in respect of all actions and activities (including inaction or inactivity) relating to the conduct of academic work. Academic Misconduct may occur with:
assignments, essays and other forms of course or subject assessment that are not invigilated;
practicums or placements;
examinations, tests and other forms of assessment that are invigilated;
research activities including seeking ethical and other clearances required prior to commencing research, collecting, storing and disclosing data, using the intellectual property of others, data analysis and reporting;
theses and other work presented as part of higher degrees by research, honours and other postgraduate awards.
Except as otherwise specified in this procedure, the meaning of terms used in this procedure are as per the Student Code of Conduct. Other terms used in this procedure may also be found in the Policy Glossary.
Academic Misconduct
The Code of Conduct defines Academic Misconduct as conduct on the part of a student that attempts or succeeds to obtain unfair academic advantage through misrepresentation, plagiarising, colluding, falsification, cheating, use of social relationships with academic staff or any other breach of academic integrity for their own gain or the benefit of others.
Instances of Academic Misconduct include:
a) cheating, collusion and plagiarism (including self-plagiarism);
b) making a false representation as to a matter affecting a student as a student;
c) tampering, or attempting to tamper, with examination papers, scripts, class work, grades or academic records;
d) breaching the examination requirements in an attempt to disrupt an examination or to gain an academic advantage;
e) failing to abide by reasonable directions of a member of academic staff in relation to academic matters, including directions regarding individual responsibility for the submission of assessable work;
f) the improper use of University facilities, information or the intellectual property of others without permission;
g) acquiring, or attempting to acquire, possess, or distribute examination materials or information about assessment without approval;
h) impersonating another student, or arranging for anyone to impersonate a student, in an examination, assessment task, prerequisite or assessment hurdle;
i) submitting any document or file that the University requires of the student to meet academic requirements (eg. medical certificate or other supporting documentation, placement evaluations) which has been altered, fabricated, or, which fraudulently attempts to certify, confirm or authorise the information it contains;;
j) altering a group’s submission for assessment without the participating students’ consent;
k) failing to comply with a penalty imposed under this procedure; or
l) any other acts or omissions not included in a) - k) above which in the opinion of the Chair of the Academic Board reasonably represents Academic Misconduct or a breach of the Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research.
Any person; including staff, students, members of the University community or public; may refer an instance of suspected Academic Misconduct to the University.
1. Process for referring suspected Academic Misconduct – all coursework students
1.1 All relevant materials associated with the suspected Academic Misconduct must be provided to the University, regardless of the nature of the allegation. The following Policy breaches may be referred to the Student Code of Conduct for resolution and where it is alleged Academic Misconduct is the conduct breached:
Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement Policy
Learning Teaching and Assessment Policy
Intellectual Property Policy and Procedure
Copyright Policy and Procedure
ICT Acceptable Use Policy
1.2 Allegations of academic misconduct related to invigilated examinations conducted by Student Services as part of the formal examination period will be referred to the Director, Student Services. Allegations of academic misconduct related to all other assessment will be referred to the relevant Academic Head.
1.3 The Director, Student Services, or Academic Head will, within 10 university working days of receiving the referral, conduct a preliminary evaluation of the allegation and determine an appropriate action based on the evidence provided. If the Head is the academic staff member in charge of the subject, the College Dean shall adopt the ‘one up rule’ and undertake the delegation.
1.4 Within the 10 day period allowed at 1.3:
The Director, Student Services or Academic Head will dismiss the matter if the evidence is insufficient, or the allegation(s) is deemed to be unfounded or trivial, and send written advice of the dismissal and reasons for the dismissal to the referring person; and provide advice to the student where appropriate, or
If sufficient detail and evidence is available to enable an allegation(s) to be put to the student the Academic Head may do so under clause 3 below – noting:
matters which are deemed to be Minor or Moderate in severity as specified in appendix 2 of the Student Code of Conduct will be considered and decided by the Academic Head at clause 3 ; or
matters of a Serious nature, as specified in appendix 2 of the Student Code of Conduct, will be considered and decided by the Dean of the College at clause 3.
2. Process for referring suspected Academic Misconduct – postgraduate research students
2.1 Suspected Academic Misconduct by a Research Higher Degree student in relation to any assessment, thesis presentation or other assessable work contributing towards Awards of the University administered by a College shall be referred to the relevant Academic Head (as the authorised delegate). If the Academic Head is on the Advisory Panel, the College Dean shall adopt the ‘one up rule’ and undertake the delegation.
2.2 Suspected Academic Misconduct in relation to a research higher degree administered by the Research Education Subcommittee shall be referred to the Dean, Graduate Research (as the authorised delegate). If the Dean, Graduate Research, is the Principal Supervisor of the student against whom the allegation is made, the Provost shall perform the delegation of the Dean, Graduate Research Studies.
3. Responsibility of the authorised delegate or person considering the allegation
3.1 The person considering the allegation (ie Academic Head or Dean) will within 15 university working days of receiving the allegation, notify the student in writing that an allegation of Academic Misconduct has been made against them. The student will be provided with sufficient detail, including supplying any evidence provided, to enable them to understand the precise nature of the allegation, and to properly respond to it
3.2 A student who receives notice of allegation(s) is required to respond in writing within 10 university working days and will subsequently attend a hearing with the authorised delegate (ie Academic Head or Dean). The hearing will be scheduled as soon as practicable, by the relevant College or Divisional office, but will not be sooner than ten working days after the allegations have been sent, in order to allow sufficient time for the student time to seek advice and/or support.
3.3 A student may be assisted by a support person or representative (such as a JCUSA Student Advocate) to prepare a written response to the allegation(s) and/or when attending the hearing with the authorised delegate, but may not be legally represented. An administrative support person will attend the hearing to record the discussion and outcomes (see clause 6 below).
3.4 If the student does not respond within ten (10) working days of the notification, or otherwise fails to engage in the process, this does not halt the misconduct process, and the authorised delegate will move to clause 3.6.
3.5 The authorised delegate considering the allegations and the student response will then determine whether the allegation is proven or not proven on the balance of probability, after considering:
the materials provided by the person alleging the Academic Misconduct weighing up the sufficiency and reliability of various evidence;
any oral and/or written testimony provided by the student or evidence relevant to the allegation.
3.6 Within ten (10) working days of the hearing, the authorised delegate (ie Academic Head or Dean) will notify the student of the decision regarding the allegations and, if the decision is that Academic Misconduct did occur, the penalty applied (as per appendix 2 of the Student Code of Conduct). The outcome letter must contain detail of the considerations made in determining the matter, reasons for the decision, and information about the students’ rights of appeal. The outcome letter must also be communicated as appropriate to the relevant College or Divisional office and/or to examinations staff in Student Services for any record keeping or other actions required.
3.7 Where any allegation of Academic Misconduct has been proven, in addition to any action imposed under the relevant clauses, the student must be offered counselling by the Academic Head or Dean of the importance of maintaining high levels of academic integrity in Australian universities and advice on the possible consequences of any further Academic Misconduct.
3.8 Where instances of second or repeat offences of academic misconduct are proven the authorised delegate will consider the application of more serious penalties as specified in appendix 2 of the Student Code of Conduct.
4. Appeal against a University decision
4.1 A student who remains dissatisfied with a University decision regarding misconduct should refer to the Student Appeal Policy and Procedures.
5. External Appeal
5.1 A student who remains dissatisfied after the internal appeal process has been completed can make a formal complaint to an external body including the Queensland Ombudsman, the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland or the Australian Human Rights Commission.
6. Keeping records regarding Academic Misconduct
6.1 All misconduct related matters will be documented consistent with University records policies. Notes and documentation must be kept at all stages of the misconduct process including records of hearings, discussions, and precautionary actions proposed or taken. These documents may be used in Appeal processes.
6.2 All records and notes produced and documents considered must be stored using TRIM in an appropriate and confidential file in line with University policy.
6.3 Where the allegation of Academic Misconduct against the student is proved:
the outcome letter, including details of the type of Academic Misconduct and the penalty imposed shall be recorded on the student record using TRIM; and
the existence of a proven allegation of Academic Misconduct will be noted on the student’s record on the Student Management System. This information will not appear on the official transcript of a student’s academic record unless the seriousness of the offence warrants public or professional disclosure.
7. Confidentiality
7.1 The proceedings of any allegation of Academic Misconduct shall be treated as confidential and in the strictest privacy.
Related policy instruments
HDR Code of Practice
Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
ICT Acceptable Use Procedure
Student Complaint Management Policy and Procedures
Bullying, Discrimination, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Policy
Sexual Assault Procedure
Sexual Harassment Procedure
Student Appeal Policy
Student Appeal Procedure
Approval Details
Procedure Sponsor/s
DVC Students
Approval Authority
Date for next review
Approval date
Implementation date
19-3 10/07/2019 11/07/2019 Minor amendment to clarify responsibilities regarding para 1.4 Director, Student Services
19-2 06/06/2019 06/06/2019 Amendments to clarify responsibilities and timeframes, include post-graduate coursework and clarify record keeping requirements. Director, Student Services
Procedure established
Vanessa Cannon, Chief of Staff
Contact person Director, Student Services
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Model motion on disciplinary procedures
Given that the General Secretary has circulated a ruling that appears to rule out discussion of the suspension of Chris Williamson, we sugest that the motion below might be worth considering.
Model Motion
6th March 15.30; amended 18.40; amended 7th March 16.53
Calling on Jennie Formby to review guidance on current disciplinary cases
This branch notes that Jennie Formby has ruled “that individual disciplinary cases that are being/have been dealt with through the NEC Disputes Processes are confidential. Motions on individual cases are therefore not competent business for discussion at CLPs and will not be discussed by the NEC or any associated bodies”. Yet the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and a number of other members of the PLP have commented extensively in the media on disciplinary cases currently before the NEC.
This branch believes that this is a clear breach of the confidentiality Jennie Formby refers to in her guidance. This branch also believes that it is unfair for members of the PLP to be allowed to breach Party rules while CLPs and individual members are held strictly to account.
This branch therefore calls on Jennie Formby to review her guidance, particularly with regard to current disciplinary cases, and to say publicly whether members of the PLP are to be held to the same standards as CLPs and ordinary members.
In addition, this branch calls on Jennie Formby to rule that those individuals who have been suspended, and who have been subjected to extensive allegations of antisemitism and abuse in the media by leading party members, can no longer receive a fair hearing and that their suspensions should be lifted.
Linda Edmondson says:
6th March 2019 at 15:59
This witch hunt is becoming ever more farcical, but also ever more frightening. I support your proposed model motion and hope it is adopted by CLPs everywhere. The suspension of Jo Bird is beyond farcical – it seems that a non-Jew can tell a Jew that the little jokes or puns they indulge in are antisemitic! Is this the end of Jewish jokes in this country? That would put a nail in Jewish culture, wouldn’t it?
And in case you haven’t seen this latest mini-scandal, courtesy of Stephen Kinnock, you may want to circulate it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47453711
You will be pleased to know that at the Ludlow CLP meeting on 28 February, a motion to affiliate to JVL was passed overwhelmingly – the CLP secretary may already have notified you of this. We ran out of time to discuss the Chris Williamson suspension, but I have no doubt that we would have voted to support him – at least three emergency motions to this effect had been proposed.
Terence McGinity says:
I’m waiting to see whether my Motion based on the above will be allowed. It appears it requires ‘validation’. Oh, well, if it isn’t allowed I’ll amend it.
I once played in The Crucible at The Crucible Sheffield. Strange feelings of deja vu, because I feel I can’t defend any of the ‘accused’ by guilt of association. But even when it comes to the notion of ‘Fairness’ regarding the ruling of not speaking out on Individual Cases heaven forbid that members of the PLP who defame the accused through the media should be criticized.
I can see no reason why my Motion shouldn’t be allowed. It doesn’t have to be controversial; just asking for fairness.
I’m very glad for JVL otherwise one could feel quite alone at these times.
When I worked at The Freedom Theatre in Jenin run by an Israeli I met up with many Israelis defending the Rights of Palestinians. The Labour Party should not forget that there will be many Israelis mourning, for instance, the recent shooting of a fifteen year old Palestinian child by the IDF.
Am I allowed to say this?
I feel I need to add to my last post that my criticism of the Israeli Government and IDF in no way diminishes my understanding of the fears Jewish people may have especially in this time of Far Right rise in Racism and antisemitism. My mother’s family some time along the line came from the Pogroms too.
All the more important then is it to get a true picture borne out of the figures released by Jennie Formby as to the extent of antisemitism in the Labour Party. It is crucial that reported cases are dealt with ‘Due Process and Natural Justice’. It is crucial that the Chakrabati Report be adhered to. And Lord Falconer needs to apply ‘due process’ too before any pronouncements on matters which he has not yet investigated.
Fear is a terrible and useful tool in politics. History teaches us not to remain silent.
Lea bentley says:
10th March 2019 at 16:09
I support your proposed model motion.
John Abraham says:
23rd March 2019 at 22:16
A version of this motion was passed today by Monmouth CLP
Daniel Waterman says:
31st March 2019 at 18:59
I would like to propose that JVL should condemn in no uncertain words any attempt by Labour to police itself through inquiries into antisemtism as these have themselves turned into political purges and have made it easier for these accusations to be levelled. Furthermore, these inquiries take place behind closed doors which allows the media to spin them any which way and spares those making spurious complaints from any consequences. The proper way to deal with such matters is to refer them to the courts if the allegations are serious enough.
The witch hunt at Westminster
Model Motion in support of Chris Williamson MP
Jennie Formby faces up to Tom Watson as he challenges her authority
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AudioPhiladelphia, PA
pledged of $4,000pledged of $4,000 goal
Funding Canceled
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on Oct 17 2018
Tales & Tomes Season 1: Tékumel (Canceled)
A five part documentary telling the story of Professor M.A.R. Barker's fantasy world of Tékumel and the games based on it.
Joshua Wise
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The Tales & Tomes Series is an idea for a free audio documentary series that started to reveal itself when we did an episode of our show the PDP-10 Podcast for our podcasting network All Ports Open. We were looking for pieces of early gaming history that we might be able to unearth for some of our listeners and we came across a fascinating piece of gaming history in M.A.R. Barker’s Tékumel. As we started looking into the complicated and fascinating history of Professor Barker’s world and games, we realized that a single episode of a discussion podcast wouldn’t be enough. The topic deserved a much greater level of research and production to give it its due.
M.A.R. Barker running Tékumel
With that idea in hand, we started brainstorming what the best way to tackle the project would be. We realized that we could try to just do it on our own, and we could probably put something passable together. But the brass ring for this project is, for us, a very high level of production inspired by podcast documentaries like Serial and deeply researched podcasts like Hardcore History. To reach these levels of quality and content, we realized that we need some kind of backing. So, the idea of making this a kickstarter came to us.
For Tales & Tomes, we want to bring you the stories of somewhat obscure games from gaming history. Now, there may be a lot of you who know the games we talk about. You might not even think they are all that obscure. But as gamers for most of our lives, we are picking games that have lived in our blind spots. We are willing to bet that there are educated and interested gamers who either haven’t heard of them or want to know a lot more.
We are starting this series with Tékumel, the setting of M.A.R. Barker’s game Empire of the Petal Throne and subsequent publications, because it has an incredible story that needs to be told. Professor Barker began working on Tékumel as a child and continued to expand it over the next 70 years. We will be working closely with people who knew Phil Barker, were friends with him, played with him, and who have continued his legacy. We want to talk to the people who have kept this game alive in media, in research, and on their table-tops.
Empire of the Petal Throne (TSR, 1975)
Beyond that, we want to help keep the games we discuss alive ourselves. And so, with the documentaries we do, we want to produce accompanying PDFs, The Tome, that will be an homage to magazines like The Dragon and White Dwarf, featuring written pieces about the games, interviews, house rules, and gaming content. We’d also like your help on this (see the Creator level below). We want to make these games live in a way that pays the honor to them that they deserve.
So, why us? Why should we make this? First, we have some material resources and personal contacts in the gaming world, particularly relating to Tékumel. Our team has extensive gaming experience (which isn’t that rare), but we also have a lot of experience with telling stories through the audio medium. Our producers include the writer and producer of the audio drama The Adventures of Lord Dinby Whitherspoon, Duke of Space, research documentary podcast episodes of the show Priestpulse, and the real-play podcasts Pod of Love and Refugees of Esmerelda. Further, our team has extensive research experience, as it includes the editor of the book Past the Sky’s Rim: The Elder Scrolls and Theology.
The All Ports Open Network
We have laid out a series of exciting stretch goals. We will be unveiling them, one-by-one, as we move forward with this Kickstarter. We spent a lot of time coming up with stretch goals that we think the people interested in this project will love and we are excited to share them with you.
We have plans for further seasons, as well, which we will talk more about if there is interest in our first season.
Finally, we want to hear from you. If you play these games, if you played them in the past, or if you have special insight into them, we would love to talk to you! You can reach us at tomes@allportsopen.com or back the project at the Field Reporter level.
War of Wizards (TSR, 1975)
Episode 1: Tékumel, a Primer
Episode 2: The Good Professor
Episode 3: The game in the 70’s
Episode 4: The game in the 80’s and 90’s
Episode 5: The game in the 21st Century
Each documentary will be a collection of narrative, interviews, and play. We will delve into the history of Tékumel, its unique contributions to gaming, and the personalities that surround it. We hope to begin releasing the episodes in Fall of 2019.
Along with each documentary episode, we will produce a PDF zine called "The Tome" full of information, images, and gaming content (characters, items, adventure ideas).
The Tome (Mockup designed by Joshua Wise)
Our project relies heavily on the participation and cooperation of others who we will be interviewing. This puts our project on uncertain ground if we cannot secure good, reliable interviews. However, we have mitigated this risk by securing good, reliable sources who have expressed enthusiastic interest in helping us with this project.
We currently do not have the express support of the Tekumel Foundation and thus cannot, in good conscience, use copyrighted materials in the documentaries without this support. However, we have reached out to the foundation and hope to secure their cooperation soon. As well, since we are relying on narrative and interviews, substantial use of copyrighted materials is not central to this project.
Pledge US$ 1 or more About US$ 1.00
We will list your name on our Thank You page on AllPortsOpen.Com.
Your name on our Thank You page and access to the documentaries’ discussion boards. We will also shoot you a thank you message on Twitter.
Named Scribe
- Contributor rewards and access to our development blog where we will update the progress of the documentaries. - Send us the name of your Tékumel character and a bio (and a picture of the character if you like) and we’ll include that character and bio (pending minor editing) in one of the five issues of our magazine "The Tome" that we release with the documentary. (Released with each episode)
Contributor rewards and access to our development blog where we will update the progress of the documentaries.
Scribe and Contributor rewards as well as access to several unedited audio interviews from the documentary. These will become available within a month of the release of the last episode of the documentary.
Estimated delivery Oct 2019
Field Reporter
You also have the opportunity to contribute to the documentaries. This backer level allows you to create a 3-5 minute segment for the documentaries that will (pending editing and review) be included in the documentaries themselves, or in a supplemental episode if we can’t find a suitable place for them. Historian, Scribe, and Contributor rewards included.
A recorded online one and a half hour chat of game brainstorming that you get to keep with 2 of the producers of the show! Discuss your upcoming campaign, adventure, setting, characters, etc. Collaboratively create maps, settings, NPCs, and more.
Includes Historian, Scribe, and Contributor rewards.
Old School Player
Get involved in an old-school play by mail (real mail, real paper, real stamps) Tékumel adventure! Blaine or Joshua will GM a game for you and you’ll play together for at least 6 months. You can play as part of a party, or a solo adventure.
Do you have something you’d like to advertise during the documentaries? We will have two advertising spots available for each episode of the show, one at the beginning and one in the middle of the show. If you back at this level we will do an up to 30 second advertisement for your website, product, show, whatever, as long as it doesn’t fall under a few select categories (guns, alcohol, porn, drugs). You can provide us with the commercials, or with a script, or let us write one up for you!
A recorded online (skype, gchat, etc) (or in person if you live in the Philadelphia area) adventure using Roll20.com of up to 4 sessions (up to 2 hours each) in a classic gaming system where either you DM for us, or we DM and play with you! Includes Historian, Scribe, and Contributor rewards.
You will receive a Co-Producer credit for all of the first season documentary episodes. Producers will be listed at both the beginning and ends of the episodes. Includes Historian, Scribe, and Contributor rewards.
Oct 3, 2018 - Nov 2, 2018 (30 days)
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View Kelley King's video on Risk-taking and substance abuse in boys vs. girls...
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Risk-taking and substance abuse in boys vs. girls
Risk-taking and substance abuse for both boys and girls is certainly a problem. Part of that is because that part of the brain, the prefrontal cortex, is the last part to develop. In terms of boys and girls, boys are more likely to engage in risky behavior or substance abuse because their prefrontal cortex develops even later than that of girls. Brain development for girls continues into the 20's and early 30's for males. That very part of the brain that says, "This is a bad idea. This is risky. I could get hurt. I could die from this." That part of the brain isn't developed all the way, so the kids have a crazy, sort of, risk-taking behavior and then they don't have that part of the brain that says, "This isn't a good idea." Boys are more susceptible than girls because of the development of that prefrontal cortex.
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Mixing Equipment 101
So you've got the mixing bug and you wanna learn more about what's involved? Even if DJ's are pretty slick they're nothing without their equipment. Take a peak at the main tools of the trade - the turntables and the mixer.
The Turntable (Deck)
Yes, this is where you spin the records and work those magic fingers. The tonearm is the arm that's placed on the record and the stylus (needle) produces the sound when it travels on the vinyl. Tonearms are straight or s-shaped. Most have an anti-skate feature, which are little weights that add more pressure on the stylus. This helps prevent your needle from jumpin' around and messin' up your groove.
The other part of the turntable - the part that spins is called the platter, probably because of it's shape. A one-touch start/stop button on the deck turns it on. Most decks also have a sliding knob called a pitch control which changes the pitch. A mixing set-up is made up of two decks or turntables. Technics is the major brand, but it's not the only one.
The Mixer
The mixer is like the magic wand that helps you create the magic on your turntable. A mixer looks like the control panel of a spaceship with all its knobs and switches, but it's not that complicated. When you're starting out you only need to know the basics of taking flight. A mixer lets you set the levels of audio coming from your two decks using two channels. For each of the channels there is a vertical sliding toggle switch called a channel fader.
There is also another one called a crossfader located near the bottom of the mixer. The crossfader sets the balance between the two channels. These are the main features of a mixer you need to worry about because they control the levels of your turntables. Once you get the hang of it there are plenty of other knobs to fiddle with. These include balance controls, which control sound to your left and right speakers and meters that read the number of beats per minute. They also give you a visual on the levels you're pumpin' out. For more mixin' and scratchin' stuff check out Introduction to Mixing 1.
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If you are heading to the big game in Salthill, get there early!
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With nearly 20,000 tickets sold on Friday afternoon for the Kilkenny/Galway Leinster senior hurling championship game on Sunday, and a big rush expected tomorrow because of the forecasted good weather, Galway GAA and the Pearse Stadium Committee have advised people to arrive early.
"It will be a historic and epic occasion," the Stadium Committee wrote in a letter of welcome. "This game will result in increased traffic in the Galway, Salthill and Pearse Stadium areas and we urge all supporters to arrive early in order to avoid traffic congestion and potential delays entering the stadium."
The Gardai will implement a local area Traffic Management Plan and this will result in a
number of access roads to Pearse Stadium being closed.
It is important to note that only residents with car pass permits and those with official car park passes will be allowed access past these Garda cordons.
There are ample car parks in Galway City and Salthill and fans have been encouraged to use these car parks and walk or take public transport to/from Salthill.
The 401 bus from Eyre Square to Salthill will operate an increased service every 15 minutes from 1pm.
"Again, we ask all supporters to arrive early, to park in the designated car parks and to park
legally and responsibly, at all times," the statement added. "Designated car parks will be signposted."
Finally, they appealed to all supporters to be conscious, mindful and respectful to the needs of neighbours and local residents.
1 Ensure that you buy your ticket in advance!
2 Travel with care and arrive early!
3 Use designated car parks and park legally and responsibly.
4 Be respectful and mindful of the needs of local residents
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Venus Williams exits on rough day for Americans
When Venus Williams won her semifinal at last year's Australian Open against CoCo Vandeweghe, her joy was there for a...
Posted: Jan 15, 2018 5:27 PM
Updated: Jan 15, 2018 5:27 PM
When Venus Williams won her semifinal at last year's Australian Open against CoCo Vandeweghe, her joy was there for all to see.
Typically understated in victory, Williams on that occasion dropped her racket, pirouetted and skipped to the net. A double pirouette soon followed and you couldn't wipe the smile off her face. It set the tone for a fine 2017 season, even if the evergreen Williams lost to younger sister Serena in the final.
Venus Williams loses to Belinda Bencic
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But handed with a tough draw at this year's Australian Open, the seven-time grand slam champion couldn't replicate last year's success at Melbourne Park and was upset by a resurgent Belinda Bencic 6-3 7-5 on what was a difficult day for Americans on the first day of the year's first major.
"This is, like, a new year," Williams, who was seeking to become the oldest grand slam winner in tennis history, told reporters. "You can't live in the previous year. It's impossible.
"I don't think I played a bad match. She just played above and beyond. I just have to give her credit for that."
With Serena skipping the event because the record 23-time grand slam winner isn't ready to return to tournament play four months after giving birth to a first child, it means no Williams sister is in the second round of a major for the first time since 1997.
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US woe
Joining the 37-year-old Venus in making early exits were Sloane Stephens -- who hasn't won a match since surprisingly claiming the US Open in September -- and Vandeweghe. All three made the semifinals in New York.
The fourth American semifinalist at Flushing Meadows, Madison Keys, is still in contention -- she won't contest her opener against China's Wang Qiang until Tuesday.
And men's eighth seed Jack Sock, a semifinalist at the year-end Tour Finals in London in November, tumbled at the hands of Japan's Yuichi Sugita 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-3.
Of the 15 Americans on the schedule Monday, only three -- Ryan Harrison, qualifier Mackenzie McDonald and Nicole Gibbs -- prevailed.
Another player who enjoyed success in New York was also eliminated, men's finalist Kevin Anderson. The Florida-based South African fell to Kyle Edmund -- the lone British man in the draw in the absence of the injured Andy Murray -- 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Federer's parents watch Bencic beat Venus
Bencic encountered a Williams sister in the first round for a second consecutive Australian Open -- she lost to Serena 12 months ago -- but this time around the former prodigy was in much better form.
Having climbed to seventh in the rankings in 2016, back and wrist injuries heavily contributed to the Swiss dropping to 317th last season.
Bencic, however, finished 2017 by going 28-3 at all levels and combined with Roger Federer to help Switzerland win this month's Hopman Cup. Federer's parents were in the 20-year-old's player box at Rod Laver Arena.
The Swiss took the final four games of the first set, then rallied from a break down in the second to register a first win over Williams in five attempts.
"It was amazing, this match," Bencic told reporters.
"I think the level was great. Also she beat me four times before, so I was really happy, took my chance this time.
"Obviously just happy to be back playing. It was a very, very long time when I was out. I couldn't wait to come back, so it means a lot."
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Given Bencic's form, don't discount a long stay in Melbourne. With Serena out of action -- just as she was for the final three majors of 2017 -- the women's draw is fairly wide open as Vandeweghe's conqueror, Timea Babos, acknowledged.
"In women's tennis, I think we see it -- anything can happen when there is no Serena Williams," said the Hungarian, who triumphed 7-6 (7-4) 6-2.
Vandeweghe received a code violation from chair umpire Fergus Murphy, as she wasn't ready to take to the court because she was eating a banana. Vandeweghe said she had to wait for the bananas -- a good source of potassium -- to be brought courtside, hence the delay.
Eight straight losses for Stephens
Stephens was ruled out of this month's Brisbane International with a knee injury and lost in straight sets to Camila Giorgi in the first round in Sydney, hardly the best preparation for Melbourne.
Not serving out the match at 5-4 in the second set Monday was the obvious turning point and the 13th seed went out to China's Zhang Shuai -- somewhat of a fan favorite at the Australian Open -- 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 to suffer an eighth straight defeat.
"I did everything that I could to be ready for Sydney last week and for here," Stephens told reporters. "It's just unfortunate, but it's definitely only the beginning of the season, first two tournaments. Not going to get too down."
Zhang was close to quitting tennis following an 0-for-14 skid at grand slams. Her fortunes changed, though, when she upset Simona Halep in the first round in Melbourne two years ago and last week she narrowly missed out on a seeding for Melbourne, coming in ranked 34th.
Rafael Nadal progressed to the second round in 94 minutes, downing 37-year-old Victor Estrella Burgos 6-1 6-1 6-1. It was a flawless start from the world No. 1, who is playing the Australian Open for the first time without competing at a warmup tournament. Blame his knees.
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Nadal drew as much attention for his attire, going back to a sleeveless look for the first time in nearly a decade.
The man Nadal lost to in last year's gripping men's finale, Federer, begins his quest for a 20th major Tuesday against Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene.
Six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, meanwhile, plays his first official match since Wimbledon against Donald Young.
If Young topples Djokovic, it would no doubt bring some joy to American tennis in Melbourne following Monday's dreadful start.
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Yieldcos: Alternative-Energy Stocks for Dividend Investors
Yieldcos, which operate wind, solar and other power-generation facilities, spin off most of their steady earnings to shareholders.
By Eleanor Laise, Senior Editor
From Kiplinger's Retirement Report, October 2014
Renewable-energy investing has long been the domain of growth-oriented investors who have the stomach for the industry's ups and downs. But a new breed of income-producing alternative-energy stocks is designed to appeal to more conservative dividend investors.
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"Yieldcos" operate wind, solar and other power-generation facilities whose customers enter into long-term purchase contracts. Those contracts provide steady revenues and allow the yieldcos to distribute most earnings to shareholders. "The yieldcos are becoming in some sense the utilities of the future," says Robert Muir, senior vice-president at Green Alpha Advisors, in Boulder, Colo. "They're solid dividend payers."
These vehicles have attracted income investors' attention over the past year as a growing number of energy companies spin off established power-generation facilities into yieldcos. Power projects still under development are housed in the parent company, thereby insulating yieldco investors from the riskier side of the business. In many cases, new power facilities developed by the parent company will drop down into the yieldco, providing additional steady cash flow and fueling dividend growth. Yieldcos established by large energy companies that have begun trading since last summer include NRG Yield (symbol NYLD), NextEra Energy Partners (NEP), Abengoa Yield (ABY) and TerraForm Power (TERP).
But yieldcos aren't without risk. Some have been snapped up by income-hungry investors and now appear richly priced, analysts say. And yieldcos may be hurt when interest rates rise if investors decide they can find more generous yields elsewhere.
Income investors are already familiar with similar vehicles in other industries. Master limited partnerships, for example, distribute to shareholders much of the steady cash generated by their energy pipelines and storage tanks, while real estate investment trusts pay distributions that are supported by their properties' rents.
The broader argument for renewable-energy investing is bolstered as the industry begins to achieve "grid parity"--becoming cost-competitive with conventional power, analysts say. As early as 2020, tens of millions of commercial and residential customers could choose to bypass utilities without paying higher prices or sacrificing reliability, according to estimates from the Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit research group.
A Green Industry With a Rosy Future
When considering yieldcos, "make sure they have a strong pipeline of projects to continue the distributions to shareholders," says Andrew Bischof, equity analyst at investment-research firm Morningstar. Check whether the yieldco has a "right of first offer," which gives the yieldco first dibs on new projects developed by the parent company. This feature can help yieldcos acquire new projects at a reasonable price.
Pattern Energy Group Inc. (PEGI), for example, has the right of first offer to acquire projects from its parent company. The yieldco operates wind-power projects and is aiming for 10% to 12% annual growth in its per-share cash available for distributions. The company boosted its dividend 2% in the second quarter, to $1.31 on an annualized basis, and the stock's projected yield is 4.9%.
Green Alpha also owns shares of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). The company, which invests in infrastructure projects that boost energy efficiency, offers additional diversification beyond power-generation facilities, Muir says. Hannon pays a 22-cent quarterly dividend and its projected yield is 6.7%.
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5 news stories you need to know before you go to work
Good morning! Here are the five most important news stories you need to know
Updated: 4:35 AM MDT Mar 23, 2017
1. House Intel chairman Devin Nunes says Trump's personal communications may have been collectedNunes said Wednesday that Donald Trump's personal communications and those of associates may have been picked up by intelligence agencies conducting surveillance after the election, hurrying to the White House to brief the President and angering Democrats who say they've been left in the dark.President Donald Trump says he feels "somewhat" vindicated by statements by the House Intelligence chairman on the legal and incidental surveillance of the president and Trump transition officials.2. It's round 3 for Neil GorsuchLawyers, advocacy groups and former colleagues will get their say on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee after Judge Neil Gorsuch emerged unscathed from two days of tough questioning at his confirmation hearing.Assured of support from majority Republicans, Gorsuch received glowing GOP reviews but complaints from frustrated Democrats that he concealed his views from the American public. Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge in Denver, refused repeated attempts to get him to talk about key legal and political issues of the day. But he did tell Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who worried that Gorsuch would vote to restrict abortion, that "no one is looking to return us to horse and buggy days."On Thursday, the panel will hear from the American Bar Association, which has already given him a unanimous "well qualified" rating, along with former colleagues and judges supporting him and advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign that have opposed him.3. GOP leaders will vote to replace Obamacare The Republican Party's long-promised legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare" stood on the brink just hours before GOP leaders planned to put it on the House floor for a showdown vote.Short of support, GOP leaders looked to President Donald Trump to close the deal with a crucial bloc of conservatives, in the first major legislative test of his young presidency.The stakes could hardly be higher for a party that gained monopoly control of Washington largely on promises to get rid of former President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement and replace it with something better.4. UK police have made 7 arrests linked to London Parliament attackBritish armed police have carried out a raid on six properties in the central city of Birmingham, after an attacker killed five people before being fatally shot by police within Parliament's grounds.Police have searched six addresses and made seven arrests, according to a tweet Thursday.A knife-wielding man drove an SUV into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before crashing the vehicle into the gates of Parliament on Wednesday. He scaled the fences and later fatally stabbed a policeman before being gunned down by officers. He hasn't been identified. 5. Alaska Airlines is killing off the Virgin America brandAlaska Airlines announced that all Virgin America flights will fly under one brand, likely sometime in 2019.Alaska promised that it will keep much of the "flair" that accompanied Virgin flights, including all that free in-flight entertainment, mood lighting and boarding music.Seattle-based Alaska bought Virgin last year in an effort to bust into the California market in a major way and expand well beyond its roots in the Pacific Northwest. The $2.6 billion merger resulted in a combined airline with nearly 1,200 daily flights and 286 aircraft, making it the United States' fifth largest airline.Its new strategy is coming with a major expansion, adding 25 new daily flights out of San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Jose last year.
1. House Intel chairman Devin Nunes says Trump's personal communications may have been collected
Nunes said Wednesday that Donald Trump's personal communications and those of associates may have been picked up by intelligence agencies conducting surveillance after the election, hurrying to the White House to brief the President and angering Democrats who say they've been left in the dark.
President Donald Trump says he feels "somewhat" vindicated by statements by the House Intelligence chairman on the legal and incidental surveillance of the president and Trump transition officials.
2. It's round 3 for Neil Gorsuch
Lawyers, advocacy groups and former colleagues will get their say on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee after Judge Neil Gorsuch emerged unscathed from two days of tough questioning at his confirmation hearing.
Assured of support from majority Republicans, Gorsuch received glowing GOP reviews but complaints from frustrated Democrats that he concealed his views from the American public. Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge in Denver, refused repeated attempts to get him to talk about key legal and political issues of the day. But he did tell Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who worried that Gorsuch would vote to restrict abortion, that "no one is looking to return us to horse and buggy days."
On Thursday, the panel will hear from the American Bar Association, which has already given him a unanimous "well qualified" rating, along with former colleagues and judges supporting him and advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign that have opposed him.
3. GOP leaders will vote to replace Obamacare
The Republican Party's long-promised legislation to repeal and replace "Obamacare" stood on the brink just hours before GOP leaders planned to put it on the House floor for a showdown vote.
Short of support, GOP leaders looked to President Donald Trump to close the deal with a crucial bloc of conservatives, in the first major legislative test of his young presidency.
The stakes could hardly be higher for a party that gained monopoly control of Washington largely on promises to get rid of former President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement and replace it with something better.
4. UK police have made 7 arrests linked to London Parliament attack
British armed police have carried out a raid on six properties in the central city of Birmingham, after an attacker killed five people before being fatally shot by police within Parliament's grounds.
Police have searched six addresses and made seven arrests, according to a tweet Thursday.
A knife-wielding man drove an SUV into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before crashing the vehicle into the gates of Parliament on Wednesday. He scaled the fences and later fatally stabbed a policeman before being gunned down by officers. He hasn't been identified.
5. Alaska Airlines is killing off the Virgin America brand
Alaska Airlines announced that all Virgin America flights will fly under one brand, likely sometime in 2019.
Alaska promised that it will keep much of the "flair" that accompanied Virgin flights, including all that free in-flight entertainment, mood lighting and boarding music.
Seattle-based Alaska bought Virgin last year in an effort to bust into the California market in a major way and expand well beyond its roots in the Pacific Northwest. The $2.6 billion merger resulted in a combined airline with nearly 1,200 daily flights and 286 aircraft, making it the United States' fifth largest airline.
Its new strategy is coming with a major expansion, adding 25 new daily flights out of San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Jose last year.
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San Diego Students Likely Won’t Face Suspensions For School Walkout Against Gun Violence
By Megan Burks
Credit: Associated Press
Above: Marylene Dinliana, 18, holds a sign that reads, "Stop Spilling Our Blood" during a protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018.
Unlike in Needville, Texas, San Diego County students who participate in a nationwide demonstration against gun violence in schools will likely not face suspensions for leaving class.
Though it is up to individual school sites to decide whether to discipline students, the San Diego County Office of Education, which advises and trains the region’s 42 districts, is urging schools to instead focus on helping students digest and discuss the news following the deadly school shooting in Florida on Feb. 14.
“Student demonstrations aren’t a new phenomena and, in the past, punitive responses and threats of punitive response really haven’t been very successful,” said Bob Mueller, who heads student support services for the office and is a former school counselor. “I think we stand a much better chance of success if we engage in dialogue. ”
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In San Diego Unified, district officials are still working with principals to plan their responses to the walkout, but Chief Business Officer Gregory Ottinger suggested student discipline would not be a part of them. He said San Diego schools want to create a safe and supportive place for students to express themselves.
To that end, schools are also developing plans to keep students safe should they walk out of classes. They are working with law enforcement agencies or, in the case of San Diego Unified, their own sworn officers to prepare for the walkout.
Campus police officers do carry guns. State law prohibits teachers and administrators from carrying guns on school grounds, and a federal mandate for them to do so would likely face a constitutional challenge.
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On March 14, students are expected to leave their classrooms at 10:00 a.m. for 17 minutes — one for each person killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Ottinger said the brief absence should not impact schools' average daily attendance funding.
A separate march is planned for Saturday, March 24.
Students are expected to walk out of school on March 14 for 17 minutes — one for each person killed in a school shooting in Florida this month.
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What Not to Do After a Divorce: Posting Lewd Rants on Facebook about Your Ex-Husband’s New Wife Is a Crime
Home Family Law What Not to Do After a Divorce: Posting Lewd Rants on Facebook about Your Ex-Husband’s New Wife Is a Crime
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After a divorce, it may be tempting to vent your frustrations on Facebook if your lifelong friend marries your ex-spouse and, in your eyes, is “obsessed with playing mommy” to your kids. We’re here to tell you to step away from the keyboard before you land in legal trouble.
‘Vulgar and Inflammatory’ Rants
In Commonwealth v. D’Adderio, an ex-wife’s legal problems began when she posted a series of derogatory rants about her ex-husband’s new wife on Facebook. The new wife, who did not have a Facebook account, contacted the police after her stepchildren showed her the posts. A detective contacted the angry ex-wife and suggested that she remove the messages.
Undeterred by law enforcement, the ex-wife subsequently engaged in a weekend spree of posting increasingly offensive comments using language that prosecutors described as “vulgar and inflammatory.” Some of the posts questioned the paternity of the new wife’s 9-year-old daughter and suggested that the new wife was carrying on an inappropriate relationship with the detective who was investigating the matter.
The ex-wife was charged and later convicted of one count of harassment. She was sentenced to 12 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, plus fines and court costs. The trial court ordered her not to have any contact with the child referenced in her Facebook posts until the child reaches age 18.
The ex-wife appealed, arguing, among other things, that the Facebook posts were protected speech under the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions. She also argued that since the new wife did not have a Facebook account, the posts were not harassment because they were “about” the new wife, rather than “to” her.
On Appeal
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania was not swayed by either argument and affirmed the sentence handed down by the trial court.
With respect to the constitutional argument, the Superior Court reasoned that the ex-wife’s Facebook posts were not protected speech because they “did not express social or political beliefs or constitute legitimate conduct.” Instead, the court found them to be “lewd comments, including sexualized language and references to the complainant’s sexual activity, which could only serve to harass, annoy or alarm the complainant.”
Turning to the issue of whether lascivious speech “about” the new wife rather than “to” her is constitutionally protected, the court found that it made no difference. The court noted that there was no case law supporting the ex-wife’s position.
Divorces, by their nature, are emotionally grueling, and sometimes the parties do things that in hindsight were not well thought-out. If you are thinking about posting derogatory comments on social media about your ex’s new spouse, your ex, their children, or other members of their new family unit, we urge you to step away from the keyboard pronto.
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‘Divergent' Series 'Allegiant' Movie: Tris Will Live? Veronica Roth Spills Of ‘Some Changes’?
By Marishen Lyle Primero Malulan | December 19, 2015 08:34 PM EST
The "Divergent" series "Allegiant" movie fans were not only anticipating the release of the flick come 2016 but also the sad truth that they would also be apparently seeing their favorite character die on the big screen.
As known by many fans, who have read all the books, Tris' death happens at the end of it. But now, recent rumors are apparently swirling that the fans of the series may get their wish after all and Tris will live.
According to the Australia Network News, the rumors and hope that Tris will live started swirling after author Veronica Roth herself took to Tumblr in September to share that there will be indeed changes in the last two movies. She did not elaborate on what this was though.
"Well, basically, it means there are going to be some changes, but it's really too early to know exactly what those changes will be or the extent of them," the author wrote back then on Tumblr. "I know changes always make fans of the books - and the author! - nervous, but hopefully the characters we know (and love. Or sometimes love to hate?) will still be intact, which is really the important thing."
As reported by MTV, the final movie after "Allegiant" in the "Divergent" series will be titled "Ascendant." The last movie even had the tagline "the end is never what you expect," making fans wonder even more if there will indeed be an alternate ending.
Veronica Roth herself has said in 2013 that she has been entertaining the thought of an alternate ending but it has been difficult.
"I thought about other options," she explained back then. "But the more I thought about them, the more I felt like they weren't really doing justice to her story."
Even actress Shailene Woodley has thrown her support about her Tris character in the "Divergent" series "Allegiant" movie.
"I was stoked," Shailene Woodley told Entertainment Weekly in 2014 about the ending of the movie. "Men die all the time in films - heroes do. But a lot of sweet heroines don't. And so I thought it was a very powerful, profound decision on her part. And I really love that she had the courage and the bravery to do that."
Tagged : divergent series allegiant movie, Tris, death, alternate ending, changes, Ascendant, Veronica Roth, Shailene Woodley
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Life Runners in Nevada.
Fr. Mark Hodges
NewsAbortion, Culture of LifeTue Mar 15, 2016 - 2:44 pm EST
Relay race across US offers healing for post-abortive mothers
abortion, christianity, culture of life
Life Runners in Iowa.
A Life Runner in South Dakota.
The Life Runners' finish line in Kansas City, Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 15, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-lifers have teamed up to run 1,588 "legs" (5,544 miles) across the United States, literally creating a cross through the nation.
The fourth annual LIFE Runners A-Cross America Relay to REMEMBER The Unborn (Jer 1:5)" recruited over 500 pro-life participants. Some participated from around the world, running a "leg" of the race "remotely," in their home towns.
The Fiji islands' LIFE Runners "remotely" ran all of Utah's "legs." But they were hit with adversity. As Fiji chapter leader Karen Patnaude explained, "Fiji LIFE Runners adopted the state of Utah this year to run remotely. Right in the middle of covering the legs for the A-Cross America Relay, Fiji was devastated by a Category 5 cyclone! This didn't stop these LIFE Runners, who continued to run as well as reach out to those in the community by bringing supplies to heavily damaged areas!"
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The LIFE Runner relay started on Ash Wednesday at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge; New York City's Brooklyn Bridge; the Canadian border near Neche, North Dakota; and Corpus Christi, Texas. The event's finale brings runners together in Kansas City, Missouri for Relay Finish Line events on March 20.
"The A-Cross America Relay forms a true cross over our nation, with all four arms of the relay converging in Kansas City," Kansas City chapter leader T.D. Dorrell explained to LifeSiteNews in an email. "Kansas City is the lower 48's most centrally located big city."
With five days left, pro-lifers can still sign up, because each "leg" run can have more than one runner. Each runner wears a LIFE jersey focusing on Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you."
The Nevada portion of the relay was dedicated to healing for post-abortive mothers. Last year, the organization didn't fill any "leg" in Nevada, so board members Grant Fenske, Jeff Grabosky, and Dr. Pat Castle took the challenge upon themselves and, among the three of them, ran 100 miles in two days. The feat inspired others to fill the rest of Nevada.
Grabosky, who co-founded the LIFE Runner Relay, explained, "Inspired by the true value of suffering and our desire for those affected by abortion to experience healing and forgiveness, we took our pains and discomfort of running many difficult miles and offered it up for all those in need of post-abortion healing."
This year marks the first time LIFE Runners has filled all four "arms" of the nationwide Cross.
In 2011, LIFE Runners participated in the Kansas City Marathon, and after the race, 75 LIFE Runners prayed outside the Overland Park Kansas Planned Parenthood. The next day they received a message from the Planned Parenthood security guard informing them that their rally had inspired him to quit working for the nation's largest abortion business.
Teams of U.S. pro-life runners begin 40-day cross-country relay run today
Pro-life runners to hold 4,000-mile relay race beginning March 5 to support mobile pregnancy centers
Relay race across US offers healing for post-abortive mothers Relay race across US offers healing for post-abortive mothers News By Fr. Mark Hodges
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Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin November 2017
Welcome to the fourth 2017 edition of our bi-monthly Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin. As with previous editions, this bulletin has been produced in collaboration with our Linklaters colleagues (China) and with expert local law firms around the region: Allens (Australia, New Zealand), Vinod Dhall in collaboration with TT&A (India), Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Japan), Allen & Gledhill LLP (Singapore), Lee & Ko (South Korea), and Tsar & Tsai Law Firm (Taiwan). We hope that you continue to find this newsletter a useful source of information on competition law issues across the Asia Pacific region.
In this edition, we look at several major competition law reforms, including in South Korea where the authority has put together a task force to formulate proposals and reinforce competition law enforcement. In Japan, the competition authority enacted amendments to its distribution guidelines and in India the government reformed and expanded the existing leniency regime.
On the antitrust enforcement side of things, the Competition Commission of Hong Kong opened proceedings in a second case, the NDRC fined two pharmaceutical companies in China, an appeal court ruled on the calculation of fines in Singapore, a Taiwanese court reversed a decision in the utilities sector, and prosecutors secured a first antitrust criminal conviction in Australia.
As for merger control, we discuss merger clearances in Australia, and an exemption for state-owned banks in India.
For the full text document of all the articles below, please click here.
Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin
Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin April 2019
Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin February 2019
Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin September 2018
Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin July 2018
Asia Pacific Competition Law Bulletin May 2018
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Thomas got into town Thursday and his wife surprised him with a party attended by 100 of his closest friends.
But Friday afternoon all of the action was on Main Street, which was closed to traffic and felt like the plaza at Turner Field. And if you were not looking at shops like Mickey's Place and Shoeless Joe's, you would be tempted to ask someone who was pitching for the Braves.
Everywhere you turned someone had on a Braves cap, T-shirt or jersey. There was even a B.J. Upton jersey -- insert your own joke here.
And if the Braves fans were not enough to give you the Atlanta feel, all you had to do was look at the former big leaguers signing autographs for cash.
Just a block from the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Braves slugger Dale Murphy had them lined up. Murphy was being Murphy, chatting up everybody who paid $45 for his signature.
There was an irony in the fact that this is the Braves weekend in Cooperstown, and Murphy is not in the Hall of Fame, and likely won't be despite being a two-time National League Most Valuable Player.
That's baseball.
Andrew Gibbon, a Braves fan raised in Columbia, S.C. and now living in Washington D.C., was walking Main Street with his father, Julian.
"You walk down the street and Wade Boggs just walks right by you," Andrew Gibbon said. "Every baseball fan should do this at least once."
Rickey Henderson, Pete Rose, Andre Dawson and dozens of other players were mixed in with the fans along Main Street.
But that is not who the Braves fans are here to see. It is all about Maddux, Glavine and Cox. And the big show is at 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The rest of the weekend is just an excuse for a party and few rounds of golf for the more than 55 living Hall of Famers in town.
The planes leaving Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport headed to this part of New York were full of Braves fans.
On one flight from Atlanta to Albany, N,Y., a good 70 percent of the passengers had on Braves gear of some sort.
Former Brave John Rocker -- the man from Macon, Ga., who should have probably declined that 1999 Sports Illustrated interview in which he said a lot of things he should not have about New York -- was signing autographs for $20 a pop in front of a memorabilia shop.
"Two out of every three people I see are Braves fans," he said.
Rocker wasn't the only former Braves making a little cash signing shirts, hats and balls.
And to show it's not all classy. Rocker had a stack of T-shirts in front of him that read "Speak English," a tip of the cap to one of his quotes in Sports Illustrated.
Like the fans, Rocker said he was in Cooperstown to support his former teammates Glavine and Maddux and his old skipper Cox.
"This is a big deal," Rocker said.
Yes it is. Big enough that the Braves radio crew did their pregame show Friday night from here.
Former Brave outfielder Ryan Klesko was signing at a table beside Rocker. Business was a little slow, so he was on the phone hashing out dinner plans.
Better make a reservation. Everything here in Cooperstown and the nearby communities are full. Braves fans are staying as far away as Albany and Syracuse, each an hour an a half drive in opposite directions.
Hall of Fame officials are expecting crowds in excess of 50,000 for Sunday's induction.
Others are guessing it could reach 70,000 or more.
Imagine squeezing that crowd into Manchester, Ga.
That is what they are trying to do in the Leatherstocking Region of New York.
That sock is going to be tight.
Some, like the Gibbons, showed up Friday to get a feel for the place before gridlock sets in today and Sunday.
"This reminds me of South Carolina," said Braves fan Julian Gibbons from Columbia, S.C. "You got corn fields and all of the farmland coming in."
That is appropriate,
This is truly a field of dreams for Braves fans.
Chuck Williams, senior reporter, chwilliams@ledger-enquirer.com.
'I didn’t go into those people’s store to fight': Woman charged in Columbus Dollar Tree fight speaks out
Caught on Camera: Multiple brawls break out inside Columbus Dollar Tree store
‘I love you more than my momma.’ That phrase changed a Columbus teacher’s career.
By Sheryl Green
How a Downtown Elementary School teacher helped= a kindergarten student overcome the struggle of having a missing parent, no food, or snacks in the house.
Tim Chitwood
Teachers: Not only should you sweat the small stuff, you should celebrate it
Southerners deal with them more than anyone, and they are so disgusting
I’m making some major moves in the 2020 presidential race
Imagine a profession where you have to wait years to see if work paid off. That’s teaching
It was a long and winding road for him from the moment he was born
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Home > News and events > 2011 > September 2011 > Christine Tallon successfully settles claim on behalf of car passenger
Christine Tallon successfully settles claim on behalf of car passenger
Client injured in head-on collision with car towing a burger van
Specialist personal injury solicitor Christine Tallon recently acted on behalf of a claimant in a case that arose as a result of injuries our client sustained in a road traffic accident in December 2006. The claim was transferred to Leigh Day & Co from our client’s previous solicitors.
Our client was a passenger travelling in a car when another car, towing a burger van and travelling on the opposite carriageway, lost control and veered across the road into a head on collision with the vehicle our client was travelling in. Our client sustained numerous injuries, including a shoulder injury which ultimately needed sub-acromial decompression surgery.
There was disagreement between the parties’ respective medical experts as to whether her constitutional down-sloping acromion would have necessitated such surgery in any event at some point in her life.
In addition, our client sustained a serious psychiatric injury initially in the form of PTSD which then abated to an adjustment order, with anxiety and depressed mood and which required counselling treatment. Again there was disagreement between the parties’ respective medical experts as to the cause of her ongoing psychiatric symptoms.
After an exchange of various offers, the claim was settled shortly before trial for the sum of £60,000.
Who worked on this case
Christine Tallon
Text reading driver convicted of killing a pedestrian and sentenced for 30 months
Seriously injured pedestrian receives compensation
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You are here:LGC Briefing
Cipfa deserves credit for starting a difficult debate
23 August, 2018 By Nick Golding
Commentary on the controversy brought about by Cipfa’s financial resilence index
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The noughties are a bygone era. France were defeated in a World Cup final following a Zinedine Zidane headbutt, Aung San Suu Kyi was the world’s most respected woman and local government was locked in a top-down performance assessment regime.
The ghosts of the comprehensive performance assessment and comprehensive area assessment still haunt many longstanding senior officers, while memories of the Audit Commission bring many out in a cold sweat.
However, Eric Pickles, made communities secretary by the new PM David Cameron in 2010, brought about a revolution. Councils were to no longer be forever looking up: sector-led self-improvement and an “army of armchair auditors” (© Mr Pickles) would replace the expensive and over-bureaucratic central institutions of inspection and regulation.
Eight years into the decade, the successes and drawbacks of this approach are apparent. The slimmed-down officer ranks of today simply would not have time to cope with the level of central reporting and inspection formerly required. Councils (albeit smaller bodies than before) have to some extent been liberated from the shackles of the old regime.
Peer support has had its successes but it has not been accompanied by a culture of openness about councils facing the gravest challenges. And, most crucially, left to their own devices some councils have either gone off the rails (Northamptonshire CC) or appear to be careering out of control towards financial oblivion.
It was to combat this that the Chartered Institute of Finance & Public Accountancy has consulted on a financial resilience index; a proposed traffic light warning system showing which councils face the most fundamental financial challenges.
The idea is that each council is given a score for six key indicators: level of total reserves as a proportion of net revenue expenditure; percentage change in reserves over the past three years; ratio of government grants to net revenue expenditure; proportion of net revenue expenditure accounted for by children’s social care, adult social care and debt interest payments; Ofsted rating for children’s social care; the auditor’s value for money judgement.
It is intended to act as an early warning system rather than a naming and shaming device. However, many are unconvinced. Even Cipfa chief executive Rob Whiteman has admitted the sector’s response has been “mixed”.
It is feared the data will be used to produce over simplistic league tables that take no account of the level of difficulty an authority (whether well run or not) faces. Strong performers will be lulled into a false sense of security. Poor performers will be stigmatised and see an exodus of staff or difficulty in recruiting new staff.
In an LGC article earlier this month, Association of County Chief Executives finance spokesman Richard Flinton wrote: “By setting out a series of indicators we risk distilling the complex into the overly-simplistic; which does not take into account the individual circumstances and environments of local councils, their culture, or their future transformation.”
And today came criticism from the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives & Senior Managers in the form of a joint letter from president Jo Miller and finance spokesman Martin Reeves.
“We understand the appeal of using a simple set of indicators to try to tell a relatively straightforward story about financial health,” the duo wrote. “But in our view an issue that is so complex needs a more sophisticated approach to be useful.” Those deemed to be struggling may have been hit by “factors outside [their] control”, they point out.
Few have publicly welcomed the resilience index, with Leicestershire CC chief executive John Sinnott probably being the most notable.
“I worry that local government will be seen as complacent if through its representative bodies or individually it tries to ward off Cipfa’s good intentions,” he wrote for LGC. “Without financial resilience a local authority fails and local government’s claim of transparency in all its doings will count for nought if warnings are not identified, publicised and addressed.”
Cipfa’s consultation on the index ends tomorrow. LGC understands the institute has received more than 100 responses, many of them supportive.
How the institute responds to the criticism will be intriguing. Cipfa exists to represent the interests of those working in public finance – including those who will be in the firing line should the index reveal their organisation’s financial shortcomings. While many members will be supportive, how many doubters can it risk alienating?
Compromise could result.
The combination of indicators and the degree of weighting given to each could be amended. Meanwhile, Cipfa is keen to do whatever it can to avoid the data being interpreted in the form of over-simplistic league tables. It is understood that the institute has never been wedded to a traffic light system and perhaps even dislikes such a characterisation of its index.
Nevertheless, it is hard to see how the index can proceed without annoying a lot of people whilst staying true to its principles of transparency and early warning.
While Cipfa faces the dilemma of whether to modify its index to address the many legitimate concerns expressed, its opponents should also be challenged.
If they are so against the Cipfa proposal, what is their alternative? How can the lack of candour seen in Northamptonshire and, to a lesser extent, Somerset and Worcestershire CCs about financial problems be avoided? They need to set out their own vision.
Local government has too regularly hidden its financial difficulties, doing residents and the sector more broadly a disservice in the process. This cannot go on.
Cipfa deserves credit for being brave enough to seek to offer a solution and start a debate that has resulted in the discomfort of so many.
Nick Golding, editor, LGC
Unitary hits out at Cipfa over 'absurd' financial weakness reports
28 June, 2019Jon Bunn
Thurrock Council has said “absurd” media reports that it is struggling financially has led those making decisions on loans and inward investment to question doing business with the Essex unitary.
Warning up to 15% of councils are showing signs of financial failure
21 December, 2018Jon Bunn
Up to 15% of councils are showing signs of financial failure, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy’s resilience index has found.
Divisions over resilience index but officers open to new approach
3 August, 2018Jon Bunn
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy’s local authority financial resilience index, which was put out to consultation earlier this month, has - according to the body’s chief executive Rob Whiteman - received a “mixed response”.
High turnover of CFOs sparks recruitment concerns
14 June 2019Sarah Calkin
More than half of section 151 officers have been in their post less than three years, raising questions over whether austerity is driving a high turnover in the finance profession.
10 July 2019Gabriella Jozwiak
A former president of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy is to chair the government’s review of local government audit, communities secretary James Brokenshire has announced.
REVEALED: Hundreds disenfranchised in voter ID pilots
13 May 2019Jessica Hill
Almost 700 people were turned away from polling stations operating voter ID pilots and did not return, LGC research has found.
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NTPC plans stake buy in Indonesia coal mines
2 min read . Updated: 30 Aug 2010, 02:25 PM IST Reuters
NTPCIndonesiaCoal minesPower PlantsQatar PetroleumCorporate NewsSector Spotlight
New Delhi: India’s top power utility NTPC Ltd is looking to buy stakes in two Indonesian coal mines and also plans to invite global bids for more overseas assets, its chairman said on Monday.
NTPC aims to lock-in fuel supplies to feed its rising generation capacity, currently at 32.2 giga watts and expects it to rise to 75 GW by 2017.
India may face a coal shortfall of 189 million tonnes a year by 2015, leading to a two-fold increase in imports, global consultancy KPMG said late last month.
The state-run firm hopes to finalise the deals for the two mines -- in East Kalimantan and Sumatra -- in the current financial year to March 2011, R.S. Sharma told reporters.
The East Kalimantan and Sumatra mines have resources of around 1 billion tonnes and 800 million tonnes, respectively, Sharma said, but declined to elaborate.
While India has the world’s fourth-largest coal reserves, its coal imports have grown rapidly as Asia’s third-largest power producer seeks to step up capacities to end blackouts.
Indian power firms, including Reliance Power and Tata Power Co have acquired coal mines in Indonesia and South Africa. Recently, Adani Enterprises agreed to buy Linc Energy’s coal asset in Australia in a $2.7 billion deal.
ANNUAL IMPORTS
NTPC expects to import up to 15 million tonnes of coal in the next financial year, as its annual requirement of the fuel could rise an estimated 6.5% to 165 million tonnes, Sharma said. It is expected to import 12 million tonnes in the current fiscal.
Currently, state-trading firms import coal for NTPC. “This is a stop-gap arrangement for one to two years," Sharma said, adding, he hoped his firm could directly buy 40-60% of its coal imports in 2011-12.
Separately, NTPC on Monday signed an initial agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up two coal-fired power plants of 1320 MW capacity each in the neighbouring country.
NTPC and BPDB would be equal partners in the venture that would build the plants, expected to cost Rs140 billion (about $3 billion), power secretary P. Uma Shankar earlier told reporters.
NTPC’s Sharma said his firm had offered below 50% stake to Qatar Petroleum in expansion of its Kayamkulam power project in southern Kerala state. The 350 mega watt, gas-based project is being ramped up to 1.4 GW.
“In return for gas, they (Qatar Petroleum) can have a stake in Kayamkulam expansion beyond 1,400 MW or any other project."
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Zom-B Bride
Written by Darren Shan
LoveReading View on Zom-B Bride
From the master of horror comes the 10th Zom-B instalment. B Smith has been reunited with the murderous maniac clown, Mr. Dowling. To her shock and consternation, he's desperate to make B his partner in crime. Mr. Dowling disgusts her, but B thinks she can see a way to control him and maybe even save the world. But it will involve a sacrifice far greater and more surreal than any she has contemplated before...
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Darren will be appearing at the Cheltenham Festival on Sunday 4th October. Click here to find out more.
Further information from the Cheltenham Festival.
Zom-B Bride Synopsis
The tenth terrifying instalment from master of horror, Darren Shan.
The books in the Zom-B series -
1. Zom-B
2. Zom-B Underground
3. Zom-B City
4. Zom-B Angels
5. Zom-B Baby
6. Zom-B Gladiator
7. Zom-B Mission
8. Zom-B Clans
9. Zom-B Family
10. Zom-B Bride
11. Zom-B Fugitive
12. Zom-B Goddess
For more Zom-B news & competitions visit www.darrenshan.com or join in the chat the Zom-B Facebook page. And there are competitions & giveways at www.zom-b.co.uk
Zom-B Bride Reader Reviews
Teens love to read and so in addition to our Lovereading expert review, some of our Lovereading4kids Reader Review Panel were also lucky enough to read and review the first title in the series Zom-B. You can read their reviews below.
Jake Brown, age 13 - 'Shan tackles taboo subjects like racism and domestic situations warts and all and is not afraid to do so...The first in a great new series. Read if you dare.' Read full review >
Jennifer Bridgeman - 'Zom-B was scary but amazing at the same time. It was really scary because the zombies could crack your skull open with there long fingers. I loved it.' Read full review >
Janet Gilliard - 'My son would recommend it...definitely a young adult novel!' Read full review >
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd
Publication date: 12th February 2015
Author: Darren Shan
Recommendations: eBooks, Reviewed by Children
About Darren Shan
Darren Shan's real name is Darren O'Shaughnessy. Although he is Irish he was actually born at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London -- directly across the river from the Houses of Parliament in Westminster (which may explain his fascination with evil bloodsuckers ...). He lived in SouthEast London until the age of six, when he moved to Limerick in Ireland, with his parents and younger brother, and has lived there ever since (but he never lost his London accent!). He later returned to London to study Sociology and English at Roehampton University. He then worked for a cable television company in Limerick ...
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The Little Gentleman
Written by Philippa Pearce
The Little Gentleman Synopsis
When Bet is first asked to go into the meadow and read a passage aloud from a book - apparently to no-one - she wonders why. But then she realises that her audience is a little mole, who listens attentively. This isn't just any mole. This mole can speak, he is more than 300 years old and he has an amazing tale to tell. So begins an extraordinary friendship between a lonely little girl and The Little Gentleman in Black Velvet.
Author: Philippa Pearce
Publisher: Puffin an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
About Philippa Pearce
Philippa Peace has worked as a scriptwiter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor, a book reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and as a freelance writer for radio and newspapers. Her now classic books in Puffin include Carnegie Medal winner Tom's Midnight Garden and The Battle of Bubble and Squeak which won the Whitbread Award. Philippa Pearce lives in Cambridgeshire.
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A Big Plus Score
One of my favorite sayings in bridge is, "When in doubt, bid one more on freak deals." One of Marty Bergen's favorite sayings is, "Voids are magical." Both factors came into play on this deal from the Round Robin in the 2000 Olympiad in Maastricht.
Dlr: North A K Q 10 4
J 9 6 5 3 2
A 10 9 4
Q J 8 7
K Q J 10 7 5 2
A K Q 9 8 7 4
It would have been fun to watch this board at all 36 tables of the Olympiad.
With the heart finesse on, East-West can make all 13 tricks in clubs for 2140.
But, the most common contract was five diamonds by South (usually doubled).
What happens in diamonds? Unless West finds a spade lead (spade ruff, heart over, spade ruff), that contract makes. It might even make six if the defense doesn't get any spade ruffs. In fact, the most common result was five diamonds (doubled) making six, 650 North-South. That's quite a result on a hand where their opponents have a grand slam!
Many Norths opened 1 or 2 . East overcalled in clubs and South introduced diamonds. The race was on. No matter how many diamonds North-South bid, it was always right for East-West to bid one more in clubs--all the way up to 7 . And, conversely, no matter how many clubs East-West bid, it was always right for North-South to bid one more in diamonds, all the way to 7 .
In one round-robin match, Austria won 22 imps against Switzerland by making 1090 on the North-South cards (6 X on a club lead) in one room. At the other table North started with two spades and East overcalled three clubs. Then, a bidding war ended with East playing 7 X, which, of course made for 2330. I know the IMP table fairly well, but I have to admit that I don't know offhand how many imps you win for 3420 on one deal (that's 1090 + 2330). If you consult the imp table, you'll see that this is 22 imps (just short of the 3500 required for 23 imps).
I actually played on a team once and lost 24 imps. And, it was on a deal where we were -110 against two spades at our table! It turns out that our teammates had a mixup and played in a redoubled cue-bid (a 2-1) fit, down 7 vulnerable; -4000. To lose the maximum of 24 imps you need to lose more than 4,000; 4000 and 110 did the trick. I give my teammate credit for being clever in the comparison. We read, "-110" and he replied "Lose them all." Surely, you'll soon be reading about this deal on my website.
Bridge Conventions - 11 through 20
Jacoby 2NT
JACOBY 2NT ("Original")
Most tournament players use "JACOBY 2NT" in conjunction with their 5-card major system. After an opening of 1-MAJ, a jump to 2NT is conventional. It promises a GF hand and at least 4-card support.
This convention should not be used by a passed hand and should not< stro>
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Region: Little Ozarks
County: Crawford County
City: Girard
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Drop by an see one of the nation's largest American Flags (30' x 60' - 130' high). While you can see the flag from your vehicle, you really must stand under the Big Flag to appreciate its true size, 130 feet high above the Kansas prairie honoring all war veterans.
The Carnegie Library was built in 1906 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Girard was the smallest city in the world to have a Carnegie Library, thanks to Miss Jane Addams, Founder of Chicago's Hull house and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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LCN challenges Government on discrimination helpline
Monday, September 5th 2016
The Law Centres Network is initiating a legal challenge to Government’s decision to award the contract for operating the national discrimination advice helpline to G4S, a large multi-national corporation. We are asking the High Court to quash the G4S contract and for a new tender to be run, correcting faults in the previous contracting process.
We argue that government did not properly assess the shortcomings of the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) with stakeholders; nor did it properly consider how to reform EASS with the equalities watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
We also claim that Government failed to properly consider G4S’s equality and human rights record in the many other public services it has delivered. As a large employer of over 45,000 people in the UK, G4S also faces a conflict of interest in providing a service that its own employees might need to consult.
Daniel Carey, a solicitor with law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn, acting for LCN, explained:
“This case concerns the legal duty on the government to assess the equalities impact of procurement decisions. One would expect a high degree of compliance where the Government Equalities Office was the decision maker and the service being procured was an equalities advice line.”
An online petition against awarding the EASS contract to G4S has attracted over 59,000 signatures so far. The petition was started by SumOfUs.org, a global consumer organisation, which has also been crowdfunding among its UK members to support this legal action.
Sondhya Gupta, senior campaigner with SomeOfUs.org, commented:
“With hate crimes and discrimination on the rise in post-Brexit Britain, the kind of support that EASS provides is more important than ever. G4S is a company that has routinely put profits over public safety [...] The company has been caught overcharging taxpayers by millions - while dodging its own taxes. This decision is a kick in the teeth to everyone who faces disability, race or sex discrimination.”
Today we also join over 40 organisations in voicing our concerns about the choice of G4S in particular to deliver such a sensitive service. These concerns are raised in a joint letter sent by charity Liberty on our behalf to the chairs of the Women and Equalities Committee (Maria Miller MP) and the Joint Committee on Human Rights (Harriet Harman MP).
The letter comes as the House of Lords is set to discuss EASS, in debating a recent report by the Equality Act and Disability Select Committee. The report has recommended that EASS be managed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, but Government has rejected this recommendation without explanation.
Nimrod Ben-Cnaan, head of policy at the Law Centres Network, said:
“This legal action is about ensuring access to justice for some of the most disadvantaged and often vulnerable people in society. It is already difficult for people to access appropriate advice on discrimination, which is a complex area of law. Our concern, also raised in the joint letter, is that government does all it should to ensure that the most suitable provider is chosen, and that the service is effective.”
Government is expected to respond to our initial letter by Thursday, 8 September 2016. Based on its response, LCN will consider its next steps.
Want to support this? CLICK HERE TO SIGN the petition, or CLICK HERE TO DONATE.
Campaigners demand investigation into G4S discrimination helpline contract [Guardian]
Call for inquiry into why G4S was awarded Government contract for anti-discrimination hotline [Independent]
39 human rights groups demand legal scrutiny of G4S contract for equality helpline [Buzzfeed]
Court challenge over equalities helpline contract [The Brief - from The Times]
Law Centres to challenge rights helpline contract [Law Society Gazette]
Government facing JR over equality advice helpline contract [Solicitors Journal]
Calls for urgent rethink after controversial firm G4S is awarded contract for discrimination helpline [The National]
Law Centres challenge award of contract for discrimination helpline to G4S [Local Government Lawyer]
For further information about this story please contact:
Pamela Judge, Communications Manager, Law Centres Network tel. 01239 711041
Nimrod Ben-Cnaan, Head of Policy and Public Relations, Law Centres Network tel. 0203 637 1330
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Saturday Morning Fire Levels Home
Written by Debbie Gregory
Published: Thursday, September 24,2015
A Saturday morning fire at 2191 Williams Road leveled the home of Phillip Spears, Jr.
The fire call went out at 5:21 a.m. on September 19, and upon arrival the Lafayette Fire Department found the two story single family residence fully involved and almost on the ground.
The estimated loss of the house and contents is $236,000 and the fire was of an undetermined origin.
Captain Don Stevens was in charge of the scene and there were 13 firefighters at the fire site. Stevens said the department utilized Tanker 22, Tanker 9 and Engine #2.
The fire crew was on the scene till almost 8:00 a.m.
Those responding to the fire were the Lafayette Fire Department, Macon County EMS, and the Macon County Chronicle.
In other news from the Lafayette Fire Department, a crew was dispatched to The Eatin’ Place Restaurant located at 110 East Locust Street early Sunday morning, September 20, following a report of an electrical fire.
According to Lafayette Fire Chief Keith Scruggs, they had an electrical issue which caused a short in the meter box outside the building, which burnt up the wiring. “Jeremy Cole opened the door to the panel box inside, which was energized and he was shocked,” said the Chief. “He was transported by Macon County EMS to Sumner Regional Medical Center for treatment.”
The owner of the building is Ron Alan Powell and the restaurant occupant is Crystal Arnold.
Assistant Chief Troy Brawner was in charge of the scene and there was 7 firemen at the Locust Street site.
Responding to the fire scene were the LFD, EMS and LPD
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MANCOSA’s Annual Women’s Day Event
The Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) held its Annual Women’s Day event on Friday 19th August 2016 at the Mancosa [GSB]. The event was themed: “The Empowered African Woman” where African heritage was celebrated by staff dressing in different types of African attire. In acknowledgement of the theme, a number of emerging female entrepreneurs were encouraged to promote and sell their handmade products at MANCOSA’s pop-up stores. The main event initiated with a welcome Waka Waka dance by a group of female employees, where the guests were encouraged to dance along to the music. This was followed by a welcome address by Mr Kevashan Ethiraju, Master of Ceremony, and an opening remark by Mr Hashim Bobat, MANCOSA’s Marketing Director.
The guest speech was delivered by Natalie Ogden, a representative from Red Light which is an anti-human trafficking organisation. Ms Ogden described the work carried out by Red Light which includes creating awareness in local schools and communities, night outreaches in red light areas and reintegrating survivors and women-at-risk back into society. In cognisance of the fact that women in South Africa are generally at higher risk of being sexually and physically assaulted, self-defence demonstrations were given by David Verster, a renowned self-defence instructor, from Lion’s Den Mixed Martial Arts Gym.
Tebogo Petlele, founder of Seponono Head Scarves, gave a motivational talk about her journey towards becoming an acknowledged and successful entrepreneur and encouraged the ladies present to follow their dreams. An inspirational talk was later given by Dr Claudine Hingston, Head of MANCOSA’s Centre for Women Leadership. In her talk, Dr Hingston shared her story about the challenges she had faced in life, particularly, in her home country Sierra Leone and how she managed to overcome them successfully.
Interspersed in the programme, were demonstrations by Kate Coleby, MANCOSA’s Training Officer, on how to create a load shedding survival kit as well as how to make a fondant rose when decorating a cake. The programme ended with a vote of thanks by Ziningi Malinga, MANCOSA’s HR officer, followed by a scrumptious lunch. The programme was filled with lucky draws, best dressed awards and surprise gifts.
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Case of who murdered Elaine Jones is still unsolved
By Cobram Courier
Information sought: The composite sketch (drawn in 1980) of the man believed to be responsible for Elaine Jones’ murder.
The image of a tall, muscular man wearing Speedos haunts the memory of a Tocumwal resident from that first Thursday of 1980 — the day Elaine Jones was murdered.
In a double tragedy for the family, Mrs Jones’ husband Alan died from a heart attack after pulling her body from the Murray River in the presence of their daughter, Jennifer. Her murder has never been solved.
The resident, who wished to remain anonymous, was in their early 20s at the time and recalled encountering a man they believed to be in his 30s.
‘‘My friend and I were at Town Beach, swimming and sunbaking,’’ the resident said.
‘‘We saw this guy who was quite tall, well-muscled and wearing Speedos.
‘‘He was about 10m away and walking past and staring at us — he just didn’t hide it, he made no attempt to hide his perving.’’
Feeling unsafe, the pair left the beach, but the Tocumwal resident saw the man later in the day in a Nissan Skyline sedan outside a local cafe.
Police said just after 10pm on January 4, 1980, Mrs Jones was bludgeoned to death while walking back to Town Beach after doing some shopping in town.
Her body was discovered the following morning by her husband and daughter, who were searching the river in a dinghy.
Mr Jones pulled his wife’s body from the water and into the dinghy before suffering his fatal heart attack.
The murder, described as the worst in the small town’s history by then Detective Sergeant Gary Mathews from Albury CID, caused a panic in the town with tourists and holidaymakers staging a mass exodus, leaving behind many on-edge locals.
The resident, along with a number of others, were interviewed by police about the man to help put together a facial composite sketch.
‘‘I always thought what a coincidence he was in town at the same time this tragedy occurred,’’ they said.
‘‘He had a big nose, he wasn’t my idea of handsome and I thought his hair was lighter than the picture (which was put together).
‘‘Police told us they checked him out, but they may have told us that to calm us down.’’
The resident said the cold case had left a lasting impression on the town, but they were sure convicted rapist and murderer Raymond ‘Mr Stinky’ Edmunds, who had been linked to the case, was not the man they saw earlier in the day.
‘‘Everyone was in shock and even now I am wary when I am out for a walk,’’ the resident said.
‘‘It made me more aware, it could have been us because this guy was a creep.
‘‘I wouldn’t have wanted to be there on my own, that’s why we left and when we saw him again we thought yuck.
‘‘One (Edmunds) is a notorious murderer, this person (we saw) certainly wasn’t him.”
In 2011, the NSW Government offered a $100000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her murder.
The Courier is keen to hear from anyone with information about the cold case as it continues its coverage leading into 40 years since the murder.
●Anyone with information which can help investigators is urged to phone CrimeStoppers on 1800333000.
New NCN Health board meets
The new NCN Health board has met following the voluntary amalgamation of Nathalia, Cobram and Numurkah health services.
Cobram Courier
Fine for dumping industrial waste
The Environment Protection Authority Victoria has fined Sunbrell Pty Ltd, owned by Moira Shire Council Mayor Libro Mustica, $8060 for dumping industrial waste at a property on Ritchie Rd, Cobram.
Discover what you can do in your own backyard
Moira Shire Council launched its Discovery Weekend at Cactus Country in Strathmerton on Friday.
Jump in crime figures
Moira Local Government Area has seen a 56 per cent jump in overall crime incidents since 2015, jumping from 1078 in 2015 to 1685 in 2019.
Jared Loughnan
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Pre-Party + Professional Showcase
Speakers And Talks
M+DEV 2018
M+DEV18
A MIDWEST GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
Professional Showcase
sponsor, exhibit, or demo at M+Dev 2018!
M+DEV is a video game development conference for professional game developers and those seeking to become professional game developers. This conference provides a gathering place for game developers in the state, the region and beyond to discuss and share the latest information on the science, art, mechanics and business of making games.
M+DEV is for anyone who is currently a professional video game developer or contractor, or who wishes to become one. M+DEV encompasses professionals in games development or one of the many businesses that support games development in the educational, entertainment and corporate markets.
M+DEV is a conference that will give you greater exposure to the broad spectrum of video games development in area. Meet, network and learn from talented minds both locally and from the greater global games market. Learn how to improve the craft of making games, how to better sell your games, or meet potential partners who can mentor or even finance your games business.
legendary sponsors
Wisconsin Games Alliance
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
MadREP
heroic sponsors
Adtalem Global Education
Glyph Language Service
StartingBlock Madison
PerBlue
Wargaming Chicago
Filament Games
classic sponsors
Fantasy Flight Interactive
Alliant Energy
Madison Gas & Electric
gener8tor
Clinical Playground
Human Head Studios
Stack41
tutorial sponsors
UW-Stout
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
UW-Whitewater
Exhibits & Demos
Forever Interactive
Bump Studios
UW- Stout
Madison Colllege
MadUX
Madison Indies
UW Game Lab
Madison FemDev
Indie Arcade
Higher Education Video Game Alliance
Serious Play Conference
Madison Women in Tech
Madison XR
Cream City Code
Registration - Main Entrance
Tim Gerritsen: Tales from the Grindstone (Keynote) - Main Theatre
Jana Palm: Games as art, not business - Main Theatre
E.B. Updegraff: Gaming with Grandma: why senior lady gamers are the best audience you'll ever have - Mendota 6
Emil Harmsen, Nick Hwang, Krista Lee Malone, Andrew Williams: Higher Ed Game Development in WI - Mendota 5
Nathan Abell: Art and Hue - Kegonsa
Kat Shanahan: Agile Marketing Ideas for Indies - Wingra
Syrenne McNulty: Your Game on a Console - Monona
Katherine Stull: Leveraging Community Feedback for a More Impactful Game Design - Waubesa
Dan Murray: How the Game Industry informs a new type of Media Company for Creators (Fireside Chat) - Main Theatre
Cori Alcorn: Developers Timelines and the Localizers Lament - Mendota 6
Quinn Crossley, Rose Klein, Syrenne McNulty, Allison Salmon, Kat Shanahan, Katherine Stull: Fostering Gender Diversity in the Games Industry - Mendota 5
Emily Treat: Tackling Behavior Changes in Games - Kegonsa
Ian Beckman: How to Lie Cheat and Trick 3D Animation - Wingra
Jennifer Javornik: Selling Your Studio: Advice to Getting Your Studio Hired - Monona
Timothy Cubbison: Creating Dramatic Tension in Video Games - Waubesa
Lunch - Common Area
Jon Coughlin: Light Sim: Making a physics-forward flight simulation accessible - Mendota 6
Jim Charne, David Pekarek Krohn, Collin Schaefer, Anne Smith, Paul Temple: It’s not too early to worry: Avoiding early stage catastrophes that can tank your company (Legal Panel) - Mendota 5
George Hufnagl: Voiceover Production Process for Battle Chef Brigade - Kegonsa
Stephen Calender: Developing "Code Smell" - Wingra
Danielle Sands: The Art of Freelance - Monona
Raphael Azcueta: How To Show Your Game To Strangers - Waubesa
Rob Martyn: Portugal Invents the Atom Bomb - F2P design, Marketing stacks and UA - Main Theatre
Dan White: How VR Changes Learning: Speaker - Mendota 6
Eric Bauman, Matthew Berland, Krista-Lee Malone, Dr. Richard Van Eck, Moses Wolfenstein: Trends in Game-Based Teaching and Learning… Pearls and Perils - Mendota 5
Arthur Low: Directing Development: Tips and Tricks from the Trenches - Kegonsa
Claus Moberg: The Mechanics of Explosive Growth - Wingra
Abigail Rindo: Friends Forever: Creating Cross IP Relationships in Disney Heroes - Monona
Rose Klein: Empathy and Gender Diversity in Games - Waubesa
(3:00 pm - 5:00 pm) Jim Charne, David Pekarek Krohn, Collin Schaefer, Anne Smith, Paul Temple: Open Legal Office Hours (1 on 1’s with the M+Dev legal panel) - The Boardroom
Alyssa Finley: Endnote - Main Theatre
Send-Off Reception - Common Area
Schedule by room
Main Theater
Wingra
Waubesa
Kegonsa
How To Show Your Game To Strangers
Raphael Azcueta is a solo developer from Milwaukee. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently works on his sword & sorcery action game The Moon Fields.
Amanda Hudgins is an alternative controls designer, writer, and former rugby player. She is a passionate evangelist for Kentucky based games, and shows her project, the #1000ButtonProject wherever there is space.
How to Lie, Cheat, and Trick 3D Animation into your Game
Ian is a Chicago-based game developer/animator of 8 years, who was trained in the art of 3D character animation at Depaul University. After working in the game industry for 5 years as an animator with a focus on motion capture, Ian and his wife Erin decided to cast off the chains of realistic animation. With the goal of creating games focused on cartoony 3D graphics and animation, they formed Big Sir Games. Ian is currently directing and programming Cosmo's Quickstop, an interstellar gas-station management game due to release early 2019.
Developing "Code Smell": How you can gauge programming quality without knowing anything about programming
Stephen Calender is the Game Engineering Team Lead at Filament Games who builds games, mentors developers, enlightens clients, and inspires the next generation of learners.
Jim Charne is one of the very first lawyers to work in the videogames industry. After a first career in New York in the record business, he joined Activision, then a venture-backed start-up, in 1983. At Activision, Jim produced Atari 2600 games and wrote and negotiated the company's first third party dev contracts. He went on to become General Counsel, VP Legal and Business Affairs, and later CFO for the first North America-based game studio licensed as a developer by Nintendo. Jim is the first President of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS), serving from 1998 to 2001, where he organized and produced its first three Academy awards programs, and is a member of IGDA, NARAS (the recording academy), and SAG-AFTRA (the actors union). Jim continues to represent games industry clients from his offices in Madison.
Light Sim: Making a physics-forward flight simulation accessible
Jon Coughlin is an independent developer from Stoughton, WI, where he lives with his wife Andrea and son Charles. He has a decade of experience as an aerospace engineer, specializing in flight simulation. He is currently collaborating with Flippfly on an unnamed helicopter game.
Creating Dramatic Tension in Video Games
Timothy Cubbison has spent the last decade at the intersection of entertainment and technology. His roles have included Casting Director, Performance Producer, Voice Director, and Writing Producer on several franchises including Fallout, Life is Strange, Tomb Raider, Dishonored, The Elder Scrolls, Halo, and Destiny. Cubbison has produced over 1 million lines of dialogue for 50+ titles including several “Game of the Year” award winners. As the General Manager of Horseless Cowboy, he continues to advise a broad range of clients from EA to Netflix as they navigate the delicate waters of Hollywood to incorporate the best performance and narrative into their projects. Cubbison holds a BS in Radio.Television.Film from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
Voiceover Production Process for Battle Chef Brigade
If we met in real life, I would shake your hand and say, “My name is George Hufnagl. It’s great to meet you!” And it would be great, because meeting new people is great, and names are great, and you’d tell me yours, and we’d be off to the races. Or wherever! You would describe your interests and concerns (I would let you go first), and then I’d explain my passion and experience creating charming and goofy audio with game developers, live performers, toymakers, writers, and other creative people. If we hit it off, which I bet we would, we might share ideas, throw most of them away, but then find that one idea that just…you know. We’d nod. You’d say “Whoa.” I’d say, “Yeah.” Then we’d talk business.
Selling Your Studio: Advice to Getting Your Studio Hired
Jennifer Javornik is a technology executive who specializes in business development, partnership management, revenue growth, and entrepreneurship. She is currently the Vice President of Sales for Filament Games, a video game studio that specializes in digital games, simulations, VR and AR experiences for impact. She is also a founding member of the Wisconsin Games Alliance and is the board chair for the International Lady Laughs Comedy Festival. For kicks, Jennifer authors a series of children's books highlighting real-life working moms in STEM careers. Jennifer has a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.S. in Information Technology from Northwestern.
Empathy and Gender Diversity in Games
Also: Fostering Gender Diversity in the Games Industry
Rose Klein is a recent graduate from UW-Madison, where she studied game design, education, and astronomy. As a queer trans woman, she is particularly interested in making and studying games as an expression of LGBTQ+ lives.
David Pekarek Krohn focuses his practice on patent and appellate litigation. He has represented clients in patent infringement suits involving patents in a range of technologies, focusing on electrical engineering and computer science. Prior to his legal career, Dave worked as an engineer and manager in the software industry during the technology boom of the 1990s and early 2000s, including working as a game developer at Jellyvision (now Jackbox games), where he worked on popular games such as You Don’t Know Jack!, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, and OutSmart.
Directing Development: Tips and Tricks from the Trenches
As Technical Director for Lost Boys Interactive, Arthur Low mostly wears contract lead programmer and technical sourcing hats for a number of AAA game studios in the Madison area and beyond. Before that, he spent 9 years with Filament Games as Development Director, contract manager, and programmer - helping teams build and ship dozens of titles for clients such as Oculus, Amazon, Smithsonian, and more. He's a passionate prototyper with an affinity for network code, math, and other devs.
Your Game on Console: A Journey from Pitch to Submission
Syrenne McNulty is a freelance producer and QA specialist in the industry, with an expertise in working with consoles. Projects she has worked on include Evergarden, SCALE, Manifold Garden, and Defender's Quest.
The Mechanics of Explosive Growth
Claus Moberg is a Senior Engineering Director at Roblox where he focuses on the company's iOS, Android, Xbox and PC-specific applications. He has previously led the company's VR and console teams. Prior to joining Roblox, Claus spent six years leading SnowShoe, a toys-to-life hardware startup, as the company's founder and CEO. Claus holds a BS, an MS and most of a PhD from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and currently lives in San Mateo, California.
Friends Forever: Creating Cross-IP Relationships in Disney Heroes
Abigail Rindo is the Art Director at PerBlue Entertainment, where she leads and executes the narrative and creative vision. She has worked on over 20 game projects in various roles and on a variety of platforms, including mobile hits like Dragonsoul and Disney Heroes: Battle Mode.
The Art of Freelance
Danielle Sands has spent a lot of her life traveling overseas to visit family in Scotland and France. She is a freelance illustrator, concept artist and 3d artist. Over the years she has worked with various companies and independent clients to create fantastical projects ranging from video games to VR experiences. Between clients she works on her own indie passion projects.
Collin F. Schaefer is an attorney from Ogden Glazer + Schaefer with an office north of Milwaukee in Cedarburg. His practice focuses on advising startups and high growth companies, commercial real estate matters, and intellectual property. Collin is passionate about entrepreneurship in Wisconsin and is also the Program Manager of the Madison based Madworks Seed Accelerator.
Agile Marketing Ideas for Indies
Kat Shanahan is the Marketing Director for Human Head Studios, which allows her to work across a variety of the studio's titles. With experience in both educational and commercial games, Kat enjoys combining her love of video games with her passion for marketing.
Fostering Gender Diversity in the Games Industry
Allison Salmon has been a developer in the video game industry for over 15 years. Starting as a software engineer, Allison has worked at companies of all sizes from AAA to tiny indie. She currently works at Flippfly creating PC, mobile and console games. When not creating games she spends time knitting and exploring the great outdoors with her husband and two kids.
Quinn Crossley is a game designer who specializes in crafting games for learning and positive impact. Quinn excels at leading game projects from conception through release and has worked with a variety of high profile clients including Facebook, BrainPOP, and PBS. Over the course of their career, Quinn has published over 15 games for purposes including STEM education, chemotherapy treatment, and dating violence awareness.
Leveraging Community Feedback for a More Impactful Game Design
Katherine Stull is a Community Manager at Human Head Studios with a passion for game design. She is also the founder of Madison FemDev, an organization for women and non-binary folks working in the games industry.
Paul has 8+ years of experience in business and technology law matters, including software as a service, enterprise software, licensing, and other technology transactions. Prior to joining AlphaTech, he was an in-house attorney with two SaaS companies, where he negotiated customer agreements, managed compliance programs, addressed human resources and employment law matters, conducted due diligence on acquisitions, and provided general legal advice to business management. His areas of practice include technology transactions, data privacy and security, employment, and general business law. He is active in the Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago tech scenes, writing and speaking on issues affecting emerging technology companies. Licensed to practice in Wisconsin and Illinois, Paul is a Cubs fan and resident of Madison's east side.
Tackling Behavior Change In Games
Emily is a game designer, producer and strategist who explores the cross sections of design, technology and social impact. She has consulted on over 200 social impact gaming initiatives and oversaw development of multiple award winning titles. Emily led development of Half the Sky Movement: The Game (Facebook) – collaborating throughout with writers, designers, developers, content experts, filmmakers, external partners, and funders to oversee and execute all stages of game design and development for the transmedia movement. Emily currently works as an experience strategist at Mad*Pow, a behavior change design agency located in Boston. In addition to her background producing games for social impact, Emily has advised on innovation projects for a range of sectors, including health care, finance, insurance, marketing intelligence, sustainable energy and national security. She served as project adviser at Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center, taught game design at New York Film Academy, and has presented at technical conferences such as AAAS, TIFF, SIGCSE, CHIFOO and Grace Hopper.
Higher Ed and Game Development in Wisconsin
Krista-Lee Malone is an associate faculty member with the department of Curriculum Instruction’s Game Design program at UW-Madison. She also streams weekly with the Serious Play group at UW-Milwaukee. Her research includes studies on raiding guilds in World of Warcraft, the making of educational games in Taiwan, and gender issues on the live-streaming platform Twitch.tv. While in Taiwan she also worked as a cultural consultant (read: writer, editor, voice-actor, translator, curriculum developer, and quest designer) for an educational MMORPG and as a corporate English instructor. Dr. Malone is currently teaching game design at UW-Madison and working on designing accessible games for classrooms and using game design in the social sciences.
"Dan's talk currently doesn't have a title, but he's probably talking about VR"
Filament Games CEO Dan White wants learning to be associated with meaning and inspiration rather than accountability and drudgery. Accordingly, he believes that learning should be highly interactive, and that game-based learning, like project- and inquiry-based learning, is a best practice in the field of education. An alumnus of Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dan has two primary passions: making outstanding learning games and building sustainable businesses.
Games as art, not business
Jana Palm is General Manager of Stugan, a world-class games accelerator in the middle of the Swedish woods. She has been there from the beginning and has helped build this unique project, which brings together talented game developers from all over the world and lets them work on their projects in an isolated place. She also works at a business incubator Sting where she helped build a games part of the incubator and now works as Sting Game Hub Manager. Additionally Jana works at Invest Stockholm on a project funded by the EU which has a goal to improve framework conditions for game companies in Sweden. She is a frequent guest and a speaker at international conferences like Casual Connect, Pocket Gamer, Slush, Level Up. Jana is often a judge in a game dev competitions such as Indie Prize, IMGA, Swedish Game Awards or IGF.
Art and Hue: The science of art for games
Nate is a concept artist and entrepreneur who grew up in Wisconsin. He learned to paint in Austin and he had a baby in San Diego. He is now making art for games, raising said baby, and living the dream in Madison. While not freelancing for clients like InXile, Ubisoft and Humanhead he runs his company StoryForge, releasing content for table top games.
Portugal Invents the Atom Bomb - F2P design, Marketing stacks and UA
Rob Martyn has been a chameleon in the electronic entertainment industry about as long as there has been one. Rob's history is a variety of roles, platforms, markets and brands - production, studio operations, marketing, analytics...online (before there was online), console, PC, mobile...casual, sports, edutainment, casino, Sims (yeah, that Sims)....EA Sports, AOL, Maxis, Zynga, Living Books, GSN Games. After a lifetime of development, Rob has spent 2 years bringing an operations mindset to mobile game marketing, and is looking to share with developers a "zero-fluff" marketing approach.
From his roots as the son of blue collar parents in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and not being able to afford college after high school, Tim went into the United States Navy as a Russian Linguist and Soviet Military Analyst at the end of the Cold War. Already building on a Russian Language Degree from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, Tim used his New GI Bill to obtain a B.A. in History and a minor in Film at the University of WIsconsin- Milwaukee. Faced witht he choice of teaching the history of Russian film or seeking out some other adventure, Tim sought out and earned a role doing his first love, making games in the then burgeoning video game industry. Tim's been a designer, producer, studio head and entrepreneur throughout his 26 years of professional game development, but he was designing games for fun ever since he learned to read and write, making pen and paper designs to play on his own or with friends. Tim worked all over the United States at various video game companies including, Dynamix, Sega of America, American Laser Games / Her Interactive, FASA Interactive, Human Head Studios, Big Rooster, Irrational Games and Fantasy Flight Interactive. However, Tim's deep love of his home state caused him to Madison and promote the efforts and talents of the local games industry. His goal is for Wisconsin to be seen as one of the premiere game development communities worldwide. Tim's worked on both large and small games from the table top to the arcade, PCs and video game consoles. Some of his exhaustive list of game credits include BioShock Infinite, Rune, Prey, the MechWarrior series, McKenzie and Co., The Vampire Diaries, A10 Tank Killer II, Aces of the Deep CD ROM, Redhurst Academy of Magic, and, most recently, The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game.
Finding Value in Failures
Alyssa Finley has been in the game industry since 1992 in roles including Programmer/Lead Programmer, Executive Producer, Technical Director, Director of Production, and Creative Director. She’s worked with teams creating games for franchises including BioShock, XCOM, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and The Walking Dead. She's currently the Executive Producer on the Wolf Among Us 2 team at Telltale Games.
Andrew Williams (PhD) is an Associate Professor of art and design history and the program director for the BFA in Game Design and Development – Art as well as the BFA in Entertainment Design at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Williams teaches and conducts research at the intersection of the history of art, design, interactive media and film. He is the author of the video game history textbook, History of Digital Games: Developments in Art, Design and Interaction. His other projects include augmented reality educational games for the Minnesota History Center as well as the establishment of a playable historical archive of digital games at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
HOW THE GAME INDUSTRY INFORMS A NEW TYPE OF MEDIA COMPANY FOR CREATORS
A fireside chat with Dan Murray, president of Skybound Interactive (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Thief of Thieves and many more)
As President of Skybound Interactive, Dan Murray oversees the company’s robust gaming business. He works closely with the industry’s leading publishers, developers and investors to extend Skybound’s IP into mobile and console games. Skybound’s game slate includes Telltale’s The Walking Dead series, Scopely’s The Walking Dead: Road to Survival, Night School’s Oxenfree, Free Range Games’ Labyrinth, Disruptor Beam’s The Walking Dead: March to War, and Rival Games’ Thief of Thieves. In addition, Skybound Interactive has a handful of video game projects in the pipeline including Overkill’s The Walking Dead from Starbreeze and Super Dinosaur for mobile devices with Big Blue Bubble. Prior to joining Skybound, Dan ran worldwide business development for Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent videogame developer in the world creating franchise- based video games on every major platform. During this tenure he helped close over 60 major video game deals including Killer Instinct and Strider. Dan graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Finance.
Gaming with Grandma: why senior lady gamers are the best audience you'll ever have
E.B. Updegraff leads the team at Hatchlings, Inc. as they crafting casual social game experiences for players all over the world. She has spent her career in both the corporate and non-profit sectors building content-driven digital experiences for hobbyist consumers, supporting communities of fans and followers, creating online marketplaces that cultivate new audiences and sales, and leading teams through transitions and growth. When she’s not crafting exciting online experiences for players at Hatchlings, E.B. runs a couple of D&D campaigns, tries to keep up with the latest animated character her toddler is obsessed with, and always has a new project running on her 3D printer.
Emil Harmsen is a Certified Scrum Professional with over 9 years’ experience practicing Agile and Scrum methodologies within Game Development. Emil is a serial entrepreneur currently heading Forever Interactive Inc, which aims to foster a growing gaming industry in the Midwest. He is also a Full-Time Computer Simulation & Gaming Instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College and has served as a Lean Startup mentor and Instructor for Ideadvance as well as the VETransfer and VictorySpark accelerators. Prior to his roles in teaching and entrepreneurship, Emil was a solider in the U.S. Army Reserve and was invited to a White House Workshop on Veteran Entrepreneurship. Emil earned an Associates degree in Interactive Media and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Strategic Management of Information Systems.
Developers, Timelines, and The Localizer's Lament
Cori Alcorn started his career in localization as a Japanese translator while studying for a degree in Japanese from Brigham Young University in 2006, paying his way through school. From 2008 to 2012, Cori functioned as the senior project manager for the Far Eastern Languages Department at Technical Language Services, training other project managers and successfully designing translation workflows and concepts for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Since then, Cori has worked as Senior Operations Manager, Solutions Architect, VP Sales and now Chief Customer Officer at Glyph Language Services. Cori has worked for several other localization agencies, including Straker Translations and Crimson Interactive. At Glyph, Cori has participated in the localization of a variety of casual and mobile titles including Farm Story 2, Dragons' World, Tiny Monsters, Halo 4: Forward Until Dawn, and most recently Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Outside of work, Cori enjoys racing simulators, disc golf, automobile maintenance, and dabbling in connecting cloud services via Javascript and custom REST API connections.
Education Panel
Richard Van Eck is the founding Dr. David and Lola Rognlie Monson Endowed Chair in Medical Education and Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS). He has a PhD in instructional design, an MA in English, and a BA in English and Psychology. He has been studying games and learning since 1995, serving as designer, evaluator, and/or principal investigator on seven STEM education games, most recently an NIH radon awareness game (Project RAHI). He is the PI on the SMHS’s AMA Innovation grant and on the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium projects: interprofessional telemedicine simulations (ROBOTS) and gamification for competency-based medical education. He is a frequent keynote speaker, presenter, and author on serious games, including two edited volumes on interdisciplinary approaches to serious games, cover stories on digital game-based learning for Educause Review (It’s Not Just the Digital Natives Who Are Restless; Still Restless After All These Years) and presentations at TEDx Manitoba and SXSW.
Eric B. Bauman, PhD, RN has been described by his peers as living on the bleeding edge of technology development. His expertise focuses on game-based teaching and learning, and simulation. Dr. Bauman’s experience spans various disciplines, but he is most well known for his award winning work focusing on medical, nursing and health sciences education. He has provided subject matter expertise and executive production for over 20 mobile game-based applications and VR/AR experiences. Dr. Bauman is a Fellow in the Academy for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and work his work has been presented at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as the White House. Dr. Bauman is Assistant Dean for Technology Development for the Innovation Center of Excellence at Adtalem Global Education and is also founding and managing member of Clinical Playground LLC.
Matthew Berland is an Associate Professor of Digital Media in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction with affiliate appointments in the iSchool and Computer Sciences at UW–Madison. He uses design-based research to design, create, and study games that support students' creative agency.
Moses Wolfenstein is an educator and game developer with over 15 years of experience designing and researching games and gamification systems for learning across corporate, higher ed, and K-12 settings. He holds a PhD in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis from University of Wisconsin-Madison where he worked with the Games, Learning, & Society research group studying and designing games for learning and training. Moses currently works as a freelance consultant and developer based in Madison, WI.
people’s choice award
Please mark one piece of art for the M+Dev 2018 People's Choice Award. Voting ends on 10/19/2018 @ 5:30pm, and the winner will be announced at the Send-Off Reception.
Cast your vote!
Ingredients (Cole Luther)
Gallus (Danielle Sands)
Elemental Siblings (Joey Kozitza)
Tombeaux (Dave Beck)
Character Concept (Logan Chitwood)
Squirrel Art (Natasha Soglin)
Tou Character Art (Hue Vang)
Viper Screen (Christopher Ekins)
Hexarden Game Art | Best in Show (3D) 2017, Juror's Choice 2017
Forest San Filippo, Flippfly
Sun of the Children Concept Art | People's Choice 2017
Hue Vang, UW Stout
TVO Tilesets | Best in Show (2D) 2017
Alex Yaeger, Filament Games
Character Concept Art
Amber Harty, Lost Boys Interactive
Submissions must be able to be printed
Animation submissions should include a single still frame as well as a video of the animation itself
Images should be high resolution versions of in-game art or concepts, ideally 300dpi in JPG or PNG format
Artist must have permission from the studio who employs them before submitting the art
Artist selected must attend conference
Pieces must be submitted by the individual artist
316 West Washington Ave #1000 (10th Floor)
The Wisconsin Games Alliance is hosting an M+Dev pre-party featuring a professional showcase for employers and those looking for work to meet and connect face to face in a fun, casual atmosphere.
Join us the night before the big event for the professional showcase, along with great food and beverages, games, and the FemDev Lounge! The pre-party and professional showcase is included with your M+DEV ticket. If you do not have an M+DEV ticket, pre-party admission is $10 and can be purchased here.
Clarion Suites
2110 Rimrock Road, Madison, WI 53713
Sheraton Madison Hotel
706 John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53713
M+DEV is a Wisconsin Games Alliance event
Special thanks to Eric Bauman, John Bergman, Jon Brouchoud, Steve Chepp, Bobby Duncanson, Aaron San Fillipo, Michael Gay, Libby Gerds, Tim Gerritsen, Paul Jadin, Jennifer Javornik, Craig Kettleson, Tyler Krucas, Arthur Low, Matt Nelson, Shaun Nivens, Daniel Norton, Jessica Nunn, Brian Pelletier, Chris Rhinehart, Abigail Rindo, Allison Salmon, Greg Shives, Sarah Spiers, Mark Stefanowicz, Katherine Stull, Seth Swanson, Justin Terry, Molly Walsh, and Forest Woolworth
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Former GroupM Chief Founds New Shop: C2Next Focuses On Search, Performance
by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 11, 2019
Two industry veterans from WPP’s search agency, GroupM Next, have formed a new agency aimed at supporting brand strategies, digital services and forging partnerships.
For C2Next, an agency focused on search and performance, the focus is on helping brands identify and learn from past mistakes to avoid repeating them, says co-founder Chris Copeland. Copeland was formerly GroupM chief.
“I look at this space and can’t help but see tons of opportunity,” he said. “There’s so much handwringing around in-housing, transparency and fraud. These are all important topics, but if you look at them from another perspective, there’s so much opportunity to do things differently and give brands better outcomes.”
The “c2” in the name represents “Chris Copeland” and the “next” identifies what’s next by helping brands “see the future” in advertising and marketing.
Copeland, along with Michael Dowd, co-founded the bootstrapped agency with a focus on growth through digital and looking for measured returns from lead generation to online sales. It will include branding through search and social, among other media.
“We formed partnerships with other agencies that excel in their discipline, but recognize the rapid change in digital advertising and want to provide our services for their clients,” he said, declining to share names.
While at GroupM Next, a WPP search agency, Dowd worked as chief technologist, where he founded the Technology Department and Competitive Intelligence Department, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Voice search and assistants, as well as in-store marketing and advertising are two emerging technology the agency will support. Everything begins with the next important change in consumer behavior, Copeland said.
“Too many brands are more concerned with executing tactics without thinking about the strategies that accelerate growth,” he said. “Buying media on Facebook and on Google may naturally happen, but when you make the buy without a strategy, or you check a box because the agency supports that media, you run into trouble.”
Investments could come in the form of data to best inform optimization of campaigns.
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“We're playing against the best competition,” Riley said after the team’s annual Thanksgiving charity event in Overtown. “All of the teams we lost to --- very close games, they had their game and lineup together and had been together for a couple years. So they knew what they running in the fourth quarter, they knew who they were going to in the fourth quarter. They felt comfortable and been in the playoffs. Does it give me any consolation? It never does. Maybe there is some kind of lesson better learned playing that competition and getting beaten by somebody who is not in that class.”
Riley made clear “we're not happy with the losses. They've been tough, tough losses. Our team deserves a little bit better but in this league, unless you're making free throws, unless you're not turning the ball over, unless you're making some shots when you need them, the league is unforgiving from that standpoint. But we'll get there.”
Riley also preached patience with the team’s young players.
He said the team “got a little bit buoyant” after winning the opener in Orlando. “Seventy-two points in the paint that night. I've
been through this drill before. We have great faith and great belief in our young players. Our young players have been not forced but put up into a position where they now have to deliver timely times during the game, sustaining drives, stopping drives, making shots at the end, making free throws. They'll get it. It doesn't happen overnight.
“You don't just sort of tap somebody on the shoulder and say. 'Oh by the way, you have to be the go to guy tonight.' Ask Dwyane Wade, ask LeBron James, ask [Chris Bosh], ask [Alonzo Mourning] ask all the great ones we've had here, ask [Tim Hardaway], there comes a times when you get used to that and it becomes second nature.”
With Chris Bosh’s contract expected to come off the Heat’s books in February, Miami could have more than $43 million in cap space next summer. Riley was non-committal about whether Miami, before February’s trade deadline, would be active or would be willing to take on contracts that run into next season.
He likely would consider taking on multiyear contracts if he can add an impact player before the trade deadline.
“The important thing is we are a forward-thinking team,” he said. “We are not going to be thinking backwards. We're not going to have any regrets. We love what we have with our young players and we know assets, whatever assets we have in the future are going to help us rebuild, whether it's picks, whether it's personnel, whether it's room.
“I'm always thinking down the future, down the road. I was looking down there when I first came here. Anything that is said by me about the future you could probably take with a grain of salt. That is just my image and my vision of how I may see things happening. That's why I don't talk to the press too much because I might create too many images out there that I can't fulfill. Some have been fulfilled.”
A large contingent of Heat players, coaches and staffers distributed meals in Overtown on Wednesday. The Heat has done this event for 25 years, distributing 15,000 Turkeys and 10,000 hot meals over that time, according to the Heat.
“Over the 25 years,… this has been a very special day,” Riley said. “It's our obligation in this country and this world to help one another.”
Asked about the importance of such events against the backdrop of a divisive presidential election, Riley said: “These won't change because of whatever has happened in the last week or 10 days in this political race that we've just gone through. People will always give. They will always have a sense of community. It's the way we are. It's the nature of being an American. We're the most giving nation in the world.”
• The Heat listed Goran Dragic (ankle) and Justise Winslow (wrist) as questionable for Thursday’s game against Milwaukee. Erik Spoelstra said Wednesday that Dragic emerged from a Tuesday workout feeling good but that does “not necessarily” mean he will play Thursday.
Asked Tuesday if he expects to miss a week or two, Winslow said it was too early to tell.
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Salman Khan kicks off 50th birthday week with an auto-rickshaw ride
Updated: Dec 23, 2015, 10:22 IST | The Hitlist Team
Salman Khan kicked off his 50th birthday week by taking recourse to public transportation. The star, who turns 50 on December 27, was spotted leaving his brother Sohail Khan’s 46th birthday bash at a Bandra nightspot in the wee hours of Monday in an auto-rickshaw
sallu@50: Salman Khan kicked off his 50th birthday week by taking recourse to public transportation.
Also read: Sohail Khan celebrates birthday with family and friends
The star, who turns 50 on December 27, was spotted leaving his brother Sohail Khan’s 46th birthday bash at a Bandra nightspot in the wee hours of Monday in an auto-rickshaw. Sallu was accompanied by his actor-buddy Nikhil Dwivedi.
Last heard, the rickshaw driver was grinning from ear-to-ear and there was no way he could have refused to ferry his star passenger to whichever destination he may have demanded.
Salman Khan's close friend Iulia attends singer Mika Singh's birthday bash
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Elite Camp
Henderson Helps Women's Basketball Surge Past Wagner, 73-58
Wagner (2-17, 1-7 NEC) 24 34 58
Mount St. Mary's (9-10, 5-3 NEC) 41 32 73
Pts: PECK,Jordyn - 20
Reb: ROBINSON,Chanez - 8
Ast: THOMPSON,Jacqui - 5
Pts: Sydney Henderson - 19
Reb: Sydney Henderson - 8
Ast: Selina Mann - 5
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Sydney Henderson (Richmond, Va./Atlee) powered a 23-6 run to close the first half with 11 points and finished the game with 19 points to propel Mount St. Mary's past Wagner 73-58 in Northeast Conference (NEC) women's basketball action on Monday.
With the Mount (9-10, 5-3 NEC) holding an 18-17 edge with 8:08 left in the first half, Henderson scored 11 points in the next six minutes to power a 23-6 run to close the stanza and give the Mountaineers a 41-24 advantage at halftime. After the Seahawks trimmed the margin to 10 points with 2:35 remaining, Henderson drained four clutch free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.
Henderson shot 6-for-11 from the floor in the game, including 3 of 5 from behind the arc and 4 of 4 from the free throw line to finish the night with 19 points while also adding eight rebounds, four assists and two steals to help Mount St. Mary's to its fourth-straight win against Wagner.
The Mount also got a great play from its starting post after Tara Lonergan (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) recorded a career-high 15 points along with seven rebounds and Rachel Mathews (Richmond, Va./Midlothian) notched a career-best 14 points along with six caroms.
Senior Selina Mann (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) finished the night with five assists, six steals and four points. The senior became the second player in program history to register 300 assists and 300 steals in her career and now stands at 395 assists and 306 steals in her career. Mann also moved into sixth place on the program's all-time career assist list.
Jordyn Peck paced the Seahawks with 20 points. Chanez Robinson added 11 points and eight rebounds and Stephanie Blais chipped in 11 points in the loss.
Mount St. Mary's used a strong end to the first half and halted a furious Wagner comeback attempt to earn the victory in the squad's first home game since Jan. 7.
With the score tied at 8, the Mount went on an 8-2 run to take the lead it would not relinquish. Lonergan converted two free throws at 13:54 in the first half to break the standstill and then scored in the lane at 13:29 for a four-point edge.
After Jacqui Thompson answered with a layup of her own at 13:07, Ashley Christie (Dayton, Ohio/Archbishop Alter) and Kayla Grossett (Toronto, Ontario/David and Mary Thompson C.I.) scored consecutive baskets off the glass for a 16-10 lead with 11:18 left.
Wagner went on a 7-2 spurt to make it a one-point game with 8:08 left in the first half before Henderson and the Mountaineers took over for the rest of the stanza with a 23-6 run.
Clinging to a one-point lead, Henderson drained a 3-pointer at 7:48 and then scored in the lane at 7:19. Grossett and Mathews both scored off the glass to give the Mount a 27-17 lead with 6:23 left in the half. Lonergan then scored on a layup at 5:11 before Peck answered with a jumper at 4:48.
Mount St. Mary's then scored 12 of the next 14 points to take a 41-21 advantage. Henderson started the run with a 3-ball at 3:57. After Peck scored in the lane at 2:20, Henderson nailed another triple at 1:52. Mathews scored the next four points on a layup at 1:27 and two free throws with 58 seconds left before Grossett made two at the line with eight seconds left for a 41-21 margin. Peck nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make it a 17-point game going into the locker room.
Mount St. Mary's extended its lead to 51-26 with 15:30 left thanks to a 10-2 run sparked by eight points from Jacqueline Brewer (Martinsburg, W. Va./Martinsburg).
With the aid of four 3-pointers, Wagner went on a 30-15 run over the next 13 minutes to cut the deficit to 66-56 with 2:35 remaining. Blais made three of the four treys in the spurt. Mount St. Mary's closed the game by connecting on 7 of 10 from the charity stripe to seal the victory.
Brewer and Grossett both finished the game with eight points.
The Mount returns to action on Saturday at home against Sacred Heart. Game time is 7 p.m.
July 26, 2013 #MountTop20: Women’s Basketball Qualifies for NEC Semifinals in Number 6 Moment
July 15, 2013 #MountTop20 : Women’s Basketball Takes Down Seton Hall, 74-64, for No. 11 Moment
July 1, 2013 #MountTop20 : Vanessa Blair Joins NEC Hall of Fame for Number 17 Moment
June 25, 2013 #MountTop20 : Mount Athletics Celebrates Women in Sports in Number 18 Moment
June 18, 2013 Mount Women’s Basketball Draws Saint Joseph’s in Preseason WNIT Opening Round
June 10, 2013 Whitten Attends The Center for Coaching Excellence
May 22, 2013 Mount Women's Basketball Announced in 2013 Preseason WNIT Field
May 17, 2013 Mount Women's Basketball Announces Recruiting Class
May 14, 2013 Bryan Whitten Announces Summer Camp Information
March 13, 2013 Mount St. Mary's Women's Basketball Falls to Quinnipiac, 63-56, in NEC Semifinals
March 12, 2013 Mount Women's Basketball Will Take on Quinnipiac in NEC Semifinals on Wednesday
March 10, 2013 Mount St. Mary's Women's Basketball Tops Monmouth, 59-57, in Northeast Conference Quarterfinals
March 7, 2013 Women's Basketball Heads Back to Monmouth for Rematch in NEC Quarterfinal Matchup
March 7, 2013 Sydney Henderson Earns Second Team All-Northeast Conference
March 4, 2013 Mann Ties a Season-High with 20 Points, But the Mount Falls to Monmouth 71-63
March 3, 2013 Women's Basketball Tangles With Monmouth on Monday in Key Regular Season Finale
March 2, 2013 Mount St. Mary's Women's Basketball Secures 70-62 Victory Over Fairleigh Dickinson
February 28, 2013 Women's Basketball Travels to Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday
February 25, 2013 Mount St. Mary's Clinches NEC Playoff Berth with 51-39 Win over LIU Brooklyn
February 25, 2013 Women's Basketball Welcomes LIU Brooklyn to Knott Arena on Monday Night
February 23, 2013 Mount Women's Basketball Edges St. Francis Brooklyn, 49-48
February 21, 2013 Women's Basketball Hosts St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday Night
February 18, 2013 Women's Basketball Hosts Bryant on Monday Night
February 18, 2013 Mount St. Mary's Women's Basketball Falls to Bryant, 69-62, on Monday Night
February 16, 2013 Mount St. Mary's Holds on for 50-48 Victory over Central Connecticut State
February 15, 2013 40 For 40 - Mount Women In Sports Celebration: Part V
February 12, 2013 Carney's Career Day Leads Women's Basketball Past Wagner
February 11, 2013 Women's Basketball Heads North To Take on Wagner on Tuesday
February 9, 2013 Women's Basketball Falls At Saint Francis, 83-59
February 7, 2013 Women's Basketball Starts Two Game Road Trip at St. Francis Pa. on Saturday
February 7, 2013 40 For 40 - Mount Women In Sports Celebration: Part IV
February 4, 2013 Quinnipiac Downs Women's Basketball, 78-55
February 3, 2013 Women's Basketball Concludes Three-Game Homestand Against NEC Leader Quinnipiac on Monday.
February 2, 2013 Sacred Heart Upends Women's Basketball, 58-50
February 1, 2013 40 For 40 - Mount Women In Sports Celebration: Part III
February 1, 2013 Mount Women's Basketball Hosts Sacred Heart on Saturday Evening
January 28, 2013 Henderson Helps Women's Basketball Surge Past Wagner, 73-58
January 27, 2013 Women's Basketball Comes Home To Host Wagner On Monday Night
January 25, 2013 40 For 40 - Mount Women In Sports Celebration: Part II
January 25, 2013 Women's Basketball Concludes Five-Game Road Trip At Robert Morris On Saturday
January 24, 2013 Vanessa Blair Inducted Into The Northeast Conference Hall of Fame
January 21, 2013 Women's Baskeball Falls In Overtime To Central Connecticut State, 77-73
January 20, 2013 Women's Basketball Looks To Improve To 5-1 In NEC At Central Connecticut State On Monday
January 19, 2013 Women's Basketball Downs Bryant In Wild-Overtime Finish, 86-84
January 17, 2013 40 For 40 - Mount Women In Sports Celebration: Part I
January 17, 2013 Women's Basketball Continues Road Trip At Bryant On Saturday
January 14, 2013 Lonergan's Layup With 36.1 Seconds Left Propels Women's Basketball Past St. Francis Brooklyn, 49-45
January 13, 2013 Women's Basketball Heads To St. Francis Brooklyn On Monday
January 12, 2013 Balanced Offensive Attack Powers Women's Basketball To 66-41 Win Against LIU Brooklyn
January 11, 2013 Women's Basketball Faces First NEC Road Test This Season Against LIU Brooklyn At The Barclays Center On Saturday
January 11, 2013 Mount St. Mary’s To Celebrate Women In Sports
January 7, 2013 Fairleigh Dickinson Upends Women's Basketball In Overtime, 69-60
January 6, 2013 Women's Basketball Concludes Four-Game Homestand Against Fairleigh Dickinson On Monday
January 5, 2013 Lonergan Unwraps Career-High 14 Points To Propel Women's Basketball Past Monmouth On Her Birthday, 70-51
January 4, 2013 Women's Basketball Opens Up NEC Play Against Monmouth At Knott Arena On Saturday
January 2, 2013 Lehigh Downs Women's Basketball In Non-Conference Finale, 66-57
January 1, 2013 Women's Basketball Hope To Start New Year On Right Foot At Home Against Lehigh On Wednesday
December 30, 2012 Women's Basketball Loses Heartbreaker To American, 48-46
December 29, 2012 Women's Basketball Ends 2012 With Home Game Against American On Sunday
December 20, 2012 Women's Basketball Falls At Pittsburgh, 67-49
December 19, 2012 Mount St. Mary’s Renews Partnership With WTHU-1450 AM For 13 Basketball Broadcasts
December 18, 2012 Take Two: Women's Basketball Looks To Repeat Big East Success At Pittsburgh On Thursday
December 17, 2012 Henderson Nabs Second NEC/Choice Hotels Player Of The Week Honor This Season
December 16, 2012 Women's Basketball Stuns Seton Hall, 74-64
December 14, 2012 Women's Basketball Battles Seton Hall On The Road On Sunday
December 8, 2012 Brewer's Career Day Helps Women's Basketball Deploy Navy, 53-45
December 7, 2012 Women's Basketball Hosts Navy For Saturday Afternoon Tilt
December 5, 2012 Mann-Henderson Tandem Powers Women's Basketball Past UMES, 62-58
December 3, 2012 Women's Basketball Begins Two-Game Homestand Against UMES on Wednesday
November 28, 2012 Bucknell Downs Women's Basketball, 55-43
November 27, 2012 Women's Basketball Concludes Bison Road Trip At Bucknell On Wednesday
November 26, 2012 Daddy/Daughter Date Night Set For Women's Basketball Tilt Against UMES On December 5; Mount Announces Schedule Changes
November 25, 2012 Women's Basketball Falls 77-52 At Howard
November 24, 2012 Women's Basketball Heads To Howard For A Sunday Matinee
November 20, 2012 Women's Basketball Game At Howard Moved To 4:30 P.M. Start Time On Sunday
November 19, 2012 Campbell Holds Off Women's Basketball, 54-48
November 19, 2012 Henderson Named NEC Choice Hotels Co-Player Of The Week
November 18, 2012 Women's Basketball Welcomes Campbell To Town For Home Opener On Monday
November 16, 2012 Henderson's Career Night Powers Women's Basketball Past Rider, 70-67
November 15, 2012 Women's Basketball Travels To Rider On Friday Night
November 9, 2012 Women's Basketball Falls In Season Opener At Fifth-Ranked Maryland
October 23, 2012 Women's Basketball Picked Seventh In NEC Preseason Poll
October 22, 2012 Mount St. Mary's Basketball Coaches Set To Participate In NEC "Social" Media Day
October 16, 2012 Whitten Adds Keys And Martin To Women's Basketball Coaching Staff
October 2, 2012 Women's Basketball Unveils 2012-13 Schedule
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First Look: Disney and Marvel Officially Release Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer
Michael Sandoval October 22, 2014
©Disney ©Marvel
Disney and Marvel officially released this evening the first trailer to next summer’s highly anticipated sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron. Film sees the return of  Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Cobie Smulders and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. New addition to the film are Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany and James Spader as Ultron.
Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,†the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron†stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision.
Written and directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron†is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,†first published in 1963. Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Patricia Whitcher, Stan Lee and Jon Favreau serve as executive producers. Get set for an action-packed thrill ride when The Avengers return in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron†on May 1, 2015.
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Marketplace Contributor Jul 17, 2015
We got details this week on the biggest apparel deal in college sports history: Nike will pay the University of Michigan $169 million to be the school’s official athletic brand.
And if that sounds like a lot of money just to put the iconic swoosh on Wolverine jerseys, then you have to understand the battle that brands are waging right now to own college campuses.
For fans, this stuff matters.
When Michigan fans found out the school would be leaving Adidas, which it partnered with in another major apparel contract back in 2007, and going back to Nike, the reaction was big.
There was mass celebration on fan blogs. Athletes rejoiced on Twitter. Interim Athletic Director Jim Hackett even told reporters that beloved Coach Jim Harbaugh had voiced his desire to go with Nike just two days after taking the job at Michigan.
There were rumors and hints that Michigan had actually left even more lucrative offers from Under Armor or Adidas on the table.
At the Coach and Four Barbershop in downtown Ann Arbor, junior Brian Cook laughed at how much this all meant to him and other fans: “We have such, like, a big feeling about this stuff!”
Now sports fanatics, and maybe college fans especially, are known for sweating the small stuff: the details and stats and minutiae that totally escapes the less devoted. But this felt different. This didn’t just feel like navel gazing about jerseys and cleats and helmet design. Because on campuses in recent years, the emotion about whether your school is Nike or Adidas or Under Armor – it’s real.
“It’s less about money and more about keeping up with the rest of college football, really,” says barber James Price. “When you see Nike, you know they’re going to do what they have to do promote the school, and put the school on that pedestal.”
“The battleground for American universities”
And that belief that Price just voiced? That’s obviously priceless to brands like Nike.
That’s why Nike is in a kind of arms race with Under Armor and Adidas to throw more and more money at apparel contracts with big sports schools.
Because they’re not just trying to sell shoes — although, yeah, they want to sell shoes.
They’re also trying to be college football and basketball, at least in the fan’s mind. They are trying to be the biggest, fastest, sexiest parts of college ball.
Take Nike’s ad for its football camp, the Opening, for top high school players, where a gravel-voiced coach shouts at a bunch of teenagers that “every year, 163 of the strongest and baddest will come to play, with another thousand killing themselves to get here!”
The Opening may not be the kind of industry staple that Nike would like it to be — at least not yet.
But it’s one of the ways that brands are trying to drive and even create content, not just apparel, when it comes to college sports.
And it’s smart. Because right now, in these slow July days, there just isn’t a lot of football happening. So reporters and blogs write about — and then fans endlessly dissect — what’s happening at camps like this one. Clips from great plays go viral. It makes “news.”
Then, hey, look at that: Nike also conveniently allows you to purchase every $200 pair of cleats and $50 camo tights that players at the Opening are wearing.
Morningstar analyst Paul Swinand, who focuses on sporting and luxury goods, says this is all part of a new national approach.
“The battleground for American universities is part of the strategy to get the consumer early to lock in their emotional ties to the brand,” Swinand says. “That’s made it imperative to get the biggest, and the needle-moving schools in your camp. So I don’t want to say that they’re ready to write blank checks to universities. But they’re competing much harder and willing to spend more. That’s driving the price up.”
Plus, as audiences becomes increasingly fragmented between all the competing offerings on TV, Web and mobile, live sports is one of the few ways brands can get national attention.
And teams with deep, rabidly loyal fan bases like Michigan’s? Those are worth more than ever.
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Behindthestorefront Blog
Shopping specialty retail stocks: Urban Outfitters, American Eagle are analyst's top 2014 picks
Published: Jan 2, 2014 1:24 p.m. ET
AndriaCheng
Specialty retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and Urban Outfitters Inc. both had a sour 2013, but 2014 may be much kinder.
On Thursday, the shares jumped 2.8% and 3.2% by midday, respectively, after Jefferies & Co. analyst Randal Konik called them out as his top two picks for 2014 and upgraded them to buy. American Eagle tumbled 30% in 2013, compared with the S&P 500's 30% gain. Urban lost almost 6%.
In a 173-page report, Konik also upgraded Ann Taylor parent Ann Inc. and rival Chico's FAS Inc. to buy. However, American's Eagle's two A-rivals Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale were downgraded to hold, helping to send those shares down 2.1% and 1.7%, respectively.
Overall, after a year in which the S&P Retail Index jumped 44%, besting the broader market, Konik said he continues to like the group amid a still-improving macroeconomic environment and low interest rates. The bulk of the retailers are generating strong free cash, which may lead to increased buybacks or dividends, he added. Finally, after a tough second half of last year, the group is entering the new year with clean inventory, which means fewer profit-eroding discounts.
For Urban, which also owns the Anthropologie and Free People chains, Konik said its "differentiated concepts" could begin to "work in harmony" this year and drive "outsized returns." He said while Urban and Anthropologie have been a tale of two concepts not working in tandem over the past few years, 2014 will see the Urban chain getting "back on track" and Anthropologie "continuing to ride its wave of momentum."
Urban Outfitters had some fashion misses with last year's women's assortment, but there are positive indicators for this spring's apparel selections, he said. For the stock to perform, it historically has taken both the Urban chain and Anthropologie unit to be "humming along together."
According to FactSet, 65% of the 34 analysts who track Urban Outfitters rank it as a buy, while 36% of 25 who cover American Eagle see it that way.
Among other retailers, Ann and Chico's should take market share as competition like Talbots and Coldwater Creek continue to underperform, Konik said.
In the teen space, he sees American Eagle as a standout. Under a "very competent management team, we believe the company can drive a significant margin and earnings rebound against easy compares, and restore brand momentum through more focused merchandising, faster speed to market, and strict inventory and expense control," he said.
Abercrombie will take longer than expected to "rejuvenate impaired brand relevance" in the U.S., making it difficult to improve its business fundamentals and ease its "aggressive promotional stance," he said. The lack of a clear CEO succession plan also looks to have "stoked investor ambivalence," he said.
At Aeropostale, there's "diminishing visibility on the timing" of a turnaround, he said. Its merchandise changes have failed to resonate with consumers, leading to deeper discounts and significant cash burn, he noted.
In the off-price space, which sells name-brand goods at a discount, he favors T.J. Maxx parent TJX Cos. over Ross Stores . He said Ross lacks the European expansion opportunity that TJX is actively pursuing and sees margins at Ross at a peak.
While TJX also faces tough two-year sales comparisons, he noted TJX has significant growth potential ahead with room to expand its existing store base by 60%, led by openings of both T.J. Maxx and Marshalls. In Europe, the T.K. Maxx brand also has growth opportunity.
But luxury stocks, like the wares they sell, are expensive, even as wealthy shoppers will continue to spend on high-end goods, he said. While he still likes luggage and handbag maker Tumi because of its early stage growth and "ample white space for expansion," he said he's staying on the sidelines on Michael Kors and Tiffany & Co. on valuation grounds.
"We also see a slowing sales trend and peak margins at KORS," he said.
On Coach , he's encouraged by early reads on new product strategies and the company's new management team. But he said he remains cautious until he sees more sustained momentum and more favorable valuation on the shares.
– Andria Cheng
– Follow her on Twitter @AndriaCheng
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University of Wyoming, Mathematics
[POSTDOCRA] Post Doc Res Assoc - Genomics Underlying Toxin Tolerance (GUTT) (2019/08/15*)
Texas A&M University, Statistics
[SCU] Statistics, Director, Statistical Consulting Unit (deadline 2019/04/30)
University of Houston, Department of Mathematics
[FAC000898] Assistant Professor - Mathematics, Instructional Assistant Professor (2019/09/01)
Baylor College of Medicine, Neuroscience
[POSTDOC] Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2019/11/29)
Florida International University, STEM Transformation Institute
[POSTDOCTORALRESEARCHER] MULTIPLE POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH
University of Miami, Mathematics
[RAPINST] Algebraic Geometry, Research Assistant Professor
Southwestern University, Mathematics and Computer Science
[VAP1] Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics (1 Year)
[VAP2] Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
[VAP3] Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics (3 Year) (deadline 2019/03/10)
Texas State University-San Marcos, Department of Mathematics
[ASSTPROFSTAT] Statistics, Assistant Professor (2019/10/10)
The University of Texas at San Antonio, Mathematics Department
[DCM] Department Chair in Mathematics (deadline 2019/04/08)
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
[CBPD] Computational Biology, Computational Biology Postdoc (2019/09/08)
Utah State University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
[PROB] Probability, Assistant Rofessor Probability (2019/12/01)
[COURSEMANAGER] Mathematics, Course Manager - Mathematics
[MATHEMATICS] Calculus, Faculty - Assistant Professor - Mathematics
New Mexico State University, Department of Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business
[AP1] Applied Statistics, Assistant Professor in Applied Statistics (deadline 2019/03/01)
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Dept of Mathematics
[PROFESSOR] Debnath Endowed Professor in COS/SMSS (2019/12/31)
Arizona State University, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
[DIR] Director and Professor (2019/08/16)
University of Calgary, Mathematics & Statistics
[LTIMTST] Mathematics and Statistics, Limited Term Instructor - Mathematics and Statistics (2019/07/30*)
University of Alberta, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
[PDF] Postdoctoral Position in Mathematical Biology
Harvey Mudd College, Department of Mathematics
[TTFAC20] Assistant Professor of Mathematics (2019/11/20)
Claremont McKenna College, Department of Mathematical Sciences
[ADQCLVAPMS] Administrative & Mathematical Sciences, Assistant/Associate Director of the Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab and Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences (2020/12/31)
[VAPIS] Mathematical Sciences, Visiting Assistant Professor in Statistics (2019/08/01)
[VAPMS] Mathematical Sciences, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics Sciences (2019/12/31)
Pomona College, Mathematics Department
[TTAP] Tenure Track Assistant Professor (2019/12/01)
Art of Problem Solving
[ADBV19] Elementary and Secondary Mathematics, Assistant Campus Director
[ADGB19] Elementary and Secondary Mathematics, Assistant Campus Director
Pasadena Unified School District, Academics
[INS] Mathematics, Mathematics Instructor (deadline 2019/03/31)
Institute for Defense Analyses
[SCAMP] Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, SCAMP Summer Research Program (2019/09/01)
University of California, San Diego, Mathematics Department
[EXCASST18] Mathematics, Dean's Excellence Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics (filled)
University of the Virgin Islands, Science & Mathematics
[CSM] CSM Composite Ads
University of Southern California, LAS - Dept. of Mathematics
[NTTP] Teaching Track Positions (deadline 2019/06/30)
[PTLEC] Part-Time, Teaching-Track Positions (deadline 2019/06/30)
Westmont College, Mathematics and Computer Science
[AP] Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or Pure Mathematics, Assistant or Associate Professor of Mathematics (deadline 2019/01/31)
University of California, Davis, Mathematics
[P620192020] All areas of Mathematics, Pre-Six Lecturer positions for 2019-2020
University of California Santa Barbara, Statistics and Applied Probability
[VAPFINMATHACT] Financial Math/Actuarial Science, Visiting Faculty Position (VAP) - Financial Math/Actuarial Science (2019/10/31)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Mathematics Department
[LECPOOL] Mathematics, Lecture Pool
[POSTDOC19] Scientific Computation and Machine Learning, Postdoctoral Scholar in Scientific Computation
BASIS Independent Schools
[CALCTEACHER] Mathematics, Calculus Teacher (2019/12/17)
California State University, East Bay, Department of Mathematics
[AP] Mathematics, Assistant Professor (2019/11/01)
[ASSTASSOCPROF] Mathematics, Math-Teaching-TT (2019/11/01)
University of California Berkeley, Data Science
[LECTURER] Data Science, Lecturer (2020/02/03)
University of California, Berkeley, Consortium for Data Analytics in Risk
[POSTDOC] Data science at UC Berkeley, CDAR, Postdoctoral Fellow (filled, deadline 2019/03/31)
Amazon Web Services, Amazon AI
[OG] Machine Learning, Deep learning, Audio, Signal Processing, Research Scientist / Applied Scientist
CyberMath Academy
[SUMMERINSTRUCTOR] Summer Camp Instructor in Math, Coding, Robotics, Physics
Menlo College, Academic Affairs
[MATH] Math, Mathematics (2019/08/01)
[SAM] Curriculum Design, Standards Aligner - Math
Rosebud AI
[SWE] Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Software Engineering, Machine Learning/Deep Learning Engineer (accepting applications)
University of Washington, Applied Mathematics
[RESEARCHASSOCIATE] Data Driven Methods and Scientific Computing, Research Associate (Postdoctoral Position), Data Driven Methods and Scientific Computing, Departments of Applied Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
University of British Columbia, Department of Mathematics
[PDF19] Postdoctoral Fellowships (2019/08/31)
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas
[SIJA2] Statistics, Tenure--Track Assistant Professor Position (deadline 2019/05/20)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Matemáticas
[OAXACA] Algebra, Algebraic or Geometric Topology, Algebraic, Complex or Differential Geometry, Tenure Track Assistant Position (2019/07/22*)
University of Liverpool, Department of Mathematical Sciences
[LAPPM] phd, applied mathematics,, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics Grade 7/8 (deadline 2019/06/13)
[LPM] pure mathematics, research, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics Grade 7/8 (deadline 2019/06/13)
University Of Oxford, Mathematical Institute
[APTF] Pure Mathematics and its Interfaces, Associate Professorship (or Professor) of Pure Mathematics and its Interfaces in association with Hertford College (2019/08/30)
[RF] Applied Mathematics, Hooke Research Fellowship (2019/08/08)
[RF1] Pure Mathematics, Titchmarsh Research Fellowship (2019/08/08)
The University of Warwick, Department of Mathematics
[RF1] Research Fellow (deadline 2019/02/19)
[RF2] Mathematical Foundations, Theory, Research Fellow (2019/07/22)
[RF3] Research Fellow (2019/07/24)
[WZL] mathematics, Warwick Zeeman Lecturer (2019/08/04)
University of Sheffield, School of Mathematics & Statistics
[UTA] Statistics, University Teaching Associate in Statistics (2019/07/31)
University of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics
[LD] Maths, Learning Designer
[LD1] Maths, Learning Designer
Centre de Recerca Matemàtica
[ESR] Climate Science, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Meteorology, Non-linear Physics, Data Science, Complex Systems, 12 PhD Positions for the MSCA ITN CAFE: Climate Advanced Forecasting of sub-seasonal Extremes
University College London (UCL), Mathematics
[M] Mathematics (deadline 2019/05/26)
Queen Mary University of London, School of Mathematical Sciences
[LECTURER] Analysis, Lecturer in Analysis (2019/07/18)
University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory
[UNIVERSITYLECTURER] Scientific Computing, The Gianna Angelopoulos Lectureship in Scientific Computing (2019/07/21)
TU Delft
[ASSISTANTPROFESSOR] Delft, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics (deadline 2019/06/01)
[PROFESSOR] Delft, Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Mathematics (2019/08/15)
[TENURETRACKPOSITION] Partial Differential Equations, Tenure-Track Position in Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (deadline 2019/05/15)
Universiteit Leiden, Matematical Institute
[AAP] mathematics, assistant/associate professor (making offers)
EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Mathematics
[INSTRUCTOR] Mathematics, Instructorship in Applied and Computational Mathematics (2019/08/15)
[POSTDOC] Number theory, Postdoc (accepting applications, deadline 2019/06/01)
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica in Amsterdam, Personnel & Organization
[PHDSTUDENTSEARLYSTAGERESEARCHERS] Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra, PhD students/Early Stage Researchers on the subject of Polynomial Optimization, Efficiency through Moments and Algebra (2020/01/01)
[PHD] Quantum algorithms and complexity, PhD student on the subject of quantum algorithms and complexity (2019/09/02)
The University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication
[PHDS] Mathematics, PhDs in Mathematics
Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science
[PROF] Applied Analysis, Full/Associate/Assistant Professor of Applied Analysis (Tenure Track) (deadline 2019/04/18)
University of Bonn, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics
[NF_KOE] Pure Mathematics, W2 Professorship (tenured) in Pure Mathematics (2019/07/31)
Ruhr-University Bochum, Department of Mathematics
[POSTDOC1] Mathematics, Stochastics, Statistics, Research Associate (deadline 2019/04/22)
[POSTDOCPHD] Mathematics, Stochastics, Statistics, Physics, Research Associate (deadline 2019/06/30)
Heidelberg University, Mathematics Department
[W3MP] Mathematical Physics, Full Professor Mathematical Physics (deadline 2019/03/28)
[JUNIORPROFESSORSHIP] Machine Learning in Scientific Computing, Junior-Professorship (W1, fixed term for 6 years) in Machine Learning in Scientific Computing (deadline 2019/04/01)
[W3PROFESSOR] Scientific Computing, Full Professorship (W3 with endowment) in Scientific Computing (2019/09/29)
Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Mathematics Institute
[PD] analytic method in top, geometry, math physics, etc., PostDoc (deadline 2019/05/31)
[PPD] higher structures and differential geometry, postdoc (part time) (deadline 2019/07/02)
Technical University of Munich, Chair for Operations Research
[PHD] Operations Research, Ph.D. & Postdoc Positions in Discrete Math / Theoretical Computer Science (deadline 2019/04/23)
Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Mathematics
[COP] Continuous Optimization, University Professor for Continuous Optimization (deadline 2019/06/30)
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
[TTW1W2] Analysis, Professor W1 (with tenure track to W2) in Analysis (deadline 2019/03/21)
Leipzig University, Institut of Mathematics
[W2COV] Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, W2-Professorship "Calculus of Variations" (deadline 2019/06/24)
Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Mathematics
[DIFFGEO] Applied Differential Geometry, University Professor - salary grade W3 (deadline 2019/06/27)
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Mathematics
[ASSPROFMIT] Mathematics for Information Technologies, Assistant or Associate Professor in Mathematics for Information Technologies (2019/09/10)
[IETT2019] Computational Finance, Tenure-track assistant Professor of Computational Finance (deadline 2019/03/17)
Technical University of Denmark, The Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre
[PHDCRACKS] Micro fractures and their impact on the dynamic of multiphase flow under reservoir conditions, PhD position: Numerical modelling of μ-Cracks: Flow & Deformation (2019/07/20)
[PHDIMPRES] Develope numerical models for coupled proccesses in chalk formations, PhD position: Improving reservoir souring treatments for chalk formations (2019/07/20)
[POSTDOCEORPOT] Innovative, and applied research on understanding of gas and water flooding in tight chalk formations, Postdoc in Evaluation of EOR Potential by Gas/water Flooding in Chalk Oil Reservoirs (2019/08/10)
[POSTDOCNUMMODEL] Developing new analytical and numerical geomechanical models, Postdoc in Numerical Modelling of Fracture Growth in a Geological Setting (2019/08/18)
[RESNUMMOD] Numerical modelling of biological proccesses, Researcher in Numerical Modelling and Integration of Scale, Corrosion and Reservoir Souring Mitigations (2019/08/01)
[STATPROF2019] Statistics, Professor of Statistics (deadline 2019/02/17)
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
[GL] Mathematics, Statistics, Computational Modeling, Information Theory, Algorithm Development, GROUP LEADER – FOUNDATIONS OF COMPLEXITY (2019/10/01)
University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics
[PROF_BIO] Dynamical Systems in Biomathematics, Full Professor (2019/09/18)
Lund University, Evolutionary Ecology unit, Biology department
[PHD] Theoretical/ Computational ecology and evolutionary biology, Theoretical/Computational Biology (deadline 2019/04/29)
University of Hawaii, Mathematics
[INSTR2019] Instructor (deadline 2019/05/22)
Umeå University, Mathematics PhD
[PHDMATHEVOLUTION] Mathematical Modeling, PhD position in modeling endosymbiosis (accepting applications, deadline 2019/06/15)
Aalto University, Dept. of Mathematics and Systems analysis
[AAG] Applied Algebraic Geometry, Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Algebraic Geometry
[AS] Algebraic Statistics, Postdoctoral Researcher in Algebraic Statistics
[DCCT] Coding Theory for Quantum Technology, Doctoral Candidate in Coding Theory for Quantum Technology
Bilkent University, Mathematics
[VISAP] Visiting Assistant Professor
Holon Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics
[ISFRMT] Mathematical Physics, Random Matrices, Postdoctoral Associate (deadline 2019/04/30)
Bar Ilan University, Department of Mathematics
[HARMONIC] Harmonic Analysis and Discrete Geometry, Postdoctoral Researcher (2019/10/31)
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of mathematics
[PDOC20] Mathematics, Post-Doctoral position
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mathematics
[PD2] All areas of mathematics, Postdoctoral Researcher (accepting applications)
Nazarbayev University, Mathematics
[FACULTYSCIENCEMATHEMATICS] Mathematics, Full-time positions in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (deadline 2019/03/15)
[OPENRANKPOSITIONS] Applied Mathematics, Faculty - Science – Mathematics
[POSTDOCMATHPDES] Mathematics, Postdoc position in Harmonic Analysis and PDEs (2019/10/31)
Universidad Andres Bello, Departmento de Matematicas
[APM] Associate/Assistant Professor in Mathematics
Universidad de Chile, Center for Mathematical Modeling
[RAP] Mathematics, CMM–CNRS Chair of Excellence for Young Researchers (2020/06/19)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Matemáticas
[DIMC] Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Director: Institute of Mathematical and Computational Engineering (deadline 2019/06/30)
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Mathematics
[FP] All areas of pure and applied mathematics., Faculty positions
Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH), Mathematics
[TENURETRACKFACULTY] Mathematics, Tenure-track Faculty Positions at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (2019/07/31)
Institute for Basic Science, Research Evaluation Team
[DIMAG] Discrete Mathematics, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, THE IBS DISCRETE MATHEMATICS GROUP (DIMAG) POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (deadline 2019/04/15)
KOREA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY (KIAS), School of Mathematics
[POSTDOC2] pure and applied mathematics, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (deadline 2019/04/28)
Harbin Engineering University, Department of mathematics
[AP4] Pure mathematics, Pure mathematics, Assistant/Associate Professors (2019/07/31)
[AP5] Mathematical biology, Mathematical biology, Assistant/Associate Professors (2019/07/31)
[AP6] Computational Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Assistant/Associate Professors (2019/07/31)
[AP7] Statistics, Statistics, Assistant/Associate Professors (2019/07/31)
[RAP2] All areas of mathematics, All areas of mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professors (2019/07/31)
Indian Statistical Institute, Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics
[REGULARFACULTY] Statistics and Mathematics, FACULTY POSITIONS AT THE INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE (2019/12/31)
Fudan University, Shanghai Center for Mathematical Sciences
[CP1] All areas of pure and applied mathematics, including statistics, Chair Professor
[NTTF1] All areas of pure and applied mathematics, including statistics, Non tenure-track faculty
[PRF1] All areas of pure and applied mathematics, including statistics, Postdoctoral research fellowship
[TF1] All areas of pure and applied mathematics, including statistics, Tenured faculty
[TTF1] All areas of pure and applied mathematics, including statistics, Tenure-track faculty
NYU Shanghai
[NTT] Mathematics, Mathematics, Non-Tenure Track
[POSTDOC1] Mathematics, Postdoctoral Fellow - Mathematical Sciences
East China Normal University, Research Center for Operator Algebras
[POSTDOC2] Operator Algebras, Postdoctoral Position
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Mathematics
[TTFS] Statistics, Tenure-Track Faculty (2019/07/31)
[PDF] All areas of mathematics and statistics, Postdoctoral Fellow (2019/07/31)
[PR] Cluster Algebra, Postdoctoral Researcher (2019/07/31)
[TF] All areas of mathematics and statistics, Tenured Faculty (2019/07/31)
[TTF] Pure and Applied Mathematics, Tenure-Track Faculty (2019/07/31)
[ZYAP] All areas of mathematics and statistics, Zhiyuan Assistant Professor (2019/07/31)
Zhejiang University, The Center for Data Science
[ASSISTANTASSOCIATEFULLPROFESSOR] statistical theory and methodology, data mining, big data analytics, econometrics, and machine learning., Full-time Assistant /Associate/Full Professor (2020/01/16)
Westlake University
[FACULTYPOSITIONS] Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Positions in Westlake University- Mathematical Sciences∣2019 (2019/12/31)
Zhejiang Normal University, College of Mathematics, Physics and Information Engineering
[AP] all areas of mathematics as well as probability and statistics, Assistant/ Associate/ Full Professor
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Mathematics
[TT] A broad range of fields in both pure and applied mathematics as well as probability & statistics, Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Professor of Mathematics (2020/01/31)
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Mathematics and Statistics
[CP1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Chair Professor (2019/12/31)
[NTTF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Non tenure-track faculty (2019/12/31)
[PRF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Postdoctoral research fellowship (2019/12/31)
[PTF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Part-time faculty
[TF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Tenured faculty (2019/12/31)
[TTF1] Pure mathematics, Applied mathematics, Systems science and Statistics, Tenure-track faculty
Tianjin University, Center for Applied Mathematics
[TTTP20] Pure Mathematics & Applied Mathematics & Computer Science & Bioinformatics, Tenured/Tenure-Track/Postdoctoral Positions at the Center for Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, China (2019/12/31)
Beihang UNIV, MATHEMATICAL
[POSTDOCASSISTANTPROFESSORASSOCIATEDPROFE] Mathematics and Statistics, Postdoc, Assistant professor, Associated professor or Professor
Morningside Center of Mathematics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
[POSTDOC] Mathematics, Post-Doctor (accepting applications)
Peking University, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research
[FACULTY] Mathematics, Faculties
[INSTRUCTOR] Mathematics, Instructors in mathematics, BICMR, PKU
[POSTDOC1] Mathematics, Postdoctoral positions (2 years)
[FP] Mathematics, Faculty Position
[IMSP] IMS-Position
University of Science and Technology of China, The Institute of Geometry and Physics
[IGP] Differential Geometry, Algebraic Geometry, Topology and Quantum Field Theory, Postdoc, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Chair Professor (2020/04/07)
Xiamen University, School of Mathematical Sciences
[TT] All major fields of modern pure/applied mathematics, and Probability & Statistics., Professors in all levels
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Center for Mathematical Sciences
[MATHFACULTY] Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Positions at the Wuhan Center for Mathematical Sciences (deadline 2019/07/15)
Shantou University, Department of Mathematics
[LAP2019] Mathematics, Statistics and related areas, Postdocs, Lecturers, Associate Professors, Professors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Mathematics
[AMA20192] Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Mathematics, Operations Research, Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Assistant Professor in Applied Statistics and Financial Mathematics / Engineering and Computational Mathematics / Applied Optimization and Operations Research (2019/12/31)
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, Department of Mathematics
[AP] Assistant Professor
[RAP] Research Assistant Professor (deadline 2019/06/30)
Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Mathematics
[PD] Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Financial Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematical Biology, PDE and Probability, SUSTech-PD (2019/09/30)
[TT] Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Financial Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematical Biology, PDE and Probability, SUSTech-TT (2019/09/30)
[VAP] Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Dynamical Systems, Financial Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematical Biology, PDE and Probability, SUSTech-VAP (2019/09/30)
Southern University of Science and Techonology, Department of Statistics and Data Science
[LECTURERPOSITIONS] Statistics, Data Science, Probability, Lecturer (2020/10/31)
[TTPOSITIONS] Statistics, Data Science, Probability, Tenured/Tenure-track faculty (2020/10/31)
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
[OPENRANK] Financial Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, PDE, Stochastic Control and Optimization, Operations research, Game Theory, Probability, Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (2019/08/15)
Southwest Jiaotong University
[ASSISTANTPROFESSORASSOCIATEPROFESSORPROF] Mathematics/Statistics, Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor
Jinan University, Department of Mathematics
[AP] Pure Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Applied probability and Statistics, Operation Research or a closely related field, Recruitment for the Mathematics Department of Jinan University (2020/03/15)
[AP1] Pure Mathematics, Pure Math. Recruitment for Mathematics Department of Jinan University (2020/03/15)
[AP2] Computational Mathematics, Comp. Math. Recruitment for Mathematics Department of Jinan University
[AP3] Applied Mathematics, Areas include but are not limited to dynamical systems, differential equations,partial differential equation etc. related field., App. Math. Recruitment for Mathematics Department of Jinan University (2020/03/15)
[AP4] Probability theory and Statistics, Areas include but are not limited to data science and data analysis, foundations of probability theory, applied probability, stochastic processes, geometric probabi, Stat. Recruitment for Mathematics Department of Jinan University (2020/03/15)
[AP5] Operation Research, Areas include but are not limited to data science and data analysis, data science/big data, decision analysis, financial engineering, game theory, mathematical modeling, mathemati, Operation Research Recruitment for Mathematics Department of Jinan University (2020/03/15)
[AP6] computer science, mathematics or relevant research areas, Academic Positions Available in All Areas at Department of Computer Science, Jinan University (2020/03/14)
Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Mathematics
[APP1] mathematics and statistics, Associated professor or full professor (2020/03/16)
[RASR1] Research Associate or Senior Researcher (2020/03/16)
Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Mathematics (Zhuhai)
[POSTDOC2020] all areas, Postdoc
[RF] all areas, Research Fellow (2019/10/09)
[TT] all areas, Associate Professor and Professor
Beijing Institute of Technology, College of Global Talents
[ASSISTANTASSOCIATEFULLPROFESSOR] Mathematics, Assistant/Associate/Full Professor/Teaching Assistant of Mathematics (2019/12/31)
University of Macau, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology
[AAP] Statistics, Assistant/Associate Professorship in Statistics
Xiamen University Malaysia, Mathematics
[APROF] All areas of pure and applied mathematics, including statistics, Assistant/Associate Professor of Mathematics
Nanyang Technological University, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences,, Division of Mathematical Sciences
[LSLM] Mathematics, Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Position in Mathematics (2019/07/21)
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Engineering Systems and Design (ESD)
[POSTDOCBD] Applied mathematics, probability, statistics, operations research, electrical engineering or related fields is desired., Postdoc Researcher (Area of Applied probability and Statistics) (2019/08/24)
[LECTURESHIP] Engineering Systems and Design, Faculty Member (2019/08/21)
[FACULTY] Engineering Systems and Design, Faculty Member (2019/08/21)
[LIM] Mathmatics, Lecturer in Mathematics (2019/07/28)
[IVP] International Visitor Program (2019/07/28)
All Souls College, University of Oxford
[SRF] Mathematics, Senior Research Fellowship in Mathematics (2019/09/13)
Arizona State University, Physics
[POSTDOC] BIOPHYSICS, Postdoctoral Research Scholar (deadline 2019/06/24)
Cardiff University, School of Mathematics
[LECTURESHIP] Mathematics, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics or Mathematical Physics (2019/08/08)
College of Coastal Georgia
[MATHCS] Mathematics and Computer Science, Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
[PDCS] PD position: Complex Systems – Systemic Risk on Dynamical Networks (deadline 2019/03/15)
[PDNM] 3-year postdoctoral position Network Medicine: Data analytics in healthcare and medicine
[PHDMEDICALDATA] 3-year PhD position: Medical Data Science
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), EPFL Faculty Affairs
[PS] Research in the development and application of novel statistical methodology, including focus on a substantive application area., Professorship in Statistics at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (2019/10/01)
ELON UNIVERSITY, Dept of Mathematics and Statistics
[APSTATS] Statistics, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Tenure-track (accepting applications)
ETH Zurich, Office for Faculty Affairs
[PMP] Professor of Mathematics and Physics (2019/09/15)
[PROFESSOROFMATHEMATICS] Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics (2019/09/30)
FDA-Center for Veterinary Medicine
[MATHSTAT] Mathematical Statisticians Staff Fellow-2 Year Fellowship
Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Escola de Matemática Aplicada
[DSPP] Data Science, Open rank professor in Data Science (2019/08/30)
[POSTDOC1] Statistics, Postdoctoral fellowship in Statistics (2019/08/30)
[POSTDOC2] Data Science, Postdoctoral fellowship in Data Science (2019/07/31)
[SPSM] Statistics, Open rank professor in Statistics (2019/08/30)
Harvard University, Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications
[AIPD1] Artificial Intelligence, Postdoc in AI (2020/05/01)
[MATHFINANCE1] Mathematical Finance, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Finance (2020/05/01)
[PD1] Postdoctoral Fellow (2020/05/01)
Harvard University, Quantitative Biology; NSF/Simons Center for the Mathematical and Statistical Analysis of Biology
[QBIO] Mathematics/Statistics/Physics/Biology, Independent Fellows in Quantitative Biology (2019/08/09)
Haverford College, Computer Science
[VAP] Mathematics, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics (deadline 2019/03/11)
[RSMCAPE] Research Analyst - Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation (2019/07/31)
Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
[SPMM] Senior Program Manager, Mathematics
King Fahd Security College
[GIS] Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Faculty
[MATHFAC] Mathematics, Mathematics Faculty
Louisiana State University of Shreveport, Mathematics
[IM] Full-Time Instructor Position in Mathematics
[PHD1] Modeling agriculture ecosystem services, PhD computational environmental science (2019/08/30)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
[AISAESFP] AI IN SOCIAL AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS FACULTY POSITIONS
Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp
[SCIENTIST3] PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST/HEALTH ECONOMIST
Naval Postgraduate School, Applied Mathematics
[TENURETRACK] Applied Mathematics, Tenure-Track Position (2019/08/15)
North Carolina State University, Industrial & Systems Engineering
[TTAP] Industrial & Systems Engineering, One or more tenure track positions; one assistant professor, other open rank subject to qualifications.
[FAC] Mathematics and/or Statistics, Faculty (Rank TBD) - Mathematics
QuantRes
[DATA] Data Science, Data Engineering Business Unit Manager
[QR] Quantitative Finance, Quantitative Researcher (accepting applications)
Roger Williams University
[LIM] Lecturer in Mathematics
ShanghaiTech University, Institute of Mathematical Sciences
[PROFESSOR] Pure mathematics,theory of computing,applied mathematics, Faculty positions
[RAP] Mathematics, Research Assistant Professor
[TENUREDTENURETRACKFACULTY] Pure mathematics, theory of computing, applied mathematics, Faculty positions
[VISITINGSCHOLARS] Mathematics, Visiting Scholars (accepting applications)
Texas A&M University - San Antonio
[DQL] Director, Quantitative Literacy
The Ohio State University, Computer Science and Engineering
[LEC] Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer
[PROFESSOROFPROBABILITYTHEORY] Assistant/Associate Professor of Probability Theory (tenure track)
UC Merced, School of Natural Sciences
[POSTDOC] interface problems in electromagnetism, Postdoc position (interface problems in electromagnetism) at the University of California, Merced
UCLA, Radiological Sciences
[POSTDOC] Applied mathmatics, image processing, machine learning, algorithm design, software development, PostDoctoral Scholar (2019/11/05)
Umea University, Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
[AIPHD] mathematical statistics, WASP AI Program PhD Position in Mathematical Statistics (2019/08/30)
[PHD] PDEs with applications in optimization., PhD Position in Applied Mathematical Analysis (2019/08/30)
Università di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica
[RAP1] Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Tenure-track assistant professor (deadline 2019/07/08)
[RAP2] Geometry, Tenure-track assistant professor (deadline 2019/07/08)
[RAP3] Algebra, Tenure-track assistant professor (deadline 2019/07/08)
University of California, Berkeley, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
[TPSS] Tenured Professor and Senior Scientist Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics
[QUANTUMCOMPUTING] Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Quantum Computing (2019/07/31)
University of Rhode Island, Computer Science & Statistics
[MPF1] Statistics, Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics
University of Vermont, Surgery
[POSTDOC] Postdoctoral Computational Scientist
University of Washington - Bothell, School of STEM
[LECTURER] Lecturer Part-time in Mathematics
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US Testing Surveillance Balloons on Mexico Border
Associated Press | By Christopher Sherman
ROMA, Texas - Floating 2,500-feet above scrub-covered U.S. ranchland near the Mexico border, the payload of high-tech cameras onboard a balloon being used by the Border Patrol can easily see a cluster of reporters and the make, model and color of their vehicles a couple of miles away.
In Iraq or Afghanistan, where the technology has already proven effective at spotting attackers, such balloons provide surveillance around bases. U.S. officials think they could be equally helpful in tracking drug smugglers and illegal immigrants along a rugged stretch of the Rio Grande that doesn't have any segments of border fence.
The Border Patrol is testing two blimp-shaped, helium-filled balloons, which are on loan from the Defense Department. Congressional staff members joined Homeland Security and Defense Department officials Wednesday near the border town of Roma, about 260 miles south of San Antonio, to see what the aerostats can do. Members of the media were given a more limited glimpse of the devices' capabilities.
The two aerostats - one about 55 feet long, the other 72 feet - being tested along the border are made in North Carolina by TCOM, a company with its headquarters in Maryland.
At the altitude displayed Wednesday, the white, 72-foot-long balloon is small but visible. Near where it's tethered, operators inside a windowless shipping container outfitted with air conditioning and three banks of video monitors scan the area, zoom in on vehicles a couple of miles away, switch to infrared and quickly pick up a vehicle moving through a parking lot.
The balloons' cameras can easily reach across the river to Mexico, but Border Patrol spokesman Henry Mendiola said that isn't the intent.
"Especially in this area upriver from La Joya where we have no infrastructure, we have no technology, everything down here is still being done by boots on the ground, and so this type of technology would make our job a little more efficient," he said.
The 72-foot model can stay airborne for at least 14 days. While the aerostats can't cover nearly the range of a helicopter or drone, they are far less expensive to operate and can be moved if needed.
Since the testing began Aug. 10, the balloons have already assisted agents patrolling the area. "We have seen some successes off of the aerostat in the testing phase," Mendiola said, declining to give details.
On the border, agents already employ an arsenal of surveillance tools that includes airplanes, helicopters, drones, boats, ground-based sensors and agents equipped with night-vision goggles.
Last year, the U.S. government dumped SBInet, a yearslong attempt to build a "virtual fence" along the border that cost nearly $1 billion. The aerostats, however, as well as an 80-foot tower with similar surveillance capabilities also being tested at the border, reflect an attempt to make use of the vast inventory of equipment that's been used in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Border Patrol tested a similar balloon-mounted surveillance system in Arizona in March, and a variety of other Defense Department devices are also expected to be tested at the border in coming months.
The agency doesn't have a set end date for the testing period in Texas, Mendiola said.
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Budget blunder: GCV delayed 1 year, not 18 months
Army budget officials were wrong Wednesday when they announced an 18-month delay to the service’s Ground Combat Vehicle program at the service's budget brief in the Pentagon. The high-priority effort to replace the Bradley fighting vehicle is now scheduled to be delayed by 12 months, Army officials said Friday.
The mistake puzzled officials at General Dynamics Corp. and BAE Systems, who until Friday had only heard about a six-month delay to the technology development phase of the program Army officials had announced in January.
Army officials said the incorrect announcement was an “analyst error,” according to Army spokesman Matthew Bourke.
The new delay -- which is part of the Army’s proposed fiscal 2014 defense spending plan -- adds another six-month delay to the GCV program’s engineering, manufacturing and development phase -- making the new delay “a total of 12 months,” Bourke said.
“An extension in the TD Phase provides necessary time to fully update the GCV's analysis of alternatives, ensuring the Army is properly positioned to reach an informed, validated and fixed requirements set prior to Milestone B. Six months was added to the EMD phase to address fiscal constraints in the out years and provide more time to leverage maturing technologies,” Bourke wrote in the clarification.
General Dynamics Corp., based in Falls Church, Virginia, and the U.S. subsidiary of London-based BAE Systems PLC have received contracts valued at about $450 million apiece to develop the GCV systems.
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Braublog
In the classroom at 53, amid the freshmen
By David Brauer | 03/05/2013
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When picking a documentary to write about, the class chose "Jiro: Dreams of Sushi," a meticulous tale of Japan's most venerable sushi craftsman.
So what’s it like inside the classroom? Somehow, this 53-year-old senior wound up in two classes composed entirely of freshman.
I’ve already told the story of being forced into freshman comp; but on paper, my other class — Latino Social Power and Social Movements — is upper level. Turns out it’s a requirement for the CASA SOL, a freshman living/learning community within the U. Not only am I the only senior, I’m the only non-Hispanic guy. Welcome to the future, old-timer!
My first go-round at the U, I remember vowing that when I got older, I wouldn’t view young people as idiots. I can’t remember which fuddy-duddy provoked that, and I won’t claim perfect obedience since. But over the years, the vow has been like a wrist rubber band, available for painful snapping.
My classmates provoke no such torture; I walk out most days more proud uncle than crabby neighbor.
I lucked out in that both classes have fewer than 20 students, taught seminar-style by enthusiastic teaching specialists. The U is especially awesome for doing first-year writing this intimately; the class kicked off with personal essays (research papers come later), so everyone got their feet wet writing about their own lives. We lingered over the revisions, and came to know each other a bit more.
The frank tale of discovering a younger brother’s autism; being tricked by prankster dad into eating dog food; growing up a poor Chinese girl in a school of rich kids; a single night’s ballroom dance with a girl you’ll never see again — as I wrote in my notebook early on, “So self-aware.”
Later, when picking a documentary to write about, I nominated the deliciously vulgar “Queen of Versailles,” about a spectacularly self-deluded couple building America’s biggest house amid the financial crisis. The class chose “Jiro: Dreams of Sushi,” a meticulous tale of Japan’s most venerable sushi craftsman. If you think 18-year-olds are all LOL and OMG, you should listen to them dissect the tension between generalizing and specializing, multitasking and focus, single-mindedness and full lives.
How do they regard me? They seem to be enjoying my enjoyment. My heart leapt when two of the sharper kids in class sought me out as a discussion partner. Basically, respect is given and returned.
Sometimes, I’m so publicly gushy it takes professors to bring me back to earth. “I gave out three Ds and an F last night,” one doleful pal recounted in an afternoon coffee line. I wondered how many are on Adderall, or were vomiting drunk the previous night — admitting that 30 years ago, I was in something called the “Drugs for Lunch Bunch.”
I die a little when parent-like utterances leave my lips; did I really have to give them the short version of my speech about college as a place to acquire skills? And the dad in me is disappointed at the ones who clearly didn’t do their homework. I remind myself that they’re taking four and five courses, compared to my two, and college is a lot easier when you don’t have to worry about money, sex, job prospects or — dare I say it? — grades.
Comp, at least, is something I’m conversant with; Chicano & Latino Studies is a new world.
It’s a little embarrassing to admit that after 53 years on the planet, my knowledge of Mexican-American social history was basically a coloring-book version of Cesar Chavez and the grape boycott. I needed a Spanish-language culture class to finish my foreign language requirement, but I chose CHIC 3771 because my Minneapolis neighborhood is becoming more Spanish-speaking, and I’m betting Latino Social Power and Social Movements didn’t peak with the last election.
The class is enough to give Katherine Kersten the vapors, recounting exploitation, discrimination, infiltration and unionization; we must attend five Latino-led workshops, protests or community actions (which the reporter in me loves). But our teaching specialist has academic integrity: Did you know Chavez and the farm workers formed a “Wet Line” to keep undocumented Mexican workers out? Was Saul Alinsky a jerk for writing about how to manipulate earnest followers? Did Reies Tijerina tacitly encourage violence against New Mexico lawmen, and was that right?
The students are from Owatonna, Columbia Heights, Minneapolis, Wayzata; most of this is new to them, too. But like my comp colleagues, they let me into their worlds. When we were discussing feminism’s foothold in an often macho movement, tales of quinceañeras erupted; everyone laughed when I asked if there was a male equivalent, like bar and bat mitzvahs. But we can all see each other’s weekly reading analyses online; I love watching the tumblers click as they integrate their personal history with cultural history and their other U courses coursing into their noggins. The same thing is happening to me.
Because all but one other student live in the same dorm community, there’s a clubhouse feel at times. At times, I find this bittersweet. Where are the students that look like me? This is their future, too, and in a significant way, their past. After six weeks at the U, I have no doubt that what they say is true: the students are higher-quality now. I just hope that high tuition and vocational blinders don’t keep them from venturing off the beaten educational path.
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David Brauer
David Brauer has been a reporter for local alt-weeklies and magazines, a community newspaper editor, a radio talk show host and a national freelancer.
Submitted by Robert Moffitt on 03/05/2013 - 09:52 am.
Keep these coming, Joe College
My wife recently went back to school to earn a paralegal certification. She also enjoyed being around the younger students.
Submitted by Lynnell Mickelsen on 03/05/2013 - 07:07 pm.
…..thanks, David, for this wonderful piece. My sons are now 20, 23 and 25 and what you describe sounds a lot like the conversations I’ve been over-hearing for years. Every generations has its louts, but man, there are so many incredible kids. I’m also so glad to hear that you have 20 students in a class and good teaching. Yay!
Submitted by Susan Herridge on 03/06/2013 - 09:18 am.
Nice work on this and the previous articles, David. So heartening to hear of bright kids and teachers with integrity. The lifelong learner in my feels a stab of envy. My idea of heaven is just to keep on going to school.
Submitted by Dick Byrne on 03/12/2013 - 12:26 pm.
My first quarter in college was the fall of 1969, Moorhead State College. I learned a lot of things, the least of which were physics, biology, accounting and freshman comp.
My final semester in college was the spring of 2009, Hamline University. I was 58 when I earned my BA. I call it my ’40-year’ plan. My degree is in English. I continued learning a lot of things through the years between (how to go to work, raise a family, be a good dad, change diapers, wash dishes), but returning to the classroom with a dozen young adults two or three times a week is where my learning, for its own joy, began in earnest. I’m about half-way through grad school now, scheduled to graduate in spring 2015. But, the date is rather arbitrary. I still have lots to learn.
Thanks, David, for your wonderful reflection. And, good luck!
Submitted by Joe Musich on 03/14/2013 - 11:03 am.
ask your classmates about this guy
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rius#section_2
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/314545.Mis_Supermachos
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip car crash victim says Queen and Duke 'should have sent flowers'
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Emma Fairweather is wondering "what would it have taken" for Philip, 97, and the Queen to send a card or flowers in the aftermath of the horror crash
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A mum-of-two who suffered a broken wrist in a horror car crash with Prince Philip has hit out at the 97-year-old Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen.
Emma Fairweather, 46, claims Philip hasn't personally apologised to her, and the message he passed on "didn’t even make sense", following Thursday's smash near Her Majesty's Sandringham estate.
She wondered: “What would it have taken for him and the Queen to send me a card and a bunch of flowers?”
In a world exclusive, Emma told the Sunday Mirror that Philip has not apologised to her and he should be prosecuted if found at fault.
Emma Fairweather's arm is in a plaster after her wrist was broken (Image: Stan Kujawa/Mirrorpix)
The Queen attends church near Sandringham amid Prince Philip crash controversy
Emma has revealed what really happened in the crash and how she reacted when a passer-by came over and told her Philip was at the wheel of the other vehicle, a 4x4 Land Rover Freelander that flipped onto its side.
The Duke's Land Rover had pulled out of a side road near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and crashed into a Kia belonging to Emma's friend on a busy A-road.
The car was also carrying her 28-year-old pal's nine-month-old baby, who escaped serious injury.
Speaking for the first time, Emma, whose arm is in a plaster, claimed Philip has not apologised to her and she has not heard anything from Buckingham Palace despite a Palace statement saying contact had been made privately and "well wishes exchanged".
The scene of the crash near the Queen's Sandringham estate (Image: Amy McNeil)
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She said: “It would mean the world to me if Prince Philip said sorry but I have no idea if he’s sorry at all.
“What would it have taken for him and the Queen to send me a card and a bunch of flowers?”
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “A full message of support was sent to both the driver and the passenger.”
But Emma, who turned 46 on Sunday, said: “The message he passed on didn’t even make sense. He said, ‘The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered to you'. That’s not an apology or even a well-wish.”
Prince Philip, 97, was at the wheel of a Land Rover (file photo) (Image: Getty Images)
Prince Philip's crash victim reveals what really happened - and he hasn't said sorry
She told the Sunday Mirror she would forgive Philip if he got in touch, adding: “I still love him and the Queen. No one can change my views on that.”
The mum claims onlookers told her that Philip had been advised by those around him not to apologise to her at the scene.
She suffered a broken wrist and was left shaken. Her friend suffered cuts to her knee.
Philip, who retired from official royal duties in August 2017, was pulled from the wrecked Land Rover and walked away without serious injury.
It is claimed Philip told crash witnesses that he had been dazzled by the sun, but Emma insists she recalls it being cloudy.
The Queen attends a church service in Norfolk on Sunday (Image: Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock)
She said of the moments after the crash: “[A] lady came over and said, ‘You do know who that is, don’t you?’ I thought it was just an elderly gentleman but she said, ‘It’s Prince Philip’.
“I was shocked. It was a very confusing emotion. I felt so upset and overwhelmed.”
Emma said Philip - who turns 98 in June - should be prosecuted if found to be at fault, and suggested he quit driving altogether.
Emma said: “There’s no reason why he ought to be driving at almost 100 years old."
However, a day after the crash a new Land Rover was delivered to Sandringham, and on Saturday the Duke was pictured behind the wheel of a new car apparently without a seat belt on.
Emma wipes away tears as she speaks to the Sunday Mirror (Image: Stan Kujawa/Mirrorpix)
Norfolk Constabulary has spoken to Philip after the photos emerged.
A police spokeswoman said that "suitable words of advice have been given to the driver".
She said: "This is in line with our standard response when being made aware of such images showing this type of offence."
Buckingham Palace did not comment on the photos.
Police continue to investigate the crash.
The Queen, meanwhile, faced criticism on Friday when she was spotted driving without a seat belt a day after the crash.
She was pictured wearing one while at the wheel on Saturday.
The 92-year-old monarch attended a church service near her Sandringham estate on Sunday amid the controversy.
Philip, who is said to have set up a retirement base at a cottage on the estate, did not accompany his wife.
The Queen was driven to the service at St Peter's Church in Wolferton and was joined by her son Prince Andrew.
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MLB Hires Chris Young As VP Of On-Field Operations
By Jeff Todd | May 10, 2018 at 12:19pm CDT
Former MLB hurler Chris Young has joined Major League Baseball as vice president of on-field operations, initiatives, and strategy, per a league announcement. It seems fair to presume, then, that his playing days are over.
Young, who turns 39 later this month, spent Spring Training with the Padres. But he was released after triggering his opt-out clause when the team decided he would not crack the Opening Day roster.
The towering hurler pitched in parts of 13 MLB campaigns, working to a 3.95 ERA over 1,297 2/3 total frames. He spent a plurality of his time with the Padres after debuting with the Rangers. Young also pitched for the Royals, Mets, and Mariners. His best overall season came in 2007 with the Padres, when he earned his lone All-Star nod and ended with 173 innings of 3.12 ERA ball.
While he dealt with some injuries along the way, the former third-round pick from Princeton ended up with a quality major-league career. He tallied 16.7 total rWAR in the majors — leaving him with a narrow lead in that regard over his still-active, like-named contemporary Chris Young (the outfielder).
In his new job, Young will have input in a variety of areas. Per the announcement, he’ll deal with “play on the field, including the application of playing rules and regulations, on-field standards and discipline, pace of play and other special projects.” The definition seems broad enough to suggest that Young’s role will likely take form over time.
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bluestorm51
I think it’s outstanding to put a recent former player in a role like this. Someone who is very close and familiar with today’s game. He will know what will and won’t work as far as rules impact on players.
bastros88
he’s a very smart dude, so this is the right move for hin
davidcoonce74
He’s a bright guy and he worked pretty quickly as a pitcher so he might have some insight into pace-of-play stuff. He also was reasonably successful throwing 85 MPH and that’s got to be some indication of baseball smarts.
Jack Taddy
This is Brent Suter in 15 years
The pitcher Chris Young owned the outfielder Chris Young:
19 Plate Appearances, 0 hits, 8 strikeouts, 3 walks for a .158 OPS. Woof.
Karkat
This comment caused me to look up this pretty fascinating comparison:
Chris Young (SP): 13 seasons, 16.6 WAR (per b-r)
Chris Young (OF): 13 seasons, 16.3 WAR (per b-r)
Of course, the latter is still playing, but still, I like the Chris Young consistency
Cat Mando
This caused me to remember an article I read a few days ago on the MLB site. They polled 35 position players and 35 pitchers to see what stat they valued most……not a single one mentioned WAR link to mlb.com
I didn’t post this to start a WAR (yes, bad pun intended), I just thought it was interesting that some stats revered by sabermetrics are blasé to players and others that some in the stat community push aside, like RBI’s, came in 3rd among players.
I do realize it’s a small sample size.
darkstar61
It is not surprising at all. Advanced stats, especially one like WAR, are generally averages factoring for multiple aspects. When in a game situation you can not possibly figure out how any given play will factor into them and to what extent. And it is a team game first and foremost, so focusing on what would help your club win at very specific moments will be on your mind more than what your overall average production value is over long periods of time
At the same time, a big chunk of the players did tend to pick things which influence stats like WAR heavily – especially those which answered the question in a more performance over team wins way
Lastly, if you ever have a chance to talk to players fairly regularly, I think you’ll likely find quite a few like Nelson – especially amongst pitchers. I know I have. Unless they have a Bauer like brain they can drive themselves nuts getting into all the details and instead quite a few seemingly have a tendency to take things more hitter by hitter as they are going through it. Doing that well will produce the end averages you want for better advanced stats anyway.
If baseball wasn’t such a game of failure I think players would think of things extremely differently too.
WAR isn’t a statistic. It is a valuation of a player’s worth. Huge difference. Stats are things like BA, RBI, etc.
I mean, it makes sense. RBIs (for example) are directly correlated to results. When a batter earns an RBI that’s a direct contribution to the team and the game. WAR is a good stat for analysts because it’s a good comparative metric, but I wouldn’t expect players to focus on it too much.
Jeff Todd
Dude that’s why I mentioned it in the post! I oddly noticed this fact the other day and never thought I’d have cause to mention it, then was blessed with this news.
I’m really gonna miss the double Chris Young era.
radiohead801
Ironic considering that time he and Derrek Lee brawled.
You’ve watched that fight, right? Lee swung first. Young was trying to apologize to him.
Jeff, why doesn’t MLBTR use middle initials when to players with the same name are frequently in the news? And it sucks getting directed to the wrong BR site, though I admit that is a first world problem! Thanks for a great website/APP!
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Thomas Jefferson reported, only four months before his death in July 1826, that his eyesight was the faculty least impaired by age.1 For many years, however, he had used eyeglasses or "spectacles" for reading.2 In 1806, during his second presidential term, Jefferson placed a new order for eyeglasses with Philadelphia optician, John McAllister. That order grew into a two-year correspondence and resulted in spectacles designed by Jefferson to suit his specific visual needs.
Jefferson's November 1806 letter to McAllister began, "You have heretofore furnished me with spectacles as reduced in their size as to give facility to the looking over their top without moving them. this is a great convenience; but the reduction has not been sufficient to do it compleatly. I therefore send you a drawing No. 1. so much reduced in breadth as to give this convenience compleatly, & yet leave field enough for any purpose." The "drawing No. 1" that accompanied this letter diagrammed frames of a narrow, elongated shape with each lens, or "eye glass," 7/8 inches long with a width of 3/8 inches, and gave the critical "center to center" measurement of each lens as 2½ inches.3
The interpupillary measurement was Jefferson's one mistake, and placed McAllister in the position of informing the President that he feared the 2½ inches from center to center of the spectacle lenses too wide. McAllister wrote by return post, "wishing to making them to please and recolecting the President has but a small head I wish them examined again." He reminded Jefferson that when looking at a book or other object at about a 15-inch distance, the eyes will meet at a point and therefore the center of the "spects should be rather nearer than the eyes."4 Jefferson recognized his mistake of not reckoning the "convergence of the two Axis when directed to a book," as he had made his measurement looking directly into a mirror. He then instructed McAllister to correct the center to center measurement but proceed with his original design.5
In addition to these newly designed reading spectacles, Jefferson wanted to try what would come to be known as bifocals. In the same 1806 letter to McAllister he wrote, "Those who are obliged to use spectacles know what a convenience it would be to have different magnifiers in the same frame. Dr. Franklin tried this by semicircular glasses joined horizontally, the upper & lower semicircles of different powers, which he told me answered perfectly. I wish to try it." Clearly, Jefferson had discussed with senior statesman Benjamin Franklin his spectacles of double lenses for both near and distant vision. Based upon Franklin's innovation, Jefferson included a second drawing of spectacles with two semicircular lenses set into small round frames and instructed that the lower lens was to be of greater magnifying power than the upper. For these frames he wished for "a compleat set of half glasses to be sent, from the magnifier adapted to the first use of spectacles, to that suiting the oldest eyes. All fitting exactly the frames."6 It was customary at the time to purchase a series of lenses along with the frames so that they could be changed as the eyes weakened with age.
McAllister completed Jefferson's order within two weeks but admitted that the double focus lenses had been extremely exacting due to "the smallness of the eyes and the difficulty of getting so many pair to fitt together in halves." Nevertheless he was able to comply with Jefferson's request in frame sizes and provided lenses in "12 pair different focus for the double eye ... & 6 different focus for the others."7
Jefferson's next request of McAllister presented an even greater challenge for the optician. Jefferson reported, "I am extremely satisfied with Dr. Franklin’s method of fixing the spectacles, by composing each glass of two half glasses of different magnifying powers, and those you made for me answer perfectly except" that in the round frames the glass would shift until the seam between the two lenses was obstructing the line of vision. Jefferson's solution was to keep the convenience of the double lenses, but to put them in the very small oval frames from his previous order. He knew the size could be problematic but rationalized that "altho these glasses are very small, & consequently the half glasses uncommonly so, I am not afraid but that they will present full space enough for reading, writing &c."8
McAllister's response began, "I was fearfull I should not be able to put Dble glasses in such small frames," which he quickly contradicted with, "however I have put in two pairs and hope they will please." He had at least partially fulfilled Jefferson's request, but in case the new spectacles did not "please," McAllister included instructions for using a small amount of glue to prevent the glass from shifting in the round frames. One pair of the new lenses was of a 16-inch and 20-inch focus; the other of a 12-inch and a 16-inch focus.9 By combining a focal length for reading and a focal length for intermediate vision in a single frame so condensed in size that it did not interfere with distance viewing, Jefferson had essentially achieved the benefit of trifocals. His penchant for adapting and refining ideas had extended even to his spectacles.
Primary Source References
1784 March 16. (James Madison to Jefferson). "One of my parents would be considerably gratified with a pair of good spectacles which can not be got here."10
1784 April 6. "He [James Maury] has pd. out of it to Dudley for spectacles for Jas. Madison 13⅔."11
1784 May 11. "Drew order on Treasurer to pay 407⅓ D. to J. Madison. Deductg. price of 2 pr. spectacles 27⅓ D. I still owe him 68⅔ D."12
1784 May 15. (Madison to Jefferson). "Your favor of the 7th. inst: with another pair of Spectacles inclosed came safe to hand on thursday last. I shall leave the person for whose use they were intended to take choice of the most suitable and will return the other pair to Mr. Dudley by the first conveyance, unless I meet with a purchaser which I do not expect."13
1788 April 25. (Jefferson to Charles Bellini). "Having seen by a letter you wrote him that you were in want of a pair of spectacles I undertook to procure you some, which I packed in a box of books addressed to Mr. Wythe, and of which I beg your acceptance. ... I packed with the spectacles three or four pair of glasses adapted to the different periods of life, distinguished from each other by numbers, and easily changed."14
1789 April 30. "Pd. Noseda for set of reading glasses 72."15
1791 September 1. "Pd. for spectacles 52/6."16
1792 July 7. "Pd. for spectacles for George Twyman 4.D."17
1792 August 9. "Recd. from George Twyman for spectacles 4."18
1793 December 6. "Pd. Richardson for spectacles 7.8."19
1797 February 19. "Pd. Garner mending spectacles 1/6."20
1797 March 13. "Left with J. Brown to pay Richardson for spectacles for F. Eppes 8.5."21
1797 May 11. "Pd. Richardson for spectacles 1.5."22
1797 May 29. "Pd. Richardson balce. for spectacles 8.5."23
1798 May 2. "Pd. for silver case for spectacles 4.60."24
1798 May 14. "Pd. Swan for a silver spectacle case 5.D."25
1798 August 6. "Recd. of George Divers for nails & spectacles £15-8-9."26
1799 February 28. "Gave Wm. Richardson ord. on J. Barnes for 29.D. Note 11.5 D. of this is for spectacles for Colo. Coles, 11.5 for do. for Mrs. Bolling."27
1799 April 1. "Recd. from Colo. Coles the 11.5 D. for spectacles ante Jan. 28."28
1800 May 9. "Gave McAllister & Matthews ord. on J. Barnes for 11.33. viz. for spectacles for R. Jefferson 8.40 for glasses for Jas. Cocke. 1.67 do. Mrs. Carr 1.25."29
1800 May 10. "Pd. for spectacle case .75."30
1800 May 24. "Eppington. gave man for finding spectacles 1.D."31
1806 December 6. "Recd. from do. [bank] 20.D. for John McAllister, which I remitted him for spectacles &c."32
1811 November 23. "Gave Martin for finding spectacles .45."33
1816 January 9. (Jefferson to Charles Thomson). "[M]y eyes need the aid of glasses by night, and with small print in the day also."34
1822 February 15. "Pd. Leschot for Spectacles for Mrs. Marks 5.D."35
1822 November 6. "Pd. Elijah Brown spectacles for J. Hemings 1.D."36
- Gaye Wilson, 1999. Originally published as "Far-sighted Jefferson," in Monticello Newsletter vol. 10, no. 2 (Winter 1999).
1. Jefferson to Robert Mills, March 3, 1826, Copley Newspapers Incorporated, James S. Copley Library, Inc. Transcription available at Founders Online.
2. See MB, 1:731n50. Editorial note available at Founders Online.
3. Jefferson to McAllister, November 12, 1806, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. Transcription available at Founders Online. See The Monticello Digital Classroom for Jefferson's "drawing No. 1."
4. McAllister to Jefferson, November 14, 1806, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
5. Jefferson to McAllister, November 19, 1806, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
6. Jefferson to McAllister, November 12, 1806, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. Transcription available at Founders Online.
7. McAllister to Jefferson, December 1, 1806, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
10. PTJ, 7:38. Transcription available at Founders Online.
11. MB, 1:545. Transcription available at Founders Online.
13. PTJ, 7:258. Transcription available at Founders Online.
14. PTJ, 13:416. Transcription available at Founders Online.
15. MB, 1:731, 1:731n50. Transcription and editorial note available at Founders Online.
28. MB, 2:1000. Transcription available at Founders Online.
34. PTJ:RS, 9:341. Transcription available at Founders Online.
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1st September saw two of the best known firms in West Fife and Kinross join forces. Macbeth Currie, which can trace its roots in Fife back to 1885 merged with Morgans, which celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year. The merger will see the Dunfermline and Kinross legal, lettings and estate agency business of Macbeth Currie transfer to Morgans. The merged business now practices under the Morgans name. Two of the partners of Macbeth Currie, John Bain in Dunfermline, and Ken Paterson in Kinross, have joined Morgans as Consultants.
The close connection between the two firms is nothing new. Morgans was established in 1993 by Blair Morgan, who, until then, had been a senior partner of Macbeth Currie. He was soon joined by the current senior partner of Morgans, Craig Bennet, who had undertaken his training at Macbeth Currie under the watchful eyes of Blair, John Bain and Ken Paterson. It therefore seemed a natural choice to join forces when some of the partners of Macbeth Currie were looking to pass on the business of the firm to a safe pair of hands when planning their retirements from practice.
The Morgans office at 33 East Port, Dunfermline has become the new home for the Dunfermline business of Macbeth Currie. Isabel Barclay, Letting Manager, and Des Baxter Senior Associate will make the move to our East Port Branch. The Kinross office of Macbeth Currie (62 High Street), which will undergo refurbishment, will be rebranded with the Morgans name. In Kinross the Morgans name may not be as familiar as it is in Dunfermline however, Ken Paterson along with Margaret Scott, Wendy McEwan and Angela Prescott will ensure that it is business as usual and will continue to provide the same high quality service, without interruption, to clients old and new.
Practice Manager of Morgans, Caroline Potter, who is overseeing the rebranding, commented “As part of our continued growth ambitions the firm underwent a rebranding at the start of 2018. This coincided with a major refurbishment of our offices at 33 East Port which included the acquisition of another floor of office space. This has given us the capacity for expansion. Macbeth Currie is a respected and trusted name. The solicitors and staff who have joined us from Macbeth Currie have become part of a firm committed to providing a high quality service focused not on just meeting our clients’ expectations but surpassing them. We plan the transition of all client business to Morgans to be a smooth operation”
Morgans provides a wide range of legal, property letting, estate agency and financial services. The firm has an enviable reputation as trusted advisers offering a high quality service. Welcoming her new colleagues from Macbeth Currie, Claire Morgan, Managing Partner, commented “Our 25th Anniversary has seen something of a growth spurt for Morgans. In summer 2017 Brian Tait, formerly a partner at Drummond Miller LLP, joined the firm as part of the expansion of our litigation and family law services. At the beginning of 2018 we acquired more office space. Our litigation and family law department is now housed in our smart offices accessed from Walmer Drive. Our reception, estate agency and lettings departments have all been refurbished providing more space and a bright, open working environment for our colleagues. Our two trainee solicitors, Jennifer Caldwell and Amina Suhail, both qualified this summer and will remain with us as solicitors in our conveyancing and private client departments respectively. Allan Galbraith has joined us as a trainee solicitor and will commence his training by assisting John Morris in conveyancing. Our new colleagues arriving from Macbeth Currie expand our litigation, private client, conveyancing, lettings and estate agency offerings. John Bain, who is a much respected litigator and family lawyer, will join Brian Tait and Russel McPhate in Dunfermline. Des Baxter, who specialises in residential conveyancing joins our conveyancing team in Dunfermline. Both have brought their current case loads with them. It’s be business as usual for Ken Paterson, who specialises in conveyancing and private client, and his team in Kinross but under the Morgans brand name. It is an exciting time for the firm and I am very much looking forward to working with our new colleagues.”
Existing clients of Macbeth Currie and former clients who have their wills and title deeds held by Macbeth Currie can expect to hear individually from Morgans in the coming weeks. The telephone number for the Kinross office remains unchanged (01577 863424) and the office email address is kinross@morganlaw.co.uk. The telephone numbers for Macbeth Currie’s Dunfermline High Street and East Port offices remain unchanged but have been diverted to Morgans. Morgans telephone number is 01383 620222. Full details of the legal services offered by the combined firms can be found on the firm’s website www.morganlaw.co.uk. All enquiries from Macbeth Currie clients can be made to macbethcurrie@morganlaw.co.uk although existing email addresses for Macbeth Currie Dunfermline and Kinross staff transferring to Morgans will continue to be accessed and monitored for a period of time to ensure continuity.
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Guess Who Decides What FBI Agents Get To Learn About Islam?
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While we’re on the subject of the Muslim Brotherhood, this February 16 report from Steve Emerson at the Investigative Project on Terrorism will be an eye-opener. As I mentioned in my column over the weekend, the FBI — following the administration’s lead — is purging its training materials of publications that are deemed offensive to Muslims (you know, crazy stuff like claims that passages in the Koran and Hadith promote violent jihad, Islamic supremacism, killing of apostates, oppression of women, etc.). So what are the criteria the Bureau uses to figure out what materials are offensive? And who decides?
You’ll never guess. Steve, who has been talking to some mighty outraged law-enforcement officials, writes:
It was just revealed two days ago that FBI Director Mueller secretly met on February 8 at FBI headquarters with a coalition of groups including various Islamist and militant Arabic groups who in the past have defended Hamas and Hizballah and have also issued blatantly anti-Semitic statements. At this meeting, the FBI revealed that it had removed more than 1000 presentations and curricula on Islam from FBI offices around the country that was deemed “offensive.” The FBI did not reveal what criteria was used to determine why material was considered “offensive” but knowledgeable law enforcement sources have told the IPT that it was these radical groups who made that determination. Moreover, numerous FBI agents have confirmed that from now on, FBI headquarters has banned all FBI offices from inviting any counter-terrorist specialists who are considered “anti-Islam” by Muslim Brotherhood front groups.
The February 8 FBI meeting was the culmination of a series of unpublicized directives issued in the last three months by top FBI officials to all its field offices to immediately recall and withdraw any presentation or curricula on Islam throughout the entire FBI. In fact, according to informed sources and undisclosed documents, the FBI directive was instigated by radical Muslim groups in the US who had repeatedly met with top officials of the Obama Administration to complain, among other things, that the mere usage of the term of “radical Islam” in FBI curricula was “offensive” and ‘racist.” And thus, directives went out by Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Mueller to censor all such material. Included in the material destroyed or removed by the FBI and the DOJ were powerpoints and articles that defined jihad as “holy war” or presentations that portrayed the Muslim Brotherhood as an organization bent on taking over the world—a major tenet that the Muslim Brotherhood has publicly stated for decades.
Feel safer now?
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review. @AndrewCMcCarthy
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Expanding the menu for emotional responses in women
In order for women to continue to rise, we have to recondition our thinking around what creates success and be more open-minded to the way women express it.
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Sept. 20, 2018, 3:30 PM UTC
By Liz Bentley
When I worked at a major television network a number of years ago, the VPs, who were mostly men, would ask, “As a leader would you rather be loved or feared?” Not surprisingly, the majority answered “feared.” These men took pride in being tough bosses. They were leaders who pushed people to do their best and stretch for big results. They did not accept excuses and could be punishing if you did not reach their expectations.
But what happens when women are hard-nosed, tough leaders? What if they choose to be “feared” over “loved” or what if that’s just their nature and not their choice? During the same time in my career, Martha Stewart was on the rise. Much of her success – and workplace criticism – was due to her hard-driving perfectionist nature. She embodied many of the same qualities as the male leaders I knew.
While we have evolved since then and the #MeToo movement has brought important issues to the forefront, we still have ingrained expectations when it comes to male and female leadership.
Why do men get away with acting aggressive and tough, but women do not? To understand this, we need to examine the adjectives we use to describe masculinity: strength, courage, independence, violence and assertiveness. We assume that men are more aggressive by nature and are therefore acting normally. But is it really masculinity that is driving that intense behavior or is it the desire to succeed?
From my experience studying human behavior as an executive career coach, I believe the answer lies in understanding personality styles and societal norms. People who have an extraordinary amount of drive can be intense and quiet or intense and explosive, and occasionally somewhere in the middle. I don’t think any of those combinations are driven by gender. Rather, it is related to their personality style and competitive nature.
For those who push fiercely for a goal, they are going to become outwardly upset if it gets derailed. The challenge for women is that society sees this as normal, even desirable in men and extremely undesirable in women. Aggressive behavior is not seen as natural for a woman and instead some consider it very unattractive.
As a consequence, women are constantly counseled against and punished for being too aggressive. They are ostracized at work, marginalized or fired from jobs and often seen as outcasts.
Serena Williams is our latest example of an angry woman. Feeling that she was falsely accused of cheating while she was trying to recover from a tough first set loss put her over the edge. In a championship game of that magnitude and after coming back from the birth of her child, it’s understandable. She was driving for perfection and in her mind the umpire tried to unfairly sabotage her. Regardless of who was right or wrong, what has to come into focus is the judgment society puts on women when they show intense emotion. It’s that intensity that got her to center court and we need to keep that in mind. She should be celebrated for her drive and accomplishments and, at the very least, understood when she displays frustration and anger.
In order for women to continue to rise, we have to recondition our thinking around what creates success and be more open-minded to the way women express it. We should remove the barriers and broaden the menu of emotional responses for women.
It is time for women to be let out of the box so that they can redefine the path however they choose.
If a woman wants to be quiet and intense, that doesn’t make her boring and weak. And if she wants to be explosive and intense, it doesn’t make her emotional and caustic.
How women choose to forge their path to success should be given the same respect and qualifications as men. Many men are only judged on whether they succeed, not on how they get there.
While I’m not encouraging bad behavior, I do think it’s very hard for women to thrive in this competitive environment without being fierce and empowered to leverage whatever strengths they choose. It’s time for women to step into their power condition-free.
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Severe Storms, Tornadoes Hit Plains States
Published May 26, 2016 at 9:29 PM | Updated at 10:02 PM EDT on May 26, 2016
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A tornado passing through Wamego, Kansas, on May 26, 2016.
Tornadoes were reported in Kansas and Texas Thursday evening, as wild weather continued to hit the middle of the United States, NBC News reported.
Heavy thunderstorms hit the Plains states again, with tornado watches in effect in several states, according to the Weather Channel.
Parts of Jefferson County, Kansas, saw baseball-sized hail Thursday from two storms, according to Greg Forbes, severe weather expert at the Weather Channel.
Storms forced the brief evacuation of Kansas City International Airport. Preliminary reports also indicated there was a tornado in Bryan, Texas, that damaged multiples homes, according to the Weather Channel.
Extreme Weather: Anchorage, Alaska Cities Break Heat Records
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Below is your personalised "Number one song on my birthday" tracklist. Each of these tracks was a US number one hit on your birthday , November 26 starting in 1942.
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1952 — 10th birthday
Why Don't You Believe Me
Joni James
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It's Only Make Believe
Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs
Big Bad John
Big Girls Don't Cry
1963 — 21st birthday
I'm Leaving It Up To You
Dale and Grace
1964 — 22nd birthday
Shangri-Las
1965 — 23rd birthday
You Keep Me Hangin On
Come Together/Something
I Think I Love You
Partridge Family
Theme From Shaft
Issac Hayes
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Fly Robin Fly
Silver Convention
You Light Up My Life
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
All Night Long (All Night)
Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Blame It On The Rain
I'm Your Baby Tonight
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
P.M. Dawn
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
I'll Make Love to You
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Independent Women Part 1
Beyonce feat. Sean Paul
My Boo
Usher and Alicia Keys
I Wanna Love You
Akon feat. Snoop Dogg
T.I. feat. Rihanna
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
Like A G6
Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs and Dev
We Found Love
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
Black Beatles
Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane
Post Malone featuring 21 Savage
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By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Jan. 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Being in tune with the present moment -- called mindfulness -- can relieve stress and make you an actor rather than a reactor, a wellness expert says.
Focusing on what's happening right now allows people to notice things they might otherwise miss, said Dr. Timothy Riley. He is an assistant professor in the family and community medicine department at Penn State Health.
That might sound simple enough. But being engaged in the present moment, on purpose and non-judgmentally, can be a challenge, he said.
"Being aware of physical sensations, thoughts and emotions -- both pleasant and unpleasant -- can help us choose how to respond, rather than simply react," Riley said in a Penn State news release.
Each individual's upbringing and genes have programmed how they approach situations, he explained. A person's automatic reactions can be spot on -- or not.
"You walk by Starbucks, see a cookie and you have an emotional response," he said. "You want the cookie. Then may come guilt for wanting a cookie."
If you're mindful, you see the cookie, are aware of your emotional response, and you can let it be without judgment, Riley added.
"It puts you in this observer stance where we can witness what is happening without getting wrapped up in it," he said. "It gives you a bit of space."
That moment can help you decide if buying the cookie is wise and if you really need it now, he said.
Many studies have shown how mindfulness and related interventions can help reduce stress and chronic health problems, such as anxiety, depression, pain and high blood pressure.
"Being focused on the present moment has a number of positive effects on our everyday life. Usually, whatever is happening right now isn't really that bad, and realizing that can put us in a more positive frame of mind. Then, our next interaction is better," Riley explained.
Mindfulness also enhances activity in the part of the brain that helps quell your inner child who wants to scream, yell, cry, hit or throw a fit, he noted.
"The more we practice mindfulness, the more we are flexing this muscle of emotional regulation," Riley said. "When automatic emotions come up, we can choose whether or not to engage them."
SOURCE: Penn State, news release, Dec. 12, 2018
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Nalukai Academy
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The Nalukai Team
DARIUS "BUBS" MONSEF
Nalukai Foundation Founder
Nalukai Startup Camp Mentor and Instructor
For the past 10 years Bubs has built successful digital products and scaled web startups (sold CreativeMarket to Autodesk in 2014 / Sightbox to Johnson & Johnson in 2017). As a Founder & CEO he has sat in every seat and done every role; designing early product & launch strategy, scaling user acquisition and handling customer support.
Born & raised on the Big Island, Bubs and his wife Kaili live on a 43 acre ranch in Waimea, raising their 3 young children in the town they grew up in.
Nalukai Foundation Executive Director
Nalukai Startup Camp FaciliTator
david@nalukai.org
With over 25 years of experience in schools as a teacher, coach, academic dean, assistant head of school, and college counselor, David brings a wealth of knowledge to Nalukai Academy. Since beginning as a teacher and college counselor at the Parker School in Waimea, David has helped thousands of students successfully navigate high school and the college application process. David is a graduate of Punahou School, the University of Southern California, and Columbia University. Before returning to Hawai'i, he worked as the director of college counseling at The Winsor School in Boston, the director of college counseling and the academic dean at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and as college counselor and English teacher at the Menlo School in Northern California.
CORTNEY GUSICK
Nalukai Startup Camp Lead Facilitator
Cortney comes to Nalukai with a wide array of experiences and skills. She has been in the tech industry for more than six years and currently works as a senior test engineer and manager at UserTesting. Cortney is the founder of Pāhiki Eco-Caskets, a locally sourced and crafted biodegradable casket company. Weaving her technical abilities with her love of humanity and her reverence for her native Hawaiian roots, Cortney helps facilitate meaningful user experiences in Hawai'i and beyond. When she’s not building at her workshop in Waimanalo, or finding bugs in code bases, she can be found in nature, barefoot and contented.
AARON SCHORN
Nalukai Foundation Program Director
Nalukai Startup Camp - Director
aaron@nalukai.org
At Nalukai, Aaron creates and implements curriculum, hustles to find mentors, and teaches digital storytelling. Outside of Nalukai he is focused on creating student-centered systems to authentically tell the story of learning communities. At Hawai'i Preparatory Academy (HPA) he teaches Digital Journalism and Social Entrepreneurship courses that are centered around Product-Based Learning, the Lean Startup methodology, project management, and building digital brands. The class is supported by mentors across industries working directly with students on their products. Aaron's professional background is in international business, digital storytelling, operations/management, UX/UI, and content creation.
AUSTON STEWART
Nalukai Foundation Board Member
Auston is a technologist and entrepreneur with a decade of software engineering, project management and team building experience at Silicon Valley firms such as Apple and Twitch Interactive. As Vice President of Engineering at FinTech startup Xpert Financial, he led the effort to deploy the first fully automated, electronic trading system approved by the SEC for the exchange of private company securities. Auston delivered major updates to Twitch’s iOS and Android clients, growing mobile viewership and propelling the company toward its $970 million acquisition by Amazon. As a mentor, it is Auston’s goal to equip young people with the analytical skills, technical ability, and audacity to meet head-on the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century.
STEVEN HALSTEAD
Nalukai Startup Camp Curriculum and operations
Equal parts thinker and tinkerer, Steven loves bringing together teams with diverse skill sets to tackle tech and engineering challenges. Steven began his career as a Software Integration Engineer on Amazon Robotics’ deployment team, where he found his passion for engaging with systems and operations. Steven got his start in education 4 years ago when he moved to the Big Island and began teaching STEM courses at Hawai'i Preparatory Academy. As the curriculum manager for Nalukai, Steven weaves Agile project management into the Startup Camp curriculum, constantly iterating team structures to give students a rigorous and authentic professional experience.
STEPHANIE DAVID
Nalukai Startup Camp Health & Wellness Coordinator and Operations Support
Stephanie David has over ten years of K-12 & higher education teaching experience in California, New York and Hawai'i. She has a B.A. in Sociology, M.A. in Creativity Theory and earned her teaching credential through the Indigenous Center for Education – Kaohiwai. She is in the process of earning an Integrated Health and Wellness Nutrition Coach certification through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and personal training certification through the National Sports Academy. Currently, she lives on Hawai'i island as a health educator and health coach for local schools and community clinics. She also serves as an online health coach specializing in meal prep and hosts practical nutrition workshops throughout Hawai'i, Los Angeles, CA and Orlando, FL.
NICK WONG '16
NALUKAI STARTUP CAMP PROJECT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR (2017 Social Media manager), mentor
Nick is a student, a freelance web developer, a creative, and an entrepreneur at heart. As a freshman at Kamehameha Schools, Nick developed and iterated upon a web application used by 1,018 of his peers. His application, hackTheHill, earned him the recognition of Hawaiʻi Venture Capital Association’s Student Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist in 2017. When Nick is away from the computer, you can find him eating yakiniku, flying his drone, petting dogs, and surfing on the South Shore of Oʻahu. Nick is returning to Nalukai bringing with him experience as both a Nalukai camper and mentor. In the fall, Nick will be studying Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
AYA CHANG '16
NALUKAI STARTUP CAMP Social media manager, Mentor
Aya believes that storytelling is one of the most important skills you will develop at Nalukai, especially if you want to become a better writer, photographer, videographer, designer, or entrepreneur. Although she is competent in basic coding and a range of computer software, her real passions are photography and writing. Over the past two years, she has refined these skills through journalism, receiving a first-place state award for an investigative story she authored for her high school newspaper Ka Mōʻī and a national award of excellence in news writing at the 2018 National High School Journalism Convention. In the fall, she will be attending Columbia University in New York City as a John W. Kluge Scholar, but, for now, she is honored to be returning to Nalukai as Social media Manager and mentor.
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Inside Australia’s most haunted city
FROM the hotel haunted by a former prime minister to weird reportings around the Parliamentary Triangle, something strange is happening in the nation’s capital.
Brad Watts
Killarney Vale's Amazing Halloween House
Canberra is said to be Australia’s capital for paranormal activity, and the Hyatt Hotel is one of the ghostly hot spots. Picture: Brad WattsSource:Supplied
CANBERRA is often unfairly labelled a “ghost town” for its lacklustre night-life and culture.
But this moniker rings true for its supernatural attractions which are an after-dark sensation with intrigued travellers.
Many of the capital’s famous landmarks, including accommodation and cultural institutions, have a spinechilling past which is unearthed on a unique ghost tour by khaki-clad guide Tim the Yowie Man.
Local legend Tim became the Yowie Man after spotting an unidentified black hairy creature — resembling a mythical man beast called a yowie — in Canberra’s Brindabella Mountains in 1994.
Since then, he’s been a passionate cryptonaturalist, involving the study of strange and hidden phenomena.
So does Canberra have no soul, especially around the Parliamentary Triangle?
Canberra’s Hyatt Hotel is said to be haunted.Source:Supplied
“No way,” Tim says. “There’s hardly a national institution or hotel in this area that’s not harbouring a pesky poltergeist or two.
“There are plenty of souls around town — you just need to know where to look!”
Canberra reportedly has a higher incidence of paranormal activity per capita than any other Australian city.
So at sunset, I bravely joined the Yowie Man — wearing his trademark Akubra and carrying a trusty lantern — to scour the ACT’s spookiest sites.
HOTEL KURRAJONG
We started at the time-honoured Hotel Kurrajong where the ghost of former Prime Minister Ben Chifley is said to haunt the first floor. Chifley died in room 214 (now 181) after suffering a heart attack on the night of June 13, 1951.
The Chifley Room at the Hotel KurrajongSource:Supplied
Never checked out: former Australian Prime Minister Ben ChifleySource:News Corp Australia
“Back then, it was just a basic hostel — he lived and ran the country from this room until he died,” Tim whispers as we nervously hover outside the door.
“Chifley’s your classic ghost — people see the outline of a grey-suited man standing in the window authoritatively pointing to Old Parliament House in the distance.”
Of course, he’s a “friendly chap” but he’s only ever seen by those who aren’t expecting him.
“I sleep in his room every year, around the same time as his death, but I’ve never actually seen Ben — I’m a bit obsessed!” Tim says.
To honour this paranormal past, the art deco Kurrajong — which celebrated its 90th birthday last year — has a plaque outside Chifley’s room explaining his affinity with the hotel.
HYATT HOTEL CANBERRA
The next spectre site is the historic Hyatt Hotel in Yarralumla.
Built around the same time as the Kurrajong, the hotel harbours a pint-sized spook: a little girl in a red dress who knocks on doors in the dead of night.
The Hyatt Hotel where the ghost of a young girl spooks guests. Picture: Brad WattsSource:Supplied
She allegedly burned to death in the boiler room in the 1930s.
“The folklore is she was the daughter of one of the caretakers — she only haunts the older part of the hotel,” Tim says. “She’s also friendly. It’s almost comforting when people see her — like she’s lost.”
However in the past, the girl has caused havoc for Qantas pilots staying at the hotel.
“There’s stories of pilots complaining they weren’t getting enough sleep and wanted to be transferred to the newer part of the hotel after seeing her ghost,” Tim says.
OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Old Parliament House (OPH) is also renowned as one of the capital’s most creepy buildings.
“One of the most frightening stories is of a phantom pair of legs seen wandering the courtyards at night, which freaked-out security guards have named Malcolm,” says Tim, who visits haunted halls of OPH on his three-hour tours starting from $70 per person.
Old Parliament House, at its 1927 opening. Picture: Museum of Australian DemocracySource:News Corp Australia
Many security guards over the years have requested transfers because they have had walkie talkies “ripped off their belts and thrown across the room” working the graveyard shift.
Other terrifying reports include windows mysteriously going up and down at night and loud noises of metal keys grated against stair railings.
OTHER SPOOKY SITES
• Hotel Acton (now Peppers Gallery Hotel) — a friendly ghost apparently turns on the shower in rooms on a cold winter’s night.
• National Library of Australia — a ghost of a “sweaty man” who was a pilot manifests itself in the Library’s basement.
Tim the Yowie Man with a portrait of ex-PM Ben Chifley at the Hotel Kurrajong. Picture: Brad WattsSource:Supplied
• Government House — several confirmed sightings of an Aboriginal ghost that haunts the grounds of the grand residence.
While we didn’t come face-to-face with any gregarious ghouls during the entertaining tour, it was a fascinating insight into the capital’s colourful and mysterious past — laying to rest (in
peace) the notion that Canberra is lifeless.
Tim also shares this reassuring advice for visitors: “Don’t worry, if you come to Canberra and see a ghost, you’re not going to be scared away.”
For true believers wanting to know more about supernatural attractions around Australia, Tim has just released a new book called Haunted & Mysterious Australia. Visit yowieman.com.au.
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Champions Trophy 2017: PCB to Review Mickey Arthur and Co's Performance
PTI |June 9, 2017, 9:55 AM IST
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will review the performance of national team head coach Mickey Arthur and support staff after the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has indicated in an interview that the performance of the coaches and support staff would be scrutinised by a committee which will submit its report to the
board of governors after the Champions Trophy.
"It is a wrong impression that we have formed another committee to probe Pakistan's defeat to India. That is not the case. Before the Champions Trophy I had already formed this
committee to look into the performance of the team's support staff," Shaharyar said.
He said the committee included former Test players Mudassar Nazar and Haroon Rasheed, who are already working in senior positions in the Board.
"Win and loss are part of the sport and no panic button is being pressed because of the defeat to India. But this committee has been asked to talk to the players and support
staff and gather feedback on their performances. We have been observing things and have got information from our managers," he said.
Shaharyar said although there was concern over the inconsistent batting performances of the team but otherwise the feedback about batting coach Grant Flower and even trainer Grant Ludon was good.
"Everyone we have spoken to says the batting coach is doing well. But obviously he has been there for nearly four years and we want to see more results," he said.
Shaharyar also noted that contracts of some of the support staff were due for reviews after the tournament.
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Daily Wage Labourers of Delhi's Biggest Kite Market Pray for Normalcy in Lal Kuan Area
Lallan Kumar (50), a labourer, complained he has not found any work for past two days despite the start of the kite-flying season.
New Delhi: As business remained shut for over two days in the busy Chawri Bazaar's Lal Kuan area due to communal tension, among the worst hit are the daily wagers of Delhi's biggest kite market.
Lallan Kumar (50), a labourer, complained he has not found any work for past two days despite the start of the kite-flying season. "August is nearing and this is also time when kites are bought," Lallan said, referring to the increase in demand of kites in the run-up to the Independence Day.
"This is the time when people come here for shopping and selling their materials. People from other states also come here and take shops on rent to sell the kites," he added.
He said he used to earn Rs 500-600 per day during this time of the year, but there has been no work for past two days.
Lallan's wife and five children live in Lucknow, his native place.
The Lal Kuan area witnessed communal tensions after a temple was vandalised on Sunday. Since then, shops in Lal Kuan and parts of Chawri Bazaar were shut affecting businesses.
The labourers in the area are majority from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, he said.
Shamsher (45), a native of Bihar, said, "It has become very difficult for us. We are not getting money and just spending our savings on food and other things".
"We are working here from past two decades. We are just hoping the situation to be brought back under control otherwise we will have to search work other place," Shamsher added.
Rajesh Kumar, another daily wage labourer from Lucknow is hoping that situation is normalised.
"I am the only sole breadwinner in the family and if I would not get work here then how can I send money to my family members in Lucknow. We just want the situation to be brought back under control so that everyone can work and live here peacefully, Rajesh, who has a wife and two children, said.
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Woman Taken on 'Cart' to UP Hospital, Inquiry Report Gives Clean Chit to Medical Facility
According to the inquiry report, the man in question failed to call the ambulance and chose to transport his wife to the medical facility on a cart, said Chief Medical Officer of Shamli Sanjay Bhatnagar.
Muzaffarnagar: Days after a video showing a man carrying his ailing wife on a cart to a hospital went viral, the district administration on Monday gave a clean chit to the medical authorities here and said the man failed to avail ambulance service.
Chief Medical Officer of Shamli Sanjay Bhatnagar said the woman, Anju Devi (36), had been referred to a medical college in Meerut for treatment. The video had surfaced on June 21, leading to protests over the alleged shoddy treatment meted out to the man seen in the footage.
Reports claimed that the man was denied ambulance to bring his wife, suffering from a spine issue, to the hospital. An inquiry led by a subdivisional magistrate was ordered into the matter. Bhatnagar said claims of non-availability of ambulance were found to be false during the investigation.
According to the inquiry report, the man in question failed to call the ambulance and chose to transport his wife to the medical facility on a cart, the medical officer added.
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