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Public Health Statement for Arsenic
Spanish: Arsénico
CAS#: 7440-38-2
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This Public Health Statement is the summary chapter from the Toxicological Profile for Arsenic. It is one in a series of Public Health Statements about hazardous substances and their health effects. A shorter version, the ToxFAQs™, is also available. This information is important because this substance may harm you. The effects of exposure to any hazardous substance depend on the dose, the duration, how you are exposed, personal traits and habits, and whether other chemicals are present. For more information, call the ATSDR Information Center at 1-800-232-4636.
This public health statement tells you about arsenic and the effects of exposure to it.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies the most serious hazardous waste sites in the nation. These sites are then placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) and are targeted for long-term federal clean-up activities. Arsenic has been found in at least 1,149 of the 1,684 current or former NPL sites. Although the total number of NPL sites evaluated for this substance is not known, the possibility exists that the number of sites at which arsenic is found may increase in the future as more sites are evaluated. This information is important because these sites may be sources of exposure and exposure to this substance may harm you.
When a substance is released either from a large area, such as an industrial plant, or from a container, such as a drum or bottle, it enters the environment. Such a release does not always lead to exposure. You can be exposed to a substance only when you come in contact with it. You may be exposed by breathing, eating, or drinking the substance, or by skin contact.
If you are exposed to arsenic, many factors will determine whether you will be harmed. These factors include the dose (how much), the duration (how long), and how you come in contact with it. You must also consider any other chemicals you are exposed to and your age, sex, diet, family traits, lifestyle, and state of health.
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that is widely distributed in the Earth’s crust. Arsenic is classified chemically as a metalloid, having both properties of a metal and a nonmetal; however, it is frequently referred to as a metal. Elemental arsenic (sometimes referred to as metallic arsenic) is a steel grey solid material. However, arsenic is usually found in the environment combined with other elements such as oxygen, chlorine, and sulfur. Arsenic combined with these elements is called inorganic arsenic. Arsenic combined with carbon and hydrogen is referred to as organic arsenic.
Most inorganic and organic arsenic compounds are white or colorless powders that do not evaporate. They have no smell, and most have no special taste. Thus, you usually cannot tell if arsenic is present in your food, water, or air.
Inorganic arsenic occurs naturally in soil and in many kinds of rock, especially in minerals and ores that contain copper or lead. When these ores are heated in smelters, most of the arsenic goes up the stack and enters the air as a fine dust. Smelters may collect this dust and take out the arsenic as a compound called arsenic trioxide (As2O3). However, arsenic is no longer produced in the United States; all of the arsenic used in the United States is imported.
Presently, about 90% of all arsenic produced is used as a preservative for wood to make it resistant to rotting and decay. The preservative is copper chromated arsenate (CCA) and the treated wood is referred to as “pressure-treated.” In 2003, U.S. manufacturers of wood preservatives containing arsenic began a voluntary transition from CCA to other wood preservatives that do not contain arsenic in wood products for certain residential uses, such as play structures, picnic tables, decks, fencing, and boardwalks. This phase out was completed on December 31, 2003; however, wood treated prior to this date could still be used and existing structures made with CCA-treated wood would not be affected. CCA-treated wood products continue to be used in industrial applications. It is not known whether, or to what extent, CCA-treated wood products may contribute to exposure of people to arsenic.
In the past, inorganic arsenic compounds were predominantly used as pesticides, primarily on cotton fields and in orchards. Inorganic arsenic compounds can no longer be used in agriculture. However, organic arsenic compounds, namely cacodylic acid, disodium methyl¬arsenate (DSMA), and monosodium methylarsenate (MSMA), are still used as pesticides, principally on cotton. Some organic arsenic compounds are used as additives in animal feed. Small quantities of elemental arsenic are added to other metals to form metal mixtures or alloys with improved properties. The greatest use of arsenic in alloys is in lead-acid batteries for automobiles. Another important use of arsenic compounds is in semiconductors and light-emitting diodes.
Arsenic occurs naturally in soil and minerals and it therefore may enter the air, water, and land from wind-blown dust and may get into water from runoff and leaching. Volcanic eruptions are another source of arsenic. Arsenic is associated with ores containing metals, such as copper and lead. Arsenic may enter the environment during the mining and smelting of these ores. Small amounts of arsenic also may be released into the atmosphere from coal-fired power plants and incinerators because coal and waste products often contain some arsenic.
Arsenic cannot be destroyed in the environment. It can only change its form, or become attached to or separated from particles. It may change its form by reacting with oxygen or other molecules present in air, water, or soil, or by the action of bacteria that live in soil or sediment. Arsenic released from power plants and other combustion processes is usually attached to very small particles. Arsenic contained in wind-borne soil is generally found in larger particles. These particles settle to the ground or are washed out of the air by rain. Arsenic that is attached to very small particles may stay in the air for many days and travel long distances. Many common arsenic compounds can dissolve in water. Thus, arsenic can get into lakes, rivers, or underground water by dissolving in rain or snow or through the discharge of industrial wastes. Some of the arsenic will stick to particles in the water or sediment on the bottom of lakes or rivers, and some will be carried along by the water. Ultimately, most arsenic ends up in the soil or sediment. Although some fish and shellfish take in arsenic, which may build up in tissues, most of this arsenic is in an organic form called arsenobetaine (commonly called "fish arsenic") that is much less harmful.
Since arsenic is found naturally in the environment, you will be exposed to some arsenic by eating food, drinking water, or breathing air. Children may also be exposed to arsenic by eating soil. Analytical methods used by scientists to determine the levels of arsenic in the environment generally do not determine the specific form of arsenic present. Therefore, we do not always know the form of arsenic a person may be exposed to. Similarly, we often do not know what forms of arsenic are present at hazardous waste sites. Some forms of arsenic may be so tightly attached to particles or embedded in minerals that they are not taken up by plants and animals.
The concentration of arsenic in soil varies widely, generally ranging from about 1 to 40 parts of arsenic to a million parts of soil (ppm) with an average level of 3–4 ppm. However, soils in the vicinity of arsenic-rich geological deposits, some mining and smelting sites, or agricultural areas where arsenic pesticides had been applied in the past may contain much higher levels of arsenic. The concentration of arsenic in natural surface and groundwater is generally about 1 part in a billion parts of water (1 ppb), but may exceed 1,000 ppb in contaminated areas or where arsenic levels in soil are high. Groundwater is far more likely to contain high levels of arsenic than surface water. Surveys of U.S. drinking water indicate that about 80% of water supplies have less than 2 ppb of arsenic, but 2% of supplies exceed 20 ppb of arsenic. Levels of arsenic in food range from about 20 to 140 ppb. However, levels of inorganic arsenic, the form of most concern, are far lower. Levels of arsenic in the air generally range from less than 1 to about 2,000 nanograms (1 nanogram equals a billionth of a gram) of arsenic per cubic meter of air (less than 1–2,000 ng/m3), depending on location, weather conditions, and the level of industrial activity in the area. However, urban areas generally have mean arsenic levels in air ranging from 20 to 30 ng/m3.
You normally take in small amounts of arsenic in the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the food you eat. Of these, food is usually the largest source of arsenic. The predominant dietary source of arsenic is seafood, followed by rice/rice cereal, mushrooms, and poultry. While seafood contains the greatest amounts of arsenic, for fish and shellfish, this is mostly in an organic form of arsenic called arsenobetaine that is much less harmful. Some seaweeds may contain arsenic in inorganic forms that may be more harmful. Children are likely to eat small amounts of dust or soil each day, so this is another way they may be exposed to arsenic. The total amount of arsenic you take in from these sources is generally about 50 micrograms (1 microgram equals one-millionth of a gram) each day. The level of inorganic arsenic (the form of most concern) you take in from these sources is generally about 3.5 microgram/day. Children may be exposed to small amounts of arsenic from hand-to-mouth activities from playing on play structures or decks constructed out of CCA-treated wood. The potential exposure that children may receive from playing in play structures constructed from CCA-treated wood is generally smaller than that they would receive from food and water.
In addition to the normal levels of arsenic in air, water, soil, and food, you could be exposed to higher levels in several ways, such as the following:
Some areas of the United States contain unusually high natural levels of arsenic in rock, and this can lead to unusually high levels of arsenic in soil or water. If you live in an area like this, you could take in elevated amounts of arsenic in drinking water. Children may be taking in higher amounts of arsenic because of hand-to-mouth contact or eating soil in areas with higher than usual arsenic concentrations.
Some hazardous waste sites contain large quantities of arsenic. If the material is not properly disposed of, it can get into surrounding water, air, or soil. If you live near such a site, you could be exposed to elevated levels of arsenic from these media.
If you work in an occupation that involves arsenic production or use (for example, copper or lead smelting, wood treating, or pesticide application), you could be exposed to elevated levels of arsenic during your work.
If you saw or sand arsenic-treated wood, you could inhale some of the sawdust into your nose or throat. Similarly, if you burn arsenic-treated wood, you could inhale arsenic in the smoke.
If you live in a former agricultural area where arsenic was used on crops, the soil could contain high levels of arsenic.
In the past, several kinds of products used in the home (rat poison, ant poison, weed killer, some types of medicines) had arsenic in them. However, most of these uses of arsenic have ended, so you are not likely to be exposed from home products any longer.
If you swallow arsenic in water, soil, or food, most of the arsenic may quickly enter into your body. The amount that enters your body will depend on how much you swallow and the kind of arsenic that you swallow. This is the most likely way for you to be exposed near a waste site. If you breathe air that contains arsenic dusts, many of the dust particles settle onto the lining of the lungs. Most of the arsenic in these particles is then taken up from the lungs into the body. You might be exposed in this way near waste sites where arsenic-contaminated soils are allowed to blow into the air, or if you work with arsenic-containing soil or products. If you get arsenic-contaminated soil or water on your skin, only a small amount will go through your skin into your body, so this is usually not of concern.
Both inorganic and organic forms leave your body in your urine. Most of the inorganic arsenic will be gone within several days, although some will remain in your body for several months or even longer. If you are exposed to organic arsenic, most of it will leave your body within several days.
Scientists use many tests to protect the public from harmful effects of toxic chemicals and to find ways for treating persons who have been harmed.
One way to learn whether a chemical will harm people is to determine how the body absorbs, uses, and releases the chemical. For some chemicals, animal testing may be necessary. Animal testing may also help identify health effects such as cancer or birth defects. Without laboratory animals, scientists would lose a basic method for getting information needed to make wise decisions that protect public health. Scientists have the responsibility to treat research animals with care and compassion. Scientists must comply with strict animal care guidelines because laws today protect the welfare of research animals.
Inorganic arsenic has been recognized as a human poison since ancient times, and large oral doses (above 60,000 ppb in water which is 10,000 times higher than 80% of U.S. drinking water arsenic levels) can result in death. If you swallow lower levels of inorganic arsenic (ranging from about 300 to 30,000 ppb in water; 100–10,000 times higher than most U.S. drinking water levels), you may experience irritation of your stomach and intestines, with symptoms such as stomachache, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Other effects you might experience from swallowing inorganic arsenic include decreased production of red and white blood cells, which may cause fatigue, abnormal heart rhythm, blood-vessel damage resulting in bruising, and impaired nerve function causing a "pins and needles" sensation in your hands and feet.
Perhaps the single-most characteristic effect of long-term oral exposure to inorganic arsenic is a pattern of skin changes. These include patches of darkened skin and the appearance of small "corns" or "warts" on the palms, soles, and torso, and are often associated with changes in the blood vessels of the skin. Skin cancer may also develop. Swallowing arsenic has also been reported to increase the risk of cancer in the liver, bladder, and lungs. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has determined that inorganic arsenic is known to be a human carcinogen (a chemical that causes cancer). The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that inorganic arsenic is carcinogenic to humans. EPA also has classified inorganic arsenic as a known human carcinogen.
If you breathe high levels of inorganic arsenic, then you are likely to experience a sore throat and irritated lungs. You may also develop some of the skin effects mentioned above. The exposure level that produces these effects is uncertain, but it is probably above 100 micrograms of arsenic per cubic meter (μg/m3) for a brief exposure. Longer exposure at lower concentrations can lead to skin effects, and also to circulatory and peripheral nervous disorders. There are some data suggesting that inhalation of inorganic arsenic may also interfere with normal fetal development, although this is not certain. An important concern is the ability of inhaled inorganic arsenic to increase the risk of lung cancer. This has been seen mostly in workers exposed to arsenic at smelters, mines, and chemical factories, but also in residents living near smelters and arsenical chemical factories. People who live near waste sites with arsenic may have an increased risk of lung cancer as well.
If you have direct skin contact with high concentrations of inorganic arsenic compounds, your skin may become irritated, with some redness and swelling. However, it does not appear that skin contact is likely to lead to any serious internal effects.
Almost no information is available on the effects of organic arsenic compounds in humans. Studies in animals show that most simple organic arsenic compounds (such as methyl and dimethyl compounds) are less toxic than the inorganic forms. In animals, ingestion of methyl compounds can result in diarrhea, and lifetime exposure can damage the kidneys. Lifetime exposure to dimethyl compounds can damage the urinary bladder and the kidneys.
This section discusses potential health effects in humans from exposures during the period from conception to maturity at 18 years of age.
Children are exposed to arsenic in many of the same ways that adults are. Since arsenic is found in the soil, water, food, and air, children may take in arsenic in the air they breathe, the water they drink, and the food they eat. Since children tend to eat or drink less of a variety of foods and beverages than do adults, ingestion of contaminated food or juice or infant formula made with arsenic-contaminated water may represent a significant source of exposure. In addition, since children often play in the soil and put their hands in their mouths and sometimes intentionally eat soil, ingestion of contaminated soil may be a more important source of arsenic exposure for children than for adults. In areas of the United States where natural levels of arsenic in the soil and water are high, or in areas in and around contaminated waste sites, exposure of children to arsenic through ingestion of soil and water may be significant. In addition, contact with adults who are wearing clothes contaminated with arsenic (e.g., with dust from copper- or lead-smelting factories, from wood-treating or pesticide application, or from arsenic-treated wood) could be a source of exposure. Because of the tendency of children to taste things that they find, accidental poisoning from ingestion of pesticides is also a possibility. Thus, although most of the exposure pathways for children are the same as those for adults, children may be at a higher risk of exposure because of normal hand-to-mouth activity.
Children who are exposed to inorganic arsenic may have many of the same effects as adults, including irritation of the stomach and intestines, blood vessel damage, skin changes, and reduced nerve function. Thus, all health effects observed in adults are of potential concern in children. There is also some evidence that suggests that long-term exposure to inorganic arsenic in children may result in lower IQ scores. We do not know if absorption of inorganic arsenic from the gut in children differs from adults.
There is some evidence that exposure to arsenic in early life (including gestation and early childhood) may increase mortality in young adults.
There is some evidence that inhaled or ingested inorganic arsenic can injure pregnant women or their unborn babies, although the studies are not definitive. Studies in animals show that large doses of inorganic arsenic that cause illness in pregnant females can also cause low birth weight, fetal malformations, and even fetal death. Arsenic can cross the placenta and has been found in fetal tissues. Arsenic is found at low levels in breast milk.
In animals, exposure to organic arsenic compounds can cause low birth weight, fetal malformations, and fetal deaths. The dose levels that cause these effects also result in effects in the mothers.
If your doctor finds that you have been exposed to substantial amounts of arsenic, ask whether your children might also have been exposed. Your doctor might need to ask your state health department to investigate.
Many communities may have high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, particularly from private wells, because of contamination or as a result of the geology of the area. The north central region and the western region of the United States have the highest arsenic levels in surface water and groundwater sources, respectively. Wells used to provide water for drinking and cooking should be tested for arsenic. As of January 2006, EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for arsenic in drinking water is 10 ppb. If you have arsenic in your drinking water at levels higher that the EPA’s MCL, an alternative source of water should be used for drinking and cooking should be considered.
If you use arsenic-treated wood in home projects, personal protection from exposure to arsenic-containing sawdust may be helpful in limiting exposure of family members. These measures may include dust masks, gloves, and protective clothing. Arsenic-treated wood should never be burned in open fires, or in stoves, residential boilers, or fire places, and should not be composted or used as mulch. EPA’s Consumer Awareness Program (CAP) for CCA is a voluntary program established by the manufacturers of CCA products to inform consumers about the proper handling, use, and disposal of CCA-treated wood. You can find more information about this program in Section 6.5. Hand washing can reduce the potential exposure of children to arsenic after playing on play structures constructed with CCA-treated wood, since most of the arsenic on the children’s hands was removed with water.
If you live in an area with a high level of arsenic in the water or soil, substituting cleaner sources of water and limiting contact with soil (for example, through use of a dense groundcover or thick lawn) would reduce family exposure to arsenic. By paying careful attention to dust and soil control in the home (air filters, frequent cleaning), you can reduce family exposure to contaminated soil. Some children eat a lot of soil. You should prevent your children from eating soil. You should discourage your children from putting objects in their mouths. Make sure they wash their hands frequently and before eating. Discourage your children from putting their hands in their mouths or engaging in other hand-to-mouth activities. Since arsenic may be found in the home as a pesticide, household chemicals containing arsenic should be stored out of reach of young children to prevent accidental poisonings. Always store household chemicals in their original labeled containers; never store household chemicals in containers that children would find attractive to eat or drink from, such as old soda bottles. Keep your Poison Control Center’s number by the phone.
It is sometimes possible to carry arsenic from work on your clothing, skin, hair, tools, or other objects removed from the workplace. This is particularly likely if you work in the fertilizer, pesticide, glass, or copper/lead smelting industries. You may contaminate your car, home, or other locations outside work where children might be exposed to arsenic. You should know about this possibility if you work with arsenic.
Your occupational health and safety officer at work can and should tell you whether chemicals you work with are dangerous and likely to be carried home on your clothes, body, or tools and whether you should be showering and changing clothes before you leave work, storing your street clothes in a separate area of the workplace, or laundering your work clothes at home separately from other clothes. Material safety data sheets (MSDS) for many chemicals used should be found at your place of work, as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the U.S. Department of Labor. MSDS information should include chemical names and hazardous ingredients, and important properties, such as fire and explosion data, potential health effects, how you get the chemical(s) in your body, how to properly handle the materials, and what to do in the case of emergencies. Your employer is legally responsible for providing a safe workplace and should freely answer your questions about hazardous chemicals. Your state OSHA-approved occupational safety and health program or OSHA can answer any further questions and help your employer identify and correct problems with hazardous substances. Your state OSHA-approved occupational safety and health program or OSHA will listen to your formal complaints about workplace health hazards and inspect your workplace when necessary. Employees have a right to seek safety and health on the job without fear of punishment.
Several sensitive and specific tests can measure arsenic in your blood, urine, hair, or fingernails, and these tests are often helpful in determining if you have been exposed to above-average levels of arsenic in the past. These tests are not usually performed in a doctor’s office. They require sending the sample to a testing laboratory.
Measurement of arsenic in your urine is the most reliable means of detecting arsenic exposures that you experienced within the last several days. Most tests measure the total amount of arsenic present in your urine. This can sometimes be misleading, because the nonharmful forms of arsenic in fish and shellfish can give a high reading even if you have not been exposed to a toxic form of arsenic. For this reason, laboratories sometimes use a more complicated test to separate “fish arsenic” from other forms. Because most arsenic leaves your body within a few days, analysis of your urine cannot detect if you were exposed to arsenic in the past. Tests of your hair or fingernails can tell if you were exposed to high levels over the past 6–12 months, but these tests are not very useful in detecting low-level exposures. If high levels of arsenic are detected, this shows that you have been exposed, but unless more is known about when you were exposed and for how long, it is usually not possible to predict whether you will have any harmful health effects.
The federal government develops regulations and recommendations to protect public health. Regulations can be enforced by law. The EPA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are some federal agencies that develop regulations for toxic substances. Recommendations provide valuable guidelines to protect public health, but cannot be enforced by law. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) are two federal organizations that develop recommendations for toxic substances.
Regulations and recommendations can be expressed as “not-to-exceed” levels, that is, levels of a toxic substance in air, water, soil, or food that do not exceed a critical value that is usually based on levels that affect animals; they are then adjusted to levels that will help protect humans. Sometimes these not-to-exceed levels differ among federal organizations because they used different exposure times (an 8-hour workday or a 24-hour day), different animal studies, or other factors.
Recommendations and regulations are also updated periodically as more information becomes available. For the most current information, check with the federal agency or organization that provides it. Some regulations and recommendations for ARSENIC include the following:
The federal government has taken several steps to protect humans from arsenic. First, EPA has set limits on the amount of arsenic that industrial sources can release into the environment. Second, EPA has restricted or canceled many of the uses of arsenic in pesticides and is considering further restrictions. Third, in January 2001, the EPA lowered the limit for arsenic in drinking water from 50 to 10 ppb. Finally, OSHA has established a permissible exposure limit (PEL), 8-hour time-weighted average, of 10 μg/m3 for airborne arsenic in various workplaces that use inorganic arsenic.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 2007. Toxicological profile for Arsenic. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact your community or state health or environmental quality department or:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences
Chamblee, GA 30341-3717
Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO 888-232-6348 (TTY)
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ATSDR can also tell you the location of occupational and environmental health clinics. These clinics specialize in recognizing, evaluating, and treating illnesses resulting from exposure to hazardous substances.
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Radiocarbon, Volume 46, Number 2 (Proceedings of the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference, Part 2 of 2, 2004)
Wiggle-Match Dating of Tree-Ring Sequences
Galimberti, Mariagrazia; Bronk Ramsey, Christopher; Manning, Sturt W. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
Given the non-monotonic form of the radiocarbon calibration curve, the precision of single 14C dates on the calendar timescale will always be limited. One way around this limitation is through comparison of time-series, which should exhibit the same irregular patterning as the calibration curve. This approach can be employed most directly in the case of wood samples with many years growth present (but not able to be dated by dendrochronology), where the tree-ring series of unknown date can be compared against the similarly constructed 14C calibration curve built from known-age wood. This process of curve-fitting has come to be called "wiggle-matching." in this paper, we look at the requirements for getting good precision by this method: sequence length, sampling frequency, and measurement precision. We also look at 3 case studies: one a piece of wood which has been independently dendrochronologically dated, and two others of unknown age relating to archaeological activity at Silchester, UK (Roman) and Miletos, Anatolia (relating to the volcanic eruption at Thera).
Variation of the Radiocarbon Content in Tree Rings During the Spoerer Minimum
Miyahara, Hiroko; Masuda, Kimiaki; Furuzawa, Hideki; Menjo, Hiroaki; Muraki, Yasushi; Kitagawa, Hiroyuki; Nakamura Toshio (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
This paper presents the variation of radiocarbon content in annual tree rings for the period AD 1413-1553, which includes the Spoerer Minimum period (AD 1415-1534). Since the variation of the production rate of 14C is strongly related to solar activity, the variation of 14C content in annual tree rings gives us information on the characteristics of variation of solar activity. We have studied solar activity during the grand solar minima, focusing especially on the stability of the 11-yr cycle. The minima are determined to have been almost free of sunspots. Our results, however, have revealed quite remarkably the existence of the 11-yr cycle for most of the time during the Spoerer Minimum. The 11-yr variation weakened around AD 1460-1510, suggesting that solar activity might have been strongly suppressed during these 50 yr.
Variability of Monthly Radiocarbon During the 1760s in Corals from the Galapagos Islands
Druffel, Ellen R. M.; Griffin, Sheila; Hwang, Jeomshik; Komada, Tomoko; Beaupre, Steven R.; Druffel-Rodriguez, Kevin C.; Santos, Guaciara M.; Southon, John (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
Radiocarbon (∆14C) measurements of monthly samples from a Galapagos surface coral are among the first data sets from the new Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry laboratory at the University of California, Irvine. An average ∆14C value of -62 is obtained for 144 measurements of samples from monthly coral bands that lived from about AD 1760-1771 (+/6 yr). High ∆14C values were found during January through March, when upwelling was weak or absent at the Galapagos Islands. Low ∆14C values were obtained mid-year during strong upwelling. The average seasonal variability of ∆14C was 15-25 ppm, which is greater than that at other tropical and subtropical locations in the Pacific Ocean because of intense seasonal upwelling at this site. Periods of sustained high ∆14C values were found during 1762-1763 and 1766. A spectral analysis revealed that the spectral density for the ∆14C data displays most of its variance at the 5-yr cycle, which is reflective of El Niño periodicity during the 20th century.
Tree-Ring Records of Near-Younger Dryas Time in Central North America—Preliminary Results from the Lincoln Quarry Site, Central Illinois, USA
Panyushkina, Irina P.; Leavitt, Steven W.; Wiedenhoeft, Alex; Noggle, Sarah; Curry, Brandon; Grimm, Eric (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The abrupt millennial-scale changes associated with the Younger Dryas (YD) event ("chronozone") near the dawn of the Holocene are at least hemispheric, if not global, in extent. Evidence for the YD cold excursion is abundant in Europe but fairly meager in central North America. We are engaged in an investigation of high-resolution environmental changes in mid-North America over several millennia (about 10,000 to 14,000 BP) during the Late Glacial-Early Holocene transition, including the YD interval. Several sites containing logs or stumps have been identified and we are in the process of initial sampling or re-sampling them for this project. Here, we report on a site in central Illinois containing a deposit of logs initially thought to be of YD age preserved in alluvial sands. The assemblage of wood represents hardwood (angiosperm) trees, and the ring-width characteristics are favorable to developing formal tree-ring chronologies. However, 4 new radiocarbon dates indicate deposition of wood may have taken place over at least 8000 14C yr (6000-14,000 BP). This complicates the effort to develop a single floating chronology of several hundred years at this site, but it may provide wood from a restricted region over a long period of time from which to develop a sequence of floating chronologies, the timing of deposition and preservation of which could be related to paleoclimatic events and conditions.
Time-Dependent Factors Inherent in the Age Equation for Determining Residence Times of Groundwater Using 14C: A procedure to Compensate for the Past Variability of 14C in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, with Application to the Wairau Deep Aquifer, Marlborough, New Zealand
Taylor, Claude B. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The radiocarbon concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon in groundwater is most logically and completely represented as the product of 5 time-variable factors; these are mutually independent, and all must be considered and evaluated to determine a groundwater residence time. In the case of one factor, the 14C/(12C+13C) ratio of atmospheric CO2, its time variability can be side-stepped by assuming it to be constant at the pre-bomb 1950 value, and assigning an apparent half-life in the radioactive decay term. Apparent half-lives are calculated here for 5 separate periods extending back to 24,000 BP, working from the INTCAL98 atmospheric calibration. This approach can be extended further back in time when the necessary atmospheric calibrations are updated with greater certainty. The procedure is applied to the recently-explored Wairau Deep Aquifer, underlying central areas of the coastal Wairau Plain, Marlborough. The evolution of dissolved inorganic carbon concentration for this river-recharged groundwater is apparent from distinct trends in 13C, and is confirmed by hydrochemical modelling. Extension to 14C concentrations yields minimum/maximum limits for groundwater residence times to 3 wells. In all 3 cases, the maximum is uncertain due to present uncertainty of the apparent half-life applicable before 24,000 BP. Residence times for the 2 wells closest to the recharge area are at least 17,400 yr, while that for a well further down the aquifer is at least 38,500 yr. Recharge, therefore, occurred during the Otiran glaciation, while the present-day near-surface fluvioglacial deposits of the Wairau Plain were accumulating. Drawdown-recovery records over 3 yr indicate a permeable connection to compensating recharge, enabling limited exploitation for vineyard irrigation.
The Comparison of 14C Wiggle-Matching Results for the ‘Floating’ Tree-Ring Chronology of the Ulandryk-4 Burial Ground (Altai Mountains, Siberia)
Kuzmin, Yaroslav V.; Slusarenko, Igor Y.; Hajdas, Irka; Bonani, Georges; Christen, J. Andres (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
Two independent 14C data sets of 10 tree-ring samples from the longest master chronology of the Pazyryk cultural complex were obtained and wiggle-matched to the absolute timescale. The results show very good agreement, within 10-15 calendar yr. The Ulandryk-4 burial ground (mound 1) was dated to about 320-310 cal BC, and this is consistent with wiggle-matching of the Pazyryk burial ground date series.
The Cosmic Ray Increases at 35 and 60 Kyr BP
Florinski, V.; Axford, W. I.; Zank, G. P. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
Concentrations of 10Be in ice cores and marine sediments exhibit 2 peaks with significant enhancements at 35,000 and 60,000 BP. This radioisotope is produced in the upper atmosphere by spallation of cosmic-ray protons and secondary neutrons on atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen. Previously suggested explanations for the increases include geomagnetic field reversals, a decrease in solar activity, and a supernova explosion. We propose an alternative explanation which involves a change in the galactic environment of the solar system. The structure of the heliosphere is investigated for a period when the Sun enters a cold, dense, unmagnetized interstellar cloud. Under these conditions, the heliosphere contracts to 25% its present size, significantly affecting galactic cosmic ray modulation and increasing anomalous cosmic ray fluxes. A tenfold increase in anomalous cosmic ray flux and a twofold increase in galactic cosmic ray intensity at Earth are possible in this high-density case if heliosheath modulation is reduced. We show that this increase in galactic cosmic ray intensity could be responsible for the peaks in 110Be records.
The "Sterno-Etrussia" Geomagnetic Excursion around 2700 BP and Changes of Solar Activity, Cosmic Ray Intensity, and Climate
Dergachev, V. A.; Raspopov, O. M.; van Geel, B.; Zaitseva, G. I. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The analysis of both paleoand archeomagnetic data and magnetic properties of continental and marine sediments has shown that around 2700 BP, the geomagnetic Sterno-Etrussia excursion took place in 15 regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The study of magnetic properties of sediments of the Barents, Baltic, and White Seas demonstrates that the duration of this excursion was not more than 200-300 yr. Paleoclimatic data provide extensive evidence for a sharp global cooling around 2700 BP. The causes of natural climate variation are discussed. Changes of the galactic cosmic ray intensity may play a key role as the causal mechanism of climate change. Since the cosmic ray intensity (reflected by the cosmogenic isotope level in the earth's atmosphere) is modulated by the solar wind and by the terrestrial magnetic field, this may be an important mechanism for long-term solar climate variability. The Sterno-Etrussia excursion may have amplified the climate shift, which, in the first place, was the effect of a decline of solar activity. During excursions and inversions, the magnetic moment decreases, which leads to an increased intensity of cosmic rays penetrating the upper atmosphere. Global changes in the electromagnetic field of the earth result in sharp changes in the climate-determining factors in the atmosphere, such as temperatures, total pressure field, moisture circulation, intensity of air flows, and thunderstorm activity. In addition, significant changes in the ocean circulation patterns and temperature regimes of oceans will have taken place.
Testing the Use of Bomb Radiocarbon to Date the Surface Layers of Blanket Peat
Garnett, M. H.; Stevenson, A. C. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The recently formed surface layers of peatlands are archives of past environmental conditions and can have a temporal resolution considerably greater than deeper layers. The low density and conditions of fluctuating water table have hindered attempts to construct chronologies for these peats. We tested the use of the radiocarbon bomb pulse to date recently accumulated peat in a blanket mire. The site was chosen because the peat profiles contained independent chronological markers in the form of charcoal-rich layers produced from known burning events. We compared chronologies derived from accelerator mass spectrometry 14C analysis of plant macrofossils against these chronological markers. The bomb 14C-derived chronologies were in broad agreement with the charcoal dating evidence. However, there were uncertainties in the final interpretation of the 14C results because the pattern of 14C concentration in the peat profiles did not follow closely the known atmospheric 14C record. Furthermore, samples of different macrofossil materials from the same depth contained considerable differences in 14C. Suggested explanations for the observed results include the following: i) minor disturbance at the site, ii) in-situ contamination of the 14C samples by carbonaceous soot, and iii) differential incorporation of plant material during blanket peat growth.
Temporal Changes in Radiocarbon Reservoir Age in the Dead Sea-Lake Lisan System
Stein, Mordechai; Migowski, Claudia; Bookman, Revital; Lazar, Boaz (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The Holocene Dead Sea and the late Pleistocene Lake Lisan were characterized by varying radiocarbon reservoir ages ranging between 6 and 2 ka in the Dead Sea and between 2 ka and zero in Lake Lisan. These changes reflect the hydrological conditions in the drainage system as well as residence time of 14C in the mixed surface layer of the lake and its lower brine. Long-term isolation of the lower brine led to 14C decay and an increase in the reservoir age. Yet, enhanced runoff input with atmospheric 14C brings the reservoir age down. The highest reservoir age of 6 ka was recorded after the sharp fall of the Dead Sea at approximately 8.1 ka cal BP. The lower reservoir age of zero was recorded between 36 and 32 ka cal BP, when the Lake Lisan mixed layer was frequently replenished by runoff.
Stepped-Combustion 14C Dating of Bomb Carbon in Lake Sediment
McGeehin, J.; Burr, G. S.; Hodgins, G.; Bennett, S. J.; Robbins, J. A.; Morehead, N.; Markewich, H. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
In this study, we applied a stepped-combustion approach to dating post-bomb lake sediment from north-central Mississippi. Samples were combusted at a low temperature (400 degrees C) and then at 900 degrees C. The CO2 was collected separately for both combustions and analyzed. The goal of this work was to develop a methodology to improve the accuracy of 14C dating of sediment by combusting at a lower temperature and reducing the amount of reworked carbon bound to clay minerals in the sample material. The 14C fraction modern results for the low and high temperature fractions of these sediments were compared with well-defined 137Cs determinations made on sediment taken from the same cores. Comparison of "bomb curves" for 14C and 137Cs indicate that low temperature combustion of sediment improved the accuracy of 14C dating of the sediment. However, fraction modern results for the low temperature fractions were depressed compared to atmospheric values for the same time frame, possibly the result of carbon mixing and the low sedimentation rate in the lake system.
Spatial and Temporal Impacts of 14C Releases from the Sellafield Nuclear Complex on the Irish Coastline
Keogh, Sinead M.; McGee, Edward J.; Gallagher, Donal; Mitchell, Peter I. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is estimated to be the largest single source of global anthropogenic radiocarbon discharge. This study addresses the impact of these releases on the Irish coastal marine environment. Spatial trends in the 14C content of seaweed (Fucus spp.) were assessed by collecting and analyzing samples from well-distributed locations around the Irish coastline. Temporal trends were studied by comparing 14C concentrations in present-day samples with levels found in archive material collected at the same locations during research campaigns conducted in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. The impact of 14C discharged from Sellafield was found to be most apparent in seaweeds from the northeastern Irish coast. This indicates that the pattern of residual currents and, in particular, the south to north transfer of water known to predominate in the Irish Sea, largely controls the spatial distribution of 14C releases. Maximum 14C discharge levels to the marine environment from Sellafield (between 12 and 13 TBq yr -1) were mirrored by peak concentrations found in seaweed from the mid-1990s and in present-day samples (highest recorded value of 130.4 pMC). Concentrations of 14C in seaweed from the west coast of Ireland correspond closely with values measured for seaweeds from the Atlantic coast of northwest Spain and do not appear to be significantly affected by Sellafield discharges.
Sources of Anthropogenic 14C to the North Sea
Gulliver, P.; Cook, G. T.; MacKenzie, A. B.; Naysmith, P.; Anderson, R. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing plant on the northwest coast of England is the largest source of anthropogenic radiocarbon to the UK coastal environment. In a mid-1990s study of 14C distribution around the UK coast, the pattern of dilution with increasing distance from Sellafield appeared to be perturbed by anomalously high 14C activities in marine biota in the coastal environment of northeast England. This present study was undertaken during 1998 and 1999 to determine whether this 14C enhancement was due to Sellafield or the nuclear power plants on the east coast. Seawater, seaweed (Fucus sp.), and mussel (Mytilus edulis) samples that were collected from the vicinity of the Torness and Hartlepool advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power stations were all enhanced above the contemporary regional background activity derived from natural production and atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. We used previously published dilution factors and transfer times for 99Tc between Sellafield and various points on the UK coast to determine likely Sellafield-derived 14C contributions to the activities at the nuclear power plant sites. The results suggest that the activities observed at Torness, which are only marginally enhanced above the natural background activity, are possibly due to discharges from Sellafield; however, the significant 14C enhancements at Hartlepool are not Sellafield-derived. Furthermore, since both reactors have the same fundamental design, the low activities at the Torness AGR imply that the activities at Hartlepool are not from the AGR, suggesting that there is an input of 14C to the marine environment in the vicinity of Hartlepool which is probably non-nuclear-power related. However, there is no other authorized site in the area that could account for the observed 14C enrichments; therefore, further research is required to ascertain the source of this 14C.
Shape Analysis of Cumulative Probability Density Function of Radiocarbon Dates Set in the Study of Climate Change in the Late Glacial and Holocene.
Michczyńska, Danuta; Pazdur, Anna (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
We report on a statistical analysis of a large set of radiocarbon dates for reconstruction of paleoclimate. Probability density functions were constructed by summing the probability distributions of individual 14C dates. Our analysis was based on 2 assumptions: 1) the amount of organic matter in sediments depends on paleogeographical conditions; 2) the number of 14C-dated samples is proportional to the amount of organic matter deposited in sediments in the examined time intervals. We quantified how many dates are required to give statistically reliable results. As an example, 785 peat dates from Poland were selected. The dates encompassed the Holocene and Late Glacial period. All dates came from the Gliwice Radiocarbon Laboratory. Results were compared with other paleoenvironmental records. Detailed analysis of the frequency distributions showed that preferential sampling plays an important part in the shape determination. The general rule to take samples from locations where visible changes of sedimentation are apparent (e.g. From the top and the bottom of the peat layer) results in narrow peaks in the probability density function near the limits of the Holocene subdivision.
Sellafield-Derived Anthropogenic 14C in the Marine Intertidal Environment of the NE Irish Sea
Cook, G. T.; MacKenzie, A. B.; Muir, G. K. P.; Mackie, G.; Gulliver, P. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
The intertidal biota from Parton beach, close to the Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, were all found to be enriched in radiocarbon relative to ambient background. The degree of enrichment appears to reflect the positions of the biota in the food chain once the dilution in seaweed from atmospheric uptake is taken into account. Close to the low-water mark, the order was mussels > limpets > anemones congruent to winkles > seaweed. The same order was observed close to the high-water mark, except that anemones were absent from this area. The activities in the biogeochemical fractions of the water column reflect the fact that discharges are primarily in the form of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), which is subsequently transferred to the particulate organic carbon (POC) and, to a lesser extent, the dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and finally, the particulate inorganic carbon (PIC). Analysis of intertidal sediment suggests that there is likely to be a gradual increase in the specific activity of 14C in the inorganic component of this material as Sellafield contaminated organisms die and their shells are ground down by natural processes.
Seasonal Radiocarbon Variation of Surface Seawater Recorded in a Coral from Kikai Island, Subtropical Northwestern Pacific
Morimoto, Maki; Kitagawa, Hiroyuki; Shibata, Yasuyuki; Kayanne, Hajime (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
A coral radiocarbon (Delta-14C) investigation with a high time-resolution is crucial for reconstructing secular and seasonal Delta-14C changes in the surface seawater which potentially reflect ocean circulations and dynamic ocean-atmosphere interactions. The Delta-14C values of a modern coral (Porites sp.) from Kikai Island, southern Japan, in the subtropical northwestern Pacific, were determined for the period of 1991-1998 at a monthly resolution. A coral Delta-14C time series for the 8 yr indicated seasonal cycles superimposed on a secular decreasing trend of 3.8 per mil per yr. The seasonal amplitude of the coral Delta-14C was about 18 per mil on the average and the minimum Delta-14C was observed in late spring and summer. The Delta-14C changes were tentatively explained by horizontal oceanic advections around Kikai Island or over the wide range of the equatorial and subequatorial Pacific.
Seasonal and Secular Variations of Atmospheric 14CO2 Over the Western Pacific Since 1994
Kitagawa, H.; Mukai, Hitoshi; Nojiri, Yukihiro; Shibata, Yasuyuki; Kobayashi, Toshiyuki; Nojiri, Tomoko (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
Air sample collections over the western Pacific have continued since 1992 as a part of Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies (CGER-NIES) global environmental monitoring program. The air samples collected on the Japan-Australia transect made it possible to trace the seasonal and secular 14CO2 variations, as well as an increasing trend of greenhouse gases over the western Pacific. A subset of CO2 samples from latitudes of 10-15 degrees N and 23-28 degrees S were chosen for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C analysis using a NIES-TERRA AMS with a 0.3-0.4% precision. These 14CO2 records in maritime air show seasonal variations superimposed on normal exponential decreasing trends with a time constant of about 16 yr. The Delta-14C values in the Northern Hemisphere are lower those in the Southern Hemisphere by 3-4 per mil during 1994-2002. The Northern Hemisphere record shows relatively high seasonality (2.3 +/1.5 per mil) as compared with the Southern Hemisphere (1.3 +/1.2 per mil). The maximum values of seasonal cycles appear in late autumn and early winter in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively. Oscillations of 1-10 yr over the western Pacific are found to correlate possibly with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events.
Radiocarbon/Tree-Ring Calibration, Solar Activity, and Upwelling of Ocean Water
Knox, F. B.; McFadgen, B. G. (Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, 2004-01-01)
Least-squares fitted smooth curves to radiocarbon versus tree-ring calibration data for the period AD 1140 to 1950 are compared with climatic warming and cooling of the North Atlantic (Little Ice Age), and with recorded sunspot numbers over the period AD 1670 to 1950. Calibration curves from different parts of the globe are not identical, and appear to be determined by a combination of variable solar activity and variable oceanic upwelling of 14C-depleted water, with the variable upwelling itself partly determined by solar activity.
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1884 - The cemetery expanded onto a strip of neighbouring land
1905 - Gravesend Borough Council bought the cemetery, Victoria House and a triangular piece of neighbouring land
1925 - The cemetery expanded into the extra land 1926 - The extra land was consecrated
1930 - Expansion into land formally owned by Dashwood House, consecrated in 1931
1943 - Neighbouring properties sold their land to Gravesend Council for further growth
1950’s - Eight acres of land were bought from Northfleet Council.
1997 - The latest area to be added
Map of Gravesend and Milton Cemetery
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Home > Entertainment > Drake Buys Himself $100K Championship Ring After Winning Rec League
Drake Buys Himself $100K Championship Ring After Winning Rec League
Drake bought himself another championship ring, this one worth $100,000, after his team won this year’s SBL Recreation Basketball League Championship for the second year in a row.
The Toronto rap star and well-known basketball fanatic once again enlisted Jason of Beverly Hills to create the diamond ring that reads “Back to Back,” and “NTIG Champions” on the face of it and “The Boy” and the number 11 on the sides.
In an Instagram Story, Champagne Papi showed off the massive rec league championship ring, and captioned “Better luck next year,” over the image, according to screenshots obtained by Complex.
He had previously worked with the renowned jeweler on his team’s last championship ring, however that one reportedly only cost $50,000.
Drake Enlists Renowned Jeweler To The Stars Jason Of Beverly Hills For Second Championship Ring In A Row
This time around, Jason went all out with 15 carats of flawless diamonds, with the piece donning two large diamonds to symbolize Drizzy’s back-to-back titles.
Drake cops a new championship ring from Jason Of Beverly Hills for winning his basketball league back-to-back pic.twitter.com/9UEIN9Dd8S
— Hot Freestyle (@HotFreestyle) September 10, 2022
Jason released a statement on the ring, and said he “wishes he could play ball professionally” and that he “respects Drake for making his dream a reality with his own league.”
“As someone who wishes I could play ball professionally I respect Drake for making his dream a reality with his own league,” Jason said in a statement. “We always have a good time when we work together and it has been fun working on these championship rings with him the last three years.”
The jeweler-to-the-stars had previously worked with Drake in 2019 to design his custom $150,000 ring in celebration of the Toronto Raptors’ championship win that year.
That one featured 30 carats of diamonds and more design than any ring in NBA history, Complex reports.
Drake’s Jeweler-To-The-Stars Designed Seven NBA Championship Rings Over The Years
Jason has created seven NBA championship rings over the years for a few different teams, with the Lakes In 2019, 2010 and 2020, the Warriors in 2015, 2017, and 2018, and the Bucks in 2021.
The Beverly Hills-based jeweler added that for this year’s recreation league championship ring, Drake “had a clear vision of what he wanted” and that the two “worked really well together to make (it) happen.”
“Drake had a clear vision of what he wanted and we worked really well together to make that happen,” Jason added. “I enjoy the challenge of telling the story of the season and incorporating everything into the design and onto a ring, while still using as many diamonds as possible.”
Drake’s Passing Down His Love For Basketball To Four-Year-Old Son, Adonis
It’s no secret that Drake is a massive fan of basketball, and has even been training his son in the ways of the sport for years.
He featured his four-year-old son Adonis in an Instagram video in May, where his son boasted about his basketball skills after making four of five shots in a row.
“Yo, where you learn to shoot like that?” the Canadian superstar asked his son, who he shares with French artist and former model Sophie Brussaux.
The 35-year-old rapper has emerged himself in NBA culture as well, having been pictured alongside a victorious LeBron James after the Lakers won the championship in June.
Recreation League Championship Comes A Week After Lawsuit Against Drake, LeBron James
Drake and LeBron were actually both recently sued together, The Shade Room previously reported, for $10 million after being accused of stealing the rights to the name of their upcoming documentary about a segregated hockey league.
The two are being sued by former head of the NBA players union, Billy Hunter, who claims he owns the exclusive legal rights of any movie produced about Canada’s Colored Hockey League which formed back in 1895 and was in operation until 1925.
The devoted Toronto also regularly seen court side during Raptors’ games.
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Tyga Europe Tour Dates
Tyga will be taking a Eurotrip for his forthcoming tour set to kick off Feb. 23.
The rapper will embark on a four-city trek that will include stops in France, Sweden, and London. Tyga’s week-long engagement follows news of his recent signing to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint.
The West Coast MC also released his new single “Feel Me” featuring West earlier this year.
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What does Live Like You Were Dying mean?
Tim McGraw: Live Like You Were Dying Meaning
Tagged: Death | Disease | Inspirational Songs [suggest]
Live Like You Were Dying Lyrics
He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it...
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Feb 19th 2006 report
This song is about his dad (Late Baseball Pitcher for the Mets and Phillies) Tug McGraw. Tug came up with the Mets' motto, "Ya Gotta Believe". This song is written about finding out that his dad had Brain cancer, and the conversations and memories that ensued. He talks about what his dad did after the diagnosis(I went skydiving, rocky mountain climbing, went 2.7 seconds on a bull Fu Man Chu), and at the very beginning, he says "I was in my early 40's, with a lotta life before me, when a moment came that stopped me on a dime. I spent most of the next days, looking at the X-rays, talking bout the options, and talking bout sweet times. Asked him when it sank in, this might really be the real end, how's it hit ya when you get that kinda news, man what did you do?". This is all about his dad's diagnosis, and how he knew his dad was dying, just not how long he had left.
Oct 14th 2009 report
Live like you were dying means that if you knew that you were dying in a little while, what would you do for your last day? Would you just sit around and mope and dread, or would you do everything you wanted to do or forgive someone you never forgave. When you would die would you regret the life you lost? This song is a very deep and thoughtful song that not a lot of music has.
Oct 6th 2021 report
Im writing an explication for college on this song. The song,in fact, was not written by Tim McGraw nor was it written for his dad.. although it does refer to his father in the line about fishing.. but that was done so by the original writers.
Mar 13th 2020 report
This song is awesome ! And it is not only about his dad. It's about a few people that got diagnosis or wrong diagnosis... Saying they want to live to the fullest and fight. The rocky climbing came from a woman, the skydiving was a male, not all from his dad. But respect to the songwriters. You made something incredible with this. And Tim you just blow our ears ! Thank you !
Jan 4th 2020 report
This song is saying not if you are dying it is saying what you should be doing living life to the fullest not waiting to die not leaving issues unresolved but being your best self before you die so be your best self and live life to the fullest.
Nov 10th 2014 report
If you're not dying, you will never live a full life because it takes something to open your eyes to live to the fullest. So live like you are dying. Do want you want to because one day you wont be able to do anything.
May 31st 2014 report
Tim McGraw rocks! The song means live life like you always wanted to and have no regrets and be the best person you can be because life is too short.
This song wants to say if you were diying what would you like to do sky diving mountain climbing or....
Jan 17th 2012 report
This song is about living, not dying. It is about living to the fullest.
Am I the only one who thought the bull's name was blue man's shoe?
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For five years She Shreds has thrown totally unofficial, completely legit shows during Austin’s SXSW festival. Why do we do it? Well, let’s start with a bit of historical context.
Many of you know me as She Shreds’ founder and editor in chief, which I most certainly am. What I also pride myself for is my insatiable love for bringing together community through events, which you’ll learn is how this whole She Shreds lifestyle got started. Growing up in Austin, at age 16 I threw what I considered to be my first “official” show. It was during SXSW in 2009, hosted at what is now Figure 8 coffee. The lineup involved Des Ark, Explode Into Colors STRFKR, and myself (I know, classic move) performing in a tiny room surrounded by 200 sweaty, raging bodies. It was amazing and punk, and I loved every bead of sweat that came from it.
At the time I was inspired by the DIY subculture of SXSW, whether that meant late night shows at the pedestrian bridge or at Mrs. Bea’s (what was Cheer Up Charlies and what is now Wonderland), or basically just wherever Finally Punk, Vivian Girls or Mika Miko were playing. These shows brought me closer to my heroes, and without a doubt, helped shape who I am today.
Since that first show, I’ve had the opportunity to create similar spaces— always, free of charge and always independent. Those who have ever been to a She Shreds show before know the drill: community first, everyone is welcome, and no one is “good for a girl”, they’re just good. Fans and musicians come to our shows to be surrounded by people they love and look up to in an environment that in other contexts might be controlled by corporations. This necessity to be surrounded by an alternative yet necessary perspective on the music industry, one that celebrates diversity and identity is what fosters the spaces that She Shreds creates—no one can stop us from honoring that.
When our initial location at Kinda Tropical was shut down during Shamir’s set—due to an overcapacity issue and an unknown lack of permit by the venue—our community came together, strangers packed as much as they could in their cars, people who didn’t know each other caravanned, and we immediately relocated thanks to the incredibly generous humans at Sahara Lounge. Relocating 10 bands, all of our equipment, and 500+ people successfully in 40 minutes, for the love of community and music was by far the most punk thing I’ve ever done. A true testament to how strong this community really is.
Shortly thereafter, Hinds got on the stage and the show continued as if nothing had ever happened: hundreds of people surrounded the tiny stage inside waiting for their favorite bands to play, families, musicians, and fans lounged outside soaking up the sun and our amazing sound team Tzu-Wei and Bonnie Knight hustled to dial in as many bands we could. For me, personally, I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.
Lastly, I want to thank all 13 of the bands involved for being a part of our family, supporting us and always having our back! On top of that She Shreds was proud to be able to pay our artists while providing a free of charge event thanks to our amazing partners—D’Addario Strings, Guild Guitars, Martin Guitars, Fender, Guitar Center, and Do512—who believe in our mission and are actively seeking progress in the guitar industry. In the weeks to come She Shreds will be publishing footage from the show and interviews with bands to answer the questions, “Who Is The Modern Guitarist,” documented at this year’s SX She Shreds event. Follow the conversation below on Instagram and add to it by tagging us on #IMAGUITARIST.
For decades, considering yourself a guitarist meant subscribing to a certain culture—one that for many was un-relatable and exclusive. Today, we expand on a conversation that is constantly discussed but seldom showcased: Who is the modern guitarist? What does being a guitarist mean to you? What gear do you play? How do you choose to learn? What are your obstacles and how do you overcome them? In this series started at last weeks #SXsheshreds event, we ask artists about being guitarists and document the incredibly wide spectrum of what that looks and sounds like. . Do you consider yourself a guitarist? Post a pic of yourself playing, tell us why in the caption and tag us to be included in the on-going conversation! . #IMAGUITARIST #SHESHREDS #SHESHREDSMAG ???? by @we_are_shopping (beginning) and @hindsband (end) ???? @cemeza
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So, will we be back? As long as you want us, we’ll be there without a doubt.
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Such an amazing and inspriring event, and we are so fortunate to experience it here. For a number of reasons, it’s become the coolest show at all of SXSW! Really hope yall return in 2019. Much love and respect
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Sarah McGlashan says:
Blasting event! Pity I couldn’t participate in this event cause I was out of the city. It seems like I really missed fun days. These pictures are so astonishing and every time I look upon these pictures it made me missed more this event. Will definitely participating next time.
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Monica Phillipa says:
I love this band and wanted to attend this event but I was busy with my work at https://www.vfmseo.com/ but I want to attend the show of this band. So can anyone help me that when and where they are going to show again?
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Why Tesla stocks are falling
A technology giant, a pioneer in sustainable electromobility, a company that doesn’t invest in promotion because it doesn’t need to. That’s a brief description of Tesla. Tesla stocks helped Elon Musk become the world’s richest man. Elon Musk, however, is not nurturing his masterpiece with as much attention as in years past. The “Musk effect” is moving into the social networking field of Twitter. How will this affect Tesla stock and who is Elon Musk? Find out in this article.
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The world-famous Tesla company was founded in 2003. Founder Elon Musk launched it with a mission to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy, on a global scale. The company’s first product appeared on the market in 2008. It was a Roadster sports car. Four years later, the Model S saw the light of day and received numerous awards. It was named the best overall car by Consumer Reports, and even earned Motor Trend’s Best Car of All Time award.
But Tesla isn’t just focused on making machines with four wheels. It also designs energy storage products. One of them is the Powerwall battery, which is used in households. Other battery storage devices are Powepack and Megapack for commercial use.
Sustainability runs through Tesla in every direction. In 2016, it completed the acquisition of SolarCity, bringing the leading solar energy system provider in the US under its wing. A year later, the solar roof was introduced to the market, bringing one of the best and most affordable solutions for energy production.
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The son of a South African and a Canadian has shown his talent and affinity for technology since he was young. At the age of 12 he programmed his own video game and at 17 he obtained a Canadian passport and left Africa for the more economically advanced world, not just for education. In 1995, he founded Zip2, which provided online city guide software to newspapers. Four years later, the company was bought by computer manufacturer Compaq for $307 million. Elon Musk then founded X.com, a financial services company, which he later sold to eBay for $1.5 billion under the name PayPal. He also founded the space company SpaceX.
But Elon Musk had to wait a while to get the moniker of the world’s richest man.
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In 2020, with a total fortune of $25.6 billion, he was only behind Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg in the list of the richest people on the planet. The massive increase in his wealth is mainly due to the Tesla car company. Its stock value has skyrocketed over the past five years, and its profits will soar to a staggering $54 billion in 2021. Yet in 2017, Tesla reported a profit of “only” $12 billion. Elon Musk became the world’s richest man in 2021, when he owned a total fortune of $340 billion.
Although Tesla stocks has delivered tremendous wealth, it has seen a steep decline in 2022. The top stock has fallen to below $150 since the first days of the year, when its price was at $400. This is a slump so deep that it raises concerns about the future of society.Musk became the owner of the social network Twitter after long negotiations that lasted from April to October, and he has been focusing his attention there in recent months. This worried many investors and was reflected in Tesla’s stocks price. They saw their first decline at the turn of the first and second quarter of 2022, but then came another bounce upwards. Not long after that, however, Tesla’s stocks began to plummet, and by the second half of the year, it was practically nowhere near the $300 mark.
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According to the owner himself, there will be no sale of Tesla shares in the next year. But Bloomberg pointed out that although Elon Musk has made this promise in the past, he has never delivered. Tesla will launch two new products in 2023-a Tesla Semi truck and a cyber car. Although the launch is not expected until next year, the announcement could have a significant impact on demand for the stock.
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But Tesla’s share price will also depend on its financial results for the fourth quarter of last year. If the expected scenario comes to pass and Tesla announces another decline in results, margins are likely to decline. If this happens, it will cause a slowdown in growth, so the stock could continue to fall relative to earnings.
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In this me-first, I’m-number-one, it’s-my-right society, those can be hard words to swallow, let alone digest. Even supposedly other-focused Christians can get it wrong. Last week we were encouraged to go forward for healing prayer in the service. Even there, in an atmosphere of seeking prayer, we have to check our motives, Anne reminded us this week.
Do we believe in and love God because of what He can do for us, rather than for Who He is? Yes, He wants us well; yes, He wants us healthy. But if we think we need our head-ache or sore back healed and He knows we need our heart healed first—or our memories, or our attitudes—well, it may seem like the prayer ‘didn’t work’.
"God answers prayers in four ways," Anne explained. "Yes, no, wait, or yes, but. And that last one we may not understand as a 'yes' since the answer wasn't what we asked for."
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Antique rattan furniture is as much at home on the porch or sunroom as in the bedroom. It works with many different decorating styles and is a favorite of decorators everywhere.
Rattan, bamboo, wicker; what is the difference?
These are all materials that have been used to make furniture that was especially popular during the Victorian era. Rattan and bamboo are plants, but wicker describes a certain way of weaving fibers. Wicker can be woven of bamboo, rattan, or even straw but only rattan can be rattan. It is the stem of a tropical tree that is related to the palm. It grows upward and then bends over and continues growing more like a vine than a tree. Unlike bamboo, the trunk or stem of rattan is solid which makes it a better candidate for making sturdy furniture.
When the rattan has matured it is cut into sections that measure twelve feet or more. The sections are dried and then processed in the processing plants, usually in Southeast Asia or the Philippines.
To make furniture the rattan is stripped of leaves and outer fibers. Small pieces are soaked and bent into shape while larger pieces are steamed to make them flexible. The large stems look like bamboo which can confuse the novice collector. Antique rattan furniture usually has the joints wrapped with fiber for stability. More modern furniture will have the joints wrapped with leather or plastic to hide any screws.
Rattan furniture was being made over 5,000 years ago in Egypt and was discovered in many ancient excavation sites. In America manufacturers began producing rattan furniture during the mid 1800s.
Victorian society had a hatred of germs and rattan was seen at being a clean alternative to upholstered furniture. The flexibility of the material allowed artisans to manipulate it into the complex patterns that the Victorians favored.
As the decades passed the versatile material was formed in the sleek lines of Art Deco and Modernist styles.
Rattan is difficult to identify because most of it is not labeled by the manufacturer. Some designers are easy to pick out because of their unique design style. Below are two that are well known for their rattan designs, especially chairs.
Paul Frankl was a furniture designer, probably the first to utilize rattan in a modern way in America during the 1930s through 1950s. His designs were sought after by the glamorous Hollywood crowd for their clean, Art Deco lines. You can see a beautiful example of Frankl's design in his 1930s vintage rattan couch.
Baughman designed rattan furniture in the 1940s and 50s for a company called Calif-Asia. Many beautiful rattan and wrought iron chairs are attributed to him.
With regular cleaning and maintenance your vintage rattan furniture can last for a very long time.
Use Murphy's oil soap and some water whisked up into thick suds.
Skim off the bubbles (not the water) and rub them into the rattan with a clean cloth.
Use a toothbrush to get stubborn dirt out of crevices.
Wipe with a dry cloth and allow to air dry completely.
Repeat this cleaning about once a month for best results. Dust it once a week with a feather duster.
After cleaning, rub lemon oil into the rattan. Keeping your antique rattan furniture oiled will help keep it from splitting.
If your furniture does split, apply furniture glue and use tape or a wrap to hold the pieces in place until the glue completely dries.
Online venues like eBay and craigslist.
If you find something you like that is in good shape, be prepared to pay for it. Good Victorian rattan furniture is worth a large amount of money.
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CDR Brien Dickson departs the submarine following a change of command ceremony aboard USS Jefferson City (SSN 759).
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Here he stands on the bridge of his undersea kitchen, USS Jefferson City (SSN 759).
USS Jefferson City (SSN-759), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jefferson City, Missouri. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 26 November 1984 and her keel was laid down on 21 September 1987. She was launched on 17 August 1990 sponsored by Mrs. Susan A. Skelton, and commissioned on 29 February 1992, with Commander Russell Harris in command.
Jefferson City launched two UGM-109 Tomahawk Block III missiles as part of a strike on Iraq on 3 September 1996.
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Internationalists
One quick add-on to the piece on the Pew study, a statistic developed nationally but of special import to the Northwest.
The question was asked of everyone surveyed, which of these two views would come closest to your view: "It's best for the future of our country to be active in world affairs," or, "We should concentrate on problems here at home."
Every religious tradition chose "here at home" over "active in world affairs" - nearly all by big margins - with just two exceptions. For understandable specific reasons, Jews went for "world affairs" by 53% to 37%. Just behind them, however, is a less-expected group - by 51% to 37%, Mormons agreed - the only other group on that side of the choice.
Worth thinking about in national electoral politics.
Fine tuning on religion
The outlines of the Northwest on religion are clear enough. In most of southern Idaho and in patches of eastern Oregon and Washington, Mormons are dominant. The Seattle and Portland metro areas are relatively secular. Evangelicals are strong in many of the suburban areas. And so forth.
The latest study out of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life doesn't break down below state levels, but it goes beyond the labels and tags: Almost uniquely, it goes after specific beliefs and actions.
Washington, Oregon and Idaho vary more or less under this type of lens generally as you'd expect they would. But the differences are enlightening anyway.
Some of the numbers seem a little unexpected out of context; among adherents generally, evangelical Christians (26% nationally) account for 25% in Washington and 30% in Oregon, but just 22% in Idaho; but you have to bear in mind that Mormons are counted separately from them, and they are estimated at 23% in Idaho, but 5% in Oregon and just 2% in Washington. Add the two (which makes sense, since despite their theological differences they have many social policy similarities) and you get 27% in Washington, 35% in Oregon and 45% in Idaho. A picture emerges.
(Add to this: The percentage of Roman Catholics is higher in Idaho, at 18%, than in Washington's 16% or Oregon's 14%. ) (more…)
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Future wireless communication would accommodate massive number of devices, as represented by Internet-of-Things (IoT). In order to realize efficient data transmission of large number of devices, designing the transmission protocol of devices is crucial. While conventional grant-based access schemes (e.g. time division multiple access (TDMA)) can achieve highly-efficient transmission via resource allocation for devices, such allocation causes a large overhead in the presence of massive number of users, which results in the degradation of the throughput performance.
To this end, we have proposed an efficient random access protocol, namely frameless ALOHA with multiple base station cooperation. Multiple base stations are exploited to cooperatively retrieve transmitted packets, while devices transmit their packets using transmission probabilities. We have theoretically optimized transmission probabilities to maximize the achievable throughput. Upon the optimization, our proposed scheme achieves remarkable throughput performance.
While frameless ALOHA with multiple base station cooperation can start the packet retrieval process only from collision-free time slots, ZigZag decoding has been proposed as a technique to retrieve two colliding packets. We have then proposed ZigZag decodable frameless ALOHA, where frameless ALOHA protocol is modified so as to fully exploit ZigZag decoding. By dynamically increasing the transmission probability, ZigZag decodable frameless ALOHA enhances the throughput performance of the original frameless ALOHA.
To emancipate sensors from the limit of batteries, we proposed new MAC protocol named energy-neutral receiver-initiated MAC (ENRI-MAC). Our proposed protocol enables every sensor to autonomously decide its own intermittent interval based on their available energy and the number of neighboring sensors. Furthermore, we implemented our protocol using Lazurite 920J which is an off-the-shelf Arduino-compatible board and showed that our sensor network could operate very well only with unstable energy-harvesting power supplies.
Typical wireless channels suffer from multipath fading and shadowing which significantly reduce communication capacity for a given average transmission power and hinder reliable transmission. Although an effective option is using multiple antennas to obtain spatial diversity gain, it is practically difficult to equip multiple antennas in some applications such as sensor networks because of the size, complexity, and cost. In order to overcome this issue, another concept has been proposed in the literature; when the source cannot reliably communicate with the destination, other available nodes can temporarily work as relays in order to support the communication by expending their own energies regularly supplied by pre-charged batteries, which is called cooperative diversity and allows nodes to enjoy spatial diversity gain without equipping additional antennas. Cooperative diversity inherently consumes the battery of users to support some users having with small channel capacities, which may results in shorter network life since more nodes drain their batteries at the same time.
A remedy for this crucial battery issue is the use of energy harvesting. Energy harvesting technologies enable devices to harness energy from ambient sources such as solar, vibration, themoelectric effects, and so on. Since this might be an ultimate solution of the crucial energy constraint, it has gained much attention from researchers. Especially, radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting does not depend on availability of ambient energy sources where ambient RF radiation is captured by the receiver antennas and converted into a direct current (DC) voltage through appropriate circuits such as rectennas. Therefore, this RF energy transfer is considered as one of the most attractive candidate technologies to realize self-sustaining networks.
In our laboratory, we investigate the cooperative transmissions with RF energy harvesting and published lots of papers. It is noteworthy that we proposed a novel cooperative diversity technique based on dynamic decode-and-forward cooperation with RF energy harvesting named dynamic harvest-and-forward (DHF) cooperation. This cooperation allows us to obtain diversity gain with consuming neither extra energy nor extra bandwidth by exploiting the relay’s proximity advantage over the destination.
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Situated next to the entrance to Merimbula Lake, Mitchies Beach is a quiet little beach, populated by a few hundred local pelicans. Shallow clear waters make is a perfect spot for a refreshing swim and peaceful picnic area.
Where is Mitchies Beach? Drive via Market St and Fishpen Rd • 2.4 km travel from the heart of town.
Swimming Crystal clear waters make it a perfect location for a refreshing swim. Good for snorkelling and diving.
Fishing Flathead, whiting and bream can be caught at change of tides.
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Master of Engineering Management Students Compete in Business Simulation
Students learn business management in inter-school competition
Mar 28, 2013 //
Sarah Ostman
Students in McCormick’s Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program recently competed in a cross-school business simulation competition with fellow engineering management students from peer schools.
Organized by Northwestern at a Master of Engineering Management Programs Consortium (MEMPC) meeting, the four-week competition brought together master’s students from Northwestern, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, MIT, and Stanford.
Five teams — each composed of students from different schools — were challenged to manage a hypothetical automotive company, identifying target consumer markets and competing against one another for those markets. Using a set amount of capital, participants developed plans for research and development, product development, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution. The contest culminated in team presentations via webinar.
“The MEMPC competition is distinctive in that it is a multi-campus competition, between peer schools, using a business simulation as the basis,” said Mark Werwath, director of Northwestern’s MEM program. “The cross-school teaming requires teams to work in a geographically distributed way, which better emulates the real-world scenarios in global corporations today. This also maximizes the chances for student teams to develop more robust social networks.”
“Teamwork was the crucial factor here,” added Sue Fox, associate director of Northwestern’s MEM program.
“The great thing about a simulation is that it provides a practice-field for making business decisions in a 'laboratory' environment," said David Semb, a Northwestern adjunct professor and partner at PriSim Business War Games Inc., a business simulation and training company, who helped organize the competition. "In today’s business world, getting that chance to experiment and make realistic decisions helps build the business acumen you need in the real-world.”
Teams also had significant input into their scoring process. Early in the competition, student teams established their “balanced scorecard,” a performance management tool frequently used in business. Later, each team was objectively measured against that scorecard.
James Du, who represented Northwestern on the winning team, said he used many of the concepts he had learned in two recent MEM courses, Organizing for Innovation and Creating and Sharing Knowledge.
“My team worked extremely well together, and everyone bought into the organizational framework that we created,” Du said. “I'm actually most proud of the innovations that came from team members whom I originally disagreed with. I learned a lot by going through the process of tacitly and explicitly applying what I learned from my courses in real time."
Other members of the winning team were Matt Rice (Dartmouth), Terene Teo (MIT), Joanna Clark (Duke), Chi Hung Chong (Stanford), and Penmatsa Sruthi (Cornell). Each received a Nexus 7 Wifi Tablet as a prize.
The MEMPC is a small group of highly selective and forward-thinking professional graduate engineering management programs dedicated to maintaining outstanding, industry-relevant programs. Member programs share best practices and curricular innovations, provide a national network of MEM students, and promote the benefits of an MEM dregree to business and industry through joint outreach ventures.
Northwestern’s MEM program is designed for engineering and science professionals who want to develop core management and leadership skills while staying on the cutting edge of technology. With both full- and part-time options, the curriculum empowers engineers to communicate in the language of business and to move from thinking tactically to thinking strategically.
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Juno Calypso, 12 Reasons You’re Tired All The Time, 2013. Courtesy the artist and TJ Boulting
The role of the “digital influencer” in the art world is often drawn into question, and conversations about their importance are heated, with lines drawn between the devotees and the detractors. Wherever you stand, there is no denying that a successful Instagram account, often tallying tens of thousands of followers, can draw attention to art in a way that even the best museum outreach programme has often failed to. Everyone from the Met in New York to the V&A in London have enlisted the services of social media specialists and bloggers, who have been known to gain earlier access than traditional press pundits.
Katy Hessel, founder of The Great Women Artists Instagram account, could be seen as one such influencer (although it is not a term she readily applies to herself). She makes use of the digital platform to offer an art-historical perspective on the times that we live in, drawing attention to female artists past and present through regular posts on everyone from Anni Albers to Maisie Cousins. Her celebration of female artists throughout history has led to her new exhibition, In the Company Of, at TJ Boulting in London. Three historic female artists, Barbara Hepworth, Lee Miller and Alice Neel, are being exhibited alongside twelve dynamic contemporary female artists.
“Instagram is quite a democratic platform in the sense that anyone can exhibit online, and you don’t have to reveal your age, gender, sexuality”
The mixture of artists is reflective of Hessel’s approach to her Instagram feed, placing the work of contemporary artists in a broader historical context and upholding the legacy of women who might otherwise disappear from view. It is also clear that the championing of female artists can never happen too early, as demonstrated by the fact that several of the artists included in the exhibition were discovered by Hessel on Instagram. “I think Instagram is quite a democratic platform in the sense that anyone can exhibit online. It’s not biased; you don’t have to reveal your age, gender, sexuality. It therefore allows for people from all backgrounds to be free from judgement, and I believe that it has allowed women artists to thrive in particular,” she reflects.
“It’s a platform that is taken seriously in the art world—Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst all use Instagram, for example, and it’s seen as a very valid tool. It’s also extremely valuable in the art world where it can be quite elitist, as it offers a different perspective through bitesize knowledge,” she adds. The exhibition offers a real-life context to the Instagram account, drawing connections across genre, era and medium. Sculpture and painting sit alongside photography and installation, placing contemporary artists like Juliana Cerqueira Leite in direct dialogue with the surrealist photographs of Lee Miller, while Alice Neel’s expressive and psychologically charged painting style can be felt in the work of Caroline Walker. Viewed together, the connections between them can be traced and understood, building a network of support and mutual trust for female artists.
In the Company Of – Curated by Katy Hessel
Until 17 November at TJ Boulting, London
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Earning an online degree means you have the flexibility to study anywhere, anytime. However, different people perform best in different environments, and it’s important to understand what helps and hurts your productivity. Answer the questions below to see which study environment is right for you.
1. How does outside noise affect your focus?
A. I like to be in control of things, whether I’m studying in silence, or with music.
B. A little noise here and there doesn’t bother me.
C. From chatter, to music, noise doesn’t bother me at all.
2. Do you prefer familiar spaces, or do you like to change it up?
A. I prefer a designated work space for my studies.
B. I like to have a general routine, but I also like to get out of the house.
C. A change of scenery always helps me refresh and focus.
3. Do you get distracted being around other people?
A. I enjoy my solitude.
B. It’s nice to see a few friendly faces here and there.
C. I feel best when I’m surrounded by others.
4. What time of day do you tend to do school work?
A. Late nights after work.
B. During normal working hours on my day(s) off.
C. Mornings, evenings, and whenever I have time between other responsibilities.
5. What digital device suits you best?
A. My personal desktop computer.
B. I sometimes need access to public computers.
C. I use my laptop and/or mobile device, which I take with me everywhere.
6. How do you feel about snacks?
A. I grab a snack from time to time when I’m studying.
B. Snacking and studying don’t mix.
C. My study session doesn’t start until I have my latte and a croissant.
7. Describe your ideal environment.
8. Generally, how easily do you get distracted?
A. I lose focus very easily.
B. I lose focus somewhat easily.
C. I can maintain my focus in most situations.
Your ideal study space is at home. You prefer a familiar, comfortable environment that you can control to minimize distractions, as well as the flexibility to study anytime, including late nights after your kids are in bed, or early mornings before work.
Study Tip: To optimize your time studying at home, make a designated space that is just for school work. This will help you stay organized, and improve your focus when it’s time to hit the books.
Your ideal study space is a library. You enjoy a quiet environment, but you also prefer to keep school separate from home. Libraries serve as a reliable low-key location where you can get some human interaction without overdoing it.
Study Tip: If possible, consider making a standard routine for study time. Pick a schedule for when you plan to go to the library each week and find a few preferred spots for studying (there is nothing worse than discovering someone is sitting at your favorite table). Setting boundaries ensures that you will be in the zone every time you go to study.
Your ideal study space is a coffee shop. Unlike some people, silence is more distracting to you. A lively environment (that also provides free wifi and optimal snacking opportunities) is more your speed. Additionally, when you need a change of pace, you can simply try another coffee shop.
Study Tip: Always remember to bring headphones. While noise doesn’t easily distract you, there is always a chance you’ll sit next to someone who is A) having a loud conversation with their aunt via FaceTime, B) publicly breaking up with their significant other, or C) generally being annoying. Having the ability to zone out in these situations is key.
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Brexit and Britain’s place in the world
by Jeremy Williams October 20, 2018 July 16, 2019
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I can’t make the People’s Vote march in London today, so in the spirit of joining in I’m going to write about Brexit instead. Here are some facts about Britain’s standing in the world that I’d like to highlight.
Britain’s current trade deals have been negotiated through the EU. Negotiating as a bloc gives the EU the power of collective bargaining. When dealing with the US, for example, the EU commands an economy worth $18.8 trillion. That’s a decent match to the US at $19.3 trillion.
When Britain leaves the EU, it will negotiate trade deals independently. To Brexit campaigners, this freedom to make trade deals is one of the biggest and most compelling reasons to leave. But from a position of equals as part of the EU, this is the basis on which Britain enters negotiations independently: with an economy worth $2.6 trillion.
Britain will sit down with China, an economy six times larger and more powerful than ours. Or Trump’s America, an economy over seven times larger. How do think that’s going to go? Let me write you a sample tweet:
“American healthcare is the best in the world. UK says no role for our companies in failing NHS. I say NO DEAL!”
A leading slogan for the Brexit campaign has been ‘take back control’. That is going to prove impossible in the trade department. Terms will be dictated by more powerful nations.
We aren’t talking about it much because the figures aren’t in, but 2018 is likely to be the year that India’s GDP overtakes Britain’s. We regularly trade places with France and I couldn’t say what order they’ll come in, but Britain is no longer in the top five global economies.
These relative positions are entirely symbolic of course, but they illustrate a larger trend. As Niall Ferguson argues in his book Civilization, “what we are living through now is the end of 500 years of Western predominance.” After centuries of punching above its weight, Britain’s decline is inevitable. Personally, I find little to regret in that. We are, after all, a nation that has invaded 9 out of 10 of the world’s countries and this is still a point of pride in Britain, not shame. We have never had to face our legacy the way previous aggressors such as Germany and Japan have done. It gives us an entirely false sense of who we are in the world.
“It is not unusual for a country to succumb to a state of denial as a long chapter in its history is about to end” writes Sam Knight in his taboo-breaking article about the queen. He argues that because Queen Elizabeth has been in power for such a long time, we have had a sense of continuity from the days of empire until today. Her reign won’t be publicly assessed until the queen dies. When we stop to reflect, it is “likely to be remembered as a reign of uninterrupted national decline.”
Brexit is a denial response to Britain’s changing place in the world, and it’s the opposite of what we should be doing. With their enormous populations, China, India and others were always going to grow and catch up. And rightly so – their growth means people being lifted out of poverty and global inequalities reduced. The world is tilting to the East. The response for countries like Britain ought to be greater cooperation, not competition. Collective bargaining is our best chance of having a role in global affairs.
If we were able to hold a more realistic sense of who we are and how important we are going to be in future, we might want to keep our friends closer. We might tone down the talk of a ‘new Elizabethan age’ and plucky Britain forging its own way on the world. And we might want to march for a People’s Vote.
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Governments do not trade with each other. Trade takes place between individuals and companies. International trade is trade between individuals and companies who happen to be in different companies. They may even be members of the same family.
All that governments can do is get in the way. This may be desirable, to restrict sales of weapons or pests or invasive weeds. On the whole this interference is unnecessary and undesirable. It makes people poorer and serves the interests of the large producer cartels and associations. This has been known since the eighteenth century, when the mercantilist theories prevalent in the seventeenth century were refuted. Unfortunately, mercantilism has made a comeback, though in continental Europe it never really went away.
That is the evil of the EU’s mercantilist trade and economic policy. It is astonishing that people who think of themselves as progressive cannot see this. The EU might have reformed itself but that would be like turning round a supertanker.
Talk about trade deals reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of trade. All governments need to do is to declare that they will not get in the way of people who want to import goods into their country. If the declaration is not reciprocal, then the countries which do not reciprocate are making their own people poorer.
Why this is so difficult to see is a mystery to me. Perhaps it is because I am old enough to remember the time when returning holidaymakers were confronted on arrival at British ports by gimlet-eyed men in uniforms who made everyone open their suitcases while they went through them to make sure they had purchased such deadly items as cameras, jewellery, nylon stockings or Scotch Whisky.
Sure, but there’s no such thing as a completely free market, and governments set the terms under which trade can proceed.
DevonChap says:
“England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God Save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.”
Orwell got why the people’s vote mob isn’t going to work.
There is a great deal in this post that I think is deeply wrong but let me ask a practical question. Do you think that this article would make anyone who voted Leave change their vote? I voted Remain but if I’d read this before going into the polling booth my pencil would have hovered over leave far longer than it did.
You are basically say that Britain is too small, too weak and too morally compromised to be a fully independent country. We should wear sack cloth and ashes rather than look to our achievements. That ain’t going to win you converts but you only preach to the 20% who already agree with you.
I think the cultural cringe many in intellectual and soft left feel about patriotism is a cause of Brexit. The French don’t wring their hands over patriotism,despite a colonial history at least as bad a Britain’s., They see Europe as a way to promote Frenchness which they still see as something positive. Perhaps if the British cultural leadership had sought to support British identity within a European context rather than giving the impression they would rather it was dissolved away then maybe those who are happy with their country’s culture and history would be reconciled with the EU.
I didn’t grow up in Britain and so I don’t feel particularly British, so I can’t claim any sense of patriotism. But this is where I live, where I choose to live, and the country where I’m raising my children. Obviously I want the best for Britain and that’s the position I’m coming from.
It would be daft to say that Britain is too small to be an independent nation – as I said in the post, it’ll be the 6th of 7th largest economy in the world. (Incidentally, you should stop yourself when you start a sentence with ‘what you’re saying is…’. If in doubt, ask) Britain is still an influential country, but we’re making a big mistake thinking that the US and China will treat us as equals. Hence we should value cooperation more than we do.
Would it change a leavers’ mind? I honestly don’t know, but I don’t know what else I’m supposed to do. Say nothing?
‘What your saying is…’ can be a useful way to summarise an argument so as to check understanding.
I might venture that you could have not tried to link Brexit to the crimes of Empire or imply that Britain is responsible for evil on a par with the Nazis. They aren’t linked. It’s deeply alienating and offensive to try to do so.
Brexit is driven by identity. David Goodhart’s thesis of the ‘Somewheres’ rooted in a specific place verses the ‘Anywheres’, footloose and global in outlook, is a very good one to understand Brexit. Your post is a classic Anywhere take. It doesn’t connect with most of the people of this country.
The referendum was lost because the Remain campaign didn’t make it a patriotic choice to stay. The People’s Vote are making the same mistake. The March was a sea of blue and yellow, nowhere near enough red, white and blue. Patriotism isn’t a bad thing that is can only bashing foreigners but something that has importance to many people.
You are saying you are a bit of an outsider. I recommend that in order to influence your country of choice you should choose to understand it more.
I can only write from the perspective I have. Most of the time my outsider perspective is an advantage, and on the issue of Brexit it isn’t. I’m aware of that, and I’ve made no effort to comment on it beyond the occasional mention. I can’t ignore it though, and anyone who voted remain ought to be asking themselves what their part is in this.
There are remain campaigns that use a more patriotic approach, incidentally. Best for Britain is one of them, or Stronger In during the referendum. There were many voices for remain, just as there were for leave.
There’s no Nazi implication in my post. That’s you doing your usual thing of running ten steps on from what I say and then accusing me of saying something extremist. No point in coming back to me on that, I’m not going to get into straw man arguments. I believe Brexit is best understood in a post-colonial, post-empire context, and that is very much a matter of identity.
Unfortunately I couldn’t be on the march either though I was at the one last spring. There was so much more you could have said Jeremy if space had allowed. The EU was set up as peace project following two disastrous world wars. To me it is as much a social as an economic project. People like me who like leaving will be a disaster are not sneering at Englishness (although I do think the vote was passed because England has some kind of identity problem, I am English and British and live in Scotland), nor do we we think we are too small to go it alone.
We are realistic in thinking that cooperation is better than separation. That many of the problems we face such as climate change and migration plus standing up to bullies like Putin and Trump is done better in cooperation.
As for these mythical trade deals. There is nothing stopping selling more to the Chinese at the moment. The Germans do. They make more that the Chinese want to buy.
The problem with Brexit is like the Scottish indy ref. Everyone would have been disappointed since those who want to leave are formed of a number of minority groups with different agendas. These agendas are contradictory and therefore cannot all be satisfied. Therefore the great majority of people will be disappointed and betrayed; the 48% for obvious reasons, those who want migration controlled cause it won’t be. Those who want to “take back control” when they discover in global world with lots of problems that’s not possible etc.
PS the global elite were on both sides.
I live in the 21st century not some mythical 1950’s which never really existed.
By the way Jeremy I think you meant 2.6 trillion although the point still stands.
Yes, that should be trillions. Thanks for the correction. You’re right about the competing agendas, and that’s the saddest thing about it really, that the vast majority of people who voted leave won’t get what they wanted either.
As someone who has worked long term on four continents promoting collaboration between Britain and other countries to mutual benefit, I have watched Britain’s standing steadily diminish. We are a small island that has used up most of our natural resources. We were once dominent, due to ruthlessness (think slave trade & colonialism) and technological dominance (industrial revolution etc). Those times have passed; we might be a leading light in a few narrow fields, but countries with a much bigger resource base, including population, are bound to suppass us. Our best bet is to collaborate and co-operate with others.
There is much wrong with the EU, but even supertankers turn around. I was and am a reluctant remainer, because European collaboration started after WWII with the aim of making conflict between European nations less likely. The Balkans excepted, this has worked. Another war in Europe would make all other concerns seem tiny in comparison. So I’d rather us stay within Europe and work with our neighbours in a mostly constructive community (just like people (hopefully) do around their home.
What makes me really angry is the huge amount of distortion and wishful thinking that has been propogated by influential leavers, who seem blissfully unaware, or who do not care, that this will further Britain’s decline and leave many of us significantly worse off and more at risk.
OmniRunner says:
You voted for Brexit, we voted for Trump. Both nations decided to hasten their decline with poor decisions.
How will history judge us?
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New York New Stories Screenplay Contest is an exciting new script competition seeking submissions in the following categories: Short Film, TV/Web Pilot. New York New Stories is dedicated to discovering and celebrating the work of screenwriters from all backgrounds and all levels of experience. Our mission is to elevate unique and creative stories that are ready to be told.
Stage 32 Search for New Blood Contest
OUR WINNERS GET RESULTS Over the years, our contest winners and finalists have been signed, optioned, put in development, staffed and secured high level meetings with some of the top executives and companies in the film industry. Our track record with the Search for New Blood has been off the charts. Now we’re back with this incredibly popular contest designed to give our horror and thriller writers the chance to have their work exposed to some of the top execs in the industry! Our top 3 winners will get exclusive meetings with executives.
Launch Pad Screenwriting Competition
From the start, the competition has leveraged our deep relationships with Hollywood’s top agents, managers, producers, and executives and consistently assembled a “who’s who” panel of 25 judges for each and every competition. This year is no exception, with judges participating from Paradigm, APA, Energy Entertainment, Circle of Confusion, Di Novi Pictures, Bellevue, and many more.
Golden Script Competition
The Golden Script Competition is a yearly competition founded in Glasgow, UK, of short and feature screenplays from all around the world.
Film Independent Screenwriting Lab
Through personalized feedback from experienced industry professionals and other writers in the program, Screenwriting Fellows will gain the tools to revise and refine their scripts for production. The Screenwriting Lab also helps to further the careers of its Fellows by introducing them to film industry veterans who can offer guidance on both the craft and business of screenwriting.
Creative Screenwriting Screenplay Contest
We have teamed up with several creative partners looking for Features and TV Pilots with unique voices and original stories. Our goal with this contest is to discover great writers then connect their authentic stories to those creative partners, and we are looking for the best writing in all of these genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family/Holiday, Mystery/Crime, Historical/Biopic, Horror/Thriller, Sci-Fi/ Fantasy, Western and Young Adult (YA).
Moondance International Film Festival
The objective of the Moondance International Film Festival is to inspire, motivate, promote and encourage the best writers & independent filmmakers, from every country in the world, and to inspire a greater understanding about the vital role of the arts in enhancing creativity, community spirit, and the preservation of our cultural heritage.
Rome Independent Film Festival
The screenplay award is organized and promoted by the RIFF. The intent is to offer new filmmakers a concrete opportunity to grow professionally by developing their films, and making them accessible to the public.
Cynosure Screenwriting Awards
The Cynosure Screenwriting Awards seek to expand the scope of mainstream cinema by recognizing and rewarding screenplays in two distinct categories: screenplays which feature compelling female protagonists; and screenplays that showcase diversity (ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, disability, etc.).
Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Contest
OUR FOCUS IS TO DISCOVER THE BEST NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD How do we do that? 19 Oscar & BAFTA Winning Judges will read the final round of submissions. 75 Production Companies, Agents & Managers are signed up to read each year’s best scripts. 50+ Directors are on our roster to read the best Feature screenplays.
Houston Comedy Film Festival
The Houston Comedy Film Festival opened for submissions in 2008 and we had our first event in 2009. We are looking for a diverse palette of comedy screenplays with the following categories. 1-40 pages is considered a short and 41-150 pages is considered a feature in our world. 1) Comedy Short & Comedy Features 2) Dark Comedy Short & Dark Comedy Feature 3) Comedy TV Episode, Sitcom, or Webisode: Short & Feature (commonly called a Teleplay) 4) Romantic Comedy Short and Romantic Comedy Feature 80% of the submissions go to the Comedy Short & Feature Categories, which are the most competitive.
Illinois International Film Festival
Through screenings and associated events, the festival aims to present a wide spectrum of filmmaking - feature films, documentaries, animation, short films, experimental, student work, big budget, micro-budget, trailers and so on. The Illinois International Film Festival brings audiences and filmmakers together to better enjoy the art and fun of filmmaking.
Austin Comedy Short Film Festival
The Austin Comedy Short Film Festival held our first event in 2015. This event has been bi-annual since the beginning. We are looking for a diverse palette of comedy screenplays with the following categories. 1-40 pages is considered a short and 41-150 pages is considered a feature in our world. 1) Comedy Short & Comedy Features Screenplays 2) Dark Comedy Short & Dark Comedy Feature Screenplays 3) Comedy TV Episode, Sitcom, or Webisode: Short & Feature (commonly called a Teleplay) 4) Romantic Comedy Short and Romantic Comedy Feature Screenplays 80% of the submissions go to the Comedy Short & Feature Categories, which are the most competitive.
ScreenCraft Drama Feature Script Contest
Successful feature film dramas drive deep into the heart of what it means to be human, expressing universal themes with nuanced complexity. Our judges are looking for great stories with original voices and honest emotion. This competition celebrates great dramatic film writing. Whether you’re writing a sweeping period drama or a contained relationship movie, we want to read your script!
Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest
OUR FOCUS IS TO DISCOVER THE BEST NEW SCREENWRITING TALENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD How do we do that? 12 EMMY & Golden Globe Winning Judges will read the final round of submissions. 43 Production Companies, Agents & Managers are signed up to read each year’s best scripts. 50+ Directors are on our roster to read the best TV Pilot scripts.
Athena List
The Athena List is an annual script competition that selects exceptional scripts with women leaders at the heart of the story. As the central program in the Athena Film Festival’s Parity Pipeline program, The Athena List’s goal is to raise the profile of the scripts and the writers within the industry with the purpose of getting these movies made and elevating their careers to the next level.
New York City Horror Film Festival Screenplay Competition
New York City's longest running horror film festival. Established by MooDude Films CEO / Producer / Director / Michael J. Hein in 2001. The NYCHFF is a four-day event that takes place each November in New York City. The NYCHFF has grown to be a world recognized event, with industry, filmmakers, and press attention from around the globe.The Hein Family is committed to keeping the festival alive in memory of the truly missed and loved founder Michael J Hein.
American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
The mission of the American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest is to find and promote new and innovative voices in cinema. Every script is read closely by a select handful of professional readers, and Francis Ford Coppola selects a grand prize–winner from among the top ten finalists. The grand prize–winner receives a cash prize, and the scripts of all top ten finalists are sent by Zoetrope to leading production companies and talent agencies for consideration.
Breaking Walls Thriller Screenplay Contest
Breaking Walls is a contest for thriller screenplays with contacts at established Hollywood literary representation and production companies who have agreed to consider the full winning script and the top finalists' loglines. Well-written thrillers are always an excellent way for writers to show Hollywood pros a combination of commerciality, unique voice, and a clear understanding of effective feature film narrative.
Women in Film & Television Vancouver
The Vancouver International Women in Film Festival Screenplay Competition accepts English-language feature screenplays written by women. The festival is a forum for collaboration and networking with other screenwriters and filmmakers who contribute to the visibility of women through the ongoing practice of their craft. We encourage you to submit a feature film script of any genre, challenging the perceptions of what stories women write, and what we want to see.
Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards
The Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards were created to locate and expose up-and-coming TV and web-series writers, as well as to empower and educate passionate and talented screenwriters still waiting for their invitation into the mainstream industry. Competition is open to TV pilots, webisodes and inventive TV-series scripts of all genres. Season 4 results will post by November 15, 2019.
WRPN Women's International Film Festival
Welcome to the WRPN Women's International Film Festival, where distribution and feedback opportunities abound for films made by women, or films that carry subject matter relating to concerns particular to women's issues. WWIFF is a sister festival to the Depth of Field International Film Festival, a FilmFreeway “Top 100 Reviewed” festival alumni.
trackingb.com Screenplay Contest
We are looking to find the next generation of great feature screenwriters by shining a spotlight on new, fresh voices. And we've enlisted a great industry judging panel from the feature world to help us. THE INDUSTRY PANEL: Brooklyn Weaver – Manager/Producer - Energy Entertainment Anna Culp – EVP – Imagine Jennifer Au – Lit Manager – Untitled Entertainment John Campbell – Creative Executive - Bruckheimer Films David Boxerbaum - Lit Agent/Partner - Verve Ken Freimann - Manager/Producer - Circle of Confusion Brin Lukens – Executive – AwesomenessTV Norm Todd – Creative Executive - Infinitum Nihil Erin Westerman - VP - Lionsgate Chris Sablan - Lit Manager/Producer - Avenue 220 Ava Jamshidi - Lit Manager - Industry Entertainment Tara Farney - Vice President - Vinson Films Janet Jeffries - Development Executive - Lawrence Bender Productions Lucas Carter - VP, Film - Intrigue Entertainment Josh Goldenberg - Lit Manager - Kaplan/Perrone Lucy Kitada - Executive - Michael De Luca Productions Ryan Cunningham - Lit Manager - Madhouse Entertainment John Swetnam - Writer/Producer - Mad Horse Films
ScreenCraft Pilot Launch
Our panel of Hollywood industry professionals is looking for the next great drama and comedy TV pilots for network, cable and online platforms! Accepting web series and non-traditional series pilots as well. Three winners will receive cash awards and introductions to industry professionals. The Industry Jury: This year's jury is our best one yet! Our industry judges are looking for fresh voices in comedy and drama writing for television and web series! Our mission is to connect great TV writers with great TV producers, managers and development executives.
Portland Comedy Film Festival
The Portland Comedy Film Festival, ranked in the Top 100 on FilmFreeway, is a unique forum for international independent comedy filmmakers to showcase their comedy films in Portland, Oregon. The Portland Comedy Film Festival is a bi-annual event, searching for funny and engaging films and screenplays to entertain a comedy loving audience.
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WriteMovies Fall 2019 Screenwriting Contest
WriteMovies has been helping writers succeed since 1999! Now in our 20th anniversary year, we are currently accepting entries to our Fall 2019 Screenwriting Contest! Grand Prize: $2000 A year of free script development worth up to $3200 Guaranteed pitching to industry Exclusive prizes from InkTip Get free entry to the contest when you commission a script report, with Judging Feedback from just $89 Through our exclusive arrangement with TALENTSCOUT INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT (TSIM) we can guarantee the contest winner representation.
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition
Our intention is to help open doors for the aspiring television writer. There are four categories you can submit to, which include 1 hour existing spec scripts, 1/2 hour existing sitcom spec scripts, original pilots, and reality programs. This competition is designed with the TV writer and crossover screenwriter in mind. The participants we have chosen to read the winning scripts are individuals from established production companies.
Script Pipeline First Look Project
To discover innovative, marketable, high-concept projects for studio-level development, including feature screenplays, TV material, and media content.
ScreenCraft Action & Thriller Script Contest
Top scripts will be considered by our industry jury of executives, writers, and managers who focus on the action and thriller genres: Jenny Wood, Elevate Entertainment Manager of Taylor Sheridan, writer of Hell or High Water, Sicario and Sicario: Day of the Soledado. Belle Avery, Appelles Entertainment Producer of The Meg, a big budget action adventure starring Jason Statham in theaters August 10th.
Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Filmmatic coined a slogan, "Hidden screenplays never get produced". As writers, we spend a lot of our precious time crafting unique scripts, yet we hardly ever employ an equal level of passion when attempting to get our work into the "right hands". The exposure and prestige one can gain from placing or winning a screenplay competition is invaluable, but what do you say this time around we also get you PITCHING! Let's get proactive, let's pick a production company that makes sense for our project, tell them we were a Pitch Now Finalist or Winner, and get them to review our work, now not later ;) All 100 finalists will be able to pitch to a studio or production company of their choice via Virtual Pitch Fest! The competition is open to feature-length and short works, screenplays and teleplays.
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Le quartier Ouest est l'un des 9 quartiers d'Avignon en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
On y trouve notamment le micro-quartier Monclar en son sein.
Localisation
Ce quartier est délimité :
à l'est, par les avenues Saint-Ruf et Tarascon qui le sépare des quartiers Nord Rocade et Sud Rocade ;
au nord, par le boulevard Saint-Roch qui le sépare du quartier Centre ;
à l'ouest, par le Rhône qui le sépare de la ville des Angles dans le Gard ;
au sud, par la Durance qui le sépare des villes de Barbentane et Rognonas dans les Bouches-du-Rhône.
Administration
Mairie de quartier
Tous les quartiers d'Avignon sont dotés d'une mairie de quartier. Celle du quartier Ouest est située au 30 avenue Monclar.
Poste de Police Municipale
Le quartier Ouest compte un poste de Police Municipale situé au 30 avenue Monclar.
Transports en commun
Le quartier est desservi par le réseau Orizo.
Bus
Le quartier Ouest est desservi par de nombreuses lignes de bus du réseau Orizo.
Tramway et Chron'hop
Le quartier Ouest est desservi par plusieurs lignes de Tramway et Chron'hop du réseau Orizo.
Vélopop'
Le quartier Ouest possède plusieurs stations Vélopop' du réseau Orizo.
Les micro-quartiers
Champfleury-Eisenhower
Situé au long de l'avenue du même nom, le micro-quartier abrite un hypermarché E.Leclerc ainsi que le parc Eisenhower.
Courtine
Le micro-quartier abrite la Zone Industrielle Courtine, le Centre Commercial Court'In, l'Opéra Confluence ainsi que la Gare d'Avignon TGV. Anciennement constitué de terrains agricoles, il tire son nom du château de Courtine, ancien domaine agricole et viticole aujourd'hui désaffecté.
Hôpital
Il comporte le Centre Hospitalier Henri Duffaut ainsi que la clinique Rhône-Durance d'Avignon et l'Institut contre le cancer (Sainte Catherine).
Saint-Ruf
Situé à l'extrème-est du quartier Avignon Ouest, le micro-quartier Saint-Ruf a une ambiance de village paisible avec des commerces de proximité et surtout des habitations pavillonnaires privées. Il est partagé sur deux quartiers de la ville : Avignon Ouest et Nord Rocade.
Notes et références
Articles connexes
Avignon
Transports en Commun d'Avignon
Vélopop'
Liste des lignes de bus d'Avignon
Tramway d'Avignon
Ligne 1 du tramway d'Avignon
Liens externes
Présentation du quartier sur le site de la Ville d'Avignon
Quartier d'Avignon
Avignon
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Karabelnikov Hila (b. 1981, Israel) Lives and works in Bnei Barak. Holds a bachelor degree in art and art teaching from “Hamidrasha” School of Art, Beit Berl. Held a solo exhibition at Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv and participated in group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. Karabelnikov uses unusual substances, such as colored masking tape, wallpaper and stickers, through which she crates works which express her perception of the Israeli – Jewish reality.
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Children from Redwood Class (am) and Acer Class (pm) visited Hodsock to take part in 'Teaching Trees' the children learned how to recognise different varieties of trees. They learned how to measure them and were given the opportunity to identify the trees while blindfolded... Afterwards they enjoyed a tour around Hodsock Priory.
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Today is the feast day of St Nicholas, and a day where the children of families who celebrate St Nicholas' Day often receive sweets, fruits and small gifts in their stockings, socks, shoes or bags.
Write the same story twice (or more), written from two (or more) different characters' points of view.
You can write two separate, stand-alone stories, or write one story told from multiple points of view.
For an extra challenge, write in the present tense and interleave the two different threads so that the reader experiences the events unfolding in the story from two points of view at once.
Save the date -- Saturday, 15 June -- and say hello in person at the next National Flash Fiction Day!
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Court: No Tort Liability Over Failure to Remove Online Material
An Oregon woman cannot impose tort liability on Internet service provider Yahoo! Inc. for allegedly failing to remove profiles in which her ex-boyfriend assumed her identity and posted explicit material soliciting sex, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday.
Rejecting a ruling that the federal Communications Decency Act immunized the company from tort claims, the court nonetheless held the act precludes tort liability when the duty allegedly breached derives from the defendant’s status or conduct as a “publisher or speaker.”
However, the three-judge panel ruled that Cecilia Barnes—who claimed the profiles led strange men to call, e-mail and visit her at work expecting sex—could bring a claim for breach of contract over Yahoo’s alleged failure to remove the profiles after promising to do so.
‘Indecent Use’
Writing for the court, Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain said the case “stems from a dangerous, cruel, and highly indecent use of the Internet for the apparent purpose of revenge,” but noted that Yahoo “hotly contest[ed]” Barnes’ factual allegations.
Barnes broke off a lengthy relationship with the man in 2004, and claimed that he responded by posting profiles of her on a website run by Yahoo that allows users to post public profiles for other Yahoo members to view.
The profiles contained nude photographs of Barnes and the man, allegedly taken without her knowledge, and solicitation—either express or implied—to engage in sexual intercourse. Barnes also claimed the man conducted discussions in Yahoo’s online “chat rooms” posing as her and directing male correspondents to the fraudulent profiles.
Barnes said she asked Yahoo to remove the profiles, and then repeated the request one month later after receiving no response, but only heard back from the company on the eve of a broadcast of a report on the incident by a local television news program.
Company Reaction
She claimed she was then advised by a “Ms. Osaka” from Yahoo that Osaka would “personally walk [Barnes’] statements over to the division responsible for stopping unauthorized profiles and they would take care of it, but that the company only pulled the profiles two months later after Barnes filed suit.
Barnes alleged causes of action under Oregon law based on Yahoo’s “negligent undertaking” and on her reliance on Osaka’s alleged promise to remove the materials, but U.S. District Judge Ann L. Aiken of the District of Oregon dismissed for failure to state a claim. Aiken reasoned that Sec. 230(c)(1) of the act immunized Yahoo from liability as a matter of law.
As noted by the Ninth Circuit in Carafano v. Metrosplash.com, Inc. (2003) 339 F.3d 1119, the statute bars courts from treating certain Internet service providers as publishers or speakers in tort actions “to promote the free exchange of information and ideas over the Internet and to encourage voluntary monitoring for offensive or obscene material.”
On appeal, Barnes argued the statute did not apply to her causes of action, but O’Scannlain—emphasizing that the statute precluded liability, but did not grant “immunity”—wrote that Barnes “could not escape Sec. 230(c) by labeling as ‘negligent undertaking’ an action that is quintessentially that of a publisher.”
Promissory Estoppel
However the judge said that Barnes’ second claim—based on Yahoo’s alleged failure to fulfill its promise to remove the material—could be “recast” in terms of promissory estoppel, and said that liability under the theory was “different from, and not merely a rephrasing of, liability for negligent undertaking.”
Remanding to determine whether Barnes had a viable contract claim, he explained:
“[Sec.] 230(c)(1) creates a baseline rule: no liability for publishing or speaking the content of other information service providers. Insofar as Yahoo made a promise with the constructive intent that it be enforceable, it has implicitly agreed to an alteration in such baseline.”
Judges Susan P. Graber and Consuelo M. Callahan joined O’Scannlain in his opinion.
The case is Barnes v. Yahoo! Inc., 05-36189.
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Louis Blériot (1872-1936) was an entrepreneur and producer of vehicle lamps. From 1900 he constructed his own aircraft, which he also flew himself. Unfortunately they were not very successful. The breakthrough came with the "Blériot XI", which he constructed in 1908 and which was to become the most successful aircraft of its time.
The fuselage and wings consisted of a construction made of ash wood. The front part of the fuselage was covered with material, the rear part remained open. The aircraft was about 8 m long, the wingspan about 8 m, and it was driven by an Anzani engine with 22-25 HP.
The first "Blériot XI" flew on 23rd January 1909. Already in the summer of 1909, the aircraft was able to set up several records. On 25th July it was the first aircraft to fly over the English Channel from Calais to Dover. The English daily newspaper "Daily Mail" had set up a competition and promised the winner a prize of 1,000 English pounds. During the flight, a very strong wind got up and the aircraft was driven off course, so that Blériot even considered turning back.
After that, Louis Blériot was so famous that he got a large number of orders for the construction of his "Blériot XI". He began mass production and by the end of 1913 he had sold about 800 aircraft. With that, he had the largest market share on the French aircraft market.
Fifty years after the first flight over the English Channel a memorial flight was organized with a reproduction of the "Blériot XI". An experienced pilot is said to have exclaimed: "I wouldn’t fly that thing for solid gold!" Eighty years after the flight, Louis Blériot’s grandson again tried to fly over the Channel with a Blériot. Unlike his grandfather, he wasn’t successful.
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Review: Motorola’s Moto G7 Lineup
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Motorola’s 2019 Moto G phones give you three good reasons to consider a cheaper Android model this year.
Rate9/10
Price$300
WiredAll three models are usable and well priced at between $200 and $300. Standard G7 is outstanding for the price and has plenty of RAM and storage. G7 Power battery can last two or three days. Headphone jack and MicroSD slot present on all models. Camera gets the job done. Works on all US wireless carriers.
TiredFragile glass design, except on the most affordable model. Water repellent, not waterproof. G7 Power and G7 Play have only 32 GB storage and lower-resolution displays. Mono speakers don't sound good (use headphones).
They say money can’t buy happiness, but getting a great phone for $300 sure feels pretty excellent. Like the Moto G-series phones that have come before it, the G7 series is designed to give you everything you need in a smartphone, and a little extra, for a third the price of a new iPhone or top Android phone.
When WIRED reviewed the first Moto G back in 2013, we said it signaled the “end of specs.” In a way, it did. In the past few years, affordable Android phones have blossomed into a respectable, popular corner of the smartphone garden. Flagship phones like the Galaxy S10 still sell in the millions, but they’ve had to bulk up and grow more luxurious than ever to attract eyeballs as they sit next to phones like the Moto G on store shelves.
Last year’s Moto G6 was a great value for $250, but its camera was molasses and menus would get herky-jerky if you surprised them. Motorola is selling three G phones for 2019: the standard Moto G7, a slightly pared down Moto G7 Power that gets more than two days of battery life, and a super-budget Moto G7 Play. I’ve spent several weeks testing all three Gs, and I’m impressed with the entire lineup. The Moto G7 devices are not without flaws, but they feel about as fast and useful as a midrange ($400–$500) phone did last year. And that’s huge.
I switched from a $1,000 Galaxy S10 Plus to a Moto G7 when I began the review, and it wasn’t all that difficult. On paper, the G7 would get steamrolled by the S10 in almost every metric, and the S10 is definitely a better phone. But outside of a few moments when I wished I had a better camera or when I wanted to Fortnite with the best settings, it didn’t make a whole lot of difference.
Brace Yourself. Numbers Are Coming
The standard Moto G7 has a 6.2-inch edge-to-edge HD display (19:9 aspect ratio) with a small notch up top for the selfie camera. There's a fingerprint sensor on the back. The power and volume buttons are in the same spot they are on most phones, lined up on the right side—easy enough to find and tap in the dark—and the phone looks like a Gorilla Glass and metal sandwich, just like every other phone in 2019. Unlike some more expensive sandwiches however, this one has a headphone jack and MicroSD card slot.
On the inside, every version of the Moto G7 has a moderate Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 processor and runs on a straight-laced version of Android 9 Pie operating system, the latest and greatest from Google. There are some differences beyond that, so I’ll lay them out here.
Moto G7 ($300): It has the best screen of the bunch (described above), comes with 4 gigabytes of RAM, 64 GB of storage for apps and photos, and a dual 12- and 5-megapixel camera setup on the back. It has a 3,000-mAh battery that typically had 20–30 percent left in the tank at the end of a day. Performance-wise, it's a cut above the other G7s.
Moto G7 Power ($250): It has 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, a 6.2-inch 720p display with a larger notch. The screen looks a little pixely in games and when taking photos, and it has a single 12-megapixel camera on the back. Its claim to fame is a ginormous 5,000-mAh battery that makes the phone a millimeter fatter (honestly, not that bad) and gives it enough battery that I usually end the day with 65+ percent left. This battery can last for days. If you’re not a huge gamer or huge app/game user, the battery benefits are worth it.
Moto G7 Play ($200): You’ll sacrifice the most with this model. It can get bogged down more than the others. It comes with 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, and also has a smaller 5.7-inch 720p display with the largest notch (iPhone-sized). I kind of like that it has a cheaper, less-crackable plastic back, but you may not. My wife also liked that it was smaller and easier to hold. As on the larger G7 Power, games like Modern Combat 5 and PUBG do not look as nice on this phone, but they do run.
Like the standard G7, every model has a headphone jack and MicroSD slot. Phone calls sound typical, though the speaker audio on all models is mono; nothing will sound leagues better than a phone call, so you'll want to use headphones. I haven’t had any strange reception issues with any model. They’re also all “water repellent,” not waterproof, so keep them away from liquids as best you can, and none of the models have Bluetooth 5, which helps some completely wirefree earbuds connect more smoothly.
Concert, Museum, and Baby
The Moto G7’s 12-megapixel dual rear camera had a few tough assignments. I took it with me to meet my friend's new baby, on a trip to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and all the way to Detroit Rock City for a KISS concert. KISS concerts have more pyrotechnics, stunts, and special effects than many Hollywood blockbusters, so it almost felt cruel, but hey, such is life.
Overall, the G7 performed a lot better than I thought it would. Our 8-megapixel baby selfies turned out just fine, and I got a few nice shots of the museum. For KISS (don’t knock ’em till you’ve seen them live), the camera did have trouble balancing their space-alien-like black and silver outfits against the glitzy stage lights. Many shots came out blurry or blown out. The ones above are my favorites. The G7 seemed to have an especially tough time capturing Paul Stanley as he ziplined onto a rotating platform in the middle of the arena and then sang to everyone in the nosebleeds. The lights were bright, and he never stopped moving. When singers weren’t rotating or flying and explosions weren’t going off—admittedly, this was rare—the G7 did take some photos that came out better than a lot of my concert pics from years past. My wife’s iPhone X photos came out far clearer than any of mine, so that’s what an extra $700 will buy you.
Motorola’s built-in gestures came in handy during the concert too. I twisted the phone a few times to open the camera, and when all the fans in the arena fumbled to turn on their flashes during a big ballad ("Beth"), all I had to do was shake the G7 in an ax-chopping motion and my flashlight turned on and off.
The Moto G7 is the best affordable phone this year. It’s fast, and the camera gets the job done. Like all glass phones, I wish it wasn’t so fragile and slippery (buy a case), but at least if it breaks you’ll only be out a few hundred dollars, not a thousand. And if you don’t mind a few less pixels on your display, an ever so slightly huskier build, and less onboard file storage, the Moto G7 Power can last as long as three days between charges. No matter which you choose, just know that the future you paying the credit card bills will probably say thanks.
(All three Motorola Moto G7 models come unlocked and will work on AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and many other wireless carriers. They cost $200-$300 from Amazon, Walmart, or Motorola.)
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How I learnt to finally say the L word
As a woman who has long been confident in her sexual identity, why has it taken me so long to say the L word?
WRODS BY GEORGIA ACTON
Gay woman. Homosexual woman. LGBTQ+. A WLW. I found a hundred different ways to avoid saying I’m a lesbian for 22 years. As a woman who has long been confident in her sexual identity, why has it taken me so long to say the L word?
As a teenager growing up, few of my peers were out and of those that were, none were women. The consensus amongst my classmates was that gay and a man was okay (according to 90s movies, all girls needed a gay best friend) but being a lesbian was just a bit ‘gross’.
In school, diversity seemed to be less of a fundamental pillar to becoming a young adult and more a topic to be crossed off in a single PSHE lesson. The relegation of LGBTQ+ life, culture, history and health to a one-off lesson in year 9 hardly made for an informed cohort of young people with the confidence to fully be themselves.
I was left entirely reliant on my family and on the media for representations of LGBTQ+ people. Too many representations of what a lesbian is are determined by those outside the community.
I found a hundred different ways to avoid saying I’m a lesbian for 22 years.
The little lesbian representation I saw was skewed heavily by a straight, cisgender, white, male gaze. My understand of what a lesbian is could be split into two categories: lesbians that men deemed attractive and butch lesbians that the media deemed ‘aggressive’.
The first usually had pink acrylic nails, long flowing hair and were oversexualised by the media. They were also presented as needing to meet the ‘right’ guy and ‘become’ straight. Bi-erasure and stereotyping all in one – not so great.
Type II lesbians were presented as the ‘real’ ones. They were butch and awesome but the media deemed their love of short hair, DIY and Birkenstocks as aggressive, anti-men and as such, undesirable.
As a teenager, I had girl crushes but I knew I wasn’t type I or type II. I knew it was fine if people were; I was passionate about LGBTQ+ rights and knew queer women were valid regardless of their expression. I just couldn’t accept that I was one of them.
There was a chasm between my understanding and empathy for other people and my ability to self-identify as LGBTQ+. I was left with two options if I was going to keep fancying women: either I had to start looking for better representation or resign myself to a lonely, romance-less life as I would never fit into one two narrow stereotypes.
I searched everywhere for better representation. Online resources, LGBTQ+ focused media and slowly increasing numbers of LGBTQ+ celebrities in TV and film helped to break down some of these stereotypes.
I began to see how my own understanding of my sexuality had become limited by my internal bias and finally began to accept myself as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
By the age of 19 I had come out to most people in my life but skirted around the subject of labels. I was exclusively dating women but when pushed, I clung to the word bisexual despite it not feeling quite true for me.
Of course I knew and am still certain that being a bisexual woman is totally valid, but while I continued using the word, my attraction to boys felt like something that was expected of me not something that was authentic.
Things started to change for me in my first long-term relationship with a woman. In becoming more comfortable with that relationship, I questioned whether my attraction to men was genuine or a default position I had assumed. Eventually, identifying as bisexual didn’t seem to fit for me anymore.
The first letter of the LGBTQ+ acronym seems like a glaringly obvious fit now but despite being comfortable in openly dating only women, “lesbian” still felt like a big word and an aggressive one. I had internalised the “aggressive” media stereotypes and so began instead to describe myself as a gay woman.
In 2017 I began volunteering with the LGBT+ young people’s charity, Just Like Us. In order to go into schools and speak about my life as an LGBTQ+ person, I needed to confront the language I used to describe myself.
At the same time, the charity’s network of ambassadors from all parts of the LGBTQ+ community allowed me to meet, discuss and learn from other LGBTQ+ youth.
I saw, for the first time, other women my age who identified as lesbian. I saw their unashamed pride as they declared themselves lesbians. And these women weren’t aggressive, anti-men or undesirable of course – they were amazing.
The diversity amongst Just Like Us’ growing team of ambassadors is incredible. Interacting with such a great group of people from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and from a range of backgrounds, ethnicities and more allowed me to translate what I was telling kids in schools: “anybody can be LGBTQ+” and actually apply it to myself.
I am a lesbian. There. I said it.
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what make the PIP model work.
Our volunteer Group Leaders create a welcoming space for new parents to share, connect, and support one another. They are the best kind of experts: usually parents themselves, and also often grandparents, aunts or uncles. They don't have all the answers, but they are passionate about facilitating engaging discussions which help parents generate ideas, find information, and build neighborhood communities together.
Some of our Group Leaders are giving back as a way of honoring their own PIP experience. Others have children who are too old to be included in a PIPsqueaks Group, and see this as an ideal way to experience the magic of our groups. All will find great joy and satisfaction in helping new parents connect and share through their PIPsqueaks Group.
If this sounds like you, read on to find out how you can become a Group Leader.
Ready to apply? We're excited to meet you! Use the button below to get started.
We love our facilitators to be parents themselves. We appreciate warm, sensitive communicators who are accepting of varied child-rearing practices and diverse lifestyles. Interest in early childhood development, postpartum support, experience in education or facilitation, or previous PIPsqueaks Group participation are welcome pluses.
Leaders commit to working with their group for 10 consecutive weeks (or fewer if you choose to co-lead with a friend, spouse, partner or colleague - more on co-leading below). PIP provides specialized training for every Group Leader, and Group Leaders have access to experienced PIP mentorship.
Tdap Policy - To protect the precious babies in the PIPsqueaks Groups, ALL Group Leaders are encouraged to be up to date on the Whooping Cough (Pertussis) vaccination (Tdap).
It's our job to help you have a wonderful, fun, and rewarding experience as a Group Leader. We've designed lots of resources for you, and provide training and support all along the way. The information below outline key details about the role, and includes answers to prospective Group Leaders' most frequently asked questions.
Volunteers attend one 3 1/2-hour training session. Training explains the structure of a PIP meeting and provides practice with active listening, group dynamics, meeting planning, and discussion facilitation. Our training is designed to provide new skills and prepare you to lead a group, whether you are a seasoned facilitator or new to the experience.
Each Group Leader receives a handbook that provides detailed information and all the tools you'll need to plan meetings, guide discussions, and support new parents.
PIP staff will be available throughout your Group Leader experience to answer questions, provide suggestions, and help you navigate sensitive situations if they arise.
PIP works very hard to make a Group Leader's job straightforward while respecting busy schedules, aiming to minimize travel and logistical concerns so you can focus on leading your group.
Group Leaders work with PIP to choose the time and day of the week their group will meet. Typically, daytime groups begin anytime in the 10am to 3pm window, and evening groups start between 5pm and 6pm.
Newborn PIPsqueaks Groups are 10 weeks long, and Baby PIPsqueaks Groups are 8 weeks long. It is possible to take a week off to accommodate a vacation, or line up a substitute to accommodate illness or a special situation. On average, leaders dedicate 4 hours a week including preparation, travel, meeting time, and communication with PIP staff and their group.
This is a wonderful way to divide the time commitment and double the resources for group participants. Co-leaders typically attend the first and last meeting together, and either co-lead or alternate meetings in-between. This helps accommodate busy schedules and allows childcare swaps if need be. It also makes planning and leading groups a more fun, social experience!
Co-leaders are most successful when they are previously acquainted with one another and decide to lead together. Think creatively when inviting a co-leader; consider asking a friend from your PIPsqueaks Group, a colleague or friend who has also participated in a PIPsqueaks Group, or even someone who hasn't been a part of a PIPsqueaks Group. Leading with a friend who is new to Austin or new to PIP is a great way to introduce new folks to the PIP community. PIP participants especially appreciate the opportunity to hear perspectives from leaders of both genders.
Most PIPsqueaks Group meetings rotate between group members' homes (when families are able to invite each other into their homes, it adds a level of warmth that participants really enjoy), but it's also possible to host a meeting in a public location such as a preschool or community center when needed. Some of our PIPsqueaks Groups are hosted by our Community Partners, and take place at their facilities for the duration of the 10 or 8 weeks.
PIP strives to form groups according to geographic area, which means you can lead a group near where you live or work. We cluster groups as tightly as possible within neighborhoods and/or zip codes, making adjustments as necessary to accommodate families as quickly as possible after babies are born. Most groups travel less than 5 miles to a meeting, and members will be consulted before they are asked to travel farther distances.
We ask our volunteers to facilitate meetings without their own children in tow so they can give their full attention to the parents. PIP leaders are very resourceful about finding child care. For example: co-leaders can swap playdates, evening volunteers may have coverage at home, and some even pair with another Group Leader who can handle child care each week while the other leads their group and vice versa.
It is not unusual for a volunteer to need to be absent for a week, whether for a planned or unplanned event. With advanced notice, PIP is usually able to find a substitute for a meeting. Alternatively, a group may decide to meet on their own for one week, and extend the session to an 11th (Newborn)/9th (Baby) week that the leader can attend. Our goal is to ensure that families enjoy 10 (Newborn)/8 (Baby) facilitated meetings, however we can most seamlessly achieve it.
Thanks again for your interest in leading a group! If you're ready to take the next step, click the button below to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Jurisdiction - Hong Kong
Hong Kong – Sovereign Immunity the Courts: Contracting With Sovereign Entities.
Two recent court decisions in Hong Kong have clarified the circumstances in which sovereign states and sovereign-controlled entities will be entitled to claim immunity from jurisdiction and execution in the Hong Kong courts.These decisions have reinforced the need to be careful when contracting with such entities. This memorandum examines the recent court decisions and their ramifications.
The Congo Case
This is a decision of the Court of Final Appeal (CFA), Hong Kong’s highest court.
The case concerned certain arbitral award claims against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) that had been purchased by the plaintiff. The arbitral awards arose out of certain credit agreements under which funds had been lent to Congo — clearly a commercial transaction.
The plaintiff sought to enforce the awards in the Hong Kong courts against the assets of Congo in Hong Kong. Congo claimed sovereign immunity before the Hong Kong courts — and thus sought to argue that the Hong Kong courts had no jurisdiction over it in respect of this matter.
What the CFA had to decide was whether the courts of Hong Kong should apply the doctrine of restrictive sovereign immunity (as in the U.K. and various other jurisdictions) or the doctrine of absolute sovereign immunity (as in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)). Under the doctrine of restrictive sovereign immunity, states do not enjoy immunity from suit or execution in respect of transactions of a purely commercial nature. Under the doctrine of absolute sovereign immunity, however, states enjoy immunity in respect of all matters, including transactions of a commercial nature.
The CFA provisionally decided that, although prior to the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China on June 30, 1997, the courts of Hong Kong, following the position of Britain, had practiced restrictive sovereign immunity, since the handover in 1997 the courts of Hong Kong should have followed the position of the PRC in practicing absolute sovereign immunity, with the result that no claim (including a claim in respect of a commercial matter) can be maintained in the Hong Kong courts against a foreign state or sovereign body unless the foreign state or sovereign body voluntarily waives its right to immunity at the time of the proceedings brought against it — prior consent (for example in a prior contract) is not effective.
Accordingly, the CFA decided that the Hong Kong courts had no jurisdiction over Congo in this matter and, further, that Congo had not waived its immunity in respect of this matter.
The CFA’s decision was initially only provisional because it decided that it was under a duty to refer certain legal questions to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (SCNPC) of the PRC. These matters were referred to the SCNPC, which gave its decision in August 2011 confirming the CFA’s decision; as a result of this, in September 2011, the CFA affirmed its original provisional opinion.
The Hua Tian Long Case
Hua Tian Long is a crane-barge owned by the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau (the defendant). The defendant entered into a contract with the plaintiff to make Hua Tian Long available to the plaintiff on hire. The defendant failed to make Hua Tian Long available when required to do so under the contract and the plaintiff sued the defendant in the Hong Kong courts for breach of contract and damages.
After taking various steps in the litigation (including issuing a counterclaim), the defendant raised a defense in the Hong Kong courts claiming to be entitled to immunity from suit on the grounds that the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau was controlled by, and was an organ of, the PRC and therefore could not be sued in the courts of Hong Kong by virtue of the doctrine of crown immunity (being the immunity from suit accorded to a sovereign state by the courts of that state).
The judge held:
• that the PRC was entitled to crown immunity in the Hong Kong courts (Hong Kong being part of the PRC) and therefore could not be sued in the Hong Kong courts;
• that the PRC government had sufficient control over the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau (which was part of the PRC Ministry of Communications and not a separate legal entity) to make it an entity of the PRC government for these purposes and consequently that the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau was prima facie entitled also to plead crown immunity in the Hong Kong courts; and
• that in the present case the defendant, by its conduct in issuing a counterclaim in the proceedings and taking an active part in the proceedings, had waived its immunity, and thus was not entitled in this matter to claim immunity from the Hong Kong courts.
The case was decided by the Honorable Mr. Justice Stone in the Court of First Instance and may possibly be subject to appeal.
What lessons should we learn from these decisions?
• If you are entering into a contract with a sovereign state or a sovereign-controlled entity, it is very important that you take legal advice early on in the process — this will help you to frame the jurisdiction and dispute resolution clauses of the documentation to give you maximum protection.
• If you are entering into a commercial transaction with a sovereign state or a sovereigncontrolled entity, do not include a submission to Hong Kong court jurisdiction in your documentation. Rather, include a jurisdiction clause for a legal jurisdiction (such as England and Wales) that adopts restrictive (as opposed to absolute) immunity such that the impleaded state or state-controlled body cannot claim immunity in respect of a commercial transaction.
• Include a contractual waiver of immunity in the contractual documentation — although this will not be effective to waive immunity in the Hong Kong courts, it should, if properly drafted, be effective in the relevant courts if your contract includes a jurisdiction clause submitting to the jurisdiction of the courts of a country that practices the doctrine of restrictive (as opposed to absolute) immunity.
• Depending on the type of contract involved, consider selecting arbitration proceedings (rather than court proceedings) to be the chosen dispute resolution method as sovereign and crown immunity only apply to proceedings before courts and not to proceedings before arbitral bodies (although sovereign or crown immunity may potentially apply at a later stage if you attempt to enforce any arbitral award in a court).
• If you are dealing with an entity related to a state, investigate as far as you can the level of state control over that entity — this will help determine whether that entity is likely to be treated as a sovereign-controlled entity for the purposes of claiming immunity in court proceedings.
Clive Rough, Skadden
Paul Mitchard QC, Skadden
Alan K Tsang, Skadden
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