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Matt graduated from Purdue University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision. He obtained his law degree from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2000.
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Once again your post strongly resonates with my journey right now. Thank you for giving a voice to the sentiments that are deep within my heart. God bless you and please keep writing.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Denie. On the really hard days, I really hope my experience can help someone. That hope gives me courage. Praying that His hope floods your being today.Delete
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The Air Force may pump $5B into Cheyenne for a new generation of nuclear weapons
The Air Force may pump $5B into Cheyenne for a new generation of nuclear weapons
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The United States military is expected to spend between $4 billion and $5 billion over the next 10 to 20 years in Cheyenne to modernize F.E. Warren Air Force Base's intercontinental ballistic missiles system. That kind of money would be significant anywhere, but especially in Cheyenne, it could more quadruple the typical amount of construction spending in the city.
It's good news to locals. Dale Steenbergen, president of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce described it as "huge dollars."
But the local economic benefit comes as just one small piece of a project meant to overhaul the country's nuclear weapons system at a time of rising tensions between the United States and Russia and an increasingly bellicose North Korea, which has nuclear warheads of its own. While Wyoming's Congressional delegation and some policy makers view it as an overdue step to keep America safe, others see it as a risky gambit that could push the world closer to nuclear war.
Boon for locals
While the Cheyenne dollars will be spent on relatively non-technical upgrades like concrete pours for new missile silos and buildings to house improved communications systems for the ICBM system, theyre part of a roughly $140 billion effort to replace aging Minuteman Missiles.
The missiles, which are armed with nuclear warheads, are part of what is known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, and over the summer the Air Force gave two $359 million contracts to Boeing and Northrop Grumman to develop proposals for replacing the system.
The GBSD changes are in turn part of a larger $1.35 trillion effort to modernize the United States nuclear weapons arsenal.
The need to modernize an aging arsenal and upgrade old equipment is not especially controversial. For example, the nuclear-tipped missiles at F.E. Warren are intended to be fired within minutes of an order from the president. Anything but the latest technology hampers that capability. The initial missiles were installed over 40 years ago.
Our missiles were built in the 1970s, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson said in an August statement. Things just wear out, and it becomes more expensive to maintain them than to replace them.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman have three years to develop full proposals to upgrade the ICBM program at which point the Air Force will give one of them the contract to build the new system.
Thats when Steenbergen expects the economic benefits to start rolling into Cheyenne. Adding $4 billion to $5 billion to the local economy would be dramatic, he said. Construction starts the total project value of construction begun in a given year typically ranges between $132 million to $851 million, according to estimates by Dodge Data and Construct Connect, two of the few firms that collect such information.
He said the chamber of commerce has been in contact with both companies, encouraging them not just to hire local contractors but to consider Cheyenne as a logistics hub for the improvements that will also be made to the nuclear missile bases in Montana and South Dakota.
We feel like Cheyenne might be a good spot, Steenbergen said. We have good rail service, we have interstate highways.
Northrop Grumman GBSD vice president Carol Erikson confirmed that the company has been in touch with the chamber about the impact of the project on the local community.
Boeing did not respond to a request for comment. The Air Force was unable to provide answers to a list of questions by press time.
New power
As the United States has entered into nuclear non-proliferation treaties and agreements with Russia to reduce the stockpile of nuclear weapons in both countries, weapons development has focused on creating more powerful warheads and delivery systems to compensate for the reduced quantity.
But despite the increased efficiency of the weapons, proposals to improve the ICBM force call for maintaining the current number of missiles: 400. Wyomings U.S. House Rep. Liz Cheney successfully inserted an amendment into a defense spending bill in Congress earlier this year that requires the military to maintain at least that many ICBMs, a move that helps maintain F.E. Warren's important role in Cheyennes economy.
The amendment to protect the ICBM force smacks partly of parochial politics, Michael OHanlon, an expert on American defense strategy at the Brookings Institution, said in August.
(Cheney said that while F.E. Warren does benefit Cheyenne, her amendment was focused solely on national security interests.)
It was also Cheneys way of shoring up support of the nuclear triad -- land-based missiles, nuclear submarines and bombers -- the need for which has been called into question in recent years due to the high cost of upgrades. Some military leaders have suggested that the nation may no longer need ICBMs, or at least not as many, and could instead rely primarily on air and sea forces.
Cheney vehemently disagrees.
Weve got to make sure that every leg of the triad is doing the job it's intended to do, she said in an interview.
For Cheney, the GBSD program and the greater nuclear weapon modernization program is part of a larger priority to upgrade the entire United States military. Cheney has opposed defense spending caps imposed under federal sequestration and repeatedly emphasized the need to grow the military following what she says was a steady reduction in capability during the Obama administration.
The whole world of warfare has changed and is moving in new directions, she said. Weve got do better.
Cost estimates for the GBSD improvements have varied, and Steenbergen cautioned that Congress will need to appropriate the necessary funds once a proposal is complete.
Sen. John Barrasso, another member of Wyomings all-Republican congressional delegation, said that he supported the program. A spokesman for the final member of the delegation, Sen. Mike Enzi, said that Enzi supported the program and had co-authored a white paper last year calling for the program to be fully funded.
Senator Enzi believes a strong national defense begins with a strong nuclear deterrent and this means a strong ICBM force, spokesman Max DOnofrio said in an email.
Caution urged
Despite agreement that dated elements of the ICBM program need upgrades, some experts are concerned that the improvements to the nuclear weapons program in Cheyenne and across the military may spook Americas nuclear adversaries, especially Russia, and risk sparking a nuclear war.
The point is not about should we modernize or not, said Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists. It's more about what kind of modernization is necessary.
While he is not opposed to the idea of modernizing Americas nuclear weapons, Kristensen, with the Federation of American Scientists, is concerned that policymakers are not thinking about the goals of the effort. Many of the improvements being made to nuclear weapons may have drastic consequences for how foreign nations perceive intentions of the United States and how the American government itself considers whether to use its nuclear arsenal.
Take one example. Right now, the fuses on warheads loaded onto Minuteman missiles are set to detonate using a relatively blunt calculation related to elevation. Kristensen said that upgraded fuses are being installed on the warheads that are more sophisticated and able to take factors beyond elevation into account, making it far more likely that a warhead destroys its target even if the missiles trajectory is slightly inaccurate.
Kristensen and two other nuclear analysts wrote an article for the prestigious Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in March warning that upgrades like the so-called super-fuze was heightening the risk of nuclear conflict, especially with Russia, which might worry that the United States was preparing for a preemptive strike.
I don't think that the U.S. is planning for that -- certainly not in the context of Russia, at all -- but it can appear like that to Russia, Kristensen said. Modernization programs like this, they shape the perception of Russian policymakers.
Kristensen wrote in the article that the modernization drive by both the United States and other nuclear-armed countries, including Russia, have raised the risk of an inadvertent nuclear war sparked by paranoia or misunderstanding to levels at least as high as during the Cold War.
That has convinced many, especially on the left, that nuclear war is reemerging as an existential threat to humanity. Noam Chomsky, the prominent intellectual and critic of American foreign policy, cited Kristensens article as evidence of this in an interview with The New York Times published over the summer.
The significance is clear, Chomsky said. It means that in a moment of crisis, of which there are all too many, Russian military planners may conclude that lacking a deterrent, the only hope of survival is a first strike which means the end for all of us.
But not all analysts are so convinced. Michael May, a professor emeritus at Stanford Universitys Center for International Security and cooperation, said in an email that the improvements being made to Americas nuclear-armed missile arsenal have been anticipated by Russia and other U.S. adversaries and is not likely to change the balance of power.
I dont find the modernization destabilizing, May said. The word is thrown around whenever some group doesnt like a new development. The modernization program keeps the balance as it is and doesnt change incentives on either side; it is mostly needed upkeep and, as needed, replacement of the existing force.
Cheney, too, finds arguments for exercising restraint when it comes to upgrading the countrys nuclear weapons to fundamentally misunderstand the point of nuclear deterrence. If some see increasing the kill capacity of American nuclear weapons as risking conflict with Russia, Cheney believes weakness not upgrading the weapons is more provocative by leaving an opening where foreign powers could see space to attack the United States.
It's a flat wrong analysis, Cheney said. They're much more likely to be mistaken about thinking they can take action and not face consequences if they believe our forces no longer have the capability.
Known unknowns
If the tangible benefit of the GBSD program to Cheyenne is relatively straightforward an economic boost the project also comes with more abstract benefits and risks.
Steenbergen, with the chamber of commerce, is aware of the risks posed by nuclear war. But he said that living in Cheyenne has given him a new appreciation for how the United States handles its arsenal of weapons.
When he first moved to town, Steenbergen said he was surprised to see nuclear missiles being driven around Cheyenne in military convoys. If Cheney emphasizes the importance of strong nuclear weapons as a deterrent to Americas enemies, Steenbergen said that the weapons being out in the open in Cheyenne shows this theory in action.
That transparency is just to show the world exactly what we have, he said. In order to get rid of our nuclear capability you have to attack the homeland and that is stabilizing for us because people know they cannot take away that threat.
Then theres what happens if that deterrent effect is not strong enough.
While economists regularly try to account for the negative side-effects of development, this is much easier to do when calculating traffic congestion that might result from a new convention center than it is when calculating the risk that the billions of dollars being pumped into Cheyenne might also carry a slim risk of nuclear war.
University of Wyoming economics professor Anne Alexander said that the difficulty of this calculation stems from the challenge of predicting the likelihood of nuclear war resulting from improvements to F.E. Warren. It is much easier to measure the positive impact of $5 billion being pumped into Cheyennes economy.
Of course, were things to go awry, the cost of those weapons being used would blot out any economic stimulus. Millions could die immediately. Infrastructure would be destroyed. Crops might not be able to grow for hundreds of years. Radioactive fallout could spread across the globe.
Nuclear Armageddon would be devastatingly expensive, Alexander said. It would be more money than theres ever been on Earth.
My comment: Pretty soon the Nikki's will be in back of everyone's home once again.
I wonder if soon we will have backyard mail-in order nukes for everyone. Ah boy we really going in the right direction. New homes to come with bunker's and your own personal weapons package options!
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Our Ugly, Regressive Politics
I'm fully behind Obamacare, despite its many flaws and shortcomings. To me, it's a halting, limping half step in the right direction. A much needed step. I'm absolutely opposed to the effort to repeal or weaken it, and so I was eager and willing to add my support to the effort.
However, the message introducing the campaign was disturbing. It referred to a "...Republican majority bought and paid for by Wall Street-run corporations and their shill groups." And it went on to state that, "Everyone knows that the Republican Party is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the health insurance industry and other profit-hungry corporations."
I confess that, emotionally, I feel the same way about caricature Republicans. I'm disturbed by their planks and their attacks on Democrats that take a similarly dismissive and denigrating tone. With the merits of health care and of the progressive agenda so clear to me, it's sometimes difficult to credit anyone who sees things differently as possessing either a mind or a conscience.
But I remind myself that most living, breathing Republicans don't fit the easy caricature any more than progressives fit the starry-eyed, soft-headed caricature that opponents would make us into. Rather, many are intelligent, caring, patriotic Americans who simply don't see or calculate these matters as I do. As much as it may frustrate my wish to order the political world according to my values and perceptions, there are people on the Republican right who care about the country, who sacrifice and give selflessly, who agonize over policies and positions, and who come to slow, careful decisions about the strategies and tactics that will best take America forward. Just as I and others on the left do. While I know that there are Republicans who fit the ugly stereotype of the moralistic yet hypocritical and unsympathetic profiteer (just as there are a few bubble-headed idiots on my side) it doesn't do justice to any political faction to judge it entirely by its most extreme and dysfunctional elements.
We on the left have debated among ourselves the proper approach to health care, the pros and cons of is its implementation, and we waged civil war over the importance of the now defunct "public option". Can it be categorically wrong for others to question, challenge or even to reject it because of some of its less appealing aspects? Is there nothing we can learn from honest, open debate? Perhaps it is true that not many conservatives will discuss and negotiate with open minds. Isn't that equally true of progressives?
It's well established that war is made possible by dehumanizing the opponent. It's infinitely easier to shoot or drop bombs on those we view as animals and demons than on our fellows. Similarly, in politics, it's so much easier to dismiss the arguments and concerns of the indecent and morally corrupt than of those we love and respect. It's a cheap, immoral and dishonest approach to tear down another's character in order to have an easier time dismissing their ideas.
In politics as in life, there are natural dividing lines and natural constituencies. The easiest thing is always to fall in line with the politics of one's own class, race, religion or other demographic. But it has always struck me how much more powerful it is when an individual or group stands up for a cause that's not primarily its own. It's one thing to support gay rights if I myself suffer by virtue of discrimination against gay men. But it's quite another to speak out on issues of sexual orientation when I'm a privileged member of the dominant heterosexuality. It's in no way surprising if I – a black man – stand up for the rights of my own people, but quite another thing if I am a white man, looking beyond the privilege of my advantageous pedigree to champion the cause of oppressed minorities.
Similarly, if we are committed to a more mature and dynamic politic, one that embraces differences of opinion as well as of ethnicity, belief system and sexual orientation, and working in the interest of all its citizens, mustn't we be able and willing to look for the sense and intelligence and compassion in the arguments of our opponents, and even to celebrate them?
Health care, like abortion, and gun control, and freedom of speech, is an issue that will touch on many sensitive nerves and challenge conceptions. But looking carefully at the policies, and openly debating their pros and cons, will generate a better body of solutions than continuing the hateful warfare of self-righteousness that dominates today's politics. And if we self-styled progressives won't take this stand, who will?
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If you ever decide to run for politics, I am happy to campaign for you. Loved the impromptu speech Sherrif Dudnick gave after the shootings in Arizona, two reasoned voices in a world going mad.ReplyDelete
Keep talking.ReplyDelete
Sometimes, acting for the benefit of one's own "group" can look from the outside like altruism. If you are a comfortably well-off American and want to live in a secure place, you can move to a gated community or a building with good doormen--or, if you take a slightly more long-term view, you can work to assure that all your neighbors have jobs and places to live. If a small group of people continues to hoard the wealth of this country and to shelter behind barricades, we are headed toward class warfare. So, even a member of the hoarding class might see that the long-term prospects of continuing on the same path don't look promising.
Well said, lspieler. A truer, deeper self-interest embraces others. Thanks for your thoughtful comment.ReplyDelete
And to you too, Toby. But I don't think I'm tough enough!


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Hi brenboo thanx i know hes very stubborn!! Tipical puertorican macho man!! Hes such a good person we have been togeather for 36yrs. Im so worried about him hes even going to work like this and im calling him every hr. To see how hes doing ..but yes im at the wal- mart now im going to ask... bless u for answering me ... MAY GOD BLESS U AND KEEP U HEALTHY
We've also been married 36 years, what a coincidence. Good luck with your man - mine is also stubborn, but I just keep on insisting that my way is best.
This is an old question. But the answer is that the dosage is calculated on the weight of a person. Usual dose is 15mg /kg, and usually once per day. Most times morning although som epeople opt for taking at night.
I think the max is 35mg/kg. But it carries severe warnings with this. Hydrea will reduce your blood counts, a special term which I cant remember. I take 1500mg per day and my counts are a third of what they were. Almost too low now, so its wait and see and then maybe try to reduce the mg to see if it can hold at the ideal levels.
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|Chart 1: Distribution of percentage of responses about flipped classroom.
|Negatives by Term
|12 Win
|12 Spr
|12 Sum
|12 Fall
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As you can see in Chart 3, of the 37 students who wanted to change or drop the flipped class technique, 13 (35.1%) were enrolled in the 2012 Winter quarter, the first quarter that I used a flipped class. This means that 13 out of 62 total students for that term (21%) were in some way unhappy with the flipped class. This was the highest percentage of negatives for time period monitored, and it suggests that I did not manage my flip very well the first time that I tried it.
I think the students told me where I failed, and they made some excellent suggestions for correcting my mistakes. I'm listing all of the comments from the 37 students who said they would change or drop the flipped classroom method. I will try to make sense of these comments in my next post.
Change the flipped classroom. How would you change the flipped classroom?
- 01/12 ENG0099 MW 12:30 The only problem I had is I work a lot on the weekends so it was kinda hard from to do the homework on the weekend.
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 8:30 Just balance out the time spent online with the time spent reading the textbook and class activities
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 8:30 I would emphasize at the beginning of the term that you are not expected to fully understand what is going on and that we will discuss it during the next class. I know that you said not to worry about it when we had questions or concerns in the beginning but I don't think it was stressed enough. After week two you know what to expect and you get it that you will be reading and doing things that you will have questions or reservations about but when you get into class you do make it clear.
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 8:30 I would have exercises in class more and have them review with the videos a bit. It was great as is, but i found that the exercises towards the end were really helpful and more or less helped review things that we older students look over. The maps for example, were great for preparation of a paper. Overall, it was great but more class exercises in the beginning. The most basic tools are the easiest to look over.
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 8:30 I don't want to say drop the flipped class just explain it better. It is hard to enter a classroom after 20 years of not being in school and have that introduced to you. I think once again it is going outside my comfort zone and opening up to new experiences and technologies. The flipped classroom also made me feel that I wasn't getting everything done properly, I would get so busy with my other classes studying and doing papers that I would forget to watch the video until Friday or Saturday and it just made me fell like something was never finished. I watched a lot of videos online about the flipped classroom and understand the concept it was just new to me and most of the class.
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 12:30 The only problem I had is I work a lot on the weekends so it was kinda hard from to do the homework on the weekend.
- 01/12 MW 7:50 maybe you should start teaching class in a computer lab. that way if we have a problem with something it can be solved right then and there. also this would allow us to do more work in class, simply because everyone would be on the same page.
- 01/12 MW 7:50 the flipped classroom was great because we learned the subject at home and let it marinate in our heads. then being in class, we can actually put it into work with fellow classmates, while having access to you for any and every questions. also i would suggest for you to request a class room with computers just so we wouldnt have to seperate from the class and you be in another room , not being able to walk us through right then and there.. alot of people are more of a hands on textile learner. to me would seem much easier and more comfortable learning experience with the computer lab.
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 7:50 I understood more outside the classroom with the help of the videos, perhaps more explanation in the classroom would help
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 7:50 I don't know it was ok but not so much for me.
- 04/12 ENG1001 MW 6:00 More discussion in class would have been better.
- 04/12 ENG2001 MW 7:50 I feel like more emphasis on the book and assignments in class based on the book would be helpful in learning the writing techniques. I sometimes felt confused about the lessons.
- 04/12 ENG2001 MW 7:50 Needed more guidance on how the flipped class works and really should have a option not everyone is computer literature beyond checking their accounts on Face book. I was kind of clueless on writing papers on the computer.
- 07/12 ENG1002 MW 8:30 I am not a big fan of the flipped classroom. I wish we did more reading in class and a bit more explaning in class. Sometimes we come to class just to write and sometimes a feel a bit lost. Sometimes I might read something at home, but dont really understand. I just rather more in class reading.
- 07/12 ENG1002 MW 8:30 to much work i didnt like them
- 07/12 ENG2001 MW 10:30 I wasnt really interseted into the flipeed class I think that it shold be on a topic that we all want to talk about.
- 07/12 ENG2001 MW 10:30 I would keep the flip class, but require a set number of outside resorces to be posted through google plus and writing or discussing three of the subjects in the class room, hence cutting back on the blog.
- 07/12 ENG2001 MW 10:30 It help but for me I'm a more hands on person so just telling me to do it and not showing me make it a little harder. but this help my computer skills when i first started the class i didn't know what this was but now I'm very much inforned and can go on learning with a finish hand on computing.
- 07/12 ENG2001 TR 6:00 "There was not enough working in class for me, just limited to questions online and not exercising in groups... maybe having a class in the lab it was not that helpful after all...It distracts students too much!"
- 10/12 ENG0099 MW 8:30 Due to the status quo flipped classroom caused confusion to me. It didnt work so well for me because I wasnt properly informed about it then again in the begining I was usually late for class. Either way flipped classrooms are confusing.
- 10/12 ENG1001 MW 12:30 I like the flipped class, but agin I think it would be hard for those of us who aren't always on the computer or know how to use it to our benefit. If it's explained a little better, i think more people will really get into it.
- 10/12 ENG1001 MW 12:30 I do enjoyb the flipped class, but sometimes I find it a bit confusing. I think we should go more into detail in class on what we are talking about. When we have assessments to do at home that comes from the book, I feel we should go over it more in class.
- 10/12 ENG1001 MW 7:50 Again, we didn't really talk about the assesment, so either change them or don't use them. I don't know how to fix problem.
- 10/12 ENG2003 MW 6:00 I loved the flipped class. I do feel however that I would have enjoyed hearing Professor Hamon read a bit more of the literature with us in class or even online as online lectures as I found this to be even more effective in helping me to understand the stories or poems.
- 10/12 ENG2003 MW 6:00 I liked the flipped class on one level because it gave me a chance to think about an assignment completely from an untainted perspective, before talking about it in class. I just think maybe we should have spent more time deciphering some of the literature in class as well. So maybe a more blended version of a flipped class.
- 10/12 ENG2003 MW 6:00 It was different, but personally I would prefer most of the work to have been done in clss and the internet things as a guide or reference. The google doc was the main thing that I really really enjoyed as it helped organize and keep track of papers without having to carry around a flashdrive. But this is a writing class, so it is expected, of course, as we are writing our final online. It is definitely something to get used to and I would not be surprised if more courses or all will soon be the same in the early years to come.
- 01/12 ENG1001 MW 7:50 I am more of a visual learning so flipped class didn't really help me much.
- 01/12 ENG1001 TR 8:30 The whole thing.
- 04/12 ENG1001 MW 8:30 It didn't work for me.
- 04/12 ENG1001 MW 6:00 I rather the proffesor just force a topic upon us and then we do the research on the topic. This is probabbly due to the fact every single proffesor works with style and so it's better to just continue to work on what were used to. Especially when there a grade invloved.
- 07/12 ENG1002 MW 8:30 I didn't really get it.
- 07/12 ENG1002 MW 8:30 Didnt like. Really dont care to share we stronger.
- 07/12 ENG2001 MW 10:30 I didnt really like that i kept forgetting to do those and when i came back to class the next day that swhen i remembered that we had to do them.
- 10/12 ENG1001 MW 12:30 I really didnt care for it, because I was blogging more to my own class.
- 10/12 ENG1001 MW 12:30 It was great to see everything that was do or would be do online - remembering to check the wiki, etc. was a different matter. It made attending class more difficult aqs it was clearly a more or less online class...So it wasn't clear what the in class sessions aimed to accomplish.
- 10/12 ENG1001 MW 7:50 I felt overwhelmed with the flipp class, until I got the hang of it, I did not know how to keep up. Also I feel more students will attend class, and perhaps complete more assignments.


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Don Dunstan was one of Australia's most charismatic, courageous, and visionary politicians; a dedicated reformer with a deep commitment to social justice.
Please join us on Wednesday the 27 September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Don Dunstan first becoming Premier of South Australia and his achievements.
To recognise that Don was a long serving member for Norwood, we are hosting the celebrations at the Norwood Hotel (Finn McCools).
Guests will be addressed by Greg Crafter, long time MP for Norwood and Don Dunstan's successor in the seat.
This September also coincides with the abolition of "the six o'clock swill" so at 6pm we will be raising a glass and toasting to Don.
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- When: Wednesday 27 September 2017 | 5:30pm to 8:30pm
- Where: The Finn McColls Norwood, 97 The Parade
- Ticket Price: General Admission $50 | Members $35 | Unwaged $35
Ticket price includes drinks and finger food. All money raised will support the work of the Don Dunstan Foundation.
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About the "six o'clock swill"
Six o'clock closing operated in this state since 1915, but it was in the process of breaking down under the weight of public ridicule and pressure. It had been abolished in New South Wales in the mid-50s and in Victoria in the mid-60s. The other states had never had it.
Don's 1967 Licensing Act was a total revamp of the licensing laws based on the recommendations of the Royal Commission. Not only was early closing abolished but the system was given a new flexibility which enabled the conditions of trading of clubs, restaurants and bottle shops to meet the reasonable needs of everybody.
Along with the lifting of the 6 o'clock close came another important piece of liberalising legislation: women were now legally allowed to drink in the front bar of pubs. Yes, until 1967 it was illegal for a women to be present in the front bar.
The result is the enlightened and flexible system which we now have. Don Dunstan had a vision of a community lifestyle in which people could enjoy liquor as a social amenity and adjunct to good living without unnecessary and heavy handed regulation. He was able to institute a licensing system during his public life which enable the lifestyle to occur, and in doing so laid the foundations for later improvements. In this, as in so many other ways, our South Australian community owes a great debt to Don Dunstan.
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Alain Papiasse began his career in 1973 at Crédit Lyonnais. He held various positions there, including Credit Analyst and Deputy Senior Banker, before being appointed Crédit Lyonnais Executive Vice President for the Americas in 1996. In 2002, Alain Papiasse was appointed Vice President of Crédit Lyonnais and in 2003, Vice President of Crédit Agricole Indosuez Calyon following the merger between Crédit Lyonnais and Crédit Agricole. In January 2005, he joined BNP Paribas as Head of Investment Solutions, the Group's division responsible for administering customers' savings programmes and providing asset management. In 2005, Alain Papiasse became a member of the BNP Paribas Group Executive Committee and, in April 2009, was appointed Head of the Corporate and Investment Banking division (CIB). Later in 2009, following the merger with Fortis, Alain Papiasse took a seat on the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Fortis. On 1 December 2011, he was appointed Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Corporate and Investment Banking division (CIB). Since 2014, he has represented Group General Management in North America, while continuing to support the development of the Corporate and Institutional Banking Division.
Alain Papiasse is a graduate of three French business schools : Institut Technique de Banque, Centre d'Etudes Supérieurs de Banque (CESB) and Centre de Perfectionnement aux Affaires (CPA).
Marjeta Jager is currently Deputy Director General for the Directorate-General for International cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO). Ms JAGER has been working in the European Commission since 2005, starting as Director for Security in DG Energy and Transport and later being Director for international energy and transport files and coordination, as well as being Head of Cabinet of the Transport Commissioner. Before joining the Commission Ms JAGER was more than a decade working on the accession of Slovenia to the EU for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
|Dessima Williams is Special Adviser for Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. She brings experience as a diplomat and negotiator, a social development advocate, professor and private sector investor. In the 1980s, Dessima served as Grenada's representative to the Organization of American States, Deputy Governor to the World Bank and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Inter-American Commission of Women. At the Organization of American States, she shepherded resolutions such as the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, Development and Independence and promotion of small island states. Dessima has taught at secondary, college and university levels and is an advocate for the rights of women and girls, for farmers and for rural development. She founded the Grenada Education and Development Programme, which supports Grenada's students as emerging leaders. She has also owned a business in the tourism sector.
|Sergei Guriev is Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Sergei Guriev joined EBRD in 2016 after running the New Economic School in Moscow in 2004-13 and serving as a tenured professor of economics at Sciences Po, Paris in 2013-16.
Dr. Guriev's research interests include contract theory, corporate governance, political economics and labor mobility. Dr. Guriev has published in international refereed journals including American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of European Economic Association, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Perspectives and American Political Science Review. He has been a board member of Sberbank, E.ON Russia, Alfa-Strakhovanie Insurance Company, Russia Venture Company, Russian Home Mortgage Lending Agency, Russian Agricultural Bank, and the Dynasty Foundation. He is also the President of the Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London.
|Nanno Kleiterp is former Chief Executive Officer at FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank. In addition, he fulfills the role of chairman of the association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI), as well as chairman of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN NL).
|David Croft is Global Sustainable Development Director for Diageo, the global drinks company, where he is responsible for their work on environmental and social sustainability around the world, working with farmers, communities and manufacturers within an international supply network alongside Diageo's global manufacturing and brand teams. Previously with Waitrose, Kraft Foods, Cadbury and the Co-operative Group, David's roles included leading technical, marketing and sustainability functions in brand marketing, quality, safety, sustainability, and sustainable agriculture. He has led large multi-stakeholder partnerships on sustainable agricultural and development, working with farmers, governments and NGOs locally and internationally in numerous initiatives to improve supply chain standards and sustainable agriculture across the food sector. David is a non-executive director of Divine Chocolate, and is also a member of the Food Ethics Council and the Scottish Food Commission. He chairs BIAC's Development Committee, inputing to the OECD DAC.
Harpinder Collacott is the Executive Director of Development Initiatives. Prior to her appointment, she served as a Political advisor to the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (an international criminal tribunal for war crimes), as Programme officer at Oak Foundation, and was Head of Communications and Campaigns at Meningitis Research Foundation. She spent three years as research analyst for South Asia supporting Ambassador Dennis Kux at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Affairs, and Director of Strategic Planning for Citizens for Global Solutions. She was also a research assistant and media manager for Nick Clegg at the European Parliament, Edward Davey MP and Lexington Communications.
Vineet Rai is the Founder of Aavishkaar –Intellecap group and chairs the Group and its Executive Council. Vineet serves as a Commissioner at the Global Commission of Business and Sustainable Development launched at Davos 2016 and as advisor to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Board. Vineet has received numerous awards including the G 20 – SME Innovation in Finance Award 2010 in Seoul, South Korea, UNDP-IBLF –ICC World Business Award 2005 in New York and Lemelson Award for Social Venture Investing from A. P. J Abdul kalam, Honorable Ex-President of India.
Carolina Castro, Undersecretary of Policy and Management of SMEs, Argentina. Carolina Castro is Undersecretary for Small and Medium Enterprises at the Production Ministry of Argentina. Between 2002 and 2015 she worked in her family business, an automobile part manufacturer, supplying steel stamped and welded assemblies for Toyota Argentina and General Motors Argentina. During 2010 - 2015, she was responsible for the institutional relations of the company, supervision of the financial department, the human resources and corporate responsibility areas. Carolina is a founding member of the youth department at the "Industrial Chamber of Argentina" (Unión Industrial Argentina – UIA). UIA is the main employer's organization of Argentina; its 52 members are employer's chambers representing the different industrial sectors and regions of the country. She occupied the Secretariat of UIAs Youth Department in 2014 and the Presidency in 2015. She also founded the Youth Department at the employer's chamber of automobile parts manufacturers. Since 2012 Castro has been an employer's delegate at the International Labour Organization Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a graduate degree in Political Sciences, and is mother to Ignacio (10) and Agustina (7).
Rami Ahmad was recently appointed as the Special Envoy on SDGs, in addition to his duties as Senior Advisor to the President of the Islamic Development Bank Group. Rami joined IDB as a young professional in 1993 and worked as a Projects Officer in operations. In 1999, he was selected to the core team who established the Islamic Corporation for Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and worked as an Investment Manager until returning to IDB in 2004, as Division Chief, Infrastructure (MENA region). Then served as Director, Country Operations (MENA Region) and later as Director of Country Programs Department (6 regions – 56 countries), where he led several strategic initiatives, including the Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) initiative, which became the reference framework for conducting policy dialog and country programing at IDB. In 2011 he became a Senior Advisor to the President, advising on various strategic, operational, and organizational matters. Rami holds a BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, a MS in Systems Science, a PhD in Business Administration from Louisiana State University, and a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Dr David Landsman OBE is Executive Director (MD) of Tata Limited, the UK-registered subsidiary of Tata Sons, the Tata group promoter company. Tata Limited represents the group in Europe and is responsible for Business Development, Corporate Affairs and a range of commercial and corporate services for the group.
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism, OECD. Lamia Kamal-Chaoui is the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism (CFE). CFE's Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship advances the debate on issues such as SME financing, productivity, internationalisation, skills and framework conditions, and offers tailored policy advice to countries through its series of SME and Entrepreneurship Policy Reviews. She previously served as a Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General, supporting his strategic agenda, including on inequalities, water and climate change as well as the MENA region. Her responsibilities also included the coordination of the OECD Inclusive Growth initiative, the Knowledge-Sharing Alliance programme, the implementation of the OECD Strategy on Development as well as relationships with philanthropic foundations. Prior to working in the Secretary-General's Cabinet, she was Head of the Urban Programme for more than ten years, advising national and local governments on issues related to cities and initiated the launch of the OECD Roundtable of Mayors and Ministers on Urban Development. She has also held other positions at the OECD in the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, the Trade Directorate and the Financial and Enterprises Affairs Directorate.
|Malin Ripa, Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President CSR Management, Volvo Group Headquarters. Malin is the head of the Corporate Social Responsible management the Volvo Group. CSR to the Volvo Group means Responsible business behavior throughout the value chain as well as manage the Group's corporate citizen program. She is responsible for steering and follows up on the CSR work as well as coordinating the activities, plans and reporting to stakeholders. The responsibility also includes reporting and communication with stakeholders to understand their expectations, identify societal trends and related external and internal risks which could influence Volvo Group's ability to operate successfully. Malin has been with the Volvo Group for 13 years. Before joining the Group she held a position as a Managing Director for a company providing post-secondary education. She holds an MSc in Environmental Engineering and a Master in Business Administration (MBA).
Thomas Lösler is Chief Compliance Officer of Allianz Group since July 2009 and the first Chairman of the Global Insurance Chief Compliance Officers Forum representing some of the largest insurance and reinsurance groups in the world Dr. Lösler also serves as member of the Advisory Board of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO e.V.). Prior to joining Allianz SE, Dr. Lösler held various positions at Deutsche Bank's Compliance Function, from 2003 to 2006 in Frankfurt and from 2007 to 2009 in New York. Dr. Lösler is author and co-author of various articles and publications on compliance.
Martin Short has been Chief Executive Officer of the Power of Nutrition since July 2015. During the past 18 months, he has taken The Power of Nutrition from a start-up and has grown it into a fully operational foundation with new funders, a 501(C)(3) status in the US and a portfolio of active investments. Martin took up his role after a career in the financial services industry. He was Managing Director at Lion's Head Global Partners, an Africa-facing merchant bank based in Nairobi and London, where he specialized in agriculture, value chains, parametric insurance, capital markets, impact and innovative finance. Before that, Martin spent 16 years at the Swiss Bank, UBS, where he was a Managing Director in their Capital Markets division and then Alternate Chief Executive Officer in Hong Kong overseeing Debt Capital Markets and Equities. Born in Zambia, Martin has worked in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong over the course of his career. He has a degree in Marine and Freshwater Biology.
|Andrew Mitchell was Secretary of State for International Development from May 2010 until September 2012 and Government Chief Whip from September – October 2012. He has been the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield since 2001. Mr Mitchell was the Member of Parliament for Gedling from 1987 to 1997. During this period he held office as a Government Whip and as Minister for Social Security. Mr Mitchell also served as a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1992 to 1993. In November 2003, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs. From September 2004 he was Shadow Minister for Home Affairs. Following the General Election in May 2005 he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.
In 2016 Mr Mitchell was appointed as a Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for Rising Powers, Cambridge University. Mr Mitchell's critical contribution will be based on his leadership and experience in public policy, foreign affairs, international development and the Africa continent.
|Ulises Canchola G. is Director General of Economic Relations, Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID). Ambassador Canchola is member of the Mexican Foreign Service since 1993. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1990), a Master's degree in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) by the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (1992), and a Diploma on Political Science by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) (1986).
Mr. Canchola has served in the Permanent Missions of Mexico to the U.N. in New York, Vienna and Geneva. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was Deputy Director General for the Security Council (2002-2005), Deputy Legal Adviser (2005), and Director General for the U.N. System (2005-2007). He was also Assistant Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico (1999-2002). Prior to his appointment in AMEXCID, he served as the Mexican Ambassador to Iran (2014-2017).
Vitalice Meja is the Executive Director of Reality of Aid Africa - a pan-African network working on poverty eradication through effective development co-operation. Mr Meja has been elected as new Co-Chair of the Civil Society Organisation Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE). He is a specialist in development policy analysis in the areas of development cooperation, economic development, poverty reduction policies and micro finance as it relates to NGOs, government and intergovernmental organizations.
Julie Gichuru is an entrepreneur and media personality. Julie is an Independent Director on the Boards of Brand KENYA Board and Acumen Communications Ltd and is a Fellow and Trustee of the Africa Leadership Initiative EA. Julie has also pioneered a number of television shows, from the first Kenyan investigative TV series, The Inside Story on KTN to various current affairs shows at NTV including political and current affairs programs. Through ARIMUS Media Limited Julie now oversees the production of quality African content such as Africa Leadership Dialogues, high school debate platform Great Debaters Contest and entertainment series Maisha. The Footprints Africa Foundation (FAF) has been established by Anthony and Julie Gichuru to help empower and grow healthy, dignified and informed societies in the region.
Ahmed Aziz Diallo, Mayor of Dori and Member of Parliament, Burkina Faso. Ahmed Aziz Diallo is the mayor of Dori, a town in north-eastern Burkina Faso, since May 2016. He was elected to the country's Parliament in the national elections of December 2015. Mr Diallo studied Management at the University of Quebec, Canada. He worked for the United Nation's peace keeping operations between 2000 and 2014. During his period at the UN, he was posted at Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Liberia.
Zeenith Ebrahim, Chief Executive Officer, General Electric South Africa Technologies Zeenith Ebrahim is responsible for GE Transportation's sales across SSA. Over the past 8 years she has led some of Africa's largest rail equipment transactions resulting in more than 500 new locomotives sold across Africa – each transaction marking a significant step forward in Africa's rail infrastructure journey. In July 2015 Ms Zeenith's responsibilities were expanded to include leading GE South Africa Technologies – a Joint Venture with the Mineworkers Investment Company – as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer. GESAT has manufactured more than 250 locomotives in South Africa. In 2010 she was appointed to lead Marketing & Market Development for GE Transportation across the Middle East & Africa. Ms Zeenith has a Bachelor of Business Science - Finance & Accounting from the University of Cape Town and a MBA from the University of Oxford as a recipient of the Nelson Mandela Scholarship.
Christoph Beier is Vice Chair of the Management Board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Prior to that he held various leading management positions within GIZ, heading the Planning and Development Department and various Regional Departments. He advised the Ministry of the Interior of Indonesia on decentralization and worked as research and teaching assistant to the chair for economics and social geography at the Ruhr-University Bochum as well as for a business promotion agency and for the Ministry of Economics in Saarland. Christoph Beier holds a number of honorary posts, such as a member of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) as well as the Board of the Bertelsmann Transformation Management Index (Bertelsmann Foundation). He studied geography, politics, ethnology and agriculture at the Technical University of Munich.
Rachel Moussié is the Acting Deputy Director of the Social Protection Programme at Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing. WIEGO is a global action research network of informal workers' organizations, researchers and development practitioners. At WIEGO, Rachel focuses on research and policy analysis on extending social protection to informal workers. She previously managed programmes on women's economic empowerment and fiscal policy reform at ActionAid International. Rachel holds a MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics.
|Douglas Frantz is Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD. Mr. Douglas Frantz took up his duties as Deputy Secretary-General on 2 November 2015. In this role, he actively contributes to the strategic direction of the OECD's development agenda, notably in the context of the cooperation with the United Nations toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. In addition to focusing on OECD's regional initiatives in South East Asia, the MENA region, Latin America and Africa, he oversees the Organisation's global relations portfolio. This includes outreach and the accession processes of candidate countries, enlarging the scope of cooperation with key partners and extending the OECD's position as a leading player in evidence-based policy analysis and dialogue to meet global economic, social and environmental challenges. He also oversees the OECD's activities on science, technology and innovation. An American citizen, Mr. Frantz came to the OECD from the U.S. State Department, where he was Assistant Secretary of State of Public Affairs. He was responsible for communications and social media worldwide, leading a bureau of more than 300 staff. Before joining the State Department, he worked for then-Senator John Kerry as deputy staff director and chief investigator of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 35 years, reporting from 40 countries and covering major conflicts including both Gulf wars and the Afghan war. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the aftermath of 9/11 while at the New York Times. He also is the author of 10 nonfiction books. Mr. Frantz holds a B.A. from DePauw University, and a Master of Science from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
|Charlotte Petri Gornitzka was elected as the Chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee in July 2016, taking up her position full time in October 2016. Before joining the DAC, Charlotte was Director General of the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida). During her tenure at Sida, Ms Petri Gornitzka contributed to maintaining Sweden as one of the most generous providers of development assistance of the 28 DAC member countries, with a special focus on the neediest countries. Charlotte was a major advocate of developing and using innovative models to stimulate investment from the private sector in development activities. Previously, Charlotte was Secretary General of Save the Children International (2008-2010) and before that Secretary General of Save the Children Sweden (2003-2008). She has also had a successful career as Under-Secretary General and Director of Communications at the Swedish Red Cross (1998-2002). Prior to that, she was Under Secretary-General and Communications Director of the Swedish Red Cross. Charlotte is co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on the Future of International Governance, Public-Private Cooperation and Sustainable Development and member of the Stewardship Board for Economic Growth and Social Inclusion.
|Pierre Duquesne is Chair of the Governing Board, OECD Development Centre, and Ambassador of France to the OECD. Ambassador Pierre Duquesne took up his duties as Permanent Representative of France to the OECD on 13 October 2014. From 2008 until his nomination as Permanent Representative of France to the OECD, Mr Duquesne served as Ambassador in charge of economic questions of reconstruction and development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. Mr Duquesne started his career in 1980. From 1980 to 1984, he was Deputy Manager of the office for French Overseas Investments and Direct Foreign Investment in France in the Treasury Department; then from 1984 to 1986, Mr Duquesne was responsible for the commercial division of currency markets of the Indosuez Bank and, from 1986 to 1991, he successively served the French Treasury as Chief of the "Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Asia", "Decentralised Communities and Large Infrastructure Projects" and "Staff and Means" offices. He then held a number of high-ranking positions in the Ministry of Economy and Finance: from 1991 to 1996, he was Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs of the French Treasury in charge of exchange matters and economic and monetary European and international affairs. In this position he was member of the Economic Policy Committee and alternate member of the Monetary Committee, both of the European Union. He was also member of the Council of Administration of the EIB, responsible for the follow-up and relations with the OECD and Head of the French delegation of FATF. From 1996 to 1997, Mr Duquesne was Deputy Secretary-General of the Commission bancaire, member of the Basel Committee and of the sub-committee on banking supervision of the European Monetary Institute, and from 1997 to 2001, Counsellor of the Prime Minister for Economic and Financial (Internal and International) Affairs. From 2001 to 2007, he served as French Executive Director for the IMF and the World Bank. He was Chair of the Audit Committee of the World Bank (2002-2007) and of the Ethics Committee of the IMF (2006-2007).
Jeremy Oppenheim, Programme Director, Business and Sustainable Development Commission. Jeremy Oppenheim was a senior partner at McKinsey until April 2016, where he worked for 24 years serving some of the world's leading companies in the finance, consumer goods, technology, healthcare and energy sectors. He worked extensively with multilateral development banks, the United Nations and governments in both developed and developing countries. In 2007, he set up McKinsey's Sustainability & Resource Productivity Practice, supporting ambitious public, philanthropic and private sector clients to put in place lowcarbon, resource-efficient strategies. Prior to this, Jeremy worked at the World Bank from 1988-1993, specialising in economic transformation programmes for middle-income countries. In 2013-2014, Jeremy was programme director of the New Climate Economy project. He sits on a number of non-profit boards, including Global Action Plan (as Chair), the Woods Hole Research Center and Rare (UK). Together with Martin Stuchtey, he is a founder and managing partner of SYSTEMIQ.
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