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Daily Trojan, Vol. 26, No. 126, April 29, 1935
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Editorial Office* RI-4111, Sta. 227 Night . PR-4776 SOTJTHIRN DAILY CALIFORNIA TROJAN Volume XXVI United Pret* World Wide News Service Los Angeles, California, Monday, April 29, 1935 Troy Baseball Team Ties for Title of Loop Letters Mailed to Greek Houses in Move To Raise Level of Funds for Team As a move in the Trojan Knights' loyalty fund drive to __send the track team to Boston for the I.C.A.A.A.A. meet, letters Joe Gonzales Hurls Third were sent t0 a11 fraternities and sororities during the week-P xr. end. asking for contributions. consecutive v ictory Letters were sent in the hope that the fraternal organiza- Over Bruins, Z-\ ___♦firms would act on the proposition in their meetings tonight to speed the Number 126 Trojan Actors Are Victors in Drama Contest Long As Battle Is Finished Mrs. Robbins Moves Entry of Touchstone Castj Is Tournament Winner For Second Time Dick Herzog^ Hit* Homer Seniors Called U.C.L.A; Nine Score, First JQ Attend out rmally buccumbs Before Trojans CiUSS Meeting Coach Sam Barry's University of Southern California varsity baseball trim today held a share of the 1935 championship of the California In-vercollegiate Baseball association with the University of California following a brilliant 2-1 victory over U. C. L. A. Joe Oonzales, Trojan sophomore pitcher, was again called upon to hurl against the Bruins by Coach Barry, and he responded in his us-i?al style, holding the Uclans to six hits and the only run which they were able to score off him in 27 innings. Gonzales had previously blanked the Westwooders in the other two games of the annual "civil war" series, winning 4-0 last Saturday and 2-0 on Wednesday. S.C. Takes Lead Richard Herzog, first-year center-fielder, who has been chosen as an all-league player by Coach Clint Evans of the California team, provided the winning margin for the Trojan team, hoisting a home run over the long right field fence of the Sawtelle diamond. The game was knotted at 1-1 when Herzog blasted out his four-ply wallop in the fiith inning. The Bruins took the lead in the Ee<onr' inning when they landed upon Gonzales for a pair of hits. Toomey bit out the first bingle, and Announcement that a meeting ox the senior class is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, in room 205, Administration building, was made by Fran Cislini, senior class president, last night. "It is important that we have a representative cross-section of the class of '35 present at the I ^ s tTs*C meeting, at which time we must decide on the disposition of the senior class fund. The senior gift, to the university as well as other matters important to seniors will be decided,'' stated Cislini. nights' request for immediate donations. Representatives of the service organization will appear at all fraternity and sorority houses tonight to explain the drive and answer questions pertaining to it. They will ask 100 per cent contributions by tonight. Co-Chairmen Co-chairmen for contacts with | fraternities are Hal Newell and Bud Simon, while Vincent Miles and Pink Jones are working with sororities. Pete Cavaney, Knight president and chairman of the drive, says checks may be made payable to the and may be given to Betty Keeler In Bob Haugh's office, or may be left in the Knight office. Cavaney has called a meeting for a joint committee made up of men Mrs. Rew Writes .Vehicle Work Shop Cjiroup of Four Thespians Directed by Florence Hubbard Trojan thespians are victorious again! Proving itself to be the finest group to enter a play in the Southern California Tournament of One-Act Plays for the second successive year, Touchstone Drama Work Shop again placed first with its entry Friday evening. This year's second successive victory was due not only to the intensive work by cast and director but also to the writing of Tacie Hanna Rew, member of the S. C. Kuhn's Backers To Gather For Meeting All supporters of Gil Kuhn, candidate for student body president, will gather at the Sigma Chi house tomorrow night at 7:30 to hold the first of Kuhn's campaign meetings. Bob Norene, campaign manager for Kuhn, said last night: "Several outstanding campus leaders will give talks in behalf of Kuhn. There will b* tb« usual entertainment, free cigars an cigarrt.es to climax the al/air." Y.W. Ice Party Officials Named For Thursday Claudia Dell, Hartley To Be In Charge of Carnival At Polar Palace Dollar Rises in Mexico Market Old Exchange Rate of 3.60 Pesos per U. S. Dollar To Prevent Loss MEXICO CITY, April 28.—(UH) —The old exchange rate of 3.60 Mexican pesos for an American dollar will prevail again tomorrow was pushed to second by a sacrifice j after a temporary increase in the bunt by McClintock. Young Bill j peso's value due to high silver Spaulding, whose father-coach was watching his every effort from the Bruin bench, knocked out a hard single, and Toomey raced acioss wi h the lone Ur!a score of the ihtee games. Staffing Pitcher Oonsales camc up in the first Jiiilf oi the next inning and bounced lone one past McClin'-O-k in center field. Spaulding finally retricv-r>d the ball in time to noM Gonzales at. third. Johnny Morrow, senior third baseman, playing his anal intercollegiate game, hoisted ut. a long sacrifice fly to left fienld, nd Gonzales scored after the atch to tie up the game. The S. C. itcher held the Bruins in check ~r the remainder ol the game, and en Herzog gave the S. C. team one-run lead, it was apparent at the Bruins were again a beaten am. Eugene Olson. Ucla hurler, pitch-another outstanding game, limit-the Trojans to six hits, but the 'ee-base hit of Gonzales and the xpe run of Herzog resulted in the (Continued on Page Three) from several campus service organi- ! School of Speech faculty, who j zations. Gar Matthews, Blue Key; B. W. Bixler, Sigma Sigma; Sid Smith, Squire president, and Joe Prenniger and Al Fitch of the Lettermen's club have been requested to meet Cavaney in the Knight office at l p.m. to formulate plans for an all-university musical show May 24. Impetus toward sending the Trojan tracksters to the annual "blue ribbon" I. C. 4-A. in the Harvard stadium on May 31 and June 1 was added over the week-end when the University of California athletic board announced that It had voted $2,500 to send a 12-man team to the meet. Cal To Send Team At the same time Stanford uni- j versity athletic authorities an-1 nounced that it was reversing a pol- J icy as made last year, and would ' again send a representative team to the meet: U. C. L. A. officials ; e-Medical Group o Initiate Tonight are known to be considering setting " up the funds to send the Bruin ^aP*cs an° vie captain. Jimmy Luvalle, to the Bos- and who is now ton meet. ; ^ rehearsal for With the three other coast 1 "** g m a 1 i o n. ' schools almost certain to have ath- ' Thomas has also letes on hand in the annual meet, it is expected that S. C. students will take it upon themselves io see to it that a full team of Trojan tracksters will compete in the I. C. 4-A. prices caused the government to withdraw silver coins from circulation to prevent economic losses. The Bank of Mexico announced tonight that when it reopens tomorrow. after Saturday's national bank holiday decreed by the government, it will resume issuance of bank drafts in unlimited amounts at the 3.60 rate which has prevailed for three years. Other banks will do likewise. Resumption of the old rate, after the peso increased in value last week to 3.30 pesos to the doUar, was forecast Friday night when the government acted dramatically to halt the peso's rise. It was feared that Mexico's exports to the United States, its home industries and its tourist trade, would suffer greatly if less than 3.60 pesos could be bought for SI. WTien silver prices soared the peso became worth more as silver than as money and hoarding resulted. In amplification of Its original statement, the government announced today that withdrawal of silver money from circulation was absolutely essential to national : KleinSmld W- ta ? : Iew th0t I have enjoyed reading to turn in au silver coins to the 1 national reserve, which will back one-peso bills and copper coins to be issued by the government. wrote this year's play, "Clipped," as well as the prize-winner of last year, "Hyacinths." Experienced Cast All four members of the prize-winning cast have received much experience on the S. C. campus and have worked together in Bovard performances for several years. Florence Hubbard, member of the School of Speech faculty and director of university play productions, directed the play, which concerned domestic troubles of a young doctor and his wife. Their problems are solved by the joint efforts of Uncle Horace and Clara, the maid of the household. The part of i Dr. Holbrook was played by Craig Thomas, who hasp? been seen on» campus in "Hazel Kirke" and **8eeM? Politicians Will Be Given Test Bishop Meeting To Be Held At 3:00 Today With Claudia Dell as mistress of | ceremonies and starter for the po-j litical candidates' race, and Dr. Charles Hartley as master of ceremonies, arrangements are being completed for the all-universUy ice carnival to be held at the Polar Palace Thursday night, May 2, under the sponsorship of the campus Y. W. C. A. An ice hockey "grudge" battle between the Kappa Alphas and Delta Chis is only one of the features of the two-hour program planned under the direction of Les-lee Sloman, entertainment chairman. Greeks To Race With the best man from each Greek letter house competing, an j inter-fraternity skating contest afternoon In Administration 206 at | " d° thS ; men s open speed skating race, and i r the style skating for couples, co- j Allen Ziegler, chairman of the chairmen Betty De Kruif and Ellen 1 constitutional committee, requests Holt announce. Awards will be j i that candidates seeking offices be given the winne of each of these I prompt to take the examination. I events. Entertainment from popular bands and the studios will be provided at this afternoon's meeting for Eames Bishop, according to Paul Rousso, campaign manager. The meeting, to be held at the Pi Kappa Alpha house at 3 o clock this afternoon, will open the Bishop-for-president campaign. Leaders of fraternities, sororities, and colleges on campus will speak on behalf of Bishop, stated Rousso, who invited all members of the S. C. student body to attend. Cigars, cigarettes, and refreshments will be provided. Constitutional Examination Passage Required of All Candidates Examinations on the A. S. U. i S. C. constitution will be given this j .ernoon in Administration 206 3:30 p.m. to political candidates. Activity Books Good for Plays Student Tickets To Admit Bearers to Group of One-Act Dramas Structures on Library Corner Finally Vacant Authorities of University Will Raze Buildings as Soon as Possible "Failure to take this examination | will automatically cancel the can-I didate's eligibility," said Ziegler. Noted Author WiU Speak at Y. M. Dinner The following students are requested to report: Mary Frances Allen. Gerda Boorse, Alene Brown, Marjorie English, Elaine Enyeart, Velma Ferraris, Myra Haynes, Betty Keeler, Grace Libby. Lucy Ann McLean, Alice Slaughter, 1 Draxy Trengove, Mary Todd, Patricia Van Norden. George Orsoline, Bill Berry. Eames Bishop, Herbert Brayer, George Brown, Robert Button, Vv'il-Playing the role of Uncle Horace.! nam Counselman, Nelson Cullen-understanding and wise, was Jack; ward. Jack Danz, Fov Draper. Swarthout, also seen in ' Hazel j Bovd Georgi, Edwin Hallock, Na-Kirke" and numerous other cam- than Halpern, Harry Leddell. I pus productions. I John R0unsaveile. Lawrence Si- Helen Hougen McCall played the m0n. Sidney Smith. Randall Spicer. appeared in scv- eral drama shop Prize Lead | plays that have 'Loting Swartbonf been presented on campus. Quasi-Hysterical A Spanish bull-figlit and a race in which three A. S. U. S. C. presidential nominees will be represented by professional skaters are included on the program, as well as an exhibition of figure skating by leading amateur and piofessional champions. Spills And Thrills Public skating wil! continue until midnight following the program. A special- rental charge of 25 cents per pair for skates has been set by the management, ping-pong tables will also be at the disposal of guests. Tickets, priced at 40 cents for general admission and 75 cents for box seats, are now being distribut Admission to the four one-act plays, to be presented Friaay and Saturday nights by the Touchstone Drama workshop, will be by student body activity books, declared Isabel Hanawalt, supervising director of the plays. The productions, which are characterized by their unusual settings, include "A Scotch Plight," "Dees American Rules," "From the East Window," and "The Devil Wears Skirts.'' The comedies have been chosen from numerous stories written by members of the Appoliad group. Night Club Setting Jane Alvies' "Dees American Rules." is set in the Ambasasdor Cocoanut Grove and includes in its cfrst Johnnie Kaye, Arthur Wisner, Eugene Browne, Rendell Terrell, ed under'the direction of Dorothy ^ By Bob Wood The battle is over. Mrs. Nancy H. Robbins, owner of the property on the southwest corner of the Memorial Library park, has moved. Over the week-end, while S. C. students were away from their classrooms, Mrs. Robbins moved her equipment from the buildings and left the campus. Final Step Planned With the moving of the tenants of the buildings the final step will be taken ln completing the landscaping of the park in front of the Edward L. Doheny Memorial library. Administrative officials of the university are planning to raze the buildings as soon as the property is clear of all legal action. The moving of Mrs. Robbins ends a four-year controversy between the university and the property owner to clear this one block on U niversity avenue. Supreme Court Rulrn The final ruling that prompted the removal of Mrs. Robbins was handed down two weeks ago when the United States supreme court refused Mrs. Robbins' attorney a writ entitling the case to be reviewed by the court. This decision proved the constitutionality of the law rendered by the California supreme court that a private institution engaged in educational work has the right of eminent domain when expanding its teaching facilities. The property in question for over four years is a combination residence and business store located on the corner of 36th and University avenue. author, soldier, and preacher, will be the guest speaker at the Y. M. C. A. dinner to be held in Aeneas hall at 6 p.m. Wednesday. One of Dr. Irvine's works, "My Lady of the Chimney Comer," has been ranked as one of the best of the 100 classics recently chosen by comedy part of the maid, winning many* laughs .from the audience, while Mary Cianunl received universal praise for he* work as the flighty, quasi-hysterical Mrs, Holbrook. The play was enacted on the stage of the Ebell cloubhouse in Santa Ana, with the home litUe theater group sponsoring the annual competition. WTlth the second triumph, the campus little theater brought home Willis Stanley, Clarke Stephens, Louis Tarlton, Bob Trap, William Warner. Warren White, Marshall Williams, and Arthur Wisner. Swarthout, Sanders Give Radio Program Faye Southworth, chairman. They may be secured from the chairman, fiom her committee members, from any member of the Y. W. cabinet, at the Y. W. house, or at the cashier's window in the bookstore. Proceeds from the benefit will be used for the maintenance of the campus Y. W. C. A. clubhouse. C.'s chapter of Kappa Zeta, onal honorary pre-medical fra-kity, will hold a dinner meeting chapters from Occidental and 'lands colleges. May 2. Four Ucla Juniors Stage Blue and Gold Day W'ESTWOOD, April 28— <CIPA> —Inaugurating what is hoped will j become a traditional day of fes- i #ges, Robert Nielson. Umber Anz. j tivity, the junior class of U. C. L. A. I rt Nunez, and George Ander- will stage and Blue and Gold day Crested* Tn will be initiated. | Friday, efiker for the evening will be, Tentative plans for the day in-ILeon Z. Wolpe. head of pediat- . elude a parade and an assembly at iservice of Los Angeles general which a free bid to the Junior ital. The fraternity is offering Prom will be given to the student to the pre-medical student | sitting in the lucky seat, g the highest scholastic aver- ; Either Orville Knaup's or Henry for the school year of 1935-36. Busse's orchestra will be secured .bers and alumni of the organi- 1 for the program. The final choice n are urged to attend the! will be revealed tomorrow aftersing. I noon. a major publishing company. Con- _____ ______ cerning the book. President von i theEmma "otls cup for °the first "It is one of the i prize as well as the Mrs. Charles A. Riggs cash award of $50. Judges Listed Mrs. Gordon C. Lange of Scripps college. Miss Janet Scott of the Pasadena Community Playhouse, and Merle McGinnis of the drama department of Huntingdon Park high school judged the plays, with Miss Scott announcing the winners. On remarking before the audience about the prize-winning play. Miss Scott emphasized the fact that t'.e attention to every detail as well •'s the speedj' tempo and splendid j team work captured the award for the Trojan thespians over unusually fine competition. twice." H&rrv Leddel, assistant yell leader. will lead the group in some old familiar songs, and Jimmy Davis, pianist, will entertain. This meeting marks the resumption of the Y. M. C. A. dinners, which were discontinued due to efforts devoted to the Good Will night and the American-Oriental Relations conference. George Lawrence, program chairman states: "All men who are in-constructive, recrea- pton Sinclair Rises From His EPIC Political Grave niuJ Press. Upto nSinclair. founder of the "end poverty" movement, night urged a convention of his followers to "adopt the ocratic party nationally as the most practical way of ng political power" in the United States. The gray-haired author was cheered by the gathering, ^called to adopt an agenda for the general convention of the "Epic" party next month when he said that while he "never again will seek public office." he would devote his energies to furthering principles of the "Epic" movement. Sinclair, returned from a brief rest at Santa Barbara, following intensive campaigns last fall and early this spring, said he intended "by writing and speaking'' to support the political organization he founded. "We believe we have proved the wisest way to proceed is by forming an educational or propaganda society, calling on the people to enter one of the old parties and take possession of it at the primaries. It is cheaper and easier to do this than to try to form a new party." tion service organization are wel comed to become members of the Y. M. C. A. We will welcome all who are able to attend the dinner." Tickets for Wednesday's affair may be purchased at the Religious Conference office, 258 Administration, or at the "Y" office, 326 Student. Union. Max van Lewen Swarthout, pi- J t*OV PrPSIHPnf list, director of the School of A 1 y 7 iwoiuwii Now on Council anist Music, and Davol Sanders, professor of violin of the school, were heard together over station KECA yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Grieg's "Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Piano" was chosen by them for their presentation. Swarthout has recently been honored by an election to the board of directors of the National Piano Teachers Guild, whose headquarters are in New York City. Among the other directors are Walter Damrosch, Rudolph Ganz, and James Francis Cooke. Politicians Riot MONTEREY, Mexico, April 28 — (LIE)—Political rioting tonight caused one death and injury of six. It Most Have Been..._ By United Press. Mrs. Lucille Truesdell. who has been hiccoughing at the rate of or.ee every three or four minutes for 340 hours, last night got a wealth of advice from a brigade cf home-remedy experts. Goodwill Tour Started by Eighty Students From S.C. Musical Organization Staff gistrars To Meet * * * * ints To Be Gained is imperative that all girls igned up to work on the regis-a of voters meet with me touring the assembly period in cial hall on the third noor Student Union," said Eileen n last night. following women are also to report for the conference: McLean, Gerda Boorse, Board. Betty de Kruif. Lytle, Mary Jane Booth, »n» Sturgeon, and Louise Assembly for Nominees To Be Friday Official Announcement from Office of the President Following is the official announcement received from the office of the president: Student body nominations assembly has been set for Friday, May 3, at 11:15 a.m. The following class schedule will be effective on tthat date: 8-8:40 8:50—9:30 9:40—10:20 10:30—11:10 11:15—Student Body Assembly. R. B. von KlelnSmid President Representing the musical organization and School of Music of S. C., eighty members of the orchestra, band, and glee clubs left at noon yesterday on a three-day tour in central California. While on this tour, concerts will be given at Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield. Arriving at Santa Maria late Sunday afternoon, the first concert was given for the First Methodist church, following a complimentary dinner. At 9 o'clock this morning a concert will be given by the students for an assembly at the Santa Marla high school. Following this, members of the group will leave immediately for San Luis Obispo and present a specially arranged program for the junior high school. A complimentary luncheon is next on the program, with another concert scheduled for later in the afternoon at the Elmo theater, under the auspices of the San Luis Obispo Rotary club. With only a few minutes rest, members will again continue their tour, the next stop being Paso Robles. Here an evening performance will be presented at the Paso Robles theater. On Tuesday morning an early start will be made for-Fresno. According to the schedule, a complimentary luncheon concert will be given at the California hotel for the 20-30 club. The group will then go to the Fresno high school for an assembly program. At 6:30 a complimentary dinner has been planned by H. Wingate Lake for Notice of the election of Dr. Rufus B, KleinSmid, president of the university, to the council of the national committee on prisons and prison labor, at a meeting of the New York Bar association, was received last night. He will remain on the committee for a year. President von KleinSmid left Thursday night to meet with the board of visitors to the naval academy at Annapolis, where senators and representatives will discuss the future naval program this evening. Included in his two weeks' trip will be a visit to Washington, D. C. It is being directed by Caxine Adams, with Jane Welton as assistant j director, and Isabel Hanawalt act- i ing as technical director. Novel lighting effects characterizes "A Scotch Plight," a story by Hortense Williams. Freda Scroggins is directing the production, j while Hortense Williams is assist-! ant, and Ruth Cagee is in charge of props. Members of the cast are George Lawrence, Bernice Foulkes, Marion Bills, Gretchen Marsden, and Philip Black. Hartigan Directs Marthella Hartigan is directing -From An East Window1," a play by Mrs. H. M. McCoy. Jane Reed is assistant director, and Lillian Pre-seU is manager, while Peggy Barton, Homer Bell. Vorina Hills, Pat Fraide, and Bob Evans make up the cast. Lloyd Stone's amusing farce, "The Devil Wears Skirts," includes George Keyzers, Jane Johantgen, Marjorie McNair, and Tom Alworth in the cast. Margaret Reynolds is directing, Priscilla Stone is acting as props manager, and Geraldine Johnson is assistant director. Hossain To Discuss 'Crisis in Religion9 Professor Syud Hossain will lead a discussion upon "The Critics in Religion Today," in 337 Doheny at 2:30 D.m., 'Vednesday afternoon. This discussion will be the third In a series being sponsored by the Y. M. C. A., and has been restricted to a small group in order that everyone may have ample opportunity to ask questions. The discussion will last an hour. Everyone is welcome, but it is necessary for those who plan to attend to make reservations at the Religious Conference office, 258 Administration. No Job for James WASHINGTON, April 28—(U.P) — The White House tonight officially denied published reports that James Roosevelt, a son of the president, would come to Washington to join Students Will Film Scenes From Play For the first time cinematrogra-phy students will actually film scents from a Little Show performance, to be presented May 21 in the CeUar theater. Old College. The play Is a humorous adaptation of Jonn Erskine's "Galahad.'' and. according to Miss Perle Ec.dy of the cinematography department, will be produced independent of night classes in acting which heretofore have helped in the presentations. Under the direction of Llovd Stone, this offering will once more take the form of a studio production, with camera and lights on the stage, and will consist of 20 scenes and 200 shots. Finishing touches to the play will be made th3 following day, with the completed film scheduled for showing at the Festival of Allied Arts the same week. Chosen from 30 studei^s in tryout. the cast includes"; Francia Fmtell, as Guinevere; George Irwin. as King Arthur: Brainerd Duffield, as King Pelles; Dorothy Southward, as Elaine; Maurice Luis, as Launcelot, and Thomas the chief executive's secretarial King, as Gallahad. these students of S. C. From the rT~' ______117*77 lobby of the California hotel, a LYCYlgOVC Will Hold First Meet at 8:30 concert will be broadcast via the Fresno Bee's station, KMJ, by remote control. Wednesday morning all members of this musical tour will again assemble and leave for their next destination, Visalia. After completing a program for the Visalia senior high school, they will visit Bakersfield, the last stage of the journey. A concert will be given for the students of Bakersfield high school and junior college before returning to Los Angeles. According to Harold WillLjn Roberts, director of musical organizations, this tour of the members of the band, orchestra, and glee clubs of S. C. will be valuable both for the experience and enjoyment it will give the students and for the good-will that it should promote for the university as a whole "All Trojans are Invited to attend the open house to be held tonight at 8:30 at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, 2659 Ellen-dale place, scheduled as the opening meeting supporting Draxy Trengove, candidate for A S. U S. C. vice-president," stated Lonnie Hood, campaign manager. He Is planning to make the meeting short and snappy with plenty of refreshments, cigars, and cigarettes for everybody that attends the meeting. J. C. Handbill Distributor Released on Fine Payment L.A. JUNIOR COLLEGE. April 28—(CIPA)—Margot Lamb, who was convicted last Friday on a charge of distributing handbills without a permit at the time of the April 12 antiwar strike, received nation-wide publicity last night when Walter Winchell revealed that she served only three hours of a 25-day sentence when Lewis* Keeting, motion picture actor, paid a $50 fine for her. Winchell said Keeting will protest to President Roosevelt over what he termed unjust action taken in the case. Miss Lamb vigorously denies that she circulated Communistic propaganda. The sentence she received is declared to be the largest ever given for such an offense. According to Eugene Droginsky, L. A.J.C. student strike leader, a collection will be made among students to repay Keeting. Chairman Issues Call * * * * Active Coeds Needed Drowning Statistics By United Press. The chanccs are one in 8,000.000 . .. . nf you will drown this summer. Sta- tapblerrC°"CeSSJf"f' J*16 ice cream, peanuts, popcorn, ana Issuing a call for girls wishing to earn activity points, June Fields, chairman of the concessions for the all-university ice carnival, to be held May 2, requests all interested women to sign up with Mrs. Janet McCoy White, executive secretary, at the Y. W. C. A. house, 674 West 36th street, today. Coeds will have charge of the seat cushions and the ping-pong tistics disclosed yesterday by James K. Reid, supervisor of beaches ln Los Angeles county, showthat probability according to records candy at the Polar Palace when the Trojans gather there Thursday night, according to Miss Fields
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Editorial Office*
RI-4111, Sta. 227
Night . PR-4776
Volume XXVI
United Pret* World Wide News Service
Los Angeles, California, Monday, April 29, 1935
Troy Baseball Team Ties for Title of Loop
Letters Mailed to Greek Houses in Move To Raise Level of Funds for Team
As a move in the Trojan Knights' loyalty fund drive to __send the track team to Boston for the I.C.A.A.A.A. meet, letters
Joe Gonzales Hurls Third were sent t0 a11 fraternities and sororities during the week-P xr. end. asking for contributions.
consecutive v ictory Letters were sent in the hope that the fraternal organiza-
Over Bruins, Z-\ ___♦firms would act on the proposition in
their meetings tonight to speed the
Number 126
Trojan Actors Are Victors in Drama Contest
Battle Is Finished Mrs. Robbins Moves
Entry of Touchstone Castj Is Tournament Winner For Second Time
Dick Herzog^ Hit* Homer Seniors Called
U.C.L.A; Nine Score, First JQ Attend out rmally buccumbs
Before Trojans CiUSS Meeting
Coach Sam Barry's University of Southern California varsity baseball trim today held a share of the 1935 championship of the California In-vercollegiate Baseball association with the University of California following a brilliant 2-1 victory over U. C. L. A.
Joe Oonzales, Trojan sophomore pitcher, was again called upon to hurl against the Bruins by Coach Barry, and he responded in his us-i?al style, holding the Uclans to six hits and the only run which they were able to score off him in 27 innings. Gonzales had previously blanked the Westwooders in the other two games of the annual "civil war" series, winning 4-0 last Saturday and 2-0 on Wednesday.
S.C. Takes Lead
Richard Herzog, first-year center-fielder, who has been chosen as an all-league player by Coach Clint Evans of the California team, provided the winning margin for the Trojan team, hoisting a home run over the long right field fence of the Sawtelle diamond. The game was knotted at 1-1 when Herzog blasted out his four-ply wallop in the fiith inning.
The Bruins took the lead in the Ee
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.... the companionship of an animal pal can give hope and encouragement to a seven-year-old dealing with a critical illness
Some people say less is more, but not for seven-year-old Caleb. That's why he made a jumbo-sized wish to be the honorary owner of an elephant.
Caleb, diagnosed with leukemia, always wanted a pachyderm pal. Since elephants are less-than-ideal house pets, the best way for him to get his wish was to adopt an elephant. But Make-A-Wish volunteers know the companionship of an animal pal can give hope and encouragement to a seven-year-old dealing with a critical illness, so they do everything they can to grant this wish.
The Make-A-Wish Oklahoma team finds an Asian elephant and arrange for Caleb to be it honorary owner.
The boy and his elephant bond quickly over Caleb's offerings of strawberries and donuts. The two then get ready for a party to celebrate their friendship.
Caleb introduces the elephant to his guests during a fun-filled wish party, complete with clowns, pony rides and tasty barbecue.
The elephant adds his own bit of fun, showing off his sports and musical talents. He swats a soccer ball around and plays the harmonica with his trunk.
As honorary owner, Caleb can visit the elephant at the sanctuary whenever he wants. Caleb eagerly plans to bring more strawberries and donuts, plus some peanuts to feast on.
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Caleb! You are awesome! You wished to own an elephant!!! Well, I would also have to agree that the elephant is simply the coolest animal ever. We should be in an elephant enthusiasts club. Keep on fighting, you will be in my prayers!
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Caleb! An elephant, Wow! i've always wanted an elephant! I would've wished for an elephant myself. Thats a Great Wish! I'm sure your elephant is a very happy fellow! I send all of my love! Keep fighting!
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The discourse on fertility is expansive and heated, covering areas of public policy on families, health, wages and personal relationships. Women traverse a long road of facts and opinions before deciding on when and in what circumstances to start their families.
In her frequently cited book, "Ready: Why Women are Embracing the New Later Motherhood," first released in 2007, Elizabeth Gregory, professor and director of the Women's, Gender and Sexuality program at the University of Houston, relayed the results of her research on the growing trend for women to wait until their 30s and 40s to start families. Reasons cited by those she interviewed include: finishing higher education degrees, establishing themselves in careers, traveling and finding the right partner.
In the updated preface to the forthcoming new edition of "Ready" (due out Aug. 7), Gregory explores the progression of the trend over the past five years, bringing the statistics up to the present:
- Today, nearly 40 percent of all babies born in the U.S. have moms 30 years old or older
- Births fell among women of all age groups between 2007 and 2010, except those 40-44 (births to teen moms and women 20–24 fell 17 percent and 16 percent, respectively, while births to women 40-44 rose more than 6 percent
- One in every seven births in the U.S. is to a mom over 35, as is one in every 12 first births
"These data indicate that women see advantages to delay," she notes, "whether by a little or a lot, in spite of ongoing media myths. U.S. women have been learning from one another's examples that delay often makes sense, operating as a shadow benefits system for families in our current family-unfriendly work system, which often punishes women for having children." New studies indicate that college-educated women earn substantially more across their careers for every year of delay, and that women who delay family until they're 35 or older report being much happier than they were before their children were born, long term, while their younger mother counterparts report the opposite.
Gregory has compiled a list of "Myths About Later Motherhood" for the Council on Contemporary Families. Her list explores misinformation that may impede a woman from making an informed choice. Specifically, she challenges the myths that:
- Those who delay motherhood past the age of 35 are unlikely to conceive
- Those who conceive after 35 put their children at risk
- Health issues and a lack of energy will prevent older parents from enjoying their kids
The Council on Contemporary Families, based at the University of Miami, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association of family researchers and practitioners across disciplines. Its mission is to provide accurate information about how American families are evolving, along with the latest research about how to help today's diverse families build on their distinctive strengths and minimize their vulnerabilities.
"The trend toward delayed marriage and motherhood, which is largely good news, has been greeted with dire predictions about how educated women are pricing themselves out of the marriage market and cheating themselves out of the chance for a family," said Stephanie Coontz, CCF director of research and public education. "Elizabeth's research is a perfect example of the council's mission. She strips away myths and exaggerations about the consequences of postponing motherhood, laying out the benefits and risks in a balanced, well-researched manner that allows women and men to make more informed decisions about their family planning.


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Elle Decor | Truth in Decorating, March 2018
"Olympia Demilune" by Mary McDonald For Chaddock
At Home With Dogs & Their Designers | 2017
"Pugs, Hugs and Lots of Chic In Between"
House Beautiful Style Secrets | 2017
"Showcasing the Power Of Symmetry"
Elle Decor | Truth in Decorating, September 2017
"The Top Ten Bar Cabinets"
Hotel Chic | 2017
"L'Hotel, Paris, France"
West Luxury | Some Things About Mary, June 2017
"A day with interior designer Mary McDonald"
Traditional Home | Curated , October 2016
"Malmaison" by Mary McDonald for Chaddock
House Beautiful| Design Secrets, April 2016
Feature Story: "When you decorate for a friend the job is never done - and thank goodness. In the hands of this dynamic designer, one Beverly Hills house just keeps getting better."
Elliman | The Design Issue, June 2016
"The Meryl Streep of Design"
Elle Decor | Truth in Decorating, March 2016
"The top ten chaise longues" The Demetria Chaise by Mary McDonald For Chaddock
Coveted | The American Issue, March 2016
"Design is not about what we can see but what we feel, that is the true meaning of a designer's work"
Kansas City Magazine | Deck The Halls, December 2015
"Josephine Cabinet" by Mary McDonald For Chaddock
Elle Decor | What's Hot, November 2015
"A visit to Napoleon's Chateau de Malmaison with it's legendary collection of neoclassical antiques, led by designer Mary McDonald"
Portrait Magazine | Always in Style, Fall 2015
"A colorful and enlightening conversation with Mary McDonald"
Millieu Magazine | Pairing Palettes, September 2015
The Maison love seat by Mary McDonald for Chaddock featured
Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles | In Conversation, September 2015
Los Angeles based designer Mary McDonald discusses her 2015 fabric collection for F Schumacher & Co.
Conversations with Blue Carreon | Mary McDonald, February 2015
"Up close and personal with icons of fashion, interior design, and art."
Cottages & Gardens | A Merry McDonald Christmas, December 2014
"15 tips for a chic and happy holiday from designer Mary McDonald."
Elle Decor | Truth In Decorating, November 2014
Drayton Center Table by Mary McDonald for Chaddock: " The Classical reference of those columns is clever." "It's a great-looking piece, extremely handsome"
House Beautiful | The Experts, November 2014
Mary McDonald's Abaca Rugs - "Simply Gorgeous. They're structured and graphic but still have an organic quality."
Architectual Digest | Discoveries, September 2014
"In her new line for Chaddock designer Mary McDonald reinterprets classic European furniture forms with a contemporary, decidedly American spirit."
ID Boston | Old School, Fall 2014
Featured: Mary McDonald's Chinios Palais fabric in Aquamarine.
House & Garden Australia | 5 minutes w/ Mary McDonald, July 2014
"Leading US interior designer Mary McDonald, known for her glamorous interiors and A-list clientele, shares her design philosophy."
Muses & Visionaries | Mad about Mary, March 2014
"From life as a Milliner to a celebrity interior designer, tastemaker Mary McDonald is building a brand of style one project at a time."
C Magazine | Merry & Bright, Winter 2013
"C Magazine ventured beyond the glossy black door of her Hollywood Hills residence to see how daring interior designer Mary McDonald prepares for a season of entertaining." Download PDF
Elle Decoration Indonesia | Verdant Seduction, October 2013
Elle Decoration Indonesia gives a look inside Mary McDonald's design process.
House Beautiful | Palette Cleanser, September 2013
" I went with a clean California take on French country, with a teeny bit of industrial sparseness."
Elle Decoration Indonesia | Style Icon, September 2013
Elle Decoration Indonesia names Mary McDonald this months "Style Icon".
Hamptons Magazine | The Influencers, August 2013
"Design world superstars Mary McDonald And Nate Berkus share their fashion choices for the Peconic land trust luncheon."
Elle Decor | Trend Alert, July 2013
"Who says the big cat can't change its spots? Vivid new hues are showing up on runways, and in homes both classic and contemporary."
Traditional Home | The Devils in the Details, July 2013
"True to form, her collection reinterprets traditional design in a clean, graphic, and glamourous way. Trust us; your upholstery will look like a million bucks."
Coastal Living | Fabric Finds, June 2013
"My collection is Park Avenue with a nod to rock and roll."
Vogue Australia | A World of Pattern, May 2013
"Los Angeles based interior designer Mary McDonald turns her hand to textiles with a chic collection of fabrics for Schumacher."
Traditional Home | New + Next Palette, May 2013
Traditional Home includes Mary's "Garden of Persia" fabric in their "New + Next Palette" section.
Elle Decor | Soft Touch, April 2013
"With her new fabric and rug lines, Mary McDonald brings a blast of L.A. energy to traditional elegance."
Traditional Home | Santa Barbara Show House, September 2012
"Santa Barbara is a bit woodsy and a bit beachy"
House Beautiful | Bar Story, July - August 2012
" I pull up a table to my cabinet bar so guests can mix their drinks easily"
ARRAY | There's something about Mary, May 2012
"One upon a time designers toiled in the background, working as un-sung heroes, treated as servants, and rarely lauded for their efforts. Clearly, those times have changed as many of today's interior designers are becoming as famous as rock stars." Download PFD
Luxe | Lady Luxe, April 2012
"2012 Greystone Showhouse"
X Magazine | Mary McDonald, Spring 2012
" I set my own standard for chic and change my bag accordingly to my outfit, not the current trend."
Woodbury | In the bedroom with Mary, Winter 2012
" I can't help myself. I love something to be luxurious and inviting"
Elle Decor | Truth in Decorating, July 2011
" A contemporary-style daybed can connect two sitting areas: Because it usually has no back, people can sit on either side."
People Magazine | Chic Spring Decor, April 2011
" Celebrate the season with celeb designer Mary McDonald's nature-inspired tablescape."
Santa Barbara | Luxe Lady, March 2011
" I want the reader not to only look through the book but be immersed in what the pages exude"
Decor | Mary McDonald, Winter 2011
"With a new fabric line, book and reality TV show, design maven Mary McDonald is taking her brand of couture chic to a new level"
Town & Country | Fashion & Style, October 2010
"I'm always buying evening gowns - not necessarily because I have a particular event to wear them to, but just because I love them"
Wall Street Journal | Drama Queen, October 2010
"Rare is the interior designer who can use leopard-print wallpaper, upholstery and drapes in a single room and still net an impossibly elegant space, but Los Angeles-based Mary McDonald has made a name for herself by just such counterintuitive maneuvers."Download PDF
C Magazine | Glamour Girl, October 2010
"Mary McDonald's new decor tome highlights the drama and enchantment instilled in every interior she touches"
Rooms to Inspire in the City
Stylish Interiors for Urban Living
by Annie Kelly, Rizzoli Publishing, 2010
LA Confidential | The Fantastic Four, April - May 2010
"Interior Design in Los Angeles has always been something of a motley affair... four designers are helping to forge its aesthetic."
Luxe | Think Pink, Spring 2010
"Mary McDonald is known for being somewhat of a design daredevil, particularly when it comes to color."
Luxe Los Angeles | Greystone Reimagined, Spring 2010
Veranda | Defining Design, March 2010
"Design is moving towards more organically inspired textile patterns, furniture silhouettes and architectural materials."
House Beautiful | Color - Stronger! December - January 2010
"People have rules about bedrooms, that they're always supposed to be soft and pastel. Why can't they be zippy and vibrant?."
Domino | the good girl's guide to Rebellion, February 2009
Domino calls her the "decorating daredevil" with "genius methods"
C Magazine | Golden State Holiday Glam, December 2008
C Magazine "McDonald tempers old-world glamour with modern-day point of view for all her design projects."
Veranda | Winter Warmth, November 2008
"Every room tells a story with objects, colors, patterns and textures that reveal character and evoke a desired mood or feeling."
Western Interiors | Glamour!, November 2008
Western Interiors "McDonald sets a modern interior against a traditional canvas in a way that feels glamorous and sharp."
House Beautiful | 101 makeovers!, February 2008
House Beautiful calls her work "timeless and glamorous all spun together with a keen fashion sense". McDonald is "a fearless, exuberant accessorizer."
House Beautiful | American Style is Color, June 2006
"This is the perfect American family home. It's optimistic, comfortable, and colorful."
Domino | High Style Made Easy, January 2006
"Anyone who sees her home as an extension of her personal style will be right in step with Mary McDonald's decorating approach."
Town and Country | Merry Mary, December 2005
Town and Country "McDonald brings the birds out of the trees and stars out of the sky"
House & Garden | Marquee Players, June 2002
House & Garden "McDonald recreates the spirit of Old Hollywood with a fit-for-a-starlet transformation of the bedroom."
House & Garden | Hats Off!, November 2001
"Her decoration skills are sought after by select Hollywood clientele... who love the glamorous spin she gives to classic furniture and antiques."


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December 12th, 2011 | By QGODFEAR
Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry discusses the symbol of the mosaic pavement:
"The mosaic pavement in an old symbol of the Order. It is met with in the earliest rituals of the last century. It is classed among the ornaments of the lodge along with the indented tassel and the blazing star. Its party-colored stones of black and white have been readily and appropriately interpreted as symbols of the evil and good of human life."
In today's movies you will always find a Checkered board floor, Checkerboard ceiling, or some form of Checker boarding. In watching many Films, Music Videos, or TV Shows over the last 5 years such as The Matrix, Street Kings, Titanic, Inception, Contagion, Once upon a time, George W. Bush, J. Edgar Hoover, Prince Williams highly visible wedding, Beyonce Videos, Rihanna Videos, Kanye West Videos, Most Disney films, and so many more that I began to wonder what is the symbolization or importance of having a checkered board scene some where in every piece of film work?
In doing my research a Checkered Board floor is symbolic of spiritual communication or a gateway to the Spirit Realm which ONLY includes channeling of Good spirits(God) and Evil spirits(Satan). Putting it simple and to the point, most of the films or Artists mentioned are not speaking on Jesus or being saved, so the checker board is a blatant way of letting each of us know that we are being demonically communicated to…SPIRITUALLY! Think about it…When God speaks do YOU see his lips move??? NO, he speaks to your soul one on one, through an uplifting song, a parent, a girlfriend, or any way that your spiritual intellect will allow him too. God speaks to us everday as it is put best here in
Job 33:14-18 " For God does speak—now one way, now another though no one perceives it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride, to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.
The enemy mimicks and distorts this scripture through his tools which come now in Full HD which include, Movies, Video Games, Radio, Commercials, Music Videos, Computers, Internet, TV Shows, etc.
Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
We are living in such a special but yet crucial frame in time where some remain completely unaware of what is to come, while some, sit back completely aware, with the information to open the minds of an entire generation, and they do nothing, say nothing, or continue to use their God given talents to glorify negativity.
Isaiah 41:9-12 " I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all "
I am not the all knowing, but GOD is, and if my time on earth can just spark or even ignite a fire in YOU to move for righteousness by the use of your gift to compel another to Soldier up for what's righteous, I have completed my life's mission. Like I've always said " THE MOVEMENT DON'T STOP" from the windows to the walls, to life's dance floor to me doin the "wap" on a checkered floor!
GOD IS THE GREAT I AM,THE KING OF KINGS, as we all should humbly bow down, recognize, and ask for mercy & forgiveness through repentance….Daily. Our life time is at hand.
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Alexis Kienlen: The birds and the bees
"It's strange that we continue to vilify an insect that is so important to us. The negative attitude against bees can be seen when people start discussing urban beekeeping. Many cities, including the city of Edmonton, have not legalized urban beekeeping. This is a pretty sad, since urban bees add to food security and biodiversity within a city. People who argue against urban beekeeping say that it is a danger to people, because of the risk of death from bee stings. In fact, the proportion of people who are allergic to bee stings is quite small. Only about .4 per cent of the American population is allergic to bee stings. According to Statistics Canada, 22 people died from bee stings in Canada between 2000 and 2006. More people die each year from falling down stairs. Most bees will only sting if they are endangered, and most of the time, people are stung by wasps.
The lack of knowledge about bees and the role they play in pollination has hindered the urban beekeeping movement. I know a man who kept a hive of bees in his yard even though it wasn't legal in Edmonton. He contacted his neighbours and told them he would be keeping a hive on his property. His neighbours told him they were fine with this. Then one day, an animal services officer showed up at his place and told him there had been a complaint. One of his neighbours had found out keeping bees in Edmonton was illegal, and she had reported him. The beekeeper had to remove his bees from the city or risk a $500 a day fine. He later found out which neighbour had reported him and asked her if his bees had been bothering her. She told him, with complete seriousness, "Well, they were all over my garden and were buzzing around my flowers."
I wish people would realize the importance of the bee's work, and work to preserve these fascinating creatures. People often talk about endangered tigers, polar bears or sharks, yet they don't seem to think about what they can do to preserve the honeybee, a creature that has a more direct impact on the average human life than a tiger or a polar bear.
In my perfect world, urban beekeeping would be legal in all cities. Beekeeping would be as common as gardening and people would relax in their yards, drink a cup of tea sweetened with a spoonful of honey, and sit and watch their bees."
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On International Women's Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, calls on States to promote, in particular, the social, cultural, and economic rights of rural women:
"Violence against women results from a complex interplay of individual, family, community and social factors. I have emphasised the need for a holistic approach that does not treat all women homogenously, but recognizes that discrimination and violence affect women in different ways depending on how they are positioned within different social, economic and cultural contexts.
In my numerous country visits I have witnessed first-hand the multiple forms of discrimination and inequality that rural women experience. Rural women are discriminated against in accessing assets and resources, and, they are more likely to be involved in unpaid family related work or in low paid work. They are also at higher risk of being subjected to violence, with far less access to remedies and redress for the human rights violations they suffer. Furthermore, economic and financial crises, like those that the world is currently experiencing, tend to exacerbate the multiplicity of discriminatory practices that rural women have to face.
The realization of economic and social rights for rural women, increased and equal access to assets and resources, including equal inheritance rights, is a necessary step to sever the dependence of women on their spouses and families. Legal and policy environments which are responsive and promote independence and empowerment of women, is also essential for women to seek remedies for violations of rights.
I call upon States and other stakeholders to step up efforts aimed at empowering women, particularly rural women. The active participation of women in development and poverty reduction programmes is an issue of utmost importance to tackle and eliminate the structural causes of violence against women."
Ms. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa) was appointed Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences in June 2009 by the UN Human Rights Council, for an initial period of three year. As Special Rapporteur, she is independent from any government or organization and serves in her individual capacity. Ms. Manjoo is also a Professor at the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town.
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Boy's week has started out rough.
Sunday night he cried at bedtime because he's afraid of the dark despite the landing strip night lights available throughout the room.
Monday night he cried at bedtime because his tummy hurt and his feet hurt because he ate too much and he's afraid of the dark. He may have eaten too much as we're celebrating Big Sister's birthday and cake and ice-cream were eaten after dinner, so I assumed maybe that was the issue.
Last night at bedtime (Tuesday, marking three nights in a row), he cried because his legs hurt and his arms hurt because he ate too much and he's afraid of the dark. He continued to cry when I told him to go potty one last time and nobody would turn on the light for him.
"Come here," I said.
He walked over with his head down and tears running down his face (I swear if I could make myself cry as an actor like he can, I'd probably be doing some serious paid gigs).
I reminded him he could turn the light on when he was three and now that he's four, he ought to be able to turn the light on by himself.
While he was in the bathroom my wife told me he'd exited the bus that afternoon crying. Someone "grabbed and twisted" his ear. The bus driver knew the perpetrator and responded, and an apology was given from the offender, but I'm worried about the excessive crying and its root (not that little boys shouldn't cry, but the more a little boy cries the bigger a target he paints on himself), and I'm worried about returning to bullying in preschool. Is the crying symptomatic of not wanting to go to bed because waking up represents going back to school where we're not having as much fun as we thought we would?
Is it simply symptomatic of not wanting to go to bed and a fear of missing out on all the fun mom and dad might be having without him?
Is he just overtired as he falls asleep within seconds of opening the bedtime book?
So I have some reading to do:
For empathy: "Another Preschool Bully" is an Indianapolis' mom's reaction and reader commentary. And for possible exploration (I haven't had a chance to explore the whole yet: the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute's website looks like it has some resources.
Luckily, we are in a school now that is both accredited and within the public system, so the network of assistance we have available is vast as evidenced by the bus driver's immediate handling of the situation. I just want to find out more.


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TODAY's Matt Lauer gives an overview of the brand-new LEED-certified George W. Bush Presidential Library, which has 80 terabytes of digital information including 4 million photographs, 200 million emails and 43,000 artifacts.
When the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated on Thursday, President Barack Obama, all the living former presidents, dignitaries and thousands of visitors will descend on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas to see the largest and most expensive of all the presidential centers.
Opening to the public on May 1, the library will showcase some of the most trying moments of the 43rd president's time in office, including the bullhorn he used when he spoke to first responders working at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terror attacks, and one of the maps showing Hurricane Katrina's damage with "The President has seen" stamped in red lettering across the top.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Docent Patricia Flynn demonstrates an interactive with information about conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq during a tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Wednesday. More than 8,000 people are expected to attend Thursday's invitation-only dedication of the center.
Though it will crowd out the others in the headlines this week, the George W. Bush Presidential Library is but the 13th of the presidential library and museum facilities. Here's how it stacks up.
Least popular
Last year, only 44,549 people visited the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. Among the exhibits at the facility in West Branch, Iowa, are 440 embroidered flour sacks — gifts from the people of Belgium as thanks for establishing the volunteer-driven relief program during World War I that distributed food to the war-ravaged country.
Most popular
With well over 300,000 visitors in FY2012, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark., is the most popular of the presidential libraries. Clinton's library includes a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, set up just as it was in the Clinton White House. It's "always a draw for young and old," says Clinton Foundation spokesperson Jordan Johnson.
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The Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., seen in November 2009.
Smallest space
Every president since Herbert Hoover, who served as commander in chief from 1929 to 1933, has been awarded a presidential library. At 47,000 square feet, Hoover's measures smallest of all. Compared to the Clinton Presidential Center, "our footprint is smaller than their glass front," says Hoover archivist Matt Schaefer.
Biggest space
George W. Bush's entire facility, which includes a library, museum, policy center, and institute, takes the cake at 226,560 square feet in total space across all building floors . As the saying goes: Everything is bigger in Texas.
NBC's David Gregory reflects on the presidency of George W. Bush, who is preparing to open his presidential library on Thursday.
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Former Presidents Herbert Hoover, right, and Harry Truman walk through doorway of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 1962. The two took a short tour of the library during a dedication ceremony in Hoover's birthplace on his 88th birthday.
Smallest collection
The Hoover Library — the facility is filled with 6,600 cubic feet of traditional archive material, 140 cubic feet of audio and video, and some 9,000 museum artifacts. By contrast, the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum boasts 28,000 cubic feet of materials on display, including the telephone Nixon used to call Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon to congratulate them on the first successful lunar landing.
Despite its relatively small stature, the dedication of Hoover's library in 1962 began the important tradition of having living presidents attend. Crossing party lines, former President Harry Truman joined Hoover, saying, "I wouldn't miss it." Eisenhower was invited but didn't attend.
Most expensive
Once again, the honor goes to the George W. Bush presidential library. The project was designed by Robert A. M. Stern, the dean of architecture at Yale. The price tag? $250 million, according to architecture firm spokesman Christian Rizzo.
Least expensive
At the opposite end of the spectrum sits the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library. Adjusted for inflation, FDR's facility cost about $6 million.
Most famous architect
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, ever the trend-setter, chose I. M. Pei to design the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum before Pei was a household name.
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Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Least famous architect
The least-famous architect was one of the presidents himself. Among Roosevelt's many passions was architecture and the final version of his library hewed closely to a Dutch Colonial sketch he drew envisioning the project, which no doubt saved a hefty chunk of change in design fees.
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George W. Bush entered the White House after one of the closest and most contested elections in U.S. history. The two-term president served during some of the nation's most turbulent times. Take a look at the pivotal images from George W. Bush's presidency.
- Who foots the bill for presidential libraries?
- As Bush re-emerges on public stage, a mixed presidential legacy takes shape


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Fukushima may still be reeling from last year's nuclear disaster, but a global interest in nuclear power looks to be on the up and up — even here in the U.S.
Yesterday, for the first time in over 30 years, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave the nod on the construction of two brand new nuclear reactors at Georgia's Plant Vogtle. The approval has been dubbed "the strongest signal yet" that the thirty-year hiatus on nuclear plant construction may finally be coming to an end. Could this be the beginning of a renaissance in nuclear energy production?
Probably not... at least not for now (or, rather, at least not here in the States). In fact, the reactors that were approved yesterday — which, if all goes according to plan, should both be finished by 2017 — are liable to be the last ones built in the U.S. until some time after 2020. Scott Peterson, vice president of the Nuclear Energy Institute, prefers not to call it a "nuclear renaissance," but rather a "first wave" for new reactors; in other words: it will be a while before it becomes clear whether or not the NRC's approval signals a true revival to the nuclear industry.
The new reactor designs are the first to incorporate passive safety features (i.e. features that require little-to-no human intervention, and do not depend on electricity to operate). Many of these features have been implemented in direct response to "lessons learned" from Fukushima, like water that is automatically released to cool the reactor core in the event of a meltdown.
While there's definitely a strong anti-nuclear voice (at least nine national, state and regional groups intend to challenge the approval in federal court), only one out of the five members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who voted to give the go ahead on the reactors' construction was concerned enough over safety to vote against the approval.
Truth be told, nuclear's biggest challenges may be economic ones. Demand for electricity in the U.S. has leveled out in recent years, and prices on natural gas — which is also used to generate electricity — are currently low, making natural gas-burning turbines a more affordable option than nuclear power plants.
Read more on Scientific American and NPR.
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King of Falafel and Shawarma Express Opens in Midtown Today
Falafel rockstar, Vendy Award 2010 winner, and Astoria homeboy Fares "Freddy" Zeideia has been talking for a while about opening a cart in Manhattan. Starting today, you can get your fix at King of Falafel and Shawarma Express on 53rd Street and Park Avenue. The menu is a limited selection, offering the signature oblong falafel as well as two shawarmas: chicken and a beef-lamb mix. Sandwiches come in the form of stuffed pitas, not the wraps at the Astoria location, and platters will come over salad with pita on the side (no rice). Check out the full menu, which includes all the King's homemade sauces and pickles, here.
The cart will be open for lunch, Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 3 PM. The King himself will be manning the helm, passing out free samples of falafel with glee as the line grows.
The Best Falafel Sandwich in New York City
Vendy Award Finalist: The King of Falafel and Shawarma
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17th Annual Report of the Charter
09 November 2018
17th Annual Report of the Charter
The seventeenth annual report of the International Charter is now available, and describes the Charter's activities throughout 2017.
The Charter was activated 44 times in 2017, covering disasters in 30 countries. Between other activations, the Charter was triggered for the major earthquake in Iran and Iraq on 12 November 2017, for Hurricane Irma in Haiti, Dominican Republic, USA and the British Virgin Islands / Anguilla (in total 4 activations) in early September 2017 and for Hurricane Maria in Dominica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico / US Virgin Islands and Martinique / Guadeloupe (in total 4 activations) in mid-September 2017.
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) became the 17th member of the Charter. The Charter conducted the official signature ceremony after the reporting period during the 39th Board meeting in Darmstadt, Germany on 19 April 2018.
The Universal Access initiative is progressing, and expanded the network of Authorised Users reaching a total of 67 user organisations in 58 countries and the European Commission in 2017.
The Charter also continued its collaboration with the CEOS Working Group on Disasters to allow CEOS Pilot teams to access Charter data in order to support their research, once an activation is closed.
The new web-based Charter Operational System (COS-2) is operational since March 2015 and it has been used successfully in all Charter calls. Furthermore, since September 2017, COS-2 can automatically record metrics and information that is necessary in order to generate system performance statistics.


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Manitowoc Crane investigating fatal accident
Posted by nahetsblog on January 14, 2010
SHADY GROVE, Pa. — Manitowoc Crane Group is investigating the cause of a Jan. 4 accident that led to the death of a Chambersburg, Pa., man, a company official said Tuesday.
Jeffrey Cowan, 41, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a fall at Manitowoc Crane Group in Shady Grove.
The company is unclear what caused the accident, said Dennis Rooney, vice president of human resources for the Americas division of Manitowoc Cranes.
Cowan was working on the deck of a crane in the final assembly area when he fell, Rooney said. He died less than a week later.
"It is upsetting what happened to Jeffrey," Rooney said. "He was a great man. Our hearts go out to his family."
Because the incident resulted in a fatality, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration has visited the manufacturing facility on Pa. 16 east of Greencastle, Pa., Rooney said.
The Shady Grove plant, formally Grove Worldwide, was purchased by Manitowoc in 2002, and produces small and large cranes.
The plant is one of Franklin County's largest employers.
Rooney said Cowan worked in the final assembly area and had worked at the plant for a little less than five years.
Before coming to Manitowoc, Cowan served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, according to his obituary.
One Response to "Manitowoc Crane investigating fatal accident"
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|Article Index
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In Memoriam: In remembrance of those members of the United Nations Family killed in Algiers
English: http://www.un.org/events/memorial/11december/
French: http://www.un.org//french/events/memorial/11december/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/events/memorial/11december/index.shtml
News Focus: Terror strike at UN in Algier
UN in GeneralCyberSchoolBus: Ask the Secretary-General
Peace & Security1540 Committee website
Economic & Social DevelopmentClimate Action
Le pacte mondial (Nouvelle version du site)
Human RightsOHCHR - Strategic Management Plan 2008-2009
Humanitarian AffairsKenya Emergency Humanitarian Response Plan 2008: Consolidated Appeals Process
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Taking care of kids really adds up. There's the food, toys, clothes, health care, day care and education expenses (not to mention the cost of actually giving birth or adopting them), but there's something a lot of parents do and may forget to budget for: bribing their children.
Kids on their parents' payroll are doing all right: The average child 10 years old or younger receives $1,360 a year in allowance, bribes, rewards and gifts from his or her parents, or about $113 a month, according to a new survey from coupon site Voucher Cloud. The data was drawn from polling 2,174 American parents of children between 5 and 10 years old. The margin of error for this sample is plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
Parents feel pressured to pay children
The majority of moms and dads in this survey (71%) said they regularly give their kids money, and they shell out cash for a variety of reasons: 77% give a monthly allowance, 61% give money as a reward for good behavior and achievements, 55% say the cash is a bribe to make kids behave better, 46% give cash for birthdays and holidays, and 44% pay their children for doing chores.
To pay each kid about $100 a month can take a huge chunk out of parents' budgets, and they know it. The majority of parents surveyed (65%) said they would like to give their children less money, but they feel obligated to dole it out. Of the parents who wished to provide their kids less cash, 45% said they feel like they're competing with the parents of their children's friends, 24% said they don't want to disappoint their children, and 17% said their children like expensive things and need enough money to buy them.
Paying kids versus paying debt
An extra $100 a month can make a huge difference for a family with debt obligations. If you're trying to find a way to cut back on monthly expenses, your kids' allowances should be an easy place to start. Here are a few things you can do with that extra cash:
- pay off credit card debt
- build an emergency fund
- start a college fund for your child
- pay off student loans
- settle collections accounts
- save for retirement
- start a "fun fund" for future family outings and vacations
If your finances are in tip-top shape, then sure, giving children allowance makes sense. As far as bribes go, that's probably not the best strategy for teaching kids about money, but all parents are entitled to employ their chosen child-rearing techniques.
At the same time, if you have debt, flexible parts of your budget (like giving your kids cash) should be the first to go toward tackling those bills. The longer debt goes unaddressed, the more expensive it will become, and if you're planning on paying for your children's college later on, you may find yourself unable to contribute because you have years of interest charges to reckon with.
Budgeting requires thinking about the future. If you want to give your children monetary rewards, that's fine, but you should make sure it's the best use of your money. Check your credit scores to see if you have areas for improvement (you can do so for free through Credit.com), and if you see the need to work on your debt management, take that as a sign you need to re-evaluate your finances. You can even use the change in cash flow as a teaching opportunity -- your kids need as much financial education they can get.
More from Credit.com:
A Simple Checklist to Get Out of Debt
How to Improve Your Credit Score


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DRABBLE, Jennifer, BOWLES, David and BARKER, Lynne Ann (2014). Investigating the role of executive attentional control to self-harm in a non-clinical cohort with borderline personality features. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8 (274).
BOSMANS, Guy, BOWLES, David P., DEWITTE, Marieke, DE WINTER, Simon and BRAET, Caroline (2014). An experimental evaluation of the State Adult Attachment Measure: the influence of attachment primes on the content of state attachment representations. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 5 (2), 134-150.
BOWLES, David P., ARMITAGE, Chris J., DRABBLE, Jennifer and MEYER, Björn (2013). Self-esteem and other-esteem in college students with borderline and avoidant personality disorder features: An experimental vignette study. Personality and Mental Health, 7 (4), 307-319.
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ADA Business Brief:
Communicating with Guests who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
In Hotels, Motels, and Other Places of Transient Lodging
People who are deaf or hard of hearing use a variety of ways to communicate. Some rely on sign language interpreters or assistive listening devices; some rely primarily on written messages. Many can speak but are not able to hear words spoken by others. The method of communication and the services or aids hotel staff must provide will vary depending upon the abilities of the guest and on the complexity and nature of the communications that are required.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), hotels and motels must provide effective means of communications for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to enjoy the goods, services, accommodations, and amenities offered.
- For short and relatively simple in-person conversations, such as inquiries about room rates and availability, or questions about restaurant menu items, an exchange of written notes may be effective.
- For telephone communications, many people who are deaf or hard of hearing use a teletypewriter (TTY, also known as a TDD) rather than standard telephones. These devices have a keyboard and a visual display for exchanging written messages over the telephone.
- To allow guests with hearing disabilities access to hotel telephone services, the hotel must provide a TTY, on request, for use in guest room. The hotel also will need to have a TTY at the front desk, and perhaps at other telephone stations, for handling billing inquires, taking room service orders, or responding to other guest calls. Hotel desk staff should be trained in TTY equipment.
- The ADA established a free nationwide relay network to handle voice-to-TTY and TTY-to-voice calls. Individuals may use this network to call the hotel from a TTY. The relay consists of an operator with a TTY who receives the call from a TTY user and then places the call to the hotel. The caller types the message into the TTY and the operator relays the message by voice to the hotel staff person, listens to the staff person's response, and types the response back to the caller using the TTY. The hotel must be prepared to take and respond to relay system calls. For outgoing calls to a TTY user, simply dial 7-1-1 to reach a relay operator.
- Where televisions are provided in guest rooms, closed caption decoders must be provided upon request. New televisions at least 13 inches or larger have such devices built in.
- Some people with hearing disabilities use service animals – often "Hearing Ear Dogs" – to assist them with safety and way finding. The hotel must permit guests to bring such animals into areas of the hotel where guests are normally allowed to go, even if it otherwise prohibits animals in the facility. For further information on the ADA's requirements for service animals, please see the "ADA Business Brief: Service Animals," which is available from the ADA Business Connection website or the ADA Information Line.
- If communication with guests is lengthy or complex, it may be necessary to provide a sign language interpreter, or oral interpreter, or computer-assisted, real-time captioning in order to ensure effective communication with persons with hearing disabilities.
- A hotel or other place of lodging need not provide any of the communication aids or services described above if doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of the goods or services offered or would result in an undue burden.
- Hotels and motels must also provide built-in communication features in a certain percentage of guest rooms. These features include:
- Visual alarms in guest rooms that are connected to the building's emergency alarm system.
- Visual notification devices in guest rooms to alert persons with hearing impairments to incoming telephone calls and door knocks or bells.
- Electrical outlets to facilitate the use of text telephones.
These communication features are required in hotel facilities built or altered after the effective date of the ADA. They are also required in hotel facilities built before the effective date of the ADA to meet the ongoing obligation to remove physical and communication barriers to the extent possible without much difficulty or expense. Hotels and motels may also use portable visual alarms and communication devices to satisfy these requirements (ADA Standards 9.3.2).
ADA Information
You may view or download ADA information on the ADA website, www.ada.gov. This website provides access to the ADA Business Connection, ADA design standards, regulations, policy letters, and general ADA information. It also provides links to other Federal agencies and news about new ADA requirements and enforcement efforts.
If you have specific questions concerning the ADA, call the Department of Justice ADA Information Line at (800) 514-0301 (v) or (800) 514-0383 (tty).
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I keep looking for ways to talk with supporters of the Administration. President Carter started the deregulation frenzy. That has become half of the Republican cut-and-deregulate refrain ever since, consistently repeated by the current White House and the Republicans in Congress. I'd like to focus on the things that will affect those of us who are, financially speaking, ordinary, middle-class Americans.
Here are changes the Administration and congressional Republicans are considering that affect working conditions:
- The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has been postponing and considering cutting down a Labor Department rule that limits "workers' exposure [to] toxic material, which can cause a deadly lung disease."
- The same White House Office is also "considering a proposal to roll back protections for workers in construction and shipbuilding."
- Those rules allow our employers to save cash by risking our health.
- "The Working Families Flexibility Act … would give employees a choice between taking time off or being paid time-and-a-half when they work more than 40 hours in a week."
- Either way, Republicans oppose changing overtime rules to raise eligibility for overtime above the current $23,660 per year.
- Those rules allow our employers to save cash by shortchanging us.
Here are some that affect the health of financially ordinary Americans:
- The Administraton has already taken steps to "roll back healthy school lunch standards"
- The new head of the FDA "has invested in or consulted for dozens of healthcare companies" which suggests that the Food and Drug Administration won't be much help in preventing unnecessary complications and expenses.
- The House health care bill would eliminate Obamacare requirements that insurance plans cover prescriptions drugs and mental healthcare. Like all insurance, drug and mental health care coverage are intended to protect people from unplanned changes in the costs of survival.
- Senate Republicans narrowly lost an effort to roll back a regulation that "limit[s] methane emissions from oil and natural gas drilling." Methane is even more damaging to the climate than carbon.
- Those rules risk our health for the sake of other people's profits.
On savings for retirement:
- "Trump's Labor Department delayed the so-called fiduciary rule, ordering financial advisers to act in … [your] best interest[s] … [if you] are saving for retirement."
- The CHOICE Act would allow the banks that brought us the crash of 2008 to opt out of regulations adopted after the crash and intended to prevent another. And the bill renames the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and "reduces its power to enforce pre-existing consumer protection laws."
- Those rules risk our financial security for the sake of other people's profits.
Meanwhile, Republicans on the Supreme Court show little respect for working men and women.
- With Breyer's help they have blessed "Professional debt collectors … [who] built a business out of buying stale debt, filing claims in bankruptcy proceedings to collect it, and hoping that no one notices that the debt is too old to be enforced by the courts."
- The Court continues to apply a 1925 statute intended for interstate business transactions to consumer contracts and the Court bars state regulation entirely.
What Republicans continue to give us is freedom for the boss and drudgery for the rest of us. As the old folk song has it, "same song, second verse, could get better but it's gonna get worse."
— This commentary was broadcast on WAMC Northeast Report, May 16, 2017.


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Matthew Pillsbury's long exposure photography series, "Screen Lives," largely documents domestic activity related to screens that glow from televisions, computers, or mobile phones. Eleven of those photographs, however, represent a specific time during Pillsbury's life when he fell in love with a man, left his wife, and came out as a gay man to his friends and family. This event changed the direction of Pillsbury's project. While initially focused on photographing screen scenes with subjects who didn't move around as much, Pillsbury's project evolved once he met Nate. "I think it took the freedom of my coming out to make a picture like the one of Nate in Vegas or Cell Phone on Venice Beach. I was breaking down the very rules I had set for my own artistic project," Pillsbury said. Documenting movement, intimacy, and relationship dynamics, Pillsbury's collection is at once haunting and lucid.
The eleven photographs representing this transition are titled "Nate and Me" and will be on view at the Sasha Wolf Gallery in NYC until April 20. (via slate)


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The world was witness to a remarkable series of events today with the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to the head of the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Francis I. Just two days ago, I reflected on leadership lessons culled from past popes, here. I'd like to extend those remarks, focusing on the leadership notes that played out in my eyes in Francis I's first moments as a world figure – in which he succeeded brilliantly, I believe, in matching word with deed (any leader's most telling task).
Setting a Tone
Biographical reports on the new pope universally remark on his humble nature – regularly avoiding the trappings of his office as cardinal by taking public transportation to work, and living in his own apartment instead of the bishop's palace. This humility came through loud and clear in his first action – choosing to wear a simple, wood cross instead of an ornate, bejeweled one. Most tellingly, before he gave his first blessing, he humbly asked for the crowd's prayers and blessing on him, that he might be strengthened by those he will lead – servant leadership of the simplest but most powerful order. (Wishing the crowd a "good night and a good sleep" in the manner one would speak to an old friend or family member was a simple and endearing moment of the same nature).
Drawing in Your Flock
Putting aside the worldly powers of the papacy, it is – in its essence – a spiritual role, meant to draw the faithful to God. Rather than offering a sermon or Continue reading


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Few of life's pleasures are as reinvigorating as traveling abroad. New sights slow us down to savor their singularities, refreshing our perspectives and vitality. However, exploring new lands also tempts unique risks to a family's health, safety and financial security. Left unmanaged and unmitigated, such threats can be dire.
These hazards are multi-faceted and constantly evolving. A short list includes the possibility of being injured or becoming ill in a region without sophisticated and proximate medical care, kidnapping, extortion and other criminal perils, the loss of vital documents like credit cards and passports, and the risk of trip cancellation. Other seemingly less obvious exposures include the potential for government detention and/or arrest for criminal or political reasons.
Certainly, the risks of international travel are not curbing the appetite to venture abroad—nor should they, assuming an adequate understanding and management of travel-related exposures. After several years of a tourism slowdown in the aftermath of 9/11 and the global financial crisis and subsequent recession, the world has again become smaller. According to the American Society of Travel Agents, 60% of member travel agencies' sales so far this year derived from international travel, a 49% increase in international sales compared to 2004 figures.
Another study conducted by International SOS and Control Risks indicates considerable risks to these global voyagers. The firms' survey of nearly 300 security, travel and corporate HR managers unearthed significant concerns among the respondents regarding such potential hazards as civil unrest (22% of respondents), opportunistic crime (18%), and terrorism (16%). Certainly, these issues are much in the news of late, given the uncertain political environment in numerous parts of the globe.
Risk 1: Political Upheaval
A recent conversation with James Wasdell, co-founder and director of Quantum Underwriting Solutions in London, underscored these risks. The agency serves the needs of high-net-worth individuals throughout the United Kingdom. James mentioned the experience of one of Quantum's clients as a keen illustration of what can go wrong. "He had traveled to Thailand a few years ago, when suddenly out of nowhere there was an attempt to overthrow the government in a coup d'etat," James explained. "The British government immediately advised citizens to get out of the region as soon as possible for their own safety."
While the travelers took the recommendation to heart, the airports in Thailand soon closed and all normally scheduled flights were cancelled. James' client returned to his hotel, as did many other stranded travelers. Needless to say, they were extremely frightened.
"Fortunately, my client had the means to charter a private jet," James noted. "He asked others at the hotel if they would like to join him. There were 12 seats in all available on the plane, but they would all have to chip in to cover the $80,000 cost."
The threat to the tourists' personal safety was such that the client had no trouble gathering the funds. "Chubb wired him the money for his share of the cost within 48 hours," James said. "Not everyone was so lucky, however. Afterwards, he did a little poll and found out that the other travelers, on average, had to wait five weeks to be reimbursed by their insurers. Even worse—several were refused reimbursement, their insurers refusing to cover the cost, arguing the chartering of a private jet was an extravagant expense."
If the client had not the financial wherewithal to charter the jet, James suspects he and the other travelers would have been detained in the country for an indefinite period. "Thankfully, he was able to get everyone out of there before things got a lot worse," James said. "As we have seen in Egypt and elsewhere recently, many countries that are high on people's travel agendas also are politically unstable."
Risk 2: Medical Maladies
Other travel risks to consider include the inferiority of medical care in some parts of the world, requiring the urgent need to be medically evacuated from one country to another to receive skilled treatment. Only a few insurers will provide their policyholders with a specialized air ambulance that comprises an on-board intensive care unit staffed with doctors, nurses and other trained personnel. Even fewer offer a 24/7 helpline to call for medical advice in the event of injury or illness.
The last-minute cancellation of a family vacation abroad costing tens of thousands of dollars and more is another eye-opening risk to consider. The same is true for the more insidious threat of kidnapping and extortion schemes perpetrated by organized criminal enterprises on the prowl for affluent travelers. Knowing how to avoid becoming a victim is a critical necessity. Again, a specialized insurer can assist these various needs.
Risk 3: Theft of Personal Belongings
While the list of travel-related risks is long, one more potential hazard warrants mention—the theft of personal belongings like expensive jewelry, furs, watches and clothing. James pointed out that room safes even in some of the most expensive five-star hotels in the world are insecure. "We always advise clients to store their valuables in the hotel's safe," he said.
Risk 4: Renting Abroad
For clients renting homes and apartments abroad, the agency urges that they not store any valuables at these residences, due to the threat of burglary. One never knows if outsiders know the security code for the alarm system or if door keys are in the possession of others. Indeed, it is worth the relatively minimal expense of having a locksmith change the lock settings before leasing a residence abroad.
It is because of the unique and varied risks that come with going abroad that Chubb offers coverages and services for its customers who travel frequently. Chubb's Signature Passport suite of services, for example, can assist with medical evacuations, legal referrals, replacing lost or stolen travel documents, translation services and other issues that may arise when travelling. In addition, Chubb works with the top experts in the world to assist customers who may be involved in a kidnap and ransom or extortion plots and other security issues, such as identity theft, home security and family travel risks.
Risks are a part of life, and in no way should they impinge upon one's desire to travel to foreign lands. The salubrious upsides are more than well worth the potential downsides. Knowing beforehand what could go wrong and then mitigating this possibility is always the best defense. As James succinctly puts it, "It's always best to talk with risk experts in advance of venturing abroad."