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National Bulk Handling Corp has said that EOW searched only three of its warehouses and seized stocks belonging to NSEL and IBMA only
Warehousing services provider National Bulk Handling Corp Ltd (NBHC) said officials of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police have not sealed any of its warehouses. On Monday and Tuesday, EOW officials searched three warehouses of NBHC while investigating stock of Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) and Indian Bullion Market Association (IBMA), NBHC said in a release.
"We, further, hereby clarify that the investigations mentioned, relate to only 3 warehouses, where the stocks of NSEL / IBMA have been stored / managed, and the investigation is specifically restricted to their stocks only. Moreover, the officials of EOW have seized the stocks of NSEL/ IBMA only, which have handed over by the authorities to NBHC as its custodian, till further instructions from them," the warehousing company said.
NBHC said its warehouse at Ganj Basoda is owned by the company while the warehouse at Vidisha - Betwa Pulses & Warehousing P Ltd, is under lease by its owner to the company.
The third warehouse searched by EOW at Delhi - Sunil Dutt Warehouse is under lease to IBMA and the stock belongs to the Association, the release said.
NBHC manages over 1140 warehouses across the country that is used for storage of various commodities on behalf of its clients.
If the Nifty manages to close above 5,930 the upmove may gain strength
After a break of a day on account of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, the market opened with a gap up and continued to rally throughout the session. It closed almost near the day's high. The Sensex which opened at 19,586 moved up from the level of 19,584 to 19,929 and closed at 19,902 (up 385 points or 1.97%) while the Nifty opened at 5,819 and after hitting a low of 5,803 it moved up gradually to hit a high of 5,918 and closed at 5,908 (up 130 points or 2.24%). The National Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded a higher volume of 61.70 crore shares.
Except for FMCG (down 0.76%) all the other indices on the NSE closed in the positive. The top five gainers were Metal (3.94%); Media (3.68%); Bank Nifty (3.44%); Commodities (3.20%) and Finance (2.86%).
Of the 50 stocks on the Nifty, 48 ended in the green. The top five gainers were Sesa Goa (7.28%); Jaiprakash Associates (6.58%); Ambuja Cements (6.19%); Axis Bank (5.62%) and Bank of Baroda (5.27%). While the only two losers were Hindustan Unilever (1.81%) and ITC (1.15%).
Fitch Ratings has warned India that any slippage on its policy front would have negative implications for its ratings, currently at the lowest investment grade. It also cautioned India that there is much capital still left which could outflow from the country.
Indian banks will get additional capital to provide loans at lower interest rates for purchases of two-wheelers and other consumer durables, the finance ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The move is aimed at stimulating demand. It has also decided in principle to inject Rs140 billion in state-run banks in this fiscal year, it added.
US indices closed in the negative on Wednesday although well off the day's lows. The US government has been in partial shutdown after lawmakers failed to agree on a federal budget. House Speaker John Boehner told reporters that Obama repeated he wouldn't negotiate about passing a funding bill. The government shutdown would continue for a third day on Thursday.
A report showed companies added fewer workers than projected in September, indicating the job market is struggling to gain momentum. The 166,000 increase in employment followed a revised 159,000 rise in August that was smaller than initially estimated, according to the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey.
Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook on Brazil's sovereign rating to stable from positive, citing deteriorating debt and investment ratios and evidence the economy is going through a low-growth period.
The exchanges of South Korea and China remained closed today. Except for Nikkei 225 (down 0.09%) and Straits Times (down 0.25%), all the other Asian indices ended in the green. The Taiwan Weighted Index was the biggest gainer, rising 1.73%. China's official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose to a six-month high of 55.4 in September from 53.9 in August, adding to a growing roster of evidence that China's economy has turned a corner in recent months.
The Philippines won a rating upgrade from Moody's Investors Service, completing the nation's ascent to investment rank as President Benigno Aquino leads a growth resurgence that's outpacing the rest of Southeast Asia. The rating on the nation's government debt was raised one level to Baa3, Moody's said in a statement today. The outlook on the rating is positive. The upgrade puts the Philippines on par with Turkey and Spain.
European indices are trading in the positive while the US market opened lower.
Euro-area services output expanded more than initially estimated in September, as the 17-nation currency bloc's economic recovery gained momentum. An index based on a survey of purchasing managers in the services industry rose to 52.2, exceeding a Sept. 23 estimate of 52.1 and up from 50.7 in August, London-based Markit Economics said today. The gauge has been above 50, indicating growth, for two months.
These changes are likely to help boost the interest of foreign investors, who tend to prefer clauses like 'right of first refusal, tag-along and drag-along' in their M&A deals
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday allowed entities entering into merger and acquisition (M&A) deals to include preferential clauses like 'right of first refusal, tag-along and drag-along' in their share purchase agreements. This would give more flexibility to entities entering into M&A deals.
These changes are likely to help boost the interest of foreign investors, who tend to prefer such clauses in their deals. However, the amendments would be effective with prospectively and not to the deals already having taken place.
The demand for allowing such clauses has been gaining ground for quite some time, as certain high-profile merger and acquisition deals, including the Diageo-United Spirits deal and Cairn-Vedanta deal, had to face regulatory hurdles amid lack of clarity on regulations on such clauses.
The government recently cleared a proposal to amend the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (SCRA) regulations for allowing put and call options as well as some other provisions to give special rights to investors.
Such options in shareholder agreements give the investor an option to either sell the shares (put option), or to buy additional shares (call option) at a future date.
"... Contracts for pre-emption including right of first refusal, or tag-along or drag-along rights contained in shareholders agreements or articles of association of companies or other body corporate," have been allowed in share purchase agreements, according to SEBI notification.
Right of refusal gives one of the parties in an M&A deal the first option to buy out its partner in the event of the latter wishing to exit from the agreement at a later stage.
Tag-along and drag-along clauses allow one of the partners to join the other party in cases like further acquisition or sell out deals.
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A family move home half way across America but have to leave their two dogs and a cat behind. The animals decide to team up and set off on an adventure to be reunited with their family. The unlikely three-some must overcome their differences and work together to achieve their goal.
Originally filmed by Disney in 1963 as The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford's tale of three animals and their epic journey across the wilderness to be reunited with their absentee owners is an anthropomorphic orgy, even by Walt's weird standards.
The producers here have done little tampering with the original concept, besides making the "character" of the bulldog puppy Chance (voiced by Michael J. Fox) hip enough to sniff around the hen house enquiring, "Which of you guys are regular and which are extra crispy?" Don Ameche does the mature, steadfast retriever Shadow whose courage and experience sees off all manner of natural threats, while Sally Field plays the exquisitely vain Himalayan cat Sassy. Our 12-legged trio brave the hardships of the Pacific North West to find their owners in San Francisco, becoming nobler, better critters in the process.
Empire's four experts (between six and ten) adored every moment, blubbing in response to every well-thumbed emotional trigger. Their adult minders resisted its blandishments, although one was discovered as the lights came up complaining of something in his eye.
Although a remake that adds very little to the original bar a few jokes, this still remains enjoyable and brings a classic story to the attention of the next generation. The story still holds up and the action is more superior. Good family viewing for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Bamboozled!: How America Loses the Intellectual Game with Japan and Its Implications for Our Future in Asia (英語) ペーパーバック – 2002/6/24
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As the influence of the United States in Asia declines with the end of the Cold War, America must look more to brains than military might in achieving our objectives in the region. But after repeatedly allowing Japan - our closest ally in Asia - to mislead us intellectually and psychologically, how well are we prepared to deal with less friendly emerging powers like China and India? Based on three decades of on-the-spot observation and participation in Japan, Ivan Hall's provocative work draws the reader into a world of intellectual manipulation and gullibility, false images, emotional blackmail, financial beguilement, and fatuous expectations. It illuminates the many ways that American ideological hubris and Japanese pleading for special treatment combine to deprive our trans-Pacific dialogue of the honesty, openness, and plain common sense of our trans-Atlantic intellectual ties with Europe.
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Instead of accepting the prevailing orthodoxy that Japan is suffering from a prolonged recession, Hall believes that the Japanese economy is as buoyant as it ever was. Although he cites countless examples to show where Japanese industry continues to outpace her rivals, his main points are that a large coterie of journalists, academics and other commentators are deceived by Japanese spin doctors into believing that Japan is economically weak and that those deceived commentators assist Japan in continuing to accumulate vast trade surpluses with almost every other country in the world.
Although he is right to dismiss those who are beguiled by tea ceremonies, geisha girls and the other accoutrements of Japan's "soft diplomacy", he appears not to give some underlying socioeconomic imperatives their due weight. Prior to Perry's Black Ships, Japan was not invaded, solely because she was too strong to be invaded. When Perry forced the Japanese to engage with the world, the Japanese proved to be excellent students. When Japan's armies marched in to Korea, China and other countries to build, at bayonet point, markets for Japanese goods, the Japanese were merely copying the prevailing imperialist orthodoxies of the Dutch, British and Americans. Hall's book would have been considerably enhanced by acknowledging that Japanese imperialism was, in essence, no different from the prevailing European or American varieties.
When Japanese mercantilism ended in 1945, the Americans forged Japanese economic policies to serve America's own ends. The emergence of Communist China and the Korean war reinforced Japan's new, American inspired neo-mercantilist role: sheltering under the Pax Americana, Japan now exported its transistor radios and Honda motor bikes to the four corners of the globe. Japan is still doing that. Because the United States is the world's most important market, much of Japan's exports go to the United States and Japan, quite naturally, expends quite a lot of resources in "soft diplomacy" guaranteeing and solidifying those markets. The Japanese endow American universities and wine and dine journalists so that they will not bite the Japanese hand that gives them succor. Although Hall makes the important point that no other country does this to the same degree, Japan is the world's second largest economy: no other country could, in other words, afford to do so. And, of course, no other major country is as dependent
on export markets as Japan is.
If the old Japanese cliche that the nail that sticks up gets hammered down has any validity, Japanese society must be structured to marginalize dissent. This must prove particularly irksome for people like Ivan Hall, who so passionately espouse the key American principle of unfettered free speech. Hall is to be applauded for pointing out where Westerners have belittled, if not betrayed, that principle when dealing with Japan. He is also to be applauded for bringing attention to some of the less savory players in modern Japanese political life.
In showing how some key American commentators have sold their souls for a mess of Japanese pottage, Hall's book is to be welcomed as, in the long run, such invidious intellectual prostitution does not serve the interests of either country.
Postscript: When I invited Hall to speak to my students on this subject, a small coterie of my colleagues conspired to stop him speaking and branded him an anti American racist. An odd occurrence as The Tokyo American Chamber of Commerce threw their doors open to Hall, an American veteran. Hall's persecution merely proved his point: that a small band of pampered American under achievers do not want open or informed debate on Japan or anything else for that matter. I explore this issue in chapter 6 of my new book and tie it into the nutty censorship that is prevalent in America where academics like Ward Churchill can say the oddest, the most uninformed and the most needlessly hurtful of things. Hall's earlier book, Cartels of the Mind, also came in for intense criticism by the "usual suspects". But a moment's thought would show his basic hypothesis has substance: Japan, the land of cartels, should obviously be partial to cartels of the mind. Or cartels of the mindless if we include Hall's cowardly critics. When I invited Hall to speak, I remarked to an "old friend of Hall's" (very much a fairweather one as it happened), that I was in the spirit of Voltaire: not necessarily agreeing with Hall but defending his right to speak (just as the American Chamber of Commerce did). Others take a different tack and they oppose freedon of speech or informed debate because it threatens their pampered existence. Bamboozled is worth reading as, like Cartels, it extends the "Closing of the Mind" thesis done by these intellectual harlots from the US to Japan. Hall did a PhD on Japan at Harvard and those who sat in the same class as him do not want his voice heard or his points raised. That should be reason enough to see for yourself what it is they are so afraid of.
In the current text, Hall takes his scalpel to Japan's propaganda system, which he believes distorts the US-Japan relationship. Moreover, in particular, he dissects the effects of American myopia on the relationship, and the largesse Japanese companies and institutions bestow on American universities.
This excellent text is for the serious student of Japan, for those who engage Japan on a more than a superficial level, and for any students who seek to understand a non-Western culture.
Written with rare wit and panache, this book is an intellectual box of chocolates for serious Japan watchers. Drawing on more than thirty years of on-the-spot Japan-watching experience as a diplomat and scholar, Ivan Hall expertly rips into the Tokyo-based propaganda czars who for decades have controlled what we think we know about Japanese economics and politics. Speared too are the naifs, dupes, and charlatans who now dominate Japan studies programs at American think-tanks and universities.
Precisely because this book makes an argument of historic importance, many people desperately do not want you to read it. Of course, they dare not engage in a serious, honest argument about the book's contents. To do so would merely underline how devoid of reason their criticisms are. Instead the critics try, by unsubstantiated and utterly mendacious ad hominem slurs, to persuade you not to buy the book in the first place. That way you will never know what an important book this is.
The essence of Hall's argument is that during the 1990s and even into the new century the Japanese establishment absurdly exaggerated Japan's economic distress in an effort to deflect American pressure on trade. That Hall has a point is obvious to every foreigner who visits Tokyo these days: despite 13 years of "slump," the Japanese people have somehow so improved their living standards that they now clearly rank among the world's richest consumers. Just the most obvious manifestation of their wealth is their life expectancy, now the world's highest and up 14 years since the late 1940s. As for Japan's burgeoning ability to project economic power abroad, just one statistic tells the story: Japan's net foreign assets have tripled since the "slump" began.
To understand the full significance of Hall's work it is important to know the field in which he works. Japan watching is suffused with Japanese money -- money that shapes what is taught in American universities, what is said in American forums, what is published in American books and newspapers. Virtually alone among America's Japan-watching scholars, Hall has spurned this money. Saying "No" to the inflated speaking fees and the generous academic subventions that Tokyo showers on those who serve its propaganda agenda, Hall has chosen a way of life that hardly leads to riches. But he possesses something much more precious -- and in Japan studies much rarer -- than riches: a reputation for uncompromising integrity.
More prosaically the practical Japan-watching credentials he brings to the subject are second to none. These include not only a Harvard doctorate in Japanese history but, what is even more useful, several decades of school-of-hard-knocks experience as a Tokyo-based Japan watcher.
A hint of how important this book is can be gleaned from who has been criticizing it. On the one hand many of Hall's detractors are the sort of brave fellows who hide between pseudonyms. Then there is the Tokyo establishment. Just how much the establishment hates this book became apparent earlier this year when the Tokyo Ministry of Foreign Affairs stepped into the discussion. In a private e-mail message to Japan Societies throughout the United States, a top MOFA official called for an organized effort to "fight back" against Hall. As these societies are heavily dependent on funding from Tokyo, the subtext of the MOFA's message was none too subtle: any Japan society that sponsored a talk by Hall might have to account for its actions the next time the paymasters in Tokyo reviewed their budgets.
Eamonn Fingleton, author of Unsustainable: Why Economic Dogma Is Destroying American Prosperity (Nation Books, 2003).
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Lember's position is temporary because new governor James McGreevey, a Democrat, will have the final say on who is to be appointed as the county's highest-ranking legal official. SAYS WHO?????
Lember's name is said to be on the short list for that position, but there are m any names being linked to the position. The county's Democratic leadership has indicated that there are nine or ten names on a long list of potential candidates that includes the front-runner, J. Patrick Barnes, a Middlesex County assistant prosecutor who lives in Annandale.
Also on the list of potential candidates are former prosecutor Sharon Ransavage, High Bridge Attorney Peter Buchsbaum and J. Rebecca Goff, an attorney from Whitehouse who has made two unsuccessful bids at the Assembly.
In 1991, Lember was named first assistant prosecutor by then-prosecutor Ransavage and he has manned that position ever since.
Lember joined the New Jersey bar in 1975 and has made several professional contributions to the area including acting as director of the Hunterdon County legal Services Department for four years at the beginning of the 1980's.
Rubin's position as prosecutor was due to expire at the end of February and with a new regime in the governor's office it was highly unlikely that he would have been selected as prosecutor again.
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Pink Triangle Press is a Canadian non-profit organization which specializes in LGBT media including publishing, online interactive media, and television. PTP's main asset is the LGBT magazine, Xtra! and its spinoffs Xtra! West and Capital Xtra!. Its headquarters are located in Toronto, although it has offices in Ottawa and Vancouver as well.
Pink Triangle Press' roots trace back to 1971 (although not in name) in Toronto, when a group of volunteers began to produce The Body Politic, a paper containing news and opinions on gay liberation. By 1976 TBP was being published monthly, and in the early 1980s it claimed a circulation of over 9,000 nationally, and boasted contributions from writers all over the world.
In 1978, Pink Triangle Press was incorporated, its name was chosen as a symbol of history and commitment, as it comes from the symbols placed on suspected homosexual men in Nazi concentration camps. Later that year, PTP was charged with "publishing immoral, indecent and scurrilous material" because of an issue of The Body Politic which included Gerald Hannon's article "Men Loving Boys Loving Men".
The Press was brought up on similar charges again in May 1982, this time for "Lust With a Very Proper Stranger", an article on fisting. PTP however won both cases.
In an attempt to broaden PTP's Toronto readership, the collective launched Xtra! in March 1984. Xtra! was meant to be more upbeat and accessible than TBP. By 1985 Xtra! had taken over its parent publication's role of providing local entertainment and community event listings.
Xtra!'s circulation had soon overtaken TBP which was in financial trouble, so in an effort to save PTP and keep Xtra! going, TBP was discontinued February 1987.
Xtra! West in Vancouver and Capital Xtra! in Ottawa followed in 1993.
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In July 2004, Pink Triangle Press became a minority partner in PrideVision when the channel was sold by Headline Media Group to William Craig. PrideVision was subsequently split into the separate channels OUTtv and HARD on PrideVision (now HARDtv). On July 19 2006, it was announced that Shavick Entertainment, a producer of gay-themed programming such as Dante's Cove, will acquire a majority interest in OUTtv and HARD on PrideVision from William Craig (former 80.2% owner), while Pink Triangle Press' share will increase to 21.43 per cent.
Previous to PrideVision being sold, Pink Triangle Press became partners with television producer Les Tomlin, forming Bumper2Bumper Media Inc. which produces Bump!, the world's first gay travel show, initially airing on PrideVision and now in its third season on OUTtv.
As well, Pink Triangle Press was a partner in Evanov Radio Group's license application for 103.9 PROUD FM, a new radio station to serve Toronto's LGBT community. PTP's agreement with Evanov was discontinued in late 2005 after PTP expressed reservations about the depth of Evanov's commitment to serving LGBT audiences.
Pink Triangle Press also operates a gay telephone personals service under the Cruiseline banner in all three cities where the Xtra! papers publish, as well as eight other major Canadian centres across the country.
In June 2006 Pink Triangle Press acquired Boston-based publication The Guide, an international gay travel magazine in existence for more than 25 years.
In February 2008 Pink Triangle Press acquired Toronto-based publication fab, a gay scene magazine.
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Weekly Notes: legal news from ICLR – 27 November 2015
Posted on 29th Nov 2015 in Weekly Notes
This week's autumn review includes a spending spree on the courts, a change of forum shopping habits, a speaker denied a hearing, a monkey pressing his suit, an exemption withdrawn and a gateway moved. Plus the various horrors of injustice in foreign parts.
Autumn statement
Chancellor spins on a sixpence
Acting on better than expected forecasts, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Autumn Statement and spending review pulled a golden rabbit out of his battered old austerity top hat (or perhaps it's a Northern Powerhouse stove-pipe hat). At any rate, among other widely publicised dole-outs (and at least one smart u-turn, if not spin-round), Osborne has promised £700m for court modernisation and technology upgrades. This will be music to the Lord Chief Justice's ears (see last week's Weekly Notes) and was well received by Natalie Ceeney, CEO of HM Courts and Tribunals service, who tweeted gratefully
Over £700m to modernise the courts and tribunals service. Brilliant news. The hard work starts now!
However, the funding is not actually pulled from a hat, but rather from closing and selling off old courts. What this means in terms of open justice and transparency is a good question. If the modernised justice system is going to conduct hearings online in a virtual courtroom, where will the public gallery be? Where will the press bench be? Where will the law reporter sit? Saving money and modernising process are worthy aims. But as we mark the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (see image), let's hope the principle of open justice doesn't get lost down a digital rabbit hole!
Is England's loss Ireland's gain?
According to a recent press release from Thomson Reuters, the number of reported defamation cases in the UK has fallen by almost a third (27%) over the last year, from 86 to 63, representing the lowest number recorded since 2008/9. Thomson Reuters say that the number of defamation cases which were linked to social media was one of the only types of case in which an increase was recorded – up 38% from 8 in 2013/14 to 11 in 2014/15. (These are not large numbers in any case.) The coming into force in 2014 of the Defamation Act 2013, which introduced requirements for claimants to show actual or probable "serious harm" as a result of alleged defamation, is likely to be driving the overall decline.
Inforrm's blog cast doubt on the accuracy of the figures, but elsewhere on the blog Eoin O'Dell, reposting from the Cearta.ie blog, suggested that England's loss was Ireland's gain as
Dublin seems to be taking London's mantle as Capital of Defamation, as the destination of choice for libel tourists seeking a congenial jurisdiction in which to bring a defamation action.
See: Is Dublin becoming the defamation capital of the world, the libel-tourism destination of choice?
He explains how conditions on litigants imposed in the 2013 Act in England may not be replicated in the equivalent Irish statute of 2009, but suggests this is only half the story and there may well be common law principles applicable in the Irish courts to similar effect as those in England, just not tested yet in case law. So the picture is a lot less clear cut than it might appear from the TR release.
Copyright (1)
Monkey suit – will it be barred?
The English common law having rejected the idea of a dog having a cause of action (see Every dog shall have its day – in court? in last week's Weekly Notes) it is unlikely that Naruto, the crested macaque in the case of Naruto v Slater, currently pending before U.S. District Judge William Orrick III of the Northern District of California, would make much headway in our own jurisdiction either.
The claim is being brought on Naruto's behalf by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), on the grounds that a photograph (the now famous "Monkey Selfie" on which we reported last year (see "Snap judgment on simian selfie", Weekly Notes – 8 August 2014), attracted rights under copyright law which the nonhuman plaintiff was entitled to exploit. Unsurprisingly, the claim is being vigorously opposed on behalf of photographer David John Slater, on whose camera the macaque's image was captured and a motion to dismiss was filed on 6 November, as reported in The Recorder.
Should the action be allowed to proceed, the plaintiffs assert that the money claimed would be used to help preserve Naruto's habitat on an Indonesian island.
But maybe Naruto has other ideas? What if success should go to his head? What if he should decide to abandon his native habitat and take off for the big city, get a job, wear a suit and hang out in bars like Exeter's "The Monkey Suit", from whose site this rather splendid image was taken. According to their website:
"A 'Monkey Suit' is a uniform that one wears to work with the purpose of creating an atmosphere of uniformity or compliance" WE SAY: leave your 'suit' at the door, join us, loosen up and be yourself…
Freedom of speech
Pros and cons of prejudice: or Don't get mad, get out
According to the Huffington Post, Katie Hopkins Gave A Talk At Brunel University. And Everyone Just Walked Out.
Hurrah hurrah went the general reaction on Twitter but anyone who stops to think about free speech ought to give a pause before joining in. Whatever Katie Hopkins was going to say (and some of her columns in tabloid newspapers have been pretty offensive – such as comparing swarming migrants to cockroaches infesting European shores), turning up to a talk and then walking out as soon as she began to speak, without listening to her argument or point of view, is not really any different to banning her from coming to talk in the first place, according to the "no platforming" doctrine whereby you refuse to listen to anyone you don't already agree with.
In a blog on The Huffington Post UK, Ali Milani, president of Brunel's students' union, said
It is important to note that the conversation at no point has been about banning Ms Hopkins from speaking on campus, or denying her right to speak. It is instead about saying it is distasteful and incongruous for our University, as part of a 50th celebration event, to provide a platform to someone who adds nothing to the intellectual or academic discourse; and an individual who publicly utters such overtly bigoted views."
Compare and contrast with the case of French comedian, Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, who was recently sentenced to two months in jail by a Belgian court for incitement to hatred over racist and antisemitic comments he made during a show. I don't think anyone was suggesting that Katie Hopkins was going to express unlawfully racist sentiments. The event was a discussion about the future of the welfare state.
There's a good word for making your mind up before you've heard the evidence. It's called prejudice. Free speech does not of course require the listener to listen. But it does I think expect the listener to listen to an argument before rejecting it. Audi altaram partem, to put it in a nutshell.
Needless to say, Ms Hopkins was upbeat about the whole fiasco, later writing what she probably thought was a withering put-down column in the Daily Mail: "We used to send young people to university to expand their horizons – now the main objective seems to be to close their minds" went the title, and the rest is worth reading too – if you're not too prejudiced to read it. However, it seems that prior to the event she had already provoked her critics by tweeting a hilariously ( she says deliberately) mis-spelled list of tension points. Or perhaps it was her synopsis?
Copyright (2)
Home taping is killing music (again)
For a while there was something called the private copying exception, which allowed you to make personal copies of your own music (or other copyright material, purchased legally but not necessarily playable conveniently), including format-shifted versions. So you could tape your old vinyl and copy CDs into your computer. But now it seems you can't, not legally anyway.
The exception had been provided under section 28B into the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as inserted by reg 3(1) of the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2361)). But the *Music Biz*, in the guise of British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, the Musicians' Union, and UK Music, objected. On their claim for judicial review against the government, the High Court (Green J) ruled that the decision to introduce the exception in section 28B of the 1988 Act was unlawful because the UK government, in enacting the amendment, pursuant to EU Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29/EC, failed to provide adequate evidence to justify its conclusion that the likely harm from such copying would be so negligible as not to require funding of compensation via levies on the sale of hardware and blank media, such as had been implemented in some other EU countries. See R (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (The Incorporated Society of Musicians intervening) [2015] EWHC 1723 (Admin); [2015] WLR(D) 268.
Now the government, rather than try implementing some complicated levy system, has simply thrown in the towel and withdrawn the amendment. So bully for the Music Biz, eh? A futile victory in a battle (remember "home taping is killing music"?) that in an age of virtually free music streaming is patently no longer relevant.
Ars Technica, commenting on the decision, said
By insisting on a judicial review of this long-overdue and extremely limited copyright exception, which in any case only legalised what everyone was already doing, the music industry has certainly shown itself to be quite indifferent to what its customers want. But more importantly, it has confirmed that copyright itself is no longer fit for the digital age.
See: Thanks to the music industry, it is illegal to make private copies of music—again
See also: 1709 Blog: One Year on, the Private Copying Exception is now Dead
Pinsent Masons' Out-Law blog: UK government scraps plans to legalise private copying
Parish news
Pupillage gateway recruitment window
The Pupillage Gateway recruitment window may be brought forward from April to January, following proposals issued for consultation by the Bar Council. The recruitment window is the method through which chambers are able to advertise and recruit pupils. The reason for bringing it forward would be to enable potential pupils to know whether or not they have been successful in advance of the date by which they need to have signed up for their Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). It would avoid clashes between academic exams and pupillage interviews.
This would avoid the situation where a candidate who was not successful was not then stuck with an expensive course for which, on reflection, they might decide they had no further use. Of course, they would still need to have passed that exam to do some of the other jobs open to those of a barristerial mind, such as law reporting. (The application window for applications for full time law reporting jobs at The ICLR has now closed, but there may still be openings for freelance contributors.)
Solicitors' regulation: back to first principles
The Gazette reports that the Solicitors Regulation Authority is to make a 'fundamental shift' from issuing prescriptive rules in favour of setting principles for solicitors to follow. The regulator has begun an 18-month process aimed at simplifying its approach and reducing the 600-page SRA handbook.
The idea that a profession should be regulated by making sure its members behave according to a set of generally agreed principles seems oddly old-fashioned. Could it be that the great regulatory make-work programme, after years of accreting layers and layers of codified rules, has simply ground its gears round to face where it began?
Law (and injustice) from around the world
Journalist's jail term reduced
A Chinese court reduced by two years the seven-year jail sentence given to Gao Yu, a 71-year-old Chinese journalist convicted of "leaking state secrets", her lawyer said after an appeal in a case condemned by free speech advocates, reports AFP. A former winner of UNESCO's World Press Freedom Prize, Gao has been a consistent critic of the ruling Communist party's authoritarian policies.
The hearing comes as China's president, Xi Jinping, oversees a crackdown on dissent that has seen hundreds of lawyers, activists and academics detained in recent years, with dozens jailed.
France-based Reporters Without Borders ranked China 176th out of 180 countries in its 2015 Press Freedom Index, said AFP.
Saudi Arabia
Threat to execute poet condemned
Following Saudi Arabia's promotion to head of the UN Human Rights Council, and its ambassador's querulant letter to the Daily Telegraph warning against criticising his nation's record on human rights, news that Saudi courts have sentenced a woman to be stoned to death for fornication (the man involved being sentenced to be whipped) and that a poet is to be executed for apostacy has prompted some commentators to wonder whether, in fact, there is very much difference between the Kingdom's strict enforcement of Sharia law and the punishments, generally described as "barbaric" of the self-styled Islamic State, or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh or whatever you call it.
The New York Times does not seem to think so: in an article entitled Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It (translated from the original French), its correspondent Kamel Daoud argues, essentially, that the willingness of western nations to do (very good) business with Saudi Arabia while declaring war on Daesh, and of Saudi Arabia to send condolence for acts of terror inspired by the same extreme Wahhabism that informs its own legal system, involves not just a contradiction but even a kind of schizophrenia, in which both sides are basically in denial of the reality.
The sentencing of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh to death for apostasy is just the latest in a string of what seem, from a nation that even belongs to the UN Human Rights Council, let alone heads it, excessive, unnecessary and wildly disproportionate penalties. Other reported examples, such as beheading and crucifying a teenage protester, stoning to death a woman for having consensual sex with a man, or imprisoning and imposing 1000 lashes on a blogger for criticising the government may be only the tip of an iceberg of cases.
In response to criticism, Saudi Arabia has now threatened to sue any Twitter-user who dares to suggest the poet's death sentence is "ISIS-like", reports Newsweek.
It is not clear what the cause of action would be. But if proceedings are launched within the Kingdom itself it may be for something akin to contempt of court, for questioning the fairness of the judicial system in meting out the punishments in question. This has previously been used against lawyers who criticised the justice system within the Kingdom. Of course, if that is the law of the land, the courts and the judges may be stuck with it. Change needs to come from the top – or indeed from the international community, such as the UN Council on Human Rights on which … er, oh, I see. Right then. That's that.
Training for court journalists
In a welcome bit of transparency news from abroad, the High Court of Tanzania in collaboration with the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) has organised a two-day training for journalists who cover court cases, according to IPP Media. The report notes that:
The training is part of ongoing collaboration works between the High Court and MCT aimed at improving professionalism in the coverage of court cases but also to allow judicial workers including judges and magistrates to understand the role of journalists.
The report cites a media statement from the MCT recording that:
The training will also enable justice officials and journalists to better decimate information to the public regaining their confidence in the judiciary.
I suspect they mean "disseminate".
Lawyer shot dead
Tahir Elci, who was head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, has been shot dead in Turkey's south-eastern city of Diyarbakir. He was a prominent pro-Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist and had been making a statement calling for an end to violence between the Turkish state and the Kurdish rebel group the PKK when he was shot in a gun battle between police and unidentified gunmen. Riots followed the shooting, in which a policeman also died.
Full report: BBC
California Bar exam pass rate slumps…
Aspiring advocates put on their worst showing for 30 years as the pass rate for the July sitting of the California Bar exams fell to 46.6 percent, reports The Recorder.
The report cites official figures released by the State Bar of California, which in turn reveal a slightly more nuanced picture.
Preliminary statistical analyses show that of the 8,323 applicants who took the GBX [General Bar Exam], 70.1 percent were first-time takers. The passing rate for the 5,838 first-time applicants was 60.0 percent overall. The passing rate for the 2,485 applicants repeating the examination was 16.0 percent overall.
Those retakers sound like a bunch of bozos. You do wonder, when you read Gary Slapper's column in The Times law pages, Weird Cases, where some of the adversarially challenged advocates come from. Clearly they are among those who when it comes to bar exams are not just sad losers but repeat failures.
The Recorder report cited Kyle McEntee, executive director of the nonprofit Law School Transparency, as blaming the slumping pass rates on law schools that have lowered their admission standards, and the ABA [American Bar Association] for accrediting them. One explanation for a slump that has been getting worse for some years might be that brighter students, after the financial crash, have been drawn into tech and other industries, leaving the law to less talented aspirants. Some shakeout can be expected, but not before a few of those losers have also lost some other losers' cases for them, and probably some winners too.
The idea that law schools would lure too many into a profession which has no room for them seems curiously alien to these shores – or not, you may think, members of the jury.
That's it for now. My thanks to all who led me to stories, mostly my followees on Twitter.
This post was written by Paul Magrath, Head of Product Development and Online Content at ICLR, who also tweets as @maggotlaw. It does not necessarily represent the opinions of ICLR as an organisation. Comments welcome on Twitter @TheICLR.


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With the second half resuming, I figured why not post an idea of my theory of how the remainder of the season will turn out.
Okay, so we've just met Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz), Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt), and Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos) meet up with Glenn and Tara Chambler. Now, the next episode, we see them and Rick, Michonne, and Carl in the episode, and they appear to be the only people in the next episode. These stories will truly be interesting ones, but none of them will be dying this season. We've just seen the return of Carol, whom is now heading for the sanctuary with Tyreese, Lizzie, Mika, and Judith. They will likely meet up with one of the other groups, but first, Lizzie is turning into a Ben-type role, and I feel as if she did indeed feed the walkers, and may have killed Karen and David. Yes, Carol did admit to killing them, but she could've caught them in the act, and may have broke down due to the fact that she taught the kids how to protect themselves. Tyreese will likely forgive Carol, and they will meet up with the rest of the group, with Rick praising Carol for returning Judith to him, and subsequently she is allowed back into the group. Meanwhile, Daryl and Beth are also on the tracks, and Beth has been shown a lot more since the season has picked back up, and Daryl is back in an anti-hero role. Beth may be the hunter death this season, being the semi-major death expected in the latter half of the season, possibly in Episode 15, while Maggie could be facing the door out in the season finale. Maggie was shown fending off walkers, and struggling very badly, and she is reckless. Glenn may have dropped the picture he had of Maggie, and the Hunters could pick it up and track Maggie down, killing her or cutting her leg off. The only storyline that could possibly ensue for Sasha and Bob is a romance, and those never last long, but Bob hasn't been seen fully yet, while Sasha honestly has. Sasha could be biting the dust this season also, having Beth be the last-surviving Greene family member. With Carol, the redemptive death is not going to be the road taken this time around, but Carol will be the exception of "You can't come back from the things you've done." Carol truly killing Karen and David would be too much of a drastic development in character, and isn't who she is whatsoever. Also, Bob may die as well this season, not fitting into the mix realistically.
With that being said:
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Optus is spending $1 billion building 500 new mobile base stations around regional Australia to compete better against Telstra and Vodafone.
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Optus is spending $1 billion building 500 new mobile base stations around regional Australia to compete better against Telstra and Vodafone.
Telecommunications companies are misleading customers over broadband internet speeds and the worst offenders will likely face prosecution over dodgy advertising by the end of the year, the consumer watchdog says.
Legal action by Ten's administrators this week has unearthed two letters from its billionaire shareholders' advisers that resulted in the board calling in corporate undertakers to manage the television network and put it up for sale.
ASIC has raised concerns about KordaMentha's independence ahead of its appointment as administrator to Network Ten, at a hearing in the Federal Court.
Inner-city apartment residents have the option to bulk purchase higher-speed connections from NBN Co under its plan to add nearly 4 million premises to its network this year.
Australia's smallest cinemas are looking for more bargaining power.
Australia's fourth-biggest telco, Vocus Group, has received a second takeover offer of $3.50 a share as Asia-based private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners entered the fray.
Local production companies for some of Ten's most popular shows have been listed as unsecured creditors and are collectively owed tens of millions of dollars.
Marketing agency Appco Group is suing Seven Network for malicious falsehood over an expose alleging the fundraising organisation retains more than a fair share of money it collects on behalf of charities, according to documents filed with the Federal Court.
Two of Ten Network Holdings' billionaire backers, Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, have lodged a proposal to jointly bid for the troubled broadcaster with the competition regulator.
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McCarville MB, Ross ME, Rao BN, Furman WL. Sonographic appearance of appendicitis in a neutropenic patient after inversion appendectomy. Pediatric Radiology 31 (8): 578-580, 2001.
Yeoh E-J, * Ross ME,* Shurtelff SA, Williams WK, Patel A, Mahfouz R, Behm FG, Riamondi SC, Relling MV, Pael Al, Cheng C, Campana D, Wilkins D, Zhou X, Li J, Liu H, Pui C-H, Evans WE, Naeve C, Wong L, Downing JR. Classification, subtype discovery, and prediction of outcome in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia by gene profiling. Cancer Cell 1(2):133-143, 2002. (*both authors to be considered as contributing equally. Featured on the cover of the 1(2) issue.)
Ross ME, Zhou X, Song G, Shurtleff SA, Girtman K, Williams WK, Liu H-C, Mahfouz R, Raimondi SC, Lenny N, Patel A, Downing JR. Classification of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia by gene expression profiling. Blood (FirstEdition release) 102(8)2951-2959, 2003.
Imai C, Ross ME, Reid G, Coustan-Smith E, Schultz KR, Pui C-H, Downing JR, Campana D. Expression of the adaptor protein, BLNK/SLP-65 in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. LeukemiaMay [Epub Mar 18]; 18(5); 922-5, 2004.
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LAFAYETTE — Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians always have been at odds in the ever-changing landscape of Lafayette's roadways, but the city is working on a campaign to bring harmony to its streets and sidewalks.
"What we're trying to do is make people more aware of pedestrians and bicyclists," said Kevin Blanchard, city-parish chief development officer. "There are really important safety messages to get out, but they don't always get to folks in the clearest way."
The campaign is being called "The Movement," and Blanchard said a key element is the simplicity of its message.
Many of the rules advertised by the campaign are simple, he said, but can drastically reduce traffic accidents and fatalities.
For example, cyclists are required by law to ride with the flow of traffic, but pedestrians in a roadway must walk against traffic flow.
"When you're driving a car, you've got certain places that you're looking because you know where a car could be coming," Blanchard said. "By riding along with traffic, bikes become much more visible to drivers."
And that's the basic idea behind The Movement: reminding each group the others exist and need to be respected.
"Another part of it is for drivers to know that pedestrians and bicyclists are allowed to be there," Blanchard said. "(Drivers) should give them distance and respect."
The campaign comes as city-parish government has been focusing on making it easier for folks to get around the city without having to get in an automobile.
"We've been looking at ways to become a more walkable, more bike-friendly community," Blanchard said. "That's not just infrastructure; that's not just making sure we have bike lanes and other ways to provide for those kinds of transportation."
With help from a state Department of Transportation and Development grant, The Movement will use television, radio, print and outdoor advertisements to educate roadway users on the rules of the road, as well as encourage respect among walkers, drivers and cyclists.
"I really like it," said Monique Koll, with the local biking group BikeLafayette. "The message is really easy to understand, and it's very important information. The only way that we're going to stop having these bicycle and pedestrian fatalities is through education and awareness."
The campaign also was spurred by the rise in accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians.
Since 2004, 10 bicyclists and 60 pedestrians have been killed in accidents involving motorists in Lafayette Parish, according to figures from city-parish government.
For the same period, 500 bicyclists and 661 pedestrians were injured in accidents involving vehicles, the figures show.
"We need to think differently and change our culture so we not only provide that infrastructure but also provide the attitude and awareness necessary to implement those services successfully," Blanchard said.


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I would always take clients to lunch here. The beer selection was above average for what is found in this area. Clean and friendly atmosphere.
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Awesome place that I never knew existed until I saw it on this site. Real convienient to get to as it sits on the main drag in cranberry. Reminds me a lot of a montecellos or typical family italian restaraunt but with an awesome beer special. Happy hour from 4-6 $1 off any beer plus always have a $1.75 special on something. Beer list definitely has like 150 beers minimum Food very good too. Wife and I had 4 imported beers, a pizza, and an appetizer for under $30. Super deal with awesome service and quality.
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This is a very nice place. I know when I think of an Italian restaurant, I think of a dark candlelit ubiety. However, this place wide open sunlight coming in from everyplace, lots of windows and skylights. When I first pulled into the parking lot, which is easy to access, I thought how small, but this place is big inside. Has over 200 old used beertaps on the wall, you should come just to see the taps. Beers are quite affordable, I got a big glass of dry stout for $4. The barmaid is just great! Tho I came for the beer, which there are plenty, I can't wait to bring the family for an Italian outing.
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Great beer selection, especially for Cranberry. Much more reasonable than other local bars, such as Mad Mex (too expensive!) Nice atmosphere - very open and bright. Great food - try the Guido Chips. Best pizza that I have found in Cranberry.
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Upon entering this italian restaurant, you wouldn't expect it to contain a decent selection of beers, but it does. Bottle list is about half micro, half import. Some Belgians are represented, your usual suspects such as Chimay, Corsendonk, Orval, along with some UK ales and Eastern European offerings. The micro selection covers Victory, Anchor, you know, all the big names in the industry. One gripe here is glassware, or lack thereof. Mostly pint glasses, although soda and milk (!) glasses have been known to be used. Staff has no beer knowledge. Food is, well, italian. I recommend the pasta, aglio e olio style. Separate non smoking section is considerably quieter than the rest of the restaurant, it can get loud with the high, cathedral style celings. Overall, a place to gather with friends, break bread, and drink some decent brews (maybe out of a milk glass...)


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About Mike HanselESSAY:
Irony is a tactic of indirection: it works by implied or suggested contrasts. Verbal irony hinges on a difference between what is said and what is meant; dramatic irony relies on a difference between what the audience knows and what a character knows. Visual irony can spring from the difference between the apparent and the actual. Michael Hansel`s own declared intention `to satirize function`, by juxtaposing natural and mechanical elements, hints at one source of irony in his work. Irony is inherently complimentary to the recipient: it supposes that we are sophisticated enough to be aware of the contrast underpinning it. Hansel`s work does not put up barriers to the viewer; instead it makes an implicit invitation to us, to be accessories to its incisive critique. Finally, irony here is a playful mode: it invites our laughter rather than our scorn. Hansel`s pieces reflect the play of his sensibility, and the element of humour is one of their essential components.
Humour is everywhere, visible first in the inherently amusing shapes of some pieces. There is something incongruous about the bulbous clam-neck protrusions of Amanda`s Sea, the seed-pod container of Passive Enclosure and the snout of Aggressive Enclosure. Hansel feels that art should not be intimidating (although he admits that some pieces are occasionally taken to be `scary`). His crusade against pretentiousness is one of the personal elements that has determined the course of his art. `I want the process to be enjoyable`, he says; as a result, the viewer is permitted to take pleasure in the work, too. Another sort of delight arises from the titles of the pieces, from Amanda`s Sea and its reference to the C-shape of the sculpture, to the transgressive fun of violating a grammatical taboo in Split Infinitive, to the emulsion of submarine/Pacific/baby-calmer in Submersible Pacifier. Still another source of ironic humor waylays the viewer who tries to reconcile the list of materials and the implications of the titles. Floating Device, made largely of the most `sinking` elements, lead, copper, and steel, is a case in point.
Irony is at play in these works, too, in the contrasts of their varied surfaces and textures: smooth varnish and matte patina, reflective polish and acid-etching, cold pitted metal and warm grained wood. The apparent coating of rust, nature eating at man-made steel, is in actuality a protective finish. A further contrast is at work in the tension between the lovely tactile surfaces and the spare, pared-down forms. `I prefer to...strip away information`, Hansel says, and the result can be seen in the visible supports, the exo-skeletons, of his pieces. The ribs are an armature for the surfaces, but they suggest as well an important theme: connection.
It`s easy to see these pieces as referring to sexual connection: each piece combines both thrusting and containing shapes. Sexuality is certainly one way we connect ourselves, but these pieces can`t be reduced to that single dimension. Their images of probing and containing tell the story of our human compulsion to know the world around us and to incorporate it somehow into ourselves. We do this consciously, and the work seems to replicate the deliberate extension of our sense into the space around us, and the feeding of that sense-data back to our brain. Another way we make sense of the world is through dreamwork, and here the contradictions of these pieces make intuitive sense. In dreams the constraints of the everyday world do not operate, and notably, the laws of gravity are suspended. In the surrealistic universe of dreams, the Floating Device would be buoyant in air or in water, drifting out to collect sense-impressions and gather them under its thought-umbrella. In our subconscious world, too, sense evidence is integrated with empirical evidence by the same laws that apply in dreams.
Nothing could be less ethereal than the actual production of these works, however. They are made in clouds of steel-and-sand dust, showers of sparks, and the screams of grinders. In the Hansel studio the arc-welder, plasma cutter, oxyacetylene torch, sandblaster, and acid bath replace genteel palettes and brushes. Each piece is carefully composed, professionally crafted, and extremely stable (another irony, given the implied movement of many pieces). Their structural integrity is as important to the artist as their finish. The point is that they must look functional, as well as organic: they must combine the randomness of flotsam with the purposefulness of engineering.
There`s no doubt that the formal qualities of Hansel`s works are what strike the viewer most readily. The recurrence of curved lines in combination with the restraint resulting from abstraction means that a baroque/classical tension informs many pieces. At the same time, the love of texture, the attention to surface, and the precise craftsmanship, mean that the works are inherently lyrical. The forms may be imposing, but they are never severe: each piece literally reaches out to interact with the space shared by the viewer. The evocation of aesthetic pleasure and of the infinite, the embrace of elegance and of grace, must give heart to viewers who feared that beauty in art had become politically incorrect. For the intellect, the challenges of irony; for the eye and hand, tactile and formal satisfaction: this is work that balances the aesthetic and intellectual in playful seriousness.
Patricia Lothrop-Green, March, 2001.
Exhibition History of Mike HanselMike Hansel`s SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 BANISTER GALLERY, RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, Providence, RI
One person show, `Mike Hansel: Sculpture In All It`s Parts`
BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Fall River, MA
Group show in Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery.
2009 SCULPTURE IN THE STREETS, Albany, NY
public outdoor art exhibit.
`ALL POINTS WEST` MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL, Jersey City, NJ
Large scale installation at Liberty State Park public event `All Cylinders`
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Kalamazoo, MI
`Sculpture Tour` of large-scale outdoor media on campus.
PITTSFIELD PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, Pittsfield, MA
Two year installation of `Inflatable solid` in downtown location.
2008 LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY, Farmville, VA
Brock Commons Public Art Program, `Intestinal Fortitude`.
`ALL POINTS WEST` MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL, Jersey City, NJ
Large scale installation at Liberty State Park public event `Cause and Effect`
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AT CHESTERWOOD, Stockbridge, MA
National juried exhibition.
2007 SUNY FERDONIA, Ferdonia, NY
Two year installation `Loose Ends` on college campus.
2006 PORT WARWICK ART AND SCULPTURE FESTIVAL, Newport News, VA
National juried exhibition; `Male Balding Pattern`, Public Art Foundation
2005 SUNY FERDONIA, Ferdonia, NY
Two year installation `Bristling` on college campus.
NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
Juried members show, Best Sculpture Award
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, Stamford, CT
Invitational show in downtown Stamford.
PORT WARWICK ART AND SCULPTURE FESTIVAL, Newport News, VA
National juried exhibition; `Intestinal Fortitude`, Public Art Foundation, Best of Show
2004 DeCORDOVA MUSEUM, Lincoln, MA
Large-scale installation in outdoor sculpture park
DEERFIELD ACADEMY, Deerfield, MA
One person show
CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION, Cambridge, MA
National Prize Show, juried by Robert Fitzpatrick.
2003 `NAVY PIER WALK 2003`, Chicago, IL
International outdoor sculpture show juried by David Pagel.
`ISC@GFS` ISC MEMBER JURIED EXHIBITION, Hamilton, NJ
International juried show at the `Grounds For Sculpture`
SOHO20 GALLERY CHELSEA, New York, NY
National show juried by Janet Koplos, senior editor, Art in America, Best of Show
WHEELER GALLERY, Providence, RI
Two person invitational show.
BRISTOL ART MUSEUM, Bristol, RI
Two person invitational show
2002 `CONVERGENCE ART FESTIVAL`, Providence, RI
Large-scale outdoor sculpture: `Bristling`, steel, cast pewter, bronze.
WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Silver City, NM
Three person invitational show.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE, Saratoga Springs, NY
One person show, the Schick Gallery outdoor sculpture space.
BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Fall River, MA
Group show in Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery.
2001 `CONVERGENCE ART FESTIVAL`, Providence, RI
Large scale outdoor sculpture: `Innerchange`, steel, bronze.
BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE, Bridgewater, MA
One-person show
NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
One-person show, `Industrial Daydreams, sculpture by Michael Hansel`
2000 NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
`Thirteenth Annual Juried Members Exhibition`, Best of Show
SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION, Newport, RI
`Five Rhode Island Artists`
SUYDAM DIEPENBROCK GALLERY, Newport, RI
One person show
1998 NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
`Eleventh Annual Juried Members Exhibition`, First Prize sculpture division
1997 `CONVERGENCE ART FESTIVAL`, Providence, RI
Large sculpture, `Floating Device`, placed in lobby of One Citizens Plaza
NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
`Tenth Annual Juried Members Exhibition`, Charrette Merit Award
WARWICK ART MUSEUM, Warwick, RI
Regional juried exhibition
DUBLOIS GALLERY, Newport, RI
`Michael Hansel-Sculpture, Renee Bissell-Paintings`
1993 ARTS CENTER OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, New Milford, NJ
"National Juried Show" Jurors: Harvey Dinnerstein, L. Goulet, William Scharf
WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER, Watchung, NJ
Four person show, "Quatro", awarded through regional competition
1992 A. J. LEDERMAN FINE ART GALLERY, Hoboken, NJ
"Breaking Space, Selected New Jersey Artists"
ARTS CENTER OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, New Milford, NJ
"National Juried Show", First Prize sculpture division. Juror: Cynthia Goodman.
TRENTON CITY MUSEUM, Trenton, NJ
"Ellarslie Open XI", national juried exhibition
SEYMOUR BERGER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, East Hills, NY
Open juried art exhibition, First Prize sculpture.
Biography / CV of Mike HanselSculptor and Art Educator, Mike Hansel, has been actively producing contemporary art work for over 30 years. Living most of his life in New England, he currently resides in Newport, RI where he teaches studio art and creates large scale metal sculpture. His work resides in many private collections, and he has installed numerous large scale public sculptures in museum venues and college campus sites. Mike Hansel`s work has become known for his ability to create highly crafted, organic pieces that contradict what we might expect from such rigid, industrial materials.
Artist Statement of Mike HanselMike Hansel`s ARTIST STATEMENT:
Through my sculpture, I attempt to satirize function while also suggesting a conceptual relationship between life and industry. My primary method is to create industrial looking forms, which serve only aesthetic purposes.
The contrasting relationship between hard and soft forms is the basic component of how I interpret things visually. Their interaction is, in one way or another, the overriding concept in all the objects that I have made. Each piece, I think, tells a slightly different story. Some suggest a tranquil association between two very different components. Others allude to machines that can manipulate organic things and sometimes plant-forms start to take on mechanical characteristics. All of them attempt to illustrate the sense of irony that seems to exist when forms are separated from their function.
Much of my energy and thoughts are spent in the pursuit of shapes and forms that will represent these concepts. Finding these shapes is a constant challenge. Numerous preliminary drawings lead to experiments in various plastic materials, such as clay. I prefer to start with familiar objects and strip away information until they become less and less recognizable. The resulting forms are references to, rather than literal representations of machines or plants. My goal is to create finished compositions that leave the viewer with the comfort of familiarity and the uncertainty of not being able to truly identify or categorize any of the forms.
The materials have been chosen because of the reference they make to industry. Steel has long been associated with durability and utility but I make every effort to focus attention on the materials appearance. I tease the viewer by suggesting that they might have been designed to perform some sort of task. The materials are distressed in an effort to reproduce the effects of use or age. These are further clues pointing to the notion that these objects may have experienced a former life. Although it sometimes appears that these are `found objects`, this is not the case. My ideas go through many re-evaluations during the design process and construction of the sculpture. I make an attempt to generate and develop ideas through preliminary drawings. It is very rare, however, that I am able to plan out a finished sculpture on paper. Many corrections or design revisions are made during the construction of each piece. The experience is always one of inquiry that often leads to unforeseen forms and compositions.
SymposiumsMike Hansel`s Symposiums
2008 LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY, Farmville, VA
ROCKY HILL SCHOOL, East Greenwich, RI
2007 NORTH CAROLINA A and T STATE UNIVERSITY, Greensboro, NC
2005 WHEATON COLLEGE, Norton, MA
2003 SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY, Newport, RI
UNIVERSITY of MASSACHUSETTS at DARTMOUTH, North Dartmouth, MA
2002 SKIDMORE COLLEGE, Saratoga Springs, NY
WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Silver City, NM
2001 NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE, Bridgewater, MA.
Acquisitions / Collections of work by Mike HanselMike Hansel`s Ac2qusitions
VILLAGE of OAK PARK, Oak Park, IL
FIDELITY BANK, Providence, RI
LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY, Farmville, VA
DeCORDOVA MUSEUM, Lincoln, MA
NEWPORT ART MUSEUM, Newport, RI
ST. GEORGE`S SCHOOL, Newport, RI
SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY, Newport, RI
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Fredonia, NY
GOLDENVOICE PROMOTIONS, Los Angeles, CA WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Kalamazoo, MI.
Qualifications / Education of Mike HanselMike Hansel;s EDUCATION
1986-1989 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate School of Fine Art
Master of Fine Art, Sculpture
1982-1986 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, Cincinnati, OH
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
Bachelor of Fine Art, Ceramics; Summa Cum Laude.
Teaching ExperienceMike Hansel`s TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1993-pres. ST. GEORGE`S SCHOOL, Newport, RI
Chairman of the Art Department
The J. Vaughan Merrick III Chair in Architecture, Art History and Painting
Teacher of foundation studies, 3-D design, sculpture, and Advanced Placement studio art courses.
2004 SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY, Newport, RI
Adjunct Professor of Sculpture
2002 WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, Silver City, NM
Instructor of summer course in metal fabrication.
1990-1993 THE PEDDIE SCHOOL, Hightstown, NJ
Teacher of sculpture, ceramics, woodworking and drawing.
Price Range of WorkMike Hansel's work has a price range from £1,575 to £45,000
Mediums utilisedMike Hansel's work is found in the following materials:
steel steel, wood mild steel stainless steel aluminum Corten steel, silicon bronze
Artwork CategorisedMike Hansel's work is found in the following categories on site:
Abstract Modern Contemporary Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines statuary (10)
Abstract Contemporary Modern Outdoor Outside Garden / Yard Sculptures Statues statuary (9)
Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures (8)
Tubular Abstract Contemporary Post Modern Steel or Aluminium / Statues or Sculpture (6)
Modern Abstract Contemporary Avant Garde Sculptures or Statues or statuettes or statuary (6)
Abstract Contemporary or Modern Large Public Art sculpture Statues statuary (4)
Abstract Loop Indoor and Outside Sculptures / Statues / statuettes (2)
Stainless Steel Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculpture (2)
Construction Abstract Sculpture Statues (2)
Minimalist Understated Abstract Contemporary Sculpture statuary statuettes (2)
Fabricated Metal Abstract sculpture (2)
Monumental Sculptures
Public Art Sculpture
Organic / Abstract Sculpture
Spiral Twisted sculpture / statue / carving
Commission and Custom and Bespoke sculpture Statues
Repetitive Form / Shape Abstract Sculptures / Statues
Monumental Contemporary Abstract Modern Sculptures
Small / Little Abstract Contemporary Sculptures / Statues
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Hi just wondering if anyone could suggest some good Art Galleries that I could take a bunch of keen high school art students to? Thanks
Hi just wondering if anyone could suggest some good Art Galleries that I could take a bunch of keen high school art students to? Thanks
What part of town? When? LA is filled with art galleries, some are in clusters, some are spread out. There are many museums, as well, are you taking them to our major art museums already?
I would be sure to do a few of the larger art museums in the area:
LA County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Museum of Modern Art (MOCA)
Getty Villa
Norton Simon Museum
Hammer Museum
After that, ACE Gallery has a couple of different locations and they're quite large. Beyond that, the areas with some concentrations of galleries include Abbot Kinney Blvd. in Venice, Main St. in Santa Monica, Bergamont Station in Santa Monica, Robertson Blvd. between San Vicente and Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills, and on both La Cienega Blvd. and Washington Blvd. where those streets intersect.
Chinatown adjacent to downtown L.A. (The hours of these galleries are limited and often hard to ascertain in advance but just the experience of walking through Chinatown makes it worth it).
MachThree has given you a very good list to get started with.
Another one to add would be the California Science Center in Exposition Park, right across from USC.
They may enjoy the neat exhibits there which now include an actual Space Shuttle. Afterwards they may want to get a taste of an American university by walking around the USC campus and maybe having a lunch there.
Dr. Z
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