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Here is our latest newsletter to keep you informed about just a few of the activities and issues concerning Unexpected Wildlife Refuge.
Unexpected Wildlife Refuge has new manager
We are pleased to announce that we have hired Jared White as the new onsite manager for the Refuge! Jared, shown here with Jack, one of his canine companions, is a long-time vegan and animal advocate. He comes to us with years of experience working with and caring for rescued non-human animals. His "love of the outdoors and co-existing in nature with wildlife" fit in with Unexpected's mission and core philosophy. In addition to looking forward to the physical challenges of managing the Refuge, Jared is eager to apply his skills in public relations and volunteer organizing to ensure that the wildlife continue to have a safe place to thrive consistent with their needs. You can reach him by telephone at 856.697.3541 or E-mail email@example.com.
Change means new opportunities
Much of the year, our main pond is a relatively open body of water, providing a home for many species of animals and plants. During the summer months, lily pads and other plants burgeon, creating a rich, green tableau. With this come new opportunities for others who depend on the lily pads for food and shelter. Here you can see just how dense the lily pads were in June. Contrast this with the situation just a few months ago, when the surface of the pond was frozen and covered with snow. Note the footprints and lens flare similar to those in a photo we shared a while ago.
Black vultures survey our headquarters
If you look closely, you can see several black vultures in this tree which stands near our headquarters. Although some people may not think these individuals are 'attractive', beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We think they are physically appealing, especially when watching their graceful soaring through the sky. Of course, they are a critical part of the ecosystem, helping maintain the cycle of life and death through their scavenging. We are not sure, however, what was their interest in our headquarters...
Walking stick and Refuge sign
Although this photo was taken many months ago, we thought you might enjoy seeing this walking stick on one of our signs. Walking sticks comprise just a few of the myriad of insects who live at the Refuge. It seems apropos that this individual chose to settle on a sign announcing protection of wildlife. (As an aside, you might notice that this sign was nailed to a tree, something that no longer is allowed at the Refuge. Our current policy is that all signs must be placed on posts independent of plant life. One of our long-term projects is to replace all signs attached to trees and we are always in need of volunteers to assist with this task. If you are interested in helping, let us know.)
Phellinus fungus on tree
There are numerous species of the genus Phellinus. These fungi grow on trees, as seen here on one of the many pine trees growing on Refuge land.
Refuge presence at annual Lines on the Pines event
We once again were invited to and attended the annual Lines on the Pines event. Thanks to our Trustees Dave Sauder (pictured here) and Janet Romano, we made more people aware of the Refuge and our mission to protect wildlife from harmful exploitation.
Hooded mergansers on main pond
This mated pair of hooded mergansers were seen a few months ago, swimming in the main pond. Although the female is not as colorful as the male, this one is showing the striking crest of feathers along the top of the head and neck. We hope we will be lucky enough to see and photograph their babies at some point.
Below is a series of photos showing a group of four individuals as they took off from the main pond.
Raindrop creates upside-down reflection of surrounding forest
We posted this photo on Instagram a few months ago, but never got around to sharing it with those who might not regularly follow that medium. If you look closely, you can see that the raindrop on the end of this branch provided an inverse reflection of the surrounding forest.
Below are just some of the current petitions available to help wildlife, whether living freely or imprisoned in circuses, zoos or other venues. We urge you to take the time to sign each and share with others.
This 'teacher' drowned these raccoons in front of his students. Voice your outrage about this horrific and unconscionable cruelty perpetrated against these raccoons (and the students who had to view this atrocity).
Starbucks and other companies provide plastic straws that end up not only polluting land and water, they also endanger wildlife like this sea turtle. We must eliminate all 'single-use' plastic regardless of what it is. Let Starbucks know that you disapprove of their practices that are causing serious wildlife and environmental pollution problems.
Whales may seem a far cry from the New Jersey Pinelands, but their fate is inextricably interconnected. Please sign and share. There is no justification for whaling: it is exceptionally cruel, immoral and biologically senseless.
We should be converting to a plant-based diet, but until then, we need to at least minimize 'collateral' damage to those not intended to be eaten. Mandating that certain habitats are off-limits for fishing is a start. Although it is too late for this whale shark and her baby who died after being 'inadvertently' caught, your support for this petition may help others.
No species should become extinct as a result of human activities. We share this world with others, not own it. Please urge the Chinese government to intercede on the behalf of green peafowl.
As you might guess, we are opposed to keeping wildlife in captivity. Adding insult to injury by using animals such as lions as 'performers' in circuses is particularly repugnant. We need to ban all captive wildlife use in the 'entertainment' industry.
The wildlife living at the Refuge need your help, too
Helping wildlife and the Refuge in the future
We remind you to please remember Unexpected Wildlife Refuge when planning your will and estate. It is an easy, effective and lasting way to help the Refuge... and wildlife. When talking with your estate planner, just provide them with our name, address and tax identification number (23-7025010). This is one of the most important gifts the Refuge can receive. If you have already included us in your future plans, thank you!
Our newsletters are the result of a team effort involving people dedicated to protecting wildlife in general and furthering the Refuge in particular:
Unexpected Wildlife Refuge
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Good morning, Minnesota Vikings fans! My apologies for being a bit later than usual with the Open Thread here this morning. . .had to put the finishing touches on a paper I was writing for a college class I'm taking. However, that one is in the books, and I can focus on the good stuff.
Yesterday, we put out the voting for the last two first round match-ups in our Greatest Viking Of All Time Tournament, with Tommy Kramer taking on Bobby Bryant and Mick Tingelhoff going against Korey Stringer. We will have the results of those for you before too much longer here, and we'll have the completely filled out bracket for you for the Round of 32 later on today.
Couple of things from around the internet. . .
-Ray Small, who you might remember was with the Vikings for about 15 minutes back in 2010, is looking at 30 years in jail. (Frankly, I'm surprised the media isn't referring to him as "former Minnesota Viking Ray Small.")
-The Vikings still have some questions at the wide receiver position. . .though not nearly as many as they had at this time last year, I don't think.
-Jared Allen is still learning how to run a charity. Seems to be doing a decent job so far.
The rules of the Open Thread are the same as always, ladies and gentlemen. . .no politics, no religion, no feeding the trolls, and keep the bad language to a minimum and/or use the spoiler tags if you're going to curse.
Last song of Muppet week, folks. . .enjoy the ambient music!
Yeah, it's Sesame Street. It still counts.
With that, the beer light is on and the bar is open for Friday, ladies and gentlemen! Enjoy the rest of your day, and we'll have more for you as the day goes on.

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On 29 January, the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security hosted a conversation between General (ret) Hayden and the former National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I), Norman Roule. Topics included Iran's history and its relationship with the US, the state of its current social movements, the development and future status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and Iran's role in the Middle East. Following the conversation, the panelists took questions from the audience.
The panelists began the conversation highlighting Iran's rich culture and extensive history, which the US has been an integral part of since the beginning of the twentieth century. While the US served as Iran's protectorate until the 1953 overthrow of Mosaddegh, the Sunni extremist siege of Mecca and the Iran-Iraq War empowered a violent Iranian regime to establish a fierce praetorian guard and export violence abroad.
The conversation then turned toward the state of demonstrations within Iran over the last decade. Mr. Roule surmised that there is no difference in the current unrest as the common thread continues to be unhappiness with the standard of living and aging, irrelevant leaders. While the recent protests have been violent and deadly with calls for death to President Rouhani, no one is calling for a path to the Green Movement.
General Hayden then asked Mr. Roule to provide his insights on the relationship of the US and Iran regarding nuclear stability considering Iran's capturing of American detainees and continued disruptive activities in Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon. Mr. Roule stated that JCPOA's successes are in the delay of the Iranian nuclear program through their dismantling of the IR-40 nuclear reactor and the disruption to its ability to produce sufficient fissile material for at least one year. He attributed this to "hard headed diplomacy and science," especially in the influence that Secretary of Energy Moniz had on Ali Akbar Salehi, Director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), to manage Iran's nuclear program in a peaceful way. While the intelligence community can provide treaty verification by counting centrifuges, it becomes difficult when it is conflated with other issues in the region.
One such example, offered by Mr. Roule, is President Trump's recent decision to waive nuclear-related sanctions again while pressuring European allies to negotiate a better deal with Iran. This demonstrates how opponents of JCPOA view the regional and international peace and security as part and parcel of the treaty. Mr. Roule emphatically stated that this is not the intent of the preface and it is crucial to "take nukes off the table" so that Iran can be open to the West for investment. General Hayden added that multiple Iranian axes of misbehavior, such as capture of detainees, support to Houthi rebels, actions in Syria and supply of missiles to Hezbollah, place additional pressure to ensure JCPOA produces cooperation.
The panelists concluded that the January demonstrations highlight the need for the intelligence community to invest in social media exploitation as it serves as a "strobe light in the party." While there were considerably less participants in the current demonstrations when compared with the 2009 protests, this generation was born after the Iranian Revolution and in the last days of the Iran-Iraq War. Their calls for "bringing back the Shah" are responses to observing a better living standard in the neighboring countries of Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain. This combined with a ISIS activity on its borders, environmental problems, and a large narcotics crisis will push Iranians to the polls.


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Inside the UN Local weather Change process, nations have confirmed the importance of enhancing technology improvement and transfer to developing international locations. An overtly anti-technological treatise is Industrial Society and Its Future, written by Theodore Kaczynski (aka The Unabomber) and printed in a number of major newspapers (and later books) as part of an effort to end his bombing campaign of the techno-industrial infrastructure.
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Also in November 2012, the iJOIN EU venture was launched, focusing on " small cell " technology, which is of key importance for making the most of limited and strategic assets, such as the radio wave spectrum According to Günther Oettinger , the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society (2014-2019), "an modern utilization of spectrum" is among the key factors at the coronary heart of 5G success.
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Music technology professors Rob Harari and Carlos Alomar create experimental music with students in Stevens' music technology lab. 7 Extra just lately, students have borrowed from European philosophers of "technique" to increase the that means of technology to various types of instrumental motive, as in Foucault 's work on applied sciences of the self (strategies de soi).
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text: In a bipartisan vote of 396-14, the House passed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6) – a piece of legislation that combines dozens of opioid-related bills passed over the last two weeks with base text and provisions that passed through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill tackles many aspects of the opioid crisis, helping advance treatment and recovery initiatives, improving prevention, and authorizing state and local grants for the establishment or operation of public health labs to detect fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. See this bill summary for further detail.


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DETROIT – Cade Cunningham was one of the only players on the court more than an hour before a recent game, dribbling at different paces to practice moves to his right and left while pulling up for jumpers at varying distances.
Even though Cunningham's future with the Detroit Pistons is secure as the No. 1 pick from the 2021 draft and as a leading candidate to win NBA Rookie of the Year, he was breaking a sweat as if he was trying to keep his job.
Clearly, the 6-foot-6 guard knows he has a lot of work to do.
The three-time championship franchise does, too.
Detroit was 23-59 this season, finishing ahead of just Houston and Orlando at the bottom of the league standings. While the Pistons are mired in a rebuilding project that has lasted longer than a decade, picking Cunningham was a choice that has panned out and provided at least one reason for hope.
He overcame an ankle injury that stunted the start of his career to average 17.4 points to lead all rookies, ranked second in his class with 5.6 assists a game and fifth with 5.5 rebounds over 64 games.
The 20-year-old Cunningham became the sixth NBA player to have at least 1,114 points, 356 assists and 354 rebounds through 64 games, joining a short list that includes LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Luka Doncic, Oscar Robertson and Alvan Adams.
Cunningham's coach, Dwane Casey, vowed that the former Oklahoma State star would not be a bust before the season started. The savvy first-year player proved his coach was right — and surprised him, too.
"I knew he was a basketball junkie, but I didn't know he had the knowledge of what everybody was supposed to do on the court," Casey said.
Cunningham had a simple explanation when asked about the compliment, saying it was a relatively easy accomplishment compared to playing football.
"As a quarterback, you have to know what 10 guys are doing," he said.
Dallas Mavericks coach and former NBA point guard Jason Kidd marveled at the season Cunningham had in Detroit.
"He's done an incredible job in his first year," Kidd said. "He's probably the favorite to win Rookie of the Year. To be a point guard and do what he does on a nightly basis is impressive."
Jerami Grant scored 19.2 points per game, leading the team in scoring for a second straight season. The 28-year-old forward, though, was limited by injuries to just 47 games.
Grant is eligible for a contract extension, entering the last season of his three-year, $60 million deal. If the Pistons don't give Grant a new deal, they may want to trade him.
Saddiq Bey, in his second year, broke a single-season franchise record with 211 3-pointers. The 6-8 forward made 20 more shots beyond the arc than Allan Houston did during the 1995-96 season. Bey was also the only player on the team to play in all 82 games, 11 more than center Isaiah Stewart.
The Pistons were pleased with Marvin Bagley III in the 18 games he played after acquiring him from Sacramento in a four-team trade two months ago. The former Duke star averaged 14.6 points with the Pistons, falling just short of his career high from his rookie year three years ago, along with 6.8 rebounds.
Detroit can make Bagley a restricted free agent by giving him a qualifying offer, and Casey sounds as if he would like the 6-11 forward to stay.
"He's a talent," Casey said "He was drafted No. 2 (overall) for a reason and he showed all of that for us. His ability to score in the low post is uncanny."
The Pistons won just 28% of their games, barely improving upon last year's clip, but they were better over the last two months of the season. After starting 12-45, Detroit was 11-14 and that included a season-ending, three-game losing skid.
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Big Fat Stratus Kit
We've combined Amitola Grande with the cloudlike Katia Cotton Merino in the Big Fat Stratus to give is a little fuzz. This project is a sure fire winner both on your needles and on your neck!
You'll need Size 10 Circulars (either 16-24"), so get them ready to cast on! Big Fat Stratus is one of the most addictive knits you'll make all year!
Kit includes yarn and download code for the Big Fat Stratus Cowl pattern.
We've also added an option to get a bit more yarn for those of you who would like to make a matching hat (it is an add on to the kit and won't be quite enough yarn for the hat without your leftovers from the kit. Our Fading Strands hat pattern was the obvious choice for match up. The optional add-on kit will include a partial ball of Amitola Grande to supplement your leftovers, 1 ball of Cotton Merino and a download code for the Fading Strands pattern!
We've set up several different color combinations, but if you want to make your own, feel free to build your own kit with Amitola Grande and Cotton Merino...just check the numbers, use the special order option on this listing, and add them to the notes when you check out.


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Declining netbook growth highlights saturated market
May 6, 2010 at 6:12 pm
There's talk on the internet that netbooks are dead and that the Apple iPad has landed the killer blow. They cite a chart from Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty that shows netbook growth rate slowing.
Whilst once could point the finger at the Apple iPad, I would say it is simply a function of tough comparatives from the year before and that we are starting to see a saturated market (especially considering the data only relates to the US).
My personal opinion is that the netbook market will still exist going forward, but the number of cookie clutter netbooks and Intel/Microsoft's decree to limit innovation in this space hasn't helped the netbook cause. The rise of tablets means that it is another option for consumers in this segment, but I can't see them replacing netbooks altogether. What's your opinion, is the netbook dead?
Via Fortune.


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Tournament Week: Monday, January 27 – Sunday, February 2, 2014
72-hole PGA TOUR event: January 30 – February 2
Part of the PGA TOUR's FED EX Cup
(79th annual event first played in 1932)
TITLE SPONSOR: Waste Management, Inc. (WM)
SITE: TPC Scottsdale
TPC Stadium Course designed by: Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf (1986)
Par: 35-36–71, Yards: 7,216
1: 410 yards, par 4 10: 403 yards, par 4
2: 416 yards, par 4 11: 469 yards, par 4
3: 554 yards, par 5 12: 195 yards, par 3
4: 175 yards, par 3 13: 595 yards, par 5
5: 453 yards, par 4 14: 476 yards, par 4
6: 431 yards, par 4 15: 558 yards, par 5
7: 215 yards, par 3 16: 162 yards, par 3
8: 470 yards, par 4 17: 332 yards, par 4
9: 464 yards, par 4 18: 438 yards, par 4
Out: 3,588 yards, par 35 In: 3,628 yards, par 36
(subject to change)
Monday, January 27
Practice Rounds for PGA TOUR pros only
9:30 am Kyocera Pro-Am, TPC Stadium Course
Tuesday, January 28
Practice Rounds for PGA TOUR pros only
10 am R.S. Hoyt Jr. Family Foundation Dream Day Activities
– Motivational Speeches by PGA TOUR pros
-Trick Shot Show
-Junior Golf Clinic Presented By PING
-Located on the TPC Champions Course Practice Range
11 am CBS Outdoor Special Olympics Open
Located at the TPC Stadium Course Putting Green, the Special Olympics
Open features 10 Special Olympian athletes, 10 celebrities or sports stars
and 10 business leaders from our community. The event is open to all
ticket holders and media and lasts about an hour.
6 pm Waste Management Phoenix Opening Party (by invitation only)
Wednesday, January 29
8:30 am The Annexus Pro-Am, TPC Stadium Course
3:30 pm Phoenix Suns Shot at Glory, TPC Scottsdale 16th hole
3:30 pm Coors Light Birds Nest entertainment tent opens
OAR performs
Thursday, January 30
7:30 am Waste Management Phoenix Open 1st round
3:30 pm Coors Light Birds Nest entertainment tent opens
Jake Owen performs
Friday, January 31
7:30 am Waste Management Phoenix Open 2nd round
3:30 pm Coors Light Birds Nest entertainment tent opens
Weezer Performs
Saturday, February 1
9 am Waste Management Phoenix Open 3rd round
3:30 pm Coors Light Birds Nest entertainment tent opens
MetalHead Peforms
All Day Green Out, everybody is encouraged to wear green to support the
green/eco-sensitive efforts of the tournament
Sunday, February 2
9 am Waste Management Phoenix Open 4th round
Monday, February 3
7 am Post Open Pro-Am, TPC Stadium Course
FIELD: 132 players (cut to low 70 & ties after 36 holes)
TELEVISION: First two rounds are scheduled to be televised live in Phoenix on The
Golf Channel from 2:00 – 5:00 pm MST, then rounds three and four will be televised on
The Golf Channel from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm MST, then CBS from 1:00 – 4:00 pm MST.
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Phil Mickelson (-28) $1,116,000
CHARITIES: The Waste Management Phoenix Open raises money for charities, most
of which provide programs that benefit youth. Recent beneficiaries include Phoenix
Children's Hospital, First Tee of Phoenix, Special Olympics Arizona, Homeward Bound,
Audubon Arizona, Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA, Be A Leader Foundation, Teach for
America, Waste Not, Junior Golf Association of Arizona. In the tournament's 79-year
history, The Thunderbirds have raised over $86 million for charity.
**TICKETS: Daily general admission is $30. Children ages 17 & under are free when
accompanied by an adult. The Waste Management Phoenix Open is never sold out and
tickets will be available at the gate during tournament week. Advance daily general
admission tickets will be available until January 24, 2014 at all Ticketmaster ticket
centers, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online via www.wmphoenixopen.com or
COORS LIGHT BIRDS NEST: The popular Waste Management Phoenix Open
entertainment tent returns Wednesday through Saturday evenings. The Birds Nest will
be located directly across from the tournament entrance at the corner of 82nd St and
Bell Road.
BIRDS NEST GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: $35 for Wednesday – Saturday and
can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or by visiting
WEBSITE: www.wmphoenixopen.com
PARKING: FREE Public Parking (with shuttle access to the tournament gates). From
the WEST, public parking is at Loop 101 and Hayden Road. We recommend that
eastbound Loop 101 drivers exit at Hayden, and drive south into the parking lot. From
the EAST, parking is at WestWorld. We recommend that drivers exit Raintree, then
drive north to Bell Road on 94th street, then into the parking lot entrance. The FREE
shuttles will operate Monday and Tuesday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Wednesday
through Saturday from 6:30 am to 11:00 pm; and Sunday from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm.
2014 TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN: Tom King
2014 ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN: Dan Calihan
WM Phoenix Open 2014


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Title: Bridge over the Pennepack.Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Depicts a picturesque view of a stone bridge spanning Pennypack Creek. Men and women are shown fishing from the water's edge as a covered wagon crosses the bridge.
This historic bridge, which carries Frankford Avenue over Pennypack Creek in the Holmesburg section of the City, was built in 1697. It is the oldest roadway bridge still in use in the United States.
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.7
Creator Name: Gilbert, George, active 1818-1836 - Artist
Breton, William L. - Engraver
Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler


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Is it time to get a new radiator? One of the most crucial elements to your engine's coolant system is your radiator. This large piece helps keep your engine running properly, but won't last forever. Discover today how to replace a radiator, how long your radiator should last and where to find the best deals on radiator parts and fluid.
Signs of a Bad Radiator
There are several signs to watch out for when maintaining your radiator. Here are a few common signs that you may need to repair or replace this essential coolant component:
- Overheating vehicle
- Significant coolant leak
- Sludge in your radiator
- Continuously running out of coolant
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Before you replace your radiator, consider whether the source of the problem is truly the radiator or simply your radiator fluid. Low radiator fluid or compromised fluid can cause the same signs and symptoms of radiator damage. As radiator fluid is used, contaminants can build up and the constant heat can cause the fluid to become too acidic.
Just like your engine oil, your radiator fluid doesn't have a definite lifespan. Depending on your driving habits and climate, you can expect between 24 and 36 months of use, or 24,000 to 36,000 miles before you need to change your radiator fluid. Shop for premium fluid at your local auto parts store to find a brand that'll last longer and perform better. If replacing your fluid doesn't solve the problem, consider repairing or replacing your radiator.
Replacing Your Radiator
A properly maintained radiator should last for years. However, radiator damage is common, particularly if the radiator fluid hasn't been replaced consistently. Radiators have a series of fins, pipes and other elements that can easily be bent and broken. Pipes can also rust if water was added to the radiator rather than a mixture of coolant and water. Finally, radiators can become clogged and damaged when too much sludge builds up in the pipes.
If any of these happen, it's time to replace your radiator. Replacing your radiator requires some skill, a few tools and most of a day. First, you'll need to set up your workspace and drain your old radiator. Next, determine whether the entire radiator is compromised or if the problem is a single bearing, O-ring or other easily replaceable component.
You'll need to disconnect the radiator, including all the hoses, cooling fan, transmission lines and other components linked with your radiator. Check your owner's manual to ensure you don't miss an electrical connection or radiator hose.
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Kwok Cheuk-kin, a Cheung Chau resident nicknamed the "king of judicial review," has begun a legal challenge over the oaths of pro-Beijing lawmakers Andrew Leung, Regina Ip and Lo Wai-kwok in a bid to block the authorities from "moving the goalposts."
Kwok, who has launched several judicial reviews against the Hong Kong government, also filed legal one earlier this month against Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and three other pro-Beijing lawmakers. The move came in light of Beijing's ruling on the Basic Law handed down in response to the recent oath controversy which resulting in the ousting of two Youngspiration lawmakers from the legislature. The pair are appealing the decision.
Dual nationality
Kwok told HKFP that Legislative Council President Andrew Leung is a Hong Kong resident without Chinese nationality, thus violating Article 71 of the Basic Law, which stipulates that the legislature's president must be a Chinese citizen and Hong Kong permanent resident with no right of abode in other foreign countries.
Leung was embroiled in a controversy last month after lawmakers challenged whether he had relinquished his right of abode in the UK. Copies of emails from the UK Home Office shown to lawmakers and confirmed by Leung said that he had "renounced British Citizenship."
Kwok alleged that Leung does not hold Chinese citizenship owing to Article 3 of China's Nationality Law, which refuses to recognise dual nationality of Chinese nationals. Article 16 states that those who want to restore their Chinese nationality must obtain the approval of the Ministry of Public Security, who will then issue a certificate.
Kwok said Leung has not taken steps to restore his Chinese nationality. Leung is therefore not qualified to be the legislature's president, Kwok claimed.
'Mother country'
The oath of engineering sector lawmaker Lo Wai-kwok – a UK citizen – is also being challenged on a similar basis. Kwok said that Lo had pledged loyalty to Great Britain.
Given that Chinese laws do not recognise dual nationality, Lo could not have "faithfully" sworn allegiance to the Hong Kong SAR at the legislature last month, Kwok said.
Lo responded that he is willing to renounce his British citizenship, and that he merely treats his UK passport as a travel document. "My position is very clear: the central government is my mother country," he said.
Loyalty to the Queen
Kwok said lawmaker Regina Ip had borne allegiance to the Queen when she took office as the immigration director in the colonial government, violating Beijing's ruling requiring public officers to pledge loyalty to "China and Hong Kong." He argued that Ip had failed to "faithfully and truthfully" take her oath.
Beijing added a significant change to Hong Kong's mini-constitution in its ruling earlier this month. The Basic Law requires public officers to swear allegiance to "the Hong Kong SAR of the People's Republic of China." However, Beijing's ruling said that oath-takers must pledge loyalty to "the People's Republic of China and its Hong Kong SAR."
Barrister Martin Lee has warned against the subtle but substantial change of wording, saying the implication would be that Hong Kong public officers are bound by Chinese laws. Under the One Country, Two Systems policy, Chinese laws do not apply in Hong Kong with a few exceptions related to defence and foreign affairs.
'Moving the goalposts'
Kwok said his ultimate goal is to defend the judiciary from Beijing's interference by revealing the problems arising out of its interpretation of the Basic Law.
In ruling in favour of the government last week, the High Court stated that Beijing's ruling applies to Hong Kong's courts, but said that the outcome would be the same "with or without" Beijing's decision.
However, legal expert Eric Cheung Tat-ming questioned whether the court was truly unaffected by Beijing's ruling. Lawyers such as Kevin Yam and Chris Ng of the Progressive Lawyers Group also said the court might have wanted to avoid the sensitive political issue.
There is also a question of whether Beijing's rulings have a retrospective effect, which the court did not address. HKU law professor Benny Tai is of the view that under China's legal system, Beijing's decisions are retrospective, meaning that an action can carry legal consequences despite not being criminal at the time when taken. This stands in contrast with Hong Kong's legal system, in which laws are not retrospective.
"If Beijing's rulings are indeed retrospective, then let's see how far the legal consequences can go back. If not, then Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung Chun-hang should also not be disqualified," Kwok said.
"If they want to move the goalposts, I will make things worse to embarrass them," he said. "My goal is to make everyone abandon Beijing's ruling and let the court stick to the existing legal principles, while Yau and Leung can retake their oaths."
Kwok said he has not been told when the court will handle his legal challenge against the chief executive and three pro-Beijing lawmakers.


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Goodyear Polyglas! Simply the pinnacle of hustle muscle rubber on the road. Detroit wrapped its arms around this one, with good reason. The polyester body plies wrapped with two circumferential belts of fiberglass controlled all the vigor your right foot and nerves could stand. As was often said "Smoke 'em if ya got 'em." The vaunted Goodyear polyglas stood the test, and still does!
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14" Goodyear Tire Fitments
Goodyear Polyglas tires were first used and going forward in April of 1969. For Goodyear RWL fitments for vehicle build dates beginning in April 1969 thru October 1969 use Goodyear Polyglas SKU# CB5KL. November thru December of 1969, a running change was in place with Goodyear Polyglas installations. Thus either the CB5KL or CB5KJ may be used. As you see, this is encompassing the first half of the 1970 build year. Prior usage from 1967 thru March of 1969 was the Goodyear Speedway Wide Tread series.
15" Goodyear Tire Fitments
The Z28 cars of this generation are well defined. 1967 735/15 Red Line SKU# CBBMV. 1968 & 1969 Goodyear Speedway Wide Tread GT E70/15 RWL STK# CB3EX. 1970 – see running change note above. F60/15 RWL STK# CB4GF or CB4GG depending on vehicle build date. The F60/15 RWL STK# CB4GG was used from January 1970 thru the end of first generation O. E. bias fitments.


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If your teeth hurt or your jaw is sore when you wake up, you're likely grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw at night. Because you can develop long-term problems, it's important to find out what's going on.
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The behavior, known as bruxism, is not uncommon in children but is recognized more often in adults.
"We don't have a good way to stop a patient from grinding at night," says dentist Karyn Kahn, DDS. "All we can do is address the effects of the grinding and clenching and help reduce symptoms."
Research has shown that bruxism originates in the central nervous system. Research also shows that taking antidepressants, especially SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), can lead to teeth grinding, as can anxiety and stress. Having a competitive personality, alcohol use, smoking and a family history may also play a role for some people.
Signs of nightly grinding/clenching
Talk to your dentist if you experience any of these symptoms of teeth grinding or jaw clenching:
- Grinding or clenching loud enough to wake your sleep partner
- Flattened, fractured, chipped or loose teeth
- Worn tooth enamel, exposing deeper layers
- Increased tooth sensitivity
- Jaw or face pain and soreness
- Tired, tight jaw muscles
- Earache-like pain in your head or face
- Dull headaches beginning at the temples
- Indentations/scalloping on the sides of your tongue
- Clicking or popping of your temporomandibular joints (TMJ)
In the short term, grinding and clenching can damage your TMJ, the hinge joints connecting your lower jaw to your skull. Too much pressure resulting from muscle contraction in grinding/clenching can lead to popping, clicking, jaw locking, earaches, headaches and facial pain.
If the behavior continues, it can cause facial pain that is chronic (lasting more than six months), tooth fractures, daily headaches, migraines and chronic TMJ problems.
5 ways to reduce grinding frequency
- Cut back on caffeine (colas, coffee and chocolate), especially before bed.
- Avoid alcohol and smoking.
- Don't chew on pens, pencils or other things that aren't food.
- Don't chew gum daily, because it can make existing pain worse.
- Avoid sleeping on your stomach or placing your hand on your jaw (back-sleeping is best)
Although there's no way to stop grinding your teeth or clenching your jaw at night, "your dentist can fit you with a 'nightguard' by making custom impressions of your teeth," says Dr. Kahn. "Dental fabricated nightguards are designed to provide a stable bite that does not interfere with a healthy, comfortable jaw closure."
Adjustment of the device by a dentist can help reduce contraction of jaw muscles during bruxism, which may minimize jaw joint stress and protect tooth enamel.
Over-the-counter mouthguards provide coverage only over the teeth, she notes.
What to do for daytime grinding/clenching
Daytime teeth grinding and jaw clenching are often unconscious behaviors, but you can train yourself not to do them, Dr. Kahn says.
The key is to maintain a proper mouth position. Whenever you think of it, keep your lips together with your teeth slightly apart, and rest your tongue against the back of your front teeth. Doing this eliminates jaw joint stress and stops you from grinding your teeth during the day.
"It's a controllable habit, but many people are unaware of it," Dr. Kahn says. "You can leave little sticky notes around for yourself that can remind you to unclench your jaw."


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Healthcare facilities, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, emergency medical care centers, and physical or mental rehabilitation centers, must meet the highest level of sanitation while caring for very sensitive populations. As various pests pose several health threats through the spread of bacteria and contamination, the prevention of pest-borne infections is crucial.
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Looking to retain employees in a day and age where people would rather work from home? No problem. Everyone won't receive an Emmy, and everyone didn't receive a sports trophy as a child, so why not make them feel special here and now? You have the power to recognize your employees for their hard work and the power to incentivize them to work hard the following year. Here are nine reasons you could award your staff with an excellence award that will keep them motivated to stick with your company for the long haul.
1. 10 Years of Commitment
Remember the milestone, and don't only celebrate 10 years. Present milestone awards your employees know are coming. Celebrate every five years your employees are devoted to the company. Gift them an award for their 5-year anniversary, 10-year anniversary, 15 years, and so on.
2. Promotions
If an employee just received a promotion to an executive level, they deserve a raise and an award. If they went from a cubicle to an office, this is more of a reason they deserve one. That great desk will look even better with a crystal trophy from edco.com on it.
3. Exceptional Sales Quotas
A successful sales person is one driven individual. Salespeople are the heart of your company. They put themselves on the front line for your business, and without them most operations would cease to exist. Instead of simply writing them a commission check (which they would certainly appreciate as well) show them how much you care by putting their name on something. Some salespeople never even receive a permanent desk at your office because they are constantly on the go. It's time you gave them something tangible.
4. Overtime Workers
Some people work overtime because they need the money while other employees work overtime because they are passionate about their job. Many workers are also salary exempt, meaning they only make a flat annual rate and they will never be compensated for those additional hours; that right there is true commitment. Show you appreciate the extra mile they are going with an annual award for the employee you saw producing the most content. Many employers are tracking employee time to check the employee's over time work, helping them to record everything about that particular employee.
5. Mentoring
Not everyone is a teacher, and all employees will not go above and beyond to make new hires feel welcome. Those who do help the newbies should be recognized. Take the time to notice the little things. Be mindful of who is not only mentoring someone but also helping them excel that their job. That deserves an award for lack of selfishness.
6. No Sick Days
Everyone gets tired and run down, but some people tough through it. You'll notice there are employees who show up no matter what, and that is noteworthy. Award those who have not used any sick days in 3+ years.
7. New Positions Created
At most large corporations, new positions are not created at the drop of a hat. Someone needs to excel and reinvent their job in order to receive a new title that is not already set on the corporate ladder. This deserves ample recognition.
8. Humanity Award
If your company does not do this already, it is never too late to start. Encourage corporate responsibility by getting a group of hospital staff members to volunteer their time to an organization like Habitat for Humanity, Goodwill, or the Humane Society. Award the individual who put in the most hours with a corporate responsibility award for their service and dedication.
9. Retirement
They made it! Your employee grew old with you, and maybe even committed 25 years. Gift them the best crystal award you can find thanking them for their years of service and dedication. This will be going in their home and it will be something they always remember you by.
Whether you are a small or large corporation, remember crystal awards are very affordable. Most awards only cost around $80-$100 each. Give away about ten awards a year. By doing so, even as a small company you will not break the bank. Employee retention is important, so award your loyal staff today!


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In the wake of the deadly mudslide in Washington State, the Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, reminds consumers that scams often follow disasters. If you're asked to make a charitable donation to help people in disaster-affected areas, before you give, be sure your donations are going to a reputable organization that will use the money as promised.
Unfortunately, legitimate charities face competition from scammers who either collect for a charity that doesn't exist or aren't honest about how their "charity" will use the money you give. Like legitimate charities, they might appeal for donations in person, by phone or mail, by e-mail, on websites, or on social networking sites. For more information, read the FTC consumer blog post, Helping victims of the Washington State mudslide — Make sure your donations count and, for a list of groups that can help you research a charity, go to Charity Scams.
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I love the Oscars, petty and political and only vaguely meritocratic though they are. Part of the reason I created this blog when I did was because I wanted to write a piece on my Oscar predictions. Just got that one in under the gun.
Also, I've plugged my predictions into ABC's official Oscar predictions game, so if we're Facebook friends, you can put in yours, turn on "Play With Friends," and we'll compare results in real time during the broadcast. Come on, it'll be fun!
Okay, on to the predictions:
Best Visual Effects – Interstellar
I think the combination of beautfiully-designed CGI and old-school practical effects in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic will win the day, but if not, the dark horse is the performance capture powerhouse of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Best Film Editing – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, American Sniper
Academy voters love giving this award to war movies (I'll end up saying this a few times), and the movie has really been selling itself on the tension of its war scenes. Boyhood has an outside chance, depending on if the voters see editing as about finding the most cohesive movie in all the footage you shot, but I think it'll go to Sniper, at least in part because this is also an award that sometimes goes to "favorites" that aren't going to win any of the big awards.
Best Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner
A sumptuous period piece. They've probably got it in the bag.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
I actually think this one is wide open, and would love it for Guardians of the Galaxy to go home with something, but the cynic in me thinks that they'll it to the "serious" movie that makes its against-type-cast male lead "unrecognizable."
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Interesting fact: Lubezki, who won this award last year for Gravity, has been helping directors stage and shoot elaborate faux-single-take shots at least since flying a camera over the ocean, up to South Beach, and into a nightclub for the opening shot of The Birdcage for Mike Nichols in 1996.
Best Production Design – Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Perhaps the design-iest of the nominees, but not ostentatiously so.
Best Sound Mixing – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin, American Sniper
Academy voters love giving this award to war movies.
Best Sound Editing – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, American Sniper
Academy voters love giving this award to war movies.
Best Original Song – "Everything is Awesome," music and lyric by Shawn Patterson, The LEGO Movie
I could also see "Glory" from Selma getting this as a sort of consolation prize, but damn if "Everything is Awesome" wasn't one of the best things to come out of American cinema this year.
Best Original Score – Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Desplat has emerged over the last few years as one of the best composers working in film, but despite six nominations in the last eight Oscars, hasn't won. With two nominations this year, my guess is this is when he finally gets his statue, and that it'll be for the score that is more of a piece with the unique imagined world of Hotel, and not the equally good though less unique score for the WWII spy drama.
Best Animated Short Film – The Dam Keeper
I actually didn't see any of the nominees in this category, but have heard good things about The Dam Keeper.
Best Live Action Short Film – Parvenah
Haven't seen any of these either, but, again, have heard good things about Parvenah.
Best Documentary Short Film – Joanna
Okay, so I haven't seen any of the nominated short films this year. This, again, is just based on what I've read buzz about.
Best Documentary Feature – Citizenfour
This is the category where the Oscars let themselves get a little political (in the, like, public policy sense of the word — it's all political), so it should be no surprise that the frightening documentary about Edward Snowden and the growing national surveillance state is the frontrunner. It is also, y'know, excellent. So.
Best Foreign Language Film – Ida
Some of the early buzz had been around Leviathan, a Russian film about a small-town man fighting against a corrupt bureaucracy, but lately there has been more around Ida, a Polish post-WWII drama reckoning with Catholicism, the Holocaust and Stalinism. I haven't seen it, but as Leslie Knope knows, people love voting for tragedy. Also, if my guesses are correct on this, Live Action Short, and Documentary Short, the Academy will have awarded three movies with women's first names as titles, so, that should put to bed the argument that the Oscars are sexist.
Best Animated Feature Film – How to Train Your Dragon 2
The first How to Train Your Dragon was a surprisingly moving story about adolescence, discovery, reckoning with parental expectations, and accepting the differences in others. It's one of my favorite family movies of the last ten years. HTTYD2 was, to me, a bit of a disappointment. It was a solid animated adventure movie, but the characters felt flatter, the emotion more contrived, and the world bigger, but less interesting for it. Still a good movie, but not as rewarding as the first one. Still, it is the film to beat in this category, especially since write-ins aren't allowed to make up for what can only have been some kind of clerical error at Price Waterhouse Cooper.
Best Adapted Screenplay – Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
I might invite my boyfriend Elliot, who is a historian and librarian, to write a piece with me about the responsibility of screenwriters in accurately depicting the truth in historical films. A lot has already been said about how The Imitation Game takes liberties with the real story of Alan Turing, but ethics aside (this is Hollywood, afterall), the story they found in weaving the real with the fabricated is an excellent one. This is the one to beat. Also, I'm surprised Gillian Flynn didn't pick up a nod for Gone Girl, and finding a leaner thriller in her own blockbuster novel.
Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman
It wasn't my favorite story of the year, though the dialogue was cracking and individual scenes were often great. But if there's one thing Hollywood loves, it's awarding movies about Hollywood.
Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
She was the beating heart of the movie and it's, frankly, not the strongest field this year. Truthfully, it's not a particularly strong field in any of the acting categories.
Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Simmons has cleaned up the pre-Oscars awards, so it should be no surprise if he wins tonight.
Best Actress – Julianne Moore, Still Alice
I do love Julianne Moore, and haven't seen Still Alice, but once again, she's won some of the big pre-Oscars awards, including the SAG award, and since the Oscar voting body is made up largely of SAG members, it's likely hers.
Best Actor – Michael Keaton, Birdman
This is the one acting category that I think we could see a real surprise in, either with Cooper or Carrell picking it up, but I think the room full of frustrated actors wanting to believe they're doing something important will give the award to the guy playing the frustrated actor who wants to believe he is doing something important. Also, Keaton really is excellent in the film, so it would be totally deserved.
Best Directing – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Iñárritu hasn't won as many directing awards this year as the early buzz suggested he would, and Linklater could pick this one up for Boyhood; (which would be my vote), but I think it's most likely that Iñárritu gets this one for the meticulously choreographed shooting and for getting solid performances out of his actors.
Best Picture – Birdman
For all the reasons stated above, I think this is the one to beat. A lot has been made of this being the "closest year ever!" with Boyhood a strong candidate, and American Sniper doing crazy business at the box office, but the idea that box office = Oscar is a fallacy that people guy into every year.


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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travel is going to look a little different for the foreseeable future. This doesn't mean you can't travel at all – it might just require a bit of extra planning before you depart. COVID-19 tests have quickly become a standard requirement for crossing international borders. Here's what you need to know about these tests and requirements for your trip.
What you need to know about COVID-19 tests
There are two different COVID-19 tests and it's important to know the difference. Most travellers need to know about the diagnostic test, which lets you know whether you have an active case of COVID-19. These tests can be broken down into a molecular test (RT-PCR) or an antigen test, which are usually rapid diagnostic tests. The second type of test is an antibody test, which shows whether your body created antibodies to respond to the presence of COVID-19 in your system. It does not determine whether you have the virus at that moment.
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Bruce Coppock back as head of SPCO
Former St. Paul Chamber Orchestra leader Bruce Coppock is expected to return as president and managing director, the SPCO announced Tuesday.
The SPCO cited Coppock's orchestra managing experience and fundraising expertise in its recommendation.
Coppock served as president and managing director of the SPCO from 1999 to 2008. He left the orchestra after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, now in remission. Coppock will begin in June, replacing interim president Dobson West.
During Coppock's tenure, the orchestra established its artistic partners leadership model, which was praised for its innovation.
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"For all the difficulties of the past year -- and we all know this has been an extremely difficult year -- the SPCO is a wonderful orchestra, and it's a wonderful organization," Coppock said. "I believe firmly that there's a very bright future for the orchestra and that's why I took the job."
Coppock said healing an ensemble that has been through a bitter labor dispute will be a challenge, but he believes he can provide a steady hand as a manager and leader. He also wants to instill a culture of kindness and civility at the SPCO.
"I think the place we need to start is by focusing on music. Let's get concerts going back on stage. Let's get the audience back," he said.
The announcement comes as the SPCO is preparing for its first official concert since the lockout ended. The chamber orchestra is scheduled to play a concert May 9 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley.
Coppock's appointment is expected to be formally ratified by the board on May 21.


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The other day, I did something I predicted wouldn't work out well, but I felt compelled to. Many times, when I've been rolling around Berkeley I'll see some folks with a pamphlet stand, usually in Ashby station. This day, I saw them out by the Berkeley Bowl, and their signboard said, "Will Suffering End?".
If you know me, you know that ending suffering is kind of a big deal to me, and while I didn't think our answers to the question would dovetail, I had a few minutes. I approached, and pointing to their board said, "Yes. Well, at least, I hope so. Making it happen is what I'm about. What's your plan for fixing it?"
It was getting people to read the bible, as I'd predicted.
This is not an essay on religion and a lack thereof, though.
The conversation evolved through several steps of talking past each other. A refrain Rose kept returning to was free will, and how wonderful it was that God had equipped us with it. While I can see the intuitive appeal of the concept as having explanatory power, and in making one feel good both about one's decisions, and doing things like maintaining prisons with poor conditions for those who break the social rules, it's not a concept that I find useful in thinking about the world.
I think, as the title may have suggested, that we humans, along with all other life, all things in fact in this universe, are trapped in physics. We can do nothing other than what we do, and any claim otherwise that I've ever heard resolves to incoherency. A ball, released on an inclined plane, will roll to the bottom. Today we know that this is a result of gravity, and the conversion of potential to kinetic energy. We can take a few facts about the hill, the ball, and the local strength of gravity, and predict how fast the ball will roll, when it will reach any given point along the path it will follow, and how far it will go past the bottom of the hill. It makes no sense to postulate that this time, the ball will roll uphill and stay there, remaining smugly stationary at the top of the incline.
I can imagine a time earlier in history, when we didn't understand anything about gravity, inclined planes, or conservation of energy, in which that might have been, if not a reasonable bet, at least one that a person couldn't be sure wouldn't happen this time. Such people might well have ascribed free will to the ball, and a strong desire to be at the bottom of hills to balls in general.
Nowadays, as mentioned, we do know better. Nobody with a modern education would bet on a ball to roll uphill, nor a slinky to climb stairs, nor even a virus to reconsider infecting a cell and injecting its dna for replication.
And yet somehow these people, who should be aware from school classes that the laws of nature are Laws, inviolate in every case we've ever checked them in, and that they are made of atoms, that form molecules, that form cells, that form organs, that form people, somehow think we can be free of that inevitability. After all, they can observe themselves debate their options, and they "could have" done other than they chose to.
I think a lot of this intuition comes from observing people make different choices in the "same" circumstances. Since you spent fifteen minutes not eating the marshmallow to get a second one, why couldn't Billy in the next test room over? Everything in the room was the same, same table, same chair, same marshmallow.
Different Billy.
You had a stable home life, and parents who taught you some things about self-control, and a decent native temperament. Billy comes from a broken home, the parent he lived with working overtime to make ends meet and leaving him with the electric babysitter. His native temperament? Not so good for delaying gratification.
In our society we seem to regard this as something Billy should do something about, or at least feel bad about, but it's not like he had any choice in any of those things, and given those as inputs, his choice to eat the marshmallow was in fact quite predictable. He could not have chosen other wise – he simply wasn't equipped to, and it makes no sense to blame him for it.
I've had this perspective for a while, and I think it's useful in dealing with other people – they all have their backstories, and knowing that helps me to be a kinder and more thoughtful version of myself when interacting with them. It suggests to me that we should be using very, very different methods to respond to people who break the law, and that our society should be structured fairly differently, although I don't have an exact model of what it should look like. Certainly far more effort should be put into designing our incentives.
In reality, we're no different from the ball and the incline, aside from having more complicated and harder to see 'inclines' driving us. Rose was spreading the word of the Lord because her backstory and decision process told her it was the right thing to be doing. She couldn't have done otherwise than to smile and tell me about how wonderful free will was, and I'd be foolish to blame her for it.
Why write all this up? My hope is that other people catch some of this, and think a little more about what they want the shape of the world to take, and align their actions to driving other people's towards better inclines than they might have, using their native reactions. Just because you can't make a decision other than one you're going to make, doesn't mean I can't try to shift what the outcome of that process is with my words, after all. You're not the same person who started reading this, and I hope you're a wiser one.
Think about it.


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"Outside the South, the white Southerner who believes in segregation is sometimes pictured as a latter-day Simon Legree who now does with the law what used to be done with a whip. ...There are Southerners who fit this picture, but there are many more who are thoughtful, pious, gentlefolk -- who are still in favor of segregation. ...They may call the Negro a 'Nigra' or a 'nigger' but they have long since ceased meaning any harm or insult by it."
Life, 17 September 1956
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Photographs are notoriously ornery critters. Their meanings are as slippery as eels, as impossible to nail down as Jell-O is to a wall. Photos mean different things to different viewers and different things in different contexts.
I'm absolutely certain that Margaret Bourke-White didn't want the photos that she made for Part III of Life magazine's 1956 series on racial segregation in the South -- "The Voices of the White South" -- to be a defense of white supremacy and an affront to African Americans. But that's exactly what they were.
Life, 17 September 1956, pp. 108-09. Margaret Bourke-White photos. [Click on any of the images to see larger versions.]
It that sounds like a harsh judgment on Bourke-White, I don't mean it to be. By 1956, nearing the end of a career that had taken her to the very top of her profession, she had a well-earned reputation as a political progressive whose sympathies were on the side of the poor and the oppressed. Her photos, her books, and personal letters make this perfectly clear.
But photographers have little control over how people interpret their photos, even with the most rigorous captioning. What's more relevant to this discussion is that Life's photographers had almost no control over how their editors used their photos. Selection, cropping, captioning, context -- all of these things were out of the photographers' hands. Usually, Life did the photos justice. Sometimes, it didn't, and that's the case here.
Take the two-page spread directly above. Bourke-White's assignment had taken her to Greenville, South Carolina. As I read the photos (they wre always the primary carrier of information in Life), the message is pretty simple -- segregation isn't so bad; white people in the South are working hard to make black lives better.
The text reinforced that message. The caption under the large photo of the swimming pool reads, "Negroes Swim in the New $33,000 Pool, Built for Them in Greenville's Green Point. The Park, Which Has a Negro Director, Includes a $33,000 Skating Rink and a $3,400 Playland for Young Children." The article itself added that
The white population of Greenville enthusiatically supported all of these measures, for which the collective word is "equalization" -- improved conditions for Negroes but not integration.
According to Life, Greenville's whites found it "perplexing" that "leading Negroes... have become apathetic to civic improvements designed specifically for Negroes on the ground that the improvements tend to entrench segregation...."
Life, 17 September 1956, pp. 110-11. Margaret Bourke-White photos.
The next spread (above) is more complicated. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the photo of the couple dancing in a juke joint and linked it to a very similar, well known photo that Marion Post Wolcott made in another juke joint almost twenty years earlier. I admitted that some people might see the photos as reproducing old stereotypes about happy, carefree black people, who just want to have a good time. I argued, however, that the images transcended stereotypes, when seen in context. I think I was wrong, at least about Bourke-White's photo.
Context is everything. While the photo's caption was bland -- "In 'Harlem Cafe' Negroes dance to a jukebox. The city operates a more sedate club for teenagers, but juke-joints get more business" -- the accompanying text wasn't.
Speaking of Greenville's mayor, it said that he
does not subscribe to the notion that Negroes are inherently inferior. ...He does feel, however, that Negroes comprise the lowest social element in his city, and the statisitics of his police department can be used to support the view.
Life went on to note that
Many of the Negroes' involvements with the law follow an unattractive pattern which is often cited by white Southerners as an argument for segregation. It begins on Saturday night in a noisy juke-joint, where drinking leads to quarreling and quarreling leads to a fist of razor fight....
Rather than discuss poverty, unemployment, selective law enforcement, and the essential fact that only a minority of the black population would have spent its Saturday nights in juke-joints, Life instead offered photos of black men being arrested, facing a judge, and working on a chain gang.
It's plausible to imagine that many of Life's readers -- 20 million of them, overwhelmingly white -- would have concluded that people who behave like that deserved to be segregated.
Let me emphasize that I don't believe that Bourke-White wanted her photos to be read this way. I'd guess, for instance, that she was ironically referencing Andrew Wyeth's "Christina's World" in the chain gang photo. I'd also bet that some readers saw it that way. But the stronger message is about black irresponsibility and criminality.
Life, 17 September 1956, pp. 114-15. Margaret Bourke-White photos.
Bourke-White also photographed a white sharecropper and his family, who lived just outside of Greenville (above and below). As Life's editors saw it, the Joyner family was a model of hard-working stability -- in sharp contrast to his African-American neighbors:
...as Marshall Joyner sees it, the big difference between him and his neighbors, aside from skin color, it this: "I keep on the go. We're working to own our own farm. We want to hurry up and get someplace. But they just don't work. They just don't care. All their looking for is the end of the week when the landlord will shoot 'em a little money."
Joyner is temperate; his notion of a good relaxing time is to walk down to the store for a bottle of pop. He keeps his farm neat. When he quits work he takes a shower.... "But they take a bath once a month," he says, "and their fields don't look like they's hardly tending them."
It almost goes without saying that Life didn't ask Joyner's black neighbors for their point of view.
Bourke-White's photos here have little to say about African Americans. They're about the Joyners, reinforcing Life's depiction of them as a wholesome American family, precisely the sort of people with whom readers could identify.
Life, 17 September 1956, pp. 116-17. Margaret Bourke-White photos.
I got interested in Life's series on segregation in the South when I read Maurice Berger's fine account of black photographer Gordon Park's contribution to the project on the New York Times' Lens Blog. I was happy to discover that Bourke-White, about whom I'm writing two long articles, contributed to the series.
As it turns out, Parks' photos and the tone of the text in Part IV: "The Restraints: Open and Hidden" were quite different from Part III. In fact, Part III is something of an anomaly. Overall, the series was gently critical of segregation and supportive of African-Americans' claim to full citizenship.
But Bourke-White's photos, within the context of Part III, naturalized and rationalized segregation. She was probably horrified. I sure hope so.
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There's another reason that I'm fascinated by the images that Bourke-White made for the segregation series -- they're in color rather than black and white, and she made them with 35mm and medium format cameras rather than large format cameras. That is, they're radically different from the photographs that made her famous.
Here's Carl Mydans, another great Life photographer, writing about her usual working methods.
...she was highly visible. Never one of the "invisible witness" school of photographers who work unnoticed with 35mm cameras and value most highly the untampered picture, she worked instead with a large camera, multiple flashes, and often a battery of assistants to carry her heavy equipment and set up lights.
Bourke-White was after something that she believed demanded a precise technique. As Vicki Goldberg put it...
She sought an enduring image of grandeur and an impression of monumentality, not a glimpse of the fleeting and awkward life of every day. Her highly educated and rather original sense of design overrode the fragmentary and unsettling compositions that the camera so naturally produces....
Margaret Bourke-White/Life: Near silhouettes of two African American teenage boys ducking through showers outside segregated swimming pool. Greenville, SC, 1956. [Google archive caption.]
Unfortunately, Bourke-White's methods -- and her photos -- were looking increasingly old fashioned (and had been since at least the late 1930s). Goldberg, again...
A new aesthetic was being born, which put a higher value on the realism of everyday life and the haphazard quality of snapshot compositions.
You can see Bourke-White reaching for that new aesthetic in some of the photos that were published in Part III and in many that didn't make it into the magazine. (The photo above and the two below are among the scores of outtakes in the Life archives.) She's going for something looser, freer, and more spontaneous. Sometimes, she got it. Beautifully.
Margaret Bourke-White/Life: Segregation, South Carolina (Separate & Unequal Recreation Facilities). Greenville, SC, 1956. [Google archive caption.]
Sometimes, it was a near miss. (But I do love this photo, if only because I can imagine how differently it would read if the family were black.)
(It's possible that Bourke-White's move to smaller, lighter 35mm and medium format cameras had nothing to do with the aesthetic possibilities that they opened up. By 1956, the Parkinson's Disease that would soon end her career was already limiting her mobility.)
Margaret Bourke-White/Life: Greenville, SC, 1956. [Google archive caption.]
And sometimes she fell back on her old techniques.
Bourke-White clearly directed the photo above. There's nothing spontaneous about it. It seems to me that she wanted to send a message about America's racial hierarchy and to send it loud and clear.
But I'm a black man and the year is 2012. I doubt that the average Life reader -- who was white and middle class -- saw it that way. Many of them, North and South, would have employed black women to do the cooking and cleaning. To them, this would have been little more than a pleasant domestic tableau.
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As always, I'd like to hear what you think. If the spirit moves you, please leave a comment.


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About 6 months after the historical data rolled out in the Google Search Console user interface, it now has come to the API.
Google announced on Twitter that the Search Console API now supports 16 months' worth of data. The Search Console Analytics API lets webmasters and developers query a lot of the data you can get within the Search Analytics report in Google Search Console.
When Google began rolling out the new Search Console, it came with 16 months of data in the new beta interface. The old interface did not see a longer history of data, nor did the API. But that has changed, and now the API lets you go back as far as 16 months of history.
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Supporters of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe are urgently calling on the ruling party to constitute a government with or without the opposition. The ultimatum reportedly comes after opposition demands for fresh elections if the power-sharing impasse is not promptly resolved. Partisans of the ruling ZANU-PF party blame the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for the impasse after the MDC accused President Mugabe of awarding top ministerial positions to his ruling party.
But the opposition contends that only fresh elections would resolve a dispute over who controls key cabinet posts. The ministerial appointments are widely viewed as a make-or-break issue under a power-sharing pact signed with President Mugabe. The political impasse is reportedly raising fears that last month's power-sharing deal may collapse and worsen Zimbabwe's economic crisis.
Sydney Masamvu is a Zimbabwe analyst with the International Crisis Group in South Africa. He tells reporter Peter Clottey from the capital, Pretoria that the ruling party is showing arrogance in the face of economic and political crisis.
"This is a statement coming from the hardliners within the ZANU-PF who from the onset wanted to see this deal collapse. After the 27th of June, when Mugabe claimed that he had won a landslide victory, he did not proceed to form a government, even though he claimed that he had won a landslide election victory for the simple reason that he knew that his so-called landslide victory was a sham," Masamvu said.
He said the ruling party's claim of an overwhelming election run-off win was not credible.
"And there was no way he was going to form a government alone which would be recognized by the rest of the world, and as such, I think this statement is actually meant to perpetuate their self interest. But they are disconnected from the reality on the ground, which actually cries out for a political settlement in Zimbabwe to turn around the fortunes of the country," he noted.
Masamvu said there was need for the opposition to match the ruling ZANU-PF party strategically in the stalled negotiations.
"I think the issue of Morgan Tsvangirai participating or not participating in next Mondays' peace negotiations is actually an issue of power game to leverage his bargaining position. But it is actually important to know that if this agreement fails to take off, then the only option is to go back again to another election which would be internationally supervised in free and fair conditions, which should yield a government chosen by Zimbabweans with a full mandate to put the country on a path to economic and political recovery," Masamvu pointed out.
He said it would be difficult for the ruling party to refuse to accept international supervision of an election if it comes down to it.
"Their choices are fairly limited. They can go it alone and continue to be isolated and have sanctions reinforced. They can compromise. But still what you can see is that events of the past weeks have shown that even if a deal is worked out between ZANU-PF and the MDC and an inclusive government is formed, it is a matter of time before it crumbles, because you can see that there is a lot of mistrust. There seems to be no appetite, and there is no chemistry for the ZANU-PF to work with the MDC in a corporative government. The appetite is really not there, and as such, you can actually see that this deal is actually dead before it even started," he said.
Masamvu said there seems to be too much suspicion from both the ruling party and the opposition MDC which has led to the political impasse.
"What is lacking is actually goodwill from the ruling ZANU-PF, which is scuttling this deal. As much as there is optimism from people who are putting the suffering of the people in the negotiations, they have the optimism and the willingness to make this deal work," Masamvu noted.