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For over 70 years here at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism, we've run the Nieman Fellowships, which allows a couple dozen journalists from around the world to spend a year studying here at Harvard. And today, we're announcing a new fellowship partner that I'm really excited about.
I'm happy to announce the Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation. It's a joint project between us here at Nieman and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, the primary unit of the university dedicated to understanding our digital present and future. Berkman runs its own awesome fellowship program that brings technologists, social scientists, legal scholars, journalists, and others to Harvard. The Nieman-Berkman Fellow will be a full Nieman Fellow and a full Berkman Fellow, able to draw on both communities and help strengthen connections between technology and journalism.
So what's this Nieman-Berkman Fellowship all about? We're looking for someone who had a specific course of research or project that they'd like to undertake — something that would have a substantial benefit to the larger world of journalism. We're intentionally keeping the boundaries of that idea wide open — so proposals might deal with social media, with data visualization, with database analysis, with the underlying business models of online journalism, with newsroom structure, with networked journalism, with mobile consumption patters, or anything else that plays a meaningful part in how digital journalism is evolving. If it's a subject or field that we write about here at Nieman Lab, it probably makes sense for a proposal for the Nieman-Berkman Fellowship.
This fellowship is also open to a wider range of applicants than the other Nieman Fellowships. For instance, someone who works on the publishing or technology sides of a news organization could be a strong candidate, even if they aren't reporters or editors.
When the Nieman-Berkman Fellow arrives on campus this fall, he or she will work with Nieman and Berkman to advance the work of the proposal, sharing their work and their findings with readers of Nieman Lab and with the Harvard community. It's a pretty great gig — one I'd be applying for myself if I weren't already here!
You can read a lot more about the Nieman-Berkman Fellowship over here, and I'm happy to answer specific questions by email. Because we're announcing this fellowship a little later than usual, we've extended the deadline for applications to February 15 — so you've got a little over a month to think up a proposal and apply. This fellowship is open to both U.S. citizens and international applicants; we'll do interviews with finalists in the spring and, if we find the right person, make an announcement in May. We look forward to seeing your ideas.
(An aside: Americans are also still very much welcome to apply for the traditional Nieman Fellowships, which have a deadline of January 31. Unfortunately, the deadline for international applicants was back in December. I'd strongly encourage any journalist who wants to apply for the Nieman-Berkman Fellowship to also apply for the standard fellowship — that'll help your odds.)
It's official: The 2011-12 class of Nieman Fellows has been announced. These 24 terrific journalists will come to Harvard a few months from now and spend the next academic year investigating subjects that will make them into even better journalists. Since I've talked about the fellowship many times before, I thought you might like a chance to see who this year's winners are.
If you'd like to join their number next year, we'll open up applications again in the fall. I don't know for certain yet what the deadlines will be, but they're traditionally December 15 for international applicants and January 31 for Americans.
U.S. Nieman Fellows in the class of 2012 and their areas of interest:
Jonathan Blakley, foreign desk producer, NPR, will study history, politics and social media in sub-Saharan Africa. He also will examine the domestic media environment in the United States on the cusp of the 2012 presidential election.
Tyler Bridges, an author and freelance journalist based in Lima, Peru, will study the changes, challenges and opportunities for delivering news in the digital era in both the United States and Latin America.
James Geary, editor of Ode magazine and a freelance journalist based in London, will undertake a multidisciplinary study of wit, exploring what wit is and how it enables us to understand and solve complicated social problems, identify and exploit political and business opportunities, achieve psychological and scientific insights and improvise in the arts and in daily life.
Anna Griffin, metro columnist, The Oregonian, will study the evolution and future of American cities, with an emphasis on the role government agencies play in combating poverty and controlling sprawl.
Maggie Jones, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine based inNewton, Massachusetts, will study immigration public policy, law and literature, particularly as they relate to families in the United States and abroad.
David Joyner, vice president for content, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama, will study the availability of local news and information and its effect on civic engagement. He is the 2012 Donald W. Reynolds Nieman Fellow in Community Journalism.
Dina Kraft, a freelance journalist based in Tel Aviv, Israel, will study dueling national narratives in conflict zones, examining how they are born, evolve and impact their societies. She also will look at attempts to reconcile narratives in countries and regions emerging from decades of unrest.
Kristen Lombardi, staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity, will study the legal and social conditions that promote wrongful convictions, particularly the impact of institutional misconduct and the consequences of systemic resistance to reform.
Megan O'Grady, literary critic for Vogue, will examine the relationship between women novelists, literary criticism and the canon, focusing on postwar American literature and the persistence of gender myths in cultural discourse. O'Grady is the 2012 Arts and Culture Nieman Fellow.
Raquel Rutledge, investigative reporter, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will examine federal regulation and oversight of the nation's food supply as it relates to public health. She is the Louis Stark Nieman Fellow. The fellowship honors the memory of the New York Times reporter who was a pioneer in the field of labor reporting.
Adam Tanner, Balkans bureau chief for Thomson Reuters, will study the expanding computer universe of personal data, including how private firms and governments assemble massive databases on individuals and the implications for business, journalism, the law and privacy. He also will examine techniques of narrative journalism in the Internet era.
Jeff Young, senior correspondent with PRI's "Living on Earth," based in Arlington, Massachusetts, will study the full costs of energy sources and how new media might spark a more meaningful discussion of energy choices. Young is the 2012 Donald W. Reynolds Nieman Fellow in Business Journalism.
International Nieman Fellows in the class of 2012 and their areas of interest:
Claudia Méndez Arriaza (Guatemala), editor and staff writer for El Periódico and co-host of the television show "A las 8:45," which airs on Canal Antigua, will study law and political science to understand the shape of the rule of law in emerging democracies. She also will explore American literature and its links to Latin American culture. She is a 2012 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Latin American Nieman Fellow.
Carlotta Gall (United Kingdom), senior reporter for Afghanistan/Pakistan, The New York Times, will study history, with particular focus on American expansionism, the Middle East and American diplomacy in the region. Gall is the 2012 Ruth Cowan Nash Nieman Fellow. Nash was a trailblazer for women in journalism, best known for her work as an Associated Press war correspondent during World War II.
Carlos Eduardo Huertas (Colombia), investigations editor, Revista Semana, will study how to design a journalism center to produce transnational investigations about Latin America. He is a 2012 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Latin American Nieman Fellow.
Fred Khumalo (South Africa), "Review" editor, Sunday Times, will study the future of publishing in the digital age and the impact, management and financial implications of social media in a changing global society and in the developing world. He also will take courses in creative writing and script writing. His fellowship is supported by the Nieman Society of Southern Africa.
Wu Nan (China), a Beijing-based reporter, will study how new media is empowering people and businesses, changing political dynamics and sparking social change. She is the first Nieman Fellow at Harvard to be supported through Sovereign Bank and the Marco Polo Program of Banco Santander. She also is the 2012 Atsuko Chiba Nieman Fellow. The Chiba fellowship honors the memory of Atsuko Chiba, a 1968 Nieman Fellow.
John Nery, (Philippines), senior editor and columnist, Philippine Daily Inquirer, will investigate journalistic assumptions about history and, in particular, explore ways in which Southeast Asian journalists can use greater awareness of historical context to inform their work. Nery is the first Sandra Burton Nieman Fellow. His fellowship is supported by the Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Foundation and honors the memory of journalist Sandra Burton, who reported from the Philippines for Time magazine.
Samiha Shafy (Switzerland), science reporter, Der Spiegel, will study how public policy and economic principles shape the way scientific evidence is translated into action to address global challenges, especially in the context of natural resources management, sustainable development, energy, water, climate change and public health. Shafy is the first Nieman Fellow from Switzerland. She also is the Robert Waldo Ruhl Nieman Fellow. Ruhl, a 1903 Harvard graduate, was editor and publisher of the Medford Mail-Tribune in Oregon from 1910-1967.
Pir Zubair Shah (Pakistan), reporter, The New York Times, will study the art of narrative journalism to develop his ability to present investigative work in a compelling format and make it accessible to a broad audience. Shah is the 2012 Carroll Binder Nieman Fellow. The Binder Fund honors 1916 Harvard graduate Carroll Binder, who expanded the Chicago Daily News Foreign Service, and his son, Carroll "Ted" Binder, a 1943 Harvard graduate. Shah also is the 2012 Barry Bingham Jr. Nieman Fellow. Bingham, a 1956 Harvard graduate, was the editor and publisher of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times in Kentucky.
David Skok (Canada), managing editor, globalnews.ca, will study how to sustain Canadian journalism's distinct presence in a world of stateless news organizations and explore the impact new tools of journalism have on the role of the free press. Skok is the Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellow. Goodman was a 1962 Nieman Fellow.
Akiko Sugaya (Japan), a freelance journalist based in Boston, will study how social media can promote citizen journalism and enhance the democratic process. She also will explore the new media literacy skills needed to empower the public to actively participate in society through the use of social media. Sugaya is the William Montalbano Nieman Fellow. Montalbanowas a 1970 Nieman Fellow and a prize-winning Los Angeles Times reporter who reported from 100 countries during his 38-year career.
Global Health Reporting Nieman Fellows in the class of 2012 and their areas of interest:
Samuel Loewenberg (United States), a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, will study neglected factors in global health interventions, foreign aid reform and the role of journalism in increasing accountability.
Rema Nagarajan (India) assistant editor, The Times of India, will study patterns and trends in mortality, fertility and population growth and their relationship with population health, the impact of poverty, class, gender and geography on access to health care and medical ethics.
Last night, I started writing a post about our friend Dorothy Parvaz, the Al Jazeera English journalist and former Nieman Fellow (class of '09) who went to Syria to report on the uprising there, then was detained and sent to Iran. It was going to be another post calling for her release, as the Nieman Foundation already had.
I was very happy this morning to find out I can leave that post in draft form: she was released by Iranian authorities overnight and is back in her base in Doha. We're extremely grateful to all who helped achieve her release, and that she reports she was treated well in Iranian custody. She'll be heading back to Vancouver soon to visit her family.
Here's more on her release from the NYT, Seattle Times, and Canadian Press.
The photo above — bucolic and autumnal and sunny — is a bit of a lie at the moment. It's cold outside. Nonetheless, that image could be a lot like the one you'll be seeing next August when you arrive at Lippmann House to start your Nieman Fellowship year. But, like the lottery, you can't win if you don't play, and it's time for American journalists to get serious about preparing their applications.
(We love non-Americans too — but their deadline passed last month.)
For those just joining us, the Nieman Fellowship is a decades-old opportunity for working journalists to spend an academic year here at Harvard, studying the subjects of their choice. Are you a business reporter who wants a stronger grounding in macroeconomics? A foreign correspondent who needs to dive deeper into contemporary Islam? A statehouse reporter who wants to put the daily political maneuvering in a theoretical context? Then a Nieman Fellowship might be for you.
Those examples are all pretty purpose-driven, but Niemans aren't tied just to the study plan they propose. They end up taking lit classes with James Wood and Luke Menand, law classes with Alan Dershowitz, government classes with Robert Putnam, science classes with E.O. Wilson and Steven Pinker, history classes with Niall Ferguson, economics classes with Amartya Sen — even if those subjects have little directly to do with their beats back in the office. (I don't mean to give short shrift to the thousand of Harvard faculty you haven't heard of — they're pretty brilliant too.)
Aside from classes, Niemans spend the year in the company of their fellow fellows, who are typically some of the most fascinating people you'll ever meet. (Speaking as an American Nieman Fellow '08, I can say that spending a year with a dozen top non-American journalists prompts a lot of thinking about how the way we operate isn't the only way.) Perhaps most important, fellows get to soak up all there is to take from Harvard outside the classroom: an endless stream of lectures, lunches with faculty, and engagement with the many smart people who live within a 10-mile radius of campus. And if Harvard isn't enough for your intellectual interest, there's a little place called MIT down the street.
All this can be yours, for the low, low cost of an application, plus evidence of your general awesomeness. The deadline for applications is January 31, which means you've got some time to assemble yours. We typically get around 10 applications for every fellowship spot we have to offer, so it's competitive — but that shouldn't dissuade you from giving it a try.
You can learn lots about the fellowship program on the main Nieman Foundation site; click through the links in the orange bar at the top. Here are a few of the questions I usually hear from applicants:
Q. Am I too young (or too old) for a Nieman?
A. No! There is no age requirement for a fellowship. We require at least five years' experience in journalism, which in practice means if you're 22, you're unlikely to qualify. (Those middle-school years spent as a paperboy don't count as journalism experience.) I'd say most of our fellows run between late 20s and mid 40s, but that's just the typical range — there have been younger and older, and all are welcome to apply. The perfect applicant will have enough experience to show a strong record of achievement, but still have plenty of years ahead of her to use what she learns as a fellow.
Q. I'm a [photographer|documentary filmmaker|blogger|public radio producer|opinion writer|database nerd|news librarian|magazine editor]. Am I eligible?
A. Yes! (Well, assuming you meet the other requirements, like the five years bit.) Historically, most Niemans worked at newspapers, but the current batch of fellows includes journalists who've worked primarily in magazines, TV, radio, wire services, and online. And they're not all reporters — editors, photographers, documentarians, and others are welcome, so long as you work in the production of journalism and can show evidence of your general awesomeness. Also worth noting: Freelancers are welcome.
Personally, I'd love to see more fellows from the world of online journalism — developers, data journalists, entrepreneurial types, or reporters and editors who've worked at startups or nonprofit outlets. The kind of people we write about here at the Lab, in other words. There are lots of opportunities through Berkman, MIT CMS, and here at the Lab for digitally oriented fellows to improve their game and plan their contribution to the evolution of journalism. If you're a regular Lab reader and you're generally awesome, you'd probably be a strong candidate.
Q. I see there are specific fellowships reserved for certain kinds of reporters. I'm not one of those kinds. Am I eligible?
A. Yes! We do have specific fellowship slots we typically reserve for journalists who cover the arts, business, global health, and smaller communities. That's great news if you fall in one of those categories — but most of the fellowships are open to all comers, no matter your beat.
Q. What do I tell my boss? He'll notice if I'm gone for a year.
A. Traditionally, Niemans have asked their employer before assembling their application if they can have a leave of absence for their time at Harvard, so that their job is waiting for them back at their newsroom when the year's up. We ask those employers to send us a letter confirming the leave offer.
But we recognize that employers aren't always as willing to do that as before, even though journalists typically return from a Nieman ready to rock and roll and excited to use all they've learned. Talk to your boss and see if a leave is possible; if not, that doesn't mean you can't still apply. You'll just have a difficult conversation ahead of you if you're accepted. As we say:
We encourage news managers to work with fellowship applicants to help them shape their aspirations for a year at Harvard. We also encourage potential Nieman applicants to be upfront with their news organization's leadership about their intentions, whether or not a supporting letter is forthcoming. In the absence of such a letter of support, however, a candidate is still eligible to apply for a Nieman Fellowship.
Some employers continue to pay part of a journalist's salary while they're here, which is awfully nice of them. But probably the most important thing they can do is keep you on your work health insurance while you're a fellow, which will save you from trying to arrange it on your own.
Q. What's the most important part of the application?
A. The application involves two brief essays, four letters of recommendation, and samples of your work, plus a form. Details here. Your general awesomeness should likely seep through every piece of that — your clips/portfolio should be impressive, your recommendations should be impressive. But the essays are the heart of it; a mediocre essay can sink an otherwise solid application. Give special thought to the study plan, which is our best evidence of what you'll actually do with a fellowship.
Q. What about money? I like money.
A: Details here. The exact dollar figures vary on the size of the family you're bringing to Cambridge. If you're flying solo, you're looking at around $65,100 for the academic year. (You're only a fellow for 10 months, so that's about the same as what you'd get at an annual salary of about $78K.) If you've got three young children, that goes up to $77,000 (which roughly equates to a $92K salary, annualized.)
Q. My husband/wife is generally awesome. Can he/she come too?
A. Yes! We even have a special name for the spouses (and significant others) of fellows: Nieman Affiliates. Arguably, affiliates get the best deal of all — they can take classes at Harvard too and have nearly the entire Nieman experience, but without some of the responsibilities that come with being a fellow. (We host a number of events each week at which fellows are expected to attend; affiliates can attend or not at their option.)
We know that most families are dual income these days, so we try to make the year family friendly and rewarding for a Nieman spouse. On the other hand, some spouses choose to stay back in their hometown when their spouse heads to Cambridge, either for job or family reasons. Either way is fine with us.
Q. What does the fellowship have to do with the Nieman Journalism Lab?
A. The fellowships and the Lab are both projects of the Nieman Foundation. The fellowships have been around over 70 years; the Lab's been around about two. We love it when fellows want to work with us in figuring out what we can about the future of journalism, and I play a role in organizing some of the fellows' lectures and activities. But working with the Lab is completely optional — fellows are free to spend all year working with us if they choose, and they're also free to focus completely on their own interests and just wave at us from a distance.
As someone who's been through the process, I get lots of emails this time of year from people working on their applications, looking for advice. I'm happy to talk you through any questions you may have. If they're questions that would be of interest to others, please leave a comment below and I'll respond. If it's something more unique to you, drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll get back to you. One final piece of advice: Get started on your application now. You don't want to be running to a FedEx drop box the night of January 31, hoping you remembered to include that last front-page story you just photocopied.
While you may know the Nieman name through this website, our primary project for over 70 years has been the Nieman Fellowships, the oldest journalism fellowship in the world. Every fall, around two dozen talented journalists from around the world come to Harvard for a year of study in the field of their choice — anything that will make them better journalists upon their return to their career.
Some study classic journalism-influencing subjects like economics, history, or government; some dive deep into a particular topic area they've worked in before. Others want to study the kinds of Lab-like subjects that will influence journalism's future: revenue models at Harvard Business School, digital media at the Berkman Center, nonprofit structures at the Hauser Center, online media law at Harvard Law School. (And if Harvard isn't enough, Nieman Fellows can also attend classes down Mass Ave at MIT.)
We're starting the process of picking the 74th class of Nieman Fellows, who will come to Harvard next fall, in August 2011. So if you're a talented journalist, it might be time for you to think about applying.
Each Nieman class is roughly half American, half from the rest of the world. And the matter is most pressing for prospective international fellows, since the deadline for your application is December 15. (American applicants have until January 31.)
You can read the eligibility requirements and the details of how to apply. But the key elements include two short essays (one a personal statement, the other an outline of what you plan to study), some samples of your work, and four letters of recommendation. If you get started now, internationals, you've still got time! (South African, Canadian, and South Korean journalists have their own special application processes; follow the links here.)
I'm happy to answer any questions from applicants, particularly any Lab readers from digital background who'd like to come to Harvard. (I was a Nieman Fellow, Class of '08.) There's no age requirement, and the experience requirement is minimal (five years as a working journalist). The goal of the Nieman Fellowships is to improve journalism by unleashing journalists on a great university; if you think you could be one of those journalists, I encourage you to apply.
[Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with its latest issue, which focuses on the current state of international reporting. There are lots of interesting articles — check out the whole issue — but we're highlighting a few that line up with our subject matter here at the Lab. Here's Monica Campbell, a veteran journalist and former Nieman Fellow, on how her partnership with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard allowed her to continue her work researching and reporting on the drug trade in Juárez. —Josh]
Eight o'clock Monday morning in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Federal cops, their high-powered weapons pointed outward, packed pickup trucks and patrolled the city's streets. Women waited at a bus stop to head to factory jobs. A newspaper's front page featured grisly crime scene photos. It was July, searing hot, and I headed to my first interview.
Unlike my previous trips to Juárez, I was not there on a traditional news assignment. On this reporting project my partner was the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. This opportunity arose during my Nieman year when I noticed a growing interest among academics in Mexico's escalating drug cartel-related violence. Having reported from Mexico for several years, I developed a proposal for research that would focus on citizens' response to the violence in Juárez, the epicenter of Mexico's bloody drug war.
I'm very pleased to provide an update on the case of Hollman Morris, which I've written about here and here. Hollman is the noted Colombian journalist who was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to come study here at Harvard — only to have his request for a student visa rejected by the United States government. An American official told Hollman he was being rejected under the terrorist activities section of the Patriot Act; Hollman has done much courageous reporting on ties between right-wing militias and the Colombian government, which has opened him up to criticism from those he reports on.
I'm happy to say that the U.S. State Department has reversed its decision and decided to allow Hollman into the country. He'll arrive here in Cambridge within the next few weeks and will be able to study at Harvard as we'd originally hoped.
Lots and lots of people worked hard to try to get us to this point — in the human rights world, where Hollman has been held up for years as a model reporter; in the journalism world, which can be counted on to rally around a case like his; and in the community of past Nieman Fellows who wanted to see Hollman join their number. We're very grateful to all who got involved and argued a journalist shouldn't be kept out of this country based on who his reporting angers. We're also grateful for those within the State Department who recognized the need to reverse their decision.
One of the traditional highlights of the Nieman experience is the weekly "sounding." That's what we do every Monday night during the year: One by one, the Nieman Fellows each prepare a meal for their Nieman colleagues and spend an hour or so telling the story of their career and life in journalism. I suspect Hollman's going to have some good stories to tell.
Here's the press release we just put out:
United States reverses decision and grants visa to Colombian journalist
Hollman Morris to join Nieman class of 2011
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The U.S. State Department has reversed its decision to deny a visa to leading Colombian journalist Hollman Morris. He is now free to travel to the United States, where he will begin a yearlong fellowship at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
Reacting to the news, Nieman Foundation Curator Bob Giles said "We're very pleased that the situation has been resolved this way. Many concerned individuals worked together to support Hollman during the past month and we're looking forward to having him join us at Harvard. His valuable expertise and insights will be a welcome addition to our new class of Nieman Fellows."
Last month a U.S. consular official in Bogota told Morris that he was being denied a visa under the terrorist activities section of the Patriot Act. That decision was widely condemned by individuals and groups including the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and others, many of whom lobbied on behalf of Morris.
An independent television journalist, Morris has reported extensively on his country's civil war and resulting human rights abuses. His television show "Contravía" has been critical of alleged ties between the administration of outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Colombia's right-wing paramilitary groups and the Colombian armed forces. Uribe once called Morris "an accomplice to terrorism" for building contacts with the country's FARC rebels in the course of his reporting. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Colombia's largest rebel group, is on the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Many journalists and human rights activists view efforts to link Morris with FARC as the Colombian government's way to discredit his work. Last year, reports surfaced showing that Morris was one of many high profile critics of the government who were subjected to illegal wiretapping and surveillance by Colombia's intelligence agency.
Morris has traveled to the United States a number of times in the past, has met with high-ranking U.S. officials to discuss Colombia's human rights issues and in 2007 won the Human Rights Defender Award, presented annually by Human Rights Watch.
Established in 1938, the Nieman Foundation administers the oldest midcareer fellowship program for journalists in the world. Working journalists of accomplishment and promise are selected to come to Harvard for a year of study, seminars and special events. More than 1,300 journalists from 90 countries have received Nieman Fellowships.
In addition to administering the Nieman Fellowship program, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard publishes the quarterly magazine Nieman Reports, the nation's oldest magazine devoted to a critical examination of the practice of journalism, and is home to the Nieman Journalism Lab, which identifies emerging business models and best practices in journalism in the digital media age. Additionally, the foundation produces Nieman Storyboard, a website that showcases exceptional narrative journalism, and the Nieman Watchdog Project, a website that encourages journalists to monitor and hold accountable all those who exert power in public life.
I want to give you a quick update on the case of Hollman Morris, the Colombian journalist whose visa application has been rejected by the U.S. government. Hollman was set to come here to Harvard for the next year under a Nieman Fellowship. He has produced journalism critical of the Colombian government, and that appears to have been a factor in why the State Department took the extraordinary step of preventing an honored journalist from entering the country.
My boss, Nieman Foundation curator Bob Giles, wrote an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times explaining why the State Department should reverse its decision. Read the whole thing, but here are a couple excerpts:
In the 60 years that foreign journalists have participated in the Nieman program, they have sometimes had trouble getting their own countries to allow them to come. The foundation's first brush with the harsh reality of journalism under repressive regimes came in 1960, when Lewis Nkosi, a black South African and writer for Drum, a magazine for black South Africans, was awarded a fellowship. His application for a passport was denied by the country's apartheid government. Angry and bitter, he applied for an exit visa. It enabled him to leave, but he was forbidden to ever return.
Morris, though, is the first person in Nieman history to be denied the right to participate not by his own country but by ours. The denial is alarming. It would represent a major recasting of press freedom doctrine if journalists, by establishing contacts with so-called terrorist organizations in the process of gathering news, open themselves to accusations of terrorist activities and the possibility of being barred from travel to the United States.
The Nieman Foundation invites foreign journalists to join its class of fellows, in part because it is good for the U.S. participants to gain an international perspective, but also as a way of rewarding and nurturing excellence in foreign journalism. During the struggle to remove racial barriers in South Africa, Nieman Fellowships were awarded annually to South African journalists, who carried democratic and journalistic values home with them. Many went on to brazenly employ their editorial leadership to challenge the government and help bring an end to apartheid.
Several endangered journalists have come to the Nieman program from Colombia, where 43 journalists have been killed since 1992. In 2000, Ignacio Gomez, a young investigative reporter, was forced to flee after his newspaper, El Espectador, published stories in which Colombian police and military were linked with violent right-wing paramilitaries. In one of the stories, a Colombian military colonel was said to have masterminded the 1997 massacre in Mapiripan, in which right-wing paramilitaries killed nearly 30 people for allegedly supporting left-wing guerrillas. Gomez received hundreds of death threats after that article was published.
The Nieman Foundation program has been a safe, if temporary, refuge for foreign journalists like Hollman Morris, who are targets because they have challenged dictators and privileged oligarchs. Their experiences inspire others in the fellowship and beyond, and contribute to a greater appreciation of our constitutional guarantees of press freedom. It makes no sense that the U.S. government would intervene to prevent a journalist access to learning about the freedoms we so cherish.
The effort to let Hollman come to this country has gained support from both the journalism and human rights communities. The Committee to Protect Journalists sent a letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton yesterday outlining its belief that the visa rejection "damages U.S. interests in Latin America and increases risks for Morris in Colombia." They also point to their February report on attacks on the Colombian press, which highlighted Hollman's case:
Hollman Morris, a reporter known for his critical coverage of the country's civil conflict, came under fire from the government after he traveled to southwestern Colombia to interview guerrilla fighters for a documentary on kidnappings. On February 1, Morris said, members of the leftist guerrilla group Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) urged him to interview three police officers and a soldier who were being held hostage. The journalist told CPJ that once he realized the hostages' answers had been coerced, he simply asked for their names and their time in captivity. The same day, FARC released the four hostages to a humanitarian mission led by the International Red Cross.
As news of Morris' meeting with the hostages was reported, the government reacted in forceful, rapid-fire fashion. Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón said Morris had acted without "objectivity and impartiality." Then-Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos called him "close to the guerrillas." And Uribe accused the journalist of being an "accomplice to terror."
Morris told CPJ that the accusations triggered a string of e-mail threats. On February 5, CPJ and Human Rights Watch sent Uribe a letter objecting to the loaded assertions and urging the president to put an end to comments tying journalists to any side in Colombia's armed conflict. CPJ research has shown that such public assertions have endangered journalists. The government has often resorted to such politicized accusations, the New York-based group Human Rights First said at a March hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Colombian prosecutors, the group said, have brought dozens of unfounded and "specious" criminal investigations against Colombians, including journalists and human rights activists.
The documentarian Alex Gibney wrote a post for The Atlantic about Hollman and included a video he had shot about Hollman for Human Rights Watch. I've embedded the video above.
The Boston Globe had a piece noting the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' call for Hollman to be allowed into the country. Michele Salcedo, NAHJ's president, told the Globe: "Our government in the past has seen fit to acknowledge his very strong journalistic work, but yet we have denied his visa."
Colombia Reports notes that the Inter-American Press Association has also called for the visa decision to be reversed and points to an article in the Colombian daily El Espectador on the situation.
And finally, this Washington Post story from a few days ago, by Juan Forero in Bogotá:
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — In his work reporting on this country's drug-fueled conflict, Colombian journalist Hollman Morris has met frequently with high-ranking American officials and been received at agencies from the State Department to the Pentagon.
In January, it was a lunch with State's No. 2, James B. Steinberg, at the residence of the American ambassador in Bogota. A few months before that, he had met Daniel Restrepo, senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council, to discuss alleged abuses by Colombia's secret police.
But when Morris sought a U.S. student visa so he could take a fellowship for journalists at Harvard University, his application was denied.
It's the time of year when the new class of Nieman Fellows starts arriving here in Cambridge, but we thought you should know about an unprecedented situation currently keeping one of our colleagues away. Hollman Morris Rincón, an independent journalist in Colombia, won a Nieman Fellowship this spring to study conflict negotiation strategies, international criminal court procedures, and the Rome Statute. I'll just quote the AP:
BOGOTA, Colombia — The U.S. government has denied a visa to a prominent Colombian journalist who specializes in conflict and human rights reporting to attend a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University.
Hollman Morris, who produces an independent TV news program called "Contravia," has been highly critical of ties between illegal far-right militias and allies of outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, Washington's closest ally in Latin America.
The curator of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard, which has offered the mid-career fellowships since 1938, said Thursday that a consular official at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota told him Morris was ruled permanently ineligible for a visa under the "Terrorist activities" section of the USA Patriot Act.
Here's a video of Hollman talking about human rights abuses in Colombia; here's an interview from the Center for Investigative Reporting with Hollman and his brother and colleague Juan Pablo Morris about their work:
The Morris brothers take their cameras deep into the Colombian countryside to probe into the disappearance of thousands of individuals kidnapped over the past decade, and track efforts to unearth their graves far from the cosmopolitan capital city of Bogotá or the eyes of the international or global press. "Our aim," Juan Pablo told us, "is to reconstruct the memory of those atrocities….Many of the people who followed the paramilitaries in the 1980s and 90s are running the country today."
Contravia has uncovered links between paramilitary leaders and high officials in Colombian politics and finance. Thirty senators and representatives in the Colombian Congress have been imprisoned because of their ties to the paramilitary death squads; another sixty have been investigated. That's a third of Colombia's 268 member Congress, giving rise to a new term — 'para-politica' — to describe the ongoing crisis as one top politician after another is accused of complicity with the para-military squads. Most of those accused represent political parties that are part of the governing coalition led by President Alvaro Uribe.
Hollman Morris was given the Human Rights Defender Award by Human Rights Watch in 2007. He's been forced to leave Colombia several times for extended periods after the airing of Contravía revelations. The show does not receive commercial backing; subsidies come from the Open Society Institute, the European Union and other international sources.
In February 2009, Contravía's reporting prompted a denunciation by the government: Colombia's Minister of Defense, Juan Manuel Santos, accused Hollman Morris on national radio of being "close to the guerillas," after he conducted several interviews with FARC hostages who were later released. Uribe himself denounced Morris to the national press, and implied he was a member of the "intellectual bloc" of the FARC.
Santos is now the president-elect of Colombia and, ironically enough, was a Nieman Fellow himself while a newspaperman in the 1980s.
The independent website Colombia Reports reports on documents from April, allegedly from the Colombian security agency, that appear to call for surveillance and harassment of Hollman, including requesting "the suspension of visa."
Obviously, we're hoping this can be resolved. For decades, the Nieman Fellowships have brought journalists from around the world to Harvard to study and learn from one another in an atmosphere of open exchange. My boss, curator Bob Giles, has written to the State Department asking it to change its decision, and other forces are rallying in his support. I don't know that we have many readers in Foggy Bottom, but if we do, we sincerely hope this won't be the first time an American political decision has prevented a foreign journalist from studying with us.
Doesn't that look like the kind of place you'd like to spend a year?
That's Lippmann House on the Harvard campus, where I'm lucky enough to come to work every day. It's also the home of the Nieman Fellowships, the wonderful program that allows journalists to spend a year at Harvard, taking classes and researching the topics of their choice.
The deadline for American journalists to be part of the next class of fellows is coming up soon: January 31. (The deadline for international applicants has already passed.)
To recap, Nieman Fellows get to spend a year at Harvard, auditing whatever classes they want in any part of the university (or down the road at MIT). We pay you for the 10 months you're here (at least $65,000, with more for fellows with children to care for). You spend the year with a couple dozen of the best journalists from around the world, your fellow fellows. The idea is to give you the chance to step away from the daily pressures of your work life and dive into the subject matters that interest you.
Some fellows use the year to focus on learning more about their beats; environmental reporters take science classes, business reporters take economics classes, and so on. Some focus on a subject far afield from what they've spent their careers covering, using the fellowship as a pivot point to a new career. Some use it focus on issues like those we cover here — the future of news, both financially and journalistically. (Fellows also get to spend the year working with us here at the Lab, if they choose.) It's really up to you.
I want to give special notice to a new kind of fellowship we're offering for the first time this year. Thanks to the generosity of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, we're reserving one spot in the next class for a business journalist. So if you cover business or economics and would like to spend a year learning from smart folks like the profs at the Harvard Business School, we'd definitely like to see your application.
What kind of journalist becomes a Nieman Fellow? For many years, the class was made up primarily of newspaper reporters. But as the industry has shifted, so has the class. Our current American fellows include as many freelancers as newspaper reporters, plus people from radio, magazines, wire services, and the web. (Selfishly, I'd love to see more web folks in the next class.) Folks from television and documentary filmmaking are also very much welcome. If you do quality journalism, no matter the medium, you could be a candidate.
Anyway, the deadline is 11 days away as I write this, which is still plenty of time for you to get cracking. You can apply entirely online this year for the first time. You'll need to submit two short essays, an application form, a few recommendations, and some samples of your work — it's not a difficult process. So get moving, and come introduce yourself when you arrive in the fall.
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September 5, 2015
Statement by Justin Trudeau on the refugee crisis in Syria.
Posted by Liberal Party of Canada | Parti libéral du Canada on Thursday, September 3, 2015
Statement by Justin Trudeau on the refugee crisis in Syria.
Posted by Liberal Party of Canada | Parti libéral du Canada on Thursday, September 3, 2015
OTTAWA – A Liberal government will take immediate action to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada and address this tragic humanitarian crisis, said Liberals today.
"Canadians can and must do more to help Syrian refugees who are desperately seeking safety. This is about showing leadership and doing what is right as Canadians," said Liberal candidate for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Marc Garneau. "Since March, Justin Trudeau has been calling on the Canadian government to immediately accept 25,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees. Canadians expect action on this issue from their government."
A Liberal government would:
"Mayors and premiers from across the country have already taken action, together, and Canadians have stepped up personally to assist in the crisis," said Liberal candidate for Markham–Stouffville, Jane Philpott. "Leading this country means bringing people together with hope for the future. We have a responsibility to significantly expand our refugee targets and give more victims of war a safe haven in Canada."
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I am trying to write my first ever assignment in Java and am straggling with it.
I have a superclass LivingThing and two subclasses, Monster and Human. Both subclasses have an attribute 'strength', but the maximum value of it is different for each of them. In my superclass I wrote a method setStrength(int strength), which checks if strength is within minStrength and maxStrength. How could I define different maxStrength values in subclasses and push this value up to the superclass while creating a new object?


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Tati Westbrook asks fans to stop sending James Charles "abusive memes" in new video
17 May 2019, 12:12 | Updated: 17 May 2019, 12:33
"If I really wanted to take him down and ruin him and cancel James Charles, I would have been at every studio and I would have been sharing every detail that I could."
Following a week's worth of drama, savage memes, leaked texts and huge drops in subscribers, Tati Westbrook has uploaded another video explaining why she made the 'Bye Sister' video calling out James Charles.
In the 18 minute update called 'Why I Did It', Tati says that she knew that the original video would cause a lot of controversy, but she made the video because it was an attempt at "trying to reach someone who [she] found completely unreachable."
James Charles and Tati Westbrook feud explained: A complete guide to the drama
Explaining why she felt the need to call James out publicly, she said: "It was a cut much deeper than vitamins and I felt defensive because I was hearing people say that there was a story about me and it was just too much all at once... I'll defend the things I believe in and the things I know that I'm doing the right way."
When Tati made the video, she explains that she thought that she was going to be the one who took the biggest hit. She also addressed what's happened to her and James' subscriber count, saying that's that not why she uploaded the video. "There's no celebration in what's happening. And if I could give all of the new success back and the new subscribers back, I would."
READ MORE: Gabriel Zamora calls Tati Westbrook a "fraud" as he defends James Charles
READ MORE: Sam Cooke, the waiter from Tati's video, speaks out against James Charles
Since uploading the video, Tati and her family have been contacted by the media. She says that she was offered tons of interviews but confirms that she didn't accept any of them.
"If I really wanted to take him down and ruin him and cancel James Charles, I would have been at every studio and I would have been sharing every detail that I could," she says in the video. "Just know that I didn't."
Tati has been trying to contact James through Google so that they can talk through things face to face. She doesn't think that their relationship will ever be repaired but she wants the opportunity to tell him that she doesn't hate him, she loves him.
"I don't think his career is over, I don't think he's cancelled. I think he needs some help and I think he needs better people around him."
Tati also called for social media to stop the hate targeted toward James, and for the "picking sides" and "abusive memes" to stop. She doesn't hate James, she doesn't want others hating on him either.


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Divine DeliveranceRead Now
You have heard it said that there is a battle going on and it is happening even now as I write this devotional. It is in the unseen spiritual realm. We can feel it sometimes more than others as we sense an invisible presence of heaviness in our spirit. There are times when oppression bears down on our mind or our attempts to pray are thwarted. Add to all of that a few sleepless nights and you have a mess on your hands. It isn't always noticeable but that doesn't mean it isn't real. I am grateful for Psalm 91. It is about warfare, battles, and conflict. It is a song written to describe the enemies attach yet holds in it the promise of God's deliverance.
The enemy of our soul has lost the battle but he is still trying to convince people that the battle is still up for grabs. In one sense, it is a self fulfilling prophesy. We will determine who actually wins the battle in our sphere by what we choose to do during those oppressive times. Since the enemy is supernatural in strength, we need supernatural help. The good news is that supernatural help is available to all of us. Look with me at Psalm 91:4-7:
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be yourshield and rampart. 5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
We have a promise from the Lord of absolute deliverance and protection upon us. Let me encourage you to go and read Psalm 91 today. The Lord declares six "I wills":
I will deliver him (v. 14)
I will set him securely on high (v. 14)
I will answer him (v. 15)
I will be with him in trouble (v. 15)
I will rescue him and honor him (v. 15)
I will satisfy him (v. 16).
What a list of promises. If you are a Child of God, they are addressed to you. "Because he loves me… for he acknowledges my name" says the Lord. These promises are given to believers who, by faith, wrap themselves around Jesus. That is the way we ought to live. It reminds me of Isabelle Naylor as she was wanting to get baptized for several years. She couldn't wait to get dunked under the water as Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. Everyone who is baptized is like that. What a great reminder of how our hunger ushers in the deliverance of God on our lives.
We will have a video of our baptisms for our first service on Sunday that happened during the second service this past Sunday. We already have 3 more to be baptized after Easter. Let's continue to anticipate God moving in miraculous ways as we serve Him with all of our hearts. I love my Church…
Joy in Jesus!
Pastor Mike
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Workplace Meditation: Power Up
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In house guided meditation for your workplace team.
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If you'd like to organise a one-on-one or group session for yourself, workplace or community, please get in touch.
For group sessions, the collective energy of the group generally informs the theme of the session. We find that the group members often have great insight and wisdom for each other – it's a profound and powerful form of transformation to reboot, reset and re-energise.
Benefits of Corporate Meditation
Here are links to some articles about companies implementing meditation in the workplace and some of the benefits which include reduced sick leave, enhanced creativity, greater emotional intelligence and capacity to communicate with colleagues, stress reduction, improved productivity, increased happiness and work satisfaction, and more…
Harvard Business Review | How Meditation Benefits CEOs
Monash University | The Health Benefits of Meditation & Being Mindful
Arianna Huffington, Linked In | Mindfulness, Meditation, Wellness & Their Connection to Corporate America's Bottom Line
Henry Stewart, Linked In | Five Big Companies Who Swear By Mindfulness
Chopra Centre | How & Why big Businesses Are Promoting Meditation
Chopra Centre | 5 Ways Meditation Can Benefit Businesses
Huff Post | How Meditation Benefits the Working Brain
The Entrepreneur | Why Meditation Works and How It Benefits the Workplace
Marino Wellness | 9 Incredible Benefits of an Office Meditation Program
Diane ran an exceptional workshop on spiritual development for a corporate audience for www.humanpower.com.au. It was exceptional with many describing a profound impact. Thanks.


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jcjm wrote:So jobs and the economy are 2 different things.
Just to be clear, jobs are part of the economy (i.e. the labor force).
Moderators: BarbaraSher, Tituba
jcjm wrote:So jobs and the economy are 2 different things.
jcjm wrote:Thanks, Merk. Right now jobs are the economy. People may have taken a hit on their house or 401K, but housing starts, GDP, etc. don't mean much to the average Joe. What does matter to them, is having a good paying job.
The biggest connection to Wall Street that people have is their job, not economic indicators, and we have already seen that you can have a jobless recovery.
So jobs and the economy are 2 different things.
You're sort of contradicting yourself there. You said jobs are the economy, and then said jobs and the economy are two different things.
So, which is it?
Bottom line,Obama hasn't done anything to turn the jobs or oil spill situation around. Or anythign else.


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Battle Of Surface
The Battle of Surfaces was a men's tennis presentation coordinate that was hung on May 2, 2007, between Roger Federer, the then best-positioned men's singles player, and Rafael Nadal, the then World No. 2 in men's singles. The match was played in the capital city of Nadal's home island, Palma de Mallorca, before a home group at Palma Arena. Nadal won 7– 5, 4– 6, 7– 6(12– 10)
The match was played on an extraordinary court with a mud surface on one side of the net and grass on the other. The court cost $1.63 million to make and took 19 days to get ready.
At the time, Federer had won 48 straight matches on grass courts 5 straight years undefeated on grass, while Nadal had 72 straight wins on earth 3 straight years undefeated on dirt.
Prior to the match, Federer stated:
We are both looking forward to this absolutely new event. The idea really appeals to me as we both dominate one of the surfaces. Rafa holds the record of 72 victories in series on clay and I have not been defeated on grass since 48 matches. It'll be fun to find out what it's like to play on a court with mixed surfaces! And it ought to be interesting to see who chooses the better tactic. People have been talking about this event for quite a while. Now it's coming up pretty soon already and I like the fact that the stadium – which is very nice, by the way – is located on Majorca, Rafa's home. He has been to Basel, after all, and now I've got the opportunity to play at his place for once.
The 20-year-old Spaniard, on a 72-coordinate unbeaten streak on dirt in the wake of scoring up titles at Monte Carlo and Barcelona a month ago, balanced better to the blended surface in a match that was likely the most peculiar tennis test since Billie Jean King beat Bobby Rigg in the Battle of the Sexes in 1973.
The split court in Battle of Surfaces gave an unmistakable preferred standpoint to the player on the dirt side, with the higher skip giving them more opportunity to arrange their shots and move their adversary around the court.
The two players were at their most defenseless when serving from the grass end of the court as the ball has a tendency to sit up for their rivals and give them an opportunity to assault the serve.
Aside from the developments to adapt to the novel surface, the match hinted at minimal other being a presentation with the two players unmistakably resolved to guarantee the respect as the primary champ of the "battle of the surfaces" which will be played out at a similar scene for the following two years.
Their Rivalry which helped the game of Tennis to grow and reach a new level is the Greatest rivalry not only in tennis but in any other contemporary sports.
Recently Tennis Channel presented a documentary of the greatest tennis match ever played between the two giants in Wimbledon 2008 final


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I've had this photo on my desktop for a few days. I of course love the green walls. But how great is the blue toned stripe sofa? The colors vibrate off the green walls. Stripes never photograph well but I bet in real life it's stunning. From the portfolio of Katrine Martensen-Larsen discovered last week.
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Ablution Block Modification and storeroom
20′ shipping container modified into a 10′ ablution area and a 10′ storage area. Ablution area included; lockable PA door, window, fibreglass shower cubicle, electric hot water system, toilet, stainless steel hand basin, whirlybird, lights and power points. Storage area included; whirlybird, lights and double power points.


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Oil's Not Well: An Unusual Case of Recurrent Skin Cancer
Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Abstract number: 683
Categories: Adult, Clinical Vignettes Abstracts
Keywords: Arsenic, Benzene, Crude Oil and Hydrocarbons, Squamous Cell Skin Cancer
Case Presentation:
A 30-year-old Caucasian man presented with a verrucose mass growing in the palm of his left hand. A biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The mass was resected completely, but a year later it had regrown to the size of a golf ball. The patient presented to the ED with swelling and pain in left hand; physical exam revealed a fetid-smelling, cauliflower-like mass of the left hand, with edema, erythema and tenderness. MRI and ESR were non-concerning for osteomyelitis. The patient started oral antibiotics for cellulitis and followed up as an outpatient.
Further history revealed the patient had been an oil rig worker prior to the SCC diagnosis. He rarely used personal protection equipment, such as gloves, and suffered daily skin contact with crude oil.
Crude oil consists of a mixture of hydrocarbons and various known carcinogens, including arsenic, benzene, chromium, and mercury.[1] The carcinogenicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as those found in crude oil, was among the earliest work-related health hazards identified: Sir Percival Potts observed an association between scrotal cancers and soot exposures among chimney sweeps in London in 1775.[2]
The incidence of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in non-Hispanic men in the U.S. is estimated to be as high as 360 per 100,000 individuals.[3] SCC is also the skin cancer most associated with occupational exposures, such as ultraviolet light; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as shale oil; metals such as arsenic; and ionizing radiation. Though this patient had a known occupational exposure, less than 5% of chemicals manufactured or processed in the US have been tested for carcinogenicity in animal bioassays. An estimated 4-10% of US cancers are caused by occupational exposures.
When taking a history from a patient, it is important to include occupational history, and recognize and counsel patients on SCC risk factors.
[1] Lewis, S. C., et al. "Skin carcinogenic potential of petroleum hydrocarbons: crude oil, distillate fractions and chemical class subfractions." Appl. Toxicol. Petrol. Hydrocarbons. Princeton, NY (1984): 139-150.
[2] Harrison RJ. 2004. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In: Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine (LaDou J, ed). New York:McGraw-Hill, 492–493.
[3] Gloster HM Jr, Neal K. "Skin cancer in skin of color." J Am Acad Dermatol. 2006;55(5):741.
To cite this abstract:Mercado Garcia R. Oil's Not Well: An Unusual Case of Recurrent Skin Cancer. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif. Abstract 683. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2016; 11 (suppl 1). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/oils-not-well-an-unusual-case-of-recurrent-skin-cancer/. Accessed March 28, 2020.
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Delicious – A bookmarking system that is unique in that you don't create your own folders or lists. You can access your bookmarks from any computer with internet access. Tag your bookmarks and they will organize themselves. You can share any list with your friends, and the most popular sites will bubble up.
Diigo – This site is a collection of tools. It began with site bookmarking and has all the features of Delicious. It has been gradually improved and expanded to include other functions that are not just good for organization but for collaboration with others. It now has highlighting, sticky notes, group based collaboration research, personal learning network, and the ability to collect and organize anything and to access it from anywhere (like Evernote and Springpad).
Evernote – Use this free tool to save your ideas, things you like, things you see and want to remember. Then find them on any computer, phone or device you use. You can save web clips, documents, voice memos, email, or pdf. Tag your notes for organization.
Gmail – Best web mail available that works with Google Tasks and Google Calendar, saving you time! Clink the link to read Google's top ten reasons why you should use Gmail as your personal email.
Google Calendar – An online calendar that can be accessed with your mobile phone or browser. Keep all your important dates in one place organizing them with separate colour coding. View all your events or only the events associated with one aspect of your life, ie. your fitness training schedule or your English homework and assignments. Create or use your google account to activate and use. Your teacher can share their course calendar with you, so the course assignments and homework can be displayed when you login to your Google calendar.
Google Tasks – Just click and type to add new tasks, set due dates or add notes, and (most satisfyingly) check them off as you're done. Your task list stays up to date no matter how you access it. It's a simple list that's with you everywhere you go. You can add a task while in Gmail or Google Calendar.
linoit – A free stickies and canvas service that can be accessed from anywhere you can access the web. Receive reminders by dating your stickies.
LiveBinders – A three-ring binder for the Web to collect your resources and organize them neatly. You can share your binders with others.
My Xmarks – Free bookmarking plug-in for your web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Explorer) that will automatically sync with your online account meaning you can access your bookmarks from any computer with internet access. Your bookmarks will always be synced no matter what computer you are using. Also, if you install the plugin on every computer you use, the bookmarks will be synced on all machines.
Springpad -Bookmark? Picture? Take a quick note? All of the above? Now you can. All in one place. And all easily accessible.Whether on your computer or from your phone, Springpad is a free app that helps you remember stuff today — places, websites, books, recipes, ideas, anything — so you can make better decisions tomorrow. Similar to Evernote, however, it claims to be better because it automatically organizes your comments as it produces the tags for you.


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HSBFV-50-NF/Cap, Butterfly Valve to be mounted to a 6" flange in the field x 5" Storz with lock with 5" Storz cap/cable – $1,400.00 List.
– Includes (8) Nuts and bolts pictured
- Flangeless
- Bubble tight shut off 5" Butterfly valves
- NH/NPT thread by Storz connections
- Lever operator or gear operator for slow open/close operation
- EPDM rubber liner
- Bi-Directional
- Aluminum bronze disc
- Cast iron body
- Optional Hand Wheel crank with fold down knob in place of lever operator. Body is isolated from flow stream
- Bronze shaft bushings
- Stainless steel stem
- Working pressure 200 PSI
- Stainless steel screw drain
HSSW-501-HW Harrington All In One Spanner Wrench Set
Harrington all in one spanner wrench set, includes 1 each # HHSW-100 hydrant/Storz...
Storz Permanent Hydrant Adapter with Cap (Hydrant Converter)
Hydrant Storz adapters, with metal face, permanently changes main hydrant outlet from threads...


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This is
Abdel Rahiem Almahdi (1982)
Country of origin
In the Netherland since
Lives in Amsterdam
10 years
Lives in
Amsterdam North
Owner Employment agency
First impression of Amsterdam
The typical adore of the city which I always smell when I'm back in Amsterdam.
Favorite spot
'The Blankenstraat in Amsterdam east. I lived there and would like to live there again, the neigbours are engaged with each other.'
Sudan in Amsterdam
'The Nesserlaan. This is a straight road with trees on both sides. These high trees reminds me of Soedan. When you look at a map of Soedan, you'll see that all roads are straight. In Amsterdam there is always a curve in the road except for this avenue.'
"I fled from the Sudan with my twin sister. We came to a place near Arnhem. My sister and I lived there until she emigrated to England with her husband. When I was offered a job in Amsterdam in 2006, it was easy to leave Arnhem as I had nothing to keep me there. I came to live in Amsterdam.
I found it a harsh place, at the beginning. Especially when compared to Arnhem. In Arnhem you walk in the street and everyone says hello. If you say hello in Amsterdam, they just say, "What do you want?!" Amsterdammers are very vocal. I got used to this very quickly. I even get commented on as being a bit harsh myself, now. I think it funny to hear that, especially being coloured. Some friends tell you, "You've really become an Amsterdammer". I think that's hilarious. I do feel like one now, and deep down I'm very proud to live here.
But I'm also proud of originating from Sudan. I don't like to say anything negative about it. This is why I don't want to say why I left. I'm proud of my homeland. Sudan might not be the best place in the world, but I'm not going to put it down. At first, I wanted to go back and live there. Now I don't feel the same way. I've built up a life here. The real connection with my homeland was my parents and they are no longer living. But never say never.
I miss less and less of Sudan every day. I often go back and my family there even prepare a menu for when I'm there. Every day another of my favourite Sudanese dishes, for example a special type of cheese; it's white in the form of a plait. When I come back from Sudan, I always bring five kilos back for myself and another half kilo for my friends. I'm nuts about cheese. Which means I'm a real Cheese head."
404 people in Amsterdam have the Sudanese nationality


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Concretadanza /(real dance) coordinated by Nunzia Tirelli is the dancing braching company from Con_creat artistic movement, founded in 2006 with Diego Willy Corna.
It is a place for research and growth, where it is possible to study the art and meaning of movements in dancing, taking inspiration by contemporaty artist Rudolf Laban.
It also organises workshops in coreology in Switzerland and abroad, and since 2013 it promotes LABAN Events at Monte Verità


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powerpioneersgear.com is the official online store of the Power Pioneers
The BC Hydro Power Pioneers Association is a registered non-profit society which represents over 5,000 BC Hydro retirees. Products are inspired by our members and the communities we live in. Functional, high quality items, designed with a purpose.
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In most cases, Synology model names are decoded as follows
Two-letter prefix
First digit (or two digits, if there are four digits in the model name) identifies the number of disk bays.
Last two digits denote model or manufacturing year.
There may be a suffix like
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