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Jennifer Hughes, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department Psychiatry
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- Graduate School
- University of Texas Health Sci (2017), Public Health
Research Interest
- Dr. Hughes serves as the Head of the Risk and Resilience Network in the UT Southwestern Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care (Director: Madhukar Trivedi, MD). Broadly, Dr. Hughes' research explores the efficacy and effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for building resilience, the prevention and treatment of youth depression, and addressing suicide in youth.
Featured Publications
- Cognitive-Behavioral Family Treatment for Suicide Attempt Prevention: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Asarnow JR, Hughes JL, Babeva KN, Sugar CA J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2017 Jun 56 6 506-514
- Predictors and Outcomes of Psychiatric Hospitalization in Youth Presenting to the Emergency Department with Suicidality.
- Hughes JL, Anderson NL, Wiblin JL, Asarnow JR Suicide Life Threat Behav 2016 Jul
- Psychological Science and Innovative Strategies for Informing Health Care Redesign: A Policy Brief.
- Asarnow JR, Hoagwood KE, Stancin T, Lochman JE, Hughes JL, Miranda JM, Wysocki T, Portwood SG, Piacentini J, Tynan D, Atkins M, Kazak AE J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2015 Nov-Dec 44 6 923-32
- Developing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Prevent Depressive Relapse in Youth.
- Kennard BD, Stewart SM, Hughes JL, Jarrett RB, Emslie GJ Cogn Behav Pract 2008 Nov 15 4 387-399
- The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide in Adolescents: A Preliminary Report of Changes Following Treatment.
- King JD, Horton SE, Hughes JL, Eaddy M, Kennard BD, Emslie GJ, Stewart SM Suicide Life Threat Behav 2017 Mar
- Emergency Department Screening for Suicide and Mental Health Risk.
- Babeva K, Hughes JL, Asarnow J Curr Psychiatry Rep 2016 Nov 18 11 100
- Preliminary Examination of the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide in an Adolescent Clinical Sample.
- Horton SE, Hughes JL, King JD, Kennard BD, Westers NJ, Mayes TL, Stewart SM J Abnorm Child Psychol 2015 Dec
- The Validity of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Adolescence: A Review.
- Stewart SM, Eaddy M, Horton SE, Hughes J, Kennard B J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2015 Apr 1-13
- The SAFETY Program: A Treatment-Development Trial of a Cognitive-Behavioral Family Treatment for Adolescent Suicide Attempters.
- Asarnow JR, Berk M, Hughes JL, Anderson NL J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2014 Sep 1-10
- Enhanced Mental Health Interventions in the Emergency Department: Suicide and Suicide Attempt Prevention in the ED.
- Hughes JL, Asarnow JR Clin Pediatr Emerg Med 2013 Mar 14 1 28-34
Featured Books
Optimizing Family Intervention in the Treatment of Suicidal Youth. In Advancing the Science of Suicidal Behavior: Understanding and Intervention
Diamond, G., Asarnow, J., & Hughes, J.L. (2014). Hauppague, NY, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Self Harm and Suicidal Behavior. In Treating Adolescents, 2nd Edition
Stemmle, P., & Hughes, J.L. (2015). Hoboken, NJ, Wiley Publishing
CBT For Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Guide to Relapse Prevention
Kennard, B.D., Hughes, J.L., & Foxwell, A.F. (2016). New York, NY, Guilford Press
Pediatric Mood Disorders. In The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders
Emslie, G.J., Mayes, T.M., Kennard, B.D., & Hughes, J.L. (2006). Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.
Honors & Awards
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Young Investigator Award
"Self Harm and Suicide Attempt Risk: Evaluation of an Intervention for Youths with Self Harm Behavior" (2012-2014)
- Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services (CHIPS) Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health
- Co-recipient of Carmen Miller Michael Award
UT Southwestern Psychology departmental award given to a student who has demonstrated excellence in scholarship and service (2010)
- Integrated Study Center in Mood Disorders Fellowship, Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at University of California, Los Angeles
- Recipient of UT Southwestern Graduate School Ida M. Green Award
UT Southwestern Graduate School award given to female scientist for outstanding commitment to the well-being of fellow graduates, research excellence, and exceptional community service activities (2009)
- Selected as Level 1 Participant, Summer Research Institute in Suicide Prevention, an NIMH-funded program at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- Dallas Psychological Association (2015)
- American Association of Suicidology (2014)
- American Psychological Association - Division 53 Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (2012)
- American Psychological Association (2006)
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) (2006)


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Marriage Licenses
Leonard E. Tardiff Jr., 48, 172 Ohio 302, Polk, truck driver, and Barbara E. Miller, 46, same address, truck driver.
Lawrence M. Ames, 49, 402 W. Main St., Ashland, teacher, and Teresa E. Durbin, 40, 736 Heltman Ave., Ashland, university professor.
Anthony James Tobias, 22, 1520 First St., Apt. L206, Coronado, Calif., military, and Kristen N. Hamilton, 23, 1258 County Road 1475, Ashland, student.
Daniel C. L. Green, 54, 910 Birch St., Ashland, machinist, and Lisa Anne Strobel, 40, same address, unemployed.
James J. Turnage, 35, 230 East 9th St., Ashland, self-employed, and Jennifer M. Anderson, 30, same address, retail.
Eric. C. Oswalt, 46, 1137 County Road 30A, Rt. 4, Ashland, laborer, and Karen S. Pryor, 45, same address, teller supervisor.
Buster Daniel, 59, 2055 Ohio 511, Rt. 1, Perrysville, and Rebecca D. Leibolt, 54, same address, office manager.
Brian Robert Quay, 24, 169 Ribbon Oak Court, Sanford, N.C., military - Air Force, and Lindsay Johanne Edwards, 25, 718 Wick Ave., Ashland, nannie.

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Did the prehistoric man straddle the hillocks near Srikakulam town in Andhra Pradesh much like the Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh, UNESCO's World Heritage Site ?
The rocky landscape near Srikakulam may not boast of the richness and the depth of the rock paintings of Bhimbetka that fetched it international recognition but several prehistoric rock shelters found on Sailada hill-top and Chittivalsa area in the recent past are equally significant, contend archaeologists here.
They are excited by the finding of a set of four 3.8 metre high rocks leaning inwards and forming a polygonal chamber on Saidala hill-top as it comes close on the heels of discovery of a cluster of druidical rocks at Chittivalsa and of dolmen and menhirs resembling those in Europe and Africa. Both these findings that indicate existence of a reasonably big habitation of prehistoric people in the area, were by free-lance archaeologist, K. Venkateswara Rao.
The recently found round-shaped dolmen like formation with a stone roof, stands on a circular rock bed of 13 metre radius on the top of the Saidala hill. Like others, this rock shelter too has post holes around it in two rows meant for installing wooden posts that served as props to supported a canopy. "The place appears to have been used for performing some rituals and ceremonies by the prehistoric people", Mr. Rao said.
There are many caves, caverns and shelters of different shapes in the hillocks in the region but not as huge as this one that too with a rock bed inside.
Even now the place continues to be known as "Pandiri Rallu" a shelter made of rocks. The rock shelter has enough place to accommodate 10 to 15 people inside. A petroglyph of serpent was found on the western side of the shelter, a common feature on prehistoric dolmens in Europe.
Another name given by the locals to this unique rock formation is "Bunti Vanda", virtually a den of bears. Burrows formed by flow of rain water from the top of the hill to the foot, have turned them into safe sanctuary for the bears. "Even now villagers dread to tread the bushy path to the top of the hill scared of the bears and feel the sacred place is visited by Gods and Goddesses. This in a way is blessing in disguise as the rock formation remains protected with no major damage", Mr. Rao says.
Further evidence of the man living on the hills was the finding of a 6 x 4 ft depression in the rock perhaps used as a water storage pit. Mr. Rao says the prehistoric rock shelters on sacred hills of Sailada and Sangamaya and the nearby Pandavulametta at Chittivalsa and the later period's historic fort of early Kalingas could be projected as unique site with continuous history for UNESCO"s recognition.
Rock shelter has enough place to accommodate 10 to 15 people, say archaeologists


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Apprentice Corporation (Ages 13-18, by audition only)
Meets Mondays from 5:00 PM-8:00 PM and Wednesdays from 5:00 PM-8 PM
Annual tuition $945, or nine monthly payments of $105/month. Need-based financial aid is available.
The Apprentice Corporation program is not currently accepting new students. Auditions for the 2020-2021 company will be held in August 2020
The Apprentice Corporation is an intensive training program that cultivates advanced dance technique and leadership skills in teens ages 13-18. Members of this program have the opportunity to perform throughout the Atlanta community and on a yearly national tour. This advanced program takes place September through June in Moving in the Spirit's Believe in Me Studio. Moving in the Spirit's classes for the 2019-2020 program year begin on Monday, September 9.
- Apprentice Corporation Ballet (Monday, 5 PM – 6:30 PM)
- Apprentice Corporation Modern Dance (Monday, 6:30 PM – 8 PM)
- Apprentice Corporation West African Dance (Wednesday, 5 PM – 6:30 PM)
- Apprentice Corporation Modern Dance (Wednesday, 6:30 PM – 8 PM)
Apprentice Corporation dancers:
- Meet for six hours each week for advanced training in modern dance, ballet, and choreography
- Dedicate their fall, spring and summer breaks to the program
- Collaborate with their peers to create expressive dances that are sophisticated in form and structure
- Train and collaborate with guest artists from Atlanta's professional dance community who conduct workshops, set choreography, and serve as role models
- Problem-solve class issues, provide constructive feedback and implement solutions with their peers
- Present their works in local venues throughout Atlanta, with the opportunity to earn a place in the group's annual national tour
After the selection process, Apprentice Corporation teens must sign a "commitment contract" outlining goals and responsibilities. With more rigorous dance training, students develop, rehearse and perform work that reflects relevant social issues and explores the teen's unique voices.
Apprentice Corporation dancers are encouraged to take advantage of optional leadership opportunities with Moving in the Spirit, including teaching assistant positions, office internships and positions on our Board of Directors. Additionally, Apprentice Corporation dancers receive monthly educational workshops.
On their annual national tour, selected Apprentice Corporation dancers travel the country, inspiring diverse audiences with powerful performances. Since the program began, Apprentice Corporation members have taken their thought-provoking shows to more than 35 US cities and countries, including New York City, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, the Czech Republic and France. During the tour, the teens visit college campuses, participate in public speaking engagements, and conduct service and educational activities with youth organizations in other cities.
Class Attire:
Girls should wear black footless tights or leggings and a black leotard. Boys should wear a black sports shirt and black pants or shorts.


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Holy Water Shortages
By Geoffrey Anel
As the world's oldest environmental correspondent, and the sole survivor of the 1913 conference which found that the sinking of the Titanic was due to atmospheric carbon dioxide, I was invited to a prestigious Climate Change congress in Rome this week. There I discovered that Pope Benedict XVI is so concerned about water shortages that he will be banning the use of Holy Water in Catholic churches so as to minimize the Holy Spirit's "Hydrogen footprint".
For many years the Catholic Church has been known for its indifference to green issues. Indeed, the carbon dioxide produced by this Easter's Paschal candles has caused sea levels to rise by no less than six feet, and (so I am told) the town of Adelaide has completely disappeared underwater. Will Benedict XVI go down in history as the Green Pope? We can but pray to Gaia that it will be so.
For our children's sake, stop this waste now!
It doesn't matter what notes you play
By Stephen Oh-Hug
Occasionally, when you are performing a concerto at the Carnegie Hall, or possibly the Royal Albert Hall, your attention will wander for a moment and you will think, "Am I supposed to be playing Rachmaninov or Tchaikovsky right now?"
Well, you'll be pleased to know that it doesn't really matter. The great pianist Alfred Brendel said that under such circumstances he would wing it for a while, perhaps simply playing an embellished version of Pop goes the weasel until the orchestra gave him a clue what he was supposed to be doing. Then he would come back to the score as if nothing had happened. Provided that he kept a straight face, none of the audience would ever notice.
Alfred Brendel in conversation with André Previn
Why we owe so much to Chris Huhne
By Tom Vichers
As a fully-paid-up pro-Gay Liberal Atheist, I see it as my duty to wind up the Telegraph's largely conservative readership. So today I am focussing on the achievements of Chris Huhne, one of my real heroes. Who can doubt that if he had been prime minister, he would have legalised cannabis, heroin and opium, which, after all, are no more harmful to the teeth than coffee with sugar? Then again, there are some parts of the British countryside that do not yet have their own wind turbines - why oh why should the Yorkshire Dales be deprived in this way? It can only be attributed to the fact that Chris Huhne was forced out of office by the forces of reaction (Inspector Norman Plod).
Unfortunately our picture editor could not find a photo of the great man, but here is a photo of his ex-wife going for a spin.
I was only doing 30 m.p.h., officer.
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Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press
April 15 - June 24
Opening Reception Sunday, April 15th, 3-5pm.
Join us for our opening reception and complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres. Refreshments hosted by our Bedford Gallery Guild and supported by JP Morgan Chase and Wente Vineyards.
This exciting exhibition features works by 14 African American artists who have helped to shape the contemporary art conversation in the Bay Area and beyond. The show covers a wide range of prints, paintings, quilts, and sculptures, and includes an array of abstract and formal imagery. Narratives that speak to personal experiences and political perspectives are woven throughout. At the heart of this show is a Berkeley based fine art print studio—Paulson Fontaine Press—who over the past two decades has developed an unparalleled roster of internationally celebrated artists - artists like Martin Puryear , Kerry James Marshall, and the Gee's Bend Quilters – who characterize the fresh perspectives that are today's avant-garde.
This exhibition is organized by the Bedford Gallery and will travel nationally through 2022.
This exhibition features work by Edgar Arceneaux, Radcliffe Bailey, McArthur Binion, Gee's Bend Quilters (Louisiana Bendolph, Mary Lee Bendolph, Loretta Bennett, Loretta Pettway), Lonnie Holley, David Huffman, Samuel Levi Jones, Kerry James Marshall, Martin Puryear, Gary Simmons, Lava Thomas.
An exhibition catalog is available for purchase at the gallery or online here. Phone orders can be made by calling (925) 295-1417.
Click here for the Press Release.


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Web Vulnerability Assessment Methodologies
Risk, Threats and Vulnerabilities
Before we start we should clarify what we mean with Threats and Vulnerabilities. No area can exist as a profession unless it has clearly defined its basic concepts.
Threat is an party with the intent and capability to exploit an vulnerability in an asset. This could be an malicious hacker or an disgruntled employee.
An vulnerability is weakness in an asset that can be exploited. For an example, the security hole in Microsoft WMF (Windows Meta File) format is an vulnerability.
Risk is the probability of harmful consequences resulting from interactions between threats and vulnerable assets. Conventionally risk is expressed by the relation
Risk = Severity x Likelihood
Profiling the Platform
When you do security assessment of a website you should start with profiling the server. By knowing what the server is running you can better target your attacks. It will also cover any low-hanging fruit a malicious attacker might exploit.
Profiling the Application
Web Application Assessment Tools
For any web application assessment you would need a few tools. You would need a web browser to interact with the application in question, a man-in-the-middle intercepting http/https proxy, various enumeration and fuzzer software and optionally, but very likely, some software to help you encode/decode various encodings.
Fuzz testing or fuzzing is a software testing technique that provides random data ("fuzz") to the inputs of a program. If the program fails (for example, by crashing, or by failing built-in code assertions), the defects can be noted. The great advantage of fuzz testing is that the test design is extremely simple, and free of preconceptions about system behavior. Fuzz testing was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 by Professor Barton Miller and the students in his graduate Advanced Operating Systems class.
A Word About Web Browsers
If your browser is not supported you might miss functionality in the application due to incompatible browser optimizations or functionality. You don't want to end up in an situation where a particular usability bug manifests itself using an "unsupported" browser and you have to re-validate the bug using a "supported" browser. Having said that, there has been occasions where a unsupported browser has uncovered bugs in the targeted application.
Man-in-the-middle HTTP / HTTP proxy
One can argue that the most important and useful tool to have in your web application kit is the intercepting man-in-the-middle proxy. This piece of software allows you to inspect and modify and data sent to or received from the web application. This will allow you for an example send requests that would not have passed any browser based verification.
We will mainly use Paros Proxy as the man-in-the-middle proxy.
Enumeration and fuzzer software
Encoders / Decoders
Exercise : HTTP Basics
Web Application Attacks
Generic Input Validation
Exercise : Input Validation
Hidden fields modification
Unchecked email
Source Disclosure
One could expect that today's developers
Exercise : Source Code Hints
Character Encoding
URL Encoding (Escaped Characters)
Exercise : Character Encoding
Alternate Request Methods
SQL Injection
Server Default Accounts View Users Useful Variables
Microsoft SQL Server
sa / <blank> EXEC master..sp_who2; EXEC master..xp_loginconfig; SELECT * FROM sysusers; SELECT * FROM syslogins; EXEC xp_msver; @@servername @@version
root / <blank> SELECT host,user,password FROM user; SHOW VARIABLES; @@version
internal / oracle oracle / oracle Scott / tiger sys / Change_on_install system / manager others* SELECT A.USERNAME, A.PASSWORD FROM SYS.DBA_USERS A; SHOW PARAMETERS
postgres / <locked> (must be defined) SELECT * FROM pg_shadow; SELECT * FROM pg_group;
Common SQL Injection Strings
Raw String URL Encoded Version Effect ' %27 Initial test. If this generates an error, then the application is vulnerable to SQL injection. % %% %25 %25%25 Represents a wild card. Can be used to retrieve multiple rows as opposed to a single value. ';--
%27%3b%2d%2d %3b%2d%2d SQL comment. Use this to truncate a statement so that further SQL syntax within the statement is ignored.
Database Specific Notes
Microsoft SQL Server
The easiest method to identify a potentially vulnerable application that uses an MSSQL back-end is to insert a single quote (') into URL parameters (or any/all input boxes). Examine the output, HTML source, or even the URL parameters for a tell-tale sign.
Oracle supports comments delimited by the double-dash as well as C-style syntax. SELECT * FROM table /* this comment is ignored */ WHERE foo = 'bar'; For database enumeration: SQL> show user; USER is "SYS"
Comments in MySQL: Double-dash (- -) requires space (%20) immediately after hash (#) C-style comments (/* comment */). Read from the File System mysql> CREATE TABLE foo (bar TEXT); mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE '/etc/passwd' INTO TABLE foo; mysql> SELECT * FROM foo; SELECT * FROM employees INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/foo'; https://website/vuln.cgi?param=%27;+SELECT+%2a+FROM+employees+INTO+OUTFILE+%27%2ftmp%2f..%08%27;
Does NOT:
BUT File Read/Write Access is still available using COPY statement
Putting It Together
Exercise : SQL Injection
Numeric SQL Injection
Blind SQL Injection
String SQL Injection
Cross Site Scripting
Testing for Cross Site Scripting
<script>alert('Hello world!')</script>
Filtering for '<' and '>' on input is not enough, can easily be bypassed with encoding
Other script languages
Exercise : Cross Site Scripting
Stored XSS
Reflected XSS
Token Analysis
Encoded vs. Encrypted
There is a big difference between encoded and encrypted data. Encoded data, using for an example [wikipedia:Base64|Base64], is always reversible and only provides obfuscation and not confidentiality or protect it against tempering.
Pattern Analysis
Session Attacks
Session Correlation
Exercise : Session Analysis
Security Assessment of Web Services
Now days it becomes more and more common that at least part of the sites functionality is available as a web service. To perform a complete vulnerability assessment of the target web application you will need to cover any and all web services as well.
What are Web Services?
What is a web service? Although there is no universal definition of a web service, I think the Apple developer connection has defined it pretty well:
"The term web services refer to architecture, standards, technology and business models that provide an implementation-independent way for applications to communicate with each other".
Web services perform functions, which can be anything from simple requests to complicated business processes. It allows you to mash up your flickr photos with Google earth using geo tagging.
WSDL Scanning
WSDL scanning refers to an adversary enumerating interfaces, data types, binding information and address information using publicly available WSDL files
WSDL Scanning using Google
Google can find public WSDL over the Internet Signatures filetype:wsdl amazon index of "/wsdl" inurl:wsdl amazon
WSDL Scanning using wsChess
WSDL Scanning using WSDigger
Parameter Enumeration
Parameter Enumeration using WSDigger
Coercive Parsing – Jumbo Payload
XML is verbose in a way it marks data and information Gigabyte files norms in multimedia world Overtly large documents can cause denial of service attacks Parsers based on DOM specially susceptible
Coercive Parsing – Recursive payload
XML allows nesting ELEMENTS within documents Malicious document 100K level deep might stress out / DOS the parser
Coercive Parsing – Replay attack
Similar to web application replay attacks or network ping of death attack
Send repeated valid SOAP messages
Drains web services XML parser and results in denial of service
External References - External Entity
XML can build documents dynamically by pointing to external data URI External URI can contain malicious data
External References - Routing Detours
SOAP by itself does not define routing path. It is generally embedded in another application layer protocol (HTTP) WS-Routing extends SOAP with addressing structure to define complete message path Extended SOAP message is self contained, does not have to be bound to any application layer protocol and can be sent over TCP
Routing Detours Attacks occur when interim web service station are compromised, resulting in malicious routes Vulnerabilities Insert bogus routes Get access to sensitive information Deny service by routing to non-existing destination External References - Routing Detours External References - Schema Poisoning Schema provides formatting instructions for XML parsers interpreting XML documents. It often use external data types by including references to external schema / name space Schema poisoning requires schema to be compromised and replaced with a new one This leads to easy DOS and other data manipulation attacks Malicious Content – Attachment Binary attachments like executables, images can be transferred with valid XML Valid attachments like excel sheets can contain malicious macros Viruses / Trojan horses Attachment can be attached or referenced
Malicious Content – Attachment
SOAPBox Demo
Malicious Content – SQL injection
Similar to SQL injection in web applications. Inject SQL queries / commands as part of SOAP message
Malicious Content – XPATH injection
XPATH language helps find information in the XML document
Sample XPATH Expressions
XPATH Injections
/Books/Book[./Pages > 100 or 1=1]
Automated XPATH injection
Exercise : Attacking Web Services
SOAP Request
WSDL Scanning
Web Service SQL Injection
Appendix A : Challenges
Challenge 1 : Web Goat Challenge
Challenge 2 : Hacme Bank #1
Challenge 3 : Hacme Bank #2
Challenge 4 : Hacme Bank #3
Challenge 5 : Hacme Bank #4
Challenge 6 : Hacme Bank #5
Challenge 7 : Hacme Bank #6
Challenge 8 : Hacme Bank #7
Challenge 9 : Hacme Books
Practical Web Application Vulnerability Assessment


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Chuck Pagano will not be back as Indianapolis Colts head coach next year, according to a report from Mike Wells of ESPN. Pagano has led the team to a 7-8 record thus far this season.
From the report:
The consensus has been that Pagano would not be return next season after he turned down a contract extension, the Colts' struggles this season and his "toxic" relationship with Grigson.
This is not too much of a surprise. Pagano turned down a one-year extension earlier this season, and the team has been highly disappointing.
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It's not too difficult to find things to say about Justin Trudeau. Love him or hate him — and both categories are well-populated — the prime minister has staked out firm territory to tell us who he is and what he stands for.
The same just can't be said for Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. There are few truly strong opinions out there on the man who hopes to unseat Trudeau in less than a year's time.
When it comes to major federal issues, such as the carbon tax and the border snafu, Scheer has his thoughts on how Trudeau has failed but there are more proactive steps being taken on these files from the likes of Premiers Doug Ford and Scott Moe.
And when there have been federal Conservatives leading on an issue, it's usually the likes of Pierre Poilievre or Michelle Rempel. Now part of that is just wise caucus management, putting your critics out there and letting them do their thing. But as it's currently being done, it risks overshadowing the leader.
During a recent meeting with the Sun editorial board, Scheer gave his pitch on why Trudeau was failing to deliver on a whole slew of issues — deficits, border security, natural resources, ISIS fighters and more. And any centre-right Canadian would have agreed with him. In fact, it looks like the majority of Canadians in general would as well and this bodes well for Scheer's electoral prospects.
The polls show that the issues Scheer is strong on and Trudeau is weak on could very well be key ballot box issues. Like how while the Liberals and their pals in the media are working overtime to spin the carbon tax as a magical fix-all, the whole thing still rightfully stinks to average people. Or how despite Trudeau's constant hectoring about diversity, people still know there's something fishy about letting thousands of people cross illegally into Canada each year.
There are lot of Canadian conservatives who've told me they feel the same way about Scheer, that they just don't have particularly strong opinions about him. He's a very nice guy, he's right on the issues that matter (well, except for that supply-management stuff) and he's clearly focused on performing admirably in his job as Opposition leader.
But that's not enough. There still needs to be something that sets Scheer apart from your buddy at the bar who also agrees with you on everything. An inspirational angle. A rallying cry. Right now, there's still just too much of the "blah" factor underlying Andrew Scheer's leadership.
And is this that bad of a thing? It depends. Diehard politicos who watch the daily ups and downs of Parliament want to see firm action right out of the gate. But that's not the regular voter. It's not always the best plan of action to use up all of your gas before the real race has even started. Most people make up their minds in the last days of an election campaign.
For much of the lengthy 2015 campaign, the contest was between Tom Mulcair and Stephen Harper. (That first name, for those who may have understandably forgotten, was the NDP leader.) Justin Trudeau wasn't as serious a contender in the beginning.
"NDP leads, but CPC's base is most solid," read the headline to an Angus Reid Institute poll at the time. Then Trudeau came from behind to score his majority win.
There's a saying in politics that elections aren't won, they're lost — that voters throw the bums out more than they enthusiastically elect someone new.
This leads many political strategists to believe their greatest asset is the passage of time, as the person in office chalks up an increasing tally of screw-ups such that the voters grow sick of them. This strategy may work for Andrew Scheer and it may not.
Trudeau will give Canadians plenty of reasons to not vote for him, but Scheer still needs to help them head in his direction.
Can Scheer do this? Certainly. But the countdown is now on.


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How MLS, networks can justify huge new TV agreement
First: the very warranted victory lap. It is not hyperbole to say this is a watershed moment for MLS, U.S. Soccer and soccer fans in America. Sports properties are measured by rights fees, and MLS just quintupled its take. (The reported eight-year, $720 million deal with ESPN, Fox and Univision also includes U.S. Soccer, which could enjoy a boost if it defies the odds and shows well in this summer's World Cup despite a brutal group.)
Having worked in or around pro soccer for more than 20 years, I have seen the gradual explosion of the sport happen before my eyes. ESPN says 41 percent of all Americans are now pro soccer fans. Several U.S. networks are each spending tens of millions of dollars annually on properties from the UEFA Champions League on Fox to Spain's La Liga on beIN Sport to the English Premier League, which enjoyed record U.S. ratings on NBC's networks this season.
And while the international game continues to prosper here, so too does MLS. Ancient history is talk of the league's viability. Rather, its footprint is growing, and more big-name players are coming in their prime. The product is infinitely better than it has ever been.
The eight-year, $720M deal with ESPN, Fox and Univision represents a milestone for MLS, U.S. Soccer.
And the (soccer) world is noticing. In the stadium at last year's European Champions League final, I was shocked at the level of MLS knowledge by my hosts from governing body UEFA. This February, on another swing through Europe, fans from England to Belgium knew an impressive amount about MLS over pregame pints in pubs.
Now, to be sure, these TV deals are not an outright coronation of MLS's arrival. TV ratings are still very modest, and detractors of the league's quality of play remain.
This huge TV money influx for MLS is also about being in the right place at the right time, the league being a beneficiary as sports networks not only battle each other, but also all the other places fans can access sports content — ranging from YouTube to their video game consoles.
So, going back to my initial analogy, the goal has been scored, and now comes the next five minutes. It's time for everyone to justify these huge deals: MLS for earning them, and the networks for paying for them. Here are a few thoughts:
■ FOR BOTH PARTIES: Stay the course.
The new locked-in times for the three national matches are a huge step. Play the long game: Don't panic if the NFL steamrolls your ratings in the fall. My young kids already know like clockwork that there are Premier League games on at certain times on Saturdays and Sundays. That's a habit that sticks.
I'd also consider adding a second game to each time period and regionalizing, though the league has long wanted to keep as many games on Saturdays as it can for attendance reasons. But MLS is in enough markets now that many fans may just watch their teams, and that's fine. Remember: MLB's national regular-season ratings have little to do with the health of that league. Just look to the significant local ratings to see that baseball is still huge.
■ FOR MLS: It's on you to deliver a constantly and quickly improving product.
Keep investing in players and soccer-specific venues that create atmospheres that make for great TV. And don't be complacent. Getting Manchester City and the New York Yankees to back a new team in New York is great, but we've already seen an MLS team backed by a massive club (Chivas of Mexico) founder.
A lot of the heavy lifting has to come from the networks, too. They need to justify the huge rights fee increase for a league still looking for ratings growth. Now they have a financial responsibility to help grow the league. I think it will go down as a great bet, but it will take work on their part.
■ FOR NETWORKS: Production-wise, the bar has never been higher.
NBC's coverage of the Premier League is nothing short of glorious, Fox sends its own talent to big matches in Europe, and ESPN is to World Cup coverage what David Beckham was to free kicks. MLS viewers will expect the same quality.
The networks have to create great shoulder programming; one game per week is not enough to grow the property. MLS needs to be woven into other programming on the partner networks, as well. Successful upstart Fox Sports 1 and the UFC have absolutely written the book on this, as the dynamic Dana White and his stars are seemingly everywhere across the network's programming.
These are eight-year deals, so patience must be the order of the day. As ESPN's savvy chief John Skipper put it, "It's a futures deal." But right now, the sport has unparalleled momentum, which will grow hotter post-World Cup. Soccer in America has scored and scored big. Now it's time to make sure it doesn't give one back.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a flinty populist in a zip-up jacket whose scathing rhetoric and defiance of Washington are often caricatured in the Western media, has transcended national and religious divides to become a folk hero across the Middle East.Good for Iranians, good for Arabs, and good for the rest of us opposed to US hegemony.
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"I like him a lot," said Mahmoud Ali, a medical student in Cairo. "He's trying to protect himself and his nation from the dangers around him. He makes me feel proud. He's a symbol of Islam. He seems the only person capable of taking a stand against Israel and the West. Unfortunately, Egypt has gotten too comfortable with Washington."
Ahmadinejad's appeal is especially strong in Egypt, where he is compared to the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose bold, yet doomed vision of pan-Arabism in the 1950s was also aimed at stemming Western influence. In the minds of many Egyptians, Iran's quest to expand its nuclear program despite United Nations sanctions is similar to Nasser's confrontation with the British and French over nationalizing the Suez Canal.
What's striking in Ahmadinejad's case, however, is that the leader of a non-Arab Shiite nation has ingratiated himself with the Middle East's predominantly Sunni Arab population.
In praising the Iranian president, Arabs quickly navigate around historical religious animosities and present-day fears that Iran is undermining Sunnis in Iraq and elsewhere. They prefer to speak of how Ahmadinejad is a rallying voice for Islam at a time the region is bewildered by its powerlessness to fix Iraq, Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"He's a brave man," said Tayseer Ibrahim, an employee of the Egyptian Education Ministry, who was hurrying toward the subway the other day. "He's standing up to the U.S. He could have been intimidated after what happened to Saddam Hussein in Iraq, but he's not. The Iranian people must love him a lot. Hopefully, our Arab leaders will see that you can defy the West and nothing will happen to you."
Munther Farrah, who sells nuts and chocolates in Amman, the Jordanian capital, said he and other Sunnis are troubled by Iran's Shiite theocracy. "But Ahmadinejad is still liked," he said. "We are with him as long as he's against Israel and the U.S."
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The static of threats and counter-threats has enhanced Ahmadinejad's brand of populism, which stands in vivid contrast to the detached styles of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah II of Jordan and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. All three U.S. allies regard Iran as a dangerous enemy, most notably over Tehran's support of the militant groups Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. But they have also borrowed a bit from Ahmadinejad's script by criticizing Bush administration policies and the bloodshed in Iraq.
The governments in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have undercut media freedom and suppressed political dissent, and are viewed by some of their people as corrupt and ineffectual in addressing economic and social problems. Iran runs its own version of the omnipresent, repressive state, but Ahmadinejad's intense distrust of the U.S. and hatred of Israel have elevated him to mythical status for the frustrated Arab mechanic, taxi driver or lawyer seeking a pure, forceful message.
The sentiment is similar to the respect won by Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel in 2006, and Hamas, the radical Palestinian party that seized control of the Gaza Strip in June. Both were credited with tenacity and portrayed as underdogs battling against larger enemies. This type of resolve, along with Iran's pride as a sovereign state, echoes through Ahmadinejad's speeches and asides.
"It is more of a scream that reflects the incapacity of both the Arab regimes and Arab peoples to achieve anything on the regional level," said Nabil Abdel Fattah, a political analyst with Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo.
Ahmed Taher, an Egyptian doctor, credits Ahmadinejad for pursuing nuclear technology, which Tehran says is for civilian use, but the U.S. suspects is for weapons.
"It's beyond doubt that Ahmadinejad's popularity surpasses any other leader in the Middle East," Taher said. "We shouldn't blame him for seeking nuclear weapons. Israel has them. It will be more balance for Muslims if we have them too. Israel is much more dangerous to the world than Ahmadinejad." (Jeffrey Fleishman, "Ahmadinejad Hailed in Middle East," Los Angeles Times, 24 September 2007)
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Ahmadinejad Hailed in Middle East
Washington has sought to pit Sunnis against Shi'is. Its efforts have been augmented by those of sectarian ideologues, secular or religious, in the Middle East. But the pan-Islamist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, vilified as "Arab-parast" (Arab-worshipper) by Persian-chauvinist Iranian exiles, helps Iran overcome the sectarian division in a way that Iran-First members of Iran's power elite never can. He represents the polar opposite of typical Arab states today, "taking a stand against Israel and the West":
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I've gotten back into regular reading recently. It's taken far too long for me to get to say that. For me, unfortunately, reading is one of those things that gets pushed to the back burner whenever I'm busy—and I'm essentially always busy.
I only just got around to reading ELEANOR AND PARK and I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN and let me tell you, they were well worth the hype, and I wish I hadn't waited so long to read them. (My biggest reason for not wanting to read them right away was that they're both YA contemporary, which I'm not the biggest fan of, but I thoroughly enjoyed these books. Heck, I devoured them!)
I want to make reading much more of a priority than it has been in the past. Part of that involves getting excited about new releases. And as it turns out, there are plenty of releases this fall to get excited about. I've seen a lot of fall-release buzz floating around the internet lately, and I wanted to join in. While this post will mostly be concerned with YA novels—as that's what I write and therefore read the most of—this list is by no means exclusive. I'm sure I'll add more to it as we go along. For now, though, here are some of the releases I'm the most excited for.
As I Descended by Robin Talley (September 6)
YA Fantasy
Goodreads summary:
Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school's ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them.
Only one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey.
Golden child Delilah is a legend at the exclusive Acheron Academy, and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. She runs the school, and if she chose, she could blow up Maria and Lily's whole world with a pointed look, or a carefully placed word.
But what Delilah doesn't know is that Lily and Maria are willing to do anything—absolutely anything—to make their dreams come true. And the first step is unseating Delilah for the Kingsley Prize. The full scholarship, awarded to Maria, will lock in her attendance at Stanford―and four more years in a shared dorm room with Lily.
Maria and Lily will stop at nothing to ensure their victory—including harnessing the dark power long rumored to be present on the former plantation that houses their school.
But when feuds turn to fatalities, and madness begins to blur the distinction between what's real and what is imagined, the girls must decide where they draw the line.
From acclaimed author Robin Talley comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Into White by Randi Pink (September 13)
YA Speculative Fiction
Goodreads summary:
Sixteen-year-old Latoya Williams, who is black, attends a mostly white high school in the Bible Belt. In a moment of desperation, she prays for the power to change her race and wakes up white.
Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig (October 4)
YA Mystery
Goodreads summary:
Flynn's girlfriend has disappeared. How can he uncover her secrets without revealing his own?
Flynn's girlfriend, January, is missing. The cops are asking questions he can't answer, and her friends are telling stories that don't add up. All eyes are on Flynn—as January's boyfriend, he must know something.
But Flynn has a secret of his own. And as he struggles to uncover the truth about January's disappearance, he must also face the truth about himself.
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (YESTERDAY)
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Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees.
Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. But Jo couldn't possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad. Even if she's starting to fall for the girl. Even if there's a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too. Right?
Marian by Ella Lyons (November 3) YA Fantasy
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When Marian Banner moves to the glittering city of Nottingham with her father, Sir Erik the Fortunate, her entire life changes. She is no longer allowed to run about the countryside in trousers and braids, climbing fences and shooting turkeys, but is thrust into a life of dresses and jewels and dancing lessons, none of which Marian is particularly pleased about. Her dark mood changes when she meets a tiny whip of a girl called Robin Hood. Robin is fierce and brave, and wants more than anything to become a knight, regardless of her gender. Together they explore the city, becoming fast friends along the way.
As time passes, their friendship into something bigger and scarier and far more wonderful. But then Marian's father is killed in service to the king and she catches the king's eye.
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Stephen is a 21yo Taurus originally from NE Philly. Stephen has lived in Philadelphia,PA for 21 years and works as a Religious studies student at Temple
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Going to the gym, cooking, spending time with friends, reading (philosophical or theological stuff, or just any thing about religion and working out and nutrition)
Favorite Music:
I enjoy working out to up beat Irish music. Fills me with energy. Over all I listen to a lot of different things. However I love to chill and listen to Matisyahu. Only person I have seen in concert
Sports were never really my thing. I swam a little bit in high school and then played rugby last fall. Ended up not having enough time to continue with it.
Favorite Restaurant:
I am always open to trying new places but my favorite places to stop for a quick bite of food are Maoz and Burger.org. The food is good, quick and not a restaurant setting so I can go whenever, except Saturday.
Favorite Gay Hangout:
I do not go out too much to the bars in the city even though I work at one (ICandy). Not much of a drinker and I am working weekends when everyone is out. If I do find myself at a bar it will usually be ICandy. I also use to like going to Giovanni's Room a lot. Would usually go there on the weekends and chill out on the second floor and check out the books and read.
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Do not really have a favorite place to hang out. I like to just wander around the city sometimes and spend time with people. So if it is wandering the Italian Market, grabbing food in Northern Liberties or chilling in Rittenhouse park it is all good to me.
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Cannot say there is a part of Philadelphia that I find the best - I like it all
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I really do not have an ideal date. It is not something I really think about. Doing something new or going to a place that both of us have never done would be really fun.
What is Stephen looking for in a partner?
There is not really a picture in my mind of what my ideal partner would be. I like lots of different types of guys. Having expectations or looking for certain qualities seems it would set me up for failure. So I do not actively seek out a partner. If I meet someone and we click great, if not it is all good.
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More than half a century ago, hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers died in the Korean War, fighting on the side of their Communist allies against the American-backed South.
Yet today, China finds itself in the uncomfortable position of falling out with both the Communist North and capitalist South of this troublesome peninsula, imposing sanctions on both countries but getting no satisfaction from either.
Yesterday, South Korea announced it would press ahead with the "swift deployment" of an American missile defense system despite relentless and vociferous Chinese opposition.
In February, China said it was cutting off coal imports from North Korea in accordance with sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council in a bid to convince the country to abandon its nuclear and missile programme. On Sunday, North Korea ignored China's pleadings not to raise regional tensions by conducting another missile test, albeit one that failed.
China has also deployed an unofficial and unilateral package of sanctions against South Korea to convince it not to deploy an American missile defence system. Yesterday, as US Vice-President Pence warned North Korea not to test US resolve, South Korea's Acting President Hwang Kyo Anh vowed to press ahead with the "swift deployment" of that system, known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defence or THAAD.
"Even before the United States upped the tempo, China was in the unusual position of having really very bad relations with both the North and the South - that's something of an accomplishment," said Euan Graham, director of International Security Programme at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. "Its peninsula policy was in tatters, and things have only got worse since."
China is not alone in struggling to construct a successful policy towards North Korea, as the United States can attest. But the failure of its approach has seldom been more starkly outlined, as Pyongyang presses ahead with its nuclear programme, the United States sends an aircraft carrier strike group to the region and fears of military conflict mount, experts say.
Both Beijing and Washington share the same goal, a peninsula free of nuclear weapons, but they often appear to be trying to realise those goals in mutually incompatible ways.
Under President Barack Obama, the United States tried to isolate and pressurise North Korea economically, an approach which China argues has raised tensions and forced its leader Kim Jong Un - and his father before him - into a corner.
China had banked on a very different approach, believing that building up North Korea's economy would gradually bring about more moderate politics. That, though, has simply given North Korea the resources and the technology to build up its nuclear and missile programmes, experts say.
Nor has it brought Beijing the leverage it desires: Kim has never met Chinese President Xi Jinping and channels of communication between the two governments have never been thinner, experts say.
"China's hope-based approach has encountered Kim Jong Un's 'I'll have my cake and eat it' approach," said Graham. "What's changed in the political relationship is Kim Jong Un's total willingness to humiliate China, to slap it in the face, not to give China even the ritual obeisance his father did."
China believes that having THAAD, with its sophisticated radar and missile defence capabilities, deployed on its doorstep will allow America to spy on it and undermine its own national security interests.
It has whipped up a frenzy of nationalist outrage against South Korea over the issue, with the sale of package tours to the country abruptly stopped in March and tourist numbers plunging. State-run media have called for boycotts of South Korean businesses and goods, and primary schoolchildren have even been encouraged to stage protests of their own. South Korean films were barred from a recent international movie festival in Beijing, and music videos blocked on streaming services.
Lotte, the South Korean conglomerate which turned over land to use for THAAD, has faced huge losses as 87 of its 99 stores have reportedly been closed in China, mostly for ostensibly breaching fire regulations.
But even as Beijing tries to convince Seoul to cancel the deployment of THAAD, Pyongyang shows its utter disregard for China's interests by launching missile after missile, making the case for the defence system ever stronger.
Now, Beijing has a new headache: brinkmanship not just from Kim Jong Un but also from US President Donald Trump, experts say, with the threat of US military action against North Korea now on the table.
There is little doubt this has focused minds in Beijing.
Trump spoke to Xi about North Korea by telephone last week, and now says China is "working with us on the North Korean problem".
But despite its frustration with Pyongyang, is Beijing really prepared to turn up the heat on its old ally?
There appear to be those within the Communist Party who think it should.
The nationalist Global Times newspaper argued in an editorial on Sunday that China should send a clear message to North Korea: if you conduct a sixth nuclear test, we will cut off the vast majority of your oil imports, through stiffer UN sanctions.
Shi Yinhong, professor of international relations at Renmin University of China, says Beijing is "still hesitant" to take such a radical step, one that would threaten the fuel supplies that keeps the North Korean military running.
Indeed, if the United States continues to turn up the heat, with more verbal threats or an even more robust naval presence, China could flip the other way, Shi argues: decide that Washington is the real threat to stability on the peninsula, and "shift from suppressing North Korea to opposing the United States".
Even though coal imports from North Korea appear to have been cut, and Air China cancelled some direct flights from Beijing to Pyongyang from this week, overall imports and exports between the two countries were up sharply in the first quarter of this year, data released by Chinese customs showed.
In the final analysis, some experts say, the legacy of the Korean War, and the survival of the regime China backed at the cost of so much blood, remain paramount.
"China may marginally increase economic pressure on North Korea by cutting down trade, tourist flows or food aide, but its primary goal is to placate Washington," said Yanmei Xie, a politics and foreign policy expert at Gavekal Dragonomics.
"Beijing has reasons and means to discipline Kim, but is more concerned with ensuring the survival of his regime, thus maintaining a buffer against US military presence in the South."


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Lepidoptera The Currant Clearwing Moth – Sesia Tipuliformis
This is by far the commonest of all the Clearwings, and only too well known to those who grow currants. Examine the shoots of Ribes rubrum (red currant) and R. nigrum (black currant), especially those that present a withered or half-withered appearance, and you will almost certainly meet with signs of the presence of this intruder. Little wriggling larva occupy the pithless stems throughout the winter and spring. These are full grown in April, and in June the pretty little moth emerges through a hole in the side of a shoot, leaving the empty pupa case within its former home.
The fore wings of this moth have black margins, and a black transverse bar beyond the middle. The body is black, with three pale yellow belts, and black tufts of hair at the tip.


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Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 6:00-8:00 pm
Dr. Marcus Pindur (Deutschlandradio)
Planloser Präsident oder neuer Nationalismus? Neun Monate Donald Trump im Weißen Haus
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Prof. Glenn Gebhard (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles)
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"Find out what the future will cost you": Finance's Postapocalyptic Futures in Nathaniel Rich's Odds Against Tomorrow
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, 6:00-8:00 pm
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The End of the Career – and the Beginning of a New One? Strategic Retirements and Political Ambition
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Dr. Timothy Kaposy (Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology)
Vernacular, Mixed and Forensic Images: On the Visual Culture of Climate Change
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, 6:00-8:00 pm
Prof. Christopher Newfield (University of California, Santa Barbara)
What Happened to Solar Innovation? Reflections on the Cultural Analysis of Technology Policy
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, 6:00-8:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie (Universität Gießen)
Trump, the Anti-European
in cooperation w/ Amerika Haus e.V. NRW & Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 6:00-8:00 pm
Jürgen Hardt (Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin)
The Trump White House: An Inside View on Transatlantic Cooperation and Global Issues
in cooperation w/ Amerika Haus e.V. NRW & Forum Internationale Wissenschaft
[photo from event]
Monday, Dec. 18, 2017, 6:00-8:00 pm
Prof. Justin S. Vaughn (Boise State University)
Presidential Greatness: How Americans Think about It and How Political Scientists Measure It
Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, 6:00-8:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson (Universität Augsburg)
A Dream Denied? The Situation of African Americans 50 Years after the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
in cooperation w/ Amerika Haus e.V. NRW
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 6:00-8:00 pm
Prof. Michael Herron (Dartmouth College)
Polarized America and the Election of Donald Trump
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, 5:30-8:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Katrin Hansen (Westfälische Hochschule)
Frauen in Top-Positionen: Von 'Glasdecken' und anderen Hindernissen
(including Gender Prize award ceremony, in cooperation w/ Gleichstellungsbüro)
Summer semester 2017 (Download overview)
May 2, 2017
Prof. Dr. Robin Curtis (Universität Düsseldorf)
"Waiting, Wandering, and Wondering: 'Post-Cinematic' Spaces in the Multiple Present"
May 16, 2017
Prof. Benjamin Fagan (Auburn University)
"Speaking Out in Thunder Tones: Democracy and the Early Black Press"
May 23, 2017
Prof. Claudia Sadowski-Smith (Arizona State University)
"The Work of Global Border Writing"
May 30, 2017
Prof. Gary Cross (Pennsylvania State University)
"Ironies of Modern Nostalgia: An American Perspective"
Mai 31, 2017 - Universität zu Köln
Prof. Dr. Klaus Benesch (LMU München)
"A Matter of Scale: Is Close Reading to American Studies What Place Is to Space?"
June 13, 2017
Prof. Christopher Newfield (UC Santa Barbara)
"Don't Blame Populism: The Cultural Psychology and Technology of Trump's Victory"
(in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)
June 27, 2017
PD Dr. Birgit Spengler (North American Studies Program)
"Globalization and Its Others: Spatio-Temporal World-Making in Contemporary Popular Culture"
July 4, 2017
Prof. Sarah Wasserman (University of Delaware)
"Black Lives and Matter: Policing Harlem in Himes and Ellison"
July 10, 2017
Prof. Elizabeth M. Dillon (Northeastern University)
"Performance and Materiality in the Atlantic World: From Jonkonnu to Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Winter semester 2016-17 (Download overview)
November 22, 2016
Dr. Jonas Bens (FU Berlin)
"When the Cherokee Became Indigenous"
November 29, 2016
Dr. Jörg Vianden Ed.D. (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
"White Men on U.S. Campuses: Stories and Counterstories about Privilege, Diversity, and Responsibility for Social Change"
December 13, 2016
Dr. Jared Sonnicksen (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
"Dementia and Democracy in North America: Two Approaches to a Growing Challenge"
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2017
January 16, 2017
Prof. Dr. Anke Ortlepp (Universität Kassel)
"Air Travel, Black Consumers, and U.S. Citizenship: The Struggle for Desegregation of American Airports"
January 31, 2017
Prof. Dr. Stefani Engelstein (Duke University)
"Split Genealogies: The History of Philology between Natural Sciences and Humanities"
"The Road to the White House: Die USA vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen" (2016)
in cooperation with the US Consulate General (Düsseldorf), the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) and the Center for International Security and Governance (CISG)
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Festsaal, Main building
Prof. Jackson Janes · Johns Hopkins University
"Challenges and Choices: The Presidential Election and Its Significance for German-American Relations"
Welcome address: Consul General Michael R. Keller
Talk followed by a reception (See pictures from the event)
Monday, May 2, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Lecture hall XVII, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Andreas Falke · FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
"Economic Issues in the 2016 Election"
Response: Prof. James D. Bindenagel (CISG)
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Festsaal, Main building
Dr. Henrike Viehrig · North American Studies Program
"Economy, Ecology, Elections: Energy in US-American Politics"
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Lecture hall XVII, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Sabine Sielke · North American Studies Program
"Engendering the Race: How Gender Matters in the US Presidential Election"
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Medienzentrum der bpb
Dr. Torben Lütjen · Universität Göttingen
"Donald Trump und was zuvor geschah: Geschichte und Anatomie des amerikanischen Konservativismus"
Welcome address: Thomas Krüger (President, bpb)
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Festsaal, Main building
Prof. Christopher Newfield · University of California, Santa Barbara
"Is the United States Post-Democratic? Mobilizing Economic and Racial Grievances in the 2016 Campaign"
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Lecture hall XVII, IAAK
PD Dr. Elisabeth Schäfer-Wünsche & Christian Klöckner, M.A. · North American Studies Program
"Politics of Celebrity: The Case of Donald Trump" (Read full script)
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Festsaal, Main building
Dr. Marcus Pindur · Deutschlandradio
"Präsidentschaftswahlkampf in Zeiten des Populismus"
Columbus Day Lecture 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016 | 6:00 to 8:00 pm | Lecture hall IV
PD Dr. Thomas Greven · John F. Kennedy Insititute, FU Berlin
"Richtungswahl in den USA: Zur Gegenwart und Zukunft der Republikanischen Partei"
Summer Semester 2016
May 12, 2016
Prof. Vivien Green Fryd (Vanderbilt University)
"Kara Walker's About the Title: Reenacting the Trauma of Colonialism and Slavery"
June 7, 2016
Ethan Rafal (Photographer)
"Shock and Awe: A Presentation|Performance"
July 5, 2016
"Ready for Boarding: Der CIA-Folterreport als Live-Hörspiel"
Winter Semester 2015-2016 (download overview)
October 27, 2015
Prof. Christopher E. Forth
University of Kansas | Universität Erfurt
"Fat American or Fattened American? Corpulence, Consumption and Animality"
November 3, 2015
Dr. Juliane Braun
North American Studies Program
"'Strange Beasts of the Sea': Captain Cook's Last Voyage and the Transoceanic American Empire"
November 4, 2015
Martha Bayles
Boston College
"Dancing in Chains: Why Music Cannot Keep the World Free"
November 10, 2015
Columbus Day Lecture
Consul General Michael Keller
U.S. Consulate General, Düsseldorf
"TTIP, Trade, Diplomacy"
November 17, 2015
Prof. Dr. Sabine Sielke
North American Studies Program
"'Der Mensch als 'Gehirnmaschine': Kognitionswissenschaft, visuelle Kultur, Subjektkonzepte"
November 24, 2015
Ian Robinson, Ph.D.
North American Studies Program
"Toronto on Screen: Cinema and Politics of Place since the 1980s"
December 1, 2015
Prof. Glenn Gebhard
Loyola Marymount University | AIB, Bonn
Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution (Film Screening and Q&A)
December 8, 2015
Prof. Dr. Hubert Zapf
Universität Augsburg
"Cultural Ecology and the Transdisciplinary Knowledge of Literature"
January 18, 2016
Martin Luther King Day Lecture
PD Dr. Carsten Junker
Universität Bremen | Universität Leipzig
"The Ambivalences of Early Abolitionism: A Reevaluation"
January 26, 2016
George Thomas, M.A.
University of California, Davis | Universität Mainz
"Telling Time in the Twentieth-Century American Novel"
February 2, 2016
Kelly Kawar, M.A.
North American Studies Program
"The Ethics of Life in Saul Bellow"
Summer Semester 2015 (download overview)
April 21, 2015
Prof. Arthur Gross-Schaefer, J.D.
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles | AIB, Bonn
"The History, Necessities, and Abuses of Academic Freedom"
May 5, 2015
Prof. Dr. Joyce Goggin
University of Amsterdam
"Flirting with Disaster: Hollywood Film and the Shock Doctrine"
May 12, 2015
Ellen Hinsey
Skidmore College, Paris | DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program
"What Poetry Knows: Tyranny, Freedom and the Mystery of Art"
May 19, 2015
Dr. Sabine N. Meyer
University of Osnabrück | Käte Hamburger Center "Law as Culture"
"Conceptualizations of Sovereignty in Postmodern Native American Literature"
June 16, 2015
Prof. Dr. Barbara Lüthi
University of Cologne
"Fighting Jim Crow: The Freedom Riders of 1961 and the Dilemma of Mobility"
June 30, 2015
Prof. Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis
Saint Martin's University, Lacey, WA
"The Rhetoric of Invisible Victimage: Obama's 21st Century Wars"
July 7, 2015
Dr. Philipp Löffler
University of Heidelberg
"After Literary History: 21st Century American Literature and the
Winter semester 2014-2015 (overview as PDF)
October 1, 2014
A Conversation with Martha Bayles about her latest book on Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy and America's Image Abroad
October 13, 2014
Prof. Dr. Lawrence Howe
Roosevelt University | University of Southern Denmark
"Mark Twain and America's Ownership Society: Property and Its Discontents"
October 28, 2014
Prof. Dr. Eric Sandeen
University of Wyoming | Radboud University Nijmegen
"Edward Steichen's The Family of Man Sixty Years On: Looking Back at 1950s America"
November 4, 2014
Dr. Christina Ziegler-McPherson
Hoboken Historical Museum | University of Bremen
"Invasion of the Other: Anti-Immigration Politics in the United States, 1840–2014"
November 24, 2014
Columbus Day Lecture 2014
Prof. James D. Bindenagel
Center for International Security and Governance, University of Bonn
"Building the Transatlantic Relationship: From Naming America to Unifying Germany and Beyond"
December 2, 2014
Dr. Angela Condello
University of Rome III | Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Recht als Kultur"
"Exemplarity as a Form of Normativity: How Individual Narratives Have Shaped American Legal Culture and the Construction of 'Privacy'"
December 9, 2014
Britanni Sonnenberg reads from her novel Home Leave
December 16, 2014
Dr. Thorsten Kathke
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
"FUTURE SHOCK Is 'Where It's At': Diagnosing the State of America's Society in the 1970s"
Monday, January 19, 2015 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Festsaal
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2015
Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg (University of Heidelberg)
"The Dream Revisited: Racial Integration and Black Advancement since the Civil Rights Era"
January 29, 2015
Prof. Layli Maparyan
Wellesley Centers for Women
"Building Cultures of Inclusion across Race, Ethnicity, and Religion: Comparing Notes across the U.S. and Germany to Cultivate Social Change Leadership"
In cooperation with the U.S. Consulate General, Düsseldorf
Summer semester 2014 (overview as PDF)
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Prof. Bryant Simon, Ph.D. (Temple University | University of Erfurt)
"What's the Real Cost of a Big Mac? The High Costs of Cheap Food"
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Lecture hall XVII, IAAK
Forum Beruf North American Studies
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Dekanatssaal
Prof. Dr. Greta Olson (University of Giessen | Käte Hamburger Center "Law as Culture")
"The Centrality of the Constitution to US American Culture –
Arguments from the Left and the Right"
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Dr. Lena Laube (Forum International Science, University of Bonn)
"Grenzzäune und 'Remote Control': Die Selektivität der US-Grenzpolitik"
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Dieter Stein (IAAK, University of Bonn)
"From Open Access to Open Science: Towards a New Culture of Scientific Discourse"
Thursday, July 3, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Elena Esposito (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
"The Reality of Ratings"
Monday, July 14, 2014 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Prof. Stefani Engelstein, Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Columbia)
"Economizing Desire: The Sibling (in) Law"
Winter semester 2013-2014 (overview as PDF)
Monday, October 21, 2013 • 4:00–6:00 pm • Festsaal, Main Building
Sen. Chris Steineger (Former Kansas State Senator)
"Contemporary American Politics: Obama's Second Term and Beyond"
Columbus Day Lecture 2013
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Prof. Dr. Susanne Lachenicht (Department of Early Modern History, University of Bayreuth)
"Conquest, Expansion, Colonization: Risk and Risk Assessment in the Early Modern Atlantic World"
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Dr. Stefanie Müller (Department of American Studies, University of Frankfurt)
"National and Economic Incorporation in HBO's Deadwood"
Thursday, January 9, 2014 • 4:00–6:00 pm • Room 3.002, Institute of Oriental and Asian Studies, Regina-Pacis-Weg 7
Christian Schmidt, M.A. (American Studies, University of Bayreuth)
"Postblack Aesthetics: 'Redefining Complex Notions of Blackness' in Contemporary African American Literature"
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Lecture Hall XVII, IAAK
Prof. Cristanne Miller (Department of English, University at Buffalo)
"'All the slain soldiers': Poetry and the American Civil War"
Thursday, January 16, 2014 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Lecture Hall VIII, Main Building
Prof. David Damrosch (Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University)
"From Auerbach's Istanbul to Spitzer's Baltimore: The American Afterlife of Philology"
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Room A, IAAK
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Martin Lüthe (John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin)
"Motown Memories: Forms and Functions of Facing the Music"
Lecture series summer semester 2013 (overview as PDF)
Monday, April 22, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room B (IAAK)
Prof. Russell Kilbourn (Department of English|Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University)
"Camera Arriving at the Station: Cinematic Memory as Cultural Memory"
Monday, May 6, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room B (IAAK)
Prof. Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. (Theatre Arts Program, Loyola Marymount University)
"Falling Darkness: Changes in Genre Film and Television in the United States after 9/11"
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Prof. Rolf J. Goebel (Department of Foreign Languages, University of Alabama in Huntsville)
"From Postcoloniality to Global Media Culture: Reflections on Metropolitan Topography"
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Dr. Justin Sully (North American Studies Program, University of Bonn)
"Wonks, Pundits and Statistical Panic in Contemporary US Political Culture: The Case of Nate Silver"
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • HS 104 (Main building)
Prof. Grace Elizabeth Hale (Dpt. of History, University of Virginia | University of Erfurt)
"Out of Place, Out of Time: Filming the 'Folk' in the US South in the 1960s and 1970s"
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick (Bonn Graduate School of Economics, University of Bonn)
"Mind the Gap: The Making of America's Imbalances"
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Dr. Sarah Wasserman (North American Studies Program, University of Bonn)
"Fun with the Future-Past: Amusement and Obsolescence in 1930s New York"
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • HS XVII (IAAK)
Prof. Dr. Jodi Melamed (Department of English, Marquette University|HU Berlin)
"The Racial Politics of Neoliberalism: Martin Luther King's Previsions"
Lecture series winter semester 2012/2013
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Prof. Dr. David Caplan (Department of English, Ohio Wesleyan University)
"Reclaiming Rhyme: On Contemporary American Poetry, Hip Hop, and Rhyming Culture"
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Mai-Linh Hong, J.D. (Department of English, University of Virginia)
"Regulating the Militia: Black Power and the Right to Bear Arms"
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Dr. Marcel Hartwig (Department of English, University of Siegen)
"'Old World Contagions' and Preventive Medicine: The Fate of American Voluntary Health Insurance Systems"
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Room A (IAAK)
Prof. Dr. Suleiman Osman (George Washington University)
"The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn: Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York"
Lecture Series "The Road to the White House" (2012)
[download flyer]
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Joyce Mushaben (Department of Political Science, University of Missouri - St. Louis)
"It's the Women, Stupid: Female Voters and Gender Policies in the 2012 Elections"
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Universitätsclub
Dr. Torben Lütjen (Institut für Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung, University of Düsseldorf)
"The Great Divide: Warum Amerika ideologisch so gespalten ist"
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Dr. Sabine Sielke (North American Studies Program)
"Why Race (Still) Matters in US-American Culture – and How It Does in the 2012 Presidential Race"
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Universitätsclub
Prof. Dr. Christian Hacke (Institut für Politische Wissenschaft und Soziologie, Universität Bonn)
"Wer macht das Rennen? Mögliche politische Konsequenzen der US-amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahlen 2012"
Monday, October 29, 2012 • 6:00 – 8:00 pm • Festsaal (COLUMBUS DAY LECTURE 2012)
Prof. Dr. Crister S. Garrett (Institute for American Studies, University of Leipzig)
"America Debates Itself: Exceptionalism, Declinism, and the Electoral Season of 2012"
Lectures series summer semester 2012
[download overview as PDF]
Thursday, April 12, 2012 • 4:00-6:00 pm • Room B
Dr. Olaf Stieglitz (Institute of Anglo-American History, University of Cologne)
"Revisiting the 1950s – from Consensus to Conflict, from Nostalgia-Trap to Retro-Chic"
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Room A
Dr. Henrike Viehrig (North American Studies Program)
"The Paradox of Presidential Power"
Thursday, May 3, 2012 • 4:00–6:00 pm • Room B
Dr. Bryan van Sweringen (John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, FU Berlin)
"'Popkulturkampf': The American Fifties Out on the Frontier of Freedom"
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 • 11:00 am • HS VII
Simone Knewitz, M.A. (North American Studies Program)
"Von Tobacco Road zu Hurrikan Katrina: Krisen, Katastrophen und der US-amerikanische Süden"
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 • 3:00–4:00 pm • Festsaal
PD Dr. Elisabeth Schäfer-Wünsche (North American Studies Program)
"What is an American? Überlegungen zu einem umstrittenen Begriff" (Antrittsvorlesung)
Thursday, May 24, 2012 • 12:00–2:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Roger L. Nichols (Department of History, University of Arizona)
"Indians and American Society since 1960"
Thursday, June 14, 2012 • 7:00–9:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Sabine Sielke (North American Studies Program)
"Race, Ethnicity, Nordamerika(studien)" [Video]
[as part of Salon 17's lecture series "Making Race?! Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf 'Rasse' und 'Ethnizität"]
Thursday, June 28, 2012 • 6:15-7:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Dr. Sabine Sielke (North American Studies Program)
"Nostalgia for New York"
[as part of the symposium "Intercultural Sites in the Global City"]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 • 4:00–9:00 pm • Room B
The Real American – Joe McCarthy (2011)
Filmscreening and Discussion with Dr. Simone Höller
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
"The Legacy of the Black Power Movement in the Twenty-First Century"
Columbus Day Lecture 2012
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Festsaal
Janice G. Weiner, U.S. Consul General (Düsseldorf)
"Diversity and Pluralism as Key Goals of U.S. Foreign Policy"
Lectures series summer semester 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Room B
Prof. Dr. Barbara Hedderich (Department of Economics, Hochschule Ansbach)
"Homo Oeconomicus – Streifzug durch die Geschichte eines Entscheidungsmodells"
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Susan Strasser (Department of History, University of Delaware|John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin)
"Woolworth to Wal-Mart: Mass Merchandising and the Changing American Culture of Consumption"
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Conference Room
Vera Grant, M.A. (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University)
"New Thoughts on an Old Occupation Zone: The Aesthetics of Propaganda, Race, and Fraternization on the Rhine, 1918-1923"
Thursday, May 26, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Christina von Braun (Department of Cultural Studies, Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
"Der menschliche Körper als 'Goldstandard' des Geldes"
Monday, June 6, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Kristin Hoganson (Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign|LMU München)
"Buying Into Empire: American Consumption at the Turn of the Twentieth Century"
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Conference Room
Dr. Todd Carmody (Department of English, UC Berkeley|Excellence Cluster "Languages of Emotions", FU Berlin)
"'Days with Paul Robeson': Spirituals, Solidarity, and the East German Archive"
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 • 6:00–8:00 pm • Conference Room
Dr. Hannes Bergthaller (Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan)
"Wars on Bugs: Cold War Ecology in the Works of Robert Heinlein, William S. Burroughs, and Rachel Carson"
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011 • 6:00-8:00 pm • HS 17
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Simon Wendt (Institut für England- und Amerikastudien, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
"'This nonviolent stuff ain't no good. It'll get ya killed': Armed Self-Defense and the Civil Rights Movement"
Columbus Day Lecture 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Dr. Anke Ortlepp (Amerika-Institut, LMU München)
"Staging Gender, Staging Class: Airtravel, Architecture, and Design in the Postwar Period"
Lecture series summer semester 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 11
Associate Prof. Dr. Steve Estes (History Department, Sonoma State University)
"The History of Southern Music and American Race Relations" – with guitar!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Robert Marc Friedman (History Department, University of Oslo)
"Science, History and the Stage: Remembering Miss Meitner"
Lecture and staged reading, starring Imke Pannen, David Schumacher, and Oliver Möller. (Flyer)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 11
Prof. Dr. Sharon Lattig (Department of English, New Jersey City University)
"The Orphic Mind: Toward a Neuroscientific Theory of the Lyric"
Tuesday, June 8, 2010• 6:00–8:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Carl Djerassi (Department of Chemistry, Stanford University)
"Wissenschaft im Theater: eine liaison dangereuse"
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Sandra H. Petrulionis (Department of English and American Studies, Penn State)
"Transcendental Radicals: The Antislavery Movement in Thoreau's Concord"
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 • 6:00–8:00 pm • HS 11
Prof. Dr. Charles Altieri (Department of English, UC Berkeley)
"How We Can Develop the New Rhetoric that Contemporary American Poets Seem to be Seeking"
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Dr. Norbert Finzsch (Historisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln)
"David Walker and the Fight against Slavery"
Columbus Day Lecture 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Festsaal
Prof. Gerald Jaynes (Department of Economics, Yale University)
"Race Relations in the United States: Intergroup Dynamics During the Obama Era"
Lecture series winter semester 2009-2010
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room A
Prof. Jane Feuer (Dept. of English, University of Pittsburg/Universität Tübingen)
"Town Meetings of the Imagination: Northern Exposure and Gilmore Girls"
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 • 6:00-8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Katherine Donohue (Department of History, Central Michigan University/Universität Bochum)
"The Political Odyssey of F. J. Schlink: Capitalism, Communism, and Consumerism in the 1930s"
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 • 12:00-2:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Gunther Hirschfelder (Institut für Germanistik, Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft, Uni Bonn)
"Weihnachten auf dem Weg in die Zukunft"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 • 6:00-8:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Heinz Ickstadt (John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin)
"New York as Cultural Space"
Thursday, January 14, 2010 • 6:00-8:00 pm • Room TBA
Prof. Paul Lauter (Department of English, Trinity College Dublin)
"The Market and the Cathedral: Immigration, Identity, and Conflict"
Additionally, a series of film screenings was offered (in cooperation with the English Department Film Society), including such classics as "King Kong," "Manhattan," "Taxi Driver," and "Gangs of New York".
Lecture series summer semester 2009
Tuesday, May, 19, 2009 • 18:00-20:00 pm • Conference Room
Sophia Komor, M.A. (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Hamburg)
"Screaming Silence, (Un)Veiling Violence: Will Eno's Dramatic Art"
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 • 18:00-20:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Bernd Greiner (Institut für Sozialforschung, Hamburg)
"Die USA in Vietnam – Ursachen und Folgen entgrenzter Gewalt"
Thursday, July 23, 2009 • 18:00-20:00 Uhr c.t. • HS 5
Dr. Michael Butter (Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Universität Freiburg)
"Entführt, missbraucht, indoktriniert: antikatholische Verschwörungstheorien und amerikanische Literatur – von Maria Monk bis Dan Brown"
"Perfekte Tarnung? Warnen, Tarnen, Täuschen in Natur und Kultur"
Ringvorlesung des Forums Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Martin Luther King Day Lecture 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 • 18:00-20:00 pm • HS 17
Prof. Dr. Sabine Broeck (American Studies, Universität Bremen)
"The Erotics of African-American Endurance: White (West)-German Public Sentiment between Pornotroping and Civil Rights Solidarity"


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Bogotá's new public bikes wait for riders.
|An adjustment for one of the new bikes.
|Weaving thru crowds blocking
La Septima's bike lane.
"Many people come to downtown sporadically," he said. "They don't want to take the trouble."
|The benefits of bicycling.
Bogotá's public bike program is expanding with frustrating slowness - but in a way that's healthy. If they had instead started out with an ambitious but impractical program which had collapsed in fraud and scandal, it might have buried prospects for public bikes for a long time, as well as scarring cycling in general.
An employee told me they now have 300 bikes and plan to add new lending points in central and north Bogotá.
El Tiempo reports that during its first year the program were used 45,000 times.
The program is still free, and I wonder about its sustainability, especially after Mayor Petro leaves office (which might possibly happen soon, since they're trying to recall him).
By Mike Ceaser of Bogotá Bike Tours


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I finally opened up one of the items that I've purchased in my last Koreadepart haul! This time, its the Sonyu Oil by handmader which I have been itching to try because its OIL! If you recall, I love to use oil, and have been a proponent for oil on oily skin. This time round, I am on the road again to try out his cream-oil, that remains to be a rave on social media.
About the Product
The Sonyu Oil is a cream & oil product, intended to deliver non-lasting, long lasting moisture to dry skin. It is light and has a light pink shade (see inset). There is a second version that was released (and yes I bought that one too!) but this was the first of the series to be released. The key ingredients of this oil are honey extract, propolis, aloe vera leaf, shea butter, pomegranate oil, argan oil and jaguen oil. The product does not contain parabens, ethanol, artificial colors, mineral oil, benzophenone, steroids, phenoxyethanol, triclosan, paraffins, imidazolidinyl urea, triethanolamine, petrolatum, formaldehyde, methylchloroisothiazol inone, sulfate, chloride nesin page, talc, BHA, isopropyl alcohol.
Using the Product
The recommendation is to shake the content 3-5 times lightly until the white hydration cream mix with the red face oil to form pink cream-oil. Normal skin users are recommend to apply this product as last step of skin care. Those with dry skin are recommended to apply on skin after the wash and tone, but for oily and combination skin, it is recommended to apply this product directly on the face without toning or serums. Users can also mix a small pea size of this product to bb creams or foundations to create glowing make up. I have combination skin, but I feel that my skin absorbs the product better when I prep my washed face with a mist of Albion Skin Conditioner before I apply this product. To apply, I will take out a 20c coin size onto my palms. then I will spread and warm the product in my hands before I apply it onto the face. The hydration is more effective than the Shocking Pore series and I do not experience outbreaks. I also do not feel tightness when I am working in an air-conditioned room. This is not a good primer for skin with larger pores so I recommend primer to be use before makeup. My skin also do not feel as tight after washing at the end of the day.
Where to Buy the Product
The usual places of course! Koreadepart and Label Young official website.
Do let me know how you find this product by dropping me a message! 🙂