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Home/UKRAINE WAR/The Invading Russians Are Starting to Back Down! Ukraine Is Succeeding
The Invading Russians Are Starting to Back Down! Ukraine Is Succeeding
New developments in the grain corridor agreement! Russia can't do anything this time. Vladimir Putin, who has been unjustly engaged in invasion attacks against Ukraine since February 24, has now stopped attacking Ukraine's ports after falling back in the war. Ukraine, which also left the negotiating table with the Grain Corridor victory, has launched three more new ships. As the country that manages the ship's security, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense made the announcement via its official Twitter account. "The Panamanian-flagged ship NAVISTAR, which was going to Ireland from Ukraine and was carrying 33 thousand tons of corn, departed from the Port of Odessa.
The ship will be inspected by the Joint Coordination Center in the north of Istanbul." The Ministry of National Defense announced that 3 ships carrying a total of 58 thousand tons of corn from Ukrainian ports were moving to go to Turkey, Great Britain and Ireland. the second ship carrying 13 thousand tons of corn also departed from the Port of Chernomorsk for the UK from Ukraine. The course of the Maltese-flagged ship "Rojen" is also being monitored by the Joint Coordination Center from time to time.
A first since the beginning of the war! Is on the way!
Ukraine hit Russia! Putin is Helpless!
Ukraine's new war machine that will change the war!
The Inscription on the Ruz Missile Fired at the Railway Station Shocked!
Japan Intervened in the War! Putin called the defense ministry to a meeting!
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David S. Craig
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David has written over 30 dramatic works including Athabasca for Convergence Theatre (2019, written with Richard Greenblatt), Lysistrata and the Temple of Gaia at the Odyssey Theatre (2018), BOMBERS: Reaping the Whirlwind at the 4th Line Theatre (2017) and Double Trouble at Imagination Stage (2015). His hit comedy Having Hope at Home has been performed across Canada. He has won the Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Production three times, the Chalmers New Play Award three times, the Rideau Award, the Canada Council Prize, the Writer's Guild Prize for Radio Drama and a Harold Award. In 2014, the City of Toronto awarded Mr. Craig the Barbara Hamilton Award for Artistic Excellence. He is a past president of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
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Jillian Keiley
Jillian Keiley is an award-winning director from St. John's, Newfoundland and founder of Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. Jillian has directed and taught across Canada and internationally. She received her BFA in Theatre from York University and was awarded Honorary Doctorates of Letters from both Memorial University and York University. She was the winner of the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council's John Hirsch Prize in 1997. Jillian assumed her role as NAC English Theatre Artistic Director in August 2012, and her productions at the NAC have included Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid, Tartuffe, Oil and Water and another Stratford collaboration, Alice Through the Looking-Glass. She has also directed Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank and As You Like It for the Stratford Festival. Tempting Providence, her collaboration with Robert Chafe for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, toured internationally for 12 years and will be the inaugural production at the launch of the Nurse Myra Bennett Theatre in Cow Head, Newfoundland this summer.
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Sean Arbuckle
Gmork, Urgl and Engywook, Ensemble
Theatre credits include 17 seasons at the Stratford Festival, appearing in such works as The Crucible, Twelfth Night, Guys and Dolls, King John, Pericles, The Pirates of Penzance, 42nd Street, Titus Andronicus, Three Sisters, The Merchant of Venice, Cabaret, Trojan Women, Macbeth, The Tempest, As You Like It, Timon of Athens, The Swanne: Princess Charlotte, London Assurance, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Other theatre credits include the Segal Centre, Canadian Stage, the Grand Theatre, Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival; The Importance of Being Earnest (Broadway); and Copenhagen (U.S. National tour). Film and TV credits include 12 Monkeys, Murdoch Mysteries, Dark Matter, Reign, Defiance and Law & Order.
Bastian's Father, A Purple Buffalo, A Traveller, A Refugee, Ensemble
Tim Campbell is a Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning actor whose theatre credits include Twelve Angry Men, Death of a Salesman, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Soulpepper); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.); Private Lives (Chicago Shakespeare), and 11 seasons with the Stratford Festival, where recent credits include John Proctor in The Crucible, Chris Keller in All My Sons and Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband. Film and TV credits include Beltran in Season 4 of The Expanse, Designated Survivor, Reign, Republic of Doyle, Warehouse 13, Nikita, The L.A. Complex, Saving Hope, The Firm, Lost Girl, Combat Hospital, Flashpoint and Murdoch Mysteries.
Laura Condlln
Ygramul, Chancellor of the Ivory Tower, A Refugee, Ensemble
Laura has appeared with theatre companies across the country including Mirvish Productions, Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper, Tarragon Theatre, Crow's Theatre, Canadian Stage, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Segal Centre, Necessary Angel, Grand Theatre, Globe Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, and 13 seasons with the Stratford Festival. Film/TV credits include Murdoch Mysteries. Laura is the recipient of two Toronto Theatre Critics Awards for Best Actress in 2018 for Fun Home (Mirvish Productions/Musical Stage Company), and in 2016 for Enemy of the People (Tarragon Theatre). Upcoming: Wendy & Peter Pan and Frankenstein Revived (Stratford Festival).
Ijeoma Emesowum
Maya, Ensemble
Ijeoma is excited to be coming to Ottawa with The Neverending Story. Ijeoma recently finished her fifth season at the Stratford festival, appearing in over 15 productions including The Crucible, The Changeling, As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, Hay Fever and five HD cinema recordings. Prior to Stratford, she spent five seasons at The Shaw Festival and has performed on stages across Canada. She is a graduate of the Stratford Festival Birmingham Conservatory (2016–17) and holds a BFA from the University of Windsor. Much love to her family, especially J and Z!
Jordin Hall
Eribo, A Bully, Ensemble
Jordin hails from the one and only Chatham, Ontario. He is a graduate of Brock University's Theatre (Performance Concentration) program, as well as the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre. Theatre credits include The Crucible, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, An Ideal Husband, To Kill A Mockingbird (Stratford Festival); Othello (Driftwood Theatre); Titus Andronicus (Seven Siblings Theatre); The Winter's Tale, Love's Labours Lost (Dauntless City Theatre) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Humber River Shakespeare). Thank you, Mom, Dad, Grandma and anyone who has ever supported me, and to everyone else… Love, peace, and SOULLLLLL TRAIN.
Kim Horsman
Morla, Elder of the Grassy Ocean, Sassafranian Child, Ensemble
Through a rich and varied 45-year career, Kim has appeared in well over 70 productions across Canada and in England, a few of which include Miranda in The Tempest; Charlotte in Don Juan (NAC); Sylvia in The Two Gentleman of Verona (NAC/Stratford Festival); Karen in Talking Dirty (NAC/Arts Club Theatre); Duchess of Norfolk in Henry VIII, Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet, Constance in The Madwoman of Chaillot, Marina in Pericles, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, Princess Katherine in Henry V, Miss Hoyden in The Relapse, Louise in Private Lives (Stratford Festival); Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Chesterfield Repertory, England); Caroline in Childhood/Infancy (Kings Head Theatre, London, England); Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer (Arts Club Theatre); Lady Nijo in Top Girls (Tamanhous/Grand Theatre); and co-creator, with Anika Johnson and Barbara Johnston, of Cowboy of the Western World, A Musical. Most recently in film, Kim's credits include Believe Me: The Lisa McVey Abduction; J.J. Abrams/Stephen King's 11/22/63 opposite James Franco; A Family Man as Gerard Butler's mom; and Cardinals (Touchpoint Films); Romeo and Juliet and Henry VIII (Barry Avrich Productions/Stratford Festival). "I'm grateful to have shared my creative life with so many outstanding artists and friends. Love to my family, Georgina, Spencer, grandson Aiden, and Ian."
Andrew Iles
Andrew's credits include two seasons at the Stratford Festival, appearing in Henry VIII in 2019, Harold in An Ideal Husband, To Kill a Mockingbird and understudying in Julius Caesar in the 2018 season. Elsewhere, Andrew appeared as Katurian K. Katurian in The Pillowman (Orlando Fringe 2016). In Film/TV, he has been a guest star on episodes of Reign (CW Network); and Murder U (Discovery ID). Andrew trained at the University of Windsor, and the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre.
Roy Lewis
Bookseller, Cairon, Sassafranian Child, Ensemble
Roy has spent 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival where he recently played Lord Sandis and the Chorus in Henry VIII, and had the honour of writing the play's Epilogue, and Judge Hathorne in The Crucible. Additional Stratford roles include Reverend Sykes in To Kill a Mockingbird, Publius Lepidus in Julius Caesar, Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Cyclops in The Odyssey, and Stage Manager in Our Town. Other credits include Abel Magwitch in Great Expectations (Neptune Theatre); Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life (Theatre Northwest); Charley in Death of a Salesman (Drayton Festival Theatre); and Camillo in The Winter's Tale (Groundling Theatre Company). He has directed ten plays, and is a founding member of Obsidian Theatre Company and a published poet.
Hilary's theatre credits include Christophe, Jane Rochford in Wolf Hall (2020 Stratford Festival); Othello (Stratford Festival); Olivia in Twelfth Night, Liz in Hanger (Toronto Fringe/Kildare Company); Desdemona in Othello, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Olivia in Twelfth Night (Ale House Theatre Company). Film/TV credits include Sugar Daddy (supporting); Killjoys (guest star); Benson (lead); Sup Meg (lead); Samanthology (supporting). Hilary trained at Ryerson Theatre School and at the British American Drama Academy, BADA (Midsummer in Oxford program). She is the recipient of an Emerging Artist Award (MyTheatre Awards) and the Perry Schneiderman Award (Ryerson).
Katelyn McCulloch
A Bully, Child of the Grassy Ocean, A Traveller, A Refugee, Ensemble
Katelyn McCulloch is an award-winning actor based in Toronto and is thrilled to be making her NAC debut! Select credits include Abigail Williams in The Crucible, Ben Gunn in Treasure Island, Romeo & Juliet, The Breathing Hole (Stratford Festival); Maid Marion in The Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre); Pea in Jerusalem (Company Theatre/Outside the March); The Heart of Robin Hood (Mirvish Productions/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Liver (Kat Sandler/Store Front). Katelyn's Film/TV credits include Mary Kills People (Global TV); Mindfudge (CBC); Incorporated (CBS); Reign (CW); Barbara‑Anne, Club Six, Becoming Burlesque. She holds a BFA in Acting from York University, and also trained at Second City Conservatory, and with the Factory Theatre Mechanicals. She is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award (Outstanding Ensemble for Jerusalem), and a Broadway World Award (Outstanding Supporting Actress for Ben Gunn). Most recently, Katelyn wrote, produced and starred in the short film Barbara‑Anne, which won Silver for Best Canadian Short at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival.
Artax, A Bully, Ensemble
Andrew Robinson is a stage and screen actor from Toronto. For the Stratford Festival, he has appeared in 15 productions including this one, in which he plays the voice and head operator of Artax. Select credits include the North-American premiere of Shakespeare in Love (directed by Declan Donnelan) and John Caird's Love's Labours' Lost, in which he met Rylan and Ijeoma respectively: two incredible friends with whom he shares this experience. He has written two plays, appeared in Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain, and met Maggie Smith exactly once.
Jake Runeckles
Jake has fond childhood memories of skating on the Rideau Canal and eating his first Beavertail. It has been a dream of his to return to Ottawa and perform at the National Arts Centre. Credits include Henry VIII (Stratford Festival); I and You (Outlook Theatre); The Secret Garden (Young People's Theatre); The Nails (SummerWorks Festival); Animal Nature (Clay & Paper Theatre); and Knots (Toronto Fringe Festival). Training: George Brown Theatre School; The Birmingham Conservatory. TV/Film: Impulse (YouTube Premium). Upcoming: Jake will be playing Peter Pan in the Stratford Festival's 2020 production of Wendy & Peter Pan.
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Rylan Wilkie
Falkor, The Caretaker, Ensemble
Rylan is excited to share this magical show with the audience at the NAC. He has been a Stratford Festival company member for the past six seasons appearing in over a dozen shows, including The Crucible, Henry VIII, To Kill a Mockingbird, Timon of Athens and Shakespeare in Love. He has also worked at the Grand Theatre, Blyth Festival, Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre Calgary, Globe Theatre, Caravan Theatre, and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. He has been awarded a Montreal Critics' Award, a Betty Mitchell Award and Stratford's John Hirsch Award. Much love to my family and Krystin.
Mamie Zwettler
The Childlike Empress, Sassafranian Adult, Ensemble
Mamie is delighted to be continuing her journey with The Neverending Story at the NAC. She previously spent two seasons at the Stratford Festival appearing in The Crucible (Mary Warren), The Tempest (Miranda), The Comedy of Errors and Napoli Milionaria!. She is looking forward to Stratford 2020, where she will be starring in Three Tall Women and featured in Richard III and The Miser. She trained at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and Stratford's Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre (Chicago Fellow).
Bretta Gerecke
Bretta is a set, lighting and costume designer for theatre, circus and opera. She is the resident designer at Catalyst Theatre, where she co-creates and tours new work across North America, the U.K. and Australia. Bretta also designs for companies such as Cirque du Soleil, The Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Arts Centre, the Stratford Festival, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera, Vancouver Opera and the Grand Theatre. She is the recipient of over 25 awards in addition to Avenue Magazine's Top 40 under 40, Global Television's Woman of Vision, IPL Best Emerging Artist and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Costume Design. She recently represented Canada in Prague at the Scenography Quadrennial and her costume designs were exhibited in Moscow, Beijing and Taipei. Bretta loves working with Jill at the fabulous team at the NAC.
Leigh Ann Vardy
Recent NAC credits include The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (co-production with Neptune Theatre) and Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid. Other recent theatre credits include The Third Colour (Prairie Theatre Exchange); The Color Purple (Neptune Theatre); The Secret Life of a Mother (The Theatre Centre); The Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre); Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); What a Young Wife Ought to Know and The God That Comes (2b theatre). Leigh Ann is proud to bring this show to Ottawa and would like to dedicate her work on it to her own Artax and Atreyu: Tate and Buddy. May their story never end.
Hawksley Workman is a two-time JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. A staple of the Canadian music scene for over 20 years, Workman boasts a catalogue of 16 releases, and has performed over a thousand shows worldwide, headlining prestigious venues like Massey Hall and The Olympia in Paris. Workman co-wrote and performed an award-winning one-man cabaret theatre show called The God That Comes, which debuted in 2013 to rave critical reviews and sold-out crowds. The show quickly gained international attention including successful runs at Tarragon Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New Zealand Festival and Arhus Festival in Denmark. His awards include a 2018 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nomination for Outstanding Score of a Play or Musical for The Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre).
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Don Ellis
Sound design credits include Anne and Gilbert, A Christmas Carol (NAC); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It (Stratford Festival); The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Under Wraps, Afterimage, Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Ann and Seamus (Shallaway); Rick Mercer's Show Me the Button, I'll Push It. Film/TV, Boom Operator: Republic of Doyle, Random Passage (CBC); Love and Savagery (Morag); Rare Birds (Lions Gate Films). Production Sound: Danny (NFB); Misery Harbour (UIP Denmark). Producer/Engineer: Wreckhouse (Sherry Ryan); Hunter Hunter, Spectators (Amelia Curran); Dardanelles, The Eastern Light (Dardanelles); The Once, We Win Some We Lose (The Once); All Will Be Well (Fortunate Ones). Musician: Boy on Bridge (Alan Doyle). Awards: JUNO for Hunter Hunter; East Coast Music Award for The Once, Duane Andrews; MUSIC NL Industry Professional of the Year.
Brad Cook
Movement and Puppetry Director
Brad Cook is a movement director and teacher, puppeteer and theatre creator. He has worked as a movement coach and movement director at the Stratford Festival, taught actor movement at numerous colleges and universities including the National Theatre School of Canada, is a co-founder of Blue Bird Theatre Collective, and was a puppeteer for War Horse (National Theatre of Great Britain). Brad is a graduate of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama's Movement Studies program (MA). Most recently Brad was intimacy coordinator for Transplant (CTV/NBCU).
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Mikaela Davies
Mikaela Davies is an actor, director and creator of new work. She performed in eight shows at Soulpepper Theatre and spent four seasons at the Stratford Festival, as an actor and member of the Michael Langham Conservatory for Classical Direction. Davies is the inaugural recipient of the Jon Kaplan Canadian Stage Performer Award, and was nominated for a Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for her titular performance in Miss Bennet and a Montreal English Theatre Award for her performance in The Last Wife. Davies assistant-directed on Robert Lepage's Coriolanus at Stratford and recently directed The Winter's Tale (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Theatre Company).
Brian is happy to return to the NAC, where his previous credits include Girls in the Gang (co-production with Factory Theatre), The Lion in Winter (co-production with Western Canada Theatre Company), A Gift to Last, Endgame, Frida K (co-production with Citadel Theatre) and Alice Through the Looking-Glass (produced in association with the Stratford Festival). He has stage managed at the Stratford Festival for 25 seasons and will return in 2020 for their production of Hamlet.
Jacki Brabazon
Assistant Stage Manager credits include Little Shop of Horrors, The Comedy of Errors, Paradise Lost, Romeo and Juliet, The Breathing Hole (Stratford Festival); and The Last Wife (The Belfry Theatre/Great Canadian Theatre Company). Stage Manager credits include The CFL 105th Grey Cup (Patrick Roberge Productions); Trudeau Stories (Long Black Car Productions/Great Canadian Theatre Company); and The Amazing Adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre (A Company of Fools). Jacki is a graduate of the Theatre Program at the University of Ottawa. This one is for Dad.
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Loreen Gibson
Previous NAC credits include Stage Manager for the Siminovitch Prize ceremonies (2016–2019) and for Moonlodge; Assistant Stage Manager for carried away on the crest of a wave, A Christmas Carol (2016 & 2017), Anne & Gilbert: The Musical, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Sound of Music, The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (co-production with Neptune Theatre), Creation, Salt‑Water Moon. Other theatre credits include Stage Manager for The Drowning Girls, Gracie (Great Canadian Theatre Company); Assistant Stage Manager for Countess Maritza (Pacific Opera Victoria), The Penelopiad (Grand Theatre), The Virgin Trial, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Possible Worlds, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Stratford Festival); The Marriage of Figaro, Tosca, Carmen (Opera Lyra Ottawa); The Ladies Foursome, Man of La Mancha (Globe Theatre); Metamorphosis (Mirvish Productions); Circle Mirror Transformation (GCTC); Civil Elegies (Soulpepper); Dog Sees God (M. Rubinoff Productions) and The December Man (L'homme de décembre) (Canadian Stage). Upcoming: Assistant Stage Manager for Daisy (GCTC) and Stage Manager for Paradise Lost (NAC). Loreen has a BFA Honours in Theatre Production and Design from York University and wishes to thank her family and friends for their love, support and encouragement.
Based upon the novel by Michael Ende
Adapted by David S. Craig
Directed by Jillian Keiley
Featuring Andrew Iles, Jake Runeckles, Sean Arbuckle, Tim Campbell, Laura Condlln, Ijeoma Emesowum, Jordin Hall, Kim Horsman, Roy Lewis, Hilary McCormack, Katelyn McCulloch, Andrew Robinson, Rylan Wilkie, Mamie Zwettler
Designer Bretta Gerecke
Lighting Designer Leigh Ann Vardy
Composer Hawksley Workman
Sound Designer Don Ellis
Movement and Puppetry Director Brad Cook
Associate Director Mikaela Davies
Stage Manager Brian Scott
Assistant Stage Manager Jacki Brabazon
Assistant Stage Manager Loreen Gibson
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BMW M2 CSL Turbomeister Edition 2021.
Posted by admin on 1 января, 2021
BMW M2 CSL Turbomeister Edition: a custom project for a fan of the brand.
The photos show an eighteenth-year BMW M2 Competition in the M2 CSL Turbomeister Edition. This is an unofficial modification, which was created directly by the owner of the two-door.
Interestingly, the motorist at the same time secured the approval of the Bavarians, who allowed him to «spy» some decisions from the BMW 2002 Hommage concept presented in two thousand and sixteenth.
Outside, the M2 CSL Turbomeister Edition attracts attention with its striking body paint, which uses the classic BMW orange shade «Inka 22» as the main color, which is effectively complemented by matte black components.
Plus, the two-door has a number of white accents, as well as inscriptions with the name of the modification and sponsor logos.
Among other features of the modification, it is worth noting a carbon roof and a new diffuser at the stern with four pipes of the high-performance exhaust system from Akrapovic. The car also features matte black AC Schnitzer side skirts and 19-inch BBS wheels.
The coupe has a leather and Alcantara steering wheel with a red zero mark and special paddle shifters. Plus, one cannot fail to note the carbon inserts in the area of the gearshift lever and handbrake. Note that in the center of the tidy there is an additional display that shows various diagnostic information.
In addition to the aforementioned issue, the two-door received an Eventuri intake system and a number of other modifications that made it possible to increase the output of the original 3.0-liter inline-six from 410 hp. and 550 Nm to 520 forces and 660 Nm of torque.
The dynamics of the modification is not specified, but the car is definitely faster than the factory one, capable of accelerating from 0-100 km / h in less than 4.0 seconds (with a seven-band DCT robot) and reaching speeds of up to 280 km / h (with the M Driver's package).
In addition, the BMW M2 CSL Turbomeister Edition boasts AST suspension and new front brakes from Nashin with six-piston calipers, while the rear mechanisms remain standard.
Replacing the brakes made it possible to lighten the design of the coupe by 16 kg, and in total we managed to «lose» more than 110 kg of weight. How much the owner cost all the improvements is not specified.
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UNBEATEN START FOR ALBION LOANEES
Albion under-23 goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
Brighton & Hove Albion's five players currently out on loan enjoyed an unbeaten opening weekend for the 2018/19 campaign.
Christian Walton began his second loan spell with Wigan Athletic with three points as Paul Cook's men beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 at the DW Stadium.
A brace from Michael Jacobs and a goal from Nick Powell meant that the home side made a winning start to life back in the Sky Bet Championship.
In Sky Bet League Two, Steven Alzate made his debut for Swindon Town at the County Ground in a 3-2 win over Macclesfield Town.
The midfielder played 68 minutes of a dramatic game which saw two last-minute penalties from Michael Doughty hand Phil Brown's side an opening day victory, whilst Ben Hall was an unused substitute in Notts County's 0-0 draw at home to Doncaster Rovers at Meadow Lane in Sky Bet League Two.
Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez played the entirety of Forest Green Rovers' 4-1 win away to Grimsby Town at Blundell Park.
Four second-half goals for the visting side cancelled out Mitch Rose's first half penalty for the hosts, as Mark Cooper's men picked up three points in their first Sky Bet League Two outing of the campaign.
Jordan Maguire-Drew also played the final half an hour of Wrexham's 1-0 win over Dover Athletic in the Vanarama National League having joined the side earlier this week.
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Cara Jordan, Barrister at Eastlaw has successfully brought a prosecution against a landlord who failed to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Ian Andrew Chinn, of the Ferry Inn, Horning, pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to ensure the health and safety of people at a play area next to the business. The charges related to two dates – March 31 and April 1, 2016.
Magistrates at Norwich Magistrates' Court decided to impose two 18 week concurrent custodial sentences, suspended for one year, for the two offences.
They also agreed to the council's request for £1670 of costs, and applied a victim surcharge of £115. The total to pay will be £1785.
The court heard that the play area in question had a range of dangers including gaps in netting, screws sticking out, poorly maintained electrics and a bouncy castle not anchored to the ground.
After the case Cllr Angie Fitch-Tillett, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services at the District Council, said: "This was a very serious case and we are grateful to the court for clearly recognising that fact.
"It is very important that the public have confidence that their children are safe when they are playing in such areas and we work hard to make sure that is the case.
"A particular thank you to the council officers involved in this case, who demonstrated excellent awareness as to the dangers present and reacted quickly when notified."
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Home » Blogs » Charles Gaba's blog » Short Cuts: IL taking shot at their own exchange; ACA tough sell in the South; CVS taking Humana payments
Short Cuts: IL taking shot at their own exchange; ACA tough sell in the South; CVS taking Humana payments
Lawmakers eye final attempt at state-run exchange
Illinois lawmakers may have one more chance to approve a state-run health insurance marketplace during the fall legislative session that starts today, and they are under pressure from an end-of-the-year deadline and a pending court decision.
Supporters of creating a state-run website say the impending deadline to receive up to $300 million in federal funding plus a U.S. Supreme Court decision on tax credits due in the spring create urgency. Currently, Illinois residents purchase insurance on the national HealthCare.gov website.
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North Carolina is at the forefront of a strategy being employed in conservative states across the country: Obamacare advocates working around their state governments to implement the law. In Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas and other states, there is intense organizing by coalitions of groups to sign people up for Obamacare, which started open enrollment on Nov. 15 for its second year. In some states, these efforts are led by openly liberal groups, such as the Texas Organizing Project, which is involved heavily in ACA promotion but also backed Democrat Wendy Davis' unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign.
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The move can be seen as an attempt by insurers like Humana to more directly engage their growing customer base and improve consumers' adherence to their payment obligations, observers say.
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Starting this year, routine pediatric visits for millions of California children could involve questions about touchy family topics, such as divorce, unstable housing or a parent who struggles with alcoholism.
California now will pay doctors to screen patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, if the patient is covered by Medi-Cal — the state's version of Medicaid for low-income families.
The screening program is rooted in decades of research that suggests children who endure sustained stress in their day-to-day lives undergo biochemical changes to their brains and bodies that can dramatically increase their risk of developing serious health problems, including heart disease, asthma, depression and cancer.
Health and welfare advocates hope that widespread screening of children for ACEs, accompanied by early intervention, will help reduce the ongoing stresses and skirt the onset of physical illness, or at least ensure an illness is treated.
The higher the number of such adverse events — and so, the higher a child's ACEs "score" — the higher the risk of chronic illness and premature death. About 63% of Californians have experienced at least one adverse childhood event, and nearly 18% have faced four or more, according to state health officials.
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California is the first state to create a formal reimbursement strategy for ACEs screening, and the program will be open to both children and adults enrolled in Medi-Cal. The initiative is part of a larger ACEs awareness campaign championed by the state's first surgeon general, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, who is a national leader in the ACEs movement.
The public health impact could be significant as Medi-Cal covers 5.3 million kids — roughly 40% of all California children — and 6.3 million adults.
"It is a profound shift that's going to change the type of prevention and management we do with families," said Dr. Dayna Long, a pediatrician who is director of the Center for Child and Community Health at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland and helped develop the state-approved screening tool for children and teens. "We're not going to make all the hard things go away, but we can help families build resilience and reduce stress."
Here are five key things to know about ACEs and California's new screening program:
1. How it works.
At a typical well-child visit, parents or caregivers will be asked to fill out a state-approved questionnaire about potentially stressful experiences in their children's lives. For children under age 12, caregivers fill out the survey. Young people ages 12-19 will complete their own questionnaire in addition to their caregivers' questionnaire.
The questions will touch on 10 categories of adversity spanning the first 18 years of life: physical, emotional or sexual abuse; physical or emotional neglect; and experiences that could indicate household dysfunction, such as a parent who has a serious mental illness or addiction, having parents who are incarcerated or living in a home with domestic violence.
The screening will measure for experiences that could regularly trigger fear and anxiety, including homelessness, not having enough food or the right kinds of food, and growing up in a neighborhood marred by drugs and violence.
Long acknowledged some caregivers and children might be reluctant or unwilling to disclose sensitive information, particularly if they fear shame or repercussions. "We acknowledge it takes time to build trust," she said. "But we want to encourage families to have hard conversations with their doctors and to understand how stressful events over the life of the child are impacting that child's health."
Physicians will review the responses and discuss them with caregivers during the visit. Doctors will have access to free online training on how to communicate with families and connect them to community resources. Physicians will be eligible for a $29 reimbursement for each Medi-Cal patient screened.
The responses are considered confidential patient information and won't be shared with state officials. But researchers hope that aggregated information will be studied to improve care for patients with high ACEs scores.
2. The screenings are voluntary.
Doctors do not need to offer them, and patients and their caregivers do not have to participate. Doctors will need to complete online training before they can be paid for screening patients. The state will cover the costs of screening once a year for children and once in a lifetime for adults. But children are the main focus of the screening campaign.
3. What happens after the screening is less clear.
Community clinics often have social workers or "navigators" available to connect families to aid like food stamps or counseling. Doctors in private practice, however, are less likely to have those resources, said Dr. Eric Ball, an Orange County pediatrician who served on a committee advising the surgeon general on the ACEs campaign. Ball said local chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics will work to educate doctors on how to help children who register high ACEs scores, because social services vary so much by county.
Doctors "are not going to get rich doing ACEs screenings, that's not the point," Ball said. "If we can pick up kids at higher risk for these issues down the road and mitigate it, that's really exciting to me."
4. Researchers aren't yet sure which interventions will best help kids with high ACEs scores.
Long and her UCSF Benioff colleagues are continuing to study how well the ACEs screening works and what interventions might be most effective. It's one thing to help hungry families sign up for food stamps and free school lunches. It's less clear how to help a child whose parent is in prison. Researchers have identified protective factors that can help children better resist the effects of toxic stress, including nurturing relationships with trusted adults, such as grandparents or teachers.
"The fact of screening is also an intervention," Long said. "Being able to sit in a room with a pediatrician is not going to make those hard experiences go away, but it creates a freedom to talk about some things that are solvable. That's therapeutic in and of itself."
5. Not everyone agrees that widespread ACEs screening is a good idea.
Sociologist David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, is among those who caution that universal screening for ACEs is premature, given there is little consensus about the potential negative effects of screening or the best interventions.
"The good news is that we are focusing on these adversities that are clearly the source of so many downstream health and mental health problems," Finkelhor said. "But the bad news is we're moving way too fast, before we know how to best conduct this kind of screening and intervention, and we could get it wrong with pretty disastrous consequences."
"Mostly, we don't know what to do with somebody who has a high ACE score," he said. "There are already long waits to get into family counseling or child mental health programs."
For example, a doctor might be legally required to report previous abuse to authorities, upending a family even if the child no longer is exposed to the abuser, Finkelhor said.
"These are tough questions," Long of UCSF acknowledged. Still, she said, screening is important, because it encourages physicians to engage in difficult conversations they might not otherwise have and pushes clinics to create links to supportive services and resources.
"That is the next phase, and that is important," Long said. "We're doing this because we care about your child and want them to grow into healthy adults."
This KHN story first published on California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.
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How can Afghanistan…
How can Afghanistan avoid economic collapse?
Hazem Zahab
UN makes worrying claim about Afghanistan
Afghanistan is "on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe" and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism, the U.N.'s special representative for the country warned Wednesday.
Deborah Lyons said the United Nations predicts that 60% of Afghanistan's 38 million people face crisis levels of hunger in a food emergency that will likely worsen over the winter. She said the country's GDP is estimated to have contracted by 40%.
But she told the U.N. Security Council that a humanitarian catastrophe "is preventable," saying the main cause is financial sanctions on the Taliban, who took over the country Aug. 15. Sanctions "have paralyzed the banking system, affecting every aspect of the economy," Lyons said.
The Afghanistan central bank's $9 billion in reserves, most of which is held in the United States, were frozen after the collapse of the former government. Afghanistan was also slated to access about $450 million on Aug. 23 from the International Monetary Fund, but the IMF blocked the release because of a "lack of clarity" about a new government.
Lyons said the "paralysis of the banking sector will push more of the financial system into unaccountable and unregulated informal money exchanges." That, she said, "can only help facilitate terrorism, trafficking and further drug smuggling" that will first affect Afghanistan and then "infect the region."
She said a "major negative development" has been the Taliban's inability to stem the expansion of the Islamic State extremist group, which now seems to be present in nearly all provinces and is increasingly active. The number of attacks attributed to IS has increased significantly from 60 last year to 334 this year, she said.
Lyons urged the international community to find ways to provide financial support to the Afghan people, who she said "feel abandoned, forgotten and indeed punished by circumstances that are not their fault." Abandoning them "would be a historic mistake," she said.
"We must focus for the next three or four months on helping the most vulnerable Afghans during the winter," Lyons said.
"The international community needs urgently to find a way to provide financial support to health care workers in state hospitals, staff in food security programs, and, yes, eventually to teachers provided that girls right to education is emphatically met," she added.
She assured council members that the U.N. will make every effort to ensure that funds will not be diverted to the Taliban — or by the Taliban.
The Taliban's move to restrict women from working could immediately cost the Afghan economy up to $1 billion, or 5% of GDP, the United Nations Development Programme said in a new report as the militant group seeks global help to avert a deepening crisis.
The UN report painted a grim picture of Afghanistan's economy which is under strain with soaring inflation and an ongoing cash crunch. Women account for 20% of the country's workforce and preventing them from working could shave half a billion dollars alone from household consumption, it said.
Afghanistan's neighbors concerned
Afghanistan is "at the brink of economic collapse" and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan's foreign minister warned Thursday as U.S., Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats met in Islamabad.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called "troika plus" meeting, which included Thomas West, the new U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan. The delegates also met later Thursday with Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
"Today, Afghanistan stands at the brink of an economic collapse," Qureshi said, adding that any further downward slide would "severely limit" the new Taliban government's ability to run the country.
"It is, therefore, imperative for the international community to buttress provision of humanitarian assistance on an urgent basis," he said.
That included enabling Afghanistan to access funds frozen by Western donors since the Taliban took control of the country in August, he added.
Resuming the flow of funding "will dovetail into our efforts to regenerate economic activities and move the Afghan economy towards stability and sustainability", Qureshi said.
Doing so would benefit Western countries also, he argued in later comments to state media.
"If you think that you are far, Europe is safe and those areas you imagine will not be affected by terrorism, don't forget the history," he said. "We have learned from the history and we don't want to repeat those mistakes made in the past."
Afghanistan's economy should be revived to prevent a refugee crisis that will affect our entire region, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Nov. 28, speaking at the 15th Leaders' Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization held in Turkmenistan.
"It is important to establish permanent peace and stability as soon as possible in Afghanistan, which is facing a serious humanitarian and economic crisis. It is our common wish and goal to develop an administration approach that will meet the expectations of all segments of the country," he said.
Turkey supports efforts to keep basic government structures functional in Afghanistan, including critical sectors such as health and education, the president said
The Turkish Red Crescent and Turkey's non-governmental organizations increased their humanitarian aid activities against the growing danger of hunger and famine in this country, he added.
Pointing out that the importance of regional and global transportation networks has emerged once again amid the pandemic, Erdoğan said, "Our efforts to develop the transportation infrastructure in our region and to revive the modern Silk Road continue unabated.
Afghanistan would need $6 billion to $8 billion in international grants annually to fund basic services, support growth and sustain peacemaking efforts, Al Dardari said. The country would require an estimated $2 billion to just lift the incomes those in extreme poverty to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe, he added.
The Taliban's plea for the world to release the assets and resume aid could help "in the very short term," although the bigger issue is to strengthen Afghanistan's weak institutions said Adnan Mazarei a senior fellow at the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics."The de facto authorities are shooting themselves in the foot in many ways, including with the restrictions on women and others."
In recent weeks, the United States and the European Union have pledged to provide $1.29 billion more in aid to Afghanistan and to Afghan refugees in neighboring countries. But aid can do only so much to fend off a humanitarian catastrophe if the economy continues to crumble, economists and aid organizations warn.
The leaders of several Asian countries called for boosting their economic ties and pledged to provide assistance to Afghanistan during a summit in Turkmenistan on Sunday.
The countries, which are part of the 10-member Economic Cooperation Organization that includes Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and six ex-Soviet nations, called for removing trade barriers and developing new transport corridors across the region. They also voiced concerns about the situation in Afghanistan, which has been taken over by the Taliban, and promised to help stabilize the country.
Speaking at the summit, Pakistan's President Arif Alvi pointed at the threat of Afghanistan's economic and financial collapse, saying the Islamic world needs to pool efforts to help avert a "catastrophe that could foment chaos and conflict." He said countries in the region need to move quickly to help rebuild the Afghan economy, shore up the country's health care and education systems and offer humanitarian assistance.
He noted that the stabilization of Afghanistan would allow the implementation of long-stalled infrastructure projects, including a gas pipeline, railways and power grids linking countries in the region.
Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov emphasized that those projects would help offer "colossal cooperation prospects and help attract foreign investment," strongly benefiting Afghanistan and its neighbors.
A combination of economic aid, and significant economic initiatives from neighboring countries, as well as economic superpowers such as China and the EU, along with the responsible management of the economy by the Taliban, would certainly lift the Afghan economy out of the dire situation it is in right now. Sanctions and suspension of aid are not the way to go in this regard, regardless of concerns about the legitimacy of the government.
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Corrupt-A-Wish
By LilRedneck,
August 17, 2007 in Grand Theory of Everything
vista?
Location: Greater London, UK
You do but it decides to explode whilst you're playing.
I wish I had a powerful PC capable of running Windows 7 which my parents could afford.
you recieve one but wake up too find out your chained in a dungeon
i wish school was over
h3llb0yn3cr0
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
School is over, the apocalypse has begun!!
I wish you a merry christmas, I wish you a merry christmas!!
Signature pending.
Until then feel free to criticize my current signature by PMing me.
I Die
i wish i am alive again
sokagirl
You are now a reanimated corpse
I wish it would rain .
Location: in your periphery
it rains of biblical propertions, you dont have a boat though
i wish to go home and be able to relax already
salu
Location: an Unknown State of Animals
you do but your relaxtion ends up being in a mud bath
I wish I knew which tablet to buy
Deviant Art page of cookies
I = She
you do but you cant afford it
i wish my finger wasnt chapped, it twinges!
epic epiphany
Location: Behind you... ;)
It's not chapped because it's been cut off!
I wish I had my entry for the pixel art comp done...
Previously dgirl555, but now you can call me epic
Oh, and I really like airbrushing photos
you do but half of it was eaten by a llama
I wish tomarrow was friday
it is, but it's the friday the apocalypse starts
i wish wish i would win the lotto
You win the lotto, but you lost your life. (HAH! PAYBACK! YOU DIE AGAIN!)
I wish that my webcomic updated faster.
Location: If i told you, it wouldn't be hide and seek!
It would if i knew what it was :oops: :oops:
I wish my dam waterbottle wasn't empty
Simplicity For The Win!
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It's no longer empty , now it's full of blood :twisted:
I wished it wasn't so cold .
OK. Have fun leaving on the surface of the sun...
I wish the plane I made for school actually worked.
greenboy0430
It becomes animated and decides to destroy everyone in its path with laser beams and a airplane army.
i wish there were no more POP UPS!!!!
OK, now there are only pop-downs.
I wish keyboard keys were in alphabetical order.
They are. The new alphabet: q w e r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k l z x c v b n m (if you don't want to actually check it's the order already on the keys)
I wish that today was Halloween! :twisted:
It is, but you don't have a costume and everyone laughs at you and you flee town from embarassment.
I wish I was a mod. :twisted:
[off-topic]100th post![/off-topic]
You're a mod... but you forget to read the evil overlord list and so the hackers bring you down.
I wish I was good at making miencraft skins.
you are but you accidently used orange peels
I wish I didn't have neck pain
You don't; you have head pain, from your recent car crash. It's OK though! You won't be alive long enough to acknowledge the pain.
I wish people weren't so rude.
They are murderous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i wish i had all the DS games in the world
you do, but they don't work, they're duds
I wish I could turn the clocks 2 hours a head
You could but everyone is still 2 hours ahead of you ..
I wish we had a better heating system .
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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-houston-astros-atlanta-braves-los-angeles-dodgers-7fd8708c8e61ce345598e01a94e86c6e\nCharlie Morton\nDusty Baker\nEduardo Rodriguez\nLEADING OFF: ALCS resumes at Fenway, NLCS shifts to LA\nBy The Associated PressOctober 17, 2021 GMT\nBoston Red Sox Game 3 starting pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez speaks to reporters prior to a baseball practice at Fenway Park, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)\nA look at what's happening around the majors Monday:\nSHIPPING UP TO BOSTON\nAfter allowing 12 runs in two starts against Houston during the regular season, Eduardo Rodriguez is scheduled to start Game 3 at Fenway Park against the Astros and José Urquidy.\nAn autumn chill will be in the air, with a gametime temperature of 53 degrees forecast along with a 12 mph wind from the northwest.\n\"I heard it's supposed to be cold, like New England fall cold, but this is something that you have to put out of your mind,\" Astros manager Dusty Baker said. \"That's probably the major challenge.\"\nCharlie Morton will be on the mound for the Braves when the NL Championship Series resumes Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, following a day off.\nMorton pitched the final four innings at Dodger Stadium in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series for Houston, allowing one run and two hits as the Astros won 5-1 for their first title.\n\"I try to forget it,\" Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Sunday. \"Charlie's a great competitor. I've admired him for a long time from a far. He's that old school ballplayer, competitor, will take the ball anytime, and it's fun to compete against a guy like that.\"\nFormer NFL players among North Carolina sports hall class\nGuardians promote Torres to assistant pitching coach\nBrewers make Henderson bullpen coach, Erickson gets infield\nAce Walker Buehler starts for Los Angeles.\nThe Astros opted not to work out Sunday at Fenway Park in favor of a later charter flight from Houston to Boston.\n\"We thought it was better that we work out here versus leave early in the morning,\" Astros manager Dusty Baker said. \"I wanted my guys to get a workout here and then get into Boston early enough to have a nice meal and relaxing time. Much like, you ever seen `Gladiator' movies? They always have a good meal before the fight.\"\nGRAND THEFT\nWith Ozzie Albies making a key steal in the ninth inning in the NL Championship Series opener and scoring the winning run on Austin Riley's single, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts again was reminded of his famous steal against the New York Yankees that sparked Boston's comeback from a 3-0 series deficit in the 2004 AL Championship.\n\"Oh, I think about it. Joe West reminds me every time I see him, that he made me famous, for making the right call, by the way,\" Roberts said, referring to the umpire. \"You just can't be afraid to fail. I just think that careful in the postseason doesn't play. So that's kind of in the batter's box, defensively, on the bases, and understanding the game score and how the game needs to be played, but if you feel good, you got to be all in.\"\nThrough Saturday, 48.6% of runs in the postseason have scored on home runs." |
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With the right conditions and a bit of luck, some of the most inhospitable worlds in the universe could still be habitable.
By Katie McCormickAug 12, 2021 3:05 PM
Cold and dark, rogue planets might still harbor the spark of life. (Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH)
This article appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Discover. Become a subscriber for unlimited access to Discover's archive.
Even as a child, before he devoted his life to the search for extraterrestrial life, Frank Drake wondered whether Earth was alone in its ability to harbor life. He wasn't the first or the only one to wonder. There's a reason so many are fascinated by the question: Its answer helps reveal humankind's place in the cosmos.
Drake's musings inspired him to pursue astronomy, serving as director of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and president of the SETI Institute — which, as the acronym suggests, is devoted to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and exploring the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe. Drake is perhaps most famous for his eponymous equation — an estimate of how many alien civilizations might exist in our galaxy. Presented in 1961, the equation is generally considered as the start of a new era of searches for extraterrestrial intelligence.
But decades after the invention of that famous equation, Drake has conceded that his estimates were overly conservative. Among the too-moderate assumptions was that a potentially inhabited other world must be orbiting a star — overlooking the possibility of life on rogue planets.
Sometimes called "nomads of the galaxy" or "orphan planets," these cold, dark worlds careen through space with no home, no solar system, no sun to orbit. Long ago, they formed around a star, but were flung out, abandoned by their parents. There are billions of rogue planets — astronomers estimate there could be at least one for every star — wandering the galaxy.
It may seem futile to search for life in such cold, desolate environments, but over the last two decades, astronomers have come up with a number of possible scenarios that would make life possible on a planet without a star.
Beyond Goldilocks
While there are many ingredients necessary for life to properly thrive, two of the most essential are a liquid solvent, which helps transport minerals and other substances vital to life between cells, and a source of energy that organisms can harvest to continue to live and grow.
A planet like ours — close enough to a star to have oceans of liquid water (satisfying the solvent requirement) and a plentiful source of visible light for photosynthesis (satisfying the energy requirement) — is a paradise for living organisms. If we were closer to the sun, the light would be too intense, the heat boiling the oceans. If we were farther away, the oceans would freeze, and plants would struggle to have enough light to convert to chemical energy. As it is, Earth is perfectly situated. Not too hot, not too cold, but square in what astronomers call the habitable or "Goldilocks" zone.
Planets like ours, in the habitable zone around a sun, were the focus of most searches for life. But those searches may have been too limiting. (I Credit: Roen Kelly/Discover)
Searches for extraterrestrial life have been dominated by scouring the sky for Goldilocks planets like ours. But many astronomers think this search strategy betrays a lack of imagination that is unnecessarily limiting our searches. Who says life should look exactly like it does on Earth?
Sara Seager, a professor at MIT and expert on exoplanet searches, is among those who think we should broaden our notions of habitability. "Everywhere we look, we see ingredients for life. And the thought is that it came together on our planet, so surely if the ingredients for life are on other planets, life should be able to originate somehow," she says. For Seager, this means looking for exoplanets orbiting stars that might be outside of the traditional habitable zone, or that might have signatures of unique biochemistries unlike those we find on Earth.
But Florida Institute of Technology professor Manasvi Lingam has taken this idea even further. Why should the planet have to orbit a sun at all? Can such a rogue planet still contain the ingredients for life?
Life Gone Rogue
Building on other work that began in 1999, Lingam and his colleague Avi Loeb explore this question. In a paper published in the International Journal of Astrobiology in 2019, they study how life might survive on a rogue planet in oceans underneath an outer ice layer. This ice layer would form if an Earth-like planet were flung out from the orbit of its sun. The cold of interstellar space would be too much for the oceans to remain entirely liquid. But the ice layer could also help insulate the inner part of the planet from the frigid surroundings, acting as a blanket. And deep in the planet's core, radioactive elements would continue to produce heat, warming it from the inside out.
This combination of outer insulation and inner heating might protect the oceans from freezing all the way through. If Earth were ejected now, the amount of radioactivity probably wouldn't be enough to prevent its oceans from icing over, and we likely wouldn't have enough water or geothermal activity to support life. But Lingam and Loeb think that if it had been ejected shortly after forming, when there was much more geothermal activity in the core, then the oceans might have survived.
Lingam's proposal is just one of a handful of situations where a rogue planet might still be able to maintain a temperature for liquid water to exist on it. If the rogue planet had a dense atmosphere of hydrogen, this would also act as a blanket, even allowing liquid to exist on the surface rather than under a thick ice sheet. Or if planet was ejected from the orbit of a star with a moon still tethered to it, then the moon could remain warm from the friction caused by the tidal forces from the planet.
So, the solvent requirement might be satisfied on a rogue planet. "But then there's still a missing factor, which is: You might have liquid water, but where does the energy for organisms to metabolize [come from]? Where are they going to get the energy to sustain themselves?" Lingam says.
For this, Lingam considered an unlikely source. Certain galaxies are considered active, emitting intense radiation as matter falls into a supermassive black hole at its center. And if the rogue planet is near this center — the so-called active galactic nucleus — then it might be able to use that radiation to power photosynthesis.
Lingam found that there is a balance between the usefulness of this light in photosynthesis and the harm of extreme ultraviolet light on cells. But a number of shields, such as soil or the first few meters of ocean water, might also protect life in subsurface seas from ultraviolet radiation, while allowing enough visible light through to foster photosynthesis. Lingam determined that an active galactic nucleus might be able to support life on a rogue planet that is less than about 1,000 light-years away from the galaxy's center (for comparison, Earth is 25,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way).
(Credit: Grossinger/Shutterstock)
Even with these conditions met, whether we can detect signs of life in the near future is still an open question. This is especially difficult in the case of rogue planets, since we likely couldn't use light from a parent star as a signal, as we do in typical exoplanet studies. According to Seager, "The search is for future generations. … It will be very hard."
What might life look like on such a planet? "You can certainly think of having something that's bigger than microbes," Lingam says. "Even if it's not as complex as the most complex things we see here [on Earth]. We may not see dolphins," or any similar developed species.
But whether or not we can find it anytime soon, and whether or not intelligent life can thrive, that life is possible at all on these planets may indicate a hidden abundance and diversity of organisms throughout the universe. Even on Earth, we've marveled at extremophiles' abilities to survive in the most inhospitable corners of our planet. Why not also in the dark cold of interstellar space, on a rogue planet?
Maybe life isn't just a happy accident that emerges under the perfect conditions on a Goldilocks planet — maybe it's an inevitability.
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Hollywood Glamour in Pacific Palisades
North Amalfi Drive
$8.795 Million
Built in 1933 by Vicki Baum, author of the novel "Grand Hotel," which was made into the classic movie and home in the 1950s to the debonair English film actor David Niven and his family, this elegant residence in the Riviera section of Pacific Palisades boasts a marvelous Hollywood pedigree and is on the market for the first time in decades.
Located on the coveted north rim of Amalfi Drive with approximately 217 feet of street frontage, the gracious Moderne house harks back to the era when Pacific Palisades served as the cultural center for European emigres. Longtime houseguests included British actresses Deborah Kerr and Angela Lansbury.
The approx. 7,000-square-foot main house retains many of its distinctive original features – pink weeping brick exterior walls, black-and-white marble checkerboard floor in the foyer, crown moldings, fireplaces, an onyx-clad master bathroom with full steam shower and fluted bathroom vanities. David Niven installed a still-functioning foot pedal in the powder room supposedly to make it easy for any inebriated guests to wash their hands.
With its well-proportioned living room, dining room and library, a hidden speakeasy bar, family room and a remodeled kitchen with staff office, the two-story house has 5 ensuite bedrooms, 6.5 baths plus a separate guesthouse with fireplace,kitchen and bath. Generous terraces offer outdoor entertaining spaces that overlook the swimming pool and secluded woodland below.The parking court leads to a 3-car garage.
The approx. 28,000-square-foot gated property is secure and private and is surrounded by mature trees and lush landscaping with pathways that lead down into the canyon. An exceptional and rare opportunity to restore the house to its 1930s grandeur or build anew on one of the premier streets in Pacific Palisades.
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What You Can Expect from the New National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Posted on December 8, 2020 July 6, 2021 by bioMerieux Connection Editors
The discovery of the first modern-day antibiotics, beginning in the 1920s, contributed to historic improvements in human health and life expectancy. Combined with improved sanitation systems and vaccination, antibiotics have greatly reduced the incidence of deaths from bacterial infections. However, the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance (AMR) challenges our ability to treat these bacterial infections.
In a continued effort to fight AMR, the Federal Task Force on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) released the 2020-2025 National Action Plan for CARB in October 2020. The plan presents "coordinated, strategic actions that the U.S. Government will take in the next five years to improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans by changing the course of antibiotic resistance." The government will report progress on objectives outlined in the plan on an annual basis.
This is the US government's second five-year National Action Plan for CARB. The first plan (2015-2020) was released in March 2015, following the September 2014 release of the National Strategy for CARB and creation of the Federal Task Force for CARB. The National Strategy for CARB outlined five inter-related goals to guide federal action. These goals are maintained in the 2020-2025 action plan, as they were in the first action plan.
The five goals outlined by the National Strategy for CARB and supported by the 2020-2025 action plan are:
Slow the emergence of resistant bacteria and prevent the spread of resistant infections
Strengthen national One Health surveillance efforts to combat resistance
Advance development and use of rapid and innovative diagnostic tests for identification and characterization of resistant bacteria
Accelerate basic and applied research and development for new antibiotics, other therapeutics, and vaccines
Improve international collaboration and capacities for antibiotic-resistance prevention, surveillance, control, and antibiotic research and development
The national action plan as a whole takes a "One Health" approach, which emphasizes the relationship between the health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment. Because of the way humans, plants, and animals are all connected, the antibiotics used to treat infections in each may be the same or similar. This means that antibiotic resistance may arise anywhere and then spread, impacting all species. The One Health approach works to encompass all areas of antibiotic use and all avenues where resistance may occur.
Many of the objectives in the 2020-2025 plan relate to collecting and analyzing data in an effort to paint a full picture of antibiotic use in the US, detect new resistance patterns, and centralize databases of key information. One specific objective aimed to be completed by 2021 is to "evaluate data on antibiotic use and stewardship practices in production animal species, including cattle, swine, poultry, goats, and sheep." Another longer-term objective is to "expand surveillance through existing systems to monitor antibiotic resistance from multiple sources across One Health." The plan in total contains over 60 objectives, each related to one of the five over-arching goals and many that build on objectives outlined in the previous plan.
Over the past five years, substantial progress has been made in achieving the five goals, which provides promise going forward. Various government agencies, including the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) have helped to support the development and approval of new diagnostic and treatment options. They have also worked to pursue alternatives to antibiotic use in agriculture, and launch initiatives to support antibiotic stewardship in healthcare and veterinary settings.
Specifically, they have:
Established a new national Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network)
Launched a biopharmaceutical accelerator, CARB-X
Although the main purpose of the action plan is to guide government activities, it is also designed to guide the actions of public health, healthcare, and veterinary partners in an effort to address the threat of antibiotic resistance around the world. Many of the objectives can be shifted to lead the actions of key stakeholders and organizations, which is important because combating this continually evolving threat will require international cooperation. As a part as the National Strategy for CARB, the US government has helped to secure high-level commitments from national leaders and organizations to address antibiotic resistance.
The final progress report from the 2015-2020 plan is forthcoming and, in addition to covering year 5, it will include an overall assessment of the plan's efficacy. Overall, infectious disease and antibiotic resistance experts have agreed that the 2020-2025 plan will be important for building on the accomplishments of the 2015-2020 plan.
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Nollywood Cries Out: "Use Our Stars More Than Ghanaians"
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Segun Arinze- AGN President
The battle between Ghallywood and Nollywood will never end as the two parties seem to be holding each other's neck all the time. The Actors Guild of Nigeria is now calling on Nollywood producers to reduce (since they can't resist the 'attack') the number of Ghanaian actors/actresses they often feature in their movies.
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In the past, some Nollywood movie stars have complained about how their Ghanaian counterparts are trooping to join them. Some never gave a damn about it with the motion that Ghanaian stars are cheap and charge less as compared to Nigerian stars. That is the only reason why they often get roles in Nollywood movies.
Checkout the latest development, reported by Vanguard Nigeria.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria has raised an alarm over the influx of foreign actors into the country's film industry, especially the Ghanaian actors, calling on Nigerian film makers and marketers alike to be cautious of this ugly development.
In a statement by the AGN president, Mr Segun Arinze, the body urged the nation's film producers to embrace 80 per cent local talents and 20 per cent foreign artistes in our films.
AGN president described the current situation as worrisome, adding that, "our talents are left wasting away without any job to do." More disturbing, however, Arinze said, is a situation where the local actors are not engaged in jobs outside the country, making their own efforts not reciprocal.
He said AGN appreciates the contribution of their foreign counterparts towards the growth of Nollywood. Industry watchers agree that Nollywood is currently under siege, and the fierce competition is coming from Ghana, the same country that is described as the second largest market for Nollywood's products.
However, a statement credited to one of Nollywood movie producers, Fidelis Duker , said, "The introduction of Ghanaian actors into the Nollywood is a good development for the industry. Duker described the movie industry as an open market and anybody from anywhere can be a part of it.
"It is the market that determines how long they will stay in the industry. It's business. Movie producers are making so much money from these guys. Ghanaian actors today are hot cakes and they sell movies. Why won't they get roles?" Fidelis was quoted as saying.
It would be recalled that in the recent past, Nollywood actors and actresses were treated like demigods whenever they travelled to any of the African countries. But today all that have changed as their fortunes are said to have dwindled by the constant invasion of Ghanaian actors into the industry.
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Webinar: 1.5°C Still Doable Without 'Unproven, Dangerous' Geoengineering
Primary Author Gaye Taylor
It isn't too late to limit average global warming to 1.5°C without resorting to geoengineering, and deploying geoengineering technologies such as carbon capture storage (CCS) and solar radiation management (SRM) would be counterproductive and dangerously irresponsible, according to panelists at an April 25 webinar.
The two-hour online event, hosted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Oil Change International, and the DiCaprio Foundation/OneEarth, heard that continuing fossil fuel development in spite of the urgent need for deep reductions in carbon pollution is feeding a false narrative that geoengineering is the only way to stabilize global climate systems. It laid out scenarios to limit average global warming to 1.5 to 2.0°C that rely on rapid deployment of proven, off-the-shelf renewable energy options, achievable increases in energy efficiency, and ecosystem-based solutions to sequester carbon, rather than exotic, unproven technologies that could also be exquisitely dangerous.
Considering the Unthinkable
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned last fall that global warming must be kept below 1.5°C, and "the time window for meaningful action is shrinking rapidly," said Lili Fuhr, head of the International Environmental Policy Division at the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Now, thanks to "inadequate climate action on the part of governments so far," coupled with "major investments in oil and gas, especially in the United States," serious and well-informed observers are considering geoengineering technologies "that until recently would have been unthinkable."
Noting that many countries' emissions reduction strategies rely heavily on future deployment of technologies like CCS, Fuhr listed four principles applicable to all the geoengineering techniques currently under consideration:
• They all pose environmental and socio-political dangers that are "transboundary, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible."
• Better governance is urgently needed, although the United Nations' 2010 Convention on Biodiversity does provide a de facto moratorium on geoengineering.
• Despite that moratorium, research and testing of geoengineering technologies are proceeding quickly, and commercial development is being actively explored.
• "A small but very active" pro-geoengineering community exists, but there is also "a silent majority that is very opposed."
Keeping New Fossils in the Ground
"If we're serious about remaining well below 2.0°C, we can't expand fossil production," said Alex Doukas, lead analyst with the Stop Funding Fossils Program at Oil Change International (OCI). Ultimately, he said, effective climate action means addressing the problem of existing fossil fuel supply.
In its 2016 report The Sky's Limit, Oil Change compared data on oil, gas, and coal reserves that were either already producing or under construction against the carbon budgets necessary to keep global warming below 1.5° or 2.0°C. Carbon dioxide emissions from just the oil and gas in already-operating fields globally would push the world far beyond 1.5°C average warming, and adding already-operating coal mines would exhaust a 2.0°C carbon budget.
OCI's January 2019 report, Drilling Towards Disaster, concluded that if the U.S. oil and gas boom "continues unchecked, it could be game over for climate action," Doukas told participants. New oil and gas production in the U.S., primarily oil in the Permian Basin and gas in the Appalachian Basin, could produce 120 gigatons of emissions by 2050, equal to the "lifetime CO2 emissions from almost 1,000 coal plants."
Plans for the Permian and Appalachian basins will also have profoundly negative impacts on energy equity, he added. If the U.S. expansion continues unchecked while the rest of the world tries to adhere to a 1.5°C carbon budget, U.S. oil and gas will account for 50% of global supply by 2030 and 90% by 2050. In equity terms, by contrast, "what is required of the U.S. now is managed decline."
Yet expanded fossil fuel production continues to be justified, "even by those who profess to care about the planet". That's based on the "fairy tale" being widely circulated by the oil and gas industry that it can take care of any extra emissions by capturing and burying the carbon in salt domes or similar structures, or through carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR), which involves injecting CO2 into aging oil wells to extract more product.
Carbon Capture as Fossil Subsidy
But CO2-EOR is clearly "not a climate solution," Doukas said. In a 2017 analysis, OCI projected that a US$35-per-ton U.S. tax subsidy for expanded CO2-EOR would increase the country's oil production by at least 400,000 barrels per day in 2035, representing 50.7 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Subsidizing CO2-EOR could also extend the lifetimes of coal plants, by giving them an opportunity to sell their CO2 to oil and gas producers.
Two other critical factors make CO2-EOR a non-starter as a climate solution, Doukas said. "Each barrel of oil extracted contains more carbon than is injected to recover it," he explained, and "new oil will tend to induce some additional demand, especially if generous subsidies make existing reserves of oil cheaper to produce." Proponents argue that any new oil extraction made possible by CO2-EOR will displace oil produced elsewhere. But the U.S. government's own modelling for new offshore oil leases shows that 50% of the output using CO2-EOR would represent additional production.
Most CO2-EOR credits to date have gone to big players like ExxonMobil, Doukas told participants, at an annual cost to taxpayers of $3 billion. That so much public money should be "dumped into companies that are the most vocal opponents of serious climate action" is very concerning, he said. Moreover, the local health and ecosystem impacts of decades of CCS and CO2-EOR-assisted oil, gas, and coal production will be devastating.
A February 2019 report by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Fuel to the Fire, determined that CCS and other forms of CO2 removal, like direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), will further entrench the fossil economy by locking investment dollars into new fossil infrastructure. It also examined how dangerous solar geoengineering technologies are being promoted to justify slower, more incremental steps away from fossil fuels.
The Rush to Geoengineering
But in the wake of the IPCC report last fall, "there has been a rush of public media coverage and public discourse suggesting that we are out of time, and that the only thing to do is invest massively in an array of geoengineering technology," said CIEL President and CEO Carroll Muffett. Indeed, most IPCC models and Nationally Determined Contributions under the 2015 Paris Agreement "are dependent on the widespread deployment of CCS" for CO2 removal.
Yet of all the proposals floated to use or store captured CO2, CO2-EOR is the only one "available at scale and with market potential," he told participants. And because CO2-EOR leads to yet more oil, CO2-EOR-reliant climate models can only deliver negative emissions "over any frame of time" by either ignoring the emissions produced when the oil is burned, or making readily refutable arguments about displacement.
Muffett reviewed the growing advocacy around DAC, a process that is profoundly more energy-intensive than traditional CCS as it depends on sucking CO2 from the air, where the gas is much less concentrated. Even if the DAC process could be powered entirely by renewable energy, it would still be important to ask what better purposes that electricity could serve.
He noted that the majority of business cases for DAC target either Enhanced Oil Recovery or production streams like jet or drop-in fuels, thereby perpetuating the fossil fuel economy.
The International Energy Agency's (IEA) greenhouse gas working group "has been clear" that, for the fossil industry, the rationale for CCS and DAC is "not about addressing the climate problem," Muffett added. Rather, the technologies are about unlocking unburnable carbon and "providing a rationale for exploiting reserves long past the point that we know we can exploit them."
That the IEA should promote such a rationale is not surprising, he said, given that it is "dominated by coal, oil and gas, and integrated utilities—all of whom have a vested interest in the continuation of the status quo."
Muffett spoke briefly about the risks posed by solar radiation modification and marine cloud brightening technologies. In addition to their inherent dangers, he said, these technologies are "too often promoted as an alternative to taking early, aggressive action to reduce emissions." Geoengineering is increasingly the go-to for climate deniers, especially those in the U.S. Congress, even though large-scale interventions would risk "unleashing a whole array of new risks that to date we still only poorly understand"—while failing to acknowledge "that it is entirely possible to get to a 1.5°C world without geoengineering."
1.5°C Without Geoengineering
The pathway to 1.5°C must be understood as a "technical benchmark" that will demand a truly global consensus, along with massive efforts to repair and protect the world's forests, said Dr. Sven Teske, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. Teske was lead author of Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement, a 500-page report financed by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation whose comprehensive global and regional energy scenarios, together with land use changes and reforestation, showed a pathway to average global warming below 2.0°C—and, with concerted effort, below 1.5°C—without recourse to CCS or other geoengineering technologies.
Teske said the One Earth climate modeling project, which took 18 months to complete, took into account global trends in the energy sector, including higher shares of renewable energy, ongoing digitalization of electricity, and sector coupling, particularly the electrification of heating and transport. The scope of the project was to develop a scenario for 100% renewable energy and global decarbonization of the energy sector by 2050, using only technologies that are already in the market or at the end stage of development—and excluding both BECCS and nuclear.
An international team of almost 20 scientists combined data from seven established computer models. They included the Renewable Resource Assessment ([R]E-SPACE) model, which uses geographic information system mapping to determine the renewable energy resources available globally for utility applications, as well as a transport model (TRAEM) that relies on a "bottom-up approach to model transport demand, both freight and passenger, in road, rail, aviation, and marine transport."
These two inputs were put into an energy system model whose outputs were in turn plugged into a power system model that simulated electricity systems at every hour of every day of the week, with sufficient geographic resolution to assess infrastructure needs like grid connections and storage.
The reference case for the model's scenarios was the IEA's "Current Policies" projection of 5.0°C warming by 2040, further interpolated to 2050. The study also calculated one 2.0°C and one 1.5°C scenario with carbon budgets of 590 gigatons and 450 gigatons to 2050, respectively, plus immediate and much-accelerated action to hit the 1.5°C target.
The modelling showed that most countries have "more than enough" potential for both utility-scale solar and wind, Teske said. As for the transport model, while emissions from aviation and cars "go through the roof" in the 5.0°C reference case, the main growth at both the 2.0 and 1.5°C thresholds is in passenger trains, which more than triple around the world between now and 2050.
Overall, global energy demand increases by almost 60% by 2050 under the 5.0°C reference case. By contrast, thanks to efficiency gains mainly in the transport and industry sectors, demand decreases 19% to achieve a 2.0°C target, and 26% to hit 1.5°. Global electricity demand grows dramatically, supplied primarily by increasingly affordable solar and wind energy deployments.
While hydrogen fuel will be in demand, especially for large-scale transport by ship and truck, biofuel use will be limited to aviation and industrial processes where carbon is required and no alternative has been developed yet, Teske said. North Africa, the Middle East, and Australia will be the chief suppliers of these fuels, producing far in excess of their regional needs.
He added that the resulting reductions in fuel costs will free up enough capital to cover nearly 90% of the additional investment required in a 1.5 or 2.0°C scenario.
The IEA's baseline scenario has the world's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions hitting 43.5 gigatons per year by 2050, a 17.3% increase over last year's level of 37.1 Gt, a level sufficient to deplete a 1.5°C carbon budget in nine years. Emissions decrease to 7.0 Gt by 2040 in the 2.0°C scenario and 2.6 Gt on the 1.5°C pathway, both en route to zero in 2050.
To achieve either of the Paris targets, solar and wind must get priority access to the grid, Teske said. For that reason alone, neither CCS nor nuclear can play any substantial role in a 1.5 or 2.0°C world, since "there is no room" for any technology whose business case demands 24/7 production. Achieving the Paris targets will mean increasing the combined grid share for solar photovoltaics and wind from their current 5% to 65%, while dispatchable fossils decline from 60% to 7%.
The modelling also calls for "significant" investment in battery storage and pumped hydro systems along coastlines, but no increase in large-scale hydroelectric plants, Teske told participants.
Teske said the path to a 2.0°C target requires a 2% annual drop in fossil fuel use, while a 1.5ºC target dictates another 1% reduction—and both raise issues of just transition and fairness to fossil industry workers that are addressed in the One Earth model. But he stressed that decarbonization of the energy system will not be enough on its own to achieve a 1.5°C climate stabilization. Countries will also have to achieve negative emissions by stopping deforestation and mounting aggressive reforestation programs.
He also cited a recent analysis of mineral and metal requirements in 1.5 and 2.0°C pathways, published by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, that shows demand for cobalt exceeding current production rates by 2023, for lithium by 2022.
Pushing Back with Legislators
The panelists were asked to identify the most important geoengineering issues to raise with U.S. legislators. Fuhr said the rest of the world is very concerned that the United States is conducting outdoor experiments—with some of them going by the misleading name of "climate restoration"—without international consensus, and often imperiling the rights of Indigenous peoples. At the 2019 UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi in March, the United States and Saudi Arabia together blocked a Swiss resolution on geoengineering governance, she added.
Muffett stressed the need to "ensure that the Green New Deal doesn't embed DAC or other CCS" into its climate action plans, focusing instead on "win-win natural solutions" that are immediately deployable, such as ecosystem restoration and soil conservation.
Doukas stressed the need and opportunity to push back against fossil fuel subsidies.
Teske said the energy scenarios produced using the One Earth model include capital, labour, operations, and maintenance costs, but leave out transport costs that are "very difficult to calculate on global level." With respect to energy transition costs, he said, "we are in a very comfortable position" thanks to ever-cheaper renewables. What is needed is "priority access to the grid" and the eradication of fossil subsidies.
On negative emissions, he added that "the best CCS tech is an untouched tropical rainforest," and forest protection is "by far the most important measure in terms of getting negative emissions." The most critical takeaway from the One Earth model is that "there are no low-hanging fruit left," so that even with "a very ambitious energy scenario, we still need to preserve our forests."
Responding to a question about energy, pipeline, and water inputs for CCS and DAC, as well as local harms, Doukas said regulatory and monitoring requirements around water use are "pretty lax," while infrastructure requirements are "one of the least discussed but most important impacts of CCS at scale." Those impacts fall disproportionately on poor and marginalized communities, he added.
But the debate around geoengineering "will only get more intense", he warned, as those interested in the status quo double down on the notion that only geotech will save humanity from climate disaster.
With the IEA pointing to how quickly the world is preparing to transform its energy system, Fuhr said climate solutions ultimately come down to political will, and "geoengineering is a profound distraction." Teske agreed that the world is poised for a very quick transition to renewable energy as the "cheapest and easiest" option, adding that affordable energy storage "will not be an issue" 10 years from now. But with many of the necessary policy frameworks still missing, he said non-government organizations must assume a stronger advocacy role.
He added that he is "absolutely positive that with a bit of delay, we arrive at 1.5°C in terms of energy." But land use changes are worrying, and the world is "not on track" to address deforestation.Fuhr urged webinar participants to sign the Hands Off Mother Earth! Manifesto Against Geoengineering.
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Artist: Supertramp
Title: Some Things Never Change
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Category: AOR
Label: Oxygen Records
Rick Davies keyboards, vocals
Mark Hart guitar, keyboards, vocals
John Helliwell saxophone
Cliff Hugo bass
Karen Lawrence backing vocals
Bob Siebenberg drums
Lee Thornburg trombone, trumpet, backing vocals
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1. It's a Hard World 9:46
2. You Win, I Lose 4:31
3. Get Your Act Together 4:48
4. Live to Love You 5:18
5. Some Things Never Change 6:26
6. Listen to Me Please 4:46
7. Sooner or Later 6:50
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9. And the Light 4:40
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11. Where There's a Will 5:36
The music discographies on this site are works in progress. If you notice that a particular Supertramp CD release or compilation is missing from the list above, please submit that CD using the CD submission page. The ultimate goal is to make the discographies here at Heavy Harmonies as complete as possible. Even if it is an obscure greatest-hits or live compilation CD, we want to add it to the site. Please only submit official CD releases; no bootlegs or cassette-only or LP-only releases.
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From: Dex Date: January 6, 2004 at 18:03
I remember Karen Lawrence doing lead vocals for an AOR album in the 80's I used to own it but have not been able to think of the band or the name of the album I think they had four numbers for the band name .and she was on the back with black pants on.other then thats I am lost.never heard this album but I am supertramp fan for their song writing capabilities
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Newcastle University architecture graduate launches new line in luxury dog beds.
Showcasing her novel Bauwowhaus range at Clerkenwell Exhibition in London, Newcastle graduate Kate Byrne's hand-crafted collection is the lap of luxury for man's best friend.
Made at The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle, Kate says the aim was to create a bed that not only offered a safe, comfortable space for our pet but was also a beautiful piece of furniture.
"I founded Bauwowhaus to rethink, reform and refine how we approach pet product design by creating a new design identity," explains Kate, who moved to Newcastle from York to study Architecture at Newcastle University and stayed in the city after her graduation in 2017.
"My life has always revolved around design and dogs so I took a leap and decided to merge the two. Consequently, Bauwowhaus was founded, and our first collection was launched at this years' Clerkenwell Design Week – the heart and home of design.
"People spend a lot of money to make their homes look beautiful, and they spend a lot of money on their pets, but when it comes to dog beds there's not much option other than a plastic bed or a metal crate. Even the ones that are a little more stylish have cushions that can be easily ripped, so people go through five or six of them each year which is really wasteful."
Designed for small dogs, the circular raised Bonzo Bed was developed to help dogs feel safe in a den-like environment, while the curved Moose Bed doubles up as a coffee table.
Kate adds: "The principles of architecture are still heavily embedded in my work. Architects sit at a crossroads of art, science, technology and environmental awareness. Through this practice, Bauwowhaus dog beds are built responsibly in the UK and designed to enrich the lives of both dog and owner physically, psychologically and spiritually.
"What's really important in my work with the dog beds is how the dogs react. It was very important that the beds weren't just beautiful, but they are safe and useful as well."
Support for budding entrepreneurs
Kate launched Bauwowhaus with help and support of START UP, Newcastle University's support for students and recent graduates looking to become self-employed and start new businesses.
She said: "I came to the START UP team at Newcastle University 18 months ago. They were great and helped me a lot. While I have design background, I didn't have any business knowledge. I didn't understand a lot of the business language, so going to the weekly START UP sessions were huge help.
"I then met my two advisers Steve Bowden and Jackie Wade who encouraged and supported me. It has been great to have the support and someone to tell you that you have a viable idea and to guide you to where to go next. This helped me as I could have wasted a lot of time doing things that aren't necessary. I would have spent a lot of time drawing things and never getting passed that stage without the guidance and support of Steve and Jackie."
Jackie said: "It was an absolute joy working with someone as inspirational and creative as Kate. From the very first meeting, she demonstrated real passion and purpose around her idea, which has driven her from early stage robust market research through to successful launch of the first prototype, overcoming significant hurdles on route. Definitely one to watch!"
Following the successful launch, Kate is hoping to make Bauwowhaus available in retail locations and is currently in discussion with Le Bon Marché, a department store in Paris. She is also working with interior designers to offer the range in catalogues. Another route she is exploring is the luxury dog retreat market.
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State of capture
Posted on Feb 19, 2020 by Julian Mitchell
As the virtual world gains prominence in our industry, pointing a camera has never been so complicated. We look at the latest ways to capture to help lighten the load
Words Julian Mitchell / Pictures Various
The traditional camera capture has moved on and evolved, mostly to encompass the virtual world. We now have smart lenses, witness cameras, infrared cameras, virtual cameras, scanning systems like LiDAR, aerial camera arrays, beautifully rendered camera tracking, cameras for real time VFX, cameras for small gimbals, photogrammetry and virtual production.
Building up a camera for a large production can now be a huge undertaking of rigging. The 'three-headed monster' rig from The Irishman was made up of a shooting Red Helium and two Arri Alexa Minis for infrared 'witness' capture, all with Cooke Panchro and Zeiss compact zoom lenses. There was an immense amount of experimentation to imagine and perfect a rig that could operate 'the monster' without compromise, even though that resulted in a rat's nest of cabling to accommodate the three cameras and the associated weight.
ILM then had to come up with new ways to match the actor's facial movement for de-ageing, as tracking markers or individual witness cameras weren't an option for the old stagers: De Niro, Pacino and Pesci.
The great thing about digital cinematography however is that there is always going to be a new camera, especially in the bourgeoning new large format world. Here's our update on the new models.
Arri Alexa Mini LF
Arri's original Alexa Mini was the big surprise when it was launched a few years ago, and the LF version was hugely anticipated. As it turns out, the famous DOP Roger Deakins managed to get hold of some early prototypes for 1917 and delighted in its ergonomics and image quality.
The Alexa Mini LF was announced in March last year at a weight of 2.6kg and a size roughly equal to an Alexa Mini. Power consumption is a relatively restrained 65W and the camera records 4.5K up to 60fps, and HD up to 90fps. Both the Mini and conventional Alexa LF sacrifice the 6K resolution of the Alexa 65, compromising with a still-admirable 4.5K. The benefit is compatibility with lenses designed for a sensor roughly the size of a stills negative – Alexa 65 and 65mm film both demand lenses with medium format coverage.
Anyone with a less understanding bank manager might think about Sony's FX9, which appeared at IBC2019 and seems cast as a full-frame version of the FS7. As such, it's lighter than even the Alexa LF. At 2kg body only, it consumes a positively miserly 35.2W while offering 60fps in 4K and 180fps in HD; the full sensor is 6008×3168. On-board recording is in Sony's H.264 variant, XAVC, in a variety of intraframe or long GOP bit rates up to a healthy 600Mbps. There is no on-board Raw recording, but Atomos has announced capability in conjunction with Sony's XDCA-FX9 extension unit.
The XDCA-FX9 also provides V-Lock battery compatibility (no bad thing, even at 35W) and a DWX-compatible audio slot. There is no mention of ProRes recording, which the equivalent XDCA-FS7 extension unit offered for the FS7. Sony showed the FX9 at IBC with the upcoming 15-35mm lens, a semi-manual design similar in concept to the existing 18-135mm options that have been widely deployed on the FS7. Covering the FX9's full-frame sensor, these lenses suit the camera's E-mount and might help blunt the sticker shock that goes with fast, high-ratio, full-frame zooms. One significant advantage of the E-mount is that it is probably the shallowest in the industry and is therefore adaptable, at least mechanically, to suit more or less any piece of glass. The camera lists for £10,000 plus tax.
Canon EOS C500 Mark II
Not to be outdone in the world of lightweight, full-frame cameras, Canon announced the EOS C500 Mark II days before IBC last year. The C500 Mark II is to the C700 FF much as the Alexa Mini LF is to the full-sized Alexa LF. Canon enjoys massive experience making full-frame cameras, having launched the first full-frame motion camera in the world, albeit perhaps by mistake,
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Introduction to international relations IR1011
This is the level 100 course on which subsequent and more specialised courses in the area of international relations are based.
This course is also part of
The evolution of IR during the twentieth century
The impact of key historical events on the development of the discipline, including the Peace of Westphalia, European Imperialism, and the First World War
Changes to the international system since end of the Cold War
The history of globalization and its influence on the evolution of the discipline's main theories and concepts
The meaning of anarchy and systems in IR's understanding of the world
Some of the similarities and differences between mainstream approaches to IR – particularly Liberalism, Realism, and Marxism
Alternative theories of world politics presented by some of IR's newer theoretical schools – particularly Constructivism, Post-colonialism, and International Political Economy
The difficulties implicit in defining and limiting war between and within states
The contentious place of peace in international society
The role and responsibilities of the state as one actor amongst many in the international system
Our changing understanding of international power
The impact of globalization and the end of the Cold War on actors' definitions of security
The difficulties of global governance in an anarchic international society
The likely impact of Asia's (especially China's) rise on the units, processes, and structures of the international system.
If you complete the course successfully, you should be able to:
Describe the evolution of International Relation as an academic discipline
Explain the relevance of key terms in International Relations
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of IR's various theoretical approaches
Analyse contemporary and historical international events from a variety of theoretical viewpoints.
Unseen written exam (3 hr).
Baylis, J. and S. Smith (eds). The Globalization of World Politics: an Introduction to International Relations. 5 th Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2010
Griffiths, M. T. O'Callaghan and S.C. Roach. International relations: the key concepts. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. Second edition [ISBN 9780415774376].
Galtung, Johan 'Violence, Peace and Peace Research'. Journal of Peace Research (6:3). 1969. Pp. 166-91.
Hirst, Paul. 'The eighty years' crisis, 1919-1999 – power'. Review of International Studies (24:5). 1998. Pp. 133- 148.
Hobbes, Thomas, and Edwin Curley. Leviathan: with selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668. Vol. 8348. Hackett Publishing, 1994.
Human Security Report Project. Human Security Report 2009/2010: the causes of peace and the shrinking costs of war. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. [ISBN 9780199860814].
Medcalfe, R & R. Heinrichs. Crisis and Confidence: major powers and maritime security in Indo-Pacific Asia. Double Bay, Australia: Longueville Media, 2011. [ISBN 9780987057051]
Xiang, L. 'China and the "Pivot"', Survival 54(5) October-November 2012, pp. 113-128.
Course information sheets
Download the course information sheets from the LSE website.
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HomeNewsCalvin Vollrath Has Section of St. Paul Welcome Sign Dedicated to Him
Calvin Vollrath Has Section of St. Paul Welcome Sign Dedicated to Him
Thursday, Jul. 21st, 2016
World class fiddler Calvin Vollrath officially had his section of St. Paul's welcome sign dedicated to him on Tuesday.
Vollrath was joined by friends, family and students from his music camp in the celebrations. Afterwards his students played a piece in his honour.
Calvin Vollrath is considered one of the best fiddlers alive. His career highlights include playing at the 1988 Stanley Cup final, performing at the world music expo in Berlin in 2000 and composing and performing a piece for 2010 Winter Olympic opening ceremonies in Vancouver
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New Study Finds 8-in-10 Californians Are Registered to Vote
August 29, 2019 by Dan McCue
Voter registration is up in California, with 8-in-10 eligible adults registered. However, likely voters in the state still tend to be older, well-educated and disproportionately white, according to a study by the Public Policy Institute of California.
The Institute, a non-partisan public policy think tank, found that as of February 2019, 19.9 million of California's 25.3 million eligible adults were registered to vote.
At 79.1% of eligible adults, this is an increase from the registration rate in 2015 (72.7%), the last year preceding a presidential election.
The share of registered voters who are Democrats (43.1%) is similar to what it was in 2015 (43.2%), while the share of Republicans (23.6%) has declined (28.0%).
At the same time, the share of voters who say they are independent (also known as "decline to state" or "no party preference") has been increasing and is now 28.3%, up from 23.6% in 2015.
Dean Bonner, a research fellow at the Institute, told The Well News that one thing non-Californians should take away from the report is just how diverse California is.
"Further, while the state is diverse, those who turn out for elections tend to look differently than the general adult population—although that is changing," he said.
Likely voters
Among likely voters in surveys conducted over the past year, 45% were Democrats, 27% were Republicans, 23% were independents, and 5% were registered with other parties.
Of those we consider infrequent voters, 41% were Democrats, 36% were independents, 20% were Republicans, and 4% were registered with other parties.
Among independent likely voters, 42% said they lean toward the Democratic Party, compared to 31% who lean toward the Republican Party and 26% who volunteer that they lean toward neither major party or were unsure.
Ideologically, 37% of likely voters self identify as politically liberal, 29% are moderate, and 34% are conservative.
Among infrequent voters, 32% consider themselves liberal, 36% consider themselves moderate, and 32% consider themselves conservative.
White, Older Residents Most Likely to Vote
Whites make up only 42% of California's adult population but 58% of the state's likely voters.
In contrast, Latinos comprise 35% of the adult population but just 19% of likely voters. Asian Americans make up 15% of adults and 13% of likely voters, while 6% of both adults and likely voters are African American.
"Other race" and multiracial adults make up 3% of the adult population and 4% of likely voters.
About four in ten (38%) infrequent voters are white, and 35% are Latino. Nearly six in ten unregistered adults are Latino (56%); fewer are white (21%), Asian American (18%), or African American (3%).
When it comes to who California'solder electorate might favor on primary day, Bonner said only time will tell.
However, he also said a survey the Institute released in July might offer some clues.
It found former Vice President Joe Biden doing much better among older than younger likely voters, and Senator Bernie Sanders doing much better among younger than older. Sen. Kamala Harris garnered the most support among the 45 and older group, the study found.
Older, Affluent, and Born in the U.S.A.
Californians ages 55 and older make up 32% of the state's adult population but constitute 47% of likely voters.
Young adults (ages 18 to 34) make up 33% of adults but only 20% of likely voters, while adults ages 35 to 54 are proportionally represented.
Eight in ten likely voters either have some college education (41%) or are college graduates (41%); 18% have no college education.
Almost half of likely voters (46%) have annual household incomes of $80,000 or more, while 27% earn between $40,000 and $80,000 and 27% earn $40,000 or less.
A strong majority of likely voters (67%) are homeowners, while one-third (33%) are renters.
In contrast, 69% of unregistered adults and 64% of infrequent voters are renters. The vast majority of likely voters (83%) were born in the United States (17% are immigrants). Women (53%) and men (47%) make up similar shares of California's likely voters.
Regional Distribution
The share of likely voters in each region mirrors the region's share of the state's overall adult population:
Los Angeles County (26% of adults, 26% of likely voters);
San Francisco Bay Area (20% of adults, 22% of likely voters);
Orange/San Diego Counties (17% of adults, 17% of likely voters);
Central Valley (17% of adults, 17% of likely voters); and
Inland Empire (11% of adults, 9% of likely voters).
The largest shares of infrequent voters (29%) and unregistered adults (25%) live in Los Angeles County.
This research was supported with funding from the James Irvine Foundation.
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MLB Draft Selections
Rothenberg Selected for 2019 College Home Run Derby
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OMAHA, Neb. – Duke catcher Michael Rothenberg has been selected to the roster for the 10th annual Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans College Home Run Derby at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on Saturday, June 29, Intersport announced today. Rothenberg is one of six college baseball players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. CT. He was invited to take part in the Rocket Mortgage College Home Run Derby after being recognized as one of the top power hitters in college baseball.
A member of the ACC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team, Rothenberg led the Blue Devils with home runs this season while recording a team-high 52 runs batted in. The Blue Devil backstop ranked second on the team in both on-base percentage (.390) and slugging percentage (.481), while placing first in walks with 33.
The Boca Raton, Fla., native is just the second to total 50-plus RBI in a season over the last decade, joining former teammate Griffin Conine who accomplished the feat in both 2017 and 2018. Rothenberg is also just the third Duke player with 10 or more home runs in a campaign across the last 10 seasons, joining Conine (13 – 2017, 18 – 2018) and Jake Lemmerman (10 – 2010).
The annual Rocket Mortgage College Home Run Derby showcases some of college baseball's premier sluggers and the stars of tomorrow. Former champions include current New York Yankees superstar and 2017 American League Rookie of the Year winner Aaron Judge, who hit an MLB-best 52 home runs in his first full season in the majors. Judge took home the Rocket Mortgage College Home Run Derby title in 2012.
A complete list of participants will be released at a later date.
The Rocket Mortgage College Home Run Derby includes three rounds of play: Round 1 featuring all contestants, Round 2 featuring the hitters with the top four scores after Round 1, and Round 3 featuring the top two sluggers after Round 2.
Contestants in each round will have a timed period of four minutes to hit as many home runs as they can. Once the timed period concludes, contestants will have one final opportunity to hit a home run with the "Bonus Ball." If successful, two additional home runs will be added to the contestant's total score.
A record 190 home runs were hit during the 2018 Derby, breaking the previous mark of 185 hit in 2016. Air Force's Nic Ready outlasted Clemson's Logan Davidson, 21-20, in the final round to take home the title. It was the third-straight year the contest was decided on the final pitch.
Tickets for the event can be purchased by logging on to www.collegehomerunderby.com or ticketmaster.com, or by visiting the CHI Health Center Omaha box office. Tickets begin at just $10, and special rates are available for groups of 20 or more. Exclusive on-field experiences are also available for groups. Group sales information can be found by visiting the ticket page at www.collegehomerunderby.com/tickets.
More information, including participating players, will be released in the coming week. Follow the Rocket Mortgage College Home Run Derby on Facebook and Twitter for the latest event updates and information.
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In Gangland, players build a criminal empire across a city alive with opposition and opportunity. Released by Whiptail Interactive, the company that published the original version of 2003's unapologetically controversial Postal 2, this strategy game features characters, settings, and objectives extorted straight from modern Mafioso mythology. Players vie for control of the criminal underworld in the fictional Paradise City. A mob boss' management responsibilities are tended through a city-building style of gameplay, involving the establishment of numerous different rackets. Specific missions await in 26 set locations.
The three-dimensional Paradise City itself serves as the game's main interface. Stick-ups, hits, battles, and similar character-driven events take place in real-time and are directed as in a conventional RTS. Many business arrangements, management tasks, and other deals can be initialed by clicking on the appropriate character, building, or object. The action unfolds in real-time (as in the Commandos games) and orders cannot be issued while the game is paused (as in Freedom Force or Baldur's Gate).
The single-player campaign places players in the Armani pinstripes of Mario, one of four Sicilian brothers who were born into the mafia and now seek their fortunes in the American metropolis of Paradise City. Mario is different from the others, however. He is the last to arrive from the old country, and was sent by his grandfather to hunt down his three brothers and avenge crimes they committed against the family back home. Up to eight players can gang up in the game's multiplayer mode, each taking the role of a different brother and all competing for control of the city's organized crime.
Gangland is Grand Theft Auto taken into the real-time strategy realm, but such a comparison is not only unfair, but too superficial to hint at the full depth of Gangland. You assume the role of a low-level thug fresh off the boat and motivated by revenge. From this position you climb your way up the crime ladder - extorting, killing and menacing other crime families along the way.
At the start your character participates directly in crime - getting into shoot-outs, threatening shopkeepers, etc. - but later on your role changes to managing the family and its interests, while directing lower-level thugs to do the dirty work. You can even get married and have kids to keep your crime dynasty going. It's with this that Gangland becomes a hard to classify game.
Having kids actually turns out to more complex than you might initially think. What kinds of kids you produce depends on what kind of wife you take. Marry a smart woman and you'll probably produce lawyers, which can come in very handy buying off politicians; marry an athlete and you can slowly churn out a small army of thugs. It forces you to weigh every decision - the hallmark of strategy games - but in the flavor of an RPG while in a strange way making you care for your digital crime family. But mostly, Gangland is a real-time strategy affair.
Your view is from an overhead, ¾ perspective. The camera, though versatile and full of zoom and rotate options, takes a lot of getting used to, mostly because Paradise City is full of buildings with the only open spaces being the roads and the occasional park. This makes handling the camera imperative when it comes to tracking targets since buildings so often get in the way of where you want to go and how much of the screen you can see. And since there's no tutorial, it's left up to you figure out what the camera is capable of. Controlling the camera does get easier with time and experience, but it may completely frustrate some.
Gangland is a good-looking game with all the bells and whistles turned on. (The system requirements are comparatively low, but to really make it cook you should have the recommended specs.) Paradise City is alive with people and cars making their way around and the attention to detail is excellent. So while you're grappling with the camera, you can at least appreciate the graphics.
Although there is quite an emphasis on establishing resources (i.e. forcibly taking over businesses, racketeering, prostitution, etc.) to expand your empire across the 26 single-player missions, there is an equal emphasis on brute force with plenty of drive-by shootings, explosions, and general gunplay. It's at these times you most often have to manage a small squad of specially skilled mobsters to attain success or at least avoid an untimely death. Before getting into an altercation, hiring a mix of thugs is recommended, as each situation is different. Battles can be absolutely frantic affairs (which take about as much getting used to as the camera controls). Having the right team together can help immensely - and fortunately getting the right mobsters for the job becomes easier as your reputation grows and more lowlifes want to work for you. You can also augment your forces by successfully completing challenges proposed by international syndicates, which gives you access to cooler characters like the ninja.
There are multiplayer options available, but I found the computer AI offered enough challenge to keep me playing offline instead of on (and an interesting storyline helped, too).
Gangland is a good game, with a great mix of real-time combat, strategy, and RPG, and the economics of crime. Its hybridization of genres works for the most part and if you have the patience to learn the camera, you should have fun.
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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich, Gun, Fate, Gangsters 2: Vendetta, Freedom Force, Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition, Fallout
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Home People Rosedale's reckoning
Rosedale's reckoning
Photo by Sarah Finnegan.
Jeremy Love and George Terry are two Rosedale residents leading the effort for more improvement projects in their neighborhood.
Photo by Sydney Cromwell.
Homewood City Council member Andy Gwaltney talks with Rosedale residents after a Feb. 21 community meeting. "I think the council will follow our lead since we're the representatives of Ward 1 … We heard it loud and clear [while] campaigning," Gwaltney said.
Photos by Sarah Finnegan.
Since their 2016 election, council representatives Britt Thames and Andy Gwaltney rode through Rosedale to make a list of properties that could be candidates for nuisance abatement.
Neglected properties, damaged roads and a lack of sidewalks are among the problems Rosedale residents Jeremy Love and George Terry want the Homewood City Council to help fix.
Rosedale residents, Mayor Scott McBrayer, standing top left, and Homewood City Council members meet to discuss neighborhood issues Feb. 21.
George Terry describes Rosedale as a "hidden gem." It's why he's lived there for 34 years and ran for a City Council seat in 2016.
But he also feels his neighborhood doesn't get the attention it deserves.
"Rosedale is a hidden gem, so I feel like, yes, they have been neglected and overlooked by the council. But it doesn't mean that it cannot be overturned and something can be done about it now," Terry said.
Terry is one of two Rosedale residents who have recently stepped up to give their neighborhood's concerns a voice.
The second is Jeremy Love, an eight-year resident and organizer of the Rosedale Community Association. While there have been other Rosedale improvements in the past, Love said he brings a fresh energy and approach as part of the millennial generation.
"Rosedale needed a little more activity, engagement, effort from its residents," Love said. "I felt the need, not to criticize, but to construct my own organization to galvanize people and gain efforts to help improve Rosedale in a new way."
In addition to the community organization, Love said he also has applied for vacant Ward 1 seats on the city's zoning board, environmental commission and municipal housing code abatement board.
Rosedale has a high population of senior citizens compared to the city overall, which has a median age of about 30. Terry said that while these residents may not be as active in community change, they're willing to back his and Love's efforts as long as they represent the area's desires.
Along with Terry, Love said he feels Rosedale's needs and requests have been a lower priority for the City Council in the past compared to other neighborhoods. However, he prefers to focus on concrete action for the future than any ill will toward the past.
"It's very sad, but that's the past, and this is the present, and we're looking forward to the future," Love said. "We don't want broken promises; we don't want unofficial approvals. We want something on paper that says, 'Yes, we as a City Council are approving this plan for improvements in Rosedale.'"
Connecting with Council
Love has been a fixture at recent City Council meetings and public sessions over the use of the $110 million bond the city took out in fall 2016. He and Terry both agree on a number of changes they believe could change the face and future of Rosedale.
Among those changes is an increase in affordable and senior-friendly housing, as well as abatement of overgrown properties and neglected structures. They also want to see more infrastructure improvements such as lighting, paving, sidewalks, crosswalks and upgrades at the Lee Community Center and Spring Park. Love added he would like to see more preservation of the area's history as one of Homewood's earliest neighborhoods and recognition with signs or a small museum.
Love's list of proposals also includes a master plan for Rosedale's direction and future development and the creation of a Rosedale Shopping District. He envisions an area set aside for businesses owned and staffed by Rosedale residents, with shoppers from the neighborhood as well. He said improvements to housing in the area must go hand-in-hand with economic development, so residents can continue to live there if home values increase.
"If we do not do that, we're ultimately allowing ourselves to be displaced," Love said.
The bond issue has been a major topic for Love and some other Rosedale residents, as the $110 million is intended for expansion of city schools and a potential new high school, a new public safety building, improvements in West Homewood and Patriot parks and potentially sidewalk projects if there are leftover funds. Except for the school expansions benefiting all Homewood children, none of the other projects in the bond affects Rosedale residents or public amenities directly.
Love said he wants the council to commit a portion of the bond money toward some of the projects on his list. Even after the bond's funds are allocated, Love said he plans to continue being a familiar face at council meetings to advocate for community projects.
"We need to step up to the plate as residents to work with the council," Terry said.
Rosedale's council representatives are second-term member Britt Thames and newcomer Andy Gwaltney. Terry said he's optimistic about what he's heard so far from them.
"I've really got positive feedback, and I hope they can help us out," Terry said.
Thames and Gwaltney said they received a lot of feedback from Rosedale residents while campaigning for the 2016-20 term, including many of the concerns Love has presented to the council. Since their election, the two representatives rode through Rosedale to make a list of properties that could be candidates for nuisance abatement, and they hosted a Feb. 21 meeting at the Lee Community Center to make sure neighborhood residents are aware of and on board with these and other changes.
"I think the council will follow our lead since we're the representatives of Ward 1 … We heard it loud and clear [while] campaigning," Gwaltney said.
As far as Rosedale's past interactions with the council, Thames said he felt the city has had several recent Rosedale projects but perhaps has not done enough to share that information with residents. These include a 2014 Community Development Block Grant for sidewalks, funding for Rosedale Drive sidewalks in 2017, rebuilt Spring Creek reinforcement walls and about $73,000 spent on Lee Community Center for new gym floors, paint, interior doors, bathroom upgrades, new play equipment and an outdoor canopy similar to one at Central Park.
"I think maybe we haven't done a good job of letting people know that. If you don't use the Lee Center, you don't know that we've been spending money at the Lee Center," Thames said.
Moving forward, Thames said he wants the community's "buy-in" before proceeding with projects like sidewalks and the legal process for addressing overgrown or neglected properties.
The Rosedale residents who spoke up at the Feb. 21 meeting were not always as optimistic about plans for the future. Mary Edwards, who has lived in the neighborhood since the 1930s, said she has heard promises from the city before, but hasn't seen the action.
"Stop putting us on the back burner. We have been back there for a long, long time," Edwards said. "We have put up with promises for years and years and years."
Many residents expressed concerns about a perceived division between Rosedale and the rest of Homewood in terms of the attention and quality of improvements they receive from the city.
"We're always on a different page. We're Rosedale, y'all are Homewood," one man said during discussion of the abatement process.
The community meeting did not result in a consensus on whether the council should proceed with the legal abatement process, though Gwaltney said he hopes future meetings will resolve that discussion.
Homewood Mayor Scott McBrayer encouraged residents to keep the city accountable on the projects they discussed during the Feb. 21 meeting, including upcoming paving, sidewalks, crosswalks and street signs.
"Let our actions show you what we're going to do. You don't have to believe anything right now. But when we go out and do it, you can stand up and say, 'Those are men of their words,'" McBrayer said. "The things that we're discussing tonight, I'm telling you we're going to do those things."
"I'll keep your feet to the fire," Edwards said at the meeting.
What the future holds
Looking ahead, Thames pointed to plans for an 18th Street South streetscape project for beautification and new parking, plus more sidewalks on the priority list for future years. One item he said is expected in the 2018 fiscal year budget is about $175,000 to $200,000 for a rebuild of Spring Park with new playground equipment and larger pavilions.
"They're going to totally level the current structures out there," Thames said.
Another potential opportunity for Rosedale is the new downtown master plan the city has budgeted for 2017. Thames said they had previously believed the Rosedale community did not want to be considered in this master plan, but he wants to revisit the topic with residents to see whether that's accurate.
"Maybe we were working on bad information in that regard," Thames said.
The master plan is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2018.
Not everything on Love and Terry's to-do list — such as senior housing — is something the city can accomplish, but Thames and Gwaltney said projects such as sidewalks and lighting are possible.
"A lot of this stuff is low-hanging fruit for us. Just let us know you want it, and let us know where you want it," Thames said.
Thames said he likes many of the ideas Love presented, and he thinks having a more formal structure for voicing Rosedale concerns would help create plans to move forward and prevent residents "spin[ning] their wheels" on projects the city can't accomplish.
"That's how things get done are within committees. I think a great idea would be a Rosedale committee comprised of a couple Rosedale stakeholders, obviously either Andy [Gwaltney] or I, or both of us, and somebody from another part of the city," Thames said. "We rarely do anything without 'committee-ing' them to death. That's the way it starts."
Love and Terry are both willing to put in the time, and Love said he's hopeful the future for Rosedale will be brighter than its past. Thames and Gwaltney said they plan to attend future Rosedale Community Association meetings, held monthly, for more feedback from residents, and Love wants to set up his own community meeting to hear more feedback on the items in his petition.
"They hear our voices, hear our concerns, but at the end of the day, it's business as usual. That's what I hope to change," Love said. "I'm not a big believer in holding the past against people and staying in the past. I'm a big believer in moving forward toward the future by doing things in the present. So that's all I can hope for, that the City Council will actually do something, and we can see constructive progress."
See full coverage of the Feb. 21 Rosedale meeting and future community meetings on thehomewoodstar.com.
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Can Nature Clean up Nuclear Contamination?
Is there a way to keep nuclear power safe?
Presented by Georgia Mills.
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Chernobyl was 31 years ago, but as nuclear power is one of the few reliable and low carbon energy supplies, how long before it happens again? We meet the scientists who are preparing for when the worst happens, looking for ways to use nature to clean up nuclear spills. Plus, news of a slug-inspired glue and the science behind the fastest bicycles.
00:48 - New way to target tumours
New insights may help us understanding and target the spread of tumours.
New way to target tumours
with Justine Alford, Cancer Research UK
The main cause of death for cancer sufferers isn't the original tumour - it's caused when cells from the tumour break off and spread around the body. This process, known as metastasis, makes cancer much harder to treat. If you could pinpoint this process in the body, with a kind of biological red flag, you could gear treatment towards the tumours, without damaging the rest of the body. This sounds simple, but has proven almost impossible as different tumours behave in such different ways. But now - a team at the University of California Irvine may have found such a red flag, which- in mice at least - allowed for a targeted attack on multiple tumours. Georgia Mills spoke to Dr Justine Alford, senior science info officer at CRUK, who was not involved in the study, about the research...
Justine - Tumours are incredibly diverse, not just in one person, but across people with different cancer types. We know that they've got a huge amount of variety in the faulty genes that they have and also the molecules that they produce. So, in order to try and make medicine more personal, more targeted to try and reduce the side effects and not attack healthy cells, it's really important to try and home in on features that are specific to the cancer itself. But that's really tricky when cancers are so diverse and are producing so many different molecules and flags it can be become really tricky to try and home in on something and to try and find something that is found, not only in all the tumour cells in one person's, but across different peoples' cancer as well.
Georgia - What's this new idea then to try and tackle this?
Justine - There are already some cells in the body which can naturally home in on a feature which is found around tumours. The surrounding around cells is called the matrix, and scientists have found that in some tumours the environment around the tumour becomes more rigid, it becomes stiffer, and that stiffness actually promotes the cancer and helps it spread and get worse around the body. There are some cells in our body which can naturally already detect this stiffness and then use that to then become a more specialised type of cell - these are called mesenchymal stem cells. These are kind of like a blank slate cell that don't yet have their identity, and they can use this stiffness to work out where they are in the body and then how they should respond to these cues.
The scientists then use this knowledge to their advantage and they developed a new type of cell based on the mesenchymal stem cells, which not only specifically can pick up this stiffness, but also respond to it and then make a molecule which activates a chemotherapy drug. So they developed a really specific targeted system that only targets the tumour rather than giving the drug throughout the body which can cause more side effects.
Georgia - Right. So there's this blank slate cell which recognise the environment that you find around tumours and then, when it finds this environment, it actually changes and can be engineered to change into something useful for fighting cancer?
Justine - Exactly. What they've done is really quite clever. They've tweaked these cells so that they make a molecule which chops up a pre-drug. The scientists will give a drug that needs to be modified to turn into a chemotherapy that then can kill the cancer cells, so it's a two part system. The cells themselves produce this molecule and then the scientists can give the pre-drug, and then when that arrives at the tumour, this molecule that the cells are making will modify that molecule and then turn it into the chemotherapy drug which then directly attacks the tumor right at the site where it hurts.
Georgia - Have they tested this - does it work?
Justine - They've tested this so far in mice so it's all early preclinical work but, so far, the results have been encouraging. They were looking at mice with breast cancer, and in these mice they found that these cells not only homed in specifically to the primary tumour, to the tumour in the breast, but they also homed in to the tumour that has spread to the lungs and it killed these tumour cells and caused them to shrink.
Georgia - So they've had promising results in these mice but how encouraging would you say this is, and how important is this in the grand scheme of things?
Justine - This process of spreading is called metastasis. Unfortunately, when that happens, it makes the tumour much more difficult to treat. At the moment we don't have any treatments that can specifically target metastasis and that is a huge problem since cancer spread is responsible for the majority of cancer deaths. So we desperately do need to find new ways to target this and to stop it from happening. Whether or not this will actually translate into something useful in the clinic, we just don't know.
It's definitely promising and really encouraging, but at this stage it is very early and it is experimental so they will need to do lots more research. But the promising thing is that scientists have already used this kind of stem cell in clinical trials before, and they have shown to be safe in people. Obviously, that doesn't necessarily mean that his particular type of cell that they're using in this study will necessarily be safe and effective, but at least we do have some grounds for positivity there.
06:34 - Slug-inspired surgical glue
A glue that can cope with the wet and dynamic conditions of human bodies has been created after scientists found inspiration in slugs.
Slug-inspired surgical glue
with Dave Mooney, Harvard University
If you're having an operation, or need a wound closing, you may be given a medical adhesive in order to help you mend. But according to research out this week, current adhesives have some major limitations, which could impact the success of a procedure. Cyanoacrylate - or Super Glue - for example doesn't do well with wet surfaces, a problem when it comes to surgery. Doing its job as the body moves is also a challenge, and other adhesives' sticking power isn't all that strong. So what can be done to improve these properties? This week Harvard University have announced an adhesive that's stronger and better able to cope with these wet and dynamic conditions. Katie Haylor spoke to Dave Mooney about the project's rather slimy inspiration...
Dave - These slugs have developed a type of mucus that allows them to adhere very, very strongly to a variety of different types of surfaces, to do it in the presence of water and other fluids, and were very flexible and allowed a lot of dynamic movement. So the slugs had solved some of the key issues that we're looking to address. While we're not attempting to mimic how they do it in terms of there's no mucus from slugs in our devices, we use them as inspiration for how one could try to design better adhesives.
Katie - Please tell me you had some slugs sitting around in your office which you were watching diligently?
Dave - Only fake ones unfortunately. We don't do any actual research with slugs. A variety of scientists have been studying slugs for decades trying to understand their mucus and it's properties and so we learned from all that science that had been done before.
Katie - Tell us about your product then - talk me through the chemistry?
Dave - There's two key features to this concept for a new type of medical adhesive. The first is that you want to have a very strong chemical bonding to whatever you're trying to adhere to. The other feature that we combine with this though is a material that can absorb and dissipate a lot of forces or stresses - an analogy might be here a shock absorber on your car. Here the adhesive both sticks really strongly and can absorb a lot of stresses so they don't get felt at the interface and don't cause the adhesive to peel off or fail.
Katie - Would this be someone stretching because they've recovering from a wound and they're getting more mobile, or if someone moves around on the operating table? Is it those sorts of movements you're trying to build in inherent flexibility in your adhesive to cope with?
Dave - Partly those types of movements and other movements that are naturally coming, for example, from different organs.
Katie - Back to the chemistry then, talk me through how you achieve this strong bonding?
Dave - We achieve the strong bonding by having long molecules that have a high density of positive charges. The key feature here is that tissues and cells in our body are overall negatively charged, so the positively charged molecules in our adhesive want to interact with the tissues and cells in our body. Then we provide the right chemistry so the the positively charged entities on our adhesive can chemically bond and form stable what are called covalent bonds with the underlying tissue and cells.
Katie - You mentioned this first layer, but what about the second layer - this ability of the material to absorb energy?
Dave - We have a what's called a hydrogel, which is a long polymer molecules that are swollen in water. The positively charged molecules bind both to the underlying tissue, but also bind to this hydrogel. You can think of it as being somewhat squishy and has the capability of deforming very readily and, as it's deformed, it can absorb and dissipate all these stresses or forces that the adhesive might get subjected to from the surrounding tissues.
Kate - Tell me, when you tested this in animals, which you have, what have your found?
Dave - We can use this to adhere medical devices to beating hearts, for example, pig hearts and have a very strong and stable adhesion that simply was not possible before. We can seal holes in tissues, for example, the heart or other tissues and have those prevent any type of bleeding or leakage of fluids. We can use these as a means of stopping bleeding on, for example, a lacerated liver. And it's possible to use these on the skin, for example, as an adhesive and an agent to promote wound healing.
Katie - Why do you think this new product is important - in what ways is it important for surgery?
Dave - One is is enables new capabilities that we simply did not have before. For example, if we have a device we want to put on a beating heart, the current adhesives simply don't allow you to stably adhere this type of device. Then we can also achieve some of the similar functions of the current adhesives but do much better.
11:54 - Mythconception: Asparagus makes everyone get smelly pee
This week, Kat Arney's holding her nose in search of the truth behind a whiffy myth...
Mythconception: Asparagus makes everyone get smelly pee
with Kat Arney
Kat - Asparagus! It's a perfect time to grab some of those homegrown tasty green spears. But for some people their enjoyment of the veg is somewhat tempered by an unpleasant side effect: stinky wee. It's best described as a fetid, sulphurous smell, akin to bad breath or a particularly noxious fart, and can turn up within an hour or less of eating asparagus. But because only a proportion of the population can smell the stuff, it's usually assumed that only those people make it. But the truth is a lot more complicated.
The first scientist to turn their mind - or rather their nose - towards the problem was Polish chemist and doctor Marceli Nencki. He identified the source of the smell as a sulphur-containing chemical called methyl mercaptan - also known as methanethiol. Given that some people make the stinky chemicals after eating asparagus and others don't, it was thought that this was the key deciding factor.
In the 1950s, researchers studied families of stinky-wee producers and non-stinkers, concluding that the ability to make methyl mercaptan from asparagus is linked to one single gene - as yet unidentified - which presumably breaks down the asparagus chemicals into the smelly ones. A larger study in the 1980s also confirmed the finding - it seems to come down to one gene. You either inherit two stinky versions, one from mum and one from dad, two non-stinky versions, or one of each (in which case you're still a stinker). But it's not quite as simple as that. It turns out that not only do you have to make the noxious chemicals in your wee, you have to be able to smell them too.
Like the ability to metabolise methyl mercaptan from asparagus, the ability to actually detect the smell of the stuff is also genetic. But in this case there's more than one gene involved. A large-scale genomic study by US researcher Lorelei Mucci and her team revealed more than 800 locations in the genome that are linked to the ability to smell methyl mercaptan. Their results were published in the Christmas 2016 edition of the British Medical Journal - never the most serious edition of the normally staid publication - with the title "Sniffing out significant "Pee values": genome wide association study of asparagus anosmia", and the suggestion that "Future replication studies are necessary before considering targeted therapies to help anosmic people discover what they are missing." As a non-smeller myself, all I can say is I'll pass.
So to be an asparagus wee-smeller you need to have the crucial combination of having the genetic variations in your metabolic enzymes that break down asparagusic acid to make methyl mercaptan, along with the right variations in your olfactory receptors to detect it. This does mean there's a potential for a mismatch, which could make for some awkward domestic bathroom experiences if you're an unwitting producer while your partner is a sensitive smeller.
15:06 - The science of faster bicycles
It's not just the cyclists who go for gold, there's some serious science behind the bikes.
The science of faster bicycles
with Professor Stuart Burgess, University of Bristol
This week marks 5 years since the Olympic games kicked off in London -during which the incredible cycling team won a total of 8 gold medals. British riders are still going strong - as demonstrated by Chris Froome's recent victory in the Tour de France for the third time in a row. But it's not all down to the riders, there's some serious science behind the bikes as Tom Crawford has been finding out. But first, a flashback to five years ago…
Announcer - Round the back and for one final time I think he's going to do it. Chris Hoy claims the gold medal. What a moment in British Olympic history… a record sixth gold medal here, now at London 2012. Get on your feet for the knight of cycling. Sir Chris Hoy is in uncharted waters now…
Tom - It still gives me goosebumps even now. Not content with just reminiscing, I went along to this summer's Royal Society exhibition to meet Professor Stuart Burgess. He's an engineer who worked on the actual bikes used in the 2012 games and he had one to show me…
Stuart - It's a track bike for going round the velodrome. The bike can go up to 50 miles per hour so it's highly optimised for speed throughout the whole bike. At Bristol University, we've worked on the chain drive - that's the chain, sprocket, and front chainwheel to reduce the losses in the drive to maximise the efficiency as much as possible to help the bike go as fast as possible.
Tom - So this is a case of British cycling recruiting academics like yourself to be like - guys can you please help us go faster using science?
Stuart - Yeah. Cycling is a really interesting sport because the bicycle has to suit the rider. It's not like javelin, or shot putt where everyone has the same equipment and, therefore, there's a lot of engineering science that goes into the bike. When a team like Team GB win a medal, it's not just the riders - they are the most important part - but it's also a reflection on the design of the bike as well.
Tom - What kind of things then would be incorporated into a bike design for, just in general, in terms of going faster and also in terms of a specific rader?
Stuart - Well, the aerodynamics are the most important for a bike. When a bike's going 50 miles and hour, the aerodynamics of the rider are very important, so he leans right down. His clothing equipment is really important, they wear those skin tight suits but, also, the transmission is important. Even though the chain and the sprockets are a small part of the whole system it's important to minimize the losses in those components and, so at Bristol University, we've done a lot of of testing. Testing of all kinds of lubricants, coatings, materials, sprockets to see which ones are the most smooth and the most efficient.
Tom - I'm a mathematician, and I notice you have a lovely looking equation on your display here. Could we possibly just go and have a quick look and you talk me a little bit through that?
Stuart - Basically we've got the drag equation for a bicycle. So, on the one side you have the power output of the rider, which is pretty phenomenal for these olympic riders, and on the right hand side you have the various contributions to drag. So you have the aerodynamic drag, you also have the rolling resistance of the tyres, you also have an acceleration term, but you also have an efficiency term for the efficiency of the transmission.
The reason for having that equation up there is to show the general public that engineers use maths and science to design a faster bike. Because, when you look at the equation, you can then see which are the important parameters. You see that maths is an important parameter, drag coefficient is an important parameter, the rolling resistance of the tyres is an important parameter. So an engineer looks at those and then says well I need to minimise certain parameters like the mass and the drag coefficient, and I need to maximise certain parameters like the transmission efficiency. So maths is very important to an engineer.
Tom - Just when you said the power output is phenomenal for an olympic rider, could you give me a comparison or just some idea of how powerful these athletes are?
Stuart - Well, when a commuter's cycling to work that would typically be 60/70 watts. But when some of these sprinters are going round the track, sometimes it can be 1½ kilowatts of power. So it's an incredible amount of power, and the torque they're putting into the crank and chain is really very high.
Tom - I imagine you have to make sure these things are also designed to be able to withstand that level of power and torque?
Stuart - Yeah. That's the great challenge because, on one hand, you need very lightweight components so you use carbon fibre and the bike itself weighs 6.8 kilogrammes so it's a very lightweight bike. But, on the other hand, you have some of the most powerful, strong athletes in the world who are going to exert great forces on this bike so you have to make it strong at the same time, and that's the great challenge of engineering.
Tom - Just finally, will this kind of technology make it's way into consumer bikes?
Stuart - Yeah. That's a question that we've been answering during the week. Yeah, after a couple of years this technology drips down to club cycling etc. But not only that, we're hoping we can spin off some of the technology onto other chain drives in factories to make factories more efficient. So it's not just about the olympics, we want this to have a benefit for society.
20:50 - Understanding animal emotions
New research suggests all of us have some ability to tell when animals are feeling stressed.
Understanding animal emotions
with Piera Filippi, Planck Insitut
Understanding other people's emotions plays a fundamental part in our ability to communicate. But does this extend to animals? Can you tell when a crocodile, frog or chicken is in distress? A new study from the Planck Institut in the Netherlands suggests that we all have some ability to sound out stress in other species. Their findings indicate that humans mainly rely on specific tones that indicate agitation, called emotional arousal. Lead author, Piera Fillipi, explained to Izzie Clarke, how it worked…
Piera - The emotional arousal is the level of responsiveness to external stimulation. This might range from very subdued to highly excited. So, for instance, right now you hear my voice, it's quite relaxed, there are no dangers around me you might infer from my voice. But if I start talking in a more agitated way you might infer that there's something around me that is disturbing me. And this is something quite clear we can infer from the voice of humans as well as of other animals it turns out.
Izzie - How did you investigate this?
Piera - There were basically two main questions. The first question was simply whether humans are able to recognise levels of emotional intensity or arousal in animal calls or animal vocalisations. If so, we wanted to see whether that is a biologically rooted ability or instinct, so to speak, or whether it's driven by the cultural background or the language that the given human speaks. Maybe there are some language speakers that are more sensitive to sound motivation than other language speakers.
We included three different groups, so we had native speakers of English, of German, and Mandarin which is tonal language. And it turned out across all of these languages humans perform equally good in recognising the emotional intensity in animal vocalisations. This suggests that this is an ability that is actually biologically universal so it isn't only the given language that humans speak.
Izzie - To test this, Piera and the team played two calls from a range of animals. One of the sounds displayed a high level of emotional arousal, say when an animal was agitated, and another when it was calmer with a low level of emotional arousal. All the participants had to do was choose which of the two sounds was the agitated signal.
Piera - I found that humans are particularly good in recognising higher level emotional intensity in animal vocalisations. To do so they rely on certain acoustic features in their calls, particularly on the acoustic features that I related to the tone of voice, and this applies across all of the species we included in our study. So tonal voice, the way we modulate our voice, is crucial in expressing emotions and it is crucial in perceiving and recognising the emotional content across all of these species. These species span from little frogs, alligators, up to Barbary Macaques and humans.
Izzie - The reason why we're able to recognise these signals is still being explored with further research looking into frequencies of these noises, and whether it might even work in reverse. Can animals actually recognise when humans are agitated? And looking to the future, these findings could help improve artificial intelligence...
Piera - This finding can be applied in progressing technology for emotional expression and recognition in something that sounds quite cold, so to speak, which is artificial speech like speech that is synthesized artificially. I think that it would be a good idea to integrate what we know from findings on actual animal vocalisations that are emotional and apply that to emotional expression in synthesized speech.
25:29 - Are we ready for the next Chernobyl?
A look at bioremediation and how microbes may help us clean up nuclear waste.
Are we ready for the next Chernobyl?
with Iryna Mikheenko, Lynne Macaskie & Joe Hriljac, University of Birmingham
The nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl may eventually cause over 40,000 deaths through cancer, and the area is still uninhabitable. Nuclear power is still used around the world, but what do we do the next time the worst happens? Graihagh Jackson has been investigating an idea called 'bioremediation', the use of nature to clean up spills or contamination. So could microbes be used to help with a nuclear clean-up, and will it be enough to keep us safe? First, a look back at 31 years ago to Chernobyl.
Graihagh - In March 2011, a major earthquake off the coast of Japan sent a 15 metre high tsunami surging into the nuclear power facility at Fukushima disabling the power supplies and cooling systems. Three reactors rapidly went into meltdown and subsequent explosions released significant quantities of radioactive material into the water and atmosphere - enough to be graded a level 7 on the international nuclear and radiological event scale. There is no level 8 - this is as bad as it gets!
This wasn't the first accident of its kind and, sadly, it won't be the last. Thankfully, science can help with the aftermath.
I'm Graihagh Jackson and in this programme I'm finding out about new breakthroughs to help clean up when nuclear disasters strike…
Like Fukushima, the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, part of the former soviet Union, also went into meltdown in 1986 and it too got a grade 7 on the international nuclear and radiological events scale. An explosion caused a 9 day long fire to eject radioactive material into the atmosphere and, over 30 years on, experts still can't agree on how many it killed.
What we do know is that two people died immediately as a result of the blast and another 29 died in hospital over the next few days. The harder bit is quantifying the long term effects. A paper in the Journal of International Cancer predicts that by 2065, 41,000 people will have died of cancer.
Lyn - When the Chernobyl accident happened we realised that this was a serious discharge and these elements were getting put into the environment. And, it was only a matter of time, to my thinking, that another accident would happen sometime one day.
Joe - As a standard part of the nuclear fission process, you develop lots of radionuclides…
Graihagh - Joe Hilltrek and Lynne Macaskie, both from the University of Birmingham. Joe looks at these radionuclides, these are just radioactive atoms…
Joe - Some of those are relatively insoluble, they won't travel very far in the environment, etc. Others form water soluble salts and those, in particular, are more difficult to target because they dissolve into groundwater, they move away from the site, etc.
Graihagh - I suppose the thing being water soluble is that if they are water soluble that means they can move into our food chain and our water sources?
Joe - Yeah, so potentially they can. If you look at strontium, it's chemistry is very similar to the element calcium, and calcium phosphate is what makes your bones and teeth. So, if your body ingests strontium, there's a chance that that can get into your bones and things. Cesium, it mimics another element called potassium, which is very important to the body for neurological functions. So these sorts of elements, as they get into your body, will cause you serious health problems.
Graihagh - When Joe says serious health problems, he means cancer. After Fukushima, many governments cut back on their nuclear programme but, five years later, it seems as though nuclear is back on the agenda because of its status as one of the few reliable and low carbon power sources. It's hard to find statistics, but worldnuclear.org said there are 245 reactors worldwide, with a further 60 currently under construction which means it's likely that there will be another nuclear accident.
The question is: can we manage it quickly, safely, and effectively? That's the question I'm hoping to answer today. First though, back to Chernobyl…
Irina - My name is Irina Mashenka.
Graihagh - Irina Mashenka was living in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and remember that Chernobyl nuclear facility was a big deal back then. A huge source of national pride and, as a result, it attracted lots of young people to work there.
Irina - Chernobyl station was a really, at that time, state of the art. It was very exciting to work on an atomic station which could provide electricity energy for huge territories. The city was very young, there were a lot of young kids and it was nice.
Graihagh - Until the 26th April, 1986…
Irina - What can I say. When it happened it was really something nobody could expect.
Graihagh - Irina was around 100 kilometres away and on maternity leave with her little daughter. That may sound far away but, actually, in two days the radiation had travelled 1,000 kilometres and set off alarms in another nuclear power plant in Sweden. 1,000 kilometres - this was actually what forced the Soviet Union to publically admit there had been an explosion. On the 28th April at 9pm a news programme read the following statement:-
There has been an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. One of the nuclear reactors was damaged. The effects of the accident are being commuted. Assistance has been provided for any affected people. An investigative commision has been set up.
Graihagh - As you can tell, there was very little information about what was going on. And remember, the internet wasn't around and nobody knew what to do or what the risks were...
Irina - We didn't know anything about scale, we just understand okay, radiation it's something dangerous. It's something you will not see, sniff, or experience in any way but, at the same time, it's not harmless. Definitely the only solution is to get out of the contaminated zone but the explosion was so big, and the impact was so big, so it was not realistic for everybody.
Graihagh - Irina's brother and sister-in-law were one of the young graduates who had moved to this site of national pride to work on Chernobyl power plant…
Irina - As I remember, my sister-in-law telling me they were happily wandering around the (11.09), they went on business, shopping, etc. After they were informed that evacuation would happen they just packed their things - two backpacks. It was so funny, my sister-in-law said "you know what, when we came we had two backpacks and that's all. And now, several years on, I have the same two backpacks on, and two children. And that's it we're going the same way."
Graihagh - Did they expect to be able to return and go back and continue their lives?
Irina - At first they thought everything will be sorted within a couple of weeks or so. But it turned out the scale of the disaster was too huge so they were not allowed to come back.
Graihagh - I know now people can go back and it's a bit of a tourist destination to learn a bit more about it. I wonder, have you ever been back or considered going back?
Irina - I've never been back but my family, they went back I think several years ago. They went back and took a lot of pictures. They went to their flat and it was all dilapidated and ruined. A lot of streets are covered with growth. So it's a ghost town effectively. They find it distressing. People didn't really get enough help. And definitely later on the health problems developed. It's not that immediate. Those who got radio diseases etc, etc, they were helped immediately. But those who didn't get acute poisoning were really neglected.
Unfortunately, to see the scale you need time. You need time because a lot of these things develop slowly, develop not that explicitly - it builds up. It's really scary. My family are under medical surveillance for almost 30 years and once a year they have to go to the clinic.
Graihagh - I suppose, almost in some ways that waiting in fear that something might happen is a horrible thing to live with?
Irina - Yes. But, in reality, we humans somehow adapt to this situation and yes, in the background you have this nagging feeling that something can get wrong, but life is going on. And you are sticking to everyday life, you are doing things, you are here, you are involved in all sorts of things, and the point is to stay as positive as you can. We will do our best otherwise you can sit in a corner and cry all your life, so what's the point.
I think we still need time to realise and understand as humankind how to deal with this.
Graihagh - It's heartening to hear Irina's positive outlook on things. But, to me, it really highlights how important finding a solution to deal with this is…
Lynne - When the Chernobyl accident happened we realised that this was a serious discharge and these elements were getting put into the environment. And, it was only a matter of time, to my thinking, that another accident would happen sometime one day.
Graihagh - This is Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham. It was Chernobyl that changed the course of Lynne's research…
Lynne - We really wanted to pursue the research so that we had a possible solution sitting and waiting if that day should come.
Graihagh - And, sure enough, that day came 25 years later with Fukushima. Before all this though, Lynne was researching how you reverse metal contamination using a really cool concept called bioremediation…
Lynne - Bioremediation is a sort of global term where you're using living creatures, or plants to clean up pollution or to decontaminate environments that have been contaminated by things that you might want to remove.
Graihagh - Things like harmful metals that we humans release into the environment be that cadmium, or lead, or even radioactive metals like uranium. Lynne doesn't use a plant though - she uses microbes. But, to begin with, it was a lot of hard work isolating one microbe among hundreds...
Lynne - My brief when I turned up in the lab to start this project was that the chap that had started it, called Alistair Dean, had this idea in the mid 70s that you could use microbes to hoover up toxic metals. He got a grant to try to make this happen and he got as far as collecting hundreds of strains from the environment, from actual contaminated sites somewhere in the northwest. And he said "welcome Lynne, those are your bacteria. Go and develop a process." So I spent about 18 months going through this collection one by one. It was was very painstaking but, eventually, we came up with one that worked.
Graihagh - What was this one called?
Lynne - It was originally classified professionally - this is the 1980s so we didn't have molecular biology - it was called the citrobac, which is a very harmless microbe that comes in the soil. Then when molecular biology came along it got reclassified as a thing called cayratia. It's a naturally occurring strain which means it's had a chance to pick u p all sorts of genetic bits and pieces from the environment, which is how we think it evolved to be able to cope with life in a metal contaminated environment, and basically lock them up and drop them harmlessly.
Graihagh - Sounds a bit too good to be true doesn't it? And weirdly the harmless substance that it locks the metal into is really similar to a mineral we all know very well… bone. So how does it do it? Well, this microbe produces an enzyme, basically a substance or catalyst that speeds up chemical reactions and then…
Lynne - … it takes one constituent of bone called phosphate. And then when a metal is around instead of using calcium, as you would make bones out of, it precipitates the toxic metal with phosphate and it locks it up into a solid which is analogous to what you would find in our bones. This worked beautifully well and we realised the bacteria's function is just to make a mineral. They don't care whether you're taking up toxic metals or not. It's actually this mineral, which is akin to bone, which is the material of interest because, by this stage, the bacteria don't even have to be there because the material hoovers up radionuclides, and so you can kill bacteria and it's perfectly safe to handle and to use.
Graihagh - And that's because once the bacteria is gone the chemical reaction can't reverse very easily. These toxic metals are reduced to a non-hazardous white powder…
Lynne - It's as if you'd taken a bone and ground it up very finely.
Graihagh - But the microbes aren't fussy. You don't need to feed them uranium to make this hoovering substance. Lynne later found out that you can just use calcium...
Lynne - We don't use uranium any more because we realised that you could do a very similar trick just using calcium, which is totally innocuous. Nowadays the bacteria are making calcium phosphate - it's called hydroxyapatite. So that is actually the material that is used to accumulate radioactive materials from water.
Graihagh - The radioactive atoms can still be slurped up, but there's an added benefit to using this hydroxyapatite, the calcium phosphate rather than plopping the microbe itself into the contaminated water. With hydroxyapatite you don't need the enzymes and microbes anymore. Why is this better? Well, if you have a more acidic water, for instance, the enzymes don't work very well. So you make it more robust and reliable because it can work in a larger number of environments. That said, you don't just want to go chucking it all into contaminated water because, well, how do you collect it back up again?
Lynne - The bacteria are very smart when they're growing. The produce a sticky substance which sticks them onto surfaces. If we can persuade them right, we can stick them onto sponges, and they grow and they make this surrounding environment just right for mineral to grow. So, actually, we're making a spongy material with has got a layer of this bone substitute on it and that is an absolutely fantastic filtration material. But the benefit of bacteria is because you can grow them, you can make the material that you need, and the quantities that you need in a very short space of time. The advantage of this is that, effectively, you can deliver the material on demand and in an emergency you're not going to have any notice that there's going to be a demand, so it's almost a rapid response.
Graihagh - Lynne had a concept and it didn't just apply to nuclear accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima. If ever there was a dirty bomb i.e. an explosive that contains nuclear material, this could be deployed. Lynne had, effectively, developed a weapon of her own - this hydroxyapatite And this is how Joe Hilltrek fits into the picture because you don't just want one weapon against these sorts of emergencies, you want an arsenal of weapons…
Joe - If we have a library of materials, then we have much greater confidence that we can clean up not only the existing waste, but should there be another accident we can deploy materials right away and I thinks that's very important. We have to make nuclear power as safe as possible, and I think knowing in advance there are materials present should there be an accident is a very important thing.
The materials that we use would either absorb those onto the surfaces, and bio-HA is one of those. It tends to be a surface absorption process.
Graihagh - Bio-HA is just another name for hydroxyapatite by the way. The bio meaning it's produced by a biological process as opposed to a chemical one.
Joe - The other way chemically you can treat things is what's known as ion exchange. Some elements like to give up electrons - electrons are negatively charged, so what you end up with is a cat-ion which is a positively charged species. Caesium and strontium fall into that category. Other elements prefer to take up electrons and become negatively charged. One of them, again, sometimes people need to deal with in terms of reactivity is iodide.
Graihagh - Joe has a material called zeolite. It's a white powder and it locks up these positively charged atoms - the caesium and the strontium. Caesium and strontium are positively charged because they have more protons than electrons. Electrons are the negatively charged ones that whizz around the nucleus of the atom, and in the nucleus are the protons which are positively charged, and the neutrons which, as the name might suggest, are neutral. What Joe's zeolite does is it shares its electrons with the caesium and strontium causing them to bind together. But that's not all…
Joe - We attach small iron oxide particles to it; that provides the magnetism then.
Graihagh - You want magnetism because this exchange is reversible. It's not stable and, therefore, the caesium and strontium can be re-released from the zeolite. However, if you magnetise the particle you can then separate the radioactive material from the water, How? Well you…
Joe - … pump the water through a tube that had very strong magnets round the outside that will trap the particles and you will just have pure water going through. The other thing you could do in theory, although in practice I'm not sure how you'd do this, is to sort of drag a magnet through to collect the particles afterwards. That, I think, is a wonderful concept but I'm not an expert on magnetism. I don't know how strong magnets you'd need to be able to do that. But, ultimately, that would be the most wonderful thing wouldn't it? That you disperse these in harbour and then you drag a magnet through and all the particles with radioactivity just get taken onto your magnet.
Graihagh - Once you managed to get these soluble species out of the water column, out of whatever's contaminated, what happens next to that because I imagine you don't really want that kicking around for much longer either out in the open?
Joe - Exactly. The traditional route is to put it in a steel drum and put it in a lot of cement. The cement will both give you a non-soluble barrier if you like, plus it's in a steel drum, so that's considered one method of long term storage. The downside of that is you've increased the volume of your waste now because - I don't know the exact ratio - but it might be one part zeolite to ten parts cement. So you've multiplied up the amount of waste you have to worry about for the longer term.
Another thing you can think about is to thermally break down your material into something that's got a higher density, so there's less of it that better chemically bonds the species within it. We also have projects involved in making materials that we know, in a one step thermal process, will go straight from an iron exchange that will take things out of water into a very dense ceramic waste form, which can then be put straight into storage. So rather than increasing the volume by putting it in cement, you decrease the volume by thermally collapsing it into more dense material.
Graihagh - Because I suppose, ultimately, you still have a waste produce that you still need to bury? How far away are perhaps from creating something that we could just dump in landfill rather than having to find these storage facilities?
Joe - I think you're always going to need special storage facilities for those materials that have been used to take up caesium and strontium. The radionuclides themselves have about a 30 year half life, so the half life is the time it takes for the radioactivity to decrease by half. You want something that you're going to be able to store safely until it really decays down to a low level, so you may be looking at being about to store it for 500 or 1,000 years. You won't want to do that in your normal landfill so there has to be some sort of safe storage for that sort of timescale and that gets into the area of what's usually called a geological disposal facility (GDF). That's something that the UK is still debating I think.
Graihagh - Lynne and Joe have these materials - this xeolite and this hydroxyapatite, and they worked well in theory. But that's not good enough, you need to be able to demonstrate it works in a real emergency. They had been working with Japanese institutions as part of their funding with the BBSRC, and that was for 10 years or so. But then Fukushima happened and it gave Lynne and Joe an opportunity to put their money where their mouth was. Here's Lynne again…
Lynne - Well we all saw what happened on the TV and we were all horrified by it. So there was a tsunami, there was an immediate problem with contamination, and the problem with contamination is continuing. The Japanese engineers, as I understand it, have built a wall of ice around the plant to stop water going back and forwards but there is an enduring problem of residual contamination including around the plant and also in the harbour water.
Graihagh - And what were the elements of concern?
Lynne - Mainly caesium and strontium, which have half lives of about 29 years. So left to their own devices, they would decay away to low levels but, obviously, it would take a long time to decay to safe levels and they need to be treated if they possibly can.
Graihagh - And that's where Lynne and her team came in…
Lynne - Well, my colleague, Stephanie Handley, went out to Japan to try to develop the technology out there in the laboratories. For practical reasons it was quite difficult to actually get access to the site, to the actual seawater, so we did some tests with some Japanese seawater away from the actual site but in that general region. We put our own source of strontium in there that wasn't radioactive so it was perfectly safe to handle and I did the tests with that. It was a surrogate system basically.
Graihagh - They needed to be able to show that their hydroxyapatite worked in this particular water, not the sterile water they'd been using in the lab, but salty Japanese seawater. Now, interestingly, hydroxyapatite is found on the commercial market already. What's different about Lynne's is that it's made by microbes, a biological process. All the other stuff is made in a very different way via chemical reactions. Surprisingly though, Lynne's worked and the commercially available stuff didn't. Nature just does it better. Lynne doesn't know why and this is something she's still investigating...
Lynne - The biological preparation has got some feature about it that makes it better able to perform in seawater.
Graihagh - Did that then enable you to help with the clear-up at Fukushima?
Lynne - Work is still ongoing, obviously. Having done these preliminary tests, we're now making a report back to the sponsors. We also did some work on some groundwater contaminating underneath a European nuclear facility, which is quite heavily contaminated with strontium, and the biological material removed that. That was real radioactive strontium 90 from a real groundwater that was contaminated and that was cleaned up as well, and the residual radioactivity was down to background levels. So we're very pleased with the outcome of this particular project because it's shown there's certainly feasibility there for future cleanup.
Graihagh - It sounds very promising.
Lynne - It's very promising indeed, and we're well pleased with it. We're continuing to work with the Japanese team, obviously, to see if we can take it forward now because the next step is to make more quantities of the material and actually get it out there for real life testing in the field.
Graihagh - Wow, okay. And when do you think that might happen?
Lynne - Certainly over the next few years. Obviously, a problem like this is not going to go away, but it needs to be cleaned up as quickly as possible.
Graihagh - So now that we have these tools, your hydroxyapatite and Joe's zeolite as well, do you think that's enough to assure people to move forward as we head in a possibly nuclear directions?
Lynne - I hope so, I hope so. Because obviously now, end of life of a reactor and cleaning up and decommissioning are very much in the forefront of people's thinking. You can't just walk away at the end, you have to factor in the costs of decommissioning and so every technology that's available enables people to make predictions as to the likely scale of the cleanup problem and the cost at the end of the reactor's life.
Graihagh - And Joe agrees these materials could help nuclear power become less of a daunting prospect because you can clean up accidents, but also get rid of all this legacy waste…
Joe - Yeah, I think so. I think if you can give an honest and realistic assessment that should there be another accident like Fukushima you are better prepared. That helps to reassure people. In terms of nuclear power that is, of course, one of the real worries that radionuclides get into the environment, might get into the food chain, cause cancers down the road, that sort of thing. It's realistic for people to think about that, but the more we can do in advance to mitigate those effects, I think that's an important aspect of new nuclear build and reassuring the population and reassuring ourselves that we are doing things that will help prevent problems should there be another accident.
Graihagh - Ultimately, we wouldn't want an accident in the first place, but here your technology has some other implications in terms of decommissioning and closing down power plants?
Joe - Yes. Whenever a power plant is closed down you have storage ponds, you have contaminated plant, etc., that you have to decommission. And again, one of the aspects of that will be to potentially wash the material and wash the radionuclides off, or to clean up all the water, etc., and, again, you can deploy our materials for that. The other aspect as well should it be something like a terrorist dirty bomb, our materials are there ready to be deployed should there be something like that, I think, is another important aspect. In fact, the first co-funded project that Lynne and I had was aimed very much at that. Could we make a very portable system that could be deployed should there be a dirty bomb and you have a relatively small area contaminated, which you want to quickly decommission and then get rid of the radionuclides? What you'd like is to be able to say we've got materials that you can deploy here on a mobile plant.
Graihagh - I would like to hope it would never come to having to clean up after a dirty bomb, but a portable decontaminating machine - my brain is imagining a fire truck except instead of blasting water, it would blast out zeolite and hydroxyapatite…
Joe - I think that we're aiming to make a real impact. As a scientist, it's wonderful to do basic research and to take knowledge forward and to make new materials, but it's also really rewarding to think I'm actually doing something that's going to help in a very important problem. I think cleaning up nuclear waste, and legacy waste, and being prepared for accident prevention is putting something back into society for my training. And every scientist, to greater or lesser extent, feels they want to do something that can help society.
Lynne - But, at the same time, obviously I'm very sorry that the testing of this technology has come about as a result of unhappy situations that have, obviously, affected a lot of people adversely. But, if it hadn't been for the opportunity to test it then it would have sat on the shelf untested and then if it were needed one day in another circumstance, we wouldn't be so confident because we wouldn't have had the chance to develop it to the stage where it is.
Graihagh - A bit of a double-edged sword then. It's amazing to think that a microbe could solve one of the fundamental concerns with nuclear power - the risk of an accident. Because, as we move forward, we need low carbon energy sources that we can rely on come wind or shine and that means as we build more nuclear facilities, the risk of an accident goes up. Admittedly, there's still work to be done to prove that Lynne and Joe's materials work outside the lab, and we probably need a larger arsenal of tools so that they work in all conditions, whether that's water that's acidic or alkaline, or even salty. But, is it enough to put us at ease when building new nuclear power plants? I guess that's for you to decide.
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In this database you find the engineering degree programmes at First Cycle (Bachelor), Second Cycle (Master) and Second Cycle Integrated (Master) which have been awarded the EUR-ACE® label by ENAEE Authorized Agencies. EUR-ACE Label certificates are valid only if the degree programmes which are listed on them are listed also in this database.
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AEER Belgorod State National Research University Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет Exploration and Prospecting of Underground Waters and Engineering Geological Survey Engineer SCD integrated 16/12/2020 until 15/12/2025 Russian Federation Белгород
AEER Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov Белгородский государственный технологический университет им. В.Г. Шухова Nanosystems in Building Materials Science Master of Engineering SCD 22/12/2015 until 22/12/2020 Russian Federation Белгород
ASIIN Berlin University of Applied Sciences Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin Environment Engineering Bachelor of Science FCD 27/06/2008 until 30/09/2013 Germany Berlin
ASIIN Berlin University of Applied Sciences Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin Environment Engineering Master of Science SCD 27/06/2008 until 30/09/2013 Germany Berlin
ASIIN Bern University of Applied Sciences Berner Fachhochschule Technik und Informatik Automobile Engineering Bachelor of Science FCD 28/03/2008 until 30/09/2013 Switzerland Biel
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ASIIN Bern University of Applied Sciences Berner Fachhochschule Technik und Informatik Microengineering Bachelor of Science FCD 28/03/2008 until 30/09/2013 Switzerland Biel
KAUT Bialystok Technical University Politechnika Bialostocka Electrical Engineering Master of Science SCD 15/06/2018 until 14/06/2023 Poland Bialystok
KAUT Bialystok Technical University Politechnika Bialostocka computer science Bachelor of Science FCD 25/01/2019 until 24/01/2024 Poland Bialystok
KAUT Bialystok Technical University Politechnika Bialostocka Managment and Production Engineering Bachelor of Science FCD 25/01/2019 until 24/01/2024 Poland Bialystok
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First pictures of toddler who fell to her death from cruise ship after grandad dropped her
The toddler who fell to her death after slipping out of her grandfather's arms on a cruise ship which was docked in Puerto Rico has been identified.
Chloe Wiegand from Indiana plunged 150 feet from the Royal Caribbean vessel in San Juan on Sunday afternoon.
The 18-month-old is believed to have slipped from her maternal grandfather Salvatore Anello's arms by a window on the 11th deck of the Freedom of the Seas ship.
There is a pool, spa, fitness center and bars and cafes on the 11th deck.
Horrified passengers said they had heard a 'cry of pain' from the girl's mother, Kimberley Schultz Wiegand.
'[We heard] the screams of the families because we were close,' a nearby passenger told .
'I looked because of the mother's cry. That tonality, a scream of pain of that nature, does not compare with any other scream.'
The girl had a hard landing on the concrete of the Pan American dock in San Juan, and died in hospital shortly afterwards.
Chloe and her extended family from Indiana were vacationing together aboard the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship, operated by the Royal Caribbean cruise line.
Both her sets of grandparents, her parents and her younger brother were on board the ship at the time.
The child's father has been identified as South Bend police officer Alan Wiegand.
The South Bend Police Department in Indiana said in a statement: 'The South Bend Police Department offers its sincerest condolences to Officer Alan Wiegand and his family during this difficult time following the tragic loss of their child while in Puerto Rico. The department asks the community to pray for the entire Wiegand family as they grieve and to respect their privacy.'
The police chief Scott Ruszkowski disputed the statement issued by Puerto Rico police that the girl was being held out of an 11th floor window.
Police Sgt Nelson Sotelo told The Associated Press that the family of the child will remain in the US territory until the investigation is complete.
'They're in shock,' he said.
Department of Public Security official Elmer Román said the grandfather was playing a game with the child when she slipped from his arms.
The homicide division was investigating the death, he said.
'It has not been possible to interview the family,' he said, adding that they were being provided with medical and spiritual support.
reported the grandfather was holding the child when he slipped and fell into the window, and the child then fell from his arms to her death.
The call to authorities came in reporting the child's fatal drop at 4.27pm Atlantic Standard Time, according to .
A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. told DailyMail.com: 'We are assisting local authorities in San Juan, PR as they make inquiries after an incident aboard Freedom of the Seas earlier today.
'We do not have further information to share at this point.'
Security camera footage from the ship has been requested by Prosecutor Ivette Nieves, who was conducting interviews with the passengers who observed the tragic fall.
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The Patricia Neal Story: An Act of Love (1981)
After finishing her first day of filming on John Ford's 7 Women (1966), Patricia Neal returned home to resume her more routine daily chores. Later that night, while bathing her daughter, she was struck down by a series of strokes that left her in coma lasting three weeks. When she regained consciousness, she was paralysed on her right side, blind in one eye, and barely able to walk or talk.
Illustrating how difficult her recovery would be, this biopic utilises the neurosurgeon's discussions with her husband, Roald Dahl, to clinically explain what causes a stroke and the dire future that lay ahead for survivors. Rather than resign himself to conventional treatment, Dahl put his wife through many trials of the unexpected, as friends, villagers and the RAF(!) provide constant, and at times relentless, therapy.
Provided with a role that is tailored to impress, Glenda Jackson doesn't disappoint. Though she captures Neal's distinctive husky voice before the stroke, it is the grunts and groans of frustration that best sum up the actress' resilience. Dirk Bogarde provides solid support as Roald Dahl in an ambiguously written role. Though the tough love approach (slapping Neal's face, insisting she pronounce words correctly) does reap rewards, it is Dahl's repeated utterances of his need for his wife to recover that make one question the author's motives.
Perhaps the subtitle of this biopic (which was the title for its airing on British TV) was adopted to reassure viewers that Dahl didn't just miss Neal's help with the routine daily chores.
as Patricia Neal
James Hayden
as Martin Sheen
John Dorrin
as Jack Albertson
as Rock Hudson
In a concurrent issue of TV Guide, Barry Farrell (portrayed by John Reilly) referred the Dahl's insisting that pages and paragraphs of "drinking bouts, love affairs, follies and trespasses… all the good stuff" be edited out of the manuscript of his book 'Pat and Roald', on which this biopic is based.
"I think it showed Mr Dahl a little kinder and more patient than I think I remember him to be."
Eura Neal (Patricia's mother)
Biopic opens with the first day of filming on 7 Women and concludes with a scene recreation from Patricia Neal's comeback film, The Subject Was Roses.
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2021 YouTube AdBlitz awards: The top 5 most-viewed Big Game ads
https://admeter.usatoday.com/2021/02/15/2021-youtube-adblitz-awards-the-top-5-most-viewed-big-game-ads/
February 15, 2021 3:56 pm ET
In a year with so many questions surrounding the Big Game—including if there was even going to be one—the creative efforts behind the commercials were impressive and certainly worthy of a standing ovation.
Whether the ad appeared before, during or after the game, the audience was entertained with a flux of first-time advertisers, A-List celebs, levity, spot-on comedy, and powerful stories. All of it combined to create a memorable Super Bowl Commercial Season.
And the most prominent spots on the biggest stage didn't stop gaining attention after Super Bowl 55 had ended, either. Many of the commercials currently have view counts that soared this past week, with many topping the 10 million mark.
As we wrap up our commercial rewatch party with AdBlitz, a YouTube exclusive, let's take a final look at the five most-viewed Big Game ads for 2021.
5. Old Spice: "Winner"
Old Spice hit it big (without spending "in-game big") in this commercial that ran leading up to Super Bowl 55. Always a contender for creating fun concepts, the funny transformation during the 60-second spot has been a hit, reaching the rare view-count company in AdBlitz's top five.
See the current AdBlitz view count here
4. T-Mobile: "Rockstar 5G"
The communication breakdown between Adam Lavine and Gwen Stefani in this hilarious T-Mobile spot comes in at No. 4 on the list. The ad successfully delivered on the punchline with Blake Shelton's help, and the humorous twist has continued to shine with a steadily rising view count on AdBlitz.
3. Honey: "@MrBeast's Mom Challenge"
Another commercial that skipped the national, in-game buy but still managed to make a digital impact, this spot from online browser add-on Honey skyrocketed to No. 3 in AdBlitz's final view-count rankings. The 45-seconds of fast-talking (thanks to YouTube personality, MrBeast) has kept up with some of the larger brands in the advertiser lineup in 2021, which is an impressive achievement.
2. T-Mobile: "The GOAT in 5G"
T-Mobile's greatest achievement this year was the "one that didn't make it into Super Bowl 55." Although Verizon's partnership with the NFL doesn't really make this as controversial as some might perceive, give credit to T-Mobile for taking the (probably well-understood) snub and making it work in their favor.
1. Amazon: "Alexa's Body"
Michael B. Jordan and a supporting cast of solid characters took Amazon's latest Super Bowl spot to feature Alexa and hit view-count gold. The current total is more than spots No. 3 and No. 2 combined, and it's still rising.
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Covington, Coline
Shrinking the News
By: Covington, Coline, Coline Covington
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Shrinking the News brings together Coline Covington's wide range of articles from her regular column in the online newspaper, The Week. The articles cover current events from October 2008 until December 2010, concluding with more recent articles from 2013.These articles form a fascinating psychoanalytic insight on crime, politics, the economy, sports and stardom, and the quirky, bizarre events and trends that make up our daily life. The widespread popularity of these articles is a testimony to the public's interest in a psychoanalytic view of the world around us and why people do the things they do.
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In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, nearly every American house and apartment building flew the national flag, and US foreign policy became in some respects as nationalistic and isolationist as it had during the McCarthy era. This was the first attack that the US had suffered on home soil since Pearl Harbor, and Americans felt more vulnerable than ever before.
This vulnerability was only exacerbated by the fact that capturing Osama bin Laden and conquering the forces of al-Qaeda were simply not happening the way they were meant to.
In the past weeks, we have witnessed an even greater attack on the US in the form of the collapse of its financial markets. What were once considered "safe-as-houses" investments are now suddenly in the high-risk category. Humpty-Dumpty has indeed had a great fall.
As a result, the US is suffering from narcissistic shell-shock. When the over-confident individual suffers a life blow that is beyond his control, his first response is usually to attempt to regain an illusion of control by blaming the "other", whomever that "other" might be. Then, as a consequence of projecting blame onto others, the individual becomes paranoid about anything "other" or foreign, and this in turn can be used to justify further attacks. Finally, he retrenches into the stronghold of narcissistic behaviour and its promise of safety in power.
2 - The Danger of a Banker with a Power Complex
The "do-something" culture of the financial world is ill-equipped to deal with panic
There is no petrol in the state of Tennessee. And for the first time in four years, the Dow Jones has fallen below the critical 10,000 mark. In London, too, shares fell yesterday to a four-year low. In short, panic has set in with the result that people are buying feverishly or not at all.
Our word "panic" comes from the Greek god Pan, the herdsman, who was famous for being able to inspire fear and disorder among people. The Olympian victory over the assault of the Titans was attributed to Pan's power to create a "panic". Whoever falls under the spell of a "panic" is in serious trouble.
The collapse of the financial markets has created a worldwide panic with inevitable repercussions. Even those who may be relatively untouched by what is going on have cause to worry. Individuals and institutions express their panic in one of two ways, with strikingly similar effects. There is the lemming-like behaviour in which, pressed to survive, the individual will carry on regardless of the circumstances, continuing to be active until he has actually jumped off the cliff into the icy waters to reach the other side. A perilous decision but one that is, ironically, in keeping with the way many financial institutions are run. In retrospect, Lehman Brothers' plummet seems to fall into just this kind of category.
3 - Frieze Art Fair: Artistic or Autistic?
Symptoms of autism among the Frieze artworks
Entering the huge Frieze Art Fair pavilion in Regent's Park, you hear the sound of trickling water, an installation by Pavel Bucher. This is the first clue that nature and the environment are going to feature as a noticeable theme this year. But what is surprising is the particular way in which the environment is perceived and portrayed.
There are numerous examples of actual environments that have been re-assembled into art installations. The most striking is the Icelandic exhibit of an art bar, Sirkus, taken lock, stock, and barrel from Reykjavik by the gallery Kling and Bang and re-assembled next to the Caprice food concession.
Sirkus is a bar run by artists that opened in 1987 and recently closed. The structure and its contents, including barman and performance artists, have been faithfully re-created, and there is a long queue of fair-goers waiting to go in. The gallery claims that it has managed to create the environment of the original bar but in a different context. Nevertheless, this bar is for sale at £350,000, not including transport or VAT.
4 - The New Feminism: How Michelle Obama is Changing the Rules
Michelle Obama is a feminist success story: she is mother of two, she's graduated from two of the most prestigious universities in the US (Princeton and Harvard) and practises as a lawyer, she's a loyal, supportive wife who is also her husband's best advisor and critic, she speaks her mind and has moved the nation with her convention speech, and she is never away from home more than two nights running.
Even her wardrobe smacks of style and sense, preferring the relatively affordable chic of young American designers to haute couture—a political statement that is not lost on young American voters.
She is also African-American and her experience of racism—more than sexism—is undoubtedly an important link between her and her husband and their shared vision of a plural society.
She has been compared with Jackie Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and Cherie Blaire, and yet there is something unmistakably different about her from any of her predecessors or European counterparts. She represents, particularly for the generation of young women in their twenties and thirties in the US who are starting careers and families, a role model that we have never seen before in the political arena.
5 - For Glamour Models, Sex is in the Eye of the Camera
Girls these days, according to writer Natasha Walter, are no longer looking for love. Casual sex is cool. As one sixth-form girl bragged, "I don't have boyfriends. I have sex with men, but I wouldn't call them boyfriends." Natasha Walter has put her finger on the pulse in her new book, Living Dolls, to be published next month.
What is being heralded as the new feminism by some young women—being as free as men have been in the past to be promiscuous without social stigma—is being seen by others as simply a form of sexism that denigrates women under the guise of political correctness. In other words, what men can do, women can do. Fair is fair. But is the new promiscuity amongst young women really about sex or is it a lust for fame?
Leading the trend at the hard end are the glamour models. These are young women who pose semi-naked for men's magazines, fashion shows, sports events, corporate events, television chat shows, and the list goes on. They typically start their careers on the internet, posting suggestive photographs of themselves and citing talents in acting or music.
6 - Financial Failure is Simply the Final, Fatal Blow
Insurmountable anger, not losing millions, is often the determining factor in suicide cases linked to debt
How many more victims of the financial crisis will there be? The US, the UK, Japan, India, and Egypt have all reported growing concern over suicides linked to debt. They are wise to be worried: in Japan, the suicide rate increased by thirty-four per cent during the 1998 financial crisis.
On the face of it, it is hardly surprising that a sudden downturn in an individual's finances can precipitate depression and, in certain cases, suicide. But what is most striking about many of the suicides reported here and in the US in the last few months is their extreme rage. Men who have lost their fortunes kill themselves and sometimes their families as well; wives kill themselves when their husbands lose everything; men and women kill themselves as their houses are repossessed.
These suicides may appear to be fuelled by despair, helplessness, shame, and, in some cases, guilt, but in many cases the suicide note reveals overwhelming anger. One woman, facing foreclosure on her house, wrote to the mortgage company: "You have failed to protect me. You have broken your promise. You have destroyed my life."
7 - Don't Bank on the Buffalo: Why we Need to Adapt or Die
The need for people to reinvent themselves has never been so great. But can we do it?
A patient of mine—an ex-banker—recently professed that he didn't know who to be any more because his long-term vision of being a successful, rich, powerful banker was no longer possible. He is not alone: many of his peers are having an identity crisis.
Gone are the days when it was possible to make it rich with a click of the fingers and when bonuses alone were enough for families of five to live on for years—the ideal many recent city recruits were striving for. Now, not only have the pots of gold gone into negative equity, but the phones barely ring any more. What do you do when the conditions for a form of "success", for example making money, cease to exist? What happens to a culture?
In Radical Hope, a fascinating study of the demise of the Native American Crow tribe's way of life, Jonathan Lear examines what it takes to keep hope for the future alive. At the age of nine, the last great Crow chief, Plenty Coups, had a dream that there would be no more buffalo and that his people would fall to the ground and nothing more would happen.
8 - How can an Oxbridge Bishop Deny the Holocaust?
Bishop Williamson's Holocaust denial is a defence strategy whose target is his own weaknesses
Bishop Richard Williamson, averting his eyes from his interviewer, solemnly claimed: "I believe there were no gas chambers."
How can a Cambridge-educated Bishop, conversant with the ways of the world, deny that Jews were killed in gas chambers during the Holocaust?
Bishop Richard Williamson, ex-communicated along with three other Roman Catholic bishops twenty years ago for belonging to the ultra-conservative Society of St Pius X, which challenged the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council, did just this in an interview on Swedish television last month.
He also reduced the figure of six million Jews killed in the camps to "at most 300,000". It takes only a small amount of research to find out where the Bishop got his "facts" from—countless fringe historians offer alternative Holocaust accounts on the internet. But what is puzzling is why a man in such a position would give precedence to these "facts" when the overwhelming evidence tells a very different story.
9 - Roman Abramovich and Chelsea: It's All Dad's Fault
The Chelsea owner appears to be motivated in business dealings by feelings of abandonment
Another Chelsea Football manager bites the dust under the reign of Roman Abramovich. First, there was Claudio Ranieri, then Jose Mourinho, then Avram Grant, and now Luiz Felipe Scolari, each of them an expensive mistake.
The Russian billionaire has spent roughly £600 million on Chelsea since he acquired it in 2003. Why is he pouring all this money into a football club—and why can't any of the managers get it right, at least in the eyes of Abramovich?
His other spending habits—building an art collection with works by Bacon, Freud, and Giacometti, and helping his twenty-six-year-old girlfriend Dasha Zhukova open her contemporary art gallery in Moscow—suggest a midlife crisis. Or is there something more complex going on?
A snapshot biography of Abramovich reveals that his mother died when he was one and his father was killed when he was three. Terrible losses for a small child to endure.
He was then taken care of by two uncles and his grandmother in various households, not doing particularly well in school but finding his feet as an entrepreneur when he married his first wife, Olga, in 1987 and invested her parents' wedding present in black-market goods. This investment tripled in value.
10 - Why Tzipi Livni Craved the Danger of a Spy's Double Life
The Israeli prime ministerial wannabe saw parallels with the double lives her parents led
Working for Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, was like "living constantly in two worlds". These were Tzipi Livni's words to describe her life as a twenty-two-year-old working undercover in a chic quarter of Paris in the early 1980s at the height of Israel's war with Lebanon.
In an interview circulated last week by Yediot Aharanot, originally published in a censored version fourteen years ago, Livni explains, "You're loaded up all the time with adrenaline. Most of the time I was doing strange things normal people never do. I lost all my spontaneity. You must be focused and calculated all the time. Even when I went to the newsagent I would check to see if I had a tail."
Livni only lasted a few years in Mossad before she left in 1984, when she married and launched her dazzling career in politics. Now aged fifty, negotiating to form a coalition that would make her Israel's first female prime minister since Golda Meir, her patriotic past with Mossad has been conveniently revisited in what looks like an effort to boost her reputation.
11 - Why Josef Fritzl Thought Rape was a "Lovely Idea"
By keeping his daughter in a dungeon, Fritzl was exercising the control denied to him by his mother
"Light out. Rape. Light on. Mould. Rape. In front of the children. The Uncertainty. Birth. Death. Rape." This is the mantra that kept Elisabeth Fritzl sane for twenty-four years locked up in her father's cellar.
Above ground, everything seemed normal. Below ground, it was a horror story. At the opening of Josef Fritzl's trial this week, Christiane Burkheiser, the state prosecutor, passed around a shoebox to the jury containing objects taken from the cellar. Whatever was in the shoebox, the jurors reacted with disgust.
There is a curious symmetry about Josef Fritzl's two families. Fritzl lived upstairs with his wife, Rosemarie, where they had raised seven children and subsequently adopted three grandchildren. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to his family upstairs, Fritzl also lived downstairs in the cellar with his daughter, Elisabeth, where she gave birth to seven children after being raped continuously by her father.
12 - How Jade Goody Became the New Princess Diana
The victimhood and very public deaths of Jade Goody and the People's Princess have much in common
Jade Goody and Princess Diana had much in common, not least the psychological roots of their stratospheric popularity. Like Jade, Diana was portrayed as a victim of the press, right up to the ravening presence of the paparazzi at her moment of death. Like Jade, Diana portrayed herself as a victim, in Diana's case of the royal family.
The story line is archetypal: the heroine sins, repents by claiming she was a victim of her circumstances, and attains love through her suffering. It is the universal story of the innocent woman who has been tainted by external forces and redeems herself through sacrifice—ultimately through death. She is the willing scapegoat, or in Goody's words, "escape goat", who sacrifices herself to purify the sins of others and to maintain the established order. This is the masochist's revenge against a world that has caused her harm.
This is something that that master of popular psychology, Max Clifford, had acutely realised. Under his tutelage, Jade managed to transform herself from a figure of scandal and ridicule to an icon of heroic suffering. Clifford told us how Jade came to him for help when her career was at rock bottom: "I knew her well enough to know that she was more sinned against than sinning."
13 - Nicholas Hughes was Killed by Sylvia Plath, his Envious Mother
Tortured by the ghost of his envious mother, Nicholas Hughes's suicide was inevitable
Nicholas Hughes had a nightmare start in life. His mother, Sylvia Plath, had a history of fighting her own inner demons that must have made it especially difficult for her to be there in her mind for her two children, Frieda and Nicholas—born a year apart.
Her husband, Ted Hughes, separated from Sylvia before Nicholas's first birthday, and only months later Sylvia committed suicide. As a small infant, Nicholas would have been extremely sensitive to his mother's depression, and this would leave an indelible fault line in his own personality. Forty-six years after his mother committed suicide, Nicholas has followed suit by hanging himself at his home in Alaska.
Children whose parents have committed suicide—at no matter what age—tend to feel not only responsible for their parents' depression and ultimate suicide, but also profoundly rejected by them.
In short, the parent who kills herself is perceived by the child as not loving him enough to want to live. Any close relationships that might arise subsequently are fraught with trauma, insecurity, and dread.
14 - Inside this Head: How Paranoia Turned Phil Spector into a Killer
The term "paranoia" originates from the Greek meaning madness or disorder of the mind. It is a chronic psychosis that is characterised by systems of delusion that nevertheless leave the intellect functioning. Most typically, the paranoid personality suffers from delusions of persecution. Throughout Phil Spector's arrest and subsequent trials for murder, he has insisted on his innocence, claiming that Lana Clarkson committed suicide because her career was at rock bottom.
Spector then went a step further, expressing his fury that Clarkson had done this to him. A transcript of Spector's statement at the time of his arrest records him describing Clarkson as "a piece of shit. And I don't know what her fucking problem was, but she certainly had no right to come to my fucking castle, blow her fucking head and (indecipherable) a murder." During his trial, Spector was shown photographs of Clarkson's blasted head and looked off into the distance, absorbed in himself, without showing any feeling.
The prosecutor in Phil Spector's retrial described him as a "very dangerous man who had a history of playing Russian roulette with women". Five women who had dated Spector—going back to the 1970s—testified that he had pulled weapons on them when they had refused his advances. Ronnie Spector, Phil's first wife until 1972, claimed that he threatened to kill her if she ever left him. John Lennon and Leonard Cohen, both produced by Spector, also had guns drawn on them.
15 - Why Britain's Got Talent's Susan Boyle Makes People Weep
Unassuming yet quietly confident, the astonishing rise by the Scottish singing spinster is a tale of two egos
Several patients—both women and men—have told me about the moving success story of [Britain's Got Talent singer] Susan Boyle with tears pouring down their cheeks. As one patient put it: "I've spent most of my life trying to be so good, to do the right thing, to be perfect and it's been such a waste of time, a waste of life. Susan Boyle has broken through all that stuff and has gone ahead and done what she's wanted to do. She doesn't have to be somebody she's not."
Max Clifford, the publicist, points out that the "magical moments which we as a nation love" are those that challenge our assumptions and prejudices. Boyle has challenged the stereotype of what it takes to be a successful woman—Cinderella has not been transformed into a Princess, she has been a Princess all along, but without the material trappings of one.
"I dreamed a dream in time gone by, when hope was high and life worth living." These are the opening—and extraordinarily apt—lyrics of Susan Boyle's astonishing and unexpected rave performance last week on Britain's Got Talent. A dumpy, forty-seven-year-old single Scottish woman, Boyle is the epitome of the old maid who has long gone past her sell-by date. She lives alone with her cat, Pebbles, openly professes that she has never been kissed, is unemployed, and has spent most of her adult life doing charitable work and, more recently, caring for her mother, who died in 2007.
16 - Torturing Terrorists is Bad for your Health
The pain suffered by individuals and states when they use "enhanced interrogation techniques"
A patient of mine, in a fit of rage, cried out, "Two can play at this game. I'm going to torture my brother just like he has tortured me all these years. I've been terrified of him and if I don't fight back, he'll wipe me out. It's the only way to stop him!" There was a depressed silence and he then said, "The only thing that stops me is that I know if I did this, he would just hit back even harder. It wouldn't stop him—in fact, it's exactly what he wants me to do so the game will go on forever—we'll forever be locked in battle. It's like a terminal bond. And at the end of the day, I would hate myself even more than I hate him. I'd be no different than him. He'd really win then."
What my patient said encapsulates much of the dynamics of the torturer and the tortured. My patient has for many years been terrorised by a psychopathic brother who has been intent on destroying him. He has felt helpless, frightened, and trapped. He has also felt murderous.
17 - The Psychological Trauma behind Surrogate Pregnancies
Why Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick opted for a surrogate pregnancy
Life imitates fiction. What is more appropriate than Sarah Jessica Parker, star of Sex and the City, having twins via a surrogate mother with her actor husband, Matthew Broderick?
The women in Sex and the City want all the things that men want—and more. They want to be rich and powerful, free in their sexual relations, able to have babies and carry on as if nothing has happened, and believe that anything is possible if there is enough money to pay for it.
The reality is that it doesn't work like that. Even with surrogate motherhood, an increasingly popular solution to infertility or the incapacity to have a baby, there are psychological hazards beneath the surface.
While Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, who already have a six-year-old son but have been unable to conceive since, are not imitations of the characters in Sex and the City, their announcement that they have employed a surrogate mother, due to give birth this summer, raises questions not only about morality but about the psychology of prospective parents who choose this option. The baby represents a magical phallus that can be created at will without effort.
18 - Farrah Fawcett in Denial as she Films Cancer Battle
There can be no happy ending to Farrah's Story, despite the Charlie's Angel actress's attempts to transform her death by documenting her suffering
Ryan O'Neal turns to Farrah Fawcett, lying emaciated on her death bed, and says, "We did very well last night." She says, "What were the numbers?" They are not talking about a re-make of Love Story, this is Farrah's Story, the ninety-minute documentary aired on NBC last week of Fawcett's fight against cancer—a fight she is losing rapidly. Fawcett's showbiz joke about ratings has a double edge in this case as it is undoubtedly her final performance. And the on-again/off-again love affair between O'Neal and Fawcett has never been stronger.
Fawcett, now aged sixty-two, discovered she had cancer of the bowel in 2006 and has been fighting ever since. After chemotherapy failed, she was told by her doctors that she would have to undergo major surgery and that she would be required to wear a permanent colostomy bag. Instead of following her doctors' advice, Fawcett turned to two German specialists who offered her a "less drastic" treatment called chemoembolisation—chemicals injected directly into the affected organs—at a cost of £3,500 a session. After a cocktail of further vitamins and chemical treatment, Fawcett was assured she was cured, and the doctors claimed it was "a miracle". The truth was painfully revealed a few weeks later when Fawcett's scan showed that the cancer had spread to her liver.
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Harris Wofford to Introduce Aaron Williams at Senate Hearing on the next Peace Corps Director
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Former Senator Harris Wofford, a key architect of the Peace Corps in the days of Sarge Shriver, will introduce Aaron William (Dominican Republic 1967-70) to be the next Director of the Peace Corps this Wednesday afternoon in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The Hearing will be held at 2:30 PM in Room 419. Senator Chris Dodd (Dominican Republic 1966-68) will preside over the Hearing.
Wofford, who was the CD in Ethiopia (1962-64), then worked in Peace Corps Washington before becoming the founding president of SUNY Old Westbury. From 1970 to 1978 he was president of Bryn Mawr College. Later Wofford chaired the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, and in 1991 he became the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania since 1962.
During most of the Clinton years, Harris headed the Corporation for National Service. An early supporter of President Obama, Wofford campaigned for Obama in Pennsylvania, and introduced Obama at the historic address given by Obama on race relations after Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. comments.
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Theses - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering - Master's degree
A low cost, DC-coupled active vibration isolation system
Miu, Kevin Kar-Leung
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
David L. Trumper.
In this thesis, I designed and implemented an isolation system that interfaces with traditional air mounts for improved force disturbance rejection relative to passive optical tables.Force disturbance rejection and position alignment are two major functional requirements of vibration isolation systems. With conventional passive isolation systems, a tradeoff exists between improving force disturbance rejection maintaining ground vibration isolation. Commercial active isolators address such a tradeoff through the use of inertial sensors, but the AC-coupled nature of the sensors leads to an inconvenient low frequency response. By referencing a payload stiffly to a softly suspended proof mass, both of the aforementioned functional requirements can be resolved while maintaining ground disturbance isolation performance. Philips Applied Technologies originally developed the concept, named Advanced Isolation ModuleS (AIMS).The AIMS system uses a relative displacement measurement between a payload which is to be isolated from vibrations and a proof mass as feedback. The displacement sensor allows the inertial measurement to be DC-coupled. The objective of this research is to find a relatively low-cost approach for the AIMS concept.A 1-DOF active vibration isolation system based on closed loop control utilizing the DC-coupled inertial measurement as feedback was retrofitted onto an optical table. The coil of a commercial geophone was used as the proof mass, as the geophone provides a relatively inexpensive, low frequency suspension. Error budgeting was performed on the system to estimate and improve payload acceleration noise levels. The results yielded a system bandwidth of 30 Hz and a total system acceleration la value of approximately 1 mm/s².
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LWF & United Evangelical Mission
"Covenant of life"
Statement of commitment of the Asian church leadership consultation on HIV/AIDS
Batam Island, Indonesia
I. PREAMBLE
More than 80 representatives of Asian church leadership related to the Lutheran World Federation and the United Evangelical Mission gathered at Batam Island, Indonesia for a regional consultation on HIV/AIDS. They included bishops, presidents, lay, women and youth leaders, women living with HIV/AIDS, ecumenical guests from Indonesia, a bishop from Africa and youth representatives from Africa and Latin America, medical experts and other resource persons. For the first time, Asian church leaders gathered to openly and solely discuss and express emerging and alarming concerns on the pandemic.
The four-day gathering with presentations of experts, deliberations, discussions, testimonies of those positively living with HIV/AIDS both in our consultation and during our visit, sharing of experiences, Bible studies, worship and prayers, made us realize the possible role of the churches in addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic. We were confronted with our own prejudices, lack of knowledge and experience with survivors of HIV/AIDS that opened our eyes and challenged our present practice of being church. We confess our failure in the past to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
These experiences have led us to profess a covenant of life that encompasses theology, biblical ethics, pastoral care, mission and diakonia, religious and socio-cultural barriers, education and prevention, economic globalization, and cooperation and networking. Indeed, HIV/AIDS is not only a health problem but it also encompasses spiritual, socio-politico-economic issues and challenges.
II. "COVENANT OF LIFE" - STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT
Mission and Diakonia
We commit ourselves as part of the body of Christ to make HIV/AIDS a priority in our mission and diakonia through formulation and implementation of a policy that empowers local congregations and communities to:
Conceptualize and develop a biblical, theological, and ethical understanding of all aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, based on our Asian context and experiences to effectively respond to this pandemic;
Combat and defuse stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS by first and foremost breaking the socio-cultural barrier of shame or "losing face" by openly talking about HIV/AIDS, human sexuality and drug addiction;
Address all misconceptions and myths through awareness raising about the HIV/AIDS pandemic ;
Develop contextual and inclusive policies on HIV/AIDS ;
Affirm the importance of gender justice and equality;
Identify and combat the root causes of HIV-AIDS: poverty, sexual abuse, domestic violence, brokenness and exclusion in our society, drug abuse;
Understand and transform economic globalization that leads to increased migration, commercial sex industry and human trafficking, which makes people vulnerable for contracting HIV/AIDS;
Strengthen the capacity and accountability of church leadership through strong cooperation and networking with each other in the communion, and with various government and nongovernmental agencies at international, regional and local levels;
Facilitate effective and inclusive pastoral care and counseling.
We urge that the dissemination and reception of this commitment should reach the grassroots through an effective information campaign.
Theology, Bible and ethics
Realizing that a proper understanding of the pandemic requires contextualization of our theology and ethics, we commit ourselves to
Renew our theology and ethics relevant to the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS based on the gracious relationship between God and humankind and the whole of creation embodied in the relationships among people. This would give us a new meaning to care and nurture churches, community and family;
Develop an Asian theology of life which encompasses suffering, death and dying, in the light of promoting dignified life;
Reexamine our understanding of sin in the light of the Lutheran doctrine of being both sinner and justified by grace (simul justus et peccator) in order to avoid any judgmental tendency. This process should confront our hierarchal notion of sin and immediate judgment on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and sin;
Review and amend our ethical policies including excommunication practices that exclude people living with HIV/AIDS;
Initiate theological and ethical understanding of human sexuality in the Asian context and its relation to the pandemic. We also need to review our current regulations/policies in marriage and divorce in the context of couples infected and affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic;
Contextualize biblical concept of health, healing and wholeness.
Pastoral care, ministry and diakonia
Realizing that our pastoral care, our ministry and diakonia have so far failed to adequately address the needs in relation to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, we commit ourselves to
Redefine and deepen our understanding of pastoral care and counseling. This should be included in the formation and training of pastors and lay workers who care for people living with HIV/AIDS. We recognize that there is a need to provide more counseling services with confidentiality that is grounded on credibility and accountability;
Raise the level of competency of pastors and counselors through better training programs and continued education;
Provide pastoral counseling services and follow-up regardless of religion, ethnicity, caste and tribes.
Continue capacity building of church leaders in addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic;
Urge pastors to preach the reality of HIV/AIDS conveying the message of a liberating gospel;
Empower the vulnerable groups especially women & youth to face the challenges of HIV/AIDS;
Take the responsibility in the formation of character, behavior and values of people of all ages;
Initiate the provision for shelter for people living with HIV/AIDS or developing home-based care and hospice in local communities. This should include training of volunteers in serving and ministering to people living with HIV/AIDS;
Urge and assist local congregations in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating programs addressing HIV/AIDS pandemic. People living with HIV/AIDS should be involved in the whole process. This may include income generating projects for and by people living with HIV/AIDS;
Establish peer support groups of/for people living with HIV/AIDS & family for caring and sharing;
Support legal advocacy for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Religious and socio-cultural barriers
Realizing that religious and socio-cultural barriers have contributed to denial of and silence about HIV/AIDS we commit ourselves to
Address the oppressive patriarchal system in the church, community and family;
Remove the negative cultural barriers among Asians that creates stigma and discrimination;
Eliminate the Asian fatalism outlook on life that depends heavily on destiny;
Confront use of language that creates false and misleading information about the reality of HIV/AIDS.
Knowing that only through education and prevention we can curb the spread and effects of this pandemic, we commit ourselves to
Collate information through surveys among clergy, church leaders, congregation members, and community at large to know the current situation about HIV/AIDS transmission and cure, faith understanding and cultural beliefs in order to have a realistic understanding of the pandemic;
Disseminate information to all congregations and communities for awareness building with local human resources through identification and utilization of medical and other social sciences experts. This could be done through Sunday school, Bible study groups, cell groups and other church group meetings especially among the youth. Communication may be done in the form of radio broadcasting, songs, prayers, drama and church publications such as pamphlets, and posters;
Establish information centers on HIV/AIDS in local congregations;
Develop and provide liturgical resources for congregations and family use;
Introduce HIV/AIDS related issues as part of the curriculum of theological training schools for pastors and lay leaders;
Integrate a good quality HIV and reproductive health education in the Christian Education curriculum to "ensure that young people have information and life skills they need before they become sexually active and sexual behavior starts to form." This should also include adequate information about the protective use of condoms in the context of HIV/AIDS prevention, the danger of needle-sharing in intravenous drug use and other preventive measures;
Continue to promote fidelity in marriage in a context of gender equality and informed choices.
Reach out to people living with HIV/AIDS to learn from their testimonies and stories through workshops and field trips.
Commemorate World AIDS Day in churches nationally and locally.
Economic globalization
Asian countries both gain and lose in the current trend of economic globalization. We recognized that poverty increases vulnerability especially through mass media consumerism that promotes the image that one's value is more based on "what you own" than on "who you are." In that context many young men and women are lured to migration, increased mobility and commercial sex industry. We therefore commit ourselves to
Identify the relationship between and address the challenges of economic globalization and HIV/AIDS as it affects migrant workers (local and overseas), commercial sex workers and other vulnerable groups.
Recognizing the human rights principles at stake in relation to access to care and treatment we commit ourselves to
Advocate for access and governmental subsidies to affordable anti-retroviral drugs (ARV) and medication for opportunistic infections. Advocacy strategy should include challenging drug companies to reduce the cost of ARV drugs. Also by lobbying for and supporting of international policy (e.g. WHO's "3 by 5 campaign") that would make ARV drugs (and essential medicines for opportunistic infections) available equally in developed and developing countries.
Cooperation and networking
Realizing that churches need to coordinate and -where possible- combine their efforts to fight HIV/AIDS with other actors in government and civil society, we commit ourselves to
Develop and strengthen partnership with government bodies such as Ministries of Health and country level CCMs, UNAIDS, NGOs addressing HIV/AIDS, other partners in civil society, and especially with people living with HIV/AIDS;
Sustain inter-religious cooperation especially at the national leadership level;
Create in our church an enabling environment for discussion and planning of a response to HIV/AIDS
Include in the budget of our church and its institutions financial space for HIV/AIDS activities
Organize special fund raising through church collections for HIV/AIDS on a designated AIDS Sunday close to World AIDS Day
Ensure the implementation of HIV/AIDS programs by establishing coordination committees within the existing church structure at different levels.
Seek government financial assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS;
III. IMMEDIATE FOLLOW UP
This statement of commitment will be followed up at the forthcoming Asian Church Leadership Conference in June 2004
to affirm this commitment, and
to take note of the various plans of action prepared by member churches drawing from this Consultation, and
to determine further regional follow-up (in a plan of action).
On the short term the following will be undertaken:
Each church to do what is needed first and what is possible on the short term (draw up a plan, a policy, etc.)
Each church to appoint an HIV-AIDS contact person where possible and feasible.
Adequate support and empowerment to be provided from the LWF secretariat (through DMD and LWF staff).
Translate and disseminate this statement to all church institutions and to all pastors and congregations
At the same time the following will be further considered:
National committees (for India, Indonesia, Malaysia) can monitor progress and constraints. When appropriate the national committee can appoint a specific AIDS committee.
A follow-up committee for the Asia region that can address information needs and program planning. The Asia Regional Coordinator in Bangkok can act as a communication facilitator.
IV. CONCLUSION
The number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Asia is an alarming 8 million, our efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and the related stigma and discrimination should therefore be a priority for Asian churches. This consultation was an urgent 'wake-up call'. There is a tiger roaring just outside -or already inside- our villages. Not to act now will bring death and suffering.
This "covenant of life" statement of commitment will not be prophetic and valuable if it remains only in written form and is not put to concrete action for the sake of life. We would be b
Filed under: Evangelical and Reformed Church, AIDS (Disease), Missions, Health, Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
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Victor Villasenor | 04/27/18 | Mind/Body/Spirit
Born in the barrio of Carlsbad, California in 1940, Victor Villaseñor was raised on a ranch four miles north in Oceanside. Since his parents were born in Mexico, Villaseñor spoke only Spanish when he started school. After years of facing language and cultural barriers, heavy discrimination and a reading problem, later diagnosed as dyslexia, Victor dropped out of high school his junior year and moved to Mexico. There he discovered a wealth of Mexican art, literature, music, that helped him recapture and understand the dignity and richness of his heritage.
Victor returned to the U.S. at the age of 20. He began to feel the old frustration and rage return as he once again witnessed the disregard toward poor and uneducated people and toward the Mexicans. Then a chance encounter with James Joyce's Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Man,changed Victor's life. It awakened a desire to confront through literature the problems associated with his cultural heritage that continued to plague him.
After producing 9 novels, 65 short stories, and receiving 265 rejections, Villaseñor sold his first novel, Macho!, which the Los Angeles Times compared to the best of John Steinbeck. This began a journey that would eventually lead to the publication of the national bestseller Rain of Gold. Used by thousands of teachers and school systems across the nation as required reading, Rain of Gold tells the story of Victor's family, taking the reader from war-torn Mexico during the Revolution of 1910 to the present day.
Villaseñor's body of works includes a number of nonfiction books, all used in schools throughout the country: The first family trilogy Wild Steps of Heaven, Rain of Gold, and Thirteen Sense; the second family trilogy Burro Genius, Crazy Loco Love, and Beyond Rain of Gold. Other books: Jury: The People vs Juan Corona; Macho!; Lion Eyes, and Walking Stars, nine short stories written especially to inspire youth. And a collection of children's books, written for ages 2 to 200, each teach an important life lesson: The Frog and His Friends Save Humanity; Goodnight, Papito Dios; Little Crow to the Rescue; Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote; and The Stranger and the Red Rooster. The screenplay for The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez,starring Edward James Olmos, was also written by Victor.
An upcoming HBO miniseries will be on Rain of Gold, and Thirteen Senses with Maya Pictures, Producer.
Villaseñor's acclaimed written works, as well as his inspiring lectures, have earned him numerous awards and endorsements, including the Founding John Steinbeck Chair appointment.
A gifted and accomplished speaker, Victor Villaseñor, in his candid and heartfelt manner, brings a fresh perspective to a number of universal themes, including pride in cultural heritage, the strength of family, dedication to education and personal achievement, the power of the written word, world harmony and peace.
Villaseñor's commitment to world harmony and peace is demonstrated through Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving, his nonprofit organization established to promote peace and harmony throughout the world. His self-published book, Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving, describes a simple philosophy that it's time in human story for women and children to start leading, with men 'following in front'. Villaseñor's motto has become "We are all one race. The human race!"
Victor Villaseñor continues to live on the ranch where he was raised.
www.victorvillasenor.com
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documentary screening
December 8th ~ 6:00 PM ~ Jock Turcot Alumni Theatre
85 University Private, University of Ottawa
Tickets now available!
Documentary short film program ~ 6:00 pm
Directed by Eman Balderin
A Nigerian artist decides to write a poem addressing a chapter of Canadian history.
On the theme of Courage: "It takes a lot of courage to tackle a subject such as this."
A Hops Tale: Based on a Brew Story
Directed by Taylor Cook
Craft beer is taking over Ottawa, but is it here to stay?
On the theme of Courage: "Being an entrepreneur in such a small and specific field that is typically dominated by big brands is hard, but those that brew do it not for the money but for the love of their craft."
Comedy Gold
Directed by Katiya Roy
A traveling stand up comedian explains the life living out of his Mazda 3.
On the theme of Courage: "Matt Watson lives his life his own way and takes risks he has to in order to make his dreams happen."
Directed by Morjan Morgan
A documentary about international students living in Ottawa.
On the theme of Courage: "International students overcome all the difficulties with courage moving on new life."
The Battle Within
Directed by Cassie Gaumont
A story of mental health, the struggles it comes with and recovery.
On the theme of Courage: "Mental health still, to this day has a huge stigma surrounding it. It takes someone with courage to be able to share their story and spread the word on mental health, especially allowing someone to film their battle with mental illness."
Directed by Tony Giraldo
A story of young lady that lives with Noonan Syndrome and who has stubbornly and courageously defied the odds.
On the theme of Courage: "Meghan Barclay shows courage each and every day despite the many challenges that she faced. She has succeeded in life despite the doctors saying that she may never get this far."
Unseen Footprints
Directed by Nick Wilson
Orienteering was always a family sport - but after Robert lost his father, it became a way of life.
On the theme of Courage: "Instead of letting struggles in his personal life get him down, Robert perseveres by continuing to excel in the sport that he loves."
Scholars Swinging Swords
Directed by Paul Benoit
Meet the archaeologists, historians, athletes, and amateurs who fight with swords and rebuild a lost martial arts tradition.
On the theme of Courage: "Suiting up in armour and fighting with blades is pretty courageous. More courageous is following your passion, no matter what other people think of you or your hobbies."
Directed by Max Gratton
The Storm focuses on the severe thunderstorm that hit Ottawa on Wednesday September 27, 2017, and the damage it left in it's wake.
On the theme of Courage: "Andrew Furey risked his life during the thunderstorm to save people who were stranded on the Ottawa River."
Hope Is Where Your Heart Is
Directed by Aaron Lynch
A short documentary that showcases the struggle that heart failure can have on a person, with courage and a strong family bond they will make it through.
On the theme of Courage: "My father had to stay strong and courageous all through out his journey, knowing that any day he could die. Every day is a gift and a curse. You never know what life is going to throw at you so stay strong and courageous all throughout it."
Shannen's Dream
Directed by Brian Briggs
Sabina performs "sing" produced by A-Bob, the story connects the struggles of the Indigenous kids from her home country and the street children in Bangladesh where she was born.
On the theme of Courage: "Children dealing with adversity and individuals, community members, organizations and politicians working for change."
Special Documentary Programming
Special documentary program presentation:
Ottawa Through the Lens of Refugees, Immigrants and Newcomers
Directed by Hingman Leung and Spes Ndongozi
Presented by One World Arts
One World Arts gave a group of immigrants, newcomers, and refugees the tools and training to produce short documentaries that look at Ottawa from their points of view. Join us for a special screening of two works from that program, originally screened at the 2017 One World Film Festival: Hingman Leung's "Six Voices, One Story" and Spes Ndongozi's "A Dream of Burundi."
Six Voices, One Story
Directed by Hingman Leung | Canada | 2017 | 6 min
Hingman Leung weaves together a single narrative from multiple voices to tell an immigration story. This story brings together the collective memories and experiences of six friends to shed light on the lives of immigrants after they have assimilated into Canadian society. It is also an exploration of the concept of identity and culture.
A Dream of Burundi
Directed by Spes Ndongozi | Canada | 2017 | 6 min
A journalist from Burundi has a mission, after having immigrated to Canada, to bring together the Burundian diaspora, which are separated and segregated through old ethnic tensions and past scars - the Hutu and Tutsi. Spes Ndongozi's message is one of hope and blurring the lines that divide us.
Special Documentary Presentation: The Match
Directed by Corey Stanton | Canada | 2017 | 24 min
A group of over 40 new medical school graduates from the University of Ottawa share their stories in a unique and exclusive peek behind the curtain at what it really takes to become a doctor in Canada. Everyone knows it's hard work getting in, but just how difficult is it to get out?
Corey Stanton recently graduated from medical school at the University of Ottawa, earning his Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.). Although it is customary for new physicians to enter residency programs, Corey has chosen to pursue his passion for writing, editing, and directing, all in support of his lifelong dream of filmmaking.
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A+ Education Partnership: Smart Investments Needed to Combat Learning Loss
By MATT SMITH, A+ Education Partnership
As a former high school teacher, middle school principal, and central office administrator in several different school districts, I have seen firsthand how federal, state, and local policy decisions reverberate through our schools and have incredible impact on the job we do every day. And in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, these decisions have never been felt more immediately, nor have they been so important.
Nearly $1 billion dollars of federal stimulus funding has already been allocated to Alabama schools, and Congress just passed a new recovery act yesterday that will more than double that amount. Investing these funds wisely will begin to solve the challenge of unfinished learning in the short-term. Additionally, it is critical that we balance these one-time federal dollars with ongoing state investments in programs that work. Here are a few areas we must consider:
Combating Unfinished Learning Through Summer & Afterschool
Recent estimates by Mckinsey & Company suggest that students could on average lose 5-9 months of learning by the end of this school year. Even more alarming, students of color and students in poverty could fall 6-12 months behind. Significant investment will be required to curb this loss, and this challenge cannot be solved during the school day alone.
Governor Ivey highlighted this need in her State of the State Address, calling for the expansion of high-quality, community-based summer and afterschool programs. A+ Education Partnership recently proposed a new statewide grant program that would fund partnerships between local school districts and community-based organizations to expand access to these critical programs. You can read the proposal here.
The research is clear. Children that regularly attend high-quality out-of-school-time programs have improved academic and career outcomes, school attendance, and mental health. To accelerate student learning, particularly for our most vulnerable students, investing in these programs is vital.
Continue Investing in Early Literacy
Unfinished learning only exacerbates long-standing issues of educational inequity in our state. According to the American Educational Research Association, a student who can't read on grade level by 3rd grade is 4 times less likely to graduate high school. Add poverty to the mix, and a student is 13 times less likely to graduate than their wealthier peers. By contrast, 96% of 3rd graders who are reading on grade level will graduate from high school.
The Alabama Literacy Act, passed in 2019, launched one of the largest state investments in early literacy in Alabama history. These investments are targeted to directly support schools as they support their students and have already been making an impact. Over 12,000 educators have been trained or are currently being trained in the science of reading, 54 new regional literacy specialists have been hired to support our highest needs schools, and new screeners and interventions have been deployed to identify and support struggling readers.
This is important momentum to build on in the coming year as we work to continuously improve the implementation. Now is the time to commit to early literacy and continue increasing investments to ensure students and teachers have the support they need.
Other Important Investments:
Investments in the following areas also provide an evidence-based path forward:
Expand access to high-speed broadband internet for all students
Invest in high-quality professional development for teachers
Expand access to high-quality, high-dosage tutoring
Invest in math coaches to support student achievement in math
Continue expanding Alabama's First Class Pre-K Program
There has never been a more important moment to commit to sound, evidence-based education policy efforts and investments. Public education is at an inflection point. The decisions we make today can close educational and equity gaps within our state. Now is the time to act.
Dr. Matt L. Smith is a dedicated, K-12 public educator and the Vice President of Policy for A+ Education Partnership
A+ Education Partnership drives improvements in public education for every Alabama student. We set and deliver high expectations by advocating for policies, practices, and investments that advance learning, and by partnering with schools to build the capacity of teachers and leaders.
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DVD Review: Discovery Channel's LIFE
LIFE is a groundbreaking nature documentary series that aired on Discovery Channel in the United States this Spring. It is part of the BBC Earth brand that has included other popular nature series including Planet Earth and The Blue Planet. You can now own LIFE at home, as it is available on DVD and Blu-ray starting today. Read our review after the jump.
Life is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in association with the Discovery Channel, Skai TV and the Open University. The show, like Planet Earth, originally aired on BBC One with David David Attenborough narrating. Here in the states, Oprah Winfrey provides the narration, though otherwise the shows are essentially the same, save for the ten minute "Life on Location" making-of featurettes that only aired on BBC.
In a similar style to Planet Earth (which focused on geography and was narrated for Discovery by Sigourney Weaver), the series takes ten episodes to focus on different aspects of life on Earth, and includes an eleventh behind-the-scenes episode titled "Making Of Life" (separate from "Life on Location"). The series was filmed on location in HD over four years and manages to get some extremely rare footage. The focus was "to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group, and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behavior."
I am a big fan of Planet Earth, so I had high hopes for LIFE to live (pun partially intended) up to it. Surprisingly, I think I like this show better, and it's not just because Oprah is a better narrator than Weaver. The theme of the show is more approachable in my opinion. Planet Earth did feature animals prominently, but LIFE focuses on telling stories. Oprah is probably the perfect narrator for this, since she is so relatable. Attenborough was made for the Planet Earth commentary, but Oprah is a bit more warm and inviting in her storytelling technique. Of course, the high definition video is stunning. I'm truly amazed at the footage they captured and how they were able to piece them together to tell a full story. The music, composed by George Fenton, is beautiful and fits perfectly.
The DVD
The features for the DVD and Blu-ray are essentially the same, but we received the Blu-Ray to review. Thanks to the inclusion of the "Life on Location" featurettes (along with the final episode), you really see how difficult it was to film the series, as well as the passion the filmmakers had. The 18 minutes of deleted scenes are a nice addition, but some explanation for their exclusion from the show (aside from two scenes which seemed obvious) would have been nicer. The design of the menu, while not a big factor, is well done, and I love how you can actually reach it without leaving the episode your watching. This means if you're watching a segment and you want to remove Oprah's narration (which you can do on all the episodes), it does it right there on the fly. This might be handy for those who are turned off by Oprah's bedtime story style, but still love the music. It almost makes watching the episodes a second time worth it just to experience the peaceful majesty of nature.
Overall, LIFE is simply captivating. It finds ways to tie everything together to make you release how amazing the life on Earth is, and that no matter how many strange or exotic behaviors are out there, there are just as many behaviors that mirror our own.
The Show: A
The DVD: A-
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- Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Apple's LTE patent dispute
Have you heard about the patent dispute with Apple? Did you know that Apple has been fined $300million? What happened? Why has Apple been fined? What is the patent issue? Did Apple steal any patents? Does Apple have any record of patent disputes in the past? To find out what happened, just follow the article to the end. You will be able to find out about the patent dispute. Let's get started:
Apple Inc., the creator of the iPhone, is well-known around the world, making it a well-known business with a dedicated user base, seriously, extremely loyal! However, for Apple to remain what it is, the firm must constantly invent new technologies and release new goods to the market every year.
While the majority of them are valued, the remainder is simply too expensive for the typical customer to purchase. However, the firm's continual patenting and inventions do not always deliver what the company anticipates. Apple is in legal danger yet again, this time over a patent issue.
After a retrial in the patent battle over wireless technology used in iPhones and other devices, Apple was forced to pay $300 million in royalties in a continuing fight with Optus, which holds patents on the LTE cellular standard. Meanwhile, Apple accused Optus of being a patent troll—a firm whose main purpose is to sue others for exploiting acquired patents.
Everything about the dispute
According to a few reports, Apple Inc. has been fined $300 million in a patent battle over its LTE technology. A Texas jury found the iPhone maker in breach of an Optus patent. Apple has been fined $300 million for allegedly infringing on patents relating to LTE cellular services in the iPhone, iPad, and other products.
Optus, a provider of cloud services and data services to people in Englewood, claims that Apple has infringed on its patent rights for LTE service technology. Engadget says that Optus is also pursuing the UK iPhone maker, where it seeks its global royalty rate, which could be worth up to USD 7 billion. These patents are also from LG, Samsung, and Panasonic, according to the report. What is Apple doing wrong here? It is a bucket of water for the trillion-dollar company to pay for Optus.
But the question remains: Why?
Apple, on the other hand, is not backing down from a battle under the stern leadership of CEO Tim Cook. Apple Inc. accused Optus of being a patent troll, a firm that operates only to sue companies using patents it has bought to benefit and generate money. Even though paying $300 million won't make a dent in Apple's net fortune, the company isn't backing down from the battle.
Apple's sole worry is whether Optus can obtain regular payments from the firm. This might have a negative influence on Apple's financial records, which would be bad for the firm, but we know that a technology behemoth like Apple would never do such a thing.
While $300 million won't damage Apple's financial integrity?
On the one hand, $300 million is a drop in the bucket for Apple. The firm just reported a profit of $21.7 billion in the most recent quarter. So $300 million is a little more than a day's earnings.
Suing corporations for payments, on the other hand, may become a frequent occurrence for companies like Optus. It received $506 million in damages from Apple in 2020.
Even though Optus was granted $506 million, Apple convinced the judge to order a damages-only retrial of the 2020 case, saying that the jury didn't examine whether the demand for standards-based patents was reasonable.
Apple has been accused of infringing on five Optus-held patents that were formerly owned by Samsung, Panasonic, and LG. Optus, according to Apple, does nothing except sue businesses like Tesla, Huawei, and ZTE.
Apple said in a statement that "Optus does not make products" and that its only business is to sue companies for patents they acquire. Apple stated, "We will continue to defend them against their attempts to extract unreasonable payment for patents that they acquire." Apple has reportedly been ordered by Optus to pay a little less than a quarter of a million dollars for the trials that have taken place so far.
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Factbox: Who are the candidates vying for Ivory Coast's presidency
DAKAR (Reuters) - President Alassane Ouattara will face three challengers when he seeks re-election on Saturday after a decade in power. But his main rivals, former president Henri Konan Bedie and former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan, have urged their supporters to boycott the poll and prevent it from happening.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara waves as he arrives for the meeting of the ruling coalition party RHDP organised to nominate him to stand for a third term in October's election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/Files
The 78-year old former executive of the International Monetary Fund has said he is running against his will. He announced in March that he will not seek another mandate. However, he revised his position five months later following the sudden death of his handpicked successor.
"I had planned my life after the presidency. This is a real sacrifice for me," Ouattara said in August, announcing his decision to run for a third term, adding that it was due to a 'force majeure'.
Seen as the favourite to win, Ouattara's instincts have been honed by three decades in the messy fray of Ivorian politics.
HENRI KONAN BEDIE
At 86 years of age, Bedie, Ivory Coast's president from 1993-1999, was counted out by some, who expected his PDCI (Democratic Party of Ivory Coast) to name a younger presidential candidate this year.
But he won the PDCI's nomination with more than 99% support from party delegates.
His strength in the general election remains to be seen. The PDCI, the party of Ivory Coast's founding president Felix Houphouet-Boigny, has been locked out of power since the 1999 military coup that overthrew Bedie. He and Pascal Affi N'Guessan called for a boycott of the election at a joint news conference in Abidjan on Oct. 15.
KUOADIO KONAN BERTIN
Known by his initials 'KKB', Bertin is a former PDCI loyalist who is splitting with the party and his former mentor Bedie, for the second time, to run as an independent candidate.
At 51, he is the youngest of the four candidates. He split with the party when Bedie decided not to present a PDCI candidate for the 2015 presidential election. He ran as an independent coming third behind Ouattara and Affi.
KKB returned to the PDCI party in 2017, hoping that the old guard, including Bedie, would step aside and allow the younger generation to lead party in 2020. He left when his candidature to lead the party was rejected.
He has refused to join Bedie and Affi in calling for a boycott saying voters in Ivory Coast want an alternative to Ouattara.
PASCAL AFFI N'GUESSAN
A former prime minister under President Laurent Gbagbo from 2000 - 2003.
Following the disputed 2010 election and the brief civil war, Affi was arrested alongside other leaders of the party and placed under house arrest until his release in 2013.
His decision to be Ivorian Popular Front's (FPI) flag bearer in the 2015 presidential election angered hard-liners and Gbagbo's supporters within the party, and led to a split.
Affi came second behind Ouattara in the 2015 election with 9.2% of the vote.
Reporting by Bate Felix and Aaron Ross, Editing by Alexandra Hudson
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian in north of West Bank
March 23, 2020 Palestine News, West Bank
Israeli settlers today attacked with stones Palestinian motorist in the north of the West Bank, causing damage but no injuries.
A resident of Silat al-Dahr village, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, said that settlers threw stones at his car near his village breaking its windows and hijacking the car after he and his family were able to get out of it and run away.
He said he filed a complaint with the Palestinian police, who contacted their Israeli counterparts and got the car back.
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Alan Wake 2 will be "the most beautiful game since Remedy". The game is set to set the studio bar again
The continuation of the adventures of Alan Wake for many was the most important announcement of the The Game Awards of the year – the creators decided to raise expectations even more, providing fans with high-quality images.
the Attending the continuation of Alan Wake's adventures at The Game Awards 2021 We can hear it even before the event itself. Reports were covered, of course, in fact, and Alan Wake II Announced with a short video.You can find it here). It effectively woke up those fans who had to make the night of the show.
Although there is still some time for the premiere, we are already receiving assurances that it will indeed be a really great experience. Talk a little about how well the adventures of the most famous writer in the world of video games have continued. Sam Lake, Creative Director of Remedy Entertainment. Praise was spared:
Alan Wake 2 will be the best and most beautiful Remedy ever.
[Gra – przyp. red.] in Northlight. We feel that especially in this type of experience, where atmosphere and design are more important than ever, our knowledge of this engine allows us to focus on certain things and push certain elements forward.
It seems that The game will defeat everything in reality What's released so far and what's coming before the premiere of the Alan Wake sequel. The game will debut in 2023 and has the potential to be a "next generation" experience. There is something to wait for.
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/alan-wake-2-most-beautiful-remedy-game-ever
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11 Women Share What A Panic Attack Really Feels Like
"It's like getting caught in a whirlpool."
By Sarah Watts
I had my first panic attack in college. My boyfriend and I were driving on the freeway from the Chicago suburbs to a party on the north side of the city when I felt a small sensation of dread blossom in my stomach. God only knows what caused it, but after a few minutes of this uneasy feeling it suddenly began to bloom: My gut churned, I broke out into a cold sweat, I began to shake. I tried to take a deep breath to calm myself, and when I couldn't seem to get enough air, all hell broke loose. By the time my bewildered boyfriend found a gas station to pull into, I was sobbing so hard I couldn't catch my breath, the panic so overwhelming I could only sit and sob and wait for it to pass. Within 20 minutes, it was over, and I was so tired I could have slept for days.
Although I still suffer attacks occasionally, they are thankfully few and far between, and not typically as intense as they were in college. But for years I tried to articulate—in my journal, to a counselor—exactly how it felt to be bowled over by uncontrollable anxiety. As it turns out, I'm not the only one: Everything from television episodes (like a recent scene in "This is Us") to classical art (Edvard Munch's famed painting, "The Scream") has tried to capture the terror and helplessness of a panic attack. Here, 10 women share what panic attacks feel like for them:
Alyssa Zolna
"I've only had one or two, but I went to the ER because I was having chest pain and it hurt to breathe. Another time I couldn't stop shaking, it felt like I was in transition during labor except I wasn't having contractions." —JoAnna Wahlund, Surprise, AZ
"My panic attacks feel like being caught in a whirlpool... It's a vicious feedback loop where I start to feel anxiety and an inability to do something or decide what to do, and then I realize I'm feeling panic and that panics me more, and then I get angry that I'm feeling panic and that I'm panicking, which worsens it, and so on. It feels like everything is closing in on me and I'm claustrophobic and losing control at the same time that incredible energy is building up in me. I will sometimes have to stomp my feet rapidly or slap the heck out of my thighs or run outside, and run until I can't, trying to get rid of that feeling." —Tara Haelle, Peoria, IL
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"Emotionally, it feels like my brain is crumbling. Physically, it feels like a huge weighted band constricting around my lungs and diaphragm so that I can take breaths, but none of the air feels like it gets through to my lungs." —Clair Evans, Birmingham, AL
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"Panic attacks for me tend to feel more like someone has pushed my head under water, and just when I think I'm going to drown, I'm pulled up for a short breath only to be pushed back under again." —Carrie Anton, Madison, WI
"I begin to feel like my soul is separating from my body. My muscles spasm and my chest feels as if it has ropes wrapped around it making it difficult to breathe. I get tunnel vision and nothing makes sense. I can't talk or understand those talking to me." —Angie River, Vancouver, BC
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"I feel really dizzy and like I can't stand up. When I lie down, my heart and thoughts race, circling the same obsessive, negative thoughts. It's like fear travels from my heart to my gut, claustrophobia sets in, and I can't finish a worrisome thought before another begins." —Michelle Threadgould, Oakland, CA
"I've found it to be an almost out-of-body experience—as if the 'logical' part of my brain is witnessing something it can't control, and the other part is in full-on, literal fight-or-flight mode." —Kate Summers, Chicago, IL
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"I hear a ringing in my ears and go cold and numb. My heart rate picks up and, if it's one that last a few days, I have intrusive thoughts (usually ways my children might die)." —Shawna Ainslie, Bloomington, IN
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"I get the sensation my heart is beating very quickly and my skin gets prickly and hot. It feels like my head is reeling, and panic sets in the more I think about how my body physically feels. It takes a lot of focus and deep breaths to not fully plunge into a panic attack. Luckily, I have gotten better at recognizing one from the onset and can use tools like soothing music or breathing techniques to get through it." —Olivia Button, New York City, NY
"Mine involve a complete shutdown. I can't hear someone talking directly to me, but all the random background noises are amplified. I can't see right—things get blurry or start to black out from the periphery in. And my breathing becomes completely out of my control—like each breath is the biggest obstacle I've ever faced. And I can't communicate almost at all. My husband also says that I get this far-off look to my eyes." —Rebecca Siegel, Cincinnati, OH
Sarah Watts Sarah Watts is a health and science journalist based in Chicago.
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Meet Principia's Motorcyclists
By: Dani McKenzie Posted on March 21, 2014 December 31, 2014
photo/Galen Collins
Stephen Purcell photo/Jake Meier
Heike Verleih photo/Galen collins
Many students choose cars as their preferred mode of transportation, but there are other options, including longboards, bicycles and motorcycles. It might be surprising to know that a good number choose the last of these. Four students agreed to share why they enjoy riding motorcycles.
Sophomore Matiss Klava rides a Kawasaki dual-sport, 250cc motorcycle. By choosing to ride a motorcycle instead of driving a car, Klava gets better gas mileage and cheaper insurance. Apart from the economic benefits, he enjoys riding and fixing bikes because it's a fun hobby. It has "increased my awareness of the outside world," Klava said. He also said it gives him "a great feeling of being in the moment."
Senior Heike Verleih started riding in Germany when her boyfriend encouraged her to join him on his bike. Soon after she learned to ride, they took an exciting weekend trip on their bike to the Baltic Sea. When she came to the college, Heike did not do much riding on her own. But during finals last fall, she decided to buy a Suzuki SV650. "After seeing Matiss ride his Kawasaki," said Heike, "I couldn't resist any longer."
Sophomore Aaron Switzer rides a 1998 Triumph Speed Triple. He admits that the functional benefits of having a motorcycle on campus are limited. "There's hardly any storage, and you can't drive it in the winter" he said, "but the fun factor is definitely worth it. There's nothing like cruising down River Road at sunset on a bike."
Like Switzer, senior Stephen Purcell also enjoys riding a motorcycle because "they allow for amazingly scenic outings." Purcell has ridden his Kawasaki Ninja 500R on three 1,100-mile trips between Principia and his house in Maine. He made the decision to buy his own motorcycle after a friend took him on a motorcycle during Purcell's sophomore year. Now, Purcell likes helping people figure out what motorcycles they want to buy. "If you're curious or want a ride, let me know," he said. "I love sharing the fun."
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Mondly Review 2023 — Is It The Language Learning Platform
Last Updated on: January 17, 2023 by Sonia Allan | Fact Checked
Are you looking to improve your language learning skills? Whether you're an experienced scholar or just starting out, Mondly could be the perfect platform for making progress in language education.
With features such as native audio clips, speech recognition and personalized AI coaches, there is something for everyone who wants to take their language-learning journey seriously.
In this review, we'll go into full detail about what makes Mondly stand out from its competitors when it comes to delivering the best experience possible. So read on if you want to learn more – we guarantee that by the end of it all, you will have a clearer picture of whether or not this is the right tool for helping you reach your goals!
How does Mondly work?
Mondly is a revolutionary language-learning platform that uses Artificial Intelligence to provide users with an immersive and comprehensive language-learning experience.
The platform combines real-time speech recognition with natural phrasing and pronunciation to create a unique and interactive learning experience.
Mondly works by first recognizing the user's native language, then gradually introducing new words and phrases related to the target language.
Through this process, users are able to become familiar with the target language while also improving their pronunciation skills.
The Mondly platform utilizes several interactive features, such as audio recordings of native speakers, quizzes and exercises, personalized feedback on pronunciation, and speech recognition technology.
Through these features, users can practice their pronunciation skills in a realistic environment while receiving feedback from real people on how they can improve their speaking ability.
Additionally, Mondly provides achievements for milestones achieved along the way – such as completing a set number of modules – which act as an incentive for learners to continue studying their desired language.
Mondly also offers tailored courses for specific audiences, such as travelers or business professionals who need to learn certain phrases quickly and accurately.
This personalized approach allows users to focus only on the most relevant topics in order to get up-to-date content within a short amount of time.
Furthermore, Mondly helps learners build vocabulary through its advanced flashcard system which presents words in an intuitive way for faster memorization.
Overall, Mondly is a great tool for those looking to learn a new language quickly and effectively. With its interactive features and tailored courses, it provides learners with a comprehensive learning program that is enjoyable yet effective at the same time.
Key features of Mondly
Mondly is a language learning platform designed to help people learn new languages in an interactive and fun way. It offers a wide range of features that make it one of the best language learning platforms available. Here are some of Mondly's key features:
Virtual Reality (VR): Mondly was one of the first language learning platforms to introduce virtual reality technology into its lessons. This allows learners to put on a VR headset and be immersed in a simulated world where they can practice their target language with native speakers.
The experience is designed to replicate real-life conversations, giving learners more confidence when speaking with real people outside of the virtual environment.
Voice Recognition Technology: Mondly uses advanced speech recognition technology to enable learners to practice their pronunciation. When reciting words or sentences, users receive instant feedback about how accurately they have pronounced them, allowing them to make necessary corrections and improve their pronunciation faster.
Lesson Personalization: Mondly's adaptive algorithm tailors lesson plans based on each user's individual needs and preferences, ensuring that lessons remain relevant and engaging for each individual learner.
With over 50 different types of exercises, activities, and games available in each lesson, students can learn at their own pace while keeping the content interesting and engaging.
Interactive Chatbot: Mondly's chatbot provides an ideal environment for practicing conversation skills without having to worry about making mistakes or sounding foolish in front of others.
The chatbot has been trained using natural language processing techniques and is able to simulate realistic conversations with users while providing helpful hints when necessary.
Mondly also offers additional features such as voice-enabled audio lessons, quizzes after each lesson, detailed progress tracking tools, user forums where people can discuss topics related to language learning, and much more.
With these powerful features combined together in one package, it's no wonder why Mondly has become one of the most popular language-learning platforms today!
What is the idea behind Mondly?
The Mondly platform offers online courses in more than 30 languages, with interactive lessons and real-life conversations (in both text and audio form) that help users learn new words, phrases and grammar naturally.
The lessons are designed to follow the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines, which means they can adapt to different levels of fluency from beginner to advanced.
Additionally, the one-on-one tutoring feature makes it easier for learners to have an immersive experience with native speakers.
Mondly also features speech recognition technology which allows learners to practice their pronunciation by repeating what they hear and receive feedback on their accuracy right away.
This helps them become familiar with the correct pronunciation of words and phrases while aiding in gaining confidence when speaking in their chosen target language.
In addition, Mondly offers virtual reality (VR) experiences designed to simulate realistic situations like visiting a foreign country or attending a business meeting in order to provide users with an immersive learning environment.
This helps them gain more confidence when conversing up close with native speakers in real-life settings.
Mondly's mission is simple – make language learning an easy task for anyone who seeks it without compromising its quality. With its unique approach and combination of technologies such as AI-driven voice recognition software, natural conversations from real people, and virtual reality experiences, Mondly has quickly become one of the most popular language apps available today.
Mondly Review: Pros & Cons
Making the decision to learn a language can be a difficult one. There are so many different ways to learn and it can be hard to decide which one is right for you.
Mondly is an online language learning platform that has been around since 2015 and offers users the ability to learn 31 different languages from their phone, tablet, or computer.
In this review, we will take a look at the pros and cons of Mondly to help you decide if it is the right choice for your language-learning journey.
One of the main advantages of choosing Mondly is its comprehensive course structure. It provides both visual and audio lessons with speech recognition technology built in, allowing users to assess their pronunciation as they go along.
As well as the core courses, Mondly also offers supplemental activities such as quizzes and games which help keep users motivated and engaged throughout their learning journey.
The platform also allows users to access additional content in order to supplement their language learning such as articles, dialogues, and conversations with native speakers; all of which can help them gain confidence when speaking their new language.
This is not only great for those who are looking to become fluent in a foreign language but also for those who only want to learn enough basics in order to travel or communicate with locals in another country.
While Mondly does offer some great features, it's important to consider some potential drawbacks before deciding whether or not it's right for you.
One of the main issues with using Mondly is that there isn't any live instruction available, so if you're someone who prefers more personalized teaching then you might find yourself better suited elsewhere.
Additionally, although there are some useful additional resources available on the platform (such as videos, articles etc.), some users have reported finding these resources difficult or outdated which could lead them astray during their learning journey.
Finally, although there are various pricing plans available on Mondly, depending on what level of access you require from the platform (i.e basic vs premium) the cost can quickly add up; especially if you're planning on taking multiple courses over an extended amount of time – something worth bearing in mind before signing up!
Overall, while Mondly does offer some really interesting features such as speech recognition technology and additional resources like articles and videos, potential drawbacks such as no live instruction or increased costs should also be considered when deciding if this online language learning platform is right for you!
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Conclusion: Mondly Review 2023 — Is It The Language Learning Platform
All in all, Mondly is a great platform if you want to learn or improve a language. The design makes learning fun and interactive. You can also use the app offline which is great when you're traveling.
The only drawback is that it's not free, but with a 7-day trial and different subscription options, it's worth trying out. Overall, we recommend Mondly as one of the best language-learning platforms available.
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Doublex
Wall Flowers
Women fight to pray at the Western Wall.
By Dahlia Lithwick
Feb 12, 20131:25 PM
Susan Silverman and her daughter Hallel
Photo by Deena Rosenblatt
Ask your average Israeli how he or she feels about the Women of the Wall—the organization dedicated to creating a space at Jerusalem's Western Wall for non-orthodox women's prayer and song—and you'll likely be met with a shrug. The organization, led by activist Anat Hoffman, has become a cause célèbre for Reform and Conservative Jews worldwide. But many Israelis, even lifelong liberals, academics, and civil rights activists, largely view the fight to wrest back control of the Western Wall as a fight over symbols they've long ago jettisoned. It's a loud thing, a brash thing, an American thing.
The Western Wall, known in Hebrew as the kotel, is the last remaining section of the retaining wall that surrounded the Second Temple. In the centuries since the temple was destroyed in the year 70, Jews from outside Israel have yearned to pray near the wall as the holiest physical space on earth. The plaza in front of the wall is bisected with a partition so that women and men can pray separately, in accordance with Orthodox Jewish tradition. The rules governing the Wall are set by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, comprised solely of Orthodox Jews.
On any given day on the men's side you'll hear boisterous public services and song. On ordinary days, on the women's side—in keeping with the Orthodox prohibition on hearing women's voices raised in song—you can hear women praying softly by themselves and to themselves. But once a month on rosh hodesh, the celebration of the new Jewish month, the Women of the Wall show up to do their thing. That's what they are asking for: An hour a month.
Dalia Marx, an Israeli Reform Rabbi and professor at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem put it this way to me as we took the early morning train yesterday down to the 7 a.m. monthly women's prayer service at the Western Wall: "The kotel is almost an empty symbol of a lost Israel to most Israelis. It's not a place I go to pray anymore. It's so highly politicized on so many levels." I ask Marx why she's decided to attend this month's gathering, given what she's just told me. "I am going in solidarity. I am going because my Israeli and American students are going. I am going because the fight over Ultra-Orthodox coercion is a reflection of their control over things that really should matter to all Israelis: like personal status, marriage, divorce, and who can be a Jew."
In the decades since Israel was founded, the Western Wall has somehow become a sacred place to only two constituencies: the extremely Orthodox and foreign Jews. You rarely see anyone else around. It's as though even secular Israelis have conceded that religious matters are best left to the Ultra Orthodox. This isn't really their fight.
Marx and I arrived just as the 200 women were gathering and starting to pull out smuggled prayer shawls and leather phylacteries—which they are prohibited by law from using at the site. Orthodox law holds that wearing these items while praying as well as reading the Torah scroll as part of the service is customary for men but not women, although the Women of the Wall follow the Orthodox strictures of eschewing mixed prayer and declining to recite any prayers requiring 10 men to be present. The problem is not what they are doing, in other words, but where they are doing it. The current law here only permits prayer in accordance with Orthodox Jewish customs at the site.
On this morning dedicated to celebrating the first day of the Jewish month of Adar, several women had had male friends sneak their religious garments past guards who have taken, in the past two months, to confiscating these items at the checkpoints. Others have hidden them inside their clothing. Some of the women have been coming to the women's monthly service at the Wall for more than 20 years. In fact, one of them, Rabbi Susan Silverman, a Reform rabbi who wears her prayer shawl or tallit, when she prays each morning, attended the very first women's monthly prayer service, almost 24 years ago to the day, where the women were met with violence, hurled chairs, and tear gas. In the years since, Orthodox Jews have gone to great lengths to ensure that women are not seen and not heard in the Holy Land—not just in sacred spaces, but on public buses, sidewalks, and radio.
Silverman (disclosure: she is a friend), her daughter, and eight other women were arrested yesterday for wearing their prayer shawls at the wall. They were held and interrogated, then released without criminal charges but barred from returning to the holy site for 15 days. This has become pretty standard. Arrest, interrogation, no charges. In fact, Susan changed transatlantic travel plans to be at the women's service at the Western Wall, largely because her 17-year-old daughter, Hallel, planned to be here and planned to wear her tallit. Hallel, I should tell you, was in Rwanda with her father last week, testing a solar field for a youth village that suffers from frequent blackouts. She's a gorgeous blonde who is about to begin her military service. I, personally, would not opt to mess with Hallel.
There is one strain of thought in Israel that holds that the women who insist on praying and singing here each month are simply provocateurs. The law is the law, they say, and this action is not legal. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, head of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which has total control over the worship space, told the New York Times in November that the wall "is not a site for any kind of protest" and "not a place for the individual, where everyone can do what they want." I've seen these gatherings compared to forcing peanut butter on those with allergies. In more than one instance the women themselves have been blamed for the violence they incite.
Following four trips to Israel's Supreme Court of Justice, the Women of the Wall were barred from wearing men's prayer garments, singing publicly, or reading the Torah scrolls as men freely do on the other side of the partition. In 2003 the court demanded that they be granted an accommodation at an adjacent section of the same wall, an archaeological site south of the Western Wall Plaza, known as Robinson's Arch. The site is seen as a reasonable accommodation by many, but the women see it as something akin to "the back of the bus with new upholstery."
Frances Raday, one of the lawyers who has represented the Women of the Wall at the Supreme Court, dismisses the argument that the women are being deliberately provocative in refusing to pray at the proposed alternate site: "Robinson's Arch is not a site for communal prayer of the Jewish people," she explained in an email. "The Women of the Wall's mode of prayer is in accordance with Orthodox halachic (legal) provision. The decision that the Women of the Wall should pray at Robinson's Arch is therefore the exclusion of women, who assert their right to equal religious personhood, from the shared public space of the Western Wall Plaza, which is regarded by Jewish consensus as of central symbolic importance for Jewish religion, history, nationality and culture. It is a form of exclusion and banishment and so is certainly separate but in no way equal."
Bonna Devora Haberman, who helped found the original group in 1988, puts it in a slightly different way: "Robinson's Arch is a beautiful site; it is not the core of our collective gathering. Precisely at the kotel, the prayers of Women of the Wall must belong and contribute to the seething, passionate narrative of Jewish peoplehood. Until women's voices, lives, bodies, work, and prayers are fully part, we will not be whole. Humanity will not be whole."
The other innovation of the February prayer service was the presence of a group of former Israeli paratroopers, the same men who helped recapture the Western Wall from Jordan in 1967. One of the most iconic Israeli photographs ever taken features three of these young men gazing up at the wall. Yitzhak Yiftah, one of those soldiers, was at the wall again to support the women. A few Orthodox Jews fling insults at the women, while one asks the paratroopers if they had truly risked their lives for these women, for this? Yes, replies one of the veterans, exactly for this.
This wasn't really their fight either. Over on the men's side a man shouts, in Hebrew, "These women are our worst enemies; not the Arabs."
Yet, as the women pray, they are surrounded, from partitions behind and beside them, by other male supporters. Husbands, rabbis, leaders of the Reform movement. Folks who felt it wasn't their fight until they realized that perhaps it was. And while the women who dance at the center of the prayer group—in their prayer shawls and some funny hats in anticipation of the upcoming holiday of Purim—are chiefly American or American-born, Israeli women surround them as well, many in religiously modest scarves and skirts, and many more who don't know the prayers by heart. They aren't here to fight for their right to wear a prayer shawl. They are here because their sisters had asked them to be.
It looked as though arrests wouldn't happen this month. Typically the women have been arrested midservice; sometimes midprayer. There are too many paratroopers; too many reporters, and so the police film the women and warn them but mainly leave them alone. It looked like it would be a rare victory, and Anat Hoffman was grinning as she left the plaza. This was to be the first time in 22 months that no one had been arrested on a monthly prayer gathering.
The police had waited until the women began to relocate to Robinson's Arch to begin the arrests. The paratroopers and much of the press had left. Then the arrests of the 10 women, among them a rabbinical student in her eighth month of pregnancy, could begin. As has also become the custom in the wake of these monthly arrests, the women remaining relocate to the sidewalk opposite the Kishleh police station, in the Old City, to finish reading from the Torah scrolls while their friends are being fingerprinted and photographed inside.
Packed like shawl-wearing sardines on the sidewalk in front of the Christ Church Coffee shop, the cops offered to clear the sidewalks, but the cafe owners declined. The Christ Church Coffee shop became a safer place for women's prayer than the Western Wall. At this point the remaining women have collected salty snacks, a Torah scroll, a Harley Davidson, and a scowling police presence. They finish their prayers and go home. After several hours those who had been arrested were released as well. Another woman, raised in an Orthodox home, told me she was moved to support the Women of the Wall because she saw this in its simplest terms as a suppression of women's voices. She had simply grown tired of being told to continue to be silent, to be small.
Considering how many people tell me this isn't really their fight today, the Women of the Wall have amassed what looks to be a small army of supporters. Which must be the surest route to social change. There are men here who have come to believe that this isn't just a women's issue, and Israelis who no longer believe this is just a diaspora issue. There are religious Jews here who are no longer persuaded that this is about liberal Judaism, and secular Jews who don't see this as solely about religious freedom. This is about religious authority in Israel, and how it's expressed. This is how change begins.
Religion Women
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News Friday that Hostess Brands Inc., would be liquidating caused a run on Twinkies at the Wonder Hostess Outlet in Bremerton.
Manager Jean Price said her entire supply of the familiar oblong cakes with the pearly white filling was cleaned out by a single customer shortly after she opened up. Other Hostess goodies, too, were in high demand. All morning Donettes, Ho Hos, CupCakes, SnoBalls and Zingers were flying off the shelves at a steady clip.
"We're all mourning," said Linda Murphy of Bremerton. "I just got the last cherry pie. Look, I can hand this down to my grandchildren."
You can read more about the closing of the outlet store, that has operated off Kitsap Way (behind Burger King) since 1962 in story to be posted soon at kitsapsun.com.
In the meantime, here's a little Hostess history from the company's website.
1901: Hostess established as a sweet goods baker.
1919: Hostess CupCakes (yes, that's no typo) become the "best-selling snack cakes in history." Not to take anything from the CupCake, but I wonder if that was because the history of commercially produced snack cakes was fairly limited at the time.
The website goes on," It wasn't until over 30 years later that baker Doc Rice added the signature 7 squiggles and vanilla-crème filling." Varieties eventually included Chocolate, Golden, Orange and Strawberry.
1930: The Twinkie makes its debut. Invented by James Dewar (aka "Grandpa Twinkie") in Schiller Park, Ill., the Twinkie was inspired by an ad for "Twinkle Toe" shoes. The treat sold two-for-a-nickel. Production at one point reached more than 500 million Twinkies per year. In 1999 President Bill Clinton included Twinkies in the millennium time capsule.
1947: Hostess SnoBalls join the line-up. The original SnoBalls were a white marshmallow and shredded coconut covered chocolate cake. Three years later the crème filling was added. Soon after SnoBalls were dyed the famous pink.
In the 1960s, other popular products were introduced, including Suzy Q's (1961), named after the daughter of a company executive, Fruit Pies (1965), Ding Dongs and Ho Hos (both in 1967).
In 2007, the company bowed to the wave of anti-obesity zeal sweeping the country, with the introduction of "100-Calorie Packs." Was this a good idea? You be the judge, but I say anyone in the mood for a good Hostess high is not counting calories. This may have been the beginning of the end for Hostess.
In 2010, Hostess followed with "better-for-you Smart Bakes line of muffins and streusel cakes" with whole grains and fiber.
To some, the preferred method for eating a Twinkie is breaking it and licking the creme filling from either side. Some like to squeeze the filling out, kind of like popping a zit.
Don Gonzalez of Port Orchard has a more manly style. "I just shove it in," he said.
How do you eat a Twinkie? And what's your favorite Hostess cake? Take our poll on the Kitsap Sun.
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Category Archives: Breaking Big Money's Grip on America
The Struggle for the Soul of America: The Heart of Our Dilemma
Posted on January 21, 2020 by Author: Bruce Berlin
The Struggle for the Soul of America is a weekly blog focusing on issues related to the current state of our country, the 2020 elections and the urgent need for the American people to act to save our democracy. I hope you will find the blog worth your time, encourage others to read it, and join in the struggle for the soul of America. Previously published blogs in this series may be found by clicking on the blog link on the home page of my website, https://breakingbigmoneysgrip.com/.
The impeachment trial of President Trump that started today is a major battle in the struggle for the soul of America. On one level it's all about politics, pitting the Democratic majority in the House against the Republican majority in the Senate. On closer examination, however, it's about upholding the Constitution, the highest law of the land. Specifically, under the Constitution it is an abuse of his executive power for Trump to solicit a foreign power to assist him in his re-election campaign. Moreover, it is an obstruction of Congress's impeachment power for Trump to fail to produce documents or to order government officials not to testify when Congress has lawfully subpoenaed them.
But, it goes even deeper than that. The fundamental question that Trump's impeachment trial raises is who are we as Americans and as a nation. Does our country truly stand for the basic principles of fairness and justice, and that no one is above the law?
Unfortunately, the Senate does not appear inclined to address these fundamental issues. Despite taking an oath to impartial justice as jurors in the trial, many senators would rather play politics than stand up for American values and conduct a full and fair trial in order to make an impartial judgement based on all the facts. Isn't the Senate, let alone the American people, entitled to see all the documents and hear from all the relevant witnesses? In effect, the soul of the Senate, its ability to be fair, true to its oath and protect the Constitution, is also on trial.
At this critical juncture in our country's history, I believe each one of us must do some serious soul searching and ask: How far am I willing to go and what am I willing to sacrifice to ensure that my country maintains the rule of law and continues on the path toward a truly representative democracy?
In response to my initial blog last week, someone wrote to me and suggested I replace "struggle" in the name of the blog with something more positive. He felt that most people "don't…want to struggle." While I tend to agree with his perception, I think he inadvertently struck at the heart of our dilemma. While we are in a life and death struggle for the survival of American democracy, most Americans don't have the time and/or the inclination to actively engage in this fight as if their freedom and, perhaps, even their lives depend on it. If we are not willing to face this struggle head on, we will never be able to muster the courage, make the sacrifices and produce the resources to save our country from those who are actively engaged in transforming it into an autocracy, or worse.
Of course, we do not want to struggle. But, do we really have a choice? Whether it was ending slavery, gaining women's suffrage, defeating Nazi Germany, establishing civil rights, or any other major battle in American history, being willing to struggle and sacrifice was central to overcoming the opposition and prevailing.
That brings us back to Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate. We cannot just sit back and watch it unfold on TV. We must stand up and make our voices heard by calling senators, writing letters to the editor, demanding the trial include witnesses, marching in the streets, calling in to talk radio shows, sitting in at Congressional offices, whatever it takes. We are the foot soldiers in this battle for the soul of America. It is up to us to turn our country around.
Bruce Berlin
This blog is an extension of my book, Breaking Big Money's Grip on America. Please share my blog on Facebook, on other social media and with your email lists. Feel free to make comments or ask me questions. Subscribe to the blog at the top, left hand side of the blog page on my website, https://breakingbigmoneysgrip.com/how-to-unite-the-democratic-party/blog/, and keep sharing it with everyone. Let's connect and build an unstoppable movement to revive our democracy. Together we can save the soul of America.
Bruce Berlin is a retired, public sector ethics attorney. He is the author of Breaking Big Money's Grip on America (See breakingbigmoneysgrip.com.), the founder of New Mexicans for Money Out of Politics, a former U.S. Institute of Peace fellow, the founder and former executive director of The Trinity Forum for International Security and Conflict Resolution, and a practitioner of Buddhist meditation. He can be reached at [email protected].
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The Struggle for the Soul of America
Today I'm initiating a new weekly blog, The Struggle for the Soul of America. It will focus on issues related to the current state of our country, the 2020 elections and the urgent need for the American people to act to save our democracy. I hope you will find the blog worth your time, encourage others to read it, and join in the struggle for the soul of America.
A Pivotal Time in Our Country
The 2020 elections will be a defining moment in the history of the United States. This year may well rival the Civil War as the most pivotal time in our history in determining the future direction of the nation. For all of us who care about this country, it's time we join together in the struggle for the soul of America. Our country desperately needs us.
This is not about political parties. Nor is it about liberal versus conservative ideologies. Rather, the critical issue is what are the values we hold dear and would be willing to fight for. Do we truly believe in justice, equality, fair play and the rule of law? Or, are we willing to forfeit our democratic heritage and allow money and power to control our nation?
A great many Americans – Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike – are appalled by the direction in which our country is headed:
The increasingly huge gap between the ultra-rich and most Americans.
The undue influence over public policy by corporate America and the One Percent.
The disregard for the environment and the ever-mounting disasters of the changing climate.
The corruption, disdain for the common good and the loss of our democracy.
Our nation is fast becoming a plutocracy, a state ruled by and for the very wealthy. Too many of our political leaders have been bought by and do the bidding of the extremely rich and powerful. Sadly, they lack the will and the wisdom to halt the decimation of our democratic processes and set the nation on a positive course for the public good. Members of both political parties bear some responsibility for the crippled state of American democracy.
In fact, I would argue that we are all ultimately responsible. The vast majority of we Americans have stood by and watched as our nation has been overtaken by corporate America and the ultra-wealthy. At the same time, only We, the people, can save our country. The question is do we collectively have the heart, the courage and the strength of character to take on and overcome the greedy and powerful? Now is the time we must answer that call.
While many are at a loss as to what to do, a great number of us have not been personally affected by this terrifying breach in our democracy and fail to fully grasp the national tragedy we are facing. Too many Americans are either too comfortable, on the one hand, or, on the other, too busy surviving day-to-day to answer the call. Consequently, those of us who recognize the impending catastrophe and have the time and resources must sound the alarm and organize the masses.
This blog is an extension of my book, Breaking Big Money's Grip on America. From week to week, the blog will examine critical issues we face and explore ways we can resolve them. Here's how you can help. Share my blog on Facebook, on other social media and with your email lists. Feel free to make comments or ask me questions. Subscribe to the blog at [email protected], and keep sharing it with everyone. Let's connect and build an unstoppable movement to revive our democracy. Together we can save the soul of America.
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Let's Reframe Gun Control To Focus on Our Safety
Posted on March 30, 2018 by Author: Bruce Berlin
Gun violence has become a raging epidemic in the United States. And it's not just due to mass shootings. On average 93 people die from gunshot wounds in this country everyday.1 In 2016, more than 38,000 people were killed by firearms.2 What can we do to stem this horrific tide of violence?
Over 90% of Americans, including 86% of Republicans, support universal background checks.3 At the same time, the majority of us believe it's practically impossible to fight the all-powerful gun lobby. We watch these tragedies escalate and feel helpless to prevent the next one: 58 innocent people are randomly killed, 527 others injured by a lone gunman at an outdoor concert4; young children are murdered in their schools; and others killed in their church or at the movies.
Now no place is safe. None of us can feel secure when we could easily be the next victim of gun violence. Our personal safety, as well as that of our loved ones', is in real danger. The truth is we can no longer afford to sit back, waiting around like ducks in a shooting gallery. We all must get involved now.
While a movement to prevent gun violence is growing throughout the country, a massive campaign to increase the public's understanding of this issue is essential. This became really clear to me during a conversation I had on my flight to Philadelphia last Thanksgiving. As I spoke to the woman seated next to me about the ever-increasing gun violence in our country, she explained that she was a gun owner who supported universal background checks. An intelligent, former defense contractor, this mother of three children then startled me by noting she opposed gun control. I was confused. How could this be?
Like many gun owners, she believed gun control meant the government wanted to take away her guns. I responded that gun control is about keeping people safe, not gun confiscation. But clearly she was listening to the message of the gun lobby, which prevents even the most common sense gun control laws from being enacted, such as keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, domestic violence abusers, even known terrorists. Clearly, we need to better educate the public about the meaning and purpose of gun control.
So how can we articulate the gun control message more effectively? What if instead of emphasizing gun control, there was a Movement for the Safety of All Americans? If the problem were framed as a domestic and public safety issue rather than a gun control matter, perhaps we could build greater demand for conquering this national epidemic.
When people feel that a problem personally affects them, they are much more likely to become involved in solving it. The history of mass movements in America bears that out. From Women's Suffrage and Labor to Civil Rights and LGBTQ issues, mass movements have arisen to demand that the nation address the critical needs of millions of its citizens. The threat that gun violence poses to our safety is not being met with the urgency, resources and all-out response this crisis requires. Making the prevention of gun violence a nationwide, public safety emergency could galvanize the nation to cure this epidemic.
Mass movements have always faced very strong resistance from the status quo. The gun lobby has an extremely strong grip on many members of Congress. In 2014, gun rights advocates spent over $30 million on campaigns and lobbying while gun control reformers spent less than $10 million.5 (See nmmop.org to help get Big Money Out of Politics.) Still, the polls indicate that the people overwhelmingly want gun control. As Americans' resolve to defeat gun violence grows, our resignation that it is hopeless will dissipate.
Therefore, we must all get involved. Here in New Mexico, you can join New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (www.newmexicanstopreventgunviolence.org).
If you live in another state, find a similar organization to support and help build the grassroots effort for the safety of all Americans. Our mass movement can beat back the gun lobby and force our state legislatures and Congress to act despite the opposition. Together we can make America safe again!
See https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/#DailyDeaths.
See https://www.yahoo.com/news/much-really-know-gun-violence-200525739.html.
See https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2057.
See https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting.html.
See https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-loaded-is-the-gun-lobby/
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American Politics in Moral Free-Fall
Posted on October 15, 2017 by Author: Bruce Berlin
A dark cloud hangs over our country. With the recent Las Vegas mass murder and our government's pathetic response to the devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico, America's fall from grace quickens. While Donald Trump embodies much of that darkness, all of the blame for the ugly state of our country's politics cannot be laid at his feet. Both political parties bear a good deal of the responsibility. When it comes right down to it, all that seems to matter to our politicians is winning and the money it takes to come out on top.
Back in 2009, not long after Barak Obama was elected president, the Republican Congressional leadership agreed to a "strategy of all-out resistance" to the new Democratic president.1 Despite Obama's considerable efforts to reach out to Congressional Republicans, they continually refused to work with him.2 Beating our first African-American president was much more important to the Republicans than helping millions of Americans obtain health insurance. That was the case despite the fact that Obamacare was fashioned after the conservative Heritage Foundation's market-based proposal which Republican Governor Mitt Romney had already implemented in Massachusetts.3
Obama and the Democrats put politics before people as well. Rather than helping millions of Americans avoid losing their homes during the Great Recession, the Obama administration chose to direct almost all of the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) funds to the Wall Street banks whose corrupt and fraudulent practices were largely responsible for the country's economic collapse.4 Moreover, Obama refused to extract foreclosure relief measures from our nation's biggest banks in return for the huge bailout they received. Apparently, Obama and his big banker appointees cared a great deal more about the president's campaign contributors on Wall Street than they did about average Americans on Main Street. No Wall Street bankers went to jail for the grave damage they had caused the country.5
Since then, our politics have only gotten worse. During the entire eight years of the Obama presidency, the Republicans were the 'Party of No.' Unprecedented in modern American history, they refused to work with the president on practically any issue. While they were unable to defeat Obamacare, the GOP's obstructionism assisted them in attaining numerous victories. Not only did the Republicans win back the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014, but they also denied Obama a Supreme Court appointment, won the White House in 2016 and placed their own conservative justice on the Court once Trump became president.
Meanwhile, the Democrats continued to cozy up to Wall Street and their Big Money special interests rather than provide programs that would be most beneficial to the American people. That was the case even with Obamacare. While the program did extend healthcare to millions of previously uncovered Americans, it failed to offer a 'public option,' which would have helped keep consumers' costs down. Instead of fighting for an alternative choice to compete with the insurance industry, Obama and Congressional Democrats sided with the private insurers and excluded the public option from the legislation.
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign further demonstrated where the Democrats' loyalties lie. Clinton attended numerous gatherings hosted by her Big Money donors while failing to address the pressing concerns of blue-collar workers. But for the groundswell of support for Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2016 election, the Democratic Party platform would not have focused on those issues either. Nevertheless, Clinton refused to endorse reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and other strong Wall Street regulations, much to the delight of her wealthiest supporters.
Trump and the Republican Party are also tied to Big Money, probably even more so. Despite his campaign promises to the contrary, Trump has not drained the Washington swamp. In fact, he has enlarged it by filling his cabinet with billionaires, who, like him, are more interested in profiting personally from their positions than they are in enhancing the public good. Take Steve Mnuchin, for example, one of several wealthy former Goldman Sachs executives now in Trump's Cabinet. During the 2008 financial crisis, Mnuchin chaired OneWest Bank, which used fabricated and "robo-signed" documents to secure evictions, and routinely dispossessed the homes of senior citizens and people of color.6
As Treasury Secretary, Mnuchin helped draft Trump's new tax plan. Under this scheme, taxes will go up for many families that are just scraping by while the rich benefit. These tax increases will not pay for health care, food, or housing, but will provide the basis for lowering taxes on the wealthy, resulting in the richest one percent of families in the U.S., including Mnuchin's, receiving an increase in income of 8.5 percent after taxes.7 This is just one of many giveaways for corporations and multimillionaires offered in the Republicans' tax plan.
Is there any way to stop this moral free-fall in American politics? Throughout our history Americans have risen up in mass movements — be it for women's suffrage, labor, the environment or LBGTQ rights — and successfully demanded a reformation of our country's values and priorities. Isn't it time we do it again in the name of fairness and economic justice for all Americans?
Bruce Berlin is the president of New Mexicans for Money Out of Politics (nmmop.org) and the author of Breaking Big Money's Grip on America.
1 See http://swampland.time.com/2012/08/23/the-party-of-no-new-details-on-the-gop-plot-to-obstruct-obama/.
2 See http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/73971-obamas-first-year-yields-few-results-in-drive-for-bipartisanship.
3 See http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/11/13/romneycare-vs-obamacare-key-similarities-differences/.
4 See http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/secret-and-lies-of-the-bailout-20130104.
5 See https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/barack-obama-legacy-presidency.
6 See https://newrepublic.com/article/133368/donald-trumps-finance-chair-anti-populist-hell.
7 See https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/10/03/lets-stop-gops-biggest-grift-all.
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Posted on August 21, 2017 by Author: Bruce Berlin
If ever there was a time to stand up and actively work for what we want our nation to be, that time is now. Our country desperately needs all of us. The future of our democracy rides on We, the people.
Today all Americans who believe Donald Trump is destroying the fabric of our American values must come together and create the strongest possible response to Trump's white supremacist threat to our nation. Most Americans are upset, if not outraged, with Trump's reaction to the neo-Nazis' violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a little more than a week ago. In fact, Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic advisor, was reported to be "disgusted." Business leaders, Republican and Democratic lawmakers, even conservative British Prime Minister Theresa May criticized Trump's failure to condemn the neo-Nazi demonstration.
Still, no Republican on Capitol Hill has called for Trump's resignation or impeachment despite his multiple transgressions against the American people and our Constitution, since he became president. More than 40 percent of the public now thinks Trump should be impeached, and he is losing support among his base as well. Moreover, a recent poll (taken just prior to Trump's response to the violent demonstration) indicated only 29 percent of whites without a college degree, a key element of his base, "approve strongly of how Trump is handling his job." While 13 percent also said they somewhat approve, 43 percent said they strongly disapproved, and 6 percent said they somewhat disapproved…"*
Trump's approval rating is now just 10 points higher than Richard Nixon's when Nixon resigned after his party abandoned him amid the Watergate investigation. Nevertheless, without Republican lawmakers calling for his resignation or impeachment, Trump will remain in the White House.
Meanwhile, what do the rest of us, who believe Trump is utterly unfit to be president, do? Clearly, it's time for a coordinated, massive response for the good of our Republic. What might that look like?
First, we must make our voices heard loud and clear, demanding that Congress initiate a formal investigation into whether to impeach the president. We must mount a huge lobbying effort, including letters to the editor, petition drives, demonstrations and sit-ins at Congressional offices at home and in DC. Congressional representatives, Republican and Democrat alike, must be barraged with calls for Trump's impeachment. They must understand that if they do not actively support impeaching Trump, their constituents will vote for someone who will in the 2018 elections. The more they hear from us, the more likely they are to open an investigation.**
Second, we must initiate community dialogues with our neighbors about the present state of our country, Trump's lack of moral leadership, his apparent obstruction of the special prosecutor's investigation, his misuse of the office of the Presidency for personal gain, and his responsibility for the growing divisiveness in our nation. We must build a very broad-based, mass movement to remove Trump from office.
Third, we must call out Trump's racist supporters, whether they are in the streets, the media or the halls of Congress. Americans need to know who is enabling Trump and the white supremacists' movement that violates all the principles our country has long stood for. We have to isolate their movement, do whatever we can to eliminate its influence in our country, and develop safeguards against this ever happening again.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we must build a government of, by and for the people. Our mass movement must address the needs of all Americans, including those whom Trump conned with his fake populism. We each must look into our hearts and answer the call to revive democracy in America.
How do you answer the call? Here are some local organizations that you can contact to get involved in this movement:
Indivisible (https://indivisiblesantafe.org/); New Mexicans for Money Out of Politics (http://nmmop.org/); Retake Our Democracy (https://retakeourdemocracy.org/); and Chainbreaker Collective (https://chainbreaker.org/).
* See http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/poll-40-percent-now-support-trump-impeachment-n793251 and http://www.salon.com/2017/08/02/new-poll-reveals-donald-trump-is-losing-support-from-a-key-part-of-his-base/.
** See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/07/12/a-house-democrat-has-filed-the-first-articles-of-impeachment-against-president-trump/.
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Democracy Convention: A Call To Transform Our Political System
Four hundred political organizers and social change agents from around the country recently gathered for the third national Democracy Convention in Minneapolis from August 2 to 6. I came away from that experience energized and feeling that the progressive movement is alive and well in America.
While the conference had numerous themes, its overriding mission was: To bring people together to build a strong Democracy Movement for transforming of our political system into one that truly represents and serves the working people of our country.Sponsored by Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, the convention clearly made major strides towards its goal.
The convention addressed the full gamut of people's concerns, including racial justice and immigration, health and education, money in politics, environmental protection, peace and economic equity. One convention thread emphasized the need to strengthen the rights of people over corporations in the U.S. Constitution. Richard Monje, Vice President of Workers United/SEIU (Service Employees International Union), pointed out that the Constitution actually protects private property at the expense of We the people. He advocated for including workers' and economic rights in the Constitution.
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, National Director of Move To Amend, one of the main convention sponsors, proclaimed that the moral argument for overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision is what will bring people together to demand a 28th Amendment. Move To Amend supports the We the People Amendment that states money is not speech and corporations are not people.
Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI), the First Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, kicked off the Saturday morning program. He declared that we need to "fix our democracy" by: (1) enacting a Constitutional Right to Vote Amendment and related laws to protect the integrity of our elections; and (2) eliminating Big Money from the election process. Rep. Pocan also called for a People's Budget that would prioritize the needs of the American people and cut out corporate handouts and tax loopholes.
While I found that the Convention presented many stimulating solutions to the critical issues facing our nation, a central question still had to be addressed: how to move these ideas into actual policy? Nick Brana, former National Political Outreach Coordinator for the Sanders for President campaign, had one answer that attracted many convention attendees. A founding member of Our Revolution, Brana called for a new progressive party. He noted that Americans are disillusioned and deserting the two major parties. Brana asserted that almost half the country now identifies as Independents. He believes that a viable, progressive third party could be formed by bringing together half of the Independents, half of the Democrats, some Republicans and many Americans who previously have refused to participate in our elections.
Brana argued that progressives must institutionalize their message by forming a third party. He likened progressives' involvement in the Democratic Party to an abusive relationship. The Party keeps promising to change, but it continually goes back to the same old abusive behavior of favoring Corporate America and Wall Street over the people. According to Brana, breaking this destructive pattern requires that progressives form their own party. Then the Democratic Party will be forced to change to avoid mass defections, or it will continue to shrink and finally collapse. If the Party does not return to its FDR roots, Brana argued, this new third party will become a major people's party.
The premise of Brana's thesis is that the Democratic Party has no incentive to change without the challenge of a third party. With the help of Harvard Professor Cornel West, he is putting his theory to the test. Together they are convening the People's Convergence Conference (convergence2017.org) in Washington on September 8th to 10th. The conference will examine the way forward for the progressive movement. They have invited Sen. Sanders to attend a "Draft Bernie Town Hall" at the conference.
Whether Sanders will accept the invitation and agree to lead a new third party is doubtful. Nevertheless, we are living in very dangerous times. Our democracy is being threatened by authoritarian leaders both at home and abroad. The American people have lost faith in the ability of our Establishment institutions to work for them. The Democracy Convention provided hope that together we can transform our political system and save our democracy.
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Are Democrats Headed in the Wrong Direction?
Posted on July 25, 2017 by Author: Bruce Berlin
With the Republicans unable to achieve any legislative victories and stuck with a very unpopular president, the Democrats would appear to have a golden opportunity to regain a great deal of political power in the 2018 elections. Under such circumstances, you would think the Party would naturally turn to its strength to generate voters' support and build momentum for a winning campaign.
For some strange reason, however, the Democratic Party doesn't see it that way. According to the International Business Times, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) believes that placating its wealthy donors is more important than motivating its progressive base. (See http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/democratic-group-angers-progressives-bets-conservative-wing-wall-street-money-win) Thus, the DCCC is "coordinating with the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of 18 moderate Democrats that has shriveled in numbers and power in recent years…The DCCC's appeal to the center coincides with significant funding for the group from finance executives and other wealthy donors…"
Apparently, the DCCC fails to recognize that this same strategy was a major reason Hillary Clinton lost in 2016. Democratic turnout last November was down because Clinton failed to excite the Party's liberal base with a strong progressive message. Instead she played it "safe" in line with her Wall Street backers and many Democrats stayed home. (See https://www.forbes.com/sites/omribenshahar/2016/11/17/the-non-voters-who-decided-the-election-trump-won-because-of-lower-democratic-turnout/#2b3f928e53ab)
I would venture this same strategy has been a primary factor in why the Democrats have lost approximately 1000 elected offices across the country since Barack Obama became president.
On the other hand, Bernie Sanders' campaign proved that a candidate with a strong progressive platform motivates Democrats and can attract huge numbers of both new voters and small, individual donations. Nevertheless, the DCCC persists in following its proven losing strategy. Why?
I can see only one reason: It's all about the money. The Democrats, much like the Republicans, are tied to their Big Money donors. They believe that they can't win without those big bucks to pay for TV ads, mass mailings, etc. The truth is Democrats can't seem to win with them. If the Democrats don't nominate candidates who inspire their base and give them a real choice, then they will not turn out on Election Day. The Democratic base will not follow the DCCC down the Republican-light, move-to-the-center path. That path leads to a dead end both for the base and the Party.
Therefore, forward-thinking voters, in and out of the Democratic Party, must make their voices heard loud and clear. We are fed up with the Democrats and their failure to stand firmly for the working people of this country. The 2018 election may be the Democratic Party's last chance. If they don't get behind their base and back candidates who support the progressive agenda that the great majority of Democrats, as well as a good number of Independents and even Republicans, favor, then it just may be time to build a progressive, third party that will.
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It's All About the Money
Posted on June 3, 2017 by Author: Bruce Berlin
In case you were wondering why my blog has been silent for the last month or so, I recently returned from a long, but rewarding, four-week, cross-country journey from Santa Fe to New York to attend my daughter's college graduation, the 50th wedding anniversary party of old friends and several other events along the way. But now that I'm back, I intend to write at least one, hopefully two, blogs a week on the challenging issues we Americans face in 2017.
While a great deal has transpired in the last month, nothing was more troubling than Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. At the same time, however, this reckless, ill-conceived move may have a silver lining, which we will address in a few moments.
First, let's get to the heart of the matter: It's all about the money. While Trump claims that the Paris agreement was bad for American workers, it appears that it was the financial influence of the oil, gas and coal industries that won the day. On May 25, 22 Republican senators, led by Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo), signed a letter to Trump urging him "to make a clean break from the Paris agreement." The letter argued that the Paris deal threatened Trump's efforts to rescind the clean power plan, an Obama-era set of regulations and guidelines that include emissions caps and other rules deemed onerous by the fossil fuel industries.
What the letter did not address is the close alignment of these senators with those industries. According to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), the 22 signatories had received over $10 million in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industries since 2012. Trump himself collected over $900 thousand in contributions from these same sources during his 2016 campaign. (Over the course of his political career, Inhofe alone has received over $1.8 million in contributions from oil and gas concerns.) Moreover, CRP found that visible donations to Republicans, the party of climate change deniers, from the extractive industries exceeded donations to Democrats in the 2016 election cycle by a ratio of 15-to-1. With this kind of financial persuasion, could there be any doubt thatTrump would decide to withdraw from the Paris agreement?
Now for the silver lining. Trump's decision with the backing of many Congressional Republicans will only further energize the opposition to his administration and its inhumane policies. The Climate Change movement is strong and growing. A clear and striking line has now been drawn between the Republican supporters of the polluting fuel industries and the millions of Americans who want to protect their families and our planet from the disastrous consequences of climate change. The movement now has a very powerful argument against Republican climate change deniers in the 2018 elections and Trump in 2020: It's all about the money.
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How To Overcome the Power of Big Money
Posted on April 23, 2017 by Author: Bruce Berlin
In a recent blog, "Can the American People Overcome the Power of Big Money?," I wrote "the common denominator that prevents the enactment of real, positive solutions to practically every issue Americans face is the power of Big Money." After exploring the problem, I proposed that a massive, grassroots Democracy movement was the only viable way we, the people could succeed in reviving our democracy.
Throughout the history of the United States, time and again the American people have come together to advance social justice. From the Abolitionists and Women's Suffrage movements to the Civil Rights, LBGTQ and other people's movements, we have beaten great odds and overwhelmed the status quo. Now we are, once again, called to do just that.
What might a Democracy movement look like and what would be its mission and goals? First, to be effective, such a movement must include a broad range of the political spectrum. Without far-reaching support, this movement will not have the necessary political weight to achieve the systemic, democratic reforms required to establish a truly just society. Therefore, the movement must be non-partisan and involve Republicans and Democrats; conservatives, moderates and liberals; Independents, Libertarians and progressives.
Second, the movement must be grassroots and give people reason to believe their involvement will be beneficial to their lives. Moreover, the movement needs to include a vast majority of the population from all sections of the country. People must feel that they have a stake in such a movement. Although a Democracy movement may seem irrelevant to people's everyday lives, illustrating how Big Money's grip on government adversely affects average Americans can persuade them to get involved. People need to feel personally linked to the movement's purpose as well as grasp the value of its potential benefits for themselves and others. The more deeply connected people are to a movement's values and goals, the more likely they are to become actively involved.
And, third, in order to build massive and inclusive backing, a Democracy movement needs a clear, powerful and convincing message that resonates with most Americans. That message might go something like this:
Big Money and Corporate America control our government. They buy politicians' loyalty and unduly influence them with huge campaign contributions and very substantial lobbying efforts. We, the American people, are the big losers in this legally corrupt system. We support these politicians by volunteering in their campaigns, voting for them and paying their salaries with our hard-earned tax dollars. Yet, they repeatedly pass legislation (e.g., huge subsidies for the oil industry and bailouts for Wall Street banks), which favors Big Money and Corporate America at our great expense. The truth is our government does the bidding of Big Money while it very often disregards the common good and the wellbeing of most Americans. In fact, the United States has become a plutocracy, a nation ruled by and for the benefit of the very wealthy. In order to overcome the power of Big Money, Americans of all political persuasion must join together and build a nationwide, non-partisan, grassroots movement to revive our democracy.
The mission of a Democracy movement would be to remove the corrupting influence of money in politics and make the government work for all the people of the United States. To accomplish this mission, the movement would work to achieve at least the following goals:
Establish mandatory public financing of all congressional and presidential elections. Until we have a level playing field for all candidates who meet the qualifications to run for any particular office, we will not be able to eliminate the undue influence of Big Money.
Enact a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court's Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, and McCutcheon v. FEC decisions finding that money is speech, corporations are people, and restrictions on campaign contributions violate the freedom of speech. As long as these rulings stand, we will not be able to control the overriding power of Big Money.
Reform and strictly regulate lobbying so that all Americans have equal access to their elected officials regardless of their income, corporate position, or labor affiliation. For the voices and opinions of all Americans to be heard, we must have equal access to our elected officials.
Eliminate the gerrymandering of congressional districts so that each state's delegation to the House of Representatives is proportionate to the votes each party receives in that state's elections for Congress. In order for the people of any state to be fairly represented in Congress, as well as in their state legislatures, districts must be fairly drawn by independent commissions without favoring one political party over another.
Enact a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Electoral College so that every citizen's vote for president carries the same weight and the president is elected solely on the basis of the national popular vote. Since the president represents all the people, the weight of a person's vote should be the same regardless of where he or she may live.
Establish a national Bill of Voters' Rights guaranteeing all citizens of the United States an equal opportunity to vote and eliminating restrictive voter ID requirements and other efforts obstructing people's right to vote. In a democracy all citizens' right to vote should be guaranteed and protected.
While these are fundamental changes to our political structure that will be very difficult to establish, strong, bold actions are required to fix our broken system and put control of our government in the hands of the people. Half measures will not do. Consequently, only a massive, non-partisan, grassroots movement will have the ability to overcome the power of Big Money and revive our democracy.
See breakingbigmoneysgrip.com for how you can help build a Democracy movement.
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America's Political System Thrives on Corruption
Big Money has a stranglehold on our country's political system that is destroying our democracy. Today in Washington and in our state capitals too often Big Money calls the shots. Moreover, this problem is not a partisan issue. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as well as presidential administrations of both parties are frequently guilty of unduly favoring the desires of their Big Money donors over the needs of their constituents. The truth is, we have a system that thrives on corruption, and it's getting worse all the time.
While Donald Trump appears to have taken public corruption to a whole new level, by no means did it begin with him. Recent American history is full of examples. For instance, in 2002 Rep. Billy Tauzin, a Republican from Louisiana and then Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, drafted the Medicare prescription drug bill, which created Medicare's prescription drug benefit. In his final Congressional election for Congress that same year, Tauzin received close to $300,000 in campaign contributions from health professionals, drug makers and other health products companies. The bill Tauzin drafted in 2003 followed the industry's desires. It steered clear of price controls and forbade our government, the largest purchaser of prescription drugs, from negotiating with drug manufacturers to secure lower prices for Medicare beneficiaries, which is why today we still pay the highest prices in the world for our prescription medicines.
But, that's not all. The year after Tauzin drafted the Medicare drug benefit act, he left Congress and went through the revolving door between government and K Street, where a great many lobbyists work, and was hired by the drug industry. PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry's lobbying arm, rewarded Tauzin for writing the drug bill to its liking by hiring him as its president with a salary of approximately $2 million a year.
Tauzin's payoff would be unbelievable except for the fact that that is the way Washington actually functions. Retiring from Congress and becoming a lobbyist for a much heftier salary is a fairly common practice. According to one study, 42% of House members and 50% of senators become lobbyists when they leave office. Not only do they make a lot more money when they "retire," so to speak, but also they automatically have built-in access to members of Congress, having worked with many of them when they themselves were in office. You might say many of our representatives, with the help of corporate America, have made corrupting their public service standard operating procedure.
A few years later, the Great Recession of 2008 struck our nation. Millions of innocent people lost their homes and/or jobs when the economy crashed. Though the economic disaster was mostly due to the unscrupulous and fraudulent practices of Wall Street's big banks, the Obama administration allowed practically all of those bankers to get off scot-free. Could the facts that some of Obama's biggest donors during his 2008 campaign were Wall Street banks, and that he appointed a number of Goldman Sachs people, like Larry Summers, Gene Sperling and Rahm Emanuel, to important positions in his administration have had something to do with his failure to hold the bankers accountable?
In addition, despite the fact that the TARP legislation (Troubled Asset Relief Program) included instructions to use a portion of the funds to prevent the foreclosure of people's homes, President Obama not only used little or none of it to assist those distressed homeowners, but he also refused to extract foreclosure relief measures from our nation's biggest banks in return for the huge bailout they received. Was neither prosecuting the big bankers nor extracting foreclosure relief from them Obama's way of paying back Wall Street for their helping him win the White House?
Of course, Obama's was not the first Democratic administration to look out for Wall Street at the expense of the American people. In the 1990s, Robert Rubin served as Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration. A former Goldman Sachs co-chairman, Rubin used his influential position to gain repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, which had separated investment banking from commercial banking since the days of FDR, and had thus protected ordinary Americans' bank deposits from being wagered by investment bankers in the risky trading of future derivative swaps and other exotic, often fraudulent securities. Rather than protecting the interests of average American investors and homeowners, Secretary Rubin's efforts supported his Wall Street friends. Repealing Glass-Steagall allowed the Big Banks to gamble with depositors' money. Consequently, to a great degree, we have Pres. Clinton, Rubin and his bank buddies to thank for the crash of the housing market and the Great Recession of 2008. Even today, many Americans are still struggling to recover while the big bankers are doing better than ever.
Now President Trump and his billionaire Republican friends are running our government. Given all the prior corrupting influence of Big Money in Washington, it's quite likely that their financial interests will also play a significant role in how our nation's policies are determined. Rex Tillerson, the new Secretary of State and former head of Exxon Mobil, and Steve Mnuchin, the recently appointed Secretary of the Treasury who previously worked for Goldman Sachs, are just two members of Trump's cabinet whose policy decisions may very well be swayed by their private financial affairs.
As for Trump himself, it's all about the money. He reportedly was offered up to a 19% stake in Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, in return for his lifting the sanctions imposed on Russia by Pres. Obama. Subsequently, a similar portion of Rosneft was sold to a mysterious partnership partly owned by a shadowy company in the Cayman Islands, the ownership of which is unknown, according to Reuters. And then the sanctions were, in fact, relaxed.
Moreover, last month the Chinese government granted President Trump and his business valuable trademark protection for the use of the Trump name in the construction industry, something he had been seeking for more than a decade. While Trump had fought unsuccessfully in Chinese courts for years for control of the trademark, in November, soon after the election, China awarded the trademark to the Trump Organization.
And, yet another example of Trump's corruption of the presidency is his pay-to-play scheme at his private, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach resort. Soon after he became president, Trump doubled its initiation fee to $200,000. For Trump, the presidency is all about using it for his personal gain. The question is: How long will the American people put up with all this corruption?
Bruce Berlin is the state coordinator of New Mexicans for Money Out of Politics and the author of Breaking Big Money's Grip on America. See his website at www.breakingbigmoneysgrip.com.
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Valore:This interesting surname of Scottish origin is a locational name from a place on the south bank of the Clyde outside Glasgow, called Erskyn. The etymology is not clear, it may be from the Celtic elements cognate with to the Welsh 'ir' meaning 'green' plus 'esgyn', 'to ascend'. The surname dates back to the early 13th Century, (see below). Variations in the idiom of the spelling include Erskin (1225), Yrskin (1227), Ireskin (1262), Harskin, Irschen (1300). Church recordings include one Robert, son of David and Margaret Erskine who was christened on September 9th 1697 at St. Dunstan, Stepney. One John Erskine, aged 30 yrs a famine emigrant, sailed from Liverpool aboard the Spartan bound for New York on June 22nd 1847. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry de Erskyn, witnesses a charter, which was dated 1225, Abbey of Paisley, during the reign of King Alexander 11 of Scotland, 1214 - 1249. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to 'develop' often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Заснеженное небо,
Сосулек бахрома.
Весь мир заворожила
Сугробов навалила
И развела пургу.
Дорожки и деревья
В снегу.
Андрюша вышел в садик
И бабу там слепил.
Доволен несказанно
Он был.
Красуйся, моя баба,
И стой среди двора,
Пока не наступила
Жара.
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E3 Recap #10 – Tom Clancy's The Division
June 23, 2013 by Colby Mort
On Black Friday, three weeks ago a deadly pandemic struck the whole of America. The only hope of surviving is the division. The Division are a group of tactical agents who are humanity's last hope of survival. Tom Clancy's The Division is a mmorpg coming out for Playstation 4 and Xbox 360. You play as a tactical agent who is part of the division, and your mission is to survive. The game was announced at E3 and press were told that the game is actually inspired by Operation Dark Winter and Directive 51, real-world events which showed us how vulnerable we really are. The pandemic was designed to spread on Black Friday on bank notes and when the system went out of hand the pandemic got out of control, wiping out the Untied States in 5 days. In the game, players will be able to play with friends in a large open world, fighting against Ai and other players.
In the gameplay shown to press, you and other members of the division were heading to a police station where activity was reported. When you get there the group engaged with enemy npcs and a feature shown off was the fact that one player was using a tablet to pilot a recon drone and scout for the rest on the ground. As they finish combat, the team enters the station and loots the armoury where we see the player get a new gun out of a crate. Overall the gameplay showed off some amazing features with a slick UI and a brilliant menu the game truly looks like a next gen game.
The game will allow players to compete through different tasks with various ways to go around them and while not many features have been confirmed yet, from the trailer it seems that the player can choose different skill sets to help them to progress. For instance one of the group was healing, one was using a sentry gun and the other was using a ground drone. Below you can see the gameplay footage.
Also below is the trailer for the game since the trailer was very well done and provides a better insight into the games back story.
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Fatboy Slim separates from radio presenter Zoe Ball after 18 years of marriage
By Harry Yorke 24 September 2016 • 10:30pm
Music producer Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) and radio presenter Zoe Ball have confirmed they have separated Credit: PA
Zoe Ball, the first female presenter of Radio One's Breakfast Show, and music producer Fatboy Slim have announced they have separated after 18 years of marriage.
Posting a statement on her Twitter account, Ball said it was "with great sadness" that the pair had decided to separate.
"After many exciting adventures together over the last 18 years we have come to the end of our rainbow," she added.
Norman Cook and Zoe Ball Credit: PA
"We are still great friends and will continue to support each other and raise our beautiful children together, living next door but one."
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— Zoe Ball (@ZoeTheBall) September 24, 2016
The couple were married in August 1999 at Babington House, a Georgian country house located in Somerset, and have two children together: Woody Fred, 16, and daughter Nelly May Lois, six.
However, this is not the first first time the pair have separated.
In 2003, they split briefly after Ball revealed that she had been having an affair with DJ Dan Peppe, a close friend of her husbands, but they reconciled a few months later.
Until July this year their relationship seemed stable, with Ball stating that it would "take something pretty mammoth to rock us now" during a media interview.
The pair on their wedding day at Babington House
According to a source quoted in the Sun, the pair have finally decided to go their separate ways due to clashes in personality; with Ball wanting to "go out and have fun" while Cook remains content staying at home with the children.
"His sobriety was incredibly hard-won and he doesn't want to compromise it," the source said.
"Zoe completely understands that, but she is in a very different place. She doesn't want to be sat on the sofa in the evening having a cup of tea. She loves a party and will get stuck into a night out."
A disagreement while the family was holidaying in Ibiza, where Cook regularly performs, is also believed to have contributed to their marriage breaking down.
Ball is currently living in London where she is filming for the Strictly Come Dancing aftershow, while Cook remains at the family home in Brighton looking after the couple's children.
Zoe Ball
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W: White - Wilkie
Murdo White
We have only a handful of matches recorded for this 1940s Scottish lightweight but include him for his significant role in defeating George Kidd when Kidd made his professional debut in Edinburgh on 7th January, 1946. We have found a referral to him in 1939 as an international amateur and a professional match in 1945 against Les Kellett, where it was also said that he was a wrestling referee.
Tony "Titch" White
1970s lightweight from Maidstone worked for Dale Martin Promotions in the 1970s and 1980s, and we understand could still be seen occasionally wrestling until well into the 20th century. Dino Scarlo was a frequent opponent, and it was Dino in the opposite corner when Tony appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in 1977, with Dino gaining the verdict.
The White Angel
We differentiate between the original White Angel who wrestled in Britain in the early sixties (see L'Ange Blanc) and our home grown version. The White Angel persona was the creation of promoter Paul Lincoln, introducing the masked man to his rings in pursuit of the villainous Doctor Death. With Doctor Death established as an unbeatable masked villain the White Angel appeared on the scene and, as the name suggests, was the antithesis of the Doctor. The White Angel challenged Dr Death relentlessly througout 1961 and 1962, until Lincoln decided it was time to make a killing and arranged for the two to meet at the Granada Tooting. The rest, as they say is history Good did not triumph over evil and Doctor Death overcame his nemesis and unmasked the White Angel to reveal the face of Judo Al Hayes, making the transition from Joint Promotions to the opposition circuit. Never one to miss an opportunity the enterprising Lincoln decided that if one White Angel could make him money then two could make even more, and fans were introduced to The White Angels tag team.
Many others donned a white mask and made use of the name in the 1970s, including Ray Diamond, Bob Taylor, Gypsy Joe Smith, and Len Hurst. We also have record of a late 1940s White Angel, but do not know if he was a masked man.
White Owl (Micky Flack)
A charismatic figure of the British wrestling scene from 1932 until the day he paid the ultimate price in 1937. Those five years that led to tragedy were enough to secure the White Owl's place as one of the top wrestlers of the 1930s.
.Michael Martin Flack was the White Owl, and his untimely death occurred on 24th December, 1937. The inquest of his death was told he was a well educated man with a public school education and university degree. His last wrestling match had been over a week earlier, but "He was constantly getting hurt" his mother told the inquest at St Pancras. Medical witnesses described him as a muscular, well nourished man, killed by an absence from poison on an abscess to his loin, but were unable to say whether it might have been caused by blows during wrestling contests. An open verdict was returned on the 27 year old wrestler. No blame was placed on anyone involved in wrestling, but evidence provided of the wrestler's injuries during the previous six months illustrated just how hard was the life of an all-in wrestler.
White Owl had turned professional in 1932. Weighing around fourteen stones he wrestled many of the top men in the country with mixed results but a popular following. A few months before his death Micky Flack had appeared on BBC television, alongside Bob Gregory and King Curtis in demonstration of Ju-Jitsu entitled "Weaponless Self Defence."
Bob Gregory, who had employed White Owl on some of his shows, said at the time of his death that he had advised the wrestler to give up wrestling due to his ill health.
We have occasional records of a White Owl appearing in 1939 and the early 1940s, but this was obviously not the original.
White Phantoms
A masked tag pair that has intrigued us since watching them four decades ago. A short term run in 1969 saw them holding victories over the Hells Angels and McManus and Logan. A very mysterious pair of masked men indeed. Caulkhead saw the Phantoms in action and told us, "Twice at Ventnor Winter Gardens we had a handicap match between Mr X (actually Ed Wensor, without a mask) against The Phantoms (or, maybe, The White Phantoms). The duo won first time, and Ed/X the second time, whereupon the duo unmasked, one proving to be "Gypsy" Joe Smith, but I don't recall the identity of the other." Another member, Alan, also recalled "I saw the White Phantoms lose to Mr X/Ed Wensor at Wimbledon Palais in the late 1960s. The tall one was Gypsy Joe Smith and smaller one Bobby Bierne."
Billy White Wolf (Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy)
The heroic native American looked every bit the part as he toured northern England and Scotland in the winter of 1969-70. Dressed in the usual attire he was certainly colourful but results were mixed against a set of opponents usually one notch down from the elite of the time -Hussey, Streiger and Pierlot being frequent foes. One of his rare ventures south saw him surprisingly rewarded with a Royal Albert Hall bout against Mike Marino, and more surprisingly rewarded with a drawn verdict. Look the part he might have done, but he was to return a few years later as the evil Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy ! Said to be a school friend of Sadam Hussein, and influential in developing professional wrestling in Iran his colourful story can be read in his autobiography, "The Sheik of Baghdad: Tales of Celebrity and Terror from Pro Wrestling's General Adnan " To be fair to the wrestling promoters (we wouldn't want to suggest they ever tried to hoodwink us poor fans), during White Wolf's initial tour it was publicly stated that his father was Lebanese and he had learned to wrestle in the Lebanon.
Edouardo Wieckorski
See the reference to Eduardo Carpentier
Eddie Wiecz
Jacky Wiecz
The muscular sixteen stone French heavyweight made a short visit to southern England in March, 1972. The Frenchman had gained most of his experience in Canada, where he wrestled as Andre Carpentier. It was claimed that he was the nephew of former world champion Edouardo Carpentier, but there have also been suggestions they were father and son, and that they were not related at all. Take your choice. By the time he arrived in Britain he had returned to Europe and had set up home in France and wrestled in France, Spain and Germany.
Wild Man of Borneo (Baskiss Singh, Gunga Singh)
Read our extended tribute in Personality Parade: No Bad Hair Days
Ronnie Wilde
See the reference to Les Stent
Len Wilding
The popular Streatham welterweight was born in 1936 and turned professional wrestler in his early twenties following three years as an amateur at the John Rushkin Amateur Wrestling Club. As a schoolboy swimming was his first love and Len had earned his crust as a professional lifeguard before turning to the professional wrestling ring in 1958. For five years he was a regular feature on Dale Martin bils throughout Southern England. His career seemed to move up a notch in May, 1960, when he made his debut at the Royal Albert Hall, where he lost to Peter Szakacs. Fans were shocked when the young man that seemed destined for the top announced his retirement at the end of 1963. Fans had their chips when he went into the catering business
Henry Wilkie
We know little about Sunderland's Henry Wilkie who newspapers declared a very skilled heavyweight. He appeared in the rings in 1934 when opponents like Jack Dale suggests he was a lighter man in those days. Post war he was advertised as a heavyweight and facing men like Robert McDonald, Francis Gregory and The Blue Mask, with whom he drew at the New St James Hall, Newcastle. In 1933 and 1934 we came across Wild Boar Wilkie, billed from Sunderland or Newcastle, but we don't know if this was the same man.
Wildman John Wilkie
The hard man of the Potteries, from Stoke On Trent, erupted into our rings in the late 1970s. A rough, tough rule bender he was a television favourite in the 1980s making more than a dozen appearances. Remembered by many for his television contest with Fuji Yamada, and partnering Bulldog Brown and Sid Cooper against Big Daddy in ITV's final wrestling show.
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Enough Fentanyl to Kill 32M People Seized in Single NYC Bust: Prosecutors
Authorities confiscated nearly 195 pounds of fentanyl in a pair of busts that prosecutors said included one sting that netted 32 million lethal doses of the drug, an opioid 50 times stronger than heroin.
Four people were arrested after the busts in August and September that also netted 75 pounds of heroin and cocaine. Bridget G. Brennan, New York City's special narcotics prosecutor, said the busts come as overdose deaths hit an all-time high in New York's five boroughs in 2016.
"The sheer volume of fentanyl pouring into the city is shocking," she said. "It's not only killing a record number of people in New York City, but the city is used as a hub of regional distribution for a lethal substance that is taking thousands of lives throughout the Northeast."
In the first bust, on Aug. 1, 2017, police and federal agents seized more than 140 pounds of fentanyl — the most in the city's history — after watching Rogelio Alvardo-Robles and Blanca Flores-Solis receive what appeared to to be a package of cocaine from an unknown trafficker at a Walmart in Manhawkin, New Jersey. Authorities said that after the exchange, they went back to an apartment building in Queens' Kew Gardens neighborhood, where a DEA agent approached them and seized the alleged drugs.
Afterward, authorities said they got a search warrant for their apartment and found 97 packages of drugs in suitcases and a purse in a bedroom; 84 of the packages were either filled with pure fentanyl or heroin laced with the powerful drug. Authorities said the trove could have had enough doses to kill 32 million people from overdoses.
Then, on Sept. 5, authorities seized another 53 pounds of fentanyl-laced heroin and another 2 pounds of uncut fentanyl during a stop near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. That bust came after detectives and DEA agents watched Edwin Guzman and Manuel Rivera-Santana pick up a duffel bag from men inside a tractor trailer and drove back into New York City.
After the stop police got a search warrant to open the locked duffel, and found 25 1-kilogram bricks with the drugs.
The four people arrested in the two busts each face criminal drug possession charges; Guzman and Rivera-Santana also face conspiracy counts.
Attorney information for the men wasn't immediately available.
Prosecutors say the drugs are worth a street value of $30 million.
Of the roughly 64,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2016, more than 20,000 involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS) /
E.M. Ngutuku (Eliza)
Rhizomatic Cartographies of Children's Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Siaya, Kenya
Rizomatische cartografieën van armoede en kwetsbaarheid onder kinderen in Siaya, Kenia
Rhizomatic Cartographies of Children's Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability is an interdisciplinary research on children's complex lived experience in Kenya. It is based on a one-year ethnographic research in Siaya, a county characterized by some of the lowest indicators of child wellbeing in Kenya. The research was guided by the key cartographical question, how is it both to be, and to be constructed as, a poor and vulnerable child in Siaya, Kenya? I took the rhizome, a Deleuzean imaginary for complexity, fluidity and interconnectedness as the conceptual, methodological, and organizing principle for my study. I explored the children's experience as 'cartography', or a rhizomatic map from three interlinked every-day and symbolic spaces of children. These are: the household/home, and non-state and state programmes of support and schooling.
Based on four main observations I demonstrate that contradictions suffuse the lived experience of children. First, due to poverty and associated vulnerabilities, children encounter challenges in enjoying their rights as citizens. Second, in the different spaces, children are targets of diverse interpretations and constructions of their identity and needs and these constructions influence their experience. Third, children and their caregivers draw on concrete, cultural and discursive strategies to cope with these constraints and constructions of their identity, rights and needs. They lay claims to their citizenship rights, but also perceive these rights as due from the state and a range of others. Finally, these strategies and sensibilities – themselves rhizomatic, in turn influence or become part of the cartographies of children's lived experience of poverty and vulnerability. My research therefore reveals that children's lived experience is not linear. It is formed at sometimes enduring and/or shifting interstices of material lack and historically/politically located factors. It also forms at complex social relations, including community-individual and state-citizen relations and obligations. This experience coalesces at the context of representations and understanding of children's needs, rights and identity in programmes and the emergent agency of children.
These cartographical readings of children's experience were enabled by my theoretical intervention of 'listening softly to children's voice'. 'Listening softly' is a perspective that not only democratizes relations by giving children a voice but acknowledges children as knowing subjects. 'Listening softly' goes further to capture and draw implications for various dimensions of children's voice. Listening softly was enabled by my methodological orientation of a rhizome, and I therefore located children's voice as emergent in diverse contexts including locations of power. I also acknowledged that voice is multi-vocal and includes silence, the silenced and the unsaid. 'Listening softly' was supported by my diffractive reading of perspectives obtained through child-centred methods including narrative conversations, photo conversations, semi-autobiographical essays, creative drawing activities, Focus Group Discussions, children's diaries and my diffractive diaries.
From a policy and practice perspective, while it is clear that the findings of this contextual study are not necessarily applicable to other contexts, the mapping of the minutiae of children's experience provide useful perspectives on the entangled contextual nature of children's experience in general. However, I go beyond a perspective of simple contextual differences to an approach that reveals the entangled fluid and contingent differences and idiosyncrasies within the specific setting of Siaya. Read this way, the research does not offer a blueprint, but signposts for similar analysis and approach in different settings. The analysis can assist policy design and implementation agencies and actors in connecting and addressing better the nodes and processes that have a bearing on children's experience. In bringing to the fore competing interpretations of children's needs, I also call for a need to re-think support to children with attention to how specific support may foster vulnerability and point to spaces for alternative ethical and just solidarities when supporting children.
The complexity of children's experience challenges the linear, homogenizing and categorizing tendencies of child poverty research. I show that a rhizomatic reading of children's experience, that goes beyond measurements and shows the entanglement of fluid and contingent factors, exceeds multidimensional approaches to child poverty and vulnerability. Such an approach also anticipates complex solutions, avoids analyses that are linear, apolitical and ahistorical, and valorizes the voice of children.
Keywords Child Poverty, Lived Experience, Cartography, Rhizome, Voice, Child-Rights
Promotor K. Arts (Karin) , L.A. Okwany (Auma)
Publisher Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sponsor The research was funded by the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)
Persistent URL hdl.handle.net/1765/124941
Note This dissertation is part of the research programme of CERES, Research School for Resource Studies for Development
Organisation International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS)
Ngutuku, E.M. (2020, March 4). Rhizomatic Cartographies of Children's Lived Experience of Poverty and Vulnerability in Siaya, Kenya. Erasmus University Rotterdam. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/124941
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The Secured Transactions Law Reform Project Releases a Draft Policy Paper
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Louise Gullifer QC (Hon)
Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge
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Commercial Law Centre
Secured Transactions Law Reform Project
Secured transactions law
ABOUT THE SECURED TRANSACTIONS LAW REFORM PROJECT
The Secured Transactions Law Reform Project was set up by Professor Sir Roy Goode to examine the English law relating to secured transactions and to consider the need for and shape of future reform. The project involves interested parties from academia, the professions and the relevant sectors of finance, commerce and industry in order to consider the effectiveness of the current law, and the ways in which it can be improved. It is currently led by Professor Louise Gullifer.
THE CURRENT APPROACH OF THE PROJECT
This work, building on discussions with stakeholders, has led to the development of the project's current approach, which is to identify the irreducible core aspects of a modern secured transactions law, and the parameters for debate in relation to other (non-core) issues. A draft policy paper setting out the core aspects and the matters for debate has been published on the project's website, and will be followed by detailed papers addressing the various matters open to debate.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT POLICY PAPER
The paper explains that the secured transactions regime under English law needs to be 'best in class' in order to compete in today's global markets. This means that the regime needs to be modern, efficient and as forward-looking as possible. An ideal secured transactions law is one that is clear, certain and easily accessible. A creditor should be able to obtain a security interest over any asset, including future assets, as cheaply as possible. There should be transparency, to enable others to know about the existence of a security interest, and the system's rules should enable a creditor to know with certainty the priority position of his interest. It should also be possible to enforce a security interest effectively whether or not the borrower is insolvent. Lastly, although it should be possible for creditors to contract out of most default rules in relation to priority and enforcement, that default position should be the one most likely to be required in general, so as to minimise transaction costs.
The project has determined the core aspects of a modern secured transactions law in light of these principles and as a result of consideration of the common features of reform of secured transactions law in other jurisdictions around the world. These aspects are:
a simplified and codified law of secured transactions;
adoption of a single concept of a (consensual) security interest;
a regime of secured transactions which enables security to be taken over any asset, present and future;
a regime of secured transactions, including registration, which covers security interests granted by all debtors (whether corporate or non-corporate), although there could be different rules for consumers;
a fully electronic system of registration, where registration takes effect without human intervention; and
a set of clear priority rules based on rational distinctions, and, at its core, a rule that priority between registered interests is by date of registration.
The paper identifies the areas for debate, and also sets out the areas where it is not proposed to change English law and to indicate how it is proposed that these will fit within a reformed regime. Some of the areas for debate have already been addressed by papers which are on the project's website, while others are in the process of being prepared. The areas covered are as follows:
the registration system;
priority and taking-free rules;
whether registration of assignments of receivables is voluntary or compulsory, and whether the inclusion of assignments of receivables is limited (eg to trade receivables);
treatment of asset finance devices (finance leases and hire-purchase agreements);
treatment of ROT clauses;
whether security interests created by consumers should be included in the same regime as those created for business purposes (a paper on non-corporate debtors has already been produced by the STR);
to what extent should perfection by possession be permitted? This is already considered in a paper produced by the STR;
the priority on insolvency of persons who presently have priority over floating chargees (this is being considered by the project's working group C);
precisely what amounts to 'control' (this is being considered by the project's working group D);
the extent to which a security interest in an asset extends to its proceeds;
the precise scope of a statutory statement of remedies;
balance between secured creditor rights on enforcement and protection for the borrower;
reform of law relating to security over IP;
various issues in relation to security over financial collateral.
Comments and views on the approach set out in the paper would be very welcome. Contact details are here.
The original post can be found on the blog of the Commercial Law Centre.
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John Dalton's 10 Major Contributions And Accomplishments
Born in September 1766, John Dalton was an English scientist who did pioneering work in the fields of chemistry and meteorology. He was the first to publish a paper on colour blindness and also provided great new insights into the nature of gases. He was renowned during his life though the enormous nature of his contribution was realized with further advancements in science. Here are the 10 major accomplishments of John Dalton including his remarkable contribution to chemistry and meteorology.
#1 He made several remarkable meteorological observations in his first published work
Dalton's first major achievements were in meteorology, the scientific study of atmosphere. In 1793, Meteorological Observations and Essays became his first published work. It asserted for the first time that water vapour existed independently in air and didn't combine chemically with other atmospheric gases. It also contained his study of aurora borealis which detected the magnetic relation of the phenomenon and concluded its light to be of purely electrical origin. Dalton made important contributions to meteorology throughout his scientific career and was called the Father of Meteorology by John Frederic Daniell.
#2 John Dalton published the first ever paper on colour blindness
John Dalton was colour blind and so was his elder brother Jonathan Dalton. In his 1794 paper "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours" Dalton described the defect he had discovered in his own and his brother's vision. This paper was the first publication on colour blindness. Though Dalton correctly recognized that the deficiency was hereditary, his theory regarding it was incorrect. Still colour blindness is sometimes referred to as Daltonism as he was the first scientist to thoroughly investigate the defect.
#3 John Dalton did pioneering work in hydrology
Meteorological Observations and Essays – The first published work of John Dalton
Dalton's 1799 paper proposed after research and estimated calculations that the quantity of rain and dew are equal to the quantity of water carried off by evaporation and by the rivers. It also contained the earliest definition of the 'dew-point' and settled for all practically purposes the controversy over the origin of springs by his conclusion that they are fed by rain. This paper was an important step in the development of quantitative hydrological cycles. Due to John Dalton's contribution, the Dalton Medal is given to hydrologists by the European Geophysical Society for distinguished research in the field.
#4 He provided great new insights into the nature of gases
In 1802, John Dalton's ground-breaking research, which provided great new insights on the nature of gases, was published. In it he noted correctly that all gases could be liquefied provided their temperature was sufficiently low and pressure sufficiently high; and that all gases expand the same quantity by heat. He also came up with what is known as Dalton's law of evaporation. It states that the rate of evaporation is proportional to the difference between the saturation vapour pressure at water temperature and the actual vapour pressure in air.
#5 He observed what is known as Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
In 1801, John Dalton found that volume of all gases he studied increased proportionally with rise in temperature when pressure was held constant (VαT at constant P). The law however bears the name of French scientist Jacques Charles, who had formulated it earlier but never published the results. In 1803, Dalton published his Law of Partial Pressures, which states that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases. Also known as Dalton's Law, it is commonly applied in looking at the pressure of a closed container of gas and water.
Illustration of Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
#6 His law of multiple proportions is one of the basic laws of Stoichiometry
Two important laws dealing with chemical reactions emerged near the end of the 18th century – Antoine Lavoisier's law of conservation of mass and Joseph Proust's law of definite proportions. Through the study of these laws and experimentation John Dalton developed his law of multiple proportions, which states that if two elements can be combined to form a number of possible compounds, then the ratios of the masses of the second element which combine with a fixed mass of the first element will be ratios of small whole numbers. The three laws mentioned above form the basis of Stoichiometry, i.e. the calculation of relative quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions.
Demonstration of Dalton's Law of Multiple Proportions
Atoms & molecules by Dalton
#7 He proposed the first truly scientific atomic theory
Dalton's law of multiple proportions, which he announced in 1803, became the basis for his famous Atomic Theory which he proposed later that year. The 5 main points of Dalton's atomic theory are: elements are made of extremely small particles called atoms; atoms of a particular element are identical; atoms cannot be created, destroyed or split; atoms of different elements combine in simple whole-number ratios to form chemical compounds; and in a chemical reaction, atoms link to one another, or separate from one another. Dalton's theory was the first truly scientific theory of the atom reached through analysis and experimentation.
#8 Dalton's Atomic Theory laid the foundation of modern chemistry
Though later research found that atoms of the same element are not necessarily identical as they can have different masses (isotopes) and that atoms can be split in nuclear reactions; Dalton's atomic theory holds good in several aspects even today and it remains valid for chemical reactions. Also Dalton's theory laid the foundation of modern chemistry and the basis on which future scientists made numerous other highly significant discoveries.
#9 Dalton was the first to calculate relative atomic weights
John Dalton's Periodic Table of 20 elements
On the basis of his atomic theory, John Dalton calculated the first relative weights of atoms. He estimated the atomic weights according to the mass ratios in which they combined; with the hydrogen atom taken as unity. He proceeded to print the first published table of relative atomic weights. Published in 1803, his first list contained only 6 elements. This was followed by a 20 elements list in 1808 and a 36 element list in 1827. In the long run atomic weights would provide the key means of organizing elements into the periodic table.
#10 He received several honours including the Royal Medal
John Dalton served as president of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical society (the "Lit & Phil") from 1817 till his death. In 1822, he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of London and in 1826 he was awarded the Society's Royal Medal for his Atomic Theory. In 1830, Dalton was elected one of only eight foreign members of the French Academy of Sciences and in 1834 he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Also Francis Leggatt Chantrey's statue of him made John Dalton probably the only scientist who got a statue in his lifetime.
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The Statistical Analysis of Biomedical and Educational Research Group (SABER) unit of the department of biostatistics provides expertise in the design, conduct and analysis of multi-center clinical trials and multi-disciplinary research.
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"What truly sets SABER apart is our willingness to work in partnership with investigators to tackle new challenges in clinical research --- Whether it be a statistical methodological issue such as handling non-compliance in a randomized clinical trial of a behavioral intervention, or an operational issue such a development of a bar-coded specimen tracking process and database for an observational cohort study, SABER applies its resources to deliver time-effective design and quality-based output that meet investigational needs."
Founded as the Center for Clinical Investigation & Therapeutics (CCIT) by biostatistics professor Dr. Morton Brown in 1999, the center has also been known as the Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research (CACR) and Biometrics and Outcomes Research Core (BORC) prior to the 2011 launch of SABER.
We have served as the data coordinating center (DCC) for NIH network-based, individual-investigator, and pharmaceutical company-sponsored studies, for which we have the capacity to simultaneously support multiple clinical studies at various stages of development. These collaborations have led to more than numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations or posters at scientific meetings.
Statistical expertise and experience differentiates SABER from other groups that support clinical studies. SABER is housed within the department of biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, rated the top biostatistics program in the country by the National Academies. We bring biostatistical design and analysis expertise to a wide spectrum of health-related issues. Our faculty, students, and staff work in important and diverse areas of current biostatistical research; including image analysis, survival and event history analysis, statistical genetics and bioinformatics, clinical trials, Bayesian methods, statistical computing, longitudinal data analysis, methods for missing data, and survey research.
SABER employs dedicated personnel and tools that provide collaborative expertise in design, conduct, and analysis, administrative coordination and communication, study planning and management, data management, quality control and assurance, and human subjects' protection and regulatory affairs for single and multicenter clinical studies. SABER has a robust internal training and quality control environment, with standard operating procedures, work instructions and checklists for common activities. Study start-up and study close-out debriefing sessions allow lessons learned from previous staff and faculty to new staff and faculty, in a series of continuous process improvements.
Data is at the core of our center's business ... and to that end, we provide a robust computing environment that includes secure, redundant servers for database and web applications, an Oracle back-end database, and a web interface for site data entry and management. We collaborate with MICHR (another University of Michigan Institute dedicated to clinical research) on the deployment of a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant database system, OpenClinica.
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Gershwin by Knight
HD Tracks Formats: flac, alac, aiff, wav
Hyperion Knight, pianist
Fantasy on Porgy and Bess (Gershwin/Wild)
Summertime (3:02)
Oh, I Can't Sit Down (1:21)
My Man's Gone Now (3:40)
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin (2:32)
Buzzard Song (2:10)
It Ain't Necessarily So (3:26)
Bess, You Is My Woman: I Loves You Porgy (4:11)
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (2:19)
Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way (1:19)
Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) (13:51)
Embraceable You (Gershwin/Wild) (2:45)
Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin/Wild) (1:40)
The Man I Love (Gershwin/Wild) (2:36)
I Got Rhythm (Gershwin/Wild) (2:08)
Gershwin's Music
The music brought together on this album represents many of the most popular of George Gershwin's creations. Earl Wild's Virtuoso Etudes are transcriptions of some of the most beloved Gershwin songs of the early American theatre. These, along with Wild's "Fantasy on Porgy and Bess," and Gershwin's own arrangement of "Rhapsody In Blue," trace Gershwin's evolution from a commercially successful song writer to a composer of serious intent who was quite conscious of his posterity.
The songs "I Got Rhythm" and "Embraceable You" (from the 1930 show "Girl Crazy"), as well as "The Man I Love" and "Fascinating Rhythm" (written for "Lady Be Good" of 1924), were conceived for a musical theatre which had yet to achieve its current level of sophistication. There was no real relationship between the songs used and the narrative of the show (songs were, in fact, often used interchangeably). The American musical theatre as we know it today, a synthesis of music, dialogue and song (much like early German comic opera), was foreshadowed in Showboat, but really only came to maturity with the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
"Rhapsody In Blue" (1924) and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), on the other hand, were written for a concert audience by a self-conscious Gershwin who wanted to legitimize American music. Often doubting his own abilities, Gershwin, at one point, felt compelled to approach Maurice Ravel for lessons in "serious" composition. Instead, Gershwin received the famous reply:
"Why would you want to be a second-rate Ravel when you are already a first-rate Gershwin?"
Gershwin's larger purpose in these works was to establish the credibility of jazz (and hence his own credibility), as music worthy of the concert hall and opera house.
"Rhapsody In Blue" was conceived with the idea of correcting a misconception on the part of the American audience. While the word "jazz" implies to modern listeners a widely varied brand of music, in Gershwin's day the name implied little more than syncopation. For the critics of jazz, this meant rhythmic monotony. It was Gershwin's desire to demonstrate that jazz rhythms could be more flexible, as varied as those of concert music; the result has been a staple of the concert hall ever since.
The creation of Porgy and Bess took several years of planning and two years of active composition (as opposed to the three weeks which produced "Rhapsody In Blue"). Gershwin was now concerned with a wider variety of aesthetic questions: How to make jazz seem a natural musical language for opera singers? How to use a libretto which required a predominantly Black cast? How to avoid the strong emotional associations of Black spirituals? Use only original music (although cast in the form of hymns or spirituals)? What to do with the dialogue of the White characters? Have it spoken while the Black dialogue continues in musical recitative? Gershwin's success with the difficult aesthetic questions was sufficient to eventually find his opera staged at La Scala.
With both "Rhapsody In Blue" and Porgy and Bess now firmly established in the mainstream repertoire, Gershwin's presence in the world of "Classical" music is now permanent. Still, the larger question remains — are these works "serious" compositions, or are they "popular" music in concert attire? While this question may be indicative of the confusion of the "post-modern" world. it seems doubly perplexing with the output of Gershwin. "Rhapsody In Blue" has, after all, been accepted into "serious" concert repertoire because it is so "popular" with audiences. Is the song "Summertime" somehow a more "serious" work than the song "I Got Rhythm" because it was conceived as part of a full opera? Indeed, Porgy and Bess was criticized for being not a "true" opera, but rather a collection of songs (to which Gershwin replied: "so was Carmen").
Enter the piano transcriptions of Earl Wild. While "Rhapsody In Blue" may be a favorite at "pops" concerts, and you are just as likely to hear the music from Porgy and Bess at a night club as an opera house, the concert transcriptions that Wild wrote are intended for just that— a concert. By transforming the songs of Gershwin into "virtuoso etudes", Wild is consciously fusing the traditions of nineteenth century piano composition with the diverse approaches of the twentieth century. While the jazz roots of the songs remain apparent, the Etudes often draw upon "serious" music for their inspiration. "Embraceable You" is evocative of Debussy. "The Man I Love" was originally conceived for left hand alone, in the manner of Brahms' transcription of the Bach Chaconne. In the style of the avant-garde, "Fascinating Rhythm" is poly-metric, and "I Got Rhythm" is poly-tonal.
The "Fantasy On Porgy and Bess" Follows in the tradition of the Liszt concert paraphrases on popular operas of the time. Wild's work has much in common with that of Liszt, including enormous technical difficulties (to which this pianist will happily attest!). There is also a strong element of humor in both. In the Liszt paraphrases, this is primarily evident in the interplay of themes, and unexpected turns of phrasing or harmony. In the "Fantasy On Porgy and Bess" these are combined with a much more self-conscious eclecticism. This can be seen in the co-mingling of themes which are completely unrelated to the music (such as the delectable entrance of the Prelude from Tristan Und Isolde before the final song, "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"). It can also be seen in the mixing of space within a few measures, from a jazz style reminiscent of, among others, Art Tatum, to avant-garde tone clusters played by slamming the pianist's forearm down on the black keys while playing the melody note with the elbow. No wonder those jazz pianists loved flat keys!
Along with the many elements of humor and irony, there is also a seriousness of design. The songs are fully fleshed out, both in the Etudes and in the Fantasy, with all their verses intact. Far from being a medley, the "Fantasy On Porgy and Bess" is almost half an hour long! Also, as with the Liszt transcriptions, there is an effort made to represent the various contrapuntal lines, in the orchestra and voices. The superimposition of "I Loves You Porgy" on "Bess, You Is My Woman" reveals a deep probing of the internal structure of these melodies.
By placing these songs so clearly in the context of the concert hall, while at the same time retaining the jazz flavor true to the music's origins, Earl Wild has made an enormous contribution to Gershwin's own efforts to be recognized as a "serious" composer. Even in the increasingly sober atmosphere of the piano recital, Gershwin's songs will continue to be appreciated by future generations as one of the most inspired contributions of the twentieth century to concert life. Was there ever any doubt . . .?
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October 2022 Diamond Solicitations
Diamond has released its latest Previews World catalogue. One AE format book was solicited. This has appeared previously in publisher solicitations but I will list Diamond solicitations as well.
Kevin Nowlan's Marvel Heroes Artist's Edition
Kevin Nowlan is a true "artists artist." He has won the coveted Eisner Award for his art on Jack B. Quick, in collaboration with Alan Moore, as well for inking Batman: Sword of Azrael, over Joe Quesada. This volume will contain a selection of Nowlan's best works for Marvel comics-Covers, pages, and two complete stories, most notably his fully painted, 62-page Man-Thing graphic novel, written by Howard the Duck creator Steve Gerber. A true labour of love, the graphic novel took Nowlan 25 years to complete. An Artist's Edition collects stories, covers and pages that have been reproduced from the original art, allowing the reader to view them as closely as possible to the original art.
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Cops: Chicago shooter who killed 3 posted social media rants
by: SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press
Chicago and Evanston police investigate the scene of a shooting outside an IHOP restaurant in Evanston, Ill., Saturday night, Jan. 9, 2020. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who police say killed three people and wounded four others during a series of shootings in and around Chicago posted nonsensical and expletive-laced videos in the days and hours leading up to the attacks.
Investigators on Sunday were trying to determine a motive for the Saturday afternoon attacks in which police say 32-year-old Jason Nightengale apparently chose his victims at random. Police killed Nightengale in a shootout just north of the city about four hours after authorities say he shot his first victim in the head in a South Side parking garage.
Those killed included a 30-year-old University of Chicago student from China named Yiran Fan, Anthony Faukner, 20, and Aisha Nevell, 46, a security guard. Wounded were a 77-year-old woman, 81-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl, according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. Another woman was shot in the neck in Evanston, police in the suburb said.
Authorities didn't release many details about Nightengale, a Chicago man whose LinkedIn page listed work over the years as a janitor, security guard and forklift operator. But a series of disturbing videos posted to Facebook over two years under Nightengale's middle name, Oliver, offered clues as to his state of mind.
In one posted Thursday, Nightengale held a gun to the camera and muttered unintelligible statements as he appeared to be driving. A police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation confirmed it was Nightengale in the video.
"No music. No. No music," Nightengale says in the video, his speech slurred. "I don't need no seat belt. I'm coming, girl."
He posted dozens of other short videos, including several in the hours before the first attack, which were viewable until the page was taken down Sunday. In one, he says, "I'm going to blow up the whole community." In another, Nightengale appears to groove to the Bee Gee's "Staying Alive" while laughing.
The shootings began shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday with the killing of Fan, who was shot in the head while sitting in his car in a parking garage in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Brown said.
After that, Nightengale "just randomly" walked into an apartment building a block away, where he shot the female security guard and the 77-year-old woman, who was getting her mail, Brown said. The guard was pronounced dead at a hospital and the other woman was hospitalized in critical condition.
From there, Nightengale went to another nearby building and stole a car from a man he knew. He then opened fire at a convenience store, killing the 20-year-old man and wounding the 81-year-old woman in the head and neck. The woman was in critical condition.
After leaving the store, Nightengale shot a 15-year-old girl who was riding in a car with her mother, leaving the girl in critical condition, police said. He then went back to the convenience store and fired on officers who were investigating the earlier shooting. None of them were injured, Brown said.
Nightengale then drove about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north to Evanston, which borders Chicago, where police responded to a report of shots that had been fired inside a CVS. Nightengale had apparently walked into the pharmacy, announced that he was robbing it and fired off shots that didn't hit anyone, authorities said. He then went across the street to an IHOP restaurant, where he shot a woman in the neck. She was in critical condition, Evanston police Chief Demitrous Cook told reporters.
Nightengale left the restaurant and was confronted by officers in a parking lot, leading to a shootout in which he was shot and killed, Cook said.
Evanston police Sgt. Ken Carter said Nightengale appeared to have a connection to Evanston, but he did not have further details. He said Sunday that an outside agency would take over the investigation since Evanston police were involved in the fatal shooting.
Chicago police released an October 2018 booking photo of Nightengale that was taken after he was charged with multiple driving-related offenses, including driving on a suspended license. His criminal record started in 2005 and included arrests for gun and drug violations, aggravated assault, and a 2019 domestic battery case, according to WLS-TV.
An attorney for Nightengale couldn't be located Sunday.
Friends were shocked to hear of the shootings, describing Nightengale as a devoted father to twin girls who had a charismatic personality and a sense of humor but who had been through tough times.
Tommy Taylor remembered meeting Nightengale at a movies in the park event in Rogers Park, a Chicago neighborhood that borders Evanston. They hung out over the years.
"From all the years I knew him, he had always been a good guy and funny guy," Taylor said. "Something had to happen in order for him to break him like that."
University of Chicago officials said Fan was working toward a doctorate in a joint program between the university's schools of business and economics, and that his family in China had been notified of his death.
"We know that this shocking incident brings grief to our entire community and concern for the wellbeing and safety of others," the university said in a news release. "In the days ahead we will come together as a community to mourn, and to lift up fellow members of our community in this difficult and very sad time. Please join us in wishing consolation and healing for our student's loved ones."'
Brown said the information he shared at the news conference was preliminary and could change. He said investigators had little information about Nightengale but plan to release more details as they get them.
"When you hear this whole story, it seems that you have a crystal ball of what he's doing next, and we all know we don't have a crystal ball where he goes next nor do we have this on any of our" police surveillance cameras, Brown said. "We are responding to the scene as these crimes are happening, getting information, and again, he's going to the next while we are trying to keep up with what's happened previously."
Associated Press writer Herbert G. McCann contributed to this report.
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Loneliness Connects Us – A youth co-researcher reflects
My involvement with the Loneliness Project stemmed from joining 42nd Street as a Peer Ambassador, in July 2017, halfway where the team had started the write-up of their findings and were beginning to develop the story for the immersive theatre production, Missing.
Fast forward to a year later, to July 2018, me and the team received the pleasant news we had been nominated for the 'Most Inspiring Campaign' at the Spirit of Manchester Awards ceremony to be held in October. Consequently, this would fall within the same week that I would be asked by the BBC to speak on Radio 5 regarding the experiences of youth loneliness and how youth are able (or not able) to support themselves.
I arrived at Media City just in time for my appearance on the show, as it was my first time in the studio, I was not aware one had to wear headphones. At precisely 8.04am, the producer was showing with her hands, what I was to do.
As soon as i wore the headphones, the question was posed from a producer in the room adjacent to me. He shouted;
I spoke to a man earlier who said loneliness meant he stayed at home and didn't leave, is this something you can relate to.
Though this is the image perceived in one's mind, in fact, I enjoy my time at home. I expressed to the radio presenter that loneliness for young people, exhibits during school hours, during holiday season, and surrounded by family and friends. The research is truly vital for voicing this issue in our society as young people are the future. There needs to be more initiatives to encourage young people to speak up about their feelings of loneliness, to encourage social media detoxes and to develop community work.
BBC Radio 5 Live link (Monday 1st October 2018, 8 am) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000jbd
I left the Studios feeling slightly sad, my feelings stemmed from the reality that, though I was able to contribute to this amazing research, there are still many young people who do not have access to community spaces for young people such as there are for me and many others in major cities such as Manchester, Birmingham, London.
Anyways, I was on the way to work and around 11am, I recieved a call from James from 42nd Street, who said that there's a journalist who wants to speak to you about the research, it will be aired at 12.45 pm that day on Newsbeat. The journalist, Gurvinder, had stated that this would be pre-recorded and she asked me questions, similar to the morning interview around my personal experiences of loneliness. Again, I was not sure if what I was saying made any sense, but I had simply expressed that young people need not be afraid of being alone. It is a chance to invest in yourself. I started to learn German during a summer, between my A-Levels.
BBC Newsbeat (Monday 1st October 2018, 12.45pm) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000j6l
The project is immensely important to me, and I am grateful to hear that the BBC had commissioned their own research and found that levels of loneliness are higher in younger people with 40% feeling lonely, compared with only 27% of over 75s.
The survey results indicate that 16-24 year olds experience loneliness more often and more intensely than any other age group. 40% of respondents aged 16-24 reported feeling lonely often or very often, while only 29% of people aged 65-74 and 27% of people aged over 75 said the same.
Over 55,000 people aged 16 years and over took part in the survey exploring attitudes and personal experiences of loneliness, making it the biggest survey of its kind. The survey was developed by academics at the University of Manchester, Brunel University London, and the University of Exeter, and supported by a grant from Wellcome.
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The rhythm method is making a comeback.. but is it for you?
As contraception methods go, it's pretty old-school - but modern apps are bringing it up to date..
Claire O'Boyle
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As more and more women turn their back on the pill, the rhythm method is on the up.
Dating back to the 1920s, it has been known to be a little haphazard at times.
The idea is that couples abstain from sex when the woman is fertile... not a totally foolproof plan, needless to say.
However, in its modern guise - the Fertility Awareness Method - it SHOULD be easier to manage because there are dozens of apps out there to help women track their cycles.
As well as simply tracking the DAYS of a woman's cycle which was how the rhythm method worked, the new and improved Fertility Awareness Method also keeps a record of mucus levels which apparently gives a clearer impression of exactly where in the cycle women are.
But couples trying to avoid pregnancy should take good care.
Women should be offered 'fertility MoTs' at 25, doctors say
How does the Fertility Awareness Method work?
In a nutshell, the idea is to avoid sex on a woman's most fertile days.
Women are most likely to get pregnant during and right before they ovulate (when an egg is released from the ovaries).
As well as the day of ovulation itself, and the day after when the egg is still viable, having sex even BEFORE ovulation is risky.
The reason for that is sperm can live for up to five days inside a woman after sex.
So these are the days to skip sex if you don't want to get pregnant:
* Five days before ovulation
* The day of ovulation itself
* The day after ovulation
How do the apps work?
There are dozens of apps out there, using all sorts of data to track fertility. And as with everything, some are more complicated than others.
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Some go simply on days ticked off on a calendar, a la old fashioned rhythm method, while others are seemingly much more high-tech, tracking basal body temperature and cervical fluid.
Some are paid for, and others are free.
The apps claim to be able to monitor the user's cycle, and vitally, to identify her most fertile days - i.e. the days to avoid sex.
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The Fertility Awareness Method isn't without its drawbacks.
First, always remember human nature is unreliable.
Experts reckon women should track their menstrual cycles for at least six months before they can use it as their main contraception method.
And while the upside is that there won't be any side effects and you won't need to see a doctor, the rhythm method - even with a fancy new name and a high-tech app on hand - is still far from foolproof.
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County seeks to expedite Exide cleanup process
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Posted on October 30, 2015 October 29, 2015 Author Wave Wire Services 199 Views
LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors Oct. 27 approved a $2 million funding request by Supervisor Hilda Solis to help speed the cleanup of contaminated soil around the now-closed Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon, saying "the state continues to drag its feet."
Exide agreed in March to close its lead-acid battery recycling plant and to pay $50 million for cleanup of the site and surrounding neighborhoods.
Of that amount, $26 million is meant to be set aside for residential cleanup. As of August, Exide, which filed for bankruptcy in 2013, had paid $9 million into a trust and another $5 million is due to be paid in by March 2020, according to state officials.
But not enough has been done by the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to protect the health of residents, Solis said.
"Only 44 homes have been cleaned, and I mean, inside and out," Solis said.
Last week, a department spokesman said the state had cleaned the yards of 170 homes around the facility and cleaned the "interior of every home where the property owner has granted us access."
Solis said as many as 1,000 homes may be found to have toxicity concentrated enough to qualify as hazardous waste, and the state has estimated that 5,000-10,000 homes may ultimately require some cleanup. The price tag could run in excess of $400 million, Solis said Oct. 27.
The plant, which produced a host of hazardous wastes, including lead, arsenic and benzene, operated for 33 years without a permanent permit. Efforts to upgrade the equipment and safety procedures repeatedly failed to meet environmental standards.
Though gaseous plant emissions are no longer an issue, lead contamination in the soil, which can cause developmental delays and cognitive impairments, remains a concern.
A public health spokesman also cited the increased risk of cancer linked to other chemicals once emitted by the plant.
"The Exide chemicals have raised the cancer risk of tens of thousands of people around the Exide facility," said Dr. Cyrus Rangan, director of the county Health Department's Toxic Epidemiology Program. "Despite the closure of the facility, this community has to live with an increased cancer risk … for the rest of their lives."
Anthony Gutierrez, a resident who lived in close proximity to the plant for years, told the board he has cancer and that chemicals from the plant severely stunted his growth.
"When you look at me, you see a 12-year-old boy, but I'm actually 25 years old," Gutierrez said. "My doctors tell me I shouldn't be alive today."
Gutierrez is one of many residents who attributed illness and disease to emissions from the Exide plant.
Lead is not considered a carcinogen by the Centers for Disease Control. However, benzene, arsenic and the industrial chemical 1,3-Butadiene, all of which were used by Exide, are recognized as human carcinogens.
Environmental regulation and cleanup is the state's responsibility, but Solis said state agencies are not moving with enough urgency, despite meetings with Department of Toxic Substances Control Director Barbara Lee and outreach to Gov. Jerry Brown.
"As long as lead is still in the ground," residents will be at risk, Solis said.
The neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Maywood and Huntington Park have the highest levels of residential contamination, but the area of exposure stretches to encompass roughly 2 million people, according to Angelo Bellomo, director of the county's Environmental Health Division.
The county's $2 million will be spent to facilitate cleanup, rapidly assess other potentially contaminated properties and begin a comprehensive health campaign.
County attorneys are assessing their legal options for forcing the state or Exide to act and plan to meet with the board behind closed doors in the next week or two to discuss those alternatives.
Supervisor Michael Antonovich was among those who raised concerns about the county taking on liability if it steps in to clean up.
"The county is not the culpable party," said interim County Counsel Mary Wickham, assuring the board that there would be no shifting of responsibility.
However, if county workers stepped in to handle the cleanup directly and were negligent in those efforts, there is a concern that they could be blamed. Direct cleanup efforts are not currently planned.
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said federal intervention was not out of the question.
Tagged Angelo Bellomo, Anthony Gutierrez, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Dr. Cyrus Rangan, Exide battery recycling plant, Gov. Jerry Brown, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Hilda Solis
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LOS ANGELES — Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard didn't pull any punches when it came to her thoughts on her Republican colleagues replacing the Affordable Care Act with the American Health Care Act May 4. "I ask for divine forgiveness for the shameful vote the House of Representatives has taken to eradicate health care coverage for so Read More…
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Cesar Chavez Middle School finishes second in lunch recycling program
Posted on May 11, 2015 Author Wave Staff
LYNWOOD— Cesar Chavez Middle School students, who have spent the entire school year managing a campus-wide lunchtime recycling program, were rewarded recently by taking second place in the Grades of Green Trash Free Lunchtime Challenge. The students instituted changes that helped eliminate 75 percent of lunchtime waste at the school. For their effort, the school Read More…
31st annual Kingdom Day Parade would have made MLK proud
Posted on January 21, 2016 January 21, 2016 Author Debra Varnado, Contributing Writer
LOS ANGELES — Siblings Noah and Mia traveled from Moreno Valley in Riverside County, twins Melody and Harmony from their home in L.A. The bright-eyed elementary school-aged children have attended L.A.'s Kingdom Day Parade for most of their lives. They told the Wave: "The parade was good." They were among the thousands of residents and Read More…
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Ground Penetrating Radar Survey for Risk Reduction at Imja Lake, Nepal
By Marcelo A. Somos-Valenzuela, Daene C. McKinney, Alton C. Byers, et al.
This study presents observations of the structure of the terminal moraine complex at Nepal's Imja Lake, a potentially dangerous glacial lake due to the risk that it might flood.
Climate change is increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which threaten local and downstream communities.
The research team conducted ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys at the lake with the intent of learning more about the structure of the terminal moraine and the distribution of ice in the core of the moraine. Doing so helps to map out ice thickness in critical areas.
It found that the thickest areas of ice are in the moraine near the western end of the lake on the northern side of the lake outlet. The ice in this region is several tens of meters thick and up to fifty meters thick in some places.
Extensive seepage of water from the terminal moraine was observed in two locations during visits to the lake in September 2011, May 2012, and September 2012. GPR transects above and below the site of seepage show the presence of ice above it and much less ice below. Seepage through the terminal moraine is an indication of its potential weakness.
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Hillary Clinton 'secret' email count doubles as latest batch is released
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The State Department on Monday deemed 23 more of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails "secret," bringing to 45 the total number of messages given the second-highest level of classification the government can bestow. (Associated Press) more >
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, February 29, 2016
The State Department on Monday deemed 23 more of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails "secret," more than doubling the number of messages she sent or received on her special account that have now been given that high level of classification.
Those messages were part of the last batch of 1,700 or so Clinton emails released by the State Department on Monday, closing out a 14-month process in which the department, under a judge's order, processed and released 30,322 messages from Mrs. Clinton's secret server.
Of those messages, a total of 45 have been deemed to contain "secret" information and more than 2,000 have "confidential" information — the lowest level of classification. More than 20 other messages were already labeled "top secret" and withheld entirely, bringing the overall classification level for Mrs. Clinton's account to 6.8 percent, or about one out of every 14 messages she handled.
"On more than 2,000 occasions, Hillary Clinton recklessly jeopardized our national security and sensitive diplomatic efforts by using a secret, unsecure email server to send and receive classified material," Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement accusing Mrs. Clinton of "a clear attempt to skirt government transparency laws."
Mrs. Clinton declined to use an email tied to her department's official State.gov system and instead created an account on a server she maintained at her home in New York, under the domain name clintonemail.com.
That arrangement, which the department has since said was against its policy, meant many of her messages were not archived and searched as required by law in response to requests from Congress, subpoenas from courts or Freedom of Information Act requests from the public.
After prodding by the congressional probe investigating the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, Mrs. Clinton in December 2014 turned back to the State Department about 32,000 messages she said she sent or received during her time in office and that she deemed to be public business. She declined to turn over another 30,000 or so messages she said were purely personal.
Of the 32,000 messages she did produce, the National Archives says more than 1,000 of them are not related to government business, and they have been withheld.
Releasing the others has been a major headache for the Obama administration, which missed court deadlines and refereed internal fights over whether, and how, to withhold information that the government now deems classified.
The State Department and the intelligence community reached an agreement Monday on one message, upgrading it from "top secret" to merely "secret" after deciding the original assessment was not correct.
"The information available to diplomats and the judgments they form do not necessarily need to be classified just because there are parallel intelligence sources," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
That's a small victory for Mrs. Clinton, who has argued that the Obama administration has gone overboard on classification. She has called for all of her messages to be released to the public.
She also says none of the messages she sent or received contained information marked classified at the time she handled the email.
Many of the secret-level emails released Monday contain readouts of conversations other people had with foreign leaders. Several of the messages involved current Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who at the time was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and sent information from meetings he had with top foreign officials.
Mr. Kerry faced questions about the messages while testifying on Capitol Hill last week, saying he was unaware that he was emailing an account not tied to the official State.gov server.
"I didn't think about it. I didn't know if she had an account, or what the department gave her at that point in time, or what she was operating with," he said. "I had no knowledge."
Also among the "secret" emails released Monday is a document from Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal, whom Mrs. Clinton has tried to distance herself from during her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The April 24, 2010, series of messages includes a long memo from a friend that Mr. Blumenthal forwarded detailing thoughts about Kyrgyzstan.
Another 2011 memo from Mr. Blumenthal to Mrs. Clinton concerning the strife in Libya may have even made its way to the White House — though without Mr. Blumenthal's fingerprints.
Mrs. Clinton, in forwarding the memo to top aide Jacob Sullivan, said: "This is informative. Should we pass on (unidentified) to WH +/or other agencies?"
Mr. Blumenthal was so detested by the White House for his role in attacking Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential primary season that Mrs. Clinton was forbidden from hiring him at the State Department. He instead appears to have been an active secret informant for her.
Another secret message details the State Department's public relations strategy in handling a New York Times report on an Afghanistan reconstruction project in which U.S. money may have been sent to a Taliban ally to pay for security for the road project. According to the emails, The Times agreed to delay the story out of concern for harming national security. The part of the message deemed classified dealt with the FBI, which was alerted to suspected problems after The Times' inquiry.
The release of the last batch of emails Monday does not close the controversy over Mrs. Clinton's account.
Judicial Watch, a conservative public interest law firm, has asked a federal judge to order Mrs. Clinton to turn over her entire email account, including the 30,000 or so messages that she deemed private business.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan last week said he is "inclined" to agree with that request and in the meantime has granted Judicial Watch discovery in the case, meaning the group will be able to prod Mrs. Clinton's top aides about who approved her account, how it was maintained and how she decided which messages to turn over to the government.
In addition to the nearly two dozen top-secret documents withheld in their entirety, the State Department declined to release 19 messages Mrs. Clinton exchanged with President Obama via her secret account.
The department also said it is withholding one other one-page message that, while not classified, contains information that a law enforcement agency does not want made public.
"Beyond that, I can't speak to the contents of it, as the decision has been made to deny in full, but as you guys well know, that is not uncommon when dealing with Freedom of Information Act requests," Mr. Kirby told reporters.
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2022 Volkswagen VOW VWAGY Annual Meeting Electric Vehicle Updates
A technician repairs a VW sign on an assembly line for the electric ID of German automaker Volkswagen. 3 car in Dresden, Germany on June 8, 2021.
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Volkswagen said Tuesday that several of its battery-electric models, including the Porsche Taycan, are already sold out for 2022, and that strong consumer demand is helping its EV efforts become as profitable as its internal combustion engine line, faster than expected.
Volkswagen has been working on an aggressive EV transition plan for several years, aiming for EVs to account for half of its global production by 2030. is already bearing fruit. Volkswagen was the top seller electric vehicles in Europe, accounting for about 25% of the market. In the US, it was second behind Tesla with a share of about 7.5% last year.
Volkswagen's share of the Chinese EV market is still relatively small, but it is growing rapidly. The group's EV deliveries in the country quadrupled last year to nearly 93,000, and VW expects that figure to double again in 2022.
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"We're seeing better scale, we're seeing better margins, we're seeing strong consumer demand," Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz told reporters during a phone call ahead of the company's annual meeting on Tuesday. "Originally we thought it would take two or three years before we see [profit] parity of internal combustion engines and battery electric vehicles.
Some of this "better scale" is courtesy of rival Ford Motor Company. On Monday, Ford and VW announced that two electric Fords built on the Volkswagen EV architecture will now be produced for the European market, with the pair expected to produce around 1.2 million vehicles over a six-year period starting in 2023. This is about double what was originally planned. .
Volkswagen and Ford have been collaborating on electric vehicles, autonomous driving and other major initiatives since 2019.
In a separate update to investors ahead of the annual meeting, VW said its next-generation electric vehicle platform will launch in 2026 alongside a new VW-branded electric sedan codenamed Trinity.
The Trinity sedan will be built at a new state-of-the-art facility adjacent to the VW headquarters campus in Wolfsburg, Germany. The new facility will use advanced production methods and serve as a plan to gradually transition VW factories around the world to electric vehicle production.
The company unveiled its ID last week. The Buzz Car, an electric version of the iconic minivan from the hippie era.
VW is also expanding its global charging network. The company said it has a total of about 10,000 high-speed charging points operating in the US, China and Europe, and plans to increase this number to 45,000 in three regions by 2025. About 10,000 of them will be in the US. He said he operates under the Electrify America brand, created as part of the VW Dieselgate deal.
VW currently expects its total deliveries, including combustion engine models, to increase by 5-10% in 2022. But CEO Herbert Diess acknowledged that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could change that outlook. He said the company is shifting some of its production from Europe to North America and China in response to war-related supply chain disruptions.
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Louvre Abu Dhabi welcomes two million visitors since opening
Photo: WAM
Published Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Louvre Abu Dhabi celebrates its second-year anniversary this month on the heels of several major achievements for the institution and the launch of new programmes, as well as a significant number of new artworks in the galleries.
Since opening in 2017, Louvre Abu Dhabi has welcomed over two million visitors from around the world who have come to enjoy the museum's rich cross-cultural collection, eight ground-breaking international exhibitions and a range of cultural programmes for people of all ages and backgrounds, said a press release issued by louvre Abu Dhabi on Monday.
The institution has further solidified its commitment to education, inaugurating the Children's Museum in July 2019 – the first museum of its kind in the Arab world – and welcoming over 60,000 student visits while offering training and job opportunities for Emiratis and the local community.
Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, said, "Two years ago, we launched this museum as a gift from Abu Dhabi to the world. Our vision was for a truly universal museum, a place that shines a light on our shared humanity through an incredible collection of artworks and artefacts from every corner of the globe. Today, I could not be prouder of how that vision has been brought to life. Louvre Abu Dhabi celebrates the connections between cultures and tells a story of our collective history, present and future – a story that is now even more important in a world that tends to focus more on our differences than our similarities."
In turn, Manuel Rabate, Director of Louvre Abu Dhabi, stated, "In just two years, Louvre Abu Dhabi has established its reputation as a space for cultural exchange, community engagement and progressive dialogue. We have realised some significant milestones during this time, from major acquisitions of artworks for the museum's collection, to outstanding special exhibitions that have garnered global attention."
"Education is also at the core of our mission and values. We have placed a huge emphasis on building a museum that is accessible to visitors of all ages and are cultivating a new generation of cultural leaders through training programmes and career opportunities. We are so thankful to all who have made this vision possible and look forward to the year ahead," Rabate added.
During the anniversary month, Louvre Abu Dhabi will offer diverse experiences for visitors, from landmark exhibitions to interactive public programmes across the galleries.
On the wider programme, Dr. Souraya Noujaim, Scientific, Curatorial and Collections Management Director at Louvre Abu Dhabi, stated that Louvre Abu Dhabi's cultural seasons offer an opportunity to further explore key historical and aesthetic episodes in history, often re-examining the ways in which mutual discovery and appreciation have always informed human history. "In Changing Societies, our main objective is to shed light on how culture and creativity have acted as a manifestation of shifts and changes in society and civilisations."
Currently on view, 10,000 Years of Luxury –the first comprehensive exhibition on the history of luxury in the world and the largest presentation at Louvre Abu Dhabi to date—has received high acclaim from the public and media. Open through 18 February 2020, this exploration on the multifaceted nature of luxury presents 350 objects including fashion, jewellery, visual art, furniture and design. The exhibition was organised by Louvre Abu Dhabi, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, and Agence France-Muséums. It is curated by Olivier Gabet, Director of Musée des Arts Décoratifs.
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Back in 2003 the Sloppy Slipper scheme was funded!
Home / featured / Back in 2003 the Sloppy Slipper scheme was funded!
November 27, 2019 by maureen
The following extract is a newspaper article about the importance of good footwear and in particular slippers. The importance of good slippers was deemed so valuable that a project was funded to subsidise the cost of good slippers. We urge you to have a look at the type of slippers your older relations wear and consider having a chat with them about why they need to consider a more sturdy style. Primary prevention of falls can make such a hugely positive impact on not only an older persons life, on the life of the carer or wider family who need to support that person after they fracture a wrist or hip and to the cost to our NHS of treating that person after an avoidable injurious falls.
'Sloppy slipper' scheme cuts old people's falls
Helene Mulholland
A scheme to bin "sloppy slippers" has helped reduce falls among older people by 60%, according to a pioneering primary care trust.
Easington primary care trust was one of three pilot sites to benefit from a £75,000 Department of Health grant to tackle the number of falls among older people in its area, as part of the national service framework for older people.
Using a team of elderly community volunteers, the trust found that "sloppy slippers" were responsible for a number of falls.
Department of Health figures reveal that up to 14,000 people a year die in the UK as a result of a hip fracture and that 50% of older people who fall can no longer live independently.
The NHS spends £1.7bn a year on treating fractures from falling.
Les Gray, development manager for the national service framework for older people at Easington, said: "We looked at the research around the reasons why people fall and footwear was one of the reasons, with slippers being probably the worst offender.
"The reason that shop-bought slippers tend to be so poor is because they have very thin soles and flap about and people tend to stand on the back of them."
The primary care trust negotiated a 75% discount – from £20 to £5 – on slippers with fastenings and strong soles that provide enough support to reduce the risk of tripping and slipping.
Around 100 pairs of slippers were distributed to residents in two local nursing homes, and staff were asked to monitor falls.
The slipper swap proved a "huge success", said a spokesperson, with nursing homes reporting a significant drop in accidents.
Other initiatives adopted by the trust included providing inexpensive night-lights to help reduce the number of people who fall when getting up in the night.
A pilot site in Northampton introduced free tai chi classes to help older people improve their strength and balance.
The three pilot sites, which also include Gateshead, reported a combined drop of 60% in falls treated at local accident and emergency departments compared with the previous year.
The Health Minister, Stephen Ladyman, said: "Falls are bad news all round. Bad news for older people and bad news for the NHS. We can do an enormous amount to avoid them and a lot of it is just plain common sense."
Detailed guidance on the prevention of falls by older people is being prepared by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
A detailed guidance and a consensus statement was developed in England and in Scotland we are working with the Scottish Government on developing a strategy that will focus on prevention but progress is very slow.
As we hurtle towards 2020 we know that there will simply not be public money, now or in the foreseeable future, to funds schemes like the Sloppy Slipper Scheme so we urge families to do what they can to make sure their elderly loved ones have a pair of slippers that will not endanger them.
It will also be down to families to look at the wider home environment and what to look out for to keep people safer longer.
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Founded in 1909, Miller-Davis Company has served the construction needs of Southwest Michigan and beyond for over a century. A steadfast commitment to leadership growth has allowed the company to provide superior services to clients while standing the test of time — a commitment reaffirmed on December 1, 2021, when Miller-Davis welcomed its 9th leadership transition in its 112-year history.
The planned succession of the Kalamazoo-based company's leadership comes at a time of stability and development for Miller-Davis. Company leadership said this transition will catalyze long-term success and help bring their goals for innovation and advancement to fruition; This work has also ignited a renewed dedication to the tenets the company was founded on — skill, integrity, and responsibility.
"Maintaining a long-term perspective has been fundamental to how we conduct business and how we treat people — employees, customers, and project partners," Rex Bell, who led the company as President from 1996 through 2021, explained. "Staying true to our principles and fostering relationships, some spanning over 60 years, has been key to our success."
Bell will serve as Miller-Davis' Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman, continuing to lend his expertise and insight to guide company practices and cultivate success. Dan Coffman, Chief Financial Officer and 7-year Miller-Davis employee, now leads the company in his new role as President. He recognizes that this is an exciting time for Miller-Davis Company and says he feels honored to help shape the company's path forward.
"Our clients deserve and expect a quality product and service that is delivered on time and on budget — our people have always driven that," stated Coffman. "Supporting their continued growth and success is vital to growth and success of our company."
Jack Abate, a 19-year Miller-Davis employee and the company's previous Construction Operations Director, has transitioned to Vice President – Construction Operations.
"People are at the core of our work and have helped lay the foundation of our legacy," Abate shared. "I'm excited to help strengthen the company's ambitious approach to meeting the demands of 21st-century construction"
Miller-Davis Company is excited to enhance and expand its level of service. Staff members are eager to embrace the opportunities their efforts will provide the company, project partners, and clients—well into the next 100 years.
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Pet Friendly Hotels & Resorts in Salt Point, NY
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Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Fishkill
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Fishkill Pet Policy Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Fishkill accepts three pets up to 60 lbs for an additional fee of $25 per pet, per night (up to $100 per stay). Both dogs and cats are welcome in all room types. Crated pets may be left unattended, and there is a walking area for dogs with baggies. See Details
Residence Inn by Marriott Poughkeepsie
Residence Inn by Marriott Poughkeepsie Pet Policy Residence Inn Poughkeepsie welcomes two pets of any size for an additional fee of $100 per stay. Both dogs and cats are allowed, and quiet, crated pets may be left in rooms unattended. There are grassy areas with waste stations behind the hotel. See Details
Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston
Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston Pet Policy Residence Inn Kingston welcomes two pets of any size for an additional fee of $75 per stay. Both dogs and cats are allowed, but pets must be crated when left in rooms unattended. The hotel has grassy areas with waste stations for pet relief. See Details
Residence Inn by Marriott Fishkill
Residence Inn by Marriott Fishkill Pet Policy Residence Inn by Marriott Fishkill welcomes two pets of any size for an additional fee of $50 per night (not to exceed $150 per stay). Both dogs and cats are allowed, and crated pets may be left unattended in rooms. There are grassy areas with waste stations on the property for pet relief. See Details
Best Western Plus Kingston Hotel and Conference Center
Best Western Plus Kingston Hotel and Conference Center Pet Policy Best Western Plus Kingston Hotel welcomes two pets of any size for an additional fee of $25 per night. Suites are not pet-friendly. Both dogs and cats are allowed but must be crated when left unattended in rooms. Pets can enjoy a designated grassed in area on site. See Details
Village Inn Saugerties
Village Inn Saugerties Pet Policy Village Inn Saugerties allows two dogs of any size for an additional fee of $25 per pet, per stay. Dogs may not be left in rooms unattended. Dog bowls can be found underneath the sink in rooms, and there are two small grassy areas for pet relief on site. Sorry, cats are not permitted. See Details
Beekman Arms & Delamater Inn
Beekman Arms & Delamater Inn Pet Policy Beekman Arms & Delamater Inn welcomes two dogs of any size for an additional fee of $20 per night. Dogs are permitted in rooms labeled 'Pet Friendly'. Dogs must be crated if left unattended in rooms. There are grassy areas for pet relief on the property. Cats and other pets are not allowed. ID tags and current vaccination records are required. See Details
Rodeway Inn Skytop
Rodeway Inn Skytop Pet Policy Rodeway Inn Skytop is pet friendly! Two pets of any size are welcome for no additional fee. However, pets are only permitted in six Standard Rooms with Two Double beds. Both dogs and cats are allowed, but pets may not be left unattended in rooms. There is a grassy area for pet relief on the property. See Details
Buttermilk Falls Inn
Buttermilk Falls Inn Pet Policy Buttermilk Falls Inn welcomes two pets up to 50 lbs for an additional fee of $25 per pet per night. The Gindele Suite, Maynor Flat, Rook's Nest, Pony's Pad, North Cottage, Riverknoll House, Riverknoll Downs, & Riverbirch rooms are pet friendly. Both dogs and cats are allowed, and crated pets may be left unattended in rooms. There is a grassy area on the property for pet relief. See Details
Best Western Plus The Inn & Suites at the Falls
Best Western Plus The Inn & Suites at the Falls Pet Policy Best Western Plus The Inn & Suites at the Falls welcomes two pets up to 80 lbs for an additional fee of $30 per pet, per night. Rooms that allow pets are labeled 'Pet Friendly' in the details. Both dogs and cats are accepted, and crated pets may be left unattended in rooms. There are grassy areas for pet relief on the property. See Details
Days Inn Poughkeepsie
Days Inn Poughkeepsie Pet Policy Days Inn Poughkeepsie welcomes two pets of any size for an additional fee of $30 per stay. Guests with pets are permitted in Standard Non-Smoking Double Rooms. Both dogs and cats are allowed, and pets may be left unattended in rooms. Both dogs and cats are allowed, and crated pets may be left unattended in rooms. There is a grassy area for pet relief on the property. See Details
Wenton Motel
Wenton Motel Pet Policy Wenton Motel allows pets of any size for a fee of $5 per pet, per night. See Details
Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
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Inn At Arbor Ridge
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Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie
Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie Pet Policy Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie welcomes two pets up to 50 lbs for an additional fee of $50 per pet, per stay. Both dogs and cats are permitted, and well-behaved pets may be left in guest rooms unattended. There is a grassy area for pet relief on the premises. See Details
Rhinebeck Village Inn
Rhinebeck Village Inn Pet Policy Rhinebeck Village Inn welcomes two dogs of any size for an additional fee of $20 per night. Only select rooms are pet friendly. Dogs must be crated if left unattended in rooms. There are grassy areas for pet relief on the property. Cats and other pets are not allowed. ID tags and current vaccination records are required. See Details
Comfort Inn Saugerties
Comfort Inn Saugerties Pet Policy Comfort Inn Saugerties welcomes two pets up to 50 lbs for an additional fee of $25 per night. Both dogs and cats are allowed, but pets may not be left unattended in the room. Bowls and waste bags are available at the front desk, and there are grassy areas on the property for pet relief. See Details
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Super 8 Kingston
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Ramada Fishkill
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Grand Jury Prize 1992
Camille Billops, Who Filmed Her Mother-Daughter Struggle, Dies at 85
Camille Billops in 1994. She was an internationally recognized artist, but she gained the most attention for a movie she made about giving her daughter up for adoption.
Credit: Steve Walters | The New York Times
By Katharine Q. Seelye
Camille Billops knew from a young age that she did not want to be a mother. And when she had a baby, she gave her up for adoption, when the girl was 4.
Ms. Billops would go on to become an internationally recognized sculptor, painter and filmmaker. She held salons and created extensive archives of black cultural life in New York over several decades.
But Ms. Billops, who died on June 1 at 85, gained the most attention for a movie she made about giving up her daughter. She was resolutely unapologetic about the decision, even as society judged her harshly and wanted her to repent.
The movie, "Finding Christa" (1992), which she directed with her husband, James V. Hatch, documented Ms. Billops's rejection of her daughter and their reunion 20 years later. Christa Victoria, a vibrant and artistic young woman who was raised by a loving adoptive family in Oakland, Calif., was welcomed back into the Billops fold.
Ms. Billops saw the lives of black women as endurance contests, struggles to survive abusive or alcoholic men, and children as part of the yoke that kept women from being free.
"I didn't admire motherhood," Ms. Billops said.
Ms. Billops was more interested in becoming an artist. She went to the University of Southern California to study art and occupational therapy. But she soon found herself pregnant. The father was a handsome Air Force lieutenant who said he would marry her — 500 wedding invitations were sent out — but who skipped town instead.
All best, and condolences to Camille Billops's family.
Tagged: Camille Billops, Her Mother-Daughter Struggle, Film, Film Maker, Sculptor, Painter, Art Painter, Filmmaker, New York, Grand Jury Prize 1992, Sundance Film Festival, Rest in Peace, Topic Magazine, Sundance Awards Ceremony
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The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power and one loved her country', but there was far more to the Soong sisters than these caricatures. As China battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, each sister played an important, sometimes critical role, and left an indelible mark on history.
Red Sister, Ching-ling, married Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the Chinese republic, and later became Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, was Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of the pre-Communist Nationalist China and a major political figure in her own right. Big Sister, Ei-ling, was Chiang's unofficial main adviser. She made herself one of China's richest women - and her husband Chiang's prime minister. All three sisters enjoyed tremendous privilege and glory, but also endured constant attacks and mortal danger. They showed great courage and experienced passionate love, as well as despair and heartbreak. The relationship between them was highly charged emotionally, especially once they had embraced opposing political camps and Ching-ling dedicated herself to destroying her two sisters' world.
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister is a gripping story of love, war, exile, intrigue, glamour and betrayal, which takes us on a monumental journey, from Canton to Hawaii and New York, from exiles' quarters in Japan and Berlin to secret meeting rooms in Moscow, and from the compounds of the Communist elite in Beijing to the corridors of power in democratic Taiwan. In a group biography that is by turns intimate and epic, Jung Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape the history of twentieth-century China.
Jung Chang is the internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans- Three Daughters of China; Mao- The Unknown Story (with Jon Halliday); and Empress Dowager Cixi- The Concubine who Launched Modern China. Her books have been translated into over 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies outside Mainland China where they are banned. She was born in China in 1952, and came to Britain in 1978. She lives in London.
One of this autumn's biggest reads, it's an astounding story told with verve and insight. Stylist Chang is too deft a biographer to tell you how to think. The sisters are sage and foolish, selfless and vain, brave and fearful, loyal and treacherous... It is up to the reader to decide if the Soongs are fairytale princesses or wicked stepsisters... The sisters were divided by politics, united by love. Even as you recoil from their actions, you are moved by their bond. In this lucid, wise, forgiving biography Chang gives a new twist to an old line. Behind every great man... is a Soong sister. -- Laura Freeman The Times The Soong sisters were an extraordinary trio... Jung Chang has shown, in books such as Wild Swans, her instinct for a compelling story, and that instinct stands her in good stead here as she weaves her way through the complex history of China from the 1880s to the 1970s... Well worth reading, in particular for the way it shows how powerful women have helped to shape modern China. At a time when, 70 years after Mao's victory, the country's political leadership contains almost no prominent women at all, that is a particularly apposite message to hear. -- Rana Mitter Sunday Times Outstanding... As with her previous books, most famously Wild Swans, it is Chang's sympathetic, storyteller's eye - her attention to deeply human detail during the most extraordinary circumstances - that makes her work remarkable. Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister is another triumph. -- William Moore Evening Standard Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister is a monumental work, worthy both of Jung Chang's Mao and of the great, rambling, heterogeneous Chinese folk epics of the oral past, such as The Water Margin and The Three Kingdoms. Its three fairy-tale heroines, poised between east and west, spanned three centuries, two continents and a revolution, with consequences that reverberate, perhaps now more than ever, in all our lives to this day. -- Hilary Spurling Spectator
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GRADUATE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Students from departments outside of History must receive approval from the instructor prior to enrolling in a History course. Please upload an email with the instructor's endorsement to the Spring 2022 permission code form, along with your request for a permission code. If you want to enroll in an independent study, please complete the Spring 2022 independent study form. For additional information about a specific course, please contact the professor directly.
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LITERATURE OF THE FIELD COURSES
Below are the literature of the field courses that will be taught during the Spring 2022 semester.
HIST-GA 1600 Literature of the Field: 20th Century US
Andrew Needham
Tues. 4:55-7:40pm
KJCC 701
CLQ
This course explores the major issues, problems, and controversies in 20th Century U.S. History. The course proceeds both chronologically and thematically. In addition to covering major periods and developments, we also try to illustrate a variety of historical subfields, including labor, environment, gender, culture, social movements, immigration, race, domestic politics, and foreign relations. We ask students to read the best of both new and old scholarship; we frequently contrast a "classic" work with new scholarship. We do this to familiarize students with disagreements among historians and with a sense of how history-writing moves and changes. As much as it is impossible to cover Americanist literature in an exhaustive manner, we highlight landmark texts each week so that participants can gain a strong grasp of select foundational work. When we read texts that were either based upon dissertation research or were produced by a scholar at a relatively early stage in her/his career, we hope to consider how emergent scholars frame their own scholarly interventions. Finally, we seek to formulate our own arguments—both individual and collective—about the eras we cover.
HIST-GA 3213 Eastern Europe Workshop
Larry Wolff
Wed. 12:30-2:00pm
HIST-GA 3803 Atlantic History Workshop
Nicole Eustace
Tues. 12:30-1:45pm
This half-credit course meets fall and spring and provides a venue for graduate students interested in any aspect of Atlantic history to present works-in-progress at any stage of development—from conference paper or dissertation proposal to article submission or practice job talk.
HIST-GA 1001 Finance, Race, and Gender in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Jennifer Morgan
Mon. 3:30-6:10pm
20CS 471
In recent years, a host of new scholarship exploring the relationship between slavery and capitalism has emerged. How might this new canon be reconfigured by a thorough consideration of race and gender in tandem with histories of fungibility and value? Interrogating early Modern notions of finance by asking how they intersected with, shaped, and were shaped by categories of race and gender will garner new understandings of these interrelated processes. Late medieval and early modern modes of accounting cohered around notions of enslavability, and the hereditary mark of race became embedded in how gender produced categories of freedom and slavery—all of which are crucial to the study of economy and race in the Atlantic world. This seminar will explore those intersections between histories of race, gender, and finance that culminate in early modern Atlantic slavery. We will treat the Atlantic world as the dynamic space that it was, attempting to balance engagement across continents and empires.
HIST-GA 1002 Writing A Life
Jennifer Homans
Wed. 2:00-4:45pm
A life is a history. It has a chronological order -- birth to death -- and it is marked by events and a social and historical context. But the inner life has a different and stranger history, difficult to access and convey. Sources can be slippery, even in a memoir: memory does not always serve, and people lie -- especially about themselves. In the case of an artist, the question is even more complicated since the relationship between life and art, or inner and outer worlds, is rarely direct or causal. A convincing life may not be a true life. The medium we use to tell a life imposes additional constraints, not to mention the entanglement of the biographer's own life with her subject.
This course examines the question of how to tell a life through close readings of biography and memoir, film, art exhibitions, and curated events in music and dance (museum panels, for example, and the 'retrospective' choice and placement of art works, is a form of biography too). Students will read, but also begin to write a life. Not their own, but someone else's.
HIST-GA 1521 Cultural History of Medieval Writing
Brigitte M. Bedos-Rezak
Thurs. 9:30-12:15pm
The purpose of this seminar is to investigate the material characteristics and the cultural uses of writing in a variety of medieval contexts, focusing on the phenomenon of writing as a historical object in its own right. We will examine pre-modern attitudes toward and manipulations of script that testify to a vivid engagement with the generative power of the letter as a graphic entity with spatial, plastic, and aesthetic potential.
We will thus be departing from the traditional linguistic approach to writing, with its focus on the phonetic alphabet as the representation of voices, to consider the notion of imagistic lettering, an interactive grouping of support, space, colors, graphic signs, lines and traces, which may eschew phonetic or syllabic resolutions even as it manages to express the ineffable. In our semester-long exploration, we will query the interaction between visual and linguistic modes of legibility.
In the Age of Digital Media, legible writing issues from the transmutation of numeral inscriptions, which constitutes a fundamental and unprecedented break from earlier analog technologies. The developing field of Digital Humanities has long moved beyond the use of computers in scholarship and now incorporates the study of digitally produced sources, thus prompting inquiry and fresh analysis of the mediatic effect of medieval and modern technology on writing.
HIST-GA 1414 Irish Global Migration
Kevin Kenny
Ireland House 101
No other European country in the modern era lost so high a proportion of its population overseas as Ireland. Counting those who went to Britain as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, about 10 million Irish men, women, and children emigrated from Ireland since 1700. That number is about twice the population of the Republic of Ireland today and it exceeds the population of Ireland at its historical peak on the eve of the great famine. This course will begin by considering the conditions in Ireland that led to emigration on such a massive and sustained scale. On that basis we will examine different models of migration – as voluntary departure, exile or banishment, and diaspora – and proceed to analyze the principal themes in the history of the Irish abroad, including labor, gender, religion, politics, and nationalism.
HIST-GA 1527 Theories of Race
Michele Mitchell
The purpose of this colloquium is two-fold: first, we shall explore a range of intellectual and cultural constructions regarding race as we focus upon the circulation of such notions. Another key goal of this course is to problematize the black-white dualism that dominates much racial discourse, especially in the United States. That said, we will consider the workings of "race" in other continents, including Europe, Africa, and Australia. Although this course does not attempt to offer a comprehensive survey of racialized theories, we will examine specific moments in time as a means of assessing how race is simultaneously understood and enacted as social construct and lived reality. The topics that we shall investigate include: scientific racialist theories and their overlap with popular ideas; immigration; notions of difference, disease, and degeneracy; visual and popular culture; race, policy, and the law; and "race" in everyday experience and practice.
HIST-GA 1800 Colloquium: Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sinclair Thomson and Ada Ferrer
This class is an exploration of revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean between the eighteenth and the twenty-first centuries. It focuses on a limited but prominent set of historical cases commonly viewed as "revolutions," although the notion of what constitutes a "revolution" is itself contested and will be treated as a problem rather than assumed in the class. The themes for discussion will include the causes, trajectories, and outcomes of revolution; the relation between leadership and mass mobilization; as well as political culture and consciousness. The initial unit of the course will focus on the first "age of revolution," considering revolutionary experiences in the Andes, Haiti, and Spain and Spanish America from the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century. These Latin American and Caribbean cases will be viewed in relation to broader processes in Europe and the Atlantic world. The second unit will focus on revolutions in Mexico, the Andes, and Cuba during a second "age of revolution" from the early to mid-twentieth century. The particular cases will also be viewed in terms of long-term and comparative frameworks.
HIST-GA 1982 Italian Fascism
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Tues. 9:30-12:15pm
Fascism is back in the news today, with right-wing movements finding popularity in Europe and strongmen rulers finding favor. This interdisciplinary course gives us background to understand our contemporary world by examining Benito Mussolini's dictatorship. We address Fascism's culture of violence; biopolitics and demographic policy; imperialism and war; Fascist ideology and visual culture; gender roles; and anti-Fascism.
HIST-GA 2020 Technology and the State in the Twentieth Century
Stefanos Geroulanos
60FA 850
The way that technological developments and concepts influence the decisions of state agents, the organization of the state and its "management of the population," the planning of the future (including of economic policy), but even the more "local" ways of living has returned to the fore of historical and interdisciplinary thinking. This course will pursue the co-imbrication of state and technology in the twentieth century, with a focus on the role of new technological ideas and practices (with military-inspired schemes after WWI; with technologies affecting the self from wartime medicine to 1980s neuropsychiatry; with cybernetics and systems theory, and so on) in politics, economic planning and the market, medico-psychiatric organization and the welfare state, and in social-engineering schemes. Geographically, some of the course concerns the more powerful states of Western Europe and their colonies (and former colonies), some of it concerns the Cold War and the global reach of the US and (to a lesser degree) the USSR.
HIST-GA 2022 MA Proseminar
Susanah Romney
Thurs. 4:55- 7:35pm
Introduction to the theoretical and methodological components involved in the research process. Considers historiographical issues; develops an understanding of the archival and library environments, focusing on searching strategies and the use of automated techniques; and emphasizes framing research questions. Students complete a research paper with appropriate documentation and bibliography in their area of interest.
HIST-GA 3903 History of Eastern Europe
Mon. 9:30-12:15pm
ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC HISTORY
HIST-GA 1011 Digital Archives
Lindsay Dumas Wittwer
The Digital Archives course addresses the role of archivists across the life-cycle of digital archives and articulates challenges, best practices, and standards associated with the appraisal, acquisition, storage, and provision of access to digital archives. Students design basic workflows for the accession and ingest of digital archives and identify risks and threats to the successful preservation of digital archives in various file formats. The course also enumerates important considerations in institutional policies and plans related to collection development, intellectual property rights, preservation, and overall sustainability.
HIST-GA 1757 Approaches To Public History
Ellen Noonan
Public historians build bridges between the work of academic historians and the interests of diverse public audiences. Through readings, media analysis, visits by working public historians, and project work, students explore intellectual, political, and pragmatic issues in public history. A semester-long project requires students to work collaboratively to conceptualize a public history project and write a complete funding proposal for it.
Approaches to Public History is offered every year and is a required course for students pursuing the Public History concentration.
HIST-GA 2011 Internship Seminar
This course is designed to accompany a 120-hour internship work experience at a selected archival repository or public history site. Students will have opportunities to report on and discuss their internship experiences with each other and the instructor. The course will also address various aspects of the professional practice of public history and archives, including organizational structures, leadership, professional societies, and funding sources, with presentations by professionals in the field. Introduction to Public History or Introduction to Archives are a prerequisite for this course.
HIST-GA 2013 Introduction to Preservation for Archives
Michael Lorenzini
Introduction to Preservation for Archives introduces students to the preservation of archival collections and cultural heritage materials. Beginning with an overview of the history of and the context for the preservation of cultural heritage, the course includes an examination of the composition of a variety of common archival materials, including paper, inks, photographs, magnetic media, and digital objects. The course is designed to introduce the student to preservation issues, such as conversation, holdings maintenance programs, rehousing techniques, reformatting, digital migration and conversion methods, selection for preservation, condition and needs assessment, proper use, handling and storage methods, environmental control and disaster planning and salvage methods. Students will also discuss preservation management strategies and prioritizing preservation and conservation activities.
Introduction to Preservation for Archives is offered every other year.
HIST-GA 3013 Research in Archives and Public History
Thurs. 4:55-7:35pm
In this capstone seminar course, students are expected to undertake an original research project that relates to either the archives or public history field. The final product may take several forms: 1) a 30-50 page, article-length, research paper that might be submitted for publication in an academic journal; 2) a public history or archives project, which has been worked out with a cooperating institution, that might result in such products as a consulting report, finding aid with recommendations for handling or treating particular types of material, or collections survey; 3) an online project that contextualizes a body of historical source material and brings it to broader public attention.
HIST-GA 3023 Independent Readings in Public History and Archives
This course consists of directed individual or small-group readings concerning a selected topic involving public history or archival theory and practice, developed in conjunction with the course instructor. In order to take this course, please contact the instructor for approval.
Independent Readings in Public History and Archives is available as an option any semester.
Independent Study, Directed Readings, Thesis Courses
Independent Studies are offered for the Spring 2022 term. You must complete an independent study form to be enrolled in the course. Please note that all independent studies have the DGS as the instructor listed in Albert although the instructor whom you complete the course with will provide the final grade.
HIST-GA 3019 History MA Thesis
Guy Ortolano
HIST-GA 3020 Reading in History: Exam Prep Course
HIST-GA 3021 Research In History
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Arthrospira
Arthrospira is a genus of free-floating filamentous cyanobacteria characterized by cylindrical, multicellular trichomes in an open left-hand helix. A dietary supplement is made from A. platensis and A. maxima, known as spirulina.[1] The A. maxima and A. platensis species were once classified in the genus Spirulina. Although the introduction of two separate genera [Arthrospira and Spirulina] is now generally accepted, there has been much dispute in the past and the resulting taxonomical confusion is tremendous.[2]
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Microcoleaceae
Genus: Arthrospira
About 35.
Arthrospira erdosensis
Arthrospira fusiformis
Arthrospira indica
Arthrospira innermongoliensis
Arthrospira jenneri
Arthrospira massartii
Arthrospira maxima
Arthrospira platensis
Spirulina powder 400x, unstained wet mount. Though it is usually called Spirulina powder, it actually contains the genus Arthrospira.
TaxonomyEdit
The common name, spirulina, refers to the dried biomass of A. platensis,[3] which belongs to the oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria that cover the groups Cyanobacteria and Prochlorales. These photosynthetic organisms, Cyanobacteria, were first considered as algae until 1962 and for the first time, these blue-green algae were added to prokaryote kingdom and proposed to call these microorganisms as Cyanobacteria [4] where algae are considered to be a very large and diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. This designation was accepted and published in 1974 by Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology.[5] Scientifically, quite a distinction exists between Spirulina and Arthrospira genera. Stizenberger, in 1852, gave the name Arthrospira based on the septa presence, helical form, and multicellular structure, and Gomont, in 1892, confirmed the aseptate form of the genus Spirulina. Geitler in 1932 reunified both members designating them as Spirulina without considering the septum.[6] The worldwide research on microalgae was carried out in the name of Spirulina, but the original species exploited as food with excellent health properties belongs to genus Arthrospira. This common difference between scientists and customers is difficult to change.[5] However, current taxonomy claims that the name Spirulina for strains which are used as food supplements is inappropriate, and agreement exists that Arthrospira is a distinct genus, consisting of over 30 different species, including A. platensis and A. maxima.[7]
MorphologyEdit
The genus Arthrospira comprises helical trichomes of varying size and with various degrees of coiling, including tightly coiled morphology to even a straight form.[1]
The helical parameters of the shape of Arthrospira is known to differentiate between- and even within the same- species.[8][9] These differences may be induced by changing environmental conditions, such as the growth temperature.[10] The helical shape of the trichomes is only maintained in a liquid environment.[11] The filaments are solitary and reproduce by binary fission, and the cells of the trichomes vary from 2 to 12 μm and can sometimes reach 16 μm.
Biochemical compositionEdit
Arthrospira is very rich in proteins.[1][11] Contents range from 53 to 68 percent by dry weight.[12] Its protein harbours all essential amino acids.[11] Arthrospira also contain high amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), about 1.5-2 percent of the total lipid content of 5-6 percent.[11] These PUFAs contain the γ-Linolenic acid (GLA), an essential Omega-6 Fatty acid.[13] Further ingredients of Arthrospira include Vitamins, Minerals and Photosynthetic pigments.[11] A detailed composition of the proteins and nutrients can be found in the Spirulina (dietary supplement) article.
OccurrenceEdit
Species of the genus Arthrospira have been isolated from alkaline brackish and saline waters in tropical and subtropical regions. Among the various species included in the genus, A. platensis is the most widely distributed and is mainly found in Africa, but also in Asia. A. maxima is believed to be found in California and Mexico.[6] A. platensis and A. maxima occur naturally in tropical and subtropical lakes with alkaline pH and high concentrations of carbonate and bicarbonate.[14] A. platensis occurs in Africa, Asia, and South America, whereas A. maxima is confined to Central America, and A. pacifica is endemic to the Hawaiian islands.[15] Most cultivated spirulina is produced in open-channel raceway 70th ponds, with paddle-wheels used to agitate the water.[14] The largest commercial producers of spirulina are located in the United States, Thailand, India, Taiwan, China, Pakistan, Burma (a.k.a. Myanmar), Greece and Chile.[15]
Present and future usesEdit
Spirulina is widely known as a food supplement today, but there's a variety of other possible applications for this cyanobacterium. As an example, it is suggested to be used medically for patients for whom it is difficult to chew or swallow food, or as a natural and cheap drug delivery carrier.[16] Further, promising results in the treatment of certain cancers, allergies and anemia, as well as hepato-toxicity and vascular diseases were found.[17] Next to that, spirulina could also be interesting as a healthy additional animal feed [18] if the price of its production can be further reduced. Spirulina may also be used in technical applications, such as the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles, which allows the formation of metallic silver in an environmentally friendly way.[19] Also in the creation of textiles it harbors some advantages, since it can be used for the production of antimicrobial textiles.[20] And paper or polymer materials may be produced with this versatile small organism.[20]This microalga is also known for its antioxidant activity[21] and it maintains the ecological balance in aquatic bodies and reduces various stresses in the aquatic environment[22].
Cropping systemsEdit
Growth of Arthrospira platensis depends on several factors. To achieve maximum output, factors such as the temperature, light and photoinhibition, nutrients, and CO2 level, need to be adjusted. In summer the main limiting factor of spirulina growth is light. When growing in water depths of 12–15 cm self-shading governs the growth of the individual cell. However, research has shown, that growth is also photoinhibited, and can be increased through shading.[23] The level of photoinhibiton versus the lack of light is always a question of cell concentration in the medium. The optimal growth temperature for A. platensis is 35 – 38 °C. This poses a major limiting factor outside the tropics, confining growth to the summer months.[24] A. platensis has been grown in fresh water, as well as in brackish water and sea water.[25] Apart from mineral fertilizer various sources such as, waste effluents, and effluents from fertilizer, starch and noodle factories have been used as nutrient source.[15][26] Especially the waste effluents are also available in rural locations, allowing small scale production.[27] One of the major hurdles for larger scale production is the complicated harvesting process that makes up for 20-30% of the total production costs. Due to small size, and diluted cultures (mass concentration less than 1 g/L-1) with densities close to that of water microalgae are difficult to separate from their medium.[28]
Cultivation systemsEdit
Main article: Culture of microalgae in hatcheries
Open pondEdit
Open pond systems are the most common way to grow A. Platensis due to their comparatively low cost. Typically, channels are built in form of a raceway from concrete or PVC coated earth walls, and water is moved by paddle wheels. The open design, however allows contamination by foreign algae and/or microorganisms.[15] Another problem poses the water loss due to evaporation. Both of these problems can be addressed by having transparent polyethylene film covering the channels.[29]
Closed systemEdit
Closed systems have the advantage of being controllable in terms of physical, chemical and biological environment. This allows for increasing yields, and influencing the nutrient ratio of the organism. Typical forms such as tubes or polyethylene bags, also offer a larger surface to volume ratios than open pond systems,[30] thus increasing the amount of sunlight available for photosynthesis. These closed systems help expanding the growing period into the winter months, but often lead to overheating in summer.[31]
Economy of arthrospira and its market potentials and feasibilityEdit
Cultivation of arthrospira has a long tradition, especially in Mexico and around the Lake Chad on the African continent. During the twentieth century however, its beneficial properties were rediscovered and therefore studies about arthrospira and its production increased.[32] In the past decades, large-scale production of the cynobacterium developed.[33] Japan started in 1960, and in the following years Mexico and several other countries over all continents, such as China, India, Thailand, Myanmar and the United States started to produce on large-scale.[32] In little time, China has become the largest producer worldwide.[33] A particular advantage of the production and use of spirulina is that its production can be conducted at a number of different scales, from household culture to intensive commercial production over large areas.
Especially as a small-scale crop, Arthrospira still has considerable potential for development, for example for nutritional improvement.[34] New countries where this could happen, should dispose of alkaline-rich ponds on high altitudes or saline-alkaline-rich groundwater or coastal areas with high temperature.[14] Otherwise, technical inputs needed for new spirulina farms are quite basic.[34]
The international market of spirulina is divided into two target groups: the one includes NGO's and institutions focusing on malnutrition and the other includes health conscious people. There are still some countries, especially in Africa, that produce at a local level. Those could respond to the international demand by increasing production and economies of scale. Growing the product in Africa could offer an advantage in price, due to low costs of labour. On the other hand, African countries would have to surpass quality standards from importing countries, which could again result in higher costs.[34]
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^ Mahdieh (2012). "Green biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by Spirulina platensis". Scientia Iranica. 19 (3).
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Thromboelastography Market to Surpass US$ 863.9 Million by 2027
Thromboelastography Market to Surpass US$ 863.9 Million by 2027 - Coherent Market Insights
Published On : Aug 14, 2020
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Global Thromboelastography Market, by Type (Standard, RapidTEG, Functional Fibrinogen, Platelet Mapping, and Heparinase), by Application (Cardio-pulmonary Bypass Surgery, Liver Transplantation, Trauma, Obstetrics, and Neonatology and Pediatrics, and Others), by End User (Hospitals & Clinics, Blood Banks, Academic Institutes, and Others), and by Region (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa), is estimated to be valued at US$ 531.8 million in 2020 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 7.2% over the forecast period (2020-2027), as highlighted in a new report published by Coherent Market Insights.
Increasing number of organ transplants performed is expected to fuel the thromboelastography market growth over the forecast period. According to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation, around 1,350 and 609 organ transplants were performed in Saudi Arabia and Israel, respectively, in 2018. According to the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR), around 2,782 organ transplant procedures were performed in Canada and 4,351 people were on a waiting list for an organ transplant by the end of 2018.
Moreover, increasing prevalence of hemostasis disorders is also expected to drive growth of the thromboelastography market. According to the World Federation of Hemophilia 2017 statistics, around 158,225 people globally were suffering from hemophilia A in 2016.
Global Thromboelastography Market – Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic
Thromboelastography assay is performed to predict the efficiency/strength of the clot during various surgical procedures such as liver transplantation, cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery, and in other applications such as trauma and obstetrics hemorrhage. During the thromboelastography procedure, consumables such as thromboelastography assay reagent, test kits, disposables such as cup and pin, and devices such as TEG systems, analyzer, etc. are required.
Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019, the disease has spread to over 100 countries across the globe and the World Health Organization has declared it as a public health emergency. According to the World Health Organization's report, the manifestation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in over 9 million infected individuals worldwide as of June 2020.
COVID-19 can affect the economy in three main ways; by directly affecting production and demand, by creating disruptions in distribution channel, and by its financial impact on firms and financial markets. Due to lockdown, many countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and others are facing problems with regards to the transportation of drugs from one place to another.
Furthermore, players operating in the thromboelastography market are facing major challenges on various fronts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The major challenges include supply of raw materials for manufacturing TEG assay reagents and disposables due to irregularities in transportation facility and distributors who distribute these products in the market are experiencing irregular demand for products from the retailers.
Thus, high impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is expected to limit growth of the global thromboelastography market over the forecast period.
Browse 31 Market Data Tables and 24 Figures spread through 159 Pages and in-depth TOC on "Thromboelastography Market"- Global Forecast to 2027, Global Thromboelastography Market, by Type (Standard, RapidTEG, Functional Fibrinogen, Platelet Mapping, and Heparinase), by Application (Cardio-pulmonary Bypass Surgery, Liver Transplantation, Trauma, Obstetrics, and Neonatology and Pediatrics, and Others), by End User (Hospitals & Clinics, Blood Banks, Academic Institutes, and Others) and by Region (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa) - Global Forecast to 2027"
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Key players operating in the market are focused on adopting various inorganic growth strategies such as partnerships and agreements, in order to expand their product offerings in the market. For instance, in January 2020, Haemonetics Corporation announced the acquisition and gained the intellectual property rights for the TEG 6s Hemostasis Analyzer System from CoraMed Technologies, LLC. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Haemonetics' offerings and position in the hospitals and hospital laboratories business.
Key Takeaways of the Global Thromboelastography Market:
The global thromboelastography market is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 7.2% over the forecast period, owing to increased product launches and approvals, and promotional activities by the market players. For instance, in April 2019, Diagnostica Stago introduced its STA Workcell Max at the 71st American Association of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Expo held in Anaheim, California, U.S. STA Workcell Max is a processing platform designed to meet rigorous requirements of efficient hemostasis testing.
Among application, cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery segment held the largest market share in 2019owing to increasing CABG surgeries. According to the National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit, 2019 Summary Report, around 32,295 cardiac surgeries were performed in the U.K. during 2017-18, out of which around 14,527 procedures were coronary artery surgery (CABG) operations.
Among end user, hospitals & clinics segment held largest market share in 2019, owing to increasing number of transplants performed in hospitals. For instance, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), around 39,718 transplants were performed in 2019 in the U.S., out of which around 8,896 were liver transplants. According to the same source, around 80 people receive organ transplants each day in the U.S.
Companies operating in the global thromboelastography market include Haemonetics Corporation, Instrumentation Laboratory, Framar Hemologix srl, Medirox AB, Diagnostica Stago, and Life Diagnostica
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SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Nathan Redmond scored twice as Southampton boosted its hopes of avoiding relegation by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 on Saturday in the Premier League.
Redmond put Southampton ahead in the second minute and then restored the hosts' lead in the 30th, just two minutes after Willy Boly had equalized for Wolves. Shane Long added a third for the Saints, which moved eight points clear of 18th-placed Cardiff in the last relegation spot.
It was Redmond's first league double since March 2017, highlighting his return to form under new manager Ralph Hasenhuttl in recent weeks.
Academy graduate Josh Sims set up the first goal when he raced round the back to deliver an inviting ball that allowed Redmond to sneak in front of the cover and blast into the net.
Wolves, who were coming off a disappointing extra-time loss to Watford in the FA Cup semifinals, replied when Boly met Joao Moutinho's corner with a thumping header.
But Sims again helped Southampton get in front as he played a one-two with Danny Ings, who fed Redmond with a smart flick to send him free on goal and the forward dinked the ball past the stranded Rui Patricio.
Hasenhuttl brought on Long for Ings in the second half, and the substitute notched his second goal in as many games by flicking home from Maya Yoshida's pass.
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An alarming rise in cyberattacks targeting U.S. businesses has prompted officials to call for action. Biden administration Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claimed the U.S. energy grid is vulnerable in the face of alleged foreign attacks.
"I think there are very malign actors who are trying even as we speak," she explained. "There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally."
During an interview on Sunday, Granholm reiterated the fears of alleged foreign hackings, which she suggested could leave entire regions of the U.S. without electricity. She cited recent shutdowns of the Colonial Pipeline and a meat-packing company as examples of what could happen to the entire power grid.
"This is what the President is doing, he's working with our allies," she mentioned. "He's working with countries around the world because other countries, even Russia, they don't want to see their sectors attacked by malign actors."
However, critics believe Biden officials have failed to prevent or address recent cyberattacks. Many claim they didn't occur under President Trump.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested Russia should be held responsible. During an interview on Sunday, the Republican senator said our critical infrastructure is very exposed. He added, it's time for Russians to pay the price.
Graham went on to mention that he doesn't believe attacks were ordered from President Vladamir Putin or the Putin regime, but that the hackers live in Russia with impunity and are tied to the country's intelligence services.
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Graham's made those remarks not long after Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson warned cyberattacks may pose the greatest threat to our national security. During an interview on Saturday, Gibson said cyberthreats keep her up at night rather than the possibility of another Capitol breach.
Gibson also mentioned that senators may have sensitive information in their possession that they don't want to be exposed. She went on noting, "I would worry about, I think, nation state actors or others who might try to just really cripple the government's ability to function by locking down cyber communications networks."
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Home/Stories/What Would Be The Affect on the MSME's In India, If The Lockdown Increases For 4-8 Weeks
What Would Be The Affect on the MSME's In India, If The Lockdown Increases For 4-8 Weeks
Nitin Naresh Follow on Twitter Send an email March 30, 2020
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There are around 69 million (6.9 crore) micro, small and medium enterprises, or MSMEs in India, which have been closed for a long time due to the lock-down. According to Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) Chairman Ravi Venkatesan, if the lock-down in the country increases for 4 to 8 weeks, about a quarter of the 1.7 million MSME shops will be closed. Quoting data from the All Indian Manufacturers Association, Venkatesan said that if the Coronavirus crisis escalates for four to eight months, 19 to 43 percent of MSMEs in India will disappear.
Fund of $ 100 million will be made
Ravi Venkatesan, the Infosys co-chairman and chairman of Bank of Baroda, said that GAME is in the process of creating a fund of about $ 100 million to save small businesses from this crisis. This fund can be released within the next two weeks. Under this, loans will be given for small businesses at low-interest rates. About 90 percent of the jobs arise from India's MSME sector, which could end if the lockdown will continue like this. According to Venkatesan, jobs from every sector of MSME can be lost. He said that in the hospitality industry, which employs 4 crore people, about 1.2 crore jobs can be lost. At the same time, 1.1 million jobs can be lost from the retail industry employing 4.6 crore people.
MSME is the largest sector to employ people
out of the total workforce of India, 93 percent i.e. around 400 million people mainly come from the temporary sector, while about 93 million people are those who get seasonal employment. All these workers are suffering due to coronavirus. According to Jindal Global Law School, 75% of people are self-employed when it comes to temporary employment in India. That is rickshaw pullers, carpenters, Plumbers, etc. These workers do not get the benefits of paid leave, or any medical facilities.
The biggest impact is on MSME sector
According to researcher Rakesh Shukla, daily wage laborers are suffering the most due to coronavirus. Around 25 to 30 percent of the people in urban areas work on daily wages. The country's 75 million MSMEs are the pillars for growth of the Indian economy, creating around 180 million jobs. It also speeds up the economy by about $ 1183 billion. Out of this only, 7 million MSMEs are registered.
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Monmouth's Savoy Theatre given £10,000 for support during the coronavirus lockdown
Monmouth's Savoy Theatre awarded £10,000 by Film Hub Wales
By Brooke Boucher @BrookeBJourno Trainee Community Reporter
AN INDEPENDENT theatre and cinema in Monmouth has been handed £10,000 to help keep it afloat during the coronavirus lockdown.
The Savoy, which has been closed since mid-March with all, but one member of staff on furlough, is one of 16 across Wales to be handed a share of £100,000 from Film Hub Wales via the National Lottery.
The funding will be used to maintain the projector and other essential technical equipment.
The Savoy stands on the oldest known theatre site in Wales and the Grade 2* listed building is currently managed by the Monmouth Savoy Trust. The programme offers a mixture of feature films, live entertainment, and special events.
Chris Ryde, director of the Savoy Theatre, said: "The Savoy is absolutely delighted to get the grant. Indie cinemas are in a precarious position so it will go a long way to helping us see the crisis through.
"It will take many months for consumer confidence to be restored and we have bills to pay in the meantime so thank you BFI".
Hana Lewis, strategic manager of FHW, said: "Cinemas do so much for us; they're there when we want to escape, they bring us together and connect us to the world.
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"We've been amazed by the capacity of cinema staff to care for their audiences, from delivering local supplies, to meeting their financial commitments. We wanted to take the opportunity to share their stories.
"As a result of lockdown, income from ticket sales and concessions stopped overnight, putting many independent organisations and their teams at immediate risk. There's a long journey ahead and cinemas will need ongoing support.
"We hope that the BFI FAN resilience fund can start the journey to reopening".
The resilience fund is made possible thanks to National Lottery funding, repurposed by the British Film Institute (BFI) via its Film Audience Network (FAN). The fund offers critical relief and business continuity to exhibitors across the whole of the UK.
Funds in Wales are administered by FHW via Chapter as the Film Hub Lead Organisation. They will be used towards irrecoverable costs, to deliver creative online activities during closure and staff time to plan towards safe reopening.
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Hanife Schulte
[scholar & practitioner of theatre & performance studies]
Audienceship
Ancient Amphitheatres in Turkey
My Intellectual & Artistic Friends in Spirit
Performing the Hybrid of Frank Castorf's Judith & Rebecca Schneider's "Performance Remains"
Reading Cubism
Sonbahar Yaprakları
Why does the theatre audience have to just view performances?
Why does the theatre audience have to sit during performances?
In my opinion, [T]heatre has multiple ephemeral explications, but not a fixed definition.
Tate Modern, London, England, June 2016
I am a doctoral candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at Tufts University, interested in exploring how theatre as performance responds to cultural, political, and social issues. In a rapidly changing society, I believe that theatre is to challenge [taboos] to make them speakable.
My research interests lie at the intersection of theatre, performance studies, and sociology, which include dramaturgy, directing, postdramatic theatre, spectatorship as performance, cultural studies, and theatre & migration. My dissertation project examines the works of theatre and performance artists who are second-generation Turkish immigrants at the Maxim Gorki Theater under the artistic directorship of Shermin Langhoff in Berlin.
Prior to Tufts, I received M.A. degrees in Performing Arts from Emerson College and in Theatre (DTCF) from Ankara University. I obtained a B.S. in Education with a minor in Sociology from Middle East Technical University in Turkey.
"The definition of theatre has changed."
-Andrzej Wirth, Theatre Without Audience.
"If some people no longer want to give the name theatre to such a practice situated between "theatre", performance, visual art, dance, and music, we should not hesitate to turn to Brecht, who proposed ironically that when people no longer wished to call his new forms "theatre", they could call them "thaetre" instead."
-Hans-Thies Lehmann. Postdramatic Theatre, 2006.
© Unauthorized use and/or duplication of materials in this website without express and written permission from Hanife Schulte, this site's owner, is strictly prohibited. Updated on July 14, 2018.
I value in-person communication. If in-person communication is not possible due to constraints of time and place, I am available at [email protected]
"Study me as much as you like, you will not know me, for I differ in a hundred ways from what you see me to be." ~ Rumi
"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers." ~ Khalil Gibran
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TreasuryOne uses Trustlink SWIFT BIC and hosted environment
Issued by Trustlink
Pretoria, 28 Mar 2013
TreasuryOne, an outsourcing company delivering treasury management services to medium-sized and large corporates in South Africa, has partnered with leading African SWIFT service bureau Trustlink to deliver an automated confirmation matching service to customers. TreasuryOne's IT2 treasury management system will now be making use of Trustlink's Single Bank Identifier Code (BIC) solution, which provides a simple, cost-effective connection for TreasuryOne into the global SWIFT network.
TreasuryOne's IT2 solution provides corporates with a consolidated view of all treasury-related functions and market risks, including foreign exchange, liquidity planning, forecasting, investment management, integrated cash flow, commodity prices, interest rates and more. All transactional services within this system require a bank on either side to originate and fulfil transactions, as well as a means of communicating these transactions between parties. Previously, TreasuryOne was using a manual system, where its bankers would capture transactions and fax or e-mail these to the broker on the bank side. The deal would then have to be confirmed and sent back again via fax or e-mail. Trustlink's SWIFT BIC service automates this process for improved efficiency and risk management.
"This manual process is prone to human error, which poses a financial risk. By accessing the SWIFT network directly with our BIC, TreasuryOne is now able to use straight-through processing (STP) to electronically generate these transactional messages from IT2, send them to the bank brokers, and receive confirmation back through the same system. This confirmation is then automatically matched to their own system, which helps to mitigate risk and ensures that the thousands of transactions processed by TreasuryOne on a monthly basis are completed accurately and timeously," says Sean Ascott-Evans, Product Manager at Trustlink.
The Trustlink BIC solution not only enables TreasuryOne to drive down the risk associated with manual processing, but also enables the company to offer its customers direct access to SWIFT in a reliable, cost-effective manner. This opens up new services to customers, as well as facilitates better service delivery, and acts as a competitive differentiator for TreasuryOne.
"The decision to work with Trustlink to deliver this solution was a simple one, as they have a unique offering in Africa with their SWIFT BIC. This, along with our long-standing relationship with Trustlink, their excellent reputation and track record and our complementary solutions offering, delivered a winning combination," says Hennie de Klerk, CEO of Treasury One.
"Linking into the Trustlink BIC has enabled us to take our treasury management solution to the next level, offering a complete, world-class service to our customers. We are able to offer technology that very few treasury houses in South Africa provide, and through this merger of technologies, we are able to offer our customers additional services. The solution enables us to manage processes electronically and connect to all banks globally through a single standard on a single network. It can also be expanded to add payments, bank statements and more for greater value and enhanced functionality," he adds.
TreasuryOne's IT2 solution went live on the Trustlink SWIFT BIC in September 2012. TreasuryOne is currently providing automated confirmation matching services to a number of high-profile customers, including Business Connexion, Dawn, Impala Platinum, Aquarius Platinum and the Super Group Trading (Mauritius).
TreasuryOne
TreasuryOne was established in May 2000. The company's mission is to provide a broad range of best practice treasury services to organisations of all sizes and levels of complexity, and also to private individuals.
TreasuryOne delivers professional treasury services to clients as and when needed. All TreasuryOne offerings are fully scalable, so the client enjoys the benefit of expert, cost-effective advice and execution, without paying for unnecessary staff and system overheads in the specialist field of treasury. Its clients enjoy all the benefits of working with a highly qualified and experienced partner.
Its product offerings include outsourced treasury operations, exchange rate risk management, treasury management system, investment management, and consulting and training. Clients experience the value of enhanced treasury performance and reduced risk in today's demanding financial environment.
Trustlink has its roots in the Perago group of companies. It was established as an autonomous company in 2006, following the international expansion of the Perago group.
From these roots, Trustlink has shown consistent growth and has established itself as a leading player in providing B2B services. Trustlink provides innovative solutions and services that enable its customers to enhance information exchange and business process integration beyond the borders of the enterprise. Trustlink is the exclusive representative in sub-Saharan Africa for select suppliers that are all recognised global leaders in their respective fields. Using the products of its partners as well as its own in-house solutions, Trustlink develops and tailors integrated STP, B2B and EAI solutions. Its solutions serve to preserve systems integrity, improve cost efficiency, increase operational reliability and apply stringent security.
Trustlink was recently appointed as the SWIFT Business Partner for West, central and southern Africa. The appointment as Business Partner extends the portfolio of SWIFT products and services that Trustlink can offer to customers and also extends its reach into West Africa.
Trustlink also operates the leading SWIFT service bureau in Africa, having more than 75 customers in 16 countries. It has an enviable reputation for service delivery and reliability, having previously reached 288 days of uninterrupted service availability (ie 100% uptime).
Trustlink is a dynamic company with an established customer base that spans 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Its customers include major financial institutions, central banks and prestigious corporate enterprises.
Denise Herbst (+27) 12 470 4870 [email protected]
Trustlink Tertius Vermeulen (+27) 12 470 4800
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Kim Ebert-Colella
2010 Laureate
Kim Ebert-Colella came to Tacoma as a Jesuit Volunteer and has continued to do peace work in all areas of her life. She volunteers at Bryant Montessori School, a racially and economically diverse school in the Hilltop area of Tacoma. She established Bryant as an International Peace Site in 2009.
Ms. Ebert-Colella established and continues to chair the Peace Committee at Bryant. The Committee, in partnership with "Pierce County Reads," raised $9,000 in 2008 to send to "Pennies for Peace," an organization which builds schools in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
2010 Laureate Kim Ebert-Colella
Each year, Kim helps the students at Bryant choose a peace-related theme for the year. In 2009-2010 the theme was: "Water: Peace in Every Drop." Partnered with NorwexTrue Clean (which originated in Norway), the students conserved water in their school by procuring rain barrels, which were decorated and installed around the school. Classes went on field trips to the Puget Creek watershed to learn the connection between sewer, ground water, and Puget Sound. They provided opportunities for all the students in the school to learn about the impact of our storm drains on our watersheds and the salmon population
Another goal of the Peace Committee in 2009-2010 was to raise $6,000 for the ETTA Project, which helped a poor village in Bolivia start a community garden and get running water to homes and the school in order to improve health. The garden provides the children of the village with fresh vegetables to augment their meager daily diet.
Kim's deep passion for helping people has taken her all over the world. Through the high school youth ministries at her church, St. Nicholas in Gig Harbor, WA, she traveled to the barrios of Tijuana, Mexico. She ministered to both the elderly and teens as a Jesuit Volunteer; traveled alone to Calcutta because she had always wanted to meet and work with Mother Teresa; joined a delegation of women who traveled to South Africa; and worked in Hospice centers and homes in multiple villages to fight the AIDS crisis.
Kim received her B.A. in liberal studies, with a minor in psychology, from the College of St. Benedict and earned a Master's Degree in pastoral studies from Seattle University. She makes her home in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband Niko and son Sam.
"Kim brings peace to the kids she works with by helping them reflect on their own ability to be peaceful, within themselves and with others. She encourages them to think and act both locally and globally." (Wynne Brown, Nominator)
Reverend David T. Alger
Reverend Alger, nominated by Saundra Sanderson, served for nearly thirty years as Executive Director of Associated Ministries. In his ecumenical work, Rev. Alger helped bring different faith groups together to build a community that is humane, compassionate and just.
He was instrumental in the founding and growth of many agencies that help to build such a community, including (among others)
the Pierce County AIDS Foundation,
the Indochinese Culture and Service Center,
the Shalom Center (focusing on Central American and Middle Eastern Peace),
the South Sound Peace and Justice Center,
the Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center,
Faith Partners Against Family Violence,
the Moments of Blessing program (services held to reclaim places where homicides have occurred), and
the Hilltop Action Coalition.
2009 David Alger at Seattle's 17 Mai Parade
Read an article about Rev. Alger by clicking here. And click here to read David and Sally Alger's account of their trip to Oslo, Norway, in December of 2009.
David Corner
Tacoma resident David Corner, nominated by Dr. Robert Klein, was awarded the 2008 Greater Tacoma Peace Prize. Mr. Corner is the founder and director of The Gathering Project, a humanitarian organization he created in 1997 after visiting Africa as part of the Men's Fellowship for Ghana mission program. He had the vision to join the vast amounts of surplus and waste materials destined for landfills from businesses and hospitals in the Western US with the people and programs that desperately need them. As a result, the Gathering Project has gathered and shipped thousands of tons of goods around the world, and provided support for programs in the Tacoma area and across North America. By building trusted relationships with local businesses, hospitals and schools, The Gathering Project has been able to remove usable goods from the waste stream. From hospitals alone the organization saved an estimated $80-90,000 in landfill costs, but more importantly provided usable medical supplies and equipment around the world.
The Gathering Project has shipped about 160 containers of goods to more than 40 countries around the world. After last year's magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Peru, they quickly had a container of relief supplies on the scene and in local hands, even before the Red Cross. Domestically, Corner also gathered and shipped 35 trailer loads of household and relief supplies to areas of need. He supports a wide variety of organizations with donated goods, including GoodwillI Industries, St. Vincent DePaul, Community Health Care, the Tacoma Seaman's Center, as well as individuals and foreign sailors in need.
2008 David Corner
In the course of his work, Corner has visited 12 African countries. He was elected a Lt. Governor of Kiwanis, and is one of the founders of Tacoma's Sister City agreement with the City of George, South Africa. He is also on the Board of Kenya Methodist Development Association, the American support arm of Kenya Methodist University in Meru, Kenya. The Gathering Project has also supported the small farmers and crafts people of Kenya by directly importing coffee and handicrafts for sale here. Corner frequently works with local public agencies and educational institutions on international trade issues for developing countries.
Reverend Ron Pierre Vignec
The Rev. Ron Pierre Vignec received the prize in 2007. Pastor Vignec founded the Salishan/Eastside Lutheran Mission in 1985.
He played the key role in revitalizing the Salishan neighborhood in east Tacoma, the largest federal housing project on the West Coast. It once was awash in violence, drugs, prostitution, and ethnic tensions, but Vignec's hard work has helped drop every measurable crime statistic in Salishan.
The nomination submission from Louis Zubaly and Bill Lincoln stated that Pastor Ron's activities "exemplify international peace work within diverse and often troubled communities as he creatively, persistently, effectively and non-intrusively responds to the need of citizens and non-citizens while striving to find ways to help them develop sustainable cultures of peace with justice." Former Bishop David Wold remarked, "Ron is my passport to worlds I have not known."
2007 Ron Vignec
Pastor Ron, as he is known in the community, has been serving the community for years demonstrating authentic leadership as a liaison with law enforcement, educators, news reporters, community organizations, non-profit agencies, businesses as well as community, civic and elected government leaders. His approach to community service and the building of communities has created a positive evolution of the fabric of the Salishan/Eastside region of the county and far beyond. Mr. Lincoln adds, "People from all over the world have made Tacoma their home, often coming from war torn regions or from extreme poverty. If we want peace in the world we need to strive for peace with justice at home as well, particularly in concert with persons of different cultures and beliefs. For years, we have had among us a true peace worker who deals with global problems on our local scene."
Read Ron and Nancy Vignec's account of their Norway trip.
Click here to read an article about Pastor Ron and the GTPP.
RON VIGNEC PASSED AWAY ON NOV. 10, 2013
Pastor Ron Vignec, known in Tacoma as the "Bishop of Salishan", passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013. The Memorial Service was held on Thursday, Nov. 21 at Urban Grace Church in Tacoma, Washington. Here is an article about the service from the News Tribune. Pastor Ron will be greatly missed!
Links to articles about Ron:
Son Lauren's tribute to his father
The News Tribune: Nov. 11
KING5News: Nov. 12
Conflict Resolution: Research and Resource Institute Bill Lincoln, Polly Davis, Dawn Hooper
In 2006, the committee was pleased to award the Prize to CRI (Conflict Resolution, Research and Resource Institute). Mr. Julio Quan of Centro Latino submitted the nomination, citing Executive Director William F. (Bill) Lincoln and Associate Director Polly Davis for "doing whatever it takes to restore peace in troubled regions, often accepting the risks without a fee."
The mission of CRI (now the Lincoln Institute) is to teach and practice the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict in the community, the nation, and the world through the utilization of time-tested theories, processes, and techniques which ensure equitable, practical, and lasting agreements.
Update: We congratulate 2006 GTPP Laureates Bill Lincoln and Polly Davis who were presented with special awards at the recent conference of the Washington Mediators Association (WMA).
2006 Bill Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Bill has been recognized as a pioneer in mediation and negotiation theory and practice. He was a federal commissioner who helped found the United States Institute of Peace, has extensive experience working in hot spots – Wounded Knee, Walpole Prison, with the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, the URNG in Guatemala in preparation for the UN sanctioned peace talks and recently with warlords in Afghanistan. Bill is a co-founder of the Russian-American Programs for Peace which started the first graduate program in conflict resolution in Russia, and began the conflict resolution center in St Petersburg. The list goes on Many practitioners in our region have been trained by Bill whether as members of his early mediation training programs at Antioch, through the State of Washington Career Executive Programs or through the Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center of which he was a founder. Bill continues his work in Tacoma and is currently involved in training negotiators involved with the United Nations food safety program.
Ms. Davis received the Excellence in Mediation Award. This award is in recognition of those who promote and practice excellence in mediation, exemplifying the application of thought that is at the forefront of our field. In her more than 20 years in the field, Polly has worked with the Northwest Institute for Restorative Justice, the King, Snohomish and Pierce County DRCs, the Lincoln Institute and the King County Interlocal Conflict Resolution Group. She has extensive international experience, working in Russia, Cuba, Poland, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Sudan and Afghanistan. She is a teacher and mentor, developing and providing trainings on a wide range of mediation topics. She also conducts facilitations and mediations in workplace, public policy and other areas. She is widely recognized by training participants and colleagues for her thoughtfulness and insight.
George F. Russell, Jr.
The 2005 Greater Tacoma Peace Prize recipient, our first laureate, was George F. Russell, Jr. Mr. Russell was nominated by Karin Moye Kelley, of Bates Technical College, for his work in the realm of peace education, security and peace awareness both regionally and globally. While his success in the investment field is no secret, his calling to spend the rest of his life dedicated to peace endeavors is far less public. He has been called a visionary, in that he sees time not in terms of months or years, but in generations and centuries. His "hands-on" efforts in the arena of peace work have touched lives in our own neighborhoods and in countries around the world.
Just a few examples of his work include the following:
Big Homie Project, Tacoma — through Jane's Fellowship Program, The Russell Family Foundation is supporting the gang intervention work of Lawrence Stone in Tacoma.
Hate Free Zone, Seattle — piloted a high school curriculum on promoting peace and understanding following September 11th.
Nuclear Threat Initiative — to resolve global threat posed by loose nukes.
Transmutation Technologies — focused on the possibility of destroying nuclear waste.
Business Humanitarian Forum — This group focuses on global peace issues.
National Bureau of Asian Research — committed to promoting effective and far-sighted policy in the United States, throughout Asia and in Russia.
East West Institute — various projects promoting democracy, government transparency and related peace issues in the former Soviet Union.
Through research support and meeting with political leaders around the world, his work will undoubtedly have a positive impact on families and communities for generations to come.
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"The Christmas period is important and it's a great opportunity for us to keep the unbeaten run going." Coventry City's Tony Mowbray
Mowbray talks about the break before Sunday's game and the Christmas period here...
Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray believes not having a game last week has given City a good platform going into the Sheffield United game.
The Sky Blues boss revealed that Joe Cole is back in contention and James Maddison is within touching distance of a return after two weeks of solid training.
Mowbray also believes that the break has set the game up to be a big encounter in League One and isn't bothered by the 12pm kick-off time.
"With it being the run up to Christmas, not having a game has given us a chance to get everyone back in contention," Mowbray said.
"There are some positives, we haven't lost in a couple of months and it would be nice to keep that going with some games but it sets this big game up against Sheffield United.
"It will be a similar atmosphere to the Bradford game, we dealt with that OK and the players will have to be up for it again.
"I don't think it causes us any problems being an early kick-off apart from logistics, what time we have to get up out of bed, what time we have to eat, but it's the same for both sides.
"It's not that far to travel and we're mindful that the supporters have to be up earlier than normal to get on the road but we'll have a decent following there and hopefully we can find a performance for them."
The Christmas period sees the Sky Blues travel to Sheffield United, then face Oldham and Port Vale at the Ricoh Arena before a trip to Chesterfield all before the end of December.
Mowbray is looking forward to games coming in thick and fast and believes the squad will be looking forward to an exciting period.
He continued: "The Christmas period is important because there are lots of games, around Boxing Day we have two games in three days so they come thick and fast.
"When you take a breath of air after it, five games have gone and it gives you a clearer picture, we're looking forward to it though we're not worrying about it.
"It's a great opportunity for us to keep the unbeaten run and we're looking forward to fixtures."
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Sherman A. Minton
* Deceased
Z.G. Clevenger Award (1963)
Presenter: Herman B Wells
Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows
About Sherman A. Minton
Sherman Minton was born in Georgetown, Indiana and received his LL.B. degree from Indiana University in 1915 and an honorary degree from IU in 1950. He held an LL.M. degree from Yale University (1916). His law practice was located in New Albany, Indiana, except for a brief period (1925-1928) when he was with a Miami, Florida law firm.
His distinguished public career began with his appointment as public counselor of Indiana in 1933. Thereafter he served successively as a member of the US Senate (1935-1941), Administrative Assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Janu-May, 1949), a judge of the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (1949-1956). Justice Minton is the only graduate of the University who has served on the nation's highest court. He died in 1965.
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Kid Rock shares 'Rock Steady' memory of Aretha Franklin
Rock performed with Franklin in 2001 at a tribute to the Queen of Soul
Kid Rock shares 'Rock Steady' memory of Aretha Franklin Rock performed with Franklin in 2001 at a tribute to the Queen of Soul Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://detne.ws/2vNdCp6
Adam Graham, The Detroit News Published 2:26 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2018
Kid Rock(Photo: Chris Schwegler)
Kid Rock is sharing his memories of Aretha Franklin including the time she barred him from cursing on stage.
In an emailed statement to the News, Rock spoke glowingly of the time he performed with the Queen of Soul and her son, Teddy, during a "Divas Live" tribute to Franklin at New York City's Radio City Music Hall in 2001.
"I will forever cherish my time spent with Aretha," Rock said. "Her grace, dignity and SOUL was a force this world will never forget!
"My favorite memory will always be performing with her and her son Teddy at Radio City Music Hall. The producer that day came up to me before rehearsals and said Aretha told him, 'I like Kid Rock but I am not gonna be up on this stage with him if he is gonna use those curse words, I am a woman of the church!!' Of course I know she was, I did not, and I thought it was a wonderful performance of my favorite song by her "Rock Steady" - and it always brings a smile to my face when I think about it.
"God bless you Aretha, condolences to Teddy, the rest of your family and all your fans all over the world."
During the performance, Franklin shouts out Kid Rock. "I know who that is. I've seen him before. It's Kid Rock!" she says. "I know who it is. He's from Detroit! It's Kid Rock!"
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Cobblers In the Cup
Last updated : 22 June 2016 By Rob Miles (BarnsleyBoy)
Barnsley will be at home in the first round of the newly branded EFL Cup (formerly known as the League Cup)
The Reds will take on Northampton Town who were League Two champions last season accumulating 99 points but lost their title-winning manager Chris Wilder to Barnsley's neighbours Sheffield United this summer.
The Reds have only been eliminated from this competition in the first round four times in the last 10 years but eight of their last 13 exits have come at home including each of the past three years.
Northampton meanwhile have progressed past the first round in five of the past six seasons.
The Cobblers have an impressive record against Barnsley too having won 13 of the 23 meetings, the last of which was 12 years ago.
They have never met in this competition but have faced off three times in the FA Cup, with Northampton winning all three – 3-1 in 1925, 3-1 in 1951 and 1-0 in 2004.
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Colin Rallies Again
June 16, 2003 Chella Ramanan Leave a comment
Colin McRay Rally 3
Another year and another Colin McRae Rally comes along which, so far, has been no bad thing. This year, Codemasters are bringing 3 to the Xbox for the first time and luckily it got passed my way. I have worked for the organizers of the British Rally, been to a rally and played every previous incarnation of Colin McRae Rally, so I reckon I'm qualified to judge. The question is, can Codies produce a game that a) surpasses their previous successes and b) survives my expert scrutiny?
The Colin McRae titles are renowned for looking gorgeous and CMR 3 is no exception. The presentation is absolutely top notch, with every second of the game bringing you elements of the world of rallying. In the garage you're presented with a groovy wire frame model of your car. And in between stages, the loading screen shows your car being transported to the start point on a map of the rally stages.
Once you're racing, the quality of the graphics really hits you. The environments feel totally solid, especially those pesky trees – oops. All the stages look fantastic, particularly the moment when I drove through a wind farm, somewhere along a Swedish stage"cool. And, and, then there's the drive through the American desert when a helicopter flies real low overhead and leaves a huge cloud of dust for you to drive through. That bit was really awesome, but my advice is, don't point and go wow to your pals because you will crash and you will finish that stage having lost a place.
But the piece de resistance has to be, in the rain, switch to the windscreen view and watch the pretty water droplets trickle and run off the glass according to your speed. This is best as an onlooker because as a player you can see feck all, quite frankly. Rain effects aside, I was thoroughly disappointed that I didn't create a huge wake when I drove through water. I hardly even got a ripple, but at least the rain drops look good I guess.
When it comes to sound Colin 3.0 takes full advantage of the Xbox's 5.1 sound capabilities. Hear Nicky Grist (your co-driver) issuing instructions over the roar and whine of the engine. Listen to the car rumble over every rock and bump, kicking up little stones. Even in between races you can hear the rally teams repairing the cars and talking amongst themselves, which is a great addition for rally fans.
As always, the physics is superb and driving takes the utmost concentration, but not so much so that you can't make up time, or hop a few places ahead after a good run. There really is no better feeling than being in the zone and completely ripping up a stage. With only your co-driver as a guide along the thick, wooded stages of the UK or the rocky, desert stages of America, it's real seat of your pants driving.
I know this is Colin McRae Rally 3, but why can't I play as anyone other than the grumpy old Scott.? What if I wanted to compete in the championship as Richard Burns, in a Subaru Imprezza, which I think we'll all agree is a much cooler car than Colin's Ford Focus? Well the simple answer from Codies is, you can't, which seems a bit of a shame. You can of course drive the cars in single races and multi-player, but that's not the point.
One of my favourite things about Colin 2.0 was going into the garage and choosing what parts of the car you were going to fix. With only a limited time, repairs became strategic. In 3.0 you begin the championship with only a limited number of parts and then you win new ones as you go along. Playing as Colin McRae, you'd think he'd have enough money to buy every kind of suspension, brake pad and tire combination you can imagine, not have to win them. If I was playing Joe Shmoe Just Starting Out Rally 3, I'd understand, but I'm playing as Colin bloomin McRae!!
Okay, so you have to win parts, that's fine. But it also makes the cool addition of the shakedown (when you get to test drive the course and tune the car accordingly), completely defunct until you've won all the parts and can fiddle with your set up properly.
There is some fun to be had in multi-player mode, especially if you unlock the novelty vehicles. Although, racing in remote control hovercraft can take a while to get round a stage. Unfortunately you can't see the other player, so there's no chance of trying to bump each other off, which is a shame.
All in all, Colin McCrae 3 is a worthy successor to the previous incarnations. It even manages to cram in more rally-type experience stuff, which means I can forgive it its shortcomings. There isn't much in the way of real added value "fun" outside of Championship mode to keep anyone other than hardcore rally fans coming back for more, which is something I hope Codemasters fix for 4.0. But it still gets 4 GiN gems for being one of the best driving games around.
Publishers: Codemasters
Developers: Codemasters
Platforms: Xbox
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Myanmar's new flag and new name
Written byMong Palatino
Posted 26 October 2010 19:39 GMT
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Myanmar's new flag was unveiled for the first time last week. According to a pro-government media site, the event was held at the State Peace and Development Council Office and was attended by Prime Minister U Thein Sein.
Independent media group The Irrawaddy provides more information about the new flag
The new flag, designated in the 2008 Constitution, has a central star set against a yellow, green and red background.
The old flags will be lowered by government department officials who were born on a Tuesday, while the new flags will be raised by officials born on a Wednesday.
One million flags have been made by textile factories, according to sources within the Ministry of Defence.
The green color of the flag officially represents peace, yellow solidarity, and red valour. Myanmar also has a new name: It is now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It was previously known as the Union of Myanmar.
What are the reactions of Myanmar netizens? dawn_1o9 doesn't like the new flag
Just received news that our country's flag has changed officially. And I say this here, and I say it loud: I DON'T LIKE THE NEW FLAG!!!
I feel no patriotism when I see this. And the color scheme is the same as Lithuanian flag minus the star, though the hue is different.
I am not the only one who feels like this though. Many are outraged. Personally, I feel like it is an insult.
"looks like a cheap amateurish crap that came out from MS Paint" – my friend's words: not mine.
This is the old flag. Blue stands for peace and stability, red stands for courage and bravery, 14 stars for the 14 states and divisions, the pinion stands for the work force of the country, and the rice stalk stands for the farmers in the country. I love this flag, and it will always be the flag of my country, no matter how much they change it
An interesting conversation in her blog about the topic
awoolham: Yellow stands for than shwe (author's note: the leader of Myanmar), green stands for cash, red stands for blood of the people.
ei_angel: What the!!…They can't change it yet. Man I hate that flag. Looks like Ethiopian flag or Ghana flag. So the name has changed to RUM (Republic of the Union of MM) too? I thought it would only be changed after all the 7 step has taken place. And that's after the parliament's been called.
dawn_1o9: @cafengocmy – It looks like a lot of African nation's flags too. With the flag before, Taiwan was the only country whose flag looked like ours. Now, it's about 3 or 4 flags: Ghana, Ethiopia, Lithuania, etc.
awoolham: so good at plagiarism, including copying flags. Maybe the inspiration came from one of the drawings of the grandchildren who was testing the crayons. Just a thought.
The commenter's reaction about the premature unveiling of the flag was the same sentiment of the opposition. The flag is supposed to be released only after the conduct of the November 7 elections. The opposition accuses the Myanmar military leaders of violating their own constitution. Min Lwin of the Democratic Voice of Burma adds more information
According to opposition politicians, Burmese law states that the 2008 constitution must come into force before any new flag is raised. This shouldn't happen until after the controversial 7 November elections.
Myanmar's old flag
Yu Yu Din, another blogger from Myanmar, is disappointed with the new flag
All the old flags will be burnt. My guess is, the government is so anti-American that even having the same colors, albeit having socialist ideals, isn't going to work.
And in a couple of weeks, we will be voting. Some of us, for the first time in our lives. I voted two years ago at the consulate in Kolkata for the new constitution, in my late 20s, after growing up mostly in democratic countries.
Who will win? The government of course. Now that they're all civilians — emperors in new clothes, with their new flag. They're going to have the country, too, one way or another. No matter what the people say, do, or think let alone the rest of the world. It doesn't matter what I write here or what you comment, tweet, or who you share this with.
At the comment section of The Irrawaddy, the conversation continues about the new flag
yarzar: Than Shwe run out of idea.
The new flag is look like exactly the same as the Shan State flag apart from the star instead of white circle inside.
What a shame Than Shwe copied another flag.
Trev: I like the new flag: party time!
Clever move by the junta. It'll look great on T-shirts if tourism ever takes off, and who can really be angry with laid-back rastafarians?
But is the Irrawaddy going to recognise it? Or will "Burma" retain its flag as it fights to stay afloat in the march of history?
Indre: I'm sorry, but why did the government snatch Lithuania's national flag (yellow, green and red) and crossed it so curiously with Vietnam's (star in the center)?
Chindits: This flag does not represent the country at all. A star?? You know That big white star is also the only star on the colors of Myanmar's tatmadaw, navy, air force and police force. This flag represent only the armed forces.
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mydaydream
I can't stand for it :( One of the biggest sadness in my whole life
27 October 2010, 5:56 am
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Why a new flag? No one will recognize the new symbol with Myanmar, or should'nt I say Birma. For my it looks more like a flag found in the 80th in Peru, Hondorusa and Nicaragua. No, this is not a good idea!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE
"Yellow stands for than shwe (author's note: the leader of Myanmar), green stands for cash, red stands for blood of the people."
So damn true.
Donald Brownlie Fleming
Wow this is such a surprise to me. Who would even thought of changing a national symbol in the 21st century? Hopefully, this would help Burma to be a better country.
Great article though. I hope you can visit me one day too:
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Jasmine Thinn
It's Burma!
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13 November 2010, 21:04 pm
ayeayethwe
I don't like that meaningless new flag..it's disappointed.
For sure,we all like old flag.
16 November 2010, 7:29 am
That was stupit idea to change our national flag.This was only stupit THAN SHWE idea.
17 November 2010, 11:29 am
Both the previously current and now current Burmese flags look ugly and ridiculous! Burma once had a flag that was actually better looking. Also Taiwan's flag needs to change! it is a party state flag representing the republic of china since 1911 and Taiwan/Formosa was Japanese colony since 1895. A new flag representing the land, people and history of Taiwan needs to be given birth to and flown!
I don't like new flag at all.
7 January 2011, 11:30 am
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Title: Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Original Publisher: Bessel The complete 1879 version of Symphony No. 2, Op. 17, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as arranged for Piano 4 Hands and originally published by Bessel in 1881.MoreTitle: Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Original Publisher: Bessel The complete 1879 version of Symphony No. 2, Op. 17, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as arranged for Piano 4 Hands and originally published by Bessel in 1881. Performers Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, damage, or skewing of print. While we do extensive cleaning and editing to improve the image quality, some items are not able to be repaired. A portion of each book sold is donated to small performing arts organizations to create jobs for performers and to encourage audience growth. Symphony No. 2 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Who Is Model Clara Berry? 5 Things to Know About KJ Apa's Pregnant Girlfriend
By Sarah Hearon
Clara Berry and KJ Apa. Courtesy of Clara Barry/Instagram; Shutterstock
Archie's love life may still be messy, but KJ Apa and Clara Berry are taking the next step — becoming parents!
The couple announced the model's pregnancy on Wednesday, May 19, via a series of baby bump pics taken by his former costar Hart Denton.
"She's pregnant btw," the 23-year-old actor commented on his girlfriend's post, which was simply captioned with a child emoji and a cooking eggs emojis
Berry, 27, commented back, "We are ♥️."
Apa will be the second Riverdale star to welcome a baby while filming the CW series. Vanessa Morgan (Toni Topaz) welcomed son River with Michael Kopech in January.
"Rivers soon to be bestie ♥️," the 29-year-old actress commented on Apa's post.
The official Archie Comics Instagram account also sent love, writing, "Congratulations to you both!!"
While Apa and Berry went public with their relationship in February 2020, they were caught flirting on social media in December 2019. That same month, the New Zealand native revealed he was "in love" during an interview with Wired.
During their Valentine's Day Instagram debut, Apa wrote "coup de foudre," which is French for "love at first sight."
The Songbird star was previously linked to his A Dog's Purpose and I Still Believe costar Britt Robertson. Us Weekly broke the news in June 2019 that the twosome were packing on the PDA at a Comic-Con party in San Diego. While he never publicly commented on the romance, Apa was candid about love while promoting their second film together.
"The purest form of love is giving yourself to someone or something and not expecting anything in return," he told MTV News in March 2020.
Apa rose to fame as Archie Andrews on Riverdale, a part he landed when he was 18 years old.
"I'm so grateful for the show and its success, but at the same time, there's a lot of baggage that comes with that success. I feel like the only people I can talk to about my issues are my costars, the people who can really relate to me," he told Interview magazine earlier this year, comparing working on the show to being "in jail."
He continued: "I try and look at it from a fan's perspective to understand the way they think. But there are times when I'm like, 'Wow, they really have no idea that we are actual people. They can't separate us from our characters.'"
Apa added at the time that he wanted to be "less career-driven" as he got older.
"Every time I get a hiatus, it's like, 'Do I shoot a movie or do I spend time with my family?' When I'm older, I want to be able to be proud of the decisions that I've made now," he said.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX — A Texas detective was shot and killed while writing a traffic ticket outside of police headquarters late Sunday morning. Later Sunday, two other officers were wounded in incidents in Florida and Missouri. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus identified the slain officer as 20-year veteran Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50. Later the next say the assailant, Otis Tyrone McKane, 31, was arrested without incident. As police escorted McKane to a squad car , he said he was angry that he was not allowed to see his son, "I lashed out at someone who didn't deserve it," McKane said. " I've been through several custody battles and I was upset at the situation I was in." He said he did not blame Marconi, and that he wished to apologize to the detective's family.
Marconi had pulled over a car for a traffic violation outside Public Safety Headquarters in downtown. While Marconi was inside his squad car writing a ticket, a black vehicle pulled up behind him and the driver got out, walked up to the detective's window and shot him in the head, McManus said. Then the suspect reached into the window and shot Marconi a second time, he said. The suspect then got back into his car and drove away in what police described as a black Toyota or Nissan sedan.
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A suspect, John Webster Hay, a 46 year-old white male, well known to police, was apprehended. Information from the Sanibel police department said that Hay had been the subject of 15 responses by city police since July 23, 2006. Among the calls was a concern by Hay that his ex-wife was going to take his belongings, someone was watching his house, a music complaint from ma nearby wedding, report of possible credit card fraud committed against him, and a report of someone trying to get into his house and leaving syringes on his lawn. The city force, just now gearing up for the island's busy tourist and snowbird season, has 32 members, 26 full-time and 6 part-time.
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"This was an execution. We believe that Deputy Wallace was killed outside of the car, and we know for a fact that the gun used in this crime was in direct contact with his head when the trigger was pulled twice." Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson
Dennis Wallace, 53, a 20-year veteran of the department, was shot twice "in direct contact with his head" while initiating an investigation of a suspicious van in a Fishing Access, in Stanislaus County, CA. Wallace "was calling in the stolen car to dispatch and then everything went silent. When more officers arrived at the scene he was found dead from two close-range gunshots to the head." Police caught David Machado, 36, after a manhunt on Sunday. Machado is suspected of carjacking someone in the nearby community of Keyes after fatally shooting Wallace. Authorities were able to identify Machado based on the stolen car he was driving, police said. Machado was also wanted on a warrant for previous felony criminal activity, officials said. Deputy Wallace was much beloved in the community of Hughson and had been involved in youth soccer, working as a referee for football, and is also said to have served as a liaison between schools and law enforcement.
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Breaking the Magic Kingdom's code
Written by James Doran
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Dan Hind's new book on the constitution of the British state makes the radical case for a republic. Socialists should take up the argument for democratisation, says James Doran
Dan Hind, The Magic Kingdom: Property, Monarchy and the Maximum Republic (Zero Books 2014), 153pp.
In his last book, The Return of the Public (Verso 2011), Dan Hind put forward an argument for media reform which skewered both the media barons and the BBC. It linked Britain's political economy to the phone-hacking scandal and the failure of the public service broadcaster to report accurately large-scale criminality in the City and large-scale protests on the streets.
Hind's analysis of the British press, and its claims to freedom, was matched by a critique of the public service ethos of the state broadcaster. In its place, he advocated a model of 'public commissioning' in which people would have a vote on the allocation of the subsidy to investigative projects.
In his new book, The Magic Kingdom, Hind addresses the unique constitution of the British state and points to democratic assemblies as the way to challenge the established order. With chapters based on his 2012 ebooks Common Sense and Maximum Republic (Commonwealth Publishing), the work is as timely as its predecessor.
Because it is unwritten, Hind argues, Britain's constitution allows governing parties or coalitions to make far-reaching changes without prior consultation. He cites the Tory government in the 1980s which centralised the powers of local government and abolished the GLC, and the New Labour government in the 1990s which transferred power from the Treasury to the Bank of England. In both instances, changes were made by simple act of parliament that in other states could have required constitutional amendments - and thus could have involved the electorate through referenda.
The existence of the 'Crown-in-Parliament' allows the powers of the monarch to be exercised by a party leader able to command a parliamentary majority, either as a single party, or in coalition. Britain's parliamentary system is often counterpoised to that of the U.S. Presidency, but Hind draws attention to the distraction of royal reporting. For the most part, the royal family plays no part in executive power, and so anti-monarchist republicanism will have limited popular appeal (unless this link becomes overt).
Hind sees in mass democratic assemblies the hope of developing political alternatives, and from these horizontal forms of meeting, both online and in person, going on to build campaigns for immediate reform. If there is a criticism to be made here, it is that the process of assembling to debate has to be repeated if trust between individuals is to maintained: this means institutions are required to bridge the gap between the ebbing and flowing of interest. This is not a criticism of Hind, but of the experience that the horizontal model of assembly, taken up by social movements in recent years, tends to lack the resources to develop an independent institution.
The Occupy movement, to which the chapter on assembly is addressed, was initially focused on occupying physical spaces (usually outdoors) and this came to define the trajectory of the movement. Without the creation of a membership organisation, with regular financial contributions from members, a lasting institution has not been forthcoming. This is a lesson that the People's Assembly Against Austerity has learned.
The Magic Kingdom serves as an invitation to debate the nature of democracy and the state. It is not a matter for the future: the direction of the British state, despite the majority vote against Scottish independence, is towards a breakdown of the existing constitutional settlement. Far from being distractions, questions of democracy are central to the struggles we face.
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This listing offers high quality studio office space, situated within easy reach of public transport links and great local amenities. There are a range of studio sizes available, ranging in size from 1,905 sq ft to 4,833 sq ft, suitable for teams any size up to 76 persons. The all-inclusive studio spaces have a wealth of fantastic facilities, including; fibre optic internet connection, access to high quality meeting rooms, friendly on-site management team and shared kitchen and lounge areas. The studios have large windows, which allow an abundance of natural light to flood into the working area.
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This location comprises 90 offices spanning over six-floors which benefit from an abundance of natural light, high ceilings, and industrial features. This flexible office space provides you with the freedom to make the space your own and you will be able to pick the layout, furniture and décor of your choice. Members have access to a wealth of useful and meaningful amenities including; 24 hour access, an on-site cafe, meeting rooms, showering facilities, cycling racks, and a staffed reception. In addition, a centre manager is available to ensure your working week runs smoothly. Connect and collaborate at this state-of-the-art location.
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This fantastic office building is in a wonderful location, where the River Lea joins the River Thames. The buildings at this location are made from recycled shipping containers and this listing has two studios available. One studio is on the second floor at 296 Sq Ft, with a south facing balcony and an east facing window. The other studio is on the third floor at 298 Sq Ft, with an east facing balcony. There are toilets located close by on the second floor. Fast 100 mbps broadband can be provided and there is also car parking available for tenants use. The Parkour Academy has a gym with lower rates for tenants to enjoy. There are currently a bunch of creative tenants including artists and makers, plus designers etc.
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Star Trek Voyager: Dreadnought
by Juliette
"What can be done in forty-one minutes?!"
A weapon B'Elanna programmed to attack Cardassians unexpectedly shows up in the Delta Quadrant and starts attacking non-Cardassians all over the place.
This is another one of those episodes where B'Elanna fights technobabble. Roxann Dawson is excellent as ever, but it suffers, as all these episodes do, from a lack of a really compelling problem. It's certainly a difficult problem for B'Elanna, and we root for her to succeed in whatever it is she's doing, but she's solving a technobabble problem with a technobabble solution, and that will never be as compelling as more character-based drama.
The basic theme of the episode is that B'Elanna is too clever for her own good. It's rather like she's playing chess against herself, with the weapon assuming that she's being coerced and refusing to believe her because her own tactical subroutines have prepared it for such as possibility (plus it refuses to believe it's in the Delta Quadrant because that is so improbable). That ought to sustain the interest, pitting an intelligent character against herself, but the specifics are so meaningless it's hard to remember to pay attention.
Part of the problem is that the plot makes no sense. B'Elanna and Chakotay nicked the weapon from the Cardassians in the first place and re-programmed it, but then the Caretaker nabbed it because... why? Why would the Caretaker take it? He was looking for organic beings, not intelligent weapons. This story really just doesn't work. It's a nice idea, to have B'Elanna's earlier mistake from a different time in her life catch up to her, but it doesn't really work in the specific context of Voyager's setting.
Meanwhile, a couple of subplots are bubbling along in the background. Voyager disappointed many fans with its lack of major story arcs, but those who accuse it of always pressing the reset button are ignoring the smaller plot and relationship arcs that progressed slowly over a period of time until dealt with in episodes of their own. I really like this approach, as it means viewers can dip in and out of the show and appreciate most of it, while long-term and regular viewers can follow the gradual progression of small, understated but nevertheless important story arcs.
In this case, the episode touches on a couple of these long-term plot developments. Ensign Wildman is still pregnant and it's established her husband is not human (which is necessary, considering how long she seems to have been pregnant at this point. I'm sure it feels like forever when it's happening, but this is ridiculous). Meanwhile Paris' subplot, in which he has been acting out in various small ways, continues to bubble along. He shows up late and improperly dressed (oo-er missus) for a meeting and Chakotay tells him off, and he feels like he doesn't fit in. General disarray is indicated by Paris' hair being slightly messy.
On the subject of Paris, it's perhaps notable that B'Elanna confides in him after Chakotay covers up the fact that appropriating the weapon was all her idea to the captain. Paris, Kim and B'Elanna are becoming an increasingly close group of friends, especially now that Seska has left and Chakotay and B'Elanna don't seem to be spending so much time together.
The episode really gets interesting right at the end when Janeway starts to play with the self-destruct (all Starfleet captains like to play with the self-destruct every now and again). Paris tells her "thanks for everything" in a lovely and very sincere moment, and Tuvok refuses to leave, insisting it's 'logical' to keep a second in command nearby (who, 'logically', would surely be Chakotay, but he's long gone!). These are real human moments (and Janeway and Tuvok's friendship is one of my favourite relationships on the show anyway) and they're great, though they do act as a potent reminder of why the technobabble-based main plot isn't quite working.
One of the biggest problems with this episode may also be placing. The previous four episodes of Voyager have been 'Meld' (the first really good episode in ages), before that 'Threshold' (so bad it was later written out of Star Trek canon), 'Alliances' (deathly dull), and before that 'Prototype', in which... B'Elanna messes about with some alien technology she should have left well alone and accidentally puts people in danger. It's simply too soon for another of these B'Elanna/technology episodes. Perhaps if this episode had been held off until season three, it might have worked better.
Bits 'n' pieces
- B'Elanna gave the weapon her own voice because she didn't like the Cardassian one, which saves money on actresses, and gives Roxann Dawson another nice opportunity to play multiple roles.
- The doctor is still trying to choose a name but has a problem – his memory banks can hold data from all over the place and every name has bad associations somewhere.
- Jonas is still feeding information to the Kazon, but even they are bored with him. Maje Cullah and Seska aren't even talking to him.
- Janeway has to tell some random alien that they've accidentally aimed a weapon at his planet. This goes about as well as you'd expect.
- B'Elanna programmes the weapon to call her 'B'Elanna', which makes me feel slightly less guilty about my habit of referring to her by her first name and everyone else by their last name.
Paris: When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried.
Kellan: You would sacrifice yourselves to save a people you didn't know two days ago?
Janeway: To save two million lives? That's not a hard decision.
Kellan: Your reputation in this quadrant isn't deserved, captain. For what it's worth, you have made a friend here.
Janeway: Doctor, I forgot about you.
Doctor: How flattering.
Honestly, this suffers from the same problem as a lot of Voyager's second season episodes, which is simple general dullness. For most shows, the second season is the best - luckily that wasn't the case for Voyager. One and a half out of four scruffy hair days.
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Just to relieve your guilt, in Deep Space Nine and TNG, it is made clear that Bajorans use the last name (family name) first, first name last convention. So you have not been calling Belana by her first name. Ensign Ro was Ro Laren and Major Kira's full name on DS9 was Kira Nerys. So you've been good all along.
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Juliette said...
Oooh, good point - B'Elanna's Klingon/Human, so I was assuming she goes by human conventions, but Worf only had the one name (plus 'son of Mogh' iirc) so I guess it makes sense if she's going by Klingong conventions she'd use that - plus she had a better relationship with her Klingon mother than her human father. I feel better now! :)
Hi, Belanna. Hi, Dreadnought. Do you wanna go for a ride? Sure, Dreadnought. Jump in. She's a technobabble girl, in a technobabble world.
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ESA setting aside funds for Vega launcher return to flight
Thilo Kranz, head of ESA's space transportation technology coordination office, speaking Nov. 20, 2019 at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen, Germany. Credit: SpaceNews/Caleb Henry
BREMEN, Germany — The European Space Agency is preparing to allocate a few million euros to ensure Vega doesn't have any repeats of its July launch failure, an agency official said Nov. 20.
Thilo Kranz, head of ESA's space transportation technology coordination office, said in an interview at Space Tech Expo Europe here that the agency is planning a "small set aside" for Vega to be approved at the ministerial conference one week from today.
Kranz said the funding will be in the range of the "lower double digits" millions of euros. ESA's focus with the funding is not on modifying Vega, but reinforcing the safety of the rocket.
"It's more looking to the processes and making sure that the failure mode that has been identified will not repeat itself," he said.
Vega's manufacturer Avio and an independent inquiry board with ESA, the French and Italian space agencies traced the launcher's July 15 failure, which destroyed the UAE's Falcon Eye 1 imaging satellite, to the second stage of the four-stage rocket, known as the Zefiro-23. Avio anticipates a return to flight in March with a to-be-determined customer.
Kranz said the ESA funding covers several recommendations that the failure review panel made.
"It's additional tests, it's a review of the program, it's some inquiries into the materials — these kinds of things," he said. "It is not a new development."
Kranz said Vega's return to flight is not a major focus of the ministerial, which takes place in Seville, Spain, Nov. 27 and 28. There, ESA's 22 member states decide on what programs to fund for the next three years.
A bigger focus is Vega's successor, Vega C, which ESA, Avio, and European launch provider Arianespace anticipate conducting a maiden flight of in the first half of next year. Vega C can lift roughly 700 kilograms more than Vega, and does not use Vega's Zefiro-23 rocket stage.
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Gausman makes strong return from IL as Braves beat Nats 7-1
ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Gausman showed he has the potential to add stability to the Atlanta Braves' rotation. Just like last year. Gausman pitched into the eighth inning after missing more than a month, Josh Donaldson and Ronald Acuña Jr. homered, and the Braves beat the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Sunday night to protect their NL East lead.
Atlanta Braves' Kevin Gausman pitches against the Washington Nationals during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Atlanta.
Washington Nationals center fielder Victor Robles (16) and left fielder Juan Soto both overrun a line drive by Atlanta Braves' Freddie Freeman during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Atlanta. Ronald Acuna scored.
Atlanta Braves' Freddie Freeman rounds third base on the way to scoring on a line drive single to right field by Nick Markakis during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Atlanta.
Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. leaps into a dive to second base before being tagged out attempting a double on a line drive to center field during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Atlanta.
Washington Nationals center fielder Victor Robles makes a diving catch on a ball off the bat of Atlanta Braves' Dansby Swanson during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Atlanta.
Atlanta acquired Gausman from Baltimore at the 2018 trade deadline and he won five games with a 2.87 ERA in 10 starts for the Braves. The right-hander had a bloated 6.21 ERA in 13 starts this year before landing on the injured list with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. But he was sharp in his first major league outing since June 10.
Gausman (3-5) allowed five hits and one run in seven-plus innings, with eight strikeouts and no walks. "Hopefully he does for us what he did a year ago," said Atlanta manager Brian Snitker, explaining Gausman's return from the IL "would be like making a trade."
The Braves' rotation has endured some turnover, making Gausman's strong start especially important 10 days before the trade deadline. The team sent struggling 2018 All-Star Mike Foltynewicz to Triple-A Gwinnett and moved Sean Newcomb to the bullpen in the first half while more recently losing Max Fried to the IL with a finger blister.
Gausman said "every guy here is pitching well" and added: "I just hope to be another guy on that long list." Nick Markakis hit a two-run single in the first off Joe Ross (0-2). Donaldson added his sixth-inning homer off Ross and a run-scoring single in the seventh. Acuña launched a two-run homer off Kyle McGowin in the eighth.
Following a split of the four-game series, the first-place Braves still lead the Nationals by 6½ games. "We had chances to especially win three of them, if not all four," Washington infielder Brian Dozier said.
Added manager Dave Martinez: "You were hoping to make up a couple games." Gausman had good control of his fastball and didn't need to experiment with a curve he worked on during his minor league rehab assignment.
He did not allow a runner to reach second base until the eighth, when he was pulled after giving up singles to Dozier and Kurt Suzuki to open the inning. Pinch-hitter Gerardo Parra's bloop single off Anthony Swarzak drove in Dozier.
Ross, recalled from Triple-A Fresno before the game, allowed three runs on eight hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. Freddie Freeman had three hits and an RBI for Atlanta. Nationals center fielder Victor Robles raced in toward the infield to make a diving catch of Dansby Swanson's shallow fly in the fifth.
TRAINER'S ROOM Nationals: 1B Ryan Zimmerman left with an apparent right foot injury following an infield single in the second. Zimmerman, who missed 53 games with plantar fasciitis in his right foot this season, showed obvious discomfort while running down the line. "Same foot, same sort of thing," said Zimmerman, scheduled for an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of the injury. ... RHP Austin Voth was a candidate to start the game before he was placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Thursday, with right biceps tendinitis.
Braves: RHP Patrick Weigel was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. END OF THE ROAD The loss by Ross snapped a string of 27 consecutive starts without a defeat for Washington's starting pitchers since a loss by Stephen Strasburg on June 15. It was the longest streak since the 1916 New York Giants.
STREAK STATUS Acuña singled up the middle but was thrown out at second by Robles to end the second inning. Acuña, who also walked in the seventh before his homer one inning later, has reached safely in 27 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors. Acuña didn't extend his streak of stolen bases in five straight games.
SCHERZER UPDATE Washington ace Max Scherzer (mid-back strain) could come off the 10-day injured list and return to the rotation Thursday against Colorado. Martinez said Scherzer "felt good" after he "let it go pretty good" while throwing in the outfield. Scherzer is expected to throw a bullpen Monday that could determine his status for Thursday.
UP NEXT Nationals: RHP Erick Fedde (1-1, 3.50 ERA) starts when Washington opens a home series against Colorado on Monday night. Braves: Following an off day, LHP Dallas Keuchel (3-3, 3.58) will start Tuesday night's opener of a two-game series against Kansas City. Keuchel is 4-1 with a 2.56 ERA in eight career starts against the Royals.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander students will receive extra support during their time at Highline College, thanks to a $1.5 million, five-year grant. Beginning this fall, the grant will fund development of a new Supporting Our Students program at the college that is designed to improve academic outcomes. Money will also be used to improve engagement and satisfaction among faculty, parents and community members from the South King County region.
In a press release announcing the award, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray noted their support of Highline receiving the grant:
"This grant will enable Highline College to increase enrollment of Asian American and Pacific Islander students from the community and ensure their successful program completion. Increasing support service for Asian American and Pacific Islander students directly supports Highline College's mission to ensure access to educational programs, build community and support diversity in pursuit of academic excellence."
Highline College is one of only ten higher education institutions nationwide to receive the grant and the only one in the state of Washington. The college was able to apply for the funds because it has an undergraduate enrollment of at least 10 percent Asian American and Pacific Islander students. The program is authorized under the Higher Education Act and supports institutions like Highline in their ability to serve those populations and help them succeed in college.
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Welch Foods Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts. It has been owned by the National Grape Cooperative Association, a co-op of grape growers, since 1956. Welch's is particularly known for its grape juices, jams and jellies made from dark Concord grapes and its white Niagara grape juice.
The staff at Welch's come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 41.0% female and 32.2% ethnic minorities. The diversity in Welch's employees extends to employee political beliefs. Its employees are politically diverse and represent a balanced blend of political orientations, with 48.6% Democrats and 51.4% Republicans. Despite their political differences, employees at Welch's seem to be happy. The company has great employee retention with staff members usually staying for 3.8 years. The average employee at Welch's makes $43,573 per year. Pay at Welch's is significantly lower than some of its highest paying competitors, like NCH, FU FAI ENTERPRISES, and Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, which pay $65,059, $60,671, and $56,777, respectively.
Based in Massachusetts, Welch's is a medium-sized utilities company with 460 employees and a revenue of $75.0M.
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We constantly strive for innovative and collaborative ways to approach our work and our customers. We value passion: passion for our grapes, our brand and our people.
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The national average salary for a Welch's employee in the United States is $43,573 per year. Employees in the top 10 percent can make over $85,000 per year, while employees at the bottom 10 percent earn less than $22,000 per year.
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The average employee at Welch's earns a yearly salary of $43,573 per year, but different jobs can earn drastically different salaries. Some of the job titles with high salaries at Welch's are economist, associate attorney, staff attorney, and information technology contractor. A typical economist salary at Welch's is $159,608 per year. Some of the other roles at Welch's are sales clerk and landscaper. A worker with the title sales clerk at Welch's earns an average salary of $22,329 per year.
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On average, employees at Welch's stay with the company for 3.8 years. Employees most commonly join Welch's after leaving Walmart. When they leave Welch's, they most frequently get their next job at Walmart.
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Of the 460 employees at Welch's, 10.6% attended Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Employees at Welch's most frequently majored in Business, and most employees' highest level of education is a Bachelors.
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5 edition of Swinging the equator found in the catalog.
Swinging the equator
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Published 1936 by E.P. Dutton & Co., inc. in New York .
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The Foucault Pendulum is named for the French physicist Jean Foucault (pronounced "Foo-koh), who first used it in. At the north pole, the pendulum's swing rotates in a complete circle every 24 hours – it twists but does not travel any distance.
At the equator, the pendulum travels a wide path around the Earth's axis but does not even begin to make a circle – it travels but it does not twist at all.
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A Foucault pendulum is a pendulum suspended from a long wire, that is sustained in motion over long periods. Due to the axial rotation of the Earth, the plane of motion of the pendulum shifts at a rate and direction dependent on its latitude: clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern the poles the plane rotates once per day, while at the equator.
Tip #1: Hitting The Ball Below The Center (Equator) Instead of thinking to swing low to high, imagine hitting the ball below its center – in other words, below the equator if you imagine planet Earth.
Imagine the same setup at the equator. You start the pendulum swinging in a perfect east-west direction. The Earth still rotates each time the weight goes through an arc, but now it's moving in. Foucault pendulum, relatively large mass suspended from a long line mounted so that its perpendicular plane of swing is not confined to a particular direction and, in fact, rotates in relation to the Earth's the French physicist Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault assembled in Paris the first pendulums of this type, one of which consisted of a kg (62.
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It didn't work and you guys hated it. I.If you take 3 foucault pendula, one at the north pole, one at the equator, and one at degrees north, and start them all swinging in the same north-south plane, at the end of a sidereal day, the one at the north pole will be swinging in the same plane, having stayed that way (relative to the stars) all day, but having appeared to have.At the equator the rotation of the Earth is not observable in relation to the pendulum swing because the plane of the pendulum swing is moving along with the rotation of the Earth and no net change in relationship occurs.
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