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You are here: Main " Why ACA repeal bill is the worst yet - especially for women "The American Academy of Family Physicians is pleased that the U.S. Senate has determined that they will not proceed with efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act". "A year ago there weren't as many people standing up and saying health care is a human right". States should be allowed to include additional "targeted" recipients, such as childless adults, and also allowed to cover generic drug equivalents and take measures to control medication costs. Antos said after years of working to oppose President Barack Obama, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress was taken by surprise when Donald Trump was elected President last November. The problem with socialized health care is the very reason I just explained. Senator John McCain of Arizona is one of the Republicans who does not support the Graham-Cassidy bill. Certainly not a God who tells us to protect the least among us. Roades: I can't predict whether Republicans will eventually pass Graham-Cassidy or another ACA repeal bill, but it does seem like they'll keep trying. Sen. Sadly, politics so often trumps sound policy, moral decency and a sense of responsibility for the next generation and the nation's future. Rabbi Jonah Pesner, head of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, said, "For centuries, Jewish law has commanded communities to provide healthcare to their inhabitants...we call upon the Senate and House to work together to enhance our healthcare system so that all people can access the care they need and deserve". Concepts like block granting Medicaid expansion funds and premium subsidies and capping Medicaid spending at unrealistic levels will nearly certainly be back in the future. The initial version of Graham-Cassidy reveals that it created a system in which, using a new temporary block grant, all states would receive the amount of federal resources necessary to provide coverage to certain individuals who would be ineligible for Medicaid. Moving forward, Congress needs to craft responsible reforms to bring long-term stability and predictability to the individual market. The decision not to put the bill to a vote in the Senate came a day after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), would have violated the federal government's trust and treaty responsibility by gutting the ACA and taking away health care from hundreds of thousands of Native Americans, Udall said. According to Avalere's study, children will see funding slashed by an astonishing 31 percent by 2036. Park Square was lined with people opposing the new federal health care proposal. In 2004, the HMS Department of Health Care Policy established the Marshall J. Seidman Program for Medical Economics, which supports cost and quality research through the Seidman Fellowship Program. When Obamacare was introduced in 2010, it was meant to be a solution for Americans who could not afford health insurance. Most everyone in West Virginia knows someone with a pre-existing condition that could end up with astronomical health care charges or loss of coverage. And she described the parents as formidable: "You do not want to stand in between one of these moms and the good health care of her child". It's no surprise. In addition to the unsafe policies we've seen in previous versions of Obamacare repeal, the Graham-Cassidy-Heller bill goes much further than any other piece of legislation. COPYRIGHT VIOLATION WARNING: This news story was originally posted by Week Herald and is the sole property of of Week Herald. Wall Street is only getting more bullish on the stock, with 11 of analysts who cover LBTYA having a buy-equivalent rating. You may have seen this outlined in Star Wars Shattered Empire and Star Wars Aftermath, punishing the Empire and Rebellion both. There's also a glimpse at summoning reinforcements and hero customisation. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued regulatory guidance on initial coin offerings (ICOs). The move helped convulse Bitcoin prices that had been behaving in a parabolic fashion, ultimately peaking at all-time highs. With fans eager to see what would happen between Neymar and Cavani, it was the Brazilian who stepped up and rolled it in for his eighth goal in PSG colours. Airport, hotel, circuit - Raikkonen sees no reason to miss Malaysian GP Having been second quickest to team-mate Kimi Raikkonen in FP3, Vettel had to stop running early due to a power unit issue. It is Hamilton's fifth career Malaysian Grand Prix pole position equaling Michael Schumacher's Sepang record. 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Entries in Department of Agriculture (3) Food Prices Could Rise 5 Percent in Next 9 Months Jupiterimages/Pixland/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The cost of filling grocery carts in America is going up. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it is projecting as much as a five percent price hike for some food items over the next nine months. "Of course I'm concerned," said shopper Barbara Webb. "I'm concerned for the people who can't afford it." Behind the expensive jump is the drought, now covering 60 percent of the United States, pushing up prices for feed that translate into higher prices for beef, pork and chicken products. Beef prices will see the biggest hike, up four to five percent, according to the USDA. That means the ground beef purchased last year for $2.77 per pound will cost consumers $3.04 per pound next year. Dairy product prices will increase by 3.5 to 4.5 percent, bumping a gallon of milk from $3.57 in 2011 to $3.84 in 2013. The price of eggs will also go up by three to four percent, making a dozen eggs $1.95 per dozen in 2013, compared with $1.77 in 2011. If USDA's economists are correct, a family who spends $150 per week on groceries will now be spending $160 by next year, bumping their annual food budget up more than $500. Lisa Lee Freeman, editor-in-chief of ShopSmart magazine, has a few tips for families trying to keep their grocery bills down, despite the anticipated hike. "The best thing you can do is if all you're doing is clipping coupons in newspapers -- go online!" Freeman said. "There are literally hundreds of coupons online and if you're not tapping that, you're missing out on a huge resource for savings." Freeman also recommends buying store brands in supermarkets, joining warehouse clubs and even shopping at dollar stores to save the most money. "Things are changing and the dollar stores are now carrying brand name items," Freeman said. "Prices can be up to one-third cheaper at the dollar store than at the supermarket." The 2013 food price forecast projects an overall food price hike of three to four percent, higher than the normal annual grocery inflation of 2.8 percent. The recent announcement is also the USDA's first projection to factor in the drought. David Lobell, writes studies for Climate Central, monitoring global warming. He says farmers should prepare for tougher growing conditions and higher prices in the future. "This year is very emblematic of the type of thing we worry about with climate change," Lobell said. "The new normal for agriculture is going to be frequent episodes of very high temperatures. Temperatures at which pretty much any crop does not do very well." Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 9:51PM by Carmen Cox Permalink tagged Crops, Department of Agriculture, Food Prices, drought in Business General, Economy Less Beef Being Consumed in the US, USDA Finds Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- Where's the beef? These days, less of it is being found in the kitchens of the average American family, much to the consternation of cattle ranchers and meat packers. There's no question that the nation's beef consumption habits have changed over the past decade for health reasons. Another problem for the beef industry: the down economy and a fall-off in business of restaurants with main courses of steaks and other meat dishes. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, per capita beef consumption in 2011 was 57.4 pounds per person, a drop of 13 percent from 2001. It's believed that the decline will continue next year by at least another five to six percent from 2011. The beef industry has responded by developing cuts of meat that will satisfy steak lovers at lower prices. Sales of cheaper ground beef have also risen substantially. Meanwhile, the industry is also looking outside the U.S. to bolster business. Sales have improved in Asian countries including Russia, where fears of mad cow disease have subsided over the past few years. Friday, December 23, 2011 at 6:00AM by Jeanette Torres Permalink tagged Beef, Department of Agriculture, USDA in Business General USDA Is Pleased after Government Approves Funding in Pigford Settlement Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. Photo Courtesy - USDA dot gov(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate Friday decided to provide funding as relief to the country's black farmers who have experienced discrimination in the farming industry. The government approved funding for the settlement agreement on a class action suit originally filed in 1997 by farmer Timothy Pigford, who was later joined in the suit by 400 other African American farmers, against the Department of Agriculture citing instances of descrimination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture commended the government's "leadership in working to right these wrongs." "This announcement marks a major milestone in USDA's efforts to turn the page on a sad chapter in our history," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a written statement. Vilsack added that Civil rights is a "top priority," which has prompted him to implement a program that will ensure customers are treated fairly and equally. Copyright 2010 ABC News Radio Friday, November 19, 2010 at 8:30PM by Carmen Cox Permalink tagged Department of Agriculture, Pigford Settlement in Business General

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Labels: israel, jordan, middle east Last update - 05:00 10/11/2005 Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent A number of Israelis staying on Wednesday at the Radisson hotel were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel by security personnel. The Foreign Ministry stated Wednesday that no Israeli tourists are known to have been injured in the blasts. Representatives of Israel's embassy in Amman were in contact with local authorities to examine any report of injured Israelis, but none were received. There are often a number of Israeli businessman and tourists in Amman, including in the hotels hit Wednesday. Israel's counter-terror headquarters on Wednesday recommended Israeli citizens not travel in Jordan. Travel warnings regarding Jordan were tightened a few months ago, but many Israelis still visit the country. Many also visit other regions such as the Jordanian Arava and the ancient city of Petra. full Scores Dead In Three Amman Hotel Bombings Israelis Evacuated Before Attack By Yoav Stern and Zohar Blumenkrantz Ha'aretz Daily - Israel Bombs rocked three hotels in Amman late last night, killing at least 57 people and wounding more than 115 in apparent suicide attacks. One of the hotels is known to be popular with Israeli tourists. "There were three terrorist attacks on the Grand Hyatt, Radisson SAS and Days Inn hotels, and it is believed that the blasts were suicide bombings," police spokesman Major Bashir al-Da'aja told The Associated Press. He declined to elaborate. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. A police official said the attacks were simultaneous and hit minutes before 9 P.M. in two districts in the Jordanian capital, including the commercial area of Jebel Amman and Al-Rabiyeh, which houses the Israeli Embassy. A number of Israelis staying yesterday at the Radisson SAS were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel by security personnel. The Foreign Ministry stated yesterday that no Israeli tourists are known to have been injured in the blasts. Representatives of Israel's embassy in Amman were in contact with local authorities to examine any report of injured Israelis, but none were received. There are often a number of Israeli businessman and tourists in Amman, including in the hotels hit yesterday. Israel's counter-terror headquarters yesterday recommended Israeli citizens not travel in Jordan. Travel recommendations regarding Jordan were tightened a few months ago, but many Israelis still visit the country. Many also visit other regions such as the Jordanian Arava and the ancient city of Petra. The first bomber, at 8:50 P.M. local time, struck the Grand Hyatt, completely shattering the stone entrance. An AP reporter saw at least seven bodies removed from the hotel and many more wounded carried out on stretchers. CNN reported an eyewitness saying the Jordanian prime minister's car was at the Grand Hyatt at the time of the blast. Police said a second explosion hit the nearby Radisson SAS hotel, where about 250 people were attending a wedding reception. At least five were killed and at least 20 wounded in that blast, believed to have been caused by a bomb placed in a false ceiling, police sources at the scene told Reuters. The Radisson, in particular, is popular with Israeli tourists and was a target of several foiled Al-Qaida plots in the past. Police also reported a third explosion at the Days Inn Hotel in Amman. There were also casualties at that hotel. "The attacks carry the trademark of Al-Qaida," one police official said on condition of anonymity in line with police regulations. "However, it is not certain. We are investigating." Ayman al-Safadi, editor of Jordan's Al-Ghad newspaper, told the Al-Arabiya satellite network that it was a "terrorist operation." "Finally, the terrorists succeeded in breaking the security in Jordan," he said, referring to past success in foiling many terror plots. Jordan's King Abdullah II condemned the attack, saying, "Justice will pursue the criminals" behind the Amman suicide attacks, CNN reported. Abdullah, who was on an official visit to Kazakhstan, cut short his trip and was returning home last night. The Grand Hyatt and Radisson SAS hotels, in the commercial Jebel Amman district, are located about one kilometer apart and are frequented by American and European businessmen and diplomats. The Days Inn is located three kilometers away. An American businessman who was at the Grand Hyatt when the explosion occurred said a "bomb that went off in the lobby." He declined to identify himself. "It was a miracle that we made it out with a scratch," said a British guest at the Grand Hyatt. "We thought it was fireworks for the wedding but I saw people falling to the ground," said Ahmed, a wedding guest at the Radisson who did not give his surname. "I saw blood. There were people killed. It was ugly." Jordan, a key ally of both the United States and Israel, had largely escaped the terror attacks that have hit other parts of the Middle East, and its sleepy capital, Amman, is viewed as a haven of stability in the region. But Jordan has not been entirely immune: On Aug. 19, militants fired three Katyusha rockets at a U.S. Navy ship docked at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, narrowly missing it and killing a Jordanian soldier. Jordanian officials blamed that attack on Al-Qaida in Iraq, and there have been growing worries that the violence in Iraq could spill over into Jordan, where many Iraqi exiles have taken refuge from the violence. Who died, and who didn't, in Jordan There is an excellent summary of some peculiarities in the Jordan bombings in Xiaodong People, tying it to warnings given to Israelis in other recent 'terrorist' attacks (we might add the Odigo 9-11 warnings). The original story that the Israelis received warnings has been whitewashed, and the link replaced by a denial. There is, however, reported confirmation of advance warning from Amos N. Guiora, a former senior Israeli counter-terrorism official. You have to wonder why the Israelis chose not to share their wonderful intelligence with the Jordanians (in much the same way that you might wonder why they didn't go into more detail in their warnings to the United States on 9-11, particularly as their intelligence was apparently good enough and specific enough to be able to send Israeli agents to film the attack on the WTC, not to mention cheer it on). The attack did manage to kill the head of the Palestinian intelligence services (not to mention a Palestinian banker and a Palestinian commercial attache), and members of a delegation from China's University of National Defense, with whom the Palestinians might be assumed to be meeting (or at least the Israelis might have so assumed; see Kurt Nimmo on the Chinese connection). Since at least one of the bombs was pre-planted in a ceiling of the hotel, it would be very interesting to know who owned the hotel and could give access to bomb planters. The Jordanian reaction, to blame it all on the same dead man the Americans use as the scapegoat in Iraq, is probably a reflection of the extremely close ties between the CIA and Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate. I think we can probably chalk this one up to the continuing battle between the Israelis and the Palestinians over who gets to be protected by China after the American Empire collapses under the weight of trying to build the Israeli Empire.

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MONZA to DONATE 10 PERCENT of PIZZA and HOUSE WINE SALES; SUPPORTS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Jan. 27 | Business MONZA to DONATE 10 PERCENT of PIZZA and HOUSE WINE SALES; SUPPORTS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Jan. 27 Wednesday, January 14th, 2015, 1:49pm Topics: Business, Community Spirit, Restaurants Monza of Old Town Manassas, Va. is hosting an American Cancer Society fundraiser on Tues., Jan. 27 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monza will donate 10 percent of all pizza and house wines sales from that night to the American Cancer Society. For information, go to . "We invite everyone to come out and help support the American Cancer Society, enjoy some brick-oven pizza and make a difference," said Alice Pires, owner of Carmello's and Monza of Old Town Manassas, Va. Carmello's of Old Town Manassas, Va. was established in 1987 and is owned by Portuguese immigrant, Alice Pires of Manassas, Va. The family-owned restaurant offers fine dining, serving a contemporary American cuisine with Portuguese and Mediterranean influence. In 2011, its sister restaurant, Monza, was created, providing bistro fare. Carmello's earned the Award of Excellence by Wine Spectator magazine for five consecutive years, and has been voted best fining dining restaurant by Prince William Today for 2013. Their seasonal menus are complemented by their fresh produce from the restaurant's garden. Carmello's and Monza are active volunteers in its community, uniting with local charities to help those in need and to build community spirit. For more information, go to , , visit us on Facebook, Twitter or call 703-368-5522.

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Matt Phelan Interview: September 13, 2016 SNOW WHITE: A GRAPHIC NOVEL --- written and illustrated by award-winning author Matt Phelan --- is a retelling of the classic fairytale like you've never seen before. Set in New York in the 1930s, Phelan's gorgeous artwork will sweep you away into a familiar story, but with a lot of interesting changes on the characters and story you love. In this interview with Teenreads.com's Dana Cuadrado, Matt Phelan shares his inspiration for his "Snow White" reimagining as well as his artistic process in illustrating the story. Dana Cuadrado: Fairy tale retellings are hugely popular these days, especially for young adults. What inspired you to take on your own retelling and why did you choose Snow White? Matt Phelan: The story of "Snow White" has wonderful layers to it. I particularly like that she is not alone. She inspires others and they help her. That aspect always set it apart for me. There are many, many versions of "Snow White" in the world. Why do another one? For me, the driving force was the idea that --- no matter how dark or oppressive the world is --- there are still good people and furthermore, I believe, more good people than evil. It's the goodness of Snow and her optimism that conquers the evil. It's an important thing to remember in today's world. DC: Your artistic style and the historical settings were highlights for me when reading your book. What inspired you to set Snow White in the 1930s? How did you do your research on the time period? MP: One day I made the connection between the apple peddlers of the Great Depression and the evil stepmother in "Snow White". I made a sketch, just for my own amusement, of a crowded city street and one young woman stopped by a very haggard looking peddler holding up a deep red apple. From that, I started to think of more ways "Snow White" could translate to that period. Who is the Queen? The Queen of the Ziegfeld Follies. Who are the Seven Dwarfs? Seven street kids, like the Dead End Gang of the movies. It was almost a game, but eventually I became fascinated about how that approach could change the story and how I might be able to add something to the tale. The Seven and the fact that they keep their names a secret (a sharp contrast to the Disney version) was really the key. The 1920s, '30s, and even the '40s have always fascinated me, due mostly to my lifetime love of movies from that time. (I'm also a huge fan of the music, art, and fashions of that era). As a result, I think I can "put" myself into that time period fairly easily. For the look of this book, I was influenced less by the glossy Art Deco style and more by the darker 1930s films like Fritz Lang's M, John Ford's The Informer, and King Kong. DC: Many of the story choices in SNOW WHITE were really fresh and modern. What specifically did you want to bring to a story that has been retold so many times to revitalize it and make it your own? MP: I guess the most drastic change I made was getting rid of the "fairest in the land" motivation. Since the Queen is an ex-Broadway star, I felt that she would have always been surrounded by upcoming young ingénues. That's part of the game. Greed and social position are more powerful motivations for an aging star in the Great Depression. That led to changing the magic mirror to the ticker tape machine (although I do give her a room that is filled with nothing but mirrors). The other thing that bothered me about the fairest in the land angle was that it seems pretty shallow. Does the huntsman spare Snow because she's pretty? No. There had to be something more to her. Snow is an innately good person in a dark and hopeless world. That is what inspires the huntsman and the Seven to help her. DC: All of your characters were really well-thought out and developed, but I especially loved the Evil Queen character --- her eyes were incredibly expressive! Which character are you most fond of? MP: Thank you. I resisted any urge to give the Queen a backstory to make her sympathetic. She is not a good person. I've always had a fondness for the huntsman character. In my version, Mr. Hunt is a goon, a thug who fell in love with the Queen while working backstage at the Follies. I think he's been doing her dirty work for years, but he draws the line at murdering Snow. He's the tragic hero of the story. Plus, it's just fun to draw a mug like that. DC: Your artwork is beautiful and must be very time consuming; which panel took you the longest to complete? How many drafts does it take from start to finish for a graphic novel? MP: I always write a manuscript first before drawing anything. SNOW WHITE has been in the back of my mind for maybe ten years, so when I finally sat down to write it (a month or so after finishing the art for BLUFFTON) it came out fairly quickly and intact. The entire book took about three years to create. Although drawing a graphic novel is incredibly time consuming, I wanted to work quickly on each panel. I wanted a certain energy to the line and the watercolor. I wanted it to be alive. To make the dummy, I sketched the whole thing in very small, loose drawings using black and white pencils on grey paper. The sketches really had life (part of me wanted to just print those). So, in order to give the finals the same energy, I drew each page without using a light-box or a guide sketch except for just looking at those small drawings for inspiration. If I messed up, I redrew it. But working that way --- that uncertainty of pulling it off --- made each panel exciting to draw and paint. DC: From looking at your past work, it is clear that you have a personality and style that carries throughout all of your work. Can you describe your artistic style and influences? MP: I've always loved sketches and art that has a "just enough" quality to it. E.H. Shepard (the illustrator of WINNIE-THE-POOH and THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS) is a great example. Shepard also managed to convey a tremendous amount of warmth and emotion in his drawings and that emotional connection is also something I aspire too in my work. Recently, I've been studying the drawings of China and Japan. It astounds me how simple and perfect those drawings are especially when compared to what was happening in the west in, say, the 12th century. In his STORY OF ART, E.H. Gombrich writes that the Chinese artists were not interested in detail or realism of any kind. They were more interested in "the visual traces of the artist's enthusiasm". I love that. I'm also influenced (in style and storytelling) by the movies of the Golden Age: Orson Welles, Buster Keaton, Billy Wilder, John Ford, and some of Hitchcock (particularly Notorious and Shadow of a Doubt). DC: Do you come from a naturally artistic and creative family? How did you get your start as a writer/illustrator? MP: My home was very creative but not in a pushy way. My mom drew and painted for fun. My dad made Super 8 movies in his spare time. My brother is a musician. I drew and had a workshop in the basement where I built puppets and experimented with stop-motion animation and special effects. I was always making something or gathering friends to shoot a short video in the backyard. In my mid- to late-twenties I realized that my dream job was to be a picture book illustrator. I spent years putting a portfolio together before getting my break at a Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) event. I was 33 at the time and well into a "real" career. I never let go of the idea that I wanted to earn my living doing creative work and that tenacity paid off eventually. DC: Since you have illustrated other author's stories as well writing and illustrating your own, which would you say is harder to do? Which do you prefer? MP: I really do enjoy both since they exercise different muscles. When you illustrate someone else's story there is a great responsibility to identify the tone and intention of the author. It's almost like a puzzle. But then you need to bring something to that, to enhance the story. When it's successful, the picture book really is a collaboration between the writer and the artist. That can be very exciting and satisfying. When it's also your story, you still need to discover the right tone but you are 100% sure of the intention from the beginning. DC: What advice would you give for aspiring artists and writers? MP: Draw and write. Look at books but don't copy styles or follow trends. Find what you love about this work and focus on that. Be enthusiastic. Make sure you leave visual traces of your enthusiasm. DC: What are you currently working on? What is your next project? MP: I'm working on some new stories for older audiences but it's too soon to talk details. For SNOW WHITE, I brought some techniques from picture books into the graphic novel medium (I don't really separate the two in my mind aside from the age of the intended audience). I'm interested in experimenting with more hybrid forms of storytelling as well as traditional illustrated chapter books. This year has been devoted to work on four picture books which is pure bliss. In addition to three wonderful stories written by others, I'm finishing my own picture book which is called PIGNIC. It's about... well, pigs on a picnic. It's for very young children which is a wonderful challenge. The theme of the book is that despite setbacks, everything will be okay. That's not far from the theme of SNOW WHITE, now that I think about it.

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Konstantinos Papachristou The Darkness of a Fairy Tale "We are living in a world where we are constantly bombarded by advertisements..." "We have lost the true meaning of life..." The Darkness of a Fairy Tale is the debut album of saxophone player and composer Konstantinos Papachristou, and describes the journey of a man that receives his wake-up call and begins an esoteric quest in an effort to find the true meaning of life. Konstantinos composed a contemporary jazz concept-album, with an often dark, programmatic intention, that allures the listener to dive deep into his senses. The arrangement retains an unrefined classic jazz sound, and the instrumentation includes a double bass, piano and drums that blend perfectly with the composer's fat sounding, tenor saxophone and strong influence of the ECM Jazz label. Been a very creative person, Konstantinos loves music as well as High-End Audio, and he has been involved in various music projects, and has also designed High-End Audio Equipment for consumer and professional use. He supervised the whole production process of the album, and imprinted his personal standpoint in the sound of the album. Darkness of a Fairy Tale retains a live feel with the calmness and focus of a studio album, making it the best of both worlds. Darkness of a Fairy Tale is released in an aesthetic digipak audio-CD featuring cover art from the stunning original painting "Jours et Nuits No4" (acryl on canvas, 1996, Vangelis Papachristos) and also on every popular digital music store world wide. You can like Konstantinos' facebook page here: Τελευταίες κυκλοφορίες Kaisarias str 101, 18450 Nikaia, Greece

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GB To Play 2020 Tournament in Lausanne May 28, 2019 IIHF Press Release 0 Following organizational meetings in Bratislava, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced the groups for the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship that will take place from 8 to 24 May in Zurich and Lausanne, Switzerland. IIHF World Rankings - GB Men up to 20th. May 27, 2019 IHUK Press Release 0 Great Britain have moved up two places to 20th in the IIHF world rankings following the conclusion of the World Championship in Slovakia GB teams learn venues for 2020 World Championships Great Britain's ice hockey teams now know the venue and dates for next year's World Championship tournaments. Motorpoint Arena Nottingham to host Olympic qualifying tournament Ice Hockey UK and the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham are honoured to announce that the venue will host a stage of the qualifiers for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. From IIHF.com: The History Makers Two years ago, Great Britain was lining up against the likes of Croatia and the Netherlands in Division IB. Yesterday, the Brits secured their place at the 2020 World Championship in Switzerland after a thrilling fightback to defeat France in overtime after trailing 0-3 midway through the second period. Davies: The best moment in my career Forward Ben Davies says scoring the winning goal to keep Great Britain in the top flight of the World Championship was the "best moment in my career". Great Britain 4-3 France (OVERTIME) Great Britain secured their top-flight World Championship status with a stunning 4-3 overtime victory over France in their final game at the World Championship. Presentation for Phillips' 50th game as captain Forward Jonathan Phillips was presented with a special memento to mark his 50th game as Great Britain captain ahead of this afternoon's game with France in the World Championship. From NY Times: Britannia Rules the ... Rink? May 20, 2019 International Press Release 0 British sports enthusiasts may be anxiously awaiting the all-English Champions League and Europa League finals, but another team from Britain is trying to score goals in an even more surprising setting. Great Britain 1-7 Slovakia Great Britain were beaten 7-1 by hosts Slovakia in their sixth game at the World Championship in Kosice. Mike Hammond was on target for GB late in the first period as he scored his third goal of the tournament.

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September 25, 2017 April 12, 2019 by Bobby Rettew Henry Joseph Rettew and his name sake! #twinslife His name is Joe Bridwell. He is my mom's dad, who past away in March 2011. I called him Pop. I am the oldest grandchild on my mom's side with my mom being the oldest living child of my grandfather's. As I was thinking about Pop and Henry, I remembered what I said during his memorial service. I had to take the funeral home's audio CD and have it transcribed so I could pull the exact words from that day. What I found is what I said straight from the heart and matches all the reason Henry Joseph Rettew was named partly for my Pop. I took those words and edited some to bring context to path down memory lane. Pop was an amazing businessperson and he also was a good businessperson with his family. I think back to the years we were growing up as kids over in Regency Park. All the different pine straw forts that we used to build. He knew that if he and Nana put together a great Thanksgiving dinner, the whole family would come over, have Thanksgiving lunch and then he put everyone to work in the afternoon to rake up all the pine straws. Pop, to me, was many things. Pop was a jokester. He liked a funny card. He liked it off color. And he liked to tell jokes. He also was a sportsman. He never told me if he liked Clemson or South Carolina, but he always rooted for both of them because the house was divided with many Gamecocks and many Clemson fans. Pop was a family man. And because of that, as a grandchild I always felt like a son. I never felt like that I was a, quote unquote, "grandchild", and I think, and I can't speak for all the grandchildren and my cousins, but I think that each of us kind of felt like a child to him. Because, in his own special way he always wanted to mentor us. Whether if he was letting us know that we were making a mistake, or if he was listening to us and trying to build us back up; we were still sons and daughters to him regardless if we were grandchildren. When I think of Pop I think of a few things. There's three topics: entrepreneurship, family, and legacy. I've been in the middle of this big entrepreneurship debate with a lot of my friends and colleagues, I have been trying to figure out if whether entrepreneurship is a learned skill, or is it genetic. When I think about entrepreneurship, I think about Pop. I wonder when he was a young son to Granny (his mother my great-grandmother), did he wake up one day and say, "You know what? I'm going to be an entrepreneur". I don't know. Really, I don't know what led him to be an entrepreneur. When you think of him leading a long career in real estate here in Anderson, SC, it was preceded by his big career as a pharmaceuticals rep. And when he retired from pharmaceutical sales and wanted to tackle the real estate world, he knew what it would take! That is the measure of an entrepreneur; that's an innovator who is willing to see that there's an opportunity and a market need, and then willing to go tackle it. So Pop had a tremendous drive an as entrepreneur. And I wrote this about Pop about a few yeas ago, when I was sitting down reflecting, "Entrepreneur's success is dependent upon the people around us and their support. Now we will have plenty of people around us that find it in their best interests for us to fail. But the ones who really love us and support us; they listen to our successes, they listen to our failures, they encourage us to just go out and swing that bat again, because we all like to go out and swing that bat. Pop knew how to swing that bat. He did. He got up to bat every time, every day...he was swinging. He was an early man. Early riser. And he got up and swung that bat every morning." Pop loved gadgets. I don't know if you knew, but Pop probably had the first cell phone in Anderson, South Carolina. I remember him pulling in to the drive way in his first Mercedes. It was a tan 240D Mercedes, it only went five miles an hour, at least that is what it felt like, but it was spotless all the time. He had a phone in the center console, it was big and it had a rotary dial. We thought it was the coolest thing, I was only 10 years old riding down the road and he was dialing on a rotary dial telephone from his car. It had a big antenna on the back, and it looked like a big truck antenna. But he knew, it was a market differentiator because he would get on the his rotary dial phone, driving down the road, and organize his real estate deals. Over the years, he always had the latest mobile phone. When a new one would come out, he had to have it. He would even have three; sometimes...he would play with it and he'd get mad at it and go get another one. And that's how he was. He always had to have the latest gadgets. And I can identify with him because I fill my briefcase and pockets with the latest iPhones and iPads. We were always wondering what was Pop's latest gadget, so we could play with it and figure out if we wanted to get it. Pop's gadgets got him in trouble. I think of three examples. One is a trip to Vegas. Few people know about the Vegas trip, but Pop and Nana, along with a a few friends took off to Vegas. When they arrived he got a phone call. There was a deal. So he answered the phone, his cell phone, got on a plane, left his wife, and his friends, to fly back to manage the deal. Yes, Pop's gadgets got him in trouble. I don't know what happened when Nana got a hold of him, but I'm sure If that was me I'd probably would have been sleeping in the office for a few weeks. Pop had triple bypass surgery when I was a young boy. When Pop woke up the first thing he grabbed was his cell phone. Now I don't know how he got his cell phone into the middle of the ICU, but he coaxed someone to give him the cell phone. And as soon as he woke up he turned that joker on, and he sent the nurses into a frenzy because all the monitors were going crazy. At that time, the cell signals were a little bit different. And they were on the same wavelength as most of the technology inside the room. So, it got him in trouble...Nana had to take it away. Pop ... also it got him in trouble with his driving. He would be driving down the road with his knee holding the steering wheel, he'd have the newspaper in one hand, and the cell phone in the other. And that, you know, led to many rear endings. So, it got him in trouble on the road. Pop and I share that love for gadgets. I remember when I purchased my first iPad. I was one of the first people to pre-order the first iPad released, and I couldn't wait. I was checking FedEx all the time online to see when it was going to show up. And when I got it, I opened it up, and the first thing I wanted to do was go take it to Pop and let him play with it. Pop had this affinity for technology, I think innovators and entrepreneurs have that affinity for technology. We always want to be on the cutting edge, allowing us to do what we do best. Pop also believed in the customer. The customer was always number one, he always took care of his customers. He listened to them, he made sure that everything was taken care of for his customers. I wrote this about him a few years ago, after I'd sat down and chatted with him, "My grandfather believed in the customer. He was not a serial entrepreneur. He was a real estate man. He did not spend all of his time focusing on the properties, he spent his time getting to know his customers. He listened and responded, he put the customer first. In his time away from the customer, he spent walking through tons of properties, memorizing each one". Pop had a photographic memory. It was amazing. It was amazing, when I would ride with him, he could ride through a neighborhood and he could look at a property, and he could tell you exactly the makeup of each house. And he would tell you the details about that house. He would look at a house and say, "You know, that was a three bedroom, four bath, it was renovated two years ago, but before it was renovated" ... And he would just list the intricacies of the house as if, in his mind, he was walking through it with a customer. And it was amazing, his ability to visualize his passion. When I was in graduate school, I took one summer off. And the main reason I took it off is because my Pop decided that he wanted to, once again, help a customer and climb up on the side of a Ford Explorer while riding through a piece of property, on the side of it! He fell off of while they're driving through the field. And of course he hurt his hip and broke his arm. But he had to work. He had to do it. So, it was Bobby driving Mr. Daisy. Now I don't know if you all know but Pop always had to have the biggest BMW Mercedes out there, because he liked to pile all the people in, but for some reason he decided to try out the new BMW 7 Series and it was like having a living room in the back seat. So I drove him around for about eight weeks. Just me and my Pop, and I learned more that summer about being an entrepreneur than you can imagine. But there are a few funny things that came out of that summer. The first is, I call it The Godfather Story. We pulled into a house out on the lake. Pop's sitting in the back, and he looked at me and said, "Bobby, when we pull in I want you to go check out the backyard". I said, "Well, yes sir". So we pulled in, and as I'm walking through the backyard scanning around, trying to memorize everything to relay it back to him, I look up; and the person that was going to sell the house and sign the listing walked up, sat in the backseat with Pop. He was smoking a cigarette and Pop was sitting there just working on his contract. And I kind of looked back up, and I felt like I was kind of the watch person for the Godfather. Watching out, wondering if anybody else in going to show up; and in this long, big old BMW, there is a deal going down in the backseat. Pop loved chicken salad, you could see his mouth watering when I even mentioned it. So Pop looked at me one day and said, "Bobby, let's go get some chicken salad". So I drove him up to his favorite place, Jake's on Highway 81. So we drive up Jake's, pull around, and we order two chicken salad sandwiches, two Cokes, and I ordered a thing of fries, he wanted to have a few. He never ordered fries. So, we pull up, and I said, "Pop, you got some money?" He said, "No, did you pick it up?" "No". "Well, I thought Nana gave you your allowance?" "No". "Well, how are we going to pay for this?" So I pull up and I say, "Ma'am can you hold on just one second. We got to pull the money together". And she stuck her head out the window and looked at this long BMW, she looked at me driving Pop, him sitting in the back. I bet she was thinking why are these two men digging around in the floors for money in this big ole, spotless 7 Series BMW for money. I paid with it through pennies and quarters that were laying in the ground. It had been a few weeks since the inside had not been vacuumed. We must have found $10 in quarters laying around in the floorboard. My Pop loved his work. He loved his family. He was always working a deal, showing a house, meeting someone new. As kids, it was hard to understand his commitment to his work, but now I do. I'm an entrepreneur, business owner, a gatherer. My aunt Mary Jo said it best one night while Pop was in the hospital. I was worried I was going to have to go on the road when Pop was declining fast. She said that Pop would understand because each dollar I made is not like everyone else's dollar. It pays the mortgage. And if we had enough it goes into savings when times are slow. He raised four hardworking children. You will not find a lazy Bridwell. My last name may be Rettew, but I am also a Bridwell. We are leaders. We do not lead to get noticed. We are problem solvers. My final time sitting and listening to him, his body was old and tired, but his mind was keen and sharp. He believed in people. He believed in good business. He believed in his family. He always wanted to know what deals I've signed, what new person I'd met, what new places I'd seen with my eyes. He was always thinking business. It was hard for me to look at him in his casket. See, Pop was not a quitter. He did not give up on anything. We can say that Pop is in a better place. We can say that Pop is selling real estate again in the neighborhoods of heaven. or whatever metaphor you choose to use. It is my thought that I would rather carry the legacy of Pop, from the teachings, and the life journeys of times we had together. My Pop still is not a quitter. Even though he is no longer here, his legacy lives on. You see, entrepreneurs are always thinking three steps ahead. That's what we call innovation. Legacy. What legacy do you want to leave? I could write on and on about my Pop, his legacy, the way he viewed his life was so unique. I wanted so many times to extract as much information out of his brain before he left us. I wish it was a hard drive and I could plug a thumb drive in and save as much information as it could hold. My Pop left us a legacy. He was the only son to my Granny. When he passed away, he had four great children, eght grandchildren, four of which are married, one great grandchild and two more on the way. That was his lasting legacy. After the visitation we all huddled up at Pop and Nana's house, eating food, watching basketball. It's almost like we were kids again. It really was. We were not dwelling on the sadness, but enjoying the fellowship. We were sharing living that legacy. We have a tremendous burden. I am not a Bridwell by name, but I'm a Bridwell by blood. What he did not realize is one day I would name a son in his honor. Henry Joesph Rettew, and you can already tell he is a people person, and extrovert, and person that wants to be in the middle of it all. As an infant, he likes to be held and wants to be in the room with everyone else. As a twin, he likes to sleep next to his brother so he can snuggle up and feel the human touch. Pop was a people person. He was an extrovert and I think we appropriately Henry Joseph Rettew, in honor of my Pop, Joe Bridwell. I will leave you with this, as John Maxwell, author on numerous book on leadership said, "There are two types of people in life, those who make things happen and those who wonder what happened". Legacies aren't just wishful thinking. They're the result of determined doing. The legacy you leave is the life you lead. You must never know whose life you might touch. You can make a difference. Legacies aren't just wishful thinking, they're just determined doing. A legacy comes from the idea that everyone, regardless of rank or position, can make a difference. Legacies encompass the past, present, and future. Legacies force us to consider where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going. A quest to leave a lasting legacy is a journey from success to significance. How do you want to be remembered? By living each day as if it matters, we offer up our own unique legacy. We make the world we inhabit a better place than we found it. We can choose to lead every day. We choose aspirations of long term significance over short term measures of success. It takes courage to lead. It takes courage to make life. Courage, like leadership, is a choice. My Pop was a leader. He led a lasting legacy of Bridwells. And these Bridwells will lead beyond living the life that Pop led every day. We are forever indebted to his legacy. It is my hope that we live on with that burden. To share that legacy with our children. Post tags#TwinsLIfeHenry Joseph Rettewtwinstwinslife Remembering Hunting Island - Palmetto Paradise Too close to home...just slowly getting too close. #nomore Completeness

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Home Biz Longtime Delray Beach Architecture Firm Gets New Look, New Location Longtime Delray Beach Architecture Firm Gets New Look, New Location bocanews By Paula Detwiller Special to the Pineapple Here's a quiz: which local architectural firm designed the historic restoration of Old School Square, the Sundy House, and the Delray Beach Train Depot (next to Bru's Room)? Would you believe it's the same firm that designed Boca's Mizner Park Amphitheatre, the Boynton Beach Intracoastal bridge, Delray Beach's Fire Rescue Headquarters and, more recently, the new Boston's on the Beach, 50 Ocean and the Sandbar? These iconic local projects - and hundreds more - are the work of Currie Sowards Aguila Architects, now celebrating its 44th year in downtown Delray Beach. To mark the occasion, the firm has unveiled a new logo and moved into a modern storefront location at 185 NE 4th Avenue (next to Pineapple Grove Cleaners). For the last 17 years, the office was in a restored historic cottage on NE 1st Avenue. "We really needed more space," said founding principal Bob Currie. "This new location gives us better visibility and room for growth as we dive into the large projects on our drawing boards." Currie and his partners, Jess Sowards and José Aguila, also decided to rebrand the firm after using the same logo for about four decades. "We're an established practice that has been at the forefront of industry trends and customer service over the years, so it was time to freshen up our look," said Sowards. With the economy on the rebound, Currie Sowards Aguila Architects is positioned to take on multiple large projects for public and private sector clients. In recent years they have held their own as other South Florida architecture firms have been forced to downsize or close completely. The firm's current clients include the cities of Delray Beach and Pompano Beach; the Delray Beach and West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agencies; Palm Beach State College; Frenchman's Creek Beach and Country Club in Jupiter; and many private developers and investors. "The tide is beginning to turn," said Aguila. "We're seeing governments and private investors spending money again on good architectural design and responsible project management." "We played a major role in downtown Delray's renaissance in the late '80s and early '90s," Currie said. "We are now being asked to renovate or update some of the same buildings we designed back then. We're also getting calls to resume work on projects that were shelved when the recession hit." Currie founded the practice in 1969 after receiving a Masters in Architecture from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota. Sowards joined the firm in 1987 after graduating from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor's of Architecture. He became a partner in 1998. Aguila, meanwhile, was one of Currie's first employees, starting as a draftsman and working his way through architecture school. He left the firm in 1993 to become Construction Manager for the City of Delray Beach, overseeing the implementation of more than 50 million dollars' worth of capital improvement projects for the City. He rejoined the firm in 1999 and became a partner in 2001. For more information on Currie Sowards Aguila Architects, visit or find them on Facebook: . Previous articleMen and Women's Lacrosse Clinic - Sunday March 3rd Next articleFrank Theatres Grand Opening Event Boca Airport's Customs And Border Protection Facility Exceeds Expectations After Year One Mobilehelp Expands, Moves Into New Office Space High School Entrepreneur Who Won Honors In Boca, Nationally, Prepares To Launch Business wind: 10mph ESE

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Taiwan remains primary focus of updated and improved navy March 24, 2014 by Nick Fielding Reports that China has begun to build a second aircraft carrier, together with the deployment of Chinese naval ships to the Southern Indian Ocean in search of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, have brought into focus the decision to construct a substantial and credible 'blue water' navy. But once it has been built, where is it going to sail? At the beginning of this century, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA(N)) remained largely a littoral force. Most of its naval platforms were low quality and of limited capability and endurance. However, over the past 15 years the PLA(N) has commissioned an ambitious modernization, resulting in a much more technologically advanced and flexible force. The transformation and breadth of ambition of the PLA(N) is evident in the increasingly adventurous activities of its ships, which for the past six years, for example, have been an active presence in the Gulf of Aden, where they are involved in counter-piracy operations and in home waters where, besides the ever-present threat of conflict with Taiwan, there is an increased emphasis on the enforcement of maritime claims, protection of economic interests and humanitarian missions. Whereas once almost all of its ships and submarines were single-mission platforms, poorly equipped to operate beyond the support of land-based defences, the PLA(N) has subsequently acquired larger, multi-mission platforms, capable of (limited) long-distance deployments and offshore operations. China's first carrier, a former Soviet-era ship that was bought from the Ukraine for $20m in 1998 and refitted as the 60,000-tone Liaoning at government shipyards in Dalian, successfully completed its sea trials at the end of 2013. The exercises off the coast of Hainan Island -the carrier's new base is actually at Dazhu Shan, 50km southwest of Qingdao - marked not only the first time China had sent a carrier into the South China Sea, but also the first time it had manoeuvred with the kind of strike group of escort ships deployed by US carriers, consisting of two Type 054A frigates and two Type 051C anti-aircraft warfare destroyers. Despite the fact that China will not have an operational air wing of J-15 aircaft until next year, the news that a new carrier is being constructed fits with China's declared intention to build a total of four carriers over the next decade. Nor are carriers the only new elements in the PLA Navy; to add to its 79 principal surface combat ships, at least 55 submarines (including three that are nuclear armed), 55 medium and large amphibious ships and around 85 missile-equipped smaller ships, China is continuing to expand, particularly its guided missile frigates equipped with both anti-ship and land attack cruise missiles and its guided missile destroyers. According to China's 2013 Defence White Paper, it plans to accelerate the modernization of its forces for comprehensive offshore operations... [and] develop blue water capabilities." Currently, approximately 65% of China's destroyers and frigates are modern. By 2020 that figure will rise to an estimated 85%. As noted in a recent Congressional Research Service report, overall numbers of vessels within the PLA Navy have not actually increased substantially in recent years. Instead, the emphasis has been on upgrading quality: "Changes in platform capability have been more dramatic than changes in platform numbers. In some cases (such as submarines and coastal patrol craft), total numbers of platforms have actually decreased over the past 20 years or so, but aggregate capability has nevertheless increased because a larger number of older and obsolescent platforms have been replaced by a smaller number of much more modern and capable new platforms." The same report notes that despite better quality equipment, there are still limitations to China's naval power, including "capabilities for sustained operations by larger formations in distant waters, joint operations with other parts of China's military, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), MCM, a dependence on foreign suppliers for some ship components, and a lack of operational experience in combat situations". So that leads us to the question of why China's navy exists. First and foremost is the need to address the situation with Taiwan, if need be, and second, is the desire to assert or defend territorial claims in the much-disputed South China Sea and the East China Sea. China's leaders are also keen to make the point that they have the legal right to regulate foreign military activity within its 200-mile maritime exclusive economic zone. In military parlance, this means China wants its military to be capable of acting as an anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) force, that can deter the US from sending its naval forces close to Taiwan or of reducing their effectiveness. It is unlikely that it is seeking a serious overseas force projection capability, at least in the short term. The theory behind this is similar to that developed during the Cold War by the Soviet Union in order to deny the US use of the sea or to counter US forces seeking to reinforce NATO forces in any conflict with the Warsaw Pact. According to testimony given to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission by Jesse L Karotkin, the Office of Naval Intelligence's senior intelligence officer for China, "The PLA(N) is strengthening its ability to execute a range of regional missions in a "complex electromagnetic environment" as it simultaneously lays a foundation for sustained, blue water operations." Karotkin adds that China views reunification with Taiwan "as an immutable, long-term goal and hopes to prevent any other actor from intervening in a Taiwan scenario. While Taiwan remains a top-tier priority, the PLA(N) is simultaneously focusing resources on a growing array of potential challenges. China's interests in the East and South China Seas include protecting its vast maritime claims and preserving access to regional resources." Tags: A2/AD, Liaoning, People's Liberation Army, PLA(N), South China Sea, If I were Xi Jinping EXCLUSIVE! 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Huawei rep. rebukes U.S. ambassador's accusation Xinhua Published: 2019-02-08 11:45:06 Share this with Close Email Facebook Messenger Messenger Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn In one of the strongest public remarks ever, a senior representative of China's tech company Huawei on Thursday night rebutted fear-mongering against the company. A Huawei logo at one of its stores in Madrid, Spain, February 7, 2019. [Photo: VCG] In a ballroom in Brussels packed with well over 100 guests, mostly Europeans, Huawei's envoy to the European Union institutions launched into a robust defense of the Chinese technology giant. "Recently, Huawei has been under constant attack by some countries and politicians. We are shocked, or sometimes feel amused, by those ungrounded and senseless allegations," said Abraham Liu, Huawei's vice president for the European region and chief representative to the EU institutions. "For example, yesterday, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Mr. (Gordon) Sondland, said (that) someone in Beijing (could) remotely run a certain car off the road on 5G network and kill the person that's in it. This is an insult to people's intelligence, let alone the technological experts across the world," Liu said. "Excluding Huawei from the market doesn't mean the network is safe. For example, since Huawei's equipment is not used in the U.S. networks, is the U.S. having the most secure network? The answer is no," Liu said. The company has an excellent cyber security record, Liu said, with its devices being approved by strict reviews by multiple regulators and operators. Huawei's partners in Europe include big-name telecoms operators such as Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, Vodafone, Orange, Proximus and others. These partners "have publicly endorsed their trust in Huawei. I applaud these sensible approaches," Liu said. "Cyber security should remain a technical issue, instead of an ideological issue. Because technical issues can always be resolved through the right solutions, while an ideological issue can not," he said. Certain western governments and media outlets have consistently cast doubt over Huawei's ownership and governance. Liu made it crystal clear that "Huawei is a 100 percent employee-owned private enterprise," adding that "if we want to pursue our commercial success, we must follow our own business ethics. We have never harmed the interests of any customer or nation." Huawei has more than 12,000 employees in Europe, over 70 percent of whom are hired locally, Liu said. In 2018, the company procured goods and services worth 6.3 billion U.S. dollars from Europe. "For Huawei, Europe has become our second home," he said, adding that "our success is Europe's success. Our loss would be Europe's loss." Share this story on

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Music and Recording Features Mission Accomplished: Du Pré's Elgar Art Dudley | Nov 29, 2018 The stars lined up. According to biographer Charles Reid, the British conductor Sir John Barbirolli "burned with Elgarian zeal," attributable in part to Barbirolli's participation, as a young cellist in the London Symphony Orchestra of 1919, in the premiere performance of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. That performance, conducted by the composer and with Felix Salmond as soloist, was a disaster - Elgar's rehearsal time had been cut short by a lack of cooperation from another conductor on the bill, a slight the composer never forgave - yet from then on, the 19-year-old Barbirolli regarded Elgar's music with reverence. Forty-three years later, another teenaged cellist - Jacqueline du Pré, who only the year before had made her formal debut at London's Wigmore Hall - made her concerto debut playing the Elgar under Malcolm Sargent, another Elgarian. That and subsequent Du Pré performances of the work were well received, but it wasn't until August 1965, when she recorded the concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Barbirolli's direction, that Du Pré became forever linked with Elgar's elegiac masterpiece (footnote 1). Perhaps because Barbirolli remained, at heart, a cellist - even when demonstrating points of technique for the violinists under his baton, he would play that instrument by holding it upright in his lap, bowing it like a cello - he was uniquely able to draw the most from the gifted Du Pré. Their historically great recording was made in a no-less-historically-great recording space: London's Kingsway Hall, built in 1912 as a Methodist Church hall - in essence, a mission. G.B. Shaw and G.K. Chesterton debated there. Elgar recorded his Nursery Suite there in the presence of King George VI and Princess Elizabeth. Churchill spoke there. John Culshaw was remembered there. Kingsway Hall was so perfect-sounding a room that HMV/EMI continued recording music there even after they'd built Abbey Road Studios. It would be remarkable had the LP that resulted from those 1965 sessions, on which the Cello Concerto was coupled with Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures, with Dame Janet Baker as soloist (EMI ASD 655), not been an artistic triumph. Fortunately for all concerned, it endures as the Elgar recording against which all others are measured - the record of record - and, in one format or another, has remained in print ever since. In that time it has seldom been difficult to find on LP, whether an original pressing of whatever vintage - my own copy of ASD 655, purchased in London, is probably from the 1980s - or one of at least two different reissues. The trouble is, until recently, I'd never thought that LP's sound quality ranked among EMI's very best: It's held back by a few "hot"-sounding peaks, of a sort that led me to assume that the tape recorder itself had been overdriven. My point of view has been changed by the most recent reissue of ASD 655, from the Electric Recording Company. I first wrote about this London-based company in my "Listening" Column in the July 2013 issue, in which I described their lovingly restored all-tube mastering chain, their painstakingly reproduced, letterpress-printed sleeves, and their pledge to reissue LPs in editions limited to no more than 300 copies: practices and policies that keep their prices steep. Yet whereas all previous ERC reissues have been of rare LPs, originals of which sell for four and five figures, good UK originals of EMI ASD 655 can be had for $50 or so, and excellent ones for under $200. ERC's reissue, offered for £300, has dispatched every other reissue and original copy I've heard. Here, the recording's many dynamic peaks are more stirring than ever, yet the sound is consistently clean and listenable. Not only that, but the size of the orchestra, and of Du Pré's Davidov Stradivarius, have each increased a notch, and the sound is considerably more open, while offering no less color and natural texture. And the LP surfaces are astonishingly, perfectly silent. I called Pete Hutchison, the Electric Recording Company's founder and managing director, to ask what it had been like to work on this record. Hutchison sits in on every mastering session - for the Du Pré-Barbirolli Elgar, ERC engineer Chris Potter was at the controls - and he said that the original master tape was actually in very good shape. "The original recording is good," he said, "and it was worth doing. But I think that record's all about the emotion in the performance, isn't it?" Pressed for more technical observations, Hutchison described how his company took time off last year to do some work on their fabled Lyrec and Ortofon mastering gear, which engineer Sean Davies had spent nearly three years rebuilding: "Sean's okay, but he's knocking on 80, and that's the trouble with bringing in such expertise - [now] we've had to teach ourselves. "Since last summer we've made a few little changes that have helped a bit. Also, one of the things you find when you listen to records, everything can sound [otherwise] all right, but things get a little shouty in the louder passages. We've been experimenting a little with amplitude, and now we're bringing things down a dB or two." When I asked if reissuing a comparatively easy-to-find record marks a change in direction for his company, Hutchison said that ERC's mission remains as it was: "Historically, we've done rarer records, but because the Du Pré is such an important recording, we had to do it. This is not a change in direction - although we might do [something like this] again - but everything on our label is down to personal decisions, personal tastes." Such motivations are behind the titles Hutchison chose for ERC's next releases, which include The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (Riverside) and an LP boxed set, with book, of Beethoven's symphonies and other works, by Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra (UK Columbia). The latter will be ERC's first reissue to include bonus tracks: The original, which supplemented the nine symphonies with some of Beethoven's overtures, spanned nine LPs; ERC's edition will contain all of the overtures and bring the count to 13 discs. Hutchison hopes to have the box ready to ship by the end of the year: "I've spent the last four weeks listening to nothing but Beethoven - and loving it." Footnote 1: This recording was one of John Atkinson's "Records to Die For" in 2013 and one of the late Peter W. Mitchell's in 1991. - Ed. Price Query Submitted by Topher on November 29, 2018 - 1:55pm I'm not sure if the £300 quoted is correct-I've just visited the site and the record is listed at £500. Anyway, it looks like a lovely record. Submitted by Art Dudley on December 2, 2018 - 6:22am Thanks for the heads-up, Chris, and apologies for the error - I have corrected the text. I would personally buy no vinyl Submitted by ok on December 1, 2018 - 5:04am ..under 1K at least since I desperately need some record to actually die for. Submitted by NeilS on November 29, 2018 - 3:59pm There must be something special to charge £500 (according to their website) for a LP version of a half century old recording, as good as it is, that already exists in much less costly LP and CD versions. Reminded me of a scene in "Once Upon A Time In Springfield". "...Homer Simpson: You can't win us back with mere donuts. Montgomery Burns: Oh, but these donuts were made the old fashioned way. The dough sweetened with Cuban sugar from pre-Batista plantations, and fried in the tallow of three different animals, two of which are now extinct. ..." Saved hundreds ............ Submitted by Bogolu Haranath on November 29, 2018 - 4:15pm I saved hundreds by switching to ............ HDTracks Submitted by Axiom05 on November 29, 2018 - 4:24pm Just download the 24/96 flac from HDTracks, it sounds great. This is an indispensable recording. Oh, BTW, it costs less than $20! The price is £500 Submitted by volvic on November 29, 2018 - 7:35pm Went to the site as soon as I read this hoping economies of scale had set in and that it would be somewhat affordable. I was sadly mistaken. I have recently rediscovered my Barbirolli-Sibelius symphonies and love them even more with each passing play. I do love what these guys are doing but do wish they would produce more so that costs would be more reasonable for us mortals. "That's not what I meant at all..." Submitted by Graham Luke on November 30, 2018 - 8:47pm I read somewhere that when Du Pre heard the playback of the recording, she burst in to tears and declared that 'that's not what I meant at all...' I also have Yo Yo Ma playing the Elgar but find that I do not listn to it that often. That is by no meas a reflection on the Ma recording. Re: "That's not what I meant at all..." Submitted by John Atkinson on December 1, 2018 - 2:54pm Graham Luke wrote: I read somewhere that when Du Pre heard the playback of the recording, she burst in to tears and declared that 'that's not what I meant at all...' I hadn't heard that story. In the 1970s, I went to a masterclass where Ms. Du Pre was instructing cello players in the Elgar's first movement. By then she was too ill to play, but when she sang the cello part, it was one of the most moving musical experiences I have had. Wonderful... Submitted by Graham Luke on December 7, 2018 - 8:53pm How marvellous for you, John. Listening to her playing the Elgar always brings a lump to my throat. Country music anyone? .............. Submitted by Bogolu Haranath on December 8, 2018 - 7:25am According to the recent CBS poll the most popular genre of music is the country music for people over the age 65 ....... Wonder how many Stereophile readers and reviewers are country music fans? :-) ............ Second most popular is classical .......... Third is pop music ..... for people over the age 65 :-) .......... According to Billboard ........... According to Billboard the top selling genre is R&B/Hip-Hop, with 31% market share ........... The second is Rock, with 23% market share :-) ........... 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Dr. Naseer Homoud Conferred CEO Middle East Award 2012 Posted by CSR Middle East on September 24, 2012 at 12:28pm Recognizing his philanthropic contribution and good corporate practices of his business empire, Dr. Naseer Homoud has been conferred CEO Middle East Award 2012 for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The prestigious award was conferred in a gala ceremony at Jumeiria Emirates Towers, Dubai on Thursday September 19, 2012. The Award, instituted by reputed ITP Group, recognizes outstanding success, innovation, ethical practices and the vital contribution made by individuals and their companies to the vibrancy of business across Middle Eastern Business. Jonathon Savill, Editor of CEO Middle East, conducted the event and presented the award. His Excellency Hamad Buamim, Director General of Dubai Chamber of Commerce was the chief guest. Dr. Homoud has been placed among other top CEOs of the Middle East including Giancarlo de Nadie, who has been conferred Lifetime Achievement Award. Others, who also received recognition for their excellence, are: Iskandar Najjer, Tareq Abdul Raheem Al Hosani, Ala'a Eraiqat, Adel Ali, Noura Al Kaabi, Dr. Saad Al Barrak and Dr. Habib Al Mulla. While presenting the award to Dr. Homoud, Jonathon Savill apprised the audiences of the CSR works and humanitarian works which he has been doing from his early days in Jordan to helping victims of Tsunami in Japanand earthquake in Haiti. He also focused on Dr. Homoud's passion in helping students and other needy people. He also elucidated as to how Dr. Homoud manages his time from his busy business schedule for the humanitarian works. Awards and recognition are not new to him: He has been awarded with several prestigious awards. Dr. Homoud was recently ranked at 53rd position among the 500 most powerful Arabs from the globe. The list, better known as the Arabian Business Power List features Arabs living in 37 different countries, and working in every sector from business and media, to sports, science and entertainment. Dr. Homoud was also placed 16th in Arabian Business Qatar Power List 2012. His standing in the construction and real estate sector has also been recognised. He was placed at 84th position of 100 Most Powerful in Gulf Construction as unveiled by Construction Week's annual Power 100 listing. Born in Irdib town of northern Jordan, Dr. Homoud was regional director of Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM). Dr. Homoud was also conferred with two prestigious awards in Jordan: "Man of the Year Award-2010" in Jordan and "Economic & Social Personality of the Year-2010". He was also awarded with the 'Man of the Year Award for Business and Humanitarian Endeavors' in 2008 in Jordan. "I do not view it as recognition of my personal accomplishments rather as an affirmation of the work which we are doing for ultimate benefit of mankind; this award is not simply about my work rather it is to be shared with everyone who str ives for an egalitarian society," Dr. Homoud said. You need to be a member of CSR Middle East to add comments! Join CSR Middle East

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Vol. 28, No.4 More than $1 million goes to grad students The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has awarded $1,140,224 in research funding to graduate students, many of them master's students at Concordia. The windfall is part of a new program called Canada Graduate Scholarships. Across Canada, $51 million was awarded to 800 master's students, 600 doctoral students and 135 postdoctoral fellows. Here are just three examples from the 35 awarded to Concordia grad students. Ngan Trinh is a Communications Studies master's student who is doing a study on teens and transcultural consumption in Vietnam. SSHRC found her project so interesting that she was singled out for mention in the agency's news release as one of the first recipients under the CGS program. Linda M. Darwish is the fourth year of her doctoral studies in the Department of Religion. Holder of a scholarship from the Quebec agency FQRSC, she has now received a CGS doctoral fellowship of $19,000 for "The Ayatollahs speak: Shi'ite fatwas on Muslim-other relations." Matthew C. Hayday is doing a a study called "Canada Day celebrations and the construction of national identity, 1958-1985" under the supervision of Professor Ronald Rudin. He got a postdoctoral fellowship of $70,056. Natalie S. Kallio got a grant of $17,500 to do a study called "(re)framing Concordia." It's about how the media treated the political controversy at the university last year, something she found both frustrating and depressing. The reference to framing comes from communications theorists, who say we create frames around subjects that shape discourse on those subjects. In this case, Kallio felt that the frame of "free speech" bent discussion of the actual events out of shape. News reports fell back on Concordia's "history of violence," linking three unrelated incidents over 34 years, and used incendiary phrases like "campus in conflict." She tried her idea out at the Learneds in Halifax last spring, and got so much encouragement from the other social scientists around her that she wrote her SSHRC application as soon as she got back to Montreal. "I'm not taking a side," said the second-year master's student, who did an Honours English degree at the University of Saskatchewan before coming here last year. "And I'm wondering what frame I'm going to be slotted into." To see the full list of Concordia recipients, check out the SSHRC Web site at , and look for pages 83 to 85 of the results. Front page and table of contents Next story: Peter Such returns to Montreal as visiting scholar Previous story: Concordia project wins Forces avenir award CTR online CTR Archives Internal Relations & Communications Home

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Select Materials to View in Reading Room Access & Use Restrictions Contents for this Finding Aid Biography/History Collection Inventory Addresses, Articles, Papers and Publications University of Florida, College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida Accession from Eileen Becknell View Finding AidFind Related Items Dorothy M. Smith papers This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Pennsylvania. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the web. University of Pennsylvania: Barbara Bates Center for the Study of The History of Nursing Smith, Dorothy M., 1913-1997 Dorothy M. Smith, R.N., M. Ed., dean and dean emeritus of the College of Nursing at the University of Florida, 1956-1973, was an internationally known nurse leader, educator and clinician. These papers span Smith's professional life and documents her educational and academic experiences as well as awards and recognition received as a nursing leader. The collection is comprised of addresses, articles, and files which reflect her association with the University of Florida; personal correspondence; and photographs. Dorothy M. Smith papers, Barbara Bates Center for The Study of The History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania Finding Aid's Permanent URL: Return to Top " Dorothy M. Smith, R.N., M. Ed., dean and dean emerita of the College of Nursing at the University of Florida, 1956-1973, was an internationally known nurse leader, educator and clinician. Smith was born in Bangor, Maine in 1913. She graduated from Quincy City Hospital, School of Nursing in Massachusetts (1936), received her Bachelor's degree from Teachers College at Columbia University (1941), and a Masters' Degree from Harvard University (1947). After graduation from Quincy City Hospital, School of Nursing, she was employed as a staff nurse (1936-1937) and later as a head nurse (1937-1939). After receiving her masters' degree she accepted a position as a science instructor at the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, School of Nursing, Concord, New Hampshire (1941-1942). In 1942, Smith returned to Quincy City Hospital, School of Nursing as a science instructor and assistant educational director (1942-1945) where she later assumed the position of educational director and science instructor. In 1947, she accepted the position of assistant dean in charge of curriculum, Duke University, School of Nursing, and later the position of director of the Division of Nursing education and assistant dean of the Basic Nursing Program. Smith remained at Duke University until 1952. From 1952-1954, Smith served as a consultant with the National League for Nursing, Division of Nursing Education, New York City. She became assistant director of nursing at Hartford Hospital, School of Nursing, a role which included providing consultation to faculty in curriculum and teaching from 1954 to 1956. In 1956, she became dean of the College of Nursing and professor of nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, retiring in 1976. Smith was the founding dean of the College of Nursing, University of Florida. Along with colleagues in medicine, dentistry, and allied health she participated in the design and implementation at the University of Florida of one of the country's first de novo health science centers integrating education, research and practice across the health professions. A number of important innovations were developed and tested within this interdisciplinary environment that have been widely replicated in the U.S. and internationally. As a nursing leader she influenced the integration of nursing into the mainstream of higher education and practice, and the development of evidence-based nursing practice. Her contribution laid the groundwork for many of the most important advances in nursing education, the development of nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists as an integral component of our nation's health system. Smith authored numerous papers. She was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Nursing in 1979, and was named a Living Legend in Nursing by the Academy in 1996. In June 1977 she received the Mary Adelaide Nutting Nursing Award from the National League for Nursing. On August 16, 1997, at the age of 84, she died in Indian Harbour, Florida. Finding aid prepared by Center staff, updated by Bethany Myers Series 3 of this collection may be restricted. The accession series letters written by Dorothy Smith are restricted for a period of years. Please contact the Center for more information. Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Center with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Gift of Roberta Piper and Linda Aiken. Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) University of Florida. College of Nursing. Form/Genre(s) Faculty papers Nursing schools--Faculty Personal Name(s) Aiken, Linda H. Piper, Roberta Series 1. Personal, 1954-1998. Scope and Contents note This is a small series which includes a biographical sketch, an award, correspondence, educational course papers, correspondence to family members, and Smith's obituary. Box Folder Biographical sketch, 1996. Living Legend Award, American Academy of Nursing, certificate,acknowledgment, and correspondence, 1996. Mary Adelaide Nutting Award, National League for Nursing, correspondence and medallion, 1997. American Nurses Hall of Fame, 1998. Correspondence, Linda Aiken and Dorothy M. Smith, incoming and outgoing. 1996 (Restricted). Correspondence, outgoing to Carol Hayes (Christianson). 1965-1967 and 1972. Miscellaneous Cards, undated. Educational Course Papers, 1954. Philosophy of Education for Human Relations. Culture: Problem of Human Order. Problem of Human Process. Obituary- clippings from newspapers and journals, and correspondence to family members, August 1997. Memorial Tribute to D.M. Smith, September 19, 1997. Remembrance Ceremony, D.M. Smith, November 9, 1997. Tribute to D.M. Smith, associates and friends (handwritten), 1997. Series 2. Addresses, Articles, Papers and Publications. In this series are the large number of addresses and papers Smith presented on numerous occasions, many articles published in various journals and a preliminary draft for a book publication. Addresses, 1953-1993. Clinical Teaching, What It Is. New Jersey State League for Nursing, Asbury Park, N.J., October 27, 1955. Working With Love Alachua General Hospital, School of Nursing, graduating class, August 31, 1956. Nurse-Patient Relationships Florida State Nurses Association Annual Convention, Private Duty section, Clearwater, Florida, October 18, 1957. On Beyond Zebra in Nursing St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, (capping exercises), February 13, 1959. Is it Possible to Evaluate Teaching Boston, Massachusetts, 1960s. Nursing Education- A Challenge North Carolina League for Nursing Annual Meeting, March 18, 1960. Creative Nursing Medical College of Georgia- School of Nursing, Georgia, June 3, 1961. Creative Nursing Arizona Conference, Opening Session, October 16, 1961. Next Steps, November 15, 1961. Nursing-Association in Growth, Louisiana League for Nursing, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 28, 1963. Approach to the Organization of a Modern School of Nursing" Misericordia Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1963. From Student to Nurse-A Role Transition National League for Nursing Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 14, 1963. The Nursing Team - Fact or Fancy Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 21, 1963 and Delta College, Michigan, October 8, 1963. A Method to Improve Nursing Care Lansing, Michigan, October 9, 1963; Baltimore, Maryland, October 11, 1963; and Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 22, 1963. Curriculum Patterns in Selected Nursing Programs Vermont, May 1964. Nursing Convocation, College of Nursing, August 3, 1964. Remarks at a Council Meeting, October 19, 1964. Some Thoughts About Nursing Practice Nursing Supervisors, 13th Annual Conference, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, June 15, 1965. Thoughts About the Utilization and Preparation of Clinical Nursing Specialists Boston College, June 22, 1965. The Second Ten Years University of Florida, College of Nursing, Alumni Banquet, March 18, 1966. Leadership and Change Faculty and Nurses, June 6, 1966. The Organization of Nursing Service Conference, Health Education and Care of the Future, San Francisco Medical Center, June 18, 1966. Boston Speech, October 14, 1966. Employer-Employee Relationships Florida Nurses Association, October 20, 1966. Nursing in an Explosion Area Keynote Address, Kentucky Nurses Association, Lexington, Kentucky, October 26, 1966. The Clinical Specialist in Nursing Symposium. Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital, School of Nursing, January 18-19, 1967; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, undated. Nursing Reformation Tucson and Phoenix during Arizona Nurse Week, 1968. The 'Ladder Concept' In Nursing, May 28, 1969. Alternatives for Nursing Vancouver, B.C., November 13, 1970. Some Questions Relating to Responsibility and Accountability in Nursing keynote address, Pennsylvania Nurses Association Convention, Philadelphia, October 14, 1974. Nursing Faculty Practice Conference, Phoenix, Arizona (handwritten), January 24, 1985. Addresses, No Date or Location. A Real laboratory Learning (How are students regarded in the clinical area, as students, or as employee?). From Zero to Infinity (Exploring the "Why's" and "Wherefores" of Clinical Education in Nursing). Nursing (handwritten). Nursing Arts. Nursing-A Nurse and a Patient. Nursing Care-Quality and Quantity. Nursing Skills Laboratory. "Root of Faculty Practice" A.A.C.A, Dallas, December 3-5 (handwritten and clippings from journals, etc.). The Relationship between Nursing Education and Nursing Service-A Dual or Separate Administration Responsibility. The Teacher Practitioner Role Kansas City. The Writing of Objectives as a Nursing Practice Skill. Thoughts About an Honor Society. Articles-preliminary draft. A Discussion of the 'Into, Out of, Overall' Syndrome in Nursing for International Journal of Nursing Studies, August 29, 1967. Is It Too Late for The Nursing Clinics of North America, June 1971. Description of "very best" innovation she implemented as dean, March 21, 1989. Articles, No Dates. An Experiment in Change D.M. Smith, R.N., and Frank R.L. Egloff, M.D. A History in Nursing Course-An Experiment in Motivation. Lets Help Our Students Grow. Nursing- A Nurse and a Patient. Nursing Revisited for Nursing Outlook. Psychosocial Aspects of the Health of Older People from the Standpoint of the Registered Nurse. The 'Ladder Concept' in Nursing for The New England Journal of Medicine. The Writing of Objectives as a Nursing Practice Skill for American Journal of Nursing, February 1971. Books (preliminary drafts). Chapter 1- A View of Nursing. Chapter- Nursing As a Practice Discipline. Chapters and Appendix. Outline and References. Correspondence- book format, 1980. Papers. Problems and Issues Which Were Apparent, 1956. Paper and Myself, 1961. Position Papers. Nursing Practice and Nursing Education, March 22, 1967. Hospital Training Program (submitted to Health Center Council), October 6, 1969. Undated. Essence of Nursing. Faculty Members and Students ??? (no title). From Co-existence toward Collaboration. Is It Too Late. Health Care System (for Dr. Willard). The Experiment at the University of Florida. The Development of a Clinical Nursing Tool A Guide for History Tool. What Makes Nursing Effective. Correspondence - Publishing companies, 1980, 1992-1993. List of Publications 1948-1964, revised 1964. American Journal of Nursing (reprints). Patient-Centered Teaching in Medicine and Surgical Nursing, D.M. Smith, R.N., vol. 50, No. 5, May 1950. Evaluating Student Progress in Clinical Experience H. Nahm, R.N., and R.E. Hunter, R.N.,Vol. 50, No. 5, May 1950. Oh No! Not Another Committee! D.M. Smith, R.N., Vol. 50, No. 12, December 1950. National Accreditation F. Elliot, R.N., and D.M. Smith, R.N., Vol. 55, No. 4, April 1955. Myth and Method In Nursing Practice D.M. Smith, Vol. 64, No. 2, February 1964. Nursing Education and Nursing Service D.M. Smith, R.N., Vol. 191, No. 5, February 1965. Focus, "Nursing Today", An interview with Dorothy M. Smith, University of Florida, Vol. 111, No.6, November-December 1961. Hospitals, "Training Wheel Tappers" Vol. 22, September 1948. Hospital Nursing, "Nursing Practice Within a Hospital Nursing Service" D.M. Smith, R.N., 1963. Image, "Thoughts About Nursing" D.M. Smith, R.N., Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer 1993, and correspondence, 1993. Nursing Clinics of North America, "Is It Too Late" D.M. Smith, M.ED., Vol. 6, No. 2, June 1971. Nursing Outlook. Let's Help our Students Learn and Grow D.M. Smith, R.N., Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1957. Something New D.M. Smith and F.R.L. Egloff, Vol. 5, No. 2, February 1957. Practice-A Part of Teaching D.M. Smith, Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1959. Instruction in History of Nursing" D.M. Smith, Vol. 8, No. 11, November 1960. A Real Laboratory for Learning D.M. Smith, Vol. 11, No. 4, April 1963. From Student to Nurse D.M. Smith, Vol. 11, No. 10, October 1963. The Integration of Nursing Education, Practice, and Research, Vol. 45, No. 5, 1998. Nursing Education Administration "A Chain of Innovations" D.M. Smith. State Nurses Association. Florida Nurses Association District #10, "The Care of the Mind" D.M. Smith, Vol. 1, No. 3, February 1963. Minnesota Nursing Accent, "A Method to Improve Nursing Care" D.M. Smith, Vol. XXXV, No. 7, December 1963. The Center, University of Florida, "Another Look at Gaps in Patient Care" 1967. The Florida Nurse, "From Co-Existence Toward Collaboration" D.M Smith, Vol. 16, No. 2, March-April 1968. The Kansas Nurse, "Nursing Care-Quality and Quantity", D.M. Smith, Vol. 43, No. 5, October, 1968. Arizona Nurse, "Nursing Reformation" D.M. Smith, Vol. 21, No. 5, November-December 1968. The Oklahoma Nurse, "Nursing Reformation" D. Smith, Vol. XLIII, No. 10, December 1968. Response: Faculty Practice From a 25-Year Perspective D.M. Smith, (no source or date noted). Response to paper sent out by staff of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for October 3-5, 1979, Conference, critique. Dorothy M. Smith's reference files for papers, lectures, and publications, including hand-written notes, 1860-1993. 6 101-108 Series 3. University of Florida, College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida, 1958-1997. This series documents Smith's association as dean and dean emeritus with the College of Nursing. The series is divided into the following sub-series: administration, nursing courses, and association with other colleges and universities. Dean and Dean Emeritus. Organizational Plan, 1969-1971. Organization for Development and Improvement of Quality and Teaching Curriculum and Nursing Practice, undated. Personnel Organization Chart, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, undated. Duties of an Administrator, October 23, 1964. Correspondence-Inter department, 1958-1962, 1968-1978. Hospital Training Programs submitted to Health Center Council, position paper, October 6, 1969. Academic Freedom and Responsibilities statement of Policy, December 7, 1962. Nurse Clinician Role in Prenatal Clinic, proposal, undated. Policy- Nursing students clinical course, in hospital laboratory, outside of laboratory hours, undated. Position Statement- "Nursing Education Agenda for 21st century" American Association of College of Nursing, 1993. Relationship Between the Department of Nursing of the Teaching Hospital and the College of Nursing Faculty, 1958. Address- "Reflections", July 3, 1967. Faculty Member Minutes. February and June, 1958; February and September, 1962. March and June, 1966; April and June, 1967; August, 1970. Handwritten notes: re: faculty meetings and other nursing activities, 1960s. Dean and section chairman meeting minutes, 1967, 1970, 1971. Fundamentals Faculty Group, discussion and decisions, November 1961; September 1965; February 1966. Medical-Surgical Section, meeting minutes, 1969, 1971; memo, 1971, 1972. Curriculum Committee, 1970-1971. Professional Colleagues, 1956-1997. Dorothy M. Smith Fund, incoming and outgoing, 1994-1997. General Nursing Section, undated. Organizational Structure and Philosophy of Nursing Practice and Education in the Teaching Hospital and College of Nursing, June 1963. Study of Effects of Different Nursing Actions (final report on G6265(A)), undated. Seminars. Course Planning and Evaluation, summary, September 25, 1968-December 4, 1968. Treatment of Patients; Maria McLean, February 23, 1961. Nursing Courses. Nursing 200-Science Principles Applied to Nursing Practice, undated. Nursing 301-Nursing Skills Laboratory Syllabus, Spring 1970; Summer 1973. Critiques. Spring 1970, August 3, 1970. June 1970 by student in course, December 3, 1970. Position Paper (Eileen Pearlman), undated. Nursing 321-Nursing Skills Laboratory, position paper on Nursing 321, November 17, 1976. Nursing 445-Nursing Aspects of Gerontology, evaluation guide for papers, January 1964. Nursing 461-Senior Clerkship, syllabus, 1972, examination, 1973. Nursing 692-760, Processes of Aging, announcement, brochure- Fall 1980. Related to Nursing Courses. Grant Proposal-outline, undated. Models for Nursing-handwritten, undated. Professional Nursing practice, undated. Service Team Leader, October 29, 1963. Significance of Project, undated. Study of a Nursing Problem Using the Scientific Method, undated. Case Studies-relating to patient care, 1959-1961. Conditions Governing Access note This file may be restricted. Please contact the Center for more information. Reports- Dorothy M. Smith. These files may be restricted. Please contact the Center for more information. Patient Interviews, 1959. Patient Experiences, 1958-1964. Other- Relating to Nursing. 4th Annual Clinical Practice Model (CPM) National Conference, Snowbird, Utah, (announcement), 1993. Florence Nightingale: Patient Care; Dorothy M. Smith, A System of Nursing Practice, (announcement), 1986. Historical and Current Aspects of Clinical Nursing Practice, 5th Annual Alumni Clinical Session, University of Florida, (Agenda), 1970. History of Nursing, Musical Narrative, D.M. Smith, May 1966. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (word changes, nursing skit), undated. Nurse-Doctor, student skit, undated. The Calf Path no author or date. The Center, "All Around the Center," (student nurses), January 1968. Dorothy M. Smith Professionalship, proposal, University of Florida College of Nursing, 1997. Other Colleges and Universities. An Abstract for Action, School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, agenda, 1970. Affairs of the Heart S.R. Gortner, M.N.F.A.A.N. The Seventh Helen Nahm Research Lecture, June 5, 1987. Faculty Clinical Practice, AACN Workshop, Dallas, Texas, correspondence, handwritten, notes and references, December 3-5, 1979. ICON, Demonstration Projects, Nursing Practice for the Future; Nursing Practice in Transition, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Rachel Rotkovitch, October 6, 1986. Nurses in Leadership Positions, Continuing Education Programs, Conference, University of Oregon, and University of Washington, May 7-11, 1962. Memoirs, Boston College, School of Nursing, 1947-1973, 1987. Group Development- National Training Laboratory, pamphlet, 1957. Series 4. Photographs, 1940-1995. Here are snapshots taken when Smith attended Columbia University and with family and friends, also a portrait photo taken in 1979. Related Archival Materials note See also: accession 1998.05, Dorothy Smith Tribute (60-minute videocassette produced by University of Florida, 1997). Dorothy M. Smith. Sitting on stairway post, Columbia University, 1940s. Pushing a broom, Columbia University, 1940s. Dorothy M. Smith and Connie Lundy- on boat to Nantucket, 1940s. Dorothy M. Smith and Rita Keler, on boat to Nantucket, 1940s. Dorothy M. Smith and brother Bob, farm in Maine, 1948. Dorothy M. Smith, Mother, and Bobbie Ann, Duke University, 1940s. Dorothy M. Smith and brother Bob, Maine, September 1981. Dorothy M. Smith, Mattie, Lois, Virgie, Edna Jones, Jen, 1990s. Dorothy M. Smith, Christmas, 1990. Dorothy M. Smith, chatting with friend, 1990s. Dorothy M. Smith, Jen Wilson, Lois Knowles, Betty Hillard, Gainesville, January 1995. Dorothy M. Smith's home-made Christmas cards- ten years display on Florence Burnett's piano, 1990s. Dorothy M. Smith portrait, May 1979. American Academy of Nursing Living Legend Award, November 1996. Box Photo D.M. Smith and Dean Kathy Lang. Barbara Donahoe, President AAN and D.M. Smith. Elizabeth Bear and Molly Dougherty. D.M. Smith and friend. B. Donahoe, D.M. Smith and Clifford Jordan. Friend, Herb Piper, Jerry Pearlman and Dorothy Luther. Friend and D.M. Smith. Patricia Chammings and D.M. Smith. D.M. Smith and Betty Bear. B. Donahoe and D.M. Smith. D.M. Smith and friends. D.M. Smith, Eileen Pearlman, and Dorothy Luther. D.M. Smith. Barbara Donahoe and D.M. Smith. Friend, Eileen Pearlman, Jen Wilson, and two friends. B. Donahoe, D.M. Smith, and Jenet Heinrich. Series 5. Artifacts, 1956-1985. This series is comprised of memorabilia such as a scrapbook, plaques, and awards in recognition of Smith's achievement and contributions to nursing education. Her academic robe and hood is part of this series. Gold Pin- American Academy of Nursing. Silver Disc-engraved, University of Florida, College of Nursing, 1956-1973. Plaques. Recognition by former students-Ellen and Patty, August 1970. Recognition for distinguished service- Association for Women Faculty, University of Florida, April 1985. Paper Weight-Recognition of distinguished service- Ciuium In Moribus Rei Publicae Salus, 1971. Pen Holder-with small plaque-Dorothy M. Smith, Dean College of Nursing, University of Florida, 1956-1971. Academic Robe and Hood. Scrapbook, 193?-1993. Series 6. Becknell, Eileen R. Accession from Eileen Becknell, 1961-1997. This series contains materials given to Eileen Becknell by Dorothy M. Smith between the 1960s and 1997. Letters from Dorothy to Eileen Becknell, 1973-1993. Restricted. Dorothy Articles. Dorothy Speeches, 1961-1996. College of Nursing, Memos from Dean Smith and related others, 1965-1998. College of Nursing, Memos from others, 1965-1969. Press about Dean Smith and/or College of Nursing. Notes for book. Research project- Dorothy Smith and Howard E. Wooden- Preliminary to Nursing History Manual, 1965. Scientific methods. Correspondence regarding the Manual, 1972. Early materials for Manual. Nursing History Manual, Second Revision April 6, 1970, Third Revision March 24, 1971. Weed, Lawerence L. and problem oriented records. References/Articles from Dorothy. College of Nursing, Class materials. College of Nursing, N301 Beginning course (N211 and N321), 1970-1973. College of Nursing, N461 senior clerkship course, 1968-1971. University of Florida, College of Nursing, 1969-1972. College of Nursing, curriculum committee reports, 1970-1971. University of Florida, College of Nursing, Self-Evaluation report for initial accreditation, August 1960. University of Florida, College of Nursing- Professionalism, Dec 1967. NLN Accreditation report, University of Florida, College of Nursing, Jan 1966. Recording Tapes. Unless otherwised noted, all recording tapes are 7" reels, 1/4 inch x 1800 feet Mrs. Adkens (side 1)- Rickwickian Syndrome, MICU- chronic eating of tremendous quanities of food Mr. Bass April 12, 1968 (side 2)- Chronic alcoholic, C' service. Iris Shockeley (side 1)- W-F Group March 27, 1967, April 11, 1967- repeat Arree Evans (side 2)- T-Th Group April 10, 1967. Marion McKenna- Inservice Ambalant Weng March 25, 1969. Mr. Walls (side 1)- 49 y.o. wmm Mr. Katz (side 2)- MICU. C Service Mrs. Brown- 59 y.o. wf Mr. Muse 16 y.o. cm, October 27, 1969. Clerkship Class April 2, 1968- Review of Nursing History. Dub of Nursing tape Miss Smith. A service (side 1)- Miss Grady 17 y.o. cf Mr. Sposite (side 2)- C service. Mr. Miller (side 1)- 34 y.o. wm Mr. Riley (side 2). [Dr. Vaughn Feb 8, 1965- N651] Mrs. Lamb April 25, 1969 Nursing conference with Sam Banks, Bob Statton (med student). Mrs. Belliscio 72 y.o. ef March 15, 1968 Mr. Casper 45 y.o. wm. Nursing 111 Jan 27th and Feb 3rd- Luther student presentations. Side 1- renal failure- attempt to prove that renal patients are not setting good nursing care. Side 2- Mrs. Edwards 40 y.o. ef. Side 1- Mr. Metl. Side 1- N511 Side 2- N221 Student presenations. Mr. Moore (side 1)- Oct 13, 1967 56 y.o. cm Mr. Stillman (side 2)- 47 y.o. Mrs. Moore. Luther student presentations April 12th. Side 2- Mrs. Edwards December 18, 1967. Reel- 1/4 in x 900 ft N602 class March 7, 1969 301 planning with Marion McKenna. Reel- 1/4 in x 900 ft [unknown content].

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Language Selection: Welcome to the pages of the Internet exhibition on women who voluntarily served and fought in foreign military units during the Second World War in the Soviet Union, England, Yugoslavia and in the Middle East. Our main aim has been to create a documentary record that will be useful for the needs of education and also historical research and other scientific purposes. We believe that history ought to be a public matter and so this documentary has been made as a non-profit venture and is freely accessible. We hope that the exhibition lives up to our aims. We would be delighted if you decided to use the text presented here for scholarly, journalistic or educational purposes. Please respect authorial and reproduction rights and acknowledge our work in full whenever you use it. And please inform us when you use the text or photographs. We would also ask that in your future use of the material you respect the memory of the women to whom this exhibition is devoted. We would like to cordially thank our sponsors for financially supporting this project. Our thanks are due above all to the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, CZ LOKO inc., The Ludvík Svoboda Society, and the Grant Fund of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno. Mgr. Alena Vitáková amd Miroslav Klusák If you are one of the women veterans yourself, or your mother, grandmother or great grandmother served in the army during the Second World War and you have photos or documents at home relating to these themes and are willing to lend them to be digitized, please contact us. Women in the Units of the Czechoslovak Army in the USSR Czechoslovak Women in the Ranks of the National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia Czechoslovak Women in British Auxiliary Services Sources and Literature Used Authorial Team History of Exhibition Take a look at more than 650 period photographs, most of them never published before. Here you can find the names of all the women who joined the Czechoslovak Army during the Second World War. As of today the list contains 1,056 names of women soldiers. In this section you can read (only in Czech) about the lives of women soldiers and their families. © 2008 Czechoslovak Women Fighting in Foreign Military Units in World War II, All rights reserved Production of WWW presentation WOLFWEB.CZ

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One of the big gaps in modern scientific research is that there are currently no published predictive models that provide a logical mathematical pathway between the activities of the neurons in the brain and human intelligent behaviour. This blog proposes such a pathway as a result of a re-assessment of an early experimental computer language called CODIL which never became commercially successful. The EEC ICL Story CODIL (also known as DORIS) - the E.E.C. and I.C.L. Story Looking towards the Next Generation of Computers Draft Report[1] of my time working for English Electric Computers and International Computers Limited between1968 and 1970 Prepared for the Leo Computer Society Archives Chris Reynolds, September 2018 1 Starting Work with English Electric Computers In August 1967, after only 20 months working with computers with Shell-Mex & BP, Hemel Hempstead[2], I started working with English Electric Computers[3] on an exciting new job. My job title was Sales Consultant, but my job was to do market research into what big commercial customers would be expecting in the next generation of computers, some 5 years down the road. The team of two was headed by George Stern, a salesman who knew the company well, and also had many contacts with current and potential customers[4], while my job was to be looking at the likely changes in software and hardware technology. I started the job never thinking that my proposal for a sale contract language for Shell Mex & B.P. might prove relevant. But before I started on the job proper I needed to learn about the current systems being markets by the company. The System 4 computer[5] (which had been turned down by Shell Mex & B P as a possible replacement to the Leo 326 computers[6]) was an IBM 360 look-alike system. The course I was on dealt with the various models but also involved programming in System 4 assembly code (identical to the IBM 360 assembly code). Up to this point in time the only computers I had known were the Leo 326 systems and I was interested in the very big differences in the instruction set, the way in which arithmetic was carried out, the use of registers, and the way memory as addressed. What came next was interesting - because George was about to take his summer holiday. As the work was looking several years ahead there was little of immediate urgency and his idea of getting me into the job was unusual but effective. Each day several reports and other documents would arrive in his in-tray and my instructions were to read them and draft comments or a possible reply. We would then discuss them, and take appropriate action, on his return. One of these reports was of particularly relevance to what happened later. The software development team sent some outline proposals for what I considered was a rather simple library indexing program. This linked back to the work I had been doing at the Cooper Technical Bureau a couple of years earlier where one of my tasks was manually cataloging a complex variety of research and development documents[7]. I decided that it would be useful to give an example demonstrating the kinds of complexity I had to been dealing with, using the kinds of classification terms I had used. The original note has not survived but a typical entry might have been something like this: Animal - Cattle; Parasite - Tick; Country - South Africa; Chemical - 23Z61; Test - Cattle dip; Document Ref - SA 63-171 Subconsciously I had taken indexing terms from a manual information retrieval system and written them out in a very similar format to the sales contract rules in my Shell-Mex & B P proposals. I don't think I really spotted this as being significant at the time - but clearly the two applications were very different. As soon as George returned work begun in earnest. This involved visiting several major computer users (both commercial and university) and discussing the problems they had with existing systems and applications and ask how they would like to see things improving in the future[8]. On the software side I was in touch with the company's own software teams and I became involved with an external group, run by Urwick Diebold, concerned with identifying data base requirements within COBOL[9], In addition I was asked to write a report on the problems of safeguarding data collected via online terminals[10]. On the hardware side I was in touch with the team responsible for computer processor design in order to discover the kind of facilities the next generation of computers might offer[11]. 2 An Idea is Born Within little more than a month I realized that my Shell-Mex and B.P proposal[12] could be generalized to cover a range of complex information processing problems which were hard to predefine precisely, and where a flexible human-computer interface was important. George suggested that I drew up a document outlining my ideas and in October 1967 I submitted the document to John Aris. The covering memo[13] included: Attached is a draft of a preliminary report on a data processing scheme I have been working on. The basic approach is to design a system oriented towards human-computer communication (in the logic sense.) So far much more work needs to be done, both in filling in the holes and extending the idea further. However the further the idea is extended the simpler it becomes. I feel that this can be explained in that I am trying to emulate human thought by computer, while existing systems attempt to simulate it via a combination of analysis/programmer/computer. This makes it quite clear that from the beginning I was "trying to emulate human thought by computer"[14] and it is important to put this in context. In the 1960s all kinds of new applications were being computerized for the first time - and this was seen as applied technology rather than research. Very little published research had been done on interfacing ordinary users, rather than programmers, glass teletypes were still not commercially available, and the first big man-computer conference was not held until 1970. In effect there was no-one around to tell me what I was doing was supposed to be "very difficult". As far as I was concerned all I was doing was a different (but very interesting) systems analysis job which could open up a new market for my employer. The main text of the document included a brief statement of assumptions: The idea is to design an information processing system for an unknown user with some data and access to an unspecified computer. Such a system should be of completely general application. It is assumed that the user wants to interrogate and amend the data. To allow him to do this efficiently he will want the data arranged in preferred orders (i.e. equivalent to conventional files and records) possibly coupled with some means of cross-referencing (for indexes) and duplication of all or part of the input statements in other parts of the system. It is also assumed that he will want the data in the system to be self-consistent and for this reason detailed facilities for comparing statements must be incorporated. This idea of designing "an information processing system for an unknown user" with an unknown application seemed natural to me, because I had previously worked in complex manual information systems and took uncertainty for granted. As far as I was concerned users would always understand the complexity of the task they were doing better than I would. There was no point in trying to explicitly predefine a system to meet all the possible fine details of their task. In such circumstances I considered my job was to provide them with a task-independent information tools which they could use. My note concluded by saying: The original approach to computers was "how can we use this new equipment?" I was found that they could be used to manipulate data in various ways, but serious problems have been encountered on trying to design very sophisticated systems. In this report the problem has been reversed by returning to first principles and asking the question "what are the features required for a data processing system?" A great deal more work still needs to be done but it appears to be possible to build a system which offers great improvements in terms of flexibility and human-machine communications. This system could be run on existing computers and would show big advantages for many applications. However by modifying the hardware a saleable system would result. A few days later my notes were forwarded to John Pinkerton[15], and in mid November John Meredith-Smith wrote a memo[16] assessing the idea. He made some comparisons with prototype systems analysis tool called "Spec" (which I had not heard of) and concluded: Perhaps now is a suitable time to review the whole situation of system analysis languages. I do not believe that a compiler for SPEC would be valuable in its present form. It may well turn out to be ill defined , in terms of Backus, and does not seem to go far enough in specifying the system. However SPEC, DORIS and the standard data processing routines, which we are developing for System 4, do seem to constitute a useful base on which to develop a powerful system analysis tool. Futhermore such a study could well reflect on the design of hardware. Mr. Reynolds' work on DORIS implies the use of modified list processing techniques and it would suggest that the implementation of such a system would benefit considerably by the existence of an associative memory of some 64 words. I believe that work of this type on data structures and the derivation of systems should be followed up in the company, Not many of Reynolds' ideas are original, in fact none of them may be, but most of them are new so far as systems analysis in the company is concerned. Where effort can be found in the company I do not know. Mr Reynolds can only work on this part time, I gather less than a ¼ of his time; I do not believe we could provide any more than about a ¼ man. Mr. Gibson is enthusiastic and might provide some effort from Applied Programming; Trianing and S.P.D. development might also be able to give some support. I did not see this memo at the time and was not aware of how far CODIL was begin backed as a systems designed tool for programmers and systems analysts to enable them to design conventional procedural programmes. Of course CODIL could be used in that way - by building a working model of the application task - but if you have a working model why convert it to a conventional COBOL program as the result be would loose the ability to tell the user what the system was doing. Such a step would mead moving from a transparent system to a black box system - and also loose the flexibility CODIL gives to change when the complexities of the real world application require thing to alter. However, to be fair, my own ideas were still pretty fluid at this early stage. 3 The First Detailed Specification As a result it was suggested that I drafted a more detailed description of my ideas, and the project was officially given the codename DORIS (Data Oriented Information System). The following short reports were produced for a meeting held at Computer House, Euston, on 1st December, 1967, 1. DORIS. A brief Introduction. This outlined the way the central decision making algorithm worked. 2. DORIS. Data Structure. How information was stored in the system. 3. DORIS, An Introduction to Scientific Data Retrieval. Used as an example chemical data from my Ph.D. 4. DORIS. Problem Solving. Showed how a New Scientist "Tantalizer" puzzle could be coded as an example of heuristic problem solving. 5. DORIS. Sales Accounting. Based on the type of application I had worked on at Shell-Mex & BP. 6. DORIS. The Effect on Hardware. At the meeting I presented my ideas to Stern, Lowe, Iggulden and Bye (all Marketing, Computer House), Hold (Marketing, Kidsgrove), Ball (Product Planning, Kidsgrove), Meredith Smith (Research, Minerva Road), Trott (Training, Radley House) and Hoare (Elliot Automation). At the end of the meeting the future of the idea was discussed[17]. Mr.Hoare suggested that a simple design exercise be undertake to see whether such a system could be designed in practical terms and also to see what problems would be involved. John Meredith-Smith noted[18] that "Mr. Reynolds is the best man to do this work." He added "I do not see how he could work for Mr Stern who still does not understand the idea." As a result of this meeting I drafted two further documents, the first outlining how the preliminary investigation should be carried out, and the second relating CODIL to a data base design approach mentioned at the meeting. · DORIS. Pilot Program Project. Terms of Reference[19]. · DORIS. A Comparison with the Relational Data File[20]. 4 Seconded to Minerva Road As a result of the above meeting[21] it was agreed that I should move to Minerva Road for 1 or 2 months, under the supervision of John Meredith-Smith with a view to answering the following questions 1. What are the basic underlying objectives of the idea? 2. How can these ideas be expressed in the clearest way? 3. Are the ideas applicable and useful in any particular case? 4. What are the prospective benefits in time, cost and convenience of organizing data and program in this special way? 5. (later) What practical proposals can be made for implementing the ideas (perhaps by stages) and what are the likely costs and benefits of each stage? After about 2 months I returned to Computer House[22], and the final version of may main report - A Description of DORIS. A Data Oriented Information System was issued from Advanced Systems, Marketing Division,under a "Highly Confidential" tag on 2nd April. The abstract reads as follows: This report examines the problems of data processing and suggests that many of these arise from the limitations of existing programming techniques. To circumvent these difficulties a radically new approach is suggested. DORIS, a Data ORiented Information System, combines a decision making algorithm with a specially designed file structure" By incorporating a file control package and links to a library of standard subroutines it is possible to have a general purpose data processing program which could be permanently resident within the compufer system. As seen by the non-specialist user DORIS makes decisions in a way similar to a human clerk, using a series of easily understood statements to control its its work. The statements are held so as to give flexibility, comprehensibility and economy in file size There is no equivalent in the DORIS system to the conventional application program and a successful implementation of the system might eventually lead to the virtual demise of the commercial programmer. However conventional files and programs can be used within the system if required, Because of the wide implications of the system it is inappropriate to try and describe all aspects of this subject in a single report. This report describes the basic decision making algorithm and the associated data file. It also describes the far reaching economic implications of the system and, in general terms, the work needed to implement it. A second report describes a number of applications which can be implemented using DORIS" These include scientific data retrieval, invoicing and problem solving. Housekeeping matters concerned with file organization and input/output are also considered" A brief note is included on the way in which DORIS should make large scale Integrated Management Information Systems a realistic proposition. This report was followed by two further lengthy reports - An Some Examples of the Use of DORIS Outline Specification of the DORIS Pilot Program[23] and[24]. This last report included a section specifically on complex systems[25]: SOME PROBLEMS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS When specifying conventional programs the systems analyst has to consider ail possible interactions between variables and hence define the "lowest common multiple" of the system. As the problem increases in size and complexity the difficulty in defining it increases at an even faster rate. As a result the system becomes logic bound and improvements are only made by increasing expenditure on specialist staff and equipment. The approach when using DORIS is completely the opposite. His [The systems analyst] job is to provide a basic skeleton for the system (a highest common factor) and the flesh is added by the appropriate 'specialist' in the application being tackled. This suggests that for a given degree of systems effort the size of problem that can be tackled using DORIS should be very much bigger than would be the case if conventional coding is used. This immediately suggests that DORIS should be of great value in systems such as the much talked about Integrated Management Information System. Attempts to design such systems using existing techniques run into many troubles and there is no doubt that many data processing managers in this country believe that the IMIS is a fictional beast. Because of the interest in such situations. It is hoped to produce a full report on the subject later this year. 5 Work on the Pilot Program As the above mentioned reports started to appear in their final form things were starting to happen at a high level in the company. On 21 March 1968 George Stern wrote[26] to John Pinkerton, Research Director of EEC, about "Patent Cover for DORIS." Interestingly the letter was signed by David Caminer , Marketing Director of EEC, so must have had his approval. As you know, DORIS, if fully successful, could give a saving to the computing community of the world measurable in hundreds of millions sterling p.a. For this reason we have to give thoughts to protecting the rights of E.E.C. ... If I remember correctly the figure was a back of an envelope calculation along the following lines. 1. The potential market for large commercial computers in 5 years time (1973) could well be approaching a billion pounds a year. 2. One of the big problems in using such systems using conventional software is that they tend to be inflexible and unfriendly. 3. DORIS is being designed to provide a flexible and human-friendly interface. 4. If it works it is not unreasonable to think it could help the company capture 10 or 20% of the market. 5. The calculation did not explicitly consider the possibility of many online terminals (there were virtually none in 1968 commercial systems) and the fact that a user-friendly language could be very important as a terminal interface. While the basis of the calculation was quite crude, it was not unreasonable, and with the benefit of hindsight might be considered quite conservative. After all if the work had not been dropped by ICL, the early 1980 personal computers might have ended up with a user-friendly CODIL-like operating system, rather than MS-DOS. I don't know when the decision was actually taken (presumably at Board level) to make DORIS a properly supported project with a budget of, I think, £50,000, but on 3rd May 1968 John Aris, Manager, Applied Systems, circulated senior managers within E.E.C. telling them about DORIS[27], and pointing out that it should not be discussed outside the company. He described it as follows: DORIS, a 'Data Oriented Information System', is an original and radically new approach to the systems/programming of computers, devised by Dr. C. Reynolds, of this Department. It involves holding a large proportion of the decision-making logic, normally built into user programs, as part of the data files, and analysing it not with a variety of special application programs, but with one general purpose decision making routine. If this proves viable it could result in the virtual demise of the conventional application program in many fields, replacing it by the said general purpose routine and groups of calculation routines. Its data structure, being closer to the ordinary modes of human thought than computer files generally are, could allow the ultimate user far greater freedom to use the computer as an information handler in a familiar way, and without the need for expensive commercial programmers. This would, among other advantages, ease the implementation of management information systems. A further important consequence could be a new approach to CPU design. In June a meeting[28] was held to discuss DORIS and Caminer was convinced there was something worth following up. In August there was a meeting[29] at Stevenage to discuss possible links between CODIL and the work of J K Iliffe on the Basic Language Machine[30]. Two shorter reports followed later in the year. They were A Comparison between DORIS and Conventional Techniques and The Limitations of Existing Computer Techniques[31] There was a management change on the 8th September, when the project officially became part of the Research and Advanced Development Organisation. Effectively I moved from Marketing, under George Stern, and reported to John Meredith Smith, who was based at Minerva Road. In addition I gave a presentation to Basil de Ferranti. The programming of the project was well underway and by the end of the year Stage 1 of the implementation had been completed - which involved setting up the file handling software and producing some example files.[32] For various reasons the name DORIS was considered unsuitable and from the 1st January 1969 the project became CODIL - for COntext Dependent Information Language. Later in the month a report briefly describing the project was issues, and revised versions, with updates, were produce later in the year[33]. To back up the October reissue a demonstration run was prepared simulating an online session[34] in which a series of very different CODIL test applications were demonstrated[35]. This was followed in November 1969 by a computer produced "An Introduction to CODIL"[36] which included small demonstration application relating to Houses for Sale, Railway Timetable, The Forsyte Family Tree, Scientific Data Retrieval and other data retrieval problems, problem solving (a New Scientist Tantalizer), Simple Calculations, Pricing Orders, and Systems Control. 6 The Project within ICL closes down Initially I was not aware of the danger that the CODIL project was in as a result of the merger to form ICL, possibly because I had remained working in Computer House, Euston, after I had officially become part of the Programming Research group based at Minerva Road. What was happening at the top of the newly formed company was a dispute about the way forward. At the time of the merger English Electric Computers had a full order book and International Computers & Tabulators (ICT) was struggling. The new board decided that the ICT 1900 series of computers should be phased out in favour of the EEC System 4 computer - but reversed their decision, possibly as a result of government pressure, and most of the original EEC board, which had supported CODIL, resigned. While the new director of research was Basil de Ferranti he had been managing director of ICT and, in retrospect, the downgrade of his status was a strong hint that he should take his services elsewhere, and he ceased being a director sometime after I had left ICL. I was initially reassured that the project would continue in some form, but the danger signs were there to see. One important event was a formal presentation that Basil de Ferranti asked me to give to the other directors on the company board. This was prepared - but the only director to turn up was Basil himself. One director had someone to represent his division and at least some of them had the decency to send their apologies. Clearly this was a very clear thumbs down from the ICL Board and almost certainly was intended as a sign to Basil that "his bright ideas were not wanted." I am sure that this rejection had nothing to do with the merits or demerits of CODIL, but was more to do with company internal politics and the decision to throw everything behind the 2900 series of computers. In September 1969 Basil wrote to P D. Hall and L. Lightfoot[37] saying: One of the significant projects which was under way at Minerva Road, and which came to the Research Department originally from the EE Sales side, was based on a new approach to modularizing customer software. Called CODIL the technique has a number of supporters and would appear to be not only a useful product in certain well defined areas, such as oil product distribution centres, but also to carry an underlying principle which could be applied in many areas, The key figure in the development of CODIL was Dr. Reynolds and the question really is whether or not we wish to retain his service. Clearly if there is merit in CODIL we would wish to but if the company doesn't wish to take it up I think it improbable that he would wish to stay. I have seen nothing to suggest that anything was done at the time to follow this up but in February 1970 two very short reviews (both on the same side of a single page of A4) assessing CODIL were written - but which I did not see at the time. Both were by people who I had never heard of and who had not contacted me for further information (I would have only been an internal phone call away). I have no idea what CODIL documentation had been passed to them, but it is obvious they had not seen the report "A Comparison between DORIS and Conventional Techniques". Neither of them seemed to have understood that CODIL was set up as a research project and not a "nearly ready for the market" package.. The first report[38] , by G. C. Sibthorpe, starts "Although I am not very familiar with CODIL ..." and then inappropriately compares it with a system specification language called SPECOL, because he failed to realize that CODIL was aimed at users, rather than systems analysts and programmers. The second review[39], by A. F. Besley, also compares it with what I assume was a systems development aid - and again failed to recognize the nature of the users for which it was designed, or to understand the complex problems it had been designed to tackle. However he recommended publication as "The CODIL project has achieved some practical results and I am sure we would loose nothing by airing these in an article." As far as I can see these two superficial reviews were the final nail in CODIL's coffin, as far as continuing the research at ICL. Up till about this time my position was difficult, especially as the research group at Minerva Road had been disbanded and staff (including my programmers) were leaving the company or moving to other duties. Basil de Feranti had said he wanted the research to continue, and John Pinkerton (now no longer a director) clearly considered it would be a great shame if the reseach was abandoned. If a new home could be found within ICL I would have been very happy. While I realized the research was interesting, I had only worked with very large commercial computer systems and was not really able to assess the importance of the project on a wider industry basis, or its relevance to academic studies relating to the theories underlying computer science. In addition details of the project was supposed to be confidential, at least until the patent had been finalized, and if I tried to move the research elsewhere there could be real difficulties as to who owned the rights. These factors made it difficult for me to just up sticks and continue the research elsewhere. The fact that publication would be possible clearly eased the situation When John Pinkerton suggests that I write up a paper for publication, and it might be possible to move the project (unfunded) to a university (but not a rival computer manufacturer) I was very interested[40] and happily went along with the publication plan. Work started immediately and it was arranged that I should give a talk to the British Computer Society Advanced Programming Group on 14th May 1970, and the handout I prepared was reprinted in the Computer Bulletin[41]. A more detailed paper[42] was prepared for submission to the Computer Journal, concentrating on CODIL as a programing language and how it was implemented. Detailed discussion about the factors underlying the design of the human interface or references to the original design study at Shell-Mex and BP was ruled out for commercial reasons. The reasons for there being a hardware patent were also played down. Basically the paper was written in a way that did not make claims that could embarrass ICL's decision to close the project down. Over the last few months at ICL I made sure that I had computer listings of all the relevant programs and test applications, while technically reporting to a manager at Stevenage who, I think, I never actually met. However there was one very significant incident during my last month. I got an invitation to give a talk on CODIL to an internal seminar on research on unusual computer processor research, the other presentation being by J K Iliffe on the Basic[43] Language Computer research at Stevenage. The meeting was in a Ferranti research laboratory at Bracknell on the day before I was due to leave ICL so I agreed to go. The seminar was very interesting and my talk caused a lot of interest as it was the first time anyone had actually made proposals for modifying a central processor to make it easier for normal human users, as in the past all processors had been designed to make them easier to write procedural language programs. There was also surprise as to how and why the CODIL project had been abandoned why their research division had not been told it was under threat. I was also very interested in hearing about the Basic Language Computer research, as while the approach was very different, some of the hardware solutions could also be relevant to CODIL, and I left the meeting full of ideas about how the CODIL patent could be made very much stronger. Just over a week later I was free of ICL and presenting a paper on CODIL[44] at the Conference on Man-Computer Interaction at Teddington. A follow up document is being prepared about the transfer of the project to a University environment [1] The report (dated 30th September 2018) has been written as a first draft for the Archives of the LEO Computer Society. The source (in addition to memory) are the folders of published reports which I hold, supplemented by correspondence relating to the establishment of the CODIL project in the ICL Archives held in the Science Library, Swindon. If appropriate, information from other bulky correspondence files, working notes, and original program listings can be added, with further links to digitized copies of the original documents. [2] An account of my activities, The SMBP Story, at Shell-Mex & BP, including details of the work that triggered the ideas behind CODIL, has been prepared for the archives of the LEO Computer Society. [3] At the time I joined English Electric Computers in 1967 it was a merger of a number of different computer companies, as English Electric Leo Marconi, and in 1968 it merged with International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) to become International Computers Limited (ICL). [4] George Stern has never understood CODIL (or DORIS as it was first called) but was very important in the early days of the project as I am not particularly good at networking - and if I had a problem he knew exactly who within EEC I should contact. This help ceased once the two companies merged and I officially reported to John Meredith Smith, at Minerva Road, while I was still based in Computer House. [5] The System 4 computers had the same instruction set as the IBM 360 computer series. [6] The Leo 326 was the top of the range Leo computer, the Leo I being recognised as the first prupose-built commercial computer. [7] One of my tasks related to filing and indexing internal company documents relating to possible chemical agents for use in veterinary practice throughout the world. This was potentially very complex as it was not clear how files would develop. Each project started off as a small folder which expanded until it was considered non-commercial (usually very quickly) or could become very larger. In one case where a project went to market world wide I estimated the number of documents would occupy several filing cabinets. I spent some time looking at how this might be handled [8] What was interesting was how little data processing managers had thought about the future. It was clear that they were all struggling to get the best out of the present batch systems and that was their priority. The stock answers were all bigger and more powerful computers, with better high level languages and operating systems. Some recognised that computer terminals and online operations might become possible but had not thought about it in any detail. The most noticeable exception was Wesley M. Davies, of the Steel Company of Wales, Ltd., who was concerned with interfacing complex real world problems with computers (in their case payroll and complex "who does what" trade union contracts) [9] I was part of the IMIS subcommittee of the Diebold Research Program and my files showed that I contributed the data dictionary subsection to the Common Data Base Report which was published in the later part of 1969. The work was linked to some of the work of the CODASYL committees in the United States. [10] Real Time Data Logging and the Security of Information. Systems Techniques Notes No 2, by Dr C Reynolds, English Electric Computers, 9th January 1968. [11] Some questions on a visit to the Engineering side at Kidsgrove about the System 4 processor hardware made me realise that associative addressing - rather than addressing by numerical position - was possible. This lead to further questions about how the instruction set was implemented. [12] The SMBP Story [13] Memo: Reynolds to Aris, Doris (Data Oriented Information System), 19th October 1967 [14] The last thing in my mind when I wrote this would have been brain science, artificial intelligence, or psychology. I was simply being a systems analyst faced with a problem - Humans appear to do things this way, so if you want to build a system that works with people build a system in a way that they will find it easy to interact with. [15] Memo: Stern to Pinkerton, DORIS, 25th October 1967 [16] Memo: Meredith-Smith to Pinkerton, DORIS, 14th November, 1967 [17][17] Diary Note: By d. Loewe, Notes of a meeting at Computer House on 1st December, 1967, 6th December, 1967 [18] Memo: Meredith to Pinkerton, DORIS, 4th December, 1967 [19] "DORIS. Pilot Program Project. Terms of Reference" 13 December, 1967 - a one page summary outlining how the material in the reports written for the 1st December meeting could be implemented. [20] "DORIS. A Comparison with the Relational Data File" 12 December, 1967 - This commented on the paper "A Computer System for Inference Execution and Data Retrieval" by R. E Levin and M E Maron, Comm. ACM Volume 10 pp 715-721, November 1967. The note points out "The R.D.F. is used for storing information in retrievable form, and unlike DORIS uses conventional programs to read it." It should be noted that there was no similarity between the R.D.F> and Codd's Relational Data Base. [21] Memo: Stern to Pinkerton "Terms of Reference for Study of DORIS", 4th January 1968 (misdated 1967) [22] There is no doubt that I found it very difficult to commute to Minerva Road, and the fact that I did not return there when I was finally transferred full time to Research was because a decision had been made to close down the site. [23] "An Outline Specification of the DORIS Pilot Program" 22 May, 1968. This contained a specification for a program to test that the ideas underlying CODIL actually worked, and a 4 stage implementation program. By the time the project was finally closed down all stages in the implementation program had been completed satisfactorily. [24] "Some Examples of the Use of DORIS" 28th June, 1968. The report included examples of scientific information retrieval, commercial data processing and problem solving. It also discussed t he internal management and input/output of data. [25] It is relevant to note that I was employed by English Electric Computers to do market research on future requirements of very large commercial customers, and this work involved talking to senior management in large existing installations so I was well aware that the problems I had seen at Shell-Mex & BP were not unique. [26] Memo: Stern to Pinkerton, Patent Cover for DORIS, 21st March, 1967. [27] Memo: John Aris to long circulation list: DORIS, 3rd May, 1968 [28] Memo: Stern to Pinkerton, DORIS, 14th June, 1968 [29] Memo: Stern to circulation list, Meeting at Stevenage to discuss DORIS, 13th August, 1968 [30] See J K Iliffe, Elements of BLM, The Computer Journal, Volume 12, Issue 3, 251-258, August 1969 [31] DORIS: The Limitations of Existing Computer Techniques: Selected Quotations, ?, 1968. See also How far has computing advanced in the last 50 years? [32] Progress Report on Work of the Programming Research Group, Acton Laboratories: Report on CODIL. January 1969 [33] CODIL. A Language for Handling Complex Data Processing Problems. Initially issues 30the January 1969, 3rd issue 6th October 1969. [34] I had no access to computer terminals of any kind, and simulation runs assumed a teletype terminal. [35] Photocopy of computer listing headed CODIL Job: Simulated Run using Printer and Card Reader, dated 26th September. [36] Photocopy of computer listing headed An Introduction to CODIL, dated 9th November, 1911 [37] Memo: de Ferranti to Hall & Lightstone, [re CODIL], 8th September, 1969 [38] Short note by Sibthorpe, CODIL, 4th February, 1970 [39] Short note by Besley, CODIL, 6th February, 1970 [40] It is planned to write a follow up memoir dealing with the move to a University. [41] "CODIL," The Computer Bulletin Volume 14, pp 244-245, July 1970. [42] Published (with some amendments) as "CODIL: Part 2: The CODIL Language and its Interpreter", Computer Journal Volume 14,pp 327-332, November 1971. [43] Not to be confused with the programming language BASIC. [44] "CODIL," Conference on Man-Computer Interactio Teddington, 2-4 September, 1970. In proceedings, "IEE Conference Publication No 68, pp 211-216. 1970 Summary of "An Evolutionary Model of Human Intelligence" An Evolutionary Model of Human Intelligence By Chris Reynolds Draft Summary (full paper to follow) While there is a vast amount ... Trapped by the Box The blog contains many earlier posts relating to Evolution and CODIL Pick of the Posts Why Sex is an Important Factor in the Evolution of Human Intelligence A paper in Nature about the DNA in the above bone fragment, found in the Denisova Cave, Russia, has been widely reported in the scientif... The Unlikely Origins of my current Evolutionary Research The origins of my current research were anything but planned. Between 1959 and 1962 I studied for a Ph.D. in theoretical organic chemistr... A Simple Example of how CODIL works J M asked " How would these symbiotic - easy to understand computers - look like? how would they work? " The computer hardwa... Science is about asking the Right Questions ... And then investigating, questioning and debating possible answers This web site asks about the origins of human intelligence and exp... Does Technology affect the size of our brains? On the Futurelearn Course Introduction to Psychology I made the distinction between genetic development of the brain (how big it is) a... Modelling how the Human Brain Works On the FutureLearn course " Psychology and Mental Health " I am currently following I have just reached a section which star... Mental Health and the Brain Model Because of my long term interest in mental health matters I recently decided to do a FutureLearn course on Psychology and Mental Health ... Why does CODIL differ from other computer languages This query came up on a FutureLearn Course which read " Christopher, to be honest I don't think the world needs any more compute... Will robots outsmart us? by the late Stephen Hawkins There is a interesting article, " Will robots outsmart us? " in today's Sunday Times Magazine . While I don't accept a... If only this skull could still talk ... If only this skull could still talk I am always happy to answer questions about how my research relates to a particular research paper ... Summary of "An Evolutionary Model of Human Intelli... Natural Language: The Evolution of Grammar The Many Human Species revealed by DNA studies Will robots outsmart us? by the late Stephen Hawki... Why does CODIL differ from other computer language... The Limitations of Conventionaal Computer Techniqu... TANTALIZE - A Conversational Problem Solver Reviews of MicroCodil The SMBP Story

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Why Choose DDi? Interview with Mary Jo What our Teams Say Building Successful Relationships with Clients and Vendors Full-Service Translations Articles 2011 to Present Reprint Requirements Contact DDi HomeWhy Choose DDi? Why Choose DDi? Clients Interview with Mary Jo What our Clients Say What our Teams Say Resources Building Successful Relationships with Clients and VendorsOur Services Full-Service Translations Specialties Additional ServicesOur Articles Articles 2011 to Present From our Readers Reprint RequirementsSmith-Obolensky Media VideosContact DDi Contact Us Employment Opportunities Privacy Policy Ivan Obolensky On January 29, 1886, Karl Benz patented the Motorwagen. It was an automobile fueled entirely by gasoline. Less known is that Bertha Benz, his wife and business partner, also played a significant part. After all, it was Bertha who created one of life's finest diversions: the road trip. In 1888, Bertha Benz, unbeknownst to her husband, travelled from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back again in his invention. She was accompanied by her two teenage sons, who may, or may not, have had something to do with it. Ostensibly, she wanted to visit her mother, but what she really wanted to do was generate publicity for her husband's recently patented automobile. She was wildly successful. The family business evolved into the Mercedes-Benz of today, illustrating once again that behind many a successful man is an equally successful woman (who can also act as a mechanic when needed). Benz's invention has had an extraordinary impact, yet its success was not particularly envisioned by the population of the late 19th century. In the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, various leading lights attempted to predict life one hundred years in the future - in 1993. Although they correctly anticipated much more powerful weapons and the proliferation of global communication, none of them anticipated the extraordinary rise of mass transportation that the automobile would eventually bring about. Like most things, the growth of the car began slowly at first before it exploded upward.1 For example, in 1895, there were exactly four passenger vehicles in the United States, but by 1900 that number had increased to 8,000. By 1929, the number of passenger cars had rocketed to 29 million. In 1990, this figure topped 133 million. 2 If the growth of the number of passenger vehicles in the United States were plotted on a graph, it would look like an S, with the top of the S flattening since the year 2000. This leads to an interesting question: can automobile growth be sustained? Will the number of vehicles collapse, or will it stay flat going forward? To examine this question, we need to go back some forty years before Karl Benz received his patent. In 1798, Thomas Malthus published An Essay on the Principle of Population. In it he stated, "The power of population is so superior to the power of the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race." Malthus gave birth to the Malthusian Controversy: the idea that population growth is geometric while resource growth is linear. Visually, a graph of the human population over time looks similar to the graph of the number of cars on American roads through 1929. It starts slowly and grows faster and faster. Imagine available resources as a straight line with a fixed upward slope placed higher up the graph. When the two lines cross, which eventually they must, the result is a cataclysm: the collapse of the human race due to famine.3 So far this has not happened, but the possibility continues to haunt the human psyche as a dark possibility that manifests in various films and stories of a dystopian future where human existence has devolved to a dirty hand-to-mouth scramble, set against a dark landscape of a once-proud civilization that has crumbled into dust. Was Malthus wrong in his concept of growth? Partly in response to this controversy, a Belgian mathematician by the name of Pierre Verhulst came up with another solution called the logistic equation,* which underlies the logistics growth model. Rather than a collapse of the population, the model calls for eventual slower growth in the form of a plateau. The model incorporates the exponential rise of a population in its initial phase where resource availability is not a factor. Over time, available resources start to act as a constraint causing a slow-down. The result is a graph that looks like an S.4 Population growth studies, whether of humans, companies, bacteria, or otherwise, seem to invariably follow this S pattern.** The plateauing of the S curve illustrates the problem confronting all countries, corporations, species and life forms: how is it possible to move beyond the eventual limits of resources as reflected at the top of the S curve? To illustrate this, imagine you are in an airport and step onto a moving walkway. Now imagine you only notice the walkway is moving in the opposite direction because a poster to your right seems to be keeping pace with your progress in spite of your steady walking. Realizing you are on the wrong walkway, you have a choice. You either stop moving, let the walkway bring you back to the beginning, and get on the one going in your direction, or you increase your speed to make it to the other end. 5 This analogy illustrates many parts of the S curve dilemma. The walkway moves in the opposite direction at a constant speed similar to the straight line constraint of available resources. We can imagine accelerating to a higher speed so we progress faster than the walkway. We can decide to run. But if the walkway is infinitely long, we will make progress until we tire, and once again we are just keeping pace. Welcome to the S curve. How do we get off this treadmill? Analyzing this predicament leads to several interesting and useful observations. If an organization, or an individual, can transform itself internally faster than the environment can change, it is possible to create a new S curve on top of the existing S curve and reach a new higher level of performance. Even if we succeed in creating a new S curve on top of the existing one, new resource constraints will once again show up to create a new plateau. Most people and organizations find themselves at a fixed level of performance where they have to run just to stand still. The solution is to create resources that will do the running for them. Transitioning to a higher plateau is rarely a function of the environment decreasing its pressure, or new resources appearing out of nowhere. We must create them, or at least recognize an opportunity when we encounter it. Growth as defined by following a new higher S curve is ultimately the result of internal transformation rather than external factors, although sometimes life gives us a pass in the form of additional resources. Winning the lottery might fall under this category, but the chances of winning are slim and unreliable. Resources are always scarce and the walkway never stops. If we are lucky, it might slow down, but that is all. We can recognize and utilize new resources to create a new higher S curve, but only if we change how we view the world so we can recognize opportunities as opportunities and new resources as resources when we meet them. We do have the option to give up, go back to the beginning, and attempt to get on the right walkway, but the laws of the universe militate against ever finding one that constantly provides for us. Resources in the form of free energy are scarce, or soon will be. Regardless, we will once again visit the limits of growth but in a different guise. Such pockets of respite eventually die or dry up. If we cannot change and internally transform, the environment will intercede, and not necessarily in a way we would like. Requiring fewer resources, or creating resources that continually provide for us, still requires seizing the opportunity once presented. Life is a constant process of renewal, observation, awareness, and choices. It can be likened to a treadmill, but none of us would miss it for the world. Life is full of opportunities. We just have to recognize them as such. Road trip? *For those mathematically inclined. The Logistic equation (also called the Verhulst model or logistics growth curve) is a differential equation with a solution sometimes known as the sigmoid function, better known as the S curve.6 **The environment can always intercede in the S Curve growth pattern. For instance, one can drop the petri dish and the bacteria is spilled all over the floor. It's either a disaster for the bacteria... or an opportunity. Tenner, E. (1996) Why Things Bite Back. New York, NY: Vintage Books. A. (N.D.) Bureau of Transportation Statistics Publications, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Table 1-11: Number of U. S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances. Retrieved February 2, 2016 from . JOC/EFR (January, 2014) Pierre François Verhulst. Retrieved February 2, 2016 from . Administrator (July, 2013) Malthusian Controversy. Retrieved February 2, 2016 from . Obeng, E. (February, 2013) Advice from the Red Queen. Edie Obeng's Blog. Retrieved February 2, 2016 from . Wolfram Research (2016) Logistic Equation. Retrieved February 2, 2016 from Please click here to sign up for our monthly updates or notifications of articles. Interested in reprinting our articles? Please see our reprint requirements. © 2016 Ivan Obolensky. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without the written permission from the author. Categories: Articles, Articles (General) Tags: Ivan Obolensky Coincidence and Meaning Isolation and Social Media Success and Failure: Is There a Difference? Governance and the Rise of Networks The Parable of the Bus A Power Story Negative Interest Rates and Deflationary Banking SILVIA 02-06-2016 Interesting article as usual. After reading it all I felt is better to let life flow; sometime we can worry a lot if there will be enough food in the future, if world finances will collapse out of the blue, or similar. Nature has a balance, always have and I believe always will; as simple example, if the leaves fall off the trees in autumn is for a nature's reason; if there are ants making holes here and there, it does have a nature's reason. However, if we as humans ignore nature and don't let it be, then, no matter how many Ss we built, we will experience a backfire. Thank you again Ivan as your articles always make me think and look at things. Thanks for your optimistic and well-considered thoughts on the future of the human race. Now, everyone join me in that old Doris Day favorite Que Sera, Sera...Whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see. Que Sera, Sera...

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YOU ARE HERE: intergroup"Solutions through innovation - What role for the bioeconomy in the next MFF? Solutions through innovation - What role for the bioeconomy in the next MFF? On Tuesday 22 May 2018, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri MEP, Chair of the "Bioeconomy" Working Group of the European Parliament Intergroup on"Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development" hosted the event in the European Parliament on: "Solutions through innovation - What role for the bioeconomy in the next MFF?". The European Union is at a crossroad. While it needs to define the allocation of its financial resources and overarching priorities beyond 2020, a number of undertakings initiated under the current term will also extend and develop over the next one. The further development and expansion of the circular bioeconomy is one of them, which was the focus on this event where the following key questions were discussed: How will the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework provide for enough dedicated resources for innovation and the bioeconomy? To what extent will the next EU framework programme (FP9) allocate the relevant space and means to biomass producers and bio-based industries to further develop innovative solutions to key societal challenges such as climate change and delivery of the UN SDGs? Can a mission-oriented Research and Innovation policy for the EU embrace and recognise the merits of the circular bioeconomy and make it evolve "from niche to norm"? Will the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan currently under revision capitalize on its successes so far to further boost bio-based solutions for a more sustainable and competitive European economy?

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Home Latest News Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will not participate in Charter Day amid blackface... Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will not participate in Charter Day amid blackface scandal Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam swears in College President Katherine Rowe in a July ceremony. President Rowe announced Monday morning that Northam would no longer attend upcoming Charter Day ceremonies. COURTESY PHOTO / WM.EDU As politicians, state leaders and community actors called for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign, members of the College of William and Mary community joined the conversation. Northam was set to participate in the inauguration of College President Katherine Rowe Friday, Feb. 8. However, after students signed petitions and expressed their concerns, Rowe announced the morning of Monday, Feb. 4 that Northam would no longer participate in the Charter Day ceremony. Friday, Feb. 1, Big League Politics, later confirmed by The Virginian-Pilot, broke the news that photos in a 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook featured two men, one in blackface and one in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe, on Northam's page. Northam initially said that he was in that photo, but in a press conference Saturday, Feb. 2, he denied appearing in the picture. However, he did admit that during another party he had dressed in partial blackface to portray Michael Jackson. While many have called for Northam to resign, he has said that it would be the easy way out and he would prefer to make things right from the gubernatorial office. "On Friday, like others in our community, I was appalled and saddened by the revelation of the racist image on Governor Ralph Northam's medical-school yearbook page," Rowe said in her campus-wide statement. "On Friday, like others in our community, I was appalled and saddened by the revelation of the racist image on Governor Ralph Northam's medical-school yearbook page," Rowe said in her campus-wide statement. "The behavior depicted in that photo is a painful reminder of the hate, divisiveness and racism that so many in this country have sought for generations to overcome." According to College spokesperson Suzanne Clavet, the President's Office communicated with Northam's office over the weekend. These conversations culminated in the announcement that Northam would not participate in the Charter Day or Inauguration ceremonies. It is not clear whether the College disinvited him or if his office decided that he would not participate. "As you will see in [Rowe's] message, it became clear over the weekend the Governor's presence would fundamentally disrupt the sense of campus unity we aspire for with the Inauguration/Charter Day event this week," Clavet said in an email. "We have conferred with the Governor's office and he will not be attending." As of Feb. 4, the President's Office had not announced who would replace Northam's role in the ceremony. Charter Day Chair and Inauguration Committee member Connor Glendinning '19 said he felt confident that in the coming days, a new speaker who had connections to Virginia and the College would be announced. "I had heard on Saturday from the President's Office that clarity would come after the weekend," Glendinning said. "I think it was a really well put together statement. I wholeheartedly support her. It makes a lot of sense, politics aside, to disclude [sic] any narrative of hate from our campus. I do think it would have really detracted from the event being about William and Mary and the introduction of Rowe to that community. That event is not about that controversy and it would have detracted from the work we have done over the months. That is where my support comes in." Over the weekend, student groups also drafted letters and petitions asking for Northam to resign and to ensure that he would not attend the Charter Day and Inauguration ceremonies. Two groups, the College's chapters of the Young Democrats and the Young Democratic Socialists of America, drafted a joint letter in response. "In addition to our calls for his immediate resignation, we are also asking the College of William & Mary to formally uninvite Governor Northam from this year's Charter Day celebration," the groups said in the letter. "We also request that the College does not grant Governor Northam an honorary degree. As an institution, we cannot support these offensive acts out of respect to not only our students, but also our own personal values. His presence will detract from the experience of the student body, faculty, and staff." Last year, following a tradition to honor newly inaugurated Virginia governors, the College had Northam serve as the keynote speaker at Charter Day and conferred an honorary degree. At the time, Northam commended the College's recognition of the 50th anniversary of African-American students in residence and spoke about issues of socioeconomic diversity at public universities in Virginia. Over the summer, Northam also participated in Rowe's swearing in. Rowe also emphasized in her statement that Northam's behavior would not be acceptable in today's world and was also not acceptable in 1984. In preparation for Tuesday night's Student Assembly senate meeting, Class of 2020 President Kelsey Vita '20 and Sen. Anthony Joseph '21 have drafted a resolution titled The Expectations of Gubernatorial Leadership. Sen. Cody Mills '20, Sen. JonDavid Nichols '20, Sen. Zie Medrano '19 and Sen. Alexis Payne '19 have also signed on as sponsors. In addition to these sponsors, several other senators, SA secretaries and SA undersecretaries have signed on to the resolution. This resolution, which has not officially been discussed on the floor at an SA Senate meeting, acts to condemn Northam while simultaneously supporting his dismissal from Charter Day and demanding his immediate resignation. Since the resolution's introduction, Northam has already been removed from Charter Day. "If passed, we intend to disperse this resolution to the student body via email, deliver it to the Board of Visitors, and send it to other student governments of Virginia public institutions," Vita said in a written statement. Vita said that she hoped that if passed, this resolution would have a larger impact in uniting universities across the state in condemning Northam and calling for his resignation. One point of the resolution calls to have Virginia Lieutenant Gov. Justin Fairfax replace Northam as a guest speaker at Charter Day. However, allegations have surfaced that Fairfax committed sexual assault in 2004 at the Democratic National Convention. Vita and Joseph said that they were unaware of these allegations at the time they wrote and shared the resolution, but they will research in time for Tuesday's meeting. William and Mary Students United posted on their Facebook page about these allegations. Dalton Jared '20, one student who organizes with Students United, said that he was proud of students who spoke out against Northam. He also said that he hoped future conversations about Fairfax would be led by sexual assault survivors. "We must trust the individual who has come forward and follow their lead regarding proper reparations - if that is their wish," Jared said in a written statement. "... We must trust the individual who has come forward and follow their lead regarding proper reparations - if that is their wish," Jared said in a written statement. "... Survivors should always be central to discussions such as this, so we should all strive to be good listeners rather than commanding the situation or absolving Fairfax of his violence simply because we may agree with his politics. Therefore it would be appropriate for the College to distance itself from Fairfax as well." The resolution will be officially discussed Tuesday, Feb. 5, during the SA Senate meeting at 7 p.m. This meeting, like other SA meetings, will be open to the public. Charter Day Eastern Virginia Medical School Katherine Rowe Previous articlePi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter loses charter for violating international standards Next articlePresident Katherine Rowe set to be inaugurated at Charter Day Sarah Smith '19 served as The Flat Hat's Editor-in-chief From January 2018-February 2019. Previously she served as news editor and associate news editor, and has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists for her work with in-depth reporting. 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Chiesetta di San Rocco The church of San Rocco is located in via Don Luigi Maletta , in the historic center of Cosenza, near the banks of the river Crati. The church of San Rocco was built after the historical plague epidemic that struck Cosenza in 1656. The city had already been hit in 1576 by an equally serious epidemic and from which the cult of the Madonna del Pilerio was born. The date of construction of the church is shown in the inscription engraved on the architrave of the portal of the same: "ERECTA TEMPORE PESTIS A.N.D. 1656 " which unfortunately is not clearly visible today. The same name of the building at San Rocco recalls its origin as "ex voto" linked to the disease. At the time of its construction the area was almost deserted. It was therefore initially used as a simple chapel and later became the seat of one of the various city confraternities, such as the confraternity of the Saints Crispino and Crispiniano. As evidence of this, in the arch on either side of the niche are the two saints, who were initially confused with the saints Cosma and Damiano. Today the church assumes a mere symbolic value and is no longer used for liturgical celebrations. THE FACADE The building has a simple structure. The exterior is characterized by a rectangular portal in tufa, surmounted by a small window, coeval to the foundation as indicated by the inscription on the architrave, no longer visible, but flanked by two angel heads that still appear in good condition. There is a small bell gable, also in tuff. The facade of the church The interior of the church, with a rectangular plan, appears to be very small. On the ceiling there is a painting of the Immaculate, which, from an unreadable inscription, seems to date back to 1837. Painting of the Immaculate DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING The painting on the altar depicting San Rocco is a recent work, which in 1977 took the place of the original fresco of 1813, unfortunately disappeared around the '30s. Foreground of the fresco THE STATUE San Rocco is also depicted in a small nineteenth-century painting on the front of the wooden pulpit on the left wall and in a statue in the niche of the right wall. Statue of San Rocco The statue shows the Saint in pilgrim's clothes with a dog with bread in his mouth next to his iconographic attribute. The marble altar is also relatively recent, since, until 1936, there was a fixed gold-colored altar. There are also other statues representing icons related to the local cult. 1. Parola di Vita, Lorenzo Coscarella (Novembre 2014) Photos and main text by Nicolò Malato moc.liamg|9976otalamolocin#| and Antonio Pucci moc.liamg|2oinotnaiccup#| (December 2018). Locate this item on Google Maps buildingchurchepidemicseuropefrescoitalymedicinemedicine-and-religionmonumentpaintingpictureplagueportraitreligionreligious-buildingsaintstatue

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Wolfe on the Space Race 22 July 2009 grant b Science 0 That fella who wrote The Right Stuff got into the New York Times this week and allowed to do a little ranting about the big picture of humans in space: Unfortunately, NASA couldn't present as its spokesman and great philosopher a former high-ranking member of the Nazi Wehrmacht with a heavy German accent. As a result, the space program has been killing time for 40 years with a series of orbital projects ... Skylab, the Apollo-Soyuz joint mission, the International Space Station and the space shuttle. These programs have required a courage and engineering brilliance comparable to the manned programs that preceded them. But their purpose has been mainly to keep the lights on at the Kennedy Space Center and Houston's Johnson Space Center - by removing manned flight from the heavens and bringing it very much down to earth. The shuttle program, for example, was actually supposed to appeal to the public by offering orbital tourist rides, only to end in the Challenger disaster, in which the first such passenger, Christa McAuliffe, a schoolteacher, perished. The whole piece is a little full-steam-ahead and kind of cranky-sounding, but I can't shake the feeling he's telling the truth. NASA needs philosophers. ... and Jupiter, while we're at it. SONG: Like Salamanders Do

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Limmud Van'15 presentations Limmud Vancouver is a unique community event that brings together people of all ages, from all streams of Judaism and at all levels of Jewish knowledge to learn, teach and share their knowledge and experience for a weekend. Limmud activities are held around the world and organized entirely by volunteers. This year I was both honoured and flattered to be asked to make two presentations, one tonight at a cabaret-style evening at the Jewish Community Centre, and one tomorrow at Eric Hamber School as part of the day's educational program. Tonight I will tell the story of two trips to Odessa Ukraine (once Russia) where my forefathers once lived. Odessa is also Vancouver's sister city and when I first visited with my father in 1994, then Mayor Phillip Owen wrote to the recently elected mayor of Odessa, (who coincidentally was a Jew) asking for a reception at City Hall. While the mayor was in Kiev, we were received by the Deputy Mayor. At the time I joked that since every Geller who I ever met came from Odessa, I wanted to see how many Gellers there were in the Odessa telephone directory. Unfortunately we had such a busy and exciting day, we forgot to check. However, this past spring I returned to Odessa following a business trip to Moscow. This time I did not forget and found a young lady at the Jewish Museum who helped me check out the directories! Tomorrow I will give a presentation on the many fascinating and beautiful synagogues and museums I have toured around the world. Both presentations will be posted on-line after the event. Posted by Michael Geller at 10:26 AM 12 comments: Reflections on Urban Design Panel decision: 555 West Cordova, Vancouver As I sat beside Vancouver Sun journalist Jeff Lee yesterday at Vancouver City Hall listening to the Urban Design Panel deliberations on this controversial project, I was reminded of the OJ Simpson trial. IT DOESN'T FIT! Design fit was my primary concern with the proposal which had been privately supported by city planning staff over the past year. In an on-line interview with the Vancouver Sun, Brian Jackson, Manager of Planning and Development made it clear staff were supporting a significant office building on this site as part of a redevelopment of the lands surrounding the transit hub. I understand this objective. Jackson also noted that staff would be seeking input from various city committees including the Gastown Heritage Committee, the Heritage Commission and Urban Design Panel. The project was then scheduled to go to the Development Permit Board on March 9th, 2015. A key step missing in his process was a community Open House. Jackson said this was not necessary since the project was not a rezoning, but rather a Development Permit Application. However, as each of the Urban Design Panel members noted yesterday, this is a very significant site for the city with many design constraints, and deserves special consideration. A key question in my mind is whether the 400,000 square foot building that the developer wants to build will fit on this site, even with design refinements. I would note that this size is not related to the size of the parking lot; it's related to the size of the total property which includes the CP Station. In other words, the developer wants to transfer building area from one portion of the property to another. That's why the building seems so big. However, given the view corridors which the city wants to protect, and the historic Station, I believe it will be difficult to successfully fit such a large building on such a small space. While I am still astounded that the city's Heritage Commission approved this building, and was pleasantly surprised by the unanimous opposition by members of the UDP (even though 2 ultimately supported it, it remains to be seen what happens next. Hopefully the planning department will agree that the meeting of the Development Permit Board should be postponed so that this application can go back to the drawing board, and to also allow time for a public Open House to review the revised design. I look forward to the next steps in the process. City design panel rejects controversial Waterfront tower proposal: Vancouver Sun January 29, 2015 Members say 26-story design a bad fit beside heritage train station By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun January 28, 2015 A striking and controversial office tower proposed for the entrance to Gastown was rejected by Vancouver's urban design panel Wednesday.Saying Cadillac Fairview's plan for a 26-storey glass "art wall" style tower presented too many unanswered questions and conflicted with the major heritage Waterfront Station next door, the panel voted 4-2 not to support sending the proposal on to the next stage of city consideration. It means the architects will have to redesign the building before coming back to the panel. The panel, a city council-appointed group made up of architects, engineers, landscape architects and the development industry, unanimously said the space, a small parking lot at 555 West Cordova, deserves to have a building but the proposal as it stands was a "poor fit" for such an important site. They said the design, a tall, bulky, angular glass tower that tapered down to a pyramid entrance and a curved art wall, had many flaws. From the city's insistence that the building be moved closer to the heritage-listed Waterfront Station to protect a proposed road, to the loss of important public space, to a paucity of sustainability features the architects have incorporated in other projects - the panel felt the building wasn't the right fit for the space or the city. "There have been comments on this panel that it seems as though the connector road is being valued more than the station building," said panel chair and architect Ryan Bragg. "The proposal almost insults the heritage around it." The tower was designed by renowned Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, who have built many internationally-recognized buildings all over the world. But with this one, they struck out. From the start they acknowledged it was a challenge to design. The small footprint available, the city's insistence on protecting a road allowance to a future waterfront hub district and a view corridor that limited the height of the tower made it hard to come up with a workable design that complimented the city and the site. They ended up designing a building that towered over and even appeared to eat into Waterfront Station. But they said they felt the resulting proposal achieved the necessary goals of form, space and design. The entire panel disagreed, even though two members, Walter Francl and Arno Matis, voted to send the proposal to the next stage. "I am not satisfied that the work has been done," said Phil Mondor, who represents the Vancouver Planning Commission on the panel. He also noted that with the city and the Canadian Pacific Railway on the outs over the controversial Arbutus Corridor, it might be some time before the waterfront hub district built over CPR's tracks will come to fruition. "We might be living with this for a long time," he said, adding the tower had to stand on its own merits and not whether it fit into the proposed district. Panel member Matthew Soules, also an architect, said he's a "strong advocate of bold architecture" and believes in contemporary design. But he said this proposal "has some significant deficiencies." Gill and Smith took the rejection in stride. Gill told reporters later he appreciated the panel's comments, many of which offered alternative solutions that could make the project work. "I don't take this as a personal affront," Gill said. "I felt the panel's comments were very constructive and very helpful. Nothing really surprised me. I think we understand the site really well. It is a difficult site." Posted by Michael Geller at 6:35 AM 1 comment: Opinion: 'Awkward' building would be bad fit: Vancouver Courier January 28, 2015 The CPR Station has long been one of my favourite Vancouver buildings. For 16 years I had my offices on the second floor and watched the waterfront transform around me. I often walked past the adjacent parking lot wondering what might one day be built there. Perhaps this is why I was so shocked a few weeks ago when I saw an illustration in the Vancouver Courier of a proposed new office tower to replace the parking lot. It did not fit in. It looked all wrong. Many years ago, I participated in the planning and rezoning of the property immediately north of the station. It comprised two parcels bisected by a lane. In order to create one taller building, we transferred the building mass that could have been built along Hastings Street across the lane to Cordova Street. In return for rezoning approval, we proposed a public plaza at Seymour and Hastings Streets and raised a portion of the building on columns to minimize view blockage of the station. Unfortunately, Narod Developments, the company for which I worked, went into receivership and another firm took over. While I never liked their shiny chrome design, I did like the concept of a public space on Hastings and the greenery that was planted on the buildings. I mention this since, in September 2014, the city rezoned this public plaza for a 25-storey office building. The floor space ratio (FSR), which is a measure of the building size in relation to the site area, increased from .09 to 24.34, almost three times the permitted downtown zoning. City planners recommended approval since they claimed no one was using the plaza and council wanted new office building development. It may be noteworthy that the firm of architects that designed this building is also associated with the proposed building on the CPR station parking lot, along with Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill. The latter are world-renowned architects, having designed the tallest building in the world in Dubai and what will be a 3,300 foot building in Saudi Arabia. So why do I find their design for the building next to the station so objectionable? Let me begin by declaring I like modern buildings juxtaposed with historic buildings. During my travels I have seen many wonderful modern additions to heritage buildings and new buildings built beside them. My fundamental problem with this design is that it is neither an architecturally pleasing addition to the station, nor a complementary new building beside it. With its contrived geometric shapes at the street level and first few floors where it almost touches the heritage building, it looks and feels both awkward and disrespectful. The building also feels too big for its site and does not keep Vancouver's tradition of respecting the pedestrian at street level. This is why former director of planning Ray Spaxman called the building "a horror. I think he's right. I suspect city planners know this building design is not as good as it could be. I am told one of the reasons it is so jammed up against the station is that city engineers insisted upon a greater separation from the historic Landing building for a future roadway. A second reason is the building has been squeezed by a required view corridor of the mountains from Queen Elizabeth Park. Personally, I would relax the requirement for this distant view corridor if it would result in improved views at the street level, along with a more sympathetic relationship between the new and old buildings, and a more slender building shape. Alternatively, I would encourage the city to grant the developer approval to transfer some of the building density allowed on this site to another site. This afternoon (Jan. 28), the city's Urban Design Panel will review the current proposal. If it supports the design, the public will have an opportunity to see the plan at an open house before it goes before the Development Permit Board. If the panel does not support the design, it will be back to the drawing board. I hope it will be the latter. The CPR Station has long been one of my favourite Vancouver buildings. For 16 years I had my offices on the second floor and watched the waterfront transform around me. I often walked past the adjacent parking lot wondering what might one day be built there. Perhaps this is why I was so shocked a few weeks ago when I saw an illustration in the Vancouver Courier of a proposed new office tower to replace the parking lot. Many years ago, I participated in the planning and rezoning of the property immediately north of the station. It comprised two parcels bisected by a lane. In order to create one taller building, we transferred the building mass that could have been built along Hastings Street across the lane to Cordova Street. Unfortunately, Narod Developments, the company for which I worked, went into receivership and another firm took over. While I never liked their shiny chrome design, I did like the concept of a public space on Hastings and the greenery that was planted on the buildings. With its contrived geometric shapes at the street level and first few floors where it almost touches the heritage building, it looks and feels both awkward and disrespectful. The building also feels too big for its site and does not keep Vancouver's tradition of respecting the pedestrian at street level. This is why former director of planning Ray Spaxman called the building "a horror." I think he's right. I suspect city planners know this building design is not as good as it could be. I am told one of the reasons it is so jammed up against the station is that city engineers insisted upon a greater separation from the historic Landing building for a future roadway. A second reason is the building has been squeezed by a required view corridor of the mountains from Queen Elizabeth Park. Personally, I would relax the requirement for this distant view corridor if it would result in improved views at the street level, along with a more sympathetic relationship between the new and old buildings, and a more slender building shape. Alternatively, I would encourage the city to grant the developer approval to transfer some of the building density allowed on this site to another site. This afternoon (Jan. 28), the city's Urban Design Panel will review the current proposal. If it supports the design, the public will have an opportunity to see the plan at an open house before it goes before the Development Permit Board. If the panel does not support the design, it will be back to the drawing board. - See more at: My letter to City of Vancouver re: 555 West Cordova Street Architects' illustration of the new tower as viewed along West Cordova Street Attn: Brian Jackson, General Manager of Planning and Development Dear Mr. Jackson, Re Development Permit Application 555 West Cordova Street I am writing to express my concerns with the proposed office building design at 555 West Cordova Street next to the CPR Station. From 1983 to 1999 I had my offices in The Station and know the subject property and surrounding area very well. Let me begin by declaring I like modern buildings juxtaposed with historic buildings, such as Arthur Erickson's Bank of Canada addition in Ottawa which literally encases the old building inside a new glass block. During my travels I have seen many modern new buildings successfully added onto or built beside heritage structures, including some literally on top of the old, and others cantilevered out over the old. My fundamental problem with the design of this building is that it is neither an architecturally pleasing addition to the Station, nor a complementary new building beside it. With its contrived geometric shapes at the street level and the first few floors where it appears to engulf the heritage building, it looks and feels both awkward and disrespectful. Heritage Committee member Anthony Norfolk put it a different way. "It is as if a rodent from Jurassic Park had chewed the base at the ground level" where the old building comes up against the new. A local urban designer wrote to me that "the new building will be jammed up against and in fact beetle over the top of the former CPR Railway Station". He went on to say it seems like the architects have been drinking the same Kool-Aid that Daniel Libeskind imbibed when he came up with Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum extension. Anyone who has walked by or been inside this wildly unpopular building will know precisely what he means. I have two other concerns. From the drawings and model, the building seems too big for its site, and is out of keeping with Vancouver's tradition of respecting the pedestrian at street level. The latter is why former Director of Planning Ray Spaxman called the building "a horror". I think he's right. I suspect your planning department knows this building design is not the best for the location. I am told one of the reasons it is so jammed up against the CPR Station is that city engineers insisted on a greater separation from the historic Landing building to allow a right of way for a future roadway. If so, why could the new building not be moved away from the Station with the right-of-way partially underneath the new structure? I understand the building massing has also been constricted by the height limit imposed by the required view corridor of the mountains from Queen Elizabeth Park. Personally, I would relax this distant view corridor in order to allow greater views at the street level, a more sympathetic relationship between the old and new, and a less squat building shape. Alternatively, I would encourage the city to grant the developer approval to transfer some of the building density allowed on this site to another site. The fact that the developer is not being required to provide the customary parking provision on site is a significant relaxation which could be traded off for a further reduction in building size. Other design approaches might be to further cantilever the new building, raise it up on columns above the old building, or design it as a creative addition to the Station. These approaches might be more architecturally challenging, but the architects for this building, internationally renowned Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture with input by local firm B+H Architecture should be up to the task. After all, Smith is responsible for designing Dubai's Burj Khalifa, currently ranked the tallest building in the world, and Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Tower which will be the world's new tallest when completed in 2018. In conclusion, I am concerned that if this development is built as currently designed, it will not create the beautiful gateway to Gastown and future Port Lands development that city planners hope to see. I would therefore urge the City to instruct the architects to increase the separation between the new building and the CPR Station, resulting in a less contrived building shape, and better integration with the Station. I would also urge you to require a slimmer, more elegant building form, either by allowing the building to be higher, or through a reduction in buildable area. Finally, I would urge the city to arrange an Open House, or instruct the developer to hold an Open House well in advance of the Development Board meeting. This would allow the general public and Vancouver's design community to review all the materials that have been prepared, and presented to staff, such as the video and new model. Having served as an advisory member of the Development Permit Board for six years, I would respectfully suggest that this will result in a more informed and constructive discussion at the DP Board meeting. I hope these comments are helpful. cc Mayor and Council Opinion Vancouver Courier It's time to fix Vancouver's broken taxi system January 21, 2015 Have you ever waited too long for a taxi, or not got one at all? Last week, SFU's noon-time discussion series 'City Conversation' examined Vancouver's taxi industry and emerging technology-based alternatives such as Uber. Participants included Mohan Singh, President of the B.C. Taxi Association (BCTA), which represents most taxi companies in the province, and former Vancouver city councillor and writer Peter Ladner. While Uber and its aggressive tactics have attracted media headlines, there are other ride-share providers wanting to serve us. This could have significant ramifications for taxi passengers, drivers, and the industry as a whole. I attended this discussion since for many years I have believed Metro Vancouver's taxi system is broken, especially when compared with other cities where I have lived and travelled. The fact that the BC Taxi Association represents all 140 taxi companies in BC except for the four companies operating in Vancouver is, to my mind, evidence that something is amiss. While the BCTA is proud of its lobbying efforts to keep the BC taxi industry regulated, many provincial regulations are outdated, short-sighted and neither sustainable nor in the best interests of passengers. For example, except during weekend evenings, North Shore, Surrey, or Richmond taxis bringing fares into Vancouver are not allowed to take fares back to their home municipalities. They must return empty. This is a sustainable transportation system? At the same time, Vancouver taxis are often reluctant to take fares to distant parts of Metro since they too are restricted from bringing fares back to the city. If you have ever waited a long time for a taxi or not found one at all, it may be because Vancouver has the lowest ratio of taxis per capita of any major Canadian city. It is significant that not one new taxi company has been allowed to enter the Vancouver market in 25 years. Compare this with any other retail or service industry. If you thought fares seemed expensive, Vancouver rates are approximately 15% higher than the average in major Canadian cities. SFU graduate student Benn Proctor has written an excellent master's thesis on the taxi industry. He concluded that the primary beneficiaries of current regulations are the taxi company shareholders who can charge $800,000 for a single taxi cab license. Meanwhile, taxi drivers who work half their shift just to pay overhead and operating expenses and taxi passengers are the losers; especially those of us trying to get a cab during peak times or around 4pm when the customary 12 hour shifts start and end. While deregulating the taxi industry might seem like a possible solution, it has been tried in many places around the world with limited success. Regulatory reform would seem to be a better approach. However, without public outcry, significant regulatory reform is not likely to happen in Metro since, as I learned when I ran for City Council, taxi cab owners are very influential and highly visible at election time. For these reasons, I and many others would like to see Uber or similar companies operating in Vancouver. Uber's stated mission is "to improve city life by connecting people with safe, reliable, hassle-free rides through the use of technology". Passengers use a smartphone app to connect with private drivers. Uber currently operates in 253 cities in 53 countries worldwide. While it has generated concerns, as noted during the SFU discussion, including highly publicized reports of drivers raping passengers, everyone with whom I have spoken who has used Uber is full of praise. Fares are generally lower, cars come quickly, and the smartphone application provides details on vehicle identification and arrival. Furthermore, no cash changes hands. Today New York City has 14,000 cabs for 8.5 million people. Mexico City has 100,000 cabs for 9 million people. Metro Vancouver has 1500 cabs serving a population of nearly 2.5 million. As more Vancouver residents chose not to own a car, and tougher drinking and driving laws are introduced, the need for more taxis and taxi alternatives will increase. Vancouver needs to develop a 'taxi culture' like other major world cities. More cabs and alternative transportation choices like Uber will help make this happen. Twitter.com/ @michaelgeller FOLLOW UP STORY JANUARY 31, 2015 Since writing this column, I came across the following story by the Vancouver Sun's Don Cayo. I should note that I was wrong in stating that suburban cabs can pick up in Vancouver on weekends. The Vancouver taxi owners are fighting this. But Cayo's column reinforces many of my other concerns. Read on: Don Cayo: Vancouver confronts the Uber dilemma What is fair? Ending a high-priced monopoly, or maintaining high value for taxi licences? By Don Cayo, Vancouver Sun columnist January 30, 2015 VANCOUVER - Industry insiders are grumbling that the value of Vancouver taxi licences is being eroded by Uber-riding fear - the mere prospect of competition from the $40-billion, app-based cab company that is breaking taxi monopolies around the world. In newspaper reports this week, Carolyn Bauer of the Vancouver Taxi Association noted the trading price for taxi licences, estimated by industry analysts to be about $800,000, has plunged, although she wouldn't say to what level. Even before this claim was made, however, questions were being asked about compensation for licence-holders who will lose their near-monopoly if the tight restriction on the number of taxis allowed to operate in the city is loosened. My Vancouver Sun colleague Peter O'Neil noted in an insightful story last fall that the legal issues are far from clear. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, he reported, finds no precedent in the economies it analyzes for compensating licence-holders when an industry is deregulated. SFU marketing professor Lindsay Meredith doesn't see it that way. He fears the licence-holders will cite - and the courts may accept - a costly precedent set in the 1990s when Ottawa decided to pay market prices to buy out commercial salmon-fishing licences. Certainly the players who dominate their industry both here and in other cities are not averse to using the courts to maintain their lucrative exclusivity. For example, taxi licence-holders in Chicago and Boston are suing their city halls for compensation on the grounds that allowing Uber to operate has undermined the value of their licences. Here, Vancouver cab companies have gone to court both to block a bid by 38 suburban taxi cabs to compete for weekend business, and to attempt to forestall Uber's entry into the market. And certainly if the fishing-licence precedent were to be followed, it would cost a lot. The 588 taxi licences in the city, each worth $800,000 if the published estimates are confirmed, would add up to almost $500 million - although they would no doubt retain some value, so a settlement could be prorated. I won't try to second-guess what the courts might decide. But the case could be made - and, judging from the comments on the Internet whenever the subject is written about, I think a lot of Vancouverites would agree - that licence-holders who suddenly have to compete to stay in business don't deserve anything at all. For one thing, all the city or the province ever got out of it is a few hundred dollars a year for cab licences - it's the fact that such limited numbers of licences are granted that has allowed the owners to spin them into six-figure assets. Meanwhile, taxis have been able to charge a premium - to gouge passengers, many would say - so they have already extracted full value from their licences. Meredith doesn't dismiss this argument, but he says the taxi industry would be sure to counter with sob stories. They would no doubt showcase in the media hard-luck cases such as widows living solely on the returns from leasing the licence left to them by their late husbands, or young family men up to their ears in debt to pay for a licence that lets them put bread on the table. To be sure, there are fairness issues at stake - both fairness for cab customers, who are disproportionately old or poor or disabled, and for workers in the industry whose livelihoods may be undercut if the rules suddenly change. Fairness for passengers implies - nay, demands - allowing competition to get rid of inflated capital costs and monopoly pricing. Fairness for licence-holders might involve a more nuanced kind of solution like one suggested by the Conference Board of Canada to compensate dairy and poultry farmers if/when the plug is pulled on their supply management sinecures. It's to treat licences like any other business asset - something that depreciates over time as value is extracted from it. In other words, pay compensation amounting to what the Conference Board calls book value - the price paid, less reasonable depreciation over the time period the asset was held. © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun Opinion: Writer Sean Rossiter built a legacy covering Vancouver Vancouver Courier January 14, 2015 There was a standing room only crowd at Sean Rossiter's Celebration of Life on Thursday January 15, 2015. I just wish Sean had been there to enjoy the kind words from friends from so many different walks of life. "The pen is mightier than the sword." So wrote English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1839 play Richelieu: Or the Conspiracy, although seventh century BC Assyrian sage Ahigar is reported to have written "The word is mightier than the sword." I have been thinking about these quotations over the past week as a result of the tragic Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris and other related events. I cannot help but admire the bravery of the journalists who were murdered and the phenomenal response by people around the world. On Sunday, the sight of world leaders marching arm in arm in front of more than a million people through the streets of Paris is something I will never forget. We can only hope that this tragedy will lead to a better understanding of the concerns of Muslims, Christians and Jews in France and greater world harmony. However, I am not overly optimistic that this will happen in my lifetime. Last week we lost another great journalist. Vancouver writer Sean Rossiter died after a decade-long battle with Parkinson's disease. As repeatedly noted in other obituaries, Sean was universally regarded as a great writer, but more importantly, a true gentleman. He authored 26 books on various topics but was best known to many of us in the architectural, planning and development community as the author of the "Twelfth and Cambie" column, which appeared monthly in Vancouver Magazine from summer 1975 until fall 1991. In one of his last columns in June 1991, "City Hall Wins One For The Bureaucrats," he wrote about the Bayshore project and my failed attempt to get permission to develop a residential tower on piers in the marina in return for extending a public pier at the end of Denman Street, linking it to the shoreline with an Amsterdam bridge. As he wrote, "One reason the planner gave for turning thumbs-down on the tower-in-the-water was that there aren't a lot of examples of towers on waterfront in Vancouver. No wonder! It is noteworthy that the only alderman who voted for it was the only newcomer to civic politics, the only truly open-mind on council, Tung Chan." Twenty four years later, I still think it is a shame Vancouver does not have a lively public pier and more places to gather along the waterfront. During the '70s and '80s, Sean was the only Vancouver journalist regularly writing about architecture and urban issues. Each month, architects around the city would eagerly await the next issue of Vancouver Magazine to see what topic he was tackling. He often wrote about the importance of protecting older buildings while saluting visionary architects and planners. Former Vancouver Mayor and BC Premier and recovering politician, Mike Harcourt was one of many who spoke about Sean's special qualities as a cartoonist, writer, hockey player, and true gentleman In 2007, in one of his last books, Sean collaborated with Mike Harcourt and Ken Cameron on City Making in Paradise: Nine Decisions that Saved Vancouver. For those who have not yet read it, the book describes, amongst other things, the efforts to save Strathcona, the creation of the Agricultural Land Reserve, Expo '86 and the remaking of False Creek, and the important role played by the GVRD and Regional Planning. Sean was one of the founding directors of Vancouver's Urbanarium Society, along with former chief planner Ray Spaxman, architects Richard Henriquez and Frank Musson, landscape architect Jane Durante and others. The goal of the society was to create a special museum similar to those found in Singapore and Shanghai, housing a large model of the city and other displays. It would be a place where one could discuss future projects and plans and important urban topics. With Sean's help, the Urbanarium Society launched the Builders of Vancouver series, which profiled architects, engineers and other personalities who helped create our city. Today, former Urbanarium directors, along with Leslie Van Duzer, head of the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, are continuing to explore the feasibility of creating an Urbanarium for Vancouver. I hope they succeed so we can one day wander through the Sean Rossiter Gallery. Sean Rossiter leaves behind his wife, Terri Wershler, and other family members. A memorial service is being held tomorrow (Jan. 15) at 4:30 p.m. at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden. Rest in peace, Sean. - See more at: Posted by Michael Geller at 11:24 AM 1 comment:

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Uber app 'not a taximeter' Blog / Uber app 'not a taximeter' Announcement, judgement, latest news, london news, smartphone, taximeter Uber hailed the decision as "news for Londoners and a victory for common sense." Mr Justice Ouseley circulated that: "A taximeter, for the purposes of Section 11 of the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998, it's not a device which receives GPS signals in the course of a journey, and sends GPS data to a server located outside of the vehicle, which counts a fare that is partially or wholly resolved by reference to distance travelled and time taken, and sends the real information back to the device." Mr Justice Ouseley announced that whilst the smartphone with the driver's application may be essential to enabling the calculation of fares to take place that did not make it a device "for" measuring fares in breach of the taximeter prohibition. He also found that it was drivers, not their vehicles, who are "equipped" with phones.

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Did you know you can download our entire database for free? Georgia Caselaw: Georgia Code: Browse (external) Findlaw Georgia Law Resources This site exists because of donors like you. Lawskills.com Georgia Caselaw CHAMBLEY v. THE STATE (two cases). (163 Ga. App. 502) (295 SE2d 166) POPE, Judge. Robbery; kidnapping. Paulding Superior Court. Before Judge Fudger. Appellants here appeal from their convictions on one count of robbery (Phillip: armed robbery; Timothy: robbery by intimidation) and on two counts of kidnapping. The evidence showed that appellants went to a residence for the purpose of burglarizing it. They found two boys at home. Phillip threatened the boys with a gun and both appellants made the boys go into the living room where appellants tied them up. Appellants then began to search the house for valuables. When the search failed to produce the items they desired, appellants untied the boys and forced them to help in the search. After finding a satisfactory quantity of goods, appellants took the boys to the attic and again tied them. Appellants briefly searched the house further and then departed. Appellants were found guilty of the crimes and were sentenced to serve twenty years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. Appellant Timothy Chambley asserts two enumerations of error in this appeal: (1) That the trial court erred in denying the motion for a directed verdict of acquittal on the kidnapping charges and (2) That the court erred in denying his requests to charge pertaining to included offenses. Appellant Phillip Chambley asserts additionally that the trial court erred in considering a pre-sentence investigation report by the probation department which included pending charges against him as well as prior convictions. The issues presented by these enumerations of error are: (1) Whether appellants committed the crime of kidnapping under the facts adduced at trial; (2) Whether the crime of kidnapping was included in the crime of robbery under these facts; and (3) Whether the trial court's use of the investigation report for sentencing purposes was improper. 1. Code Ann. 26-1311 (a) provides: "A person commits kidnapping when he abducts or steals away any person without lawful authority or warrant and holds such person against his will." Appellants assert that the evidence presented was insufficient to send the issue to the jury in that there was no evidence of any abduction or asportation. The evidence showed that the boys were forced to go into several rooms and the attic of the house against their will, but that they were never carried away from the house. The state contends that the distance is immaterial, that any asportation is sufficient. The issue is a thorny one. The Supreme Court recognized this in the case of Haynes v. State, 249 Ga. 119 (1) (288 SE2d 185) (1982). The court affirmed the part of our decision (159 Ga. App. 34 (1) (283 SE2d 25) (1981)) holding that the forcing of a Hyatt Regency Hotel employee to walk from her desk about 25 feet to the hotel manager's office was sufficient asportation for conviction of kidnapping. The court also stated, "[W]e believe that specific legislation, amending Code Ann. 26-1308 [sic?], should be enacted penalizing the holding of hostages for ransom to eliminate the hair-splitting decisions as to what is sufficient asportation . . . ." 249 Ga. at 120. Similarly, we believe Code Ann. 26-1311 ought to be amended to specifically provide for circumstances such as those existing here. In the meantime, we adhere to the rule that any unlawful asportation, however slight, is sufficient to support a kidnapping conviction. Brown v. State, 132 Ga. App. 399 (2) (208 SE2d 183) (1974). See also Waters v. State, 248 Ga. 355 (9) (283 SE2d 238) (1981); Peavy v. State, 159 Ga. App. 280 (1b) (283 SE2d 346) (1981). 2. Closely related to their first contention, appellants contend that, under the facts proven in this case, the alleged kidnappings were included in the robbery. Their argument is that the facts supporting the kidnapping charges were incidental to and part of the robbery and therefore the two offenses "merged." Code Ann. 26-506 (a)(1) allows multiple prosecutions for the same conduct unless one crime is included in the other. See Bailey v. State, 146 Ga. App. 774 (2) (247 SE2d 588) (1978). Code Ann. 26-505 (a) defines an included crime as one which is "established by proof of the same or less than all the facts or a less culpable mental state than is required to establish" the other crime charged. See Thomas v. State, 237 Ga. 690 (3) (229 SE2d 458) (1976). Under these two sections a crime is an included crime, barring multiple punishment, if it is the same as a matter of law or a matter of fact. State v. Estevez, 232 Ga. 316 (1) (206 SE2d 475) (1974). See also Pryor v. State, 238 Ga. 698 (1) (234 SE2d 918), cert. den. 434 U. S. 935 (1977). Kidnapping clearly is not included in the crime of robbery as a matter of law. See Dotson v. State, 160 Ga. App. 898 (3) (288 SE2d 609) (1982). For a robbery conviction, the state must prove the accused took property of another from the person or in the immediate presence of another with the intent to commit theft. Code Ann. 26-1901. For a kidnapping conviction, the state must prove an unlawful asportation of a person against his will. Code Ann. 26-1311. Thus, the elements of the two crimes are distinctly different. See Bill v. State, 153 Ga. App. 131 (2) (264 SE2d 582)(1980). Since the kidnapping and the robbery were not the same as a matter of law or as a matter of fact, the trial court properly denied the motion for directed verdict of acquittal and correctly submitted the case to the jury with instructions on the law of kidnapping and robbery. 3. Appellant Phillip Chambley further contends that the trial court erred in considering a pre-sentence investigation report prepared by the probation department at the court's request. The report contained information pertaining to a number of prior convictions (most of which appellant denied at sentencing) as well as a pending charge against appellant. Appellant did not object when the court stated it would request the report. Appellant, however, did voice an adequate objection at the sentencing hearing. It is well established that a trial court may use an undisclosed probation report as a tool in determining whether to suspend or probate a sentence, but the court cannot use the undisclosed report to aggravate the sentence. McDuffie v. Jones, 248 Ga. 544 (3) (283 SE2d 601) (1981); Mills v. State, 244 Ga. 186 (259 SE2d 445) (1979); Munsford v. State, 235 Ga. 38,45 (218 SE2d 792) (1975). Here, it is not clear from the record whether the report was disclosed to appellant prior to the sentencing hearing, but we find it most reasonable to conclude that it was not disclosed. The trial court definitely considered the report, which is evidenced by express statements by the court and a series of questions posed to appellant by the court concerning items in the report. It is unclear from the record whether the report was used to actually aggravate the sentences, and this is what we must now determine. In Munsford, where the rule was established, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence because it concluded the trial court did not use the pre-sentence report to increase the length of the sentence. The court made note of the fact that the sentence imposed was well below the maximum sentence. See 235 Ga. at 45-46. See also McKisic v. State, 238 Ga. 644 (5) (234 SE2d 908) (1977). In this case the trial court imposed the maximum sentence on each count. This case is also unlike Crews v. State, 142 Ga. App. 319 (7) (235 SE2d 756) (1977), where the record refuted any claim that the report was used by the judge to increase the sentence, and Benefield v. State, 140 Ga. App. 727 (12) (232 SE2d 89) (1976), where the judge made it explicit that he was not, and could not, use the report for fixing the length of the sentence. Although we will not presume error in sentencing, Watts v. State, 141 Ga. App. 127 (8) (232 SE2d 590), cert. den. 434 U.S. 925 (1977), we require some assurance from a fair reading of the record that error was not in fact committed. Moss v. State, 144 Ga. App. 226 (4) (240 SE2d 773) (1977). The only arguable assurance we find in the record here is that the court ordered the sentences to run concurrently rather than consecutively. See Code Ann. 27-2510; Hoerner v. State, 246 Ga. 374 (2) (271 SE2d 458) (1980); Smith v. Ault, 230 Ga. 433 (3) (197 SE2d 348) (1973). On the other hand, the record shows that the judge questioned both appellants at length regarding the respective probation reports and remarked, immediately prior to passing sentence, that he had "the benefit of the investigations of the Probation Department" he had requested. No actual evidence of prior convictions was admitted at the hearing. In fact, the state presented no evidence and made no argument. Thus, the only aggravating facts were in the probation reports. The record compels the conclusion that the trial court impermissibly used the probation reports to aggravate appellants' sentences, rather than merely deciding whether to probate or suspend the sentences. Munsford v. State, supra. Accord, Almon v. State, 151 Ga. App. 863 (2) (261 SE2d 772) (1979), cert. den. 446 U.S. 910 (1980); Van Voltenburg v. State, 138 Ga. App. 628 (5) (227 SE2d 451) (1976). Compare Howard v. State, 161 Ga. App. 743, 748-49 (289 SE2d 815) (1982) (Pope, J., dissenting). We therefore vacate the sentences and remand for sentencing without regard to the pre-sentence investigation reports. In doing so, we are cognizant that appellant Timothy Chambley neither objected to the reports at the sentencing hearing nor asserts their use as error on appeal. Generally we would deem the objection waived in that event. Fowler v. State, 159 Ga. App. 496 (283 SE2d 710)(1981). However, under the exceptional circumstances of this case, we find it just to extend our decision on this issue to Timothy, as well as Phillip, Chambley. Thomas C. Sanders, for appellant (case no. 64267). Jeffrey B. Talley, James B. Talley, Jr., for appellant (case no. 64266). DECIDED SEPTEMBER 14, 1982. Citing Cases: DUNCAN v. THE STATE. (253 Ga. App. 239) (558 SE2d 783) (2002) PETROSKI v. THE STATE. (248 Ga. App. 804) (548 SE2d 14) (2001) PARSON v. THE STATE. (245 Ga. App. 902) (539 SE2d 234) (2000) JORDAN v. THE STATE. (242 Ga. App. 408) (530 SE2d 42) (2000) COSBY v. THE STATE. (234 Ga. App. 723) (507 SE2d 551) (1998) ELLIS v. THE STATE.; FERGUSON v. THE STATE.; JENKINS et al. v. THE STATE. (211 Ga. App. 605) (440 SE2d 235) (1994) ROBINSON v. THE STATE. (210 Ga. App. 175) (435 SE2d 466) (1993) EMMETT v. THE STATE. (199 Ga. App. 650) (405 SE2d 707) (1991) BRIARD v. THE STATE. (188 Ga. App. 490) (373 SE2d 239) (1988) MINCEY v. THE STATE. (186 Ga. App. 839) (368 SE2d 796) (1988) FREDRICK v. THE STATE. (181 Ga. App. 600) (353 SE2d 41) (1987) MOSELEY v. THE STATE. (179 Ga. App. 698) (347 SE2d 686) (1986) WILLIAMS v. THE STATE. (178 Ga. App. 581) (344 SE2d 247) (1986) STROZIER v. THE STATE. (171 Ga. App. 703) (320 SE2d 764) (1984) JACKSON v. THE STATE. (166 Ga. App. 477) (304 SE2d 560) (1983) BROCK v. THE STATE. (166 Ga. App. 649) (305 SE2d 180) (1983) DUPREE v. THE STATE. (163 Ga. App. 502) (295 SE2d 332) (1982) Thursday May 21 20:58 EDT Home - Tour - Disclaimer - Privacy - Contact Us Copyright © 2000,2002,2004 Lawskills.com

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Aspects of "Work" One piano, four hands 24' 2014 First performance by Julian Jacobson and Mariko Brown at the Manchester Art Gallery, 20 October 2016 The piano duet was the medium by which most concert music in the nineteenth century was disseminated: two persons at one piano was a fashionable entertainment and I wanted to create some 'symphonic parlour music' in this piece. It evolved around the important painting "Work" by Ford Madox Brown (1865). This compresses the activities of a cross-section of Victorian society into a portrait of a London street scene populated by folk engaged in occupations of many different sorts. Its central focus is the digging of a hole which recalls the construction - by hand - of Bazalgette's sewers or the first underground railways, and the immense industry of the Victorian age in general. (How many shovel-fulls of soil were displaced, and how many bricks laid during the course of the nineteenth century!) This toil clearly has consequences for those caught up in it but the picture also hints at the enormous impact that productive labour can have on society at large and for generations to come. 'Aspects of Work' is a tapestry spun over a traditional four movement structure - allegro, scherzo, adagio and fugue; it zooms in and out on figures in the painting while illustrating (1) the energy of the labourers and the growth of industry, (2) the characters in the painting, and the skills and beauties of the Aesthetic movement, (3) the tragedy of the deprivation which was ever present, but with a growing social conscience also, and (4) the vision of the 'brainworkers' which planned and oversaw great infrastructure projects and the money of the powerful which paid for them.

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Home Health Centers Diabetes 30 Million Americans Now Have Diabetes WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- 1 in 7 Americans has diabetes, and many don't even know they have the blood sugar disease, a new report shows. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 percent of U.S adults have diabetes -- 10 percent know it and more than 4 percent are undiagnosed. "Diabetes remains a chronic health problem in this country, affecting some 30 million people," said lead researcher Mark Eberhardt, an epidemiologist at CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). A number of factors may be responsible for the increases in diabetes, he said. This includes an aging population, since diabetes strikes the elderly more often. In addition, the obesity epidemic is also driving the growing number of people with diabetes, Eberhardt said. People need to be tested for diabetes even if they think they don't have it, he said. The data showed that a third of those in the study didn't think they had diabetes, but tests showed they did, Eberhardt said. According to the American Diabetes Association, the vast majority -- about 95 percent -- of diabetes cases are type 2, which is often (but not always) tied to overweight or obesity. About five percent of diabetes cases are type 1, which can arise early in life and is not linked with lifestyle factors. According to the report, nearly 16 percent of men have diabetes, and about 12 percent of women. Moreover, the odds of developing diabetes, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, increases with age. In terms of populations, diabetes is more common among Hispanics (20 percent) and blacks (18 percent) than whites (12 percent). The overweight and obese are also more likely to develop diabetes, the researchers found. Only 6 percent of underweight or normal-weight adults had the disease, while 12 percent of overweight adults and 21 percent of obese adults did. Although treatment for diabetes is available, Eberhardt said, the public health goal should be taking steps to prevent the disease. "Sometimes prevention is the best treatment," he said. For the study, the researchers used data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Dr. Joel Zonszein, director of the Clinical Diabetes Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, expressed exasperation with the lack of progress in curbing the diabetes epidemic. "We need to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk," he said. Preventing diabetes starts with individuals making healthy lifestyle choices. These include a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. Zonszein agreed that preventing diabetes should be the goal, but because diabetes is largely a matter of lifestyle it will take major changes in the American culture to accomplish that goal. To get people to make healthy choices is going to take a drastic change in society, he said. Some of these changes might include taxing sugary drinks and getting people to eat less processed foods and fast foods. Dr. William Cefalu, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, said doctors haven't been able to make that happen in the real world. "We know how to prevent diabetes," Cefalu said. "But how to do this in the real world is really the holy grail of the challenge." Once someone is diagnosed with diabetes, the goal has to be treatment that prevents complications such as heart disease, amputations and kidney failure. "The problem is the patients diagnosed are not treated, and those treated are poorly treated with the great majority not achieving goals of sugar control, blood pressure control and cholesterol control," Zonszein said. Unfortunately, the best treatment only kicks in when the complications of diabetes become critical, he said. These treatments consist of treating complications, including kidney failure, heart disease, heart failure and stroke, Zonszein said. "These are expensive and very well covered by our health care system, but primary and secondary prevention are not." The findings were published Sept. 19 as an NCHS data brief. For more information on type 2 diabetes, visit the American Diabetes Association. SOURCES: Mark Eberhardt, Ph.D., epidemiologist, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Joel Zonszein, M.D., director, Clinical Diabetes Center, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City; William Cefalu, M.D., chief scientific and medical officer, American Diabetes Association; Sept. 19, 2018, Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed, and Undiagnosed Diabetes Among Adults: United States, 2013-2016 Diabetes-Endocrinology Before You Start Your Diabetes Exercise Plan Diabetes and Drinking Alcohol Alcohol Use and People with Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Screening and Management Diabetes During Pregnancy Diet and Diabetes 24-Hour Urine Protein Albumin (Urine) Back to School with Diabetes Can You Control Diabetes Without Medicine? 5 Ways to Lower Your A1c 6 Health Screenings to Help Men Prevent Disease Acarbose tablets Chlorpropamide tablets Diabetes Quiz Diabetes: Test Your Knowledge Diabetes-Related Eye Disease Eating Well with Diabetes

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Can the ship of state be righting itself? Posted Friday, December 14, 2018 2:41 pm I marched on Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1992, when George Herbert Walker Bush was president of the United States. My mother, my daughter and I, along with a few hundred thousand other people, walked down Pennsylvania Avenue to support women's reproductive rights. At the time, the right to choose an abortion was being threatened, and President Bush tried to thread the needle by being officially opposed to choice while having his wife, Barbara, let it be known that she felt differently. We chanted, carried signs and threw tennis balls over the fence onto the White House lawn. Then we took the train home. Last week, like many of you, I watched Bush's funeral. The emotion of the moment caught me by surprise. The pageantry of his passing was suddenly so heartbreaking, and at the same time, heartening. It was the unintended comparison between two presidents that both broke my heart and also gave me reason to hope that our listing ship of state may slowly be righting itself. As we watched, we remembered how decency could be a cherished value and how far we have drifted from that ideal. The life story of Bush and his service to the country are a rebuke to Donald Trump, the man, and President Trump, America's commander in chief. As Trump sat in the row of presidents at the funeral, his arms crossed against his chest, no one needed to say that he did not belong, had not earned and should not continue in the Oval Office. Bush's last days, his death and funeral service unfolded against the backdrop of breaking news that the witnesses who stand against Trump may end his presidency, or alter it irreparably. Testimony by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and the sentencing of former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort was gathering momentum as Bush was laid to rest. His civility illuminates Trump's inadequacies, not just as a president but also as a human being. Bush was the full-color photo against Trump's bleached-out negative. Jon Meacham, Bush's biographer, said that he was our last soldier/statesman, that he was an imperfect man who dedicated himself to creating a more perfect union. Meacham delivered a stirring eulogy, beginning by asking why Bush had been spared at the age of 20 when his plane was shot down, and then answering his own question by praising Bush's life of service. I don't know if Bush was a good president or not. I have no idea what questionable things he did or allowed his representatives to do in the heat of presidential politics. I didn't agree with much of his platform and agenda. Still, he seemed like a good man, a loyal friend and a loving husband and father. And in that, he stood apart and above Trump, who has shown himself to be a philanderer, a liar and a racist. As Bush was being buried, Trump seemed poised for a kind of demise as well, sinking under the weight of testimony against him in the halls of justice. Those of us who believe he has brought disgrace to the office of the president have reason to hope today that the forces of law and order and honor may be gaining ground over dissension, dishonesty and hubris. Part of what makes us think so is the potentially damning evidence against Trump. And the other part is remembering a president who tried to do right while in office and leave the country in better shape than he found it. He reminded us of the possibility of collegiality and decorum. When George W. Bush eulogized his father, he said, "Dad taught me another special lesson. He showed me what it means to be a president who serves with integrity, leads with courage and acts with love in his heart for the citizens of our country." In his inaugural address, the elder Bush said, "We cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. We must hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend, a loving parent, a citizen who leaves his home, his neighborhood and town better than he found it." Copyright 2018 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at . Report an inappropriate comment Schools head Pecora exudes 'Seaford Pride' 'His life was serving people' East Rockaway Yacht Club closes Friends helping a friend East Rockaway resident who teaches in Merrick charged with making purchases with stolen debit card The late Frank Pignataro inducted into East Rockaway Community Hall of Fame Merrick woman convicted for stealing nearly $1M from nonprofit she headed in Lynbrook Recession takes swing at exclusive golf clubs

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Jax and Brittany's pastor says he won't officiate wedding after anti-LGBTQ comments Jax and Brittany's pastor says he won't officiate wedding after anti-LGBTQ comments Brittany Cartwright, Jax Taylor and pastor Ryan DotsonGetty Images/ Ryan Dotson's Facebook After Taylor, 39, and Cartwright,... by Raquel Jayson June 15, 2019 390 Views Brittany Cartwright, Jax Taylor and pastor Ryan DotsonGetty Images/ Ryan Dotson's Facebook After Taylor, 39, and Cartwright, 30, attended LA Pride over the weekend, anti-LGBTQ commentsmade by Dotson in 2015 were shared on Twitter, causing an uproar amongst fans. "I want [Brittany] to have the very best day she possibly can," Dotson told us Friday, adding that the couple asked him on Wednesday afternoon to no longer participate in their nuptials. "They asked me to be a guest, but I probably won't. I'm too much of a distraction." Dotson also responded to the criticism over his anti-LGBTQ remarks in an exclusive statement to Page Six. "I am neither Transphobic nor homophobic," he said. "I as a Christian, love and respect, all human life, regardless of race, religion, nationality and sexuality, but as a Christian and a Pastor, I must stand firmly on the Bible and its teachings, as to how we should live before God. I know not all people are accepting of this belief or religious point of view, but I am." Dotson said he believes he is entitled to his Christian values "as an American," adding that "although, I do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle, I love the homosexual." The Kentucky pastor said he employs gay people and has "never discriminated against anyone because of their sexuality." "To be honest, many of my homosexual employees have been some of my greatest employees," he added. Dotson told us he is "deeply saddened" that Taylor and Cartwright's wedding has been "marred by those with an agenda." He said he also feels he has been "bullied." Brittany Cartwright shows off her ring alongside Jax Taylor at the Vanderpump gala in Hollywood.Getty Images On Wednesday, a Twitter user captioned a screenshot of Dotson's anti-LGBT remarks, "I'm confused as to why @mrjaxtaylor or @BNCartwright would participate in the LA #Pride parade if they have a homophobic bigot marrying them later this month? It's revolting and shameful to give this spigot of hate a platform." Cartwright, 30, responded, "We already took care of this so I would appreciate it if people would quit trying to spread rumors like we don't care and aren't supporters when you guys have no clue how we feel or the fact that we have already changed. I'm focused on marrying the man I love. Nothing else." On Thursday, Taylor, 39, reiterated that he and his soon-to-be wife "took care of it a while ago," implying that Dotson will no longer be officiating their wedding. But during a January appearance on "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen," the reality star sounded like she was keeping Dotson as their officiant. "I'm a huge supporter and always will be of the LGBTQ community, and no matter what, I would never try to ever make anybody feel uncomfortable," she said. "I talked to him myself and he promised me that he was not that way, that he was not saying anything about the community whatsoever." Cartwright added that she's known Dotson "for years" and "if it was anything that I felt otherwise, I would never choose somebody like that." In April, Dotson shared a photo of his wife beside Cartwright's mom, Sherri Cartwright, at the bride's wedding shower. The reality star also still follows him on Instagram. Taylor and Cartwright's rep did not comment, and Bravo did not respond to requests for comment. LGBTQ activist and "Vanderpump Rules" boss Lisa Vanderpump issued a response to the criticism through her rep after fans questioned whether she would still be attending Taylor and Cartwright's wedding. "Of course everyone knows my feelings for the love and unwavering support for the LGBTQ community," she told Buzzfeed. "I've contacted Jax and Brittany who are extremely disappointed as to the depth and seriousness of these comments by the minister and are very shocked and feel that obviously major alterations will have to be made in their ceremonial plans. They are dealing with this today. This attitude is totally not acceptable to them and changes are forthcoming." Ryan Dotson's full statement: In response to the media attack on my character and Christian beliefs, I would first like to state that I am neither Transphobic nor Homophobic as publicized. I as a Christian, love and respect, all human life, regardless of race, religion, nationality and sexuality, but as a Christian and a Pastor, I must stand firmly on the Bible and its teachings, as to how we should live before God. I know not all people are accepting of this belief or religious point of view, but I am. As an American I am entitled to my Christian values, as everyone else is theirs's, and for that I have been falsely attacked and ridiculed nationally. Although, I do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle, I love the homosexual. I have leased one of my home rentals to a homosexual man; I have homosexuals working in all of my businesses. I have never discriminated against anyone because of their sexuality. To be honest many of my homosexual employees have been some of my greatest employees. When it comes to the wedding of Jax & Brittany, in December they requested over lunch if I would do them the honor of marrying them, because they wanted a "Christian wedding," of course 1 said yes, seeing that I've been the family's Pastor for the last several years. Jax & Brittany are a beautiful couple and I wish nothing but love and happiness. I am deeply saddened that their wedding is being marred by those with an agenda. My religious views have nothing to do with the fact of whether or not I was capable of performing the wedding. I'm not sure what everyone was thinking, but in Kentucky, which is a part of the Bible belt, most pastors feel the very same as I do, which should be of no surprise to anyone. As of late Wednesday evening I had received an overwhelming amount of messages of HATE from the LGBT Community. They have used their platforms in multiple media outlets to slander my name and defame my character. I truly understand now what it means to be bullied. For those who speak love and tolerance, really demonstrated hate and intolerance towards me. I ask for no sympathy because I firmly stand on what I believe is just and right, and if I am hated for it, I'll wear that badge with honor. Faith & ReligionLifestyle Rob Kardashian Blocks Blac Chyna From Having Their Daughter Dream On Her New Reality Show by Raquel Jayson - Jun 15, 2019 Lesbian makeup artist sacked after 'bridezilla' learns she's gay Raquel Jayson

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Chabad Lubavitch World HQ / News / Headquarters More in Headquarters - A Lone and Destitute Jewish Woman Gets A Jewish Burial - When Friendship Isn't Only For Kids: The Circle Expands to 21 Plus - Heirs to the Rebbe's Legacy - Jewish and Canadian Law Contrasted at Westmount Symposium - STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH WORLD HEADQUARTERS - 10 Perspectives of the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Society in 2019 50,000 To Visit Rebbe's Resting Place in Queens Photo Credit: Israel Bardugo by B. Olidort - Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters (lubavitch.com) Residents of quiet Cambria Heights, Queens, are watching neighborhood traffic swell this week as visitors begin to stream through the little house at the corner of Francis Lewis Boulevard, leading to the Lubavitcher Rebbe's resting place at the Old Montefiore Cemetery. Numbers will top off at around 50,000 on Thursday, June 25, when most will arrive at the Ohel, as the Rebbe's gravesite is called, to mark the 15th anniversary of the his passing, the third day of Tammuz. In a custom that gains traction with each passing year, people travel from as far as New Zealand and China to the Ohel, for the opportunity to reach out in prayer, to seek solace and blessing on the Rebbe's yahrzeit. Rabbi Abba Refson, director of Chabad activities at the Ohel Chabad-Lubavitch, says planning for this week began months ago, with heavy coordination in all areas, to ensure a smooth, manageable experience for both the community and the visitors. Funded year after year by annual donors "who generously contribute towards this week's expenses," Refson admits that there's never enough for such an intense week, and he typically comes up short. This year, however, "we have been doubly blessed, and have been able to introduce additional initiatives and expanded accommodations, thanks to the generous sponsorship of Mr. Guma Aguiar." With Aguiar's funding, Chabad at the Ohel will be setting up an 18,000 square foot air-conditioned pavilion that will house up to1,000 people in rotating shifts who will need accommodations, food and lodging, over the course of the next few days. "It's going to make a huge difference," says Refson. Aguiar, the founder and CEO of Leor Energy, whose name is becoming well known in Jewish philanthropy due to his support of Chabad-Lubavitch and other philanthropic projects, says he chose to give to Ohel Chabad-Lubavitch, "because I feel passionately about wanting to bring people closer to the Rebbe. "The Rebbe touched every Jew in the world, and I want to do my part, to help give people this important opportunity to connect with him on his yahrzeit." Indeed, Aguiar is also sponsoring a chartered plane to fly about 200 Chabad representatives and community members from his home-state of Florida, to the Ohel and back, on Thursday. "Guma is passionate about Chabad, and about helping perpetuate the Rebbe's legacy," says Rabbi Moshe Meyer Lipszyc, Chabad representative to Ft. Lauderdale and a close, personal friend of Guma's. The mix of people is as varied as their origins: Jewish and some non-Jewish, religious and secular, men, women and children, come to honor the Rebbe's life, to connect with the soul of this giant, to find a moment of spiritual clarity and nurture on this auspicious date, when the soul of the departed is said to be especially receptive to interceding in behalf of supplicants. The lines are unusually quiet. And long. Visitors can expect to wait anywhere between one and three hours, says Rabbi Refson, but they use the time to pray silently, and contemplate. Those fortunate to have met the Rebbe during his lifetime, focus on their encounters with him. In Chasidic tradition, dedicating time to prepare oneself for a private audience with the Rebbe is said to greatly have impacted the experience. "In a way," says Rabbi Refson, "the long lines allow people to prepare for their visit to the Ohel, and to get into the right mindset before their "encounter" once inside the enclosure, where the Rebbe is buried side-by-side with his father-in-law and predecessor, Rabbi Joseph I. Schneersohn. Groups of 80 will be allowed in to the small space, where they will have two minutes to pray and ponder, read and shred their personal hand-scribbled notes for blessings at the Rebbe's headstone. For residents of Cambria Heights, the scene is a familiar one, which they generally regard with respect, says Rabbi Refson. To help them prepare for the these heavy-traffic days, he sent letters to all Cambria Heights residents, assuring them of regular clean up, police security, and generally quiet decorum. He also invited representation from all the blocks in the neighborhood to meet with him several weeks ago along with municipal agencies. "All the relevant agencies including cemetery staff, police, sanitation, fire, parks dept. DOT and the Mayor's office, were wonderfully cooperative when we met to discuss how we're going this to make it easy and smooth for everyone involved," says Refson. At the Ohel itself, extra personnel will be managing crowd control, hospitality, food, refreshments and accommodations. Though Refson prefers to keep a low profile at the Ohel out of respect for the private nature of the experience, rabbinical students will be working with him to be available for visitors who choose to call on them. Many traveling long distances make this their only destination. With JFK just a five minute drive away, they may spend no more than a few hours at the Ohel, before heading back to the airport to catch a return flight. Others will linger on, some remaining through Shabbat, absorbing the inspired atmosphere, the Chasidic warmth, the melodious prayers and long farbrengens before they integrate once again, into the frenetic pace of life beyond the gates of the Ohel. Come Sunday, the crowds will begin to disperse, and traffic will return to its normal pace.

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Previous festival Contact & Tickets Sponsors & Links 16-18 MARCH 2018 at the Town Hall Peter Benson Louis de Bernières Christopher Bigsby Rachel Crowther Sally Emerson Guinevere Glasfurd Rachel Hore Mark Illis D J Taylor Done, dusted and confined to the section labelled Historical Fiction: Thirtieth Anniversary FICTION festival The Weekend's Events Friday 16th March 7.30pm Rachel Hore will launch her new novel, Last Letter Home chaired by Chris West Saturday 17th March 11.00am Discussion, chaired by Professor John Lucas Is the literary novel dead? Saturday 17th March 3.00pm in conversation with Rachel Hore on Thirty Years of the British novel Sunday 18th March 11.00am in conversation with Louis de Bernières Sunday 18th March 3.00pm in conversation with John Lucas in conversation with Christopher Bigsby Rachel Hore lives in Norwich and is the author of nine novels including supernatural chiller, A Place of Secrets (2010), the best-seller, A Gathering Storm (2011) and The House on Bellevue Gardens (2016). The seeds of her writing career were sown during her days as senior editorial director of fiction at HarperCollins in London. Rachel is a reviewer of fiction for The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday. She teaches publishing at the UEA and is married to writer DJ Taylor. We always welcome her regular contributions to our festivals. Last Letter Home is Rachel's newest title, and we are delighted to host its launch at our festival. The distinguished poet, novelist and critic, John Lucas is Professor Emeritus at the Universities of Loughborough and Nottingham Trent. He is the author of many academic works and has published seven books of his own poetry. His novels include The Good That We Do (2000) and 92 Acharnon Street (2007), the latter two blending fiction, memoir and social history. Other recent books include A Brief History of Whistling, an esoteric study that somehow attracted the attention of Have I Got News For You, and a charming and beautifully produced anthology of 10 Cricket Poems. Both The Guardian and The TLS chose his Next Year Will Be Better: A Memoir of England in The 1950s (2010) as their Book of the Year. His latest novel, his third, Summer Nineteen Forty-Five, was published in October. He runs Shoestring Press and lives in Nottingham. Guinevere Glasfurd was originally from the North of England, and now lives in Waterbeach. She graduated from the MA Creative Writing course at Anglia Ruskin University with distinction. Her first novel, The Words In My Hand, is based on the little known story of Helena Jans who worked as a Dutch maid and formed a relationship with René Descartes; the plot questions his reputation as a loner. The book was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award. Guinevere sees it as a feminist work. It has been published in Australia and New Zealand, and in seven other countries. Her short stories have been published by Mslexia and The Scotsman and in a collection from the National Galleries of Scotland. She has won awards from Arts Council England and the British Council. Rachel Crowther qualified as a doctor and worked in the NHS for twenty years before succumbing to a lifelong yearning to write fiction, previously indulged during successive bouts of maternity leave. She has an MA in Creative Writing with distinction from Oxford Brookes, and a string of prizes for her short fiction. Her first novel, The Partridge And The Pelican, was published in 2011, during her MA course. It was a Tatler 'sizzling summer read'. Since then she has won a string of prizes for her short fiction. Her second novel, The Things You Do For Love (2016), has been called 'a delight of a read' by Fay Weldon. Her latest novel is Every Secret Thing, published last year. She has five children, two mad dogs and an abiding passion for music, art, cooking and travel, both in Britain and further afield. She currently lives in Surrey. Born in 1960, the author of twelve novels and eight other books, D J Taylor is a regular feature at our Festival. Educated at Norwich School and Oxford, he is a distinguished novelist, critic, journalist and biographer - notably of Thackeray (1999) and Orwell: The Life, for which he won the 2003 Whitbread Biography Award, and a history of literary life in England since 1918, The Prose Factory (2016). His numerous novels include English Settlement, winner of the Grinzane Cavour prize, and Derby Day (2011) longlisted for The Booker Prize. Last year's publication updates Thackeray's The Book of Snobs (1848) for the twenty-first century, and this summer sees publication of his new novel, Rock And Roll Is Life. He is married to Rachel Hore and lives in Norwich. Peter Benson was born in 1956 and educated in Ramsgate, Canterbury and Exeter. He is a novelist, poet, writer of screen plays and short stories. He has published ten novels. His first, The Levels, (1987) won most of the prizes that year including the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Authors' Club First Novel award, the Betty Trask prize, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread award and the Primo Letteravio Chianti. His second, A Lesser Dependency (1989), won the Encore Award and The Other Occupant (1990) won the Somerset Maugham Award. His latest, The South in Winter (2017), was one of the best reads of last year and showed him at his best. In 1994 he received a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship. His works have been widely translated. When living in Lyme Regis in the 1990s, he was John Fowles' gardener. Christopher Bigsby, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts, is an award- winning academic, novelist and biographer. He is Professor of American Studies at UEA and author of more than fifty books, including the two-volume biography of Arthur Miller. His first novel, Hester (1994), won the McKitterick Prize and his latest is The Hotel (2016). He is a regular broadcaster and was the presenter of Kaleidoscope in the 1980s. December last year saw the publication of Writers in Conversation, a compilation of Bigsby's interviews with the world's greatest writers from a decade of the International Literary Festival at the UEA. His numerous interviewing contributions at our festivals are always brilliant, and on this occasion the spotlight is on him and his career. Sally Emerson was educated at Wimbledon High School and St Anne's, Oxford, where she edited Isis. She is the author of two books of non-fiction, has edited four anthologies and published six novels. Second Sight (1980) won a Yorkshire Post First Novel award. Then followed two dark love stories; Fire Child and Heat, then Second Sight and the bestselling Separation, about the power of children. All six have been republished by Quartet Books in 2017. Her prose has been compared with that of Muriel Spark. Since 2003 she has worked as a travel writer for the Sunday Times, as well as contributing to other newspapers. She is married, has two adult children, and lives in London. Louis de Bernières was born in London in 1954. He published his first novel in 1990 and was selected by Granta magazine as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Since then he has become well known internationally as a writer: Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1994) won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel, Birds Without Wings (2004, Whitbread Novel Award shortlist), A Partisan's Daughter (2008, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award), and The Dust That Fell From Dreams (2015). His latest novel, Blue Dog (2016) is the prequel to his 2002 novel, Red Dog and was selected as a Daily Telegraph Book of 2016. He lives in Norfolk and as well as writing, he plays the flute, mandolin, clarinet and guitar. Mark Illis was born in London in 1963. He published short stories at university, and went on to an MA in Creative Writing at UEA. He had three novels published in his twenties by Bloomsbury. In 1992, Mark moved to West Yorkshire to be a Centre Director for the Arvon Foundation. He has written for radio and TV; EastEnders, The Bill, Peak Practice and for over a decade, Emmerdale. He also wrote the award- winning screenplay for Before Dawn, a relationship drama with zombies. Mark has taught writing in schools, libraries, universities, Reading Prison and Broadmoor Secure Hospital. He has reviewed for The Spectator and Radio 4's Kaleidoscope. He has recently been working for the charity First Story and for the Royal Literary Fund. Recent titles include, Tender (2009) and The Last Word (2011, shortlisted for The Portico Prize). In 2017, his first Young Adult novel, The Impossible, winner of a Northern Writers' Award, was published by Quercus. He is married with two children. Chris West is a novelist and non-fiction writer. He has written four crime novels set in 1990s China. The first, Death of a Blue Lantern, was nominated for Best First Novel at the World Mystery Convention. His latest work of fiction is Enlightenment, a comic novella. First Class, A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps was one of ten Independent Bookshop Picks in 2012 and was followed by A History of America in 36 Postage Stamps. His latest book, Eurovision! A History of Modern Europe through the World's Greatest Song Contest, tells the story of Europe from Suez to Brexit, and was published last year.

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Hypercrime A Crime Fiction Blog Bullet Points You are here: Home / Blog / Remembering Laurie Thompson Remembering Laurie Thompson July 2, 2015 by Leland Buck Leave a Comment Laurence Arthur Thompson: 26 February 1938 - 8 June 2015 I was sad to see an obituary recently for Laurie Thompson who passed away on June 8, 2015. Mr. Thompson was an excellent translator of Swedish writing into English. He translated over 40 titles from an impressive number of well-known Swedish writers, including Henning Mankell, Åke Edwardson, Håkan Nesser and Mikael Niemi. Some of the titles he translated include: The White Lioness by Henning Mankell, 1998 Night Watch by Malin Lindroth, 2000 The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell, 2001 The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell, 2003 I Die, but the Memory Lives on by Henning Mankell, 2004 A bridge to the stars by Henning Mankell, 2005 Sun and Shadow by Åke Edwardson, 2005 Never End by Åke Edwardson, 2006 Depths by Henning Mankell, 2006 The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell, 2006 Borkmann's Point by Håkan Nesser, 2006 Shadows in the Twilight by Henning Mankell, 2007 Frozen Tracks by Åke Edwardson, 2007 The Return by Håkan Nesser, 2007 Kennedy's Brain, by Henning Mankell, 2007 The Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser, 2008 Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell, 2009 The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell, 2010 He edited the Swedish Book Review from 1983 to 2002, and lectured at the University of Wales (Aberystwyth and Lampeter). In 1992 he was awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star for his service to Swedish culture and literature and 2003 he received an award from the Swedish Academy for service to Swedish culture abroad. He was also a co-founder of the Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association. His translation of Håkan Nesser's The Living and the Dead in Winsford is available as of today, July 2, 2015 in the US. Having left such a great body of work, we will all be remembering Laurie Thompson for many years to come. Share the Goodness: Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Åke Edwardson, Hakan Nesser, Henning Mankell, Laurie Thompson, Malin Lindroth, Mikael Niemi, Royal Order of the Polar Star, Swedish Academy, Swedish Book Review, University of Wales Follow Hypercrime on Facebook Follow Hypercrime View hypercrime's profile on Facebook View hypercrime's profile on Twitter View hypercrimebook's profile on Instagram View Hypercrime's profile on Pinterest About Hypercrime Affiliate Notice Search Hypercrime.com © 2019 · Indigitis Digital Media, LLC

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Home News Auto component Dana Holding Corp Increases Equity Stake in its China and India Operations Dana Holding Corp Increases Equity Stake in its China and India Operations Written by Vijay Mumbai: Dana Holding Corporation has completed two transactions that will enhance its position for further growth in the emerging markets of China and India. Dana has acquired the commercial-vehicle axle business of Axles India Ltd. (AIL). In India, Dana has acquired the drive head manufacturing and final assembly operations of the commercial-vehicle axle business of AIL. (The axle drive head includes the pinion, ring gear, differential lock, bearings, lube pump, and yoke inside the axle housing.) Dana has also assumed responsibility for the marketing, sales, and engineering of these medium- and heavy-duty axles. Key customers of this business are Ashok Leyland and Mahindra & Mahindra. Dana's investment of $13 million in this transaction is expected to generate approximately $50 million in annual revenue. AIL, a joint venture between Dana and two India-based companies, will continue to manufacture axle housings for Dana and other customers. "This transaction further extends our capabilities and operations in another rapidly growing market," Dana President and CEO Roger J. Wood. "Dana's recognized manufacturing and engineering leadership will be a key advantage in growing both of these businesses." Dana's manufacturing presence in India dates to 1965 and today includes the manufacture of axles and driveshafts for the automotive, commercial vehicle, and off-highway vehicle markets. In addition, Dana is able to produce sealing products in this region. The company has also increased its stake in Dongfeng Dana Axle Co., Ltd. (DDAC), a China-based commercial-vehicle axle joint venture, to 50 percent. Dana has acquired from Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd (DFL) an additional 46 percent equity in DDAC to achieve equal ownership. Dana paid $124 million to DFL; a sales incentive agreement could effectively increase Dana's consideration by as much as $20 million if specified profitability targets are achieved. DDAC achieved 2010 sales of nearly $1 billion, supported by the strong performance of both the truck and bus markets and in particular of its main customer, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. "We are encouraged by the continued strong performance of the truck and bus markets in China, and of our partner Dongfeng, and look forward to the strengthened relationship," said Dana President and CEO Roger J. Wood. "This is another important step in our ongoing drive to seek out opportunity in the Chinese market and expand globally." Headquartered in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, DDAC is the primary supplier of truck axles to Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. DDAC, originally formed in 2005, currently offers a complete range of truck axles in the Chinese market, including drive, steer, tandem, and hub-reduction axles for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks, as well as buses. With Dana's increased equity in the joint venture, DDAC will become its largest overseas axle manufacturing base. Dana's manufacturing experience in China stretches back to 1991. In addition to DDAC, Dana manufactures off-highway axles, driveshafts, and transmissions; commercial vehicle driveshafts; light-duty axles and driveshafts; and thermal products in the country. In May, Dana broke ground on a technical center in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. This facility will provide advanced product and applications engineering through research, design, development, and testing of driveline, sealing, and thermal products, including electric vehicle battery coolers. The center is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2011. 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Ho-Pin Tung was born in Ho-Pin Tung was born in the Netherlands to Chinese parents. In 2017 he became the first Chinese driver to claim victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He is also a Jaguar Racing driver in the Formula E championship THE CHALLENGE: DRIVE THE 99 TURNS OF THE 'DRAGON ROAD' UP TIANMEN MOUNTAIN... STEPPING IT UP The steps themselves are a relatively new construction, rather than an ancient monument, which meant that Phil Jones and his team thought it could be done. "We first sent a local colleague to the site to measure the angles and send us the data. Based on this and a selection of satellite images, we built a section of the steps at our Gaydon testing site in the UK to see how the vehicle performed on a 45-degree hill." The team deliberately chose the P400e, which combines an 85kW electric motor and 2.0 litre engine, switching intelligently between the two modes. The electric power for example gives instant torque, which would be handy for accelerating out of the Dragon's hairpin turns and vital for providing the necessary thrust to scale the full 999 steps. After the initial testing at Gaydon, and a period of several months to obtain the needed permissions from the local authorities to carry out the challenge, Jones flew to China to see the site first hand. "And that's when I started to have doubts," he says. "When I first stood at the bottom and looked up at Heaven's Gate, my first thought was, 'What have I let myself in for here?'" However, Jones stuck with it and after further calculations, he returned to England, "not 100% confident of success, but sure enough to proceed." 82 DRAGON CHALLENGE ... BEFORE TALL ORDER Before committing to the challenge, Ho-Pin asked for assurance that no damage would be caused to the site. "It's an iconic location with strong cultural links - being Chinese, that was a very important aspect for me. Once it was cleared, we got down to practicing." With more than a decade's racing experience, Ho-Pin was confident he could handle the 99 turns of the Dragon. The 999 steps, on the other hand, were a different matter entirely. "The first time I attempted the 45-degree gradient at Gaydon, my heart was racing faster than a qualifying lap at Le Mans. It feels like you are going up a vertical slope - all you can see ahead is sky." Based on initial test experience, Phil Jones felt it prudent that, with more than 400 steps at a 45-degree angle, a method of securing the vehicle in case of a problem was imperative. The answer: two safety cables would be attached at the top and the bottom of the steps with a one-way clutch, which would only kick in if the car were to start rolling backwards. With UK testing done, the team headed to China to complete its final practices on site. Despite extensive examination in Gaydon, the safety cables still had to prove themselves on the 999 steps up to Heaven's Gate, where any issues could prove disastrous. The responsibility fell on Phil Jones to take the Range Rover Sport up a section of the steep incline for the first time. "On the first attempt, I didn't have enough speed, but the safety lines held me perfectly." A reassuring thought for Ho-Pin Tung as he sets off up the Dragon road on the morning of the challenge. Locals are wary of the Dragon - normally, the veteran tour bus drivers are the only ones allowed to navigate its blind turns, bordered by sheer limestone on one side and sheer drops on the other. But now, before the park opens, the road is empty and Ho-Pin is TACKLING THE 999 STEPS in his element. "For me, this part is like a street circuit. The car has a sporty feel to it and handles the corners excellently." KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR After 6.8 miles, he arrives at the bottom of the 999 steps up to Heaven's Gate. Now, the real test begins. Manoeuvring the car up the first few steps is no easy task and requires precise handling. "The instant power delivery of the electric motor is perfect for this section," Ho-Pin explains. Then, it's a straight shot up to the top. "But there's a lot of steering control required. The car is constantly bumping around on the steps." At one point, all four wheels leave the ground as Ho-Pin races upward. After 22 minutes and 41 seconds, Ho-Pin reaches the top. The Range Rover Sport comes to a halt and he steps out: "I'm overcome by a mixture of excitement and relief. The tension had been building on this challenge for several months - nobody could be 100% sure how it would turn out. I've never experienced 20 minutes of adrenaline like it." LEADING TO 'HEAVEN'S GATE' FIND OUT MORE To see the video, please search Land Rover Dragon Challenge THE RESULT: CHALLENGE COMPLETED IN 22 MINUTES 41 SECS P400e : ASTONISHING CAPABILITY, LOWER EMISSIONS Land Rover's new plug-in hybrid technology (PHEV) combines a conventional engine with an electric motor and a high voltage battery, reducing emissions without compromising performance. This ensures a dynamic drive, ideal for breaking records like the Dragon Challenge. The P400e powertrain's everyday benefits, however, go far beyond this. By offering an electric range of up to 51 kilometres, both the Range Rover Sport P400e and the larger Range Rover P400e can handle most daily commutes in full electric mode. And a full charge takes as little as 7.5 hours using a domestic plug. This can even be cut to just 2.75 hours when using a public charging point. With numerous cities around the world working towards cutting emissions, this makes both vehicles ideal for everyday urban life. This applies to Amsterdam in Ho-Pin Tung's native Netherlands, too. Here city planners and politicians are working towards making the Dutch metropole the first city in Europe to become completely emissions free by 2025. With PHEV technology already available for those seeking a greener way of getting around, that goal now seems closer than ever before. OFFICIAL EU FUEL CONSUMPTION FIGURES FOR THE RANGE ROVER SPORT P400e in mpg (l/100km): Combined 101 (2.8); CO 2 emissions (combined) g/km: 64; Official EU Test Figures. For comparison purposes only. Real world figures may differ. EV range figures are based upon production vehicle over a standardised route. Range achieved will vary dependent on vehicle and battery condition, actual route and environment and driving style. 83 Page 33 and 34: NAME: JAMIE SPARKS. AGE:26. OCCUPAT Page 35 and 36: AN EYE ON ADVENTURE For those who w

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WHO IS NENE? Handmade by nene This is how they used to say "Grandmother" in Smyrna. This is how she wanted us to call her instead of "Giagia", the equivalent term in Greek. Everybody in the family was calling her "Nene", regardless of how was related to her (e.g. nieces, nephews, granddaughters, great granddaughters) except from her husband of course, our great grandfather, Yiorgos (George in English). When our great grandfather Yiorgos met "Nene" for the first time it was love at first sight. He was instantly enchanted by her. Her dymanic personality was hard to be missed. She had incredible resources of energy, her gaze was intense, penetrating and insightful and her feminine aura was oozing class. She had a glare as if she was a "magical creature" from another world... She knew how to hold herself and how to behave in every social occasion and circle, demonstrating her impeccable ladylike manners. Therefore it was inevitable for a woman such was she, not to look after herself and her appearance. Her priority, soon after she was waking up, was to wear her favourite lipstick and earrings. She was always well groomed, wearing her perfume and had her nails dyed in bright colours. This was not only due to her education ("Nene" had been trained to become a teacher in one of the most prestigious schools of her time in Athens, called "Arsakeio" and she could also teach piano and French), but also due to her upper class background which, although it was challenged during the early years of her life, it was always embedded in her (she survived the invasion of Turks in Smyrna in 1922, saw her house and city burned down and fled her homeland together with her family travelling with everything that they could hold or wear as a refugees to Limnos, a Greek island ). Later on in her life when she married Yiorgos she found herself living in Pakistan and mixing with the upper class society and diplomatic circles there, in a period when Pakistan was still a part of India as an English colony. Together with Yiorgos - who is worth mentioning that he became the Managing Director of Patel Cotton Company in 1938 and later on became the Consul General of Greece in Pakistan in the '50s - she travelled the world, expanded her horizons and exposed herself to different cultures from Europe, Asia and Africa. This had a direct effect on her fashion style, adding flair to her already sophisticated and elegant presence. She was always following the fashion trends of her time evidenced not only in her clothing choices, but also in the accessories that she would use to complement her style. All her dresses were tailored to her figure; she had many different styles of dresses for day and evening occasions and for all seasons, ranging from informal and casual to very formal. In her wardrobe, you could see matching bags and shoes that complimented her dresses together with dozens of hats, gloves, scarves, umbrellas and other accessories. Regardless of her numerous combinations, her look would always be supported by her favourite jewellery, such as earrings, bracelets, rings, pendants and necklaces, which were mostly golden and would either have precious stones attached to them (diamonds, amethysts, sapphires, topazes, turquoises, jadeites, rubies and others), or they would be embellished with pearls. Depending on the season, the occasion and time of the day the above would vary and sometimes her jewellery would be extended to include hair accessories to complement her striking appearance. "Nene" was a very beautiful woman and she knew it. At her prime years, her look resembled that of a Hollywood star and men were always attracted to her. Her enchanting beauty however, was equally developed on the inside. You could freely consult her without any reservations about anything, from cooking tips to lifetime choices. She had an acute mind and a marvellous sense of humour and of course a great taste when it came to fashion, make up and styling tips, colour co-ordinations and matching accessories and so she would always have a very strong opinion about what suits you, ranging from the colour of your hair and your make up to the man you would choose as partner next to you; and quite frankly she was always right! You knew you could trust her because she was always tuned in to her unmistakable instinct. The years were passing by and she was remaining contemporary with the seasons and young in her appearance and attitude towards her life, an attribute that she never lost, which explains how it was always very difficult to guess her real age. For those of us, who knew it, it was a miracle how she was never aging and how she was always engaging fully with life (she was exercising until her mid nineties, listening her favourite programmes on the radio, watching the latest news on the TV, reading and following the current political developments of Greece, the country to which she had returned since the 1960s). Healthy and active as she was until the very end, she would follow the fashion trends and be critical about the various looks and seasons, exercising her incredible wit. Even during her very last years of her life, when she was over 100 years old, she would still remain very open-minded, insightful, magical and 'young' for all of us. Her secret when she was asked about her longevity was this: "Never take Life too seriously, Always retain your Sense of Humour and Love and Look After Yourself"! Nene's eternal, immortal spirit, however elusive it might be after her death, she is still with us. Influencing three generations, she has left a vivid mark in her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren allowing us to carry on being guided by her inner wisdom and bringing her to life through us... "Nene"... a Remarkable Woman Transcending Time... Timeless, Contemporary, Spirit... "Nene"...this is our Inspiration... To Nene with all our Love... Follow neneTheFashionblog neneTheFashionBlog. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.

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You are here: Home The Wiyos stay busy on the touring road The Wiyos stay busy on the touring road Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ken Kelley | Although New York-based band The Wiyos live in modern times, their sound is very much all about the past. From tours opening for Bob Dylan to their own prolific tour schedule, The Wiyos take their inspiration from the early 20th century which helps to create a timeless sound. The Wiyos are slated to perform at the Riverview Arts Centre on tomorrow evening starting at 7:30 p.m. The Wiyos' Michael Farkas says that life on the road has become the norm for the group, a comment highlighted by the fact that we reached him while the group is on tour in Europe. He estimates that the group has routinely played approximately 200 shows per year over the last eight years. Life on the road is not always an easy one though, a fact driven home when he says the group is trying to become more selective about where they perform and how often they embark on tours. "Touring does get in your blood for better and for worse in much the same way a sailor enjoys some shore leave, yet soon looks toward the horizon and anticipating his next trip. Finding a balance is important, but not always easy." Farkas credits The Wiyos gravitation towards performing music from the early 20th century as more to do with the fact that the lines between musical genres tended to be blurred back then. "There were not genre distinctions back then," he says. "Musicians played all kinds of music whether it was blues, country, swing or ragtime. If the music was good, it was good and they played it." Farkas says that his band has been fortunate that their chosen style of music has allowed them to connect with a broad range of people in many different regions around the world, affording them the opportunity to tour places like Europe and Canada. Farkas admits that such wide-eyed aspirations are not for every band and says that he would be the last to fault bands who wish to build a regional fan base before or instead of reaching out to international territories. "I think that it really depends on the band, what they want to do and what works for them," he says. "I know many Texan bands for example, that never leave the state of Texas! It is such a big area and if you are making it work, so be it. That wouldn't be for me personally, but to stay more regionally focused is smart business on many levels. Certainly with the price of fuel going up, it is an economic one. "We have been enjoying touring in the UK and wish to continue touring there. The audiences are great and knowledgeable. As a band, I think it is important to go where the love is, but also important to tour places that inspire you as well." Article published in April 29, 2011 edition of the Times & Transcript Filed in: MusicNerd Features

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Tanushree Dutta files FIR against Nana Patekar in Mumbai MeraNews Network, Mumbai: Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta on Wednesday evening filed a First Information Report (FIR) against veteran film actor Nana Patekar for sexually harassing her on the sets of her film, 10 years ago. Mumbai Police has said that a case has been registered against veteran actor Nana Patekar and three others for allegedly molesting Bollywood actor Tanushree Dutta on the sets of a movie in 2008. Dutta visited the Oshiwara Police Station on Wednesday evening to record her statement in connection with the case. After recording the statement, the police registered the offence against Nana Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui, and director of the movie, Rakesh Sarang. In her complaint filed on Saturday, Dutta had accused Patekar of touching her inappropriately during the shooting of a song sequence on the sets of a Bollywood film. According to an official, a case has been registered against Patekar and three others under section 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC. He said no arrest has been made so far and investigations are on in this regard. tanushree dutta nana patekar sexual harassment bollywood metoo fir mumbai

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vol. 4, issue 11 - August 2011 Outdoing Panama: Turkey's 'Crazy' Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal James Helicke A ship moves along the Bosporus through Istanbul, part of the only sea route from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 'Crazy Project' - a plan to build a canal to bypass the treacherous waterway - was a centerpiece of his successful 2011 reelection campaign. But it remains to be seen if the Canal will overcome dangerous bottlenecks on the busy Bosporus and a long history of international intrigues over the Straits.(Photo: Caiuscamargarus) Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently unveiled a plan so ambitious that even he calls it the 'Crazy Project.' The project aims to build a massive canal that will bypass the Bosporus waterway that bisects Istanbul - a rival to the Panama and Suez Canals in time for the Turkish Republic's centennial celebrations in 2023. The new canal, Erdogan hopes, will overcome centuries of international intrigue over the Bosporus, facilitate trade, and reduce the possibility of shipping accidents through the heart of Istanbul. This month Origins Managing Editor James Helicke examines the international history surrounding the strategic waterway that has confounded sultans and statesmen. He asks if the 'Crazy Project' will solve the Bosporus dilemma once and for all, or if it is just plain folly. Readers may also be interested in these recent articles on the Middle East: Iran and America, The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict , The Sunni-Shi'i Divide, and Women in Afghanistan. Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had a secret. Months into his governing party's third successful election campaign in 2011, the populist premier gave the Turkish public a few hints about a major project that his government had imagined for Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey - and Europe. It would be ambitious. Massive. It would be a "crazy project," as Erdogan and the public coined it. Turks imagined: Could it be a cultural center and mosque replicating the Selimiye, the sixteenth-century masterpiece of the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan? Maybe a mammoth "park of civilizations" suspended high over the Bosporus, the rough waterway that bisects the city and marks the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia? Perhaps, in a nod to crowding in this city of 15 million people, Dubai-like man-made islands shaped like the star and crescent on the Turkish flag? Or, a solution once and for all to Istanbul's troubles on the Bosporus - a strait crowded not only with urban commuters and pleasure craft, but Russian oil tankers protected by international agreements as they carry crude on the only sea route from the Black Sea to world markets? Erdogan did not disappoint. In an April 27, 2011 multimedia blitz, he unveiled the eagerly-awaited project to a conference hall crowded with journalists, mustached businessmen, and pious housewives with colorful, silk headscarves. "We give to Istanbul, Canal Istanbul!" Erdogan told the jubilant crowd. "Today we roll up our sleeves on one of the biggest projects of the century, with which the Panama Canal, the Suez and the Corinth Canal in Greece cannot even compete!" The project outlined by Erdogan calls for a 45-50 kilometer (28-31 mile) canal, some 25 meters (27 yards) in depth and up to 150 meters (164 yards) in width, to be dug west of Istanbul. The canal would bypass the Bosporus, the site of multiple shipping accidents, and link the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea. The canal would be a "second Bosporus" as many news outlets called it. After passing through the canal from the Black Sea, ships would then continue on their normal route through the Marmara Sea and Turkey's less treacherous Dardanelles on their way to the Aegean, the Mediterranean and ultimately to world markets. "With Canal Istanbul, we will bring an end to freight traffic on the Bosporus. And we will give back the Bosporus to Istanbul and Turkey," Erdogan said. Erdogan's Bosporus dream is the culmination of centuries of imagination and intrigues over Istanbul and the Straits. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, European powers vied over who should - and should not - be given access to the waterways as statesmen sought to maintain the balance of power in Europe and the region. Although sovereignty now belongs to Turkey, international conventions have long restricted Turkey's ability to limit steadily increasing ship traffic. Much of the Bosporus traffic now includes hazardous materials and oil, leaving thousands - or even millions - vulnerable. But there is more to Erdogan's plans for the straits than environmental woes or Bismarckian realpolitik. The project speaks to a long tradition of political imagination, ambitious state-planning and - perhaps most of all - Erdogan's own political designs for the country. The canal and related "crazy projects" for other cities in Turkey - major transportation and housing projects - were the centerpiece of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's third straight electoral victory since 2002. In elections on June 12, 2011, Erdogan's party won nearly 50 percent of the vote, picking up 325 of 550 seats in parliament. Secular critics have accused Erdogan, a practicing Muslim and former member of a banned pro-Islamic party, of plotting to move Turkey away from its official secular ideology toward a more Islamic path. He also has been accused of slowly, but surely inching toward greater absolutist rule. Erdogan, who calls himself a conservative along the lines of European-style Christian democrats, has consistently denied any Islamic agenda and says his goal is to strengthen the country's democracy. Under Erdogan's leadership, this overwhelmingly Muslim country of 75 million has also moved closer to its goal of membership in the European Union than under any of his more secular predecessors. Yet, by all accounts, achieving that goal remains only remotely possible or, at best, years away. Nonetheless, the party's electoral slogan was boundlessly optimistic. "Target 2023," simultaneously looked to history - Turkey's founding as a nation-state in 1923 - and its future centennial celebrations in the next decade. Said Erdogan: "Turkey more than deserves to embark on such a great, crazy, and magnificent project for 2023!" Istanbul and Dreams of Turkish Greatness Erdogan laced his hour-long speech announcing the project with stories of triumph and disaster, poetry, and references to Ottoman and Turkish historical grandeur. According to Erdogan, Turks share a dream of Turkish national success that he traced back to Osman, the eponym for the Ottoman Empire whose life and reign spanned the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. According to legend, Osman dreamt of a colossal tree sprouting from within himself and spreading across the region - a story Turks have interpreted as an allegory for the founding and growth of the Ottoman Empire. "At the foundation of a great civilization, there is, foremost, a dream. We too have established a dream for our country," Erdogan said. In many ways, Erdogan is but the latest ruler over the centuries to transform the city on the Bosporus. At a time that the Roman Empire was under siege, Constantine moved his capital from Rome and transformed the town of Byzantium into Constantinople in the fourth century. The city became the largest in Christendom, boasting the sixth-century Hagia Sophia, once the largest church in the world. By the fifteenth century, when the Byzantine Empire was just a shadow of its former self, the imperial capital - guarded by walls, a massive chain across the Bosporus, and fortuitous geography - was the last Byzantine city to succumb to Ottoman forces. According to Erdogan's account, Fatih Sultan Mehmet II ("Mehmet the Conqueror") shared a dream similar to his own when Ottoman forces built fortifications to gain control of the Bosporus and even carried some warships overland to conquer Constantinople in 1453. For Mehmet II and Ottoman forces, "the city" - as it was often called with affection - had stood like a dagger at the heart of the Ottoman Empire that now surrounded it on all sides, inhibiting Ottoman expansion to Europe and the Middle East. At the apex of Ottoman rule, Suleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566) again transformed the city on the Bosporus by ordering the construction of new mosques, schools, and other monuments - making it the worthy capital of a ruler who claimed legitimacy as both a Muslim ruler and as "Caesar of Rome." Canals and the Transformation of Nature The massive nature of Erdogan's project, which includes not only the Canal itself, but the launch of two new major settlements along the Canal Zone connected by a new, third bridge over the Bosporus, speaks to a longer tradition in Turkey of ambitious nation-building and infrastructure projects in the twentieth century. Of course, Turkey is hardly alone in such promethean ventures, and Canal Istanbul will join a long list of grandiose construction projects that cram the volumes of human history. Canals throughout history have long been connected to broader patterns of political, economic and military expansion and integration. The peoples of ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley used canals for irrigation, encouraging the growth of life in towns and civilization more broadly. Canals featured prominently in the development of ancient China by helping to bring unity to formerly disparate states. The Grand Canal of China, completed in the seventh century CE, remains by far the longest canal in the world at nearly 1,800 kilometers (nearly 1,120 miles) - far surpassing the canals of Suez (193 kilometers or 120 miles), Panama (77 kilometers or 48 miles) and Erdogan (45-50 kilometers or 28-31 miles). The Greeks pioneered canal locks and probably completed the first canal to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. Roman canals, moreover, not only served irrigation and transportation, but more broadly helped to integrate a far-flung empire. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, major canals in England and the United States accelerated British industrial development and American westward expansion. The Suez Canal (opened in 1869), sometimes nicknamed the "highway to India," reduced travel to Britain's prized colony by connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. It also helped to unleash a new wave of imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century. One of the greatest engineering feats of all time, the Panama Canal opened in 1914 only by propping up Panamanian secessionists, overcoming disease, and opting for an elevated canal with locks and dams rather than one at sea level. (Frustrated, Ferdinand de Lesseps, who led the construction of the Suez Canal, abandoned Panama in disgrace). In the end, the Panama Canal not only connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but contributed to a new American form of empire. What is perhaps unique about Erdogan's canal - which will bypass the Bosporus and provide duplicate access from the Black Sea to the Marmara - is that it is likely among the few to replicate that which already has been given by nature. The Eastern Question It remains to be seen, however, if this replacement of a natural waterway with a human engineered one will bring a definitive end to one of Turkey's most difficult military and diplomatic challenges: the so-called "Eastern Question." This nineteenth-century Eurocentric "Question" - what to do with a weakening Ottoman Empire seen as past its heyday - may now be over, but the issues it raised about Turkey's place in the international community linger today. The Straits of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles have long defined the geopolitical relationship of Turkey (and the Ottoman Empire before it) and the rest of the world. But it was arguably the turn of the nineteenth century that marked the transition of the Bosporus and Straits from a blessing to a curse for the Ottoman Empire. Although Ottoman historians now vehemently reject the term "decline," there can be little debate that the Ottoman Empire witnessed a series of struggles after the eighteenth century. Russia's growth, its aspirations for access to the sea, and increasing assertion of imperial might often came at Ottoman expense. Many scholars see Ottoman defeat in the Russian-Ottoman War of 1768-74 as a major turning point in Turkey's relations with European powers. The humiliating Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca (1774) gave the Crimean Peninsula to Russia, along with passage rights through the Dardanelles, and disputed political rights over Ottoman Orthodox Christians. Russia's new status as a Black Sea power not only raised questions about Russian access to the Mediterranean through the Straits, its challenge to the Ottoman Empire raised questions about how to maintain the balance of power in Europe - that tacit understanding among European statesmen that no state should become too strong to dominate the others. At the heart of this "Eastern Question" was the future of the Ottoman Empire and the question of the Straits. The Treaty of Hunkar Iskelesi (Unkiar Skelessi, 1833) stipulated that the Ottoman Empire be required to close the Straits to foreign powers at Russia's request. Fears that these provisions disrupted the balance of power by giving Russia too much privilege led to the Straits Convention of 1841, which closed the Straits to all but the Ottomans in peacetime. This kept Britain and France out of the Black Sea and Russia out of the Mediterranean. Subsequent agreements sought to maintain the balance of power by stipulating who had right to the Straits and when. The Treaty of Paris (1856) and the Treaty of London (1871) returned to the "ancient rule" of the Ottoman Empire that warships should not use the Straits except by the special permission of the Sultan during times of peace. Yet, maintaining balance in the international arena became increasingly challenging as indigenous nationalism and European powers continued to chip away at Ottoman territory. Amid these struggles, Europeans sometimes called the Ottoman Empire the "Sick Man of Europe" - to the consternation of Ottoman statesmen and contemporary historians. When Ethiopia Stunned the World Between the East and the West Rome's Wondrous Rivers The Collapse of Ottoman Power Ferries carrying commuters on Istanbul's Bosporus A large ship passing ferries on the Bosporus, a common occurence Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan A campaign ad for Turkey's governing party reads: 'Turkey is ready. The target is 2023. May the stability continue. Let Istanbul grow.' The German warship Goeben in the Bosporus before 1917 A map showing the Straits, with the Bosporus in red and the Dardanelles in yellow A satellite image of the Bosporus A map showing the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline A map showing the Dardanelles A map of Turkey View more maps Erdoğan's Presidential Dreams, Turkey's Constitutional Politics An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler by Peter Fritzsche

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Leonard Fournette inactive Sunday for violating a team rule Ноября 05, 2017 The Jaguars drafted Fournette with the No. 4 overall pick this past spring. He's been listed as a full participant in practice this week, so there's really no question as to his playing status for Sunday. It will be T.J. Yeldon and Chris Ivory taking over backfield duties for the Jaguars Sunday. Center Brandon Linder, returning from a three-week absence because of illness, will replace Cann at guard. LLC Sells 106369 Shares of NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI) The stock increased 0.08% or $0.07 on November 3, reaching $86.58. About 3.76M shares traded. Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has risen 7.54% since November 4, 2016 and is uptrending. Its up 0.18, from 0.76 in 2017Q1. 107 funds opened positions while 451 raised stakes. Ardevora Asset Mngmt Llp accumulated 376,600 shares or 1.11% of the stock. Ezekiel Elliott's Legal Team Trying To Settle With NFL, Reduce Suspension Apparently, Elliott's legal team are trying to reach a settlement with the National Football League out of court that will lower the number of the games that the Cowboys' running back would potentially have to sit out as the team enters into a grueling end-of-season stretch that could decide who wins the NFC East division. Nightmarish debut for Mohammed Siraj But the match became memorable for one moment before the start of the game. On Saturday, Ravi Shastri handed over India cap to Siraj, as the Hyderabad quick made his debut and replaced Ashish Nehra , who is now retired from global cricket. England and Tottenham midfielder, Dele Alli ruled out with hamstring injury Alli's two goals fired Spurs to a famous 3-1 Champions League success over titleholders Real Madrid at Wembley last Wednesday. "Tottenham won't want to let him go and it would only be one of the top echelon of clubs who could even consider buying him". Klopp happy for fit-again Mane to play for Senegal I can not decide things like this, I don't even try, but we are in contact. Klopp has since admitted that he is anxious about Mane and hopes that Senegal can ensure qualification after the first match against South Africa to ensure that they qualify for the World Cup. Arsenal Tasked with Halting Unbeaten Man City And quizzed as to when his contract ends, Aguero said: 'I don't remember - 2019 I think. United are playing Chelsea so we want to take advantage on one of them. The curse of Rodney Marsh - a big-money signing in March 1972, when Malcolm Allison's City led the table by four points, only for them to finish fourth - may return if Guardiola tinkers at this stage, though for now he is merely viewing Sánchez as a unsafe opponent. La Liga: Paco Alcacer scores twice as Barcelona sink Sevilla Sky Sports have broadcast rights to the game, and fans can watch the action via their digital services. Barcelona recorded a narrow 2-1 win over Sevilla courtesy of Paco Alcacer's brace to maintain their 4-point lead at the summit of the La Liga table. Matt Kenseth on 2018 plans: 'Probably time to go do something different' The 45-year-old driver was informed four months ago that he would not be brought back by Joe Gibbs Racing, and after not finding another ride for next season, he said he is going to take a break from the sport. "Probably my biggest clue is when Rick put William in the 5 vehicle, and I didn't get that opportunity". I'm pretty exhausted right now with the way everything ended up and the way everything went. Real Madrid boost as Bale resumes full training A frustrated Cristiano Ronaldo claimed that he does not want to sign a new contract with Real Madrid following his side's 3-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League. Zidane was forthright in his reply: "You have to have patience with Gareth, he won't be in the squad and he won't be going away with them". Watch @GarethBale11 's return and his signature GOALS! And the Frenchman says the players staying in Madrid have to use the time to put in the hard yards on the training ... Washington's Dante Pettis sets NCAA record for punt return TDs This score was also an important one as far as Saturday's game goes, because it put the Huskies up by a touchdown over a Ducks team that has been giving hte offense fits. Ahmed later added a 58-yard touchdown run as part of Washington's 21-point third quarter. OR quarterback Braxton Burmeister completed 7 of 12 passes for 31 yards and one interception. UFC 217 Results: Ovince St. Preux Shocks Corey Anderson with Head... He has won two straight fights with the rare Von Flue choke. Saint Preux entered the octagon as the fifth-ranked fighter in the UFC's light heavyweight division, while Anderson entered as the sixth-ranked fighter. Saint Preux started the second round with a huge left head kick that sent Anderson's mouth guard flying out of his mouth. Eventually, Saint Preux is able to return to his feet but was back up against the cage, struggling for positioning, landing an elbow. Zidane waves off critical reviews of Real performances The news will be welcome to head coach Zinedine Zidane , whose side have lost back-to-back matches against Girona in the league and Tottenham in the Champions League . After Dani's been out he'll need time to recover, he's going to be here, he'll work and he's going to train. Watch @GarethBale11 's return and his signature GOALS! Ronaldo said: "The players who arrived this summer have a lot of potential. Bayern thrash bitter rival, Dortmund 3-1 Christian Pulisic was one of few bright points for Dortmund , the teenage forward playing a key role in Marc Bartra's consolation strike two minutes from time by keeping the ball alive in the corner. Meanwhile, RB Leipzig hit back against Hannover to clinch a 2-1 win and move up to second place. Dortmund will have to contend with their former striker Robert Lewandowski . Deontay Wilder destroys Bermane Stiverne, challenges Anthony Joshua I want Joshua. If he don't give me the fight we have other plans ... why should I go to England to fight a peasant without the king on the contract? After original opponent Luis Ortiz failed a drug test and withdrew, Wilder has seemed agitated and is looking to take out his frustrations on Stiverne. UFC 217: TJ Dillashaw knocks out Cody Garbrandt in 2nd round They trade punches near the cage, no damage done on either side. Round Two: The round begins with Dillashaw attacking Garbrandt with a few kicks, Garbrandt nails a leaping Dillashaw with a right. "Cody is fueled by controversy and chaos, and it's working for him so I say keep going with it". The past became reality when Garbrandt did the same in Round 1. Tennessee Beats Southern Miss 24-10 To Snap 4-Game Skid It is definitely going to take some work for Tennessee (4-5, 0-5 SEC) to qualify for the bowl, as they finish out with three conference foes in Missouri, LSU and Vanderbilt. Tennessee initially settled for a 30-yard field goal on its ensuing series, but a Southern Mississippi (5-4) personal foul kept the drive alive and eventually led to a Kelly 3-yard touchdown run. Pietrangelo scores twice as Blues beat Maple Leafs 6-4 Tarasenko tied it 1-1 on a rebound goal at 2:33 of the second period. Pietrangelo showed off his hands while making it 3-1 at 10:28, skating past the outstretched left pad of Andersen and tucking the puck into the net with a quick backhand-forehand combination. Man City v Arsenal Betting Tips: Big Match Preview Knowing what we know about Arsenal fans and their proclivity for dominating social media polls, there were a few complaints aimed at Le Tissier. The Premier League leaders host the Gunners on Sunday. On centre-back Mustafi, who suffered a thigh muscle injury while on worldwide duty for Germany in their final 2018 World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan earlier this month, he added: " City is too early as well for him, we have to be a bit more patient with him". New Champ! Rose Namajunas Drops, Stops Joanna Jedrzejczyk Namajunas dropped Jedrzejczyk, widely regarded as one of the finest and most technical strikers in the UFC, early with a straight right hand. Namajunas got countered with a one-two for Jedrzejczyk. "I mean, I know we fight but this is entertainment". She did not survive the opening round. With the TKO, Namajunas handed Jedrzejczyk the first defeat of her entire career and ended all hopes of her matching Ronda Rousey's record of six consecutive title defences. Rangers fans delighted by youngster's performance against Partick: "Outstanding","Big future" Rangers caretaker-manager Graeme Murty has revealed to STV that he spoke to Bruno Alves about his decision not to include him in the starting lineup against Partick Thistle on Saturday afternoon . "We played really well in the first half, the second half was frustrating". "It was a fantastic header and a very special moment for the player". Paulo Costa Lays Waste To Johny Hendricks With Second Round Knockout Another Hendricks takedown is stuffed and he eats a kick to the body. Hendricks charged in with punches but got nothing. Lots of offense for the Brazilian so far as Hendricks is forced to work on the outside and is struggling to let his own punches fly with any real effect. LSU loses 7th straight to Alabama: Final score, stats and analysis They got after Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts early and often, but after converting a couple of key third downs, Hurts found his tight end, Irv Smith, Jr., for the first score of the game to make it 7-0. WHAT WENT RIGHT: LSU had success on third down. With the second half kickoff coming their way, LSU picked up a first down and ran out the first-half clock trailing 14-3. Astros continue World Series celebrations at Disney World Since President Trump was elected, the New England Patriots, Clemson Tigers and Pittsburgh Penguins have visited the White House. World Series MVP George Springer and teammates Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa will be honored during a victory parade down Main Street, U.S.A.at Magic Kingdom. Last-second touchdown pushes Ole Miss past Kentucky for 37-34 win Kentucky's sophomore running back Benny Snell Jr. was a big component for the Wildcats as he rushed for a total of 176 yards and three touchdowns. The loss drops UK's record to 6-3. "They made a super competitive catch in the end zone". Ole miss is now 4-5 on the season, and while there's not a whole lot to be excited about for the Rebs this season, this is a game to celebrate. Mayfield's 598 yards lead Oklahoma past Oklahoma St. 62-52 OKLAHOMA STATE: The Cowboys play at Iowa State. After a first-possession interception by Baker Mayfield , the OU defense held the Cowboys to a field goal. The two teams combined for more than 1,400 yards on the day, with Mayfield throwing for almost 600 yards. Justice Hill ran for a career-high 228 yards for Oklahoma State and James Washington caught seven passes for 128 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game in the second half with an ankle injury. Gamecocks lose at No. 1 Georgia While it didn't result in a blowout like seven of Georgia's nine wins, Smart was pleased with how his players performed in the victory over SC. SC tied the game shortly into the second quarter, but UGA went ahead at 9:27 of the second quarter to take a 14-7 lead into halftime. Ohio State's Nick Bosa ejected for targeting against Iowa After trading short field goals, Iowa and Ohio State traded touchdown passes. OH state QB J.T. Barrett vs. Iowa's defensive line: Barrett was brilliant against the Nittany Lions, completing 33 of 39 passes for 328 yards and four TDs - three of which came in the fourth quarter. Eddie Howe says Bournemouth's win over Newcastle can lift club's season It's never nice being in the bottom three, and we needed to lift ourselves out of it, and hopefully we can stay out of it now. "Scoring goals breeds confidence and we're working on that but I don't think it's a huge issue in terms of confidence at this stage". Baylor rolls in Lawrence for first win Freshman quarterback Charlie Brewer accumulated 315 yards and three touchdowns in his first career start for the Bears. The Jayhawks now sit in third place in the Big 12 standings behind Texas (10-0) and Baylor (9-2). The Kansas special teams helped the Jayhawks get on the board first. Baylor then responded with touchdown drives of 75, 74 and 66 yards - averaging 12.6 yards per play - in grabbing a 21-6 lead. Liverpool to replace Emre Can with one of his global team-mates I said it a few times, it's our job to make this club as exciting as possible. "He is also allowed to sign a contract (with Liverpool ) in May as a player who is still already here". 'If there's a player out there with a contract ending next summer and he's good, like Emre obviously is, then we should try to do the same. I could say "Yes, it is a big problem" but it isn't. Andy Barkett Joins Red Sox Coaching Staff The Red Sox announced Saturday that Tim Hyers has joined Alex Cora's staff as the club's new hitting coach. Andy Barkett has also joined the Red Sox' staff as their new assistant hitting coach. Before that he was the minor league hitting coordinator for the Pirates. For Barkett, this will be his first stint on a Major League coaching staff after spending 12 seasons as a Minor League coach, including nine as a manager. Michigan State-Penn State game delayed by lightning Officials originally said the game could resume at 4 p.m. EST. Penn State's Trace McSorley is second in the Big Ten in total offense averaging 297 yards per game. What the Buckeyes did successfully was slow down Barkley, holding him to 44 yards with just one touchdown. Despite a shaky offensive line or a defense filled with former three-star recruits, Penn State was marching its way through the 2017 season, and the next stop was the National Championship. Neymar, Angel Di Maria Out Of Angers Clash The effervescent Cavani ran nearly the length of the field twice inside a minute before scoring his second, taking his tally for the season to 12 in Ligue 1 already, before Mbappe rounded goalkeeper Michel to register his first brace for PSG to cap a fine win. Browns make Joe Thomas NFL's highest-paid offensive lineman Cleveland clearly wants to do all they can to guarantee he'll pick up that option as they raised his salary for the 2018 season by $1.5 million. Despite his recent health struggles, the Browns have apparently chose to reward Thomas for his years of faithful service: According to ESPN's Field Yates , the team has amended Thomas' contract and award him $3 million more total over the next two years. Vontae Davis stays home as Indianapolis heads to Houston The Colts secondary is a thin unit as rookie cornerback Quincy Wilson was ruled out on Friday due to a nagging knee injury. The Colts tried to trade the 29-year-old Davis, whose contract is up after the season, at the trade deadline but found no takers, sources told Schefter. John Terry suffers broken metatarsal, says Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce The Chelsea legend was forced off the field with just 21 minutes on the clock and now faces around three months on the sidelines. Skipper Terry was substituted on 20 minutes, when Villa were one down, and he was followed off by winger Robert Snodgrass who aggravated a rib injury. QB switch proves futile as Florida gets demolished by Missouri The coached talk the talk, but his squad couldn't walk the walk as Saturday was anything but fun for a Gators team that fell to 3-5 (3-4 SEC) in a 45-16 blowout loss at Missouri. Last week, then-No. 3 Georgia crushed Florida, 42-7, at home. Missouri, E.Hall 5-113, J.Moore 5-64, J.Johnson 2-28, Witter 1-15, Blanton 1-5, Floyd 1-3. Sassuolo, Bucchi: "Domani vogliamo fare risultato, Politano meglio a destra" L'ultimo pareggio è arrivato con un po' di sofferenza ma è stato un ottimo risultato e l'Europa League ci lascia sereni. "Berlusconi? Mah, mi sembra abbastanza depresso e sconfortato anche lui anche se ieri guardando i dati economici della Sicilia e dell'Italia in generale c'era da essere molto più preoccupati che non per Montella ". Blues contract target for Fabregas The former Arsenal captain has recently impressed Antonio Conte who has afforded the versatile midfielder more minutes than any other central players this season. Mourinho was axed as Chelsea boss in December 2015 after his title-winning squad began the following season in awful fashion. 'I believe the fans have a lot of respect for me and I have a lot of respect for them. Rams vs. Giants injury report: Cody Davis, Olivier Vernon still sidelined Richburg has been out since October 1 with the issue and will now be sidelined for the rest of the season. Just as worrisome, cornerback Donte Deayon tweaked his ankle on Thursday, and is questionable, and didn't take part in a walkthrough on Friday. Kiradech, Lowry lead Turkish Airlines Open by 2 Colsaerts was two behind, along with Justin Rose (64) and Padraig Harrington (64) at Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort. Rose has gone 52 holes without a bogey, and could yet win in consecutive weeks after taking the HSBC Champions in Shanghai last weekend. Cubs claim LHP Randy Rosario off waivers from Twins Palka had been placed on waivers by the Twins. Overall, the White Sox have made the postseason just three times since 2000, including 2005 when they won their first World Series title since 1906. They chose to get him off the 40-man roster, and the White Sox are taking a chance on his potential. The left-handed hitting Palka, 26, who hit 34 homers in the upper minor leagues in 2016, connected for 12 homers at Class AAA in 2017 while hitting to a.278/.330/.444 slash line over 362 plate ... Ulster rally back to finally put Southern Kings down Ulster could not get out of their half in the first quarter because of the wind, but when they ran the ball from behind their posts they had a spectacular result, with No 8 Sean Reidy scoring in the corner after 80 metres of fine support play by his team. Bayern battle Dortmund in Bundesliga duel Aubameyang heads into Saturday's Der Klassiker having failed to score in his past four matches, the Gabon global guilty of missing two glorious chances during Wednesday's 1-1 Champions League draw with APOEL. "Of course, he can play better - he knows that first and foremost, but it makes no sense at all to pick out a scapegoat, so we are not", Zorc said to Bild (via Goal ). JJ Spaun shoots 65 to take PGA Tour lead in Las Vegas He had eight birdies and a double-bogey on the par-4 18th hole. Kraft was about to play his approach into the par-five 16th when play was suspended because of darkness, but the highlight of his day had come a couple of hours earlier. "It was windy today", Baddeley said. Aaron Baddeley and Patton Kizzire also made big moves with rounds of 66 to move into a tie for fourth on six under. 'A very good developing player' - Premier League manager hails Tammy Abraham Clement spoke out after the news broke and feels that Abraham now has a great chance to go to next summer's World Cup in Russian Federation as long as he doesn't get carried away by his recognition. "We are away from home too, so all of those factors make it another hard game for us. That can change in a two-game period, but I have to be pleased as a newly promoted side to be where we are after 10 games". Stoke twice rallies for 2-2 draw against Leicester For the second time in the game, Stoke were back on level terms as substitute Crouch headed in Shaqiri's corner to bring score to 2-2. The Foxes had the lead twice, but they did not manage to stay on top for long in the fixture as The Potters managed to find equalisers not too long after going behind. Ashish Nehra's face covered with cake in farewell The first T20 worldwide was Nehra's final global match of a career that started way back in 1999. Ashish Nehra got a fitting farewell on the field as he bowed out at the Feroz Shah Kotla after India's first T20I against New Zealand .Nehra ended his 18-year worldwide career in front of his home crowd, a luxury which not many stars could afford.His farewell party was attended among others by India captain Virat Kohli and Nehra's old friend, the former Indian opener Virender Sehwag . Celtic extends unbeaten run to record 63 games Celtic will be looking to return to winning ways this afternoon when they take on St Johnstone away from home in the Scottish Premiership. Brendan Rodgers's team are joint-third now in UEFA's all-time domestic unbeaten records list, alongside Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol. 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Get Cox Communications essential facts below. View Videos or join the Cox Communications discussion. Add Cox Communications to your PopFlock.com topic list for future reference or share this resource on social media. Cox Communications, Inc. Subsidiary of Cox Enterprises February 1962; 57 years ago (1962-02) 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30328, U.S. Patrick J. Esser (President) James C. Kennedy Anne Cox Chambers Cable television, broadband internet, VoIP, wireless, Home Security, Business services, Gigablast fiber 10.4 billion (2014) Cox Enterprises Cox Communications (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and Home Automation services in the United States. It is the third-largest cable television provider in the United States,[1] serving more than 6.2 million customers, including 2.9 million digital cable subscribers, 3.5 million Internet subscribers,[2] and almost 3.2 million digital telephone subscribers, making it the seventh-largest telephone carrier in the country.[3] Cox is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd in Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S., in the Atlanta metropolitan area.[4][conflicted source?] Original version of current corporate logo, used from 1996 until 2007. Modified version of 1996 logo, used from 2007 until November 15, 2018; this variant (a re-treatment of the Bob Wages-designed emblem by Atlanta-based BrandFever [now Phase 3 Communications]) removed the green and red coloring on the slashes of the "X". Cox Enterprises expanded into the cable television industry in 1962 by purchasing a number of cable systems in Lewistown, Lock Haven and Tyrone (all in Pennsylvania), followed by systems in California, Oregon and Washington. The subsidiary company, Cox Broadcasting Corporation (renamed to Cox Communications in 1982), was not officially formed until 1964, when it was established as a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It was taken private by Cox Enterprises in 1985. In 1993, Cox began offering telecommunication services to businesses it was the first multiple system cable operator to do so. This eventually grew into Cox Business, which now represents $1 billion in annual revenue. In 1995, Cox acquired the Times Mirror cable properties.[5] In 1997, Cox became the first multiple system cable operator to offer phone services to customers following the 1996 Telecom Act. Two years later in 1999, Cox acquired the cable television assets of Media General in Fairfax County and Fredericksburg, Virginia. The following year, Cox Communications acquired Multimedia Cablevision with assets in Kansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina. In 2004, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors found Cox Communications guilty of violating an agreement with the county which stated that all homes served by Cox within Fairfax County would be digital ready with the new fiber optic network by June 2003. When this term expired with less than 30% of the county having been completed, the Board of Supervisors decided to fine Cox $100 per day from the originally agreed completion date, until work was completed on January 2006. The Board also forbade Cox from raising rates to recover the cost of the fine for a period of 10 years from the actual completion date. The total fine was approximately $93,000.[6] COX Communications trailer (2006) SNUPY Awards By November 1, 2005, Cox announced the sale of all of its Texas, Missouri, Mississippi and North Carolina properties, as well as some systems in Arkansas, California, Louisiana and Oklahoma to Cebridge Communications. The sale closed in 2006 and those systems were transitioned by their new owner from Cox branding to Suddenlink Communications.[] On May 14, 2007, Cox announced that they had sold their investment in Discovery Communications for the Travel Channel, related assets, and $1.3 billion.[7] In 2007, DiversityInc magazine named Cox Communications #25 in its Top 50 Companies for Diversity. Cox climbed to the sixth position on Diversity Inc.'s 2008 list.[8] Also in 2008, Cox was named #8 on the Top 10 Companies for African Americans.[9] Two years later, on November 19, 2010, Cox began offering wireless services in Orange County, California; Omaha, Nebraska; and, in Hampton Roads, Virginia.[] In February 2011, Cox Communications completed its Alternative Energy Project[10] which included two fuel cell installations at each of the company's San Diego, CA and Rancho Santa Margarita, CA headquarters.[11] Two separate PureCell System 400 kilowatt installations will generate enough onsite power to reduce the company's dependence of the local power grid and decrease its carbon footprint.[12] In September 2011, Cox Home Security was added to their suite of products listed on their website.[13][conflicted source?] This new service uses advanced technologies similar to the home security products offered by other MSOs such as Comcast.[] In August 2013, Cox launched a new television platform known as Contour, which features recommendations and a user profile system across multiple devices.[14] In 2015, Cox licensed Comcast's Xfinity X1 platform (which features more extensive integration of video streaming apps, and a voice control remote); it was deployed in 2016, maintaining the Contour naming. Cox stated that at least 1 million subscribers were on the X1-based Contour as of October 2017.[15][16] In 2016, Cox Business reached 3 billion in annual revenue.[] Other business units Cox Communications' "Digeez" mascot, also more commonly known as a "Digital friend." Cox Business: Provides business level video, voice and Internet services. Cox Media: Advertising sales Travel Media, Inc. (Sold): Travel Channel and TravelChannel.com (35%; joint venture with Scripps Networks).[17] Cox Charities Cox Communications Virginia created the philanthropic Cox Charities to annually provide grants to nonprofits serving youth. The organizations must have education programs that focus on science and technology, literacy, mentoring and other areas.[18] In the 2016-2017 program, 15 nonprofits received a total of $150,000.[19] They were: An Achievable Dream Horizons Hampton Roads The Salvation Army - Hampton Roads Area Command The UP Center Virginia Peninsula Foodbank Educacion Para Nuestro Futuro Main Street Child Development Center Fairfax Futures Literary Council of Northern Virginia Boys and Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia Child Health Investment Partnership of Roanoke Valley Total Action for Progress Other state branches of Cox Communications also donate money annually through a Community Investment Grant program. The money comes from employees and goes to 501(c)(3) organizations. The organizations will differ from state to state, and year to year, but usually also have a focus on education, technology, social issues, and the arts.[20] These programs can be found in Oklahoma (nearly $165,000 in 2017),[21] Arkansas (nearly $100,000 in 2017),[22] Nebraska and Iowa (nearly $90,000 in 2017),[23] and the Southeast region, including parts of Louisiana, Florida's Gulf Coast, Central Florida and Middle Georgia.[24] In 2004, Cox Enterprises announced its intention to purchase those shares of Cox Communications which it did not already own. A $6.6 billion tender offer was completed in December of that year, and Cox Communications has been a wholly owned subsidiary ever since.[25] This was the second time Cox Communications was taken private by Cox Enterprises. Cox Cable TV Cox distributes standard definition and high-definition cable television programming, including Digital Cable.[26][conflicted source?] Cox launched Digital Cable on its Orange County system in 1997. In February 2008, Cox started to implement switched digital video (SDV) technology in some of their markets.[27] In late 2014, Cox started notifying customers in their Connecticut market that they would be moving to an All Digital Video platform, requiring a small digital adapter (termed a Cox Mini-Box) for televisions that were previously connected to an analog only signal. This same notification was extended to all other major markets in 2016. Cox offers digital video recorder service, provided using Motorola,[28]Scientific-Atlanta, Cisco, or previously Moxi[29] equipment depending on the local market. Cox offers video on demand service in the majority of its markets under the name On Demand. On Demand offerings are fairly standardized, portal-based, and carry VODnets like The Ski Channel, and includes HD offerings and replays of major network series.[30] Cox High Speed Internet As of 2013, Cox offers cable internet service to over 21.8 million people across 18 states, making it the 4th largest provider of cable internet service in the US (based on coverage area).[] Cox offers five levels of high-speed Internet in all of its markets: Starter, Essential, Preferred, Premier, and Ultimate (Their speed tier with download speeds up to 300 Mbit/s.) Cox initially launched high-speed Internet in 1996 in its Orange County infrastructure.[31] Cox licensed the PowerBoost technology from Comcast in 2007 and offers it on the Preferred, Premier, and Ultimate levels of service.[32] Top service download speeds are between 15 and 300 Mbit/s. "Soft" monthly bandwidth caps are listed for all four levels of service, and Cox does charge a considerable fee for exceeding data usage limits.[33][conflicted source?] In September 2011, Cox announced the availability of a data usage meter for customers to check their data usage.[34] In 2011, the FCC released the "Measuring Broadband America" report where it was revealed that many broadband providers provided lower than advertised internet speeds to their consumers. Analysis of the report data showed that Cox Cable only delivered 83.4% of its advertised internet speed (on speeds above 3Mbit/s) to its customers.[35] Cox blocks incoming traffic on port 80 for residential customers,[36] making it difficult for them to run web servers. Cox High Speed Internet won the PC Magazine Readers' Choice Award for High Speed Internet in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2011.[37] In 2014, Cox announced they would begin offering 1 Gbit/s internet speeds under the name "G1GABLAST" in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Omaha, with plans to begin offering it in the rest of their service areas by the end of 2016. They also announced that they would double internet speeds for all customers at no cost at the same time. They began rolling out the new speeds in Phoenix in early October of the same year.[38] Cox Digital Telephone Cox offers telephone service in the majority of its services areas. Various technologies, including circuit switched and hybrid VoIP systems, are used depending on service areas.[39] Cox has won multiple J.D. Power and Associates awards for its telephone service.[40] Cox Home Security In 2010 Cox started offering a range of Home Automation and Security service to customers in its Tucson, Arizona market as a trial. In 2011, this product was expanded to Cox's entire Arizona market, and was rolled out to additional markets over the next couple of years. In December 2014, Cox Launched "Cox Homelife" in Louisiana, that appears to be the same service as Cox Home Security under a different brand. *Cox Home Security was actually rebranded as Cox Homelife for every market that it is available.* Cox Business Cox Business[41][conflicted source?] provides voice, data and video services for more than 260,000 small and regional businesses, including health care providers, K-12 and higher education, financial institutions and federal, state and local government organizations. According to Vertical Systems Group,[42] Cox Business is the fourth-largest provider of business Ethernet services in the U.S.-based on customer ports and the company ranked highest among small and mid-size business data service providers in J.D. Power and Associates telecommunications studies in 2006, 2008 and 2010.[] In 2013, Cox Business had the third largest business-facing enterprise by revenue (of cable providers who provide business services), with $1.2 billion in revenue as of the third quarter of 2013.[43] Cox Business is an early adopter of Voice over IP technology and, in 2007, Cox became the first cable provider in North America to deploy a fully owned and managed IP telephony service for businesses, Cox Business VoiceManager.[44][conflicted source?] Cox Business is expected to launch Managed IP PBX, SIP Trunking and IP Centrex services in 2011, allowing customers to more efficiently route voice traffic over Internet Protocol.[needs update] Cox Business currently[when?] supports more than 800,000 business phone lines. Defunct Cox Wireless Cox previously offered mobile phone and wireless services in four United States markets including Orange County, California, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Omaha, Nebraska. Cox marketed their wireless service as 'Unbelievably Fair' due to a wireless plan it offered which returned money for unused minutes which it called "Moneyback Minutes."[45] This allowed customers to receive up to $20 per month added back to their bill in the event that the customer had leftover minutes. Cox Wireless offered a full range of devices manufactured by Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Kyocera, and LG. Cox Wireless utilized Sprint's voice and 3G networks and also had planned to build out their own 4G LTE network.[45] On May 24, 2011, Cox Communications announced it would decommission its plans to build a 3G wireless network, and would instead offer Sprint service to half of its current footprint and operate as a Sprint MVNO by the end of 2011. On November 15, 2011, Cox Communications announced it would halt sales of all its wireless branded products and existing Cox branded wireless operations would be decommissioned by March 30, 2012. Cox eventually also retracted its plans to offer wireless services reselling Sprint service as an MVNO.[46] Carriage controversies Fox News Dispute On January 1, 2000, Cox was involved in a retransmission consent dispute with News Corporation (the parent company of the Fox broadcast network, now owned by 21st Century Fox), pulling four Fox owned-and-operated stations, after retransmission consent talks between News Corp. and Cox broke down, reportedly because Fox had denied permission for Cox to broadcast programming on its O&O stations unless Cox gave it two channel slots on its digital cable service. The affected stations were WJW-TV in Cleveland, Ohio (now owned by Tribune Broadcasting), KTBC in Austin, Texas, KRIV in Houston, Texas, and KDFW in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, off its cable systems in those areas; another Fox O&O WHBQ-TV in Memphis (itself now owned by Cox) was also pulled from its Jonesboro, Arkansas, system (of the mentioned systems; only the Cleveland metropolitan area continues to be served by Cox; the other systems were bought out by Suddenlink Communications in May 2006). The removal of those stations, which were temporarily replaced with premium service Starz! Family (which was made available to subscribers for free), blacked out Fox programming to 425,000 Cox customers. The blackout lasted six days as the two sides came to an agreement on January 6, and the Fox-owned stations were brought back to the systems. Cox gave $1 refunds of their January cable bill to roughly 90,000 subscribers in Texas and Arkansas as compensation.[47] LIN TV-Cox dispute In a separate dispute (clumped with the above dispute by media outlets as the "Cox vs Fox" dispute) that occurred around the same time, customers in Hampton Roads, Virginia lost access to LIN TV-owned Fox affiliate WVBT (channel 43) on January 1, 2000; retransmission talks between WVBT and Cox broke down, reportedly due to a demand by WVBT to be placed somewhere between channels 2 and 14 (it had been broadcast on channel 43). Cox refused to move WVBT to a lower channel number; the channel space was filled in the interim by pay channel HBO Family. It was not until February 5 of that year that the station resumed on Cox's Hampton Roads system (remaining on channel 43), after an agreement was reached during a ten-hour arbitration session.[48] Cox did not offer rebates to its 335,000 subscribers in Fairfax County, Virginia, and Cleveland, Ohio, who also lost their Fox stations. Nexstar dispute On January 29, 2016, seventeen Nexstar Broadcasting stations were dropped by Cox after failing to reach a new retransmission deal. The contract had expired on December 31, 2015, but the two companies allowed talks to continue until January 22, 2016. The channels were replaced by a screen which accused Nexstar of "demanding a significant fee increase". In Las Vegas, where the dispute threatened to black out Super Bowl 50 due to local CBS station KLAS-TV being affected by the dispute, Cox announced on February 3, 2016, that it would offer a free preview of the game's Spanish-language broadcaster, ESPN Deportes, over Super Bowl weekend. The next day, Cox reached a new deal with Nexstar, and the stations were restored.[49][50][51] Copyright lawsuit Cox was held responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers according to a December 17, 2015, ruling from a Virginia federal jury. The ISP was found guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered to pay music publisher BMG $25 million in damages. The verdict is likely to be appealed by the company.[52][53] One of Cox's marketing trademarks is a fictional animated "spokesman" character named "Digital Max", used from 2005 through 2008.[54][55] The phasing out of Digital Max in 2008 was followed by the introduction of the current Cox mascots, the "Digeez", little digital helpmates featured in many of Cox Communications' brand commercials. 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Retrieved 2016. ^ "Cox is Liable For Pirating Subscribers, Ordered to Pay $25 Million". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 2015. ^ "Music Publisher Gets $25 Million Jury Verdict Against Cox in Trailblazing Piracy Case". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015. ^ "Cox Communications Welcomes Customers to Digital Max's Home New, Rich Media Microsite Connects with Consumers Via Humor Centered on Cox's Suite of Digital Services". Cox Enterprises Inc. Cox Communications. January 25, 2006. ^ "Cox Communications: A Timeline | Multichannel". . Multichannel. Cox HSI & CATV support forum VIA dslreports.com (registration required) This article uses material from the Wikipedia page available here. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. 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Owen B - Owen B (1970 us, exciting hard psych rock, 2011 Gear Fad release) Owen-B started as a band called "The Wildlife" in the Mansfield, Ohio area. They were one of several garage bands from central Ohio that formed around the time close to the end of the first British invasion (1964-1966). Members in the original group included Bob Ross (bass), Charlie Barker (drums), Terry VanAuker (lead guitar), and John Kinkle (rhythm guitar). John Kinkle left the band shortly after formation to attend college and was replaced by Tom Zinser. Bob Ross and Charlie Barker had played together in an earlier band called "The Amboy Dukes" (no relation to the nationally known band of the same name). Terry VanAuker was from an earlier group called "The Collegiates" and Tom Zinser came from a group called Tommy Z And The Sleepers. The group also added Louie Basso as front man and lead singer. After less than a year of playing together in 1967, the group was signed to Columbia Records, but Columbia executives insisted the band drop Louie Basso as a contract contingency. He was replaced with Jim Krause, a former member of Tommy Z And The Sleepers. The band had one notable release called "This Is What I Was Made For" written by P.F. Sloan. The song achieved some regional success and charted #15 on the Columbus, Ohio radio station WCOL. After two more releases, the band left the Columbia label. In late 1969. Tom wrote "Mississippi Mama", a simple straight ahead rock and roll tune that the band decided to produce and record on their own dime, and then try to market it to a label. Wes Farrell, a fairly well known New York producer, offered to buy it and put it out on Janus Records. It reached #81 on the Cashbox chart in March of 1970. The follow up single "Never Goin'Home" also reached #1 locally and was even championed by Billboard magazine which stated "With the feel and flavor of the Credence Oearwater Revival hits, Owen-B should soon find himself high on the charts with this compelling and infectious rhythm outing. First rate performance and material combine to make this a sure hit". Despite this flirtation with major success, certain members of the band wished to pursue a more personal approach by releasing an album of originals. This lead to Bob Ross leaving the band. He was not replaced and Tom Zinser moved from Rhythm guitar to bass. Shortly before Ross left the band, Charlie Barker decided to go back to school to avoid the draft and was replaced by Bobby Tousignant (Avery), who had played drums for the Ohio based group The Music Explosion. It is at this point where the band personnel were as it appears on the Owen B album, which was recorded in Mid-1970. by Tom Zinser 1. Share (Tom Zinser) - 0:52 2. Daily News (Tom Zinser) - 4:34 3. All We Are Asking (Tom Zinser) - 4:17 4. Mellow Meadow (Tom Zinser) - 8:00 6. My Friends (B.Tousignant) - 4:11 7. Weekend {Tom Zinser) - 4:21 8. Leavin' It All Up To You (Tom Zinser) - 3:46 9. Out On Our Own (Tom Zinser) - 3:15 10.Thank You For Listening (Bob Tousignant) - 3:43 11.ZigZag Han (Tom Zinser) - 3:13 12.Mississippi Mama (Tom Zinser) - 1:59 13.Never Goin' Home (Tom Zinser) - 2:44 14.Nowhere To Run (Holland, Dozier, Holland) - 2:30 Owen B *Tom Zinser - Bass, Vocals, Piano, 12 String Guitar *Bob Tousignant - Drums, Vocals, Conga *Jim Krause - Harmonica, Vocals, Percussion *Terry Van Auker - Guitars, Steel, Vocals Owen B - Owen B (1970 us, exciting hard psych rock...

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Quotes about Partying 1,206 quotes about partying follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites! To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute. Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them. I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party. Adelle Davis The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people. Richard J. Daley There's always the Aha! or wild moment at every party. No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties. They have a very attractive candidate and the Republican Party will put a lot of money into this race. He'll have more than his Democratic opponent. Larry Hufford I see no reason why the party will not rally behind that timeline. Gabriel Claudio Leo (Mullin, Delta's CEO) has said further unionization would not be in the best interest of Delta or Delta people. He's vowed to maintain top pay so there will not be a need for a third party. Alesia Watson The Rose Institute is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Party. Steve Maviglio Students tend to congregate where other students are. I think they come here because they like their breakfast late in the afternoon because they party until two or three in the morning. Jim Maas This really is an issue that transcends party lines, so, frankly, the political identity of certain members of Congress had nothing to do with it. It's more about the security of our nation. Robert Traynham I believe if life gives you lemons make lemonade...then find someone that life gave vodka to and have a party. I Run for the Party 5K Race Run/Walk. Patricia Harris My friend Nicole Richie is also engaged, so I'm in the bridal party for that one, too. I think party members would like a clear sense of direction. The government and the party seem to be in a sort of muddle at the moment. Anthony King Now is a time of crisis for our party. It is necessary to ask someone who has a lot of experience to take over and do the job. Yukio Hatoyama We're serious about this. We want to be great cocktail party chatter, a great informative read. We are not a textbook. Chris Johns It doesn't make any difference what political party you belong to, ... I just called and said, Rick, I'll do something.

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How to make money without moneyMake money from home garden 3x3 Fast money melissa lee ubc,make money fast online scams zillow,get money online for free now download - How to DIY Published 24.03.2014 | Author : admin | Category : Money Online CNBCSince we brought you the women on screen at Bloomberg last week, we couldn't leave CNBC out. MariaA Bartiromo was still on the network the last time we brought you this feature, but she's since ditched her home of 20 years to join Fox Business News. Background: Lee worked for Bloomberg TV and CNN Financial News before joining CNBC in 2004. Background:A Quick was the editor of her college newspaper while studying at Rutgers University. Background:A She was a reporter with Yahoo Finance Vision and a freelance reporter at CNNfn. She has a BA in comparative literature with a minor in Soviet studies from Columbia College and a master's degree in Journalism from Northwestern's Meddill School of Journalism. 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Bird CourtshipThe courtship between a pair of birds can last much longer than the actual act of copulation. She graduated with a BA in political science in 1993 and worked at the Wall Street Journal for seven years. Before that, she worked at ABC News and covered many key stories including the Clinton impeachment trial. She began her career as a local news reporter for TV stations in Maine, Michigan and Seattle. She graduated magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University with a bachelor's degree. She covered the stock market and the Fed for Bloomberg TV and radio till 2000.A In 2010, she received a Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Reporting for her coverage of the Bernie Madoff scandal. She graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's in sociology and government, and a from Columbia with a master's in international affairs. She earned the nickname "the first lady of Wall Street" as one of the first women to break into broadcast business news. Her show has been on CNBC for over a decade, and sheA is a contributing editor to O, The Oprah Magazine and The Costco Connection Magazine. Courtship behavior may include several stages, from initially claiming territory to actually wooing a prospective mate with visual and auditory displays - stunning plumage, spectacular flights, intricate songs or even elaborate dances. She anchored two morning shows at CNBC Asia Pacific before joining the network in the US in May 2010. She helped with the site's launch and was itsA international news editor before she joined CNBC in 2001. She graduated with honors from the University of California with bachelor's degrees in broadcast journalism and philosophy. She also worked for the State Department's delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Vice President Al Gore's domestic policy office. 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LAW Supreme Court Litigation Clinic: Clinical Practice [ R ] [ A ] [ L ] Dynamic Entrepreneurial Strategy Strategy in Technology-Based Companies Technology Venture Formation The Social Science of Entrepreneurship (SOC 161) LAW 436A [ Litigation ] Business Law: Media, Entertainment, Sports [ Litigation ] as a Clinic : The Supreme Court clinic is particularly valuable for students interested in litigation or an academic career. It is writing-intensive and focuses on the wide range of legal issues decided by the nation's highest court. Students prepare briefs and other filings, participate in moots for oral arguments, meet with Court personnel and reporters, and get a real feel for how the High Court operates. Be sure to also consider other clinics: Whether or not a clinic focuses on the substantive law of your specific career orientation, you can be confident that every clinic will provide skills-based training that is relevant and transferable to other areas of practice. Review the clinic activities for the skill sets you are most interested in acquiring, such as interviewing clients, presenting arguments, writing for different audiences, or negotiating and collaborating with others. Equally important, the mentoring offered to students by clinical program directors provides a valuable opportunity to develop that key lawyering competence: professional judgment. The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic will expose students to the joys and frustrations of litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States. The bulk of the clinic will be run as a small law firm working on live cases before the Court. Students will participate in drafting petitions for certiorari and oppositions, merits briefs, and amicus briefs, compiling joint appendices, and preparing advocates for oral argument, as well as commenting (the technical term is "kibbitzing") on drafts of briefs being filed by lawyers in other cases. The precise nature of the cases will depend on the Court's docket, but in recent Terms, the clinic's cases have involved federal criminal law and procedure, habeas corpus, constitutional and statutory antidiscrimination and employment law, bankruptcy law, and the First Amendment. Our aim is to involve students as fully as possible in this type of litigation. The Clinic begins with an intensive introduction to the distinctive nature of Supreme Court practice, including the key differences between merits arguments and the certiorari process, the role of amicus briefs, and the Supreme Court Rules. After that, seminar meetings will be devoted primarily to collaborative work on the cases the clinic is handling. While students will be primarily responsible for working in teams on one case at a time, they will also be expected to acquire familiarity with the issues raised in other students' cases and will both edit each others' substantive work and assist each other and the instructors with the technical production work attendant on filing briefs with the Supreme Court. The course will involve substantial amounts of legal research. The Supreme Court operates on a tight, and unyielding deadline, and students must be prepared both to complete their own work in a timely fashion and to assist one another and the instructors on other cases. The instructors will not ask students to do any kind of "grunt work" that they themselves will not also be handling, but grunt work there will be: proofreading, cite-checking, dealing with the joint appendix, and the like. The nature of the work product means that while students will average thirty hours per week on their case-related work, that work will surely be distributed unevenly across the quarter. Unlike most other courts, the Supreme Court has no student practice rules. Thus, students will not be able to argue cases before the Court. But they will participate in moot courts on their cases, as both advocates and Justices. Each student will also have the opportunity to travel to Washington to see the Court in session, preferably with respect to a case on which the student has worked. Ideally students will already have experience with persuasive doctrinal writing, through a course like Federal Pretrial Litigation or through intensive supervision during their summer jobs or other clinics. Admission to the Clinic is by consent of the instructors. Students will need to submit a writing sample that reflects their facility with doctrinal legal arguments and the name of at least one reference who can comment on their legal analytic ability. Course Style: A Clinic provides hands-on practical legal experience under the supervision of a faculty member and complemented by a seminar. Course Frequency: Offered twice a year Go to Clinic Webpage Find in Courserank

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IC-814 case was most successful: Al-Qaeda TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW DELHI: "The hijacking of the Indian aircraft (IC-814) is one of the most famous, successful operations which the Mujahidin undertook to free some of the Mujahid prisoners," notes a manual titled 'Most Superior Fundamentals in the Art of Kidnapping Americans', translated from pro-al Qaeda website Al-Palsam. Sketching the details of the operation - which culminated in Jaswant Singh (who was external affairs minister at the time) flying out to Kandahar with three terrorists, including Masood Azhar and Omar Sheikh, as co-passengers - the manual says: "Thank God, the shaykh (Masood Azhar) and some of his brethren were released, whereupon they arrived at Kandahar airport in an Indian airplane. With the departure from the territory of Afghanistan of the shaykh and his brothers, the phases of this successful, difficult operation were completed." Azhar and Omar Sheikh went on to found the Jaish-e-Mohammed, one of the deadliest of terrorist groups operating inside Kashmir and Pakistan. The December 13, 2001 attack on Parliament and the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl were both the handiwork of the JeM. The IC-814 hijackers, the manual says approvingly, "were clearly able to lend greater prominence to their cause. The whole world began to deal with the Kashmir issue anew and according to a new perspective", while the Indian authorities "were afflicted with broken spiritedness, submissiveness and grovelling as they carried out the demands of the Mujahidin in front of the whole world". The manual identifies three factors as key to the hijackers' success: "Beforehand, the UAE (where the plane stopped for refuelling en route to Kandahar) had stated that the hijackers had been Sikh, and neither India nor any other state could learn of the identity of the kidnappers until after they announced their demands and their identity. And thus the secrecy through which the operation occurred had a great impact on the success which was on their side". The choice of target (an Indian plane leaving Kathmandu) and the "place of negotiations", ie Kandahar under Taliban control. "Yet, the greatest success in the matter was the speed of decision-making and resoluteness in the event, when the Indian forces delayed in supplying fuel." The last is a reference to the hijackers' decision to stab 27-year-old passenger Rupin Katyal and take-off from Amritsar before the plane could be refuelled because they feared a rescue operation. Though the manual's language and specifics suggest it is intended for use mainly by Palestinians against Israel, the reference to the hijacking of IC-814 could possibly reflect a shift in Islamist attitudes towards India on the question of Kashmir. It could, of course, also be the product of Israeli psychological operations aimed at getting New Delhi to make common cause with Tel Aviv on the Palestine issue. Indian intelligence officials say the manual is proof of the interlinkages that exist across extremist groups worldwide. "These groups have individual identities and localised agendas and causes, but there are linkages too", an official told The Times of India. "Anyone who tries to go deep into these links, who tries to investigate the relationships, like Daniel Pearl tried to do, they stop". Intriguingly, the reference to IC-814 - and to kidnapping Americans in the title of the manual - also suggests the involvement of Omar Sheikh in its authorship. The document is merely signed 'Hekmatyar', an obvious pseudonym. Before he became notorious for the Pearl killing, Omar Sheikh had been imprisoned in India on the charge of kidnapping Americans. Posted by Siddharth Varadarajan at 2:26 pm

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What is Barbershop? Come Join Us Holiday Shows About Sounds of the Valley Chorus Sounds of the Valley Chorus is a membership organization of female singers, who meet regularly to practice, perform, socialize, and have fun. We currently have 24 singers from various walks of life, and parts of the greater Chico area and surrounding counties. Originally chartered in 1974 as Chico Sweet Adelines, our chorus was renamed to Sounds of the Valley Chorus in 1994. For over 44 years, we have carried on the proud tradition as Chico's Original Women's Barbershop Chorus. The main purpose of Sounds of the Valley Chorus is to get out and sing for our community. We sing at our chorus shows, many community events, business and social functions, and at regional competition. We are available to sing at your next function or event. If you're looking for a unique musical experience to liven up your event, please check out our Hire Us section. In addition to sharing our music with others, another great passion of ours is learning more about the art of a cappella singing. Vocal instruction is a regular part of chorus rehearsals, and a very important component of the chorus experience. A couple of times a year, we are coached by a visiting master in the art of barbershop, where we learn many fabulous tricks of the trade. We also attend area schools and Region 12 Adventures in Music (AIM) weekend workshops to learn more about our craft and renew friendships with other singers in the region. CompetitionIn the spring of every year, Sounds of the Valley Chorus participates in the Region 12 chorus competition. The 2018 competition will be held in Sparks, NV. Competitions are a special time for quartets and choruses from our region to come together to sing for each other, and get some constructive feedback from a panel of judges. The winners of the regional competition in both quartet and chorus categories get to travel to International Competition, which is held in the fall in a city selected each year. In 2018 the International Competition will be held in St. Louis, MO. Click here to learn more. Sounds of the Valley Chorus is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of approximately 30,000 members in choruses and quartets, worldwide. The Headquarters is in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sweet Adelines International is a highly respected worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education, competition and performance. Mission Statement As a proud chapter of Sweet Adelines International, we are a fun-loving chorus comprised of women of diverse ages and backgrounds who sing "barbershop style" a cappella harmony. To enhance our strong desire for singing and performing, we are enriched by music education that constantly improves our vocal skills and stage presence. We offer exciting performance opportunities by sharing our art form with a wide variety of audiences throughout our local communities. © 2019 Sounds of the Valley Chorus Meet the Chorus Come to the About Us section to meet our director, and find out what we're all about! Want to sing with a bunch of fabulous women? Want to learn amazing, classic songs? Come to the Join Us section to find out how you can get involved. << August 10 >>

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US seeks mediating role again: Playing into Islamabad's hands southasiamonitor.org By Arul Louis Having raised India's role to that of an anchor of Pax Democratiam - the comity of democratic nations - United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has hinted after his October visit to India and Pakistan that Washington is looking for a mediating role, one that could help New Delhi be rid of the weight the continuing conflict with Islamabad imposes on reaching its full potential. Despite their best intentions, this is an unrealistic optimism also expressed earlier by President Donald Trump himself and his United Nations Permanent Representative Nikki Haley - a road paved with failures by three of Trump's four immediate predecessors. On his way back, Tillerson said in Geneva on October 26 that while meeting Pakistani leaders in Islamabad, "I made the observation to them, 'You have two very troubled borders. You have one in Afghanistan, you have one with India,' and that we're willing to help on both of those borders, and we're not just here to talk about the situation on the Afghan border. We're also here to talk about how can we lower the tensions on the border with India." He was not asked - and he did not say - if he had made a similar offer to Indian leaders. During his campaign for the presidency, Trump had said, "I would love to be the mediator or arbitrator." But he carefully prefaced it with the caveat, "If they wanted me to." In April, Haley, who has cabinet rank, said about India-Pakistan tensions, "I would expect that the administration is going to be in talks and try and find its place to be a part of that because it's concerned about the situation." And heightening expectations, she added, "And also wouldn't be surprised if the president participates as well." But there are three important blocks to the US, the United Nations or anyone else mediating between the two neighbours. First and the most is India's intractable opposition to any mediation, which it views as unwelcome interference in the region. New Delhi brandishes the 1972 Simla Agreement between Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi of India and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan to strenuously oppose any third party involvement in disputes with Islamabad. In that pact signed after the Bangladesh War, the two neighbours agreed to settle disputes only by themselves, although Pakistan has since sought to involve others. Then there is the Pakistani military and the weight of history. Kashmir, which India considers an integral and immutable part of India, is the core issue for which there can be no solution without the agreement of Pakistani military establishment, which hold the ultimate power, to any compromises. The generals are bolstered by sentiments drenched by 70 years of history. Keeping the Kashmir issue boiling - despite failing to get any active diplomatic support for its cause from anywhere in years - is the very source of the military-Islamic complex's power. Dragging the US or others is but the Islamabad establishment strategy to try to weaken India's resolve - a ploy New Delhi understands. And there is China, which would like to keep the tensions at a slow burn precisely to limit India's role in an American partnership, especially in the Indo-Pacific region - from India to Japan and onwards - that Washington has proposed. The last - and perhaps the only - third party mediation was in 1966 when Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin brought Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri of India and Pakistani Preisdent Ayub Khan to Tashkent after the 1965 war. They signed the Takshent Declaration that was to be the framework for peace, undertaking to improve relations between the neighbours, not to interfere in each other's internal affairs. But it unravelled in five years with the Bangladesh War. There were two US involvements in India-Pakistan affairs with beneficial results that did not rise to the to the level of a mediation and they could have lessons for any US initiative. In 1990, former President George H.W. Bush - the "senior" - defused a mounting tension between India and Pakistan, which the US feared could lead to Islamabad using nuclear weapons. He sent his Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates to talk to then Pakistani President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and military chief Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg. (Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had been sidelined by them and was out of the picture even though she had promised a "thousand-year war.") Gates is reported to have wrenched an assurance from the Pakistani leaders that they would shut down training camps for militants in their territory and conveyed it to the Indian leadership. That combined with an assurance to Pakistanis that US military attaches observed a winding down of Indian military buildup led to the de-escalation of the situation. However, Gates, who later became President Barack Obama's defence secretary, did not try to mediate broader issues like Kashmir that the Pakistanis wanted him to. Bill Clinton, who succeeded the senior Bush, started off on the wrong foot when his Assistant Secretary of State Robin Raphael in 1993 landed the US in the Kashmir policy swamp. She declared, "We view Kashmir as a disputed territory. We do not recognise that instrument of accession (signed by Maharaja Hari Singh) as meaning that Kashmir is forevermore an integral part of India." (In 2014, Raphael was investigated by US authorities for alleged illegal dealings with Pakistan and had her security clearance revoked. Two years later, the investigations ended without any charges brought against her.) But during the Kargil crisis of 1999, Clinton stepped in and arm-twisted Pakistan into withdrawing from the territories it had captured. Although, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was the one subjected to a diplomatic third-degree by Clinton, it was the military-Islamic complex that he was targeting. The takeaway from both these instances is that the US can play a limited role in a crisis - or when it appears there's one brewing - and has to realise this. It has to set its ambitions low. The very next year in 2000, Clinton pitched for a role in the neighbours' dispute, saying, "I think the United States should be more involved there, even though I think they'll have to work out this business of Kashmir between themselves." He was roundly rebuffed by India. And, Washington has to work on the Pakistani military establishment to stop threatening military buildups, cross-border terrorism and any armed intervention. Right now, Trump and Tillerson have delivered Pakistan a strong message about ending support for terrorism - an ultimatum of sorts. In Islamabad Tillerson met not only the civilian leaders, but the real center of power, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar. Tillerson later said that the Pakistani's "have their concerns along their border with India" and added what may be a sop to Pakistan, "There are legitimate concerns on both sides of that border as well." Regardless of what it considers "legitimate concerns," a US decreed end to terrorism and cross-border attacks - if they happen - won't lead to a mediating role for Washington, but they could of themselves lead to a resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue, which ended after a promising start in 2014. And that would further US interests. The US can have a role in crisis management, while also being a discreet conduit for information. US interests in getting involved in India-Pakistan started with "Senior" Bush and coincided with the winding down of Cold War, during which New Delhi was seen as close to Moscow. But his son, George W. Bush, was the one president who was more attuned to New Delhi's sensitivities and took a pragmatic approach refusing to get involved in India-Pakistan disputes. Condoleeza Rice as his National Security Adviser in 2002 rejected Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's pleas for mediation. "The USA is always prepared to help in any way but we don't believe this is something that mediation or facilitation is going to help," said Rice, who later became the secretary of state. Barack Obama, who succeded him had the grandest plan of all. In an interview during 2008 election campaign he told an interviewer that he had talked to Bill Clinton about becoming his mediator on Kashmir. But reality hit when he assumed office, as any great plans for a foray into India's touchy terrain of Kashmir. (The author is a New York-based non-resident senior fellow of the Society for Policy Studies. He can be reached at ) The article appeared in the South Asia Monitor on 4/11/2017

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Australia's Place in the British Commonwealth Forde, The Rt. Hon. Francis Michael, Speaker Australia's growth and development as a partner in the British Commonwealth. Australia's present constitutional position and relations with the other parts of the Empire. The basic factor of the relationship one where 98% of Australia is of British stock. Some history of the discovery of Australia by the Dutch in 1642, and the origins of the name from the Spaniards. Australia's constitutional history. Self Government obtained during the 1850s. Government prior to and after this. Federation. Some history of New Guinea and the effects of annexation of that and neighbouring islands by the Germans. Federation achieved in 1901, with much help from the United Kingdom. Australia's Federal system. The Balfour declaration of 1926. The place of the Dominions in international affairs since that time. Foreign affairs and trade commissions. The development of Australia's Department of External Affairs in the 1930s. The vital role played by Australia in the Pacific. Relations with the United Kingdom during the war. Some particular references to the New Year broadcast and the end of 1941 immediately after Pearl Harbour by the late Prime Minister, Mr. John Curtin. Australia's loyalty to the British Commonwealth. Her dollar contributions to Great Britain towards her war costs in and about the Pacific. Australia's relations with the other British countries, including Canada. The Canberra agreement providing for consultation for security and defence and for frequent meetings of ministers. Ireland as very much a Mother country as far as Australia is concerned. Australia proud of her membership in the British Commonwealth and believing that the British family of nations and the United States of America are the most potent factors operating today towards a just and lasting peace, based on the four freedoms, the Atlantic Charter and Enlightened Christian Civilization. Commonwealth countries Canada - Commerce - Australia AN ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. FRANCIS MICHAEL FORDE, P.C. Chairman: The President, Major F. L. Clouse MAJOR CLOUSE: On January. 13th we heard over the radio from Vancouver that the newly appointed High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Australia to Canada had just arrived and we, therefore, immediately wired an invitation to him to be the guest of honour of the Empire Club on his first visit to Toronto which, in due course, he graciously accepted. Our speaker was born and educated in Australia and after teaching school for a short time, qualified as an electrical engineer in the Postmaster-General's Department. In 1917 he won his first seat as Labour Representative to the State Parliament of Queensland and had the distinction of being the youngest member of Parliament. In 1922 he was nominated as Labour candidate for the federal electorate of Capricornia, holding this seat until 1943. Our speaker has served on many committees and Royal Commissions and is a fully qualified and able administrator. In 1941 he became Deputy Prime Minister and, as Minister for the Army, was given the vital job of expanding Australia's military forces, taking office only two months before the treacherous attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese. Australia then faced with the greatest crisis in her history had to build up and equip an army in the shortest possible time, and it became his task to plan and supervise this tremendous undertaking. Our speaker visited Australian and American troops in the front line in New Guinea, Borneo and the Solomon Islands and later was chosen leader of the Australian delegation to the United Nations Security Conference at San Francisco in 1945. The Empire Club of Canada welcomes today the Rt. Hon. Francis Michael Forde, P.C., High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Australia to Canada, who will address us on the subject "AUSTRALIA'S PLACE IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH" RT. Horn FRANCIS M. FORDE: Mr. President and Gentlemen: I thank you {or your kindness in inviting me to lunch with you today, and for giving me the opportunity to talk to you on the subject of Australia's place in the British Commonwealth. I shall speak briefly of our growth and development as a partner in that Commonwealth and deal with our present constitutional position and our relations with the other parts of the Empire. I suppose that the basic factor of our relationship with the British Commonwealth is that we are 98% of British stock. Our name came from the Spaniards. It was the Spanish navigator De Quiros, who discovered the New Hebrides and, thinking that he had found the great southern continent, gave us the name Tierra Austrialia del Espiritu Santo, "The Southern Land of the Holy Ghost". Long afterwards the name "Australia" was given to our country. It was however, the Dutch who first discovered the Australian continent in 1642 when, Van Diemen, the Governor of the Netherlands East Indies, organized a great expedition to the southern land which was led by Jan Abel Tasman. On the afternoon of 24th November, 1642, Tasman, according to his diary, saw land some ten miles away. His diary reads "This land being the first land we have met with in the south sea and not known to any European nation, we have conferred on it the name of Anthoony Van Diemens Land in honour of the Honourable Governor-General, our illustrious master, who sent us to make the discovery". Tasman landed near Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, our island state on 2nd December, 1642. Three weeks later he discovered New Zealand and before long he sailed along the northern coast of Australia. In the 18th century the French arrived. Most of the French expeditions were of a scientific nature and our traditional friendly relations with the French have been maintained ever since. Indeed, one French scientific expedition arrived while the Napoleonic War was at its height but the Governor of New South Wales, acting under Admiralty instructions, warmly welcomed the French, an act which the Leader of the expedition, Baudin, did not fail to appreciate. However, despite the Spanish, the Dutch and the French, we are as I said earlier, almost entirely of British stock. We have some minorities, the largest consisting of Italians who, prior to the war, constituted a majority of the people in a sugar producing district in North Queensland, and the Germans, who are mainly descendants of German Liberals, who came to Australia after the 1848 revolution and have done much to build up the wine industry in south Australia. We have also a fair number of Chinese who originally came to Australia during the gold rush days. Many refugees from central Europe came to Australia from 1935 onwards, although alien immigration was stopped during the war years. I come now to a brief account of our constitutional history. As you know, Australia consists of six States (or Provinces as you call them). These States, prior to Federation (which occurred in 1901) were already in existence as independent British colonies each of which had been settled and had grown up in its own way. The first settlement was made on 26th January, 1788, when Captain Arthur Philip established the colony of New South Wales at Sydney, our largest and oldest city. The colony of New South Wales was roughly defined and covered the whole of the eastern part of the continent. In 1828 the island of Van Diemens Land was separated from New South Wales and this Island, the name of which was changed in 1853 to that of Tasmania, has remained separated ever since. Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, had been founded about 1836 but the State of Victoria was not formally separated from that of New South Wales until some time later. A further diminution in the eastern province of New South Wales was made when Queensland was separated in 1859. In the meantime Western Australia and Southern Australia had been established in 1829 and 1836. Thus by 1900 there were six separate colonies in existence. Self Government was obtained during the fifties. Prior to this, in 1823 and 1828, Imperial Statutes had set up a nominee Legislative Council to assist the Governor in the administration of New South Wales, while a Council of 7 comprising 4 nominees and 3 officials had been established in South Australia and the other colonies. The elective principle was introduced in 1842 for New South Wales. The Legislative Council was to consist of 36 members, 12 nominees and 24 elected members. The Council was empowered to increase its membership provided that it retained the proportion between nominee and elected members. An important and significant provision of this legislation was that it gave to the residents of what was to become the State of Victoria, a special position in relation to New South Wales. It was provided that at least five members were to be returned by that district to the council. This did not satisfy the local population and in 1848 the electors returned as the member for Melbourne the Colonial Secretary, Lord Grey, who could obviously never take his seat. This step brought to a head the question of Representative Government as a whole. It should be remembered that Lord Durham had in 1839 written his famous report on Canada, that the Reform Bill in England had been carried in 1832 and that the Chartist movement and the general tendencies of the times had opened the way for Self Government. So in 1850 the Australian Colonies Government was passed. It established the separate colony of Victoria and gave it a two thirds elected legislative council. Similar councils were established in Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. What was more important was that this Act empowered these Colonies to alter their own constitutions. This was an entirely new departure for it represented a surrender by the Imperial Parliament of its complete powers in regard to the colonial constitution. This provision for amendment was still not possessed by New South Wales, but, following protests by the Legislative Council there, it was empowered to draft a new constitution. As far as possible, the Committee appointed in 1852 modelled the new draft of the British system establishing two Houses, a nominee Legislative Council holding office for life and an Assembly to be elected by persons with a certain property qualification. The new Constitution for New South Wales was finally enacted in 1855. This constitution introduced the principle of responsible Government that is, the system under which the Cabinet is required to possess the confidence of Parliament. A similar plan was established, subsequently, by the other Colonies. Another important provision of the Australian Colonies Government Act was that it enabled the colonies to impose customs duties on imported goods whatever their origin. Their powers were thus virtually unlimited. The colonies soon began to exercise their powers in regard to alteration of the constitution. It should be remembered that the gold rush had brought in many liberal-minded men from Britain, as well as a mixed European population who immigrated to Australia after the revolutions of 1848. The opportunities for securing action along liberal lines soon led to such things as voting by ballot, payment of members of Parliament, universal suffrage and abolition of property qualifications. Indeed, voting by ballot was adopted by the Australian colonies before it was applied anywhere else within the British Empire. It did not gain acceptance in England until 1872. The franchise was conferred on women by South Australia in 1894. The two Colonies which had had nominee upper houses, namely New South Wales and Queensland retained that system until 1922 in Queensland, when the second chamber was completely abolished and 1934 in New South Wales when a new system was introduced, the members of the Council being elected by the council and the Assembly jointly and holding office for 12 years. I come now to Federation. Australia's position in the Pacific was primarily responsible for this step. You have all heard of New Guinea which is less than 100 miles from our northern shores and the largest island in the world after Australia itself. New Guinea would be roughly about the size of the Canadian Province of British Columbia. The western end of the island had been occupied by the Dutch for a considerable time prior to 1870 when the colonies of New South Wales and Queensland had urged the annexation of the eastern portion. The home authorities refused to take any action and the Premier of Queensland, who foresaw German annexation sent a magistrate to annex the eastern portion in the name of the Queen. The United Kingdom Government was indignant and repudiated the annexation declaring that they were convinced that Germany had no designs on New Guinea. No less than a year later however, a German ship proceeded to New Guinea and its captain annexed the island together with the adjoining islands of New Britain and New Ireland. The Australians were extremely angry but the episode had two good affects. In the first place, it did much to crystallize their decision to become a united nation speaking with a united voice. In the second place, they were awakened to their interest in foreign affairs. Moreover, the New Guinea episode had its effect in Whitehall. The home authorities saw that, in the words of Lord Rosebery who visited Australia shortly after the incident,--"the connection of loyalty between Australia and the mother country--would survive--as long as the home country and the daughter country are allowed to preserve their position of mutual independence and mutual self-respect". The United Kingdom did much to help the cause of federation which was achieved in 1901. A few words about our Federal system. While basically similar in its retention of British institutions, the Australian system differs in some respects from that which was adopted in Canada. The framers of the Australian constitution had before them both the Canadian model and the American model. In the allocation of powers between the central Government and Provincial (or State Governments as we call them) they followed the American system, under which there is only one list of powers namely those which may be exercised by the Federal Parliament and Government. Everything else remains with the States. This is the chief difference between our systems. There are others, such as the rather more complete independence of the State Governments who still appoint their own respective governors and judges, and the differences in the composition of our Federal Parliament. This consists of two Houses, the House of Representatives, which corresponds to your House of Commons, and the Senate. In regard to our Senate, we again followed the American precedent in setting it up as a "States" House. Its members are elected by the people on a basis of universal suffrage for a term of six years, half of them retiring every three. It is provided in our Federal constitution that each State, regardless of its size, shall return the same number of Senators which, at the moment, is six, making a total of 36. The people in each State vote for the purpose of electing Senators as one electorate. Our Senate thus differs from yours in a very fundamental respect. Our House of Representatives consists of as nearly as possible twice the number of Senators and at the moment numbers 75 members. We have thus not nearly as many members in our Federal Parliament as you have, but recently there leas been some suggestion of an increase. The Commonwealth of Australia, having been established as late as 1900 had, of course, always been self governing and has incorporated the principle of responsible Government but as I have already said, the battle for these principles had long since been fought and won. One thing however, was lacking as early as 1900. At this stage in the history of the British Commonwealth the principle of Dominion Status had not been established and it is in the field of foreign relations that this principle finds its highest expression. It was originally Canada which led the way but I shall not weary you with the details of the evolution of our present status. It is enough to say that the British Dominions, by the part which they played in the Great War earned for themselves a place in the Councils of the world. In 1926 came the Balfour declaration setting out that the United Kingdom and the Dominions were coequal partners in the British Commonwealth and later in 1931 the Statute of Westminster which gave effect to the complete autonomy of the Dominions in respect of their external as well as their internal affairs. Since that time the place of the Dominions in international affairs has become accepted and the exchange of diplomatic representatives with other countries is a recognized practice. Australia had no very definite line in foreign affairs during the twenties when the accent was on trade notably in the countries bordering the Pacific. From 1929 onwards we appointed a series of Trade Commissioners starting with Canada and including the United States, China, Japan and the Netherlands East Indies. Canada had already appointed a Trade Commissioner to Australia in 1907, the first appointment in your Trade Commissioner service, a service which I understand Canada pioneered. With the thirties came the development of Australia's Department of External Affairs. Canada had already had a good start. An Australian Department of External Affairs had been established in 1901, but its scope was very limited, covering such subjects as the Government of Papua, Pacific Islands mail services and research in tropical diseases. During the Great War the Department became merged in the Prime Minister's Department but after the war a special Branch of that Department, called the Pacific Branch, was constituted and after the 1923 Imperial Conference, Mr. Allan Leeper, an Australian-born member of the United Kingdom foreign service was loaned to the Australian Government for six months. He recommended .the establishment of an Australian External Affairs office in London. That office continues today although we have had a High Commissioner in London since 1912. In 1934 a Department of External Affairs was reconstituted at Canberra and the portfolio was separated from that of the Prime Minister. The first Australian foreign mission was sent abroad very shortly afterwards the Minister, Sir John Latham, visiting Japan, China and other countries of eastern Asia. At the Imperial Conference in London in 1937 the Lyons Government proposed the constitution of a Pacific Pact, but this received no encouragement. At the beginning of 1939, Australia's only permanent political representation abroad consisted of the High Commissioner in London, the External Affairs Officer in London and an Australian Counsellor attached to the British Embassy in Washington. Shortly before the outbreak of war, Mr. Menzies, on assuming the Premiership of the country, broadcast that, "Australia must regard herself as a principal in providing herself with her own, information and maintaining her own diplomatic contacts with foreign powers". The following day, plans for Australian Legations in Washington and Tokyo were announced but before these posts were opened up the High Commission in Canada had been established. Not long afterwards exchanges of diplomatic representatives were made with China, the Soviet Union and the Netherlands. Later still came New Zealand, India, Ireland and South Africa, so that now we have High Commissioners in the United Kingdom and all of the Dominions. We have also exchanged diplomatic representatives with France, Brazil and Chile. We have a Commissioner in Malaya and political representatives in the Netherlands East Indies and Germany. We have also our Trade Commissioner Service which has expanded and we have recently established a Consular Service. I will not recapitulate the vital role played by Australia in the Pacific. The establishment of the Pacific War Council in Washington was largely the result of a request by Australia and New Zealand. We had a seat on the Far Eastern Commission which met in Washington and the British Commonwealth is represented on the Allied Control Council in Tokyo. This last mentioned development is significant, marking as it does the highest point in British Commonwealth relations for it is a manifestation of a position where one of the Dominions is representing not only other Dominions but also the United Kingdom. I come now to our relations with the United Kingdom during the war and in particular would refer to the New Year broadcast at the end of 1941 immediately after Pearl Harbour, by the late Prime Minister, Mr. John Curtin, whose words have often been quoted out of their context. Mr. Curtin, after pointing out that the Australian Government regarded the Pacific struggle as primarily one in which the United States and Australia must have the fullest say went on-- "Without any inhibitions of any kind, I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom." "We know the problems that the United Kingdom faces. We know the constant threat of invasion. We know the dangers 'of dispersal of strength, but we know, too, that Australia can go and Britain can still hold on. We are, therefore, determined that Australia shall not go, and we shall exert all our energies towards the shaping of a plan, with the United States as its keystone, which will give to our country some confidence of being able to hold out until the tide of battle swings against the enemy." "Summed up, Australian external policy will be shaped towards obtaining Russian aid, and working out, with the United States as the major factor, a plan of Pacific strategy along with British, Chinese and Dutch forces". On the following day Mr. Curtin spoke again saying: "Our loyalty to His Majesty the King goes to the very core of our national life. It is part of our being. I do not consider Australia a segment of the British Empire. It is an organic part of the whole structure. Australia, as an integral part of the British Commonwealth faces the problem of its own defence with sheer realism. We want to preserve Australia as a part of the British Commonwealth. We intend to do so." No one who knew Mr. Curtin, no one who for example heard his most moving speech on the abdication in 1936, could ever doubt for a moment his fervent belief in the British Commonwealth or, as he still often called it, the British Empire. Mr. Curtins' successor, Mr. Chifley shares his views to the full. Indeed the Australian Government with the full support of the Australian people has decided to make a gift of $81,000,000.00 to Great Britain as a contribution towards her war costs in and about the Pacific. I would like now to speak of Australia's relations with the other British countries. As regards Canada, we sent our first trade commissioner to you as you sent your first to us. We share the same ocean, which you can cross now in thirty-six hours. Australia has always taken a deep interest in Canada as an older brother who has been out longer in the world. Australia and Canada are each a representative of the British Commonwealth in important quarters of the globe. Each is in close relation with the United States and acts to some extent. as an interpreter between America and the other British countries. Above all each is a security power. New Zealand is, of course, our closest neighbour. At one time it seemed possible that New Zealand would join with the Australian colonies in federation and there is in fact a rather wistful clause in the Commonwealth Constitution providing that New Zealand may still come in if she wishes. Increased shipping, air and telephone services have brought the two countries very close together and the war in the Pacific brought home to them the vital nature of the link between them. At the beginning of 1944 after a conference at Canberra, the two governments signed a treaty, the first of its kind between two British countries. The Canberra agreement provides for consultation for security and defence and for frequent meetings of ministers. On the welfare side it envisaged a Regional South Seas Commission consisting of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, the United States and France, an advisory commission directed to the social, economic and welfare development of the islands and their native peoples. At a recent conference in Canberra effect was given to this provision of the Agreement. Furthermore, the treaty set up a permanent secretariat linking Canberra and Wellington, the first machinery of its kind between two British countries. This joint secretariat established in the two capitals ensures day to day collaboration, facilitates the exchange of information, hammers out views between the two governments and assists them to make their joint contribution not only to the solution of the problems of the Pacific but to all questions of foreign affairs. Over and over again the Australian and New Zealand Governments have presented joint views to Washington or London. As Dr. Evatt recently described it "This agreement is, in effect, a permanent understanding between two States which are completely autonomous and at the same time united by a common allegiance to the King and also trustees for British Commonwealth interests and British civilization in the Pacific." The agreement is a reality: it works. South Africa, like Australia and Canada, is a two-ocean country and she shares with Australia the Indian Ocean. There is much else that the two countries have in common. Our first trade agreement shortly after federation was with South Africa and before the first world war we had interchanges of test cricket. We have recently established a High Commissioner's office in South Africa. I come now to Ireland. Along with Great Britain Ireland is very much a Mother country as far as Australia is concerned. Perhaps as many as twenty-five percent of our population comes from one part or another of Ireland. In Victoria in particular the links with Ireland are very close; to take one instance, the first four Chief Justices of the State covering a span of about eighty years were all from Ireland--whether Ulster, Dublin or Cork. One of the early, Attorneys-General in Victoria, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, had the unique distinction of sittting for West Melbourne in the Victorian Assembly and West Clare in the House of Commons at one and the same time. The Irish in Australia were deeply interested in the Home Rule movement and in the eighties John and William Redmond, then young men of twenty-four and twenty-one respectively, made long tours in Australia raising large sums of money for the cause. Incidentally they both married Australian girls. While the younger generation of Australians of Irish descent have ceased to take a direct interest in Irish politics, nevertheless the old ties are strong and Australia must always view Ireland's general position with regard the British Commonwealth as a matter of interest. We exchanged High Commissioners with Ireland in 1946. In conclusion, I wish to stress that Australia is proud of her membership of the British Commonwealth and jointly believes that the British family of nations and the United States of America are the most potent factors operating today towards a just and lasting peace, based on the four freedoms, the Atlantic Charter and Enlightened Christian Civilization.

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Kazakhstan General Information President Constitution Historical Outline Kazakhstan's Economy Science and Education Culture, Literature and Arts Population of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan in figures Historical Outline Kazakhstan's Economy Culture, Literature and Arts Population of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan in figures SPKTARAZ.KZ >Kazakhstan >Science and Education > The origin of science in ancient Kazakhstan dates to antiquity. Archeological research and written sources contain information on the culture of cities and colonies existing in the 6th-11th centuries on the territory of Zhetisu, Central and East Kazakhstan. The founders of this culture were native (local) Turkic tribes: oguzy, karluki, kimaki, and kypchaki. As a result of the strengthening of the influence of the Arabian Halifat in Central Asia and Kazakhstan, in the 8th-11th centuries Islam extended its influence, along with Arabian culture. Arabian language on the Halifat's territory became prevalent; however local culture and language were preserved. Many scientists, natives of the countries conquered by the Arabs, took an active part in the development of Arabian culture. Medieval cities were famous all over the world not because of their markets and handicrafts, but for poets, scientists, artists, great libraries, and educational institutions. Otrar city, located on the Great Silk Road which had important geographic and economic value and led from China to Europe, had a special significance. The Farab library was the largest storehouse of wealthy manuscript literature, even compared with the Alexandrine library in Egypt. The great scientist Abu Nasr Al Farabi was born in Farab city. His scientific heritage is contained in more than 100 literary works. In the Karahanid state, existing in the 10th-11th centuries on the territory of Kazakhstan, the outstanding poet and thinker Jusuf Balasaguni created his literary works. His work "Kutadgu Bilig" ("Beneficial Knowledge") became known in many countries. Already in those days, an exceptional contribution by Eastern progressive thinkers in science and culture had been recognized by Europe. This has been testified to by translations of Eastern scientists' and thinkers' literary works, which gained wide spread dissemination in the 10th-12th centuries in France, Europe, Spain and other states. At the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, scientists of Russia and several countries of Western Europe began to research Kazakhstan's territory, and study its history, culture, life and the customs of its population. The first fundamental work on the history of the Kazakh "Description of Kyrgyz-Kazakh or Kyrgyz-Kaisak hordes and steppes" (1832) had been created by A. I. Levshin. Sh. Valikhanov had named him "the Kazakh nation's" Herodotus and his monograph is considered an invaluable scientific property. Well-known Russian researchers P. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, N. M. Przhevalsky, and G. N. Potanin made an important contribution not only to the study of the land but also to the creation of democratic scientific thought in the latter half of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries. This research and also that of V. V. Grigoriev, N. F. Kostylezky, E. P. Mikhaelis, P. E. Makovetsky, and A. A. Blek exerted great influence on the spiritual formation of Kazakh democrats like Sh. Valikhanov, Y. Altynsarin, and A. Kunanbayev. At the beginning of the 20th century most Kazakh children had the opportunity to study only in countryside medresehs where training had been limited to memorizing Koran ayats. On the eve of 1916 there were only several Russian and Russian Kazakh schools on Kazakhstan's territory, in which 19,370 Kazakh children were studying. By 1932 there were more than 10 research institutes, about a hundred base stations, laboratories and weather stations, and several geological survey organizations. The Kazakh Base of the Science Academy of the USSR, was created on 8 March 1932 with zoology and botany branches operating there. In 1935, the Kazakh Research Institute of National culture, including Kazakh language and literature and folk arts branches had been placed under the authority of the Kazakh Base of the Science Academy of the USSR. At that time, the Almaty Botanical Garden laid its foundation, and medical science was developing. During the War, plenty of scientific institutions and institutes of higher education were evacuated to the Republic. World-famous scientists were working there, such as I. P. Bardin, L. S. Berg, V. I. Vernadsky, N. F. Gamaleya, I. I. Meshaninov, N. D. Zelinsky, L. I. Mandelshtam, N. V. Tsitsin, S. G. Strumilin, A. M. Pankratova, A. E. Favorskiy, S. E. Malov, V. G. Fesenkov, G. A. Tikhov, B. A. Vorontsov-Veliaminov and others. These scientists made a number of suggestions of great value for defense and pertaining to the national economy, discovering deposits of ferrous metals, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese ore and others. In 1942 were organized the Institute of astronomy and physics and the Institute of metallurgy and chemicals, and in 1943, the Institutes of soil science, botany, zoology and tropical diseases. From 1942-1945 the specialized Institute of chemistry, metallurgy and mining, fireproof and building materials, and zoology was established. The year 1991 was the beginning of new period in the development of native science. The law "On scientific and technical politics in the Republic of Kazakhstan" was passed 15th January 1992, and in the same year the Ministry of science and new technologies was founded. Since 1993 state expertise of scientific and technical programs, which are financed with public funds has been supported. A unified procedure of the registration of reporting documentation by development of structural and technological works in the republic has confirmed the legislative basis of financing scientific-technical and experience-structural works. The results of this work, which have been conducted in the scientific-technical area, were exhibited in Astana in February 1998. Projects of government programs on the development of mechanical engineering, atomic industry and energy in the country, as well the conclusion of development of a mining and smelting complex in republic were completed. For the first time native computers and a series of electronic equipment of industrial and ordinary application had been produced. The scientists of the republic made their contribution in ensuring the processes of public administration. The history of Kazakhstan and Kazakh philosophy has been explored since ancient times. New philosophy and methodology of science has been created in the context of the mixing of eastern and western cultures. The development of constitutional processes in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Eurasian fusion and geopolitics has been explored, population forecasts made. The hundred years anniversary of academician K. I. Satpayev was included in the register of jubilees conducted under the support of UNESCO. An international scientific symposium dedicated to this event was held in Paris 15-23 April 1999. The exhibition "The scientists of Kazakhstan: from the past to the future: was also organized. Investigations of science, which have been conducted in the last few years, have been directed at the competitive capacity of native science and technology. In order to create projects associated with the restructuring science of the scientific base, the increase in efficiency of the use of natural and mineral resources, production of new materials and products, improvement in processing of human and industrial waste, stabilization of the operations of the mining and smelting complex, and use of molecular and cellular biology in biotechnology, medicine, agriculture, communications, and atomic energy. The years of independence have been characterized by new methods of science and science administration, creating favorable conditions for scientists' work, the training of a new generation of scientific personnel, and searching for an effective systemic fusion of education and science. If we examine the Middle East, we can see that education was introduced from other states, sometimes because of a higher grade of social development or because of conquering armies, which subjugated most of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In the Pre-Islamic period educational and scientific centers were established by emigrants from the West. As a result of the Arab conquests (beginning in 651), Islam became the dominant religion in the region and, accordingly, the Arabic language and alphabet became standard. For many centuries reading, writing and education were the prerogative of the elite, a necessary prerequisite for working in government administration. So, in the 8th-9th centuries in official documents and literature, the hegemony of Arabic language was established, which was companion of and guide to Islam. It is possible to draw an analogy with Latin, which was a ubiquitous feature of culture and education, introduced to Western Europe through the Catholic Church. During this era, Islamic schools appeared and grew in the region. The Medieval schools of the Muslim world can be divided into two types: Maktabs (Dabristan) and Madrasahs. A Maktab is a primary school attached to a mosque; a madrasah is a type of secondary and high school. Only boys were allowed to become literate. Medieval Islamic schools had much in common with each other, though they greatly varied in their standards of education. They showed social distinction, as well as the evolution of the development of this type of school. One of the first rate Madrasah was established by the famous astronomer Nizamal-Mulk in the latter half of the11th century in Baghdad, with government support, with salaries for teachers and grants for pupils. In Iran and the Central Asian lands of the Arabian caliphate existed prohibitions on the translation of the Koran from Arabic into other languages. This prohibition was observed for centuries. Tabari translated the Koran into Persian in the 10th century, but his book was banned. Central Asia and Kazakhstan were invaded from the East by the immense nomadic armies of Genghis Khan in 1219, and carts with warriors' families followed them. Thus, a new period in the history of the Kazakh steppes had begun. During the 15th-16th centuries the most well known Madrasahs were in Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent. These Madrasahs, which have been treasured since their creation, today are considered monuments of architecture. The Kazakh and Kyrgyz nationalities formed on their respective present territories during the 16th century. Subsequently, diplomatic and trade relations with the Russian Empire became stronger, leading to the next stage of development of the education system and the spreading of literacy. Secular Kazakh Schools The history of secular Kazakh schools began in 1789. The first such establishment. "Asian College", was opened in Omsk. This town was the center of administration of the northern regions of present Kazakhstan. In 1825 the Nepluev School was created, and in 1844 it was re-organized as a Military School. A seven-year school attached to the frontier committee of Orenburg opened in 1850. The teaching of Islam had prevailed there, but subsequently the curriculum was extended. Russian history, mathematics, geometry and geography were introduced in 1859. Altynsarin studied in this school. Teaching was carried out in Russian, but Tatar was studied too. The first woman's school for Kazakh girls opened in 1883. In this period the Vernen men's preparatory school began operation. Obligatory subjects were mathematics, physics, logic, history, Russian language and literature, and religion. There were four languages taught: new - German and French; and classical - Greek and Latin. In addition, singing, drawing, sketching, calligraphy, gymnastics and dance were taught. Occasionally, educational hikes around Lake Issyk Kul, Almaty and Lake Issyk were arranged. However, the general education system had been kept unproductive. Before the revolution, the literacy rate averaged a few percent in Kazakhstan. In 1916, the number of pupils in Kazakhstan averaged 164,859. Education during the period of socialism At the beginning of the 20th century, intensive development of education and pedagogical science began in the region. A new generation of enlighteners appeared on the public scene. They evolved the materialistic opinions of their predecessors, and introduced new ideas in the area of teaching. The realization of a broad program of economic and social reorganization in the former outlying districts of the Soviet Union began after the establishment of Soviet power. By the 1940's illiteracy in Kazakhstan had been eliminated, and a new school of general education for the entire population was created in place of the old country schools. Elementary, vocational and high schools began to operate. Publishing had an important significance in the development of pedagogical science. In 1919, the Bukeev branch of the People's committee published "Mugalim" ("The teacher") pedagogical magazine. Published articles emphasized the high prestige of educators and parents, and the educational opinions of Aristotle, Socrates, Z. Z. Rousseau, L. N. Tolstoy and many others. This first published work promoted the creation of the first Kazakh schools. In 1928 the Pedagogical Institute, where training of specialists for schools of general education and secondary schools was carried out, was founded. The idea of general literacy was promoted as the first and foremost challenge or graduating students. Cattle-breeding districts of Republic had waited for the opening of The Veterinary Institute in 1929 impatiently. The Capital of Kazakhstan experienced a rise not only in terms of the national economy. It was a time of the development of social art. Musical, Choreographic and dramatic arts schools opened in Alma-Ata city in 1930. The Institute of Agriculture opened its doors in 1930. In 1931 the State Medical Institute began training high quality specialists in occupations with good job opportunities. Pediatricians, therapists, surgeons and doctors of particular specializations mastered all the subtle skills of their respective fields, drawing on Russian and foreign clinicians' experience. The Kazakh Republic Technical School of physical training, which became a favorite in student circles, has operated since 1932. 1934 was the year of the grand opening of Kazakh State University. The famous history of this institute of higher education's activity became the model for a whole era of education. Kazakh State University was the first to provide brainpower and scientific elites to the Kazakh Republic. The Artistic School received its first students. Young people were enlightened with the knowledge of the history of world arts and the practical skills of applied artistic creations beginning in 1938. A group of writers and scientists created original textbooks for Kazakh schools from the 1920's to the 1940's. Teachers training college of foreign languages in Almaty was created in 1941. Kazakh womens' teacher training college was created in 1944. Liberal arts education was offered to future teachers, musicians, choreographers, psychologists and speech therapists. At the same time, the Kazakh State Conservatory began enrollment of musicology and performing arts faculties. For the first time in the conservatory were heard the sounds of piano, fiddle, flute, kobiz and dombra, bayan and balalaika. The choral part of the Conservatory found talented, promising students. The Kazakh State Institute of Physical training was opened in the last year of world war two. Since 1957, the State has organized boarding schools for children from broken families and those with poor health. In 1963 the Institute of national economics, which promoted the ideas of the progressive period in the history of socialism, was created. Students of the Institute received knowledge of economic and social sciences. The Energy Institute of Almaty has provided education for electrical engineering specialists for the needs of the national industry and municipal services since 1975. In 1976 the Institute of railway transportation engineers of Almaty began education of engineers on vitally important areas of transportation engineering. The Institute of Artistic Theatre for creative youth was created in 1978. There were trained specialists for national theatres, Kazakh cinema and television, and artistic and choreographic arts, which are famous all over the world. The Architectural and Construction institute of Almaty started its education of students in 1980. This institute turns out architects, creators, designers, builders and engineers. Eminent statesmen have made definite contributions to the development and formation of education and science in the republic, such as S. Asfendiyarov, S. Zhandosov, T. Zhurgynov, S. Mendeshev, T. Ryskulov, N. Toreculov, I. Omarov and others, greats of Kazakh literature, such as M. Auyezov, S. Seyfullin, I. Zhansugurov, B. Maylin, S. Mukanov, G. Musrepov, G. Mustafin; art and science workers: A. Zhubanov, S. Amanzholov, E. Bekmakhanov, M. Gabdullin, S. Zhienbayev, A. Margulan, K. Satpayev, D, Tursunov, M. Khamraev, and others.

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george_approved_nav 07.18.2019 - Brownies on the Lake (Tiki Bar) The George Brothers Live! 6:00... 07.20.2019 - North Channel Yacht Club The George Brothers Live! 07.27.2019 - Anchor Bay The George Brothers Band Live!... 08.02.2019 - Rogers Roost 08.03.2019 - Groveland Oaks County Park About The Band! | Live Events | Tour Photos / Media | Family Jewels About The George Brothers! From the standpoint of an aspiring musician, growing up in the 1960's definitely had it's advantages. For one thing, it allowed you a front row seat for the single most influential event in pop music history. Although it had been born a decade earlier, it wasn't until a certain band from England made their American debut on nationwide television that Rock and Roll came of of age. For millions of kids across the country (including three brothers from Detroit), this was the moment that changed them forever and set them on their path Click for a larger view Armed with a musical pedigree which they inherited from their father, who as a big band/swing musician had shared the stage with Benny Goodman and toured with Kate Smith, it was only a matter of time before they discovered their chops and began putting their heritage to the test. Barry George It was Bobby who first began to spread his wings and chance a leap from the nest. A Christmas gift of a Harmony Rocket guitar was all it took for him to hang up his baseball glove and embark on what he soon realized was his true calling. Immediate success on the teen club circuit (including some television appearances) validated his choice and gave him all the incentive he needed to further pursue his dreams. Like many people of Italian ancestry, David tends to talk with his hands. The only difference is that his hands are holding drumsticks. Emulating his heroes soon led to the development of his own style, which is an infusion of their influence coupled with his own methodology. David is a meat and potatoes man. He is also a meat and potatoes drummer. Rock solid and to the point. Waiting in the wings for his chance to shine was Barry. Even though he was always drawn to the piano, the logical choice would be for him to play bass. Lucky for them he took to it like a moth to a flame. Driving the groove has become his trademark, and the groove has become the signature of the George Brother's sound. Not to mention that between Bobby and Barry the vocals are world class. Although their vocal styles are diverse, their delivery contains one common element-STRENGTH! Long have The George Brothers called upon the services of keyboardist Patrick Harwood to lend his considerable talents to their cause. Since the early days of the band and many times thereafter, he has been there to provide textures and orchestrations that prove to be vital components of the classical rock sound they covet. His contributions on stage and in the studio are an integral part of their style and have helped tremendously in defining the scope of their presentation. Throughout the 70's, 80's, and 90's the George Brothers enjoyed success both together and with separate musical ventures, and the list of bands with which they have performed is quite impressive, albeit too numerous to mention. But take note that many times when a famous artist comes to town and needs a band to back them up, they know who to call. Although they have been playing together for many years, those who are in the know feel that the George Brothers are just beginning to hit their stride. The blistering guitar work, the thunderous bass, the pounding beat, the vocal power, and the symphonic layering transfixes their audience by transforming their performances into displays of sheer talent, versatility, and authenticity. It's almost as if it's become second nature to them. Sit back and watch the sparks fly and you will be amazed at what you see and hear. The George Brothers A.D. Now and forever let it be known that all future George Brothers performances are hereby dedicated to the memory of brother David, whose tragic and untimely demise during a show on May 9th 2009 leaves a void in our hearts that can never truly be filled. Few get to choose the manner in which they exit this world, and fewer still get to depart while doing something which they lived for. This can be said of David Alan George: He Died Well. We hereby resolve to take up the mantle in the spirit of our fallen brother, and use whatever strength remains in our hearts to continue doing what we were BORN to do. What we MUST do. And by doing so, make David proud. Copyright 2012 George Brothers. All rights reserved. Hosting and Design by GrossePointe.com LLC

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Baseball, People | June 30, 2018, 7:44 AM Tim Tebow Is Doing Something Nobody Expected Tim Tebow continues to be a lighting rod for criticism. The most famous Christian athlete in the United States was recently dragged into the NFL's National Anthem controversy for no reason whatsoever. But now Tebow is back in the news, and the reason why has the liberal sports media furious. After Tim Tebow's NFL career petered out, the former Heisman trophy winning quarterback set his sights on an old love: baseball. Tebow was a promising baseball prospect in high school, but chose to follow his football dreams. The football door closed, but the baseball door cracked open. Tebow was widely mocked for pursuing a baseball career at 29 years old. Others even more cynical called the move a publicity stunt. But Tebow simply put his head down and went to work. He had a bumpy road in year one, but flashed some power, and was promoted to the New York Mets' double-A affiliate. After Tebow's relatively promising inaugural season, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said he expected Tebow to make it to the majors. Some wondered if Alderson's words were simply hot air, but Tebow is inching closer toward making Alderson a prophet. Tebow suffered a bit of a setback during spring training when he tweaked his ankle after stepping on a sprinkler. But since then, Tebow has proven he belongs. Thus far in June, Tebow is batting .320 and has significantly cut down on the number of strikeouts. #Mets outfielder Tim Tebow boosts his June slash line to .320/.370/.480 for @RumblePoniesBB. - Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) June 24, 2018 If Tebow continues to grow, he could leave the Binghamton Rumble Ponies behind and get one step closer to "the show" by joining the triple-A Las Vegas 51s. At 30 years old, Tebow is an elder statesman among baseball prospects, but it's not unprecedented for old rookies to make their major-league debut. Tebow's grit is unquestioned, and his plate discipline has improved. He still needs to do a better job of drawing walks, but the wild hacks and strikeouts are dwindling. Last season, Tebow was put on the Eastern League all-star ballot even though his performance wasn't quite up to par. Tebow's presence was a huge marketing boon for the league. However, this year Tebow is making a better case for himself. He won't play in the all-star game next month, but he's proven himself to be a credible baseball player. That feat is an accomplish in and of itself when considering his 10-year hiatus from the game. Few players have the talent to be two-sport stars, but even fewer can pick up one sport after a decade of absence and still look like they belong. Tebow's baseball future is uncertain, but rest assured he will give it his full commitment. During Tebow's first year at the single-A level, Columbia Fireflies manager Jose Leger lauded Tebow's determination and leadership despite being a newcomer. Tebow's personality and heart have always rubbed off on his teammates. It's the reason he won two national championships in college, and led the Denver Broncos to a playoff berth after taking over for an underwhelming Kyle Orion. Tim Tebow's journey to the baseball mountaintop is a treacherous longshot, but if anybody has faith, he does.

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"...there is much else that may be told." - Glóin This article or section is a stub. Please help Tolkien Gateway by expanding it. Edgbaston, Birmingham, a Birds' Eye View in 1904 Birmingham is a city located in the West Midlands county in England. It was where J.R.R. Tolkien called home through most of his childhood from 1895-1911. Tolkien's parents Arthur and Mabel came from this city.[1] Tolkien's experience of growing up and living in Birmingham had a huge impression on him and his life's work.[2] [edit] Tolkien's childhood in Birmingham Tolkien was born in the Orange Free State in 1892. However in 1895 John, his brother Hilary and his mother Mabel Tolkien moved into a cottage in Sarehole, a village four miles from the centre of Birmingham. The green woods and fields of his new home had a huge affect on a Tolkien who had only ever known the hot and dry conditions of South Africa. Indeed Tolkien modelled his descriptions of The Shire on his memories of Sarehole. Sarehole Mill is quite possibly mentioned in The Hobbit as the 'the great mill'.[2] Tolkien joined King Edward's School in September 1900. Over the next few years the family moved several times: first to Moseley in 1900; then to Westfield Road, King's Heath in March 1901; and finally to Oliver Road, Edgbaston in 1902. Following Mabel's conversion to Catholicism her family withdrew financial support prompting her to pull Tolkien out of King Edward's School. He and his brother were enrolled in the Oratory School, St Philips. Tolkien returned to King Edward's School in 1903 after winning a scholarship from the school. Before Mabel died in 1904 from diabetes, she appointed Father Francis Xavier Morgan to be John and Hilary's guardian.[2] ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: II. Reader's Guide, pp. 115-8 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Birmingham City Council, J. R. R. Tolkien (accessed 19 March 2011) Birmingham at Wikipedia Library of Birmingham J.R.R.Tolkien's childhood in Birmingham at Birmingham City Council Tolkien's Birmingham 1 - Early Years - Youtube video Tolkien's Birmingham 2 - Local Landmarks- Youtube video Tolkien's Birmingham 3 - Kinver Edge Rock Houses - Youtube video Tolkien's Birmingham 4 - Middle Earth Weekend - Youtube video Tolkien's Birmingham 5 - Vivienne Wilkes - Youtube video Retrieved from "" Categories: Stubs | British locations | Cities (real-world)

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GRATEFUL DEAD 50 CHICAGO THE PHISH TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT INFOGRAPHIC THE PHISH ROTATION INFOGRAPHIC WIDESPREAD PANIC HALLOWEEN COVER DEBUTS CHART SHOP Shopping Cart The Barn Presents is now Subscribe To The Tomorrow's Verse Newsletter Snarky Puppy @ The Riviera Theater Date / Showtime The Riviera Theater Jazz fusion supergroup Snarky Puppy return to Chicago for a single night at the Riviera. A powerhouse of talent and originality, you won't want to miss this one! "Maybe you didn't notice, but this is Snarky Puppy's world, and the rest of us only live in it." - The New York Times The last four years have brought dramatic changes for Snarky Puppy. After a decade of relentless touring and recording in all but complete obscurity, the Texas-bred/New York-based quasi-collective suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as one of the major figures in the jazz world. But as the category names for all three of the band's Grammy® awards would indicate (Best R&B Performance in 2014, Best Contemporary Instrumental Album in 2016 and 2017), Snarky Puppy isn't exactly a jazz band. It's not a fusion band, and it's definitely not a jam band. It's probably best to take Nate Chinen of the New York Times' advice, as stated in an online discussion about the group, to "take them for what they are, rather than judge them for what they're not." Snarky Puppy is a collective of sorts with as many as 25 members in regular rotation. They each maintain busy schedules as sidemen (with such artists as Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, and D'Angelo), producers (for Kirk Franklin, David Crosby, and Salif Keïta), and solo artists (many of whom are on the band's indy label, GroundUP Music). At its core, the band represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world. Japan, Argentina, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Puerto Rico all have representation in the group's membership. But more than the cultural diversity of the individual players, the defining characteristic of Snarky Puppy's music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively. The band was formed by bassist and primary composer Michael League in 2003, starting inconspicuously enough as a group of college friends at the University of North Texas' Jazz Studies program. Three years later, a serendipitous intersection with the Dallas gospel and R&B community in Dallas transformed the music into something funkier, more direct, and more visceral. It was at this time that the group absorbed musicians like Robert "Sput" Searight (drums), Shaun Martin (keyboards), and Bobby Sparks (keyboards), and were heavily influenced by legendary keyboardist Bernard Wright (Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Marcus Miller). Watch Snarky Puppy perform "Lingus (We Like It Here)." Mar 14, 2018 Ravinia Festival Announces 2018 Lineup CurrentVerse PriorVerse Feb 16, 2017 VIDEO | Chris Thile & Esperanza Spalding Join Snarky Puppy @ Ground Up Music Festival Audiovisual CurrentVerse PriorVerse YouTube Feb 26, 2016 Snarky Family: The Side Projects and Musical Kinships of Snarky Puppy Features Lists PriorVerse Jun 24, 2015 Photos / Video | Bill Frisell & Snarky Puppy @ City Winery Audiovisual Photos PriorVerse May 13, 2013 Video: Snarky Puppy @ Reggie's 5/11/13 Audiovisual YouTube

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Why Cooper Tire & Rubber Stock Just Popped 21% Shares of automotive tire-maker Cooper Tire & Rubber () have rocketed in response to estimate-thumping earnings Monday morning, and were up 21% as of 2:22 p.m. EDT. Expected to earn just $0.45 per share in Q3, Cooper reported profits more than twice as good, at $1.07 per share. It did this, meanwhile, despite producing revenue that was less than Wall Street had predicted for it - just $737.7 million. Is that a light we see at the end of Cooper Tire's tunnel? Image source: Getty Images. That's not to say the news was all good. One year ago, Cooper had earned $1.18 per share in its fiscal third quarter, so the company's $1.07 in profits may have "beat earnings," but they still represented a near-10% decline in earnings. (Conversely, the revenue miss represented a small 0.5% increase year over year). Also, operating profit margins on sales declined more than 4 full percentage points to 11%, with all of the declines in profitability coming in Cooper's flagship Americas tire operations. Margins (and net profits) were actually up internationally. Cooper management noted that "unit volume in the U.S. improved in the third quarter and outpaced the [U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association]," a trend that it said continued into the month of September. Accordingly, management is forecasting further unit volume growth in the U.S. in the fourth quarter. That being said, management also warns that profits will be hurt by higher raw materials costs arising from the trade war with China. Despite implementing some price hikes to offset the higher raw materials costs, operating profit margins in Q4 are expected to be roughly the same as we saw in Q3. If that's the case, investors who bought Cooper today hoping to see another earnings beat in Q4 may end up disappointed three months from now. Rich Smith has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Pittsburgh synagogue-shooting suspect wheeled into courtroom; Trump to visit city Tuesday Why Trump Is Absent From His Own TV Ad

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Bank of America is found liable for Countrywide mortgage fraud - October 24, 2013Posted in: News A Countrywide office in Beverly Hills in 2008. Bank of America bought the mortgage lender that year during the height of the housing crisis. Bank of America has been found liable for fraud in the sale of faulty loans by its Countrywide mortgage unit, a major victory for the federal government as it continues to pursue cases stemming from the financial crisis. A federal jury in Manhattan sided with prosecutors who alleged Countrywide Financial Corp. churned out risky home loans in a process called "the Hustle" and then sold them to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Calabasas company, once considered the crown jewel of American mortgage lending, made big profits unloading loans that were later rendered worthless during the housing crisis in 2008. The decision is the first civil fraud verdict against Countrywide, and experts said the decision would probably invite more aggrieved investors to sue and could embolden other investigations aimed at Countrywide or other banks. "That's a very significant win for the government," said Thomas Gorman, a partner at law firm Dorsey Whitney in Washington. "This kind of verdict will only strengthen government's negotiating position and probably make other major banks reevaluate what their position is." In addition to ruling unanimously against BofA, jurors found former Countrywide executive Rebecca Mairone liable for her role in the case. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles had been unable to construct a criminal fraud case against Countrywide executives, including co-founder and Chairman Angelo Mozilo. But three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained what it said was the biggest-ever civil penalty from a corporate boss when Mozilo agreed to pay $67.5 million to avoid going to trial on allegations of fraud and insider trading. The SEC also settled with two of Mozilo's top executives at Countrywide, which had been the nation's largest home lender. Countrywide was acquired by BofA during the height of the housing crisis. Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, whose office sued the bank, said the lender's practices treated "quality control and underwriting as a joke." "In a rush to feed at the trough of easy mortgage money on the eve of the financial crisis, Bank of America purchased Countrywide, thinking it had gobbled up a cash cow," Bharara said in a statement. "That profit, however, was built on fraud, as the jury unanimously found." Bharara's office, which filed the suit a year ago this week, is seeking $848 million in damages from the bank. Any penalties will be determined by a federal judge. During the four-week trial, the bank contested the number of faulty loans and total losses at the heart of the case. "The jury's decision concerned a single Countrywide program that lasted several months and ended before Bank of America's acquisition of the company," the bank said in a statement. "We will evaluate our options for appeal." The suit highlighted Countrywide programs aimed at getting employees to churn out mortgages as fast as possible. Countrywide's practices were some of the most egregious among subprime lenders, said Arthur Wilmarth Jr., a George Washington University law professor who consulted for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. "They along with Washington Mutual were [among] the worst of the banks," Wilmarth said. The courtroom victory could strengthen the federal government's hand as it confronts other major Wall Street banks for conduct that contributed to the financial crisis. The Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have been working on a $13-billion settlement that would resolve a raft of federal and state probes stemming from faulty mortgage investments that fueled the financial crisis. A source familiar with the negotiations has said the deal could be announced as soon as this week. In addition, the verdict may inspire the federal government to continue using a new weapon to fight Wall Street misdeeds. After the financial crisis, prosecutors dusted off a 1980s law - the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act - to pursue wrongdoing, said Jeffrey Manns, a law professor at George Washington University. Prosecutors used the law in the Countrywide case. The law was passed after the savings and loan crisis and allows the government to more easily prosecute for fraud that affects federally insured financial institutions. "This is potentially a landmark case because it shows the government can successfully sue under this act," Manns said. Manns said the Countrywide case could have fallout for other cases, such as the Justice Department lawsuit against ratings firm Standard & Poor's filed in Los Angeles. In that case, the government alleges that S&P helped inflate the housing bubble by assigning dubious ratings to mortgage investments chock-full of faulty loans. "That case will now take place in the shadow of the Bank of America decision," Manns said.

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Women of Science Lise Meitner Remembered -- the 40th Anniversary of her Death "She is our Marie Curie" High praise from a high authority. And Einstein knew whereof he spoke. He knew both women personally and he knew their work. Today, October 27, 2008, marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Lise Meitner. She became in her lifetime, and still ranks as, one of Germany's greatest physicists...better said, one of the world's great physicists. She played a key role, perhaps the pivotal role, in the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938 and 1939, and in so doing became known for a time as the Mother of the Nuclear Age and, sometimes, the Mother of the Atomic Bomb. She was asked to come to the U.S. and work on the Manhattan Project, but she refused because she considered it a perversion of her science. She died in 1968 in Cambridge, England, just a few days short of her 90th birthday. Meitner was born in Vienna on either November 7 or November 17, 1878 -- no one seems sure. She was ethnically Jewish but was baptized a protestant in 1908 and remained one throughout the rest of her life. In 1906 she became only the second woman to receive a doctorate in physics from the University 0f Vienna. There was little future for a woman physicist in Austria, so in 1907 she departed for Berlin, then the vital center of German physics. She began by attending lectures by, and then serving as assistant to, the great Max Planck, but was soon introduced to a young chemist by the name of Otto Hahn. They hit if off and began a collaboration in radioactivity, she doing the physics and he doing the chemistry, that endured off and on until July 1938 when she was forced to flee from Nazi Germany. Even then it continued in correspondence and one secret meeting in Copenhagen until January 1939. What is remarkable to an observer in the current age, looking back upon the dark ages of gender equality, is how irresistibly Meitner seems to have bubbled to the surface of the physics community in Berlin and indeed in all Europe notwithstanding the pervasive prejudice of most of the men in that community against women in science. She endured professional and personal obstacles to her career of the most absurd and inexcusable variety: for example, when she began working with Hahn she was required by Emil Fischer, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry, to work only in a basement room with a separate entrance, no toilet facilities and no access to the laboratories upstairs. Worse yet, for many years she had to work without pay and without academic status because the Prussian university and research institute system had no places for women. This photo of Lise at the Summer Physics Colloquium at Niels Bohr's Physics Institute in Copenhagen in 1935 illustrates what she was up against (Max Born and Werner Heisenberg are with her in the front row): Although her official academic status was lowly, Meitner's brilliance was evidently widely recognized and she inexorably became one of the elite physicists in Europe. Just consider the list of some of the physicists with whom she had professional and sometimes personal relationships: Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Max von Laue, Wolfgang Pauli, James Franck, Neils Bohr, Max Born, Erwin Schroedinger, Werner Heisenberg, James Chadwick, Enrico Fermi, Irene Curie. The embedded backwardness of turn-of-the-century Prussian civilization gradually gave way through the 20's to more egalitarian values and in 1926 Lise became the first woman physics professor in Germany. She was by then so advanced in her standing in the scientific community that the requirement of an Habilitation thesis was waived -- she had already written and published more than 40 papers. A Daring Harrowing Flight from Nazi Germany Although Meitner lived and worked exclusively in Berlin from from 1907 until 1938 she remained an Austrian citizen until March 1938 when Hitler annexed Austria and all Austrians became Germans whether they liked it or not. By early 1938 it was clear that Lise's position as an ethnic Jew, notwithstanding that she was in practice a Lutheran, was becoming fatal to her career and her personal safety. Alarm for her safety spread among her colleagues across Europe until finally two Dutchmen, Dirk Coster and Adriaan Fokker, both of them physicists, devised a daring and dangerous plan for her escape from Germany. Meitner had, of course, no valid passport for travel and had no permission to leave Germany. Her Austrian passport was useless after the Anschluss and she had not been issued a German passport. It was therefore entirely illegal for her to depart Germany with no intention of returning. On the morning of Wednesday July 13, 1938, Meitner was driven to the train station in Berlin by Paul Rosebaud, editor of Der Naturwissenschaften. She was in a state of terror and almost backed out at the last moment. The plan was for her to board a lightly traveled train bound for Groningen in Holland which would cross the Dutch-German border at the small resort town of Nieuweschwans. It was the northernmost border rail crossing between Germany and Holland. When she boarded the train she had the clothes on her back, a small suitcase, 10 marks in her purse, and a diamond ring in her pocket (given to her at the last moment by Hahn to be used in case of an emergency). By pre-arrangement, Dirk Coster was waiting on board the train for her and and pretended to greet her with surprise, as though he had not expected to see her. This was part of the escape plan. Coster was himself at that moment present in Nazi Germany helping a prominent Jewish scientist illegally leave the country, and in so doing he acted with great heroism and at peril to himself. The train pulled out and the tense and terrifying journey proceeded. With the help of local contacts on the Dutch side of the border the resourceful Dirk Coster had arranged with the Dutch border patrol that Meitner would not be asked for her passport or otherwise prevented from entering Holland. This was a very considerable piece of work on Coster's part. The plan worked and Coster and Meitner crossed over into Holland without incident and traveled on to Groningen. It was an incredible adventure for the mild-mannered and intense 59 year-old physicist, one she would rather have done without. In due course Meitner left Holland, moved on to Stockholm and took up a position in a new nuclear physics institute sponsored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and run by a very male-chauvinistic Nobel Laureate by the name of Manne Siegbahn. The relationship with Siegbahn proved to be an unhappy one, he was ever unfriendly and unhelpful to her, and she never really felt at home in Sweden. She nevertheless spent the next 22 years of her life there, eventually becoming a Swedish citizen. In 1960 at the age of 81 she moved to Cambridge, England, to be near her nephew, Otto Robert Frisch, and his family. She died there on October 27, 1968. The Sad Case of the Deutsches Museum The Deutsches Museum in Munich is thought by many to be the leading science museum in Germany, and maybe it is. It has, however, like many German institutions, had some difficulty coming to terms with its own history. The museum's treatment of Lise Meitner is illustrative. What you see in the photo above is an exhibit to be found today in the Chemistry section of the Deutsches Museum. It is captioned: The Experimental Apparatus with which the Team of Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Discovered Nuclear Fission in 1938 It was not always so. From 1953 to 1990 the exhibit, which is a composite of devices used by Meitner and Hahn in three separate rooms of the institute and not a single work table, was designated in the museum as: Work Table of Otto Hahn The signs on the wall next to the exhibit originally made no mention of Lise Meitner. Charlotte Kerner has explained in her current article about Meitner in Die Zeit that Hahn himself organized the original museum exhibit. This may explain why the original treatment of the exhibit referred only to Hahn and not to Meitner. In 1989, in response to pressure from knowledgeable historians of science, among them Ruth Lewin Sime, the distinguished American biographer of Lise Meitner, the exhibit was re-titled and the accompanying description was revised and updated (with text by Sime). Welcome corrections to be sure, but 37 years overdue from an institution that should have, and must in fact have, known better. Such institutional lassitude over such an extended period is a stain on the scholarly reputation of the museum. One would think that the museum having been thus brought to account in 1989 would have taken steps to assure that all of its public faces would be corrected. If so, one would be wrong. The museum continues today to present on its website an account of the so-called work table at odds with the true history of the devices on the table and with the updated description within the museum itself. In particular, the website contains three egregious misstatements: for one, the website asserts that the devices shown in the exhibit were assembled and organized by Otto Hahn when in fact they were put together by Meitner herself. A knowledgeable observer can plainly see these devices are those of the physicist not the chemist. For another, Lise Meitner is characterized on the website as a "Mitarbeiterin" of Hahn. This term in German connotes "assistant" or "junior partner" not "colleague" or "full partner." When the devices displayed on the exhibit table were employed in 1938 in the experiments leading to the splitting of the uranium nucleus Meitner was a world-renowned physicist with her own research institute and staff separate from that of Hahn and was no one's "Mitarbeiterin." The website continues to err by claiming that Hahn did not participate in the German effort during WW II to develop an atomic bomb ("Hahn am deutschen Atomprojekt nicht beteiligt war..."). As Professor Sime has pointed out, "the opposite is true." Curiously, although the museum director and his staff are well aware of these errors and know that the website is out of step with the museum exhibit itself, they persist in maintaining the website in its present form. As it happens, the Deutsches Museum is even now in the process of producing a scholarly history of itself during the Nazi era. This would be an excellent occasion for the museum to make amends for its past mistreatment of Lise Meitner and bring its website properly up to date. [Subsequent to this writing, and after an exchange of correspondence between the Deutsches Museum management and the author, the museum management begrudgingly updated the website so as to correspond more closely to the facts and to the description given in the museum itself.] The 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry -- Five Swedes Get it Wrong The end result of the combined experimental and theoretical efforts of Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn from 1934 through early 1939 was to split the atom, discover and describe the process of nuclear fission and launch the nuclear age. It counts as one of mankind's great scientific achievements and would richly deserve the ultimate prize for achievements in physics and chemistry. The Nobel Prize would count as that ultimate prize if only it were what the public thinks it is, namely, a prize awarded by a qualified panel of certified experts adjudicating the merits of scientific work in an atmosphere free of scientific, political, racial and gender prejudice and pressure. This definition, unfortunately, does not apply to the Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prizes for Physics and Chemistry (and perhaps for all other fields as well) are dispensed by a small panel of Swedish persons meeting behind closed doors who may or may not be qualified to judge what they are judging and who often bring to bear upon their judgments all imaginable forms of prejudice, incompetence, whimsy and small-mindedness. To take just one example -- Albert Einstein was nominated ten times, all in vain, for the Nobel Prize in Physics before finally receiving it on the eleventh go-around in 1921 -- sixteen years after his discovery of special relativity in 1905 and six years after his discovery of general relativity in 1915. Almost every man, woman and child on the planet knew by the mid-teens that Einstein was one of the scientific giants of human history. Though few understood it, the language of relativity had become part of everyday conversation in all corners of the globe. After the solar eclipse observations by Eddington in 1919, confirming that light bends going around the sun, Einstein was practically deified. Nevertheless, it took the five Swedes on the physics committee until 1921 to catch up. One of the reasons given by one of the five, by the way, was that relativity was about philosophy not science! Five Swedes off the street locked in a room with a bottle of acquavit could have done better. With this in mind it will come as no surprise to the reader that Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn did not share a Nobel Prize. On the contrary, Otto Hahn alone was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in reward for his discovery of the fission heavy atomic nuclei." (From the Presentation Speech of Professor A. Westgren, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, given on December 10, 1944.) Hahn was not permitted to leave Germany in 1944 to receive the prize and so did not actually receive it until 1946. Beginning in the early 1930's Enrico Fermi in Italy had been experimenting with the bombardment of nuclei of various elements on the periodic table with neutrons. In 1934 Lise Meitner wished to undertake a project at her institute in Berlin to replicate, clarify and extend Fermi's work. She needed the assistance of a chemist so invited Otto Hahn to join her in the project, and he agreed to do so. Over the space of the next four years the two of them, with the added participation of an analytical chemist named Fritz Strassmann, carried out a series of experiments in which they bombarded nuclei, uranium nuclei in particular, with neutrons, using the devices now exhibited by the Deutsches Museum. Meitner inspired the project and according to Strassmann was its intellectual leader. The project and the experimental neutron bombardment work of Meitner, Hahn and Strassmann continued into the first half of 1938. As we have seen, Meitner was forced to flee for her safety in July of 1938. That left Hahn and Strassmann behind in Berlin to carry on the work, using, of course, the devices and instruments Meitner necessarily left behind when she fled. From her new post in Sweden, however, Meitner continued to direct the experimental work of Hahn and Strassmann through correspondence. In our present era of instant Internet communication it comes as a bit of a surprise to learn how fast and efficient was the postal service in Germany and Sweden in 1938. Letters posted in Berlin were often delivered in Stockholm within one or two days. Through written correspondence Lise could thus closely direct and follow the experiments in Berlin, and Otto could quickly report his results to her. In addition to their correspondence, Meitner and Hahn had one secret meeting in Copenhagen in November 1938. He went there to deliver a lecture and she quietly came over from Stockholm. They met in private and did not disclose the meeting to their friends. He told her of some strange results he was getting as the result of neutron bombardment of uranium, using increasingly sophisticated and exact methods. The results were such that neither of them could believe in their accuracy, and Meitner instructed him to go back to Berlin and do it over again with even greater care. In hindsight we can recognize that the results in question, which troubled them so, showed that the neutron bombardments were splitting the uranium nuclei. Hahn and Strassmann continued this line of experimentation for the remainder of November and on into December. Hahn bore down hard and his methods became increasingly clever and refined. He was a talented chemist and he knew they were on the verge of an exciting discovery (without knowing what it was), he was under constant pressure from Meitner and they both knew that others, notably Curie and Savitch in Paris, were working along similar lines. Meitner and Hahn naturally wanted to get there first. Scientific research, it turns out, is a highly competitive field in which the players are interested not only in the discovery of truth but also in winning the race and enjoying the glory and rewards which come to the victor. Ego vies with intellect for primacy in scientific work. As the experimental work continued into December it resolved itself into a puzzle over the persistent presence of barium in the dish containing the substances resulting from the neutron bombardment of uranium. Hahn, Meitner and everyone else working in the field expected the neutron bombarment of uranium to result in neutrons being captured in the uranium nucleus, thus adding to its weight and resulting in a new and heavier element, a so-called transuranium element. In this schema barium had no place. Barium (element 56) is a lighter not a heavier element than uranium (element 92). Common sense tells you that you cannot add weight to uranium and get a lighter element as a result. You must necessarily get a heavier element. Where, then, was all this barium coming from? Hahn and Strassmann knew that some of the barium was coming from the barium chloride they themselves had introduced into the mixture to serve as a carrier agent in aid of the experiment. This was an accepted chemistry technique. The two chemists did not think for a moment that any of their barium was resulting from the neutron bombardment process. To the contrary, they believed that the resulting substance must be some kind of isotope of radium. Therefore they concentrated on the attempt to separate out the "resulting substance" from the barium carrier. Hahn and Strassmann tried a series of ingenious and refined methods of accomplishing this separation, but every one of them failed and they were left time and again with a bowl full of barium. It is easy for the observer today to say, "So be it. Your bombardment of uranium has evidently produced barium. Now go to work and figure out why." But this was not Hahn's mind-set. He believed, as did most every other chemist and physicist on earth, that the laws of physics do not permit barium to result from neutron bombardment of uranium. It simply cannot happen. This was why Lise told him in Copenhagen in November to go home and try it again. He did, and the result was the same. This left Hahn in a dilemma: the facts of the experiments told him one thing, but his mind told him another. Should he publish the results of his experiments, even though he was not sure of them and could not explain them, or should he wait until Meitner could get up to speed and provide an explanation? The timing of events now becomes critical. On Monday, December 19,Hahn wrote to Meitner describing his results: "Our radium isotopes act like barium...Perhaps you can suggest some fantastic explanation. We understand that it really can't break up into barium.... So try to think of some other possibility." She received that letter in Stockholm on Wednesday, December 21, and replied immediately saying it was "difficult to accept....but not impossible." She also informed Hahn that she would be leaving on Friday, December 23, for the village of Kungalv in the Swedish countryside for a week's vacation. She did not in that letter attempt an explanation of the barium. On the same day that Meitner received and replied to his letter (Wednesday, December 21), Hahn and Strassmann completed one final test -- they subjected the mystery substance to a process of beta decay, which produced the element lanthanum rather than actinium, which in turn meant that the substance in question was not a radium isotope but was barium. Otto decided at this point to publish, without waiting for further input from Lise. He thereupon contacted Paul Rosbaud at Der Naturwissenschaften and told him he had an important paper for the next edition. Rosbaud bumped another article to make space and offered to print Hahn's article in the January 6, 1939, edition of the journal. This was a fateful decision by Hahn at a critical moment in the history of science. On the one hand, he was really not ready in his own mind to accept the results of the experiments, i.e., that he had produced barium. He had doubts. On the other hand, he knew his results were important, or might be, however strange, and he wanted to get into print before Curie and Savitch did so. He was evidently not willing to wait until Lise could come aboard and provide the needed explanation. His haste to publish and his taste for glory overcame his uncertainty about his results and his loyalty to Lise. We can mark this moment as the point at which Hahn decided to become a Bonze (German for "big man"). Otto wrote to Meitner again that evening (Wednesday), lamely asserting (knowing he was about to push off without her), "We cannot hush up the results even though they may be absurd in physical terms. You can see that you will be performing a good deed [if you can provide an explanation]." "A good deed?" What kind of condescending expression was that? He promised to send her a manuscript copy of the article he was about to write. Hahn completed his write up the next day, Thursday, December 22, and delivered it personally to Rosbaud that evening. The article, as we know, bore the names of Hahn and Strassmann but not of Meitner. Later that evening Hahn mailed a copy to Meitner, addressed to her in Stockholm because he had not yet seen her letter advising him she was leaving for Kungalv. In retrospect it is fair to criticize Hahn's rush to publish. The article was, after all, not truly ready for publication (see below). Did he have any reason to think Curie and Savitch were really so close behind? Was it not in fact the beginning of the Christmas holiday season when most everyone can be expected to slack off in any event? Did he not have a moral obligation to Lise, who had been driven out of her home and her laboratory by the Nazis, and who had in fact inspired and directed the project which had led to the barium results, to wait at least a few days for her to receive his article and work out the theoretical explanation of what had happened? The addition of such an explanation would have made the paper far more professional and scholarly. These questions continue to overhang Hahn's legacy. Let us consider, then, the Hahn-Strassmann article which was published by Rosbaud on January 6, 1939. On the face of it it is an awkward, incomplete and hesitant piece of work. Hahn pulled his punches and stepped back from the conclusions that were implied by the experimental results. He apparently lacked the courage of his own convictions, making his rush to publish look all the more nakedly opportunistic. The article begins with the title, "Ueber den Nachweis und das Verhalten der bei der Bestrahlung des Urans mittels Neutronen entstehenden Erdalkalimetalle" ("On the Detection and Behavior of Alkaline Earth Elements Derived from the Neutron-Irradiation of Uranium"). It should better have read "Barium" rather than "Alkaline Earth Elements." The entire course of experiment had been about the baffling presence of barium. Why not say as much? Bear in mind he later received a Nobel Prize precisely because he had produced barium. The article then proceeds in a hesitant, subjunctive mood: "we ought to...," "we should...," "there could be...," and weakest of all, "we cannot bring ourselves...to take such a drastic step." The facts reported in the article point squarely to barium, i.e., to the splitting of the uranium nucleus, but Hahn lacked sufficient confidence (or courage) to say it. The article cries out for the theoretical explanation that Lise Meitner could have given. The article concludes on this limpid note: Als Chemiker muessten wir aus den kurz dargelegtenVersuchen das oben gebrachte Schema eigentlich unbenennen und statt Ra, Ac, Th die Symbole Ba, La, Ce einsetzen. Als der Physik in gewisser Weise nahestehende "Kernchemiker" koennen wir uns zu diesem, allen bisherigen Erfahrungen der Kernphysik widersprechenden, Sprung noch nicht entschliessen. Es koennten doch noch vielleicht eine Reihe selstsamer Zufaelle unsere Ergebnisse vorgetaeuscht haben. [As chemists we should restate the above-mentioned scheme resulting from our briefly-described experiment and instead of Ra [radium], Ac[actinium], Th[thorium] insert the symbols Ba [barium], La [lanthanum], Ce[cerium]. As "nuclear chemists" working close to the field of physics we are not ready to take this step, which contradicts all previous experience of nuclear physics. It could perhaps be that an unusual series of coincidences has falsified our results.] Believe it or not this cautious article, this blatant hedging of his bet, this steadfast refusal to say, "we have split the atom," won the Nobel Prize for Hahn. Other factors may have entered in, but this was the springboard to the prize. The explanation Hahn craved and could not himself give was in fact given by Lise Meitner and her nephew Otto Robert Frisch 2 days after Hahn completed and submitted his article. Meitner and Frisch met in Kungalv for their Christmas holiday week, and on the morning of December 24, Christmas eve day, began to discuss Otto Hahn's letter of December 19. They had not yet even received and read his letter of December 21 or the manuscript copy of his article. The December 19 letter sufficed, however, to show Meitner and Frisch that Hahn had apparently split a uranium nucleus. On that December 24 morning, in a scene that might have come out of a Hollywood movie, Frisch put on his new cross-country skis and Lise put on her hiking boots and the two of them set out on a tour through the snowy Kungalv countryside. As they progressed along the trail they tried to make sense of what Hahn had reported. How was it possible to form barium out of uranium? As their conversation gained momentum their tour lost momentum and they sat down on a log along the trail. Lise pulled out some scraps of paper from her bag and they began to calculate and draw diagrams. In a short time the two of them had taken a giant step: using the metaphor proposed by Niels Bohr which suggests that an atomic nucleus is like a drop of water they asked, what if that drop should pull or be pulled apart into two separate drops? It happens easily with water when shaken. Could it happen to a nucleus when hit and de-stabilized by a neutron? Suppose it did and the two drops were pushed apart by the mutual repulsion of their respective collections of protons. Frisch, a better draftsman than Meitner, diagrammed how it might look. They realized, however, that it would take enormous energy to push the fragments apart, so Meitner, a better calculator than Frisch, began to calculate. She concluded that it would take 200 million electron volts to push the two nuclear fragments apart. Now where might that energy come from? Was such energy available in the nucleus? Meitner remembered some earlier numbers concerning the mass defects of nuclei and calculated that when a nucleus splits in two it loses one-fifth the mass of a proton. Then in a beautiful application of Einstein's equation E = mc² she calculated that loss of the mass of one-fifth of a proton would generate approximately 200 million electron volts of energy, just enough to push the two drops of the nucleus apart. It all fit together. It must have been a thrilling moment for the two of them. Meitner and Frisch thus had derived the theoretical explanation of Hahn's and Strassmann's experimental results precisely three days after Meitner received Hahn's letter of December 19 and two days following the submission of Hahn's article to Der Naturwissenschaften. As they sat in Kungalv continuing to discuss their conclusions they did not know that Hahn's article was due to be published on January 6. Unlike Hahn, they did not rush to publish. Among other reasons, Frisch wanted first to take their results back to Copenhagen and discuss them with Niels Bohr. He did so on January 3. In a scene one would die to have witnessed, Bohr slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Oh what idiots we have all been! Oh but this is wonderful! This is just as it must be!" On that same day Meitner received the revised proofs of Hahn's article and wrote to him acknowledging that she was now certain that he had split the uranium nucleus and produced barium. Three days later, on Friday, January 6, 1939, Meitner and Frisch worked out the outline of their paper on the telephone and Frisch thereupon drafted it. Ironically, this draft of the Meitner-Frisch paper explaining the result was written on the same day that the Hahn-Strassmann paper was published reporting the result. So close yet so far. In the course of the next week, the week beginning January 9, Frisch constructed and conducted an experiment designed to test the conclusions he and Meitner had reached by searching for telltale nuclear fragments that would indicate the nucleus had split. He began his measurements on that Friday, January 13. The results showed the anticipated fragments and confirmed the theoretical model he and Meitner had developed. In the immediate aftermath of his experiment Frisch had a chance conversation with one William A. Arnold who was a visiting biologist from the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California. Frisch asked Arnold what biologists call it when cells divide. Arnold said "binary fission." Frisch dropped the "binary" and adopted the "fission," thus arriving at the name by which the process of splitting the nucleus has ever since been known, "nuclear fission." Thanks to a Californian. Meitner and Frisch now had a theory, experimental confirmation of the theory and a new name for the process explained by the theory. Unlike Hahn they had not precipitously rushed to publish, and as a result they had a more satisfying article to present. Meitner and Frisch again conferred by telephone and agreed on the final form of their paper. In addition, Frisch separately wrote up the results of his experiment. Frisch finished the drafting of both papers on Monday, January 16, and mailed them to the journal Nature in London the following morning. The Meitner-Frisch paper, "Disintegration of Uranium by Neutrons: a New Type of Nuclear Reaction," wherein the name "nuclear fission" appeared for the first time in print, was published in Nature on February 11, 1939, just 36 days after the publication of Hahn's and Strassmann's paper. I have spelled out these dates in order to illustrate the essential unity of the combined work of Meitner, Frisch, Hahn and Strassmann. They did their work in same time frame and would have done it in the same location had not the Nazis driven Meitner out of Berlin. All of their efforts were directed at the same subject and their work was complementary. Hahn and Strassmann produced the physical results in the laboratory but could not explain them. Indeed, they doubted them. Meitner and Frisch took over the results and created the theoretical framework which explained them and in so doing laid the foundation for the nuclear age. Had Hahn acted with a little bit more courtesy, consideration and collegiality their combined work would have been presented and published in a unified article and science would have been the better for it. Instead, Hahn jumped the gun and in retrospect made himself seem crassly opportunistic. He acted not in the interests of science, but in his own interest. From this complex mix of experimental and theoretical work by four German scientists five errant Swedes plucked out Hahn alone for recognition and gave him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. From the date his paper was prematurely published, January 6, 1939, until the end of his life Hahn played the Bonze and sought recognition to the exclusion of his three colleagues, especially of Lise Meitner. If the five Swedes wished to honor him alone he was fine with that. He did, in fairness, give a nod, however minimal, in Meitner's direction in his Nobel Lecture of December 13, 1946, but later on when, as a laureate, he was entitled to participate in the Nobel Prize process he did not do what a man with better character would have done -- press for an award of the physics prize to Lise. (The records of the Nobel Prize deliberations by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science are kept closed for 50 years following an award. The records of the award to Hahn were opened to scholars in 1996 and were the subject of an extensive article reviewing the process by Elizabeth Crawford, Ruth Lewin Sime and Mark Walker, "A Nobel Tale of Postwar Injustice," Physics Today, Volume 50, Issue 9, 26 - 32 (1997). ) Looking back now 40 years after her death, Lise Meitner's reputation has grown and continues to grow, while Hahn's reputation remains tarnished by the one-sided award of the Nobel Prize and his opportunistic and selfish conduct before and after the award. Unjust though the denial of the Nobel Prize was, Lise Meitner has been honored in many, many other ways: numerous German schools and streets bear her name; element 109 in the periodic table is called "meitnerium;" both Germany and Austria have issued Lise Meitner stamps; a crater on Venus has been named for her; likewise a crater on the moon; she received the Max Planck Medal (with Hahn), the Otto Hahn Prize (!) and the Enrico Fermi Award (with Hahn and Strassmann); and in 1946, the year Hahn received the Nobel Prize, she was named Woman of the Year in the U.S. by the Women's National Press Club and was seated next to Harry S Truman, President of the United States, at the award banquet. (MTNR 8/2/1, Courtesy of Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge) Posted by Ed Stadum at 11:55 PM Labels: albert einstein, anschluss, fritz strassmann, lise meitner, nobel prize for chemistry 1944, nuclear fission, otto hahn, otto robert frisch, paul rosbaud Lise Meitner Remembered -- the 40th Anniversary of... Ed Stadum Born in Fargo, raised in Berkeley, living in Munich. BA Stanford, JD Harvard, LL.M. Uni Konstanz .

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When Putin cites Israel as an example in the fight against terrorism, before the experts of the planet Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered before the discussion club Valdai a speech with the theme "Future begins today: the lines of the world of tomorrow." He took the opportunity to respond to criticism of the Russian operation in Aleppo. Should we rejoice, the Russian president mentioned Israel's struggle for survival. A fight which he must set an example in the international struggle against terrorism. "We always hear: Aleppo, Aleppo, Aleppo. But yes ! And what is the problem. (...) If we do not touch it, then it must be the same with the offensive on Mosul. Allowed to flow. Do not touch in Raqqa. For our European partners continue to talk about the offensive Raqqa and the need to liquidate the nest of terrorism. But there are also civilians there, Raqqa! So we no longer struggle against the terrorists? When they take hostage of civilians in any city, is dropped? The example of Israel is to follow. They never act in this way. They survive thanks to this, and they do not have a choice. We must fight. If every time we give in the ground, we will lose, "said Vladimir Putin. Israel's evocation Putin is double-edged. On the one hand, Jerusalem is proud to arouse the admiration of the Kremlin master in the fight against terrorism. On the other hand, compare the strong-arm methods and indiscriminate Russian army in Syria is not very flattering to the Jewish state that prides itself to have the most moral army in the world. The 13th conference of the Valdai Club was held from October 24 to 27 in Sochi. Established in September 2004, the Club Valdai international discussion brings together every year political analysts from different countries and covers topics including discussion allows foreign participants to better understand Russia. This year, more than 130 experts participated in the discussion club. Aleppo,EU,Israel,Putin,Raqqa,Russia For Turkey, a friendship with Russia is allowing Ankara to make gains in Syria that its alliance with the United States was unable to offer, writes Turkey expert David Barchard. THIS COMING WEEK, it will be exactly 13 months since Russia moved militarily into Syria. At the time, Russia's brilliant, if ruthless, move on the strategic chessboard infuriated Turkey. It seemed to block the way for the military incursion campaign that Ankara still dreamt of to dislodge President Bashar al-Assad and replace him with a Sunni-led united Syria. Russia, too, seems to have believed at the start of this year that it would face the united opposition of Turkey and Saudi Arabia in Syria. But as things have turned out, Russia's entry into Syria eventually unblocked the three-year stalemate for Turkey - after it had done a volte-face of its own and President Erdogan reached an understanding with President Vladimir Putin in June. That deal was probably inspired by a Turkish need to restore normal economic relations with Russia, but it swiftly turned out to be a winning compromise for it in Syria as well. Striking the Kurds At the present, though Russia is securely entrenched in the western areas of the country ruled by Assad and unlikely ever to be dislodged, Turkey, with Putin's approval, now has tanks and soldiers in the north of the country. The long-frustrated Turkish dream of a "safe zone" for refugees running 55 miles (90km) westward from Jarabulus now seems to be realizable. More importantly, Turkey is also able to simultaneously tackle the two threats it sees on its southern borders: the autonomous Syrian Kurdish enclaves and the Islamic State (I.S.) militant group. Borrowing the tactics of the U.S.-led coalition against I.S., its planes bomb the Syrian Kurds while its local allies in the Free Syrian Army fight them on the ground, pressing on Tel Rifaat and Marea, and the outlying Kurdish enclave of Afrin, and also Manbij, the town recently captured from I.S. by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. With the Kurds excluded, Ankara hopes to work inside the U.S.-led coalition in a coming assault on the I.S. capital of Raqqa, an outcome that accords well with Russia's strategic goals in Syria. Each major move by Turkey seems to be preceded by a direct telephone conversation between the two presidents, indicating that, though each has probably told the other the general outlines of the new order that they intend to create in Syria, they still need to be sure of the other's specific acquiescence. Strategic breakthrough A year ago, Putin probably would not have relished the idea of a Turkish-backed Sunni zone in much of Syria - and his ally Bashar al-Assad must detest it. But, if I.S.'s hold on northeastern Syria does crumble under the Turkey-backed onslaught on it, some sort of stable authority is likely to emerge in place of the present fragmentation as Turkey and its allies consolidate their hold in the north and Turkey acts as its guarantor. More importantly, Putin knows that cooperation with Turkey is beginning to glue it into a long-term partnership with Russian interests. It is not simply that Turkey's relations with the U.S. and NATO are tense and mutually suspicious, and steadily deteriorating. The arrival of Russia in Syria could be its biggest strategic breakthrough since the distant times when it arrived on the Black Sea in 1774. It transforms the strategic balance in the Eastern Mediterranean region, effectively encircling Turkey and pruning its strategic importance to its Western allies. This might have started alarm bells ringing in Ankara under many earlier governments but today, the eyes of government strategists and commentators in the Turkish capital are almost exclusively focused on eliminating opponents of its Sunni allies in both Syria and Iraq and then building those groups up in the medium term into stable frontline political entities working closely with Turkey. Having been frustrated from gaining this prize for so long and paid such a huge cost, it is understandable that Ankara is determined not to miss it now. Two Syrias So what we are seeing in Syria seems like a drift toward the emergence of two zones of influence: a Russian-backed littoral state under Assad, claiming to be the sole government of the country, and a "Free Syria" backed by Turkey. This might sound a bit like Cold War Germany, but perhaps a better parallel, and a more Middle Eastern one, is the division of Iran into Russian and British zones of influence before World War I. This depends, of course, on the four-months-old Russian-Turkish understanding continuing. Not all Russian observers are confident that it will. The red line it seems Turkish forces must not cross is al-Bab, the strategic town currently occupied by I.S. 35 miles (55km) to the north of Aleppo. Turkey struck this week at Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) forces close to al-Bab, frustrating possible Kurdish moves to gain the upper hand there. Some of Erdogan's supporters, particularly the Turkish affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood and other conservatives, have been urging him ever since August to move on al-Bab, and speeches he has given suggest he is warm toward the idea. "They tell us not to go to al-Bab, but we are obliged to go down there," he said in a speech at Bursa on 22 October. Deal on Aleppo If - and it is a big "if" because such a move looks dangerous in military terms - Turkish allies and perhaps even its troops do move toward Aleppo, Turkey's relations with Russia will come under serious strain. Putin needs to find some sort of deal over the city, giving Turkey's public the impression of at least a token gain. Turkey has, however, shown willingness to respect Russian sensitivities in Aleppo by agreeing to remove al-Nusra Front militants from the town in a telephone conversation between Erdogan and Putin. The partnership with Russia looks like a way for Turkey to achieve a slightly scaled-down version of its long-term policy aims in Syria, something the U.S. could not provide. On 23 October, Erdogan told the Russian TV channel Rossiya-1: "I need the support of my respected and valuable friend Putin in the joint struggle against terrorism in this region. We are ready to take every step necessary to cooperate with Russia in this area." Russian-Turkish friendship is new but it may be more than a short-lived marriage of convenience. This article was originally published by Middle East Eye and is reprinted here with permission The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Syria Deeply. newdeeply Assad,Erdoğan,Putin,Russia,Syria,Turkey In Russian media blitz, PM warns Israel won't let Iran open Golan front Rhonda Ballance News Editor. E-mail: [email protected] Ahead of Putin meeting, Netanyahu says Tehran cannot be allowed to use Hezbollah as a proxy to attack Jewish state Israel will not let Iran use the Hezbollah terror group to turn the Syrian side of the Golan Heights border into a new front, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian media outlets in comments published Tuesday. Netanyahu, who is on a two-day visit to Moscow, told the state-run Interfax news service and TASS news agency ahead of the talks that he would do everything in his power to prevent Iran from gaining a foothold in Syria, and intended to ask Russia for help in curbing the threat from Hezbollah. "We have a red line, a boundary that we will not allow to be broken. Iran will not be allowed, using Hezbollah, to use Syrian territory to attack us and open up another terrorist front against us in the Golan," Netanyahu told TASS ahead of a meeting with Putin on Tuesday afternoon - their fourth round of talks in recent months. The two leaders were expected to continue their ongoing discussion over security coordination between the Russian and the Israeli armies, especially their so-called deconflicting mechanism, installed to assure the Israel Defense Forces does not strike Russian jets operating in Syrian airspace. "We have made a point of staying out of the Syrian conflict, with two exceptions: treating wounded Syrians on a humanitarian basis and preventing Iran from using Syria to attack Israel or to transfer sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah," Netanyhau noted. "We don't know what will come of Syria, but in any arrangement, it cannot be an Iranian base for terrorism and aggression," he told Interfax. A Hezbollah fighter looks toward Syria while standing in the fields of the Lebanese border village of Brital, Lebanon, May 9, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Bassem Mroue) "Israel will continue to share its concerns with the Russian government regarding Hezbollah. This terrorist group has called for the murder of every Jew and therefore must be prevented from acquiring advanced weaponry from anyone. Hezbollah launched thousands of missiles at our civilians and we will not allow them to amass even more sophisticated weaponry on our border." Netanyahu and Putin were also to mark 25 years of Israeli-Russian diplomatic relations, which were reestablished in January 1992, 25 years after the Soviet Union severed them in the wake of the 1967 Six Day War. "Russia is an important global power and Israel is an important regional power. President Putin and I understand the value of the ties between our two countries, which have steadily improved over the last quarter of a century. Our relationship has enhanced Russia-Israel cooperation and I expect that this trip will only add to that," Netanyahu told the Russian media. "Our coordination mechanism has already proven itself. We would both benefit from strengthening it further." During Netanyahu's visit, Jerusalem and Moscow were also to sign a bilateral pensions agreement, which seeks to "correct a historic injustice regarding emigres from the former USSR up to 1992 who lost their eligibility for a Russian pension," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 21, 2016, (Courtesy) The agreement, which will only take effect after Russian authorities ratify it, was to be signed by former immigration and absorption minister Ze'ev Elkin and Russian Labor and Social Protection Minister Maxim Topilin. Payments to Soviet-born Israelis are expected to commence next year. Tuesday's meeting in the Kremlin is the fourth contact between the two leaders in less than a year. Netanyahu visited the Russian capital in September 2015 and in April 2016. In addition, the two briefly got together last November on the sidelines of the Paris climate conference. In comparison, in the same time frame, Netanyahu has only met twice with US President Barack Obama. Golan Heights,Hezbollah,Iran,Israel,PM Benjamin Netanyahu,Putin,Security,Syria Report: Netanyahu to reach out to Moscow over peace talks Netanyahu likely to approach Putin about presenting a united front in the event of French-brokered talks, political source claims. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is traveling to Moscow next week - possibly to realign Israel's alliances with Russia after the Paris peace talk conference, a top political source claimed late Thursday. "There's a possibility that Binyamin Netanyahu will try to harness Russian President Vladimir Putin for the peace process," the source stated to Maariv. Whether or not Netanyahu will approach Putin over the issue will depend on the final outcome of Friday's Paris conference, the source said. Either way, "obviously, the Palestinian issue and developments in the Middle East will be raised in conversation, as well as the war in Syria and of course economic cooperation between the two countries." Netanyahu will make the visit Monday in honor of 25 years of the resumption of diplomatic talks between Moscow and Jerusalem. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Paskov said that Netanyahu and Putin will discuss - among other things - the continued implementation of border security coordination with Syria and a number of economic issues. The spokesman did not address the question of whether they will discuss the French initiative and broach the subject of Russia's position regarding the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Netanyahu himself continues to resist the entire idea of the conference on the grounds that it allows the Palestinians to avoid direct negotiations with Israel. Russia, along with Britain, are not attending the conference. Such a move would reflect Jerusalem's budding alliance with Moscow, days after Putin returned a tank to Israel after Netanyahu made the request to Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin earlier this year. During the same meeting, the two reached an agreement to coordinate their actions in Syria. Netanyahu appears to be reaching out to eastern countries - not only Russia, but also China, Japan, and India - in light of Europe's insistence on supporting sanctions against Israel and on backing the Palestinian Authority (PA), as well as the US's bumbling foreign policy in the Middle East during the administration of US President Barack Obama. Israel,PM Benjamin Netanyahu,President Vladimir Putin,Putin

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Archive | Israel Canadian Prime Minister Harper on Israel By David Bernstein on January 20, 2014 2:28 pm in Israel I think President Obama has been better to Israel than his critics acknowledge, and has been very pro-Israel by any standard except perhaps that of the prior two presidents, who were the most pro-Israel of any American presidents. But it's hard to imagine him giving a speech like this: "It is a Canadian tradition to stand for what is principled and just, regardless of whether it is convenient or popular," he said to the Israeli parliament. But "support today for the Jewish state of Israel is more than a moral imperative. It is also of strategic importance, also a matter of our own long-term interests," he elaborated, praising Israel's record on human rights and economic freedom. "Israel is the only country in the Middle East which has long anchored itself in the ideals of freedom, democracy and the rule of law. These are not mere notions. They are the things that, over time and against all odds, have proven to be the only ground in which human rights, political stability, and economic prosperity, may flourish. These values are not proprietary; they do not belong to one nation or one people. Nor are they a finite resource; on the contrary, the wider they are spread, the stronger they grow." "Likewise, when they are threatened anywhere, they are threatened everywhere," Harper continued. And "what today threatens the societies that embrace such values and the progress they nurture? Those who scorn modernity, who loathe the liberty of others, and who hold the differences of peoples and cultures in contempt. Those who often begin by hating the Jews, but, history shows us, end up hating anyone who is not them. Those forces which have threatened the State of Israel every single day of its existence, and which, today, as 9-11 graphically showed us, CWRU President and Provost Reject Academic Boycott of Israel By Jonathan H. Adler on December 27, 2013 8:55 am in Academia, Freedom of Speech at Colleges and Universities, Israel In a statement e-mailed to faculty and other members of the university community, Case Western Reserve University President Barbara Snyder and Provost Bud Baeslack forcefully rejected calls for an academic boycott of Israel. As they note, academic boycotts of this sort run contrary to principles of academic freedom and "seek to subvert one of higher education's core values in service of other ends." I've reproduced their entire statement below the fold. [...] Northwestern Can't Quit ASA Over Boycott Because it is Not a Member By Eugene Kontorovich on December 22, 2013 11:58 am in Academia, Anti-Semitism, Freedom of Speech, Israel Northwestern University recently condemned the American Studies Association boycott of Israel. Unlike some other schools that quit their institutional membership in the ASA over the boycott, Northwestern has not. Many of my Northwestern colleagues were about to start urging a similar withdrawal. Then we learned from our administration that despite being listed as in institutional member by the ASA, the university has, after checking, concluded it has no such membership, does not plan to get one, and is unclear why the ASA would list us as institutional member. Apparently, at least several other schools listed by the ASA as institutional members say they have no such relationship. The ASA has been spending a great deal of energy on political activism far from its mission, but apparently cannot keep its books in order. The association has yet to explain how it has come to list as institutional members so many schools that know nothing about such a membership. The ASA's membership rolls may get much shorter in the coming weeks even without any quitting. How this confusion came to arise is unclear. ASA membership, like that of many academic organizations, comes with a subscription to their journal. Some have suggested that perhaps the ASA also counts as members any institution whose library happened to subscribe to the journal, ie tacking on membership to a subscription, rather than vice versa. This would not be fair on their part. A library may subscribe to all sorts of journals for academic research purposes (ie Pravda), without endorsing the organization that publishes it. That is the difference between subscription and membership. I eagerly await the ASA's explanation of the situation. [...] Northwestern University Rejects Israel Boycotts By Eugene Kontorovich on December 21, 2013 11:15 am in Academia, Israel, Law Schools I am proud to say Northwestern University has strongly rejected the American Studies Association and other proposed boycotts of Israel, and reaffirmed its ties to Israel institutions. The following statement was released Friday by Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Dan Linzer (emphasis mine): Recently the membership of the American Studies Association approved a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli higher education institutions. Two other U.S. academic associations have also advocated that stance. While we support the right of academicians to voice their viewpoints, Northwestern University disagrees strongly with the boycott vote of the ASA. Northwestern also rejects the actions suggested in the resolution. In fact, we believe the ASA resolution directly contradicts the values of academic freedom and advancing scholarship for which Northwestern stands. Northwestern University faculty and students should have the ability to pursue academic collaborations with their colleagues at institutions around the world, including Israel. Northwestern for years has had highly successful and valued joint degree programs and extensive partnerships with Israeli institutions and scholars. We intend to maintain and strengthen relationships such as these. American Studies Association Faces Consequences from its Boycott By David Bernstein on December 18, 2013 7:06 pm in Academia, Israel I previously posted about the proposed boycott of Israeli institutions by the American Studies Association, which was approved by a vote of its membership over the weekend. The boycott is pretty lame; it's supposed to be in solidarity with the international boycott movement advocated by Palestinian "civil society" organizations, which calls for a complete cultural and economic boycott of Israel. Instead, the ASA is only boycotting official Israeli institutions, and announced that it is inviting Israeli and Palestinian scholars to its next meeting-the exact sort of cultural exchange that opponents of the boycott typically advocate. (Hopefully, no self-respecting Israeli will show up). Nevertheless, the boycott vote is intended to aid the cause of delegitimizing Israel, and raises the question of whether American universities should continue collaborating with the ASA-by the very logic of the boycott, any individual or organization that works with the "official" ASA, as opposed to individual American Studies scholars, is complicit in the ASA's attempt to aid the BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) movement. The question is especially pressing for American universities that have formal ties to Israeli universities, as the ASA is implicitly boycotting the joint programs. Moreover, given that the boycott of Israel has nothing to do with American Studies, the association seems to have revealed itself to be a political, rather than solely academic, organization, which raises the issue of why university funds should be flowing to it. Legal Insurrection's William Jacobson is organizing a campaign to lobby the universities that are institutional sponsors of the ASA to drop their memberships. So far Brandeis University and Penn State Harrisburg have announced they are doing so, pretty impressive given that the boycott was only announced two days ago. Look for more universities to follow, substantial resignations from the rank and file, and more. But don't worry, [...] Israel, Palestine, and Democracy By Eugene Kontorovich on December 17, 2013 12:37 pm in Democracy, International Law, Israel At Commentary, I have a new piece on the common argument that Israel must make a deal with the Palestinians to save itself as a democracy. Here is an excerpt: The "democracy" argument has become the central justification of the diplomatic process, incessantly invoked by Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli peace envoy Tzipi Livni. What makes the democracy argument effective is that it plays on deep-seated Jewish sentiments. Israelis are a fundamentally liberal, democratic people who desperately do not wish to be put in the role of overlords. The problem with the democracy argument is that it is entirely disconnected from reality. Israel does not rule the Palestinians. The status quo in no way impeaches Israel's democratic identity. It is true that the Palestinians are not represented in the Knesset. But Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria are similarly not represented in the Palestinian Legislative Council. Simply put, both the Palestinians and Israelis vote for the legislature that regulates them. That is democracy (though obviously it does not play out as well in the Palestinian political system). The Palestinians have developed an independent, self-regulating government that controls their lives as well as their foreign policy. Indeed, they have accumulated all the trappings of independence and have recently been recognized as an independent state by the United Nations. They have diplomatic relations with almost as many nations as Israel does. They have their own security forces, central bank, top-level Internet domain name, and a foreign policy entirely uncontrolled by Israel. The Palestinians govern themselves. To anticipate the inevitable comparison, this is not an Israeli-puppet "Bantustan." From their educational curriculum to their television content to their terrorist pensions, they implement their own policies by their own lights without any subservience to Israel. They pass their own legislation, such as the BDS Advocate Roger Waters Holds Some Strange Views about Jews By David Bernstein on December 9, 2013 3:35 am in Anti-Semitism, Israel Last week I wrote about the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel and the tenuous foothold it is getting in the American academy. I also happened to read an article that led me to think about how some individuals are so convinced that Israel is obviously evil that he believes that something must be amiss with "the Jews" if so many of them not only can't see what he sees, but actively defend the evil state. Whether the fact that it doesn't occur to him that a reasonable person might disagree with his understanding of Israel is itself a reflection of preexisting latent anti-Jewish prejudice or is simply the hallmark of a dogmatic ideologue who is not immune to anti-Jewish feelings assumedly depends on the individual in question. Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd fame) has helpfully pulled the two things I was thinking about together. Waters is perhaps the most outspoken Western artist who supports the BDS movement, and is very active in attempts to get others to boycott Israel. Given some controversial imagery he has used at his concerts, has been at pains to deny that he is at all motivated by anti-Semitism. Here he is in September, in an interview with the Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahoronot: "I absolutely defend my right to express myself in my artwork in the way that I find the most appropriate and fitting. The Star of David is the symbol of the state of Israel. If you start to throw around the term "anti-Semite" at everyone who criticizes Israel - and that's what they're actually doing - that weakens your next attack on people who really are anti-Semites, ones that really don't like Jews or Judaism or anything connected with it. I'm not an anti-Semite." "Two years ago, I explained Interesting Essay on Jews who Oppose Israel By David Bernstein on December 6, 2013 8:49 am in Israel, Jewish Culture Shlomo Fischer in the Times of Israel: I suggest that in fact, they [ultra-Orthodox and leftists who are hostile to the existence of Israel] do share a common Jewish theme. This theme was articulated by the great Israeli scholar of the Jewish religion, Gershom Scholem, who argued that the price that the Jewish people paid for their development of the Messianic idea was their own "exit from history." During the long history of the Exile the Jewish people imagined a Messianic, redeemed world of perfect justice, perfect national restoration, perfect relationship to God and religious observance. They could develop this idea precisely because they were removed from "history" - they could not participate as a national collective in world politics, in world culture and in the endeavors of building a state, developing a national economy etc. Thus, on the national level they did not have to deal with the inevitable, mistakes, compromises and wickedness which is necessarily part of any concrete action in the world. Instead they could develop one of the most important Jewish contributions to the human spirit - The Messianic Idea. But, as Scholem points out, there was something profoundly unreal about Jewish life in the Exile. Zionism was one of the most profound revolutions in Jewish life. It constitutes, as Scholem defined it, a departure from the Messianic Idea to the realm of history. Once Jews enter the realm of history by building a Jewish state they necessarily become implicated in a life that is less than ideal - they become implicated - simply by the fact of action in the real world - in injustice, in moral compromises, corruption and other ills and wrongs. They can no longer cling to the perfect justice and perfect religion of the Messianic Idea. But here is the rub: The American Studies Association and the Pending, Watered Down, Israel Boycott By David Bernstein on December 5, 2013 5:38 pm in Academia, Israel I wrote this for the Manhattan Institute's excellent Minding the Campus site, and figured I'd repost it here. From the bowels of academia comes news that the National Council of the American Studies Association has voted in favor of boycotting Israeli institutions. The boycott resolution goes to the full membership for an up or down vote. The National Council's vote has been hailed as a huge victory for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. It's not. As originally proposed, the boycott was to apply to individual Israeli scholars, who, for example, wished to participate in the ASA's annual conference, if they received Israeli government or university funding. Since few Israeli scholars would have the means to travel to the U.S. without funding from their university, that would have been a meaningful means of exclusion. Instead, the final resolution is limited to a refusal to by "the ASA in its official capacities to enter into formal collaborations with Israeli academic institutions, or with scholars who are expressly serving as representatives or ambassadors of those institutions." So there is no call for a boycott by the membership acting as individuals, and no exclusion even by the ASA of normal cooperation with Israeli scholars. Pretty Thin Gruel Compared to the BDS movement's official call for a "comprehensive and consistent" boycott of anyone affiliated with an Israeli academic or cultural institution, this is pretty thin gruel, unlikely to affect almost anyone. Even then, to get the resolution through the executive committee advocates had to agree to a membership-wide vote. So the good news is that even in the far-left reaches of American academia, in an organization proud to name one of its awards in honor of ex-Black Panther and ex-Soviet stooge Angela Davis (two-time vice-presidential candidate for the Soviet-controlled Communist Party USA), [...] New Paper on International Criminal Court's Jurisdiction over Israeli Settlements By Eugene Kontorovich on December 1, 2013 3:00 pm in Global Governance/World Government, International Law, Israel, National Security, War and Armed Conflict My paper, Israel/Palestine - The ICC's Uncharted Territory, has just been published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice. It explains that the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction over the oft-threatened and much-discussed Palestinian referral of Israeli settlements, despite the General Assembly's recognition of Palestine as a non-member state. In brief, the relevant conduct does not occur "in the territory" of Palestine as required by Art. 12 of the Court's Statute. Abstract here. The article also provides perhaps the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the ICC's territorial jurisdiction, which has thus far not caused much controversy, but could have significant implications for American forces in Guantanamo Bay, border incidents in the Koreas and elsewhere in Asia, and numerous other contexts. The timing is fortuitous: Nabil Shaath, a top Palestinian official and negotiator, last week reemphasized threats to attempt to bring Israel before the ICC after the current negotiation period ends this spring. OK, not that fortuitous, as such threats come with considerable regularity, and it does appear this is Abba's next move. A separate article will explain why such a case might not satisfy the ICC's requirement of dealing only with the gravest of the world's atrocities. (I say might, because it is anyone's guess; though the gravity threshold is a key component of the Court's jurisdiction, it remains entirely undefined.) Thinking about calling it "When Gravity Fails" but that might be too cute. [...] The EU Supports Exploitation of Resources in the Occupied Territories By Eugene Kontorovich on November 21, 2013 7:31 am in International Law, Israel The Occupied Sawahari Territories that is (aka Western Sahara). Global Post runs my commentary today on the European Union's new treaty with Morocco, which does everything the EU has been claiming in its increasingly hostile recent dealings with Israel that international law forbids. The EU's position regarding Western Sahara is consistent with its practice in Northern Cyprus and elsewhere. The European Union recently affirmed that there is no international legal problem in signing a deal with an occupying power that extends to the territory it occupies, or from foreign companies doing business in occupied territory. It did so when it provisionally approved a fisheries agreement earlier this month with Morocco that extends into the territory of occupied Western Sahara, which is beyond Morocco's recognized sovereign territory. Moreover, the EU actually pays Morocco for European access to Western Saharan resources. On all these points, the agreement directly contradicts what the EU, in negotiations with Israel, calls fundamental principles of international law. Forgetting the Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries By David Bernstein on November 19, 2013 12:53 pm in Israel, Jewish Culture My wife and I just attended a tour at the National Archives of the exhibit of Iraqi-Jewish documents that were rescued and preserved from the flooded basement of the Iraqi intelligence headquarters in 2003. My Iraqi-Jewish wife, along with many others, is very upset that these documents, having been stolen from the Jewish community, are being returned to Iraq. I wonder whether there is some law dealing with looted artifacts that can be invoked by a plaintiff (maybe someone who had owned one of the documents) to enjoin the documents' return. Meanwhile, in a book review today of a book about Israel, Thomas Friedman writes, "[The author] then weaves in the next waves of immigrants, the broken survivors of World War II who joined up with the idealistic Zionists to rebuild the Jewish commonwealth in its ancient homeland." As in unfortunately often par for the course in discussions of Israel and Zionism, Friedman casually treats Israel in its early year as a conglomeration of early European Zionist immigrants and later European Holocaust refugees and survivors, neglecting the hundreds of thousands of Jews forced to flee Arab countries and make their way to Israel, including my parents-in-law. It's perhaps relatively easy to forget them, because unlike Arab refugees from the Israeli War of Independence they weren't herded into refugee camps and denied citizenship to better serve as political bargaining chips and human fodder for war and terrorism. But they and their descendants also constitute around half of Israel's population, and are, for obvious reasons, on average rather more suspicious of peace deals that rely on the Arabs' good will then are their Ashkenazi fellow citizens. The consistent neglect-even often in Israel-of their collective refugee trauma isn't conducive to peace. After all, how would you feel about, for example, proposed massive compensation [...] Australia Anti-Discrimination Law and BDS at the University of Sydney Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (UPDATED) By David Bernstein on November 2, 2013 1:58 pm in Israel [I've rewritten this post to eliminate unwieldy updates and improve it-I relied too much on an incomplete account from Ha'aretz-but I've preserved the original at the end for anyone who's interested.] An Israeli NGO, Shurat Ha'din, is suing an Australian academic, Jake Lynch, director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, for discrimination under Australian law because he refused to sponsor an Israeli professor, Dan Avnon, for a fellowship. Avnon, against whom Lynch discriminated, is, like many Israeli academics, apparently something of a lefty peacenik. Lynch sent Avnon the following email: "Your research sounds interesting and worthwhile. However, we are supporters of the campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, and that includes the call for an academic boycott of Israeli universities." This raises several interesting issues. If a public university offers a fellowship to anyone worldwide, can it constitute ethnic or national origin discrimination to refuse the fellowship only to individuals teaching at a certain nation's universities when the government in question maintains normal diplomatic (indeed, friendly) relations with that country? Does it matter if, for example, almost everyone who teaches as Israeli universities is Israeli? Does it matter if the policy would be applied to Israeli Arabs affiliated with Israeli universities and not just Israeli Jews (I'm pretty sure that if it only applied to the latter, it would constitute ethnic discrimination). Lynch has publicly stated that "This center does not discriminate on the basis of 'national origin.' It acts by pointing to the policies of the Israeli government in the occupied territories ... which offend Article 5 of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination." Let's say Lynch otherwise has a solid defense to discrimination charges. But given that he's stated this rationale, let's [...] New Report on EU's "Settlement Guidelines" for Israel By Eugene Kontorovich on October 18, 2013 8:00 am in Education, International Law, Israel The Kohelet Policy Forum, a Jerusalem think tank, has released a legal and policy analysis, by Prof. Avi Bell and myself, of the European Commission's recent "settlement guidelines" - a ban on funding Israeli entities located across, or, more importantly, conducting any "activities" in the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Gaza. I've previously explained how the Guidelines' are not about either international law or the Palestinians, and how they contradict and undermine the EU's own practices elsewhere. Israel and the EU are currently in the throes of negotiations about the document. The paper presents important new information for discussions of business and academic activities in occupied territories. The report is available here; and this is from the Executive Summary: •The Israel Grants Guidelines adopted by the European Commission are singularly discriminatory against Israel. They contradict international law as established in U.N. documents and leading court cases, as well as the European Union's own interpretations of international law. • The EU provides aid and financial cooperation to numerous countries that maintain settlements in what Europe considers occupied territory, such as Morocco, Turkey, and Russia. In none of these cases has the Commission imposed limitations on the aid akin to the Guidelines for Israel. • The Commission's position that the Guidelines are mandated by international law are further belied by EU programs that provide grants specifically for settlers in belligerently occupied territory, such as the EU's programs in Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus. • Under international law, there are no prohibitions regarding organizations engaging in "activities" in occupied territories, yet the Guidelines bar funding solely on the basis of such "activities." • In pretending that the Guidelines fulfill the requirements of international law, the Commission exposes the EU to legal challenge for EU funding of How the EU Continues to Fund Settlements in Occupied Territory By Eugene Kontorovich on September 30, 2013 2:00 pm in European Union, International Law, Israel The EU recently issued guidelines blocking research and other grants to Israeli institutions with activities (archeological digs, etc.) across the Green Line. In the yesterday's Jerusalem Post I reveal that the EU continues to actively fund settlements in occupied territory, against their own understanding of international law: Under guidelines prepared earlier this summer, euros would not be allowed to go to Israeli entities located cross the Green Line - or to those that have any operations there. All Israeli entities applying for funding would have to submit a declaration that they do not have such operations. Europe claims that such a move - unparalleled in its dealings with any other country - is mandated by international law. The EU does not recognize Israel's sovereignty over the territories, and thus has an obligation to keep its money from going there. Those who celebrated the move said that Israel is finally paying the international price for its occupation. Yet it turns out that despite the guidelines, the EU still knowingly and purposefully provides substantial direct financial assistance to settlements in occupied territory - in Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus, that is. So the EU funds the occupation of an EU member state. . . . Projects include study abroad scholarships for students at the numerous Northern Cyprus universities (imagine such funding for students at Ariel University!); developing and diversifying the private sector through grants to small and medium- sized businesses; various kinds of infrastructure improvements (telecom upgrades, traffic safety, waste disposal); community development grants, funding to upgrade "cultural heritage" sites, and so forth. They even put on a concert. Amazingly, this information has never been discussed in the debate over the EU action. On the contrary, academic supporters of the EU measure have falsely stated that "There is no significant difference in the [...]

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Delaware - Bullying Policy Definitions: Policy or Plan Requirements Policy Or Plan Requirements regulation; statute State law requires districts to adopt anti-bullying policies addressing some U.S. Department of Education-recommended policy requirements. Delaware Administrative Code 14-624 School District/Charter School Policy Prohibiting Cyberbullying 2.0 Definition of Cyberbullying 2.1 Cyberbullying means the use of uninvited and unwelcome electronic communication directed at an identifiable student or group of students, through means other than face-to-face interaction, which (1) interferes with a student's physical well-being; or (2) is threatening or intimidating; or (3) is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it is reasonably likely to limit a student's ability to participate in or benefit from the educational programs of the school district or charter school. Communication shall be considered to be directed at an identifiable student or group of students if it is sent directly to that student or group, or posted in a medium that the speaker knows is likely to be available to a broad audience within the school community. 2.2 Whether speech constitutes cyberbullying will be determined from the standpoint of a reasonable student of the same grade and other circumstances as the victim. 2.3 The place of origin of speech otherwise constituting cyberbullying is not material to whether it is considered cyberbullying under this policy, nor is the use of school district or charter school materials. 2.4 Upon implementation of this policy, and again at the beginning of each academic year, each school district and charter school shall inform students in writing of mediums where posting of speech will be presumed to be available to a broad audience within the school community, regardless of privacy settings or other limitations on those postings. From implementation of this policy through the end of the 2013-2014 school year, postings on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, and Pinterest shall be included in each district's and charter school's list of mediums where posting of speech will be presumed to be available to a broad audience within the school community, regardless of privacy settings or other limitations on those postings. 2.5 Nothing in this policy shall limit in any way a school district's or charter school's ability to regulate student conduct, including bullying, in any manner provided for by existing law, regulation, or policy. 16 DE Reg. 955 (03/01/13) Delaware Code 14-4161 Definitions. For purposes of this subchapter: (1) "Bullying" means any intentional written, electronic, verbal, or physical act against another student, a school district or charter school volunteer, or a school district or charter school employee that a reasonable person under the circumstances should know will have any of the following effects: a. Place a student, school district or charter school volunteer, or school district or charter school employee in reasonable fear of substantial harm to the student's, volunteer's, or employee's emotional or physical well-being or substantial damages to the student's, volunteer's, or employee's property. b. Create a hostile, threatening, humiliating, or abusive educational environment due to the pervasiveness or persistence of actions or due to a power differential between the bully and the target. c. Interfere with a student having a safe school environment that is necessary to facilitate educational performance, opportunities, or benefits. d. Perpetuate bullying by inciting, soliciting, or coercing an individual or group to demean, dehumanize, embarrass, or cause emotional, psychological, or physical harm to another student, school district or charter school volunteer, or school district or charter school employee. Delaware Administrative Code

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Wanuri Kahiu Full Name: Wanuri Kahiu Country of Birth: Kenya Industry: Film, TV and Theater Speciality: Director Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director. She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009. Kahiu was born in Nairobi, Kenya. After graduating from the University of Warwick in 2001 with a BSc degree in Management Science, she enrolled for a Master's Degree program in directing at the School of Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles. Her movie "From A Whisper" received a total of twelve nominations and earned five awards at the 5th African she received the Motion Pictures of America Associates Award (AMAA), and the Hollywood Foreign Press Award for distinguished director. "From A Whisper" is a story about the bombing of the American Embassy in Kenya. Seen through the eyes of people who were there, the film is compelling and highlights the pain and suffering that the local people went through as they grieved the loss of loved ones. NEWS, BLOGS AND EVENTS

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Arbeidernes kommunistparti (Workers' Communist Party, Norway) Who we are ... Other texts in English ||| AKP home page ||| E-mail us ||| Other languages: Arbeidernes kommunistparti (AKP) is a revolutionary party working for a fundamental change (a revolution) of the way that Norway and the world is governed. Our goal is communism, a society without suppression and class distinctions, where a majority of the people - with the working class as the most important power - will govern. Norway is a class society In today's Norway capitalists hold the economic and political power. Investments, production, exploration of natural resources, trade and defence policy, laws and priorities at state and municipal level are in fact decided by this small minority. In Norway this does not necessarily mean that the majority of the people suffer materially, but it does mean that society is ruled by the capitalist class. Their interest is in maximising their profits. This power structure applies in the rest of the world as well. Profit for the few decides life and death for the great majority of the global population and the future of our planet. AKP's goal is communism The AKP wants to be at tool for people working towards a society free from exploration, suppression and class distinctions. We define communism as a society devoid of class distinctions. In a communist society people will contribute to society according to their ability and receive according to need. Employment in the capitalist sense will not exist. This will also result in the disappearance of other forms of suppression. Such a society is different from any we have seen so far and creating such a society will be challenging. However we believe that technological progress will make the realisation of such a society easier because technological developments makes it possible to produce the necessary economic surplus in less working hours - making it possible for the whole population to participate in the development and governing of the community. Differences and conflicting interests will still be an important factor in this society as it continues to develop, but people will not be discriminated against because of the colour of their skin, which country they live in, religion, sex or sexual preferences. War will no longer be profitable and therefore unnecessary. AKP's theoretical platform The AKP studies Marxism in order to analyse our current society. But we also wish to develop these theories based on our own experiences. Marxism is a tool for analysing the world - in order to change it. It is not a religion, but at theory that must be developed and adapted to the society we live in. Marx and Engels showed how capitalism works on the economical level. Lenin analysed imperialism. Mao saw the power of mass movement and was also a pioneer in analysing the danger of a socialist country becoming capitalist and suppressive. AKP develops its own policies that address the current situation in Norway The world changes, and economic, philosophical and political theories must always be scrutinised and adjusted to fit the current situation. This is important because we wish to develop policies that address the situation in Norway today. The AKP has its foundations in Norwegian reality and in the Norwegian class struggle. This independence is an important reason of why the AKP survived the crisis of the international revolutionary movement. We believe that the Norwegian working class should work towards revolution in their own country. We are not waiting for "world revolution". The AKP co-operate with political parties and groups in over 70 countries, but AKP is not member of or part of any international organisation. AKP is a feminist party AKP is a feminist party working for a society without suppression of women. Women should organise and fight for their interest within organisations and movements, for example labour unions and parties - and of course within the AKP. We fight for the rights and demands of ordinary women whether it is the fight against pornography or for a six hour working day. Our party has developed new and important theories about women's position in society, both in capitalist and socialist societies. AKP is an anti-imperialist and internationalist party We support every nation's right for self determination and the right to use armed struggle as a means to this end. Supporting armed fights for liberation was unheard of in Norway when the AKP first fronted this position. Now it has become a more common view. The AKP has played an important role in the movements supporting the freedom struggles of the peoples of for example Palestine, Vietnam, Cambodia, Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Chile, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Nicaragua and Kurdistan. Our support for people struggling against suppression is based on their right to liberate themselves and even though we might not agree with all their actions and believes, we defend their right to fight their suppressors. Extracts from the Peace and Antiwar Platform of the Workers' Communist Party (AKP), short version The AKP works towards Norwegian resignation from Nato and the termination of Nato. Today this implies assembling a broad mass movement against "New Nato" and its reaction forces that can be engaged all over the world. The AKP is opposed to any attempt to incorporate Norway in the military structures of the EU. The AKP is opposed to restructuring Norway's armed forces into specialised support units for the military forces of the USA or the EU. The AKP is opposed to sending Norwegian troops abroad. However we may support Norwegian participation in certain peace keeping missions, like the Unifil (Lebanon), where the the missions was supported by the population and UN troops acted as a buffer between the people and an occupying power. The AKP advocates that Norway should denounce Nato's "out of area" strategy and oppose the creation of military units in Norway that are suitable for such operations. The AKP opposes Norwegian support of aggressive wars - also if they are sanctioned by the UN, or are launched under the pretence of being a humanitarian intervention. The AKP supports liberation wars fighting for national and social rights. As long as imperialism exists, there will be suppression and imperialist wars. The AKP position is that suppressed peoples and nations have the right to fight against suppression. They also have the right to armed defence against suppression and occupation. Today fighting for national and democratic liberation is an integrated part of the struggle against imperialism and for a socialist revolution. The AKP promotes the political and social equality of national minorities and their right to practise their culture. The AKP want all people to unite across ethnical and national diversions, and stand against the "divide and conquer" policies of imperialism and local reactionary forces. In most states there is more than one nation. We believe that in most cases these nations should develop mutual relations and form a democratic state based on equality for all. This does not undermine the fact that we believe that all minorities have the right to fight discrimination and other forms of suppression. This includes the right of suppressed nations to form their own state if they find this necessary in order to obtain equal rights. AKP, Osterhaus' gate 27, N-0183 Oslo, Norway , +47 22 98 90 60, fax: +47 22 98 90 55

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Public Research University-Beihang University Home> Explore Universities > Beihang University Beihang University, previously known as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a major public research university located in Beijing, China. The university is a member of China's Project 211 and Project 985 group of key state universities, with a heavy focus on high-level technological and scientific research. BUAA was founded on October 25th, 1952, with an area of over 100 hectares. Beihang University was formed in 1952 from a merger of the aeronautical departments of Tsinghua University, Peiyang University, Xiamen University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, Northwestern Engineering College, North China University, and Southwest Aeronautical Institute. Beihang University was among China's first 16 key universities in the 1950s and was among the top 15 for priority development during China's 7th Five-Year Plan period (1986-1990). During the 8th Five-Year plan it was listed among the top 14 for priority development, and at the start of the 9th Five-Year Plan BUAA was among the first batch of 15 universities in project 211 for Higher Education.

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Chapter Staff 2018 - 2019 ABC Leadership Join ABC Excellence in Construction & Safety Awards ABC Golf Extravaganza Fall Event LDG Events Rising Star Program Advanced Leadership Retreat ABC Toastmasters South Regional Meeting Impacting Elections 2018 Candidate Endorsements State Political Action Committee National Government Affairs 2018 Legislative Review Prior Authorization Safety Alliance Strike and Dual Gate Resources ABC Retro ABC / Blog Andy's Blog (11) Government Affairs (31) Healthcare Corner (6) Management Education (8) Membership Benefit Corner (1) News of Merit (124) PDC Podcasts (3) Workers' Comp (7) ABC of Western Washington's Blog The UW Department of Construction Management Inducts Three Industry Professionals into the Construction Industry Hall of Fame Posted @ 6/1/2016 4:02 PM Posted in News of Merit | 0 Comments The University of Washington Department of Construction Management this year has honored three individuals who have made substantial contributions to the industry: Kathleen B. Garrity, Philip B. Lovell, PE, MASCE and Jon D. Magnusson, PE, SE. Throughout their careers they have each made substantial contributions to the field, the advancement of construction education, and to their community. Kathleen Garrity's commitment to craft education began with the founding of the Washington Electrical Education Foundation and the first executive hired for the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington chapter where she served as president for more than 30 years. "I was very lucky that as a trade association manager I ended up in the construction industry," said Garrity in accepting the honor. "Contractors have three main attributes: they are results oriented, they are problem solvers and they know that success is contingent on investing in long-term relationships; all of which parallel my own views." Early in her ABC career she focused on construction education. "I realized that the labor shortage needed a new and creative solution to address the severe and chronic gap in skilled craft professionals," she said. Along with AGC's education director, she recruited a group of dedicated and hardworking contractors who created the first of-its-kind-in-the-country training program, the Construction Industry Training Council, where multiple associations joined forces to train together. Today CITC has seven association partners and more than 600 students in 10 crafts at three locations in Washington. As president of Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington, Kathleen represented contractors before the legislature and the Department of Labor and Industries, as well as other government agencies. Working with various groups representing women- and minority-owned firms, Kathleen was an active advocate working to bring these firms into the mainstream of the construction community and helping them achieve success. One of her proudest tasks was serving on NAIOP Washington's Community Enhancement Committee for the last 10 years. The committee is made up of members of the wider real estate/construction community - developers, architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants and more. Each year the committee selects a worthy project that needs the special kind of help that only construction industry can accomplish. Then after many months of planning and fundraising, some 250-400 volunteers transform a school, camp or other community facility in just one day. It would not be possible without the relationships and trust developed over the years. Garrity is only the second woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. "The people construction industry and all they accomplish are amazing. I'm honored to have spent my career with such a wonderful and talented group of people. I am very thankful to be a small part of it and to be recognized by my peers," she said. Jon D. Magnusson, PE, SE has spent 40 years as a structural engineer, 25 of which included his role as CEO of Magnusson Klemencic Associates Inc. Working with area contractors, Jon helped pioneer the use of super high strength concrete, composite column construction, hybrid concrete core/steel framed buildings, and advanced earthquake and wind damping systems. Magnusson grew up in a construction family with weekend trips to construction sites and discussions at the dinner table including the joy of successful bids and the disappointment of unsuccessful bids. "Construction is really part of my DNA," he said. His projects, which he says are always a collaborative effort, range from notable local projects such as Safeco Field, Century Link Field, Benaroya Hall and the Seattle Central Public Library to national and international projects like the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, the San Francisco 49ers Stadium and the Panama Museum of Biodiversity. He also donated engineering for a Guinness World Record for the largest origami paper crane, with a wingspan of 200 feet, that was created for the Wings for Peace Project and suspended in the Kingdome in March, 2000. "Having worked on projects around the world, I am amazed at how many really good contractors there are in our community," he said. "They truly collaborate with designers in leading the nation's construction industry to new levels of accomplishment." He was the founder and 14-year President of the Architecture, Construction, Engineering (ACE) Mentor Program of Washington, which has reached more than 1,700 high school students and awarded more than $477,000 in college scholarships. Additional community involvement has included service to the Downtown Seattle Association Board of Directors, Water 1st International, Boy Scouts, University of Washington College of Engineering, and the Seattle Rotary Club. Philip B. Lovell, P.E. retired in 2003 as Vice President and Operations Manager of Turner Construction's northwest region following a 37-year career with the company. He has been a leader as well as educator in all aspects of construction management, both while active within Turner and currently in retirement. His career in the industry involved a wide variety of projects and all phases of the design and building process. Lovell has been a manager and leader in all aspects of construction management and has been active with the Association of General Contractors and the UW Construction Industry Advisory Council. He has also been a member since its inception of the Project Review Committee under the Washington State Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB) and is an expert in the GC/CM delivery process. He is a member of the Dispute Review Board Foundation, an active project DRB team member and current Chairperson of the Sound Transit Citizens Oversight Panel. He is also a registered Professional Engineer and member of ASCE. "I remember working very hard during my career because building things is very demanding," said Lovell. "There is a tremendous amount of work and coordination with people during the construction process but when it is finished, it allows you to see the results of your work." In retirement, he continues with the AGC Education Foundation as a trainer and is a current member (since 1996) and past chair of UW Construction Industry Advisory Council. Residing in Edmonds, he is an active member and current chair of the city's Planning Board, serves on the Mayor's Advisory Group and is a member of the Edmonds City Waterfront Access Study Task Force. In addition he participates in the Camper Cabin Expansion Project at Camp Corey in Carnation. "The average citizen looks at a project and knows that someone designed it and someone is building it," Lovell said. "What they don't understand is that building is a service industry - our people are our real product. The fact that I'm recognized with the honor of being inducted into the Construction Industry Hall of Fame is doubling gratifying as it is a reminder not only of my career accomplishments but also of the innumerable relationships I've developed over the years." About the Hall of Fame: The UW Department of Construction Management started the Construction Industry Hall of Fame in 1995 and has inducted 42 industry professionals since then. The department is supported by more than 30 member companies that make up the dedicated Construction Industry Advisory Council. The department is now teaching more undergraduate students than ever with 50 graduates in the class of 2016 and 55 in the class of 2017. Seventy students have been admitted into the undergraduate class of 2018. The department also has a Master's program and this year received 100 applications for 30 spots. 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Meir C. Bargeron, MSW Divrei Torah & Drashot It's Always Time to Learn I came across this little structure while on a walk recently in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. The sign says "Little Free Library...Take A Book, Return A Book." What a wonderful idea. The organization behind this project has inspired people to build more than 2,300 of these micro libraries around the world, which they say is more than philanthropist Andrew Carnegie built. And along they way they are inspiring community building and supporting the love of reading. We never know when we'll be presented the opportunity to learn something, or who will be be the catalyst for our education. What opportunities did you have to learn today? Did you seize the moment? Image: Montreal Botanical Garden Meir Bargeron Is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. He recently left his day job as a therapist, counselor, and consultant to follow his surprising dream of becoming a rabbi, and will be writing about his experiences during his year in Israel.

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Baxley Police Department gives update of recent events The following are highlights of incidents that were handled by members of the Baxley Police Department in March. Mar. 1 at approximately 11:28 p.m., answered a call to an armed robbery at the Baxley Food Mart. On arrival the clerk told officers that a black male, slender built, came into the store wearing a mask, gloves, black jacket, blue jeans, and black shoes waving a handgun and demanding the money out of the register. The robber robbed the clerk at gunpoint of the money in the register and also took his wallet. Afterwards the robber told the clerk he would shoot him if he called the police, and then he fled out the door on foot. Officers searched the area, along with putting out a broadcast to other units and surrounding counties about the robbery and the description of the robber. No one was found fitting the description of the robber. The K-9 unit from Reidsville was also called in to assist in tracking the robber, but was to no avail. Mar. 2 at approximately 4:45 p.m., answered a call to Wal-Mart in reference to a theft. On arrival officers met with the LPC officer who had a person detained for taking some items without paying for them. Charged in connection with this incident was Christa Miller, 45, of Hazlehurst, on one count theft by shoplifting. Mar. 3 at approx. 3:03 p.m., answered a call to Cedarwood in reference to assisting the S.R.O. with an unruly student. On arrival the S.R.O. told officers he needed assistance in transporting the student. When officers attempted to place the student in the patrol unit for transport he became unruly and violent, punching the officers several times, and would not calm down. The student had to be restrained before transport. The student was transported to Appling HealthCare where he was released to the School Resource Officer and other juvenile authorities for evaluation. The student, age 13, had been cited for one count disorderly conduct in connection with this incident, and turned over to the juvenile services for further judicial proceedings. Mar. 4 at approx. 3:54 p.m., responded to the Appling County Middle School in reference to a bomb threat. On arrival the officers were made aware of a handwritten note on a wall in the seventh grade bathroom. The note said "Bomb Tomorrow." Officers together with the S.R.O., Appling County Sheriff's Office deputies, and key school personnel conducted a thorough search of the entire school, finding no evidence of a bomb. The school was then locked down until the next day, where the school activities were monitored very closely. The entire day proved to be incident free. The incident is currently under investigation by the S.R.O., Baxley Police Department and the Appling County Sheriff's personnel. Mar. 5 at approx. 00:25, answered a call to Harvey's Supermarket in reference to a person on a bike taking a peach tree from out front of the business. After a short search of the area, a person fitting the description; (along with the peach tree in his basket) was detained. The peach tree was released back to Harvey's. Charged in connection with this incident was a Robert Sterns, 22, of Baxley, on one count theft by taking. Mar. 5 at approx. 10:18 a.m., met with a complainant at the FNB Bank in reference to some counterfeit one hundred dollar bills. On arrival the complainant told officers that a person he knew had paid him for doing some work, and when he took the money to the bank, discovered it to be counterfeit. The bills had serial numbers of LD36335348A, and LL40964220D. The bills were secured and have been forwarded to the secret service for further investigation. Charged in connection with this incident was Arthur Henry, 50, of Baxley, on one count forgery in the first degree. Mar. 5 at approx. 9:16 p.m., answered a call to a Tippins Street address in reference to a domestic dispute. On arrival the officers spoke with the victim who told them that an argument had taken place and she tried to calm both of the parties down, and as a result she was struck several times. Charged in connection with this incident was Randy Glen Harris, 45, of Baxley, on one count battery. Mar. 6 at approx. 6:11 p.m., met with a complainant at the U-Store U-Lock Mini Storage in reference to a theft. On arrival the complainant told officers that person(s) unknown cut the lock off his unit number 53, and removed several items. Reported missing was; one jewelry box, cherry in color, and approx. three foot tall, several silver necklaces, rings, and earrings, one Fueger reel, blue and black in color, one Shakespeare reel, blue and black in color, one Bissell Cleanview Helix vacuum cleaner, and one box of assorted DVDs. Officers also met with another victim who told them that person(s) unknown also had cut the lock off his unit, number 147, and removed one Poulan Pro weed eater, two pair of snips, and one pair of hand trimmers. Mar. 7 at approx. 3:02 p.m., answered a call to the Appling HealthCare System in reference to a battery. On arrival officers met with the victim who told them that she and another person had gotten into an argument, when the person struck her in the face with his fists, and threw a piece of wood at her that had nails in it. After a brief investigation, Tyler Taylor, 20, of Baxley, was charged with one count battery in connection with this incident. Mar. 11 at approx. 10:26 a.m., met with a complainant at the police department in reference to a theft. On arrival the complainant told officers that her phone had went missing from her home at an MLK address while she was at work. The missing phone is a black Galaxy S5 Verizon smart phone, and it was in a black survivor case. Mar. 15 at approx. 5:15 p.m., answered a call to Wal-Mart in reference to a theft. On arrival the LPC officer had a person detained for taking some items without paying for them. Charged in connection with this incident was Angle Augusta Fussell, 30, of Baxley, on charges of one count theft by shoplifting. Mar. 17 at approx. 4:52 p.m., responded to the Appling County High School track in reference to a large group of students possibly involved in a fight or some kind of social disorder. On arrival officers assisted the School Resource Officers in restoring order. As a result of the altercation several students have been charged in connection with this incident by the School Resource Officer (S.R.O.) Mar. 20 at approx. 1:45 a.m., assisted by Appling County deputies went to a N. Phillips Street address to serve a warrant. The warrant was for a person who had outstanding warrants for his arrest, and every time the officers arrived at the address the person would flee on foot. However this time the address was surrounded and the person was taken into custody without incident after being located in the attic of the home. Charged in this incident was Bryan Jamal King, 32, of Baxley, on one count each of burglary in the first degree and burglary in the second degree. Mar. 24 at approx. 8:11 p.m., met with a resident at a Beach Road address in reference to a theft. On arrival the resident told officers that person(s) unknown had removed his late model Polaris 400 4-wheeler. The 4-wheeler is described as being green in color, and had duct tape on the gas cap, with a big set of tires on it. Chief Godfrey would like to ask that if anyone has any information in regards to any of these incidents or any other incidents to please contact the Baxley Police Department, the Appling County Sheriff's Office or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

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Posthum - The Black Northern Ritual (Indie) I was very impressed with Posthum's last album, 2012's 'Light's Out' and with their approach to black metal in general which draws on the many varied takes on the genre. It was an album that rather predictably split opinion, with those that see black metal in a very linear fashion generally disapproving and those with a more open minded approach giving it the thumbs up. With their third album I was curious to see whether they would bow to the opinions of the purists or continue to follow their own creative path, and I'm very pleased to see that they have chosen the latter. 'The Black Northern Ritual' doesn't just pick up where 'Lights Out' left off; it is a clear and comprehensive step forward in every way. From the first few notes of 'Demon Black Skies' everything sounds a little more complete. The production is richer, and the music has far more of an edge to it than it had previously. There's a very definite sense of the sinister about it that was sadly lacking previously. Jon Skare's vocals have taken an almost imperceptible turn for the better, perhaps something as simple as a more mature approach not only to the vocal method but also the structuring of the lyrics. There's more of an urgency about the music also, a sense of that old school black metal raw hate that shines through on 'Condemned' and in particular on the outstanding title track with its punishing riffs offering a nod to early Gorgoroth, and a general sense of viciousness I've not seen from them before. By contrast, the slow and melodic flow of the instrumental 'Vinter' shows that their songwriting skills are sharp and varied. The more I have listened to 'The Black Northern Ritual' the more I have realised how much of a progressive step it is for the band. The final track in particular, the epic 'North' has a true sense of classic Norwegian black metal about it with a very organic feel and a sense of vastness. The atmospheric ambiance of this part of the album is in stark contrast to the gnarled brutality of the title track, instead giving rise to a feeling of oneness with nature that you would more likely associate with some of Agalloch's or Drudkh's early work. There is definitely more of a sense of cohesion about this album than we have seen from them before in that this fits together far better as an album than their previous efforts, so rather than a collection of songs we get more of the sense of a journey. This is one to seek out if you like some finesse in your black metal. (8.5/10 Lee Kimber) Lee Kimber black metal, Indie, Norway, Vreid 15/07/19 Thou in London at The Electrowerkz Buy Tickets

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Sotheby's Is Selling John Lennon's Detention Sheet Auctions Market News By M. H. Miller Posted 09/23/15 10:45 am COURTESY SOTHEBY'S Today in news about scraping the bottom of the barrel, Sotheby's London will be selling a sheet from John Lennon's detention book, which documents the 29 times that he was sent to detention between September 9, 1955, and July 11, 1956, at Quarry Bank High School. My press release states, "The frequent entries on this sheet from six different teachers reveal that John Lennon's rebellious nature and irreverence for authority were well established traits of his character even at the age of fifteen." September 12, according to Sotheby's, was a particularly good day for Lennon: [He] received no fewer than five separate detentions from two different teachers beginning with: "No Hwk" [homework] and continuing with ..."Impertinence"..."Talk after 2 warnings" and "Further talk". John's lack of homework is reported on three further occasions, other misdemeanours include: "Groaning at me...", "Nuisance in class" (mentioned four times), "silly conduct", "Foolish remarks", "Disturbance", "Inattention", "Not wearing school cap", "Very late" and "Failing to report for class detention..." Sotheby's is selling the detention sheet at its "Rock & Pop" sale, where it is estimated to sell for £2,000-£3,000 ($3,050-$4,580). Other items in the sale include Bob Dylan's type-written lyrics to "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and a grand piano belonging to ABBA. Sotheby's to Auction Recordings of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Sotheby's Contemporary Sale Draws $88.4 M. in London, Led by $21 M. Francis Bacon Self-Portrait Art en Route: Museum of London Eyes Trump Baby Balloon, Art Institute of Chicago Deaccessions Chinese Artworks, and More Sotheby's Sold: Businessman and Collector Patrick Drahi Acquires Auction House for $2.7 Billion

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Home / Boarding Schools in Arkansas Boarding Schools in Arkansas The state Arkansas is situated in the southeastern region of the United States. The diverse nature of the state geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the USA Interior Highlands, to the Arkansas Timberlands in the south (densely forested land), to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta. Of the 50 states in the US, it is the 29th largest by area and the 33rd most populous state. Located in the central portion of the state, Little Rock is the capital as well as the most populous city, a hub for transportation, business, culture, and government. The culture of Arkansas is observable in museums, theaters, novels, television shows, restaurants, and athletic venues across the state. Arkansas is bordered to the south by Louisiana, to the southwest by Texas, to the west by Oklahoma, to the north by Missouri, to the east by Tennessee and Mississippi. Arkansas generally has a humid subtropical climate. Arkansas is still close enough to this warm, large body of water for it to influence the weather in the state. Education in Arkansas According to the Morgan Quitno Smartest State Award Arkansas is the 32nd smartest state, 44th in the percentage of residents with at least a high school diploma, and 48th in the percentage of bachelor's degree attainment. Arkansas has been making strides in education reform. Education Week has praised the state, ranking Arkansas in the top 10 of their Quality Counts Education Rankings every year since 2009 while scoring it in the top 5 during 2012 and 2013. Arkansas specifically received an A in Transition and Policy Making for progress in this area consisting of early-childhood education, college readiness, and career readiness. Governor Mike Beebe has made improving education a major issue through his attempts to spend more on education. Through reforms, the state is a leader in requiring curricula designed to prepare students for postsecondary education, rewarding teachers for student achievement, and providing incentives for principals who work in lower-tier schools. In 2010 Arkansas students earned an average score of 20.3 on the ACT exam, just below the national average of 21. These results were expected due to the large increase in the number of students taking the exam since the establishment of the Academic Challenge Scholarship. The literacy rate in Arkansas is approximately 83.4%. At boardingedu.com, we have listed the Best Boarding Schools in Arkansas. The list comprises of the top residential independent schools and state boarding schools. Find complete information about Top Boarding Schools in Arkansas, USA, details about Fees, Admissions, Curriculum, School Infrastructure, Faculty and much more only at boardingedu.com with complete details of fee, school infrastructure. Schools are listed in random order without any rankings. State Wise Boarding Schools in Arkansas Boarding Schools in alaska Boarding Schools in louisiana Boarding Schools in new mexico Boarding Schools in oregon Boarding Schools in west virgin Boarding Schools in Alabama Boarding Schools in Arizona Boarding Schools in California Boarding Schools in Colorado Boarding Schools in Connecticut Boarding Schools in Delaware Boarding Schools in Florida Boarding Schools in Georgia Boarding Schools in Illinois Boarding Schools in Indiana Boarding Schools in Iowa Boarding Schools in Kansas Boarding Schools in Kentucky Boarding Schools in Maine Boarding Schools in Maryland Boarding Schools in Massachusett Boarding Schools in Michigan Boarding Schools in Minnesota Boarding Schools in Mississippi Boarding Schools in Missouri Boarding Schools in Montana Boarding Schools in Nebraska Boarding Schools in New hampshir Boarding Schools in New jersey Boarding Schools in New york Boarding Schools in North caroli Boarding Schools in Ohio Boarding Schools in Pennsylvania Boarding Schools in Puerto rico Boarding Schools in Rhode island Boarding Schools in South caroli Boarding Schools in Tennessee Boarding Schools in Texas Boarding Schools in Utah Boarding Schools in Vermont Boarding Schools in Virginia Boarding Schools in Washington Boarding Schools in Wisconsin City Wise Boarding Schools in Arkansas

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Stage, TV and film producer, Craig Zadan died on Monday, August 20 at the age of 69. Producer Craig Zadan Dead At 69 Alexandra Del Rosario HOLLYWOOD HILLS - Craig Zadan, known for producing both on-screen films and broadway hits died on Monday, August 20. Zadan was 69. Zadan passed away at his Hollywood Hills home due to complications from a recent shoulder replacement surgery. Bob Greenblatt, the chairman of NBC Entertainment made the announcement on Tuesday, August 21. "Craig's distinguished career as a passionate and consummate producer is eclipsed only by his genuine love for the thousands of actors, directors, writers, musicians, designers, and technicians he worked with over the years," said Greenblatt in a statement. "On behalf of his life partner, Elwood Hopkins, and his producing partner, Neil Meron, we are stunned that the man behind so many incredible film, theatre, and television productions - several of them joyous musicals - was taken away so suddenly. Craig's distinguished career as a passionate and consummate producer is eclipsed only by his genuine love for the thousands of actors, directors, writers, musicians, designers, and technicians he worked with over the years. His absence will be felt in our hearts and throughout our business." Zadan was born in Miami on April 15, 1949. He attended Hofstra University and moved to New York to pursue his career in entertainment in the 1970s. In 1984, Zadan produced "Footloose," starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. Before passing, he was one half of the accomplished production company Zadan/Meron Productions - the other half being Neil Meron. The pair was responsible for the NBC remakes of musicals that included "The Sound of Music," "Hairspray" and recently, the John Legend-led "Jesus Christ Superstar." Zadan/Meron productions also produced the Academy Awards telecast from 2013 to 2015. Producing revivals of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and other shows, the production duo ventured into Broadway. The company collected a total of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture for the 2002 film "Chicago;" five Golden Globes, 17 Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, a Grammy Award, six GLAAD Awards, four NAACP Image Awards and two Tony Awards. Zadan is survived by his partner Elwood Hopkins. Craig Zadan Neil Meron Previous article"Big Brother 20" Week 8 Recap Next articleBird Donates Thousands To Santa Monica Schools

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Short Introduction to Scientist Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was a preeminent contributor to the fields of mathematics and physics. He was born in 1642 in Lincolnshire, England, and was described as a natural philosopher during his lifetime. His work guided the scientific revolution during the 17th century. Until today Newton is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution. As a child Newton attended The King's School in Grantham where he began to develop a foundational knowledge of mathematics. After being widowed for the second time Newton's mother tried to motivate him to become a farmer. He hated leaving school and was re-admitted after the headmaster convinced his mother to let him return. He repeatedly rose to be the highest-ranked pupil. Newton began studying at Cambridge's Trinity College in 1661. It was there that he recorded his first theories about mechanics. His work was informed by his study of philosophy and astronomy. His discovery of a generalized binomial theorem in 1665 was the starting point from which he developed his theory of calculus. After obtaining his degree from Trinity Newton spent two years at home studying. He made significant progress developing his theories of optics and calculus. His work impressed professor Isaac Barrow, and he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672. The field of optics fascinated Newton. To prove his theories of color and dispersion of light he built a refracting telescope for the Royal Society in 1672. He published his notes of Colors in 1671, and they were later developed into the work Opticks . Newton published his first collection of work concerning gravitation and mechanics in 1687. Principia was an achievement that had been in development for many years, and defined three universal laws of motion. These laws would go on to create the basis of classical mechanics, and directly advance machinery during the Industrial Revolution. After publishing Principia Newton found himself receiving international recognition and acclaim. In Newton's later life, when asked for an evaluation of his achievements, he answered, "I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself Now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. " Later in his life Newton would devote a great deal of time to the study of alchemy and biblical interpretation. He died in 1727 and was interrupted at Westminster Abbey. ... November 19, 2016 August 15, 2017 admin 5 Myths Americans Believe About Vietnam 1. Religion is not tolerated in Vietnam. Quite the contrary! Sometimes I read stories on the web about religious persecution in Vietnam, but what I see here in Ho Chi Minh City is a very religious people, far more religious in general than Americans. People here will nearly all say they are either Catholic or Buddhist; it's hard to find anyone who would call themselves Agnostic or Atheistic- I haven't met one yet. The Catholic Church is one of the biggest property owners in Ho Chi Minh City. There are huge, newly built churches everywhere. I can see a gimongous church being built in the distance from the window where I'm sitting right now. In the evenings and on Sundays there are crowds of people at all the churches, often spilling out into the street and adding to the traffic mayhem. The most popular tourist attraction in Saigon is a cathedral- the Notre-Dame Cathedral in District 1. There are also Buddhist temples in every neighborhood; many of them are huge. Thich Nhat Hanh, the rock star of Buddhist monks who was living in exile in France for many years, recently returned to tour Vietnam with an entourage of over 300 monks. Granted, there are conflicts between the Vietnamese government and some religious leaders who get involved in politics. I don't know the details of these conflicts but I'd venture to say they involve only a tiny minority of religious people. In the past, certainly there has been severe religious persecution in Vietnam, but things have changed a lot. The official government line is that religion is free and accessible to all, and I haven't seen anything different. 2. The Vietnamese hate Americans because of "The American War." My own experience is only in the south, and it may be different in the north, but what I have experienced would actually be the opposite. Even when I first came to Vietnam as a tourist in 1996, I never heard or felt anything but tremendous love and respect for America and Americans. To the Vietnamese, just like to people in developing countries everywhere, American is the promised land, the land of opportunity. Nearly every Vietnamese family has at least one member living in the USA, so America is the country that is taking care of their loved ones. Unlike Americans, especially baby boomers, who will never get past the Vietnam war, the Vietnamese have gotten over it. The bulk of the Vietnamese population, it's own baby boom, is only in their mid-20's. Their parents have stories but most people are too young to remember the war. Also consider Vietnamese history. Americans don't have much of a history, but the Vietnamese collective memory goes back 5000 years. The Chinese occupied Vietnam for 1000 years. France occupied Vietnam for 100 years. America was here for all of 30 years, merely a small blip in Vietnamese history. Contrary to Americans' sense of self-importance, the American episode isn't all that significant. (I don't know how accurate ... What is the Law of Attraction? Plato's Got the Answer! These days, you don't have to look too far to find hoards of gurus ready to help you answer the question: What is the Law of Attraction? Arguably, one of the most famous of these folks is Rhonda Byrne. Her hit book and movie The Secret, is currently the de facto standard in all things metaphysical. Although she credits century old New Thought writers like Wallace D. Wattles for her inspiration, it was actually Plato who may have first answered the question: "What is the Law of Attraction?" If he were still alive today his response would be simply: "likes attract". This great philosopher, was of course, speaking of his "first law of affinity" and the science of chemistry. However, starting in the middle of the 20th century, scientists actually started to apply this law to us ordinary folks. So, into today's lingo, this translates as "we become what we think about". Self-help legend, Earl Nightingale, actually coined this phrase in the 1950's. Does this mean that if you repeat a few Law of Attraction affirmations that fame, money and wealth are yours for the taking? Ah, if life were that simple! Affirmations can act as a springboard to train your mind to think more positively, but you still have to work hard at this. Consider this - if your thoughts are constantly focused on "wanting" or "getting" something, then what you are really focusing on is you "lack" of something and thus you attract more of that negative stuff into your life. It took me a while to really understand how profound this is! Training you mind to concentrate on positive thoughts and truly believing in your own self-worth are fundamental to the Law of Attraction. When you are able to grasp this concept, the door to abundance will fling itself wide open! If you were given the chance to sit down with Plato and ask "What is the Law of Attraction?", his response might sound something like this: "Believe in yourself! You are a truly magnificent and deserving person! When you abandon the cycle of negative thinking, prosperity will follow." Now get to work!... Masonic Secrets Exposed! Freemason Simon Gray Receives Death Threats for Revealing Freemason Secrets Are you contemplating joining a Freemason Lodge? Perhaps you're tantalized by the secret Freemason handshakes, or the ancient Masonic rituals. Maybe you're just being pressured by your relatives because you're from a traditionally Mason family. Or perhaps you're just interested in the pursuit of Truth. Does large-scale organized secrecy among powerful individuals unsettle you? It should. Enter Simon Gray. Why should this man be important to you, you might ask? Simon was a Freemason who did something extremely dangerous and deviant under Mason Law. For the first time, a Freemason has made available to the general public the most closely guarded secrets of Freemasonry. Shortly after Simon released his collection of 120 out-of-print books and rare documents on Freemasonry (many of which were written by Masons themselves), he was immediately expelled from his Masonic Temple. Shortly after his expulsion from his Freemason Lodge he received official death threats from the highest levels of the Masonic Order. Any book you can find on Freemasonry worth its salt focuses almost always on the history of the Masons and its possible origin relating to the Knights Templar, drawing on primary sources such as news articles and other stories in the past, but there have never been primary sources written by Masons themselves... Until Now. The biggest reason why the Freemasons continue to receive so much attention in popular culture and the minds of conspiracy theorists throughout the years is due to the abundance of high-profile politicians and businessmen that the Freemason Order has kept on its roster for hundreds of years. On top of that, they're a secret society, and certainly the oldest known of today that operates on a global level. I do not envy Simon Gray. This brave ex-Freemason stands alone, delivering Masonic Secrets to the masses, with a shadow looming over him. That shadow is an exceptionally powerful and old secret society that has a history of influence in government and law enforcement. Due to the excessive death threats and pressure from Masonic Temples around the world, Simon in all probability will be forced to take his site down very soon. I can tell you right now that there has never been a larger collection of top-notch information on Freemasonry revealed before this, nor will there be anything like this released ever again. Simon has released 120 out-of-print books, manuscripts and journals, many written by actual high-ranking Masons of modern and ancient descent. That's over 25,000 pages of exclusive content that you're not going to find anywhere else (even if you're a Mason). That's right, almost all of the knowledge that Simon has released will never be known to 99{512b763ef340c1c7e529c41476c7e03bc66d8daea696e1162822661d30dde056} of all Freemasons, and will probably not be available to the public for much longer. If you have any interest in Freemasonry or secret societies ancient and modern, you absolutely can't afford not to see what Simon Gray has to say; get invaluable rare information on the Freemasons, direct from the source.... Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination, Gender Equality From Looking for a Better World: One of my major interests is in the equality of women in all societies. Gender bias is as hurtful and destructive as any other bias. Though I am not particularly liberal, I have for my lifetime been opposed to the macho philosophy, the Islamic plunder of womanhood, the gender distinctions in the professions and the entire "woman driver" and, yes, even "blonde joke" phenomena. Women and men are not created equal. They each have their God given strengths, focused on their responsibilities for procreation and family viability. Those differences are not easily dismissed ... however those differences do not condone gender discrimination in society and certainly not in the workplace. In fact, because of the glass ceiling and gender discrimination, professional women need to be better than their male counterparts to succeed! That makes them better choices ... and, in fact, I have made those choices! My physician, ophthalmologist, podiatrist and a recent surgeon are all female. Obviously, female clergy are welcome in my world. I attended a lecture given by an oil minister from an Islamic state. He was asked when women would gain equality ... and he jokingly replied "When the sands of the Sahara turn to Jello." I cannot accept the gender inequality issue and I certainly am opposed to the current Islamic extremism. Plunder and disrespect of women among the Muslim extremists are but a cursor of their disregard for life. It is just a clue, albeit a significant one, towards the larger issues of suicide bombings and indiscriminate slaughter. If the gender issue was gentler, their other more acceptable behaviors could follow. "Looking for a Better World" deals with this and other issues of ethics. The book teaches that we can all make this a better world. If you want to read more, see:... The Vindication of Harold Norman Harold Norman was only twenty six years old on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was shot. The young African-American was an amiable fellow with a ready smile. An order-filler for the Texas School Book Depository, Harold routinely shared a myriad of jokes with fellow employees to help the day go by. As JFK's motorcade was scheduled to approach the Depository, located at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets, Harold was joined by co-workers James "Junior" Jarman and Bonnie Ray Williams, all of whom planned on viewing the passing procession from open fifth-floor windows at the southeast corner of the building. In a crouched position, Harold stationed himself at the corner window, while Williams and Jarman knelt at the windows immediately right of him. It was the lunch hour and the three men had the choice of either standing with other employees who had congregated downstairs at the Depository's main entrance, or having the entire upper floor to themselves. The latter option was a way to avoid the crowds below and, as JFK's driver would be required to make a sharp turn from Houston to Elm Street beneath them, the commanding, bird's-eye view each anticipated having of President and Mrs. Kennedy seemed ideal. The motorcade finally reached Dealey Plaza. Sure enough, Harold, Bonnie Ray, and Junior were exhilarated with the panoramic sight of the handsome JFK and Jackie seated in an open blue Lincoln Continental, smiling and waving to the crowds at curbside. "The weather," Harold recalled decades later, "was picture-perfect; and I was surprised at how sandy-colored President Kennedy's hair was." The presidential limousine had no sooner negotiated a slow turn onto Elm Street when, suddenly, three shots rang out! The Texas School Book Depository had been built as a warehouse in 1901. The ribs in its antiquated wooden floors were wide enough in some areas to detect conversations from co-workers on stories above and below. The first report was loud - too loud - followed closely by a second burst, then a brief delay, and finally a third explosion, all approximately ten seconds in duration. The windows trembled with the reverberations. Stunned, Harold was certain someone was shooting directly above him. The upper floors of the building shook as motes of white powdery-like dust descended upon Bonnie Ray's head. What the three men heard overhead was unmistakable. Gunfire! -accompanied by the click-click sounds of a rifle's bolt action. Ejected shell hulls were heard bouncing on the floor above with a ping. To Harold, who was experienced at firing a rifle, the ear-splitting resonance briefly reminded him of a segment from the popular ABC-TV television series "Combat!" He excitedly pointed upward and exclaimed, "Listen!" Bonnie Ray gasped, "No bullshit!" "I can hear the shells being ejected!" Harold urgently shouted. The trio's senses fired on all cylinders; their pulses, and minds, racing. What villain is on the sixth floor? Why would he want to harm President Kennedy? This can't be happening! Harold, Junior, and Bonnie Ray, ... Women empowerment in India is a challenging task as we need to acknowledge the fact that gender based discrimination is a deep rooted social malice practiced in India in many forms since thousands of years. The malice is not going to go away in a few years or for that matter by attempting to work at it through half-hearted attempts. Formulating laws and policies are not enough as it is seen that most of the times these laws and policies just remain on paper. The ground situation on the other hand just remains the same and in many instances worsens further. Addressing the malice of gender discrimination and women empowerment in India is long drawn battle against powerful structural forces of the society which are against women's growth and development. Women empowerment in India: The need for ground level actions We have to accept the fact that things are not going to change overnight but because of this we cannot stop taking action either. At this juncture the most important step is to initiate ground level actions however small it might seem. The ground level actions should be focussed towards changing the social attitude and practices prevalent in the society which are highly biased against women. This can be initiated by working with the women at the root level and focusing on increasing women's access and control over resources and increasing their control over decision making. Further working on the aspect of enhanced mobility and social interaction of women in the society would positively influence all round development and empowerment of women in India. Women empowerment in India: Reality check at the ground level Today there are lot of things that is happening in the name of women empowerment in India and lot of resources are spent in this direction. Keeping this in mind it is crucial to have a reality check on what is happening on paper and what is the actual ground situation. It is worthwhile to ponder on the fact that we are one of the worst in terms of worldwide gender equality rankings. In India women are discriminated and marginalized at every level of the society whether it is social participation, economic opportunity and economic participation, political participation, access to education or access to nutrition and reproductive health care. A significant few in the society still consider women as sex objects. Gender disparity is high, crimes against women are increasing and violence against women is all time high and in most cases go unreported. Dowry related problems and death is increasing and is profoundly manifesting in the urban population. Workplace harassment of women is another phenomenon which is rapidly increasing as more women join the workforce. Early age marriages are still taking place in large numbers and the number of girls going to school is abysmally low. Moreover majority of the girls who join the school drop out by the age of puberty to get married and live a life of drudgery. Female feticide and infanticide ... 3 Weird But True Internet Laws There are all kinds of internet laws; good ones, bad ones, and some that are just plain weird. The weird but true internet laws are what we are going to focus on today. These three laws come from all around the world, and can really make you shake your head in wonder at the sheer insanity of it all. #1: It is illegal in the State of Tennessee (USA) to post/send "distressing" images using the internet Yes, you heard that correctly. As of mid-2011 it is illegal to "transmit or display an image" anywhere online that is likely (yes, likely) to "frighten, intimidate, or cause emotional distress" to anyone who sees it. Yes, anyone, regardless of whether or not the person in question was the target of the image. This takes the crown for most ridiculous internet laws ever made! Under this law, anyone, from anywhere in the world, can see an image, and no matter what that image is depicting, or if the uploader even had an ulterior motive for posting it, if the image can be traced back to its user, they could face up to a year in jail and over two-thousand dollars in fines. #2: It is illegal to own an "unregistered" modem in Burma The Burmese government takes the internet very seriously... so much so that they have a stranglehold on internet access all throughout the country. Internet access is limited by means of hardware and software restrictions, i.e. unregistered modems. Visitors from outside of the country may bring a single laptop computer in with them, but it will have to be declared upon arrival, and it is safe to assume that every mouse click you make with it is being carefully watched. #3: In Uxbridge, Ontario it's illegal to have an internet connection faster than 56k! This is a popular favorite online and can be validated in a number of places. This is one of those strange cases of severely out-dated laws that are still technically enforceable. It is comical to think of a place where it is illegal to have an internet connection that is faster than dial-up! Out of these three weird internet laws, this one has to win the award for most absurd. And these are just the tip of the iceberg; there are many other strange but true internet laws on the books all around the world that make many people sit back and wonder what the heck these lawmakers were thinking when they wrote them and made them into law.... Do You Deserve To Be A Leader? Do you have what it takes to be a leader? Do you possess the personal integrity, vision, planning, strength, and commitment that is a prerequisite for truly effective leadership? Many people believe they should be leaders, but are unwilling to do what is necessary, including undergo training and education, commit the time, energy and sacrifices that differentiates the few great leaders from the multitude that merely ascend to positions of leadership. 1. Integrity cannot be taught, but must be innate. Too many people are either afraid of exposing themselves either to ridicule or criticism by opening themselves up honestly, or simply prefer to "spin" or distort the facts to place themselves in the best light. A true leader cannot pick and choose his moments to have integrity, because personal integrity is truly an "all or none" scenario. Once a leader abandons his integrity even once, he surrenders his manifest to his constituents. Many in leadership have discovered that once they lose the trust of their followers, it can almost never be fully regained. A leader with integrity does not consider the political ramifications or popularity as motivating factors, but is rather guided by his belief in what is best for his organization. Obviously, no one is correct all the time, but one can have integrity all the time. Someone with integrity cannot sell out his beliefs for any reason. There is never a justification for a leader to be deceitful! 2. Do you have a vision for the organization that guides and motivates you towards action? In my over three decades of working with various leaders, I always ask them what their vision is, and what they wish to accomplish, and what their primary motivation for wanting to be a leader might be. I specifically ask them why they feel they are uniquely qualified to be a leader? Unfortunately, in the vast majority of cases, I receive simply rhetoric as the response, with things like "growing the organization," "change," "take it to the next step," etc., stated, rather than non- rhetorical, sincere, and responsive answers. A leader's vision must be specific and an effective leader should be able to explain his vision in the length of a sound- byte. Vision is a combination of what motivates someone to care, what (in actual terms) they feel the challenges that need addressing are and why, and what specifically they would do to bring about those changes, and what they "visualize" the organization as they would like to see it in the short term (under three years), intermediate term (three to seven years), and longer term (over seven years). 3. Do you have a plan? Do you know how to go about planning? Does your plan include both an Action Plan with responsibility table, as well as a time line? 4. Do you have the inner strength to be a leader? Effective leaders must be thick- skinned, and be able to accept criticism. They must have the inner fortitude to act, with the ... The 4 Consumer Rights The following four rights are the basis of much of the consumer-oriented legislation that has been passed during the last thirty years. These rights also provide an effective outline of the objectives and accomplishments of the consumer movement. - The right to safety The consumers' right to safety means that products they purchase must be safe for their intended use, must include thorough and explicit directions for proper use, and must be tested by the manufacturer to ensure product quality and reliability. Business firms should also be aware that consumers and the government have been winning an increasing number of product-liability lawsuits against sellers of defective products. Moreover, the amount of the awards in these suits has been steadily increasing. Yet another major reason for improving product safety is the consumer's demand for safe products. People will simply stop buying a product they believe is unsafe or unreliable. - The right to be informed The right to be informed means that consumers must have access to complete information about a product before they buy it. Detailed information about ingredients and nutrition must be provided on food containers, information about fabrics and laundering methods must be attached to clothing and lenders must disclose the true cost of borrowing the money they make available to costumers who purchase merchandise on credit. In addition, manufacturers must inform consumers about the potential dangers of using their products. - The right to choose The right to choose means that consumers have a choice of products, offered by different manufacturers and sellers, to satisfy a particular need. The government has done its part by encouraging competition through anti trust legislation. Competition and the resulting freedom of choice provide additional benefits for costumers by reducing prices - The right to be heard The forth right means that someone will listen and take appropriate action when costumers complain. In fact, corporate management teams begun listening to consumer complains after the end of World War II when competition begun again to increase. Today, businesses are listening even more attentively and many larger firms have consumer relations departments that can be easily contacted via toll-free phone numbers. Actually, one of the services every consumer today expects to receive from the companies he or she selects to purchase things from is consumer support.... November 9, 2016 August 15, 2017 admin He Knew What We Were Thinking Car Accidents - Understanding a Personal Injury Law Finding a Reputable Personal Injury Attorney Understanding More and More About Digital Marketing Issues That Make Divorce Messy government law politic society

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Neymar Beats Ronaldinho's Barcelona Goalscoring Record By Kunal | February 12, 2017 | 0 REUTERS/Albert Gea Brazilian sensation Neymar has beaten club legend Ronaldinho Gaucho's goalscoring record at Barcelona. Ronaldinho is much more than an icon at the Catalan club, having helped them win two La Liga titles and a UEFA Champions League in the five seasons he spent in Spain between 2003 and 2008. The Brazilian legend also scored 94 times during that time, but that record has now been beaten by his fellow young compatriot. Neymar, who joined Barcelona from Santos back in 2013, has already overtaken Ronaldinho in the goalscoring charts for the La Liga club, by netting his 95th goal in Barca's 6-0 win over Alaves on Saturday. SUBSCRIBE to BlameFootball on Youtube The 24-year-old needed just four seasons to beat his idol's record, and with his current contract with Barcelona ending in 2021, the Brazil international is bound to add a lot more goals to his name, and even mount a challenge to Lionel Messi's mind-boggling tally of 484 goals (and counting) for the Camp Nou-based outfit. This milestone in Neymar's career comes just days after Ronaldinho himself claimed that this youngster will follow the footsteps of legendary Brazilian players by achieving similar things. The two-time FIFA World Player of the Year spoke during his presentation as Barca's new ambassador, stating: "Neymar is a star and he is doing a fantastic job. It is a pleasure to watch another Brazilian make history and he is one of the best players in the world. "Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldo opened the door for me and I did the same for him. It is nice to see a succession of Brazilians who have made a name for themselves here. Neymar will do the same thing as the rest of us once he has had his time." ← Ferdinand: Only Time Will Tell If Pogba Follows My Social Media AdviceManchester City Jump Ahead Of Real Madrid In Race To Sign Juventus Star This Summer → Harry Maguire Has Told Leicester And His Teammates He Wants To Leave

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Avoiding Diabetes The worldwide type 2 diabetes epidemic has been thoroughly documented.1,2 Yet despite extensive study and analysis, there has been little actual progress in slowing the spread of this chronic disease. Numerous medications such as metformin and glyburide are available to help counter the severe problems Could your lifestyle be making you sick? What is your lifestyle? Not whether you are married or where you live, but rather, how are you choosing to live your life? What choices are you making to keep yourself and your family healthy and well? It is startling to learn that some of the most prevalent causes of illness, disease, and death - including Diabetes and Obesity Like Scylla and Charybdis, the twin sea monsters of Greek mythology, diabetes and obesity are the twin medical monsters confronting America's children. Diabetes and obesity have even been featured as the story line in a recent episode of Law & Order, a show well-known for focusing on issues that matter. Fate Or Choice We all know some people who get sick all the time. They're just getting over one thing when here comes the next round of illness. We also know people who just seem to be full of energy. Those people never get sick or so it seems. What are the key differences between these North and South Poles of health? Health Care Breakthroughs - Hope or Hype? Health care breakthroughs are big business. We know this because such news is reported in the Business Section of newspapers and magazines. Discussions relate primarily to the potential impact on the company's share price and revenues. Possible benefits to patients are a secondary concern compared to Let the Flu Go Around You Since mid-Fall TV commercials have been trumpeting the horrors of the "flu season". "It's never too soon to begin fighting this year's bug" they blare. Public health announcements urge us to get our "yearly flu shot", as if this is something we've got permanently scheduled in our Blackberries. All the Lowering the Risk Factors of Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease We're in the middle of several deadly epidemics in the United States. Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are affecting more and more people every year. Recent statistics show that two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Thirty percent of American children are obese. Approximately 21 million Managing Your Symptoms Most of us are procrastinators. We let things go until the last minute. Papers, magazines, and books pile up on the desk until the process of finding what we're looking for resembles an archeological dig. Our garages look like our desks. Stuff fills the garage just like stuff covers the desk. Eventually, The Bottom Line on the Bird Flu It's hard to turn on the television or listen to the radio without hearing about the dangers of an impending pandemic of the Avian Flu (often called the 'bird flu'). Day after day, the media interview expert after expert who claim that the bird flu is going to cause massive

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Latest News from the City of Gainesville Recycle Tires for Free June 29 at the Tire Roundup Mosquito Control is holding a Tire Roundup Saturday, June 29 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Public Works Center (405 NW 39th Ave), in conjunction with National Mosquito Awareness Week June 23-29. At the event, city residents may bring up to six tires (removed from the rims) to the center for recycling. De Lions of Jah to Play at "Free Fridays" Concert Series June 28 Bo Diddley Plaza Closing out the celebration of June as national African American Music Appreciation Month, "Free Fridays" hosts popular reggae band, De Lions of Jah, to play a concert Friday, June 28, at 8 p.m. The Jacksonville, Florida band has been dubbed "the best reggae band in Duval County." Synchronica :: Framing Time Exhibition to Open at the Thomas Center The Galleries at the Historic Thomas Center are pleased to announce the opening of Synchronica :: Framing Time, which will run Friday, June 28, 2019 - Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. A public reception for the exhibition takes place Friday, June 28 from 7-9 p.m. during Artwalk Gainesville. "Free Fridays" Concert Series Presents The Shakedown on June 21 The "Free Fridays" Concert Series, as part of its celebration of June as African American Music Appreciation Month, presents The Shakedown Friday, June 21 from 8-10 p.m. at the Bo Diddley Plaza. Fred Cone Park Track Bleachers have New Shade Structures The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department and the Wild Spaces & Public Places program are pleased to announce the installation of new shade structures over the Fred Cone Park bleachers. The canopy offers shaded seating for sports spectators and spans the full length of the bleachers, which will soon accommodate up to 360 people. Measuring 125 feet long, 16 feet high and 21 feet wide, the cost of the project was $75,275.00 and was funded by the Wild Spaces & Public Places half-cent sales tax. Be a Part of the World's Largest Swimming Lesson on June 20 On Thursday, June 20 at 10 a.m., thousands of children and adults are invited to unite at aquatics facilities around the world to set a new global record for the World's Largest Swimming Lesson (WLSL). The City of Gainesville is proud to be one of the nation's top water safety and training organizations that joins forces with participants worldwide in order to foster education on the vital importance of swimming lessons that aid drowning prevention. The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department (PRCA) is joining Team WLSL to once again break a world record, and send the message that swimming lessons save lives. The world record attempt takes place at three Gainesville locations: Andrew R. Mickle Pool (1717 SE 15th St.), Dwight H. Hunter (Northeast) Pool (1100 NE 14th St.) and H. Spurgeon Cherry (Westside) Pool (1001 NW 31st Dr.). The Band Fast Lane Plays the "Free Fridays" Concert Series on June 14 The band Fast Lane features funk, soul and R&B at its "Free Fridays" concert, held Friday, June 14 from 8-10 p.m. at the Bo Diddley Plaza. Little Jake Mitchell and the Soul Searchers Play a "Free Fridays" Concert June 7 and Kick-Off African American Music Appreciation Month A celebration of African American Music Appreciation Month occurs every Friday night in June at the Bo Diddley Plaza as part of the "Free Fridays" concert series. Inspired by the dream of late local musicians Richard Baxter and Roland Burns, African American Music Appreciation Month has been celebrated in Gainesville since 1998.

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Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72 Mary Travers was a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary The trio sang "If I Had a Hammer" and "Puff the Magic Dragon" She died from side effects of treatment from a bone-marrow transplant Next Article in Entertainment " (CNN) -- Mary Travers of 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died, according to her publicist. She was 72. Mary Travers performs at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Travers died from side effects of treatment from a bone-marrow transplant after battling leukemia, publicist Heather Lylis said. The singer was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in November 1936 and grew up in New York's Greenwich Village. As a teenager, she performed in a Broadway review, but stepped on to the folk music scene in the 1950s. She emerged as an iconic folk singer while performing with Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey. Peter, Paul and Mary came together while singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in Stookey's New York City apartment. They went on to play gigs at coffee houses and later on the radio. "As a performer, her charisma was a barely contained nervous energy -- occasionally (and then only privately) revealed as stage fright," Stookey said. Their music reflected the 1960s and the 1970s, a time of turmoil as the civil rights and anti-war movements moved into full swing. Travers applied her recognition to rally behind those progressive movements. In 1963, the trio performed its hit song "If I Had a Hammer" at the Washington march where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famed "I Have a Dream Speech," her publicist said. "We've learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change," Travers once said. "The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern for human rights, and that encompasses a great many people and countries. Those of us who live in a democracy have a responsibility to be the voice for those whose voices are stilled." Travers advocated against U.S. government moves in Central America in the 1980s. She went on a mission to El Salvador and later spoke out against the country's regime. She also opposed American funding of a militant group in Nicaragua set on overthrowing an elected government there, according to her publicist. Peter, Paul and Mary recorded hits still recognized now, including "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." They performed together for nearly 50 years, winning five Grammys and releasing 13 Top 40 hits, six of them in the Top 10 charts. Their debut album, "Peter, Paul and Mary" was on the Top 10 chart for 10 months. Travers also recorded four solo albums in the 1970s. "Her talent was huge ... Mary was the difference maker," said Joe Smith, former head of Warner Brothers Records. "Super bright, super talented, and a pleasure to know and work with." Their last performance was in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on May 20. Those closest to Travers say she valued her friendships. "Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of my relationship with Mary Travers over the last almost 50 years is how open and honest we were with each other, and I include Noel Paul Stookey in this equation," Yarrow said in a statement. "Such honesty comes with a price, but when you get past the hurt and shock of realizing that you're faulted and frequently wrong, you also realize that you are really loved and respected for who you are, and you become a better person." She is survived by her husband, Ethan Robbins; her daughters Alicia and Erika; her sister, Ann Gordon; and her granddaughters Wylie and Virginia. All About Folk Music

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Home Evaluations Citizen Feedback Home Evaluations Citizen Feedback Home Judicial Performance Evaluations 2018 Full List Judge Unfug Nineteenth Judicial District - Weld County Judge 2018 Retention Survey Report 2017 Interim Survey Report Honorable Charles S. Unfug Retention year: 2018 Recommendation: Meets Performance Standard Areas of Evaluation 0 1 2 3 4 Application & Knowledge of Law Non Attorneys The Nineteenth Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance agrees, by a vote of 8-2, that Judge Charles S. Unfug MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. Judge Unfug was appointed to the Weld County Court on December 19, 2002. Before that, he served as district court magistrate for five years. He graduated from Cornell University Law School in 1977. Prior to becoming a judge, he was in private practice for 20 years. Judge Unfug is the Treasurer of the Colorado County Judges Association and has served in that position for the past four years. He is a member of the Weld County Bar Association and the Byron White Inn of Court. For several years, he has sworn in new firefighters for districts in southern Weld County on graduation from the Fire Academy. He has been a member of the Lions Clubs International for more than 40 years, and a member of the Greeley Elks Lodge for more than 25 years. The Commission conducted a personal interview of Judge Unfug, reviewed opinions he selected, observed him in court and reviewed survey responses from attorneys and non-attorneys. Among the survey questions was "based on your responses to the previous questions related to the performance evaluation criteria, do you think Judge Unfug meets the judicial performance standards? Of the attorneys responding 78% answered yes, and 22% answered no. A total of 21 attorneys responded to the survey. Of the non-attorneys responding 76% answered yes, 12% answered no, and 12% expressed no opinion. A total of 52 non-attorneys responded to the survey. During the current term, Judge Unfug's workload consisted of approximately 55% traffic cases, 38% misdemeanor cases, 5% civil cases, and 2% criminal cases. Judge Unfug has received compliments from both the district attorneys' office and from criminal defendants for the respect and patience that he shows in the courtroom. He has expressed the belief that appropriate judicial demeanor involves kindness to people in the courtroom and listening carefully to what they have to say. Although most of his decisions are delivered orally, his written orders are logical, well organized and explain the applicable law. Although the Commission concludes that Judge Unfug meets performance standards, there were concerns about his mastery of technology employed by the court and that he had not yet achieved the level of competency with technological matters despite training and significant tenure on the bench. Judge Unfug indicated that he understands and appreciates his lack of familiarity with certain technical matters, and that he would be proactive in improving in these areas, expressing a desire to undergo more training, and agreeing he has more to learn in this area. Additionally, some surveys and Commissioner observations noted concerns regarding his communication skills, particularly as to his speaking audibly and clearly in court. However, the Commission agrees that he has been working on and has improved in these areas since his last retention period. Based on these findings the Commission agrees that Judge Unfug meets judicial performance standards. Useful links Judge evaluations State commissioners District commissioners Become a Commissioner Program Feedback Reports & Resources Statistical report SMART Report Voter Polls Statute & rules Judicial Performance Surveys Judicial Performance Dashboard Our office Contact us Administrative Records Request Survey Vendor

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Grove City man dies from injuries following weekend wreck June 23, 2019 News Extra A Grove City man died from injuries suffered in what state police said was a high-speed, one-vehicle crash in Slippery Rock Township early Saturday morning. A 2010 Jeep Wrangler driven by Ian Campbell, 29, was traveling at a high rate of speed on Franklin Road in the area of Branchton Road at 2:12 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle, police said. Campbell, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected as the Jeep overturned and came to rest on its side on the northern side of Route 108, police said. He was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he died from his injuries, police said. More News Extra Headlines Leechburg man dead after early morning Armstrong Co. motorcycle accident News Extra 0 comments Disabled tractor-trailer affecting Route 8, 228 traffic Mercer police looking for two missing teens

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Location: Home › Music Articles › Danny Gokey: Overcoming tragedy to find hope in front of him Danny Gokey: Overcoming tragedy to find hope in front of him Tony Cummings reports on blue-eyed soul CCM hitmaker DANNY GOKEY Currently one of the best known artists on the US Christian music scene is Danny Gokey. Danny, a former church music director from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, rose to national prominence through the eighth season of the American Idol TV talent search while his 'Hope In Front Of Me' album has made number one on the US Christian airplay chart and his autobiography of the same name is a US Christian bookshop bestseller. His book and indeed his American Idol television interviews dwelt at length on a tragedy that blighted Danny's life when in 2008 his young wife Sophia died unexpectedly during a heart operation. It was Gokey's Christian faith that brought the singer through that tumultuous season in his life and his faith is clearly reflected in the songs on his current album. The self-penned title track goes, "I know in my soul no matter how bad it gets/I'll be alright/There's hope in front of me." The singer/songwriter spoke about his album. "I wanted to mix hope and entertainment but not in a way that would be cliché or sappy. I want to deliver a message that feeds the soul, but makes you want to move and groove to the music. That's always the goal when I write. I'm a person of faith, so I always want my songs to have a strong message of hope. I want to write them in a way that is fresh. 'Hope In Front Of Me' has got a great message, but it's also got a great groove to the song so you are moving and your soul is getting fed while you are singing and jamming to the music." Daniel Jay Gokey was born on 24th April 1980 in Milwaukee. Converted as a child, Danny was the fifth of six children. He grew up listening to a wide range of music. Danny remembered, "My dad was my biggest influence for music. We listened to Dallas Holm, Ray Boltz, dcTalk and Sandy Patti, but we also listened to country music like Brooks & Dunn and Lee Ann Womack as well as funk and soul music like the Temptations, the Four Tops, The Chi-Lites and the Average White Band. My dad had really diverse taste in music and it was a great music education." In 2000 Danny joined a Milwaukee church, Faithbuilders. At the time it had 50 members. The pastor, Jeff Pruitt, told a local newspaper how he noticed Gokey's singing. "I was actually leading praise and worship at the time. And I was thinking, 'This guy is really good.'" Pruitt asked a stunned Gokey to take over the worship team. "The rest is history," said Pruitt, as Gokey began to lead the musical side of the church and its sister congregation in Beloit. Sophia Gokey was a fan of American Idol and had suggested several times that Danny audition for the programme. Danny never really watched the show. However, he was nearing the cut off age of 28 and knew this might be his last shot, so he decided to audition. A month before the audition, tragedy stuck. In 2008, Sophia underwent routine surgery for her congenital heart condition and suddenly died during the operation. Danny was devastated. He says he was angry at God and didn't want to go on American Idol. The bespectacled singer was an immediate hit with the TV audience and his renditions of song popularised by Seal, Queen, Michael Jackson, the Temptations, Rascal Flatts, Frank Sinatra and Aerosmith took him to the top three in the contest before he was eliminated. In September 2009 Gokey signed with 19 Recordings/RCA Nashville. His debut single, "My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me", was a country radio hit and his album, 'My Best Days', reached number four on the Billboard charts with the best opening week sales by a debut country male artist in 18 years. The album, produced by Mark Bright, was favourably reviewed with Matt Bjorke on the RoughStock website commenting, "From the moment that I heard him sing on Idol, I knew there were only two places for his talent to go after he finished his tenure on the talent contest. Danny could choose to return to his gospel roots and record a Christian record or he could go the secular route and sign a record deal with a country music label." Looking back on his sojourn in country music Gokey said, "I loved it and had a lot of fun making the first album. It was a big learning experience. I feel like God ordained it and it brought me to Nashville." After leaving RCA Nashville in November 2011 he switched to CCM and began a record/publishing deal with BMG. 'Hope In Front Of Me' was produced by award-winning veterans Keith Thomas (Amy Grant, Vanessa Williams) and Bernie Herms (Natalie Grant, Barbra Streisand) as well as Josh Crosby (Cher) and Aaron Sprinkle (Anberlin). One of the most powerful tracks on the project is "This Is What It Means". Commented Danny, "That song is the most about me. Literally every line in there is written from a true experience. It talks about love and says 'there's fear, there's faith, there's loss, there's grace/I've seen it from both sides/This is what it means to be alive.' It's the truest song on the album." Website TheSoundOpinion wrote about the album, "While strong lyrically, musically, 'Hope In Front Of Me' is a mixed bag of sonic sounds. One minute, Gokey's ready for Top 40, the next he's squarely in inspo ballad territory, and still the next his feet are planted firmly in '80s pop terrain-the kind of throw-back R&B that is normally played on an oldies mix station in between cuts from Lionel Richie and Celine Dion." Gokey has now remarried and his new wife Leyicet has presented him with a son, Daniel Emanuel, born on 20th January 2013. The final words from the blue-eyed soul singer and author clearly come from the heart. "Life might not always make sense. There's no justice in it and sometimes it might not seem fair, but it's not the end of the road. Turn the page. Move forward and keep putting your life in God's hands. There is always hope ahead." The opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those held by Cross Rhythms. Any expressed views were accurate at the time of publishing but may or may not reflect the views of the individuals concerned at a later date. About Tony Cummings Tony Cummings is the music editor for Cross Rhythms website and attends Grace Church in Stoke-on-Trent. Comment Bookmark Tell a friend Print version Music Articles home Life Articles home Danny Gokey artist profile Stripped Down Versions US CCM star Danny Gokey offers new versions of two of his popular songs See It Soon 'Haven't Seen It Yet' album by Danny Gokey out in April Danny For Sparrow Radio single for CCM hitmaker Danny Gokey Danny Gokey and Natalie Grant collaborate on single Rise Album Christian music star Danny Gokey getting airplay with 'Rise' album For more on Danny Gokey visit the Danny Gokey artist profile 2019: Wanted (Piano & Cello Version)/Haven't Seen It Yet (Acoustic) (Digital Only) 2019: Haven't Seen It Yet 2017: Rise 2016: Better Than I Found It (ftg Kierra Sheard) (Digital Only) 2016: Rise (Digital Only) 2015: Christmas Is Here 2014: Hope In Front Of Me 2014: Hope In Front Of Me (Book) 2014: Hope In Front Of Me (Digital Only) 2010: My Best Days Be heard in your pain and needs and cry out to your God in our Prayer Room

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BLOTTER: Man Robbed At Knifepoint In Boystown; Woman Claims Syringe Attack Near Viagra Triangle The intersection of Broadway and Patterson. | Google BOYSTOWN - A 44-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint by two offenders near Patterson and Broadway on Friday evening, police said. The victim was walking when two strangers approached, displayed the knife, and demanded his property in the 600 block of West Patterson around 10:30 p.m. Taken were the victim's Louis Vuitton black computer bag containing a MacBook and iPad along with a red, black, and gray backpack. One of the offenders was described as male, black, about 5'10" tall, 140 pounds, 30-years-old, with a goatee and short hair. He wore dark clothing. A woman told police that a man poked her with a syringe near the intersection of State and Maple. | Google NEAR NORTH - A woman told police that an unknown man stabbed her with a syringe and sprayed her with a liquid near State and Maple on Wednesday evening. The victim told police that she felt a pricking sensation but that she did not know if she had been injected with any substance in the attack around 6:45 p.m. The offender was last seen walking southbound on State Street. He's white with shoulder-length curly brown or black hair. He was wearing a white jacket with blue details, according to the victim. LINCOLN PARK - Police say a man was robbed at gunpoint as he took money from an ATM around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday. The victim was at the Chase Bank, 2170 North Clybourn, when two offenders approached him, produced a handgun, and demanded his money, the man said. After taking the man's cash, the two fled in a dark-colored sedan. The victim said the offenders were two black men between 25- and 30-years-old who wore dark clothing. Back CWB's original reporting to receive members-only analysis and services year-round. Subscriptions start at $49 a year or $5 a month. You can also one-time donate an amount of your choosing. Click here - and THANK YOU! Posted by Crime In Boystown at 6/02/2018 08:40:00 PM

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George Marshall. The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942 Gerald R. Rising / Mar. 31, 2015 9am EST The year 2014 was an excellent year for us World War II history buffs. Four books I have found especially interesting cover overlapping aspects of that war. They are Nigel Hamilton's The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942; Craig Symonds' Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings; James Hornfischer's Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal; and Joseph E. Persico's Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II. All of these books have special meaning to me for I followed newspaper accounts of the events covered by them as a high school student until January 1944 when on my 17th birthday I enlisted in the Navy. Fortunately for me, I only got to the Mediterranean after VE Day but my brother commanded an LST at Normandy and another later in the Pacific. While each book has much to savor, The Mantle of Command towers over the others in its contribution to our thinking about our leaders during that war. It breaks new ground in its analysis of the months before we entered World War II and the early days of that war. I am pleased to find my personal high opinion of it supported by the fact that it is the only one of those titles included among this year's National Book Award finalists. Hamilton's central character is, of course, FDR - do readers today fail to recognize those famous initials as representing Franklin Delano Roosevelt? - to whom he assigns highest marks. His book provides plenty of documentation in support of that evaluation. Roosevelt was a masterful political leader who understood the task assigned him, winning the two-ocean war against Japan, Germany, and Italy. He accomplished this goal in his dealings with his contemporaries by strong-arming (for example, by imposing his powers as commander-in-chief), by gaining public support through his "fireside talks," by applying his personal charm, and whenever necessary through manipulation. Manipulation indeed. FDR was a master politician, a very bright and knowledgeable (he had been assistant secretary of the Navy) but essentially sly and self-contained man who knew the motivations of those with whom he had to deal and who turned those motivations to gain his own ends. Thankfully, those ends were the same as those of the Free World. I would not want to contemplate what would have happened if FDR's and Hitler's roles were exchanged. FDR's relationships with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall, and General Douglas MacArthur form a central part of Hamilton's story. He sheds new light on FDR's dealings with each of these important figures. Roosevelt never got to write his memoirs, having died in office on April 12, 1945, less than a month before VE Day when the Germans surrendered on May 7, and five months before VJ Day when the Japanese did so on September 2. But of course Churchill did, in his Nobel Prize-winning six volume The Second World War. Needless to say, Churchill's story does not match that of Hamilton in important aspects. The view Churchill conveyed to the world (including me) was that he was the essential guide of those opposing Hitler from the west through that war. While Churchill certainly played a supporting role behind those of Roosevelt and Stalin and deserves special credit for sustaining the English through his masterly speeches to the British Parliament, thankfully Roosevelt took Winston's proposed actions with a rich dose of salt and outmaneuvered him at several key points before and after Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Perhaps the most important of these points was when the two first met in Newfoundland in August 1941. Churchill came hoping to lead FDR to declare war on Germany, an act for which Roosevelt had no chance of gaining support from either Congress or the public; Churchill left instead with Roosevelt's Atlantic Charter that would, over time, spell the end of the British Empire. This was a terrible pill for the British prime minister to swallow, deeply committed as he was to maintaining that overseas empire, and he would, for example, continue to oppose any compromise with Indian nationals, even when Japanese invasion of that country was threatened. Churchill also took principal credit for the attack on the Axis in northwest Africa - what he termed "the soft underbelly" of the Axis - which would assist General Montgomery's offensive against Hitler's powerful General Rommel. No indeed, says Hamilton. Roosevelt had that in mind for some time because America needed a morale boost after suffering a series of losses in the Pacific. And Roosevelt had an election coming up. He tried to get that invasion (Operation Torch) scheduled just before the November 3, 1942 voting but the operation was delayed until November 8. In that election Republicans won the popular vote and gained 47 congressional seats. I am convinced that the wild enthusiasm I observed at the time of that invasion would have completely reversed that vote. But never mind the election, Roosevelt delivered us that sorely needed jolt to our morale. In fairness to Churchill he dealt from a position of extreme weakness. His armies were poorly led; witness the loss of Singapore to outmanned Japanese, and defeats and retreats in North Africa and in the China-Burma-India Theater as well as a threatened Australia. But his judgments were often wrong. (As Persico points out, for example, Churchill would continue to oppose the invasion of mainland Europe until the ships were at sea.) In forcing Operation Torch on his professional soldiers Roosevelt had faced down a near revolt. And many of his military leaders including Eisenhower (as well as other historians) did blame his insistence on Churchill's influence. The US military wanted nothing but the cross-Channel invasion of Europe and they wanted to focus all resources on England. They even tried to blackmail Roosevelt by turning those resources from the European to the Pacific Theater if the president insisted on Africa. But that invasion could not take place for another year at least. In fact, it did not occur for 19 months, so you could blame that additional half year on Torch. By the time of D-Day, however, Montgomery had fortunately convinced Eisenhower and Marshall that they had severely underestimated the forces necessary to insure success. In any case Roosevelt simply brushed aside the threats Marshall conveyed to him. And then there was General MacArthur. I spent 42 months in the service and never once heard a kind word said about him by a soldier or sailor. He was generally known as Dugout Doug for his time deep in the fortress at Corregidor while our troops were starving on the Bataan March. And he lived in luxury in Australia while his forces were mired in Guadalcanal and similar non-vacation resorts. Hamilton takes MacArthur to task for his incompetent response to the invasion of the Philippines a week after Pearl Harbor. He told President Quezon, "I don't think that the Philippines can defend themselves, I know they can," and then failed utterly either to prepare for the expected attack or to defend against it. Even worse, MacArthur supported Quezon's willingness to surrender his forces to the invaders (which Marshall and FDR rejected) and illegally accepted a $500,000 gift from Quezon shortly before reversing his decision to leave Quezon at Corregidor when the two families left by PT boat for Australia. Here is Hamilton's telling paragraph: "The President was even more disappointed by MacArthur's histrionics - the only term that could describe the 'flood of communications' (as Eisenhower called it in his diary) the general had transmitted to Washington by wireless since Pearl Harbor. For in their miscalculations, wild exaggerations, grandiose recommendations, and doomsday warnings, MacArthur's cables had given cause for the President to question MacArthur's mental health." But FDR did not dismiss MacArthur. We needed a figurehead in the South Pacific and he would suffice. And indeed MacArthur did get his act together to contribute to the island hopping campaign to retake the southwest Pacific. It would finally be up to Truman to discharge him for "his open defiance" and "insubordination" many years later. The Mantle of Command takes us only through 1942 and the first stages of the African campaign. He tells us that a sequel will cover FDR's leadership through later stages of the war in Europe. I look forward to that book.

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Phelps blasts opposition to college funding Posted on 3/4/2016, 12:09 PM House Democrats in Springfield are considering two bills to allocate money for tuition grants and colleges, which haven't received funding since July 1 when the current-year budget should've taken effect. Forgiving repayment of state funds borrowed last year from other special funds would fund part of a compromise proposal that came out Thursday. The proposal followed a Wednesday failure of House Democrats to override Gov. Bruce Rauner"s veto of a bill to authorize $721 million to fund tuition grants. House Democrats came up two votes short while the state Senate passed the override with the backing of 37 Democrats. State Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, said in a media release on Thursday that the failure to fund the Monetary Award Program (MAP), adult education programs and community colleges, state universities is troubling. "I am absolutely frustrated that funding for these hard-working, low-income college students and adult education learners has been vetoed twice by the governor," Phelps said. "They have been struggling for months, many of them hanging on by a thread, and we are denying them the opportunity to create a better life for themselves. "Governor Rauner has discussed on multiple occasions how we need to invest more in education, yet he continues to play politics with students" lives by denying them the resources they need to reach their full potential." Rauner's budget office said in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that what they're calling a compromise would plunge the state further into debt and is a "giant step backward," further adding that the continued attempts to fund colleges and tuition grants for low-income students is disingenuous because there's no money for it. Phelps on the other hand calls the bill that Rauner vetoed and that survived the override "a reasonable bill that would appropriate funding for low-income college students, adult education programs and community colleges in terms of MAP Grants." "In my community, these programs are a worthy investment that not only helps young students and adults start their own careers, but also help our local economy, Phelps said. "I am ready to work in a bipartisan manner and willing to meet halfway, but it must be done in a reasonable fashion that protects Southern Illinoisans." He added, "I will continue to fight for more resources for the students at places like Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Southeastern Illinois College, and Shawnee Community College."

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North West Bicester News New architectural impressions of NW Bicester's eco town houses are unveiled Construction of the UK's first eco town at North West Bicester (NW) in Oxfordshire will begin later this year and architectural impressions of how the ground-breaking homes in the first, exemplar phase will look have now been released by lead developers, A2Dominion. The first phase will contain 393 highly efficient homes for existing and new residents of Bicester, built to be true zero-carbon. Constructed in four stages, exemplar will encompass the UK's largest residential solar array, feature technology designed to cope with climate change of up to 10 degrees Celsius and aims to reduce car usage from the current Bicester use of 67.5 per cent to 50 per cent. A demonstration building showcasing a range of the very latest eco technologiesopened in Garth Park last year. The latest images show that the exemplar homes will incorporate some of these types of technologies, such as solar photovoltaic panels, timber frame and triple glazed windows and doors and the homes themselves are designed to be aesthetically appealing. "The architectural impressions allow prospective buyers and residents of Bicester to fully appreciate the aesthetic quality of our homes," said A2Dominion project director, Steve Hornblow. "Achieving environmental integrity has in the past often meant compromising on style, but we want NW Bicester to fully integrate into the landscape in which it sits." First residents are expected to be in their homes by the end of 2013. The images show wide, open streets and communal areas. Community space will incorporate communal barbecue areas, herb boxes, allotments and seating and will be designed to encourage children to play in the street safely. "This is an ambitious project which will create a truly unique development when taken as a whole. NW Bicester approaches sustainable living realistically, providing people with the tools to benefit from a real community environment, reduced home running costs and the latest green technologies," added Mr Hornblow. For more information about the UK's first eco town at NW Bicester visit Green light for UK's first national eco town scheme Phase one of the NW Bicester eco development has become the first eco town scheme in the country to receive the green light for work to start, with construction due to begin later this year. Constructed in four stages over the next five years, this ground-breaking phase of development will integrate cutting-edge eco technology, economic opportunities and community engagement to provide the flagship homes of tomorrow for Bicester. Cherwell District Council's Planning Committee approved A2Dominion and P3Eco's application last August, subject to a legal agreement ensuring community infrastructure for the benefit of existing and future residents of the town. This process is now complete, after close collaboration with Oxfordshire County Council and Bicester Town Council, giving the development full planning approval to proceed. Conditions of the agreement meet with Eco Bicester's aspirations for a more sustainable community as a whole. The first Exemplar phase, set within 50 acres of which 40 per cent will be green space, will contain 393 highly-efficient homes, constructed by A2Dominion, for existing and new residents of Bicester. The houses are designed to be truly zero-carbon and deliver exceptional quality of life for residents. Built to an inspiring level of sustainability (Code Level 5), the development will include significant levels of insulation, high thermal performance and rainwater harvesting. Exemplar will encompass the UK's largest residential solar array to generate electricity and benefit from a highly-efficient district heating system, all of which will lead to much lower household bills for residents. Cherwell District and Oxfordshire County Councils are set to spend a portion of the pump-prime funding received from the Government, in addition to a contribution from P3Eco, to provide a school and an Eco Business Centre. The aim is to ensure no additional pressure is placed on existing schools and that small businesses have the facilities available to them from which to take root. These elements combine to benefit the whole town and the money being spent up-front will be recouped from developers as building progresses. The Exemplar will encompass well-designed cycle and pedestrian routes throughout, include a bus service with real time information and have charging points for electric vehicles. The school, retail and business elements are designed to be central to the development creating a village feel. Community space will incorporate communal barbecue areas, herb boxes, allotments and seating and will be designed to encourage children to play in the street safely. As part of the commitment, A2Dominion will be facilitating the development of a community-led governance structure to offer both existing and new residents and businesses the opportunity to come together to make decisions about the issues that affect their immediate area. Meanwhile the Local Business Portal has already seen a high level of interest from local businesses and suppliers accessing information on the opportunities to get involved. Together, the council and A2Domininion are committed to achieving 20 per cent local labour on site and A2Dominion is already working with Bicester Job Club and Jobcentre Plus to accomplish this. A minimum of ten apprenticeships will also be made available over the next five years. Councillor Michael Gibbard, Cherwell's lead member for planning, said: "We have made sure that the first Exemplar phase of development at NW Bicester will set the scene for what follows. "We are proud that the scheme will include many unique features to reduce the impact of the new development on the environment. We have put our money where our mouth is to guarantee that infrastructure is delivered along with housing rather than afterwards." Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles, Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet member for Growth and Infrastructure, said: "The signing of this agreement is of significance for Bicester. "This project is a clear sign of how the local authorities can work together for the benefit of the town. "It will be important that these working relationships continue as this project moves towards being delivered" Richard Mould, chairman of planning at Bicester Town Council, said: "We welcome the granting of planning permission for the Exemplar phase of the NW Bicester development. "We look forward to work starting on-site in the coming months and the beginning of the new exciting developments in sustainable living." Ian Inshaw, chairman of P3Eco Bicester, said: "P3Eco Bicester was established to provide a consortium to deliver the NW Bicester eco town. "As the facilitators of the project, P3Eco Bicester brought to the consortium master planner Sir Terry Farrell, A2Dominion as the developer and provider of affordable homes, Barton Wilmore as planning consultants and Hyder as the consultant engineer to deliver this ground-breaking project. "P3Eco Bicester are delighted that Cherwell District Council have now granted planning permission to build the exemplar of 393 houses which will be the first step to delivering the whole project. "As the developers our partners A2Dominion will now take forward the Exemplar phase. For us at P3 this is the end of the beginning to a project which we remain passionate about and cannot wait to get on with facilitating the rest of it." Steve Hornblow, NW Bicester project director for A2Dominion, said: "The A2Dominion Group and our partner P3Eco are very proud to be working with Cherwell District Council to deliver the UK's first eco town at North West Bicester. "This is an ambitious project which will create a truly unique development. NW Bicester approaches sustainable living realistically, providing people with the tools to benefit from a real community environment, reduced home running costs and the latest green technologies. "As we prepare to begin work on the first phase later this year, and with a highly experienced consultant team in place, A2Dominion is looking forward to also advancing the masterplan for the wider site, with much already being done in tandem with the development of Exemplar." Nicole Lazarus, of sustainability advisors BioRegional, said: "The Exemplar at NW Bicester is shaping up to be one of the greenest schemes ever built in the UK. "We hope these beautiful new homes will show the way to a sustainable future. BioRegional are very proud to helping that to happen." Sally Coble, area environment planning and engagement manager, from the Environment Agency said: "We're delighted the partnership working between the district and county council, the developers and the Environment Agency has resulted in such a ground-breaking scheme. "But this is just the beginning. Scheme's such as this show that sustainable development is possible and should be replicated across the country. Community ownership plan for North West Bicester North West Bicester (NW Bicester) developers, A2Dominion, and Cherwell District Council, are preparing a business plan which will guide the potential development of a new community-led governance structure within NW Bicester. The plan will aim to offer residents and businesses the opportunity to come together to make decisions about issues that affect their immediate area through a new community organisation. LouiseCaves, strategic partnership co-ordinator at A2Dominion, said: "As a housing provider, A2Dominion has a lot of expertise in community involvement and engagement. Working with Cherwell District Council and Bicester Town Council, we are committed to involving local stakeholders in the development of a partnership structure that enables both the existing and new community to participate effectively in the future running of the eco development. "We are currently undertaking a lot of work to understand people's interests and capacity to be involved in the early development stages and how this approach could potentially benefit Bicester as a whole. Councillor Michael Gibbard, Cherwell's lead member for planning, said: "We have said all along that we would encourage strong community involvement in this project. "Our aspirations for NW Bicester and the wider Eco Bicester project will only be fully realised if people living in the town choose to actively engage with the process." For more information about NW Bicester and to sign up to the monthly Friends of NW Bicester e-newsletter. Resident survey shows high awareness of eco development The results of a survey commissioned by A2Dominion at the end of April, shows a high level of local awareness for the NW Bicester eco town development. In order to ensure community engagement with the scheme, A2Dominion ran the survey to create a benchmark to measure local resident's knowledge and opinions about NW Bicester. Residents in Bicester Town Centre and Bure Park were asked which elements of the scheme they felt were the most important. 63 percent believed bringing existing and new communities together in Bicester was the most vital element, with 58 percent believing the environmental aspects were important. The survey showed that 82 percent of respondents believed that sustainable living is important and that residents wanted to be involved in the project through focus groups and public consultation, as well as by receiving information through the NW Bicester website. Community Workshop guides the future of eco town development A second community workshop was hosted by A2Dominion to explore the opportunity to create a Local Management Organisation (LMO) at NW Bicester and to scope the potential for key stakeholders, from across the community, to be involved in the early development stages. Participants took part from Bicester Vision, the Chambers of Commerce as well as local youth and faith, community and voluntary groups and included members of Bicester Town Council, Cherwell District Council and Oxfordshire County Council. The workshops are part of a number of events planned by A2Dominion for the year, which will look not only at the first phase of the development that will see 393 homes built, but also at the proposals for the rest of the scheme enabling the people of Bicester to have a real say in its design. 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Eco Forums Blue eco-forum Mobility eco-forum Nature City eco-forum eco-union Open letter to EU leaders: Our sustainable future must start now By eco-union13 June, 2019News EU leaders must end the political inertia on social and environmental challenges by making sustainable development the EU's top priority for the next five years, say Europe's leading coalitions of social, environmental and development networks who have joined forces with 150 organisations. Kélig Puyet is the Director of Social Platform, Jeremy Wates is the Secretary General of the EEB, and Tanya Cox is the Director of CONCORD Europe Dear EU Heads of State and Government, Society expects adults to educate children but it is our kids who are schooling the grown-ups, with their regular protests demanding climate action and sustainable living. Moreover, the streets of Europe, from its largest metropolises to its smallest towns, have been the scenes of regular demonstrations and marches, demanding everything from climate action and extinction rebellions to women's rights and socio-economic justice. In the wake of the European elections, where voter turnout reached a 20-year high and which registered significant gains for progressive causes, it is clear that European citizens are more engaged now, together, at the EU level, than they have been in over two decades - representing an active and proactive antidote to Euroscepticism. As confirmed by poll after poll, European citizens desire an EU that will deliver social and environmental justice. Scientists, business leaders, cities, regions and civil society have all made the case for a new direction for Europe. The leaders of 30 private, public and civil society platforms, representing millions of EU residents, have united behind a strong call for sustainable development to become the EU's number one political priority. Do you hear those calls? Despite progress in some areas, efforts to date have been woefully inadequate to meet the magnitude of the social and environmental challenges ahead of us. Urgent action is needed to address escalating inequalities and tackle the climate crisis, stop the rapid loss of biodiversity, ensure sustainable consumption and production and quality employment for all, and manage a just transition towards an economic system founded on well-being and quality of life. At the European Council Summit on 20-21 June, EU leaders will discuss the Strategic Agenda 2019-2024. We call on you to show that you have heard our calls by making sustainable development the overarching objective of the European Union's priorities, both inside and outside Europe, for at least the next five years. To bring about real and lasting change, sustainable development must be the golden thread running through all EU policies. You must stop looking at the economy merely as a means to create "prosperity" and "competitiveness" and, instead, view it as a tool to promote inclusive, sustainable and just societies that meet the needs of all, within the boundaries of our planet's precious resources and the limits of its life-giving ecosystems. The will for action among citizens and stakeholders is strong - all that is missing is your political will. As European, national, regional and international organisations working on very diverse social, environmental, economic, governance and international issues, together representing tens of millions of people in Europe, we will continue to raise our voices. But it is up to you as political leaders to steer us towards a better future in a Europe that prioritises the well-being of people and planet over short-term gains. We stand ready to support you in this endeavour. Letter + Signatories Greening the Blue Tourism: the necessary transition towards sustainable Coastal and Maritime tourism Environmental Emergency: Global biodiversity assessment reveals 1 million species risk extinction Save the Date: Blue Tourism Forum, 20 June 2019, Paris COP24: eco-union participation in a side-event on climate finance Global Eco Forum eco-union privacy policy © 2019 eco-union.

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About ERI SEE Memorandum 2003 Host Country Agreement Governing Board Members Consultative Body Rules of Procedures Education agencies Recognition of higher education qualifications BlogHome " Home " Western Balkans Summit, London, 10th July 2018 Western Balkans Summit, London, 10th July 2018 On 10 July 2018 the UK hosted the Western Balkans Summit in London, the fifth summit convened under the Berlin Process. The UK Prime Minister Theresa May hosted the Western Balkans Summit in London on 10 July, demonstrating the longstanding commitment to the region and to European security. Heads of Government of the Western Balkans 6: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, attended the Summit, and also representatives of Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Slovenia, as well as Bulgaria and Greece and the EU institutions. The Summit was the fifth to take place under the Berlin Process after Berlin (2014), Vienna (2015), Paris (2016) and Trieste (2017). The Berlin Process is a diplomatic initiative that Chancellor Merkel launched in 2014. Each year it brings together the 6 Western Balkans countries, like-minded EU partners and representatives of the EU institutions to work together to support security, stability and prosperity in the region. The summit focused on 3 areas: increasing economic stability with a view to improving the business environment, encouraging entrepreneurship, addressing youth unemployment, and promoting regional inter-connectivity strengthening regional security co-operation to help tackle common threats, including corruption, serious and organised crime, trafficking of people, drugs and firearms, terrorism and violent extremism facilitating political co-operation - to help the region resolve bilateral disputes and overcome legacy issues stemming from the conflicts of the 1990s and strengthen democracy All Berlin Process participants agreed that, to prosper in the future, they needed to continue to deal with the legacy of the past. All 14 Berlin Process participants signed the joint declaration on regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations in the framework of the Berlin Process. They looked forward to future annual reports from governments of the Western Balkans on further progress. Berlin Process participants also signed the joint declarations on war crimes and on missing persons. They welcomed the progress made towards the development of the regional framework plan to address the issue of missing persons from the conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. All participants looked forward to its early adoption and implementation. The Chairs conclusions can be found here. Joint declarations can be found here. Name and Surname Your e-mail address QA Platform ERI SEE Newsletter VET/WBL Platform ERI SEE Secretariat Dečanska 8 | 11000 Belgrade | Serbia Tel: +381 (0)11 3345 376 | Fax: +381 (0)11 3345 378 E-mail: © 2017 Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE)

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2019 Women's Adults Dutch delight: Netherlands finally in top four at Beach Handball EURO FEATURE: Thanks to a federation consistently investing in its youth teams, Netherlands are having a breakthrough tournament in Stare Jablonki this week "Beach Handball Channel More information on "2019 Women's Adults They have been knocking on the semi-final door for a few years now. And finally they let themselves in. The Women's Beach Handball EURO 2019 in Poland has become a breakthrough tournament for the Netherlands, getting to the last four of a European Championship for the first time. The 2:0 semi-final defeat against Hungary on Saturday obviously hurt, but ultimately will not spoil the Dutch party. They will have a go for the bronze medal against Croatia on Sunday (at 14:00 hrs, live on ehfTV.com) to crown their historic tournament. One reward, though, is already in the pocket: a ticket to their first ever World Championship, in Italy next year. "That was our first goal. We haven't been there with the women's senior team," Dutch head coach Ronald Thijssen tells eurohandball.com. "It's harder to reach the worlds than to perform well there, as there are so many strong European nations and only a few can qualify." Still, don't think Netherlands are satisfied by 'just' getting to the semi-finals. "It is nice but if you get this far, you want a medal," says Thijssen, a long-term beach handball coach with the Dutch federation, NHV. Successes have not come out of the blue A week ago, the Dutch youth team also lost to Hungary in the semi-final of the YAC 17 Beach Handball EURO, and ultimately finished fourth. The successes in Stare Jablonki have not come out of the blue. According to Thijssen, the federation has been investing heavily in its beach handball youth selections. "And they have done well in the last couple of years," the head coach says. "In our squad we now have five players who have come through the federation's youth ranks and have the experience of playing major tournaments." As the Dutch federation's efforts are fruitful, more and more young talents are coming through and eventually become part of the senior team. And now it is showing in the results. Netherlands were within touching distance of the semi-finals twice before, but they lost the 2015 quarter-final in a shoot-out to Italy. The scenario repeated itself two years later, when Poland closed the Dutch road to possible glory at the same stage of the tournament. "We are a team that consists partly of youngsters, partly of more experienced players," says Isabel Barnard, one of the experienced forces of the team. "These young players are used to playing European and world championships, but the senior team has only been close always. So, finally winning that quarter-final was so great." Dutch expections ahead of the semi-final were high The Dutch expectations ahead of Saturday's semi-final against Hungary were high, after they had comfortably beaten the same opponents 2:0 in a main-round match two days earlier. Netherlands started well, taking a quick 6:2 lead, but soon found themselves 8:6 down. They lost control of the game from that point. Hungary used their chances well and prevented the Dutch from getting back into the match by early disturbing their attacks. "The defence was OK, but our attack didn't work," Thijssen says following the 19:16, 15:12 defeat. "We usually score more than 20 goals, and now just above 10 in the second set. We had many catching, passing and technical mistakes." Agreeing with her coach, Barnard adds: "At the end of the second set we were just very sloppy in attack. We had to make up only four points - two two-pointers and you are there. But we were too hectic." The match resembled the Dutch quarter-final game against world champions Greece from the day before. "Against Greece we won the first set pretty easily but in the second set tension creeped in. It also happened in this match. We have to look into this with the group and how we can do better next time," Thijssen says. "I am very glad that we get another chance tomorrow to let everybody see the way we can play." Barnard also can't wait to take the sand court in Stare Jablonki for a final time on Sunday. "Tomorrow we are going to take that medal. That is an all-or-nothing game," Barnard says. "We will recharge and it would be great if we can show one more time how well we can play beach handball." Photos: Uros Hocevar / kolektiff / EHF TEXT: Eric Willemsen / ts

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Fields of Indulgence World Travel with a Twist of Zen Beyond Black and White After leaving Chiang Mai, we headed further North to the city of Chiang Rai. Situated close to the "Golden Triangle" (where the border of Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand meet), this region became infamous for its sprawling opium fields in the 1960's-1980's. Now most of the opium has been replaced by other legal cash crops (tea, coffee, corn, etc...), but tourists still come to tour the area, which is rich in natural beauty. The White Temple, complete with white fish! The Suffering Masses Having only a short time, we opted to explore the artistic and sacred side of Chiang Rai - represented by two opposing colors: Black and White. Our first stop was the White Temple (Wat Rong Khun), a recent architectural achievement by artist Chalermchai Kositpipat. Kositpipat veered away from the traditional gold coloring of Thai temples because he thought white better represented the purity of the enlightened state than the mercantile color of gold. The outside of the temple is a magnificent sight to behold - glittering white in the light, its sharp lines bringing an immediate feeling of awe. It almost oddly resembles a winter wonderland that somehow found itself in steamy Thailand. The entryway to the temple portrays humans and demons reaching up out of a pit of suffering - a symbol the artist says represents the suffering all beings must go through before reaching enlightenment. After passing over a bridge guarded by two giant demons, visitors enter the temple where a large white marble Buddha sits. On the wall in front of the Buddha are scenes of demons feeding on human suffering - missiles, whisky, pollution, etc... while on the walls on the side and behind the Buddha faithful practitioners are portrayed moving towards the heavenly realms. Perhaps most oddly, on the "demon wall", there is a variety of science fiction and pop-culture icons moving around the demons. We saw Keanu Reeves from the matrix, the Hulk, Spiderman, the Predator, Darth Vader, even an Angry Bird from the iPhone game! Needless to say, the artist seemed to get a little carried away at this point as we struggled to understand what we were seeing and how it related to the overall message. "Hey there, welcome to the White Temple - c'mon in!" Jeff doing his best Conan impersonation The White Temple was about 13 kilometers south of town and after visiting, we headed about 25 kilometers north to the grounds of the Black Temple (Baan Si Dum). We found it to be opposite not just in color, but in style as well. Baan Si Dum is a complex of many buildings sharing the theme of artist Thawan Duchanee. It is dominated by a large Black Temple, filled with animal skins laid on long wooden tables and black chairs with buffalo horns at the top. There are also intricate wooden carvings depicting demons struggling with each other on the doorways. The rest of the grounds is littered with buildings that the artists didn't have open that day. But walking among we saw common themes - animal bones (shark jaws, monkey skulls, etc...) and furs laid out domestically with bone carved furniture and Buddhist iconography. It was almost like a vision of a barbaric jungle king's palace after he had converted to Buddhism. After the "bling" of the white temple, the Black Temple's eerie scenes seemed to call the visitor towards the contemplation of death and the ephemeral aspect of our existence. The imposing Black House, or Baan Dum Typical imagery of Baan Si Duum Some writers have described these temples as representing the heaven and hell of Buddhism. Neda and I couldn't help but chuckle as we read that description. How ironic that these two temples have come to represent as stark a dualism as heaven and hell. In actuality, Buddhism is all about moving beyond the idea of dualism to find the interconnected whole. Heaven and hell, in this regard, are two sides of the same coin. We can be in paradise with our self-focused thoughts and find pain and alienation or we can be in hell with a right understanding of our interconnectedness and find peace and repose. Perhaps thinking of the black and white temples as two separate pieces is the problem in the first place. If we go beyond their differences and find the common message of impermanence and surrender that they implore, we find a deeper meaning than either piece has on its own. We left Chiang Rai this morning, drove 3 hours and crossed the border into Laos. Our next stop is the Bokeo Nature Reserve where we will zipline hundreds of meters above the jungle floor in search of the elusive Black Gibbon! In the meantime, see the rest of Chiang Rai and the two temples here: Crossing the Mekong into Laos - our last pic in Thailand! Friends In The States The American Southwest Follow Our Journey From Your Inbox! Enter Your E-mail: Jeff & Neda Fields had a dream. Save some money, sell all of our stuff, and go travel the world! Join us as we sample the wisdom and food of different cultures while exploring "mini-retirement" on a budget...

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Cover Story: Jon Woods, General Manager, Coca-Cola GB In Features Coca-Cola is on a fast-track to becoming a 'total beverage company'. Jon Woods is its man behind the wheel, writes Eamonn Duff Jon Woods If someone had told the teenage Jon Woods that one day, he'd be launching innovative new drinks for Coca-Cola, he would have found it hard to fathom. For entirely different reasons, the world's largest beverage company might have struggled with the concept too. After a century of being universally defined by a sweet, syrupy-brown soda, Coca-Cola has been forced to look beyond its flagship brand, take risks and diversify. And Woods, who once seemed destined to follow in his father's footsteps and become a banker, today finds himself leading the global drinks giant into that brave new world. "I've had some amazing times running this business," said Woods who is approaching his 10th year as Coca-Cola's UK boss. "It's been a period full of challenges but that's kind of what makes it so much fun. The one thing that's never changed is that consumers really like the category. They really like soft drinks. And a big chunk of consumers love Coke." It took Coca-Cola nearly 100 years to branch out with its first product extension. By contrast, Woods has just overseen three major launches in as many months: in late March, he announced the release of the first energy drink under the Coke brand. As the dust was still settling from that unveiling, he confirmed the company would be extending its presence in the UK functional drinks market with Aquarius, a non-carbonated, mineral water brand. And in May, the company marched, rather boldly, into the British alcohol market with a range of premium mixers that are designed to complement high end dark spirits. Coca-Cola Signature Mixers "In the UK, the business has been very focussed on Coca-Cola for a long time," said Woods during an interview with FMCG CEO, adding: "It's the name above the door, the brand this company is built upon. But increasingly consumers are looking for a greater variety. They're looking for drinks that meet different occasions, different parts of the day. And Coke can fill quite a number of those occasions. But it can't fill them all. That's why this portfolio expansion is so important to us." When Woods walked into Loughborough University in the late eighties to embark on a degree in banking and finance, a career in fizzy drinks could not have been further from his mind. "I actually worked for a bank the year before I went to university and was also sponsored at university by a bank," he revealed. "To be fair, by the time I was doing the degree, I'd changed my mind and just knew that life wasn't for me." After leaving university, he "struck lucky" with a sales and marketing opportunity at Cadbury - and the rest is history. The Belfast born father of two enjoyed a five year spell as a business development director at Abn InBev and then arrived at Coca-Cola in 2005, taking charge of its UK and Ireland operations in 2010. "Diet Coke remains one of the most important brands in our UK portfolio" Reflecting on those early career days, he said: "The cultural fit has always been very important but in addition to that, I've always loved to consume the products I've been involved with. Chocolate, beer and then soft drinks...these are such great products and Coke is truly an amazing business to be part of." But as Woods openly acknowledged, the soft drinks game has been no easy ride, particularly over the past decade. He passionately battled against the sugar tax on soft drinks which was introduced last year, a tariff that saw the company accelerate its zero-sugar business with products like Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Vanilla and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Cherry. "I did campaign against it because we have never believed, as a business, that the way to fix obesity is to tax a single source of a single nutrient - especially as the industry, led by Coke, even before the tax, was doing so much to take sugar out of its products," he said. Coca-Cola Energy Woods points to the launch of Diet Coke, more than 35 years ago - when people first began thinking about weight. "It was the eighties, it was about Jane Fonda workouts, it was about calorie counting. And we launched Diet Coke at that time, in that environment, because already it was clear there was a section of consumers who were genuinely focussed on lower sugar variants." He added: "Diet Coke remains one of the most important brands in our UK portfolio. Just over 60 percent of the cola we now sell in the UK doesn't contain any sugar at all." Woods said Coke's UK business had increased since the tax was introduced while soft drinks in general, was currently growing by five percent a year. "Not many categories are doing that," he remarked. Having now accepted the tax as "a fact of life", Woods said the company would continue its commitment to assist consumers "effectively into lighter options". However, if one thing's definitely off the table, it's tinkering with the recipe of the 'Real Thing'. "Consumers said to us very clearly 'we can make our own minds up...we don't want you to change it'. And, of course, we have one experience of doing that a long time ago in the States. As everyone knows, it didn't work out well." In the months ahead, Woods will continue to execute the company's growth strategy which, presented by CEO James Quincey in 2017, involves bringing to market "consumer-centric" brands - including more low - and no-sugar options, and drink products in emerging categories. This policy shift has also seen Coca-Cola embrace an unfamiliar "tech company modus operandi" of "moving faster" and stepping out of its comfort zone into new territory. Coca-Cola Aquarius Coca-Cola Energy is a prime example of that new philosophy. The energy drink, a combination of caffeine, guarana extracts and B vitamins, is aimed at 18 to 35-year-olds and positions the brand in direct battle with market leaders Red Bull. The new Signature Mixers that will appear in pubs, bars and restaurants from June, have also raised a few eyebrows. "This is a very interesting launch for us," said Woods. "Mixing has always been a big part of the soft drinks business and some people probably overlook the fact that Coke original has always been one of the biggest mixers in the UK. "This is the first time we've actually taken the recipe of Coke classic and tweaked it to make it even better with a defined group of spirits." The initial release of dark spirit mixers spans four flavours: Smoky, Spicy, Herbal and Woody. "I'm a Jack Daniels drinker and I really like the smoky mixer," said Woods. "They're very exciting." "A year working in branch banking...I certainly didn't get up every day and look forward to getting into work," he recalled. "I've been doing the job I do now for quite a few years and genuinely, there is never a day when I don't do something that I really enjoy. And...if I didn't enjoy it, I'd find something else to do."

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Historical Society of Stillwater Township Fall Festival 2019 HSST ByLaws Mary W. Dixon Library and Museum on Monday 10 April 2006 in content > Society related Source: excerpts from a small booklet promoting the Mary W. Dixon Library and Museum. The booklet is circa 1979 front cover of booklet MARY W. DIXON LIBRARY and. MUSEUM Many happy and busy hours were spent in 1941 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Amos F. Dixon preparing books for a free public library which was originally housed in the Stillwater Township School. In 1945 when space was needed for classrooms, the Dixons purchased the old Stillwater Academy Building to provide space for the library and to serve as a community center. Hiram Beegle, a long-time resident of Stillwater, became caretaker of the potbellied stove, the only source of heat in the building at that time. Mr. Beegle was a collector and had a good sized museum in his home which he willed to the Board of Librarians. In 1954, after many efforts to raise money for an addition to the library building to contain the collection, Mrs. Charlotte L. Jones of Middleville, generously donated the funds to erect a two story building. The museum is housed on the second floor, where the original potbellied stove is displayed. A pleasant community kitchen is on the first floor. This has been used by many civic organizations. Upon the death of Mrs. Dixon in 1958, Mr. Dixon set up a trust fund to ensure the continued maintenance of the premises. The Board of Librarians has continued to keep the book collection up-to-date. This has belied the prophecy of a state library official who said, "It would never work because volunteer libraries always die out in a short time." Thirty-four years later, we are still the town's library! The 30 member board functions on a voluntary basis and the members take turns acting as librarians and museum guides. Those books which are not donated are bought with funds raised by the group. We trust you will make use of its available services. back page of booklet · Collection · Museum · Society Links · Fall Festival 2019 · HSST ByLaws Search Historical Society of Stillwater Township The Historical Society of Stillwater Township is an IRS recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations to HSST are tax deductible, ask your accountant or tax preparer for details © Historical Society of Stillwater Township, 2012. All Rights Reserved.

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The Geneva Experiment We caught up with the guys ahead of their debut EP release Local four piece The Geneva Experiment are on the verge of releasing their debut EP titled 'Birthmarks' and will celebrate with a launch show at Sandinos Bar on Friday 11th March. Tracks taken from the EP have already received significant airplay on BBC's Across The Line and the guys are looking forward to unleashing their new music on local ears having worked tirelessly behind the scenes. With plans of getting back into the studio soon, as well as taking their new tracks on the road, it will be a busy time ahead for the local rockers. We caught up with the guys ahead of their EP launch show to get the lowdown on The Geneva Experiment. Who are The Geneva Experiment and how did you get together? We are a four piece alternative rock band from Northern Ireland who are made up of James Moore on Vocals, Mike Norton on Lead Guitar, Robert Arbuckle on the bass guitar and last but not least Dylan Norton on the drums. Most of us had met each other for the first time through playing in other bands with the exception of Mike and Dylan who couldn't avoid each other being brothers. We all came together through the love of a lot of the same bands and ideas we had when it came to writing songs. We're always trying to stretch the sound of the band as much as we can when it comes to dynamics. For us it's more interesting trying to create an atmosphere rather than be conventional. We just hit it off straight away too as friends as when we're in the same room our goofy sense of humour always seems to come out at full force. Tell us a bit about the band name... Like most bands when they first hit it off, there's the dreaded choosing of the band name. Has the name already been taken? Can it avoid being used with too many sexual innuendos? The Geneva Experiment was one of those names we had floating about and it just really stuck and had more meaning to how we came together. The band name derived from the large hadron collider in Geneva. We talked about how we met at gigs and never collaborated musically and this happened for years until we finally came together to create something great, and it kinda reminded us of the particles whirling around the large collider passing each other until they finally collided to create a bang. Who would you say the band as a whole take most inspiration and influence from? There's a never ending list of influences within the band as we're always really searching for new things to gravitate to for inspiration. There's two bands we feel we really have to give credit to from helping shape our sound, and number one would be Deftones as we really just connect with the way they use dynamics and even take simple things and make them sound huge! The second band would be At the Drive-in, as the energy they provoke within their music is just unique and if we could strive to get anywhere close to that we'd be a happy band. 'Birthmarks' is the title for the forthcoming EP, what made you choose that for the title? The name Birthmarks we felt really connected with the journey we're currently on in the band. With this being our first EP release we feel like we need to make a statement and it also symbolises the start of something new. The Geneva Experiment - Redroom (Audio) 'Redroom' is the first single of our up coming E.P 'Birthmarks'. How many tracks are on the EP and what are they about? There are 3 tracks in total and the theme of the E.P tends to touch on dark and personal matters. Our first track and first single is entitled "Redroom" its a dark psychological tale of a stalker type character with a POV telling of their twisted world. The second track entitled "Sincerely Yours. E" is a relationship gone wrong title with a message of hope if you are willing to work through the hardship. And our third and final track is entitled "El Capo", this song is a more light-hearted satire track that innocently pokes fun at the obsessive gaming world by creating a dictator fantasy in the mind of a obsessive gamer. Where was the EP recorded? Birthmarks was recorded, mixed and mastered by the absolutely brilliant Neal Calderwood at Manor Park Studios. Neal was really great at helping us take the sound out of our head onto record. We'd also personally like to thank Neal too for being able to put up with us, as I'm sure we did his head in at times when trying to create the little details on the record. How did you find the journey of releasing your first record? Our first releases were singles, Collision and Drive. Both singles were played and featured on BBC's Across the Line with Drive being made ATL's track of the day. We wanted to test the waters and felt singles were the right thing to do that, and with the great response we then decided to record an E.P. We've been really excited and eager to get Birthmarks out there and it hasn't been an easy road with having to overcome setbacks, but we're excited to finally get these songs out there and can't wait to showcase them live. The way the four of us work, everyone has a voice and influence right down to the final stage, whether it's from the song to the artwork or music video. So that collaborative process really elicits an array of ideas, and only grows on initial thoughts for the release itself to make it as great as we can. What next for The Geneva Experiment? We really want to hit the road and tour all over, try and get birthmarks out to as many towns and people as possible. We are also in talks about shooting a music video for our first single "Redroom" and hope to play festivals in the summer. We also plan on hitting the studio soon with a new repertoire of songs that we have been eagerly preparing. You can keep up-to-date with all things Geneva Experiment via their Facebook and Bandcamp pages.

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About DMI DubaiTV DubaiZamaan DubaiSports DubaiRacing OneTV Noor Dubai TV Noor Dubai Dubai Radio Al Bayan Emarat Al Youm Emirates 24/7 Moujah Print and Distribution TV, Radio & Digital Ads Digital Live Coverage Archive Materials Hamdan bin Mohammed: Taqdeer is an important initiative to recognise companies with exceptional lab Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai and Patron of the Taqdeer Award His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said that the Taqdeer Award is a key initiative that makes significant contributions to the UAE's efforts to enhance labour welfare practices. His Highness said the success of the first and second editions of the Award in attracting the widespread participation of companies, and endorsement from international organisations are testament to the positive impact of the Award. He said the Award provides guidelines for improving the productivity of workers by enhancing their working conditions. The initiative contributes to realising the vision of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to make Dubai the world's best city to work and live, the Crown Prince said. The Patron of the Taqdeer Award directed all organisations and companies to support the Award by promoting a positive and productive relationship between employers and workers. His Highness's remarks came at the launch of the third edition of the Taqdeer Award that has been expanded to include factories, Dubai free zone companies and construction firms. Major General Obaid Muhair bin Suroor, Deputy Director General of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA-Dubai) and Chairman of Taqdeer Award, expressed gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for his unlimited support. Major General Bin Suroor underlined the Award's efforts to expand cooperation with various entities to enhance labour conditions and promote excellence. The first edition of the award, which focused on construction companies, saw the participation of 280 companies that together employed more than half a million workers. The second edition of the Award was expanded to include factories and free zone companies operating in Dubai, which gave an opportunity to about 10,000 factories and 36,000 other companies from different sectors to participate in the Award. Following this expansion, over a million workers were covered by the Award. The second edition of the Award organised last year received praise from international labour organisations, diplomats and international media. Officials expressed their interest in studying the award to implement similar recognition programmes in their countries. The Award has played a key role in enhancing the UAE's reputation in worker welfare. Major General Obaid called on contracting firms, factories and companies located in the free zones to participate in the Award, as this will help them enhance their reputation locally and internationally. All companies participating in the Award will receive assessment reports that will help them to build on their strengths and address weaknesses. The award provides an opportunity for companies and factories to better prepare themselves for the future and enhance business sustainability. An arbitration committee consisting of Dubai Government leaders and specialised assessors are tasked with evaluating the submissions. Members of the committee are divided into evaluation teams of three assessors and a team leader each. After evaluation, each team submits a comprehensive report to the committee for approval and final decision. The Award programme is based on a comprehensive points system. Companies are given a score out of 1,000 that includes 500 points for the criterion of labour empowerment, 250 points for the work environment and workers' relationship with employers and 250 points for key performance indicator scores. The highest rating of 5-stars is awarded to companies that obtain 700 points or more. Companies that obtain over 550 points receive a 4-star rating while companies with over 450 points g How did you find the experience of browsing our site? Thank you very much for your opinion No option has been selected PO Box 835, Dubai, UAE DMI PRIVACY POLICY | TERMS AND CONDITIONS | DISCLAIMER | SITEMAP | DMI LOCATION Our website is best viewed using: IE 9+, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari 5+ Dubai Media Incorporated © 2019 Page last updated on September 12, 2018

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Valises & Vermouth Alan Folsom's The Exile Posted by Unknown on August 20, 2006 Alan Folsom's The Exile is perfect summertime beach reading. Written like a movie script, The Exile is fast-paced, moving from Los Angeles to England to Paris to Switzerland to Russia. Flashy explosions and citywide chases are balanced by intimate moments of intense emotion. Folsom does worldwide conspiracy better than most, as evidenced by previous best sellers Day After Tomorrow and Day of Confession. Folsom has a knack for including little details about his characters that makes them come alive. They are real people, and like people you meet in real life, you learn about these characters over time, not in a single descriptive paragraph like so many hacks. Each of the characters is a complicated individual, with a mixed bag of good and bad impulses, acting on all of them. John Barron is the youngest and newest member of the elite 5-2 Squad, LA's best investigative team that for a century has brought down some of the worst criminals in the city's history. On Barron's first day, he witnesses how the squad really works, and is appalled by the assassination of a prisoner in custody. In the midst of that investigation, another more deadly murderer, Raymond Thorne, comes into the custody of the 5-2 Squad. The trail of bodies he leaves behind after he escapes leads to another attempted assassination. At the end of the day, the 5-2 Squad is no more, and John Barron is a hunted man. With his sister Rebecca in tow, Barron changes their names and moves to England to escape LAPD reprisals. Just as a new life is beginning for John and Rebecca, as the nightmares dissipate and the fear subsides, the once dead Raymond Thorne enters their lives again and the body count resumes. By virtue of his tenacity and intuitive detective skills, Barron is the only person who can stop Thorne, if he can keep from being killed himself. 109th Bethlehem Bach Festival When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to play the oboe. I have no idea why I wanted to play this obscure instrument. It's not sexy like the trumpet or the sax, and it's not quirky like the trombone or fun like the drums, but regardless the oboe was for me. (I never did play the oboe, but that is another story.) I think I knew intuitively what the oboe could do was special. This weekend at the 109th Bethlehem Bach Festival in Pennsylvania I heard what might just be the very reason the oboe exists. Friday night, at Packer Memorial Church at Lehigh University, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem and the Bach Festival Orchestra, under the baton of veteran conductor and artistic director Greg Funfgeld, gave us Songs of Joy, including Bach's Easter Oratorio BWV 249. In the second movement, an unusual second orchestral sinfonia before the joyous aria, is centered on a mournful oboe solo. It reminds us that Christ has died and lies within the tomb, the perfect counterpoint to the bright,... Hello, Bette!* Some Broadway shows tell a poignant story, others are fall down funny, and still others showcase a selection of songs. Then, there is the star vehicle. Hello, Dolly! is just that, and there is no more perfect a star for the role of Dolly Levi today than Bette Midler. Every time she was on stage it was just her and the audience, and this 71-year-old left nothing in reserve. From the moment she arrived on stage to the final bow, it was hard to look at anything other than Bette out of fear that I might miss something. Yet there was so much worth looking at, including some of my favorite costumes ever. Bette's every look, every step, every turn is in service to comedy, and the the audience of course. Her smile would light up the theatre every time, and I'm sure every one of the 1430 in the audience thought it was for them. When she finally made her appearance for the the 11 o'clock number and title song, all in red sequins and feathers at the top of the staircase, there was n... Sharon Kay Penman's A King's Ransom Richard the Lionheart, King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Poitou and Anjou was the very definition of foolhardy. At the approach of his death (no this is not a spoiler as he died in 1199), I found myself angry with the great king for the reckless behavior that ended his life after only a decade of rule. The promise of what could have been died that April day with the Lionheart. If there are moments where the future of the world changes, author Sharon Kay Penman makes you believe that this was one of them. Jerusalem might have been returned to Christian rule had Richard returned to the Holy Land, and if he ruled long into old age, as his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine did, the Magna Carta forced on King John in 1215 at Runnymede would have been unnecessary, and thus even American democracy might have been affected by the Lionheart. My anger was fleeting in response to A King's Ransom, for there is a deep and abiding sadness that permeates this biography of King...

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Jewish terror attack suspect in Duma case refuses to testify due to 'injustice' The primary suspect in a 2015 terror attack in the West Bank village of Duma that killed three members of a Palestinian family waived his right to testify in court on Wednesday, saying through a statement read by his attorney that he would not cooperate with the "injustice" of the proceedings. "This is an expression of the sense of injustice done to him in the pretrial hearing during which the court rejected only some of his confessions," Amiram Ben-Uliel's lawyer Yitzhak Bam said, referring to the Lod District Court's ruling last July in which a number of confessions given by his client were quashed since they were elicited by Shin Bet security service investigators using so-called "enhanced interrogation methods." However, the court ruled back then that his remaining admissions of guilt, which were not given under duress, could be used in the case against him, even though they came after he was tortured. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories According to the indictment against him, Ben-Uliel and a teen accomplice planned to carry out an attack against Palestinians as revenge for a drive-by shooting days earlier in which Israeli civilian Malachy Rosenfeld was killed. When the younger accomplice failed to show at the rendezvous point in July 2015, Ben-Uliel decided to carry out the attack on his own, the charge sheet says. He entered the Duma village and sprayed Hebrew graffiti on one home, then hurled Molotov cocktails through the windows of a pair of homes. The first building was empty, but in the second slept the members of the Dawabsha family. Eighteen-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha was burned to death along with his parents, Riham and Saad, while 4-year-old Ahmad was seriously injured. Last month, the state reached a plea deal with the younger accomplice. The 19-year-old, whose name is barred from publication as he was a minor at the time of the attack, admitted to having planned the torching of a Palestinian home in the northern West Bank four years ago. However, the indictment against him was amended to make no mention of toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha and his parents, Riham and Saad, thereby allowing him to escape conviction for planning the murders of the three Palestinians killed in the firebombing. The State Prosecutor's Office requested that the younger suspect be sentenced to five and a half years of actual jail time. Deducted from the sentence would be the time the teenager had already spent behind bars - about two and a half years. עמירם בן אוליאל, הנאשם ברצח שלושת בני משפחת דוואבשה, מסרב להעיד בבית המשפט - Carmel Dangor (@carmeldangor) June 26, 2019 An attorney representing the Dawabsha family told reporters outside the courtroom on Wednesday that Ben-Uliel's decision not to testify was planned in advance and is part of an effort to delegitimize the current proceedings as the defense prepares to appeal to the Supreme Court against the lower court's ruling in the pretrial hearing. Following the statement from the suspect's attorney, the prosecution called on Ben-Uliel's wife Oriyan and mother-in-law Nechama Nizri to testify. In Nizri's questioning, prosecution attorney Yael Atzmon sought to prove that she knew about Ben-Uliel's involvement in the Duma attack before she was notified. Atzmon played a recording of a phone conversation Nizri had had with Oriyan immediately after Ben-Uliel's arrest. "A lot of police officers just came, beat him up and jumped on top of him," Oriyan was recorded saying. "May God burn them [the police officers]... There was a development in the investigation into the Jewish terror attack, and I'm connecting these things," Nizri responded, ostensibly referencing the reported headway that the Shin Bet had made in its probe into the Dawabsha murders. Explaining the recording in court on Wednesday, Nizri said that she hadn't been implying that Ben-Uliel had been involved in the Duma firebombing, but that the Shin Bet had wrongly arrested her son-in-law for the crime. Moreover, she claimed that she hadn't been referring to the Duma attack when she said "Jewish terror," but rather to general hate crime incidents against Palestinians. Nizri claimed the firebombing had been carried out by neighbors of the Dawabshas as a result of an internal dispute. Called to the stand after her mother, Oriyan testified that Ben-Uliel had been with her the entire night that the crime had taken place. "I can remember what Amiram did that night from 10:30 p.m. It never happened that he would come back at such late hours, He would not leave us alone. We had a seven-month-old baby," she said. "He did not do it. It for sure wasn't him. There is an injustice being done here." Subsequently, Ben-Uliel's other attorney Asher Ohayon told the court that he planned on submitting a legal opinion arguing that the Hebrew graffiti found at the scene was not done in his client's handwriting. Source Article from HUGE! Mueller Won't Testify Despite Democrat Threats * * * Update (2030ET): Angry Democratic Congress members have turned up their rhetoric amplifier US Again Jails Chelsea Manning for Refusing to Testify on WikiLeaks May 17, 2019 By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) - Released only last week after 62 days in Chelsea Manning Released, Faces New Imprisonment For Refusing To Testify Against Assange Chelsea Manning Released, Faces New Imprisonment For Refusing To Testify Against Assange Above Photo: From Fraud investigators testify Clinton Foundation is a "foreign agent" at oversight panel Fraud investigators have exposed the Clinton Foundation's alleged misdeeds in a Congressional hearing, describing Financial Investigators Testify That Clinton Foundation Operated as 'Foreign Agent' In explosive new testimony to the U.S. Congressional House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a Posted in World News, World Politics Tags: attack, injustice, Jewish, refuses, Suspect, terror, testify " Jewish Insider's Daily Kickoff: June 26, 2019 Bahrain FM to Times of Israel: Israel is here to stay, and we want peace with it "

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The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue Once upon a time, in a theatrical galaxy far, far away, there used to be a musical revue almost annually produced by a man named Florenz Ziegfield. From 1907 through 1927, he presented spectaculars in which audiences would see showgirls in exotically skimpy costumes doing little more than walking around to music. There'd be tablaux set on such fanciful places as the moon. The first act would almost always end with a number celebrating a wedding. In between came vaudeville acts, singers like Sophie Tucker and Eddie Cantor, and comics like Fanny Brice, W.C. Fields, and--from 1922 through 1927--the rop twirling, folksy philosopher Will Rogers. "All I know is what I read in the papers," he'd say, before launching into pointed observations like "We have the finest politicians money can buy." (What's interesting is that many of the observations that he made in the 1920s prove that old saw that the more things change, the more they stay the same.) But Will was most famous for making a much more affirmative statement: "I never met a man I didn't like." The show follows Rogers from his humble Oklahoman roots to his stardom in the Ziegfield Follies, through his difficult marriage to Betty Blake, to his untimely death in a plane crash. Synopsis (c) Peter Filichia

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Abbott gaffe gives swift lesson in internet history A recent comment from Tony Abbott was never going to fly past Australia's army of internet-enthusiasts. Mr Abbott has credited Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull with inventing the internet, which it turns out, he did not. Mr Abbot gave the alarmingly high praise of Turnbull while acknowledging his party for their efforts in NBN reform, the Liberal plan would see a large figure lopped off the total bill for the National Broadband rollout, but would produce a network that is inferior in many ways to the current plan. Mr Turnbull may have had an illustrious career in the dot-com domain, serving as chairman of OZEmail from 1994 to 1999, at a time when the company was ranked Australia's 33rd largest internet service provider. Malcolm Turnbull's new title as the man who "virtually invented the internet" has been widely discredited and lampooned on the internet. Mr Abbott's comments were likely most informative for Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist who has been labouring under the misapprehension that he invented the internet in the 1980s.

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Yankees' Shifting Infield Alignment A Potential View Of The Future Brian McCann at 1B, Francisco Cervelli behind the plate and Mark Teixeira sitting forlornly on the bench with an ailment of some kind. That was the defensive alignment for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night and it just might be the situation for the remainder of the season as manager Joe Girardi acknowledged that he doesn't know when Teixeira will be back. It's also a possible harbinger of things to come if Teixeira can't make it all the way back from his wrist injury next season, or even in a few years when his contract is up and he's gone. Some might argue that he's been gone for most of the second half of the season but, for as bad as he's been offensively, he still retains his defensive prowess. Couple Teixeira's absence with the appearance of Cervelli, John Ryan Murphy and, in a few years, Gary Sanchez, and McCann might have to move away from catcher sooner than he thought. As much as Teixeira frustrates me with his inability to stay in the line-up, his refusal to adjust his swing to beat the shift and his strike-outs, I'm hoping that he comes back healthy enough to play 1B for most of the rest of his contract. It strengthens the defensive makeup of the entire lineup. When McCann signed his $85MM contract, I actually thought it was a good deal. It is relatively short term, which means it bought some more time for the prospects to get some seasoning in the minor leagues, and he was billed as a decent enough athlete that he could move to 1B in the latter years of the deal to replace Teixeira. Most of the value, however, I attributed to his catching abilities. If he can't carry over his strong hitting of the past two weeks into next year and he moves to 1B on even a part time basis, that deal no longer looks so terrific to me, especially since he has been learning 1B on the job, having only played fifteen games there. As seen with Kelly Johnson earlier this year, that's not necessarily the best way to do it. I'm also not sold on Cervelli as a full-time catcher. He hasn't played anywhere close to a full MLB season since 2010 and I think he gets exposed if he does. Murphy and Austin Romine are probably back-ups at best and Sanchez has some maturing to do. As seen in Tuesday's game, just one player out of position can lead to game losing errors. Given the run scoring difficulties, that's just one more wrench in the works that the Yankees can ill afford. Teixeira needs to get healthy and McCann needs to stay at catcher. As unsettling as it sounds, those two are the best chance at stability in a Yankee infield that will see more than enough changes next season. Tags: American League, The Yankees

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